PAGE FOOT FLATTSHOTTH SOD WJUBJLLT 19 MONDAY. NOV. 24, 1930 i"i-i-i"i"i"M"i"i"i-i"i-'!-:"i-i-f GREENWOOD ! Elza Wiget was over to Waterloo on last Wednesday where be went to deliver a truck load of corn. Mrs. E. A. Landon ar.d Miss Cath erine Coleman were visiting and do ing some shopping in Lincoln on Tuesday of last week. O. M. Pailing and famther, Wal ter Palling shelled and delivered corn last week, which they did not have crib room for and which they desired to get out of the way. as they thought It even better to sell than to hold even if prices were low. Mrs. O. F. Peters entertained at her home in Greenwood the Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church where the business which called the ladies together was looked after and a very pleasant afternoon had as well as the ladies were entertained with a very fine luncheon. J. C. Koenshell and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Elza Wiget were over to Murdock on last Tuesday where they went to visit with their friend. John Ostblom, he having been confined to his bed for the past two weeks. They found their friend quite a bit im proved and having the hope of being able to back to the market in the near future. Leo Peter3 who is farming on the place of his father, O. F. Peters, and the father shelled some 2500 bushels of corn which on account of the yield being more than they were looking for and for which they had no room for they piled it. on the ground, was shelled and delivered to the Peters elevator last Saturday, thus clearing the overflow. Greenwood Transfer Line We do a general business make trips regularly to Omaha on Monday and Thursday, also to Lincoln Tues day and Friday. Pick up loads on those trips. Full loads at any time. FRED HOFFMAN. Why He Went to Hell. A deceased country editor knock ed at the gates of hell and asked ad mittance. When asked why, he said he wanted to collect from some of his delinquent subscribers. He said that was where they told him to go when he asked them to pay. Atkin son County Graphic. Burlington Officials Visit Town. A car containing the Burlington officials stopped at Greenwood on last Wednesday morning and looked over the company's property. finding things in the very best condition. In conversation with Rex Peters of the Peters Giain company they volunteer ed to furnish a car of cinders for the use of spreading over the newly graded grounds about the Peters elevator, incident to the building of the new road, and which will put the grounds there in excellent condi tion. Hailed West of Greenwood The first shower which came on last Wednesday morning and in which was promised by the weather bureau to contain snow, was but slightly composed of the white flakes which disappeared as soon as they alighted. But something of more force was the storm of hail which came northwest of town where the hail stones were as large as walnuts. The Greenwood mail carrier which makes that territory was In the midst of the shower. Will Beat Them to It. The Bankers Association of Cass county have arranged to beat the bank robbers to the matter of the cash. They have all agreed to carry but a small amount of cash in their banks, only enough to do the cur rent business of the day with, and which will be done in the shape of checks and drafts when possible, thus leaving not enough in the banks for the trouble and risk of the bank robbers. In addition to this every precaution is being taken to prevent any handling of any of the banks, and in connection also the business houses as well as the stock and goods of the farmers. Notices are posted telling of the limited amount of cash in the eighteen banks of this county and all should know that the amount which they carry is so limited that there would be nothing in the bank robbing business in the future. Have Organized Vigilantes The people of Greenwood and vi cinity have organized a vigilance committee which is composed of the town and the surrounding county whose efforts will be directed to pre vent the robbing of the banks, and business houses and the farmers. This should go a long ways to prevent the depredations which have been such a menace to all business. Had Wonderful Trip. On last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McDonald who were in the west for the past ten days arrived home, hav ing driven during their absence some 1200 miles, they visiting at Akron, Colorado and at many places in Ne braska and at every place after get ting some distance from here they found excellent crops and enjoyed the hunting of ducks and visiting with friends and relatives. At Akron they visited with the lather of Mr. McDonald and found that gentleman enjoying good health and with crops on his ranch making good yields. They were loath to return, they were having such a good time, but con cluded that they must get back and at the work which was awaiting them. There is no slack business period for the merchant who advertises his goods the year 'round. Make Your Dollar COUNT Ycur dollar for ; j the Eed Cross rcll call, which!-. , beeins on AmnJ SP J?dSe tice day will aid some one who is Dollar n a better earning position : , : ..... T r, , than to invest it is a membership in ;this great humantanan organization that accomplishes so mnch good fill ever the world. Do it NOW. at the' beginning of this 1931 Roll Call! Senator Nye Denies Intent to 'Aid Norris i Says Committee in Nebraska Only to Ascertain Facts Klan Is Mentioned. Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 19. Senator1 Nye denied here today that his com- of Bethany, the twisting funnel ol mit'.ee's senatorial campaign inves- death wrecked the Camel Creek tigations had been made for the pur- schoolhouse, killing two pupils and pose of aiding the campaign of Sen- injuring the teacher and 10 other ator Norris for re-election. children. E. B. Stephenson of Lincoln, of Floyd Roettger, 12, one of the the Hitchcock Republican club, was pupils, described how Miss Mary on the stand when Nye referred to Procter, the teacher, attempted t a World-Herald editorial, '"The Nye save the children and how he him Scandal," copies of which the club self called an ambulance and removed mailed out, and asked if it was the two dead from the ruins, general impression that the commit- j "The kids screamed. Miss Procter tee was here in Norris' interests. told us to be quiet and all to fall to Stephenson replied there might be the floor. Everyone did, but before Fome who believed that, since such we were all down, it seemed the an investigation would react for or school was sliding. Then all of a sud against certain candidates. Iden it crashed." Want "Certain Facts" Only. Whips On North. "I don't wonder that there has The tornado whipped on north, been such an impression, " said Sen- through the eastern side of Bethany, ator Nye, "but I, as chairman of this : state headquarters of the Nazarene committee, can say that I have not church and home of Bethany Peniel been here as a friend of Senator Nor- college, a denominational school, ris but only as a senator instructed Like a gigantic scythe, the storm to ascertain certain facts." jcut a sharply defined swath through He discussed with Stephenson the a residential section, reducing frame propriety of campaign contributions houses to splinters and toppling being listed under names other than 'brick buildings like toy block houses, those of the real donner, referring Most of those killed were here, to C. A. McCloud's testimony yester- j There were many stories of hero day, and suggested that the public ism. wculd become hardened to such prac- The first organized relief unit to tice. attack the wreckage was the football Senator Dale interrupted to say team of the nearby Putnam Consoli that the committee was not trying dated school. Two members of the to fix any guilt upon Nebraskans but group alone carried eight dead from "only to find out who was behind the wrecked homes, the candidacy of Grocer Norris." Yates Hoover, an ambulance driv- "I would not be surprised," said er, found the body of his father where Senator Dale, "if the blame Anally their home one stood. Unable to rested far from Nebraska." find his mother, he removed his fath- Nye Defends "Labor." et to the morgue and then rushed There was inserted in the record 'back in search of her. a copy of a bulletin circulated in j When Mrs. W. L. Burton saw the Colorado over the name of the head j storm approaching she caught her of the Ku Klux Klan, charging that ;baby in her arms and sheltered it as "Labor," a Washington publication the house collapsed. Her husband which supported Senator Norris, was found her, shivering in the rain, the supporting only those candidates who! child still clutched in protection. The had supported Al Smith in 1928. baby escaped with minor scratches, Nye said that he knew the editors .but Mrs. Burton was badly lacerated, of Labor and that such a charge was The weather bureau said it was "a mighty small piece of business." not unusual for a tornado to occur He said he would call to the attcn-in this section at this season of the tion of the senate certain ot trie, year. The weather has been warm, methods used in opposition to some the low pressure area being hemmed of the candidates for the senate. Richard Wood Balks. Richard F. Wood, former Omaha attorney, now of Lincoln, r fused to take the oath when he was called to testify, because, he said, l e didn't jwhen a tornado struck a school four want his testimony to go on record, miles northeast of Victoria today, under the method of questioning The school building was demolished, followed by the committee. Hu was, None of the injured was believed in excused to think over his decision be- ja critical condition, fore the afternoon session. Apparently the tornado did no oth- The committee expects to adjourn j er damage in the vicinity, its Lincoln hearing today, and go I The teacher is Herbert A. Pfeifer. to Chicago, to question Charles j 24. The injured children: Germania Knapp, formerly of Kearney, and j Sander, 13; Adam Sander, 16; Ru Frank Stearn, formerly of Omaha, as j dolph Sander, 15; Alvain Sander, 11; to their activities in returning to Ne- j Rosa Geist, 8, Eleanor Geist, 7; Le- braska early in the primary cam paign. It is not likely that further hear ings will be held in Nebraska. Some witnesses, however, may be summon ed to Washington. SEE A PLOT TO OVERTHROW Madrid The government Tuesday night discovered a plot which it says was designed by communist agitators to overthrow the monarchy, and ar rested sixty alleged leaders. Officials charged that the arrested movement had as its object the establishment of a republic, with communists work ing with certain republican ele ments. It was believed that the plot was wholly broken up by speedy ar rest of the leaders. Following discovery of th: plot heavily armed forces of police and civil guards were placed on th? prin cipal streets, around public build ings and in all strategic centers. At the same time the government tele graphed all privincial governors and ordered them to round up strike agi tators, promising that those arrested would be severely punished. CANADIAN SURPLUS LESS Ottawa Canada had a surplus of 313,000,000 bushels of wheat Oct. 31, an estimate issued Wednesday by the dominion bureau of statistics said. If the present sales policy is continued, the carryover at the end of the present season will be Icsb than last July, the estimate declared. BUFF ROCK COCKERELS Accredited: blood tested. Price tl.SQ.-mdin. f. A tnhlmaa. Louls ville, Nebraska n!!Mtw Tornado Strikes Oklahoma Town; 20 Die, 100 Hurt of Church Colony After Hitting School; Also Strikes in Kansas. very badly neei- Oklahoma City, Okla., Not. 19. ing help. YoujA tornado cut a swath of death and could not nut a destruction today through the little " nrcn W or JfeL"any' 8even miles west nf here. Eighteen persons were hiUed one nundred were in jured and approximately one hundred buildings were destroyed. Striking during a heavy rainstorm, the ,tnrnl leve,d two 4hl,ndred yard path through the eastern edge of town, burying many persons in the splintered wreckage of their homes. All ambulances In Oklahoma City were rushed to the scene, and the dead and injured were brought tc city morgues and hospitals. Red Croat and Salvation Army workers gave first aid. Five companies of Oklahoma na- tional guardsmen went into the area after the storm had cleared to pro- tect the scattered valuables from van dals. Strikes School First. Dropping first a few miles south jm with hign pressure Kansas School Struck. Hays, Kans., Nov. 19. Ten ehil- dren and a teacher were injured noa Geist, 6; Alvin Kuhn, 7; Wilfred Rohleder, 8 and Avis Rohleder, 11. Twenty Buildings Destroyed. Neal. Kans., Nov. 19. One man j was injured and 20 buildings des- troyed and several others damaged by a severe windstorm here this af ternoon. The injured man was Jim Thomp son, who was struck in the head by a board. Not a single building escaped dam age and it is considered remarkable there was not a larger casualty list. The storm appeared suddenly from the southeast and was accompanied by a heavy rain which lasted half an hour. Neal is a village of about 140 popu lation, situated 70 miles northeast of Wichita. World-Herald. PASSENGERS FOUND DEAD Burbank, Calif. The three pas sengers of the Pacific Transport mail plane were found dead late Wednes day in the Tehachapi mountain foot hills where the plane had crashed on a sloping plateau. Discovery of the bodies ended a forty-three hour search by scores of planes. The wreckage had not burned. The plane, piloted by F. A. Donald son and carrying Mfss Jeah Markow, eighteen, of Los Angeles, and George Rogers, a mechanic, left United Air port here Monday midnight and be came lost in fog, snow and gales over Tejon. eighty miles north. The end of the ill fated flight came approximately halfway between Te jon and Antelope valley emergency airports, the former in the TeeaB apls and the letter in the flat at the edgr of the Mojave deseft. MARCUS DALY, JR., DEAD New York. Marcus Daly, Jr., son of one of the early west's most pic turesque figures, is dead. An attack of heart disease Monday while he was hunting among the Virginia capes was fatal to the descendant of the late fighting pioneer who found ed the Anaconda Copper company. He was forty-eight years old. Mr. Daly went south with an as sociate Saturday, apparently in good health. Monday night his family re ceived news of his sudden death. Fun eral preparations were held in Abey ance. The financier-sportsman was survived by his mother, Mrs. Mar garet r.vans ualy; his widow, a son, Marcus Daly III, and two sisters, Mrs. lames W. Gerard, wife of the former American ambassador to Germany, md the Countess Anton Hungary. He was born Mont., in 1882 and was from Yale in 1904. Sigray of in Butte, graduated NOTICE TO CREDITORS The State of Nebraska, Cass coun ty ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of John uinton, deceased. To the creditors of said estate: You are hereby notified that I will ft at the County Court room in '"Mattsmouth, in said county, on the '9th day of December, A. D. 1930, md on the 20th day of March, A. D. 931. at nine o'clock In the forenoon of each day, to receive and examine 11 claims against said estate, with a lew to their adjustment and allow ance. The time limited for the pre sentation of claims against said es ate fs three months from the 19th 'ay of December, A. D. 1930, and he time limited for payment of debts s one year from said 19th day of December, A. D. 1930. Witness my hand and the seal of aid County Court this 21st day erf N'ovember, A. D. 1930. A. H. DUXBURY, Seal) n24-3w County Judge. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The State of Nebraska. Cass coun "y. ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Rob ert R. Nickles, decea- ft. To the creditors ol jaid estate: You are hereby notified, that I will it at the County Court room in Plattsmouth, in said county, on the 19th day of December, A. D. 1930, tnd on the 20th day of March, A. D. 1931, at nine o'clock in the forenoon f each day, to receive and examine til claims against said estate, with a .lew to their adjustment and allow ance. The time limited for the pre entation of claims against said es ate is three months from the 19th lay of December, A. D. 1930, and the line limited for payment of debts is me year from said 19th day of De ember, A. D. 193(0. Witness my hand and the seal of -aid County Court this 22nd day of N'ovember, 1930. Witness my hand and the seal of aic; f'ounty Court this 22nd day of November, 1930. A. H. DUXBURY. (Seal) n24-3w County Judge. SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebraska, County of Cass. 58. By virtue of an Order of Sale Issued by Golda Noble Beal, Clerk of the Tistrict Court within and for Cass ounty. Nebraska, and to me directed, : will on the 29th day of December, A. D. 1930, at 10 o'clock a. ra., of said day at the south front door of the court house in the City of Platts mouth, Nebraska, in said county, sell it public auction to the highest bid der for cash the following real es tate, to-wit: The south 47 feet of Lots 5 and 6, in Block 43, In the City of Plattsmouth, in Cass county, Nebraska The same being levied upon and taken as the property of John F. Wolff. Edna J. Wolff and the Platts mouth Loan and Building Afsocia tion. defendants, to satisfy a judg ment of said court, recovered by Paul H. Gillan, plaintiff against said de fendants. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, November 22nd, A. D. 1930. BERT REED, Sheriff Cass County, Nebraska. ORDER OF HEARING nd Notice on Petition for Set tlement of Account In the County Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. State of Nebraska, Cass county, ss. To the heirs at law and all persons interested in the estate of Elizabeth Katherine Hild, deceased: On reading the petition of Michael Hild, Administrator, praying a final settlement and allowance of his ac count filed in this Court, on the 22nd day of November, 1930, and for as signment and distribution of residue of said estate, determination of heir ship, and for his discharge as Ad ministrator; It is hereby ordered that yon and all persons interested in said matter may, and do, appear at the County Court to be held in and for said coun ty, on the 19th day of December, A. D. 1930, at nine o'clock a. m., to show cause, if any there be, why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted, and that notice of the pen dency of said petition and the hear ing thereof be given to all persons in terested in said matter by publishing a copy of this order in the Platts mouth Journal, a semi-weekly news paper printed in said county, for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and the seal 61 said Court, this 22nd day ot Novem ber. A. B. 1986. -..., A. it, BtBafttiftV. (Seal) n24-C Cotant Judge. Drouth Did Little Harm to the Corn Crop Only Two Million Less Than Last Year and Well Over Five Year Average Potatoes Good The November estimate of corn production is 235.493,000 bushels, which is above the October estimate and the five-year average of 223, 580,000 bushels. New high records have been established in the produc tion of sugar beets, flaxseed and beans, according to the state and federal division of agricultural sta tistics. Potatoes will yield ninety seven bushels per acre and the pro duction will be 8,924,000 bushejs. Apples and peaches are much be low normal. The 1930 crop, after withstanding drouth, hot winds and extreme tem peratures during a large part of the growing season, is now going on rec ord with an average yield of 25.5 bu shels against 26 bushels last year and the five-year average of 24.85 bushels. The production ts 235.493, 000 bushels as compared to 237.744, 000 last year and the five-year av erage of 223,580,000. Compared to normal, the highest yields this year were made in the western counties of the state. The jury from drouth and high temperatures was greatest in the eastern and part of southern and northern Nebraska. Approximately 91 per cent of the 1930 corn crop is of merchantable quality and 4.5 per cent of the 1929 corn crop remained on farms Nov. 1. The average yield of potatoes as 97 bushels, which is the same as the yield last year and well above the five-year average of 90 bushels. The production is 8,924,000 bushels against 8,924,000 last year and the five-year average of 7,907,000 bu shels. The commercial crop in west ern Nebraska is good and the com mercial early potatoes fn Kearney and Buffalo counties yielded well above the average. Early plantings thruout eastern Nebraska have been excellent but into plantings have been poor. The average yield of sugar beets is 13.3 tons, making the new high production record of 1,091,000 tons, which is above last year's record production of 1,054,000 tons. Average weight per measured bushel of winter wheat was 59.7 lbs.: spring wheat, 57.8 lbs.: oats, 33 lbs., and barley 4 7 lbs. Test weights of winter wheat were above the average. Buckwheat yields will average eight bushels and the production is 8,000 bushels. The average yield of flaxseed is six bushels and the production 144,000, which Is above last year's record breaking crop of 129,000 bushels. The average yield of grain sorghum is twenty bush els per acre and the production 400, 000 bushels against 376,000 bush els last year and the five year aver age of 420.000 bushels. The yields of other minor crops are as follows: Sweet sorghum for age, 3 tons; alfalfa seed, 2.8 bush els; sweet clover seed, 4.4 bushels; total production of apples is 462. 000 bushels against 868,000 bush els last year; grapes, 1,825 tons against 2,125 tons last year; pears, 27,000 bushels as compared to 40, 000 bushels last year. The aver age yield of beans is eleven bush els making a record production of 90,000 bushels as compared to 85, 000 last year. Estimates of leading crops for the United States this year and last are as follows: Corn. 2.094,481,000 and 2,614,307,000 bushels; potatoes. 368.444,000 and 359,796,000 bush els: sugar beets, 8,952,000 and 7, 672,000 tons; total apples, 162,016, 000 and 142, 078,000 bushels; com mercial appes, 33,080,000 barrels and 29,011,000 barrels. The aver age yield of corn for the United States is 20.6 bushels. Approximate ly 72,416.000 bushels ot the 1929 corn crop remained on farms Nov. 1. DEMANDS CORN TARIFF BOOST Des Moines, Nov. 21. Governor John Hammill Friday appealed to President Hoover for an immediate increase in the tariff on corn. He telegraphed the president that reported extensive shipments of Ar gentine corn to the United States would destroy the American market for corn, "the price of which is al ready too low considering the small crop. The governor asked that the tariff commission recommend an increase which the president has authority to grant under the flexible provisions of the tariff law. "The protective tariff should be made effective where possible so as to protect the American market for the American farm er," the telegram read. "It is to be remembered that if the cost of production of the Argentine corn where identical with the cost of producing the same commodity in this coun try, midwest producers would suffer through abnormally high er transportation rates as ap plied on all railroads, as com pared to ocean going traffic." THANKSGIVING SERVICES Thanksgiving services will be held at the Christian Science church at 6th and Granite St. on Thursday morning at eleven o'clock. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend, w&d. In Virginia a candidate for Cbn- gress who went dowri in defeat has annlled tor admission to the poor- hoiis. ffi lafefraation l passed along ffer m!fiers f fa etraska legislature who f&ay k re-eiectieo DR. MILES' Anti-Pain Pills When you are suffering HEADACHE and NEURALGIA Use Dr. Miles' Anti - Pain Pills for prompt relief. Muscular Pains and Functional Pains even those so severe that they are mistaken for Rheumatism, Sci atica, Lumbago are relieved quick ly by Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. 25 for 25 cents Bruening Stresses Urgency of Economy Saying Reparations Not Alone Cause of Germany's Troublts Ex plains Tax Plan Berlin, Nov. 21. The German government turned its attention to day to a German-wide campaign for economy. While the front pages of the news papers were filled with stories and comment on yesterday's speech nf Dr. Curtius. foreign minister, intimat ing the possibility of moratorium or the convening of a special advisory committee on the Young plan, CH" eellor Bruening took up the econ : battle on the home front. In order that the call for utmot' economy should penetrate to the most remote corners of the Fetch. Chancellor Bruening addrpcrd a delegation from rural notnmtrhltte now meeting here. Th trail the first time that a chancellor had tak en the trouble personally to explain the German financial situation to rural representatives. No Radical Cure Promised. The situation, he sa'rl. is today more serious than at the end of the inflation year of 1923. for the gov ernment could not repeat its ex pedient of issuing a new renten mark. Neither can the government prom ise a radical cure for the ills beset ting the farmers within the next six months or year, but a beginning had been made to grapple with their financial difficulties and so avoid collapse, he said. "Whoever thinks reparations alone are the cause of all our trou bles closes his eyes to the truth," the chancellor said. "The Gen people and its leaders during the last few years have wholly OTen timated the country's economic pos sibilities and by superfluous build ing have carried quite a strong im pression abroad." Points to Reform. The chancellor explained that the proposed tax reforms would sh" beneficial effect within the next two years. "If you don't believe it. I cannot make you," he Bald a parting shot, "but there is no reason to dee pair if we act quickly nnd courage ously upon the needs tne present moment so plainly imposes." World Herald. MYNARD COMMUNITY CLUB The Mynard Commurity Club will hold its annual election of officers on Friday evening, Nov. 28. This meeting is for members only but a cordial invitation is extended to each family living in the vicinity of My nard to come and join the club. A community club is for the whole community and not just a few, so it must have the support of at least a majority of the families in the com munity if it is to survive. The re freshment committee has planned a very pleasant surprise so "come!" 2 HELD AFTER CAUGHT STEALING AUTOMOBILE Falls City. Neb.. Nov. 19 Ronald Harris and Joseph Baldwin, both of Lincoln, were held here today in de fault of five hundred dollar bond af ter pleading guilty before County Judge Virgil Falloon to stealing an automobile in Falls City. They were bound over to district court. Vern Lewis, a Shubert garageman, captur ed the two when they attempted to break into a gasoline pump at his garage. BROADCASTS ELECT Cleveland Walter J. Damm, man- ' ager of radio station WTMJ, Milwau kee, was elected president of the Na- : tional Association of Broadcasters as j its convention drew to a close here I We-dnesday. PuJ Morsncy nf WTIC. Kiftford, was chosen secretary and I You want prompt relief. Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills relieve the pains for which we recommend them. They do not upset the stom ach, cause constipation, or leave unpleasant after effects. A package in your medicine cab inet, pocket, or handbag, means fewer aches and pains, greater en joyment, more efficient work, less loss of time. Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills have been used with success for thirty years. Get them at your drag store FARM MORTGAGES DJ STATE Farm, town and chattel mortgages filed and released in Nebraska during the year 1929 have been compiled by State Auditor L. B. Johnson for print ing In his biennial report. In some instances the amount of real estate mortgages filed or leased Include large mortgages on railroad prop erty. His report will not attempt to place any interpretation upon the sta tistics. There was less mortgaging of farms in 1929 than in 1928 both in num ber and amount. More were released in 1928 than in 1929. The number of farm mortgages filed in 1929 was 15.696 as compared with 17,075 in 1928. The amount filed in 1929 war $79,192,443 and in 1928 $88,226,726. The number ot farm mortgages released in 1928 was 17,797. and the amount $221,195. '44. The number released in 1929 15,010 and the amount $82,517, 02. Town and city mortgages filed In 1929 were 16,549 in number and $45,615,952 in amount. The number filed the year before was 18,144 and $70,929,690 in amount. The num ber released in 1929 was 16,027 and $38,131,021 In amount. The number released in 1928 was 19,083 and $59, 860.295 in amount. Chattel mortgages exceed farm mortgages in amount and number. In 1929 the number filed was 211,421. amounting to $224,169,086. In 1928 the number filed was 194,930. amounting to $240.542963. In 1929 the number of chattel mortgages re leased was 125,213, amounting to $158,813,515. The number released in 1928 was 127,395, amounting to $171,922,580. OPPOSE WATERWAY PLANS Chicago Five major railway bro therhoods Wednesdaw voiced opposi tion to government's program of in land waterway development and de manded extension of federal taxa tion and regulation of other car riers. The resolution was adopted at a conference of the brotherhoods of Lo comotive Engineers. Railway Conduc tors, Locomotive Firemen and En ginemen. Railway Trainmen and the Switchmen's Union of North Amer ica. The five bodies, according to their officers, represent more than 50.000 American and Canadian rail way workers. A method to relieve unemploy ment in the trainmen's ranks will be discussed again tomorrow, following failure of the 700 chairmen to vote Wednesday on a proposal submitted by a subcommittee of twenty-five delegates. "We are attempting to alleviate the suffering among approxlmately 110,000 members of our brother hoods who are out of work." A. F. Whitney, president of the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen, said Wednesday night. SIDNEY'S $200,000 SCHOOL NEARING COMPLETION Sidney, Neb.. Nov. 19. The final unit in Sidneys 200 thousand dol lar school building program is rapid ly assuming Miape, as contractors rush comnle'ion of the senior high school building. A North ward school and exten sive alternations to the old Central structure, oldest in the system, are included in the program. The senior high school will con tain an auditorium seating eight hundred people. Ample room for re creation Krounds and an athletic flM has been provided by the school Doara. PEOPLE PAYING BILLS, SAYS U. S. MARKET CHIEF Baltimore. Md., Nov. 20. The Am erican people are paying their bills. Edwin B. George, chief of the mar keting service division of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Department of Commerce, told whole sale and retail credit men Wednes day nifht.