DIVORCE GIVEN JAMES L DALES Secretary Nebraska U. Re gents Board Freed of Wife Once Convict Lincoln, Neb„ _ (UP)— James S. Dales, 76 years old, secre tary to the board of regents of the University of Nebraska, was granted an absolute divorce from Henri etta E. Dales today. They were married in 1927. Mrs Dales, before her marriage to Dales, was Mrs. George Allis She has served one year in the penitentiary in connection with the death of her third husband, C. L. Barackman, Cherry county ranch er. Following her release she mar ried AUIs, who also had a prison record. The first petition filed by Dales was withdrawn and one filed that alleged extreme cruelty only. In his first petition Dales alleged that Immediately after their marriage the defendant demanded a property settlement and when he did not accede she threatened him. BIG INCREASE SHOWN IN PROPERTY VALUER Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—Re turns from 92 Nebraska counties— all except Douglas—indicated an increase of $14,138,752 in value of all property in the state. Douglas county is expected to show an in crease of $3,000,000. DECREASE IN PRICER OF FOOD PRODUCTS NOTED Lincoln, Neb., _. . (UP)— Omaha showed a nine per cent, de crease in the average cost of food during the period June 15. 1927, to June 15, 1928, a report of the United States department of labor Issued today indicated. No other city in the country showed as great ft fipprrfi tp onH I he fimiro woe folrnn I as significant for the whole state. Food prices In Omaha decreased one half of one per cent, during the month of May 15 to June 15, the re port showed. Feed is 42 per cent, higher In Omaha this year than in 1913. WOULD FORCE RECEIVERSHIP OF STREET RAILWAY? Or aha, _ _ (UP)—Reply ing to a demand of United States Senator Howell Monday that the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company agree to turn over the Douglas street bridge in ex change for a franchise to operate In Omaha. John N- Shannahan, president of the tram company, in timated that Howell's letter is a part of a movement developing here to defeat the franchise and force the company into receivership. Shannahan said any delay in granting the franchise will result in failure of refinancing the com pany and demanded to know why Howell had not made his objections when the franchise was in a forma tive state. OSMOND PREPARES FOR BIG HARVEST FESTIVAL Osmond. Neb., „ (Special) —At a meeting of the Osmond Com munity club the Harvest Festival picnic was voted upon and decision was made to hold it August 8 and 0. Ball games, dances, contests, etc., will entertain the people. This celebration is planned to take the place of the Fourth of July cele bration which Osmond passed by this year. CEDAR COUNTY FAIR PLANS TAKING FORM Hartington, Ntb., (Spe cial)- Plans are rapidly going for ward by the Cedar county fair board to make the fair September 4 to 7 one of the best fairs held in northeast Nebraska. At their last regular meeting a committee from the various Wood men lodges of this section of the state conferred wltn the board rel ative to a Woodmen day at the fair. The committee consisted of S. F Brown of Randolph end Deputy Jones of Wayne. It was their plan to have several crack drill trams from various towns In this corner of the state put on fanry drills. The board has authorized Thursday, September 6 as Woodmr- day. It also was decided to hn.d run ning races at the fair this year and A. J. Lammers, superintendent if this department, announces one of autos. the best racing programs ever giv en by the association. The board has leased the park ground belonging to Sun Gle park It will be used for the parking of autos. IOWAN FACES MURDER CHARGE AT FAIRBURY Fairbury, Neb.. _ tUP>— Witnesses in the trial of John O’Neill, charged with first degree murdrr in connection with the death of an unidentified man found July 2 on the banks of the Blue river, testified they had tee.i O'Neill of Council Bluffs. Ia. a cripple, scuffling In a “hobo" camp shortly before the body was found Tire trial opened yesterdnv after the jury box was filled at 2 ri p. tn Twenty five witnesses were r%*'ed bv the state in an effort to connect O’Neill with the flaying NORFOLK'S FINANCES SAID TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION Norfolk, Nrb„ tSpeetaH The financial «ondlt,>n of he thy of Norfolk Is the best It hat been for a number of years, stated Coun cilman Fred Muller, chairman it the finance committee while com menting on the est'mated expenses of the city for the nest fiarxl yr»» Although the expenses for the next IS months hat been r*t:mxted a* $127,009, CounrUman Muller pre dict/ there win be substantial rr du< t ons in several Items before the Utx levy |a made FINED FOR BUYING AUTO LICENSED IN WlftONG COUNTY Ewing, Neb.. . < Special i— Charles Peterson charged with buy ing a license for his truck in Rock county, instead of in Holt county of which he is a resident, was fined $10 and costs in county court. The case was instituted by the county board as the first step in a drive to compel residents to buy motor licenses in their own counties. It is said ti.at many resident have been going outside the county for this purpose. State Engineer Cochran at Lincoln informed the county board that anyone who purchased a license in a county other than the one of his residence, should repurchase in his home county, taking the receipt for it to the treasurer of the first coun ty, who would refund his money. EXPERIMENT ON OIL FOR ROADS State of Nebraska and Fed eral Government Try Its Use on Gravel Alliance, Neb.. _ (UP) — The state highway department will bc$;in using oil as an experiment in construction of graveled highways. It has recently been conducting ex periments using calcium chloride. Oiled gravel has been successfully in California for several years. The Nebraska highway department has been making a study of the process, as have the highway departments of a number of other middlewestern states. The experiments are carried on in several parts of the state because of the varying climate and soil con ditions. There will be one mile of oiled gravel east of Havelock on the D. L. D., another between Wahoo and Lincoln, another west of Om aha on the Yutan road, another near Grand Island, and one east of Scottsbluff. The federal government is paying one half of the cost. NEBRASKA IS BECOMING GREAT DAIRY STATE Kearney, Neb, (UP) — “We have everything that could be desired to make Nebraska a leading dairy state,” declared Prof. H. P. Davis, head of the dairy depart ment of the state agricultural col lege, visiting here a few days ago. •'The constant, steady growth cf that industry, from one end of the state to the other, is most encourag ing,” he said. Davis pointed out tne steady, con sistent growth of the industry in the last five years. He called attention to the natural conditions conduc tive to dairying with success evident everywhere and to the steady in crease in herds and proportionate growth of dairying and its related industries, butter and cheese mak ing. Davis, enroute from the agricul tural experiment stations at Scotts bluff and North Platte to Lincoln, with Prof. W. W. Burr, dean of the college of agriculture, stopped here for a short visit. Myron Schwenk, state entomologist, was also with the group. These experts were decidedly im pressed with the agricultural out look over the state. Broadly speak ing, they said all crops were in ex cellent condition, giving every prom ise of above average normal yields, with no more than the usual pro portion of damage by adverse ele ments. Even crop parasites are not appearing in unusual numbers, de spite the threats which extreme long dry spells and then equally long periods of rain held forth, accord ing to the men. CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR ARE ON SETTLERS PROGRAM Nemaha City, Neb., (UP> —Charles W. Bryan and Arthur J. Weaver, democratic and republican gubernatorial candidates respective ly, made their first public appear ances since the state conventions today. Both were on the program of the annual old settlers’ picnic. VETERAN NEWSPAPERMAN DIES AT HOME IN YORK York. Neb., (UP)—T. E. Sedgewick, veteran newspaperman and for 50 years n resident of Ne braska. died at his home here last night. He came to Nebraska in 1878 and settled in York, where he oper ated a daily newspaper and prac ticed law. RECOMMEND AUDIT OF GUARANTEE FUND COMMISSION Lincoln, Neb.. (UP>—A thorough audit of the guarantee fund commission was recommended today by a committee of three, ap pointed June 20 to investigate the situation. "We are cognizant of the seriousness of permitting this pub licly created commission to func tion Indefinitely without some check ing up of its actions,” said the committ.-e in its report. Although a periodical audit is made of the depariment of trade and commerce, under which the commission operates, no audit has been made of the guaranty fund. The members of the committee are Clarence G. Bliss. I. A Kirk and R. O. Brownell. PIERCE COI NTY FINANCES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION Pierce. Neb,. (Special)— The semi-annual statement of the treasurer of Pierre county has been published, showing the county to dr in a good financial condition. The tabulation of receipts shows that collection'! were made by the treasure.' during that period in the amount cf sum 023 44 and during th same A*text ot tune. 1371 81243 was d abursTti No >. *\d ha* an over draft and marly every fund -how* a balance on hand There are no rrtatmd warrants outstanding. FORMERBANKER SEEKS LIBERTY Holds 42-Year Term in Penitentiary Excessive— Goes to Federal Court Omaha, Neb., (UP)—At torneys for Ray n. c,ower, former Valparaiso, Neb., banker, serving a 42 year term in state prison lor em bezzling $60,000 of the bank’s funds, have filed application for writ of habeas corpus, in federal court here. Lower, failure of whose bank cost the state guaranty fund $338,000, was found guilty on six counts in January, 1922. Judge E. E. Good, now a member of the supreme court, sentenced him to seven years on each count, sentences to run con secutively. Attorneys contend that Judge Good exceeded his authority and that the punishment was too severe and asked Judge Woodrough to command Warden Fenton to pro duce Lower in federal court here until the matter can be argued and disposed of. HEAVY WHEAT YIELD IN WESTERN NEBRASKA I Alliance, Neb., (UP)—An invasion of combine harvesters, headers and binders will take place over the northwestern part of Ne braska in 10 days. Like an army, this harvesting machinery will go through the wheat raising area of the Nebraska panhandle cutting the greatest wheat crop in the history of this section of the state. Yields of from 20 to 40 bushels to the acre are expected over western Nebraska. John Bauers, 10 miles northeast of here, has a field of 200 acres that will yield 50 bushels to the acre. Martin B. Jacobson, 20 miles north, has a large tract that will yield between 40 and 50 bushels per acre. More man eu.uuu acres oi wheat will be harvested in Box Butte county this summer, or 20,000 acres more than last year’s acreage. CONTROVERSY OVER WHO GETS REWARD MONEY Omaha, Neb., —Will Price, who took Thomas Murray, former Dunbar, Neb., banker, into his own home at Mt. Vernon, Wash., and kept him there for two days before he turned him over to police, claims the entire $2,000 reward offered for Murray’s apprehension. But Sheriff Carl Ryder, Nebraska City, to whom citizens of Dunuar intrusted their cash, already has given $1,000 of the reward to Sher iff C. R. Conn, Mt. Vernon. A row at Dunbar, one at Mt. Ver non, and a lawsuit are in prospect, growing out of the capture of the missing banker, who disappeared over a year ago and who is under Indictment on a charge of forgery. Murray and Sheriff Ryder are ex pected to arrive in Nebraska City i Thursday. , SCHOOLS NOT ENTITLED TO MONEY FROM FINES? Palls City, Neb.. (UP)— Amendment of the Nebraska sta tute which provides that fines levied in criminal cases be placed In the school fund is sought in a resolution adopted by the Richardson county board. The 1929 legislature will be asked to take action on the move The resolution pointed out that the money to prosecute criminals comes from the general fund al though there is no reimbursement from the fines in such cases. School districts are allowed by law to vote what money Is necessary to finance coVtnnlc T^o holds that the money in such cases should go to the Eeneral fund. DEMOCRATS TO ORGANIZE FARMERS OF NEBRASKA Omaha, Neb., 00 SCHOLARSHIP WITH ESSAY Omaha. Neb., (UP)—Miss Edna L. Andrews. 17 years old. of Liberty, Neb., daughter of Mrs. Mattie Andrews, won first prize of a $500 scholarship for the best man uscript submitted by Nebraska high school graduates of 1928 on the subject "The Relation of Nebraska’s Building and Loan Associations to Gocd Citizenship,” it was an nounced here today. Miss Andrews wiil enroll at liberal arts school. University of Nebraska this fall Donald Boyd, of Omaha, won sec ond prize of $250 while Miss Mary Lou Fyfe. of Omaha, took third place and $125. Judges were Dr. Calvin H French, president of Hastings college; Prof T. Bruce Robb of the school of bus iness administration. University of Nebraska, and T L. Mathews. Lin coln. presrdent of the Neoraska League of Building and Loan asso ciations. CONGRESSMAN HOW ABO NOT GOING TO BERLIN THIS YEAR ! Columbus. Neb,. 1UP)— Congrt*man Edgar Howard, demo* | erat, Nebzraska Third district, will j be unable to attend the interparlia mentary union meetings in Berlin I tn August, he announced here to- I day. Howard Is a member of the j American group and attended the d*!*bcr? Mors in Psrts lai* year. Howard ta recovering ’.;m a se ver* attack of flu and has t»**n ad vuad by physicians to remain at hrme nrre tl he raid J RAILROAD PAYS DISPUTED TAX Burlington Complies with Court Finding in Ne braska Case Omaha, Neb, (UP)—The Burlington railroad has decided not to appeal the recent decision of Fed eral Judge J W. Wood rough In its Nebraska state tax case and today is sending checks to 73 county treas ures in the state, paying them the approximately $500,000 the court held the railroad owed on its taxes Croni 1922 to 1927. This announcement was made to day by Byron B. Clark, chief coun sel for the Burlington. The money will be divided among 73 of the 93 counties in the state. Twenty five per cent, of the com pany's taxes had been withheld un der provisions of a temporary in junction Judge Woodrough found that the company should pay about 5 per cent of the taxes in dispute. It was not known here whether Attorney General O. S. Spillman will appeal to a higher court. NOT TO APPEAL RAIL TAX CASE State of Nebraska to Ac cept Settlement Provided in Federal Court Decision Lincoln, Neb. * ' (UP)—The state tax board will not appeal the Burlington tax suit in view of the railroad’s announcement yesterday that the $500,000 in back taxes will oe oisiriDuiea among 73 Nebraska counties, T. E. Williams, state tax commissioner h»s announced. Cost of appealing the suit decided in Federal Judge Woodrough’s court in Omaha would be $25,000, Wil liams said. The announcement that the Bur lington will not appeal the suit clears all railroad tax suits except one concerning the Burlington and one concerning the Rock Island, pending in federal court now. The pending suits concern valuation of the t#o roads for 1927. Hearing Is set for September 27. The state tax board may meet Monday to evaluate railroad prop erty for 1928. CHILD IS RESCUED FROM UNDER WHEELS OF TRAIN Hartington, Neb., ' (Spe cial)—Homer Stanley, an employe of the Hartington Electric Light com pany rescued a little girl from be ing run over by a train ’n the switching yards at the depot, Alma, 5 yea's old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Henry Brockman who live near the depct I'd been pl«yrv? on the rail road t"arks and the afternoon com hli ation freight and passenger tiain from Ctofton was switching on the rule (racks. The tram crew did net sv. the child nor ri.d the child see the st. ng of cars be it.*; backed on to her. Mr. Stanley at the light plant saw the impendin'? ‘ragec’y ind dashed to the tracks and res cued the child from its precaucious portion just in the nick of time. HOSPITAL ATTENDANT HELD ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE Hastings, Neb., (UP) — Manslaughter charges were filed this afternoon against Waldo N. Cruce, Ingleside State hospital attendant, in connection with the death of Leonard Dean, inmate, yesterday. Cruce was unable to give $1,000 band and was held in county jail. The coroner's jury had practically cxhonorated Cruce by saying Dean came to his death while Crucs was on “regular duty” and the man slaughter charge came rather unex pectedly. HALF MILLION OF SCHOOL FUNDS IS APPORTIONED Lincoln, Neb..