Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-26
Nebraska


s.ste-n Nebraska
sUTTON-Arbor day was observed a. the
public school bv the plEnunE ot seTera-
trees. with apu-1pr- ate exercises A bAll
game betweeu the high schools of sutton
and Hastings save a score ot A % ln
av0r OF sutton. The game % Saturday
was the FIRST played between these teams
BEATRTCE--W ord was rCcais ed ne. e yes
teruar anuoulclug the death or a. .. con
lee, a -ormer resident Of ms clty, wnlcn
Oc. Irreu asI week a. N7 a-nanEr1n, T. c..
Wnere ne "as enpiosed N ne peAslon S lg
partmelL Mr- 1onle- Was engaged m ne
lIeWspaper business mere for years before
going 20 Washington.
TECUNSEH-Ed Farls a carpenter OF
this -iLy. suffered a painful INJURY 90 has
eye wuIle al Nork on the root OF neN
business DElld.ng IN sterling he struck a
spike iu suCn q manner rnal Dc few IN the
ar anu s.ruCk hm IN the eyanal- Arls
tainted and mad % be taksn from the roof
or the huuding by mis- fellow workmen
HOLDREGE--A business change IN the
Cluzen OK tn-s city has Just been conslIn-
ma.ul. whereby r.. O.. Eoits becomes sulr
proprietor 1f that newspaper. Humphrey
sl--s retiring. For some Lrne ar. Jones
has been unaDle tu give has time 20 me
work he .s dong n the luveslgalior OF
and frauds In Colorado.
BEATRICE-The Beatrice club held a
meeting sunday night ana elected these
officers lrVilE WeaLheralu. presiGent, r.
j. Brown. vtCe president. e O. DraAe,
secretary treasurer. DwiEht s. Dalbey, l.
3. Drake. :. ID. kulen and r K hyd
executive committee The club has a Mem
1ersnIp lf a30Ur TUt and intends % increase
the number % double that amount
ECLDREGE ga bert Herman. who re-
cenly came here from illinois, has pur-
chased the ". l. Black farm A mile south
Of the ClLy, paying S25.gA for h.s new acqui-
sigIon. Toe pace Is A well improved quar-
ter section and The price, tl8 per acre. ls
the highest ever paid Ia Pheips county
Two years ago one Of the eighties Of the
quarter was bought for so per acre by
NJ Black
LFXINGTDN-Rev. E. F. Gather an
nounced from the pulpit sunday mat the
cornerstone OF the new S38JJ5 Methodist
church would be AID Monday, May 2 Rev
Hammond Of kearney viii preach the dedi-
lai0ry sermon The cement N1TA or lA-
foundation and the basement walls are
comp eted and the brick viii be aid az
soon as the stone liI-sh BE- .a.d- The churcn
Will be completed BY the lsl Of A AusUst
CTHERLAND-A proposition 70 tunnel
through the range Of mills west OF Suther-
land for the purpose Of shortening the
keirh-LIncoin county irrigation district
canal IS receiving a considerable iscussion
this spring. Al present the main canal
crosses the hills near town and runs west
naturally losing considerable power IN the
long trip. Whether anything comes OF the
agitation remains TO be seen.
HOLDREGE-At a special meeting Of the
thls city, Br- C. q. wilson, superintendent
OF the HoidreEe district Of Methodist Epis-
cOpal churches. was elected 4 director OF
that institution &. A Long, an expert
accountant was also made a director al
the same meeting Since the transfer ana
sale Of stock about two months ago there
has been almost a complete change IN the
banks officials and directors. The new
management is considered very strong.
TECC1ISEH-Judge ]. 3. Raper OF Paw
nee City will convene the Johnson county
district court IN adjourned session in this
city Tuesday. The petit jury will come on
for service. There are two criminal cases
slated for disposal. one is the case OF the
State OF Nebraska against Dr.. J. q. Neff
OF Sterling. on a serious charge and The
other iE the case OF the state against The
Johnson County Home Telephone company,
charged with having dlsregarded an order
OF the State Railway commission. II is
thought rhat the Neff case viii occupy
several days.