The Hastings Democrat from Hastings, Nebraska • 1

A- v-' 1 y) 1 N- rrTrtmm 1 a i a FIFTY-POURTH YEAR NO 4 HASTINGS ADAIRS COUNTY' NEBRASKA THURSDAY MAY S4 134 w1 flFTY-FOURTH YEAR NO 4 Loup City Man fits Tartan to Shams in Tree fok 3 0 Hours STAR SHELLS ByF College Grants Diplomas to 78 In Senior Class Grand Island Lads Cremated --In Truck Fire v- Hastings High Graduates Its Largest Class Commencement Exercises To Be Held Friday Night At The City Auditorium A newspaper man is on a par with a reformed pinochle player' or a reformed boose fighter he's apt to backslide at the first opportunity and there Isn't much of anything that ran be done for him when he starts slipping Two Youths Pinned In Wreckage When Huge Oil Carrier Goes Into Ditch Fifty-Second 'Annual Commencement Program to Be Wednesday Morning Civil War Veteran of Juniata Inspects ai Lincoln Among the thousands of people who went through the new Burlington "Zephyr" speed train on- exhl bition at Lincoln Tuesday afternoon and evening was Gurley Chase 95 years old a veteran-ol' the Civil War who Hves at Juniata The old gentleman had been at Lincoln visiting a son Chase for several days and took advantage of the opportunity to see the new ranking "1 want to tell you there was nothing like thia 50 years ago said the Civil war veteran while being assisted through the new train His sharp'eyes mUxed very few of the details and he continue! to comment oi) the wonders of the present day of speed on land and in the air At this conclusion of his I ns pec tion trip and while seated outside admiring the shining Zephyr Mr Chase remarked that he would like to go to Beatrice on the-new-train to attend the A convention In that city Mr Chase ia one of the old rest dents of Juniata and is well known to many Hastings people This "eolm" and some of the news in thia issue of The Democrat can be traced directly to the office door of a former newspaper publisher now engaged in a higher and nobler form ef endeavor and who had fancied himself entirely cured jot his old habits Dr Boa Ckarriagtoa Denver Educator te Deliver Address te Class) Baccalaureate Sermon by Dr A Hinson Amateur Rain-Makers Try Various Schemes to Bring a 14 Soaker I "All signs fail in dry weather" is an old adage which likely had its origin in Nebraska' and the last several weeks of drouth have proven no exception to the rule Many and varied are- the schemes and devices adopted by Hastings amateur rain-makers withbut success Whenever one Hastings family sights a cloud in the western sky they open all the windows in their home and take a long drive to the country So far the net result has been dustr-end no rain Others have tried the experiment of starting out in an open car and wearing new straw hats and new clothes One man has driven several miles each night over country raids leaving his car chains in the garage and a youth who took along his rain-coat Sunday night when calling on the girl friend received a very cool reception Possibly the best suggestion so far as a means of inducing rain comes from a Legionnaire who insists that the Legion should immediately plan a- big-celebration and -spend about $2000 getting ready to entertain a crowd James Anderson 56 years old who recently was released from the State Hospital here spent 30 hours in the top of a 50-foot tree in the yen) of hie home at foup City hut eamo down unharmed Sunday night after 60 or more men had gathered under the tree and were preparing to use force if necessary in an effort to bring him to the ground Anderson took to the tree top when his wife weht downtown and he fancied she 'had gone to make arrangements for his return tha hospital in Hastings according to dispatch from foup City Neigh hors gathered and tried to coax him to the ground but-the only effect was to cause him to retreat to the topmost branches For 30 hours he maintained his Tarsan perch and his only nourishment was a drink of water ant an orange placed on a low branch Canvas life nets were assembled and made ready to catch him 'and when two telephone men equipped with' climbers started up the tree Anderson derided to some down Following a second (ree-cllriibing tplRodethr next day Anderson was returned to Ihe hospital i- A certain Hastings physician who is as liberal with other men's 'time as a district judge passing sentence on a bank bandit recently ordered Bill Maltman to climb into bed and stay there for an indefinite period of time Bill insists that there any special reason why he shqpld be quired to stay in bed for a few weeks but the doctor expects pay for bis advice and Bill feels that inasmuch as he has to pay for the advice he might as well take it and get his money's worth Burlington Here for Exhibition Man Crossing For Flight of Officers of County Witfc Scouts and Legionaires to Safeguard Public Boh Sautter oud Jack Lewis 20 Years Old Meet Death Near Clay Center Whea Driver Deees at Ike Wheel Bob Sautter and Jack tawis both 20 years -old and both residents of Grand Island were burned to death in the wreckage of a huge oil truck near Clay Center at an early hour Monday morning They were in the emplli of -the' Wise Oil Company of Grand Island and- were returning from a trip to the oil fielda near McPherson Kansas when fowls who was driving apparently went to sleep about one and one-half miles south of Clay Center Tracks in tha gravel showed where the trtiek had swerved from aide to aide before going Into tho ditch Sheriff lfarr of Clay county was called to the scene by farmers -living near the highway where the truak was wrecked The Clay Center fire department was slso called but the firemen were unable to extinguish the flames until the gasoline supply had burned itself out and only the metal portions of the truck remained Fiauad ia Wreckage Bodies of both thg youths were found pinnod in the wreckage of the truck which 'had apparently traveled several rode in the ditch before turning over The cab of tho truck was caved in and Sheriff Harr- believea-the-Sriver-and 'passenger mayhave been killed before the fire broke out and consumed the truck fon Smith a resident of Edgar stated that he passed the truck shorCjy before the accident and that the driver waved at him Sautter is thought to have been asleep in a bunk In the cab of the truck when Lewis dosed for' an instant ahd tha truck went into the ditch The tragedy occurred about (Continued on page 8) High school commencement exercises for 220 graduates the largest class of seniors in the history of Hastings high school will be held Friday evening at the rity auditorium and the commencement address will be given by Dr Ben Cherrington of the department 61' social science at the University of Denver The program will begin at 8 Baccalaureate services were hole Sunday evening at the city auditorium with Dr A Or Hinsonr pastor of the First Methodist rhurch as the speaker Dr Hinson chose the subject for his very able and inspiring talk The processional was played by Miss Catherine Wright and the singing was by a special choir under the direction of Clyde Keutaer Dr Frank Feytpn president of the Hastings Ministerial assoc is- Ition presided during the program TJie Rev Schuldt paator of St Lutheran church gave the invocation and thy benediction was by Dean Lee rector of St ProrCathedral -iFoltowing is the class roll of the class of 1934: Rftubra Min Arira Arm Barbara Draft Armstrong Maa Mama rat Bakar Paul Banka Kathwr Mari Barnra Kanban Barth Margery Haa Bash Mabel Haps Battcraoa Hobart BMaar Baudar rhrllia Natalia Bauntaa Jack Backer Gertrude Kraaatlna Beers Marsaret Ana Bleakowskl Hatty Jane Bennett Bats Week's Aslivitioa Start Witk Baa calanraate Service Sunday at Presbyterian Ckarchi Other Events Monday and Taeadcy Ilsuiting Cljege will grant diplomas to 78 studerits st tho 62nd anriual rommehrement program to be held Wednesday morning May' 80 Thia is approximately the same number as thy graduating clam of 1933 -which was the largest in the history of the school Commencement activities begin Sunday morning at 1 1 o'clock when the bacrlaurcate service will be held at the Presbyterian rhurch Sunday evening at 8:00 the Hastings College choirdirect- hy Hayes Fuhr will present a concert at Prospect park The program Monday win begin with the senior 'breakfast at 8:00 to be followed at 10 with final chapel exerolsea At 10:30 o'clock Monday morning will -be held Bibiral oratorical contest and the Hastings College scholarship oratorical contest The afternon program forMou-Aftoraaoa Program- The afternon program for Monday Includes the PI Alpha Lambda tea and tha Theta Psl Beta garden party to ha-held at-3-o'clock Hansen field will be he scene in' the evening at -8" of the Blay festival and the crowning of is May queen Alumni day program beginning at 8 Tueeday morning will inrlude tha following events A alumnae breakfast at 8 o'clock alumni chapel exercises at 10 o'clock Bellevug College alumni luncheon ami business meeting at Taylor dining room at noon to be followed by the Alumni Club luncheon at 1240 and tho annual masting of tha board of trustees atLiOO-et-Bingiand hall At o'clock will be the Chi Omega Pfel tea thy Alpha Phi Sigma tea and th Sigma -Tan- gardeir partjr The -net result of the orders is that The Democrat Republican newspaper will have on itej staff for a short while a "reformed" newspaper man who really ia a Democrat and who has agreed to write a few Republican editorials in an effort to impart life and pep to the 0 of Adams county if any New Speed Train to Visit Hastings June 13 Business Men Plan Gala Day $738700 Loaned to Farmers of County Huge Sum Used Here to finance Farm Obligations Period Ending May 1 Federal Lank Bank and Land Bank fsrm mortgage loans to tho amount of $738 -700 have been recorded in Adams county from JqneJi1933 to May 1 1934 according to Henry Fausch- secretary and treasurer-of the federal setup in Adams county for the refinancing of This week our Republican editor- UI bag been mailed direct to Walt Divan If he approves of it and five other Republicans ean be located the editorial will be put into type No use wasting theentire circulation of this great family guide on an article which might' be of interest to a mere handful of readers Headed by a special committee representing the Hastings Chamber of Commerce group of more than 20 Hastings business men went to Lincoln Tuesday and succeeded in making' definite arrangements with Burlington officials for sn exhibition here-the-afternoon of June 18 of the new Burlington the stainless-steel speed train which will make a non-stop run Saturday from Denver to Chicago Twenty-one thousand people inspected the new streamline train at Lincoln Tuesday afternoon and evening and Chamber of Com-tree-officials here believe that at lost 15000 will take advantage of the opportunity to inspect the train here June IB Daly -secretary -states that the Chamber of Commerce is planning a special program for the big event in Hastings The program wiUinclude a-dinner in -honor of Omaha business men and Burling ton officials a parade and a public entertainment The train- will remain in the Burlington from 12:80 to 7:45 o'clock Arrangements haVe been completed for guarding every highway crossing in Adams county Saturday morning-when the new streamline train m'akea its dash through the county on a non-stop run from Denver to Chicago that ia expected to shatter all rail "speed for such a distance Railway officials in co-operation with Sheriff Raymond Croaaon Chief of Police McCleery and the village officials of Juniata and Kanssaw are taking' every precaution to safeguard the public and to prevent any accident from marring tha runTth rough Sheriff rosso iv ahd Deputy Floyd Arnold assisted by members of the Legion Post under Com-msnder-Carl EmahofL-vrill' guard the crossings in tho country- County Supervisors Shannon andBerg will um members of the county road gangto guard cromings in thq vi-cJnitxQt Juniata and Kenesaw In the City of Haetings tha police force will be' assisted by uniformed BoYScoute'- According to John Moorhouse 1 Congressmen no longer distribute garden seeds to their constituency this work having been taken over by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Some of the boys appear to think that post office appointments and other patron age migt very properly be handled in ihesariiemaririer" Chnrtaitc Maaiaa Blarbower Glenn Merman lavaasn BIIMim Lane in Blllapa KHmabath Zella Bratton Eunice Brock (Continued oh page 8) Of this total figures released hy the Credit Administration yesterday-show that Adams county farmers used $683800 or 825 per cent to refinance their indebted ness In many eases by taking advantage of the government facilities they were able to reduce their interest rates and in soma to scale down 'their obligations Creditors were also benefited by the exchange of mortgages for cash or bonds which might be converted intocash It is estimated that about $91-000 in Adams county was used to repay debts to batiks was repaid to insurance companies $1 8800 went for the payment of delinquent taxes and about $472000 was used to satisfy individual creditor! not separately classified including -morigagojfetntwpaniee Negro World War Veteran Deceased The writer distinctly recalls that his one and only political job a few years agpT'waS very much in- the line of emergency relief Award Diploma to 24 at Clay Center "Twenty-four-seniors -of-thoClay Center hifeh 'school will be awarded diplomas at graduation exercises to be-held there Thursday-night Bay-' ardH Paine eupreme pqqrt justice Samuel Lane' colored porter here for many years and a veteran of the World War died qt thq brUneoinrrSanday Workmen near Orleans Nebri recently discovered abottlecon- taining a copy of an Orleans news- "dated in I902nCnowTnSrtHJ Members -nf the eammittee-eon- given as heart disease is wranr uaatmga venne'Tt)lfcjflMLniade to Adams CPHit3L8i farmers was used for purposes oth- customs aiuOIEiiOl pnntofiUXKd: i leming-with -BuriHigtoa-off ieials editors in the good old' pre-Volatead I nUncoIn- included Chas Uerl-days weeanwell imagine that the ing Ben Sherman Thos Walsh wnnisrcrerttfrgradttiriMa is expected to- reach Hastings at 1M0 -o'clock although it' may be-slightly earlier if file schedule as planned can be lowered on the ran from Denver here It ia planned to make the run of 1017 mile in 15 houra The schedule for No 0 ior this run is 25 houra and 45 minutes -Baeealaureato services were held and-the-4wrmon was delivered by the Rev Strombom Friday evening the annual alumni-banquet will complete the school activities for the year Members of the graduating class arerAgnes Yunko Wilma bottle was the same' one which had served as the inspiration for that issue i V- The alumni banquet will be held at Events of Wednesday Wednesday morning fiio-program opens with the KAppa Rho Upsilon breakfast mt 8 Commencement exereisee will be held at 10 arid tha speaker will ha thus Rev Frank A Hos-tnerr-ir-Dy 'lgltatPrCibyRTiahr churchjOmaha Thepiogram-JwiH be conclude with4he conferring of degress awarding of diplomas validation of degrees of Bellevue College graduates and the senior reception at the College gymnasium Following is tho class roll of Hastings College seniors: (lira Rarnra WIIIIm Bath Jkc ftaek Mariya Hall Marearat BanaaaS Manant SraaA-Haari Brattoa Laalha Brack IjMMBrttki Barsaaa Kdna BanaaaS MllSraS Cariar Duaac Cfcaaikartala Phyllla Ckasawa -Ckarlra lia Dawaoa -Howard Oaari Jaaot Kaiykla Paal Fissa (Continued on ipage 8) Untpr-seher Glen Nabb Maxine Mock Leonard Lofquist! Marguerite Wells Thelma Livgren Raymond Alberding Bill Bonner Cieo Fate Theresa Fike Russell Huitine Lois Williamson Ethel Pearson Dale tha Jesaup Dellhar Walker Wilma Mock Pearl Boyd Carl Ellermeier Beulah Fate foiand Horner llasel Hilyaid Herman SpRtoeder JiltfT'J Weiler Carl Emshoff and Louie Stein Many other and professional men were Included lit Uie group The new speed train passed through Hasting at 1:50 'Wednesday morning' enroute to Denver and a stop of about five minutes was made at the Burlington station Many of- the Hastingsvisi-tomtoIincolttjnadejJijpptiirn trip pn the new train and were loud in their praise of the appointment of this-new of the rails:" He wasab5uf52 yearfo: Lane was a former employee ft the Stein Bros store and prior to his employment there had been a porter at varioue- other bueinese places in Hastings He was a native of Texas coming- to- Hastings prior to the World War Ilia wife Roxiana Lane died more than a year ago Funeral services' were held at home Tuesday afternoon conducted hy the Rev TirATDiM6HrrOheTIniKa Brethren church Burial was at Parkview with -the American gion in charge of services at the grve MARK COE FILES FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE Data gathered by the Federal -government for the year 1938 indicates that night driving is a great deal more dangerous than driving during-the daylight hours To which we might add that it all de-' pends' upon trhether the lady with ycui -married or singi et than the refinancing of debts Of this sum $22200 was used for the purpose of buying land and equipment -construction or improvement ofbuildingsjBnd other agricultural uses while the balance of $332Q0 was used for the purchase of stock in national farm loan associations and for loan fees Throughout the United States during the same peftod "ending May approximately 000 -000-in -Iqsns were made and moat of this large' amdunt went into- the refi nancing of existing debts contracted during the long period of low farm income These loans are made possible by the sale of guaranteed bonds of the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation whichpre' exempt from all federal state' and local taxation and are fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by the Upited States government Mark Qoa filed today for the nommtion--on-the -republics tie feet for the office of register of deeds Mr jCoe was a salesman for'various implement manufacturers for 25 years and Tecent years has been in the real estate and insurance business ahd haa been a resident 6f Hastings for 20 years Mildred (Babe) Didrikaon the noted girl athlete is jjow barnstorming the country with the' House of DaVid baseball team and a reporter for the York Republican carefully 'explains that the one without a beard is Mildred (Continued on Page 8) WOOD: ALCOHOL" VICTIM BURIED AT TARKVIEW HALL COUNTY PIONEER BURIED AT DONIPHAN Atty Lawrence Dunmire delivered the commencement address for tho Lowell high school Thursday evening Funeral services for George Davis bne of the transients who died at the Dr Egbert hospital last Wednesday after drinking wood 'alcohol were conducted' at the Brand Funeral home Tuesday ThiPvic-tim was identified by means of an adjusted' service certificate found in his possession showing his pn-iistment and service as a mechanic in tha Fourth Regiment Air Service during the World War By means' of the information in church' Paul Honrfy superin- the bonus certificate Floyd Arnold tefldent 6f thfCnpid Island ichootar deputreherif rwrae-enabled -toJe- SATISFACTION IN EVERV TRANSAc' Funeral services were held at the Doniphan Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 for William- Woodman pioneer resident1 of the Doniphan vicinity who diedAt-theJiomc of tii san I Woodman near Doniphan Friday Mr Woodman was 76 years old and had been a resident of Hall county for about 60 years Mr Woodman ia believed to have been the victim of a stroke of apoplexy or' a heart attack while fishing in a sand pit near Doniphan Ha and Mm Woodman had cele-brateufthelrtOtlrwedding gniilvey Sary last automn Mr' Hpodman is survived by hie wife hie son andtwoT daughters' Mrs Grace Beers of Doniphan and Mia Edna Cole of North Platte and by one brother Hqnry Woodman of Sutherland TO -MEET "YOUR VERY FACILITY NEEDS i In tnaking loans to our customers yre have no hard and fast set of rules by which all leaqi are govemed-L cate a sister Mrs Pauline Wise in Toledq Ohio' Telegrams were exchanged with Mrs Wise resulting in arrangements for- burial' heft Members of tho Legion with John fowler acting as chsplain were in charge of the -funeral service Burial was in Parkview No two eases are exactly alike We give each loan individual consideration and make our decisions on this merits of edch application givingduo consideration to the benefits to be derived by the iiylividual and the community We will tie happy to eonsulb with you regarding your particular nancial problems WATERMAN FILES Vr FOR DISTRICT CLERK was the speaker of the evening The graduation exerciste followed a week tof school activities including baccalaureate services Sunday night with the Rev Arthur Monkman pastor of the Christian ehuroh Sf Kenesawre the' speaker and tha annus) school picnic held at the Municipil park Tuesday Following is the class roll: Emma Young Bexfe Young Ruby Preston Irene Burr Ralph Newman Doris Hines Lloyd Augustin Wallace Bohlke Pauline Myers Gertrude Poleneke Florence Wendt Mary Evans Robert Hilsabepk LeVern Ernst Helen Mitchell Either Brauer Robert Shurigar Heaths Marsh Florence Wilcox Beal Harold Augustin Valuable advice and counsel I nsured deposits under fdic CAPABLE CONSERVATIVE MANAGE MENT 7 XPERIENCED OFFICERS AND DIRECT--Ilf ORS 't Momhar Federal Rneorvo System Deposits Insnrnd to the entant yrerWUd nndar tha Banking Ast nf 1933 City Nationai Bank a HASTING NEBRASKA" DIAMONDS OF QUALITY 1- Leonard Waterman made hie filing thia week on the Republican ticket as a candidate for Clerk of the' District Mr Waterman is at present serving -a two year term as City Clerk The -tf-- 4 7 f- Hastings vNatiqnal Bank "'It Does Make' ijifference Where You Do Your Banking I JEMlks INCH IBS Reliable Abstracts r- Title Insvr-- ance Conveyancing 'F YOUNGBLOOD Bonded Abstracter -128 Hastings Phone 801 Emma Bengtson Certified Public Accountant TeL 2375J Hastings National Bank Bujldiag 1 i A 4 mn 1 1 V'l S'.