The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1918-12-12
A war department announ,eplcn,

In four OF the forty-one combat diviS-
ions on various fronts, November I.
The S9th-Funston-divlsi was ut
Tally and st. Dlzer This is made up
of the first draft men from Nebraska.
The SSth division from Camp Dodge
which contains many men from this
state was at Montreaux Chateau and
Is.Sur.Tille. The 3ith--Sandstorn--
division, composed of former NehraS-
ka and Iowa national guardsmen, aud
formerly stationed at Camp Cody, was
| at Cnstrps.
Nebraska potash men are awaiting
with interest the result of the recent
| conference In Washington between
| Secretary Lane, Bernard Baruch.
chairman Of the war Industries board,
and Vance Mccormick of the war
| trade board. on the policy of the gov :,
eminent toward the potash business.
| Nearly S1O,0O0,oOO worth of potash is
| in storage I'm the country. awaiting
| fixing of Il price. sixty per cent of
this amount was produced in western
| Nebraska.
| wheat in Nebraska this year il enu-
mated TO be 2S. 100000 bushels more
| than last year and 2i.00OO0O below
normal production. Last years yield
was 12.GUO.OOO bushels. Acreage of
| wheat is estimated to he 6,5OS,WO
greater than last year. Quality will
| be much better Railroad crops eX-
pcrtS say all wheat will he market.
able.
! 4 new series of war savings stamps
will he Ilaced on sale early in 1919.
| They will have a maturity date OF
January /, 1924. and will undoubtedly
he issued on the Same terms and IN
| the same manner as the series OF 1918.
Even though peace is assured. heads
of the War Savings campaign in Ne
| hraska urge The stamps he kept on
sale for at least another year.
Insurgents of the Nebraska State
Teachers association. opposed to hold
ing the annual convention in Omaha,
are scheduled 10 meet December NJ
AZ Hastings under the name of the
| Nebraska Educational association. The
date is the same as the opening day
of the annual meeting of the NchraS
la State Teachers association In
| Omaha.
1t is estimated that Nebraska's beet
sugar crop, produced by the four big
factories in the western part OF the
state. will aggregate 1OOOOOCWN
pounds. The acreage planted to sugar
LectS this wear was the largest ever
reported. The yield averaged twelve
to fifteen tons tn the acre. The grow
ers are getting around SO ton.
In the face of an officinl railing by
Attorney General Willis Il. Reed that
school boards cannot pay the 13,ON
Nebraska teachers out Of school dur
ing the state influenza quarantine,
State Superintendent w. II. Glenn
mons has issued an order To MI boards
10 pay teachers In full.
Preparations are being made AT
Omaha for fitting welcome and en-
tertainment for Nebraska troops when
they return from service overseas. II
Is probable that men from this dis
triCt will he mustered out at Omaha.
A Douglas county representative
elect Is preparing Il bill to Introduce
ut the coming session of the state leg
islature to make all public school
buildings In Nebraska available for
J community gatherings.
W. Il. Pagan, former bandmaster mt
the state Industrial School at Geneva,
who was convicted Of II crime against
n girl ut the institution, was SEN
fenced to one yearin the state prison.
Nebraska's Red Cross rooster, which
: has been sold and resold at auction
until he raised S55,S5O for the Red
! Cross, finally has been disposed of TO
Jack Finnegan of Fremont for SO.
The national convention Of the
: Farmers Equity union will be held In
: Omaha December Is and 10. Two
, hundred delegates are expected
r The coming session OF the Nebraska
legislature. which opens January 2d
|, promises TO be an exceedingly inter
h esting one.
e It Is estimated that about 35,OV
Nebraska boys were enrolled In thu
n United States Boys Working Reserve
n last month.
v Roscoe DUSTY Rhodes of Ansley
university of Nebraska football star
- was killed In action October "a
y Omaha will hold its annual automo
l. bile show, the dates having been Sc
for February "a to March !.
e December ~ to IS the Nebraska
e Farmers congress will convene In thu
Castle hotel mt Omaha.
l. Dana MUTT, editor Of the Utica Sun
r succumbed to the dreaded Influenza
If He was popular young man In thu
n community, having been fuel admins