The Red Cloud chief., 1920-12-23

The English Lutheran church at VAL
paraisO celebrated its twenty-fifth am
niversary hast week with an all-day
meeting.
Members Of the former Plattsmouth
Home guard company voted $3.50 re-
naming funds in their treasury to
the American Legion for use I'm outfit.
ting club rooms.
Bill Rourke, who for the last u
years has been sole owner of the
Omaha base ball club of the Western
league, has sold his franchise to Pagan
| Burch Of Houston. Texas.
Automobile bandits operating in
Omaha stole ten automobiles between
8 and o'clock one night last week.
This Is a record number for one hour,
according to official reports.
Mike Curtain, alleged slayer of his
father on June I'd last, pleaded guilty
to murder in the second degree, and
was sentenced at Grand Island last
week to Imprisonment for life.
An explosion in the gas plant at
Kearney set fire to the building and
caused n damage of 100000. The
shock of the explosion was felt oil
over the city.
Replies TO a QUESTIONABLE sent 10
county agricultural agents by the col
lege of agriculture indicate that be-
tween il third and Il fourth of the corn
crop was still In the field December !.
The Gothenburg Community club
has decided to bring some of the big
musical attractions to GOthcnburg this
winter and the first number will be
the Polish pianist. leopold GOdowsky.
The report Of State Land COmmis-
siOner Dan Swanson shows a total in
crease of S103, 467 SO in receipts from
lands leased and lands sold by the
| state for the two years ending NOvem-
Der 30.
T Nebraska will he required To enlist
6,iOO officers and men for the national
, guard in the next four years, accord
ing to statement just issued by
> Adjutant General Paul, who has plans
5 for the reorganization OF the guard al.
r most completed,
, Farmers OF the Canadian settlement
! in the Stanton neighbOrhOOd have cut
= all farm labOrers' salaries to 500 d
$ month. Many farmers have been pay
!, ing their men, who had families, SlO(
. a month. furnishing free house, giving
i them milk, potatoes and fuel as wei
: as allowing them to keep flock Of
chickens.
II In addition to hundreds of letters Il
J. the College of Agriculture from farm
e ers regarding the keeping OF cost nc
II counts, communities are organizing II
d do the work in cooperative way
II Farmers of Cheyenne county recent.
Il voted to keep accounts In every schoo
A. district. Three communities in Platt
u county have also organized to know
n the cost Of producing next year
crops.
"a Fire which started in the basenen
l. of the Greenwood block AT Wymor
e caused "A loss of about $1,000 10 III
u postol,ice and the building IN whic
t. ii Is located The origin of the iir
T. is supposed 10 have been sponlaneou
vi combustion,
The home of Dr. Edwin MaXey, f0l
T. mer wcll-known professor OF law
lie the state University, al CollegerieN
n. was set on fire damage estimate
e. at $1,000 resulting Kindling In II la
+, ket and rags in closets and burea
al drawers, saturated with Kerosene II
IS dicated ihnt the lire was Of mceniiaI
origin
10 Nebraska university is now ful
AL tiedged member of the Missouri vale
m Conference, ready 10 comply with II
'e- the rules of the organization and wi
compete for the football championsh
he In 1921,
In Pairolman Joe Treglia is TO he give
IN the first medal awarded under ne
ed plan for rewardlng extaordina'
bravery and efficiency In the police d
at partmeni ~ Omaha. Treglia thwart'
by an arson plot 10 destroy restaura
as ard rooning house. in that city,
nd carrying out Of the building sever
ar blazing basins filled with inlulnnlnb
material and oil soaked shaNi.GS,