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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 191S.
VOL. 20. NO. 46.
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Items of Interest
Gleaned from
Our Exchanges
Obert items in Wynot Tribune:
V. C. Heikcs had two cars of fat
cattle on the Sioux City market
Friday.
Lyons Mirror: P. 0. Ecklccn pre
scntod the Mirror-Sun with a nice
mess of bass w'aich he caught at
Ciystal lake.
Walthill Citizen: Deana dwell
went to Dakota City last evening. . .
Miss Sylvia Lamson wag a Lyons visi
tor last Monday afternoon.
Sioux City Journal, 7th; Miss
Mabel Trenary is spending several
days in camp at Crystal lake, Ncbr.,
with a party of friends frcm Win
side, Ncbr.
Poncn Journal: Orpha Church of
Squill Sioux City was visiting Vir
ginia Engel last wcek....E. 11. Coc
nell and wife left for Coburn Junct
ion Monday to visit a few days with
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beermai.
Newcastle Times: Charles Dick-
tnenn nnrl fnmilv innfnrnrl in fVircf-nl
lJake Sunday. Miss Gail Calvert ac
co npanied them... Wo are informed
that Jack Burke, an old resident of
this place but now and fqr a num
ber of years a resident ol South
Sioux City, is dangerously sick at
his home there.
Oakland Independent: Rev. S. L.
Keller last Sunday terminated his
connection as pastor of Si. Paul'3
English Lutheran Church. From
what we gather there will' bo no
more services in this churcn, at least
for some time. Until some further
arrangement is made, Rev. W. H.
Kihse. missionary supe-inteiulcnt,
will look after whatever pastoral
acts are required.
Allen News: The Cha3. Lovell
family left Wednesday of this week
for Crystal lake where they will
spend a weeks' outing. . . .Misses
Violet, Mignon and Rose Triggs of
Cherokee, Iowa, came Fridav of last
week and are visiting at the home
of their uncle, R. C. Caulk.... Mr.
Peter Kautz and family, Mrs. C.
Green and Mrs. Lothrop of Homer,
Neb., wore Sunday guests at the
Heckt home.... Lucille Heckt left
for Homer Sunday evening for a
few days' visit.
Sioux City Journal, Gth: Miss Ver
onica Prager has returned from
Hubbard, Nebr., where she was en
tertained for a few days in the homo
of Miss Mario Bourdelais. . . .A tax
assessment on a- valuation of $200,0 ro
was levied yesterday against the
Combination Bridge company by the
board of equalization, of Dakota
county. The valuation is an in
crease of $50,000 over that ol 1917..
A large diamond shaped piece of
land north of Homer, Nebr., is to
be used for the drainage of several
thousand acres of land abo-t. Homer
which are subject to overflow each
spring The land is to be known
as the Homer drainage district.
Emerson Enterprise: A babv trirl
arrived at the homo of John Bonder-
son on June S7....Miss Marie Molli
ter, who has been attending school
Dakota City
Grocery
Specials for Saturday
2 lbs. Pcaberry Coilee. ISe
3 Pkgs of Jelly Powder 2.m;
2 Cans of Spiced Pumpkin 25c
2 Cans of Spaghetti 8iic
1 Can of Kraut . 15c
1 Can of Sweet Potatoes 15c
8 6z. Jar of Olives 15c
1 Bar of Kirk's Peroxide Soap 10c
After this date we Close our Store at 6:30 p. mM
except on Wednesday and Saturday Evenings.
Fresh Vegetables and Fruit for Saturday
HigKesi Price Paid, for
COVNTRY PRODUCE
ROSS GROCERY
Dakota City,
at Jackson during thc-pnst year, is
spending the summer at the home
of her uncle, O. E. Danielson. .. .Ly
man Hutchlns, wife nnd daughter
and Mrs. Ward drove down to Homei
last Sunday and visited ui.til Tues
day with Mrs. Ward's brother, W. P.
Warner. ...Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dom
ino with their two sons, R. F. and C.
G. and wives will celebrate the
Fourth it Crystal lake with a com
pany of other relatives from points
in Nebraska and Iowa. ...Miss Clara
umo has resigned her. position in
Emerson schools and will remain
rush, Colo., so as to bo near her
nor, Frances, who is there for
hoHit. He is reported ns gottin.;
along splendidly.
Wynot Tribune: Mibscs Helen anu
Irene iuccormiCK were visitors m
oioux ixy last Friday. .. .miss Rutn
iWelurmiuK of Hartington visiicu
Willi lioine folks here Sunutiy. .. .flir
anu Mrs. Haley of Omaha visited
over Sunday at the E. J.s Morin
home. Mr. Haley is a brother-in-law
of Mr. Morin.... E. J. Morin,
wife and family are enjoying a va
cation and departed Tuesday for
Omaha, going overland in an auto
mobile with his brother-in-law, Mr.
Haley. Conductor Miles Gordon of
Sioux City is taking the run of Con
ductor Morin during his absence....
Harry V. Hileman, an old time
printer of Dakota City, arrived here
Monday evening and has accepted a
position on the-Tribune. Harry has
been in the "game" a good many
years, and could tell a whole lot
about the newspapers, past and pres
ent, of northeastern Nebraska..
Sioux City Journal, 4th: E. J.
Way and daughters, of Central City,
Neb., are being entertained in the
home of Mrs. D. C. Stinson The
Germans will not stand American
"cold steel;" the Americans send
one man over the top with a bayo
net and the Huns run, asserts an
American officer in France in a
letter which reached E. T. Kearney,
president of the Mid-West State
bank. The German soldiers had
been told that the Americans were
cowards "and would run; the Ameri
cans do run, but in the direction of
the German trenches, the letter
says. In a recent attack on the
American forces two German regi
ments were annihilated and a third
nearly so, with an American loss of
thirty killed and ninety wounded.
The Americans were not forced to
bring up their reserves, according
to the letter. The Germans used
mustard gas shells in the attack,
the officer writing the letter spend
ing three weeks in the hospital re
covering from burns in his eyes and
on his body, writes. The treachery
of the Huns is mentioned in the let
ter. A party of thirty-one Ger
man soldiers, including one officer,
were taken prisoners by tho Amer
icans in the battle. The German
officer drew a pistol and tried to
shoot an American oiricer, tho bul
let missing him by ten feet. A
Yankee soldier thereupon shot the
German officei,-. Another German
officer, crying "Kamarad" and hold
ing up his hands, had a grenade
concealed in one of his" hands and
threw the death dealing instrument
at an American soldier, but he side
stepped it and ran his bayonet
through the treacherous Hun.
Wakefield Republican: Henry
Kohlmier and family autoed to Lyons
Sunday and spent the day with rela
tives.... Word comes from Dakota
City that Mrs. LoValley, who is visi-
Nebraska
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ting at that place is critically ill, so
much so in Inct that her son, living
in Canada, was sent for recently.
He was unable to come, but her
granddaughter came "in his stead...
11. P. Shumway died at a sunitariui.i
at Lincoln about 10 o'clock last Sun
day night. He had been failing in
health for some time and had been
taken there in hopes of finding re
lief. Mr Shumway camo to Wake
field in the year 1882. Soon after
coming here ho started in the lum
ber and coal business, tho f rm name
being Shumway & Everett. He was
engaged in this business for about
20 years. He was an extensive land
owner, and still owned considerable
at his death. He served many years
on the village board of Wakefield and
the local school board and took a
very active part in politics. He
was republican stato senator in 1891
02, 1913-14 and 1915-1G and ran for
lieutenant' governor on the republi
can ticket jn 191G. He wo, an ac
tive member in the Masonic lodge,
and also belonged to tho A. O. U.
W. and Modern Woodmen. He was
one of the promoters of the Wake
field drainage ditch and in many
ways worked for the betterment of
the community in which he lived.
He was CI years of age. Shortly
after coming to Wakefield he mar
ried Miss Nellie Howard, sister of
Charley Howard, of this place. To
this union four children wore born:
Percy, Earl, Howard and Mrs. Ruth
Bennett. The three sons are all en
listed in the army in some branch
or other.- Tho daughter is now liv
ing at Bartlcsvillc, Kans. Tho body
was shipped to Lyons whore tho fu
neral services were held and inter
ment made last Tuesday "vning.
Sioux City Tribune, th: Host
cattle on today's market were a
load, 2u head, that averaged 1,310
pounds, out of the feed lot of Frank
ilecney of Emerson, Nob., that were
good enough to sell at 17.10. These
cattle were of western Nebraska
origin and were bought by Mr.
Heeney on February 1st and put in
tho feed lot March 10, and show a
gain of 3G1 pounds for tho time on
feed. Mr. Heeney is one of Ne
braska's progressive feeders and is
a firm believer in corn and alfalfa
as tho best feed and his offer! nirs
here today showed that they had
carelul attention while in the feed
lot.... John P. Donelson, now livinir
on a Sioux City suburban larm, was
one of tho grading contractors on
the Covington, Columbus A- Black
Hills railroad. Yesterday ho" brought
into tho Tribune oll'ico as a souvenir
of that work and time, a piece of
the lirst rail laid on that road. It
is a real souvenir, worthy of a placo
in a big Sioux City museum which
will doubtless develop out of tho
one started by tho Scientific associ
ation. Tho remarkable thing about
the historic bit of steel is its light
ness. It probably compares to a
modern track as 33 to 100 pounds.
But it was a Sioux City track and
Sioux City was not largo in 1875.
The census for that time shows
Sioux City's total population was
less than GOO. This wuh tho first
rack to tho westward from Sioux
City and tho fororunner of tho C
St. P., M. & O. railroad, and tho
Black Hills lino of tho C. & N. W.,
tho old Kreemont and Elkhorn Val
ley road. "Tho first railroad to
enter Woodbury county and Sioux
City," according to the "History of
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The following letter has been re
ceived from .Central Division Head
quarters by the local clu-pter and ml
women interested in the Red Cross
are earnestly requested to nnd It:
Die women ot tho country work
ing through tho Red Cross aro pro
ducing enormous quantities of sur
gical dressings, hospital and refu
gee garments, am', other useful ar
ticles. Tho production has been
increasing during the past year by
leaps and bounds; there is r.o appar
ent limit to tho generosity and de
votion of the Red Cross workers.
The Red Cross today is one of the
greatest manufacturing enterprises
in the world, and the wise direction
of all this energy and enthusiasm
presents many serious problems. Wo
want every Red Cross worner to un
derstand the situation as it gradu
ally develops so that we may have
that co-operation on the part of
every dnc that goes with a truo un
derstanding of Red Cross alms and
purposes. Wo have, therefore, set
down below at some length a sum
marized account of the work up to
tho present time and of the prob
lems now beforo us.
OUR ENTRY 'INTO THE WAR
When this country made its entry
into tho war, tho Red Cross saw tho
necessity of providing great quanti
ties of articles which could bo made
by the Chapter workers, such as
surgical dressings, hospital gar
ments, knitted comforts and tho
like. Information as to types of
these articles was circulated thru
out the Chapters and tentative es
timates of the quantities which
were to 1m produced wcro relied
upon in arranging for tho purchase
of the necessary raw materials, sucn
as gauze, cotton, yarn, etc.
Plans for'' Instructing workers in
the production of the various arti
cles v.crc rapidly made elective.
In o surprisingly short time, the
Chapters were turning out enorm
ous quantities of all these articles.
In the meantime, the Red Cross or
ganization for insiismg, transport
ing and I'. . '-uti v thcso products
to tho points of need was boing de
veloped. It was not hun anly possible at
tho outset to make any dependable
estimate, of the quantities and rel
ative proportions in which the va
rious kinds of articles should no
produced. Tho Red Cross commis
sions, when they took up their work
abroad, and our Department of Mil
itary Relief, dealing with tha camps
Sioux City and Woodbury County,"
as compiled bv early residents,
"was the Sioux City & Pao'fic line,
which was constructed by moans of
a magnificent grant of land. It
was completed from Missouri Val
ley, the point of juncturo with tho
Chicago & Northwestern system, In
18G8. Sioux City then enterod upon
a now era nnd has sinco rnado great
strides in commercial prosperity.
Tho stations on this rond within
Woodbury county aro now Sergeant
Bluir, Salix ond Sloan. No moro
welcome road over entered Sioux
City. By 188G it had been extend,
oil r00 miles westward, to tho vi
cinity of tho Block Hills."
and cantonments in this country, un
uurstood lrom tno first tho necessi
ty, irom every point oi view, of
making nieao estimates, lhu till
licuitieu ui making' estimates at all
reliable must bo obvious to all, it
required tunc and opportunity to
ituuy the situation irom every an-,
gle bo us to bo sure, in tnu end,
mat they hau given due weight to
mi ol tno perplexing phase ot the
problem.
While these studies wero being
made, tho lted Cioss was convinceu
tnat it would bo wiso to spare no
pains to be ready lor any ilemanu
that might ' uo mado upon it, turn
while wo have increased.our Knowl
edge ot tho problem month by
month, tho tremendous production
ot all these usolul articles has been
going on in every port ot tho coun
try so that we have, thus far, been
auic to not only me of. in ono way
or another all of the demands upon
the Red Cross from every quarter
but have, at tho same time, been
auic to uo ono further thing which
wc consider essential. Time is, tho
creation ot great stocks of neces
sary articles so that emergencies
anu emergencies are tho rule of war
-mit:i vays find us rei'dy.
nvt ,,... .g m) lnr produced is of
posituv . .jc. This is u,war ot
such ti'uinuiidous proportions that
it seems almost impossible ever to
Jiguro on having too much of any
tning connected with its conduct,
particularly of thoso things which
iho Red Cross Chapters produce.
If thcro was no limit to tho
amount of raw material available In
tho country and tho shipping space
which might be used to transport
tho completed articles to tho point
of need, tho policy of almost un
limited production might bo justi
fied. But there is a jlmit, and a
very definite-limit to resources, both
of material and transportation, and
so it is not only wiso but necessary
that wo put the entire production
as rapidly as possible on the basis
of our best estimates of tho most
urgent needs, so that while wocaro
for tho Red Cross requirements ad
equately wo may nt the same time
bo conserving the country's re
source of material and its transpor
tation facilities now so sorely tried,
THE SITUATION TODAY
For months past, careful studies
have been in progress, not only by
our commission abroad but by our
departments In this country, work
ing in closo cp-c-peration with tho
army and nVvv '" determine tho
needs of tho Red Cross. As a re
sult, dofinito estimates of its re
quirements betweon now and tho
autumn aro in hand and have serv
ed as tho basis for tho allotments
for the work to bo done by tho
Chapters. To make tho things
called lor by this estimate will
mean that moro women than ever
beforo will bo required to dovoto
their time to this work. Some of
these articles aro for our own sol
diers and for thoso Who will soon bo
called to tho colors, others aro for
the hospitals of our allies abroad,
both civil and military, while oth
er aro for tho unfortunate popula
tion in tho actual war zono of our
allies, where they will serve to al
leviato so far as possible tho suffer
ing of old men, women and of chil
dren and at the same time nerve as
a romindor of this country's Inter
est and sympathy at a timo when
such evidences of sympathy mean
so much to tho morals of these
sorely stricken countries, 'ibis is a
war not of tho soldier and sailor
alone, but of tho whole peoplo, and
the morale ot tho civilians no In nil
tho lines is quickly reflected at tho
front. If tho peoplo fnltor. tho sol
diers will not fight so oirectivoly.
You will sco therefore tint what wis
aro doing for tho civilians in
Franco, Italy and Belgium is just
as truly for tho fighting man as if
it wcro done for himself.
Tho samo disciplined effort which
has mot tho needs of tho past yoai
will answer tho new demands. Q'hc
women of tho country must oxpoct
to respond to Idcn change' in or
ders and to .pt irregularity In
supplies as , j aro a necessary
outcome of demands and war
conditions. It is precisely this
ability to respond to tho situation,
lie it what it may, no matter how
confusing to previous plans and ideas
that makes tho Red Cross a depend
able and oft'iolnnt force for winning
the war.
OTHER RED CROSS1 ACTIVITIES
Wo are not attempting in this
letter to cover tho situation with
respect to many othor equally im
portant Red Cross activities of tho
Chapters, tho Homo scrvico and the
Notice to Our Patrons
Owing to the small margin of profit allowed
us by the Government on Coal and Feed, we
have decided to discontinue the credit system.
Beginning June 1st, 1918, all feeds and coal
will be Strictly Cash. Please do not ask for
credit.
Wm. Slaughter Grain Co.
FRED J. PARKER, Manager
Canteen service, and work of tha
actual administrative affairs of the
Chapters, neither havo wo mndo any
attempt to forecast , some of the
newer forms of activity, such as
reclamation of soldiers clothing.
While all of thoso mutters uro of
first Importance, wo aro conllnti.g
ourselves in thin letter to Chapter
production.
Your Chapter will bo asked by this
office to produce dofinito quanti
ties of oertain articles. Thcso al
lotments will bo changed from timo
to timo as wo receive further esti
mates of requirements from Na
tional headquarters, and you aro
urged on all accounts to confii.o
your production to thcso definite
allotments and to secure your ma
terials through our Division Sup
ply Warehouse.
You aro particularly requested
not to purchase through outside
sburccs any of tho materials wo
carry in stock, even though you
may at times be ablo to get inoro
expeditious deliveries thereby. Tho
reason for this request is that tho
government has agreed to nllow us
to particlpato in tho purchixso of
gauze, cotton, outing flannel and
such staplo materials at tho prices
paid by tho government end on
practically tho samo terms of de
livery, only with tho specific un
derstanding that Chapters would re
frain from outsldo purchases of
thcso materials. This condition is
imposed becauso such purchases
tend to demoralize market condi
tions and make moro difficult the
government task of regulating tho
mnnufacturo and marketing of
these staple materials.
It is hoped that this long letter
may convey a very clear under
standing of tho difficult problem
which confronts us and tho spirit in
which wo aro trying to meet it.
There has been nothing finer than
tho unselfish and devoted way that
the women of tho country havo giv
en of their timo and skill in mak
ing Red Cross aid dependable. Wo
appreciate that work done in this
way lacks, something of tho personal
touch which comes from working
for a particular institution, or for a
particular group of peoplo abroad,
or in tho field. Wo aro none tho
less sure that tho basis on which,
broadly speaking, wo aro attempting
to handle tho matter, is tho only
practical onot Our standards are
based on first hand knowledge and
careful observation of tho petplo
who aro right on tho ground. We
hopo to change our standard- as llt
tlo as possible; wo hopo tj havo
LIIC1U (13 BIIIIJJIU U3 J)U3Hll)Il.
Other patterns of a particular
thing aro somotimes urged by some
one, who has had a limited experi
nnco abroad, as superior to the lied
Cross standard. Our standards are,
howovor, meeting the test of real
scrvico every day. The goal which
wo havo set Is not a visionary one,
but wo havo hard, practical war
facts to face.
We aro confidont that every loyal
member of tho Red Cross will do
the utmost to promote tho efficien
cy of tho organization so that wo
may continue to be tho greatest re
lief agency operating in tuc war.
Tho following quotas havo been
received during tho past week:
Garments 59 women's moi'itSim
jackets.
Knitting 10 navy helmots,
Surgical dressings 200 3-yard
rolls, GOO 8x4 sterile drcssings.lOOO
pads, typo 2, size. 1.
Tho knitting censor at tho stato
warehouse in Omaha mado tho fol
lowing comment on tho socks ship
ped by tho local Chapter in June:
"Your sock3 aro perfect."
Tho last of tho Juno quota on
surgical dressings 100 pads was
shipped this wcolc.
J. C. McCormack gavo 3.00 and
Stovo Howard $4.00 to the Red
Cross tho past week.
29th Scrvico Company, Radio Labo
ratory, Camp Alfred Vail,
Littlo Silver, N. J July 1, 1018.
Dakota County Chapter A. 11. C.
Dakota City, Nebraska.
Dear Friends:
Your most useful "Red Cross Kit"
camo to mo a few days ago. It con
tains just tho things which most of
us forgot to take with us but which
wo find aro vory necessary. V
men in tno service .certainly truly
upprecinto what you arc doing for
us.
I, wish to thank you for my kit
and hopo that you may always havo
suiricient funds to carry on tho
good work for tho benefit of thoso
who aro nearer tho firing line.
Very truly yours,
Wm. Schrievor,
I'