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place.
A complete list of teachers has been
re-employed for the Emerson public
school.
At a meeting of the city council Of
Wayne three saloon licenses were
granted at $1,000 each.
Mayor Schultz has issued state
ment showing that the citizens of Beat
rice raised $1,47O.42 for the San Fran.
cisco sufferers.
While playing with schoolmates a
little daughter of former Senator Cur
RE of Broken Bow slipped and fell in
an open ditch, seriously injuring her
SELF .
The Rock Island railroad has just
contracted for 1000 carloads of stone
which will be used in ballasting the
Nebraska division. The purchase price
was 100000. o., .
The newly organized board of trus-
tees of the village of Valley elected
John Monahan chairman, j. H. Ingram
clerk and Frank G. Jennedy treasurer
for the coming year. ft
Two important business changes
took place at Burwell. l.. p. Douglas
sold the Burwell house to w. H. Miner
William Salem sold his bakery and
business to Ora Miller.
The Harrington city council has
passed an ordinance prohibiting bar
Der shops to be open hereafter on Sun
days, subject to fine of $50 for VIC
lation of the ordinance. s''.:
Owing partly to the lack of harmony
between the growers and beet sugar
company, the acreage of sugar beets
planted at Sutherland this season will
be somewhat less than that of last
year.
One of the biggest land deals con-
summated in Gage county in years was
the sale Of the Emery Ellis section
northwest of Beatrice to Henry Dam
kroger and Henry Pohlman for $4,000
cash.
A large crop Of fruit is expected
with blossoms and unless hail or frost
visits that section of the country there
will be the largest fruit crop ever
gathered.
Work on the new Burlington depot
at Beatrice is progressing nicely. An
extra force of bricklayers will be put
to work on the building and an effort
will be made to have it completed by
October 1.
For the first time in the towns his
tory, Oxford is to have three saloons
The new applicant, w. H. Branen, will
commence business as soon as the
building being erected for his use is
completed.
Complete rural free delivery for
Dixon and Dakota counties is SEIZED
uled to go into effect June 1. Ponca,
South Sioux City and Waterbury will
each get one new route and others will
be rearranged.
Eighty snakes were found in one
nest near Norfolk by Farmer Ed Wag.
ner. He dug into hole and located
the reptiles. coiled up in several
groups. 1t took fifteen minutes to
slaughter them.
The new Home Telephone company
OF Beatrice has secured a ten-year
lease on suite of rooms in the Beat
rice National bank block and have re-
moved its exchange and toll lines to
the new quarters.
All of the gambling houses in Ne
braska City are closed. Six gambling
houses have been in operation, each
place paying a monthly fine, Of $50
This order does not effect the operat-
ing of slot machines.
Howard Wickersham applied to the
board of irrigation for right to use
water from Boggey creek and West
Boggey creek, branches of Hat creek
in Sioux county. The application ap.
plies only to excess water or flood
water.
The Reservation Town company
which has just filed articles of incor-
poratiou will have its principal place
of business at Dakota City and will
buy, sell, lease, handle and improve
real estate at the various townsites
and stations along the line Of the Sioux
City and Ashland branch of the Sioux
City C Western railway in Nebraska.
The work of repairing the Keith and
Lincoln counties irrigation district
canal is progressing rapidly and a
large force of men and teams are en-
ployed thereon. The repairs are to be
quite extensive and will cost many
hundreds of dollars
Thieves raided the nremises of n