Nebraska Newspapers

    RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
Cobbler
to
Town Shoo Repairer, "Friend,
Philosopher and Guide" of
Vice President.
HELPS TO SHAPE HIS CAREER
Friendship Begun In College Days
Contlnueo Through Early Strug
gles and Subsequent Proml.
nence In Politics.
Northampton, Mass. James Lucey,
bender of shoes, Is pegging away in
Ills shop hero with one eye on the
Newspapers for word of how the nu
(lonul capital treats Calvin Coolldge,
his one-time associate In local politics,
end now vice president.
When Vice President Coolldge, Just
before departing for Washington re
cently, grasped the cobbler's hand as
the photographers snapped their cam
eras, ho gave him a distinction thnt
lio was asked to explain. "1'ut Mr.
Lucey down as my guide, philosopher
und friend," he said. And so the
cobbler Is now nationally known.
What the vice president meant wna
uiori or less well known to Northamp
ton olk. The story goes back to thu
ilium when Calvin Coolldge was a soph
nworo ut Amherst college. With shoes
to be repaired ho sought Luccy's shop
tin Gothic street In this city, and then
remained to listen to the cobbler's
comely comments on the topics of Uio
lay.
Helped to Shapo Career.
The student found the shoemaker!
jhllosophy so engaging thnt during thu
remainder of his college course he
went frequently to see him. As n
lawyer later young Coolldge opened
olllccs here, nnd while he waited for
clients, continued his acquaintance)
with the cobbler. Throughout his en-
feer In the politics of tho city und
Mute, Mr. Coolldge dropped In ut the
shoo shop from time to tlmo to ex
change Ideas with his friend nnd hnva
the bencllt of the lntter's pointed po
litical observations.
Tho youthful Coolldge took nwny
lessons from the cobbler counsellor;
Coolldge, tho candldntc, received tho
bencllt of his lnllucnce, which was
considerable In city politics, und when
lie rose to a position ot state nnd
national prominence he still received
tho loyal support of the shoo mnn.
Mr. Lucey, modestly explaining that
Mr. Coolldge long since passed out
of his range of Influence, admits thnt
lie may have been of some help when
the ylco president was on tho first
vungs of the political ladder.
Cement Closer Friendship.
The cobbler says that the only tlmo
Ac ever crossed Calvin Coolldge seemed
to make tinner the friendship between
them. Mr. Coolldgo bad sought tho
electron of u friend us mnyor, and
nsked Mr. Lucey ns a dclegato to tho
party caucus to stand In his behalf,
Russian Mystery
fkV a ffi ' -l
Hero Is more Kussliin mystery. Since KerensUy's fall valuable railway
machinery consigned by American manufacturers to the Itiisslun government,
'lias been lying In Seattle railway yards. No one appears to know Its owner
ship. It was originally Intended for export to Siberia. A congressional In
vestigation now in progress may solve the mystery. If Kercnsky should get
on top again, ns now seems quite possible, doubtless the mystery will bo
quickly solved. The goods are valuable, though they hau buffered from
exposure.
Diamond
Only One on Western Hemisphere
Is Located in Arkansas.
Gems Are Found In the Crater of an
Extinct Volcano In Plko County
First Found In 1906.
Murphreesboro, Ark. The only dia
mond mine thus fur discovered on tho
western hemisphere Is located In Plko
county, Arkansas, In which this ham
let Is situated. The mine Is two and
half miles south of here
The diamonds arc found In n
"pipe," the crater of on extinct volca
no which nges ago boiled up through
"the surface, had Its terrific heat chilled
by the water of an Inland sea, and
Heft bits of carbon scattered through
tout tho perldotlto which now fills tho
crater, to bo pressed Into diamonds by
ithe contraction of the rock. Tho perl
ilotlte form? tho orlglanl matrix of tho
Close
Coolidge
but the cobbler, already bound to tno
opposing candidate, refused. This
evidence of loyalty to a prior al
Icglunce'sorvcd to heighten their mu
tual respect.
The shoemaker, n nntlvc of Ireland,
cnnie to Northampton forty years ago
at the age of twelve. A family of
eight children, seven of whom nre now
living, has mado dcinirijd" ! earn
ing ability. Five are girls, one Is n
stenographer, two nre teachers, a
fourth, who was formerly a teacher,
Is now married and one Is n clerk. Of
the two boys one Is n graduate of
Holy Cross college, and the other Is n
student In the Northampton Commer
cial college.
REPORTS ON SELF-OPERATION
Philadelphia Surgeon Who Removed
Own Appendix Back at Work
In Two Weeks.
Philadelphia.- Evan O'Neill Kane,
sixty-year-old Jefferson Medical college
graduate, who on February 15 removed
Ills own appendix with a local anes
thetic at the hospital nt Kane, Pa.,
Now Tap Air
to Get Music
Radio Amateurs Enjoy "Concord
of Sweet Music Sounds"
From 60 Miles Away.
CONCERTS A NIGHTLY AFFAIR
Development of Radio Equipment Has
Brought Price of Apparatus Down
Wire and Broom Handlo
Enough for Aerial.
New York. Rnpld development of
tho radio telephone has made possible
for thousands of persons In New York
nnd other parts of the country fulfill
ment' of Longfellow's prophecy that
"tho night shall be filled with music."
Enterprising nnmteur wireless oper
ators, us well ns many commercial sta
tions, now put out through the nlr
ench night concerts created by attach
ing to Bending sets phonographs und
player pianos. Others, moro enter
prising, sing or play tho violin nnd
other Instruments for the benefit of
ull who will "listen In."
Receiving Apparatus Cheap.
Approximately one-hnlf the amnteurs
In the New York district are licensed,
permitting them to send. The others
are content with receiving sets.
Development of tho radio equipment
in Seattle Yards
Mine Found
-
diamond, and thus far the only dia
monds found In the western hemis
phere In their matrices aru those of
Pike county.
Diamonds have been found In some
twenty-five stutes, In Canada and
South America, but always In river
beds where, geologists surmise, they
havo been washed by the waters, or
la places where It Is presumed they
have been deposited hy glacial action.
Tho first Arkansas diamond was
found In 11HX1 hy John Iluddleston,
then owner of the farm on which tho
slxty-ncro "pipe" Is loented, hy acci
dent. JluddleMon observed outcrop
pings of the gray-green rock, since
classed us perldotlto, and enmo to tho
conclusion thnt Ill's hillsides contained
valuable mineral, perhaps copper. Af
ter pecking around without finding
nnythlng which looked to him like
mineral, ho picked up a crystal, and
then ono day, ehowed It to some
fricnri In Murphreesboro. A Little
two weeks Inter performed a mnjor
operation on another pntlent
Dr. Kane will not discuss his exploit
other than to say "the experiment
will bo worth while," but his surgical
assistant, Dr. D. K. Vogan, said of If.
"Dr. Kane's operation establishes these
things:
First Fuse with which local op
erations can be performed.
"Second Can bo done without se
vere pain.
"Third Pnln more due to traction
and rough handling ot pnrts than to
Incision.
"Fourth Any surgeon with a fair
degree of skill can perform such nn
operation on himself."
Income Tax Four Cents;
He Pays in Installments
Augustn, (5a. A tnxpnyer
whoso total tax Is 4 cents and
who Insists on his right to pay
In four Installments and who
bought n 1-cent money order for
which he pnld a cents was re
vealed here today. The taxpay
er, a tall, lanky farmer, who
gave his address as Lincoln coun
ty, but whose name was not di
vulged, personally submitted his
return to the deputy collector of
Internal revenue, using the 1-cent
money order to pay the ilrpt In
stallment. -
has been such that a practical receiv
ing nppurntus can be purchased for n
very few dollars the prices range up
ward In accurdanco with the equip
ment Great stretches of aerials are no
longer necessary. A few feet of wire,
looped over the end of n broom and
hung out over the fire escape, nnd u
ground wire attached to n rndlator
or water pipe answer. Some do not
even cnll on the family broom, but
nttnch a wire to the spring of a be!
or a couch nnd excellent results fol
low. On n recent evening ono amateur
residing In New York city heard seven
concerts at one time coming from dis
tances varying from two to 100 miles.
By mentis of "tuners" these concerts
were easily separated so that each
ono stood out clear and distinct from
the others ns desired.
Music From Sixty Miles.
The Press club of Juckson Heights,
a suburban residential district of New
York, recently feutured a radiophone
demonstration nt u meeting of the
members. Hy tho nld of n "loud
speaker" tho members were enabled
to dance from 0 p. m. until midnight
to music which come In from varying
dlstnnces. In a medley dnnce tho
members of the club started with a
waltz, played at Woodslde, Long Is
land, five miles away; swung Into n
fox-trot, played nt Brighton Peach, 15
miles distant; to n one-step, which
came from Pntcrson, N. J., lo dies
nwny, then back to n fox-trot, emanat
ing from n phonograph about sixty
miles up state. At 10 o'clock nil
watches were set by the time signals
which were sent out from the United
States navy station nt Arlington, Vn.
So numerous have their amnturs be
come and so united their Interests by
being able to talk with each other at
will thnt they formed an association.
They held a convention at a New York
hotel. They exhibited not only their
latest possessions In modern sets, but
also brought with them tho home
made apparatus of their pioneer C.nyn.
During the convention lectures were
given und nightly concerts from dls-
I taut stations featured.
Big Coon Played Bear.
Falmouth, O. Frank Rider and Fru
zler Tatton bad u coon almost ns
large as a bear, and one day they de
cided to have n "bear" hunt. Thoy
turned the coon loose at the south
border of town and after giving him
a half-hour's start, they turned their
pack of charging bear dogs on thu
trail. Tho dogs put tho "bear" up a
tree about two miles up the river. The
boys shook him out of tl.e treo and
the dogs did the rest.
I Rock leweler nronoiincoil It n (llnmnml.
and made sure by verifications by
Jewel experts In New York.
The mining operations la Arkansas
for several years, at least, will bo far
different from those of tho South
African fields, although the formations
nre the same.
In Africa deep shafts are sunk, tho
perldotlto Is brought to the surface
and spread on drying floors for periods
ranging from six to eighteen months.
The rock has the peculiar quality of
disintegrating when exposed to the nlr.
In Arkansas, however, except for a
few places, the perldotlto already has
disintegrated to a depth of about
twenty feet, nnd mixed with vegetable
mntter, formed n sticky clay, called
"gumbo" locally. This overburden of
"gumbo" will be worked before blast
ing operations nro started.
Ex-Admlral Sixty.Elght, Cobbler's Aid.
Vienna. With former officers of tho
nrmy and nnvy as pupils, a shoemuk
Ing school has been opened hero.
Among tho students Is a former vice
admiral, sixty-eight years old, who Is
curolled as u cobbler's apprentice
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Nebraska
Given in Erief Items For
Busy Readers.
A brass baud will shortly
bo or-
ganlzed at Pierre.
Omaha Is working to secure national
headquarters of the Elks.
Madison has decided to hold no
Fourth of July celebration.
Lincoln stieet car men have accepted
a 10 per cent reduction In wages.
The Civic club of Nellgh realized
.$121 on Its flower sale, held recently.
The grand council of the Royal Ar
canum will meet in Omaha April 'JO.
Thu commercial club nt Pierce has
decided to celebrate Independence day.
Twenty children were baptized Into
the Episcopal church at Calloway last
week".
Work on Omaha's new $2,000,000
High School of Commerce will begin
shortly.
The legislature has appropriated
$2,000 to pruvldtifor u state fish pond
near Peru.
Women of Conistock have formed
an organization called "The Ladles
Community Circle."
A class of thirty-five were initiated
last Sunday by l'.eatrlco council,
Knights of Columbus.
The IUuu Springs Community club
has more than doubled its membership
In the last three weeks.
Imperial women are making plans
to form an auxiliary to the American
Legion post of that place.
lloldrege will hold an airplane meet
'May !, (I and 7 the first assemblage
of the kind held in the state.
A class of about 125 was Initiated
Into the order of Deuiolay at Masonic
temple at Hastings recently.
Adams county will furnish twenty
five markers for the graves of ex
service men within her borders.
A volunteer fire department with
twenty-eight charter members hns
been organized nt 151 ue Springs.
Scottshluff sugar companies have
contracted for nearly 200,000 acres of
sugar beets for the coming season.
Fifteen thousand bushels of wheat
wns purchased by u Gage county Hour
mill at a price of $1.28 per bushel.
Valparaiso's new modern school
building, to replace the one destroyed
by fire in 1010, Is Hearing completion.
County Agent Scott Is soon to stnrt
a drive against prairie dogs, which
have done thousands of dollars of dam
ago In Cheyenne county each year.
Alfred Stevens, 00 years old,
dropped dead of apoplexy while shav
ing a customer In an Otimhu barber
shop.
Beatrice defeated a proposition to
return to the council system nt a spe
cial election last week by u vote of
3.'M to 1,102.
Over 100 conversions resulted from
the revival meetings Just closed nt
Columbus. Nearly $S00 was raised for
the evangelist.
During the week of April 11 the
Nebraska Farm Korean federation will
conduct a membership campaign in
Thayer county.
Kilwurd Matthewson of Wakefield
was seriously Injured when the car he
was driving, ran into un embankment
near that place.
Mrs. Jessie (lossard died at her
home In Columbus of blood poisoning
caused by a scratch on the linger while
making garden.
James C. Daliliaan nt Omaha and
Charles V. Ilryan, beaded the list of
nominees in those two cities at tho
primaries Tuesday.
The six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wlll Mueller, living near Nelson, was
burned to dentil In a fire started while
playing with matches.
The Wuuueln flour mills which were
burned a few weeks ago will be re
built with a larger output, from a
100-baiTol to a 'tOObanol.
The Rev. A. M. Iloran, formerly pas
tor of the Baptist church at Cedar
Plan's, has been elected pastor of the
First Haptlst church at Wnhoo.
The Omaha Y. M. C. A. opened a
drive to rais-e $50,000. Within twenty
four hours one-half of the same had
been subscribed, the total being raised
inside a week.
Illooinfleld citizens who protested
before the stale railway commission
against the Increase In telephone rales
were told the raise wns Justifiable and
no relief was possible.
Seward lias extended an Invitation
to members of the AmerU'im Legion in
Nebraska to establish a summer camp
at that place.
The new 500,000-gallon city water
reservoir at Sidney Is located on the
site of thu first fort In western Ne
braska, built In IStJT while construc
tion of the Union Pacific was In pro
gress.
At it recent meeting of the flage
county farm bureau, F. O. Crocker of
Fllley was named to assist County
Agent Rlst In arranging for the col
lection of corn for people who nre
starving In foreign lands.
A llro occurred at thu Nebraska Con
solidated mills plant ut Ravenna, when
a short circuit in one of tho electric
motors on tho second floor started :i
blaze. The damage was not serious.
Charles P. Durlnnd, u pioneer busi
nessman of Norfolk and ono of the
most prominent building and loan men
In Nebraska, died at his home In that
place following un Illness of many
months.
Omaha police are making strenuous
efforts to capture tho person who has
been cutting strands of hnlr from the
beads of school girls on the streets
there.
Elmwood hns,nn epidemic of measles
nnd several very serious enses.
Plnns arc being made to have tho
Loup vnlley track meet nt Ord on or
ubout May 0.
Sixty-two of the rural school dis
tricts In Cage county have contributed
.$H0.;i0 toward the China famine fund.
Leo Porter, a 15-yenr-old Ilralnerd
Ind, will lose the sight of his left eyo
fiotn a Hit shot fired by a comrade
during their piny.
Tlu warden has notified sheriffs In
the J),'l counties of the state to send no
more prisoners to the penitentiary un
til present crowded condition:) nre re
lieved. ,
Guh Linn of Kimball, who has served
oiv the village hoard of education for
thirty-one consecutive years, has de
clined to bu u candidate for re-election
this spring.
Several hundred delegates from var
ious parts of the state attended tho
celebration and banquet of the North
Platte Kluanls club, which received
its charter last week.
Stephen J. Taylor, the oldest settler
of Franklin county, Is dead at his
home nt Rlverton. He came to Frank
lin county with thu first company of
actual settlers In 1870.
A class of nearly ono hundred, ono
of the largest In. the hlstc-y. of the
Heatrice high school, will receive di
plomas nt the annual commencement
exercises to be held in May.
Superintendent E. L. Rouse of tho
Peru Normal school has been elected
superintendent of the public schools of
Scootsblutr for a term of three yenrs,
succeeding c. M. Muthenoy.
Mrs. Clarissa Lloyd, who died near
Falrbury recently, was burled within
200 feet of the site of the sod houso
erected by herself and husband in Jef
ferson county fifty-one years ago.
A goat ranch Is to be established by
Dr. S. II. Vlers, who has lately bought
an elgliteen-acre tract near Dlller,
which he is stocking up with some of
the best bred goats In the country.
The northwestern section of the Ne
braska state teachers' association,
comprising tho counties In the Sixth
district, has Just closed a successful
three-day convention In Alliance.
Marvin, 8-year-old son of County
Treasurer and Mrs. Mike Tritsch, Is
In a hospital at Plattsniouth, suffering
from burns which may prove fatal as
a result of being scalded by boiling
water.
April 1 marked the opening of tho
fishing season in Nebraska, but fish
ermen ure cautioned by George W.
Koster, chief of the state division of
fish and game, not to take bass or
trout until Mny 1.
With both legs practically severed
from his body, William Praul, repre
sentative for the lloldrege llottllng
works, was found lying beside the
Ilurlington tracks at Cambridge, dying
u few hours Inter.
York high school won the highest
team honors, and Murvnl Thompson of
Friend the highest individual honors
at the seventh annual state high school
livestock Judging contest nt the col
lege of agriculture last week.
A baby boy weighing but one pound
und six ounces was horn to Mr. nnd
Mrs. Fred .7. Illedemau on their farm
near Rig Springs, March 11. He now
weighs one pound twelve and one-half
ounces, and Is perfectly normal and in
fine health.
A team of horses, seventeen tons of
hay and four hundred bushels of corn
were burned when u fire of unknown
origin destroyed the barn and .orii
crib of Gone Miller near Pawnee City.
A large amount of harness was also
burned up.
Fire completely destroyed every
building except the house on the Ira
Mathews farm, near Imperial. Eight
een work horses, tun cows, seveli
calves, all harness, -1,000 bushels of
corn and twenty-eight loads of hay
were destroyed In the blaze.
Receipts for hogs at the South
Omaha slock yards In March fell
00,000 short of a year ago at the same
time, but the average weight was six
pounds heavier than In March, 1020.
Cheaper and more corn explains tho
Increase in the weight of the hogs.
C. C. Leach, a produce dealer, has
maintained since January 1 a truck
delivery from Reaver City and nearby
towns to Alma, hauling poultry and
eggs, with one commercial car and a
trailer he has bnuleil $ 111,277.22 worth
of eggs and .$:,&() 1.S7 worth of poultry.
"Cadet" and "Topsy," owned by
George W. Alnsworth of Ilaveloek, a
member of the Omaha Kennel club, re
cently won first prizes at the Chicago
dog show. Cadet Is an airedale and
Topsy took first female puppy prize
and the first novice prize In the Amer
ican bred class
Fire destroyed the general store and
postollice at Huntsman. It was not
discovered until it hud made such
headway that tho loss was total.
Miss Iva Powell, 14 years old, a
member of the Knox county pig dub,
was winner of a1 big bunch of first
prizes at the county fair last fall, nnd
will have a herd on exhibition at the
coming state fal.'.
Of Nebraska's 00 million bushels of
wheat 20 millions were still on tho
farms on March 1. Of 255 million bush
els of corn there were 101 millions left,
and of SJI million bushels of oats there
were -18 millions left.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Jackett of
Glltner celebrated their golden wed
ding last week. Guests from five
states attended.
Sixty-seven boys and girls will graduate-
at tho nineteenth nnnual com
mencement of the university school of
agriculture April 15.
One of the largest, If not the lurg
est, electric motors In tho state was
started at tho Nebraska cement plant
at Superior, when n GOO-horse power
machine for the tube mill at tho fin
ishing end took tho plnce of four of
the mills, giving double capacity for
vrwdlnc clinkers into the cement.
PASS UMHE BiLli
HOUSE VOTES FAVORABLY ON
MEASURE GOVERNING USE
OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE '
EXPECT GOVERNOR TO SIGN
Opponcntc Of Bill Ertdcavorlrig to De
lay Final Action To Mnko It
a Lav; Carries the Emcr- '
gency Clauso
Lincoln Two votes moro than tho
number neceasnry to carry tho emer
gency clauso woro cast in tho repre
sentative assembly for tho Recd-Nor-vul
language bill on Us final passage.
This nhsurcs the taking effect of tho
now' act Immediately upon Its appro
val by tho governor, and Its oppononts
will be unable to suspend Us operation
by resorting to a referendum. ,
It now goes back to tho senate, tho
houso having cut out u proviso Hint
permitted the teaching of pupil In h.
forolgu language by a tutor on tho
ground that it would bo discrimination
since the bill itself prohibited it In
groups. When tho scnato concurs, ns
It Is expected to do, tho bill will go to
tho governor. As Boon as ho slgiiB It,
It becomes a law .
Tho bill, which was opposed' by a
strong segment of tho German Luth
eran church, prohibits teaching In any
school of any kind, In tho common
school branches, In any foreign lang
uage. It permits this for religious In
struction, but only on Sunday, font
does not Interforo with such teaching
In the homo nt any tlmo.
On tho ground that Interests op
posed to tho Recd-Norvnl foreign lang
uago bill, which passed tho house and
Is ready for tho governor's signature,
did not got n hearing before tho houso
committee, they are preparing to ask
Governor McKolvIo for a hoarlng be
fore ho signs tho bill.
No formal request has been mado to
tho governor, but Rev. Matthew Herr
mann, district superintendent of tho
German M. E. church, has Indicated
that this request will bo made.
Investigating Committee Reports
Tho Reed Investigating commltteo
appointed by tho senate to ascertain
If there was nny truth In tho repoated
stories thnt tho adoptlor of tho codo
system had created duplication nnd
waste and that thero was need for
remodeling tho state governmont to
do away with overlapping nnd Ineffi
ciency, hnnded In n ton page report.
It vindicated tho codo system as a
means of hnndllns public affairs, niwl
makes a number of recommendations,
Including one for better co-operation
of tho old executive departments -with
tho code departments. It shows that
the state collects In fees $125,000 a
year more than tho administrative de
partments cost, nnd that tho costB
In Nebraska compares favorably witV
those in adjoining statcB.
Watching "Ambulance Chasing" Bill
lawyers of tho stato generally aro
watching with keen Intorest tho pro
gress of the bill which Is intended to
prohibit tho solicitation of personal
Injury oults for tho purposo of prose
cuting thorn in Minnesota nnd other
states. Tho bill already has passed
tho senate nnd hns been reported out
by tho sifting committee In the house,
whore It Is expected to como up for
consideration in tho next few days.
Lawyers supporting tho moasuro
nnnio thnt tho business being taken
Into other states rightfully belong?
In Nebraska. ,
Advance Scale of Occupation Tax
A new scnlo of occupation tax on
domestic and foreign corporations,
raising thn maximum for largo con
cerns from $2.(500 to Sn.CiO, Is fixed
by tho Rocd-Monrn bill, which tho
lower" "branch of tho legislature passed
on third reading. For concerns hav
ing nt' moro than $1,000,000 of capi
tal not employed In Nebraska, thero
Is llttlo or no Increase, but abovo
that amount tho hax Is rajscd from 10
to 40 per cent.
Refuse to Talk Adjournment
Not only dees tho Nobranka stato
senate continue to rcfuso any talk of
adjournment, hut many senators nro
convinced that thn presold kcbbIoii
can not be concluded beforo tho weak
ending April 23.
A motion by Senator Coonor of
Douglas that tho senntn appoint a
commjUro to confor wIMi a llko com
mltteo of tho houso on ndtniirnmoTit,
received less than a handful of votes.
Water Scarce nt Soldiers' Home
Tho stato board of control Is wor
ried over tho water supply at tho Mil
ford I'omo for Rnldlnrn. It bnn not
been nblo to find sufficient writor with
in ono mllo of tho institution. It ninv
bo driven to filtering tho nmnll crook
near tho homo or piping water from
tho Industrial homo for women, situ
ated a mllo or moro away on the op
ppslto Bldo of tho niuo river.
Annexation QUI Sidetracked
With tho aid qt tho Douglas county
dolegatlon, except Ropreaontatlvo
IlrueBedow, tho bill providing for an
nexation of Sarpy county to Douglas
ub a moans of onaiiding Douglas coun
ty to pnvo tho road hotwoon Omaha
mid Fort Crook without a stato ap
propriation was killed In tho houno.
Cigarette Bill Is Killed
An effort to repeal tho present antl.
cigarette law and to restore tho old
law, which was In force before tho
191! leglslaturo wiped It from tho sta
tuto books, waa dofoated hy tho No
braska houeo by a voto of CO to 28.
Tho old law was repealed two years
ago bocaiiBO It could not bo enforced.
RoprcBcntntlvo Byrum testified that
tho now law iwub bolng onrorcod and
that It has had a great effect on tho
smoking public by prohibiting tho salo
of tobacco to minors und forbidding
smoking in public eating places.
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