The Red Cloud chief., 1919-06-25
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Occurrences over the Cornhusker
State C~hronicled In Paragraph
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Governor Mckolvie hnS received
notice from Secretary of the Navy
Daniels that there are 1871 memorial
tablets at the Washington navy yard,
made from metal recovered from the
wreck of the battleship Maine in
Havana harbor. THOSE eligible to pur-
chase them are municipalities, military
or naval associations or societies and
former officers OF the Maine or their
heirs. They cost S. each.
Louis ID. Gibson, Custer county SOL
der, who was sentenced to two years
in n military prison In France for be-
ing found asleep on duty after five
days constant service in the front
lines, and who was pardoned and
given an honorable discharge by the
government, was accorded n ire
mendous welcome when he returned to
his home and friends at Ansley.
As n result Of the condemnation Of
the old school building at Blue Springs
by the state fire warden, the board Of
education has called a special cleo
ton to be held July 1 to vote bonds In
the sun of $4,000 to be used in the
erection of a new building.
A Nebraska man, Captain d. II.
Raymond of Crawford, finished first
in the elimination preliminaries for
the pistol team to represent the Unit
ed States in the i%nter-allied small
arms competition mt lie Mans, France.
A contract has. been let by Seward,
York and Hamilton counties for the
grading of the S. Y. A. road from
Seward to Aurora at a cost of S107,-
5i1.12, there being forty-nine miles Of
road to be graded In the three counties.
1t is estimated that over 1000 per-
sons from over the state attended the
Nebraska Stock Growers convention
at Gordon. The meeting was by far
the most interesting and successful
ever held by the association.
Lincoln county farm land is chang
ing hands nowadays for prices rang
ing all the way from $50 to S175 and
In some cases 5000 m acre. Not many
years ago land in the county could be
had almost for the asking.
f. l.. Hilton, for the past forty
years in the newspaper business at
Blair, died last week at a hospital In
Omaha. He was 76 years old and edit
ell the Blair Enterprise up until the
end came.
Five hundred persons attending the
Gage county farmers union picnic at
Beatrice, conceded with State Presi-
dent Gustafson when he urged far
mers to cooperate against bolshevism
and /. w. w. lawlessness.
c. .,... -1.c.~o .,, aa,paI NJ
North Platte when the ODD time was
put in use that 1t was thought advis-
able to continue the daylight saving
plan until the old order Of things Is
again in vogue.
=, Collections Mt the county treasurer's
office at North Platte for the past
month were $4,000, which was the
largest sun of taxes collected since
the opening Of The Office.
The Wyoming-Nebraska Telephone
company, which operates particularly
the state railway commission for per-
, mission to increase its rates.
Petitions have been filed with thu
U city clerk at Red Cloud for the paw
q ing OF several streets of the city
. while others are being circulated fol
y the paving of additional districts.
Washington reports indicate that re
. peal of the daylight saving Law will
4 be brought about but will not become
q effective until the clocks are changed
q the first Of October.
Recent rains have washed or Q
" good deal of rust on wheat in Fillmore
y county and n good crop is looked FOL
II favorable weather continues.
A movement Is on foot to pave five
l. and Il half miles Of road in Exeter pre-
e cinct joining the o. i. ID. highwa!
e with the main street of the town.
l. Bound copies of the daily senat
a. Journal of the 1919 session of the leg
% islature are ready for distribution. a.
n cOrding to state house reports.
le A good deal of corn will have to b.
e replanted in the vicinity Of Superior
n having been washed out by the over
d flowing Of the Republican river.
Il Several alfalfe fields and a few cor
n fields in Richardson county have bee
re badly damaged by the army worm.
The assessed valuation of Lancaste
county property for 1919 Is nearly
s. million dollars above that of 1918.
s, Wet weather has resulted in the los
ef Of considerable n%ewly.crt grass an
In alfalfa in Cunning county.
rs Several townships In Cunning count
are agitating the question OF establish
H. ing township high schools.
Seven hundred delegates were pre-
o. ent and fifty-seven counties were rel
Re, resented at the State Sunday Scho'
convention at York.
In the vicinity Of Plainview thei
up has been but a single week OF goo
he growing weather since planting tim
III and farmers are in a pessimistic moe
IN. over crop prospects.
ey Robert w. Devoe of Lincoln WI
d; elected chairman Of the republics
ot state committee, TO fill the vacan'
re- caused by the resignation Of Il.
to Beach.
Il Strikes are again prevalent at On
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