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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1917.
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Items Interest
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Our Exchanges
M'endcfltoijublic: County Attor
ney A. MbSirijth attended district
court afr&akota Gity Monday.
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.vArienrNfewg: Mrs. C. fc. T..
otTorkjfNeb., arrived in Allen .
day. evening for a visit with her ;..
tor, Margaret Nordyke.
fJg-Concord Items in Wakefield Re--rUblica'n!r
Last Friday Mrs. Le-
.-)RuVFtjot6 and children returned
toHtieirhome at Hubbard, Neb.
Mrs. yi. Foote accompanied them,
' returning oh Monday.
I ' SihlirrCitv .Toiirnnl. 22: Miss Es-
thflV' T.fiiifh'hr will nvrivn tndnv from
tyvKanuoipn, jncd., wiiero sue is m
"jfc nlructo'r in domestic science in the
', high school. She will spend Clvrist-
fmafj .Vacation with her parents, Mr.
andfr'Mrs. Jacob Leamer.
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Walthill Citizen: Miss Denna
CroWell is visitfng at South . Sioux
'City since school closed for the holi
days. She came home this week.
.$) -. Miss Clara Crowell returned
home Sunday noon from South'Sioux
Ciy, for a two weeks', vacation
through the holidays.
' -'Waterbury Items in Allen News:
E;.J. Way .sold his farm west of town
to -Earl McAfee.. Mr. and Mrs.
;' William Clough, of Allen, were vis-
itinjf-Sunday'in the Herrick home.
" ....E. J. Way left Monday for his
-v ,4 hqme in Central City, going by auto
: route. . . .Albert Herrick visited over
't Monday night with his sister, Mrs.
. .William Clough.
V Wakefield Republican: Mr and
-' Mrs. Carl Thompson entertained
twenty friends of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Kohlmeier last Friday evening.
The occasion was a farewell party in
v, honor of the Kohlmeiers, who expect
'" to leave soon for St. Louis, where
they will make their future home.
The evenine: was' spent in a social
tttme.At 8 -o'clock they were ih-
vited to partake of a good, old fash--.
ioned supper. Everybody reports
an enjoyable time.
' Sioux City Journal, 20: Mrs. U.
G. Bridenbaugh and Miss ' Ruth Bri
denbaugh, of Coldridge, Neb., ar
rived in Sioux City yesterday
Lieut. J. II. Bridenbaugh, former
football star of Morningside college,
who was graduated in 1910, was a
guest at a banquet given in his hon
or at Billings, Mont., recently.
Lieut. Bridenbaugh is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Bridenbaugh, of
Billings, Mont., and formerly of
Sioiix City. Lieut. Bridenbaugh
played at both the guard and center
positions on the Maroon football
squad No decision in the Combi
nation bridge toll controversy can
be expected before February 1, at
. the earliest, said Ward R. Evans,
city attorney of South Sioux City,
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Dakota City
Grocery .
Specials for Saturday
31b bag of Rice . . '. 25c
1 Can Pork and Beans..'. . . .- 25c
English Walnuts per lb'. .": T. . . . , . .25c
1 Can Corri , .( 15c
1 Gallon Dark Karo Syrup . '...'. 85c
Large Pkge I3oraxS6ap Powder 25c
Boiling Meat 14c
Beef Roast 1 7c
HSghicst Price Paid, for
COVPfTRY PRODUCE
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Dakota Oily,
who is conducting the fight for lower
tolls. Mr. EvntiH has already pre
sented evidence to Col. Willard
Young, who was appointed by Sec
retary of War Baker to investigate
the case, but the bridge company
must be given time to reply to it,
and .South Sioux City will then have
an opportunity to give rebuttal tes
timony, Mr. Evans announced.
After hearing all the evidence Col.
Young will make his report to Sec
retary Baker, who will givelhe final
decision.
Pender Times: The T. R. Blair
restaurant was discovered on fire at
G a. m. yesterday. The department
extinguished the flames after a good
deal of damage was done. The
building was owned by Mr. Duggan
of Hubbard. The fire evidently
caught from fire in the range which
had been made by Mr. Blair. He
left immediately for the barn to
take care of his team . . ." . Edna De
cora vs. Arthur McConley and Fred
Means wants $10,000 damages for
injuries sustained by reason of the
defendants while under the influence
of liquor (in Dakota county) driv
ing an auto recklessly and above the
speed limit and striking and run
ning over the plainsiff, causing per
manent injury to her.
Emerson Enterprise: Last 'Wed
nesday night a week at the Masonic
hall the Emerson Community club
gave a reception to Lieut. C. E. Paul
and other young men of Emerson
who have responded to their coun
try's call and enlisted in her service.
Games, an oyster supper with ap
propriate accompanying refresh
ments and a smoker were indulged
in to the enjoyment of all. The
evening's festivities and social hour
were closed with a series of inform
al talks, with Mr. George Haase act
ing as chairman, and he filled this
kposition in a most excellent manner
satistactonly to all. Ihe lollowmg
of all the loyal Americans present
spoke: Dr. Allen, Rev. Lewis, Lieut.
Paul, Father Burke, Mr. Gordon, A.
Ira Davis, Leo Perrier The entire
meeting was permeated and pervad
ed by a fine spirit of fellowship,
good feeling, brotherhood, patriot
ism and affection for the boys who
are leaving.
Sioux City Tribune, 22: Capt. R.
B. Pike, of Sioux City, now station
ed at Camp Cody, where he has been
acting as judge advocate, sends
greetings to Sioux City friends, and
among other things reports on the
promotion of First Lieutenant Fred
erick II. Roost, also of Sioux City,
to a captaincy. Dr. Roost has not
only been promoted in rank,1 but
now has sole command of the contact
camp of over 1,200 men, in addition
to his own company. Captain Roost
won his promotion on his record, his
company having ranked first at Camp
Cody in training and drilling. But
this is what his friends expected of
him. In 1908 he was in thp service
of his country when war with Mexico
seemed unavoidable, and at that
time as first lieutenant his company
had made a similar record of excel
lence It is recognition of his patri
otism in this way with his own sense
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Nebraska
of duty performed that alone can
compensate the doctor for his ab
sence from Sioux City. Here he
had everything that a young man
could expect, was hapily married,
had a fine home and a professional
nractice worth S15.000 a year. He
ave all of this up to serve the gov-
uriimuui, uuu oiuua. viiy win icjuitv;
in the fact that merit and service
are discovered, appreciated 'and re
warded by the big government at
Washington.
Sioux City Journal 21: As a re
sult of having two bottles of beer in
their ice chest, the I Don't Know
club of Dakota City, Neb., yesterday
was fined $100 in the Dakota county
district court on a charge of illogal
possession of intoxicating liquor. A
raid of the club several months ago
produced the beer. Frank O'Le'ary
of Sioux City, a member of the club
who was said to have owned the
beer, also was fined $100. Frank
Wagner was fined 5100 on ' i !!ar
charge. A small bottle ol whisky
was found near Wagner's v:5dence
at Crystal lake several im.ithd ago.
According to the Nebraska law, a
person. is allowed to possess a reason
able amount of liquor, providing it
is stored in his dwelling. Wagner
was convicted upon the ground that
his liquor was not inside his house.
Alexander Brown was found not
guilty on a charge of illegal posses
sion of liquor. A raid on his place
netted 500 bottles of beer. The
court held that this wa a reasonable
amount and the beer was returned
to him. Judge Scars, of Omaha,
Neb., presided. The court adjourn
ed yesterday and will reconvene
January 2, 1918, when the ballots of
the last election for county attorney
will be recounted. George Leamer
won over S. T. Frum by a majority
of thirteen votes. Frum contested
the election and it was taken up be
fore the supreme court. The court
ordered that the ballots be recount
ed in the Dakota county district
court.
Sioux City Tribune,21st: A com
munication was mailed today by
Ward Evans, attorney for the pa
trons of the combination bridge, to
E. A. Burgess, attorney for the Mis
souri Rivr Bridge company, asking
that ho include in the proofs which
he will submit to the secretary of
war a statement of the various
charges made of the telephone,
light and service companies for the
privilege of using the bridge. Mr.
Evans asserts that he has been un
able to find any record of the Ser
vice company's having paid any fee
for the privilege of the use of the
bridge or of having contributed any
thing to its upkeep in spite of the
fact that this corporation uses the
bridge more than any other patron,
derives more profit from it and
causes more wear and tear upon it.
The town of South Sioux City pays
$200 annually for the privilege of
stringing electric light wires across
the bridge, Mr. Evans says. Mr.
Burgess is also requested in his
proofs to show what method'id used
by the Service company in account
ing for the bridge toll collections
from those who ride' across the
bridge on the street) cars. He fur
ther asks for a copy of the articles
of incorporation of the Missouri
river Bridge company, a corporation
of the state of Delaware, stating
that he is unable to find a record of
the articles either in Dakota county,
Nebraska, or Voodbury county,
Iowa. Proofs for the bridge pa
trons have already been submitted
to Colonel Young, of Kansas City,
who has been named by the secre
tary of war to deal with the contro
versy. Mr. Evans said this morning
that he had been advised to the ef
fect that Mr. Burgess i3 now engag
ed in drawing up the proofs for the
bridge company.
County Agent's Field Notes
IJY O. K. YOUNG.
Prof. C. W. Pugsley, director of
the experiment station, announces
that he will talk on "The Farmers'
Place in War," in his address to be
given at the annual meeting of the
Dakota County Farmers' Associa
tion, Friday, December 28th. Miss
Elizabeth James, of Sioux City, la.,
a graduate of the Morningside col
lege of public speaking, will inter
sperse tne regular program with
selections. Program begins at 11
a. m. Dinner will be served by the
Red Cross society. Everybody in
vited. Special attention is called to the
short course to be held in Dakota
City, January 7th to 11th. This will
be run in sections, one for men and
one for women. Program will be
announced next week.
Arrangements were completed
last weeic tor tne purchasing ot a
car otiioistein cattle lor rarmers
living in the vicinity of Jackson and
Hubbard. Wisconsin will likely be
the origin of these cattlo. Two of
our farmers, accompanied by the
county agent, will do the buying.
MID-WEST STATE Bank. "Let's
double deposits,"
Soldier's Letter
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The following letter was received
byiD. L. Randall, manager for the
Bell Telephone Co. in this place,
from his cousin, Dean F. Stubbs, of
West Elkton, Ohio, now in France:
Franco, November 9, 1917.
Dear Folks;
We have now been in camp for
several days, but there has been so
much to do getting the routine run
ning again, that I have not had time
to writo before.
The trip over was uneventful in
the way of narrow escapes fine
weather all the way and'no signs of
the enemy. It was the most enjoy
able part of the army life that I
have experienced so far.
We are now camped near the port
at which we docked, giving the boys
a chance to rest up and "police" up
after the trip, with just enough drill
and marches to keep them in con
dition or rather get them back into
condition as everyone got fat and
soft during the thirteen days we
were at sea and waiting for the,
docks to clear out so that wo could
land.
The regiment i. now quartered in
cantonments p fable buildings
made in America, t.nd by a streak of
good luck the one that I live in does
not leak, which is a very desirable
feature in this country where it rains
nearly every day. Sunny France
that we read about is fiction, pure
and simple, so far as I have been
able to observe. The reports of
the mud in this country are under
estimated rather than exaggerated,
and they tell us that we have not
yet struck the muddy part of it, so
don't delay on the boots.
Camp is about two and one-half
miles from town aver roads that are
a nice, thick muck so my visits to
the city are few and far between,
especially as there is nothing of in
terest in the town, whose only ex
cuse for existence is that it has
a good basin for the big liners to
dock.
The people around here all impress
one as being very poor and about
three out of four women thatyou see
are dressed in mourning, and prac
tically every male human who is not.
senile or infantile is in uniform. The
fevjkiyilians you see wear brassards
signifying that they are in some way
connected with the war, munition
workers, railway employees, etc. It
is not at all hard, to realize that
there is a war on hero as everything
points that way.
The buildings are built of stone
or stucco no frame structures of
any kind with the exception of the
cantonments, and look very much as
if they had been taken from one of
the scenes of an opera, with their
white or grey-white walls and red
tile roofs, for the better class and
thatched roofs on one room shacks
that are called houses only through
courtesy for the poor. One door and
one window is the limit for these,
generally only the door.
The teams here are all driven
tandem and every horse has bells on.
Oxen are just about as numerous as
horses. It takes the American trucks,
White, Packard, etc., to deliver the
goods, and they have more of them
over here than I thought there were
in the world. Fords? From the looks
of things the government buys them
by the great-gross, assorted.
It will probably be Thanksgiving
Day by the time this reaches you, so
eat a thigh of the turkey for tne, and
lots of pie, assorted, which is the
thing 1 miss most in the army, and
is something ybu can't buy over
here. They make something that
looks a little like a pie, but it don't
compare with the real thing, How
ever, the liitle cakes they make are
very good and so is the cheese, but
after all there is nothing that can
ever take the place of the great
American pie.
I have no complaint to make about
army grub. The Government gives
us the very best of everything and
the cooking is as good as you could
expect. It is moderately clean, serv
ed good and hot and all thatyou care
for, but the variety is necessarily
limited.
Last evening I went to town and
got a fairly good meal for about 80c.
The steak was horsemeat, which was
a new one on me, but was broiled to
a turn and was quite tasty. The
oysters are very small here and
almost black, but have a good flavor
as they are just out of the sea. All
sea food is good hero as we are right
on the ocean. In the fish stalls in
market you can see great piles of all
kinds of fish that have been out of
the sea such a short time that they
are still "kicking." No question
about them being fresh!
We have not received any mail
since landing hero but am sure that
there are several letters from you on
j the way, if you addressed them.
Headquarters Company, 150th lucid
Artilery A. E. F., via New York,
which is the address I gave in one
of my letters from New York.
I almost forgot to tell you one of
the most important things or rnthefr
experiences I have had since landing
in Franco. Yesterday I had a hot
bath in a real bath tub, which is an
Farm Notes.
sailed by the University of Ncbrnska
V CollcRCof Agriculture.
A SCHOOL COURSE J'OK FORTY DOL
IJVRS Forty dollars is the estimated cost
of taking a special course, includ
ing all expenses, at the school of ag
riculture (his winter. From Janu
ary 21 to February 18 special courses
in nearly all agricultural subjects
will be given. This four weeks'
term will be especially for men, and
boys over fifteen, who are able to
get away from the farm for only a
month at a time Among the many
subjects to be taken up will bo rural
architecture, beef cattle judging,
nnimal pathology, all branches of
dairying, entomology, farm manage
ment in all phases, plant pathology,
poultry raising, and Nebraska . soil
conditions. Further information
may bo secured by addressing the
Principal, School of Agriculture,
UH rsity Farm, Lincoln, Neb.
' J. IN IMPROVERS' MEETING
"v iold Crops in Relation 'to War
Problems," "Corn and Corn Shows,"
"The Land Problem," and "Crops,
Soil and Climate" will bo among the
subjects discussed at the meeting of
the Nebraska Corn Improvers'
Association to be held at the Stato
Fajm during the week of Organized
Agriculture, January 14 to 19. The
Corn Improvers' Association will hold
its meetings on Tuesday and Wed
nesday. OATS INVESTIGATIONS
"Oata Investigations" is the title
of a new bulletin just issued by
the Nebraska Experiment Station.
Tests extending over a period of 15
years, as explained in tho bulletin,
show conclusively that early varieties
are better adapted to tho greater
event by which I will probably date
all happenings from now on. The
price of a bath is 1 F. 50c, about
thirty cents, and I don't ever remem
ber getting quite as much satisfac
tion out of such a small sum before,
as it was tho first real bath I have
had since leaving New York, the 18th
of last month.
Soma of , the boys have tho "cooties"
already, but I have managed to keep
clear of them so far, but they tell me
that you are not received in the best
society "Over There" unless you
have at least a few of them. It is
being done quite extensively by all
the up-town families.
From now on I will try to write at
least once a week, but the mail
service over here is so very poo'r that
you need not be a bit alarmed if you
don't hear from me regularly. There
is no chance of our seeing any action
until spring at the very earliest, and
then Regimental Headquarters are
away back out of the way, so
chances of my getting any "D.
bars (Distinguished Conduct)
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are
very sum.
1 think I have written aboutall the
news that will get by the censor, so
will get this in the mail as I under
stand that there is a boat sailing for
the States tomorrow.
G. F. Hughes
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Dadkota; City C8L Vicinity
WE have succeeded Mr. Fred Lynch in the
Hardware $nd Lumber business in Dakota
City, and are here to stay. Our 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 we will do all kinds of
Plumbing, Tin Work, Furnace and Stove Repairs.
Also Concrete Work of all Kinds.
Come in. exracl sec us
Kefs Get Acquainted.
H. R. GREER, Mgr.
part of Nebraska and yield more
than late varieties. bi a 12-year test
the average 'yield of three early va
rieties was 11.1 bushels (or 22 per
cent) superior to the average yield
of four late varieties. Information
regarding tho white Kherson strain,
'Nebraska No. 21," which yielded
9 to 15 per cent higher than tho
original Kherson, is given, ns well
as various information on oats cul
ture. Requests for Bulletin No.
1G0 addressed to Bulletin Clerk,
State Farm, Lincoln, Neb., will re
ceive prompt attention.
WOOL GROWERS MEET
What will probably be the great
est sheep meeting ever held in the
state will take place at Lincoln du
ring tho week of Organized Agricul
ture, January 14 to 19, when the an
nual session of the Nebraska Sheep
Breeders' Association will be held.
Not only will the best sheep raisers
of the stale be present, but also
some of the best known authorities
on the subject in tho United States.
With tho greatest demand for wool
in the world's history and with con
ditions well adapted to tho raising
of sheep in Nebraska, every farmer '
should attend this meeting. Tues
day of Organized Agriculture Week
will be "Sheep Day."
SELECTING SEED CORN
More than ordinary care must be
taken at this season of tho year in
selecting seed corn, according to the
agronomy department of tho Uni
versity. If old corn is available, it
will probably prove a better source
of seed corn thanl the new crop.
Corn cut beforo tho early freeze
will also prove a good source of seed.
After the seed has been selected,
it should be dried out and stored
where the air circulates freely. A
common method is to hang the corn
on strings in a shed. If convenient
it is not a bad practice to hang the
corn in tho house where there is
added heat.
TEN WEEKS' CR.EAMERY COURSE
A ten weeks' practical creamery
course, open to both men and wo
men, will begin at the State Farm
January 21. It will be a short
course, in which the students will
be taught to make buttc i ice cream
and cheese, to operate cream sta
tions and dairies, and to eliminate
waste in handling dairy products.
Special attention will be given this
year to showing classes how to make
appetizing food products out of
what has heretofore been considered
factory waste. The department of
dairy husbandry has been awamped
with inquiries for men capable of
taking charge of cream stations,
creameries and milk plants. The
course will close March 30, 1918.
Furthef information may be secured
by addressing Department of Dairy
Husbandry, State Farm, Lincoln,
Neb. "
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