WINTER WHEAT
LOOKING GOOD
Report for Nebraska Show?
Ample Moisture for
Most of State
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—Nebraska’;
Winter wheat crop reacned mid
February with a condition estimated
by the state and federal depart
ments of agricultural statistics at
01 per cent.
Eastern sections of the state would
be benefited, the mid-month crop
report states, by additional pre
cipitation. Western and southwest
ern sections of the state reported
moisture conditions favorable to the
crop.
Southwestern and southern coun
ties of the state reported the high
est condition as of February 15, the
report shows. In southern Nebraska
condition was estimated at 100 per
cent while the southwestern sections
reported 98 per cent condition.
Lowest condition was reported
from northeastern counties where
the crop was estimated to be in 83
per cent condition.
Indications, to date, the report
elates, show no indications of vari
ation from the usual abandonments.
Expected abandonments, as reported
by bankers to the department of ag
ricultural statistics, vary from none
to 2 per cent. It is pointed out, how
ever, that the season is not far
enough advanced to secure depend
able estimates.
Eastern counties are showing sur
face dryness and the reserve sup
ply cf subsoil moisture is estimated
at 15 pet cent below normal for this
season. No damage to wheat has re
sulted from this condition as yet,
the report states, and with normal
spring rainfall, the wheat in east
ern Nebraska should start the grow
ing season in good condition.
DOCTORS TAKE
UP T. B. FIGHT
Assert Eradication of Dis
ease in Cattle Protec
tion to Humans
Lincoln. Neb.—(UP)— Continua
tion of the campaign to eradicate
bovine tuberculosis In Nebraska U
being advocated by a number of
prominent Lincoln physicians, In
Tellers to Dr. W. T. Spencer, com
missioner of the Omaha livestock
exchange.
i The letters were written In pro
test to the statement of Qov.
Charles W. Bryan, In his budget
message, that there ls no danger
of human infection resulting from
meat or milk of infected a. imals
and recommended cessation of the
present program of eradicatlor.
Dr. H. Winnett Orr, orthopedic
eurgeon, said. "There has not been
a single month in the last 25 years
that we have not had patients at
the Nebraska Orthopedic hospital
suifering from bone and Joint
tuberculosis of the type fully dem
onstrated to be due to infection
with the bovine tuberole bacilli.
During recent years the number of
these patients has not been as large
as it was formerly; we think the re
duction in number of patients Ls
due to the fact that the inspection
of cattle has greatly reduced the
amount of tuberculosis milk given
to children as food.
i .# "I noted with a great deal of
concern Governor Bryan’s state
ment in his budget message mak
ing no provision to continue bovine
tuberculosis inspection. I feel that
It would be a very great mistake
ehould our legislature fall to pro
, vide for the continuation of the
werk ... It has been demonstrat
ed beyond doubt, in this country
and abroad that bovine tubercle
bacillus, whether In milk or meat,
does develop the disease in the hu
man body. To discontinue the work
of eradication among livestock in
our state at this time would be a
decided itep backward."
it. Dr. Benjamin F. Bailey added his
voice to the protest, stating. "To
permit the fight to be stopped in
this state, Ls, to my mind, a crim
inal carelessness.”
HAVE NEW IDEA I OK
BROADCASTING FROM SKY
Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— If you
thould hear a stentorian voice
from the heavens telling you to
wear so-and-so's hose supporters,
or eat such-and-such a brand of
breakfast food, don't get the idea
' that you are listening to a broad
casting station located In Mars.
The voice probably will be that
of Andy Nielsen, veteran Omaha
sky pilot, recently electeu president
of “Skyline, Inc.”
The company was formed to make
use of a loud speaking transmitter
invented by Arthur Smith of Omaha
which, it is claimed, will magnify
the human voice to 503 times its
ordinary strength and volume.
Smith is vice president and Ivan
Gaddis secretary-treasurer of Sky
line, Inc. The broadcasting will be
from a plane piloted by Nielsen.
Incorporators believe the idea will
prove more popular than "sky
writing" or other aviation advertis
ing stunts. The idea is to be given
a tryout within a month.
GOOD FINANCIAL CONDITION
Coleridge, Neb.—(UP)—Coleridg*
now boasts not only entire freedom
from debt but an investment of
$33,030 in federal land bank bonds,
which will give the village an an
nual income of $1,487.
The $39,000, invested by the
Coleridge village board, represents
the major portion of receipts from
the recent sale of the municipal
light and power plant to the Inter
state Power company.
In addition to the sum Invested,
the village received $5,000 in cash
•nd has a sum of $10,000 cash on
1 hr ad.
SURVIVOR FAMOUS NAVAL
BATTLE COUNTY CHARGE
Ponca, Neb. - — James H.
McKenzie, believed to be the last
survivor of the famous Civil war
battle betwen the Union gunboat
Monitor and the Confederate Iron
clad Marrimac, celebrated his 9Cth
birthday Sunday at the county
home here.
McKenzie is a ward of the coun
ty and does not receive a govern
ment pension. He served in the
Civil war for another man.
Born in Scotland in 1841, he set
forth on a nautical career at the
age of 19. In 1861 he reached
Brooklyn, On request of a mar
chant there, he consented to serve
in the Union navy in place of the
merchant's son, whose name had
been drawn in the draft. He re
ceived $350 from the merchant in
payment for replacing the son Jr
the navy, he says.
COUNTIES GET
GASOLINE TAX
Nebraska State Treasurer
Reports on Remittance*
for Last Year
Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— Stats
Treasurer Bass reports that in the
year 1930 his office remitted a total
of $2,258,897 to the various counties
of the state as their proportion of
the gasoline tax of more than $10,
000,000 collected. Under the law
1 cent of the 4 collected per gallon
goes back to the counties from
which it is collected on the basis
of the number of motor vehicles
registered. The county uses the
money on the county road system
ana the state spends the other 3
cents on state highway construction
and maintenance.
Among the countries sharing In
tile distribution are these, with the
amounts paid each during the year
by monthly remittances: Antelope,
$25,714; Boone, $24,774; Boyd. $29.
420; Brown, $7,218; Burt, $24,262;
Cedar, $27,048; Colfax, $21,938;
Cuming, $26,269; Dakota, $14,222;
Dixon. $17,857; Dodge, $47,839;
Greeley, $11,833; Holt, $22,427; Knox,
$29,802; KepaPaha, $4,981; Madison,
$43,412; Merrick, *19,829; Nance,
$15,302; Pierce, *19,471; Platte, $36,
476; Rock, $5,209; Stanton. $14,500;
Thurston, $13,147; Wayne, $21,457.
Governor Bryan announces that
the road program for the year calls
for the expenditurde of over $14,
000,000. This includes federal aid
moneys. The first letting on Feb
ruary 27 will cover $2,000,000 worth
of contracts, that on March 20 of a
total of $3,173,000 and other con
tracts later that will bring the total
to more than $9,000,000, the remain
ing five being for road mainte
nance.
LOST TOT FOUND
PEACEFULLY SLEEPING
Allen, Neb—After nearly 100 per
sons had Joined in a search Sunday
for Albert LeRoy Wilson, 3-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Wilson, the boy was found asleep
in a haystack about a mile from his
home. The Wilsons live on a farm
near here.
The search started about 6 o'clock
in the evening and the boy was
found about three hours later. He
had followed his father into the
field when the latter went to herd
some cows.
The father was not aware that
his son was behind him and re
turned by another route. Albert,
becoming tired, decided to take a
nap and the search for him began
soon after he was missed.
GOVERNOR OUTLINES IIIS
ROAD BUILDING PLANS
Lincoln, Neb.—Governor Bryan
Saturday outlined plans for addi
tional highway expenditures total
ing $3,173,000 to be included in the
second part of the 1931 road con
struction program.
Bids will be received on the proj
ects March 20, and contracts award
ed immediately to permit the start
of work at the earliest date possi
ble, the governor said.
With about $2,000,000 available
for emergency construction, the ad
ditional amounts brings the total
outlay for Nebraska highway im
provements to $5,173,000, the gov
ernor said.
He also called attention to the
probable use of the $4,000,000 of
combined state and federal funds
before the close of the year. This
money, plus about $5,000,000 for
maintenance, may afford the state
a total of $14,000,000 for use during
the next 12 months, Governor Bry
an said.
The first letting is to be held Fri
day when the emergency work al
lowed by the federal appropriations
will be awarded. The March letting
will embrace 265 miles of graveling,
90 miles of paving and 53 miles of
grading.
TO BUILD ON EASTERN
STAR HOME GROUNDS
Fremont. Neb. — (Special)—Work
on the new Veazie home building
on the Masonic-Eastern Star home
grounds north of Fremont will start
at once. It is announced. Contract
for the building, estimated to cost
$42,000 was let to Rokahr, Radford
and Thurber of Lincoln on a bid of
$28,803. Chris T. Larsen of Fre
mont received the plumbing con
tract on a bid of $6,774 and Beemer
and Beemer of Fremont the elec
trical wiring contract on a bid of
$1,244. The board requested con
tractors to use Fremont labor and
Fremont-bought material, as far as
possible.
LIGHT RAIN OVER
MOST OF NEBRASKA
Lincoln Neb.— — Rain that
started with a light shower late
Sunday fell steadily in this vicin
ity during the early hours Sunday.
Unofficial reports gave the precipi
tation as three fourths of an inch.
Telephone company and railroad
reports said showers were general
over the greater part of the state,
with snow flurries in the extreme
western po1 ion. Farmers said the
moisture was of great benefit to
winter wheat.
Proved Sires Help Iowa Farmers
Proved sires such as the one shown above are helping Iowa farmen
> build up the production of their dairy herds and to increase the profits
iom butterfat, according to dairy extension specialists. The bull showr
sbove is Pabst Create/ Blossom, which has been used in several Iowa
lerds. The daughters of Pabst Creator Blossom have made an average
ncomc of $37.50 per year more than their dams. In five years 20 daugh
ters of Pabst Creator Blossom, figuring on the above basis, have increased
he profits of their owners by $3,750. The actual value of Pabst Creatoi
Blossom is much greater than this amount because of the increased
value of his daughters over their dams.
Farmers Are Dissatisfied With
Proposed Iowa Tax Program
Castana Club Urges Voters
to Write Their State
Representatives
Increasing dissatisfaction among j
farmers with the proposed new tax
program for Iowa was evident
among delegates to the “Farm and
Home Week” held at Iowa State
college, Ames, according to Ruey
Roe, a reporter for the Castana
Tax Study club, who sent The
Tribune the following letter:
“Excellent instruction in farm
management, home economics, child
welfare and kindred subjects at
tracts farm people from all parts of
Iowa to the State college at Ames,
during “Farm and Home Week.”
Lessons begin early and continue
until a late hour. So many ses
sions are in progress at the same
time that one feels the need of at
least a literal “dual personality” to
salvage some of the desirable in
formation given out in overlapping
sessions. One man was heard to ask
his wife to attend a lesson on al
falfa raising while he attended a
conference on soil building.
“However, going to and from
classes and during times for ‘eats'
gives one a little chance to get ac
quainted and to exchange ideas with
one's fellow students. It Is surpris
ing to find how widespread is the
dissatisfaction with our exorbitant
tax system. From every county rep
resentation with which this report
er came in contact, perhaps two
Direct Election.
From Christian Science Monitor.
Direct election of the president
of the United States, proposed anew
by George W. Norris, senator from
Nebraska, would do more than
smooth the way for an independent
candidate or a third party; it
would raise several related political
questions.
Nearly every consideration of ab
stract logic would seem to support
the demand for a change. The in
justice of denying in the electoral
college any representation whatever
to minorities in the various states,
the constant possibility of defeat
of the popular choice through a
freakish distribution of votes (such
as has occurred three times), and
the hazard of throwing the election
into the House of Representatives
if a split of parties should prevent
ft clear majority in the electoral
college—all these are arguments for
amendment of this portion of the
constitution.
Opposed stand a few' matters of
practical politics. The republican
party will hardly consent to have
all votes counted in one bag so
long as it believes that thousands
of potential republican voters among
southern Negroes are kept away
from the polls. There also are
those who believe that the system
of choosing electors by states is a
deterrent to sectionalism, since to
be successful a party must have its
strength spread through a large
number of states.
dozen, most of these interviewed
expressed the intention of appealing
to their respective state senators
and representatives asking that
steps be taken to secure a consti
tutional amendment limning taxes
collectable on farms and other
property to a reasonable per cent of
the income from such property.
•'The consensus of opinion seemed
to be that no citizen of the state
with income as low as $3,000, net, or
lower, should be required to pay
more than 10 per cent of that in
taxes, whether the tax be property
or income tax or both together. On
other homes of moderate value only
10 per cent of their rental value
should be collectable for taxes.
“Incomes above the said limit, it
seemed agreed, might be taxed for
state and local purposes according
to the original federal graduated
income tax law.
"Dear reader; if you approve this
attempt to save your own and your
neighbors’ homes, why not join your
efforts to secure tax reform with
this plan by writing to your state
senator and representative in the
legislature as well as to the gov
ernor, asking that this be done?
Our officials do not know wliat we
want unless we tell them and our
enemies keep well paid lobbyists to
bring pressure to bear upon our pub
lic officials, for the purpose of se
curing what they want while we
help to pay the bill, even if it takes
our entire income and, finally, the
farm or other property. Shall we
ask for less, not more, socalled pub
lic service and save our homes?'’
1 closely enough knit for responsible
and effective governmental action
is a neat problem for statesmen
| and political scientists.
MT. VERNON FOR PARIS
Paris—The famous home of Wash
ington, Mt. Vernon, will be erected
here just as it is in the United
States during the Fiench Interna
tional Colonial expedition which is
to open this spring. Mt. Vernon will
be part of the American exhibit
and will feature an exact replica of
the bedroom used by Lafayette when
he stopped with Washington. It cost
the United States $25,000 to pre
pare the exhibit.
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AFTER COLLEGE. WHAT?
These holidays I note the course
Of education’s trend;
Curricula I oft discuss
With this or that young friend.
‘‘I'm doing make up at the U,”
A Miss will gaily perk,
And lifting tinted face, inquire,
“How do you like my work?"
“Now I go in for research stuff,"
A lad will answer pat;
‘ If there’s a road house I've noft
found.
Then I will eat my hat!"
“But how about your grades?" I
ask;
"You're surely them forgetting!’’
“You're wet!" in chorus they’ll pro**
test.
"We both get A in petting!"
—Sam Page.
it is sun more interesting con
sider Sentor Norris’ proposal in
connection with some current de
velopments in parliamentary gov
ernment in Europe. If a third party
should succeed in remolding the
presidential electoral system to its
liking, it would next face—unless
it were a distinctly sectional party
—a similar difficulty in getting a
representative number of its can
didates elected to Congress. Work
ing under just such a disadvantage,
the liberal party in England, while
seeking a system of proportional
representation in elections to par
liament, has lately accepted a com
promise agreement with the labor
party in favor of a type of prefer
ential ballot which permits an “al
ternative" or second choice vote.
Any of these methods ol giving
minorities a voice would be a step
in the direction of justice, yet the
example of certain other nations in
Europe points a warning. It is pos
sible to go too far in the encourage
ment of new or minority parties. A
multiplicity of parlies divided by all
sorts of crisscrossing lines is largely
responsible for the instability of
ministries in France. It is also a
factor in the difficulties of a Ger
man chancellor. And it was the
reason for the parliamentary im
passe which lent justification to
dictatorship in Italy.
This question of how to give rea
sonable scope for independence in
politics and still keep party groups
Iowa Raiser Perfects
Improved Poultry Nest
Manly, la.- — J. A. Coomes
of Manly has perfected a trap nest
which he claims will hold a hen
prisoner until an egg is laid, when
it will release the hen, preventing
her from soiling the egg or eating
it. The device, similar to other trap
nests, imprisons the hen once it
enters the front of It. The egg.
when laid, drops from the nest over
a spring which opens the back of
the nest, allowing the hen to es
Iowans’ Pigs Protected
By Trick Weather Vane
Plainfield, la.- —When win
| ter comes again no Arctic blast
i will pinch the backs of the Roach
i brothers' pigs.
| A weather vane atop a house big
enough for 1.000 hogs lias been con
1 nected with an electric motor so
; that when the wind shifts, the win
| dows on the windward side auto
matically will be closed.
Elimination of sudden drops in
! temperature is expected to lessen
the hogs’ susceptibility to disease.
A Boon Companion.
Worry, according to a 93-year-old
i Massachusetts physician, is the
j deadliest of all maladies afflicting
: the human race, but some people
ivould be mighty lonesome without
! it.
CAR FOR STATION
! Clear Lake, N. D—(UP)—A chair
car for a railroad station was the
claim of this town to fame today.
; Recently the Rock Island railway
station burned down and the com
pany sent a chair car to be used as
the new station.
| cape. The lower compartment,
through which the egg parses, is
! metal and lodent proof.
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Conduct Observation
Type Spelling Contest
Brussels— (UP> — School boys In
the St. Jossc district of Brussels con
ducted a spelling competition, the
■ winner of which was awarded a cup
| by the Burgomaster for turning in
the largest number of mistakes in
spelling that he had observed on
billboards, sign boards and adver
tisements during his vacation.
COUNTY ROAD WORKERS
WILL BE PAID LESS
Palls City, Neb —tUP)—Reduction
of wages is in store for 30 men
engaged in road and bridge work in
Richardson county, the county
board has revealed.
When the reduction will become
effective has not been revealed.
Justice to the overburdened taxpay
er is the object of the reduction,
board members declared. Taxpayers,
they continued, have suffeied
through reduced valuation of prop
erty and through shrinking incomes.
It was held by the board that cor
responding reductions should be
made in salaries of county employes.
START MADE ON
ROAD PROGRAM
Contracts Totaling $2,000,
000 to Be Awarded
at Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special) — Con
tracts for a road program which
entails an pxpediture of approxi
mately $2,000,000 and includes 50
miles of paving as well as 163 miles
of gravel surfacing and bridges were
to be let here Friday by the state
department of public works.
Eleven miles of paving between
Chapman and Grand Island are in
cluded in the projects. This will
form a paved connection between
Central City and Grand Island.
Twenty five miles of gravel sur
facing is to be laid between Fuller
ton and Wolbach.
Included in the bridge projects
are two bridges In Washington
county.
COUNTY VAULTS
CRAMMED FULL
Valuable Records Said to
Be Without Adequate
Protection
Harington, Neb.—(Special)—Of
ficials aL the courLhouse are using
a unique melhod of calling the tax
payers’ attention to the poor facil
ities of storing county records. A
large sign has been erected in the
hallway. It advises taxpayers to
‘Stop, look and inquire.” The
query is then added “Do you know
how your records are stored? Are
you satisfied?”
Cedar county’s courthouse was
built 40 years ago. The county has
grown and records of inestimable
value have accumulated until all
vaults are packed to overflowing
and many steel vaults have bee®
placed in the offices to care fof
records. Records of great value
have also been carried to the base
ment of the building where they
are molding.
YOUTH CRUSHED TO
DEATH UNDER CA»
North Loup, Neb. — (Special) —
Monta Schaffner, 15 years old, was
killed when a jack with which he
had propped up one side of the
frame of an old car slipped, letting
the weight of the engine down on
his head and chest. He was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Schaffner.
The body was found some hours
later.
BUYS OLD SIMMONS
HOMESTEAD NEAR OAKDALE
Oakdale, Neb—(Special)—Elmer
Welbum has purchased the farm
four miles south of Oakdale known
as the old Simmons homestead this
•week. The consideration was aboui
$80 per acre.
CHILD KILLED WHILE
PLAYING AS BANDIT
Broadwater, Neb. — (Special) —
While playing bandit, 12-year-old
Eddie Hutchinson was killed by La
Verne Thompson, 9 years old. The
boys had found a revolver in th*
pocket of a coat hanging on a trac
tor. LaVerne pointed the gun at Ed
die and yelled, •'Stick 'em up.” The
next thing there was a bang and
Eddie fell, shrieking, “Help, help,
you’ve shot me. You've shot me.”
LaVerne tried to help Eddie up
and some men came along, taking
the wounded boy to a doctor's of
fice. He was dead before they
reached it.
SAWS AND FILES
FOUND IN COUNTY JAIL
Scottsbluff, Neb.—(UP)— Search
of cells of the county jail here has
resulted in discovery of an array
of knives, hack saw blades and flies,
secreted in various parts of the
jail, county officers have announced.
It is believed by the officers that
removal of the articles probably
averted what might possibly have
been plans for a jail delivery.
Thorough search of the quarters
had been planned since Sheriff
Ramsey took over the office of
sheriff, he said, but his new duties
prevented an earlier search.
Ramsey said conditions surround
ing the reception of visitors at the
jail make it difficult to Intercept
such articles but steps will be taken
to guard against the danger In the
future, he declared.
rown permanent in
PROHIBITION WORK
Omaha. Neb. - — Gen. Wil
liam McDaniel Rcwn. acting fed
eral prohibition administrator here
for tire last two years, has received
notice that his appointment had
been made permanent. This action
was indicated by Amos W. W. Wood
ceck, national dry head, during an
inspection here last week.
/U other state administrators in
the eighth district received like in
formation. They had been on a
temporary basis pending a peironal
investigation of their work by
Woodcock.
VIEWS HOCKS
FROM AIRPLANE
Nebraska Rancher Aban
dons Pony and Auto as
Being Too Slow
Hyannis, Neb. — (Special) — Joe
Minor, ranchman, originally rode'
over his Grant county ranch on a
cow pony. Later he used an auto
mobile. But even that proved too
slow a means of locomotion over his
100,000 acres of ranch land, so he
recently purchased a plane and em
ployed a pilot In this he surveys his
holdings of cattle and crops.
Minor arrived in the sandhills
county 50 years ago, with only a
horse and saddle. He used his ranch
hand earnings to buy cows. The
herd grew and he bought some land,
the beginning of the JP ranches.
Now his holdings total 100,000 acres
in Grant and Cherry counties.
Minor is but one of the many cat
tle barons who have made an out
standing success in Grant and ad
jacent counties with cattle.
Hyannis is hailed as the richest
town of its size in America. Many
successful ranchmen live and trails
act their big business here.
TO SLASH PAY
OF GOVERNOR
Lincoln, Neb. —(UP)— Reduction
of salaries of state elective officers,
supreme and district court judges,
as provided in the bill by Represen
tative Raasch of Madison county,
will be thrashed out on the floor of
the Nebraska house of representa
tives.
After nearly an hour and one
half of debate on the issue, the
house voted 48 to 47 to override the
report of the house committee on
fees and salaries, placing the bill on
Indefinite postponement. The bill
now' will come before the house in
committee of the whole.
Specific provisions of the bill are
fbr reduction of the salary of the
governor and supreme court judges
from $7,500 to $5,000 a year and of
district court judges and other elec
tive state officers from $4,000 to $3,
000 a year. The lieutenant gover
nor is the lone exception to the law,
his salary being fixed by law at $1,
600 a year.
HAS LIVED ON SAME
FARM FOR 75 YEARS
Wahoo, Neb.—(Special)—Samuel
Gramlich is believed to hold the
record for continuous residence on
one piece of land. He has lived on
a claim taken here by his father, 75
years, or since his birth, January
18. 1856.
SOLICIT RED CROSS
FUNDS IN CEDAR COUNTY
Hartington, Neb.—(Special)—The"
Red Cross drive in Cedar county for
funds now' is on under the direction
of County Chairman George Ready.
The funds are to be used in the
drought areas of the south. The
county’s quota is $300.
BUILD NEW HOSPITAL
AT SOLDIERS’ HOME
Mildford, Neb—(UP)—Construc
tion work on the new hospital at
the soldiers’ home here will start at
once, officials of the home have an
nounced. Contracts for the construc
tion of the home were let yesterday
by the board of control in Lin
coln.
General construction of the hos
pital will cost more than $27,000.
Contracts will be awarded with sev
eral options. Materials for the
building will be selected soon.
General heating and plumbing
contracts totaled $9,625. Seventeen
bids were received on the general
contract, 13 for plumbing and heat
ing and four for wiring of the hos
pital.
NIOBRARA PRESBYTERY
HELD MEET AT WAYNE
Wayne. Neb.—A special meeting
of the Niobrara Presbytery was held
Tuesday afternoon at the Wayne
First Presbyterian church. The
purpose of the meeting was the al
locating of benevolence budgets to
the different churches. Rev. J. W.
Pressly, D. D. Synodical executive,
spoke on National Missions.
ESTATE CASE 10 YEARS
OLD FINALLY SETTLED
Omaha. Neb. - — District
Judge Thomsen reports settlement
of the long-standing dispute over
160 acres of land left to three chil
dren and h°r hu-band by Mrs. A W.
Allen, who lived near Decatur, Neb.,
upon her d'ath TO years ago.
Suit was brought eight years ago
by Paul Kenneth Allen, a son, now
of Des Moines, charring that irregu
lar procedure was followed when his
father bought the land after being
appointed trustee of Paul Kenneth,
then a minor. Young Alien sued for
a two-ninths interest.
Judge Thomsen reports young Al
len has agreed lo accept $1,500, to
be paid bv A. Dudley Allen of Deca
tur, another son, in settlement of
his claim.
MORE BUFFALOES IN
STATE GAME PRESERVE
Scottsbluff, Neb. — (UP) — Eight
additional buffaloes from the Wind
Cave National park at Hoi Springs,
S. D., have been added to the herd
at the state g one preserve near
here.
The stock was loaned to the game
forestration and parks commission
by the national government with
the understanding that the state
will replace1 them as soon as herd
increases warrant.