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VOL. NO. XXXV1LL
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1922.
NO. 62
JO
HOLD SPECIAL
SERVICE LAST NITE
FOR LINCOLN
last tributes to his memorv. The
Despite Wintry Weather Methodist floral remembrances silently attest
Chnxch Has Good Attendance '"d the deep feeling of affection held
Fine Song Service. " fr.th,e deceased young man and in
their loss the family have the deep-
From Mondays Da..r. ' CEt appreciation of the entire coni-
The passing of the anniversary of lnlu?,tf: ondul
the birth of Abraham Lincoln was ?J ??
observed last evening at the First
Methodist church in a very Impress-
ive and pleasing manner and which
was well attended despite the fact
that the cold and blustry weather
tended to keep the householder close
to home.
The service was opened by the
singing of a number of the patriotic
songs of civil war days, the period
through which President Lincoln had
his most trying ordeals and these
songs served to get the audience in
of the services. The men's choir of ,
the church were present and carried'
out the music of the evening with!
the congregation joining in a number'
of the songs. The choir gave, an an- i
them of "Onward Christian Soldier,' j Early Saturday evening there was : 91S.C5. and the registered warrants
the adaption of the inspiring soce be-J qUi;e a mixup in the vicinity of the outstanding totaled J 123.234.4 G.
ing by Jude and in the bonds of the garage of the Plattsmouth Motor This, vith the report of the clerk,
men's choir was given most effective- qq t vhen the Ford car driven by was referred to the finance commit
ly and served as a fitting prelude to Eueene Vroman and that dt Robert tee for their consideration,
the address of the evening. i Fitch cf near Rock Bluffs, met ju. : i 1" regard to the park on Washing-
Rev. John Calvert in his remarks jn front of the filling station of the ton avenue. Chairman Knorr of the
took up the childhood days of Lincoln g-arage. j judiciary committee reported that the
and the inspiration that had been From what can be learned cf the scatter was at a standstill now with
given the lad by the teachings of his;affair jt seems that Mr. Vroman in the city to make the final move in
mother and the deep religious spirit companv with his mother. Mrs. L. the matter, and if the property own
that had been developed in the boy e. Vroman. and Mrs. O. L. York, ers of the lots condemned did not
by the study of the Eitle and the
few books that the pioneer home
forded. He related how, after the
death of the mother, young Lincoln ;
had secured the services of one of the
traveling missionaries to hold serv-
ices over the grave of the mother and i
that all through his life Lincoln had
preserved his senre cf religious train-
ing that he had first acquired in the
tiny log hut in the Kentucky wilder-
neas. The minister in the limited man was forced clear over to the left
time gave a very inspiring address on side of the highway. As the car of
the lessons of the life of Lincoln and jjr. Vroman and the taam was pass
how the example of L'ntoln bad ln-!,jCg Mr. Fitch drove out from the
pplred others of the world 'leaders in f filling station of the garage and the
their work, citing Lle.ve-Oeore ofiwo cars met. head cm. The effect on
England aa an example OT the hum-1 the car of Mr. Fitch was to break
ble boy uho Inspired by the lessons one of the front wheel3 and damage
of Lincoln had f.ited himself for.up the front portion of the car and
world leadership. to the car of Mr. Vroman a bent
The sense of religious responsibil- shaft was the result,
ity that had been the guide of Lin- The occupants of both cars were
coin should enter into a larger meas- shaken up more or less but it is not
ure the life of all of the present day thought seriously, altho Mrs. Fitch
men and women if they are to have had a badly bruised arm.- It is for
the real vision of leadership, was one tunate that the accident was net
of the leading thoughts of the speak- more serious,
er and well brought out. , I
Mrs. William Baird, in her usual n i n Mfll P IIITTD
effective manner gave the reading of II. o. K. HlLI i IN I Sn"
the Gettysburg address of Lincoln Ul ni 1,1 HI I 1.11
that epic which has gained rank rPTIUP IfrCTIMP
among the addresses of modern times. 1 ' lAllilll 1511 F I llll
The meeting was attended by quite- UUIIIIU liltbllilW
a representation of those from other
churches and' was inspirational Bernese Newell Hostess of the
inrougnout. s i
The Rev. Father W. S. Leete, rec
tor of the St. Luke's Episcopal church
gave the benediction at the close cf
the service. ,
VISITS SHARP FACTORY
Prom Monday' taiiy
Mr. C. E. Miller representing A.
H. Arnold and Bro.. 408 South Ca
nal Street, Chicago, was a caller at
the L. C. Sharp Mfg. Co. yesterday.
Mr. Miller left for Faynesville,
Minn., St. Paul, Wis. and Wisconsin
Rapids, where he is installing the
famous butter cutters made here by
the Sharp Co. These machines are
liandled ty the Arnold Co.
Mr. Miller states the machines are
having a great success and his con
cern is now about ready to place an
other order for twenty more ma
chines which will be built in the
Plattsmouth shops, also'there may be
a possibility that the Arnold com
pany may place a branch office in
Omaha and have their entire lit . of
creamery machinery inade here in
Plattsmouth. The A. B. Arnold Co.
Is one cf the most progressive crea
mery machinery distributers in the
U. S.
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
Frotn Tuesday Dally.
The many friends here of Eugene
Maurer will be sorry, to learn that
Mr. Maurer was compelled to un
Aartm nrr earoro inAratinn at the
University hospital in Omaha on a trouble probably hare to
Sunday evening and that' owing to aergo a second operat on in add!
the very severe nature of the oper- tJon to that performed last Sunday
ation his case is guite serious. Mr. "en!B-t Mr' Mr ca?e. through
Maurer has been suffering for a num- first operation in fairly good
ber of months from stomach trouble ape is case is very serious
and his case became so serious that !? h option of the attending phy
it was necessary to have him taken and " vas announced that a
to the hospital-and he was taken "Ldaperatlm WUld probably be
..Aii cTAn rr ta a wn q nrf- "pessary.
sary to operate at once.
HITS BELOW ZERO
From ilonda'a r:iy.
The mercury this morning showed
of the coldest days of the winter.
on
as it hit four below zero at the Bur-
linptnn Ktation this momine at 5
o'clock and while nothing like the
usual brand of winter weather, it
crrt tn rpmind the rmblic that the
winter searon Is far from over. The
cold however was not felt as much
as yesterday when the cold and bit -
Injr wind made the home' fireside
very comfortable.
FUNERAL OF WM. ROTHHANN
From Holiday's Daily. .
The funeral of the late William
Rotlimann was Jield Saturday after
noon at the St. Paul's Evangelical
church and quite largely attended
by the friends and neighbors of this
estimable young man. who paid their
'fj, s.,"jt . , . :.
VJJlV'. " . T..?
ceed 70un- mn
ceasf
Hn, JX!ent as bad at ak
11111 cemetery-
AUTOMOBILES HAVE
...
K RHT MiY-P
ft uLIUlfl itli.fl UF
ords Of Eugene Vroman and Scb-
ert Fitch Come Together Near
Ford Garage Saturday.
From Monday's Dally.
had smarted home and just turned the
af-;corner and started wesi on Pearl'
street when the driver saw a team
and buggy approaching from the
uest. Just in front of the Iverson
blacksmith shop there js a small
wagon standing that is undergoing
repairs and this made it necessarv
for driver of the team to get his
i chicle ever farther in the center of
the street and as the result Mr. Vro-lat
Ladies and Very Interesting
Time Had by D. A. R.
From Tuesday's Dali.
The home cf Mi?s Bernese Xw
j ell was the scene of a most pleasing
gathering last evening when the
1 Fontenelle chapter of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution met
in their regular session of the month.
The opening was in accordance
with their ritual with prayer and
the salute to the flag which was fol
lowed by a moit interesting histor
ical review covering the breach be
tween, the American colonies and the
English .government and which was
the opening period of the Revolu
tionary war.
Mrs. Earl A. Stanfild gave a most
interesting review of the D. A. R.
magazine that was much enjoyed.
The chapter then took up their
regular business and took the occas
ion to pay tribute to the memory of
the martyr president, Abraham Lin
coln, -with a prayer, as well as the
singing of America.
The chapter also voted an expres
sion of thanks to the Journal for
their aid in the preparations for the
drive for the war memorial tablet.
ANOTHER OPERATION
From Wednesday's Dally
The reports from the University
hospital in Omaha state that Eugene
Maurer, who is there suffering from
the effects of a severe case of Ktom-
OTTERBETN GUILD MEETS
From Monday s Dally.
The Otterbein Guild of the United
?re""i ilt' X Mr"
ath.hJ??e ir-!ers
J- "' "fi T 7Z
r 1 Lal"ru . "J
f in thff
Jn f tlbustneSaffalrl of tLe
cssl? or tne Dusmess anairs. oi the
JJJ JJFgS
!T
, n provided by the hostesses.
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(Blank Books at the Journal Office.
OITY COUN
CIL HAS VERY
SHORTSESSIDN
DECIDE TO HAVE PLANS PRE
PARED AND ESTIMATES
MADE ON PAVING.
From Tuepdav s Dally.
T.n cacviAn i-f tha rMfir rfn n ri 1 lost
evening was calm and peaceful in
all respects and all of the members
with the exception of Councilman
Lindeman of the second ward were
present to answer to their names at
It he roll call.
Tor once the council was not favor
ed with any communications or peti-
tions and this served to speed up the
Proceedings
City Clerk Duxbury reported that
!in the period since the last session of
'.he council, he had collected the sum
! of $8- 283.14. and which
I placed in the city strong
had been
placeu m the city strong dox.
City Treasurer C. 12. Hartford re
ported that there was a balance in
the various funds of the city of 537,-
desir? to appeal the case that the
city could go f.head and pay over the
price estimated as a fair and just
one and acquire tne tine to me re
maining lots in the tract.
Chairman McCarthy of the fire and
water committee reported that the
head offices of the PlatUmouth Water
i company had telegraphed their price
on the plant here and set the figurer.
5150. 0C0. The report of the com-
mittee was accepted and placed
on
fie.
The fire and water committee also
presented an ordinance that fixed a
charge to be made for the use of the
fire truck if taken outside of the city
limits and the fees of the members
of the fire department accompanying
the truck and also stating that not
more than four members of the fire
department should go with the truck
and that an eme'rgency hose cart be
kept at the hose house for use in
case of fire breaking out while the
truck was abrent from the city. The
rate of $1 per mile and 75 cents per
hour for the firemen to be charged to
the person who had called the de
partment for service out of the city
limits. This resolution, which was
framed to save the taxpayers the ex
pense of the truck in case it was de
fired to use it to fight fires outside
of the city, was passed unanimously.
The fire and water committee was
also empowered to advertise for bids
for the old hose house on Winter
cteen hill that had been abandoned.
Mr. McCarthy stated that the hose in
use there had been transferred to the
central hose house so there might be
1,000 feet of hose for use on the
truck in case two calls in succession
were received, and to give one set a
chance to dry out.
Councilman Schulhof of the light
ing committee reported that under
the light contract there ware Eeven
new 40-watt lamps to be installed,
and stated the company desired to
have this done as soon as possible. It
was decided that the members of the
council look over places in their re
spective wards that might need addi
tional lights and report same to the
committee.
Mayor Johnson stated that in the
case of John Koukal et al vs. the City
of Plattsmouth, in which the plain
tiffs had their property set outside of
the city limits through the default of
the city, that the matter could be
re-opened if the council desired and
on motion of Councilman Maurer
thi3 was ordered done.
Councilman Ptacek stated that the
water company was asking for a new
contract and that they had failed to
comply with the old one in not mak
ing the extensions ordered several
months ago and that the clerk notify
the company to make the extensions
or reach some satisfactory agreement
by March 15th. or that the city re
cover from the bondsmen of the com
pany for failure to live up to the
contract.
There was some discussion of the
manner of handling the pay cf the
merchants' night police and It was
decided to leave the handling of the
funds collected from the business
men in the hands of the police com
mittee. The question of the re-paving of
Main street was then brought up by
Councilman Rtacek in a motion to
have the clerk and mayor advise the
eneineers to nrenare ninn and pii.
mates for the re-paving of Main
street and submit same to the coun
cil as soon as practical.
Councilman Maurer stated that at
meeting held by the property own-
they had decided against the
proposition and he thought that the!
wishes of those interPstAd shnnM V,o '
more carefully considered as he did
not believe " rlht to UBh the mat"
t through in viw nf th ntHt,,
taken. He claimed that material and
freight were as high as ever and that
,only the prIce of labor had become
lower and thcrugtit that they should
'wait.
j Councilman Schuli.-of stated that'
'there had been a priest against the
j paving of Seventh street and that the J
city had gore stead with the wort
i anyway and he did i.ji believe that.
this rase was any sJ Hcrent.
i Councilman IJov.e remarked that
the chamber of emnr:(i?e hr.d urged
the waving proposit: :i and that he
did not think it w n ceary to
back down at this ti . .
Conacilman LfcCa'ihy pc.inted out
that the meeting ha i been called to
j decide what kind of ;.nving had been
desired and that it i ri turned into
an argument pro and con us to doing
ithe work and that he thought a
'unanimous opinion c.'ild jiot he se
cured in a hundred : ars.
Councilman beiiull ...t in spiking
cf the form of the st-,ct. stated that
th iftwertr-sr hn.d he :i to-tiIo -n the
plans of Engineer F:.rk T. Harrow
rnd that he did not -hink it should
be interfered with ii. f.Ly way. Thi?
view was also taken v Councilman
McCarthy that every -arcty measure
to care for the wateV should he used
and that a FTca'i np -n di:ch might
care for the small air u:'.i. of surface
water tl'at flowed in tiip .street.
The motion of J".-. P;acel: was
carried with Couneilr...::! Mav.rer vot
ing in the negative.
The matter of the
the paving was refer
ciary committee to f
for the habit of the
parties digging up r
they saw fit and n
ircpcrly. Carl K'in?man. wl
.'iagins ur of
d to the judi
some penal'y
corporations or
' ing wt-enever
; replacing it
wps j resent,
:o whether or
larked the cruncil n-c
jnr-t the property owe- '..r.uld have
any voice in cietermi:.:!;? the matter
rf lowering or raisinr the paving on
M:.in street, and exj nd the ear
nest desire thf:t if a y chr-n.-;? was
made, the street be n tie even lower
if necessary.
Mayor Johnson Fta fd that as far
as he was concerned the wishes of
the residents alon? Mr in street world
govern him in the matter of raiding
or lowering the siree' .r putlinsr in
the storm sewc-r es b -d been at one'
time suggested.
The matter of the bands of state
bink3 for public fun was brought
,;p by former Mayor 1!. A. Schneider
and the finance corns ittea empower
ed to see if the changes in the lew
would permit the L:.nl:s operating
urder the state guars nteo Jaw to re
frain from furciFhin,1. tlie bonds.
The following bill were approved
by the finance committee and ordered
paid by the council:
Nebraska Gas & Electric fto..
street lights S231.S3
Lincoln Tel. and Teleg. Co..
rent and tolls '
C. E. Hartford, coal city hall
C. E. Hartford, coal city hall
First Not. Bank, for bond
telegrams
N brrxka Gas & Electric Co..
service, city hall
A. H. Duxbufy. stamps and
expene
James Robertson, clerk of dis
trict court. Trilety v City
O K Garage, gas, fire truck
J. Katt & Son, salt, fire dent.
Dr. O. Sandin. expense to the
;,crfoIk convention
C. Eoetel. burying dogs
John Mauer. Sr., bridge work
7.60
29.95
2G.40
6.42
4. SC.
2. GO
44. S5
2. 78
.50
20.00
.05
4.75
1.00
(Western Union, telegrams
ENJOY FINE ADDRESS
from Tuesdays Dallv.
The Young Men's Bible Class of
the Methodist church last evening
enjoyed one of their most enjoyable
meetings of the winter series of in
formal lectures when they had with
them, Superintendent G. E. DeWoife
of the city schools. The subject tak
en by Mr. DeWoife was that of the
American history period that cov
ered the advent of Abraham Lincoln
into the arena of national politics,
dealing with the Missouri Compro
mise, the "Kansas-Nebraska till and
the Dred Sectt decision of the su
preme, fixing the right of seizure of
fugitive slaves in nn-slave spates of
the north and which served to fur
ther widen the brfach between the
slaveholders and the advocates of a
slaveless -nation. The speaker cov
ered the ground thoroughly and his
remarks were much enjoyed and gave
the members of the class the great
est fund of information as to this
period of the national life.
The latter part o: the evening was
spent in the enjoyr.ient of sonirs by
all cf the members present and also
in the refreshment of mince piie
and coffee that tht committee had
provided.
CAEU CF THANHS
We desire to express our heartfelt
appreciation of ths kind sympathy
tendered us at the loss of our be
loved son and brother. Also we de
sire to thank the friends for their
beautiful floral remembrances.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Rothmann; Lou
ie Rathmann: Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Thompson; Mr. and Mrs. John Berg-
man; Mr. and Mrs. George Ramsey;
Mrs- and Mrs- no? stewart; Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Rathmann.
TODAY IS A H0LTDAY
from Monday's Dallv
As the anniversary
of Lincoln's
k,-v,o j q.,,,,.
yearthe event wa observed as a! has been formed in Denver to
tol hoHda? d th T banks ancU rkt:tPort!ri"!fSL "JF?
w,, ' 'the Platte navigable he will ship
Th J eve otherw; unobsera al XTVV 1
as the Burlington ehops -were work-' uart,e 1X11 ' '
ing ag usual &-d tfae sres and busi. .and we are with you.
ness houses of the city were open fori
-ithe trade. I Blank Books at the Journal Offlce. '
'WHITE WINGS' DE
STROYED BY FIRE
j
?eaSuS 0f ttic Road is No More
Good Fortune Saves Journal
Representative.
Mary of you reader". lu'e Laid that
when it happi ns to "us." we do not
say anything I'bout it. but you want
all the news, so here it is.
Just a few minutes .fter twelve
o'clock Monday. :i" the Journal field
representative was traveling the rub
lie highway two ruik't. wi-.-t of Union,
jenroute to
partaking
thai place and bent on
:-f a hearty dinner, we
! wr surprised on losing down to
E;e im-as coni.CT up
throimh the
of
C-Ui
cclr
ted "White
Wings.
We had been having some trouble
v.'ith the engino missing and had it
in mind to get ii new timer at Union,
hut the fire cuiiie two tnile before
ihr.t. Just r.s we came over the top
of a hill and started down the back
firing was rapid, causing t'.s to look
Jrr.vn jjst as the" fianu-s shot up into
thenar.
Loosing one hand from the wheel
we endeavored to open the door and
::t the same time to halt the car in
its flifht down the hill, but the door
was hard to open and diverting our
attention temporarily to doing so, and
we had no more than gotten it open
when we glanced up to see one of
the front wheels go over the bank.
Leaded for a deep ditch. Graspin
the wheel as firmly as v.e could with
cne hand, we stayed -with the "ship
until it Jilt bottom, when we were
r-artly thrown out, and by jumping
maraged to cler.r the burning wreck
The lop, which had kept off many
:i cold wind, was gone in a minute
and all the inflan.able material fol
1 wed shortly, as there was nothing
with which to quench the fire except
i3irt at the roadside, and that none
too plentiful with the ground frozen
tr it was.
After the flames had subsided,
-vith the assistance of A. R. Dowler,
we directed our attention to getting
the remains to the nearby farm yard
cf Georgg Lindsay, where we douced
t with water from lii3 tank.
s Well that U All, though we are
feeling prttty well, thank you, for
tcing able to get out as luckily as
.ve did.
ST VALENTINE'S DAY
om Tuesday's Ially.
Today is one of the oldest of the
holidays that is observed over the
world, that of St. Valentine, and
c'.ates back to the old Roman holi
days when the festival of the mat
ing season was first started to be
observed as a feast day.
This was also the Roman holiday
held in honor of Lupercus, the wolf
destroyer, and later on his anniver
sary the fesjtival of the mating of the
men and maids of the Roman coun
try was celebrated and from that
: me forth the date has been mem
orial with the capture of fond and
fluttering hearts.
In the third century the Christ
ians changed the name of the day
in honor of St. Valentine, and the
festival one of the chief events of
the c.1.1 English holidays and it was
observed with the greatest of cere
monyj In our time .the event has largely
been given over to the sending and
intercJiange of the artistic and burn
ing love notes that are represented
in the valentines and today there
are many joyful hearts over this
community that rejoice over receiv
ing such tender missives.
FUNERAL OF OLD RESIDENT
From Tuesday Dully.
The funeral rervices of the late C.
E. Yates, well known in Plattsmouth
rnd Lincoln, was held this afternoon
it S o'clock from the family resi
dent. 720 South 16th St.. Lincoln.
Mr. Yates' death occurred Wednes
day at Los Angeles, where he was
spending the winter and the widow
and son. Willard Yates accompan
ied the body "back home from the
wast, arriving in Lincoln yesterday
after being delayed some time on the
road through washouts on the rail
roads over which they traveled.
Among the honorary pall bearers
named for the funeral were Hon.
Francis E. White and J. O. Phillippi
of Omaha and Dr. T. P. Livingston
of this city, who were old time
friends of Mr. Yates.
Mr. Yates was one of the pioneer
railroad men of the Burlington in
this state.
OLD RESIDENT EERE
From Tuesday's rally.
Mr. S. G. Porter of Denver. Colo.,
was in the city yesterday shaking
hands with old friends. Sam is one:
cf the old Plattsmouth boys born in
this city, now operating a large
ranch on the state line, also Interest
ed in a Valuable coal proposition in
Colorado having just received pa
tent from' the government for a large
acreage on a wonderf ur body of coal
at one place having exposed face of
sixty feet of semi-hard coal, A com-
HOLD WOLF HUNT
! The wolf hunt last Monday re
suited in the killing of it wo animals.
Owing to the thinness of the north
, lin" four wolves were said to have
escaped. This unequal distribution of
men seems to be the greatest draw
Lack to thcie hums. The sides near
er! ..'own draw large crowds, while
the lines nio;t remote are left with
no itsuflicient men ao cover. There
will be another hunt Saturday, the
south line being two miles north of
Eagle, the west line at the county
line, the east line at Alvo and the
north line four miles north of the
south line. This takes in a (territory
four miles square, and if all sides
:jre adequately protected ought to re
sult favorably. Eagle Beaton.
KLUX KLAN
CARRY ON GREAT
WORK IN NATION
Donation For Family in Unfortunate
Circumstances Received by
Journal for Presentation.
When the mention of the Ku Klux
Klan is made the public generally
has the impression of a strange band
of men whose doings cloaked at nite
are full of menace, but the more
clear-think men and women of the
country are beginning to realize that
perhaps it is .something more and
that the dignity and majesty of the
order is far greater than the efforts
of their enemies would have it ap
pear, and" they sen to be filling a
distinct place in the life of the na
tion. One of the reasons that has led us
to believe that this order must be
more than some of the press state
ments would have us believe, is the
fact that when the Journal office
was opened up this morning for the
day's work there was found a letter
slipped benea-th the door, and on
opening it there was visable a bill
of the mintage of Uncle Sam and
with it a note. The note directed the
Journal to give the money inclosed
to the family of one of the former
service men of the community who
has been confined Sip his home bjr
sickness, that it might aid the fam
ily to procure what comforts they
could while the husband and father
lay sick. The message was signed by
the 'Xnigbts of :he Ku Klux Klan.
This -is the first intimation of the
existence cf the order here and if
they are to carcr on this good work
and display this spirit of christian
love and duty, we say more power
to them and to the mysterious dwell
ers of the invisible empire who bear
in their hearts the love of their fel-
lowmen that is commanded in the
divine law.
For the thoughtfulcess of the
K!an there is a little mete bright
ness In one of the homes of the city
and at least one family is going to
think a great deal of these unknown
members of the order that has gained ,
great strength in the last two years
ever all the nation.
CEMENT PRICES DROP
St. Louis, Feb. 13. The price of
cement was lowered today 10 cents
a barrel by a large cement manu
facturing concern, reducing the pres
ent scale to $2.30 per barrel in car
load lots to dealers.
Blank Books at the Journal Office.
'M M'1
Keep Your Dollars Having!
Healthy business demands the max
imum rate of. turnover for all factors in
trade money as well as materials.
But, spending alone will not make
business active. Funds must be accumu
lated to permit growth and progress.
Keep surplus dollars which you con
trol in Certificates of Deposit issued by
this bank. They will bring you 4r in
terest while helping our community.
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The First Naiional bank
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CORN PLANTING
IN STATE DECREAS
ED MANY ACRES
Assessors Report Difference hi 1920
end 192i Firuies; Potatoes
Planted Mere Extensively
Lincoln, Feb. 12. Wi:h an acre
age of 7.4 3 8.700 in M21. compared
with 7,rG0,r.5." in 192C. corn occu-
' pied the place of prominence in Ne
braska crop ar?as last year, accord
ing to a report of assesor on the
number of acres of cultivated crop.
filed with the state department of
agriculture. This repre.-ents a de
crease cf 1S1.G55. which is account
ed for either in the number of acres
turned to other crops or were idle
after cultivation the previous year.
Yield Greatly Decreased
The corn production for .the year
is given as 20S.732.212 bushels.
compared with 235.5 44. S 1 fi in 1920.
a decrease cf 4G.S12.C04 bushels.
This is accounted for Loth in de
creased acreage and decreased yield
pr acre caused by drouth in some
sections .in August. With a value of
50 cents per bushti in 1I2U. and 22
cents per bushel in 1921, the depart
ment points out why the Nebraska
corn crop yielded but little 1o the
producer.
The winter wheat acreage was re
ported as 3.S61.6S3 for 1921. an in
crease cf 427,138 acres over 1920.
and more than 45,000 acres over the
highest acreage for the last six
years. The total production of win
ter wheat was 54.000.000 .bushels,
with a valife of $46,000,000. as com
pared with a production of 5S.00O.
000 bushels and a value of 193,000.
000 in 1920. The value per bushel
was approximately half that of 1920.
while the change from spring wheat
to winter wheat and oats was no
ticeable throughout the state.
Potatoe Acreage Increased
The acreage of potatoes was in
creased from 85,439 acre in 1920 to
102.074 acres in 1921, an increase
cf approximately 4 0 per cent, ac
cording to the reports. The average
yield wis 80 bushels per acre, as
compared with 9S bushels in 1920.
. J-irestock, especially cattle, being
ft produat that was easily liqidated.
the decrease in cattle for the state
averaged 7. per cent, with an aver
age of 22 per cent decrease in steers,
declares the report. Poultry and
poultry products developed into a
source cf profitable in-come not here
tofore explored, while fruita and
ct:her minor crops remained about
stationary, the reports show.
FINE NEW BOY
From Morday'i Dally.
This noon the stork mad1 a call
rt the home of Don C. York and wife
and left In their charge a flue lit
tle son, who is of regulation weight
and is in the pink of condition and
with the mother is doing niC3ly. It
is needless to say that Don is about
the best pleased man in this locality
over the new happiness that ha
come to his home.
, TOR SALE
Six room cottage, modern, fxcenf
furnace. Garage, one lot. Four blocka
from post office, fine locality. Price,
$2,500.
Also a five-room cottage on easy
payments.
4-7-9. 3sw. R. B. WINDHAM.
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