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Record Enroll
ment This Year
in4H Clubs
Nebraska Has 21,086 Boys and Girls
in Projects This Year 512
in Cass County.
That rural boys and girls are
anxious to remain on the farm 'in
stead of migrating to the cities was
shown in the announcement of an all
time record enrolment in 4-H clubs.
A total of 21.0S6 youths in all parts
of the state are now in the project
work.
The report on enrolments, based
on June 13 reports, shows 5,000 more
boys and girls in the work now than
at the corresponding time in 1935.
They represent every county in the
state and in their work study all
phases of tarm and home life.
Altho L.. I. Frisbie, state club lead
er at the college of agriculture was
not here when the announcement
was made, he has said there is a
general trend toward more interest
in farm life. Frisbie is in "Washing
ton attending the national 4-H camp.
Lancaster county holds the lead
in enrolment with 1,111 boys and
girls in the work. Gage county stands
second with 832. Otoe has 704, Doug
las, 625; Buffalo. 563; Dawson, 526;
Cass, 512; 'and Scotts Bluff, 502.
C!othip,s-:l the most popular project,
with 4,121 girls enroled as members.
A Jial of 1,512 have baby beeves
rSfh feed.
Enrolment by counties:
Adams 2S9 Jefferson 110
Antelope 240 Johnson 470
Arthur 0 Kearney 46
Banner 96 Keith 90
Blaine 65 Keya Faha 47
Boone 12S Kimball 149
Box Butte 239 Knox 179
Boyd 65 Lancaster 1,111
Brown 117 Lincoln 409
Buffalo 553 Logan 59
Burt 280 Loup 0
Butler 74 McPherson 66
Cass 512 Madison 169
Cedar 90 Merrick 210
Chase 28 8 Morrill 151
Cherry 110 Nance 155
Cheyenne 206 Nemaha 201
Clay 188 Nuckolls 284
Colfax 208 Otoe 704
Cuming 207 Pawnee 167
Custer 578 Perkins 393
Dakota 212 Phelps 168
Dawes . 225 Pierce 156
Dawson 526 Platte 272
Deuel 96 Polk 118
Dixon 154 Red Willow 244
Dodge ' 311 "Richardson 437
Douglas 625 Rock 27
Dundy 215 Saline 412
Fillmore 265 Sarpy 28
Franklin 55 Saunders 210
Frontier 333 Scotts Bluff 502
Furnas 228 Seward 291
Gage 832 Sheridan 202
Garden 114 Sherman 135
Garfield 34 Sioux 70
Gosper 80 Stanton 90
Grant 68 Thayer 401
Greeley 118 Thomas 32
Hall 393 Thurston 188
Hamilton 451 Valley 243
Harlan 164 Washington 419
Hayes 74 Wayne 184
Hitchcock 193 Webster 266
Holt 212 Wheeler 26
Hooker 27 York 51
Howard 206
JOLLY STRITCHERS MEET
The Jolly Stitchers held their
meeting June 16 at the home of Betty
and Bern ice Kalmes. .We cut out our
pattern for hot pan holders. We have
a new member, Hertha Patschies.
We have nine members in our club
now.
We weren't able to finish our meet
ing due to the weather. Mary Jane
Tschirren gave a demonstration on
the hot pan holder pattern. A de
lightful lunch was served.
We continued our meeting June
2G at the Lome of Barbara Stander,
and took up our new lesson. Betty
Halmes gave a demonstration on the
blanket stitch. We judged our dust
cloths and hot pan holders. Vir
ginia Bierl got first place on dust
cloths, Hertha Patscheis and Barbara
Stander second, Kathryn Tschirren
and Frances Bierl third.
On the hot pan holders, Barbara
Stander first, Hertha Patscheis sec
end, Kathryn Tschirren. third.
At the close of the meeting a de
lightful lunch was served. We sang
a few songs.
Our next meeting will be at the
home of our leader, Mrs. Donald Har
ris. NEWS REPORTER.
ST. PAUL'S AUXILIARY
The St. Paul's Auxiliary will meet
on Thursday afternoon at the church
I-arlor3. Hostesses, Mrs. Fred Guen
ther and Mrs. Adam Stoehr. All are
imited to be present.
WINE TAXES SLASHED
Washington. The liquor tax ad
ministration act, revising wine tax
rates sharply downward, was signed
into law by President Roosebelt.
'See it before you ouy It."
MUKEAY BOYS LEARNING
TO TIE USEFUL KNOTS
A rope club was organized at Mur
ray on May 12, under supervision of
Ivan Deles Dernier. We held our
first meeting at the library, electing
officers as follows: Donald Nelson,
president; Dale Wohlfarth, vice pres
ident; Roy Wilson, secretary, and
Dallas Redden, news reporter. The
name "Knot Em Up" was chosen for
the club.
The next meeting was held at the
Presbyterian church at which time
pamphlets were distributed and the
first lesson material discussed.
Our last meeting was held on June
23 at the home of Dale Wohlfarth.
At this meeting Charles Stastka was
elected secretary to take Roy Wil
son's place and Theodore Baker, Jr.,
to take Dallas Redden's place as
news reporter. Each of us was given
a piece of rope about three feet long:;
then we read our pamphlets and
learned how to tie the following
knots: Square knot, granny knot,
bowline, slip knot, binder knot and
weaver's knot. Our meeting was
then adjourned.
Mrs. Wohlfarth 6crved a very de
licious lunch of ice cream and cake
after the meeting.
We will hold our next meeting at
Ivan Deles Dernier's home on Tues
day of this week, June 30.
Theodore Baker, Jr.,
News Reporter.
Ancient City
is Unearthed
in Nebraska
Discovery Near Lynch Believed the
Largest in North America
Upsets Theory.
Lynch, Neb., June 2 6. Beneath
ruins of an ancient city built on
what once was a Nebraska desert,
University of Nebraska archaelogists
today unearthed evidencew hich led
Dr. Earl H. Bell, leader of the party,
to beieve an even more ancient civil
ization had been discovered.
Bell said the city, found yesterday,
probably is the largest pre-historic
city which ever existed in North Am
erica. He added that the discovery
would upset a serious theory that no
middlewestern agricultural civiliz
ation existed prior to 500 years ago.
Added Discovery Today.
Today's additional discovery was
made by Bernard Refshauge, a grad
uate student, who was digging in
layers beneath the ancient city. He
found an abundance of chipped flints
indicative of a race even more an
cient. The find confirmed Dr. Bell's be
lief the antiquity of man in this re
gion would b3 pushed back from 500
years to iour thousand years or more.
This stratum, the third to be dis
covered since the party of nine came
here a few days ago, produced the
ony flnt artifacts thus far found.
There was no pottery in this lowest
layer.
Pirst Group Nomads.
Bell expressed the opinion the cul
ture represented a race of nomads
which depended solely upon hunting
and did not farm as did the dwellers
of the later city. The third stratum,
however, has barely been touched and
rain halted the workers today.
Before the rain, however, the dig
ging at all levels was the most profit
able thus tar, furnishing the party
with large and small pots, carbonized
vegetables of many varieties and pos
sibly another forerunner of a later
type Nebraska subterranean house.
The party, the first ever to work
this region archaclogically, hopes to
press its work ahead to discern how
many people lived in the ancier-t
city, to find how its civilization com
pared to contemporary old world
cities and then to dig into the third
and lower layer. The excavations in
dicate the city was three miles long
and half a mile wide.
Location "Ideal."
The scientist attributed the size of
the city to its "ideal location for an
early civilization." The site is lo
cated 'amidst bluffs above Ponca
creek. The nearby lowland was ir
rigated naturaly by springs flowing
from tho hills, and the highland to
the north was a rich hunting ground.
The archelogical sight was inves
tigated after the university received
reports from George Wilcox, former
Kiinerintendent of Lynch schools, that
thousands or arrowheads were laying
on the hills near Lynch.
ti,0 work is being done on the
farms cf Vic Jehorek and Harold
Stewart.
h. riflits vou touy. Catalog
descriptions are flowery enough,
but how about trie goods when
you flet them?"
Watch Business
Graph on Bonus
Payment Effect
Statisticians Say It Will Be Some
Time Before Full Influence on
Business Is Noted,
Washington. How much employ
ment will germinate from 1.1 billion
dollais scattered over the land was
the substance of an interrogation
point that stands high in the Wash
ington picture.
In many circles it even subordi
nated interest in the final rush of
congress to get out of the capital in
the between-convention lull.
Statisticians thruout the governl
ment were watching for rising lines
on their business graphs, straws that
would point the way the billion dol
lar gale was going. Out of these,
they wanted to measure the effect
that it would have in pulling men
out of work relief lines and setting
them to punching the oldfashioned
time clock.
The week put $1,650,000,000 of
baby bonds into the hands of 3,000,
000 men of a wide variety of tastes
and habits; yet with the single unify
ink link; they all went abroad to take
the cause of the allies into battle on
land and sea and in the air 19 years
ago.
Long Struggle for Bonus.
Scarcely a year after tney had re
turned came the beginning of that
long struggle for the bonus. It has
gone forward without cessation since
on convention floors, in party plat
forms, in presidential veto messages
and in debates in house and senate.
It brought an army of men to
Washington to stream through the
streets of the capital, to march back
and forth across capitol plaza in a
day and night vigil upon the legis
lators, and to be finally driven out
by the levelled bayonets and spewing
gas bombs of the United States army.
Even the payment which this week
culminated the long bonus fight came
to the veterans after two vetoes at
the hands of President Roosevelt. Its
payment had been set in the orig
inal bill for 1945. And the original
measure had met the crisply worded
"no" of Calvin Coolidge.
In waiting for the returns from
the spending of the proceeds from
the millions of 550 . bonds that the
postmen delivered, statisticians had
little with which to gauge what the
final tabulation might show.
They had a survey which sowed
tat millions of dollars would go into
automobiles, homes, farms, toward
paying debts, and into all of the
widely varying necessities of life. Al
ready the labor department employ
ment figures were described by Isa
dore Lubin, its chief statistician, as
pointing upward.
OBITUARY OF B. A. BAKER
5yron Amos Baker son of Achilles
and Rebekah Dillon Baker, was born
at Nashville, Michigan, September 2,
1862, and after an illness of about
one year quietly passed away at his
farm home south of AVeeping Water
on June 19, 1936, at the age of 73
years, 9 months and 17 days.
When a small boy, he with his
parents moved to Cheyenne, Wyom
ing, coming to Nebraska in 1874.
On February 28, 1884, he was mar
ried to Margaret Howsman and to
this union eleven children were born.
one daughter, Blanche, preceding him
in death. Mrs. Baker died in 1931.
The family moved to Weeping
Water in 1901 and to the present
home in 1907.
Mr. Baker was a carpenter by
trade and many of the homes in
Weeping Water are the work of his
hands. During the past two years,
he has spent many hours in his
?hop building pieces of cabinet work.
He leaves to mourn his loss, Mrs.
Elvira Bussell, Wolbach, Nebraska;
Charles, of Toledo, Ohio; Robert,
Sam, Mrs. Olive Johnson, Edna,
Creda Johnson, Freda Jensen, Byron
and William, all of Weeping Water.
TO DRAFT CLAUDE BOWERS
Washington The democratic high
command is considering drafting
Claude Bowers, 192S keynoter, to aid
in the re-election campaign of Pres
ident Rsosevelt, it was learned Wed
nesday. Bowers, American ambassa
dor to Spain, is expected to work
with the democratic national com
mittee in developing strategy calcu
lated to meet vigorous attacks from
the republican leadership. He is re
cognized as a master political tacti
cian and an invaluable aid in hand
ling publicity. As such, he probably
will work with Postmaster General
James A. Farley and Charles Michel
son, publicity director for the na
tional committee.
Phone news Items to No. 6.
1RD0CK ITEMS
Jack Hitchcock, of Havelock, spent
the past week with his grandfather,
L. Neitzel, during which time he
helped with the cherry harvest.
Albert Bauer and wife were in
Lincoln over the week end, enjoying
a visit with two of their daughters
who make their home in the capi
tal city.
Mrs. Julius Reinke has not been
feeling the best for Borne time and
has been compelled to remain in her
Led, but is reported improving at
this writing.
Charles Kupke is looking after
affairs at the L. Neitzel hardware
store during the time Mr. Neitzel is
away, as he did during the time Mr.
Neitzel was sick.
William Rikli and family and Hen
ry Heinemann and wife were at Ord
to attend the funeral of the sister of
the ladies, Mrs. Koelling, returned
home last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. liackemeier,
of Elmwood, were visiting friends in
Murdock and also went out to the
farm west of town to look after
some matters of business.
A home talent organization of the
Murdock Evangelical church will be
in charge of the evening worship
hour at the church next Sunday and
will present a play for the benefit of
the Missionary society.
O. J. Hitchcock and family of
Havelock and L. Neitzel and daugh
ter Clara, were entertained at dinner
last Sunday at the home of A. J.
Neitzel. A very pleasant visit was
enjoyed during the afternoon.
O. E. Bradford and wife, who have
been visiting here, departed for Can
yon City, Colorado, where he will
work in a bank during the vacation
from his shool duties, as he is to
teach at Harbine again the coming
year.
The Louisville Bible school con
ference met at the church last Wed
nesday and considered the welfare of
the organization, having their busi
ness session and an excellent time as
well. Mr. Harold Oehlerking is the
superintendent.
Charles Buell and family and Le
Roy Gorthey and family were en
joying a visit at Lincoln last Sunday
evening and as well attending the
passion play" which was given for the
last, time this season at Pioneer park
1 11 lue lapiiai inj.
Mrs. Frank Rosenow and sons,
Willard and Eldon, attended the big
Kuehn-Rosenow reunion held at
Beatrice, Nebraska, June 21st. About
100 guests enjoyed the annual gath
ering and the large dinner which
had been prepared.
The Roj'al Neighbors of America
were out to the park at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Schewe on last
Tuesday evening, where they enjoyed
a picnic as well as supper in the
open, with a good crowd present and
had a very fine time.
E. W. Thimgan, of Plattsmouth,
came over to visit with the wife and
little son Larry and with the family
of W. J. B. McDonald, but when he
arrived he found that the wife and
son had gone with Frank Rosenow
and family to the Kuehn picnic and
reunion at Beatrice.
William Gakemeier and family, of
Chicago, have been visiting with
their many friends and relatives in
and about Murdock as well as in
Lincoln and Omaha during the past
week, enjoying their annual trip to
Nebraska. Mr. Gakemeier is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gakemeier.
The Ladies Aid society of the Mur
dock Evangelical church were meet
ing with their fellow member, Mrs.
William H. Zabel on Wednesday of
last week, all enjoying the work be
fore them, as well as the social hour
and the delicious refreshments that
were served by the genial hostess.
Albert Straich, wife and daughter,
Miss Lydia, were visiting for a num
ber of days during the past week at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joy Miller,
who make their home south and
east of Elmwood. Mr. Straich and
party drove oved last Wednesday and
remained lor a number of days. Mrs
Miller is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Straich.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Gillespie are
enjoying their vacation immensely,
as they are visiting friends and rela
tives and stopping at scenic points
in Yellowstone Park, Hillings, Mon
tana, and the Black Hills of South
Dakota. They will stop at Tobias,
Nebraska, before returning home.
George Kruse attended the Kruse
reunion Sunday, June 21st, at Cen
tral City, Nebraska. About 199 are
considered members of this large re
lationship, but only 100 attended the
reunion celebration this year. Famil
ies came from many parts of the
country to renew their acquaintance
with relatives and friends.
L. Neitzel was called to Havelock
to look after some business matters
last Tuesday evening, and after his
return was taken suddenly ill and
was seriously sick throughout the
night having the doctor with him un
til nearly morning before he was
able to secure any rest. He was feel
ing greatly improved the following
day and was able to take a train for
Omaha where he visited over night,
and as he. was feeling so much bet
ter, the following evening he went
to the Burlington station and secur
ing a Pullman berth went to bed,
sleeping throughout the night and
when morning came he was in the
western part of the state, bound for
Hyannis, where he expects to visit
for a time.
Ditch Digging Under Way
With the aid of the ditch digging
machine which has been brought in
to play, the ditches for the mains
of Murdock's new waterworks system
are being rapidly dug. The second
well, which was begun last week,
proved a dry hole and has been aban
doned. It is expected that the first
well dug will be used, as it affords
a flow of 17 gallons per minute under
prolonged pumping tests, which is
within a few gallons of the specifica
tions and probably a great deal more
than will ever be required to meet
the demand.
Was at Camp Sterling.
Little Larry Lee, son of Dr. and
Mrs. L. D. Lee, has been at the Y.
M. C. A. camp at Columbus for the
past ten days, where he has been
enjoying outdoor life and having an
excellent time. The parents went out
to bring the lad home the latter part
of last week. Larry had a most en
joyable time while away.
Tuesday's Results
The Bible scnool team defeated the
Callahans 7 to 3 in the opening game
under the flood lights last Tuesday
night, while the Tigers took the sec
ond game from the Lutherans by a
score of 17 to 6.
Makinug Repairs to Property
Guy Lake, of Lincoln, was in Mur
dock last Wednesday getting ma
terial with which to make some re
pairs to property which he owns in
the vicinity of Wabash, and enjoyed
visiting with his many old friends
while here.
Very Dry in Ohio
Uncle George V. Pickwell received
a letter from his son Paul, who re
sides at Dayton, Ohio, which told of
the weather being very dry there.
and said that although crops were
still looking well under the circum
stances, rain was needed very badly,
and unless it came soon would do
little good in saving the crops.
Lawlors Meet Defeat
Those who attended the twin kit-
tenball program on the local diamond
Thursday evening, witnessed the de
feat of the Lawlor Softball Equip
ment company team, of Lincoln, by
the picked town team, the score be
ing 20 to 11. The Lutherans de
feated South Bend by a score of 20
to S.
Here from West Coast
Rev. and Mrs. Ira McBride, of Re
dondo Beach, California, and Mrs.
Manton M. Mead of Salt Lake City,
Utah, were guests last week at the
home of Mrs. William Schewe. . Mr.
McBride was an active minister in
sum
on
Better be Sae
Than Sorry
Call or See
INSURANCE
AND
BONDS
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Plattsmouth
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Oil
the Nebraska conference of the
Evangelical church for 22 years. His
health became such that he was com
pelled to retire from active work
several years ago and locate in Cali
fornia. The womenfolks are sisters
of Mrs. Schewe.
Callahan Church Notes
F. C. Weber, Pastor
"The Master is here and calleth
for thee." The summer is upon us
with all its fury, but most of us eat
three square meals per day. We may
cut down a little on the quantity of
food taken into the system, but not
to such extent as to be alarmed
about, for no matter how hot the
weather, we don't starve ourselves.
The real clanger during the summer
months is to starve our souls. Let
us make it a point to attend church
this summer somewhere. Serving God
during our vacation days will be its
own reward in good times and the
wonderful satisfaction that comes
from a heart at rest in Him. If the
call comes on a busy highway where
folks are rushing madly to and fro,
we shall be ready to meet Him . . .
unafraid and unashamed.
Freparing for Assembly
Harvey A. Schwab motored to
Milford, Nebraska, last Thursday af
ternoon and met members of the
park improvement committee to plan
for the Youth Union project now
underway.
The contract was let for a new
ornamental gateway to Riverside
Fark, which will become a permanent
gift from the Nebraska Young Peo
ple to the Park association. Two
clinker brick piers, each three feet
square, will be set 14 feet apart.
From them will arise tubular steel
and malleable iron network posts to
form a beautiful archway with the
words "Riverside Park" upon the
arch. The contract was also let to
build a new fence six feet high along
the river front on the south side of
the park and to lay new sidewalks
in the east end of the park.
Those who attend the Assembly
this year, during the days of Aug
ust 13 to 23, at Milford, will see
Great Seal Herd Starting
Annul Visit to Islands
Government Plans to Take 60,000 Skins
As Amphibians Gather at Pribilofs
"Papa seal"
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EY LEROY MONROE
International Illustrated News
Feature Tl'rifcr
NOME, Alaska While most rescrts
are busy preparing for the annual
influx of summer visitors, the Pri
bilof Islands off the coast of Alaska
in the Bering: sea are preparing for
the usual summer arrival of the great
North American fur seal herd.
During the months of June, July
and August government agents will
take about 00,000 ekins. This size
able business is the exclusive prop
erty of the United States govern
ment and has amounted to millions
of dollars during the years which the
industry has been in operation.
The unusual habit s of the seal
result in migration of the herd dur
ing about nine months of the year
They travel down almost as far south
as the latitude of southern California
and then wend thir way back to their
only yand sojourn, stopping of! for
a "vacation" at the Pribilof islands
during the summer months.
Only Bulls Are Killed
In the fur seal industry only the
males, or bulls, are killed. The males
usually consort with from 40 to 10C
females, and since the sexes are
evenly divided at birth this "harem"
setup makes it possible to kill a
pumber of the males annually with
out endangering the herd.
The old bulls usually precede the
rest of the herd to their summer
quarters and "establish residence" at
one of the favorite spots on the fog-
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8 2loc Tractor Fuel
Buy your Tractor Fuel at a BIG
Saving by bringing your contain
ers to our Elmwood Bulk Plant.
Let us fill them through our Electric
Meter Pump. . . . We carry only the
Special High Grade or HOT TRAC
TOR FUEL. No distillate, and the
price is only S.2 per gallon, subject
to change. This is a Cash price no
deliveries. Drive a few miles and
SAVE MONEY
Trunlcenbolz Oil Co.
several new improvements on the
grounds and will also have the privi
lege of witnessing the biggest as
sembly program attempted in several
years.
Many people are planning to at
tend the assembly this year and are
making early plans for their con
veniences. Card of Thanks.
To the dear friends and neighbors
we are taking this means of express
ing our heartfelt appreciation of the
beautiful floral offerings, the many
kind words of sympathy shown U3 in
the death and funeral of our sister,
Mrs. Emma Koelling. We wish to
thank the minister and all those tak
ing part in tha luneral and all those
who assisted in any way in this hour
of sorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Heineman, Mr. and Mrs. William
Rikli and Family.
SUNNY SIDE CLUB
The fourth meeting of the Sunny
Side cooking club was held at the
home of Dorothy Turner. A demon
stration on five minute cabbage was
given by Dorothy Turner and Renee
Brown. A judging contest was held
next. A demonstration was given on
setting the table by Margaret Rca
and Bessie Bailey. The business meet
ing followed. The roll call was an
swered by giving our favorite vege
table. We then talked about Camp
Brewster and there are about ten
planning to go. At the close of the
meeting dainty refreshments were
served by the hostess.
Herd on Pribilof island 7
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emrhrouded islands. Those who are
lucky enough, or strong enough, to
take possession of the best spots
naturally entice the largest number
of females to join his harem.
This naturally works to the dis
advantage of the younger bulls who
are unable to obtain as many cows
for their domestic group. The pat
crnal task of the bull seal is no easy
one as he is forced to maintain a
constant vigil over his family dur
ing the summer months when they
are resting on land.
5,C00,O0O Seals in Herd
The bull must guard his flock from
the attention of bachelor bulls which
covetously eye the "beauties" of his
harem and must serve as food sup
plier and guardian.
Sealing operations are carried on
by a colony of about 450 people,
descendants of the original Aleutian
native settlers who were brought to
the , islands by the Russians when
they discovered the fact that the is
lands were the summer home of the
great seal herd. It was in 178G, that
a Russian navigator made the dis
covery. ' Terrific waste jof seal life and
money has characterized the seal in
dustry At one time the herd which
annually visits the Pribilof islands
was estimated to number more than
5,000,000. Indiscriminatie slaughter
Teduccd this number to about 125,000
in 1911. Since that time strict con
servation measures have been ir.forc
pd and the herd has gradually built
j itself back up. 4
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