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NEBRASKA NEWS OF CURRENT WEEK
ASK 8 BRIDGES BUILT OVER MISSOURI RIVER
Funds to Be Requested of Iowa and Nebraska Legislatures
Omaha.-L.egislatures of Nebraska and Iowa will be asked for funds to construct eight bridges over the Missouri river at the coming session, It was decided at a meeting of the Nebraska Bridge association, which was attended by Iowa bridge enthusiasts here. The bridges would be constructed at South Sioux City, Decatur, Omaha, Blair, Plattsmouth, Nebraska City, Rulo and Niobrara. Iowa bridge advocates will ask the legislature to give 5 per cent of the primary road fund each year toward the construction of the bridges If the plan works out one bridge & year could be built, it was stated.
Two Kearney National Banks Merge Kearney.-The Central National bank, of Kearney, has been merged with the City National bank, of this city, following negotiations which extended over several weeks. Though the merger, the City National bank becomes one of the strongest banking houses in the state, outside of Omaha and Lincoln, with deposits exceeding $2,500,000 and a capital and surplus of $165,000, and cash and bonds on hand exceeding $600,000.
Graduate Voted an Oxford Scholarship
Lincoln.-Hugh B. Cox. who graduated from the University of Nebraska last spring, is preparing to embark upon a three-year course in Oxford university following his winning the Rhoades scholarship for Nebraska from a list of a dozen candidates. The Rhodes award provides for three years residence at the English school with an annual gift of 400 pounds sterling. Cox graduated from Lincoln high school in 1922. He immediately enrolled in a course at the University of Nebraska, where he was associated with the Daily Nebraskan, student publication, as editor for two years. He graduated from the university with Phi Beta Kappa honors. He entered the Harvard law school this fall.