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PAROLE GIVEN TO GLENN HALL Knox County Man Con victed of Kidnaping to Be Free Next April Lincoln. Neb. —tSpccial) - Fol lowing the pardon board hearing in November, Qlenn Hall, sentenced to the penitentiary from Knox county for kidnaping and assault, has been granted a parole which will become effective April 1, 1932. The ooard members were unable, because of other business, to hold an executive session and only a partial summary of the action on rases heard in November was an nounced. Twenty two applications are tc rome before the board at the meet ing on Tuesday, December 8. amonr them that of Bernard Ott of Hoop er, sentenced in Dodge county tc serve 15 years in the penitentiary for criminal assault. John Grumb. jr.. of Fremont., who was county attorney at the time of Ott's sen tence In 1928, wrote to the pardon board at that time saying hr thought Ott should serve the full sentence. He has recently written the board asking that they act fa vorably on Ott’s application nr.d stating that he always believed 15 years was excessive. State Senator Srb of Dodge, former County Sher iff Condit and many Hooper resi dents are supporting Ott’s plea for parole. TAX COMMISSIONER HAS NEW CHIEF CLERK Lincoln, Neb.—State Tax Com missioner W. H. Smith has an nounced appointment of Mrs. Min nie Smith, Lincoln, as chief clerk in his department, succeeding Mrs. Maude Butler, holdover employe from the Weaver and McMullen ad ministrations. Mrs. Smith has been In the tax department since January, and wa; an assistant to Mrs. Butler Where as her predecessor w&s paid $225 a month, Mrs. Smith will re ceive $150, however. He also announced the appoint ment of Mrs. Emma Wellman ol Calloway, now an employe of the banking department, as assistant tc Mrs. Smith at $125. Miss Marie Kepner, assistant tc Mrs. Butler for several years, ha» resigned. ONE MEAL A DAY FOR LIQUOR LAW OFFENDERS Gering, Neb.- —The dinner bell will ring but once every 24 hours for liquor law violators con fined In the county jail here. This method of dealing with pro hibition law violators was Intro duced by County Judge C. O. Lyda. Two men are now serving 30-day sentences with the one-meal-day penalty attached. THEY TIE FOR HONORS AS WOOD CHOPPERS Homer, Neb. — (Special!— John H. Harris and Oeopge Hodglns tied for honors as champion wood chopper of this region at a chop ping contest sponsored by (he Ket tler Prob.<t Haro ware company. Hodglns conceded the champion ship to Harris. hit BY DROUGHT BUT ASKS NO ASSISTANCE Wausa, Neb.—With 754 residents, Wausa has 63 blocks of paved ft reels. That puts Wausa just about at the head of the procession In paving. Drought and grasshoppers com bined last summer so that practi cally nothing was grown in the Wausa territory, and the year before the crop was less than half of nor mal. But Wausa is not asking aid for any of her people, nor for those in her immediate territory. On the contrary, Wausa is not only taking care of her own, but has contributed heavily to Red Cross work in otiier parts of the country. Now that Uncle Sam has agreed to take care of Indians at the Santee agency, Wausa and other Knox county towns are relieved of a eon fidernble burden. This town might well be dubbed Little Sweden,” for the popula i ion is made up largely of men and women of Swedish ' birth or parental neligh. neb., hunter CAPTURES BIG COON Neligh. Neb.—(Special)—A. c. Haynes of this city opened the 1931 coon season with a record for the other boys to shoot at. One eve ning recently he and a party of friends treed a coon on the Elkiiorn river west of Neligh. The coon was shaken from the tree and the dogs were turned loose. It took all the dogs and 10 men to put the coon down for the count. After the battle was over and the smoke cleared away the coon was iound to be a regular 2-year-old, tipping the scales at 30 pounds. Mr. Haynes lias been hunting coon for years and says this is the largest ne has ever captured. GOVERNOR THINKS SILOS SMELL LIKE BREWERIES Lincoln, Neb.- —Silos smell like breweries, so Gov. Charles w Bryan of Nebraska now feeds ground wheat and corn to his pigs and ground wheat and ear corn to dairy cattle on his farms near Lincoln. He said today he was afraid neigh bors “might become suspicious" sc he had abandoned the silos. GOVERNOR BRYAN MAKES THREE APPOINTMENTS Lincoln, Neb.—Governor Bryan has announced three more appoint ments to state examining boards. Don Brooke, Hastings , was named on the state pharmacy board, succeeding Bird S. Porter of Gothenburg. He reappointed W. 11. Malconey of North Platte to the board of embalmers. Edward A. Wood of Lincoln was appointed to the state barber board, succeeding Harry E. Raf/en sparger. Omaha. ISHe Glances By George Clark j REG U. S. PAT. OFT _© 1931 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. “Her mother insists that she go bare-legged all winter, but I always put stockings on her the minute we’re out of sight.” A NEW' KIND OF APPLE SALAD To make an unusual salad, cut the top off raw apples, scoop out the interior and mix with diced bananas, walnut meats, celery and salad dressing. Replace the mixture in the hollow red shells and put one apple on each salad plate on which lettuce has already been ar rayed. ERNST BROTHERS, SISTERS CONTRIBUTED MUCH STAMINA TO SPOTTED POLAND CHINAS BY FRANCIS T. MARTIN There’s nothing arnatureish about northwest Iowa when It comes to swine raising activities. The fes tive porker is appreciated, and has a secutre place on farms. The big houses, and big barns that one sees on the farms of northwest Iowa an1 mute, satisfying evidence of the ability oi the hog to classify as ’’cash in hand,” that his desirabil ity as a money maker isn't to be questioned. The fanners of northwest Iowa have gleamed many a dollar from intelligent pore le production. It's truly their "cash "rop,” It’s the crop they long have ( ’pended upon to furnish revenue. ;;i view of these farts, therefore, northwest Iowa, without the hog, would be a pretty barren proposition. Those rich acres could produce corn to the limit, but, how much more profitable with the hog to consume It uorn ana nogs nave been a tre mendous factor In northwest Iowa’s prosperity. Those fine farms, those big houses and barns would not hav been possible without, the hog. That’s a self evident fact, no one will care to dispute it. A lot of hog history has had its making, its setting in northwest Iowa, it has been a fertile field for "new’’ wrinkles in hog production. Breeds have been made over, they have been revamped, tcvivified be cause of the progressive character of Its breeders and fanners. When John J. Ernst who was born in Jackson county, Iowa, came to Cherokee county in 1885, the "corn and hog empire" was just getting under way. When he bought his 240 acre farm near Marcus, he plunged Into hog raising, and he never let up until he retired a few years back He raised cattle, too, and feeding for the market, the good Shorthorns he raised annually, but hog production is what he went aft-' rr with a vengeance. When he quit, two sons. Jack and Will stepped in to the breach, and incidentally, two daughters. In 1915, the Ernst brothers and sisters took up the breeding of Spotted Poland Chinas. The breed then was in its infancy. It had but lew champions. When the Ernsts laid the foundation of their herds they knew what they were doing, they bought good seed, and they improved them as they went along. They did so by the only practical and feasible way that success can be attained in Improved livestock pro duction, they bought good sires, the kind whose blood was pctent, and demonstrative. Since the establishment of the Ernst herds, they have without ex ception been headed by great boars. Pathfinder’s Surprise was a great selection, a master selection. It’s wonderful what good blood in a sire will do in shaping the destinies ol a herd, and Pathfinder’s Surprise was the boar that did the work for the Ernst collections. Other great boars Were secured as their services were needed, and the work of building superior herds went on without in terruption. The Ernst productions as the result of good bloods, and good care have been consistent win HOW THE YEARS FLY Aurora, ont„ Canada—A birthday party given for Mrs. Jane Chapelle, 102. was attended by Mrs. Chapelle, her three sisters, 84. 69 and 79 years of age respectively; andone brother 72 years of age. Mrs. Chapelle’s hus band died 38 years ago. after they had lived together for 44 years. -- ..... ■»+-* PALACE OF FASHION Paris — Fashion exhibitions have been held frequently here, but they have been for the most part up-to date fashions. Nor Paris is planning a permanent museum, of fashions, which will exhibit, in a display con nors in the country’s great shows. They demonstrated to the public’s satisfaction that they were the prac tical, utility type, the kind that met the requirements of average farm conditions, and when breed ers can lay claim to the fact that they are producing that kind of a hog, they are on the right track, and nothing can stop their progress. The Ernsts have always experienced a strong demand for the annual I surplus of their herds, selling both publicly and privately to customers over a wide field. In tome of their sales of bred sows, they have sold as many as 80 head, and when that number of sows leave a herd at one time, it's all the evidence that is needed to convince the public’s confidence In such herds. One season, these herds disposed of 111 boars, and that’s certainly a big output. The herds at this time are strongly intrenched with the blood that lias made them popular. There’s no let down in the desire to furnish the public with seed stock of the highest quality. The Ernst family has done good work for the Spotted Poland. Their work has been constructive. They have not made use of camouflage to distort the public’s mind. That hasn’t been their poliev. that hasn’t been their aim at all. The livestock breeding business is one of high ideals, and 1‘ calls for intelligent, and conscicn ious effort if one is desirous of success. The Ei-nst contribution to Spotted Poland China production, there fore, is praiseworthy. Theirs is a clean cut demonstration of a con | servative spirit that should not be , overlooked when It comes to produc ing the improved breeds of livestock ♦ ♦ I'M THANKFUL. What am i thankful for today? Well, first, that I'm in health. For that’s an asset to array Against the greatest wealth. I'm thankful, next, that wife of mine Still let’s me stick around: For that my marriage bark, in fine. Has never gone a-ground. I m thankful that I have some friends Who still see that in me, Which not too bitterly offends Their perspicacity. 1 m thankful that my cigaret Still tastes just as it should: And likewise liquor, when I get That aged within the wood. I in thankful that my eye can not® Most of the things I lack. But that it never gets mv goat By making gray seem black. I’m thankful 1 can see a joke And laughter cometh free. Both when it's on some other bloke. And when it’s just on me. I'm thankful I’ve enough to eat, A home to seek betimes; That I can now give you a treat — Bv running out of rhymes. —Sam Pay*. Hawaii expects a record sugar crop this year due to favorable growing conditions on the islands for the last two years. sisting of more than 1,700 dresses, every change of fashion that has taken place through the last sev* eral hundred years. - »♦ ■■ ■ . Old Stuff. From Allt for Alla. Stockholm. Author: I left a package of jokes here for your approval. Do you hap pen to have read them? Editor: Yes, many times. Spared the Shock. From Answers. Grandma: Didn’t your laihe: j know I was coming? Johnny: No. grandma Mother kept it from him—he hasn’t been feeling well lately school's taxi hill CAUSE OF CRITICISM Lincoln, Neb. — <UPi — Deputy State Auditor Harley C. Parsons nas criticised the expenditure by Kearrr.ey State normal school of $114.00 lor taxi fares in one month The deputy auditor, acting dur ing the iliness o! State Auditor George Marsh, has written Presi dent George Martin, of the Kear ney Normal, stating that he sees no reason why so large a taxi bill should have been contracted. As the money has been advanced from the institution’s cash funds, Parsons said, the claim has been allowed to reimburse the cash fund. President Martin explained that the taxt fares were contracted in transporting the institution nurse who accompanies students to phy sicians or hospitals. In addition, the expense was in curred where practic*- teachers were sent from the normal school to rural schools affiliated with the normal. OMAHA OPENS Marble Structure Costing $3,500,000 Presented by Widow Newspaper Man Omaha, Neb. — — An art memorial, built at a cost ol S3,500, 000 by Mrs. Sarah Joslyn ol Omaha, to honor the memory of her late husband, was presented in simple fa.-hinn to the people of Omaha recently. A crowd estimated at 25,000 per sons inspected the interior of the large marble structure. In a setting of marble and steel they Inspected an art exhibit gathered from all parts of the country by the society of liberal arts, which has charge of the building. The structure was built around an organ which the late George Joslyn, pioneer Nebraska newspa per man, had in his home for many years. It vas donated and installed, with a new console, In the mem orial. Palmer Christian, of Ann Arbor, Mich., gave an organ recital before several thousand persons in the au ditorium which will serve as the home of the Omaha symphony or chestra. Mrs. Joslyn commented tersely as she presented her gifts to the arts: "If there is any good In It, let it gc on and on.” CLOSED BANK REOPENS WITH OLD OFFICERS Huntley, Neb.—The State bank of Huntley, which was closed October 10. has been reopened with the same officers and directors. Over the signatures of the four directors, Albert Vandike. William Graf, J. E. Smith and F. W. N. Brown and 21 stockholders, the following state ment was issued: "The loyal support of the finan cially responsible and the co-oper ation of the community have made possible the reorganization of the State Bank of Huntley on a basis even more secure than ever before. We wish to express our appreciation to the public for the efforts put forth and for their fine spirit of confidence. . . . This bank will be operated on the same conservative basis and under the same manage ment its formerly.” MANY SHEEP ON FEED IN NORTH PLATTE VALLEY Mitchell, Neb.—(UP)—This sec tion of the state Is witnessing the most extensive sheep feeding activi ties in the history of the livestock industry for the upper North Platte valley. Railroad reports state that more than 85,000 sheep are being fed here while the total for the upper valley is placed at 214,000. This means a market movement of about 400 car loads in the late winter months. More cattle, particularly young stock, is on feed this year than in tin* last several years. EI.I YI N NEBRASKANS ADMITTED TO BAR Lincoln, Neb. — Eleven Nebraska men. recent law students, have been admitted to practice by the state supreme court after successfully completing examinations conducted here. Lawrence Webster of Wisconsin. Dean R. Sackett, Beatrice, was ad mitted upon meeting certain re quirements. Sackett studied law while working in Washington. Those admitted upon examina tion: James A. Butler, Francis M. Casey. Harland S. Hughes, Elmer I. Johnson, Donald W. Merrick, Elmer B. Nordell, James W. Murphy Roy al W. Thompson, Laurens Williams, all of Omaha; Alfred W. O'Dell and Herbert A. Stearns, Lincoln. Eight others failed to meet, the examination requirements. NAMES ASSISTANT TO AGRICULTURE SECRETARY Lincoln, Neb.—Governor Bryan announces the appointment of W. H. McGaffin of David City, former state representative from Butler county, as assistant to Dwight Fel ton, deputy secretary of agricul ture. McGaffin, Bryan said, will re place Oscar V. McCracken hold over from the Weaver administra tion, about December 1. Whereas McCracken’s salary has been $3,000 a year McGaffin will be paid $2,400. Prior to January 1, last, McCracken, a trained chemist, was paid $3,600. DISTRICT COURT JURY UPHOLDS SMITH WILL Bridgeport, Neb.—(Special)—The will of the late Lloyd R. Smith, which cut off Alfred H. Smith and Francis Smith Harden, brother and niece, with a bequest of $5 each was upheld by a Jury in district court which took only 25 minutes to deliberate. The case had been ap pealed from county court. The con testants contended that the will which left the property to Edgar Smith was made when Lloyd Smith was mentally incompetent and sub to undue influence. (Side Glances By George Clark] V____ _' F <5 1931 BY WE* SERVICE. INC, j RB8. V; 8. PAT. OfT, Al “O. K., fellas, I’ll play one more rubber, but what’ll 1 say If the boss comes up and sees (them windows aren’t washed.” LIVESTOCK FARMING METHODS PRACTICED BY ROTHS OF LYON COUNTY ALWAYS WIN SUCCESS I * BY FRANCIS T. MARTIN Julius Roths of Lyon county, Iowa, likes farming and, incident ally, that which goes with good farming—the breeding and feeding of good livestock, the good selling kind when it is ready for the mar ket, and the kind, therefore, that brings satisfaction, profit, and con tentment to their owner. That’s the business to which Roths has pinned his faith, and certainly his faith was not misplaced. The re wards he has received were ade quate enough to justify the effort expended. The man who can acquire live fine farms, four of which are in Lyon county, in the course of his business career as a farmer isn’t doing badly at all, it's clearly a vindication of the old saying “stick to that which is good” and, more over, a manifestation that the man who sticks to a good thing, will in the end come out with col ors flying. Roths is strictly an Iowa product having been born in Craw ford county, his father being one of its first settlers. The first ho tel in Ida Grove in Ida county was built by Roths’ father, and later the family moved to Cherokee county, and then in 1887 it took up its permanent abode in Lyon coun ty, close by the town of Edna, al though Rock Rapids, the county seat is but a few miles distant. One could write columns about the significance and importance of the movement of early settlers to northwest Iowa, to that part of the state that is famous for the quality of its soil, and which without ques tion is as good a farming area as the mortal eye would care to see. One can travel over the state in any direction, but one will search in vain for a more pleasing picture from the viewpoint of farming than is presented by those several Iowa counties. Rothls has been a cattle and hog farmer all his life, and therein is his secret in bringing t« his coffers the golden shekels. He raised good cattle by the con tinuous use of good Shorthorn bulls, and when the progeny of such mat ings found their way to the market place, it’s easy enough to figure out that the price they brought would occasion no “headaches” on the part of their owner. Cattle and hog breeding and feeding are the things that brought success to Roths, and the money derived therefrom con stituted the wherewithal to buy the good farms that he today owns. But, now, Roths is taking liie easy. He's made his stake, and re sponsibilities are shifted to younger shoulders. His sons are nov in the harness. They are of the stalwart type, big physically, and bright mentally, and they’re going about the farming and livestock business in a manner that leaves no doubt as to their eventual success. Some years ago, they took a fancy to the breeding of Spotted Poland Chinas, and they have made no mistake in the breed of their choice. In looking over their herd at this time the conclusion is imme diately forced that they are pro ducing a type of hog that has ev erything to recommend it. T ,e Roths type is big with quality and finish, and in addition, it has that most necessary attribute, prolific ness. The last few years, the Roths boys have made a practice of show ing at strong county and district fairs, and w’e all know that hogs that can win at these fairs today Lovelock Tungsten Mines Chief U. S. Producers Lovelock, Nev. — tUP> — The tungsten mines of the Nevada Mas sachusetts company near Mill City continue to be the chief producers of that metal in the Unitc-1 States and in the last few months nine carloads of concentrates have been shipped. NICE AND * FRIENDLY El Paso, Tex. — Nice and friend ly neighbors are Mrs. Mattie Nich ols and Tom Hughey. Hailed in MHirt after a backyard argument, it are meeting competition of the keenest kind. One doesn’t have to go to the larger fairs with a <Jrove of hogs to have one’s “measure” taken—one can get plenty of that closer to home at the smaller fairs. Roths brothers are in the Spotted Poland business to make money. That’s why they try to make Ureir hogs as good as the best. That’s why they keep their herd supplied with good herd heading material. They know that the public can't be fooled, they know that it is keen for quality, and that 9 times out of 10, it will pay a fair price ior hogs that have quality. The Roths homestead of 240 acres will withstand critical inspection, the kind and lay of the land, the substantial character of the im provements, and the atmosphere of prosperity that’s in evidence. A good farm well tilled, and well stocked is a pleasing sight. The nation’s welfare rests upon those kind of farms, upon those kind of homes. The Roths farm, and home is one in which any community, any state or any nation can take pride. It’s to the everlasting credit of agriculture that such homes arc possible. It tells of the stability, of the permanence of agriculture and of the confidence that people have In it. Livestock farming is respon sible for the existence of such homes. Livestock farming like the Roths practice it never fails to win success. Insects Devour Civil War Vet’s Pension Check Pomeroy, Ohio — (UP) — Jose phus Bellows, Civil war veteran, had lost money in a failed bank once so he preserved his federal pension checks under a rug. He had $500 in the checks and turned back the rug to add another $100 to the collection. Insects had eaten the checks to shreds. Bellows forlornly raked up the tiny bits of paper and mailed them to Washington. D. C. in ap ! plication for a re-issue of the money. Edwin Luedtke of Fort Worth, Texas, suffered a broken leg when struck by his own car as he cranked it. -♦♦ -- Sez Hugh: PEEDERS WANT THE RIGHTO-WAY Right away/ was found that, after Mrs. Nichols had piled rocks against Hughey s fence, and he had warned her not to, she turned a water hose on him. In retaliation. Hughey threw water on her. Word led to word and the quarrel nearly led to blows before n ' ended in court. ---« « - IT WAS WORTH IT Juarez, Mex.—This city hay a unique law which rules that no one shall kiss on the streets. Two couples recently pc-ij a fine of a small amount for violating this net . But tile fine was paid willinily