Nebraska Newspapers

    ARTIFICIAL ICE
PLANT PLANNED
Building and Outfit of Ne
ligh, Neb., to Cost
$25,000
-AUllgh. Neb., March 22.--<SpeciHl.,
•Usualness prosi trts are look In#
brighter at Neligh, than they havi
looked for at least the last t*eo
years. Two new stores will open
up this week. One, "The Woman's
Btore," carrying millinery, and rwvdy
lo-wcar goods. The other a bakery,
•which will carry a full stock of goods
in that line, finally an artificial Ice
plant is to bn erected at a cost of
126,000. Th«- contract c-alls for de
livery of equipment for the first of
the month, and Is expected on the
ground at an early date. The nrw
building for the plant wilt be 90x120
feet. Ray Musseiman of Albion, is
the promoter of the ice plant.
RAILROADS OPS
GO TO NORFOIK
Northwestern to Move Plant
From Missouri Valley to
Nebraska Town
Norfolk. Neb.. March 22. (Spe
cial)—State Senator John McGow
an. who is a Chicago and North
western machinist, confirms the re
port which was In general circu
lation In Chicago this week that the
Missouri Valley shops are to be
closed and new shops constructed
soon In Norfolk. Mr. McGowan
was attending a meeting of ma
chinists In Chicago and says of
ficials there made no secret of ths
report regarding the.change In the
shops. He believes the reports will
be officially confirmed soon.
ALLEGED BAD CHECK
WORKER 18 CAUGHT.
Norfolk, Neb., March 22, (Special)
»~-A man who gave his name as
“Jack Rannells” and who is al
leged to have fleeced Norfolk mer
chants out of several hundred dol
lars by passing bad checks Is un
der arrest at Hastings, Neb., ac
cording to word received by the
Norfolk Merchants’ Federation which
has notified Hastings authorities
that Madison county will prosecute
Rannells alter Hastings is done
wtth him. Rannells deposited an
alleged, worthless check in the Citi
zens National bank here. The check
was made out on the First National
bank of Sioux City. After banking
hours he wrote a dozen checks It Is
said and got goods and cash In ex
change and then disappeared.
SOME FEDERAL AND
8TATE ROAD PROJECT8.
Lincoln, Neb., March 22.—Among
the 44 federal state road projects,
' to total approximately $1,525,000 an
nounced by Governor Bryan and
upon which bids are to be opened
April 16, 17, and 18, were the fol
lowing:
Graveled roads: Norfolk to Madi
son, eight and one-half miles. Nor
folk to Battle Creek, seven and one
half miles; Continuing gravel north
of Grand Island towards St. Paul in
Howard county, five and one-half
miles.
Bridges: Across North Platte riv
er at Broadway and across Platte at
Grand Island.
Paving: Two and one half miles
In Douglas county.
TAKE OPPOSITE VIEWS
IN MATTER OF MATRIMONY
Lincoln, Neb., March 2*.—(Spe
cial.)—Two views of matrimony were
presented In supreme court where
the appeal of Attorney T. P. R.
Stocker of Lincoln was argued. His
wife secured <a f.eparate mainten
ance decree in the lower court. His
lawyer argued that where love has
ceased It Is against the Interests of
society to keep them tied In the mar
ital bond. He said it put a premium
on unchastlty. Her attorney said
thut a man who had made a hell on
earth for one woman ought not l>e
allowed the chance to repeut with
another woman. Mrs. Stoker secur
ed a $10,000 judgment against her
husband’s mother for alienation of
affections, and the appeal on this
was argued also.
CATTLE FEEDER8 PUT
ELEVATOR OUT OF BUSINESS
Bolden. Neb.. March 22.—t Special
to The Tribune.)—The Atlas clavator
here will close on account of the
tack of business. It Is claimed that
stock feeders in this locality ars
using their corn and buying the corn
of the other farmers for feeding pur
poses, so that the elevator Is tiecom
ing Idle and unable to pny its run
ning expenses.
CHILD BADLY BURNED
ABOUT BACK AND HEAD.
Wlsner, Neb.. March 22 (Special)
—The 2-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard McGuire whs se
riously burned when sitting on the
hearth at her home. Her dress
caught fire and her head and back
were burned
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JUDGE ELLIOTT REFUSES
TO QUASH INDICTMENT.
•maha. Neb., Marsh 22.—Federal
Judge J. E>. BHiott, of Sioux PaHs.
B. 1>„ holding eourt in Omaha dur
ing the abeonee ef Federal Judge
"Weedrough, refused to tiuash tbeis
dtatsnent against Loyal B. Howty,
and Lee J. l>unn, former officers, ef
the City Maiienal bank, ef Ltacela,
•barging them with the mieappUea
«t»n of the bank’s fluids tn the pay
ment of ever draft cheeks and the
discounting ef notes Cor tht Nebras
ka air eraft our pom Hon.
! KEPT COPIES
LOVE LETTERS
Lincoln, Neb., Attorney,
Appeals In Matter of
Alimony Assessed
Lincoln, Neb., March .Special,
—T. f». It. Stocker, a Lincoln lawyer
who appealed to supreme court on
the ground that he could not earn
enough at his profession to pay the
alimon/ the lower court said his wife
was entitled to In giving her a sep
arata maintenance decree, argued to
that tribunal that there was no merit
In the contention of opposing counsel
that he ought, in that case, to find
somehlng else to do. He Insisted
thRt it was an Injustice to demand
that he give up his profession merely
so that he might earn alimony.
Stocker's parents are wealthy, and
his wife, after defeating his plea for
divorce, secured a $10,000 Judgment
against his mother for alienation of
affections. On his divorce trial
Stocker admitted that he kept %' car
bon copy of ail love letters he wrote
In courtship days.
ANTI PASS LAW
BADLY TANGLED
Telephone Companies May
Not Give Cut Rates to
Their Employes
Idncoln, Neb., March \ (Special)
—That the legislature bungled also
whin It passed the amendment to the
anti-free pass law permitting rail
roads to Issue pusses to preachers
and charity workers was claimed by
representatives of the Northwestern
Bell Telephone company when they
appeared, Tuesday, to ask for per
mission to give reduced rates for tel
ephone service to employes and pen
sioners. The commissioners were in
clined to hold that while It was ad
vantageous for the company to have
quick communication with employes
when emergencies arise, It could not
sanction this because the law forbids
discrimination between patrons.
Then it was brought out' that when
the law was amended at the last ups'
slon It was changed only in so far
as railroads are concerned, and by
repealing the sections amended also
wiped out that portion which prohib
ited discrimination on the part of
other common carriers.
i BROKEN BOW MAN 16
KILLED IN ODD MANNER.
Broken Bow, Neb., March ' -—Leo
Orlebol, 80 year* old, living about 20
miles from here was accidentally
shot and killed, when a shot gun he
was carrying while riding a horse
was in some manner discharged. Tt
la believed he was thrown from the
horse, causing the gun to go off. He
had been married a month.
INDIANA ELOPERS
CAUGHT IN NEBRA8KA.
Omaha, Neb., March , (II. P.)—
Mrs. Hasel Stully, SO years old. of
Auburn. Ind., charged with deserting
her husband and thite children to
elope with Dell Hayes, of Auburn,
Was arrested hero last night and is
being held for Indiana authorities.
Hayes was arrested at Paplllon, Neb.
Hayes' wife ia a paralytic, according
to information received here.
QUARANTINE 8IGNS
DID NOT LOOK GOOD
Huron, S. D., March \ (Special) —
Two traveling men assisting Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Kunl entertain a doeen
additional guests at a dinner party
here Sunday night, nearly broke up
the party with a prank they pulled.
Before the guests commenced to ar
rive, they procured measles and soar
let fever quarantine signs which they
nailed to the house. The arriving
guests left with one look at the house,
and 4t was some time later before
they could all be rounded up again
and brought back to the house for
the big dinner that had been prepared
for them.
BRICTSON CONCEHN
PAID BIG DIVIDENDS
Omaha, Neb., March * -Edwin T.
Svtobe, fiscal agent for the defunct
Bricteon Mfg., company testified to
day in the trial of O. A. Rrictaon. In
federal court, on charges of using the
mails to defraud, that Brictson had
reported to him that the company's
earnings on a J1W.OO* basis had been
87 per oeat. ever an eight year per
iod.
Swobe said Brietson's advertising
matter cited the profits of other tire
companies te show the possibilities
of thv Luctso* company.
CRANKED CAR, NOW
ASKS FOR DAMAGES
Omaha. Neb., M«!?h <Special)
—Mrs. Laura M. Johnson, teacher at
Omaha university filed suit -today
against Mr. and Mrs. Russell Funk
houser for |MM for a broken arm
she alleges she received in cranking
Mr*. Funkhouser’s automobile after
Mr. f unkhouser had asked her to go
riding.
AIRPLANE CASE T«
SUPREME COURT.
Idweeln, Neb.. Mhreb (Speck I)
—The West alrpinee Uttpatieg te
reaeh she entire we enact landed there
IPyewtay. when tee MehSeet-t Meter
oeaapany appealed team e Ijanensier
cematy ginhdee She* deeded it ree*v
*ry ter k>SH ae the remainder at the
pride agreed te he ppM ter e Martin
airplane by Bay Pape, The latter
abucaed Mat tea plane weald net By.
ui that it eeei Men a hi at money
te find. iAb eat. .The Jsr* betew gave
hia» a dulter 4kmages.
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HE GAVE NOTE
UNDERPRESSURE
——
Former Cashier of Sidney,
Neb., Bank Won Case
In Lower Court
—
Lincoln, Neb., March (Special)
—The Liberty State bang, of Sidney,
has appealed to supreme court from
a district court verdict that its
former cashier, R. A. Barlow, does
not owe anything on a note and
mortgage he executed. Barlow de
fended on the ground that while he
was ill he was told by officers of
the bank that he was short $6,000 in
his accounts, and that if he did
not mortgage his home he would
be turned over to the attorney gen
eral for prosecution. He said he was
told (hat this was necessary in or
der to satisfy the state department
of trade and commerce, and that
after all was over the instruments
would be cancelled. This was de
nied, but the Jury made a specific
finding that duress had been used,
and that he need not pay.
CANNERY FOR
STATE HOSPITAL
Institution At Cherokee Will
Take Care of Surplus
From Farm
Cherokee, la., March (SpeoiaJ’i
—A canning plant wit{ u capacity
of 1,320 No. 1 cans per day will be
installed in a now concrete block
building at the State Hospital farm,
and all canning operations will be
removed from the kitchens. The ad
dition to equipment will salvage
great quantities of tomatoes, apples,
various vegetables and small fruits,
surplus ai'sr all needs of the hos
pital have V 'sn met.
The product, will be packed in No.
10 cans. Nona *111 find its way to
the retail trade. •utpif* at Cherokee
will be sold to other state institutions
at market prices. Toe executive
council and Supt. Dr. George B.
Ilonohoe are Intent In the introduc
tion ai. d elaboration of business
methods.
The Statg Hospital dairy herd Is
practically self-sustaining through
the sale of pure-blood and high
grade Holstein cows end heifers. The
surplus from the herd is not equal
to the demand and the stuff com
mands top prices.
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Sunday Dinners
To Her Friends
Worthington Woman Invites
Business and Profes
sional Men
Worthington, Minn., March
(Special)—Mrs. J. L. Baldwin, a
wealthy widow and a long time resi
dent of Worthington, has in the past
three weeks given a series of Sun
day dinners at the leading cafes,
having as her guests, all the business
and professional men of the town
and their families.
Iowa Girls Win
Oratory Contest
Miss Marie Kline is First In
Catholic School
Event
Slayton, Minn., Mar. Special)—
At an oratorical contest at Iowa,
conducted by the schools of the St.
Francis Sisters of the Catholic
diocese of Winona. Miss Marie Kline,
of the parochial school at Currie,
won first place, her subject being
"The New Race Problem," and Miss
CnmilUs Hllger. of Iowa, won second
Diace. Her subject was •'The Delin
quent Boy;" There were three girls
and three boys who contested for
the prises. The two winners will go
to Winona in April to take part In
the diocesan contest.
PROVIDES FLOWERS
FOR SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Lincoln, Neb.. March ‘Special)
—An unusual bequest was contained
in the will of W. J. Blystone, former
legislator and long prominent In
Grand Army circles. He gave to
Farragut post, of Lincoln, the sum
of $fi00, the interest of which is to
be used to buy flowers every Dec
oration day for the graves of old
soldiers.
What (s believed to be America's
first apartment house was built in New
Orleans by the Baroness I’ontalha. 1
daughter of the Spanish governor of
Ixxiisiana. Sixteen of these apartment
houses were erected in tSt6. a row of
tlietn on either side of the city plaaui. ■
Red-haired women are said te suffer
lees from seriaus diseases than darker
wsiaea.
WESTERN UNION SUED
FOR LARGE AMOUNT
'Warthlagtea, Mina . Mar. ,-Bs
HUM thqy chum the Weatert Litton
Telegraph company failed te aeiiver
a message which waa sent te Alta
Veata. la.. F. J. Cuntauskey and Nick
BWk have brought suit against tlis
ssutpaay far tit.*** Baeti sold a
farm near LUmore te Cuoimiekey
a ltd wired the farm saner in lews
that the deal Had peso wads.
DUCK HUNTERS
HEAVILY FINED
Game Wardens Take Lin
wood, Neb., Men for Shoot
ing on Platte River
Schuyler, Neb., March — J.yle
Stevens and Kclwln Franklin, noth of
Llnnwood, Neb., wore fined $«09.70 in
court here on charges of hunting
ducks on the Platte river without li
cense and in violation to the state
migratory bird act.
Federal Game Warden John Holmes
of Orleans, and State Deputy Oatne
Warden Peter Barley made the arrest.
They said they caught Stevens and
Franklin with 24 ducks in their pos
session, which they shot from a blind \
on the Platte river.
Holmes said the men would be
prosecuted by federal authorititifc for
violation of the federal migratory bird
act.
EACH COW TRAVELED
DIFFERENT DIRECTION
Newcastle, Neli., March —(Spe
cial to The Tribune.)—V. . Brew
ster, a farmer living a few miles
northwest o£ here, met with a pscu
liar accident while taking two cows,
tied together with a rope, to South
Sioux City where he is moving his
goods. As he started out on horse
back, the cow's tried to get by him,
one running on one side of the road
and the other pulling toward the other
side. The rope on the cows wrapped
itself around t.he horse, tripping and
throwing him. This hurled Mr. Brew
ster tn the air and pitched him into
some f Jrtn machinery, breaking his
collar hone and inflicting severe
wounds on his head ond body.
THREAT IS MADE IN
LETTER TO MERCHANT
Fremont, Neb., March -(Spe
cial.)—A threatening letter nas been
received by John Hauser, well known
Fremont merchant, in w’htch he is
accused of giving false testimony in
the recent trial of the John O’Connor
case, in which an estate of $200,000
was given to the state. The writer,
who is a woman, accused Hauser of
knowing that, the man known as
O’Connor is in reality one John Moore
who resided in Fremont in the 60’s
and was an acquaintance of Mr.
Hauser. Mr. Hauser said that he
would not turn the letter over to the
police department.
AGED COUPLE SEEK
SEPARATION BY DIVORCE
Lincoln, N«jb., March ' —After 6t
years of man led life, John VV. Sirine
S3 and has wife, Dorothy W. Strine,
77, both of Lincoln are In divorce
court.
Memory is failing the couple;
neither is able to remember the ex
act dote of their marriage, except
that it took place in Oreencastle, Fa.
in 1863, Kach charges the other
with threats to kill and with in
sanity, and Mr. Strlnc alleges that
their crippled daughter, Myrtle, 3s
years old,, has estranged Mrs. Strine
from him.
Attorneys are attempting to affect
a reconciliation or a settlement of
the small amount of property.
WOMEN PREPARE
SICK ROOM OUTFIT.
Red Cloud. Neb., March (Spe
cial)—A complete nick rou<>« outfit
will be made up here by Ihe mem
bers of the Red Cloud Community
club for use in any home where it
1* needed, according to the plaus of
the women who are taking the Ag
ricultural Extension project, "Home
Care of the Sick." One member Is
to furnish the bedside table atpl the
husband of one of the other mem
bers will make the blocks With
which to raise the bed. Other mem
bers will do their share likewise to
make the set of tables, pans, steri
lizer, medicine chest, bandages, heel
and elbow rests, back rests, lunch
table, trays, and other necessary
things complete. Most of these
things will be simple, home-made
articles hut when assembled they
will lie of great use in many homes
where all of them could not be oth
erwise furnished, say the women
who are in the club.
IOWA YOUTH GOES
TO PEN ON STRETCHER,
! remont, Neb., March iSpecial)
—Arthur Stevenson, one-icgged Io
wa youth, who fractured that one
limb in four places when he at
tempted to escaoo from the Dodge
county jail last winter, was taken
to the penitentiary at Lincoln yes
terday t>n u stretcher. Instead of
being confined with prisoners in the
pen, Stevenson will probably spend
his whole 12-month term in the pen
itentiary hospital, according to
Sheriff V\. C, Condit. Stevenson
was arrested here for burglary and
shortly after his conviction, at
tempted to get out of jail by climb
ing down an improvised rope made
from the bed-clot ues in his room.
The rope broke while Stevenson
was four stories above the ground.
Publicity given this sensational in
cident brought his mother from a
small Iowa town to his bedside and
she remained with him in a Fremont
hospital for several days.
Five dollars Is the pri** of th« best
seats in some of the first-class motion
picture theaters in Japan.
TO DEDICATE MONUMENT
AT «. A. R .ENCAMPMENT
Frfntaat, N*fe„ Uoreh _tBp*.
cial.l—A fin* It ^««t high.
I containing a frgur* in fer**a* *f a
Civil war «*Idl*r. is t* he *r*«t*d at
th* entra n«* t* RUtg* »* oat vary fear*
• n4 d*d!«at*d during th* annual
state en«uu*gu*at *f tit* «. A. R
Jun* t t* S. tennittN *f m*a*k*rs
•f th* Dons and Daughters *f •1*11
War Veterans, beaded fey #e*rg*
W*l*. will have ♦ boig« *f th* pur
chase and *rectKin »i fU* menJUfvnt
VALUABLE COAT
WORK OF HUBBY
Mrs. T. J. Ryan of Newcas
tle, Neb., Wears Furs She
Knows Are Native
Newcastle, Neb'., March 21. (Spe
cial)—Mrs. T. J. Ryan, living near
the Missouri river not far from New
castle, has a unique and very beauti
ful fur coat, which she prizes high
ly, made from the skins of & coyotes
and 2 raccoons, which were caught by
her husband.
Mr. Ryan, who appears to be a
genius in this respect, wishing to
Please his young wife, tanned*, cut
and sewed the hides himself, without
any pattern and without any sugges
tions. The seams of the coat are
scarcely discernible, and the artis
tic design and orderly arrangement
of the skins are remarkable.
Th'e back of this extraordinary coat
is made of one big coyote skin so
tiictL tuts stripes or colorings exienu
from the top to the bottom in a
striking way, and the coyote tall
hangs at the bottom as a part of the
trimming. The oiner coyote tails
make up the rest of the trimming
around the bottom of the coat, while
the cuffs and collar are made from
the raccoon skins with one skin and
tail hanging from the neck at the
back, similar to the big coyote skin
described. Then on each shoulder
is an artistic design made from the
pretty, soft fur of the coyotes
breusts. The coat Is lined with blue
taffeta, and probubly is worth sev
eral hundred dollars.
Interest Scouts
In Conservation
Boys Are Made Members of
Cottonwood County Fish
and Game League
Windom, Minn., Mar. 21. (Special)
—The Cottonwood County Game and
Fish Protective league recently
elected the WJ»3om council of Boy
Scouts to honorary membership F.
J. GottM, Minnesota state game and
fish commissioner, said that the
Cottonwood County league is the
first to take this step In making Boy
Scouts members of their organiza
tion with a view of teaching the
boys of the community the value of
conserving, not only the state’s wild
life, but it’s wooded and watered
areas.
Officials of the game and fish de
partments hope that the various
county game and fish organizations
will follow the lead established by
the Cottonwood county organization.
Many of the Scout leaders al
ready have stated that they see a
statewide membership of Boy Scouts
In the game leagues as a result of
the action taken by this leading
county.
STOCK REMEDY COMPANY
HAS FACTORY AT WINDOM
Windom, Minn., Mar, 21. (Special)
—A stock remedy company of In
wood, la., is to open a factory in
Windom. The local manager will
be T. O. Burroughs. The factory
will be in operation by April 1.
WINDOM DECLAIMERS
WON IN CONTEST
Windom, Minn.. Mar. 21. (Special)
—Windom was the winner in the re
cent triangular declamatory contest
with Worthington and Luverne. 1
ARTESIAN WATER WASTE
SHOULD BE CURTAILED
Pierre, S. D.. March 21.—Unless
prompt action is taken to shut down
to proportions for required use the
flow of artesian water In South Da
kota this great resource which has
declined from a flow of 288,065 gal
lons a minute from 2,626 wells to
67,020 gallons a minute from 6,681
wells in approximately the last ten
years will be a total loss, according
to Dr. Freeman Ward, state geologist.
Recent suvey of the diminishing
number of these wells and retarding
pressure of their flo «proved that the
danger is imminent, he said. In
Davison county alone, in the heart of
the artesian well district, the number
of these wells dropped from 242 with
a total flow of 22,754 gallons a minute
to a more 19 wells producing only
70 gallons a minute.
Preventable waste of this water
from excessive flow Is the heart of
this problem which must be attacked.
Dr. Ward declared. The reeervolr
Instead of being replentished each
year, as streams and rivers, is the
slow accumulation of centuries. The
supply is being drained away ia de
gree much more rapid than it* pres
ent accumulation.
MOSCOW-TO-LONOON BY AIR
Moscow.—The first direct airplane
service from Moscow to London will
be opened April 15. The Moscow
Koontgsberg line will be reopened
about the same time.
Resolutions praising Mayor W. Free
land Kendrick and Snedley I>. Butler,
director of public safety, for their
‘'courageous attitude” iu fighting law
lessness In Philadelphia, have bee*
adopted and signed by members ef
nearly 600 churches.
BEGIN APPROACHES TO
BRIDGE! AT YANKTON
Yankton, 8. X>., l farek M. NNwaMN
—Erection of steel for the sixth aw4
next to last span ef the BsIBnt
Highway bridge arenas the Uwgt<
river here Is hi pjegree*.
work Is to he eeoiMii sewn Base
In April, aceortlin ( te the «wEMt>
ere. Prebad nary week her Bte «#
preaebee ban been shirts*.
The Vatted States eaes ***** butt
the lumber h the werUL am HSn MB
the paper made from wee*, mat sheet
two-fifths *1 tbs wee* ts an fectn.
TO PAY SALARY
STENOGRAPHER
Attorney General So Ad
vises In Case of Judge
Morning’s Reporter
Lincoln, Neb., March 21. (Special)
—State Auditor Marsh has been ad
vised by Attorney General Spillman
that he should pay Minor S. Bacon
his salary for the current month.
Mr. Bacon was court reporter for
Judge Morning, when he was murder
ed by a man named Wallick, whom
he had cited for contempt of court.
After shooting the Judge Wallick sent
a bullet In Bacon's direction. A
heavy booklet deflected It and saved
his life. Being without a judge he
had no work to do, and the auditor
held up the claim. The attorney
general held that the death of the
Judge did not vacate the position of
reporter.
BRICTSON NOT GUILTY
ILLEGAL USE OF MAILS
Omaha, Neb., March 21.—O. A.
Brlctson was frted of charges of
using the malls to defraud in connec
tion with the promotion of Brlctson
Manufacturing Company, in federal
court here Thursday when Judge El
liott took the case from the hands of
the jury and dismissed it, holding the
question Involved to be one of law
and not one of fact.
Mr. Brlctson was president of a.
company established at Brookings, 3.
D., to manufacture a patent tire
tread. The headquarters of the com
pany were moved to Omaha in 1917,
and the company became a corpora
tion and was licensed to sell stock
in Nebraska. The suit grew out of
alleged illegal methods of stock sale.
HOME TALENT PLAY
MADE DI8TINCT HIT
Homer, Neb., March 21. (Special)—
A home talent entertainment, pres
ented in the opera house here by the
Ladies’ aid of the M. E. church,
proved to be a huge success in
every way and several hundred peo
ple attended. All nations were rep
resented by the 25 who took part.
Those taking part were Mrs. A. E.
Thacker, Miss Julia Holsworth, Mrs.
F. M. Church, Mrs. L. L. Ream,
Mrs. M. L. Flllman, Mrs. John
Blacketer, MIsa Phebe Spense, P. A.
Rogers, Mias Florence Rena, Miss
Marlon Curtis, F. M. Church, Miss
Genevieve Mason, F. W. Wilkins,
Miss Lura Goodsell. The following
high school students took part: Rosa
Runge, Helene Blacketer, Catherine
O’Connor, Catherine Rasmussen,
Helen Blessing, Hilda Barlow. Vel
ma Jones, Alfred Hamilton< Alberta
Polly and Florence Whmaley.
Mrs. F. M. Church was chairman,
of the committee In charge and also
has gained a reputation as being one
of the best coaches for home talent
affairs which have been put on at.
this point by the community club.
AMATEUR MAGICIAN
18 OUT FIVE DOLLARS
Homer, Neb., March 21. (Special)
■—It cost Fred W. Wilkins of thkr
place a five dollar bill when he played
the part of a magic man at the home
talent play given here at the opera
house. In demonstrating his ability
to transfer a five dollar bill from on*
envelope to another the magic five
dollars failed to transfer and the little
boy who was also taking a part in his
performance, when told to bum the
envelope, burnt the one with the biK
In it, though the magic man was
aware of the fact. In order to keep
the large audience from knowing hie
mistake, the five dollar William went
up In smoke.
MARRIAGE OF TWO
8TUDENT8 CONFIRMED
Lincoln. Neb., March 21. (U. P.)—
C'. R. Dailey, father of Kayo Daley,
reported to have eloped with Miss
Helen Luckey, Lincoln, student at
Midland college, Fremont, confirmed
Lie reports of the marriage and said
the couple werq '•honeymooning” with
relatives in Missouri. Friends close to
Mr. ard Mrs. H. C. Luckey, parents
of (ii* girl who live here, predict
that th -re will be no attempt to an
nul the marriage. Dailey said he was
in communication with his son over
long distance telephone but refused
to give the name of the Missouri
town where the honeymoon is being
spent. Dailey said they would re
turn hare.”
CREWS HEAD OF
8H0RTH0RN BREEDERS
Grand Inland, Neb., Mar. 21.—The
annual two-day meet and sale of the
Nebraska Shorthorn Breeders Arso
eiatlon came to a close late Thurs
day with L. E. Crews, of Haigler,
elected president for the ensuing year
and H. Tt. Fauseh, Red Cloud, secre
tary-treasurer. Speakers at the an
nual banquet were A. W. Thompson.
Lincoln. Judge B. E. Payne, Grand
Island and H. C. McKelvie, Clay Cen
ter. A lantern slide lecture by Ilal
Lonley, of the Shorthorn World, Chi
cago, also featured. The grand cham
pion bull prize was awarded to Floyd
Brown, of Stamford and the cham
pion cow prize to F. W. Tetzloff and
sons, Walt os.
SPEECH AMD HEARING
RESTORED BY "HEALER."
•w*a, Net., Mars* 21.- Mrs.
Master Splgie, tea* a*4 tomb for M
f«t«. has rs*»«S sgees* and bearing
at Kaaattx* GUr. a daughter, Mrs. D.
8- Htakewgala. at Omaha, with whom
<** sHake* her hams, said she bad
Mrs er edits a healer whose
lecture* she had been attending m
Ka fleas City, with bringing about the
rtasrge, Mr*. Ftnheaeteln said.