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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1910)
n The Chief C. B. HALE, Publisher RED CLOUD, NEBR EPITOME OF EVENTS PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY SUBJECTS. ARE BRIEF BUT INTERESTING Record of What Is Going on In Con gress. In Washington and l the Political Flold. Foreign Former Provident Roosevelt In n let ter iluteil Nairobi, East Africa, Dec. IS. nnil which was u-celveil nt tho Smithsonian institution, states that the expedition miller his illrectlon up to that date hail collected 8,17.'5 sped iiieiis of oitohrntos, u largo number of innlliisks and other Inveitobratos, Koveral thousand plants and about I'.miO photographs. Countess CaBslnl. daughter of tho former KiihIiiii ambassador at Wash ington, w)n has been studying In Paris for two years, mado her debut In a com ei t at I he Theater Fcinlnu In Paris. Complete returns from elections In England lor members of parliament malic the standing; of tho parties to date as follows: Government coali tion: Liberals 70. laborltes 17, Irish nationalists Hi. Opposition: Unionist Sifi. Net unionist sain, HO. Tho Belgian authorities have been ml vised of systematic frauds which are being practiced against tho Amer ican immigration laws at Antwerp, KotteMam. .Marseilles and other ports. Social democratic demonstrations were 'held in llerlln In favor of the reform of the Prussian franchise. A heavy rain fell all through tho day, and there was little disorder. It Is stated In Herlln on Rood nil thoilty that the porte has commenced procfi'llnga to lceiner from tne Uoiitscher bank tho millions deposited there by Abdul Ilamil, the former sul tan of Turkey. China has opened Hun-Chum anil Liinehlnchiim In Chlcutuo, Mauchmia, to International trade, notwithstanding tho fact that an agreement has not yet been i cached with Japan regard ing the matter of the tariffs to be col lected on the Korenn-Munchuiian bor der. General. Governor Hughes, before life Insur ance delegates, expressed faith in life Insurance us an Ameilcau Institution. The leglMntuio of Mississippi has thus far been unable to elect u United States senator. A new comet, discovered by an astronomer In Johannesburg, South Africa, Is consplcuosly visible to tho naked eye from the observatory ut Kiel, Germany. Negotiations for peace are said to be on iiKitln between the Nlenraguun revolutionists and President Miulriz. Cutting the estimates nearly $1,000,. 000. the committee on appropriations reported to the house the urgent do llclency appropriation bill for tho cur rent llscal year, carrying altogether $5.00:1,8 ic. Miss Eleanor Wlll'nms, a nurse In the home of John I). Rockefeller, and in that of his brother-in-law, W. C. Uuild. died iu Cleelaud. She was 1U0 years old. "Darning In the public schools of Huston Is responsible for conditions of immorality that are almost as had as tho while slave tralllc," declared Ulshop V. F. Mallalleu of the .Method ist church In that city. Mrs. Stuyvessant Fish has declared In favor of woman suffrage and Is go ing to stump the state of New York. Kansas City bricklayers will "cut out meat" for a season to see if tho price cannot bo brought down. John It. Walsh, the Chicago banker who has been taken to the federal prison at Leavenworth for live years, has been numbered 0801. Ho i 72 years old. Senator Cummins is preparing a na tional incorporation bill to present to the senate. The low a supremo court held that tho Masonic lodge Is a charitable or ganization and that it is not required to pay the state a collateral inherit ance tax on any beipicsts that might be left to It. . . 1 Placing threo sticks of dynamite In the front of his shirt, William A. Hen nett lighted the fiibo and was blown to death at bis homo In New London Conn. President Taft gao his endorse ment to tho inovoment looking to a civil service pension system In an ad dress at tho executlvo otllces delivered to niomborn of tho Civil Service Re tirement Association. Another itrnged.y, of thy. sea has boon written Into the record of marine, ills asters otv'j the' 'north Pacific coast through tljo loss, of the lion bteamer Czarina. :' Five imlilontllled tramps wore burned to death In a wreck on the Chicago, It'ock Island & Pacific tall road ten iuIIch east of Wistor, Okla. It Is biild that if thoro is anything nbout trees that Henry H. Graves, the now chief forester of tho United States, does not know It has not been discovered yet. Fred. Welch, tho lightweight chain plon of Kngland, and Ian Huguo, tho heavyweight pugilist, who formerly held tho chnmplonBhlp of Great Dri tain, havo decltled to undertako a com bined boilng tour of the Uulted States. Judgo William Gaslln, tho oldest practicing attorney In Nebraska, and widely known us n Jurist, died nt Mma, Nob., nged 82 years. Tammany tiger Is receiving but lit tle favor nt tho hands of Its candidate, Judge Gaynor. That cnrrler plegonB como within tho purview of the Interstate com merce laws and aro lit subjects for legislation, Is tho opinion of Represen tative 1-afonn of Pennsylvania who in troduced a bill regarding them. At Freeport, long Islnnd, Henry Mend, a baker, droppod dead after eat ing a piece of his own pio for break fast. A new dairy association called Tho Dairy Roosters' association, was formed at Ames, la. The objects are to ad vance tho general dairy Interests of tho state. President Taft, Speaker Cannon and Mayor Gaynor have accepted Invita tions to the Republican club's nnnual dinner on Lincoln's birthday, Feb. 12, at tho Waldorf-Astorln, New York. Senator Hoverldgo Introduced a bill to create a legislate o council In Alas ka, which measuie Is said to com mand tho approval of President Taft and Secretary or War Dickinson. Negotiations for peace aro said to bo on again between the Nlcaraguan revo lutionists and President Madriz. Ilecause he Is in bad health Presi dent Taft has granted a pardon to William Doschumps, a Flathead, Mont., Indian. A Webster City (la.) man burled his wife under a snowdrift, but she rovlved, crawled out and ban sued for divorce. Tho price of shoes Is going up. Ofll clal announcement to this effect was mailo by the National Shoo Whole salers' association. A Los Angeles dispatch says this year's orange crop has been damaged approximately 51.000,000 by tho heavy frosts. The conference report on tho Hal-lingor-Pinchot resolution was adopted unanimously by the house. Fred Grau of llennlngton. Neb., was awarded tho grand championship prize for the best ten oars of corn exhibited at tho Nebraska corn show. Congressman W. P. Hubbard of Wheeling. W. Va.. lormally announced his candidacy for the United States senate In opposition to Senator Nathan H. Scott. Senator Scott's term expires In March, 101 1. Tho Gilchrist Transportation com pany, tho second largest on tho Great Lakes, was placed iu the hands of re ceivers upon application of "Frank W. Gilchrist or Alpena. Mich., vice presi dent of tin company. Harrison county, Iowa, has voted to build a $100,000 court bouse. Washington. Ten bills relating to tho public lands and conservation policies of President Taft and Secretary Ballin gor were Introduced by Sonator Nel son, chairman of the committee on public lands, The measures aro not tho uanio as those wnlch Representa tive Mondell of Wyoming declined to champion, but they relate to the same subjects. Speaker Cannon olllclally ruled that President Roosevelt had acted without specific authority of law In appointing representatives to the third interna tional conference 011 maritime war at llrussels. A spirited trade contest between Omaha and Lincoln, Nob., was brought to the attention of the Inter sfjito commerce commission by the tiling of a complaint against the Union Pacific railroad and ten other railway companies. It is alleged that the defendant railroads discriminate In their lumber rates against Omaha mid In favor of Lincoln, to the great commercial distil uutagc of Omaha. The establishment of a postal sav ings bank is a feature of the reorgani zation of the Brazilian postal service which went Into effect the beginning of tills month. Under the plan adopt ed, depositors draw I per cent In crease, the minimum amount on which interest runs being thirty cents and the maximum $:too. Threo West Point cadets have been found guilty of hazing and their dis missal will follow tho approval of the sentence by the secretary of war, who is allowed no discretion In tho matter. Aie the returns made by coi,iora .ions under tho law Imposing a tax of 1 per cent of their net Incomes to bo open to inspection as public rec ords? The law says they aro and a decision soon must be reached by Secretary MacVeagh as to tho latltudo to bo given iu the interpretation of the statute. The attltudo of tho trado iu this regard is lwlng awaited with undisguised Interest. Many Iniulrles avo reached the Internal revenue bu eau on the subject. : Personal. Mrs. Elsie Slgel, widow of General Frails Slgel of civil war fame, died a few days ago in New York. John R. Walsh, now In tho federal prison nt Leavenworth, will not bo granted any special privileges. George Harris, president of tho Bur lington railroad, has presented his resignation to. the board of directors, and it will bo accepted. 'The light will bo either In 'Sun rraniihco or acioss iho bay at Oak land,' said James J. Jeffries who was making a short stop at .Toilet, III. The Frankfuter Zeltuug Is informed that Dr. Frederick A. Cook has ar ranged for a Btiictly Incognito stay at n biinltarlum nor.y Heidelberg. Ambassador Straus presented Charles W. Faliintnks, former vice president of tho United States, to tho sultan of Turkoy. Tho will of tho lato D. Ogdon Mills of New York disposes of hla largo es tate by division equally bctweeu his on and daughter. INTENSE FARM WORK SECRETARY MELLOR SAYS THIS IS NEDRASKAS NEED. MUST BE MORE PRODUCTION Recommendation That at Every Poor Farm In State Experimental Schools Be Established. At tho recent meeting of tho State Hoard of Agriculture Secretary W. H. Mcllor made bis annual report, in which bo reviewed all the work done by the association, the state farm, the farmers clubs and all associated bodies which have for their object the Increase In the production of the Ne braska farm. At this time he said, the land of Nebraska which Is avail able Is practically all under cultiva tion, and for that reason It huts be come a necessity for an Increase In tho production per acre. A financial report of the state Talr shows a bal mice of $20,000 on blind. Mr. Mellor recommended that at every poor farm In the state there be established an experimental farm and that tho various schools each have at least five acres upon which experi ments should be ninde Tor tho bene fit of tho students. lo argued that tho farmer who Is too busy to nttend Institutes or schools of agriculture may learn from the boys and girls who got their new Ideas each day from the school farm. Along these lines Mr. Mellor said: "Wo confidently believe that the yield of crop production will be nearer perfection If each county poor farm bo made an experiment station, under the control of an experienced scien tific agriculturist, for whoso services tho county and state might share equally In expense. These experts could be obtained from among the young men taking tho long course in our School of Agriculture and would furnish a means of providing funds lor worthy young men to secure addition al agricultural knowledge. "It Is a well known fact that people living twenty miles away from an ob ject lesson receive very little benefit, from tho fact that In the busy season they have very little time or oppor tunity to learn what Is taking place out of their limited range of vision. Their time and attention must of ne cessity be devoted to home labors, therefore the nearer wc can bring proper methods lu agriculture to them the greater their profit. "Iu addition to the county farm ex periment station, the time will come in Nebraska when eaeh school dis trict will have from one to live acres of an experiment station, to be scien tifically worked by the scholars as a part of their schooling, for which proper credits will be given. This will create the Ideal method, as the father and mother who havo charge of the work on the farm throughout the day will have dally Instruction from that gathered by the children nlong timely, prnetipal lines, ultimate ly resulting in love of farm life, a growth and retention of farmers for tho future, added fertility to the soil and wealth to the state. Farmers' Wives Organize. Organization among the farmers' wives of Nebraska received fresh Im petus at the annual meeting of the Nebraska Home Economics ass-ocla- tlon held at the university farm at Lincoln. Four ofllcers, who havo served the organization during the last year were re-elected. The sesslou wa devoted largely to discussion of the problems of the farmers' wives, Mrs. F. J. Hurnott of Omaha leading. The noon luncheon of the school children In tho country afforded an Interesting topic. That the children bring tho ingredients and under direction of the teacher prepare soup and other simple nourishing food, thus relieving the busy mother of preparing a basket luncheon and at tho same time affording tho opening wedge for tho teaching of domestic science iu tho rural school., was a plan that met with general approval. Miss Anna L. Barbee, county superin tendent of Christian county, Illinois, offered a course of twenty-live lessons In domestic science that has been proven successful lu Illinois. This course includes the simple but Import ant things from ventilation and sanita tion to tho preparation of simple foods and also met tho approval of the wo men. Big Broom Plant, Tho Leed Broom and Duster com pany, with factories nt Boston, Daven port and Lancaster, has purchased tho Lincoln Sash and Door company and will convert tho plant Into 0110 of tho largost broom factories lu tho country. This company has tho contract at the stato penitentiary. Depot at University Place. Tho order Issued by the stato rail way commission to compel tho Rock Island railroad to construct a depot nt University Placo has been uphold by tho supremo court. Ruling is Asked. Stnto Auditor Bartou has been asked to rulo on whether or not Wil liam B. Hughos of Omaha, secretary of tho Nebraska Stato Bankers' asso ciation, has been guilty of receiving rebates for his association. THE CORN QUESTION. Bulletin of the Nebraska Experiment Station. The Nebraska Experiment atntlor has Just Issued Bulletin No. 12 on Ex periments with Corn. This bulletin la a report of the experimental work with corn which has been carried on tit tho station for several years. Copies may be obtained free of cobt by residents of Nebraska on application to tho Agricultural Experiment Station, Lin coln, Neb. The results secured by two methods of conducting an ear-to-a-row breeding plat are reported. An average Increase of about eight bushels per ncro hns boon secured by selecting the best yielding ears by means of tho ear to row test. Directions for conducting an ear to row breeding plat are also given. The effect of different rates of plant ing 011 the yield of grain and fodder Is discussed, also the effect of thick and thin planting on the value of ears for seed. It has been found that seed grown In plats where the planting wiih uniformly thick has given bettor re sults than seed from thinly planted pints. Tho physical characters of the corn plant that are to bo considered when selecting seed aio also discussed, and conclusions nre stated whore experi mental evidence will warrant. Tho economic value or tillers Is also considered, the work being n continu ation of that reported In Bulletin No. ill, and largely confirming results se cured at that time. A comparison of different methods of distributing seed In planting has been mado for two years. Corn planted nt n uniform late of three grains per hill has been compared with corn dis tributed In various ways, as would be the case If a planter were dropping unevenly. Very little difference In yield has boon secured from the dif ferent methods of distributing seed. Short Horn Breeder Premiums. Governor Shallenberger, on his nr rival from Denver, Colo., where ho attended n meeting of Short Horn broilers, brought the cheering Informa tion that tho national association has decided to give Nebraska and Iowa state talrs $l,f.00 each for Short Horn premiums the coming year. Nebraska and Iowa had previously been discriminated against in lavor of the state of Minnesota, which enjoyed the prestige of having its state fair of ficially known as the National Short Horn show. That state also got tho big share of the money. Now the un due advantage hns been taken away, and Nebraska and Iowa havo an equal chance to attract the big feeders. Ne braska's premium allowance was raised from $700 to $l,ri00 without the state ralr association being required to contribute extra funds on account of the extra allowance. Hereafter no state will be allowed to enjoy the privilege of running n nntional Short Horn meeting In con nection with Its state fair. Each will attract the cattlemen on Its own mer its. Under the previous arrangements Minnesota enjoyed an undue advan tage, and Nebraska and Iowa bad tho little end of tho deal. How much Is thought of these states us tho coming regions for tho development of U10 Short Horn Industry is demonstrated by the fact that they get more money for this year's state fairs than any others. Maupin Will Proscute. Deputy Labor Commissioner Will M. Maupin will appear to proseeuto about twenty-live prominent Llncolnltes Jan uary 25, for their failure tp observe the regulation touching tho building or lire escapes. It Is likely that those who show a disposition to comply with tho law will not llnd Its majesty dif ficult to appease. On the other hand, a few havo Indicated thnt they will fight, ami there Is no question that they will have their hands full of trouble, for It Is determined to enforco the law. To Fight Hog Cholera. At a mooting of tho Nebraska Swine Breeders' association, it wiw prac tically decided to petition the next legislature to appropriate money ror fighting hog cholera. Swine fanciers believe the state should have a plant for manufacturing the serum used Ir combating the disease. State Fair Finances. Secretary Mellor of tho Stato Agri cultural Board, In his nnnual report, shows total receipts for 1000 to bo $58,140.7S. Disbursements for samo period. $00,019.41. Balance on hand Jan. 20, 1000, $31,400.01; receipts from Jan. 20, 1900, to Jan. 18, 1910, $58,110. 78; expenditures, $09,049.41. In treas ury Jan., 1910, $20,497.28. Superintendents Get Busy. County superintendents of Nebraska will not depend upon tho legislative commltteo of tho Stato Teachers' as sociation hereafter to sccuro them larger salarl.es. The superintendents decided to select a commltteo of their own for the reason tho legislative com mlttco had failed to deliver the goods Surety Company Wins. Judgo Cornish decided that tho American Surety company wub entitled to do business In the stato despite tho efforts of Attorney General Thompson to oust it from Nebraska. In the enso of tho state against tho surety com pany, In which tho state asked for an order from tho court preventing tho company from doing business in Ne braska, Judgo Cornish ruled that tho demurrer of thu defendants should he sustained. Tho judgo upheld the In surance legislation of tho state, saying the anti-trust law did not ujiply. JOIN THE BIO REVOLT PROTEST AGAINST HIGH PRICES SWEEPING COUNTRY. CRUSADE IS PROVING POPULAR Grand Jury Action at Chicago Is Re garded as the Opening Gun Agitation Taken Up All Along the Line. "Revolutions have been started by less than the American people are suf fering now," says Senator Joseph L. Brlstow or Kansas. "Meat foots up to a quarter of the average household ex penses, and It ought to be chenpor to day Instead of dearer than It was twonty-flvo years ago, becauso of the prealer economy In Its preparation and sale. When I was a boy 25 per cent of tho carcass went to waste. Now nothing goes to waste uot even tho blood." Senator Brlstow's words crystallzo tho sentiment of protest In all parts of the country against the higher cost of living. Thus far the inovoment, which first took form In an actual boy cott at Cleveland, has met with most success In the west. Tho east has lieen slower to follow, Influenced, per haps, by a wldosrpead feeling among the small dealers and In tho labor unions that a universal boycott, though effective as a protest would actually play Into tho hands of tho packers, who, with their control of cold storage bouses and refrigerator lines, would carry their product over a prolonged boycott, whereas even thirty days' cessation of trade would put tho small Independents out of business. What the scattered and sporadic boycotts all over the country and the universal protest have done, however, Is to focus tho attention upon tho ne cessity for economy. Tho most serious warnings Lvivo been sounded on this subject by econ omists, statisticians and business men without bringing tho truth homo to the people as lias their sudden realiza tion of its application In one particu lar. President W. C. Brown of the New York Central Lues said in a recent ad dress: 'TIio most important cloud up on tho political or economic horizon Is the steady, relentless increase in prices of everything thnt goes to make up thu cost of living." Prof. E. R. A. Sellgman of Columbia says: "Tho situation Is really so ser ious that tho government should awaken to it." James J. Hill has said that unless more economical methods of farming aro devised, the nation in another gen oration will be importing Its food sup plies. Such men as these hope that tho present national awakening will not exhaust itself on one particular phase of a national peril. Answering public clamor, tho pack ers reply that high prices for meat are attributable to tho high prices of corn, and advocate that the poor be edu cated to eat cheaper cuts. "These Cuts are just as good and more wholesome It properly cooked," snys Harold Swift, of Swift & Co. "Prices aro very high, but thoro Is every Indication that they will go higher." Actual consumption of meat Is ie ported by retail dealers everywhere to havo dropped sharply. Pinchot Selected as Head. Washington. The election of Git foid Pinchot to succeed Dr. Charles W. Elliot as president of the national con servation association was nnnounced Saturday. Dr. Eliot, at -whoso sugges tion Mr. Pinchot was elected, retains tho honorary presidency. Mr. Pinchot takes active charge of the association at once, the headquarters of which will bo In Washington. The association was formally launched Inst October, since which time, under President Eli ot's personal direction, it has secured a membership extending generally over tho country. It Is announced that an active campaign to extend tho mem bershii) Into every stato will bo car ried on. Floods Grow Worse. Paris. Tho floods Sundny exceeded all records, and are fast assuming the proportions of a nntional disaster. In tho north, east and west, hundreds nro homeless and ruined. Although It Is Impps3iblo at tho present timo to es timate tho damage It will bo very groat. The rlso In tho wnters contin ued during all of Sunday.- At Paris tho Seine, which registered 0.48 me tres Saturday, had reached 7.10 at noon Sunday. Tho normal height of tho river at this season Is 2.18. The torrent almost touched tho arehos of the beautiful bridges, threatening their destruction. The Pont Dos Arts and Pont do l'Alma are in motnentnry danger. Approves the Dismissal. Washington. Pres'dont Taft has approved tho dismissal of three mem bers of tho first class at tho naval academy for Intoxication. Tho nnmes of tho dismissed midshipmen will bo announced on Monday. Rewarded For Their Work, Poking. An Imperial edict was Is sued Sunday announcing rownrds for tho decendants of tho officials who op posed tho nntl-forelgn policy In 18G0, and rostorod order nt Poking after tho British and French Invasion. NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES. Items of Interest Taken From Hera and There Over the State. Tho late farmers' Institute nt Fair bury was tho best held for years. The doctors of Norfolk will hercat ter charge ministers the same rates ns others. Tho Custer county courthouse was destroyed by lire. How the conllngra tlon originated Is a niystoj-y. Sheriff Churnslde of Jefferson coun ty returned from Alnsworth with Joe A. Smith, who Is wanted on tho charge of forgery. 11. A. Wallls. a nephew of C. O. Whedon, was found dead lu bed at Lincoln. Death Is supposed to have been duo to heart disease. Burglars entered the hardware otoro of Babcock Brothers at Cambridge and stole knives, razors and sllver waro. The thieves were overhauled at McCook. Lafe Baker, residing In the south eastern portion of Nebraska City, was held up by two masked men, but be fought them off and escaped without tho loss of any of the fund which he had on his person. Tho funernl of Loulco Hunter, who was burned to death at Eychota. Wyo , In an Ineffectual attempt to save the life of his infant son, wad held at the Methodist church Nlckerson, his for mer home. Tho Dannobrog C o O p e r a 1 1 v Treamery association reports a "pros perous year for Its business during 1909. It made and marketed $ll,00u worth of butter. Tho annual oratorical contest of Hastings college was won by Will Ho ney, who recently obtained a Cecil Rhodes scholarship in state competit ive examination. Decision for second plnce was In favor of Miss LoW Owens. Tho mortgage record for York county for the year 1909 shows that there were lt!9 farm mortgages amounting to $.'.:!4,90:i.ll filed. Farm mortgages released 20S, amounting to ?::99,107.::(;. City property, 1S7 mort gages, amounting to $198,025 17. Many of the farmers about Danne irog are wondering when they will get their corn husked. Dcenm-o of the curly winter many are but Just in the beginning of the husklug. Some farm ers hnve as much as fifty to one hundred acres of corn still uniiuskcd The board of county commissioners jf Johnson county lias mado an es timate that It will require $07,700 ti meet tho expenses of the county the coming year. Of this amount, $10,000 is to be spent to keep up the roads and $lS,n00 to maintain the bridges Tho Stato Board or Agriculture elected the rollowlng ofllcers: O. P. Hondershot of Hebron, president; I W. Haws of Mintlon, vice president; Charles Mcleod of Stanton, second vice president; George F. Dlcknian of Seward, treasurer; W. R, Mellor. secretary. Such a thing ns cattle freezing or starving to death in tho region around Verdon Is almost unknown, yet ten head In the Cornell herd In the pas ture near that placo have died from starvation. The cattle were left ti pick for themselves, which was Im possible, owing to the deep show. Contracts for the construction of tho new addition to tho Dusting's as lum were let by tho Board of Public Utudu and Buildings. Ernest Rokher of IJncoln secured tho innln contract for $:tS,802. L. W. Potnerlno or Lin coln was given tho contract for the plumbing and heating for $8,095. James ('. Purdy and Mrs. Nancy .1. Lane, who, with two of the Unne chil dren, arrived In McCook December 5 from Denver and have since been liv ing there ns man and wife, were traced by William H. Iane, the In jured husband, and both are now in tho Red Willow county jail awaiting trial In the district court. Mike Riley, who escaped from the constable In McCook some time ago. was recaptured In Benkolman and tak en berore Justice S. It. Smith or In dlanola on the charge or selling whisky without lllcenso. Judge Smith, arter due consideration of the law and the evidence, bound him over to the district court. W. F. Bailoy, secretary of the Kear icy Commercial club, has received Inlonnatlon from L, W. Pnge, director of the good roads department or tho agricultural bureau, that ho will send an engineer to that city to make sag gestlons as to what method is tho most adaptable In Improving certain roads. Judge Graves or tho Eighth Judicial llstrlct has mnde up the following circuit calendar for the different counties- for 1910: Cuming, January Si, September 12; Dakota, February 14. September 20; Stanton, March 7, Oc tober 10; Cedar, March ll, November 7; Dixon, March 28; November 28; Thurston, April 11, October 17. II. F. Hooper, superintendent of tho Hluo Hill public schools, has secured tho controlling Interest In tho 1igan County Abstract and Loan company of Guthrie, Okla. Ho will leave Blue Hill Immediately after tho close of tho school year to take up the duties of t.ecretary-tre:isuior of the com pany. A stato association of county fair associations was organized nt Lincoln with the following ofllcor3: G. W. Her voy of Omaha, president; L. 11. Che ney of Frontier county, vice president; W. II. Smith or Seward, secretary and treasurer. A inlsfortuno has come to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Patten, living noar Charleston, York county. Some montliH :go Mrs. Patton lo.n her mind, but was harmless, and was kept at homo under treatment. Through worry over tho condition of IiIb wifo Mr. Patten becamo insane, nnd both of thorn were brought before the board of Insunltv, 'h ,mr-