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RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA, CHIEF II I ! U '. ! I) i S u I IS '! ' h I If i h . Will Preserve Historic Fort Daughters of American Revolu tion Plan Reconstruction of Famous Fort Crawford. ORIGINAL WAS BUILT IN 1812 Most Famous of Any of the Forts In the Northwest Has Fasolnatlnp, History Zachary Taylor Once Commandant. Prairie du Chlen, Wis. Preservation nnd oventuni reconstruction of historic Fort Crawford Im forcciiHt by the no tion of thu l'mirlu du Chtcn chnptur of the D. A. It. in securing an option on the property from V. It. Graves, Its owner, In nn effort to preserve it for historical purposes. Fort Crawford was tho moat fumous of any of tho forts in tho Northwest. Tho original post, Fort Shelby, was built during tho war of 181V. Hardly had the first American troops taUen possession of It, wliuti a detuclitncnt of British troops, ro-enforecd by In dlnns, camo down tho Wisconsin river nnd laid slcgo to It. Tho garrison was forced to surrender nnd for a year tho Union Jack Iloated over thu frontier post and southwestern Wisconsin wus a part of tho British omulrc. Bulldlnfjs Ruined by Fire. At tho close of tho War of 1812 tho fort was evacuated nnd shortly after ward most of the buildings were gut ted by fire. Tho American government then re built tho fort on the samo site, culling it Fort Crawford. Later n now slto was chosen a mllo south on higher ground nnd a inrger Fort Crawford was erected. Zachary Taylor, later President of tho United States, wus commandant of It at ono time. One of his llcutennnta wns Jefferson Davis, who lod tho southern Confederacy through the Civil war. Davis fell In lovo with Taylor's daughter nnd married her, to the great displeasure of tho command ant. I Tho fort surgeon was Doctor Beau mont, whoso assistant, Martin St. Alexis, had it bullet nolo in his stom ach. Through tills nolo Doctor Beau wont studied tho processes of diges tion. Tho experiments thus conducted still form tho major part of tho knowl edge medical Bclenco has of tho stom ach and Its functions. St. Alexis Is mentioned in many school physiolo gies. Other Notables at Fort. Others stationed at tho fort at va rious times were tho historian, Henry Schoolcraft; tho artist, George Culvln; Freeze Plays Havoc With Oranges JB&iSk. . . Px$iwrl'A SJA&. v. fWCw. wTSkt" a . ShWTs SrV3rx-..y tfv?V t FKZrit. ?t T VTV An unexpected freeze which occurred In southern California has not only spoiled millions of oranges and lemons that were about ready to be picked, but hns also killed hundreds of the trees themselves, causing many orchard own ers to take out their trees and replaro them with new stock, which will roqulro Beveral years to come Into hearing. Frozen lemons and oranges are poisonous, hence great care Is taken to seo that none of the frozen fruit Is shipped to market. The Illustration shows a pile of frozen lemons and oranges which were dumped into a river bed to decay. HOLD TO THEIR OLD GLORIES Manchus Retain Ancient Ceremo nies of Former Dynasty. Emperor, Though Virtual Prisoner In Forbidden City, Receives Homage of Attendants According to Ancient Forms. Pekln. In spite of tho fact that Chlng dynnsty has been out of power Blnco 1011 and the present emperor of China Is u vlrtunl prisoner in the for bidden city of Pekln, all ceremonies connected with the Muuchu emperors aro still kept up. At tho recent Chinese New Year's celebration the custonmry honor was paid to tho spirits of the emperors In their resting places, at tho Eastern i tract devoted to tho burial of tho em Tombs. Offerings of food nnd provl- j perors nre fast becoming dovnstnted slons wero placed beforo the tombs nnd 1 and tho monumental tombs nre begin tho old Mnnclm olllclnls who aro still j nlng to fall Into ruin and decay, retained In ofilce by tho Chlng dynasty ! Every effort Is being made by tho kowtowed according to the custom pro- otlkinls of the tombs, however, to and Gen. William Clark, Lewis Cass and Wlnfleld Scott. The treaties of 1820 and l&'IO, where in the Indians deeded away tho last of their lands east of the Mississippi river, woro signed at Fort Crawford. The Black Hawk war centered about It, and Abraham Lincoln, then a young lieutenant was stationed at thu fort during this conflict. Chief Blnckhawk was taken to tho post as a prisoner after his capture by tho Winnebago cldofs after tho rout of tho Sacs and Foxes nt tho Battle of Had Axe. Near tho slto of tho fort In Fort Crawford cemetery, whero ihoso who died during their term of servlco wero burled. The cemetery Is government owned and well cared for. THIS BEAR IS BULLET-PROOF Three Slugs From Rifle Fall to Stay Onrush of Bruin In Pennsyl vania Wilds. Lcwlsbiirg, I'n. Snmuel Crone, a Shiunokln butcher, encountered a lienr that wi'lghod nhout -100 pounds, dropped tho nnlmnl with n bullet from ids rlllP, but wuu startled to seo tho bear riso and, howling with pain, raco toward him on all-fours. Two moro shots wero fired nnd struck tho tough hide of the animal, indicting painful wounds, but each tlmo the bear refused to stay down, Raise Standard for Teachers Federal Bureau Is Studying the Question of How to Ac complish It. MANY INADEQUATELY TRAINED Grade School Classes Taught by Per sons Who Have Not Even High Sohool Diplomas Trained Teachers Barred. Washington, D. C Commissioner John J. Tlgert of tho burenu of edu cation and his nsslstnnts ure studying tho question of how to ralso tho standard of trulnlng for school teach ers throughout tho 'United States. Thousands of women und men en- WWSMOWWttWtTOOSMsaS-j, - scribed In Muuchu house Inw for tho Imperial family. Those olllcials are experiencing con siderable dltllculty In following out all the old customs bocauso of the lack of funds available for tho upkeep of tho emperors' tombs. Tho funds promised to tho lmperlnl family by tho republi can government aro usually very tardily paid, with the result that pov erty Is facing tho oue-timo ntlluent Manchus. At the eastern tombs many of the - Manchus, deprived of tho annual stl pend -formerly paid by tho Imperial government, havo been forced to be come gatherers of wod and charcoal In order to support themselves. Tho old towns nnd villages aro fall ing into ruins, tho forests of tho huge NEW FEATHER MASIC - jrm rj A pnlr of sparkling eyes beneath, an ingenious feather mnsk. The new summer fan for milady. This Is tho latest In costume ball apparel. and by thu tlmo it was ten feet In front of Crone- the hitter's weapon' Jammed. Desperate, the hunter decided to battlu with tho stock of his rlllo as n club and stood his ground as tile anl-, mnl rosu on Its hind legs as If to rush htm. Suddenly tho bear changed Its! mind, turned and ran limping into tho woods, trusted with tho cducutlon of largo groups of children in tho public schools luck what tho federal olllcials regard as an adequate preparation for their work, Doctor Tlgert said. In tho grado schools many persons 'nro teaching classes who havo not even high school diplomas, uccordlng to a recent Investigation by tho bu reau of cducutlon. According to tho federal stundards u man or woman to be proDcrly cnulnncd for tcachlnc should huvo at least u normal school, education. If the teaching is to bo that in high schools a college or uni versity diploma should represent ade quato trulnlng. In other words tho training of the teacher should reach considerably beyond tho subject to be taught. Many Are Barred. Thousands of men and women who wero adequately trained to teach aro now barred from the schools, it hns been found. This is a result of tho war. When living costs increased faster than teachers' salaries largo numbers of teachers who were well equipped for their work wero com pelled to step out of tho schools Into tho other other positions that would pay better. Many wero practically forced out by lack of means to re main, although their first Interest was with tho schools. Thcro was a national shortage of teachers. Economic depressions fol lowed. Persons with hardly any train ing stepped Into thu vacant positions. At tho samo time the level of salaries paid teachers began to he Increased Moro nnd more Inadequately trained persons went Into the schools ns teach ers. Tho shortage of teachers ceased to bo u problem. There aro now enough, so that few schools need re main closed for lack of men and wom en to conduct them. Standard Lowered. Hut tho teachers who aro inade quately trained arc holding the posl tlons. And many persons who studied to make teaching their life work aro without positions. School boards gen erally feel that In all fairness those persons who accepted positions when thero was a teacher shortage should ho retained. The standard of training for tench ers thus has been very largely low ered throughout tho schools in all sec tions of the United States, the reports show. The correction of this situation may take several years, nccordlng to Commissioner Tlgert. maintain the glory of tho dead em perors, and tho ceremonies nt New Year's typified the attitude of theso faithful adherents of a departed order who refuse to nllow tho glory of tho Chlng dynasty and tho Manchu rule to be dimmed. Wire Relic to Be Preserved. Portland, Ind. An oddity is on dis play In the ofilce of Henry Martin, Jay county auditor. It Is n piece of the first bnrbed wire ever mndo In this country nnd was brought to the mull tor by L. P. Fennlg of New Corydon, northenst of this city. The wire Is In links of a length of threo or four Inches instead of holng ono twisted plcco ns tho wire Is now. made. The antique- piece of wire will be placed In the museum of tho courthouse. Pig With Elephant Head. Irvlngton, Ky. 'Forrest Stlth brought In a pig from n litter of eight that hud an elephant head and snout und only onu eye, which was In the center of Its head; It had no hair. Tho mother enmo from the state fair ut Louisville. V NEBRASKA NEWS IN CONCISE FORM State Occurrences of Importance Boiled to a Few Lines for Quick Perusal. The republican state campaign will be opened nt Lincoln May 11. From (!(K) to 1,()(K) amateur radio sots nro being worked In and around Om .ilin. Tho Blnlr high schools will graduate a class of forth-four, eighteen of whom are boys. Pender has voted $llM,tHM) for the erection of a new school building nt that place. The American Legion slate conven tion will convene in York September 18, ll anil 'JO. The Farmers' National drain Dealers association will hold Its annual meeting In Omaha May D-10. Bonds In the Minn of $H.",()00 were voted at Febllng for the construction of a new school hulldl g. James llerry Is dead at Cross from Injuries to his spine received six years ago In mi unto accident. Harwell high won a debate from St. Paul on the state question and went Into second place In that district. The Grand 1tdge of the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters will hold Its session at Lincoln, May 0 nnd 10. Pender's .$100,000 school nnd bond proposition for building a new school house carried by a vote of U8."i to l.'Ki. Fremont Is being considered us the site of the national home for children or the Brotherhood of National Yeo men. Bert Ritchie of Scottsbluffs, lZt years old, was electrocuted In Gering as he attempted to remove a live wire from ii house. Hubert W. Gilbert, of Omaha, has been notified that he has been elected n member of the Poetry Society of America. . Mrs. William Rothschild, believed to be the oldest woman in Nebraska, re cently celebrated her 100th birthday nt Omaha. The Farmers' store at Wyerts, an In land point, near Lodgepole, has clo:vd Its doors us the business bus proved unprofitable. Sales on the Parmleo ranch near Broken Bow totalled 10,000, the larg est amount ever realized at u sale In that vicinity. J. McD. Anderson of the state dairy inspection force, has begun Intensive work In Douglas. Sarpy, Washington and Burt counties. Six youths who confessed that they had been responsible for robberies In and around Fremont were sentenced to the penitentiary. The Lincoln board of education vot ed to maintain the present scale of pay for tho GOO teachers In the city schools for next year. Chappel will erect a ?r)2,000 county high school. Dormitories also will be built. Plans call for completion of the structure by next fall. Bert Punish, a farmer near Tecum seh lost four, fingers when his hnnd be enme caught In a piece of wood be ing fed Into a buz, saw. The Table Hock village board Is hard at work on the tourist camping' park near the city well. Trees nnd grass hnve been planted. In order to curtnll expenses the Kearney board of educatio.i has an nounced the dropping of special In structors the coming year. Beatrice pool hall owners, following a conference with the city commission ers, voluntarily voted to close their places of business on Sunday. The treasurer of Jefferson county paid out over $100 last week for wolf and coyote bounty, principally for pups found In litters of two to ten. Col. C. .7. Bowiby, of Crete, a veteran newspaper man and prominent In dem ocratic circles, died last week nt Lin coln,, after an Illness of several weeks. Poland China and Duroc hogs were sold nt auction to boys of Strntton who have entered the county pig club. A calf club also will be formed here soon. More than 4,000 hankers from all parts of northern Nebraska attended me nnnquei oi ine .onuwosrorn Bankers association ut Norfolk lust week. Warrants drawn for maintenance of state departments of government during March totalled l,01S,ri.ri.ri, com pared with $808,221 for February, ac cording to figures by Philip Bross, secretary of finance. Shipments of fat cattle from the South Omaha market last week niade n new season's record, tlieix being 254 enrs, or 5,-HlS head purchased on out side orders and shipped to other points for slaughter. When a corn stalk struck his root, throwing ids leg between spokes of the wheels of the disc he was driving, Marton Mlchels, 10, near Falrbury, suf fered a double fracture-of the leg and other Injuries. The building commlttcM of the St. Cntherlne Sienna hospital at McCook announces that building operations will ho started May 1. Frank Galda and wife, near La Platte, In Sarpy county, aro the proud parents of four pairs of twins, ono set of triplets and a lone boy. The last twins arrived during the past week, and all the parties are doing well. The first game of Sunday baseball played In Tecumseh In over twenty years was staged when tho Beatrice siaio icagiiu learn won iroui recumsen, ... . . .. r. . 11 to 0. Tecumseh residents voted Tor Sunday hull at the last election. The United Brethern church of Aurora has decided to build an ad dition, expending about $0,000 In per manent Improvements. A four months' drouth was broken nt Blgsprlngs last week by an Inch of rain, which will greatly help the wheat crop in this section, which was beginning to die out. The board of education at Superior plans to call n special election to vote on bonds for u gymnasium nnd rooms for the seventh and eighth grades. Churl? Long, near Falrbury, had ripe tomatoes on the market nt that plait! Inst week, picked from a vino eight feet long, planted In a box last October. While playing with n companion In n barn the small son of Jake Slttler near Broken Bow fell on a plow, .suffering injuries to his head which may result seriously. A prnlrlo fire swept over more than 10,000 acres In Custer county, burning tons of hay. Tho fliv started west of Climax and almost, reached Wagner posioillce. Hogs In the neighborhood or Call away aro suffering from "flu." Voter Inniians declare the disease has all tho characteristics of that which affects human beings. The power house of the municipal water and light plant nt Beaver City burned Saturday morning. The llro caught In the roof from un overheated exhaust pipe. The community bargain day sale put on by the merchants of St. Paul last week was a success. Thousands vis Ited the city and took advantage of the many bargains. Olllcers or the Big Four Fair nssocl atlon, comprising Valley, Greeley, Sherman and Howard county fairs, have made arrangements for the fulra In each county this year. A gas rate expert has been engaged by the city council to go over tho books of the Fremont Gas Co.. beforo that body considers the company's ap plication for a rate revision. Plans have been drawn for the erec tion of an addition to St. Mary's hospi tal nt Columbus, which will practically double the capacity of the Institution. The new wing will cost'S'-'OlMHK). A one day's "city beautiful" cam paign carried on by Pawnee City wo men's club organizations, resulted In cleaning up unsightly spots and the planting of shrubbery and flowers. Several Fremont families havo solved the high rent problem by erect ing small buildings which they will later use us garages. The3e are serv ing ns homes until prices decline. An unsuccessful attempt was mndo to wreck a passenger train on the Northwestern railway, by plating u piece of steel rail three feet long on the track near the viaduct at York. The Golden Hod orchestra, which recently gave concerts by radio for tho Post Intelligencer at Seattle, Is n Neb raska organization composed of young men from the vicinity of Madison. George B. Noble, professor of Inter national law In the department of political science and sociology in the state university ht.s resigned to accept a call to Heed College at. Portland, Ore. The smallest class since the early days will be graduated from tho Pawnee City high school this spring. The number is twenty-three, compared to average classes or sixty for the past decade. Nebraska will get 102,'l auto license numbers plates nearly one-third less this year than last according to the re port of A. L. Cole, state purchasing agent after bids were opeijed for 2S0, 000 pair. Hudolph Rnduechel, a farmer llvlrtg near Bloomflold, had a narrow escape from death when he was attacked by ii 2-year-old bull. Mr. Haduechel man aged to grab the animal by the horns and avoided being gored. Tlu largest acreage of potatoes that has been planted for years has been ! put In In the Loup City vicinity. i There nre several fields of 20 to ,r0 i acres, and almost every farmor hns In j creased his usual acreage, i The Chamber of Commerce at Neb- rnsku City has olYoro d substantial prizes for the best kept lawns and j premises In the city dutinr the sum ' mer In connection with their beauti fying campaign in co-operation with the Civic club. The first bird and game reserve to be established In the state bv Secre- j t,,ry Stuhr Is four miles from the city ; of Falrbury, and one hundred nlnetv I acres of land owned by H. I"). Hondo is to be a sanctuary for song and In- sect I vorous birds nnd irnino. Mrs. H. F. Hole, president ofMhe woman's club or Falrbury, and Miss Bertha Holly, leader of u bird lovers' club of that city wero Instrumental in having tho reserve established. The Fighth annual high school agri cultural contest will be held nt tho University of Nebraska agricultural college May 4, and " with an cm ail ment that, present Indications will ex ceed the entries of 1021, when repre sentatives of 21 high schools partici pated. Citizens of Gerlng und Stottsbluffs have planted a number or Jack pines on thu national monument in honor of the soldiers of the county who wero killed during the war. Harry Welsch at Superior, was smothered to death In the shale tanks of the Nebraska Cement plant. The last live of the test wells sunk at Pawnee City In an effort to obtain an adequate water supply has furnish ed 20 gallons of water a minute without lowering the water levn'. This will Insure lire protection. John F. Steele, III, captain In tho Minneapolis, Minn., fire department I ..,. vI(.0 ri.sd(,,t of ihe International I ' Association of Fire Fnglneers, has been elected chief of the Lincoln flro department. The forty-third annual session of tho Republican Valley Association of Con gregutlouul Churches and Ministers will be held in McCook Maty 2, 11 und 4, LAND OF AMAZING FERTILITY American 8ettler In Western Canada Tells of Splendid Crops Raised Year After Year. Harold J. Gregory, of Lowe Farm, Manitoba, writes as follows: "When I came to Canada from Lex ington, III., In the fall of 10KI, It was with tho spirit of adventure nnd through curiosity. I always Imagined thnt crossing tho bountlnry line took me beyond the limits of clvlllzntlon Into 'No Jinn's Lund.' und that this country abounded with bears, moose, caribou and other wild gnme. lmnglno my disappointment when 1 reached my friend's home Just In time to help him through a month of harvest tvheat, barley, flax and oats. I re-' alized thsn the possibilities that this almost untouched territory held open to the home-seeking settler, with Its rich, virgin soil, 'good markets, rail road systems, graded ronds, etc. "In the spring of 1014 I came bnck with the Intention of testing out my judgment concerning the soil's grnln growing powers. This I did with com plete satisfaction. I am now farming 4S0 acres of land at Lowe farm, and bine raised crops of equal value to tho purchase price of the land on which It was raised two or threo different times. I have found this land to bo superior In fertility to any Innd thnt I have ever seen, and I havo seen land In Indiana. Illinois. Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma. Kansas. Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota and North Dakota. "The present low prices of machin ery make this year nn exceptlonnl ono In its opportunities to the man who wants to make it new stnrt under favorable conditions. Why ralso corn for CO cents a bushel on ?,'500 per acre land, when you enn get. good Im proved wheat land for $."0 per acre, nnd wheat selling for $1.15 nt your local elevntor? I was enabled to pur chase a Gray IJort automobile from the profit of a hay crop produced In one yenr. This district offers good facilities for stock raising nnd there are special opportunities for tho hog raiser." Information regarding nil districts of Western Canada may be hud from any agent of the Canadian govern ment. Advertisement. Force of Habit. "Gentlemen of tho Jury," said tho lawyer who was defending a well known bootlegger, "could you look in the man's eye and believe for one mo ment that he would violate the law of his country by selling contraband liquor?" "Hold on n minute," whispered his client, tugging ut Ids coat tails. "What's tho mutter?" "Don't tell them to look nt me. Seven of those Jurors nre regular cus tomers of mine. One of them might forget where he Is nnd tip me u wink." 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