Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.