The Columbus journal., 1909-07-07
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.

NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
items Of Interest Taken From Here
and There Over the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolfe Of Nebraska
City celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary.
At Q meeting Of the Otoe Poultry
and Pet Stock association 1t was de-
cided to hold the annual show Decem-
Der 1923. A committee has been
appointed.
Carl A. Newman, the fifteen-months-
old child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Newman.
who live eleven miles southwest Of
Mason City. was drowned in q water.
ing tank.
Three regents from the State uni
versity were at Valentine looking for
q location for an experimental farm
and were very favorably impressed
with what they saw.
The park commissioners OF Ne
braska City have received from the
the government one Of the large
Spanish cannons, which will be placed
in the new city park.
Councilman Frank Carson Is having
an ordinance drafted by which he pro-
poses to send to Jail, instead Of fining,
all automobilists who violate the speed
ordinance at Nebraska City.
Albert Hester, who lives northwest
of Tecumseh, was thrown from a
mower by a runaway team and one of
the wheels passed over his body, lac
Grating his head so badly several
stitches were required to close 1t.
The city council of Humboldt has
rink within the city limits and, as a
polite way Of getting rid of the one
now located there, raised the license
on skating Kinks to $500 per annum.
The Midwest Life of Lincoln wants
a local agent to represent it in every
town in Nebraska. For particulars
write the company. 1t pays good
commissions.
The largest wheat crop in years is
looked for and predicted in this i'm
mediate vicinity, says Wymore dis
patch. Farmers report the largest
heads they have ever raised. 1t is
only q question as to whether the
heads will fill out. Should they do
so the yield will be a record-breaker.
Corn is in fine condition, most of it
having been gone over twice.
A number of small whirlwinds.
formed in to a tornado southeast of
Beaver City and ragged over a terri
tory two miles wide and thirty-five
miles long, extending from Beaver
City to Woodruff, Kan. At the Bro
Quette ranch. near Duizes, forty-seven
head of cattle we're killed and the
ouIbuildings were destroyed. Mr.. Mil.
Ter, who lives on the ranch, was saved
by going to a storm cellar.
A peculiar accident happened to
Albert Parks, a farmer living near
Peru. He was riding a horse. and
driving his other horses up from the
pasture, when the horse he was rid
ing stumbled and threw him of. He
landed in a pool of water, and the
horse fell upon him, rendering him
unconscious for q time. When he re-
covered his senses he was lying with
his mouth and nose just out of the
water.
/: James Erskine of North Platte kid
naped his own child and is now in
Jail, charged with the offense. Some
time ago divorce was granted to his
wife and certain privileges were given
to Mr.. Erskine in regard to visiting
his little girl. These privileges, it
decree was modified and he was en-
Joined from visiting or having any
thing whatever to do with his child
at any time. Now he has kidnapped
the yOungster.
.. On the Goth day of April, 1906, The
Midwest Life was authorized by the
insurance department of this state to
do a general life insurance business
on the level premium, legal reserve
plan. The stockholders are Nebraska
people. associated together to insure
Nebraska people, and thereby to keep
within Nebraska the premiums paid
for their insurance. The business
methods of The Midwest Life are
clean. 1t sells and always has sold
life insurance as life insurance. Home
Office 1907 20" street, Lincoln. N. z.
Smell, president. Write for an agency.
While loading gravel, George Ridg-
ley of Indianola, unearthed a huge
tusk measuring four feet five inches
in length and five inches in diameter
at the larger end. 1t was found fif-
teen feet under ground and about
eight inches was left in the ground
attached to what is supposed to be
the head of a mastodon. It is be-
lieved that the whole skeleton is
buried there and excavations will be |
be made.
The recent rulings of the Nebras-
ka insurance department, through the
auditor Of public accounts, the Hon. |
s. r. Barton, did not affect The Mid
west Life in the slightest degree. 1t |
had never used estimates; sold !
special" or board contracts; placed |
misleading statements" on the face |
of it's policies or elsewhere. as to how |
or in what manner its policies were Sc
cured; or sold stock, bonds or Sc
curities" of any insurance or agency |
company as an inducement to take |
life insurance with it. The rulings |