Nebraska Newspapers

    WOMAN DEPUTY
RAIDS LEADER
Still Uncovered and Ar
rests Made by Officers
in Cedar County
Lincoln, Neb—Several raids L
Mate and county officers in Ceda
and Canton counties netted fou
irrcsts, Anna L. Olson, deputy sher
iff of Cedar county, conducted tht
raids in that county,
Carl Sc holts of near Stanton wa<
arrested when four gallons of whis
ky, a gallon of alcohol and Jugs
and kegs were found. He was fined
$100 and costs when tried and
found guilty.
Emil Hamernick, also of neai
Stanton, was fined $100 and costs
when he pleaded guilty after a pint
of whisky, 35 bottles of beer anc
tugs and kegs were found in his
possession.
Fred S. Dirks was arrested ninr
miles southeast of Hartington. He
was charged with second offense
of possession and keeping a still
when officers found a complete
still, whisky and other evidence. The
still was hidden in a cave in a
grove, the door of the cave being
covered with twigs and leaves.
Jennie Hamilton was arrested in
Cedar county and charged with pos
■■ession when 21 quarts of liquor and
some bottles were found.
REPORT SHOWS HOW
STATE CASH IS DEPOSITED
Lincoln, Neb—(Special)—Accord
ing to a report by the state treasur
er, a total of $5,221,144.57 of state
funds was on deposit in state and
national banks at the close of busi
ness April 3, these funds being se
cured by surety bonds or collateral
securities, with the exception ol
148,734.01 In failed banks which
were under the guaranty law.
These funds represent two ac
counts, the checking account which
totals $3,340,710.56, drawing 2 per
cent inteerst. and the certificates oi
deposit drawing 3 per cent. The
latter totals $1,880,434.01. The state
treasurer announces that there has
been no loss of state funs in banks
since the state has required securi
ty.
Active balances in Danas range
from $100,000 to $575,000, while cer
tificates of deposit in depository
banks range from $1,250 to $100,
000.
Included in the list of 110 banks
where time certificates are on de
posit are: Farmers State of Albion,
$5,000; First National of Butte, $8,
000; Citizens State of Cedar Rapids,
$1,250; Central City National, $5,
000; Columbus State, $35,000; First
National of Columbus, $10,000;
Commercial National of Columbus,
$25,000; Fremont National, $75,000;
Fremont State, $50,000; Union Na
tional of Fremont, $56,000; First
National of Fullerton, $25,000;
Genoa National, $8,000; First Na
tional of Hooper, $10,000; Security
National of Laurel, $10,000; First
National of Newman Grove, $12,500;
Nebraska State of Norfolk, $40,0t i;
Fanners State of Primrose, $1,45(':
Farmers State of Scribner. $11,000,
and First National of Tekamali,
$10,000.
SEEKS RECOVERY IN
QUEER HOG TANGLE
Lincoln, Neb. — (Special)— Argu
ments were submitted to the su
preme court in the appeal of Louis
W. Luehrmann from the decision of
the district colurt of Cuming county,
county
Luehrmann sued to recover $2,500
which he said was paid to Fergus
V. McGuire who lives on a farm
adjoining that of Luehrmann. He
claims that the sum was extorted
through the assistance of a consta
ble whom McGuire paid $1,000.
Luehrmann raises hogs on a large
scale and, there being no fence on
his premia.*, the hogs mingle with
those on the McGuire farm. He
claims that there it is difficult to
separate the animals when they are
ready for market and that McGuire
accused him of marketing three of
his hogs, threatening to have his
arrested if he did not pay the $2,500.
McGuire denies any such threat
and claims the money was paid to
settle a controversy over the fact
that Luehrmann hud for a number
of years been appropriating his hogs.
It is the contention of McGuire’s
attorneys that when the judge in
structed the Jury to find for the
plaintiff if proof had been made
of threats and the Jury found for
the defendant, that it was conclu
sive that no threats were made.
BROTHERS GIVEN PRISON
TERMS FOR OFFENSE
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—Attempt to
change their pleas from guilty to
not guilty failed to save Otto and
Lloyd Stoops from conviction on
statutory charges and the former
was sentenced to three years and
the latter to two years in the peni
tentiary by District Judge Lincoln
Frost.
The men had been charged with
attacking Alvina Talley, 15 years
old. sisterinlaw of Lloyd. They
claimed that they pleaded guilty be
cause influenced to do so by offi
cers. The girl, it was contended,
had not understood questions put
to her, and had accused them un
knowingly. they said. The girl
claimed she had misunderstood the
questions and both she and Mrs
Lloyd Stoop claimed a third party
was guilty.
Judge Frost held the men had
been advised of their rights and ex
oressed a desire to plead guilty
Deputy Attorney Young stated the
men had admitted the crime to him
THOUGHT CENSUS MAN
JUST SMOOTH ROBBER
Omaha. Neb.—(UP)—Because Ar
thur Johnson, census enumerator,
dressed just like a man who had
robbed him several years ago, an
“asked the same damn fool ques
tions," Sebastino Anzalone. Ital
ian groceryman, chased him
from his store with a butcher knife
when he attempted to enumerate
Anzalone. After a police sergeant
had properly introduced the enu
merator to the groceryman the lat
ter cheerfully answered all ques
tions.
r ADMIRED HIS AUTO
THEN ARRESTED HIM
Omaha, Neb.—(UP) — Three fed
| eraJ prohibition agents stopped to
rompliment Rudy Phipps on a shiny
automobile he had Just purchased.
iVhile inspecting the car they ran
across some suspicious looking pack
ages. Opening them they found 30
gallons of whisky and two gallons
yt alcohol in the car and 33 gal
ons of whisky In the Phipps home.
PUZZLED ABOUT
CERTAIN FUNDS
Court Clerks Hold Thous
ands of Dollars in Un
claimed Fees, Etc.
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP) — Out of the
thousands of dollars handled an
nually by Nebraska courts there ac
cumulates a fund, now totaling In
all courts In the state, several
thousands of dollars In unclaimed
witness fees, court costs and residue
from estates, the disposition of
which is not clear in all cases.
While all such funds collecting in
county courts are paid into the
county school fund under Nebraska
statutes, and while witness fees and
court costs when unclaimed in
district courts eventually are paid
into the county fund, the law does
not provide definitely for disposi
tion of residue for estates when the
heirs are unknown.
Recent audits of district court
records in Nebraska brought to light
many such sums and in nearly all
instances it was recommended that
the entire accumulated amount be
paid into the school fund.
In Lancaster county, the amount
in unclaimed witness fees, costs and
residue from estates totals $10,628.
41. Of this amount some of the
items have stood since 1888, the
audit revealed.
Several suits have resulted over
such accumulations and a case from
Douglas county twice was carried
to the state supreme court for set
tlement. In the first instance the
court held that the district clerk
could not be forced to pay the ac
cumulated fund into the school
fund and later reversed its decision.
In many instances, persons who
fail to respond to notices of fees or
other monies due them appear at a
later date and protest payment of
the money into the school funds,
presenting various excuses for their
failure to claim the funds.
For this reason. District Clerk J.
S. Bare of Lancaster county, and
several clerks of other courts have
suggested payment of the funds to
the county with the provision that
the county is liable and shall pay
such claims as are brought, when
reasonable, against the accumulated
sum.
Another problem confronting the
district court clerk is the disposition
of naturalization fees. The federal
statutes provide for the assessment
of such fees, one half of the amounc
to be kept by the ckrk, but the
state statutes make no provision for
the handling of such funds. In this
fund for Lancaster county there is
now accumulated $3,844.50, pending
decision us to what shall be done
with the funds.
POLICE BREAK DP TWO
POLITICAL MEETINGS
Omaha, Neb. — (UP) — Police,
acting under orders from Mayor
Metcalfe and Inspector of Detec
tives Danbaum Thursday broke up
two quasi-political meetings spon
sored by Jerry Howard, perennial
member of Nebraska legislature and
defeated candidate for city commis
sioner.
Howard uau iiivilcu ^uu uiicm
ployed to a hot dog feast at city
employment bureau. After their re
past he mounted the platform and
started a political talk, mainly di
rected against the city hall ticket.
Mayor Metcalfe a few hours be
fore had Issued an order banning
political meetings In city buildings,
so Jerry invited his cohorts to step
outside into an alley after police
had interfered, He attempted to
continue his harangue but was no
tified he had no permit for an open
air meeting.
Mayor Metcalfe also gave orders
that candidates in the city elections
must refrain from painting their
names on city sidewalks. Ths s
against a city ordinance, he held.
Prank Frost, one of the “outs" nom
inated Tuesday ascribed his success
to ths practice and said the order
will be a severe blow to his political
aspirations
SINKING LAND IS PUZZLE
EVEN TO GEOLOGISTS
O’Neill. Neb.—Reports from those
who have observed the sinking lands
and new river south of Ewing in
dicate the flow of water is increas
ing in volume and larger chunks ol
earth are toppling into the slimy
pit.
The phenomenon is said to cover
10 acres and to be 100 feet deep in
places. A geologist spent some time
at the sinking lands, in taking sam
ples of earth and water. His find
ings are not ready for publication
To those who queried him, he is
said to have replied that the sinking
lands on the Elwood farm baffled
all geologists for the reason there is
no precedent with which to moke
comparison.
SECOND DEATH RESULTS
FROM AUTO COLLISION
Superior. Neb.—(UP) — Injuries
sustained in a collision in which his
school companion, Boyd Kohr. was
killed, resulted in the death Thurs
uay night of Leland Van Ornam.
Van Ornam was fatally injurec
and Kohr instantly killed when
Kohr's car, racing with a rnacninc
driven by Cecil Howard, crashed
headon into a car driven by Gerald
Stephenson, of Lincoln. Stephen
son was severely injured in the col
lision and is in a hospital here. He
a expected to recover.
Longest Ticket Ever Sold
Miss Helen
Tebbs, of ,
Washington,
ill tangled up
n the longest
ticket ever
sold at the '
Washington
office of the
Pennsylvania
Railroad.
It was bought
'jy T. Warren
Allen, Bureau
of Public
Roads official,
(or an inspec
tion trip.
It is nine feet
eight inches
Jong.
(International
Newsreel)
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Useful “Alien” at Washington.
From the Baltimore Sun.
The drive in Detroit to rid the
city government of employes who
are aliens recalls a very impressive
experience I had a short time ago
while engaged in gathering some
news in Washington. In this con
nection I discovered that one al
most universally acclaimed as the
world's greatest master of his par
ticular branch of natural science
was recorded as being employed as
a janitor in one of the government
departments. It interested me great
ly that one of such distinguished
talents should be so employed, so
I looked into the matter.
The first thing I found out was
that this great scientist was merely
classified and paid as a janitor
while being steadily engaged in a
type of scientific work for which
the authorized government pay is
four or five times higher. The rea
son for this, it developed, was that
the scientist was a Pole and an
alien, and consequently could not
obtain the necessary credentials of
citizenship to give him the civil- |
service rating to which the work he
was doing entitled him.
This struck me as a most unusual i
situation, so I suggested to the
people from whom I obtained the
information that I would like to
report it to the world. To mv great 1
surprise, they pleaded with me al
most tearfully not to do so They |
said that there would probably be
tragic results. They thouguht that it
would probably lead to a demand
by some patriotic member of con
gress to have the alien discharged
and replaced by an American work
er. This, they said, would entail j
bitter personal suffering, and it !
wbuld also deprive the government
of services that it could not possibly
duplicate.
I regretfully agreed that this
seemed a reasonable analysis of the
situation, and so did not tell the
story. I do so now merelv because I
feel confident that this janitor,
world renowned for his scientific at
tainments is either sufficiently hid
den behind a screen of anonymity
or has fortified his hold on the
job that he can continue to fur
nish his services to the government
at about 20 per cent of the estab
lished price.
Suit Against Mrs. Kresge.
Prom Chicago Tribune.
Michael Rosenberg, a handsome
Parisian of the boulevards, has be
gun suit in the supreme court of
New York against Mrs. Doris Mer
cer Kresge, seeking $500,000 com
pensation for injury to his affec
tions and emotional nature. Mrs.
Kresge is the former wife of S. S.
Kresge and is very rich. Mr. Kresge
is the 5 and 10 cent man who sub
sidized the Anti-Saloon league with
much money, although, according to
testimony introduced in court, he
mixed his own amours with evi
dences of Bacchus.
M. Rosenberg, in the preliminary
papers in his suit, says that Mrs.
Kresge was responsive to his ar
dent attentions at first in Paris
and persuaded him that her inten
tion was matrimony. He understood
that theit future was assured in
the holy bonds and had committed
himself to anticipation of a solvent
life when he was thrown down al
most at the altar, if not over it
Some males might accept that as a
bad break and cross over to work
the other side of the street, but not
in a country where males are men
where courting time is valuable,
and where money is a religion.
A self-respecting Parslan big
game hunter will not stand for
trifling with his passion for a bank i
account and his emotional regard
for anything to add to it. Vivacious
American ladies must have more
consideration for the spiritual val
ues of life in a man’s country. They
may not with immunity stir a man’s
profoundest depths by the sight of
their pocketbook and then close it
with a snap and walk out of the
picture. They must consider the
soul.
America, unfortunately, is not a
man’s country, it has uo soul. It
does not consider the spirituality of
a man's attachment for a rich
Let ’Em Get Other Jobs.
From the Pathfinder.
Assistant secretaries to cabinet of
ficers gathered about a congres
sional committee and lamented that
they could not live on the S3 000 a
year allowed them. But their argu
ments clashed in a rather amusing
vv.. v Some said these members of
t:i? ’’little cabinet” could command
f::r more in the commercial field,
v/nile others pointed out that they
should be paid more because ‘‘thev
have no guarantee of jobs beyond
one administration." The answer is
—let them take those big com
mercial jobs that are always call
ins for them.
The fact is that the little officials
woman’s securities and dividends
Here it’s the woman who puts th<
poor fish in the pan and tries tc
fry him to a rich brown. There i:
an increasing number of breach o)
promise suits of this nature, eco
nomically explainable. The stock
market has been unkind to manj
romances. Any number of solvent
gentlemen have been reduced to one
domestic establishment and have
sought to close some of their ac
counts and slice the overhead un
til there is a return of easy money
The prospects of a bread line ir
Park avenue lead to active pro
tective measures, but these are case?
which must not be confused with
the spiritual wreck on the Pari?
boulevard. They are merely social
readjustments to tide over stock
market uncertainties.
Recent Hughes Ruling.
Prom New York Sun.
In delivering his first opinion
since he returned to the supreme
court bench Chief Justice Hughes
reaffirmed the court’s traditional
doctrines that states by their leg
islatures, courts, or constitutions
may make their own policies so long
as they do not violate the federa
constitution.
An Ohio statute was assailed a?
being in violation of the state con
stitution and the Fourteenth
amendment The chief justice said
that Ohio has the right to estab
lish in its constitution that no lav
shall be held unconstitutional by its
supreme court except by an affirma
tive vote of all but one of the judges
thereof. He said:
"But it is said that, from the
standpoint of the state constitu
tion, the statute may operate un
equally. It is unnecessary to com
ment on this point so far as the
mere inconvenience which may be
caused by possible conflicts is con
cerned. It is urged that the situa
tion has been described as deplora
ble by the supreme court of tht
state, but it is not for this court tc
intervene to protect the citizens oi
the state from the consequences o)
its policy, if the state has not dis
regarded the requirements of thf
federal constitution.”
The chief justice said that a state
had wide discretion in establishing
its system of courts and distributing
their jurisdiction. He continued:
"It has been held by this court
that the equal-protection clause oi
the Fourteenth amendment is nol
violated by diversity in the juris
diction of the several courts if s
state as to subject matter or finalitj
of decision if all persons within tht
territorial limits of the respective
jurisdictions of the st%te courts
have an equal right in like cases un
der like circumstances to resort to
them for redress.”
G. Please give a biography of
the late D. H. Lawrence, British
novelist. R. L.
A. David Herbert Lawrence, son
of a coal miner, was bom in East
wood, Nottingham, England, on
September 11, 1885. His youth was
spent in the environment of grime
and poverty which forms the back
ground of Sons of Lovers, his best
known and perhaps greatest novel.
Working his way through Notting
ham university, he taught school
for a time in a small mining vil
lage. In 1914 Lawrence married
Frieda von Richthofen, a woman
of noble lineage, daughter of the
German governor of Alsace-Lor
raine and a sister of Baron Man
fred von Richthofen, noted Ger
man ace. During the war the
author, an intense pacifist, went
w-ith his wife to Cornwall, England,
where, very poor, he worked in the
fields as well as wrote. He was de
clared consumptive and rejected for
military service. Nevertheless he
was suspected of spying and driv
en from Cornwall. The war years
are described in his novel. Kan
garoo. It is said that in appear
ance Lawrence resembled Robert
Louis Stevenson. At 44 years of age
he had published 21 volumes of
novels, short stories, essays, travel
books, and plays, as well as num
erous contributions to magazines.
He died in Venice, a suburb of Nice.
at Washington try to make as big a
splash as big officials But the big
fish feel that they must make a big
ger splash than the smaller ones, so
they are just as intent on keeping
aead as the little fallows are anx
ious to keep up. Thus there will
always be a cry for bigger and big
ger salaries—not for needs but for
serial purposes. If thase assistant
secretaries cannot live on $9,000 a
year there are othe able men who
can.
A quarter of a million deaths oi
children below the age of 15 in a
single year is the gruesome toll for
the United States.
SCOTTISH BITE TEMPLE
SUBJECT TO TAXATION
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—The Scot
tish rite temple in Lincoln is nc
exempt from taxation, Distric
Judge Broady held Tuesday in r
ruling in the suit brought by th
Scottish rite against the board c‘:
ounty commissioners and board Cl
lualization, asking that the build
ig be taken off the tax books.
Judge Broady held that the prop
rty is not used exclusively for re
iigious, education and charitabli
purposes. The organization contend
ed that the building nor any pars
of its is not used for profit and thai
the order is engaged in religious
charitable and educational work.
PBCEBANKEE
TAKES APPEAi
ays Connection on Embez
zlement Charge Due to
Misconduct of Attorney
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)— Frank Pil
fer, former president of the Pierce
State bank, sentenced to serve five
years in prison on conviction of em
bezzling as executor of the estate of
George Vinson, deceased, appealed
to the supreme court Tuesday.
Pilger claimed he was deprived of
a fair trial by the conduct of Irving
Stalmaster, representing the attor
ney general’s office, and by the ac
tion of the court itself. He was
charged with embezzling sums total
ing slightly less than $1,000 on two
counts, and denied both counts. He
was sentenced to five years on each
count, the sentences to run concur
rently.
Pilger said the trial court allowed
the state to prejudice the jury by
permitting it to introduce evidence
of alleged offenses committed by
him while president of the Piercl
bank and also while acting as eity
treasurer.
WILL BENEFICIARIES WANT
LOWER COURT OVERRULED
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP)—Request
that the supreme court overturn
the action of a Madison county jury
in holding that Adam Seip was not
competent when he willed his es
tate to five charitable organizations,
was made in an appeal filed today
by the beneficiaries.
The action was brought by the
Nebraska Childrens Home society,
of Omaha; Bryan Memorial hospital,
Lincoln; Crowell Home at Blair,
and the Women’s Foreign Mission
ary soc'ety and conference claim
ants of the Methodist church. Each
of the societies was to have re
ceived a seventh of the $45,000 es
tate.
Seip died in Lincoln. November
11, 1928, He willed his wife a life In
terest in the estate with the stipu
lation that after her death it should
be divided into seven equal parts,
the societies and a brother and
niece sharing equally.
The brother, William, of Battle
Creek, protested that disease and
age had taken from the testator the
power to make a legal will.
CHILD TERRIBLY INJURED
BY DISCING MACHINE
Kearney, Neb.—(UP)—Hope was
waning Tuesday for the recovery of
Bud Axtell, 9 years old, of Amherst,
who was terribly cut and mangled
late Monday when he was run over
by a disc. One of his legs was near
ly severed and he suffered many
lacerations as the implement passed
over him.
He was brought to a hospital here
following the accident but suffered
greatly from loss of blood enroute.
He was dangerously weakened and
doctors pronounced his condition
grave.
COBS, OATS AND WOOD
IN PAYMENT FOR LAND
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—Delivery of
several loads of cobs, some oats and
cord wood constitute a part of the
consideration in two de£ds filed in
the register of deeds office here,
transferring 240 acres of land five
miles south of Denton.
In the first deed, 160 acres of land
is transferred from Katerina Stras
ny to Fred Strasny. It provides
that at the death of Katerina, Fred
is to pay to the daughter of Mrs.
Stastny D. Sindelar $3,000; to Mary
Fittl, $3,000, and the same to Bar
bara Luyben, and $2,000 to Katie
Tichy.
He also is to pay to the grantor
$500 a year while the grantor lives,
and deliver 20 bushels of oats, two
loads of cobs. In the transfer of the
second 80 acres from Katerina to
Emma Dvorak, $150 a year is to be
paid the grantor and two loads of
cord wood, 15 bushels of oats and
one load of cobs.
LAUREL MAN’S HAND
MANGLED IN GRINDER
Laurel, Neb.—(Special)—Amputa
tion of most of one hand of Allen
Wickett young farmer near here was
necessary when it was accidentally
caught in a feed grinder. Three fin
gers were taken off in the machine.
A doctor found it necessary to am
putate the hand below the knuckles
with the exception of the little fin
ger and part of the thumb. He is
the father of four children.
FORMER FARM HAND
HELD ON ARSON CHARGE
Omaha, Neb.— (UP) — A former
hired man, recently discharged by
Max Siert, of Millard, Neb., a farm
er, is being held in connection with
a fire which destroyed a large barn,
10 head of live stock and much
farm machinery on the Siert farm
Tuesday night.
The hired man was arrested in
Omaha. He is said to have been im
plicated in a Burlington railroad fire
at Plattsmouth following his dis
charge by the railroad five years
wo
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PUSH EFFORTS
OUST SHERIFF
File Brief in Appeal to
High Court in Thurston
County Case
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—A briei
has been filed in the supreme court
in support of the appeal of Fred
Kelly and Robert G. Fuhrman who
sought to oust Iver Jensen, sher
iff of Thurston county, charging
that the sheriff collected taxes on
distress warrants which he failed
to account for in the proper man
ner, that he collected money in tax
foreclosure suits and that he used
county money unlawfully for his
own private gain.
The trial judge dismissed the case
on the ground that there was insuf
ficient evidence to support the
charges.
The evidence shewed that the
sheriff had collected money on dis
tress warrants in February, March
and April and had not accounted for
it until the last of the year, which
the plaintiffs claim consists of em
bezzlement and would warrant his
being ousted frem office. They
claim that because he intended to
restore the funds and paid the
county interest during the time he
kept the money does not afford a
proper defense and that it is not
necessary to prove that he acted
with evil or corrupt motives since
it was designedly and not accident
ally done.
The court held that there is no
statutory obligation for him to turn
the money in immediately and that
lie had a right to use it in his pri
vate business, with which the attor
neys take issue, citing other court
oninions to the eontrarv.
FIX AMOUNT BOND
FOR BANK EMPLOYES
Lincoln, Net). — (UP) — The
amounts of surety bonds required of
all state bank employes, except
stenographers and Janitors, are
specified in a letter sent to bank
ers by Bank Commissioner George
Woods.
Bank officials and employes must
now be bonded under provisions of
the law passed at the special session
of the legislature. The amounts of
the bonds as set by Woods are: For
each executive officer, $5,000; for
each inactive officer with official
title only, $100; for each active as
sistant cashier and teller, $2,500; for
each employe acting both as teller
and bookkeeper, $2,500; for each
bookkeeper only or clerk who is not
a teller, $500.
The form of bond now is being
prepared by the attorney general,
Woods said, and they will be mailed
to each state bank in Nebraska and
copies will be mailed also to each
surety or fidelity bond corporation
authorized to do business in the
state.
The present requirements are
only temporary, Woods said, and are
subject to change and adjustment
upon recommendations of bank ex
aminers.
HARTINGTON, NEB., COUPLE
MARRIED 50 YEARS
Hartiagton, Neb.—(Special)—Mr.
and Mrs. Nels Dybdal of Hartington
celebrated their golden wedding at
their home in this city, last Tues
day, surrounded by their children.
A dinner was served at noon and
many old friends called during the
day to extend congratulations and
bring gifts. Both of the Dybdals
were born, reared and married in
Denmark. They came to America
10 years ago, following their chil
dren who had preceded them to this
country. They are the parents of IP
children and all are citizens of the
United States except one.
WITNESS WAS IN HURRY
TO GO FISHING
Falls City, Neb.—(UP)—Walter
Rose, register of deeds, wished to
testify immediately in district
court, to which he had been sub
poenaed unexpectedly, because he
had a “very important engage
ment.”
Finishing his testimony, Rose
started hurriedly from the court
room when Attorney Jean called:
“I hope you catch some fish.”
Judge Fred Messmore then real
ized Rose was afflicted with spring
fever and warned him “you better
bring back some fish as evidence
that you kept the engagement.”
CEDAR COUNTY SCHOOL
CASE HANGING FIRE
Lincoln, Neb.—In a letter to At
torney General Sorensen, P. F.
O’Gara, Hartington attorney, claims
that the attorney general did not
touch upon the real question in
volved in the controversy over school
district No. 6 in Cedar county, as to
whether the school is still a pub
lic school. It is his contention that
the district can be enjoined if it
diverts public school money to oth
er purposes but that such diversion
does not destroy the public school
character of the district. He says
that the district can only be dis
solved as a school district by the
county superintendent under the
provisions of the statute.
WOULD RESTORE OLD FORT
TO ORIGINAL CONDITION
Kearney, Neb.— (UP>—Restoration
of the grounds and buildings of the
old Fort Kearney is the desire ex
pressed by the Fort Kearney Me
morial association and such a rec
ommendation is to be made to the
state. The board of directors of
the association has decided at a
meeting. The site of the old fort
was presented to the state by the
association in December for a park
Work on the aiie by the state is
pending subject to legislature ap
propriations.