The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1920-12-30
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED


drill for oil In that vicinity.
The price Of milk at Columbus has
been reduced to 10 cents a quart.
"A woman's auxiliary OF the hmer!-
can Legion has been organized at Ord.
One hundred employees ut the Bur-
| llngton shops at Iavelock have been
laid OFF
A conference of the Midwest Farm
bureau will be held at Lincoln early
I'm January.
Albert Biehn o. Hebron has been ap-
pointed to take the naval examination
for Annapolis.
The Midwest Implement Dealers
association will convene in Omaha
January to Z.
A movement has been commenced
In West Point for the organization Of
n commercial club.
A university press club has been or
ganized at Lincoln by students inter
ested In journalism.
Farmers In Gage county have be IN
blowing the last few weeks, rare
thing for this season.
The state normal school ut Kearney
has added 1883 volumes to its library
during the last two years
Alliance Is already laying plans to
get the 1922 convention Of the state
volunteer firemen's association.
An effort is being made by farmers
around Edison to organize an equity
store and cream station there.
The WOmen's Public Service club at
Broken Bow has started movement
to establish city swimming pool.
A recent drive for membership has
increased the roll Of the Hastings
Chamber of Commerce to nearly 600.
The abstract Of reports Of 1909 state
banks shows decrease Of nearly ten
per cent I'm deposits for the quarter.
The broom factory ut Deshler, EN-
ployins 125 people, has been tempo
rarily closed down, to install new ma
chinery.
Nels Nielsen Of Norfolk was killed
at Battle Creek when he fell from n
car from which he was unloading
tombstones.
Omaha's death rate, 6.S per 1000
Of population, during the week ending
December IL, was the lowest In the
United States.
Frank Leninger, York county
farmer, sold to the York Milling COM
pany five thousand dollars worth Of
corn at so cents.
The Cambridge municipal light
plant is now furnishing lights to Bart
ley, Lebanon and Danbury New street
lights have also been connected.
Owing to the near-epidemic Of sew
eral diseases In the vicinity Of
Chadron, the public schools there
have been closed until after the holt
days.
The practice OF serving hot lunches
for the pupils at noon, especially In
cold weather, has been adopted In fif-
teen rural public schools in Platte
county.
Burglars entered the department
pany at Mitchell and carried away
pany at Mitchells and carried away
goods to the amount Of about six hun
bred dollars
Less than 5 per cent the usual num-
Der Of fur-bearing animals in Nebras-
ka are being trapped for their pelts
this year, according to buyers and
state game officials.
A wide spread epidemic OF chicken
pox has resulted In closing several Of
the schools Of Sarpy county, the
malady attacking not alone children
but adults as well.
The state of Nebraska has started
legal proceedings to obtain the in
heritance tax on the Sl,0OOOOO estate
LEFT by the late John Neal OF the II. j.
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Women of the Nineteenth Century
club Of Kearney have prevailed upon
the board Of education to appropriate
$500 toward fund already available
which will be used In hiring n school
nurse for that place.
The careless throwing Of a lighted
match was responsible for II serious
prairie fire near the village Of Ames
which the farmers OF the neighb0rhOOd
and the people Of Ames fought for two
hours to conquer.
Rev. George Agius, pastor Of St
Josephs Catholic church at Geneva
recently celebrated the 9th ami
versary OF his ordination. at thai
place. The program covered severa
days and was attended by 10 visiting
members of the priesthood.
A 320ncre farm near Harbine has
been sold for S5l 200 a store a
Seward, Neb., was included In the
deal.
Omaha contractors assert that will
the decline in the prices of building
material, everything points to con
siderable activity In the building lint
I'm most Nebraska cities and towns
within the next few months.
The car barns of the Omaha ant
Lincoln Railway and Light compan.
at Ralston were destroyed by fire witt
n loss estimated ut $4,000. The barns
part of the offices and three inter
urban cars were destroyed
DIR. Harold Clifford of Omaha sale
for South America, where he wi
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