PLATTSMOTTm SEM-WEEKLY JOTTENAI
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LEGAL NOTICE
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823
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Thi.3 Act relate3 to cities and villages and
public electric light and power districts which
FOR own or operate electric light and power plants,
distribution systems and transmission Wnes.
It authorizes the extension of such lines and
systems for the purpose of serving farmers
and others living outside such cities and vil-
AGAINST lages and also authorizes the owners of such
plants to provide means for financing same.
A RILL
FOR AN ACT relating to Cities and Villages, and public electric light
and power districts, which own or operate electric light and power
plants, distribution systems andor transmission lines; to authorize
the extension of such lines and systems for the purpose of serving
farmers and others living outside such cities and villages, and to
provide means of financing the same.
Be It Enacted By The People Of The State Of Nebraska i
Section 1. Any city, village, or public electric light and power
district, within the state, which may own or operate any electric light
and power plant, distribution system, andcr transmission lines may
extend the same beyond its boundaries, and for that purpose is hereby
authorized and empowered to construct, purchase, lease, or otherwise
acquire, and to maintain, improve, extend, and operate electric light
and power plants, distribution systems, and transmission lines, outside
of the boundaries of such city, village or puElic electric light and
power district, for such distance and over such territory within this
state as may bo deemed expedient. In connection therewith any such
city, village, or public electric light and power district may enter into
contracts to furnish and sell electrical energy to any person, firm,
association, corporation, municipality or public electric light and power
district. No such construction, purchase, lease, acquisition, improve
ment, or extension of any such plant, distribution system andor trans
mission lines without such boundaries, however, shall be made, except
upon the approval of the majority of the qualified electors of such
municipality or district voting upon such proposition at an election
called for that purpose.
Section 2. For the purpose of selling or purchasing electrical
energy for lighting, heating or power purposes, any city, village, or
public electric light and power district may by contract connect and
interconnect its electrical light and power plant, distribution system
andor transmission lines with the electric light and power plant, dis
tribution system andor transmission lines of any other city, village, or
public electric light and power district, whenever authorized by a
majority of the qualified electors of each such municipality or district
voting upon 6uch proposition at elections called for that purpose.
Section 3. Such construction, purchase, lease, acquisition, im
provement or extension may be paid for by the issuance of bonds or
the levy of taxes as otherwise by law provided, or in lieu of any other
lawful methods or means of providing for the payment of indebtedness,
any city, village, or public electric light and power district within this
state, shall have the power and authority, by and through its govern
ing body or board of directors, whenever authorized by a majority of
the qualified electors voting upon such proposition at an election called
for that purpose, to provide for the payment of the cost or expense of
purchasing, constructing, extending, improving, or otherwise acquiring,
any property necessary or useful in the operation of any electric light
and power plant, distribution system, andor transmission lines, by
pledging, assigning, or otherwise hypothecating, the net earnings or
profits, of such electric light and power district, city, or village, derived
from the operation of such electric light and power plant, distribution
system andor transmission lines.
323 CZ1
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
This law (1) gives cities and towns owning
electric light and power plants the right, pro
vided cost is paid cut of net earnings, to ex
tend their lines beyond their border to serve
FOR farmers and others, and (2) the right to pay
for power plants, etc. by pledging future earn
ings instead of by taxation, and (3) provides
that no publicly-owned plant may be sold
except upon approval of sixty percent of voters
AGAINST and filing of statement of original cost, etc.
with Department of Public Works, and limit3
amount of money which may te spent in cam
paign for sale of plant.
A BILL
FOR AN ACT relating to cities, villages, and public electric light
and power districts engaged in the generation, transmission, dis
tribution, purchase andor sale of electrical energy for lighting,
heating and power purposes; to provide for the extension, by any
city, village, or public electric light and power district of its
electric light and power plants, transmission lines and service out
side of the boundaries of such municipality or district; to provide
for interconnection of electric light and power plants, lines, sys
tems and service by and between cities, villages and public electric
light and power districts in this state; to authorize the pledging
or hypothecating of the net earnings and profits of publicly-owned
electric light and power plants, lines or systems, to pay for prop
erty necessary or useful in the operation of such plants, lines or
systems; to make certain requirements and restrictions concerning
the sale or alienation by cities, villages and public electric light
and power districts of electric light and power plants, lines and
systems to private persons, firms and corporations; to define
certain crimes in connection with such sale cr alienation and
fixing the penalties therefor; and to make applicable to cities,
villages and public electric light and power districts, the general
provisions of law concerning private electric light and power
companies as to eminent domain, right-of-way and physical con
struction and maintenance of electric light and power plants, lines
and systems.
Be It Enacted By The People Of The State Of Nebraska:
. Section 1. Any city, village, or public electric light and power
district within the state, which may own or operate, or hereafter ac
quire, or establish, any electric light and power plant, distribution
system, andor transmission lines may, at the time of, or at any time
after such acquisition or establishment, extend the same beyond its
boundaries, and for that purpose is hereby authorized and empowered
to construct, purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire, and to maintain,
improve, extend, and operate electric light and power plants, distribu
tion systems and transmission lines, outside of the boundaries of such
city, village, or public electric light and power district, for such dis
tance and over such territory within this state as may be deemed ex
pedient. In the exercise of the powers granted by this section any
such city, village, or public electric light and power district may enter
into contracts to furnish and sell electrical energy to any person, firm,
association, corporation, municipality, or public electric light and power
district. No such construction, purchase, lease, acquisition, improve
ment or extension of any such additional plant, distribution system
andor transmission lines, however, shall be paid for except out of the
ret earnings and profits of one or more or all of the electric light, and
power plants, distribution systems and transmission lines, of such city,
village or public electric light and power district. The provisions of
this ret shall be deemed cumulative and the authority herein granted
t citi',s, villages and public electric light and power districts, shall
not be limited or made inoperative by any existing statute.
Section 2. For the purpose of selling or purchasing electrical
er.. for lighting, heating or power purposes, any city, village, or
i loWtrie lifht and power district in this state is hereby authorized
, to enter
1 ' river plant, OlSinuuuuu cjjiciii n-iv ui uiuiouiwoiuu uu wiwi
v, 1 tri light and power plant, distribution system andor trans
t..s pS of any one or more ether cities, villages, or public electric
ry.'.ssion . rr districts in this state, upon such terms and conditions
r3:-t anf1 d .upon between tha contracting cities, villages and
as may -e a-:. . .
a.T.iicva.
Section 3.
' public power
In lieu of the issuance of bonds or the levy of taxes
s otherwise bv law provided, and in lieu of any other lawful methods
or means of providing for tha payment of indebtedness, any city,
village, or public electric light and power district within this state shall
have the power and authority, by and through its governing body or
board of directors, to provide for or to sectire the payment of the cost
er expenses of purchasing, constructing, or otherwise acquiring, extend
ing and improving, any real or personal property necessary or useful
in its operation of any electric light and power plant, distribution
System, andor transmission lines, by pledging, assigning, or otherwise
hypothecating, the net earnings or profits cf such electric light and
power district, city, cr village, derived, or to be derived, from the oper
ation of such electric light and powe." plant, distribution system, andor
transmission lines and, to tbst end, to enter into such contracts and to
issue such warrcnLs or debentures as may be proper to carry out the
provisions of this rection
' Section 4. No sale, lease or transfer of any electric light or power
plant, distribution system, andor transmission lines, by any city,
village, or public elejtric light and power district to Eny private person,
firm, association, or corporation, sr-all be valid unless such sale, lease
or transfer shall be authorized by a vote of not less than sixty per cent
of the qualified electors of such city, village, or public electric light
and power district voting on such preposition at a regularly called
election, and unless fear months' notice of said election to vote on such
proposed tale, lease, or transfer shall have been given by the governing
authorities cf such municipality or public electric light and power dis
trict, as the case may be, by publication once every two week3 in one
r more newspapers of general circulation in such municipality or
public electric light and power district.
Section 5. In order to consummate and complete the sale, lease,
or transfer, cf any electric light and power plant, distribution system,
or transmission Ln--:s by any city, village, or public electric light and
power district of this state, to any private person, firm, associaton, or
corporation, there shall be filed in the office of the Department of Public
Works of this state, prior to any delivery or change of possession,
control or management undr such sale, lease, or transfer, true and
exact duplicate signed copies of all agreements, conveyances, contracts,
franchises, deeds, leases, bills of sale, and other instruments under
which such sale, lease, or transfer, is to be made. Said instruments
Bhall be certified to under the oath of the executive or presiding officers
of the seller and purchaser, respectively, as such true and exact dupli
cates. At the same time, and accompanying said documents and instru
ments of sale and transfer, there rhall be filed with said Department
of Public Works a statement and report, in form and detail to be
approved by said Department and the Attorney General, clearly
setting forth the following facts and data, to-wit:
(a) The location and detailed description, including source and
methods of generation, of all the property involved in the sale, lease
or transfer.
(b) The dates of the construction, purchase, or other acquisition,
by such municipality, or public electric light and power district, of
such power plant, distribution system, andor transmission lines, in
cluding all replacements, extensions, repairs and betterments, together
with a detailed statement of the actual cost.
(c) A detailed description of such parts of the utility to be sold
as between the time of acquisition thereof and the time cf the sale
under consideration shall have become obsolete, or shall have been sold,
transferred, lost, destroyed, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of by
such municipality or public electric light and power district, and the
cost of such part of the utility including extensions or additions thereto.
(d) A complete schedule of the rates and charges made or levied
by such municipality or public electric light and power district for
electric current, and a full and complete statement showing the financial
condition and the receipts and disbursements of such municipality or
public power district in the operation of the utility during the preceding
three-year period, and a statement of the bonded indebtedness, if any,
of such municipality or public poorer district in connection with its
ownership or operation of the utility, including the amount of all
bonds issued and paid.
Such statement and report shall be certified and sworn to as cor
rect by the presiding officer of the governing body of such municipality
or public electric light and power district, as the case may be, and shall
also have thereto attached the certificate and oath' of the presiding
officer, or other duly authorized executive officer, of the purchaser,
undi-T the seal of the purchaser, if a corporation, that the purchaser of
said utility has examined said statement and report, has investigated
the facts therein set forth, believes said statement and report to be
true and correct, and that the proposed purchase of said utility has
been made with reference to and in reliance upon the facts, situation,
and circumstances, set forth in sail statement and report. The filing
of $:aid instruments and said statement and report, certified as herein
required, is hereby made a condition precedent to the validity of any
such sale, lease, or transfer.
Section 6. Whoever shall make, utter or subscribe to any state
ment and report, or certificate, required under the provisions of the
last preceding section, knowing or having reason to believe that any
such statement and report, or certificate, is false, shall be guilty of a
felony ?nd upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not mare than Five
Thousand Dol'ars or shall be imprisoned in the state penitentiary not
more than one year. Any instrument, statement and report, or certifi
cate filed with the Department of Public Works as provided for in this
Act, or certified copies thereof, shall be competent evidence in any
hearing or proceeding involving the valuation of the electric light and
power plant, distribution system, or transmission lines, covered by
sai-J statement and report and certificate, for rate making purposes,
taxation, or in any other matter in which the fact3 and statements in
such instrument, statement and report, or certificate, may be involved
or drawn in question, and the purchaser thereof and his, or its succes
sor, or assigns, shall be forever estopped to deny the facts set forth
in such instrument, statement and report, or certificate.
Section 7. No private person, firm, association or corporation
proposing to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire any electric light
and power plant, distribution system, or transmission lines, from any
city, village or public electric light and power district of this state,
nor any one on behalf or for the benefit of such proposed purchaser,
may, in order to promote or bring about such sale, lease, or transfer,
pay out, contribute, or expend, directly or indirectly, money or other
valuable thing in excess of three thousand dollars nor, in any event,
in excess of a sum, in number of dollars, greater than the number of
the qualified voters in such municipality, or public electric light and
power district, based on the total vote cast for governor at the last
general election. Any person, firm, or corporation, violating any pro
vision of this section shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars or
shall be imprisoned, if a person or persons, for not more than one year
in the penitentiary of the state, or shall be liable to both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Any violation of this
section shall nullify and render wholly void any such proposed purchase,
lease or acquisition; provided, however, any action to set aside and
render invalid any such sale, lease, transfer or acquisition, under the
provisions of this section, shall be brought in the district court of the
county in which such municipality or public electric light and power
district, or a portion thereof, is located, by one or more electors of such
municipality or public electric light and power district, or by such
municipality or district itself, or by the State of Nebraska, within
ninety days after the holding of the election at which the question
voted on shall have been submitted.
Section 8. Within ten days after any election upon the proposition
of the sale, lease or transfer of any electric light or power plant,
distribution system, andor transmission lines, as provided by Section
4 of this Act, the person, firm, association, or corporation, proposing
to make or secure such purchase, lease, or transfer shall file with the
Secretary of State a sworn statement, in form and detail to be ap
proved by the Attorney General, showing all expenditures made and
all obligations incurred by such proposed purchaser, directly or in
directly, in connection with or pertaining to such proposed sale, lease,
vr transfer and in connection with or pertaining to such election. Any
person, firm, association, or corporation who shall fail or refuse to file
such statement or who shall subscribe to such statement, knowing the
same to be false, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof
shall.be fined in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars or shall be
I nprisoned, if a person or persons, for not more than one year in the
state penitentiary, or shall be liable to both such fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the court.
I Section 9. All provisions of law now applicable to electric light
and power corporations as regards the exercise of the power of
eminent domain, the use and occupation of the public highways and
the manner or method of construction and physical operation of plants.
systems and transmission lines shall be applicable, as nearly as may
be, to municipalities and public electric light and power districts in
their exercise of the powers and functions and in their performance of
the duties conferred or imposed upon them under the provisions of this
Act.
326
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
This is an Act relating to cities, villages,
and public electric light ami power districts
which own or operate electric light and power
FOI1 plants, distribution tystems andor trar Vi
sion lines; prohibiting the sale of such plants,
systems, or lines, except for cash, and unless
authorized by a vote of the electors; regdat'ng
such election; forbidding the giving Oi- receiv-
AGAINGT ing of anything of value in connection w.l'a
such sale or purchase for such plants, systems
or lines, and to fix a penalty for violation
thereof.
A BILL
FOR AN ACT relating to cities, villages, cud public electric light and
power districts which own cr operate electric light and power
plants, distribution systems ar.dor transmission lines; prohibiting
the sale of such plants, systems, or lines, except for cash, and
unless authorised by a vote of the electors; regulating such elec
tion; forbidding the giving or receiving of anything of value in
connection wiih such sale or purchase for such p'ants, systems or
lines; and to fix a penalty for violation thereof.
Be It Enacted By The People Of The State Of Nebraska:
Section 1. No city, villr.ge or public electric ii-rht and power
district shall s?ll CiV.y electric light or power plant, distribution system,
endor transmission lines, owned by such city, village, or public electric
light and power tlisLrict, except for cash end unle:,3 such sale shall bo
authorized by a vote of the majority cf the qt:arf:?d electors of such
city, village cr public electric light an J power district voting on such
preposition at an election called for that purpose, and unless four
weeks' notice of said eleclicn to vete cn such proposed rale shall have
been given by the governing auihe.ltirs of such municipality or public
electric light rn:l power district, ns the case may be, by publication once
each week in one cr more ncwspr.pers of general circulation in such
municipality or public electric light and power district.
Section 2. In connection with the purchase of rr.y equipment,
material cr supplies or the sale, lease, or transfer cf any electric light
and power plant, distribution system, or transmission lines, by any
city, village, or public electric light and power district, no officer or
employee of any city, village or public electric light and power district,
shall take, demand or receive, and no person, firm, or corporation, shall
offer pay or give to such officer or employee, directly or indirectly, any
gratuity, bonus, commission, emolument, money, or ether valuable
consideration, in order to promote or bring about such purchase, sale,
lease, or transfer.
Any person, firm or corporation violating thi3 section shall be
guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum
not excee-Jing Ten Thousand Dollars or be imprisoned, if a person or
persons, for not more than one year in the penitentiary of the state,
or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
LOCAL
From Thursday's Dally
C. G. Mayfield was here today for
a few hours, visiting with friends
and looking after some matters of
business.
William Starkjohn was a business
visitor in Omaha today going to that
city on the early Burlington train
to spend a few hours.
Enos Jones of Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, is here for a visit at the
home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Robvtson.
Raymond Bcokmeyer of Pitts
burgh, Pennsylvania, arrived here
this morning for a vacation visit
with his mother, Mrs. Rope Book-
meyer and his aunts, Mrs. Lillian
Freeman, Clara and Mary Bookmeyer
and the other relatives and friends.
Miss Virginia Wills of Long Beach,
California, daughter of Mr. and Mrs..
Grover Will, is here to enjoy a visit
at the home of her uncle and aunt.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Will and with
the relatives and friends of the Will
family in this section.
Mrs. John Bagley and Mrs. Emma
Burdick of Omaha and also Miss
Vera Burdick of Chicago, were in
the city today for a few hours visit
and while here called at the Journal
where Mrs. Burdick renewed her sub
scription. The party also visited at
Nehawka.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Swigert of Cam
eron, Missouri, were here Wcdnes
day for a visit at the home of Sher
iff and Mrs. Bert Reed, cousins of
the Swigert family. From here Mr.
and Mrs. Swigert motored to Weep
ing Water to visit with the Ed Ruby
family and will then go on to Lin
coln and Denver for a short outing.
From Friday's natty
Atorney C. K. Tefft of Weeping
Water was a visitor in the city to
day being called here to look after
some matters of business.
Melvin Johnson, of Chicago, is
here to spent his vacation with his
father, . G. Johnson and sister, Miss
Helen, at the farm south of this
city.
John Roerhack who has been vis
iting at Chicago with relatives and
friends for a short time, returned
home this morning after a very pleas
ant outing.
Mrs. Li. A. Ahl of Lincoln, who has
been here visiting for a short time
at the William Weaver home, re
turned this morning to her home in
the state capitol city.
Mrs. W. A. Bontley and grandson,
of Omaha who have been visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. II.
Falacek, returned home today and
were accompanied by Mrs. Palacek.
Mrs. G. R. Holcomb and Mrs. Don
Seivers departed Thursday for Mar
ion and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where
they will rnjny a few days cuting
at the home of Mrs. Holcomb's rela
tives and old time friends.
Mrs. Mary Foster and daughter,
Miss Nellie Kennedy, of Tacoma,
Washington, who has been visiting
here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Val
Burkle, departed yestedday for a
short visit in the state and will then
go on to their home. Mrs. Foster Is
a sister of Mrs. Burkle.
From Saturday's Taiiy
Mrs. A. W. Eayersdorfer of Oma
ha, former resident here, was in the
city Friday for a few hours visit with
the old friends.
Mrs. Edna Shannon of Weeping
Water was a visitor here Friday for
a short time visiting with the old
time friends in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Binder of
San Pedro, California, are here for
a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Rice, old time friends of the
binder family.
Mrs. Martha Wetenkamp of this
city, very pleasantly enjoyed a visit
yesterday with Mrs. W. n. Porter
and granddaughter of Omaha and
Mrs. Ida Cole of Mynard.
County Commissioner Fred II.
Gordcr of Weeping Water was here
today to attend to some matters cf
importance relative to his work as
commissioner in the third district.
Mrs. Martha Peterson, who has
been visiting at Excelsior Springs,
Mo., for a short time with old
friends, has returned home and re
ports a very pleasant visit in the
well known resort city.
Peter Volk and son, J. P. Volk
cf Caldwell, Kansas, arrived here
this morning to attend the funeral
services of Mrs. M. L. Freidrieh, sis
ter of Peter Volk. While here Mr.
Volk and son were callers at the
Journal office for a short time.
Mrs. Ella MeCray and grandson,
Wallace MeCray of Erie, Pennsyl
vania, are here to enjoy a viit at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. P.
Fleming in this city and the rela
tives over this part of Cass county.
Mrs. MeCray is a cousin of Mrs.
Fleming.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Spangler and
two daughters cf Movillc, Iowa, are
here to enjoy a visit here at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Sullivan south
of this city, Mrs. Spangler being a
sister of Mr. Sullivan. While here
they are also visiting the many old
time friends.
AIvo Mews
John B. Skinner and Lee Coat
man with trucks were hauling wheat
from the home ot Glen Lewis to the
Rehmeyer elevator.
Elmer Rosenow and wife were vis
iting for a short time in Ashland
cn last Sunday and were the guests
cf friends while there.
W. L. Browne has been bu.-y with
the threshing season, and wiih the
excellent weather for the work has
been keeping busy all the time.
John Coleman was assisting with
the work at the elevator during the
rush of both wheat and corn which
was experiencing during the past
week.
John E. Turin r, treasure r of Cass
county and candidate to succeed him
self was a visitor in Alvo on last
Saturday ard was nutting with his
many friends.
On their way home from Colorado
Roy Bennett and the family stopped
at the home of Wm. Sutton of Chap
pell and enjoyed a very fine visit with,
that gonial former Cass county man
and his family.
Last Sunday Simon Rehmeyer and
th'1 family were over to Omaha where
they were guests at the home of Cris
Talkington, ard were joir."l there
by Fred Rehmeyer and family ard
G. Rehmeyer and wife cf Weeping
Water.
E. L. N'-l-on was a visitor in Lin
coln on last Wednesday where he
went to teeuro some goods t r the
store and as Lincoln is not so far
away it makes it handy for tie mer
chants here as it provider-, a way of
having t're.sh gonis v.-V.cn w."Mm!.
Roy Coalman with hi? pow er Tdant
and W. H. Warner with his separator
make a good team and sure they do
turn out the threshing and are mak
ing good progivss. Tei y report the
wheat going all the way from ight
to nearly forty bushels by averaging
something over twenty to the acre.
Interest In Farm Goes Cheap.
Schuyler Kellegg made th' pur
chase of the interest of Kd Fi.-Iur
in a one hundred and sixty ac.es,
which was a half interest for thirry
f.ve hundred dollars last we k. Tk -property
is without improvements
but the land looks dirt ('.Hap ami
as he was buying dirt it must be to.
(Political Advertising)
Republican Candidate For
Congress for the First
District
I belong to the Salvation Army and
I am determined to live out God's
word and to make good and go
through. I believe in a Government
of the people, for the people and by
the people. As I have always been a
farmer, I am especially interested in
the farmers and working men, in
United States Peace and Prohibition,
tariff and lower taxes, that the Gov
ernment should own and control the
mines rnd railroads for the benefit
of the common peorle; that the
freight and passenger rates would be
lowered, no Sunday work should bo
done and that, there should be a
Standard, Steady and Profitable Mar
ket Price.
HORACE A. REEVE.
Elmwood, Nebraska
Improving the Property.
Win. Yeagcr. the proprietor of tlv
Alvo hotel property has been inaki i!.v
sonie substantial improvements t
the place in the way of some point
ing and re-spouting the Ihupo. Tal
is adding to the value of the phi'
and is what all should do to mala
the town look the very hist. Km
Eennett and W. It. Burlingame art
doing the work.
Heme LfiSt Sunday. .
Earl Bennett who has been away,
accompanied by the family for the
past six week-, going first to Kan
sas where they visited with r la lives
and then to the western portion if
the state and finally to Lamar, Colo
rado, whore they visited with rela
tives and friends and on their return
stopped also cut in the state ir a
visit arriving home on last Sun-lay
evening. He reports good crops U
along the route but some piaces it
was getting pretty dry.
Receives Good Upturns.
Charles M. Jordan thresh, -d on
last Wednesday and delivered his
v. heat to the Rehmeyer elevator and
was well pleased with the !' -i
acres which he had sown. The r ;i
made an average rf "1 bushels tie'
acre of 375 bushel- Tor the field.
DOOMED BANDIT'S PLEA
FAILS IN SUPREME COUKT
Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., July l''t.
Justice Willis Vanclt vcitc r. of the
United States supreme court, his
denied appeals of three Kansas City
bank bandits, who aro under sen
tence to be executed July 2ft. The
appeals were presented to the justhe
Saturday at bis sur.i.mr homo here
by Charles Las: en and Frank Ling
:ii::st, attorneys.
Motions for a stay of execution
and a writ of habeas corpus al -
were refused.
ALLAN HOOVEE LABORS
IN SWELTERING FOUNDRY
Bayonne, N. J., July 21. In a
rnarinjr fonndrv where the temper
ature reached 110 degrees the son of
the president of the unitea bwib
labored today, his first day back to
work after his vacation.
Taking a hint from the veteran
fonndrv laborers in the plant of the
American Radiator company, young
Allan Hoover tolled unaer wiuys
a hpnw woolen shirt, open at the
throat, an oil-stained shirt and pants
and worn shoes completing nis out
fit. He will work until time, to re-
urn to school next SeptemDer.
Picnic Season is at hand and the
Bates Book Store can supply you
with all kinds of supplie tiates,
Knives, Forks, Spoons, Napkins, etc,
fenitee for Sale!
Double Tub Power Washer. $15;
Electric Washer, S25; New Electric
Washer, was 120. new $85; 100-lb.
capacity Ice Eox. $20; 8-piece Dinirg
Rcom Suite, $59.50; tv.o Double
Foldirg Ccts; one Llcyd Baby Buy;
eve Sulkey; one Ciib; cue Roll Top
Writing Desk; one Bill File: good
Flayer Piano; ere Fishsr Piano;
fcur Phonographs; ore Davenport;
one Bucfcld; one 3-pc. Mahogany
finish Front Room Set. JVIany other
articles that v,e can offer jou now
at most attractive pi ices.
New Furniture
"Ve take old Furniture as part pay
on new. Take advantages of the won
derful savings offered by us through
the wholesale houses' annual clear
ance during July and August. We
will take you dirert to wholesale
hcuse where you can personally pick
what you .want, and you need not
feel obligated in any way to buy, if
you don't think we can save you
money. Phone or write us.
Ghrist Furniture Co.
118-122 South 6th Street
PLATTSJIOUTK - NEBRASKA
Telephone No. 645