LITTLE PROFIT
IN DORMITORY
Audit of Wayne Norma!
Shows Building Not Good
Money Investment
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—An au
dit of the Wayne State Normal
school covering a period from
March 13, 1928, to December 2, 1929,
has been completed by State Audi
tor C. A. Sommer. The dormitory
system is desired at this school for
the purpose of better discipline and
supervision of students but they are
not profitable to an investment. The
income from this source during the
year was $16,704 from a total ol
335 pupils. Fees collected during
the 2014 months covered by the
audit were $56,410.98. Miscellane
ous receipts were $10,829.45, includ
ing cafeteria profits totaling $2,000
and $146,77 Interest on warrants.
Dormitory rent varies according
to the accommodations, and runs
from $5 to $7 a month, but during
the year they do not average more
than 10 months.
The Wayne Dormitory corpora
tion is building a new wing for Nei
hardt hall which will accommodate
70. Tills Is being erected at a cost
of $55,000, 6 per cent bonds having
been Issued, these to be paid, with
interest, out of the receipts from
the dormitory. Dormitory Income
will be sent to the state treasurer,
to be credited to the normal cash
fund, the same as has been done
in the past, and vouchers will be
submitter to the state auditor for
the interest and principal when
they are due. Warrants will then
be drawn against the normal cash
fund.
Since Kingsbury hall is considered
unsuitable and unsafe, it will prob
ably be torn down as soon as Nei
hardt hall Is completed.
< IfRISTMAS CIIEER FOR
WARDS OF THE STATE
Lincoln. Neb.—(UP)—Christmas
in the 17 state institutions, In
which are the 8,000 wards of the
state, will be a merry one with the
board of control making plans for
the event.
Bounteous Christmas dinners
that will have all the trimmings, will
be served, and in those institutions
where children live, toys will be pro
vided. These are bought largely
through contributions from the
public.
Because the boys at the farm for
dependent children, near Lincoln,
were so successful in raising turkeys,
the king of birds will grace the
boards Christmas at that institu
tion.
The state hospital at Hastings
produced 200 turkeys and 1,400
geese this year so they will have a
choice of either one. The inmates
of the penitentiary raised many
geese and ducks. Officials of the
penitentiary, with its 800 prisoners,
will do allowed to buy 800 pounds
of chicken this year for Christmas.
The institute for feebleminded at
Beatrice raised from 50 to 60 tur
keys this year. Chicken will be
bought for the Christmas dinner at
the Norfolk hospital; the soldiers’
home at Milford; the Lincoln hos
pital.
STATE COMMANDER OF
LEGION NAMES COMMITTEES
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — 8tu ding
coaimittees which will have cl urge
of American Legion activities in
Nebraska during the coming year
were named Thursday by Dwight
Griswold, state commander.
Additional committees are ex
pected to be appointed as needed,
Griswold announced. These Include
the national department convention
committee, the Junior baseball com
mittee and any special committees
that may be needed.
Chairmen of the various commit
tees are: Americanism, C. H. Velte,
of Crete; child welfaje, Louis W.
Horne, of Lincoln; aviation, Walter
R. Johnson, of C naha; legislative,
Oswin Kiefer, of Bostwick; nation
al defense and O. M. T. C., Phil L.
Hall, of Greenwood; community ser
vice, C. G. Warren, of Nebraska
City: soldiers home, J. Ed C. Fish
er, of Beatrice; trophies and awards,
Dr. T. J. Kerr, of North Platte;
boy scouts, Clark Booker, Jr., of
Gothenburg; Fldao, Wade R. Mar
tin, of Stratton.
NOTED SPEAKERS FOR
BAR ASSOCIATION MEET
Omaha. Neb.—(UP)—Frank J.
Loesch. Chicago, member of Presi
dent Hoover’s crime commission,
will be one oi the principal speakers
at Nebraska Bar association conven
tion to be held at Cornhusker ho
tel, Lincoln, December 27 and 28,
Secretary Harvey Johnsen an
nounced here today.
Former Gov. Samuel R. McKelvie,
member of Mr. Hoover’s agricultur
al board. Judge J. A. Van Orsdel,
of the court of appeals of District
of Columbia, and Anan Raymond,
president of the association, who
recently moved to Chicago to be
come head of the legal department
of a large Chicago bank, are alsc
on the programs.
NEBRASKA HAS BRIGHT
OUTLOOK FOR 1930
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) —A pros
perous 1929; an optimistic prospect
for 1930.
That was the thought expressed
today by Governor Arthur Weaver
for Nebraska a* he reviewed the year
just closing aad tried to look in the
future at the year just dawning.
“Nebraskan.? have no cause to look
^rlth doubt upon what 1930 may
hold for them,” the governor said.
“Because of n general rainfall dur
ing the fall months and a splendid
stand of winter wheat, the outlook
for crop conditions for the next year
is all that can be desired. The
closing year has been one of more
than ordinary production, while
prices for most products have been
fairly good.”
WAUNETA WOMAN HAS
RARE OLD BIBLE
Wauneta, Neb. — (UP) — Mrs.
George Theobald of Waur.eta is the
possessor of a Bible translated by
Martin Luther and compiled in 1737.
It has been in the possession oi
Mrs. Theobald's family for 194
years. It is made of parchment and
is bound with wood and leather. It
is in an excellent state of preserva
tion. Brass bands protect the covers
which bear the marks of heavy rings
that once locked It bo the pulpit of
some old church.
JUDGE WOODROUGH HOLDS
OPPOSITE JUDGE MUNGER
Omaha, Neb. — (UP) — Eighteen
days between the purchase of liquor
and raid on premises where the buy
was made is entirely too long, Fed
eral Judge J. W. Woodrough ruled
Tuesday in auashing evidence in
the case of Preston B. Myers, pro
prietor of a down town drug store.
Judge Woodrough, however, re
fused to quash indictment against
Myers and he will be tried on the
sales count.
Diatriot Judge T. C. Munger of
Lincoln, who had volunteered to
help Judge Woodrough dispose of
a huge liquor docket her#, a few
weeks ago ruled on this very point
and held the search and seizure to
be legal, refusing to quash the evi
dence.
LENIENT WITH
THURSTON BANK
Nebraska’s Chief Examiner
Says Losses Greater Than
Should Have Been
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—The lenient
Attitude of the state banking de
partment in permitting the Thurs
ton State bank to remain open
longer than it should caused greater
losses to the depositors than were
necessary, A. C. Shallenberger,
chief bank examiner, declared Tues
day, n a report on the closed
Thurston bank.
Two officers of the bank, E. G.
Hancock, president, and Mike Mln
arek, cashier, now are awaiting trial
in district court of Thurston coun
ty on charges of falsifying the rec
ords. H. D. Hancock, cashier of the
First National bank, of Pender, also
is charged with aiding and abetting
the officers in connection with fal
sifying the records.
According to the charges, the of
ficers reported to the state banking
department that they had on de
posit in the Pender bank $2,900.93
but an investigation revealed there
was no such deposit.
Flagrant violations of the bank
ing laws in excessive real estate
holdings and in having excessive
bad and unsecured loans, were dis
closed, Shallenberger reported. Jan
uary 12, 1928, about the time the
bank was closed, the real estate
holdings were $55,634.61, or 370 per
cent of the paid-up capital and
about five times the legal limit of
75 per cent of the bank’s $15,000
paid up capital.
"In view of these existing condi
tions, it appears that this bank
should have been closed at a much
earlier date,” Shallenberger said. “It
would seem that the lenient atti
tude of the state banking officials
has caused greater losses to the de
positors than were necessary.”
BANDITS ROB STATION,
KIDNAP ATTENDANT
Lyons, Neb. — (Special) — Two
bandits secured about $75 when
they robbed the Redding oil filling
station. The attendant, Roy Brum
mels, was covered by a gun while
the robbery was in progress. Then
the bandits forced him into their
car and drove him some miles west
before he was given hs freedom.
RADIO FANS COMPLAIN
ABOUT ELECTRIC APPLIANCE
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Whether
radio fans can seek relief from a
village board when electric appli
ances cause their radios to emit
only cat calls and growls was the
subject of an opinion given Tues
day by Attorney General . A. Sor
sensei..
An electric bleacher in a milling
plant at Clarkson is alleged to be
playing havoc wth radios in Clark
son and the radio users have com
plained to the village board, which
threatens to pass an ordinance con
demning the bleacher as a nuisance.
The owner of the bleacher ap
pealed to Sorensen as to whether
the village board had powers to de
clare his bleacher a nuisance.
Citing the state law that em
powers village boards to pass regu
lations that would prohibit a nui
sance, Sorensen said only court ac
tion might decide whether the
board had the power to have the
use of the bleacher discontinued
and then the question would be on
whether the bleacher was a nui
sance.
"Should the village board at
tempt by legal attion to compel you
to discontinue the use of the
bleacher, you might defend on the
ground that it is not a nuisance
or you might perhaps bring an ac
tion to enjoin the board from inter
ferrlng with your use of the bleach
ers," Sorensen said.
YLUUS LOOT BEE. NEB.,
POOL H ALL S AIT
Bee, Neb. — (UP) — Robbers who
Monday night broke int* the Frank
Vondra pool hall here knocked the
combination off the safe and made
away with approximately $200 in
cash.
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JURY FINDS MAKER OF
WILL WAS INCOMPETENT
Madison, Neb. — ( UP ) — Finding
Adam Seip was incompetent when
he willed to his wife the income
from his $50,000 estate with the pro
vision that the «»tate be divided be
tween his brother, a niece and five
benevolent and charitable institu
tions. a Jury in district court here
awarded half of the estate to the
widow and half to the brother, Wil
liam Seip.
METHODISTS PLAN STUDENT
CENTER AT UNIVERSITY
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—A Metho
dist student center- to be construct
ed at a cost of approximately $75,
000 will be built within the next :wc
vears for the 2,000 Methodist stu
dents enrolled at the University o!
Nebraska, Rev. W. C. Fawell, direc
tor of Wesley Foundation, an
nounces.
A campaign for $100,000 will be
launched to gain funds for the cen
ter. Approximately $75,000 will b.
used to construct the center while
the remainder will be for an endow
ment.
Italian Ace Loses American Bride
The marriage of
General
Piero R. Piccio,
Italian Ace
to Loranda
Batchelder
of New Orleans,
which took
place in
New York
in 1920,
was annulled
by the
Rome Court oj
Appeals.
Tbe court held
the marriage
agreement
was not
spontaneous
as there was
an element of
constraint.
International Newsreel
Racketeering and Booze Grafts
Among Big Chicago “Industries”
Edward D. Sullivan, in Liberty Magazine.
A1 Capone, better known as “Scarface,” Is the head of one gang
of more than 800 powerful gangs now at work In this country under
prohibition. In 1926 the gross income of his one gang was $70,000,000.
That figure is from the records of Edgar A. Olsen, United States dis
trict attorney at Chicago.
Last year, 1928, $30,000,000 was spent in Chicago for protection
alone. The gross to the gangs was well over $150,000,000.
In 1927, E. C. Yellowley, federal prohibition administrator for Il
linois, Wisconsin and Indiana, was offered $250,000 if he would keep
his eyes and hands off one alcohol plant in Chicago.
Morgan A. Collins, as head of the Chicago police in 1927, was
offered $5 a day each on 250 barrels of beer moved daily. That was
the offer of one gang. Had he accepted it he would have had 10 more
like it.
I can tell you about these two bribes because they were refused.
I cannot tell you about 100,000 other bribes like those throughout the
country, because obviously as daylight they have been accepted.
Chicago has become a laboratory and school of standard practice
for prohibition crooks throughout the country. By hundreds of thou
sands everywhere within the United States they are at work day and
night with untold millions at their command, thwarting the law,
corrupting elections, tainting the judiciary, and rasing assorted hell
with every routine obstacle to criminality.
Within two years, as matters are progressing, not less than 12
great cities of America will be comparable with Chicago in the pro
portion per population and wealth of the prohibition political-crime
alliance.
The power of booze criminals Increases daily and automatically
throughout the country.
I have been a newspaper man for 20 years, and I have a pretty
good working knowledge of what $1,000 will do in political bribery. If
you are curious to know what $30,000,000 will do in a city like Cci
cago in a single year—just read the daily papers.
Although there were only 18 murders in London last year and
II the year before, there have been 760 murders in Chicago within the
same period. In London every single one of the murderers cither was
executed or took his own life, In Chicago 11 men were executed. Six
were negroes and have nothing to do with this story; they had no
power, pull, or gang connections.
In the 10 years of Ai Capone’s reign in Chicago there have been
4,000 homicides. At least half of them have had some relation to
booze, gang, and racketeering activity.
Temperament "Blocs”.
From The Nation.
It is manifestly impossible to
classify all senators rigidly by blocs,
for the reason that so many of
them belong to more than one. An
agile joiner like Arthur Capper, for
example, is capable of belonging
to half a dozen at once. I have
endeavored., however, to make a
list of some of the more interesting
blocs, and a suggestion of their di
verse natures. It Is plainly incom
plete, but here it is:
Sons of Wild Jackass Bloc—In
cludes such men as Norris, LaFol
lette, Borah and Nye, who suffer
from the naive delusion that the
rest of the country is entitled to
the same measure of governmental
care and solicitude as the fat manu
facture represented by Messrs.
Grundy and Evanson.
Polecat Bloc—Self-constituted and
self-designated by Brookhart, in
connection with his custom of being
explicit about the alcoholic content
of the refreshments served at din
ners which he attends as a guest.
Bewildered Bloc—Sonletimes ri
baldry Identified In the press gallery
as the ‘ Whereinthehcll are we at
bloc”. Contains an approximate
dozen of fledgling senators of the
general caliber of Hebert, Walcott,
Patterson. Goldsborough and Hat
field. They don't know where
they’re going, and it is extremely
difficult for them to ascertain
whether they are on their way.
Oh Dear! Oh Dear! Bloc—Con
sisting of Simeon D. Fess of Ohio.
Fluttering anxiously from one dis
tressing situation to another, this
bloc probably allows its thoughts
to stray often to those dear placid
days at Antioch college, where piety
and scholarship were one, and a
good man was Indistinguishable
from a great one.
Uncut Ivory Bloc—Phipps of Colo
rado. Kean of New Jersey and little
Freddy Hale of Maine—all solid
in the moot substantial meaning of
the word.
Charles Dickens Bloc—Sam Short
ridge of California. Think of an
owl with sideburns, spending the
days in melancholy meditation on
Needs Advice.
From Tit-Bits.
Teacher: Willie, can you tell me
how matches are made?
Willie: No. Miss, but I don’t
blame you for wanting to know.
Teacher: Why, what do you
mean?
Willie: Mother says you’ve been
trying to make one for more than a
year.
Q. What is the story of the grave
of the amiable child, near Grant's
tomb? M. H. R.
A. Near Grant’s tomb on the edge
of the bluff is a little monument
marking the grave of "an amiable
child.” The inscription has been
the decay of parliamentary govern
ment, and—what is worse—oc
casionally bursting into discourse or,
the subject in what it conceives tc
be the best manner of Burke, Pltl
and Fox combined.
What's Left Bloc—Long known at
the old guard. Now consisting oi
Mores, Reed and Bingham.
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Wales “Wants to be King.”
Richard Dent in Collier's.
There is in the possession of tht
English royal family a book of presi
cuttings very much treasured by the
princes. It is labeled ‘'Tilings we
have neither said nor done,” and it
ocntains very nearly every gossip
column article that has ever ap
peared about them.
Let me anticipate that book will
never be published, and attempt tc
kill one or two myths about Prince
Charming.
In the first place Wales is not
always smiling; he is as serious
about his job as a successful stock
broker is about stockbroking.
In the second place, that, famous
smile is part of his stock in trade
The public expects to see it and
the prince obliges. But next time
you see him close up at an official
function when he is smiling, just
look at his eyes. Unless something
really humorous has happened
there is no smile in them.
In the third place, though the
prince is fond of dancing, he very
frequently goes for weeks without
putting a foot to the dance floor.
Dancing is a recreation and busi
ness comes before pleasure. Fur
ther, when he does dance until 3
o'clock in the morning, he does not
get up at 6:30. as reported, to run
around Buckingham palace gardens.
In the fourth place, he is neither
a reckless nor a bad horseman. Un
fortunately, as he has admitted to
me himself, he has bad hands.
In tue fifth place and most im
portant of all, he does want to be
king cf England. He wants to be,
mere than any other man on this
earth, and he has not the least Idea
of letting his brother take over the
job for r.im.
blurred by passing time but the in
scription may still be read. “Erected
to the memory of an amiable child.
St. Claire Pollock. Died 15th July,
1797 in the fifth year of his age.
‘Man that is born of a woman is cf
few years and born to trouble. He
cometh forth like a flower and is
cut down; he fleeth as a shadow
and continueth not.’” At the time
referred to this was called Straw
berry’ Hill and here was the coun
try home of George Pollock, a New
York merchant. Shortly after, he
failed in business and was forced
to sell and went to England. In a
letter to Mrs. GuUan ver Planck,
under date of January 18, 1800, is
the record of the child’s grave.
OMAHA HAS LONGEST
l'LRIOD FOGGY WEATHER
Omaha, Neb.—(UPj—The fog and
haze blanket which has obscured
the sun hers constantly since De
cember 7 continued Monday despite
a drop in temperature to below the
freezing point Sunday night. All rec
ords for continuous cloudiness have
been broken. Pavements which have
been wet because of heavy mists
falling during the fog period, froze
Sunday night making motor traffic,
extremely hazardous. The icy streets
coupled with the thick fog Monday
morning resulted in many minor
collisions and forced drivers to use
utmost caution and travel at very
low speed.
JIM DAHLMAN
TO RUN AGAIN
Predicted Omaha’s Execu
tive Will Face Serious
Opposition This Time
vincula, xncu. —\ur;— oames
Dahlman, Omaha’s perennial mayor,
celebrated his 73rd birthday Sun
day by laying plans for re-election
next spring. Dahlman, who has
ruled the Nebraska metropolis for
more than 20 years faces the hard
est battle of his career in the spring
elections, politicians say.
Indications are that he and his
associates who have been elected
time after time on liberal platforms,
will face a different kind of battle
this time. Efforts of his opponents
so far have been toward inducing
men almost as liberal In their views
as the mayor himself to enter the
fray.
Practically every city department
has been under fire during the last
several months. Newspapers have
treated the administration none too
gently and it is understood on good
authority that the opposition will
have active support of one daily and
possibly of both.
Dahlman who is dean of Ameri
can mayors in cities of the first
class, however, insists that the op
position will melt away on election
day and that his ticket will again
sweep into office by liberal major
ity.
NO AUTHORITY TO PAY
SERVICE FEE TO BANKS
Lincoln, Neb.—County treasurers
have no authority to pay banks a
service fee for the care of county
deposits, according to a statement
issued by State Auditor Johnson. It
is the opinion of Mr. Johnson that
treasurers paying this fee become
liable and examiners are instructed
not to allow such deductions. In
case they are made, the report will
show the county short. A letter tc
Mr. Johnson from the secretary of
the Nebraska Bankers’ association
stated that some counties were pay
ing a service charge of 1 per cent,
others 2 per cent, while still others
were negotiating.
GAS PrPE LINE~TO~
DAVENPORT, NEB., COMPLETED
Davenport, Neb.—(UP)— With a
crowd of 400 witnessing the cere
mony, the final link in the 89 miles
of pipe line of the Nebraska Natur
al Gas company was laid two miles
northwest of here late Saturday.
The pipe line now is completed be
tween Chester and Grand Island.
After tests have been made of the
pipes, it is planned to send 35,000,
000 cubic feet of gas a day through
the line.
PAIR HELD FOR YOUNG
MAN’S MYSTERIOUS DEATH
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)— The mys
terious poisoning of Herman Hard
ing, 20 years old, whose death re- ,
suited Friday night eight hours af
ter he was taken ill in Omaha, will
be investigated thoroughly at an
inquest called for tonight.
At the inquest will be Omer Mil
ler of Omaha, brotherinlaw of
young Harding, and the 18-year-old
widow, Mrs. Harding.
Mr. and Mrs. Omer Miller, of
Omaha, were arrested Saturday
night at their Omaha residence and
were to be questioned in connection
with the death.
After officers questioned her, Mrs.
Miller was released. Mrs. Harding
had made her homo with the Mil
lers following her separation from
Harding.
According te, the parents of Her
man Harding, threatening notes had
been received by them, warning
Harding to remain away from Oma
ha if he valued his life. The par
ents alleged the notes were signed
by Mr. and Mrs. Miller and the
young wife.
SEVEN CAR LOADFOF
ROUGH FISH TAKEN
Arlington—Carl Kjellsen and C. E.
Smith, both of this place, made a
draft of fishes in Lake Hendricks,
on the state line in the eastern
portion of Brookings county this
week which they believe has broken
all records in the state along this
line.
While seining the lake for rough
ish with a net 4.000 feet long, under
the ice, they drew in seven carloads,
of rough fish, the major portion of
which were secured in one draft.
Four carloads of fish were shipped
,o the New York market alive, the
oalance frozen, and the carloads
went between 22,000 and 24,000
pounds
The work was all done under the
supervision of Commissioner R. L.
Ripple, the game fish being re
turned to the lake. As the fish were
sold on the track, and checks de
livered to the fishermen at once,
they realized u neat sum for their
eifforts.
FORMER COMMISSION HOUSE
MAN GOES TO PRISON
Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Joseph Fer
nald, former local commission house
executive, who boasted when arrest
ed in Dallas, Tex., last October that
he would expose the Nebraska
creamery trust,” began serving a
two-year prison sentence for for
gery Saturday. He pleaded guilty to
.he charge. He surrendered after a
nationwide search lor him had
proved fruitless. His “creamery
trust” story failed to incite sympa
Jiy for him and he later admitted
it was simply a move to save him
from criminal prosecution
USED PRESSURE
TO SELL BOOKS
High Power Agent of Kan
sas City Concern Forced
to Make Restitution
Inman, Neb. — (Special) — John
Layng, representative of a Kansas
City publishing house, was released
after being in custody for nearly
two weeks in Holt county, when a
representative of his company came
here and settled with a number of
chool districts.
Layng was charged with fraud
ind misrepresentfciion. He was sell
ng the “Book of Knowledge," and
massed as an official sent out by
he state department of education
to place a new course of study in
he schools of Nebraska and thus
standardize them. He returned $430
to the district and orders for 14
sets of books were cancelled. All
costs were paid by the company
It was said that Layng had not
turned in any of the orders he re- .
ceived.
Layng would go to the school
house, give teacher and pupils a
alk, check up on the libraries, and
then going to the school boards con
vince them that the books now in
■he schools would no longer be ac
cepted by the state department. In
tome districts he said that the state
tn order to help out the schools
.vas paying $40 on each set and that
ha district should pay the balance
of $60.90, which was really the full
price of the set.
One of his methods was to an ■
•agonize members of the schooi
boards, cause internal strife in the
'coard, and set them against the
county superintendent. He de
manded that the checks be made
oavable personally to him.
Districts soon began comparing
aotes. He worked in this vicinity
or three weeks before his activi
ies were investigated.
iSK DAMAGES FROM
ALLEGED BOOZE DEALERS
Madison, Neb. — (UP) — Claiming
hat she and her infant daughter
Mary Ann Sattler of Inman, have
suffered humiliation and disgrace
through the alleged sale of liquor
to Edwin H. Sattler, husband and
father of the respective plaintiffs,
Mrs. Clara Sattler has filed a $25,
000 damage suit in Madison county
district court, naming Mary and
Andrew Laprath and Mr. and Mrs.
William Feldhan of Ndrfolk as de
fendants.
On Tuesday, December 10, the.
petition states, Sattler went to Nor
folk to transact business with a per
son, not named in the suit. The
person he was to see was out of
the city and Sattler was forced to
remain in Norfolk longer than he
had planned. It is alleged while
he was waiting in Norfolk the de
fendants sold him a quantity of li
quor sufficient to cause him to be
come drunk and “physically unable
to navigate and take care of him
self.” _
MORE SHEEP BEING FED
OX NEBRASKA FARMS
Lincoln, Nsb. — tUP) — Increased
sheep feeding on Nebraska farms
is indicated in the receipts of sheep
at country points, the state and fed
eral division of agricultural statis
tics reports.
The Scottsbluff district may feed
a record number this year, the re
port indicated. The increase seems
to be general throughout the Corn
Belt states and in western moun
tain feeding areas.
An increase of 5 to 10 per cent
may be expected in the sheep feed
ing operations in Nebraska this
year, the report said. Railroad sta
tion receipts at country points to
November 1 showed an increase of
6.5 per cent and direct shipments
from markets to the country are 6.7
per cent over the same period last
year.
Shipments into the Scottsbluff
district totaled 1,084 cars to No
vember 1 as compared to 729 to the
same date last year.
BIG LIQUOR SEIZURE
MADE NEAR PIERCE
Pierce, Neb.—Three hundred gal
lons of finished moonshine whisky
were seized on Christ Bussman s
farm, near Hadar, Neb., a small vil
loge southeast of Pierce. Bussman
was taken into custody and brought
to Pierce, where his preliminary
hearing was held. He pleaded guil
ty and paid a fine of $127 and was
released.
Two federal prohibition agents,
with Sheriff E. A. Lnmbrecht, went
to the farm late In the afternoon
and there found a completely
epuipped aging plant and the 300
gallons of liquor end 20 burlap bags
each containing five one-gallon
jugs of liquor.
All but the liquor found in the
bags was poured out in the base
ment of the Bussman home, and
the aging equipment, consisting of
oil heaters, aging compound, bar
rels, jugs and boilers were taken to
Pierce and stored In the courthouse
AGED HAVELOCK HOTEL
MAN CLAIMED BY DEATH
Havelock. Neb—(UP)—James G.
Holliet, 86 years old, for many years
the proprietor of the Holliet hotel
here, died Monday night. Holliet, a
republican, was a representative in
the state legislature from 1903 to
1905. He came to Nebraska in 1884
from Illinois and in 1890 opened hir
hotel here. He operated the hotel
until 1907.
COMMON LAW WIFE
FAILS TO GET ESTATE
Omaha. Neb.— (UP)—Mrs. La
vinin P. Christian, Brooklyn, N. Y„
was awarded the $3,600 estate of
her husband. George R. Christian,
former Wall Street broker who died
mysteriously in a hospital here a
year ago District Judge Dineen
turned the estate over to her Mon
day. Helaine I. Harrison of Phil
adelphia. who claimed to be Chris
tian's commcn-law wife, contested
the case, producing a will which
purported to leave the prnnerty to
her
