The Red Cloud chief., 1920-03-04
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A petition signed by $50 Howard
county citizens has been filed with the
Nebraska supreme court at Lincoln
asking that steps be taken to cause
either the aisbarmcnt, citation for con
tempt or public cpnSure of John NJ.
Priest and Sterling MUTT of Lincoln.
Il. A. Reasoner Of Thedford and "other
attorneys" who have taken part since
October. 1919, i'm the long pending
fight for the life Of Grammer and
Cole. the two men whose execution for
the murder of Mrs. Lulu Voght has
now again been hung up for several
weeks in the courts.
The integrity Of the retail merchants
throughout the state, who on divers
occasions have been accused of being
profiteers, Is to receive its supreme
test. Mrs. G. q. Ryan, I'm charge of
the Nebraska economy campaign and
federal fair price commissioner, has
prepared n card on which consumer
may mail to her office the specific
complaint wherein It Is claimed an
exhOrbitant price has been charged for
merchandise.
State Superintendent Of Public In
structiOn Matzen has sent notices to
the officials and others interested in
appeals made from the decision of
county redistricting committees. Under
the new law the county superintendent
and w men named by the county
board act as \ committee to redistrict
the counties so rs to provide for
larger school districts and better facili-
ties.
Because he claimed exemption from
military service draft on the grounds
that he was an alien and subject of
Germany, Johannes Paulson of Leigh
was forever denied the privilege of be.
coming a citizen Of the United States
by District Judge Button at Columbus.
The judge not only denied his petit
ton. but also cancelled his first pa
pers.
Oklahoma oil men are leasing a
great deal of land in southern Holt
county. The same interests have un-
der lease a large acreage of land near
Erina, Garfield county, just south Of
the south line Of Holt county. The
syndicate already has q rig on the
ground and expects to begin boring
soon.
AT a,meeting OF county officials and
contractors at the office of the secre-
tary Of public works ut the state
house at Lincoln, contracts were let
for over $5O0,000 worth of road build
ing in Douglas, Saunders, Hall, Col
fax, Merrick, Fillmore and Thayer
counties.
Governor McKelvie has reprieved to
March 10 Alison i. Cole, under SEN
prison at Lincoln, together with Allen
V. Grammer, for the murder OF Mrs.
Vogt. Grammer, by n federal court
ruling, is automatically granted a stay
until his case can be heard.
Completion of the work Of c~irculat-
ing petitions to place the name of Unit
ed States Senator Hiram w. Johnson
Of California on the Nebraska republi-
can presidential preference primary
ballot to be voted or April 20. was
announced ut Lincoln.
The constitutlonality of the act
passed mt the last special legislative
session to enable Douglas county to is
sue bonds to restore the damage TO
It's court house %Occasioned by the riot
of September %, has been put up to
the state supreme court.
Hebron expects to have n new In.
dustry i'm the near future. The factory
for the new sanitary candy case, In
vented by w. r. Norton, of Beatrice
is soOn to be located there.
Influenza caused the death of five
children of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Al
bright at Antioch and Mr.. Albright Is
reported seriously III with the dis
ease.
Wheeler county will cooperate witt
Holt county in completing the norti
and south highway through the two
counties at least as far south as Bart
lett this year.
Governor McKelvia has issued ar
official proclamation naming April y
as primary day in Nebraska for the
selection Of the various candidate fol
this falls election.
The oil project, twenty miles nortl
Of Chadron. is being watched will
much interest. The drill Is now down
1900 feet.
During the past lei days over TWEEN
ty-fve applications from Germans
Austrians and Hungarians In Nebras
ka, asking approval of permits 10 visi
relatives in Europe, hav been filed witt
q" w. NJ. Brashear, immigration service
representative at Omaha.
Engineer A. ii. Hagen Of the Girls
Industrial school at Geneva has bee
discharged as the result of an invest
cation by the state board OF cOntroI
The board refused to disclose til
cause, Hagen is said to have been dis
charged following charges by the girl
In the institution.
The bureau of professional servic
at the University of Nebraska mt Lin
coin had calls for 2s7 teachers frOr
1T3 towns In January. Fourteen state