HE MAY VISIT •HIS OWN’ GRAVE Former Norfolk Man Back to Disprove Report He Was Dead Norfolk. Neb.—Archie Miller, for mer Norfolk resident who was ‘ bu ried” here last winter with full mili tary honors, is here on a visit to his mother, Mrs. Joe Wampler, but can give no clew to the identity of the man who was buried as himself. The body was buried with mili tary ceremonies after it had been found in a room at St. Louis and later identified as Miller by two acquaintances. Relatives of Miller agreed that it was Miller. A few weeks after the burial. Miller was heard rrom, alive and well. Efforts of County Attorney Pe terson to identify the man buried here, through authorities at St. Louis and the bureau of identifi cation at Washington, have been fruitless. The Washington bureau confirmed the fact that the body was not Miller's, but could dc nothing more. WATER LEVELS BEING STUDIED Test Holes Being Put Down in the Platte River Valley Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—Farmers of this section of the state are finding out what the soil is like below the depth of a plow furrow. Five deep test holes have been aunk in this section thus far by geologists making a survey of the ground water resources of the Platte valley. Two additional wells will be put down southeast of Dannebrog, according to Dr. A. G. Lugn, ill charge of the investiga tion. The farms of D. V. Stelk, William Blaise, F. L. Haggart. L. Levee and Ernest Kruse have been used so far for the wells. With completion of the other two tests a chain of test bores will have been estab lished completely across the valley. Logs of the well on the farm of D. V. Stelk, one mile east of here, shows a soil and alluvium layer three feet thick, with the ground water level seven and one half feet below the surface. The soil and alluvium layer is topped by a layer of black alluvial silt, one and one half feet in depth, underlaid by a six inch layer of yellow silt con taining clay, and the lower layer composed of fine sand grading tc coarser sand as one goes deeper. Underneath the alluvium layer if a bed of sand and gravel 134 feet through. Nine layers of sand vary ing in quality and size lies in blan kets to a depth of 63 feet of the 134. Alternate layers of gravel, clsy and sand follow. Forty feet of sand and gravel, of varying quality, lie underneath the glay in five layers. A layer of ‘grayish-blue shale lies beneath the sand and gravel formations. The test bore has been put down to a depth of 228 fret so far. The elevation at the point of the lioiu is 1,840 feet. MANY RELICS FROM OLD PAWNEE VILLAGE Hastings, Neb.—(UP (—Display of articles found In excavated Pawnee Indian houses near Genoa will be made as soon as the discoverer. Will Clarice of Detroit, and his party have finished cleaning them for the exhibition at the museum here. Inside the typical Pawnee house unearthed last week, by Clarke, A. M. Brooking of the local museum, Clarke’s son and the latter’s friend from Chicago, were found an an cient necklace believed to be a pre historic copper necklace, probably hammered into shape with stone Implements by Indians from the Lake region. Another item was a belt of unique design which the dis coverers say Pawnees secured from Eastern tribes through trading. This week, Clark and his party will explore the village sites along the Republican river. They will terminate their work about Friday or Saturday. In one of the Pawnee houses was found a shrine, completely Intact, with the sacred buffalo skull, which Pawnees believed would control des tines of the inhabitants, keep away sickness and stay death’s hand. WINNEBAGO BOASTS OF TWO CIVIL WAR VETS Winnebago, Neb. — (Special) — Though the ranks of Civil war vet erans have been greatly thinned by death. Winnebago still claims the honor of being the home of two men who saw service in that great conflict. They are Hoskinson, 90 years old, and Francis Skinner, 88 years old. Both continue to be quite active for men of their age, though Mr. Hoskinson was injured twice in Sioux City in the last two years, the lart time having a hip broken and spending several months in a hos pital there. COLERIDGE WOMAN WINS NATIONAL HONOR Coleridge, Neb.—(Special)—Mrs. F. D. Dewey is the champion mo diste of 13 states, having received announcement from a national fab ric company that she had received first place in a division of a na tional dressmaking contest. Judges were nationally known clothing ex perts who utilized the score card of the bureau of home economics, of the United States department o.' agriculture. She is the wife of the local physician. She won a similar national contest two Years ago. MAA WHO SHOT SELF NOW ASKING PAROLE Lincoln, Neb, — lUP) — Bert Bates, penitentiary inmate who wounded himself after he thought he had shot his sweetheart’s broth er, wants out of prison. Bates came back to this state from Idaho to see a girl. He quar reled with her brother, William Kunter and during the scuffle which ensued. Bates’ gun dis charged. Kunter fell to the floor. Bates, thinking he had shot Kunt er, turned the gun on himself, shooting out seven teeth and his left eye. Bates asks that his sentence be commuted when the pardon board sits July 14. The man was sen tenced to a term of five years in prison on a charge of assault to in jure, NOT QUALIFIED FOR THE POST Woman Elected County Su perintendent But Old One Holds Onto Job Alliance, Neb. —(Special)— Mrs. Elizabeth Emery, county superin tendent of Sioux county will retain her office as a result of a trial In a quo warranto suit in district court here. Thelma E. Lawler had asked the office, be turned over to her, as she won the election in Sioux coun ty last fall by more than 300 ma jority but Mrs. Emery refused to turn it over on the ground that Miss Lawler Is not qualified. Mrs. Emery held that Miss Lawler did not have a proper certificate and lacked sufficient teaching ex perience. Miss Lawler holds a sec ond grade high school certificate which requires two years teaching experience. It was held that a permanent elementary certificate is necessary for a county certificate. Such can not be secured without three years of teaching. NO REHEARING IN WAYNE CASE Nebraska Supreme Court Says Lower Court Erred in Instructions Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—The su preme court has denied a rehearing in the appeal of the case of Kill on vs. Dinklage from Wayne coun ty. The estate of Charles Killon was given a Judgment for $5,000 against Dinklage in a suit growing out of an automobile accident in which Killlon, a minor, was killed. The cars met on the cfest of a hill af ter night. The supreme court overturned the decision and held that the low er tribunal erred in its instruc tions as to the comparative negli gence of the parties. TWO YOUTHS TAKEN TO MEN’S REFORMATORY Hartington, Neb. — (Special) — Fred Haberer, who was recently given a trial in the country court on the charge of stealing a $35 kit of tools from a local garage was arraigned before Judge Mark J. Ry an, and pleaded guilty to the charge. Judge Ryan sentenced the youth to 14 months hi the men's reformatory at Lincoln. Haberer es caped from the county Jail the lat ter part of May and was recap tured about a week ago by Yank ton, S. D. officials. Bernard Wieneman, charged with stealing an auto trailer, was also held in the county jail and escaped with Haberer but was re captured a few hours later near Fordyce, Neb. Following his return to the jail here he pleaded guilty to the charge and received a sen tence of 14 months in the reform atory. CEDAR COUNTY TO EIGHT GRASSHOPPERS Hartington, Neb. — (Special) — Much interest has been shown here by farmers in the grasshopper plague. A mass meeting was held at the auditorium Monday to dis cuss the situation and meeting was called for that evening taking in the entire county. General calls were sent out over telephone lines and a monster crowd attended the night session. County officials, commissioners especially, t'.yo co-operating with the farmers in eradicating the pests. An appeal was made to the slate for aid and a carload of poison has been ordered and a unit ed effort will be made to extermin ate the pests. Some sections of the county re port that the hoppers are devouring everything in their path. THIEVES GET MORE THAN 300,000 C I G A R E T S Fremont, Neb.—(Special)-Mcrc than 300.000 cigarets and 150 pounds of coffee, the whole worth $2,000, were stolen from the whole sale grocery house of H. P. Lau. SAYS PHEASANTS WORST ENEMY OF GRASSHOPPERS Greeley, Neb.— ’ A,bert Pay5°" T'rhune iULm'iummk They made a pal of him His name was ‘King Tut.” He was a Belgian police dog. For eight years he was the pal and favorite dog of Herbert Hoover. Most of these eight years preceded Hoover's incumbency as president of the United State. In fact, if news re ports are true, it was Hoover’s elec tion to the presidency which led in directly to Tut's death. Here is the story: Mr. and Mrs. Hoover acquired Tut, when the big police dog was a mere scrap oi a puppy. They trained him themselves, and they human ized him and made a pal of him. The dog rewarded all this by an ut ter devotion to both these deities of his. When the Hoovers were in Wash ington they occupied a house on S. street, later taken over by Senator Walcott of Connecticut. Tut learned to look on this house and it grounds as his home, the abode of his mas ter and mistress and the place which it was his own duty to guard from all danger. The big dog was happy at the S. street house, where he had spent so many of his eight winters. Bear j that house in mind, please. It comes into our story a little later on. So does King Tut’s fondness for it. When Mr. Hoover was a private citlzan and even when he was a cabinet minister, he had the right to choose his own animal friends. Thus, if he and his wife chose to make King Tut their one canine chum, that was nobody's business but their own. Then all at once everything was changed, especially for King Tut. Hoover became president of the United States, which seems to mean also that each and every person in the United Stalvs has the right to pelt him with gifts—often with gifts which are neither desired nor j desirable—and especially with live animal gifts, ranging from dogs to raccoons and baby bears. Why a man should be let in for this gift-bombardment, just ue cause he happens to be president, I i don’t know. But it is looked on by a large part of the public as part of his job. During and since the Roosevelt regime at the White House, this has gone on increasing ly, till now a zoo has had to be provided for the four-legged pres ents. Dogs are the most salient fea ture of this gift-avalanche. Breed ers send to the White House a spec imen of their own favorite breed of dog, in hope of personal ag grandizement and advertisement, and of making their favorite bread popular through the publicity it will receive, as president's pet. (During each of the three latest presidencies—Harding's Coolidge'a and Hoover’s—I have been ap proaehed by collie fanciers who urged me strongly to send the pres ident one of my Snnnybank collies, in order to popularize collies in general. Always I have refused. But various other fanciers have 1 gladly joined the ranks of givers. Soon or late, many dogs of many breeds have been sent to the White House, these last few years.) A president is placed in a hard position; the more so if he really be fond of dogs. A throng of high bred canines are shipped to him, whether he wants them or not, whether or not they include breeds which he may detest. If ever a man has the right to use his own personal judgment and preference, it is in the picking of the dog which is to become his com rade. Yet a president finds himself with a rabble of dogs which have been thrust at him by breeders who did not even stop to inquire what kind he might prefer. Well, King Tut had been the Hoovers’ chief playmate and pal, at the S. Street ho ire and elsewhere. Suddenly, without at all under standing v.hat had happened and why it had happen'd, ha found himself in strange .surroundings, with the White House end its huge grounds to patrol, and w .til a host of servants and visitors and gov ernment employes all over ihe place. That was not the worst of it. Where he had reigned as his inas PILSLDSKI WRITES BOOK Warshaw— OJP>— Marshal Joseph Pilsudski has taken advantage of his recent vacation in Maderia to finish a book which is soon to be published. It is entitled "The Re vision of History." and the mar shal will expound in it his ideas for the test possible constitution of a modern state. FEARS ARIZONA REDSKINS Phoenix, Aria.—(UP1—The Phoe nix chamber of commerce, in re sponse to an inquiry, informed a Ktw Orleans woman that no In ter’s chum, now there was an ever increasing crowd of dogs arriving all the time at the White House; strange dogs that seemed to threat en to monopolize his loved master’s time and care and affections, to the exclusion of old King Tut. Being only a real life dog, he could not understand the terrific change from the oldtime pleasant life that had been his, with the Hoovers. But it cut into his nerves, perhaps into his heart as well. Said a Washington dispatch to the New York Times. "It is believed that the respon sibility he assumed of nightly patrolling the south grounds of the White House told upon him; and that he disliked the fact that other dogs were added to the White House kennels. He was very serious about his patrol work; refusing to play, and sleeping much too little. "He crew thinner and became more nervous, after a time refus ing to permit anyone in the grounds except President or Mrs. Hoover or someone in a policeman’s uniform.” Worried over their loyal old dog’s condition, the Hoovers hit on a plan for curing him. They sent him back to the house in S. street, then occupied by the Walcotts, and they arranged to see him as often as they could. For a little while King Tut im proved in health and spirits, after this return to his oldtime home and surroundings. HLs irritability and bad temper lessened. The problem of his future seemed solved. But it was not. Late in 1929, he pined away and died. The change perhaps had come too late. Little by little the dog had sickened and weakened, in spite of all that could be done for him. To the keen unhappiness of the Hoovers, nothing oiuld pro long his life. Perhaps dreading the avalanche of sloppy sentimentality w'hich would have greeted the news of the famous dog’s death, no announce ment of it was made at the time by the president or Iris wife. Thus more than six months passed before the story was allowed to become public, long after the time when it had ceased to be “news,” and when the first sharp ness of regret for it had passed. (In like manner when my great collie, Sunnybank Gray Dawn died, I forbade any mention of it to the papers or even to our friends, for several months. Dawn was my loved friend, I was not in a mood to listen to well-meant words of sympathy about his death; nor to read tearful accounts of it. I think President and Mrs. Hoover must have felt as I did, in averting any such publicity over the passing of their chum, King Tut. It was no body’s business but their own.) The Inspector. From Passing Show. "What does your father do at ttork?” "Makes mirrors." "And your mother?” "She looks into them.”_ Sez Hugh: "V riL i «OiUJW« •a*oi*.T OTHERS GET ARRESTED/_, dims are on the warpath in this state end that there is no danger of her children being scalped should she v.sit here. Hands Up—and Down. Prom Tit-Bits. The burglar had mad > a b:j haui when a voice behind him said, Hands up!” He turned to find himself fac ing the owner of the house, who was holding a revolver. Just as the burglar was about to surren der his loot, he heard a thin voice pipe up: “Daddy, what are you doing w-ith i mw ua'/>r nistol?’ MISSING BOY FOUND IN TREE HOURS LATER Gehring, Neb.- —Bobby Sor enson, 6 years old. started up a canyon from his parents’ picnic grounds 25 miles from here Satur day afternoon and more than 11 hours later was found, apparently none the worse for his experience, up a tree. He said he crowled up the tree as protection from the real and imaginary things of the night. Nearly 1,500 persons from Scotts bluff and Gering joined the anxious parents in their search for the boy. As darkness fell the searchers spread out farther and farther and finally sighted the lost boy. When the searchers arrived the moon had come up and the child said he was just getting ready to continue walk ing. LOW MARK FOR BOND ISSUES But Nebraska Towns Paid Off Many Obligations in June Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)— A new low mark for new bonds issued by Nebraska municipalities was set during the month of June when only $25,850 were issued, according to State Bond Examiner Lawrence's report. A total of $202,000 refunding bonds were issued during the month and $336,993 in bonds were paid and canceled. During the month the village of Allen paid $4,000; Bloomfield, $2,000; Belgrade, $4,000; Columbus, $5,000; Dixon rural school, $225; Emerson, $1,500; Fremont, $4,000; Humphrey, $8,000; Keya Paha, $15,000; Lind say, $3,000; Monroe, $500; Norfolk, $22,000; Newcastle, $2,000; Pierce county rural school, $2,000; Pilger, $2,500; Plainview, $2,200; Pender, $7,000; Rosalie, $1,000; Snyder, $1, 300; Stanton, $1,000; Thurston county rural school, $500; Winne bago, $5,000; Wayne, $4,000; Wash ington county rural school, $1,000. BELIEVE PLANT KILLS HORSES Mitchell, Neb. —(Special)— Scott Bukey of the chemistry department of the state university and R. W. Cunningham of the physiology de partment of the university have been sent here by the college of pharmacy to investigate and en deavor to secure samples of a pjant called senecio riddelli which ranch men think instrumental in killing many horses oy the range. The horses after eating this plant suffer with the “walking disease.” Mr. Lacy of Harrison who has lost 80 horses from the disease and has only two left, was interviewed. The vicinity south of Lyman w-as also visited and a large quantity of the week, was gathered. Bukey will try to determine the chemical nature of the plant's poi- \ con and Cunningham will endeavor to find a remedy. They will dry the weeds gathered and use them in ex periments on animals at the uni versity experiment station. POTATO GROWERS FEAR THEIR CROPS INJURED Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—The hot weather during the latter part of June hit the potato crop in eastern and central Nebraska to such an extent that growers are considerably worried about it, according to an announcement by H. O. Werner of the agricultural college here, who says that potatoes are not a hot weather crop and that when high temperatures prevail the plant spends its energy trying to keep cool and no potatoes develop. Clip ping the tops of the plants in hot weather does more damage than good, he says. It is his belief that the weather during the first week of July will promote potato develop ment on plants that were not burned during the hot spell. No amount of water in the soil will make potatoes grow in torrid weather, Mr. Werner says, although it will help to keep the tops alive, and irrigation of dry soil during coo] weather will increase the yield. TRAVEL EXPENSE OF STATE OFFICERS CUT Lincoln, Neb.—Travel allowances of state officers and employes using their own automobiles for official trifxs have been cut, from 6 to 5 cents. State Auditor Marsh an nounced the revised rate after an examination of actual casts of op erating cars and amounts which other states pay. The revised rate will apply to traveling inspectors and examiners, officers and employes of state in stitutions, a large number of su pervising and directing engineers in the public works department, mem bers and employes of the state railway commission, state school superintendent, district judges , and others who drive their own cars. When a trip is taken by motor between points that have good rail road connection, Marsh will not allow any ipore than the train fare between two places. CLUB MEMBERS TO CAMP AT CRYSTAL LAKE Walthill, Neb. — (Special) — One hundred fifty of the more than 400 4-H club members of Thurston county are busily preparing for the annual 4-H club camp to be held at the Soo Y. catnp at Crystal lake, July 16, 17 and 18. Club members from Dakota, W’ayne, Cedar and Thurston counties will be there. An elaborate program of games, judg ing contests, hand craft, swimming, and studies have been planned. The club members will be under close super-vision 2« hours a day and a glorious time is being anticipated. SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE CASH State Superintendent Com piles List of 183 Entitled to Share in Fund Lincoln, Neb.— (Special) —A list of 183 accredited four-year high schools entitled to the annual ap propriation of $500 for maintaining a normal training course in ac cordance with the law and regula tions has been certified by State Superintendent Taylor. There are 360 accredited high schools in Nebraska which ere not entitled to this appropriation, mak ing a total of 543 accredited high schools in the state. A cut of $20,000 in the appropria tion was made by the last legisla ture, bringing the sum down to $175,000. which also includes the ex pense of inspection and supervi sion. Included in the schools receiving their share of the fund are Ains worth, Albion, Allen, Atkinson, Bas sett, Belgrade, Blair. Bloomfield, Butte, Cedar Rapids, Central City, Clarks, Clarkson, Clearwater, Co lumbus, Craig, Creighton, Elgin, Emerson, Ewing, Fremont, Fuller ton, Hooper, Howells, Leigh, Long Pine, Lynch, Neligh, Newcastle, Newman Grove, North * Bend, O’Neill, Pender, Pilger, Plainview, Randolph, St. Edward, Schuyler, Schribner, Silver Creek, South Sioux City, Spencer, Springview, Stanton, Stuart, Tekamah, Ttlden and Wisner. ARE HELD FOR BANK RORBERY Pair Arrested in Iowa to Face Charge Doing Mur dock, Neb., Job Plattsmouth, Neb. — — Re turned here Tuesday afternoon from Council Bluffs, la., Herman Ban ning and Henry Bottorf, both of St. Joseph, Mo., were immediately bound over to district court on a bank rob bery charge by County Judge Dux berry. Arrested last week at Shen andoah, la., they were identified as two of three men who robbed the bank of Murdock, Neb., June 27, of $1,250. They waived extradition at Counpil Bluffs and were returned here by Nebraska officers. Both pleaded not guilty to the charge. Bond was fixed at $5,000 each which they were unable to furnish. Banning in court Tuesday ap peared to have recovered from eight wounds suffered in a gun fight with Council Bluffs police last Thursday. WOMAN AGAIN CLAIMS REWARD FOR WUPPER West Point, Neb.—To renew her claim for a state reward for $2,500 for the arrest and conviction of Paul Wupper, Hedwig Hirsch Brinkman, second wife of the former Beemer banker, appeared at an informal hearing here before County Attor ney H. R. Ellenberger. The latter did not discuss his probable attitude toward the wom an’s claim. Governor Bryan last week rejected Mrs. Brinkman’s claim for the re ward, based by the woman upon her contention that she first disclosed Wupper's identity to Nebraska auth orities. Wupper is now serving a 110 year term in the Nebraska peniten tiary for defalcations while presi dent of the Beemer State bank. Nattily attired, Mrs. Brinkman was the principal witness, occupying the stand for nearly an hour. She told of her first intimation that Brinkman was Wupper and of her subsequent communications with Ne braskans Although she had been living in Lincoln, visiting Wupper frequently at the prison, Mrs. Brinkman indi cated to officials here that she would, return soon to Philadelphia. FEAR MAN DROWNED IN MISSOURI RIVER Falls City, Neb.—Taking up the search for George Phillips, 35 years old. of Napier,- Mo., farmer, alter his car was found near the Mis souri river at Rulo, Richardson county, authorities Tuesday were considering dragging the river un less some trace of the man was found. Relatives who identified his car said that Phillips had not been seen since Friday when he started for Mound City. Mo., for tractor re pairs. He cashed a check for $5 be fore leaving and was in good spir its. Phillips, when last seen, was dressed in blue overalls, a faded blue shirt and tan work shoes. He is about six feet tall and weigh* about 185 pounds. THIEVES GET AWAY WITH 30 FINE SIIOATS Loretto, Neb.—(Special)—C. O Swanson, a farmer living four miles west of Loretto, reports the aeft of 20 Hampshire shoats. valued at $150. The theft apparently occurred in the afternoon while the family was away from home. No clews te the robbers were found GRASSHOPPERS CAUSE TROUBLE TO AUTOISTS Verdigre, Neb.— Motorists in this section have a new complaint against the grasshoppers. They have been the cause of a number of over heated engines and burned-out bear ings. The hoppers are so thick that they soon gum up the radiators and prevent the fans from sucking in enough air to keep engines cool. The safe thing to do is to carry a brush in the car and stop every few miles and brush the mangled carcasses off the radiator.