_THE O'NEIL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. . Van Busklrk, age 28, respectively. Mis. Van Busklrk remarried her hus band after being divorced a few year* f _, , __ Mary Swift, who has been superior t mrt stenographer In Northampton for j2<> years, has just tiled In the court house her notes taken during her first 30 year's service. There are 30,000,000 ■voids. If printed In a newspaper It mould make 25,000 columns. Allowing C4 inches to the column, there would be 12 miles of reading matter. The demand of negro pickers in the kooth that their wages be paid to them J11 silver so they can hear their money dingle has caused a shortage of $2,000, #00 tn nickels, dimes and quarters In flip Si. Louis branch of the United States Kublreasury. Many of the ne groes demand that their wages be in l-cent pieces. Rumania's navy consists of one pro tected 1 miser, Kllsabetu, of 1,320 tons-, end armed wl^h four six-inch guns, seven gunboats, six coastguard vessels, ns first class and two second class tor jiedo boats, and four river monitors, fl'he merchant navy consists of 757 ves sels of 238,748 tons. Although King Ferdinand of Ruma nia is a son of Prince Leopold of ptoheiizollein and a prince of n non • "igning branch of the kaiser's family, lie has French blood In his veins, his grandmother having married a great yiiece of the Kmpress Josephine, consort tif Napoleon. William J. BarneR, of Worcester, Muss., bus one of the few remaining I'nlted Btules flags antedating 1796, inade with 13 stars. This hag has been handed down in the Barnes family for generations, has been through two or Chrte years and has 20 bullet holes in it. -- ♦ -- It is estimated that there are 652,000, <100 sheep in 1 Ire world. Australia holds kbout 93,000,000, Queensland's share of that figure being 21,786,600. Adding 24,-: 000,000 for New Zealand. Australasia contributes two-elevenths of the world's total. Rumania is one of the richest parts of Europe. After the United States and Jtussla it Is the largest grain growing country in the world. It is one of the world’s chief oil fields. Its middle class is probably the richest to be found anywhere. Motion pictures showing both front and back views of noted orchestra lenders at work have been taken and combined so that, other musical organ izations can be led by them, while audi ences can see them as usual at the •nine time. Military service In compulsory In Rumania, atl men between 21 ami 42 being liable for service. Infantrymen serve for two years mill other arms three years, when the men are drafted Into the first and second reserve lines. in a l’ennsylvnnin town It was pro posed to have Sunday baseball. The burgess declined to license unless the people approved, so boxes were placed la tlie churches on Sunday. The result was itOO favored and 200 opposed. While tearing down an old grist mill In Withes-Barre, Ta.. Jacob i’iuskej, Contractor, found under the floor hoards tuorc titan K0 bushels of grain, consist ing of outs, wheat and meal, which had •ifted through the cracks. The available water power of Euro fenn Russia, including Finland, the Train and the Caucasus, has been esti mated by government experts as 30. COO,000-horse power, of which scarcely ti>0,000-liorse power has been utilized. Aviator Nimgesser, of the French fly ing corps, has rbeeixed alt the military medals given by the French govern ment. His reckless bravery has earned him tile title of the "Prince of Pilots." The value of the natural abrasive! Produce-d in tins country last year ir.J Creased about 33 per cent, and of artt bcial abrasives about 32 per cent; im ports decreased about 20 per cent. A sand imx for automobiles, like the familiar device on locomotives, to dis tribute sand under the tires to prevent 1 sldding, lias been patented by a Mas sachusetts inventor. Greece is taking the neeesxxry steps to supply Us people with flour, sujmi; gnd wheat, which includes contracting for the transportation of these com modities at low rates., The first successful example of tli lithographic art was produced 1.1 years ago by Aloys Senefelder, a B«J rarian. who produced a piece of musii printed by fills proc |ss. To replace the familiar steam roller a gasoline machine has been developed which, in addition to economising on fuel, gives Us driver an unobstructed view of his work. --- » -- T'*)f nru»i;n>.?in« of Porto Rico arc fnaFnette that they attract surveyor*' plumb bne*3. ai»d it tiar» been found tluit ohl surveys Ait incur* eci by haifl II if.il* or more. A mbwnrjei* -« v« w operates \ movable rlkiUK ttt the t n.i at a few nil** f >r ad. usJn < < ;Pip to jl]] frac tion* oi an inch thickly umi accurateJyJ i'h» or nr-nd storm, at thd Arabian **rl. }* w t reach** trail?, it ofun Ui;-* pi;** *'<> feet deep, *. fiiUriU'' ‘ -»c‘ fV ■'■:»** ;iround. J,'; m »j . il HCW j i i i 7 v .. ,, , ;i j ..—. Id;K i ! . ' .. .1. ! i. I'J 7!‘i' 1 iJ-fJlV vt ante d< dined to v ork on Satin-day ; and quit Friday noon until Monday af i tern ton. Hut: the house, with nothin?? j p.ui tOMila” to do, adj'iurned untif this . ! morning, and worked for tnn$l of ihe ; j day at the general file and also in list - \ enfn to oratory. j <>■'•» .on hills have been introduced i , in tho bouse, and the leisure time of ; mem,. •» is considerably curtailed be i mime i f tin- dcmiuul.s for committee 1 : work, .lorry Howard, of Douglas put a biil to the e<> amittec of the whole mak n,; I'vlu ho: rs work, with 30 cents an hour minimum pay. the rule In citie: in ' cm '■ . of 10,000 population, The house refused to approve it in its present form. Only two bills have gone through the legislative mill in-the three weeks it has been grinding, These went to the governor Friday. They appropriate a total of $ 128,000 for the paying of sal aries of • u mbers of the legislature arrfl the expenses of holding the session. The senate is asked, in a resolution by liushee, to take similar action to lhat of tho house in asking congress to refuse licensed or permits to sell liquor in “dry” territory. It will be passed Monday. New bills Introduced cover these matters: Making the operation of an automobile by an intoxicated person punishable by a heavy fine; increasing fine and length of jail sentence for au tomobile thieves; fixing tenure of of fice of school teachers in city schools. And providing for employment of con victs outside of penitentiary. OIL COMPANIES WATCH LEGISLATIVE ACTION Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 22—The case in which the right of the state to continue to collect the present inspection feea from oil companies was submitted to the supreme court Friday afternoon. The companies contend that instead of (being an inspection law it is a revenue !law. In other words, that while the Istate has the right, to collect fees cov ering the cost of inspection it has no legal power to make money out of it. SCHOOL FUNDS FOR LAND BANK BONDS Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 22—-The house committee of the whole lias recom mended for passage a bill authorizing tic* state educational board to invest school land funds in the bonds of the federal land banks, but limits the in vestment in t lie bonds of the district in which Nebraska is situated. Irrigation bonds were later added. Trust com panies are given the legal right to in vest their funds in the land bank bonds in another hill. The house also approved of a bill re ducing 'he time limit on nppeuls to the supreme court from si>. months to three months, a recommendation of the state bar association. The committee of the whole O. K.'d a bill permitting counties to engage In comprehensive road improvement by authorizing issuance of 30-year f> per cent bonds and giving county boards supervision ot the Work. —♦— NEW STATE VETERINARIAN. Lincoln. Neb . Jan. "J—Governor Ne ville today reappointed L>r. J. K. Ander- j son, of Seward, us slate veterinarian and named Dr. VV. T. Pritchard, of North Platte, as deputy veterinarian to replace Dr. O. A. McKitn, of Norfolk. Both of the appointments were made upon the-recoinmenndtion of the state live stock sanitary board. TJie new commission., begin May 1, and extend for two years. FORMER GERMAN SHIP AIDS COMMERCE RAIDER New York. .Ian. 22—In tile discussion of whnl vessels possibly could be sup plying the Herman raiders, the peculiar action off Cape Hntteras last month of (he Portuguese steamer Karo, a for mer Herman vessel, was recalled. The Karo formerly was Hie Calatu. The American tank steamer Sucrosn, which arrived bore Christmas day, re ported that off ('ape Hntteras she sighted tlm Karo, which steamed across the i nker's bow, then circled and re cri.jsed astern and disappeared Ac cordiu:; to the Sucrosa's officers, the Karo appeared next day and repeated the performance, neither time display ing any signal to explain her mys terious actions. The Karo pul into Newport News for coat and sailed from there on December 28, since when she lias not been reported. So far no change has been made in the arrangements for the safety of al lied vessels leaving this port for lend or Krance. When the vessels l'in sh loading. Hie captains, it is said, go io their respective consuls and re ceive a code message which they send out by wireless on reaching u certain position some 300 or 400 miles from their port of destination aiul wait until the escort meets them. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED, CHANCELLOR DECLARES Amsterdam, Jan. 22—Chancellor von ttethmann-Hollweig has replied to a ioim letter received by him from a a committee of the trades federations uf Germany, the General Union of Christian Federation, the Clerks’ union ; and several similar bodies. “I know that your letter reflects the thoughts of millions of our compa triots. With every new day the enemy liscloses more shamelessly his inten tion which aims at the destruction of j Germany and her allies. But no con- i tueror, though it commands all the i power in the world, will be able to force lermany into the yoke of slavery. United in the fight for our freedom, 1 which never slights the rights of other 1 peoples, we have accepted the new challenge. MONTANAN A SUICIDE. Chicago, Jan. 20.—John F. Braze!ton, former wealthy mining man and widely known in Mot&na political circles, is dead in Oak Park, a suburb, from a self inflicted bullet wound. Hrazelton, who was (i.l years old, was formerly mayor of Deer Dodge, Mont., and was a mem ber of that state's constitutional con vention from Hranite county. Brazelton had been concerned over investments in Colorado, his sisterin I law told the Oak Park police, and had | been despondent. He had been living: ! at a small hotel conducted by his sia tarlnlaw. A .k w J u.* V i io'- ■ ns o*1 a ?-2r» s, b! &H- - •-■ - i w4^ Attorneys fo- KimbrJi Banker Ecek Wrjt to Establish a Bank. 7,:rur«ln. .bn. 2r» (.’Virgins? that tho state I a^kinx board was de liberately 1. -ic: V : a b;. ik r on -poly in Not raska 1 n to :e a rulj taking to itaolt the right to • ly whet tie? any uddit 'o; a I ; xuk was needed iiu a community, attorneys for !■'. :vl. Woru ridge, of Kimball. asked the supremq court to grant a writ of mandamus or dorim the hoard to give him a char ter for a bank at Sidney. The board defends its rule as a reas onable exereiso of the police power, being in the interest/of the business of a community and protection against tin* extinction of the depositors’ guar anty fund. It contends that while the state is not the guarantor of the safety of deposits in state banks, it has as sumed a trusteeship that bids it usQ reasonable care to see that it is not exhausted through the* failures it be lieves certain to follow the overbank ing of the state. Woolridge insists that the board 1-s not given any such power by the stat- j ute that it assumes to exercise: that if it has any such power, it is it viola tion of the constitutional inhibition against granting of any special privi leges and immunities, and that if the want of adequate banking facilities in a town is to be the test, in deciding if a new bank shall be chartered, no new bank will ever get in because the exist ing banks will be careful to keep in creasing their capital to meet the ex panding needs of the community and thus perpetuate their monopoly. ' The banking board avers that many* of these applications for new banks are made for the purpose of inducing existing banks to buy them out, that they are started by men outside the' communities and that the fact that they have a guaranty fund behind de posits has brought billionsNto the Ne braska banks from other states where/ no such law exists. A money pinch would result, in these outside deposits being withdrawn and bank failures would follow. The state bankers’ as sociation is backing the board in its stand. HERBERT QUICK HAS A BUSY DAY AT LINCOLN Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 20—This was Herbert Quick’s busy day. The for mer Sioux Cityan, and president of the federal farm loan board, arrived in Lincoln early this morning. At ID o’clock lie spoke at the state farm be fore the representatives of organized agriculture, nearly 1,000 of them. At 11 o'clock lie addressed a joint session of the legislature. At noon he spoke m a Commercial club luncheon, and in the afternoon before county agents, extension specialists and farmers. In all of his talks Mr. Quick dis missed the farm loan law and its work ings, and told the farmers how they ♦nay take advantage of the cheap money that will t>e ofTered. He said that tlie board hopes to start at so low a rate as to save millions to tho farmers who have been paying from 5 to as high as 24 per cent yearly for money, dependent upon their location and their necessities^ — FARMERS FAVOR NEW CAPITOL AT LINCOLN Lincoln. Nab., Jan. 20—The 200 members of the Sheridan county boost ers, farmers and business men, after inspecting the slate capitol, sent in a petition to both houses asking the pas sage of the Richmond bill creating a capitol commission and appropriating $3,000,000 to build a new structure. The petition sets forth the belief of the signers that any hope western Ne braska may have as to securing tho capital by a removal vote is quashed by the three-fifths vote provision of the constitution, and, therefore, they favor the rebuilding at Lincoln. The petition closed witli the declaration that "if for any reason the legislature hesitates to appropriate the necessary money through a mil! levy, go ahead and build it anyway and charge it to Sheridan county.” T HOUSE MEMBERS TALK TOO MUCH, CRONIN SAYS Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 20—“Let’s pet busy or <*lsc let's quit and go home.” declared Cronin, uf Holt, to the house after it had spent most of the day Thursday in debating a lot of resolu tions Cronin moved that all resolu tions hereafter go to the committee on rules ami if any merit is in them to have tlmt committee report on them. The house debated for an hour whether it would continue talking or not. .Members claimed that such a rule would bind the bands of the house, that it was a rule that the caur of Russia would acclaim, and that, anyway^.talk ing brought out a lot of information, it was admitted that much time was spent in debate; that nothing had been done in three weeks but pass bills to pay the salaries of members, but the members said it was better to talk than loaf arotihd hotel corridors. —♦— JUDGE KENNEDY RESIGNS; MAYFIELD HIS SUCCESSOR Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 20 -Judge Ken nedy. whose reappointment to i be stale board of control was denied by Gov ernor Neville, has resigned and will quit-The state service March 1. Judge Kennedy returns to Omaha and will become attorney (or the Omaha Trust company at a salary in excess of that which the state paid hint. His term expires July 1. Id. O. .Mayfield, named ms his successor, will be appointed to fill the vacancy. Among the deficiencies asked by the state board of control, which lotal *48,Till, is one for Jin,881 for ihe Nor folk asylum, due to its growth beyond expectations. —*— CONVENTION TO REMODEL CONSTITUTION IS CALLED Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 1#.—The first step towards calling a convention to re model ihe state constitution was taken in the house Thursday afternoon when the committee of the whole recom mended for passage the Norton bill submitting the question of calling, oue to the people at ihe ISIS election. The senate may kill ihe measure, but the advocates of it say they have pledges from 20 of the 22 necessary. SEC. BAKER SPEAKS IN HONOR OF ROBT. E. LEE Richmond. Va., Jan. 19 -Robert K. Lee's memory Was honored today throughout the south. The 110th anni versary of his birth was observed as a holiday in all southern states and me morial exercises were held in many cities and towns. Secretary of War Baker was the principal speaker at fhe celebration at Washington >1 Lee uni versity, at Lexington. ___ t Nebraska Hoass Would Have i i ll?e Government Eliminate ✓ Its Countenance cf Bojilsr.ging. T.hiroin. Neb., J,.r. 20-—The hour- to- ! flay memorm 1 i'/ed eongre ■ 1.y a vote of .‘111 to 10 to refuse to continue the is - • Bu nee of liquor licenses and 'permits . and 1 hus remove the government’s countenance to bootlegging in prohibi- • tion state:!. j The house voted down, a resolution demanding an explanation from iiona, tors Norris and Hitchcock on "why they stand idly by and permit this buncho artist, tide beef trust, to flim flam the piddie with artilicial farmer.-* in a land of plenty.” The opposition was bused on the demogogic wording of the resolution. Nine now bills were introduced in the Senate after which it quit for the day. The-most important bill introduced re casts the health bureau service of the state, placing it in the control of one man instead of a board of three. The live stock commission men were cited to appear before an open session of the house and explain their charges j for handling animals so a proper regu latory measure can be passed. - STATE MAY LOSE A BIG HIGHWAY SUM Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 20—If the stale of Nebraska does not appropriate $L 600,000 within the next five years for the purpose of permanent road making, it will lose the opportunity of getting a similar sum from the government and will lose out on road projects in the future. This was what J. O. Wosders, one of the government road engineers, told a joint session of the Nebraska legisla ture. Tlie plans call for $100,000 for] 1917, $213,000 in 1918, $312,000 in 1919, ! $427,000 in 1920 and $533,000 in 1921. While no legislature can bind follow ing legislatures, if the precedent is set they will follow. Members of the legislature plied Mr. Wonders with questions. He said that he did not believe the department would require the expenditure of the money upon one project, and believed that a number of disconnected projects would be approved and aided. Ob jections were made to appropriating so large a sum without a definite assur ance as to its use. -a— GIVE REASONS WHY KENNEDY WAS DENIED RENOMINATION Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 2(1—One of the reasons why Judge Kennedy was de nied a renominution-'for the state hoard of control, given by friends, is that ha, has refused to favor Omaha wholesale houses in the awarding of contracts for supplies for the 15 state institu tions under its charge. The charge is backed up in a measure by the fact that the wholesalers have brought a lot of pressure to bear to get a part of the business, but have never been able to do so. At one time an agent of the Commercial club was sent to Lin coln to investigate why this condition existed. Judge Kennedy has insisted that the state follow the practice of standardiz ing its specifications and calling for bids thereon, requiring the submission of samples. In buying, the lowest bid der was patronized. If other thing* were equal the hoard bought of Ne braska houses: if not, it bought out side the state, —e— WOULD MAKE CORPORATIONS PAY PROBE EXPENSES Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 20—Commission er Wilson is the father of a bill intro duced in the senate providing that all investigations conducted by the state railway commissioners be at the ex pense of the company whose property it is necessary to value or whose books and records must be examined. This expense is now paid hy the state. The law is to apply to railroads, telephone, telegraph, express and all blue sky concerns. Real, of Custer, has a bill placing all public utility corporations in the stale that furnish gas. water or light under the control of the state railway com mission. Another bill gives that body control over water power rates. Jacobson, of Dawes, wants the stale to appropriate $20,000 to pay the ex penses of all old soldiers who are de sirous of attending their national re union at Vicksburg next October, when the confederate veterans join the cele bration CONFIRMATION OF MAYFIELD IS MADE BY SENATE Lincoln. Neb., Jan. liO-—After an ex ecutive session lasting an hour and a half the state senate confirmed Gov ernor Neville's appointment of E. O. Mayfield, Sunday editor of the Omaha World-Herald, to a position as a mem ber of the state board of control. -May field was appointed as a republican, although be supported Hitchcock dur ing llie campaign and solicited cam paign funds for him. His appointment was asked by the republican organi zation. but was'fought by other re publicans who objected to tlie position being made a perquisite of party poli tics. —♦— OVER ONE HUNDRED BILLS ARE FILED IN HOUSE Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 20—One hundred and twenty-nine bills have already licen dropped into tlie bouse hopper, and the first committee meetings of the session are now in progress. Among tlie more important and interesting of the Inst consignment were: Establish ing the county unit system of school organization; prohibiting school teach ers front acting as agent for school hook publishing houses; requiring alt land owners to mow the weeds along their hoK' :rs; prohibiting the solici t'H'on of persons to buy stock in a , before it has opened its doors; making the age of consent IS, without exception. The house members have decided that as tong as they are here they may as well put in a full day. Sessions will begin at 9 O’clock for a time, until committee work gets too heavy. REPORTERS WORRY SOLONS. Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. ]J. -The state senate devoted a brief time Wednes day to a discussion of how the re porters came to get such complete and aceurnte^reports of the secret execu tive session of Monday. The reporters declined to tell, the senators decided not to investigate, and it is still un decided whether the boys worked a dic tagraph or listened through the ceil ing ventilators. Nothing was said or done in the secret session that could not htgve been done^in open session. jpj sjmmvwia i£ /"!> r. n f f * n jn*. .• -■ 7- 7* • • * i 4 - vjk l JTd^v'’ rVrt r-v,‘'b 7", ’"* ~ Iri* v-tion • Fr^o Seed— Legislative Me .7 ;. Tbrmfju, X '».. ,7.; *• 1 fI_Tl - po-: .. gre. ••a.a.u Meavi:? in his do.bar- fi<;n that ]■ ■ vi> id rr-f: • *■> «; mnv.lv .a■■• we r nj a-bd ether Nebraska yen.;re .•-•.aei; tata’- • siradar sta.n l. •T* br. a: dv. . f the sdy y board of * : ' • . »va was. denied a lvappyhit-* mt nt by the govern -v. is to re dgii at •due :•> :n co; rt- i » - = 1 i<*r^ e frwh :o. A bit! •prj;iiinir $rt.bT*o ;m Ne bia l a’ - ;••;••.re < i the v<.).'■■•; of a mnm; liien: to Coi. \\ ilbam 1\ 'b-jv. Iowa, .Wyoming and Mal«»:iulo joining, we.a in t K'li cod. Tic- state “dry" fe-bsatiori prohibi tion bil! wa?; in I rn-Jia t il in both houses TO DISCUSS BILL FOR COUNTY COMMISSION RULE ib.nio’n. Nel'i., J>n. 19—1>\ the terms of a bill intro lu« :d by Norton of Polk any <•< unty in the state may adopt the commis? Ion form of government, tire commission to consist of a county ex < - utivc. a epurity auditor and. a. ( ounty highway cornin’, ssioncr. The first nann <1 will* correspond to the sheriff, the second named to the county clerk, treasurer and register of deeds, and the third to the county commissioner under the present .system. The county executive will net as chairman of the meetings of the coni mission, and the county auditor as sec retary. Their salaries ;nc to vary be \ w *en $t»00 each to $3,000 each, depend ing upon tin* population of the county. The measure carries with it the same genera! bp a as the one introduced last week by Dafoe of Johnson. The Dafoe bill provides for a county manager system, the manager to work in con junction witttHvvo other county officials. Thus the same number of officials are named in bbth measures, but the Nor ton bill is dc i*>nod to stick to the old idea- of having three commissioners with almost ■ fjuai rating rather than one executive nd two subordinates. a — t LkUTiON COUNTING BOARD IS PROPOSED IN BILL Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 19—Protracted counting of election returns would be done away with by a measure offered by Axtell, Bates, Behrens. Conley, flood, Jacobsen, Lampert, Lc.idigh. La mar, Mrars. Parkinson, Taylor. Hos tetler, Harris, Scudder, Rickard and Knits, it provides that in precincts where more than 60 votes were polled at the la-st general election the clerk of the district court shall appoint three additional judges and two additional clerks to be known as the election counting board. When as many as 10 ballots have been cast the election board shall deliver the box to the counting board, and the members of the latter shall proceed to the canvass. Having canvassed the ballots in one box they shall return the empty box to the judges and exchange it for the one containing the ballots cast since they took possession of the first one, pro viding 10 ballots have been cast. They shall continue to work in this manner during the day until the polls are closed and all the ballots counted. Under this system it wcrtild be possible to have the entiif work cleaned up early in the night, except in the heaviest voting precincts. STATE RESTS CASE IN LOyiS ASSMAN TRIAL Kremont. Neb., Jan. 19—Only l.'» wit nesses of the 38 tlK.it have been sub poenaed by the state in the case of Louis Assman, alleged bank robber, were • -ailed upon to testify. The state rested iis case late yesterday and At torney Berger, for Assman, asked for an adjournment till 9 o’clock today to permit him to get a witness from Oma ha. It is understood the Omaha wit ness will be an expert who will be asked to testify as to the competency f Assman. W1NST.DF—Lloyd Ka list mm submitted to an X-ray examination and it was seen that a piece of glass about half the size of a penny was lodged in ;he flesh of the ball of hi« foot. The boy ran a piece of glass into the foot nc^ar the instep sev eral months ago and the piece worked through the flesh to the base of the big toe. when the constant pleasure caused him considerable pain. The piece of glass was brown and was no doubt a piece from a beer bottle. ALL1ANCK Cary Riekncll. 20 years old, died from injuries received in an automo bile aceUPnt which happened about two miles north of town. William Ft ice was slightly injured- He wiil recover. The two boy* were returning from South Da kota where tl>*y had been looking after some at tie. Two miles north of town they struck a bad piece of road. The ear became unmanageable, turned turtle and pinioned the two boys beneath it. IbcUurli's elir .M. was crashed. . Iv KAKNKV The 32d annual show of the Nebraska Poultry association i< being held her/-. Over 1.500 birds are to be seen. Plan Vh ally every one of the popular class es are represented, and while the exhibit will not be as large in number as several shows given In the past, the i ar ' -J^;r " 4 4 Their < iassrna t ■ ' I 4 4 dear!” Wellesley i* h. »ins for- 4 4 ward with .brent - Jess newest to 4 4 the day when one the other 4 4 twin ha * a m. ctilin.' < a■ •* J: 4 4 is the .aeneiai opinion that r: ♦ 4 lively time is in store^or lhat 4 4 yottng man. 4 4 4 4 4444444-* 444-444444444 44444 Liquor Measures Have Kept As senibly Busy Aii Week— “Personal Privilege” Is an Issue. Dos Moines, In., Jan. 2'J Ldqnt r bills designed to make low:, ta "desert” state; the passage by the senate of the prohibitory amendment for tho, second time; the strengthening of the blue laws by increasing the lines for breach nf the Sabbath, held the attention of the legislature during the past week. During the coming week, important bills in the way of good roads imas-, .ires and, perhaps, another primary law measure, are expected to he introduced. Statewide interest V.as aroused dur ing the week by the Whitmore "dry” bills, whicli are so sweeping in their makeups that in some quarters it is feared that if they should be .enaoted, without modification, the prohibitory imendment might ho jeopardized when (t comes up for a popular vote. Dry leaders are of the opinion that the people want a prohibition that pr«- • bibits, and for that reason they wM rote for the amendment. On tft*\othri band, there are "dry's” who point out that if liquor legislation is made toe drastic even teetotalers will vote against the amendment on tha theory that it will be too much of a denis! of personal privileges for others. Democrats in Favor. The vote on the amendment in ttae senate proved the democrats, with the exception of two, were in favor of the move. One was absent and the others voted against the amendment. The three oppo -ing votes were by men from Fort Madison, Davenport and Dubuque. Senator Thomas R. Taylor’s bill I• increase the fines for breach of the Sabbath caused comment, for it is aimed at Sunday amusements, such as sports, shmvj) and stores. If ttrrs<*d the bill would give Attorney tmneral Havner additional power in putting a stop to all Sunday sports and business now carried on in-many of the larger cities as well as towns and villages i« the state. About State Roads. Whether Iowa, after the close of the 37th general assembly, will hare paved roads, gravelled roads, .roofed roads, plain mud roads or no roads at all is a question that no one is attempt ing to answer in view of the many theories on road building. The highway commission is Vicing defended and attacked. It is quite probable, however, that the commission will be somewhat changed. .1 iy-1 how is too remote to answer. Runiori- are current that Governor Harding is in favor of retailing the highway *• »« mission. This is a surprise, especially since Speaker Pitt and his followers are against tl\e commission. If Gov ernor Harding is in favor of keeping Lhe highway commission, the Pitt ma chine will govern itself accordingly, it is believed. nuuu uunumvj j . An amendment that would permit the highway commission to force econ omies in rood building will be intre tluced by Senator Perry C. Holctoegel, of Gitlhotin. "My amendment would give the