The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1916-07-20

democrat. b'gosh, end always Will
be-" He is also woman suffrage
| booster. At the time of the civil war
he was too old for service, but sent
two of his sons
The Commercial Club OF Kearney
has gent forth It's annual appeal TO
Nebraska congressman TO use what
influence they may have with the fed
eral government to secure release
of the food waters OF the Pathfinder
dam. The Kearney canal is practical
! ly dried up and the cry for water is
being heard on all sides.
A campaign has been launched by
| Lincoln Commercial club TO secure
one of the twelve regional banks pro
vided for in the rural credits bill
which just passed congress. w. j
| Bryan is taking an active part in the
campaign to land the bank for Lin.
coin.
North Platte has responded gener.
ously TO the call OF the guardsmen OF
Company f. A check for 1925 has
been sent to Captain p. r. Halligan
TO be used as mess fund by the boys.
| Fiftyone persons contributed to the
fund, the contributions ranging from
81 to $25
In the first heat of a 2:10 pace dur.
ing the races at Fremont last week
PAGER Bud Williams, owned by a
| Washington man, dropped dead with.
In 100 feet OF the wire. The driver
was thrown several feet but was un.
injured.
The Pentecostal church Of the
Nazarene, more famiiarly known as
the Nazarene church is being organ
lied in Beatrice. The organizers say
two hundred people have signifed
their intentions to join the new
church.
The Burlington railroad company
Is surveying around ScOttsbluff with
view of escertaining the cost OF
building branches to transport sugar
beets from large area TO the big
factories at that place.
The present membership Of the
Hastings Y. NJ. c. A. is 443, including
n sustaining members. A member.
ship campaign is to be launched early
this fall when II is hoped to increase
the enrolment to 1000.
A red letter day was held at the
Methodist church in Burchard recent.
ly for the pastor, Rev. A. c. Spencer
In all he baptized Twenty-Five persons
and had forty-six accessions to the
church.
The campaign Of fish spearing in
the water holes Of the Platte, has ex.
tended so that meat markets In
| Grand Island estimate the decrease
in the sales Of meat Is over 800 a
day.
During the first day OF the J. W.
Fleming closing out sale OF twenty.
four improved stock farms at Wis.
1,43S acres, at an average Of $142.S2
per acre.
Small grain harvest in Red Willow
county is well under way. the yield
being large and the quality fine. II
will be one Of the largest harvests in
the history Of the county.
Seventy head Of cattle were drown.
ed at the Coffee Cattle Co. ranch near
Harrison when they broke down a
fence and crowded into an OVERLOOKED
reservoir.
The new $4,000 St Charles Cath
olic church at North Bc,d was dedl
Gated last week. Bishop Then OF
Lincoln delivered the dedicatory ser
mon.
William WOOdhurst, warden at the
Carver and a pioneer Nebraskan. died
died at his home in North Platte
, On July 2Sth the voters Of New
man Grove will pass on a proposition
to issue $4,000 bonds for the purpose
7 Of procuring town park.
The Gage county board Of super
visors turned down a petition signed
by $50 residents Of Filey for permits
D sion to play Sunday baseball
{ Material to be used in the con
Q struction OF the new bridge over the
Platte at Kearney ia arriving daily.
1 The Nebraska Saenesrbund festiva
6 will be held at Grand Island Angus
, II, IS, 10 and 20.
+ President Woodrow Wilson will b'
4 invited to speak in Omaha during thu
d semi.centennial celebration this fall.
Work will commence soon on TIT
. new federal building at Alliance.
!, Fire at North Bend did $4,000 dam
age in the Empress theater.
. John Schmitz,of Edgar, boyhoo
friend OF Henry Ford, the Detroit au
b tomobie manufactures, mailed chez
to Mr. Ford just recently for $1.3i
. asking him to ship a new Ford to hin
= Ford called the BLUM and shipped tn
car
!. A brick yard belonging to Ere
,s Brinkman at Arlington was totally d.
o stroyed by fire, The fire is suppose