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1 .1 I i MONDAY. I707iarBrr 9, 1936. An Increase of $821,431 Asked by the Normals Budget Calls for Four New Build ings, Restoration of Salaries of Two Years Ago. The state normal board budget, filed with the state tax commissioner for the governor's consideration, asks for ?2,012,4G7 for maintenance of four state normal schools for the coming biennium. This is an in crease of $821,431, the amount ap propriated two years ago being ?l,-j 191,030. ! The request calls for $439,790 fori new buildings, one at each of the schools. It calls also for an increase of $262, S92 in salaries, the board's, request as voiced by Comptroller Fred i Andersen being for funds enough to restore salaries to where they were two years ago. For repairs, material and equipment an increasa of $118, 74 9 is asked, these three items going to make up the increased request of $S21,431. For the comptroller's salary, sup plies, expense and equipment the budget requests $9,000 for the two years, the same as was appropriated by the last legislature, which created this office by an appropriation item. From July, 1935, to July, 1936, Comptroller Andersen reported that by the purchase of supplies for the normal schools thru his office, in cluding insurance, light and other costs, he has saved the board $54,4 65. In less than ten years, he said, the board would be able to return to the state all dormitories and equipment valued at $600,9 64 obtained thru a moratorium plan of borrowing funds for construction, the property to be paid for from receipts. The increases asked for by the budget for the four normals are classified: Kearney: Appropriated, $325,670; Request, $615-,09 6; Increase, $289, 426. Wayne: Appropriated $308,216; Request $572,720; Increase, $204, 504. Peru: Appropriated. $284,500; Re quest $433,834; Increase, $149,834. Chadron: Appropriated, $272,650; Request, $390,816; Increase, $118, 1CC. Totals: Appropriated $1,191,036; RequesT, $2,012,467; Increase, $821,- 431. The legislature of 193S cut the r.;aintenance appropriation for nor rrals approximately 20 percent, says the budget request. Since the cost of supplies and repairs is practically fixed, it is alleged the reduction had to be taken from salaries which were already low. Loss of prominent fac ulty members on account of the cut is cited. As repairs and equipment could not be made during the pres ent biennium, the board is now ask ing for replacements and increase of salaries. The increased appropria tions asked for by the board for the four schools are: Increases Requested. Kearney: salaries, Increase, $80, 168; change office make more class rooms, $7,390; completion of A. O. Thomas school, $176,790; change heating plant, $21,500; new roofs ad ministration building and gymnasium, $2,170; order of state fire inspector, $1,407. Total, $289,426. Wayne: Building and equipment for new library, $163,000; salary in crease, $77,054; complete basement room and new floor in gymnasium, $3,500; new seats in gymnasium, re pairs president's residence, $4,800; remodeling old art building, $3,200; repair Terrace hall, $1,500; remod eling and enlarging office Bpace, $3, 000; additional library equipment, new furniture for hall and school car, $1,950; additional equipment for Bcience tables, $1,650; furniture class rooms, hot water gymnasium, show ers, lockers, $1,850; new boiler for heating plant, $3,000. Total increase, $187,450. Chadron: Salaries and wages in crease, $48,000, to total of $272,000; for west wing of training school building, $50,000 lands and build ings. $5,700 request; for supplies, in crease, $4,000; for expenses, increase, $2,116; material and parts and re pairs, $6,000; equipment, $8,000 in crease. Total increase, ?118,168. Peru: Salary increase, $71,134; payment sewer pledge, $60.20 per month, for thirty years, to be made in one payment. $15,000; curb on pavement, two blocks, and repair pavement. $1,000; roadway thru campus, 13,000 square yards bitumin ous mat, $7,000; addition and im provements to auditorium, dressing and storage rooms, decorating walls, new stage curtain and floor, $5,000; partisan commerce department typ ing room. $200; build and equip front wing of science hall, $50,000. Total, increase, $149,334. The board asks that its own ap- isrll There are plenty of Wines on the market selling for half and two-thirds the price of SALUTE, for like Meats, the quality of wine can vary greatly. Get the best at SHARPMACK'S Liquor Store FINE WINES AND LIQUORS propriation' for expenses be increased lrom $4,500 to $5,000, the increase to be used in the event of emergency for clerk hire or other purposes. It asks that $10,069 cash income from lands and library fees and other rev enues for the four schools, not de rived from taxes, be appropriated. Series of Reports on Farm Prospects To Be Published by the Govern ment Daily From Novem ber 6 to 14. The farm outlook for 1937 will be the subject of a series of reports to be released daily by the bureau of agricultural economics, Nov. 6 to 14. The reports, drawn up with the assistance of state and federal exten sion workers, are intended to guide farmers in making plans for crop production and livestock breeding next year. They will cover the pres ent and prospective situation as to all the major farm commodities wheat, cotton, dairy products, livestock, corn, fruits, and vegetables. The series will start with a report on the domestic and foreign demand for farm products. This will be fol lowed by reports on agricultural credit, farm labor and equipment, fertilizer, feed crops, livestock, cot ton and cottonseed, wheat flax, dairy products, hogs, meat animals and meats, poultry, eggs, turkeys, beef cattle, hay and pastures, truck crops. horses and mules, cloverseed and al falfa, beans, fruits, tobacco, peanuts, rice, sheep, lambs, wool, and mohair. Bureau economists and statisti cians are organizing the basic ma terial for the outlook reports. Last week they held outlook conferences at Washington with economists from state agricultural colleges. A feature of the series will be a report on the farm family living out look prepared co-operatively by the bureau of home economics, the ex tension service, and the bureau o" agricultural economics. Pump Irrigation Schools Planned Sheridan County Farmers Study Suc cess of One of Their Number; To Hold Community Meets. Indicating that some pump irri gation schools are planned for east ern Nebraska farmers during the coming winter months, Ivan D. Wood, extension engineer at college of agri culture, declares there is an added interest in this type of irrigation in the state. P. II. Stewart, extension agrono mist at the college, together with Wodd will probably hold the com munity gatherings sponsored locally by county agricultural agents and farmers. All phases of pump irriga tion and crop cultural practices will be discussed. Wood will deal with the engineering end of the discussion while Stewart will handle the agron omy end of the meetings. Recently 100 farmers in Sheridan county gathered in Rushville to talk about pump irrigation. Some land in that area is suitable for pump irri gation, says Wood, who attended the gathering. William Christian, 10 miles south of Hay Springs, has a homemade well which goes down 60 feet and has 1,300 gallon flow per minute, with an 8 inch turbine pump tractor driven. In speaking before the northwest- !ern Nebraska group, Wood pointed out five essentials in pump irrigation if it is to be successful. He listed: Not spending money before a test well is put down and it is determined that water is present. After finding water, get right equipment for the ! well and power. Land preparation for irrigation is important. Engi neering topography necessary. Most people fail with pump irrigation be cause they depend on rainfall and al ways turn on the water too late. Phone news item to no. 6. Trucker Must Have a License in This State Otherwise Penal Offense to Transport Liquors into the State Case From Hall Co. Reversed Clarification of the state liquor law was given by the supreme court Friday in an opinion by Judge Good, in which it was held that it is a penal offense for the owner and op erator of a truck who has not been designated as a carrier of alcoholic liquor by the state liquor control commission and who has not receiv ed a permit from such commission, to transport from another state into this state a cargo of unstamped alco holic liquors consigned to a bonded warehouse or wholesaler in Nebras ka. Intoxicating liquors imported in to the state need not have the stamps placed thereon when brought in by a bonded carrier with a permit until the shipment reaches a bonded ware house or a duly licensed distributor. The court added that the law of an other state cannot make lawful in this state an act which would be un lawful under the law of this state nor make unlawful in this state an i act which is lawful in this state. The case was brought to the at- j tention of the court by the state's attorneys because of rulings of the Ilall county district court in a case J in which Mark T. Hyslop, a trucker operating between Grand Island and Chicago, had been charged with un- lawful possession of unstamped liq uor and unlawful transportation be cause he had not been designated by the state liquor commission as a car rier of alcoholic liquors. The trial court held that the transportation count did not charge an offense against state laws, and the jury ac quitted Hyslop on the other count. Judge Good says that the trial judged erred because it was clear Hyslop had not been made a carrier of liquors, had no permit and had given bond; that when liquors are imported they become articles of commerce within this state and stamps need not be affixed when brought in by a lawful carrier until destination is reached, and that the trial judge erred when he told the jury that the law of Illinois is pre sumed to be the same as the law of Nebraska, since Nebraska laws have no extra-territorial effect and no penalty can be incurred under the state law except for transactions within the state. NEBRASKA. AND ALFALFA WEEVIL QUABANTITvES Following the drouth of 1934 there was considerable demand by Nebras ka farmers that the alfalfa weevil quarantine be modified so that hay could be moved into the state from certain counties in Idaho and Oregon that were known as weevil-infested counties. Similar requests are again being made. To those who are not familiar with plant quarantine prac tice it may seem a simple matter to change a quarantine; however, ex perience has shown that many com plications may arise after such ac tion. For instance, after the Nebraska alfalfa weevil quarantine was modi fied in 1934 to permit shipments of hay from Idaho and Oregon, several of the mid-western states imme diately placed embargoes on all Ne braska hays and cereal straw, regard less of where that hay or straw was produced, and it took several months' time and a lot of negotiation with officials of other states to get the markets of the country again open to Nebraska hay. Some are inclined to believe that these quarantines against Nebraska were unjustified, but unless the of ficials of the states issuing the quar antines can be convinced that is true, there is nothing Nebraska officials can do about it. Therefore, our course seems to be mapped out for us; we must follow the quarantine poli cies outlined by the states concerned or take the chance of having the principal hay markets of the United States closed against us. Since Ne braska is one of the leading hay-producing states, the latter course seems out of the question. However, your State Department of Agriculture and Inspection Is working with the plant quarantine officials of other states and present ing Nebraska's side of the question at every opportunity so that it may be possible In the future to have the quarantines so modified that they will not interfere seriously with the movement of hay into or within the state. For high class Job printing phone your order to No. 6. PLATTSKOUTH SE3H - WEEKLY 70TJENAL Flying Missionary Carries Gospel Into Remote Alaska German Priest Founds Aviation Branch Which Contacts Distant Lands ..- ": . xosy...... By CHARLES GRENHAM International Illvfitratcd News Feature Writer ' Rev. Sammon i c r y a - ' - i ' n : "rn 'ill :stv luitiv. 'ians recently an-jgested to strapping young Rev. nounced for carryinc on missionary ; Sehulte. At that time he was sta work in the remote regions of Alaska ! tioned near Tempelhof airdome in and Canada call attention to the Germany doing home mission work. newest method of spreading the Gospel. Regions which have hitherto been jn the regular army. When he en inaccessible to the indefatigable rep-itered the order of the Oblates of St. ; rerentatives of the church are now ' being contacted by airplane. Prime mover in this development ' is a stalwart German Catholic priest by the name of the Rev. Paul Sehulte. ;This ambition which took shape in I his mind 10 years ago is now a real- ity, and his latest venture is in the j direction of the unchartered north I which he plans to penetrate with his 'plane, te "St. Lucas." Mission Work by Plane : The huge distances to be covered and the dangerous mountains which have handicapped missionary work among the Eskimos are now to bejiogne and the Missionary Communi traversed by plane. Ease stations will ; cation association came into exist be established at various points and ence, its motto being, "Toward the work carried on from key cities. Rev. Sehulte is the founder and (head of the Missionary Communica i tions association. This organization i now has more than a dozen planes, 1150 automobiles and motorboats (which aid missionaries in their work i in such places as Albania, New Guinea, Brazil, South Africa, KoreaUerest in the work of the MIVA. Steel Industry Increases Pay of Its W orkers Financial Circles Say Boosts Will Amount to 33 Millions ; 475, 000 Employes Affected. Pittsburgh, Nov. 6. Thousands of steel workers received notice Friday of pay raises averaging about 10 per cent, and the entire industry was ex pected to pay the increased scale after Nov. 16. The Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., largest United States Steel Corp. sub sidiary and the Bethlehem Steel Corp. were among the companies to grant the raise following negotiations with employe representatives. The Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp., largest independent producer in th? Pittsburgh district, with 20, 000 mill workers in two plants, an nounced Friday night it will grant the same increase effective the same date. Employe represenatives of the com pany said last Tuesday they had been informed the wage boost would be granted but the company said then negotiations were incomplete. Others were the Columbia Steel Co., Pacific Coast subsidiary of U. S. Steel; the Inland Steel Corp. of Chicago, and the American Steel and Wire Co. of Cleveland. Provides Adjustments. Basing their figures on 1935 pay rolls, steel men calculated that the increase for U. S. Steel and Beth lehem subsidiaries alone would amount to 33 million dollars a year. Friday's agreements also provided .: P Pl.t -vW"-1"' Rev. Sehulte f i I-V4 : t J and Madagascar. It was a decade ago that the Idea of mission work by plane was sug- His interest in flying dated from the World war when he was a pilot Mary the Immaculate, his interest in flying was none the less keen, and he kept on with his aviation until his ecclesiastical superiors grounded him. ItlTVA Rapidly Expanding When a friend and fellow-priest died at his post in South Africa, Rev. Sehulte volunteered to replace him and sought permission to establish a missionary flying branch which could better cope with the jungle ai:d vast distances of the section. Af ter much endeavor he obtained the permission of his namesake, Joseph Cardinal Sehulte, archbishop of Co- Christ on land and sea and in the air." The territory and activities of this group have gradually expanded until it now goes into many remote parts i of the world. The world's first aerial 'mass was celebrated this summer and the Pone has evinced considerable in- adjustments, limited to 5 per cent each, of wage rates with changes in living costs as reported by the Unit ed States bureau of labor statistics. The agreements are to stand a year. Financial circles accepted the an nouncement as leading to advances for approximately 4 75,000 workers. For Common Labor. Common labor will get the major shade of the increase. Bethlehem said the base labor rate would be raised cents an hour. Demands for increases ranging from 10 to 25 per cent have been submitted in recent months by em ploye groups of the Carnegie-Illinois, the industry's largest producer. Philip Murray, director of the steel union organization drive, told lead ers of John L. Lewis' rebel labor unions, arriving for a meeting Sat urday, that the industry had decided before the presidential election to in crease pay. Withheld Notice. Announcement of the raise was held up, he said, in hope it could be attributed to a republican victory. Murray called the negotiations be tween management and employe rep resentatives "a mere subterfuge to deceive the public into thinking that the raise resulted from collective bar gaining." Murray claimed for his steel work ers organization committee all credit for the steel wage increases he said would come. Murray, in a statement, termed the increase from 47 to 52 cents an hour in tho basic rate for unskilled labor "a miserly pittance" which the companies "undoubtedly will attempt to use to prevent workers when or ganized from demanding their proper increases." flURDOGK ITEL'JS Mr. and Mrs. Herman R. Schmidt were at Elmwood Wednesday after noon of last week, where they were looking after business matters and visiting with friends. Mrs. A. J. Tool spent a number of days during the past week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Work and family in Omaha, enjoying a most pleasant visit. Louis Schmidt, who has just been re-elected as road overseer, was over near Wabash last Wednesdaj', where, with a capable assistant, he was making some repairs to a bridge west of town. Harold Luetchens and family vis ited over the week end at the home of Mrs. Luetchen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Shrader, of Clay Cen ter, driving out on Saturday and re maining until Monday morning. Mrs. Fred Luetchens, who has been sick with sciatica, still remains so poorly she is not able to get about as she would like to. However, she is making some improvement, which will be pleasing news to her many friends. Uncle Fred Stock, who has been sick at his country home for many months, remains in about the same condition, being able to be up a por tion of the time, but not able to get out and do any work, as he is very desirious of doing. Grandmother Schweppe, who pass ed her 84th birthday a few weeks ago, has been in poor health of late and is confined to her bed. Her ad vanced age makes it difficplt to over come the malady with which she is beset, but she is cheerful and hope ful, as are all her friends, that she may again be restored to good health in the near future. Rev. and Mrs. E. F. Haist and daughter. Miss Ruth, of Lincoln, were guests at the home of Floyd Williams on the farm east of Mur dock last Sunday, where they all en joyed a very fine visit and a delic ious dinner. Rev. and Mrs. Haist made a home for Mr. Williams when a boy and he became as a son to them, the ties of friendship being very strong. Rev. Haist also visited the Evangelical churches of this section, being superintendent for this district. New Baby Arrives A new baby arrived last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brackhage near Davey, Nebr. Miss Bernice Reichman, daughter of Otto Reichman. who has been making her home with her grandmother, Mrs Henrv Reichman. was over to the Brackhage home to care for the little stranger and its mother. John H. Buck Improved John H. Buck, Murdock black smith, who has been so seriously ill at the hospital in Lincoln, where he underwent a major operation, is reported as getting on fairly well at this time. His son Glen was over a few days ago and found the fath er making good progress and greatly desirious of getting back home and at his work again. Eeturn from Snowy North Dr. and Mrs. Lee and son Larry, who, accompanied by a sister of Dr. Lee, Mrs. Hazel Clifton, of Ithica, left some two weeks ago for a trip to Saskatchewan, Canada, where they visited another sister, Mrs. D. C. Messe and husband, have returned home after a most pleasant stay. They tell of the country being very dry up that way and also that the general contour of the land is one big level stretch with but few hills and these along two rivers which converge at the point where they were visiting. Enroute home, they found travel ing very good until they arrived in northern Minnesota, where they en countered a foot of snow and ice cov ering the highways, which made trevel difficult, and they drove many miles at an average speed of but 20 miles an hour. Getting further south, they found the roads in fine shape again and were able to make good time the rest of the way. TJncle George Mills Poorly Since his second very severe at tack of illness, which occurred some three weeks ago. Uncle George Mills remains very poorly at his home north of town. He is not able to get about very much, but likes to get out in the open on nice days and would also like very much to get back at his work, but his physical condition is such that he cannot do so. Eed Cross Boll Call Soon The annual American Red Cross roll call will be under way Boon, opening on Armistice day and con tinuing until Thanksgiving. The Red PAGE THT.TVft w 10 CHECK UP today on your Fire Insurance. . . Don't wait until you have a loss to learn that your protection "was not ade quate. Searl S. Davis OFFICESi 2.I FL.OOK Platts. State Bank Bldg. Cress is known througliout the length and breadth of our land as the most humantarian relief agency in exist ence, and is one organization to which everyone should belong. The membership fee of ?1 is not large, and from it is provided the relief funds used to alleviate want and Buf fering. Have your name enrolled on the membership list of your home chapter at the earliest possible mo ment. After the Pheasants Again Lacey McDonald, Henry Arr gwert, Bryan McDonald, John McDonald, A. J. -Tool and Henry A. Tool made up a party of hunters from Murdock who went up near Hubbard, in Da kota county, over the last week end for a second pheasant hunting expe dition just before the close of the season. They were joined there by S. P. Lies, who had gone with them the week before and remained for a visit with relatives in that locality. They. found the birds plentiful but a little hard to scare up, which added to the excitement of the chase. All returned home Sunday evening. Wm. Bourke Elected Assessor William Bourke, who has served as assessor for several years, was re elected to that office at last Tues day's election, being opposed by two candidates, and feels that he is one of that large group who have been highly endorsed by the voters. Eas New Housekeeper Mrs. J. J. Arnold, sister of the late Mrs. L. Neitzel, will be the housekeeper for L. Neitzel, replacing Mrs. Clara Ilartung. daughter of L. Neitzel. who has taken care of the home since her mother's passing. Mrs. Arnold's husband passed away nearly three years ago. She has spt-nt the last year near Lakeside, Calif., with her niece. Mrs. Arnold visited here rbout a year ago. She has a sister living at Cedar Bluffs, -which brings the sisters within easy reach for visiting. TUEKEY PEICES L0WEE Brady, Tex. Turkey prices skidded off the high level of last year as the Thanksgiving market opened with an abundance of choice, well filled birds in sight. The best offered was 12 cents a pound wholesale for No. 1 birds. The market reacted swiftly to reports from all over the southwest that flocks were from 25 to 50 per cent larger than in 1935. vhen drouth conditions checked produc tion. This year's price was about 2 cents down. Automobile gnsnranoe Driving conditions are of ten bad during the winter months. 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