.Winter Wheat in Chase County] Now in Splendid .Shape Prospects Excellent for Rec ord Yield Throughout Southwestern Section of Nebraska. Imperial, Nov. 25.—Chase county, and In fact all the southwestern part of Nebraska, has the finest prospect for the winter wheat crop it has ever had and the best to be found in the state. Many thousand acres of wheat were sown in all the southwestern counties and with a rain fall of from three to six inches in the past 60 days the wheat in every field now covers the ground like a vast green carpet, and there is plenty of moisture in the ground 1 o insure its going through the win ter In fine shape. With favorable con ditions in the spring this section of ihe state will harvest the greatest wheat crop In its history. Corn shucking is progressing rapid ly In Chase county, and while the pro duction Is not as large as It was last year, most of the farmers are getting yields of from 20 to 40 bushels per acre, and the quality is fair. There will not be as many cattle fed this winter as last, but nearly every farmer has a drove of thrifty liogs. General business conditions in chase county are good. Many farm ( rs who were in financial straits fol lowing the depression after the war are either paying out in full or aVe re ducing their indebtedness to a point where it is no longer burdensome. The hanks report plenty of money on hand, and even much more than is needed for business requirements. Some land has been changing hands recently in this vicinity at $65 to $100 per acre, the latter sum being recently paid for an unim proved farm three miles southeast j i of Imperial. The purchasers of this land are home people who are fami liar with Its value. Confederate Veteran Dies. Chanute, Kan., Nov. 25.—A. I>. Nicely, 83, who saw John Brown hanged at Harper’s Ferry, Is dead. He was the last surviving confeder ate veteran here. His father was a member of the jury that found John Brown guilty of treason, and A. D. Nicely guarded the jail where Brown was confined. Roosevelt Goes Hunt inf;. New" Orleans, Nov. 25.—Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, defeated candi date for governor of New York, ar rived here for a hunting expedition In southern Louisiana. His host will be John M. Parker, former governor of Louisiana, a warm friend of the i late President Roosevelt. The Daily Cross Word Puzzle L_' By RICHARD H. TINC.LKV. By RICHARD H. TINGI.KY. Horizontal. 1—To conquer 5—A married woman 9—Muscular contraction 10—That tired feeling 12— Printer's term 13— Credulous 15—Rod of the midday sun 17—A shelter ,19—Gives out 20— Source of light 21— Eldest son of Isaac 23— Those who (suffix) 24— To travel 23—Heeds 27— Famous nil town 28— Superficial sore 29— Punctuation mark 32—Pleasure craft 36— Lubricants 37— To tear » 39—A taxicab company of X. Y. Solution of yesterday's puzzle. 40— One of the beverages 41— A little pig 43— Our ball of fire 44— An article (French) 45— Surrounded 47— Steamship 48— Mucus discharge as in a cold 50—To uplift 52— A Slav 53— Volcano of Sicily Vertical. 1— To exist 2— And so forth 3— 1 Tnlt of square measure 4— Subject 5— Encounters 6— Girl's name (Plural.) 7— A small Insect 8— Greek letter 9— Wash lightly 11— Smooths out 12— Landing place 14—Way 10—An operatic slat 18—Balloon basket 20—Picks 22—1'nlted Kingdom 24—A Chinese minister 2G—A source of light 27—To endeavor 29— A fuel 30— Greaser 31— Bone 33— American institute (abbr.) 34— To put under cover 35— Sunburns 37— A point on a mariner's com pass 38— Priest (Span.). 41— Acid 42— Mammary gland 43— A buzzer 46—A confused noise Youth. 19. Guilty •> of Robbery, (rets J 25 Years in Prison Admits Looting of ITavelock Bank; Age Makes No Dif ference to Judge \\ lien Case Comes Up. Lincoln, Xov. 23.—Charles Billups. 19, who was arrested In Topeka, Kan., for participation In the robbery of the Havelock State bank, was sentenced today to-25 years In the state peni tentiary by Judge Stewart of the dis tri?t court. This was the maximum penalty under the Nebraska law. The young man, who, with another, entered the bank and lined up five persons and robbed the bank of $6,000 in cash and thousands more in non negotiable securities, was arrested in Topeka for robbing an oil station. He is said to have confessed to the Havelock'robbery when Nebraska of ficers returned bim to Lincoln yester day. He pleaded guilty to a charge of bank robbery. Hour of a kind is a particularly good haml to bold In a poker game and It is just as much a winner in vaudeville as in the other great Ameri can game. Four of a kind are the Dixie Four, a quartet of blackface comedians at the Orpheum this week. Of course, four of a kind are never exactly the same. They are of differ ent suits, and so the men of the Dixie Four are ail different, hut they are alike inasmuch as each is a capa ble singer and dancer, and together .they are winners. The Dixie Four are indeed a quartet of versatile boys. As songsters they are hard to beat and their dancing places them in a Class by themselves. Renee Noel of the act of Noel and Percival at the World has been featured with several Broadway productions and has also written several successful stage plays, lie now has the contract to write a comedy-drama for one of the biggest New York producers and plans on making this his last vaudeville tour until the completion of the play. Four performances will be given to morrow. Four complete performances will be given tomorrow at the Empress the ater, where the favorite Empress Players are offering the h'ilarious 49—A kind of school (abbr.) 61—An American continent The solution will appear tomorrow. Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle. 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