PROVIDE WORK ON HIGHWAYS Gov. Bryan Announce? Plans to Be Carried Out in Boyd County Llnrcln, Neb— As a measure of as listing the unemployed. Govcmoi Bryan has announced plans for ad ditional road work in a number o.‘ northeastern Nebraska counties. Ter miles of road between Naper, ir Boyd county, and the South Dako ta line are to be graded at an es timated cost of $7,000, and Is to bf graveled later, the cost being esti mated at $5,000 Grading between Lynch and Spen ser, costing $3,000, also is to be done The governor said the work prob ably will be done through the coun ty board, the plan including the ide; that no one person is to be paic more than $100, and hand labor If contemplated. Work in Holt county includes six miles of clay surfacing on state highway No. 13 from Amelia, the es timated cost being $10,000. and 19 miles of grading and clay surfac ing from Amelia to the Garfield county line at an estimated cost of $6,000. Much of this latter section of road Is sandy and difficult to travel In dry weather and the original inten tion was to mix hay with sand for surfacing, but the hay crop was so short that plan had to be abandoned and It is expected that a six-ind layer of clay will be used, to be grav eled later. YOUTHS TAKE LONG SWIM IN MISSOURI RIVER Omaha, Neb. — Three Omaha youths swam the Missouri river Sunday from the Blair bridge to the Florence pumping station, a dis tance of about 30 miles, in nine hours, 35 minutes. Thrtr weariness Monday morning surpassed descrip tion. The three are George Foral 21 years old; Lowell Burt, 23, anc George AUbaugh, 21. The two wht have Jobs went to work Monday *u usual. It was a downstream trip, but ir point of difficulties, an uphill climb The south wind rolled waves in theii faces. The water was so cold that except for the aid of a coat ol grease, occasional sprints across sand bars, and the warmth of the sand beaches where they stopped several times, they could not have stuck it out. Sand particles worked into their grease coats, and when they climbed out of the river each was a fiery red from the action of the water on the gritty mixture. BELIEVE PROWLER IS CAUSE HOUSE FIRE Bloomfield, Neb.—A prowler who invaded the farm home of John Grothe, five miles northwest of Bloomfield recently, is believed to have started a tire whict destroyed the residence. The Grothe.' and their two children were in town when the fire broke out. Firemen from Bloomfield saved the other buildings on the farm. A neighbor reported that he saw ft light in the Grothe home about SO minutes before the fire broke out and someone apparently mov ing about, but thought at the time it was some member of the family. Authorities are seeking a prowl er who in recent weeks has prowled 15 homes in Bloomfield and vicinity LIGHTNING CAUSE OF SEVERAL FARM FIRES Fremont, Neb.—(Special)—During the torrential rainstorm Monday evening, several buildings in Dodge county were destroyed by fire that started from lightning bolts. The large frame barn on the Adolph Hagemann farm, seven miles south west of Fremont, was burned. Calls were sent to the Cedar Bluffs and Fremont fire departments. The farm residence of J. M. Row, west of Hooper and a large barn on the Emil Custafson farm in the same vicinity were burned. The Hooper lire department which was called to the scene, devoted attention to saving other buildings. CATCHES TWO FISH ON HOOK AT ONE TIME Elmwood, Neb.—From the Ups of a famous novelist comes this fish story. The spinner of the tale Is Mrs Bess Streeter Aldrich, of Elmwood, noted woman writer. The scene is one of the 10,000 lakes in the Minnesota fishing area and the characters are Mrs. Aldrich, a four pound pickerel and a three-pound bass. The bass and the pickerel, Mrs Aldrich relates, were caught on the same trolling hook. Both, she says, must have struck the bait at the same instant as she felt but one strike. WINNEBAGO NEWSPAPER HAS NEW OWNER Homer, Neb.—(Special)—H. N. Wagner has sold the Winnebago Chieftain to L. R. Steimer, of Academy, S. D. Mr. Wagner also is owner and publisher of the Horner Star, which he has edited for the last 19 years. He purchased the Chieftain last December. The hew owner of the Chieftain took posses sion Immediately. CONSIDERS CHARGES AGAINST INSURANCE MAN Lincoln, Neb — Insurance Oom misaoner Her dm an has taken wil der advisement the case of J. G. Widhelm, insuranca agent of Fre mont, w ho is charged with misrepre senting certain insurance policies in order to induce the holders to drop them and buy what he was selling Charles Low of Scribner was among the witnesses, who also included Mr. and Mrs. Widhelm and several character witnesses, along with two affidavits. Mr. Widhelm denied all the charges at the hearing. MEMBERS OF 4-H CLI BS MAKE FINE SHOWING Concord, Neb,—In an exhibition of work achieved by the 15 4-H clubs of Dixon county, highest hon ors for individual work were won by Laura and Mildred Wilson, daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Wil son, Dixon. Ruth Farrar, 10-year-old member of Dixon's Kitchen Klatters, re ceived highest hoonrs in the cook ing clubs, while Dixon's four or ganizations, senior sewing, junior sewing, cooking and rope tying, scored first in their respective di visions. Demonstration teams who are entitled to represent Dixon county at the state contest held in Lin cold are: Rope tying, Melvin Kroli and Orpheus Erwin, Dixon; cook ing, Dorothy Hancock and Grace Mary McCland, Dixon; Junior sew ing, Frances Kelly and Vera Er win, Dixon, and senior sewing, Ber nice Erwin and Thelma Manz Dixon. Oilier winners at the county fail Included: Style show', senior group, Margaret Jo Davey, Ponca, first, and Carolyn Phillips, Dixon, second; style show, junior group, Lois An keny, Dixon, first, and Geraldine Sherman, Concord, second; judging, Garnet Childs and Carolyn Phil lips, Dixon: health contest, girls, Thelma Manz, Dixon; boys, Ken neth Kelly, Dixon. Darlene Killian of Wakefield re ceived highest score in the health division but was too young to enter the state contest. A county organization was per fected with Mrs. Ralph Gilman, Ponca, general chairman, and Mrs. Joe Phillips, Dixon, secret ry-treas urer. YOUTH KILLED BY PIECE EMERY WHEEL Prainview, Neb.—Leo Rasmussen, 17 years old, son of Mr and Mrs. R. T. Rasmussrn, living seven miles southeast of here, wns killed at the home of his sister, Mrs. Jack Den ny, near Tllden, when an emery stone run by a motor bursted. A chip from the stone entered the young man's side, piercing the vital organs resulting in death about 30 minutes later. He is survived by his parents, five brothers and two sisters. TOOK CORN AND WHEAT ON SUBSCRIPTIONS Seward, Neb.—(Special)—R. H. Summer, editor of the Blue Valley Blade published here has been ac cepting wheat at the rate of 75 cents a bushel in payment for sub scriptions to the Blade which is $1.50 a year. Subscribers were al lowed to pay qs many years in ad vance as they wished. Corn he ac cepted at 60 cents a bushel, hens at 25 cents a pound and spring chick ens at 30 cents a pound. His offer ran for a month and expired September 1. Hundreds of bushels of wheat were brought in as a result. He is not selling the wheat but is trading some at the local mill i r flour and is storing the balance tJ feed his chickens this fall and win ter. FREMONT BAND WINS IN KANSAS CITY CONTEST Fremont, Neb. — (Special)— The Fremont post band, Veterans of Foreign Wars, won first prize of $200 in cash, in lhe band contest in Kansas City recently. GOOD CORN CROP NEAR CEDAR BLUFFS Fremont, Neb.—(Special)—Speci mens of cornstalks that measure 12 feet high were brought to Fremont by L. H. Krause, who says he has a field of 100 acres of similar corn on his farm near Cedar Bluffs. Krause says that the field will yield at least 65 bushels to the acre. While corn around Fremont is poor, It is said to be excellent in the Cedar Bluffs neighborhood, where local showers gave relief sev eral times during the hot dry summer. COUNTY TO CEASE PAYING BOUNTY ON RODENTS Neligli, Neb.—The Antelope coun ty board of supervisors has decided to stop paying bounties on gophers, crows and ground squirrels after September 14. From the large number of these animals brought in it is thought the pests must be quite well thinned out. Tills drain on the treasury has beer about $5,000 annually. CUSTODIANS FOR THREE NEBRASKA STATIONS Lincoln, Neb. — (Special) — The state railway commission has grant ed authority to the Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Rail way company to substitute custodi ans for its agents at Obcrt, Mag net and Slioles, Neb. It was pointed out in the evidence that drought conditions and the fact that trucks are carrying livestock and ship ments of less than carload lots les sen the necessity for agents at these points and the substitution, of cus todians will save the company $1, 500 a year in each instance. FIREMEN TO HOLD DISTRICT CONVENTION Pender, Neb. — (Specials — The Firemen's District convention of northeastern Nebraska will be held at Pender, Labor day. There will be a ball game between Pender and Thurston, a watertight at 5:30 o'clock and a firemen's banquet at 6:30 p. m., also a dance in the eve ning at Legion hall. The Pender high school band will'furnish the music. HALF RATES ON GRAIN INTO DROUGHT AREA Lincoln. Neb. —(Special)— An emergency order issued by the state railway commission puts into effect half rates on grain and livestock feed shipped into a number of towns in northeastern Nebraska where farmers did not raise enough to keep the livestock over the win ter. The towns affectrd are Bloom field Coleridge, Crofton, Fordyce, Hnrtmgtou, Laurel Magnet, Obert. Randolph, Wausa, Wynot, Masked, Newcastle and Ponca. Tales of Real Dogs ■Ml f P By Albert Payson Terhune He taught Quern to deliver his mail. Queen had a queer twist to her brain, a twist that made her a local celebrity and brought her into the newspapers and into high neigh borhood fame. Here is her story She was a spaniel and she be longed to Diogenes Hastp.pis, a Greek grocer who lived at 2'j West Maple street, Columbus, Ohio, Queen was not content to be a mere pet dog. Always she was thinking up ways to be of use to her master A she was lucky to have a master who understood dogs, this was made eas ier for her. (uuui v u wj teaching her many useful tricks and she was even more quickly easy to learn than he was to teach her. One of these tricks 'probably the most useful of the loti wns her stunt as mail carrier. Her master had much business correspondence and even more cor respondence as an official of the Oreek-American Progressive asso ciation. There was not mailbox near his store, but there was one at Maple and High streets. Hastapis taught Queen to deliver his mail there. He hung a sign around her neck reading, “Please Mail My Letters in the Box.” Then he would give her a package of mail to carry between her jaws. Off she would trot to the box, never stopping on the way and never so much as glancing at any canine or human passerby. When she reached the corner of Maple and High streets, she would sit down under the mailbox find wag her tail appealingly at every one who happened to draw near. Always, within a few minutes at most, some pedestrian would chance to read the sign, "Please Mail My Letters in the Box”, and would see the bundle of mail which Queen thrust out invitingly. The 'etters .vould be taken from her and posted. Instantly, she would not Lack home igain. Never once was a single letter ost. Hastapis taught her. also, the aames and whereabouts of the vari ous tradesmen with whom he dealt md he used her as a provision car For example, his butcher nad a stall in North Market. Hastapis would write out an order for meat and put it in a basket. Then he would give Queen the basket and tell her to whom to take it. Off she would trot to the market and to the stall she had been told to go to. The butcher would read the order, fill the basket and then give it back to Queen to take uome. Hun gry or not, she never touched a single scrap of meat it contained, and she guarded it fiercely against all other dogs she met on the road. But it was only a year or so ago that Queen exhibited the odd twist of brain I have spoken of. and, by reason of it, she "broke into the news" and became the target for a battery of press cameras. It hap pened in this way: The only other animal besides Queen in the Hastapis household was Rosie, a plump and elderly cat. Rosie did not care for Queen. Queen did not care for Rosie. But, after a mild scrimmage or two, they had decided that their dis taste for each other was not worth a fight. Thus, they ignored each other and lived in the same ncuse without further clashes, if with no friendliness at all. This went on until Rosie vanished from her usual place as official rat-catcher in the Hastapis grocery. She was gone from the store for some days. Queen did not seem to notice her absence, nor to be inter ested in her in any way. Then, during an exploring tour of the rooms behind the store. Queen came upon a box. In the box re clined Rosie. Cuddled against the cat’s side were four baby kittens, perhaps 10 days old. At once, some unknown impulse stirred within Queen as she stared down at the little family in the box. Hitherto, she had had a whole some respect for Rosie’s scratching claws. Now, she forgot to fi nch &t them. Fiercely she attacked the fat old cat, driving her off the box and Into a far corner, despite Rosie’s spitting and scratching protests. Queen was not to be deterred by any opposition, be it ever >o pain rul. Having driven Rosie away from he kittens, Queen stepped into the box and cuddled down there nos ing the kittens close to her own fur ry underbody, and licking them all over, one by one. That was the beginning. Until the kittens were big and old enough to take care of themselves. Queen lived in that box, licking them, cud dling them, crooning to them, mothering them in every way she knew how to. When Rosie ventured near, the dog flew at her in mur derous fury, chasing her away and then trotting back to her four adopted babies. Lest the kittens die of hungar, Hastapis used to pick Queen up, several times a day, and lock her in a back room, while Rosie was al Spotswood Tomb Is Bared. From the Baltimore Morning Sun. Modern progress rudely disturbed :he 173-year-old slumber of a col onial dignitary when the jaws of a steam shovel on New Fost Farm, four miles below this city, bit into ihe long unlocated tomb of Col. John Spotswood, friend of George Washington and son of Gov. Alex ander Spotswood. one of the most famous of Virginia’s colonial rulers. The skeleton was found intact, lying just as It had been left by reverent hands nearly a century and three quarters ago. All except a few fragments of the walnut coffin in which Colonel Spotswood was buried had rotted away, but the silver lowed to come to the box and nurse her infants. But, except at feeding time, she was left to sulk in the far end of the room while Queen nestled among the kittens anc washed them and played eently with them There have been instances when dogs deprived of their own puppies have mothered and nursed the young of other kinds of animals —cats, bears, foxes and even leap aid-. But Queen had no puppies of her own. She never had had any. So the instinct to become the moth er of these lour kittens was wholly mental. When the newspapermen came tc see the odd sight and when click ing cameras were turned upon the box and its ill-assorted occupants, Queen showed no sign of interest in the attention she was attracting. She suffered herself and her adopted babies to be examined and photographed, without any demur at all. But when Rosie was emboklened by the presence of strangers to creep furtively toward the box and toward her own children, Queen drove her furiously back into the corner and then returned to brood over the kittens A reporter for the Columbus Dis patch interested himself in Queen and in her odd career and wrote a iirstrate story about her. Among other discoveries he made was this: Queen understood Greek and English equally wrell. She would obey commands of her master, spoken in either of the two languages. There seemed to be no difference in her quick comprehension of an order or of a single word, whether it were voiced in English or in Greek. Was I right in saying Queenie had “a quick twist to her brain?” A Text from Genesis. From the Chicago Journal o. Com merce. ‘ And,” says Genesis, “the whole earth was of one language and oi one speech ’ That gave the people unity, and they planned a tower tc reach to the heaven, and give them a name, l’nis. the Bible story tells us, displeased the Lord. He saw the people as one, having all one lan guage, and therefore unity, and ioresaw that "nothing will be re strained from tnem, which they have imagined to do." Evidently this was contrary to the Lord's pians ior men, so He came down and confounded their language, that they might not understand one i another’s speech. Confusion fol- i lowed,. woi'K on the tower ceased, and tne people were scattered, and | each group had its language, differ ent from all the others. That held the groups apart, each to work out its own destiny. Is that good theology? Probably not, but it has taught the races of civilized men that unity of purpose, of thought, o.‘ ideals, can come only when one common "language" ex ists between the nations, of like in terests, ol similar ambitions, to the end that wicked rivalries shall i t a common prosperity shall be achieved, all through the destruction of the greatest enemy of all peoples the world over, the destroyer of human comfort and happiness in all the ages, the su preme evil, war? We are trying to substitute for a common tongue, a common agree ment among peoples. Is the time ripe for it? And would the Lord ap prove it? Assuming that deity is Interested in the matter, does the Great Intelligence see in it what is best for mankind? He knows what has happened as a result of the confusion of tongues He deliberate ly imposed on men many centuries ago. As to the God of the Old Tes tament we r > >■■>[ know. But as to Christ the Savior we are not in doubt. His compassion would surely be for the sinners on earth, if com patible with the purposes of Je. hovah. BUT I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW. The loafers standing on Fifth street, From morning until night. To watch a building being razed, Themselves present a sight. ’Tis not a pretty one they watch, Nor even is it strange; And on the faces gathered there Expressions never change. Alone they stand, in pairs, In groups; Some lean against the bank, But here and there they are so thick. They stand in triple rank. But now I think I'll run along— I’ve been here half the day; For while I’d like to stay till five, It really doesn’t pay. —Sam Page. Hidden Ignorance. From Humorist. Wife (keen on gardening, to hus | bard)' Did you write to the florist about the herbaceous border? Husband: No, I telephoned. I’d rather say herbaceous any day than spell it. name plate on the coffin, heavilv stained and slightly corroded about the edges, was almost Intact. The inscription, "Col. John Spots wood. departed this life August 26, 1758, age 34.” could be read easily without the use of magnifying glass 1 es. Oddly, the same inscription was carved on both sides of the plate, but I in different types of lettering, al though screws rusted into the plate showed which side had been used as j the face. LOCUST‘INVASION According to the Ohio experiment I station, at Wooster, the state is to experience an invasion of the 17 year locust thU vear WOMAN HAS BOTH ARMS CUT OF BV MOWER Ainsworth. Neb —(Special)—Mrs M. E. Stacy lost both arms in a hayfield accident. She was run ning a mowing machine and at tempting to rearrange the harness on one of the horses. The team lunged, she was knocked down and both arms were amputated by the sickle. Stacy had been putting up hay on his ranch l'i miles southwest of here, assisted by his wife, be cause of not having enough work men. Her husband had taken a load of hay to the house when the accident happened. He did not re turn to the field for an hour, but his wife did not lose consicousness in all that time. She is the mother of four daughters ranging in age from 18 to 14. BONDEDDEBTS ARE PAID OFF Numerous Nebraska Com munities Wipe Out 01 Re duce Their Indebtedness Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— State Bond Examiner Lawrence has ap proved and registered $1,156,846.35 in bonds issued during the month of August by cities, villages, school districts and other subdivisions of the state. Refunding and renewal bonds totaled $888,177.29. which leaves a total of $268,669.06 of new bonds issued during the month. This is the second month of the year in which more bonds were paid and cancelled than were is sued, payments during August amounting to $286,615. Merrick county paid $12,000 to rid itself of a $100,000 courthouse xmd issue of July 1, 1911, leaving that county without any bonded debt. The O'Neill school district freed tself of bonded indebtedness when ,t paid $1,000 to clean up a building issue of April 1, 1913. Included among the municipali ses reporting payments during Au gust are: Belgrade, $500; Burt county rural schools, $8,500; Boone county rural school, $1,250; Craig $1,000; Central City, $7,000; Cen tral City school, $14,000; Clarks school, $2,000; Dodge, $4,000; drain age district No. 1, Merrick county, $1,750; drainage district No. 2, Mer rick county, $2,500; Fremont school $1,000; Holt county rural school $375; Lyons, $345; Merrick county $12,000; Merrick county rura school, $2,500; Nance county rural school, $294; Niobrara school $1,000; Newman Grove, $2,000; Oak land. $9,000; Oakland school, $4,000; O Neill school, $1,000; Pierce coun ty rural school, $400; Scribnei school, $8,000; Wayne county rural school, $600. KEPT CLOSE ACCOUNT OF WHEAT CROP COS1 Sidney, Neb. — (UP) — One pan handle farmer knows just what it cost him to produce a bushel o! wheat this year. His son kept books on him. Raymond Cruise kept a complete record of the cost of producing wheat on 240 acres of his father’s land. It cost 46 cents per bushel to grow the crop. The yield for the field was 11.5 bushels per acre. Young Cruise’s cost tabulations in cluded all expenses, labor, depreci ation on machinery, fuel, repairs, seed, trucking and rent. The total cost of producing 2,800 cushcls of wheat on 240 acres was $871. One third of the crop was mid out for rent, leaving 1,870 bush sis to defray expenses of production. If no deductions were made for rent :he production cost would have been il cents per bushel. On a cost per acre basis, it cost the farmer $5.40 per acre when the one third crop rent was given. With out figuring the rent the cost was $3.63 per acre. Costs of growing the crop were distributed as follows: Fuel for summer fallowing 80 acres, $44.60; alow lays, $22; fuel for seeding, $47; •eed $121; fuel for harvesting $48; •epairs on combine, $15; trucking, 2,800 bushels, $56; depreciation on machinery valued at $4,000, $400; nterest on investment, $40; repairs Dn tractor, $20; 260 hours man la 3or at 25 cents per hour, $65, and 10 hours hired labor at 5 cents per lour extra $3, making total labor )ill of $68. WORE ROAI) WORR IN DROUGHT AREA Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— Ten miles of grading between Spring dew and the South Dakota line >n highway No. 83 in Keya Paha :ounty is to be done as a part of the governor’s program for finding hand and team work for drought sufferers, according to an an nouncement by Governor Bryan. The estimated cost of this work is to be $5,000 and the stretch is to ae graveled later at a cost of $7, >00. Work of this kind already has leen arranged in Boyd, Cedar, Dix m, Holt and Knox counties and the governor said that if funds were available he may have similar work lone in Brown and Rock counties. HOMER LEGION WINS FIRST AT FREMONT Homer, Neb.—(Special)—The lo cal post of the American Legion was awarded first place in the state convention parade at Fremont, for the largest percentage of represen tation. It received streamers for ts colors. FIND MILK BOTTLE IN SERVICE 19 YEARS York, Neb—(UP)—The life of a milk bottle is notoriously short. But the Keystone creamery here has discovered one that has survived its trips from doorstep to aoorstep and from one creamery to another during the last 19 years. The bot | tie showed up at the creamery re cently. Its age was determined by the name “Home Dairy’’ and the name of its owner, M. B. King The Home Dairy discontinued operation , in 1912. HIGHER SPEED FOR AIRPLANES Rickenbacker Predicts 500 Miles an Hour in Near Future New York — (UP) — Col. Eddie Rickenbacker, American World war ace and now an aircraft company official, forecasts that the winning plane in the coming Schneider cup races at Cowes, England, will travel at 400 miles per hour. He also fore sees an air speed of 500 miles per hour or more within the next two years. Rickenbacker made these predic tions at the Society of Automotive Engineers' meeting. The Schneider cup races and similar speed events along the same line are the proving grounds for fast airplanes, just us the Indian apolis race events have become the proving grounds for many automo bile improvements, he said. "Events of this type furnish the Incentive for the development of fast planes needed in time of war,’ ie declared. The record in the Schneider cup races of 328.64 miles an hour, was made last year by Flying Officer Henry R. D. Wughorn, of the Brit ish team. The United States did not have an entry in the race, and, from present indications, will have none this year either. “The building of racing planes requires a great deal of money,” Rickenbacker pointed out, and said that “the public's money should support our entry.” The funds are needed for research and it is his contention that no individual, or corporation, should be expected to carry on the work alone when the whole public will benefit from the improvements and knowledge gained.” The famous war-time flier said that a cruising speed of 200 miles an hour is essential and will be de veloped in the future, and the con 1 at will be crossed in 15 hours in regular service. Ric