The Columbus journal., 1909-02-17
NEBRASKA News. AND NOTES.

NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
items Of Interest Taken From Here
and There over. the seata. z
The store of Mr.. Jenniny s.. at SAxtell
was DESTROYED by fire. Loss $4,000.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Dillon Of Vesta eel
ebrated their fortieth wedding ami
versary.
Prof. Gamble has been reelected to
the head Of the Plattsmouth schools
for another year.
w. s. Ferguson a grocery merchant
of Franklin, was fined 50 for sellin &
| tobacco to children under age.
A wolf hunt is being organized IN
i territory just north of Mead, to take
place ON February 20. The wolves
are reported as being numerous.
A brakeman new at the business,
failed to close q switch completely.
consequently the engine of a freight
! train that was doing some work at
Dorchester, went of the track.
Farmers should all have telephones.
Write to us and learn how to get the
best service for the least money.
Nebraska Telephone Company. 18th
and Douglas streets, Omaha. use
the Bell"
B. NJ. Behrends. banker OF
Juneau, Alaska, is in Nebraska City.
on a visit with relatives This Is the
first visit to his Uiu nome In seven
| teen years. He is enc of the wealthy
men of that country and went up
there some twenty-five years ago.
An effort is being made in Wymore
to capatilaize a company for $4,000
to bring water to that city from the
springs north OF Blue Springs. 1t is
thought Blue Springs will sell right
Of-way for a main through the corpoT-
alton.
Farmers in the vicinity of Cortland
held q meeting and organized what
is to be known as the Cortland
Farmers Grain and Coal COMPANY
The authorized capital stock is slo,-
600 and a greater part of this amount
is already subscribed.
The members of the Christian
church Of Beaver City held their an
nual meeting. Over 200 were present
and a pleasant and profitable evening
was spent Reports were made from
each department of the church work
which showed that great progress has
been made the past year in every line.
While the Ravena school board
were at the school building the fire
alarm was Unexpectedly sounded to
test the efficiency Of the fire drill
which has been practiced in the
school during the past three months.
The building was entirely vacated by
the nearly four hundred pupils and
teachers in one and one-half minutes.
Vice President Mohler Of the Union
Pacific denies vigorously story
printed in a Denver paper which
represents him as intimatins that the
purpose of the extension to Fort
Collins was to head off the Colorado
& Southern from building a link be-
tween Wellington and Cheyenne and
thus to compel the Hill road to re-
new its trackage agreement between
Denver and Cheyenne.
Land is touching high mark in price
in and around Minden. Something
like ten to fifteen farms have been
sold at 500 per acre as far out as
eight and ten miles from town. These
are not bringing that price because of
the good improvements, but because
the farmers have come to realize that
land that can raise wheat, corn, al
falfa, cattle and hogs is the best in
the United States.
Parties entered the chicken house
of Ed Highland about four miles
south Of Clubertson and took away
with them several chickens. Mr.. Hi h-
land tracked a buggy from his place
to the resident of the Swartz boys
arrested for stealing chickens. The
trial came up before Judge Knowles
and they were bound over to the dis
trict court in the sum of 5000.
Following is the mortgage record
for Johnson county for the month OF
January: Farm mortgages-Nunher
fled, IS: amount. $62,2S1,15: number
released, II: amount. $35.S16.2O.
Town and city NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
filed. 10: amount, $6.496: number re-
leased. s.; amount. $4,000. Chattel
nortga ges-Number fled. 81:
amount. $2O,727.17; number released,
&C: amount, $30,79S,3G.
Hiram Chase. the Indian candidate
for county attorney of ThurstOn coun-
ty who won in the last election over
Waldo E. Whitconlb, has been de-
clared by the court entitled to the
office. The court holds the election
was fairly conducted and that tn.
plaintiff, WhitcOmb is estopped from
questioning me validity OF the eiec-
ton because of his advice to the
election beard and his apparent par
ticipation in their act of changing the
place of election.
Andrew J. White of lyons arrived
there the other day from San Fran
cisco, making the last lap in his jour
ney around the world. MIR. White left
Lyons In August. 1908. accompanied
by his daughter Grace and son Frank.
who is one of the general superintend-
ents of the schools in the Philippine
islands. Starting via New York they
passed through the various countries
of Europe and Asia and as the guests
of his son frank Mr.. White and
daughter made a prolonged stay in
the Philippine islands, with head
quarters at Manila,
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