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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1922)
RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. CHIEF v NEWS OF NEBRASKA IN CONDENSED FORM Recent Happenings in Nebraska Given in Brief Items For Busy Readers. The state board of control Ih now working 2(l." prisoners In the peni tentiary sliirt factory. The Postolllco depart incut announces llteie are now 1,'M rural routes In Nebraska with a mileage of .'11,028. The dlsejvory of oil on the Kudolpli . lladiiechel farm, near nioomllold, I,,lM , mused considerable Interest In that vicinity , I'lillfii Lowlcn, HI, son of Mr. nml , Mrs. W. I.ewlen or umy uouicr, nun his log broken while playing football at school 'rim Midwest Manufacturing coin-' pnn. Incorporated for $100,000, Is tho latest addition to Fremont's list f industries. Two carloads of Chinese pheasants natn .'.', lane been shipped out In the state m.iwi-h .. by denize Koster, stale Kan"' iimll01; llsh warden. nixon .'.'. The Custer county tax levy for 1021! ; podm- ... Is one-third less than that of UKM, gj!' ,; which means a saving to the tuxpiiycrs-p.-Mhnorp". iff more than $80,000. J J'!';''''" Mrs. .1. 1'. (lewii, living near , ,.'Urilll; .. Cunnvn. who was struck bv llistil litiifS Umko .... while In bcil at her home I'Mting a ! I I violent storm and lost ner power in ' i-peech, Is now able to whisper The ignition by the exhaust gaso line from a leaky tank started a blaze which completely destroyed the auto mobile belonging to Joe Miller at Mavwood. The occupants of the car . , , . escaped uninjured. Miss Frances .. lloblnson of Lincoln has been appointed supreme receiver of the. Ilojal Neighbors of America to till the unexpired term niadu vacant by Hip death of Dr. Minora G. Whit more, Topekn, Ivans. A coroner's Jury, Inquiring Into the death of Miss Huth Ward, Lincoln high bchool girl, killed when an .into mobile which she was driving collided with another car, hold that mt the accl - dent was unavoidable. Mrs. l'at Convey, 102, who suffered a fracture of her hip in a fall live weeks ago, Is getting ulong nicely at an Omaha hospital, where she be moans the fate that keeps her from getting up dally to go to chapel. Citizens of southwestern Nebraska, led by E. T. Heady of Culbortson, IIUc sliirto.l u iiiovvmriit to re omii't the famous Indian battle between the Sioux and Creo Indiana at Massacre Canyon, September 17, fifty years ago. Miss Agues Pierce of Seward bus been appointed to the office of county treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by the death of C. E. Morelleld, who was holding that olllce at the time he expired. Miss I'lerce Is tlio present nominee for the place. The display of the agricultural ex tension service of the state university, featuring the work of more than (1,000 boys and girls In Nebraska, belonging to 015 clubs embracing every form of agricultural activity, was the chief attraction of the state fair. The Pawnee Public Service club, the local business men's organization, and the American Legion post arc working together for a home-coming celebration to bo held In Pawnee City this fall. It will probably lust three days, one of which will be November 11, Armistice day. A tract of land comprising about t!,r00 acres, Including practically all of the laud lying on both sides of the Hurllngtou railroad tracks from the Sarpy county line to a short lls I n i ice north of Itcllevuc, has been created a bird and wild life sanctuary by the state agricultural department. Suit for $fi.(MM) has been filed at Falls City by Dr. Oorgo W. Heneker In behalf of his daughter, Helen Huth, against Philip Hermes for alleged In juries received while skating In the hitter's rink last December. The girl claims that she was given a defective pair of skates, causing her to trip and fracture a leg in falling. Nebraska can boast of having In her domain five generations, all women, three of whom were lorn In the state. The oldt'st Is 01 and the youngest two and one-half years. In Crete, where Mrs. Martin Kupka, 01, home steaded Till years ago, a celebratinn was held last week In her honor. All five generations and other relatives and friends Blithered from all parts of the state. James S. Meek of Ll qoln, Is dead us the result of a beet stroke suffered while at a dining hall on the state fair grounds. An appeal from a verdict granting fl(J,810 to John O'Hara, Omaha youth, t against the Union Pacific Hallway Co., for loss of both eyes, while In tho employ of ttye compuny, has been filed In tho Nebraska supreme court Attendance ut the Nebraska state fair on the opening day, Sunday, was 10,200, the largest Sunday attendance on record. Two thousand two hun dred and seventy-two automobiles passed through the gate. According to reports received, dur ing the years 11)23, 1021 and 1025, Nebraska will recelvo a total of $0, 000,701 of federal aid' to be used In roud construction. The oxen which are to be used In the production of "(Joronado In Qui vera," at Omaha, .wero procured In Winnipeg, Canada, and are splendid hpeclmeiiH of the bovine family. Fred Waechter, Northwestern shop man at Fremont, Is exhibiting it 20 mark bill printed on chamois skin, received from a coucln In Germany. Its vnluo In American inohcv Is nbpjit 10 conts. TAX nEDUCTION8 DY COUNTIES. Stato Commissioner Shows Result of Decrease In State Levy from 1921 Tax. Lincoln. W. II. Osborne, Mule tux commissioner, Iiiih propuri'il u stntls (leal table showing reductions In state taxes In every county of Ne braska as n result of tin It.'t 1-.'l per cent decrease In I ho state levy. Tho table showing Hit1 iiinoiitit raised liy the 11)121 levy ami (lie utiuiunt of tin1 11122 levy follows: CoimlliH. Ailaiim Antolopu ........... 1922. 1921, 1 14.774- XJ6M76 80.71 130,059 iinnnor 8,820 8,r.72 15,863 12,763 110,189 50,892 05.159 38,217 177.957 156,433 172,711 191,658 207,579 31,018 112,081 102,735 114,033 139.857 193, t77 108,037 70,581 00,337 1I2.I0J 44,008 ' 117.432 223,0 1 1 1,180,981 11.379 152,976 74.070 55,910 ninlno iio'i" Vmt to "s'r.r- loyii '.'.'. '.'.'. ','.'.'. -i tlao.i iirown 21,185 U"?"'0 "" 3S"r lllltltr iifi.or,2 Cunn tno.oir, Cnlar 131,921 Chaw) Cherry 71,(102 70,Ca2 07.067 flt.f.H'J 128,890 nr.,ocrt i?3,ri2 is.nir, 9S.I28 29.701 7.I9I 1 1T.tlin 810,88.'! 2S.125 10,1,281 18,875 :iO,2IO R9.U33 If. 1.9111 30,C:iH I ;"" Icolfax".'.', I&!l,.ll",: 85.0 10 212,135 4 1. 70S 25,592 41.210 20.S11 71,516 151,000 110,63,1 71.201 21,152 51.851 111 060 icons 89.151 148.IG9 03.883 80.00. 00.087 23.108 l'.1.2.r.O 160,222 508,043 117.453 16,795 11.861 182,239 10.135 105,272 02,193 80,224 117.881 119.618 188,903 97.312 '"'', L'! i mi nun ., will llt'JM Il,.ill Ill 11,2117 dosper 27,280 (Irani L'1,191 dri-oley .. Hall Hamilton llarliin ... I lay oh ... 45.750 10(1,110 99,138 14.755 10,302 3 1. 390 7I.8JS 9.811 59,002 97.218 f.,-,537 57,160 89.030 13,835 43.10S 107,871 391.781 80,275 11,238 0.061 121,922 5.570 71.541 38,502 58.127 Hitchcock ""it Hooker .... llouutd ... .ii-rfiTson .. i i'",!""1?. '" ' icm, l .."j , Koyn Palm Kimball Knox Lancaster . Lincoln ... l.oRim . . . . Loup MaillRon ... j "' 'tBon MePhcrson 1 Morrill I Nauru i sSn ' WW.WWW'. 78",489 Otoo 15?2S4 77.909 Pnwneo 01,397 Purklmt .31,221 45.152 93,001) 131.209 208,091 122,687 70,031 168.399 2S.4C6 174. IDT 88,759 230,361 106.151 103,706 73.715 07.012 13,483 113,228 120,889 11.78 87.189 76.049 139,104 133,130 89.660 19,624 172.420 8.755 Phelps 02,120 I'lerco 81.957 141.915 82.405 1G.720 106,109 17.850 117.501 02,200 159,87.1 71.021 110,398 46,800 45,365 28,039 73.320 80,561 8,686 59,512 51,219 92.213 90.514 59,354 12.490 115,894 5.973 Plutto Polk Hcil Willow lUclinnlHon . Hock Pnllnu ..... Sarpy Saunders ... KcottH Muff Si: ward . ... Sheridan ..., Sherman ..., Sioux Stanton Tlmyer Thomas Thurston .. Vulley Washington Way no Webster .... Wheeler .... York Arthur Totnl J7.339.253 $10,930,007 Attendance at the Nebraska state fair which closed Friday was 22:1.050 for tho six days or only 1,:1SI belo-v tho mark of last year. Twelve sacks of sugar consigned to the Stevens Wholesale company were stolen from a Hock Island car In the yards nt Ileatrlce. The geographical center of the stato Is announced by the geodetic survey as being ten miles northwest of Brok en How, In Custer county. Overeating of fruit and watermelon was the cause of the death of Vernon Tlchy, sou of Alvln Tlcliy of Niobrara, according to physicians' decision. A carload of Duroc Jersey hogs, selected from leading herds of south eastern Nebraska, has Jut been ship ped from Tecumseh to California. A hundred and forty-IHe new models of automobiles, worth ?:i."0.000, took part in an automobile parade at Lin coln as a feature of the state fair. The average age of Nebraskans at death Is -lit eai, ,'t months and 21 days, according to statistics In tho olllce of the state bureau cf health. A threshing machine and three stacks of grain on the farm of Charles ltoeder, near Kenesaw, were destioyed by lire while the crew was at dinner. A stalk of cotton growing on tho Delbert Urabliam farm west of Calla way Is attracting considerable atten tion. The cotton Is growing In the garden and has been In bloom for over a week. Several hundred dollars worth of goods wero stolen from the general store of K. It. Llneweber at Kinney by burglars, who carried It off In an auto. The Wymore schools opened last week with the great st attendance In the history of the schoo i, T.r0 pupils being enrolled, 1!10 In senior high, 150 In Junior high and -170 In grndes. Tho Superior cement plant has shut down Its burning kilns as a result of the railway and coal strikes, and It Is feared that the plant may 'mve to close down entirely unless conditions Improve. The southwest Nebiaska district fair association will hold Its eighth an nual fair at Mnywood tho week of September 2."-2D. The association Is compiised of members from the coun ties, 1'help.i, Harlan, (iosper, Lincoln, Furnas, lied Willow, itiiyes, Frontier, Hitchcock, 1'erklns, Chase and Dundy. All Irrigation ditches inking their water from the North I'latte river, whose priorities were dated subse quent to ISO I, huve been ordered shut down by the stale department of Irri gation, because the lower part of tho river, near North I'latte, has been 1 tpjlipleiely dry. Illinois to Avenge the Massacre SSSffiB 5 ; W fr'jauBMP i III 1 1 'II I lilli'iHII"Mi l I il '" n HI hH.ii i III i Determined effort, to punish the murderers of strip mlue wotkors at Ilerrln, III., has been undertaken by officials of tho slnte, and the "Williamson county grand Jury has been Investigating the massacre. The Illustration shows the court house at Marlon; at the left, State's Attorney Delos Duty, In charge of tho Inquiry, and nt the right, Circuit Judge D. T. Hartwell, who gave Instructions to the grand Jury. .. ... I - ! I .1 I.I -. I - I. . . I . I. ........ ,-. .... - I. II I . , Crop and Market Reports by Radiophone Only f -4SlSBSBlBIIBIJBJBJBJBJBBBJMlfehTMVPNRWH Tho United States Post Ofllec Department recently abandoned the' use of radio-telegraphy In sending out market and crop reports, using the radio-telephone exclusively for this purpose. Farmers are thus enabled to receive the reports In tho absence of knowledge of the dots and dashes common to rndlo-telegrnphy. The department's radio phone uutllt Is here shown. Young German Republic Celebrates Wii hi iiiT r iriimiiiiiii r President Kbert and Chancellor of the rclchstag on the occasion of Gemma Republic. Lonely Grave s , ..O" S& M nmt4fTZJ &? U, V . v v .Mv v V v- P P : :-rr t- A sv fcVtf , , .t- VMr ' j...-.V " S s6v4 !nHwiftat. A."' . m Mw-sgs?&.'''-"","v','J i B " " r 55Jvt'cw.r,A v"1v.rt-v iiSSSSSSSSIriJHrMi '!liiB!L-L - t r IN? r x v, si fir i 11 tf - ; ri j' ' Hi v m T f w' i UXz&imj&MmtF&M!i&?r' L NFffWHPMlua y " immMmmmmmm This plain wooden cross upheld by a calm of small stones, on the desolate and uninhabited Island of Smith Georgia, Just above the Antarctic circle, marks tho lasUrestlug place of England's heroic explorer, Sir Ernest Shnckleton, who died last year, Wlrin. reviewing honor companies In front the third unnlvcrsary of the birth of the of a British Hero . B r t tjaiiiaafeirwis OMB . -m I lib. ' m., M-WWWW. SB v mtmm EBYBYBB7&(BY3PAiBE(BYA. at Herrin '&io lufcjvoiur. &&uv.j!fJu,rM MAKES RAIN FOR ITALY Soon after Charles M. riatlleld, vho claims to have brought relief to drought sufferers In the United States and Cnnnda, arrived In Italy on Invi tation of tho government; copious rains fell, to tho delight of tho inhab itants. The government wants to buy his secret. DUPONT FOUNTAIN &- J ..JiVwwflriWtiftfii 4 r.v V" f9Wwv'v'7' After months of waiting for tho ap proval of congress, tho water has been turned on In the beautiful DuPont fountain at DuPon: circle In Washing ton. This memorial to Admiral Du-, Pont, a hero of Civil war fame, Is thoj most beautiful fountain In the cnpltulr ZZyZSZ.'jXiZ. S YyiWMBW IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAl' Smda) School ' Lesson T ' (Dy RtJV. P. H. FtTZWATKlt. D. D., Teacher of nngllsh lllblo In the Moody Mule Insllttito of Chlcnco.) Cotiyrlubt, 1922. Western Nnvupnper Union. LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 24 REVIEW: THE EXILE AND THE RESTORATION niJVOTIONAl.. U13ADIKa-rs. CC:l-5, 1C-W. CiOLDi:N TtCXT-The Lonl hath done. Brent tiling for us: whereof we arc glad. -1's. l.'C:3. PUIMAUY TOIMC-Sclected Stories Ho tohl. JL'NIOU TOPlC-IIow God IlcHtorcd Ills l'ertplc. inti:kmi:i)iati: and hkniou topic Lenders In the 1 tout oration of Israel, VOL'NCJ PHOPLIC AND ADULT TOPIC Lessons l'roin the Kxllo and Itetuin. Two methods of review may be em ployid to advantage. 1. Character Study. Assign the out standing heroes of the quarter's les sons to members of the class ami have I hem to report. This assignment must be made the week previous, e. g. Eze kbl, the prophet of God; Daniel, tho states-man; Ezra, the teacher of God's word, ete. 2. Summary of Cont'.'iits. This Is n good method at all times. It can ho adapted to different rjindos. The fol lowing Is a suggested method: Lecson I. llct'oie Ezcklel was com missioned as a prophet he was given a vision of the Almighty. After that he was given on experimental knowl edge of Gol's word he ate the book digested and nppropilatcd Its contents. An experimental knowledge of God'! word Is essential. Lesson II. llecauso Daniel besought the I.'ord he was able to make known the king's dream and Interpret It. "If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God (.las', 1:5). Lesson III. While llelslni.zar and his lords were engaged In drunken revelry a .mysterious hand recirded Divine Judgment. There Is n day coming when men .shall be Judge.l. Happy Is the man who has lied to Christ, for to such there Is no Judgment (John .":2I). Lesson IV. Daniel's sterling worth brought him to the front he was ele vated to be prime mbi'stcr of the Per sian empire. Moved by Jealousy cer tain wicked men plotted his downfall, lteeniise of n llawiess record In busi ness they trumped up a charge against him n the ground of ht.s foreign re ligion. Though the king executed the foolish decree Daniel was delivered and his aecuscrn were cast Into the den of lions and destroyed. Lesson V. Though Israel went Into captivity as a chastisement of thu Loril, In due time He recovered them. God's covenant and Judgments nro sure. He can move a heathen king to freely fulfill Ills own gjod pleasures and purpose. Lesson VI. In the restoration of tlicr people to their own land, the first thing: necessary was the provision of a place for the worship of God. As soon as this work who begun, violent opposi tion was in evidence. That which God sets o.it to do shall bu completed, though all hell oppose. Lesson VII. Hamaii'n wicked plot against the .lews was frustrated by Esther's shrewdness and courage. Those who plot against and hate God'.s covenant people bhall be brought to de struction. Lesson VIII. Through Zi'ruhbnhcl tho people were hi ought hack and estab lished In their own laud, but they had goii Xar away from God. There was now need of a religious leader. Ezra was moved lj the Spirit .f God to lead them back to fellowship. Ilecauso Era (.'ought the Lord his way was prospered. Success always conies to tlioso who trust God. Lesson IX. When Nehemlah heard of tho distress of Ills brethren at .To rusilcm, he took the matter to the Lord In prayer. Their sorrow and dis tress was Ids sorrow and distress. Is any allllcted, let him pruy (.las. 5:l.'l). Lesson X. When Nehemlah began the rebuilding of the walls of Jeru salem he encountered violent opposi tion from without ami from within. His faith In God moved him to go straight on with the work and ho had tho Joy of seeing the woik completed. ' Lesson XI. The method used In bringing back the people to God was the word of God. llccause God's word was niado' plain to the people they repented of their sins ahd rendered obedience- to God. Lesson XII. Mnluchl as an aid to Nehemlah In effecting reforms pointed cut the sins of the people, viz: Hiiro Ingratitude, a corrupt priesthood,, mixed marriages, robbing God by with holding tithes, etc., policing to n day of Judgment when righteous retribu tion would be meted out to the wicked and rewards would be given to tho faithful. Geolnnlng tho Day. I If n'ny man will come after Mo, let him deny himself, and tnke up his cross, and follow Me. Pov whosoover will save his life shall lose It and who soever will lo'to his life for My sake shall llnd It. Sinn With Graco In Your Hearts, t Let the word of Chi 1st dwell In you richly In all wisdom; teaching and ad rnnnlshlng one another In psalms qnd hymns mid spiritual sougs, singing with grace In your hcnits to tho Lord. Colombians a:10. ' 1 2 Jf vutjUMMWr)MBBMtt ymQQQtt&MflllH l "-"" -f-i rn imf rtii 1. 1 ' i .