Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1917)
akot a County Herald. Slate nUoricalSucW All Tke Now When It Is New. VOL. 20. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECUMBER 20, 1917. NO. 17. Items of Interest Gleaned from Our Exchanges Sioux City Journal, 15: Catherine Lang and Mabel Heirernan, of Hub bard, Neb., Were in Sioux City yes Wynot Tribune: Charley !' -matt, living north of Obert, hu ..i listed in the automobile section of Uncle Sam's army. Sloan. la., Star: Mrs. G. F. Ben nett, of Homer, Neb., visited a day or two this week in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.'S. I. Oliver. Sioux City Journal, 13: Howard Boyle, of Jackson, Neb., is recover ing from an operation for appendi citis at St. Vincent's hospital. Walthill Citizen: Mrs. W. H. Mason went to Sioux City last Thurs day.... Mrs; J. II. Kinnison, of South Sioux City, who has been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lo renger, returned to her. home Thurs day. Allen News: Jl. C. Caulk sold his residence property in the north part of town last week to Ike Boyle.... It. C. Caulk and family are planning on leaving about the- first of the year for Yusten, Tex., where they will spend the winter. IJonca Journal. Judge R. E. Evans, of Dakota City, was here Tuesday afternoon appearing before the board in the Wakefield ditch matter. lie reports that his son Keith, in the naval service, who has been dangerously sick, as, having completely recovered. - i Pender Republic: Guy Graves, in, was released fiom quarantine Mon day and the Judge Graves home has again been restored to comfort and happiness. Too spift, too swift. His Honor, Judge Graves, was strick en with the malady yesterday and his homo is again quarantined. folk will fix up one of the buildings on the place as a temporary shelter and Mrs. Ankeny will stay with friends. The farm was sold in the summer to a Mr. Ileikes, of Wake field, but as he dosn't get possession until the first of March the loss will bo Mr. Morrow's. Roy estimates his loss at about $250. Waterbury Items in Allen News: A very pretty wedding was solmniz ed at the home of Mrs. G. 'A. Hor rick Saturday, December 8th, when their daughter, Florence, was united in marriage to William Clough, of Allen. Only the immediate relatives were present. Laurel Advocate: The house on the farm occupied by Roy Ankney, formerly the Morrow place, burned to the ground between G and 7 o'clock Monday evening. The trouble was caused by a defective flue. Neighbors came quickly and did all" they could. Everything down stairs was saved but upstairs the reverse was true. All furnishings up there were lost and all the clothing of the family, as well as $50 in money be longing to Mrs. Ankeny's father, E. W. Baker. We understand the men Ponca Advocate: Robert Wright, bought the Mrs. Rena Lenox prop erty in the west part of town for $2000 Lizzie Lockwood, of South Sioux City is visiting relatives and . lends in this vicinity.... Judge R. E. Evans, of Dakota City, H. P. Shumway and J. D. Haskell, of Wakefield, and Engineer Tolles, of Omaha, appeared before the board of supervisors-Tuesday afternoon in the matter of the Wakefield drain age ditch. Sioux City Journal, 14: Informa tion concerning the embargo on cane sugar intended for Nebraska use has not been received either in South Sioux City or Dakota City, it was said yesterday by those interested in the food conservation campaign m those places. A dispatch from Omaha stated that no more cane sugar will be shipped into Nebraska. This will leave the state entirely de pendent on the beet product for its sugar supply. Emerson Enterprise: Chris Jeep, of Tekamah and Lotis Jeep, of South Sioux City, wore in Emerson last Saturday, the former looking after his property interests here preparatory to leaving for Califor nia, where he will spend the winter. .... Mrs. John D. Zastrow died at a hospital in Norfolk on December 10, and the remains were brought to the home of her son, Wm. Zastrow, on Tuesday. The funeral services will be held from the English church on Friday at 1 o'clock p. m. conduct ed by Revs. Lewis and Traubel .... While returning to his home in Da kota City last Saturday night, Prof. Carl Schriever, a music teacher well known in Emerson, lost his way In the storm, and was unconscious when found by his brother Sunday morning juat across the street trom his home. Medical aid was summon ed and he soon regained conscious ness. His hands and feet were bad ly frostbitten but at last reports he was getting along nicely, yhich fact his many friends will be glad to learn. Sioux City Journal, 1G: Another effort to obtain better street car ser vice between Sioux City and South Sioux City is being made by a com mittee of three men appointed at the last meeting of the South Sioux City council. Ward Evans, Will Hogan and A. B. Townie, the com mittee, have conferred with E. L. Kirk, general manager of the Sioux City Service company, but have not arrived at an understanding. They have asked for twenty-minute ser vice instead of the present thirty minute schedule. Members of the committee said last night that an effort is being made by the service company to compromise the demands. One of the suggestions made was a Dakota City Grocery Specials for Saturday 31b bag of Rice 25c 1 Can Pork and Beans 25c English Walnuts per lb 25c 1 Can Corn 15c 1 Gallon Dark Karo Syrup 85c Iyarge Pkge Borax Soap Powder. . . . 25c Boiling Meat 14c Beef Roast 17c Highest Price Paid, for COUNTRY PRODUCE W. L. ROSS Dakota City, Nebraska COME ACROSS IT'S YOUR DUTY Remember Horrors of War-Torn Europe and Think of Safety and Comfort Here Then Join the Red Cross. this community the Christ Child once with moro com-merry-mak- The good people of memoratcjtho nativity of Ing and gifts. , Ours Is a prosperous community. None of us Is likely to uuffer this winter for want of food, clothing or shelter, though high prices and certain forced economies will make us real Izc the United States Is at war thousands of miles away. A few of us who have given our boys to the nation may lose them. But generally speaking, we shall feci perfectly secure, and when we stop to think about it, we shall thank God more or less heartily for his blessings. Over in France, which has a total population of about 35, 000,000, probably C"f0"0 are In the army fighting off tho Invader. About 3,0U,.00 more mostly women and children are absolutely d n and out. They are a part of the In habitants of the .ci Industrial district devastated by tho German savages. Now these people are homeless, hungry, naked and sick. At least half of them have tuberculosis, with scarcely a fighting chance for life. The whe'd of Franco is making unheard of sacrifices to save tho natic i. Poor little Belgium Is a wreck a dying wreck. Her small army has been practically exterminated. Her boys and old men have been shot down in cold blood by the kaiser's heroes. Her daughters have been dragged Into slavery worse than death. Her babies have been Impaled on bayonets and nailed to barn doors by playful Teutonlo soldiers. About all that Is left of Belgium Is her deathless spirit. And Serbia. Serbia is now but a name In history. A nation become a slaughter pen and charnel house. A peoplo wiped clean off the earth. What has been said of France applies equally to Italy. Roumanfa and Russian Poland. Europe has been a hell of suffering and grief for threo years. What have the last three years meant to tho United States? Prosperity and peace. Today all stricken Europe is uttering that age-old lamen-. tation, "Out of the depths, Oh Lord, have I cried unto Thee; Lord hear my voice." And tho American Red Cross Is tho Instrument through which Providence Is answering tho prayer. The Red Cross is "over there" now, performing a labor of mercy and paying a debt of fellowship on a scale never beforo known. But It must have your help and mine In order to carry on its vast enterprise in the name of humanity. So the organization Is campaigning tho nation for 15,000,000 members. Every man, woman and child In this community ought to belong to the Red Cross. The membership fee lg $1.00. Another dollar brings the member the Red Cross Magazine for a year. Every $1.00 or $2.00 membership helps Just so much to back up our American boy3 In khaki helps Just so much to take the frightful curse from the lives of millions of home, less, starving, freezing, diseased mothers and babies In dev astated France, Serbia, Belgium, Poland and Roumania. The finest Christmas gift you can make is a Red Cross membership. Don't fail to come across by Christmas eve! twenty-minute service be given du ring the morning and evening rush hours The annual harvest of 100,000 tons of ice from Crystal lake and the Sioux river will start to-morrow-orTuesday, it was announc ed yesterday by the Consumers Ice company. At least 750 men will be needed to do the work, but officials of the company do not anticipate se rious trouble because of the laborJ shortage. They expect to have the ice cut and stored in seven weeks, if, the weather remanins favorable. The company has4 three main store houses, one at Crystal lake and two on the Sioux river. A gang of men will be kept at work at each place- Cutting will be started simultaneous ly at each of the camps. Ice on the lake and river is reported to be twelve inches thick now, and solid enough for fast cutting. If the weather continues fair and cold.and the company is able to obtain enough men to keep the work going at full speed, the crop will be harvested in record breaking time, according to those in charge of the plans. Offi cials of the Consumers plant said that while there is a general labor shortage in Sioux" City they believe they will be able to obtain enough help to harvest and store the crop without delay. MATRIMONIAL VENTURES The following marriage licenses were issued by County Judge S. W. McKinley during the past week: Nnmo nnd Address Arc Hnrry 11. Koltor, Sioux Olty, 21 ltomi Millar. ' ' 1H Krnnk J.OolW. Sioux Olty 32 MlnnloM.WolbtfH ...,..- M Karl Pnrry. Sioux Olty Kl Hladlo lluker, l'lerco, Nolr l Frnnk M. Slinllor, Sioux Olty 27 Myrtlo llnys, ' Farm Notes. WINS AT INTERNATIONAL Nebraska's stock judging team won probably the highest honors ever awarded to a team at the Inter national Live Stock Exposition held at Chicago. Out of twelve colleges and universities that sent repre sentatives to the exposition. Nebras ka students led by more points over the second team than the second team did over the twelfth. Nebras ka was first in judging horses, first in judging hogs, and first in judging sheep. Walter P. Roberst of O'Neill, Neb., was the highest individual out of the sixty highly-trained students from the twelve colleges competing. The other members of Nebraska's team were Earl Hogue, Crete; A. E. Anderson, Lincoln; Glenn Snapp, Belleville, Kas., and Chester Grau, Washington, Neb. The University exhibited 20 head of steers and 17 head of hogs at the exposition, and brought back $1,100 in p-izes. "Bonnie Lad" was the '.a.- pion Galloway steer at the expo- :ion and alone won $170 in pi..iS. IlOTULIS'M AND COLD-1'ACK CANNING The United States Department of Agriculture authorizes the follow ing statement. There is no danger that the typo of food poisoning known as "botul ism" will result from eating fruits or vegetables which have beeh can ned by any of the methods recom mended by the United States De partment of Agriculture, provided such directions have been followed carefully, and that no canned goods, are eaten which show signs of spoil age. In case of any doubt as to whether the contents of a particu lar can have spoiled, it should be thrown away. If fed to chickens or other animals the contents should be boiled. No canned food of any kind which shows any signs of spoil age should ever be eaten. In the cold-pack method only fresh vegetables are recommended for canning, and the jars are sterilized at a minimum temperature of 212 degrees Farenheit for one to four hours. The spores which produce botulism are killed by heating for one hour at 175 degrees, so there is no reason to believe that tho organ ism will survive the sterilization. The toxine which the organism produces is also destroyed by boil ing. Thoro cooking at tho boiling temperature is therefore all that is necessary to kill the organism and destroy its toxin in the food, and cases of botulism are duo to the eat ing of food which has been infected with the organism and not been sufficiently cooked. ORGANIZED AGRICULTURE Organized Agriculture, when all of Nebraska's big farmers' meetings will be held, has been scheduled this year for January M to 19. No mat ter in what special line a farmer may be interested, there will be from two to half a dozen meetings of particular interest awaiting him. The best agricultural experts from the Middle West and even from the entire United States have in many cases agreed to bo .present and give expert advice along their specialties. Present farming conditions, the, exact counterpart of which have not been seen in years, make it imperat ive that each farmer keep himself informed as to the best methods of handling his particular products in war time. A single item gleaned from one of the many meetings held during the week has often during the year more than paid the expenses of a trip to Lincoln. ENDORSEMENT OK COUNTY AGENTS Inasmuch as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carl F. Vrooman, has stated that "the county agents constitute American agriculture's first line of.defensej" and Secretary of Agriculture David Houston states that "In the present war tho county agent has been ready to meet the emergency nnd to concentrate all rural forces and organizations in working out the great problems of food production and food conserva tion," and Congress, in recognition of his value as a local leader, has provided funds tot the immediate; extension of the system to every ag ricultural' county in the United States, the Nebraska State Council of Defense urges all state officers, organizations, and individuals to as sist the Government and the State in accomplishing this end. Nebras ka State Council of Defense, George Coupland, Vice Chairman. Grandma O'Connor Answers Summons In the death of Mrs. Catherine O'Connor, which occurred on Friday morning, December 14th, at the homo of her son, T. J. O'Connor, .at Homer, Dakota county loses one of its earliest pioneer women settlers. Death was due to ailments incident to old age. Mrs. O'Connor was born in County Cork, Ireland, September 8. 1831. She came to America at the age of 17 years and settled in Boston, where on April 18, 1850, she was married to Capt. Cornelius O'Connor. They moved to New York City and resided there Until 1857, when they came l Nebraska, arriving here May 18tl of that year. They first located on Ilk Creek, in St. John's precinct, and a few years later moved to the O'Connor home stead in Omadi precinct, which was her home for fifty years or more. Mrs. O'Connor was the mother of eleven children, three of whom sur vive her. Thjey are: Mrs. Helena Green, of Sioux City: and C. J. O'Connor and T. J. O'Connor, of Homer, Nebr. Her husband died in. 1901. Grandma O'Connor was a noble christian woman, a lifelong member of the Catholic church, and a neigh bor and friend whoso memory the older settlers will always cherish. Funeral services were held Monday forenoon at 10 o'clock from the Catholic church in Homer. Inter ment was made in the Catholic 'cem etery near Homer. People from every part of the county assembled at the last sad rites to pay a tribute to theniemory of one gone, but not forgotteW. - T X-mas Suggestions M. E. Church Notes. F. J. Aucock, Pastor. Uinstmas services bunday morn ing at 11. Every member should try to be present at that time. It is one of the times when we should be glad to gather in God's house and join in united praise to Him. The Sunday school program will bo given Sunday afternoon at 4. There will bo no treat to the children this year, but instead they will help in sending aid to some of the 400,000 destitute children in Palestine, Syria, and Armenia. It is expected that next Sunday tho Sunday Schools of this country will raise a million dol lars for this purpose. We want to do our part, Last Christmas we sent $25. Why not double that this year? Wo can if we try. The Ladies' Aic society meets Fri day of this week with Mrs. Crozier. Our slogan for this week "EVERY MEMBER, A MEMBER OF THE RED CROSS." Let us have a lOOJtf flag on tho walls next Sunday. Tito Herald 1 year, ?1.25. Silverware Cut Glass Fancy China Manicure Sets Tie Clasps Aluminum Ware Watches and Clocks Toilet Sets Cuff Links . Tie Pins I am selling lots of FRENCH -AUTO OIL in barrel lots. upPand it to lay in a supply right now. n;i 5c rmno- nnHfitwi 1. will tMv auto owners ana larmers pi f j G. F. BroyhilFs