STATE HAS BIG
CASH BALANCE
Nebraska Treasurer Report*
on Condition of Various
Funds
Lincoln, Neb. — (Special) -State
Treasurer Stebbins reports that the
treasury closed the year with a total
of $4,482,700 cash on hand and the
record of never having been in the
red any month during the year in
spite of the fact that the legislature
clings to the plan or starting to
spend tax moneys months before
they are collected
The present balance is $1.250.00C
better than a year ago, with two
big collection months ahead.
The general fund has a balance
of $730,000 and the new capito)
fund $358,000.
The gasoline tax fund, with c bal
ance of $1,142,000, Is the richest of
them all, but this is an accumula
tion of collections during a period
when the expenditures were lowest
and as soon as the spring opens
road contracts will rapidly dissipate
the balance on hand.
When the $150,000 that the Jghn
O’Connor estate is expected to bf
liquidated reaches the treasury, the
trust funds for the benefit of pub
lic schools will reach $14,000,000. It
has been growing slowly due to the
fact that Its earnings form the chief
source of apportionments made
twice a year to all school district?
in the state.
AGREE ON PLAN TO
FINANCE DORMITORIES
Lincoln, Neb. — (Special)— The
board of university regents has ap
proved the organization of a cor
poration to finance the building oi
dormitories for students. Half of
the $200,000 appropriated by the
last legislature for this purpose will
be .spent for land on North Six
teenth street in the heart of the
Oreek letter sorority district, and
the other half for a building for the
use of young women. There will be
a central building to Include dining
hall and amusement room with two
or three conected buildings where
the girls will room.
COLERIDGE, NEB.. COUPLE
MARRIED 60 YEARS AGO
Coleridge, Neb. — Mr. and Mrs. E
N. Dunwiddie of Coleridge observed
their 60th wedding anniversary
Sunday, December 29, by having
open house during the afternoon
hours to their friends. About 65 peo
ple were calkrs.
Mr. Dunwiadie Is 81 years old and
his wife 80 years old. After theli
marriage they lived in Wisconsin
for about 30 years, then came tc
Coleridge in the spring of 1899. This
was their home until 1909, when Mr
and Mrs. Dunwiddie moved to a
homestead at Colome, S. D„ foi |
three years. They returned to
Coleridge in 1912, where they have
since lived.
FORMER MEMBER OF
NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE DIES
Lincoln. Neb. — (UP) — Edwin
Jeary, 79 years old, a Nebraska
resident for 58 years and a former
member of the Nebraska legislature,
died suddenly Monday while eating
breakfast with his wife at their
home here. He is the father of
Clark Jeary, Lincoln lawyer and
state senator.
Jeary wos the founder of three
Nebraska banks in Greenwood
Kim wood and Staplehurse, and wa.'
the managing officer ot the Elm
wood institution for 25 years. He
served in the house of representa
tives from Cass county In 1887 and
served two terms in the house from
Lancaster county in 1913 and 1915.
OMAHA MAN HEADS
UNIVERSITY REGENTS
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) —John R
Webster of Omaha was elected
president of the board of regents of
the University of Nebraska at a
meeting held here Saturday after
noon. Frank J. Taylor of St. Paul
was named vice president of the
board.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS Of’
NEBRASKA HOLD ELECTION
Lincoln, Neb.-(UP)— Mrs, E. L
Marty, of Lincoln, was elected pres
ident of the native sons and daugh
ters of Nebraska at the conclusion
Monday night of the seventh an
nual meeting of the organization
Other officers elected are: Judge F
C. Radke, of Tecumseh, first vice
president; Frank Coe. of Nebraska
City, second vice president; Mrs. A
E. Sheldon, of Lincoln, secretary
and Max Meyer, of Lincoln, treas
urer.
BOYS FIRED INTO TRAIN
BUT GET OFF EASY
Falls City. Neb.—(UP)— Admit
ting they fired into a passing Bur
lington passenger train with a
shotgun, Francis Mackey, 17 years
old and Call Kuker, 17 years old
were banned from hunting or using
- firearms, by County Judge Virgil
W alloon here Monday.
The pair fired into the pullman
car of a train but no one was in
jured.
NEBRASKA MAN NOW
103 YEARS OLD
Johnson. Neb.—Saturday was the
02nd birthday of Elbert Case, of
Johnson, who lives with his daugh
ter. Mrs. T. P. Moren. He stays in
bed most of the time, but is able to
get up now and then. His hearing
and eyesight are poor, but his mind
vs clear and active.
Case came to Nebraska in 1879
ana has lived in Nemaha county
since *hat time.
LITTLE DISCOMFORT FROM
BEING SHOT IN HEAD
Omaha, Nob.— —Though he
< as shot in the head while hunting
Sunday, Jack Furay, 21 years old.
center on tht 1929 Creighton uni
iiy football t-am, is suffering
only from severe headache. While
; on a g waiting for three
companions to join him. a glancing
bu l-'t struck almost on the tep of
hic. head, knocking him off the log.
His companions took him to a
police station, where physicians ex
tracted tha bullet which was laying
against the skull, two inches from
wiiere it had entered the sea,lp.
DISTRICT MUSIC CONTEST
TO BE HELD AT WAYNE
Wayne, Net).—‘Special)—The Dis
trict "Three Music association will
hold its second annual contest in
Wayne at the State Teachers col
lege, April 11 and 12. Twenty-four
schools, with a total of 611 contest
ants, participated in the contest last
year. It is expected that severai
schools in northeast Nebraska not
represented in 1929, will enter the
1930 contest.
Supt. E. P. Hodapp, of Emerson,
is chairman of the executive com
mittee of the district.
Supt. S. B. Shively of Plainvlew,
Is vice president and Maurice L.
Peterson, of Harrington, is secre
tary. The state contest will be held
In Hastings, May 2 and 3, and win
ners in the six districts will go there
to compete for championships
HEAR SPECIAL
SESSION TALK
s
Nebraska State Senators
Said to Be Considering
Bank Law Changes
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—With ap
proximately 15 state senators In
Lincoln Tuesday ostensibly on "var
ious businesses," there was a pos
sibility that a meeting of the group
may be held to discuss the matter of
holding a special session of the leg
islature.
While all the senators inter
viewed on the possibility of holding
such a meeting were noncommittal,
the rumor persisted that they may
convene. If they do meet, the bank
ing situation w'ould be discussed
not as senators tout as individuals,
It was said. It is presumed they
would discuss the wisdom of hold
ing a special session of the legisla
ture to consider banking problems.
Among the senators in town were;
H. G. Wellensiek, of Grand Island,
chairman of the senate banking
committee; P W. Scott, of McOook;
R. R. Vance, of Hastings; Charles J.
Warner, of Waverly, and A. B.
Wood, of Gering. Several others
were reported to be in the city.
WOMAN ASKING
FOR CLEMENCY
Convicted of Forgery in
Madison County and Do
ing 20-Year Term
» Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)-~Twenty per
sons, including one woman, will ap
pear before the state board of par
dons January 14 to plead for paroles
or commutation of their sentences,
it was announced today.
The lone woman is Viola Knuth,
serving a sentence in the York re
formatory for women on a charge of
forgery. She was convicted in Madi
son county and sentenced to an in
determinate sentence of from one to
20 years. She entered the reforma
tory January 19, 1929.
A commutation of his sentence is
asked by Andrew J. Reed, convicted
in Richardson county January 30,
1919 of stealing an automobile. He
was paroled in 1920 but violated his
parole and was caught at Sioux City
in December 1925 in an attempt to
pass a forged check. He was shot by
an officer while trying to escape in
Sioux City.
Having served more than a year
in the reformatory for stealing a
load of barley from Trvin Shaw,
Talbot V. Lytle, of McCook, is seek
ing a parole. He was sentenced in
Red Willow county October 6, 1928
An alleged wild party near Grand
Island on the night of October 30,
1927 is expected to be reviewed
when Wallie Unger appears before
the board seeking commutation of
his five-year penitentiary sentence.
He pleaded guilty in Hall county
to the charge of criminal assault
against Lillian Gordon, of Hastings.
EXPERIENCE WITH PANDITS
CAUSES WOMAN’S DEATH
Omaha. Neb.—rUP)—Experiences
she underwent on the night of De
cember 15 when two youthful band
its held her prisoner for several
hours was believed to have hastened
death of Mrs. Sallie Foster, 77 years
old. mother of James E. Foster, in
surance man. Mrs. Fester died Tues
day night from uraemic poisoning
from which she was suffering when
the robbery took place. Fear end
excitement of the robber resulted in
a relapse, her physician raid.
DOZEN MASTER FARMERS
DECORATED AT LINCOLN
Lincoln. Neb, — Solid gold master
farmer medals were awarded at the
annual presentation dinner here
Tuesday evening to 10 Nebraskans
and two men of Colorado.
The new master farmers are: A
O. Buschow, Blue Hill: J. J. R. Class
en, Beatrice: Henry Frels, Uershey;
James S. Gill, Tekamah; John Ja
cobsen, Marquette; Fred Knobel
Odessa: Elmer F. Neil, Cozad; John
E. Painter, Roggen. Colo.; W. Mar
shall Ross, Gibbon: E. H. Spangler.
Maynard: Frank Walker, Waverly,
and Lloyd T. Winger, Brush, Colo.
DAKOTA CITY WOMAN
ON FARM BUREAU BOARD
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—Charles H
Murray, of Friend, was elected, late
Tuesday, without contest, to the
presidency of the Nebraska Farm
Bureau lederation. C. Y. Thompson,
of West Point, wen over P. P. Ced
ar, of Genoa, for the vice presiden
cy. L. R. Leonard, of Scottsbluff
president of the federation during
the past year, was succeeded cn the
board of trustees by John Bergstrom
of Chappell. Mrs. Oliver Legg, of
Dakota City, was elected woman at
large on the board.
HOUSE AND CONTENTS
BURN AT HOMER
Homer, Neb. — (Special) — Fire
originating from a defective chim
ney, completely burned the farm
house of Leo Swain, three miles
east of Homer. Dryness of roof and
the moderately strong wind caused
such headway in the fire that it was
impossible to save contents of
house. This place is known as the
McClure farm.
OLD AUTOS TO
PREVENT FLOOD
Boys Warned Not to Inter
fere With Cars Dumped
for That Purpose
Schuyler, Neb. — (Special) — A
warning has been given by President
E. E. Briard, of the Platte Valley
drainage district to boys to refrain
from taking parts from old bodies
and cars dumped on the Joe Ger
rard farm, five miles southwest of
here. The refuse was put there to
change the current of the Platte
river and prevent it from eating
through the north bank of the
stream at that place.
The commissioners put a large
number of old cars and other ma
terial there to prevent the spring
overflow of thousands of acres of
land endangering the town of
Schuyler. It is announced that if
necessary special officers will be
stationed there to guard against de
predation.
KEEP UP BOOST
FOR PERSHING
Nebraska Friends of Gen
eral Think Him Material
for U. S. Senate
Washington — (UP)—Gen. John
}. Pershing has decided against be
coming a candidate for the United
States Senate from Nebraska.
Lincoln. Neb.—(UP)—While Gen.
John J. Pershing was enroute to
Washington Monday, Mark Woods
of Lincoln continued to promote the
famous general as a new “beat Nor
ris” prospect in the coming cam
paign for the republican nomination
for United States senator from Ne
braska.
A petition for presentation to the
general as part of a "Draft Persh
ing” campaign, will be circulated
in the state within a fortnight.
Woods declared. The petition will be
backed by a “Pershing-for-Senator”
committee.
Before taking the train for Wash
ington Saturday night, General
Pershing said he had not given the
matter “any consideration” and
therefore he could not say whether
he would or would not run in case
popular demand for his candidacy
was strong. The general said he felt
highly complimented that his name
was even mentioned.
Several prominent Nebraska re
publicans who were questioned con
cerning the proposed candidacy of
General Pershing differed in their
opinion of the boom. Amos Thomas
and F. D. Wead, both of Omaha,
merely said General Pershing is a
great general, while Clinton Brome
of Omaha declared he was in favor
of anyone who could beat Senator
George Norris but doubted if Gen
eral Pershing was the man.
A. V. Shotwell and Benjamin S.
Baker of Omaha, expressed the
opinion that General Pershing
would make a strong candidate.
JUDGES DECIDE ON
COURT TERM DATES
Stanton. Neb.—Judges Charles H.
Stewart of Norfolk, ar.d Clinton
Chase of Stanton, have announced
. te:ms of court in the Ninth judicial
district for 1930 as follows:
Antelope—Regular terms, March
3 and September 8; equity sessions,
April 30 and July 7.
Cumir.g county—Regular, March
31 and September 29; equity, May 1
and July 1.
Knox county—Regular. April 7
and October 6; equity, May 20 and
July 7.
Madison county—Regular, May 5
and November 3; equity June 6 and
September 22.
Pierce county—Regular, March 10
and September 9; equity, May 15
and July 10.
Stanton county—Regular, April 14
and December 1; equity, none set.
Wayne county—Regular, April 21
and November 10; equity, June 10
and September 3.
Naturalization will be in order on
the first day of the spring term ar.d
the jury called the Monday follow
ing the opening day of each regular
term. W. R. Ellis is reporter for
Judge Stewart and R. C. Sweet for
Judge Chase.
SIX WOLVES KILLED
IN BIG ROUNDUP
Tecumseh, Neb. — (UP) — Six
wolves were killed by 200 or more
hunters who participated in a
roundup southwest of here Sunday.
The animals were sold for $5 each
and the money was given to the
American Legion drum corps. As
.several wolves broke through the
lines, hunts will be staged Monday
and Wednesday.
SENATOR NORRIS ON WAY
BACK TO WASHINGTON
McCook, Neb.—(UP)—While re
, serving the same right that Senator
George W. Norris assumes in doing
his own thinking, and acting as his
conscience dictates, there are no
hard feelings between the senator
and himself. H. D. Strunk, publisher
of the McCook Daily Gazette in
Norris' home town, declared Mon
day.
Senator Norris left McCook for
Washington late Sunday night af
ter a hurried visit to his home
state.
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BOYS HED ON
MURDER COUNT
Admit Slaying Two Men
Who Threatened Them
for Stealing Booze
Grant, Neb.—(UP) —Joy Crow, 15
▼ears old, and Paul Duffey, 16,
whose attempt to hijack a quantity
of liquor ended in the slaying of
two men, were bound over to dis
trict court late Friday on charges
of murdering Axel Johnson and
Dave Snyder.
The youths were bound over after
a preliminary hearing at which 20
witnesses were called to tell of the
slayings and the surrender of the
two youths.
Crow has admitted the actual
shootings, county officers said, with
a gun alleged to have been pro
vided by Duffey, after the pair had
hidden liquor taken from Snyder
and Johnson at the Duffey home.
According to the stody told by
the boys, the shooting followed
threats made on their lives if they
did not tell w'here the stolen liquor
was hidden. As Johnson confronted
the two with a revolver on a lonely
road near here, Crow states, he
turned on the man and fired from
a distance of about 10 feet.
Wheeling about before Snyder
realized what was taking place,
Crow shot the second of his cap
tors through the neck, severing his
w'indpipe.
County officers who arrived on
the scene shortly after the shooting
stated they found Snyder near
death and Johnson dead, with a
revolver still clutched in his hand.
The safety catch of the gun was
on, officers testified.
Local peace officers were op duty
in the crowded courtroom, aswvam
ings that there might be violence
had been sounded.
GOT MARRIAGE LICENSE,
BUT DELAYED USING II
Valentine, Neb. —(Special)— Six
weeks after they were issued a mar
riage license here by County Judge
McDaniel and their home town pa
per published a report of their
marriage, Louis Prank Leonard and
Bernice Frances Bixler of Gordon
came back and were married here
by the county judge. They had
routed the judge from his home one
night in October to issue the li
cense.
In Nebraska licenses must be re
turned by 15 days to the county
judge, by whoever performs the
ceremony. That time passed with
out its return. Judge McDaniel
wrote to the groom to ask if the
license had not been used. He re
ceived no reply.
Inquiry among ministers of the
county showed none had officiated.
Finally the judge wrote to the
county attorney of Sheridan county
and he sent the young couple, to
gether w’ith the bride’s parents, back
to Valentine. Judge McDaniel per
formed the belated ceremony.
MANY NEW BONDS
REGISTERED IN DECEMBER
Lincoln, Neb.—A total of $268,
007.28 new bonds were registered at
the state auditor's office in De
cember. Refunding bonds amount
ing to $34,700 also were registered,
making a total of $302,770.28 bonds
issued, the report of Bond Exam
iner Ralph Lawrence states. Most
of these were bought by the board
of educational lands and funds for
investment of school and trust
funds. Among those listed wTere:
Ainsworth school district, $4,000;
Blair, $4,000; Brown county rural
schools, $100; Creston school dis
trict, $1,000: Long Pine, $1,100; Mad
ison, $16,986; Madison school dis
trict, $2,000; Newman Grove school
district, $2,000; Tiiden, $3,500; Wait
hill school district, $1,000; Wausa.
$1,500: Wayne, $10,000.
SOME QUESTIONS AUTO
DRIVERS MUST ANSWI.i.
Lincoln, Neb. — Drivers who have
not already obtained licenses must
now pass written examinations be
fore they are granted permits, it was
revealed here today by D. G. Mc
Allinter, heed of the state license
bureau.
He has prepared a set of 18 ques
tions which will be sent to all coun
ty treasurers as standard tests. Each
treasurer must grade h'is own papers
and fix a passing grade.
Here are some of questions:
Have you ever paid a fine for
violating any traffic laws?
What are the speed limits on
country, arterial, business and resi
dence district highways?
In the absense of stop signs,
which car, at an intersection, has
the right of way?
Is it lawful to pass another car,
going in the same direction, at an
intersection? On the crest of a
grade? On a curve?
On approaching a railroad cross
ini? what precautions should the
driver take?
Is it lawful to enter a main or
arterial highway without stopping?
What procedure does the law re
quire when you hear a siren?
What is the penalty for reck
less driving? For driving while
intoxicated?
Has the driver on an arterial the
exclusive right of way?
What are the arm signals for a
right turn? Left turn? Stop?
Where should the auto license
certificate be carried?
Where should the driver’s license
be carried?
NORRIS SPEAKS ON
IRRIGATION PLANS
Hastings, Neb. — tUPi — Speak
ing publicly for the first time since
his return to his home state, Sena
tor George W. Norris Friday dis
cussed possible irrigation for Ne
braska at the noon luncheon of the
Hastings Rotary club.
‘ If everyone would lay aside sel
fish interests in this matter, there
would be little difficulty in carry
tag through with the plan for im
pounding flood waters of the tribu
taries of the Mississippi river, the
senator sai>
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CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY
DOES BIG BUSINESS
McCook, Neb. — — Manager
Ole Hansen reported here to stock
holders of the Farmers Equity Co
operative Creamery—“the largest
co-operative creamery in the world’
—that the organization did a $2,
500.000 business in the year 1929.
In that year also the co-operative
produced 5,105,000 pounds of butter,
or practically as much as it put out
during the first five years of its
operation.
Only five years ago, Hansen said
there was elation over a 1,600,000
pound prodcction of butter. "The
organization now does business with
20.000 farmers instead of with 5,000
as was the case five years ago; it
issues 750,000 checks a year instead
of 200,000 as in 1924.
NEBRASKA NOW
FRUIT SHIPPER
Apples, Grapes and Pears
Moved Out of State in
1929 Show Increase
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—The ship
ments of apples up to January ir.
Nebraska were nearly three times as
;-,rge as those of the 1928 season,
according to records released by A.
E. Anderson, state and federal agri
cultural statistician.
Shipments of grapes also were
larger and pears about three times
the averge.
A total of 105 cars of apples were
shipped up to January 1, as com
pared to 40 cars for the previous
year. Richardson county shipped 55
cars, Nemaha county, 40 and Ote
county 10.
Shubert is the leading apple ship
ping point with 51 cars, Brown
ville 25, Nebraska City 10, Howe S,
Nemaha City 3, Peru 3, Rulo 2, Fails
City and Salem 1 each
The movement of pears was 17
cars. There were no shipments in
1928 and only 6 cars in 1927. The
shipments of grapes totaled 53 cars
as compared with 44 cars for the
1928 season.
ANNOUNCE WINNERS IN
DAIRY CATTLE JUDGING
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—The Blue
Valley Oow Testing association
team was victorious in the dairy
cattle judging contests held at the
agricultural college in connection
with organized agriculture, accord
ing to the announcement cl the
judges.
The Blue Valley team is composed
of Frank Case, Raymond Putnam
and Oscar Peterson. Tne Seward
York-Polk association team com
posed of Rowland Ramsay, Walter
Bartle &nd Elton Newman, was sec
ond, and the Cornhusker association
team placed third. The Burt associ
j ation team was fourth and filth
honors went to the Cday-Adiams
team, composed of Mr. and Mrs. H.
A. Gordon.
Rowland Ramsay, Seward, won
the breeders’ individual judging
contests, with Fred A. Wright, Bea
trice, second; John Reimer, Bea
trice, third; Frank Case, Sutton,
fourth; and H. A. Gordon Harvard,
fifth.
Individual honors in the cow test
ing associations’ division went to
Paul E. French, Lincoln; Robert
Beall, Seward, second; Russell
Hughes, Blair, third; Guy Moyer,
Geneva, fourth, and W. F. Bechtolt,
Columbus, fifth.
In the students’ judging contests,
Floyd Hedlund, Lincoln, won first;
Owen Rist Humboldt, second; Vic
tor Recvger, Milford, third; John
Rhodes, Beatrice, fourth, and Henry
C- Sexton, Eagle, fifth.
SHORTAGE IN FUND
FOR WEAK SCHOOLS
Lincoln, Neb. — (Special) — A
shortage in the appropriation by
the state legislature lor aid of weak
school districts, rural high schools
and consolidated schools maintain
ing courses in agriculture, honie
economics or other vocational train
ing subjects is indicated in the an
nual report of State Superintend
ent Taylor which has been filed
with Governor Weaver. There is an
ever increasing number of districts
which cannot support themselves
by the taxes and other income
which have qualified for state aid.
Mr. Taylor points out, these dis
tricts being entitled to $54,788 and
only $50,000 is available, which sum
was pro rated in accordance with
the terms of an opinion by the at
torney general. «
GIVEN DAMAGES FOR
X-RAY MACHINE BURNS
Lincoln, Neb.—The supreme court
affirmed the $4,173 judgment ob
tained in Dawson county by Carl
Carlson, from Dr. Milan S. Moore,
for d&mages resulting from use of
an X-ray machine in treating ec
zema.
The case attracted notice because
the appeal was based on the claim
that an osteopathic physician was
not a competent witness to testily
as to whether an allopathic physi
cian had used proper skill and
treatment.
Attorneys for Carlson also de
manded judicial notice taken of a
combination they said had been
formed by doctors and insurance
companies to make difficult prc
cution of malpractice cases by doc
tors refusing to testify aga’i • one
another.
LICENSE TO WED ONE,
ELOPES WITH ANOTHER
Ashton, Neb. —(Special)- AIM
taking out a marriage license to
marry Clara Barent, Mat J<
ski, 18 years Id, disappeared. At
the same time Stella Sonnenfeld,
16 years old. also disappeared and
authorities believe the couple
eloped. They were traced o < nd
Island where it is said Je ;ov ki
sold his mortgaged ca t used
car dealer. The sheriff so far
been unsuccessful in his limit for
Jeratowski, who now faces three
serious charges.
COLORED GIRL
WINS IN COURT
Given Judgment Because
Usher in Show Forced
Her to Another Seat
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Because
Of humiliation she suffered when
an usher in a Grand Island theater
insisted she and six girl friends, all
colored, had to move back to seats
further in the rear, Gertrude Gates,
colored, won the $200.50 judgment
that the Hall county court awarded
her.
The supreme court affirmed the
lower court judgment from which
the HostetUer Amusement company,
of Grand Island, had appealed. The
negro girls were attending the
theater in a party, April 30, 1928 and
after they had been seated in the
fourth row of the mezzanine floor,
or first balcony, another usher in
sisted they had to move further
back.
The action of the district court of
Thurston county in holding that
the judgment of Theodore Johnson
against James Wood, an Omaha In
dian, was invalid and thit John
Wollmer, holder of a mortgage ex
ecuted subsequent to the judgment
In favor of Johnson, was overturned
by the supreme court.
NEBRASKA 4-CENT GAS
TAX HAS BIG YIELD
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — In the
nine months that the four-cent gas
oline tax has been effective in the
state, a total of $6,713,947.01 has
been collected, of which $1,663,266.
63 has been allotted to the counties
for the building of farm to market
roads, State Treasurer Q. M. Steb
bins announces.
Refunds totalled $53,380.50 and
for the administration of the collec
tion bureau, $7,500 was deducted,
making a total for roads of $6,653,
066.51. The actual expense of the
administration is $5,523.49 and Steb
bins estimated that there will be a
saving of $4,000 a year as a result of
consolidating the gasoline tax de
partment with the treasurer's of
fice instead of having it under the
department of agriculture.
Among the sums received by the
various counties during the nine
month’s period were: Dakota $10,
325.74: Dodge $35,216.15: Douglas
$283,453.75; Lancaster $120,368.88.
WOMAN IS CANDIDATE
FOR COURT CLERK
Fremont, Neb. — Miss Pauline
Kendrick of Fremont has filed in
the republican primaries for nomin
ation as clerk of the district court
in Dodge county. She is the first
woman ever to file for office in
Dodge county.
For three years, prior to 13
years ago Miss Kendrick was depu
ty clerk of the district court for
Luke Mundy. She then became
stenographer for J. C. Cook, coun
ty attorney, and she has been con
nected with Mr. Cook’s office ever
since. A daughter of the late Henry
G. “Hank” Kenrick. she has spent
nearly her whole life in Fremont,
having attended the Fremont schools
and the old Fremont Normal school.
For several years she has been
rditor of the Dodge County Daily
Abstract, the courthouse newspaper.
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NEBRASKA FARM GROUPS
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—Election of
officers by various groups in se.v
sion in conjunction with organized
agriculture occupied the attention
of most associations Wednesday
night.
Amos Gramlich of Papillion, was
elected president of the Nebraska
Farm Equipment association, with
Prcf. C. L-. Zink cf Lincoln as vice
president.
Ley Franklin of Falls City is the
new president of the Nebraska Hor
ticultural society.
Nebraska honey producers re
elected V. W. Binderup of Minden.
resident of their association, and
named Prof. M. H. Swink and Jas
per Hunt of Lincoln, vice president
and secretary respectively.
F. W. Neff of Davey, was elected
president of the Dairy Goat Breed
ers’ association. Charles H. Feel
haver of Hampton, was named vice
president and Harry Schenck of
FaU bury, secretary-treasurer.
"^he Nebraska Dairymen’s associa
tion elected M. M. Lawritson of Lin
coln, formerly of McCook, president,
and Ft. C. Johnson of Mead was
named vice president. L. K. Crowe
Is secretary and C. W. Nibler vice
secretary of the group.
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NEBRASKA TENNIS STAR __
SEES FOR DIVORCE
Omaha, Neb.— (UP)-Ralph Pow
ojt mar.y times Nebraska state lawn
lennis champion, has tiled suit foi
divorce from Rosamund Gluck Pow
er. whom he married in 1923.
Mrs Powell is a niece of Mrs. Ar
thur Sclioellkopf, multimillionaire
Buffalo. N. Y., woman, wht> adopted
the tennis star 12 ye-avs ago. At that
time Powell was in the army and
Mrs. Schoellkopf met him while en
tertM-'ins soldiers in Buffalo.
Bite was attracted to him because
if his rsemblance to her son. former
(-s-rell athlete who had died a
ahojt time previously, and made
him her secretary. It was in this
position that he met Ills wife.
M s. I veil has returned to hei
parents’ home in Boston, it Is un
derstood. Powell charged cruelty
and desertion. He asks custody ci a
5-year-old son.
Ml NICIPALITIES LFAGEE
ELECTS O! D OFFICERS
Bastings, Neb.—i UPl —The League
of Nebraska Municipalities at its
cica'n<' tssion, Wednesday uRer
n-w>P.' v,-elected ad officers and
chose Alliance as the next conven
; -u c. - The officers of the league
who v tre re-eleotcu are: C. F,.
Beals, Crete, president; L. A.
Goitres. Alliance, vice presider:; J.
H. Kale. Kearney, eecretary-trea -
urer. The board oi directors is
composed by R. S. Dunlap, Fre
mont O. A. Abbott, Jr., Grand
I jui4 raid 1. A. Yumbo, HoiOrvge
