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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1930)
BELIEVE DIVER FATALLY HURT Schuyler, Neb., Young Man Thought to Have Brok en His Neck Columbus, Neb. — (UP) — C. Higgins, 27 years old. of Schuyler elate pure food inspector, is in a critical condition at St. Mary’s hos pital here, having suffered a broken neck, Sunday when he struck his head on a sandbar as he dived into the Platte river. Higgins and a companion, Fred Keeshan. of Seward, were swim ming in the Platte near here and Higgins attemped a dive. He appar ently misjudged h’s distance and plunged into shallow water striking the bottom. FEDERAL JUDGE HITS PRACTICE Double Prosecution of Of fenders Not to His Liking Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Practice c> at ate and federal officials in prose cuting twice for the same offense was scored by Federal Judge Wood rough, Monday, when Warden Wil liam Fenton brought three youths, doing time at Nebraska prison for automobile theft, before him. Harold Kirkpatrick and George Foster were sentenced to three years by state courts for taking a car. Be cause a federal Dyer act charge hov ered over them they could not se cure benefits for good behavior, Fen ton said. Judge Woodrough fined each $1, the minmum, disposing of the federal charge. James Darling, with a compan ion. Robert Ebert, who Is doing his itme in county Jail stole a car with a radio in It. State courts prose cuted them for stealing the radio and federal officers filed Dyer act charges for theft of the automobile. Darling was fined $1 and Ebert sen tenced to time already served In county Jail. Fenton, who is widely known as h humanitarian, brought the mat ter to Judge Woodrough’s attention and the latter secured a promise from Federal District Attorney San clall’s deputies that it would not happen again. YOUTHS RETURN FROM DOWN-RIVER FLOAT Nebraska City, Neb.—(UP)—Jack Cave and Merle Davis, who navi gated inflated lnnertubcs down the Missouri river to Kansas City, are back home, having traveled a total of 450 miles without expense. Davis made the return journey "hitch hiking” while Cave took to the old er mode of free transportation and "rode the rods ” The river trip was without mis hap, with the exception of the loss of the wash tub “cabin" of their craft, In which was carried food and clothing. The tub was beached on a sandbar while the two rested On awakening, they found part of the bar washed away and the tub gone. Cold was the cause of their great est discomfort, the youths said. While heat records were being brok en Saturday, the breeze on the riv er was chilly and the water cold, they said. MUNICIPAL UNIVERSITY PLANS ARE ATTACKED Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Validity of the law establishing a municipal university here is attacked in a pe tion filed in district court by John P. Breen, Omaha attorney. Breen argues that the measure is faulty because it gives the board of regents taxing power which under the state constitution is limited to the state, the county, city and school districts. Voters recently approved a 1-mill city tax levy for the school. Breen holds that the question was im properly submitted to the voters and holds that while it purports to be an amendment to the home rule charter and at the same time pur ports to be a state law, it is neith er. Opponents of the university say it will be attacked from two other angles if the present suit should fail. Identity of most of the persons behind the nullification movement has been kept secret. NORFOLK MEN ARE ASSESSED HEAVY FINES Fremont, Neb.—(Special)—Fines totaling $260. plus costs, were assessed against Preston Pitzer and Ira Libee. of Norfolk, after their automobile crashed into ccc dr by Joe Widhelm. The men admitted their guilt. Mrs. Mary Carey, aged 89, motherinlaw of Widhelm, suf fered a dislocated shoulder and was temporarily in a serious condition Charges of reckless driving, driving without a license and conveying in toxicating liquors in an automobile were placed against the Norfolk men. OIL DRILLERS PLEASED WITH SHOWING MADE Central City, Neb.—(UP)—Drilling in the Jayhawk oil test well near here was being pressed forward rap idly. Benton limestone formation was encountered Monday at a depth of 600 feet. The formation is con sidered a favorable sign and drill ers expect a showing of oil in the next sand encountered. Mississippi lime Is expected to be reached sooa with the possibility of pay sands being encountered within the need 200 feet, drillers state. LOSES FINGER IN A POWER GRINDER Verdigre, Neb. — (Special > — To have his right index linger severed whi.e using a power grinder while sharpening tools was the experience of Steve Brunner, a prominent farmer residing 10 miles west of Verdigre. The grinder was going at a high rate of speed and as it flew apart one piece Just missed striking him in the temple. PLAN MEETING OF CATHOLICS Dignataries of Church to Attend Eucharistic Con gress at Omaha Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— The per ionni representative ot Pope Pius in the United States, Most Rev. Pietro Fuinasoni-Bionri!, apostolic delegate to thLs country, will officially open the Sixth National Eucharistic con gress here September 23, it is an nounced by Bishop Joseph F. Rum mell. The opening ceremony of the three day congress which is ex pected to attract thousands of Catholics to Omaha, will be a sol emn pontifical votive mass of the Blessed Sacrament, which the apos tolic delegate will celebrate. The sermon at thLs mass will be preached by Archbishop Francis Beckman, or Dubuque, formerly bishop of the Lincoln diocese. The mass will be celebrated at St. Ce celia's rathedral, which also will be the scene of many other congress activities. Open air ceremonies will be at Creighton stadium. Four archbishops, 25 bishops and mere than 1.000 priests already have signified (heir intention ol coming here from all parts of the country for the congress. It Is be lieved more than 25,000 lay men and women will attend, this being the first congress to which the laity was invited. Bishop Rummel has extended a special invitation to delegates to the convention of National Council ol Catholic Women to attend the con gress. Their convention is to be held at Denver the week following the Omaha congress and many of them will stop here enroute to Den ver. SAND (’IIEKRY CROP IN NEBRASKA HEAVY ONE O’Neill, Neb.—The heaviest crop of sand cherries in n decade Is in prospect in pastures of southern Holt county. To many, the sand cherry is a curiosity and a revelation. The ber ries grow on a little bush about a foot high and are about the size of a marble. In color they are dark blue, almost black, and each berry contains a single seed or pit. Not even the famous paw-paw of the Ozarks nor the banana of the trop ics has a flavor more captivating than that of the sand cherry. Housewives have no trouble In getting all the members of the fam ily out for duty when sand cherries are ripe. When berries are plen tiful, thousands of gullons are canned. AWARD CONTRACTS FOR GRAVEL MAINTENANCE Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—Letting of contracts for maintenance gravel patrols has been completed by the state highway department. Some contracts rail for one-half inch of gravel and other calls for three fourths to two inches. Included in the list are: Fremont-Blair, Elk horn north anti south, 22.5 inile3, contract to F. L. Bushee for $9,688. 71; Osceola-Clarks, 11.5 miles, West ern Bridge company, $4,944.63; Co lumbus-Fullerton, 6 miles. Carsten sen Sand company, $2,148.96; Nor folk-Mcadow Grove. Norfolk-Pierce, 18.2 miles, Carstensen Sand com pany, $9,470.35; Albion-St. Edward, Albion-New man Grove, 11.9 miles, Norfolk Bridge company, $8,693.64; Albion-Neligh-C lcarwater, 15.5 miles, Carstensrn Sand company, $8 938.09; Norfoik-Madlson. Norfolk - Stanton, 15.8 miles. Norfolk Bridge company. $8,693.64; Fullerton-Oenoa. 11.4 miles, Carstensen Sar.d com pany, $3,307.88; Central City-Clay Center. Aurora-York, Harvard-Fair mont, 42 3 miles, Yank Construction company, $16,240.22. PARENTS AT DAUGHTER’S 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—The privi lege of attending their daughters 50th wedding anniversary was ac corded Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel King of Council Bluffs, here Monday. The daughter, Mrs. J. C. Rhoades, of Pa cific Junction, la., was married at Norton. Kan., in 1880. Rhoades is 73 and his wife 65. The King’s are 90 and 82 respectively and recently celebrated their 66th wedding an niversary. LINCOLN’S MUNICIPAL AIRPORT DEDICATED Lincoln. Neb.—(UP)—With 4,000 In attendance, the municipal air port was dedicated Sunday, after two days of aerial maneuvers and flying events. TRACE SCARLET FEVER EPIDEMIC TO DAIRY Grand Island, Neb.—tUPi—'The Harrie dairy, operating an exten sive milic route in the city, was named by City Physician J. G Woodin as the source of the scar let fever epidemic here and the dairy has been closed. There are new 18 homes under quarantine and a total of 22 cases. PONCA LIONS APPRECIATE IMPROVED RAIL SERVICE Lincoln, Neb. — (Special) — The Lions club of Ponca has sent a copy of a resolution of appreciation tt State Railway Commissioner Ran dall for a recent order of the com mission which improved the ser vice on the Wynct-Sicux Cit> branch of the Minncapolic and Omaha Railroad ccmpcn»\ The resolution expresses an intention tc patronize the company in apprecia tion of the benefits to be derived bj both the company and its patrons. TO OPPOSE SPARS FOR G. O. P. NOMINATION Lincoln, Neb.— (UP) —Malcolm Baldridge, of Omaha, has filed his papers with the secretary of state as a republican candidate for Con gress from the second district. The dHtrict now is represented in Con gress by Representative Willis G Sears, of Omaha. CANDIDATE IS UNDER ARREST Man Aspiring to Office of Sheriff Held on Charge of Assault Greenwood, Neb. — Arrest oi George Trunkenbolz, town mar shal of Greenvvod, on charges of assault and battery, promises to give color to the race for sheriff in Cass county. Trunkenbolz Is now the only democratic candidate. Trunkenbolz was arrested by Sher iff Bert Rceo, republican and can didate for re-election, on a charge of assaulting William Rouse, 65 years old, who lives near Green wood. Trunkenbolz said that he had gone to serve a warrant, charging disturbing the peace, on Rouse, and that Rouse resisted. Trunkenbolz asked a change of venue and is scheduled to be tried July 2 at Louisville or Murdock. In the meantime Trunkenbolz was placed under peace bond at Rouse’s request. Rouse said tfhat he feared further violence. The arrest followed a long series of community disputes, in which Trunkenbolz was the central fig ure. A month or so ago he arrested three youths charged with stealing ice cream from a church social. They fought the case and when it de veloped that Trunkenbolz was the only prosecution witness the boys were freed by jury in county court. Trunkenbolz says that his troubles are due to his attempts to enforce the prohibition laws. PLEASURE RESORT NEAR ROYAL, NEB., OPENED Royal, Neb.—(Special)—Diekman’s park, a pleasure resort north of Royal, was opened to the public last Sunday and there was a large at tendance, automobiles bringing per sons from all over this section of Nebraska. NEW BANK OPENS FOR BUSINESS AT BRUNSWICK Royal, Neb. — (Special) — At a meeting of the newly organized Brunswick State bank held this week, arrangements were completed for the opening which occurred Thursday under most flattering con ditions. n.\D ALL OF THE SNAKE EXPERIENCE IIE CARES FOR Schuyler, Neb.—(UP)—Saint Pat rick can have all the honors of be ing a snake killer as far as James O’Cailaghan, Schuyler motorist, is concerned. As he was driving along the pave ment near the Platte river, he saw a large snake crawling across the concrete. Thinking he could kill the snake without harm to himself, he guided the front wheals of the car across the squirming creature. Some minutes later, O’Callaghan glanced up from the steering w'heel to see a leering face dangling in front of his nose. The face was at tached to the wriggling body of the snake protruding through the open window' and the body hung from the roof of the automobile. O’Callaghan jammed on the emergency brake and gave Immediate possession of the automobile to the snake. The brake stopped the car and avoided a wreck. It is supposed the snake apught on the hub of the front wheel as the machine passed over It and was tossed to the roof of the car. FORMER CASHIER HELD FOR TRIAL IN OCTOBER Nelson, Neb.—(UP)—George S. Aldrich, former cashier of the State Bank of Superior, is under $5,000 bond pending his trail at the Oc tober term of district court cn charges of accepting deposits after the bank was insolvent; making false entries and reports to the state examiners. .MOTHERS TO MEET AT OMAHA IN 1931 North Platte. Neb.—(UP)—Mrs. James McCollou'gh of Brady be came the new president of the American War Mothers of Nebras ka at the elections which termin ated the organization’s two-day convention. Thursday. Omaha was selected for the 1931 convention. FUNERAL DIRECTORS OF OMAHA INCORPORATE Lincoln. Neb.—(UPi— To uphold the honor and dignity of the pro fession of funeral directors—form erly called undertakers—the Nebras ka Funeral Directors' association, of Omaha, has been organized and has filed its incorporation papers with the secretary of state. The object of the association, ac cording to the incorporation papers, is to promote the science of em balming and funeral direction, to uphold the honor and dignity of the profession and to encourage social intercourse among its members. The president is Charles H. Roper and the secretary is Walter Korisko. OMAHA LOOKING FORWARD TO RIVER WHARVES Omaha, Neb.— (UP)—The voters will be a ked to change the Omaha city charter so that bonds may be floated for construction of wharves and docks after the Missouri river is made navigable, it was decided at a meeting of the river commit tee of city council. The time is too short to submit the proposal at the August primary but it will be on the ballot i:. the November election. CONTRACT FOR CAPITOL WING Last Section of Nebraska State House to Cost To tal of $728,216 Lincoln. Neb.—(UP)~W. J. As senmacher. of Lincoln, was awarded by the capitol commission, the gen eral contract for the construction of the lourth and final section of the $10,000,000 Nebraska capitol. Because of lack of funds, con tracts for the grading, cleaning up and landscaping of the capitol grounds were not let but will be awarded next year, Roy Cochran secretary of the commission said. An appropriation of nearly $500,00J will be required to complete the building, including full landscaping of the grounds. Another levy will be made for that purpose. The Assenmacher company sub mitted a bid of $322,614 for con struction and ground improvement, with provision for deduction of $194,398 if the ground work items are omitted. This made the cost of constructing the fourth section $728,216. Newberg and Bookstrom, Lincoln gave a low bid of $49,500 on Plumb ing; the Schricker Electrical com pany, of Lincoln, won the electrical work contract with a bid of $47,150, and the Omaha Steel company, of Omaha, was awarded the contract to supplv the steel for $39,671. These items, together with the main con struction work, give a total cost of $864,537 for the section. OMAHA POSTMASTER S PAY BOOSTED TO 58,000 Omaha, Neb,—(UP)—Salary of J. Dean Ringer, postmaster of Omaha lias been boosted from $6,000 to $8, €00 per year. Ringer was notified. T*he raise came automatically after postal receipts here passed the $3 - 000,000 mark last year. The new sal ary goes into effect July 1. AWARD CONTRACTS FOR NEBRASKA ROAD WORK Lincoln, Neb,—(UP)—With con tract prices generally lower than »t the previous letting, about $1, •00,000 of highway work was con tracted lor Friday by the depart ment of public works. Paving of 4.6 miles between Flor ence and Blair was held up while tlie department secures more infor mation. Bushee and Gavenman en tered the low bid of $133,111.26 and will receive the contract as soon as the department is ready to act. Representatives of two compan ies tossed a coin to determine who would obtain the contract for cul verts near Holstein. The Capital Bridge company and the Midstate Construction company had sub mitted tie bids, $488, and on the toss, the Midstate won. Among the paving projects award ed were: Havelock-Ashland, 6.7 miles, Western Asphalt company, $145,755.34; St. Paul-Grand Island. 3.4 miles, Roberts Construction company $117,064.21; Kearney- Sim rnonds, 4 miles, Western Asphalt company, $103,878.96. The gravel surfacing contracts awarded included Laurel-Belden, 6.2 •niies, Einung Brothers, $14,890.12; Belden-Randolph, 83 miles, Einung Brothers, $19,945.87, guard rail, George Cronkite, $918.38; Water !cury-AUen, 6.9 miles, Koehler Con struction company, $18,030.64; Jackson-Waterbury, 10.4 miles Koehler Construction company, 634,732. FORMER NEBRASKA WOMAN SEES CHINESE FIGHTING West Point, Neb.—(Special)—Miss Marie Oelschlaeger, former Cum mins county girl, now a missionary nurse, writes from Shihnanfu, China, to relatives here that a bat tle w'as fought between Chinese bandits and the city garrison in her yard. Bullets flew thick and fast all around her but she was unin jured. Shihnanfu is a walled city of 50, 000 people. 1.200 miles up the Yang tze river and 125 miles south cf the river. Three other missionaries live in Yang Wan. a n*le or so up the hill from the city, with Miss Oel schlaeger. Spears, knives, guns, flags and soldiers were in the front yard oi the missionaries’ home. Heavy fight ing kept up for seven and one-half hours. INJURY TO HKR HAND CAUSES HOMAN’S DEATH Gordon, Neb. — (Special) — Mrs Carrie Johnson, 37 years eld, died Thursday as a result of injury to her hand received Decoration day, when in closing a car door her hand was badly bruised. Infection com bined with her advanced age re sulted In death. FORM LEAGUE TO DEMAND TAX CUTS Hartlngton, Neb — < Special (—Per manent organization of a Taxpay ers league to protest against high assessments was effected here and an organized effort started to de mand a lowering of the assessed valuations. The officers cf the or ganization are John Reimcrs. pres ident: August Erickson, vice presi d:nt, and Will Ferguson, secretary FILE PETITION FOR VOTE ON FREE BRIDGE BONDS Omaha,, Neb. — (UP)—Petitions signed by the legal number of free holders asking for submission of a '1.2J0.0C0 bond issue for building oi i free bridge at the foot of Farnum street to the voters in the Novein oer elections were filed here latr Friday A similar petition is to b filed in Council Bluffs. Omaha hare of the bridge would be £800 • 30. the remainder to be pa;d b -cuncfl Glut's PHEASANT HUNTERS AT MARLINSBUBG, NEB., FINED Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— Chief Game Warden O'Connell has re ported the arrest of Jim S.anley and Bernard Zlmm, Martinsburg, lor hunting pheasant out of sea son. Stanley was fined $25 for shooting at a pheasant, but $15 o! this was returned to him. Zimm was fined $25 and costs plus $1P damages for shooting a pheasant. Fail to Open Safe Con taining $10,000 After Knocking Off Dial Valley. Neb. — (UP)— Falling’'In their efforts to open the safe after knocking off the combination, robbers Thursday night missed $10,000 in loot and finally left the Valley State bank with only about $100 in dimes and some personal papers from safety deposit bones. HARVARD UNIVERSITY FOSSIL COLLECTORS BUSY Agate. Neb. —(Special)— The re search department of Harvard uni versity has sent a collecting ex pedition to Agate, where members of the party will sptnd the next few weeks collecting fossils and making a study of the various rock forma tions. This is the third Harvard expedi tion to make a trip to these fossil beds. Research has been carried on here lor the last 23 years, on the Cook ranch, owned by the father of Harold Cook, who has become fa mous in the fossil field. NEBRASKA FOURTH IN LOW INFANT MORTALITY RATE Washington —(UP)— Nebras ka ranked fourth among states of the union in low infant mortality in 1929, according to fir—es released Friday by the division of vital sta tistics, department of commerce, being nosed out of third place by Minnesota. Nebraska's rate was 51.5 deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1.000 births. Oregon again was low with 47.9, Washington heid second place with 49.5, and Minnesota went into third place with 51.2. Iowa was fifth with 52 5. New Mexico was hi»h with 145.5. followed by Arizona with 133.3 and Colorado with 91.4. COMMENCE WORK ON BRIDGE AT NIOBRARA Niobrara, Neb. —(Special)— The preliminary construction work on the Missouri river bridge between Niobrara, Nth, and Running Water, S. D„ has actually begun. An of fice and mess hall is being con structed at the bridge site beside other buildings which will be used as shops, etc. Five cars of 60 foot pling are on track awaiting the construction of a spur line of track which will be built to the bridge site as soon as possible. All material for the spur switch is on the ground and actual con struction is expected soon. The bridge is to be on the K. N. D. road which extends across Kansas, Nebraska and South Da kota and is practically ail graded and graveled. It will be an ail steel structure with a 20 foot roadway. It will comply with government reg ulations as to height and will have no draw span. The north end will rest on a chalk rock bluff and the south end upon a substantial heavy soil formation. The Jones Con struction company cf Omaha has the contract and expects to com plete the structure within a year. GYPSY SWINDLES OMAHA INVALID OUT OF CASH Omaha, Neb. -- A gypsy, posing as a healer end fortune teller, who in recent weeks has robbed or duped several Omaha women, Wednesday afternoon obtained S22 from Mrs. Mary Barker, 59 years old, an inva lid and widow. The woman appeared at the Bar ker home Wednesday afternoon, and following a short conversation con cerning Mrs. Earkcr's ailment, she promised to affect a miraculous cure. First, however, she demanded all the money that Mrs. Barker had in the house, which amounted to $22.30. Then she took a small copper kettle, saying she was going for j seme “magic water" which pos [ sessed wonderful curative qualities, and departed. When she failed to return by evening, Mrs. Barker no tified police. The gypsy did not reveal to Mrs. Barker the location of the “foun tain” at which she would get the health-giving water. The gypsy is believed by police to be the same who two weeks ago obtained a hundred dollars from Mrs. Sara Malgria, on promise that she would through in fluence of spirits obtain the release of Mrs. Malgria’s brother from pris on. The brother, Jim Corbino, is do ing a life term for murdering his Ewetheart. Mrs. Malgria collapsed when she discovcrd she had been hoaxed. TENANTS RAISE MOST C OTTON Mor.tgeir.ery, Ala. — —Sixty per cent of Alabama cotton is grown by tenant farmers. Seth P. Storrs, commissioner of agriculture, rays this may hinder reduction of cotton acreage. C. W. BRIAN SEEKS DEMO NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—Charles W. Bryan, former governor of Nebras ka. has formally entered the race as a democratic candidate for gov ernor, basing his campaign on a platform to reduce taxes and to pro tect the bank deposits of the peo ple. Bryan, who served as governor ct Nebraska from 1923 to 1925, end was the democratic vice pres.dentia) nominee in 1924, filed his papers with the secretary' of state Fr.day as a gubernatorial candidate. CIIL’RCII OF CHRIST HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—With nu~ nerous delegates registered all iiorning. the registration was ex acted to reach the 2,COO mark .hen the annual convention of the Nebraska Churches of Christ opened tere Tuesday afternoon. A preliminary meeting was held 1 Bethany park Monday nigh' then Rev. W. P. Hill of East Lir. ;ola Christian church, uresided. BADLY TANGLED Tnstranged Fair Fail to B Divorced Before Taking Other Mates Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—The tangle' matrimonial careers of Mary Lottu. and Dan Hitchen were exposed t-_ public gaze here Tuesday. In May, 192G, Mary and Dan were married here. Both were very popular among the younger set on the south side and the affair was well attended. After a short time they separated. Mary going to Chicago and Dan to Missouri and Kansas. In Chicago Mary met A1 J^ried berg, a cigar salesman, and lell fc: him hard, she said. She wrote Dan n Kansas and told him she was going to get a divorce. “You needn’t mind,” Dan wrote back, “I’ve already attended to that little matter.” Believing Dan had dene as he said he had, Mary married Fried - berg. Dan, thinking Mary had di vorced him, married Naomi Bowles, at Cabool, Mo. Dan and Naomi came here a few months ago and started living with his mother. Mary, coming home for i visit a week or so ago learned of the turn things had taken and she also went to Dan's mother's home and the two wives and Dan weie living together. Monday night there was difficulty and someone ordered Naomi from the house. She notified police and Dan and Many were thrown into jail where they will be held until County Attorney Henry Beal de cides what he wants to do about filing bigamy charges. Scenting that something was wrong Friedberg hurried here and was among those present at the jail scene of the drama. Friedberg protested his love for Mary and anrttunced he will stay here until he can secure her re lease and return her to Chicago with him. Hitchen, who married Naomi Bowles of Cabool at Houston, Mo., October 28, 1929, apparently will be the “fall guy” in the episode, al though Mary said she still loves him. Naomi, however, insisted that Hitchen be prosecuted. Mary and Hitchen sat holding hands Tuesday morning until Fried berg made his appearance. When the information was given Mary that Friedberg held her liberty in his hands, she went to husband No. 2, and posed for photographers with Friedberg’s arms around her shoul ders. LEGGERS MAY CONTINUE USING SEIZED CARS Omaha, Neb.— (UP)—Bootleggers whose automobiles are seized by federal raiders will be allowed tu us3 the cars until their cases are disposed of in court, Federal Judge J. W. Woodrough ruled here. The case is considered an impor tant one—for bootleggers—as the government is paying storage on more than a dozen machines here. Judge Woodrough said trials often are delayed two and three years be cause of the large number of liquor arrests made here. When the de fendant is finally acquitted he finds his automobile is out-of-date. In order to take advantage of the rul ing bootleggers must pest a bond similar to the price of the machine. LISTENS TO RADIO 84 HOURS. DECLARED CHAMP West Point, Neb. —(UP)— Miss Emma Lee, 18 years old, Tekamah girl, is believed to be Nebraska’s first radio listening marathon win ner. For 84 hours, Emma sat sleep lessly through the soft crooning of ballads, dissertations on brooder houses, hog wire fencing and home helps, to win the title. Eleven girls were entered in the contest, staged at the Frank Fiese hall here. Each girl was provided with a comfortable chair on the stage and other desired arrange ments were made for the conven ience of contestants. One by one, Emma watched the other contestants “nass out” until she and Esther Hein of West Point alone remained awake. After KH4 house. Miss Hein succumbed to the calls of Morpheus and half an hour later. Miss Lee was declared win ner. Miss Hein was awarded sec and nrize in the contest and Edith Marshall of Pender was awarded third place She sat through 75 hours and 45 minutes of radio en tertainment. CHILD DROWNS WHILE AT FAMILY PICNIC Fremont. Neb. — (UP) — Three hours cl effort to revive Harold Euekridge 6 years old. with a pul 111 otar after he had been pulled out of the rnion Pacific sandpit lake 2 miles west of Fremont. Tuesday were futile. The boy. his mother and a friend had gone cn a picnic and when time to eat lunch arrived, he could not be found. Later he was found in five feet of water. FRANCHISE ASSESSMENTS IN NEBRASKA HIGHER Lincoln. Neb.—(UP)— Franchises of telephone, power and similar companies in Nebraska were assessed Tuesday at a total valuation of $L 937,520 for taxation purposes by tire state board of equalization. This valuation is $63,000 mere than last year, when franchise as sessments were challenged by sev eral companies. The challenge of the Western Union Telegraph company concerning its franchise assessment still is pending in court, while the Northern Nebraska Power company paid its tax iavy under protest,