WILD TURKEYS
TO BE HATCHE!
Nebraska Game Departme
to Plant Them Along
Beaver River
BT EDWARD—(Special)—Seven
settings of wild turkey eggs are ex
pecteri to be received here in a fev
days. They will be hatched by tanu
ttirkeys and the young ones will b(
turned loose along the Beaver river
The state game department is pro
paring to send settings of the wild
turkey eggs to several sections oi
the state. The St. Edward Izar.i
Walton league is interested in tin
project.
NEW MACHINES
PUT INTO USE
Nebraska Wheat Harvest
Being Conducted Along
Most Modem Line
FA1RBURY, NEB.—Many farm
ers between Fairbury and Steele
City are trying swathers ahead ol
combines in their harvest work this
year.
The wheat is nearly dead ripe
and figured at 25 and 30 bushels as
the cutting starts.
F. R. Kennedy, farmer near Fair
bury, is getting between 25 and 30
bushels an acre with a combine.
The swather is a newer machine
than the combine. Its advantage
over the combine is in avoidance of
sweating and loss of quality in the
threshed wheat. It requires fewer
men than binder or header.
Wheat must be dead ripe for cut
ting with a machine, or there is
danger of sweating. The swather
may cut the grain while it still
contains spots not quite ripe. The
grain is then left in the field to
cure a few days, before being picked
up and threshed with the combine,
modified to lift the wheat and
straw.
DAKOTA COUNTY
CASE REVERSED
Section Laborer Had Se
cured Judgment for $14
000 for Injuries
LINCOLN, NEB.—(Speclall—Tlu
414,000 judgment obtained In Da
kota county against the Minneapolis
and Omaha railroad company by
Stacy Hensley, a section laborer, was
set aside by the supreme court Tues
day, in an opinion to which Judge
Deam vigorously dissented.
Hensley was seriously hurt when
he had climbed on a car to look into
it following an order from the fore
man to see what was in it. The ac
cident occurring in the yards at
Emerson where the company has
been in the habit of accumulating
scrap and then shipping it to Hud
son, Wis.
The court sustains the claim of
the plaintiff that the company was
liable for the man’s injuries, but
that his attorneys erred in bring
ing tt under the federal employers’
liability act, which covers accidents
In Interstate commerce. The court
says that there was nothing of in
terstate traffic in gathering scrap at
Emerson which could just as well
have been diverted to some point
within the state. When the equip
ment reached that condition it had
lost all of the character of inter
state commerce.
The court says that as the peti
tion alleged facts that brought the
case within the federal act, there
con be no recovery at common law,
for the reason that the federal act
limits the defenses that may be
urged at common law, including
that of comparative or contributory
negligence. Under such circum
stances a judgment under the com
mon law cannot be entered where at
the trial the form of action barred
defenses that, would have been avail
able in a common law action.
GIVEN YEAH IN PRISON
FOR C HICKEN STEALING
ATKTNSON — (Special) — H. H.
“Heine” Clausen of Atkinson was
given a year in the state peniten
tiary by Judge Dickson when he
pleaded guilty to a charge of chick
en stealing. He had been held at
O'Neill awaiting trial.
ELECTRICITY TAKES
PLACE OF THE HEN
BEATRICE—(UP)—The temper
mental hen of W. L. Leigh has
been pleased. For 18 days the hen
refused to set. So Leight placed
an electric light globe in her nest
and turned on the current. Fourteen
chicks have been hatched.
THEY KEPT WEDDING
SECRET FOR A YEAR
ROSALIE—(Special) —Announce
ment lias just been made of a mar
riage which took place a year ago.
Miss Florence Wittmer, daughter of
Mrs. Helen Wittmer, of Rosalie, and
Wendell Hamilton, son of Rev. Mr.
and Mrs. Hamilton, of Coleridge,
k'we just announced that they were
married June 14, 1928.
AGED NEBRASKA TEACHER
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
BEATRICE—(UP)—Miss Anna
Batten, who ended 50 years of
teaching this year, is in a serious
condition here, suffering from a
nervous breakdown. She has taught
in the Wymore schools for 39 years,
during which period she has had
no substitute teacher. Only twice in
the period has she been absent
from her school room. She began
touching school in Pawnee county,
when that section of the country
was sparsely settled and was a
pioneer country.
FIRECRACKERS CAUSE DOG
TO JUMT TO HIS DEATH
OMAHA — (UP) — Worry over
booming firecrackers that were
thrown in his direction resulted in
"Sonny Boy," a German polloe dog,
hanging himself last night.
He had been left chained on a
second story porch by his owner,
Jim Brown. In trying to get away
from the firecrackers, the dog
plunged under the porch ruling to
his death, hanging suspended in the
air by his collar and chain.
EXPLOSION HAS
ITS AFTERMATH
Movement on at Omaha to
Forbid Storing of Fire
works in the City
OMAHA, NEB.—(UP)—As an Af
termath of the explosion of fire
works in the Brinn and Jensen Pa
per company’s plant, causing the
death of two men late Wednesday
afternoon. Fire Chief Patrick Cogan
announced today he would ask for
a city ordinance forbidding the
storing or selling of fireworks with
in the city limits.
The present ordinance forbid the
storing of fireworks in a building of
more than one story. The Brinn
and Jensen fireworks were stored on
the fourth floor.
Fire Commissioner A. A. Wester
gard, however, said an ordinance
such as Chief Cogan advocated, is
not necessary but more strict en
forcement of the existing ordinance
is needed. Fire Inspector Harry
Green said he would immediately
see that all fireworks Jobbers com
ply strictly with the present ordin
ance.
“The fireworks in the Brinn and
Jensen building were stored con
trary to the city ordinance or the
men probably would not have been
trapped as they were far above the
street,” Green said. “It’s going to
be hard for the next concern that
violates the ordinance.”
The explosion that started the fire
in the Brinn and Jensen wholesale
store occurred on the fourth floor,
it Is said, where the fireworks were
stored. Two men, Myron Jensen, 20
years old, son of J. P. Jensen, presi
dent of the company, and Harry H.
Jones, 57 years old, vice president
of the company, lost their lives In
tha pre-fourth of July fire. Damage
to the company’s stock and build
ing will total nearly $200,000.
Municipal Judge George Holmes
declared he would appear before the
city commissioners Tuesday to ad
vocate the passage of a city ordin
ance prohibiting the sale or use of
fireworks within the city limits.
SUB-NORMAL CHILDREN
ARE GIVEN TRAINING
NORFOLK—(Special)—Miss Eva
line Kayl, of Norfolk, is a teacher in
the Martin Luther home at Sterling,
Neb, which is a home and school for
Lutheran children whose minds have
not developed normally. There are
45 children enrolled from Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Illi
nois, Kansas, Iowa. Minnesota, Wis
consin, California, New Mexico, Tex
as and Massachusetts.
The home was founded in the fall
of 1925. Officials proceed on the
theory that there is a key to every
child and that the key must be
foundw No whipping, slapping or
scolding is allowed. The children are
punished when necessary but pun
ishment consists in withholding cer
tain privileges. Solitary confinement
is sometimes resorted to.
The children are taught in an
academic department according to
their intelligence quotient, There is
an art department, also, where the
children are taught various crafts.
The girls are learning simple house
hold duties and the boys taken into
the garden and among the live
stock.
The art department includes man
ual training, basketry, embroidery,
moulding, flower making and tin
craft. Religious training is also an
important part of the work.
BANKERS NOT KEEN
ABOUT ROBBER FUND
OMAHA — (UP) — A dead bank
robber evidently is not worth $5,000
to Nebraska bankers.
An attempt to collect $5,000 from
Nebraska bankers to serve as a re
ward for a dead bank robber failed
and only 425 bankers, instead of the
needed 700, have signed to contri
bute to the fund, the Nebraska
Bankers’ association reported.
As a result, an attempt will be
made to have the 425 signed bank
ers pay $7.25 each, making the re
ward $3,000 instead of $5,000. Only
contributing banks would benefit by
the plan.
GIANT BULLFROG IS
CAPTURED AT BRIDGEPORT
BRIDGEPORT. NEB.—(Special)—
One of the largest green bullfrogs
ever seen here was captured by Wil
lard Humpal by hand In the Ge
bauer lake. It measured 10 Inches
from the tip of the nose to the end
of the foot and was 16 inches In
circumference.
VERMILION MAN GIVEN
RED CROSS HONORS
ST LOUIS. MO.— -Among
101 persons living in 15 states to
receive special first aid and life
saving honors of the American Red
Cross is a South Dakota resident,
Howard W. K. Zellhoefer of Ver
milion.
The awards, announced at the
R<“d Cross midwestern headquarters
here, were made for outstanding
bravery, long hours of work or for
both.
ELK POINT MAN PAYS FINE
AND LOSES HIS AUTO
VERMILION—(Special) — When
Melvin Austin, of Elk Point, stopped
at a filling station in Vermilion
Tuesday morning to secure some
gasoline the halt proved a costly
one. for officers were on hand to
examine the cargo of his coupe
They discovered a gallon of alcohol
and seven pints of other liquor.
When arraigned before Judge Col
iar, Austin plead guilty and was
fined $265.20 besides losing his ear
which was confiscated under the
suite laws
WILL VOTE ON BONDS
TO REPLACE BRIDGES
PALLS CITY — (UP)—A resolu
tion authorizing a special election
August 6 on a $150,000 bond issue to
replace bridges destroyed by ice and
floods in Richardson county was
adopted by the county commission
er*.
The proposal calls for an interest
rate not to exceed 5 per cent. The
exact Interest to be determined by
the actual sale of the bonds. It was
formerly believed that a $250,000
issue would be necessary for bridge
work but careful planning resulted
in $100,000 being clipped from the
original figures.
STATE CLAIMS
O’CONNOR CASH
Attorney General of Ne
braska Files Action in
Federal Court
LINCOLN. NEB—(UP)—Suit will
be filed In the federal court by the
attorney general’s department to at
tempt to obtain $12,000 spent by the
state upon the estate of John
O'Connor, cobbler and pioneer of
Hastings, who died in 1915.
Since O'Connor's death heirs In
22 states and three foreign countries,
exceeding more than 1,000 have laid
claim to the estate left by the re
cluse.
The estate Is valued at more than
$100,000. The state contends there
are no living heirs of O’Connor and
the estate escheats to the state. It
is contended that Charles O'Connor
and others claiming to be heirs have
failed to prove any relationship.
FIRE DESTROYS
FARM PROPERTY
Barn and Onher Outbuild
ings on Ashford Place
Bum—Loss $4,000
WINNEBAGO, NEB.—(Special)—
\ complete set of outbuildings on
the John Ashford, Jr., farm one
naif mile north of here on Federal
highway 77 was destroyed by fire
Tuesday afternoon, when a small
child playing with matches set fire
to the barn. The burned buildings
consisted of a large barn, cattle
shed, corn crib, granary and pump
house.
• The neighbors and local fire de
partment succeeded in saving the
dwelling and other buildings, which
were threatened by the flames.
The value of the property and the
grain and hay destroyed was esti
mated at $4,000.
PLAN TO IMPROVE
LAKE NEAR TEKAMAH
TEKAMAH — (Special)—An or
ganization has been perfected here
to work for the improvement of
Lake Quinnebaugh. Carl Holland is
president and Lloyd Lawrence, sec
retary and treasurer of the group.
A committee consisting of A. M.
Anderson of Tekamah, Ben Evans
of Decatur and Carl Erickson and
Gene Ogden of Lake Quinnebaugh.
will investigate conditions and re
port onneeds at a meeting soon.
An engineer will be secured to
survey the land around the lake and
determine the best plan to make
the lake better for fishing and
swimming. The main trouble is how
to prevent the Missouri river, which
is nearby, from filling the lake with
silt that overflows from the river.
The state has offered to spend at
least $1,200 in work there if people
interested in the improvement will
put up additional money to make
the Improvements worthwhile.
I NORFOLK CASE ON THIRD
TRIP TO SUPREME COURT
LINCOLN—(Special) —The law
-uit between the Norfolk Packing
company and the American Insur
ance company has made its third
appearance in the supreme court. It
is over a $3,000 policy covering tor
nado loss, the plaintiff says, inflict
ed in 1920. The packing company
was hampered on previous appeals
by the fact that the policy, along
with testimony taken at the first
trial, was destroyed in a fire in its
lawyer’s office in Norfolk, where he
had the bill of exceptions filed away
in a safe. The jury gave it judg
ment not long ago for $3,000, but
the Insurance company says that a
traveling crane and not a wind
-torm caused the damage and that
here wasn’t any windstorm.
GECIDE “U" APPROPRIATION
WAS LEGALLY MADE
LINCOLN — (UP)—At a confer
nce of state officials it was decided
o follow the opinion of Attorney
General C. A. Sorensen In using the
-2.215,000 appropriation for the Uni
versity of Nebraska, approved by
he legislature but omitted through
v clerical error.
Sorensen in his opinion advised
he officials that the money had
teen properly appropriated ami
could be used by the state.
Many departments of the univers
’tv which would have been closed
sill remain open, because of the ac
ion of the officials.
\BANDON WHEAT POOL
IDEA FOR THIS YEAR
LINCOLN— —The newly or
anized board of directors of the
Midwest Grain Marketing associa
tion in session here Tuesday night
definitely abandoned plans for a
wheat pool this year, but voted to
conduct a pool In 1930. Arrange
ments are to be made Immediately
for the handling of the crop. Otis
Smith, Omaha. was elected general
manager and salesman of the asso
ciation i
SOME REASONS
FOR FAILURES
Bank Investigation Commit
tee Gets Down to Work
in Systematic Manner
LINCOLN. NEB —(UP)—Some oi
the basical reasons for the num
erous bank failures in Nebraska
were revealed Monday in a report
of the special auditing committee
made to C. A. Schallenberger, chief
bank examiner in charge of the
state banking investigation.
The report was made on the Citi
zens State bank of Ralston, Neb.,
which closed in 1925.
The report remarked on the il
legal use of funds of the bank by T.
J. Shannahan, president, who used
the money to finance real estate
ventures. The bank carried the
president’s notes, aggregating more
than $15,000, signed by the presi
dent's wife.
Abstraction of the funds of the
bank by Shannahan, for his own
personal use, were noted in the re
port. Criminal prosecution was
started but Shannahan was ac
quitted on a charge of embezzle
ment.
Frozen assets in the form of loans
to irresponsible individuals without
security and loans in excess of the
legal limit were among other rea
sons for failures.
The specific case at Ralston
showed violation of the banking
laws and poor management by the
bank officers, the report said.
While the bank was operated by
the defunct guarantee commission
for a period of less than a year,
a net loss of $5,418 was registered
the report showed.
It is expected that many of the
causes shown in the failure of the
Ralston bank will be disclosed in
closed banks, the chief examiner
said.
MAY BATTLE IN NEBRASKA
OVER TEACHING PROHIBITION
LINCOLN,—(UP)— What may
develop into a state fight over the
spreading of prohibition propa
ganda in Nebraska schools devel
oped here Monday.
Charles W. Taylor, state super
intendent of schools, testily an
swered President Burke of the
Omaha board of education, who an
nounced that an enlarged course
against the use of liquor would not
be offered in Omaha schools.
Taylor retorted that the state
superintendent’s department had
no quarrel with Burke, "unless of
course that Burke takes the attitude
that the plain provisions of sec
tion 6446 should not be applied to
the city of Omaha.”
The section referred to by Tay
lor is a state statute requiring that
th# evils of liquor be taught, Tay
lor said. While the section has been
touched only lightly, the coming
year will find a rigid course taught
in Nebraska schools in regard to the
use of intoxicants and narcotics,
Taylor said.
BEING EDUCATED BY
STATE OF NEBRASKA
GRETNA—A Nebraska youth, ed
ucated by a gratitude fund estab
lished by the state, has been grad
uated from high school here and
will enter the state university this
fall.
He is Roy Blunt, 16 years old,
whose father was mortally wounded
by a posse which surrounded a
wagon in which he was forced, at
the point of pistols, to drive to
Omaha with three convicts who
had murdered a Nebraska prison
warden to escape.
This was 16 years ago, just prior
to Roy's birth.
Answering a knock at the door
on that fatal morning, Blunt, the
father, was confronted by the trio
and at the threat of death was
compelled to prepare their break
fast, and then ordered to drive
them to Omaha.
Surrounded some miles from his
home, Blunt, the innocent victim
fell from a pistol shot fired by one
of the possemen. A volley of shots
followed and one of the men. Shorty
Gray, was killed, and John Dowd,
another, ended his own life.
Charles Morley, the third, was
captured and spared from hang
ing by the intervention of older
members of the posse. He is still
;n the penitentiary.
Since the father's tragic death,
young Blunt, his sisters and oth
er members of the family have lived
with grandparents, aided by the
legislative appropriation which will
enable him to complete his univer
sity training.
TRUCKING LIVESTOCK TO
OMAHA MARKET INCREASES
OMAHA—(UP)—Use of trucks for
transporting livestock to the Omaha
market is reaching huge propor
tions. figures for the first six
months of 1929 reveal. Since Jan
uary 1, a total of 777.238 hogs, 152,
764 oattle and 178,716 sheep were
trucked here from places ao far as
250 miles away. During the same pe
liod last year 691.258 hogs, 123,519
cattle and 144,558 sheep were trucked
in.
THREE SISTERS WEDDED
ON THE SAME DAY
OMAHA—(UP)—Three daughters
of Mrs. J. Starrett of Hiawatha,
Kan., were married Saturday, two in
Council Bluffs, la., and the other
at Hiawatha.
YOUTH STRANGLED TO
DEATH BY WAD OF GUM
SCOTT'SBLUFF—(UP)—The sev
enth drowning in Nebraska since
Saturday night was recorded here
Monday with Harry Yount, 15 years
old. son of Mrs. Frances Yount, of
Gering, strangling to death while
in swimming. The youth is believed
to have strangled on a wad of gum.
Dr. Ted R Ciddell, of Scottsbluff.
who attended the youth, said he ap
parently had about three sticks of
gum in his mouth and in gulping for
air. the gum became lodged in his
throat. There was no water in his
lungs.
SILVER CREEK WOMAN
ON BOARD OF CONTROL
LINCOLN—IUP) — Mrs. Nellie
Benson, of Silver Creek, took up her
duties Monday as the new member
of the state board of control, suc
ceeding Mrs. Carrie Birss, whose
term expired Saturday.
DRILLING MAY
START SUNDAY
Complete Equipment and
Crew Arrive at Bassett to
Begin Oil Well
BASSETT. NEB.—(Special)—
With the arrival here Saturday of
all equipment necessary to begin
drilling the oil well as contracted
with Harry T. Osborn, president of
the North Central Development and
Drilling company of Sioux City, Ia„
business men and merchants of
Bassett, Newport and Springview,
Neb., are making tentative plans for
a big celebration to be held at the
lease when the well is “spudded in,"
which will probably be on Sunday,
July 7, according to present plans
of Mr. Osborn.
It was decided to hold the “spud
ding in” ceremonies on Sunday so
that more people would be free to
attend.
Mr. Osborn also has a full dril
ling crew here ready to commence
work of moving the machinery to
the site and make preparations for
start of drilling operations.
The location of the well was de
termined by geophysical and
magnetometer surveys throughout
this territory some weeks ago. Ar
rangements for the drilling were
made by local business men with
Mr. Osborn, who insisted that no
stock be sold or offered for sale
to the public, handling the matter
strictly on a lease proposition.
GIVEN FRISON TERM
FOR “CHILD STEALING’
BROKEN BO W—(Special >
Clarence Roth, who pleaded guilty
to a charge of child stealing, was
sentenced to three to five years in
the men’s reformatory at Lincoln
by Judge Hostetler In district court.
Roth was arrested several weeks
ago in Medicine Bow, Wyo., after
authorities here were notified that
he had taken the 13-year-old
daughter of Fred Kelsey of Calla
way with him. The two were re
turned here and the girl was sent to
the industrial school at Geneva.
Roth is 22 years old and married,
but seperated from his wife. He had
served a 22-months term in the
Idaho penitentiary for forging a $1G
check there.
TO HIGH COURT
WITH HER CASE
Boone County Woman Re
sists Paying Husband’s
Debt to Bank
LINCOLN, NEB. — (Special) -
Attorneys for Mrs. Rosg Wiehn,
owner of many acres in Boone
county, have asked the supreme
court for a rehearing of the case in
which she was ordered to pay $4,000
to the trustee of a failed bank
which held a judgment against her
husband. She was a widow when
she married Wiehn, who is a one
armed man. He had loaned the
money to her before they w’ere mar
ried, and her defense against the
charge that the gift was to defeat
the claims of creditors later estab
lished was that she needed a man
to direct farming operations and
Wiehn needed a home. In consider
ation of her furnishing him the
home and guaranteeing him a share
of her estate did he survive her, he
tore up the $4,000 note. She defend
ed this as a proper transaction. The
court said she must pay his creditor.
Her attorneys say that this de
cision overturns 50 years precedent
to the effect that where the trial
judge and jury have had an oppor
tunity to observe the conduct of
witnesses on the stand the verdict
or judgment they render will not be
set aside unless obviously contrary
to the evidence. They say that the
court has misconstrued the evidence
and has used circumstances entirely
innocent and easily explainable to
reach an end not justified by the
facts, and that it should accept the
judgment of the jury on the facts
without question.
NEBRASKA HAD TWO
SUNDAY DROWNINGS
LINCOLN—(UP)—Two deaths by
drowning resulted in Nebraska Sun
day. Glen Underwood. 18 years
old, of Exeter, lost his life at Foun
tain beach at Fairmont when he
plunged into the pool in an attempt
to rescue anot her youth, who was
saved by others. Clara Dorrance, 19
years oid, of Omaha, was drowned
in Noyes lake near Waterloo while
attending a picnic.
PLAYING WITH SHOTGUN
12-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED
CHAPPELL—(UP) — Glen Rees,
12 years old, son of a Chappell mer
chant, was killed instantly Saturday
by the accidental discharge of ft
shotgun with which he was playing.
MISSING YOUTH FOUND
IN THE BLACK HILLS
RUSHMORE—(Special)— Ern
est Royer, who disappeared from his
home several days ago, was found at
Rapid City, S. D., and returned to
his home here.
TO MEET FATHER SHE
NEVER SAW BUT HAS HEARD
MITCHELL—Mrs. M. R. Schram.
Mitchell never has heard her fath
er’s voice except as played on phon
ograph records and when he is sing
ing over the radio, and has never
seen him so far as she can remem
ber. The father is Jules Verne Al
ien. "singing cowboy."
Father and daughter will have a
reunion for the first time since the
daughter was a babe about 1 year
old. when the father concludes an
engagement he is filling in Holly
wood I
MORE HIGHWAY
CONTRACTS LET
Nebraska Department of
Public Works Makes
Awards for Graveling
LINCOLN, NEB.—Contracts fox
the construction of 41 more miles
of gravel highway in Nebraska
were awarded by the state depart
ment of public works.
Projects included in the letting
were:
Between La Platte and Omaha.
7.2 miles; between Union and La
Platte, 18 miles; between Merna
and Victoi'ia Springs State park
10.4 miles; between Richland and
Columbus, 5.5 miles.
The first three improvements
went to L. G. Crownover, Lincoln
contractor, with a total bid of
$3,049.20, on the first; $12,645.60 on
the second, and $19,230 on the third.
The fourth was awarded to the
Central Bridge and Construction
company of Wahoo, with a total
bid of $3,153.70.
The four projects will cost $38.
077.50, and with exception of the
Victoria Springs job, all must be
completed by July 15. The contrac
tor has until November 1 to finish
the other.
On July 11, the largest highway
letting of the year will be held on
projects which will cost approxi
mately $2,000,000.
BANK BANDITS
GET COLD FEET
Depart Without Cash When
They Discover Surround
ings Not Favorable
NELSON. N E B.—(UP)—Three
faint hearted bandits lost their nerve
Friday in their alleged attempt to
rob the Commercial bank here and
they retreated without gaining any
filnds.
When Cashier James F, Murphy
was alone in his cage, an automobile
with three strange men drove up to
the building. One of the supposed
robbers remained in the automobile
as driver, a second stood at the bank
door to prevent entrance of any per
sons, and the third man confronted
the cashier with a request to ex
change a roll of small denomina
tion bills, which he tendered, for
bills of lailger denomination. Cash
ier Murphy opened the money draw
er but told the man there was noth
ing but small bills In the bank.
No gun was drawn but the strang
er backed his way cautiously out
of the bank, never taking his eyes
off the cashier. The three left town
in their automobile.
The bank is so arranged that en
trance cannot be gained to the cash
ier’s cage without going through a
back room and this apparently dis
couraged the alleged attempt to rob
the bank.
MANY HOMING PIGEONS
RELEASED AT NORFOLK
NORFOLK — Fifteen hundred
pigeons belonging to Chicago and
Chicago suburban homing club.?
were released here at daylight Sat
urday morning.
WHEAT HARVEST HAS
COMMENCED IN NEBRASK,.
BYRON—(UP)—The first new
wheat is being harvested this sea
son by William Fintel, who is cut
ting a field with a binder to save
the crop from further falling and
matting on account of the recent
heavy wind and hail.
Fritz Brunes is cutting his oats,
which, while not entirely ripe, is
going down badly.
IAILROAD PREPARING TO
HAUL WHEAT CROr
WYMORE—(UP)—Preparaing foi
he approaching wheat harvest, the
Burlington railway is hauling an av
erage of 200 grain cars daily from
the storage yards at St. Louis, Kan
sas City and St. Joseph to stations
in western Nebraska and northwest
ern Kansas.
DEPOSITORS TO PASS
ON SALE OF BANK
FREMONT—(UP‘— Depositors of
the closed First National bank of
North Bend will meet at North Bend
Saturday night to determine
whether an objection will be made
to the confirmation of the sale of
the bank to Rodney Dunlap. Fre
mont attorney.
Dunlap's bid of $37,600 was the
highest of four submitted to Judge
F. L. Spear, in district court.
Confirmation of the sale will not
be made until Tuesday.
Other bids were $23,101 by George
S. Austin, of Lincoln: $15,000 by the
Central Credit company, of Lincoln;
$12,000 by Arthur C. Sidner, of Fre
mont.
FOUR COUNTIES SEND
CLUB WORKERS TO CAMP
PIERRE— —Four counties—
Hughes, Potter. Stanley and Sully—
will be represented at the annual
4-H club camp to be held at Pierre,
beginning July 9, and ending July
13.
WINDOM PEOPLE VOTE
AGAINST SUNDAY MOVIES
WINDOM—(Special)—In a fairly
heavy vote Wednesday the people of
Windom turned down the proposi
tion f« Sunday movies by a mar
gin of three votes, there being 456
yes and 459 no. The council has
pledged itself to pass an ordinance
against Sunday movies if the vote
resulted in a majority against. The
Wonderland theater has been run
ning Sundays for about a month,
there being no ordinance again*: it
