MONDAY, AUG. 6, 1928.
MURDOCK
For Real Service!
I wish to announce to the public the question of the Gar
age and Machine Shop formerly conducted by A. H.
Ward. I am here to serve the public in all kinds of auto
mobile or kindred machine work, all of which we guar
antee. Best parts used, and workmanship given. Drop
in and see me.
A. H. JACOBSON
Murdock, Nebraska.
A. J. Tool and family were guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
H. Gorder for the day on last Sun
day. Turner McKinnom and the family
from near Alvo were visiting for the
afternoon at the home of A. J. Tool
on last Sunday.
Business called A. J. Tool to Lin
coln on last Tuesday, he making the
trip via his ear, while Douglas look
ed after the business at the store.
Sheriff Reed was looking after
some business at Murdock on last
Wednesday and also had some busi
ness at other points in the west end
of the county.
Milton G. Keedy of Elmwood was
a visitor in Murdock on last Monday
coming over to look after some busi
ness matters and also to visit with
his friends here
Theo. Carnes sold last week two j
cars of the famous Chevrolet make,
one going to George Coon of Man
ley and the other going to Harvey
Meyer, both of the enclosed type.
Both the elevators at Murdock
have been crowded with work hand
ling the small grain crop, and have
had to enlist additional help in hand
ling the offerings of the farmers.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tool and their
son, Douglas, drove to Kansas City,
departing Saturday evening and re
maining for over Sunday where they
visited at the heme of their daugh
ter. Mrs. George Work.
Frank Martin and wife of Omaha
were visiting for a number of days
in Murdock and were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tool,
with whom Mr. Martin was in busi
ness a number of years ago in Mur
dock. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Neitzel were
visiting for the day last Sunday in
Omaha, where they were the guests
at the home of Dr. and Mrs. S. B.
McDearmid who were to leave the
following day for a season at Lake
Okinoji.
John H. Buck and the family were
visiting for the day on last Sunday
at Greenwood, where they were visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Buck, parents of Mr. John Buck,
and where they enjoyed the visit
Aery much.
Diller Utt and wife of Havelook
were visiting- for the day last Sun
,1 Z 'rrQay ; on to Idaho, where they will visit
at the home of George Ltt and!"
day
wife, and were joined also by L. A.
Gordon and of Omaha, all enjoying
the visit at the home folkf most
pleasantly.
W. B. Weddell suffered the loss of -is at this time being delivered, is a
ore of his fine Jersey cows which good fair average with yields run
was struck by a train last Wednes-lning from twenty bushels to the acre
day evening and killed. The herd of:to forty and above with the average
Mr. Wedrfell is a very fine one andjaround thirty bushels to the acre,
ever, liic loss of one out of the num-1 makes the yield pretty fair. The oats
nc-r makes a dibtinct loss, as an areiis
excellent milkers.
Mrs. Wm. Mooney, sister of J. H.
Buck, accompanied by her daughter,
Mrs. Hazel Graves and her three
children have been visiting for a
number of days at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Buck. Mr. Buck had not
seen his sister for about seven years
and has not ever seen the children (
or his niece.
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Baseball Tournament
Alvo - Greenwood
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Free Rodeo
SPEAKING
Hon. A. J. Weaver Friday, 10tht at 3 p. m.
Hon. Chas. W. Bryan. . .Saturday, 11th, at 8 p. m.
Hear These Candidates for Governor!
Dancing
Open Air Dome Maple Floor
Dan Desdune's Orchestra
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PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL.
one of his fingers became entangled
with a chain running over a sprasket
with the result that the nail was
torn away and the bone exposed.
The finger while still very sore and
painful is getting along as nicely as
could be expected.
The U. S. Oil company of which
V. O. Gillespie is the manager at
Murdock, last week purchased a new
Chevrolet truck which will be used
in the delivery of their products to
customers. The new truck was fur
nished through the agency of Theo.
Carnes, the Chevrolet dealer of Mur
dock and vicinity.
A. H. Jacobson the new garage
proprietor, who has acquired the
garage formerly conducted by A. H.
Ward, has gotten moved to Murdock
from Lincoln, where he was former
ly located and is jumping into the
work with a vim and willingness that
spells success. See his announcement
in another column of this paper,
Return to Home in East.
Mr. and Mrs. J. "W. Dermenstoff .
parents of Mrs. Jess Landholm who
have been visiting here for the past
more than two months, and who have
enjoyed the stay in Murdock most
pleasantly, departed from Murdock
on last Thursday, stopping at Oma
ha for the night where they visited
with friends and . from there went
bv auto to New York, being accom
panied by Mr. and' Mrs. Landholm
who drove them to New York, where
on the eleventh, or fhe coming Sat
urday they will sail on the "Gripp
holm" for Gothenberg, which is
only a day's ride by train, to their
home in Stockholm, where they ex
pect to be on August 22nd, and to
arrive at Gothenberg on August
21st. They are to stop at Niagara
Falls to see this wonder of America,
and also at Torrington, Conn., where
they will visit relatives.
Some Warm Weather.
Henry A. Guthmann who with the
family are now on a trip to the
northwest where they are looking for
cooler weather write that they are
at Ainsworth, where they are visit
ing with friends and having an ex
cellent time. They will be away for
some time yet, as they expect to drive
Making Good Average.
The present crop of wheat wmcn
r.iamn
from forty to fifty bushels
to the acre, and tnis is considered as
fair as it is mostly for a change crop,
and for feeding on the farm for the
stock and not so much raised for
sale.
Spent Week at Meadow.
Last week was spent at Meadow
.iiere there is good camping as they
! have a cottage, and good nshing
'boating and swimming, by Harry V.
McDonald and wife and Mrs.
H. A.
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OEPMRTMEMT.
Tool, and a portion of the time by
Henry A Tool and daughter, as "well
as on Sunday being visited by friends
and Harry A. Gillespie and Wife of
Omaha coming down for a visit for
over Sunday, and which made a very
pleasant outing. Frank Martin, for
mer partner in the mercantile busi
ness in Murdock and wife, of Omaha
were also spending a couple of days
at the camp.
Red Calves Gone.
Estrayed from my farm two miles
north and two and a quarter mile?
west of Murdock, three red spring
calves. Get in touch with me. Clif
ford Richardson, Murdock. 2tw
New Fire Fighter.
The city council of Murdock at a
recent meeting ordered the purchase
of a new chemical engine for the use
cf fighting fires, and on last "Wed
nesday while in Omaha. E. W. Thim
gan brought the purchase home and
with this Murdock can feel that they
are very well protected, when they
shall have a team which is well drill
ed for the purpose of fighting what
fires may occur.
Old Settlers Re-union.
Yesterday, Sunday, Aug. 5th, at
the grove near the Bushberry school,
which has been a land mark for more
than forty years, was held the third
nr.ual Old Settlers Re-union and
there were gathered a large number
of the people who have watched this!
country develop from the raw prairie
with an occasional shanty or a board
shack, to the elegant farms which
greet us on every hand with all the
modern improvements which makes
the land worth living in. An excel
lent program was had, and with the
music and songs, and the social
greetings made the meeting one that
was well worth while. L. Neitzel,
who has been a business man of Mur
dock for nearly thirty-five years gave
the principle address, and brought to
the minds of the older inhabitants
many remembrances of the days gone
by.
New Station Going Forward
Frank Melviii and A. H. Ward
have been lambasting the work in
a fearful way for the past week on
the new filline: station, and have
made excellent progress to show for
their work as the superstructure of
the oil station building which is be
ing constructed for Mr. Ward is go
ing forward rapidly, and it will not
be so long until the place will be
in readiness to begin business. This
is quite an improvement to the city
of Murdock, and with each addition
to the business interests the town
grows.
Returns From Visit.
The Rev. H. R. Knosp. pastor of
the church at Murdock, who with the
family have been visiting for the
past two weeks in the north, which
included Minnesota and a portion of
South Dakota, where they were
guests of relatives returned on last
Saturday night a week, and were in
time to conduct the services of the
following day.
Mrs, Jenkinson
Cites Low Re
turn on heat
Some Letters Praise. Some Blaine,
W. C. T. TJ. Leader for Stand
for Farmer.
Monroe, Neb.. Aug. 3. Mrs. Liz
zie Jenkinson, who quit as state pub
licity director of the V. C. T, U. be
cause she is unable to support Hoov
er, is getting letters from near and
far. Some indorse her stand; others
denounce her.
Tuesday, the Jenkinsons received
their check for 1.200 bushels of
wheat. Tart brought 99 cents; the
balance $1.
"Cannot the women of the middle
west realize that everything we sell
is selling at much the same dis
i count," says Mrs. Jenkinson. "My
'people lost one thousand dollars in
one day when Mr. Hoover's price fix
ing rate went into effect during the
war, besides lurmsning a son wno
did his bit in the service."
Mrs. Jenkinson explains that the
check for the wheat is gross. The
' threshing bill takes 8 cents a bushel.
iThen there are the threshers' board,
'shocker, twine, depreciation on ma
jchinery, seed and taxes.
"Where are we going to get money
j to attend shows which apparently
l were not meant for farmers when
:the same day we pay $677 taxes on
! 260 acres and a semi-yearly pay
ment of $124 on our lease on a sec
tion of pasture land?" she asks.
DEMOCRATIC GROUP FORMS
Omaha, Aug. 2. Friends of Rich
ard L. Metcalfe, candidate for United
States senator, will meet here next
Monday to form an organization
known as the Metcalfe volunteers.
j Former Mayor Ed P. Smith, and
national committeeman Arthur F.
Mullen will be among the principal
speakers. Others who will speak in
clude Dr. Ogla Stastny, Clair Mulvi
hill, William J. Curran. George Col
lins, John Blakenship, Joseph R. By
erly and Bertha Benedict.
State and county candidates have
been invited. Harry B. Fleharty
candidate for congress; Harry R.
Easton, candidate for state senator;
Frank Payne and George Morearty
candidates lor county cemmUtione
nave notined tne committee they will
speak.
Farm Group
Leader Is to
Support Smith
Political Conversion Follow Break
fast Conference at New York
Hotel Critic of Hoover
New York, Aug. 2. In his fight
for the nresidency. Governor Smith
gained an ally today from the corn
belt George N. Peek, or Illinois, one
of the champions of the McNary-
Haugen farm bill which was frown
ed on by the Coolidge administration
Peek- announced that ne had bolted
the republican party to enlist under j
the Smith banner after he and the
democratic nominee had discussed
the farm question for two hours.
Immediately after their confer
ence, which took place over a break
fast table in the governor's suite at
the hotel, Smith reaffirmed his in
tention, if elected, of calling on the
best minds for advice in the shaping
up or a rami renei program. Hejsecond cutting of alfalfa hay arc
mentioned Frank O. Lowden of Illi- r0od. while wild hav. the cutting of
nois as one of the republicans he
would like to consult.
Will Discuss Farm Problem.
In his statement, the governor
reiterated that he would discuss the
farmers' problem at length in his ac
ceptance speech, and observed that
control of the sale of agricultural
surplus is recognized by the plat
form as an essential need, its cost
to be imposed on the unit fo be
benefitted."
"That principle is nxed by our
platform, on which 1 stand only
the detail of its accomplishment re
mains." he added.
Peek, who supported Lowden for
the republican presidential nomina-j
tion, came out for Smith formally;
after be had visited Chairman Ras
keb of the democratic national com
mittee at campaign headquarters
late in the day.
"As a result of my conference with
Governor 'Smith thfs morning," he
dictated to newspaper men for im
mediate publication, later incorpor
ating the same language for the in
troduction of a statement he issued
for tomorrow morning papers, "I feel
certain that he has a clear and cor
rect understanding of the farm prob
lem and that he will solve it with
intellectual honesty if he is elected
president.
'Tpon the strength of his state
ment to me as epitomized in his
public statement this morning I
shall support his candidacy for presi
dent." State Journal.
Iowa Farmers
Oppose Hoover
Nominee Termed "Arch Enemy of
Agriculture" By a Group
Oppose Hoover's Candidacy
West Branch. Ia., Aug. 3. From
the vicinity of West Branch, Herbert
Hoover's birthplace and "location"
for a speech August 21, has come a
denunciation by a farm organization
of the republican nominee as the
"arch enemy of agriculture."
The Honey Grove local unit of the
Cedar County Farmers union, four
miles north of West Branch, has gone
on record as opposing Hoover's can
didacy. Objection was taken to the fail
ure of the Kansas City convention
to accept the demand of the Corn
Belt federation, and previous charges
by Farmers' union officials were re
peated to the effect that Hoover, as
food administrator during the war
kept farm prices at comparatively low
levels and gave first consideration to
the east.
In closing, the resolution express
ed appreciation of "the treatment the
farmers received at the democratic
nafional convention at Houston, not
only because we were received as all
other classes, but because they em
bodied in their platform the princi
ples of our legislation." Lincoln
Star.
ADMITS HE KILLED TWO
Council Grove, Kans., - Aug. 2.
Joseph Marchon. 45, farmer . and
father of six children, is in the Norr
ris county jail here tonight charged
with a double murder.
He admitted before a coroner'?
jury this .afternoon he shot and kill
ed his housekeeper, Mrs. Eva Bow
man, 4 0, and her son, Carl Bowman,
17, this morning at the culmination
of a quarrel involving his proposal
of marriage and the possession of
a car he, said was owned jointly by
the woman and himself.
BALDWIN KEEPS SILENT
London, Aug. 2. Stanley Baldwin,
prime minister, today refused to be
"smoked out" by questioners in
the house of commons who sought
from him some definite statement on
the government's tariff policy. There
was a brisk fire of questions aimed
to develop whether the free trade
speeches of Winston Churchill or the
protectionist utterances of Sir Wil
liam Johnson Hickson-Hicks, home
secretary, represented the cabinet
policy. I
The prime minister carefully re-j
f rained from making and definite,
Ktatpmpnt instead he erpptpd thf '
y heckling in a jocujar vein, especially
r.jvrben it. turned upon fne conflicting
. . -
statements expressed by members of ,
the -cabinet. j
Bumper Corn
Crop Expected
Condition Above Normal, Otfier Crops
Good, Report Shows, Wheat Is
Better Than Predicted
Winter wheat is turning out much
better than expected and prospects
were never better for a bumper corn
crop as a result of the nearly ideal
weather in Nebraska from July 16
to 31 according to the crop report
of the Burlington. I
The condition of the cor,n crop is
now 100 per cent as compared to
the normal year, the report made '
public Tuesday by Division Freight '
Agent N. E. Kerns shows. The aver-
age yield of winter wheat for the
entire territory Is 21.6 bushels, f or j
spring wheat 18.5 bushels and for:
oats, 3 41,4 bushels. The quality of
the wheat is good but it carries a
very high percentage of moisture j
Threshing has been delayed by rains.
and considerable srrain has been
stacked. Combines have worked at
a disadvantage.
The condition of all crops, with
the exception of fruit, is shown tc
be very good. The condition of po
tatoes in comparison with the nor
mal year is 96 per cent and fruit
jg 4814 per cent. The hay crop and
which has just begun, is considered
fairly good.
The weather during the last half
of July was considered ideal for all
growing crops. The average rainfall
was 2.31 inches and the temperture
ranged from 62 to 9 3 degrees.
The report by division follows:
Omaha Division.
Winter wheat Average yield per
acre, 22.5 bushels.
Oats Average yield per acre, 3 4
bushels.
Corn Condition compared with
normal year, 105 per cent.
Potatoes Condition compared
with normay year, 95 per cent.
Pasture and meadows Very good
Fruit crop Condition comparer
with normal year, 63 per cent.
Rainfall 2.59 inches.
Condition soil Good.
Temperature 65 to 9 3 degrees.
Weather condition Ideal for grow
ing crops. ' 1 ,
Exceptions Walthill and Laure?
report considerable corn blown down
account high winds and heavy rain
Remarks Wheat testing 59 60
61 62. grade No. 1. Threshing
has been slow in this territory ac
count too much moisture. Quality
good, but carrying very high percent-
ajreofmoisture. Considerable stack
ing reported. Plowing in progress
Oats irod quality. Corn is in tassel
and the prospects for crop are excep
tionally pood in fact best known in
years. Alfalfa hay good.
Lincoln Division.
Winter wheat Average yield pe
acre, 21 bushels.
Spring wheat Average yield per
acre, 19 bushels.
Oats Average yield per acre,
bushels.
Corn Condition compared with
normal year, 98 per cent.
Potatoes Condition compared
with normal year, 9 7 per cent.
Pastures and meadows Good
need rain in spots.
Fruit crop Condition compared"
with normal year, 56 per cent.
Rainfall 2.025 inches.
Condition soil Good, moist.
Temperature 52 to 95 degrees.
Weather Hot; favorable to crops
Remarks Wheat turning out bet
ter than expected. Grade No. 1
Testing 59. 60, 61, and 62. Con
siderable threshing reported. Ac
count weather grain carrying high
percentage of moisture. Considerable
stacking reported. No damage tc
corn crop.
Wymore Division.
(Including territory Lincoln to Ne
braska City and Nebraska City to
Lincoln via Tecumseh.)
Winter wheat Average yield per
acre, 32 bushels.
Oats Average yield per acre, 36
bushels.
Corn Condition compared with
normal year, 101 per cent.
Fruit Condition compared with
normal year, 30 per cent.
Pastures and meadows Very
good.
Weather conditions Hot and
rainy.
Rainfall 2.75 inches.
Temperature 77 to 9 4 degrees.
Remarks Considerable grain be
ing stacked in this territory account
too much moisture. Reports indicate
wheat testing 60 to 62. Good quality
grade No. 1.
Exceptions Tecumseh reports hail
two miles east. Damage to growing
crop reported estimated about 50 per
cent. Territory very small.
Alliance Division.
(Ravenna to Crawford Included.)
Winpter wheat Average yield per
acre, 20 bushels.
Spring wheat Average yield per
acre, 18 bushels.
Oats Average yield per acre, 33
bushels.
Corn Condition compared with
normal year, 98.3 per cent.
Potatoes Condition compared
with normal year, 94 per cent.
Pastures and meadows Good.
Fruit 44 per cent.
Rainfall 1.8 8 inches.
Condition of soil Good little
dry in spots.
Weather condition Hot, sultry
rainy, cloudy.
Tempera tcre 55 to 89 degrees.
Remarks Considerable wheat be
ing cut by binders. It is anticapted
that headers will be in full progrese
by the middle of the week. Quality
of wheat, reportd very good. Oatt
a. i i .. i : M t--.j
, reporieu, &uuu quaniy
good condition.
Potatoes In
Phone us the news. No. 6.
Mill
Read the List in our used Furniture, Rug
and Stove Department
1 $155 Electric Washer $39.50
1 Power Washer for $7.50
1 Hand Washer for $7.50
2 Laundry Stoves $5 and $10
4 Oil Stoves $7.50 to $20.00
I Majestic Range $35.00
5 other Ranges $10 to $25
I Direct Action Gas Range $25
1 Eclipse Range for $25.00
1 Clark Jewell for $7.50
1 2 Burner plate for $2.50
2 Kitchen Supboards, $5 each
2 Kitchen Cupboards, $5 each
1 Economy King Separator $10
2 Sewing Machines, Each $15
2 Sewing Machines that can be
bought for .Balance Payments
due on them.
20 Rockers from $2 to $12.50
4 good Ice Boxes $6 to $20
4 Kitchen Tables $2 to $3.50
4 Drop Leaf Tables $3 to $5
Ghrist Furniture Co.
118-122 South 6th Street
Plattsmouth,
Reports Show
Better Condi
tions in State
Building, Savings and Loan Associa
tions Reflect a Much Better
Showing for This Year
Omaha, Aug. 4. Advance reports
of Building, Savings and Loan Asso
ciations for the fiscal year ending
June SO last, compiled by T. J. Fitz
morris, secretary of the State League,
sound a more cheering note of busi
ness confidence throughout the state
than the reports of twelve months
ago.
Eighteen of the principal asso
ciation cities are embraced in the re
ports of forty associations, with re
sources totaling $150,514,872. equal
to 95 per cent of the State's total.
Thirty-four of the forty associations
made gains in resources aggregating
$5,804,192, equal to an average gain
of 4 per cent. Should the remaining
associations maintain the average
gain, the total increase in resources
will approximate $6,220,000 for the
twelve months and swell the grand
total for the State to $161,433,000
Secretary Fitzmorris points out in
his summary of the reports that most
of the gain in resources consists of
cash on hand and lawful securities
This is chiefly due. he says, to the
restricted demand for loans on im
proved real estate. The forty report
ing associations hold cash and se
curities amounting to $14,040,341
against a total of $8,109,146 for all
associations a year ago. Most of the
increase in cash and securities ap
pears in the reports of the eleven
association.) in Omaha, their tota'
holdings amounting to $10,75S,000
against $5,422,147 a year ago.
The striking feature of the fiscal,
reports. Secretary Fitzmorris declares
is the downward tendency of dividend j
rates and loan charges. The former,
"standard" 6 per cent dividend ratcj
on full paid shares has become
rarety. Five per cent is now the rul-1
ing rate, while a few association? i
are down to 4 ',4 and 4 per cent on
new full paid shares. The lower rate,
serves as a check to offerings. Re
ductions have been in vogue for twe
years past, due to increasin inflow
of investment money and correspond
ing decline in demand for loans. Tht
April order of the Department c;
Trade and Commerce fixing 5 per,
cent as the maximum dividend rate!
for all shares, excepting scares pledg-;
ed for loans, accelerated the down-j
ward movement to a considerable ex
tent, but the distance traveled cannot
be measured until the year ends. Sec-1
retary Fitzmorris states that the
tendency apparent in the reports at
hand is to cut full paid dividends to
5 per cent or less and distributs the
balance of the earnings among in
stallment shareholders.
Association managers comment
favorably on the business prospects
for the last half or the year. Con-
Hitirnc are rrrrtpf1 "trond" to "ex
cellent" in Beatrice, Fremont, Hold-!
rege, Ord, Columbus. Hastings, Ne-
braska City; "very good" in Wahor i
and Tecumseh; "fair" to "good" in
Lincoln; "average" in North riattej
and Kearney. Confidence is expressed
in the potency of reduced loan rates
as a stimulus for home building and
buying.-
ETNA SHOWING ACTIVITY
Catinva. Sicly. Aug. 3. Mount
Etna is showing activity, emitting
smoke .ashes and cinders to the ac
companiment of loud explosions. Pro
fessor Ponte, director of the Vulcan
alagical institute, says that no light
or other sign of open fire has been
vibible above tne crater.
PVftni Tin Vi Bni
4 Breakfast Sets, 5 Pieces $9
to $19.00
5 Square Dining Tables $5 to
$7.50
3 Doz Dining Room Chairs for
85c to $2.75
2 9x12 Rugs $10.00 each.
Kitchen Breakfast Chairs $1.00
to $2.00
20 Beds like new $3,00 to $5.00
20 Eed Springs $1.00 to $5.00
10 Dressers and Commodes, $2
to $15.
' Chests and Chiffouers $4 to
$7.50
One Mahogany Ducfold $15.00
1 Oak Brown Lea Duofold for
$17.50
1 Davenport Cot for $5.00
4 Sanitary Cots $2.00 to $4.50
3 Army Cots $2.50 to $3.95
1 $30.00 Day Bed for $22.50
Nebraska
Bond Issues in
State are $87.84
Per Capita
Total of All Subdivisions 114 Million
Dollars, Says Examiner.
Scotts Bluff Highest
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3. A total
of 454 issues aggregating $16,834,
7S4 was approved and registered by
the state auditor's oltiee during thn
biennium ending June 30, Ralph C
Lawrence, state bond examiner, an
nounced today. The bonds registered
and approved during the previous
biennium totaled $30,341,373.
The total bond indebtedness of the
subdivisions of the state of Nebraska
as of last June 30 was $113,790,492,
as compared with $112,464,635 on
June 30, 1926, an increase of $1.
325,757, he said. Ronds canceled and
paid during the last biennium total
ed $15,50S,927.
Douglas County Second.
"The average per capita indebted
ness of all subdivisions of the state
is $S7.S4 and the average indebted
ness per one thousand dollar valua
tion is $35.20," Mr. Lawrence re
ported. Scotts Bluff county has the high
est indebtedness with $276.87 per
capita and $16.03 per one thousand
dollar valuation. Douglas county is
second with $232 per capita and
$130. S8 per one thousand dollar
valuation. Dawes county is third
with $154.09 per capita and $82.92
per one thousand dollar valuation
Hayes, McPherson Lowest.
Hayes county has the smallest in
debtedness with $3.85 per capita and
$1.59 per one thousand dollars. Mc
Pherson county is second with $4.31
per capita and $3. SI per one thousand
dollar valuation and Wheeler county
is third with $6.75 per capita and
$3.33 per one thousand dollar val
uation. Several counties have made larce
increases in their per capita indebt
edness during the last biennium
Mr. Lawrence asserted. Red Willow
county had $104.36 per capita in
1926 as asainst $14S.87 in 192S.
Perkins county had $80. 89 per cap
ita in 19 26 as compared with 1 1 1 K .
17, and Furnas county had $48.24
per capita as compared to $63.8 1.
Several counties also have decreas
ed their per capita indebtedness dur
ing the last biennium. Among thes"
were Custer county which reducl
its per capita from $4 9.27 in 192R
to $36.46 in 192S; Daw.-s and Wayno
county from $91 to $5Y.C9. World
Herald. STRIBLING CLAIMS TITLE
VACATED BY TTJNNEY
Macon, Ga.. Aug. 1. W. L.
"Young" Stribling, Macon boxer
today laid claim to the world's heavy
weight boxing title which has been
relinquished by Gene Tunney.
The announcement was made by
Stribling's father, who is his eonV
manager. "Pa" Stribling said tbc
cliim was based on Stribling's de
feat of Johnpy Risko soroe time a?o
and on two defeats he had adminis
tered to Gene Cook, Australian
heavyweight champion, who twice
beat Tom Heeney.
RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE
Vicksubrg. Mass.. July 31. Run
ning behind his schedule after the
propeller on his mctorboat. the Bogie
had been damaged by drift. Dr. Loui?
Leroy, Memphis, attempting to break
the record of the 6teamer Robert K.
Lee, iu a run from New Orleans tr
St. Louis, left Vicksburg at 7:o0
o'clock tonight. The boat was du
ib!td a tevr miles, nortn cf Natchez
when th propeller caught in some
driftwood.