Nebraska Newspapers

    THURSDAY. JANUARY 21. 1913.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEK LY JOURNAL.
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Copyright, 1914, by
CHAPTER VI.
A Horseshoe For Luck.
iMOKE was for tbe moment
speechless. "You did It a-pur-pose'r"
Shorty demanded.
"1 did it to give tlie old timers
a chance." She laughed mockingly.
The men grinned at each other and
finally joined her. "I'd lay yon across
my knee an give you a wallopin If
women folk wasu't so scarce in this
country," Shorty assured her.
"Your father didn't sprain a tendon,
but waited till we were out of sight
and then weal onV" Smoke asked.
She nodded.
"And you were the decoy?"
Again she nodded, and this time
Smoke's laughter rang out clear and
true. It was the spontaneous laughter
of a frankly beaten man.
"Why don't yon get angry with me,"
she queried ruefnlly, "or or wallop
me?"
"Well, we ra!ght as well he startiu
back." Shorty urged. "My feet's get
tin cold standin' here."
Smoke shook his head. "That would
mean four hours lost. We must be
eight miles up this creek now. and
from the look ahead Norway is making
a long swing south. We'J follow it
then cross over the divide somehow
and tap Squaw creek somewhere
above Discovery." Lie looked at Joy.
"Won't you come along with us? I
told your father we'd look after you."
"I" She hesitated. "I think I shall
If you don't mind." She was looking
straight at tim. and her face was no
longer defiant and mocking. "Really.
Mr. Smoke, you make me almost sor
ry for what I have done. But some
body had to save the old timers."
For two hours more they kept to the
frozen creek bed of Norway, then turn
ed into a narrow and rugged tributary
that flowed from the south. At mid
day they began the ascent of the di
vide itself. Behind them, looking down
and back, they could see the lung line
of stampeders breaking up.
As for themselves, the going was
hard. They wallowed through snow to
their waists and were compelled t
stop every few yards to breathe.
Shorty was the tirst to call a halt.
"We been hittiu the trail for over
twelve hours," he said. "Smoke. I'm
I'lumb willin to say I'm good an' tired.
Au" so are you. An I'm free to shout
that I can sure hang on to this here
Iasear like a starvin' Indian to a bunk
of bear meat. Cut this poor girl here
can't keep her legs no time if she
don't get somethin" in her stomach
Here's where we build a fire. What
d'ye say?"
So quickly, so deftly and methodical
ly did they po about making a tern
porarv camp that Joy admitted to her
self that old timers could not do it
better. Spruce boughs, with a spread
blanket on top. gave a foundation for
rest and cooking operations. But they
"Why don't you get angry with mc,"
eh queried ruefully, "or or wallop
ma?"
Kept nv.ij from the heat of the file
m.til nows and cheeks had been rul
I ! cruelly.
hi tin.' steep slope of the divide there
w:! nit i-i so snow a fine and hard
laid crystalline as granulated sugar
w:is poured into the gold pan by the
b'i-hi-1 until enough had been incited
lr the i nfTee. Smoke fried bacon and
th.-iwed biscuits. Shorty kept the fnel
n!!irt'l :rml rended the fire, and Jot
t-t the siin;ii- table composed of two
l' ites tw cups, twn spoon, a tin ot
f
LONDON.
th Wheeler Syndicate.
down he had stepped always In bis
previous tracks. As a result, in the
midst of soft snow and veiled under
later snowfalls was a line of Irregular
hummocks. If one's foot missed a
hummock he plunged down through
unpacked snow and usually to a fall.
Also, the moose hunter had been au
exceptionally long legged individual.
Joy. who was eager now tha: the two
men should stake and fearing that they
were slackening their pace on account
of her evident weariness, insisted on
taking her turn iu the lead. The speed
and manner in which she negotiated
the precarious footing called out
Shorty's unqualified approval.
"Look at her!" be cried. "'She's the
real goods an the red meat. Look, at
them moccasins swing along! No- high
heels there! She uses the legs God
gave her. She's the right squaw foi
any bear hunter."
looking back as they came to the
bank of Squaw creek they could set
the stampede, strung out irregularly,
struggling aloug the descent of the di
vide.
They slipped down the ba.uk to the
creek bed. No recent feet bad disturb
ed the snow that lay upon. Its ice. and
they knew they were above the Di
co very claim and the last stakes of tbt
Sea Lion stampeders.
"Look out for springs!" Joy warned
as Smoke led the way down the creek.
"At 70 below you'll lose your feet 11
you break through."
These springs, common to most Klon
dike streams, never cease at tbe lowest
temperatures. A man stepping on dry
snow might break through half an inch
of ice skin and find himself up to the
knees in water. In five minutes, un
less able to remove the wet gear, the
loss of one's feet was the penalty.
They watched for a blazed tree on
either bank, which, would show the
center stake of the last claim located.
Joy, impulsively eager, was the first to
find it. She. darted ahead of Smoke,
crying:
"Somebody's been there! See the
snow! Look for tbe blaze! There it
is! See that spruce!" Sha sank sud
denly to her waist In the snow. "Now
I've done it," she said woefully. Then
she cried: "Don't come near me! I'll
wade out."
Step by step, each time breaking
through the thin skiu of. Ice concealed
under the dry snow, she forced her
way to solid footing. Smoke did not
wait, but sprang to the bank, where
dry and seasoned twigs and sticks,
lodged among the brush by sprins
freshets, waited the match. By the
time she reached bis- side tbe first
(lames and flickers of an assured fire
were rising.
"Sit down!" he commanded.
She obediently sat down In the snow.
He slipped his pack from his back and
spread a blanket for her feet.
IYom above came the voices of the
stampeders who followed them.
"Let Shorty stake!" she urged.
"Go on. Shorty." Smoke said as he
attacked her moccasins, already stiff
with Ice. "Pace ofl a thousand feet
and place the two center stakes. We
can fix the corner stakes afterward."
With his knife Smoke cut away the
lacings and leather of the moccasins
So stiff were they with Ice that they
snapped and. crackled under the hack
ing and sawing. The si wash socks and
heavy woolen stockings were sheaths
of ice. It was as if her feet and calves
were incased in corrugated iron.
"How are your feet?" he asked as he
worked.
"Pretty numb. I enn't move or feel
my toes. But It will be all richt. The
fire is burning beautifully. Watch out
you don't freeze your bands. They
must be numb now from the way
you're fumbling."
He slipped his mittens onNind for
nearly a minute smashed the open
bands savagely against his sides. When
be felt the blood prickle he pulled off
the mittens and ripped and tore and
sawed and hacked at the frozen gar
ments. The white skin- of one foot ap
peared, then that of the other, to be
exposed to the bite of 70 below zero.
Then came the rubbing with snow,
carried on with an Intensity of cruel
fierceness, till she squirmed and shrank
and moved her toes and joyously com
plained of the hurt He half dragged
her and she half lifted herself nearer
to the fire. He placed her. feet on the
blanket close to the flesh saving flames.
"You'll have totake care of them for
awhile." he said.
She could now safely remove her
rnittens. and work and. manipulate her
mixed salt and pepper and a tin. of
sugar. When it came to eating she
and Smoke shared one set between
them. They ate out of tbe same plate
and drank from, tbe same cup.
It was nearly 2 In. the afternoon
when they cleared the Crest of the
divide and began dropping; down a
feeder or) aqua creek. Earlier in the
winter some, moose- hunter made a trail
up tbe canyon that la. in coins op and
own feetT"with the wisdom of th ini
tiated being watchful that the heat of
the fire was absorbed slowly. While
she did this he attacked his hands. The
snow did not melt or moisten. Its
light crystals were like so much sanL
Slowly the stings and pangs of circu
lation came back into the chilled flesh
Then he tended the fire, unstrapped
the light pack from her back and got
out a complete change of footgear.
Shorty returned along the creek bed
and climbed the bank to them. "I sure
staked a full thousan' feet." he pro
claimed. "No. J7 an' No. 28. though
I'd only got the upper stake of '2.1
when I met the tirst geezer of the
bunch behind, lie just straight declar
ed I wasn't soin' to stake US An 1
told him"
"Yes. yes." Joy cried. "What did you
tell him?"
"Well, 1 told him straight that if he
didn't back up plumb f00 feet I'd sure
punch his froze nose into ice cream an'
chocolate eclairs. He backed up. an
I've got in the center stakes of two
full an' honest .r00 foot creek claims
lie staked next, an' I guess by now
tbe bunch has Squaw creek located to
headwater an' down the other side
Ourn is safe. It's too dark to see now,
but we can put out the corner stakes
in the mornin"."
When they awoke they found a
change had taken place during the
night. So warm was it that Shorty
and Smoke estimated tbe temperature
at no more than 'JO below. On top of
their blankets lay six inches of frost
crystals.
"Good morning, flow are your
feet?" was Smoke's greeting across the
ashes of the tire to where Joy Gastell
was sitting up in her sleeping furs.
Shorty built the fire and quarried ice
from the creek while Smoke cooked
breakfast. Daylight came ua as they
finished the meal.
"You go an" fix them corner stakes.
Smoke." Shorty said. "There's gravel
under where 1 chopped ice for the cof
fee, an' I'ra goin' to melt snow au'
wash a pau of that same gravel for
luck."
Smoke departed, ax in hand, to blaze
the stakes. Starting from the down
stream center stake ot No. 27. ne
beaded at right angles across the nar
row valley toward its rim. lie pro
ceeded methodically, almost automat
ically, for his mind was alive with rec
ollections of tbe night before. He felt
somehow that he had won to enipery
ever the delicate line and firm muscles
of. those feet and angles he had rub
bed with snow, and this empery seem
ed to extend to the rest and all of this
woman of his kind. In dim and fiery
ways a feeling of possession mastered
him. It seemed that all that was nec
essary was for him to walk up to this
Joy Gastell. take her hand in his and
say "Come."
It was in this mood that he discov
ered something that made him forget
empery over the white feet of woman.
At the valley rim he blazed no corner
stake. He did not reach the valley
rim. but instead he found himself con
fronted by another stream. He lined
up with his eye a blasted willow tree
and a big and recognizable spruce, lie
returned to the stream where were
the center stakes. lie followed the
lied of the creek around a wide horse
shoe bend through the flat and touui
that the two creeks were the same
creek. Next he flouudercd twice
through the snow from valley rim to
valley rim, running the first line from
the lower stake of No. 27. the second
from the upper stake cf No. 2S. and
he found that the upper stake of the
latter , was lower than the lower stake
of the former. In the gray twilight
and half darkness Shorty had locat
ed their two claims on the horse
shoe.
Smoke plodded hack to the little
camp. Shorty, at the end of washing
a pan of gravel, exploded at sight ot
him.
"We got it!" Shorty cried, holding
out the pan. "Look at It: A nasty
metis of gold. Two nundred right
there if it's a cent She runs ncti
from the top of the wash gravel."
Smoke cast an incurious glance at
the coarse gold, poured himself a cup
of coffee at the the and sat down.
Shorty was disgruntled by his part
ner's lack of delight in the discov
ery. "Why don't you kick in an' get ex
cited?" be demanded. "We got our
pile right here."
Smoke took a swallow of coffee be
fore replying. "Shorty, why are our
two claims here like the Panama ca
nal?" "What's the answer?"
"Well, the eastern entrance of the
Panama canal is west of the western
entrance, that's all."
"Go on." Shorty said. "I ain't seen
the Joke yet"
"In short Shorty, you staked our
two claims on a big horseshoe, bend.
The upper stake of 2S is ten feet be
low the lower stake of 27."
"You mean we ain't got nothln'.
Smoke?"
"Worse than that; we've got ten feet
less than nothing."
Shorty departed down the bank on
tbe run. Five minutes later he return
ed. In response to Joy's look tie
nodded. .
"We might as well break camp and
start back for Dawson." Smoke said,
beginning to fold the blankets,
"I am sorry. Smoke." Joy said. "It's
all my fault Dud's staked for me
down near Discovery, 1 know. I'll
give you my claim."
He shook his head.
-Shorty!" she pleaded.
Shorty shook his bead and legan to
laugh. It was a colossal laugh
Chuckles and muffled explosions yield
ed to hearty roars.
"It ain't hysterics." he explained. "I
sure get powerful amused at times, an'
this is one of tham."
His sraze chanced to. fall on the uoM
pau. lie walked over and- gravely
kicked it. scattering the gold over tht
landscape "It ain't ourn." he said.
j "It (elongs to the geezer I backed up
!."): feet last night. An what gets me
is -4f)0 of them feet was to the good
his good. Come on. Smoke. I.t's
start the hike to Dawson, though. If
you're har.kerin" to kill me 1 won't
lift a finger to prevent "
(To lie Continued.)
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Union, Nebraska
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PROGRESSIVES
ASK NEW LAWS
Bill For Constitutional Conven
tion First on List.
PLAN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
Senator Quinby Has Bill to Abolish
Capital Punishment Proposed Stock
Yards Regulation Bills Yardage and
Grain Charges Alleged Excessive.
Lincoln Advance legislation tha
kind that men termed "progressives"
are wont to law stress on is coming
up in many forms at the present ses
sion of the legislature. There is lit
tle hope of the hackers that it will get
through. Their enly concern is that it
shall come before the people in an
educational campaign. Then if the de
mand shall appear urgent at some
late date, think the leaders, the people
will see that the legislation is passed.
The first hill of this nature is tha
act calling for a consRtutional con
vention. The measure is an old visitor
in legislative halls. It has appeared
at the last three sessions and is al
ready on the rolls of the present ses
sion. Its fate is unknown, of course,
at this early date, but there are many
of the solons who are freely predicting
that it will not survive the ordeal.
The friends of the measure say that
the convention is sorely needed, that
the present constitution is antiquated
and broken down and should be
shelved. They do- not stop to figure,
the enemies of the bill say, that the
state has prospered quite nicely in the
past forty years under this same con
stitution and that many, many men
have been made well-to-do and even
rich while tilling the soil and follow
ing other pursuits.
The present constitution is a staid
old document, somewhat unfitted to
the needs of the hour, they say, but
the present method of amendment is
rather easy. In fact 35 per cent of the
voters of any election, providing a
majority are for the question, can
amend the document as they see fit.
The majority of the solons believe
that this is sufficient for the time and
they are lor.the to let a convention
make the pace that the people have
always in the past been given the
right to make.
The fact that the convention might
evolve from thirty to a hundred prop
ositions upon which the people of the
state would later be called to act is
the one phase of the affair that does
not appeal to the greater share of the
lawmakers. They argue that it is bet
ter from the standpoint of the people
to act upon three or four amendments
at each biennial election and to get a
thorough understanding of them than
to act upon ten times that many and
know little or nothing about any con
siderable number of them.
Investigation of the affairs of the
stock yards at South Omaha and of
the live stock exchange of the same
city will undoubtedly cause a flutter
when the time conies for the matter
to be acted upon. It is raising a fight
that was started in the late campaign
and before it has engulfed both houses
will likely cause much bitterness.
The first plan of making an out and
out investigation was given up be
cause the members did not want to
incur the expense and then have to
mould legislation afterwards to fit
their findings. Under the plan now
pursued, they can shape their legisla
tion to meet the apparent require
ments of the hour and then can make
such amendments as they think, after
regular committee investigation, ap
pear to ba unfair to the interests con
cerned. The charge is made that the live
stock exchange is operating a combi
nation in unlawful restraint of the
commission business and that the
prices for selling are fixed there and
those who do not conform thereto are
ousted from privileges of the market.
Against the. stock yards the charge
is made that the yardage and grain
charges are excessive and that the
concern is making a greater return
upon its investment than it should be
allowed to under present regulation
cf public utilities. The latter charge
the railway commission recently had
before it in argument. It is awaiting
the time, in fact, when it can settle
that important matter and when it
will hand down its ruling on the case.
The present law gives tlte railway
commission the right to regulate the
service and prices of the stock yards,
and- while there have been only one
of two minor complaints in the matter
there- has never been until the late
case a chanc for the officials to make
a ruling in the matter.
The recommendation of the gov
ernor that all public utility corpora
tions. including the municipal plants
of all kinds over the state, be placed
under the state railway commission's
jurisdiction, is not meeting apyoval
at the hands of the legislators. The
step would be entirely out of sympathy
with the fundamentals of the Demo
traiic party, and would hardly fit in
with, the ideas of any particular di
vision of that party. For instance, it
Is a step which the World-Herald has
been fighting against for several years
past and which C. W. Bryan, as a
member of the Lincoln Municipal
Ownernshlp league, has said would be
more than unfair to the people of the
capital city, to Omaha and to people
or an towns "wrrrre mere aic Tarrens
kinds of public utilities. With these
two leaders of the two lines ot
thought in the Democratic party op
posing the move, it is believe that it
would have littie chance to weather
the session. Several Democratic lead
ers of the house stated that they did
not believe a bill covering such
changes would be introduced at the
"resent session. Neither the World
erald nor the leaders of ihe other
division of the Democratic party has
taken occasion to rap the governor se
verely on his recommendation, but
they have denoted in an inoffensive
way that the governor was not think
ing of all the principles concerned
when he made the suggestion.
Quinby of Dcuglas has started a had
rolling that wilL undoubtedly gather
much moss before it has reached the
foot of the legislative hill. He pro
poses to see that a new method is
evolved for taxing the franchise value
of corporations. He proposes the
subtraction of the tangible properf
value fronf the value of the outstand
ing stock and says that the difference
shall be denominated the franchise
value for taxation purposes. He asks
in the collection of data on the subject
that all companies make known tho
number and extent of the various fran
chise grants and says that this will
enable the people to get control l
affairs, wlyeh the corporations or
some of them long ago usurped.
The same Douglas county senator
has a bill proposing to do away with
capital punishment. He does net be
lieve that this form of penalty should
be visited upon any criminal, no mat
ter how great his crime. He think.;
that life imprisonment is sufficient.
The last legislative session cut. out the
hanging method of doing away with
convicts and supplanted this witn
electrocution. Senator Quinby pro
poses to go all the way. His in'ercst
in humanity, he says, would he shriv
eled up and puny indeed, if he wer to
make no effort to remove the means
whereby killing of one's fellow beings
is legalized.
Plans for building a hospital at the
Omaha medical school tho medical
division of the state university arc
fast rounding into shape. The bill
providing for the appropriation is al
ready on its way through the hopper.
Et. HoiTmr-ister of Chase county is the
member who fathered the bill. On.'?
strong point in connection with the
establishment of this propose ! adjunct
to the school is the attempt to pro
vide a moderate priced hospital for
people ot" tho stito one ju.n between
the high priced institutions and those
that are known as charity hospital.
Such an institution could be made to
pay its own running expenses almost
and in the belief of many people of tho
state,is sadly needed. Charges could
be regulated by the board of regents
of the state university. These officials
have complete control of the medical
school and, of course, would he in a
position to dictate the details of it 3
management. Thus the power of levy
ing these charges would never get
away from the people. It would al
ways be within the hands of the offi
cials named by ire pcork? themselves.
The hospital v-'- cly be a ho!:"? or
contention between the governor and
the legislature, as the former has told
Dr. Hoffmeister that he would veto tl;e
bill when it came to him. The legis
lator stated that he would make an
effort, to get enough votes to show
that the pecple really wanted the n"v
adjunct to the medical school. In th:.:
event it might be possible that thi
governor would relent and would be
found working for the institution. Hc
believes in infrequent use of the veto
power, particularly where the wish ol
tho people is obviously contain;-:! in a
bill brought to him for signature. v
The bill by Anderson of Phelps cut
ting down the daily time for operation
of thirst emporiums will likely give
the legislator something to ficht over
in lively shape. The measure provides
that all saloons in tho state hli
close their doors at 0 o'clock. instea-J
of S o'clock, in the cver.inz. Th"
measure is the product of Anderson's
own efforts, ho says, and no members
of the anti-s;;!oon league or any ether
temperance organizations are back o!
it. He simply wants to see what a
Democratic legislature! will do with the
measure and what the Rejr.iljlicnn
who are there will do with it whe;!
they have an opportunity to vote on it
Other than that, the author thinks,
the bill will not he worth much.
All of which should make the aver
age taxpayer wonder why the legisla
ture meets and what should be the
attitude of the members with regard
to the introduction of legislation.
The house is determined that the
senate shall not spend more than $10,
000 for the salaries of its employees
snd the members cf the upper hous3
are determined in the same proportion
that, they cannot get along on that
amount. Which means that there wili
likely be a nice little difference of
opinion manifested from time to time
during the session as to what shall
constitute efficiency within tho mean
ing of that word. The senators say
that they want to get along without
any friction, but that it will take more
men and women to do the work than
the house members first figured.
, Three newspaper publishers in the
legislature propose to see to it that all
legal notices shall be paid for prompt
ly instead of the publisher being com
pelled to wait several months lor his
money. When a legal publication ha:
been made the owner of the newspa
per musn swear to an afSdavit contain i
ing this clause:
"Publication fee has been paid tc
the publisher of newspaper iu which
luch publication was made."
STATE FAIR OGARD
, GUTS SALARIES
Slashes In Pay o! Mambsrs Re
sult o( Annual Meeting.
ROBERTS HEADS THE CODY.
Fremont Man Elected President and
W. R. MeHor Re-elects:" Secretary.
Many Meetings c." Organized Agri
culture Arc Held at Lincoln.
Lincoln, .Ian. Zi. Hconi-my ruN-d at
a meeting of the state Lo.ird of a;ni
culture wl: n tin; salary of li e bw:i:d
tecret.iry was cut from $.',,'i j to
and the stipends of ineruheis of ti e
executive hoard governing the Mate
lair and all supcrinte::d:':i!s c: d p.r
nx nts of the fair wen- phi' ed on a
basis of $4 per day of actual Kervi ,
toact'ier with hotel bills aiid traveling
expenses.
- Tho change was effect d n a re
port of the special committee to it
vise the rub s governing the board, the
recommendation being that the .-ecic
tary's salary be cut ?"jt'0 a year and
that of each member of the hojrd "!
managers Iron) $1hi to $2."' and the
tier.surcr from $35 to $.'"0.
Action as finally taken was nn a
notion by Secretary Mellcr that t"ic
p r diem scale be fixed.
The change applies to all connected
witli the board of agriculture diawin-ovrr-$3
a day, except the serretao.
whose s;iry will be at the reducer;
figure of $2..)i;0.
In view of the small balance o.'
000 in the treasury, because of tinf:
vorcblc years for the fair, it was de
cided to discontinue the pJibii ity bu
reau as now conducted.
Ofhcers elected for the culling yenr
are: President, Joseph Huh Ms of
Frcmcnt: first vice resident. .1. A.
Ollis of Ord; sec-end vice president.
R. M. Wolcott of Central City: Tens
tirir, Georse P. Dickinan of Seward:
secretary. W. R. Melior of Lincoln.
Tho meetings of organ':el aricul
ture are well under way, with se.-sfons
being held at the state farm, several
thousand farmers l.eing in Lincoln
Sessions today were devoted to cattl
breeders. Rural schools will have an
inning tomorrow.
House Proceedings.
Needless exp .-nse in priming bills
In the house : which are duplicates 1
those in the senate was a proposition
which Representative Rithniond ol
Douglas fought against and which h
finally got through.
Public warehouse r solutions rtarte-.J.
a debate which for a time kept tliinsr.
interesting. Tihbets of Adams s. i,t up
a resolution asking for the appoint
ment of a committee of three, v.hbli
should be compos, d of one la .v r, c n
farmer and another, who should draM
a bill along lines suggested by the
Farmers' union.
.Mr. Ostcrman dcrlarc d that ot'ic
organizations of farmers 'Tid declared
against such a hill and Mr. Dan joined
with Ostermnn in declaring that a
wanhciso bill was not needed.
Tibbets then withdrew his r 'solution.
The houso lit-tied to ru address .
Ccncres'iuaii Hcivis of Falls City and
then adjourned m.til moniin?.
Eeal Has Bill to Pension Mothers.
A mothers' p?::?i')i hill. iM.-nded tc
take liie place nf b lis already intro
diicc l. so it is said, w.i.; intro lured l
B- al ef Ciisle r in tl.o senate. The bib
affects the old law in that it mikes it
easier for tbe pension to be secured
umlcr tho old law the chiid practic-allv
being placed under the custody ol
the co'Tt. The peal bill provides thai
a mo: her cr puaidi in may make appli
cation to the county judge, who rna
issue an order that the mother sha'i
be paid not more than Sl'i per inont?
for each child. A special levy is pro
Tided.
Sterilization Bill Is Lost.
Rrisner's sterilization bill met
feat in the house mouieal commit fc-
The judiciary committee r porte ,-i
o:;t two bills, one incrcasino: the p v
rity for aiding tho escape of a prisons
and the other requiring that a coun. v
attorney should be at least tventy-fir
years c.f age, live in the county twr
years and have practiced law at leas'
one year.
The judiciary eomrnittee of the rep
Rte divided. 4 to -1. on the dales bill
known as S. F. 13.
NAMES WORE COLONELS
Governor Morehead Now Has Stah
That Numbers Ninety-two Men.
Lincoln, Jan. 21. Tbi announce
nicnt of three additional colonel:-, ai
members of the governor s staff c:t
given out. They are Hal Christy :
Scrihner, II. F. Kohl of S ribner "nm;
Paul Wupper Of Beemer. The tirst liV.t
rnnounced included the names o:
eighty-nine.
The State Association of County Su
perintendents of Education, mectin.
in Superintendent Thomas" office ai
the state house, went on record rw
favoring a thango in the date of th
annual district school meetings froti.
June to some time in March.
'Greenwood Has Oldest Odd Fellow.
Greenwood, Neb., Jan. 21. H. V
Swanhack of Greenwood will hc- !"
years eld March 0. lie was born r
Germany and claims to be the oleics
Odd Fellow in the world. He erv
against the Danes In tho war of l&4i