RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
Sea of Calcium
Is Sky Mystery
Cornell University's New Dean of
Astronomy Is Studying
Big Puzzle.
SCIENCE'S VIEWS CHANGE
Theories of Evolution of Heavenly
Bodies Reverse of Few Years Ago
Spectroscope Astronomer's
Greatest Aid.
Seattle, Wnsli. S. K Hoothroyd, pro
Tensor of UHtronoiuy t the University
of Washington, wlio leaves tills June
to become tliu denu tf astronomy at
Cornell university, has tieen nddlng '"
t(lt, nnd nil Impui tnt l)lt It inny prove,
to mini's knowledge of lilt) eartli'H big
brothers, the Bin if.
Many stars whch to the naked eye
or through sinnll telescopes appear as
idnglc slurs aro n fuel two stars, cir
cling uliout one1 other.
It Is hcso double stars that I'rnfcs
nor Doothrovd has been Investigating.
Tart of hitf work has been done at the
University of Washington and part at
the Dominion government observatory
H'tir Victoria, II. C.
Studies Double Stars.,
Professor Hoothroyd has been study
ing the spectra of two double stars just
burely visible to the naked eye. Ono
Is known ns "Hoss No. 1(502" and tbo
other as "II. It. No. 880U." They are
i-o far away that even big telescopes
tniinot separate the two stars that com
ose them. The two stars which ap
pear as one and arc called the Hoss No.
4(502 aro at least 3.000,000 miles apart,
perhaps much farther, and still they
urc so far away that they seem ono
Mar In the telescope.
The spectroscope Is perhnps the as
tronomer's greatest aid. It Is a simple
little contrivance of lenses and a three
Cornered bit of glass that makes a beam
of light Into n rainbow. The rainbow
Is divided by dark lines, and these dark
lines nru the pets of the astronomers.
Knch combination of Hues tells tho
story of some one of the eighty-odd
chemical elements present In the body
producing tho light. The brilliance of
the spectrum and Its lines Indicate the
bent radiated by the star, Professor
Hoothroyd states.
"One of the double Rtnrs I have been
observing," explained Doctor Hooth
royd, "Is floating In a sen of calcium.
Calcium Is n rare metal on earth. Im
agine nn atmosphere of metal so hot It
Is vapor and extending more than II,
000,000 miles I I am paying close at
tention to this calcium atmosphere. It
inny give us the clue to the .tolutlon ot
several mysteries In connection with
double stars."
Only Hazard a Guess.
Theories come and go on tho birth
and life of stars, according to I'rofes
Bor Hoothroyd. Today's best hypothesis
of the evolution of the stars Is almost
. tho .exnet reverse of the one which held
awny n few years ago.
"The best astronomers hardly have
Wyoming in the
Looking forward on the U. S. S.
through thu Panama canal en route to
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Voiceless Thirty Years,
VAnmnn RpnnmPc n Qinnnr- I
After 'M years without her i
voice, Mrs. Laura Itlchardson of ft
Mulilim Mil M.S.. 1ms liicmni u rn. 7,
H mitrkalJe singer, i caching high
" I ........... w .. ..
notes with ease.
Mrs. Francis Whltcoinh, a '.i
singing teacher, persuaded Mrs. '
Itlchardson to take lessons In ;i
voice culture. Airs, luciinrdson
inndn such oratress that sho do.
elded to take singing lessons.
She has developed n voice 'hat I
Is said to bu clear us a bell, am)
is being urged to go on the con
cert stage.
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Tale of Burled Millions Town Digging
Monroe, La, Iteports of u vust
treasure of gold burled In a vacant lot
hero caused thousands to start dig
ging. Two of tho treasure seokcra
wero shot by policemen, who thought
they were bandits.
I? 1 T"tti v -til n IlJ Y
-
a theory," said the Seattle astronomer.
"They dareVnot. They only hazard n
guess as to the order of certain things
In the life of a star. The most likely
story of a star's life has it born of
nebulous vapor and deud ns a tiny,
shrunken old sun.
"We now believe that somewhere bits
and scraps of cosmic dust, the remnants
of old stars and all the Utter and trash
of the universe collects and, after mil
lions of years, becomes a nebula. A
nebula looks like a knot of cotton to
the eye and like a cloud In the tele
scope. It Is made up of tiny asteroids
from the size of a brickbat to perhaps
the size of a miniature planet.
"Why this universal rubbish collects
to form a nebula no man can even
guess. Hut when the nebula has be
come large, gradually the bits wofk to.
ward the center. Heat Is generated
Its generation might be said to result
from the friction of the particles. Hap
Idly the heat Increases and the whole
mass becomes hot. In the course of a
few million years we have a great blaz
ing sun, huge beyond man's best and
biggest dreams."
Many of the fruits nnd vegetables
now eaten were utmost unknown to
our forefathers. Not until Henry
VIH's time were raspberries, straw
berries, or cherries grown In Knglund.
Vegetable
Germ
Scientist Succeeds in Extracting
Vitamine Properties From
Fruits and Vegetables.
MAY BE OF GREAT VALUE
Doctor Cox Believes That His Dis
covery Will Tend to Banish Mal
nutrition If Benefits Are Extend
ed to Entire Population.
New York. Dr. Harry Uarrlnger
Cox, Inventor of the dry bnttery and
many other contrivances,, announced
that he had succeeded In extracting
the vltumlno properties from fruits
and vegetables. As It Is becoming In
creasingly recognized by scientists
that many people, Including those pre
sumably "healthy," are unscientifical
ly nourished because they cut food
lacking sulllclent vltamlno properties,
Doctor Cox feels that his discovery
would tend to banish malnutrition if
Its benefits were extended to the en
tire population.
In explaining his discovery, Doctor
Cox said that since a seed will ger
minate when carried over from one
season to another, It was evident that
Panama Canal
Wyoming as the dreadiiiiught passed
the Atlantic after the uiunomors.
Reap a Rich Harvest
Berlin Marriage Profiteers Prey
on Young Couples.
Sell Licence to Those Seeking Rooms
Move Started to Stop tho
Practice.
Herlln. Marriage licenses aro be
ing utilized for profiteering by Git
mans. Tho marriage "profiteer" de
veloped out of tho situation which has
made necessary tho strict "rationing"
of housing space.
A married couple or a palp about
to bo married may obtain permission
to occupy certain rooms by presenta
tion of tho marriage license to the
housing olllces.
It has been discovered that many
marriage licenses have been Issued to
men and women who have no Inten
tion to marry, but huvlng secured the
license and the permission to occupy
BES1 RABBIT SLAYER
wHHHMfekVB a jj r " f"V i-fciAi
One of the fairest and most suc
cessful of tho many young women
who took part In tho annual rabbit
drlvo In Grant county, Washington,
was Miss Adella Peterson, who for
inerly presided nt the ribbon counter
of a department store In Seattle. Sho
handled her 12-gnugo shotgun like a
veteran innle sportsman nnd got many
of the 0,000 rabbits killed during tho
drive.
Life
Isolated
all vegetable matter thut Is posslblo
of re-creation must of necessity have
u living forco within Itself. As tho
germ of life Is In the seed, some part
of thu vegetable Is u living or vltaiulc
part.
Begins Experiments on Yeast
Beginning his experiments wtth
vltnmlnes about n year ago, Doctor
Cox found It posslblo to extract them
from yeast. Once ho Isolated tho
vltamlc cell from yenst lio went on
to other vegetables nnd fruits. After
obtaining the vltamlc cells from fruits
nnd vegetables he placed them under
the microscope and found that they
were similar In shape, appearance and
action to the yeast vltamlnc.
However, after extracting the vlta
mlc properties from fruits nnd vege
tables, Dr. Cox knew no more about
the vltamlr.es than that they reacted
In n certain way.
"All I know Is thnt I extracted tho
living vltamlc property, the part thut
Is alive," he said. "It Is like sotting
aside that part of the grain which
creates new life.
"If the drain plpo wero n digestive
organ It would have the best digestion
In the world becauso It would be best
fed. That Is why soup Is such a good
thing. The vltamlc property of the
vegetables Is cooked Into It.
Tho Next Problem.
"Malnutrition Is caused by lack ot
consumption of vltnmlnes In our food.
We hear people complain of being
exhausted. They say their food does
them no good. They lack vltnmlnes.
"Now the problem arises of how to
get people to partako of food that Is
rich In vltnmlnes. How, then, to get
tho living fruit and vegetable proper
ties to the table. It seems to mo that
If tho fruits and vegetables that are
wasted In such prodigious quantities
every year could be utilized so that
their vltamlc properties could bo ex
tracted and made available to the
people It would solve the problem.
"Tho extract could be used In the
manner of a sediment. To add one'
spoonful of vltnmlc, as I caJl the sub
stance, to a plateful of food would
give all the vitamine or.c would need
for a meal. Growing children partic
ularly would bo benefited by It and It
seems to me It would tend to solvf
the problem of malnutrition."
Mother Applies Hot Poker to Daughter
Qnlncy. Asserting she was trying
to teach her nine-year-old daughter
to tell tho truth. Mrs. Kllie Syrkel was
arrested for applying a icd-lmt stove
poker to the child's tongue. Tho ilu
inane .society pieferred charges.
the number of rooms allotted to mar
ried persons sell the "permission" to
married folks or others who .)eed
rooms and cannot tlnd them.
The officials say some protltnhlo
business has been done, but that the
practlco Is being stopped by keeping
n watch on those to whom marrlngo
licenses nro granted and withdrawing
permission to occupy rooms unless the
marrlngo Is performed.
Marriages, however, eclipsed nil
previous records In the last year. Tho
number has Increased two-fold over
prewnr years, and many fold over tin
marriages during the war,
"Many young folks today are get
ting married hero simply to get a
room cheaply," said a Herlln olllclal.
"Tho cost of the dwelling Is cut In
half by tho marriage of n man nnd
womnn both of whom nro working,
"Thoy nlso feel they can co-operato
to boino ndvautugo In tho matter of
food, which Is n serious problem.
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Nebraska
Given in Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
A boys' band will bo organized at
Hroken How.
Lewlston will put In nn electric light
and power system.
Kencsuw will celebrate her ."Oth an
niversary on .June 1.
The State Dental Society will meet
In Omaliii May HI to 11).
Wllber has voted bonds for n munic
ipal cold storage and Ice plant.
Tho state camp of the M. W. A. will
be held at Lincoln May it and 4.
The Farmers State bank of Pleas
anion has been taken over by the
state.
Hebron Is planning n stock show,
corn carnival and baseball tournament
this full.
Wllber, county sent of Saline, hns n
live Commercial club with a member
ship of 150.
The new .?1,-,()(K) Pilgrim Congrega
tional church at Cortland was dedi
cated Sunday.
Jacob Meyer, formerly hotel Inspec
tor in this state, died last month at
Hucyrus, Ohio.
J. II. fSustofson has resigned his
position us president of the State
Farmers' Union.
Prof. Wendell, present eighth, grade
teacher, has been elected city superb!
tendiint at Harwell.
Hert Wilcox, a farmer living near
Itandolph, dropped dead In a Held
from heart leakage.
Paving work has been resumed nt
Children after having been suspended
during the winter.
The American Yeomen at Suther
land Initiated it class of fifty-live can
didates last week.
Mary Jane Marsh, SO, resident of
Nebraska since IS.'d, Is dead at her
home In Hrownvllle.
The erection of a new town hull at
Overton was defeated at n recent elec
tion by a L to 1 vote.
Mr. and .Airs. John W. Solomon re
cently celebrated their golden wedding
nt their home at Franklin
York has raised $40,000 toward the
erection of n three-story hospital con
taining forty-eight rooms.
A Geneva dairy tlrm will add a
poultry department, starting with
1,000 White Leghorn chickens.
Joe McOuIre of Hruel has sleeping
sickness and the only means of rous
ing him Is by nn electric battery.
Olllclal canvass of the votes shows
that Miss Mary Peterson was elected
mayor of Red Cloud by seven voles.
August Melzor of Lincoln, was elect
ed president of the State Music
Teachers' Association at Its meeting
at Fremont.
Mrs. .Mary R. Conely, of Omaha,
who recently celebrated her 101st an
niversary, Is believed to be the oldest
woman In the state.
Representative James Rodman, Kim
hall, was elected president of the Ne
braska Legislative League at the an
nual meeting In Lincoln.
Hog cholera has broken out In the
Ithlca neighborhood, and co-operation
of the stock owners has been asked In
controlling the disease.
John Arland, a farmer near Tilden,
was seriously Injured when he fell and
was caught under the wheels of u
tractor he was operating.
A total of .r,027 bushels of corn, or
five carloads, was contributed by Cage
county farmers and residents for the
relief of foreign famine sufferers.
Nels Jensen, a patient at the Nor
folk state hospital, was stabbed to
death with a pitchfork in the burn)
of August Oilck, another patloiit.jjjKJ.
An attendance of over :t()0 Isex
pected at the district convention 'of
State Christian Finleavor society to
he held In Omaha, April 22 to til!
A ballot taken by the York Com
mercial club shows that city favors
Sunday ball, erection of a municipal
hall, rest rooms, and concrete walks.
The reorganized farmers' elevator
company, which recently purchased
the old elevator plant nt Hong, Gage
county, has assumed charge of the
business.
Oman Coble of Hastings was fa
tally burned when the can of oil
with which he poured kerosene on the
shouldering coals Jn a heating stove
exploded.
The Fuliuer garage at Columbus was
completely destroyed by the last week.
Nine new automobiles and I!S cars In
storage weie burned,
While Doris 1 (overstock, a 12-year-old
Omaha girl was returning home
from u trip down town u man came up
Irom behind and clipped oil' eight
Inches of her hair braid.
Henry Allison Albln of Osceola, has
been nominated to take the examina
tion for entrance to the naval academy
nt Annapolis. Mr. Alblu Is a graduate
of llu Osceola High school and at
present Is a student at the State uni
versity. Tho German Hvnugelicnl congrega
tion at Kim wood has recently com
pleted a new $10,000 parsonage.
It has been definitely decided that
Nebraska's l,f00 national guardsmen
will go to camp for summer training
from August 17 to August III, inclusive,
but It has not been decided where the
camp will be located,
The col lego of agrlculturo In a cir
cular on "Thy Problem of Clothes for
the High School Graduate," protests
against the growing tendency toward
display and extravagance In high
school graduating outllts, claiming that
It breeds snobbishness and selfishness.
NEBRASKA FAIR DATE8.
Locatlon, Secretary's Name and Ad.
dress, and Date of Fair.
The following list compiled by Wm.
JI. Smith, secretary-treasurer of the,
State Association of Fair Managers, Is
complete to dnte. Any further Infor
mation desired may be obtained by ad
dressing the secretary-treasurer at HIS
Funke Hullding, at Lincoln.
A,i,j'.l1nt"" N,"". '' " Spencer: Sept
l! iifiTT ' " " 'ryj Kept. 14-1C.
8ept?.Vnrn''y' ' K' lia"5": A,,B' 3M1
"HepirsolM1 my' W' " Mtaain". ''!
Chase. finp. rlnl, W. O. Hill,
nieyenm Sidney.
t'ay-7,"'"y C''m,'r " "nrvey; Sept.
Cuming Winner.
ClAll!r;!r.C1'" ,Jo,v V- Nwlght t'ordj
........ .. (,, U,
IinuKun Lexington,
It. K. Pnlklnliurg;
nlxim Cniicunl, K. J
Hughes; Auk. 31-
nH!,M0.?"",,' """' Monnlclij Auk. 30-
iSSSii',!!.'!!?'' Wnltor 8lever; Sept. H-l.
Hen ..I a. """ " ' l-ox' WliUTloo;
)uml iienkelmnn, J. N. ItoM.loux; Sept.
r'rll'.Ti'iVr'iV'1'': 8- '' "nl"tcn: ' t't. M-18.
1 rnliU tin FranUllii. J. A. Bteiu'u Sept.
0'J" Htoikvlllp. Q. llnrtlett; Sept.
''"o'Im"" n,'av"r clt'' J- 3. Honstr; Sept.
Ookp ilenlrlre. !!itl Him; Sept. 30-30.
"''Ify Urcoley; Sept. 20.23.
ui'r'SiVl ,8'n"'. Hudnlpli Duruchl;
ii .i.'1 "lv,,rl Hlt. 14-10.
!iolt"'j ''"'"' '' A" MOrrlBi AUG- 30
jarlan--Almn, O !:. Alter; Sept. 20-23.
1 aytn HnyeH Center.
lllti-liroijk Culljcrtiion, J. A. Kirk; Sept.
i!"!J"?,l.l,'r?' J- w- HoluVn: Sept. 14-10.
Iolt--0 Nflll, Peter V. DulTy; Sept 21-23.
2o-a2r2 1,nul' Chnr,ua uoi'iy: snt.
JelTerwin rnlrlmry.
H-!"1T,'.t'1.""," Elmcr J- I-nmu:
nept 3i-l)ct. 1.
Kenrney Mmilen.
Keltli npilnln, Hoy I). Klker: Sept. 13-10.
Knox llluumrivlil, 11. C. nieiks; S. pt. 12-15.
.Milliliter I.liuoln. A. 11. Smith ; Sept. 4-a.
20""" 1'lttttc. S SI. Kouilers Sept.
MSeptOn73Vinfills0n' aeorK0 ' Kolzowj
Merrle'k nnrks. B. SI. Little; Sept. 14-18.
Nanrr 1 ullerton.
NJjjmlm Auburn. Pol. II. nrnut; Auk. 29-
NuukoIlN Nelnon. Geo. Jackson; Sept. IJ.2J.
I'lJni-o I'nwnco city. D. w. OHliorn;
Pier Pierce, p. n. GleaRon; Aug. 30-
Polk )m coin. I.ynn Sheldon; Sept. 27-30.
ll3-lfi '" Mccook. Klmcr Kny; Sept.
Sn25"20Irr'Cm1' "'Cr0y W" ln5lnm'' Aug.
SiiiiiiiIith Wnlino.
ScottguliilT Mitchell. J. T. Whltchciul:
Sept. 14-10.
KC2o"23 S,wnri1, w " Chnpman; S-pt.
U.Yo'1111"1-" a0rd0n' J' W Lcedom: P1'
S,,2l"i13n lMUP C"y' ' J" Trncy: SrI,t
Sainton Stanton, E. K. Pont: Sept. 20-23.
Tlmyer DcBhlir, K. J. Mitchell, Auk. 31-
Sept. 2,
Vnlluy cjril, II. D. I.eKgctt; Sept. 13-10.
ttiuililnKtoii ArlliiKtun, o. a. MnraliaM;
Sept. 21-23.
UVIwtf-r lllnilen, S. P. Dunran; Auir. 23-20.
York York. Ueo. W. Slireck; Oct. 3-7.
DISTIIICT l'AIK.
Mnynood, S. SI. Hull; Sept. 20-30.
STATi: FAIIt.
Lincoln, K. H. DnnlelBon- Sept. 4-9.
Mrs. Harriet Morse, 07 years old,
thought to he the oldest woman In
(Sage county, died In a hospital at
Iteatrlce last week, after a prolonged
Illness.
Harry Ayres of Mitchell was elected
state foreman of the American Yeo
men at Its session Just closed at Nor
folk. The next conclave will be held
at Fremont.
A Sioux City, In., mnn hns bought
seven Nebraska hotels, paying $1,000,
000. The properties are at Lincoln,
Omaha, Columbus, ScottsblulT, Frank
lin and Table Kock.
Thomas Ollnson, a .'1-ypnr-nld boy
of Madison, dropped a box of mutches
on ii hot stove and was burned to
death when his clothes caught the
from the Humes that resulted.
The county commissioners of Arthur
county have let the contract for con
struction of the new state road which
will run from Arthur to Keystone, u
distance of about thirty miles.
The farm home of Mrs. J. o. Ulcli
ardson, near Seward, was entered by
burglars, who escaped with $7:20 in
cash and a draft for .$l,r(N), besides
a set of moss agate earrings and a
cameo ring.
Pouring of concrele for the iliim
across the Republican liver at Su-iiiM-lnr
I i nmit1i.li.il Ir lu until in l...
Lthe longest and largest water power
dam in the state and can develop ,,(M)l)
horsepower. ,
Three members nf the Adolph John
son family, living near Sutton, were
seriously Injured when the automobile
In which they were riding struck a
calf In tlu road near Inland and ocr
turned, pinning the occupants beneath.
The Itev. Charles W. Savldge,
Omaha's marrying parson, who re
cently gained national prominence
when he performed his live thousandth
wedding ceremony, has Just received a
letter from tho llrst of thoe fi.OHO
brides, she Is Mrs. Mary Walsou
l'.uck, of Los Angeles, and she was
married by Itev. Mr. Savldge lii Lltch
Held, Minn., October Ifi, 1S7H.
Law sou !. Pii'lun, termor state In
surance enmmisMoiicr, has been ap
pointed chief adjuster of the state hall
liisuiaiice division.
Ityron Clements of Klmwood caught
his linger ring on u nail, pulled the
llesh olT the llrst Joint, ami broke I lie
linger, making necessary an amputa
tion. (.'. A. Itiimhaugh, a ranchman near
Taylor, made a shipment to St. Louis
of lurs and hides amounting to $15,000,
evpectlng to clear $.ri,000 on the deal.
After having them In cold storage for
over a year, he llnally disposed of
them at a loss of $7,000.
The Aurora school board has elected
a force of over thirty teachers for the
coining year. Salaries In many In
stances were advanced.
Or, Kdwln Maxey, for ninny years
In Instructor on international law at
the state university at Lincoln, has
been adjudged Insane, nnd has been
placed under treatment at the hospi
tal at that place.
Dean dairies Fordyce, head of the
teachers' college at the state univer
sity for the Inst thirteen years, has
tendered his resignation, to take effect
August 111, In order to devote his en
tire time to research study.
SIGNS THIRTY MORE
GOVERNOR TURNS OUT NEW
LAWS AT RAPID RATE AS ,
SESSION NEARS CLOSE
LANGUAGE BILL GETS THRU
Rced-Norval Dill Finally Makes Grado
After Long Hard Fight In Both
Houses Judges Salaries
Are Given Boost
Lincoln The foreign language bill
over which a bitter fight was fought
for weeks in the legislature is now a
law, Governor McKelvIo having signed
It nlong with it number of other bills.
The other bills he signed were:
S. V. 251 Permitting Ice crenm mnker to
reduce Imtter fnt cuiitent of product shipped
out of the Kt-itr.
S. F. 256 Creatlni: Rame refuge In Ne
brnskn Nntioml forest.
S. K. 331 A Mown county board to fix iwl
nry of highway commissioner In counties
under 50,000.
S. F. 332 Procedure for tnklnc cure of
separate bonded Indebtedness In consolidated,
school districts.
S. F. 210- Hcpeals wartime soldiers' moro
torlum. S. F. 210-Repeals old law extlnculshlnte
authority of administratrices who marry.
S. F. 97 New Kuardlan nnd ward law.
S. F. 87 New incest law,
S. F. 327 I11II for relief of Kimball county
hlith school.
S. 1". 296 Authorises conservation nnd soil
survey bureau to rcquira reports on progress
of drllllnc for oil. ,
S. F. 270 Felony to falsify public utilities
records.
S. F. 258 Estate funds unpaid for tn
years to escheat to county.
S. F. 60-Potnto urmllni? bill.
S. F. 71 - Permits salary boost for oltlcers
In towns 1,000 to 5,000 population.
S. F. 106 -Iti-KUlatinK soft drink manufac
turers. S. F. 137 -Prohibits aliens from carrying
firearms.
S. F. 278. with emergency Permits uni
versity to buy nnd resell scrum.
, S. F. 24J-(;ives district judges statewide
subpoena Jurisdiction In certain cases.
, S. F. 263 To legalize paving nsaessmmt
on Fremont-Ames highway.
I S. F. 12H -Abolishes exemption ot federal
'reserve banks from state reserve law.
. S. F. 190 Permits counties to bid on high
way contracts.
S. F. 227- To prohibit non-rldcnt attor
neys from taking railway damagu suits out
sit!" the state for prosecution.
S. P. 280 liaises school levy limit for
Douglas county from 50 to 70 mills.
S. F. 225- -Raises improvement bond limit
in towns 1,000 to 5,000 from $150,000 to
1250,000.
S. F. 23 Joint resolution endorsing Great
Lakes waterway.
S. F. 200, 202, 203, 201, 205 and 207 Irri
gation bills.
II. K. 70 liaising tho salaries ot county
judges.
II. It. SU When vacancies occur In county
ofllce, records to bo kept intact until succes
sor appointed.
II. It. 345 Requires county treasurer to
pay vouchers drawn on statu highway fund
derived from auto license.
II. It. 337 Sicond class cities nnd village
to levy nnnual tax for special Indebtedness
incurred for local Improvements.
II. II. 344 Repeals provision requiring;
state highway bureau to reassign nuto own
ers' llccnso numbers. Requires county treas
urer to furnish blanks.
II. R. 390 Re-w rite of fish and game Uw
of state.
To Govern Pardon Board
A bill prescribing method of pro
cedure for, tho state board of pardons,
has been passed by the house. It
amends the indeterminate sentence
law so that district judges may fix
maximum ind minimum penalties
when sentencing convicted persons
The bill tells how applications may
be made, provides for service on tho
district Judge, county prosecutor and
sheriff, who are also required to make
recommendations, of the notice of
hearing. Tho hoard mny compel tho
attendance of witnesses nt hearings,,
punishment Is provided for false tes
timony or affidavits by witnesses, and
makes it unlawful for any person to
approach or discuss a member of tho
board with respect to n pardon. Tho
power of furlough Is taken from the
governor by a provision that llmitB
his giving or a respite thnt extends
only until tho next meeting of tho
hoard. No paroled person may leave
the state without permission, and It
Is mndo n felony to violate tho terms
of a parole.
Warning Against Child Labor
Letters calling attention to the child
labor laws of the slate are being
mailed out to 1100 families of beet
floltsV workers by. Mrs. Kmlly llom
herger, director of the child welfaro
bureau of tho st.tte department of
public welfare, IJxodus to the beet.
Holds of western Nebraska will start
Immediately.
Mrs. Ilornherger, who made an In
vestigation of the labor situation In
the beet Industry Inst year, reported
that she found many littlo children of
foreigners forcd to work In the hot
sun from nunrlso to sunset twelve,
to fifteen hours.
Regulate Cold Storage Food
Ilules and regulations recently
adopted by the bureau of , marmots,
statu department of agriculture,
specify .that articles of food which,
have been held in cold storngo ware
houses for a period of sixty dayii or
more shall bo sold as cold storago
goods and tho purchaser must ho ad
vised to Chut effect. '
The bureau further specifies the
form In which tho goods must' bo
marked. "The letters or figures must
ho In plain Indellblo type not Ichs
than three-eighths of an Inch In
height."
Allen Land Bill Passes Senate
Tho alien land bill as amended by
tho senuto to npply to all aliens nnd
foreign corporations, and giving those
that can become naturalized live years
in which to do so or dispose of lands,
passed tho senato by a voto of 19 to )'.
Issues Arbor Day Proclamatlo'r!
Govornor S. II. Mcltolvlo, in hJH Ar
bor day proclamation, appeals to No
brasknns of all ngos to renow the dill,
genco of the early settlers by plant
lug trees on April 22.
Governor McKelvIo calls attention
to tho fact that Nebraska was tho
llrst Btnto In tho union to obscrvo
Arbor day, and reminds tho citizen
that In tho early days tho sottlers.
planted thousands of trees each year
that tho territory might not seem
Buch an endless stretch of prnlrlo and
wilderness.
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