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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1921)
Ij i- xmt M, S V H DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD i v I !, U J EXPERTS FXTERMS OF THE REPARATION SYSTEM OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS FOR GERMANY. AGREE EARLY THIS MORNING 8(Jiemo Provides for Annuities on a Sliding Scale to Run Over a Pe riod of Forty-Two Years. Paris. Tlio Boaslon of. tho commit too of oxports of tlio ullled supremo council ended after having reached u comploto agreement on tho system of annual paymenta of reparations by Qormany and annuities of Uermuny'B foreign trade. It now remains only for tho plen ary sitting of tho supremo council to lndorso tho agreement, draw up In stcrjitlons for tho Brussels experts and fix penalties for defaults by Ger many. ' Premier Hrland declared as ho camo from tho meeting early that tho ocyiforonco of tho supremo council would not break up without having reached a defluito decision. Tho proposed scheme provides for tho payment of annuities on a sliding scalo of from 2,000.000,000 to C.000, 000,000 gold marks over a period of forty-two years and also a 12V& per cent ad vnlorom tax on Gorman ex ports so that hor creditors will bo paid according to Qormany'B lncrens- lng prosperity. Tho Huddon Ironing out of differ anaos camo after two days of a con Unually, widening broach thut threat onod to broak up tho conference, it being virtually suspended oxcept for prlvato conforonces. Officiul Fronch ciroloB glva tho Iielglan dologation credit for tho buccobb In reconciling tho British and French vlowpoiuts. Tho project in its finul form, when approvod by the supremo council, will to Submitted to Germany for accept ance as un agreoment outside of ar ticle 233 of tho poace troaty which entrusts tho reparations commission with tho task of fixing 'ho amount of tho Indemnity. Then another con foronco will bo called to which tho Germans will bo Invited. Conforoncos between smnll groups of tho (lolegatoB wont on in an effort to oloar tho tangle In tho situation which had arisen. M. Urland, tho Fronch promlor, after loavlng tho British promlor, Lloyd George, con sulted with his colleagues of tho cab lnot and later roturnod for another talk with Lloyd Gcorgo. Monntlmo, Lloyd Goorgo had re ceived tho British and Bolglnn ropro. fionatlvos on tho special reparations "!" v"..u commlttoo, nnd nftor Bomo discussion thejo representatives returned to tho .-i -, .i. u, i.im. i..i m"'"" ut l"u wuHuiunuu,. Yvuibu nan uauii ouBifi-iiuuu uuiiiib tuuu uuauuutt o nil (.uiioimiHiuu ," aoorgo tlio members of tho commlttoo iwemod Bomowhat more hopoful. A j groat doal of tho discussion boro upon an ad valorem tax of from 10 to 15 por cent that it had boon proposed Germany uhoulil placo on exports. Speculation wnB rlfo throughout tho day as to what ultlmatoly would bo tho result If an agroomont woro not roached. Tho gonoral opinion Bccinod to bo that, should falluro rosult, M Doumor, Fronch mlnlBtor of fkianco, 'would ho hold responslhlo for raising obstructions to a sottlomont of tho ropariitions quostion and find it nec oBBary to resign. Treasurer Faked Holdup. Marlon, O. Treasurer Harry C. For ry, of Marlon county, who roportod that ho had been robbed of J14.303 by two bandits who kuockod him uncon scious in his offlco In the court house, was placed under arrost and confessed to tho theft of tho money, police an nounced. To Defend Middleman. Colorado Springs, Colo. Tho West ern Fruit Jobbers Association will spend $12,000 this yoar In a publicity campaign to combat the Idea thut tho middleman Is n ukoIobh cog In the economic machine and that tho Jobber 1b a groody profiteer. It was announced nt their annual convention hero Marked Reduction. Washington. Tho government has rocogulzel tho fact that living costs aro coming down. Clerks who live In tho government hotels will bo charged. ?1 a month less for loard and room, starting Fobruury 1. Tho now rate -will bo JIG.HO. Chinese Nervous System Best. Tho Qhlnosa have the most porfoct nervous HyBtom of any peoplo In tho world. Seeks Death in Niagara. Nlagurti Falls, N. Y. An unidenti fied man Is roortud to have Jumped In to tho river abovo tho falls and was swept to death over tho American brink. Tho mun talked to a reserva tion officer, 8. W. Hhodes, Juet a fow minutss before ho rnudo tho loap. Ho told Rhodes he was from Clovulaud, O., and that he hud comu to tho purl; to tako a farewell look before leaving for Cleveland Hhodes later was at tracted by u shout uti'1 turnr-il lo .en tho man leaping from tho railing CORNHUSe ITEMS Nows of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS Osceola in flouring on a municipal light and power plant. Seventy per cent of Nebraska's pop ulation Is clussed as rural. A farmers live stock erehango has been organized in Choyenno county. The new $2.1,000 Christian church nt Weeping Water was dedicated Sunday. Norfolk Is pretty proud of the new $100,000 Grand theatre Just opened there. A business college Is the latest ac quisition pioposed by the Holdrege Commercial club. Miss Frances Scdlacek was killed nt Crete when she was struck by a train" while crossing tho railroad track. The Issuance of 15,000 bonds for tho erection of a munlclpul lighting plant will be voted upon at Mllford. Tho Nebraska Helall Hardware as sociation will hold Its annual conven tion and exposition In Omaha Feb. 1-1. K. M. Welling of Crawford, Neb., has discovered coal in Nebraska, ac cording to u letter to the secretary of state. .Mrs, Naomi diss, who honie.steud od near Loup City in 1870, and who hns been living there ever since, died last week. Athletics, music, and chnlk talks were features of the Joint V. M. C. A. Anieiican legion carnival at Aurora last week. The farm home of Hoy Gnrwood, near Alllnnco, was completely destroy ed by lire starting from an overheated kitchen stove. Nebraska college of agriculture stock Judging team took second place In the western live stock show at Den ver Inst week. Considerable grain Is being moved on the Beatrice market Just now. One milling firm Is handling over COO bushels a dny. Nearly 000 guests attended tho women's "Onwnrd Omnha" dinner at the Chamber of Conimcrco at that place last week. Nebraska, with fl,.10S miles, lends all states In tlio proposed road building program for 11)21, according to figures from Washington. 1'rlvnte safety deposit boxes at lho Guide Hock State bank were rilled by robbers. Attempts to blow open tho vault were unsuccessful. John I'lucek was killed when his Ford upset while coming down a sleep hill near Loup City. IX'atli Is sup- posed to have boon InstniitnneoiiH. The value of Omaha public school property has been appraised at $11, 000,000. There aro fid public schools In which 1,110 teachers nre employed. Edgar Grlfilth, a barber at Coznil, has patented n ehnlr which enables him to sit while working upon custom ers. It Is on display at a local shop. Following tho appearance of three ,,,. ,,f ,,,., 11.,, ji. -,, i ","" "l 'i' " wm.,..u, "? ls' '" 8UpL"' (11"lL'(k't ( " 01(h'1 requiring the vaccination of pupUj, Tho Trl-County Teachers' Institute, composed of Pawnee, Neniuhu and Jolmson counties, ls to bo held this yeur llt Aul)Urn from Mfty 3l (() Junu ;j inclusive. Nebraska leads every otlicr state In tho union In the number of auto mobiles In proportion to population. In this state there Is one nutoniobllu lo every 0.1) persons. Peto Lopez plended guilty to the ulujlng of Jonas Sanchez, another Mexican at McCook a few weeks ago, and was sentenced by Judgo Etdrldgo to thirty yours In tho penitentiary. The Bankers' Automobile Insurnnco company of Lincoln, having been turn ed over to the stato department of trade and commerce by a district court order Is now In charge of W. 13. Burkloy as special agent of the depart ment. Pending legislation, tho bureau of markets, and tho ndvlsahlllty of es tablishing departments of research, will be tho chief topics of discussion at the meeting of tho BUilo farm bureau federations of tho midwest group at Lincoln this week. Crystal Elinlru, n school mistress near the village of Miller, was found by the roadside near tho school with her clothing In Humes and parts of her body burned to a crisp. Her con dition was such she could not tvcpluln Jio cause of lho lire. Physicians who were suinmoned say she cannot re cover. Ford Wlnl.leninn, a section hand, was struck by n train near Howe, re ceiving Injuries from which ho died n few hours later. Nebraska led all other states In the I production of alfalfa bay during 1020. , I(H lotlll production from the 1,212,1)17 Ul.ri. ,,tP,i wns jj,r,27.tt.S!).5 Mmwlng mi average yield of 2.8 tons, I.Sti tons por acre. Box cars borrowed from eastern Hues to haul grain that has never been loaded are prolng a burden to Ne braska railroads. It Is estimated ex tra cars lying Idle on sidetracks are costing one railroad $1,-100 a day. Mrs. U J. Nowinnn, 1)1 years old, died ut her homo In Bellwood lust week. A yeur ago, when she celebrated her With birthday she had 1 10 direct descendanlH living, slv children, forty, throo grandchildren, sovunty-ouo great grandchildren and twenty great great granchlldretw Ofllcers elected by the state board of agriculture at Its mooting last week were: President, J. F. McArdle, Oma ha ; llrst vice prosldont, Charles Graff, Bancroft; second vice president, fleorun Jnckson. Nelson: secretary. 13, It Danlelsou, Lincoln; treasurer, Wil - lu)u II, Buunlng, Union. raving projects were r-ojoutccl nt n mnw meeting nt Randolph by a votu of 75 to 11. The contractors putting up the uow quarter million dolhir hotel ut McCook think it will bo finished this year. The John Adrian general merchnn. dlse store nt Hansen, was robbed of. 70 cents unci goods valued ut $100. The postofflce in the store was robbed of $4.00. Mary Nebraskn Wntklns, the llrst white child born in Nebraska City, in 1851, when that plnco was but a trad ing post, ls dend at her home ut Bayard. Hebron cltteons are worrying over a couple of fires that occurred thcro lately. Both were of mysterious origin nnd nre thought to bo the result of Inrrndlnrlsm, Thirty-live homes nt Blair are under quarantine for smallpox, Including those of Mayor Henry Chrlstensen and two physicians. The majority of tho cases are of light form. Tlio American State bank of Mcrrl mun, in Cherry county has been tnkon over by Stato Bank Exumlner East man and closed ut the request of tho directors of tho institution. Tho Klwnnls district convention, composed of clubs in Iowa and in Ne braskn, will hold its senii-annunl con vention In Omaha sometime !u March. Over .'100 persons are expected. A drive Is being made In Johnson county in nn effort to get the total membership of the county farm bureau to ono thousand. Men from the stato bureau aro in charge of the drive. Two masked men held up nnd rob bed n private poker party in a house on the main street of Wymote. Seven members of the party donated .fltOO cash to the gunmen who escaped. W. M. Dovul of Peru shot what ho took to be u hawk, which was mak ing off with n chicken. The fowl proved to be n bald eagle whose wings measured seven feet from tip to tip. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dummnnn and tho hitter's futher, residing near Grand Island, were killed when the automo bile In which they were riding wns struck by a Union Paclllc motor train. Omaha Jobbers and manufacturers are making elaborate preparations for tlio annual "Market Week" festivities that will begin March 7. There will be four days of continuous entertain ment. Crelghton, a town of 1.S00, has an 8 o'clock curfew law, and hoys and boys and girls under 18 must be ac companied by a chaperone at dances, moving picture slows and the skating rink. The Nebraska lnterscholastlc meet will be held on the University athletic Held Mny 14, according to plans an nounced by Director of Athletics Fred W. Luehring, and Superintendent Brooks. Fifteen cars of grain nnd hayn dny Is tho average outgoing freight nt Cozud. A railway official states thut Cozad is tho only town along the routo that has kept up Its usual good busi ness record. From January 12 to 14, old soldiers at tho Grand Island Soldiers' homo died nt the rate of ono u day, accord ing to a supplemental report from Commandant Addison Wnlt to tho state board of control. At n special election In TecuniKoh for bonds, amounting to $20,000, for extension of water mains and installa tion of a purifying plant to use Ne innliii drainage ditch water, the bonds carried by a large majority. Mrs. Elmlra Thomas of Nebraskn City, n resident of the stnte for near ly sixty years, and nt one time tho only wliltw woman living on the over haul trail from Kearney to Denver, died of heart trouble Inst week. The Platte river Is the highest it has been In yenrs at this time of year. It Is running bnuk full and Hooding the low lands south of Fremont. It Is over (ho Cornhusker trail for 1500 yards north of the Fremont bridge. Arthur J. Lynch, foreman nt the Fre mont light plant, was held up and rob bed by two masked men ns he was re turning homo from work about 10:110. Tho bandits emptied bis pocket o money and valuables amounting to over $70. Mrs. C. F. Williams, living nenr Kimball, was the victim of ti pecullur accident recently, when a 'kettle of ,soap sho wns making exploded throw ing the boiling hot liquid over her face, neck and arms and scalding her In n very painful manner. Last Wednesday's South Omaha hog receipts aro estimated at 10,000 heart, ono of the heaviest runs received there since lust May. This Is an In crease of nearly Jt.000 head over tho supplies received the day before and n Uko number over the receipts of n week ago, which were l.'l.OIO. Fillmore county commissioners have voted to permit Sunday baseball out side of villages and towns In the county. While kneeling to tie a Immlngo around the ankle of u man to whom he was delivering an ' r from un Omaha drug store, .v .mwey, 10. year-old messenger, -i.iggeil nnd robbed of $10.02 by il-i- m-iii. Tho announcement that the Omnlm chnniher of commerce Is planning to give llnanclal aid to worthy students of agriculture has brought applica tions for loans from twonty students, nccording to Dean E. A. Burnett. Adam Breede, of the Hustings Tribune, was one of the winners In tho contest for the best editorial on "Sav ing," sponsorod by the government savings division of tho Tenth Federal Hesorvo district which comprises tho states of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming nnd major portions of Mis souri, Oklahoma ami New Mexico J. N. Plesslnger, nn extensive feeder of Polk, brought n throu-load string of Whltefuco steers to tho South Oinuhn market Inst week, which sold nt $!) SO. The price was not only the top by 20c 1 per hundred, hut tho highest price thai ' wns paid any tlmo within tho week. BUDGE T GOVERNOR PRESENTS TO LEC.IS. LATURE ESTIMATE OF STATE'S NEEDS FOR NEXT TWO YEARS DELIVERS SPECIAL MESSAGE Almost Twonty-Seven Million Dollars Asked 'or Oefraylng State Gov ernment Expenses During Coming Blennlum Lincoln. In u special messago to the Nebraska legislature, delivered in person at a joint convention. Gover nor McKelvIe said lie wanted appro priations sheaied down to tho limits' of revenue; thut necessary purposes shal) be taken care of without im posing unbearable tax burdens, and that the creation of uow activities should be avoided. Tho amount to be raised by taxa tion, as ho gave it. is $10,218,000 for general purposes and $2,21)5,000 for construction of tho new stale capitol, based on a valuation of $7Go.0U0.000. This will be supplemented by federal funds, cash fund receipts, und revenuo from other sources. Mr. McKelvIo takes strong ground ngalnst lho pi notice of incurring de ficiencies Ho would make It a felony for any spending agency of tho state to spend more than tlio legislature appropriates for Its use. He urges economy and olllclency, and suggests that tax burdens havo grown to such proportions that wide discontent exists among the people because of them At the same time, ha declares real economy to i-ouaist in tho money appropriated, rather than getting the maximum ol benellts fioin in merely holding down appioprla tlons. Budget Calls for Increase Conceding that the budget culls for an Increase of 5 J..JG4,840 In the appro priations this yeur. Governor McKel vIo says this amounts to only 1? cents on each $100 of assessed valuation. As new souices of stato revenue, Mr. McKolvle proposes tuxlng inherit ances, registration ot mortgages and a higher occupation lax on corpora tions doing business in the .state. Li cense fees aud other speiial charges could also bo Inci eased, he says, in preference to raising property taxes. The budget was prepnied by' lllinnfn (Intrntnrv Drncu fi.i.l It la tlw, I llrst complete budget ever submitted to a Nebraska legislature ' Mr McKelvIe advlaes that one ap propriation bill be tlraswi ana passed to Include everything except the sul arics of constitutional and statutory olllcers so that the legislature may know tho total amount of approprla tlons while 11 is consideiing tills bill. Calls for $26,845,207 Appropriations in the gross sum ol $20,845,207, representng an lnciease of $3,700,481 over actual expenditures for tho blennlum ending March 31 next, are suggested by Governor McKelvIe In the budget. Besides tho $21,308,000 to bo real ized for state purposes Trom taxes and fees for tho general fund, the budget shows there will ho available in two years to come $5,476,7S7 of other in come from so-called "caBh funds" in institutions and departments and from federal aid to highways, education and agriculture Classified Departmental Needs- Tho appropriation estimates for all purposes for tho next two years ls as follows: Legislative Total amount, ?182, 800; decreaso of $9G,19S, because of unusual expense tho past bienniuin for constitutional convention and two extra sessions of tho legislature. Judiciary Total amount, ?78C,700; Increase, $374,307. Executive olllcos Total amount, $700,590; Increase, $222,033. Code departments -Total amount, $5,147, 1S3; increase, $072,027. Military department Total amount, $1C3,8S0; increase. $105,351. Capitol commission and other boards and commlssli as Total amount, $2,809,550; incron.-o. $2,401. 109. (Tho actual inureat,. is only about $h00,000, as tho accunuilaiod capitol building fund remains ou hand from tho old blennlum aiul was not Included In Its expenditures ) Educational Total amount, $5,901, 079; Increase, $900,019. Charitable and penal institutions Total amount, $3,89G,140; Increase, $G 16,423. Sundry activities Total amount, $71,497-, increase, $5S1,257. Classlllod us to character of outlay, tho exponses for two yoais arc as fol lows: Salaries, $S,2(iG.000; supplies, J3.81S.000; lands aud buildings, $4,397, 000; miscellaneous expense $2,170, 000, fixed chargos, $1,225,000; repairs for upkeep. $501,000; public invest ments, $5,421,000; equipment, $005, 000; revolving funflT., $122,000. Total, $2G.S45.00O For tho new board of pardons, a total appropriation of $2G,2r0 Is aski-d, and for tho tax commissioner's olllce, J4D.G00 The loglslaturo will also have to appropriate S343.20S for deficiencies, excess over impropriations. The ono hlg item is tho board of control, $253, 000. and the next largest, vocational education. $45,000 New ' expenditures Include: Child welfare requests. $35S.7G0; printing statutes. $50,000; oil and gas develop ment, $15,000 each, and $5,000 for coal. , Estimates Pruned 53,000,000 Bofore suDmlttlng the budget. Gov ernor McKolvle ollmiuaipil about $3,000,000 from roquestr tiled with Finance. StscTtary Bross. MoiV of this sum was deducted from university nnd normal fiiool estimates, and from fertciln nctivU'es In lho codo d( partments SuBNIITTEG Prominent an Praises Tanlac M G. W. Logan, "Tanlac hns completely restored my henlth and I feel finer than in years," was the straightforward statement made recently by Mr. George W. Logan of Peabody, Kansas, one of tho most prominent stock-dealers In the Middle West. "It has not only made a new man of mo but I have actually gained thirty-five pounds in weight and feel as well as I ever did In my life. I am telling all of my friends nbout Tanlnc. but they can see for themselves what ' t do"c.,n ,n' c "When I begnn taking Tnnlnc I wns In an awfully run-down condition. I was away off in weight, felt weak and nervous nil of tho time nnd couldn't take any interest In my work or any- Observant Paw. "Paw, what ls an advertisement?" "An advertisement is the picture of a pretty girl eating, wearing, holding or driving something that somebody wants to sell." Nashville Tennessecan. It Is true tlio dny of miracles Is past except among Inventors. r Kill That Cold With CASCARA& QUININE for 'Kiy' AND Colds, Coughs 'OiVlLV La Grippe Neglected Colds are Dangerous Take no chances. Keep this standard remedy handy for the first sneeze. Breaks up a cold in 24 hours Relieves Grippo in 3 days Excellent for Headache Qulnino in this form docs not affect tho head Cascara la best Tonic Laxative No Opiato in Hill's. . ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT Many S k. TBADC AIIK i Used by Mothers I Are pleasant to take and a certain relief. They tend to break up a cold in 24 hours, act on the Stomach, Liver and Bowels and tend to correct intestinal disorders aud destroy worms. 10,000 testimonials like the following from mothers aud friends of children telling of relief. Originals are on file in our offices : "iititnk MOTnKit an vTsswr.nTPow. DnitS KOK UHLllKKN aru grand. They wcro r- mmenileil to tny fitter bv a doctor. tun i.. nc tuein to my llitle three yeur old j ! i Kirl w ho as very puny, aud the li picking un wonderfully." Get a package from your uo isoi Accept Any Substllute lor A I Many a Pretty Face Spoiled by Pimples Not only are theso pimples nnd splotches disfiguring, but they lead to serious skin diseases that spread and causo tho most discomforting irritation and pain. Sometimes they foretell Eczema, boils, blisters, scaly eruptions and other annoyances that burn like flames of fire, and make you feel that your skin ii ablaz". If ycj are afflicted with this form of skin disea-o do not expect Western t!IL sL i L2kt h - n Peabody, Kansas thing else. My main trouble was In digestion. Nothing seemed to agre with me. At times I would have dlzzs spells nnd at other times my baci would ache so had that I could hardlj get up and down In my chair. Thl! is Just the condition I was In whet I started to take this medicine. It took just six bottles to make n wel' man of me. I now have a fine appe tlte, everything tastes good and m digestion Is perfect. "My wife wns also troubled witl indigestion at times and it rcllevet her the same way. You may pub lish my statement wherever you llki nnd If anyone doubts it, just tell then to see me." Tanlac Is sold by leading druggists everywhere. A Little Game. "Did you make any New Yea; calls?" "An unfdrtunte one on four deuces." Present Enough. Little Arthur "What did you ge; on your birthday?" Little Edward "Why, I got horned, of course." chool Children are Sickly and take cold easily, nro feverish and constipated, bnvo headaches, stomach or bowel trouble. IOTHER CRAY'S SWEET POWDERS for over 30 years "We have used MOTH I'M OKAY'S SWEET POWD1.U3 lOIt ClllLUHUN at different times for past cine yenre, and always found them a perfect clilldren'a mcdlclno and verj eatltfactory la every caio." druggist for use when needed. MOTHER CRAY'S SWEET POWDERS. to bo cured by lotions, ointments, salves and other local remedies, as they can not possibly reach tho source of the trouble, which is in the blood. Begin taking S.S.S. to day, and write a complete history of your case to our chief medical adviser who will give you special instructions, without charce. Write at enco to Medical Director, 152 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga. i