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State News Items of Interest According to statistical reports Ne braska farmers reduced their wheat acreage about a half million acres this year. The newly organized Veterans' of Foreign Wars band, 21 pieces, was awarded the contract for the summer series of concerts at the Fremont city park. The band is led by Phil Nelson. For several years Luther Larson's band has been receiving the contract to furnish Fremont's summer music. The city pays $133.33 for each concert. One Buffalo and one Dawson county bank are among the failed state banks of Nebraska which paid dividends to depositors the past month. The Overton State bank of Overton paid $29,188.77. five per cent; and the Meisner State bank of Shelton, paid $14,844.41, five per cent. A total of $229,792.38 was paid to depositors during December. bringing the total for the year to $7,496,410.35. State Treasurer W. M. Stebbins has certified to State Superintendent C. W. Taylor that there is $496,408.39 in the temporary school fund subject to his distribution. The fund has been derived from the following sources:Interest on bonds. $293,456.17; warehouse licenses, $23; insurance licenses, $15,855; liquor licenses, $502; employment agency licenses, $650; school land interest, $18,454.35 and school land lease, $167,467.87. Word has been received from Congressman Robert Simmons to the effect that approximately $25,000 is available for an addition to the Kearney postoffice building. It will permit enlarging the work rooms. an improvement greatly needed. as the force now working the mails is divided, with the rural carriers allotted to the basement. Indications are that work on the extension will begin at an early date. State departments are taking permanent quarters in the capitol tower. The first to move was Adjutant General J. Paul and his staff of the national guard. The guard and regular army instructors are to have the eleventh floor. The state headquarters of the American Legion, the auxillary, and the relief department, will have the twelfth floor, and the Grand Army headquarters will share the thirteenth floor with the SpanishAmerican war veterans. A lost check for $2,787.89 Richardson county's part of the July gas tax collections in the the background of action started between the county and the state. County officers took steps to obtain the money by requesting of Attorney General C. A. Sorensen what procedure to take against the state. Bonding companies have declined to write an indemnity bond because of the ease with which state warrant can be cashed, County Treasurer O. O. Marsh of Richardson county explains. Clarence G. Bliss, secretary of the state department of commerce said he had sent sight drafts to each of the 582 state banks in Nebraska, calling upon them to pay the first installment of two-tenths of one percent levy on the average daily deposits for the year 1930. The money will go into the depositors' final settlement fund which replaces the repealed guaranty fund. Mr. Bliss said he would not be able to tell for a time whether banks will ment pending decision by the United States supreme court on the guaranty fund case appealed by the banks. The Farmers State bank, of Primrose, Boone county, discontinued bank operations. It was announced that the bank was closed to effect orderly 11quidation and in order to pay all depositors in full. Depositors of the institution will hold meeting this month and efforts will be made to adopt plan similar to the one worked out by stockholders and depositors at Walton. The bank has capital stock of $17,500 and its deposits were in excess of $60,000. Rachel Gray Kinner is president; A. F. Kopechy, cashier, and N. J. White, vice president. The plan for reorganization contemplates signing of a waiver agreement by the depositors, fixing schedule of dates of payment to depositors and in consideration of such schedule the stockholders will agree ultimately to pay in full all depositors and unsecured creditors. According to census reports Nobraska has 486,107 persons living in towns, and 891,956 living on farm Lease of the York Hagood air field by the Ploneer Aircraft company of Omaha, has been announced. Frank J. Grace is president of the Ploneer company. equipment of the field will be taken over by the new lessee and more equipment may he added if business warrants, it was announced. Instruction, transportation and aircraft sales will be conducted by the Pieneer company. Low sugar content of the beets and record crop will extend the factory run at the Grand Island sugar factory at Grand Island until the middle of February. A total run of 140 days is in prospect, Manager A. J. Denman has announced. This will be the long. est run In the history of the Grand Island factory. Usual runs are from 90 to 100 days. Since the opening day of the factory in September, age of 760 tons of Leets has been aliced every day, Beets have an average sugar content of 13 per cent this year, Denman said.
