The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-06
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on the market, the high price has not
prevented large sales being made.
When the assessor comes to see you
don't get frightened All he asks is
that you tell him everything. includ-
ing all your notes and mortgages.
The Beatrice Manufacturing COM
pany, a novelty manufacturing con-
cern. has been incorporated with a
capital stock OF 100000, of which $40
V00 is paid up.
The Tccumseh Military band will give
public open air concerts during the
season OF 1904, giving their opening
concert in May The band is in ex-
ceptionally good shape for the coming
concerts and Is practicing twice a
week.
Winter wheat in the vicinity of Law
renee looks good. Plenty of moisture
has fallen to- give IL renewed vigor
for rapid growth. Less than five
inches OF snow fell during the past fall
and winter but this fact in no way
retarded the growth OF wheat
Samuel I. Gordon has again lost in
the supreme court in an effort TO col
iect more salary as police judge OF
Omaha. and in the opinion the court
said that Gordon must first establish
his right to the Office by quo warranto
proceedings
The board OF managers OF the Seward
county agricultural society held a
meeting and the report OF the secre-
tary showed that the life membership
subscriptions had been the means OF
relieving the society from debt and
that the treasurer had on hand $2Ol.
A youth went to his first dance at
Falls City and during the evening
danced with all the girls present ex-
cept four. The next day he wrote a
note to each of the four apologizing
for his neglect, saying that the dance
broke up before he could get around
10 them.
Custodian l.. J.. Lindsey Of the Lin
coin government building. has secured
the consent OF the department to re-
move the sod from that part Of the
government square to be occupied by
the new building and patch up with it
the thin spots east and west OF the
old building.
The receipts OF the Fremont post
Office from the sale OF stamps and en-
velopes In March were $500. For the
year ending last month they exceed
SIS 600 This puts the Office one grade
higher, and the salary OF Postmaster
Swanson for the year beginning next
July will be $1,000.
II is reported upon good authority
that the Union Pacific railroad has ex-
pressed a willingness to extend its
line from PleasantOn to Georgetown,
postofiice some twenty miles east of
Galloway. providing sufficient patron
age can be obtained the warrant the
move. The farmers and stockmen In
the vicinity OF Georgetown held a
mass meeting to see what they had to
offer to secure the road.
Mr.. Ernest A. Bessey, OF Lincoln,
writes that he Is now In the northern
portion OF the Great Sahara in Africa
lie is visiting one of the oases for the
purpose of studying the conditions un-
der which date palms grow. The Unit
ed States department OF agriculture Is
trying To introduce the growth OF the
date palm In Arizona and It is in the
interest OF this work that Mr.. Bessey
has been sent to that region.
The annual report OF the chief OF the
fire department of Grand Island dur
Ing the year OF 1904 shows that the
city has had twenty-three fires, with 9
total loss of only $l3,575. and nel
loss, insurance deducted, OF s., AGO. The
cost OF operating the volunteer fire de-
part ment was only $l05.93, keeping NJ
the apparatus not included in this, mol
yet the expense Of the telephone alarm
system.
The Lee brothers, OF Stanton, wht
understand trapping. in eight days Sc
cured along the Elkhorn near Battl.
Creek 500 muskrats and 20 mink. The.
mace use Of lSO steel traps.
Samuel B. Tophim. of Minden. Neb.
who resided at Fairfield for six years
was killed In the railroad yards a
Hanover, Kan. He was acting in tn,
capacity OF head brakeman and hi,
absence was not noticed until the traiI
reached the adjoining station. The re-
turn run was made Immediately ant
his body was found In the yard. ii,
had probably fallen between the car!
In walking over them. his limbs he
ing completely severed from his body
A smart young man at David Cit.
kas had the virtue OF yeractity i'm
pressed upon his mind After the younl
man had solemnly sworn he was no
the owner OF any diamonds. the assess
Or had hardly gone out the door unit
he pulled a diamond pin and put II or
Before the assessor had Travelled hal
the distance OF one block he was toll
about the diamond. but said nothing
The young man thought he had don
remarkably clever thing, until som
one informed him that the penalty wa
not less than $50 nor more than 81 ,00<
besides having so per cent added to hi
tax. and that all the deputy assesso
need to do was simply report him. Mex
day the young man hunted up the as
SCISSOR and had his diamond listed.
The farmers in the vicinity OF Swa
berg along the Logan are organizin
60 stop hunting, The hunters are 10
careless in leaving gates open an
driving over and cutting up tn
meadows.