The ranchers in the sand hills have taken up the idea of reforestation, and there is scarcely a cattle ranch within fifty miles of the national forest that has not planted a windbreak or a wood lot. Each year since 1911, when seedlings became available, the government has given free to the ranchers as many of the acclimated trees as they would agree to plant and care for. As a result, the whole character of the despised "sand hills" is gradually undergoing a change, and it is expected in time that the terrific winds which heretofore have swept the hills without interference will be much tempered.

When the project is completed, the Nebraska National forest will be one of the very largest bodies of artificial forestry in the world.

Hooch Sprinkled on Street.
Louisville, Ky.—When the village water cart failed to appear on time at Beattyville, Ky., Police Judge H. Begley, commanded a large supply of confiscated moonshine stored in the courthouse and set men at work with it, settling the last. On Main Street, he found a barrel of whiskey, which he had on his person.

HOLDS SELF TO GRAND JURY
Judge Delaney of Paterson, Whose Car Killed Man, Faces Man's Slaughter Charge.
New York.—Judge Delaney of the Common Pleas court, Paterson, N.J., held himself in bail to the grand jury on a charge of manslaughter.
The proceeding grew out of an automobile accident in which Judge Delaney's car struck Henry Cowan, aged eighty-three. Cowan died in the Baronet hospital. 