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.— <Special)— Because
of the danger of a more widespread
grasshopper plague, Austin Gannon
of Vivian, S. D., believes people of
this section of the state should be
opposed to an open season on
pheasants. They are the worst ene
my of the grasshoppers, he says.
Gannon was former manager of the
local telephone company and may
f ar of Grr.elev.
Tales of Real Dogs B>’ 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:
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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.
