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All Kinds Gathered Various Points Thru- Nebraska $60,000 McCook being rapid'y seribed Burchard's last dead his home place. He fell and broke his hip Christmas day. Fire, believed have started from defective flue, destroyed the Burling ton depot at Hoag. Most of contents of the building were sumed. Value of building constructed and in 1924 in Omaha totals $12, This has been exceeded year only, according to records. The $5,000 home of Ledehoff Fremont entirely destroyed by lire, the nine member. of the family being forced flee in their night Farmers in the vicinity of Otoe have completed the organization graveling district near that village. Preliminary grading has already menced. The board of directors of the Thurs ton county farm bureau mapped out tree planting campaign which calls for the planting of 25,000 trees by Arbor day Omaha wound up her busiest vention year during the holidays by entertaining the teachers of Nebraska the meeting of the State Teachers Association. Dr. Oliver Everett, Lincoln, hasn't missed Husker football game years. He has seen every contest home and has accompanied the squad on every trip the safe of John Conley, deceased, of Broken Bow, Judge Ford, administrator, found in money and $500 Liberty bonds. Conley died July 30. Paul Jessen, forme. district judge Nebraska City was elected president of the Nebrazka State Bar sociation at the closing cession of the annual convention at Omaha. The Cozad Commercial club pledged its quota of $370 toward the maintenance farm bureau agent in Drwson county, to carry on activities among the county dur ing 1925. West, 17. was probably fatally injured while skating on the Blue river Beatrice when he attempted jump and grab hold of the rods under bridge. He fell on his head, fracturing his skull. Donna Bell, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jacobs, near Daykin, is critical Lincoln sanitarium result of half peanut which she swallowed lodging in the windpipe. The peanut by physicians. For the second time within three months Charles Hurley, prominent cattle feeder of Dixon county, topped the Chicago cattle market when he received $12 hundred pounds for recent shipment of fat and finely finished Hereford steers. Ice dealers Hebron have began storing ice which is cut from the Little Blue river and is said be the best ever put up there. runs from 11 inches thick and clear as crystal. large force of men employed and the storage tons Hebron will soon be completed. Colonel and Mrs. John H. McClay, aged couple who together for years, were buried side by side at double Scottish rite funeral Lincoln New Year's day. Mrs. McClay, 79, died December 30, and the colonel, the day before, both after long illness. Had they lived till the date their funeral they have been married exactly 58 years. School teachers Fairbury will read the bible daily in their classrooms. No comment by teacher or pupils will be permitted. trip to Scotland was the surprise Christmas gift the Rev. Miller, popular Presbyterian pastor Cedar Bluffs, from his flock 250 the Christmas tree exercises. Mr. Miller native of Scotland. According local weather officials, December, 1924, was one the coldest Decembers the years in the state. Twelve sub-zero days recorded the present month. Chief Game Warden George Koster issued an appeal to farmers to use little grain feeding the snow the ground. Otherwise, he there will be few quall in the state. The first cheese factory in the state located six miles east of Scottsbluff. what rapidly becoming the foremost dairy section the state, began operations October and first produced 60 pounds. The quantity produced has increased the 100 pounds per week, until the daily output now 700 Sixteen women's clubs of bluff country have signified their tentions joining extension course projects of the farmer's union this year and seventeen boys' and girls' club are enrolled. State bank and the Homer State bank, raska, are the eight failed banks throughout the state which have failed whose have succeeded turning some of the assets cash that money amounting quarter of million of dolnearly being turned into the state Workmen at getting the and representative halls order for the coming of the legislators, open the capitol January The State Suda Water Manufacturassociation recently held two session in Omaha., in lively discussion of problems pertaining their trade. Congressman the Fifth district seriously Washington, hospital. He has been bed for week attack of gall stones. The big auto bus Deatrice and Lincoin went into the near and turned its side Five passenge car the time but aside from shaking up they escaped shipment 3,900 ounds rabbits sent from Creek by express to firm in New York Nearly 800 rabbits were which represented of local for the The bond in school district No. 12, which York cated, aroused little interest, to extremely cold weather. Less than 200 votes were cast and there but thirteen votes against the proposition. Farmers along the rural served the Kearney postoffice hot dinners the mail riers appreciation of their efforts. Service some routes has been interrupted because tremendous snow drifts encountered, and the severely cold weather. The outstanding feature of December receipts at South Omaha the heavy run of Logs, the total the month standing head. an increase 134,000 compared year ago. Total receipts for 1924 have been largest year's receipts on record this market. Col. McClay, for years clerk of the Lincoln division of the federal court, dead his home that place. Colonel McClay was member the legislature, county official and banker, and was for years well known figure Nebraska politics. He is the father of McClay, postm. ster at Lincoln. Omaha has more telephones per capita than any other city in the world, according to statistics ceived by the bureau of publicity of the Chamber of Commerce from the American Telephone and Telegraph company. That city has 58,826 telephones, or 284 for each 1,000 population. R. McKelvie, livestock breeder, farmer, editor, and forn.er governor was one of the speakers at the meeting of the Nebraska assoclation in connection with organized agriculture week at Lincoln. Mr. McKelvie's topic was "What Place Has the Dairy Cow on Nebraska Farms.' Judgments aggregating aside from the interest thereon, were entered by the supreme court against the state bank deposit fund number cases where district courts had given decrees for the guaranty fund. In all but of these cases the district court decrees overturned. The fact that E. Danielson of the state fair board has gone into business as member of company supposed to be the basis of rumors that he will not be candidate for re-election present position when the state board of agriculture holds its annual meeting late in January. dairy cattle judging contest and fat stock judging contest be held the Organized Agriculture meetings at the Agricultural College, Both contests will managed college students have represented Nebraska in national judging contests, and will be open to farmers and students who have not been on college teams. Five hundred and thirty rabbits killed by 60 hunters of the Chappel district bunt, view ridding the country animals that doing much damage crops and trees. Eva Shuman, airbury county superintendent elected president the Nebraska State Teachers' association at the closing session vention Omaha. She succeeds True McCook. Masters, principal of the Central High school, Disaha, was elected vice president, Mattaews of Grand Island re-elected Among the other things that the Nebraska good roads boosters from next legislature be highway markers conform with the national marking scheme. dairy cattle judging contest and stock judging contest be held the Organized Agriculture meetings the Agricultural College, according the official gram. Both contests will be managed college students who represented Nebraska national ing and will be open farmers and students who have not been on college teams Robert Cox, an early neaster county settler, was killed and his wife, severely burned about the head and breast besustaining bad cuts and broken when carbide plant the basement their farm home, Lincoln, special rate fare and half has again been secured for round trip railway tickets to Lincoln return during Organized Agriculture week. Beginning January all depot agents Nebraska will sell these tickets good for the return trip January
