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MONDAY. AUGUST 10, 1926. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE THREE Carnival Folks Tender Birthday to Ossified Man Company During Stay at Glenwood Take Time to Join in Greetings to 30-Yr.-01d "Stone Man.'.' John Shouse of Commerce, Okla., who is known as the stone man with the Gibhs carnival showing at Glen wood this week, was given a birth day party by the carnival folk on his 30th birthday Tuesday afternoon, and lying on his cot, unable to open his jaws, which like the other joints in his body have turned to stone, he smiled and talked through his teeth with the guests who assembled in his tent including the little dwarf, 25 inches high, 26 years old, weigh ing 27 pounds, the hulu-hulu girls, the fan dancer, the ballyhoo artists, and paddle wheel sales folk. It was a jolly party despite the piti ful condition of the celebrant, who is a happy soul despite his condition. John Seymour of the White City cafe at Glenwood, knew Shouse when recalls that it was when Shouse was 16 that this affliction struck him. At that time he weighed 185 pounds and was apparently in fine physical condition. He was taken with what was thought to be rheumatism. His family spent a small fortune in the following four years, trying to cure him, but he gradually grew worse and it became evident that ossifica tion of the bone had set in. This started around the joints where the bone turned to stone, and the condition has spread over his en tire body. He has been bedfast for the past 10 years but does not suf fer and even for the last four years, during which time he has been un able to open his mouth, he jokes with friends in conversation through his teeth. His food is liquid and is taken through a glass tube inserted through his teeth. His wife travels with him and takes full care of him. Doctors say such cases are very rare and at tribute it to a deficiency in the pit uitary gland. ARE HIRING HOME LABOR State Labor Commissioner Kinney said Nebraska and Iowa labor offi cials have an "understanding" with contractors on war department work on the Missouri river they "will give preference in employing men to resi dents of the counties" in the two states where the work is being done The understanding was reached, he said, despite present war depart ment contracts which allow the con tractors to hire whom they please. The action resulted from a survey- made bv labor departments of the two states following receipt of com nlaints from residents on both sides of the river between Omaha and Sioux City that Kansas and Missouri men were being employed on the projects. "Formedy all people were hired thru the national re-employment ser vice," Kinney said, "but under re cent contracts the hiring has been done 'from the bank' which permits the contractors to hire anybody ir respective of his residence." ISSUE "PROSPERITY SCRIP" Edmonton, Alberta. A quarter of a million dollars in scrip was pump ed into the trade channels of finan cially stricken Alberta province Thursday as the first step of the social credit government to effect prosperity. Premier William Aberhart, head of the social credit government and author of the scrip plan, proudly an nounced that there was not a single hamlet in the province where scrip was not accepted. First distribution of the scrip which Aberhart calls ."prosperity certificates," began Thursday. Approximately $250,000 was distributed to workers on gov ernment road building projects, gov ernment employes and members of the government. Government proj ect workers received scrip for their wages and government workers re ceived about 25 percent of their pay in paper certificates. Next Wednesday they must attach a one cent stamp to each dollar cer tificate. Each week this procedure must be followed and at the end of two years, with $1.04 in stamps, pur chased by'dominion currency, on each bill the scrip will be cashed at its face value. NEW P0ST0FFICE O'Neill, Neb., Aug. c. A message received here indicates work on a new $50,000 postoffice and federal building will be launched within a few dayB. Alvo News W. C. Timblin filled a silo Tues day and Wednesday. Fred Lytle is digging a trench silo for Charles Edward. Roscoe Bird and family spent Sun day at the Edwin Taylor home. Mr. and Mrs. William Kitzel spent Thursday afternoon with Joe Bird. Frank Roseuow of Murdock was calling on relatives in Alvo Satur day. Miss Dorothy Peterson is in charge of the local post office dur ing the absence of Mrs. Elmer Rose now. Mr. and Mrs. William Kitzel and George were dinner guests Sunday at the Denny Hindbaugh home near Eagle. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rosenow. and son and Grandma Rosenow of Elm wood spent Friday evening at the Charles Rosenow home. Charles Rosenow had three teeth knocked out when a rod hit him on the jaw when working on the rail road Tuesday of last week. Mrs. William Mickle had the mis fortune to fall down stairs when she coming down in a hurry to an swer the telephone and broke her arm. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hughes, of Concordia, Kansas, and Mrs. Amy Elder, also of Kansas, were guests at the Edwin Taylor home Satur day night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rosenow left Saturday evening for Washington state. They expect to be gone for a month. Most of their vacation will be spent with Mrs. Rosenow's par ents. Mrs. Sterling Coatman has been confined to her bed during the past week on account of illness. She is feeling some better, but will not be able to resume her household duties for a few days. Mrs. H. L. Bornemeier returned home from St. Louis Tuesday after being away for a week. Mrs. Borne meier and her mother, of Elmwood were called to St. Louis because of the death of a nephew and grand son. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vincent drove out to Albion to visit Mrs. Vincent's parents over the week end. Walter's sister and three children re turned home with them Tuesday morning. After a short visit here, she and the children went on to Kansas to visit until Sunday even ing, when they expected to return here and remain for a week's visit with relatives. Kansas People Visit Here Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hughes, of Concordia, Kansas, accompanied by the latter's mother, Mrs. Amy Elder, also of Kansas, drove over Friday evening to visit Joe Bird at the Bryan Memorial hospital. t Mrs. Elder is a sister of Mr. Bird. The folks remained with relatives until Sunday afternoon, when they departed for home. Honored with Shower Friends gathered at the Arthur Roelofsz home Thursday evening to honor the young couple with a mis cellaneous shower A large crowd gathered to enjoy a very pleasant evening and to offer their congrat ulations for a long and happy mar ried life The young folks received many beautiful and useful gifts. Mrs. Charles Edwards served at the punch bowl. HAVE FIRST CROP FAILURE State Senator Cady or Arlington, said Thursday Washington county this year for "the first time in his tory will have a crop failure because of the drouth." "Even the 1934 drouth didn't do as much damage in Washington coun ty as this year's drouth," he said. "Corn is the main crop in the county and this year's crop is ruined. Any rain now would be too late. Ordin arily, Washington county would get some rainfall but not this summer." He was accompanied to Lincoln by former State Senator Hugo Srb of Dodge. Srb said he planned to ask WPA officials for possible aid in eradicating the bindweed which is spreading rapidly from roadsides into farmers' fields in Dodge county. "I think the WPA would do more valu able service In helping the farmers fight the bindweed than building roads," Srb said. Another visitor at the capitol, State Senator Charles Defoe of Te cumseh, said he believed some yeilds could be obtained from corn in his section of the state If a good supply of rain would be received soon. Sev eral fields of corn, he said, still are green. Farmers in Johnson county and other southern Nebraska coun ties, the senator said, had good win ter wheat yields thi3 year, "which will go a long way to help them." To Preserve Historical Manuscripts State Organization to Seek Records, Manuscripts and Papers of the Early History of State. Lincoln, August 6. Scattered over Nebraska, in the hands of many in dividuals, are old diaries, manu scripts, letters, hand-drawn maps, and other records which tell of the building of civilizations on Nebras ka's plains. An itensive search for these is being conducted by the His torical Records survey, a WPA proj ect. Americans have been so busy mak ing history that we have had little time to write about it. But it is im portant that we record our history now, for as America grows into the modern machine age, the frontier era fades over more deeply into the past, where memories are dimmed and re cords disappear. If the story of scouts, Indians, wagon-trains, early settlements, sod-houses, and the like is to be complete for future gener ations, we must act to salvage the records that will throw light on the early critical days of our west. The survey, with the cooperation of local newspapers and citizens, is seeking to locate these records. It is believed that surely pioneers and oth ers owning old documents which tell even a little bit about earlier days will be glad to show them to his torians, though they will continue to keep them themselves. They are asked to write a brief description of their records to the Assistant State Supervisor, Historical Records Sur vey, 900 North 16th St., Lincoln. Within the next few months a rep resentative of the survey will visit many whose records are important, and list them for reference by his torians everywhere. The gratitude of posterity will repay those who co operate in this urgent work now. LISTS ASSISTANCE GRANTS State Assistance Director Tolen Friday prepared a list of proposed August grants of old age assistance, blind pensions, and dependent chil dren aid to Nebraska counties. The list will be submitted to the state committee before the grants are made. The committee, however, probably will not meet until next week because of the absence of Governor Cochran, chairman, and two other members. Attorney General Wright and Land Commissioner Swanson. The governor and Swanson are expected back in their offices Monday. The other com mittee member is Secretary of State Swanson. The August grants will include old age assistance and blind aid for about 75 of the state's 9.1 counties and de pendent children money for about 50 counties. No recommendations were made for 10 counties at this time because their requisitions arrived af ter the Aug. 5 deadline. No reports were received from 5 of the 10 counties, however. They are: Arthur, Chase, Douglas, Fron tier and Rock. Their requests, and those of Cass, Clay, Hamilton, Lin coln and Wayne counties," whose re ports were late, will be included in the next recommendation, Tolen said. ATTORNEYS TO ORGANIZE Sioux Falls, S. D. A more com plete organization of attorneys of the United States as a safeguard to "free government was advocated before the convention of the South Dakota Bar association here by William L. Ran som, New York, president of the Am erican Bar association. "The first task before us is that of adequate and representative or ganization so that our bar associa tions can truly speak and act for the whole profession, and not for a minority," Ransom said, adding: "In the American Bar association we hope to accomplish such a represen tative organization at our annual meeting In Boston Aug. 24." He listed "a free press, the great universities and an untrammelled and courageous Judiciary" as the prime necessities of "an informed and in dependent public opinion." TRAILERS BURN This afternoon two large trailer houses located near the J. G. Mc Maken home on North 11th street were destroyed by fire. The trailers were used by several men working for Mr. McMaken and at the time all were out on the road on their work. The fire had a good start when dis covered and the trailers and contents, including the clothing of the men were destroyed. .T--uTJt,.l.lT--T--- 1 Cass County Farm J Bureau Notes Copy furnished from Office of County Agent Wainscott "" From Saturday's Daily: Attended Mothers Camp. Mrs. Howard Capwel:, Airs. G. R. Eveland, Mrs. Eva Bailey, from Elm wood, Mrs. H. A. Tool, Murdock and Mrs. Vernon Gish, "Weeping Water, returned Sunday from a three days vacation at Camp Brewster. Outstanding features of camp- were the musical games and the drama tization of ballads brought and di rected by Miss Ella Gardner, recrea tional director for the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Handicraft, under the direction of Miss Blanche Galloway, was a tie and dye project, including' the making of lunch cloths, table runners, etc. Mrs. Al tinas Tullis' addresses on "The Moth er's Personality," and "The Charm School" proved especially interesting and gave the women fod for thought. Miss Leona Davis with her book review and Mrs. H. F. Capwell on "The Home and Community Pro gram," added much to this eduea tionand inspirational program. Swim ming, hikes, rest and visiting added variety and helped to make this (the tenth year for camp at Brewster) one of the most interesing camps ever held. First to File 4-H Final Reports. Seven 4-H clubs have completed their work for the year and have filed their final reports which entitle them to Certificates of Achievement. These clubs are: True Blue Healthy Workers Lois Parsell, Elmwood. leader. Snappy Cooks Club Margaret Ranney, Weeping Water, leader. Merrv Mixers Mrs. L. D. Lee, Murdock, leader. Jolly Stitchers Mrs. Donald Har ris, Union, leader. Mandalies Sew ing Club Mrs. Har old Krecklow, Manley, leader. Royal Sewing Club Mrs. E. E Mathis, Greenwood, leader. Snappy Snippers. Mrs. Edward Steinkamp, Weeping Water, leader A good many other clubs have fin ished their -work or are very near the completion of it. As soon as the work is completed it is well to file the final reports and leader's sum mary and have all of the details out of the way before school stars. Our goal now should be to have a final report filed for every member en rolled in 4-H. 4-H club members will be very busy this month preparing for state and county fairs. Elimination con tests in the home economics judging are being held at the Farm Bureau office, Friday, August 7th. The coun ty health contest, to pick the health iest boy and girl to represent the Cass county 4-H clubs at state fair is be ing held the same day. Cattle, swine and sheep entries for state fair must be received in the Farm Bureau office by Tuesday, Aug ust lSth. All other entries must be in by Wednesday, August 26th. Enjoy Life at 4-H Camp. Fourteen boys and 38 girls from Cass county enjoyed vacationing with boys and girls from Otoe, Sarpy and Douglas counties at the annual dis trict 4-H club camp, at Brewster, one mile south of Omaha last week. Camp opened Sunday evening and continued through Wednesday afternoon, un der the supervision of the agents from the four counties and the Brewster management personnel. One of the outstanding events of the camp program this year was a trip to the Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum to see a presentation of the den show, "Ballyhoo from Bagdad," through courtesy of the Omaha Junior Cham ber of Commerce. The painting of sandwich trays, using paper plates and tempera paints proved to be very popular with the girls during handcraft periods. As a result of their work some very colorful and beautiful plates were on display toward the close of camp. During their handcraft period, the boys at camp made bows and arrows, and this led to n archery tournament which was highly enjoyed by the spec tators as well as the participants. Swimming, tennis, ping pong, ves per services, community singing, and stunt night all helped to round out a full program which all who attended will remember as one of the high lights of the 4-H club year. Questions and Answers on the Handling of Drouth-Injured Crops. Q. Will drouth-stricken corn make silage? A. There is absolutely no better way of conserving the maximum amount of feed from drouth-stricken corn than to place it in the silo. Contrary to the belief of many, im mature corn, even corn not more than 18 inches high, will not spoil but will make a fair grade of silage. This feed makes a very satisfactory ration for wintering stock cattle or sheep and proves very palatable. There is absolutely no danger from feeding a product of this kind. Q. How does drouth-stricken corn silage compare to normal corn silage in feeding value? A. The results of two experiments conducted by the college on winter ing rations for stock cattle have shown that silage such as was har vested in 1934 and in 1935 and which contained absolutely no grain proved to be worth approximately 75 per cent as mucJi per ton as normal silage which contained an average of 30 bushel of corn per acre. This silage proved just as palatable and the only apparent difference between drouth corn and normal corn for silage pur poses was in the absence of grain. Q. When should drouth - injured corn be cut? A. The object is to get the maxi mum amount of forage per aero. It makes little difference whether corn is IS inches high or in the tassel stage upon the grade, of silage pro duced. If it is believed that another week will result in more growth, the corn should be left. If. however, it is apparent that more time will reduce the yield, then cutting should commence immediately. The grain binder will handle a great deal of Nebraska's corn this year so it will not be necessary to wait for a corn binder if none happens to be avail able. On short fields, the mowing machine might even be used. The main thought should be to conserve the maximum of feed. Q. How long should corn be left in the silo before it is safe to feed? A. It is safe to begin feeding corn the next day after the silo is filled. It makes a better feed if allowed to stand for approximately two weeks but this is not necessary. With canes or sorghums it is advisable to allow them to cure approximately two weeks before opening the silo to eliminate all possible danger from prussic acid poisoning. Q. Would this corn be better feed if cut and stocked as fodder or put into the silo? A. There is no comparison in the amount of feed produced or in the feeding value between silage and fod der. Silage w ill give very much high er yields of feed per acre and make a feed of very much higher quality than immature corn cut as fodder. The danger of spoilage is nil with silage and with fodder a large amount 7 Die k s v.. t 4 ' -) VI V s 1 . iT ri a i s ' 1 I - - -."v. 4 - m L'i r 1 t I I - v 1, TN Hi - v.) f r ' ?P v . " r-V. I ( 'J In - v Two automobiles crashed head-on three miles south of Niles, Michigan, at an early hour Thursday morning, killing six persons and fatally injuring a seventh. Three victims were soldiers from Fort Jefferson, Mo., en route to the scene of extensive army maneuvers, which began Thurs day in southwestern Michigan. At right, in upper photo: Private Emanuel Shenandoah is shown looking at wreckage of the car driven by Joseph Hill of Niles, in which four died. At left, in lower photo : Elmer Lapointe of Niles views wreckage o f car driven by Roy Warner of' Culver, Indiana, in which three died. of it will spoil before the winter sea son is over. Q. Can drouth cornfields be pas tured safely? A. There is practically no danger from pasturing cornfields. Before turning livestock on this corn, how ever, they should be reasonably well filled since a very hungry animal is liable to gorge himself upon this green feed, causing digestive trou bles. Any field which contains any cane or sorghum should under no condition be pastured. The canes and sorghums at this season of the year, and especially following a drouth, are extremely poisonous when fed as a pasture crop but are entirely safe if the forage is fed after it has thor oughly cured, either in the stack or in the silo. Q. Does drouth corn make a good feed, cut and fed green? A. This practice is safe and the feed is of good quality but the method of using the corn is rather laborious and does not lend itself to paving much of the corn crop during this fast drying period. Where green feed is neded, this methor of handling the corn is very satisfactory. Q. How much silage per acre will drouth corn make? A. The answer to this question of course depends upon the height of the cornand its thickness upon the ground. A reasonably good stand o corn 2 feet high will make from to 1 ton of silage per acre. Corn which averages as much as 4 feet high will make approximately 3 tons per acre. Q. Is it necessary to run this corn through a cutter or can it be put into the silo in bundle form? A. A large number of our north eastern Nebraska farmeis who have during the last two ye.ns put corn into the silo have put it in in bundle form. They report very satisfactory results. About the only difference be tween bundle silage and cut silage is in the convenience in getting it out of the silo and in feeding it in the bunks. There is a small amount of waste in feeding bundle silage although this is not a serious factor. Where bundles are laid lengthwise of the trench and thoroughly packed, especially along the walls, this corn has made silage and kept as well as where it was run through an ensilage cutter. Q. Can the silo be filled gradu ally? A. When one has started filling the eilo, he should stay with it until the silo is full or at least one sec in Crash of 2 U. - V - f S .i K v i. u ,y L r '-if- :! VV'i . '!:..'. i.j-.. V ' ' r I i. " ' - til J i . r 4 V 1 - K ' .a tion of it is full. It cannot be filled gradually without losing consider able feed from spoilage on the ex posed surfaces of each fill. Q. When should a trench silo be covered, with what, and how much? A. Just as soon as the silo filling job is completed, it should b cover ed. The sooner it is covered the less spoiler? there will be. Ordinarily we have our silo covered within twelve hours after the silo is filled. Dirt placed upon the silage is by far the best cover known for a trench. Do not ue any straw or other material wild r the dirt. Seven to nil!' inches of dirt, well parked, is sufficient to prevent any spoilage. FLOW OF PLATTE SWELLS North Platte. Mother Nature did an obliging thing for Platte river irrigators within the past few days, a chec k of state bureau of r ads and irrigation records showed. No sooner had the Sutherland project engineer shut down gates on penstocks south of the city Tuesday when How in tin North Piatt" river at Keystone jump ed from almost nothing to approxi mately Ct0 cubic feet of water per second. P.ojsterod by recent rains and prevention of evaporation b cloudy skies, the flow has continued tor three days. Records Thursday showed C00 second feet still flowing at Keystone. E0LL SHOW AT RECREATION CENTER THURSDAY EVENING A nice crowd attended the Doll Show put on Thursday evening at Central school recreation center. Twenty-seven dolls were entered in the show, among which were two old-timers, one 15 ye;ws old owned, by Mrs. Frank Barkus and the other 20 years old, brought by Le hi Covert. An interesting program of read ings, songs and dances were given by some of the girls who are among those enrolled at the recreation cen ter. N0RRIS APPEAL HEARING North Platte. The George Norris appeal will be heard by the United States circuit court in Omaha Oct. 5, it was announced here by Norris' at torneys. The appeal was taken from the U. S. district court in Lincoln that found the former Brcken Bow grocer guilty of perjury before the Nye senatorial investigation commit tee. Cars w." - : sr -. ' : . .. : tilt n?t T i : tt( II tr, m f r i ': 1 w li V. 1 I -.ij