M’KELVIE MUM
ABOUT FUTURE
Declines to Talk About
Resignation from Farm
Board
Lincoln, Neb. —<UP)—Declining tc
comment on what bis plans may be
in the future, S. R. MeKelvie, “grain
member’’ of the federal farm board,
arrived home Friday from Chicago.
When asked whether he had a
statement concerning the reports
that he may resign from the farm
board the first of June, MeKelvie
said he had nothing to say. He in
vited reporters to see him at his
office Saturday morning if they
wished to discuss anything with
him.
MeKelvie took the position on the
farm board with the understanding
it ts said, that he would be at lib
erty to quit June 1, if he so desired
There have been rumors that he
might resign to be a republican
candidate for United States sen
ator from Nebraska but he merely
answers these reports by saying he
is out of politics while a member of
the farm board.
In a statement that was released
from his office Thursday, MeKelvie
flayed Senator George W. Norris
for the “dishonest use’’ of parties
in again seeking the republican nom
ination for United States senator.
CHARGE PAIR WITH
DISARMING AN OFFICER
Grand Island, Neb.—(UP)—Two
persons, who gave their names as
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Murphy, of
Omaha, are being held here on
charges that they are the persons
who, February 12, escaped from Of
ficer George Brayton after holding
the officer up at the point of a
gun and taking his gun from him.
The officer has identified positive
ly the woman, police said, while he
has partially identified the man.
The woman, who gave her first name
as Ruth, has been charged with as
sault upon the officer by leveling
a gun at him. The man has been
charged with resisting arrest.
The two were arrested after they
were released from the county Jail
following their posting bonds on an
appeal of a conviction on liquor
charges.
FEAR LOWER GRAIN RATE
WILL COME TOO LATE
Lincoln, Neb—Hope for substant
ial relief In the form of lower grain
rates, which has been held by Ne
braska faiTners since examiners for
the Interstate commerce commission
filed their preimlnary report sev
eral months ago. Is rapidly dwindl
ing as the wheat harvest approaches.
Recommendations were contained
In the examln* rs’ report which if
tarried out in the final order of the
Interstate commerce commission
would mean a gain of a million or
million and a half dollars to Ne
braska farmers money which has
heretofore been taken off the mar
ket price to pay the cast of trans
porting wheat to market.
This report of the examiners was
the culmination of more than five
years’ Investigation launched, when
Congress in 1925 passed the Hoch
Smith resolution. The purpose oi
thqt resolution was to determine
whether agriculture was suffering
because of an unequal system of
transportation rates, and If so to
work out and establish a new sys
tem of computing rates w'hich would
be more advantageous to the farm
ing industry.
When the examiners made their
preliminary report, farmers were
confident that the final order of
the interstate commission could be
drawn and put in operation before
the present harvest got under way.
Unless the rate making body is
sues its order within another two
weeks it is feared that there will
not be sufficient time to put the
new rates Into effect before the har
vest is under way in the greater part
of the wheat producing area.
Nebraska farmers are particular
ly interested by reason of the fact
private of the 17th infantry at Fort
that rates on °rain shipments from
Nebraska are among the highest
applying to any or the wheat pro
ducing states
FORT ( ROOK SOLDIER
DIES FROM ACCIDENT WOUND
Fort Crook, Neb.— —A charge
from an automatic rifle, which
struck him while he was scoring
targets on a rifle range here re
cently. Friday caused the death of
Henry L. Smith, 23 years old, n
Crook.
Smith, a native of Harrisburg,
Ark. was struck by a bullet which
apparently riccocheted into the pit
below the target after striking some
metal on the target frame. Eigh
teen men were on the firing line at
the time, and army authorities do
not knew who fired the fatal shot.
Aboard of inquiry will Investigate
the shooting, post authorities an
nounced. Smith was transferred here
rrom Fort Des Moines, Ia„ six
months ago.
NEW METHODIST CHURCH
TO BE DEDICATED SUNDAY
Imperial. Neb. - (UP) — All day
dedicatory services will be held here
Sunday for the new Methodist
Episcopal church, recently complet
ed.
SLEEPING SICKNESS CAUSE
OF NORFOLK MAN’S DEATH
Norfolk. Neb. —(UP)— Sleeping
sickness caused the death of William
Mcxley, an automobile accessory
merchant, a coroner's Jury an
nounced. Moxley died Thursday.
RECEIVE TIP ON SLAYER
Omaha Neb. — (UP) — The chase
for the slcyer of Gene Livingston,
alcohol and gambling gang leader
received fresh impetus this week
when police received several fresh
tips, Chief of Police Psaunowski
announces.
Steve Maloney, former chief cf
detectives, was the recipient of these
tips. A man, who Maloney said he
had befriended while on the police
force, telephoned him that he knew
the names of the slayers and knew
where the gun which ended Liv
ingston's career could be found.
QUESTIONED ABOUT FUND
HE IS TRYING TO RAISE
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—J. P. Lowe,
Lincoln man who la endeavoring to
raise funds to erect a "girl's na
tional mission home” here, was tak
en before Secretary E. M. Pollard of
the department of public welfare to
day by Captain of Detectives An
derson to give an explanation of
his project.
Lowe said his plan was to erect
' a home where girls of all ages and
occupations could live while away
from home. He had in mind par
ticularly students and business girls
After establishing a home here, he
would expand the organization to
erect a similar institution in every
state in the union.
His subscription "force” consists
of three young women. Wednesday
they turned in reports showing that
their subscriptions during the day
amounted to 90 cents.
Complaint* against the project
reached Captain Anderson from
the community chest, he said, so he
took Lowe to Pollard’s office. Secre
tary Pollard explained there is no
law to prevent the raising of funds
for such an institution, nor is there
anything to prevent its operation
under the present statutes.
MAKES PRIMARY
ELECTION CALL
Liovernor or (Nebraska Is
sues Proclamation Settinr
August 12, as Date
Lincoln, Neb. —(UP)— Governor
Arthur J. Weaver issued a procla
mation Thursday announcing that
a primary election has been called
for August 52, 1930 in the state of
Nebraska.
The nominees to be named are:
A candidate for United States sen
ator by each political party; one
candidate for congressman for each
of the six congressional districts in
the state; efich political party to
name one candidate for the state of
fices of governor, lieutenant gov
ernor, secretary of state, auditor,
commissioner of public lands and
buildings, slate treasurer, railway
commissioner, state senator from
each of the S3 state senatorial dis
tricts, state representatives from
each of the 100 state representative
districts.
On the non-political slate, there
are to be nominated two candidates
from each < f the three odd-num
bered supreme court districts for
Judge of the supreme court; two
candidates for state superintendent;
two candidates for the board of re
gents of the state university in dis
tricts No. 1 and No. 2.
Candidates are to be nominated
also for the various county offices
to be filled at the general election
in November.
WAYNE CASE IN
SUPREME COURT
Echo of Land Price Boom
Heard in Argument
at Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—The su
preme court heard arguments in the
case from Wayne county where a
farm was sold by Stephen Auker to
satisfy a deficiency Judgment se
cured In a foreclosure suit against
Richard Ritze.
Auker had sold land to Ritze dur
ing a boom period and the bottom
had fallen out of the market, leav
ing some of the accounts unsettled.
At the time of the sale to collect
the Judgment, the title to the prop
erty rested in Ritze’s children who
contend that the sale was invalid,
that the land belonged to them, and
since they were in possession the
court had no right to take the
property without a trial by jury.
This is the second time the case
has been before the supreme court.
OFFER REWARD FOR
ARREST WRONGDOERS
Morrill, Neb.—(Special)—A cash
reward of $100 has been offered by
the school board of District No. 47.
Sioux county, for the apprehension
of persons who broke into the school
building, tore a large flag from the
wall, tramped it on the floor, took
records and papers from the desks
of two teachers and took papers
and books from desks and strewed
them about the building. Ink and
paste bottles were emptied on the
floor and window boxes were emp
ties over the rooms. The state and
county fair exhibits on which pu
pils had been working were de
stroyed. Obscene language was writ
ten on the blackboard.
OMAHA STOCK EXCHANGE
TO OPEN FRIDAY
Omaha, Neb.— (UP)—Trading on
the Omaha Stock exchange which
opens tomorrow will be limited to
one hour a day for the pre' .-r.t,
President F C. Bell announces. The
exchange will be housed at Omaha
Grain Exchange building. Trading
hour will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.
n>. Forty one stocks will be listed.
Charter members of the exchange
will exceed 25.
NEBRASKA TOWN TO
HAVE DAYLIGHT TIME
Scottsbluff, Neb. —(UP)— Clocks
will be set ahead one hour in Scotts
bluff at midnight Friday as day
light saving time becomes effective
under provisions of a resolution
passed by the city council this week
The daylight time will remain effec
tive until midnight of the first Sun.
day in September. Under this new
plan, the time will be the same as
central standard time. Instead of
the s&m: as mountain standard
time.
INDIAN GIRLS
STOOL PIGEONS
Claim Federal Agents Em
ployed Them to Trap
Reservation ’Leggers
Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— Municip.
Judge George Holmes ordered ai
investigation Monday, into a story
of two Indian girls from the Omaha
reservation at Walthill, who were
arraigned before him on intoxica
tion charges
The girls, Bessie Others, 22 years
old, and Betty Ann McCauley, 20
years old, declared they tasted their
first liquor while acting as under
cover agents for Indian agents who
are trying to oust bootleggers from
the reservation.
The girls testified before a feder
al grand Jury here last week and
their testimony is said to have re
sulted in secret indictments of sev
eral alleged sellers of liquor to In
dians.
"It is a dastardly system that
would make debauchees of these In
dian girls,” Judge Holmes declared
“It Is a contemptible, un-American
practice." ,
The girls protested that they had
never tasted liquor before their em
ployment. They were picked up by
policemen while on a party given
them, they said, by white men
whom they had met at federal
building after they had testified.
Judge Holmes turned them over
to federal authorities and asked U.
S. Marshal Cronin to investigate
their stories.
BIG STILL CAPTURED
NEAR WALTHILL, NEB
Walthill, Neb. — On complaint
filed by County Attorney C. R
Boughn, before Judge C. J. Mul
laney, a search warrant was given
to Constable U G. Austing, author
izing search of the farm occupied by
George A. Simpson, southeast ol
. Walthill. Simpson was captured
but at least two other men escaped
in the timber and couldnot be traced
The officers confiscated the
largest still ever found in this part
of the state, equipped with a com
plete pressure burner, filters and
all accessories. It was necessary to
get the largest truck in town to
transport the equipment from the
farm. In addition, there were 10
barrels of mash, 600 pounds of sugar,
60 pounds of yeast, and a large
quantity of bottles and containers
The still had been set up in a tim
bered canyon, where water was se
cured from a spring. While it was
thought that Simpson was not fi
nancially able to own this elaborate
equipment and ctock, he insisted it
was his outfit and assumed full re
sponsibility.
CHARGES EXTRAVAGANCE
IN OMAHA CITY AFFAIRS
Omaha, Neb.— (UP)—Fire Com
missioner Roy N. Towl, only non
member of the city hall slate to be
elected in city elections last month,
threw the city council meeting into
a turmoil Monday when he hinted
that he may uncover vast extrava
gances in expenditure of money for
fire equipment.
Towl asked that two men he had
appointed to thoroughly investigate
the fire department be placed per
manently on the payroll. This was
denied for the third time, only
Commissioner Hopkins voting with
Towl.
Towl said his preliminary Investi
gations had disclosed that his pred
ecessors in office were paying re
tail prices for gasoline, tires and
other equipment which he plans to
buy at wholesale. These purchases,
he charged, were made to please
friends of the city hall adminis
tration.
Towl said he may bring the fire
department books into council
chamber and make them public.
“Then there'll be an explosion,”
he said.
“Bring them on,” said Mayor
Metcalfe, “I like explosions.”
FORMER SUBURB OF COUNCIL
BLUFFS TO REINCORPORATE
Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Residents of
East Omaha, la., recently divorced
from Council B’uffs, voted Monday,
171 to 124, to reincorporate the town
under the name of Carter Lake, la.
Included in the new town is the
Carter Lake club, inhabited by sev
eral hundred persons who make
their living in Omaha.
GIVES $2,000 FOR
MEMORIAL TO I1IS SON
Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— John A
Both, Omaha, has donated $2,000
to Doane college at Crete as a me
morial to his son, John Bath, Jr.,
who was drowned May 8 while can
oeing on the Blue river near Crete.
Young Bath was a freshman at the
college.
NAME REGENTS FOR
MUNICIPAL UNIVERSITY
Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—The follow
ing persons were named regents of
Municipal university by the board
of education here Monday night.
James E. Davidson, Edgar A. Baird
Alvin E. Johnson, Wilson T. Gra
ham. Paul T. Martin, Dr. W. L
Shearwr, Mrs Harlan C. Fetters and
F. T. B. Martin. The city will take
over Omaha university and operate
it as a municipal school this fall.
IIARTINGTON TO IMPROVE
STREETS AT EARLY DATE
Harrington, Neb.— (Special) —At a
meeting of the city council an or
dinance was submitted and passed
to improve the streets of the busi
ness district with an application oi
asphaltic oi) mtoed v.ith the gravel
This preparation will give the ,'3wm
streets In the business district sur
faces that will be next to paved
st eots. The ordinances have been
p.:b ished and If there is no objec
ti n on the part of property owner*
h.d 3 will called for and work
c tmmeneed after 20 day* hav«
elapsed <
LARGE -I’M TO DEPOSITORS
OF CLOSED BANKS
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP>—The sum of
$647,783 05, the largest amount ever
yet paid in one month, was paid as
dividends to depositors of failed
state banks during May. The new
“step-up" plan for reimbursing de
positor;;, enacted by the special ses
sion of the legislature, was put into
effect for the first time. Under it,
depositors in 27 state banks who
had previously received little or
nothing, were paid a uniform
amount of 8 per cent, amounting
to $403,787.73. Regular dividends
totaling $295,657.74 also were paid
depositors in 11 other banks.
PLAN HEARING
RAIL CHANGES
Commissioner to Be at
Wayne to Look Into
Omaha Road Proposal
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—Notice.
are being sent to all the towns in
terested that Commissioner Randall
will be at Wayne, Thursday, and at
10 o’clock will begin a hearing on
the application of the Minneapolis
and Omaha railway company to
make a number of changes in the
class of service, changes in train
schedules nd elimination of certain
trains in that territory. Nearly all
of these affect Sioux City service,
and the company tells the commis
sion that if permitted to make the
changes asked for will be able to
save $80,000 a year. The service af
fected includes trains between Nor
folk and Sioux City, Omaha to
Sioux City, Wynot to Sioux City,
Bloomfield to Wayne, and Crofton
to Wayne.
On Friday the commission will
hear at its offices in Lincoln an
application of the Union Pacific
railroad company to eliminate the
Sioux City rate as maximum rate
on shipments to certain points in
northeastern Nebraska.
On Tuesday, June 3, Commis
sioner Randall will be at Albion to
hear the application of the Union
Pacific to change the class of ser
vice on the Albion branch out of
Columbus from train to gas-elec
tric service.
WOMAN MADE DESPERATE
ATTEMPT ON OWN LIFE
Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— Alienists
are examining Mrs. J. H. Piepgras,
47 years old, who Saturday night
fought desperately with six police
men who succeeded in foiling her
attempt to kill herself after she
had tossed lysol into her husband’s
face, badly burning him.
Final chapter of the thrilling
drama was enacted on the sloping
porch of the Piepgras home. After
Piepgras had fled from the place,
Mrs. Piepgras barricaded the doors
and turned on six gas jets. Police
battered down the cellar door upon
arrival and shut off the gas in the
basement.
They then broke down a door
leading to the first floor. As they
entered Mrs. Piepgras ran upstairs,
threw open a window and started to
jump. Officer Butts barely had
time to batter down the bedroom
door and grasp her as she was
about to leap.
The woman carried a heavy ham
mer with which she attempted to
strike Butts on the head. Patrol
Driver Marchant procured a ladder
and scampered to the roof just in
time to save Butts from being
brained after half a dozen hammer
blows had missed their mark.
The Piepgras' were divorced last
year but became reconciled a month
ago. When he returned home Sat
urday Piepgras said his wife com
plained that a neighbor woman had
telephoned and upbraided her for
not going through another mar
riage ceremony following the rec
onciliation. She brooded over this
and finally grabbed the lysol and
threw it in his face.
FATE OF OLD NEBRASKA
COLLEGE AT STAKE
Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— Board of
trustees will meet Tuesday night to
consider fate of Bellevue college, lo
cated at Bellevue, south of here.
The college, recently reopened
through efforts of Dr. A. B. Mar
shall and business men of Bellevue
has been able to muster but 16 stu
dents and owes about $3,200 in sal
aries, it was said.
The board of Christian education
of the Presbyterian church holds
several mortgages on the school, a
denominational one, and amount of
these mortgages is said to be great
er than present valuation of the
property.
The Omaha-Bellevue airport cor
poration has made the board an
offer for building and grounds
which may be accepted although it
dees not cover full amount of bond- ,
ed indebtedness.
CAUSES SELF DESTRUCTION
Geneva, Neb.—(UP)—Worry over
financial matters is blamed for the
death of Miles Ohler, 30 years old,
of near Fairmont, whose body was
found on the Turkey creek bridge
near Milligan Sunday.
Near the body was found Ohler’*
car, partially destroyed by fire. It
was believed he set fire to the ma
chine and then sent a shotgun
charge into his head. The car and
body were found by Mike Kubicek
and the shotgun was found in the
stream beneath the bridge. A
coroner's jury decided Ohler took
his own life.
WATCHING GAS VOTE IN
COUNCIL BLUFFS MONDAl
Omaha Neb.—(UP)—Upon the re
mit of the natural gas election in
Council Bluffs Monday will depend (
wether or not Omaha will again
vote on the gas issue this fall.
Should Omaha’s sister city decisive
ly defeat natural gas proposals no
vote will be taken here for at leas'
a year, it was learned.
On the other hand, if naturr
jas carries acrors the river its ad
"ocatcs here will press for an im
mediate clccticn. Omaha rejected
the ptpedin gas by a 4 to 1 vote in
IMS.
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MUST PAY FOR
YOUTH’S LABOR
Nebraska Supreme Court
Holds Pierce County
Farmer for $875
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—The su
preme court affirmed a decision ol
a jury in the Pierce county district
court in which Harry Koehler was
awarded $875 to pay for the work
he did for an uncle. Henry Fleming,
with whom he lived from the time
he was 13 years old until he was
21.
Fleming claimed that he had
treated the boy as one of the fam
ity, sending him to school, furnish
ing his clothes and letting him use
a car and said he owed the boy
nothing since he acted in the place
of a parent.
It was held by the court that evi
dence proved the boy was taken
from school when he was 16 years
old and worked as a hired hand,
getting only board, room and the
other appurtenances of such a job,
and that Fleming had talked to
Koehler’s guardian, indicating that
he felt obliged to pay for the work.
NEW BONDS ISSUED
BY NEBRAKSA TOWNS
Lincoln, Neb.— (Special)—Accord
ing to a report issued bp Bond Ex
aminer Ralph C. Lawrence, a total
of $1,658,900 bonds were approved
and registered in the state auditor's
office in May of this year. Many of
these were refunding bonds which
represent a decrease in interest to
municipalties. The Norfolk schoool
district issued $225,000 and Fremont
issued $100,000 4V* per cent refund
ing bonds; Winnebago school dis
trict issued $20,000 5 per cent re
funding bonds in place of outstand
ing bonds which bore interest at a
higher rate. The list of payment of
bonds was headed by North Bend,
with $24,000, Norfolk being second
with $11,000 of bonds paid. The list
includes; Allen school district, $4,
000; Belgrade school district, $2,000;
Ewing school district, $3,000; Fre
mont, $1,000; Fremont school dis
trict, $7,000; Fort Calhoun, $2,000;
Hooper, $500; Humphrey, $1,000;
Niobrara school district, $1,000;
North Bend, $24,000; North Logan
drainage district in Dixon and Ce
dar counties, $2,000; Norfolk, $11,
000; Page school district, $1,000:
Plainview, $2,200; Scribner school
district, $3,000; Snyder, $3,000; Tild
en school district, $7,000; Washing
ton county rural schools, $1,000;
Wausa, $800; Wausa school district,
$1,000; Wayne, $1,000; Winnebago
school district, $4,000.
DEFEAT BOND ISSUE
FOR FAIRBURY AIRPORT
Fairbury, Neb.—(UP)—By a ma
jority vote of 81, the proposition to
issue bonds for a municipal airport
was defeated at a special election
here Tuesday. The Junior Chamber
of Commerce and other civic organ
izations had sponsored the proposed
bond issue.
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BURNED WHILE USING
GASOLINE TO CLEAN CLOTHES
Kearney, Neb.— (UP)—Mrs. Clara
Grassmeyer and . her 10-year-old
daughter, Bobette, are in a hospital
here recovering from burns suffered
in a gasoline fire.
The two were burned late Tues
day w'hen gasoline which Mrs.
Grassmeyer was using for cleaning
purposes, ignited. Hospital attend
ants reported their condition as fa!
Wednesday.
PIONEER WOMAN DIES
IN ALTO ACCIDENT
O'Neill, Neb—(UP)—When the
car in which she was riding over
turned on a sharp turn near here
Wednesday night, Mrs. R. T. Mor
rison, of Hickman, 72 years old, a
Lancaster county pioneer, was
killed.
Porter Beck, of Panama, was
driving and was accompanied, be
sides Mrs. Morrison, by his wife and
Mr. Morrison.
Mr. Morison is in a hospital here,
having sustained injuries, the na
ture of which has not been deter
mined. While Mrs. Beck sustained
cuts and bruises.
FIREWORKS DISPLAY
DESPITE CITY ORDINANCE
Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Omaha is to
have a fireworks display on the
Fourth of July despite the ban
placed on explosives last year by city
council. But the display will be
held at Ak-Sar-Ben race track,
which is just outside the city lim
its. It will be staged by the Fon
tenelle Celebration association which
in former years shot off a bril
liant pyrotechnic display annually at
Fontcnelle park.
Police Commissioner Westergard,
who as head of the fire department
was father of the anti-fire crack
er ordinance, has given orders to
his men to squelch any attempt to
sell the forbidden goods inside the
city.
EDISON TESTS TAKEN
BY 3J NEBRASKA BOYS
Lincoln, Neb. — '(UP) — What
an Edison is supposed to know puz
zled 32 Nebraska high school boys
who took the Edison scholarship ex
amination, Tuesday.
LINCOLN MAN HEADS
MASONIC GRAND LODGE
Cmaha, Neb.—(UP)—Orville A
Andrews, of Lincoln, Thursday be
came grand master of Nebraska
Masonic grand lodge. He succeeds
Ira C. Freet of York, who held the
position last year. John R. Tapster
of North Band became deputy grand
master. J. Dean Ringer, postmas
ter cf Omaha, grand senior ward
en, Edwin B. Johnston of Grand
Is’and, grand junior warden and
Lewis E. Smith of Omaha, will con
[ tlnue as grand secretary.
ANOTHER COUNTY SEAT
EIGHT IN THE MAKING
Curtis, Neb. — (UP) — Pointing
outh that it would mean a saving in
costs to taxpayers, those campaign
ing for the removal of the Frontier
county seat from Stockville to Cur
tis have requested the county com
missioners to put the matter ‘to vote
at the August 12 primaries.
B.v holding the county seat elec
tion in connection with the regulai
primary balloting instead of stag
ing a special election, it is contend
ed, the same officers who count the
regular ballots can enumerate the
votes on the county seat proposal.
Citizens of both Curtis and Stock
ville are fighting for the possession
of the county seat and are seeking
to enlist the support of friend* in
their respective camps. It is ex
pected that the decision, when
reached will rest with a very nai
row margin of voters.
LENIENCY FOR
AGENT OPPOSED
Undercover Worker Not''
Faces 30 Days in the
County Jail
Nebraska City, Neb. — (UP) —
Opposition to the granting of a
commutation of sentence tc Frank
Biggs, state under-cover agent who
was sentenced to 30 days jail on
conviction of giving a drink to one
of his victims, is growing in Nebras
ka City.
Two county officials and one for
mer district judge have declared
their intention of appearing before
the pardon board June 10 when
Biggs presents his plea for commct
tation.
Biggs was arrestea nere alter Koy
Bryant convicted of selling liquor
on evidence supplied by the agent.
He entered a complaint, charging
that Biggs had given Bryant a drink
and had taken a drink himself from
the bottle used as evidence.
Governor Arthur Weaver granted
the agent a respite until he can ap
pear before the pardon board to pre
sent his case.
The county officers who are to
oppose the efforts of Biggs to se
cure commutation are County At
torney H. Heinke and County Judge
J. M. Dierks. The former district
judge is Paul Jessen, now a Nebras
ka City attorney, who insisted the
charge of giving away liquor be
filed against Biggs.
FAVOR BONDING
FOR ROAD WORK
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP>—Paver of tire
issuance of county bonds to raise
funds for future road construction
was voiced by members of the Ne
braska Good Roads association at
a meeting here Tuesday night.
It was proposed to submit the
plan to the convention of the as
sociation in Grand Island in Oc
tober. Direct levy, increased auto
registration fees, and state bond is
sues were other plans discussed but
not favored.
State Engineer Roy Cochran told
the association that the state is
blackward in road improvement
largely because the federal aid for
6.500 miles of graveling has besn
expended. Future federal aid ap
propriations, Federal Engineer Shoe
maker explained, must go for pav
ing.
GOOD GUESSER WINS
THRESHING MACHINE
Stuart, Neb.—(Specal)—A thresh
ing machine was won by Augupt
Kaiser of Stuart for making the
nearest guess as to the number of
grain of wheat in a stack. Kaiser
had subscribed early in the year to
a thresherman’s magazinfe which
conducted the contest.
MARRIED BEFORE HE
WENT TO REFORMATORY
Columbus, Neb.—(Special)— Just
before he left for the state reforma
tory for men at Lincoln to serve a
two-year term for hog stealing,
Everett Kretz of Genoa and Miss
Clara Smolinski of Genoa were mar
ried by County Judge Gibbon at the
courthouse.
DODGE COUNTY BOY TOPS
OMAHA CATTLE MARKET
Omaha, Neb. — (UP) — Will H.
Pfeiffer, youthful Dodge county
feeder, topped the fat cattle market
here Tuesday when he disposed of
19 head of finished Herefords aver
aging 1,392 pounds at $13.50 per cwt
It was the first time in more than
a month that cattle__have sold this
high on the Omaha market.
HESSIAN FLY DAMAGE
LESS THAN THOUGH!
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Damage
to southeastern Nebraska winter
wheat from the Hessian fly is not
as bad as at first described, ac
cording to a statement by A. E
Anderson, agricultural statistician
Conditions, he said, are much im
proved and although the crop may
not be so large as in former years
damage will not be caused entirely
by the fly.
The second brood of the insect
will be hatching in a short time.
Anderson says, and it is impossible
it this time to tell how far reaching
its effects will be.
PRISON TERMS FOR
ENTICING GIRLS AWAY
Friend, Neb.—(Special)— Charged
with child stealing and kidnaping.
Charles Cash, 24 years old, ano
John Fisher, 25. both of White
Cloud, Kan., were gven sentence::
of seven years of hard labor on
each count by Judge Proudfit in dis
trict court. The sentences will run
concurrently.
The men were arrested by Chief
of Police Reed of Denver, nine days
after they induced Cetia Honer, 14
ywaxa old. and Mae Shut la, 1«, to
nm *ff wit* them
