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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1917.
VOL. 2.r.
NO. 27.
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Items of Interest
Gleaned from
Our Exchanges
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Dixon Journal: Mrs. M. Footc
visited at the home of her son, Le
Hue, at Hubbard last Friday.
Newcastle Times: Mrs. C.
Hedges, of Ponca, attended the ..
society at the home of Mrs. Herman
Rahn, today.
Osmond Republican: Thursday of
last week E. J. Huey went to Wayne.
Mr. Huey owns an income -property
there, and he went down to see
about putting in cement walks and
other repair work.
Wakefield Republican: Miss Ethel
Rockwell spent the week-end vaca
tion with home folks at Homer..
Col. Neeley went to Dakota City to
assist in the J. 13. Evans sale. The
hogs brought an average of $70.
Fonda. la., Times: Miss Clara
Mitchell, of South Sioux City, who
attended school at Lake City, was
married in South Sioux City to G.
L. Lobdell, formerly an operator
at Carnavan, where Miss Mitchell
taught school.
Ponca Journal: Pat McCabe was
in Jackson Friday.-..Col. E. F. Ras
mussen made a business trip to Da
kota county, Monday Miss Bessie
Klarman, of South Sioux City, is
visiting at the Harry Snyder home.
... .R. C. Hall, Journal-Leader fore
man, spent Friday of last week at
Jackson.
Sioux City Journal, 21: Miss Alice
Kennelly was married yesterday
morning to Mr. W. T. Bartlett,
Rev. H. A. Jense officiated ...Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Duncan, who have
been the guests of Mr. Duncan's
sister, Mrs. W. J. Breslin, departed
yesterday for Minneapolis, where
thev will make their home. Mr. and
Mrs. Duncan were married February
7 at Dakota City, Neb. Mrs. Dun
can was Mrs. Pearl Davis, of Sioux
City.
Sioux City Journal, 211: Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Fegley and son Richard
have returned to Allen, Neb., after
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ost-
meyer Anew top was hung up
on matured ewes at this point when
ninety-eight head, averaging 105
pounds, commanded $11.10. They
were the offerings of Arthur Arm
bright, a prosperous feeder of Da
kota City, Neb George Sigo, a
carpenter working on a Northwest
ern railroad gang working out of
Sioux City, reported to the police
yesterday thathe had been robbed
by a woman at "some joint" of his
pocketbook which contained $-17 in
South S'oux City Wednesday night.
Sigo admitted to the police that he
was so drunk that he did not know
where he had been taken by the wo
man at the time of his robbery. He
Dakot
Grocery
Specials for Saturday
2 pkgs Post Toasties 25c
.' Bars Trilby Soap 25c
2 pkgs Raisins 25c
2 lfic cans Baked Beans 25c
2 pkgs Kellogg's Corn Flakes 25c
'.i Lamp Chimneys 25c
."0c can Cane-Maple Syrup ,45c
2 large Can of Tomatoes 35c
Highest Price Paid for
COUNTRY PRODVCE
W. L.
Dakota City,
told the police that he had met a
young woman early Wednesday
night and had gone with her to the
Star hotel. After staying there for
a short time the woman had order
ed a taxi and had taken him to some
resort in South Sioux City. While
at this place, he told the police, he
had been relieved of $47.
Sioux City Journal, 20: Another
attempt to rob the Omaha depot in
South Sioux City was made last night.
The police found the window of the
ti"';et office open and the rear door
unlocked. Two men were seen
around the depot shortly before the
robbery Mrs. John Cash denied
Inst night that she was the daughter
of George Brown, of Homer, Neb.
Brown came to Sioux City Friday to
find Mrs. Cash, believing she was his
daughter who eloped with a laborer
on his farm more than seven years
ago. Mrs. Cash and her two chil
dren are living in a room in the east
bottoms, but her relatives refuse to
divulge the location of the new home.
According to her brother-in-law,
who is living in a wagon in the rear
of a feed stable on Wall street, Mrs.
Cash stated she had never heard of
Brown and that, so far as she knew,
her husband had never eloped with
a girl of that name. Mrs. Cash has
refused to go to to the hospital until
her husband is released from jail,
where he is serving a year's sentence
for vagrancy. Her lelatives last
night admitted that her condition
was rapidly becoming serious.
Sioux City Journal, 24: T. M.
Voss, of Homer, Neb., was a Sioux
City visitor yesterday afternoon . . .
Harry Howell, 215 years old, was ar
rested last night by Patrolman'Bruce
McLaren at the Dayton hotel, and is
being held by the police in connec
tion with a recent robbery at South
Sioux City. Although the Sioux
City police department has been
searching for Howell, it was through
an unknown man, who said he had
been looking for Howell for the last
two years, that the arrest was made.
McLaren, while walking his beat in
Pearl street, was urgently summon
ed to arrest a man in the hotel by
an excited man in the street.
"Come, in and point him out," said
McLaren. The complainant held
back and did not want to enter the
place until McLaren said it would be
necessary for the man to be desig
nated. Howell was pointed out as
the long sought fugitive and Mc
Laren then discovered that the man
sought was Howell, for whom the
police have been searching. The
complainant refused to give his
name to McLaren, but said he would
appear at police headquarters this
morning to explain his case to Chief
of Police Hawman.
Sioux City Journal, 22: Miss Na
dine Shepardson and Miss Bertha
Rasmussen, of Homer, Neb., spent
yesterday in Sioux City . .Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Learner, of Dakota City,
Neb., are spending several days with
their daughter, Mrs. Phillip Greg
ory, before moving into their new
residence at 3820 Orleans avenue..
....A "bone dry" ordinance which
defines a nuisance as a place where
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Nebraska
City
intoxicating liquors are illegally
kept, sold or dispensed, or where
gambling, fighting, quarreling,
drinking of intoxicating liquor, lewd
conduct or profane language, is
customary and which even makes it
a misdemeannor to transport per
sons to such a "nuisance," was pas
sed at the last meeting of the city
council of South Sioux City. The
ordinance now is in effect, according
to Chief of Police A. L. Mathwig,
and as soon as the weather permits
will bo acted upon. Mathwig ex
pectti, under the provisions of the
new ordinance, to "get" automobile
parties from Sioux City which make
visits to South Sioux City.
Lyons Mirror: Elsewhere in the
Mirror will be seen the public sale
notice of Mrs. O. J. Linkswiler, liv
ing north of Lyons. She was form
erly Miss Olive Owens, daughtqpvof
Mrs. Elizabeth Owens, one of'ae
early settlers of Dakota county, and
a neighbor of the editor. . F '3.
Dutro and family will move ,u t.iir
old Pilgrim Hill farm, two miles east
of Homer. This is surelj .4 time
honored place, sacred to the memo
ry of the pioneers. We moved there
with our parents 40 years ago, burn
ed lime, grubbed out a farm, cut
cord wood, posts, shed timbers and
bridge timbers, raised cattlp, hogs
and corn which averaged 100 bushels
to the acre, etc. etc The recent
death of Louis Neal brings to mem
oi y some ancient historj. It was
away back in 1837. Mr. Neal was
charged with killing one of the Fon
tenelle brothers and the day for the
trial came, in the district court at
Dakota City. As there was no ques
tion as to Neal's guilt, it became ev
ident that the only thing left for the
judge to do was to sentence him at
once. Neal's lawyer was a personal
friend of Col. Jesse F. Warner, a
young lawyer who had just arrived
from eastern Iowa. After hearing
the case Col. Warner said he could
clear Neal beyond a doubt. So he
was employed to defend Neal.
When the judge called the case Col.
Warner startled the court and all
the people by moving to dismiss the
case. "On what ground," asked
the judge. Col. Warner replied:
"On the ground that there is no law
in Nebraska whereby one Indian can
be tried for killing another Indian."
"The case is dismissed," exclaimed
the judge as he saw at a glance that
Col. Warner had made his point.
Sioux City Journal, 25: Seven
years ago Jack Cash, employed as a
hired man on the farm of George
Brown, a few miles north of Homer,
Neb., eloped with a daughter of
his employer. For three years her
father refused forgiveness and final
ly all trace of the family was lost.
At the end of three years Mr. Brown
started a search for his daughter,
but was unsuccessful until he saw in
The Journal the picture of a covered
wagon, the home of two little chil
dren and their invalid mother. The
name of the father was given as
John Cash. Friday evening George
Brown arrived in Sioux City and be
gan a search for the family in the
hope it might be hisdaughter. But
Mrs. Cash and the children had left
the wagon and the neighbors or the
police could not tell him where they
could be found. The husband and
father was in jail, serving a sentence
of one year for vagrancy. But the
John Cash in the county jail refused
to admit his identity or to talk to
the old man. Neither would the
other members of the families living
in the wagons tell Mr. Brown the
whereabouts of the woman he hopes
will prove to be his daughlei. Last
night Mr. Brown left for his farm
near Homer, but will return the
first part of the week and try to
find Mrs. Cash. Her brother-in-law,
one of the men whose home is wher
ever darkness finds them, said that
Mrs. Cash and her two children had
rented a room on the East Side,
and for the time being were well
fared for. Be admitted that he had
heard a story of his brother's hasty
marriage, and that Mrs. Cash's name
had been Brown before her marriage
to Cash, but refused to state where
the family had previously made their
home. In the mean time, a home
and every comfort awaits Mrs.
Cash and her two children if she
proves to be the daughter of Brown
and will return to the home of her
father.
Farm Profits
Do favorable or unfavorable cli
matic conditions determine them?
Yes, but more often the proper ap
plication or misapplication of gener
ally recognized farming principles
evolved by successful farmers and
breeders and the government expe
riment stations: Farmer and Breed
er i& a compendium of the best ideas
and successful methods employed by
successful farmers and breeders.
It is issued semi-monthly at Sioux
City, la., and deals with farming
conditions as they aro here found.
Its subiect matter is stronir and an-
petls both to the farmer and stock
man. You want to farm profitably
every inteligent farmer docs.
Farmer and Breeder will help you
to do this and more too.
New County Agent
In Charge of Work
C. P. Noting to Benin Ills Duties Tills
Week as County Agricultural
Agent of Dnkotu County.
C. F. Young with his family has
arrived in Dakota City to be ready
to begin his work on March 1st for
the Dakota County Farmers' asso
ciation. Mr. Young in beginning his work
says: "My one hope and ambition
is that my service to the county may
be far reaching toward making a
greater Dakota county agricultural
ly, and ever a better place in which
to live." With such a hope and
ambition, the association believe
thnt tliov linve in Mr. Ynnnir i mini
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who will fulfill their highest expec
tations in county agent work. The
association also entertain hopes that
Mr. Young will apply this work in
such a practical, business-like way
that the county agent will be as per-
manent and even more desired than
any other county official. His prac
tical experience as a farmer before
and after his college work, if he has
the energy and will to work, to
gether with the tact and resource
fulness to handle farmers as he finds
them, ought to enable him to make
the work worth many times more in
dollars and cents than what it costs.
Another feature that will enable
Mr. Young to succeed, if he is natu
rally adapted to agricultural work,
and has the proper personality, is
that he understands livestock and
farming conditions as they are in
Dakota county. Until he was 21
years of age, he worked for his fa
ther who lived near Storm Lake, la.
The following six years he worked
on some of the best feeding, dairy
and fine bred stock farms in north
western Iowa. Stock raising and
crop conditions in this part of Iowa
are practically the same as to be
found in Dakota county.
Men who have been closely asso
ciated with Mr. Young and who
have written the association, express
confidence in Mr. Young's ability.
It wuld seem from these testimo
nials that these men believe that he
can put county agricultural work on
a permanent basis in this county.
State County Agent Leader ot
Iowa, J. W. Coverdale says: "You
have contracted for the services of
Mr. C. R. Young for county agent
of Dakota county for the ensuing
year. I wish to congratulate you
upon the selection you have made as
Mr. Young graduated from Ames in
l'JOi) and since that time has been
engaged in agricultural work that
has given him a mighty fine training
for the position of county agent
which he is about to enter."
W. J. Kennedy, president of a
Sioux City serum company, congrat
ulates the association for employing
Mr. Young. He says: "I want to
congratulate you upon securing the
services of C. W. Young, of Essex,
Mo., to act as county agent of Da
kota county. Mr. Young is an ex
ceptionally well trained young man,
a hard worker, and has a good
knowledge of agricultural conditions
and will wear well with your people.
He is a genuinely good fellow in
every way and I feel sure that he
will make good beyond your highest
expectations."
Prof. W. J. Kennedy was at the
head of the Animal Husbandry de
partment of the Ames agricultural
college while Mr. Young was a
student there. Prof. Kennedy has
a national reputation as a live stock
man, and is considered the best
judge of a horse in the United
States.
Mr. Young was four and one-half
years with the Southern Christian
Institute, managing their entire
plantation of 1280 acres. While in
the institute he taught four branch
es in agriculture. Mr. J. B. Leh
man, president of the institute, and
with whom Mr. Young was asso
ciated, says: "I am glad to know
you have employed Mr. C. U. Young
as your county agent. Mr. Young
was with us four and one-half years
and he is an untiring worker and
devoted to his profession. He is a
fine christian gentleman whom it
will bo a pleasure to have in your
midst. I wish you and him every
success."
Lutheran Church Notes
DAKOTA CtTY-SAl.KM
Ukv. C. R. Lowk.
Sioux City is holding an arts and
manufacturers exhibit all week.
It is automobiles and things made in
Sioux City and out of it. They just
got done with their automobile show,
they must have a little show more to
get back to normal. But Sioux City
does not have any thing on Dakota
City for the Emmanuel Ladies' Aid
is having an art exhibit this Wed
nesday at the home of Mrs. Sehmiod.
No, there will bo no automobiles but
there will be other things as pretty,
useful, ornamental and interesting
as a lot of exhibits at the citv. You
may be surprised too, at the things
you will see there. Hotter go and
peep. They will serve you a lunch
too. while you aie there. That's
better than you'll get elsewhere.
The Salem ladies are meeting this
week Thursday at the home of Mrs.
Harry Ostmeyer. Those who are in
the habit of attending these meet
ings do not need to be told what
ki" ' ' a time they have, for you
k?i'i ' The churches provide a good
deai .. -social intercourse in one way
and another. It could provide more
if there were any call for it. It can
do almost any thing but come to
your home and take you to these
all'airs, and in some cases it oven
does that. We hear some people
occasionally say something about
the lack of sociability in the commu
nity, but the reason is as much in
each one as in any other. Your
neighbor dosn't call or visit, well
neither do you and so you are even.
It is the way of the times in which
we live. Living so fast that we
haven't the time to do this. We
feel the lack of the social spirit of
our fathers, but we do not do any
thing to better conditions. I have
not heard any one yet say they .were
going to break away from the work
and visit their neighbor. Remem
ber if we want things to go we are
the things who must do the going.
But the churches do furnish the so
cial opportunities. We wonder how
many men would come out to a pure
ly social affair? The ladies ought to
try them with an oyster stew or
something to see if they could be
lured away from the back lots.
It will not be long till Easter is
with us again. God has been good
10 us, ana we ougnt to be very
thankful. We all are if we stop to
think about it. We may have wish
ed some things different, but on the
whole things have gone well with us.
Now out of gratitude we want to
make a thank offering again at
Easter time, like we did a year ago.
And wouldn't it be a pity to make it
any less than we did a year ago?
That was one of the happiest $100
Salem ever gave. We were as a
young eagle just stretching his
wings to see if he could fly. A little
fearful, but he makes the effort and
makes the ground without any harm.
So we came through without a mis
hap, and so easily we did a little
bettor than we had set cut to do.
That showed a right spirit. Now
we know we can d j the tinner
and we will undertake it without
any hesitancy. All we nee 1 to do
is tor each to do his part and then it
G. F. Hushes
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Lumber, Building lYla-g
Iterial, Hardware, Coal I
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Dakota City ($$. Vicinity
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ave succeeded
rdwarc and Lumber business in Dakota
City, and are here
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to treat everyone right, and alike, and will guaran
tee satisfaction on all sales and work done tit our
place of business. We, will carry a full line of
Lumber, Building Material, Hardware, Coal, Paints,
Plumbing Material, Greases and Oils. We have a
well equipped shop where wc will do all kinds of
PI limbing, Tin Work, Furnace and Stove Repairs.
Also Conciete Work of all Kinds.
Come in sxxicl sec us
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will be easy. And who has felt any
poorer this past year because he did
his part. Some of us, at least have
had our money's worth out of it by
just knowing we could and did do
the thing. It has been a joy all the
year.
It is true that if people would put
as much time and money into get
ting religious pleasure as they do
in getting worldly pleasures they
would have the christian joy the
bible tells about and which they feel
they now lack. Wo cannot get
God's spiritual blessings without any
effort any more than wo can get
corn without plowing. These gifts
are truly free, but wo must put
ourselves in the way of them. We
are going to make another glorious
thank offering tins Easter, one hun
dred dollars, and each is going to do
his part. It is not an offering for
the pastor nor for our own church,
but for God's work away from out
congregation; it is for our benevo
lence work.
mm nronnan, living on Kefl Bird
cieok, north of O'Ncll, trapped a rab
bit with small horni resembling those
oC n deer.
Lincoln was porninnently denied tho
right to construct a. municipal Incin
erator when Judgo Stowart in dis
tlrct court Issued u permanent Injunc
tion for that purpose.
William 1 Uutton, formor county
judgo of Hastings, died at Kansas
City, Mo., of Urlght's disease. Ho
had spent sovoral weeks at Hxcclslor
Springs, Mo.
Several thousand peoplo gathered at
iho lloatrlco station to wolcomo Com
pany C, Fifth Nobrrasku, homo. Tho
boya wore cscorteil up town by tho
baud.
ileunan Stalling of Scrlbnor mar
keted a shipment of 127 head of oun
hogs on tho Omuha market and re
ceived $ 1,100 for tho porkers. Tho
pigs were under 1 a ear old.
Kuial Mall Carrier Schwartz on
Itouto .1 of Grand Island, has been pre
sented with $200 by patrons ot hia
routo in order to enablo him to pur
chase a car for his work.
Mrs. O. 13. Jones, living Tour miles
southwest of Osceola, received Injur
icn -which proved fatal, in an automo
bllo coIUbsIou nt a crossroads point
throo miles southwest ot thoro.
Tho Nebraska Stato Mall Cnrrlors
association mot In annual convention
over fifty bolng in nttendanco, rep
resenting about fifteen cities in tho
state.
Instead of a special train, tho Ne
braska delegation to Washington, D.
C, to attend tho second Inauguration
of President Wilson will go by special
car and ollmlnato tho proposed south
ern trip entirely.
Narly 700 Nobraska High school
athletes will bo in Lincoln tho second
week in March for tho seventh an
nual high school basketball tourna
ment under tho auspices of tho Uni
versity of Nebraska.
A loprescntativo in Colorado has
submitted a. bill providing for a flno
of $100 on tho first offonr.o for
speeding! $10 and thirty days In Jail
or both on tho second, and forfeit
uro of tho license on tho third.
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Mr. Krcd Iyneh in the
to stay. Our aim will be
Dakota City, Nebr. Qj
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