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REPLIES TO RIDGELL
STATE TREASURER HAS FILED
ANSWER IN SUIT.
NEWS OF THE STATE HOUSE
Items of General Interett Gathered
From Reliable Sources at
State Home.
Western Newspaper Union News Servlc
State Treasurer Hall lias filed In tho
Bupremo court his answer to tho al
ternatlvo writ of mandamus asked for
by Fire Commissioner ltldgoll In tho
suit brought by tho latter some days
ago to compel tho treasurer to coun
tersign nnil pay Hldgcll's salary and
expenso warrants for the month of
September, amounting to $201.21. Tho
names of II. II. Wilson and 0. W.
lJcrgo are appended to It as attorneys
for Mr. Hall.
Tho treasurer admits that tho war
rants were duly Issued and presented,
and that they aro In regular form;
also that there Is duo Mr. Uidgell tho
sums named. Ho llkowlso acknowl
edges that ho refused and still re
fuses to countersign or pay them, not
withstanding that ho has in his hands
$0,000 collected as a special tax from
llro Insurance companies for tho sup
port of the lire commission, us pro
vided by law.
It Is declared, however, that tho
treasurer ntid his bondsmen are llablo
for tho safekeeping of state funds, and
that he has no authority to pay out
money except when It Is specifically
appropriated by the legislature. In tho
fire commissioner's case, says tho
treasurer's pleading, tho legislature of
1915 mado no appropriation, and
therefore ho Is without authority to
pay tho warrants.
To Receive Benefit of New Law.
George Tost, an Inmate of tho state
penitentiary, has been granted a
diminution of sentence, In addition to
the regular- "good tlmo" allowance.
The additional allowance which was
grunted by the state board of control
upon recommendation of Warden Pen
ton, Is onotwelfth or tho tlmo served
and to be served by him, beginning
July S, 1916, until paroled.
Post Is the first man to receive the
benoflt of H. It. 510, laws of Nebraska.
1916, an act providing for diminu
tion of sentence for good conduct as
a trusty. The board, In its order,
stated that Post had been employed
outside the prison enclosure for eov
eral months past and has manifested
good conduct, cheerful compliance
with rule3, diligence in work and
fidelity to trust. By tttiB order of
tho board, a reward for good con
duct, Post's sentence is considerably
reduced. The ordinary good time al
lowance would have mado his maxi
mum sentence oxplrc February 3, 1920.
The working of tho additional "good
time" will nllow his release October
25 Instead of November 10,
Wl I Enforce the Law.
Labor Commlslouer Coffoy Is pro
paring blanks to bo used In enforcing
tho employment agency regulation law
passed by tho last legislature. This
law waj passed for tho regulation of
private employment agencies, requir
ing them to take out a licenso from
the bLor commissioner's ofllco and
pay a feo of $G0 a year. Teachers'
agencies aro required to pny a fee of
$10 n year. Each agency Is required
to file n bond for $2,000 to insure
compliance with tho law. The labor
commissioner is empowered to make
investigations with full inquisitorial
powers. Each agency must keep n
record showing tho names of all per
sons for whom employment is secured
and the fees charged them. A receipt
must be Issued to each person pay
ing a fee, and must show what service
was rendered. Carbon copies of all
receipts must bo furnished to tho labor
commissioner and agoncleB must re
port monthly to him.
Want "Father's Day" Observed.
Mother will havo no more monopoly
on remembrances if a movement start
ed at Hastings and referred to Gov
ernor Morehcad for initiation is car
ried on as its projectors suggest. They
want a "Fathers' Day" set asldo by
tho governor, and thoy ask that the
observance be quite as formal as the
day dodicatcd to tho other side of the
family.,
Stato Superintendent Thomas has
received applications for the Inspec
tion of 149 co-operntlvo rural schools.
Ho believes applications will bo made
by 300. From 2,000 to 3,000 pupils will
thus havo tho advantage of a high
school training. These schools are
paying good salaries to teachers, from
500 to $100 a month, and half a dozen
have built residences for teachers.
Twenty-four schools havo asked for
approval of their courses in agricul
ture. Approved schools will receive
from $200 to $500 n year out of a total
appropriation of $30,000,
Food Commission Resumes Activities.
Food Inupectton and all activities of
the food and oil commission are to be
renowed following tho decision of Gov
ernor Morohead to allow his deputy,
Clarence Harman, to pay all depart
mental exponses before turning over
tho hnlanco of funds to th Btate treas
urer. This will successfully ovado the
ruling of Treasurer Hall that no ex
penses of this department wero to be
paid because the legislature failed to
make a specific appropriation of
money for the department's maintenance.
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A design in a dress and coatoo for
x little girl, which may be successful
ly mado up In any sort of material is
shown here. As pictured tho dross
Is of Irish poplin with a bordor of
ottoman silk in a wldo blaB band
ibout the bottom of tao skirt, and a
laokct of tho same silk as tho band.
Out the model Is Just as well adaptod
'a many of tho now cottpn fabrics. It
night bo developed in cotton gabcr
line for the dress, and cotton cordu
oy for tho Jacket, in any of the light,
(tuple colors that these now fabrics
ire mado in.
As shown In the picture the skirt
s set on to a belt of the poplin which
s also tho belt of tho plain bodice.
The bodice has a small yoke, opening
it the neck in a shallow "V" and fin
shod with little, buttonholed scallops.
The coat is cut with long shoulders
Showing the Direction
Hore are two pretty drep lints
which show which way the millinery
wind IiIovsh As to trimming it points
to simplicity, but as to shupe It con
tinues to blow "every which way." In
materials hatters' plush, vcloura and
combinations of velvet with other tnu
tenuis are In steady demand and such
combinations nppcar in these two huts.
At the lop the picturesque shape Is
of velvet and plush, tho velvet uppcar
'ng on the upper brim und In a wide
llauge against the plush facing. The
lop crown is of velvet. A wide. hand
Home faille ribbon Is laid In folds
about tho side crown and the ends are
Joined at tho right of tho front. Hero
an odd feather ornament Is posed at
an equally odd angle. Sprays of One
feathers, which look like frost-covenjd
twigs, spring from a big cabochon or
feuthors and danco In overy breozo
that blows. At tho left a hall and tas
sel ot silk, fastened agulnst the crown,
give this model more than thu usual
allnwanco of ornament.
The brim In this shnpu Is very Ir
regular and tho crown Is eccentric In
shape but both aro mads on good and
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and short bIcpvcs and Is lined with
tho poplin. This Is used ulso for the
turnback cuffs and collar and appeura
In a piping about tho edges of the lit
tle garment. Small pink frogs form
tho single fastening. A girdle is worn
with tho dress.
Among other protty models for th
little miss aro full sttlrts of plaid ma
tertal confined at tho waist with sev
eral rows of shirring and set onto s
plain belt of the plaid. Wldo suspen
ders mado also of tho plaid material
aro set onto the belt. Such skirts are
finished with a plain, three-inch hem
and are only moderatoly wide. They
are worn over thin blousea made oi
batlsto or organdie or other sheer 'ma
terial. Short top coats or jackets ol
plain woolen goods, matching the dom
inant color in the plaid skirt, are worn
with them. Together thoy make a
smart looking outfit for tho little girl.
of the Millinery Wind
becoming lines. Such shapes are nut
universally becoming, but wlnn they
do suit tho lace, they seem mudo es
pecially for tho wearers.
Uelow Is a French sailor with the
brim widened at tho loft front, which
Is an indication of the privilege ac
corded to brim by the mode. Tlie
do all sorts of unexpected things. The
brim Is of hatters' plush faced witn
volvet and has a narrow velvet bind
ing. Tho top crown Is soft and ol
velvet.
This hat. becoming to nlraost every
faco, has a hand of tho new. brilliant
flltter-Jot about tho side crown. The
soqulns aro small and set very thick,
overlapping ono another In a musH of
brilliant scales. Two long "feelers
spring from a small oblong body of
tho lllttiT-jft, the little sequins or
spangles extending n Jlttlo way on
each ono, Two of the odd, stln orna
ments nre set ut tho back one on
each side- of It. Tho hat would be pret
tier without these, and measured by
the season's standards would bo amply
trimmed.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
HiS LAST TRIP IN
SEARCH OF MINE
Venerable Prospector Says If Ho
Doesn't Find It This Time
He Will Give It Up.
New Westminster, n. C Wilbur
Armstrong, n Washington prospector
of soventy-two, plunged Into tho moun
tains of the l'ltt rango recently on his
tenth trip In search of Slumngh's
mine. For ten yours Armstrong lias
made this pllgrlmngo overy summer,
hut this, he says, will bo tho last If
it proves as barren as tho others,
Armstrong Is not tho only man who
liati headed search parties In tho at
tempt to locate this hidden treasure,
wheso locution Is asserted to ho with
in twenty miles of the head of Pitt
lake, yet which has been discovered
by but ono man, who Is now deud,
Tenth Trip In Search of Mine.
since Slumngh, tho Indian after whon.
It Is named, was hanged in tho Jail
yard nt Now Westminster In 1891.
Walter Jackson, tho second dis
coverer, panned out thousands of dol
lars' worth of gold in a fow days
when ho locntod It in 1901. Durying
tho main part of his treasuro, ho
camo out with dust and nuggets to
tho vnluo of $8,000, intending to re
turn and Btaka claims at his leisure.
But ho fell sick and, being about to
die, bethought him of Androw Hall,
who had grubstaked him at Guytos
many years before. Ho wrote to Hall
and drew a chart. Hall finding him
self In need of money in tho Yukon
sold the lotter and chart to a cousin
of Armstrong, to whom tho documents
finally camo.
Jackson's description of his find,
which Is In a creak In a canyon to
which there is no outlet except by an
underground channel, says In part:
"In going upstream I found a placa
whero tho bedrock was baro, and you
will hardly bollovo mo when I tell you
tho bodrock was yellow with gold. In
a few days I gathered thousands, and
there was thousands moro In sight.
Somo of tho nuggets wero as big ns
walnuts. ... I saw thoro wero
millions practically on tho surface. I
burled part of tho gold under a tent
shaped rock with a mark cut on tho
faco."
SETTLE FEUD WITH KNIVES
McKelveys and Bennetts "Even Up"
In Desperate Fight on a Lonely
Island. '
nirmtngham, Ala. On a lonely lit
tlo Island In tho Flint river, near
Huntsvlllo, five men, two on ono sldo
and threo on tho ether, fought n des
perato batlo with knives recently,
tho two overcoming tho threo and
leaving them, mortally wounded, on
tho Island.
Tho fight was tho culmination ot a
feud of long standing between tho Mc
Kelveys and tho Uennetts. Tho two
McKolvoy brothers mot Rubo Dennett
and his two sons on tho Island and tho
fighting began at once. Tlack and
forth tho men fought, grappling, stab
bing and slashing until tho rocks for
yords around wero dyed with blood.
Tho struggio lasted several minutes.
Tho McKelvoys left tho sceno only
after their opponents had fallen. Hoth
wero seriously wounded.
WIFE ACTS AS BARKEEPER
Husband, In Divorce Suit, Declares He
Was Grossly Overcharged for
Drinks.
Rushvlllo, Ind. Whnt is hnllovcd to
be tho highest price ever paid for one
drink of whisky wns paid hero by
August Ebbing to his wlfo. Tlo drink
cost him $lfi, according to tho testi
mony ho offered In his dlvorco suit.
Ebbing said ho usually bought three
or four quarts of whisky at ono tlmo.
but thut as soon ns ho entered the
houso his wlfo took charge of his sup
ply und became his official barkeeper.
Most of his drinks cost $5, ho snld.
hut $10 and $15 for a drink ho ofton
mid without protest.
Suitor's Sandwich Killed Dog.
Sandusky. O. Mrs. Jeanetto Casoy,
a widow, told tho police that u suitor
had given her a sandwich, of which
she was so suspicious sho fed It to lint
dog. Tho animal died. Sho refused
when questioned, to dlscioso tho name
of the man, and tho pollco abandoned
their investigation.
Some Drop.
"When a pnrson once gots ntartod on
tho downward path ho rarely over
stops until ho strikes tho bottom,"
said the speaker who was pleading for
moral uplift.
"That's right," Interrupted a mem
ber of his nudlonco, who wns swathed
In bandages und who wnlkod with a
crutch. "I know from oxporlonco."
"Ah I" oxclnlmed tho apenkor, "hero
is nn example of my assertion. Pray,
my good man, would you tell mo what
was tho catiso of your downfall?"
"Hoally, I don't Know," wns tho re
ply. "It might hnvo boon trouble with
my carburetor or my gasoline may
havo run out. All I know Is thnt my
onglnu stopped on mo 4,000 foot nbovo
tho clouds."
Planned to Reciprocate.
"Well, what can I do for you, Ham?"
nskod Jouch us tho colored waiter who
usually nerved hi in at tho restaurant
entered thu olllco.
"I got a chance to change mnh p'ul
Hon, boss. Kin yo' say n good word
fo' mo? Say I'se hones' an' slch?"
"I know, of course, that you'ro u
good waiter, Sam, but how do 1 know
you'ro honest?"
"Well, Jos' say yo' think l'so hones'.
Dat'll do."
"All light, Sam; anything to oblige
you."
"Thank yo', boss, thank yo' very
much. When yo' coiuu ovnli tomor
tow bo sure to sit at mull table. I'll
give yo' u short check." Pnthllnder.
A Record.
"1 hour Mr. und Mrs. Nngger huvo
agreed to sopuruto."
"Clad to hear It. That's tho tlrst
thing they've ever agreed on slnco
thoy got married."
Trouble Ahead.
"I mot Nowrlcli today, llo snys
he's sending IiIh daughter to n finish
ing school."
"I can sou his finish when she gots
back."
A Friendly Tip.
Foggs 1 wondor what makes my
eyes so weak?
Hoggs I don't know unless It's ho
cause thoy aro In a weak plnco.
Proof.
"Can you keep n secret, I'ordlta?"
"Of courso I can. I onco kopt a so
crot for two wholo dnyBl"
On the Side
of Science
Grape-Nuts!
Certain elements are necessary
for building stout bodies and active
brains. The great majority of these
all-important elements for life and
health are supplied by Nature in
her field grains, wheat and barley. But white flour
products lack these essential elements Why?
Because the miller to make his flour look -white
and pretty throws out about 45 ths. of the mineral
content of the wheat necessary for building brain,
nerve and muscle.
Scientific opinion is on the side of
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
for supplying balanced nutritive values.
Not only does this famous pure food supply all
the sound nourishment of the wheat, including the
vital mineral elements sturdy builders of brain, nerve
and muscle but of malted barley as well.
Grape-Nuts is easily digested, generally in about an
hour white flour products require about three hours.
Grape-Nuts is always ready to' eat direct from the
dust-proof, moisture-proof, germ-proof packet de
licious and economical I
Not alone from the scientific side but from the
view-point of better health thousands have come
to know
"There's a Reason" lor
Grape-Nuts
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
WOULDN'T WORK THAT TIME
For Once It Was a Cinch That Sign,
Ordinarily Infallible, Was Doomed
to Failure.
Tho talk topic turned to Hlgno, tc
kons und things Ilka that tho other
nftornoon, when Congressman Henry
T. Helgcsen of North Dakota contrib
uted tho following nnccdoto:
Ono day Jones wns rambling along
the hotilovnrd, when he was hatlcd by
his friend Smith. White talking about
war, crops and mosquitoes, Jones no
ticed that Smith continually rubbed
thu palm of his hand.
"Whnt In tho world Is tho mntter
with your hand?" ho Ilnnlly demanded.
"You have been rubbing and scratch
ing It over slnco wo stopped horo."
"Tho palm Itches llko blazes," an
Hworeil Jones. "They say that it Is
a mire sign that you are about to got
Homo money."
"Urn!" thoughtfully returned Smith,
us a great light suddenly dawned upon
him. "Horo Is whore you get wlno to
the fuel that there Is nothing In signs.
I haven't n dollar to spare."
Gambler's Superstitions.
The tiger Is the god of the gambler
In China, und a tiger's tooth Is regard
ed as a talisman for good luck in
speculation and In games of chanco,
wlillu tho claws and whiskers aro
worn uh love charms, and for bucccbs
and good fortune generally.
Pigs ure ulso considered lucky, and
luck-iirliigora In tho shape of little
pigs mado of gold and silver aro Worn
to attract fortune's favors; hut tho
hlnck cut, which, In our own country,
Is regarded us a mnscot, Is not favored
by the Chinese, who believe It to bo a
harbinger of poverty, mlbfortuuo and
sickness.
Just So.
"I snw n professor of mngla romovt
thirty yards of ribbon, fourteen plumes
und seven buckles from a hat."
"Enough material to trim It nlcoly,"
commented tho party of tho feminine
part.
Described.
"Pa, what's a diplomat?"
"In times of ponco he's a social or
nament; In times of war a trouble
maker." Clothes make tho nctross and the
lack of them makes tho chorus girl.
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