The Red Cloud chief., 1919-03-27
Mrs. Alvin Bockwc,,er. wife OF a

u ho'l lliit Nlht anu IbUT nllltS lOfx
between Colon and Cedar Bluffs, Saun.
ders county. The storm was accom.
panied by II heavy hail, which done a
great deal of damage In several east
ern Nebraska counties.
{. /" Landry of Il Denver detective
agency, who was implicated in tho
killing of Miss Sylvia Kelly Of Nor
rill last December. was found guilty
of monslaughter by a jury at SCOTS
blum. Sheriff Sherman of SCOTS Bluff
county will 90 on trial soon under a
charge of being an accessory to the
crime.
y number OF patrons OF the Arapa-
hoe Telephone company sent a petition
To the state railway commission ask
ing If there vas not some way to pre-
vent the use of German ovcr their
phones. Nebraska at present has no
law To prevent such n practice.
Since the removal of all govern
ment restrictions on the buying and
selling of hogs the price has shot up
with great rapidity at South Omaha
but predictions are being made that
the prices will decrease before long.
Plans prepared for II new 100000
school building. To he erected mt Bay
ard, 10y Architect Colt of Scottsbluff.
were found 10 he Structually made
qnatc by state Engineer Johnson. who
ordered Il new set If plans drawn. :,
Of NchrlSkn'S total population, G3
per e VIII live on the proposed
5000 miles of state roads. and 81 per
cent will live within five miles, State
Engineer George T.. Johnson told 200
road bOOStcrS al Lincoln.
Members of the Beatrice Farmers
toOpcrative Grain company voted 10
al Ut the union plan organization.
The company will either buy or build
an elevator. The organization has Il
membership of 40. y
l.utherunS of Leigh have decided tn
erect II now church. The structure
will be 32Xo2 feet in size with n
Str"ple - feet high. All services in
the new cditice will be in the English
language.
y total of $1,000 persons attended
he 1919 automobile show at Omaha,
n record crowd uncQualled in the his.
tory of the affair. Sales are estimated
To have been far in erccss of 5000
600.
The Johnson county farm bureau
has made arrangements with Captain
\. &. Wilcox of Mount Vernon. H.. 10
assume the office of county ngricul-
turHl and demonstration agent.
Stockmcn of Dawes county have
been losing a number of calves lately
with blackleg. Vaccination as II means
of checking the disease in the district
is hcing urged by the county agent.
Citizens. of Harrington will vote on
n proposition to bond the city for n
sufficient sum 10 erect a soldiers and
sailors memorial i'm the form of a
library or auditorium on April 8.
Cost of production and other mat
tiers connected with the laundry bust
ness will he discussed by laundry
owners of Nebraska at their annual
convention al Omaha, March 2T-29.
At II monster mass meeting at Te-
kamah it was demonstrated beyond
any doubt, that citizens of the city
are strong for sewerage and paving,
and as soon as possible.
a quarter section farm near Filley
sold the other day for $500, or APP
proXimately 500 per acre. Gage coun-
~ land is gradually climbing skyward
in price.
Fire destroyed the Independent Bat.
terry Service building at Syracuse to-
untInp with tie aptipn ,,n,an1, ,n,,il
ing II loss of approximately $4,000.
Nebraska City is working out plans
to erect II suitable structure as "A
memorial to the boys of Otto county
who fought in the world war.
Sufficient number of property own.
ers of Spencer have signed petitions
to make certain the paving of the
business streets Of the town.
Chadron is now a city of the first
class, having been acknowledged such
by Governor McKelvie. The city IS
now divided into four wards.
John Menter, near De Witt, closed a
deal for the sale of his 2OO-acre Gage
county farm to John Schroeder for
$4,000.
The keith County Community club
has completed contracts for the
fourth annual roundup at Ogallala
July 3, 4 and :.
Citizens Of humboldt are agltating
the question of paving n number of
the principal streets Of the city.
a concerted campaign is to be made
by farmers Of Buffalo county to rid
the county of prairie dogs.
An outbreaks of hog cholera which
started last month in Box Butte coun-
~, Is now under control.
State officials confiscated 5000 gall
Ions Of grape wine of an estimated
value Of $4,000 at the Walker vine
yard near Omaha. The raid was said
to be the biggest haul Of liquor made
in the state of Nebraska in its entire
history.
Anders Jensen, wealthy Mlnden
formnr chnrpab with Savino D,octJ.nt