The Red Cloud chief., 1922-08-17

MI hhhtritulte TAX or SZ,lyO was
assessed against the estate of the late
John Andrews of Fremont by County
Judge Wintersteen This is one of
the largest of such taxes collected in
Dodge county.
The Nebraska state band has been
signed by the state fair board rs the
official band for the 1922 fair nj Lin.
coin. For the Sunday concert the
band will have between forty and
fifty members.
j. Nj. Crabill of near Miniature,
claims the wheat record for Nebraska.
lie has just threshed twenty-five
measured acres, the 'otal yield being
1,2l0 bushels or better than sixty
bushels an acre.
Some one raided the drug room of
the Sem hospital ut Omaha and car
ried Oft fifty gallons of alcohol. AT
the price paid for the bootleg article
the goods will bring the theft nearly
n thousand dollars.
IN first track and field meet of the
newly formed midwestern association
of the amateur athletic union will be
held at Omaha Saturday. September
:, under the auspices of the athletic
club at that place.
Janet Mcpherson Of the Sunnower
rural community was adjudged the
best baby of Scottsbluff county Mt
the annual picnic at the state expert
lhent farm in that county. Fifteen
babies were entered.
Nearly 1000 Nebraska %guardsmen
VIII start on August 10 for a two
weeks encampment at Plattsmouth.
where ample accommodations for
target practice, bayonet training and
field maneuvers are provided.
A daughter weighing nearly seven.
teen pounds was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Gilbert of Stella. The babe has
a wealth Of dark hair, and is normal
IN every way. The parents are of
normal size and not overly large.
The elaborate pageant Coronado in
Quivera" will be presented with q
wealth of costumes and accessories,
at Ak-Sar-Ben field in Omaha, Sep.
TENDER Is and 10. Six hundred school
children will take part in the program.
Leonard Green, of Albion, was al.
most instantly killed during a baseball
game at BradiSh, when Il pitched ball
STRUCK nm near h heart. Young
Green crunpled to the ground and
dice a few moments after being struck.
Many farmers in Saline county are
marketing their 1921 crop of corn so
fast that the buyers are having diff.
Guilty In handling it. All the eleva-
tors are full and ears are not being
received fast enough to get the corn
out.
D. +. Kruger, president of Midland
college at Fremont, who is touring
Germany, writes to friends that he
Is astonished at the low prices pre-
vailing there. Good room and board,
he says, may be obtained at 40 cents
a day.
otto Kraemer. Norfolk High school
student, was drowned i'm a lake ot
Ashton, Idaho, according to word re-
ceived by his parents. Krnemer's
boat upset and, after rescuing n com.
panion who could not swim, he was
Will 'idiupS.
Fire, the worst In the history of
Pierce, burned over a half block and
caused damage which early estimates
place at aboutS100,0OO. Cause of the
fire has not been determined. Some
was carried but the exact
amount could not be determined.
The report Of State Treasurer Dan
Cropsey for July shows S495,492
In the permanent school fund and
In other trust funds %uninvest-
Most of this will be invested I'm
bonds when the board Of educational
and funds finds securities for
sale.
Superintendent A.. ]. Stoddard, head
Of the Beatrice school system for five
years and past president Of the Ne
braska Teachers association, has re-
signed to accept TIE superintendency
or the schools at B~ronXville, n. Y,
In the New York city metropolitan
area.
Mrs. Mary Skinner, aged So, living
Lincoln, Is said to be the oldest
woman In the United States actively
engaged in farming. She manages q
farm and delivers her produce
70 market herself, with Il horse and
wagon. She is the mother of twelve
children, over forty grandchildren, and
more than forty great grandchildren,
making more Than ninety-one descend
within three generations.
The corner stone of the present
house Is to be removed and
placed in the wall of the new capitol
)y the side Of the new stone. The Old
was laid in 1884. The names
IF the builders of the old building
ire carved thereon but the names of
he capitol commission will appear
'nly upon a bronze tablet placed
the new building.
Randolph's second annual Roundup
Frontier days exhibition will be
staged August IS and 10, under the
auspices of the Community club. The