Nebraska" News
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Fremont The city council met and
nraraniznd last evening by electing John
H. Knowles president and John Llnd
purchasing agent. The uuai list ot
committees was appointed, every mem
ber eettine a chairmanship. The coun
cil is composed of six republicans and
two democrats, the same as last year.
Beatrice Special Agent Kelly of
postoffice department was here Satur
day to investigate a complaint made
against former Postmaster Edgar rela
tive to violating the postal regulations
In allowing the Beatrice Dally Express
to send out special editions about a
year ago. The matter will be taKen
up with the department.
Beatrice At a meeting of the Diller
Farmers' Grain company Thursday
evening the directors were authorized
to nurchase the Ewart-Wilkinson ele
vator for $5,000 and one acre of
ground, but as the directors are de
sirous of selling a few more snares
of stock the deal has not yet been
closed for the purchase of the prop
erty. .. y-'i "
1 Clay Center H. B. Sherman of In
rtiana national oreantzer of the Amer
i'can Society of Equity, lectured to a
fair-sized audience in the court room
Friday afternoon. A union of fifteen
members was organized at the close
of the meeting. This is the fifth
union organized in this county.
".- Beatrice The regular quarterly
meeting of the Pickrell Farmers Ele
vator company was held at Pickrell
Saturday. - The meeting was largely
attended and the business of the past
three months was found to be entirely
- satisfactory. It was decided to make
extensive improvements on the plant
to accommodate the increasing business.--.
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- Beatrice The farmers living a few
miles northeast of Diller have organ
ized a farmers' co-operative telephone
company. -Work will sOon be started
" with a view to supplying the farmers
( in that vicinity with a good telephone
!: service. . w'. "'
f York As Gardner White was lead
' ing a horse past the home of Hon.
M. Howell the horse stepped on a
live wire and was instantly, killed,
This makes the second horse killed
by a broken live wire within the past
six months. . ..- '-'
York Commodore N. Beaver has
gone to Lincoln to superintend some
of the surveys that are being made'
by the Independent Telephone com
nanv toll lines extending south of Lin
coin, in which a company of York
men are interested.
York Hon. N. V. Harlan, attorney
for the; district court of Alaska, has
filed a petition, in the county court
asking to be appointed administrator
1 to the estate of Edmund V. Harlan, a
son who recently died in Alaska,
Louisville The Platte river bridge
at this place .will soon be repaired
- if indications means anytmng. ' Tnis
bridge is much needed for the benefit
of the public, as there is , no bridge
across this stream below Valley.
"Plattsmouth Heavy rains of the
past few days have put a stop to the
farmers sowing oats. i
Humboldt The officers and irectors
for drainage district No. 1 held their
first meeting at the office of A. R.
Keim at Falls City , and employed En
gineer Munn of Nebraska City to make
a, sUrvey and draw plans and specifi
cations for the drainage ditch to.- be
constructed along the Nemaha through
the eastern part of the county, the
purpose being to straighten the chan
nel of the river and thus render it
less liable to overflows and consequent
damage to crops enroute. . Mr. Munn
expects to have the work completed
by fall.. . ..
Tecumseh John L. Jacks, Apperson
& Co., D. S. Warner and several other
well known live stock men of this
community are back of a movement
to organizea county breeders' asso
ciation. A meeting of the breeders
of the county has been called for Te-
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Oakland The debating club of the
Oakland high school held a debate in
the high school room Friday nignt on
the sublect. "Resolved, that the gov
ernment should have complete control
of railroad rates." The affirmative
was taken by, Ruth Rosen, Emma And
erson and Maurice Wiseen, while An
na Thompson, Ivan Swanson and Jo
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York A local paper, in urging the
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business men to route shipments over
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necessary to induce the Burlington to
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Louisville Decoration day will be
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the program a success will be done.
York The York county republican
central committee have decided to
hold primary elections and a meeting
will be called to devise plans.
Humboldt The" necessary machin
ery has been ordered'' for the manu
facture of the newly patented tire
guard for automobiles, invented by
Lou Slama of this city which was
eranted a patent a few weeks ago.
The firm of Cooper & Linn have un
dertaken to nut in the plant m con
nection with their . mill and electric
light plant, and together with C. K.
Cooper, manager or tne ngnting sys
tem, will be associated with Mr. Sla
ma in ' putting . the new invention on
the market. The promoters believe
they have a good thing in the proposi
tion. --'. ,
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