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VOL. 25.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2(5, 1917.
NO. 35.
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Items of Interest
Gleaned from
Our Exchanges
Lyons Mirror: M. M. Warner,
wife and daughter, Mary, visited the
family of B. J. Sheldon at Walthill,
Sunday.
Sioux uity Tribune, iytn: A s
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Char....,
Hall Friday, April 13, at their homo
near mnton.
Tekamah Herald: Mrs. D. W.
MacGregor returned on Friday from
Wayne, were she had been recuper
ating from the effects of her recent
illness, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. W. J. Rennick.
c Walthill Citizen: Editor Mose War
ner and family of the Lyons Mirror,
visited here Saturday evening and
ounday, guests at the B. Sheldon
home. lie gave us a pleasant visit.
Mrs. Warner and Mary remained
until Tuesday.
Sioux City Journal. 23rd: Thirty-
five members of the Coleridge, Neb.,
contingent who came to Sioux City
baturday to enlist in the army yes
terday were guests or the Crystal
Lake Gun club. The Coleridge men
are members of the gun club at that
place.
Newcastle Times: Father O'Toole
was a passenger to Jackson Tuesday
noon ...Mike Heenan was a visitor
at Jackson, Tuesday afternoon. . . .
W. A. Verzani was transacting busi
ness at Jackson, Wednesday . . . .The
Homer high school ball team played
here with the locals last Friday,
score 13 to 1, in favor of Necastle.
Ponca Journal: Jim Sutherland of
Jackson, spent Saturday at the home
of his father . Rev. Perea went to
South Sioux City Tuesday to attend
the Northeastern Nebraska Presby
tery, which was held Wednesday ....
Henry Gath and crew of six men
came up from Jackson Saturday
evening and spent Sunday in Ponca.
Mr. Gath has contracts for several
large jobs in Jackson.
Allen News: Archie Twamley was
a passenger to Sioux City Tuesday
noon . . .R. Caulk went to Sioux City
Tuesday for a visit with his son, Wal
ter, who holds the position of assist
ant cashier in the offices of the Cud
ahy Packing Co . . .Henry Hinz and
Miss Elsie Glou, of near Nacora,
were united in marriage, Friday,
April 13th, in Sioux City, Iowa, and
now live on the Hinz farm, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Hinz having moved to
Waterbury.
Sioux City Journal, 20th: Miss
Eleanor Watterson, of Sac City, and
Mr. Clarence Rasdal, of Wayne,
Neb. , were married at noon yester
day at the First Presbyterian church
in this city by Rev. Wallace M. Ham
ilton. After the service Mrs. C. E.
Waterson, the bride's mother, gave
a luncheon in their honor at the West
Dakota City
Grocery
Specials for Saturday
3 Lamp Chimneys 25c
2 Cans Sweet Potatoes 35c
2 pkgs Shredded Wheat. . 25c
2 pkgs Tapioca , 25c
2 lbs Dried Peaches 25c
.' pkgs Krumbles ' .25c
2 15c cans Spaghetti 25c
3 Cans Chile Con Carne 25c
SligRest Price Paid, for
COUNTRY PRODUCE
W. L.
Dakota City,
hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Rasdal will
make their home in Wayne after a
visit in Omaha.
Wakeffeld Republican: C. J. A.
Larson and wife visited Wakefield
relatives over Sunday. Edwards &
Bradford have sold their lumber
yard at Primrose and Art has been
givon the position of bookkeeper and
assistant manager at South Sioux
City Some of the friends of Sena
ator, H. P. Shumway remembered
lis Gist birthday by giving him a
cry pleasant surprise party last
i.vt".ing. The following gentlemen
and their wives were present: W. S.
and Harold Ebersole, Frank Wes
trand", E. T. Dunlap. I. 0. Peterson,
Walter Carlson, L. W Schwedhelm,
R. D. Aller and H. B. Ware.
E.nerson Enterprise: Mrs. Chas.
Londegran died at a hospital in
Norfolk last Saturday and the re
mains were taken to Hubbard Mon
day for burial Wednesday ... .The
pen is said to be "mightier than the
sword." Mell Schmied's Dakota
City North Nebraska Eagle gives ev
idence each week that the scissors
are mightier than the pen.... Mrs.
Church and her little daughter of
Homer returned home last week
after several days' visit with the
families of Charles Rockwell, Clyde
Myers and John Church... .Nick
Ryan has purchased the Sol Smith
building, now occupied by the har
ness shop, and will move his drug
store therein as soon as it is made
ready. A new plat glass front, steel
ceiling and a full basement are some
of the changes contemplated.
Sioux City Journal, 18th: If Sioux
Cityans want to take advantage of
the offer made by the Nebraska
State Game association, which is now
seining Crystal lake of all "soft' fish,
to sell the fish at cost, they should
come to the scene of the opperations
before the peddlers buy up the sup
ply, W. J. O'Brien, state superin
tendent of fisheries, announced yes
terday. All the fish taken from the
lake will be sold at from C to 8 cents
a Dound. Peddlers from Sioux City
have the right to buy supplies at
these prices, but they sell the fish at
from 10 to 12 cents a pound in Sioux
City, thus defeating the purpose of
the offer. More than a ton of buffalo,
carp and spoonbill catfish have been
taken from tho lake during the last
two days. Four men are engaged
in the operations. It is estimated
that it will take this crew about two
weeks to exhaust the supply. Geo.
C. Koster, of Lincoln, chief game
warden, and Mr. O'Brien, will retnrn
to Omaha tonight after having su
perintended the laying of the nets.
Sioux City Journal, 24: Frank B.
Buckwalter and Ralph J. Haley have
received seed potatoes valued at
from $5,000 to $6,000 from North
Dakota and Minnesota. The pota
toes will be distributed for planting
in Thurston and Dakota counties in
Nebraska. The potatoes are Early
Ohios. The cost for seed and plant
ing will be about $50 an acre .... Fu
neral services for John W. Greene,
19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John
A. Greene, of South Sioux City,
ROSS
Nebraska
Neb., whose bodv arrived in Sioux
City yesterday from Excelsior
Springs, Mo., where death occurred
Sunday from blood poisoning, will
be held this afternoon at 2 o'clocK
from the Methodist Enisconal church
in South Sioux City. Burial will be
in Graceland Park cemetery. Greene
scratched his finger on a barbed wire
fence several weeks ago. ihe linger
became infected and Greene was
sent to Excelsior Springs in an at
tempt to regain his strength. He
died from the effects of the poison
ing, whiph spread through his sys
tem. Greene was a student in the
South Sioux City high school. Be
sides his parents, Green is survived
by five brothers and sisters, Hazel,
James, Edward, Harold and Helen.
Sioux City Journal, 16th: Rev. G.
M. Pendell, of Homer, Neb., iB visit
ing his son, Goodsell T. Pendell, and
family.... J. P. Twohig, 2G22 Pierce
street, reported to the police that
his five passenger automob v- as
stolen from Tenth and Iowa sheets
Tuesday night. The car crnird the
license number 145,042 .... one thou
sand, four hundred pounds of fish
were taken from Crystal lake yester
day and were sold to consumers and
peddlers as fast as they could be re
moved from the seines. The fish
were sold at 5 cents and (5 cents a
pound. Peddlers, who brought them
to Sioux City sold them at 10 cents
a pound. Spoonbill catfish sold at 8
cents.... A military funeral will be
given Michael McNally, 20 years old,
the first recruit from Sioux City to
die while in the service of his coun
try, this morning at 9 o'clock from
the church at Willis, Neb. Burial
will be in the cemetery at Jackson,
Neb. It is expected that a number
from the Sioux City recruiting sta
tion will attend the funeral. Mc
Nally enlisted on March 29 th and
was in apparent good health at the
time. He was sent to Fort Logan,
Colo., for his training. He was taken
with an acute attack of appendicitis
and was not able to rally from the
operation. McNally is survived by
his widowed mother, Mrs. Alice Mc
Nally, who lives on a farm a short
distance from Goodwin. Funeral
services will be held at Willis, as
there is no church at Goodwin.
Santa Fe Special in Sioux City
Journal, 21st: Elbert W. Blancett,
on trial for the murder of Clyde D.
Armour of. Sioux City, la., tonight
took the stand and admitted killing
Armour with a shotgun on the after
noon of October 23. The killing,
Blancett said, was accidental and
took place while he was intoxicated.
It occurred, he swore, in some woods
twenty miles east of here while he
was on the way from Denver, Colo.,
to Fresno, Cal., in an automobile
with Armour. Blancett testified that
he and Armour left the car for a
short hunt. Armour walked approx
imately twenty-five feet ahead of
him, the accused man said, and when
he stuiribled.the shotgun he was car
rying in the hollow of his arm was
discharged and Armour received a
portion in the back. When he had
ascertained Armour was dead, Blan
cett avered, he started for Santa Fe
to notify the authorities, but became
frightened at the thought of possible
consequences of the affair. Being
out of money he impersonated the
dead man in order to secure funds,
later selling Armour's automobile
the same reason. After procuring
Armour's money Blancett said he got
drunk and lost it all in a gambling
game. The largest crowd ever in
the court house here'listened breath
lessly to the statement of Blancett,
telling a cronological story in an
swer to questions by his attorneys.
Blancett still was on the stand
when court adjourned late tonight.
He will complete his statement to
tpmorrow. The state concluded its
case today. Renehan closely cross
examined G. Hamma, the Denver
handwriting expert who testified
that Blancett had signed Armour's
name to telegrams and hotel regis
ters. The defense sought to show
that if Blancett wrote the the letter
to the governor of New Mexico,
signed "Edelman," from Seattle, he
did so while under the influence of
Morphine given him by his nurse
while he was suffering from the
wound in his neck. The testimony
showed that the entire charge of
shot from adO-gauge shot gun went
through Blancett's neck below the
Adam's apple and came out at the
back, making a round hole an inch
and a quarter in diameter. Doctors
declared that it was a miracle that
the wound was not fatal. A peculiar
coincidence was found in the fact
that the wound was almost exactly
like that which killed Armour.
Santa Fe Special in Sioux City
Journal, 22nd: In an attempt to dis
prove E. W. Blancett's story of the
accidental killing of Clyde D. Ar
mour, of Sioux City, last October,
in which the accused man blamed
the tragedy on his drunken condi
tion, District Attorney Crist late to
day began a severe cross examina
tion of Blancett in which the attor
ney expect3 to show that the crime
was premeditated. Every detail of
Blancetts's narrative, commencing
with his birth and ending in a pen
itentiary hospital, will be assailed by
the district attorney. Blancett to
day continued his story, begun on
the stand last night. In recounting
the events of the trip from Denver
to this city in Armour's car he told
the story of his continuous drinking
of Btrong liquor at every stopping
place, Armour he said, only drinking
a little beer occasionally. Blancett,
in telling the. story of his life, said
he was 22 years old. He was born
in Aztec, N. M., worked as pur
chasing agent at salmon canneries
in Wasington, on the cattle ranch of
H. L. Allen, Salida, Colo.; in a Den
ver garage apd for the Thomas
Cusack company as driver. He said
that he was "fired" from the last
concern for being drunk. He then
hung around a pool hall and a "blind
tiger" in Denver until Armour hired
hi as a motor companion. He em
phasized the fact that he and Ar
mour became warm friends. Blan
cett said that he was not real drunk
at the time of the killing, but had
been drinking a good deal. He said
he was carying a shotgun across his"
left arm with his right thumb on the
hammer and finge'- on the trigger,
the gun being cock I. Armour was
twenty or thirty feet ahead of him.
He declared he stumbled, tried to
catch himself, and the gun was dis
charged. He sad he was not accus
tomed to a hammer gun. Armour
fell, he ran to him, turned him over
and saw he was covered with blood.
He called "Armour, Armour!" He
saw Armour was dead, and picked
up the gun and ran back to the car
in a panic, not noticing that he pick
ed up Armour's rifle instead of a
shotgun. Afraid of what might be
done to him in a strange country if
he told the story of the accidental
shooting, Blancett said he decided to
keep his lips sealed. He said he got
drunk, gambled and rspent his time
in a sporting house here in an effort
to forget what had happened. He
claimed he got a railroad pass, a
Sioux City Gas company note and
other of Armour's possessions out of
the grip in the automobile.
Santa Fe, N. M special in Sioux
City Journal, 24th: Arguments be
gan today in the trial of Elbert W.
Blancett for the murder of Clyde D.
Armour, of Sioux City, la. The de
fense placed Blancett's motherk Mrs.
Charles Baker, of Friday Harbor,
Wash., on the stand for the purpose
of showing that Blancett was too ill
to have written the "Eddleman"
letter from Seattle to. the governor
of New Mexico declaring the inno
cence of Blancett. Blancett was
subject to a severe grilling by the
district attorney on his story of the
alleged accidental killing and follow
ing events, Blancett's answers pur
porting to show only a hazy recol
lection. "The state," declared As
sistant District Attorney E. P.
Davics in opening the state's argu
ment this afternoon, "wove such a
net around the defendant that it be
came a veritable rope around his
neck and it was only after he had
seen, and astute counsel had seen,
there was no possibility of doubt
that defendant opened his mouth."
The prosecutor declared that through
greed of money Blancett shot down
his motor companion in cold blood
and that afterward without any for
mality proceeded to riflei the pock
ets of the dead man, taking every
thing that was money or represent
ed money( leaving only a cheap
watch. Blancett sat unmoved as
the denunciation proceeded. His
mother, Mrs. Baker, wept. "You
must not allow yourselves to be
Bwayed by a woman's tears," declar
ed Attorney Davies to the jury.
"Her son here has sat throughout
this trial without one sign of human
emotion, leaving the poor old moth
er to bear the brunt of sorrow. If
we are to consider sympathy for a
mother in this case there is another
mother I must mention the mother
of the murdered man. With most
of us while our loved ones are cold
in death there is a lovely casket to
hold the remains and sweet smelling
flowers to waft perfume and
a smile ot repose on tne iace oi
the dead and marks of attentions of
the emba mer. Mrs. Armour will
not have that consolation. All her
life there will be that terrible rec
ollection of gnawed bones, eaten
away by wild animals, and memory
of the last vestige of the face which
she beheld beautiful in life scarred by
sharp-teethed coyotes and wolves."
Many women in tho courtroom wept
aloud during the prosecutor's speech.
He ridiculed Blancett's story of ac
cidental shooting as "absurd, im
probable and, ridiculous," and de
clared every proceeding and suc
ceeding incident showed proof of
cold premeditation and concealment.
Attorney Renhan, for the defense,
spoke tonight. District Attorney
Cribt will close for the state tomor
row. The case is expected to go to
the jury at noon tomorrow.
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For Sale
Team of horses, weight 1400; 1 disc;
1 new Henny carriage: 10 tons wild
hay. P. Jones, Hubbard, Nebr.
Soldier Boys
Go to Coast
Howard Rockwell writes his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Rockwell:
OlRce of the Quartermaster.
Ft. Logan, Colo., April 21, 1917.
Dear Mother and Father:
This is about the first opportunity
I have had to write you a few lines,
so will do the best I can.
I am feeling fine now, although
the first few days I was quite sick,
but am getting along all right now.
1 think it was tho typhoid inoculation
and the vaccination, also the climate
that put mo on the bum.
I am detained by the quartermas
ter as stenographer indefinitely. Do
not know how long I will be here,
but suppose for a few months any
way, and probably all summer.
Write me at Fort Logan, Colo., care
of the Quartermaster.
I have drawn my clothing and this
is what 1 got: 1 suit of wool clothes,
2 pui - of khaki, 0 suits of summer
uiuict v.car, G pairs of socks, 2 pairs
of b.iuoH, 1 overall suit, 2 wool shirts
and 1 hat. What do you think of
that? I didn't draw my winter
overcoat nor my rain coat. Every
thing is of good quality.
We have a cot with a mattress to
sleep on, and two good wool blank
ets to put over us, and we sleep in
the barracks built of brick. Our
"eats" consists of beans, peas, rice,
pudding, meat, cabbage, bread, but
ter and coffee, and about as much of
that as you want.
This is a nice agreeable place here,
about ten miles from Denver, and I
wouldn't care if I was stationed here
all summer.
The rest of the boys left last
Thursday for San Francisco. It will
take them about four days to get
there. They went via El Paso on a
special train. They were all very
anxious to get started, but I think
they will be just as anxious to get
off the train by the time they get
there. Frank Sides leaves this even
ing for San Francisco. Then I will
be left alone entirely. Saw a couple
of the boys from South Sioux City
today. They arrived Wednesday
and will leave some time next week,
About 500 go today. From now on
they will send about 4000 a week out
of this post.
I guess I will send my clothes
home some time next week. When
I first came out here I thought I
would keep them, but it isn't likely
that I would wear them more than
once a month anyway, so I guess my
uniform is good enough to wear if
I want to go to Denver.
Well, I guess I had better close for
this time and write some more next
week. Let me hear from you at
any time. With best wishes, I am
your son,
Howard J. Rockwell.
Gerald Hall writes his sister, Miss
Frana Hall:
Fort Logan, Col., April 10, 1917.
Dear Sister: Now that I have
certain hours off and am not likely
to be called at any minute, I will
write you a letter telling you what
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G. F. Hughes
& Co.
Lumber, Building Ma
terial, Hardware, Coai
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To 5he People qf
Dakota City (Si Vicinity
WE have succeeded Mr. Fred Lynch in the
Hardware and Lumber business in Dakota
City, and are here to stay. Cur aim will be
to treat everyone right, and alike, and will guaran
tee satisfaction on all sales and work done at 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
Plumbing, Tin Work, Furnace and Stove Repairs.
Also Concrete Work of all Kinds.
Come in aiad see tx&
ILct's Get Acquainted.
H. R. GREER, Mgr.
all I have done since I left.
I left Sioux City at 7:45 Wednes
day morning and got into Omaha at
11:15 a. m. I went through an ex
amination there, and left at 11:10
that night. We got into Denver at
2:30 Thursday afternoon. Wo had
a 50 minute wait in Denver, and
then we got a train for here, arriv
ing about 4 o'clock. It was after 9
o'clock that night before I got
through signing papers and they got
through getting my finger prints,
taking my picture, and a whole lot
of other things. Believe me I was
sure tired. The next day I had to
sign some more papers and take an
other examination. They took me
over to the hospital, vaccinated me
and tested my blood. Say, if that
wouldn't almost get a fellow's goat
nothing would. They lined up a
bunch of us about a block long and
took each one as he came. They run
a kind of hollow needle into one of
the veins in one's arm and drew -out
a little bottle of blood. Almost
every other man, would faint. Just
as I was about to "get mine" one
fellow fainted and his eyes bulged
out of his head about six inches
more or less. It was twice as bad
to watch those fellows faint as it
was to get the needle. The next
day they took us to the hospital to
get a shot in the arm inoculation,
or whatever it is called. We have
got two more of these coming. They
say one of the three makes one sick.
The first one didnj) make me sick,
but it made my arm awful sore, be
lieve me; so I suppose mine is yet to
come.
We are about eight miles from
the mountains. It seems kind of
funny to look up and see them all
covered with snow, when there is
not a bit any place tlse. I don't
suppose I will be here any longer
than this week at the most, and
probably not that long, for there
are about 200 men coming in here
each day.
Say, I sure was sore Saturday
the barber cut my hair just about
all off tho ignorant fool. Well, I
guess this is all for this timo.
Goodbye, from your brother,
Gerald Hall.
Cards from Frank Sides, Wilfred
Kinkel and Melford L'lthrop state
that they wereall feeling fine, and
were on the pofnt of leaving for San
Francisco, where they would bo
stationed at Fort Winfield Scott, one
of the finest forts in the United
States. It was snowing to beat the
band when they left Fort Logan last
Thursday.
MATRIMONIAL VENTURES
The following marriage licenses
were issued by County Judge S. W.
McKinley during the past week:
Niuno mul Aildi'usa Ago
Jullua Hrolmiur, Iluitly. Iown Ill
Horutn Peterson, Oiniilin, Nour 21
lolin M. Horn, Sioux Oity 31
Nolllo K. I'lukliiim, " 18
Honry M. Hnlatimil. Wortlilmiton, Minn 28
Mlnnlo M.Tiuito, Bouth Sioux Olty 28
Low In G. Hofnuilatoi', llnttlo Oroolc, In.., 83
Junot K. Hpotts, ' ' ' ... a
Arthur M. Thompson, Anthon, In S3
Mny ti. HlKKlnn,7.lonUlty, III 2U
SnmuolN. Mnxwoll, Sioux Olty 28
Muulu Ii. dntowooil, ' 20
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