Nebraska Newspapers

    MUST USE PURE SEEDS
WILL INCREASE PRODUCTION
Cc*nm;r> Anifgut to Aid Farmer*
in Getting Good Seed.
W'swtarw N.»|ui|irr I'nion N>«» Service.
Mem hir* oi the Nebraska legislature
are Imnag invited to ?en(l In to the
Male food « > lutuirieof. Mmoles of
wteat. oalv alfalfa and other seed to
be tented in the state- seed labora
tory. without chance, under the new
law The object in view is to aid 1
twiner* in increasing the production
of f «d>' uffs art < - ary for the conduct
(4 the war
The circular which Food Commis
si ncr Marx he 1 i* sending out reads ,
as lalkic*
We :«» attempting to help the j
farmer* by testing their seed for them !
and at present are trying to get data !
regarding diflerent seed crop condi
th«n»
"We wish to find what the gerinina
tion of winter wheat averages this
year and bow much variation There is
la the germination of this grain Oats.
w« expert to vary more widely and
th*r»f*-r« should be given more atten- .
Uon in order to insure good yields,
and would like (o have you collect and |
•end mi; « samples to us if you can find ■
It convenient An ordinary cnptul will i
he • We will return rejiorts ■
cm tests i it her to you or direct to the
farmer as you direct
"The new seed law making free seed •
testing j«o--ible. makes it Convenient 1
tor the l.sid drug, dairv and oil com- j
mission to aid the farmer directly and
we I- • .r 'hat working with the state
representative, .f the various districts
will hr very effective in producing
food crop stands and the elitr.inatior.
of B< V! Us weeds, and we feel that
wi*h the present economic conditions,
this i- one of prime importance
"Of the hundreds of samples of al- i
bib '■ -ted in the laboratory during
the pa-t few month- the germination i
of at least "S per cent of the alfalfa
seed has been found to be far below
standard many amiable seeds h»-in. j
present A Is 'tr SO per cent of the
sample- germinated below 6o per cent, j
making a -if nation which it -terns to j
•* should not be di -regarded. con-I
sidering 'he pri. e of the seed, the
dt*T- ally in seeding and the length of
tittle the farmer expects this crop to
*s rupy the ground
"Six*y per cent of the cane samples
germinated here were below standard
wbi< h is only " per cent
“We will gr'-atlv appreciate any co
operation mhb h v«.u may give us. and l
ask you to address bundles of seed to .
the seed laboratory, state house, Lin- !
soln **
E»p«rt Advice o*i Deffet've Children.
Tfc- -tare lair managers will again j
this year hare a department where !
rtpr'' obtained for
Irai: deformed and defective children j
An appeal has been sent out to arouse
ttore interest in this department Bu>
tew parent- railed a: the headquar
ter» last year, it was stated, on ac
count of a tack of advertising for the
department The list of ailments or
deformities which it is suggested that
the spe.ialists can give advice upon
are hare lip. clef- palate, club foot.
di»r-cated hit*, curved spine, paralysis,
rick*-?* tut** rruk si.-, poor nutrition,
and mental backwardness It i* sug
gested that a < nf*-ren-e wi*h the
spe. ialist a» the fair may lead to a
cure of the child, or he may direct
the par»t?'- to r.ne of the state institu
tion- where the child can be support
ed. educated, and tr- ited in the hes* [
Wi.y by the state Application blanks !
m: - b*- *« ur -d from Mr Danielson [
s* ■ r-i cry ..f tb*- state board of agri i
culture, at th- state < apitol Kxamini
**- - 'or • a at.; lkvats will be held
* •• mber 7. ar. 1
will be private Kntries for children
t»e. dfr-sr help v.i!I *! September 1
Kctries for rh»* "P< -ter Babies Con
tf -t" will cl* -e Aurust 20.
P'a'e Surerinte-*d. «t Clemmons left
•’.in, D
tend a conferen* • of national and
state officials on a si *ematic pi tin for
developing vocati- ral education in th*
pu*.’;- s*h'">!s Th'» national govern
ment ha* appro: - d money f-*r this
purpt e r< rdlMena! on each state pro
vtdirg an e- tial am -not to the sum
a’Weed it frr.ni federal fund* The Ne
braska ler|s!a>ure appropriated $18.
r -*h the federal allowance for
the first year.
The federal farm help agency, which
<>p*-rate» a-, Lincoln in conjunction
with the state bureau of labor, lias
h* -re app.i ail it* - for jobs at the pres
ent tin**- than there are places to fill.
Th*- demand for farm laborers sems to
have ce*»ed almost entirely It is ex
pected that when corn hu.-king comes
a’.-ng there will be another big rush
of men Meanwhile, there are a num
ber of Vouag people who want jobs,
among them being several married
couples, who would iike to live in
tenant houses and do tarm work
When the legislature last winter
•pproprtst-1 SI.cm. to reimburse Daw
son county for an overpaym-nt ct
taxes made to the state some years
ago. ft set a precedent which is likely
to cau e mere or less trouble in future.
Lincoln coun y has now presented a
claim to the at* auditor for $1.3U0
whi h is alleged to have been remitted
to the state by its county treasurer
for the year 1S11. over and abve the
sum that wa* actually due. Other
connties are exp* < ted to follow suit,
as it can probably We shown In many
cases that there have been overpay
ments
County Agent Medium 0f Defense
I'nder the provisions of admin
istration's food con rol bill the sum
of iliS.OuO has been set aside for j
county agent work in Nebraska.
This will be sufficient to put a conn
ty agent In every county in the
state, and provide a food emergen
cy agent for each district where
regular county agents are not em |
ployed. County agents and food
emergency agents will be put to
work organizing snd mobilizing agri
cultural Nebraska for maximum pro
duction
TO AID TENANT FARMERS
Defense Council Will Help Them to
Secure Seed for Planting.
In connection with its campaign to
secure the planting of a large winter
wheat acreage in Nebraska, the state
council of defense is taking steps tc
ascertain whether individual farmers
in the section recently devastated by
hail are in shape financially to pay
for high priced seed and. if not. to ob
tain for them the necessary credit that
will permit them to buy it and put in
the crop this fall.
Letters have been sent to the chair
men of county defense councils in
Merrick. Folk. Fillmore. York. Hamil
ton. t'iay and one or two other coun
ties through which the "hailed- out”
strip runs, asking them to have local
surveys made for the purpose of find
ing out if there are any farmers
whose crops have been destroyed who
have not the money to purchase seed
wheat and are unable to borrow it.
The purpose in viewT is chiefly to
help tenant farmers who have seen the
fun - of their summer’s work swept
away in a single hour, and who do not
"in property which they could mort
age in order to buy seed wheat on
top i>f their other necessities The
devastated corn acreage would natu
rally l«e turned into wheat fields if
-. * -d were obtainable at normal prices,
but at to a bushel a good
many will be unable to buy it unless
they are tinancially assisted.
Is First Unit to be Called.
T:- First Nebraska Field Hospital
company is the tirst unit of the Ne
•i-ka National guard to be called into
a tual active service. It is one of four
out of over a hundred field hospital
.nits, !*.. t were in service on the Mexi
aii border, to be selecied to accom
anv the Tirst composite militia army
;o Frame Under the Stars and Stripes
ml :b*- banner of the great Red Cross
it will carry tae blessings of modern
m al science to ;he boys of the new
' rty . oml division on the bloody bat
Vfit-K- of Europe. While the require
ments of s- t reev and the regulations of I
tolnntary censorship prevent announce
ment < the day of the unit's departure. ;
•m- thing is certain that that day will
mark a red letter in the pages of Ne- i
b.-aska hi- ory and an event in the lives !
"f >he eighty-two enlisted men and two '
' • r- who comprise the company’s
rsonel.
Urges Practice at Fire Drill.
State Fire Commissioner W. S.
Kill*: 11 has notified school boards
That the 11*17 legislature placed the
:. re escape law under the jurisdiction
nf the fire commission This law re
quires fire escapes to be placed on all
school houses of two stories or over,
also requires them to be stairway fire
• apes and to be approved by the fire
commission His notice says: "In
ease you have no fire escape on your
- hool building or buildings, vou will
please make arrangements at once
to comply with this law. as we shall
insist that fire escapes be put on all
hool buildings in the state of Ne
braska. I’lease let us know when
you have complied with this law. The
legislature of 1911 passed a law re
quiring all schools to teach fire pre
vention. at least, thirty minutes a
month Your county superintendent
has been supplied with fire prevention
text books and you will please see to
it that all teachers comply with thij |
important law A fire drill should be j
practiced at least once a month.”
For Military Purposes Only.
Chief of Police H. V.'. bunn of Omaha
' is a box car of booze which he may
Ter to the war department for medi
- :tl p-irp” • i- Attorney General Heed,
n answer to the chief’s inquiry, says !
he believes the liquor can be shipped i
the war department if that depart i
-oent desires the stuff The attorney
•<-r. r : ays the shipment would be an
nterstate shipment and would come
tider the federal law and not the state
aw which prohibits shipments of in
■oxi ating liquors within the state.
Board Authorizes State Aid Bridges.
The state board of irrigation has
luthorir.ed the construction of five
ta e-aid bridges, as follows:
North Platte, over the South Platte 1
•iver. cost $20,000.
Scottsbiuff, over the North Platte
•iver. cost $20,000.
Hartley, over the Republican river,
*10,000.
Knox county, over Verdigre river,
”.000.
West Point, over the El’..hern river
$6,000
Another meeting will be held by the
oard soon, at which the question of
purchasing the Ashland toll bridge
and the Pollack bridge north of Platts
li iuth will be considered
A new state-aid bridge across the |
Platte at Yutan. in which Saunders !
and Douglas counties are interested, i
will also be considered.
Mrs W. E Barkley, president of the
State Women's Suffrage association,
nas made arrangements with the sec
-etary of state to secure the list of
•3.000 names attached to the petition
t a referendum on the partial suffrage
:.w passed by the last legislature.
Cottage cheese is one of the best
m-at substitutes known, according to
home economics specialists at the
Cniversity of Nebraska. It contains
a larger percentage of protein, or
body building material, than most j
meats, and it supplies this at a much I
lower cost. A pound of cottage
cheese contains about one-fifth of a j
pound of protein, nearly all of which
is digestible. Meats usually contain
less protein, and have considerable
waste. A pound of cottage cheese daily
supplies all the protein required by an
ordinary adult.
The board of agriculture wishes to
make a special appeal to every com
munity in the state to examine the
food drier which will be on exhibit at
the state fair. This is a matter which
can not be emphasized too strongly. It
Is no fable that we are facing a food
shortage, neither is it news that count
less tons of fruits and vegetables go
to waste each year either because of
gorged markets, inadequate shipping
facilities or conditions of the produce.
Windfalls or specked apples find no
market whatever, yet they make good
dried apples.
1—Sailors lined up on the grounds of Camp Ilinghain, the recently opened naval training camp near Boston.
-—Generul Chrlstodoulos, commander of the Greek armies that are acting in conjunction with the allies. 3—Load
ing a 12-inch disappearing gun in one of America’s coast forts. 4—American soldiers in camp in France carrying
water in huge cans.
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NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
British. French and Italians
Crush Teuton Legions at
the Same Time.
FIERCEST FIGHTING OF WAR
Russia’s Military, Economic and Po
litical Troubles Are Disturbing—
Pope’s Peace Proposals Discussed
—President Wilson Regulates
the Prices of Coal
in America.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Civilians far from the seat of war
wondered why the allies did not deliver
their smashing blows at the kaiser at
the same time, giving him no oppor
tunity to shift his troops from one
front to another, instead of taking
turns in hitting him. That is just what
they did last week, for British. French
and Italians all began offensives that
developed in£o the most furious but
tles of the war so far. The Anglo
French forces near the Belgian coast
vigorously renewed the attacks begun
the previous week and pushed forward.
The British hurled themselves against
the defenses of Lens and forced their
way further into the outskirts of that
coal center, repulsing all counter-at
tacks. General I’etain’s men attacked
along the Chemin des Dames, and then
delivered a series of smashes at the
Germans in the Verdun sector, taking
the twin summits of Dead Man's hill
and other strong positions that the
crown prince had held for a year and
more. In Alsace there was lively fight
ing. At the same time the Italians
were carrying on a monster offensive
against the Austrians along the entire
Julian. Isonzo and Carso fronts, from
I’lavn to tlie sea. The Austrian defen
ses were leveled by a terrific artillery
lire, new crossings of the Isonzo were
forced, and Cadrona’s troops advanced
considerably on their way to Trieste
despite tile difficulties of the terrain.
Wednesday the British again at
tacked fiercely in the Ypres region and
after a bloody combat succeeded in
taking important positions along the
Ypres-Menin road. A little further
norlli. in the hlood-soaked Langemarck
Frezenberg sector, they hit the enemy
hard in an effort to take the ridge,
known as Hill 3T>, where the Irish made
a gallant hut losing tight the week lie
fore.
uermans nesist stoutly.
'1 lie Germans have massed immense
numbers of troops at the points of at
tack and are resisting desperately and
making almost continuous counter-at
tacks. hut up to tlie time of writing
they had been unable to regain any of
the lost ground.
All the allied armies took great num
bers of prisoners and guns and inflict
ed terrible losses on their hard-fight
ing opponents, and they themselves
lost many men. for the attacks were
delivered with rather less than the
usual regard for life. In Flanders and
France the tanks played a large part,
and on all fronts the aviators were ex
traordinarily active and hold. The Ital
ians introduced one novelty. When
their assaulting troops moved forward
they were preceded by a squadron of
airplanes forming tin* first line and
using their machine guns on the Aus
trians at short range.
General Pershing and other Ameri
can officers were present at the new
battle of Verdun.
Disturbing News From Russia.
The week’s news from Russia was
rather disquieting. Petrograd present
ed to America and the entente allies a
statement indicating that Russia would
be unable to continue in the war un
less immediate, adequate and continu
ing assistance were given. She has no
intention of making separate peace,
but says she cannot keep up the fight
unless her associates furnish her at
once with materials and provisions.
The Russians fear they will be driven
I out of Moldavia within three weeks.
| anti last Monday the Germans hega n
I an offensive in the Riga region that
forced the Slavs hack toward that city.
At the south end of the line the Rou
manians still are making valiant efforts
| to hold back the invaders. There is
j m> longer any doubt of the bravery of
the Russians or of their desire to keep
on fighting the common enemy of the
world, hut it seems that they cannot by
themselves surmount the great eco
nomic obstacles that confront them.
The governmental troubles of Rus
sia also are approaching a crisis. The
“extraordinary national council” being
about to meet in Moscow, the constitu
i tional Democrats, discontented bust*
! ness men and dismissed generals, gatii
I ered there ready to demand radical
changes. On the other side stand the
cabinet ami the Socialist left. In pre
liminary discussions Prince Trou
betskoi. Generals Alexieff and Brus- j
siloff and others attacked the cabinet, ;
excepting only Kerensky, and declared .
the government had fallen into the !
hands of corrupt men of Petrograd.
who think only of their own inter
ests. The Socialist orders that de
stroyed discipline in the army were
bitterly criticized.
As had been foreseen, the pope's
peace proposals were received decently
by all the belligerent nations, but with
more than an undercurrent of skepti- !
cism by the allies. No definite reply j
to them has been made at this writing .
by any government, but representative
speakers of the different parties in Ger
many all indorsed in general the Vati- |
can plan, and it is believed Berlin may i
go so fur as to offer autonomy to Al- !
sace-Lorraine, which of course would
not in any degree satisfy France. Aus
tria, too, as was expected, approves the
proposals, but insists any settlement j
I must Include the abandonment of
Great Britain's naval bases at Gibral
i tar, Malta and the Suez canal. Can
i one imagine Great Britain willingly dis
| mantling these guardian posts of the
[ route to her Immense domains in the
Orient? The vociferous assertions of
^ the German press that the pope's pro
posals were not inspired hr Germany,
and the intimations that they really
were due to British suggestions can
only be considered as more “bunk" and
serve to confirm the suspicion that the
I'lan had its inspiration in Teutonic ;
sources.
German Pcison Gas in America.
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Tin* itoison gases emitted by the pro
German press and all the other traitor
ous agencies In America are not grow
ing noticetihly less in amount of viru
lence, hut 1 tide Sam is beginning to
apply the antidote with considerable
vigor. In many cities "soap box” or
ators are being gathered in by federal
agents and several more rabid papers
have been denied the use of the mails.
The German-Atnerican press of the
large cities is still too clever to sub
ject Itself to that penalty, but if it
keeps on its present course doubtless
some means will be found to suppress
it. Regretfully it must be said that a
disgracefully large proportion of the
Germans in America—naturalized or
not—is proving disloyal to the land of
their adoption. This is shown by such
instances as the annual picnic of the
Schwabenverein in Chicago, where for
several days the assembled Germans
occupied themselves in denouncing
America’s entry Into the war. abusing
the president, sneering at our armed
forces and maktng fun of the draft and
the National army. The same thing
is going on all over the land, where
Teutons get together, hut they are pre
paring to reap a harvest of woe for
themselves, for the men of the depart
ment of justice are cognizant of their
words and nets. It is comforting to
believe that the great mass of German
Amerieans are truly loyal, but thou
sands of the more ignorant are led into
disloyalty by the falsehoods of German
secret agents and by the utterances
of the La Follettes. the Reeds, the
Masons and the William Hale Thoaip
soiis for whom all native-born Ameri
cans blush.
Former Ambassador Gerard. Secre
tary of Commerce Redfield, and other
prominent men found opportunity last
week to denounce bitterly the coward
ly. treacherous pro-Germans and pusi
lanlmous pacifists, who are doing all
they can to make the world unsafe for
democracy.
The threat of the I. W. \Y. to tie ut
tlie industri. s of the West, including
tin' harvest, if their leaders were not
released was met promptly by the ar
rest of a lot more of the gang. and tht
great strike fizzled out miserably. Xc
siMiner was th - trouble passed than tin
machinists and boilermakers, employee
in the Atlantic const shipyards, were
called on to quit. This of course would
put a stop to vast amounts of govern
ment naval work, and the United
States mediators got busy at once. Sev
eral thousand men stopped work, hut
most of them either pledged Secretary
Daniels that they would not quit, or
delayed action until a vote could be
taken.
President Cuts Coal Prices.
Having started Mr. Hoover well on
the food conservation campaign. Pres
ident Wilson last week turned to the
almost equally pressing coal problem,
which for sever: i weeks had been ex
ercising the wits of various state ad
ministrations. Having studied the pro
duction cost figures supplied him by
the trade commission, the president is
sued tin executive order fixing a tenta
tive scale of prices for bituminous coal
at the mines in nearly nil coal produc- .
ing districts of the country. These
prices in some instances are more than
•SI a ton below the voluntary prices
fixed at the conference last June. The
settle is subject to change when a meth
od of administering the fuel supplies
of tlie country has been determined
and put into operation.
Later in tlie week the president
named Dr. Harry Garfield fuel admin
istrator. fixed anthracite prices for
producers and jobbers and set a limit
on profits to he made by bituminous
wholesalers.
Tlie senate spent most of the week
in consideration of the revenue bill.
Among other things it increased the
finance committee’s income tax pro
visions by a total return to the treas
ury of £73.000.000. adopting unanimous
ly the Gerry amendment, which adds .
S 10.000,000 to the returns from in- ;
comes of Half a million and over.
Japan’s Mission in Washington.
The imperial Japanese mission was j
formally received in Wa hington by
Secretary Lansing and other govern- |
ment officials on Wednesday. Its head, !
Viscount Ishii. made it clear that the
mission has come not on a commercial j
or political eryand. hut to decide on
how the two nations can best co-op
erate. in both a military and an eco- ,
nomie sense, in carrying on the war.
The neutral countries of Europe—so- I
called, though no country there is any !
longer really neutral—are still trying :
to set around tlie American embargo j
that is so painful to their poeketbooks
and their stomachs; hut the indica-I
tions are that unless they quit supply- j
ing Germany with foodstuffs, their suf- j
faring will only increase. Switzerland i
mid Holland, which depend on Oer- !
many for coal, have contracted to lend
the kaiser large sums in return for the
privilege of continuing to buy their fuel
from his country.
Hungary took a real step toward
democratization and freedom from Ger
man and Austrian influence in the ap
pointment of Dr. Alexander Wekerle
as Hungarian premier, to succeed Es
terhnzy. The new premier is popular.
Democratic, a financial genius and Is !
known to he no friend of Germany.
The new nationalist movement in Hun
gary has attained great strength, and it
is said King Charles Is in complete har
mony with the desires of the nation.
German aviators distinguished them
selves last week by another raid on
English const towns in which 11 per
sons were killed, and by deliberately
bombing two French hospitals behind
the Verdun lines and then shooting
down the doctors and nurses, who were
trying to rescue the wounded soldiers
from the resulting conflagration. It
would seem that the chivalry of avi
ators is one-sided.
Negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth
United States Infantry, stationed at |
Houston. Tex., as guards during the
construction of Camp Logan, started a j
serious race riot, in which a dozen
white civilians, police officers and Na
tional Guardsmen, and a number of ne
jroe$ were killed, and more than a
-core wounded. Among the dead was ]
t'apt. J. \V. Mattes. Battery A. Second
Illinois field artillery, who was trying ;
to restore order.
READY TO FIX WHEAT PRICES
Food Administration Expects to Pay
More Than $2 a Bushel for the
Crop of 1917.
The price paid by the food admin
istration for the portion It buys of the
1917 wheat crop probably will exceed
(2 a bushel. It is learned.
In recommending a price the com
mittee will take into consideration the
Fact that the producer must receive
;nough to stimulate production next
year and at the same time will con
sider carefully war conditions and the
rights of the consumer. In passing the
food control hill congress set an ar
bitrary price of $2 on the 101S wheat
crop.
The hope of the food administration
is that the government price fixed will
obtain In nil private transactions
throughout the year, and It Is ready to
buy up the entire crop for distribu
tion If prices cannot he stabilized by
the mere fixing of a food administra
tion t>rl'*“
A conference of recently Appointed
federal food commissioners for various
states was held recently. The com- I
mlssioners were addressed by Food '
Administrator Hoover, who explained
what was expected in the way of co
operation from the representatives of
the states.
Dr. Ray l.ymnn Wither, in charge
of the food conservation work under
the food administrator, explained
briefly the plan to enroll the support
of all the women of the country in the
policies of the food administration.
BRIEF NEWSJF MMU
Lincoln, after many years of strenu
ous eCort, will establish a public mar
ket
Cowles, a village of 200 population
in Webster county, raised $2,500 as a
Red Cross fund.
Hogs sold on the South Omana
market last week for $19.25—the high
est price ever paid there.
A total enrollment of 140 is expect
ed at the boys' camp at the state fair
during the week of September 2 to T
| Omaha is making preparations to
| take care of the biggest crowd ever in
] attendance at its Merchants Market
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Atwater, resi
i dents of Crete for over thirty years.
: celebrated their golden weddipg last
week.
Seven thousand people attended the
grocers’ picnic at Capital Beach at
Lincoln Wednesday. They ate a car
load of watermelons.
Mayor Endeltnan of Wymore has
placed a ban on card playing at that
place, since several young men were
convicted there of gambling.
i The better babies show at the state
I fair, September 3 to 7. will eclipse the
big shows of former years. - 'lore than
- 200 babies have been entered.
William Hease of Cuming county
threshed 1,695 bushels of wheat from
a twenty acre field, a yield of over
eighty-three bushels to the acre.
Adams and Webster counties are
elated over prospects for oil. and j
preparations are being made to sink
a test well at Red Cloud at once.
Elm Creek's first annual round-up.
under the auspices of the fire depart
ment. drew the largest attendance
ever seen in that part of the country
The Nebraska state band will open
the fair program on the afternoon of
Sunday. Septembar 2. at 3 o’clock and
will give a second concert at 7:30 in
the evening.
The Beatrice Cold Storage company
If advertising for young women to
take the place of young men who have
been called by T'nele Sam to serve
their country.
Major L. B. Sturdevant. head of the
sanitary detachment of the Fifth regi
ment at Lincoln, has been appointed
assistant chief surgeon at Camp Cody,
Deming. N. M.
Mayor Miller of Lincoln has re
ceived a letter- from the war depart
ment. requesting that a school of tel
egraphy be established in the high
school at that city.
The store of E. tv. Starlin at Filley,
was broken into by thieves Sunday
night and sixty yards of silk goods,
seventeen pairs of shoes and other
articles were taken.
The Lincoln Commercial club paid
its last formal compliment to the Ne
braska national guard with a lunch- j
eon in honor of the twenty-feur officers
who were in Lincoln.
E J. Hainer of Lincoln, has suc
ceeded T. E. Williams as president of
the First National bank at Aurora.
Mr Williams has been connected with
the bank for thirty years.
"Nebraska’s Greatest County Fair”
to be held in Deshler August 2S, 29. 30
and 31, promises to be the greatest in
its history. Ten new racing stalls
have been built and an addition to the
grandstand.
As in former years the state fair
management will again tender free
expert advice for frail, deformed and
defective children, and parents or
guardians of such are requested to be
come intetrested in the work.
The 450 men stationed at the fair I
grounds have left their quarters and j
moved to the Lincoln auditorium,
where they will in all probability re
main until ordered from the state.
The approaching time for the Ne
braswa state fair was given as the
main reason for changing the quar
ters of the troops.
Columbus coai dealers are advising
their patrons to lay in their supply of
coal now in view of the threatened
coal shortage. Dealers point out that
on account of labor trouble and the
like, the coal mines are not produc
ing to capacity, and this together with
the increased demand all over the
country is responsible for the short
age.
One hundred tons a day was the
average output of the potash works
at Antioch for the week ending July
29.
Large poster directories to be placed
prominently in public places have
been prepared by the Lincoln Com
mercial club to aid state fair visitors
the first week in September in finding
their way about Lincoln and in seeing
the most interesting sights of the capi
tal city.
Mrs. John W. Johnson is a patriotic
Hastings woman offering to do her bit i
for Uncle Sam. Expert in telegraphy,
she offers to teach at her home free of
charge. young men desiring to enter
the army as telegraphers.
The German-American State bank
of Lincoln will hereafter be known 1
as "Continental 1>ts*e Bank” through ]
amending its articles of incorporation. .
The articles have been approved by ]
the state banking board. <
Jesse Harris, stenographer at Coop
er’s mill in Humboldt, was In the first
call for the draft. He is only three ,
feet tall, and though he successfully
passed the physical examination at ,
Falls City, was later notified that he j
was not accepted. He has three broth- t
*rs all of whom were in the draft.
' MORE NEBRASKANS ARE CALLEO
Will Train for Air Men and for Sec
ond Officers Camp at
Fort Snelling.
Names of eighty students of the first
Fort Snelling officers’ camp who have
enlisted in the officers’ reserve corps
of the aviation section and of 155 who
have been recommended for training
at the second Snelling camp, opening
August 27, have been announced The
following Nebraska men are named
for aviation:
Breeze, Winfield S„ Lincoln.
Bell, William H„ York,
Baughn, LeRoy F , Lincoln.
Burke, Paul A., Omaha.
Clark, McKinley F„ Lincoln.
Carveth, Walter W„ Lincoln.
Campbell, Eilmer B„ Omaha.
Caldwell, Victor B„ Omaha
Gray, Ulysses S., Lincoln
Kirkendall, Freeman B., Omaha.
Kelly, Harold C., Lincoln
Hubbel, Harry L„ Lincoln.
Hecht, Kenneth G., Plainview.
Lesher, Carl B., Grand Island.
Miller, Leland W., Omaha.
Myers, Carl H , Harlan.
Selzer, Milton R„ Lincoln.
Shillington. Waldo E., Omaha.
Williams, Paul K., Lincoln.
Williams, Hugh V., Lincoln
Weaver, Edward M„ Columbus.
The names of about one hundred and
fifty-five students of the first officers’
training camp, who have been recom
mended for further training at the sec
ond officers’ training camp opening at
Fort Snelling, August 27. have also
been announced. Nebraska names
Ayers, Walter C., Humboldt
Brown, N„ Lincoln.
Burke, Paul A , Omaha.
Cook, Leroy. Hastings.
Champo, John L., Friend.
Cull. William C„ Oakland.
Calev, John L.. Sterling.
Davis, Archie H„ Lincoln.
Dinsmore, Eugene E.. Lincoln
Gorgas, Charles A., Omaha.
Golwick, Arthur R.. Ulysses.
MacArthur, John, Omaha.
McGuiggan. Robert F.. Omaha
Mickel, Robbin S., Crete.
Montgomery, Wayne A., Lincoln
Matthews, Robert J.. Scottsbluff.
O'Brian. John J., Liberty.
Oxley, Delbert C., York.
Petersen. Carl H , Neligh.
Reynolds, Leonard W., Lincoln.
Raecke. Walter R.. Central CPy.
Stein. Riley. Hastings.
Schavland, Thomas R . Lincoln.
Steinmever. George W . Beatrice
Stuart, Hoadlev H.. Omaha
Thurber, Alleyene N. Uni Place
Winship, Fred C., Lincoln.
Webster, Calvin J.. Lincoln.
Wakely, Morton, Omaha.
WANTS 553 MEN
Regular Army Officers at Omaha Re
cruitig for Nebraska
Regiment.
Omaha.—This office in addition tc
recruiting for the regular and national
army, has been directed to recruit fot
the Nebraska regiments and smallet
units. A total of 553 men are needed
at once to fill these organizations.
The war department is exceedingly
anxious to have these units recruited
to full war strength before their de
parture for their training camp.
Those desiring to join these organi
zations recruited from young men of
Nebraska may present themselves at
the nearest recruiting office, located
as follows: Omaha, Lincoln. Norfolk
Grand Island, Sidney, Alliance, Has:
ings.
The enlistment is for the war only.
Unmarried men between 18 and 41
are eligible.
Enlisted men in the national guard
are eligible to take the examination
for a commission.
Men of registered age who have not
been called by the local board ar*
eligible for enlistment, but cannot bt
enlisted after they have been notified
by their local board to report for ex
amination.
Guy Rathbun, secretary and phy i
cal director of the Beatrice Y M. <
A. and football coach at Beatric ■ hi
school for the past six or seven y.
has tendered his resignation, and u
enter the service of the departnit ..t
of athletics at the University of l:.u
ana at Bloomington, where he will b.
first assistant to Jumbo Sti b::i i
coaching football and other athict::
E. F. Fassett, formerly editor of tb<
Review-Herald at Arlington, and a:
old time Nebraska newspaper man
died at Colorado Springs last week. 01
a general breakdown.
The Seward Independent-Democrat
owned by State Auditor W. H. Smith
and edited by F. W. Mickel, has pub
lished the names of those subscribers
who are said to have discontinued tin
paper on account of its zealous pro
American attitude.
It is stated that several of the
Lutheran church choirs have with
drawn from the cantata to be pro
duced in Omaha this fall, on account
of unwillingness to take part with
Kountze Memorial, one of the
churches interested.
Miss Mary Pascoe, a Fremont girl
who formerly taught in the high
school, has arrived at Fremont from
New York city for a visit with her
father before departing for France
to become a dictition in an American
hospital. Miss Pascoe has been con
nected with the Edison company in
Newr York and has been giving lev
tures on dietetics in various parts of
the east.
Mrs. S- P. Howland, for over fortv
dx years a resident of Juniata, died at
hat place recently.
Music at the fair will again be fur
dshed by the Nebraska state band of
-incoln and Green's band of Omaha,
ilso by the Peru hoy scout band and
tands from David City, Orchard and
)sceola, and three bands with the
dreus.
Twenty five men from Ainsworth
rent to the farm of William Billner.
i young bachelor living five tuilea
lOthweet of Ainsworth, who wan*- ’
oin the army but couid not get i
o take care of his wheat. ar> ’ , •
ds field of grain, which had >«.
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