COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
1 MAKES STA TEMENT
DEMANDS THAT SENTIMENT FOR AMERICA BE
DOMINANT OVER ALL ELSE.
SCORES A DISLOYAL ELEMENT
! Seek* to Arouse Patriotic Citizens of the State to a Real- \
i. inon of the Serious Situation that Confronts
Them—The Council’s Statement.
WdMrte • • • w »'••;* lirnk*.
-t, : ■ f m a public statement makes an appeal to
l> v- : at. at used public sentiment along patriotic lines,
..a,. a ,- the an aad men which comprise the
lmth rat bar r i-nip to put a « he, * on ’he un-American activities of
> ». .- uoas and influential repreu Th< statement
.. ■ ■ . . : t - > ,-t Nebraska and its management, hut
, c * ... - i ! rh, ta, ult> have p.-rsi-tently ’’given
, 'i! ’'Wei. pehUclp and privately, to those out of harmony with the
r Air-c-r ucan cuvse **
- n «! ’!,* • atr, id.- :.Kain*t leaders of the Lutheran
, char" h a tat tu a r of the state < outlet! of defense - ays:
‘ w » <aaaM designate from our tcr.umation any branch or organization of
U> 1 The compialt. lections of the
at Lutheran , hurch*-* exist The charges that some of the
J 1 * - -s' h. ret a- *ur a ionable Ianguay, as possible without
* . tii. it • r: • i-in of the country and its war purposes.
’ !■ patriotic people of the state in the
1 uv’ jiosfit • ., :.--:i > ay "representatives of the Lutheran
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Ihntr Auditor S.f.ith has notified
<4 th- district court 'hat if
they desire to u*e th»-ir <*trn auro
BttWIr* (or travelme Mi their dbirirt*
cm o&cmU bu*»ue»» they will he ml
tow'ed S errni* a twi> lor such trips,
the fc-fitUMf* to he hy the amw! rail
fusd route The autoe rule will be
wpi-tied to other public official', who
draw expewxec thru the slate auditor's
otter except Mi exaes where official
mn.. axle trips by a«!t> where there
are aw railroad Haw la »urh cases
where the trip i» Be«e*aar> litrery or
automobile hire will be allowed
Japsse*« Woe«n Doing Their Bit
Tohau —Thai Japanese women con
UtantSr »»* ^*“r, *» the
are***" to toe empire is shown by
iu*«*tocatioB» A* in Kuropu
B Japan women are fiUin* posi
.. %vrwt*eriy uxcluslrelj held by
Th,r, are Cffff* women workiax |
mm|1<r (hf railway bwrwnu. tr.o»t o(
Leu thhet sellers, taahiers and ac
_and ««*«■ ftad ™
” . *_ (k, ct£ar and ripiret (ac
l2Sr^<lLirre,pmenttobac,P Mon
v TJppir vifff rtBfi from 10 to
2ft cents * day.
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it. i—r "t .\V*r.i>k.ui.s • <it*rnian origin.
Cut . i.\«“it u t .itt.u k in v.tricus
ti., , ol th« .'t..t. u|Min "iii lountry*
lu.f I'-.u hoi su> ii proportions that
must be given seiious attention.
• «wtfl it ir. t<"‘ (mpor
• t Tb. patriotic* men and w- men of
V • i .* to tem.tin in the dark. An
. . public s. raiment at this time
co fat toward th* protection of life
jc-'p. itv v\..rd the .iservation of j
• s- ipp- arid m furtherance of the I
• **-•»■! • pi... . N'rl-is ik:. squarely in line
with i*. nut ion a* government Oonsci- j
f its own mem- ’
ber» at first, to take the situation sen- I
tn» * ::. -iI is perfe, tly aware that !
• • v* ord- of warning will be a reve- j
' ’ > mar ara 1 that they may not be
■ • | * •!..* with the seriousness to i
whbb the\ are entitled
» ■ ' • ' * i- a Ili.it tile s. . iotiM'eSS of |
»* ' ?. n..s forced its* If upon the !
* a..ii tn.it it has not other concern |
• r. that involving the best interests of
at ■ s I ti. I’nit* d State s the
b» i - with p* t frir.kncss
w resp.et to serious evils that can
• ■ c d b\ a th«uo|v aroused
'•a. 1 * s. fr:irn*Tit T-> this end and j
lib*
• it s i d rd ib*
■to t. fitt.ci.d b> an indisposition.
’ it it- ng thoughtful men. to do
• *.:• • n.l Hut the war in which we *
i i •. 1 • •: t s in'
• . ? - jpp. *t ,,f that \v;i< v tst be un
a «: »<- Tl council refuses, there
■ :•» t. . u-th s-rious situations
' .ing t*» w . If.i re ..f the country.
O»sloy."!?y Among State Employes
\ • patri
it -UfiiUon Its efficient chancellor
awl • *t of its capsid* facui are work*
- f ■ Vmerica s vv. '.fate and
• • *• * • »•»* »• t. .*• the e*.- a oration
' ' n. eoiir-'i: tl .q th- university has
T* be pr ■ »i< ..!!> at. adjunct «.f this
I tut Seva of
• • d.*T«* u versity have s*. persistently
Kiveti encourageraeiit. publicly and pri
- ■* - * tl — wbo .tr• out of harmony
• uhn that th* count il
• it * * • - it . and proper to publicly
-*.r protest against these practices.
:* i- ?i.»t ft? to the parents who send
•f .tr Im,%- ?, the front. nor to the boys
• **dves. that men «-f commanding in- !
*« - 11. e.i j annual o? other circles
- 1 l * !•• • H IM. *■ To cillTivaT- s* Tltim* Tit
: - • for
■ t) * boj s Outfit When all the ;
• • -r .•*! c*-r us ..f t»i - buttress and
■a ibqra; ir.t.-r**ts of th* state are be- i
- *!•!■•: for Th* pr >Te« tion of f.\ j
it n».t fair tha! conspicuous I
itil! Jen!i» and. presumably. law- j
hiding • •• hall pr* oh doctrines that \
u..t\ ♦*!:• * ■ i rti c* th. vicious and lawless |
■* c ts * f violence.
Church Leaders Artagorlstic
histot * has it been
by a public body to
•c • out • i'.t t.t a great < aurch or*
** o.b'.r. • : appeal to the patriotism
? i’.- mernb»-is t>. offset and check the
- • ■ »u* t* • » ie« of many of the con
mus »ep’ * seidatives of that organ!*
•.■•i: IV' au>* of ihe reliable reports
• a . t•*- said To come from every
-«■ *: . f NVbrtsk.t and com** in a num
• * t11* hundreds—dt is necessary that
’*• ii cd .. . such an app.al with
’ t- * . . rgai izittion known as the
I. tbeou irch The conspicuous rep*
**'*-* io"* .*» ' of that church have very
g* ?;*-t .ii!' • : it : ay be said almost uni
: cf ii- ♦ d t.. co-operate with any
•h. *• • ToOs mad>- by patriotic
«rix«ns f*»r The supp*»rt of the govern
• • * »n th.- contrary , they have, very
gei ill pul and privately, -lis .. r -
. tl • \ met an < a UP • and
"f
t *r>»> er.chfty
.dine ifk.n the Amen-an patriot
m f * f •- ti.. n arid women who comprise
■ •
il ». • - thi** '— ..l to them to put
» ■•.•* ..he ua-American activities
. ...TV- .if t. . ,r ■..Tic?,i«-l|ous and influen
• • -r ■ Tb.** * . incil could
a t r. .j great da mags has been done
• i * - t .. king it s pro*
»« .• F* f. t]\ aware that its protest is
• • o.ni. ..tjv ..f th- absolute
i •■•-ppiTv for such .. protect, th*- council
• .•** * t*r- T*-st now in order that
\n.»-?i< • ■ t• . • *- ••;ay t.e faithfully
;*t »•*•••*.: •' ?:Tid*-rit that it is nv.-Vs* to
I t • The pi<-U0US
• ; ro.. - of that church the .-oun*
! a«!dr* ' * it- appeal to The rank end
4 th* hutch men b* ish p ar-.l here
upon that membership to make
' rowr. or .'half *>f »h- f^itheran church.
1*-» ■ \merica *b* ••i.unte\ that
- » protection and r«-Hgi«»i]s lihertv.
Il tlM h.tig* *.f it> duty to w-n
i he N.iraska st.ite <-<.un.il «»f de
ft • irte- to **mfd<»> its power and
auth«.»rttv 1.. the limit in the effort to sup
1 ■ ■ >*■ i i N* • ; i-ka any interference with
,l oetern.1’ -T!* ! T<. push tbis war to a
• - el' :ir»-i Mcr.-s-ful concb; r»n It will
- -. to put down e\ »*ry attempt to >m
-.p or eml»arrass or discourage those
gratefu! f.-r tb*- blessings they cn
as Am*-.c tri .-inz* i >. arc trving to
* P * at tl*i- ifine. Th* great
•
:• ■ • u iim in in ffe
' -g ss of birth or ancestry,
i Sir ne<l |
i'' If' *W \ Rt» Vctlng Governw.
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Gi:« * r H H ARRIKS
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P H tr Vdiutant General. j
W* 1 V ST VTK COrxriL of;
nFFF.NSF
Mar.y I ndians Have Enlisted
At Walthill. sixty-five Indians, fully
half the company, are enrolled in one
unit of the Sixth in the personnel of
ompanv H. <’hadron, one finds such
name' a- Ralph Bear. Benjamin Red,
Bear, 1-ong I)oe. Eagle Elk and Black
Bird in all. a dozen Siouxs are in this
company At least three tribes will
be well represented in the “Aristo
■ ratio Sixth;" the Sioux, the Omahas
and the Winnncbagos. Mitchell Red
t’loud of Grand Rapids. Wis, enlisted
in the sanitary detaehment of the
yfxth Tuesday afternoon.
Washington The last 3tep neces
'ary to make the entire national guard
available for duty in France has been
taken by President Wilson with the
:-suing of a proclamation drafting the
state troops in the array of the I'niteo
States on August 5. To make certain
that the | urp- se of the national de
nied out. the prnrlama
t*' n aisi.tflcnUj de, lara tbs Mm
drafted are to be discharged from the
old militia status on that date. In
that way :he constitutional restraint
upon the use of militia outside the
country is avoided
v.v.-<.-.x.:v.'.V.TW.'.-..vivo WINJOTUV ■ a-.-.... • ' M.v,... • - mvv. . . .
1—Von Bethmunn-Hollweg. who, as imperial chancel ior. has been the center of a storm or dissension in Her- i
many. -—Practice bayonet charge over a fence in one of the training camps of the Officers’ Reserve corps. 3—
French ladies of May driven to tield work by the Hermans who occupied the town; the photograph was found on a
captured Herman officer. -1—Lieut. Gen. L. G. Korniloff, commander of the Russian army in Galicia and captor of
Hnlicz.
—
President's Embargo on Foods
and Other Supplies. Hard
Blow at Enemy.
AMERICAN CROPS TO BE BIG
•
Russians, in Tremendous Drive on
Lemberg, Break Through Teuton
Line—Governmental Crisis in
Germany May Result in
Internal Reforms.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
The matter of food, its production
and control, is becoming more im
portant daily as a factor iu euding
the war. The international aspect
m. s brought sharply to the front last
week when President Wilson pro
claimed an embargo on shipments of
food and certain other articles. No
one lias been blind to the fact that
Holland and the Scandinavian coun
tries have been shipping great quan
tities of foodstuffs into Germany ever
since the war begun. This was with
in their rights, but to do it and still
feed their own populations, they have
been importing very heavily from
America. Therefore it is equally with
in the rights of America, certainly
the pgrt of wisdom, to shut off the
exportation to neutrals of all food
stuffs beyond what they need for their
own sustenance and what we and our
allies can spare. It would be stupid
to continue to supply food, even indi
rectly. to our enemy, and the United
States, though slow to act, is now act
ing tirmly. The neutral nations of
course are Mailing, but if they are not
for us they are in a degree against us
and must stand the consequences.
President Wilson, being a humani
tarian, insists that the neutrals named
must In* permitted to ship into Ger
many dairy products provided that
they can give guarantees that such
products will he consumed only by
wouien and children and other non
combatants. This is kindly, hut ig
nores the fact that the German women
are doing most of the work in the em
pire. releasing nil the men for lighting.
Great Crops in America.
The success of the American cam
paign for the increase of production
is demonstrated l>,v the highly encour
aging government forecast of crops.
Tlie acreage sown was immense and
the general outlook is for correspond
ingly immense yields of all grains ex
cept wheat, and even in wheat there
will be a fair average crop. The yield
of corn will In* tremendous, and in a
Mord. the I'nlted States will have not
only an abundance of food grains for
itself, but also great surplus stocks for
its allies. The crop of potatoes will
la* tin* biggest on record, and the hay
crop, also of prime importance. Mill
be heavy.
tin the other bund, Food Controller
Hatocki, says Germany’s fruit and veg
etable Igirvest Is fur below the aver
age and that the yield of grain will be
“as good as in 1915.” which was a
year of drought and miserable crops in
the empire.
Tlie senate is still trying to formu
late a law to regulate the distribution
and use of the country's food and prob
ably other supplies of vital importance,
and lias agreed to vote on the bill on
July 21. The long and patience ex
hausting wrangle over this measure
lias been caused largely by the deter
mination of the “drys” to take advan
tage of the circumstances and make
it a prohibition law. Whether the dis
tillation of whisky shall he prohibited,
whether the stocks In bond shall he
commandeered and used for munitions,
whether beer and wine shall survive
or perish, and a dozen other like ques
tions have been tin* subjects of argu
ment nnd dispute. The inclusion or
exclusion of fuel, steel and other prod
ucts also hns been debated at length.
Meanwhile President Wilson and Mr.
Hoover have fidgeted and fumed and
urged in vain, the food speculators
have been making Immense unearned
profits, and the people marvel at the
stupidity of senators who are unable
to comprehend the necessity for speedy
action.
President Appeals to Business.
President Wilson on Wednesday is
sued an appeal to the business inter
ests of the country to display true loy
alty by foregoing tniusual profits in
selling their goods re both the govi ru
mour and the pub'te. He warned
them that extortion Would not be tol
erated. and condemned especially the
ship owners who have maintained an
unfairly high schedule of ocean
freight Rites. At the same time mem
bers of the Council of National De
fense were holding important confer
ences with the heads of the great steel
concerns to arrange for a sufficient
! supply of steel for war purposes.
The immediate result of this confer
ence was the assurance of the steel
producers that they would supply all
the steel needed by the government at
a price to be fixed after the conclu
sion of the trade commission's cost in
quiry. Thereupon the president au
thorized Chairman Denman of the ship
ping board to commandeer ships on
tin* stocks, shipyards and raw mate
rials if necessary and to begin expen
diture of the S7otl.000.d00 fund for the
construction of a merchant marine.
The board has adopted the policy of
building as many steel ships as possi
ble and making up the deficiency with
wooden vessels.
Delay in sending in registration lists
caused a postponement of the great
•lay for which the registrants in the
national army have waited, the day of
the draft, the lottery of fate in which
the prizes are to lie honorable service
for all selected and death and wounds
for many. During the Week the war
department issued complete instruc
tions for the work of the exemption
hoards so that it might be carried out
with expedition and with reasonable
assurance of fair and just treatment
for all selected with death and wounds
the training of the selected soldiers
are being rapidly constructed and till
other arrangements carried to com
; pletion.
iiui'ir iwiowu in
that every mnn of the 10..V(0.00tt reg
istered will he drawn and that enough
of the first names as they come out of
, the box will he used to fill the first
army. The rest will ho on reserve and
will lie called out in their order as long
as more nre needed.
Yet another step in the making of
j the great national army was taken last
! week when President Wilson culled in
j to the federal service the entire N'tt
! tlonal Guard and National Guard re
j serve, the transfer to be completed by
j August 5. This legalizes the sending
of the Guard outside the boundaries of
! tile nation.
Various occurrences, more or less
unimportant in themselves, have
amused our more than lenient govern
ment to the danger of permitting Teu
tons and their friends full liberty in
this country, and a number of German
employees of the diplomats in Wash
ington have been deported. Every day.
too. German agents and spies in other
j parts of the country are being gathered
; in and put where they can do no harm.
There is even some talk of legislation
tor the regulation of newspapers print
ed in the German language. This
called forth a protest from the New
Yorker ilerold and a covert threat of
disorders if it is carried out. The Ger
man-Anierlenn press continues to at
tack our government's conduct of the
war. to “strafe" Great Britain and to
sneer tit Russia.
Getting After the I. W. W.
The Industrial Workers of the
World, a generally disreputable organ
ization that is openly opposed to the
war, is making all the trouble for the
country that it can by fomenting
strikes and riots in those parts of the
West where It is strong. It is accused
of being wholly pro-German and its do
ings are certainly treacherous and re
bellious. The war department has an
nounced that it is ready to do its part
in suppressing these disorders, and va
rious Western communities tire taking
steps to rid themselves of the men who
•dir them up. Rishee. Ariz., was the
first town to act. The decent citizens
of that mining center rounded up 1,
107 I. \Y. W. members and sympathi
zers. loaded them on a cattle train and
deported them. Such mild treatment
helps the town that applies it, but the
trouble makers only go on to other
localities ami continue their nefarious
propaganda. Work is at a standstill .
in many of the biggest mining and luin- I
her camps of the country.
Tlie department of labor last week
created ilie United States public serv
ice reserve, for he mobilization of
adult male volunteers for service in
employments of every kind, public and !
private, which are necessary to effec
tive conduct of the ar.
Russia’s Drive on Lemberg.
Russia's re-awakencii troops, direct
ed l.y General Brus-1 off and eomniand
cd by General Kort ilolT, continued
tlieir great drive in Calleia last week
and indicted a tremendous blow on the
Ausiro-Gernmn forces by breaking
through their lines and capturing
Ha lies. 1 Itis city is regarded as the
key to Lemberg, the immediate objec- !
live of the Russian ott'ensive. and last
year was unsuccessfu \ attacked witli j
Hrussiioff from the m.rtli. This tinn
he moved on it from the south and ’
took it with com para’ ve ease, togeth
er with a great number of prisoners. ;
Ilie German and Austrian armies were
Separated and tlieir m rale so broken 1
that Kornilotf was enabled to use Iiis
Cossack cavalry in the pursuit with
telling effect.
Some distance to the north the Rus
sians fiercely attacked in the Pinsk
sector, gaining considerable ground
and the activity of their artillery in tlit
Riga region presaged an attempt tc
break that, the strongest part of the
Teuton line in the east.
On the west front the Germans
staged a successful drive against the
British close to tin* Flemish coast, forc
ing them hack across the Yser river
in tlie dunes. British trenches were
captured to a depth of <U*0 yards on a
front of I.-PHI yards. This (Herman at
tack may lie part of an attempt to
reach Dunkirk, or it may have been
made to forestall a British drive along
the coast that would threaten the Ger
man submarine bases.
There was tremendous fighting in
France, tlie Germans making desperate
attacks especially along the Chemin
des Dames. But the French withstood
the assaults stoutly and \yhen they
were driven hack anywhere, invariably
recaptured the lost ground.
Germany’s Internal Troubles.
Germany's Internal ferment is in :
creasing, the ornaments of Chancellor !
von Ilctliumnn-Hollwcg are growing
in numbers and boldness, and the cab j
■net seems to iie breaking up. But all I
this can have no immediate effect on !
the prosecution of the war. for it is
internal and the general staff, headed
by Iiinden’ourg and Ludcndorff. domi
nate- tilt entire imperial government.
Changes in the ministry mean little
more than the substitution of one set
of puppets for another, and even the
fall of the chancellor will la* of only’
academic interest to the outside world,
ll would appear that the war must go
on until the kaiser, the crown prince
and Hie Prussian militaristic chiefs
tire eliminated, or until the German nr
>'■■ 's meet such crushing defeats that
the people take matters into their own
hards—which means the same thing.
The main committee of the reiclis
tag refused to vote a war credit unless
the government declared its policy re
garding peace and reform, anti this the
government refused to do. Since the
demand of tHe committee is supported
by a majority in tlic reiehstag. a min
isterial crisis was Inevitable. The em
peror himself went so far as to issue
a manifesto declaring for equal fran
chise in Prussia. This, if granted, will
decidedly weaken the dominance of the
Junkers in the Prussian government.
The attempt to restore the Manchu
empire in China met with dismal fail
ure. and now turns out to have been
financed by Germany. Another bril
liant stroke of foreign policy by Zlm
mermann. The .voting emperor again
abdicated and General Cluing llsun.
his sponsor nnd the kaiser's agent, re
tired to the imperial city section of
Peking, where he and his fast dwin
! tiling army were hemmed in by the re
I publican forces.
The weekly report of the British nd
: miralty on submarine activities was
very gratifying, showing only 17 mer
chantmen were sunk, while 17 others
\ that were attacked, escaped. During
the same period arrivals in British
lions were ;ys;is. and sailings L’.7!»S.
i The American steamer Kansna was de
stroyed by a German l'-l»oat.
JOIN MOVE TO SAVE FOOD
Hotel and Restaurant Men in Agree
ment on Necessity of Revising
Their Menus.
Washington.—Hotel and restaurant
men of the country are now being en
listed In the food conservation army
by Herbert Hoover, commanding gen
eral. temporarily, for lack of an offi
cial title which congress continues to
wrangle about.
In ■ • i'.ainary conference with
eastern hotel men reports were sub- .
milted recommending first that the ho- :
tel men of the country print on all
their menu cards the following:
"Mr. Hoover urges the use of less
wheat, pork products, butter and all
fats, also beef, and to substitute and
use freely sea food, fresh vegetables
and fruit. Economy in the nonrestrict
ed food is not necessary or desirable at
the present time.”
A general economy program was
submitted as follows:
One wheatless day each week or one
wheatless meal each day is recom
mended, with adequate substitutes.
Raliy lamb and suckling pig to be
taken off the menu entirely; veal,
lamb, sweetbreads, and calves' liver
eliminated three days each week.
Serve butter only when ordered, one
piece to an individual and no more un
less ordered. Cut out bacon as a gar
niture and reduce the number of fried
dishes, including fried potatoes. Elim
inate cheese one day each week. Re
duce so far as possible the use of
cake.
MINOR NOTES FROM ALL
PARTS OF NEBRASKA
William Shellherg. who represented
the I'nion Stock Yards company of
Soatli Omaha at a meeting of show
and executive committees of the Na
tional Swine Growers' association at
Chicago. reports that plans are under
wry this year to make the swine
show bigger and better in every way.
The show is to be held in Omaha
this fall.
Prohibition may not prohibit, but it
seems to have practically put an end
to drunkenness in Hastings. For
the first time in the city's history, a
Fourth of July celebration and a cir
cus were held in the same week with
out an arrest for drunkenness. Dur
ing June, there were only ten arrests
for drunkenness in the city.
Perhaps the most singular mass
meeting ever held in America was
hold at Omaha, when more than a
t him--and residents of western Iowa,
denied the rigid of free speech in that
•;atc through a statute and an in
junction, journeyed to the metropolis,
win re details of the Villisca nx mur
der were revealed.
Diiniel Doyen, a former Omaha boy.
has been decorated with the Cross of
the I.egion of Honor for bravery in
the service of the French army. He
received the cross for heroism in the
battle of the Somme. The decoration
is the greatest honor which the
French government can confer upon
at man.
Omaha mail carriers have been or
dered to disregard the eight-hour day
and tinish their routes regardless of
•the number of hours they put in. The
order is in violation of the federal
statute. Inability to obtain sufficient
help is said to lie responsible for the
ruling.
The government's July 1 forecast
of Nebraska crops indicates that
Otto.tttxt bushels of corn, wheat, oats,
barley, rye. potatoes ami apples will
be harvested in the state this year,
as compared with a 1910 crop, as es
timated in December, of .Vul.tXXU»!*•»
bushels.
Thirty-two I. u. u. members were
rounded up l>y officers at Fairhury
and put aboard a freight train bound
fur Omaha. The eoitimunity lias lieen
infested with these men for some
time.
The first farm loan hank in north
west Nebraska was or ’anized at the
Rose Hill school house near llarting
ton. Applications for farm loans
amounting to Sf.it,immi were tiled.
It lias been announced at Washing
ton that the tlire ■ Nebraska National
Guard regiments will be concentrated
at Denting. New Mexico, prior to
going into active service.
A branch of the Tenth district fed
eral reserve bank, will be located in
Omaha. The district served by the
Omaha institution will embrace Ne
braska and Wyoming.
Directors of the Fremont fire de
partment have decided to entertain
the Nebraska Volunteer Firemen's as
sociation in annual convention next
January.
Six sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mc
Sliane of Omaha have enlisted in
some branch of the government serv
ice. Tiie young men range in age
from 10 to 31.
Col. T>. F. Bryson of Adams prob
ably received the highest price evei
paid for cattle at that place. He sold
a carload which brought $12.15 pet
hundred pounds, or $-435.50 per head
John 1\ Madgett. former mayor of
Hastings, lias retorted for duty as ad
jutant of the Sixth Nebraska regi
ment.
A. T.. Tttssy of Allen was instantly
killed ill an automobile accident while
motoring to Belden.
W. A. Wilkinson sold his eight
acre farm near Beatrice for $12,0;*0
cash, or Slot! an acre, just recently.
The Red Cross organization of
York county has signed up the full
quota. 3.003 members.
Grand Island's municipal market
opened for business last Saturday. It
will be opened on Saturday mornings
only until later on in the season,
when it will open three mornings a
week. Booths at the market are op
erated by members of the Garden
club.
Fremont's new dog ordinance is
being rigidly enforced, and dogs are
seldom seen at large in the streets
now. The police promptly take up
stray ones and keep them three days
in the pound preliminary to the ap
plication of chloroform.
The Fremont park board has signed
a contract with the Fremont hand for
a series of ten concerts this summer.
A municipal drying plant, where
citizens can bring their garden prod
ucts and have it dried at a nominal
cost, is to be established in Omaha.
The school board of Aurora has de
cided to postpone the opening of
school this fall until September 10 to
give the hoys and girls and their par
ents a chance to attend the state fair
the first week in September at Lin
coln.
A carnival company that had se
cured a permit to show in Fremont
was barred from the city limits by
the board of health on the grounds
that it might “spread contagious dis
eases.”
Western contributed $1,405 to the
Red Cross fund. Its quota was $930.
Western already has sent more men
to the army, navy and National
Guard organizations than its quota.
At least 2.000 additional experienc
ed farm hands will be needed to har
vest the hay crop in the sand hills of
Nebraska, according to reports.
Sergeant Kvan Soo Lee, a Korean,
of Company L. Fourth Nebraska reg
iment. who was guarding the North
Platte river bridge, was drowned in
the Platte river while swimming with
other members of the Guard.
Carl R. Whitcomb, found guilty in
the district court at Hastings of
shooting Sheriff Cole in June. 1916,
was sentenced to front one to seven
years in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Emma Hibler was granted a
divorce front Samuel P. Hibler at
Fremont. She was given alimony of
$9,000.
Following is the population of rha
counties of Nebraska on wSich their
contribution to the military draft win
be based, according to lignres made
public by the census bureau sit Wash
ington :
Adams . 21.288 Jefferson ... 15.086
Anuiope ... 14.131 Johnson .... 9.04 5
Arthur . 2.060 Kearney .... 9.045
Bonner . 1.813 Keith . 5.181
Blaine . 1,695 Keya Faha . ::.*127
Boone . 14.099 Kimball - 3,832
Box Butte .. 6.476 Knox . 18.916
Boyd . 6,6*5 Lancaster ... - ■ 303
Brown . 5.504 Lincoln City .'1.041
Buffalo . 22. .:;2 Lincoln •••• 1 ' * :*s
Burt . 13.13.: Logan . 2.02*
Butler . 14,646 Loup . 1.7 2
I Cass . 18,219 McPherson . l.jsi
: Cedar . 15.923 Madison .... 20.7 t
Chase . 4,270 M. crick _ 9.57*
Cherry . 13.637 7i!«»rrill .10.2
Cheyenne ... ,">S2 Nance . 8,723
Clay . 13,337 Nemaha _ 10.99k
i Colfax . 11.137 Nuckolls _ 12.017
! fuming . 15,064 Otoe . 37.2 3 0
, Cus:< r . 24.S82 Pawnee .... 8.646
! Dakota . 7.103 Perkins . 3.3S0
Dawes . 8.830 Phelps . 10,021
) Dawson . 15,569 Pierce . 10.601
Deuel . 3,670 Platte . ... . 7 '»
Dixon . 11.231 F'olk .10.719
Dodge . 23.616 Red WiHow .10.6 3
[ Douglas .... 18,862 Richardson . 17.704
i <*maha City 203,058 Rock . T\* :o
I ndy . 4.614 Saline . 1' "OS
.re .... 13.423 Sarpy . 9
Fi nklin .... 9,152 Saunders ... 20.-687
Frontier .... 8.863 ScottsblufT .. 19
Furnas . 9,946 Seward . 14 • •
Gage . 26,105 Sheridan ... 9.J71
c.rden . 5.086 Sherman .... -v ‘
Garfield .... 2.886 Sioux . 4*:"*.
‘ ‘ 4,517 Stanton .... s ; 8
Grant . 1.595 Thayer . 13,144
Hr. .-ley . 8.498 Thomas _ 1 792
Hall . 23,605 Thurston ... 10 043
Hamilton ... 13.315 Valley . 9.099
Harlan . 8.569 Washington .11.695
; H ayes . 3.4os Wayne . M> 7
*' 'brock ... 5.397 Webster _ 10.173
Holt . 15.150 Wheeler _ 2.167
Hooker . 1 577 York . 17.114
Howard .... 10,300 --
Total ...1.270 501
The registration of the entire coun
try showed that 9.32 per cent of an
estimated total population of lOff.ooo,
ooo registered under tiie selective
draft act. This percentage was taken
as an index to population and the tig
tires were obtained in that manner.
Nebraska manufacturers, affiliated
with the Nebraska Association of
-Manufacturers, plan to meet the !u
bor shortage by transferring the sur
plus in one industry to another. E»e
tails nf the plan are to be worked our
by Secretary llinger of the- associa
tion. Co-operative loading of freight
cars will also be attempted to offset
the freight car shortage.
Twenty-five years ago the following
I prices prevailed in Richardson conn
i tv: Turkeys, per pound, <» cents;
liens, per pound, «J rents; spring
chickens, one and one-half pounds
and over, S cents, craws to he empty;
geese, ful! feathered, per dozen. sn.tV t:
| roosters. $1.2o: ducks, full feathered,
per dozen, $l.o0: pigeons, SI tier
dozen.
uepresontativos or tin* inii"!
States department of agriculture wlio
; were in Nemaha eounty examining
| the wheat crop to leant the prosper1 -
| for getting seed wheat to supply
I western enmities, estimated the yield
in the county this year at about on* -
fourth normal crop. Ttie grain is of
tin excellent quality, they say.
The Ferment city council has de
cided to do away with the office of
city veterinarian. The test of milch
cows will he abolished in Fremont, it
being "alleged that milk is coming into
the city from the country from un
tested rows, tlius making the city
tests useless.
The harvest of winter wheat and
Kershon oats began several days ago
around Fails City. Some fields of
oats will yield fifty bushels per acre.
The oats acreage is the largest for
many years. A few fields of wheat
that tire now in shock will go thirty
five and forty bushels tier acre.
Nearly S'.hhi in subscriptions has
been secured at Magnet. Cellar county,
for the purpose of buying a tractor
to be used in improving the streets
of the town.
More than 2.000 farm hands are
needed for Nebraska's hay crop, ac
cording to Federal Farm Labor Super
visor Rhoades of Lincoln.
The Chadron company of seventy
four men for the Sixth Nebraska reg
iment joined forces with the company
at Lewellen. The latter organization
had fifty-eight men.
Grover Mowery, soldier, who died
at Fort Meyer. Utah, was given a
military funeral at Lexington.
Fremont is to stage the only trac
tor demonstration in the country this
year, the dates being August 6 to 10.
A tract of 3.000 acres of land has
been leased for demonstration pur
poses. Practically every manufactur
ing city in the United States :s ex
pected to he represented at the show.
An agent of the Burlington is look
ing around at Scottsbluff for a list of
local contractors who are likely to hid
on the new depot to he hllilt by the
road in that city. Citizens of the town
are hopeful that actual construction
will commence shortly.
York citizens will vote on a soo.i»»>
bond proposition August 7 to provide
funds to complete four school build
ings which will cost $325,000. Owing
to the high cost of building materials
of all kinds the $00,000 is needed to
finish the work.
Rewards aggregating $2,000 are
being offered for the apprehension of
the person or persons responsible for
the death of Mrs. Fred Voigt, aged
woman of Elba, whose body was
found heside a road near St. Paul
with a bullet hole in her head.
Oats are ripening ahead of winter
wheat in Nebraska this year, which is
very unusual, and the harvest of the
former crop lias already begun in
some localities. The yield Is to ho
tremendous, as is the case with
spring wheat and barley.
Nebraska corn yield is estimated at
248.000,000 bushels in the .Tuly crop
report of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
Work has commenced on York’s
150.000 new hotel. The intent of the
contractors now is to have the work
completed ears'* next spring.
Delegations from sixty aeries of
Eagles of Nebraska and Iowa are ex
pected to attend the field day gather
ing at Omaha July 28. The grand
worthy president and other national
officers will be present.
The annual roundup show- given at
Ognllala just recently, was the most
successful ever given, the largest
crowd ever in the history of the
show being present.
Seventy-nine horses nre entered for
the 1917 races at West Point, start
ing July 17 and continuing for three
Javs.