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RAILROAD HELD TO PAY DAMAGE Train Blocked Crossing So Fire Department Couldn’t Save Burning Building Lincoln. N°b — (Special)—'The su preme court has affirmed the deci sion of the Stanton county district court which awarded Charles Luclt ke a judgment for $1,500 against the Northwestern Railroad company on his claim that the railroad com pany was negligent and contributed to the loss by fire of his gasoline plant at Stanton when a freight train blocked the street crossing end delayed the arrival of the fire department. The court held that it is negli gence to leave cars on a highway crossing longer than is necessary for the reasonable conduct of busi ness and that the record shows a contemptuous disregard for the rights of the public to use the cross ing under most urgent circum itanccs. It finds that the train crew took an unreasonable length of time to pull a train away at a time when a hostile and uncon trolled fire was burning a building and was menacing other property. The company defended on the ground that when the aiarm sound ed the train was cut and after the chemical engine of the fire depart ment had passed over the crossing the train was rccoupicd because of the danger to the train, which tliey wanted to get out of danger. The defense is sound, the court say*, but do*”* not apply since evi dence sows that there was unrea sonable delay of from five to 17 minutes, and to relieve the com pany from damages It would be ncc ecsary to show that the train pulled away without delay. COURT REFUSES TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—The ac tion of the district court of Cedar county which dismissed a suit brought by Norma Matthews to foreclose an $18,250 mortgage upon land owned by Fred Gruenthcr was affirmed by the supreme court. The plaintiff claimed tlrat although the mortgage was not due at the time the action was started, the terms of the mortgage were such that it could be foreclosed when interest and taxes were not paid. Gruenther defended on the ground that the notes called for 10 per cent interest and payment of the tax on the mortgage by the owner of the land, which contracts have repeatedly teen held usurious. The defendant asked the court lor an opinion as to whether an amendment to the old law declaring such contracts not to be usurious was constitutional, he claiming It was Invalid, but the court did not enter an opinion on this mtter. declaring the act does not apply here because the mort gage was executed while the old law was in effect. NOW RELIEVED YOUTH WAS NOT KIDNAPED Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Harold Knudson, 13 years old, of Pattons burg, Mo., knew more about driving n car than his parents suspected, police believe, and the theory that he had been kidnaped by thieves who stole his father’s car has been abandoned. Harold, whose father, Fred Knud son, said he was unable to operate i an automobile, disappeared from near Lincoln baseball park togeth er with the Knudson machine, Sun day afternoon. The boy was asleep In the car when his parents went to the ball game, officers were told, and the parents expressed belief their son and the car had been stolen by two “bums” Knudson had seen near the ball field. Tuesday, however, word was re ceived from Mound City, Mo., that a small boy had been seen driving a car answering the description of the Knudson automobile had been seen there Monday. Parents of the boy have turned their attention to trying to locate their son in Missouri. They ex pressed belief he would not go far before exhaustion cf gasoline and what money he had would necessi tate him stopping. CAR TOOK DIVE INTO OLD SWIMMING HOLE Niobrara, Neb. — (Special) — Kenneth Hunt had a novel experi ence Sunday when he and a num ber of young men drove to the Nio brara river to take a swim. On the way a contention arose as to who could get into the water first. Young Hunt drove his car straight for the "old swimming hole” and turning off the switch leaped out. In some way the switch did not turn off and the car beat them all into the river. It lay there taking a magnl iicant bath and refused to come out in spite of the coaxing and threats of its cwner The swift cur rent washed the sand from under the upper side and the car gradual ly sank until just the top was vis ible by the time a truck and a couple of plank were secured. Niobrara, Neb. —(Special—Actual construction of the grade for the spur line cf rail road to the Mis souri river bridge site was begun Monday morning. Work will be rushed and actual bridge material delivered at the earliest possible date. Mr. Cox. subcontractor and Theisen Brothers Is doing the work FEWER PASSENGERS BUT REVENUES INCREASED Lincoln, Neb. — <UP) — Revenues of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company continue to increase at the rats of $500 a day. according to the report cn opera tions under the new rate schedule, filed Thursday and coveting a nine day period. The increase represents a 7.27 poi cent improvement over the same period a year ago, the report states. The number of passengers carried meantime, is declining, the report states, the decrease for the n»r.£ day period being 12 17 per cent. THIRD YOUTH CONVICTED CRIMINAL ASSAULT CHARGES Tecumseh, Neb.—(UP)—Ross Jen nings, Auburn high school youth was iound guilty by a jury in dis trict court here Tuesday night on charges of criminal assault on an Auburn high school girl. Two other Auburn youth.', companions of Jen nings. recently were tried and found guilty on similar charges. Their sentences ol seven and five years in the state reformatory have be<n ap j pealed to the supreme court. WOMEN BLAMED FOR ROBBERIES Said to Have Induced Army Man to Aid Them in the Work Valentine. Neb.—(Special)—Two women giving the names of Helen and Mrytlc Doc End a corporal from Fort Robinson were arrested near Cody and brought here following an orgy of burglaries begun with the robbery of a farm house near Chad rcn. The women are said to have driv en a big coach to Fort Robinson, persuading Corporal Des Jardin to accompany them. At the Tom Schumacher heme, where no one was present, they stole dresses, oth er wearing apparel, toilet articles and a new electric iron. Later they sold Fred Zanger’s new car. At Mrrriman they broke into a filling station, taking a can and 10 gallons or gas. At Cody they robbed a store of groceries and cigarets. A posse was formed at Cody and the three arrested. The women re fuse to give their real names. LARGE MUSEUM GIVEN LIBRARY Collection Started Nearly 100 Years Ago on Exhibi tion at Orleans, Neb. Oilcans, Neb—(UP)—One of the most complete private museum col lections m the state is now on dis play in the Cordelia B. Preston li brary here, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wickens, of Orleans, as a memorial to their son, Ivan. The greater part of the collection was assembled by Ivan Wickens, but it was started by Ivan's grand father, nearly 100 years ago. and additions were made also by Albert Wickens, father of Ivan. Ivan became interested in taxi dermy and spent much of his time searching along the Republican river and the "bluffs" near Orleans, for interesting additions to the then large collection. He died at the age of 19 of arsenic poisoning, con tracted while working with the poi son which he used in mounting specimens. One wing of the library is used to display the thousands of pieces of which the collection consists. Indian relics, a collection of skele tons of rare and extinct animals, native Nebraska birds, canes, old firearms, und old books are in cluded. Several offers to sell the entire collection and individual pieces have been refused, Wickens said. The moving of the museum to the library was personally supervised by the octogenarian donor. The library, which houses the col lection is itself a memorial, given to Orleans by James McPreston, pioneer lumber and hardware dealer at Orleans. It was constructed in 1917 at a cost of $30,000 and is en dowed for $20,000. It now includes 5,500 volumes. DAKOTA COUNTY HAS NO JUSTICES OF TFAC F Homer, Neb.—(Special)— Dakota coumy lias the unique distinction of having no justices of the peace in any of its precincts, according to county authorities. Although the law provides that such officials may be elected and several have been elected they have failed to qualify. G. C. Davis was elected justice of the peace lor Homer but refused to qualify. Minor cases hithertofore taken up by the court of the justice of the peace arc now under the Jurisdiction of the county court except as in the case of South Sioux City where a regular police department is main tained. ‘KIDNAPED" BOY JUST WENT OF OWN ACCORD Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Harold Knudson, 13 years old. who under went voluntary separation Irom his parents here, Sunday afternoon when he disappeared with the iam ily car, is safe at his heme in Pat tonsburg, Mo., officers here have learned. The boy was at first believed to have been kidnaped, as his parents stated he had been left adeep in t’us car near a local baseball park and was unable to operate the ma chine. He dt.ve the car until the bear ings were turned out. police learned, und then was taken to Mound City, Mo., by a traveling man. From that point lie star ed walking in the direction of St. Joseph, but was detained by offi cers at Savannah until his mother arrived. SIX AIR LINES ARE MERGED INTO ONE Omaha, Neb.- - The Rapid Air lints corporation, formed by a merger of seven aviation companies, will nave its headquarters iu Omaha, it is announced by Walter F Halley, president. The merging companies are: Holley Aviation Management. Inc., cl Omaha; Rapid Aviation lac., of Otnuna and Council Bluffs; Kap id Airlines, Inc., of Rapid City-, S D.; Rapid Airlines, Ir.c., of Huron, S. D.; Pioneer Airlines, la:., oi Water form, S. D.. anti Dakota Air line :, Ir.c.. cf Sioux l ulls, S. D. cfederal FARM FACTS Farm wages on April 1 were the lowest for that date ever recorded by the United States bureau of agricultural economics. The bu reau's index of farm wages stood at 1C2 per cent of the 1910-14 pe riod, which is three points above the January index of 1930 and five below that of April. 1929. The rea son given is the large supply of farm labor caused by the smail volume of industrial employment at present. The livestock Industry must modernize and junk its obsolete methods, is the advice g.vcn by Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry. He urges livestock men to rid their herds of low production cattle, scrub and grade sires, and animals affected with communicable dis ease-.. The new 1930 department of agriculture’s yearbook of agriculture Is off the press. It, contains a wealth of material and instructions on scientific framing. United States citizens consumed less meat in 1929 than in 1920, ac cording to a recent survey taken by the department of agriculture. Con sumption for 1929 totaled 16,303. 009,000 pounds, while that of 1920 was 16,935.000,000 pounds. Furthering its research work in foreign fields, the department of agriculture has H. L. Westover and W. E. Whitehouse, of the bureau of plant industry, surveying the plainf of central Asia for new va rieties of alfalfa, melons, apples, apricots and almonds. A cotton fiber sorting machine developed bv Dr. FI. W. Webb of the bureau of agriculture economics, is said to be very accurate in separ ating cotton fibers according to length. It Is a great improvement over other machines and over hand separation. The shifting of the farm popula tion to cities was less rapid in IMS than it was in former years. Ac cording the the department of agri culture. 1,876,000 persons movpd from farms to cities last year, as compared with 1 923.000 in 1928: 1, 978.000 in 1927, and a peak of 2, 155.000 in 1926. Feed your dairy animals more protein in the form of legume havs; is the advice of the bureau of dairy industry. An acre of clover hay will furnish about three times as much digestible protein as one of tim othy hay, and an acre of alfalfa hay nearly seven times r.s much. - ♦ ♦ The High Cost of War. From Louisville Courier-Journal. In an audress on Armistice day, 1927 in which he defended his pol icy of isolation and lectured Eu rope for its failure to understand the United States, President Cool idge vigorously disclaimed the charge that America had made a protit out of the World War. and declared that “up to the present time our own war costs, after al lowing for our foreign debt expecta tions. are about *36.500.000.000. Tho repercussions of that speech are fortunately now in the past. Its sharp language is forgotten. Its im plication that, Europe might stew in its own iuiee have left no lasting impressions. The figures emphasiz ing the high cost of wafare alono remain. In a statement just issued by tho treasury department they are re emphasized. There is a slight dif ference due to the passage of time and tho fact that Mr. Coolidge was dealing with approximate figures. The 36.500,000,000 has become $37, 573,980,000, or rather th's was the net cost of the war on June 30. 1929. The grows cost is the appalling sum of $51,400,000,000, which includes not only the outlay for carrying on the struggle and loans to the Alies, but adjusted compensation, insur ance, vocational rehabilitation and hospitalization. As the treasury points out, the American people are paying more than $1,000,000,000 this year as a result of the war. It also indicates that war costs and the an nual bill ior national defense make up about 66 ner cent of all govern ment expenditures. Facts such as these must be tak en into account in tho recurring arguments in favor of war debt can cellation. In spite of its material prosperity the United States is shouldering a burden four times as great as that imposed on Germany bv the Young plan. These facts also should be a forceful deterrent to war and an argument in favor or disarmament, but seemingly they arc not. »-4-4 Q. What Is known as colonial ar chitecture? B. W. A. When speaking of colonial buildings, none should be included of n date later than 1773. In New England most of ths building of co lonial times were of wood and were built bv carpenters who also were shipbuilders. These artisans de veloped a style that had a flavor o: its own and differed in many re spects as to detcil from that done in New York, where the settlors had i Dutch background, whi-h was again differsrt fray the English background of New E-ig'and. The colonial style of Pennsylvania la rharnctcrlr’''d by sturdiness and olidify. Most cf the b ulc*ing: were '■"f brick c- stone and the detail was not so delicate as that of New Eng land. —-♦♦ Slippery. From Tit-Bits. Mr. Jones was going to town, so his wife asked him to call at tho grocer’s and order a pound of but ter two pounds of lard, unJ three ga'lons or oil. "All right.” said Jones, “but I’m sure all tho^e greasy things will slip my mind.” O What is vodka mads of? E O. W. a. Vodka is a Russian distilled alcoholic liquor, commonly made from rye, sometimes from potatoes, and rarely from barley. Somethnos ir Russia, the term Is sop’icd to any lucid of whisky or brandy. i FRENCH MART 2i YEARS OLD Historical Society Plans Celebration at New Orleans Site BY IIODDING CARTER. United Press Correspondent. New Orleans — (UP) —The ok Prench market will celebrate its 200!h anniversary of supplying foM and color to New Orleans and its vi sitors this spring. Historians say this haunt of gour mets has the oldest continuous his tory of any spot in North America dovoted to the sale of food. And with its age is an unequalled gla mour. In a city which takes its feed arid traditions alike—seriously—the com bination is important and fitting eeremonies will be held. Two hundred years ago the French market dispensed the sanr e delicacies that make it famous now —red snapper for court-bouillon pompano, crayfish and the tiny river shrimp, moss stuffed baskets of crabs dedicated to fragrant gumbo, fruits of the near-tropics, rice, salad-fixin's, vegetables. Gen erations of housewives, and chefs' assistants have hovered there, searching for bargains and new delicacies. A century ago the whole of New Orleans centered about the market. Nearby was the Place D’Armes and the Cathedral. Over he levee be low poised the masts of ships from the old country. Through the high and troubled times of history the old market passed With few changes. Andrew Jackson paused there. Lafayette drank there the black French-drip coffee that finds partisans through out the world. There Thackeray took notes, and Jenny Lind wender ingly sniffed the mingled odors. Under four flags it dispensed ,’ccd. French soldiers, O'Reilly's Spaniards, the patriots whom they shot, bluff Tennessee riflemen came with each turned page of history. Ragged Confederates re luctantly left the stalls, and tri umphant bUe-clad invaders experi mented with the food that sup planted the army rations they had known. Presidents of* a later day fre quented it. Roosevelt loved it, and Taft paid tribute by eating a giant tureen of river shrimp bought, there. Harding, old residents say, enjoyed its delicacies when a sena tor. Through it all, the old market went serenely about the business of feeding its people. When the French quarter became the resi dence of the immigrant late in the last century, it fed the immi grant along with the visiting grandee. When living in the quar ter became the fad of the artist, and society came ta drink midnight coffee there, the market served all Impartially. The Louisiana Historical society plans to commemorate fittingly these 209 years of service and his tory. The anniversary celebration will come just in time. For the old market is to be de stroyed. Where the old ; tails stand a sanitary modern market will be erected as socn as the necessary financing and legislation is accom plished. But. say its devotees, it will still be the old French market. Even Indians Wore Restless An Associated Press writer at Pierre notes an “undercurrent of unrest" politically in South Dakota. There may have been a time when there was no undercurrent of poli tical unrest here but that was be fore the politicians took the state awav from the Indians.—S oux Fails (S. D.) Argus-Leader. First Apple Orchard In delvinr into early history it has been discovered that the first apple orchard set out in Iowa was by a halfbreed Indian on a tract of ground that is now within the I coniines of the corporate limits of Montrose, Le: county. This orchard was set eat between 1795 and 1793. , it was found growing when the first white settlers made their appear ance in tha-t section of the terri tory of Wisconsin as it was then caned. The state horticultural so ciety is planning on placing a mark er on the spot with proper cere monies on August fcth.—LeMars da.) sentinel._ Wear No Man's Label , Mi's Pvle has announced that she | will remain “regular." She will sup port the republican ticket from top j to bottom. Regularity in South D:v 1 kot?. is the general policy of the j politicians but. it is less so with the I voters who do not appear to feel • that thev or? under any obligation t to the custodians of the party label, i —Wagner (S. D.) Press. Wr Suspect Some of ’Em Men may patronize beauty par lors. as alleged, but it will b? many a dav before they will dig out vanity boxes, po vder the face and train' the • tips in public.—Waterloo (la.) Trib ! une. _ ... -- Q. With the difference in height i above rea level of the various Great Lakes, what retains the water in their various basins? F M. P. A. These differences result from the restricted passageways between the lakes. The outlets of the higher lakes arc not of sufficient denth to permit their surfaces to reach the levels of the lower lakes into which they drain. ■ —- ■ Ju«t Indignation. From Kasper. Stockholm. I Lilv: Mv fiance wrote to say he j r anted to be married very soon to ! the most charming girl in the world. I Violet. The wretch! After proin 1 ising to marry you? Q. How many patients are there In five leprosarium at Carviiie, La.? 3. G. A. A. The average during the last fiscal war was about 300. There were <9 new patients admitted dur I lng this period. Nineteen patients 1 were rv leased a.> no longer a men ace to society, end six more who could Lave gor* forth elected ta 1 stay. BELIEVE MISSING OMAHA BANKER NOW IN CANADA Omaha, Neb. — (UP) — Unless charges are filed against him, Om aha police will not participate full hcartedly in the hunt ror is. L. Drosie, vice-president of First Na tional bank, who disappeared here Wednesday, Chief of Detectives Paul Haze has notified bank officials. Following Droste’s disappearance bank officers said he was short about $25,000 in his account. No criminal charges were filed against him, how ever. Drcste Is believed to have entered Canada, Friday. He was seen and recognized by an Omaha friend at Sioux City Wednesday. A car be lieved to be the one he rented from a driveurself company here was :e ported to have passed a Canadian customs office in Manitoba, Friday BOYCOTT TALK ONLY A BLUFF Omaha Publisher Says Europe to Soon Forget Tariff Measure Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Threatened boycott of American products by European nations was characterized as a ‘bluff” by Val J. Peter, pub lisher of the Omaha Daily Tribune, German language newspaper, who returned from an extended Euro pean tour Saturday. "Germany is the only nation which has not threatened to boy cott our goods because of the new tariff bill.” Peter said. "I was thor oughly disgusted by the attitude of American newspapers printed in Paris in deriding the new tariff and by speeches delivered by visiting Americans in the same vein.” He predicted the boycott will soon be forgotten. Europe will offer a poor market for American wheat this year, meter said. He reported prospects for wheat crops in all countries the best in years. The situation nas been saved for the rye farmers of Ger many bv passage of a law forcing millers to rnix at least 40 per cent rye with wheat. Henry Wood, formerly of Omaha, who is the United Press correspond ent attached to the league of na tions at Geneva, is regarded as best informed correspondent In Europe. Peter reported. Wood, he said, was recuperating from a severe illness while he was in Switzerland but ex pected to return to his desk shortly. YOUNG WOMAN PASSES WORTHLESS CHECKS Neligh, Neb.—«UP>—©fficers are searching for an attractive young woman who called on several stores, made small purchases, and gave checks in payment. The checks, which bore the name of Ralph Lewis, were found to be forgeries. The young woman, officers said, netted about $50 on the transactions. MEDALS FOR BOY SCOUTS WHO SAVED WOMAN’S LIFE Alliance, Neb.—(UP)—Two »ov scouts, Marvin Totten, 13 years old, and George Woodard. 12, who saved Mrs. John Bowker from drowning June 23, will received gold medal awards from F. G. Bonfils, publish er of the Denver Post, it is learned. BELIEVE AMNESIA VICTIM 13 KANSAS CITY MAN Omaha. Neb.—(UP) —Relatives of George Fricke, of Kansas City, Mo., were expected here Monday to at tempt to identify an amnesia vic tim, who appeared at police station here and asked help in locating himself. ASKING DIVORCE AFTER BEING MARRIED 37 YEARS Madison. Neb.—Mrs. John Reik ofski of Ttfden. married 37 years and the mother of 12 children has filed suit for divorce here from her husband. John Reikofski. alleging extreme cruelty ever a period of years. She asks division of the property which she srys was accumulated partly through her efiorts. She al leges that as a dowry she brought him $1,G00 which was used to build up their farm which he had paid $800 for and still owed at the time of their marriage. Reikofski is now said to be worth $70,000 but never to have provided properly for her. EDITOR’S DAUGHTER WAS SECRETLY MARRIED Hartington. Neb.—A surprise mar riage was rever led by the announce ment of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. O’Furey. of Hartington, that their only daughter, Geraldine Elsa, had be come the bride of James Paul Cody, of Lincoln, at Wahoo, Neb.. March 1. Miss O’Flurev's lather is editor and publisher of the Cedcr County News. The bride was graduated from Hartington high rchcol, later attend ing Duchesne college, oi Omaha, be fore entering the University ot Ne braska. It was cn the university campus that the romoncc began Mr. Cady completed his course in the collet " o! l:\v at the university of 1923 end now is associated with the Lincoln branch of the J. I. Case company TRUCK BURNS ON RETURN TRIP FROM SUM X CITY Royal. Nrb — (Special) — A large truck belonging to Ira Hamil ton vts turned Tuesday mirnir.; as it was being driven back from Sioux City. The S2.000 loss is cov ered by insurance. SPRING MEAT HURT BY LONG nitOUGHl Gordon. Neb. — (Special) — The yield of spring wheat has been re duced by the lack of rainfall in tin section. No moisture h?s fallen since June 10 and many of the fields art pas thelp even if they received r. in in the next few days. Winter wheat is still in fair condit.cn though the yield has been shortened, and fate planted llax is practically hopeless as much of it has r.ct yet sprouted The corn, most ct which was lic'.ec in Is standing the drought in goo shape. BANKER’S TRIAL PUT OFF WEEK Crash of Touhy Institution to Ee Aired in Court at David City ' David City, Neb.—(UP)—Continu ance of one week was granted by District Judge Hastings Monday in the trial of Charles C. Carek, former cashier of the State bank of Touhy. who is charged in five counts with violations of state banking laws. At the opening of the hearing, attorneys for Carek asked that ail five counts be consolidated in one charge. The consolidation wa3 granted in four instances but over ruled in the fifth. Motion was then made by Assist ant Attorney General Inin Stall master, state prosecutor, for a week’s continuance. The motion was granted. Charges were placed against Car ek following the failure of the Kirchman chain of banks, of which the Touhy bank was a member. WATER RATES AT LYONS GIVEN BIG SLASH Lyons, Neb. — (Special) — Water rates in Lyons, have recently been cut in half. The price heretofore was 50 cents per 1,000 gallons for the first 20,000 gallon, each quarter. The new rates apply to meters only, the flat rate being $2.25 for the quarter in modern home. LYONS TO VOTE ON PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL Lyons, Neb.—(Special)—A special .•chool election will be held July 25 for the purpose of voting in the proposition of erecting an addition to the public school building, the cost not to exceed $55,000. HUGE DERRICK FALLS, NO ONE SERIOUSLY HURT Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—An 80-foot derrick, weighing between 12 and 14 tons, in use at the new Iowa Nebraska Light and Power company building, crashed to the street short ly before noon Monday, bringing with it many high voltage light and power wires and grazing the leg of Claire McAtce, a workman, as he leaped to safety. McAtse had been he’ping unload a car of sand, and was “spotting" the big bucket in the car almost beneath the derick when it fell. A cable tangled in the crane whipped across his leg, lacerating it deeply. All others escaped injury. BOULDER DEDICATED TO OREGON TRAIL PIONEERS Scottsbluff. Neb.—(UP)—A great granite boulder and two bronze plaques, commemorating the pion eers who traveled over the old Ore gon train, were dedicated here Tuesday afternoon before officials of the Oregon Trail Memorial asso ciation, and several hundred west ern Nebraskans. Tuesday night a dinner, in honor of the guests of the city, was to be held at the Lincoln hotel here, bringing the program to a close. The huge granite boulder, brought to the foot of Scottsbluff by the Union Pacific railway from the Sherman Hill, Wyo., quarries, was a gift of the railroad to the Daugh ters of the American Revolution. The bronze plaques will be attached to the boulder, ar soon as its faces can be cut. SERVICE COMPANY SAYS FRANCHISE TAX ALT, WRONG Lincoln, Neb.—(Special) — Com plaint of the Central West Service company against its franchise assessment was heard at the meet ing of the state board of assessment and equalization. The company op erates in Boone. Dakota, Madison and Platte counties. NEBRASKA FARMER ENDS OWN LIFE WITH GUN North Platte, Neb.—(UP)—John Burked, farmer at Bignell, died late Monday from effects of a self-in flicted gunshot wound. He had driv en his car to the roadside near the Fred Payne farm here, and shot himself in the temple. Payne, notic ing the car. discovered Burke while he was still alive. He died shortly afterward. OMAHA POLICE JUDGE SAYS “GET THE BIG FELLOWS’* Omaha, Neb.—(UP)— Police Ccm misicncr Westergard’s triple mor als squad v/as berated by Police Judge Sophus Neble in police court Monday for ‘picking on the small feller/." Neble dismissed charges against 20 negroes who were arrested in a raid on the Apex pool hall after of ficers testified that the “kitty” to taled only $25. Raiding “lO-cent ante” games is pretty small stuff, his honor said. “Go cut and get the big fellows,” the judge ordered Detective Ser geant Bob Donahue who has charge of the gambling wing of the mor als squad. "If you don’t knew where they ore you must be blind. ‘The same thing applies to th“ liquor and vice squad. Don’t b.* bringing men possessing a few marts of brer down here. Get the o g bootleggers and get the men who are responsible for the women of the street." BEING IMPROVED Norfolk. Neb. - < UP > — Imprcve rents are being made to the Madi son county fair grounds here in preparation for the annual count? fair which will be held the second week in September. O. A. Sunder rnan, president of the fair board an nounced. One r.ew exhibition tuilding is being erected and the Fine Ar'.s bnild’ng is to be reroofed before op ening day. Poultry buildings also imp being remodeled and improved. Sunderman said. New water mams already have been installed.