The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, January 05, 1928, Image 6
FARMERS REAP CASH BENEFIT Hogs from Accredited Area of Thurston County Re turn Large Bonus WalthiU. Neb., “ (Special' *-Up to December 1, which closed th« first six months of Thurston county's history as an accredited area, $1,552.80 was paid farmers of the county by packers on the Sioux city market as bonuses on hogs The county became accredited June 1, and since then 4,492 hogs have been sold to packers on the Sioux City market as accredited hogs re ceiving the 10 cents per 100 pounds bonus. Of the hogs shipped from this county, 74 per cent, were re tained as showing some lesions of tuberculosis. However, of these hogs only seven were found in condition that made it necessary to sterilize and condemn the carcasses. The $1,552 paid the farmers does not include the bonuses paid on other markets. Figures from Omaha are not available. The $1,500 would have been considerably more but many farmers forget to get certifi cates before sending their hogs tc market. PLAN TO ATTEND MEETING OF COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION WalthiU, Neb., (Special) —Considerable interest is being shown by local farmers in the an nual meeting of the Producers Com mission association, a cooperative on the Sioux City market. The meeting will be held at the West hotel, at Sioux City, January 12. Most of the farmers of Thurston county who market their livestock cooperatively, belong to this association. Several automobile loads of local men arc planning to make the trip. COREY TO SPEAK TO NEBRASKA FARMERS Lincoln, Neb.. (Special)— Merton L. Corey, formerly connected with the Federal Farm Loan board and the Federal Land bank of Oma ha. is to be the main speaker of the Organized Agriculture week at the agricultural college, here Jan uary 2 to 5. His subject will per tain to economic phases of agricul ture and will fit in with the usual purpose of this meeting at the close of the week. __ • DECREASE IN NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN NEBRASKA Lincoln. Neb.. (UP)—Mr. Stork showed a preference for male babies over female babies in Nebras ka during the first six months of 1927, according to a report issued from the state division of vital sta tistics. Total births during this peri od in 1927, were 13,899, compared with 14,032 in 1920, during the same period Eirths of girls numbered 6.801, during the first six months of 1927 and 7,829 in 1923 Boys number 7,089 in 1927 and 7.203 in 1926. White children numbered 13,571 in 1927 and 13,573 in 1926. Other rac es were as follows: Black—131 in 1927, and 112 in 1920: Jananese and Ch nere—13 in 1027 and 20 in 1926; Indian—37 in 1927 and 51 in 1926: Mexican and mixed—109 in 1927 and 96 in 1920. INDICATED FARMERS TO RAISE FEWER HOGS Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—In ti e face of a serious slump in the price of hogs, Nc' aska farmers in dicate that f^wer hogs will be raised n-tt year. This year, the farmers saved the largest fail pig crop since 1924 and have 24 per cent, more fall p^s on hand than a year ago. The same trends are true for the other com belt states and the United States as a whole, according to in formation secured by the December pig' survey of the state and federal division of agricultural statistics. It is probable that the great in crease was made in an effort to re coup financial losses caused by crop lnilure in 1926, the report said. This was planned before the price slump which has deadened the hog -market since late July and August. The number of pigs saved for each sow in Nebraska this fall was 5.34. slightly below the average reported by the survey a year ago. but higher than 4.9 pigs for each sow which this year's survey gave as saved last year. According to past surveys hog production in the country next spring will show a 3 per cent, to 5 per cent, decrease over last spring. In the com belt this is more pronounced—6 to 8 per cent —and in Nebraska, about ? per cent. TWO KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS CHRISTMAS DAY Patrbury, Neb.. ' (UP)— Christmas holiday automobile acci dents brought two deaths in south and southeast Nebraska, and serious Injury to seven others. Prank W. Denney, banker at Day kin. Neb., was instantly killed and his wile was Injured, when their car turned overafter striking a soft spot in the road&nd swerving into a cul vert. William Brinkman died at Sterling. Neb. from injuries sustained when his car collided with another near Ftcrling. and five occupants of the two machines w.*re Injured. NERKA'K5 TURKEY REISERS GET HANDSOME RETURN Alliance Nr b large holi day shipment* of turkey* have been n r’.:;tcd in we*!'— Netraska dur ing the preset:! reason, 13 cars beinp Dipped The total receipts obta.nrd to far by the raise.* la i ppro*im»tr!y 190.0' ? T1 bird* "*• marketed by an or rani ration of grow r» kmtwn a* the North Platte Volley Oo-operam# Poultry Marketing ar social ion Rewen cars ■ era shipped tenet In recently There were 15,000 turkey* in the en tire chipinent. JAIL BREAKERS NOIV FACE LONG TERMS Bridgeport, Neb., (UP)— Three men who ororc Jail here Christmas morning and who were later captured in a school house where they stopped to get warm, were held this morning on a charge of jail breaking and bound over to district court for hearing. The penalty for jail breaking is from 1 to 10 years. The men are Lunn Holloway, of Mitchell, Neb., serving 30 days on a liquor charge; George W. Fletcher, of Bayard. Neb., serving 30 days on a bad check charge, and Neil Jennings, of Denver, serving 30 days for chicken stealing They were captured at the DeGraw shoo! house by a sheriff’s posse. The trio took a leg off a table in the jail, hammered through the rear wall of the cell into a basement corridor and ascended to the second floor by a winding stairway to the court room. They got out of the building through a w'indow, KIRK AGAIN TO SEEK RELEASE Nebraska Convict Once Giv m a Furlough Still Fight? for Liberty Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—The ease of Burl C. Kirk, recently denied a writ of habeas corpus to obtain freedom from the penitentiary, will come up before the board of pardons at the January 10 hearing. Alter having been given a furlough which was revoked by Governor S. R. McKelvie, Kirk was returned to the penitentiary October 8, 1920. He was refused release by the board of par dons in 1924 and recently failed to obtain his liberty through habeas cor pus proceedings. Kirk is serving a 20-year term for complicity in the murder of an Oma ha police officer, June 30, 1918. George Floth, three times sentenced to the Nebraska penitentiary, asks a parole. He was convicted in Land caster county of robbing and assault ing owner of a grocery store and two customers. David Hartman, of Box Butte coun ty, asks for release from Kearney In dustrial school. He was originally charged with robbery but after he and a companion had tried to escape, we|-» given an additional 10 years. The board of control transferred Hartman to the industrial school last Septem ber on Information that indicated he was only 15 years old. His right name is said to be David Edward George. POWER COMPANY’S ACTIONS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION Lincoln, Neb., (Special)— The Northern Nebraska PoWer com pany of Spencer, Boyd county, occu pied the carpet berore the state rail way commission for several hours Tuesday, having been cited there to show cause why a part of the pre ferred stock that it was originally authorized to issue, along with i>150, 000 common, should not be canceled. The commission's reason was that the original authorization was on the rep resentation that certain sums would he required for transmission lines and distribution systems in towns where contracts had been secured, whereas none of these have ever had to be built because the Interstate Power company has contracted for its en tire power output at the dam. The inquiry developed largely into a scrutiny and explanation of the accounts and entries in the books. The original estimate for organiza tion expenses was $5,000, whereas over $14,000 was spent. It was explained, that this was because it took longer to line up contracts because of intensive opposition put up by the power com panies whose territory it was invading and because of the employment of lawyers the promoters did not count on having to hire. The company recently wthdrew an application to substitute common stock for part of the preferrec unissued, to be sold to E. A. Forbes, the president, to repay him for advances. The price was to be 90 cents, but minority stockholders objected on the ground that the stock was worth $1.50. and that they were willing to buy or sell on that basis FARM HOME NEAR PLAINVIEW BURNS; YOUTH HAS TO JUMP Plainview', Neb., The house occupied by the Liars Hemmingsen family, southeast of Plainview, was burned to the ground. Mr. and Mrs. Hemmingsen were awakened to find the house full of smoke. Their son, Erhardt, sleeping in an upstairs room, was unable to descend the stairs and was compelled to Jump from a second story window. The loss of the house, the furniture and e\en clothing was comple'e. Mr. Rlske, owner of the farm, carried in surance on the buildings. hTe origin cf the fire is unknown. OMAHA'S AUTOMOBILE DEATH I.1ST STANDS AT THIRTY THREE Omaha. Neb. (UP)—Auto mobile fatalities for 1927 here totaled 33 today with the death last night of E P. Lynch, a e'.tv fireman, who was injured Monday night when his auto mobile collided with a street car. Henrv Uruhn of Bennington. Neb. Lynch’s companion 0 atUl In a criti cal condition. GOVERNOR MCMtu.r:: OCCUPIES NEW OFFICE Lincoln. Neb. <UP>— Tapestry on the walls, mural paint ings overhead and soft carprta under foot greeted Governor McMullen to <l~y as he took hut seat for the tint lime in Ins private < Mice at the new eup to!. His first "official” act was to pick up a telephone and call "Ma" Mc Mullen *o inform tier that he was at last in his new quarters and rrady to rer Ire any instructions she might ium to impart. Her clewing words of . he conversation were said io have * been Adam, do tie caretui. * WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Jesus and the Sick Text: Mark 1:21-34 And they went Into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. And they were astonished at his doctrine; for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. , And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out. Saying, Let us alone; what have weto do with thee, thou Jesus of Naza reth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying. Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the uncelan spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even th? unclean spirits, and they do obey him. And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee. And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they en tered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. But Simon’s wife's mother lay sick with fever, and anon they tell him of her. And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and imme diately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. And all the city was gathered at the door. And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast ov>* many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak because they knev him. iiir uniiurm ?>una»y School lesson for January 8; Jesus and the Sick—Mark 1:21-34. BY WM. E- GILROY. D. D.. Editor of the Congregationalist. The public ministry of Jesus is characterized in this first chapter of Mark with a quality that shows the great discernment of this writer of the simplest and most directly ex pressed of the four Gospels. Mark says that the people were as tonished at his teaching, “for he taught them as one having authori ty and not as the scribes.” Consider that statement for a moment and one realizes the real nature of the au thority exercised by Jesus. The rcribes were the people who professed to have authority and who possessed it so far as the conventional organi zation of religion was concerned. Yet here is an unofficial teacher who comes without the sanction of any organization or school or offi cial. and by sheer force of his per sonality, the truth of his words, and the beauty of his actions impresses the people as one who has real au thority. By Sheer Truth What an ideal it presents to the Christian ministry for those who would exercise it either in its or dained or in its lay aspect!! In actual life, both in the church and in the world, we are always try ing to bolster up things with an au thority which is largely artificial, to Influence the thought and faith and conduct of people more by outward and psychological forces than by the power of sheer conviction. This is one reason why in so many quarters today there is a decadence in the sense of authority and a fall ing away from standards of faith and conduct. We modern day would be spoken of as the insane or mentally unbalanced. Pcssibly many of these were not so much insane as nervously de ranged. The number of miracles re corded is not very great, and it is significant that they all have some inner suggestion of the larger and deeper mis'ion of Jesus. It does not become us to be dogmatic in our dis cussion of these intricate questions that concern the power of mind and spirit over matter. It is literally true that under the very power of science greater mir acle* of healing are wrought today than were ever possible In the life of the world before. Are not these Ills Occupation. From the Kansas CUv Star. "What are you doing now, mostly. Gap?” asked a neighbor “Splitting a little stove wood, rest ing up some, and cussing the weather 'rationally." responded Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. •• stripped to 111* Fao)l«h Hide. From the Boston Transcript. "fto Bill's been speculating hi the stock market. Was he a bear oper ator'*'* “Well, hr waa practically bare t hen they gut through with him" mings mannesrauons oi me power or God? Under His Influence But back of all this question of the consideration of miracles can we not sense the marvelous power and in fluence cf the divine power of Jesus? Can we conceive of the sick and in flicted coming in contact with him without being quickened and stimu lated? Can we conceive of those whose minds are unbalanced and whose spirits were deranged coming under the influence of his sanity and his goodness and his power to giye rest and peace without inevitably having their whole attitude toward life al tered? It is easy to believe what mar velous power Jesus must have ex erted when we understand with any reality what Jesus was It is from this standpoint that we must ap proach the whole ministry of Jesus emphasizing the authority and the power and the health?giving inherent in all that he was, in all that he said and in all that he did. -»». COLONY WILL LIVE LIVES OF ANCIENTS San Francisco—Without modern conveniences, modem government oi even modern dress. 5.000 Americans next year may be living in an an cient Egyptian city by the Nile. The colonists all will be members of the Rosecrucian Order, a philoso phical and religious cult. Tel-el amarna. Egyptian city built by Amenhotep the Fourth in 1300 B. C„ is the site chosen for the experi ment. There the people will attempt to live the life and customs of the early Egyptians, abandoning every vestige of latter day civilization in an effort to show that the Rosecru cian laws are a fit standard for the human race. The expedition, which expects to start late in 1928. is to contain about an even number of men and women who must have demonstrated their physical fitness and belief in the principles of the cult. -—;—■ Judicial Notice. From Life. "He claims his wife was intractable your honor, so he beat her into sub jection with a golf club" "In how many strokes?" asked the Judge wtth new interest. An Old Marker Found. From the Washington Post. An interesting revolutionary relic was recovered from the waters of Black river near Hampton. Va . by \ t> Wallace Hr. It U a cannon from the British ship Otter, which war abandoned while on a war expedi tion from Norfolk in 1775. The old gun has been declared grntiln* by the Metropolitan Mturavm of A't tn New York The cannon weighs 175 pounds is g) itiflies long and has a 2 inch moots. It ImIi High. Wife—Haven't you nottrrd my new hat What does it took like? * Husband A targe Hill PROFUNDITY. Timeless beneath the patient sod Yesterday keeps its tryst with God. Naught else is ordered. Strifes and cares Spring from the soil that Life prepares. Love is a symbol; Pain Is a shrew * Freedom, whatever the heart would do. Death is a dry leaf on the ground. Onlv Life’s coming is profound. —Lowe W. Wren. Old Age Partly Inherited From book by Dr. Logan Clendening Can anyone by taking thought or care add to his span of life? I do not think so. . It is the custom of people who have attained an unusual age to grant an interview in which they record, doubtless in a kindly spirit the reason for their advanced years. There is one peculiar fact about these dicta; no two agree. One nonogenarian proclaims that his continued vigor is due to a strictly vegetarian diet; another of equal age is quite vehement in ad vising the use of meat three times ad ay. Abstinence from alcohol plays a prominent part in a good share of these counsels; while a daily ration probably considered minimized in the memory of the narrator, seems to have done fof an almost equal number. Granger twist, regular aanerencc to the democratic ticket, total ab stentation from the polls, total im mersion, the influence of Moody and Sanky, and the recollection of Della Fox are all included in the causes of longevity among the notes I have made from time to time upon this interesting topic. Testimony of the most circumstan tial kind in the matter of the in fluence of habits on longevity is avail able. There is the cause of Thcmas Wishart of Annadale Dumfries, who died in 1760 at the age of 125. “He had chewed tobacco 117 years, con tracting the habit as a child; his father gave it to him to ally hunger while sheepherding in the highlands." It is impossible to refrain from not ing that his father was a Scotchman. William Riddell, who died at 116 years, “carefully avoided water all his life and had a love for brandy.” The fact is that the span of life of any individual is largely deter mined, barring accidents, at the mo ment when he starts off. Barring accidents, though, is a very import ant modification. Accidents include not only b.ing hit by a Ford, but also beine hit by a pneumococcus—that is, getting pneumonia—or equally getting appendicitis or acquiring syphillis or getting in the family way or swall wing carbolic acid by mis- I take or int itionally (nature being quite impartial). These things ex pected, the number of years a man or woman lives will depend upon the impetus which he or she received at con ntion, this impetus probably be ing largely the resultant of hereditary determinants. <-♦♦-• | Outlaw Animals. The rogue elephant, who ran amuck for no apparent reason, destroying man and beast, has been described by Kipling and many other writers. Out law horses have likewise been made hero or villain of countless tales. Mares have been known to kidnap foals and hide them away. Trusted sheep dogs from time to time have dropped their daytime mask of pro tector of the flock and at night have set forth as bloodthirsty killers of the very sheep given into their care. Birds, frequently of the most charming and harmless species in appearance, are also in the assassin class, this trait becoming more pro nounced after a period of imprison ment in a cage. Singularly enough, snakes are almost entirely free of such accusations, and murder among fish is equally rare, although the swordfish occasionally attacks and kills a whale for amusement. Insects, particularly bees and ants, display wickedness. Ants will mass in army fashion and destroy a neigh bor state. Brigand bees, too lazy to work, are common assailants of well stocked hives. Bees and ants also become deliberately tiDsy from decay ing fruit and certain flowers. In Abys sinia, goats and sheeD are regular addicts to their “dram.” taken in the form of beans of the coffee plant. The English cuckoo is one of the best counterfeiters. It lays eggs, cleverly disguised, in other birds nests in order to avoid the bother of hatsh ing them. Crows and monkeys have their organized bands of thieves, with chief, lieutenants and sentinels. Many observers contend that crows also hold court, during which witnesses for the defense and prosecution are heard, and at the end of which cer tain crow's are assigned to punish the evil doers — -—~ From ""The Last Leaf." I saw him once before. As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resour'!, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. T know it Is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the three-cornered hat. And the breeches, and all that Are so queer! And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring. Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling, --Oliver Wendell Holmes Als« Some Real business. From the Kansas City Time*. Cong res* meets in its present ies« lion with one hig thing tn view— the next election. The nation re* garda the session of rongreas With another, quite another, big thing in view—needed legislation, Congmsmen will be considering every question from the standpoint of politics first of all The nation will he rotund—ing the salne questions from the standpoint of the effect or. the national life Is tt too much to ask congress consider * blether It might not be good isoiltics to gel down to bus* incss on legislation Must the coun* try needs! TWO WIVES ARE BULLET VICTIMS But Norfolk and Council Bluffs Husbands Fail to End Own Lives Norfolk, Neb., —Theodor* Schlack, 65 years old, taxicab driver, who last night shot and killed his estranged wife as they were leaving the home of a friend, and then at tempted suicide, is expected to re cover. He has begged that he be al lowed to "shoot myself over.” It was erroneously reported that Schlack had succeeded in killing himself. The murder occurred at the home of Mrs. Schlack. Jumping Into his -taxicab after shooting his wife through the heart, Schlack drove to the intersection of Fourth street and Norfolk aveue, and turned the gun on himself. A divorce action now is pending be tween the couple, in which Mrs. Schlack was plaintiff. It was her third attempt to gain her freedom, but each previous time reconciliation had been made before the decree was granted. Schlack has been a resident of Nor folk for nearly 40 years. DOCTOR GIVEN THE DECISION Supreme Court Holds Mal practice Suit Was With out Grounds Lincoln, Neb., ~~ (UP)—The damage suit brought in Adams county by Albert De Jung, against Dr. Charles L. Egbert, Hastings sur geon, alleging malpractice that re sulted in the death of his young wife, was decided by the supreme court in favor of Dr. Egbert in a de cision handed down today. In the closing paragraph of the decision, the court censured the at torney for De Jung for referring to the fact that Dr. Egbert is now in prison for shooting his soninlaw. Dr. Egbert was called to the case when other physicians said the only hope for the young woman’s recov rey laid in removal of her appendix. When the operation had been per formed it was found that her gen* erative organs were in such bad con dition that if they were allowed to remain in her body, death would be immediate. The husband and the pa tient’s father gave consent to the second operation, but peritonitis de veloped and death followed. De Jung”s contention was that the doctor had no legal right to proceed with the second operation without consent of the woman; this, the de cision said, was the old common law, which was in force before the anesthetic was perfected. Now, it continued, the law does not require that a surgeon wait until the pa tient is conscious to ask consent, especially when a near relative is present and consents. The decision further says a surgeon is not justi fied in closing an incision and fail ing to remove an apparent danger, even though he is employed for a specific operation. Bar Association Meet Has Unusual Talent Wayne, Neb., (Special)— F S. Berry, president of the Nebras ka State Bar association, has re ceived, word that Gen. John J. Pershing will be present at the an nual meeting of the association and will appear on the program. The as sociation meets at Omaha, December 28 and 29. As previously announced George Mecham, president of the Omaha Bar association, will give the address of welcome; C. H. Sterart of Nor folk, will respond. F. S. Berry will deliver the annual address entitled ‘ What They Have Done to Us.” Silas H. Strawn. of Chicago, president of the American Bar association, will speak on “Are Lawyers Construc tive?”* Dean Roscoe Pound, of Har vard, and Senator Smith, of Kansas, will also speak. HIS OWN CHILDREN GET NONE OF ESTATE Lincoln. Neb., (UP'—Onc half the estate of James Combs, de ceased. once a fanrier of Kearney, county,- will go to the daughter of his deceased second wife by her first husband, the supreme court said in a decision handed down to day. When Combs died, he provided that all his property should go to hir, widow, whet was his second wife and that wheri she died, it should be divided among the legal heirs in accordance with the laws of the state. When his widow died. Comb’s sev en children by bis first wife claimed the estate If Combs had died with out a will, the decision says, his widow would have taken half his estate under the law. Therefore his will cave her onfv half of what the law said was hers, mrt her daugh ter inherits that hfi'.f which was le gally her mothw’A. Lincoln. Neb.. «8peclaD • -George Johnson, tanner living in the viclnitv of Wakefield, lost hUi appeal in supreme court today from an award of a Jury that he was en titled to 1793 damages from the South Logan Drainage districts Tilt* mss lets than the appraiser's award from which lie apperled and several thousand less th»n he claimed. The court raid that the evidence justi fied the verdict, since It showed that the construction of the drain age district has benefited him alt the way frorp «J.VX> to *VXK>. Mr | rord-ac to wltncwM*.