The Red Cloud chief., 1918-10-24
WOMEN REPLACE men
Fifth OF Potato and Beet Crop OF
state Being Harvested BY Weaker
Sex, Experts Say.

According TO railroad crop experts
more than twenty per cent or the po-
lfato and sugar beet harvesters now Nv
work throughout Nebraska are wo-
men. The potato crop In this state IL
estimated mt a normal yield or o'ooo'-
600 bushels. Sugar beets In the state
will also he n normal yield. Quality Is
better but the acreage Is considerably
smaller than last year. One railroad
expert estimates the winter ana
spring wheat yield at 41,G02,oOO bush
els oats at 57.OO0,000, and barley at
4655 600. Corn will yield close TO
147OOO,OOO bushels.
The Nebraska Telephone company
has petitioncd the state railway coih-
mission for 30 per cent Increase III
nil telephone rates in their territory
which includes NIL territory In Ne
brnska north OF the Platte river, ex-
ccpting n few local companies. The
proposed increase. II granted. viii
apply to both local and toll charges.
Charged with making disloyal and
unpatriotic statements against the
Indictment was brought against SAM
uel Hunziker. wealthy farmer living
near Sutton in Clay county. by the
federal grand jury Of the Lincoln as
trict.
Lincoln was visited by mira
serious fire in the last month when
the plant Of the Standard planning
mills, covering block OF ground
north of the state university was en-
tirely Quilted hy flames. The loss Is
placed at 2s5.ooo.
Antioch, which Is little more than
two years old. has 1891 people ana
about $40 houses and cottages. nc
cording To the report ~ che census
takes. who filed his records with the
lheridan county board.
Box Butte county's home guards,
fully equipped, journeyed from Al
Plance to n number Of towns In the
sounty recently and were received
with great enthusiasm. other such
jaunts are being plsnne9.
That Nebraska boys are In the
thick Of the fray "cver there Is
proven by the fact thsi The govern
ment's casualty list Issued on OCT. IL
contained the names Of sixteen sol
diers from this state.
A man was hailed into court and
fined 81 and costs at Alliance the
other hiy for speeding in tractor
down the main street. 1t was ALLEGED
he was travelling at n speed OF II
miles nm hour.
Harrington citizens are delighted
over the prospects Of having full "A
hour electric light and power service
and n complete up-todate street light
ing system In the immediate future.
At a mass meeting at Chadron plan
were discussed looking toward tn
construction of a reservoir on chad
ron creek to relieve the serious waite
situation, which confronts the city.
Because of the prevalence OF Spar
fish flu the Nebraska Federation c
women's clubs has called off for TIL
year its convention which was schet
u,ed FOR Fa!rbury this week.
G. IL. Davis Of Colon, Saundei
county, has been chosen as agricu
tIral agent for Johnson county, to II
the vacancy caused by the resignatio
Of Clarence II. Weber.
Nebraska has twenty -four potas
concerns, fifteen OF which are locate
at Antioch, according to list OF u
various firms printed in recent iss'
Of the Alliance Times.
L.,t h. nt,n
catastrophe can prevent monst
gathering Of delegates Mt the sta
Potato Growers convention at
blum Nov. 13 to IS. .,lon of the II
The grand lGer OF Odd Fellow
depended for Lincoln this week, In
peen postponed one month because {
the "fu" epidemic.
Principals Of county school
throughout the state are acting q
their own initiative In closing schoo
because OF the Spanish influenza.
Fire destroyed the Rlchardso
county bank building and the Kram,
building at Falls City, entniling
loss of approximately $4,000.
A community service flag containlr
over 100 stars was dedicated ut DO
chester. The flag contains two go
stars.
With the $4,000 that was 10 ha,
been used for the erection OF an an
nal pathology building at the sta
farm-that project having been disa
proved by the state committee on no
war construction-it is now propoS,
by the University Board of Regents
reopen and run the hog cholera seru
plant until the next legislature NEE
and provides for Its permanent ope
alton. The board proposes to tai
this action upon the request of Go
ernor Neville that the plant be r
opened,