PRESSES CLAW
IN HIGH COURT
Touch of Romance in Ac
turn Against Estate In
dtan Agency Employe
LIMOOUf, N*B — i Rpcrlal)—7Ti
support of her claim that tit# es
tate ef pearl B Gordon, a former
rr•Oderit of Decatur, owe* her $7 MW
oat a contract that h« would leave
a substantial portion of his prop
erty to her Invtand of the 1500 that
hbi will included Alice Mustek filed
a brief in supreme court that re
veals a tale with a touch of re
main*
Gordon was at one time a gov
ernment employe In the Ranter In
dian agency ig Knox county, and
married the daughter of Charles E.
Canfield, wealthy banker of Deca
tur After Canfield's death the Gor
dons moved to Decatur and moved
In with his widow, a wife by a
second marriage, and Gordon took
over the management of the prop
erty l iter Mr- Gordon di*d
While living at Santee, Gordon
became acquainted with Mrs. Amy
Gray and her husband. The Gray's
had three daughters. After the
death of Mri. Gordon, to avoid any
gossip an ring cut of the fact that
Mr Canfield and Mr. Gordon lived
alone in the Decatur home. It was
thought advrahle to get a third
lemon to live with them. Gray hav
ing died Gordon wrote Mrs. Gray
and asked that she allow one of
her daughter* to come and remain
with them Two were teaching
school, and the other was a Junior
In high school Bo she refused.
Gordon, Is described as a man ac
customed to having hU own wav,
and he went down to Missouri
where the Grays lived, and se
cured an agreement that the young
est. the plaintiff in this case, should
come to live with his family under
an agreement that she would re
ceive from hi* estate a sum equal
to what her sisters were getting a
year The girl finished her high
school while a member of the fam
ily. and later married, Gordon
started the young couple in farm
ing on his land and dictated their
remaining there till his death In
1»W> As he left her but (500. she
sued for thr difference between that
turd what she could have earned as
a teacher If her career had not been
Interrupted by his Insistence that
she become a member of his fam
ily, which sum he agreed to leave
her when he told her she would
not lose by accepting his offer. The
Jury below gave her (2 000, but the
court dismissed the claim on the
ground that she did not remain for
live rr«t of hi* life with the Gor
rton family.
HALF HATES FOR FEED
TO NORTHERN NEBRASKA
LINCOLN -• Special) —The state
railway commission has granted au
thority to make a half rate on car*
lewd shipments of corn and oats for
feeding purposes, f r the next two
months, from Omaha and South
Omaha and from South Sioux City
and dlrcrUy intermediate station*
aa point* of origin to stations on
Ha JJne from Niobrara and the west
located in the state.
HI T HARDWARE FOR
TOWER OF NEW CAPITOL
LINCOLN ■ <UP)—A contract for
Um< purchase of special hardware for
the tower of the new capital build
ing was awarded to the Lahr Hard
ware company, of Lincoln, for $5,
IMM by the capital commission
Wednesday.
CONVICT WHO TRIED TO
ESCAPE WANTS PAROLE
LINC'OLN <UP) — Memories of
an attempted escape from prison
In 1W5 by three convicted murder
ers were recalled Wednesday when
tl*e elate board of pardon and par
ole* announced that Fred Weit**l
Lad appealed to the board for a
pwroie The case of Wettzel and 23
others will be hoard by the board
at U* regular monthly meeting
March 12.
MIOKT ILLNESS RESt’LTS
IN RLMWAL OF ROMANCE
STELLA How u minor Diners Jed
to a vacation trip, renewal of a
four-year-old acquaintance and a
hurried courtship and marriage was
revealed with the return here o!
Ted Hollins. 20 yean old. and hts
fceide. formerly Gladys Lybarger of
Tab** la
Holsru had been aiding his fa
ther. Charles Hollins, in a bakery
hrie While recovering from a
minor Illness, hia parents suggest
ed he take a vacation and visit
hie grandpa rente. Mr and Mrs
Mill Rpnngle. at Logan. la.
C«n the way he stopprd at Ta
bw la. where he bad attended
setvioi for a lime more than four
yems ago He and Miss Lv burger
had bsen friends then The friend
ship voss quickly revived though
'Rev hud not met In Uie mean time.
Hal* be proposed
**iie gitI s parents Mr and Mr*
J » t.ybairer asked her to watt
unu: graduation from high school
»« the »pnng Ho.ilnt left with
Mlsa 1 > burger ostensibly for
whaul, Intend tie drove to the
hvmo of hi* grand parents at Logan
from lagan he telegraphed to
hi* parents fee consent to mar
riage The tn* KSie was delivered
by a frteud The partnis thought
H • fake and sent no answer Lat
er B! ’tiler mwage came Consent
was g .rr< and two <Uva alter the
hetaseanent the wrdduvg was held
at Lagan
at Oi.kHT ( Nor NOTATION
IN WH» t? TkNNITONY
LINGO UN >tT»- In a Nebraska
wtseal ewicmon survey made by
Ike hum*#'on retimed through the
office if i»< rural Ruper intend# m L
N Lyman at UnealN recently tire
stole** erg it made that the groui^t
a f s*a, <t*« i*r *i«t mutuum more
asMMuse than al any other tune in
lesen years.
L- oa#* Irani bh weuta a report
ed in *««*- K» siitM* so unusual
fWMMtiaa (toaki«ng (he # mount of
m**siu*e Ui Uu fc vutig and the
tnafe af high ends
WAVE or PELF RESTRICTION
PWEEPS OVER NEBRASKA
LINCOLN—«UPi — Death was
preferred to life by four persons
Wednesday In Nebraska..
While final preparations were be
ing made for her wedding for today,
Mira Ruth Connard, 18 years old,
ended her life at the home of her
slater by drinking poison. A note
requested the picture of her fiance,
Walter Eh off, be burled with her.
After giving a bootlegger the last
$10 she had to pay her husband s
liquor bill, Mrs. Nora Kennedy, of
Omaha, drank poison. Mrs. Lena
Canneha. the woman accused of
selling liquor to Kennedy, was fined
$100 on a liquor charge.
Everett Hudson, of Arapahoe, shot
himself through the head with a
shotgun near 3eaver City. He was
a salesman and hts body was found
In his distributing wagon.
Despondent over 111 health, Alonzo
A. Cave. 66 years old, of Lincoln,
shot himself through the head with
a revolver. A few hours before end
ing his life. Cave had asked his doc
tor If there was any hope for his
recovery.
HIS FARM NOW
BIRD PRESERVE
Nebraska Man Finds Ducks
and Other Feathered
Friends Return
ANTIOCH, NEbT^- (Special)—
Nebraska’s "Jack Miner,” is P. K.
Keller of Antioch, who began to
feed and band ducks in 1927 and
has demonstrated, Just as the Ca
nadian bird lover has, that they will
return year after year.
Keller banded 53 ducks In 1927.
One duck. No 555,414 left to go
south November 12 and returned
March 12.
Ducks banded in 1927 were heard
from in Colorado. Texas, New Mex
ico, Oklahoma and Louisiana when
they were killed by hunters.
Duck No. 555,414 nested in a hay
stack in 1927. Keller fed the hay to
stock In the winter. When the ducks
came back in the spring this duck
kept walking around the barn. He
decided she was looking for her
nest. He put a box on the roof ot
the barn with some hay. She took
possession ai once and hatched sev
en little ones. She took them to
the lake and lost them one by one
until she had only two left. These
two she turned over to another duck
to raise which had five little ducks
shortly afterward.
Then duck No. 555,414 laid her
second nest of nine eggs and, July
26, hatched eight.
Keller reports that since he has
established the bird sanctuary all
kinds of wild fowl have drifted in,
wild geese, sandhill cranes, ducks,
curlews and grouse.
SOLDIERS PAWN THEIR
SHIRTS FOR DRINKS
OMAHA—(UP)—A dozen or more
Port Omaha soldiers will be in the
guardhouse soon as result of a li
quor raid here Wednesday. Federal
officers making the raid found a
large number of army shirts in the
home of Mrs. Otto Glazier. Post of
ficers traced the shirts back to the
fort Jocker room and charge that
the soldiers had pawned them for
drinks.
HUGE GORGE FORMS
IN THE PLATTE RIVER
KEARNEY—(UP)—An Ice gorge
of huge proportions has developed
In the Platte river west of Gibbon
and fear is expressed that when a
thaw comes, lowlands in that vicin
ity will be inundated.
EXPECTS MI CH FROM HOOVER
IN RIVER IMPROVEMENT
OMAHA—(UP)—Inauguration of
Herbert Hoover means much for
river navigation, Gov. Arthur J.
Weaver, who is also president of the
Missouri River Navigation associa
tion. told the waterways commit
tee of the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce here Thursday afternoon.
Weaver believes the task of those
working for improvement of the
Missouri above Kansas City will be
greatly simplified wit i Mr. Hoover
at the head of the government, he
said. He advised river enthusiasts,
however, to vigorously continue their
campaign for increas-d appropria
tion*
ALIENATION SUIT EVIDENCE
IS TOO MUCH I OK III BBV
BEATRICE—(UP>—A crowded
courtroom listened eagerly to the
testimony introduced into the suit
I of Charles Sears against Jack
Dyerke for 110.000 for the alienation
I of the affections of Mrs. Sears. The
j testimony was of such nature
\ Thursday that Sears fainted just
| alter Mrs. Sears had told of show
ing to a Beatrice woman some pic
tures taken from Dyerke s room.
When his wife told about some of
the informal poses of the pictures,
Stars groaned and fell back uncon
scious.
Dyerke Is a former roomer in the
I home of Sears.
'OKI NSON SAYS OMAHA NOT
so WICKED AS HE THOUGHT
OMAHA—tCP >— Omaha Isn’t as
| a .tied as he had thought it was,
I AIL !.*. v General C A. Sorenson,
j a hi recent ultimatum to Chief of
j Poire PssuBOwakl caused a drastic
cleanup here, told the men’s club of
Dundee Presbyterian church here
Wednesday night. He said the im
preation that he had singled out
Omaha was erroneous and that he
was going to Insist on law enforce
I meet m every sectidh of the state.
Plans Nonstop Hop Around World
A 24,0U0-mile nonstop around the world flight is the next ob
jective of Colonel Art Goebel (inset), of Wichita, Kansas. Goe
bel, winner of the Dole race to Hawaii, announced his plans
following the successful flight of the Question Mark over Cali
fornia. T he map map shows tentative route he would follow
in circling globe.
ICE CREAM MAKES ITS IVA Y
One thing which differentiates
the United States of America from
other nations is that it takes its ice
cream seriously. What in other
countries is merely a summer con
fection has become, in America, a
standard article of food throughout
the year. Few dishes are so
characteristically American. Indeed,
ice cream may be said to be linked
up in an interesting way with im
portant epochs in American history.
An article in New Jersey Agricul
ture points out that the earliest ad
vertisement for ice cream in an
American newspaper appeared in
the New York Gazette of May 19,
1777. The public career of the
frozen delicacy may therefore be
said to be almost co-extensive with
the existence of the republic. The
advertisement referrd to was sur
rounded by other advertisements ot
competing commodities. Against
these formidable opponents, ice
cream has more than held its own.
Today the annual per capita con
sumption of ice cream in the United
States is 2.85 gallons. The amount
manufactured in the year 1927 is
estimated at 335,703,610 gallons.
This was a striking increase over
the amount manufactured in 1920,
which was 260.000,000 gallons. In
1910, the production was only B5,
' 450,000 gallons. It is worthy of note
that the enormous increase in the
decade 1910-20 was contemporary
with the advent cf national prohi
bition in the United States.
The ice cream Industry is some
times rriticised because of its sea
sonal character. It is said to lack
stability because it has a period of
great activity in the summer
months, and is comparatively slacs
in the winter. In reply to this
criticism, friends of the industry
point out that the fluctuation is
by no means so great as is generally
su^nosed. Although about 60 per
cent, of the annual output is pro
duced in the five months of May,
June. July. August and September,
the remaining seven months are by
no means a period of complete in
activity. In one respect, the ice
cream industry renders a positive
service by its “irregularity." The
peak in ice cream production comes
generally at the peak of fluid milk
production, and by utilizing what
would otherwise be surplus milk,
prevents a collapse of the milk mar
ket which might otherwise ensue.
Thus, according to F. C. Button,
the author of the article above men
tioned. the ice cream industry has
a vital relation to the welfare of
dairymen in America.
THE OLD FLAME
Baltimore Evening Sun
She is the woman you might have
married. And though all of that of
course, is past, history, it is difficult
not to experience a certain flutter
ing of the heart in her presence.
Your wife confident of her own
hold, is not without sympathy. Or
it is perhaps a subtle scheme for
rubbing in what she considers her
own triumph? She suggests that as
Lucy always remembers the chil
dren's birthdays you ought to do
something nice for her. And what
you decide without counseling your
wife could be nicer than a pleasant
lunch for two downtown?
Lucy accepts. She bears her in
creasing years gracefully. Could it
be because she has not married?
You look forward to the meeting
with pleasant anticipation. The
waiter, who has profited bv your
previous generosity, is very desirous
of pleasing. He assumes quite na
turally that this is "the madam.”
He not only assumes it. he expresses
it with annoying persistency and
fails to catch your signal to lay
off.
Friends appear £t adjoining ta
bles. From their looks it is evident
that running through their heads
is the suggestive phrase "seeing you
with a strange woman." You trv
to be nonchalant, gay, reminiscent,
but your every remark seems to re
verberate through the room. Nor
is your confusion lessened when you
recognize in the corner a friend
of your w-ife. an inveterate tease,
whose twinkling eve is testimony
enough that she will make the best
of her discovery. It is impossible
to avoid g certain formality and re
straint that completely spoils the
ocras;on.
Well at least you have done vour
dutv. You have been nice to Lucv
and you can make a report to your
wife. But. alas for good intentions?
Your wife will rcnlv scornfully that
you might have been nice to Lucv
without takinc her to an expensive
restaurant, with foreign waiters and
service charges, when the b°st vou
have done for her is to introduce
her to a cafeteria.
Mellon Gets From Under.
From New York World.
Drastic reaction in the stock
market gives an added interest to
that section of Secret arv Mellon’s
report dealing with the general
credit situation and the policies of
the Federal Reserve System, For
Mr Mellon devotes some attention
to the speculative mania which has
gripped the country, and this is a
topic of more concern to many
people today than Federal taxes,
expenditures and debt redemption.
As a primary factor in influenc
ing the credit situation Mr. Mellon
cites the gold movement of 1927-28
Eighteen months ago the gold
stock of the United States reached
a peak of slightly more than four
and a half billions. Within the
next twelve months half a billion
Relatively Speaking.
From Judge.
"Hey. pop. what’s the difference
between alimony and bigamy?”
Alimony is keeping a woman
apart."
And bigamy?”
"Bigamy is keeping two women
apart. ’
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Q Why were altars to an Un- j
known God built in Athens'1 H. A. j
D.
A Several were built with this j
inscription. They were erected dur- 1
nig a plague since the Athenians
did not known what god was of
fended and needed propitiation
was exported. The shipment of this
gold abroad was of inestimable
value to other nations, enabling six
countries of Europe and four of
Latin America to place their cur
rencies on a gold basis and giving
tbenMan improved buying power
whim should react favorably on
the foriegn trade of the United
States.
In order to help this movement
along, the Federal Reserve under
took to maintain a condition of
easy money by purchasing govern
ment securities in the open market
and so releasing their equivalent in
cash. Such purchases offset the
loss of gold, which otherwise might
have caused higher money rates
and reversed the outward flow of
bold lunds. But this creation of
artificial ease in the money market
had one effect which the Reserve
Eank autharities evidently did not
lorsee. It gave great stimulus to
stock-market speculation.
Now the Federal Reserve is only
casually interested in the fluctua
tions of the prices of stocks, but it
is directly interested in the use of
Reserve Bank credit on a large
scale to promote stock-market
speculation. Consequently, when it
seemed about a year ago that the
gold experts had achieved their
purpose the easy-money policy was
reversed. Instead of buying more
securities the Rt-»n%e Banks began
to sell them and when this did not
check the expansion of speculative
credit the rediscount rates were ad
vanced bv stges from the uniform
level of 3 Vi per cent until they now
stand at 4Vi per cent for four banks
and 5 per cent lor the remaining
eight.
This thinly veiled disapproval
of what lias been going on in Wall
Street will probably attract more
attention than anything else in
Secretary Mellon’s report. It is es
pecially notable in that it comes
lrcm an official who in the past
months has been quite ready to say
a good word about the business
outlook when the bull market gave
the> appearance of growing stale
On numerous occasions this year
and last Mr. Mellon has come for
ward with an optimistic statement
just when one was needed to inject
new energy into the tired specula
tors. President Coolidge at times
hat seconded his efforts, especially
in January of this year when he
broke all precedents by expressing
a favorable view of the brokers'
loan situation.
Vassar Laughers.
Fr om Time.
Polyxtnie Kambouropoulos, well
liked, dusky instructor o! psycholo
gy at Vassar, showed her pupils,
daisy chainers included, under
4,000 jokes and learned girls laugh
most at humorous situations based
on personal superiority, next at
infciiority or predicament situa
tions, next at incongruous situations.
Those w'ho laughed at fewest jokes
were Vassar's brightest minds.
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Poetic Pun.
From Judge.
Adam never would ot et
That there little apple on a bet
If mis little Rib and he
Hadn’t shared the selfsame tre>..
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Q. Why were front wheels of
wagons made smaller than the back
wheels? E N.
A. The development of the prac
tice cf making the from wheels of
a ccach or wagon smaller than the
rear wheels is due to the fact that
a wagon so constructed is easier to
steer or guide. Such a wagon will
turn corners much more readily
than if tha wheels are of equal size I
at the rear
POWER OF NOTARY IS
BEING QUESTIONED
OMAHA—(U P)—Nebraska su
preme court will be asked to deter
mine whether a notary public has
the right to commit to jail lor con
tempt of court a person who refuses
to answer questions in affidavits.
W. W. Whittaker, a notary here,
committed Mrs. Pauline Farley, 44
years old, who was being resisted
in her efforts to be appointed ad
ministrix of her husband’s estate by
her stepdaughter, Mrs. Genevieve
Ciemmer.
District Judge James J. Fitzgerald
upheld Whittaker when M. O. Cun
ningham, attorney for Mrs. Farley
sought a writ of hivbeas corpus.
Cunningham announced appeal to
supreme court and Judge Fitzgerald
leleased Mrs. Farley on $1,0C0 bond.
It is said to be the first time this
question has ever arisen in Nebras
ka.
NEBRASKA MAN
OHIO SPEAKER
Says Teachers’ Colleges
Must Be Institutions of
Higher Learning
CLEVELAND, OHIO—(UP)—Dr
W. G. Rcxsenlof, director of second
ary education and teacher training
in the state department of public
instruction, Lincoln, Neb., spoke be
fore the annual convention of the
National Association of Stave High
School Supervisors here Tuesday
night. His subject was “The Prob
lem of High School Normal Train
ing.”
His address in part follows:
“The time is at hand when our
teachers’ colleges and normal
schools must step out and assert
themselves as institutions of high
learning enjoying all of the priv
[ eleges and emoltuments that come
with ‘academic respectability.’ Ths
state is entitled to have for its
teachers colleges this recognition of
merit. It is obliged to provide for
this recognition and obviously those
charged with responsibility of prop
erly administering and controlling
the teachers colleges must set up
the standards that will Insure the
desired results.
“Let it not be true of a single one
of us that we have failed to proper
ly appreciate ths problem as it ex
ists to have taken the necessary
steps to remedy the situation. That
there are these who have not ap
preciated the importance of the li
brary goes without saying. It is a
sad commentary upon the adminis
trative abilities of college presidents
when one is confronted by the state
ment as I was confronted in whici.
the president of one of our wester.',
state teachers colleges made th*
statement that he had several thou
sand dollars of monty available for
the purchase of books whenever it
was felt that there was need for
these additional books. Permit me
to sev that this institution is fully
reported in the study I have made
and is found to be an institution
having a library, according to its
own count, of less than 7,000 vol
umes.’ ’
NEW SYSTEM TO REGULATE
OVERPARKING IN OMAHA
OMAHA— -If you park ov
ertime in downtown Omaha and
I the traffic officer gives you a ticket,
merely mail $1.50 to the clerk of the
municipal court. This system which
starts March 1, was originated by
Lester Palmer, new’ municipal judge.
Here is the w’ay the system
works: Everyone who receives a
parking tag may go to the clerk’s
office, or may mail the fine. The
first time in any calendar month
the fine will be $1.50. The second
time in the same month $3, and
thereafter $5. After the first of the
month a motorist can again violate
the parking ordinance for a mere
$1.50 once.
Police Commissioner Henry Dunn
warned motorists, however, that
those who tear up parking tags will
be "playing with fire." Bench war
rants, resulting in fines of $10 to
$15, will be issued to those who ig
nore the policeman’s tag, he said.
GIRL CARRIES MAIL ON
DEAD FATHER S ROUTE
GREELEY — (Special) — Estelle
Francis has been carrying the mail
between Spalding and Greeley for
the last two weeks since the death
of her father. Edmond Francis, the
regular carrier. Permission has been
asked of the postoffice department
o permit her to hold the job until
her father's commission expires,
July 1, 1930.
Th? trip has been made by Mias
Francis every day alone although
'he mercury was below zero and the
highways badly drifted. She drives
her car more than 40 miles each
tiay.
JACKSON. NEB.. GRAIN
ELEVATOR IS BURNED
JACKSON—Fire of an unknown
origin caused damage estimated at
: bout $10,000 to the Atlas Grain
elevator here Tuesday afternoon
There was about two carloads of
grain in the elevator at the time it
caught fire.
The elevator was of wooden con
struction and was one of the larg
est in northeast Nebraska. The ele
vator was destroyed.
HAS FIRE LOSS OF $45,000
FALLS CITY—(UP)—One build
ing was destroyed and two others
damaged in a fire that raged foi
more than four hours early Wed
nesday. threatening to destroy an
entire business block here. Th?
Colglosder and Son grocery store
and the Howard and Miller shoe
store, both housed in a double build
ing. were destroyed with an approxi
mate loss of $45,000. The Falls City
Journal and the Arendt clothing
store, flanking either side of the
destroyed building, were damaged
to the extent of $5,000.
SOCIETY GROUP
HAS SENSATION
Omaha Divorce Trial Re
veals Home Secrets of
“400” Couple
OMAHA, NEB.—(UP)—Family se
crets were bared to a crowd com
posed mostly of Omaha’s social
elite, when the divorce suit of
Frank Selby, prominent in financial
circles, against his wife, who as the
former Mary Norris, was regarded
as the prettiest girl in the city’s 400,
was called up in court Monday.
Testifying for himself, Selby
charged that his wife, by constant
nagging had reduced him to such
a nervous state that he could not
properly take care of his business.
On several occasions she threatened
suicide, he said, once turning on
six jets in their kitchen gas range
after closing all windows and doors.
He resuscitated her upon hearing
her hysterical screams, he said.
He charged that she had humiliat
ed him on many occasions while at
social functions and that she had
attacked him on several occasions.
PHONE CONCERN
GETS INCREASE
Nebraska Railway Commis
sion Requires Improved
Service First, However
LINCOLN, NEB.— (Special)—'The
state railway commission has given
authoritw to the Lynch Telephone
authority to tho Lynch Telephone
increase its business rates from $1.75
a month to $2.75, net; residence
rates from $1.25 to $1.75 and rural
rates from $1.25 to $$1.50. These
were as asked for by the company,
except that it wanted the farm rates
boosted 50 cents a month. The new
rates are to become effective only
when the company has rebuilt the
farm lines and otherwise improved
the general service. The company
has been giving a restricted service,
but under the new schedule it will
give 24-hour service.
Revenues of the company last yeat
were $4,249 and expenses $5,338, but
the latter included considerable de
ferred maintenance and extraordi
nary repairs, so that actual deficit
from operation was but $395. The
new rates are expected to increase
revenues $711 and as operating ex
penses will be less, the commission
figures that the net revenue will be
a trifle under 8 per cent return on p
$10,000 plant. The present owners
bought the plant a year ago foi
$6,250, but have put considerable
money into it since then. The com
mission says the books show the
original cost was around $18,000, and
estimates the property to be well
worth $10,000 at the present time
Fred Sinkbiel, Jr„ is manager. The
commission says the farm line rate
asked for is somewhat higher than
the other rates on a balanced rate
structure and should not exceed
$1.50 a month.
CHARGE HE FORGED
MISSING BROTHER’S NAME
SIDNEY—(UP)—Warrants charg
ing forgery were to be served Mon
day by Sheriff J. M. Nelson, of
Cheyenne county, on Fred Frahm,
who has been held in connection with
mysterious disappearance of his
brother, John Frahm, of Phoenix,
Ariz. John Frahm was last seen near
North Platte, November 8, 1928.
Tire warrants charge that Fred
,'orged his brother’s name to two
checks written on the First National
rank of Wahoo each for $100.
The checks were dated more than
r month after the disappearance ol
John Frahm. They charge that Fred
' Frahm forged John’s name to them.
SAYS MORE WOMEN
ARE DRUG ADDICTS
OMAHA—(UP) — More women
han men are addicted to the drug
habit, Dr. O. A. H. De La Gardie,
of Minneapolis, division federal nar
cotic enforcement chief told the
Omaha Woman’s club in an address
here Monday. Nervous temperament
of the weaker sex makes them an
easier victim to drugs, he said.
MANY FARMERS ATTEND
SEED EXCHANGE MEETING
WALTHILL —(Special)— Ninety
Lx fanners registered at the second
annual seed exchange day held in
he opera house at Walthill, Satur
day. The exhibit of seed was much
larger than that shown last year.
The growing of barley instead of
oats, best varieties and types of
corn, speltz, alfalfa and sweet clover
were all discussed by farmers and
by B. H. French of the college of
agriculture.
How soil erosion is being con
trolled on his farms was discussed
by S. E. Morgan of Winnebago. H.
G. Easton gave a alk showing the
relation of the size of the ear to
the total yield of corn. William
Wingett told how’ he has never failed
o obtain a good stand of alfalfa in
-pite of the fact that at times he
has sown as low as eight pounds of
seed to the acre.
JUDGE SAYS NEBRASKA
NEEDS BOOZE CURE SHOI’
OMAHA—(UP'—Nebraska needs
:n institution where its citizens can
>e cured of the liquor habit. Lestei
Palmer, youthful municipal judge
who has charge of the police court
rince taking the bench January 1
declared today. Palmer said lack
of such an institution seriously
hampers work of weaning inebri
ates away from the cup that cheers.
Other states have such places and
derive much benefit from them, hr
aid.
