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DAKOTA CITY, NKBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 19JS.
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Oakland Independent: Editor
Warner rtf the Lyons Mirror-Sun was
a business visitor here on Saturday.
Pender Republic: W. I. "
was home over Sunday from
where he is temporarily emj
in a bank.
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Wynot Tribune: Walter Cheney,
of Dakota City, visited over Sunday
with his sister, Mrs. E. J. Morin,
returning home Monday.
Sioux City Journal, 29: Born in
Sioux City, la., Thuisday, March 28,
191S, at Maternity hospital, to Mr.
and Mrs. Frank L. Brenton, Homer,
Neb., a daughter.
Dixon Journal: Frank Hale went
down to Hubbard, Neb., last Thurs
day tp drive his automobile back.
The Hale family moved on the Hen
ry Isom farm in February and the
roads have been such since then that
the automobile was left behind.
Sioux City Journal, 28: J. J.
Boucher, of Omaha, yesterday after
noon addressed school children in
South Sioux City and Homer, Neb.,
on war saving stamps. Mr. Bouch
qr spoke in the South Sioux City
school early in the day and later in
the Homer school.
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Sloan, la., Star: Mrs. Wm. Rob
erts, of South Sioux City, Neb., Mrs.
Claude Jividen, of Onawa, mother
and sister of Mrs. F. N. Dunagan,
viaitod here a day or two last week.
. . .Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Bennett, of
Homer, Neb., drove over in their
Ford car last Sunday for a short vis
it in the home of the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Oliver.
Lyons Mirror: Prof. Clarence
Linton and wife were down from
Dakota City this week Mrs. fci.
M. Warner and daughter Mary vis
ited the Bringe home in Bancroft
this week The editor's grand
mother was a German. Is that any
reason why we should act like a fool,
as many others are doing, whose rel
atives came from Germany? Any
American citizen who saja he' is a
German or who is upholding the
kaiser ought to either be shot or
driven from America and the time
is coming when they will be and
don't you forget it.
Allen News: W. J. Pettit purchas
ed a Buick "Six" las! week and drove
it up from Sioux City on Thursday,
last. . . .The W. J. Pettit family and
Miss Mary Davis spent Sunday at
the Will Davis home near Martins
burg Rev. J. L. Phillips, his
grandson and nephew, were enter
tained Sunday in the E. C. Pierce
home.. ...Prof. H. G. Money has
purchased a farm near South Sioux
City and will move his family there
soon.... Mrs. Onderstall came home
Dakota City
Grocery
Specials for Saturday
1 lb Morning Cup Coffee 32c
1 pkge Post Toasties -. 17c
1 can Sweet Potatoes 1 7c
1 can Sauer Kraut , 1 7c
1 large can Baked Beans. . , ,' .25c
3 pkgs I,m-o-White ' 10c
3 pkgs Pearline 1 5c
Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Meat
Slighest Price $&& for
COUNTRY PRODVCE
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Dakotn City,
Saturday night from Sioux City
where she has been for the past
three weeks taking treatments.
Sioux City Journal, 551: The coun
cils of South Sioux City and Dakota
City held meetings last night and
adopted resolutions, to be sent to
congress, setting forth the urgent
need of taking immediate step3 to
curtail the inroads being made by
the Missouri river above the combi
nation bridge on the Nebraska side.
The meeting of the Dakota board of
commissioners which was called lor
the same purpose was postponed un
til Monday. Members of the board
last night stated that action taken
by the two councils would be ap
proved by the board. The final
draft of the resolutions has not yet
been made. It is understood that
the petition will urge the passage of
a bill by congress for the appropri
ation of $150,000 to light the en
roachment of the river. The reso
lution will be wired at once to Con
gressman Dan V. Stevens. Later a
committee composed of members of
South Sioux City and Dakota City
councils, a Dakota county commis
sioner and a member of the Sioux
City Conmercial club will be sent to
Washington to aid the report. The
rapid inroads of the Missouri above
the Combination bridge makes im
mediate action imperative. The
river is fast eating its way into the
old bed leading toward Dakota City
through Crystal lake, and the revet-'
ment put in by the government tour
years ago is being undermined. It
is feared that should the river be
left to choose its own couise it will
cut through Crystal lake, inundating
hundreds of acres of land and leav
ing Sioux City and South Sioux City
high and dry. The old channel
leading South from the point where
the river is now cutting the bank
and through Crystal lake to Dakota
City is less tharv-two miles distant.
Lincoln State Journal, 30: Patrick
Jones of Dakota county came near
to making a second trip to Lincoln
to see the state council of defense,
according to a statement made by
the defense organization Friday
morning. Some time ago the coun
cil received a report from Dakota
county that Jones had refused to
sell his seed corn to his nejghbors
who were in need of the grain unless
they gave him what the council con
sidered an exhorbitant price. It
was claimed that Mr. Jones had two
thousand bushels of the seed. The
counciil got in communication with
Jones and ordered him to come to
Lincoln. This he refused to do. The
defense men then notified the sheriff
to bring the man down and Mr.
Jones accordingly made the trip to
Lincoln. Thursday the council re
ceived another report from the sher
iff that Mr. Jones had refused to sell
his seed corn, complying with the
request of the council, unless he re
ceived five dollars a bushel as it was
scooped out of the bin by the neigh
bors. The state council then noti
fied the sheriff to tell the man that
unless he complied with the council's
wish and sold his corn at three dol
lars a bushel as it was" taken from
the bin another trip to Lincoln would
bo necessary. The council received
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Nobrnnksi
IS A T U
April G, 1918, is the first Anniversary of our entrance into the
war against the Imperial Government of Germany, and it is also
the OPENING DAY of the Third Liberty Loan Campaign.
The amount of the Third Liberty Bond Issue has been fixed at
$3,000,000,000.00. and all over-subscriptions, and the quota for
Dakota county has been placed at $128,700.00
It is the desire of the Dakota County Liberty Loan Committee to
establish a new record for the state of Nebraska, and to have our
quota over-subscribed on the FIRST day of the campaign, that is
on SATURDAY, APRIL 0, 1918.
The Precinct Chairmen have complete lists of every person in
their precincts, and will see to it that every one takes their fair
share of bonds, and it is expected that YOU will allow nothing to
interfere with your making your subscription on THAT DAY.
Place it at the head of the list of things you plan to do that day,
and DO it. ,
You can make your subscription at any Bank in the county, or
at J. C. Duggan's store at Goodwin, or at Frank .Carpenter's store
at Willis, or you can ' " it to any of the Precinct Committeemen,
and if yr.u desiie your oiption handled through any bank out
side of the county, be sure to give your subscription to your com
mitteeman, and he o e to it that it gets to your bank, and in
nhis way YOUR precinct and county will get the proper credit
for it.
The Chairman of the Precinct Committees are n follows:
Covington P.i oinct,
Dakota Precinct,
Emerson Precinct,
Hubbard Precinct,
Omadi Precinct,
Pigeon Creek Precinct,
St. John's Precinct,
Summit Precinct,
and if you desire additional information telephone any one of them.
Remember that when you buy Liberty Bonds, you are not mak
ing a donation, but are putting your money into an investment,
and one that has the best security in the world behind it.
Today our boys are fighting in France, and are GIVING their
LIVES to protect you and your family, do you think it should be
neecessary for some one to have to come and see you, and solicit
you, to LOAN Uncle Sam a little of your money to be used in pro
tecting our boys as fully as possible. ,
Dakota County Liberty Loan Committee.
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word Friday that Mr. Jones had de
cided to comply with the ruling of
the council. A case which the coun
cil claims is somewhat similar to the
one in Dakota county is located at
Emerson. The defense organization
has received a report that P. G.
Sucher, a Thurston county fanner
is holding two thousand bushels of
seed corn and refusing to sell it to
local farmers Lut insists on shipping
it to seed men in other states.
Sioux City Journal, 30: F. B.
Buckwalter has sold twenty-five
acres of his farm adjoining Homer,
Neb., to Charles F. Davis, of Homer,
for $7,500. This is a sales price of
$300 per acre, which is said to be the
record for land sales in the vicinity
of Homer. Homer is fifteen miles
from Sioux City A free high
wagon bridge will span the Missouri
river between South Sioux City,
Neb., and Sioux City, In., if the
purpose ot tne Dakota County Free
Bridge club, which perfected an or
ganization yesterday afternoon is
carried out. The meeting was hold
in South Sioux City. Officers for
the organization wore chosen and it
was agreed that a systematic effort
would be put forth to obtain the
bridge, which, it was announced,
would be erected to meet the de
mands of the public and eliminate
the necessity of paying heavy toll
charges on the combination bridge.
C. D. Smiley was elected president,
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Geo. J. Boucher, S h Sioux City
F. A. Wood, Dakota City
D. G. Evans, Nacora
J. R. Waters, Hubbard ' '
C. J. O'Connor, Homer
Chris Sorensen, Waterbury
Ray Quinn, Jackson
Joe M. Twohig, Jackson
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Louis Jeep vice president, John Mich
aelson secretary, and S. G. Gasser
treasurer. A committee on field
work also was named as follows:
L. H. Armbright, Joseph Clements,
II. O. Dorn. J. J. Pollard Fred Her
man, John Detchey and L. DeVore.
Other committees were appointed
on taxation, finance and printing.
The club has arranged with bridge
engineers to ascertain thn cost of
construction. As soon as these fig
ures havo'been obtained the matter
will be taken up in Sioux City to de
vise means for raising the money to
meet the expense of erection. It
was said that the club immediately
will launch an educational campaign
to impress the importance of the
proposition on ihe minds of the tax
payers of Dakota county. The ad
vantages of a free bridge between
South Sioux City and Sioux Citv will
be emphasized. It will bo shown
also what the bridge tax on a twenty
year bond will bo to each individual
in addition to the general tax. This
has been estimated to be less than
individuals pay annually in bridge
tolls, Attention is called to the fact
that Dakota county has no bond is
sue out and members of the club
assert that the county amply is able
to own its own bridge, which, it is
said, will add materially to the
wealth of the county and increase
the assessed valuation by growth
which will follow the erection of the
bridge on the Nebraska side.
County Agent's Report.
MARCH, 1918.
The first of the month some time
was spent opening the corn testing
station at Jackson. Two men have
been kept very busy at the Jackson
and Homer testing stations. As
sistance has been given at both of
these places by the county agent and
his assistant in reading tests and
giving general supervision. Lots of
1910 corn aggregating about 1500
bushels have been located during
the month. Information has been
given a large number of farmers as
to where seed corn may be secured.
One largo farm "kale was attended at
which the individual ear method of
testing corn was demonstrated.
Five herds of sick hogs were vis
ited. Symptoms of cholera were
found in one of these, enteritis in
two, pneumonia in one and worms
in one.
Plans were drawn for one barn
and some general information on the
subject secured.
Afternoon and evening truck farm
inr meetings were held at South
: City during the month. These
v. m attended by 57 persons. A
ciiu.wittee was appointed at the
evening meeting to work with the
county agent in pooling the orders
of the potato growers for arsenate
of lead. 0c thousand five hundred
pbunds were ordered at 29i cents
per pound.
A small rag doll corn tester was
sent to each school with directions
for using. One ear of seed wheat
was sold through this office. Also
smaller lots of seed corn, wheat, al
falfa, etc., to the amount of $790.00
worth. Six hired men were placed.
One demonstration for the treat
ment of contagious abortion was
held. Four others to show the new
method of treating oats for smut
were also conducted.
Five orchard pruning demonstra
tions were conducted through the
assistance of Mr. E. II. Hoppertof
the university.
One week of the county agent's
time was spent at the county agent's
conference at Lincoln.
During the month Mr. P. H.
Stephens, the assistant county agent,
has spent considerable time testing
seed corn and assisting in getting
the work started at Jackson. He
has conducted four corn testing and
two oat smut treatment demonstra
tions. A good amount of general
county agent work was also done by
Mr. Stephens.
Miss Anna Stecklberg began work
on homo demonstration work March
1. She held two store demonstra
tions showing the use1 of the new
flours. Both of these were well at
tended. Two meat-canning, one soap
making, and one American cheese
making demonstration were con
ducted by her. Several other meet
ings over different parts of the coun
ty were attended by Miss Steckel
berg. A questionairo letter was
sent by her to every woman in the
county. Besides answering the nu
merous calls she has arranged for
considerable work to be done next
month.
Office and other duties were:
Farm Record Books placed 22
Phone calls 230
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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.
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Letters received .' 120
Letters written 106
Office callers. .' G8
Farm visits 52
Miles traveled by auto". 331
Miles by rail 707
Days in office 5
Days in field 24
C. R. Young.
County Agent.
Community Drying.
Last year Nebraska established
the first community drying plants
over established in the Unitgd States.
There were several of these plants
in operation before the season was
over and they were so successful
that they will be running again at
every point, and most places expect
to increase the capacity of the plant,
or to add other plants.
From indications now it would
appear that at least 100 Nebraska
communities, including both town
and rural communities, will establish
these drying plants during the com
ing season.
The United Stnles Government in
connection with its food conserva
tion work learned of the Nebraska
drying plantand sent for blue prints.
They were so interested that later
they sent men from three different
government departments to inspect
its operation. The result was that
Nebraska was asked to write a spe
cial government bulletin for wide
distribution over the United States.
They hope this will result in the es
tablishment of a large number of
plants in every state in the Union.
Ncbrask is receiving inquiries from
practically every state at the present
time. Indications are that many
hundreds of these plants will bo in
operation during the coming season,
and unquestionably they will result
in the saving (jf hundreds of tons of
food which would otherwise go to
waste.
Each community should by all
means have a plant of this type.
The Extension Service, University
Farm, Lincoln, will bo glad to send
a lecturer if a public meeting is ar
ranged. He will bring samples of
of dried and soaked products, and
will bring a small model drying
plant. If there is sr"'c"ent time,
the model will be dis;.l.d in some
prominent place the (, iv before and
fruits and vegetables placed in the
model for drying. These dried pro
ducts will be on exhibition at the
meeting.
These meetings are being arrang
ed by city councils, commercial clubs,
nnd civic organizations of various
kinds. It will be necessary to let
the Extension Service know early in
case a meeting is desired.
A copy of the government bulle
tin known as Farmers' Bulletin 91G,
will bo sent f rpm the Extension Office
to any inquirer.
Card of Thanks.
We wish in this manner to extend
our sincere thanks to those who so
kindly assisted us in our hour of be
reavement, and for the beautiful
floral offerings sent.
Mrs. R. L. Broyhill
Mrs. II. A. Weigand.
Eyes tested and glasses fitted
at G.F. Broyhill's.
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Lumber business in Dakota
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