The Red Cloud chief., 1919-09-25
C0RNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
Of INTEREST TO ALL READERS

Peter Pratt, three Seward county boys
who led all boys as judges at the state
fair, will make up the judging team 10
represent Nebraska at the Sioux City
Interstate fair and three Omaha girls
demonstration team at the state fair
will constitute the canning team. The
stock Judging and canning teams Will
compete for honors with eleven other
states.
According to w. H. Campbell of
Mullen, district agricultural agent,
representing the agricultural depart
ment of the University of Nebraska,
many thousand cattle from the
drouth.stricken areas of Montana,
Wyoming and Colorado are finding
both pasture and winter range in
western Nebraska.
Four practical short courses will be
given by the university college of az
riculture at Lincoln this winter for
the express benefit Of Nebraska farm
ers. Any one may enter any of the
courses in tractors, trucks, automo-
biles, and farm shop, any Monday, be-
ginning September 20.
A year ago the State College Of Az.
ricuture. near Lincoln, purchased
a Hampshire boar for 500 Just the
other day the same hog was sold for
81 1000, II being the third animal the
college has sold in the last two years
for 81 900 or more.
The state bureau OF markets and
marketing estimates Nebraska's corn
crop at II per cent normal, based on
Sept. 1 conditions. This would indi-
cate yield Of 172.402, 900 bushels,
compared to 125,0S6,OOO bushels in
1918.
Lincoln citizens and organizations
are making preparations for the
coming visit Of General Pershing
who was n resident Of Lincoln for a
number of years. The date Of arrival
is not definitely fixed.
Otto Zumwinkle of Utica has been
made private secretary to Governor
McKelvie to succeed Phil Bross Of
Lincoln, who was advanced to the po-
SlllOI VI VI NiNtlNu
by the code bill.
Women were entertained at the Ak
Sar-Ben den. at Omaha during Mer-
chants market week for the first time
outside of coronation ball, since the
organization was founded twenty
five years ago.
| Nebraska's football team started
training for the 1919 season last week
with about 100 candidate for places
on the first squad. The opening game
will take place at Iowa City, Oct. 4.
A total of $4,000 head of sheep and
$4,000 head Of cattle were received at
the South Omaha stock yards last
Monday, breaking all previous records
for single day.
Commission men are said TO be Of.
fering farmers in the northwestern
part of the state having average
yields 500 an acre in the field fol-
their potato crop.
Reports from Washington indicate
not be affected in the least by the i'm
portatiOn of a cheap product from
Europe.
The state banking bureau has re
ceived application for charter from
the Bank of Dix, Kimball soun'
ty. The bank is Incorporated for SO.
900.
A convention Of the Nebraska
Farmers Cooperative Grain and Lave
Stock association will be held a
Omaha from November IS to 20.
Filley, Rockford and Virginia In
Gage county plan to build n transmits
sion electric line from the Holmesvill'
plant for lighting the towns.
Business men of Nebraska CIT.
have organized company having 70
its purpose the building Of an up-to
date hotel in the city.
Railroad crop reports place Neb
raska's potato crop ut 6,500,0OO bush
els, about half n normal yield.
The 1919 sugar beet yield in Ne
braska is expected TO be the creates
In the states history.
Gage county farmers report that tn
ground is so dry that fall blowing l
almost impossible.
Work has begun on the paving OF
number OF the streets of Mullen.
} South Omaha packers predict tina
retail prices of meat will be decldedl
lower In the immediate future.
An effort Is being made to hav
: Cardinal MERCER, Belgium's famou
prelate, who arrived I'm this country
few days ago, to visit Omaha an
: other Nebraska cities.
A controversy of 20 years standin
between the north and south side @
: Columbus was settled by the voting G
: Sl50,000 bonds for n site and ne'
! court house. Inc site will be tw
. blocks south of the Union Pacific stt
/, ton.
Shelton has an unprecedented scare
, ~ of homes with no immediate pro-
poets of improvement in the situate
in sight.
BY a majority of about 1000 In Il
tol vote Of obout 1000 HiChnruSO