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CATTLE TESTS WILL PROCEED Nebraska Secretary of Agri culture Says Omaha De cision Technical Lincoln, Neb., v —Secretary McLaughlin, of the department o! agriculture, aaya that testing fo» bovine tuberculosis in Douglas coun ty will proceed, even though the county Judge ruled that the law wa* not in force in that county because the evidence did not shovr It had been petitioned for by the legal num ber. Mr. McLaughlin says that 90 per cent, of the cattle in the county have already been tested. He added that In his opinion the court decision was technical, and that that techni cality will he at once made ineffec tive by the filling of a new affidavit of the county assessor in which the percentage of signers will be de finitely sworn to. An Injunction suit Is threatened. Mr. McLaughlin says that if the people generally could have seen the Interior of udders found In reactors In a dairy herd, the drinking of milk In that neighborhood would cease. He adds that owners of diseased cattle who resist tholr being picked out and destroyed will some day fintf their worde herds worthless. HARBBLOWAT CATTLE TESTS County Judge at Omaha Re leases Man Charged With Resisting The Work Omaha, Neb., v f 4—County Judge Crawford gave a body blow to the slate law as administered to giv ing the tuberculin test to cattle In Dougins county. The court freed John Burke, Klk horn farmer, accused of Interfering with cattle tuberculin tests by eject ing Dr. Clark H. Hays, chief of tho state department o' animal Industry, front his farm June 29. The Judge held that insufficient evidence had been introduced by the prosecution to prove that the testing law was valid in Douglas county. Arthur K. Mullen, who conducted the case for Burke, says the decision makes the law a dead letter all over the state unless the cumbersome pro cedure provided in the statutes for putting the law In force Is compiled with. , "■! Ml I I NO STATE HEARINGS ON RAH- RAVE CASES Unrein, Neb., (Bpeclni)— Chairman Browne ox’ tho state rail way commission does not anticipate that it will be necessary to hold any hearings, on tbei'applications of the Burlington, Northwestern rind Union Pacific for an increase In intrastate rates along with increases In inter state rates. M»v ’Browne rays the federal commission is seeking the closest co-operation with tho state commissions in the general revision of freight rates, and that the testi mony taken at the federal hearings which start In Chicago In September next will be applicable to both situa tions. The Nebraska commission’s rate expert, U. G. Powell, Is one of three selected by the state commis sions to co-operate with the rate experts of the federal commission. The annual reports on file with the commission do not lndlci,te that the Burlington and Union Pacific suffered much last year. The former paid 8 and the latter 10 per cent, dividends, while the Northwestern failed to earn Its dividend, but paid it out of sur plus. The railroad men say that the business this year has fallen much below that of 1924. The commissioners of Nebraska are on record as Insisting that In tne revision of rates the schedule on agri cultural products shall he on the basis of ability to pay and that In turn based on the relative returns on crops as compared with the prices of goods TOWN WANTS LIGHT, MUST PAY LINE COST Lincoln, Neb., 4 (Special)— If the village of Cotesfield In How ard county wants to get current by way of the transmission line that now ends at the neighboring town of Klta it will have to put up $?,000 to the latter for the privilege of con necting with tlte line at Klba. The Klbaltes paid Far well $2,850 for the privilege of hooking on a line they had built from Klba to Fnrwell, con nection being made at tlie latter plare, and demanded $2,000 from Cotesfield when it desired to make a conn*ctlou with this line at Klba. Cotesfield objected, but the state railway commission, the arbiter of such differences, under the stale law, says it is a reasonable amount. The controversy lias been one of long standing, nnd Involved disputes also os to the rights of villages in trans mission lines they have built and their right to demand that other towns that desire to hook on pay part of the original cost of the lines COUNTY AGENTS OF NEBRASKA ON OUTING Chadron, Neb., N .The county agents of 18 counties in Ne braska, accompanied by their fami lies, will camp in the Nebraska state park, while on their joint vacation trip through northwest Nebraska and South Dakota to the Black Hills. It Is planned so that those who ar rive In Chadron may make a trip through the Whitney irrigation pro ject. This project was completed last summer, and at the presen' time has 10,000 acres of land under the ditches. SLAYER GIVEN S FREEDOM Superintendent of Hospital for Insane Says Schuer man New All Right Lincoln, Neb., J . (Special)— Under a law which gives hlrn dis cretionary power, superintendent D. G. Griffiths of the state hospital for the Insane at Uncoln, has parolled Kdwnrd Schuennsn, who last Octo ber shot and killed George Rhelnmll ler whom he accused of debauching hts wife and ruining his home. Schuerman was tried on a charge of homicide, and <he Jury found him to have been Insane at the time of the killing. He was committed to the asylum but sought release on writ of habeas corpus- The district court denied him relief, and the su preme court sustained this decision. Superintendent Griffith said he be lieved Schuerman to be entirely sane, but requires him to report monthly at the asylum for examination. DOCTORS' B ILLS ARE CUT DOWN Compensation Commissioner Asserts Charges Out of' Reason Lincoln, Neb., ^ ^ (Special)— Compensation Commissioner Ken nedy has adopted a policy of cutting doctor’s bill to tbe bone, contend ing that these are being boosted to figures beyond the value of the ser vices because some Insurance com pany must pay them. The bill of Drs. Crawford nnd Bory, of Rush ville, who operated on Tim O’Connor for hernia was $424.35, and the com missioner cut it to $140. He said this was a reasonable fee. The same doctors suffered a cut from $154 to $100 in another bill. In this they had charged $3 for each of 21 visits to a man suffering from a muscle Infec tion. MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT PHONE RATES Lincoln, Neb., [Special)— Complaints are poHrlng into the office of the state railway commis sion over the new schedule of rates of the Northwestern Bell Telephone company which were put Into effect, July 1. In spite of the fact that the commission had reduced the rates by an order issued two years ago and had been defeated In the courts by the company, most of the corre spondents blame the raise on the commission, nnd enter a vigorous protest against .this . supposed order. Commissioners urc kept ousy writ ing replies that the commission is guiltless, and now has its hands tied from any Interference by a court in junction. The complainants say that rates have been increased froth 15 to 40 per cent. The enmmlsion Is being importuned Jo entertain complaints as to Invidual exchange rate schedules, but is advising that until the new rates have had a tryout nnd It can be ascertained wliat revenues they are producing it is useless to do anything. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TAKE IN BIG CLASS TTartlngton, Neb., . (Special) —More than 30 candidates from here nnd other parts of Cedar county, which is about the usual size of the class, were received into the mem bership of the local organization of the Knights of Columbus at Its eightlicenth annual Initiation service held here. Clmilar services have been held here every year since 1907, two classes being Initiated one year. The local organization now numbers ovet 300 memberr. Visiting representa tives nnd teams were la attendance at tlie initiation, Including District Deputy H. .1. Renrdson of O'Neill, who took part in the. service. The class marched from tli" hall to the church in ^ body and uf*er the work was compleied the annual banquet was served in the hall, MAKES DISCOVERING BUT LOSES HIS HAND Ord. Neb, *-An explosion, heard two blocks away, sent neigh born niching to the home of Dis trict Judge Clement whore, In an Improvised laboratory, ltex Jewett, 16 years old, had been experiment ing with some chemicals to be used In a Fourth of July celebration. "Don't disturb anything In the laboratory; 1 have made a great dis covery,” was one of the first state ments the hoy made when rescuers reached him and found one of his hands so badly mangled it bad to be amputated above Hie wrjs't. He said he had noticed a strange action of the chemical and was about to throw the container out when the explosion occurred. The boy Is a high school Junior. - . - <*■ m — The number of boy babies born In the world is estimated to be slightly In excess of the number of girl babies. The ratio varies from 103 to 107 to 100. START SEARCH FOR MISSING SO. DAKOTAN Edgemont, S. D, J ; #-Hlood hounds have been put cm the trail of Addison K. Starner, a farmer living 12 miles west of Edgemont, whose disappearance June 26 has caused neighbors to organise searching parties. The American Legion Is assisting. Significance Is placed on the fact that Mr. Starner was troubled about approaching deafness and the fact that hie rifle is missing. A small amount of money and a few personal belongings were left cn the table. NEW SCHEDULE NOW PROPOSED Nebraska Rail Board Gives Bell Company Right To Make Offer Lincoln, Neb., „ '(Special)— * « The state railway coirnnisston has given the Northwestern Bell Tele phone company authority to offer an alternative message rate to some 50 towns In the state that have hitherto been given service In a zone of two or more towns. Under the company’s own schedule, which the federal court allowed to be put Into effect, these towns will have the choice of staying In the zone and paying the higher rate or taking service from the local exchange and paying a message toll rate of five cents to the towns now In the zone. This rate, under auth ority of the order just issued is cut from 10 cents to 5 cents, but Covers only station to station calls. The following towns In northeast ern Nebraska are affected, Allen, and Waterbury, Belgrade and Cedar Rapids, Bristow and Spencer, Bristow and Lynch, Cornlea and Humphrey, Cornlea and Lindsay, Cornlea and St. Bernard, Creston and Humphrey and Lindsay, Humphrey and St. Bernard, Primrose and Cedar Rapids, Primrose and Spalding, Rogers and Schuyler, ROAD RESISTS BOARD’S ORDER Cedar County Farmer's De mand for Crossing Goes to Supreme Court Lincoln, Neb., (Special)— The Omaha railroad company has gone Into supreme court to find out If It must-spend at least $700 In gtv. Ing August Holmberg, a (’edar coun ty farmer, living near Laurel, an underground crossing so that he ma>» drlve his cattle to and from their pasture on the other side of its track s. Three years ago Holmberg asked for a crossing, and Commissioner Cook, then a member, went up and looked the matter over. He reported adversely, and the request was de nied. Later Holmberg changed the layout of his lands so that what was once a hay meadow has now become his only pasture, and Commissioner Randall, who looked It over, ordered the coimiany to nut a crossing in, Holmbe^c to pay part of the cost. The company claims that the com mission lost Jurisdiction after it turned the request down once, and that all the questions at issue have been fully adjudicated. The com mission says that changed conditions Justify the order. - WANTS SCHOOLS TO OPEN AFTER STATE FAIR Lincoln, Neb., ' -State Super intendent Matzen Is sending out a recommendation to the school ooards in districts within driving distance of Lincoln that they do not start win ter school until after the state fair has ended. The educational exhibits at the fair are growing in number and interest, and Mr. Matzen says that these are valuable in teaching children what can be done by giv ing them marks to shoot at. It is planned to keep buildings with ex hibits open until 9:30 p. *"V, and have them lighted and properly at tended to. Schools in Lincoln and vicinity have for years followed the practice of opening schools the week rfter the fair, and Mr. Matzen says 11 at September 13, this year, will enahle all schools to get through with their nine months by June 1. BABY BEEF CLUB MEMBERS ON TOUR Dakota City, • , 1 V "Tlie Dakota County Batyy Beef club con ducted an auto tour of its members and parents of the members last week. All of the calves were seen At the C. C. Beermann farm some time was spent In judging baby beeves. The tour was closed with a basket dinner at tire A. R. Coughtry home. BUS LINE APPLICATIONS UNDER CONSIDERATION Yankton, S. D., ' Special) — The entire matter ot applications of bus men operating between Yankton and Mitchell and Yankton and Platte has been taken to Pierre for consider ation by the railroad commission as a body. The bus line c^ses were given final hearing here Monday before J. W. Raish, railroad commissioner. PRECIPITATION WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMA.. Yankton, S. D., ' t (Special) — Rainfall here in June totalled 4.31 Inches, little more than the normal amount of precipitation for the month, according to data compiled by U. S. Observer W. H. Fallon. The highest temperature for the month was 93 degrees, and the lowest 50 degrees. PROTEST AGAINST TAKING OFF STATION AGENT Lincoln, N'eb.. ' m (Special)— Patrons of the Burlington at Orella, the last station on the Billings line, entered a rigorous protest to the state railway commission over b?lng deprived of an agent and a caretaker substituted. They say that ranchmen are the principal patrons and they would be sadly Inconvenienced by any •uch change. They say that the rev enues for the last two years should not be considered, as there has been 4 drought In tbat section. I Chinese Riots rr -. " "H /VV)S, &ovc GEN-.TSXTfi VU-HSiANG LOcfo: G,ENi CHANG ’XS'O-JyliT General Chang Tso-Lln and Gen eral Feng Yo-Hslang, commanders of two Chinese armies, are said to be in sympathy with the demon strations by Chinese students in Canton, which have caused foreign legations great alarm. NICE INCREASE IN VALUATIONS Assessor of Cedar County Makes Report on Prop erties Listed Hartington, Neb., x (Special) Sixty million dollars is the valuation placed on Cedar county properly this year by County Assessor Forinash. Intangibles are placed at over $2,000, 000. Class A property, comprising cash, totals $1,304,620, being turned In on 840 schedules. Class U property, including notes, mortgages, etc., on E26 schedules, is valued at $819,603. Rands of the county, and their im provements, are placed as $43,158,665. Tills is an Increase of about $50,000 over 1924. Town lots and improve ments are placed at $3,611,515, an Increase of $20,000 over last year. Automobiles total 3,613; boats, 13; watches and clocks, 1,986; jewelry and diamonds, $11,651. Only 98 cam eras and kodaks are listed. Radios listed number 412; pianos, 1,095; or gans and other musical instruments, 195, and phonographs, 714. Fewer cattle, horses, mules and hogs are listed than a year ago. The cattle, numbering 50,432, are worth $1,740,830; 13,073 horses, worth $843, 540; 1,119 mules, $79,865; 96,608 hogs, $1,019,860. County farm machinery is listed as worth $734,265. Tractors number 395 and threshing machines, 188. PUTTING UP FIGHT AGAINST BARBERRY Htjrtlngton, Neb., _ # (Special) —Nine agents of the United States department of agriculture are making a farm-to-farm survey of Cedar county, in an effort to eradicate the common barberry plant. P. W. Rohr baugh of Lincoln is in charge. When a similar survey was made two years ago in the county, 13,511 barberry bushes were found on 122 properties. Over 5,000 of the plants were grow ing wild. OFFER BOUNTY FOR CROWS IN KNOX COUNTY Bloomfield, Neb., * (Special) : —A bounty of 10 cents for each crow killed in the county is offered by the Knox county supervisors. At least ten crows must bo presented at a time, to secure the bounty. Five hundred dollars have been set aside for tiie bounty fund. MISER IS DEAD AT HOME IN REMBRANDT Alta, la.. , —II<«ns Johnson, a pioneer of J'.uer.a Vista county. Is dead at his home at Rembrandt. He was 76 years of age, and figured three years ago in an attempted rob bery, wherein he and his wife were tied up and tortured by robbers In order to compel them to tell the hid ing place of their wealth. At the last term of court in this county, Johnson's wife obtained a di vorce from him on the ground of ex treme cruelty and a cash settlement if $18,000 was paid to the wife. Johnson accumulated about $50 000 worth of property through extreme parsimony, which will go to Indirect hciitc as he leaves no Immediate rel ••tives and had no children. -.10V« BOULEVARD LIGHTS FOR ELK POINT STREET EKk Point, S. D., (Special)— Thirteen electroliers ta'complete the "White Way" n jw installed on the Main street of this city have bees ordered and will soon be set up on the now boulevards leading east of the city limits. The new lamps when installed will provide this city one of the best lighted main s'-eets, to be found anywhere. , Dentil service for Eskimo and Indian children living in scattered villages of Alaska has been started by the gov ernment. BIG SLUMP IN REALTY VALUES Assessments in 41 Nebraska Counties Drop $9,000,000 Lincoln, Neb., , _ (Special)—A Mg drop In the assessed values •>? property In Nebraska Is Indicated by the returns from 41 counties now ii» the hands of the state tax commis sioner. These do not include Douglas and Lancaster, which usually show considerable Increases, but the drop Is over $9,000,000 from last year. The 41 counties report a total valu ation of $1,"59,000, as compared with $1,850,000,000 for the same counties a year ago. Intangible property totals $49,000, 000 which Is $8,000,000 moro than a year ago, but as the rate was re duced last legislative session, the revenue will not be Increased from this source. Farm lands have shown the great est slump In values. This does not reflect a rtel decrease in values for «5>le purposes, but a belief that the assessments have been too high in proportion to the figures fixed when the lands wore at peak values. AFFAIRS OF OLD GOLD BANK ARE CLOSED Lincoln, Neb., \_, (Special)— The state guaranty fund commission has administered the choloroform to the Old Gold bank of Taylor, Loup county, after having it in charge for 18 months. The commission put $11, 000 cash into the bank in the hope of saving it. The $64,000 of deposits in it have been turned over to the Bank of Taylor, and while the owners lose all they had invested the fund comes out of it at a cost of $1,662 for liquidation, a sample of the savings by the mt thod of nursing banks along until they can be wound up. The bank losses were lm bad loans. The $103,000 worth of notes on hand are estimated to be worth only $6,700. MAY SUE AREO CLUB FOR ITS FAILURE Walthlll, Neb., __-(Special)— The farmTuireau Fourth of July cele bration committee is ready to do battle over the failure of the Inter state Aero Club to show up at the celebration on the Winnebago Pow wow grounds. Consultation was held by the com mittee and E. W. ftosslter, general chairman of the committee, was authorized to take up the matter with the club and in event that no sat!irac*. iy settlement Le made he was authorized to bring suit for dam ages. Ti e committee claims that its contract with the club was specific and that there was no excuse for lb ? Lull re tc appear. WOULD ELIMINATE BAD GRADE CROSSING Hartington, Neb.. , (Special) —Tlic question of an overhead bridge at Fordyce, which will eliminate the dangers of a bad curve of the rail road as it crosses the highway, which has been hanging fire for a year or two, has been revived again by the circulation of a petition asking that steps be taken Immediately to have the viaduct built. The petition which carries about 500 names will be pre sented to the county board at its next meeting and the board will send a representative to Lincoln to con fer with the state railway commis sion. A number of bad accidents have occurred at this crossing. NEGRO IN PENITENTIARY FOR SAFE KEEPING Lincoln, Neb., _ (Special) — Five days after die had been dis charged from the state penitentiary where he had served five years for attempted criminal assault on a child, Ivan Johnson, negro, landed In his old cell, being brought here from Omaha for safe keeping. In the five days of liberty the negro has been accused by five different white wo men of attempts at «Csault. Learn ing that a lynching party was being formed, the officials hurried the man here. IS ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF FORGERY Hartington, Neb., > (Special) —After receiving a telegram from authorities in Colorado, Peter Clar ence, sheriff of Cedar county, went to Coleridge and took into custody a young man named Chris Graham on a charge of forgery. FIND THE BODY OF UNIDENTIFIED GIRL Plattsmouth, Neb., > —The unidentified body of ,a girl, dressed in overalls, was taken from the Mis souri river here by a fisherman. It was badly decomposed. The girl had been about five feet tall and slender. There was no clue to her identity. HOME ECONOMICS AGENT’S EXPENSE TO BE PAID Yankton, S. I)., ' (Special)— Yankton county commissioners this week voted money for the expense of a home economics extension agent to co-operate with women’s and girls' sewing and cooking clubs in the c< unty. There are 25 women’s clubs with a membership totaling 427. There are eight girls’ clubs, having a total membership of VI. GRADUATE NURSES AT PONCA SOCIAL AFFAIR Ponca, Neb., .. .* „ (Special) Mrs. P. F. Verzani entertained at a 6:30 dinner last evening in honor of Mrs. Ernest Podoll, of Pocatello, Idaho. The out of town guests were Mrs. George Mn.ttison, Dr. and Mrs. Lumphere, of Akron la., and Miss Leona Asbury, of AVynot, Neb. Fol lowing the dinner progressive five hundred was played. Meadaines Podoll, Mattlson. Lamphere, Verzani and Miss Asbury are graduates ot the nurses' training school at St. Joseph hospital, at Sioux City j SHIPPERS GAIN THEIR OBJECT Nebraska Roads Must Sup ply Partitions in Cars for Mixed Loads Lincoln, Neb., f , (Special)— After September 1, all railroad* In the state will be required to furnish to live stock shippers who desire to make mixed shipments within the state the necessary gates or parti tions at a cost of $1 each. The order of the state railway commission. Is sued at the request of the Nebraska Farm Bureau federation, makes this an experiment for a year. The tariff requires these partitions where the live stock in a car are of different species, and heretofore the shippers have been furnishing them. These could be used only once and were never returned to the shipper. The federation contended that as the railroads required their use they ought to furnish them. The commissioners, however, were of the opinion that a nominal charge sufficient to pay for the cost and depreciation ought to be made that would still cost the shipper less than It now costs him to make his own partitions. Half a dozen designs were submitted, costing from $2.17 to $14.26 each, but the commission adopted none, being of the opinion that It would be better for the rail roads to experiment and see which one Is best fitted for the purpose. The order directs the carriers to construct an adequate supply of gates that shall be not less than 60 Inches high to the top of the top crossbar and with spaces between the floor ar.d lowest crossbar and be tween the three lowest crossbars of five Inches. They are to be con structed so as to be separable from the ear, and may be held In place by wires or chains. A shipper desiring these must notify the local agent three days in advance. GRAIN MARKETING PLAN ABANDONED IN NEBRASKA Lincoln, Neb., * . , (Special) Officers of the Chicago Grain Mar keting company in Nebraska, where a stock celling compaign has been in progress for two months, said that they had received orders from head quarters to withdraw’ their sales men. and this had been done. The state bureau of securities is slated to hear a protest against the company being allowed to sell stock in the state July 15. The complaint was filed by .T. AT. Shorthill, representing a farmers’ elevator co-operative as sociation. Tlie action of the com pany was not determined by this fact, hut is understood to be the re sult of a change of plan nationally. The hearing probably will be indefi nitely postponed. PONCA’S CELEBRATION WAS GREAT SUCCESS Ponca, Neb., i ' .One of tho largest crowds, estimated about 4,000 people, celebrated the Fourth in Ponca, and in view of the fact that the day was ideal, the program came up to all expectations. No accidents marks it as a successful celebration. In addition to the program lined up by Ponca, 50 cars of boosters for the Dixon county fair from Concord came, and besides making an appro priate announcement had their band favor Ponca and its visitors with some good music. HARTINGTON WOMAN NOT IN THE TROUBLE ZONE Hartlngton, Neb., t (Special) In answer to numerous inquiries made regarding the safety of Miss Helen Hieb, daughter of Uev. and Mrs. Louis Hieb, her father states that she is located about half way between the two points which have figured prominently in the recent dispatches, Shanghai and Canton, and is not considered to be in grave dan ger. Miss Hieb sailed for China Iasi year taking up work at Foochow un der the direction of the American board of the Congregational church as one of its foreign secretaries. Foo chow is about 2B0 miles south of Shanghai and is not considered to be suoh a hotbed of antagonism as the other two places where threaten ing dangers to foreigners have caused much alarm to people in this country who have relatives and friends in those cities. TO MAKE SCIENTIFIC SEARCH FOR OIL Lincoln, Neb., L (Special) — Dr. George E. Condra, of the stato soil survey, will head a group of geologists and hydrographic engine ers- two of whom are from V'ale uni versity, who will devote the next two months to a close study of formati ons in southeastern Nebraska and eastern Kansas »n an effort to deter mine the possibilities of rinding oil. They are not epiipped with any wizard Implements that pretend to determine Jus* what spot to start drilling at, but I hey will use all the resources of science to find out ir that section posMSses the anticlines and other physical phenomena usual ly attached to c i’. fields. In spite of the many holes bored In *he state not a single bar rel of olf has ever been found in Nebraska, al though to be found in throe states that border it. This is the first time the scientists have really put their mind to the Job. FARMER’S ARM HURT IN FEED GRINDER Hajrtl, S. D., < -Thomas Rund, sr., a farmer of this district, had a narrow escape from death and was badly injured when one of his arms became caught in a shaft cn a feed grinder while he was grinding feed. The clothing on hla arm caught in the shaft and was being wound up, drawing the arm Into the machine. A few more turns of thp shaft and he would have been killed. His arm was badly lacerated and his body bruised and cut.