The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-31
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes Of Interest from Various
Sections.

| "A cuou6cI 0PPc0ISu III IIoSSSWOuIo
and worked OF some worthless
checks. making his getaway before
the fraud was detected.
Chatting with his wife while wait.
ing for breakfast. Smith Hilliard Of
Platte Center passed instantly from
apparently perfect health to his death
from ap0plexy.
The Great Western Sugar Beet COM
pany and other beet growers in the
vicinity of McCook shipped in. large
company of Japanese to work in the
beet fields about McCo0k, where
about thousand acres of sugar beets
have been planted.
Recently the United States govern
ment advertised extensively for man.
ufacturers to bid on q certain style
mattress; every mattress maker in
the country had an opportunity to
place his bid and most did, but it has
just been awarded to the L. G. Doup
company of Omaha. This is a regu-
lar yearly occurrence and it makes
the sixth year that this firm has Of
fered the lowest bid and secured the
| contract.
The Commercial clubs of all towns
on the South Platte line of the Union
Pacific railway west of David City
held meeting at Osceola for the pur.
pose of taking up the matter of Sc
curing better train service. There
was large amount of discussion, and
much time was taken up with the
subject and with preparing perma-
nent organization of the business in
terests of the South Platte country.
Officers were elected.
Owsley Wilson. the well known Lin
coin patent lawyer who died recently,
was one of the most famous hunters
| in the Colorado mountains when he
was young man. For years he was
in charge of hunting parties and
spent his time shooting deer and 9TH
er wild game for the Denver market.
Mr.. Wilson settled in Lincoln 10 years
ago. and studied law. He has been
practitioner for 16 years. specialize
ing in the patent branch of the pro-
lCSSIOu IIC uoc uouuiCu q AuuOCI
of cases for Nebraska inventors.
Secretary Royse of the state bank
ing board has issued a letter in reply
to inquiries from state banks as to
what items should be included when
making up reports of average daily
deposits. This report is required
from the banks for the six months
ending June 1, SO that the amount of
the guaranty tax to be levied against
each bank may be computed and GER
titled in time to make the first levy
July 1. the latter date being that set
by the legislature.
The epidemic of smallpox which has
been raging in Lincoln and the sub
urbs during the entire winter and
spring is gradually falling of. accord
ing to the health officer. There are
still considerable number of cases
but the officers think they see a grad
ual falling OF. For some time more
people have been released from quar-
antine and from the pest house than
there has been new cases developed.
Lane Fremont. an Omaha Indian.
committed suicide just inside the
Burt county line. Sheriff Phipps.
Coroner Gilkerson and County Attor-
ney Clark were called to the scene
Of the tragedy. about two miles north
west of Decatur. Fremont. who was
we!l-educated Indian. having been
a student at Carlisle. had been going
at rapid pace of late.
Deputy Food Commissioner w. R.
Jackson has issued warning in the
form of a bulletin that he will prose
cute any person who sells bag eggs
and to this he adds that dealers who
desire to avoid the penalty must can
| lie all eggs purchased. The penalty
is fine of from $50 to $500. The
bulletin is the beginning of a cam
Eaign which Food Commissioner Jack
SON intends to wage against bad eggs
and people who sell them or offer
them for sale. He asserts that it is
unlawful for the farmer, merchant or
other dealer to sell or offer for sale
bad eggs.
The late generous rain in Nebras-
ka was badly needed in some Sec
tons.
James Short of Calgary, Canada, a
member of a law firm and solicitor to
the crown and lot of other things,
proposes to sue the state of Nebraska
regardless of the consent of either
branch of the legislature of this state.
His grievance is that the county Of
Keith or the state of Nebraska owes
him 500 attorneys fees. Sheriff Eu-
gene Beal of Keith county. has tried
to intercede with the state of Nebras-
ka to keep its credit good in for
sign countries. but thus far he has
failed to collect the money which Mr..
Short says he is short.
An old man named Hajek of Buffa-
10 county, aged 20 years. was so badly
injured in a runaway at Rockville. II
niles south Of Loup City. that he died
soon after. He had his skull frac-
:ured. left leg broken and was other
wise bruised about the body SO that
Heath was only a matter of a few
hours. He was at Rockville helping
1 son build house and was at the
yards after a load of lumber when
he team became frightened and ran
away with the above results.
Mathew Gering as attorney for Mrs.
.. +. Wanderholm filed in the dis
>.ict court of Cass county petition
or damages for $4,000 against s. NJ.
Sadie, a fireman Of the Burlington