PUSH WORK ON
01 PROSPECTS
Drillers in Nebraska Work
Day and Night— Hope
to Win Reward
Hastings, Neb,, <UP) —
OH operations in Nebraska reached
a point today where it seems rea
sonably certain that the 40-year-old
question of whether there is oil in
the state will be answered with a
short time.
Five oil rigs are drilling in the
Republican valley. More than 300,
000 acres oi land has been leased.
Men are working in day and night
shifts in a race for state prizes of
fered for the first well that yields
15 barrels of oil daily, or 1,500 cu
bic feet of gas.
The oil mania has not taken on
boom aspects. Some of the pro
ects are backed by foreign con
cerns, that hold positions of im
portance in the petroleum world.
The Lohf creek project near
Riverton heads the list. The well
is being drilled under the direction
of A. B. Boyce of Tucumcarl, N.
M., who is under contract to the
Ohio Oil company—a subsidiary of
Standard Oil, Already the Ohio is
reported to have spent more than
$150,000 on the project and no lo
cal funds have been solicited. The
hole now is down 800 feet.
The Graham well is a short dis
tance west of Beaver City. It is
reported to be financed by oil cap
ital in Tulsa and Wichita. It now
Is down 2,200 feet.
The Montague well is seven miles
south of Beaver City. It is down
1,300 feet and is supported mostly
through capital In Hastings.
The United States Drilling com
pany well is near Campbell and la
financed by Campbell and Hastings
men. n is now down .j.oou reel
and is the leader in the race for
the $30,000 in prize money offered
the first successful oil and gas wells
in the state.
The fifth well is near Imperial
In the far western pare of the state
and now is down 1,200 feet.
Officials of the Standard. Mid
west, Sinclair, Pure Oil and Mid
Kansas companies have visited the
Nebraska oil center and daily re
ports now are being made to these
companies.
General optimism over the pro
jects is increased because the main
fields are but 75 miles from the
Russell. Kan., field and only 65
miles from the Toma. Kan., well
that came in last Sunday and is
said to be swabbing 200 barrels.
ALLIANCE TO ENTERTAIN
BEMOLAY MEMBERS
Alliance, Neb., (UP)—
DeMoiay members of Alliance will
be host to many members from ov
er the state nt a ceremonial to be
held here on June 27, the day be
fore the opening of the annual
state convention at Scottsbluff
which will last from June 28
through June 30. Among the out
standing members of the order to
be here are Louis Lower, of Kan
sas City, of the national council
of DeMoiay and Finley Combs of
Omaha, of the state advisory coun
cil.
The parents of Garland Baker,
Alliance boy who was drowned at
Casper, Wyo., last summer in an
effort to save a companion from
drowning, will be presented the
post-humus medal of honor which
was voted to them at the DeMoiay
grand council at Kansas City not
long ago. A class of 20 candidates
will receive the DeMolay degree on
the day of the ceremonial.
WOULD ENFORCE VERBAL
CONTRACT WITH FATHER
Lincoln, Neb., —W. A,
Johnson has lodged an appeal with
the supreme court from a Judgment
of the Cuming county district court
that he had failed to prove that
his father, Alfred, now under guar
dianship because of his age. had
contracted with him for the 80 acre
farm on which he lived. The son
said that yielding to the Importun
ities of his father, he stayed home
instead of going out into the world,
on the latter's promise that the
could have the farm for $6,000 on
liberal payments. The father is an
extensive owner of land in that sec
tion. His guardian denied the
premise, and proof was lacking to
satisfy the court.
TEACHERS KEPT MARRIAGE
SECRET MORE TUAN TEAR
Bu'.tte Creek, Neb., (Spe
cial'—The secret marriage a year
ago of Harold Q. Salter of Pierce,
superintendent of the Battle Creek
public school, to Miss Leone Mae
8ht»ne, has Just been announced.
The wedding took place May 28.
1927, at Hock port Mo. Mr. Sailer
has taught at Pierce, Humphrey
and Battle Creek. The bndr has
for tit? last four years been princi
pal of the Lincoln school at Nor
folk They will attend the Umvers.
tty of Minnesota this summer and
return to Battle Creek when sehoo.
opens In the fall.
NIHMtN GROVE CHILD IK
KILLER HV IIOK.hE KICK
Newman drove. Neb.
years old. daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Roily Kaufman, was killed by
burse* in the corral. The little
girl and her sister were about to
feed hay to their pony, The sister
left to get the hay and when she
returned found the child lying un
txmarkmi og the ground, with her
•hull crusned II is thought that
the betwri mar ha»* teg.n righting
and that <x»e cl them kicked
Uir nigh tha fence, striking the
child in the ear.
MEMBERS FEDERAL RADIO
COMMISSION AT LINCOLN
Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—
Judge E. O. Sykes end Sam Pick
ard, members ot the Federal Ra
dio commission, met with 30 own
ers of South Dakota and Nebraska
broadcasting stations in Lincoln
today. The men arc here in an ef
fort to cut down the number of sta
tions in accordance with federal
regulations. They will be in Kan
sas City tomorrow.
WORKMAN WINS
TONSIL BATTLE
Nebraska Supreme Court
Rules in Contested Com
pensation Case
Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—A.
M. Parker doesn't need to have his
tonsils removed In order to receive
compensation from the Star Van
and Storage company of Lincoln, it
was ruled by ths supreme court
today.
The transfer company had ap
pealed the case to the supreme court
with the asesrtion that several doc
tors said Parker's sufferings would
ceas3 if he would consent to re
moval of his tonsils.
CHILD ESCAPES INJURY
IN AN ODD MANNER
Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—A
1-year old baby was thrown out of
an automobile and into the arms
of a by stander when two cars col
lided here today. The child was
the son of John E. Dougherty of
Hopkins, Mo., whose car crashed
with one driven by J. B. Johnson
ox Fremont. weaner me cnua nor
other occupants of the two cars
were injured.
RAT POISONER
HELD AS FRAUD
Man Claiming Norfolk as
His Home Must Settle
at Grand Island
Grand Island, Neb., „ (Spe
cial)—A "Pied Piper" who claims to
be from Norfolk Is in jail here,
pending investigation of his rat
poison selling activities. He is
Ernest Peters and is charged by two
farmers with taking their money
to rid them of rats, but the rats
remain as bad as ever.
Peters is alleged by the caretaker
of the B. R. McGrath farm to have
sold him his remedy after he
claimed to have cleaned up the city
of Columbus and to have a con
tract with the Hord Elevator com
pany to rid all its plants of rats.
The caretaker gave Peters 14
chickens valued at $7.50 and Peters
left some of the "poison,” but it
didn’t work on the rats. To try it
out further the caretaker gave some
to a dog he wanted to get rid of,
but the dog ate it all and wanted
more.
The county attorney is holding
Peters, while waiting for all the
farmers he Is alleged to have vic
timized io appear, so that Peters
can pay back their losses. He then
will be required to leave the coun
ty,
FARMERS PLANT 808
ACRES OF PINTO BEANS
Bridgeport, Neb.. (Spe
cial)—Farmers in the vicinity of
Bridgeport have planted more than
800 acres of pinto beans, under con
tract with the Co-ooperative Pro
duce company of Bridgeport. The
co-operative furnishes seed, imple
ments for planting and threshing
and aerees to nrrade. sack and mar
ket the crop.
The grower furnishes the ground
and tends the crop.
The proceeds are divided on a
percentage basis. The company has
furnished 11,400 pounds of seed this
year. Elmer Moreliead of Angora
is one of the heaviest planters with
230 acres and another is J. P.
Young of Northport. with 175 acres.
The crop outlook is excellent,
with some of the bean stalks al
ready five inches high and well
leaved and heavily stalked.
HARNESS MAKERS TO MEET
AT NORFOLK NEXT YEAR
Lincoln, Neb., <UP)—E.
O. Berg of Wahoo was elected pres
ident of the Nebraska Retail Har
ness Dealers association at the clos
ing session of their convention here
yesterday. N. O. Ekdahl of Wausa
was elected vice president and H.
W. Buller was elected secretary
treasurer. The group will meet in
Norfolk next year.
CREIGHTON GRADUATES
ITS LARGEST CLASS
Omaha, Neb. (UP)—
Members of Creighton university's
largest graduation class received di
plomas at commencement exercises
here Thursday night. Two hundred
and seventy nine students finished
school work.
Dr. John A. Lapp, head of the
roclologv department at Marquette
university at Milwaukee, delivered
the i ommencemrnt address
FORMER WINftlDC MAN
DIES SUDDENLY IN OMAHA
Omaha. Neb.. -Gil
bert K. French, 53. rttlreo Winstde
banker, waa stricken with a
heart attack In a broker's office
here Thursday and died before hr
waded a hospital French had
not been actively trading on th*
"lock market but waa mrrelg talk- 1
Ing with the manager of the brok
erage firm when stricken, official*
of the company said Angina pec
toris waa canoe of death, physician*
«attf French hod reaided here foi
to last eight *eara
Odd Glimpse of Hoover
r x nr
TAKING a peep into the old family album of the Hoover
family, there would be found many cozy family groups;
the customary old-fashioned “tintypes,” and live, interest-)
ing pictures of family members and friends at work and at play;
The most that the old ones would bring forth would perhaps
be the silly giggle of a very modern flapper and great astonish
ment at the tremendous amount of clothing worn by the women.
Here is shown one picked at random. After a casual glance
and perhaps a tolerant smile at the "old fashioned” group, let’s
find who they are.
At the left is Theodore J. (Tad) Hoover at the age of 20;
Herbert C. Hoover at the age of 16, and, seated, Mary Hoover
at the age of 14 when the family lived at Salem, Oregon.
Theodore is now head of the Engineering Department of
Stanford University, California, and Herbert, present Secre
tary of Commerce, is candidate for President.
(International Newsreel)
Reckless Shooting by Officers.
From the New York World.
The prohibition bureau dismissed
Robert L. Taylor, one of Its agents,
for she t':.g into a nautomocU.. at
Huntington, W. Va. It has also In
structed all agents, according to
Dr. James M. Doran, prohibition
commissioner, that they are not to
shoot at vehicles on highways ex
cep to prevent a telony. and that
the transportation of liquor is not
in itself a felony.
Thus at last we approach a de
fensible policy with regard to a
question that has assumed the ut
most gravity. Some idea of its
gravity can be gained from the
statement of Senator Edwards of
New Jersey in the December issue
of Plain Talk that up to that time
there had been 236 killings by pro
hibition officers in the United
States. This appalling total does
not tell the whole story. When
the agents are brought to trial for
crimes they ? re not tried in state
courts by local Julies. They are
tried in federal courts, which often
sit in cities far from the scene of
the killing. And they are not prose
cuted by the United State attor
ney. They are defended by him,
an arrangements which creates a
bias in their favor not only in the
mind of the judge but in the mind
of the jury. When the government
puts its approval on a deed, men
reason that it must have been jus
tified. Thus, although the evidence
has shown that many agents acted
with shocking wantonness, few have
sufftred more than a perfunctory
penalty. From now on. according
to Dr. Doran, "we will aid states
at any time, within reasonable lim
its. in prosecuting them."
The latest case of this sort to
come into public notice is that .of
Jacob D. Hanson of Niagara Falls,
who was shot by two enlisted men
of the Coast Guard because he did
not stop his car at their command.
A bullet struct him in the eye. and
it is said that he will be blind if
he recovers. It is said that the
guardsmen were in uniform. But
the visible part of their uniform
consisted chiefly of a sheepskin
coat, and one of them seems to
have pulled a pair of overalls over
his trousers. A sheepskin coat end
a pair of overalls are not a very
convincing identification to a mo
torist facing a pistol on a dark
night. But waiving that point, a
citizen hardly deserves to be shot
down for disobeying a sudden com
mand to stop manly on the chance
that he might have liquor in his
car. Hanson was carrying no liquor.
The community in which he lives
is incensed over what happened to
him. and rightly so. It is high time
such outrages were abolished. If
that is what Dr. Doran is aiming
at, he is doing something very
creditable, even if it means that a
few more gallons of liquor mov
over the highways.
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New Habits In Japan
More than half of the 50,000
graduates of the primary schools
ol Tokyo, instead of pursuing their
education further, are going to work
-an appreciable ir.eup.se ovci pre
cious years. Even more significant
la the disinclination on the part
Dad's Answer.
From Answers.
Dorr thy And what did father sav
#hen you told him you couldn't
klr»ft for thinking of me?
Humphrey: lie offered me a Job
la tnghi -eatchman In hi* factory
• - •• • •
Q What Is the record for a
multiple parachute Jump?—P W,
A. RecentI) a new record was ea
t tbiishen when 10 men Jumped 'rout
a Ford all-metal plane at Chanute
Field. Rantoul, III. In the spare of
• 2 'sconda This experiment la
Important In proving tire poaainihty
of raving g*aaenge$ In the caaa of
accident m UK air
WANT OF OPPORTUNITY.
By Greville.
There sometimes wants only a
stroke of fortune to discover
numberless latent good or bad
qualities, which would otherwise
have been eternally concealed;
as words WTitren with a certain
liquor appear only when applied
to the tire.
of these boys and girls, and of their
i parents as well, to go into appren
ticeships. Instead, they are seeking
jobs with a fixed salary but without
a predetermined period ot years ot
service.
In old Japan the independent
worker was almost unknown. The
masters ot a business took into ap
prenticeship as many young work
men as he felt he needed. Thq*
were fed, clothed, and housed by
him, and occasionally he gave them
a bit of spending money. Their
time was not their own, nor did
. they have independence of any
i sort. The system doubtless worked
admirably in the feudal soc'eiy of
that day; today it appears almost
like serfdom.
The family system, so long the
basis of Japanese society, is un
doubtedly disintegrating. It cannot
stand against the spread of dem
ocratic ideas, of a sense-of the in
dependence of the individual, of the
| *«*v»tv*** wvwtiwitwv ujci.v iw. l uv.
j family council formerly decided all
important actions, and the individ
ual member was comDelled to sub
i mit his will thereto. Social isola
tion followed any attempt, at re
bellion while the man cast out
from his family found it virtually
impossible to make an honest liv
I ing.
With the introduction of univer
sal manhood suffrage the younger
sons and brothers count equally
with the head of the family at an
election. European and American
philosophical theories and standards
emphasizing tha importance of the
individual as an individual rath
er than as a unit of the family arc
being widely read and discussed in
Japan and. on the whole, are find
ing a quick acceptance. The mod
em factory with its pay roll, its
hiring and its dismissing is ^ vast
ly different institution from the old
shop where the master was the
| head and the apprentices were
s bound to and entirely dependent
upon him.
It is a difficult and hying tran
sition through which Japan is thus
passing, but that ultimately it will
be accomplished and the nation
profit by it is apparent. Oppor
tunity will be increased many fold
in Japan, and each individual will
obtain the chance to carve out his
own career instead of being com
pelled to move In the groove or
dained for him by his elders.
♦ ♦ ——■
Q. When is the convention for
organizations Interested in the deaf
to be held?-W N F
A. The Amertcan Federation 01
Organizations for the Hard of Heat
ing will be held in St. Louis, June
18 to 22. inclusive.
DUcoaragiiig.
From Tit-Bits.
Bachelor idreamily*: Sometimes
I yearn for the peace and comfort
of married life.
Married Friend wistfully*: I al
ways do
* .—
Q What ia the monetary unit of
Haiti?—U 8 B
A The monetary unit of Haiti
Is the gourd, which is worth about
30 cents In American money. Hai't
is on a nominal gold basis but It
issues no gold coin? litis country
>»es as currency United states Na
tional bank notes, wfilrh are rt
tiremabie on demand in Am*:.can
’ 'ollara
SETS ASIDE VERDICT IN
ALENATIGN ACTION
Omaha, Neb., (UP)—
District Judge Troup today set
aside the $40,000 verdict won by
Augustus Dunbier, Omaha artist,
in his alienation of affections suit
against his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Bertha Mengedoht and other mem
bers of the Mengedoht family and
recommended a new trial before
another Judge.
Judge Troup held that the jury
had been awayed by passion and
prejudice in arriving at the ver
dict and not by the evidence in
the case. The amount decided up
on by the Jury was excessive for
such cases, he held.
GUARANTEE LAW
IS IN BALANCE
Operation o f Insolvent
Banks Involved in Suit
in Supreme Court
j Lincoln, Neb., _ „ (LTP)—A
case that may ruin the Nebraska
guarantee fund commisison, was
argued before the supreme court
today. The case involves the ques
tion of whether the commission can
continue operating insolvent state
banks as going concerns.
Attorneys for the commission
claimed it will only be possible to
continue this practice if the com
mission is made immune from
suit by creditors of the defunct
bank. The case today was an
appeal from the district court of
Dodge county in which Helen Swo
boda obtained a judgment against
a commission-operated bank for
$500.
CLAIM BRIGHAM YOUNG
PLANTED OMAHA TREE
Omaha, Neb., (UP)—
Brigham Young, head of the Mor
mon church, stuck a sapling into
the ground for hitching post for
his horse and it sprouted and
grew into the monstrous cotton
wood which now stands in Florence
park here and is pointed to as
“Morman tree.”
TVrnt’R thp PYnlnnrLt.inn nffprpd
by Andrew Jensen, Mormon church
historian in attempting to settle
a controversy over the origin of
the tree.
Legend had it that treaties with
the Indians were maye by Young
underneath the tree. If treaties
were made it must have been much
later than 1846 when Florence was
first settled under the name Win
ter Quarters by the Latter Day
Saints, Jensen said.
Winter Quarters contained up
wards of 8.000 Mormans during
the winter of 1846-7, Jensen wrote
Chamber of Commerce from Salt
Lake City headquarters. They were
exiles from Nauvoo, 111., and Win
ter Quarters continued as Mor
mon headquarters until tire sum
mer of 1848 when most of the
people moved on to Salt Lake City
and the others settled in Council
Bluffs.
Winter Quarters was maintained
as the chief outfitting place for
the Mormon caravans until 1863.
Nearly 600 members of the church
were buried in the Mormon ceme
tery at Florence in 1346, accord
ing to Mormon records.
MEMBERS RADIO BOARD
TO VISIT NEBRASKA
Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—
Members of the United States fed
eral radio commission will be in
Lincoln June 14, it was learned
here today lor the purpose of ad
justing complaints of Nebraska
and South Dakota broadcasters.
Sam Pickard and Judge E. O.
Sykes will probably be here for
the commisison.
The men are making a nation
wide tour in an effort to cut the
. X •_s rtnM one
nuimrcr ui uiuautBrok.**© —
They will visit Chicago, and Des
Moines before coming to Lincoln
and Kansas City will be their
destination when they leave here.
man and wife sue
THEIR FORMER EMPLOYER
Croftcn, Neb., i Special)
Albert and Frances Bulkouski of
CWofton have begun suits against
John Isbaner of Crofton for a to
tal of $15,500. The Bulkouskis al
lege th t Isbanker induced them to
come from Germany to Crofton to
k?cp house for him and allege that
his treatment accorded them was
so bad they had to leave.
Mrs. Bulkouski. in her suit, al
leges that through the carelessness
of Isbaner, her husband fell, frac
turing his hip so that hi' is now
unable to support her. She asks
$5,000.
Bulkouski asks $10 500 for cruel
treatment and broken agreement.
The case will be tried at the June
term of district court at Center.
BLOOMFIELD SATISFIED
WITH CASH SYSTEM
Bloomfield. Ntb.. <UP)—
You can t get credit in Bloomfield.
The cash merchandising plan that
was started here two months ago
ha* met with such sucorss that it
requires real money or a reliable
checking account to purchase gro
ceries. buy clothes or have teeth ex
tracted.
RAT WORE BONE BAND
ABOUT MIDDLE OF BODY
Hastings. Neb.. . <Special)
— A rat caught by J M. Abbott ap
peared to be wearing a sort of
girdle Examination showed that
the rat while small evidently had
crawled through a marrow bone and
hud b*» n unable to shake It olf. The
hole in the bone was not much over
an inch tn diameter. &o that as the
rat grew his sraisl line could not
develop He had much the appear
ance of t* » wasp waist of the women
of $4 years ago The rat was turned
over to the local museum and wiC
be mounted. i
AVIATION SCRAP
IS COURT ISSUE
Case Denying Planes Right
to Fly over Field Taken
io High Tribunal
Lincoln, Neb., (Special,' —
An appeal has been lodged with the
supreme court which is asked to
make a decision in the first case of
its kind It is an appeal from an
order of the district court enjoin
ing Ray Page and the Standard Air
craft corporation from doing any
stum flying or flying in circles above
the house and farm buildings of Emil
and Barbara Glatt. whose land im
mediately adjoins the flying field
south of Lincoln. It was on this
field that Lindbergh did his first
flying and learned his first lessons
in the air.
The Glatts complained that the
flying of the plants at low altitudes
across their farmstead scared thetr
cows so that they gave less milk, ac
creased egg production from the
poultry flock 25 per cent., and that
the dare devil stunts performed by
the fliers so scared them personally
that they removed from the place.
They said that the planes were
flown as low as 150 feet above the
buildings, and that they continued
to be so used in spite of all pro
tests. They were given a cent dam
ages where they claimed $20,000.
The case will be urged for a hear
ing at an early date, as it involves
the question of who owns the air,
and if the owner of the land does,
how far up does his ownership ex
tend? There were no precedents
found by the lawyers In their
searches through the law books, and
this case, therefore, bids fair to
break ground in this legal field.
Judge Shepherd of the lower court
said that the evidence showed that
the low flying did interfere with
the farm owners m the enjoyment
of their property and in the use and
cultivation of their land, since it
presented a hazard quite evident to
all whn hnvp vlt.nMtfd t.hpsp fliirhta
The aircraft people insisted that
no danger attached to anyone on
the earth beneath, and that studenta
we.e not allowed alone until they
had satisfied their teachers of their
mastery of their machines.
CONVICTS WHO ESCAPED
GIVEN THREE-YEAR TERMS
Lincoln, Neb., (UP) —
Charles Henderson, Edward Konva
lin, and John Dutch, who escaped
from the state reformatory last
week, were sentenced to tnree years
in the penitentiary in district court
here today.
They pleaded guilty to a charge
of escaping custody- They will serve
the sentences in addition to the
time they have to complete In the
reformatory. The youths broke from
the line of prisoners last Thursday
night and scaled the reformatory
wall before they could be inter
cepted. They were retaken at T
ford 24 hours later.
STATE SOON TO WlPr.
OUT ITS BIG DEFICIT
Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—The
deficit of the state treasury will be
wuped out within the next two
weeks, it was reported by State
Treasurer Stebbins today. The de
ficit now is $1,445,000. Stebbins' re
port showed there now is slightly
more than $1,066,000 in the general
fund of the state.
TOKEIGN WARS VETS
WANT NEBRASKA HOSPITAL
Omaha, Neb., (UP) —
Speakers at today's session of the
state convention of veterans of
foreign w;ars demanded that Nefcras
was pointed out that mostly all
was pointed out *hat mostly all
sister states have been given hos
pitals. Resolutions urging the gov
ernment to build a hospital in Ne
braska probably will be adopted lat
er In the convention.
Today’s sessions were devoted
largely to organization work.
The woman’s auxiliary is holding
its annual meeting in connect'on
with the veterans
MUSIC CLUBS HOLDING
lUNVEMlUN AX OMAn .
Omaha, Neb., (UP) —
About 100 delegates had registered
when the fifth annual convention
of Nebraska Federation of Music
clubs got underway at the Omaha
Womans club here today. Luncheon
was served at the club following
registration, address of welcome and
permanent organization work.
This afternoon Be?s Gearhart
Morris of Lincoln appeared on the
program with readings of “Old
Glory," by James Whitcomb Riley.
‘'Nebraska Fields" by Will Maupin
and her own Nebraska songs. A ban
quet was to be held Tuesday eve
ning.
Tuesday morning. Mrs. T L. Da
vies. Falls City, state chairman, will
have charge of a round table div
ersion of church music. Others to
appear on programs include Kath
erine Mann of North Platte and
Mattrine Yates. Margaret Quigley
and Lavon Marshall of Cozad.
FIFTH CAR STOLEN
Omaha. Neb.. tUP)—Life
imprisonment will be the lightest
sentence County Attorney Henry
Beal will demand for automobile
thieves he prosecutes In the future
Sunday night someone stole Beal’s
automobile. Tills wouldnt have
made Het.rv so mad were It not for
the fact that U was the fifth car
that had been stolen from hint In
the past ll months.
"I cant understand why auto
thieves pick on me." Beal said -I
never drive high powered expensive
new cars but always buy one a year
of two old Whv don t they swipe