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Small Town
Residents
Enjoy Life
Big Change Is Noted as Result
of War and College Life
—Golf Is Popular
Pastime.
Hospitality Abounds
By PA I L GKEEB.
On Board Chamber of Commerce
Special Train.
Ord, Neb.. May 25.—If you don't be
lieve the people in the small towns
in Nebraska enjoy life, ask any mem
ber of the Omaha Trade excursion.
Or, ask some of the young people
who drove into Ord tonight from 30
miles away to attend the pavement
dance given In honor of the visitors.
from Omaha. Folks out here think
nothing of motoring that far across
country for business or a frolic. One
of the best things about small town
life is the everyday spirit of home
tpun^lslpilality.
As H. L. Cushing, superintendent
of schools at Ord, expressed it today,
"we try to go just a little out of our
way to make strangers within our
gates feel at home.”
An Omaha family that recently
moved to Burwell tells of finding six |
( of their neighbors waiting on the
porch to help unload and arrange
their furniture. It was not curiosity
to see what kind of curtains or what
sort of furniture the newcomers had,
but the genuine desire to be helpful.
Service Men’s Outlook.
Add to this the sol d characteristic |
the broadened outlook on life brought
back by the service men from their j
conteat with the new environments in |
Europe and the encampments, and the
ever-increasing influence of the boys
and girls who came hack to the old
home town after attending college, and
you have the factors that are improv
ing village life. The war shook ev- j
erybody at home and overseas and
among itr after effects was the ex
terminatioj-of a great deal of pettiness
and the hri-iking down of cliques.
One of the first things the legion
men did In Ord was to pay Sift the
debt on the G. A. K. hail and make it
a center for activities of many sorts.
Then, the boys took over an is
land in the North I.oup, cleaned it
up and presented the town with a
park and swimming hole. The town
also has a community club of 127 !
members which is pushing the move
ment for a pub) ^ library and every
other good cause.
Sports Flourish.
Baseball and sports of all kinds
I flourish. Wherever there is a high
school, there are teams. The county
fair grounds And a new use for their
race bourses during the track meets.
Ord make* much of its Sunday base
hall and boasra now of a no-hit no-run
f;ame from Arcadia, 6 to A. Almost
everyone plays golf. Father Lawler
says, and he tells With real enthusi
asm of the hill where he and the
other players have to knock up 30
feet.
A great many .Nebraska towns pos
sess country clubs whh excellent
links. One of the leading citizens of
Greeley is Tr.Amas A. Lnnnigm, and
he would rather talk golf than busi
ness. »
In the old days of Creighton col
lege. Mr Lannigan won Tame as a
pitcher, and more recently he was a
candidate for Moses Klnkald's seat in
congress. But it was .golf and the
plea sees of life in Greeley that lie
talked about to the visitors from
Omaha.
Light Nebraska towns, Ord. Gree
ley, St. Paufluilerton, Kearney,
Grand Island. Ravenna and Aurora
onstitute the central Nebraska golf
league. In each town five men are
selected by tournament for places on
the team. There are no golf widows
here, for when the teams meet, the
whole family is loaded Into the auto
mobile for a picnic Jaunt. Some of the
towns are more thanO 100 miles apart,
yet always the matches are made
the occas on of a family outings.
The highways are good out here,
and although even Inches of rain fell
from last Friday to Wednesday, they
are pretty well dried out now.
County fairs are a great feature of
country life. A number of counties
In this district have Joined together
to form a circuit for automobile and
horso races an dother attractions,
ts’o town is too small to support a
f hand of musicians.
Bands are Popular.
At Alda, community of 175 persons
rear Grand Island, the trade trippers
were met by a brass band. At Ord
ind any number of other places,
weekly band concerts are the regular
thing during the summer. This is
a pleasure lacking In Omaha. Nor
sre these towns without their pic
ture shows, these being run three or
four nights each week.
A great factor In community tif«
Is the schools all along the line. To
day graduation exercises wers on at
Ord, the children presenting a pa
geant on the high school compos,
decked out In fancy costumes for the
dance of the seasons. There are also
high school (fttette and glee < lubs
l/ooking over the opportunities for
enjoying life in these towns, it Is
difficult to find any real opportunity
for comfortable, decent and onjoya
Me living that the cities afford that
are not also found In the towns,
and there are many others, fishing
and hunting among them, where the
smaller places out in the state have
all the advantage.
Rail Heads, Business Men,
Plan Trip to North Pintle
Omaha business men and Union
Pacific railroad officials will go to
North Platte for "Union Pacific day"
next Thursday.
Tjtt of Five Captures
Heart of Noted Modiste;
No Time for Dandies
By I'nierrsnl Service.
New York. May 25.—It was a tot
of 5 and not the regular deck chair
dandies who captured the heart of
Miss Anna Fitzgerald, modiste of this
city, as she came back from Europe.
Miss Fitzgerald could have been
"dated up" every minute of every day
of the entire voyage. And she could
have "had a different partner for al
most every minute.
But it was tiny Rene Inezan, trav
eling alone from France to California,
who occupied the girl's entire atten
tion.
"Let's take a stroll.” said a dapper
young fellow right after dinner.
"I’m sorry, but Rene has to be
tucked in,” and away went Miss Fitz
gerald to her cabin, where the boy
with the cherubic face was getting
into his nighties.
And so it went all through the
voyage.
The companionship with the young
men who sought her out would have
been infinitely easier, too, for baby
Rene spoke no English. But that
first night out. when he stood, all
forlorn, against the rail, sobbing his
heart out, settled his fate—and the
young men's.
Labor Department
Wrecked by Bryan,
Kennedy Asserts
Figures Quoted to Disprove
Governor's Attempt to
Place Blame on
Republicans.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Dee.
Lincoln. May 25.—Parsimony on the
part of Governor Bryan will result in
wrecking thp slate labor department,
Frank A. Kennedy, secretary of la
bor. asserted today.
Kennedy, in h s statement, points
to figures on file at the state house
to disapprove an attempt made h.v the
governor yesterday to blame the
wreckage on the republican majority
in the legislature. Not only does Ken
nedy give figures recommended by
Bryan to prove that the governor has
wrecked the department, but he also
ind cates the pages in the governor's
budget, where the niggardly appro
priations for this department, so im
portant to welfare of workers in Oma
ha, are recommended. He also points
to the more generous appropriations
recommended by Governor McKelvie
and pushed through both sessions dur
ing the McKelvie administration. The
Kennedy statement follows:
"111 the budget submitted to the leg.
islature by former Governor McKelvie.
the amount recommended for salaries
and wages for the labor department
for the biennium beginning July 1,
1023. was $10,820. (See McKelvie
budget, page $i.
Bryan Made Slash.
“In the budget submitted bv Gov
ernor Bryan, the amount he allpwed
for salaries and wages was rut to
$12,000. (See Bryan budget, page
J6t.
“The appropriation allowed by the
legislature for .salaries and wages for
the labor department was the amount
recommended by Governor Bryan,
$12,000.
“This is the rut In the appropriation
that will cripple the department, un
it as some way outside the appro
priation can be found fo provide funds
to pay the employes of the depart
ment.
“The amount of salaries paid to em
ployes of the department a* the pres
ent time would total $16,080 for the
biennium, but this would not allow
any salary for the secretary of la
bor.
Walloped by Br^an.
“The first wallop the labor depart
ment received was when Governor
Bryan cut the salary and wage ap
propriation in the McKelvl* budget
from $10,820 to $12,000. The second
wallop it received was when the legis
lature failed to appropriate a salary
for the head of the department.
“Xo one could ask for better treat
ment from the legislature of 1919,
1921 aud 1922 than was given the la
bor department In the way of passing
(Turn to I’ng* bight, f niiinut Three.)
U. S. Army
Too SrJ0
weeks bays
Secretary of War Urges Force
Be Brought Back to Mini
mum of 150,000 Men
and 13.000 Officers.
Raps Peace Societies
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, May 25.—The stand
ing army of the United States stands
46th on the list of active armies of
tho world and Is "too small to ac
complish what is intended for it to
do,” Secretary or War John W. ,
Weeks said tonight, in an address at
a public banquet preeided over by the
Association of the Army of the Unit
ed States. Other speakers were
United States Senators Francis E.
Warren of Wyoming and Samuel M.
Shortridge of California, Congress
;men Julius Kahn of California and
Maj. Gen. Charles G. Morton, com
jmnnding the Ninth corps army area.
The present standing army "should
be brought back at the earliest pos
sible date to the minimum of 150.000
enlisted t rn and 13.000 officers,” the
secretary said.
“The extremists who are hoping to
I promote peace by urgent methods are
! being led into many inaccurate stnte
nints In their endeavors to prove a
faulty case. ir'has been generally re
peated. owing to the activity of some
of our so-called peace societies, that
our government is spending S3 per
cent of Its budget for military pur
poses and that we are preparing for
a mighty war. The truth of the mat
ter is that we are now spending
proportionately less for national de
fense than in 1315, when we were
admitedly unprepared for the war
that was coming upon us.
Hap* "Pear* Lovers."
"That we are spending 83 per cent
of our budget for military purposes is
utterly false. The official report of
the budget shows that but 13.5 per
cent is spent for national defense.
We are actually spending much less
to maintain a modest fence at the
top of the present hill than we are
for maintaining hospitals and operat
ing the ambulance at the bottom of
the last hill.
“An analysis of the governmental
expenditures in 13 of our largest
cities shows that approximately 2 1-2
cents of every dollar of taxes Is spent
for the upkeep of our army and about
B cents for army and navy together.
In other words. If the socalled peace
lovers succeed in their efforts to
abolish completely Our military
forces, the result would he mere!)’ to
reduce the dollar of taxation to ahoul
S7 12 cents.
“Such a bargain «alc reduction is
certainly not important enough to
, warrant a departure from the te.oh
|ings of the respected leaders of the'
past and front the obvious dictates
of tlie wisdom of the present. The
true spirit of economy relative to war
is to eliminate or decrease the cost of
war by paying tho insurance rates nf
protection against such a calamity.
Defends National tiiiaid.
“Finally there has been a strange
recurring tendency to belittle the Im
portance of and attack tho mainten
ance of the National guard. Have
you thought of the enduring history
of your guard? Although yours is
lone of the comparatively younger
states some of the units of your state
forces have a history of nearly three- 1
quarters of a century of constructive
<Tnrn to I’agr bight. Column Two.)
Major and Civilian
Cremated in Plane
ll> Interim! inmil Nrt»* ^rtlrf
Washington, May 2u.—Major Thom
,;h Duncan, an air service officer, and
Krwin H. Krupp, a civilian employe
of the War department, were burned
| to death at B< lling field here this
I afternoon when the airplane in which
they were flying crashed to the ground
from n height of 200 feet and was con
! smiled by flames.
The Omaha Sunday Bee
1. TWENTY TWO - Life, action, suspense, ( harm, humor and. of roiirnr>.
young love me some of the contents of this fiction mixture pre
pared by .Mary Roberts Rinehart. A short story you <nnnot nf
ford to mis®. In the magazine section.
HEART BAI.M What, is the market value of the love of a wife 01
a husband? The asking pi h e may he anywhere betwe en $75,000
nr $500,000, hut $135 Is a pretty good taking prh* suggests Abe
Martin in his comment, “On Topics o' th’ Day. ' in the magA/lm
section.
3 Hl'UCEHS—How do the snappy live wires succeed in business? Ah
It's pep, punch, magnetism, personality! Read Stephen Leacock’s,
“How I succeeded in my business,In the magazine section and no
matter whether yours has be*>n success or failure you will la? tin
able to restrain your laughter.
4. PLUG MATS—What has become of the old “silk dicer!' What's
the reason you never wear one? O. O. McIntyre tells why he
doesn't. In the first place he rouldn t learn to control it. In the
second place the moths made away with it. Read it in the magn
zine section.
5. SA\ INO HOULS— How the pretty Omaha gnl. a V"lunfeei nf Arnerh a.
continues her Christian wink behind the footlights and finds her
mantle of religion a sure protection against the perils of Broad
way. An Illustrated story in the magazine section.
I! ABOUND THE TOWN—A few views here and there about Omaha
snapped by Louis B. Boat wrick. A full page of Interesting photo
graphs In the rotogravure section. Another full large of photo
graphs taken by Louis B. Bostwlck reveals tiro romance of one
of our neighbors of the Caribbean sea, the Island cf Barbados In
the British West Indies.
7 FBENCTl FEABH- Why docs France occupy the Buhl? Why Is she
afraid? A thorough, detailed story of the most perplexing problem
fnred hy France today—her decreasing hltlh tale —by Mark Sulli
van, famous editor, author and student irf International affairs
S. STACIE NEWS All the new s of the thealc-r In New York l>v Ben j
Hammond, the highest paid dramatic writer In t|ie country. In
the amusement sect Pin.
!' ALL THE NEWS—The complete service of The Associated Pres*,
the International News Service and the Cnlvers.il Seivie The
Omaha Bee is the only newspaper |p Nebraska receiving the coin
plot* reports of these three giea; .tews gathering organisation*
•icon Prisoner
*iP^iN ^Chinese Bandits
Sends tf ill to Outside
By Associated Press.
Tsao-Chwang. May 25.—Leon Fried
man. one of the Americana held by
the Shantung bandits In the hills be
yond here, today sent out''his will,
drawn up In legal form and witnessed
by two of hls.fellow captives.
Friedman s will, w hich was brought
out by J. 15. Powell, American pub
lisher of Shanghai, released on parole
as a messenger to carry what the
bandits say are their “final terms,"
bequests everything he owns to his
brother, Max Friedman of Shanghai.
The testament was witnessed by Pow
ell and G. D. Musso, Italian attorney,
who is one of the prisoners.
Powell, as the bearer of the brig
ands’ “last word,” is to participate
in an all-night conference with for
eign consular officials and Chinese
government officials.
Powell has given the bandits his
word of honor that he will return to
their camp within 24 hours.
Pekin Considers
Drive to Vt ipe Out
Chinese Bandits
Officials Believe Brigands
Would Yield to Foreign
Troops — Prisoners Los
ing Hope of Rescue.
By rnlvrnuil Service.
Pekin, May 25.—A foreign military
commission is preparing to make a
survey of the region In which the
Suchow bandits are holding the
Americans and other foreigners pris
oners, with the object, it is believed,
of attacking and wiping out the brig
ands.
While the diplomatic officers here
hesitate to use military force through
fear that the bandits will slay their
captives as soon as the soldiers begin
to move against them, they are In
hopes that the brigands may yield as
soon as they know that foreign sol
diers are after them.
The diplomatic body is disheartened
by the delays, duplicity and weakness!
of the Chinese government in deal
ing with the bandits, and are com
ing to the helief that military ac
tion must follow quickly after i last
effort to deal directly with the ban
dits.
Requests Airplanes.
A request for four airplanes came
today from Military Governor Tien
of Shantung province, who with 1,300
men, has completely surrounded the
stronghold of the bandits.
While Marshall Tien is known to
have urged a general cleanup of
bandits throughout Shantung pro
vince, Inspector General Tsao Kun
hesitates to open unit vr offensive
for fear it may bring death to the
foreign capth es.
A report from Shanghai giving ex
cerpts from the diary of L. C Solo
mon, one of the American prisoners,
indicates that hope of rescue is al
most abandoned by th» prisoners.
In part the diary says:
"We climbed from an old temple
6i)0 feet into the clouds. Then wo
went up a stairway cut in the stone
of the mountainside. Then there was
a slope about 6nn fret, in extent. Part
of the time wo were pulled up with
ropes. It was worse than trying to
elinib up the side of the Woolworth
building.
Portress at Top.
“I.'pon the top is a fortress cover
ing about two acres. Inside a second
slone wall are dugouts where the
‘filth and stench were terrible. We
found there 30 Chinese captives who
had been seized a tout a year ago.
"There seemed to to plenty of sup
piles. Trenches were cut in tlye
mountainside to catch rainwater.
There were about 3.000 callous of
water stored in reservoirs.
"Prom the actions ami talk of the
Chinese 1 believe it will be only a
short time before vve go one bv one.
They cannot take us any higher. The
only alternative, they feel, Is to shoot
us or throw us from the cliffs We
are ns well ns llie rest anti are Irv
ing not to lose our grip or give up
hope."
Woman Dies Suddenly
m Physician’s Office
j
Mims Katherine Donahue 3R, 3« *>
Lincoln boulevard. tiled muM« nly yes
terday afternoon In the office of n
physician in the City National Imnk
building after undergoing an opera
lion for sin us troubb She collapse.!
after the operation had been perform
ed
Miss Donohue is survived by her
mother. Mrs Mmy Donahue. two
brothers. Jack and Joseph Donahue;
two Sisters, Mrs William V. Maher
of niitir ami Mis K P c’armlehael
of Council Bluffs, and two aunts
Misses Bose and Nora Donahue of
Omaha
Funeral service* will he conducted
at 8:30 Monday morning at the resi
dence and at 9 at Ft. John Catholic
ehtirVh. Burial will hr in Holy Hep
ul< her cemetery.
\rm\ I' Kcr- Kr.it li I I I’aso
on Flijjlil to \\ ii»liiiigtoii
Kl Paso. T< it . May 2 . Lo u • n
ants Oakley Cl. Kelly and John A
Mai Heady, armv ailators. who • stub
lished a world's record In a nonstop
flight across the continent mixed m
t int Bliss this aftMnocm at t ’ A
tusl flying time between here iuul
San Diego iv «s horns and ...» min
utes.
On their ritivrI !• . his w»* «
received from the Wai d* pai linent
for ihem to have early Saturday
men lung at d stop at Kit • . • n \ .>. •
Sunday Present ordets also «'ate I
that the fix .ns are to i *pnit u. Wash*
ington June I
Spring Tonic for the President’s Official Family
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Capitol Board
Deliberations
^ ill Be Public
Commission Agrees to Admit
Newspaper ' Men — Orna
mental Fronts Will Be
Added to Plans.
Ntfesiiil I»lspa(< li tn The Omaha llee.
Lincoln, May 25.—Hereafter meet-,
ings of the state capitol commission
are to bo open to newspapermen, "ex
cepting when It is decided that an
executive session i* necessary in the
interests of the people of the state,”
according to a resolution passed by
the commi.salon today.
"I made this suggestion,** Governor
Bryan, chairman of the commission
ami official spokesman, said.
The commission also instructed
Architect Goodhuo to change his
plans so tliat instead of one decorated
oj»ening to the state house on the
north, as originally planned, there
will ho three.
"I made this suggestion to the '
commission at our last meeting,** the
governor said, "but on account of the
absence of the architect, no action
was taken.**
Meantime, a miml*er of interested
property owners m Lincoln apparent
ly unaware of the governor’s action,
appointed a committee which called
on the commission this morning re
questing ornamental fronts t«» the
east and west of the state house as
well as the north The governor was
unable to specify the extra tost of
the work
The governor al*o announced tliat
considerable stone delivered to the
state house grounds had been reject
ed recently and more specific rules for
quality of stun* had been decided
upon by the commission. This re
jected stone is in addition to stones
taken out of the walls after the ex
pose by George K Johnson, state
englneei The governor said he was
unable to staff how many stones had
l*eeq rejected and sent lsick t*> lndi
ana.
Following the meeting of the « »»m
mission Architect Bertram GtHslhue
returned !«» New York elt.y.
(.ill \\ iliH**s in Micliifian
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It* Ini mint town I New* >rr%i«n.
Toledo, (,» ,VJa> -Until Woibel
21, natcl t«> |.e nn tinpoi tnnt witness
in the Mohican Inventitintlon of Itn
mortality <*)mrirea ncoinat House of
Hnvld member*. win ait( sird here to
day on a warrant t haiglng embezzle
fiient. ,
Mii lit^aii antlioiitm d who made
the nirest -lid Mlaa Welbrl whs one
of tlioar married in croup martian**
i eroiiionirs at Heiiton Ihuhor.
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Powers to Pav
for Rhine Army
y
Cost of American Occupation
Forces to Come Out of
* Reparations Received
Paris, May 25.—An agreement meet
ing the United State* demand for
5 256,000,000 for the upkt-ep of the
army of occupation on the Rhine, was
•igned her* tate tat* afternoon. 7*1*
treaty wu signed by the United
States and the interested allied pow
ers. The funds will be drawn from
German reparations.
Settlement, wlii*h has taken three
months to negotiate, does not in
clude the clause to which the United
State* delegate, Kliot Wadsworth, ob
jected. namely, that the allies should
lmve the right to abrogate the agree
ment in case the United States sought
to recover war damages direct from
Germany. The agreement may be
summarized as follows:
The net coat <*f the army of occu
pation is to l*e paid in 22 equal in
stallments without interest, the first
of wide h shall be due on or before
December 31. 102.1.
For the first four years the an
nual installment* dm !! ■ United
States shall constitute first charge
upon all payments in cash made each
year by Germany or for the repara
tion account of Germany up to 25
per cent of such payments
During each of the first fortr year*,
the current co«? of the allied armies
of occupation shall have priority over
the annual installments due the
United Stales, as this re pa ration ac
count is credited with German pay
inents only after the allied army « "Sts
are leimbutsed ami other treaty ex
penses :>!'• met *
For the last eight years tin* install
inents due the United State* shall
lonstitule first charge upon all cash
payments made by Germany on no
ilttint of reparation* tip to their full
amount, and shall lia\e priority over
the cm rent costs of the allied arnu«*
of occupation
Collar Thief Souclit.
Police no looking for < man who
w*hm No 15 collars A thief entered
the room of John J Rogers, Rome
In tel. and stole a dozen collars of (hit
•* ye
Search Is Made
for ^ Oman's Bodv
in Lou]) River
Farmers Report Seeing Float
er in Swollen Stream—Res
eue Diffieult—Columbus
Officers on Guard.
|M«p*trk to Tito Omaha Ike.
Columbus. Neb.. May 25.—Tile ••ody
of xt woman is floating eastward amid
the* swirling waters of tb© rain
frwollen I>nup river. Tb© police de
partment was notified by farmer? liv
ing IT mil*** northwest of Columbus
that they had followed the long
haired. scently-clad body of a woman
down the river at various distances.
Guard? were stationed on the l?>up
river bridge here by Chief of Police
Lehman and County Attorney Otto
Walters with County Commissioners
Walter MaU?* n and Herlor Blaser di
rected a group of workers, who are
searching the .sandbars. Islands,
island* and wooded shores of the river.
No rescu© of the body was at first
attempted by the farmers who saw
it be*-aua© the water? of the Loup are
«o swollen by recent rain? that no
swimmer could endure.
It is believed that the body has be
come snagged somewhere in the Loup.
The river ha? risen to such an extent
that in a numb©? of places it is flood
it g the meadows while the stream is
filled with driftwood, dead farm ani
mals and d**bi i-- Four different i*©o
pie report ©d* seeing the woman's l>©dy
tit four different |nunts. some a? doe©
■ ? r.»f feet front the shore
Noted \r< tic Fxplorer
Injured in Fxpludoii
|t> ri***
t*openhage*i. May .’.V—t'apt Got!
fro-d Mansi’ tho \ivth « xplorei
*».- igt<d w HIt i'.'i lain Amui d»e
hi? jH»lai e\|»h»i'ations. was among * b*
w iiitMied * > the exp kudo • f » turn
< i - *«.
>*ei during naval maneuver? south of
the island t«*da> t'.ipia n Hansen ?
not *-x peeled to recover
Vile expl«w*i«»n oveunni a few in i
ute? after i'n»«n Pt;io-e Freden-k *'f
Dennmik 1* ft I ft© Geiser to take o*ju
mattil of hi? o\\« dr?nob ,
• _
Hitch Develops in Match Race
Spark Plug Will Only Hun Off Classic at Midnight.
Rodeo King Charlie Gardner Says.
A UiMi ha* d*xclop*d In the in-go*
tut Ions (or tin- apecial ran* b*tw.-#r.
Karin' i,ninth's imld* at**d, l'lw>1'
King, nml Mvmlain* Charli* Irwins
slur galliHM'i. and Adonis 111* I’lld*
.•f Hi* Williaui \<y-s»ihau* staid*
X furious iiaftl* is raging nv*r th*
dial a in# of tin tar# ami tit* ouia*
over which 11 i* " tj* run.
t.’liai II* (iartlnwr, rodao King of \U
Sai Ih i wtm Is r*pr*s*nting Kook I*
guv* iln- lu-gwl a sum by dwmlWWW**
that ih* mew I"* tun at midnight Ir
w.n ami ,\*#sidhaus Insiat on daylight
Kims Ib-sl at Midnight.
Hparhy i« at Ids hast a! nmfoight
sa d Hurdlin'. in rxid.lItling 111* pom
tom Ills milk wagon npt'it n.f lias
mad* him asyiondi-ifi I nmlui'mrl prowl
■ *-1. I imon i oi * W ■ Insist that
midnight h* th* s m tig hour
liw.n soil N*ss*!lia s pooh P" h tins
asswrtloh.
V: hi* host a: midnight.’ * *flTed
Irw.n Ain’t that the ra; s whN^ «
He mean** Hint Sparky ami that short
sport floogle are afraid of the ** m
Oardner knows • ght now his horse
is beaten ami he wan s the rare run
n the dark so nobortv w!;: be ible
to tel! just how had that kins ' kneed
skate will be beaten. He r.ut't !»h»!
us "
i aMs Mean Hint
"V* « and if > t il «sk wi 1 nk
this tinoRie baa a go*M reason tor
keeping under rover in the davtrue
itinted in Nesselhaua Mv g .**s
that they're locking for Mi •?.»• u‘
some pin re ami he knows th-i’ s
iopi*ei will soot him if lie shows l.s
tare in da vliakt
\ till the IT t|u mV:.«■ stands 1* h
stile refuses to budge an i»ub the
rontn»\e«s\ s d all attempts o d i
tors to bring about a * omprom haw
fa ded
Riverton
Is Cut Off
by Floods
Farmers Flee to Higher
Ground With Families—No
Loss of Life Reported—
Harlan County Is Hit.
Bridges Are Washed Out
fipwia! !>i«pnt< h to Th«- Omaha IW.
Hastings, Neb., May 25.—Iti\'erton,
Neb., has been cut off from mail and
train service since 9 Wednesday
morning, according to word received
here. Telephones give the only con
nection with other towns.
The Republican river is 20 feet deep
and still rising. It conies within two
feet of the beams on the big bridge
near Riverton and reaches from bluff
to bluff.
The farm of J. W. Wickstrom near
Riverlcn on the south bank is com
pletely covered. The water has
backed up Thompson creek that flows
through the center of Riverton for
about three-quartets of a mile. The
Burlington track is reported unsafe
and partly out at the riprap four
miles west of Riverton.
About 10 families living on farms
between Riverton and Franklin have
been forced to move with their stock
to higher grounda So far no loss of
life or great loss of stock has been
reported.
The north span of the Franklin
bridge is reported out this morning.
The St. Francis branch of the Bur
lington it idle with no hope of train
service before the first part of r.egt
week. Three hundred feet of track is
said to be washed out.
The Almena, Kan., branch was
threatened yesterday but no report cf
Its condition was obtainable today.
The weather Is clear here for the
first time this week but the local fore
cast is for threatening weather to
night.
Harlan County Hit.
Alina, Neb., May 25—From five to
eight inches of rain fell in Harlan
county in less than one hour. This
was preceded fyv heavy rains on the
previous day, when th\ Prairie Dog
creek overflowed Its banks followed by
the Republican river. The river ij
one mile wide. Six spans of the 3bS
foot bridge south of Alma is wished
away, the 30-foot bridge south ot
Stamford has gone out and a 30
foot washout month of the Orlecc
bridge is reported. All train service
with the exception of the Sutton an !
Alnia branch, has l-*>en suspended on
account r.f tracks ben e washed it.
River Overflows al Gibbon.
Gibbon, May 25.—The Mood rivet
overflowed Its hanks in Gibbon. It
i has been rapidly risetvduring the lest
'four days in which five inches of
rain have fallen. The river spread
out into a lake about 200 feet wide,
where the r.ver flows through the
northeast part <f town. A small dik“
was constructed to keep the water
out of the residence d.strict. No great
damage has been done to property.
Much corn is still tinder water and
1 the mud is hub-deep on some roads.
•Many farmers expect to replant their
l entire corn crop.
The barn r.f A. H. Debrie was struck
i by lightning and caught fire. The loss
is estimated at J1.000 with *000 In
, sura nee.
Rain Helps Grain.
Cambridge, Neb.. May 23.—It rained
here almost continually for 50 hour*
.< nd over fit* inches of rain fell.
This makes .-ver seven inches In the
last two weeks This rain has fallen
. evenly t! the creeks have rot
raised to at appre.-.abi* .amount,
most of goii e into the ground. The
Republican river is overflowing a
‘r.fle owing to storms in the west.
Prospe* is ,sre good for wonderful crons
if spring grain.
t'wn Planting IMayed.
XorfoBc, .Wh, May ;j. — More
ilia i « week of almost continued show
• • ' which !>••••:. -d • h>- ground n • e
than two Inches, has tausol a arr:
"Us delay In the planting of Com In
la s
Dakota Farmer*, who have hare'y
"unshed nliiwiit, :»• s shew • g atix.e*v
'hat late planted o' n n eh* lie nniskt
y the fins- fall. More land will
put t,. listed ,vni this year thsn
f '* *!'i- • > e- of this Jih;
il*a\\ ground ah.- h has never Is'em
si.il ..... is being put to own :w
, ilus faster moth si
iVuitirv mails are very s..f» and
" ** i ' •* h | rav#! JV***!.
i .< art* in n*-»n1 of y-ti hut
■it iiifi > Hi * • , ^ .o* <i* ,tI-# tnnt
v • *■*Vf% *’ * ten wm on htitl to
»>* * b\* Hie !*; ;;,fcr tp ison.
The !».*>' * R it* v ♦'];* j*fA»po
it ,* it - h ,.f the *.*:?•« Alfa If* .** i!
' ;n *s S ‘ ' £ f 1** -< id W hilr R»' 0»h
■ t rtt'T*-* .i v ♦' r £<*od than . for th*
; futures mu i**r'r\tit n i,« now , tn!or*d
* ’ h* n pm ;nK *h*» o rn
in*p.
aiinl Hali\ ^«'riou<lv
Hurneil in I vplo^ion
NMr*t*l l>««i»a(rh to Thf Om*h* IW-r
S ■ '■ \ ».
1 n • n’l x ,1,1 liMhv wa* burned
> t t n :! i Mr? »*»n j jjp hvgan,
- *o M«f)> HurmM th v her ioco\rt*>- <«
\, !\ ful, w h* • r uin of oil.
wha h thtp n. : i,in wr« pouting lei
J th* *U>V«» *»\p)FM«*d
Tht tiiPt Ii*'t wax iHiMiPj, thf>
in hot* arms at fh«* «»ovt Rnd both
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Tb*' Ki's'\ x bod* \\a< oburr»d all ovrr
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