The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1921-03-10

Fremonters are to vote on n $4,000
bond issue at the spring election for an
extension of the local water system in
the outlying districts of the city.
The eleven-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Margaret Gerdes of Auburn is NJ.
flicted with the sleeping sickness. Doc
tors have been unable to give her any
relief.
Fenton Fleming Of Lincoln was
elected president Of the Nebraska Re-
tail jewelers. association ut the close
Of the annual convention ut Omaha
last week.
Holt county is the first to have
marketing agent for its farm bureau.
The agent disposes of agriculture,
products direct from the farmer to tho
consumer.
The body of Cart Smith of Madison
was found I'm an automobile by the
roadside near Enola. An empty gun
with both barrels discharged was in
the machine.
The Mindcn volunteer fire depart
ment will be supplied with Il modern
electric siren mounted on the municipal
building ami operated from the central
phone exchange.
Omar Young, farmer living near
Palmyra, was caught In the nywheel
of cornSheller and narrowly escaped
being killed. His clothing was torn
from his body.
Two fires in the same block Mt Free
mont, both thought to be of incendiary
origin, resulted in II loss Of S5O,OO.
State Fire Warden Hartford is inyesii.
eating tina matter.
One hundred and fifty teams hive
signed up to enter the eleventh annual
high school basketball tournament ut
Lincoln next week, with prospects that
the registration will reach 200.
The Bloomfield fire department crl-
ebrated It's twentieth anniversary at a
banquet last week. ]. w. Bart was tie
first president and George Downs the
first chief, and both still live there.
A purebrcd hog sale ut Chndron
brought over 300 Out-Of-town visitors,
many purchasers. Purebred Poland.
Chnas brought an average price Of
S1O2 so and Duroc-Je:seys S1O325.
Parker Island, on the Platte river
near Central City, will be converted
into scenic park containing an out.
door theater, drive, swimming pool,
play area. cottages and camping area.
Frank 4. Ransom, for many years at
tOrney for the South Omaha Union
Stock Yards company and active in
democratic politics of Douglas county
oil
| Illness
a. j. Blair, who worked thirty-six
years for his brother-n-Iaw, John
William, as farm hand, In OtOe coun.
~, without drawing his wages in full,
has been given a judgment for $4,000
in supreme court.
The Farmers State bank of Hadar
has been closed by order of the state
department Of trade and commerce fol.
lowing the discovery by State Bank
Examiner Duelow of an apparent
shortage of $4,000.
| X. q. Elliott, president of the Chad
ron state normal. and NJ. Il. Reische,
secretary Of the state normal board,
have gone east to attend Il national
meeting of educators, and to see Pres
ident Harding inaugurated.
| Fifteen persons We're hurt, one SER
iOusly, when n Union Pacific passenger
train crashed into the rear end of a
Missouri Pacific passenger train at the
tower station near Gilmore Junction,
nine miles southwest of Omaha.
Work will be resumed at once on the
Platte county court house. The SUI
pervisors last spring refused to let a
contract because of high prices, and
now will be able to build 1t for con-
siderablysless than the appropriation.
Yeggs robbed the bank ut Howe,
Neb., and escaped with the contents of
forty safety deposit boxes. The boxes
contained principally liberty bonds
Bank officials could not estimate tie
loss, but admitted it might reach
$4,000.
The First Christian church mt Nc
Cook Is remodeling and improving its
building which will include addition;
to both east and west sides of the
present structure. The seating capa
city will be increased to 400, and d
modern baptistry will be added.
!, Lieutenant Governor BarrOws has
returned from strenuous trip to tn,
east where he visited In the capacit,
; OF commander In chief OF the Sons ol
Veterans and also as presiding Officer
, OF the Nebraska state senate. He de
livered thirty speeches In seventeen
cities and ten states.
: The Kearney county board of super
visors has made special apprOpria
] ton for the farm bureau making pos
sible the hiring Of a county boy an
; girl club demonstrators.
DIR. J. T.. Stevens, IA prominent Lin
coin physician, Is dead from n trifiin,
) wound sustained while performing III
|. operation some weeks ago, the injur,
: developing into misunderstanding.
= Norman Johnson, slayer Of City DE