The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1921-03-31
The Hebron fire department is or

engaged III extending the teaching of
scientific agriculture and home eco
Monies throughout Nebraska.
One case of scarlet fever. under
Quarantine Ut Big Springs, has caused
iocnI officials To take precautions 10
prevent II spread of the disease
An incubator lamp started II fire
which totally destroyed the farm home
OF T.. W. McDuffee near Bigspring.
But little of the contents was saved.
! f.. ID. Root of Bigspring. new Justice
OF the peace, who has barely passed
! HIS majority. Is thought to be the
Youngest man In the state holding this
office.
! The Big Springs American LEGION
/ posi- is giving dances every two weeks
/ 10 raise FUNDS to equip their legion
hat. so far the dances have been "A
success.
raymond DixsOn Is in n critical con-
! dillOn AZ York with fractured skull
aS result of being gored by II refrac
tory bun which was being loaded into
Il stock car.
/ Farmers of Cheyenne county own 3IG
gas tractors, according To statistics
compiled by the county agent. This is
'hought to be the largest number per
capita in the state.
Al special meeting of the boord
or directors of the South Omaha Stock
Yards william j. Coad was elected =,
director to till out the uncxpirpd fern
or the late Frank 4. Ransom.
the Seward city council has grant,
ed the petitions of numerous citizens
asking that vote be taken this spriny
on pool halls. This, il is expected.
will be the main issue of the comn,iyn
The Nebraska Farm Bureau fedora.
llon now has II total Of approximately
3o,o,D members in the 30 counties COW
cred to date in the membership cam
paiSh, according 10 Secretary H. ID.
Lutte.
Miss Lille Jensen. young teacher ot
The Hinterlong school, southeast of
Minden, was killed when nm opto in
winch her 11-year-old brother WAS tuk-
ing her. TO school, skidded and over
turned
The Sidney baseball team is the own
or OF loving cup presented nv The
Denver Post Rocky Mountain tournn-
inent. The cup is u beautiful silver
one lined with gold and properly on.
graved
Lending men i'm the educational
world have been obtained for tIe
speakers at the annual meeting of
District No. of the State TEACHERS
association which will meet in Omaha
March 81 to April =
The Northeast Nebraska high school
decihmatory contest was held at Emer-
son with the following people win
hlhg Dramatic, Dorothy Hansen.
Emerson. first; Elma Carter Carroll.
second; humorous, Blanch Mothwig,
South Sioux City, first; Neva Riggs,
Lyons, second.
After firing his, large barn. cattle
sheds and other OutbuildingS In which
he had imprisoned his herds of blood
ed livestock, by piling machinery he
fore the doors, Carl HAHN, wealthy |
farmer living near HOldrege. fired his
,honse and stretching himself upon the
bed fired II BUILT through his brain.
Nebraska ~ White Kherson oats. of |
which there IS said to be- II consider. |
able supply held by farmers of Clay |
county, have been finding II ready mar
kei aS seed stock of late. Sales from |
Nebraska growers were recently made
TO Flagstaff, Ariz, Kansas Experiment
station. Colorado Agricultural College
and to county agents in Moffat and 10.
gan counties, Colorado.
The great slump the value of
farm products in Nebraska is revealed
In bulletin of agricultural statistics
recently published by the State De.
pariment of Agriculture. The 1920
corn crop, though much larger, is val
ued AT 100 million dollars less than the
1919 crop. Cattle on farms in 1920 are
valued N 100 million dollars less than
in 1913, The hogs i'm the state in 1918
were worth 81 million dollars, ~ mil
lions in 1919, and % millions in 1920.
The 1920 alfalfa crop dropped TO Il
value of - millions, compared to 81
millions the previous year, while last
years wild hay crop was worth hut
little more than u third of the 1919
crop. Horses show n drop of - mil
lion dollars less than the 1919 crop.
Even the oats crop of last year was
worth II million dollars less than In
1919.
The district convention of the state
kiwnniS clubs will be held in Omaha
April II.
Mrs Lucy Minor, negress, dropped
dead while attending services ut the
a. NJ. Il. church at Nebraska City.
After testifying she took her seat,
rasped and died before medical assist
ance could arrive.
Railroad officials announce an order
the - per cent increase
on live stock freight rates, made when
the railroads We're turned back by the
government. This order will 20 into
effect April l and remain in force un-
til July 10, 1921.
Blue laws for children are To be en-
forced from now on In Burwell Chill
1rpn will MOI no allowed IN ri,Ip hicy.