The Red Cloud chief., 1916-05-25

near Alliance, which necessitates lit.
tie else than pumping. boiling and
drying to maxi the best portion ready
for the refinery, after which the I'm.
ished article brings the heretofore un-
known price Of nearly $500 per ton.
The outlook in the potash lines
seems to bid fair to be as important
In Nebraska as the oil industry In
other states. Nearly 100 men are en-.
ployed in the plant. New residences
and business buildings are going up
In the little city at u most remarkable
rate.
In a sweeping decision in the dis.
trict court at Kearney, Judge James
Hanna Of Grand Island, sitting in
place Of Judge Hostetler, denied an
Injunction against the mayor and city
council OF Kearney. to restrain them
from paving the city streets. He de.
clared the constitutionality Of the law
passed by the last legislature provid.
ing for paving and assessing in cities
Of the first class. His decision di-
rectly affects over 5 1000. 900 worth OF
paving improvements to be laid this
summer in Kearney, Beatrice, Column
bus. F%airbury. Fremont, Grand Island.
Hastings. Nebraska City, North
Platte. Plattsmouth and York.
IL present plans of the state execu
tive board Of the Seventh Day Adj.
ventist church are carried out Hast
ings will be made the location of n
IF tho p,nct iVnpnytnpt Iannntnafinn.
al schools in the state. The school is
preparatory I'm nature and 1t is ex.
pected will start with an enrolment
OF 100 students. The first building
to be erected will probably cost in
the neighborhood of $4,000.
Nebraska's crop Of winter wheat
will total 59.341 900 bushels this year,
according to the estimate Of the Unit.
ed States department OF agriculture.
based on the condition Of the wheat
May l. Last year the winter wheat
crop of Nebraska amounted to &c..
$4,000 bushels. The condition May
l last year was reported as SO per
cent. while May 1 this year 1t was SO
per cent.
Ray Virgins. veteran engineer OF
the Rock Island railroad. and his 6.
year-old son were drowned a few
miles from Fairbury, while attempt.
ing to cross a creek. The stream. or.
dinarily nearly dry. was swollen to a
torrent by heavy rains. The little boy
fell into the water. his father dived
after him and both were swept away.
. A. c. Watson OF Plainview was on
, the South Omaha market a few days
g with a load Of beef steers, aver
aging l.403 pounds. that sold at $50,
the extreme top of the year to date.
This is also the highest priced bunch
? Of cattle ever sold In the month OF
4 May at the South Omaha market.
. The womap's annual metropolitan
golf championship tournament will be
staged at Omaha on the links of the
! Omaha Field club, July 10, IL, IL and
-. The woman's tourney will follow
immediately after the Nebraska state
: event. which will be held at the same
links July 5, 6, 7 and s.
In a high school track meet held
at Superior. with Superior, Hardy,
, Edgar, Nelson, Hebron, Scandal and
Republic City. Kas., contesting. Su.
: perior won first place with SO points.
. Joe Stecher Of Dodge and Stranger
, Lewis will meet in the. wrestling ring
in Omaha on July 4.
( Three carloads OF postage stamps,
stamped envelopes and postal cards
were received by the Omaha postal
authorities just recently. to I'LL the
/, needs of the Omaha office for the en-.
suing quarters. This consignment is
; valued at little less than $780, 900.
More thar fifty crack gunners from
I all parts of the state will go to Nor
folk June 4 and 5. the dates Of the
first annual registered tournament OF
the Norfolk Gun club.
+ Sunday baseball can now be played
In all parts of Dodge county as the re-
suit Of action taken by the county
board OF supervisors at Fremont Il
few days &
Fremont was chosen as the meeting
place for the Omaha Association OF
! Congregational Churches in 1917, al
Z the closing meeting of the %conventi2r
- at Uehling.
Hastings Is to have a public market
= operated and managed by boys in the
agricultural department of the city
schools.
, At a special election held at Hol
Il brook the electric light issue carried
by a majority of twenty-five votes.
h Talk Of secession OF five western
n counties OF Nebraska on the grounds
8 that the eastern part Of the state is
A not in sympathy with the west In the
q fight for water rights, has beer
IS brought to Lincoln by a prominent at
torney, who Is interested in various
n water cases.
-