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He t Dakota County Herald. State -rJixtof . Matt AU Th Nw When It U New. y OflCfil o. L'4 ,3OC;o VOL. 1'G. Dakota city, Nebraska, Thursday, February m, iois. NO. 25. k -v; , t - F ' s 0, Items of Interest Gleaned from Our Exchanges Fonda, la., Times: Burt Kroesen was at Manson Tuesday evening. I&JWynot Tribune: Mrs. Will Hi gins and father, Mr. Sayre, vr. passengers to Waterbury Monday. Walthill Citizeni Mrs. M. Mason, ,o Homer, spent a few hours Mon day with her son, W. H., and fam iy. Emerson Enterprise: . Mr. and Mas. Louis Fricken are happy over itle arrival of a baby girl at their home on February 2. Wakefield Republican: Grandma Spencer is reported to be seriously ill ... . Al Shearer, who has been operator at the depot, has been pro moted to South Sioux City. Laurel advocate: Mrs. Cadence Ros3 came up from Dakota City Monday for a few days' visit. From here she goe3 to Ida Grove, la., where she expects to visit a few weeks. Sioux City Journal, 9th: John Severson, who appealed to the dis trict court from a a fine administer ed in pol ce court, was found guilty of violating the city building ordi nance and the fine was allowed to stand. Ponca Journal: Martha Smith came up from Willis Saturday night. . Clara Cook, of Dakota City, was a guest of' Beryl Mallory Tuesday evening "Mr. and Mrs. Art Ander son' went to Hubbard Sunday to at tend the funeral of Mr. Anderson's father, who died in Sioux Cily last Thursday. Sioux City Jqurnal, 7th: The mar riage of Miss Ruth Nugent, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Nugent, and Mr. Eugene Duggan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Duggan,' took piece yesterday morning at 7:30 o'clock in the Cathedral of the Epiphany. The marriage ceremony, which was per formed by Rev. H. J. Schleier, was attended by relatives and a few friends of the couple. After a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Duggan will return to Sioux City, where they will make their home. Sioux City Journal, 8th: Purchase William Slaughter Grain Co. DEALERS IN Css-ain., Feed, IPlotx.r, Hay asvet Coal FRED PARKER, Manager Phono No. -1 Dakota City, Nobr. Dakota City Grocery Specials for Saturday 4-lb bag of Pure Buckwheat 45c 2 boxs Rolled Oats ' ; 25c 1 can Pumpkin .. ; .....: . 15c 1 can Sauer Kraut ' .15c 1 can Frank's New England Dinner 25c ' 3 pkgs Jelly Powder '. 25c Boiling Meat per lb 16c Beef Roast, per lb 18c HigKest Price Paid, for COUNTRY PRODVCE ROSS GROCERY Dakota City, of the Princess theater from Jacob E. Schlank was announced yesterday by J. S. Shortley, of Seattle, Wash., a-former Sioux City business man The change will take place Sunday. Mr. Shortley purchased the lease and all equipment. He will continue the policy of a combination of vau deville and pictures, temporarily, with improved vaudeville bookings. "I will give Sioux City the best vau deville that is to be obtained for the price," he announced. Mr. Schlank - s been booking Sullivan & Consj- ne acts. Mr. Shortley established .ic tar theater in Sioux City eight years ago. Atterwaru he operated a theater in Seattle. He was a res ident of Sioux City for a number of years and is widely known here . . . A resolution repudiating an old debt amounting to thousands of dollars, and outstanding since 1884, when the court issued a judgment against the city, was passed by the South Sioux City council last night at a special meeting. The statute of limitation will prevent collection, it was asserted by Ward Evans, city attorney. The judgment wasjssued" in favor of Philo Graves fo"i side walks built when the city was incor porated under the name of Coving ton, Neb. The amount of the claim was $2,306.07 and bore 10 per cent interest. Attention was called to the fact that already $0,000 had been paid on the account, and that George Graves, who lives somewhere in the west, and to whom the debt ha"s been assigned, claims a balance due of $4,550.60. The action of the city council abandoning the obligation is said to have been actuated by the Burlington Railroad company, which is a heavy taxpayer in South Sioux City. The railroad company stren ously objected to the city's high tax rate caused by the t old debt. The matter of repudiating the judgment has been under discussion for some time by members of the city council, and last night the special meeting was called to take official action on the proposieion, Mr. Graves will be notified of the decision of he coun cil. Omaha World-Herald, 7th: Wil liam Bartels, Hubbard, Neb. .wealthy farmer, who was arrested two weeks ago and ordered interned at Fort Crook, is to be sent to Fort Douglas, Utah, for internment. Bartels is now in the Douglas county jail await ing transportation to Fort. Douglas,. Where he will be kept until the end of the war. Uncle Sam keeps those of his enemy aliens under arrest un der such close surveillance that there is small chance for their escape. Bartels, for instance, is in a barred cell. In order that a World-Herald Nebraska Basket Ball Dakota City High School Girls vs. Ponca' High School Girls Dakota City High School Boys vs. Friday Evening, Feb'y. 15th In Dakota City High Scliool O'clock reporter might see him, it was first necessary to secure a permit from United States Marshal Tom Flynn. This permit got the reporter into a long corridor with heavy bars on all sides. Then Bartels was brought into a barred room adjoining. The room was separated from, the cor ridor by two sets of iron bars and two steel meshes, the meshes being so dose together that the two men could not even see each other, al though, by talking rather louder than is permitted in polite society, they could hear one another fairly well. And a deputy sheriff stood a few feet away where he could hear every thing said and see everything done. Small chance an enemy alien has of causing trouble under those condi tions. William Bartels denies that he is an enemy to this country, al though he is interned as such. "I deny that I am an enemy to Ameri ca," he said through the heavy bars and the steel mesh. "I came to America with my father when I was 10 years of age. That was thirty eight years ago. We came direct to Dakota county, Nebraska. I have lived in that county ever since. I thought my father had completed his naturalization papers and was a citizen. I have votqd ever since I reached the age of 21 years. They say I made disloyal talks against this country. 1 deny it. 1 was not on good terms with my neighbors. They must have misconstrued what I said. I certainly j did not talk against America. I subscribed to the Red Cross, just like everyone did up there I took six cards, one for each member o'f the family. I have just written the agent of the department of justice and placed my case btfore him. I have asked him to let me go home. I want to go home".'' Bartels does not know that he is to be taken to Fort Doug las for internment. He believes he js to be taken to Fort Crook, to which post he was originally sentenc ed. Reports from Hubbard are that his wife is in serious condition. He does not know it. Seed Corn Prices Fixed. Notice to owners and holders of 1910 corn. By authority of-the National Gov ernment and the Nebraska State Council of Defense: I am directed to give notice to the owners and holders of 1910 corn suitable for seed that they shall not dispose of this seed until the local demand has been filled and that any old stocks of corn shall not be per mitted to leave the county until it is known that the needs of the coun ty are sufficiently supplied. . It must be understood that this embargo must be recognized and if there is any disposition on the part of the holders not to comply with the re quest of the State Council of Defense any violation of this order will be vigorously dealt with. CONCERNING PRICES The price of seed corn in the state of Nebraska shall not be more than $5.00 per bushel for pure (not mixed) strain, graded, guaranteed 90-or over germination test and delivered to consumer. The price of seed corn selected from the crib by consumer shall not be more than $3.00 per bushel, ' Thomas Ashford, Chairman County Council of De fense, Dakota county, Neb. To My Old Customers and Friends. , All who know themselves indebted to mo will please come and settle their accounts at their earliest con venience. Yours truly, Carl Anderson, Hubbard, Neb. m Game Called at S Ed m Ponca High School Boys Auditorium dmission, -5 Cents. County Agent's Field Notes BY C. K. YOUNG. The special committee appbinted by the National Government and the Nebraska State Council of Defense to investigate the seed corn situation and to suggest plans as to how best meet the problems incidental there to, has reached the following con clusions: From reports gathered which re veal conditions in several counties of the state as to the quality of the 1917 crop, it appears that in nearly all the counties its germinating abil ity is very poor and great care will have to be taken in selecting ears which can ue relied upon to grow. In a number of counties there rire stocks of 1910 crop and most of this corn can be relied upon for seed. It is very imparitive. that these old stocks shall be first used to supply the demands of the.communities in which they are located. County coun cils of defense and all local authori ties mut see to it that no seed corn is shipped out of their communities until full provision is made for their own seed corn requirements, thus avoiding the necessity of having to ship in seed which is not so well ad apted for that particular locality. The committee feels that it cannot place too great emphasis as to the absolute necessity of doing this. The question of establishing a price for seed corn has had the most careful consideration of the commit tee and it has decided that the fol lowing prices are fair and equitable to both buyers and sellers of seed corn: "Report of Seed Stocks committee appointed by Nebraska State Coun cil of Defense and U. S. Department of Agriculture concerning price and control of seed corn: "The price of seed corn in the state of 'Nebraska shall be not more than $5.00 per bushel for pure strain (not mixed) graded, guaranteed 90"o germination test or over and delivered to consumer. "Mixed corn, or corn of inferior quality should be correspondingly lower in price. ''The price of seed corn selected from the crib by the consumer shall be not more than $3.00 per bushel. "It is recommended that the State Council of Defense place an embargo on all corn suitable for seed until after March 15, 1918, unless special permission for its shipment is ob tained from the Seed Stocks com mittee of the State Council of De fense." The committee has been impelled to do this from the fact that many complaints have reached the govern ment and state council of defense that persons who have seed corn for sale, are seeking to exact an exag gerated price from those who are compelled to purchase seed corn. Also, many cases have been report ed that buyers from commercial centers are seeking to purchase old and new stocks of seed corn before local needs have been ascertained and provided for. In these days the nation's ne cessities mustbe first considered and the best provision possible made to meet them. The state council of defense calls upon all county councils of defense, boards of county commissioners, farmers and business men to assist in providing the seed which will bo required to plant Nebraska's 1918 corn crop and also to provide a sur plus of seed if possible to help other states whose seed corn situation is even more serious than ours. In counties where government agricul tural agents are established the seed corn work will be carried on in co operation with them. The Herald 1 year, $1.25. Lutheran Church Notes DAKOTA CITV-SALEM Rev. C. 11. Low!:. We received word last week of the coming visit of Mr. C. H. Wellor Un der tho auspices of the Laymen's Missionary Movement. The object of this movement is to stir up tho churches over the country to the payment of at least their full appor tionment. There are some churches that habitually fall behind. Possi bly we should say some preachers habitually fall behind for much de pends on him in this. After you have heard Mr. Weller speak you will want to pay your full apportion ment more than ever before. He was at Synod last fall and was the most entertaining speaker on the program. He is not a preacher, but a layman, deeply interested in helping the laymen of the churches to do their part of the church work. Ho will bo hero Wednesday, April 3, at Salem, and probably at Emman uel Thursday afternoon. Some times when the pastor did walk in dalem he might havo driven, but ono thing i3 sure when ho tried to drive the first Sunday of this month he surely should have walked, for he stuck in a snow drift and Mr. Ward Joyce was kind enough to take him the last half of tho way. manics, Mr. Joyce. The facts go to show several things. That a man's judgment may be bad even in material things. The pastor thought he could drive it. How much moro is a man's judgment liable to be mistaken in spiritual things. There are all too many men who sit in judgment in spiritual things when they are not qualified to pass .judgment. They judge they can be saved without Christ, they judge themselves to be good enough. Jesus tells us some Lthings very plainly and yet men con tradict it. Thus, disbelief and mak ing "God a liar" as St. John calls it. And then this bad' judgment got us into trouble. A lot of show had to bo shoveled, somo labor, more delay, and considerable inconver ience. And as the sinner's bad judgment will get him into trouble and from all accounts, oven by sin ners themselves, it will not be shovel ing snow. Even sinners profess lo believe this but they don't act as though they did. If a man really believed he was going to hell he would make haste for the kingdom of God. A man cannot overcome the diffi culty, he has to be helped. I would not force my car through the snow. But yet there are lots of men who are trying in their own wisdom and power to save themselves and lead Abstracts qf Title A S10,000 Surety Bond Guarantees the accuracy of every Abstract I make. J. J. EIMER.S, Bonded Abstractor. Successor to the DAKOTA COUNTY ABSTRACT CO. Stlnson's Specials for Saturday, Feb 16 For tfais Ua.y Only 100 lbs Clam Shell T . .$1.00 1 lb Gloss Starch. v ....., 5c 2 lbs Dried Peaches . . . . . ; . . .,.'. . ; 25c' I lb Parsnips '.....'. .'.(.V.'.-.. , 4c 1 lb Carrots : 0. .'. , 4c 1 lb Calorobas '........,... ., 4c 3 cans Merry- War Lye .v.',: J. 25c J pkge Howell's Best Mince Meat . .V.: . . . .' 10c Ginger Snaps per lb '...'; 18c 1 lb Rolled Oats '. 7c Fresh Oysters and all kinds of Fruit for Saturday Trade Stinson's I 5a.k.otcv City righteous lives. But you can't do it oven in the sight of men to say nothing of God's sight. It simply cannot be dono. We need power not our own to take us through tho difficulty. Wo may try as hard as wo will to do some things but it ends in failure. This is ono of them. If we have a friend to help us he can often save us in affairs of this life. As to eternal life Jesus is the one alono who can save us. This is the word of God and the testimony of men, Mr. Joyce kindly offered to take us on out to tho church and all the pastor did was to let himself bo taken. Christ has brought us salvation and all wo have to do is to let Him save us. Mr. J. would like ly not have compelled us to let him take us out, neither will God com pel us to bo saved. But He has provided us tho way of escape. We better accept it gladly. Department of Health Anx ious forCompletejRecords Publisher Herald: Dear Sir: Wo are excee dingly anxious tb have our births and deaths recorded 100 per cent, and as it seems that there arc a great many people who do not know that tho state of Nebrasha records births and deaths, wo believe tho figures from your county may bo of inter est. Whenever a baby is born or a person dies, it is of the utmost im portance that the same be recorded at the state house. In almost every town wo havo a local registrar, and we would ask that the mothers' of tho children born seo that tho baby's birth is properly recorded. The physician, etc., usually attends to this, but as our registration last year regarding births was only 02 per cent of what it Bhould be, we believe if tho mothers and fathers would exorcise the proper interest, that better results would bo accom plished. To the mother of each baby whose birth is recorded beginning' Decem ber, 1917, we send a book entitled, "Your Baby How to Keep It Well." The recording of a birth is a legal record, and establishes the Identity of the child. We make no charge for such a record. Tho number of births' recorded in your county last year were 144, of which 8G were boys, and 00 wer,o girls. Native fathers, 127; native mothers, 130. Foreign fathers, 23; foreign mothers, 8. Twins, two pair, of which all were boys. State Department of Health, Lincoln, Nebr, I I Nabrasltc. .M..to.v..ii'WTiaMM