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.
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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.
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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)—
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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.
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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.
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Chinese Riots
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/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.
