The Red Cloud chief., 1921-01-06
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS

The price Of milk at Columbus has
been reduced TO 10 cents a quart.
A conference of the Midwest Farm
bureau will be held at Lincoln early
In January.
A movement has been commenced
In West Point for the organization OF
commercial club.
A university press club has been or
ganized Mt LINCOLN by students inter-
ested In Journalism.
Farmers in Gage county have been
plowing the last few weeks, rare
thing for this season.
The state normal school at Kearney
has added 1888 volumes to its library
during the last two years.
Douglas county commissioners will
open bids December 30 on O $1,O0O,OOO
road improvement project.
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 a 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 1,O09 state
banks shows decrease Of nearly ten
per cent in deposits for the quarter.
Rev. Charles w. Savidge, the
Omaha marrying parsoD," celebrated
his 4,0O0th marriage ceremony last
week.
Mrs. Eta Durland, well known Nor
folk woman, Is dead, following fatal
injuries received when she was run
down by an automobile.
The report of the Department Of
State hail insurance shows de-
flciency Of S63,754.73 for the year end
ing December i, 1920.
The electrOcution of Cole and Gram
mer at the state prison last week, was
the first time that method of punish
ment has been used since Its adoption
by the state.
ber Of fur-bearlng animals In Nebras-
ka are being trapped for their pelts
this year, according to buyers and
state game officials
Hay reached its lowest price on the
| O'Neill market last week, when buy
ers were paying only $3.50 a ton for
the best and were not anxious to buy
even at that price.
Future University of Nebraska foot.
ball games will be played on the
state fair grounds at Lincoln. The
state fair directors have formally rati-
fed this arrangement.
One week after celebrating his 9Sth
birthday William Thompson, resident
Of the Nebraska Masonic home at
PlattsmOuth, one Of the Oldest Ma
sons In the state, died.
State association Of county agricul-
tural agents, home demonstration
agents and boys and girls clubs will
meet in annual convention at Lincoln
December 80 to January 2.
The Grand Island police force un
covered a still In active operation
In the former Gold Cure institute al
that place, which went out Of bushes:
soon after the state went dry.
A request that the people of Nebras
ka donate shiploads Of corn for the
starving peoples Of Europe instead OF
money has been made to the governor
by Walter ]. Towle Of Grand Island.
The new $4,000 Methodist churcl
Just completed at Lodge Pole wa
formally dedicated last Sunday. tn,
building Is said to be one of the mos
beautiful church edifces IN that par
of the state.
"Jack" Best, football coach ant
trainer at the state university, ant
we'll known to every student of tina
institution for over quarter Of cen
tury, celebrated his seventy-fifth birth
day last week.
Delegates to the state volunteer fire
mems convention, to be held In YOrl
January Is to q, can ride on all rail
roads In Nebraska where the fare
more than 81 for one and One-half far
for the round trip.
There are four aspirants for tn
lob of United States district attorne
for the Nebraska district. They are
l.. J. Mcclure and M. o. Cunningham
Of Omaha @. e. Matson, present cOuT
ty attorney Of Lancaster county, an
@. +. Sandal Of York.
Omaha's death rate, 6.S per 100
Of population, during the week endin
December II, was the lowest In tn
United States.
DIR. Charles Hershman, an AllianC
physician, dropped dead In his Ofilc
while treating patient with o.
X-ray machine. His death is attrit
uted to cOngested artery In I'll
brain.
Receipts of cattle at the Sout
Omaha market last week were III
lightest seen there on Monday
many weeks, only $500 head being n
ported In, against 1O,7OO head tn
week prior
The Midwest Implement Dealer
association will convene In Oman
January to z.
The careless throwing OF q lighte