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J 4 THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1934 PLATTSUOTJTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOTTCNAI PAGE SEVEU i Ladles Toggery M,sSimplicitM ur Figure Xo Young Lines The diagonal pull of die crossed back straps flattens the dia phragm and abdomen, raises the bust and smoothes away all waistline flesh- thus avoiding that tell-tale look of maturity. The model sketched is of peach rayon figured batiste and elastic with an uplift bust of tricot Model 2405 .... . $30 Reg. V. 3. Pat. OJ. ru. No. L&59,I9 (J ' H?IV A m Si: B . Ic'fS . 7'' ' Gerrymandering r Charge is Upheld by State Court County Boards are Put on the Spot by Haynes rvrv Four District Judges Say That the Sixteen Are Told to Do Their Share fr'M-M-I-M-H i-i-i-H-;:-i-i-H- Cass County Farm Bureau Notes Copy furnished from Office of Counry Agent Wainscott -T-7,..,.Tm,.t. Lancaster Eedistiicting Unconstitutional. Is G055AE.D Janitors of Slate Capitol Tell of 'Payoff Three Former Employes at Nebraska Capitol Testify Against Hr.rry Conklin. The state of Nebraska continued their testimony Monday in the case in which State Land Commisioner Harrp P. Conklin is defendant. Lester Danielson, law student at the University of Nebraska, and for merly a part time janitor at the Ne tra.;ka state canitol was the chief witness in the ilonday trial of the j case against Mr. Conklin and in r which he is charged with fraud. The j witness testified that he had been j paid $55 per month and did not see! the $100 that he was supposed to j Lave received. j He was the third janitor to take the stand as the state began to pre- sent its testimony concern ins an al- leged collection system carried on J by Conklin and his aides anions jani- ! tors at the capitol. Danielson said the commissioner, would place a warrant on the edge 1 of the dt sk. face down, and he would : indorse it without seeing it, and then I receive $55 in cash. j When Conklin banded him an af-: fulavit and asked him to sign it j stating that he had not been forced ' to pa- Conklin my money, Danelson j F.aid. the commissioner told him he1 had a surprh;- for him and would give him the difference between ?55 ! i.nd cr.e hundred dollars for each month lie had worked. j W. II. Sutherland and Arnold; Ilahn, former janitors, testified pre-1 viously they were toned to pay ! George Lane, former chief janitor,' $10 a month to go to Conklin's cam- j paign fund. j Sutherland testified that Lane tchl him his payments went to "help Conklin who had spent five thousand dollars on his last campaign." ItcdLstricting of representative end ncnatorial district in Lancaster ccunty was held unconstitutional by the lour judges of the district court at Lincoln Monday in a suit brought by Loan A. Rogers against County Clerk Morgan tc enjoin hira from put ting the names of any candidates on the ballot, in the primary or general election. C. L. Clark, one of the at torneys announced that he would np-ptr.l. Th3 judges held the act passed by the legislature of 1933, redisricting representative districts 31 to 3 6 in clueive and senatorial districts 14 and 15 in Lancaster county and sen atorial districts 9 to 11 in Douglas eaunty to be void. The evidence dis closed and the decree stated that it v.as al.0 admitted in the passage of the act, that no attempt was made to re-subdivide the whole state into senatorial and representative dis- iricLs. As the whole state was not ap ;ioriicj:iMl as according to population and was not done for correction of in equalities, it violated the constitu tion. Such apportionment cannot be made ct'uncr than once in ten years, and this act, the decree states, wrong fully deprives the rest cf the state from an apportionment for another ten years. Ccunty Clerk Morgan is restrained from placing any names on the ballot in the new districis. This throws the districts back as they were before the law was passed. Both sides charged gerrymander ing when the suit was heard on May 17. Holla Van Kirk, one of the at torneys for Rogers, claimed that the bill redisricting th.' districts was done for the simple purpose of gerry mandering for the benefit of the dem ocrats. C. L. Clark, who represented Attorney General Good in the case, on permission of County Attorney Tov.le alleged r.n the other hand that the districts the legislature attempted to reaistnct were gerrymander when laid cut. This was none, lie claimed when there were no democrats in tlve senate and four in the house. The re districting of the two senatorial dis tricts threw Van Kirk and Charles Warner, both republican senators, in to the same district. or Be Dropped from Relief , and Others Will Follow. Ouicials in sixteen Nebraska coun ties are now weighing the demands of federal relief administrators for Nebraska that Nebraska governmen tal subdivisions, "do their share" in meeting relief needs, or be dropped from federal relief rolls. Meanwhile, federal relief directors are completing plans for a series of three outstate meetings at which the demand for counties to "pay up" will be carried to every section of the state. All but two cf the sixteen county boards called into conference with Federal Relief Administrator Haynes have indicated their intention to sign an agreement to increase county tax levies for relief purposes. Any fail ing to sign will be dropped until August. The demand was made by the fed eral relief administration as Nebras ka counties are preparing the new levy which will be announced in August. "With statistics showing that fed eral relief expenditures have been nearly $10,000,000 in Nebraska dur ing tha year as compared to $2,000. 000 expended by counties, federal au thorities feel that drastic action must be taken," it was explained at the state house. Wednesday counties in the vicinity of O'Neill will be called before Haynes and other FERA officials to discuss relief needs and to hear the explanation of the agreement plan. Similar meetings are to be held at Alliance on Thursday and at North Flatte on Friday. Picture Study A set of fifteen pictures has been receied at the Farm Bureau office and is available for use by organized groups during the summer. Organized croups interested in having these pictures for study should make arrangements to have two or their members attend a leaders training meeting which will be held at the Congregational church base ment, Weeping Water, Wednesday; June 15th at 1:30 p. m. Miss Mazpah Douglass, home beautification special ist, extension service, will assist in presenting the work. This set of pictures, containing in expensive reproductions of works of art, has been loaned us by the Amer ican Federation of Arts, through the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The prints have been selected from stocks of well-established publishers and copies are easily secured if de sired. Clubs wishing to meet during the summer will find this study quite interesting. HOWARD LOSES SUPPORT There is nothirg more attractive than onD of the artistic cards that the Bates Book Store has for Father's day. Call and look then over. Norfolk, Neb. Appointment of Mrs. Marie Weekes, known as a re publican, to the postmastership of Norfolk, will cost Congressman How ard of Columbus the backing of the Madison county democratic central committee, according to several mem bers cf that group. Th committee's support, it is un derstood, will be given to Orviile Chatt, former county judge from Tekamah, in the forthcoming primary election. Some of Norfolk's promin ent democrats claim that Congress man Howard, in appointing a repub lican to the office, broke a promise he made to them some time ago that a democrat would be chosen for the "political plum." Judging an Important 4-H Activity District Judging Day for Cass coun ty 4-K'ers will be htlu at the Agri cultural College, Lincoln, Monday, June 11th. Judging work will begin promptly at 10 a.' m. anel close at 3:30 p. m. There will be available classes for judging in animal hus bandry, baked goods, canned goods, clothing, crops, dairy, girls room, poultry, dairy andmeat products. There is probably no one 4-H ac tivity that reaily"""helps club mem bers as does judging. It teaches them to recognize standards and serves as an incentive to improve their own work or in other Avoids to "Make the Best Better." There is no restriction on the num ber of members who may attend judg ing practice. Learning to Cock and Learning to Sew members are not eligible for county' corr petition, how ever and practie'e .hey get now will be a big help in future club work. All club members interested in knowing more about judging should make an effort "totattend this meet ing, June 11th. Canning Contest for Project Club Memos: In order to encourage and stimu late better and nidre home canning among project club members a state contest is being sponsored by the Kerr Glass Company and the Ball Brothers Company. Enrollment blanks for the Kerr contest should be in the Farm Bu reau office by July 15th. The coun ty contest will be held some time in ugust, and there must be not less than ten entrants competing. The best collective exhibit which must consist of two jars of fruit, two jars of vegetables and two jars of meat will be entered in the state contest. Any project club member interest ed in entering the contest elnuld write the Home Extension Agent for an enrollment blank and a copy cf the rules ad regulations. m lite ym Gasome Chinch Beg Situation Serious At present the chinch bug situa tion is serious in large parts of Ne braska, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas and Missouri. Twenty-five southeastern counties in Nebraska seem to be the most menacing. Cass county is one. Last year chinch bug infestations were noted in several parts of Cass county and this year there is a ser ious invasion of the bugs in the southwestern half of the county. When a count of the bugs shows more j than ten adults to the square foot the danger is serious. Many fields in j Tipton, Greenwood, Stove Creek, and Weeping Water precincts show at least this many of the bugs at pres ent. A survey of the county shows that the young bugs are coming out and the older ones are laying their eggs. Farmers should be getting ready to protect their corn now. The eggs are laid in the Email grains. They are of a yellowish color and hatching began last week here. The egg laying is still going on however and will con tinue for a fortnight. The young ones which are of a bright red color start migrating to corn fit-Ids almost im mediately. They usually migrate be tween 2 and 6 p. m. and this migra tion period usually lasts 10 to IS days, although the period is shorter when the weather is drier. A county sel-up Is being completed in co-operation with the government for furnishing oil to farmers to fight the chinch bugs. It si expected that the government will furnish the nec essary oil laid down at a point with in the county and from then on an orgaization of farmers will handle the distribution of the oil. The coun ty leader, usually the county agent, will work under a state leader who in turn is directed by the state com mittee which is composed of W. II. Brokaw, Dean W. W. Burr, Prof. M. II. Swenk and Mr. Felton. ame LJrioe as Liegoiar s EH-flB- 3kD ml Drive In and See How Promptly We Can Serve You CLOIDT SERVICE Corner Main and 3rd Telephone 62 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA ments are being made. The county allotment committee is working this week and are rushing the early pay ment contracts through. It is ex pected that this work will require ten dcys to two weeks when the contracts will then be ready to forward to Washington. Corn-Hcg Contracts Being Prepared for Washington As rapidly as possible the clerks at the corn-hog office are preparing the corn-hog contracts for shipment to Washington. The county quota lias been received and final adjust- Cool Weather Delays Emerg ence cf Codling Moth It looks now as though the hatch ing of the worms cf the first brood cf the cdling moth will be strung over the next three or four weeks. The cool weather of last week has re tarded the emergence of the moths, egg laying and ejrg hatching so that there will be no decided peak. Of course we appreciate the cool weath er but it means that there ought to be three sprays applied for the first brood worms, instead of the usual two. Most of the commercial grow ers have finished putting on the first cover spray. The second cover ought I tc go cn the latter part of this week and the first part of next. The third cover should be applied ten days later. . For the codling moth use 2 pounds ' of lead arsenate to 50 gallons of water. If a fungicide was used in the first cover spray and you think dry weather will continue, the fungi cide may be omitted at this time. Then if there is a change in the weather this may be added to the third cover spray. If it remains cool lime sulfur may be us?d either 3-4 gallon of the liquid to 50 gallons of I water or 2 to 3 pound of dry lime sulfur to 50 gallons of water. If the weather in hot use either Bordeaux 2-4-5U or one of the wettable bUl furs at the strength recommended by the manufacturer. Those with vineyards ought to be watching their vines for the liret signs of the grape loot worm (chain like holes in the leaves). As soon as the chain-like holes appear on the leaves, spray with lead arsenate, 1 i lbs. to 50 gallons of water. Crop prospects are not as bright as they locked tv. o weeks ago but if there are any apples it will pay to spray them at least once more. With apples scarce, good apples are likely to be v. good rice. Wormy rpples sel dom are. Furthermore, money saved this year will have to be spent next, year and the next where the worms are allowed to secure a good foothold. RETIRED GENERAL IS DEAD Washington. One of the- army's most able organizers. Major General Ainsworth, retired, will be buried Wednesday in Arlington with full military honors. Ainiwtiih.itvett methodical mind brought order out of the confusion that once prevailed in the army's record division, died at hij apartment after a long period of fail ing health. Father day cards at the Bates Ecck store offer a pleasant reminder to Dad on this special day set aside to honor him, Sunday, June 10th. TIT FARLEY ACTION 15 UPHELD Washington. Action cf Postmas ter General Farley in cancelling con tracts cf icur airmail carriers was uV.ield by Juntic? Daniel O'Donoghue in tko District of Columbia supreme court. The court granted a motion to dismiss suits brought by National Air Transport inc., Pacific Air Trans port. Varncy Airlines, inc., and Boe ing Air Transport, inc.. to restrain Farley from isforeing his cancella tion order. William J. Donovan, coun sel for the companies, said the case would Le appealed. I) r Hi Daily Journal. "iSc per week. WE ME K IDJG UP IABTH THE SPORTS! 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