BELL RINGERS
CO IN TRAINING
London—(UP)—The bell ringers
©f London, who represent one of
the city's most ancient and honor
able professions, trained hard for
their work duiing the holiday sea
son
No men are more serious Upon
their shoulders rested the reputa
tion and traditions of bell ringing
guilds that are centuries old. As a
distinct craft, bell ringing dates
back to the time of Edward the
Confessor
Each Yuletidc the two oldest
guilds go determinedly after the
bell ringing endurance record.
The record is now held by the
Coclety of College Youths (found
ed, 1637), which in 1922 struck 21,333
blows on the church bells ol Apple
ton, Berkshire. The Scholars of
Chcapslde Society (founded. 1602)
are confident, however, of regaining
the honor within the next few years.
The last time the record was in
danger wa-s in 1928. For about 10
hours the bell ringers had held
urimly to their task and the record
was almost in sight. Then the voice
.if the big tenor bell gave way Its
bearings had burned out.
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World’s Greatest
Who is the greatest natural bats
man that ever played professional
taseball? This query was put In
turn to Ty Cobb. Babe Ruth and
Tris Speaker by the sporting editor
of Collier’s recently, and there
wasn't a moment’s hesitation as
each replied "Joe Jackson.’’
The fact that Joe Jackson was
one of the Black Sox.banished from
baseball after the world series
scandal of 1919. had no bearing on
the subject. Cobb. Ruth and Speak
er were thinking in terms of batting
art, not of sporting ethics. And
when this trio call some ball player
the greatest in his line, he must
be just about that.
The fourteen-year diamond career
of "Shoeless Joe” Jackson is one of
the greatest combinations of drama
and tragedy that any sport has ever
known. Back in the spring of 1807
a tall, gangling youth of twenty
came from Brandon Mills, South
Carolina, to play semi-pro ball at
Greenville. He was unable to read
or write. And he brought along the
sobriquet of “Shoeless Joe" for the
simple reason that he had played
most of his early baseball in his bare
feet. But he could hit like a cham
pion from the first of his career.
Jackson’s first official record was
with Greenville in the Carolina asso
ciation of 1908 where he batted 346.
After that Connie Mack lured him
to Philadelphia twice, but each time
Shoeless Joe became homesick and
Jlumpcd the club.
Standing over six feet, and loose
jointed without the slightest touch
of tension, he had a free, smooth
lash that was hard to forget. A left
handed hitter, he stood with his
right foot slightly advanced, the left
foot a trifle back, in perfect position
to step into the bnll and hit against
his right leg. This was the batting
method that Babe Ruth took for his
model when the Babe went In for
hitting in a serious way.
Joe Jackson had played Just ten
years of major league baseball be
fore he was banished for his part
in the crooked world series of 1919.
He finished his big league career
at the age of thirty-three. He fin
ished with a ten-year batting aver
age of .356, just a few points back of
the fast-moving Ty Cobb, well
ahead of such stars os Wagner
and Lajoie. It has been eleven years
since Jackson was heard of and yet
he is only forty-four.
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RECIPE TELLS
HOW TO MAKE
BANANA FRITTERS
In cooler weather fritters of
all kinds are most attractive. Try
these banana fritters some evening
for supper. Will be quite a treat for
the family:
4 bananas.
1V4 cups bread flour.
3 teaspoons baking pewder.
1 teaspoon sugar.
’4 teaspoon salt.
>4 cup milk.
1 egg.
1 tablespoon lemon Juice.
Mix and sift drv ingredients sev
eral times. Heat eggs light. Add
the milk and egg to the dry in
gredients and mix well. Add lemon
juice and bananas, cut fine. Allow
them to become a golden brown.
Drain on brown paper and serve
with Iowa Maid Maple syiup.
TOO TAME TODAY
Ot, it was naughty in its day!
To read its pages pink,
The youths would to the wood shed
hie,
Or 'round the corner slink.
Its ritzy ladies, 'though in tights
And sketched in lurid scenes.
Would sure have blushed at dame*
portrayed
In movie magazines.
Its day is done, its race is run.
Its star at last has set;
For modern taste it is too tame.
The old Police Gazette.
—Sam Page
THIEF STEALS FAMILY BIBLE
Pueblo, Colo. — iUP) — The thief
who robbed the ranch of C. H. Jones
near here, was of a religious turn.
He took the Jones family Bible.
DEAD TONNAGE INCREASED
Hamburg, Germany— (P)— An in
crease of 250,000 tons of “dead”
shipping tonnage has been reported
here for December, which brings
the total to no less than 700.000
tons, involving 175 high sea ves
sels. Of this number about 25
.'nips fly foreign flags.
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One Thing Necessary.
From Tit-Bits.
Old Bob's going to marry Miss
Flighty. She can ride, <jwim, dance,
sing, drive a ear, and pilot an air
plane. Real all-rounder!”
"They ought to get on fine.v. Old
Bob’s a good cook.”
TCF NOT THICK ENOt'GII
TO BEAR THI. WEIGHT
Wisner, Nc'o. — (Special* — 11
lias taken more than ihree days tc
move a house, about 24 feet by 2C
leet, with a porch attached across
the Elkhorn river which Is about
100 yards wide at the place selected
lor the crossing and from 3 to 5 feet
deep.
The owner of the building
thought that the sub-zero weather
had provided sufficient thickness to
the ice and that by the use of a
tractor and tackle and a crew of dx
men, the building could readily be
moved across. But the ice broke and
the building was really pulled
through the water the entire way
USE DYNAMITE
ON RIVER ICE
Serious Gorges and Flood
ing by the Elkhorn Pre
vented at Wisner
Wisner, Neb.—'Special)—In order
to prevent serious ice gorges from
forming in the Elkhorn river here
dynamiting has been resorted to ef
fectively for several weeks. The riv
er is noted for its annual rampages
but contrary to all expectations, the
only gorge formed was three milee
below the Wisner bridge and was oi
brief duration. Only a portion of
the several farms and the golf
course, south of the river, and a
larger area along the North West
ern track and No. 8 highway being
flooded Closer to the city, the riv
er was up, but at no place was it
bank full, and west of town no per
ceptible rise was noted.
Of the vast amount of snow wa
ter freed by the mild weather of last
week, the greater portion was ab
sorbed by the unfrozen soil and lit
tle found its way to the river.
BELIEVES HOPPER EGGS
NOT SERIOUSLY HURT
Lincoln, Neb. — (Special) — The
exceptionally warm weather of last
September and October probably
did not damage grasshopper eggf
as much as some farmers were led
to believe. Prof. M. H. Swenk says
in his grasshopper report released
Thursday. Several farmers reported
that they had found grasshopper
egg pods which appeared to be dried
out and moldy. When they placed
these egg pods in warm places
and attempted to hatch them, the
eggs did not hatch.
Experimental work has shown
that it requires 26 days to hatch
the eggs of destructive kinds of
grasshoppers in the fall when they
arc kept at an even temperature
of about 80 degrees. The same ex
periment showed that at about 9C
degrees it took 32 days at approxi
mately 99 degrees it took 46 days
and at about 70 degrees it took 147
days to hatch the eggs. In each cast
the eggs were not subjected to cold
before they were put into the warm \
temperature.
After grasshopper eggs are sub
jected to a temperature of 32 de
grees for a time, they hatch much
more quick! ’ when placed at high
temperatures Since the eggs which
farmers tried o hatch last fall had
not been subj cted to any freezing
weather, they did not hatch out in
a few days. This led to the wrong
conclusion that the hot weather had
extremely dried out and killed many
of the grasshopper eggs.
Other experiments showed that
the viability of grasshopper eggs
Is somewhat lowered or destroyed
when the eggs are exposed to a
temperature of 113 degrees for more
than 3 hours. The comparatively
few eggs that were exposed at or
very neflr the surface of the soil
by grasshoppers last fall, or the
eggs which were brought to the sur
face by cultivation, probably had
their viability lowered or destroyed.
However, weather conditions favored
the laying of more eggs than usual
last fall and the egg laying season
extended until early November in
some sections of the state. What
ever damage the high temperatures
and the drying weather had upon
the grasshopper eggs did not reduce
the number of hatchable grasshop
per eggs to normal numbers, Pro
fessor Swenk believes.
another obnoxious
PLANT IN NEBRASKA
O'Neill. Neb. —(Special)— Punc
ture vine, of the Caltrop family, in
troduced into the United States
from the vicinity of the Mediter
ranean and reported in California
in 1903. has been found along the
railway tracks in South O Neill. Tht
vine is firmly established here anc
is rated a prickly pear knockout.
The fruit of this vine is made up
of five burrs in a cluster, each
burr containing from two to five
seeds. Each burr has two or more
sharp spines of about the size, color
and shape of those of common car
pet tacks, arranged so that which
every way it lies on the ground, one
points upward. The points are al
most as hard as those of tacks.
Puncture vine points pierce the
soles of children's shoes, choke
chickens and animals to death, tan
gle in bedding there to gouge those
coming in contact with them, and
they made sitting on the ground im
possible.
Puncture fine vine will grow ir
pastures, on meadows and in culti
vated fields, and it thrives during
drought periods or in wet seasons.
BRIDGE NEAR VALENTINE
TO COST $66,143
Ainsworth, Neb.—(Special)—Tire
Niobrara river near Valentine will
be spanned by a bridge made by the
Yant Construction company of
Omaha, according to information
received here. The bid was $66,14*
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Putting a Stop to It.
From Pele Mele, Paris.
“Good heavens, girl, you are get
ting uglier every dayr
“Well, at least, that’s something
you can t do.”
ST.X 11. v.»« Nt *
HAS < i'll LS BANKS
Lincoln, Neb—S.atc Treasurer T.
»V. Bass' report for February shows
a total of $4,392,883 on hand as
compared with $4,260,644 the pre
vious month. Of this, $3,185,217 is
deposited in banks, $1,201,412 Is in
vested in government bonds and
$6,254 is cash on hand.
The balance in the general fund
dropped during the month from
$1,570,637 to $1,439,258. The balance
in the gasoline tax fund dropped
from $639,327 to $490,102. There Is
$221,861 in the federal aid road fund
and $383,944 in the motor vehicle
registration fund. The balance ii>
the capitol fund is $393,646.
MAKE REPAIRS
ON MACHINERY
Nebraska Farmers to Be
Taught How to Get Along
With the Old Stuff
Lincoln. Neb.—(UP)—Instead o!
buying new machinery, farmers of
Cass, Hamilton, Douglas and Lan
caster counties are going to hold
machinery-repairing bees, just like
they used to hold husking bees.
Two experts In farm implement
machinery repairing, Paul R. Hoff
and O. J. Trenary, of the college
of agsiculture will have charge of
the community meetings in each of
the four counties.
Farmers are being asked to haul
In plows, grain drills, corn planters,
listers and other equipment that
needs attention. An entire day will
be spent going over the machinery
and teaching farmers how to do
repair work themselves.
Another series of meetings of the
same type will be held in the four
counties later in the summer, when
binders, headers, mowers and other
tools will be inspected and repaired.
TAKES RANK AS
HORSE MARKET
Grand Island, Neb.—(UP)—Grand
Island, this spring, is regaining
some of the importance it held as
one of the county's largest horse
markets during the war.
Demand for horses and mules,
brought in off the ranges and from
Wyoming and Montana ranches, has
thus far this year exceeded the
supply, livestock commission men
report here.
Five hundred head of horses and
mules will be offered in the sales
rings here this week. Nearly 700
head of horses and mules were put
through the ring one day last week.
“Trade in the New England states
on horses is just starting,” John
Torpey, head of the Grand Island
Livestock commission, states, “and
it is evident that we will need all
of the horses and mules we can get
up until May 1.” Torpey says the
demand will be greater than the
supply for the next 30 days.
Eighteen carloads of horses have
been distributed in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Vermont, New York
and Illinois. Mules were shipped
from here to Pennsylvania, Georgia,
North Carolina and Mississippi.
Horses sold for as high as $250
and $310 per pair in the sales rings
here.
FINISH AUDIT
WAYNE NORMAL
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—State
Accountant Avery has completed an
audit of the accounts of the state
Teachers college at Wayne for the
period from December 2, 1929, to
January 11, 1932. which shows a
registration of 986 at the present
time, an increase over that of a
year ago.
Fees totaling $87,761.13 were col
lected and properly accounted for,
according to the report, which shows
that the average student spends be
tween $4 and $5 a week for meals
at the college cafeteria, which is
self supporting.
Rooms in the dormitories rent for
from $1.25 to $2.50 a week, these
receipts being used to complete pay
ment for the dormitories that have
been built and that now are being
constructed.
TELEPHONE COMPANIES
WOULD REDUCE RATES
Lincoln, Neb—Five Nebraska
telephone companies petitioned the
state railway commission Saturday
for various forms of reduced ser
vice charges.
The Bertrand Telephone com
pany. serving a rural territory, re
quested a reduction of 25 cents a
month.
The Crete Telephone company,
the Reynolds company and the
(Frontier company asked authority
to discontinue the $1 per phone in
stallation charge during the month
of March for exchanges at Crete,
Kramer. Reynolds and Hubbell.
The Northwestern Bell company
applied to the commission to ex
tend to rural and private branch
exchange service a reduced sus
pension rate of $1 a month at sev
eral exchanges, and 75 cents at
ot hers.
STATE FAIR HOARD
NAMES SUPERINTENDENTS
Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— The
state fair board, at its meeting here,
named W. A. Watkins of Neligh to
succeed T. B. Keedle as superinten
dent of the auditorium. Few changes
were made in the list of superin
tendents and the complete list in
cludes: Beef cattle. Henry Kuhl
of Plainvicw; swine, J. S. Golder ot
Oakland: farm products, A. W.
Lamb of Albion; needlework. Airs.
George Skillstadt of Albion: horti
culture, A. W. Lamb of Albion.
NEED OF FEED
STILL EXIST!
Niobrara Man Asserts Con
ditions in Knox County
Continue Deplorable
Lincoln, Neb.— (Special)— Senator1
Roster of Niobrara, member of the
Knox county state relief commit
tee, in conference with State Ta>
Commissioner Smith, stated that
there is need of food in Knox coun
ty, since there is only enough tc
last until Wednesday.
He said that approximately 2,000
persons are being fed by the relief
supplies and that flour, corn, meal,
bacon, rice, beans, syrup and jelly
are needed. There is plenty of meat
on hand, he asserted, since the
farmers killed some animals when
they saw how scarce feed was go
ing to be.
The federal government has sup
plied the Indians in that region
with a car of flour and one of gro
ceries, so the state relief commit
tee no longer is looking after them.
Mr. Koster said that livestock
feed has been coming into the coun
ty right along, but that three c
four cars are needed each week.
CROP OBSERVER
IS OPTIMISTIC
Believes North Nebraska to
Have Bumper Yields
This Year
Norfolk, Neb. — (UP) — G. L
Carlson, for many years federal ob
server, Is optimistic concerning
north Nebraska’s crop prospects for
the coming season.
Carlson believes the 1932 crop In
the region which last season was
left destitute by drought and
grasshoppers will be bumper—pos
sibly the best crop for several
years.
Three factors figure in Carlson’s
reasoning. First, the snows and
rains of this winter have been
heavier than usual, soaking deeply
the ground which was parched last
summer. Second, the moisture will
be great enough, he believes, to do
what the cold failed to do—kill the
grasshoppers. Third, the fact that
little or no crop was raised last
year has left the soil rich in food
content.
NEW BISHOP INSTALLED
AT GRAND ISLAND, NEB.
Grand Island, Neb.—(UP)—The
bishop of Grand Island, was in
stalled Tuesday at elaborate cere
monies in St. Mary's cathedral
here.
The ceremony brought to Grand
Island one of the largest religious
gatherings in the history of the city.
It was found necessary to provide
accommodations in private homes
and St. Francis hospital, in addi
tion to the hotels, for the many vis
iting bishops, monsignori, priests,
nuns and laity from various partts
of the state and from outside of Ne
braska.
Officiating at the installation ser
1 vices was the Most Rev. Francis J.
Beckman, D. D., archbishop of Du
buque and metropolitan for the
area in which Grand Island is a
suffragan see.
The new bishop of Grand Island
arrived from Chicago by special
train Tuesday morning, accompa
(lied by 60 priests and 40 laymen.
TRI-STATE PRESS CONTEST
TO BE HELD AT FREMONT
Fremont, Neb—(UP)—The sixth
annual Tri-State Press contest
sponsored by Midland college will
officially open March 10 when final
registrations will be received, ac
cording to announcement by An
drew J. Fuhrmeister of Fremont.
Registration this year is expected
to exceed that of a year ago, when
50 high school newspapers repre
senting schools in Iowa, Nebraska
and Kansas were entered in the
competition.
Three judges, working indepen
dently, will start grading the pa
pers immediately after March 10
and the results will be ready for an
nouncement by April 25.
WOULD BE IDENTIFIED
ON PRIMARY BALLOT
Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— Tak
ing advantage of the law passed by
the last legislature, Dan Swanson,
candidate for re-election as state
land commissioner, has filed appli
cation with the secretary of state
to have his occupation and address
printed on the primary ballot aft
er his name. The law provides that
where two or more surnames of
candidates for the same office are
similar in sound or spelling either
candidate may request that his oc
cupation and address, not to ex
ceed five words, be printed after his
name on the ballot. Gus Swanson.
York republican, appears on the
ballot as Dan Swanson’s opponent
and the latter asked that “present
land commissioner, Fremont, Neb..
be placed on the ballot.
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Frank Gabler, pitching his first
season in organized baseball for
Bartlesville, Okla., in 1931, struck
out 201 batters.
WOMAN SENTENCED FOR
PASSING WORTHLESS CHECKS
Fremont, Neb. — (Special) —
Judge Harry D. Landis in Wahoo
sentenced Mrs. Eleanor Draper of
Yutan to serve two to five years
in the woman’s reformatory at
York. She pleaded guilty to cash
ing checks that were worthless. She
purchased articles in Wahoo and
Frecmont, paying for them with
the checks. Most of the goods were
recovered in her home.
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Plans are under way to revive au
tomobile racing at Houston, x'ex.
TI1RESIIERMEN HOLDING
MEET AT SIOUX F ALLS
Sioux Falls, S. D. — A large at
tendance is expected at the 16th an
nual convention of the South Da
kota Brotherhood of Threshermen
opening here Tuesday, with ses
sions continuing until Wednesday
evening. The convention was called
to order early Tuesday afternoon
by II. F. Borneman, Sioux Falls,
president of the association.
Among the speakers will be R. E
Hubbard, representing the Water
town Farm Equipment association;
H. G. Gildemeister, president of the
Minnesota Brotherhood of Thresh
ermen, and J. B. Whitmer, Chicago.
The annual banquet of the associa
tion is scheduled for Tuesday eve
ning, at which F. L. Perry, former
industrial commissioner of South
Dakota, will act as toastmaster.
At a business session Wednesday
afternoon a president, vice presi
dent, secretary-treasurer, three
members of the executive committee
three members of the legislative
committee, two alternates and two
delegates to the national thresh
erman's convention will be chosen
LEGION TAKES
HAND IN WORK
Aids Red Cross in Distribu
tion of Relief in S. Da
kota Drought Area
Gregory, S. D.—(Special)— Coun
ty chairmen to take charge ot
American Legion feed distribution
activities in the eighth district were
announced by Supt. Quincy L.
Wright of the Gregory schools, new
ly elected district commander. These
county chairmen will co-operate in
every way with the Red Cross chair
men of their respective counties.
Karl Zutz of Burke is Legion
chairman for Gregory county and
H. M. Vallete of Burke is Red Cross
chairman.
Dr. Carle B. Lenker of Colonie will
act as county chairman for the Le
gion for Tripp county and Claude
Maule of Winner for the Red Cross.
Dr. Saladay of White River, in
Mellette county, acts for the Legion
and F. I. Terpin of White River
for the Red Cross.
William Witcher of Hidden Tim
ber is the county chairman for the
Legion for Todd county and T. C.
Clark of Rosebud for the Red Cross
Dave Heffron of Martin is Le
gion county chairman of Bennett
county and J. W. Cozad of Martin
for the Red Cross.
Glen Sealey of Waublee has
charge of Washbaugh county for the
Legion with J. W. Cozad of Martin
for the Red Cross.
Each county chairman for the
Legion will appoint a chairman in
each township in his county to
look after the distribution of live
stock feed. They will assist in the
unloading cars and assist in system
atic recording of relief given.
MUCH MORE WATER
IN SOUTH DAKOTA LAK£S
Pierre, S. D. — — Water
from melting snow has materially
benefited South Dakota’s natural
and artificial lakes, c. H. Johnson
| director of the state game and fish
department, reports. Drainage wa
ter poured into most of the lakes
from surrounding watersheds, rais
ing surface levels in many instances
Mr. Johnson said Campbell lake
in Brookings county and Swan lake
in Turner county, two of the many
natural lakes which lost consider
able water during last summer’s
drought, filled up and flushed out
during the thaw.
The Sioux conversion canal which
drains into Dry lake in Hamlin
county ran at capacity for more
than 24 hours and raised the lake’s
level two feet. The flow was suf
ficient to cause Dry lake to expand
and drain into Lake Poinsett.
Reports from over the state In
dicate that the levels of many lakes
were raised several inches. The
melting snow was especially bene
ficial to artificial lakes, the direc
tor said. Lakes at Platte. Scotland.
Highmore and Burke and Hidden
wood lake at Selby and Antelope
lake in Harding county were full or
nearly full of water after the thaw.
The water level of the Highmore
lake was raised six feet and the sur
face of the Burke lake was within
15 inches of the dam spillway. Bea
ver lake in Yankton county over
flowed, as did the Platte, Scotian#
and Antelope lakes.
MUSKRAT TRAPPING
RULES ANNOUNCED
Pierre, S. D.— —An open sea
son for trapping muskrats on Big
Stone lake and Lake Traverse hat
been authorized by the South Da
kota game and fish department for
April 1 to 10, Inclusive, O. H. John
son, department director, announces.
Muskrats may be trapped on these
days from 6 a. m., to 8 p. m. No
other fur bearing animals may be
taken.
Big Stone and Lake Traverse
form a boundary between South
Dakota and Minnesota and the two
states make their game laws on these
waters conform. Mr. Johnson said
a South Dakota trapping license is
good only on this state's half of the
lake.
AUXILIARY PRESENTS
FLAGS TO SCHOOLS
Gregory, S. D—(Special)—The
American Legion auxiliary of Greg
ory presented the students of the
first grade rooms in the Gregory
public schools and the Catholic pa
rochial school with silk United
States flags. The unit has made
donations to the local welfare chest
and the feed relief fund.
WATER ALWAYS WARM
Temperature cf tl c Gulf :. cam
ranges from r.'.'tiA C2 cc recs
Fahrenheit in v:....ra to nr, :.i . inr
mer.
COUNTIES GIVEN SHARES
OF GASOLINE TAX
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)-A ratal
of $127,213.31, representing one
fourth of gasoline tax collections
for February after deductions far
refunds and administration r sts,
has been distributed to the various
counties according to the number
of automobiles registered in each
county. Antelope county eceived
$1,355.43; Boone, $1,378 93; Boyd,
$590.75; Brown, $497.99; Burt, $1.
327.66; Cedar, $1,447.58; Ccilax, $1.
240.09; Cuming, $1,475.35; Dakota,
$850.12; Dixon, $987.74; Dod^e, $2,
650.13; Holt, $1,273.96; Keya Palia.
$274.63; Knox, $1,600.15; Madison,
$2,450.36; Merrick, $1,065.24; Nance,
$858.66; Pierce, $1,058.22; Platte, $2,
003.85; Rock, $258.76; Stanton, $839.
13; Thurston, $733.86; Washingtoo
$1,306.60; Wayne, $1,182.22.
CAPITOL BUILT
BY SPECIAL TAX
Structure at Lincoln to Cost
State of Nebraska
$10,000,000
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Ne
braska’s new $10,000,000 state capitol
represents an investment of $7.18
for each man, woman and child In
the state.
Had the cost of building tlie new
state bouse been shared equally
by each citizen of the state, that is
what would have come from each
pocketbook. But a special levy, ef
fective 14 years ago, has hit only
the taxpayer.
Originally the capitol was to have
cost $5,000,000. When the new state
house was authorized the legislature
adopted as pay-as-we-build policy.
The new building, a creation of
Bertram Goodhue, arose around Ne
braska’s old state house. It has been
constructed bit by bit. The old cap
itol building has completely disap
peared now, and the new capitol
dominates Lincoln’s skyline. Its 450
foot tower, containing office suites,
has made it a unique building in
the nation.
The first capitol tax levy was put
on in 1918. For every $1,000 prop
erty valuation in the state, the tax
payer paid 30 cents to help con
struct the state capitol building.
Every farmer in the state, who
owns a quarter of a section of lsind,
provided it is assessed at the pres
ent average value of land in the
state—$37 per acre—has paid in
taxes on assessed valuation $18.64
toward the capitol cost.
LOSES BOTH HANDS
BUT IS NOT DEPENDENT
Ainsworth, Neb. — (Special) —
Mrs. M. E. Stacy, who lost both
her arms in an accident while
helping her husband in haying last
fall, has received a letter from Mrs
Rose Wolfe of North Dakota whc
was the victim of a similar experi
ence.
Mrs. Wolfe writes that she lost
both her hands and parts of both
feet February 13, 1923 when she got
lost in a blizzard and with her hus
band was out two days and a night.
Her husband lived only a few days.
She was left with two small chil
dren and in poor circumstances, she
says. Then the bank in which her
husband’s small life Insurance was
deposited failed.
One of her friends called on her
and recommended artificial arms
She secured a set five years ago and
now does most of her housework,
she says and feels that she is self
supporting.
She can do her washing and iron
ing, plant and hoe her garden, make
beds, change pillow cases, keep the
fires going, wash dishes, stir up
cake, make drop cookies, do fancy
work and write. There are so many
things she can do she says that she
gets along nicely, although she is
not fully independent.
BLOOMFIELD TEACHERS
ALL GIVEN RE-ELECTION
Bloomfield, Neb.— (Special)—The
board of education in special ses
sion reduced the teachers’ salaries
an average of 14.3 per cent. The
cuts were scaled. Those whose pres
ent salaries are less than $1,200 re
ceived a 5 per cent reduction. $1 200
to $1,450, 7'i per cent, and those
from $1,450 up received a 10 per
cent cut. The superintendent's sal
ary was reduced about $300. The
Latin department in high .school
will be dropped for the present, thus
cutting out a teacher. The total re
duction in teachers’ salaries will be
$3,323.63. A 25 per cent cut on run
ning expenses of the school other
than teachers’ salaries was made, a
total reduction of 39 uer ceiv. AU
teachers were re-elected.
PHONE COiT-Y’VNV TO
GIVE FIRE ALARMS
Lincoln. Neb.— (Special)—The di
rectors of the Nebraska Telephone
association have asked the insur
ance companies to take up and pass
upon a suggestion in a communi
cation from R. E. Dutcher, operator
of a telephone exchange at Pierce.
Mr. Dutcher says he has arranged
with the city of Pierce that when a
fire occurs all telephone subscribers
are notified and it is his belief that
because of the extra protection to
property by the siren system that a
lower rate should be granted since
the danger of fire is lessened in
comparison to the property of non
subscribers.
PHONE COMPANY SHOWS
LOSS OF PATRONS
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—The an
nual report of the Cedar County
Farmers Telephone company of
Hartington, filed with the state rail
way commission, shows total assets
of $89,393; outstanding common
slock. $19,300; total revenues, 3:C.
60P.40; total expenses. C13 .70.10; net
earnings, $5,431.20; dividends paid
$1,895. The company h 71G s" -
tions. a loss of 1G4 frr- nrr •
ous year.