The Red Cloud chief., 1918-06-20

ulhlt pOdTu VI NeDTdSkH Will nave 10
revise their classifcations to deter
mine II men have been improperly
given deferred classification. Nearly
fifty counties In the state are below
the general average for Nebraska of
23.3 per cent In Glass I. The states
average is below the national average
Of 2S.7 per cent, but this Is explained
In part by the exceptionally large.
number Of volunteers which Nebraska
furnished.
' According to statistics prepared by
government authorities at Washing.
ton, Nebraska led the country the past
season in the production Of sugar
beets. The tonnage produced on the
North Platte project, amounted last
year to 993, 100. The acreage was $3.50
and the value Of the crop $3.50, 600.
The total acreage Of the country was
only slightly over 27,OOO and the total
yield 265, 200 tons.
Omaha and Lincoln have prohibited
the sale and use of fireworks on the
Fourth Of July. The state fire commits.
sioner has asked the people Of other
cities and towns In Nebraska to follow
the example. Mr.. Ridgell goes upon
the theory that II would he more
patriotic to use the money for buying
Liberty bonds or thrift stamps or for
contributions to the Red Cross.
liunning u newspaper and holding
down the job as state printing COM
missioner is too much for j. f.. Web
ster, publisher Of the st. Paul Phono-
graph. MFR. Webster has rendered his
resignation to Governor Neville as
state printer, and will retire from
office just us soon as his successor Is
appointed.
Saunders county Is making a rec
ord In the use Of. -four substitutes.
For the month ending May Is, 7S,174
pounds Of substitutes were bought
against 63.34S pounds of -four In the
county. The population Of the coun-
ty is 22,OOO, giving an average wheat
flour consumption of less than three
pounds for the month.
Jacob Thull, organizer for the Non
partisan league, was arrested at Ord
on a charge of violating that section
or the state sedition law which re-
quires all persons in the state must
be engaged In a useful occupation II
physically able. Thull is the second
organizer for the league to be arrested
in Nebraska on this charge. =
A monster crowd assembled In
Bladen to attend the memorial ser.
vices held in honor Of Lieutenant
Grosvenor p. Gather, killed In action
on the front In France, May %. At
he close the 2i.star service flag was
lowered and Mrs. Gather. wife Of
Lieutenant Gather, removed his sta
and replaced 1t with a gold one.
The state council Of defense has H.
sued an appeal to the people Of Ne
braska to cooperate "in an effort to
make English the sole medium Of In.
structlon In schools-private or public
tho language to be used generally
In speeches and conversations"
Loafers In Scottsbluff county will
find one of their principal places Of
habitation closed during the early
hours Of the day hereafter. BY orders
OF the council Of defense all pool halls
In he county must close except be-
tween the hours of s and IL D. m.
Crop experts of the Burlington rail-.
road disagree with the governments
estimate Of $4,000 900 bushels of win
ter wheat In Nebraska this year.
They predict the states yield will be
between 50,000,0O0 and 55,OOO,O 900
bushels.
Nineteen head of horses and seven
mules were burned to death and 400
tons of hay were consumed when Ere
destroyed the A. Darling horse barn
at Grand Island. The loss is estimat.
ed at about $4,000.
The johnson county council Of de-
Tense condemned the action OF citizens
OF Elk Creek for FASTING nti-German
placards on the business streets Of the
town.
Engine Inspector Leonard Erickson
was killed and Fireman Byrnes SER
lousy Injured by the explosion Of the
boiler of n Northwestern locomotive
iOlh COuily n bpUTu OF commissions
ers placed an order n few days ago
for go Springfield rifles for the use
of tho home guards Of the county.
Under the direction of County Di-
rector, w. ii. Thompson, seven thrift
clubs have been organized In the
public schools of Pawnee City.
A total Of s27,O77.O6 was raised for
the Red Cross during the recent drive
in Cunning county. The county's
quota was $4,000.
Wheat -four stocks are being re-
duced to the minimum In Nebraska,
!. according to reports received from
county food administrators by State
Food Administrator Wattles at
Omaha, and substitutes are fast re-
placing the old standby.
! Two loads OF cattle Skinned from