The Red Cloud chief., 1918-07-11

The German State bank of Deshler
has asked the state banking board to
change Its name to the Deshler State
bank.
over 100 threshmen met at Falls
City recently and perfected an organ
ization for the purpose of co-operat-
ing with the farmers to save every
grain Of wheat.
Verne Kennedy. probably the first
farmer In Gage county to thresh his
winter wheat, reported yield Of %
and 80 bushels to the acre from two
fields on his farm. The grain tested
61 pounds and is of good quality.
After facing an ice famine for a
week with no relief in sight from the
Ice man, the Oxford village board took
matters I'm its own hands, ordered car
1t is planned to continue the venture
through the balance Of the season.
York county wheat fields are yield
ing from 10 to 20 bushels to the acre.
outS III Y uiliiost u SolhpiStS az
the county. Corn never was as far al
vanced as ut this time of year and
with favorable weather there will b0
the largest crop ever known In York
county.
According to reports filed at state
Red Cross headquarters at Omaha,
Nebraska is one of the best organized
states In the union for Junior Red
Cross. Nebraska has twice as many
junior auxiliaries as Michigan or Wis
state with eight times the population
| Of Nebraska.
Virtually all wheat In the southeast.
ern part Of the state Is in shock. The
acreage Is about One-fifth more than
usual and the yield and quality
promise to be above the average. La.
Dor Is scarce and it is no uncommon
sight to see girls following the-.har.
| vesters shocking the grain.
| According to Governor Neville's
proclamation calling for primary
election August 20, candidates will be
| lOl StutC CAtNullNt
| a United States senator and congress
men, senator's and representatives of
| the state legislature on all party
| tickets. The nOnpartisan slate will
| name six supreme court judges, four
regents of state university, two super
intendents of public instruction, four
candidates for district judge in Third
and two in the Tenth judicial districts.
The executive committee of the
| Nebraska Nonpartisan league, through
J. d. Ream, Broken Bow, chairman.
has asked the Lancaster county dis.
trict court for an injunction to pre-
vent the state council Of defense in
| terferlng with league meetings.
Governor Neville stated upon his re-
tunr from Washington a few days ago
that soldiers In France will not be
able to vote In the Nebraska primary
in August for the reason that the War
department will not be able to gather
the names Of the men from this state
| In time.
The state railway commission re-
fused to comply with request from
Director General McAdOO that express
rates in Nebraska be increased some
37h per cent without a hearing to
substantiate the raise. Mr.. -McAdoo,
In his request, said he desires uniform
rates to prevail over the entire coun-
| try. and while he might file rates him.
self. ho would prefer that the commits
| ell 40 hA In 81,
are % per cent lower than In most
states. All hut five state commissions
have accepted the interstate commits
sion rates, % per cent higher than
Nebraska. To this the director gen.
eral proposes adding 10 per cent more.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has ordered that ali points on the
line of the Burlington railroad west of
Curtis, to and including Sterling, Colo,
be included in the standard mountain
time zone hereafter.
Gurdon w. Wattles, Nebraska food
administrator, was married the other
day vt Estes Park, COlo to Miss Julia
Vance of Lincoln.
Major l.. Il. Hohl of Albion, who Is
with the American forces in France,
was cited for bravery by the French
government.
Abandonment of the Nebraska an
nual state fair and utilization of the
fair grounds at Lincoln as perma-
rent concentration camp to house
from 1900 to 6y0O0 soldiers during the
period of the war is under cOnsidera-
ton by state and government authori-
ties.
A scheme is being worked out by
Omaha business Inen whereby regular
automobile truck lines are to be es-
tablished within territory of 100
miles Of the city for the purpose OF
| fransnortinp live stock IN tho Snntb