The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-12-28

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braska Teachers association will be
held at Norfolk on April 3, 4 and S,
1895. A good program is being arrang.
ed and will be announced early. Re-
duced rates on all railroads and at
hotels A large attendance is expected.
IN the irrigation convention at Kear-
ney John overs read a paper advocat-
ing a canal for irrigation and naviga-
tom from North Dakota to the Mexican
line, to be owned by the government.
lie was informed that the plan was not
feasible, but believed hat it was. Rev.
A. X Wright of David City, formerly
OF Colorado, in a talk on irrigation in
Colorado, said he did not believe long
irrigation bitches would prove success
full, as the water would soak away and
evaporate before it reached the lower
end. He advocated small farms of
from ten to twenty acres, and did not
believe large farms could be irrigated
p~roftably for the raising of corn, wheat
or pats.
ID. A. CAMPBELL, state librarian, has
completed his biennial report and SUBJ
mitted it to the governor. In this re-
port the librarian, by mean of tables,
shows in detail the number of books on
on hand at the present time and the
number which have been acquired
during the last two years. The library
nov contains 32,6SS volumes, and of
this number 4.OSS have been added
during the years 1893 and 1894. The
name in which the library has been
growing is described in detail. and it is
shown that in the law division. besides
the current reports of other states and
the federal courts, which nave been
obtained by exchange, many valuable
additions have been made by purchase.
The Norfolk sugar factory will finish
working the seasons crop of beets the
latter part of the present month, when
1t will have converted about %. 900 tons
into sugar, for which the total sum of
$125.OOO has been paid out to the farm
ers who raised the beets. The factory
has been in constant operation day and
night since the beginning of the cam
paign' and $50 ions of beets are put
through every twenty-four hours,
which will produce tifty-fve to sixty
thousand pounds of fine sugar. One
hundred and ten men are working on
the night shift, an equal Der on the
day shift with the addition of about
80 10y HSi., Y III at oIl1 OOO
men who find employment in the huge
concern.
HE Fremont Tribune says hat no
opinion in the Carleton murder case
will be handed down by the supreme
court during the present month, as was
anticipated. The court at it's last sit
ting adjourned until January and there
will be no opinion filed until the court
meets again next month. Cartoons
attorneys. Messrs. Erick & Dolezal.
have raised some pretty knotty ques-
tions for the court to decide and that
honorable body of distinguished %jurists
is taking its time to sitting the legal
phases of it very finely. Carleton is
getting used to life in the county Jail
and keeps up his spirits in a remark
able manner He expresses perfect
confidence that he will get a new trial
on error and a final acquittal.
Mr.. ID. H. STEARNs, of Omaha, man
ager of agencies for the Stearns Fruit
and Land company, received a letter
dated December II, at Portland, Ore.
from Mr.. f. X. Arnold, president of
that company. in which Mr.. Arnold
Il brought the matter of Ne
braska relief before the Chamber of
Commerce Monday afternoon and had
a committee of five appointed We
out yesterday afternoon and in
less than two hours got a carload of
potatoes on Front street and ten cases
of salmon from George T. Myers. l
wired Governor Crounse that we would
ship a carload Saturday and follow
other donations. Ali the mem
bers of the committee took hold with
energy and realized fully the vast i'm
p%ortance of what we have undertaken"