The Red Cloud chief., 1922-04-13
NEWS Of STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Nebraska
Given in Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

aire, resident Of the city and state for
SO years, is dead.
A prairie fire about eight miles south
Of Arnold burned over large territory,
destroying much hay.
A reunion Of the members OF Ne
braska Base Hospital No. 40 Is planned
for Omaha. April 30.
A bond issue of 100000 for n school
building carried at Ognllala, 22D TO 10j.
nj the election Just held.
The proposition TO prohibit the hold
ing Of street carnivals at Aurora was
carried by vote of 800 To 30.
The proposition to bond the village
Of Sterling, Johnson county, I'm the sum
OF $4,000 for Il new system OF water
works was carried.
The Oriaha Travellers Insurance
company will hold its reunion OF agents
In Omaha April 24-25. More than 200
agents will attend.
Indian lands located near Bancroft
sold under sealed bids brought good
prices, unimproved lands selling Tor as
high ms $50 per acre.
"A car load of corn donated ny the
farmers of Wymore was shipped by
the Farmers elevator. 1t will go to
Armenia, via New Orleans.
A big prairie fire, about six miles
north of Merna, burned an crea of close
to 1000 acres and destroyed n large
amount of hay and some timber.
lmpounding automobiles for 30 days,
or more, is now the punishment i'm
posed by Omaha police judges wien
owners are proven to have violated
traffic rules.
shelton voters turned down the prop
osltiOn submitted at the election held
to vote bonds in the sum of $4,000
for the purpose of buying land for a
city park.
The Agricultural College recon-
mends that all seed potatoes be treated
before they are cut for planting. This
is for the purpose of controlling sew
cral diseases, most especially scab and
another disease commonly called rhiz-
octonia.
| +. w. Smith, Of Omaha, overseas vet
cran and In need of money, earned 500
by giving a quart Of blood used in q
TRANSMISSION operation upon Ed Belitz,
who has been in Nicholas Sem hos.
pital for three weeks suffering from
blood losses and an abcess on the leg.
The suburban town Of University
iversity, voted prOnOuncedly against
nvcrsity. voted prOnOuncecedly against
annexation of Lincoln. Nearly COM
plete but unofficial returns show the
ratio against to be nearly two to one.
The city of Lincoln took no part In the
contest.
Mrs. Belle Mason. Al, of Wahoo,
mother of four children. has filed q pe-
tition In Lancaster county court for
S15,3l5.7S damages against the Chicago
u Northwestern railroad for injuries
received in n head-On collision between
n freight and passenger train the even
ing of January 4.
The elevator and -four mill property
at Cook was completely destroyed by
| fire. The mill and elevator had been
idle for many months. Originally they
were valued at $4,000, but had
changed hands at $1,000. John Haupt
man of Lincoln being the last owner
Mr.. Hauptman had recently repaired
and somewhat improved the property
and some weeks ago stated he expected
to operate 1t. 1t is understood there
was no insurance and that Mr.. Haupt
man is in Lincoln hospital.
There Is keen interest In irrigation
thru central and western Nebraska
this year. Old bitches which have
been little used for the past ten years
are being cleaned out and put into
service again this spring. Many farm
ers are planning to install pumping
outfits for irrigating small tracts from
wells along the valleys of the Platt,
and tributary streams. Pumping fol-
irrigation is fairly expensive process
but often profitable one If the pump
ing unit is properly chosen, says tn,
Agricultural College. Before spendln:
lot of money for expensive equipmen
one should be sure about the wate
supply.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Meyer of Greeley
celebrated their 55th wedding anniver
snry. They were married at Crowr
Point. Ind and came to Nebraska II
1879, living in Greeley county "A years
/ Farm work is reported three weeks
ahead of the usual season IN Cheyenn,
and Duel counties. The soil is in goot
condition In spite of the fact that IN,
winter has been extremely dry.
The Nu-Way soap factory at Cret
was sold at sheriff sale To satisfy
judgement OF SLIPS he'd by a. r
Hunt of Lincoln, with Mr.. Douglas o
Crete, the promoter.
While lighting his pipe, Samuel Hak
ethorn, so, of Ames, set his coat atiro
He did not notice 1t at first, and fey
minutes later was enveloped In flames
lie was So badly burned that he die
five hours later.
Seven members of the sophomor
ard junior classes at Midland coleg
at Fremont have been temporarily sus
| ppndpl from NIL plosSps. and cOIIpo