The Red Cloud chief., 1916-04-27
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DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

iltf At TItllOul.
May li-rroclaimed Mothers Day"
In Nebraska.
May l6 to Estate G. A. II. Encamp-
ment at Lexington.
May 5.lS-State Dental Society an.
nual convention at Lincoln.
May l1-Nebraska Bankers conven.
uon. Group One. at Beatrice.
May 23-2l25-State Harness and Sad.
die Makers association meeting at
Columbus.
May 2i'25-State Association OF Com
mercial Clubs Convention at Omaha.
Iune . and 6-Pageant of Lincoln,
presenting THE Gate City"
June 5-G-Spanish War Veterans
state Convention at North Platte.
Tune IL to 15-Trans.Mississippi Bak-
ers' Assn convention at Omaha.
June l3.li.15-Annual convention Of
Nebraska Elks at Omaha.
June IL to 16-State =. +. o. Conven-
ton at Alliance.
Juno l3-1i-15-Great Western Handi-
cap Tournament at Omaha.
June l9-20.2l22-American Union o.
swedish Singers, West. Div, con
c"rtS and convention at Omaha.
June 20 to 24-State Stockmen's con
vention at Alliance.
June 81 to 23-Fraternal Order Of
Eagles. state meeting at Lincoln.
In a gun duel which lasted several
minutes. officer Lon Trude of the
Beatrice police force shot and fatally
wounded Nels Smith. Smith had been
previously arrested for being disor.
derly and had been released on prom.
Use OF good behavior. AS soon as he
gained his freedom, however, he OBJ
tanned n gun and began threatening
the police. He died some minutes
after being shot.
Miss Hazel Parks, representing
Hastings college. won the state prohi.
bition oratorical contest at Bellevue,
taking a $50 cash prize. Simon f
Cozad of Nebraska Wesleyan univer
sity was second. Third place went &c
Earl A. Everett of Grand Island col
lege. The winner will represent Ne
braska in the interstate contest at st
Paul, Mimi, July q.
Edward, 10-yearold son of Joseph
McMichail, living east OF Wellleet, Q
small town e North Platte, was in
stantly killed when lightning struck
the bell at the school house and ran
down a wire rope, burning his face and
right side to a crisp. Other children
standing nearby were rendered uncon.
scious by the shock, but one were
permanently injured.
A special train loaded with 800 mel
and ONE from Lincoln and Omaha
left Omaha just recently for the sugar
beet fields Of Minnesota. They will be
distributed In the territory around
Mankato, Eagle Lake and Chaska. The
party was made up largely of Rus.
SLAMS and most of them worked in the
Minnesota sugar beet fields last sea.
son.
Fremont poultrymen say that the
present scarcity Of poultry and the
high price prevailing for poultry meat
is due solely to the fact that eggs are
bringing Is and 20 cents a dozen, an
unusually high price for this time OF
year. Farmers are hanging onto
their hens to get the eggs. they say.
The Platte county attorney wants
the county to own some %bloodhounds
to smell out and run down criminals.
He will urge the purchase of dogs at
the next meeting OF the county board.
A state bowling league, with a reg.
ular schedule of matches and a loving
cup as a prize instead OF a pennant, is
a movement that Omaha bowling lead.
ers are now discussing.
When First street paving In Ere.
mont is laid II will make a total Of
tw~enty-nine blocks, or nearly two
miles Of paving through Fremont on
the Lincoln highway.
During a five days campaign q
financial committee Of the Bair II.
brary collected $1,000. the amount
necessary to purchase the site for the
new Carnegie library.
With a new six.story hotel and a
800, 900 court house, besides many
other buildings. Fremont expects TO
put in one of the busiest building sea-
sons in It's history.
Ground has been broken for Broken
Bows new Burlington tpot- The
structure will be thirty by eighty feet
in size and cost $4,000. The city
council has passed an ordinance va.
eating certain streets, In order that
the depot shall have an adequate loca.
ton.
An evangelistic campaign, under the
direction OF Rev. James Rayburn. is
being conducted in Broken Bow. A
tabernacle with a seating capacity of
200 has been erected for the meet
ings.
The pulp drying process is n OF
the important features which will
mark the improved facilities OF the