KEARNEY PLANS
FOR DORMITORY
State Normal Structure
Would Cost $100,000 and
House 100 Girls
KEARNEY, NEB.—(UP'—Actlor,
for the construction of a new $100,
000 dormitory on the campus of the
Kearney Normal school has been
taken by the state normal board,
according to an announcement
made by President George E. Mar
tin.
Funds to finance the new building
will be secured from a Lincoln
Bonding company, the announce
ment said.
Plans for the structure, which will
house 100 girls, will be drawn up
shortly and submitted to the board.
Income from the dormitory will
be used to pay off the bonds, and as
soon as they are taken up the
building will become the property
of the state.
MOTORTRUCKS
MORE POPULAR
Minnesota Warehouse Com
mission Report Shows
Vast Business Don«
BT. PAUL, MINN,— .. —That
the motor truck has become an im
portant factor in freight transpor
tation in Minnesota, was shown in
a report by the Minnesota railroad
and warehouse commission reveal
ing that trucks on regular routes
operated a total of 6,071,531 miles In
1928
The number of miles of routes
over which licensed trucks are op
erated is 4,422, according to the re
port, with routes being added fre
quently as the commission acts on
a large number of applicants before
it, A total of 202 trucks and trail
ers were in operation at the close
of 1928 and during the year they
carried 119,221 tone of freight.
The investment in trucks and
other equipment by the operators is
$630 879. Gross revenue of the
trucks for the year was $825,821
with operating expenses except taxes
amounting to $671,541. Total taxes
were $43,421 of which $31,902 rep
resented the vehicle registration tax
and $11,519 the gasoline tax of 2
cents a gallon effective on motor
fuel used In 1928. This brought the
total operating expenses to $714,962.
In nil there are 63 operators, the
commission reported.
FAMILY REUNION IS
ATTENDED BY EVEN 100
WORTHINGTON—(S p e c i a 1)—
Just an even 100 descendants of one
lamily gathered in Chautauqua
j»ark for a reunion of the Appledorn
lamily, led by the T. A. Appledorns,
of Paullina, la. Twelve children of
the Henry A. Appledorns and their
children were all present for the
event. Since the 50th wedding an
niversary of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Ap
pledcrn they have gathered the clan
together each year for the last six
for a reunion and the picnic this
year was in charge of the mother
and 12 children since Mr. Apple
dorn. Sr., died last March. As the
picnic had been a pet Idea of his.
the mother and children decided to
hold it in commemoration of his
pleasure in getting the Appledorn
descendants together.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN
SESSION AT WAYNE
WAYNE—(Special)— The annual
convention of the Norfolk district
of the Woman’s Home Missionary
society convened here Tuesday and
Wednesday, with about 65 register
ing.
At the annual election, held late
Wednesday afternoon, the following
officers were chosen; Mrs. I. H.
Brit ell, of Wayne, president; Mrs,
Olive Christensen, of Plainview,
vice president; Mrs. J. H. Overocker,
of Norfolk, corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. George Rummer, of Albion,
recording secretary.
RECOVERS WATCH HE
LOST IN THE LAKE
LAKEFIELD — i Special)— James
Kuklock. of Alpha, dropped his
watch into the lake while fishing
at Twin Lakes one Sunday recent
ly and was unable to find it. A
week later he was fishing again at
tl»e same spot, and while standing
in water about four feet deep and
very clear, he glanced down, saw
his watch and recovered it. The
watch was absolutely unharmed.
FARMER ELEVATOR COMPANY
ELECTS OLD OFFICERS
WILMONT— (Special)— The an
nual meeting of the Farmers' Ele
vator company was held Tuesday
and officers were elected for the
coming year. T. J. Enright, man
ager of the elevator for 15 years,
was again elected to that position.
The same directors were re-elected.
An 8 per cent dividend was de
clared.
WOODMEN AND ROYAL
NEIGHBORS HAVE PICNIC
LAKEFIELD'— (Special) — The
Woodmen and Royal Neighbors of
Jackson county held a picnic here
Wednesday.
GIRL’S BACK BROKEN
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
ALLIANCE—(UP)—Wilma Cory,
16 years old, of Hemlngford, Neb.,
was seriously injured near here last
night when the automobile in which
she was riding overturned. Her neck
was broken and she sustained other
injuries Physicians say she can not
live. " •
Bruce Keckler, 19 years old. aPo
of Kcmingfo'rd, was severely cut
and bruised. A’bsrt Shindler. 20
years old. and Miss Ella Ford who
were in the front seat of the car es
caped injury.
ASK REHEARING
INJURY ACTION
Boone County Re*ists Pay
ing Compensation to
Road Worker
LINCOLN, NEB.—(Special)—At
(orneys for Boone county have
asked the supreme court for a re
hearing of the case in which Wylie
C. Speas was awarded compensa
tion under the employers’ liability
act. Speas was a farmer occasion
ally employed at dragging the roads,
and the injury which he suffered
was from the kick of a horse In
his own barn while he was feeding
the team one noon, after having
taken the hour off from road work.
The court said that this occurred
in the course of his employment,
and thus entitled him to $15 a week
during his disability.
The county’s attorneys say that
the law is that the accident must
have occurred on or about the
premises where his duties were be
ing performed or where their ser
vices requires their presence as a
part of such service at the time of
the injury. It is argued that no
body would contend that if the kick
had been administered before he
went to work in the morning or af
ter he quite at night he would be
entitled to recovery. His employ
ment at all times began when he
reached the scene of the county
work, and as it was his own horse
that kicked him and as the county
had no control over what horses he
should use, they argue the countv
cannot possibly be held liable.
SHIPPERS PLAN FOR
DISTRIBUTION OF CAL
KEARNEY, NEB.—(UP)—J. W
Shortljill, of Omaha, affiliated with
the Farmers’ Elevators Association
of Nebraska, is slated to be elected
general chairman, Thursday, of the
central western shippers’ advisory
board meeting here to equitably
distribute the freight cars to carry
the crops of Nebraska, Utah, Wy
oming, Colorado and Idaho to mar
ket.
Cheyenne, Wyo., was selected by
the executive committee as the next
meeting place and it was decided
the sessions would be held in De
cember.
George K. Klein, of Ciieyenne,
Wyo., was nominated as alternate
secretary. The nominations oi
Shorthill and Klein are tantamount
to electiou and J. C. Rehbolz, oi
Salt Lake City, is expected to be
tendered the office of general secre
tary.
In an effort to glorify the potato
and praise its virtues, a snag was
struck when the attempt to organ
ize the potato growers and shippers
of Nebraska and Wyoming was
blocked temporarily. Instead of per
fecting a permanent organization a
committee was appointed to con
sider plans for organization.
The organization of the potato
growers of Wyoming and Nebraska
would be affiliated with the Nation
al Potato Institute organized in
Chicago last year to regain to the
potato the prestige it was feared it
had lost because women are alleged
to have shunned the spud in an
effort to keep their “boyish’’ figures
SENTENCE COMMUTATION
DENIED THURSTON MAN
LINCOLN—The pardon board
turned thumbs down on the appli
cation of John W. Sanford, convict
ed eight years ago In Thurston
county on a fcharge of murder and
serving a life sentence, who desired
a commutation and release. San
ford was accused of having lured
Frank Jraycl, neighbor, from his
house one night on the pretense that
he desired his help in taking care
of a sick horse. When he got his
victim outside he killed him, and
then entering the house sought to
assault his victim's wife.
The application of William Gard
ner, sent up on a burglary charge
and given 1 to 10 years, for a pa
role w'as denied, as was also that ol
John Drennen, sent up on the same
charge for the same length of time
both from Brown county.
HASTINGS MUSEUM HAS
FINE COLLECTION OF FISH
HASTINGS—(UP) — A collection
ol fish that includes specimens ol
virtually every kind found in the
United States has been presented
the Hastings museum by the United
States National museum in Wash
ington, D. C. The exhibit was ob
tained for the local museum by
Congressman Fred Johnson, an ar
dent enthusiast of museum work.
Not only are the common species
included in the collection, but there
are also some rare specimens taken
by the steamship Albatross which
the government maintains for the
purpose of Investigating the fauna
of the deep sea.
SWEDISH VICE CONSUL
GOING TO SOUTH AMERICA
OMAHA—(UP) — Torsten Vinell
Swedish vice consul for Nebraska,
Iowa, Kansas, Wyoming and Color
ado, will be transferred to Valparai
so, Chile, September 1 to open a
new consulate there. He will be
relieved here by Carl Axel Wollert.
vic^ consul at Rotterdam, Holland.
PROMINENT WOMAN AT
HASTINGS PASSES AWAY
HASTINGS—(UP)-—Mas. J. B. A
Black, Hastings civic and social
leader and prominently known
throughout the state, died at her
home here Wednesday. Through the
efforts of Mrs. Black, the womens
club home was obtained here. She
recently presented a $10,000 pipe
organ to the Masonic lodge here a?
memorial to her husband.
Funeral services will probably be
held Saturday.
NEBRASKA TREASURY IS
FULL TO OVERFLOWING
LIN C O L N—(UP) — Nebraska’s
treasury was fuller Tuesday than
any other time in the history of the
state. A total of $7,055,000 was the
cash on hand, State Treasurer W. M.
Stebbins, announced. The nearest
approach to this amount was Iasi
year. Tuesday's record was aided bj
the gasoline tak receipts amounting
to $725,912.
The amount will only be kept a
few days, however, temporary schoo
aid funds of more than $500,000 wlh
be apportioned soon, and road con
tracts of around $2,500,000 will b
left.
LEGION SHOULD
BE RECOGNIZED
Movement in Nebraska for
Full Share of Honor or
Memorial Day
OMAHA, NEB.—(UP)—The move
ment for the same recognition for
the American Legion as is accorded
the Grand Army of the Republic in
the observance of Memorial day was
begun at an executive committee
meeting of the state Legionnaires
at Lincoln, Monday.
A resolution Introduced by Harry
Trustin, commander of the Omaha
poet, was adopted asking that the
state convention be instructed to
pass on resolutions to the national
convention asking that the day be
set aside for world war veteran
and that they be suitable honored.
The rosolution was the outgi kt
of a dispute which has raged ner
and which has in a way disrupter
proper observance of the day, ac
cording to local Legionnaires.
G. A. R., members, while admit
ting that they are becoming too old
to properly observe the day, have
refused to turn over Its observance
to Spanish war veterans or the
Legion, it was charged. Instead the>
asked sons of veterans to ‘‘carry on’
in their stead.
The question is expected to be
fully threshed out at the state
Legion convention in Hastings
August 26 to 28.
WILL IMPROVE
THEIR SERVICE
Sus Lines Out of O’Neill
Given Permission by
Rail Commission
,INCOLN, NEB.—(Special)—Pci
uission was given by the state rail
way commission to Elmer Warner ot
O'Neill, owner and operator of a bus
dne that has been running daily
between O'Neill and Randolph that
will permit him to extend his ser
vice of one round trip daily so as
to serve beyond Randolph the towns
of Belden, Laurel, Dixon and Allen
The commission finds that there is
a spread of four hours in the sched
ules as between his line and thal
of a competitor, and approves them
Mrs. Ida N. Bartunek, operator of
the Pioneer Bus line, with head
quarters at O'Neill, has been given
authority to extend her service to
western points by giving one round
trip daily between Crawford and
Hot Springs, S. D., with a stop at
Chadron.
EXTREME HEAT FATAL
TO CATHOLIC SISTER
OMAHA—(UP) — Heart trouble,
aggravated by extremely warm
weather was believed responsible for
death here Tuesday of Sister Mary'
Vincent, 41 years old, teacher In
Ursuline convent at York, Neb. She
collapsed as she was registering for
the short summer teaching course
at Creighton university and died
within 10 minutes'.
( ROFTON GIRL INJURED
BY FALL OFF HAMMOCK
C ROFTON— (Special)— Mabel
Rosendahl suffered a fractured
shoulder blade and broken arm
when a hammock In which she and
a girl companion gave away, pre
cipitating them to the floor.
HAND TERRIBLY CRUSHED
WHEN DRAWN INTO WRINGER
CROFT ON— (Special) — Mrs.
Jacob Kieinschmidt had one hand
badly crushed when it was drawn
into a clothes wringer operated by
an engine.
CHERRY CROP*RIPENS,
STRAWBERRIES PLENTIFUL
CROFrON—(Special)—The cher
ry crop is ripening fast. The crop is
not Iqrge. Strawberries are plenti
ful and of fine quality.
BANDIT UNSUCCESSFUL
IN ATTEMPTED ROBBER!
FOSTER—(Special)—A young
bandit entered the back window of
the Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank
shortly after noon Saturday and
held up the cashier, B. M. Story
when he returned from dinner. As
the two walked towards the safe,
two customers entered. The bandit
fled through the same window
bandishing the gun. He escaped
from town in a large touring car.
RESTRAINT OF TRADE
CHARGE NOT SUSTAINED
LINCOLN- —In a memor
andum opinion handed down Tues
day afternoon by Federal Judge
Munger, the Great Western Sugar
company’s demurrer to federal
charges of restraint of trade is sus
tained and the case thereby dis
missed. The Ucnver company was
charged with having hindered con
struction of independent sugar re
fining plants in western Nebraska
*n Colorado, and Wyoming and with
other acts in violation of the Sher- I
man Anti-Trust act.
RACE BETTING
NOW ENJOINED
Nebraska Supreme Courl
Enters Injunction—Horses
Leave Omaha
LTNCOLN, NEB.—(UP)--The f.i
preine court Monday entered a tetn
porary injunction in the case of the
state against the Ak-Sar-Ben Expo
sition company of Omaha, which in
junction prevents, until further
hearing, gambling at the Omaha
tracks. Regular answer date will
be sometime in July. The order
Monday was in the nature of a de
fault, attorneys for the defense fail
ing to put in an appearance.
Attorney General C. A. Sorenson
grinned when asked whether or not
there is any great haste in bringing
the case to a close.
“The horses are gone,” he com
mented.
EAGLES LODGES OF
NEBRASKA IN CONVENTION
ALLI AN CE— (UP) —W ith repre
sentatives from many cities in Ne
braska in attendance, the state con
vention of the Eagles lodge opened
here Monday afternoon.
Mayor E. D. Mallery, of Alliance,
welcomed the visitors and a re
sponse was made by State President
P. J McCaffrey, of Columbus, Neb.
A banquet was to be held Monday
night and the business sessions will
open Tuesday.
INTANGIBLE TAX LAW
TO SUPREME COURi
LINCOLN—(UP)—An appeal will
be carried to the state supreme
court this week on the ruling of an
Omaha judge that the intangible
tax law, passed by the recent legis
lature. is unconstitutional, Attorney
General C. A. Sorenson said Mon
day.
The appeal will be filed as soon
as the formal decree of Judge
Frank M. Dineen of Omaha is re
ceived. Sorenson and his assistant
are preparing to defend.
The Omaha court Saturday made
permanent a temporary injunction
obtained by Peter C. Mehrens, oi
Omaha, to restrain the county as
sessor of Douglas county from levy
ing a tax on his intangible proper
ty. The law provides a tax of twe
and one half mills on money anc
eight mills on other intangible prop
erty.
PIERCE COUNTY ESTATE
CASE TO HIGH COURI
LINCOLN—Four sons of Mrs. Idi
Wecker, widow of Nicholas Wecker
a wealthy farmer of Pierce county
have transfered to the supreme
court a dispute they have with the
other six children over the interpre
tation of the will of their father
who died in 1915. He gave part of his
estate to the four sons, and the resi
due, after the death of the widow
was to be divided among the other
six children. In the estate was con
siderable bank stock and other se
curities. and these were given to the
widow to consume if she found it
necessary to do so in order to main
tain her standard of living. She
also occupied the home farm for a
time, later removing to Pierce. In
stead of consuming the personal
estate, in the 11 years in which she
handled it, she reinvested the in
come and also some of the principal,
and when she died the total value
had risen from $18,902 to $30,821.
The lower court held that the four
sons who were plaintiffs were en
titled to share equally with the other
six children in the increased value
of the personal estate, but that the
original sum should be divided ex
clusively between the six others. The
quartet claim that the changed
character of the residue of the es
tate makes them equal heirs with
the others, but the latter say the
four were amply taken care of In
the original will, and have no share
in the remainder.
TO PROBE CONDITIONS
AT KEARNEY NORMAL
LINCOLN — (UP) — Charges that
unfavorable conditions exist at the
Kearney normal school will be in
vestigated by the state normal
board, it was decided Monday night
at a meeting of the board.
The charges were made at the
meeting by Rep. J. D. Saunders of
Kearney. The investigation will be
made by the boord July 9 at Kear
nev.
Saunders said very unfavorable
conditions exist at the school, de
claring that he had received com
plaints of profiteering by profes
sors at the expense of the students,
of unsanitary conditions caused by
the krcuir.g of stock, and the cus
todian of grounds and buildings was
re-ting rooms on the srhool grounds
P-esideut Martin of the school
denied that such complaints had
been Indeed with him. His stand
was defended bv Tom Motors, of
Peru, and Fred Anderson, of Cosed
UNIDENTIFIED MAN DIES
IN OMAHA BARBERSHOP
OMAHA— (UP)—'The only clew to
identity of a man who dropped dead
from brain hemorrhage in a barber
shon here Monday nlrht was a bill
fold issued by a bank at Hunter
Ok!a THe man was about 45 years
old. veil dre'sed In a dark suit. 5
feet 10 inches tall, weight. 160
pounds and hr.d brown hair and
blue eyes. There were no papers in
his possession but he had a small
amount of money.
OMAHA LIVESTOCK SHOW
SEEMS IN THE BALANCE'
OMAHA— (UP) —Fate of the an
nual livestock and horse show spon
sored by Ak-Sar-Ben is undecided
following the regular meeting of the
organization Monday. General opin
ion is that Attorney General Soren
son's action in stopping horse rac
ing would kill the show. W. F. Bax
ter. Ak-Sar-Ben leader, offered to
become one of the 50 persons to past
$1 000 each to guarantee the show
There were no other volunteers
however
HER SON BELIEVED DEAD
REPORTED STILL ALIVE
INMAN—After paying for all fu
neral expenses and burying one
whom she supposed to be her son,
Mrs. T. Dalton, discovered recently
that she had identified the wrong
man and that her son still is liv
ing.
A short time ago a man was
found dead in railroad yards in
Omaha. After hearing the descrip
tion given over the radio and read
ing a letter received from an aunt
who resides in Omaha and viewed
the remains, Mrs. Dalton went to
Omaha. The body appeared to be
that of her son, Tom, as to features
color of hair, scar on leg and one
on the head. She took charge of the
body.
Then Prank Dalton received a let
ter from the supposed dead brother,
postmarked Kansas City, Mo., stat
ing that he was preparing to go to
the wheat fields to work. •
YOUTHS REPORT
AT FORT CROOK
Annual Military Training
School Open* for Seventh
Army Corps Area
OMAHA. NEB.—(UP)—Two hun
dred youths are assembling at Port
Crook for the annual reserve offi
cers’ training corps summer train
ing school. They come from points
in the Seventh Army corps area.
They are forerunners of citizens
soldiers who will encamp at the
fort until September. After the R.
0. T. C. concludes training July 28,
600 members of the Citizens Mili
tary Training corps will come to en
camp from August 1 to September
1.
Colonel C. A. Trott, commander
of the Seventeenth infantry will
have charge of both camps. He will
be assisted by regular army officers
and enlisted men. Regular drills and
strict discipline will prevail.
Every effort is being made to pre
serve the moral of the citizens
soldiers during their stay here.
Chaplain H. H. Elarth is morale of
ficer.
Entertainment of tie rookies is in
charge of Colonel C. E. Engler,
chairman, and J. M. Gillen, secre
tary of the federal relations com
mittee of Omaha Chamber of Com
merce. Through their efforts dances
will be held several night a week
and the soldiers will have privilege
of using the swimming pools and
gymnasiums at the Y. M. C. A.,
Knights of Columbus and Jewish
Community center.
The women's division of the
chamber has arranged for 50 or 60
of the most popular debutantes in
Omaha society to attend each dance
and see that everyone has a part
ner.
NEBRASKA RANKS SECOND
IN PORK PRODUCTION
LINCOLN—(UP)—As a contribu
tor to America's pork supply, Ne
braska ranks second to Iowa in the
receipts of hogs marketed out of
the state. Figures complied by A.
E. Anderson, state and federal agri
cultural statistician, show that
Iowa’s surplus hogs last year num
bered approximately 11,654,000 and
1 Nebraska's, 5,209,000.
The average number of porkers
raised each year over the amount
needed for consumption in the state
is more than 5,200,000, Anderson
said, and the total production aver
ages more than 5,700,000.
The industry contributes 39 per
cent of the income from livestock
and its products and 27 per cent of
the income from crops and live
stocks. Iowa leads all states and Ill
inois is third.
During the 10-year period, 1914-23
Nebraska ranked fourth. Since that
time, however, the state has aver
aged second in number of hogs
marketed. Anderson believes that
plenty of corn and alfalfa, together
with a skim milk supply that has
increased 72 per cent since 1920, are
partly responsible for Nebraska’s
marked advance in hog production.
Sales of hogs during the year
ending June 30, 1928, brought Ne
braska farmers $107,507,000, which
Is 34 per cent of the gross income
from the sales of all livestock and
its products, and nearly 23 per cent
of the total income from both crops
md livestock and its products. Dur
ing the last eight years, the gross
income from hogs has varied from
$74,566,000 to $135,419,000, the aver
age being $106,385,000.
•NEBRASKA PREPARES TO
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSAR
OMAHA— ^ UP) —Closing of Ak
3ar-Ben race track, with its re
ultant financial loss to Ak-Sar
3en, is not going to interfere with
the diamond jubilee celebration in
honor of Nebraska’s admission as a
territory, John W. Shannahan, gen
eral chairman of the celebration
declared today.
Ak-Sar-Ben was to have played
a prominent part in the celebration.
In its altered status, however, its
directors can contribute no money
to the cause.
Chamber cf Commerce and other
civic, patriotic and fraternal organi
zations will ’‘carry on" without aid
of the famous booster order if nec
essary, it was announced. The cele
bration will commence September
S5 and last a week.
TLOT HAS STENT MORE
THAN YEAR IN THE AH
OMAHA—A year and 10 days In
he air! That is the total piled up
by E. Hamilton Lee as a barn
stormer, civilian instructor in the
army during the war, and as an ail
mail pilot.
Lee, who ranks first in hours
:mong the air mail pilots of the
runtrv, passed his 9.000th hour of
air time as a pilot on the Chicago
OnTaha leg cf the Boeing line from
Chicago to San Francisco. He es
timates he has flown more than
‘00.000 miles and expects to boos:
ihe mark to 1.000,000 miles
RANDOLPH CASE
TO HIGH COURT
Insurance Company Denies
Liability on Dr. Q. A.
Kerley Policy
LINCOLN. NEB.—(Special)—The
Equitable Life company has ap
pealed to the supreme court from a
finding of a Cedar county jury that
it owes the beneficiary of a policy
issue on the life of Dr. Q. A. Kerley,
of Randolph, the sum of $4,825. The
premium fell due, May 20, 1927, and
was not paid. Under the provisions
of the policy he had 30 days grace
in which to pay, and in that period
he executed and sent a note to the
agent at Sioux City, who was C. I.
Hart. He died on June 26.
The company denied liability on
the ground that the agents were not
authorized to accept notes for pre
miums, and that this note never ac
tually had been accepted. Judge
Ryan told the Jury that tried the
case that where the agency had
been in the habit, in the past, of
accepting notes or other forms of
credit so that an ordinarily pru
dent person would be led to believe
that It would be all right at any
time to send in his note, the custom
was binding on the company.
The company, in its appeal,
stresses particularly its objection to
a finding of the district judge that
it is not the date a policy bears nor
the date that the premium notice
or receipt carries that determines
when the policy expires, but the
date the company issued the policy.
This, on examination, proves to have
been May 26, so that as the doctor
was alive on June 26, the period of
grace payment had not fully ex
pired. As the company was not
bound until it had issued the policy,
the court said, that was the date to
figure from.
STANTON COUNTY ESTATE
CASE BEING APPEALED
LINCOLN—(Special)—From the
action of the district court of Stan
ton county in ordering Gottlieb
Sprick, executor of the will of Fred
Sprick, to carry out the provision
that gave to his niece, Minnie Kop
lin, now Miller, $3,500 as a legacy
under certain conditions, an appeaL
has been lodged in the supreme
court. Sprick was a heavy holder of
land, and his will contains a num
ber of bequests to churches and
charities. The special bequest to the
niece was on the condition that if
she remained with Mrs. Sprick un
til the latter’s death she should have
the $3,500, and that if she got mar
ried before that demise, the legacy
should be cut to $300.
The executor refused to pay it,,
and in an action set up that she
had not fulfilled the conditions of
the will. Mrs. Miller admitted that
she has not remained with Mrs.
Sprick until her death, but alleged
that it was through no fault of hers.
She said that her uncle, Fred Sprick.
took her In as a member of his
family when she was three years
old, but that always his wife had
resented her presence there and fol
lowed a course of treatment that
frequently forced her to appeal to
her uncle for redress. After his
death, says Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Sprick
often abused her, and would not
provide proper or sufficient food for
her, so that she was forced to leave.
The lower court found that the
treatment accorded her had been re
sponsible for her leaving the
Sprick home, and that as she had
always stood ready to perform her
oart, she could not be deprived in
this way of the share in the estate
the uncle destined for her.
\LLEN AND BLOOMFIELD
BANKS MAY REOPEN
LINCOLN—(Special)—If plans of
^he state banking department ma
nure the Allen State bank at Allen,
Dixon county, and the Farmers and
Merchants State bank at Bloomfield
will shortly be reopened. It is up to
the ex-depositors, and if 85 per cent
of them agree, these banks, which
have been operated by the guaranty
fund commission will be re-estab
lished in a solvent state. This is
made possible under a new law
which permits 85 per cent of the de
positors to agree on a plan, the gen
eral outline of which is that they
take part of the assets for a por
tion of their claims, and new capital
is put in. The Allen bank, closed
in December. 1928, had capital and
surplus of $75,000 and deposits of
<280.000. The other bank had $50,
000 capital and $342,000 of deposits.
’’LAN NEW COURTHOUSE
FOR DAWES COUNTY
CHADRON—All bids submitted
n a new Dawes county jail were
rejected by county commissioners
this week in order that considera
tion might be given the request of
taxpayers to float bonds to con
struct a new courthouse and jail.
The original plan called for the
erection of a $50,000 jail and sher
iff’s quarters. However, if taxpay
ers so desire, a special election will
be called to float bonds for the
building of a courthouse which will
cost between $175,000 and $200,000.
The present courthouse is 40
vears old.
NEBRASKA ELKS TO
YORK NEXT YEAR
FREMONT —(UP)— With York
chosen as the 1930 convention city,
the annual meet of Nebraska Eik.»
ended here Friday night. C. A.
Laughlin of Grand Island was
elected president for the coming
year. Other officers are: Howard
Loomis of Fremont, firse vice presi
dent; Walter C. Nelson of Omaha,
second vice president; Dr. A. E.
Wcod of Lincoln, third vie® presi
dent; L. L. Turpin of Pattsmouth,
secretary; Frank Real of MicCocb,
treasurer.