Nebraska Newspapers

    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was withdrawn and one filed that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., <UP)—A
D. Fairbairn. of Washington, who
will have charge of organizing Ne
braska farmers for the democratic
national ticket, a-rlved here today
and conferred with farmer leaders.
Me was appointed to handle the Ne
braska movement at the meeting
of the committee of 22 at Des
Moines.
Fairbairn has called a meeting of
farm leaders for Friday at Lincoln
when a state ehirmn nd other or
•flrnization officers will be elected He
will haev supervision over the work
in this and other northwestern
states.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
BUT IS RECOVERING
Favard, Nrb.. (Special*—
Although struck ov a bolt of light
ning which tore his clothing to
shreds and rendered him
scious. the 12-year-old son of John
Lopp Is alive and recovering, Thf
upper pert of his bodv was badlv
burned and the hair was singed ofl
'b* bark of hi* neck Honw rubber
-oles on h's *ho»s are believed to
hove saved his life.
• s.RMFR HA* RIGHT TO
FERRIES ON HIGHWAY
Hastings. Neb.. (UP*—
The ouestion of whether a farmei
h«* tb» rtcht to prohibit th* nickin'’
of 'Id twit ^rowing on hichwav
bordr-ing bis form was answered bv
Oflnnb’ Atto'nev Crowe reeentb'
raid the farmer was within b*
rffhh
WIIOII FAMILY MADE ILL
BY EATING HATEBMSI.O
Morrill. Neb, ifperial*
Trn member* o< tn* Amos Han •
mock family were taken violenb?
Ill afler eating a watermelon Fur
a t*m,* it w.v that **® of th.r
children m ** * i A pin sir an as.if
nurse eared ' cr *hrm f "T M»»ral
. dais A’l arc i sduailv in.p.ov.j^
i no** Mr and Mr* H »i
tr.oek *ia: »»«. Fv
and Ma. * .1% L f -* C*-.1, nit
Walter trd 1 **« Be*''.’ Cr
\
HARVEST HAND
GOT THEIR CAR
Good Samaritans from Ok
lahoma Placed Their Trust
in Stranger
Columbus. Neb., . (UP) —
To give another harvest hand whom
they met on the road a lift in their
automobile and then see him drive
it away and fail to return was the
sad experience of two brothers from
Oklahoma, who were following the
harvest. They told their story to
Sheriff Kavanaugh.
They had picked up a fellow har
vester in Kansas and let him ride
northwest with them. At Shelby,
Neb., the brothers went into a pool
hall and their passenger asked per
mission to drive the car around the
block. He got it. The owners haven't
see their car since.
STRAIGHTEN LOUP RIVER
TO PREVENT FLOODS
Pieasonton, Neb., _ __ (UP)—
Steps to straighten the channel of
the Loup river, in order to avoid
future flooding of Pleasanton at
high water, have been taken by the
county board. Power has bepn giv
en the body to purchase additional
land if that is found necessary to
move the channel.
Sharp bends in the river, which
tend to slow up the .flow, will be
eliminated in carrying out a pro
gram that was started two years
ago.
Two years ago Pleasanton exper
ienced a disastrous flood. This spring
the village was threatened, but the
water receded before damage was
done.
TO SEEK MEMBERS FOR
NEBRASKA WHEAT POOL
Lincoln, Neb., _ (UP)—
Philip F. Bross will becom» member
ship campaign manager for the Ne
braska wheat pool August 1, it is
announced. He will have charge of
uie anve 10 gei unoer comraci ou
per cent, of the acreage in Nebraska.
The purpose of the drive, wheat pool
members said, is to accomplish what
the w'heat growers of Canada have
done.
A combination of 50 per cent, of
the wheat farmers in Nebrasaa,
Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado
would represent farmer control of
far more than the surplus in the
United States and would have great
influence in stabilizing prices, form
er Gov. Samuel R. McKelvie said
today.
POLITICAL SPEECHES TO
FEATURE LEGION PICNIC
Shubert, Neb., (UP)—
Speeches by jrthur J. Weaver, re
publican candidate for governor;
Jean B. Cain, state commander of
the American Legion; J. H. More
head, first district congressman and
Elmer J. Burkett of Lincoln, who is
seeking the congressional post in
the first district, will feature the
annual Richardson county Ameri
can Legion picnic to be held here
July 26 and 27.
The 17th infantry band of Fort
Crook, Neb,, and the Humboldt and
Falls City town bands have been
secured to enliven the affair. A dou
bleheader baseball game with Hum
boldt and Shubert playing in the
curtain-raiser and Falls City and
Shubert in the nightcap, is carded.
A public address system will be
installed to facilitate the audience
hearing the addresses.
THOUGHT INTERIOR NEB.
WAS OF LITTLE WORTH
Lincoln, Neb., ... (UP)—
Seventy one years ago a bill was in
troduced before the state legislature
proposing the removal of the state
capital from Omaha to a place
called Douglas in Lancaster coiflity.
Mark W. Izard, then territorial gov
ernor, vetowed the bill and gave as
iiio rcaauii.v •
“It is, I believe, universally con
ceded by all who are familiar with
the gregraphy of the territory, that
our principal settlements for many
years to come will be confined to a
tract of territory not more than 30
or 40 miles from the Missouri river.”
This statement was found re
cently by I. D. Evans of the gov
ernor’s office, among old state rec
ords. A similar “prophecy” was re
told by C. J. Ernst of the land de
partment of the Burlington rail
road. t.o a large audience at a ter
•itorial pioneers’ meeting held a
short time ago at Seward.
He said that when he and his
father arrived at Nebraska City
from Germany about 10 or 15 years
after this veto, his father was told
not to buy land more than 10 miles
west of the Missouri river as it
would be impossible to raise any
thing farther west.
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER HAS
INTEREST IN CRIPPLED BOY
Emerson, Neb., (Special*
-J. F. Reisman. a veteran railroad
engineer, forme, ly on the run be
tween Emerson and Omaha, was the
means of rehabilitating a little crip
pled boy who always waved to him
as he passed through a Nebraska
staton. Reisman. who is a noble of
Tangier Temple at Omaha, found
that the child whs within Shrine
regulations and was instrumental
in sending him to a ho-pital in
Omaha. The boy is now at the con
va.rseent stage. Reisman and his
wile intend to keep the boy at their
home until lie is fully recovered.
CREAM AND PRODUCE
MEN FORM ORGANIZATION
Norfolk. Neb.. (UP) —
North Nebraska cream and produce
buyers farmed a stale organisation
at a merlins' in Norfolk last Fri
day. John PrtU of Norfolk, was
rleclad president. Headquarters for
the group wtU be tn Norfolk, where
as headquarters tor the southern
Nebraska a» wlatum will remain at
The purpose of the stale organi
sation—the eighth in the country —
a to t orm a closer acquaintanceship
among cream and produce buyer?
and secure means of arbitration. *
SENATOR NORRIS TO AID
FRIENDS IN UJS STATE
Lincoln, Npb., 'Special)
—Senator Norris nas notified his
immediate political friends that he
will devote some time to the cam
paign in Nebraska, but that he will
not lend assistance to the national
ticket of either party unless Smith
supports his view of the power trust
menace, and that if any candidates
for congress want his support they
must take a stand with him. His
particular reasons for taking part in
the campaign are to assist Senator
Howell, who is with him in his pow
er trust fight, and to lend whatever
aid he can to C. A. Sorensen, re
publican nominee for attorney gen
eral, who has long been his cam
paign manager and adviser. Soren
sen also is strong for swatting the
power trust and the senior senator
is expected to champion his cause
vigorously.
NEW TAX LEVY
PROBLEM NOW
Reduced Valuations of Rail
roads in Nebraska Cause
of Concern
Lincoln, Neb., (Special)—
Litigation between the state and
the railroads over taxes is practical
ly at an end. The state board, which
dared not reduce railroad valuations
and taxes on its own initiative for
fear that voters would punish them,
seeing only the cutting of railroad
taxes and not the justice of it as
other valuations have been cut, is
now protected from such criticism
by a court order. Judge Woodrough
soothed the blow by directing that
the railroads should pay an average
of 5 per cent, more than they
claimed was due and which per
centage they had paid. Although
the referees in each case had found
against the state. This gave the
state a part of the victory and the
riiffprpnro true nnt hi or pnonirh in
induce the railroads to carry on the
fight, especially as the record in
each case cost $25,000 to prepare.
As a result the railroads are pay
ing what the court told them. For
the Burlington this is $500,000 and
for the Northwestern around $120,
000. The Burlington saves $400,000
a year, or about 20 per cent, by
reason of the court decision and
the state board's refusal to appeal.
About 12 per cent, is state taxes
and the rest county taxes.
The reports of the assessors show
$15,000,000 more property in the
state than a year ago, but the re
duction in railroad valuations will
wipe this out, and the inability to
tax banks other than as intangibles
will still further reduce the total
valuation. The board will probably
cut the levy to 2.10 or 2.25 mills.
The last year’s levy was 3.75 mills,
but this included 1.50 mills for wip
ing out the deficit. The state cap
itol fund will take .22 of a mill and
the general fund about 2 mills.
Four northeastern Nebraska
counties are in the list of late re
porters. Holt county reports a
slightly lower valuation, $26,478,830
as compared with $26,512,145 in
1927: Thurston, $23,411,000 as com
pared with $23,396,009; Wayne, $39,
188.000 as compared with $38,707,000
and Pierce. $33,013,000 as compared
with $33,064,000.
mis MAN DENIES THAT
FARMER IS DOWN AND OUT
Pleasanton. Neb., (UP)—
Farmers in Nebraska are iar from
“down and out,” Joseph Zweiner,
Pleasanton, Neb., farmer thinks. He
just received a check for $7,500 for
a shipment of steers anri heifers
sold on the Omaiia mirket.
The cattle were among the best
ever seen on the Omaha market, it
wai sa;ci. i wemy seven steers av
eraged 917 pounds and brought the
top price for the year for yearlings
—$16 a hundredweight.
Twenty six head of heifers aver
aged 829 pounds and brought $15.25
—the highest price paid on the
South Omaha market in the 32
years it has existed. Two small lots
sold at that price during the war,
records show’.
"Prospects for the faimer seem
to be very good this year,” Zweiner
said. "The alfalfa needs rain but is
coming along nicely. The corn is a
little late, but is progressing rap
idly.” -
LIBERTY GIRL WINS $:>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.. <UP)—Ap
portionment of $565,337.92 of tem
porary state school funds to coun
ties for support of schools was made
today by Charles W. Tuylor, state
'■uperintendent of public instruc
tion. Tire funds are derived from
interest on state trust funds invest
ed in more than $10,000,000 in bonds
ana from interest on school lands.
Among counties receiving appor
ionment were: Buffalo, $10418.16;
Dodge. $9,985.75: Douglas $55,732.64;
Red Willow, $5,155.53, and York
"7,916.13.
SPELLING BEE TO FEATURE
FARM BUREAU PICNIC
Movllle, la., (Special)—
A spelling bee win oe one of the
numbers on the program at a spe
cial meeting of the Arlington town
ship Farm Bureau to be held on
•he lawn at the home of Ivan Ole
on, Thursday evening. July 19.
CREAMERY MAKES BIG
SHIPMENT OF BITTER
Clear Lake, S. D„ (Spe
cial)—Clear Lake's creamery
shipped out 84 664-pound tubs ot
butter Thursday It was the larg
est shipment this year. Tills but
ter went to Chicago.
I.IS,MORE PLANS TO HOLD
HARVEST FESTIVAL AUG. 13
Liunort, Minn.. 'Special)
—Lismor* will hold a harvest festi
val Wednesday. August 15. A double
header base ball game the first be
tween the Edgerton team and the
LUmore second team ami the second
game between the LUmore Gophers
and another good faat club the op
leettcuu not yet having oeen defin
itely wttled Music mill be fumLhed
•jy the Adrian 34-plere ecncert
band. There anil be all kinda of
street rpo»u aad a dance In the
nreR.ng.