DISLIKE DIET JUDGE ORDERED Liquor Law Offenders Say Bread and Water Not Enough Lincoln, Neb., Jun( . (Special) —Four men convicted In Tckamah of violations of the liquor law have ap pealed to the supreme court on the ground that part of their sentences by County Judge Chatt that they should spend 40 of the 60 days In jail he gave them on an exclusive diet of bread and water Is violative of the provisions of the state and federal constitutions which prohibits cruel and unusual punishments. They applied to District Judge1 Flt? gornld for release on writs of habeas corpus, claiming that such a diet would Impair their health and expose them to the danger of death. The district court refused their plea, and they are now out e>n bail waiting for the supreme court to pass on the point raised. Judge Chatt ndopted this plan some months ago of dealing with bootleggers, and it has greatly cur tailed the industry in that county. BALK8 AT PAYING GOV. BRYAN’S BILLS Lincoln, Neb., Junv , „ (Special) —Governor McMullen Is holding up a warrant Issued a few days ago by the state auditor to reimburse Fred •Johnson, former lieutenant governor, for his expenses shown he substi tuted for Governor Bryan when the latter was being nominated for vice president at New York and for going to Omaha to represent the state when the Harding funeral train went through. The amount is but $39.84. Governor Bryan would not approve It, and Governor McMullen Is ob jecting to having It charged against his administration and funds. These were the only times Bryan would let Johnson sit In tho seat of power. At other limes when he went away he didn't notify Johnson. HOLD SCHOOL ON IRRIGATION PROJECT Whitney, Neb., Jun^ ' r-What Is said to be the first Irrigation school In Nebraska was held here on June 11 and 12, reported County Agent H. W. Bledorman, who had charge of the arrangements. Instructions and demonstrations governing the hand ling of crops, soli, measuring and distribution of water, and laying out of laterals, were given by specialists In this work. The Whitney Irrigation project, located on the main line of tha Northwestern. halfway between Crawford and Chadron, comprises 10 thousand acres. BREAK VIRGIN S. DAKOTA SOIL Vast Acreage of New Land Being Put To Crops This Year Iicrre, S. D., June (Special) - Reports coming from all sections of the central and western part of the state tell of large amounts of new brenklng going on, large amounts of which are being seeded to flax. In this (Hughes) county It Is estimated by County Agent N. F. Nelson that 80,000 more new acres of prairie are broken or being broken this spring than was broken last spring and that the greater part of It Is being seeded to flax. However, there has been no definite records available on the prairie sod broken and I. D. Aldrich, Immigra tion commissioner, has sent out over 60 letters to correspondents of the department over the state asking for records of tractor sales, new lands broken and the flax acreage. So fur only a few of these corres pondents have reported to date but the records received show large breaking completed or being done. While there is probably a slight over lapping as to acreages where the correspondents are from the seme county still the record can be con sidered quite a fair one, Mr. Aldrich states. From Agar In Sully county the report shows 00 tractors sold from there this spring, 12,000 new acres being broken and 17,000 acres of flax planted. Gnlda, in the same county, report.* 80 tractors sold, 90,000 new acres broken and 48,000 acres planted to flax. Rockhum, on the Faulk-Hand county line, reports 4 tractor^ sold, and 2.000 acres planted to flax. McIntosh, In Corson county, re ports 24 tractors sold, 20,000 acres of prairie broken and 18,000 acres In flax. Harrold, In this county, reports the sale of 75 tractors, 40,000 acres of prairie broken and 40,000 acros of flax. Midland, Haakon ■ county, tells of 12 tractors sold, 8,000 new acres broken, and 3,000 acres to flax. Stamford, in Jackson county, sends In a report of 5 tractors sold, 910 acres new grand broken and 310 acres of flax. County Pioneer Goes To Reward Mrs. Hugh Mitchell Had Lived Near Worthington Since 1862 Worthington, Minn., June (Special)—Mra. Hugh Mitchell, a i evident of Nobles county since 1872. died Wednesday, after an Illness of aeveral months. The funeral will be held FYiday afternoon She waa born in New York state in lilL STANDARD PAYS GASOLINE TAX Turns $59,000 Into Nebras ka Treasury—Shows In crease Over April • Lincoln, Nob., June - (Special* . —The Standard Oil company aent In to the’’state gas tax bureau Tuesday ft check for nearly $59,000, represent ing Its collections for May of the 2-oent tax on gasoline. This Is about $9,000 more than It paid last month, for April sales. This Increase from the largest handler In the state has led Dlreotor Bass to predict that collections for May will total close to $250,000, as compared with $19$, 600 a month ago. The total to date Is around $175,000, but a third of the dealers have yet to report. The 15th Is the last day under the law when these reports nre to be filled, and the bureau, while willing to be leni ent for the first few months, Is get ting ready to exact penalties If prompt compliance is not given in the future. SAYSCOUNTIES PAY TOO MUCH Salaries Based on Federal Census Farm Bureau Man Asserts Lincoln, Neb., June " (Special)— C. B. Steward, secretary of the Ne braska Farm Bureau federation, was it the statehouse trying to set a legal conflagration under a number of j county officials who are enjoying of ficial salaries In excess of what the law allows them, if the federal cen sus of their counties are to be the criterion. In Nebraska salaries of county officials depend on the pop ulation of the county and they in- I ciease with every stepup In popu lation. In the last few years half a dozen boards In counties that were given by the federal census a few hundred fewer Inhabitants than the next step up have increased salaries by adopt ing resolutions to the effect that the population was above that figure. Farmer taxpayers brought injunction suits In Dodge and Buffalo counties, but the supreme court said the boards were acting within their pow ers. The last legislature passed a law making the federal census the only test of a county's population. Mr Steward is now asking the attorney general for a ruling as to whether this law Is retroactive, that Is, j whether, by declaring the federal cen sus to be the measure, all of the salary increases made In recent years by resolution of county boaids are wiped out. PASTOR MAIN FACTOR IN CHURCH IMPROVEMENT Exeter, Neb., June •" , (Special)— i The First Congregational church hero | has been remodeled and enlarged through the efforts of the pastor. Rev. E. A. Bashford, who solicltvfl the funds, directed the construction and did the manual labor on the building. The Blue Valley associa tion of Congregational churches will meet here ns guests of this church at its next meeting. RURAL MAIL CARRIER HELD TO BE INSANE Bloomfield, Neb., June » (Special) —Levi Barber, the mall carrier who tried to commit suicide a couple of weeks ago by stabbing himself with an Ice pick, has been committed to the state hospttal for the Insane at Norfolk, following a hearing and ex amination before the county insanity board. PALL INTO BASEMENT FATAL TO WAUSA WOMAN Wausa, Neb., June - (Special)— While going down the basement stairs of her home, Monday night, Mrs. Melcher Johnson, 65 years old, slipped and fell headlong to the floor, suffering a fracture of the skull, from which she died Tuesday. TOWN OF GORDON TO VOTE SALE OF LIGHT PLANT Gordon. Neb., June » (Special) —The Gordon city council has voted to sell the city water and electric light plant, subject to the approval of the town's voters, at a special election to be held shortly. The Ne braska Electric Power company, represented by A. W. Jones, of Peter son. Ia.. has made an offer of $7 1,600 for the property and Is willing rj ac .eept a franchise to furnish ele trlj current at less than the present r.Ves and water at the rate now In effect. The city council feels that the jest thing to do will be to sell, as this would reduce the city’s bonded In debtedness by $73,000 and reduce the annual tax levy from $10,000 t^ $15, 000. The Nebraska Electric Power company has recently purchased power plants at Loup City. Lexington and Broken Bow, from which points they are furnishing electric power Jo about 30 towns. GAS TAX COLLECTIONS PASS $200,000 MARK Lincoln, Neb., June *■ -More than $20,000 in checks and drafts poured Into the cash drawer of the state gasoline tax bureau Tuesday, thus putting the total collections to date over the $200,000 mark. When busi ness closed Tuesday evening the total was a little less than $208,000, with 38 of the 423 licensed dealers yet to be heard from. No person can sell gasoline and oil unless licensed b* the state, and all of these are re sponsible In the sum of two cents for every gallon of gasoline they sell monthly. 1 Another good test of blood pressure is to have some fellow pay you a. five spot he's been owing you for four years.—Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. Well, those persons who earn their living by ‘‘the sweat of their brow'* ought to be rich these days.—New York World. You can say one thing for Hinden burg’s face. It looks unanimous.— Baltimore Evening Bun. As to the cause of marital spats there Is usually a difference of opin ion.—Fort Worth Star Telegram. Some women are so fond of fiotion that they will even spend their time reading cook books.—Illinois Stats Journal. A speeder locked up these hot days should be permanently cured.—In dianapolis Star. It may be tragic to lose one’s mem ory, but most of us would like to lose part of it.—Reading Tribune. As a rule, people who suffer in silence suffer because they are silent. —Sandusky Register. Mr. Burton seems to have qualified as cViecr leader for the international rooters of Geneva.—Terre Haute Btar. All of us have mortal failings. They nay Nurmi Is running behind ex penses.—Vancouver Bun. Why think war changed Germans? It didn’t change anybody else.—-El mira Advertiser. Supporting Ex-Senators. From the Lincoln Journal. The slowly evolving system of un employment Insurance for disem ployed United States senators has made great headway lately. Lika most new social Institutions, the growth Is indirect. Instead of being granted a pension, the ex-senator may be appointed, as former Senator McCumber has Just now been, to the International boundary commis sion. The function of this body is to handle Canadian boundary disputes, of which there are none Nowadays, Senator Dial of South Carolina lost his senatorial job with the com ing of last March. His unemploy ment Insurance is being collected at the rate of $1,000 a month as a mem* her of one more Muscle Shoals com mission. Senator P .ndexter of Washington became an ex-senator two years ago. He has been pen sioned as ambassador to the com fortable plateaus of Peru. We might extend the list Indefinitely. The irreverent call this senatorial pension system the lame duck sys tem. They mean by that that It Is a way of taking oare of senators who stand by the organization In the Senate at cost of their political lives at home. This Is indeed Its dominant aspect now'. Irregular senators are not thus far taken care of In their unofficial old age. Nor are minority senators unless, as happened In the caso of Senator Dial, they are at some point In the lame duck session In position to exact such consideration. Senatorial pensions now go, It is trus, by favor not by right. The rest, we may be assured, however, will evolve In due time. Why shouldn’t It? Old age pensions are on their way everywhere. Rail roads now’ pension their employes out of service. Federal judges and army officers are pensioned in their retirement. Men who serve In our wars are pensioned In their old age. Why not senators? Why not every body? Who Knows the Law? From The Oklahoman. If It Is impossible for governors of states and attorneys general of states to know the laws of their states, how Is it possible for them to enforce these laws? Moreover, how can it be possible for the aver age citizen to know the laws? Recently a newspaper syndicate asked the governors of 48 states how many laws are in effect in their respective jurisdictions. Almost unanimously the answer came back, “We don’t know.” The same question was pro pounded to the mayors of 50 of th« largest American cities. The answer was the same. The samo syndicate made a thor ough searoh of federal records to ascertain bow many federal laws ara In effect: all It learned was that there Is no Information available as to tha number of federal laws now In effect. The attorney general of a great American state wrote: “I cannot ad vise you as to the exact number of laws In effect In this state.” "How many laws have you in your Jurisdiction?” Is the solemn question sent forth snd here Is the serious answer: “We don’t know how many laws we must enforce, we can only guess as to the number of laws in effect; to much law Is upsetting business; we have too many tax laws; a policeman Is expected to know 26,000,000 laws. No man born of woman lives long enough to learn the laws he must obey. Since the first day of 1925 we have seen 12,000 new state laws en acted. We have seen 60,000 new city ordinances enacted since New Year’s, We now have at least 600,000 state laws In effect. We have at least 6,000,000 city ordinances On top of all we have at least 10,000 operative federal statutes and we have 200, 000 lawmakers constantly grlrdlng out more laws. Why Kill Coyotes? W. H. Fletcher, of Brant, Alberta, lias written the department of agri culture of the Canadian province that far from ©ncuraglng slaughter of coyotes, which has long been a pro vincial policy, the killing of one of these animals should be made >a crime. He explained that Jackrabblts, by consuming crops and damaging trees, had become a scourge to farm ers. He expressed belief that coyotes had formerly kept down the number f rabbits. Fletcher predicted that If coytes were not permitted to prey upon rabbits, the latter would be come such an evil as they did in Australia. His Status From the Kansas Cu< Star. ‘*He does not seem to know hie owl mind.” "Oh, well, he sustains little loss.” re plied old Festus Pester. "A mind llkt hts is not worth getting acquaints 4 with.” _ _ _ In a study of the retail meat business, the United States department of ag riculture found that of the average con sumer's dollar received by the retailer, the meat costs 716 cents, the retailer’s expenses were 19.7 cents, and the profll was 1.7 cents. When a reasonable wags Is allowed for the proprietor of the business It Is hardly possible to show a I profit on a yearly volume of Bales (Special) Considerable agitation by a number of individuals and organizations hero who are interested in civic improve ment and social welfare has resulted in tentative plans for one of the big gest projects of Us kind for a town of this size in northeast Nebraska, which is the building of a large swimming pool with dressing houses and lockers to be located In the city park. A large part of the funds will be obtained from the business men and the farmers In the surrounding coun try who have agreed to stand back of the project In a financial way. The cost of the pool has not been stated but the size has been de signated as fiO x 100 feet, having a graduated depth of one to 10 feet. Aeeordlng to the present plan the pool will be completed this summer. PARKER MAN TAKES OVER WOLSEY PAPER Wolsey, S. D., Juno (Special)— A deal has been consummated where by Lynn A. Mason, of Parker, S. D.. has become the owner and editor of the Wolsey Herald. With the last issue of the Herald, H. E. Barnes, for many years con nected with the newspaper, severed his connection. COUNCIL BLUFFS GETS INTO FORTY THOUSAND CLASS Council Bluffs, la., June » (I. N. S.)—The population of Council Bluffs has increased to 40,620 ac cording to the census report mado public today by the county assessor. This w’asuan Increase of 11 per cent, since 15*21). WALTON LEAGUES PLAN LAKE NEAR BLOOMFIELD Bloomfield, Neb., June N (Spe cial)—The local Izaak Walton league Is planning to lease a tract of S-»nd about five miles southwest of here for the purpose of making an artificial lake. Plans include the damming of the Bazile creek and the installation of a windmill and deep well to furnish the water. The loca tion selected Is an ideal one and the proposed lake will cover about S6 acres. AGED BROTHERS IN LEGAL TILT Settlement of Estate of An* other Gets into Court at Omaha, Neb. Omaha, Neb., June —Three brothers, all more than 60 years old, are waging a bitter legal battle In District Judge Hastings’ court over the $500,000 estate left them by a fourth brother, the late James W. Mtfrphy, of which the eldest broth er, Matthew J. Muhphy, 71 years old, of Pasadena, Cal., says he was fraudulently deprived of $125,000. Matthew Murphy is suing Joseph F. 55, real estate man, and John A. Murphy, 51, commission man, al leging they misrepresented to him that he had been omitted from a purported will of the deceased brother, and had persuaded him to settle his claim for $50,000 on the day James W. Murphy was burled. Matthew claims his brother left no will but that his brothers showed him a slip of paper which they said was the will. "They said $50,000 would be a fair share,” he said, “and I trusted them, not knowing how much Jim left.” A newspaper clipping, giving the appraisal of the estate, sent to him by a friend, gave him his first suspicions, he said. The brothers defend the pay ment on the ground that the settle ment was made on the commane of James W. who they said, left considerable money to charitable institutions. REGENTS MAKE BUILDING PLANS eancom, rxeD., June > __ (Special)— The state university regents have decided upon a building program for the next two years that will con sume the $900,000 appropriated by the last legislature for the biennium. The largest slice of it, $350,000, will be expended in building a new museum, to be known as "Morrill Hall," in honor of C. H. Morrill, for mer regent and a man who has aided greatly in the past in develop ing the museum. The agricultural college is to get $150,000 for build ing purposes at Lincoln and $25,000 for expenditures at the school of agriculture at Curtis. Fifty thous and will bo set aside to buy a sit* for the proposed dormitories for wo men students, and the remainder will be used for building repairs arjl emergencies. In addition to these buildings the athletic association, from funds ac cumulated largely from football games and with money to be secured from the sale of bonds, will expand $250,000 in erecting an auditorium that will seat seven or eight thous and persons, be available for com mencements, big civic events, uni versity dances and indoor sport meets. FORECLOSURE SALE OF RANCH NOT CONFIRMED Valentine, Neb., June . (Special) —The recent foreclosure sale of the Spade ranch failed of confirmation at a hearing before Judge Westover here. It will again be advertised and sold. The land sold consisted of 22,000 acres, mostly hay land and widely scattered. The court’s order means it will be split into parcels of 160 to 1,400 acres. This will give smaller ranchers an opportunity to make bids on land adjoining their holdings. The sale will probably take place in about two months. HAS LIVED 69 YEARS IN DIXON COUNTY. Ponca, Neb., Juno " —At the age of 74 yearn, Thom is Denlln, of this place, looks back over 69 years of continuous residence In Dixon coun ty. He probably has lived the longest in the county. Mr. Donltn Journeyed with his parents and brothers ond sisters from Powesheik county, la , in June, 1856, to Sioux City. There they stopped for a week . Mr. Donlin says that immigrants were just beginning to arrive and several families were living in tents. From Sioux City the family trav eled by covered wagon and ox teams to a place a short distanct south of Martinsburg, Neb. They were fer ried across the Missouri river in a small flatboat, manned by two rowers, one handling the rudder. Mr. Donlin’s father at once erected a three-room log house for his family, and this was their home for years. Mr. Donlin’s brother, William, was the first white child born in Dixon county. THROWN FROM MULE, INJURIES CAUSE DEATH Alliance, Neb., June (A. P.)— Fay Coppersmith, 20 years old, of Hyannis, one of the best known riders in western Nebraska, is dead from injuries suffered when he was thrown from a mule. His injuries were aggravated by pneumonia. MANY FARMERS HAVE ELECTRICITY IN HOME8 Hartington, Neb., June (Spe cial)—Out of every seven farms in Cedar county, one has electric service of some sort, according to recent statistics. About 300 farms in the county have their own light ing plants. There are 1,104 farms in the county and 124,417 in Nebraska. Only 12,062 of those in the state have electric equipment. It is said that 87.8 per cent, ol farm homes in the state have tele phone service and 76.6 automobiles SHOW FAVOR TO' GRAIN COMPANY Nebraska Securities Bureau Inclined To Let Stock Sales Proceed Lincoln, Neb., June-, , ^Special)— The state bureau of securities does not Present a sympathetic front to the effort being made to hamstring the Chicago Grain Marketing associ ation by cutting off its permit to sell stock In Nebraska. Chief Oral* says that no attention will be paUt to that part of the Shorthill com plaint that asks that the company be ordered to stop selltng stock in the state until the matter is decided. Mr. Craig says the presumption is in favor of the regularity of tbo Permit, and that no interference is likely. There will be no hearing until lat* in July. The grain company has been given the usual 30 days to make re ply after having heen served with a copy of the complaint. Meanwhile the attorney general will look over the cgmpiaint to see if It is in due legal forms and whether it states any cause of action. It is pointed out that part of it represents Mr. Shorthill's opinion of the soundness of the company’s prop osition, and that the only legal question he raises, whether It can sell non-voting sJ.ock in Nebraska, has already been decided by the bur eau, when it issued the permit. At tacks on the administration by th* grain dealers because it issued the permit has caused a reaction favor able to the grain company, which ia trying to put into Practical form tha oft-repeated advice that the farmers handle their own marketing. STATE HAIL INSURANCE PATRONAGE FALLS OFF Lincoln, Neb., June (Special)— Nebraska crop growers have patron ized the state hail Insurance depart ment so far this year to the extent of but $20,000, or less than half the coverage taken out this time a year ago. The state law limits the losse* paid t& those buying state hail cov erage to the amount of the fund col lected, and if that 1b not sufficient to meet all claims the latter are cut to correspond. For the last two years the state has Paid only part of the losses, and this fact has made It un popular, since many patrons found out they would have been better off to have patronized the private com panies with their higher rates. MUCH HIGHWAY WORK . IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION Madison, Neb., Juno v (Special) —The Meridian highway between Norfolk and Columbus will be grav elled the entire length by this fail. The ungravellel links in that high way are now undergoing construction and within a few months the road will be gravelled the entire distance. This roryd connects east and west with the Lincoln highway at Colum bus. Work has begun on a gravel project on the Black Hills-Sioux trail, the logical auto route to the east from Norfolk and county commis sioners here Predict that this road will be gravelled all the way from Norfolk to Fremont by January 1, connecting with the pavement at Fremont. Work begun this week on a gravel project between Norfolk and Pierce. It is expected that wiihiri a short time this road will be gravelled to Yankton to connect with the new Missouri river bridge at the latter place. CREIGHTON, NEB., PAIR MARRIED 57 YEARS AGO Creighton, Neb., June (Special) —Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klosner, Sr., celebrated their 55th wedding anni versary here. They were married at Quincy, 111., June 9, 1870. TOWN OF ALLEN, NEB., ERECT8 A BEACON LIGHT Allen, Neb., June' (Special)—A huge electric light has been placed at the top of the standpipe so that at night It can be seen for miles in every direction, lighting the way to Allen. MANY NORFOLKERS ARE TAKING SWIMMING LESSONS Norfolk, Neb.. June . .(Special)— About 300 Norfolk men and boys are swimming in the pool of the local Y. M. C. A., daily. The swimming class attendance has become so large that shifts of the swimmers are be-, ing made and as a result a movement has started to enlarge the pool. DANCE HALL MUST REMAIN CLOSED NOW Norfolk, Neb., June (Special)— District Judge Chase has issued a restraining arder prohibiting the holdings of dances at Dreamland dance hall which is located five miles south of Norfolk. The order was is* sued following application made by the county attorney who charges that Sunday night dances are being held at the place and that dances are held there without police protection. GIRLS’ CLUBS TO PUT ON COUNTY RALLY Primghar, la., June (Special)— Tl»e girls' clubs of O'Brien county are planning a county rally day to be held at the county farm, Tues day. A program put on by the various clubs and picnic dinner will furnish the day’s entertainment. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION TO BE IN ENGLI8H Norfolk, Neb., June \ _ .(Speoial)— Because of gradual and voluntary change to the use of English in place of German in the German Lutheran churches and parochial schools, the proposal was made at the pastoral conference that the District Mes senger. the official publication of the district be published monthly here after, one issue in English and th» other in German. The Rev. M. E. Mayer, of Norfolk, one of the edit on* mads the proposal at the conference.