ozark scenery BASIS OF SUIT Federal Judge to Decide Outcome of Million Dollar Case Jefferson, City, Mo — CUP) —The dollar value of Ozark mountain scenery will be decided here when the $1,000,000 suit involving land submerged by the Lake of the Ozarks is brought to trial in U 8 district court. Federal Judge Albert L. Peeves will be on the bench when the Snyder brothers of Kansas City ask the Union Electric company of St. Louis for more than $1,000,000 for damages to the vast Snyder estate in central Missouri. Union Electric company is build er of the huge $33,000,000 dam over the Osage river which has formed a lake more than 175 miles in length. Part of the Snyder eMate now lies under the water. That part, however, is not so much in litigation It is claimed that the scenic beauty of the fa mous Castle of Hahatonka, and the woods and eaves on the shore of th# Jake, have been impaired - «• ————■ U. S. Movie Describes Storage Battery Action Washington— (UP) —What hap pens inside your battery when you press the self-starter, a graphic presentation of the hot time around the spark plugs and multiple other phases of the automotive ond allied industries are presented In motion picture films prepared by the Unit ed States bureau of mines. Prepared with detail but in a manner designed to make them understandable to the layman, the films are lent free of charge to the vorious organizations, educa tional, fraternal professional and civic, who wish to view the work ings of vehicle motors and thing* relevant. —- - ♦ « Hunter Kills Game With His Slingshot Millertown, Pa. - (UP) — Da vid's weapon in his Biblical battle with Goliath proved effective in a hunting expedition here by Earl Baker, 11. Earl, armed only with a sling shot, went in quest of rabbits. One appeared about 20 feet in front of him. Earl fitted a pebble in the sling and fired. The missile killed the rabbit, striking it in the eye, he said. The slingshot consisted of rub ber strips from an automobile in ner tube, a forked stick and a piece of soft leather. - ■— • • — Pastor Scores Ministers For Meddling in Law Detroit — (UP) — Meddling min Vmters. devoting more time to law enforcement than character build ing, are one of the salient causes of American lawlessness, according to the Rev. Dr. Joseph A. Vance pas tor of the First Presbyterian church here. Scoring such meddling in a ser mon, the Rev. Vance said a man’s life is less safe in America than in an African jungle. Tire placs of the church in making good gov ernment is in making good citizens, not direct participation in lawmak ing he said. HISTORY COURSE LEADS Cambridge, Mass. — (UP) — A course in European history from the fall of the Roman empire to mod ern time is the most popular at Harvard college this year with an enrollment of 749 students. A BREAK FOR THE MEN. The colored glass for table use, The amber, rose and blue. Is out of date and old cut glass Now once again is "new." And likewise colored table cloths Are not considered “right;” The pendulum has backward swung; The proper shade is white. One reason for the latter note— Perhaps the fashion's starter— Around a snowy festal board, The black clad men look smarter. - 6am Pag* ♦ • —- - — Sez Hugh: nMEN A LOSS 15 5HOVOJ ON THfc __J BUSINESS LEDGER IT MAKES YOU ^ SEE RED/ y-^ V i v TWINS RUN IN FAMILIES Southbridge, Mass. — (UP) — Dr. J. T. Lacey, Harrington hospital surgeon, is satisfied that twins run in families. An investigation he made disclosed that in one family’* history 818 of 1,156 children were .wins. The history of another fam ily. with 2,226 children, showed no twins. ■ «« LOW DEATH RATE Only one life was lost in every 4,000,000 persons carried on ocean going vessels during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, according to a report of the U. S. Department of Commerce. PAYS J180 AN ACRE FOR SCHUYLER FARM Schuyler, Neb. -(Special)— The John L. Gaughen farm of 90 acres in the Clyde community has been bought by Joseph Cippera of the Edholm community for $180 an acre. It is a good farm and well im proved. Possession will be given March 1. REVIEWS WORK OF HIGH COURT Minnesota Chief Justice Speaks Particularly of Criminal Cases St. Paul, Minn.- —Of 1®3 criminal cases appealed to the state supreme court in the last eight years, verdicts in 153 of them have been affirmed and only 35 granted new trials. Chief Justice Samuel B Wilson said, discussing the work of the court in criminal litigation. Five cases were discharged on the ground that a conviction could not be sustained by the tacts produced in trials in lower courts. In all. criminal cases represent not more than 6 per cent of the number of cases brought before the high court, the chief justice said. “The supreme court of this state has never been in sympathy with the impression that the trial of criminal cases Is a gume concernim; which the rules are to be prescribed with cant and technicality," the chief justice asserted. “It is true that courts and law yers generally are closely bound by precedent; but we recognize that precedent is not sacred. “Much technicality has attended indictments which is the grand jury’s accusation against the ac cused. This has been greatly les sened. We now commend simple and direct language. “Our constitution is our funda mental law. It provides rights and liberties for the individual. It’s the duty of every court to protect those rights for therein lies much of our happiness and safety. Our citizens must not be made to give evidence against themselves. “Violence and third degree meth ods to exact an admission of guilt are shocking and most unfortunate. A righteous and wholesome enforce ment of the law does not include such conduct. There are cases where truthful admissions are thus obtained. "There are occasionally others where the innocent are forced to admit guilt and suffer wrongful punishment. This is not often, but too often." FIRST FAMILY REUNION HELD IN 38 YEARS Wisner, Neb. (Special)—A fam ily gathering, the first in 38 years, took place at the hg»re of Mrs. Re becca Hilt, 84, one of Wtsner’s pio neer mothers, Christmas day. It was attended by the following chil dren: Mrs. Carl Johnson nnd hus band, Pilger; Low Hill and v Ife who ore spending the winter v. h the mother: Ira Hill and familj Han lon and Charles E. Hill, sup:' lten dent of schools at Superior, Wyo. AGAIN REMEMBERS NEEDY IN HIS OLD HOME Albion. Neb.—(Special)—For more than 10 consecutive years, Norman W. Peters of New York City, former Albion resident has played Santa Claus to needy families here. This year 50 families in the community were given food and clothing. Pet ers’ two sisters, Mrs. Prank 6. Thompson and Miss Blanche Peters, acted as his agents. Warm clothing was given 25 families and 25 bushel baskets of food were passed out. Several hundred dollars were spent by the New York business man for the needy. He was as gen erous to the needy this year as in the past, though his gifts to his relatives were not as munificent thi. year as in times past. OLD BUILDINGS AT NORFOLK, NEB., BERN Norfolk, Neb. — (Special) — Fire of unknown origin practically wiped out tbe old frame buildings on Madison avenue, known as the Bat tler buildings. The Potthast Monu ment Works, the Robertson Dry Cleaning establishment and the Matzke Cabinet Works, occupying the old buildings were practically wiped out. The buildings were land marks. FARMERS WILL NOT BID AT FORCED SALES Minneota, Minn. — Forced farm auction sides are going to be ta booed if farmers of Swede Prairie township have their way about it. At a meeting of farmers of the township, held at the town hall the farmers made pledges not to bid at any auction sale of farm equipment where the sale is held against the free will of tire owner of the prop erty offered. The auction was taken to discour age what are known as "close out sales’’ conducted by banks and oth er creditors. The sale of a man’s property often deprives him of his own means of making a living and •we place the rights of humanity above rights of the dollar,” the res olutions adopted at the farmers* aieeting said. RELIEF WORK AT TRACY DONE IN ORDERLY WAY Tracy, Minn.—Relief work in aid of the unemployed in Tracy now has been arranged on a system, with a central committee of three assisting Dr. W. G. Workman, chairman of the Red Cross. Two ration lists have been pre pared. one for a family of two to four persons and another for fami lies of from five to eight. Orders are issued on grocers for filling the ra tion lists with soap, navy beans, rice, rolled oats, macaroni, coffee, flour, sugar, lard, prunes or peaches, bacon and tomato* Al.hlJ WOMAN H— Econ omy measures and lower purchasing costs have reduced primary high way expenditures materially, the state highway commission has ad vised Secretary Ed R. Brown of the state tax reduction committee. General maintenance work in 1932 is expected to cost 25.3 per cent less than the average for the last three years, while prices on con struction work have been reduced from 15 to 25 per cent in the last two years, the commission explained in the letter made public by Brown. TO PUT ON DRIVE TO EXTERMINATE CROWS Des Moine, la— —A drive to exterminate crows has been launched by a member of communi ties in the state, the state fish and game commission has been advised There is little doubt that crow's do destroy a great many eggs of quail and pheasant and other up land game birds, the commission members said. Between 200 and 300 crows re cently were killed by members of the Hinton post of the American Legion, it is reported boonf. cot vrv school ONE OF BEST IN STATE Albion, Neb.— 'UP)—Pinnacle Hill rural school, of district 43, Boone county, received its best Christmas present from the state department of education. The school ? as recognized as a “superior school'’ by the state de partment and eas presented wit" a plaque to signify the rating. It It the seventh rural school in the state to be honored in this manner. In addition ,o meeting the stand ards for a a andard school, the grounds of Pinnacle Hill school are neatly fence!, sodded and land scaped. The jehool is equipped with waterworks, has a library and a cy» clone cave. GET CASH FOR FEET) PURCHASE North Nebraska Farmers Receive Total of $168, 777 , Report Shows Lincola, Neb. — (UP)—Federal feed loans totaling $168,77/ have been paid to 657 needy fanners in seven northeast Nebraska drought area counties, report shows. The report of feed loatt activi ties in north Nebraska was submit ted to Director W. H. Brokaw of the agricultural college extension servic?:. Thirty-two applications for loan are dull awaiting action. It is ex pected the pending loans will bring the total of loans granted in the area to over $175,000. Knox county farmers received 363 loans, amounting to $90,000, the report to Brokaw shows. Cedai county farmers received 156 loans totaling about $44,000. In Boyc county 122 loans were made for a total of $32,000. Ten farmers in Holt, five in Brown and one in Rock county received loans amount inr to over $3,000. Of the loans yet to be acted upon It, are in Boyd. 11 in Knox, four in Cedar, one in Holt and one in Hxick county. Except in those instances where Joans are still pending, the actual money from the government is in the hands of the farmers who ap plied for loans. All the loans were made on a business basis and on satisfactory security. Interest was deducted in advance. The loans are to be repaid after harvest next fall. All of the money so far loaned has been for feed, to tide over breeding stock. The next step is ex pected to be to supply money for seed loaned, to enable farmers to plant another crop, according to those in charge. No federal funds have yet been appropriated for seed loan purposes, however. • • -• YOUTH DROWNS IN WATER OF MILL POND Ainsworth, Neb.—(Special)— George Taylor, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Taylor, was drowned at the mill dam. 14 miles north of here. He disappeared after coming home from school. A call for help was sent out when he was not found after a search by relatives. Fifty men responded and the body was found by Abe Moore, Harve Wil liams and John Lewis who were searching the mill pond with a flashlight from a boat. The body was standing upright with not more than six inches of water above the head. The child probably tried the ice and broke through. He was an ex pert swimmer but heavy winter clothing and galoshes probably held him down. MANY GliOIJSE SEEN NEAR ARTHUR. NEB. Arthur. Neb—(UP)—Ranchers of this part of the sandhills have re ported a marked increase in the number of coveys of grouse seen this winter. The increases in the numbers of this game bird are believed to be due to the dry weather that has prevailed over this section. The dry weather has been a boon to the hatching of small birds and the mortality rate due to wet and freez ing weather has not been so great. The grouse had almost entirely disappeared from this section—once the paradise for hunters from other sections of the state who came in each year to hunt. WANT COLD WEATHER TO KILL HOPPERS O’Neill. Neb.—Perhaps for the first time in their lives, farmers of Holt county are wishing for the limit in cold weather. Half a foot of snow has melted and sunk in the ground. A real cold spell would be sure to destroy many grasshopper eggs, the farmers say. WOULD GIVE WISNER EXPRESS DELIVERY Lincoln. Neb.— (Special)—Appli cation has been filed w-ith the state , railway commission by the Railway Express Agency for authority to in augurate collection and delivery service at Wisner. COW PRESENTS HER OWNER WITH TRIPLETS Gordon, Neb. —(Special)—A cow on the ranch of Edward Jensen, near Merriman. gave birth to triplets. Two of the calves are steers. One or two will have to be raised by hand or by another cow. JUDGE CHASE HEADS FAIR ASSOCIATION Stanton. Neb.—^Special)—At the annual meeting of the Stanton County Agriculture association. Judge D. C. Chase was elected presi dent; C. J. Krenier, vice president; H. D. Miller, treasurer, and E. E. Pont, secretary. Attorney A. E. Wen ke, chairman of the budget commit tee read the report which showed a profit of $149.08 on the 1931 fair. The 1932 fair will be operated strict ly on the budget plan so that the cost of the new and modern grand stand and 4-H club barns can be paid in the next few vpa>« HOW THE TARIFF ¥aR^AGEs] v_/ From the New York Times. The new British duties on “abnormal imports” an noyed and even angered the French. They promptly re taliated by raising the rates on certain British goods by 15 per cent. Thereupon the president of the British board of Trade, Mr. Runciman. who is himself an old free trader, served notice that if the French kept up that sort of thing England would make customs regulations which would deal certain industries in France a hard blow. There has been talk of a conference between the two nations to ad just this tariff dispute, but at present it is going full blast, with irritation and animosity mounting on both sides of the Channel. This kind of international friction is not confined to France and Er gland. In many parts of Europe the example of the United States is imitated, with fatuous acceptance of the American doctrine that foreigners ought to be glad to admit our goods free and buy largely of us. while they must never take it ill if we seek to shut out their products entirely by high tariff taxes. All this has occurred in face of a general agreement that such a course of action is a compound of folly and spite. International conferences, committees of bankers, groups of economists and financial experts have year after year been condemning in the strongest language the mania for protective and discrimin ating tariffs which now afflicts the world, yet its ravages are day after day growing more serious. The whole situa tion is a sort of paradoxical confession of bankruptcy by | the statesmen of many nations. Not one of them believes, or can believe, that a tariff war ever pays. It is a contest in which both parties are doomed to lose. After it is over they have only the melan choly duty of sitting down to reckon up their losses. Sev eral years ago a violent tariff war broke out between France and Switzerland. They hurled retaliatory duties at each other like shells from big guns. In their way, these were just as deadly. After a considerable period of this destructive warfare, both nations came to their senses, perceived that they were each harming itself as much as the other, and negotiated a commercial treaty which brought peace and contentment. Something like that may soon come about between England and France. But the virus of protection once taken into the blood of a nation rapidly poisons the whole system. It is today visibly infect ing and inflaming British public opinion. After it reaches a certain stage of virulence, there is no cure for it except putting the patient into a very cold bath of the hard facts of trade. ~ -- ■ ■ .. —■ ■'■* —. - —s, \$28,000,000 TRADE OPPORTUNITY| V___■> From Bureau of Research and Education of the Advertising Federation of America. There are millions upon millions of folks in this great American market whose incomes are beyond their immedi ate needs and who have been saving so much during the past two years that the savings banks are embarrassed with an over-supply of money. Savings deposits in the last two years have been increasing more than 50 per cent faster than is normal and today there is more than $28, 000,000,000 of available purchasing power lying in the sav ings banks of the United States. Most of this vast sum is owned by private individuals who have been curtailing their purchases more than necessary and who now need many kinds of goods. They are waiting for someone to come along and sell them what they need. It has often been said that leaders for the next period of business prosperity are selected during the preceding depression. Right now, today, the roster is being prepared, listing business concerns which will be in the front rank during the next few years. Our experience of the past has proved over and over again that an aggressive policy of selling and advertising during a time like this gives the courageous company a head start and a lead which is usually maintained. Money spent now for promotion will continue to bring in dividends during future years. And remember that advertising is not merely a com petitive weapon with which strong companies beat back the weak ones. The selling urge of good advertising not only influences people where to buy goods and what to buy, but also whether to buy at all. If all advertising and sell ing effort were suspended most people would buy less than they ever did. On the other hand, if all advertising were increased in quantity, and freshened with new appeals, people would buy more than they do at present. That is why advertising is so important to all of us, with its power to quicken all business. For each company, the question of when to advertise and how much money to spend must necessarily be an in dividual matter, for in business everything depends on profits. A great many well known companies have demon strated that there is profit in the fearless use of good ad vertising to overcome slack business. In fact, current rec ords prove that the individual firms which are making an exceptionally good showing this year are in nearly every case those firms which have aggressively been making busi ness instead of waiting for it to come. Piano Class Draws 32,000 in Three Years Chicogo — (UP) — Class instruc tion has taught 32,000 children in public schools how to play the piano, of whom 6,000 are at a stage where private instruction and music schools are carrying on, according to William J. Bogan, superintend ent of schools, and J. Lewis Browne, director of music. Piano introduction as the back ground of all music and as a cul tural accomplishment, but with no intention at developing skilled pianists was began three years ago. Each child has a keyboard on the desk, but takes its turn at Skunk Hunting Solves Job Problem for Pair Springville, N. Y.— (UP) —Skunk hunting by automobile has solved the unemployment problem for Kenneth L. Quackenbush and Bus ter N. Walters. The pair have two automobile headlights rigged to their ma- ] chine. These are played over ad joining fields as the men drive slowly along country roads. The skunks eyes glisten, and they can be* seen at distances up to 600 feet, tt’s perfectly easy after we snot j the piano at every lesson. Ninety per cent of the instruction is after school hours. Music firms have loaned 178 pianos. UNEMPLOYED STRIKE Las Animas, Colo.—(UP)—The unemployed went on strike here re cently because offered prices Ar wood cutting did not appeal to them. A huge woodpile was provided by Rev. V. E. Shirley. The pile was a nonprofit proposition, and offered opportunity to make a little extra money chopping wood. The eight men who started the job decided they would rather remain unem ployed than work for the amount the pastor was paying. a, skunk,” Quackenbush explained to a rather distant interviewer. ‘My partner just holds the light while I run up and hit the animal over the back with a club. Wc skin It immediately.” Tire hunters have averaged 10 skunks a night since the season opened. Each pelt is worth from $1 to $33. ——■---— SMILING SALESMEN WORRIED Phoenix, Ariz.— (UP) —The haz ard of cracked lips has worried employes of an uptown produce and grocery market since the own er posted a sign reading: "Your groceries free if we fail to smi.’*•.,,'