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Ct_ '* TAKEN IN THIS YEAR *25.000 A LOVE LAST YEAR. cIlSdn is well pleased C t w ii Sruj Sum Left to Start r 3ration for Next Year'* Exhibition. !. - W •• fa.r r— * 4. - year •• — 1 tli — *>f i> 7-ling t*. i- !• itl i't»ijijn:;':T|<»n by >- H It. Items-.!-*. whii-ii to'.. ' .<i_ ;.>4 *.,ken in Ir <wmi - r- •« were #i<4 :<-! . r - * - v - ' . " I !-• . ....*- I--*-.'. 27 74 • .r t>' }■ -r exo-pt when -r <-ijt •'••wti tli*- aHfGdanT*, I • 7\. .-*• t-e i» lu< Tv T I ■ - ► r- S foj- ; .-.tniohil*. travel * * t. ;T T It** <#f***-.'hi** TO Tii* r. _I.* io-f.tr-— * :*i*hre«k:7i2 «To«*4» TO f r >1 tli*- t**-i. Ir ri»v ran up n j •'1 • • > :2 71 • *1 it: * ■ r* • -■1- lit.: mark in 1M»7 si ft vl—.-n*" Ibitki** in * r*. .-ij •« am) il«« *»elle4 t»,e ;■ : : r* • ••mi** Kx'ti'-.i* <;«<v in •»i4 Tar-.ii- ,*.,rJ..-»- ..*,«■ * ■-»«!- i — ■ Oronght in more t •ir n ever f..r** I** " V re l;;t * been jl norjiMe re*".* ; r « *-\ - --.*1 i T *1 ■•*.. t* in* r-a—*! ral-Iy. 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Keep your r 'is dean, and tightly I *'■"** * ’—1. Hare a general hoiisecbtining. 1 7 i > f all us» less kuirkknnrk I : d r•.t-*• sh. t'se soap and water t ' and ht nature kill the v' - wit lisHrishine and fresh air. K p' tr diildreti away from places wS.'-re diss-iis*- exists. li‘t Heme Grown Wheat Seed. • S'a'*- found| of Defense lia« •s •*»I : warning to farmers against I tig • j\«l wheat. sfiipiHsI in from e '■ tie state, to Is* Usill as set d s*»wltig. fanners are tirg.-d to j,., I whenever |«s-ihle. wheat r -ed in their own communities. Poor Farm Holding Wheat. T|»* state council of defense has !i»' -d among the “war profilers,'* *!i" : re la tiding wheat for a fCl price. " I. .m aster county jssir farm. The p r farin i- said to have a consider able quantity of wheat on hand. Auto for Every Ten People. • *;ie automobile for every nine or ten persons in Ndiraska -a showing teu exceeded hy any other state of the anion—Is the proportion indi cated hy Secertary of Slate Tool's registratiiui records. Reserve Reg meat Organized. Major J. T. II. •Dingsworth, who has taken charge of I In- adjutant gener al's dejmninent. will continue the w.-rk <rf preparing the Nebraska Re serve Cuard regiment which has Iteen organized in the state for mustering Into the federal service. Ther. is eon Mderalde w.trk ahead of the depart ment. r.ftnpanies are to be recruited to fall strength. In case one town which has lieen granted a company fails to r*»mplete the quota another town must Ite supplied. As it is the reserve regiment is assured To Probe Traveling Libraries. ib-rman books In traveling libraries in Nebraska are doomed to the rule -■i»h idle. It Is believed, as the r.-suit if an Investigation of these hooks to te conducted hy a committee appoint 'd hy the State Coundl of Defense. -- Want Caae Indefinitely Postponed. The Nebraska railroads have noti fy the state railway commission that bey deatrr definite postponement of hair complaint aaking for a 15 per ent advance In freight rates In Ne ----1 CHANGE IN LAND LEASES. — State Board Issues New Regulations to Hasten Development. A- a means of hastening mineral de veiopmenis of sui’e lands ar.d eliminating speculators, a radical I change in the rel— governing leasing of tracts was mao- by the state board of public lands mi funds. Her-tcfore an individual or com Y - ny :.■•» been peniyccl l • file appli c ' - for mineral, y-cash or oil r.g •» r. . ay r. ;• * land »*• *. c . wi*h ■ t-o ' the se .— . *ii of rr.f t 'he corn- | tatv f-r indi'dduid d*—ire*I to develop ! ijB't 1 - :..; wi-h.n a year. The r—> suit was to is*- uy* a I irge number of I - h » : i.o.d truo'< for a year. . .. . f Governor V- .. •- [it w:'.‘ i-e limit d • ftv- - - ■ end he nets' decide vjfM;. ,j.lV< whit ! s-~ tion he . •"!!! I- Th-n. when hi' choice . ' ~ . * - n Lost S2G0 n Wheat Deal. . . .. ‘arson of <i-ncva has a-i»-l the Nebraska railway o»m hoped ■ i ma ->• by hold ing hi* wheat. I:, h ■-• ..iplaint T*» the commission. - 288 No. 2 1 ' - *:v j tir. .- or better, to an el-vator at Get.- i..»t January, for storage. He ■ it.*.i untl! three weeks ago. when h- sold the wheat for seed. ‘ •• ' > find out. the elevator had '•hanged owner-. Ciirson -aid. and the new owre-r did not de'i’-r the same | wf.-aT he !i;,d placed in storage. The I i - te> authority to award damages and will so inform Carson. Eagle Baby Scores High. Twila 1 irrer. daughter of Mr. and Mr-. Jolit Furrer "f Eagle, was the r; ■"-* perf-«T baby examined at the lidT -■ t* • * better • lea show. M Furrer scored per cent ni.d-r "tie of the mist rigid exnminu ♦!o*is e-.er aecord-d by the state fair J'ldg' -• in a better b ldes e>inte-t. «■*. • f Andrew M Morrissey i d tie- awards to the prize* winning babies. Harold F Zw-Tiech' ■ V. son of Mr. and Mrs. If r«>' ' F. Zwotiecheck. I tvitt i« the ' h : pb.n rtiral boy. with a s* inding of 90 rw-r cent. it"X F -r. tr Martin. I.incoln. son of Mr. and Mr-, Wi -m Martin. bd the ' • ’ i'i"ti city boys with a percentage i , • yip Margaret Jeanette P.aker. :d«o a T n b- ’.v h :_bt-r of Mr. and M-- la •« i« tv. Baker, won in the city g'rl list with a rating of P*!.®. Nearly S'SCCoO for Reads. Nebraska -.•.ill : < .. available in the n-vt two year- for the building of 91 .v n • >"“ Tlii- amount Includes federal np proprbitlnac of SiVIS -fSI *(i am] state ■ rintioi - ..' approximately S7-VI - fsri N" e.-nrr:"-fa for road build ng wii! be let until after January 1. and the appropriation* which will be made hie to each of he ill? i-otinies in the -troe will not l.e announced for some time. The state engineer's office let o ),e known th-'t no work on the : roads under ti e state and federal act • would begin until next year. He was j not prepared to snv in what counties the fust work would begin. I _ Gett.rg Used to Climate. Tin- N.l.r -ka troops at Iteming are getting ijuiie thoroughly acclimated, and in condition for intensive train ing. For the first few days the change of altitude affected some of the boy*, and there was considerable nosebleed, but two weeks have accus tomed them to the altitude and en abled them to endure as hard work n- at home. Iteming is about 4.o00 feet above sea level, and all of the neu troops are affected upon arrival. Tskirtg Fuel Census. The taking of the fuel census of Nebraska ha* already been started hy the Nebra~':.-I state council of defense for the purpose of determining how much coal will lie needed to supply the demands of this state and how much of a supply is on hand. A circular letter i* being sent out to the 1 T.'Jt coal dealers in Nebraska. asking for information tin the sit uation. Read Says Agents Scarce. The Burlington railroad tells the state railway commission that It is having considerable difficulty In get ting men for station agent jobs he- i muse of the war. and would like to i he relieved from keeping agents where apparently there is no necessity and ! the commission will investigate the i scarcity of men. Cannot Use Fund On Highway. State Engineer Johnston advised • the country hoards of Dawson and ■ Buffalo counties in joint session at Kearney that federal aid road funds would not he available for use on the ! Lincoln Highway. Chance for Men Under Draft Age. The school year l‘Jl7-18 will give men who are under the age limit of the draft and those who will not he called immediately an excellent oppor tunity to get a year or two of special training in agriculture, according to E. A. Burnett, dean of the College of Agriculture. "If the war continues for some time, many men who are in a position to enter the university may have to go to the army,” said Dean Burnett, and these men will never have so good a chance to get an agricultural education.” Women Sworn Into Service. Eighty-five women, members of the women’s committee of the State Coun cil of Defense including chnirtuen from a number of counties in the state, were sworn into active service and pledged their loyalty to the gov ernment at a meeting at Lincoln. Values Bridge at $18,200. The railway commission's engineer has valued the Ashland toll bridge at *18.200. The owners want $35,000. The state highway commission desires to buy it and make It a free bridge. 1—Scene at Oormons, between Gorizia and Trieste, la the district now overran by the Italians. 2—Members of the Junior Naval reserve operating light field artillery at Camp Dewey, near New London, C un. 3—M. Lindman. Swedish foreign minister, whose office violated neutrality by transmitting code messages from the German min ister to Argentina to Berlin. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Dramatic Revolt of Korniloff Against Russian Govern ment Collapses. KERENSKY AGAIN IS VICTOR Sweden Makes Feeble Reply to Lan sing’s Disclosures of Unneutral Action and He Exposes Conduct of Its Former Charge in Mexico. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Another of the swift, dramatic epi sodes with which Russ-ia ha* iteen star tling the world was unfolded last week. For several days it seemed that civil war would be added to the woes it the struggling young republic, and then, as suddenly as it appeared, the storm cloud dissolved and the provi sional government emerged apparently stronger than before. General Korniloff. commander in chief. demanded full jn.uer, was promptly removed by Premier Keren sky, and marched on I’etrograd with i considerable body of troops. Several •Cicers having refused the [xisition. Kerensky himself took the chief com mand, the capital was put in a condi tion of defense, and loyal troops were sent out to cut off Korniloff from the northern fighting line, which is now considerably enst of Riga. The Baltic fleet, the array in general and most >f the officials hastened to assure tiip provisional government of their sup port. Then came Korniloff"s collapse. The main part of his array consisted of tlie so-called “Savage division." fierce Mohammedan troops from the Cauca sus and Georgia, who were uninformed of their destination or Kornlloff's aim. Loyal coreligionists induced them to submit to the government on condition that they tie sent back to the Caucasus and not be compelled to fight against the Turks. Korniloff thereuiion in formed the government that he was ready to surrender. Cause of the Revolt. The conflict really was between the conservatives and the more rndieal ele ments In Russia. The former hold that the government has shown itself in capable of restoring order and effec tiveness because it is hauled this way and that by the workmen's and sol diers’ committees and has allowed therti to destroy discipline in the army. Kerensky himself holds the confidence and trust of all. hut he is far front being the dictator that he has been represented as being, and has been too tender hearted to carry out his own hold words as to restoration of the death penalty and other necessary re pressive measures. This latest revolt, however, has hardened the premier. He caused or ordered the arrest of till the leaders and generals opposed to the provisional government, suppressed the Xovoe Vretnya and other newspapers that fa vored Korniloff, freed imprisoned Bol shevikis who promised to combat the rebels, declared a state of war in Moscow and its environs, and flatly re fused to enter into negotiations to bring about a compromise between the provisional government and its oppo nents. On Thursday the Russian cabinet was reconstructed with the Social Democrats in full control, and at the same time the northern army got into action uud moved back toward Riga, driving in the German advance pa trols. Sweden’s Feeble Reply. “Yes, we did it, but no one asked us not to,” Is, in a sentence, the Swedish foreign office's statement in reply to Lansing’s charges that it had been transmitting Germany's messages from Buenos Aires to Berlin. With this weak answer neither Argentina nor the allies are satisfied, and the Swed ish nation feels humiliated. There is no immediate prospect, however, that Sweden will he forced Into the war. Argentina is clinging precariously to her neutrality, for the rage against Germany is increasing there daily. ! Count Luxburg. the German minister who advised that Argentine vessels he “spurios vers* nkt"—sunk ulthout a trace being left—hag been given his pas-ports and the Argentine minister in Berlin has been in.-'ructed to ask the imperial government for a full expla nation regarding Mr Lansing's disclos ures an*! as to its present policy of sinking Argentine sh.ps. Argentine of ficials say that thcr- will be a diplo j mafic rupture if Germany does n>*t dis approve the text of Luxburg- dis patches ami make concessions concern ing U-boat warfare. In Bueno- Aires the people wildiy cheer* *1 the news of Luxburg's dismis sal and then broke out into anti-Ger man rioting, attempting to bum the buildings of the German club and a German newspaper and destroying sev eral blocks of Gernyii business houses. Semiofficially Get*m.:ny has admitted the truth of Lansing'- statement-, hut denies there was a violation of neutral ity on Sweden's part, and says the dis closure- were made by the alii**- only to produce a new crisi- in the relations between Argentina an i Germany and to make trouble for Sweden. Another Expose by Lansing. On Thursday Mr. I. *nsing added to Sweden's discomfiture by making pub lic a translation of a letter dated March 8. lf'16. from Herman Mini-ter von Kekhardt at Mexico City to the imperial German chancellor asking that the emperor confer a decoration on Foike Cronholm. then Swedish charge d'affaires in Mexico, in recog nition of his services in forwarding Von Eekhardt's reports to Berlin through the Stockholm foreign office and under cover of th* official Swedish cipdier. The minister urged that the decoration be conferred secretly in order not to arouse the suspicions of the entente allies. Cronholm was re placed as Swedish charge last Febru ary but has remained in Mexico City. These revelations seem to make un I necessary any further search for the I secret channel through which Berlin was informed in advance of the dis patch of American destroyers to Eu ropean waters and of other American war movements. Secretary Lan-ing is said to be in I possession of further sensational facts, i hut during the rest of the week he sat tight, waiting for Foreign Minister I.indman ami hi- colleagu* - to Justify their action if they can. The Swedish j press admits that the people of the j country are proving themselves to he what the Germans call them—“silly Swedes." un tne battle Fronts. Increasing resistance by the Aus trians checked the advance of the Ital : ians toward Leiubuch ami Trieste last | week, but it was at tremendous ex[>ense in casualties and prisoners to the ene my. The severest fighting was for the possession of Monte San Gabriele. After being pushed back down its slopes early in the week, the Italians climbed up again and firmly withstood repeated attacks. A little further south, on tlie Bainsizza plateau, the Austrians were no more successful ia their fierce assaults. All along the west front there were artillery combats, trench raids and ; fighting in the air. but neither side made any ground gains of moment. | The allied aviators were especially j busy with bombing expeditions and ; Might patrols. Many tons of explosives were dropped on airdromes, railway objectives and docks back of the Ger man lines. American Artillery in France. The war department permitted it to he known Thursday that a large con tingent of American artillery has been added to General Pershing's expedi tionary force in France and that its in tensive training with the French 75s and six-inch howitzers is well under way. There have been many reports, derived from private letters, that tue American troops already have been en gaged in various battles, hut the gov ernment lias given out no intimation that these are true. As such fighting could scarcely take place without some casualties, and as Secretary Baker has promised to publish casualty lists promptly, the stories probably are un true. British losses by submarine activity were the smallest since the ojiening of the "ruthless" campaign. The most seri ous loss reported was that of the At lantic transport liner Minnehaha, sunk by a torpedo when west-bound. It is said the British have a new submarine chaser, whose d-sign is so secret that it is called the "hush boat,” and which is proving most -ffectiw in combating the U-boats. Th- American destroyers are still giving efficient help in the work. . New Cat -et in France. The demands of the Socialists brought about a huuge of ministry in France last week but this in no way weakened the go. mment or its con duct of the war. Premier Ribot and his colleagues resig -d and Paul Pain lew, who was minis'-r of war, became i j jiremier. and after several vain at tempts succeeded in forming a ministry that «as fairly sati-fi.ctory to all fac tions. Painleve an . the new cabinet are pledged to pro- ute the war to final victory and to u out the stains of Herman propagan' i that led to the resignation of M.nis-- r of the Interior ilalvey and ultimate:., to the downfall ' of tiie Ribot ministry Henry Frank lin-Bouillon, {'reside:.- of th»- French pariian i-nJary comm;: e of foreign ac tion, who is now in t. is country, says no tie doubted the { t riot ism of the Hit*'- ministry and th. • its fall means a wider participation in the govern ment by ::!I political j ,rties and rep resents tin- wili of the ,-cople to make the government as str ,g as possible for tin- effective pros, ution of the war. Warning Against Gerrr.an Scheme. Following its raids on the I. \V. W. and other prw-< b-r-.nan agencies, the government through Secretary Lan-ing i—ucd a warning that Germany is dis seminating in-, liou- peace propaganda in this country d<--ign*-d to halt <*ur preparations for war. The headquar ters for this work is in Zurich. Switz erland. and it is being carried on here by German -pies, certain Gennan Amerieac- and pacifists. Mr. Lansing intimated there would soon be some sensational arre-t-. and said the secret service had possession of startling evi dence. In line with this was the raid by government agents <>n the offices of the Philadelphia Tageblatt and the ar rest of its editors. The documents seized showed the paper was involved in a conspiracy against the United State- and received regular money con tributions from some one in Mexico, and that the war “news” it published was deliberately faked to bolster the German cause and injure America. In the correspondence found were letters I from s. nator La Follette and several other prominent men in congress. The work of disloyal German-Amer iean papers was given a hard blow by tlie senate on Wednesday. The trad- J ing with the enemy hill was passed with an amendment making unlawful tii • printing of war comment in the i German language without a complete English translation in a parallel col umn. other provisions in the bill in terdiet commerce between American and Germans or their allies, extend the i presidential jiowers over exports and ; imports and enlarge espionage powers. For Conscription of Allies. The senate on Wednesday adopted the Chamberlain re- dution which j makes -abject to military conscription I a million or more aliens now resident 1 in the United States. Senator Stone of Missouri, consistently maintaining | hi- bud record, inaih the only speech ' in opposition to the resolution. Under the terms of the resolution it would be possible to call into military service aliens of draft age. except na tionals of Germany and its allies and nationals of countries exempted from such service- by treaties. An amendment adopted at the last moment, however, provides that sub jects of Germany, Austria-Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey may be drafted 1 for noumititary duty. The subjects of | the central powers are exempt from military service under the draft law. Secretary Baker has announced the perfection of the “Liberty” motor, the engine that will drive America’s wai planes. It was designed by two cele brated engineers in five days, and in 2S days an engine had been completed and set up in Washington. The parts were made in factories all the way front Connecticut to California and were assembled in a western city. Full tests have led the government to ac cept it as the best aircraft engine pro duced in any country. Its parts art standardized and the problem of re jiair- and maintenance is simplified. The senate on Monday passed the war revenue bill, greatest of its kind, totaling &1.411,070,000, ami on Wednes day the house passed it to conference. RELIANCE ON UNITED STATES British Chancellor of the Exchequer Admits How Much Entente Allies Owe This Country. Andrew Ronnr Law. British chan cellor of the exchequer, speaking a few days ago at a luncheon given by the Empire Parliamentary association at London to Medill McCormick, con gressman at large for Illinois, said: “In everything connected with the military arm the Germans have shown remarkable results, even genius. But in dealing with questions of human nature they have repeatedly made mis takes which have been the salvation of the entente allies. No mistake they have made will be so great in its con sequences as that which drove the United States into the war. "The Germans lately have been say ing that the Entente was relying on the United States as their last hope. I want to say to yon that we do rely on the United States. "As chancellor of the exchequer I am ready to say to you now what I should have been sorry to have had to say sis months ago, namely, that without the United States* financial assistance the allies would have been in disastrous straits today. “The American people, like us. are people of lmrd practical sense and real ize that the war now hns become large ly a question of nerves, endurance and staying power. Thank God we of Eng land and America have those qualities and shall see this thing through to vic tory.” ! SOLDIERS GO SOUTH — ALL NEBRASKA GUARDSMEN IN TRAINING AT DEMING. LAST REGIMENTS LEFT FRIDAY Men Given Hearty Farewell at Omaha, Lincoln and Other Cities in the State. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. IT.—Three thousand - n hundred Nebraskans, members of i.’ie Fifth and Sixth Ne braska infantry regiments, tire now in training : : Deming. X. M. These trtoj-s left tiie state on a dozen >pe • iai trains last Friday ms .a and the trip to 1 •• tv - made without a mishap. One gran-: arid glorious fare well was given the men before they left the state for the southern train ing camp. From Omaha l.-P«i troops departed. Of this number k~*i were onmhans, i memiiers of the machine gun com pany of th.- Fifth and Companies A. I! and I> and the machine gun com pany < f th- Sixth. Two trains were used to carry l.'**' meti i.f the Fifth regiment, com prising Companies I of Norfolk. II of Chadron. I. of Albion, K of Columbus a iid G of Schuyler. Governor Neville and his secretary, Lee Metcalfe, were fin hand when the Lineoin contingent of the Fifth ami Sixth departed for the southern train ing -amp. An absence of tears was ; noticeable at each city when the troops entrained. The departure of the last two Ne braska regiments for the border leav- s tlie state with but seven com panies in the reserve regiment which is now being formed. Adjutant Gen , eral Hollingsworth will now devote his entire attention to raising a com plete regiment, only five more com panies being needed ro complete it. Gives Out War Cost Figures. Washington. D. C\. Sept. 17.—Dur ing debate in the bouse on the mam moth urgent deficiency hill, appropriat ing more than S7.<»«h»«mum f.,r the war. Friday. Representative Fitzger ald. chairman of the appropriations committee, reviewed the country's financial situation and the war ex penditurcs of Kuropean belHgerants. Representative Fitzgerald gave fig ures estimating that all the nations at war have spent Jt* 1.1 mt.t»**.<'*'*) since the war began. <ireat Britain'*, bill was plan, d sls..'j«i i» «l.n M ; Russia's $11UM0,UU0,440. France's $15Af7.4O0. <»*». Italy s $3.1^i.ixmi.i«m; Germany's Sll.::'«i."oo.noe. and Austria's Slg.Mio. i« * i.i * * *. The United States, he said, expects t*> sj..-nd during its first year of war SIViyiv.imi.mil. a considerable part of which will make provisions fer two years' operations Third Carrp at Fort Snelling. Fort Snelling. Minn.. Sept. 17.—Un official advices received here say a third and p< -sibly a fourth officers’ I training camp will be held at Fort ; Snelling. the purpose being to fill vacancies occurring from time to time in the national army and the national guard division. It is s ;,i that no civilians will be admitted to the second group, but i that the students will he selected from drafted m- n in the national army and privates ; d . .ncommisstoned officers in the utitionai guard who show > promise of making good officers. _ Paps! Proposals as Peace Basis. Acts: dam. Sept. 17.—The reply of the central pi overs to the peace note of I’ope Benedict, says a Vienna dis patch ■ > the Tijd. begins by declaring that they r. garil the papal proposals as a suitable basis for peace negotia tions. Regarding the exchange of occupied territories, arbitration, disarmament "ti l s liifiiar proposals, declarations made, the dispatch adds, which Tsf fy to the idealism of the central powers and their sincere desire for " ■■ "'hi.' h w!ll insure happiness to all nations. To control Coal Exports. Washington. Sept. 17.—Continued e\[mrT <if dial to Canada in large amounts through (treat Lake ports at tli • expense of the northwestern mutes will !>«* checked immediately by the fuel administration. Dr. H. A. Barfield, the fuel administrator, re quested the exports administrative beard to permit no more coal to be shipped out of the country except under license restriction. Bean Crops More Than Doubled. Washington. D. C„ Sept. 17.—Beans take their place this year as one of the country’s most important and val uable crops. Forecast of production in the live important bean growing states. Michigan. California, New York. Colorado and New Mexico, an nounced by the department of agricul ture. shows lb.OdO.OOO bushels, com pared with S.846.000 bushels last year and 10.121.000 bushels in 1915. More than 1.500,000 acres were planted to beans in those states this year. Decrease in Stock Hogs. Washington. D. C., Sept. 17.—One of the reasons of trie high cost of pork is seen in estimates of the number of stock bogs, in the United States September 1. announced by the de partment of agriculture. They show a decrease of 8.2 per cent compared with the supply a year ago. The num ber was 00.218.000 September 1 and a year ago 65,645.000. Iowa, leading hog state, had 7,868,000, a decrease of 10 per cent from a year ago; Nebras ka, 4,164,000. a decrease of 6 per cent. KE8RASKA HAPFEr., DURING THE PaST V,EEl > Srief Outline cf i"zc"z-- z Throughout the State c* tc the General Reaee-. r 2 '■ * -. ist church, s . _\ raska service, accord: . anr made at Lincoln nnu encp of X-br- - , The oldest vv. <r,.r braska lives in H -• tr~. J. Briley, aged lid. . _ . ed her moral knit during the v r T number registered w.-r in 4**» of the T::ri!'■ regS: Government ficur- - g:- • Washington sho-.v rl . r - ton hogs in lod to a h>,~ - ■ in every i»»'i is the five rears in the* r cholera in Ni>'ir .... T shows that at rh>. begin - Ti.ere were 4.300 <»r. bogs jn • compared with : state noted for its live stock Considerable mon.-y and • ing used to boutr -; F park. Tito street lending public square will soon h>* beautiful nrch evrarro brilliantly lighted • r r - ' pleted and an eb-.-tric foun* boon recently finis’ at <y: - pense. Those aro but a few provements. Charles Graff, pr- ~t of braska Stock F.r dors a and G. II. Gustafson, b- ! Farmers Union, a —: i ;-T 11 during the meeting ■ f the < committee, nppoint.-d by c. Wattles, that farmers in this -• talking of paying •! con'- t and possibly 5 r 10 . .•?.-< • their corn shucked. Prolate Judge S- dor of H has received by p-u stored : St. Joseph a sealed envelo; • ■> dorsontonf on which prod: bo the lasr will and p-stum.-rd d J G'Connor. the Hns.;pg« re. - filed August 1«. 10b'. I.- ■ • _• tare valued at Til - s ’lie fourth alleged will *■• <'•'<' ■ tate. Resolutions of loyalty to Pre- - Wilson and suggesting re-igr • ■ ■' Attorney General Reed, were ■ -s* -! hy the State Fede - • ,.-i of ’ its meeting in Pine. In. T! f nriou ohieets to the •• ay In attorney general handled the i t’on of the srrike in Omaha - ago. According to statistics gather...! State Food Admi>iistr:'*,,r Wat* - Nebraska will have available f •- ex port th's year, exclusive <»f v 1 r be needed for home co-.-un proximately 112.SWtA»'i by-i . - f corn. ort.2lR.rtrtfl bnsh.is of 1.87(5 els diaries H. McKee, aged ">4 was bountl over to the federal co :rt at Ge neva for abusing the pre-- . • - -tn 1 the country. He was rele -d m SI.OK I bonds. Evidence de\e . •* - the preliminary hearing showed t' a* he had been drinking. After a search which had been car ried on almost continuously f..r two weeks, the hotly of Miss rrrU'b Armstead of North Rend, who r drowned in the Platte river * North Rend, was found on a - .! not far from Fremont. Company I. Sixth Nebraska Gy -■! regiment, boosted their mess fr* 1 S1 .Vi before leaving Norfolk : r Peming by digging a big sewer : r a contractor, who feared he w m! ' he unable to find laborers for tlie «x na tion work. Range cattle sold for 514.20 dretl pounds the other day on the South Omaha market, the vig! price ever paid for that bra: 1 • * tie in Nebraska. Ashar T-. Halbert, a prominent farmer and stock man of Sboles. was instantly killed and his wife w s probably fatally injttred in an auto mobile accident near Norfolk. The M. E. Smith & Co., has opened a new shirt factory Beatrice. It is expected 12." girls will be employed in the new factory. German has been dropped in *h ■ schools of Havelock, suburb of T n cnln. and Spanish has been subsr tilted. According to estimates made by railroad crop experts, Nebraska's 1017 corn crop will be more then 22o.iVift.OrtO bushels. Nebraska’s apportionment of the government funds to aid in the con struction and maintenance of rural post roads for the fiscal year ending « June 30. 1010. is $319,805, according to an announcement by Secretary of/ Agriculture Houston at Washington. > There were 98 less arrests at the Nebraska state fair this year than last. The dry law is held responsible for the big decrease. But two “drunks” were locked up during the entire week. T.ast year arrests for In toxication numbered seventy-six. The Thayer county fair held in Deshler was a success from every standpoint. Gross receipts will ap proximate $7,000. More people were at the fair than ever assembled at one place in Thayer county before. During the week ending September 8 the South Omaha market received almost as many sheep as were n> ceived at Chicago. Kansas City. St. Louis and St. Jospeh combined. Seventeen cases of infnntile paraly sis. two of which proved fatal, have been reported by the state board of health from Omaha. “This is no time for copperhead!sm.” said Bishop Homer C. Stuntz in open ing the conference of Nebraska Methodist churches at University Place last week. Nearly 1.000 delegates were in attendance. A 100-acre farm one mile cast and one mile north of Elkhorn, Douglas county, sold recently for $230.50 per acre. It was a record price for land in that vicinity. With but three dissenting votes cast the property owners of Dunbar voted to issue bonds for the construction of a municipal light plant.
