The Red Cloud chief., 1920-08-26

end Of the resumed session Of the in.
quest over the death OF Frleda Bostel-
mann, 10 year old Stoddard girl:
THAT Frieda Bostelmann came to her
death at her home near Stoddard on
June z, 1920, by strychnine poisoning,
the said strychnne being felonlously
administered by her father, Fred Bos-
telmann." The Bostelmann girl died
the day before her scheduled wedding
to w. +. Butzke professor of the
Lutheran seminary at Chester. Her
father, who has been in iail since her
death, was known to have opposed the
proposed marriage. He Is being held
without bail for trial at the fall term
OF the district court.
The State Board OF Equalization
at Lincoln announced the general
state assessment for 1920 at SITS. 600.
wv, with reduction of the levy for
last year by 2.6l mills. The reduction
was made possible by the increase in
Variation OF the state. Levy for the
various state funds follows: General
fund, 3.44 mills as compared to $50
mills last year; capital building fund,
Ito mills; general university fund,
l mill; university account, 20 mills:
special university fund, 10 mills; nor
NAL school fund, l mill; state aid road
fund, 2.21 mills, and the state and
bridge fund, II mills. The total levy
| for 1920 is 1899 mills.
Nebraska stands fifth among all
states Of the union in per capita as
sessment. The figure reaches more
than 81, 1913. Iowa is at the top Of the
list with over $1,000. Wyoming has a
figure of $2,5JS, and South Dakota,
| $3.50.
That money is tight i'm Hamilton
county was clearly demonstrated the
other day when but one bid was of.
fered for n quarter section of the best
land In the county at II referees sale
at Aurora. 1t sold for 500 an acre.
Five lives We're lost and S1,S92, lOG
worth of property destroyed by 10
fires in Nebraska from December 81
TO July /, according to a bulletin is
sued by the state division of fire pro.
lection at Lincoln.
Mrs, Ella Pile, who resigned her po-
sition as superintendent of the state re-
formatory for girls ut York, gave as
her reasons for leaving that the insti.
tuition was unsanitary and facilities for
It's operation were inadequate.
Omaha's daylight parade in honor
l OF the tercentenary of the landing Of
the Pilgrim Fathers, will be held Sep
TENDER % instead Of September 81.
Postponement was made because Of
the special election
''Red" Neal. given leave of absence
from the pententiary at Lincoln that
he might harvest his $4,000 wheat
crop in Nemaha county, returned to
the institution of his own accord.
More than 90 per cent of the winter
wheat west Of the Missouri river is
threshed, according TO railway officials.
Estimates place the average yield at
twenty to twenty-five bushel an acre.
: Central City voters at special
election favored a $4,000 bend propo.
sition by majority of go for the pur.
/ pose of purchasing the Central City
gas plant
Gering irrigation district refundng
bonds for 100000 and Nebraska City
intersection paving bonds for $4,000
have been registered by the state aud.
itor at Lincoln.
Sidney voters will pass on n $4,000
, bond proposition Sept. Ia, TO be used
, for expanding the electric light plant
and water system.
OIL men who are financing the sec.
ond well being drilled at Bassett report
they are confident of success. The
, well Is now down about 500 feet.
Preliminary examinations for en-
trance TO West Point will be given en-
listed men of the army in Omaha De
2 cember to II.
: Some parts OF Custer county report
i ed heavy frOsts the past week, the frs,
this time of the year on record In the
: district.
3 Plans are virtually completed for the
: big Sugar Beet festival and barbecue
to be held ut Scottsbluff September
t to II.
o Large tracts of land In northern Hol
v county are being leased by O'Neill cap
italists for oil experimental purposes
h Minden's new light and water plant
!, now under construction, is expected I,
= be In operation about October LIST.
A highway from Alliance to Kimbal
s via Melbeta has been proposed by tn,
i Commercial club of Melbeta.
s Women Of Nebraska City have or
ganized chapter Of the League O
l. Women voters.
n Earl Kiser was sentenced to q TWEEN
ty-year term in the state penitentiar.
II for kidnapping a 13-year-old Aurora girl
It City mail delivery will be estabiishe,
at Sidney on September /.
,r Bohemian Catholic SOkoIs Of IN,
h United States will hold their quadren
n NAL national convention in Oman,
September %.
e Several buildings were blown dow
d and crops damaged somewhat by ter
r, rife wind and rain storm that swep