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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1918.
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Items of Interest
Gleaned from
Our Exchanges
Maskell Items in Newcastls Timed:
Mrs. Cook, of Dakota City, is spend
ing a few days here with her son, H.
Cook, and family.
Wakefield Republican. Miss Vida
Learner is in Stanton this week,
where she is aiding in the state meet
ing of the Christian Endeavor society.
Wynot Tribune: Misses Irene and
Helen McCormick, who are teaching
school near Coleridge and Laurel,
were over Sunday visitors with the
home folks. ,
Ponca Advocate: Theodore Frank,
the oldest son of Pastor L. Frank,
has entered the U. S. army at Camp
pod,;, near Des Moines, la. He
joined the signal corps last week.
Emerson Enterprise: BertMcEn
taffer and family, of Boone. la., vis
ited at the M. McEntaffer and Nel
son Feauto homes the past week ....
-Isaac Woods moved his family to
Emerson and is occupying one of the
Boudreau houses in the east part of
town.
Laurel Advocate: Gilbert O'Gara
was here from Jackson the other
day. For some time Gilbert's family
has been there with Mrs. O'Gara's
people. They came to visitand then
the children took the whooping
cough and they were detained, but
expect soon to return to their home
near Smithwick, S. D.
Walthill Citizen: Ralph Mason
came home from Linooln last Friday
to spend Sunday with home folks.
-....Miss Sylvia Crandall, of South
Sioux City, was a guest in the Mason
home Saturday afternoon and Sun
day.... Mrs. Perry Ping has been
with her mother at Hubbard the
past week, helping care for her du
ring her illness. She is reported
better.
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Sloan, la., Star: Elmer Olson, of
Alberta, Minn., was called to Hub
bard, Neb., one daV last week on ac
count of the illness of his mothor,
Mrs. Hesena Olson. Mr. Olson will
visit here before returning to his
home... Noiman Olson and Chas.
Olson and.Chas. Olson returned Sun
day evening from Hubbard, Neb.,
where they had been called a few
days before on account of the seri
ous iljness of their mother, Mrs.
Helena Olson.
Sioux City Journal, 3rd: Joe Hur
ley and Don Hurley have departed
for Hubbard, Neb., where they have
rented a farm. . . . A Red Cross auc
tion on the streets of Homer, Neb.,
yesterday afternoon netted the or
ganization more than $3,000. Every
thing that was soul had been donated,
and the gross sales represent
the amount that will be
turned over to the Dakota county
chapter of the Red Cross. Among
the things sold were horses, hogs,
poultry, machinery, butter, cakes,
bread, and pies. Several turkeys
sold for $10 each; one loaf of bread
brought $2, and a number of pies
were sold at $5 each. Fully 1,000
people were on the street during
the auction. ,A. Ira Davis, of Em
erson, served as auctioneer. The
affair was opened by a patriotic
speech by William P. Warner, of
Homer.
Sioux City Journal: Dissatisfied
with the slow progress of the fight
for lower tolls on the Combination
bridge, the citizens of South Sioux
City, Neb., are conducting a cam
jign for a municipal bond issue to
"finance the construction of a new
free bridge across the Missouri river.
Committees are working in every
precinct arousing enthusiasm for the
project, and an effort is being made
to take up a popular subscription to
pay part of the cost. Louis Jeep, a
retired business man of South Sioux
City, has offered to give $1,000 to
ward the building of a new bridge,
and smaller pledges amounting to
several thousand more are said to
have been made. It was at first
suggested that the entire expense
of the proposition bo borne in 'this
manner, aided by subscriptions from
Sioux City business men. Accord
ing to reports this feeling has now
:lianged and the iavoreu pian is 10
.nil n onnpinl hnnrl plop.t.inn to vote
Knnr'a for Hir hriflcrn lffn who RTP.
behind the movement assert that
the money paid out in tolls by bouth
Sioux City residents in the hist five
years would be sufficient to build a
bridge as good or better than the
Combination bridge. Business men
figure that Ithey pay from $50
to $150 a year in tolls. The propo
sition was first broached a few
Months ago, it is said. At that time
there was a talk of purchasing the
Combination bridge. Aa enthusiasm
grew, however, the sentiment came
to favor building a new structure.
There is now talk of circulating a
petition among the voters request
ing the city council to call a spec
ial election to vote on a bond issue.
With the idea jn view the business
men are having engineers make an
estimate of the cost of building
bridges of different types from
South Sioux City to Sioux City. The
fight for a reduction of tolls on the
Co nbination bridge will continue,
n 'utter what course the new move
n.v'i' takes, it is said.
Sioux City Journal, 26: L. B.
Hungerford, 79 yearsold, a northern
Iowa pioneer and a civil war veteran.
died yesterdayat noon at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. C. L. Ward,
1308 Douglas street. Mr. Hunger
ford was born in Washington, 111.,
December 30, 1838, and moved to this
section in 1855, when he was 17 years
old, locating near James, northeast
of Sioux City, where he worked on
the farm of his uncle, Styles Hun
gerford. During the civil war he
served in Company L, Seventh Iowa
cavalry, fron 1863 to 1866, taking
part in quelling a number of Indian
uprisings. There were no railroads
in this part of the state during the
early part of Mr. Hungerford's life
here. To illustrate the cheapness of
latd then he once traded a 160-acre
farm near Sergesnt Bluff for a team
of oxen and a barrel of sorghum.
At one time Mr. Hungerford was
offered a half block of Fourth street,
near the present site of the Chicago
house, in exchange for a yoke of
oxen and a wagon. From Woodbury
county he moved to Goodwin, Neb.,
where he made his home for twenty
years. Besides his widow, Mr.
Hungerford is survived, by five sons
Mahlon Hungerford, of Water
bury, Neb.; A. P. Hungerford, of
Sibert, Col.; W. L. Hungerford, of
Stewert, Neb.; Clarence Hungerford,
of Leeds, la., and M. D. Hungerford,
of Stewart, Neb., and four daugh
tersMrs. Ward, Mrs. Jennette
Bruford, of Sioux City; Mrs. Helen
Hallenberg, of Mendota, 111., and
Mrs. Cora Butler, of Hinton, la.
There are nineteen grandchildren
and three great grandchildren. The
funeral will be held from the resi
dence of Mrs. Ward tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in
Logan Park cemetery.
Sioux City Journal, 1st: Sam
Nixon, manager of the Independent
Stock farm, of Homer, Neb., was on
the day s market with a four-car
shipment of stock. This farm is a
Sioux City enterprise and has been
unusually successful Henry Shoe
maker, of Winnebago, Neb., was
given a preliminary hearing yester
day on a white slave charge before
United States Commissioner Whit
comb at Winnebago and was bound
over to the federal grand jury, which
convenes next month in Omaha.
Shoemaker was arrested , a month
ago on a seduction charge following
his refusal to marry Ella Hoheke, of
Randolph, Neb. The charge later
was changed to white slavery. The
prisoner is alleged to have paid the
girl's railroad fare to Kansas City
last January. After living with her
there, they returned to Winnebago,
and Shoemaker is said to have failed
to keep his promise to marry her.
The man was arrested on a warrant
sworn to by Miss Hoheke. He was
turned over to the federal authori
ties when the charge was changed to
white slavery.. . .Sentiment appears
to be divided in Dakota City, Neb.,
concerning the advisability of voting
a bond issue for the purchase of the
Combination bridge or the erection
of a new bridge to provide a free
connection between Sioux City
and Dakota county. While . some
business men of Dakota City are
strongly in favor of the proposition,
others assert that it is not feasible
and would not carry if put to a vote
of the county. "So far as I can
judge," said County Attorney George
W, Learner, "general sentiment is
favorable to the idea of establishing
a free bridge. There would proba
bly be considerable opposition to a
bond issue among the farmers of the
western part of the county, but
South Sioux City and Dakota City
are apparently strongly in favor of
the idea." One of the officials of
the Bank of Dakota City expressed
a more conservative opinion. He
declared that in his belief it is im
practible to put the free proposition
into effect. If only the initial ex
pense were to be considered, he as
serted, there would probably be no
difficulty in obtaining the money.
The upkeep cost, which would stead
ily increase in later years, makes it
unlikely that a bond issue would be
approved by the voters of the county,
he stated. Residents of South Sioux
City, where the idea for the erection
of a new bridge was developed, are
taking a steadily increasing interest
in the matter, according to reports.
Backers of the movement are confi
dent that after a campaign through
the county enough voters could be
brought into agreement with their
views to carry the bond election.
Sioux City Journal, 28; A free
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Help the Boys at tfe Front
The Herald will Accept. them at Face
Value, Allowing you Four Years' Sub
scription for a $5 Bond, that will only
cost you $4.14 during March. The
sooner you Buy the more you Save
bridge connecting Dakota county,
Neb., and Sioux City would be one of
the most valuable assets possible for
Sioux City, asserted W. S. Gilman,
president of the Commercial club,
in disenssing yesterday the campaign
being conducted in South Sioux City
for funds with which to erect a new
bridge across the Missouri. Sioux
City should be willing to bear one
half of such an enterprise, declared
Mr. Gilman. "No matter how ob
tained," said Mr. Gilman, "a free
bridge from Dakota county would
be a most important step toward
future development of Sioux City.
However, if possible, I believe it
would be better to purchase the
Combination bridge and turn it into
a free passageway, rather than du
plicate investments by building a
new strupture. If, as the owners of
the Combination bridge assert, it is
dilapidated, faulty and in danger of
being washed away by every flood,
it seems to me that they should be
willing to sell the structure at a
reasonable profit on their invest
ment The present owners paid
$288,000 for the bridge. A fair
price to ask for it, in my opinion,
would be between $350,000 and
$400,000. That would pay them a
comfortable profit. Those who con
trol the bridge declare they are wil
ling and anxious io do everything in
their power to help the expansion
and prosperity of Sioux City. They
could do nothing to prove their sin
cerity with more effect than to offer
this bridge for sale, especially as
they have repeatedly told the public
of how little value the structure is
to them. I believe that if a reason
able price were set, Dakota county
and Woodbury county should and
would make the purchase. I am
confident that Dakota county could
raise half of the expense, and I be
lieve the remainder could be obtain
ed in Sioux City, if necessary, by
popular subscription. The value of
a free bridge between Dakota and
Woodbury counties could hardly be
estimated. So long as the present
toll charges are in force the bridge
will remain a barrier between Siouz
City and the rich territory across the
river. If this bar could be re
moved it would mean profit to the
residents of both Sioux City and
Dakota county. There would bo a
direct reduction in the cost of living
among the working classes of Sioux
City. A steady stream of eggs,
butter, and other farm products
would flow into this city as soon as a
free bridge should be established.
This would mean profit to the farm
ers of Dakota county and a relief
for the consumer here. The benefit
to the general business of the city is
easily recognized." Mayor R. J.
Andrews expressed the hope that
some way might be found to obtain
reasonable tolls or a free bridge
without the waste and duplication
of investment which would result
from the construction of a new
bridge.
Thrift Kitchen for
Dakota City
Through the courtesy of Mr. Stin
con the ladies of Dakota City will
have an opportunity to sample a va
riety of war cookery that is based
on the "fifty-fifty" basis. There
will be an exhibit in Stinson's store
on Saturday afternoon, March 9th,
showintr the usn of substitutes T?n-
I cipes and samples of anything on ex
hibit may bo had free of charge.
We hope you will be there.
A demonstration on canning of
meats will take place at the home of
Mrs. C. C. Beerman on the after
noon of March 7. Anyone who is
interested is invited to attend.
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W. H; Harm Makes
Strong Appeal to
German People
The patriotic address delivered
by Wm. II. Harm, mayor of Bloom
field, Neb., who was introduced by
Judge R. E. Evans, Tuesday evening
in the court room at the court house,
was an epoch-making one in further
ing the loyalty of some citizens
previously on the fence and in
strengthening the loyalty of those
already heart and soul over the top
of it.
The proceedings opened with the
audience rising and singing "Ameri
ca." Mr Harm spoke for 81 minutes to
an audience which tested the capa
city of the court room and was list
ened to with rapt attention by all
present. The address was in every
way most impressive and convincing
and as the speaker pointed out was
uttered, not in a spirit of crit
icism or condemnation, but more in
a spirit of wishing to steer the
thoughts of the people more par
ticularly the German born Ameri
cansalong the path that his, con
science told him was the only straight
one.
An interesting statement was made
by the speaker when he said that
about thirty-five years ago he was
in Dakota City as a friendless boy
and slept in a barn. Now he is a
prosperous man and holds a dignified
position as mayor of Bloomfield and
has the full confidence of the United
States government. Although he
was born in Germany he could get
nothing there and so, on receipt of
a letter from friends in this country,
saying that they had cattle, hogs,
and more chickens than they could
count, it was decided to come to this
country since they had not even one
chicken of their own in the land of
their birth. Since then he had be
come prosperous. To whom did he
owe his prosperity? The answer
was to the U. S. where every door
was opened to him when he came, a
cordial welcome greeted him and all
assistance given him. In Germany
the only door he could open was their
own little door. The more he pon
dered over these things the more
clearly his conscience told him that
as he owed everything to the United
States his manifest duty was to re-
Kay the debt to this country in its
our of need and not only to rdpay
the debt but to add interest to it at
the highest rate possible.
Other points mode by the speaker
were that if Germany wins the war
it had been already decided in Ber
lin to collect $89,000,000,000 from
this country that after the war the
United States would shako out of
her lap all who had not proved their
loyalty that the German newspap
ers in this country wero controlled
by the German government. He
also told the Gorman-born Americans
present that it was not only their
money they had to give but their
boys as well and thoso boys would
carry tho flag of this country not
only on French soil but would plant
it on the sou of their old fatherland.
Ho further remarked that the
"melting-pot" had cooled off that
it was necessary to rekindle tho
flame and heat it up afresh and when
it was boiling to skim off tho scum
and leave nothing but 100u patriotic
Americanism.
A vote of thanks to the speaker
was moved by Judge R. E. Evans
and was unanimously adopted by all
rising from, their seats.
Judge R. E. Evans then called at
tention to to fact that Mr. Harm
had suggested sending a telegram to
the president of the United States
expressing the loyalty of the meet
ing to him uil their confidence in
him and ini7l that such a telegram
be sent. This motion was unani
mously adopted by all rising from
their seats and a committee consist
ing of Fred Wood, Dr. C. H. Max
well and Sidney Frum was appoint
ed to do this.
At the close of the meeting an in
formal talk was held with the speak
er by several German-born Ameri
cans and others.
He spoke in part as follows:
"When our country, tho Hfo of
our country, is lmporllod; when tho
liberty and freedom that wo have
enjoyed aro at stake; when defeat
would moan destruction, then It Is
time for us llborty-loving pooplo to
look up to our living, loving Uod
and know that right will triumph.
It is then for us to know that there
is nd other might or power and that
a God still reigns; then it is time for.
us to rise as one man, glo up solf
and meet tho emergencies. We did,
not want this war and did not make
it; it was not our fault. Wo had no
voice in it, but wo could not Btay
out. If wo had, folks, wo would
hao boon disloyal to tho principles
which this country isbullt on, wo
would havoJicen traitors'" to human
ity. '
"I want to say a fow words ns to
tho cause of tho war. Tho middle
European group, or tho central pow
ers, ns wo call thorn, started the war.
It is not a war between ono nation
and another nation. It is a war of
principles, of different viows. It is
tho vIowb held by the Gorman gov
ernment; held by tho kaisor. Whon,
In 1010, at Konlgsborg, ho said,
'Hero my grandfather put tho Prus
sian crown upon his hoad, Baying 'it
was accorded him by tho will of God
alono, looking upon mysolf as tho
instrument of God regardless of tho
intention and opinion of tho day I
go my way,' what did ho moan? Ho
meant this: 'I, tho Gorman omperor,
can do whatovor I wish to do. Thorn
Is no law for ino. No matter what
pooplo think, I am a law unto my
self.' Then, again, tho viows held
by tho ruling class of Germany that
thoy woro created and born to rule,
and that thoro was another pooplo,
tho common peoplo, who worn born
to work and obey.
"It has beon said that wo had no
businoBS In tho war and could stay
out. Walt until thoy como to our
shores and wo will go and light, l
will toll you a littlo LiBtory. rlho
Goths camo over tho Alps and Itomo
said: 'Lot's make poaco; lot's not
send our young mon, hut mako
pouco;' and again and again thoy
made neaco and ono of tho Bonators
aaid, 'that is no poaco' and thoro
was no poaco. Homo waB sacked
and that waB tho end of Romo.
"If wo had waited until Franco
and England woro dofoatod wo
would have bcr- 'ho noxt. It was
all planned. It lias boon said that
tho omnoror Germany liau no
hand In tills war, and ho know noth
ing about U. Ho was up in tho
Swedish watorB. A criminal covers
his tracks. When thoy hold all tho
cards thoy pressed tho button and
lot out tho boast. It was all arrang
ed, ovory dotnll of it, and whon thoy
woro ready thoy rodo rough biiou ov
er poor Bolglum. Thoro was no mor
cy, no pity, no compassion, The
Gorman omporor, in his darkness,
In his solf-concelt, in his bigotry, In
his egotism, Bays, 'Ich und Gott.'
Ho was dccolvod. Ho thought ho
took hold of tho hand of God, and
in his darkncsB ho mado a mistake.
Ho got hold of tho hand of tho dovll
and ho hasn't found it out yet.
"Aro wo fighting tho Oorman peo
plo? My pooplo, your pooplo, wo
aro not fighting thorn. Our presi
dent mado that clear, and ovory ono
of you should havo road his speech
es, all of thorn. If you had, and had
como out to thoso mootings, if you
had boon more awako, wo would not
have to pass through thoso dcop wa
ters. No, wo aro not fighting tho
German peoplo. Wo aro lighting
the masters of Germany. Wo aro
fighting thoso who havo enslaved
tho Gorman peoplo, Thoso nro tho
ones wo aro fighting and thoro is not
going to bo any lot-up.
"My Gorman friends I say Gorman-born
friends you havo a right
to lovu tho Gorman pooplo, for if
you did not lovo thorn you could not
lovo" tho Amorlcan pooplo. You
havo a right to lovo thorn. Whon
you swore alloglanco to thia coun-
try you said that you woro going to
bo truo to this govornmontf that
you would forovor do away with tho
Gorman govemmont and tho Ger
man kaiser; that Is wlfal'you sworo
to and that Is all tho American peo
plo will nsk of you. It has como to
you that bocauso wo aro at war with
Germany wo must hate all Germans.
You thought so, but that Is not truo,
and you can stand up and look ovory
man In tho oyo straight, provided
you aro truo and loyal.
"I was born in Germany and lived
thoro Bovontcon years. I folt the
pangB of hungor many a night; had
to got out and mako my living sinco
I was flvo yoars old, and thon, you
and I, wo hoard of this groat coun
try and camo across tho wator. Wo
thought wo would havo a littlo moro
to cat, a littlo bottor living. But
you who today own somo of theso
magnlllclont farms, that you In
your old ago may gojfto town and
live liko a king, you novor dreamod
it. Is thoro ono hero who dreamed
it?
"And how much has this country
dono for us? It has boon Bald that
wo, tho German-born Americans,
mado this country. ?j, vo did not,
Tho country was herb and tho gov
ornmont was hero. GIvo tho credit
to whom tho credit is due. Wo
enmo and woro willing to work, and
wo did work and wo aro entitled to
tho fruits of our labors; and tho
American pooplo, our peoplo, ovory
ono of thoni7 nro glad that wo aro
doing woll. Isn't lliu't truo?- JThoy
aaid all this country is youra and wo
will help you.
"You novor onco hoard thom Bay
'You stay over thoro.' Thoy hayo
given ua all the opportunities that
thoy havo, and how can wo aver re
pay thorn? How can thoro bo any
thought, any lingering doubt in our
hoarts that that govornment ncross
tho waters la right? Is that govorn
ment right? No, ovorything was
glvon us horo. Wo Bharod tho blosa
Ings, wq shared tho liberties and wo
camo horo with nothing, nakod and
hungry. I cania hungry and nnked.
Now, you must wake up. Every
tlollar that I havo Is at tho com
mand of thl9,k,my. BovornmentwVlf
wq, win this warand I lose my for
tunp I can mako it again. If wo
lose this, war and' I keep my fortuno
I havo Jobt it. your fawns won't.bo
worth 10 conta'ton tho dollar. rfIn-
stoau mwsB?aioneyaltfKyMir - wStw
nanus, instead of getting tlmo cer
tificates, you will bo scratching grav
el and Bonding your earnings over
to uorim. Do you want to do that?
Woll thpn, wako up! wako up!
Somo nro awako, somo of you aro
rubbing your oyos and some nro
Btlll asloop. Wo must know tho
dnngor wo nro in and no ono should
know it bottor than you German
born peoplo."
County Agent's Field Notes
BY G. It. YOUNG.
Tho wnr department is in ncod of
Iarco nunntltinn nf strmu tn i.n.i.
dlng. Tho department prefers to
buy from thoso having largo quanti
ties, uut win take car lots. Of all
years, this is tho ono in which"" no
straw should bo hurnod. City deal
ers aro offering $9 por ton for good
baled wheat straw on' board cars.
Word cornea that noxt year It will
bo necessary to grndo all pptatoos
thnt aro put on tho market. Tho
grade requirements can bo secured
by writing to tho Buronu of Markets,
Washington, D. C. Every .potato
growor should Bond for a sot of
thoso rules.
Miss Anna Steckolborg bogins her
work as homo demonstration agont
in Dakota county wltli' a canning
demonstration, beginning at 10
o'clock, March 7th, at Mrs. O. G.
Boorman's, and by opening of a
thrift kltchon at Stinson's Btoro In
Dakota City, on Saturday aftornoon,
March 9th. Tho usos of all tho now
flours will ho Bhown at this time,
and rocipos given to assist in tho
making of tho now hroad.
Tho-Unltod States Food adminis
tration Iiub takon tho binder twlno
under Us control. Its purposo Is to
rogulato distribution and to prevent
speculation.
Tho BOOd corn tontine? ntntlnn nt
Jackson Ib taking tho time of" two
mon. Corn is tested for 7G cents
por 100 cars.
M. . Church Notes.
F. J. Aucock, Pastor.
Sorvicos will ho hold at tho usual
hours noxt Sunday 11 a. m. and 4
p. in. Cantata practlco at 2:30.
Tho "all day" mooting of tho La-,
dies' Aid at tho homo of Mrs. Don
Forbes laBt Friday was ovldontly n
groat auccoaa. Judging from var
ious romarks dropped by various la
dles Mrs. Forbes must bo somo cook.
Anyway, thoro Boomod to bo a short
age of adjectives to doscrlbo tho ex
cellent dinner. About thirty ladles
woro present and engaged In Hod
CroBB eowing. Several out of town
guests woro present.
Wo aro oxpoctlng a visit from Dr.
Furman.our district superintendent,
on tho 22nd of this month. Wo nro
oxpectlng to arrange some kind of
membership mooting and lunch in
his honor, and wo hopo that every
mombor will ho able to mako his ac
quaintance. '
For Sale
Good, quiet riding pony perfect
ly safe for children. Will H. Orr,
Dakota City, Neb,
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