The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, October 16, 1924, Image 8
OIL PROMOTER COMING BACK Will Be Prosecuted in Nebraska for Embez zlement Falls City, Neb., Oct. 9.—Another Richardson county .1 bubble burst when it was learned that Sheriff A1 Young left for Corsicana, Tex.; to take, into custody J. B. Davidson of that city on two counts charging em bezzlement and obtaining money un der false pretenses. Davidson, who posed as an expert oil prospector, appeared In Rulo last June and startled the community with the announcement that he had found symptoms of oil near Rulo. A company was quickly organized, $1,200 raised, nnd several prominent Rulo men were made directors. Davidson then advised hi; associ ates that he would have to return to Corsicana to got a drilling outfit, and would require a preliminary outlay of money for freight charges and In cidentals. He was consequently au thorized to check ot. the $1,200 fund deposited In ‘he Bank of Rulo. It took Davidson five weeks to re due the capital of the company to $60, and then he disappeared. The only word regarding Davidson, until W. D. Beaton, captain of police at Corsicana announced that he had been apprehended, was in the form of cancelled checks. RAILROAD WANTS TO ABANDON A TRAIN Lincoln, Neb., Oct. V—(Special)— The Northwestern railroad company is asking the consent of the state railway commission to abandonment of Sunday passenger train service on the Albion branch, between Oakdale and Scribner. This service, it is claimed, is so poorly patronized dur ing the time when automobiles con be operated, that it is heavy drain on the reveneues, not Justified by the cirmustances. As a substitute it is proposed to attach a passenger coach to two freight trains. The coach will be attached to the regular trutn from Omaha and dropped off at Scribner. There it will be added to the freight train at 3 o’clock in the morning, and reach Oakdale at 10:36. Return ing it will be hitched onto a freight train leaving Oakdale at 10:46 j o’clock and after it reached Bcrlbner late in the evening it will be attached to the regular passenger train Into C/iHha, leaving Scribner at 7:4S p. m. The railroad asks that no hear ing be held and that the order issue forthwith. URGES BOARDS BE JOINED UP South Dakota Commission er of Agriculture Recom mends Consolidations Piere, S. D.. Oct. ..—(Special)—In the second biennial report of the de partment of agriculture, Frank M. Byrne, commissioner or agriculture and former governor, expressed the opinion that a consolidation of several agencies of the state acting in agri cultural matters would result In giv ing better results and In a saving of expense to the state. The report says: "There are several agencies, boards and departments of the state govern ment that, In one way and another, exercise control of different agricul tural regulatory and supervisory ac tivities, each acting independently of the others and without any central authority to direct or harmonise their activities or bring them into accord, one with another, it would seem that some of these various agencies should be consolidated and brought under the direction ahd control of one depart ment, bo as to co-ordinate and harm onize the different lines of agricul tural work. The primary purposes of such consolidation would be the in creased efficiency of the service that would result from the co-ordination of these various forces and bringing them under one directing head, but It would nlso result, in economy o*. administration by eliminating dupli cation of effort and utalizing the services of employes to better ad vantage.” BANKERS ARRANGE FOR ANNUAL TARGET SHOOT Arnolds Park, la., Oct. ' •—(Spe cial)—The Dickinson County Bank ers' association has completed ar * rangements (or the annual target shoot to be held Ht Camp Holiday, on West Okobojl, October 15. The winner of this shoot will attend the annual state shoot at the ranges at Fort Des Moines. October 27 and 28. TO OPERATE PRINTING PLANT ON WHEELS Huthton, Minn., Oct. ' .—Jay Jack son, who recently disposed of his newspaper here, is making plans to tour the south and west In an es pecially equipped automobile. Mr. Jackson proposes to have his car converted Into a traveling printing office and intends to do Job printing at the small towns he visits while en route. SENATOR LAFOLLETTE TO SPEAK AT SIOUX FALLS Sioux Falls, S. D.. Oct. .—Sena tor Robert M. I-aFollette, independent candidate for president, will speak at the Sioux Falls ediseum Friday nl<jht, October 17. Announcement of Senator LaFol lettc'B visit to Sioux Falls was re ceived in n telegram by H. C. Newell, local chairman of the Sioux Falls headquarters, from national head quarters In Chicago. Mr. Newell said that Mr. LaFoliette would be earoute to the Pacific ciast next week and would make a special side trig to South Dakota. SEEKS HIGHER PHONE RATES Cedar County Farmer* Com* pany Makes Request of Rail Commission Lincoln, Neb., Oct *. (Special)— The Cedar County Farmers Tele phone company of Hartington has filed a request with the state railway commission asking for permission to add 25 cents a month to Its present rates, which are $2 for business ser vice and |1.40 for residence and far n telephones. The company has $73, 000 worth of property and only $18, C90 of stock outstanding. It is explaim-d that this discrepan cy is due to the fact that it has been unable to sell stock and had to pay for all of its improvements out of in come. At the present time it has no replacement reserve, where it should have $25,000, the money being put in to new plant, and it has reached the point where it must have a larger re venue or it cannot maintain its prop* erty and pay dividends. NAME CAN NOT GO ON BALLOT Death of Judge Graves Cre ates Vacancy for the Annual Election Lincoln, Neb., Oct —Under a re cent ruling of the attorney general there Is no way possible by which any one who aspires to fill the vac ancy caused by the death of Judge Guy T. Graves of the Eighth judicial district can get his name printed on the ballot. Judge Graves had no op position at the primary, and the man who will shortly be named by the governor will serve until next Jan uary, with a chance of having two more years of the work. The law permits the voters to write In names on the election ballots, and the person getting the highest votes. If that be equal to 10 per cent, of that, cast for governor In 1922, will be elected. If no one Is elected in this way, the governor's appointee will hold over till another election date. The names of Mark Ryan, of Pend er, and J. C. Robinson and E. H. Bur kett, of Hartington, are being sug gested for the vacancy. Ryan and Burkett were defeated in recent years by Graves. LA FOLLETTE'S NAME NOT ON ONE TICKET Lincoln, Neb., Oct. (Special)— Secretary of State Pool has rejected the application of lepresentatives of the progressive party to have the names of La Follette and Wheeler appear as the presidential candidates of that organization. Frank A. Har rison, La Follette manager, made a strong protest. He said that It was nn effort to take away votes from La Follette because no votes cast for him or. this ticket could be counted since It has no presidential electors and they could not be added to the votes cast for him on hts own ticket. C. A. Sorensen, representing Nor ton, the democratic nominee for gov ernor, said that It was a scheme to enable Butler, progressive party can didate, to get support by pointing to the fact that his ticket was headed by La Follette. Mr. Pool based his ruling on the law that provides a candidate’s name may not appear twice; that notice of nomination must come from a nati,~« al convention and that 30 days before an election is the limit for filing. He also has caused to be omitted from the ballot blank spaces In which per sons may write names of selections for president and vice president on the ground that these would be inef fective since no electors are named to represent such vot.j. SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE GOOD POTATO RAISERS Spirit Lake, la., Oct. (Special)— Through the Bankers’ association, of Dickinson county, 20 bushels of certi fied potato Beed was furnished to the school children of Dickinson county and all the children with the excep tion of two schools, of the sixth, sev enth and eighth grades, took part in the potato project. The varieties used were the Rural New Yorker, Irish Cobbler and the Early Ohio Accord ing to the agreement with the Bank ers’ association, one peck in each five bushels raised was to be sold to pay the expense of financing the project. The children met with exceptional success. Sixty-five bushels of the po tatoes, in peck lots, were exhibited in the school exhibit at the Clay county fair, under the supervision of Miss Grace Kettleson, county superinten dent. The potatoes were sold at auc tion after the exhibit and brought good prlceB. Automobiles registered In the United States during the first six months of 1924, amounted to 15,552.077. an increase of 20 per cent, over the corresponding iwsriod of a year ago, the American Automobile Association announced. TO HOLD INQUEST Crete, Neb., Oct. (I. N. S.)—A coroner’s inquest will be held today over the body of Harold Belden, 16 years old who died from gun »hot wounds sustained while the boy was on a hunting trip last Saturday with four companions. Belden was wound ed by a shot fired by Robert Lutx. Lutz was arrested after the shooting and has been held In the jail at Wil ber. Lutz declared to county authori ties that he did not know the gun was loaded. WIFE PENNILESS HUSBAND GONE Another Woman Blamed For Breaking Up the Hogan Home Omaha, Neb., Oct 9.—Sayng she was penniless save the rings on her fingers, Mrs. W. R. Hogan of Grand Island, appeared in police court to testify against her husband and Miss Franklo Morrow, a stenographer, ar rested with him, but only to learn that they had disappeared. Upon agreement of Hogan’s attor ney, Judge Dineen dismissed the charge against- the man and ordered his bond money given to chis wife. The girl's bond also was forfeited. “He drank and gambled—you can put up with a lot, but this is too much,’’ said Mrs. Hogan. "He met this girl three years ago in Newton, la., and she has been following him everywhere.” According to Mrs. Hogan, Miss Morrow trailed her to her hotel and then to a restaurant after she had refused to talk to her. "She told me If I appeared against them, they would die together in a suiede pact,” said Mrs. Hogan. Mrs. Hogan said her husband had lavished money on the girl. “He even tried to take my rings to give to her. I kept them only by pressing a razor blade to my wrist and threat ening to slash the artery if he tried to take them again,” said the wife. Mrs. Hogan’s mother was with her and said she would take her daughter to her home in Iowa. A statutory charge is still held against Hogan, but the warrant has not been served on him and police do not know where he s. INDIANS COMPLAIN AGAINST SUPERINTENDENT Winnebago, Neb., Oct. 9.—Indians of the Winnebago tribal council are gathering here to air complaints against the superintendent, F, T. Mann and his administration Dr. Bamuel Blair, inspector of the Interior department, Washington, is here to conduct the investigation. One of the complaints is said to involve Mr. Mann in permitting an Indan to sell his land at an unfavor able price, and then using the money to buy 40 acre tracts from the First National bank of Winnebago of which Mr. Mann is a stockholder. "There was absolutely nothing ir regular about, the transaction," said Mr. Mann. "It was all done, open and above board, with approval of the Indian office in Washington.” BANKS GET REFUND ON MONEY ADVANCED Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 9 (Special)— i<’.*e slate guaranty commission Is rending out checks to all of th» state banks as their portion of a re fund of the assessment made on them to build up a conservation fund. This fund is used to curry on weak banks after the commission has taken them over. The total refund, available because of collections made from the failed Atlas bank of Neligh, totals a little over $101,000. ALL TEACHERS MUST HAVE CERTIFICATES Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 9.—(Special)— All county superintendents have been order* d by the state superintendent io report l.y October 18th, under oath, the names if all teachers who are without the permission of the state to act us instructors of the young This requires that the superintendent xnake a survey of the private, de nominational and parochial school* of tne state. Uu untill 1919, the teach ers in these schools were not required \o secure such certificates, but a law passed that winter gave tihem until September 1, 1919, to supply them selves or resign from their positions The state superintendent calls the Attention of county superintendents in a letter he is sending out that under the existing laws no person can be permitted to teach who is not legally qualified in any sch**d even though it It agreeable to tlv. board members and the patrons and the teacher is willing to work with out salary, a condition that is said to exist in some of the church school^. In addition the law says that before <% teacher can take a position she must secure the grade of certificate that is required in that particuWi line of work. Parochial and denominational school teachers must have <% certifi cate to teach corresponding course* to those in the public schools thal would othtVwlse be attended by thf children under her instruction. FIRE PREVENTION DAY OB8ERVED AT YANKTON Yankton, S. D., Oct. 9. (Special)— Fire Prevention Day was observed in Yanklon with the Chamber of Com merce giving active co-operation. Speakers were sent Into the schools for short talks on the subject, and prizes wore awarded for best essays by school children upon the subject of fire prevention. DENTAL SOCIETY HOLDS CONVENTION AT BERESFORD Beresford, S. D., Oct. 9.—(Special) —The first Dental association held Its annual convention here, Tuesday, with a large attendance. Officers elected for the coming year are: pree ident, Ralph Collins, or Vermilion; vice president, Dr. Nelson, of Aven; secretary-treasurer. Dr. C. L. Kermis, of Beresfurd; executive council mem ber. Dr. W. W. Prloe, of CentervfUn The 1925 nwetlng will be held at Vermilion. OPPOSITION TO BRIDGE, FOUND Taxpayers’ League for Da- j kota County, Formed at Hubbard Hubbard, Neb., Oct. 6.—(Special)— A Taxpayers’ league, for Dakota county, was organized here, Friday night, thie express purpose being to give thorough study to the proposi tion to vote a tax for the building of a free bridge across the Missouri river between South Sioux City, Neb., and Sioux City, la. E. B. 'Wilbur, of South Sioux City, a booster for tne tax for the free bridge, gave a talk and, from questions asked him, it is evident there will be much opposi tion to the proposition. Officers for the league were elected, as follows: George Timlin, of Hub bard, president and D. G. Evans, of Homer, secretary-treasurer. A com mittee, witli members from each pre cinct in the county, is to be appointed to complete the organization and put it in working order. FARMERS STUDY MEANS TO COMBAT GRASSHOPPER Sidney, Neb., Oct. 6.—(Special)— A large meeting of farmers was held here with the county agent last week, to consider means of eliminating the grasshopper pest. Grassnoppers did a large amount of damage in the county this year. In order to secure state aid, a petition must be cir culated and signed by farmers and landowners, and at least 25 signa tures must be secured in each voting precinct. It is then filed with the state department of agriculture which will then investigate and grant a hearing to any opposition which may develop. If It is decided to take steps against them, each farmer :n the precinct will be compelled to poison the grasshoppers on his land. If he refuses to do so, an agent of the department of agriculture may spread the poison and collect it from him. HEAVY FINE FOR SELLING RHUBARB WINE Falls City, Neb., Oct. C.—(Special) —A quart of rhubarb wine, sold by George Creed, to a deputy state sheriff cost him a $300 fine, the con fiscation of his car and costs of the case. PIERCE MAN HAD HAIR-RAISING EXPERIENCE Pierce, Neb., Oct. 6.—(Special)— Caught under the body of his riding horse which fell dead as he reached the bank of a stream after fording it, C. H. Braasch succeeded in work ing his foot free in the sand. His calls for help brought no response, but he extricated himself from tne stir up after hard labor. City May Lose Highway Costs Rock County Board of Sup ervisors Opposes Claim of Town of Luverne Luverne, Minn.. Or* 6.—Rock coun ty’s board of commissioners, in reg ular session, went on record as op posed to the issuing of bonds with which to reimburse the city of Lu verne for trunk highway paving, the bonds to be carried and paid by the state highway department. In other words, unless some of the commissioners change their opinions, the refund of the trunk highway through Luverne will be lost. The amount of refund which the city is entitled to according to the schedule allowed by the statfe highway depart ment is $45,154. The fact that three petitions, signed by 150 Beaver Creek township taxpay ers requesting that the county board under no circumstances authorize ad ditional bond issues of any kind, may have had some bearing on the board’s action, but it is understood that these petitions were circulated and signed primarily In opposition to the pro posed straightening of the west en* and the re-routing of a pori'on of tiunk highway No. 9 n>ar Reaver Creek so as to eliminate two railway ciossings. Bryan To Start On Long Speaking Trip This Week Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 6. (Special)— Governor Bryan returned Sunday from a trip that took him to the ex treme southwestern part of the state and Into northwestern Kansas. Early this week the vice presidential candi date intends to start on his most ex tended tour of the campaign, speak ing in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mex ico and Colorado. He will return In time to fill his promised engagement to pc^ticipate in Nebraska-South Da kota day at the opening of the new bridge connecting the two states at Yankton. October 16, when the gov ernors of Nebraska and South Dakota are expected to meet in the middle of the bridge. YOUNGEST TEACHER IN SCHOOLS OF NEBRASKA Hartington, Neb., Oct. 6.—(Special) —The youngest teacher in Nebraska is claimed by Cedar county. She Is Miss Gale Miller, daughter of W. E. Miller, former county superintendent here, and is only a few months over 16 years old. Miss Miller was grad uated from the Hartington high school last June and is primary teacher at the St. James school, where her father teaches the higher grades. Burton Says Man Must Destroy War, Or War Will Destroy Man From the Detroit News. An epitome of all the peace plans the world ever conceived, of all the invocations addressed to humanity for the abolition of war fare, is to be found in the compact sentence with which Dr. Marion LeKoy Burton instructed the student body at Ann Arbor as the preface to the new collegiate year. wMan must destroy war or war will destroy man.” Let every American mother and father ask themselves if that grim truth is not inscribed on the headstones in every community. Not only a» the painful inheritance of the last war, but of wars before that; not only of wars in which this country has been involved, but of wars in those lands whence so many of them came. What drove them forth from home and motherland if not the want and wretchedness born of long and recurring wars which for bade piosperity and sacrificed national welfare to the sustenance of professional armies? Wherein is to be found the origin of that, stagnant social state which pollutes life and demolishes fortune in Europe today if not in those conscripted armies which first robbed and then destroyed the surface of the earth? Well may the University of Michigan’s president say: “Our military and naval experts fully realize that the race is between catastrophe and education.” The catastrophe is confiscation ' of life outright, confiscation of energies which should be devoted to> family welfare and communal prosperity, confiscation of hope, of everything except the faith that somewhere in the vast scheme of creation there is a place where the soul may find no wars but only that peace which is the touchstone of man’s loftiest ideals. Intelligence revolts at the barbarism of war. Education con founds the sheer wickedness of such senseless sacrifice. Never eair reason and logic and understanding discover justification for in ternecine slaughter within the human family. The lust to kill comes with madness and is a reversion to primitive, unintelligent impulse; it is a denial of all that which comes with knowledge. The only existing argument for armies is necessity, and the necessity exists only so long as an enlightened world permits it, and not & moment longer. ihere are, in the far distant records of mankind, stories of peo ples living for one thousand years at peace; they became rich, pow erful, happy beyond all succeeding history vexed by warfare. This; is a truth as immutable as anything the world has to offer and it is the finest truth on whieh any university community can base the thoughts and studies of the youth committed to its charge. In such a solemn moment of dedication such words must fine? root somewhere among the thousands who heard them; perhaps, winging their way by wire and cable they will drop into other hearts far distant. To place such a message before the young met and women of the nation is to challenge them to consecrate their minds to the task of tasks which sums up all the goal of all thfr learning in the world : Humanity. To The Beloved. rf I could know that at the end We’d meet again some quiet place. Freed of our pulses, looking in Each other’s faees steadily; If I could know that at the end Toor love were not a vanity; That old romance were brave and true. And not a rondel for the lyre; If I could know that you and I, Making an epic of desire Could quest our love as Angus did His love and kingdom on the earth. If I could know the market-pjace, The petty folk, the meanness, all The mediocrities of love Could not claim ours, demeaning it; Then I would seek your timid hands, Yea, kneel before your comeliness, You, whom my irtirelenting heart Has sought unceasing through the days. Alack! I know that at the end The world has banished beauty whom We love; and your heart, too, as mine, Is small and burdened with the day. Why, then, dissemble -what is sooth! We are but cattle grazing where Old castles stood, and beauty stepped One day, miraculously young. —Kenneth Sarr, in the Irish Statesman. Philologist Hanged. From the Manchester Guardian. Curious pleas have sometimes been put forward in support of the reprieve of notorious criminals. One of the strangest was that on behalf of George Ruloff, an American schoolmaster, who was convicted in 1870 of a series of robberies and mur ders, his own wife and daughter be ing among the victims. For cold blooded cruelty his record would be hard to beat, but Ruloff had his other side. He was an ardent philologist, and had been engaged for years on the invention of a universal language. No one could attempt to palliate his crimes, but a widely-signed petition was presented to the governor of Virginia for his reprieve on the grounds that as his invention, if completed, would be of the utmost benefit to mankind it would be criminal folly to extinguish such a light of learning. The governor thought otherwise, and Ruloff was duly hanged.__ _ Make the Punishment Adequate. From the Lebanon Report. If rum-runners cannot be punished adequately as violators of the Vol stead law, they may be as violators of the tariff law. Attorney General Stone has ordered action according ly Under the federal prohibition law a first offender cannot be given anything more than a fine of $600 for bringing contraband liquor into the country. Under the Tariff Act of 1922 he can be sent to the peni tentiary and fined $6,000. Two cases of Texas recently resulted in sent ences of 18 months and $6,000 fines. Federal attorneys at all coast and border points where smuggling is practiced will be expected to handle liquor cases in this way hereafter. It is a curious situation, when cheating in customs payments is made to appear more serious than an offense against national morals and health. But there Is no need to split hairs about it. Queen Mary’s Economy. From the Kansas City Star. Queen Mary is said to be far more economical in the matter of clothes than is generally understood. Per iodically she makes a personal In spection of her wardrobe, in order to decide what clothes shall be re served for wear on subsequent oc casions and what shall be disposed of as no longer required. Much of the laoe that is used upon her gowns belongs to her large private collec tion, and as soon as It has served its purpose It is carefully removed by her maids and packed away for use oa some subsequent oooaeton. That Wilbur Speech. From the Wichita Eagle. Frequently the most obscure things in the news is the n.'o.st interesting. That is proving true about the sec retary of the navy, Mr. Wilbur,, whom President Coolidge appointee* not long ago. Readers will remem ber that Wilbur was in California, and was suddenly dragged back to Washington post-haste. Wilbur hact been making political speeches. They were rather spicy, but were nothing to the line of lava Dawes has been letting loose. Wilbur was booked to make a speech at Denver and copies* of this speech had been released i» advance. Apparently that undeliver ed Denver speech was a rip-snorter, It got into the race question. It* took up prohibition. If whacked! Woodrow Wilson. It is said that it approved the League of Nations. Of course the democratic campaign: managers have a copy of the sup pressed address and excerpts of It are leaking out. But the public would like to see the whole speech. The public is in a wonderful mood for straight-out speeches. Wilbur may be thinking a lot of things with* which nobody could agree in their entirety, but which would help* mightily in the present difficult dis cussion. It is too much to expect of course, but it would be wholly within keeping with the present temper of the people if Wilbur should resign from the cabinet, hire a halk and go to it hammer and tongs. Our Various Sorceries. From the Lincoln Journal. There was no prosperity lust win ter among the native tribes of north ern British Columbia. Game was scarce and the winter was long and severe. Death walked in the wake of famine and the people despaired. The members of one of the tribe* began looking for the sorcerer who had brought this calamity upon the country. Suspicion fell upon ono Atol Moassin. His fellow tribes men found him mumbling strangely in hi* shack and to end his witcheries: hanged him head down from the tree. After several days of this torruro ar» old squaw put him out of his misery by cutting his threat. A representative of the Brit.sh gov ernment has arrested the perpetator* of this, to themselves, pious act. They will be tried for murder and punisbod„ Again we are able to register pro gress. Among ourselves we do not. think now of hanging anybody for the drouths and panics which we' suffer. We merely look to see who* is running the government at tho rnoinent and at the first opportunity,, we overthrow him. Thus our politic* becomes an eager confict of claim* among candidates to this authorship of such prosperity as we possess and as eager a conflict of ddlsclaimers to* responsibility for such inconveniences; as, from whatsoever cause, the people: nay be suffering. Some thousands of years ago we too. might have hanged our states men by the heels for delation or drouth or other evil. No getting around it, the world is getting better.. There’s an aeon of difference between cutting a witch’s throat and pelting him with a ballot. Adrian IV, the only English pope, la to be honored by the erection of a. monument nt his birthplace In Hert fordshire. Not Keeping Up With Current Events.. From the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele graph. Olga Nethersale .tells the following; story concerning a little maid she em ployed. One day, while dressing for tlie theater, there was an unusually heavy downpour of rain, and Miss Nethersole„ peering out of the window at the over flowing gutters, remarked: "Why, Lizzie. It Is almost like the flood?” "Flood, miss?” queried the girl. "Yes, the flood. Noah, you know, and the ark.** "I never have no time to look at th* papers, miss." explained the girl apolo getically.