Bloomfield Mav
i:: Build Lieht Plant
Enpineer Estimates Co«t at
$50,000 in Report to
Taxpayers.
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Bloomfield. April lfi.—A mass meet
lng of taxpayers of the city was
Held at the city hall to hear the re
port of H. I.. Cory, engineer, on the
cost of installing and operating a mu
nlripal electric light and power plant.
According to Mr. Cory’s report, the
coat of a paint large enough to supply
(Ut the electric power and light neres
sary for the city would he $50,000.
Hates averaging 12 cents per kilowatt
hour would produce a revenue of ap
proximately $22.nod. After allowing
for operating cost, interest on bonds.
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dsprscintlon, upkaap and main
tananca, tha nat profit, would ha sp
prnxlmataly M.400.
H II Hanlay, prastdant of 'ha Tri
Stats Ftllitlas company, announcad
tha company would furnish light and
power at an average rata of 10 cents
tier kilowatt hour, conditioned on the
city a agreeing to use 191,000 kilowatt
hours during the year, the amount
which the engineer had taken aa the
hasls for his computations. A mo
tion prevailed that the city council
and th» Executive committee of the
commercial club meet and consider
Mr. Henley's offer and. In the event
It did not -prove satisfactory, be em
powered to proceed with the neces
sary steps for railing a bond election
to install a municipal plant.
Burt Farm Bureau
Has Unique Record
) Oft Per Cent Scored in Drive
for Eradication of Tuber
culosis in Cattle.
Tekamah, April 16.—The annual
business meeting of the Burt county
farm bureau at the court house was
attended by farmers from all parts
of the county. This was the bureau a
third year and its activities have
Riven satisfaction. The drive for the
eradication of tuberculosis in cattle
last year, which resulted in 100 peri
cent, the first record of its kind
in the history of tlie department, wnsj
sponsored by the farm bureau.
If. L. Webster of Tekamah, presi
dent of the organization since its
start, was continued for another year.
Will Peterson of Craig was elected
vice president and Llovd Palmer of
Tekamah secretary-treasurer.
Charles Stewart, secretary of the
State Farm Bureau federation, gave
an address upon the work of the
bureau, and Prof. Holland of the ex
tension department of the college of
agriculture at Lincoln, spoke of the
development of that branch In in
creasing farm production in land, live
stock and marketing.
Seventh District Rcbckah
Convention Hcbl at Ashland
Ashland, April 16.—The forty-sixth
semi-annual session of the Seventh
district, Rcbckah lodges, I. O. o. F.,
composed of the lodges of I.incoln.
Greenwood, Havelock. Palmyra, Ini
varsity Place, Milford, Seward. Val
paraiso, Wahoo, Roca, w-as held here
with about 306 delegates In attend
ance. The newly elected officers for
the ensuing term are: President,
Knima I’omptnn, No. 90, I.incoln: vice
president, Mrs. Henry Ost, No. 71,
Ashland: warden. Mable Matheny, No.
375, Havelock: secretary, Mrs. Drown,
No. 353, Seward: treasurer, Pearl
Sharp, Gharlty lodge No. 2. Have
lock was chosen as the next meeting
place.
Car Ditched as Driver Dozes;
Everett Brandt Is Injured
Columbus. April 16.—Everett
Brandt, local sale.* manager, had his
nose and two riba broken and waa
otherwise injured when Leo Abbott,
with whom he waa returning from a
business trip to .Sioux City, dozed at
the wheel and th* car in which they
were riding plunged into a ditch near
Xorth Bend Other membera of the
party, M. V. Krskine and M. L. Ab
bott. also Columbua men, escaped any
injury.
Ousted Pastor
at Conference
Dr. Rtirknor Attend* M. E.
Distrift Meeting at
Aurora.
Aurora, April 16—Most of the pas
tors in the Hastings district of the
Methodist church attended the an
nual conference in Aurora which be
gan Tuesday and closed Wednesday.:
Bishops K. T. Keeney of Omaha and
George A. Miller of Mexico were pres
ent.
Hr. J. P. M. Buckner, now of I.in
coin, formerly pastor of this church,
and a member of the conference, al
though not located as a pastor, was in
attendance. In 1922 at the close of
Or. Buckner’s pastorate here he was
refused a location by the conference
at Omaha upon recommendation of
Bishop Stuntz. now deceased.
J. F. Colt Ingham, superintendent of
Manila district, Philippine islands.
Charles Lipp of India, Charles M.
Worthington of Borneo and Dr. pali
soul of Paris, France, delivered ad
dt esses.
Others on the program were Arthur
C. Bates. Everett H. Maynard, Earl
M. Campbell. A. G. Swanson, C. H.
Bind, W. B. Alexander, V. C. Wright.
Earl E. Bowen, Charles N. Dawson.
William Boyers and F. E. Wells.
Rev. M. F. Mulvanev of Aurora,
I he entertaining pastor, had charge
of the meeting.
Optometrists Hold
Clinic at Broken Bow
Broken Bow, April }6.—The first
meeting held here of optometrists of
this section of the state was pro
nounced successful by those present.
The clinic was held In the basement
of the Baptist church, which was
equipped for the event.
Dr. A. M. Skeffington. doctor of op
tometry, who is chairman of the clin
ical committee of associated optom
etrists. was In charge of the clinic.
Dr. Skeffington will have charge of
the clinical meetings of the national
association, whirh will meet at T.ouis
vIlle.'Ky., dune IS. Dr.'-Q. H. Stevpns
of Rroken Bow was chairman of the
Duster county committee on arrange
ments for the local meeting.
Members of the Hotary club were
hosts at a dinner to Dr. Skeffinglon
and optometrists who attended the
meeting. Dr. Skeffington was the
principal speaker.
Judge Landis to Preside
at Aurora Court Session
Aurora, April 16.—Judge Harry D.
r^andia of Seward will preside at tiie
next term of the district court begin
ning April 27. I«andls plans to call a
special petit Jury7 for the trials under
indictments returned recently by the
grand jury.
Kimball (.raveling Delayed.
Kimball, April 16.— Kimball city
council has issued an order to the
street commissioner to hold up grav
eling of the main street, until it can
be ascertained whether this work
<an be done at state and national ex
pense. Lincoln highway runs direct
ly through Kimball, and as the state
and national governments are gravel
ing this highway in that territory th*
city council believes the work should
be continued through the town. The
state engineer is soon to meet with
the council and discuss the project.
FALL FROM HORSE
FATAL TO RANCHER
Ellsworth. Neh., April IS—J. O.
Neafus, fin. a prominent ranchman
living 2(1 miles south of here, was
thrown from h!.« hore« yesterday
afternoon and was so severely In
Jured that he died last evening, ne
rnrdlng to word received here today.
He and hia son and other men of
the ranch were rutting out rattle
when suddenly his horse went down
under him. First aid was given 1m
mediately, hut he did not regain ron
sclousness.
He Is survived hy his wife, a son.
H. O. Neafus, who lived with hint
on the ranch; another son In New
Mexico and two daughters attending
school at Alliance.
Mr. Neafus came here two years
ago from New Mexico. After brief
services ‘u Alliance tomorrow after
noon the body will he taken to Las
Vegas, N. M., for burial.
DRAINAGE DITCH
BIDS CALLED FOR
Columbus. April 16.—B^ds for con
st ruction of a big drainage ditch
which will divert the water? of Lost
creek to the Loup river one mile west
of Oconee, thereby shortening the
creek by more than 25 miles, have
been called for by the Platte county I
board of supervisors. They will be I
opened at Columbus Wednesday, j
May 6.
The ditch will be more than 2H
miles long, from 16 to 20 feet wide
at the bottom and from 5 to 10 feet:
deep. More than 122.300 cubic yards
of dirt are to be moved. The estimat-l
ed cost of excavation is 15 cents a
cubic yard and it is estimated the!
completed job will cost more than
$31, 000.
The successful contractor will be
given 150 days to complete the job.
but must start the work within 30
days after signing the contract.
Three Boys Under Arrest
for Series of Burglaries
Columbus, April 16.—August Ham
ling. jr., 13; Leonard Johnson, 19. and
Walter Jensen. 13. self-confessed boy
bandits charged with a series of bur
glaries at Creston stores, were brought
to Columbus Wednesday and jailed to
await preliminary hearings in county
court on burglary charges. August
Hamling. sr.. Creston restaurant own
er. In whose building a portion of the
loot was found, is held on a charge of
receiving stolen property, though he
and the boys insist that he had no
knowledge of the fact that they had
put some of the stolen article? in his
building.
Hungarian Partridges
Placed on Pawnee Farm
Pawnee Pity, April IS,—Four pairs
of Hungarian partridge!, have been
placed on the farm of John H. Pvte
In Clay preoinrt. The hlrda are part
of a shipment to the state game war
den from the east. They are a little
larger than quail and more hardy.
Their plumage Is solid hronxe color.
They are said to he valuable aids to
the farmer In ridding fields of pests.
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—Jimmy Skunk.
Jimmy skunk Has a Shock.
Jimmy has learned hy experience.
There Is no teacher like experience
Sn when Jimmy discovers that .Mrs.
Jimmy has made up her mind to a
certain thing he doesn't argue. He
knows that that would he Just a waste
of breath. So it came about that when
Mrs. Jimmy told Jimmy that she hail
moved from their old home where
they had spent the winter together,
sharing It with several of their grown
children, up to this new home under
Farmer Brown's henhouse, Jimmy
didn't try to get her to go back to the
old home. It was a perfectly good
home, was that old one. Jimmy was
satisfied with it. But If Mrs. Jimmy
had made up her mind to leave It, that
was all there was to It.
"Well," said Jimmy, when he had
recovered a hit from his surprise at
discovering Mrs. Jimmy at the en
trance to that hole under the hen
house, "i guess that perhaps you are
right, my dear, and we do need a
change. Suppose you step aside so
that I may look in and see what our
new home looks like.”
"It Isn't our home—at least It Isn't
just now. It Is my new home," said
Mrs Jimmy.
"D-dd-do you m m-mmean that I
am not to live here?" stuttered Jimmy
in shocked surprise.
"Not at present, anyway.” declared
Mrs. Jimmy. "This Is my home and
you are to keep out of it and away
from It. I don't want you around.
The old home will do nicely for you
if you feel that you must have a
home. So trot along now and don't
bother me any longer." Mrs. Jimmy
turned and disappeared under the
henhouse.
Jimmy stared rather foolishly at the
hole where she had disappeared. It
was a shock to discover that he was
not to share that new home, that he
wasn't wanted around. Yet. had he
stopped to really think about It. it
wouldn't have been surh a shock, for
he had had that experience before. It
wasn't the first time he had found
that his room was dpslred more than
his company. But the whole thing
was «o unexpected that he didn't stop
to think. Beattie*. he did «ant to ate
what tt «n Ilk"’ under that henhouae.
So Jimmy hung around. Hr dldn t
uuiir dure venture Inalde, hut he
hoped lira. Jimmy would have a
chance of mind and Invite him In.
"It <’ '• 'cii mean that I am not to
if f.i V •*- -
live III re."* *■*! Ill. i im| .1 ill
Shocked surprise*.
Hut Mrs. Jimmy [didn’t, and at last
Jimmy slowly ambled away. He was
first grieved and then he was nr ^j v.
He would show Mrs. Jimmy that it
didn't matter to him in the least if
she didn't want him about. He would
go off and have a good time and for
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Bet all about her. You see, Jimmy
was very like some folk* you and I
know.
But b> (h<‘ time Jimmy got hark to
hi* old home the neat morning he
was hi? usual happy self. H.v that
lime lie had remembered. He had re
membered that something very like
this had happened before, and so he
had quite recovered from the shock.
It was spring and hp hadn't a worry
in the world. Mo he thought, anyway,
until it popped into hts heart that if
Fat.oer Brown should discover that
Mrs. Jimmv i\s< living under his hen
hn .se there might he trouble for her.
She ought to have known better
than to dig under that henhouse."
thought Jimmy. "Yes. sir. she ought
to have known better. If anything
happens to any of Farmer Brown's
chicken? spell he blamed for It. If
she had to have a new home 1 wish
shp had made it somewhere else. It
is useless for me to ?av anything
ntsmt it to her. She will ha\e her
own wav. She always has had it and
she always will have it," Jimmy
.Ighrd. Two mlnutr* latrr he w»* faM
auleep.
The next atory: ■ Farmer Brown
rilernvera the New Home "
Southern Hart of State
Receive* Heavy Rainfall
Wymoro. April IS A -hewer '
suring one fourth inch fell at v*
more Wednesday. The rain was ac
companied by a small amount of hall,
which did no damage. The rain was
much heavier north and west of \\ >
more, an inch falling at Chester. Su
perior, Red Cloud and Kdgar. accord
ing to railway rejwtrts. In the north
ern tier of Kansas counties three
fourths of an inch fell.
Hail Storm Hits York.
York. April 16.—Hail the size of
small marbles fell for about Hi min
utes Wednesday morning in and near
York. No wind accompanied the
storm anti it is thought but litt!“
damage was done.
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