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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
TOPICS FDMilllLD LABOR DM
State Superintendent Gives a Few
Subjects Suitable for Occatlon.
Date January 24.
observed
child In-
"January" 24 Will bo
throughout tho country oh
bor day, as has boon tho custom for
tho past cloven yearn," says State Su
perintendent A. O, Thomas In a let
ter to superintendents of public
bchools. While UiIb is not so vital a
question In Nobraska as In tho east
and south, our interest should bo none
tho loss active, because wo aro ro
mote from tho sconoB of greatest
noed.
"With tho number of special days
already on tho Hot taking time from
tho regular program, it does not seem
advisable to devoto much tlmu to this
subject, but wo aro suggesting that
the matter bo presented during tho
opening exorcises of tho schools of
tho state on January 24. Your own
Judgment will dotcrmtno what parti
cular expedient will best suit your
ohool. Tho following topics are of
fered by tho stato superintendent:
Patrlotlo songs, composition
("Children at Labor"; debate
("Should congress enact a law forbid
ding the interstate shipment of child
made goods"); a talk on what child
labor means to our country, Tho day
suggests to us tho following In addi
tion: Tho valuo of an education, and
the Increased earning power edv.Ulon
brings. The story of sweat shops in
cities."
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The supremo court of Nobraska has
sustained tho refusal of tho stato
banking board to grant a charter to a
savings bank when it appears that tho
proposed bank Is to bo conducted in
tho same room, or in a room imme
diately adjacent to a room occupied
by a national bank, and tho officers
and directors of tho two hanks will ho
substantially tho samo persons.
Tho court says tho state banking
law vests tho banking board with dis
cretionary powers to refuso a charter
in such cases. The board had decllnod
to permit the First National of Clarks
to start u savings bank In its rooms.
Tho bank obtained a writ of manda
mus on tho Lancaster county district
court against the board. Tho board
appealed to tho supremo court and
the Judgment is reversed. Whllo tho
appeal was still pending tho national
bank was converted into a stato bank.
Tho decision of tho court is sllont on
what 1b to bo done with flvo national
banks which are now operating stat"
savings basks. Tho rulo of tho bank
ing board applies only to bank char
ters issued in tho futuro, Tho court
says the rule is a reasonable and sal
utary one and its action will not bo
disturbed. Tho stato board said tho
rulo was necessary to prevent trans
fer of funds from ono bank to anothor
and to protect tho depositors' guar
anty fund, ?G4,000 of which was lost
by the failure ot a natlonnl bank at
Superior that In "turn criused tho fail
ure of a stato bank.
Stato Food Commissioner Ifarman
has lodged an informal complaint with
the stato railway commission alleging
that tho Missouri Pacific railroad com
pany is tearing mlleago out of Inter
changeable mlleago books at the rate
of 2 Mi cents a mile. He says ho has
been notified by railroad companies
that tho prlco of Interchangeable mllo
books, good within Nobraska and also
good for interstate passenger faro,
has been raised, from f 40 to $50. It is
alleged this is" $2 higher than tho rate
fixed by the interstate cominerco com
mission. l
By selling $347,000 of Mississippi 4
iter cent stato bonds, and reinvesting
In 5 per pent municipal and school dis
trict securities of Nebraska, tho state
will profit to tho extont of about
$2,000. This represents the difference
in Interest rates were tho Mississippi
bonds allowed to mature. Stato
Treasurer Jlall has mado a deal with
tho Harris Trust and Savings batik of
Chicago. Beginning with the first of
191(5 the state of Nebraska will own
but $1,437,000 of bonds of other com
monwealths. 1 Boys and; girls wishing to enter tho
egg laying contest to bo conductod by
tho Extension' Sorvlco of tho Collcgo
of Agriculture havo but until January
ltf in which to make application. Any
Nobraska boy or girl undor 18 years
of ago and1 over 10 may Join and ro
coivo tlo monthly instruction sheets
without cost. Tho object of tho egg-
laying contest will bo to get tho most
eggs from each hen of a flock. Egg
records begin B'obruary 1 and cud
Juno 1.
Two raoro firms have refused to pay
inspection, fees to tho stato oil inspec
tor. the'rMarsifall Oil company of Lin
coin and the B. & L company of Fair
bury. As a result the department will
be badly crippled if other firms follow
tho )cad ofthope already taking action.
Tho federal census of 1910 lists Ne
braska aa'tfe twenty-ninth stato in
the union as" to population, with an
estimated population for 1914 of l.
24f,873, yet wufhat factory makes nil
tho "Nebraska-made" hats worn by
Nebraskaud: 'Thp total capital Invest
ed In this Nebraska hat factory is
$20,000. Sixteen people aro employed,
five of whom are females. Total value
of stock used $30,000. Valuo of produc
tion $5EJ09. ' Total paid In wages to
fimnloves for tko year, $11,400. Ninety
per cent of tho production of this fac
tory was soA la Nobraska.
And bow t trusty barnyard fowl
has been 'struck by tho ravages of tu
berculosis. It JaavinK dovoloped that
the chickens which have been horded
with the cattla.and hogs of Joo O.
Itoth, ear Wilferd, which lately show
ed doclded symptoms of that disease
and were sent to tho slaughter, are
also affected wits tho disease. Ac
coroln te ate Veterinarian Alder
son, cgjw produced by these fowls will
not bo dsgWOU iu uv uui. mo ud
of cluck "cbhwIH' bo affected tho samo
ol qu'rJ?-dffiLjri-iJri struck wiih thn
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REATR
PROJEC
N tho valloy of tho IUo Grando
river, on tho border botwoen tho
United Statos and Mexico, engl
noors of tho United States havo
almost finished tho greatest
reclamation project over at
tempted. At a cost of $10,000,
000 tho Elephant Butto dam In
Now Mexico, which will turn 180
square miles of almost worthless
desert Into ferttlo farms, has
been constructed. For- thrco
yoars from tho time tho water was turned Into
tho gigantic rcsorvoir, tho ontiro flow of tho Rio
Grando will bo required to fill It. This artificial
lako is forty miles long and from throe- to six
miles wldo. It will hold 050,000,000 gallons, or
enough to cover 2,000,006 acres of land with water
to a depth of one foot.
Tho work on tho dam was started in tho spring
of 1911, and moro than ono thousand workmen
havo been omployod on tho construction ever
since that timo. Whon tho projoct is finally com
ploted 110,000 acres of land In Now Mexico, 45,000
acres in Texas and 25,000 acres in old Mexico
will bo Irrigated. Flvo hundred and fifty thou
sand cubic yards of solid masonry will havo beon
put In place. This masonry forms a mass, which,
if placed on a tract of land of tho dimensions
of an ordinary city block, would cover tho tract
to a holght equal to that of a 13 story building.
Thls maBonry has been placed at tho rate of
1,225 cubic yards dally.
All tho gatos of tho dam havo beon put In
placo and tho wntor In tho reservoir stands at 37
feot above tho old rlvor bed. When it Is filled
It will havo an average dopth of approximately
GG feet.
Tho Elophant Butto dam project far surpasses
in magnltudo tho Assuan dam on th,o Nile in
Egypt, which has In tho past boon regarded as
tho climax of possibilities In irrigation. As a
matter of actual figures, tho NHo dam holds only
half as much water as will bo contained back
of Elephant Butto dam.
Tho dam itself Is 1,200
feot long and will ho 301
feet high at tho highest
point. A pormanent road
way 16 foot high is being
constructed on top. Tho
dnm gradually widens to
tho baso, forming a con
creto foundation, against
which tho raging torrents
from tho streams of the
Rocky mountains will beat
for centuries without of
feet. In tho construction of
tho reservoir it was nec
essary to wipo out throo
small towns; and although
tho population waa not
largo, tho proporty values,
which woro mado good by
tho government, repre
sented In tho nggrogato n
considerable sum. Anothor town sprang up for
tho army of workmon. A railroad 15 milos long
was built to haul material to the placo whoro tho
dam was erected. In fact, tho preliminary work
was not a small part of tho undertaking. Plants
for tho manufacture of coment, buildings for tho
housing of tho workmen, a storo, power station,
transmission linos and a great ombankmont ut a
gap hi tho hills northwest of tho dam propor had
to bo provldod.
Construction of main flumos, cofferdams, oxca
vatlon in tho river bod and tho building of roads
woro among tho preliminary tasks presented to
tho engineers. Tho cost, with tho excoptlon of
$1,000,000, will eventually be paid back into tho
government reclamation fund by land owners who
will benefit by tho dam, and will again bo used
by tho govornmont for reclamation work in somo
other section of tbo country.
Tho $1,000,000 was appropriated outright and Is
being used for that portion of tho work which
will benefit farmors in old Mexico. Tho appro
priation was mado to furniBh thiB wator In set
tlement of sovornl million dollars In claims which
tho Moxlcan government had prcsontcd to the
United Statca for damages to laud on tho Mexican
side, as a rosult of the water from tho rlvor bo
lng used in small irrigation projects on tho
Amorlcnn sldo, thus robbing Moxlcan farmers of
water which naturally would havo gono to thorn.
Something of what is to bo expected ns a ro
sult of tho work Ib demonstrated by tho small
trncts that havo boon Irrigated by prlvato Irriga
tion systoms. Tho great dam will connect two
division dams already complotcd. Ono of theso,
at Leasburg, wators 25,000 acres In what is known
as tho rich Manilla valloy. It hno been wonder
fully productive. Farmers in this section havo
rocelvod a profit ot $000 an aero from truck in a
slnglo year. At other points along tho Rio Grande,
In both Texas and Now Mexico, small dams havo
brought tracts ot land under Irrigation and mado
it posslblo to ralso bounteous crops.
The samo fortuity will bo found on tho 155,000
ncros around tho now dum In Now Mexico and
Texas. Great valloys which havo hlthorto pro
duced only during the infrequout yours that na
turo was kind enough to sond more than the
avorago rainfall, will bo reachod by tho watqr
from tho Irrigation canals and largo yields will
bo assured.
Tho statomont that the roservolr will hold
throo years' flow of tho Rio Grande river shows
tho greatness ot tho project. Tho Rio Grando is
ono ot tho longest rlvors In tho United Statos,
It forms far up in Colorado and is fed by rlvors
and streams oxtondlng much farther to tho north.
It flows through d portion of Colorado, across
Now Mexico and forms tho border botwoen Toxaa
and Moxico, finally reaching'' tho Gulf.
Extensive Irrigation from tho river without tho
aid ot a great dam and reservoir is Impossible
because of tho rapidity with which tho stream
changos from a raging torrent to a bed of dry
sand.
With tho completion ot the dam and other Irri
gation projocts which will follow a great future
for Now Mexico is assured, Now Mexico lies in
tho heart ot tho arid section ot America. She
has 122.4C0 square miles ot broad plalnB, rugged
mountains, sago brush dojorts; greater in extent
than all Now England, With Now York and New
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Jersey thrown in, but with a population ot only
about 500,000.
So many generatious ago that no records are
loft, a mighty civilization is said to havo flour
ished in this territory. When Coronado sailed up
tho Rio Grando, Indians were leading tho waters
ot tho river over their fields and blossoming gar
dens. But with the coming of civilization, led by
tho Spaniards, who sought only gold, the ancient
irrigation systom was abandoned, and for many
generations this land which will now bo made
fertile waa loft Idle.
When Now Mexico bo
came a part of tho United
States fully ono-thlrd of
its area was Included In
Mexican and Spanish land
grants, which for years
aftorward wore uncon
firmed and thoreforo paid
no taxes, and weje not
available to sottlers. Tho
, Indians and their Mexican
nolghbors had been irri
gating their few crops
through ditches construct
ed hundrods of years bo
fore. Llttlo moro than a quar
ter ot a century ago,
with tho arrival of a rail
road, now settlors began
to inhabit tho soction and modorn Irrigation sys
tems were first thought of. Tho ditches theso
farmers mado soon decreased tho water supply In
tho Rio Grande, so that further development was
impossible unless storage wator was provided.
This resulted in many of the old ditches bolng
abandoned and thousands of acres were loft to
parch till tho coming of Uncle Sam with his en
gineers, whoso work will turn tho arid desert into
fertile flolds, which will again bo green with
crops, as they were centuries ago, before tho
white man Invaded tho territory.
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A Military Surgeon's Experience in Berlin
By PROF. CARL LUDWIQ SCHLEICH.
Thoy who roturn from tho field of battlo aro
changed men, with a peculiar expression of the
faco which has become characteristic of those who
aro fighting for tholr country. Though there Is a
uniformity of deslro to sorvo tho fathorland fur
thor after as speedy a rocovcry as may bo pos
slblo, on tho features of all thoso mombors ot tho
giant organism lies tho Btamp of tho horrors of
war which thoy havo witnessed, and this expres
sion Is In direct relation to tho culture of the
Individual.
Notwithstanding thoir iron purposo to roturn
whon their Injuries shall havo healed, these fight
ers nro all, psychologically spcakjng, not quite
intact. A tragic look In tho deep-set eyes, an al
most stony rigidity of faco aro characteristic, es
pecially of tho officers who como undor obsorva-.
tlon. It seems as if all U.o horrors of conflict had
impressed themselves upon tho vision and had
given an expression first of astoulshmept at the
enormities of destruction witnessed. Thongrad
ually as tho oyos becamo weary nnd accustomed
to tho sights ot slaughter thoy mirrored tho full
picture of tho horrlblo.
This condition Is followed by ono of uncanny
calm and fixity of oxprosslon, which, visoliko, ro
tains Its demoniac hold upon the faco, causing
tho oyos to sink deeper into the head, to becomo
dimmed and the lowor lid marked with the
shadow and weariness within. Tho oyos llo deep
in their bony sockets as in those BUfforlng from
Insomnia or thoso who havo beon deeply touched
by llfo's miseries. This expression of the faco
wo find ovon whoro tho Individual returns' to his
homo uninjured.
Undor solicitous caro the rigidity nnd look of
distress dlsappoar in tho course of a fow- weeks,
but on tholr arrival from tho field thoso men aro
all slightly changed as though thoy had: learned
to shuddor and no longer know tho unrestraint
of Joyous laughter. Thoy hnvo soon tho Gorgon's
head. This changed expression of tho faco, this
deadly sorious look, this aging of tho featuros in
a short period ot time is woll known 'to rela
tives and friends. It Is tho expression of a con
dition which tho technical physician character
izes sb chronic shock of the sympathetic system,
oxprossod particularly In tho arteries.
Tho effect ot this is marked not alono on the
pulse, but also on tho heart Itself. Under tho
constant impulso ot Its contracting musclo tho
heart becomes dilated and hypertrophled. This
physical condition rosults in that psychic unrest
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which makes life seem unattractive and gray,
and the futuro vollcd In leaden mists and with
out hopo, while all tho time tho recent past ia
lived over in tho mind and seoms like an unreal,
not quito tangible dream.
Insomnia Is tho worst of tho psychic dis
turbances that follow In tho wake of tho heart
condition, and It may assume a sovero form
which cannot bo alloviated by the known reme
dies. Theso half-sick people lie awake at night
rncked by their momorles, staring wltb open eyes
'nto tho dark. They will hear tho rattle and
shrlok of artillery, tho crash of the machine
guns and an echo of Imminent danger; these
momorles will seem to them as tho flight of tbo
iron birds of destiny.
Wo have no sharply defined psychosis of war
with constantly characteristic symptoms. Tho
occasion of war may servo to develop the latent
predispositions of mental derangement, and In
this a habitual misuse of alcohol may play a con
siderable role, but truo pBychlc disturbances, as
such, havo their roots furthpr back. In other
words, it is tho faint Indication of psychic ab
normality which is brought to rapid development
through war, but war in Itself does not develop
a symptom complex of Its own or a truo psy.
chosls.
Somo unusual instances of hysteria havo como
undor observation, patients In whom functional
derangements wore offocted by purely psychic
means. One is tho caso of a corporal ot an ex
citable, wild nnd unrestrained disposition.
He camo to tho hospital shot through both
shoulders and with protuso inflammation of tho
Bhouldor Joints. After four months ho was al
most restored to health and was amusing himself
by playing upon his mouth harmonica, the child
ish and Individual musical instrument of tho
army. Opposlto to him In tho hospital lay a
soldier suffering from the effects of a shot
through tho head, with stupor and violent convul
sions. Tho Indications for a cranial operation
were bolng dlscussod, and tho remark was made,
"It may be a caBO of tetanus."
It proved not to bo tetanus and tho spasms
woro rollovod by tho removal of a bone splinter,
which resulted In progressive recovory. But his
nolghbor, tho corporal with healed shot wounds
In tho arms, after three days dovolopod typical
symptoms of tetanus, without fovor.
Tho manifestations continued for several weeks
and disappeared finally under suggestion, on tho
emphatic nssurance that no tetanus was present.
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GATHERED INFORMATION
An artificial coffee has been invent
ed in Japan which is said to havo
tho right flavor and a largo porcentago
of nourishment.
A woman Is tho patontoo ot appli
ances with which fruit and vegetables
can bo canned in Jars in ordinary wash
boilers.
Tho discovery of a gas having tho
samo relation to hydrogen that o'zone
has to oxygen is claimed by an Eng
lish scientist.
FRANCE AT WAR IN TUNIS.
A small war which Franco is carrying on, but of which little is heard,
is being waged in Tunis. The conflict consists chiefly of engagements with
vast robber bands crossing tho frontier from Tripoli, which bosldos plunder
ing the country, cut tho telegraph wires and attack provision convoys 'to tho
French posts. Important fighting ot this kind took placo in tho Dehlbat
region from Boptomber 25 to October 9, during which time the French gar
rison of 200 men kept a large number ot robbers at bay until relief arrived,
Detachable cabins for noroplanos, which can bo put on machines to pro
tect pilots and passengers whon dOBlrod, havo beon invented in Franco.
Sovoral advantages aro claimed for a spring hat and coat hook that
closes flush with tho wall to which it is fnBtonod whon idle.'
THE WORLD OVER
America's 1916 cranborry crop is es
timated at 4,300,000 barrels.
British Columbia's annual mineral
output is valued at $30,000,000,
Two English physicians are experi
menting with n parasito with which
thoy hopo to exterminate the flies of
tholr country wlthla a fow yoars
Poor fruit crops aro reported by
Scotland, whoro tho woather during
tho lust throo months has boon very
rainy, with frequent thunderstorms
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