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Tli* mrifmr oaantr itfl ’H**rr nr** n mnii* fw-r of irT*-r^iIiintir^ in fH* State'* tMMirt Valuation Grows. . t<4al r>«w«w«l valuation of |.r flu* year will rearli . <*••>••• itniriltA; to fletirt-* wtiieh Hwntlf. l'«T!«ltrf «f Ihr sllllf 1miH*l of M|tBlletl!<« ti:>« VRfc '•! n<tni(ii>< rettorTittC Hfl|rintl]T. IV total emltn * I'lti 1 * $T*£7 YT'V'rJ."* Al Vrliii a -tuall Itwtvaw for the two i otilrti hate u»*t horn offif'iitlly h.nnl from tlo total otate valuation trill rtts •«*-r *njs»«a»i«at La«t year It a a* a trlflr m>r (TOIIIIMto. Every nwan lb tbr **«te J»*«» an iiirrraw Hare C.dit Causes Trouble. Hard .-eb-r ««r a lawafaetnr <1 ant* atttatr for it it .itini; at; and nMUiit ««ll»*ritir> trioilde In eltetr effort* I" ooforrt- |ir«llililliull. im4 tt |e>«iii«r* a1*** t« make Irotllil* for •loi'i-ft In »nft drink* aim hart* (torn wdltnr it- ttf llit- tiufl wktrti bate rovillljr toil trill in to Irarraur Siolllr front I'mirei atnl fia-itns*, fettled iwpoliirty. 4 p**r rotit and lilt |«*r rent of aii-oliol It ; l» unlawful to make or *••:! any bt-r mgr it it rootaln* more Ilian one ltatf of 1 |o*r rant »loiM. Halier Caae to Washington. liriilmsBHrivrnaT H'lttanl bat rrt»»1o! Ilirftart! I- | nih il »i*er ttf lli*- iHaalu Xrliratk*n to ■stbsiiit li.» rltr»nf*o tfalntl Frank L. Haller of ttouaha. praafdrwt of Hie ■T.itt-rait; hoard of regent. to the f.*d ml aatb-rflii-t* The lllutrtiant r-v rtoHina that while Mr. M.*t r»lfr rrtwno-atotl be *•* *i<e»iki|.f for i inrn-if H la bl« <HowartTa> In formation <*at etrerythiup Metcalfe tea written or a***-" «i,h to Mr Haller hn« »•»* spprora! of Ite .N’ebraaka roearJl of defense. GUARD TO GO SOUTH Formation of Reserve Organizati ons to Be Pushed With Vigor. Brlmdler General Harries, com manding the Nebraska brigade, an Dotniml iHniitlTrly that the brigade troops will mobilize at their home stations and will proceed from there to Doming. V. M. He also said there will he no an te o lin emen I of the tiiin- they leave. With the taking into the federal service of the new Sixth regiment, all stale troops are now in the federal service. Following tin- departure of the Na tional Guards the work of organizing Home Guard companies will he push ed with vigor. Following Is a letter to the ehair *iien of the county councils of defense, i rilling attention to the urgent neces s ty of ortcaiiizing home guard units: "Many onjuiries have readied tlie S- • Council of Hefetise relalire to Mi#- formation *>f tin* Home Guards in il s..vcral cotnniiinities of the stiitc. I lie state council, sifter consultation with Governor Seville and Adjutant fleiior.il Steele, is authorized to give >o.i ila* following information: -That as soon as the National ft*: ■ *1 r ginn tits of Nebraska leave t! stat« the adjutant general, at the re#|iies| of tin’ governor, will im tii'sliatelv c. amietice the organization of r.-s.-i'i •• !iti:i forces, under rules and regal.-itions ns pro\ided by iaw. This reserve tnilltln will take the plnoo of the Jiresent National Guard. \V* • ii the rcserv.’ militia organlza tjoi.s arc ''oiupleted. if il becomes in .. s.:|c .a the smaller communi ties of the state, the governor will ci1 mission officers who will he uti tt ri/.cd to organize Home Guard contingents for local puriMises of pro tection :tii-! patriotic endeavor. Counties Should Help. “Tin- s.veral isuinty councils are nrg.-.| >.■ ••n«t>urnB«* the work which Ada ■ General Steele lias under t: i'i , n. nizing reserve militia etc • jeiit- nrl to as>i-r him as niuch as p..»»il , n uci-oiiiplishilig tliis spe cial task. "Ttie st;it*- council also tails the aft. it.on **f tin- county councils to t! ■ tiea» fund movement which seeks to . ddit'oiml |»mvision for the ...i f.*r - : ' need** of tin* enlisted ’ *.f tin s.'vertil National Guard r.-gi' • Ms which are almut to leave \,.i ~:,t' p j< very necessary and cot mend Id- thing to *!o and we ask tl .• s. n r I county councils to assist K*-t . rously tics particular patriotic el fort." Vicksburg Commission Meets. T: \ .-nurg commission met in . < o.vei nor Neville last c. .*-»!. and disails-iml plans fot NI'ic rain to tlie Vicksburg i li-.ii's of peace" celebration • . t‘ oli. r Id to 111. The lust . ■.. •■ ! SJi 1.4MMk to send Ne hraski v. ;* i'..ns to the celebration. • ami forty Nebraska \*t. ti- civ. registered for the trip, .t a t more than oiili arc expected • _■*. It n.in he necessary for the • era ns |mi> their own expenses to the <-ticr.il part from which the vef *i n- will leave for the south. Even 11 • u it uoi In* |Missihlc in pay ail *.l tin. far.- ml tin- commission will t! • n ■ to" i*. u ; ui 'ii" men going on the trip. Demands of Labor Reasonable. I' nciiul of t uui.iia labor unions as t» bon a. s and tmprov •si . ing conditions were not un r* i. • .j unions at the present :im«- are ng to accept conditions as they . d before the war. ac cording to the report of the state l.*.ard of mediation filed with Govern or Neville. Tin report rehearses tile history of . <c mil.. I lildi-ig trades strike, and i: a.- tin- g cinor and state council <*l «lefensc to take some action, wlici . ic. i unaha employers may tie I*:-*;iijilt to ag.--c to return to “before the war" .s.ndilions ami livi* up to tl.* -lions made by Secretary of I. ...r WiMon and indorsed by Presi dent Wilson. Coun,.y Agent Medium of Defense. Nndcr tin* provisions of admin i-tration - food control hill the - ini of >11'»«I has been si r aside for county agent work in Neliraska. This win lc sufficient to put a county a sent in every county in the state, ami lo provide a food emergency mlo nt for each district where regular '■.unity agents are not employed, l oiiiiI\ agents and food emergency a-c-nts w; | |,.. put to work organizing am! u..c ilizing agricultural Nebraska for miixlmuiii production. Ordered to War Strength. TIi" W: r «I4-jrt»iii*nt lias Instructed k. ll i-ormanics «.f tin- National (Ittard to r**", • m> to war strength. accord ing to orders rwvivrd at <>uard head quarters in Lincoln. War strength of coiiijianli s is ire mon. Receives Interest On Bonds. TIi** stale's first interest payment on Lllierrv loan investinent was reeei | vleri Treasurer Mall got a draft for SKSTi. covering the interest • n the siate’s siiliseription for half a liinn dollars of the la mils. Profescor Offers Services. I’rof. l-'ogg of the t'niversity of N<* hr: lias offered 4is services to ■ s|« "i lies over 'h‘* state on the l.ateaiul defense Wlilt. Defense Connect) to Meet. Tile Nebraska stay council of de f-sris.' has planned a **ig meeting to la* held at the state raJr grounds dur ing far week to take an inventory of tlie progress made In organizing tin* state for effective participation in the war. Urge Women to Carry Parcels. Nebraska women are asked Us carry their own parcels home. In a state ment just issued h.v the woman's couti • II of defense. The state eouncil will take steps to ask stores for rebates when packages are taken by the pur chaser. Instead of delivered. Preparing for Winter. Three hundred bushels of corn, produced by inmates of the state hos pital of the insane at Lincoln will he dried to feed the tnstitution lmpula tlon during the winter months. i • i'. well-known Washington artist, who is lecturing at the officers' training camp at Fortress Monroe on cMUiouiinge. :1—Belgian soldiers crossing one of the many canals in their country in a ferry barge, S— American soldiers in France loading a train with their equipment. 4—F. Trubee Davison, son of IT. 1*. Davison, na tional director of the Red Cross, who was seriously injured when his airplane fell into Long Island sound. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Food Control Bill, Giving the President Extraordinary Powers, Now Is Law. GETTING AFTER PROFITEERS Government Predicts Record-Breaking Corn Crop—German and Russian Ministries Re-Formed—Elihu Root Returns With Confi dence in the Russian Republic. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The senate last Wednesday adopted the Conference report on the fond eon- j tml hill, lhe measure was signed by 1 Speaker Clark and President Wilson, j and is now the law of the land, a law } conferring on the president tremen dous powers over tile food and fuel supplies of the country, and d< signed to protect the people from extortion. Sixty-six senators voted for the bill j and seven against it. Those who per sisted in their obstructionist tactics to the end were France, Gronna. Hollis. Hardwick. La Follette, Penrose and Reed. Sherman and Gore both were paired against the hill. The law contains drastic prohibi tion provisions. Thirty days after the date of its approval it will he unlaw ful to use foodstuffs in tile manufac ture of distilled beverages or to im port distilled spirits for beverage pur poses. and tlie president will lie em powered to commandeer for military purposes distilled liquors now held in bond and to regulate or restrict the use of foods in the manufacture of wine and beer. The senate also adopted the con ference report on the food survey bill, designed to stimulate production and to give the country information on food resources, and thus the adminis tration's food control program was at iast completed. i-oai erices ana rroms. Coal prices are causing a grent stir, especially in the Middle West, and in Illinois the state council of defense advised Governor Lnwdeu to seize the mines because the operators would not sell at what was considered a reasonable profit. The governors and defense councils of 15 Middle West States were asked to meet in Chicago to confer on relief measures. President Wilson last week made a personal visit to the federal trade commission and the department of justice to urge the hastening of ac tion to curb high prices, anil made it evident that he intends to do every thing in his power to stop the exact ing of exorbitant profits. The war industries board followed up this by announcing that American producers selling war necessities to America's allies would be permitted to make only reasonable profits, provided that the allies must reciprocate in selling to the United States and to one an other. The president, moreover, has said that the prices to the public must lie made the same as to the govern ment. Record-Breaking Corn Crop. < 'heering news came out of the de partment of agriculture in the form ! of the August crop report, whicii in- [ dieates a corn crop of 3,15)1,000,000 j bushels, the largest in the history of I the country. The prospects improved 1 during July to the extent of 66,000,000 j bushels, and general rains over the : corn belt since the reception of tlie ! J data on which the report is based en- I | ha nee still further the expectations of the farmers. The oats yield also will be a record breaker, but the report , on wheat is a bit disappointing. The j government already has under way a campaign for the raising next season of a crop of more than a billion hush- , els of wheat and 83.000,000 bushels of rye. The food control law authorizes the fixing of fair prices fit- wheat and ' the sale by the government to the farmers of nitrate of soda from Oldie to he used as fertilizer. Every state is asked to plant as large an acreage in wheat and rye a> is possible with out upsetting proper farm practice. The experts in Washington say that while fertilizer may he scarce, there will lie no shortage of seed, farm ma chinery or transportation facilities. On Thursday Provost Marshal Gen eneral Crowder issued the regulations for calling the National army to the colors. The first 200.000 are to he called up to September 1 and sent to cantonment camps by September “>. The government wishes the first day of the mobilization appropriately cele brated throughout the country in or der that the citizen soldiers may be fittingly honored. Some Antidraft Riots. Taking the country as a whole, the exemption boards are having mighty little trouble in carrying out th, ir du ties In the drafting of the National army. Part of Oklahoma and some districts in the Southeast, however, are glaring exceptions to this rule. Serious riots have occurred and hands of draft resisters have armed them selves and taken to the woods. P.ut they are being captured by the score :.nd subjected to the proper punish-* meat. Much of the trouble is stirred up by the 1. XV. \V. anil by certain un-American publicists who argue con stantly that American soldiers should not be sent abroad to fight, but should be kept at home to await the invading Germans after they have whipped the entente allies. Among those arrested last week by the federal agents was I»r. Fritz Berg ineier. president of the Volks-Zeitung of St. Paul. On orders from Washing ton he was put in jail on charges of making disloyal utterances, to be held until President Wilson directs his re lease. He is an enemy alien. Canada also is to have a drafted army, the Canadian conscription bill having been passed by the dominion parliament. Cnder its provisions 100.- : 000 men between the ages of twenty j and thirty-two years will be drafted, and it is the expectation of the an- j tliorities that they will he in training by autumn. Herman ministry vnanges. Chancellor Michaells remolded the imperial and Prussian ministries to his desire, or that of his masters, but the many changes aroused no semblance of enthusiasm in the empire. On the contrary, they are commented on by the liberal and radical press with dis trust and dissatisfaction, and no one who has talked for publication has ! given them his approval. They offer no hope for parliamentarism nr any other marked change in internal pol icies, and so far as can he seen, the war policy of Germany is not likely to be altered. Doctor Ktiehlmnnn. who has succeeded Zimmeminnn as foreign secretary, is supposed to he opposed to ruthless sill)marine warfare, but Doctor Helfferich is retained as the representative of the imperial chancel lor, and as he Is ambitious and power ful it is feared he will more than coun terbalance Kuehlmann. Germany’s latest peace suggestions having met with the disdainful recep tion they deserved, it is unlikely that any more such proposals will emanate from the kaiser for some time. Sev enty-eight professors of Bonn univer sity have signed a petition urging the German government never to make an other peace offer. Root Has Confidence in Russia. Premier Kerensky last week succeed ed in completing his coalition cabinet and obtained the pledges of all fac tions that they would support him. He lias promised many reforms, and also has assured Russia that discipline and authority must first he restored. That he and his colleagues will win. out and that Russia will continue in the war until Germany is whipped is the confi dent assurance of Klihu Root who has just returned from his mission to Petrograd. The disorders there, he says, are not alarmingly serious and are not typical, and the loss of morale in the army he is sure is only tem porary. Already the resistance of the Russian troops to the advance of the Germans and Austrians in Galicia and Bukowina is stiffening, and though in general the retreat continued, it ceased to be a rout and In some Instances the Teutons were thrown bark. General Korniloff who succeeded T'.russiloff as genernlis simo. says the first static of the war is over and the sec.aid stage has opened and intimates that the Russian armies will yet give an excellent ticcount ol themselves if British and French ofii errs are sent to help drill the mil lions of men under arms. They will need this help, he says, if they must meet the massed Germans instead ni the comparatively weak Austrians. On the Western Front. Activities in Flanders during the I week indicated that the allies were I following their usual course—attack, consolidation of positions won, and preparations for another attack. The heavy rains hampered operations con siderably, but the British made many } trench raids and toward the end of ■ the week their artillery fire increased : to a tremendous volume. Meanwhile, the Canadian troop- pushed up close to Lens and had that important coal center nearly surrounded. The German resistance in the coastal region is powerful, for the command-1 ci-s of course realize le w dangerous tc them is the turning movement. Along the ('heroin des T tames the crown prince continued his attacks, all of which were beaten off by the indomit able Frenchmen. In the Asian fields of combat there was little doing last week, but it was reported that General von Falkenhayn. | now German commander in Turkey, is planning an attempt to recapture Bag dad. General Maude's Mesopotamian army, however, is now so strongly en trenched that it has little to fear, and the same may he said of the British forces in Sinai, which also have tht support of the fleet. Kttropean dispatches say that the high military authorities in France be lieve the war will last through the j winter and spring, at least, and that the policy of the allies will he to ham mer away at the Teuton lines contin ually and wear the enemy down as much as possible until America gets on the field in full strength. Then the j advantage of numbers will be with them to so great extent that victory hy force of arms will he in sight. American Troops to Russia? Senator Lewis of Illinois declared | last week that the next hie contingent of American troops would be sent to Russia, which would he surprising in j view of the fact that Russia now has under arms more men than she can , handle effectively. The Sammies now 1 in France are proving themselves quick pupils and have won the praise and ad- j miration of the British and French offi- i cers who are instructing them in the i methods of modern warfare. They are happy and eager to get into action hut are walling for American tobacco. In England is another big contingent of American troops—made up mostly from the operating and construction divisions of American railways. They j will he ready to rebuild and operate j the roads in France and to fight, too. j if necessary, and in preparation for | this are receiving intensive training in 1 a peaceful English valley. The navy department has made an- | other change of policy, dropping the ; construction of the small E-boat elms- : ers and concentrating on the produc- t tion of destroyers, which are to he ■ turned out in great numbers. They seem to lie the most efficient enemy of the submarine. Argentina, dissatisfied with the prog ress of negotiations growing out of the sinking of the Argentine steamer Monte 1'rotegido by a German submarine, has sent a peremptory note to Berlin, de manding a clear and final reply within j a reasonable time. I.iberia. which j some time ago severed relations with the central powers, has now declared war against them. This, like the ac tion of Siam, means that the diplomat ic representatives of the small nations have made up their minds as to which group of belligerents will gain the ulti mate victory. What perhaps has an gered Argentina most is the recent dis covery of an extensive German espion age system. Ellina, too. has decided to cast in lier lot with the allies and the cabinet resolved to declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary; the assistance of the great oriental nation is far from negligible. PLENTY OF FOOD FOR PARIS Coal Also Will Be Abundant in the French Capital During Next Winter. I’aris.—France has abandoned her proposed civil mobilization. The new move is taken to mean in ninny qunrters that the Ribot govern ment lias the war situation so well in hand that it will not be necessary to draft French citizenry between the ages of sixteen and sixty for war work. _1 I liana miiio (i rnnH aav « War work will remain voluntary in France. Tlie dark economic cloml accompa nied by sinister rumors of a bad win ter to come, following the fuel short age of 1016-17 also has been shunted to an inconspicuous p'aee on the hori zon. Paris has the word of the prefect of the Department of the Seine that the great metropolis will not feel the pinch of either hunger or cold during the coming winter. This official an nounces that the coal supply is as sured and that food supplies will be I L._A plentiful. The conditions which caused Parisians to stand in line before food emporiums and coalyards will be fore stalled. he declares, thereby emphasiz ing that France is suffering no great amount of worry over the ravages of German submarines. Another piece of good news ema nates front the ministry of commerce to the effect that Parisians will soon be supplied with “national footgear" and “national cloth” for clothing. This promises to be a real boon for modest purses. I nrama of the Southlar FOOD UHIMCTED WILSON SIGNS SURVEY AND REGULATORY BILLS. Speculation Will Be Curbed and Price Aubses Corrected. — Dras tic Measures Unlikely. Washington, I>. C.—The American iovermuent assumed control of the muntry’s food supply last Friday with iht* signing by President Wilson of the administration food survey and regulatory hills.. Formal announcement of Herbert Hoover's appointment as food admin istrator was made at the Whitt* house soon after tin* measures were, ap proved. and immediately Mr. Hoover set forth tile aims of the food ad ministration in a statement declaring its purpose will be to stabilize and not to disturb conditions. “Every effort will In* made to cor rect priee abuses made possible by ab normal times." Mr. Hoover said, "but drastic measures will not be attempt ed until it is seen the purposes of the administration cannot be ac complished through constructive co operation with food producing and distributing industries.” Tile very existence of corrective powers. Mr. Hoover declares, will tend to check speculation and price infla tion. “The business men of the country. I am convinced.” says Mr. Hoover’s statement, “as a result of many hun dreds of conferences with representa tives of tile great sources of food sup ply, realize their own patriotic obliga tion and the solemnity of the situa tion and will fairly and generously co-operate in meeting the national emergency.” Tilt* two measures recently signed give to tin* government sweeping war time powers. The regulatory bill is designed to put food distribution un der direct government supervision, and a provision added as an amend ment extends an even more drastic government control over coal and other fuels, including the power to fix prices and authorizing government operation of mines. The survey hill is intended to en dSirage production and gives riie gov ernment authority to keep up a con tinuous census of the amount of foodstuffs in the Fnited States. It will be administered by the depart ment af agriculture. Exemption Officials Removed. Xew f ork.—Three members of local exemption board No. •«». in the heart of the east side were summarily re moved by Deputy Attorney General Onkling. acting under orders of Ad : jutant General Stotesbury, who is in charge of the operation of the select ive draft machinery in New York state. There have been reports that efforts have been made to bribe mem bers of exemption boards in this eit> to grant registrants exemption from service. The removal order direct'd "that the charges now made lie pros ecuted to the fullest extent." Bills to Insure Fighting Men. Washington.—Authority to make ef fective the government's program of insuring the armed forces of the na tion was sought of congress in bills introduced in both houses by Senator Simons and Representative Alexander. The proposed legislation would pro vide insurance, tit minimum cost, for American soldiers, sailors and ma rines, the insured men paying the premiums: family allowances to de pendents of men in the nation's mili tary or naval services; indemnifica tion and rehabilitation, at government expense, of injured men. Farmer Prevents Terrible Disaster. Richmond. N'eh.—A red bandana handkerchief tied to a cornstalk thrust into a six-inch gap In a broken rail on the t'nion Pacific main line a mile east of here, saved the Pacific Limit ed. train No. I’d. from almost certain disaster and its 3oo passengers from injury or death. To John Moore, a farmer living near Richland, the' train and its precious cargo owe their ' safety, who discovered the defected rail and flagged the train, which was j traveling at the rate of sixty miles I an hour. May Change Draft Date. Washington.—Tin* date for calling the first increment of 200.000 men into the ranks of the national army may he changed from September 1 to 4. September 1 is followed by Sun day and Labor Day, Canada Restricts Foodstuffs. Ottawa.—Definite regulations for ' restricting the use of beef, bacon and ! white bread in public eating places j and for prohibiting the use of wheat in the distillation or manufacture of alcohol, have been promulgated by order-in-council at the instance of the food controller. The serving of beef and bacon is prohibited on Tuesday and Friday and at more than one meal on any other day. Substitutes, such its corn bread, out cukes, pota- j toes, etc., must be provided. Hard Drive for Russian Crops. London.—Recent reports that the present tierman offensive in south west Russia is aimed at the capture of Odessa are strengthened by a dis patch received here from thni city saying the belief is growing there that the port is Germany's main ob jective and thnt Bessarabia will soon become the principal theater of oper ations. The dispatch adds that the harvest is now being reaped ip south ern Russia and the enemy doubtless will try to secure it before it can b« removed. and ununnwa i«>iii«uj m m« d. MINOR NOTES FROM ALL PARTS OF NEBRASKA The central part of Nebraska was visited by one of the worst storms in the history of the state last week, which done thousands of dollar' worth of damage to growing er.e > and property. Exeter, York and Charleston were in the path of i.a storm and suffered the heaviest • agp. Hail beat down crops in path of the storm and broke ta windows, while the accompany wind toppled over it number of wi mill towers and dcstre -d several ifarin houses. Arrangements for the second an nual national swine show, to be held October 3 to 10 in South Omaha are rapidly being perfected. I ft-on thousand dollars In cash and tr>.;•>. for prize hogs will be offered i■>■ year. A hog judging contest bet wi . n student teams representing state ricultural colleges in the torn In it will he'a new feature of this year’s exhibition. Six colleges have already signified their intention of seinlii g teams. Bancroft, with a population of 742. bolds the high record to dan- for a town of its size in the state foi Red Cross activity. Over .$2,000 h:e- l> eti taken in in memberships, lla ■ roft has four patron members of <ioo each and more than forty life nu m bers of $25 each. R. S. Van Tassell of Van T.i"- I. Wyo.. sold a shipment of eattb- >>n the South Omaha market tin "t r day. 40 head averaging V-*'- f” bringing $12.50 per cwt., and o head weighing 1.455 pounds commanding the high price of $i: per hundred. The highest price ever paid for r tle on the South Omaha market vn paid to E. T. Graham of (’rest, when he sold a carload of Herefor that averaged 1,558 pounds, for 81 i 15 per ewt. i.ancaster county moos uie po bilitv of being compelled to hold special election as the result ' 1 County Judge Wilson being «lr:ift■ i The election would cost $2,500. Lancaster county commlssion*'rs have authorised the paving of lit Lincoln-Omaha road from Lincoln to Waveriy, one of the largest districts ever created in this state. Victor Hailigiiu of North Piatt'- ox captain of tiie Nebraska univ« r-ifv football team, has been cbosen can tain of a company in tile Sixth n-g? incut. The Adams county com crop in t! district of Ttoseland vicinity, is a t tal loss, as the result of the p ci Itail and wind storm that visited tit section. Nebraska's corn crop is estimated at 22'vOOOOOO bushels, as ■- o ar d With 102.4110.000 last year, by t!t- g iv ernmenr crop report for August. A blue heron, something rarely seen in this ptirt of the country, was killed near Avoca. It will be mounted at the state university. Rev. F. f. Wilson, formerly editor of the Cortland Sun. lias again turned evangelist and has opened a series of meetings at Crab Orchard. Prof. .T. S. Brown, for over thirty five years a member of the faculty of Donno college at Crete, died ar Omaha. Hogs sold for S10..10 a hundred pounds on the South Omaha market tiie other day. a new record for tin* market. More than 000 Nebraska hankers are expected to attend the state con ventions in Omaha next October. Agnew is to have a new hank— the Farmers' State Bank, with a cap ita! stock of Si0.000. Much farm land near TIartington is being cut away by the current of the Missouri river. Or. .1. W. Thomas, the only physi cian at Nehawka. has enlisted in the Omaha ambulance corps. Government and state officials after a lengthy investigation report the dis covery that farmers and shippers in Nebraska are careless in transporting eggs, the loss averaging from 20 to rtO per cent, which is about 50 per cent above the normal loss. Fnless the conditions tire bettered, these au thorities say. prosecutions will follow. Farmers around Beatrice who lost their corn crop as tin* result of the recent hailstorm, say they intend to dispose of their stock before winter because they will have little corn for feed. Nine horses died in n pasture near Grand Island from thirst during the recent hot spell. They were watered from a windmill and a tank. In some manner the water plant was put out of service and the horses could get nothing to drink. Former Major Evans and Mr. San dall of North Platte, who recently joined the navy, accepting work as stokers, rather than stay out of the service, have been named as appren tice seamen and will be given ship duty. Throwing crews at work over Johnson county report that wheat is turning out from fifteen to twenty bushels to the acre. One farmer near Tecumseh threshed wheat from a field of twenty-five acres which aver aged thirty-five bushels to the acre. Loans applied for at the Federal Land bank at Omaha up to July 31 total .$0,96.r>.fi-t0, of which $5,631,175 came from Nebraska farmers. The Fremont Tri-Weekly Tribune, established in 18GS by J. N. Hays, and one of the oldest newspapers in Nebraska, has suspended publication. Omaha hank clearings for the year ending July 31 totaled over one bil lion and a half dollars, more than a half billion in excess of the previous year. Guy Harris, n stock raiser near Stella, sold two carloads of Angus cattle on the Kansas City stock mar ket last week that brought $13.90 per hundred pounds. The corner stone of the new Cath olic parochial school at West Point was laid last Sunday with appro priate ceremonies. The structure, when completed will cost $00,000.