MONDAY. AUGUST 10, 1926.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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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.
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Bureau Notes
Copy furnished from Office
of County Agent Wainscott
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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
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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
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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
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