The Red Cloud chief., 1920-08-05
IT.. -a-
rotal amount 1901, si9 81

0b2. ltIWhpplpr ISGG 20
York 3151ag
'''"' amount ............. 1901 .9i99e
fd''in Drake of Bridgeport. n soldier,
dr'W NO. in The land drawing contest
~ Alliance, emitting him to homestead
rlShls on II GAO acre tract of some of
me oeSt land In Morrill, county. Other
Nebraska eN-sOldiers who drew fire,
clolce on the other tracts are: Fred.
erick JohiaS Wortlp. North Platte. 1So
acres: Ira David Bryond. Lincoln G2o
ceres harl &. kaschke, Oshkosh, 300
acres: James ~tapplegato, Lincoln, GIG
acres; Charles +. Tous. Exeter. $50
acres Ionn"c X. Shears. Broadwnter.
0fo acres. The land. totaliug over
i'ooo acres, was recently restored ,o
llon'c''ad entry by the goyernmeut
following several years of litigation.
County assessors of Nebraska. meet.
ing with the state board of ~eounIi2a-
non AZ Lincoln approved n plan for
making valuations of real and person.
az property in the counties. The plon
or the board has been To assess land
ON The sale valuation and reach an
average for each county. This will
raise the assessments in some countios
Michael II. Sullivan OF O'NcilI. for.
iler state bank examiner, was appoiut.
ed receiver of the dcfunct Farmers
bank of Page. Eugene Smith, presl.
dent Of the bank. was found dead i'm n
COW pasture, his head In n barrel of
water. several weeks ago. His death
disclosed that he had manipulated the
banks funds and records.
The steady advance of land values
in Nebraska was made apparent the
other day when JEFF J. Newman. who
homoSteaded in Perkins county -
years ago on the virgin prairie, sold
ms l'loO acre farm near NenangO for
more than Il half million dollars.
Lincoln merchants who guaranteed
TO make up any amount over the
SIoo,oOO appropriated by the 1913 leg
islaturc for extending the State Uni.
versity grounds will he required 10 pay
about $1,000 for the Improvement.
The first 1920 Kimball county wheat
was marketed, the other day. by vii.
liam Cray, and brought $50 per
bushel. II was frem Il field averaging
forty bushels TO the acre.
Petitions are in circulation in
Chadron to authorize the expenditure
of SSo,594 by the city. To take up the
dehcit created in the new water ex-
tension program.
j. q. Randall of the state agricul-
'turai college N Lincoln estimates that
nearly 30 per cent of Nebraska's 13O,.
DON farms are tcnanted by renters.
The Odd Fellows lodge at Hebron.
surrendered It's charter to the grand
lodge of Nebraska because so many of.
Its members have died or moved away.
Nebraska's corn crop for this year
Is estimated nj 1SS,000,000 bushels by
the state department OF agriculture.
Reports from threshers in Seward
county show wheat yields running
over 30 bushels to the acre.
BY II vote Of 03 to &c people Of MUIR
dock voted for II consolidated school
mt Il special election.
Reports show the wheat yield In sew
eral sections of Thayer county Is maxi
ing 500 an acre.
Work on $4,000 worth of new nav.
Ing for Chadron was started a few
days ago.
Federal census figures give Greeley
county n population OF S,6S5.
ii Is estimated that railroad work.
ers in Nebraska will receive over $780,
600 additional salary monthly, as the
result of the u per cent increase
granted railway employees by the fed
efal labor board nj Chicago.
Aaran $. Watkins of Germantown,
Ohio, was nominated for president and
ID. !" Colvin of New York for vice pres
ident by the national prohibition cOn-
vcntion mt Lincoln. Prior To the nomi-
nation w. J. Bryan was chosen for the
drys' standard bearer but refused the
honor, stating he preferred to stick
with the democratic party. ;
A movement Is on foot at Fremont
TO organize Il company of Nebraska
national guards.
Things are becoming quite lively
around the fair grounds at Lincoln in
preparation for the 1920 State Fair,
September ! TO 10.
T., T.. Fike, cashier Of the Nebraska
state bank of Valparaiso, was dis.
charged nj his preliminary hearing be-
fore County Judge ID. NJ. Parmenter mt
Waho0 on charges of submitting false
reports TO the department of trade and
commerce on the call issued February
II, 1920.