The Red Cloud chief., 1919-09-11
The state board Of control an.

luhi ltIS vi tiltSt t1Tet lnSlltutlOIS
were reported by State. Fire Commits
sioner Beach as "fre traps"
The report that one of the three
skeletons unearthed In the yard of a
livery barn at Maple Hill, Kas., owned.
by Rufus King was that of w. +.
Ringer, brother of II. G. Ringer of Til
den and G. II. Ringer of Wisner,
created considerable excitemenet in
and aroun Tilden and Wisner.
Allotment of federal funds to the
various states for vocational educa-
tional purposes for the year 1010-1020
shows that Nebraska will receive the
sum of $36,01S. This amount will be
added to state appropriations and
spent for agricultural, trade and in
d%ustrial instructions and training.
a stock sale of more than usual in
terest took place at Chadron when G.
III. I.undy sold q COW and q calf pure
bred Herefords, to Mousel Bros, Of
Cambridge, for $1,000. This is said to
be the highest price ever paid in Ne
braska for n cow and calf.
The potato crop in Box Butte and
other Northwestern counties will
average from eighty to 100 bushels per
acre. Potato commission men predict
that they will bring the grower So per
bushel this fall.
Governor McKelvie, who ordered the
statewide probe into the ligh cost Of
living, told a Fairmont audience that
countrywide Investigations were hit
L TING tho fnrptnr first bxy ro1psinn Tim
price of grain.
Figures compiled by the state insur-
ance bureau show that Nebraska's
s~tate-Owned hail insurance plan net
ted the state during the past year
considerable over 100000.
Mrs. Henry Meyer, wife Of n young
Hall county farmer, vas instantly
killed when a touring car she vas
driving was struck by n Union Pacific
train near Grand Island.
Sutton, Hebron and Carleton tele-
phone exchanges have complied with
the conditions mentioned by the rail-
way commission, that allows them to
raise their rates.
In an effort to hold teachers through
out the entire term the Columbus
school board has agreed to give all
instructors a bonus Of 500 at the end
of the year..
The government store where army
food, clothing and other supplies will
be sold direct to the people ut cost,
will be established in Omaha on Sep
TENDER %.
Hemp raising has become so sue
cessful In Cedar county that a big
harvester company Is said to be Con-
templating the establishing of a hemp
mill at Laurel.
A car load Of clam shells taken
from the Blue river In the vicinity Of
Beatrice sold for $1,000. The shells
were shipped to a Washington pearl
button factory.
The proposition of erecting a sales
pavilion has been brought , o the fore
again at Wakefield. 1t is thought the
establishing of the enterprise will be
realized at last.
A new mark was set for farm lands
I'm the vicinity of Wahoo when Peter
Z. Cernek sold his farm, one mile east
of WahoO, to John T. POkorny for $3.50
an acre.
A farmer near Miniature, II. A.
L~otspeech, raised 712 bushel Of wheat
on a fourteen acre field. This Is the
high record production in the district.
A new hotel to eclipse anything In
the hostelry line in the middle west,
and to cost about So, 10000, Is to be
erected Mt Omaha, according to reports
/. The Nebraska Welcome committee
, in New York City will close It's activi'
:. ties and welfare work for returning
l Nebraska troops September 10.
At the rate auto licenses are being
: issued Mt the State house, Nebraska
will have 225,OOO automobiles and
! trucks by the end OF he year.
Plans are under way In Colfax coun
D ty to erect a monument to be known
u as q Memorial to the fallen soldiers
t and sailors In the recent war
The Evangelical Lutheran hospita
r which is under construction at Fall'
It City, will be dedicated October l.
l. Latest figures on Omaha's popula
ton give the state Metropolis a t0ta
n Of 214,935 people.
Miss Elain Rasmussen of Oakland
e was instantly killed In IN automobile
accident near Lyons.
Work along the Kearney to Plea
d santon state and federal aid road !
progressing rapidly.
q October IL has been set for the bi
IS centennial celebration at Fort Cal
hOun.
n Mitchell's new ice manufacture
n plant will be in operation In a fe,
months.
n Lieutenant John G. Walsh of Gerlni
a former army aviator, has purchased a
airplane, and regular flights are % b
made.
TO Considerable interest Is manifest !
20 the coming primary election to choos
a candidates to the constitutional col
he ventiOn. Septembt 10 Is the date 81
for the election.
m A delegation of. Scribner city O