The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-08-09
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes Of Interest from Various
Sections.

lied q Commercial club.
September 2 Omaha will vote on
the question Of conducting the city
under tie commission form.
Omaha has voted bonds to the
amount Of $s.50O.O00 for the purpose
of buying the waterworks.
Lightning struck and burned the
barn Of William Ost, near Nehawka-
Eighty tons of hay were consumed.
The last three days of August and
the first day of September will be the
time for the old soldiers and settlers
runion at Scottsbluff.
The city authorities of David City
have succeeded in selling the $4,000
water extension bonds. They will pro-
coed at once to reconstruct the water
works system.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gaeth. resi-
dents of Saunders county. were rue
down by an automobile south of FIRE.
mont. Both were painfully bruised.
but will recover
The big annual pow-wow of tho
Omaha Indians on the reservation
about twenty miles north of Tekamah
attracted many to witness their per.
formances.
DIR. W. NJ. Condor. president Of the
Otis and Murphy bank at Humphrey,
and prominent in social and political
circles. was bound over to the district
court for carrying concealed weapons.
Between 1000 and 5000 Nebraska
teachers are expected in Omaha No
vember 8, 9 and 10 to attend the an
nual meeting of tn Nebraska State
Teachers association.
Major Atkinson OF the regular
army was in Fremont from Fort
Crook for the purpose of investigating
the proposition that city is making
for a rifle range.
According to present plans Of the
labor organizations In Lincoln there
will be no Labor day parade in Lin
coin on Labor day. the first Monday
in September. Instead it is planned
to hold a picnic.
Citizens of Valentine are energetic
IN making the Fraternal picnic, Corn
show and Farmers institute. which is
to be held there September 6 to 3. in
elusive. four days of the biggest kind
possible.
Fairbury now has a postal savings
bank and Postmaster Lew Shelley
has issued a number of deposit GER.
tificates. This bank was established
August and deposits made will draw
interest at the rate Of per cent.
Guy Kimble. the adopted son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Benemeyer, of Elm
wood. who was thrown from a horse
and his skull fractured. was taken to
Lincoln to have an operation per-
formed upon his skull. as he had not
regained consciousness.
The Fairbury Commercial club
held a special meeting and appointed
a committee to confer with A. w.
Kelso, division superintendent for the
Rock Island concerning new station
to replace the old one that was de-
stroyed by fire.
Secretary of the state fair board.
Mellor. returned from Sherman
enthusiastic over the condi-
ton of corn in the country he visited.
He expects his Sherman county corn
land to produce between fifty and
seventy bushels to the acre. Wheat
went from twelve to fifteen bushels,
but there were no oats.
The state treasury was enriched
by the purchase of $4,000 of Chad |
ron water bonds, $4,000 of water
bonds of the village of Osmond and
$12 900 of school district bonds from |
Dakota City. The bond clerk returned |
$50. 600 of Sidney water bonds to that |
city. These securities were rot sold |
to the state. but have been placed
The United States postal savings |
bank was opened in the Broken Bow
postoffice with Postmaster Haumont
in charge A few depositors appeared
the first day and others have written
in to inquire about the method Of
making deposits in the bank. Unless
this branch of the work increases
no extra help will be re-
luired in the postoffce.
Secretary c. s. Paine of the state
historical society, has received from
E. Peters of Guide Rock, Neb., a
broad AK and frow which were used
in building the first house in the Re
publican river valley in this state. Mr..
who was the first sheriff Of
county. used the tools HIM
self. and has had them in his pos
session ever since.
The board of public lands and
buildings is investigating the auto
matte stokers for power plants at
state institutions. The machines cost
rom $1,000 to $500 each. but the
board on inquiry of operators OF the
machines in Lincoln has decided that
stokers save from % to 30 per cent
of coal, almost entirely do away with
smoke and that steam coal can be
used instead of q better quality. thus
saving IS to so cents ton in the
price paid for fuel.
Harry H. Martin. said to have
killed George Brownell. the Union
Pacific brakeman at Sidney by strik-
ng him a blow with his fist, waived
examination and was
sound over to the district court. Bail
vas fixed at $1,000 by County Judge
saven.
E. Hershey of Kenesaw was
brown from his motorcycle near the
vest side of Hastings by running into
/ pile of sand in the road. He was
brown several yards and was picked