The Red Cloud chief., 1920-08-05
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED

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Go. Of Omaha notified the commission
10 cancel its public warehouse permits
for elevators located ut Aurora. Hast
ingS. Clay Center, Morse Bluffs. Bruno.
Seward, Conner, North Omaha, Edo.
RADIO and Harvard.
a Nebraska row., owned by the Uni
yprsity of Nebraska College of Agri.
culture. ut Lincoln, is bidding for Il
record. In lo1 days she has produced
an average Of more than for pounds
of butter daily. I'm that time she has
produced 1866 pounds of milk and
1871 pounds of butter. She is still
milking abo1t 81 pounds daily, and
has Ia days left of her year.
a vote of two q one was cast
against II proposition to straightcn and
control the Elkhorn river by voters
Of West Point at n special election.
The reasons given for its defeat was
the immense cost Of material required
for construction work and the general
high price of everything required to
carry out the work.
HlbuN'N w INV hNitln VI NllS. '1f-
rome Potter of Omaha, who was killed
in an automobile accident near Ere.
mont because an approaching driver
did not dim his headlights, Dodge
county authorities have instituted n
campaign for speed and headlight law
enforcement.
The sum of S5.491.2O was the amount
received for wheat raised on J2-acTe
tract on II farm a few miles west of
Lincoln. Ii was sold direct from tnc
machine 10 Lincoln mills. for 81. 10 II
bushcl, the field averaging n bushels
TO the acre.
Attorneys for the regents of the Uni
vorsity of Nebraska charge that the
suit IN the Lancaster district court at
Lincoln, involving operation of the
state serum plant, is an attempt of pri-
waite manufacturers To pat the state
plant out of business.
Arthur j. k%ocnigStcin. former coun-
~ attorney of Madison county, con-
ricted of receiving brides from keep
ers ~ disorderly houses, has been
parolcd from the state penitcntiary to
his brother, Jack Kocnigstein, of Nor
folk.
Between December I, 1919, ana May
!. 1920, the city of Lincoln had but
SS.l6I in fire losses. which is consider
ed Il most remarkable showing for Il
city of its size 10y state Fire Marshal
Hartford.
The village of Hardy was visited by
a disastrous fire The past week. Three
business houses. including the mumic-
!pal lee plant were destroyed. The
loss will total several thou9and dol
lars.
\ report issued by the state labor bu-
rcau at Lincoln shows that S22l.12l
Ias been awarded under the workmen's
compensation law for disability and
death claims during the first six
months in 1920.
Teams representing Sidney, SCOTS
bluffs and several other Nebraska
towns and from two Colorado points
will compete for hcnors at a baseball
tournament at North Platte the week
Of August II.
Henry Bleyhl Of Snyder told stock
men AT South Omaha the other day,
while there visiting, that farmers Of
Dodge county are looking forward To
the greatest crops in history this year.
Reports from Washington are hat
Nebraska will lose one congressman on
o of the states increased popu-
latiOn unless the lower house of ron
gress is increased To 800 members.
A reward of $500 has been offered
for information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the person who shot
Alols lehman, IL. the sou of Frank
lehman, at West Point, on July ;.
\ lGO-acre farm four miles PAST Of
Beatrice, bought fourteen years ago
for $50 an acre, was sold last week for
$3.50 an acre.
-Four miles of the new highway be-
ing built between Pawnee City and
Table Rock have been completed.
Sarpy county officials are Investigate
ing II proposition TO pave "A portion of
bellevue boulevard through the county.
The War department ut Washing.
ton has granted the board of county
commissioners Of Lincoln county per-
mission To build II 66-foot right-Of-way
across the Fort Mcpherson military
reservation in the county.
Nebraska exceeded it's quota to-
wards Americas gift To France, which
is to take the form Of II statue to com
melnOrate the battle of the Marine. The
university of Nebraska sent direct to
the New York office the sum Of 1921 81
and S4,129,03 was raised by schools of
hs state, making a total of $4,000 60.
The states quota was $500.
Up To the middle of July more than
300 claims for hail losses 10 Nebraska
crops were received by the state hail
Insurance department At Lincoln.
\ special election will be held at
Gcrlng August 10 to vote on Il bond
issue of Sl20,OO0 10 build two new
ward school buildings.
At an election for the purpose Of