Nebraska Newspapers

    ADMITS THEFT
MUCH JEWERY
Paroled Nebraska Convict
Meld for Return to the
Penitentiary
HASTINGS, NEB.—(UP)—A 65
year-old man who confessed to po
lice he violated a parole from the
Nebraska penitentiary and robbed a
Jewelry firm in Denver, is being
held here awaiting the arrival of
state officers.
The man, James Billings, was ar
rested Tuesday after a chase of
three blocks. A>short time previously
hb had sold two wedding rings to a
local jeweler and when captured, he
had in his possession $350 worth of
gold and platinum rings, which he
said was part of the loot obtained in
the Denver robbery.
Billings had been working on
farms around Hastings for the last
two weeks and was located the day
after officers received word he was
wanted.
Lincoln Parole Officer N. T. Har
mon left for Hastings Wednesday to
return James Billings, to the state
penitentiary for violating a parole
granted him in 1916.
Records of the board of pardons
revealed Billings was sentenced
March 1, 1916 from Gage county
to a term of from 1 to 20 years for
forgery. On December 16, 1916, he
was paroled but December 24, 1916,
he violated his parole by leaving
this vicinity.
Nothing had been heard concern
ing Billings by the board of pardons
until his arrest at Hastings in con
nection with a Jewelry store rob
bery at Denver.
WON’T OTEN SEASON
ON MALE PHEASANTS
NORFOLK — (Special) — Senator
John C. McGowan announced here
that he Is making an effort to se
cure an open season on male pheas
ants in Madison county next fall.
The senator held a conference
with County Commissioner Fred
Terry and after that conference the
senator stated that Mr. Terry was
willing to open the pheasant shoot
ing sport if the sportsmen wanted
it. The senator and a company of
those favoring an open season will
go to Madison next week to meet
with the county board.
The senator states that he has
been informed that during the
spring time the male pheasants
fight each other so much that they
kill each other. ,
“The sportsmen might as well
shoot some of these male pheasants
as to have them kill themselves,"
•he senatot said. He indicated that
Webb Rice, of Norfolk, a member
of the state commission will be con
ferred with in order to get a large
delegation to go to Madison and
Induce the county board to prevail
upon the state board to open the
pheasant season.
THINK CONVICT GIVEN
TOO MUCH LIBERTY
LINCOLN—(UP)—When the pe
tition signed by Dunbar citizens
protesting the alleged liberties ac
corded Burton Gorton in the peni
tentiary, reached Gov. Arthur
Weaver Wednesday, he referred it
to the state board of control for
action.
The petition, signed by 41 Dun
bar citizens declared that Warden
Fenton haa allowed Gorton too
much liberty in employing him as
his chauffeur, taking him on a va
cation trip to Minnesota and on one
occasion allowing Gorton to spend a
night in his home at Dunbar un
guarded. Gorton is serving a sen
tence of from one to two years In
the penitentiary on a charge of
embezzlement.
Governor Weaver said that the
statutes show the board of control
has full power to manage, control
and govern the penal institutions
and for that reason, it should be un
der the board’s jurisdiction.
H. 6. Thorpe, member of the
board, said the petition had not of
ficially reached the board and he
hud nothing to say as to what ac
tion would be taken.
The petition alleges that Gorton
had never served within the peni
tentiary proper but had lived in
the garage of Warden Fenton.
Fenton said Wednesday that Gor
ton had served three weeks in the
cell house and at that time. Fen
ton’s former chauffeur had served
his time so Gorton was made chauf
feur.
NEBRASKA CORN CROP
IN NEED OF RAIN
LINCOLN — (UP) — Although
rainiall during the past week was
deficient, weather was favorable to
farming and in some sections corn
made good progress, the United
States weather bureau said Thurs
day in its weekly weather report.
Lock of rain enabled farmers to put
up hay and alfalfa, and to start fall
plowing in sections where the
ground was not too hard.
The hot dry weather was detri
mental to much of the corn, the re
port said, and in n. "v places,
progress was poor. Throughout the
state, the crop is generally fair ex
cept in the south central counties
where there is a poor stand and it
has suffered injury.
Good rains are badly needed over
the state, Thomas A. Blair, meteor
ologist said. Pastures arc poor and
are drying up in places. The har
vest of potatoes has started, he said,
with mostly good yields.
NEBRASKA RHODES SCHOLAR
HAS NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
OM AH A—( UP)—Brandon F
Brown, Rhodes scholar at Oxford
university, England, has suffered a
nervous breakdown because of over
study and is confined to a London
, hospital, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. F. Brown have be^n advised.
Lrown. former honrr student f.t
"reighton university has been in
Oxford for two years. He h.s earned
for himself a reputation as a bril
liant writer end was complimented
by Pope Pius for his compos.ti:no
nn reliirious sublet
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BITE OF INSECT CAUSE
OF CHILD S DEATH
FREMONT—(UP)—An insect
bite which developed with poison
ing, proved fatal to Richard Leo
Handy, 4 years old, Monday. He
died in a local hospital after nine
days of illness resulting from the
bite Specialists were called anu
serum was injected to combat the
poison but medical science could
not save his life. He was bitten on
the side of his face.
BUSY DAYS FOR
THE GOVERNOR
His Program for Addresses
Fills Remainder of
Present Week
LINCOLN. NEB.—(UP)—Anoth
er busy week was in prospect for
Governor Arthur Weaver as a full
schedule of addresses had been
made.
The governor is at Falls City
Tuesday on personal business but
Wednesday he will begin his pro
gram of addresses. At 1:30 p. m.
Wednesday, he speaks at the Le
gion picnic at Beaver Crossing. In
the evening he speaks at Ohiowa.
Thursday at 1:30 p. m. he speaks
at a luncheon at North Bend, and
Friday he is to attend the rodeo at
Burwell.
While no engagements are sched
uled for Saturday, he end his fam
ily will go to the National Guard
encampment at Ashland for the
Governor’s day activities.
FOSTER CHILD
SEEKS SHARE
Controversy Over Estate of
Bloomfield Woman to
Federal Court
OMAHA, NEB—(UP)—Suit of
Mrs. Julia Sullivan Franks for a
share in the $150,000 estate of her
foster mother, Mrs. Mary Sullivan,
who died recently at Bloomf.eld,
Neb., has been transferred to fed
eral court here.
Mrs. Franks, born In a foundling
asylum, was adopted by the Sul
livan's and was 16 years old before
she knew that she was an adopted
child. Mrs. Sullivan left no will and
seven nieces and nephews made
claims for the setate.
Mrs. Franks will claim the legal
status of a daughter in her court
action.
WEST POINT ATTORNEY
DIES IN OMAHA HOSPITAL
OMAHA - —Pliny M. Moodle
70 years old, an attorney of West
Point, Neb., died Tuesday in an
Omaha hospital after a brief Ill
ness. He had practiced law in West
Point for 40 years. He was presi
dent of the district bar association
and a member of the West Point
Masonic lodge. He also wa.; a mem
ber of Knight Templars, at Fre
mont, Neb , and Tangier temple, at
Omaha.
TAKES POSITION WITH
THE MODERN WOODMAN
P O N CA—(Special)—Max Auge
who was associated with the Ed
wards and Bradford Lumber com
pany at Sioux City for two years
and more recently with the Buer
Henry company of Ponca, haa ac
cepted the position as .special rep
resentative of the service bureau of
the Modern Woodman of America
and will have headquarters at Rock
Island, 111.
TWICE A. W. O. L. HE
NOW FACES CHARGES
| ASHLAND—(UP)—Court martial
proceedings faced Melvin J. Baglin
Nebraska City National guards
man. Tuesday. He not only failed
to report at the National Guard
camp here on the opening day, but
disappeared suddenly without leave
last Saturday after spending twe
days in trainings.
He was returned to camp Mon
day under guard ol three soldiers
and his superior officers are un
determined what his punishment
will be.
Eaglin's failure to report for
camp, the opening day was ex
plained by his father who said he
was sick. When he disappeared
Saturday, Sheriff Carl Ryder, of
Otoe county, was notified and a
search started. Ryder found him at
his home near Nebraska City and
arranged for his return to camp.
PETTING PARTY BANDITS
WORKING AT OMAHA
OMAHA —(UP)— Three couples
were held up and robbed by two
masked men ric ing in an automo
bile on the north side Tuesday
night. Maxine Roby, 19 years old,
and her boy friend, A D. Stremler,
were forced to take a ride with the
desperadoes, who ordered them from
the machine several miles away af
ter taking money and jewelry.
Half an hour later they held up
Harry Grlfiin end Tillie Thompson,
in Griffin’s parked car. took $5 from
Griffin and then drove away in his
machine.
E. M. Fratt r.r.d Genevieve Fcwlcr
were the next victims, donating a
small amount of money.
THINK MISSING GIRLS
HAVE JOINED THEIR MOTHER
, C O L U M B U S — (UP) — Missing
since Sunday, three daughters of
Maurice Langan are believed to
have disappeared as part of a plan
pre-arranged by their mother for
them to io.n her in Denver.
Mrs. Lair an, who has left her
homo here previously, left Colum
bus aycin July 5 and is believed to
bo hi Denver. Th" th-c'' daughters,
Philomen-1, 16 years dd, Gertrude,
1?, art! Bernadette 7. left home
Sunday ostensibly to picnic in
l uwnce park
DEPOSITORS TO
LOSE HEAVILY
Report Shows Closed Clear
water, Neb., Bank Was
Badly Managed
LINCOLN. NEB — (UP) -Unpaid
depositors of the closed state bank
of Clearwater, Neb., will lose about
$163,495.95 or about 79.5 per cent, a
report made Friday on the bank to
A. C Shallenberger, in charge of
the state banking investigation,
said.
Loans and discounts having a pa
per value of $23,790 59 probably will
not realize more than $3,200, the
report said; there is little likelihood
of collecting anything on $28,165.49
worth of judgments, and real estate
valued at $64,795 84 will not realize
more than $13,125.
During a period of two years and
eight months when the guarantee
fund commission operated the bank,
a lo* of $63,964.13 was incurred, this
including losses on realization of as
sets of $37,973.78.
“Frozen assets in the form of
loans to irresponsible individuals
without security," was given as one
of thf reasons for the failure of the
bank June 24. 1925, with deposits of
$329,668.04. “A large part of such
loans have proved absolutely worth
less.”
Lax supervision of the bureau of
banking in permitting the bank to
operate even though reports of bank
examiners showed the bank was in
poor condition was cited as an
other reason for failure.
During the time that the bank
guarantee fund commission operat
ed the bank, 463 depositors, or 62 8
per cent, were permitted to with
draw their deposits in full, amount
ing to $74,309.86. “It is evident that
the depositors who were permitted
to withdraw all of their deposits
were favored at the expense of the
remaining depositors,” the report
stated.
CONVICT’S WIFE IS
SUING FOR DIVORC E
ALLIANCE—John Tschaeher, 40
years old, convict at the state pen
itentiary where he is serving b live
year term for the shooting of Joseph
Burtie, 22 years old, of Yakima,
Wash., is being sued for divorce by
his wife. Bertha. She accuses her
husband of extreme cruelty and says
that he is possessed of a violent
temper.
Mrs. Tschaeher is operating a ho
tel at Kemingford. Tschaeher criti
cally wounded Burtie in an alter
cation in the Hemingford hotel a
year ago last April when Burtie
was found sleeping in the hotel lob
by. Burtie has since recovered
from the wounds and returned to
Washington.
NELIGH, NEB, MAN HAS
ANCIENT $2 BILL
NELIGH—(UP)—Difficult as it
is for most people to keep money
for a short time, Morgan Calkins oi
Neligh has a $2 bill that has been
in his family for 153 years.
The bill, Issued in 1776, was giver.
Calkins' great great great grand
father. Gideon Sibley, as part pay
ment for his services in the Revo
lutionary war. Sibley was a member
of Colonel Ebenezer Leonard’s reg
iment and enlisted at Concord.
Mass., April 10. 1775.
In spite of the extreme age of the
bill, the following words are legible:
"This bill entitles the bearer to re
ceive two Spanish Milled dollars or
the value thereof in gold or silver,
acrording to a resolution of Con
gress, passed at Philadelphia, July
22, 1776.”
THINK CONVICT GIVEN
TOO MUCH LIBERTY
DUNBAR—(UP) — Because Bur
ton Gorton, formerly of Dunbar but
now In the state penitentiary, is
allegedly allowed too much liberty
ns Warden William Fenton's chauf
feur, citizens of Dunbar are signing
petitions asking the governor to in
vestigate the case.
Gorton was convicted of embez
zlement September 21. 1S27, and be
gan serving his sentence of from
one to tw^o years. February 15. 1929.
Gorton was manager of the defunct
Dunbar Gra'n company and is a
soninlaw of Thomas Murray, form
er president of the failed State
Bank of Dunbar, now serving a
term in the state penitentiary as a
result of his bank's failure.
LINCOLN—(UP) — “Much ado
about nothing" was the attitude
Warden Fenton took in regard to
petitions being circulated at Dun
bar concerning the freedom allowed
Burton Gorton in the penitentiary.
"We have to have trusties,” the !
warden said, "or thp state would
pay out a tremendous amount for
help. We have from 75 to 100 trus
ties and there is no reason why this
man should not be a trusty if he is
deserving. *
The warden said Gorton drove
his car to Minnesota on his vaca
tion. from which he returned this
week, and the plan is to continue
Gorton as his chauffeur.
The visit of Gorton to Dunbar
one night was confirmed by Fen
ton, who sa'd he and Mrs. Fenton
remained in Nebraska City one
night while Gorton went to Dunbar
to arrange for eye treatment for a
daughter. This was about two
months ago.
GASOLINE BOOTLEGGER PAYS
AND IS FORGIVEN
LI N C OLN—(UP)—A settlement
has been made with the state by L.
D. ICemptcn. Curtis gasoline and oil
dealer whose station was padlocked
this week. Deputy State Treasurer
Fred C. Ericson said Friday.
Kcmpton’s station was padlocked
after an investigation disclosed he
was Importin'; gasoline but failing
to pav the tax cn It.
A draft .'or fl.COO is on the
t-> Liroc-in ta pay Kempton’* tax.
Frio son said. No prosecution is
likely to fc-e male by the state now
lie so id
DIVER’S NECK BROKEN
AND DEATH RESULTS
CENTRAL CITY—Diving from a
nigh tower, Franklin Steigman, 16
can old, suffered a broken neck
Friday afternoon ar.d died a few
.lours later.
Fi iends who were watching him
dive believed the lad was trying tc
ee how long he could remain un
der water, and when he failed tc
appear immediately, one man took
out his watch to time the dive.
Within several minutes, however,
he watchers became alarmed anc
jailed the fire department. After be
ing taken trom the pool, the bos
seemed to respond to resuscitation
efforts and it was not until some
time later that it was found he had
broken his neck.
CONTRACTS FOR
ROAD WORK LET
Many Projccl* in North
east Nebraska Had At
tention at Lincoln
LINCOLN, NEB.—(Special)—Sev
eral hundred contractors were at the
state capital Thursday to await the
awarding of new contracts for grav
eling, paving and culverts on state
Highways. There were 16 projects in
volved.
Those in northeast Nebraska were:
Norfolk-Columbus, in Madison coun
ty, four miles of paving; 4.8 miles
graveling, Long Pine south, Brown;
subdrain, between Norfolk and
Wayne, in Madison county; 5.5 miles
grading, between Verdel and Mon
owi in Knox county; four miles of
grading between Greeley Center and
Cedar Rapids in Greeley county;
culvei t pipe north of Chadron in
Dawes county.
MASONS TO LAY CORNER
STONE OF NORMAL BUILDING
WAYNE—(Special)—The Masonic
Grant? lodge of Nebraska will lay
the cornerstone for the new Nei
nardt hall at Wayne Normal Aug
ust 27, at 1:30 p. m.
The main part and east wing of the
hall for girls was completed last
January. Work on the west wing,
now under construction, was begun
a month ago and walls are now
completed up to the first floor level.
Concrete flooring will be poured
this week on first story floors. W’ork
on the basement has been com
pleted.
NEW POWER PLANT
OF WAYNE TAKES FORM
WAYNE—Walls for the new power
plant at the Wayne State Teachers
college have been completed to a
height of about 20 feet. The re
quired height before placing of the
rcof is 37 feet. The old building
about which the new one is being
built, was removed the first of the
w^gk.
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Hobby Lighthouse Proves
To Be Necessary Service
OSHKOSH, WIS.- —William
H. Eray, former state senator, had
a lighthouse complex.
So fond was he of the mariner's
fiiend that he built one on a point
of bis land in Lake Winnebago.
It was a beautiful lighthouse, and
on clear nights its twinkling rays
were visible seven miles out in the
hike. The government licensed
the light.
Eventually Bray sold his prop
erty and moved to Oregon. Subse
quent owners, without the lighthouse
complex, sought to be rid of it but
to no avail. The government insisted
it be operated. Mrs. John Thompson,
wife of the present owner, now is the
keeper.
A group of lake craft owners pay
for the lighthouse’s upkeep. Mr. Bray
is said to have found bigger and
better lighthouses in Oregon.
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block Inflation.
Prom Commerce and Finance.
‘Wflat do two and two make?”
asked a proud father of his little
boy. “Twenty two," answered the
lau. "Why, son, don’t you know
that two and two make four?”
queried the lather. “Well, dad. that
depends upon the way you look at
it," answered the youngster.
This old story is appropriate to
the present situation in the United
States. In almost every line of busi
ness it is assumed that two and
two make 22, and that bv putting
properties together their value can
be multiplied many times over.
Hence a further advance in the
stock market has occurred, based
upon rumors of consolidations and
mergers that arc almost fantastic.
One example is a proposal to
form a huge tiust that shall include
all tiie power plants in the United
States. It has been seriously dis
cussed in high quarters. Another is
a plan that contemplates as
sembling all the railways of the
United States into five great cor
porations, and a third is a huge
merger that will include most of the
chain store organizations already
formed.
Although it seems unlikely that
anv of these proposals will be real
ized in the near future they have
served to fire the speculative im
agination. and have encouraged the
buying of stocks. The result is that
all the published “averages” have
ascended to new highs, and the de
mand for credit to carry these pur
chases has pushed the total of
brokers’ loans through the previous
peak reached last March. Bank
Vans upon collateral also have re
traced their previous decline, and
if there v.as reason last winteT for
the concern which most bankers
expressed over the dangers of the
speculative absorption of credit
there would seem 1o be equal cause
for apprehension now.
CHARGED HE PRACTICED
WITHOUT A LICENSE
FEATRICE—<UF)—James War
lord of Rockford. Neb., wns charged
Thursday with practicing medicine
without a license, in n complaint
filed in Justice Moore's court by
Richard F. Wood, attorney for the
state department of public welfare.
Wood charges that Warford broke
a girts leg while attempting to cure
h®r cf paralysis. According: to Wood
Wp’foTrt was called to Treat Pauline
Pa:pent, If y?r>rs cld. pcralysied
1 ■- m p*>r rv.Vst down. In flexlnfc her
Ft; br it Is rhaiged We "ford broke
ore cl her lr.-s above the kre?
BANK WAS OWNER OP
TOO MUCH REAL ESTATE
LINCOLN— (Special) —Pointing
out that records do not show how
the property was acquired, the A. C.
Scnallenger investigators who have
Just completed an audit ol the tailed
State Bank ot Clearwater, at Clear
water, declared the bank had on its
books seven times the legal amount
of real estate. This was $64,673.56
woht and the bank’s capital was
only $12,000. Seventy five per cent
of a bank’s capital may be held in
real estate the investigators de
clare. They blame this as one ol
| the main causes of the bank's fail
' urc.
Lax supervision by the depart
ment of banking and frozen asseU
in the form of too large to irrespon
sible individuals without proper se
curity are given as additional
causes. It is said that some years
before the bank failed examiners
had called attention of the bankers
to violations of proper procedure
Officers of the bank are said to
have failed to follow instructions.
BEST CITIZEN
TO BE CHOSEN
Boys and Girls of Nebraska
to Contest for Honor at
Jubilee Celebration
OMAHA, NEB—(UP)—Age lim
its in the contest to select Nebras
ka’s best young boy and girl citi
zen will be from 16 to 21 years
Chancellor E. A. Burnett of Univer
sity of Nebraska, chairman of the
contest committee, announces. The
contest will be a feature of the Ne
braska diamond jubilee celebration
to be held here November 5 to 7.
Health, intelligence and person
ality will be the basis used for the
selection of one boy and one girl
from a group of 186 which are to
be survivors of 93 county contests.
Prof. A. A. Reed, examiner of Ne
oraska university and director of Its
extension department will serve as
vice chairman in the contest.
The 93 boy and 93 yirl winners
in the various counties will be giv
en a trip to Omaha with all ex
penses paid.
The final contest here will be de
cided on the following basis:
General health and physical con-,
diticn.
Intelligence tests. Dr. Charles
Fordyce, director of educational
tests at Nebraska U will preside,
assisted by expert psychologists.
Personality. Examining board to
be composed of best personnel ex
perts available aided by executives
of women's organizations.
County contests will be conducted
along much the same lines except
that more attention will be given tc
civic mindedness, which will con
stitute the part played by individ
ual contestants in church, school
and civic affairs.
Although civic mindedness will
enter into the final selections in
the state contest, not as much at
tention will be paid to it as to the
three general points of health, in
telligence and personality.
J. N. Shannahan, general chair
man of the jubilee now is forming
a list of county chairmen who will
have charge of district alinv.nations.
He is enlisting support of school
and civic leaders in Nebraska’s 93
counties.
BOY SCOUT EXECUTIVES
LAY PLANS AT WAYNE MEET
WAYNE—(Special)—The jOmaha
Area of the Boy Scout Council of
America met in Wayne, August 7, to
discuss work of the last quarter and
to make plans for the next. The
following districts were represented:
Plainview, Sandhill, Elkhorn Valley,
Tx>gan Valley, Thurburcum, Fre
mont, Omaha, David City and Col
umbus.
Meetings of the court of honor,
finance committee and rural com
mittee were held, after which
Wayne Kiwanians conducted a tour
of the city. General surveys ol
work were made at the evening
meeting which followed a 6:30 din
ner at Hotel Stratton.
A committee was a pointed to
change the name of the area from
"Omaha” to one more representa
tive. The committee will report at
the next quarterly meeting to be
held the first week in November at
Columbus.
Since area work was suned a
year ago the number of troops lias
grown from 14 to 168, all of which
are doing active scouting, with fi
nances on a firm basis. Advanc*’
courses in Scout leadership will bo
offered In the area this year.
KILLED WHILE ENROid'K TO
BUY MONUMENT FOR HUSBAND
PAWNEE CITY—(UP'-*On her
way i-o .select a monumeut for the
grave of her husband who died
two months ago, Mrs. Janies Sibl
eg years old. died Sunday from in
juries (sustained in an automobile
accident.
Mrs. Situ w.ts enroute Saturday
.u Tecumseh U> select the monu
ment for her Husband's grave when
(he c*r in which she was riding
-uinued with a machine driven to
Dwight T Damnen. Of St. Joseph.
Aiu. Mrs.. Sibi was pinned harveatl
tier car when it overturned.
(KEAMERY COMPANY P LAc'S
B*G »TOCK *
v*r»lAIfA —Dial.* for the ISSlnurv
,<i an additional $13 000,000 U» imwu
Hum snick are contained la a let
r«:r new being mailed t* Stockholm
•*rs> of ttie Beatrice Creamery ®on»
anv (f chc stockholder* approve
i tie «ctton, the company's to to'
-vuiiLiiou civov'K will be $26.000,o«tt Mu
i.co-o.-e k contemplated In the
jitseut latme of $8,000,001 6t «re
rt*n«d aCovk The company opei
iico In 72 allies, lr* 16 stole., with
hrsiltjuai lei* Cl Chicago.
SHOWS EXPENSE
BANKING PROBE
Chief Auditor Shallenberg
Makes Report on Prog
ress of Work
LINCOLN, NEB—(UP)—The cost
of Nebraska’s investigation of state
banking agencies will come well un
der the $150,000 appropriated for it
by the last legislature, it was indi
cated Monday in the report of A. C.
Shallenberger, in charge of the in
vestigation.
During the month of July he paid
to his accountants, $6,062.50 and of
fice expenses, including his salary of
$600 a month, were $1,100, making a
total of $7,162.50 expenses for July.
If the investigation is conducted for
six months, this would bring the to
tal expense under $50,000.
From June 13 to 30, the 12 ac
countants were paid $1,725. The
office expenses for June were again
approximately $1,100, making the in
vestigation cost to the end of July
approximately $8,987.50.
The certified accountants are paid
$20 a day while the assistant ac
countants are paid $12.50. The ac
countants are paid by the hour with
an 8-hour basis.
RESIST BOOSTS
IN ASSESSMENT
Telegraph and Telephone
Companies Attack Work
of Nebraska Board
LINCOLN. NEB. — (UP)—A fifth
suit attacking the increased assess
ments of the state board of assess
ments and equalization is on file in
the supreme court with the action of
the American Telephone and Tele
graph company filing late Monday
a petition in error and assignments
of errors.
The suit is in the same form as
the petition filed earlier in the day
by the Northwestern Bell Telephone
company, which attacked the 20 per
cent increased assessments levied
against it by the board. The Amer
ican Telephone and Telegraph com- s—
pany owns only about $200,000
worth of property in the state but is
interested as a stockholder in the
$11,000,000 worth of property of the
Northwestern Bell Telephone com
pany in Nebraska. The $50,000 fran
chise of the A. T. and T. is not in
volved in the suit.
Although the Postal Telegraph
company filed notice Monday that
it would resist a 30 per cent in
crease assessed on $1,730,000 of
property, no suit was filed. Attor
neys for public service corporations
contend, however, that the law
merely requires them to give 10
days notice to the board of inten
tion to appeal but that the appeal
need not be filed in court within 10
days of the making of the assess
ment. This would give public service
companies until November 2 to file
an appeal.
The A. T. and T. petition alleges
the state board did not equalize the
properties of telephone companies
as between counties but that its or
der purports to effect a uniform in
crease in the assessed valuation of
all property of all telephone com
panies in all counties, thus usurping
the powers of the assessing and
equalizing bodies of the counties.
WOULD BAN FIREWORKS
IN ALL OF NEBRASKA
OMAHA—(UP) — With safe and
s2ne Fourths of July assured for
Omaha, efforts will now be made
to extend the fireworks ban to the
entire state, women’s club speakers
at a meeting of city council where
the fireworks were banned Monday,
indicated.
The Council Bluffs city council
has already indicated it will follow
Omaha’s lead and refuse to permit
pyrotechnics in that city, but it was
pointed out there is nothing to pre
vent Omaha celebrators from jour
neying to surrounding Nebraska
towns and cities on Independence
day for their fireworks demonstra
tions.
SOME HIGH YIELDS OF
WHEAT IN NEBRASKA
LINCOLN — (UP) — Cheyenne
county promises to carry off ban
ner honors this year in producing
the largest winter wheat crop, ac
cording to estimates prepared by A.
E. Andersen, federal and state agri
cultural statistician.
It is estimated Cheyenne county
produced 2,430,000 bushels, while
Perkins county was second with 2,
268.000 bushels. Both counties had
162.000 acres o' winter wheat this
season but the yield per acre in
Cheyenne county was 15 bushels
while in Perkins it was only 14
bushels.
Burt county holds first honors in
high acreage yield, with 24 bushel?
per acre the yield. Platte county
was second with an average of 23
bushels per acre.
OMAHA — (UP) — Omaha city
council, by unanimous vote Monday
passed an ordinance which absolute
ly forbids sale or use of fireworks
here. The ordinance was drafted by
a committee composed of Commis
sioners Westergaard, Hummel and
Koutsky. It becomes effective De
cember 1.
WINSIDE FARMER SAYS
CROPS ARE “BEST EVER”
WINSIDE — (Special) — S. H.
Rew pioneer Wayne county farmer
and stockman living near Winside
reports the 1929 crop prospects the
best he has ever seen in this vicin
ity.
In 1899. Mr. Rew bought his farm
ana moved here from S lver City,
la. In spite of his 30 years actively
engaged in farming he still lives on
the same farm