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State Capital Happenings
By PARKE KEAYS
Dr. Alfred E. Reeves of Farnum is the first republican to file as candidate for lieutenant governor.
Depositors of the failed State Bank of Gilead and Nebraska State Bank of Long Pine have received dividend payments recently.
Henry Glissman of Omaha has announced that he will file for republican nominaation for congressman from the Second district.
Nebraska's total of federal taxes for 1931 amounted to $4,142,499, according. to statements recently issued by the international revenue bureau.
Mrs. L. M. Lord of Omaha will be a republican candidate for national committeewoman from Nebraska as a rival of Mrs. Cameron of Omaha, present national committeewoman.
Experts from the agricultural college extension service will issue frequent bulletins during the spring months for the advice of county agri- cultural agents and farmers so that intelligent steps may be taken to control the grasshopper situation in 1932.
Officials of the board of control went to Canon City, Colo., recently to inspect a new cell block in the Colorado state prison. A similar addition to the Nebraska penitentiary is being planned.
Secretary of State Marsh visited several Nebraska cities recently where he was in attendance during the taking of depositions in the truck bill referendum suit.
Alliance friends of Lee Basye have filed a petition nominating him for railway commissioner on the republican ticket. Basye, who is now a Lincoln attorney, formerly lived in Alliance.
E. E. Placek of Wahoo has been selected by the Ritchie democratic organization as a candidate for delegate to the democratic national convention from the old Fourth congressional district.
Dan V. Stephens of Fremont has been suggested as a director of the reconstruction committee. Governor Bryan has recommended his appointment to President Hoover.
A delegation of citizens from northwest Nebraska was in Lincoln last week to urge the governor and state highway department to make highway No. 20 an all-weather, hard-surfaced road.
The attorney general has asked the supreme court to affirm the action of district court in ruling that gasoline imported into the state by tank cars is subject to state gasoline tax.
W. C. Condit, former state sheriff, was re-elected peace officer of the Nebraska Sheriff and Peace Officers' association in convention at Grand Island recently. About 150 were in attendance.
The Bloomington State bank, which suspended business October 20, 1931, has been reorganized and opened for business. Plans are under way to open the First National bank of Hastings which closed last fall.
Sheridan county commissioners have petitioned the governor to use his influence in having that county placed on the list for federal loans to be used for the purchase of seed, feed and tractor fuel.
A drouth relief committee which met at Norfolk recently plans to ask the governor to declare a one-day state holiday for the purpose of collecting $500,000 for the relief of the northern counties.
The Nebraska railway commission recently entered an order giving the railroads permission to increase their rates 10 per cent on various commodities. Agricultural products, including livestock, are not subject to increase.
The board of control recently let contracts totaling $23,000 for materials for the construction of a new cell block in the state penitentiary. A mechanical potato peeler and a dish washer were also purchased by the board.
Sportsmen of Falls City and Verdon will present a formal offer to the state game commission soon to grade an island in the middle of a thirtyacre lake now under construction. The cost of the grading, amounting to $1,200, would be paid for by private citizens but the work is to be done under state supervision.
The second annual Nebraska engineers' round-up will be held on February 24 at the University of Nebraska. Leading speakers on various engineering topics wil laddres sthe