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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1921
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Dixon Jour.ial: The Misses flclcii u short wedding trip .uul will be nt
O'Mnlley, Lucille Fin ley nnd Gent- homo after October 1st, on the Bau
vievo Hopkins went to J.ickmui Tues- goua farm west of Dakota City,
day to attend the academy. o
I Emerson Enterprise: Mr. and Mrs.
Allen News: Mrs. Mary Miles and Win. C. Wallwev and son Klmer. de-
two children left Thursday (today)
for their home at Seattle, Wash.,
tor visiting since early last spring
with relatives here.
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Winnebago Chieftain: Geo. R.
Rockwell of Homqr, transacted busi
ness hera Tuesday.. .W. J. Harding,
rf South Sioux City has bought the
Crockett Cafe" and is in possession.
His wife and Ihrce children will join
him soon.
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Sioux City Journal, ,10: The S. M.
Daniels family, of South Sioux City,
Neb., has bought and occupied the
cottage at 1901 Boies street.. . .The
cattle market was topped , by Chris
Smith, of Jackson, Neb. at $10.00.
He sold 21 yearlings, averaging J)G5
pounds, at the price.
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Sioux City Journal, 8: The top
,price for cattlo was made by William
Rohde, Nacon, Neb., for twelve mix
ed yearlings averaging 1071 pounds.
He also had five heifers avci aging
3 pounds at $7.75. .. .Miss Bessie
Woods has departed for her home in
Waterbury, leb., after visiting Mrs.
W. E. Surbcr. Miss Woods will cn
i oil as a student next woel. in the
Univeiaity of Nebraska at Lincoln.
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Sioux City Journal, 8: Frances
Cheek nnd Misses Florence and Rach
ael Cheek have returned from Homer,
Neb., where they spent a few days in
the home of their grandmother, Mrs.
A. J. Davis. .. .There was a quiet
wedding at o o'clock Tuesday evening
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. P.
Yeomans, 1174 Fourteeneh street,
when Walter Twain ley and Miss Nel
lie F. Vincent, both of Platte, S. D
were united in marriage. Mr. and
Twamley departed for a northern
trip before making their home at
Platte.
.Rosalie Rip-Saw: John Gannon, of
Rosalie, has been appointed deputy
Unlted'sVates rmamhaTfbr theNirtK Sunday .afternoon, conducted by the
eastern Nebraska district, and will Rev; l'f L;.aeaJ,p.Bht;, wh ,dshv e" d,
miccecd Marshal Morgan of.. South '?n. Instructive, triotio fiddress, The
VtritIV I 'I fir nix f 'nt-m ill nt
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Ponca Journal: Deputy U. S. Mar
shal Win. Morgan was in town Tues
day on official business. ...Miss He)
en .Austin and Emory Austin will
leave Friday for Hastings, Neb., where
they have enrolled a3 students for the
roiling year.. .Mrs. Conrad Jacobson
went to Sioux City Wednesday to be
present at the marriage of her sis
ter, Miss Marie lioss, to Ralph Bau-1
gous of JJakota City. Rev. Ear Hoon.
,pas,tor of the First Methodist church
of Siouj: City performed the ceie-
moilV at tho manse, and Mr. nnd Mrs-
Rnlpli Baugous left immediately for-
tinue to make Rosalie his home and Post' American Legion, insisted by
wishes to thank all friends who as-1 mcm )ers ,ot l'!e HartinBton post, and
sisted him in securing his appoint-1 ? ,,nrBey ""ended, only about one
inent. It is needless to say that third of the people attending being
John Gannon will make an excellent! n, f ,to 8et '"to the church. Ihe
.UTicer, and It's dollars to a hole in a P"11 hearers were Cnrl Scheile 1, Floyd
dough-nut, that John does not side-' Adams, Wm., Doyl-j, Roy Haald, Chas.
i-tep his duties as an officer, and cen-i00'1 "" Joc "usn-
Attention!
Your.
Spring Supplies
W have thetn
' Interior Wall Finish
Outside and Inside Faints and Varnishes
Barn Paint
Poultry Fence and Netting
Garden Tools
Lawn Mowers
Screen Wire , f
Screen Doors N
Window Screens
Carpet Beaters ,--
Perfection Oil Stoves, and other makes. 'J,
Full Lino of Enamel and Alunii lum Ware
Full Line of Galvanized Ware
Horse Collar Pads
Baskets
Hog Troughs
Hog Oilers
Garden Gates
Iowa Farm Gates
Posts Steel and Wood
tji him: tons of slack coal
see us for anything in builders hardware line
big stock oi' lcmblmt
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OUR EXCHANGES
,' parted last Monday on a trip through
nf-,the western states. They will stop
at places of interest in Colorado,
Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
They will visit at Mr. Wnllvvcy's sis
ter, Mrs1, Richard Schmidt, before re
turning homo.... Mr. and Mrs. N.
Foauto and Mr. and Mrs. Win. Shear
er tpent last Sunday at the' home of
Mr and Mrs. John Smith, throe miles
southeast of Hubbard. While there
Mr. Smith showed them mound His
farm and toolc them to one of the
highest points in Dakota county,
which he had planted to co.n. Mr.
Feauto brought home two ears of corn
from the top of this hill which meas
ured thirteen inches in length and
eight inches in circumference. The
corn planted was of the Iowa Gold
Mine seed. Mr. Feauto informed us
that tnore was undoubtedly la.'ge:
ears :n this field, as the tries he
brought home were picket1 at random.
The stalks were of rank growth and
manv contained two well developed
ears. One he noticed in particular!
contained two ears at least a foot
above his outstretched arm upward.
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Ponca Advocate: Fred. Carnell and
family are moving into the Win.
Sundt house this week.... Mrs. C.
Jacobson and bister, Mis Marie Ross,
and aunt, Miss Effie Engelen, went to
Emerson Monday morning.. . .Mr.
and Mrs. Sum Garner and lamily and
Mrs. Garner's mother, of Homer, Neb.,
were Sunday visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. James Garner, of Daily,
a brother. .. .Ralph, the oldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. R033 Polly, who has
been seriously sick from gas-poisoning
which has devel ped in to a bad
case of pneumonia, is repotted to be
improving nicely. Mrs. Harry Sny-
i der is taking care of Ralph,. . . .The
body of Atlee Chapelle, who was kill
ed in action in France on July 20,
j 3 018, arrived in Ponca last Friday
evening. The funeral was held from
the Presbyterinn church at 2:30 on
Los Angeles, Ca, Examiner: For
nineteen years 'Big Mac" McMartin
had sprad r expect for the law
through Ventura county,- where he
was sheriff. Griill", open-hanocd,
"square," he was as quick with a
smile for a friend as with a bullet
for n felon a relic of the "old days"
of the west. W. E. Kelly, peace of
ficer iu the county for 25 years, was
another of r:is type
Yesterday they
met a "k lei" not
a gunman ana
last night two widows mourned. But
the grief of their friends is tempered
liv Hin Irnmvlpihrc flint Pmlrn lintnl.
rez, three-time slayer, had followed
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A meeting of allf those interested
in River Protection will be held at '
the Court House,' in Dakota City, on..;
Friday evening of this week, Sep- " -
tember ICth.
Chief Engineer Hickock, and Hyroh
Clark, Attorney for the Burlington
Railroad, and the. Chief Engineer for "
Wood Bros., o Lincoln, will be pres
ent at this meeting to explain the
different system? of River Protection ,v
the cost of same, and any other
matters pertaining to the work that
may come up. If you are interest-
ed," attend ths meeting.
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them into the dark. It happened jin
(Timm-fl fnr tlin mllrrW rtf .ltlt.l finr-
"Mexican town," a quarter of a intle i Ventura as s on as word ot the snoot- ,, somc ,u,0.,0 i know".
from where OwcnsmoUth sleeps in jng reached her. Their three daugh- "n,v ROv
the sun. For five days "Big ,Mac",ters, Mrs. Gastricn of Fillmore, Mrs. on.. of tlielr anchors was n
UnA o..o,1 Me Anmtn nnor-.rlpa Frod Cnnk nf Pntlirn mil Mm. Hnr. illlO Of tllOIr ancestors W 118 a
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cia, another Mexican, in a holdup. ' ton, Guy, reached the scene shortly
Relentless, tireless as the law itself,' alter they arrived. For nearly four' True to Form,
he had thrown himself and all his hours the members of "Big Mac's" Clara "That man ofer there Is star
efforts into the search. Friday night family kept 'gil beside tho body on lug utralght nt my nose."
he received n "tip." Tonv Rose of
Oxnard had given it to Kelly, and body was removed to tho Van Nuys
Kelly had passed it on to "the chief." undertaking establishment, where
Rose, it seems, had learned that Ram- the bodies of Kelly and Ramirez also
irez and Jose Duranco, known also aa were taken. A joint Inquest will be
Natividad Duranco and wanted alao held, probably tomorrow, by Coroner
for Garcla's death, were in hiding in niico of Lou Angeles. McMnrtin
the rose-grown 'dobe settlement that as " years ok' He was born in
is "Mexican town." Owensmouth and -' " J ' ' ' ? 1800 and had lived
the foreign district are in Loa Angeles '" C" 0I7 ''V ;si,1ie .uir V y,outh-
county. It would have been 'easy g " UP ' "old days" and the
for "Big Mac" to have passed his tip l1' ' no ' fty-!"""1 fating,
along to the sheriff's office hore,.and rft' f"8:;; ' s recd-, I,-'c-to
have, awaited results. He could "f J ' ""J" ?" h 3 character. Term
i,n ,nt hi ,n Honntioa nnftiint. ?Uer ter'n ff ' nineteen years he had
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morning he, Kqlly and Rose, in the
before noon they reached OweKs-
mouth. For awhile they studied the
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ituiik veiurue in tne mcxicmi suliiu
them that
ment. Rase had told
Ramirez and .Dur.anco were
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drawing his big "frontier model" re-
volver, "Big Mac" walked to the door,
with Kelly at his heels. He knocked.
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mure wus jiiumcu. xiu hjiuui.uu uuui.
"What do you want?" barked a voice
from inside. It was a high, tremu
lous voice, merilous with fear and
partially steadied only by the false
courage of the "curse weed" of Mex
ico, marijuana. Upen the uoorr
McMartin ordered, and waited. Kel
ly stepped to the right side of the
chief." Suddenly the door was hung
vciaruea name, vemniu wui luunu, ,i i;, . , ., --
"I think they are in the shack in the "';";?, i surrounding towns
back yard," he told the officers. f.r, s2xnii . V Members of the
McMartin and Kelly walked around srpA?fe P ni i hindeV TrneBC,r
the house unuer the rose bushes which V,, , eP"t'e; ,ai?dcl ' Tow'.scnd,
form an arbor with the roof They J? 'n""'J ??f"l,,clIn' FUtZ nml Modie
t i u .i, w:n,t ., J'le P"h3o fioni Ventuia was comnos-
ujicii uiiu aiiiiuibuiicuusiy iuuuuh j,ci- , fa ...iu luuuencs unu muruors are
lets spat from an army pistol in frequent incidents, and by eloquence
Ramirez' hand. McMartin fell with! of speech or plain talk or slang in
a bullet in his heart, dead. He hadn't jduce a thousand lawbreakers to come
aw hh n h 1 ni vw n1i-nHnntnlii l.r. lnn tnl
even naa time to araw his gun. iveny.out in tne presence of their noiirh-
dropped with bullets in his chest and
abdomen. And tho "killer" stepped
over their bodies and ran for free-'
dom. The word traveled fast and
Torn Murray, Los Angeles police of
ficer f.tationed at Owensmouth, was
on the scene in a few moments. His
wife ordered an ambulance for Kelly
and flashed the word to Ventura and
Los Angeles, Posses headed by Sher
iff William Traeger of Los Angeles
and District Attorney D. G, Bowker
of Ventura wero organized and start
ed for Owensmouth. Meanwhile C.
P, Sexsmith and his son, walking!
aiong tne ooutovnru, saw a mexican v", "" u" a useiui inc. 'ihe
running at the ido of the road, Ho'cnUc 0f Billy Sunday, to justify his
was headod toward Van Nuya. The'(,lI)f8ition, should he able to direct
Sexsmiths had heard of the killing the good people to the porson who
and their suspicions were, utouhod. Cll accomplish tho same good pur
At their horns, a short distance away, Posc'i I" ' more pleasing manner. It
they slezcd lifles and started a mes- js remits tho good people aro scek
songer for Officer Murray. He caught inff nnd not elegant entertainment."
thorn a short distance down the bou- G. W. Wilkinson.
levard and they took up the slayer's , ,
trail. Two miles from Owpnmiiouth ' ... ., .. ., , ,,
a hedgo of cypress treos, their trunks' ' ,ff,lt n' ''l1'1' "'"' 'MI,1
entangled in vines and shrubbeiy, of-1 At this season of tho year when
fered the only real protection in the we are expecting pullets to mature
vicinity. A plowed field extends for 'or egg production, it must be re
a quarter of a mllo on one side ofl'nembered that nothimr rotards ma-
the hedgo and in that field they saw turity more oirectively than lice and
the fugitive. He was making for the! mites. All hcven kinds of lice found '
hedge, a natural ambush. Murray's n hens can he readily controlled by,
first shot cracked the Mexican's knee 'applying sodium flouride by the
The second caught him in the shoul-l"pinch methoo." A pinch of hodlum
der. But ho was able to crawl into fluoride Is rubbed into the skin under
the hedge and out of sight. The Loh each wing, on tho back, on tlio neck,'
Angeles posse reached the hedge a on the breast, on each thigh, and
few moments later. Officers were 'around the vent. I
spreau ior u quarter oi a mile in
each direction, and then they closed
in. Deputy SlicrilT Modie, a little
in advance of the line, saw the man
first. He fired oneco. The Mexican
did not move. When they closed in
they found Ramirez had used the!
lost cartridge In his revolver to endseno, crude oil, or stock dip. Tho
his life. Tho bullet had pierced his, old cylinder oil froni tho crank case
henrt. His clothing had muffled the of a tractor or automobile mixed with
report. He had died as lie had lived, one-fourth kerosene and sprayed into
a "killer" Other posses wore scour- all cracks and crevices in the houses,
ing tne countrysiue last night for
J Duranco. Velarde declared Duranco
was not present when tho olricers
wore killed. But officials have their
doubts. Kelly died in Receiving hos
pital here. He had been rushed to
Los Angeles In tho Hollywood police
ambulance. He was conscious to
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the doorstep. Later the sheriff's
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He leaves jx widow nnd two1
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Writing to the Sioux City Journal
from Milesville, S. D., Dr. G. W.
Wilkinson, a former resident of Da
kota City, says:
"Any man who can come to Sioux
City, or any other town whero hold-
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bors and trive their lmnds n tni,,-
of their sincerity to the pledge to
lead a better life, is worthy of the
respect nnd hearty assistance of all
good citizens. It is true that hut
few of us can at all times keep the
pledges of reform permanently, but
if the pledge is kept for only thirty
days the effort at reform is not lost.
He has something to look back on
with approval that may follow him
until he finds the impulse to begin
again with greater knowledge of his
weakness and renewed couracro that
may carry him through triumphantly
Mites live in tho cracks and In
dark corners of the hen houso and
crawl upon the hens at night, suck
blood from fhem, and return to their
hiding place in the daytime, They
can bo controlled by cleaning tho
house well and spraying with koro-
nests and coops will control them.
For fuHnep-information on this sub
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ject get, U. S. Farmers Bulletin 801
from the College of Agrlculturo or
tho agricultural extension agent in
your county.
The Herajd for News when it i3 llpv..
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Hoping for the Best.
"Mrs. Jlbwny Is a candidate for of
Ike, I hear."
"Yes."
"What Is Mr. .llbwny's attitude?"
"He's optimistic."
"Thinks xhe'll win. eh?"
"No, but ho hopes that nfter she's
campaigned for a while she'll realize
that there Is no place like home."
In the Good Old Days.
"Tho Wuffliys hoein to take
great
pride In their ancestors."
They have better cause to do that
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N'ell "Probably he's a reporter."
Clnro "And why should a reporter
stare at my nose?"
Nell "They are supposed to keep
their eyes on everything that turns up,
aren't they?" London Tit-lilts.
Good Advice.
"Thl' ubglub spaghetti la aw
ful lob-glob Slippery stuff," com
plained' a customer In the rapld-Uro
roMnurnnt.
"Aw, don't try to oat It with your
knife!" briskly said llelolse, the
waitress. "Ketch It by the tall and
reel it ln."-Country Gentleman.
A Rare Treat.
"What's going on here?"
"A barilbolled business man who Is
n czar In. his olllce Is being given n
"The spectators seem to be etijoylng
the fun."
"Yes, two of them are his clerks."
UP-TO-DATE
Mrs, Manchaser: You ought to
make up your face a little, dearie,
before you go out where all those
younn men can sr you,
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Ever Seen a Range Built as of Solid Gold?,
We Invite you to admire this new, practically everlasting
coal and wood range: wit't its outer walls and high closet
built of n golden metal that makes it the counterpart in
appearanco of n runge built of solid gold I Its beauty Is
indescribable it tr.u-t be smi. Nothing hko it have you
ever witnessed. And tho new metal-heavy, thick "copper
old" retains its golden color, is not discolored by hear,
cleans easily, defies tust, does not chio, crack or break.
Sec it and marvel I - , '-.
ROUND OAK
COPPEROID CHIEF RANGE
Great production has piiccd this new beauty surprisingly
low. And dio price is guaranteed. Terms arranged. j
FRED SCHRIEVER & CO.
DAKOTA CITY, NK1IHAJSKA
Dearie: I won't need to, mother.
With this new short skirt on no ono
will notice my. face.
Luck. ,
He went to sco tlio dentist
The picture, of despair,
But came back smiling broadly
Tho dentist wasn't thoro.
INTERSTATE FAIR AUTO RACES
WILL BRING OUT NATIONAL
DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONS
What Is tho limit of snood which
can bo obtalnoif by a racing automo
bile? Tommy Milton shattered all exist
ing records for speed oil a straight
away track at Daytonna Beach by
making a mllo In n Utile over twenty
soon seconds. Ho traveled at tho
rato of ICO miles an hour.
Circular dirt track records will bo
omlangored at the Interstate Fair,
Sioux City, September ,18 and 19, in
similar fashion when tho ontrles get
togother and put on tho exhibition
tlmo-trlals scheduled as a big featuro
of tho meet. K any circular track
records are broken on tho local course
It will give it the immediate reputa
tion of being one of tho best tracks if.
tho coutnry.
Among the big drivers who aro
expected to scintilato at the fair aro
Fred Horey, Johnny Ralney, Loula
Dlabrow, Slg Huughdahl and other lesB
celebrated drivers, coming up from
the ranks of, tho younger racers.
Tho entertainment program Is tho
most pretontloua ono over planned by
tho fair. It Includes horse racing
vaudeville, musk, aviation, auto polo,
and a midway show, as well as scores
of lesser attractions fully as Interest
ing. INTERSTATE FAIR HARNESS
RACE PURSES AMOUNT
TO OVER $7,000.00
It officials ot tho Interstate Fatr,
Sioux City, Septombor 18 to 24, were
to plan a 100-mllo horso race most per
sons would think them crazy.
It is true, though, that 100-mllo
horso races wero common 75 years
ago. While looking up soveral track
records, to detormino how fast horse
men must drive to glvo the local track
a chance at hli;h marks,. Secretary D
V. Mooro discovered that 100-mllo, CO-
mllo and 2G-mlle races wero qulio
common less thati a century ago, and
that records for thoso distance, estab
lished then, still stand. Conqueror, a
black gelding, covered 100 miles In a
llttlo less than nine hours and the
record still Btands. Tho record for
fifty miles, made in 1853, Is a little
less than four hours.
The big foatu.ro of the entertainment
program is to bo horso racing. Purses
aggregating $7,450 will be paid. Other
features, Include aviation, ttuto racing,
vaudeville, music, and a midway show.
AttVactlous from all over the country
have beeir booked.
Those Interested iu exhibiting at the
fair may obtain full information about
prizes by Nwlttng to Secretary Moore
for u premium book.
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