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The Keota news., 1914-04-17
Notes for Publication
Department Of the Interior
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March 9. Hf

Notice b hereby given that katherine Horst, wid-
ow Of William Horst deceased. Of koenie. Colorado
who, on March 3. t9i0. made homestead entry: No
0l2S62, for West Hall. Section IS. Township NJ.
Range 60 w, 9Th Principal Meridian. has fled mo-
Tee Of intention b make final three year proof. to
est1bish claim to the land above described before
John w. Hunter, Clerk District Court, 1t Csee3ey.
Colo. on the 9th day Of April 1914.
Claimant names ~ Witnesses: John Horsk Jack
Horst Henry Roth. John Croissant. an of keota.
s. MARY WOLFE DARcN. Register.
The Keota news., 1914-04-17

A Sunday School was Organized at
Hightower school house on Easter SUM-
day. with nearly thirty present. Rev.
H. B. Mcmillan, County Sunday School
was there and gave = hope
ful and encouraging talk. He travels
thruout the county on motorcycle, Of
ten carrying stsrsopticou outfit with
him. At Hightower Saturday night he
gave . lecture based on his work and IL
lustratsd with many excellent lantern
slides.
A. L. Rupp Of Buckingham has been
engaged a. director Of Keota Peerless
Brass Band for the present season. and
. meeting for organization will be held
Sunday. The boys are planning bene-
fit box supper and dance. to be held in
the Dodder implement shed, Saturday,
April 26.
Ten dollars was cleared for the Sun.
nyridge school library, by the box sup
per and social held there last Friday
evening. About forty were present t.
enjoy the excellent program.
w. L. johnson Of Iona Ranch left Ks
ota Wednesday for . trip thru Texa,
and other southern statesI - buyer Of
produce on . commission basis.
Mrs. o. N. Ernst arrived home from
Newman Grove, Nsb.. on Wednesday
She left her daughter, Mrs. N. d. Wells
much improved in condition.
Mrs. Clyde Cottrell and mother went
to Denver Saturday, via Briggsdals
and visitsd until Tuesday with Mr.. Cot
trell who 10 working there.
A dance was held ct the Fitch rancl
last Saturday night, and aItho the at
tendance was small . good time was had
Willard Woodward and family movet
from town last week into the house 70
Gently completed on their homestead.
v. A. Burkey and wife. and Oscal
Quackenbush spent Easter Sunday viii
Joe Winkler snd family.
Leslie Smith came from Colorado
Springs Tuesday, to join his brother
Carl, at Hightower.
Mrs. Fred Guenther returned Wednes
day from visit with her daughter, Mr.,
Bauer, at Grover.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Ferry and daugh'
tor were Easter guests Of Gus Peter
and wife.
Lloyd Andrews and Wilma Simms Wis.
tied with the Reuben Stsiger family or
Sunday.
Gus Peters recently bought . fine
team near Greeley, and brought 1t home
Sunday.
For rent: improved land; also house,
close In. See me, or write. J. U.
Painter. s.
Postcard views Of farm scenes made
to order at 81 per dozen. See Stanley.
Office supplies and stationery a'
Stanlsy's.
Tell it TO The News.
a.
The Keota news., 1914-04-17
NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY
Items of Interest TO the People of
Keota Community

Amber & Son completed . well for G.
VanHoosen Monday, on which they had
been working since last fall. The well
il 30l feet deep, and much Of the way
was thru sand formation which offered
many obstacles to the work. A good
flow was obtained, and Mr.. VanHoosen
claims to have the best we'll Of soft wa
ter in the community. On Tuesday and
Wednesday Amber 4 Son re-drilled the
well of C. E. Andrews, and cassd It for
the entire depth. They have since moved
their rig to the homestead of Rsy An
drews, and will drill his well deeper.
w. R. Stewart and fsmily, Mr.. and
Nrs. Robert Bussing and grandson,
Warren, D. w. Schoonover and wife,
C. E. Andrews, Mrs. Mary Bowman.
Miss Veda Scott and Master Philip
Cronk were guests Of N. L. Haworth
and family Easter Sunday. A turkey
dinner with all the fixings was served.
The men present are especially strong
in praise Of the fxings.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Brady and daugh-
ter. Alice, and son. Ray. arrived from
Grand Island, Nsb. Thursday. to take up
residence on the three half-ssction home
steads they have on Pawnee. Their car
Of household goods and stock came the
same day. Ray was here earlier In the
year, and had their first buildings in
readiness.
Frank E. Trumbo returned last Satur-
day from New Virginia, Iowa, and went
on the same day to Cheyenne, whore he
visited until Wednesday with his broth
or, James. He expects to put in crop
again this year, and hopes for better
luck than he had last fall, when his
grain stacks burned.
C. E. Andrews has set out sighty-five
young Carolina poplar trees, which he
secured from Lark Bailey. Mr.. An
drews denies that he is trying to shut
of his view of Keota, but says he ex-
pects to have grove worth looking at,
at Ii Belle View.
Word has been received from w. ..
Helphrey that he will start for home
from Omaha Saturday. His mother. IS
years Of age, leaves hospital the same
day, her condition being greatly i'm
proved.
Among the guests entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. Ole Olsen at their home on
Easter Sunday, were: H. 81. Hoover
and wife, Mrs. Marr. Roy Andrews.
Misses Mabel Andrews and Bertha o.
sen.
F. 8. Wolfe and wife returned to Ke-
ota Friday morning. Mrs. Wolfe has
been with her son, Lee F. Patty. ut
Greeley. while Mr.. Wolfe has been trav-
cling q salesman for an Omaha firm.
Mrs. Frank Britt and children and
Miss Mile johnson arrived from Boul-
der Wednesday, and have renewed their
residence on the homestead. Mr.. Britt
Il driving thru with two teams.
Miss Frances Norton Of Beatrice,
Neb., was in Keota Wednesday and
Thursday attending to business in con-
nection with her desert land claim, sew
en- miles northwest of town.
Mrs.. ]. D. Hawkins left Friday morn
ing for Dss Moines, for visit with her
son, and will then 60 to Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Mr.. Hawkins expects to follow later.
The Keota news., 1914-04-17
FARMING WITH TRACTORS
keota Crop Acreage to Exceed all
Past Seasons

Ira s. Griffin on Monday received
1880 Rumely OilPul tractor and Saun-
dsrs S-bottom disk gang plow. It Is
nearly new outfit, and was driven thru
from Akron. Colo, by . Rumely ex-
pert, who 10 staying with the rig during
ito first weeks trial. Max Waxham
and Sidney Pslt will operate it, both on
custom work and in Mr.. Griffin's own
farm work. Another power outfit put
to work near Keota this week 10 that Of
I. N. Wood. He ID pulling four disk
bottoms in stubble on the John Hobbs
place, with his l. H. G. gasoline tractor.
The Fairbanks Morse 1925 oil tractor
recently taken to Hightower by Carl A.
Smith. il performing satisfactorily. pull
ing Moline gang Of four l4-inch bot
toms in sod. and Campbell packer. 4
horse disk and 2-section harrow in work.
ing down the new breaking. D. W..
Franklin il arranging to start plowing
at once in his own neighborhood. north
Of Keota, using his Hart-Parr. Several
other power outfits are in use In the
Grover, Briggsdals. Raymer and Stone
ham districts.
Altho these numerous power outfits
make great showing Of progress for
this section Of the county. the opera
! tions of individual farmers with tsams
amount to vastly more In the aggregate.
It il noticeable that where very few
years ago most Of our people made shift
with single teams and walking plows,
many Of them are now working several
teams to gang plows, and wide-cut
packers. disks, harrows, drills, etc. The
new and improved tillage implements
put into use about Keots already this
spring amount to thousands Of dollars
in value, and the seasons work Is just
getting well started. In addition, every
implement accumulated in past years is
being put to good use, 80 that the acre
age under cultivation in this locality in
1914 will greatly exceed that Of any for
msr season; and with the moisture al
ready in the ground, and that which may
reasonably be expected, bumper crops
seem assured.
The Keota news., 1914-04-17

Leave orders for butter cartons at
The News Office. Soc per 100. A sug-
gestion: Get some regular customers,
and supply them by parcel post; 1t pays
better than churning for the professors.
Crepe paper, white and colors, and
columbine design crepe paper napkins,
at Stanley's.
The Keota news., 1914-04-17
News Office Days

During the summer The Ksota News
Office will be closed part Of each week.
For the present it will be open regularly
ON Wednesdays. Thursdays and Fridays,
and occasionally on Tuesdays and Sat-
urdays. On other days any business,
including payment of accounts, may bs
entrusted to Mr.. Schoonover, at Keota
postoffice. Use the Newsbox.
The Keota news., 1914-04-17

A neighborhood dinner, with plates
set for twenty-seven, was served at
Hightower Homestead on Easter Sun
day. Everything on the menu. from
entres to dessert, was made Of or con-
tained eggs; and there were lot Of
good things in between, too.
Potatoes, Pearls, $1.50 per cwt., sort
ed; $l.25 as they run. Corn, Swadley,
&c per pound on cob; Sc shelled; Aus
tralian the same. C. C. Leinbaum,
Buckingham, Colo.
For Sale: Improved winter smmer
and Buffum's No. II winter wheat, dry
grown. C. L. Gum, Grover, Colo.
The Keota news., 1914-04-17

The Weather
A good rain Thursday night and Fri
day; balance of the week fair.
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slowly and unsatisfactory
and gave unmistakable signs
of the hands Of the censor.
Germany, it is understood, has
demanded what position Eng
land would assume and was
told this would depend upon
Developments. But it is &C
copied that the first battle
fleet Of twenty eight battle
ships, fourteen cruisers and
destroyers would not be now
secreted in the North sea if
there was any doubt of Eng
lands position. She is expect
ed to establish a blockade of
all German North sea ports al
most Immediately. It was late
tonight rumored that Ger
many and Turkey had reached
an agreement that Turkey at
tack Servia from the rear at
once. If this is true, then tie
Balkan states must come to
the aid of Servia.
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postosnes plans.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
Z WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Because
OF the danger to German ships, Post
master General Burleson tonight IS
sued orders cancelling further trans
portation Of American mail on Ger
man transatlantic liners. He will de-
pend on American, French and English
vessels for . few days. but will PROP
ably withdraw the service from the
French lines 80 soon should the situi
4ion become more alarming. Thn
move, he indicated tonight, would Do
made because of the lack OF protec'
ton from the French navy. He heio
however, that American and British
liners would be safe no matter wna'
developments came.
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Meeting Called or.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The interna.
tional socialist congress first schedul
ed to be held in Vienna and then
changed to Paris has been called off,
a cablegram received today from
Paris announced. The congress was
to have met August 8 to consider an
international war strike. Victor
Berger, former Mayor Sidel, former
Mayor Lunn were to have sailed on
Tuesday as American delegates to
the congress. Morris Hillquit sailed
on the Oceanic today and was re.
called by tug after the cablegram
was received.
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Warburo on the Grill.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service |
WASHINGTON. D. c., Aug. DE.
tails Of every financial deal In which
Kuhn Loeb have taken an interest in
the last ten years were laid out on
the table" at four hour grilling this
afternoon OF Paul NJ. Warburg, nomi-
nee to the federal reserve board. by
the state banking and currency COM
mittee, with Senator Bristow OF Kan.
sas, acting az prosecuting attorney.
At the conclusion OF the hearing.
Senator Owen, chairman of the COM
mittee, announced Warburgs e1ami-
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CLEWS TELLS HOW
TO END THE WAR
HAIL Bankers Would Unite and Refus
20 Furnish the M
Money.

UNITED Press Leased Wire ServiceJ
NEW YORK. Aug. Sunday
Henry Cfews, banker and treasurer OF
the International Peace forum, tonight
declared bankers Of the world should
unite and by refusing funds to Europ
can nations, force them to abandon
the general war now on foot. Clews
said: Worlds banks should agree
not to advance the peoples money Of
which they are the trustees, to these
ne-plumed empsrors on horseback OF
their generals or soldier followers
That will soon decide who controls
the situation.'
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EInanclal PreeautIon.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.J
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The New
York City association met late TO-DAY
and perfected all plans for the 1ssu'
ance OF emergency currency to tioe
over any money stHngency on az
count OF the European war.
There need be little fear OF any
repetition Of the conditions OF 1906
President A. vanderlip, OF the Nation,
al City bank, declared in a statement
tonight, explaining the process con'
templated.
The banks under this law may take
out $500, 600, 600 additional nations
bank notes. There is no propapii,..
that anything like that amount VIII 70
needed"
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day was due to the Inability In other
banks to pay ydeposltors IN other than
notes. There was then 4 wild demand
upon the Bank Of England for gold
for the notes.
All Europe faces the oravest eco
nomic problem In history. In the
countries involved In the war all In
dustrIes are practically suspended.
Shops are closed and farms are de-
serted. In servIa, Germany, France,
Austria and Russia, men Isfe them
crops standing In The f'sids to answer
The call 70 arms. Traffic on the seas
10 being suspended and Il will be I'm
possible for the countries 20 receive
Imports and oil Will bs threatened with
starvation.
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German forces assume the aggressive
against her ally. Not only are Russia
and Franco confident that Great Brit.
ain will be lined up on their side, but
tho French foreign office tonight an.
nounced that II had complete assur.
anees from the British ambassador to
France that tho French stand has the
complete endorsement Of kino Georae
1t could not be learned tonigh,
whether the king has received any re-
ply from his appeals TO the car and
kaiser to mako mutual concessions In
the interest Of peace.
All military and naval movements
have been rigIdIy suppressed. The
admiralty alone knows the position o,
the battle fleet It 10 known to be In
the North sea but just where 10 4
carefully guarded secret No attempt
has been made to communicate with
It by wireless. Certain instructions
were sent out last night by ships tina,
sailed from Plymouth. Tho fact that
tho German fleet Is believed to be In
a strategic position In tho North sea
also with wireless opon ready to
catch signals, has kept the big towers
In navy yards and In the coast station
silent The declaration Of war that
was transmitted to the car In St.
Petersburg tonight will precIpitate a
cataetasr that will stagger humanity
There seems not sIirmer Of hope In
tho sky. Germany has admitted II
has gone too far to recede. Nor can
Russia now back down.
Italy has apparently deserted the
triple alliance but her example will be
followed by no other nation.
What remains Of Russia's former
sea strength, a, single battle squad.
ron, Is believed to be off Bornholm, In
the eastern part Of the Baltic sea.
Experts here would not be SURPRISE
to learn a German fleet has sailed with
instructions to wipe it out. Such
action is considered absolutely neces.
sary by naval experts. They say the
Russian fleets constitutes a menace to
German shipping and It's humiliation
is absolutely necessary to Germany.
If It can be wiped out Of existence be-
fore France and England have become
active enemies Of Germany, the kaiser
will have gained a strategic advant-
age. Feeling against Germany
throughout all Of Great Britain is most
intense. Anti-German demonstration
have already taken place In the west
end. Police already quashed a near
riot.
It Is feared there may be real
trouble in the provinces before the
Germans there can flee the country.
Soon after midnight a heavy rain
started. 1t had very depressing ef-
feet on AnsIo-French street demon
stration which earlier in the evening
had threatened to result in serious
clashes between police and rioters.
Crowds that had been parading the
streets singing patriotic airs and
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duty In the section where most Of the
Germans reside. The situation 10 made
more serious by gathering crowds Of
youths who alternately cursed the
Germans and cheered the British en-
pire and the czar.
After midnight group Of snthus-
iastfc Frsnehmen gathered In the
vicinity Of the German embassy. They
chsered their native land and tho
car and Justify cursed the kaiser and
Germany. Tho police charged the
crowd and dispersed Il without much
trouble.
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Watching the Socialists,
United Press Leased Wire serv

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON, Aug. 2.-The police are
taking the utmost precautions to pre-
vent serious trouble at the socialist
demonstration in Trafalgar square
this afternoon to protest against the
war Kerr Hardie is to be the prin-
cipal speaker and thousands OF social
lists are to be present. The police
Will not interfere with the speaking
but Will prohibit incendiary utterances.
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GERMANY TOUCHES
OFF THE MATCH
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All transportation facilities
everywhere in the nation have
been commandered by the
military. Autos of every sort.
from motor truck to palatial
touring car, have been pressed
into use for the completion OF
mobilization. Russia is ready
far more ready than when
the recent struggle with Japan
was initiated and fighting
close to her base Of supplies,
her enormous army can be de-
pended upon to give a good az
count of itself.
The Situation.
fBy Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent
LONDON, Aug. 2-(Sun.
day)-France is momentarily
expected to declare war on
Germany. The council of min
listers has been sitting all night
in Paris. It is expected to act
Immediately upon the compile
tion Of mobilization.
Germany and Russia are al
ready moving on each other
and shots have been exchang-
ed on the Prussian- Russian
frontier. The censorship is
absolute. Such details as fill
ter through, require the ut
most piecing out for interpre-
tation. But it is certain that
martial law prevails in st.
Petersburg and Berlin. Count
Won Kourtales, the German
ambassador to Russia, after
breaking the relations be-
tween the two nations, i'm
mediately left for the frontier.
At the same hour the Russian
ambassador to Berlin, de-
manded and received his pass
ports and started home.
The entire Russian and Ger
man armies are modified to
the last man. Offensive move
ments are believed to be al
ready under way. In addition
to defending her frontier
against Russia, Germany has
concentrated a vast army at
Metz. In anticipation of an
attack from France, the rail
way lines have been torn up by
the German troops for a dis
lance of several miles from
the border. France and Ger
many are already operating
their railway and Telegraph
lines for exclusive use of the
government, France having
taken over the lines in the
north and east tonight. Her
army on the German frontier
Of $4,000 approximately,
while some 100000 additional
are being rushed to the from
tier. The call for reserves has
been answered from London,
and England generally.
Night trains for the CONT
nent were damned, but as the
service is interrupted, few
have been able to cross the
channel. The telegraph to
France, Germany, Belgium,
Italy and Spain was working
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nation before the committee would
be resumed Monday and he thought
that after an hours session at tha,
time. the committee would agree on
q favorable report on his nomination
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TIE WEATHER

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-weathe,
forecast: Iowa: Local thunder
showers Sunday or Sunday night
Monday partly cloudy.
Illinois: Partly cloudy Sunday
probably local thundershowers in az
ternoon or night. Monday parts
cloudy.
Local Observations.
Aug. Bar. Their. Wind. Weather
l Z am. 80. 07 % Calm Clea,
pm. :. $3.50 "a NE PIT. Cldy
River shove low water of 1864, :
tenths.
Mean temperature, 70.
Highest temperature. ss.
= Lowest temperature, SO.
Lowest temperature Friday nighs
90.
TRM z. GosDw1scH,
Observer
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Italy Remains Quiet.

Italy Remains Quiet.
ROME, Aug. I. 9 p. m. (Delayed)-
Immediately following tho receipt 81
the news from st. Petersburg Of Ger
many's war declaration. King En-
anusI called conference Of the eabi
net. Following It, Adjournment
without the Issuance Of any formal
statement, the report was circulated
that for the prsssnt, Italy will make
no declaration Of her Intentions.
Ambassador sill Thers.
LONDON, Aug. 2 (Sunday).-Of
fetal announcement that the German
ambassador had not left Paris up tc
last midnight, was made at the French
embassy here early today.
New War Minister.
LONDON, Aug. 2.-(sunday.)-M
DeIcasse, former minister Of foreign
affairs and Germanys most bitter
enemy among French statesmen has
been offered the portfolio Of minister
of war In the vivianl cabinet, accord
inQ to a Paris dispatch.
Meeting Of Cabinet
LONDON, Aug. 2.-(ounday.)-Prs
mier AsquIth has called special
meeting Of the British cabinet for
eleven o'clock today. Il - believed
ttss session 10 to anticipate the *.
pected declaration Of war by France,
looked for at noon today.