The Red Cloud chief., 1921-01-13

A total Of 82, 10000 bushels of grain
were received and 54,743,7OO bushels
were shipped out by the Omaha Grain
Exchange during the year just closed.
Nebraska Federation of Retailers
Will hold meeting at Omaha, January
24-2S. The association embraces deal.
ers In shoes. furniture, dry goods,
clothing and groceries.
Governor McKelvie has appointed
Mrs. c. II. Dietrich OF Hastings a men,
Der of the state library commission in
place OF =. A. Somer OF Lincoln who
resigned some time ago.
The Union Stock Yards of Omaha IA
the second live stock market of the
world, and In better shape to handle
business than I'm any of the 81 years
1t has been in existence.
Three hundred post adjutants OF Ne
braska chapters Of the American Le-
gion have been invited to conference
at Lincoln. January II, by State Ad.
jutant Frank II. O'Conncil.
A. ID. Hays, II member OF the Lin
coin fire department, died of heart
failure rs he was returning from work
!
he had been flooding with water.
Several hundred men employed In
the car and motive power shops of
the burlington mt IIavelock, Platts-
mouth and division points I'm Nebras.
ka. have been laid Off for an indefinite
period
Annexation In worrying University
Place citizens again. During the past
two sessions Of the legislature meas
ures to annex that city to Lincoln have
been introduced, but failed to get
| through
! A guarantee fund OF $4,000 has
been pledged by Lincoln citizens for
the purchase and distribution OF coal
to worthy people who are out Of work
or are unable to purchase fuel just ut
present.
! The Plattsmouth city council has de-
cidcd that the contract recently made
with the lighting company ut that
place was not valid, according to law,
as the deciding vote was cast by the
mayor.
Stock shippers from Wyoming and
other western states say that prices
In the South Omaha market are much
better than those OF other places to
which they have made shipments
recently.
Frank w. Atkins, state representa-.
tive-elect from Gage EQUITY, has ten
dered his resignation rs deputy sher.
iff to the board OF supervisors and "A.
G.. Salisbury has been named us his
successor.
&. Il. Hartford, state fire marshal,
estimates that while the total fire loss
In Nebraska for 1920 will be little IL
any greater than In 1919, the loss by
incendiary fires has increased to an
alarming extent
John w. Steel, said to be the real
Coal OIL Johnnie" who won his name
when he opened up an oil field in
Pennsylvania years ago, and made and
spent several fortunes from oil, died
In Omaha last week.
Auburn sp0rtsmen made big kill
Ing near that place, bagging 4S9 cotton
tails, twenty-seven jack rabbits. three
crows, three hawks and one opossum.
The rabbits were sold and the money
used for the benefit of the needy.
heavy run Of hogs showed up Mt
South Omaha last Tuesday, about 49,
800 head, and prices suffered one Of
the worst breaks Of the season, 500
) 8Oc. Tops brought $685. and bulk Of
the trading was mt $925@9.6O.
! Af.er m official count Postmaster
Daniel announced that from December
20 to "a. inclusive, this year, the parcel
post department mt Omaha handled
1O,5O4 bags of mail, as compared with
: AGA bags In the same period OF 1919
an increase Of 126 per cent.
IL Is estimated that $l2,OO0.00O Is
paid out annually TO the employees OF
the various packing plants # Omaha
and although there was decrease In
! the receipts of live stock, most all OF
the employees were kept steadily EN-
: ployed at the different plants.
In the face of heavy decrease In
live stock at all ~ the big western
markets, the Omaha market remains
/ In second place by n margin OF ap
t proxlmately $4,000 head Of all kinds
: of stock, leading Kansas City, which II
r In third place, by this margin.
l ~ VIII 'tSl 'ic
during the next two years to run lis
! state institutions according to an es
I innate made by the board of contro
In It's report just made public The TO
tai cost during the biennium just pas
, was $3937 ,0770. The estimated cos
for the coming two years, AS given II
. the annual report Of the board, Il
$i,70S,0OO.
2 After thorough discussion OF more
{ than two hours, the State Bar associa
: ton decided not to adopt resolution
D TO incorporate by n vote OF "a 10 81
] This IL the fourth time the association
] has defeated the move.
a Governor McKelvie has revived tw,
old customs, the inaugural ball ant
4 governors military staff. lmmc
u dlately following the inauguration
e January g, reception will be held a
Il the governors mansion and dancing
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