Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02

husband, not having had any children. She
had been III for some time.
BEATRIcE-Ths Board o. sGgsrytS9Ts
ishing coal for the court house, county
Jail and poor farm to J. II. Won Steen. q
as the board OF equalization. put in the
day yesterday listening e. complaints and
adjusting valuations OF different city prop
critics. The question as to whether the
county assessor can legally reduce valua-
tons returned by his deputies. was raised
and submitted to the county attorney for
his opinion.
MCoOL JUNCTIoN-Prof. F. E.. Stevens,
formerly principal OF the McCool public
schools, has purchased a half interest In
and is associated in the management with
E.. G. Gilliland, formerly editor and pro-
place.
wYMORE-The funeral Of Hubert 10y,
who died Tuesday following an operation
for appendicitis, was held this afternoon
from the home. two miles north OF Blue
Springs, at 2 o'clock. The odd Fellows OF
Blue Springs held services and interment
was made in the Blue Springs cemetery.
TECUMsBH-w. L. Spoon. a government
road expert, who has been inspecting roads
in the several counties comprising the First
congressional district OF Nebraska, has Just
completed his work in Johnson county. Mr..
Spoon says the roads in this county, gen
eraily speaking, are the best Of any county
in the district.
ALLIANCE 60 The Alliance state Junior
normal SCHOOL, winch recently ClOSeQ, was
the largest in the history Of the school at
this place, and was one OF the largest II
not the largest of the eight state Junior
normal schools. The total enrolment for
both normal and institute work was 2S3,
while the attendance for normal alone
was ISL.
CHAPPELL-Crops are looking fine,
Wheat will yield thirty bushels per acre
and some fields will go forty bushels. Oats
will yield fifty bushels per acre and some
fields will go seventy bushels. Corn Will
-alNA 5000 .aaA. -NNk q nNn Gannn
Of the upland corn will yield fifty bushels
per acre, while the irrigated corn will far
exceed that yield.
BEATRICE-The Dempster Mill Manu-
featuring company Will soon install a fire
system in its plant here to cost $4,000.
The system is known as the selt-eXun-
guisher system; Every room is supplied
smallest blaze will cause a plug to melt
and water to sprinkle in the room where
the fire originates.
COZAD-A 16-year-old boy, giving the
name of Glen Simpson and claiming to be
from Cody, Wyo., was arrested at North
Platte and brought here. to answer the
charge OF breaking. into the store OF MRS;
K. M. Tunison and stealing SIS; He fled
from here and was arrested at the request
Of local authorities. He was turned over to
the county Judge by the local Justice.
BRAINARD-with 5000 in the village
treasury the Board of Trustees has levied
an occupation tax against nearly every
business nan in the town. A large major
ity OF the men engaged in active business
are opposed to this tax and say they will
refuse to pay It,. 4 novel feature of the
new law is that 1t levies a tax against all
railroad, express, Insurance, lumber and
telegraph companies that do business in
this place.
wYMORE-Last night f. NJ. Burnham
was elected president and Claude Scott sec
rotary and treasurer of the Wymore Ath-
letic association, which was recently organ
lied. About fifty have gone in as charter
members and all work out on the track
each evening. Every week contests are to
be held between chosen teams. Later a
field meet with an outside town will be
held. Just now the club is thinking Of get
ting a gymnasium.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dibble. one of
Gage county's earliest settlers, reports that
farmers in the Blue valley, a few miles
northwest of town near the Dtbble home
stead, have finished stacking their wheat
and oats. and Yesterday he counted fly
threshing machines in operation not far
from his place. Wheat is yielding pretty
good and the berry is well filled. Mr.. Dib-
BILE says that many farmers are stacking
their grain because they cannot get hell
to thresh.
YORK-Reported yields OF winter wheat
In York county are from twenty to thirty
ers are realizing from SIT to $50 per acre
from sale of winter wheat on land that q
few few years AR age sold for Us to So Per acre
each acre pays York county farmers from
$25 to $50, depending on the season. From
the present outlook farmers will secure as
good returns from corn raised as that OF
any other grain crop.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. political are warm
ing up In this section and several aspiranti
have appeared for the various offices
within the gift of the primary, and tn,
filings from the west end OF the count!
have been made by ]. Rock Williamson anC
o. e. Zook for members of the legisla
ture, while L. II. Howe is also being urge'
to file today and may do so. Charles z
Minis and Abram HoaRland have filed 70
the supervisorship of district No. 3, Will
s.. J. Bolejack OF Grant township is askinI
for a place on the legislative ticket. Al
Of the above are republicans, the west ent
democrats being engaged today in making
arrangements to file for the various posi-
tions:
FREMONT-Joe Bohart, a farmer MvinI
near Dodge, who was overcome by the hea
Monday, became violently insane a few
days after. Yesterday afternoon he wa
brought before the insanity commissioner
and Will be taken to Lincoln for treatment
FREMONT-All the candidates for legis
lative and county offices have filed witt
the county clerk, The county attorney l
the only one where there is a contest. TIL,
filings are: State senator. republican. w
y. Halter, Blair; democrat. Fred Volr
Scribner; members OF the legislature, re
l publican, j. Edelmaier. Scribner and JohI
Il. Knowles. Fremont; democrat, Frank F
Lawrence, Fremont; William J.. McVlcker
Fremont and H. NJ. Kidder, Scribner, re
ner, Fremont, democrats.