MONDAY, JAN. 90,4930.
FIATTSHOUTH SEZ3I-WEEKLY JQTJEL2i
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A. H. Ward was a -visitor in Oma
ha on last Monday for a tank load
of hightest gasoline, and was accom
panied by W. O. Gillespie.
Wm. Stralch and John Schlueter
were looking after some business mat
ters in Lincoln on last Tuesday, they
driving over to the bog town In their
car.
Mrs. Otto Eichoff is at the home
of L. B. Gorthey during the time
Mrs. Gorthey is teaching and is car
ing for Mrs. Vanderberg and the
kiddies of Mr. and Mrs. Gorthey.
Harry Stock has recently pur
chased a new Chevrolet Six, coupe,
which Is a fine one for two people
and which he is liking very well
and why not, sure it 13 a very fine
car.
Kenneth Tool and wife of Val
paraiso were visiting in Murdock for
the week end last week, they driving
down for the day. Mr. Tool is look
ing after the bank at that place and
will, it is thought, get the institu
tion on its feet again and working
properly.
Notwithstanding the very cold and
Inclement weather which has pre
vailed during the past week, John
Eppings, the read patrolman, has got
ten the No. 1 highway in uumber
one condition. Many of the bye roads
are however, in not the very best
condition from the drifting of tte
snow.
We were incorrectly informed last
week when we were told of the oper
ation under which Mr. H. W. Tool
went to have his tonsils removed,
the operation was not at Lincoln but
at Murdock, and by our own physi
cian. Dr. L. D. Lee, who is an expert
in this line of surgery. We wondered
when we were told but as they say
in politics, one cannot go behind the
returning board, and we did not see
either the patient or operator, so
there it goes. Mr. Tool is getting
along nicely and why not with the
services of one of the very best phy
sicians. CLOVER SEED FOR SALE
Good home grown clover seed for
sale at $10.00.
FRED STOCK. SR..
jlS-4tw. Murdoek, Neb.
Will Play Sweet Music.
Joe Marshall and Harry Heier re
cently purchased each a very fine
guitar and we may expect to have
some very fine music when they shall
have gotten the instruments limber
ed up. Miss Henrietta Baur also
purchased an ukelele, which she is
at this time conquering.
Teaching for Miss Fosler.
Miss Mildred rosier, one of the
teachers in the Murdock school, has
been in poor health of late and was
compelled to depart for her home at
Mllford where she Is being treated,
and is reported as getting along well.
While MIps Fosler is away, the work
at the school is being looked after
by Mrs. L. B. Gorthey who is an ac
complished instructor.
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Burial Vaults.
We have the only self sealing
burlel vaults, automatically seals it
self, excluding water or any other
substance. We deliver them on call
to any place in Cass or Otoe coun
ties. MILLER & G RUBER.
Nehawka, Neb.
Conducting Revival Meetings.
There is a series of revival meet
ings c:: 'icted during this week and
will continue for some at what is
known as the Louisville church, north
east of Murdock, the services being
conducted by the Rev. Knosp. who is
a very able minister aDd willing al
ways to work even overtime that he
may do his full duty to the church
and the community where he minis
ter!?. There is much interest being
shown in the meeting.
Receives Much Flour.
J. Johansen, with his big truck,
which he operates from Murdock and
also having to call upon the ono
which he has operating from Green
wood by Elza Winget. went to Beat
rice where they brought two large
truck loads of the celebrated prod
CLEMENTS & CO.
Undertakers and
Ambulance Service
We solicit your kind patronage.
j Over thirty years experience!
LET YOUR GAS
And your of! purchases also buy a
present for the Kiddies. With every
13 gallon purchase of gasoline or a
5 gallon purchase of motor oil and
SO cents you get a Scooter FREE.
This special scooter deal applies on
want is bought either at the station
or from truck.
Ward Service Station
Murdock, Nebr.
Dry Cleaning and
Repairing
'Absolutely Best Service
Leave Work at Barber Shop
Prices Right
Lugsch, the Cleaner
Pl&ttsmouth, Nebr.
uct of th Black Brothers Mill, and
which haa a leader of Sweet Tooth
flour, which they delivered to the
Farmers elevator in Murdock, who
are handling this very fine brand of
flour.
Gasoline 20 Cents Per Gallon. :
Irrespective of what others choose
to do. I am selling the very best gas
oline at twenty cents per gallon.
We will eheerfully fill all your needs
la this line. George Utt, Murdock.
lose to Nehawka Team.
The first team of the Murdock high
school lost a very cleverly played
game last week to the team from Ne
hawka, while In the contest of the
fame which second teams of both
towns. It developed that after three
attempts to play off a tie, they still
stood ten to ten.
Getting Many Inquiries.
The Kitchen Kob Kabinet which
is being manufactured by the H. W.
Tool Lumber Company, has been
meeting with much favor lately,
there having been a large number
placed during the month before the
ending of the year. A well placed and
brought during the past week over
two hundred inquiries which were
all furnished with a full description
of the wonderful recepticle and it is
hoped that this will bring sufflcient
orders to guarantee the manufactur
ing of the Kabinets on a large scale.
Visits Old Time Home.
P. S. Crink for a number of years
engaged In the banking business in
Murdock. but at this time located
at Malvern, Iowa, was a visitor with
his former friends and acquaintances
here last week. Mr. Crink has a bank
Just west of the L. Neitzel store. He
will be remembered by many of the
people who have lived for some time.
He departed from Murdock nearly
twenty years ago.
Will Enlarge Plant Here.
The United States Oil Company
which has 'tanks and the filling sta
tion of A. H. Ward in Murdock, are
well pleased with the excellent show
ing which has been made by Mr.
Ward, and will with the coming of
spring, erect another tank and equip
the entire bulk station with an elec
tric motor for the unloading of cars.
The new tank is for the storing of dis
tilate. There is an ever growing de
mand for high test gasloce which Mr.
Ward handles and there is a proba
bility that a tank will be erected for
the storing of this gas also, but as to
this there is nothing definite.
Sweet Tooth Flour.
I have Just received a consignment
of two truck load of the celebrated
Black Brothers "Sweet Tooth" flour
which we are carrying. Come get
your needs at a very appealing price
and absolutely the very best Cour
made.
ELMWOOD STUDENTS AT
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
The Taehrs College holds more
Interest for Elmwood students at the
University of Nebraska, than any
other college on the campus. Eight
Elmwood students are enrolled in this
college, two in the College of Arts
and Sciences, and one is majoring in
Geology. Four of the ten students in
the Arts college and the Teachers
college are taking a major in the
school of fine arts.
The eleven students from Elmwood
are all interested in some form of extra-curricular
activities of the Corn
husker campus.
Mary Aldrich is a senior in the
Teachers College, a member of Kap
pa Alpha-Theta sorority, Chi Delta
Theta, honorary literary sorority and
Pi Lambda Theta, honorary educa
tional sorority. Jess Backenmeyer is a
Junior in, the Teachers College, Gene
vieve Bickert, a sophomore in the
same college, but majoring in fine
arts, and Doris Greene is a senior in
the College of Arts and Sciences. She
is taking a major in fine arts and is
a member of Alpha Xipha Delta sor
ority. Ruela B. Jackscn is a sophomore in
the school of fine arts and the Teach
ers College. She is a mmber of the
Dramatic club. Helen John la asenior
and Rosemary John is a Junior in the
Teachers College.
Lucille John is taking a major in
geology. Alma Murray is a senior in
the College of Arts and Sciences.
Evaline F. Snavely i3 a sophomore
in the Teachers College and is a mem
ber cf Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
Cora Williams is a Junior in the
Teachers College. Elmwood Leader
Echo. HONOR EIGHT STATE GUARDS
Lincoln, Jan. 17. Bronze medals
awarded to members of the Nebras
ka national guard in recognition of
their years service, will be presented
to eight members of Company I of
Lincoln at a special meeting, Jan.
The presentations will be made
by Col. F. F. Jewett. The men who
will receive the medal3 are Capt.-
Edvrard F. Hoke. Lieut. Clarence J.
Stewart, First Sergeant Frank E.
Conners, Sergeant Roy W. Bender,
Sergeant O. J. Soucie, Sergeant Fos
ter H. Veyland, Sergeant Virgil O.
Gravatt, and Private Charles E.
Adam3.
POLICE ON GUARD AS
LEAGUE MEET OPENS
Geneva." Jan.' 13. With special
police safeguards provided by the
Swiss authorities because of repcrts
of anti-FaFcist plots to bomb the
Italian delegation, the 5Sth session
of the council of the League of Na
tions opened here Monday.
Boys' fleeced Un. Suits, t
rib cuffs, ankles. Ages
6-16. 79c each.
Wescotts.
Howell Proposal
for Sugar Bounty
Beaten in Senate
Smoot Will Continue Fight for In
crease i Tariff to Two Cents;
Vote 54 to 22.
Washington, Jan. 17. After being
notified that advocates of a higher
sugar tariff would carry on their
drive despite yesterday defeat, the
senate went on record today by a
vote of 54 to 22 against granting a
direct federal bounty to domestic su
gar growers and manufacturers.
Chairman Smoot of the finance
committee revealed at the outset of
the day's proceedings that before the
tariff bill is finally passed upon by
the senate, he will propose an In
crease of 2 cents in the existing levy
of 1.76 cents a pound on Cuban raw
sugar.
The present duty was approved
yesterday by a vote of 48 to 38 in
preference to 2.20 cents as recom
mended by the finance committee and
2.40 cents carried in the house meas
ure. The bounty amendment, proposed
by Senator Howell (rep., ind.. Neb.),
gained the support of only 16 western
democrats, and the one farmer-labor
senator, Shipstead of Minnesota.
Thirty republicans and 24 democrats
voted against it.
Ho-w They Voted.
The rol call follows:
For the bounty:
Republicans Allen, Blaine, Borah.
Brookhart, Capper, Frazler, Hatfield,
Howell, Johnson, Jones, LaFollette,
McMaster, Norbeck, Norris, Nye and
Schall 16.
Democrats Broussard, Dill, Ken
drick, Ransdell and Wheeler 5.
Farmer-Labor Shipstead 1.
Total, 22.
Against the bounty:
Republicans Bingham, Couzens,
Deneen, Fess. Gillett, Glenn, Goff.
Greene, Grundy, Hale, Hebert, Kean,
Keyes, McCulloch. McNary, Metcalf,
Moses, Oddie, Patterson, Phipps. Rob
ison, Shortridge, Smoot, Sullivan,
Thomas (Ida.), Townsend, Vanden
berg, Walcott, Waterman and Wat
son 30.
Democrats Ashurst, Barkley,
Blease, Bratton, Brock, Connally,
Fletcher, George, Glass, Harris, Har
rison, Haves, Hayden, Heflin, Mc
Kellar, Overman, Sheppard, Simmons,
Smith, Steck, Swanson, Walah
(Mass.) Walsh (Mont. and Tram
mel 23.
Total, 53.
Action cn Amendments.
The Howell proposal would have
provided a bounty of forty-four one
hundredths of a cent a pound to
growers and refiners in continental
United States with 90 per cent going
to the grower. The estimated cost to
the government was 10,600,000 a
year.
Rejection of the bounty paved the
way for completion of action on com
mittee amendments to the entire su
gar schedule. This was accomplish
ed late in the day after two amend
ments to increase duties o nedible
and blackstrap molasses failed. To
morrow debate will continue on con
tested amendments to the papers and
bocks schedule World-Herald.
PRICES HIT LOW LEVEL
Chicago Wheat prices on the
Chicago board of trade eased down
Friday to the lowest level since Nov.
12 for May delivery, but refpended
to more favorable auguries late in
the day. The closing prices were
from 1-4 cent lower to 5-8 cents
higher than Thursday. One of the
buoyant influences was the opinion
expressed by the Canadian wheat
pool that it would be able to dispose
cf cash wheat to advantage with
world demand improving daily. The
pool denied that it had begun liqui
dation in the market.
Wheat closed here at fi.lS 3-4
for January; $1.22 l-25-S for
March; $1.25 1-2(7? 5-3 for May and
31. 2S 3-S5-8 for May and $.2S
3-8 (j? 1-2 for July. At the low point
May sold $1.24 3-4. A weak market
at Liverpool because of Argentine
wheat offerings had been a depress
ing factor at first and resulted in a
2 cent drop here. Free selling of rye,
to, unsettled the grains, rye, values
sagging as much as 5 cents in the
early part of the session. It had been
reported that Germany had rye to
offer at bargain prices, and there is
understood to be a large quantity
of rye in storage here without ap
parent outlet. Rye. however, bounc
ed back to clct?e only 1 1-2 (?J 2 1-4
cents below Thursday, wtih May de
livery at 92 3-4 93 cents a bushel.
PAVING COST IS SET AT $40,000
Pawnee City, Jan. 17. An engi
neering estimate on cost of improv
ing an alternative route for High
way No. 4 through this city was pre
sented to the city council by the Ilen
ningson Engineering Co., Omaha.
The figures estimated the coast of
road improvement and paving of now
unsurfaced stretches of the mile
across Pawncea City to be near $40,
000. The present route enters the city
from the east on the same line oc
cupied by the highway in thecoun
try. The considered route covered by
the estimate curves a block south
150 yards west of the east city
limits, and then parallels the pres
ent route to the- courthouse square,
when it again strikes the present
highway.
Possibility of getting federal aid
for the improvement of the city's
streets started consideration of the
project last May.
A home talent play will be given
at the Lewiston Community Center
the last of January.
INFRINGEMENT 19 CHARGED
Wilmington, Del. An aotlon waa
begun In the United State district
court here Friday by the Radio Cor
poration of American and the Amer
ican Telephone and Telegraph com
pany against the Universal Wirelesa
Communications, Inc., and the De
Forest Radio company in which In
fringements of two patents having
to do with the improvement of radio
and wireless communications are al
leged. The patents Involved are based
on inventions alleged to have been
made by Lee DeForest prior to 1114.
The bill states that the Radio Cor
poration of America haa exclutive
rights under each of the patents.
The bill asks that the plaintiffs be
awarded damages and that an in
junction be granted, forbidding the
defendants from using or profiting
from the alleged infringement of the
patents.
109 Million is
Spent by State
in Rail Fares
Income Dividend Among Seven Sys
tems; 23 Bus Companies Oper
ating in Nebraska.
Lincoln, Jan. 17. Nebraska rail
road patrons, whether they be pas
sengers or shippers, contribute ap
proximately $100,000,000 to the year
ly revenue of the various systems, the
railway commission's annual report
disclosed Friday.
The income, therefore, is divided
among 6even systems operating thru
the state, three of which are trunk
lines crossing from east to west.
Besides this means of transporta
tation, the report adds, are the fa
cilities of 23 motor bus companies,
several of which are transcontinental
lines operating on regular schedules
through the state. Twenty of the
companies, in fact, are engaged in
both inter and intrastate traffic, oper
ating 114 busses and 1 Otouring cars.
72 Taxi Companies.
In daily use, the commission re
sume shows, busses operate over 21,
764 miles of highwa yand cover 7,
943,860 miles during the course of a
year. The total number of busses
used Is 1S4. .
On the subject of transportation,
the commission reported 72 taxlcab
companies operating under state reg
ulation as bonded and insured car
riers. These companies have head
quarters in 19 towns.
Though still the transportation
"inrant," under a new law requiring
registration, airplanes to the num
ber of 33 have been licensed, while
4S pilots have transport licenses, 9
more have limited . commercial li
censes, and 15 hold private pilots'
licenses.
Actiritiei Variad.
Activities of the eommissiom are
varied, the report covering everything
from the discussion concerning the
stringing of an electric line over a
farmer's field to the authorisation of
a $1,000,000 security issue by a Ne
braska utility.
Concerning the latter, the commis
sion during 192 permitted the issu
ance of bonds and stocks to the ex
tent of ?9, 098, 500, nearly $7,000,
000 more than were issued the prior
year. Of the total amount, $5,885,
000 was for electric utilities, $1,
586.500 for telephone companies and
$1,627,500 for bus concerns.
For the 12 months, a total of 567
original actions were filed with the
commission for determination, while
21 complaints were filed and heard
later and ruled upon.
Acting upon rate cases, the com
mission succeeded in procuring re
funds and reparation to shippers to
the extent of $2,742.07 In a score or
muore cases. Omaha Bee-News.
TRAINING SHIPS PREPARE
Washington Plans for the parti
cipation of the Pacific force of the
American fleet in annual maneuver
in the Guantanamo area were com
pleted Thursday and the major por
tion of the battle fleet was ordered
to leave San Diego and San Pedro
on Feb. 15 for the canal zone.
All of the ships composing the
fleet except the battleship Colorado
will start south, engaging in tactical
exercises and gunnery training en
route. The force will include seven
battleships, three aircraft carriers.
two aircraft tenders, eight destroy
ers, two submarines and one submar
ine tender. The Colorado is to Join
the force later. After passing thru
the Panama canal during the first
nine days of March the battle fleet
will Join the scouting fleet which is
now at Guantanamo for execution of
two fleet problems lasting until April
18, with a period of rest at several
West Indian ports between the two
exercises. Both fleets will visit New
York May 8 to 18, and will then
spend a month at Hampton roads be
fore the battle fleet returns west.
TWO BEATRICE MEN
PACE THEFT TRIALS
Beatrice, Jan. 17. William Osso
wski and Yvonne Thomas of this city
were bound oyer to the district court
Thursday by County Judge Noble on
a grand larceny and burglary charge.
They are accused of entering the
farm home of Adolph Uhlman north
west of the city and carrying away
two rugs and other property with a
total value cf $100. The pair fur
nished bond in the sum of $500 each.
Men's all wool Coat
itwl ne
Jf-vJ warm. J4..zro.
Wescotts.
Cold and Flood
Bring Distress
East and Vest
Snbzaro and Zero Temperatures the
Rult Almost Everywhere; Low
Records Are Shattered.
Chleago Winter's cold and reck
less hand wrote a story of distrees
across the nation Friday. Lands were
inundated by swollen streams in In
diana, Illinois and streams In In
diana, Illinois and Arkansas. The
mercury plunged to 42 degrees be
low zero at International Falls,
Minn. Heavy snow struck all of the
middle west and central Rocky Moun
tain region. Widespread blizzards
hampered traffic and paralized air
service. Sub-zero temperatures were
the rule everywhere, the far south
west, California and southern Flor
ida only escaping. Continuance of
the severe cold was forecast for the
north central states tonight and Sat
urday. The northwest, however, had
a pleasant prediction of sharp rise in
temperatures.
The southwest and south portion
of the midwest were bearing the
brunt of the loosed elements, the
former, the territory south and west
of Kansas City, had a raging blizsard
added to the protracted siege of snow
and cold.
Ruination of Lands by Water.
The latter, including Arkansas and
the southern sections of Illinois, In
diana and Missouri, was watching the
ruination of lands by water. Four
new breaks in the levee of the St.
Francis river near Bertig, Ark., in
creased the acreage under flood wa
ters In the lower Mississippi basin by
10,000. A fifteen foot break in the
levee of the White river near Decker,
Ind., sent a six-foot wall of water
over Decker township. Another break
was feared fifteen miles south of Vin
cennes. At Big Lake, Mississippi
county, Ark., water was pouring thru
a 300-foot crevasse in the levee, and
there, as elsewhere, farmers were
battling to save their lands.
Some of the low temperatures re
ported over the country Friday were:
Amarillo. Tex., 2 below; Bismarck,
N. D., 28 below; Concordia, Kas., 12
below; Denver, 20 below; Helena,
Mont, 80 below; Lander, Wyo., 38
below; Miles City, Mont., 32 below;
Northfleld, Vt., below; North
Platts. Neb.. 22 below; Peoria, 111., 0.
Blizaard in tha Rockies.
Denver Snow laden gales and re
cord breaking low temperatures dealt
a staggering blow to the mountain
states and the plains to the eastward
Friday. Bllseard swept sections of
the Rocky mountains were lashed by
winds reaching a velocity of seventy
miles an hour, and howling gusts
from the icy peaks rode down to visit
upon ths prairie eountry the bitter
est eold weathsr in years. Weather
bureaus held out no hops for immed
iate relief. N
In the Bssin, Mont., region, ths
mercury dived to 8 degrees below
zero and far to the south in New
Mexico, the almost unprecedented
figure of 18 below was reached.
Riding eastward the storm brought
temperatures as low as 10 below in
the Texas panhandle, 12 below in
Oklahoma. 20 below in Kansas and 7
below in Missouri. The blizzard drift
ed snow over highways already pack
ed with a heavy sheath of ice and
snow and stopped transportation in
many sections.
Fears were felt for th safety of
e?. iorists and bus passengers ma-rcone-d
in isolated regions, especially
in Wyoming.
Tire communication was badly hit
and railroads were battling to keep
th-ir lines open.
Low Record Shattered.
Temperatures o 35 to 4t below
zsro shattered records nf 2i years
standing In Wyoming, wser shriek
ing winds rose to a pitch of seventy
miles an hour. Five foot snow drifts
blocked highways anl streets in
southern Wyoming and buried stand
ing vehiclea.
Mors than 600.008 sheep were
caught unprotected in the cpen rrar'n-
es oi Wyoming and thousands ot
head of livestock were at the mercy
of the blizzard in the other grazing
states.
Minimum temperature records that
had stood since -the last century were
broken at some Colorado point3. Fort
Collins, with S8.5 below zero had
the lowest reading since the weather
bureau was established forty-three
years ago. It was 30 below at Idaho
Falls, Ida., and 26 below at Black
foot, Ida.
Firemen fighting a fire which swept
the oil town of Edgerton, Wyo., were
impeded by the sub-zero weather.
Their clothing became coated with
ice as they directed streams of water
at blazing buildings.
A bus load of passengers was saved
from freezing by John R. Allen,
Wyoming commissioner of law en
forcement, who fought his way two
miles thru the snow with the tem
perature 40 below to get firewood.
The bus became stalled sixty-three
miles south of Casper where the pas
sengers later were taken. State
Journal.
TWO INJURED WHEN
AUTO HITS FREIGHT
Avoca, la., Jan. 17. Raymond
Strong sustained severe lacerations
about the face and John Detelfs was
knocked unconscious Thursday night
when the automobile in which they
were riding crashed into a freight
train standing on the crossing east
of the depot here. Strong, who was
driving, was unable to see the cars
because of the snowstorm and frcst
on his windshield. His most serious
injury is a long gash across his nose.
The machine in, which they were
riding was wrecked.
HNMAN ELEMENT IS BLAMED
Washington The human element
again has been found to be the great
est cause of aircraft accidents. Clar
ence M. Young assistant secretary
of commerce for aeronautics, in
making public Friday the federal ac
cident report on civil aviation for
the first six months of 1929, said
that 59.04 percent of accidents were
laid to personnel. His analysis of
accidents in the civil field air corps
and the navy bureau of aeronautics
in the military field.
Army pilots in 1928 were held
responsible for 63 percent of fatal
Injury accidents, while navy fliers
for the 1929 fiscal year were termed
the cause of 74.6 percent of fotal
crashes. Major Young noted a mark
ed increase in the number of miles
flown for each accident in civil aero
nautics. In the six month period for
all classes of civil flying there was
one fatal accident for every 422,430
miles flown.
Ex-KTebraskan
Hanged for Part
in Prison Break
Eugene Crosby, Once of Tilden, Last
of Five to Be Executed; Meet
Doom Calmly.
An erring son, who ran away from
the home of his parents in Tilden,
Neb., 15 years ago, went to the
gallows at Folsom prison, Califor
nia, Friday, the fifth to pay with
his life for the prison mutiny on
Thanksgiving day. 1927. in which
one convict was killed.
Eugene Crosby, alias Jame9 Glea
son, was the "black sheep" of his
family. Even while on his last visit
,io his parents four years ago he was
suspected of petty thievery. Califor
nia police knew him as a world war
veteran and a resident of Oakland.
Writes Pour Letters.
He spent the night before his exe
cution writing fou rletters, one to his
parents at Tilden, press dispatches
stated. Others were to a woman be
lieved to be one of his divorced
wives in Oakland and to the veterans'
bureau in San Francisco. The latter
message, prison officials believe, ac
counted for a hearse that took his
body to San Francisco In compliance
with his last request that he be laid
in ths presidio there.
It was Folsom's third "Black Fri
day," and marked the execution of
the fifth ringleader in the riot which
turned the prison into a shambles on
Thanksgiving day two years ago.
Greets Officials.
Pale and weakened by long confine
ment in death row, the condemned
man lighted a cigaret and walked
'three hundred feet from his cell down
a gloomy corridor to the gallows
room. The warden snd his assistants
accompanied him. ,
"How are you this morning, war
den?" he inquired on the way down
the hall. At the deathhouse door he
greeted the chief of the prison
guards with "Good morning, cap
tain." His lips were sealed as he
mounted the 13 steps of the gallows,
where he was blindfolded and the
trap was sprung.
Refuses Spiritual Aid.
When offered religious consolation
before his execution. Crosby glumly
shook his head, a3 had the four other
convict ringleaders who preceded him
to the gallows this month. Prison
guards expressed the belief that the
five doomed me,n several weeks ago
had agreed to spurn spiritual aid in
their last moments, and die in gang
land's code of silence.
Crosby was 30 years old.
STATIC KAY BE FORECAST
Washington Static, that bane of
dial twisters the world over, may
be forecast. Predictions, ju&t like
those for the weather, which would
tell the radio listeners what kind
of reception to expect within a cer
tain period, are cow planned. Pre
valence of magnetic storms, which
produce more cr lcs3 aeriou3 static
conditions, would be the basis for
the forecasts.
A proposal that reports of daily
magnetic disturbances W transmit
ted on short waves along with the
weather forecast and seismic activ
ities is to be made next August at
the Stockholm meeting of the section
on terrestial magnetism and electri
city of the International Geodetic
and Geophysical society.
Dr. D. L. Hazard, assistant chief
of the division of terrestrial mag
netism and seismology of the United
States coast and geodetic survey, so
announced Friday. Dr. Hazard point
ed out that comparison of radio re
ception generally in the light cf the
magnetic storms would give science
a guide for radio receiver improve
ments to bring about better recep
tion under all conditions.
NEBRASKA FIFTH IN CR0FS
Nebraska moved up from sisth
place in value of all cropa to fifth
place this year, according to the
records received by the state and
federal division of agriculture sta
tistics. The value of all crops is ? 3 i 3 .
707,000, as compared to $323,524,
000 last year. Nebraska is exceeded
by Texas, California, Iowa and Illi
nois. During the past fifteen years
Nebraska has averaged ninth place,
ranging from fourth to eighteenth.
BILL IN HOUSE TO
BAR SUNDAY PLAYS
Washington Sunday motion pic
tures or plays would be barred thru
out the country under a bill intro
duced Friday by Representative
Lankfcrd, Georgia. The law propos
ed would impose a fine of $1,000 or a
sentence to imprisonment at hard
labor for a year, or both.
Farm Union
Still Up in Air
on Marketing
Decision to Accept or Reject Grain
Corporation Affiliation May
be Made Today
Omaha A definite decision re
garding the proposal that the Farm
ers union of Nebraska become affi
liated with the Farmers National
Grain corporation, is expected to
reached here Saturday morning.
The decision in the matter rests with
the board of directors.
Members of the Farmers Union
Co-operative Elevator federation cf
Nebraska, in session here Fridnv
voted to advise the board of dirertor
not to permit the 20,000 members of
the union to affiliate with the na
tional group. The vote of the elf
va.tor officials was 13 to 7.
There wan a disagreement at the
elevator federation meeting as to
how ncrurately the 13 to 7 votes rep
resented the views of other co-operative
elevators of the state.
H. L. Click cf Cliadron. state di
rector nf the union, declared: "West
ern Nebraska produces more than
half cf the grain. Farmera out there
and their co-cperptive elevatcri
which are r.t represent d here to
day are overwhelmingly in favor ('
petting in -with the Farmers Nation
al Grain corporation marketing plan.
It was pointed cut that only twer.-
j ty-six out of more than 200 farmers
union co-operative elevators had
joined the elevator federation.
Chris Milius of Helvry, another
director of the state union asserted
that to his personal knowledge sev
ral elevators in his district had not
"prlied for membership for fear a
decision to affiliate with the nation
al marketing agency might be mad
at this time.
Officers of this federation wer
elected Friday as follows: M. Wit
zemburg. Lincoln, field representa
tive of the National Gran Commis
sion company. Omaha terminal rarr-
jketing agency for the farmers union,
! -reeiiient : P. P. Coder. Genoa. vi?v
president: William Snicknsll. Spen
cer, secretary-treasurer. Other di
rectors are: Charles Gathman. Gur
ley; John Havekost, Hooper; Robert
Coripbell. Harvard, and Harry Par
menter, Yutan. State Journal.
Alwaya soEietHing of interest a
he Journal Want Ad nernrtrnpnt.
PUBLIC AUCTION
As I have sold my farm and am
movinar to Colorado, I will offer for
rale at Public Auction, miles
west, 1 mile north of Murray; 6M
miles east. 1 mile north of Manley,
and 10 miles northwest of Nehawka,
on-
Friday, Jan. 24
commencing at 10 a. m.. sharp, with
lunch served on the grounds at noon,
the follo-tvine property:
Six Head cf Horses
One horse. S years old, weight
1750; one black mare, 8 years old.
weight 1360; one bay mare, 9 year
old. weight 1560; one bay mare, 10
years old. weight 16 SO; one team,
smooth mouth, weight 2C00.
Cows, Hogs, Chickens
One Holstein cow, to be fresh in
summer; one cow, to be fresh in
summer: one heifer calf, coming 2
years old; eight brood sows; five
Duroc sows; three Poland Chinas,
all bred; one Duroc registered boar;
one dozen Barred Rock cockrels; one
dozen Barred Rock hens.
Farm Machinery, etc.
One Moline 7-ft binder; one Cham
pion mower; one John Deere hay
rake; one 2-row Dempster cultivator;
one Br.clger, one Jenny Lind: one
Monitor wheat drill; cue Moline 2
row machine; one John Deere gang
plow, 12-in.; one walking plow.
14-in.: one 1-row Oliver lister, new;
one John Deere disc, 9-ft. ; one 3-scc-ticn
harrow; one corn planter; on
2-section harrow; one Schroeder steel
corn elevator; one ppeed jack; one
2-rcw stalk cutter; one manure
spreader; ono Jlandt wagon; ono
rack and truck wagon; one old wago.
r. nd one buggy; ono 5-horse Rock
Island gas engine on trucks; one 3
hor?e Rock Island gas engine, or.
truck: one circle saw. 30 in. blad
and frame; one small feed grinder;
one hand corn shellcr; one Climax
C - G f'ed grinder, new; one cdiev
mill; 12-ft log chuln; 33 feet of 5-ir..
belt; some oil and ga3 barrels; Fair
Day double tub washer; one Almo
light plant; one butchering kettle
and one sausage grinder; one pump
jack; Forge vice and post drill; 3 5
hedge and cedar posts; one grind
stone; three set3 1 3,2 inch work har
ness; ferae collars; about 7 or f.
tons of clover and timothy hay;
some oat straw in barn, one Loudon
hay fork; one DeLavel cream separa
tor, size 15; about 7 or 8 bushels oi
seed corn; one seed corn dryer.
Household Goods
One kitchen cabinet; one cup
board; one kitchen table; five k'.tch"n
chairs; four dining room chairs; on
rocking chair; one leather couch:
one wardrobe; one desk; one dresser,
one Edison and 4 2 records; two bed?:
one Axminster rus, 0il2; one ccn
goleum rug, 9x12; one kitchen
range; one oil heater; one heating
stove; one 150-egg incubator, and"
many other articles, too numerous to
mention.
Terms of Sale
All sums of $10 and under, cash.
On sums over that amount. 6 months
time will be given on bankable not
at S per cent interest. No property
to be removed until settled for.
GEO. A. ENGELKEMIER,
Owner.
COL. KiTX YOUNG. Auctioneer.
W. G. BOEDEKER, Clerk.