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HE WON OFFICE. WONT QUALIFY Thurston County Man Can* not Now Take Place As Commissioner Walthlll, Neb., Feb. Walter K. Mitchell, who haa been one of the three Thurston county commission ers for the last eight years, and who won his election by nine votes last fall, now finds his office declared vacant becouse he failed to fils the required bond during January. Mr. Mitchell can only secure hts office now by appointment by the county clerk, county treasurer and county attorney. DIVORCECOOTS BEING BOOSTED Two Wealthy and Aged Ne» braskans Made to Pay Heavy Alimony Lincoln, Neb., Feb. % (Special.)—■ The high cost of divorce is being boosted by the supreme court. It has Just handed down decisions that cost Christopher Ticrnan $40,000 ali mony and Samuel White $17,000. Tlernan is 83 years old and White 72. Tlernan Is the wealthy owner of half a dozen business blocks In Lincoln, and had been married twice before he wedded (he woman who has Just got a divorce and $40,000. She had spent most of her life in a convent, and was less than half Tiernan’s age when married 1(1 years ago. While Is a wealthy Seward county farmer. He admitted having $200,- ' 000 worth of property. He was a widower and married a York school teacher who was under 40 years old. He tried to get the supreme uuurt to leave off Interest on the Judg ment because he had paid temporary alimony. NORTHWESTERN WARNED ABOUT OVER-CHARGES Lincoln, Neb., Feb. (Special.) — Hallway Commissioner Randall has written r letter to D. M. Davis, head of the freight department of the Northwestern railroad, notifying him that steps must be taken to Insure the Issuance of correct freight bills In the future, or drastic action will be taken to see that it is done. Mr. Randall charges that these errors, us represented in complaints to the commission, have been so nu merous, as compared with the errors of the other railroads, ps to suggest ‘hat the men who make out and collect the freight bills have received their instructions from men higher up. He says that It is fair lo as sume that many *)ave been over charged without ceing aware of the fact, and that if the road does not protect them from this the commis sion will huve to do something about it. Mr. Davis insists that the officials have given no instructions of tl\e character Mr. Randall Intimates, and that no greater number of errors are commuted by its agents than by agents of other roads. NtBHASKA ROAD TAX PLANS BADLY JUMBLED Lincoln, Neb., Feb, (Special.)— The good roads association repre sentatives at the legislature have abandoned their plan for a state highway commission to have charge of all the road construction in the state and to map out a six or eight year program. Uovernor McMullen’s opposition to any new boards and commissions, even though no pay is attached, forced relinquishment of that plan. The big fight now is over a division of the gasoline tax and license money as between the state and the counties and whether , to have a centralised authority or "not. There will be a two cent gasoline tax. The road committee will be against any exemptions, but the farm bloc Is insisting that tractors and cleaning establishments be ex empted. The committee is for cut* ting about $2 a year off the license fee, while the farm bloc Is opposed to any reduction in license taxes for pleasure cars, but wants farm tractors and trailers cut 60 per cent. In license. The committee U not sure about the division of gasoline lax and license fees, but Is inclined to give the state department most of It to spend. The farm bloc, on the other hand, is going to Insist on an eonal dlv'slon of both. The old question of whether to continue accepting federal aid or not Is also to be fought out. The fed eral government having changed Its policy and having decided to deat only with state Instead of county units. It is necessary te change the wtntutes, if Nebraska la to get fed eral aid after November 1, 1926. The farm bloc leaders aay that most of their members are In favor of quit ting the dollar-matching practice and that they will oppose an> change in the atatutes. i EMERSON PIONEER BUSINESS MAN DEAD Emerson, Neb., Feb. „ '—Word of the death of John L Davis, pioneer business .man here, has been received by Mrs. Rose Waggoner, daughter of the dead man. His death occurred In San Jose, Cal. During his SO years here, Mr. Davts was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. He also was a chicken fancier of note and captured many prises, among them a first with three Rhode Island Reds at the international exposition In St. Louis, in 1919. IS DEMANDING HIS OLD FARM Nebraska Man Who Traded For Colorado Soil Brings Suit Falls City, Neb., Feb '•.—Roland M. HUI, living near Humboldt, has filed suit to recover 1M acres of Im proved Richardson county land which he traded for a tract of Colo rado land ha did not properly exam ine, he alleges, "because there was a foot of snow covering It at the time." According to Hill, the transaction cost him f 11,000 because when the snow cleared away the land was not at all like It was represented to him. WOMAN HOMESTEADER DEAD; 92 YEAR8 OLD Grand Island, Neb., Feb. — Nancy Chapman Bhadduck, said to be the first woman homesteader In Thayer county, near Davenport, Neb., died here at the home of her nephew, at the age of 92 years. EXPECT FIGHT FOR THE CHILD Fremont Authorities Slow To Act on Demand of Her Mother Fremont, Neb., Feb. (Special)— City officials refused to consent to the removal of Emma Jessup, 12 years old to a home for children at Omaha, pending word from the girl's father, Reuben Jessup, at Carthage, S. T)„ but the mother of the girl who Is separated from Jessup, signed the necessary papers demanded by the ! home representative. Chief George Nagel, who knows the girl’s father, said he expected complications might arise when the father returns. The child was removed from Ingle-, wood to a hospital last week at the suggestion of her teacher, Retha Martin, and It was found that she was suffering from frozen feet. Em ma told her teacher and the city phy sician that her feet were frost-bitten when she went to Carthage. R. T>.. to testify at the trial of men who shot her grandfather and her father on their farm near Carthage. She said the frozen feet had never been given any attent'on. Rhe lived with her grandmother here. IT WA8 A MAGGIE J1GGS AFFAIR Newcastle, Neb.. Feb. N (Special) —The Radies’ Aid of the communist Congregational church here added some extra spice to a dinner held In the I. O. O. F. hall by staging, a “Maggie and Jlggs” program. The hall was decorated In colors and hearts appropriate for the season and Maggie and Jlggs were so well made up and acted their parts so well, per forming with rolling pin, silk hat, cane and cigar, that those who par took of the corn beef and cabbage said It seemed that Maggie and Jlggs were real. Mrs. Vaughn Sweet play ed the part of the Jlggs and Mrs. S. J. Ttlden Sloan acted Maggie’s part. The proceeds of the dinner amounted to about $50. EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE DATES ARE FIXED Madison, S. D., Feb. .—The third annual Eastern Educational confer ence between county and city sup erintendents of schools, the state sup erintendent of public Instruction, and the Eastern State Teachers college staff will be held at Madison on April 16, 17 and 18, It has been announced here by the committee In charge of arrangements. The purpose of the conference is to give opportunity to admlstrators In education to consider as a group problems related to their work Spec Its 1 emphasis this year wilt be given to the problems of arithmetic teaching, Inter-scholustic athletics for girls, and standards for the training of teachers. OMAHA LEGGERS REMEMBER FEDERAL JUDGE M’GEE Omaha. Neb., Feb. V—Federal Judge John F. McGee, who ended his own life Sunday In Minneapolis, was In Omaha but a few weeks during lust June and July, hut In that time established a record on the bench which won the acclaim of the church element, spread dismay in the ranks of the hoettorgOig fraternity, and made hlu name familiar In every household. He was called to Omaha to clear an overcrowded docket, and In rec ord time had sentenced nearly 100 persons, In each case dealing punish ment which In other cities had won him the name, “Ten-year MeCJee.” Some of tjm persons Imprisoned by him have been liberated, due to a decision of the circuit oourt of ap peals that he erred technically by not designating the order in which they should serve terms Imposed on more than one count of an Indict ment. The higher court ruled that because of this, the sentences were made to run “concurrently” Instead of "consecutively,” as specified by Judge McGee. REVEALS REAL NAME Waterloo, la.. Feb. *“ <1. N. S.) — I*ol1oe knew a prisoner's right name today through hls attempt at self destruction. Following an unsuc cessful attempt to dig out of Jail here yesterday, a man who was “registered” ns William Baxter’ of Chicago, sought to hang himself In h’.s cell. Olher prisoners gave the alarm, and police cut him down Whe'a his cell wag searched, the officers found a slip of i>aper or which the prisoner had wrttter “my real name Is William Baxtei , v< Columbus. Ohio” CONDEMN BANK METHODS USED Nebraska Supreme Court Gives Stinging Rebuke to Management Uncoln, Neb.. Feb. *. (Special)— Stinging condemnation of the meth ods of officials of the Gross State hank and of a national bank at Spen cer, particularly that of F. W. Woods, head of both Institutions, now de funct, Is contained In a decision of the supreme court denying the claim of E. A. OehlerkinK for reimburse ment from the deposit guaranty fund on *5,<M)0 worth of certificates of deposit he held against the Gross hank, when It failed. The court says that these certifi cates were unlawful In their incep tion and part of an unlawful design to spaliate the deposit fund. The court finds they were Issued on the basis of credits that consisted of worthless notes sent by the Spencer hank to the one at Gross, that Woods ordered unloaded at a time when both banks were about to break be cause of “culpable mismanagement." Oehlerking bought the certificates from a Uncoln. firm that was sell ing them for the bank. The court says that the law will look through all semblances and forms to ascer- ( tain the actual facts.and that no li ability will attach to the guaranty i fund where no bona fide deposit ha? been made. INSSUitAN^fc <_,urvi T SAYS IT WAS SUICIDE Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. (Special)— It la up to the supreme court to say whether Eugene H. Smith, Page banker, died of accident, heart di sease or from self-inflicted injuries. Ho was found on the morning of July 6, 1920, with his head In a half barrel used as a watering place for milch cows in a pasture. He was dead. His bank never opened after ward, and it was found to be In bad condition. He carried a $5,000 policy of insur ance in the National Accident of Lincoln, which says that either he died because he could not face the disgrace of a failed bank and so killed [ himself by sticking his head In the barrel, or else the mental distress accentuated a heart trouble from which he suffered. His widow says that the marks in the mud and the bruises on his face showed he had slipped and fallen against and into the barrel. She said he had been jovial and undisturbed the night be fore and that the condition of the bank had not lately changed. BIG LAND DEAL IS RECORDED AT MARTINGTON Hartlngton, Neb., Feb. -—-Accord ing to information given Dy the coun ty clerk of Cedar county, H. A. Fchager, a deed was recorded In the office here which required Internal levenue stamps amounting to $528.50, showing that the transaction In real estate Involved the sum of $528,500. This Is believed to be the biggest transaction In real estate which has taken place In northeastern Nebrasua in several years. The deed is for a tract of land formerly known as the Gilman land, dontaining 2,560 acres and leased to W. S. Gilman. The land belonged to the old God dard estate and the deed avss given by Mrs. Hope Goddard Iselln and her husband, of Glen Head, L. I., to the Hopelunds company, of Provi dence, R. I. BIG BOND ISSUE IS HELD INVALID Lincoln. Neb., Feb. (Special)— The supreme couit lias held inA'alld the issue of $108,000 worth of bonds that the Gothenburg South Side Ir rigation district has issued. Part of the proceeds of the bonds were to be used to buy Avater rights of , an old irrigation company, but the court says that the evidence shows this company has not' made use of the Avater appropriated for its use for more than 20 years and that as it made no objections meanwhile to persons and companies that have since tapped the riA'er there is not enough Avater left to make the new project feasible, and that if the bonds are issued the money will be wasted and lost. THEY WERE WEDDED FIFTY YEARS AGO Coleridge, Neb., Feb. * 'Special) -rMr. and Mrs. H. S. DeBow cele brated their 504h wedding anniversary at their home here by holdtng ‘‘open bouse” in the form of a reception for :v large number of relatives and friends. A unique feature of the re ception was the exhibition of the bride’s wedding gown of half a cen tury ago. a dove colored silk dress, with basque and train. WHITE RIVER BRIDGE REPORTED WASHED AWAY Vivian. S. D.. Feb. '—It la report ed that the bridge under construc tion across White river south of this place, near the Anderson ranch, was washed sway when a gorge of ice struck It. The estimate of the loes Is placed at shout $500 and It is further stated that the work has been discontinued until spring. The crossing was being rut In by Lyman and Mellette coun ties. SAY THIS HUSBAND WAS COLD BLOODED Lincoln, Neb., Feb. (Special)— In five year* Harold B. Gr**iam of "imaha made 15,000 out of a $S,900 Investment In the business of manu facturing ice cream, said Mrs Gra ham’s attorneys in supreme court, and in order to deceive his wife and pre vent her from securing adequate support made her believe he was in difficult circumstances, carried the stock and credited the dividends in and to the name of a friend. fhe Factor of Rants. From the Christian Science Monitor. The highly important task under taken by the United States Chamber of Commerce, with the co-operation of Secretary Hoover, to conduct a systematic nation-wide investigation of the reasons for the excessively high cost of distributing commodi ties. will accomplish little more than all its predecessors in the investiga tion field unless it goes into the fun damentals of the problem. That there are too many persons in the line be tween the farmer or manufacturer and the ultimate consumer, each of whom takes some toll for hi* more or less valuable services, has long been well recognised. There has. however, been an inclination 'to avoid discus sion of certain underlying facts, either from lack of knowledge as to their relation to the problem, or from an indisposition to criticise what i« regarded as the firmly established order of things. In the course of the forthcoming Inquiry, it should be possible fear lessly to examine into all the various items that add to distribution costs, and to recommend the adoption of such changes as would seem equit able f\td desirable. One of the fac tors entering into distribution costs is that of the rents of warehouses, storage buildings and retail shops. Whether what is termed "economic rent” enters into the price of goods is an academic question that is not of much importance in this connect ion. What is important is the ques tion of how far the charges of the various "middlemen” are affected by the rentals they must pay for the buildings In which they transact business, and whether It Is possible by the wiser direction of taxation to decrease the burden of rent that now Is carried. Visitors to New York City at any time during the past 40 years have seen in the heart of the city’s . business district two blocks, bounded by Thirty-eighth and Fortieth streets 1 anl Seventh avenue and Broadway, vacant except for some old two-story "taxpayers.” These valuable lots have been held out of use awaiting th‘ coming of some owner of capital who would pay the high rental de manded for this fortunately located pioperty. Quite recently the south west corner of the Thirty-eighth street block was leased for an ag gregate rental of $12,000,000 for a term of 63 years. This means that tn addition to a fair return on the $3, 600,000 which tire building to he erected on the lot will cost, and heavy city taxes, there must come out of the building’s earnings an annual payment of nearly $200,000 for the privilege to ’capital of employing labor to create a great, useful build ing. It might be interesting to Sec retary Hoover to find out where this $200,000 comes from each year, and what the lot owner gives in return for it. Helping Trial Marriages. From the Chicago Journal of Com merce. Not long ago the health commis sioner of Omaha announced himself in favor of a law anulling every mar riage from which no children had been born within a limited period two years, as we recall. Now a bill of that sort, but providing for a three-year trial period, has been in troduced in the Nebraska legisla ture by Representative Robert E. Hines—who. Incidentally, is the youngest member of the 'house; and W'ho, incidentally again, is a bachelor. The Omaha health commissioner, when he made his announcement, de clared that a law of the kind he described would help end childless marriages. Perhaps they would help end marriages of that kind; but would they help start any other kind? Any no-children-no-marriage law would merely give legal sanction to trial marriage. A three-year trial marriage, or a three-year period of free love, would receive the full authority and blessing of the state of Nebraska. Representative Hinee, praising his" bill, declares it would compel the “upper class” to increase their birth rate. It would do nothing of the sort. People who wished a brief and titillating adventure Would marry with the full intention of parting at the end of three years, when the law would annul their trial marriage. And as to people who desired a per manent marriage but did not want children, what would prevent them from re-marrying every three years? Representative Hines’ trial mar riage bill would not compel an in crease in the birthrate of any class. It would merely turn the marriage sacrament into a three-year lease, renewable upon agreement of both parties. Thrifty Dansa. From the Los Angeles Times. An American has recently made an Interesting survey of farm conditions in Denmark. He writes that, though many conditions are unfavorable to successful farming, the Danes hava evolved a system under which they live happily and realise a satisfac tory return for their labor. They, occupy the best of houses themselves and treat their stock equally well. They use every kind of modern labor saving device operated by electricity, have specialised in certain lines and stick close to the text. "They sell practically nothing," says the writer, "except milk, live pigs and eggs, and waste none of their time going to market." Through their co-operative system the milk Is taken to the creamerlee by persons assigned to that duty, and the skimmed milk Is returned to them to be fp4-„ to the pigs. Thi pigs are by tha same sys tem taken to the bacon factories, the hen’s eggs to the packers, and all dtsposad of through ths central agencies. Thslr exports of the three commodities—butter, eggs and bacon —amount to over $200,000,000 an nually. The only other product. It is stated, is sugar beets, a consldarable quantity of which crop Is grown on contract with the sugar factories. Explained. From Life. “Have you noticed how thin Smlthers ha* grown?” “Yes. Hi* wife 1* dieting.” The bell of the Kplscopal church at 'Williamsburg, a., has a legend to ac count for It* *weet tone. The foundry in which the bell was being made in 1761 was situated outside of London. Queen Anne visited there with the Duchess of Marlborough. As the com position was being heated the queen asked if it was possible to add to the sweetness of the ton*. Her majesty was Informed that silver in the metal in the rim of the hell would mellow tl}* tone. She Immediately gave the work men all the sllxer she xxaa wearing and commanded her attendants to do the same. I [fl __ & Pungent Paragraphs A skirt is a garment which always seems to be too long, too short, too tight, or too something.—Kalamazoo Gazette. "There are germs that live on other germs." People are like that, too.—Newark Star Eagle. Probably sausage was chosen at the White House breakfast as Rep resenting all elements.—New York World. The golden wedding is the reward two people get for sticking to gether from dimples to wrinkles.— Illinois State Journal. A Carnegie girl Is to marry a Rockefeller boy. Those landlords having inexpensive apartments to rent to struggling young couples will please take notice.—Lansing State Journal. There are still those old-fashioned people who think It Is too bad when half a dozen or more lives are lost in an avoidable grade crossing accident.—Springfield Union. We are getting so that we cannot see the word liberty without un consciously looking for the word per sonal before it.—Worcester Gazette. When the modern girl kisses, she has to make up again.—Asheville Times. There are only a few Americana who have the grand manner, and they use it as a substitute for brains. —Memphis News Scimitar. But there isn’t as much enjoyment in being naughty as there Is in feel ing superior to naughty people.— Santa Barbara Daily News. Help Meudon Smell Sweet. From the New York World. The voters of Meudon, France, 8,899 in number, went on strike as a protest against the French govern ment’s decision to locate in their town an incinerating plant for the disposal of the rubbish of Paris. The town council had previously signi fied its displeasure by resigning, so the refusal of the voters to vote leaves the place without a local gov- . ernment. V Dear, dear, these childish, lmprac- I tlcal French! How simple their problem seems to us. Obviously, the first thing they should do is to hire a lobbyist and a campaign manager. Next they should eet aside a week, called No-Incinerator Week, to be inaugurated by prayers In all tho churches of France. Then during No-Incinerator Week they should hold a campaign. This should en list the united support of the Meudon Chamber of Commerce, the Meudon Y. M. C. A., the Meudon Retail Merchants' Association, the Meudon Real Estate Board and the Meudon Better Homes Association; and the Meudon Silver Cornet Band should give its services free of charge. As a climax to the campaign there should be a parade, with floats, decorated automobiles, the Meudon Fire De partment and school-children in line, and the school children should carry banners: "Give Us Air,’’ "Burn Your Rubbish Somewhere Else,” "Why Pick on Us?" etc. Then a monster petition to be carried through the streets of Paris on a decorated truck and presented to the Chamber of Deputies by the winner of last year’s All-Meudon Beauty Contest. Finally, taxpayers should apply to the courts for an injunction on the ground that location of the incinerator in Meudon would reduce property values at least 25 per cent. This plan would surely achieve re sults, and we estimate the total cost, Including buttons, flags, hire of hall, traveling expenses, secretarial ex pense. attorneys’ fees and honor arium for the lobbyist, at $9,702. As it happens, this is exactly $1 for every man, woman and child in Meudon (census of 1901). Isn’t this most remarkable? As It Is, the voters have put the town to the ex pense of holding another election, and they will probably be licked In the end. Well, some nations are Just naturally backward, and that is all i there is to it. EARLY DAYS There comes a day between the snow I and flowers, . When the frank earth, returning, brown and bare. Lies drenched with dream through mystical, white hours. Before the tiniest leaf or spear Is there; . It were as though the listening land had heard Incredible tales the roving wind i would tell Of skies that opened for a singing i bird, And fields that were a flowery mlr j ncle. These early days, when changing light and gloom Are on her virgin musings, I have found The earth more lovely then her opu lent bloom; And this hushed, eager watting for | the sound Of far-off bugles and the hidden I drum. More beautiful than flowers when they come. —David Morton, in Scribner's Magazine. A Specialist In Economy. From the Washington Star. I "Are you economizing?" "All 1 know how." answered Senator Sorghum. "I wouldn't dare ask for an Increase of compensation. It Is the recognized duty of the true statesman to make business a* good as possible for everybody except himself.” Marking the beginning of a concerted effort by many of the Nation's promi nent university music departments and conservatories to raise and stabilize standards of musical education, the commission on curricula of the National Association of Schools of Music and Allied Arts will meet on Feb. 2» at the Eastman School of Music of the Uni versity of Rochester, It is anno* need. 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