Stulir Outlines Needed Changes in State Laws Secretary of Agriculture Pro poses New Legislation for Benefit of Fanners of State. For the consideration of the incom ing governor and legislature. Leo Stuhr. secretary of the department of agriculture, has compiled recom mendations for changes in lnws which are enforced by this department. Many proposed changes are merely clerical and of little Importance. Others are In the form of proposed new legisla tion. Mr. Stuhr proposes to place the newly-created state park board under Ills department on the ground that game and fish work Is closely al lied to management of parka. He would use a portion of the funds de rived from fishing and hunting li censes for development of state parks. Governor McKelvie has already an nounced his approval of this plan. The present park "board Is appointed by the governor. The secretary of the department of public works is secre tary of the park board. Mr. Stuhr would place the park business under a bureau In his department. I'rge* Gasoline Tax. Repeal of the present 6-cent fee for each barrel of oil Inspected. Is rec ommended by Mr. Stuhr. The Stand ard Oil company is in federal court at this timo contesting this fee on the ground that It exceeds the cost of Inspection. Mr. Stuhr would have no Inspection fee for oils, but he would Impose a tax of l cent a gallon upon gasoline. He proposes to use as much of this tax as Is necessary to pay the cost of inspecting oils and gaso line and the reipatmler is to go to con struction of good roads. He believes a straight fee of 1 rent to be called a tax and not an Inspection fee, could not be assailed in the courts. The 6 cent fee now produces about $125, 000 a year.® Mr. Stuhr asks for $235,000 to be appropriated by the legislature for tuberculosis eradication work, the same ns was appropriated two years ago and which has proved inade quate. Others propose to ask for $800,000 for this purpose. New Fish Laws. , The appropriation of <810,000 for a new fish pond in Garden or Lincoln, counties and an appropriation of $2, 000 fob an impounding flhs pond at Peru on the Missouri river have not been expended by Mr. Stuhr. The money can be expended before July 1, if the Incoming administration so desires. Mr. Stuhr recommends an other and cheaper plan for propaga tion and conservation of fish. Several recommendations of Mr. Stuhr call for Increased expenditures. He recommends that analyses of in toxicating liquors should be made by those enforcing the prohibition, laws ns this work Is burdensome to thq^ department of agriculture. He asks for funds for an adequate analytical and field Inspection force under the pure seed law. He asks for a revolving fund of $10,000 to carry on the work of the pest eradication laws, also an ap propriation to pay the cost of eradi cation of pests from state-owned school lands. Mr. Stuhr recommends the repeal rf the farm warehouse and the public grain warehouse law and tly enict ntent of a new law. The present compulsory potato in spection law should be retained, be says. Boonstra Hailed as Hero. Balt Lake City. Utah. Dec. 20.— Airmail Pilot Henry G. Boonstra of Lafayette. Ind., was back in Balt Lake City today with a thrilling tale of adventure covering the 96-hour period he was lost in his airplane in the snow-covered mountains of northeast ern Utah. Upon hie arrival at Coalville yes terday afternoon Boonstra was hailed as a hero. The town band met him and there was a general cessation of business that everybody might partici pate in the festivities. Hired Man Denies He Held Wife of Employer on Lap Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cameron. Mr*. Cameron was formerly the wife of Arthur Brandenberg, farmer, near Sidney. Neb. Mr. Cameron waa the hired man on the Brandenburg farm. Brandenberg had his former wife s decree of divorce set aside on the ground that it waa obtained through fraud. Judge Orders Woman’s Return to First Spouse • Mrs. Roy Cameron Again Mrs. Arthur Brandenberg — Rules Divorce Is Ob tained Unlawfully. Mrs. Koy Cameron, formerly Mrs. Arthur Brandenberg, is now Mrs. Brandenberg again, according to a decision handed down by District Judge Willis G. Sears yesterday after noon. Judge Sears sustained Bran denberg'* petition to set aside his for mer wife's dlvorge decree on the grounds that she was not a bonafide citizen of Douglas county when she sued for divorce. Judge RoyAl R. Graham of Denver, counsel for Cameron, announced that Mr. and Mrs. Cameron would cease living together at oiwe and that the now Mrs. BrandenbCTg would, if al lowed enough funds by Brandenberg, bring their three children to Mr. Bran denberg's home in Sidney of any oth er place so designated by him. Cameroi* who was the hired man on Mr. Brandenberg's farm, married Mrs. Brandenberg after she received her divorce from Brandenberg in Oma ha. The case should have heetj, brought up In the district court of Cheyenne county where Mrs. Bran denberg'lived, according to the court’s rgling. Final arrangements will be made In Judge Sears’ court this morning. Cameron yesterday denied that he had held Mrs. Brandenberg on his lap or had proposed marriage to her while he was In Brandenberg's employ. He testified that Brandenberg never showed any affection for his wife or children, but that his wife's parents liked him because he was "a good German.” A symphony orchestra is being or ganized in Japan. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION I) iwpgcgsgoy 6 Bcll-ans Hot wa.4*r dM^\ Sure Relief ELL-ANS 23* «nd 75* PacKtge* Ewcywhf CHRISTMAS For That 61ft You Had Forgotton -• You will be pllased with the variety of selection* offered and you can surely find a gift of listinctiveness and quality here. Pictures, Book Ends, Lamps, Candle Sticks, Leather Bags, Art Gifts j A3$ospedo. Everything in Art and Music 1813*15 Douglas Street We Have Inaugurated a Christmas Present Sale of Automobiles In order to make it easy for you to buy that splendicHiew car you have been promising your family, or a thoroughly renewed and rebuilt used car which will give you dependable service. Very substantial reductions in prices of both new and used cars. None of these cars are shopworn or out of date. • They are strictly up to the min ute in every way, and this is a real opportunity for you to get a real bargain and get just the car you have always wanted. Any reasonable terms ‘will buy a car now. Sale will continue for one week only. Open evenings. This is your oppor tunity. Come and see for yourself. RALPH W. JONES, Inc. 2421-23 FARNAM STREET . Hall County Patriots Reap Saving Reward Grand Island, Neb., Dee. 20.—(Spe cial.)—Postmaster Geil has been pay ing out about $60,000 a week on reg istered war savings certificates. In addition, the banks of the county have been taking care of a large quota. This was one of the war drives most largely oversubscribed in this county. The quota at the time was over $300, 000, but the county's total, after a whirlwind campaign, went $618,894.93. Nearly all of the $5 certificate# were purchased frAm $4.12 to $4.23. 8. N. Walbach was the county chairman of this drive. Service Lions’ Ideal, Declares Chief of Clubs International President Tells at*Banquet in His Honor of Work Being Done by Organization. The Omaha Lions club roared its greeting Tuesday night in the ball room of Hotel Fontenelle to Ed 8. Vaught of Oklahoma City, interna tional president. After a banquet, a score of short speeches and more en tertainment, he delivered an inspira tional address on Llonlsm. He told of the ideals and ideas of the organization and work being done by the clubs he has seen in his tour about the country. He told of one club in Wyoming which jumped into the breach when the county failed to build 10 miles of much-needed road. "Service, that is our ideal,” he said. "We recognize that we are our broth era’ keepers and we try to love our neighbors as ourselves. "It Is pleasant, too, to reallzo that there never can be competition among civio clubs. There Is work for all to do. They supplement each other.” Vincent Hascall. president of the club, presided. 8hort speeches were made by J. H. Beveridge, president of the Rotary club; M. K. Thomas, pres ident-elect of the Klwsnls club, and I. A. Medlar, vice president of the Triangle club. Lionk were present from the clubs In Lincoln. Council Bluffs, Wahoo, Norfolk. Sioux City. Tekamah. Charles City, la., and Sheridan, Wyo. During the dinner there were sev eral entertainment features, includ ing an act from the Orpheum theater, Introduced by Manager Byrne him self. The Y. M. C. A. quartet sang and President Hascall colled on the varlrus club groups for remarks. The •'Purity squad” grouy presented R. A. Van Orsdel. dressed in the costume of a Puritan, and he made a short speech for the edification of the cubs of lesser purity. President Hascall remarked that International President Vsught had told l.lm confidentially that the next international convention of the Lions will be held In Omaha. Mr. Vaught was the guest of the lo cal Lions all day Tuesday. (E>ka&639.00 Magazine Stands . 8.50 to 35.00 Piano Benches .. 13.50 to 19.50 Windsor Chairs and Rockers.. 12.50 to 45.00 Ladies Desks in Oak and Ma hogany .13.50 to 48.00 Ferneries in Fibre . 6.75 A 7.50 Tabouretts in Oak . 1.50 to 7.00 .Jelephone Sets in Oak. 3.95 to 17.50 Breakfast Sets ....'.. 35.00 to 250.00 Dining Room Suites . 45.00 to 250.00 Elephant, $1.50 a Camel, $1.35 Hippo, $1.50 Clown, 60c Schoenhut’s Jointed Circus Toys It’s a good thing Noah had the sense to save the animals in to «k be came that’s the way we get circuses ’n everything, and beside that Santa Claus wouldn’t have had any patterns to make the Schoenhuts Animal Toys from if it hadn’t been for Noah. Clown . 60c Elephant.$1.50 Goat. 1.25 Lion...1*25 Cow . 1.50 Leopard. 1.26 Tiger . 1.25 Donkey. 1.25 Gorilla . 1-50 Zebra . 1.25 Horse . 1.50 Complete Circus... 21.00 Third Floor. 9 Stemware The one thing that your wife will appreciate above anything else will be a set or even a part set of Stemware. We list one of many good numbers that can be bought by the half dozen, dozen or eight. Spanish Lustre Glass Goblets, doz. . .$12.00 Champagne Glass**. 10.50 Fruits . *0.50 Wines . *0 *0 Parfaits . *0.50 Cocktails . *®»® Salad or Dessert Plates. 20.00 Fir»t Floor. , / SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS Recovery Doubtful for Man Hit by Auto - Holdrage, Neb.. Dec. JO.—(Special Telegram )—J. C. Larson. farmer, liv ing one mile east of Holdrege. was run down by an automobile driven by J. C. Pomeroy, a neighboring farmer, at 11:30 Monday night, at the east approach to the underground crossing of tho railway nt Lincoln street. Larson is unconscious and injured badly Internally. There Is little hope for his recovery. . Tills is the first uccident at this crossing since it was changed to an un derground passage, although three were previously killed here In railway accidents, while it was a grade cross ing. Pomeroy was returning home from a home talent play la Holdrege with his family. The nature of th* turn under the track* is »uch that it throSid the headlights' glare directly ah«H| • of a car and not on the road. Laraoa* on foot, evidently stepped directly t* front of the car. Th* wheel passsd entirely across cheat and bead. J. C. 1 .arson is an uncle of C. P. Christie** son, with whom he had been m&klB® his home. Advertising signs that are revolted around a supporting frame by Wtad are the invention of an Ohio man. ___eHUV3Suel-1 TOMORROW—THURSDA Y A Christmas ‘Thrift Day’ To Make Christinas Week Doings Happier k Planned This Special Event Materials Spring Taffetas Velvets Poiret Twills Tricotines Satins Cantons Duvetynes, Etc. u Where Truth Dwells Dwells Confidence” Styles Afternoon Dreaaea Evening Dreaaea Party Dreaaea and Buaineae Wear Sale Starts at 8:30 A. M. So the Employed May Enjoy This Event S. E. . Cor. $ee 16th Our and Windows" Douglas a* «* Iik . VA CW. kj^'Uje Buy Your Xmas Gifts at the State Our inexpensive location and small overhead saves you money. Buy all your Xmas gifts at the “State.” Your money will reach much further here, i Hundreds of useful articles. Save V3 to V2 On Your Purchases FREE! High Grade Candy and Per fume Free With Purchase* Living Room Suite 4-Pieces $108 JO New Furniture for the Howe Dining Room Sot 8-Pieces $79.50 Bed Roem Set 3-Pltcts $89.50 Genuine Red Cedar Cheete, $9.75 Chinese Matting Cheits, $2.95 Spinet Desk* at 816.75 Ladies’ Writing Desks, 89.25 Children’s Desks at 81.90 Gate Leg Table . $12.75 Mahogany Gate Leg Table. Regular price U $26.50. gift.—$6.50, $10.00, $11.75 Libra^Table $11.75 Mahogany or Oak Li brary Tablet. Regular >22.80 yalue. Special Sale of Double 10-inch high grade popular Phono graph Record*, worth 75c to $1.00— On sale at 22 We Sell the Genuine I i PHONOGRAPHS $395° Regular I Records On Sale at ' k Phonograph ' Special. SPECIAL Floor Lamps $j485 STATE FURNITKE CO. Corner 14th and Dodge “Make Vour Own Terms” Mahogany Smoker*’ Stand*, 91.45 Humidor* up to | 96.75 | Flower Stand* 95.50 Exchange Dept. Our Eukanf. Department enaklaa yau to turn ia your old furnltura at re markakly food priaoa aod roplaco it trltk now fural tura at low.at prlut Wo pay tk. klfkmt pricm for four old furniture and mil you new hf(h*rrad. furoi tura at reception ally low pric...