The Red Cloud chief., 1921-02-03

Cozad's new lighting system is be-
ing rushed TO a finish.
The Nebraska Lumber Dealers asso-
citation will hold Its annual convention
In Omaha, Feb. OIL.
Burglars made an effort to enter the
Farmers Union store at Union by
breaking open both the front and rear
doors.
The new 81, 900 Commerce High
school ut Omaha, It Is claimed, will
be one Of the most complete institu-
tons Of It's class I'm this country.
Six hundred tw~enty-seven delegates,
a new RECORD for the state firemen's
convention, attended the banquet and
closing session Of that body mt York.
The John Adrian general merchan-
disc store ut Hansen, was robbed OF
40 rents and goods valued at $50. The
%pOstoffice In the store was robbed OF
$500.
The Kiwanis district convention,
composed Of clubs I'm Iowa and I'm Ne
braska. will hold It's %semi.annual com
~vention In Omaha sometime I'm March.
Over 800 persons are expected.
A drive Is being made in Johnson
county In an effort TO get the total
membership Of the county farm bureau
TO IN thousand. Men from the state
bureau are in charge Of the drive.
Creighton. a town Of 1,SOO, has an
s O'Clock curfew law, and boys and
boys and girls under Is must be ac-
compnnied by a chaperone at dances,
moving picture shows and the skating
rink.
A lone youthful bandit, armed,
lined up twenty-five guests at an
Omaha hotel. compelled them to give
up their money-$19 in all-and es-
capped after forcing all into a vacant
room.
Asa Hepperly OF Norfolk led the
student judging contest OF the West
ern Livestock show at Denver last
week. He Is a member of the Uni.
versity of Nebraska college of agri-
culture.
n. II. Harmon. new state probation
officer, and Walter Schroeder, his as
s%istant, have begun their official duties
and have fitted up n temporary Of
/, flee on the fourth floor of the state
/ capitol.
A siXty-piece band, members of
I which are between the ages of Z and
, -, has been organized at Fairbury I'M
/ der the direction Of Professor Datho-
ley, conductor of the Military band at
:, that place.
At a special election In Tccumseh
for bonds, amounting to $4,000, for
extension OF water mains and installa-
+ ton Of a purifying plant to use Ne
e maha drainage ditch water, the bonds
r carried by a large majority.
Mrs. Elmira Thomas of Nebraska
s City. n resident Of the state for near
a ly sixty years, and ut n time the
e only white woman living on the over
land trail from Kearney to Denver,
died Of heart trouble last week..
The Bankers Automobile Insurance
company of Lincoln, having been turn
e ed over to the state department Of
trade and by a district court
order Is now In charge of W.. Il.
a Barley as special agent of the depart
ment.
The development Of eight cows with
u yearly average Of 9O3 pounds of but
If" Z tl'ti Ilut'S tlV uulIs hNlu Ut tIN
D. university farm anon the best herds
n in the United States and at the top
70 Of the list Of agricultural experiment
station herds.
County attorneys of Nebraska, meet.
ri ing at Lincoln to recommend legisla.
y, ton, honored the only woman member
nj In attendance, Mrs. Grace Ballard OF
Washington county, by making hel
rs president OF the state association fol
III the ensuing year.
ld Pending legislation, the bureau OF
tn markets, and the ACCESSIBILITY Of es
tablishing departments Of research
will be the chief topics Of discussion a
nd the meeting of the state farm burea,
declarations OF the midwest group u
of Lincoln this week.
Mrs. c. +. Williams, living nea'
ha Kimball, was the victim Of a peculia
n accident recently, when a kettle o
soap she was making exploded throw
M ing the boiling hot liquid over he
face, neck and arms and scalding he
a in n very painful manner.
es The winter short courses for praC
by teal farmers opened at the universit
he school of agriculture Monday, Januar
It. "a. The courses are open to all me
ar Is years old and are especially dc
signed for farmers who wish TO stud
he during the slack period of the winter
zig Nebraska's state fair In 1920 set
a high mark according to the statemer
of Secretary f. II. Danielson. A tot'
of $3SS, 115.4S was received by til
OBJ state fair board, $l44,75S of which wa
re- realized from the sale of tickets du
30. ing the fair, S1S3,26l.2S from misce
of laneous sources and $37 ,S50.92 fro
to concessions. A state appropriation N
ded $1,000 more.
'ed Kearney is probably as well protec
ed as any city in Nebraska by a vigi
500 ance committee of twenty-five which
working In conjunction with the pole