T. ' PAGE FOTJB PLATTSZIOUTiX SEMI '-WEEKLY J0TJ1OTAIJ MONDAY, AUG. 18, 1930. Weaver will Name Commit tee for Aid Group to Co-operate With Other States and Government ; Ac tion on Return. Washington, Aug. 13. Governor A. J. Weaver will take steps to ap point a general committee to co operate with other states and the federal government iu co-ordinated drouth relief as soon as he returns to Lincoln, he said here tonight just before leaving for Nebraska. Carrying out the president's pro gram, Weaver said he would name representatives of the state on a drouth relief committee comprising a leading citizen as chairman and a state agricultural official, a leading banker, a farm spokesman and prob ably a railroad official. The commit tee's duty will be, be said, a national nroKram of furnishing forage and food to the worst-affected area. Weav er has informed the White house that Nebraska stands ready to cut and transport wild hay into needy le gions. Discusses Waterways. The Nebraska governor wound up his two-day visit today with a short intnt-viaiir t 1l O niCc 1 1 O Ti t fl 1 1UIVI ti 1111 j .j . cussion of upper Missouri river de velopmeut and the reservoir system of flood control with General Lytle Brown, chief of army engineers and an hour's conference with Chairman Alexander Legge of the federal farm board. Governor Weaver received a tele gram while here from the Omaha Chamber of Commerce requesting him to attend a meeting in Omaha later this month when General Brown visits the city on an inspection tour of the Missouri. His talk with General Brown fol lowed a visit' to the secretary of war Thursday to urge that navigation de velopent of the upper Missouri be exnedited. Besides discussing the same topic today with General Brown, Weaver also urged that the army engineers give full considera tions the plan for reservoir flood control of tributary waters. "Very Responsive." Weaver said following his confer ence that General Brown is "very responsive" to the plea of mid-western states for development of the in land waterways. The governor es pecially cited the recent demand for water from Dawson county growers as proof of the economic advantage of water storage for irrigation as well as for flood control. Weaver's conference with Chair man Legge was at the request of the farm board head, who desired fur ther information in the posibility of utilizing Nebraska forage surplus if It is needed. Legge expects to give further attention to this problem, Weaver said. World-Herald. NORRIS W11TS IN OWN PARTY Lincoln, Aug. 15. Analyzing last Tuesday's senatorial primary election in Nebraska, the Lincoln Star said Friday that no more than 7,500 Dem ocratic votes were cast for Senator George W. Norris and had these votes been cast for candidates with in that party the senator would have had a margin of 2 4,000 over W. M. Stebbins. The Star figures are based upon a comparison of votes cast for this office in 1030 and in 1928 when Senator R. B. Howell was up for re nomination and many Democrats aid ed him. On this basis the newspaper fig ured that 3.5 per cent more of the state's entire vote went into the Re publican primary in 1930 than two years ago, assuming, in that man ner, that the fraction of the G. O. P. vote was for Democrats who left their own ranks to support Senator Norris. John Curtis Quits Railway Commission He Joins Iowa-Nebraska Light Power Co.; Denies 'Reward;' To Live in Lincoln. & Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 15. John E. Curtiss, chairman of the Nebraska railway commission, today announc ed his resignation from that body effective September 1, to accept a position with the Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power company with head quarters in Lincoln. Chairman Curtiss has been a mem ber of the commission for nearly three years. By appointment he filled the unexpired term of II. G. Taylor and was elected for the remaining two years of Taylor's tenure. Prior to his appointment, Curtiss had been secretary to the commis sion for seven years. His position with the power com pany, he stated, will be as industrial director and general manager for the Lincoln district which embraces Lan caster county. In the latter capacity he succeeds Charles C. Helmers who becomes assistant to the president. To Study Natural Gas. Adoption by the city of Lincoln of a natural gas franchise, Curtiss ex plained, prompted him to resign prior to the expiration of his term in Jan uary. He had previously withdrawn as candidate for re-election when he first considered acceptance of the new position. ... By joining the utility company in September, Curtiss said, he will have ample time to familiarize himself with the industry and with the de velopment of the local plant with the advent of natural gas. "In accepting the appointment I have no hesitancy for it nowise savors of political reward," he said. "It may not be generally understood but it is true that the railway com mission has limited jurisdiction over electric utility companies and dur ing the years I have served upon the commission this company has not ap peared with any important matters which I have been called upon to de cide." Weaver May Appoint. The commission, he added .has a perfunctory duty to perform in the matter of construction of rural lines and in these matters only ha3 the commission considered problems from time to time, having no jurisdiction in fixing rates. His resignation will leave a va cancy until January though it may be filled by Governor Weaker by ap pointment until that time, when the candidate elected in November takes office. World-Herald. JU MM!!'I'!"Mi'M"M"I',M' A I Scribn er Murphy Gravel company Jfc graveling streets here. INDUSTRIAL NOTES I-H"I' M M'M-I 0 Elmcreek Platte Service station opened across river. North Platte KGNF, new radio The following recora oi industrial activity lists Items showing invest- Kearney Work started on paving ment of capital, employment of labor Lincoln Highway west of here. and business activities and oppor tunities. Information from which Bridgeport Electric oven iutuil- th paragraphs are prepared Is from ed in Bridgeport Bakery local papers, usually of towns men tioned, and may be considered gen orally correct. Scottsbluff Building on corner of Sixteenth Street and Broadway, formerly occupied by Irrigators bauk. will be remodeled. Kearney State Normal Board purchased furniture at cost of more than $10,000 for new dormitory here. Bid.-? onened for fencing State Game reserve, recently purchased by Nebraska Gp.me and Park Commis sion in Stage hill vicinity. Scotts BlufZ Republican. Upwards cf $550,000 in cash was distributed recently among beet field laborers in Ureal western sugar company territory in Nebrarka. Bridgeport, News-Blade. Curtis Tipton by C. L. Covey. Cafe taken over owa Paves 238 Miles Dur- M ms ras ont fa State Spends $10,000,000 to Improve Highways, Auditor Asserts Closts Classified Dos Moines, la.. Aug. 14. Ex penditure of nearly 10 million dol lr.rs on Iowa's primary roads in July brought the completion cf 23S.45 miles of paving, a record for the state. In addition, a large amoun of grading and graveling was finish ed. This wa3 disclosed Thursday la the monthly highway audit submit ted to J. W. Long, state auditor, It showed that $9,67S,111.GS was spent for construction and mainte nance of the primary road system during Jul Expenditures were classihed as follows: Excavation. $1,278,S77.12; graveling, $69,1S4.4S; paving, $7,- 097,429; tling, $310.41; railroad crossings, $ai,440.y i; ngnt or way, $256,612.76; bridges, $490,967.35; engineering, $151,629.42; materials, $61.23, and maintenance. $231,598- 92. Of this amount, Long reported, $4,- 274,772.14 was paid from the pri mary road fund and $5,403,339.54 from the road bond fund. Receipts in the primary road fund were obtained irom tne toiiowin sources: Balance July 1, $3,335,109.- 93; gas tax, $175,000; motor vehicle icenses, $259,043.35; federal aid re ceipts. $128,493.21; refunds, $1,- 497,385.60. The report 'showed that $S0,94O, 575. S3 had been received from coun ty road bonds sold to July 31. The bond fund had a balance of $4,377, S29.63 at the end of July. The bridge and culvert refund ac count was increased to $2,365,910.- 2 during the month by the collection cf $320,751.06 gasoline tax. No ex penditures were made. World-Her ald. UNIFORM CHILD LABOR LAW BENIG DRAFTED Chicago, 111., Aug. 12. A uniform child labor law is being formulated here today but it holds no threat for the little chap who carries your golf clubs, the lad who shines your shoes, or the one from whom you buy your newspaper. So-called street trade3 were ex empted from the suggested statute being considered by the national con ference of commissioners on uniform state laws, holding its fortieth an nual session. There were too many pleas from the "boys who made good" business professional men who "re membered when." The statute would, however, re move anotner laminar ngure irom the streets at night. It would pro hibit persons under 21 from being messengers between 8 p. m. and 6 a m. Moreover, it would put a taboo on the performances of child prod igies who flash before the public as violinists, actors and whatnots. Only the street trades would be open to boys and girls. WEAVES SETS SAFETY WEEK Governor Arthur J. Weaver, in a proclamation issued Friday, desig nated Sept. 1 to 7 as Safety week, and urged that all employers in indus try, commerce and agriculture and all operators of amusement parks nd carnivals make careful inspection of their equipment in this period. He also suggested that all bus and freight transport companies heck their schedules to make sure that no driver is forced to exceed speed limits to keep on schedule. Motor vehicle operators are urged by the governor to put their vehicles in safe running order and to obay all traffic laws. All organized groups meeting in the week are davised to devote a part of their programs to safety and accident prevention. In 28 days of July, Governor Wea ver pointed out, 1,257 severe acci dent casualties occurred in Nebras ka. One hundred and seven persons were killed, 1,150 were seriously In jured, perhaps permanently disabled. In the first six months of 1930, he declared, 466 persons were killed, and 4,033 were injured. Mrs. Harry Beller of Aurora, Illi nois, is in the city to enjoy a visit with the old time friends for a short tme as well as to look after some matters of business. A few cf the large Cass county maps left at the Journal office. Scottsbluff Contract let to Ern est Leaffrreen for construction of four-story office building for West ern Public Service Company. Madison City new fixtures. Bakery installed Bladen Franchise granted to Western Public Service Company to extend their power lines into this city. Paxtou Bids opened for painting sclioolhouse in District No. 29. Wausa Chemical rived hero. fire truck ar- 4 Uladen Graveling one and one- half mile north of here to county line will start soon. Trenton Miniature oponed to public here. golf course Clarks Miniature golf course be ing erected on lot east of power house. Wisner Plans being Cuming County Fair. made for 1930 FRUIT YIELD IS 18 PER CENT LARGER THAN 1929 Washington, D. C, Aug. 14. The 1930 yield of ail fruits was estimated today by the department of agri culture on the basis cf August 1 re ports to be IS per cent above the 1929 crop but 10 per cent less than the 10-year average. Uie increase over last vear i.-- noticcable in all crops," the depart ment said. "The greatest precent- age increrse is in prunes and plums, largely grown in California. The grape and citru3 crops are consider ably above last year's production. The California fruit crops iu 1929 were reduced sharply by freezes; and, with the favorable conditions prevailing in that state during the present season, the increase above 1929 has been most marketed. "The largest portion of the coun try's fruit supply is grown outside the area of greatest drouth damage and these crops for the country as a wnoie nave not Deen anecieu as ftJ Ak i S:Y - v 'A s K'?. y r . . - -v - - -f: r .." A familiar haying scene in Ne- braska. ball. 2. Picture taken on Circle Arrow ranch, six mile3 east of Kim- Daykin Grading started on third mile of Grain Growers highway west- Beriously as some of the grains.' wara irom ones cnurcn. Ulysses Byron Morey rented George Dobson building on west side of town and will open furniture store and mortuary equipment. Campbell Platte Valley Develop ment Co. received contract to drill well for local waterworks. Adams Village board let contract for new waterworks system to cost $26,500. NEBRASKA A WORLD LEADER IN PRODUCTION OF HAY Little did the first farmers en countering the buffalo and bunch grass of the prairies for the first time, vision the truth that within a few decades Nebraska would live down her wide-scattered reputation as a treeless plain and the great American desert" to become a great hay producing state with both wild Trace of Trio of Robbers Lost After "J ?ay strivins for commercial U W V. J Gretna Bank Robbers are at Large Creighton Cooling system stalled at Lyric Theatre. in- They Leave Gretna Headed North on DLD The three bandits who robbed the Bank of Gretna of $7,000 in gold and Humboldt Work started on Iowa Nebraska Light and Power Com- currency shortly before noon Thurs-U 19,025, 000. The acre yield was .87 The hay crops of 1929, for which figures are now available, through the state and federal division of crop statistics, were immense. On 3,048, 000 acres of land 2.652,000 tons of wjd hay were produced valued at pansy's electrical transmission line from Davis corner four miles south of town to Table Rock. Niobrara Actual construction work started on bridge site here. Lyons Plans discussed by Board of Education for new school build- ng to be erected adjoining present structure, to cost approximately $55,000. Tekamah Tekamah Cooperative Creamery business doubled over first week of operation. Lyons Lyons Cooperation Cream ery purchased 187,418 pounds butter nue, Omaha, was the only person who fat during year and paid producer saw the bandits leave. She wa3 not $66,679,860. aware that they had held up the bank Tekamah Tom Thumb Golf Miss Baker and several others saw Course being constructed across Uhe robbers drive out of town by a day nad apparently uoageu or lun of a ton Tue tame hay acreage was the tight cordon Umana police ana m ,522,000, producing 3,572,000 tons county officers had drawn over every valued at $37,506,000. The acre road. The trio was not seen again after darting from Gretna by a side road in an automobile. Boldly but cleverly two of the trio staged the holdup at 11:45 a. m. picking up all available money and then locking two officers and a pat ron of the bank in the vault. Then the gunmen walked half a block from the rear enrance of the bank, down an alley to their waiting car, and were whisked away by a chauffeur. Woman Sees Flight Miss Adia Baker of 3339 Ames ave- yield was 2.33 tons. The total value of all hay crops reached the magni ficent sum of $57,131,000. Some sections of the state where wild hay is produced in abundance are highly favored by nature. Luie in the fall in meadows and valleys water from underground springs rise and make large shallow lakes. In the spring the water disappears to allow a hay crop to grow to ma turity. This hay is high in nutri tive value and furnishes the basis for great cattle herds in that section which later reach the feed Ic'.z the grain sections to be finished. Cherry county is the largest pro ducer of wild hay, with a production last year of 415,202 tons valued at $3,072,495. Holt county, ran a close second with a production of 2S7.2S2 tons worth $2,125,SS7. A by-product of no small importance, especially in Holt county, is the gathering of blus grass seed which is in demand the country over. Dawson county led in the produc tion of alfalfa and all tame hay, with 46,606 acres planted to alfalfa and 4,0 9 5 acres planted to other hay. The revenue from tame hay received by Dawron county farmers was $1,652,640. Scottsbluff county ran Dawson a good second in alfalfa with a crcD valued at $1.070,S10. Custer ran a close third with a total of $1,008,121. Nebraska holds the rank of first in alfalfa acreage and second in alfalfa production. Newport, in liock County, bears the distinction of being the largest .wild hay ship ping point in the world. If Nebraska ever tires of being the Cornhusker state it can switch to Hayseed state and keep right at the top of the procession. Students of Training Camp Shoot on Range Six Hundred Kembers of Fort Crook Camp Start Back This After noon to Post street from Elm Park. side road which connects with the Red Cloud Oil well being drilled by Mid-States Exploration company. Lincoln State Highway Depart ment will let contracts valued at ap proximately $750,000 during August. Walthill Board granted chise to Central States Electric Com pany to lay mains and supply this village with natural gas. Plattsmouth Contract will be let soon for overhead crossings on High way No. 75 passing through this city at La Platte and Fort Crook railroad crossings. Springfield Bids opened for paint ing water tower and tank. pleted. Peru Miniature golf course be- ng constructed on soutn side or Loyal Pharmacy. From Friday's DaTly The group of some six hundred members of the Citizens Military DLD highway. They are believed to yesterday and today to complete nave anven norm enuer w umiua th : ,vork on t,,p nv(,rnmM,f r!f1e or Fremont, and It is asserted, may range. a part of their training wort be hidden in Umana. for the thirtv davs that thev are Threaten Girl. under the control of the officers of A. R. Stelling, assistant cashier, the camp. and Gretna Huehes. daughter of the The members of the camp were fran- cashier, were in the front cages when brought here Thursday by truck and the two bandits entered. a once Proceeded to start in on the The bandits covered Mis3 Hughes shooting, the nrst tests being the and Stelling, and told them to lie rifle shooting and followed by the down quietly. They complied. The machine gun work, bandits waited until P. J. Langdon, This year the camp has a machine assistant cashier who was in charge, sun company of some ninety mem came from the back room, and they b(rs who are organized along the commanded him to lie down beside regular lines of the army in the the other two. Ul l The bandits went through the lue uu, " m,V cages and safe, gathering currency feU"a"ao "1U tw.iB aim buine cab II. i . e Then they ordered the trio to BO Ln with 'the formable weapon. The rifle shooting developed some very fine shots among the members of the camps and the various com panies are organizing teams to shoot Paving first five miles 'of Highway ,tn iho vlf f in tlirn nn thft No 75 south of Nebraska City, com- a,arm or try get out for 5 min. utes. Wait for Customer. Just as one of the bandits was in competition for the camp honors. about to close the door of the vault, the other called to him to wait a Plattsmouth Hotel Riley being minute. improved. M. II. Peters, farmer, was just walking into the bank. At the point of a gun he was forced to Join the others in the vault. He acepted with alacrity. One of the abndits suggested to the other they take one of the bank Crawford Crawford Cooperative cashiers with them for protection in Beatrice Company formed with capital of $100,000. to lease land near town for development of air port. Grain company completed organiza tion and now ready to receive wheat. Merriman "Monitor" is name of new paper being published in this cemmunity. Clarkson Work completed on ex tensions to local water mains. case they were pursued by police Begs to Stay. The other selected Stelling. Stell ing begged to be left behind with the others in the vaults. The bandits de cided to leave him. After the bandits locked the vault, they walked for a half block to their auto, where a third man waited. As they passed a soft drink par- it; i v- & tt ui n fill . - Waubonsie bridge across Missouri Ior a ioert. the proprietor, asu river here, completed. them what they had in their satchel, thinking it was liquor. "One fo the bandits grinned and replied, "Oh, nothing." Miss Baker declared the license number of the automobile was black and white and began with the num- Stamford Test oil well to be dril- erals "29." Illinois. Kansas. Arizona lei on Perly Newton pasture by Sap- and Oregon have licenses that are po Creek Oil and Gas Corporation, black and white. Imperial Bids opened for gennl ht.ating, plumbing and electrical fixtures at Imperial Community Hos pital. The members of the camp slept last night in their tents on the hillside of the range grounds, west of the Burlington tracks and where they had a touch of real soldiering, altho the permanent range kitchen pro vided them with supper and break fast of the best that the mess officer could secure While the members of the camp were brought here In trucks, the boys this afternoon started on the hike of six miles back to their camp at Fort Crook and the citizen soldiers were required to carry their rifles altho the packs and camp equipment were sent on by trucks to the fort. A number from here motored out last evening to the range to enjoy the view of the army camp. SOUTH BEND Ashland Gazette CASE IS DISMISSED The case in which C. Lawrence Stull was charged with having as saulted Valeria Stull with intent to injure and kill, was heard in the county court, the testimony or Val eria and Julia Stull Bethel being taken. After the evidence of the j r I J two witnesses tne court qiseimbu the action on: lack of evidence to sus tain the charge. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Sack of Lincoln were last Friday afternoon callers of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tuhn and family. Mrs. Patrick Leo Haley accompanied them when they re turned home for a week's visit. Mrs. Patrick Leo Haley called on Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Morey and fam ily at Waverly from Thursday after noon until Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Morey and fam ily of Waverly called on Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tuhn and family Satur day morning, and brought Mrs. Pat rick Leo Haley home. Mrs. Patrick Leo Haley will return to her home at Yankton, S. D., Fri day morning. She will stop oil at Sioux City and remain for several days with relatives. Mr. Haley re turned to his work about two weeks ago, after a six weeks vacation. Mrs. R. L. Carnicle and daughter, Maxine, of Atherton, Mo., spent from Thursday afternoon until Friday eve ning at the J. L. Carnicle home. She then motored to Lincoln where she will visit a few days and will go from there to Cambridge to visit her par ents. Miss Ruth Carnicle accompan ied her from Lincoln to Cambridge. Mrs. Albert Blum was a Friday visitor at the Wm. Blum home. Miss Florence Zaar who has been attending Boyles College at Omaha spent the week end at home. Harry Zaar also spent the week end witn his Darents. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Zaar. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Carnicle and son. Wayne, were faunaay amner guests at the G. E. Elrod home, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Haswell and son, Richard, were Sunday afternoon vis itors at the J. G. Elrod home. Mrs. Alvin Stull and children are spending a few days at the Martin Zaar home. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blum and Her bert and Helen were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Blum's sister, Mrs Carl Hoffman. Helen remained for a few days vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dill and sons were Sunday evening visitors at the Homer Carnicle home. Joe Peterson and Hazel Carnicle were Thursday evening callers at the J. L. Carnicle home. Clint Hazpl and Blanche Jones spent the week end with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. - W. A. Jones - and family spent Sunday evening at the George Mills home near Murdock. Oscar Zaar who was injured m an r.utomobile accident recently, is much improved and was able to serve on the election board Tuesday. Mrs. John Sweeney and son were Tuesday afternoon visitors: at the j home of her sister, Mrs. Floyd Has well. Ha, the nine years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Haswell, is mak ing a good recovery from her recent illness. She injured both elbows some time ago, scraping them when going down a slippery slide at Have lock. Both elbows healed over but one of the wounds became infected and made considerable trouble for them. The arm had to be lanced in five places but now it is healing nice ly and she is doing fine. CHURCH OPINION IS SPLIT London A sharp division of Ang lican church opinion has been caused by the Lambeth conference sanction of birth control in certain circum stances. The Anglo-Catholic organ, the Church Times, described the per missive resolution adopted by the bishops as "a postive resolution in Christian morality and a great de parture from the position adopted at the last Lambeth conference iu 1920." Dr. Walter Carey, the high church bishop of Bloemfontein, who was one of the sixty-seven bishops who op posed the birth control resolution, writes in the Church Times: "In or der to clear my soul I wish to say that there are statements in the re port from which I conscientiously and vehemently disassociate myself." The resolution to which Dr. Carey referred agreed that birth control might be practiced "where there is such a clearly felt moral obligation to limit or avoid parenthood." Pro vided this was done in the light of of Christian principles. It condemn ed birth control from motives of sel fishness, luxury, or mere convenience. ORIGINAL McOWEN STOCK CO. HERE ALL NEXT WEEK The original McOwen Stock Co.. with the McOwen Kids, the Pled Piper Band and twenty-five others are coming to Plattsmouth for all next week. The big tent, a brand new outfit and one of the finest on the road on the Tourist Park. The opening bill is one of New York's very latest successes entitled Tommy. This is a wonderful comedy drama and one of the very best plays ever brought to Plattemouth. Other plays presented are, Alias the Deacon; The Meanest Man in Town; So This is Arizona; The Bachelors Baby; Tildy Ann; Little Orphan Annie; The Man of Mystery; and All is Well That Ends Well. An excellent program of feature vaudeville and late musical hits at each change of play. The Mc Owen company will show here all next week, opening Monday night. August ISth, and ladies will be ad mitted free on the opening night when accompanied by a person with. a paid adult ticket. I 4 u . 4.... iJir-. v . , ; ,s' . -.. .!-v fi I