Nebraska Newspapers

    RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
Teach Kids How
to Swim, Play
4,000 Centers Keep Boys Out of
Mischief and Help Them to
"Keep Fit."
WONDERFUL RESULTS SEEN
Summer Activities on Playgrounds
Eliminate Swearing, Cheating and
Stealing Among Children
Fair Play Prevails.
New York. More tlinn 4,000 play
grounds nnd recreational centers In
the United States are helping to keep
boys out of mischief, teaching girls
swimming and other athletics and
allowing adults how to henellt them
helves physically nnd mentally hy
play.
The offoct they have In keeping
toys out of trouble with the police Is
emphasized In reports which have
conio to the Playground nnd Recrea
tion association from nil over tho
country as one of the most Important
results of the establishment of play
grounds In cities. These facts are
given In the year hook of the associa
tion Just made public.
The chief of police of San Fran
cisco believes the establishment of
neighborhood recreation centers Is n
constructive measure toward sup
pressing the crime wave, lie asked
the community service to extend Its
recreation work because he believed
that the wrong use of leisure time had
much to do with the Increase In crime.
Cure for "Bad" Boys.
(irnnvlllo Lee, supervisor of the
I'ortland (Me.) recreation commission,
wiys that had boys behave themselves
better during tho playground season
ami also that there are fewer street
accidents to children because of play
grounds. The pJayground directors of Ray
!ity, Mich., have discovered that sum
mer activities on the playgrounds
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Girl Staged Holdup, but
Forgot to Rob Her Prey
A girl bandit In Chicago let
her prey escape when she forgot
her lines. She was accompanied
by u male accomplice when she
met Harry Raumsteln.
"Put up your hands," she de
manded, as she pointed n l tstol
nt him. Raumsteln put them
up.
"Now what shall I do?" she
asked, turning to her companion.
Raumsteln didn't wait to see.
He told the police he turned the
nearest street corner in record
time.
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An excellent photograph of the launching of the U. S. S. Milwaukee nt
Tnooma, Wash., made trom an airplane. The Milwaukee Is one of the ten
scout cruisers authorized or being built for the U. S. navy. She Is B.r0 reel
long and will have a speed of H5 knots, combining tho speed of a destroyer
am) the lighting o,unlltles of u biittleshlp.
HUNT CHURCH LOOT
New Party Formed to Seek
Treasure of Bandits.
Wealth of Gold and Precious Stones
Taken From Church In Peru Dur
ing Revolution and Burled.
Papeete, Tahiti (Society Islands).
Interest bus once moro been aroused
In the treasure reputed to bo burled
in tho Island of Pluukl, one of tho
coral Islands to tho eastward of Ta
hiti, nnd u new association has been
formed in Tahiti to seek for tho treas
ure. Tho story Is that during n revolu
tion In Peru CO yenra ago n church
was looted of a rich treasuro of .old
nnd precious stones by four men, who
Kuceet'ded In getting It to the const
whero they buried It In a safe place,
afterward making their way to Pana
ma. Having secured a schooner there
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have practically cllmlnntcd all swenr-lug,-
cheating nnd stealing among the
children. They note with satisfaction
that tTTo spirit of fair play has helped
to put the playground bully where he
belongs nnd boast of an appreciable
falling olT of delinquents.
Cases are reported whero mothers
have been amazed to note that their
children did not cntch cold, although
they played In tho snow; that tho
youngsters hnvc gained In weight nnd
appetite. In one case n father forbade
his daughter to piny because it made
her eat too much.
One thousand children were taught
to swim In one week nt Tacomn,
Wash., and It Is estimated that BOO,
the majority of them girls, have
learned to swim at Seattle.
Pageant In Snowstorm.
Pngennts, plays and community
singing have been fostered through
out the country In the last year, with
good results. One pageant was given
at Kalamazoo, Mich., In a snowstorm,
but It was attended hy several thou
sands, nnd the scenes were much en
hanced by the snowy setting.
Community singing In factories has
been helpful In establishing friend
ships among th"e employees, and be
tween them nnd their employers, and
In lessening the popularity of crap
shooting.
Many different organizations are
promoting this work, with tho restdt
that n -111 per cent gain Is reported
for Inst year.
RIVER PACKET
DAYS RECALLED
Attempt to Revive Mississippi
Traffic Brings Stories of
"Good Old Times."
VOYAGE PLEASANT AFFAIR
There Was Great Rivalry Between
Boat Owners and Crews and Many
Exciting Races Were Pulled
Off Robert E. Lee Famous.
New Orlenns. Memories of old dnys
on the Mississippi when stately pack
ets plied lu tho passenger trntlic are
revived by the resumption of trnlllc
between Pittsburgh, Pu., and this city
by way of the Ohio.
Rarges have carried freight trolllc
on tho great river for many years
since the packets were driven out by
railroad competition. In the days of
Scout Cruisers
they returned to Peru, recovered the
treasure and sailed to the westward.
Intending to make Australia their
destination. Without papers, they
could not gain entrance to any port.
So they determined to bury the
treasure on an uninhabited Island un
til such time as they could get a ship
with proper papers nn.. return to the
Island.
They scuttled their schooner on the
Australian coast and coming ashore
In the guise of shipwrecked sailors,
started for Sidney overland. Two only,
by name, Klllraln ami Rrown, arrived
In Sidney; the other two having been
Killed in a tight with hush natives.
Such rs tho story of the burial of the
trensure.
Tho talo of the attempts for Its re
covery begins lu IfMli or ll)l!l when
ono day on the streets of Sidney n
man by the namo of Thompson wns
accosted by on elderly beggar seeking
alms. On giving tho man a binalJ mini
BRIDE IN DANCE OF DEATH
Young Lady Entertains Friends u
Poison She Had Taken
Ends Her Life.
Kalnmnzoo, Mich. While the poison
she had swallowed slowly drove lift
from her body, Mrs. Neva Ifruscr,
eighteen, n bride of a few weeks, per
formed n veritable dance of death lu
tho midst of a party of guests.
She walked over to the phonograph
nnd stnrted plnylng "Till Wo Meet
Again," explaining It was tho piece
played nt the dance At which she met
her husband.
Her friends were Ignorant of the
tragedy taking place when she began
dancing, but before tlte last Btralns
died away they saw tier fall la a
crumpled heap.
Death scaled her lips before she
could explain her motive
MANY GERMANS QUIT BATHING
Find Hot Water a Luxury Because
of the Shortage In Supply
of Coal.
Rerlln. Tho hot both hns become
such a luxury In Germany, owing to
the shortage of coal and the manner
In which the government regulates
the distribution of fuel, that many
persons hnve censed bathing. Others
have gathered courage for nn Icy
sponge dally, but this Is not popular,
for the houses are generally cold, nnd
exposure In cold rooms after a chilly
tub paves the way for colds and
pneumonia.
Ordinarily a family can afford hot
water once every two weeks. Public
baths, where once u plunge or a tub
was available for a few pfennigs,
have been forced to close or raise
prices beyond the reach of workmen
and salaried workers.
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Mark Twain tho Mississippi packets
were celebrated for their "eats," their
famous races, their pilots und even
for their poker gn nos.
It used to bo no uncommon sight
to see from 10 to 'M passenger ves
sels, from the palatial packet to the
weather-beaten tramp, leave the New
Orleuns landing dally for up-river
points.
Voyages Were Pleasant
A river voyage lu the olden dnys
was a pleasurable affair If the boilers
did not blow up or the vessel hit one
of the shifting sandbars, mudlumps or
hidden snags. A comfortable berth,
wonderful meals, dancing ut night,
watermelon parties, well-stocked bars,
stud and druw poker games for tho
patrons of that form of amusement,
and last but not least, the unties of
the negro roustabouts, all combined to
make things pleasant for the traveler.
Saturday was usually the sailing day
for up-river packets from this port.
There was great rivalry between boat
owners ami crews, and usually from
one to ii dozen boat races were pulled
off as the vessels chugged up the
river. It was then that boilers blew
with marked frequency.
The most famous of these races wns
run by tho Natchez and the Robert
K. Lee, two or the largest of the river
packets. So keen was the rivalry that
early in the .seventies It was planned
to have them race from New Or
leans to St. Louis. No pnss-eii'iers or
! freight were carried and for weeks
, the coming race was the chief topic of
conversation along the river.
. The Robert K. Lee was lu coiumnnd
of Captain Cannon, while Captain
Leathers was master of the Natchez.
No stops were murie except for fuel.
The trip to St. Louis was made lu
just u few hours over three days, nil
auheard of record then, with the Rob
ert K. Lee tho winner by a small
margin.
Promoters Are Curious.
Promoters now are llguiing whether
human nature has changed from the
olden days, whether n person will he
content to Idle the time uway on long
trips which ho could make In a frac
tion of the time by rail; whether they
"have time" to take (pilot pleasure.
Freight rates, Interstate commerco
commission hearings, uniform bills of
lading nnd other prosaic commercial
mai tors Hgure In the trnlllc side of
the question. The passenger business
Is regarded us n gamble.
Thompson was surprised by the re
quest for his name and nddtess.
Some time later he was summoned
to one of the hospitals of the city.
There he discovered that the ono who
had asked for him was tho beggar
whom ho had ' efiiondcfl some time
before. The old man told him f1mt
he had sent for blin to disclose to lilm"
the resting place of u great treasure.
He said that he, Klllraln,- being the
only survivor of the company and
about to die, did not wish the secret
to perish with him.
Thus It wns that Thompson enmo
Into the knowledge of tho story nnd
sailing directions to locate fho Island.
Relng convinced that the story was
founded on truth, ho has spent eight
yenrs In search of It so far without
success.
Lately, somo peoplo In Tahiti hnve
discovered what they believe to bo a
new clue and are prepailng to lit out
an expedition to go to tho Island.
Athens, tho Greek capital, enjoya
bright sunshine ou an uvernge of 300
days of the year.
GORMHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered
from Various Points
Over tho State
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Farmers In tho vicinity of Oshkosh
are plnntlng corn, getting an unusual
ly early start this year.
Tho Norfolk city council announces
that 1200,000 worth of additional pav
ing will bo constructed there this year.
TLls will give tho city over llfteen
miles of new pavement.
George Nicely, a veteran engineer
on the Union Pacific road, who has
had a passenger run out of Beatrice
for 25 years, has been placed on tho
ponslon roll by tho company.
Mrs. Tony Golgla, Omaha, was ar
rested and confessed to detectives that
sho Is tho woman who shot Nathan
L. Long, traveling salesman, whoso
homo Is In Marshnlltown, Iowa.
Miss Ruth Warner, nineteen years
old, Is dead as tho result of injuries
received when an automobile with
seven passengers turned over several
limes on the highway two miles north
of TUdcn.
Dr. T. II. Morrow nnd Dr. C. II.
Campbell, of Columbus, huvo been ad
vised of their election to membership
In tiio American collage of surgeons,
which ranks ns tho greatest body of
suigeons In tho world.
John' A. Gregory of Alliance, CO,
committed suicide by hanging himself
with a halter attached to a ladder In
tho hnrn on tho Kllpatrick ranch 25
miles west of Alliance, whero ho was
employed as ranch hand.
Tho First National bank at Bridge
port, haB been closed by order of tho
board of directors, nccordlng to a re
port from L. It. Karhart, manager of
the Omaha branch of the Federal Re
serve bank of Kansas City. A bank
examiner Is In charge of tho bank.
A buttermilk condensing plant Is
tobo added to the Farmers' Union
Creamery at Superior, at a cost of
$15,000, necessitating tho enlarge
ment of the present quarters by a
building to tho cast of tho tine, largo
creamery building.
The municipal pumping plant at
Friend wns destroyed by fire. It Is
estimated that tho loss is $5,000, par
tially covered by insurance-. The city
Is In dnnger of a water famine un
less somo arrangements can be made
to manipulate tho pumps by gasoline.
Secretary Danlelson of the Nebras
ka State Fair has given out an item
led statement showing that in tho
last twenty years tho state fair has
asked only $100,000 of tho leglsla-"
ture, up to thiB year, while it was
building up a plant worth $1,500,000.
Tho Nebraska Stato Elks' associa
tion will hold its anuual convention
in Omaha on June 12 to 13, accord
ing to invitations sent out to lodges
throughout tho state. Hon. J. G.
MacFarland of Watertown, S. D., will
preside during tho two days' confer
ence. Bids on $1,500,000 for Nebraska
highways presented by road and ma
terial mon at the Htato house, Lin
coln, nro from .10 to 35 per cent less
than tho snme bids would have been
a year ago, according to Georgo A.
Johnson, secretary of the department
of public workB.
The stato board of control has re
ceived an offer from Mrs. Furnas of
Rrownvlllo to Bell land sultnblo for
o Blto for tho proposed reformatory
which the board Is soon to locate nnd
construct. A tract of land extending
into tho little village of Raymond
has also been offered.
A sum of $5C1.C7 ubovo tho amount
necessary for two carloads of corn
for Chinese famine relief has boon
raised by Pawneo county. Tho, coun
ty was asked to contribute "ono car
load if possible," but donations con
tinued to pour in nftcr tho stipuatod
amount had been reached.
Tho first convict stato road camp
for this year has been established
near Crab Orchard, to complete tho
project started thero in 1920. Two
or threo other camps will bo opened
In the near future, nnd upwards of
100 prisoners will bo given work on
stato highways during tho summer.
A district convention of tho west
ern Iowa and Nebraska Klwanls clubs
waB held at Lincoln May C. The pur
pose of tho convention was to lay
plans for a program of club work In
tho district, and to arrango for 100
per cent attendance nt the Interna
tional district convention to bo held
nt Cleveland, O., Juno 21-25. All Kl
wanls clubs of tho United "Statos
and Canada will send representatives
to this convention.
While CaBhler Herbert H. Bargo
of tho failed Farmers' Stato bank at
Hosklns, Wnyno, county, was start
ing for Lincoln to bci his ponlten
tiary scntonco, his brother, William
Bargo, cashier of the Farmors' Stato
bank at Bclvldero, Thayer county, be
came afugitlve, leaving his institu
tion burdened with $15,000 of bad
paper, and unablo to continue busi
ness. Tho Behidoro bnk la now in
chnrgo of stato authorities and Ex
aminer J. M. Riley is going over its
books , to detormlno tho liabilities
and assets.
Tho way of the automobllo thief Is
going to bo harder In tho future In
NobrnBkn, according to Stato Sheriff
Gub Hyor8 of the state law enforce
ment bureau. In addition to the work
of tho law enforcement bureau In
running down automobile thieves and
recovering cars, the automobllo owners-
will now bo further protected by
tho Incorporation of a company known
as tho Antl-Automobllo Thlof asso
ciation, ut tho head of which Is N.
M. Parsons and Captain C. II, Mooro,
who was formerly employed as deputy
stato ngent.
Tho Keith County Community club
is making an effort to secure a flour
mill at Ogallala. Accurate figures
for the past flvo years show that
enough high grado wheat was raised
within 15 mllos of.Ogallnla to sup
port a mill with a capacity of 1,000
barrels of flour a day.
O'Neill hunters Interested In the
extermination of the crow, killed
more than three hundred crows and
destroyed hundreds of nests and eggs
on a recent hunt along tho Elkhorn
river west of O'Neill. Tho eradica
tion of crows from this territory in
sures an increased pralrlo chicken
crop this year.
The Missouri Pacific division head
quarters havo been moved from Falls
City to Atchison, Kas., consolidating
the two divisions, with Superinten
dent Kirk, who has been in charge of
tho Falls City division, taking tho
same offlco in Atchison. This move
will ellmlunto about half of the two
offlco forces.
Dr. T. W. Bass of Brokon Bow,
who served us first assistant clerk
of tho house during tho lito legisla
tive session, has telegraphed to Con
gressman Klnkald at Washington that
ho will not accept the appointment
as reglstor of tho Brokon Bow land
offlco tendored him by voto of the
Nebraska delegation in congress.
Hans J. Nielsen, head of tho po
lice bureau of Bortillon measure
ments of criminals at Omaha has re
signed to accept a position as head
of tho stato bureau of identification,
created by tho recent legislature with
a salary of $1,800 a year. Nlolson is
the foremoBt expert on flngorprint
and Bertlllon work in Nebraska.
United States Marshal James C.
Dahlman, mayor-elect of Omnhn. has
sent bis resignation as marshal to
Attorney General Daugherty to tako
effect ns scon ns possible. Federal
Judge Woodrough, with the consont
of Judge Munger, who Is out of tho
state, appointed Chief Deputy J. B.
Nickerson for fifteen years deputy,
acting marshal.
Stockholders of tho Hohb and tho
Patriot Motors corporations of Lin
coln, adjudged bankrupts in tho
United States district court several
months ago, secured an extension of
time of thirty dayB from Rofereo D.
II. McCIennhan In order to perfect nn
organization that will bo able to pur-
thaso tho plnnt and its equipment
from the creditors.
Tho syndicate of Lincoln business
mon who underwrote the $150,000
fund advanced to tho bonrd of man
agers of tho state fair for tho big
cattle barn replacing tho old struc
ture which burned down sixteen
months ago, will bo relieved of re
sponsibility in a few days. Tho clos
ing legislature made an appropriation
or $166,511.63 for this item, to bo
available Immediately.
Nebraska dentists, 300 strong, will
gather in Omaha for their annual
convention May 16 to 19. Sessions,
clinics and exhibitions will bo at the
Auditorium. A feature of tho con
vention will bo a golf match between
dentists living north of tho Platte,
nnd those from south of tho Platto.
Among the speakers will ho Dr. Wal
lace Scccomb, Toronto, Can.; Dr.
R. W. Knapp, Dcs Moines, and Dr.
C. O. Simpson, St. Louis.
Tho quadrennial convention of the
Stato Camp of the Modem Woodmen
of Nebraska with 500 subordinate
enmps and a total membership of 50,
000, convened at Lincoln to cloet of
ficers and to endorse delegntes to tho
national convention. Judge N. Dwlght
Ford of Broken Bow was elected
state consul nnd G. E. Merriman of
Omaha state clerk. They were named
by acclamation. Omaha will bo tho
next piectlng place of tho state camp
In 1922.
Although tho enrolled copy of the
stato wide registration act, which the
governor signed nnd delivered to the
secretary of Btate contains tho emer
gency clause In both its title and its
body, the bill did not pass both
branches of tho legislature by two
thirds voto and can bo suspended by
10 per cent referendum petitions
which the non-pnrtlsan league ox
poets to file against It. This is ono
of tho now laws that will tako ef
fect July 2S.
The diroctors of tho Loup Valley
Highway association havo decided to
routo tho road from Grand Island
to Ord and Durwell and Black Hills
on tho west side of the river be
tween Scotia and Cotesllold. This
wilf bo wolcomo news to tho tourists
nnd tho peoplo living In tho north
west part of tho state as It shortens
tho distnnco somo six miles botwoen
Scotia and Cotcsfleld and eliminates
crossing the rlvor two times and two
railroad crossings
Lancaster county has entered tho
construction business on n competi
tive Bcalo with largo contractors.
Moreover, tho first effort of tho
county in its new endeavor proved
highly successful, when the stato
engineering department nwarded tho
county Its first contrnct for the con
struction of soventy-fivo culverts In
tho county this year. Lancaster coun
ty's bid for the contract was In com
petition with tho bids of flvo othor
largo contractors and was $1,683
lower than tho second lowest bid for
tho work.
Thirty-four companies In Nobrnska
licensed by tho stato agnculturo de
partment to do a cold storogo busi
ness bad on hand April l, upwards of
twonty million pounds of animal food
stuffs, olthor produced by thPmsolvos
or Btored by their customers. This Is
tho total shown In a statistical sum
mary given out by tho stato bureau
of markets. Packing houso products,
poultry, eggs and butter nro includod
in this synopsis. It does not em
brace fruits, vegetables or hover
agos that aro being hold In cold
storage.
THIS WOMAN'S
EXPERIENCE
Brinfjfs a Ray of Hope to
Childless Women
Lowell. Mass. "I had anemia from
the time I was sixteen years old and
was very irregular.
I If I did any house
cleaning or washing
II would faint and
havo to ho nut ty
ped, my husband
thinking every min.
uto was my last
lAftcr reading your
text-book for women:
II took Lydia E.
Pinlcham'fl Vegeta
ble Compound and
used the Sanative-
Wash, andJhavo never felt better than
I have the last two years. I can work,
eat, sleep, and feel as strong as can be.
Doctors told me I could never havo
childrcn I was too weak but after
taking Vegetable Compound it strength
ened me so I gave birth to an eight
pound boy. I was well all the time, did
all my work up to tho last day, and hnd
a natural birth. Everybody who knew
me was surprised, and when'thcy ask mo
what mado mo strong I tell them with
great pleasure, 'I took Lydia E. Pink
ham'a Vegetable Compound and never
felt better in my life.' Use this testi
monial at any time. "Mrs. Elizabeth:
Smakt, 142 W. Sixth St., Lowell, Mass.
This experience of Mrs. Smart is surely
a strong recommendation for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It is
only one of a great many similar cases.
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Satanic Works fttegic
"I have tnken only two boxes of
Eatonic nnd feel like n new man. It
has done me more good than anything
else," writes C. O. Frnpplr.
Entonlc Is the modern remedy for
acid stomach, bloating, food repeating
nnd Indigestion. It quickly tukes up
und carries out the acidity nnd gua
und enables the stomach to digest the
food naturally. That means not only
relief from pain nnd discomfort but
you get the full strength from the food
you eat. Big box only costs a trifle
with your druggist's gunrantee.
The Rural Cynic.
'Hlrhm," said Mrs. Corntosscl, "the
boarders will soon be along enjoyln'
the flesh air und udmlrln' the scen
ery." "I suppose so. Rut my suspicion
Is thnt while they talk about air nnd
scenery, what's on their minds la
keepln' down the cost of llvln'."
All politicians nro willing to bf
caught In the cnbluet.
The Alps mountains harbor more
than 1.000 gluclors.
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crackers to liuvc luuulr In tb
pantry for family use.
In returnable cans these crackers keep
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lid closed. The can Is moisture proof, dust
proof, odor proof and vermin proof.
The tower pries, on can tots, the avoid
ance of waste or loss of any kind, and th
many usus found for crackers when you
have them handy, make It an economy to
buy In full can lots.
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Florldu Oyster Culture Offers Life-Time In
come to non-residents, without druiluery,
rain, hoeing, plowlnu" or fertilizer. Free Infor
mation 12,000 words Including U. 8. Uov
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