Soricl Soci,ty! Dakota County Herald. ALL THE NJWS WHEN IT IS N1JWS rjrr- Established August 22, 1891 DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1919. VOL. 27. NO. 23 i ITK31S OK 1XTHKHST (MitiANKI) FK(m OUR E.VCIIANdKS " Oakland Independent: II. E. Priest went to Homer last Thursday to at tend the funeral of his sister, who was a "flu" victim. o Crofton Journal:" Mr. and I . McEntaffer of Emerson, rctu 1 home Monday after a visit at 1 home of their daughter, Mrs. V. . , Flcgg. : I - o Allen News: United States Mar shal W. A. Morgnn, of South Sioux City, arrived in Allen Monday to at tend to some Important business matters.' Pender Times: W. W. Pounds was in Dakota City yesterday Mrs. J. L. Phillips of South Sioux City, was a guest at- the C. W. Baker home yesterday. Or Craig News: Louie Wright and mother went to Homer the last of -. the week to pack up and ship his brother's goods, as the family will not return to Homer. o Bloomfield Monitor: Dr. Mullen left on Wednesday morning foV Ho rner; in answer to a call there to come down nnd address a big meet ing given in honor of the returning boldier boys. Newcastle Times: Mike Heenan, Al. Russel, and Veranzi attended the Goodfellow sale near Jackson, Tues day John Hodgins of Willis, came Friday evening to visit his daughters, Mrs. Bert Chase and Mrs. Mike Demp sey and families. Walthill Citizen: Miss Sylvia Lanu son was a Lyons visitor Saturday.... Miss Helen Rix and'Miss Jensen were Sioux City visitors Saturday evening. ....Miss Mary Herman of Sioux City, has been visiting Miss Mary Nunn. They were passengers to Winnebago Saturday evening to visit Miss Nunn's people. o Wayne Herald: Mrs. Joe Munsing er and baby arrived here Friday even ing"' from Dakota City, to visit the home of M. T. Munsinger and familv. ....W. P. Warner, W. A. Heikes, and Samuel A. Heikes of Dakota City, were in Wayne last Friday to look after business in the county court in connection with the settlement of the estate of the late Chas. Heikes. Rosalie Rip-Saw: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Rohde nnd children were down from Homer visiting friends between trains on Sunday... B. McKinley was down from Homer yesterday, accom panied by his son, Roy, who has just -been discharged from the army, near ly recovered from his wound receiv ed "over there." Thev snent-the afternoon visiting brother and son, Bud McKinley. o Laurel Advocate: Mrs. J. 0. Smith has' recently heard from her son Ray mond, for the first time since -the armistice was signed. He writes that he went through the last battle and didn't thtnk much of it at the time, but after he realized what ho had gone through his hair stood on end. He said he was sleeping in some of the best beds in Germany and feeling fine. o Sioux City Journal, 24: Private Frank Burright, of the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh heavy artillery, returned to his homo in South Sioux City yesterday after four months' service in France. Ho was a mem ber of Company E of a Nebraska na tional guard regiment that patrolled the Omaha railroad bridge here in the early months of" the war. The regiment afterwards was converted in to a howitzer unit and finally into a heavy artillery outfit. 0 Sioux City Tribune, 21: Hemy Moron, Jackson, Neb., is a patient at .-si. vinceni. s nosnitni Miss Mnrv Mullen, Jackson, Neb., underwent a I Sioux City Journal, 23rd: Improv major operation at St. Vincent's has- mont is reported in tho condition of pital today.... More than 102 pints 'Frank Lucoro, of South Sioux City, of the best liquor, including chain-1 who, has boon seriously ill of pneu pagne, Scotch nnd dry gin, was seiz- monia After undergoing medicnl w J J L FUEL ADMINISTRATOR GARFIELD lias asked us to GET COAL NOW, so we can supply our customers with their winter needs NfW We have on hand sonic Fancy Illinois Egg Coal, Hocking Valley Coal, and have some Choice Wyoming Coal on way. We can supply your needs NOW, but get your orders I in early, while Coal-can ba secured. Call on Mr. Herman Foley at the Elevator. Slaughter-Prestcott Elev. Co, ctl by police today when they raided the home of George W. Meyers. C17 West Eighth street. Meyers, who is beinir held under SI. 250 bonds, is charged with maintaining a Honor nuisance, selling liquor and keeping it disorderly house. : o I Winnebago Chieftain: John Ash ford and C. 3. Betts drove over to Pender on business Tuesday.... C. J. O'Connor, president vof the Homer State bank, was in Winnebago Mon day. ...John Ashford was in Omaha Monday on business and will return iy way of Pender. . . .Mrs. Irvin Oh ' visited her parents', Mr. and Mrs. Aiturcw Davis, in Homer last week. ....A young man from Homer, whose name was not learned, was overcome by gas while repairing his car Mon day, but the prompt culling of Dr. Beirno saved any serious results. o Ponca Journal: Mrs. Earl Conrad and Mrs. Carroll Francis gave a show er last Thursday nt the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Conrad in honor of Zcta Hart, who was united in mar riage last Saturday evening to Mr. George Carter of Omaha, at. the par sonago of Rev. Ilubcr of Trinity Lu theran Church in Sioux City. A largo number of friends were invited to the shower. Many presents were received and the afternoon was spent in music, etc., after which refresh ments were served- The house 'w:;s decorated in pink and white. 0 Ponca items in Allen News: Mrs. Wm. Morgan of South Sioux City, district deputy grand master of the Kcbckahs, installed the officers of the local lodge here Thursday even ing Miss Zcta Hart and Mr. Geo. Carter, of Omaha, were united in marriage at the Lutheran parsonage in Sioux City, Saturday p. m., by Rev. Huber. Mis3 Hart is the daughter of Mayor H. II. Hart of this place and -Mr. Carter, who has been in the service, is a son of George Carter, a veteran conductor of the M. and 0. The young couple will reside in Omaha.. Lyons Mirror: Charley Sund of Dakota City, was here the past week visiting the families of Mrs. John Young and his son, William Sund. Mr. Sund is an old timer in Dakota County There is no record of a milder winter since 1541, when .Gen. Coronado, the Spanish Cavilier, marched up with his soldiprs from Mc::ico. The nearest to it was the winter of 1878-9. How nany enn remember that winter? You fellows don't try to remember anything and depend upon U3 for fact about who dug the channel for the Missouri riveretc WohftyjJiadpUj Ul b.vJ weather this winter. A heavy fog set in Monday and it lias been cloudy and foggy ever since, but not even freezing much. It resembles a spring break-up and the buds are" swelling. But don't be deceived. There will be plenty "ice weather," oven after March 1st. o Emerson Enterprise: Miss Floy Poole went to Homer Friday even ing The Lyman Hutchinirs fam ily and Don Ellis took Sunday dinner witn Mrs. ilutcnings mother, Mrs. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kolh- meir nnd family, were guests at the Wm. Hennerich lipmc Sunday after noon and evening.. ...An automobile containing four young people on their way to the dance at Homer, ran into a post by the side of the road and lost a wheel and skidded into a deep ditch by the roadside, about six miles from Emerson, Friday night. The occupants were Messrs. John Sher lock, driving, and Ray Smith and Misses Mary Connor nnd Nell Kerwin. All were bndly bruised and shajken and Miss Kerwin's leg was brokeji above the ankle. After getting out from under the broken machine, an other car. was borrowed from Mr. Dahms, who lives near, and the par ty painfuly returned home. Miss Connor is recovering here, while Miss Kerwin was taken to the hospital in Sioux City Saturday. They all feel, while- tho accident was serious and painful, that they wore fortunate in that none of them were killed. o iWM M Mttlk BfflUWP 1 3 ,,!i!:ili!!W,!!!:BaillWl:;i!!lllil Basket-ball Dakota City vs. Lyons Friday Evening, Jan, 31st I ' High School Auditorium Dakota City Admission 25c treatment for a period of more- thr.n gnn or Luce whom he had purchased a week, E. Walway, of Emerson, Nob., it from. ,. On the Itnpss stand yes today will undergo on owoVatlon at terday McKillips . mitted that ho St. Joseph's hospital The unpions- had purchased the tiro from Hormnn ant features connected with the Neb-,Sidlor. In the instructions to the raska influenza quarantine were for-! jury yestorday, Judge W. G. Sears cibly thrust upon City Marshal liar- told theln that if they found after vcy Phillips, of South Sioux City, dismissing the evidence in the case yesterday. In the course of the thnt Mr. Hogan had brought action day's activities Marshal Phillips ! against '.McKillips without proper found it necessary to quarantine his cause, that if they found the action pwn home, where three members of had been started by Mr. Hogan in his family, his wifo nnd two sons, arc an effort to hurt McKillips or injure ill with the disease. Their condi-jhis business, or his name, that they tion is not serious The condition i should And for the plaintiff, but that of Charles Stillman, seriously injured if found that Mr. Hogan had grounds when shot by a boy hunting compan- to warrant having McKillips arrested, ion. is so much improved that nuwasiiney snouju return a verdict lor iur removed to his home nt South f ioux City yesterday. It was at first bc- lieved thnt he would bo crippled ns.Currie, the 9-year-old invalid son of a result of the injury, his right hip J Frank Currie, of South Sioux City, being. badly wounded by tho ncculen-'fell from a chair yesterday and in- tnl discharge of a double' barrelled Ijured his right shouldor During shotgun. He is now able to tnkc a the latter part of the current week, few steps without crutches and it is upon anVtcxncl date yo't to bo dcter thought he will suffer no permi'nent j mined, a public meeting of Dakota injury. county, Neb., residents will bo held q in South Sioux City for tho purpose Wvnot Tribune: Having In his of considering the proposed free possession four quart bottles and four "ridge over the Missouri that is to pint bottles of whiskey stowed away i connect Sioux City and Nebraska in a suit case, Thos. F.' Murray, ex- territory, according to announcement press messenger on tho evening train, "aoe "st nifiht by C. D. Smiley, ,.,oc r.i t,,f,. ..Mofr,,!,, i,ir Mnrdini who represents advocates of tho on- '.. ""- ".'" .""""'"j "j '"""" Schlund as the train arrived in Wy - 'not about midnight last night. A detective on .the .train had boqn Ihatiovingthosuii.cascffomj3ioux City and upon arrival here secureTl tlie services of the marshal and mndc tho arrest. The suit case had appar ently been checked from Sioux City. Murray admitted ownership and he. together with tho booze, was placed under detention for the night. This morning the marshal and detective took Murray to Hartington where ho was arranged beforo Judge Bryant. He pleaded guilty and the judge fined him $100 nnd $11 costs, this being tho minimum fine for the first off ense. It has been known for solno time that bootlegging was being carried on to considerable extent on this train, and the nri'est wHl prob ably chock tho traffic for a time at least. Murray is a young man mar ried less than two yenrs and has a young wifo and baby residing here. His relatives reside at Jackson. Sioux City Journnl, 2Gth: Tom Fnirwcathcr, mayor of Dcs Moines, In., and owner of"tho Dcs Moiics baseball club, is in Sioux City. lit returns to Dcs Moines today A motion for n directed verdict in fav or of William D. Hogan, who is being sued for $2,000 dnmagos by C. C. Mc Killips for malicious prosecution, wns overruled by Judge W. G. Sears. Testimony of tho defense is being mado this afternoon. A new feature of tho case devch-ipcd in testimony offered by McKillips. He testified that the tiro which was found 'in his place by Mr. Hognn nnd Detective Harry Luce had been sold to him by a mnn who said he had found it. Un der the Iowa statutea no man can purchase property which has baon found without being liable lor crim inal prosecution. Under the Iowa law if a man finds property ho ad vertises for' the 'owner. If no ono claims it he must take' it to the jus tice of the peace, who holds it for i year. If no owner is found whliin a year the property is sold nt njution by tho county auditor and the justice find tho finder splits' Iho profit on tho sale. MoKillips snid ho traded and dickered, but could not remem ber tho name of tho mnn who fold him th? lire belonging to Mr. Hognn. Taking of evidence probably wnb completed yelterdny nfternoon. Sioux City Journal. 20th: A verdict for William I). Hogan, defendant in n $15,000 daningo suit brought against him by C. C. McKillins. nn nutomo. bile repair man, for fnUo arrest and malicious prosecution, was roturncd by tho jury which hoard tho trinlof the case. Tho jury brought in its verdict shortly after .'1 o'clock yo terdny. McKillips biought suit against llognn after ho- had bpon ac quitted of a charge of larceny plncod against him by Hogan. Hogan al leged thnt n tiro belonging to him had. beon stolen by McKillips. Ho wns unnblo to furnish evidence thnt McKllllpi had stolen tho tiro. Tho evidence in tho damage eme was thnt Hognn, with Detective Harry S. Lugo, had gono to McKillipa' nuto shop and iuuiiu wm uien viro, wun tno num ber filod off. McKillins aald ho hn'il purchased ;it, but refused to tell Ho- ; Game Called at 8 Mmmmamm !,BI!tt!I!i!!RIE1 liogan. f Sioux City Journnl, 27th: Frank i...,: t o..i. c:,r,... i t..i.j. i 'i",av- '" "; ?'" I City. J he gathering n and Dakota. s to lie edu cational in its character, it is sated. thojfturinflso of tho assemblage being FcHrRito sentiment in aupport of the I enterprise. The booster meeting willed ik wai iiiinuunceu would uu hold in Sioux City within a short time has been necessarily )ost)oned for at lenst two weeks, it is an nounced because the plans and esti mate of the cost of construction will not be .prepared at as early a dnto ns wns expected. It is desired that nccurnto estimates of the maximum nnd minumum cost on different de signs bo in readiness for submitting to the Sioux City gnthering in order that nn apportionment of the fund to be required may bo inado between tho Iowa and Nebraska sides of tho river. As soon ns this action is taken and the data nro nvnilnblo tho work of financing the enterprise will be undertaken. Sentiment in sup port of tho proposed bridge is well susntined in Dnkota County, accord ing to Mr. Smiley, who snys ho ex pects that tho approaching meeting Will materially increase tho number of advocates and supporters of tho enterprise. FiUtM HUKKAUNOTKS ('. It. Young, County Agent On Friday of the past weok, at University Farm, Lincoln, wns hold the Annual Meeting of the State Farm Huroau Association. Thiswn1. the third meeting nnd by far tho most important yet hold, being tho one that can lny claim to having laid the foundation for tho future work and oxistcnco'of .the organiza tion. Mr. C. C. Beermnn, president if the Dnkota County Farm "llureau, nnd the County Agricultural Agent nt-' tonded this meeting nnd tho annual conference of County Agents. On Thursday evening nt the Lin coln Hotel, the Fnrm Bureau and County Agents' bnnquct wns held. This wi.s attended by Fnrm Jluronu members nnd County Agents, togeth er with their wives nnd tho Homo Demonstration Agents, A few over two hundred wero present on this occasion. Talks wore nindo by sev eral members of our stntc legislature including Speaker Dolby of tho Houso; C. II. Guslnvason, president of tlie htnto rnrin Union; Dean Bur nett of the State Agricultural fnrm; and 13. I Brown, president of tlje board of regents of the Stnto Univer sity, Mr. O. (J; Smith of Koarnoy, president of the Nebraska Farm Con gress, nclod as toast-mastor. In his opening remarks, Mr. Smith said, "I believe the Stnto Farm Bureau Asso ciations aro tho greatest agencies In tho United Stntes todny for tho uplift of tho farmer nnd the advan cement of Agriculture." Evoryono present caught the spirit of tho evoning and mado tho ovont n most enjoyablo one. I'rl'Jny was n full day given to some splendid tnlks on cooperative subjects nnd to buslnoss committees. Mr. C. C. Doorman, who roprogentod Dnkota County had tho honor of n- I slittng in drafting tho first const!- tutlnn nnd liu.lnn-n nf ll.n ,,.t..- tlon, which, will bo tho guiding clo- RECLAIM MANY SUNKEN SHIPS Hundreds of Vcsoolo In British Waters Havo Been Salvaoed Possibility of Raising the Lusltanla. Most welcome Is the announcement from London thnt since Jununry, 101C, 107 ships sunk by tho Germans In British witters hnve been salvaged; 117 of them, by Improved methods, in five months of tho present yenr. Brltnln's const, like our own, Is edged by n brond belt of shallow wa ter. For 200 miles of tho channel's length no spot roaches it depth of 100 fathoms; much of It Is quite shallow, which accounts for tho chop Unit makes so many who cross It briefly unhappy. From our own Norfolk ono gets well out of sight of land beforo reaching wnUr too deep for snlvngo operations. Depth Increases moro rapidly off tho Irish const, but oven tho Lusltnnlu lies near tho CO-fnthom line, below tho shatter of tho storm,-yet near enough the surface so that many practical wroc'- rs linvo snhl that It would ho p. .' ', though exceedingly dllllcult, to ),.-'.u : her forth to it nautical resur rection. That soino things can ho dono ns well as others our cngjnee"rs showed when they raised tho U-boats' biggest victim nlong our const, tho Herbert I'rntt, nnd brought her nnfe to shore. AVliat tho "improved methods" used oft England mny bo wo shall probably not know until nfter tho war. 'lint they are cheating tho murderous subma rines of their prey In so many enses Is good news. EXPLORER'S WORK IN AFRICA Frenchman Sheds Llnht on Vast Re gion Hitherto Comparatively Un- Known Needs Railway. Commnndnnl Tllho, Iho well-known French exnlorer o". tho Sudan, hits re cently published n report on tho re sults of flvo years' work during 1012-17 In tho hitherto unknown region lying nlong tho frontier between tho French Sahara and tho Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Tllho wns entrusted with tho task of pnclfylng ntul organizing this region under tho French government ; nnd his surveys embrace n stretch of previous ly unexplored country extending more than 1,100 miles from tho center of Tlbestl southeast to tho vicinity of El Fnsher, In Darfur. Ills cnrfogrnphlc work fills up n largo blank In tho map of Africa. Ho urges tho n,ecd of n ment in directing tho future nativi ties of tho body; Thero nro now over fifty counties orgnnized with Fnrm Durenus nnd employing County Agents, within this- stntc. Most of these hnd mem bers of tholr local board present, ninny of them having scvoraL C. W. Pugsloy, editor of tho Neb raska Farmer, in n brief tnlk, made tho statement, that, "within three yonrs tho Nebraska Farm Bureau Associntion will bo tho most power ful farmer organization in the state." Other spenkors voiced similnr views. Tho association pnsscd resolutions favoring a lnw to control tho nativi ties of tho patent slock foods ana! remedies, Ono urging this legisla ture to provide a non-paitisun bnllot for tho election of members of tho constitution convention. Another urging liberal appropriations by the loglslaturo for tho reconstruction of tho stato scrum plant nnd for meet ing the federal funds for tho fight ing of tuberculosis. The oxecutivo board of tho associa tion consists of six inombcrH with 0. C. Crocker of Gngo county as prosi dont. This body will meet nt nn early dato to detcrmlno step.i to bo taken towards securing, tho , things asked in tlie resolutions. Tho County Agents Conforenco held from Motv1 noon to Thursday night wns the .t helpful vet conducted. I Tho exc ,o of Ideas was so numer ous that . to could help but bo profited. Ford The policy of the Ford Motor Co. to sell its cars for the lowest possible price, "cansistont with dependable quality, is too well known to require comment. Therefore, because of present condi tions, there can bo no change in prices on Ford cars. Runabout -....., $547. GG Touring car - 573.30 Coupelct ,... 701.48 Sedan : '. . . 829. G7 Truck Chassis 589.93 These prices arc f. o. b. Homer. Tho quality of service rendered cannot bo excelled. Homer Motor Company Telephone fit). railway through this region", for tho benefit not only of (ho world nt largo, hut nlso of tho natives, who nro sub ject to periodical fntnlncs. It Is stated thnt from one-half to three-fourths of the inhnbltatlts of northern Wndnl tiled of famine In 1011. Ono especially Interesting result of his investigations,- Is tho disproof of tho hypothesis, sup ported by his earlier explorations, that there Is a connection between Lnko Chad nnd tho Nllo river system. Tllho explored tho volcanic Eml-Kussl, 11, 100 feet In nltltude, with nn lmmcnso crater over seven miles In dlnmctcr nnd 1.10 feet deep. Scientific Amen lean. Satlorlng Is Different. Snllorlng on tho briny "Vlcep Is cn tlrely different than doing tho snraa Blunt on lnnd. This was ndmlttcd by it landlubber from Pittsburgh, who has Just roturncd from his first voy ago with n brand new senslck story, "Tho first dny I wns out," snld tho nmateur imvlgnlor, "tho old tub rolled llko u bnrrel, nnd beforo I knew It I wns In tho throes of mnl do mer. The bunch guyed mo nnd told mo my Job wns driving n trolley enr Instead o snllorlng. I had to seek my bunk. I hnd only been In It n few minutes when tho ship's surgeon visited nito nnd callously nsked: 'What's tho mnt terV 'O-o-oh, I'm so sick,' I told him, nnd I rolled over In ngony. 'Come, get up, he snld unfeelingly. 'Tho ship has been torpedoed and .we'ro sinking.' fell out of my bunk nnd scrambled to tho deck. Tho bunch ngnln derided me. Say, linvo you over been senslck?" Admiral Saved Engineer. A striking fenturo of tho nnvnl sldo of tho war is tho number of retired British' ndmlrnls who havo returned to tho navy, bringing with them full vigor nnd tho quick dntcrmlnntlon of tho service. On Juno 10 of tho present year, when nn explosion took plnco on n motor launch, Admiral .Tames Startln, who held tho rank of ndmlrnl, retired, Immediately proceeded nlongsldo and, learning thnt the engineer wits below In tho fiercely burning engine- room, climbed down tho hntch without the slightest hesitation, nnd uimldcd, re covered tho engineer's body. For this brnvo' deed King dcorgo hns approved tho nwnrd of tho Albert medal to Ad mlrnl Stnrtln. Aviators In Italy. . From tho Italian front whero ninny American aviators nro now serving comes this noto: "Sometimes at night, nftor dinner, n little music Is Indulged in ns a re laxation. Of courso tho Italians shlnfl there. Many n pilot or chauffeur in overalls Is humming selections from grand Worn. Some of tho American boys also nro good musicians. On especially was a splendid pianist, nnu wquUI rnttlo nwny for nn hour nt a tlmo selections from Schubert or Men delssohn's "Melody In F," to what seemed almost it sncrllcgo, that Is, piny It In riigtlmo for n chnngo." Campaigning Against Blindness. lSecnuso of tho campaign ngnlnst preventable- blindness It Is predicted thnt fifty years from now very tow blind persons will bo seen on th streets. Chickens Need Fresh Alt' Chickens should not bo cheated out of fresh nir, evon in tho winter, sny University of Nebrnskn exten sion workers. Houses thnt nro clos ed too tight during tho night, es pecially if overcrowded, often be come (lump. Chickens nro liable to catch cold when lot out of damp houses, nnd in extreme cold wonther their combs nnd wnttles become damp in tho houso and freezo when they go out. It is, therefore, ndvisnblo thnt chicken houses linvo proper von tllntion. Still cold is not as dan gerous ns dnmp and drnfty houses. Homer Nebraska. rt iA I i