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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1923)
RED OLOOD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA IN CONDENSED FORM Recent Happenings in Nebraska Given in Brief Items For Busy Readers. The Stale T. P. A. will moot at Oniiilia April '!( mm. I I!1. Most till tin- spring ki-iiIii around Callaway has been Noun. Work on tin uiivIhk of !M Mocks litis ln'Kiin nt West Point. Pos of Hiiinlltoii county have or ganized the Prairie (Join PIk clnli. A cotntiiorclnl dull litis been orpin l.nl liy tlic litislnoHM inon of Helvldero. A Pc .Moltiy chapter with twenty-si'ii-n iluiitcr members litis boon In stituted nt llyiinnls. The now banking Inw parsed hy the state legislature has become operative iinil Is now In effect. The formal opening of .St. Cather ine hiHpltal, Met "oak's new s?l(HM)(K) liospitnl is placed at .May 1(1. It. 11. Applojjet, a inombor of the Itoatrlce pohlolllce lollery force for thirty-three years, has relit ed. Iloatrlce has signed a contract for current front an electric power plant now being constructed at lHue Springs. Clarence Smith of Table Hock caught a large gray wolf which meas ured sixty-one laches from Up to tip. The senate slaughtered tho hill providing for Sunday closing of movie houses In Nebraska by a vote of 10 to II. John Kerguoon of Taylor lost 71 spring chickens when n brooder be came too hot and set lire to the chicken house. The question of the issuing of ?:t.",(HH) for the erection of a comunl ty building lost at the Meatrice city election 121)8 to 'J.'.d. One of the big features of tho John son county fair this year will be four days of horse racing. The fair Is to bo belli September 17 io 121. Ward K. Newcond of Kearney has been appointed secretary of the Fed eral Laud Hank of Omaha to succeed C. M. (iriionthor, who died recently. Two hundred ninety-four cars of livestock were shipped from Humboldt last j ear and ."I7 cars of miscellaneous material, mostly lumber, sand and coal. A Missouri Pacific freight train was derailed and ten cars of merchandise- destroyed by fire In a wreck near Paul, caused by the engine throwing n tire. (rand Island was chosen as the meeting place for tho 11)21 convention of the Nebraska Music Teachers' as sociation at Its closing sessions at Omaha. All the ministers of Scottshluff county met nt a dinner last week, when the Itcv. and Mrs. J. It. McCaf free, who celebrated their golden eddlng anniversary, were the guests of honor. Irwin Knack, helper at the (Jooch bakery at Lincoln was Instantly killed when, alone In the mixing room, he fell into a doughuilNor. His nock was broken befoie other employes could reach him. More than SlSO.tHM) was expended by the Itichardson county highway de partment during l'.r" according to the report submitted to the board of commissioners by J. Frank Itolf, county engineer. In addition to tho completion of the now $ ir,0Hl Christian church at Aurora, a large number of modern residences are going up. The con tractors have work scheduled ahead for many months. The date of holding the annual league convention of the Nebraska As. nidation of the llusines Woinetts' league which meets In Peatrlce this year, has been changed from April 121, lo May 1212 and 12.'l. More than 100 acres around Scotts bluff hae been signed for cantaloupes this season, In the first oar of an experimental season to be devoted to testing the financial possibilities of the crop in the valley. Jlecord breaking truck receipts of hogs are getting to be n dally occur rence In South Omaha. The new high inaik of 12,-KM) head established Monday blood only 121 hours, as TuexlayS count at the truck chutes i cached 12.0SI head. It required about ,'t(HI trucks to bring this number of hogs to market. Hoy Harrop, president of the Amer ican Kcouomlc league, with heuihpini tors at omaha, aunoiimcs the pot I ponemeni of the National Conference in that city to May I2.'l to 120, In order to secure the presence of Thomas Kdlson and Henry Ford as speakers. Fifty-four residences, the $17.',000 municipal auditorium, the ?S.",(MK) St. Mark's cathrodal, a bakery that will iost at least SIIO.OOO; a wine house 12(K)x."0 feet for a wholes-ale firm, a bungalow court Including five homes and a number of lesser buildings now under construction point to a pros perous summer ahead for Hastings. Fifteen times as many persons voted nt the last municipal election in Falls City than did in 10121, when hut ninety ballojs were cast. The Sunday movie Issue, which was decided In the nega tive hy a vote of 1,001! to r0,, was responsible fit' the big turnout this year. The new .$100,000 Masonic Home Tor Children, nt Omaha, formerly the G. W. Megeath residence is occupied try Superintendent .lames A. Noble and thirty hoys, who moved from their former home In the north part of the city. Tho old homo had been occupied since March 112, HUM. RECLAIMING BOTTOM LANDS Drainage Has Saved a Thousand Acres of Wet Land In Frontier County. One thousnnd ai res of wet bottom land in the Medicine Creek valley in Frontier county have boon reclaimed at a cost of less than !l.00 per acre under the dhectlon of the Extension workers of the Agricultural College. This drainage project has made im possible a repetition of such a Hood as the one which ruined the crops there In 10121. Medicine Crock was once a deep and fairly straight stream hut sediment from the hills has been washed into tho hod of the creek until Hood waters thieatenod the crops each year on this area. The contio) of this water in a deep canal dug thru tho lowest part of tho valley will menu much lo the farmers of this particular community since In this dry land area the upland farmers are de pendent upon the sub-lrrlgnted river bottom for their livestock feed. This project Is only one of 11) drainage pro jects carried on In the state by K tension workers In 1D1212. 8 III acres have been changed from mudhnlcs to productive crop areas. Thieves entered the J. I. Tlngless & Sons dry goods stores at Clinton and escaped with $700 worth of coats and suits. The Plalnvlow hoard of education voted to have the Hlhle read, without comment, In every room of the public schools of that place. Heports from the northern pifrt of Jefferson county Indicate that tho fall wheat Is nearly a failure. Much of the seed and tender plants have been blown out. Several thousand crows were killed at an Immense rookery on Oak crook In northern Holt county In u Joint hunt of Hunt and ISo.vd county far mers and sportsmen. Declaring that he never felt bettor In his life, "Uncle" Peter Starr, of Dunning, oldest resident of Nebraska, last Sunday was the recipient of many congratulations on his lO.'th birthday. Hex Hutto county will again lead the state In potato acreage. The acreage last ,eni Including both seed and table stock, was slightly In excess of 127,000 acres. The acreage this season will probably be not le.ss than ;t0,(MM) acres. Another vein of coal has been dis covered In southeastern Nebraska, near Auburn. Many veins have been located here, one being mined for sev eral years profitably. CSeologlsts bo Hove it probable that this section will some day mine coal extensively. Frank (oil of Ilenilngford, sot n gasoline can In a bucket of water and placed It on the stove, not knowing there was a fire in the stove. The can exploded, throwing burning gaso line all over the room and set fire to the house which was burned to the ground. Sebastian Salerno, consul at Omaha for the Italian government, has re ceived notice of his appointment as representative of the Italian Hod Cross for Nebraska. This iccognltloii Is the result of the work done by Mr. Salerno in behalf of the Hod Cross for his native country. D. W. Osborne, head of the swine department of the Pawnee County Fair association believes that the hog show at the fair this fall will siupass any other pievious sbow. Higher prem iums will bo offered this year, and this has alread.v Ins ired many to ob tain entries this eai.y. The Nebraska winter wheat condi tion Is reported as 01 per cent of nor mal. This s one of the lowest condi tions In recent years, 1017 excepted, says the April report of the Division of Crop and Live Stock Kstlmates and the Nebraska Department of Agricul ture. Ilye is rated at 71 per cent. The work of stocking the lakes and streams of western Nebraska with game fish Is being carried on rapidly, officials or the Alliance Anglers' club oi deied IIO.OOO black bass hist week, the fsb to bo delivered this spring and planted in sandhill lakes which are under lease for fishing and hunting pm poses to members. Pott.v thieving Is becoming quite nn auuo.vauce to lesldcnts of some por tions of Otoe county. Farmers report the loss of gasoline engines, automo bile tires, grain, chickens and farm machlnor.v, while In the clt.v, people mo losing rugs and clothing from the clothes lines, garden tools, and any thing lying around loose. Governor Hryan signed the freo pass hill which provides for free passes for ministers of the gospel, charity work ers .Inuiates of hospitals and others. Mrs. Lena Merles, wife of Thoiiih.- Merles, of Table Hock, was engaged In trimming roso bushes In the yard. The ax slipped and cut off her second too arfd nearly amputated the large one. Purchase- of a new triple combina tion fire truck at a cost of .fO.nSO has been authorized by the city council at Falls (it.v. The truck will carry a pumping system having u capacity of :i."0 gallons of water per minute. Kllznbetli Hoblnson, 10, (laughter of J. T. Hoblnson, Siottsbluff, was ser iously and perhaps fatally shot by her step-brother, Harry Stowe, 120, as they were examining u revolver on his return from hunting. The gun was nechlently discharged. Hastings is mourning the death of tho world's oldest cat, "Old Yellow Tom," Known tojiave been 127 years of ago. Ho was full of fight and hud whipped every thing that lind attacked him until his last light with n Chesa peake Hay Spaniel which killed him. Hundreds or buttles had left him with one eye gone and Ills ears chewed tin, French Take The French troops have taken possession of "lliius Krde, the castle of mund. A group of French ollleorH are shown on the steps of this residence of Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of N. C. & pvgj j " "w"jw''wv' .m,. m. . .v. -, v ww-wMy-" "jhH y H m A .-, A. rffi" VMM.. This year the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway Is celebrating its scventy-llfth year of service. The Il lustration shows a scene on the lino near Cowan, Teiin., a special Mallet type locomotive helping a freight train over the mountains: and at the left H Colo of Nashville, president of tho company. Now He Will Wear rv or ibis uulilcK.v freshman of the l'nlveisit of I'tah refused to wear the green , cap proscribed h the sophomores for their tank on the campus. Fastest Milkers f i3I H wkFV .J . ,- 1KKf9yMM9umlmMry ft Wfl TpppHplppppBppp 4.r u-m.i l;h -ipBjvHpwp9pHpppBhV)c $ I At the right Is Miss Kiiiuia Lundtn of Sprlnglleld, S. l, who won tlrst honors as a milkmaid at the little International live stock and grain show held at the state college nt Hrooklngs, S. P. She drew 1212.8 pounds of milk In 10 minutes. Miss Hazel Chrlsman, at the left, was winner of second prize, draw ing 10.7 pounds of milk In 10 minutes. GATHERED FACTS Doctor Plempton, Inventor of the roller skate, made $1,000,000 from his patent, HospitalR existed in Ceylon In 437 and l.TT II. C, according to Singhalese records. There is llttlo or no begging In Northern Italy, yet it Is very prevulent In Naples. Sir William Robertson Nlcoll, noted London editor and Journalist, began his writing career at tho age of fourteen. Possession of Hugo Stinnes Home His Green Cap Ids class, so the sophs ducked him In in South Dakota Viscount Lascelles, tho husband or Princess Mary, Is nn enthusiastic col lector of old glass. Moro than 1,000 women In the Unit ed States are engaged In the profes sion of architecture, Indians had a hall game, In which they used a regular ball before Colum bus discovered America, No protective serum or vncclne bus yet been devised for tuberculosis, scarlet fever or measles. The popularity of Juno as n month of marriage Is Inherited from the ancient Greeks and Komans. Hugo Stlnnes a few miles from Dort the famous (ionium magnate. St. L. Railway IN DIPLOMATIC SET One of the most charming and popu lar members of the diplomatic set at Washington is Senora Alfaro, wife of the minister from Panama to the Unit' ed States, Senor Dr. Don Hicardo J, Alfaro. "POP" CRANE WONT QUIT Patriarch of traveling salesmen, Henry P. Crauo of Rochester, N. Y., known ns "Pop" Crane to the picture frame and curtnln trade from Alabama to Nova Seotlu, is shown above. Un til a short time ago he covered his territory In person, nnd then decided It was time for him to retire. He tried tho (pilet life, found It vvns too much for him and compromised hy eontlnu- t.l.. l.iinlnAB.i I... ...fill lift I (J W1 ( fP III1B II1M UUBIIIl-on lf mull. in .mw ii the oldest Masons In the United Stiitu. SDirm Say "Bayer" and Insist! 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