Nebraska Newspapers

    WEAVER’S VETO
MAY NOT HOLD
Nebraska Attorney General
Rules on One Angle to
Disputed Action
LINCOLN. NEB.—(UP)—Possibil
ity that Governor Weaver’s veto of
14 items in the state appropriation
bill is unconstitutional was seen by
many in an opinion given the gov
ernor Monday by Attorney Genf-ral
C. A. Sorensen.
"No appropriations shall be made
in excess of the recommendation
contained, unless by three fifths
vote of each house of the legisla
ture, and such excess so approved
by a three fifths vote shall not be
subject to veto by the governor,”
the attorney general quoted the
constitution.
Governor Weaver contends, how
ever, that since the increased ap
propriations were not given a three
fifths vote separately but only as a
bill as a whole, he had a right to
veto the items. Sorensen said he had
not been asked to give a decision
that point.
In an opinion given some time
ago, however, former Attorney Gen
eral Spillman held that the govern
or had no right to veto increased
items in the budget if the budget
had received a three fifths vote and
even though the increased items
had not been voted on separately.
MAKES GAS TAX DIVISION
UNDER NEW STATE LAW
LINCOLN— (UP)—'The first gaso
line tax apportionment to be made
directly to the counties under the
new four cent gasoline tax law was
announced today by State Treasur
er W. M. Stebbins. The amount
divided was $147,294.47, this being
the funds from the extra two cents
levied on all stocks of gasoline on
hand April 1.
Aocoirdlng to the new law, the
counties are to be apportioned one
fourth of the funds collected by the
tax. The amounts to be divided this
month and succeeding months will
be much greater than this ap
portionment, Stebbins said.
The amouns apportioned to the
counties included:
Adams, $2,576.63; Buffalo. $2,902.
44; Dodge, $3,118.65; Douglas, $18,
460.64; Kearney, $1,011.72; Lan
caster, $10,659.55; Otoe, $2,371.23;
Platte, $2,393.97; Red Willow, $1,584.
30; Richardson, $2,141.23; and New
York, $2,053.25.
TO CONSIDER STATUS
OF JUNIOR COLLEGE
NORFOLK—(UP)—When the
board of education meets Tuesday
night, directors of the Norfolk
Chamber of Commerce will present
their endorsement of the board's
action relative to making the Nor
folk Junior college a part of the
public school system.
Recently the board passed a mo
tion making the Junior college a
part of the public schools, which
means that all boys and girls of
legal school age, who are residents
of the district, will be able to at
tend the 13th and 14th grades with
out paying tuition.
All of the directors of the cham
ber of Commerce, except President
M. S. McDuffee, who was absent
from the city, endorsed the board’s
action.
ARCHER. IA.. SCHOOLS TO
GRADUATE CLASS OF FOUR
ARCHE R—(Special)—E vents
leading up to closing of the school
year are in progress. The baccalau
reate sermon will be preached May
19 by Rev. Mr. Daily. The com
mencement address. May 22, will be
given by Rev. J. J. Shear, of Hum
boldt, la. TTiere will be four grad
uates.
DRIVER of death car
NOT CRIMINALLY LI ABLO
OM AH A — (UP*— Although Dan
Hann admitted his sight was so
faulty that he could see only a blur
when he ran Into and fatally In
jured Rev. H. L. House here Sat
urday, there is nothing the county
attorney’s office can do about it,
County Attorney Henry Beal says.
A coroner’s jury found that the
aged retired clergyman met his
death by being struck by an auto
mobile negligently driven by Hann.
Hann was driving on the wrong side
of the street at the time and struck
Rev. Mr. House ns the latter was
about to board a street car.
Hann said he had just come from
a doctor’s office, that there was a
bandage over one eye and he could
scarcely see out of the other.
•'The legisalture failed to provide
for compulsory physical examination
for drivers in a bill just passed,”
Beal said. "Neither does the stat
ute prescribe a penalty for causing
death as a result of physical de
fects of the driver.”
Hann probably will be prosecuted
in police court for ordinary reckless
driving.
CHILDS ARMS RIN I$TO
POWER CLOTHES WRINGER
NELIGH — (Special* — Charles
Dragoo, 2 years old, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Truman Dragoo, sustained bad
ly bruised arms when he climbed up
on the washing machine and started
the power wringer. Both hands were
• drawn between the rolls to the el
bows. His screams brought his
mother who stopped the machtne.
His injuries are painful but not
serious.
SAVES WOUNDED COMPANION.
CARRIES HIM TO DOCTOR
SIDNEY—A Sidney youth saved
a companion from serious loss of
blood here recently, by first aid and
by carrying the injured boy for
more than a mile. Both are Boy
Scouts.
Junior Walker, son of Dtr. B. L.
Walker, hc-d been shot in the left
heel with a rifle bullet while hunt
ing.
Alvine Goodale, son of Jess W.
Goodale, carried Junior to the near
est house, aided by Jack Stephens,
third member of the party
OLD WOUND AGAIN
BOTHERING HIM
BRIDGEPORT — (Special) —
What was thought to be a bad case
of sore throat affecting J. H. Wehn
turned out to be caused by a num
ber of small No. 6 shot lodged in
the upper part of his throat and
under his tongue in a hunting acci
dent of 25 years ago. An X-ray
picture revealed their presence. Ef
forts to remove them have not as
yet been successful.
When Wehn was first injured the
charge of shotgun shot filled hia
left side and it was thought that all
had been removed. A finger was
blown off at the same time.
WAYNE NORMAL TO
HAVE BIG CLASS
WAYNE—Wayne State Teacher!
college will grant 55 A. B. degree!
and graduate 160 from the two
year normal course, May 29.
F. S. Berry, of Wayne, member of
the state normal board and former
Nebraska Bar association president,
will deliver the address. Dr. Harry
M. Gage, Coe college, Cedar Rapids,
la., will give the baccalaureate ser
mon May 26.
TRAGEDY AGAIN
IN FARM HOME
Husband and Father’s Death
Climaxes Troubles Spald
ing, Neb., Family
SPALDING, NEB, — (Special) —
When his wile and two-year-old
daughter came home from spending
the afternoon away, Earl Smyth,
young farmer, was found dead in
the kitchen of his home, the left
side and upper portion of his head
torn away by a charge from a sin
gle barrel shotgun. County Attorney
T. J. Howard, who is also coroner
pronounced it accidental.
A 4-year-old son died in the
hospital at Grand Island about two
months ago as the result of burns
suffered when his parents were out
milking. Twin babies born a year
ago did not live.
Besides his wife and parents, Mr
and Mrs. Frank Smyth, he is sui •
vived by three brothers and three
I sisters, Tom, Harold and Frank, Jr.,
all of Spalding, and Mrs. Jerry
Galvin of Spalding, Mrs. George
Cooney of Grand Island and Claud
Smith of Wyoming.
TEN MILLIONS
MORE TO SPEND
Nebraska Legislature’s Ap
propriations Are Increased
Largely by Gas Tax
LINCOLN. NEB—(Specian—Fig
ures compiled by the state depart
ment of finance show that the to
tal legislative appropriations, after
the governor had cut off $600,000,
are $42,080,000. This is a little more
than $10,000,000 more than two years
ago, when the total was $30,877,000.
deducting in both instances the near
ly a million in funds that were ap
propriated but not spent, and which
had to be reappropriated. Of this
increase $8,400,000 is due to the
doubling of the gasoline tax, which,
in turn made a much larger sum of
federal aid money available than
two years ago, since the greater part
of the gasoline tax collections for
the last two years was spent for
maintenance. This sum is not
matched by the government, but it
does put up even dollars for all that
Is spent for construction—and this
(mount is increased about $3,500,000.
This means that about $900,000 a
year more will have to be raised by
taxation than ordinarily. Over $637,
)00 of the $1,800,000 increase for the
biennium goes for bigger and bet
ter salaries for university professors
and for that institution's share of
the cost of the $500,000 combination
heating plant for university and
•apitol. A quarter million is to pay
off in full those persons who lost
money in failed state banks, where
he money was deposited while the
tate was operating them as going
:oncerns.
Taxes on farm lands, in spite ol
his may show a decrease, for the
eason that all reports to the state
ax commissioner show that the new
ntangible tax law is doubling tin
^tals of last year.
.INSIDE SENIORS PRINT
FIRST CLASS ANNUAI
WINSIDE—(Special)—The senioi
’ass of the Winside high school ha
dited and published this year, "Tlu
Vinner,” the first annual that the
ugh school has ever had. It’s con
ents consist of a complete history
>f each class, individual photograph1
of the seniors, collective photograph
of the four classes and the senioi
lass will and prophecy. There are
nhotographs and histories of the
Latin club, the high school orches
ra, the basketball team with its seg
.on's record and state tournament
csults. One page is devoted to snap
hots of spec# interest. The last
wo pages are devoted to advertis
ing spaces for local business inner
inus making possible its publication
NORFOLK YOUTHS ADMIT
THEFT OF TWO AUTOS
AUBURN—(UP)—Taken to the
lneriff's office to be held for cjues
ioning when they were found
bumming” on a freight train. Rich
rd Davies, 22 years old, and Dana
Davis, 17 years old, both of Norfolk,
neard the sheriff telephone neigh
boring towns to keep a watch for an
utomobile stolen here. A couple of
nours later the youths decided to
save officers further trouble and
admitted they stolen the car
and told where it was. They con
i eased also that they had stolen a
:3U* in Norfolk and driven it to Au
, iburo
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DON’T OVERFEED CALVES
Feeding dairy calves is a Job for
experts to do. The dairyman who is
an expert with this job is the more
successful because of his ability. In
capable hands are more harmful in
the calf barn than anywhere else on
a dairy farm. One of the dangers
with young calves is overfeeding,
rhe delicate period is for a few days
after the call is removed from the
sow. The calf is uneasy, it bawls
considerably and seems to be
hungry. The feeder fears that he is
too stingy with the milk, he hopes
a good feed will quiet the calf, so
ne takes the chance. Scouring is the
usual results. For years we have fol
lowed a rule in feeding that seldom
fails to fit the case. The rule is:
Feed one pound of milk for each 10
pounds of live weight. This rule
suggests a pretty close estimate of
the calf’s weight, or better yet, the
use of scales to weigh the calf im
mediately following its birth. Most
men overestimate the weight of a
new bom calf. If a calf is small
only 50 pounds—it will need only
five pounds of milk a day. This di
vided into three feeds seems a small
portion, but it is plenty. A 90-pound
calf requires much more—nine
pounds—but it can take care of the
greater quantity. This rule applies
either for whole or skim milk. It
is applicable also till the calf reach
es a weight of 160 pounds. At no
time should a calf get more than 16
pounds a day, regardless of its size.
•LUCK” OR KNOWLEDGE
It is convenient to blame good or
bad luck for one’s success In farm
ing ventures, but generally one can
find why the luck broke as it did.
We wanted to find out just why
some of our good dairymen were so
far ahead of others, says a leading
western dairy expert. We had 34 in
the state whose herds averaged over
400 pounds of butterfat per cow in
the testing associations. The aver
age cow tested in the associations
averaged 276 pounds, and the aver
age production for all cows in the
state is around 150 pounds of fat
per cow each year. Without ex
ception. these 34 dairymen fed a
balanced ration, they all fed grain
to their cows on pasture and all but
one fed grain to dry cows. Only one
in the 34 fed timothy hay. and 24
had alfalfa. All of the rest had
either clover, mixed clover or soy
bean hay. All but two of the 34 had
•ilage, and over half fed hay or
silage as additional roughage when
their cows were on pasture. That
their cows were well bred as well as
well fed is to be inferred from the
fact that 60 per cent of the cows in
these herds were purebreds. All of
these herds use purebred sires. Un
doubtedly an explanation of the
success of these men as dairymen is
to be found in the fact that the
average length of time the 34 have
been in cow testing associations is
three and a half years. They have
learned well and they practice the
principles of good dairy herd man
agement.
WATCH YOUR CONTAINERS
The department of agriculture has
published the regulations for fruit
and vegetable packages under the
law passed by congress last year
known as “An act to fix standards
for hampers, round-stave baskets
and split baskets for fruits and
vegetables, and for other purposes.”
The primary purpose of this act and
the regluations that the secretary
of agriculture has established is to
prevent deception In the selling of
fruits and vegetables through the
use of containers. To do this cer
tain standards as to shapes and
quantities must be estableshed and
maintained. This may make it ne
cessary to discard certain baskets
and hampers now in use. Manufac
turers of such containers and ship
pers of fruits and vegetables should
give full appreciation to these regu
lations during the coming spring
and summer. These regulations be
come effective November 1, 1929.
Many fruit growers have contain
ers carried over from last season.
These should be used up before next
November. Furthermore, in buying
containers this spring and summer.
In view of the fact that often it Is
necessary to buy more than will be
used so as to have enough, those
containers bought should meet the
standard specification so that if
they are carried over into the next
season they can be legally used
then.
rtturt-K rnKTiuziau
If we use large amounts of com
mercial fertilizers and do not in
corporate organic matter with our
soils from time to time, as we do
when we apply manure, they will
ultimately become less productive
as has happened in the south. Bui
If we go about supplementing what
manure we have with commercial
plant food and see to it that the
humus supply of our soils is main
tained by plowing under organic
matter, wt? shall grttduallv build
them up to their former state of
virgin fertility or make them even
more productive than they were in
their natural state. The addition
of commercial plant food to our
soils will never injure them if we
do it intelligently and recognize the
need of organic matter or humus os
one of the essential constituents of
all fertile soils.
CALCIUM FOR LAYERS
Lack of proper mineral assimila
tion and deficiency of cither calci
um or the vitamin D which aids in
calcium assimilation, will limit egg
production and cause the "defic
ciency dsease” known as rickets. An
experiment conducted last, year
demonstrated that a condition of
rickets of serious nature may exist
without the hens showing any signs
of paralysis or other marked symp
toms exhibited by birds in the lay
ing pen. It was shown that the
"egg-eating habit" of hens is a
warning that the egg shells may be
thin and weak as a result of de
ficiency in calcium assimilation
The hen bred for high egg produc
tion will actually rob her own
CLEANLINESS VITA!
Drinking vessels and feeding
equipment should be watched care
fully. All fountains, troughs and
hoppers should be so constructed
that the fowls cannot get in them
with their feet or roost on them,
thereby befouling the contents
with dirt or droppings. Fresh water
should be given at least once a
day. All feeding and watering
equipment should be thoroughly
scrubbed out. scalded or cisinfect
’d at frequent intervals.
HOW ABOUT THIS?
A tuft of wool on the horn of a
:ow Is your cue t» separate sheep
and cows. Many a good ewe lias
been injured by a hookins cow.
skeleton of calcium In order to
continue laying in case there Is a
deficiency of calcium in the ration,
he stated. A good grade of cod liv
er oil should be fed at the rate of
2 per cent of either the mash or
scratch mixture during the winter,
thus furnishing a source of the
vitamin D. which aids the laying
hen to assimilate calcium. The re
sult of this experiment clearly Il
lustrates the necessity of keeping
hens supplied with crushed oyster
shell that is high in Calcium car
bonate content. High quality shell
is 99 per cent calcium carbonate
and Is easily digested by poultry.
Hens that are supplied with good
crushed oyster shell will lay more
eggs—eggs' with firm, even shells.
For it has been proven by numer
ous experiments that if hens are
kept supplied with a sufficient
amount of pure crushed oyster shell
you can expect an increase of ap
proximately two to four dozen eggs
a year from each hen.
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CARE OF HORSES’ TEETH
Tlie right care of a horse's teeth
saves many times its cost in feed,
and increases the efficiency of the
animal. As the horse ages its teeth
often become too long or irregular.
The sharp points cut the mouth
and tongue and cause pain when
the horse attempts to chew. Such
teeth often become loose and split,
and diseased conditions such as
abscesses at the roots are quick to
develop. A horse with teeth in such
a condition cannot eat properly, and
the result is he either swallows his
food whole, or he devours less than
he wants and needs.
Bad teeth can generally be told
by the following indications. The
animal approaches his manger with
apparently keen appetite, but losses
interest with the first mouthful;
saliva runs from the mouth while
eating; he generally manipulates his
food gingerly, eating with his head
on one side to avoid using the ten
der part of his mouth and spits
out balls of food. In severe cases
of tooth infection often there is
swelling in the region above the
teeth affected, accompanied by a
discharge of pus from the nostrils.
The animal passing whole grain,
showing a poor body condition, and
giving a decided evidence of loss of
flesh, despite a large food consump
tion should be examined for poor
teeth.
POULTRY WATER SUPPLY
The ideal watering arrangement is
running water in the poultry house
and yards so that it will not have to
be carried or hauled. With the wa
ter piped into the poultry house
from the farm supply or pressure
tank, by leaving the faucet slightly
open the dripping water will fill the
trough as fast as the hens drink it.
Where it is impossible to pipe the
water to the poultry yards, a barrel
with a faucet may be used, allowing
the water to drip into a trough at
the rate it is consumed by the hens.
No matter what kind of troughs or
watering pans are used it is essential
to keep the hens out of them. A
frame made of lath tacked to a bar
rel hoop, cone-shaped, and set over
a dish pa£, makes a simple, clean
watering pan. By having the pans
on a table a foot or more above the
henhouse floor, litter will not be
scratched into the water. Keeping
the pans clean is an easy matter if
the hens do not get their feet into
them or do not roost over them at
night. Rinsing with clean water
every morning and with a once-a
W'eek sterilising by the use of some
good disinfectant should keep the
troughs in good condition, at least
we have found it so in caring for
our farm flock. Porcelain dish
pans, because they are easy to clean,
are hard to beat for serviceable wa
tering troughs. Tin, unless rust
proof, is not satisfactory.
EGG DETERIORATION
The chick development which
takes place in fertile eggs when
kept under certain temperature
conditions is one of the principal
causes of egg loss during the sum
mer months. Embryonic develop
ment in fertile eggs takes place at
any temerature, above C8 degrees
Fahrenheit, and so we may readily
understand why the marketing of
fertile eggs is somewhat of a prob
lem during the warm months. Blood
rings develop in fertile eggs that
are kept two days at a temperature
of 10 degrees Fahrenheit, and when
chick development has taken place
to this extent the egg is, of course,
absolutely unfit for food. The great
los6 due to fertility has stimulated
have been waged so vigorously the
last few years. Even infertile eggs
deteriorate if the conditions under
which they are handled are not fav
orable. This breaking down is due
to the action of certain chemical
ferments which change the chem
ical and physical properties of eggs.
This takes place more readily at
body temperatures, which fact ac
counts for the comparatively rapid
breaking down of even infertile eggs
during the warm summer months.
Cold temperatures keep down chem
ical action and this point empha
sizes the advantages of refrigera
tion and cold storage facilities for
conserving egg quality.
WOULDN’T YOU?
I'd hate to be an elefunt, with
such big ears to wash. I'd hate to
be a giraffe, too, with so much neck.
Oh, gosh! I’d ruther be an allegate
a-lyin’ in the stream with nuthin’
much to do all day but just keep
cool an* dream. He doesn’t have
no ears a tall, an’ doesn't wash his
feet. An' no one ever says to him,
’’You’re eatin’ too much meat.” I'd
like to be a hippopot with hide so
thick an’ tuff that skeeters couldn't
bother me, or flies do their mean
stuff. I'd hate to be a barnyard
chick an’ have to go to bed just
when it’s fun to be outside a-playin'
round instead. I'd hate to be a
rooster, too. He digs around, on
nen Just when he finds a worm to
eat he gives it to a hen.
RELATION OF FEED TO PROFIT
If there is one thing more than
any other that it is difficult, to get
the fanner dairyman to understand,
it is the relation between the feed
bill of the dairy cow and the net
profit she earns. Too many operate
on the assumption that the lower
the feed bill per cow, the higher
necesrarilly will bo the profits she
earns. But this is an erroneous con
] ception. in fact, the opposite is
more nearly true—the higher the
feed bill, provided the right kind
of cows are kept, the greater the
profit. Tlris has been demonstrated
to be the case so many times that
it seems unnecessary to further etn
nhasize it as a fa,a
TO ANNOUNCE WINNERS
SCHOOL PRESS CONTEST
FREMONT—Results ol the third
annual Tri-State Press contest in
which 29 Kansas, 20 Nebraska and
14 Iowa high school publications
are entered, will be announced
Thursday, according to William
Sudman, Sarben, president of Theta
Gamma Epsilon, Midland college
journalism fraternity, which is
sponsoring the contest.
The winner in Division A w'hich
is composed of papers from schools
of more than 500 pupils, will receive
the HJalmar Anderson Journalism
trophy, while the winner in Division
B will receive the Theta Gamma
Epsilon trophy. Other papers will
receive certificates to show that they
vere given first, second or third
class rating in their division.
BUM CHECK IN
AIRPLANE DEAL
Now the Purchaser Is to Be
Returned to Nebraska
from Nation’s Capital
LINCOLN, NEB.—(UPi—Requisi
tion papers were issued Tuesday by
Governor Weaver for the return of
H. Burwell Reid from Washington
D. C., to Lincoln.
Reid is wanted on a charge of is
suing a check to George E. Johnson,
former state engineer, for $400 with
out having sufficient funds in the
bank. According to Johnson, Reid
bought an airplane of the former
state engineer for $2,400, paying $2,
000 in cash and the balance by
check. The plane was bought Sep
tember 17, 1927.
LIONS OF NEBRASKA
HOLD STATE CONVENTION
COLUMBUS—(UP)—Two days of
play and business opened here Tues
day for 250 Nebraska Lions who are
attending the annual state conven
tion. From 26 clubs over the state
they came to Columbus and the
number of visitors was swelled by
the wives of many of the members.
NEBRASKA PIONEER WOMAN
IS LAID TO REST
V TAKEFIELD— (Special) —Funer
al services were held Monday af
ternoon for Mrs. Elizabeth Hunter,
90 years old, who died here Friday
after a short illness.
Mrs. Hunter was bom in Penn
sylvania, June 10, 1838, and moved
with her parents to Lee county. 111.,
in 1849. She was married to Cyrus
E, Hunter, February 23, 1860. In
1869 they came to Nebraska, com
ing by train to Missouri Valley, la.,
and then by covered wagon to
Wayne county, then unorganized
territory, where they took a home
stead. Her husband died in January,
1913.
She is survived by four sons, B. G.
Hunter, of Wakefield, Joseph E.
Hunter, of Green Forest, Ark., Jer
ome L. Hunter, of Coleridge, Neb., C.
' Hunter, of Chicago, 111.; five daugh
ters, Sara L. Marritt and Miss Ethel
Hun er. of Wakefield, Susan Hoy
dar, of Wynot, Neb., Bertha E. Hun
ter, of Two Harbors, Minn., and
Grace A. Fritchoff, of Omaha. Neb.;
one sister, Mrs. Martha Merriman,
of Wayne, Neb., and one brother,
B. J. Agler, of Thornton, la. There
are 16 grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren.
TWO NEBRASKA FARM
ACCIDENTS CAUSE DEATHS J
LINCOLN—(UP)—Lloyd Linden,
30 years old, was killed instantly,
Tuesday while operating a tractor
on a farm about four miles north
west of Hays Springs. A neighbor
who saw the tractor going in a cir
cle in the field, found Linden had
been caught under the plows of the
tractor. The breaking of the lever
used In lowering and raising the
plows Is thought to have caused the
accident.
Ruben Arthur Ross, 19 years old.
of Culbertson, Neb., fanner, died at
a McCook hospital from an infec
tion which set in following the am
putation of his right leg, which had
been crushed in the wheel of a
tractor. His leg was drawn into the
wheel when his trousers caught.
FARM HAND KILLS LARGE
EAGLE NEAR GERING
GERING — (Special) — Oscar
Johnson, who is employed on the
Hampton ranch shot a monster
eagle in the hills near the ranch.
It was as large as a good sized tur
key. It had been nesting in a high
cliff in the hills. Efforts had been
made to kill it, as it had been prey
ing on the pheasants of the neigh
borhood.
SAY CARP IN OVERFLOWED
MEADOW’ DESTROY GRASS
O’NEILL—United States Marshal
Dennis H. Cronin, Omaha, and
Frank Barrett, ranchman residing
south of O'Neill, are going to have
a short hay crop this year owing to
ihe depredations of ravenous carp,
they say. The two are owmers of ad
loining acreages of rich hay mead
ows along the banks of Dry creek
In the Elkhorn valley just south of
towm.
Spring floods have caused the
streams to overflow into meadows
and the carp, vegetarians, are out
on tile flats eating the tender young
■hoots. An investigation of the dam
aged meadows was made by Presi
dent C. H. Lubker of the local chap
ter of the Izaak Walton league, who
believes that the damage inflicted
by the fish will not be serious if
flood waters recede soon.
FLOWER THIEVES VISIT
FREMONT CEMETERY
FREMONT—(UP)—So prevalent
has been the practice of stealing
flowers and flower pots off the
graves in the Fremont cemetery
that the gates of Ridge cemetery
may be locked at 8 p. m.
J. P. Long, custodian of the ceme
tery, said he would request the cem
etery board that the gates be closed
early in the evening to prevent the
stealing of the flowers. Some of tlx
owmers of the grave lots have been
considering offering a reward foi
capture and conviction of the
thieves.
WIFE AWARDED
HEAVY VERDICT
Parents of Husband Must
Pay Her $7,500 Aliena
tion of His Affections
LINCOLN, NEB—(UP) — Mrs
Erma Williamson was awarded a
verdict of $7,500 In her alienation
suit brought by her against the par
ents of her husband, Alva William
son. The jury returned a verdict
Friday after deliberating for almost
18 hours.
Bringing suit for $30,000, Mrs.
Williamson claimed Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Williamson, her parents-in
*&w, had alienated the affections of
their son. She said the parents ob
jected to every attempt the newly
weds made to live alone and caused
them to live at the Williamson
home. They were married at Lenox,
la., July 4, 1927.
NEBRASKA SCHOOL MUSIC
CONTESTS IN PROGRESS
LINCOLN—(UP)—Hundreds cf
musicians from Nebraska high
schools assembled at Lincoln high
school auditorium Friday for the
sixth annual high school music
contest.
WINSIDE WOMAN’S CLUB
ELECTS NEW OFICERS
WINSIDE—(Special*—The Wo
man’s Club of Winside elected of
ficers for the year 1929-30, Thurs
day as follows: Mrs. Frank Wilson,
president; Mrs. Arthus Auker, vice
president; Miss Bess Rew, secretary,
and Mrs. G. A. Mittelstadt, treas
urer. The executive committee con
sists ol Mrs. John Brugger, chair
man, Mrs. WalteT Gabler and Mrs.
W. B. Lewis.
GOVERNOR NAMES NEW
FISH AND GAME BOARD
LINCOLN—(UP)—Five members
of the newly created game, forestra
tion and parks commission, which
is to consolidate the activities of
the fish and game bureau and the
parks board, were named Friday by
Governor Weaver.
George Dayton, veteran city trea
surer of Lincoln, has been appointed
for the term ending January 15,
1930: Guy Spencer, cartoonist on the
Omaha World Herald, for the term
ending January 15, 1931; Web Rice,
lawyer of Norfolk, for the term
ending January 15, 1932; F. A. Bald
win, merchant of Atkinson, for the
term ending January 15, 1923, and
E. R. Purcell, former senator and
editor of the Custer county chief,
at Broken Bow, for the term ending
January. 15, 1934.
Governor Weaver and Frank
O’Connell, chief game warden, will
serve as ex-officio members of the
commission.
CONTESTS WILL BEFORE
THE FUNERAL IS HELD
OMAHA— (UP! —Suit to break the
will of Emile M. F. Leflang. whe died
here Wednesday, was filed Friday
before the funeral could be held
Friday afternoon.
Arthur C. Leflang, only son of
the millionaire, asked that the Le
flang building, the Omaha hotel
and the Capitol hotel, which he
claims were given to his stepmother,
Anna Cole Leflang before his fath
er’s death, revert to the estate.
In a second petition he asks that
appointment of Pauline M. Wilkes,
Leflang’s secretary as administrix,
be set aside and that the Peters
Trust company of Omaha be made
administrators.
Leflang’s fortune was set at $2,
090,000 by 0*3 son. It consists of
property in Nebraska, New York,
Chicago and Norway, he said.
Mrs. Leflang, who married the
capitalist in 1913, is charged by her
stepson with fraudulently having
induced the 79-year-old millionaire
to turn the three Omaha buildings
over to a “dummy,” who in turn
deeded them to her. The Leflang
building is worth $350,000 and the
hotels $400.00$, he said.
Arthur declared that his father,
because of infirmities of old age,
was incompetent to administer his
affairs.
RADIO LOCATES RELATIVES
OF DYING OMAHA MAN
OMAHA- —A radio message
heard 500 miles north of Omaha,
resulted in the reunion of a family
of Iowans in Omaha, while one
member, a barber known here as
Joe Rickey, lay on his death bed.
Rickey, 37 years old, whose real
name was Wilfred Burlingame, was
buried this week at Osceloa, la., his
former home. Ten years ago he left
home, eventually coming to Omaha.
There his family lost trace of him.
When he became ill two months
ago search for relatives was started.
Rickey declined to reveal his true
name, but by chance his employer
found a boyhood friend who fur
nished the name. As a last resort,
his name was broadcast over radio
and word of the message came to
a brother, T. C. Burlingame, at
Pipestone, Minn.
Burlingame brought his mother
from Osceola, and a sister to Oma
ha.
LOCKJAW CAUSES D1JATFI
OF NEBRASKA WOMAN
SHICKLEY—(UP)—Blood poison
ing and lockjaw that developed
from a wound from a pitchfork,
caused the death Friday of Mrs.
Blanche Watmore. 40 years old, wife
of a prominent farmer. While
pitching hay in a barn 10 days ago,
a tine of the fork penerated her
leg.
NEBRASKA’S FURNACES ARE
IN GOOD CONDITION
LINCOLN—(UP)—With a total of
$118,112.62 in the general fund, the
state retained a healthy financial
condition during April, State Trea
surer W. M. Stebbins said in his
report for April. A total of $4,176,
553 82 was on the treasurer's bonds
as cash Items, of which $649.82 was
In cash and $4,175,904 was due from
banks. During the month, $531,643,
40 was collected from the gasoline
tax and $65,841 was received from
the federal government for road
building