MUNICIPAL OIL STATION BUSY Automobile Owners at Oma ha Rush to Get Cheaper Fuel Omaha, Neb., Feb. (17. P.)—A constant stream of automobiles kept the municipal gasoline pumps going constantly Monday filling auto tanka with gasoline at a retail price of 17 cents. The cars were lined up for fouw blocks when the station open ed for business. The municipal station was started by city commissioner John Hopkins In an effort to force the '‘combine” to lower Its price of 20 1-4 cents. "We will continue to sell muni cipal gasoline until the combine Is broken,” Hopkins declared. DENBYSACTION PLEASES HIRAM __ Presidential Candidate De clares Secretary's Useful ness to Government Ended Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. '.—When in formed here Monday that Secretary ei the Navy Dcnby had handed his resignation to President Coolidge, and that the resignation had been accepted, Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California, candidate for the pres idential nomination on the republican ticket, said: "I think it was necessary for Mr. Denby to resign, entirely apart from any question of moral turpitude or corruption. His transfer of the naval oil reserves to Secretary Fall was the genesis of what subse quently occurred, liis statements that if he had it to do over again he would do exactly the same as be fore, demonstrated quite clearly that his usefulness as a public aervant was ended. Tho Senate was clearly right In asking the president to ask for his resignation. It is well that he has resigned." Senator Johnson delivered two speeches here Monday, the first Monday morning before a body of University of Nebraska students, and the second at an open meeting here Monday afternoon. ALSO KILL HORSE IN BIQ WOLF HUNT Orchard, Nel*., Feb. ~ (Special)— One horse and one coyote was the result of the annual wolf hunt pulled off here Sunday, A territory of four square miles was covered by the hunters. CROW KILLING CONTEST BRINGS DESIRED RESULTS ' Tliden, Neb., Feb, \ (Special)— The local crow kilting contest has resulted In gathering together the feet of 8.724 crows. The biggest kill in one shooting was 450 crows from one roost In one night. Oscar Mills and L. McDonald were captains of tha respective teams. FIRST WHITE WOMAN IN THE TOWNSHIP. Slayton, Feb. (Special)—Mrs. •Theodore Knutson died at her home near Hadley. She located on a homestead In what Is now the town of Leeds, with her huahatid 55 years ago and was the first white woman to settle In that township. Her husband died four years ago. The second fire was In tfye George Mlekle home, near Keeney. The house and the greater part of the household effects were destroyed. The fire was first discovered through smoke flooding the upper part of the home. Some insurance was carried on the house but little was on the household effects. PNEUMONIA CLAIMS 8EVERAL VICTIMS Ida Grove, la.. Feb. ' — (.Special)— i An epidemic of pneumonia has been and a do*en or more patients are in i the hunds of physicians and nurses AV. J. Johanaaen died Thursday night, and Mrs. A. A. Moorehead the same night. Charles Ingram, who has been an Invalid for more than 25 years, also died Friday morning. As the result of being thrown from a load of hay some 15 years ago. and crippled. West Fleldine, a farmer, died the past week, raging in I his vicinity, and four deaths have occurred the past week, iNWOOD WOMAN 18 101 YEARS OLD Inwood, la.. Fob. *' -(Special)_ To be 101 years old is in itself quite a distinction, but Mrs. Ellen Cecilia Stensiand. who observed her birth day Sunday. Is growing new hearing and new teeth and doesn't think her long life Is such a wonder. Mrs. Stenslund lives witli her son at In wood and is the mother of I,ars Sten&land of Bioux Falls. An enterprising American is preparing to put a fleet of 500 yellow laxteubs on the streets of London. England. All the cars will be of the four-cylinder type and. comfortable. ARTIFICIAL LAKE IS GIVEN ODD NAME Laurel. Neb.. Feb. * . .Special)— The stockholders of bo artificial lake association have chosen the name of Lo-Val for the name of the lake and the association. There la a 17-foot dam construction and a club bouse and cottages will be erected this summer. Lo-Val Is the abbreviation for Logan Valley. Needy ell the plantation rubber in I the world, which is now 12 times as much as that from the forests is grown UWhe ^Malays n Peninsula and Uutcb ISSUE PASSES TO PREACHERS Burlington Railroad Appeals Holding Nebraska Law Not Class Legislation Lincoln, Neb., Feb '» (Special)-—. In a brief filed In supreme court In support of the law permitting rail roads to give passes and reduced fares to ministers and charity work ers the Burlington takes the position that tt has the right to make such distribution of Its assets and its facilities as its officers nmy deter mine and decide as long as it violates no law or section of the constitution. The company has quit issuing them since the late Judge Morning held that the law was class legislation, but proposes, it says, to do so again If the supreme court will permit. The point Is made that It is not class legislation so long as no dis crimination is made between the per sons in the classes exempted from the anti-pass law. The oompany also challenges the legal capacity of C. A. Sorensen to sue, claiming that only the attorney general can do It, and that a private citizen cannot unless affected by the law. PLAN SEEING SIMMONS DIE Spencer, Neb., Feb. ^Special)— A number of people in iatt «Cave teams of Sacred Heart school, at the school last Friday evening, debated the qes tlon, “Resolved that the bonus bill should be passed by congress.” The Junior team, composed of Veronica Ryan, Mary Heitssman, Gladys Heeney and Bridget McDunn, was declared the winn>r. The senior team was composed of Magdalene Richer* munn, James Kerwin, Leighton En right and Harold Kerwin. A box social followed the debate, the 50 boxes being auctioned by Daniel Sheenan. NEWMAN GROVE TO DO MUCH PAVING Newman Grove. Neb., Feb. (Special)—With nearly a mile of pavement already constructed in this city, plana are being made for the paving of practically all alleys and business streets this spring. This project will be followed by consider able gravel work on the highway* around Newman Grove. COMMUNITY CLUB B008T8 DAIRY BUSINESS West Point, Neb., Feb. 'Special) — The West Point Community club in vegular session went on record as favoring the dairy cow movement. The club looks upon the introduction of good dairy cows as an effective way to relieve stringent economic condition In the agricultural districts. MANY INQUIRIES HAD ABOUT INDIAN LANDS Winnebago. Neb., Feb. 'A—Au thorities of the Winnebago Indian reservation say that many Inquiries are being made by prospective pur chasers of Indian lands to be sold on February J8. Some of these are horn men Interested In dairy farming and it i# believed that the sale will Rdd SEEK NEW EVIDENCE Norfolk, Neb.. Feb. ~ (Special)— A letter received In Norfolk by a newspaperman from Walter Simmons who Is now In the state penitentiary, state that Simmons and his friends are making a desperate effort to lo cate a man named "Currier" and one named “Jack,” who Simmons says were the men who killed Pahl. Sim mons declares that he will take the matter before the circuit court of ap- j peals and that new evidence will be laid before that court. This new evidence. Simmons says, is in his favor. He has Issued a statement de claring again that he did not kill Paid and thal he was Convicted on circumstantial evidence. “All 1 ask of the public Is: Do (hey think a man should be convicted and electrocuted on circumstantial evidence? My people are praying for me now just as all of the people prayed for me when 1 with others went to war when my country wanted me." Simmons served in the navy dur ing the world war. After being dis charged he was a cowboy In Mon tana. and at one time a stale pro hibition officer. Iauer he became mixed up with bootleggers. He says two bootleggers who got him to bring Paid into the country to buy their booze, killed the Spencer man. ILL WITH CANCER, COMMITS SUICIDE Grand Island. Neb., Feb. . Frank Mach, 50. well to Jo fanner, resid ing near Burweli, took his own life by shooting late Tuesday. 11a h*» bsen suffering for some time with cancer. Previous to his sulc'-.te he arranged all his business affairs. He leaves a Wlfs and several grown children. , From April to November last, inclu sive. the number of Canadian Immi grants was 118.(61, an increase of fl - 1(6, as compared with the correspond' lug period last year, Let Lobbyists Do It. From the si. Paul Dispatch. “We have too many doggone laws nor/,-' as Magnus Johnson told ar» anti-blue law meeting in New York. Mr. Johnson, like a more celebrated politician of long ago, is saying a great many hew and true things, but the true things are not. new and tne new things are not true. If Mr. John son only will live up to the article of faith which he has confessed, much good may he expected. The “dog gone” laws which are too numerous, are largely the result of the Ignorance and the cowardice of the law makers. Represf ntativos of the people have not had the knowledge or the courage to resist lice pressure of noisy minor ities. demanding laws that will not work. The sanctity that ought to surround a law Is Ineveitably with drawn from a piece of legislation and enacted in a spirit of fear, inspired by folly nr unworthy motive** and loaded with mischief. A legislator who would study thor oughly the business before congress or a state legislature and act ac cording to the knowledge obtained, who would work hard and talk lit tle, might do much good by imped ing the progress of foolish legislation. He might bo listened to. if he never would speak except with knowledge of Ills subject. There may be a few such persons In congress but they are scarce. THE HIGHER LAW The law of the Lord Is perfect, con verting the soul.—Ph. 19:7. The true uplifting and emancipation of our life comes through the recog nition of the higher ties and relation ships which bind us. The progress and elevation of the soul is a progress of discovering, not that it is independent arid masterless, but that the lower laws and condi tions under which it lives are subordi nate to the higher laws, and that its bondage in a certain sphere becomes transformed Into liberty when it is lifted up into a higher sphere, where both he that serveth and he that is served are subject unto a supreme sovereignity which is above all. That Is what 1 understand by the reign of law—not the domination, of one rule alone upon all that Is, hut the reign of law over law, the higher above the lower, and the highest of all supreme: so that those who rise to that last and topmost height, where God forever dwells and is what ho commands, are sharers in his liberty and dominion. They become the suns of God, not because they have cast off and re nounced their obligations, hut because they have recognized them etep bv step, sphere by sphere, until at last they come with glad submission into unity and harmony with that which is sovereign and ultimate. And, that, if the Bible is true,, is , nothing else than Perfect Love. From Boston. From Commerce and Finance A Columbia professor had an engage ment to lecture in Mionian Hall. Boston. Me took the 1 p. m. train, due at six to meet his engagement. The train was (A iittta l&tf and tho prof#'8«or was nerv* ous lest he keep his audience waiting, when the train rolled into the station, he rushed out, called a cab and said: ”1 want you to drive me to Mionian Hail as quickly as possible.” "AH right sir, step right in.” Thinking he had better take no chances be asked the driver. "Are von Bure you know where Mionian Hall is ''' ‘ Know where it is? Whv, my dear sir, It is a most celebrated hall. Dis tinguished men from all over the coun try come there to leeture. The name is from the Greek, signifying inner Temple, and it is located within Tre niont Temple.” Said the professor, "Get in and ride, 111 drive.” 44444444 444 44-44444-4 4 - ♦ 4 America’s Loud Boast. + 4 4 4 By K«1 Howe. + 4 In our innermost thoughts -4 4 we Americans object to thrift, 4 4 to saving. We argue, “Ours is 4 4 the richest country tn the 4 4 world. Why should we be 4 4- compelled to go to the trouble 4 4 of saving, of being, thrifty? 4 4 Why not invent a process 4 4 whereby saving, industry and 4 4 thrift are unnecessary?'’ That 4 4 “richest country in ’he world-’ 4 4- talk, our proudest boast. Is 4 4 actually responsible for the 4 4- shiftlessness which may final- 4 4 ly render us tho poorest coun- 4 4 try in the world. -♦ 4 4 4444444444444444444 French Profit in the Ruhr. By Raymond Recouly In The World’s Work. The French occupation of the Ruhr is bringing order—and profit—out of the general chaos there. The rail roads are one notable illustration. Franco-Belgian administration, with out the help of German railway work ers and officials, put them in work ing order. This was done under the most difficult conditions by a regu lar feat of strength. The" Franco Belgian administration worked tha railway system with 15,000 French and Belgian railway workers. Now, since March, the number of trains running has increased ceaselessly. Receipts have constantly increased. The number of German travelers us ing them has increased tenfold. As the greater part of tho Gorman rail way workmen have asked to return to their work, now all that has to be done is to intensfv this exploitation, and then re-establish regular com munication with the remainder of Germany. This can all be done in a few weeks. The profits from this ex ploitation may he rather important. For the time being, it is difficult to give exact figures. Previous to the war the annual profit on all German railroads amounted to 1,000,000.000 of gold marks. Now. the Westphallan Rhlneland railways alone represent nearly one-third of the traffic in goods and passengers. Familiar Talk “These reckless pedestrians,’’ began Bobo. "Hold on. When did you bay a car?” He Was Experienced From London Answers. Daughter—“Oh, papa, what is your birthstone?’’ Father of Seven—“My dear. I’m not eure, but I think It’s a grindstone." The Rumanian peasant bride must al ways cry ilv-lng the marriage proceed ings; it would be regarded as particu larly unlucky U she dkl not do so par ticularly as she is having her head drees prepared for the “coronation,” which is ep iatpvttant a part ef the ceremony. ..._ THE WISE DID YESTERDAY Benjamin Franklin, Tomorrow you'll reform, you al ways cry. In what country does this morrow lie. That 'tis so mighty long ere it arrive? Beyond the Indies does this mor row live? Tis so far-fetched this morrow that I fear, •Twill he both very old and very dour. Tomorrow I’ll reform, the fool doe* say; Today it self’s too late—the w.ise did yesterday. Keep the Army on Its Beat From the American Legion Weekly. With crime waves running nn er ratlc race with the cold waves of the weatherman in the newspaper head lines, we don't hear of any movement In any large American city to -nit down the police force. But despite the fact that hunger, avarice and envy rule Kurope, de spite the fact that the majority of nations of the world find tittle cause for friendliness with us at this mo ment, the police force of your Uncle Samuel, the United States Army, ta having a hard time to get from Con gress the money it needs to prevent it from becoming numerically a has been. That Army walks a beat which Is one vast Jewelry window, chock full of the greatest assortment of riches ever assembled at one time In the history of the world. It guards a composite bank vault which contains more gold than th£ye is ia the rest of the world. Jt’is the defense we have set up for alt onr national wealth, aggregating the -stupendous sum ot Tour hundred billion dollars. it is almost inconceivable that pro posals to cut the size of the Regular Army should be made now, with world affairs as they are. Vet Secre tary of War Weeks, in hia annual report to President Coolidge, declares that he encounters a strong senti ment that present Army expendi tures, small as they are relatively, are unnecessary. The present Army and Navy ex penditures rated as defense insur ance, amount to less than $1.50 pef thousand on our national wealth of $400,000,000,000. The country at pre- ^ sent mantains only one soldier io» each $2,500,000 of national wealth, the lowest proportion in 70 years. Every argument supports Mr. Weeks’ plea that Congress increase tne num ber of enlisted men in the Regular Army to 150,000. No cost is too great, when, as he truly says, "the cost of national defense is the price of freedom." Flowers of Arizona Desert. From the Columbus Dispatch. Arizona deserts have their own flow'ers, in places the supply is abundant, the growth large, " the flowers when in bloom* of marked beauty, the big yucca and the sotol, botii members of the lily family, showing beautiful bloom on tall and stately stalks. One of the interesting desert growths is the water cactus, so named because of its great staly, from r-^ive to ten feet high and as large in circumference as a barrel. It has a heavy pulpy covering from which It is possible to squeeze goodly amounts of water, and Indians and travelers are quick to turn to the cactus when water supplies are short. A Tribute To Mr. Wilson. By Theodore Koollsh. President Wilson has passed away. HI*> body has been laid away to rest through eternity. The world mourns; civilization pauses on her course to ward a higher level, awed at the death of our war president. Undoubtedly, in the years to come, his name will be respected with that high degree of honor that has be fallen distinguished men and women in the generations of the past. As time presses onward with unfaltering steps, Wilson's name will be linked with those of the great American patriots, not onlv as an American patriot and citizen, but in a still finer sense, as a friend of humanity and a factor in the civilization of the fu ture. Mr. Wilson sacrificed his body that America might still lead the nations In the triumph of modern civilization. Through the dark years of the war he struggled with undy ing devotion, and self sacrifice, that humanity might be protected. With his great help American ideals did not falter in their steps toward a | higher plane. Mr. Wilsons object and purpose In life: was to create a world peace, and how well he kindled that spark of fire, that has been man’s project since creation. Yea. how well he fanned that little flame, until now, It is burning with all the fervor that can be evolved from a roaring mass of world affairs. Mr. Wilson did not. realize his am bition, and as one pauses to re flect, it ts evident that his motives and ideals were too large for us to grasp--too great for us to visualize. Life is strange. Already the world is beginning to realize the massive Ideals to which his ilfo was conse crated. It will take generations, though, for man to appreciate him. When he lived his motives did uot receive the consideration that should have been theirs. And In the end Mr. Wilson died; his very life taken in the attempt to try to better hu manity. For four years his strength slowlv ebbed away. At last the tiny spark of life fluttered and went out. That flame which bad burred for four years became extinguished in the mlghtly pathos of the tread of civilization. . . When we think of Mr. Wilson, let us think of the better and finer things in life. No more fitting tribute could be paid to any man. More Hats? From the Atlanta Constitution, j The ring is never so crowded with hats b*‘t that there's room for one more. _ _ _ Experienced. From the Christian Evangelist. A victim of chronic bronchitis called Dii a doctor to be examined. The doc tor, after careful ouestlunlng. assured the patient that tli* ailment would re- \ *w>neri rick's divorced wife and Roy Seott came to Bloomington and attacked! him. Scott shot at him twice, one bullet entering Ills hip, and Mrs. Ded rlck slashed him on the wrist witl> a razor. Mrs. Dedrlck, who was granted a divorce from her husband in January on the grounds of cruelty and non support, and Scott are being held hy police at Franklin. KILLING OF JUDGE TO RESULT IN LEGISLATION Lincoln, Neb., Feb. " Special)— As a result of the cold-blooded inur* der of Judge W. M. Morning of the Lancaster county dlstr-Vt court Mon day by a crazed litigant in a divorce proceeding, state, county and city of ficers have begun an agitation to pre vent the indiscriminate use of guns... slug shots and other deadly weapons.. State Sheriff Tom Carroll will seek to have a state law enacted that will require an investigation and a permit, before persons are permitted to buy and carry firearms. NEWCASTLE PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING FROM HURTS Newcastle, Neb., Feb. ~ (Special) —Leo Cryan has been released from St. Vincent's hospital where he has been confined with a broken verte brae since December 34, when he was one of the victims of a street car accident In Sioux City. Mrs. Cryan who also was In the wreck and who had little hopes of recovery at the time. Is Improving- slowly. OMAHA BUSINESS MAN COMMITS SUICIDE Omaha, Neb., Feb. ! \ ^Special)— Some hours after he had left his of - fice, telling hie stenographer he was going to collect sonio bills, Henry Nigaard, 3f> years old, tire man, wa* found dead in his car, shot through the temple, near the Ak-sar-bem field. Police pronounced the case suicide. A revolver was found in the car. The inhabitants of the Fldsvl ielandw in the Pacific South sea believe that tree* and eocoanute have souls