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commissioner OF immigration, viii
send Il federal representative to Ne
oraska to conduct a frope labor bu-
eau. and to be in charge of an immi.
grafton station here. THE Office will
be In Omaha" said Coffey. THE la.
Dor Office will direct the migratory and
seasonal laborcrs. The former come
and 20 without regard to conditions.
Seasonal laborcrs. such as harvester,
'ruit pickers and others, want to ,ol.
ow the seasons. The immigration
branch of the work probably will
BRING more immigrants to Nebraska
Coffey said. Some may be routed
directly to Omaha"
The Fairbury city council has re-
used TO grant pool hall licenses e
several applicants in the city. The
question was not voted on at the
spring election, II being understood
here would be no opposition to the
granting Of the licenses. The senti-
nent against the pool halls sprang up
y hen proprietors started a movement
% reduce license fees.
Definite plans have been made by
he historical and patriotic societies
II the state to mark the old historic
California trail The second monu-
ment 10 he erected within the next
few months will be- at Florence at
The starting point of the trail In Ne
braska, the first being already erect.
ed at Fremont by Lewis a Clarke
Chapter, ID. A. Il.
Election boards in every precinc.
in Hastings stood pat at the recent
election on the ruling of the attorney
general and refused ballots to all vot-
ers who failed to state their party
affiliations when registering at the
city clerks Office last month. There
were about 1859 voters in Hastings dis
fr .nchised as the result.
About scventy-tive delegates are ex-
pected to attend the 1916 convention
OF the English association of the Au-
gustana Synod, which will he held In
Omaha next October. Exact dates
for the annual gathering have not yet
been set, although it will probably he
held about the middle of the month.
Both the road grading aud read
paving bonds Of Douglas county, ia
falling $l,700, 900, carried at the recent
primary. These were divided into two
propositions: The one for 100000
bonds for grading the roads in Doug.
las county, and the other for bonds
in fhn ~, 80 e. rnn Inn So. u..G.-
certain Douglas county roads.
Woodrow Wilson was defeated in
the recent primary election In one
precinct in Seward county by Robert
&. Ross, proprietor of a livery stable.
The precinct Is German-American, and
self as a candidate for both the demo.
cratic and republican presidential
nominations at the primaries.
The question of building a Jail a,
Martinsburg. an inland town near AL.
len. has been the bone of contention
there for some time and In order to
dispose OF the question the village
board placed the issue on the ballot
at election. The majority favored q
jail and It will be built at once.
Pa Rourke. manager of the Omaha
Western league baseball team, has
signed a new second baseman named
Priest. from Rochester. N. Y, and he
has Joined the team. He will play
second until the recovery of Irelan,
who had a leg broken at Beatrice dur.
ing the practice season there.
Revival Of the old.style country
spelling bees will be undertaken In
schools OF several counties of the
state this year and 1t is hoped by
those interested that next yea enough
Of the counties will have taken up the
work to assure a statewide spelling
contest.
John Zook, for years city marshal
and drayman at Tecumseh. has sud.
denly become rich by inventing a
church model and selling the patent
to a Kansas City firm for $4,000. He
at his position. although the
windfall meal much to him.
The pupils of the Beatrice schools
are looking forward with eagerness to
the annual May festival, which proba.
bly, will be held on May 18th. It will
be held in Athletic park, a spot OF
beauty on the Blue, and
the pride of Beatrice.
The eleventh annual convention cf
the Thirtieth district of Rebekahs will
be held at Ponca May II. The dlstr'ct
Is composed OF six lodges, Wynot,
Ponca. South Sioux City,
and Emerson.
Lincoln's chances for an incineraror
the next year went into the
discard when the city commissioners
all bids.
Committees have raised s3,1OO to.
the purchase Of a site for an
auditorium at Holdrege; another com.
has raised $4,000 toward the
Of the building. Another