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tfebr. State Historical Society Qwcml VOL. No. XLVI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1930. NO. 21 Greenwood and Eagle Robbers Caught at Sutton State Sheriff Condit Secures Con fession from Pour Youths Captured in Barn Tracked from a loot laden car found late Wednesday morning near Grafton to a barn on the farm of Lewis Kendall, east of Sutton, four youths -were arrested Wednesday af ternoon in connection with robberies Tuesday night at Grafton, Green wood, Waverly and Dorchester. Ques tioned in Lincoln Wednesday night, the quartet confessed, according to State Sheriff Condit, the Grafton and Dorchester robberies and seven others. The four are Kenneth Duane, twenty-one. North Platte; Ed Wharton. eighteen, Muskegon, Mich.; Earl Johnson, twenty, and Jack Roberts, eighteen, both of Minneapolis. Deputy State Sheriffs Volcott, Con dit and Furrow discovered the men in the barn as a poose, led by Sher iff Condit, was scouring the vicin--ity of the abandoned car. The ma chine, loaded with loot, was found about two miles from the barn. It was identified as one stolen from Dor chester. Besides the Grafton and Dorches ter robberies the youths are said to have confessed to breakins at Syra cuse. Union, North Bend. Eagle and Albion, and to have admitted theft of seven cars, including the one from Dorchester. Sheriff Condit said Wed nesday night that he expects more robberies will be admitted by the quartet in the course of further ques tioning. He looks for their arrest to clear up a series of breakins over the eastern part of the state and an effort will be made to identify them as the "petty robbery" boys who have broken into two dozen stores in southeast Nebraska the past two months. The quartet of youthful robbers are no doubt the same that have been active in this county for-the past week. Sheriff Bert Reed stated today, the parties being those who stole a car at Alvo and later aban doned it near Bellevue where it was recovered by the Cass county author ities. ELKS INSTALL OFFICERS The Installation of the officers of Plattsmouth lodge No. 739, B. P. O. E., was held on Tuesday evening at the lodge rooms at the Elks club house and was an event attended by a very large number of the mem bers. The event was marked by the past exalted rulers of the lodge taking the various stations. L. L. Turpin, sec retary of the state association of Elks serving as exalted ruler; E. J. Richey, leading knight: William J. Strefght. loyal knight; Jess F. Warga, lectur ing knight; R. W. Clement, chap lain; H. A. Schneider, esquire. The new oncers to take their sta tions were Hilt Martin, exalted rul er; Dr. J. A. Griffin, leading knight; W. T. Distell. loyal knight; Carl P. Ofe, lecturing knight; James W. Holmes, secretary; Charles K. Bes tor. treasurer; Fred Sydebotham, tyler; W. M. Barclay, trustee. Following the taking of office Ex alted Ruler Martin announced the appointment of Dr. R. P. Westover as chaplain, John E. Turner, esquire and Charles Bestor a? inner guard. The greatest enthusiasm was evi denced by the new officers and the outlook lor the coming year was one of the brightest and with every prom ise of a successful period in the his tory of the lodge. At the close of the evening the committee served a very fine lunch eon that was very much appreciated by all of the members in attendance. SETS TENTATIVE DATE The formal opening of the new Missouri river bridge which has been looked forward to for the past sev eral months seems now but a short time away, as President C. C. Wes cott of the Chamber of Commerce, under whose auspices the opening program will be staged, has received an acceptance from Governor Arthur J. Weaver and at the committee's request the governor has signified that Friday, May 16th, would be a date agreeable to the head of the state government. The opening will be set to conform as near as possible with the wishes of the governor, who with Governor Hammill of Iowa are to be the honor guests of the occas ion and to formally open the bridge and highway that will connect the two great states of the middle west. DEATH OF AGED LADY From Friday Dally Last evening at the Nebraska Ma sonic Home occurred the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Isgrig, aged 88, who has been a resident of the home 6ince November 5, 1925. Mrs. Is grig was a native of Ohio, born June 23. 1842 in Portage county. She came to the Home from Tekamah where the family resided for a great many years. The deceased is sur vived by Beveral grandchildren. The body was taken to Tekamah today for the interment. CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY From Thursday's Ually This morning Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pell, old time residents of Liberty precinct were in the city being en route to Omaha where they have been making their home for some time. They have been visiting at the farm northeast of Union where their son is now located, enjoying very much tlfe visit with the old time friends in that community. It was thirty-five years ago today that Mr. Pell and Miss Mary Taylor drove up in the then popular horse and buggy from Union to Plattsmouth and when they returned home it was as Mr. and Mrs. Pell, the wedding having been celebrated at the court house in this city. Acquit Aged Man Charged with Shooting to Kill T. A. Cole of Near Weeping Water Is Freed in the District Court by Jury The time of the district court was taken up Wednesday with the hear ing of the case of the State of Ne braska vs. T. A. Cole, a resident of the vicinity of Weeping Water and who was charged with shooting with intent to kill Fritz Bauers. The shooting was at the home of Cole where Bauers had accompanied the aged man and these two were the only eye witnesses of the shoot ing and which had resulted in Bauers being shot in the mouth, making a dangerous wound but which fortun ately did not prove fatal. Mr. Cole in his story of the trouble stated that he and Bauers had gone to his house and got into an alter cation and quarrel and which had led to both men getting very angry and he had started to fight with Bauers who had been knocked or pushed down on the floor. Bauers, Mr. Cole stated, had grabbed a hat chet that was on the floor and he had picked up a pistol that was nearby and had sought to frighten Baners and as he lifted the pistol the trigger had caught on a button or some part of his clothing and had been discharged, the shot caus ing the wound to Mr. Bauers. In the case Mr. Cole was repre sented by J. A. Capwell. The case was given to the jury at 11:30 and the verdict arrived at shortly before 4 o'clock in the after noon. SELECT CAST FOR PLAY The selection of the cast for the senior class play has been made at the high school and numbers a large array of the talented young people of the class, who are especially gift ed in dramatic and musical lines. The play this year is a now pro duction which has been out only a few years and is owned by a firm of Samuel French & Sons, widely known dramatic producers. It is entitled, "New Brooms" and is a very clever three act comedy drama. The play will be given at the Parmele theatre on Friday evening, May 9th. The cast that will offer the play and their characters are as follows: Kneeland Warren Farmer Williams Chas. Nowacek Mr. Bates, Sr. Robt. Livingston Mr. Morrow Gerald Sperry Tom Bates Geo. Sayles Wallie Ira Mumm Mr. Dew Chester Lund Mr. Simpson Fred Wehrbein Mr. Nelson Roy Turner Ethel Marie Vallery Florence Jeanne Parker Jerry Marjorie Arn Margaret Alice Taylor SUMMER IS HERE From Friday's Dally Yesterday was the first real day of the gladsome summertime in this section when the mercury rose to 93 in the shade in the afternoon, the night remaining quite warm and this morning at an early hour 74 was the standing of the temperature. The warm summer breezes induced Mayor John P. Sattler, the official opener of the straw hat season to appear on the street in his snappy straw chapeau of 1929 vintage. As the mayor of one of the finest cities in the state and with a record of some twenty-one years of service, more or less, as the city, we insist that the mayor secure one of the winsome and chic 1930 straw bonnets. FIND FOR PLAINTIFF From Friday Daily Thp iurv in the case of Searl S Davis, guardian of Eveline Rager, incompetent vs. itaips s. .ager. re turned a verdict this morning in which thev found for the plaintiff in the sum of $500. In the case the guardian had sued for the collection o ftwo notes, one for $1,040 and one for J 4 00 made by the defendant in fnvnr of Mrs. Raeer. the plaintiff. The defendant also filed an answer and set off in which he claimed the sum of $1,183.56, for board, care and labor for the plaintiff. Phono your news to So. 6. State Adjutant Guest of Local Legion Post Accompanied by District Commander Mike Poteet Memorial Day Committee Appointed From Thursday's Dally Hugh J. Kearns post, American Le gion, held its regular monthly meet ing last night, with an attendance of thirty of the members, and as guests Department Adjutant "Hank" Dudley, and Dist. Commander Mike Poteet. who drove down from Lincoln to attend the meeting. Owing to the inter-city meeting and dinner-dance with South Omaha last month, the March meeting was dispensed with, last night's being the first meeting of the post since early in February. The reports of various committees were heard. Including a very encour aging report on this year's trade ex position and style show, which will be bigger and better this year than last. Chairman Holly reported all the available booth space taken. The Minstrel Show committee was empowered to continue with its plans and use its own discretion as to the advisability of deferring this activ ity until early fall, on account of conflicting dates with other events. It had been originally intended to hold this activity on March 3rd and 4 th. The Inter-City committee was also continued on thd active status and directed to make arrangements for the return visit Plattsmouth Legion naires will pay their South Omaha comrades in the near future. Leo Boynton is chairman of this commit tee and when definite plans are form ulated for this visit, he will conduct the canvas of local post members and make reservation for the number that expert to attend. Vice Commander Distell has been named by District Commander Poteet to have charge of Junior Baseball ac tivities in Cass county this year and is busy with plans to get several Legion sponsored teams . organized over the county and later hold a Cass county championship tourna ment. Junior Baseball is one of the major activities among Legion posts over the country and ranks well up in importance with Boy Scout troops, juvenile bands, etc., as something worth while for Legionnaires to In terest themselves in. Decoration Day Committee Commander Otto Lutz named a special Memorial day committee to have charge of the morning ceremon ies at the cemetery as well as make arrangements for the Legion's por tion of the afternoon ceremonies that are arranged by the different patri otic organizations of the city. In the past, the Legion's part has been to furnish the speaker and provide the hall. The members of this committee are County Judge A, H. Duxbury, chairman; Frank Smith and W. G. Kieck. Program at Lewiston An invitation was recently extend ed to the Legion to furnish a short program for the Lewiston Commun ity club at one of their get-together meetings in the near future, and on motion this request was approved. Commander Lutz announced that he would appoint a committee within the next few days to have charge of arranging this program. At the conclusion cf the business session Adjutant Dudley was called upon and gave the members a splen did talk on the Legion, its aims and accomplishments. Mr. Dudley touch ed briefly on membership, stating that the service men who don t pay their dues are "riding along" at the expense of the ones who do, sharing in all the benefits the Legion secures for ex-service men generally. Dudley cited the securing of the new veterans hospital at Lincoln as a distinct achievement of the Legion in this state and touched briefly on several others, including passage of the state aid relief fund seven years ago, which has set up a revolving fund that will revert to the taxpay ers when there is no longer need of the earnings from it for relief work. He predicted that In five years it would no longer be necessary to put on drives to bring the members in, but that instead they would keep up their Legion dues with the same reg ularity as they now pay lodge dues, etc. District Commander Poteet was the next speaker, and in a short talk filled with witticisms directed at the state adjutant, he urged upholding the state and national officers' hands in legislative and other matters by giving them adequate membership to back up their demands. Mike's dis trict is at the bottom of the list in 4he entire state for percentage of its quota filled, and he is anxious to get out of the cellar position. Time was taken out for eats fol lowing Mike's address and the feed committee composed of M. D. Brown, A. H. Duxbury, Elmer Webb and Al bert Warga called the chow line in to formation. Pork and cheese sand wiches, pickles and coffee were pro vided. - After the feed Past Commander Smith spoke on the first section of the Preamble to the Legion Consti tution. "To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America," while the room was dar kened and a picture representing that section thrown upon the Btreen. At the next meeting Comrade Holly will speak upon the theme "To Pre serve the Memories and Incidents of Our Association in the World War." Reminiscences of service days took up the time until near the midnight hour, when the Lincoln guests de parted for home and the meeting came to a dose. ENJOY EIRTHTAY DINNER From Thursday's Pa.Ily This noon Mr. and MrD. Frank A. Cloidt entertained a few relatives in honor of the birthday anniversary oi P. T. Becker, brother of Mrs. Cloidt. who was observing the passing of his birthday anniversary. The gath ering was one of the greatest pleas ure to all of the members cf the fam ily circle. The members of the din ner party were Mrs. Dora Peacock, Mrs. John B. Livingston. P. T. Bec ker and son, John H. Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cloidt and daugh ters, Maxine and Frances. Fire Chief Sounds V arning on Grass Fires Over City Past Week Has Kept Fire Depart ment Busy Answering Calls Fire Causes Heavy Loss Fire Chief O. Sandin is sounding a warning to the residents of the city relative to the danger that exists in the all too common practice of burn ing off grass and weeds and especial ly at this time when tlie season has been extremely dry. With the very dry condition of everything and the windy weather that has prevailed, it does not re quire a great deal to let a fire get beyond the control of anyone and in many cases in the past week there has been grave danger of residents being burned and in one case the Tel Jed Sokol hall was destroyed at a los3 of several thou;-i "dollars. The grass and debris should be raked up and taken to a place of safety to be burned, the chief states, taken away from the surroundings where the blaze might have the chance to travel to the homes or out buildings and then fires carefully watched that it did not damage. For the past two weeks there has been a very large number of calls for the department from all parts of the city and fortunately in most cases the damage has been slight but in the one case of the burning of the T. J. hall the loss was one of heaviest in the past few years in a single fire. The grass, leaves and debris that have accumulated around the city in the winter season, is now as dry as tinder and with any wind at all the blaze travels very rapidly through the grass and before one is hardly aware of the fact. the blaze has gotten beyond control and menaces the property over the city. In starting the grass fires see that the dried grass and debris is taken to a point away from all danger of spreading and thereby save a loss of property, is the urge of the fire chief to the residents of the community. FURNISH ENTERTAINMENT frmn Friday TJly This morning at the convocation period at the high school the sopho more class had the program and which was made for fun purposes only, the class being assisted by their sponsor, Mr. Kvasnicka. The chief feature of the entertain ment was the bout for the "heavy weight championship." Edward Egenberger serving as the announc er, Leland Shanholz as judge, John Becker as referee and James Nowacek as the timekeeper. Henry Donat ap peared as the defending champion and was presented with his seconds. Robert Warren and Harold Blodgett. Parmele Dovey was introduced as "primo Camera" with his seconds, William Henrichsen and Keith Sny der. After four rounds of furious fighting Primo scored a clean knock out, the defending champ hearing the birdies sing early in the round. The second part or the entertain ment was a scene in the studio with Otto Stodola in the role of the pho tographer of various celebraties and In this Henry Donat was also fea tured. CAR AND HAY BURNS From Saturday r" Last evening Renner Spidell and Tom Stava motored to the Sullivan farm, formerly farmed by the Spi dell family, where they were to as sist C. L .Spidell in loading up some hay. The car, a business coupe, started to smoke as the young men reached the farm and soon was blaz ing away, despite the attempts of Renner who remained in the car and attempted to extinguish the flames and he was almost overcome by smoke when dragged from the car by Mr. Stava. The blaze 6pread to the hay nearby and resulted in the complete loss of the hay as well as the car. It is thought the fire was due to a short in the wiring of the car. Memorial Trees Suggested to Mark Highway Woman's Clnb Would Have Tree for Each Man Serving in World War from County. The Plattsmouth Woman's club is planning on taking up the matter of having placed along highway No. 75 leading into this city trees that will be a memorial to the men of Cslss county who served in the wrorld war. making some 300 to 350 trees that will stand as a living memorial to the men who went forth some twelve years ago to serve their country in the greatest of all wars. The locations that have been look ed over have decided the members of the committee in favor of that sec tion of roadway that leads through the new road formed on the Wiles land south of the city as this stretch would handle very nicely the num ber of trees necessary, making a row on each side of the highway and which would tell to the world in the majesty of the green trees the fact that this county had sent a large number of her sons to serve, many of whom had paid the supreme sacrifice of service on battle field or camp. The trees would be marked as the veterans one by one slip into the "last long rest and would silently represent their memory in the hearts of the community of which they were a part. The matter will be taken up at once by the club ladies with the fed eral road authorities and with the state to secu-e the necessary per mission for the placing of the tree3 and with the state department of for- estration for the securing of the re quired number of trees necessary to lay out this memorial highway. The particular type of tree to be vsed, if the necessary permission to plant them can be obtained, has not been determined, as many favor one of the native American trees while others would have the beautiful Lombardy popular, which Is to be found in great numbers along the highways of France, over which road ways many of the Cass county men have marched as soldiers of the A. E. F. DEATH BRINGS GREAT SORROW From Saturday's Dally Yesterday afternoon a great sorrow- came to the community west of this city when Dolores, thirteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Keffenberger, passed away at the family home, following an attack of measles and complications of pneu monia. The little one was suffering several days and her condition grew worse until yesterday afternoon when the coming of the death messenger brought her a blessed relief from the days of struggle. The little one was a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kaffenberger of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Tschirren, residing a few miles west of Plattsmouth on the Louisville road. She leaves to mourn her loss the parents, three brothers and a large number of aunts, uncles and cousins. In their sorrow the deepest sym pathy of the host" of friends will be extended to the sorrowing relatives in the untimely taking away of this loved little girl and whose passing will make very desolate the home. PLAN BETTER HOMES Mrs. F. G. Coryell, the local chair man of the Better Homes committee, has received a number of suggestions relative to the advancement of the work in a number of lines which has been prepared by the county chairman. Miss Jessie Baldwin: Ask the ministers to co-operate by asking them to us for their text Sunday, April 27, "The spiritual significance of the home and char acter building thru the churches." A street contest for each town, by offering prizes to the two best streets running from one extreme to the other extreme of those streets. Then two prizes to the two best side streets. Attractiveness of streets, lawns, and back yards, create a feeling of pride and pleasure to the home makers, increases property values, and builds community self respect and civic Interest. Exhibits (in store windows) well arranged and carefully explained by posters are very educational and at tract a great deal of attention. Publicity in news papers calling attention to the campaign and to the different points which we hope to stress. ENTERTAINS FOR GUESTS From Saturday reJly Yesterday afternoon Mrs. John A. Griffin entertained most delightfully at an afternoon bridge in honor of Mrs. L. C. Griffin, mother of Dr. Grif fin and Mrs. M. Doty, an aunt, who have for the past week been guests at the Griffin home. The time was spent most pleas antly in the playing of bridge and in the games Mrs. John Gunderson received the first honors and : Mrs. Robert Reed, the second - CASE IS AFFIRMED The state supreme court in the case of Lee Carter vs. the Union Bridge &. Construction Co., appealed from the Cass county district court affirmed the lower court. This case was one in which the plaintiff sued the defendant com pany for an alleged breach of con tract and in which the plaintiff claimed he had come here to work on the Missouri river bridge for the defendant as a carpenter and was later discharged, for which he asked damages. In the trial of the case here the plaintiff recovered judgment for $53.28', and from which decision the plaintiff took appeal to the staee high court. Hearing on Road Case Be fore Jury Today The Hearing of the Appeal on the Award in the Location of High way Near This City From Friday's DaftSr The hearing of the matter of the re-location of highway No. 75 just at the south outskirts of this city, was taken up this morning the dis trict court before Judge James T. Begley and the jury. This is the action growing out of the state and federal highway de partments re-locating highway No. 75 through the farm of Elbert Wiles and to which Mr. Wiles objected. Action was taken according to law and the county court appointed a board of appraisers who after ap praising the land gave a award of $8,000 to Mr. Wiles as the price due for the damage done to the farm and injury to the selling value of the farm. The state filed an appeal from the award of the appraisers as being ex cessive and not warranted and the present trial to determine what amount should be given Mr. Wriles. The highway has been constructed through the farm and is now await ing the paving of the road. Thi afternoon the jury, was taken out to view the land in question and to see for themselves the location and estimate what damage if any, had been done to the farm. Ross Newkirk, assistant attorney general, is conducting the case for the state with County Attorney as sisting in the jury examination, while the defense is in the hands of Attorney A. L. Tidd. CAUGHT TAKING LIGHT From Saturday a Dally Farlv this moraine, so early that the silence in the main part of the city was painful, the last nighthawks having wended their way homeward, the night police were surprised to see a figure come slipping up the main street and to pause at the Fifth and Main street intersection for a second and then grab one of the red lanterns that have been used there to warn of street construction work. The figure struck with thp swiftness of an adder (not machine) and started northward with the red lantern. The police gave the command to halt and the lantern was returned to the place where it was being used. The party taking the lantern was much surprised to find the police so near the scene of ac tion and so quickly, ith the advice of go and sin no more the matter was dropped. CONDITION VERY SERIOUS From Thursdays DalJy The reports from Nebraska City are to the effect that Edward Fuller ton, formerly of this city, is in very grave condition and his passing seems but the matter of a very short time. The patient has failed very rapidly since his return from the Fitzsimmons hospital at Denver where he was cared for for several months, suffering from tuberculosis. Mr. Fullerton has had a very severe case of this malady and was taken ill in November and has gradually grown worse until all hope of his recovery has been abandoned. BUS BREAKS DOWN From Saturday D&Ht Last evening while Clarence Cot tier was en route to Omaha with his passenger bus. leaving this city at 6 o'clock, the bus had a breakdown north of this city and which made necessary Mr. Cotner making a hur ried call for re-inforcement to carry his passengers on into Omaha. The rear portion of the bus was quite badly damaged and will place it out of commision for some time. MISSOURI RIVER CUTTING The Missouri river is doing some cutting away of the land on the Ne braska side of the stream in the low lands near Rock Bluff and consider able land has been swept away in the waters of this turbulent stream in the past few weeks. The land in that locality is formed from the de posits of the river in part years and which the mighty river is now tak ing back. River Improve ment is Covered in Fine Talk Frank D. Tomson of Woods Brotheri Tells of Plans for Future De velopment of River From Friday" DalTy Last evening at the American Legion community auditorium tlV residents of this section had the op portunity of hearing a very fine talk on the development of the naviga tion on the Missouri river and its ad vantages in transportation to the middle west, which was illustrated by several reels showing the reclaim ation work that was being carried out at points along the course of the river, especially from Kansas City north. This interesting meeting was made possible through the aid of the Woods Bros, of Lincoln, who have been very active in the work of river improve ment and have developed large sec tions in and near Kansas City which are to be used as industrial centers. The address of Mr. Tomson was followed very closely and a number of the residents in the territory along the river were present, many com ing from distant points to the south to hear the remarks. "Our inland waterways," said Mr. Tomson, "carried 477,000,000 tons of freight in 192S, according to the official report of the federal war de partment. This total is 47,000.000 tons more than moved in and out thru our Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf ports, a fact that will surprise any one who has not given study to the movement and volume of water-borne traffic. But here is a more striking fact: the tonnage of the rivers, can als and connecting channels for that year was 227.000,000 tons plus. F0 more than that of the Great Lakes. The movement of traffic on the rivers shows steady increase from year to year as the channel improvements are completed. The volume for 1928 was more than double that of six years before, and the volume of six years ago and for several years preceding was the largest that had ever moved on the inland rivers. " ''The present 'advantage to Nebras ka by shipping grain by rail to St. Louis and via the river southward to New Orleans is 3c per cwt.. When the barge service moves up the Mis souri to Kansas City, to St. Joseph, to Plattsmouth and points farther northward, this saving will be rela tively increased. It should be under stood." continued Mr. Tomson, "that the Interstate Commerce Commis sion has put into effect joint rail and water rates that carry back to the inland shipper? however remote from the river, the saving that is made whatever distance his ship ment moves on the water route. Cof fee shipments are now beinc brought into Nebraska using the Mississippi boats upstream to Clinton, Iowa, and by rail from there to Nebraska, with a saving of $50 or thereabout per carload. As soon as the connecting link between the inland rivers and the Great Lakes is made ready for navigation at Chicago, we of the mid dlewest will be in a much more ad vantageous position because iron ore from the Minnesota range can be delivered to any point along our in land rivers at such reduced shipping rates as to encourage profitable man ufacturing here in our country and will at the same time provide a cheaper transportation service for the products of our region." RECETVES BOOSTER BUTTON Herman L. Thomas, local agent of the Missouri Pacific railroad, en joys the distinction of being the win ner of the gold booster button on the Omaha division of the railroad for the month of March. This di version extends from Omaha to Falls City and the honor is given to the one who has given the largest num ber of "traffic tips" and other busi ness getters for the railroad. Mr. Thomas, who is always on the alert for any aid for his company, was not aware of the distinction that had been given him until Thursday when he received the prized button as well as a letter from President Baldwin congratulating him cm the success of his work. SCHOOL NURSE HERE There have been a great many cases of chicken pox and measles in the city in the past two weeks and in order to help stamp these maladies out in as rapid a time as possible, the city schools have secured the services of Miss Ruth Taylor, trained nurse. The nurse will examine all of the younger children in the city schools as to these two diseases and other physical ailments and which it J is hoped will make short work of the epidemic of disease. COLLECTED MUCH TAX County Treasurer John T. Turner was checking up on the amounts of delinquent tax that had been col lected in his first year or service and which covered tax due prior to 1926, some $41,000 in back taxes having been gathered, in to help county funds, the taxes being largely personal.