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Stnl "'storlcnl Society
Dakota County Herald.
ALL THE NEWS WHEN IT IS NEWS
ESTABLISHED AUGUST 2S, 1S9I. -
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APUIL 7, 1921
VOL. XXVIII." No. 31. .
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5 NEWSY ITEMS FROM OUR EXCHANGES 5
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Meadow Grove News: Rev. Antrim
was at Plalnview this week attending
district conference.
o
Hartington Herald: Miss Bessie
Varvais went to Hubbard on Monday
to visit her mother.
Fullerton Tost: Mrs. J. H. Hamp
ton returned from the hospital at
Columbus Wednesday afternoon. She
is much improved in health.
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Wakefield Republican: Mrr. 1). i:.
Moore of Coleridge came down Tues
day for a few days visit with her
daughter and husband. Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Prangcr.
o
Niobrara Tribune: Mrs. Jennie
finyha returned recently from Minne-'
Jrpoli., Minn,, where she had been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Kngstrom,
for several weeks.
o
Ponca Journal: Mrs. Conrad Ja
eobson went to Sioux City this morn
ing to visit her mother and from
there will go on to Wayne to be pres
ent nt the teachers' meeting.
Emerson Enterprise: Mr. and Mr,s.
Ray Linafelter returned to Sioux City
one day last week after spending
most of the winter at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrr. Henry Lin-j
nfelter
Magnet items in Wausa Gazette:
Miss Esther Olson of I3elle Fourchc,
.S. D., returned to her home on Satur-
day after spending acouple of weeks
here with her brothers, Seval and
Lyle Olson. I
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Walthill Times: Bert Powell, of
South Sioux, came Tuesday to visit
his son-in-law, Luther Buo', and re-'!
turned Wednesday evening. . . .John
Byergo "franked" a pair of shoes by
express from Dakota City tho first of
the week for Lase. to repair. .. .Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. McQueen of Macy went
to Homer Monday evening for n visit
of a few days at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. M. G. Brasfield. Mr.
Queen expecting to go on to Sioux
City boforo they return.
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Walthill Citizen: Wm. Ream has
cone to Winnebago to work for Ves
Morgan. .. .Mr. and Mrs. Queen, of
Macy, went to Homer Monday even
ing....?. J. McMnnus and son Bllle
were Winnebago, Homer and Jackson i
visitors Friday Mrs. Chns. Bee-ken1
and dnughter went to South Sioux
Gitv Thursday evening for a visit
with relatives, returning home Mon-
day.... Miss Sylvia Lamson came!
home from Fremont Thursday even-1
insr, wnere sne is taking a course in
music. She returned Monday.
Sioux City Journal. 2: Mrs. .Jncnh
I.eamer is entertaining her v.ster. Mrs. '
Flora Fisher, of Dakota Citv, Neb..'
who will remain for a visit of several
days.... Mrs. Frederick H. Roost en
tertained in the home of her mother,
Mrs. Edward T. Kearney, on Thursday,
complimenting the O. U. Bridge club
and additional guests to the number
of forty. One large and several
small tables, appointed with Ward
roses, sweet peas and other varieties
of spring (lowers, accommodated the
company at 1 o'clock luncheon, after
which bridge was the diversion. Two
house guests of Mrs. Kearney were
present: Mrs. Ed Latt,a, of Tekamah,
and Mrs. John Gilligan, of O'Neill,
Nebr.
Sioux City Journal, 27: Today is
the 10th anniversary of a Missouri
river flood that is long rementhercu
by old residents, of Sioux City and
vicinity. The flood continued for
several days, causing thousands of
dollars damage, and great sulVering
among the settlers. The flood be
gan with uhe breakup of tho Missouri
river March 27, 1881. A sudden
warm wave following an unusually
rold winter with heavy tnoi.s caused
the ice to break, and immediately
formed a gorge at Yankton. Heavy
rains, coupled with melting snows,
filled every stream bank full. The
smaller rivers discharging their vol
ume of water Into the MN'ouri caus
ed the "Big Muddy" to ommHow into
the adjoining country, Auming a
great sea of water. The files of the
Journal for March 27, 1881, and for
nearly two weeks after, cent .tin de
tailed reports of the ravages of the
flood. The Journal for Mai eh 29,
1881, describes the breakup of the
ice in the Missouri at Sioitv City, as
follows: "The movement was calm
and majestic rather than terrific.
The great fields slowly floated off,
fplitting up into smaller fragments
easily as they collided with the bank
or with each other. Occasionally a
piecn would slowly rise on edge and
fall back, but generally this delivery
of the river was unaccompanied by
any violence. In about half an hour
from the time the ice .first started
the river was running clear. After
tunning free of ice for over an hour
a gorge somewhere above let go, and
the ice began to run again. The ice
was not in immense fields as the
former had been, but broken into
cakes too small of themsehestoform
a gorge. The moving of the ico
brought nearly the entire male pop
ulation of the city to the river bank!
!fhe spectators seemed disappointed
that there was nothing mere sensa
tional to see." Reports -oon reach
ed Sioux City that the Missouri had
gone out of its banks and flooded
Vermillion and the surrounding
country. On the main street of Ver
million, which was the highest point
of town, the river came up to the
sidewalks, and skiffs weie rowed
through the flooded streets. Base
ments of stores were flooded, damag
ing stocks of goods stored there. At
Yankton, the Missouri was reported
higher than had been known for years.
The people were forced to flee to the
high land, driving their stock before
them. The entire country between
Vermillion and Burbank was flooded
with great loss of life to stock. Rail
road traffic either was cut off en
tirely or seriously hampered. A re
port was received that the steamer
Far West had "foundered" and the
entire crew drowned. This report,
however was found later to be in
correct. The steamer Western was
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ONLY A FEW WEEKS
anw we will wake up some fine morning to
find the sun shining on the north side of the
fence; and the
OIIKKX f.'RASS-
beginning to show through.
Til K FARSKillTKI) FAIOIKK
and everyone else is beginning to figure on the
needki) srmxi I.M1MIOVKJIKNTS
And, while there are some things that you may
be able to get along without for a short time,
there are
NKOKSSAKY IUTILI)IN(. H K PAULS
also fences to make and repair.
YOlT 3IAY RK TKJIIT FOR 3IOXKY
and you may make the old car run another
season; but you are going to
IM'Y THH IIFILI)IX(,S, II K PA I KS
tools you need to do business with, and the
fences you need to keep the stock out of the
crops just a.s sure- well, just as sure as you
plant a crop.
LTMIttilt Pit I CMS AUK LOW
just as low as Farm Product prices.
WE 1IAVK TAKKX Ol'R LOSS -
along with the producers of crops. We are
starting on the New Year with
CONFIII.X(,K IX Till: ITTUIt li
lt is tho only way during this time of re
adjustment. We want you to visit our Lum
ber yard often; and we will do our best to
serve your needs.
0. F. II Hill KS Jt CO.
H. R. OREER, Manager. Dakota City, Neli.
r,
y Official Proceedings of Ihe
H. A. Mushkin
Dakota City, Nebraska
JtKDUCH THE II Kill COST OF LI V IX (J II Y
lll'YlXd H1.1.K
SPECIALS FOR
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday v
Sugar, 10 pounds for $1.00. lOQ-lb. Bag for ....i:t.(i:
49 pound sack Splendid .lour lor v,J.(i"i
Hershey's Cocoa lor , ' -"ie
Hershey's Chocolate for J, -. ...2."h'
Moore's 4-lb. sack Pancake Flour .' 'iSc
Extra Quality Peaborry Colleo, 3 lbs. for 03 1-
Laundry Soap, 6 Bars for 27c
P. & G. Soap, 7 Bars for 5."c
Star Bacon, per pound toe
Cream or Brick Cheese, pr pound :i."e
Minced Ham, per pound ."...' 2IU'
Wciners per pound 2)o
Children's Ribbed Hose, all size9, per pair .f '-2c
Women's Regular f0c Hose, per pair 12.1c
Women's $1.50 and 32.00 Silk Ilosejtper puir ..." Tile
Men's 25c Hose, nil colors, 2 pairs for 2."e
Men's $1.50 Union .Suits, B.V.l). stylo, for O.'.c
Men's 220 Denim Overalls 'for ....! tfl.1.1
Men's $1.50 and Sl.'J.I Woi'l; Shirt, each !:.
H. A. Mushkin
I ulong tho county boundary enc mile,
tliVni'o onst on Kcctinn ine. nlnmr
Hoard of Commissioners the present established county road,
I three nnu one-hal miles, to th
PROGRAM
The pupils of.tho 3rd-and 4th graderooniw,wjlhgivo an
entertainment in the Auditorium at the High School
Building, Friday evening, April 8th.
MISS KROGER, Teacher.
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Josephine Morton Mae Hackett
Marjorie Morton Verna Smith
Kitty Blanchard , Florence Frederick
Dolly Blanchard . . .': Margaret Giese
Master Jack ,. . . . Alfred Forbes
Master Sam . : David Warner
Katy Neal ' . . . ; Marie Sundt
Pussie Neal ...... Candace Young
Mickey Flynn Roy Perry
Mrs. Morton Elda Powell
Mrs. Neal Gladys Sierk
ACT I. A Pitrlor in Mis. Morton's House.
ACT II. Path in the Woods.
Dakota City, Nebraska,
- April , 11)21.
Tho hoard of county commissioner
met pursuant to adjournment with
the following members present.
Will II. Rockwell, chah.nim; Nets
Andersen and J. J. Lnpsloy, commis
sioners, and Geo. J. Boucher, county
clerk, and George. W. Learner, county
attorney, when tho following business
was transacted:
Several petitions were Hied and
presented, prayintj lor tlu dcslRna
tion of u Statu and Federal Aid road
running through Nncoru nod Hub
bard to connect with tho Washington
highway at a point south of Salem
Churches; also several petitions pray
ing for the designation of the road
known as tho Fiddler Creek road as
State and Federal Aid road; all of
which petitions are now on file.
The following resolution was moved
by Andersen and seconded by Laps-
ley:
Be it Resolved, That tho Board of
County Commissioners of Dakota
youmy, iseurasKa, ai u h mijouiiu-u, ,,.., .,,., xTncori, ns )Stn,,iulmI. ,!,!,
ineeting, at tie Court 1 loiiso n Un- suth mnm. c , corre'ctIonB
kotii C ty, Nebraska, on this 1th day ' b fminiiK.u.Pf.rsnPV hx, ,,,
e
southeast corner of the west half of
Section 10, Twp. 27, Range 7, East in
j.aid County, thence north on tnc
half section line, through the town
of Nacoia, along the present estab
lished county highway, th.ee miles,
to the southeast corner of tho west
hall of Section (i, Twp. 27, Range 7,
thence in n northeasterly direction
following thu county load i tinning
between Hubbard and Emerson,
through and along section: L ond 5,
Twp. 27, and Sections ,12, -o, 28, 27,
and 2.1, Twp. 28, Rang-5 7 East, to
the town of Hubbard, thence through
said town northerly, noriiieastorly '
and easterly, along the established
Dakota City t ml Hubbard county
road, through and nlong Sections 22,
23, 11, and 13, in Twp. 28, Rnngo 7,
and Sections 17, 1G, 15 and 14 in, Twp.
28, Range 8 East in said county, to
intersect with the established Wash
ington Highway at tho eastern term
inus of the east and west center line
of said Section II, Twp. 28, Range 8,
East in said county, tho said route
to follow the Dakota City, Emerson
county road, by said towns of Hub-
tV A tm 1 1111)! Iwii'ittiir nt mi lit nil tltn
" "I" "", J, "", ""i , 'A, " ibtute bug neers upon survey thereof,
provisions ot the Federal and State ,op t(,hconstntion. sw Vin)t
A llTiCl?ZN7lrlll """'f.M'Ur 'wn approximately by p at
?i it -V'i. V nQ.?Trn ,? with this road indicated in red,
House Roll 722 of the 1 917 Session um, f purposed of jouclal rout J
of the Nebraska Legislature, ap- nilli ininiinii miiil,i a .i,.t f u.i. ...
proved April 19th, 1917, and acta " V",1Jon' mmU A ,nr.t of th!s i(S
Voting "nye' Andersen nml I,nps
ley: "No," Rockwell. Carried 'and
udopted.
Claims as follows wero .iPowed and
amendatoiv thereto, aiid make ai)i)ll-
ftition for Stato Aid FedtM-al Funds
for Dakota County, as apportioned in
said House Roll 722, to conutrtict tlm
muiiwiu, muni;
what is known oh the, .Oraliilnndiwni;ri,nls or-Tod Written for thohcv
Highway, in the Village .of Iimor.son,,ornl nin'l:
Dakota County, Dixon and Thurilon " roiuiiiissioiicr mstrict o. i:
Countid", Nebraska, at "Ihe southwest' Pollard Oil Company, gis and oil,
corner of section 27,' 'lkvji. 27, Ramjo S24!1.'J0.
(. linst of the 0th P. Mf, 'thence north1 Sammies Oil Company, g.vi and oil,
$H.
j-T . 01 ,j0JU, ,s(r,.J Nf r. .
highest point ever known In the his- Chris Miller, labor, $21.75.
tory of the city up to that time. A On-(leiirral Fund: t ',
portion of the town along the river George Johnson, labor, 1920, 55.75.
iiont wos Inundated. Numeious base- AV, K. Miller, light, phone, etc.,
ments in me ouuiness uihuici wurena.iLi.
a
"LITTLE .MISS VAX WIXKIjK"
Miss Van Winkle Dorothy Learner I
I Jerry Harry Foltz 5
Robert Lester Morris
I Bill '..; Maurice Berger
J Violet Alice Tague ;
; .Pansy Viola Jones J
! Jo Clair Orr ;
Z Miss Soe Kross Martha Barg I
ACT 1. Libraiv AC'I II. S line. J
? lll'f!fiV1L' ltll.LM.V(l. !. HIX'IkM
I Mrs. Johnson Vera Towner I
I Mr. Johnson , Leonard Sierk .
J Peggy Helen Philips
Mercy May Meseline t
Calvern Walter Sierk I
Broken Bow Edward Sundt
! Song By School
flooded by back water from tho sew
ere. Nearly aH.of, Covimuont was
pubinerged. The, cituepswero - hroti
to Sioux City by fei'rj' ' I at: At
longth on April 0 the "Bfg Muddy"
began slowly to withdraw mtd its
natural banks, leaving a iv-enu of
desolation behind it. As the water
receded additional details ot the dis
aster became known. One hundred
and ten buildings wero destroyed at
Vermillion, including the railroad
station An almost total loss of
stock was reported from the bottoms
in Nebraska and Dakota. As dis
tressing stories of ,the suffering of
the people caught in tho general de
struction reached Sioux City the cit
izens orgnnized relief expeditions in
to tho stricken country. Over 1500
families were reported os needing as
sistance. Gov. Ordway, of Dakota
territory, sent appeals to Washing
ton. Clothing ond food wero sent
as far into the unfortunate country
as the flood would permit. It re
quired months for tho people to re
covpr fully from tho disaster whicjh
had overtaken them. The high wa
ter continued until nearly tho last of
April, a second rise or tho Missouri
caught tho lowlands around Sioux
On lload Driurtriiur l'mnl:
Herman Smith. labor: SS.50.
Hons Bonnicksun, labor, $jC."
O...I..I..1. T..!.. 1. 1.... cor f.i;
AbUllUIJfJi 1VWJJIWII, llllJUi, pwU.Olf,
T. J. Rounds, labor, Slill.OO.
Chris Hogh, labor, 315.50.
George Illckox, labor, S10.20.
Geo. Hickox, labor, $21.25.
George Hickox, labor, $1.25.
L. L. Howard, labor, $8.28.
L. L. Howard, labor, $7.22.
Chris O. .Jensen, labor, $10.80.
Board adjourned to meet April 25,
1921.
GKO. J. BOUCHER,',
County Clerk.
Matrimonial Ventures '
Tho following marriage Uconses
wore Issued by County Judge ,Mc
Klnloy during tho past week:
Namo and Address. Ago.
Darrel Long, Vinnebngo. 'eb 21
Caroline Forojt, Winnebago, Nub
Clnrles L. Weave, Sioux City ..
Lulu II. Weaver, Sioux City ....
.IS
.'45
F iir Siilo
Thoroutrhbred White Rock ot'tr.
City and other regions that had es- 50 cents per setting.
caped the flood. Order was finally' Mra. Kd. '1 redodck,
restored. I Phone 45. Dakota City, Neb.
a total wreck. The damage increas
ed as tho flood waters root mid hpread
over more territory. 'Ihe town of
Green Island, opposite Yankton, was
swept entirely out of exl.itenco, with
great loss of life. . Houses wero men
flouting down the angry wotcm with
people clinging to the. iiwifh. The
steamers Fontenelle und F. V. Batch
elor wore crushed and tent to the
bottom by the flood. 'Ihe continu
ally rising water nt Vermillion cans
ed the inhabitants to tlee to the
bluffs. The entire "bottom ' nctween
Vermillion and Springfield, an area
sixty miles long and from five to
fifteen miles wide, was flooded. The
only points from which repo.ts could
be received of the flood were Vermil
lion, Springfteld and Yankton. The
river continued to rise at Yankton
until it covered the town to a depth
oi ten teet. Keller train), sent to
the stricken area were compelled to
return to Sioux City, the tracks be
ing flooded. KxtciiKive preparations
weie made in Sioux City to stem the
tide and move property to highcti
ground, as increasingly unfavorable
reports of the flood upstream contin
ued to be received. Tho entire town
of Vermillion was repotted to be ill--no't
Hwept awny. The town of Nio
brara" was eoverud with water. A
large part of Union county was Iniin
dated. Immense gorges forming
above the flooded district cuusml
great apprehension that the flood
would become even worse when the
gotges broke. An the Ico barrier
broke, the Mlisouti nt Jioux Cltv bo-
Igan to rise unil it had reached tho
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