The Columbus journal., 1909-12-15
HEsRAskA NEWS AND NOTES

NEBRASKA NEWS AMI. NOTES
items Of Interest Taken From Here
and There Over The state,
A number of firms at Union were
wiped out by fire.
Jas. ]. Hill of the Great Western
was q guest of the National Corn
show for one day.
The N. A. Barker livery stable at
Edgar burned. All the horses were
got out safely.
Woman's day at the National Corn
show brought representatives from
half q dozen states. Gov. Shafroth Of
Colorado was the principal speaker.
It Is proposed to merge Bellevue
and Hastings colleges. whereat there
is much dissatisfaction in the former
place.
Pears weighing over a pound each
and apples weighing a full half pound
were prize exhibits at the corn show
In Omaha. +.
Ralph Kabbaz, an Assyrian rug
maker. was found dead at Lincoln.
Death is thought to have resulted
from indulgence in wood alcohol.
North Dakota, South Dakota, Mime
sofa and Illinois carried OF many
prizes at the National Corn show on
corn, wheat, oats and barley.
A big black bear. most natural and
ferocious in appearance. made entire
ly of Oregon raisins was a striking
exhibit in the Union Pacific booth at
the corn show. -
One of the most artistic designs in
grains at the National Corn show was
that of the great seal of the state of
North Dakota, shown in that states
exhibit section. The seal is six feet
in diameter.
The trustees of the Wayne Normal
school notified the State Normal
board that they would accept the pro-
position made to them by the board
for the purchase of the school by the
board. The boards prize is $4,000.
Burglars broke into the hardware
store of Isenburg & Betcke and Bel
ersdorf Bros drug store at Emerson.
From the former they stole about 5000
worth of jewelry and from the latter
$25 worth of pipes.
A blaze that nearly resulted in big
fire occurred at the apartments of Mr..
and Mrs. J. X. Hermon of Broken Bow
on the occasion of shower party
given in honor of Miss Frances Lang
son, who is soon to be married.
Under the new law requiring pre-
cinct assessors to be elected instead
of appointed, the officers chosen will
have only two years to serve. Pre-
cinct assessors cannot be elected for
more than two years in succession.
Prize awards at the corn show to
Kansas exhibitors give first mOney for
the best ten ears of Kansas yellow
dent corn to S. G. Trent of Hiawatha.
]. NJ. Gilman of Leavenworth won the
first prize for the best ten ears of
white dent corn. Kansas grown. w. +.
Watkins secured first place in the red
winter wheat exhibit from Kansas.
A new disease has appeared among
horses in Antelope county that BAT
f1es all the veterinary surgeons. Dur
Ing the sickness of the animals the
pulse and temperature are both nor
NAL at all times. Veterinary Surgeon
Mathews of Neigh has thoroughly
examined one of the dead horses and
found its organs in excellent condi-
ton.
In spite of a blizzard there was
good attendance at the farmers insti-
tute meeting in Cody. This year, in
addition to the regular sessions, there
was arranged very creditable display
of farm products for which premiums
were offered by the business men and
others, showing clearly what it was
possible to do on Kinkaid home
stead in the sand hills.
G.. F. Curtiss, dean of the Iowa
State Agricultural college at Ames.
Ia, was a prominent visitor at the
corn exposition and expressed himself
as astounded at the enormity of the
exhibits from all sections of the coun-
try. Mr.. Curtiss is one of the most
noted of the scientific agriculturists
in the country and his opinion is
taken as one of great worth.
What dry farming can do was
shown in forceful way by the display
of the Great Northern railway at the
corn exposition. Vegetables, grains
and grasses were shown which would
do credit to agriculture under far
more favorable conditions. Many of
the prize winners from the dry farm
ing congress exposition at Billings.
Mont, last month were shown at the
National Exposition.
Washington dispatch: The annual
meeting of the Nebraska association
in Washington was held at the Nor
mandie hotel with more than 200 Ne
braskans present, including most Of
the congressman from the state. The
program for the evening took the
form of a campfire, at which people
and resources and enterprises of state
were discussed in an entertaining
manner.
Congressman Kinkaid has intro
duced bills authorizing the secretary
Of the interior to grant leaves of abb
sence to homestead entrymen for the
purpose of sending their children to
school. under certain conditions; to
appropriate 1885, for the purchase
Of site and the erection of public
building thereon to be used as post
Office and federal court building and
for other federal purposes in the city
of Chadron; also similar bill appro-