The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-05-04
~ ~ - = a. = 80
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organized at Scotia ,.
Lexington is agitating the PROPOSE
Ion of sewerage for the city.
The Bradshaw electric light plant
was badly damaged by fire recently.
The Burlington depot at Thedford
burned to the ground with all its con.
tents.
The Deshler Telephone company
now has its Little Blue branch com.
pleted.
Shultz G &C. have started the cree
ton Of their new implement house at
Prosser.
The Northwestern railroad will erect
gong east of Dale at a very danger,
Gus crossing. .-....
A second prairie fire within two
weeks has swept the range near Suth-
erland. One ranchman lost all his
hay. ss.
The electric battery for the railway
block system has arrived at Arlington
and a force of men are employed put
ting the blocks in.
The Lewiston Lumber company has
incorporated with a capital stock of
$4,000. The incorporators are o. Van
ter and w. S. Perrin.
The First National bank of Gresham
Is being organized and has received
authority from the comptroller of the
currency to commence business.
The Commercial State bank of Pax.
ton, Keith county, was granted a char
ter by the state banking board. The
bank has $4,000 paid up capital.
The members Of the Leigh Congrega-
tional church have issued a call to
Rev. G. L. Shull of Crawford, to be-
come the permanent pastor of the
church.
The ST. Edward school board and
village board bought 800 trees of the
Albion nursery and are having them
planted on the school grounds and in
the park.
Twenty wolf scalps were left at the
otHce of the county clerk at Beatrice
recently by farmers in that vicinity.
Wolves seem more plentiful this year
than usual. .n ia.
The new village board for the ensu-
tng year was organized at Ravenna.
The new board stands for high license
but a strict enforcement of the Slo-
cumb law and II o'clock closing.
The newly organized corporation
which has taken over the property of
the Milling association at West Point
is actively engaged in preparing the
plant for resumption of business.
BY the start made this spring there
promises to be more permanent walks
put in at Schuyler than in any year be-
fore. There are two gangs at work
and indications are that both will have
work till frost time.
The removal of the buildings occu-
plying the site upon which will be
erected the large mercantile building
of the observation-disclosures company
at West Point has commenced and
active operations are under way with
a view of completing the structure as
quickly as possible. When finished
this building will be the largest mer-
camille establishment in the Elkhorn
valley.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Pickrell Farmers Elevator company
was held at Pickrell and the business
of the past three months was found to
be entirely satisfactory. 1t was de-
cided to make extensive improvements
on the plant to accommodate the in
creasing business.
The Albion National bank is now on
the roll of honor of banks having a
surplus fund equal to their capital
stock. This bank has a surplus and
undivided profits of $57,503.51, on a
capital stock Of $4,000.
Robbers blew the safe in the gen.
eral store of H. G. Day at Rockford
in which is located the postofice, and
escaped with Shall amount of cash
and stamps. Bloodhounds from Beat.
rice were put on the trail of the rob-
bers, but failed to loca,e them
Ainsworth is on the BOOM There
has been over $4,000 improvements
since the last assessment and when
the buildings are completed that are
now commenced it will reach over
100000. AS to this being a fruit
country 1t has been thoroughly tested
and the farmers are laying in a large
supply of all kinds of fruit trees.
The Blair Hospital association has g
plan to clear up the 5000 debt on the
hospital. The merchants are being
asked to give certain percentage Of
their sales during one week. Other.
will be asked for cash subscriptions.