Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-14
Nebraska

building two or three days before the fire
1t was packed and ready for shipment To-
Omaha when the fire occurred
BEATRICE-M r. Cummings has pur
chased the transit. storage and cleaniu
elevator Of the Foster Grain company %
Lincoln and has assumed control Of IN
business.
HUMBOLDT-A republican rally we
held Tuesday evening at the Minis cit
hall some twelve miles south OF this place
the speaker Of the evening being Hon Wi
liam Hayward. An unusually enthusiast.
crowd was present and the hall wa
audience. From that place Mr.. HaywarC
returned 70 Lincoln.
LYONS-The Lyons drainage district ha,
been organized and officers selected, wit.
John Tryon, F. G. lngham, b. s. Roscoe
~. W. Robbins and William Tighe as 81
rectors; the latter is also secretary. tn.
ditching of the land contagious to the 10
gan on the west side will now soon b,
under way. as the board Is now advcr
Using for bids on the engineering construc
tive work.
LYoNs-The Burt County Corn show
has been announced by Miss Nettie G.
Nelson, county superintendent, to be held
at Oakland, November Y. Prizes for tn.
best ten ears of corn Of each Hnd-yellow
white and red, the best ear of any color
best ten potatoes; best machine-made
apron; best row of button holes and sin
buttons; best dressed doll with Ions
clothes best dressed doll with short
loaf white bread; best cookies.
HUMBOLDT-The second annual conven-
ton OF Richardson county odd Fellows was
held in Dawson Tuesday afternoon and
evening. Delegations from nearly every
lodge in the county we're present, the Hum
boldt lodge sending down several auto
loads, Hon. William Hayward addressel
the meeting at O'Clock and a banquet
was served to the visitors at p. m. Tn,
evening hours were devoted to degree worl
and the election OF officers, which resulted
as follows. Ward Mcknight, Falls City
president; d. G, Simmons, Salem, vice
president; Otto Kotouc, Humboldt, secre-
tary; George Smith, Dawson, treasurer.
BEATRICE-The thirty seventh annual
session Of the Presbyterian synod Of Ne
braska was held here with a large num-
Der Of delegates present The moderator,
Rev. d. e. Jenkins of Omaha presided,
Rev. John Mayhem Fulton of Philadelphia
led in prayer and Rev. Mr.. Fisher Of Dun
dee, Neb, read the scripture lesson. The
sermon Of the evening was delivered by
Or. jenkins 1t was fundamental able,
heart-searching and eloquent. Following
this the roll Of the presbyteries was called
by the clerk. Rev. Thomas /. Sexton of
Lincoln Rev. George Franklin Williams
of North Platte was elected moderator,
with Rev. J. b. Cherry and Rev L. K.
Bailey of Hastings temporary clerks.
LYONS-A second crop of strawberries,
and two crops of potatoes from the same
patch OF ground are now exhibited In
Lyons as trophies of our soils production
and the freak of cold, dry weather we
a crop Of potatoes last July, selling them
for $3.50 per bushel; he Immediately
planted more potatoes in the very same
hills without further preparation Of the
soil than that obtained by the digging of
the first crop. This was July g. and now
he has harvested his second crop as good
as the first Warren Everett and Mr.. Har-
rison Waite, have each raised a second
crop Of strawberries from the same patch
the latter in quantities sufficient for the
table for several days. Now we suggest
that our scientific agricuturists take a
hint from natures freak and make two
crops grow where one grew before,