Nebraska Newspapers

    \We Man Without I
C) A Country @
; & Edxuard Everett Hale
SECOND INSTALLMENT.
If I !.: <t eily pr.-vrvtd the whole
u( thi- jtij- r. there w..u!.| lie un break
In !!.* Is nf m> sketch -»f this
*t'ir> l**r('ap;un >■ w. if it was h*.
haisl.s! it tn his sui-ifssor in tlie
dart*- ami tie t«» his
Tlie rule adnpted nil Iseird llie ships
on *1.. h 1 have met "The Man without
a t'outitrj ' was, I think, transmitted
from the le.- uiinj. No mess like) tn
hate lain iH-rtuamtitly, because his
(•reset. ■ ut off ad talk of home or of
the pr—i-it nf return, of |silitles or
letters of peace nr nf war—out off
ne>r«- than half tin- talk men like to
hate at sea. Hut it was always
thou.-Se < »• l.ard that he should never
m.—t th- r--'t f ti' except to touch
l»nt» wwl we finally - ink into one sys
tem. He was tmt |-rttiltted to talk
a rh :t. ';nti uni'— an olkecr was by.
M ith nt!.. rs he had unrestraiutsl in
ter*..ar-. a~ far a- 'lo-.v and he chose.
Hut h- grew shy. thoittk he lutd favor
ite*: 1 »i> nt»c. Then the captain
always .. -•.• ! hitu to dinner mi Men
day. K- cry m.«s in suo Vision took
up th - con in i»- turn. Aeeord
in*t I*' tie - • of tin sjtl|i you had him
at y»ur .».s m*»re <*r less often at
dimer Hi« iir*-ak: -t he ate in his
•>wn •: .'■■■ hi always had a still t*
r-susi whan was where a sentinel, or
sari.,'!) i • :h - v . »• Ii. <mild see the
d*»*r A ml *..-r -isi* In* ate or
s
r sailors had
ai.jr sj„ . i .n'i.ti* atimi. they were |s*r
in -* ■! t.* : a site "1*1: .a-Buttnus,'* us
tley Ti. Xolau was sent
h - r. a ! the men were
t**rl*. :• <i t.. ak of hn::sc while he
-!*t Th*-) :. i.d him “Plain
Butt* n»." in-eause while In* always
•-tews- tn w.-ar a r*-sul ti**n array uni
form. le- Was BK |s-ntlittcd tn Wear
«le- arm* te.tt.ui. t..r the reason that
it bt*re eiile-r the initials or th** in
• ■ -.U I.' li* IIJ’l ’li-- * •* U~Ja
I r. ■ ■t-.-r. -,—n after I joined tU«*'
navy. I - . - • *m shore with miiim* of tin*
* .» . r -r* {■• : i «.ur ship and from
tin- fir.it, w:*n-. which u«- lm<l tnet at
Alflftftlidrm. W.- had leave (o make a
party aft ; . I th) fy m
tael*. A- »- jogged along some of
h S '■■< iking about No
la**, s i.eoi*.- told the system
whc-h a» adopted from ill*- firs! about
hi* l»». • and otb r reading. As he
wr.» a' ti.v-r |~ : itted to go on
***•:• . v a though i he teasel lay In |n»rt
for tl. ’i - hi* time, at the best,
hung \y . and ev. rjlssjy was per
mltfeil To !• | ! :a lo.L>. if they were
b>< p*jbli»h-d in A merle* and made no
n. tn. se were common
«i igh 'i the obi day*, wheti people
in Tie • r bea;-ph.-re talk.-l of tin*
I :..l«s. > :ite* *.* liitb- a* we do of
Carai i v. He h I almost all the for
eign p. j»-r* Ilia! riiw into the ship,
s..itfte-r .it later: i*,:jr sfurl-nl}' must
go e..r theta fir*», and rut out any
advert.~ tit or stray par graph that
k . *• : T.» A:ie Uight In the
ft-.d’t *.f He of Viifmbsiti*s battles, or
««*• * .Tig'* - is poor Nolan
»• cl’: 1 nd great hob- bMlU-fe on the
bw< k of j* e.. ,,f that (taper there
bul . a an it•!v ri• tit of a packet
tor V ■ i rk ..r a scrap from the;
presid it's n - -ge. 1 say this was
• be fij*t r i .-Vj-r heard of till* plan,
at.’i »-T. 1 ; r 1* I bud enough, and
more tlma et ugh, to do with. I re
tie lil*. ise poor Phillip*. Who
wa« of t*m- t*arry, *o<*li tis tlie alltt- ‘
Mon to r. -..din* » - mi d told a story
of *• i it. g a I, • li iutplM-iMsI at tlie
i . je of i„« ‘ II •;* uij Nolan’s first
vo- tg- 1 .< I* the only thing 1 ever
lifth:nl
c bed it Ti. * ,m -el bi d dime the
civil Tb- i_ tth it. Kngltsh admiral
i I., r. -.-t ..nd tb* n. leaving for a
n. I'hil
. n it I. i’ow.vI a lot of Kiiglish
b * * |r-• -:« f.u-.-r. which, ill those
il - - ,!i ‘i*s| In tie *e. was quite a
v», tall kinoug them a* the Ih-vtl
ftftHM • i li-f was the l-ay of tin- l.a-l
M - tei; ’ ti ley had all of them
!.■ ■ d 'nil v. la li .'t of them hail
• ie-v -r scs-n. 1 think it could not have
I** ! published long. Well, nobody
ibo bt it r« e. .md tie ntiy risk of any- j
tl. M.t ! in tli.it. though I'liillips
su. . d stiaw bi d cut out the l
■ j. ;»-*i ‘ from Mial..-s|»-wre before
be i«T NoSait have it fus-ausc he said.
“The l v . hi ought to Ih* ours und.
' i one day." So No
lan u * i**n oiled to join ihe circle
•t 'I »f Tin in sat
: load.
l-ei-td. •j.- i. ib. stn-h things so often
ftotk. but wb-o 1 wa- Voting we got
rid of « g T deal "f I’M so. Well.
- • ini Nolan
Mm* ;: i i" tin- b. r* ;
aad he read eery • H ■« I know. No
body tit tb - ' •- k-i -vv a line of the
pftpto. only it -*; * : II tn-tgic and l«>r
o« r ciavalrv and . .« ti n thousand
yvwrs ag». t**»>r Nolan read steadily
threegb li ti :h c stopped a min
ute ril.d di i g .. ui tin a be
gat .rb- a *i- bt 1 what was
nwtar
Iir*-attw» tlaM* the ma: . with aoul an
Betid,
W i* *rt<t to klfuelf hath mM
;> «m«w im|* --.Me t.. us that any
!«.!» i-iit h*-:inl th!' for the first time;
f.ut ail tie-'- Ml"** ‘I then, ami
j„»,r Noian Man self went on. still un
rMt»r|oUsl> uf iueehatUenlly—
Tut ta my *'»n. n.> nat.vc land!
Th.a they all saw aomething was
U> I*> ; ln»* he «t|*er|«Ml to get through.
| sU|^.r» tuttesj a little pale, hut
y,. yart huth ne'er within h!:a
Iwrnad.
r > t- • haft, tut: -I
V, « .abdrr.w* on » toreiga strun.!’
I L l.e-je to rathe. *0. U.arK hlui Well
|;. this U-ie tn-ti were all l*e
gUtCbiditM!-f»- wisUiug 'here was any
way to make him turn over two pages;
j but he had not quite presenee of miml
for that; he gagged a little, colored
crimson, and staggered on:
F.>r him no minstr. 1 raptures swell:
High though his titles, proud tus name,
I: u'.dless his wealth as wish ran claim
i Despite ttiese titles, power and pelf,
n.t wretch, concentered all in self,—
aud here the poor fellow choked, could
not go on, hut started up. swung the
book into the sett, vanished into his
stateroom, “and by Jove.” said Phil
lips. “we did not see him for two
mouths again. And I hail to make up
some beggarly story to that Knglish
surgeon why I did not return his Wul
tcr Scott to him."
That story shows about the time
when Nolan's braggadocio must have
broken down. At lirst, they said, he
took u very high tone, considered his
imprisonment a more farce, affected
to enjoy the voyage, and all that; hut
Phillips said that after he entne out of
his stateroom he never was the same
man again. He never read aloud again,
unless it was the Uilile or Shakespeare,
or something else he was sure of. But
it was not that merely. He never en
terini in with the other young nu n ex
actly as a companion again, lie was
always shy afterward, when I knew
him. very seldom spoke, unless he
was spoken to. except to a very few
friends, lie lighted up occasionally.
1 remember late in his life hearing
him fairly el.Kjuent on something
which had been suggested to him by
■ lie of l'leehier's sermons, hut gener
allj he had the nervous, tired look of
a heart-w..und>-d man.
When Captain Shaw was coming
i -if, as I say. i; was Shaw—rath
er to the surprise of everybody they
made on. of the Windward islands,
aud lay off and on for nearly a week.
lii buy* said tin- ofhcers were sick
of salt junk, am! meant to have tur
tle s,,up before they came home. But
after several days the Warren came to
tic- same rendezvous: they exchanged
signals: she at to Phillips anil these
homeward-lMiuml min letters and pa
pers. and told them she was outward
bound, perhaps to the Mediterranean,
and t<xik jxxir Nolan and his traps on
the boat hack to try his second cruise.
He looked v. . v blank when he was told
to get ready to join her. He had
known enough of the signs of the sky
to know that till that moment he was
going “home." But this was a dis
1 in< : ■ ... something he had not
thought of. perhaps, that there was no
going home for him. even to a prison.
And this »..s the first of some twenty
such transfers, which brought him
sooner or later into lialf our best ves
sels, hut which kept him all itis life
at least some hundred miles from the
country lie had hoped he might never
hear of again.
It may have been on that second
cruise—it was once when lie was up
tin- Mcdltcrraucap—that Mrs. Graff,
ihe celebrated Southern beauty of
tlc'e days, danced with him. They
had been lying a long time in the Bay
of Naples, and the officers were very
intimate in the Knglish fleet, and there
had In . ti great festivities, and our
men. thought tin y must give a great
bail on hoard the ship. How they
ever did it on hoard the Warren I am
sure I do not know. Perhaps it was
not the Warren, or perhaps ladies did
ton take up so much room as they
do now. They wanted to use Nolan's
sta' -room for something, and they
h.ned to do it without asking him to
tite ball: so the captain said they
might tisk him. if they would he re
s|M>usible that he did not talk with
iIn* wrong ix-ople. “who would give him
intelligence.” So the dance went on.
the finest party that had ever been
known, I dare suv; for I never heard
t—r—:--:-n—7-3
Turned a Little Pale but Plunged On.
of n man-of-war bull that was not. For
ladies they had the family of the
American consul, one or two travelers
who had adventured so f ir. and a nice
bevy of English girls and matrons, per
haps Lady Hamilton herself.
Well, different officers relieved each
other in standing anil talking with No
lan in a friendly way, so as to be sure
that nobody else spoke to him. The
dancing went on with spirit, and after
a while even the fellows who took this
honorary guard of Nolan ceased to fear
any contretemps. Only wlym some
English lady—Lady Hamilton, as I
said, perhaps, called for a set of
"American dancers.” tin odd thing hap
pened. Everybody then danced enu
tredancc*. The black band, nothing
loath, conferred as to what “American
dimces” were, and started eff with
“Virginia Reel.” which they followed
with “Money-Musk,” which, in Its turn
in those days, should have been fol
lowed by “The Old Thirteen." But
just as Dick, the leader, tapped for Ms
fiddlers to begin, and bent forward,
about tr> say, in true negro state, “ *?Jie
Old Thirteen,’ gentlemen and Indies!”
as he had said, *’ ‘Virginay Reel,’ if you
please!” “‘Money-Musk,’ if you
please!” the captain’s boy tappet- him
■ m the shouUler. whispered to liPff, and
he did not cr.nounce the name sf the
dance; he merely bowed, began on
the air, and they all fell to. iue offi
cers teaching the English girls the
figure, but not telling them why it
i had no name.
Rut that is not the story I started
to tell. As the dancing went on. No
lan and our fellows all got at ease, as
I said, so much so that it seemed quite
natural for him to bow to that splendid
Mrs. Graff, and say:
"I hope you have not forgotten me.
Miss Rutledge. Shall I have the hon
or of dancing?"
He did it so quickly that Shubrirk,
who was by him, could not hinder
j him. She laughed and said:
“I am not Miss Rutledge any longer.
Mr. Nolan; but I will dance all the
same,” just nodded to Shuhrick. as if
to say he must leave Mr. Nolan to her,
j and led him off to the place where the
dance was forming.
Nolan thought he had got bis chance.
He hud known her at Philadelphia,
and at other places had met her and
this was a godsend. You could not
talk in contredanees, as you do in
cotillions, or even in the pauses of
waltzing; but there were chances for
tongues and sounds, as well as for
eyes and blushes. He begun with her
travels, and Europe, anil Vesuvius, and
i—s:--.
There Appeared Nolan in His Shirt
Sleeves.
the French; and then, when they had
worked down, and had that long talk
ing time at the bottom of the set. he
said boldly, a little pale, she said, as
she told me the story, years after:
“And what do you hear from borne.
Mrs. Graff?"
And that splendid creature looked
through liim. Hove! how she must
have looked through him! “Home!!
Mr. Nolan!!! I thought you were the
man who never wanted to hear of
home again!” and she walked directly
up the deck to her husband, and left
poor Nolan alone, as he always was.
—He did not dance again.
I cannot give any history of him in
order: nobody can now; and. indeed.
I am not trying to. These are tile tra
ditions. which I sort out. as I believe
them, from the myths which have been
told about this man for forty years.
The fellows used to say he was the
"Iron Mask;" and poor George Pons
went to his grave in the belief that
this was the author of ‘"Juniu*." who
was being punished for his celebrated
libel on Thomas Jefferson. Pons was
not very strong in the historical line.
A happier story than either of these I
have told is of the war. That came
along soon after. I have heard this
affair told in three or four ways, and. j
indeed, it may have happened more
than once. But which ship it was on
I cannot tell. However, in one. at
least, of the great frigate duels with 1
the English, in which the navy was
really baptized, it happened that a
round shot from the enemy entered
one of our ports square, and took right
down the officer of the gun himself,
and almost every man of the gun’s j
crew. Now you may say what you 1
choose about courage, but that is not
a nice tiling to see. But as the men I
who were not killed picked themselves
urni im- s (MMijutr w ITt* Celt* •
Tying off the bodies, there appeared !
Nolan, in liis shirt sleeves, with the 1
rammer in his hand, and. just as if he
had been the officer, told them off with I
authority, who should go to the cock- j
pit with the wounded men. who should
stay with him, perfectly cheery, and
with that way which makes men feel
sure all is right and is going to he
right. And lit' finished loading the
gun with his own hands. Aimed it. and i
hade the men fire. And there he
stayed, captain of that gun. keeping j
those fellows in spirits, till the enemy '
struck, sitting on the carriage while i
the gun was cooling, though he was
exposed all the time, showing them
easier ways to handle heavy shot, mak
ing the raw hands laugh at their own
blunders, and when the gun cooled
again, getting it loaded and fired twice
as often ns any other gun on the ship.
The captain walked forward, by way j
of encouraging the men, and N'olan
touched his hat and said:
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Which Was Which?
Jimmy’s mother had told him to stay
near the window and watch for the
bride and groom and come and tell
iter when lie saw them coming. After
waiting for some time his patience
was rewarded, but he forgot to run
and tell his mother. When they were
quite near he suddenly remembered
and called out lustily: “Mamma, here
comes tlie bribe and the gloom.”—
Christian Herald.
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A pneumatic hammer for tamprog
j paving stones has been invented.
THE SIGN OF THE RED CROSS
Mill ions and millions of stricken people in devastated Europe
must depend on the activity of the Red Cross society alone for the most
meager necessities of life—just enough to keep body and soul together.
The Red Cross organization is the universal helping hand. But in
order to extend this hand to the sorrowing and afflicted, it must have
your support. In fact, if you would do your part to relieve the suffer
ing in the world, you can do it most directly and efficiently through the
Red Cross. Become a member today. Give one dollar—two dollars—
five dollars—as much as you can.
RED CROSSNEEDSFUND
“Drive” for $100,000,000 Opens
Throughout Country.
New York and Chicago Will Give at
Least $40.000.000—Every Region
Must Be Generous Now.
Uncle Sam is calling for a Red Cross
fund of $100,000,000 to enable the Red
Cross to give the proper care to the
sick and wounded, the homeless and
the desolate when his men get into
the lighting in earnest. New York city
has promptly pledged itself to “raise
one-fourth of whatever sum is needed,”
and is now collecting the money. Chi
cago will be asked for something be
tween $5,000,000 and $10,000,000, the
levy based on population and credit
rating.
Mr. O. T? Towne has been appointed
by Washington as director of the Red
Cross war fund campaign, for the cen
tral division, and will open a drive
for the money in nine states as soon
as it has been determined just how
much he needs.
The money will be raised by sub
scription among the various chapters,
and it has been arranged that each
chapter shall have one-fourth of what
ever sum it raises. Mr. Towne hopes
that the country will raise enough to
give the national organization its full
$100,000,000 over and above what the
chapters retain.
The Red Cross is compelled to raise
its fund from the people because it has
so small an endowment fund—less than
$2.000.000—while Japan, for instance,
has more than $13,000,000 in her fund,
the income from which pays all ex
penses.
The money is necessary to keep up
the supplies and equipment of the base
hospitals, and for relief work in war.
Yankee Ingenuity.
In all of the American- Red Cross
hospitals and American ambulance sta
tions in France are to be found in
genious contrivances to save the lives
and limbs of badly maimed soldiers.
One such apparatus, apparently a tan
gle of weights and pulleys and rubber
bands, holds up the legs of a patient
whose lower limbs have been broken
in three or four places by shell explo
sion, and prevents the bones from
growing together improperly. Another,
which looks like a mass of small rub
ber drain pipes suspended from a bag,
irrigates deep wounds which have be
come infected and which must be con
stantly drained and cleaned with an
antiseptic solution if the patient's life
Is to be saved.
I
OUR RED CROSS IS
NOT AIDING ENEMY
NATIONS NOWADAYS
Patriotic Americans who have been
helping the Red Cross have of late
been making anxious inquiries as to
whether the humanity and the neutral
ity of the Red Cross would constrain it
to send food, medicines and hospital
units to Germany.
“I want to give to help our boys, and
the stricken people of France and Bel
! gtum and Serbia,” many a one has
j written in; “but I don't feel like doing
] anything if the Germans get part of it.”
Americans need be under no appre
hension. Not a cent of Red Cross con
tributions is going to Germany, or has
gone there since the war was declared
by the United States. General Per
[ shing has gone to Europe to convey to
j the kaiser Uncle Sam’s compliments in
I the form of shells and American bay
! onets. but the Red Cross has no part in
: that except to care for such of Gen
eral Pershing's men as may need care.
The matter of sending Red Cross
supplies to Germany was brought up
in the recent Red Cross war council in
i Washington. Charles D. Norton, one
of the members, answered inquiries
thus:
“The answer is exceedingly simple.
We do not purpose to be tried for trea
son. We do not purpose to lend aid
and comfort to our enemies. We mean
to attend our own American Red Cross
affairs.”
Former President Taft, who is chair
man of the executive committee, sup
ported' this view. He said that when
1 wounded Germans fell into the hands
of the American Red Cross they will
I get the same treatment as our own
men; but that it would undoubtedly
be treason to send supplies to Germany
as we did before we were forced into
the war.
So Americans can give freely, know
ing that every cent is for our own and
our allies’ wounded, and not for the
enemy.
Red Cross Trench Work.
Red Cross surgeons and orderlies
| give first aid to the wounded in little
underground dressing stations in the
front line trenches. In these dark, wet
places, cold and ill-ventilated, it is
sometimes necessary to perform major
operations—such as an amputation, for
instance. War records in France show
that as many Red Cross workers as in
fantrymen are killed by enemy fire in
the trenches. Red Cross field service
requires courage of the highest order.
Soldiers have the stimulation of fight
ing and giving the enemy shot for shot
j and blow for blow. The others don’t.
An Odd Sweater Closing.
Are you tired of the sweater with a
belt which turns 'into a sash at the
front or side or back? Then listen to
this odd way of finishing the sweater,
and go thou and do likewise.
Knit your sweater from a solid color
and finish it with white knit covered
buttons. One button will come just
about the waistline, and just below it
the sweater belt will fasten. The belt
should be measured carefully and each
end of the wide belt gathered into a
loop of wool. Just behind the loop a
covered button is placed on each end
nnd the loops are intercrossed and
fastened over the buttons on the op
posite belt ends. Thus m the front of
the sweater is a group of three white
buttons, forming a pretty trimming and
fastening at the same time.
Idleness Fills Up Time.
“Too much idleness, I have observ
ed, fills up a man's time much more
completely and leaves him less his
own master than an$ sort of employ
ment whatsoever.”—Edmund Burke.
HAS CASHJO SPARF
STATE FUNDS ON HAND NOW EX
CEED $2,002,000
LATE iiEWS_FROM CAPITOL
items of “eneral Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around the
State House
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
State Treasurer George E. Hall’s
! monthly report shows a total of $2,005,
I 881.75 in the state treasury. The bal
ance on hand one month ago was $1,
! 523,555.96. The unusually large amount
now on hand includes funds which
should have been paid out during the
: month but which are still in the treas
I ury. The total included $411,000 of
: temporary school funds which ordi
I narily would have been paid out but
for a delay in the office of the state
| superintendent in making the appor
j tionment between counties. The money
has been apportioned and will be paid
I to counties as rapidly as the warrants
I are presented to the state treasurer
The total now on hand also includes ;
I $500,000 of funds paid to the govern- !
I ment for liberty loan bonds. The gov- j
| ernment has notified the state that i
j its subscription for the $500,000 for j
liberty bonds is still carried by the
state treasurer as cash because the
government has not yet returned the
$350,000 which is to be paid back to
: the state.
The treasurer's report shows a total
of $222,000 in the permanent school
fund and other trust funds available
! for,investment. With the, return of
! $300,000 from the federal government
I at least $500,000 will be available for
| investment. The state board of edu
| cational lands aud funds has a large i
amount of ciiv and school district
| bonds offered to it for sale and much
! of the available funds will soon be
I invested. Land Commissioner G. L.
Shumway has asked the board to in
vest $100,000 in federal land bank
I bonds, but the board has taken no
i action.
_
The State Guaranty Fund
With the addition of about $93,000
as the semi-annual assessment on state
banks for July 1. amounting t0 one
twentieth of 1 per cent of their aver- I
age deposits for six months ending on
| June 1. the bank guaranty fund of
Nebraska has been swelled to a total
| of $1.565,P3S. It is just six years since
| the first assessment was levied, and
i fn that time the fund has been drawn
j upon twice for the payment of de
i positors in failed banks.
Total deposits in about 900 banks at
; the time their last reports were made
j to the state banking department a
| month ago stood at $208,000,000. Their .
average deposits for the six months
, were something under $200,000,000.
Within the past year, deposits have
I grown about 50 per cent.
Final Registration Reports.
Governor Keith Neville received ■
notice from Marshal Crowder at Wash- ! i
ington, D. C.. that final official reports j,
on registration under the draft law ,
from Nehraska counties must be In !
the hands of the officials at Washing- <
ton by not later than July 7. so that
drafting can start immediately after. .
Governor Neville had previously re
ported Nebraska's registration, but
late arrivals of cards from men out of j |
the state, and in some instances where ]
eligibles failed to register, have ]
swelled the totals in some counties, j
These cards have been held at the 1,
governor's office as they were re
ceived. but all of them will now he
forwarded to Washington.
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Will Have Enormous Potato Crop i ,
Some insight into the enormous po-! <
tato crop which Nebraska will contrib- \ ]
ute this year to the nation's big food ,
drive is afforded by the monthly crop :
report of the Nebraska state board of
agriculture, just issued by Secretary
E. R. Danielson.
A month ago Mr. Danielson pointed
out that the acreage in Nebraska de
voted to potatoes had been increased
90 per cent or nearly double that of
; any previous year. Now, with the
potato crop practically ••made.” twen
j ty-one of the ninety-three counties in
j the state report 100 per cent for the
! condition of potatoes. Mr. Danielson
estimates that Nebraska will yield
j twice as many potatoes as ever before
| in its history and far beyond the needs
I of the state.
a rm&io vuuuij 111 lllC OUUC
ported the condition of the potato crop
below 80 per cent, while the majority
of estimates ranged from 90 to 95 per
cent—an unrivalled outlook in Ne
braska. __
As the result of activities by spe
cial agents whom Governor Neville
sent out to discover violation of the
prohibitory state law, -more than two
dozen arrests have been made in
Scotts Bluff. Cedar and Dakota coun- ;
ties and the illicit importation of
liquor from Wyoming- and South Da
| kota has been effectively broken up.
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Nebraska Women Urge Prohibition
The women's committee of the state |
council for national defense in session
Saturday at the capitol, unanimously
passed a resolution to send to Presi
dent Wilson a telegram which read
as follows: "The patriotic women of
Nebraska assembled at the state capi
tal for the purpose of forming a wom
en’s committee of the council of de
fense, respectfully appeal to you to
insure the conservation of food prod
ucts by the prohibition of grains and
fruits in the manufacture of beers and
wines as well as in distilled liquor.
Assessed Valuations Increase
Twelve counties th^t have reported
assessed valuations to Secretary O. E.
Bernecker of the state board of as
sessment show a total increase of $2,
i 874,278 in assessed values, of which
only $271,855 is on account of improve
ments on real estate and the balance,
$2,602,423, is the increase on personal
property. Real estate is valued only
once in four years for assessment pur
poses, but improvements are valued
every year for assessment. The total
assessed valuation of all property in
t’-:o state '.art year was $5,27S.OOO.
STATE SCHOOL APPORT r
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Semi-Annual Distribution of F
Support of Schools.
State Superintendent Clem:
partment was delayed In ma
fhe r,-mi-annual apportionin':
temporary state school fund ;
of the amounts payable to ea- h
m the state was not filed in th
auditor s office until June 2r>
Treasurer Hall certified to th I
superintendent June 1, that a t.
$411.344.1.1 v. available for app
ment. The law r--iuires the sta
perintendent to (jje app*
ment within twen: y y afte** re ■
ing the state treasur* - -ertificate
January the state ,ii indent"
fice by mistake apj n (..j $98.1.
more than was in the tun. This error
was corrected by the s . ndent's
office in June by deduct!: :ount
from the funds to be appor - Hi?
time. The following show
each county is to receive
state temporary school fun
support of public schools:
<’x)untic3 Amount C.*untie>
Adams.$ 6.1ft* 71 Johnson ...
Antelope ..... 5,469.54 Kearney ...
Arthur . 8*<» 14 1\- ;h .
Banner. 694.55 Keya Paha ..
Blaine. 895 >3 Kimball ...
Boone. 5,015.77 Knox.
Box Butte ... 2,617.04 I.au< «n>tcr
Boyd. 3. ou7.lt. IJncola ...
Brown . 2.714.5* Logan .
Buffalo. 7.256.02 Loup .
Burt . 4.326.2* Madison
Butler. 5.507 McPherson . .
Cass . 6.676.64 Merrick ....
<V«iar . 5.1*7*'. 17 Morrill ...
Cha.se . l.'.v .2 .\:mce ...
Cherry . 5.515 46 Nemaha ...
chevenne _ 2.520.22 Nuckolls ...
Clay . 4.965.1!' Otr*e . 4
Colfax. 4.2ft* 4* Pawnee ....
Cuming . 4.*‘.*7.*7 Perkina ...
Custer. in.7*;*. > Piteliw .
J'akota . 2.535.2.: Pierce.
Dawes. 3.21".‘.'I Platte .
Hanson. 5.1!*. 7' F *lk .
Deuel. »:<1 Red Willow
Dixon . 4. Richard*
Podge. 7.199.!*1 K** k .
Douglas . 36.315.91 1 Sullne.
Dut.dy . 1>*;7 * 7 * Sarpy ....
Fillmore. 4.9<»:;.i.*8 Saunder«« .
Franklin .... 3. "■.*;. If* S«-otts Bluff
Frontier. 3.697.29 Seward ....
Furnas . 4.444 Sheridan - 4
Gage . 9.56 k.91 S!.- .n an .
Carden . 2.**4** S-"'ix .
Garfield . 1.604.7* s‘A.nt.»n .
Gosper . 2.-2 Thayer ......
Grunt . 516. U1 Thomas .
*.- • ley. 3.4' - : r • n ....
Hu.! . 6.61 K.54 Valles .
Hamilton .... 4,754.85 " *
in . 3. 7 V
Kay. - . 1,r,55 75 5'* ‘ -ttr . -1
Hitchcock ... 2.524 ' Nv: -
licit . 7.:> oh York .
Ho ker . ro7 22
H* ward . 4.55!
Jefferson .... 5.631.49 Total .$411
Will Help Select Ewes
Arrangements have been mail by
the university to help farmers in tin:
purchase and selection of brc ling
ewes at the South Omaha stock y , . -
South Omaha is quoting 90- to bn
pound westerns at around 8>_ cent
rhese are mainly short or broken
mouthed but are otherwise sound * , >■
hat under farm conditions would
profitably produce another lamb and
■lip of wool.
How to Write to Soldiers
Instructions as to the proper manner
if addressing mail to American ~ :
iiers now in France, are given to the
mblic through orders given out by th
postal administration.
Letters, postal cards and printed
natter for transmission to the United
3tales expeditionary forces in Europe
ire subject to the United States domes
ic classification. Mail addressed to
nembers of the forces should bear
complete designation of division, regi
uent, company or organization tc
ivhicb addressee belongs as well as
tame and address of sender and be
ully prepaid by postage stamps af
ixed. Senders should not attempt t
lesignate on envelope the location ol
init.
For example, the letter should lie ad
Iressed: “John Smith, jr., Company
x. -Infantry, American Expediti n
try Forces.’’
Postmasters will forward nil mai
natter addressed to the expedition
orces to New York. A national agen< y
tas been established at Bordeaux
■’ranee, for conducting postal service
n connection with the United State
roops.
luly 19 Is Vaccination Day
July 19 has been designated by
’hairman J. H. Bulla of the live stock
anitary board and State Veterinariat
. R. Anderson as “vaccination day'
or all hogs in Nebraska which have
lot been previously inoculated witk
inti-cholera serum. A proclamation
o that effect has been sent out an
ill swine owners and breeders art
isked to vaccinate on the date men
:ioned, if they have not already dons
to. .
Supplementing this announcement
the state veterinarian is writing tc
local veterinarians asking them as 3
matter of patriotism and good citizen
ship to scale their charges for service
pn that day 50 per cent. Steps are
ilso being taken to secure a special
liscount from serum dealers in ordei
to encourage a universal observance
pf the day.
Anotner circular sent out from tn«
state veterinarian’s office, addressed tc
railroad managers and others, say«
;hat all pure bred cattle shipped intc
Nebraska from other states without
ertificates showing that they havt
been examined by federal or state of
ficials and found free from tubercu
osis must be placed in quarantine and
:ested for that disease within sixty
lavs after their arrival. This is to
be done at the owner's expense.
Where cattle come in under cerr
rate, their credentials must be for
w arded immediately to the office of the
ive stock sanitary board at Lincoln
During the month of June the cash
balance in the state general fund of
Nebraska has again climbed above the
half million mark, and State Treasurer
Hall’s books show it at $512,000. This
is very nearly the maximum that will
be attained during the summer, as
most of the heavy tax collections have
nowr been made and receipts here
after will probably fall below the out
go. When the cash balance starts fall
ing off. it w-ill continue to dwindle fot
five or six months, as new taxes levied
this year will not begin coming in be
fore December.
Sends Returns on Registration
Completed figures on registration in
Nebraska of men subject to draft have
been sent to Washington by Governor
Keith Neville pursuant to instructions
from Marshal Crowder.
Out of the 118,307 men listed in Ne
braska as subject to draft, 110.598 are
white American citizens; 1,434 are
colored citizen; 6,189 are aliens, and
938 alien enemies.
More than half the number is listed
^s having relatives dependent up- >
them for support. The number is re
corded as 56,870.