Nebraska Newspapers

    MONDAY, MAY 27, 1929.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAGE FIVE
Building Economy!
Three Houses Or Price of One
Our Quality construction GRANARY which can be
used from harvest until late winter for storing your
grain, and then converted into a brooder house that will
care for a large flock or used to accommodate four sows
at farrowing time, is equipped with windows to furnish
plenty of light. Built in, sections, can be taken down for
transportation. Mounted on skids for removal from
place to place can be hauled right to your threshing
machine. Can be converted to any of the three purposes
in five minutes. See one on display at our yard now!
!!. IV. Tool Lumber Co.,
Murdock, Nebr.
Dry Cleaning and
Repairing
Absolutely Best Service
Leave Work at Barber Shop
Prices Right
Lugsch, the Cleaner
Plattsmouth, Nebr.
Rev. II. R. Knosp attended con
ffrenoe at the Lincoln Calvary Evan
gelical church last week.
Louis Bornemeier haa been beauti
fying the home with some painting
and decorating on the interior.
Mrs. Blanche Hill of Lincoln was
a visitor of a few days during the
past week, at the home of Mrs. Una
McHugh.
Alven Benauist was a visitor at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Lee
where they enjoyed a very nice visit
with their friends.
Many of the young men of Mur
dock were visiting in Plattsmouth
and attending the track meet there
a week ago last Friday.
Mrs. Una McHugh and daughter,
Mary Catherine, were enjoying a vis
it at the home of friends in Lincoln
for a short time last week.
fr Aiiiriist Ruce attended the an
nual conference of the Evangelical -j
church at Lincoln last week as the
lay delegate from the Murdock cur
cuit. Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Hornbeck of
Lincoln, were visiting for a short
time in Murdock with theio friends,
spending the most of the time wits
I. G. Hornbeck.
V. O. Gillespie and wife and A.
II. Ward and family, were enjoying
a visit at Weeping Water on last
Sunday where they also enjoyes a
very fine dinner.
H. W. Tool and family were en
joying a visit in Omaha for over the
week end last week, they driving
over to the big city where they vis
ited for the Sunday.
Frv 7.oz was in Murdock on last
Wednesday doing some trading and
meeting his many friends and stated
General Blacksrnilhing!
N. L. GRUBB
Weeping Water
The one shop that is always there -
and ready to do your work. Only the'tecting it from deteriation from the
best service and prices riffht. Plow running water.
work, wagon work, horseshoeing, etc.
Every Courtesy Extended
Phone 245
Weeping Water - - Nebraska
Farmers Union Association
Phone 33
Murdock, Nebraska
In order to reduce our stock, we oer
the following at cost until May 31st:
26-in. Hog Wire at 35 per rod
32-in. Hog Wire at 400 per rod
48-in. Hog Wire at 50 per rod
58-in. Chicken Wire at . 60i per rod
2-pt. catch weight Barb Wire in 5 reel lots. .$4.25 cwt.
2-pt. 80-rod reels Barb Wire, 5 reel lots at . . 3.75 reel
Col. Silver Tip steel Fence Posts, 6-ft. length . .34 each
In lots of 100 or more 6-ft., 6-in., 37c
FLOUR FEED
Sweet Tooth Flour, in 10 bag lots. . . $3.10 cwt.
Pig Meal, specially priced at 3.00 "
Bran, in 500-lb. lots at. 1.35 "
These Prices arc or CASH only
PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL.
he had completed the planting of
his corn and was glad of it.
J. Johnasen has installed a gas
pump and is using the U. S. Oif com
pank gas. Mr. Johnasen uses so much
gas that he thought it well to put
in a pump and buy it wholesale.
Wm. Bourke was a visitor in Mur
dock on last Wednesday and was just
completing the work of assessing
Elmwood precinct, which has taken
much time and work to complete.
The closing of the school at Mur
dock was made a gala day and a
picnic held at the school building
which was attended by a large num
ber of people who surely enjoyed the
occasion to the uttermost.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kuehn and the
children will start for the west early
this week, where they will spend
several weeks seeing the sights as
well as visiting with relatives in the
western portion of the state.
Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Knosp enjoy
ed the visit of the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Kleinbach of Hunt
ley, Nebraska, for a few days last
week. Mr. Kleinbach was also the
lay delegate from Huntley to the an
nual conference at Lincoln.
The W. M. S. gave their annual
missionary program Sunday evening,
May 19. Every part of the program
was well rendered. The play given
was entitled "The Awakening of
Brother Tightwad." The offering for
missions amounted to $165.30.
A. J. Tool and wife are visiting
for the present at the home of their
daughter. Mrs. W. P. Meyer, and
while the ladies are enjoying the
visit at home Mr. Tool and Mr. Mey-
will go to Lake Andes In. South
Dakota where they will enjoy some
fishing.
There was some joy at the home
of Al Leaver on last Monday when
the stork brought a young Amer
ican to their home for their very
own. The young man and his mother
are getting along nicely and the
father is doing as well as could be
expected.
Miss Elanor Hartung. who has
been attending the schools of Mur
dock, and with the completion of
the school year will depart early this
week for her home at Kansas City
where she will spend the summer
with her mother. Mrs. P. H. Hartung,
returning in the fall to attend the
school here.
The Woman's Missionary society
of the Evangelical church of Mur
dock gave a very pleasant program
at the church last Sunday night at
which a large crowd were in at
tendance and which was enjoyed by
every one. A very generous offering
Avas made and which will be "used
for missions.
Herman P. Schweppe is making
some very substantial repairs on his
barn at the farm east of Murdock,
in the shape of covering the wood
buildings with galvanized steel, and
At tnA dinio thnfl 1 a i n or cnnlitinn'
on the structure thus further pro-
Grandmother senweppe wno nas
been kept to her bed for the past
several months still remains very
poorly. Notwithstanding she is kept
to her bed so long, she is taking the
illness with much patience, and
christian fortitude. Her many friends
are hoping she may soon be able
to be ui and about again.
Henry A. Guthmann and wife were
DEPMR TMENT,
over to Fairbury on last Monday
where they were in attendance at
the group meeting of the Nebraska
bankers association which was in
session there. They were greatly
pleased at success of the meeting
and the interest displayed by the
bankers over this section of the
state.
As Ensign C. W. Hoppes, officers
in charge of the Salvation Army of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, was conducting
a revival meeting, he asked Rov.
Knosp to preach for him one evening.
So. Rev. and Mrs. II. R. Knosp went
to Council Bluffs Monday, May 13
where Rev. Knosp preached that
evening to a very appreciative aud
ience in spite of the rainy weather.
Last Saturday Jess Landholm and
family moved to Omaha where they
are expecting to make their future
home. Mr. Landhalm has been em
ployed in Omaha for some time past
and it is inconvenient to make the
trip every day. He still keeps his
residence property here which is a
very nice place but which is offered
for sale at a very reasonable price
and terms.
May 26 being Mr. Carl Richert's
birthday, Mrs. Richert planned a
surprise for him on May 19th and
invited all the members of his Sun
day school class and their families
of the Louisville congregation. Each
family brought a covered dish. The
dinners was served cafeteria style.
All did ample justice to the boun
teous dinner. About 65 guests de
parted wishing Mr. Richert many
more happy birthdays.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Neitzel were vis
iting last Sunday in Omaha, they
driving over in their car. During
the afternoon the rain came and Mrs
Neitzel concluded she would remain
until the following dav. and likewise
came home Mondav evening on the . tish. Irish. Americans and Italians,
train. However. Mr. Neitzel came and but few family names, for dur
with the car. and found the road verv , ng the last 100 years intermarriages
good until he arrived at the brick
church, and there they were very
bad, especially as Mr. Neitzel was
i feeling quite poorly.
Miss Catherine Neitzel. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Neitzel, who
has been teaching school at Wood-
lake, concluded her school on last
week and after having completed
some little business there will re
turn to Murdock, about the middle of
this week and will make her home
here for the summer. Miss Catherine
has been elected to the same position
for the coming year and will return
in the fall. While this is a very much
western town, Miss Catherine is lik
ing it very well, and had many
friends who will welcome Tier on her
return to Woodlake.
John E. Seheel and wife with
their little daughter were over to
Verdon one day last week where they
went to purchase some hogs, and se
cured three sows and one boar, of
Wm. Bunker, they getting the cele
brated Chester White, and of a very
fine strain. They were not able to
bring them as they had only their
car, and arra'nged to have them ship
ped. Mr. Scheel is making a special
ity of these fine porkers, and had
purchased them for the head of his
herds. The ehrd from which these
were purchased, took the premium at
the state fair, as well as the county
fair.
Burial Vaults
You care well for your loved ones
while alive. One of our concrete
vaults protects their remains when
buried. An absolute guarantee.
MILLER & GRUBER.
tf-N Nehawka. Nebr.
Still a Customer.
Gus Stork was the first patron of
the Wright Leete Grain company,
and brought the; first load of grain
to the elevator when the new build
ing was opened (for business and
when the elevator was sold on last
week to the Farmers Grain company,
he was also the .first to haul a load
of grain to the elevator. This is
very pleasing to Mr. Weddell, the
manager, who has kept the customer
for ten years and still satisfied.
Make a Good Record.
During the past school year. Dor
othy Mac, Irene and Russell, the
children of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Gothery
were not absent from school for a
single day or hour as to that, nor
were they tardy, which is establish
ing a good record. This was Kus
sells' first year in school.
Farmers Buy Elevator.
The Farmers Grain Company of
Murdock, have purchased the Wright
Leete Grain Company of Murdock,
and which had been for the past ten
years, operated by W. T. Weddell,
one of the most experienced of grain
men, and a man giving every atten
tion to the work which is entrusted
to his hands. The price paid for the
new acquisition is seven thousand
dollars. The second elevator will be
conducted in connection of the one
which the company have already
ihad, and the management will be
under their present manager, Henry
jCarsen, who is well experienced in
j the grain business and will conduct
the business satisfactory. The work
at the two places will keep Henry
very busy, and require at times, the
! services of a helper.
Cemented Their Friendship.
During the school year J. Johan
son has very carefully carried some
(27 school children to and from school
in his truck, always taking good care
of them, and as a fitting ending of
jthe year when they will not meet
jas has been the case every day, they
celebrated the event by a party which
j Mr. Johansen gave the kiddies, and
.which they surely enjoyed by all.
jThe evening was spent at the home
j of Mr. and Mrs. Johansen and be
sides the 27 kiddies, there were pres
ent their teachers. Misses Vanvak
jingbergh, Fasler and McVeigh, who
also entered into the spirit of the
occasion and a most pleasant gather
ing was
ag was had during the evening R. p. Patterson of Local School Is months after the divorce became per- Court gays Members Prefer Contrib
fhich was made the more pleasant I nrilA. . nv,n,v . manent, Barrymore married Dolores -d t,,i,.i
th. utfMi rofroshmpnt. ,vhih Class Orator at Commence- '...n. i utm$r to Pay Doubtful
w
by the delightful refreshments which
was served by Mrs. Johnasen
NOTICE
Mr. George Simms will look after
my insurance business wniie rm
away. His Lincoln address is 154S
O St., Lincoln.
m27-2tw. E. KUEHN.
Lonely Island
in Pacific Gets
Big Windfall
30 Tons of Pood and Clothing Sup
plies Wants of 36 Homes on
Tristan da Cunha
Durban, Natal H. G. Moore, offi
cial lecturer to the tourist ship
Duchess of Atholl, lecturing here re
cently, gave an interesting descrip-
ton of the ship's visit to the lonely
island of Tristan da Cunha. As an
illustration of the esprit de corps
existing among the islanders, Mr
Moore explained that the cows on the
island belonged to 15 people, and the
milk obtained from these cows was
distributed to all on the island.
"The population," Mr. Moore said,
"numbers about 156 nine more
women than men. There are 36
homes and five nationalities repre-
sented on the island English, Scot-
have been constant.
"On this visit, in the remarkable
time of three hours and twenty min
utes, remarkable because only the
islanders' boats could be used for
the purpose, 30 tons of material of
various kinds, including foodstuffs
anu necessaries oi me, were lanutu
on the island from our ship, besides
generous outpourings on the part of
the passengers, who gave clothing
boots and many other things.
"Mr. Pooley, the pastor, organized
the head's of families into a parlia
ment. Mr. Pooley's assistant, Mr.
Lindsay, when he had an anniver
sary, was given 5 8 pairs of socks,
and these were made from the wool
on the sheep on the island.
"The church on the island accom
modates 100. Benches are provided
for the adults and the children sit
on the floor. The people are hardy
and work eight to ten hours a day.
The people said there are some
things we do not want. We have five
Bibles to each person on the island,
and we do not require sardines, as
there are plenty of fish in the sea."
Mr. Pooley considers that the young
people should be taken from the
island, but that the older people
should be allowed to stay, as it is
their home.
MYNARD COMMUNITY CLUB
The regular monthly meeting of
the Mynard community club will be
held on Friday, May 31st at 8 o'clock.
Come and enjoy the playlet, "Jedd's
Love Affairs" and other specialities.
Lunch will be served. Everyone wel
come. RECORDS ARE DEMANDED
Cleveland A proposed new slate
of officers of the Wheeling & Lake
Erie railroad was named Wednesday
night by the Taplin interests after
the annual meeting of the railroad
was adjourned without action on
scheduled election, of directors. The
Taplin set of officers and directors
announcJ they would demand that
the recorhs of the Wheeling be turn
ed over to them, and failing in this,
would take their demand into court.
Two policemen stood guard at the
office where the records were kept
as a result of the Taplin group's ac
tion, taken over the protest of W. M.
Duncan, president of the Wheeling &
Lake Erie, and Harry Crawford, at
torney for the road. Among other
points, Duncan and Crawford con
t,i ih, a n ,rQ rp 0v,
an action should have been given and I
that it was not legally valid.
OMAHA GIRL IS WINNER
Washington Virginia Hogan of
Omaha, Neb., Tuesday won the na
tional spelling bee from twenty
other contestants. Viola Strbac of
South Milwaukee, Wis., was second
and Teru Hayashi, a Japanese youth
of Ventnor, N. Y., was third.
The winner was thirteen years old
Tuesday. She was awarded the $1,
000 prize by spelling "luxuriance"
after Viola had spelled it with an
"e" for the "a.". Virginia seldom
faltered during the contest and spell-;
Kt Clinh tl-Ari4ri O CI ' 1 Y-vf l- Ancir." nn1 .
... " ciciwo.a tt""istate parks near Chadren, Broken
V7, , JC' !Bow and at Grand Island. On Its In
Teru Hayashi was felled by the , , t rf th comml8ion visited the
,W,rd ''?lnlClaii "rhh, .h sald fish hatcheries near Gretna and Ar-
nan uctci iicaiu ui aim Willi w 11 1 u ii
1.4. . - i , : . i . j. !
Hastintrs Governor Weaver Tnea
dav niehfWed his cont !
to Virginia Hogan of Omaha, the
new spelling champion. The gover
nor was here to deliver an address
before the G. A. R.
FOR SALE
Young Holstein bull, pure bred
and sertficable age.
W. H, LOHNES.
m27-3tw. Cedar Creek,-Neb.
Read the Journal Want-Ads.
cone He waB one of the four hovs City- The members visited a tract
AraB., Ur DOys!of land near Memnhis. The owner
Local School
Man Speaks to
Elmwood Grads
rnent Last Night
From Friday's Daily
The graduating exercises of the
Elmwood high school were held last
evening and a very fine class of
young men and women graduated
from this progressive school and
which is sending forth to be a part
of the community life, young men
and women who will have the future
of that community to carry on when
the present generation shall have
laid down the tasks of everyday life.
The orator of the class 1929 of the
Elmwood schools was R. Foster Pat
terson, head of the department of
history and debating of the Platts
mouth high school and one of the
outstanding leaders in the local
faeulty.
The subject of the address was
"The Pillars of the Temple," a very
inspirational address and which car
ried a real message to the young
people who are now to be more in
touch with the world and the vital
problems of life, and in which Mr.
Patterson urged that the student en
tering life be sure of the future and
the great sustaining basis of charac
ter which must fit the boy or girl
for the future life and which must
be like the pillars of the temple in
strength and power.
Mr. Patterson leaves today for
Summerfield, Kansas, where he Is
to be the class orator at the com
mencement at that place and which
engagement made several months
ago, makes it necessary to miss the
graduation here when me senior
class of which he Is the sponsor is
closing their school activities.
MEN NAMED AS SLAYERS
Chicago Two men were named
Thursday by Deputy Police Commis
sioner Stege as the slayers of Detec
tive Joseph Sullivan Tuesday night
and four others were accused by Stege
of participating in the killing of De
tective Raymond Martin last week.
Both deaths are attributed to the in
vestigation into the kidnapping of
Philip Blumenthal, reputed former
bootlegger, who was held captive sev
eral days until he agreed to pay
$50,000 ransom.
Elmo "Alamo" Clark, manager of
Red Bolton's west side saloon, where
police say Sullivan was killed, and
James Covne, knowns as a dictator
in the west side beer peddling racket,
are charged by Stege with being the
Actual killers of Sullivan.
Those whom he accused of having
aided in the Martin slaying are:
Fred Fisher, said to have been the
chauflfuer of the automobile from
which the detective was shot; Adolph
Anzoni, owner of the motor car used
by the Blumenthal kidnappers; Er
nie itossi, reputed nenenman or ai
Capone; and Davie Miller, reputed
"brains" of the extortion gang.
"Our evidence against these six
men Is conclusive." the police com
missioner asserted Thursday night.
"There is no doubt in my mind that
all six will go to the electric chair."
None of the six men has been
taken into custody.
GOVERNMENT GETS LAND
A land dispute between the govern
ment as guardian of the Iowa "In
dians, and a group of Richardson
county people, which had been in
the federal court for six years and
was scheduled for trial this month,
was ended Monday when several of
the defendants confessed judgment.
The original tract of twenty-three
acres, which has been built up by the
action of the Missouri river, was al
lotted in 1S9T to Betsey Story of
the Iowa tribe, and after her death
passed to twelve heirs, in eight of
whose estates Charles W. Richard-
son nas a me interest.
However, William Ogden and the
late George Nuzum settled on the
land and farmed it. Nuzum died in
1920 and his heirs and Mr. Ogden
were sued for possession. The case
was set for trial several times, but
on Monday judgment was confessed
by Rosa Nuzum, widow of the ten-
(ant: her two daughters. Blanche N
Davls. and Georgia N. Zimmerman
and their husbands, Carl Davis and
George Zimmerman; a son Fred Nu
zum of Omaha, and Mr. Ogden. Mr.
and Mrs. Davis live at Fanning, Kas.,
and others at White Cloud. Several
other defendants weren't represented
Monday, and judgment wa3 entered
against all of them.
BOARD TO INSPECT
STATE FISHERIES
Lincoln, May 21 The state game
and park commission will meet in
Lincoln, about June 1 to inspect the
state fisheries at. "Renkelman. Rock
cnt-ino-a v,inHnn an nnodhiv tvi
bor Lodge State park at Nebraska
asks $25,000 for 108 acres along the
creek, suitable for
Bulls For Sale.
I have two excellent Jersev bulls
whichT amfferfngJor. he" -
sire of which took 3rd prize at the
state fair and the dams and the fam-
ous Blue Ribbon stock. These are
excellent individuals. If you need
an animai, Dener see tnese. uan
Wt Stone. Nehawka. my23-3tw.
i .in
All kinds of business stationery
printed at the Journal office. i
BARRYMORE'S EX-WIFE WED
London, May 23. Michael!
Strange, former wife of John Barry
more, was married to Harrison
Tweed, New York Jawyer, here to-
daT
The former Mrs. Barrymove obtain
ed a divorce from the act6r last sum
mer in New York state. Several
, Costello.
Miss Strange had known Mr.
j Tweed a long time. The creemony
was performed at the register's of-
flee, and only a few intimate friends
were present. The couple will leave
Europe late this summer to make
their home in New York.
Will Inspect
Missouri River
from Aeroplane
Congressmen, Engineers and Gov
ernor Weaver to Make Trip
Via the Air
Washington, D. C. May 23. An for? .hls death; a police surg eo n gave
airplane trip over middle western ias hls opinion that the gastritis was
trunk lines of the inland waterway i caused by acute alcoholic poisoning,
system, starting at St. Louis, going but experts for the plaintiff said that
as far northwest as Yankton, S. I)., I such a diagnosis was not possible,
then across to the Twin Cities, south I The court says that in any event it
again to Moline and Peoria and back is mere conjecture,
to Chicago, was announced here to- If recovery on a certificate such as
day. The trip will start from Parks, sued upon is to be contested and de
airport. St. Louis, at S a. m., June 3, feated on such evidence and deftat
and will conclude with a luncheon ed on such evidence as here present
at Chicago June 6. led," says tne court, the promised in-
The trip is the first step in the ' demnily to members of dependent and
program of congressional leaders
looking to the definite declaration
of policy by congress at its winter
session that the entire inland water
way system shall be completed with
in four years, and that money enough
shall be appropriated to make this
possible.
Estimate $20,000,000 a Year.
Estimates prepared by the chief
of engineers. General Jadwin, sub
mitted by him to Secretary Good of
the war department, show that the
entire inland waterway system can
be completed at an additional cost
of approximately 100 million dol
lars. A four-year program will thus
call for annual appropriations of 25
million dollars.
The itinerary of the trip as an
nounced by Congressman William
E. Hull of Illinois today follows:
Leave St. Louis 8 a. m., June 1;
arrive Kansas City, Kans., 11:30 a.
m.; arrive St. Joseph. Mo., 2:30 p.
ni.; arrive Omaha 0:30 p. m.; ar
rive Sioux City, la. 11 a. m., June
4; arrive Yankton. S. D. 4 p. in.;
arrives Minneapolis 11 a. m., June
5: arrive Moline, 111., 6:30 p. ni.:
arrive Peoria, 111., 9:30 a. in., June
6; arrive Chicago at noon.
Weaver to Sioux City.
Congressman Hull will be accom
panied by Major E. L. Daley, Unit
ed States army engineer, assigned
by General Jadwin. Governor Ar
thus J. Weaver of Nebraska will
fly as far as Sioux City, and at that
point Congressman Royal Johnson
of South Dakota will join the party
taking Governor Weaver's place in
the airplane, and will fly to Yank
ton. Ballard Dunn, representative of
the waterways committee, Omaha
Chamber of Commerce, will make
the entire trip.
Plans for the trip have been call
ed to the attention of President Hoo
ver and Secretary Good. General
Ashburn, head of the Inland Water
ways corporation, and operator of
the barge lines, is also watching it
with interest. If the waterways are
to be ready for the barges within
four years. General Ashburn plans
to be ready with his equipment to
handle the freight that will he of
fered.
FIGHT FOR ROAD CONTROL
Cleveland The Taplin grovip of
the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad
is nrenaring to combat the injunction
issued to the Van Sweringen group
j which restrains the Taplin officers
irom gaining control or tne roan.
Attorne3s for the Taplins are plan
ning to take retaliatory steps in com
mon pleas court, where the" injunc
tion petition was fil"d by Van Swer
ingen attorneys after the Taplins
had elected their own board of di
rectors and officers for the railroad
Wednesday night. The action will
either be in the form of a demurrer,
motion to dissolve, o ran answer with
a petition for early hearing, accord
ing to If. H. Hoppe, law partner of
Charles F. Taplin.
In the meantime the railroad has I
two boards of directors and two dif- i?ICK lo care Ior lne orpnans; tneir
ferent sets of officials. One group lntent and intelligent participation
which represents O. P. and M. j. jin all that makes for civic righteous
Van Sweringen, Cleveland railroad ne9s and social justice stamps them
magnates, has been holding office. as a great people."
The other group which represents Mr- Brown is national chairman
Charles F. and Frank E. Taplin, of the United Jewish campaign,
was elected after the Van Swerin- chairman of the board of directors of
gens left a meeting of stockholders the China famine relief, and for years
who had gathered to re-elect five has been a worker in other philan-
new members of the board.
The Van Sweringen officers con-
tinue to function, however, until
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ARRESTED AT DES MOINES
Joe Heigel, who was sought for
having taken $40 in money, a suit of
clothes and a hat from the home of
relatives here on Monday, has been
apprehended at Des Moines, Iowa,
where he was sought on a charge of
auto theft and will be tried in that
city for the offense. The officers here
were searching for the man here and
at Omaha after the robbery was re-
ported Sunday, but he succeeded n
making his getaway to the Iowa city
where he was apprehended. Heigel is ,
aibu w.iiuku ai iiiuia.uu.puus, luuiaua,
his home, on a charge of wife deser-
tinti incnl nftlrera unre lnrnrmtx! '
Read the Journal Want Ads.
Reproves
Fraternal Order
for Contesting
Claims Instead
The Modern Woodmen of America
were ordered by the supreme court
Wednesday to pay to Henry E. Brown
the $2,000 due on the policy issued
.on the life of his son, Harold E.
Brown of Atlanta, contested on the
'ground that the latter's death was
'due to the use of intoxicating liquors
land that for three months prior to it
jhe had become intemperate in the
, use of such liquors. The young man
! was found dead in the hallway of a
house in the negro quarter of Omaha
Sept. 1, 1927, and the circumstances
never were cleared up, altho the doe
I tor's certificate gave acute gastritis
as the cause.
The court holds that there was no
competent proof of the charge of
three month's addiction to liquor be-
, kindred fraternal organizations is of
far less value than its members have
been led to believe, some of whom
like the writer hereof, (Commission
er Thompson), has been paying its
assessments for more than forty
years, From the fraternal character
of the defendant its members have
felt warranted - in believing that it
would be only in. those cases where
the evidence of forfeiture is strong or
the presumption great that the pay
ment of death claims of its members
in good standing would be contested
by the association in the courts.
"As a member of the defendant
organization, the writer takes the
liberty to supplement the above by
sayin gthat from personal observa
tion, it is his candid belief that a sub
stantial majority of defendant's mem
bers holding benefit certificates, like
himself, on which they are assessed
monthly to pay death claims, prefer
to contribute to the payment of even
a doubtful claim rather than have
the organization continuously resist
ing such claims in the courts."
NEIGHBORS SEE GOVERNOR
Five residents of Richardson coun
ty conferred Wednesday with Secre
tary Cochran of the state department
of public works relative to improve
ment of United States highway No.
75 south from Howe to the Kansas
line. About sixteen miles of this
highway in Richardson county they
desire graded and graveled. This
highway is one that is famed as run
ning from Winnipeg to Texas. It
runs thru Omaha south thru Dawson,
Richardson county. t
The members of the delegation say
they have waited for ten years for
much needed improvements. Follow
ing their conference with Mr. Coch
ran the delegation went to Gover
nor Weaver's office at his invitation.
The visitors were George W. Wiltse,
Dawson; George Jones, Salem; Jo
Smith, Sabetha; Frank Albin, Sa
betha; Ralph Stalder, Salem.
Representative Burke and Charles
Graff of Bancroft. County Supervisor
H. A. Tiedtke of Wisner and Hirgo
Nicholson, attorney of Wisner, con
ferred with the state engineer re
garding grading of the Upland high
way from Wisner to Decatur. They
were assured that some grading will
be done this year. A bridge across
the Missouri river at Decatur has
been authorized by act of congress.
FORD IS A GUEST OF JEWS
New York Henry Ford was one
of the guests at a dinner given by
more than 2,000 Jews in honor ot"
David A. Brown, Jewish philanthrop
ist of Detroit and New York. Mr.
Ford did not speak, but issued a
statement in which he praised Mr.
Brown as "a shining example of th
great benevolence of the Jewish peo
ple, their philanthropy, their eager-
ness to make this world better, to
e.d"ca'e the ""tutored, to heal the
thropic and patriotic causes.
CATTLE TEST CASE TO COURT
Lincoln, May 22. Jurisdiction of
the state department of agriculture
in enforcing the cattle tubercular
test, may hinge upon an appeal filed
in the supreme court Wednesday.
The case centers around an in-
junction obtained by the department
Jn Wayne county which compelled
William and Gus Splittgerber to
LUCir "U!S u"ur
in Question involved, the peti-
JaJt bounty n area Lr f uber
0E?aJ?
000 hea(J of catUe haye ious,'
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In declining to submit to the or-
der, the brothers contended that
Wayne county had been declared au
area of 'this type.
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