Nebraska Newspapers

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MONDAY. DEC. 29. 1930.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAGE FIVE
MURDOCH ITEMS
L. Neitzel and G. Bauer, attended
the funeral of Mr. August Smith at
Ithaca, last Tuesday.
Fred Klenune and the family are
enjoying the presence of Mr. Andrew
Schnomier during toe holidays.
Miss (Catherine Neitzel. who is
teaching at Myannis. Xebr.. came
home to enjoy Christmas with the
folks.
The pilgrim, by special invitation,
pent last Sunday with the Callahan
church, teaching a young mens class
of over twenty.
John I.ppings and family were ovrr
t Murray on las'. Wednesday where
they attended the Christmas tree at
the Christian church.
Mr. am! Mrs. Henry Angwert were
Visiting in Lincoln on last Thursday
where thep spend the Christmas at
the home of Mrs. AniRwen's parents.
Karl Lancaster and the family of
Murray were guests for the day at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Epp
tfigs, where all ate Christmas din
ner. Kmil Kuehn and the good wife en
tertained for the Christmas day and
had as their guests the folks, and
Where all enjoyed the occasion very
min h.
Frank A. Melvin and the family
Were spending last Thursday at the
home of Mrs. Mtlvin's mother and
sis:- r. .T. sie, who make their home
in Lincoln.
The Xeitzel clans gathered at the
hoi: . of 1m . P. l;. MacDiarmid at
Omaha !iriTinas day. for the an
nua! ca'hering. a custom kept for
many y.-urs.
M srs. Ralph and Jr.sper Poppe of
Eus lis, brothers ot Mrs. Alvin Borne
mei . won spending the holiday
Week in Murdock and were guests at
Alv:n Bornemeier home.
A- H. Ward was looking after some
business matters in Elmwood for the
afternoon on last Wednesday, driv
ing over with a load of gasoline for
the garage of H. A. Williams.
At the wolf hunt which was held
last Friday there wtre six of the
shaggy animals hugged and probably
a goodly number of the members of
the i .inters hen roosts saved
frht (i;izT,s of Murdock are feel
ing very kindly towards the Nebras
ka Power company for their wiring
and furnishing current for the light
ing of the municipal Christmas tree.
Che-t.-r Elsmen arid ihe good wife
deapr' d on list Wednesday morning
in ;th . ear for Sto -m Lake. Iowa,
where -p. : th. "hvistmas day
at th- ' ' p :i :it. of Mrs.
Elsmen.
Fred Deickman who lias been in
the we-r for rh- pus-r several weeks
wher he has hen ricking corn, re
turned last w-ek and reports the
corn crop good in the west and also
plenty of snow.
Postmaster and Mrs. L. B. Gorthey
were host and hostess at the dinner
which they had on the Christmas
day at their home and when they en
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H.
Joti' a of Weeping Water.
W. O. Oillespie and the good wife,
and Miss Viola Everett, were spend
ing Christmas aT the home of a bro
ther of Mrs. Gillespie's, Wm. Me
Namara. and family of Fairmont,
they driving over in their car for the
occasion.
John Buck and the family were en
joying the presence of his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Buck of Green
w oil as their guests for the Christ
mas day. Mr. Wm. Buck who has
been quite poorly is feeling greatly
improved.
Xels Peterson has not been feeling
very ' i and so is laying off for a
time row his work at the filling
station and during the time. Curl
Buck is assisting with the work.
1'ncle Henry not being in the best
of health.
Uncle Henry Gakemeier and the
good wife entertained ar their home
for the Christmas day and had as
their guests the families of the child
ren. Mrs. Wayne Swartz and the two
little sons from Hemmlngsford being
present. Mr. Swartz not being able
to get away at this tiie.
Mrs. Harry V. McDonald was per
mitted to visit for the holiday season
at the home of hr daughter. Mrs.
H. f). Eastman of Stirling, Colorado,
she had the pleasure of riding with
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tool as far as
Bridgeport, when they went to spend
the Christmas day with the folks of
Mrs. Tool. Richard Tool and wife
spent their Christmas at Sioux City.
Held Shooting Contest.
At the Otio Miller pasture on lasi
Saturday was held a most interesting
shoot, between the teams Which were
chosen ami captained by Wm. Klei
ser and Ralph Rager. The arrange
ment was that the loser or the or.e
getting the lower score should fur
nish an oyster supper at the M. W.
A. hall for the winners and In fact
for both sides. The score, as near as
we were able to get it was the Wm.
Kleiser crowd 138 while the lads
trained and drilled by Mr. Rager.
were a hie to knock down a score of
150. They had a good time and good
eats as well.
Sang Sweet Carols.
Someone with a sweet voice and
with others with much volome and
stll able to sing nicely sang sweet
carols at the Christmas tree la the
htreets of Mnrdoek on last Wednes
day morning. Of course this awak
1 the people in the neighborhood,
bul who would not be awakened to
hear Christinas carols sang.
All Gave Programs.
There were Christmas programs
given at the Lutheran Trinity church,
the Louisville church, the Murdock
church and the Callihan church, on
last Wednesday evening, hearlding
the natal day of the Saviour of the
world.
Had Merry Time Christmas.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
(Luetchens was held a very pleasant
reception and dinner Christmas day
when they had their neighbors and
(the members of their family at the
dinner and for the day. This Is a
very nice manner of being thankful
for the blessing which comes to us
it we do have to work hard for them.
August Smith Dies at Ithica.
August Smith, a brother of Will
j Smith, who resided in Murdock for
some time recently and returned to
Ithica to make his home, the brother
, being well advanced in years, passed
away at his home in Ithica last week.
The funeral was held on Tuesday
and was conducted by the minis i
at Ithica, assisted by L. Xeitzel of
Murdock. Mr. Smith was SI years ?!
months and a few days of age. He
leaves five children to mourn his de
jparture, the wife having proceeded
him to the other world. John Borne
meier and wife were over to the fun
eral as also were G. Bauer and L.
, Xeitzel.
Runs Dov-n a Wolf.
While Jesse Stock was gotng along
the road on last Wednesday morning
with a companion who was carrying
a shot gun but not loaded, nor did
he have any amunition. they ran up
a wolf which started down the road
licklty split, but the fine cur which
Jesse drive was like the lad driving
it. eager for a little excitement and
down came the gas and away went
the car and the wolf, the race was
a pretty one but not for long as the
car overtook and ran down the wolf,
rolling it over in the road for twenty
five or thirty feet, but when the car
.had passed, the wolf got over Into
I the field and away. Jesse's compan
ion jumped cut with his gun with no
load in and tried to shoot the wolf,
porbably having heard the Baying
that it is the gun without the loud
in is that kills. However, they had
, their money's worth anvwav.
Could Not Restrain Cough."
While Mr. Frye, the restaurant
man was getting shaved and was
lying back in the barber chair, and
having a slight tickling cough was
taken with a desire to cough, and
throwing his hand up at an inoppor
tune moment brought it In contact
with the razor which the barber rt
tempted to get out of the way. but
was not quick enough. As a oot..
quence the fingers of Mr. Frye were
badly cut on the left hand. Dr. Lee
mended the injury, but it will he
some time before the fingers will be
well again.
Undergoes Operation.
Otto Reickmann wo has
troubled frrenttv for some time
been
with
appendicitis underwent on operation
jon last Monday morning for relief
at the Lincoln General hospital. He
is reported as getting along jus: fair.
His many friends are hoping for a
speedy recovery.
Truck Crank Lost.
Lost probably somewhere in Mur
dock the crank to my tru k. will the
finder please notify me. J. Johan
sen. Murdock. It.
enjoyed Fire Party.
The members of the Royal Neigh
bors of America, enjoy.'d a very fine
gathering at the M. W. A. hall in
Murdock on last Monday where tny
i had a program and social time and
distributed many Christmas remem
! bra n oes.
Had Family Dinner and Reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. I. C. McCrory enter
tained at their country home on last
Thursday when they had as thir
guests the members of the family.
anl where1 also a most BUmptlous din
ner was served At this time the
members of the family got together
and enjoyed the Christmas in truly
the best manner.
Seven Letters to Seven Churches.
I Epbestis. Ree. 2. l-r
Introduction: These letters portray
the church of Jesus Christ in the
past, pre.cnt and future: In her la
bors, love, patience, faith, weakness,
backsliding, less of power, in the
warning to begin all over again, re
pent, turn about, regain her formei
! place, overcome and enter into fel
lowship with Lord Jesus Christ. These
churches held high places In the be
ginning. Pounded by the apostles,
though by them, that They Iiaci re
ceived from their teacher the pure
and unadulterated Gospel in all its
purity, simplicity
power.
The "stars of 1.
and recovering
29 represent the
The eandelsticks"
appointed leaders.
the congregation.-.
Esphesus: The
omnipresence Lord observes very
minutely every act of the church. Ho
knows her labor, activity, the prac
tical chirstian life: her endurance
and patience under difficult and try
ing circumstances. Men had entered
the church under false pretexts
damming apostleship. who were ex
posed and branded as liars. The
Christ of today encounters the same
troubles, only with this difference,
but they are not exposed and expell
ed, but allowed to remain and carry
jon teir nefarious work of under
mining her usefulness. nn: are a re
proach to her; therefore her labors
are largely neutralized and Ineffec
tive; the reason given Is: that the
Christ has a better chance io con
vert them, when they are within the
church. This is a sad mistake. This
church had a difficult job, the con
glomeration of people of all clai -with
their different religious ideas,
,to amalgemiate: here she shows
wonderful patience, and labored
I without fainting.
These conditions exist today, and God
knows it. But hi all this acivity to
secure and achieve success, if not
'watchful she may lose her most prec
ious possession, her "first love."
What does that mean- It means that
the church had lost that full, deep
wide fervor, constraining power to
God and the brethern. that loves the
nerny. Her work was only perfune
itory, it lacked the heartthrob, the
yearning, the intensity for the work.
This is very much the case today.
We have seen souls in the first extacy
of love, their souls filled with rap
ture, their faces shining, shouting
the praise of Him, who had given
them the peace, that passed under
standing, who had come in and made
his abode in their hearts, how they
would go and tell others, that they
had found the pearl of greatest prize.
Xot so today: at present the most
of them are "still-horn."-
Xow comes the beartrendering ex
clamation: "Remember therefore
from whence thou art fallen." But
there
about
steps,
or of
is yet a chance, repeat, turn
Start all over, retrace your
you may again regain the fay
God, and become useful.
What a sad condition for a back
slider! Losing ili for Which he had
labored so hard to ohta;n: the bouse
he had reared. alien d rwn, he has to
rebuild, and be quick about it: has
lost precious time eternity ni
mg. but it is yet n BSfblC for him to
"overcome," to regain l is firsi es
tate, and to eat Of the tree of life,
that was forbidden to Adam; but i;
may now be the portion or everyone,
that will strive earnestly and sin
cerely, forge. ting the things that an
behind, and pressing forward. t .
work for the prize of the high calling
of God in Christ Jesus. Who w uld
not be willing to give up the enj y
ment of earthly pleasures for the
eternal glory that awaits the "over
comer" In the paradyze of Cod!
L. XEITZEL.
Strayed or Stolen.
Bay, bald face horse, either stray
ed or stolen from Ernes' Bruackmuel
ler home. Finder notify owner.
United Stales
Has Population
of 122775,046
Final Official Figures Indicate 17.
061.428 Growth iu the
Last Decade
Washington The 1!':'." population
of the United States is 122, 775.046.
This figure was announced Nov.
22 by the Census Burei U as th 8.1 1
total of the compilation It started ;.i
the beginning of the year. All revi
sions have been completed.
The census report shows the num
ber of inhabitants of the 48 states
.increased In the preceding decade by
1 17.064.426, or 16.1 pe rcent. The
i 1920 population w,;s 105,710.620.
In the column showing the percent
age of increase by states was a key
i to several important tremfs of the
pas' in year . Leading in this tabl
was California with Co." per cent,
Florida on its hels with 51.6, both
showing the pull of climatic attrac
tions. Third with -:!2 per cent was
Michigan, center of the fast-growing
automobile Industry.
Fourth in gain was Arizona, with
! 30.:) per cent: New Jersey had 2 .1
suggestive of the shift from metropo
lises to adjacent suburban territory.
Texas. 24.3. and North Carolina,
23.9. pointed to the southern advance
i in Industry and agriculture. Oregon
i had 21. S a symptom of the westward
shift. New York, aintti in rank, had
For tenth place
Louisiana tied at
California led :
adding 2,250 311 I
New York St a ' e
West Virginia and
1.1 per cent,
lsa in total gp. Ins,
inhabit) nts. while
gained 2,202,839.
Michigan, Texas and Illinois were the
only other states to gain more than
1,000,000. Only cm- Btate, Montana,
lest population, dropping 11,283.
The announcement Included the
outlying territories and possessions,
except for the Philippine Island:-.
Substantia increases wer shown by
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Canal
Zone, with the Virgin Islands the only
loser.
M. P. ACADEMY A WAFTS AGAIN
PROVE UNIVERSAL LEADERSHIP
! Further dazzling pnx I that Uni
versal absolutely dominates the in
dustry this year is found In t lie an
nual awards of the Motion Picture
Academy of Art and Sciences, which
heap envied ohnors on Carl Laemmle
and the organization by making the
three highest awards to Universal.
First, best production of the year.
"All Quiet on the Western Front."
Second, best director of the year,
Lewis Milestone, director of "All
Quiet on the Western Front
best art director of the year
'. Itosse. who constructed the
" Third.
Herman
settlings
for "King of Jazz."
The Academy awards are made by
;the committee representing 600 of
the biggest producers, directors and
other executives In the business, and
this year's big prizes go to the com
pany which promises you twenty of
the highest quality box-office produc
tions you ever had . . . made by the
company that made the best picture
I of the year!
"All Quiet on the Western Front."
lis being featured at the Parmele
j theatre Sunday. Monday and Tues
day. MRS.
SINCLAIR LEWIS
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Berlin. Dec. 26. Mrs. Sinclair
Lewis, former newspaper woman
whose husband recently won the No
bel prize for literature, underwent
an emergency operation for appen
dicitis here Friday.
Lewis and bis wife, the former
Dorothy Thompson, who recently
came here from Stockholm, attend
ed a party Christmas night. Return
ing to their hotel. Mrs. Lewis was
seized with 'violent pains and was
taken to Mommse;. sanirorium, where
Prof. Huegner of Berlin university
performed the operation.
The Journal Job Department is
equipped to turn out anything from
calling cards to sale catalogs.
Sentence Light
ened ior Alleged
Slayer oi Wife
Parole 3card Commutes Senatence of
Life Tenner. William Morris;
Cited for Valor.
Lincoln, Dec. 23.- Three prisoners
In the Nebraska penitentiary, one a
; life termer, will receive Christmas
gifts In the form of commuted sen
ten es or parole by virtue of decisions
announced today by the board of par
; dons on deferred cases.
One application, that of Chester
Pierson, sentenced in 1928 in York
county for a criminal attack upon a
school teacher, was denied.
The life term prisoner, William
Morris, former McPherson county
rancher convicted of slaying his wife
.n 1921, was given a commuted sen
tence of 2 j years. With allowances
foi nearly 10 years served, he will be
ill rlble f r parole In October, 1938.
N. T. Harmon, state parole officer
announced.
The other commutation was
ranted H. L. Closson, 03. former
Columbus salesman, sentenced to
Berve five to 17 years for robbing the
a B ( f Lushton In September. 1929.
-u u n ny me Doaru. reduced i losson s
minimum term from five to three
years, making possible his parole ou
January 22. 1932.
Closeon recently told the board
thai be resorted to robbery only be
cause 1 f depleted finances. Single
handed he held up and robbed the
bank and escaped with $1,200. only
be captured when he returned to
his home in Columbus, He admitted
the crime and made restitution of
a st ol the money.
Morris was convicted atTter his
'. .!' 's badly mutilated body had
been found on their ranch.
He vigorously denied the charge
at that time and still declares Mrs.
Morris was dragged to her death by
a fractious horse while the two were
riding ei e evening in a round up of
their live stock.
The night of the woman's death,
Morris returned to the ranch home
declaring the horse had dragged his
wife out of his reach and that he
could not find her in the darkness.
The next day the body was found.
In prosecuting the rancher, the
state held that the woman's leg had
hc tied to the saddle and that the
horse was led about dragging the
body behind it. At his hearing a bro
th( i of the lead woman , testified in
behalf of the prisoner, declaring he
believed 'he death was accidental.
Several years ago Morris was cited
by Wardon Penton for valorous con
duct at the penitentiary when the
prisoner retrieved a rifle knocked
m the hands of a guard when the
latter fell from the wall to the
and at the feet of a group of pris
oners. Tin third man paroled was W1I
ford Prancher, sentenced from York
county for forgery. World-Herald.
UNIVERSAL LEADS EH BRINGING-
KIDS RACK TO THEATRES
Universal is leading the move to
b: intr back the kids to the theatres of
the country, and its leader in that
direction is the history-making ser
ial. "The Indians Are Coming!"
the serial booked Into the Roxy, New
York: Paramount. Brooklyn, and
scores of other downtown first-run
houses in cit'es everywhere. ( More
than 1,509 theatres already have
lu ked it. No less an authority than
John Bala ban, of Paramount Publix.
many of the.e theatres are playing
"The Indians Are Coming," says
that serials, because of the talker
i velopment, aie again assuming pro
portions of the first water.
To which Lew Bray, booker In the
Des Moines territory for Paramount
Publix, ad'ls In a letter: "We are
booking "The Indians Are Coming"
in all our towns, and in the towns
already playingl must say that the
:omments are very good and the ser
ial i- doing just what we expected
it to do It's Bringing the Children
Bach to the Theatre."
dd to this the fact that every
day's trade papers cany articles on
"The Indians Are Coming" and you
have proof positive. For instance,
you'll see headlines like this one,
from the October 30 issue of Ehibi
! tors Dally Review: "Children Clam
pede Theatres to See I'niversal's In
dians Are Coming." and this from the
October 31 Film Daily: "8.000 Kids
in Two Cities See Universal Serial."
This serial will be shown at the
Parmele theatre Friday and Satur
day and all kids will be admitted
FREE. It will also be held over for
Sunday.
WOMAN ASSISTS SHEPARD
Denver - Expressing confidence
Maj. Charles A. Shepard, is innocent
of the charge of fatally poisoning his
wife, the crime for which he was con
victed last week in Kansas City. Mrs.
Alice W. Watt, a Denver widow. Fri
day said she had advanced the money
used as the premium on his bond of
$20,000. Posting of the bonti enabl
ed the nrmy medical officer to return
to Denver pending formal sentencing
to life imprisonment and hearing on
a motion for a new trial in federal
court at Topeka in February.
"1 was glad to help a friend in
need." si' id Mrs. Watt." and we all
know that the major will be vindi
cated iti the long run. What I did
for him is nothing more than Major
Shepard's friends would have done
or would have liked to do."
HOOVER MAY PARTICIPATE
Washington The white house
said Friday night President Hoover
would participate In dedicating the
memorial at tee home of the late
president have been held up for a
long period and no date for the cere
mony has yet been set. Harding ap
pointed Mr. Hoover secretary of
commerce at the beginning of his
i term.
r -mm' m -:' :
Pictured above are a typical Sand
NEBRASKA SAND
HILLS KINGDOM OF
CATTLE AND
HAY
It was lone after Nebraska began
settling up before the sand hills se--tion
was considered habitable bv hu-
Iman beings. The early comers saw
the long ranges of hills, clothed with
nothing but buuch grass and yucca,
shook their heads at the fearful waste
of nature, and passed on another way.
But land-hungry men have been the
IciVllisatlng, developing force of every
j continent and when other lands in
Nebraska had been taken by the
! early settlers, the latt comers took
la second look at the sand hills and
I concluded to move in. It will be in
teresting to note what has been ac
, compiished.
At first the lack of transportation
'was a serious barrier to development.
I Then the Burlington pushed a line
through the heart of that section.
the Northwestern sent its Black Hills
xtension through the northern
fringe, and the sand hills quickly
assumed a new phase of development
as well as an appearance of increas
ed usefulness.
The sand hills section comprises
about one-ff,urth the area of the
Railways Force
Bus Regulation
Issue to Front
Believed
Up
Congrers Will Soon Take
Equalizing of Trans
port Taxes
Washington -Recent events have
squarely joined the Issue between reg
ulated railways and allegedly unre
gulated and untaxed buses and
trucks, with the prospect that Con
gress will soon legislate in the mat
ter. Rail officials declare that a crisis
has come in which they can no longer
compete with "untaxed" commercial
motor vehicles, and urged regulation
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion and Congress to redress what
they declare is the unfair balance.
On the other hand, figures offered
by the National Automobile Cham
ber of Commerce show that motor
trucks and buses already pay ap
proximately (260,000,000 in taxes
annually. This compares with the
estimate of the bureau of railway
leconomics that the total railway fax
biil of 192! was $420,000,000. This
however, does not tell the whole
j story, rail officials declare. The tax
imposed on commercial motor vehi
cles in gasoline and other forms ot
levies got s bac k into upkeep of the
public highways on which the buses
operate. But the taxes on the rail
roads go into the pocketbook of the
states and nation, and the railroads
have to keep up their own Iron high
ways with no assistance from the
outside.
The whole matter has been pre
cipitated by testimony of Reading
Company officials in New York City
before Leo J. Flynn, attorney-examiner
for the I. C. C, that one
'hird of Reading's passenger revenue
on main line, and one-half on
branches had been obsorbed in the
past decade by motor trucks and
buses; by the blunt assertion of Wil
lliam Z. Ripley. Harvard economist
and famous railway authority, that
the time has come for federal regu
lation not only of trucks and buses
but other competitors of the rail car
riers, and simultaneously by state
; ments from heads of various rail
groups that the carriers race a cru
cial period, with growth of thousands
of miles of ney pipe lines, inland
waterways, of gasoline competition,
Hills lake cattle scene and the Serck
state. About 25,600 square miles arc
sand hills. Before Moses ECinkaid in
troduced the bill which opened lands
in that area to small settlers, the
cattle barons held full sway. Gre.n
cattle ranches of thousands of a -with
cattle ranging a hundred miles
were not uncommon. With the com
ing of the "kihkaiders," as they were
called, many large ranches were bro
ken up and the range of cattle halt
I ed by fences. There was some inter
ruption of the ambition of the sec
tion to become a great cattle country
, until the kinkaiders "proved up."
'sold their land to the cattle men and
left for more fertile farming fields.
Then the sand hills resumed the busi
ness of becoming one of the great
cattle countries of he nation.
Some of best wild hay that
'nature produces is ?rown in the hay
flats and meadows of the sand hills.
The hills give good grazing in the
summer and fall. There Is an abued
I ance of water from lakes that dot
I the valleys and wells whose mills
draw water from a very short dis
i tance below the surface of the
ground. In fact, there ts present in
the sand hills all the elements es
sential to a prosperous cattle coun
: try. The vision of the early comers
has been realized.
The estimate of cattle, other than
public and private, and of the Pan
ama Canal.
I Congress has had pending since
the last session a bill for regulation
of interstate commercial motor traf-
Jfic. and rail carriers undoubtedly ser
in this an oeninn for what they de
clare to be the necessity of "equal
lity" between the two services. On
'the other hand, many rail companies
have gone Into the ius and truck
business themselves, and maintain
it is superior to rail in Its own held
of less than-carload-lot short-haul.
SIGNS OF NAVY AGREEMENT
Rome Prospects for naval agree
ment between France and Italy are
a bit more optimistic than at any
time since the London conference."
a foreign office spokesman told Q cor
respondent Friday. The present
j "naval holiday" accepted by the two
countries last summer expires in five
days. The government representa
tive declined to make any statement
as to Italy's plans for construction if
an agreement is not reached by Dec.
,31. but there was a general 'impres
sion here the laying down of any
, new ships is Unlikely for the time be
ing. Negotiations between Italy and
France, halted several times, are
again going on. and it is considered
just possible they may reach a definite
sage by the time of the meeting of
ihe council of the league of nations
Jan. 19.
The recent visit here of Rob' rt L.
Cragie. British naval expert and for
jeign representative, created a hope of
; drawing the two countries together
along compromise proposals.
THWART REVOLUTION PLOT
Havana Authorities Friday night
announced that a revolutionary plat,
scheduled to mature Christmas eve.
was frustrated by secret pi. lice. Col.
Anrelio Hevia, one of the leading
figures in the nationalist union, was
arrested in connection with the al
leged conspiracy, and will be tried
before a mlitary court. Arms and
ammunition had been procured and
a demonstration had been set for
Christmas eve. the authorities said.
The demonstration, however, was
cancelled by its leaders when they
learned the government was aware
of their plans. A number of nation
alists and communists were asserted
to have been involved along with
some university students.
Journal Want Ads get results and
the cost is very small
ranch near Ainsworth.
rniik cows, in
for l.'20 was
at $25,957.49
ments of feed
the sand hiils section
495. 743 head, valued
7. The carload ship
cattle from trial sec-
lion In 1929 totaled B,?60. The feed
er cattle go to feed lots la eastern
Nebraska and neighboring states to
be Krain finished for the fnt cattle
market. The quality of the ;:toek has
steadily improved. Now the hills are
full of white-faced cattle that can
not be exceeded for quality on any
ranges of the world.
Sand hill Nebraska if. hunters' and
fishermen's paradise in the spring,
summer and fall. The lakes are full
of game. Fish. du ks and geese stop
in immense numbers on their migrat
ing flights, and in the fall, phea.-ants
and grouse are plentiful, though the
strict game laws of the state protect
these birds from slaughter.
The state department of public
works has been developing a type
of oil-sand road, suited to the b.J r'
hills. One of these roads was recei
ly completed in Hooker and Grat
counties and another in Holt. Ai
all-year road with a wear resisting
surface seems to have been Provided,
but use will have to demonstrate its
practicability. The extension of good
roads into that section Is an impor
tant factor of development now at
work.
Commission
Names Miller
as Secretary
Alma Attorney Chosen to Take
Charge of Records for State
Railway Body
J. F. Miller of Alma was BJBJMd
Wednesday by the state railway com
mission as secretary, effective Jan.
1. and for the last three years has
beet, ;t resident of Alma, lie is i
practit ing attorney, and a member of
the law firm of Bhelburn & Miller.
He is also deputy county attorney of
Harlan county, city attorney of Alma
and a member of ihe city council.
Mr. Miller succeeds M; ;s Mary B.
Sbeehan, who was named temporarily
following the resignation of Secre
tary Drake to accept an appointment
as commissioner to fill the vacancy
Caused by the resignation of Com
missioner Curtlss. Mr. Drake wa
elected commissioner at the Xovem
her election. Miss Sheehan's services
have been highly satisfactory bn
it has been the policy of the commis
sion for a number of years to have
an attorney in order to. avail itself
of legal training. Miss Sheehan had
been assistant secretary almost frorr.
the beginning of the commission's or
ganization. and will remain in the;
position, her wide knowledge of Its
affairs and policies rendering her, in
the opinion of the commission, in
valuable. Mr. Miller was born in Saunder
county but lived in Lincoln for many
years, having graduated from Lin
coin high school, and from the Uni
versity of Nebraska in 1924 with
A. B. and L. B. B. degrees. During
his residence in Alma he served a
secretary of the public library and
.-.ons club. In 1929 he was prem
dent of the Alma Lions club, and at
present is the deputy district go
ernor of Nebraska, lie is a member
of the Reserve Oliicers' association
and served as a lieutenant of the
365 infantry.
Mr. Miller is married and will
move to Lincoln in the near future
The new appointee is entirely unre
lated to Commissioner John H. Mil
ler. Marvin Allen was a business visi
tor in Omaha today, goiug to thai
city on the early Burlington train t "
spend a short time.