Dakota County Herald. ALL THE NEWS WHEN IT IS NEWS E3tablishfS;n; :-" & 1891 . tc historical Sod, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1919. VOL.27. NO. 37 Society ;( w 4 i A ITEMS OP INTEREST GLEANED FROM OUR EXCHANGES Winnebago Chieltnin: Miss Corn MldkifT, formerly bookkeeper for E. J. Smith of the Buckwalter-Smith compuny, is now attending the N. B. T. college at Sioux City. o Pender Republic: II. D. Rixen and W. W. Pounds were Omaha bus iness visitors Tuesday. .. .Mrs. A.An derson of Hubbard, was a guest at the V. W. Pounds home a few days the psat week. o Newcastle Times: Rev. S. A. Draiseof Dakota Cily, autoed through Newcastle Friday.... Mrs. F. H.Stef fins nnd children retuned from Ho mer Monday evening, from a visit in the J. W. Blacketer home. Royal items in Neligh Leader: Pearl and Alta Francisco spent Sat urday at the J. L. Chapman home. ....Frank Francisco returned home itioiitiay from Wyoming where he has been visiting his brother Freeman. Ponca Journal: Mrs. Hedges and daughter Mary Frances, were shop ping ,in Sioux City Saturday after noon.'. ..Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bartels of Dakota City, attended the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Wendte, at Ponca Saturdny. o Allen News: A dinner was held at the Wm. Lennox homo Sunday in honor of Floyd Lennox, who had just returned from the army... .Frank Hale and family are living on J. Jones' new farm. They moved their household goods up from South Sioux City last week. The family has been spending the winter with a son, Per cy, near Dixon. Sioux City Journal, 2: Mayor J. L. Phillips, of South Sioux City, deliv ered a Memorial day address to the Odd Fellows at Laurel, Neb., yester day.... Mrs. Frederick Roost and daughter, Helen Elizabeth Roost, will depart today for Topeka, Kan., where they will visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ben Walker. o Sioux City Journal, 3: Lena Dier king, of South Sioux City, has re turned to her home following an op eration at St. Joseph's hospital.... In a fall; while playing '-yesterday, Blanche, the M-year-old daughter of George Ganston, South Sioux City, sustained a broken collar bone. The injury occurred on the schoolhouse steps. She was taken to her home. Lyons Sun: Miss Sylvia Lamson of Walthill, visited at the home of her aunt, Mrs. M. M. Warner, Satur day.... Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Adair, of Sioux City, were here over Sunday as guests at the Petersen home, and were in attendance at the funeral of Mr. P. Petersen. Mrs. Adair will be remembered by acquaintances here, having visited her sister, Mrs. Peter sen in the past. Wakefield items in Wayne Herald: Philo Graves arrived .homo last week from a winter's sojourn in southern California... .Miss Gladys Bartogave a party last Thursday evening to a group of friends, including several elderly ladies. The occasion was to celebrate her thirteenth birthday. The hostess served refreshments. A gold wrist watch was presented to her by her parents. Wayne Herald: Miss Helen Rock well of Homer, Neb., was an arrival in Wayne Friday evening to visit friends.... Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mun singer and baby went to Dakota City Friday to visit Mrs. Munsinger's par ents Mrs. W. R. Mick of Caroll, who visited the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Lou Surlier, near Wayne, left Wednesday for South Sioux City to visit another daughter, Mrs. Don ald Porter. Emerson Enterprise: Attorney F. S. Berry of Wayne, was in Emerson assisting Attorney C. E. Paul with le Notice to Wo will ho upon for business on or before .Monday, 31 ay 12th. Call anil see our shop, and be convinced that it .is one of the Rest shops in Northeast Nebraska. We are equipped to do all kinds of machine work and welding. We also carry a complete line of Ford parts, tires of nearly every sie, also a complete stock of tools, accessories, etc. SERVICE IS OUR MOTTO You have tried the rest Now try the NELSON GARAGE .1ACKS0N, I w 0 gal phrases of the electric light bonds.... Norvaf Church of Homer, who has been recently discharged fronf the U. S. rtrmy, ppent several days visiting .his brother John and family here. He is from San Fran cisco. .. .Bert McEntaffer of Boone, Iowa, was in Emerson Saturday and Sunday on business. Ho sold his house on Main street to J. R. Tessier, who has been living in it for some time. o ( rofton Journal: Miss Nan Crosby, of Mrs. John Brasslleld, who Ji i ieen visiting here, returned to he, , "-in in Sioux City.... Mr. and Mrs. 'lodJ Christopherson and Mrs. Halo drove to Ilartington Monday to sec the big "tank" on display at the Liberty Loan drive The home folks had a letter from Jack Christo pherton in Germany stating they had orders to move towards home May 10. He sent a souvenir from Germany of a piece of wood cut from a tree, a picture drawn on it. o Sioux City Tribune, 1: John B. Bubb, 68, a resident of Dakota coun ty, Nebraska, for more than 40 years, died Tuesday at LeMars, Iowa, after a brief illness. Death was caused by gastric ulster. Mr. Bubb farmed on the banks of the Missouri river until two years ago, when he retired and moved to LeMars. While he lived in LeMars, he conducted the LeMars ho tel. He was a member of the Ma sonic lodge. He is survived by his widow, and One daughter, Mrs. Alfred Austin, of South Sioux City. o Walthill Citizen: Ralph Mason joined his wife at Sioux City Satur day.... W. II. Mason has a new Nash sedan, the first one for Walthill. It's a beauty... .Miss Lena Mason spent Saturday evening and Sunday with Sioux City friends. .. ,M. Mnson and wife and Garrett Mason and family, of Homer, were visitors at the W. II. Mason home Sundny. . . .Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barney and daughter Irma, Mrs. W. H. Mason and Mrs. Alf Tip ton were in Sioux City Saturday at tending the Odd Fellow's celebration, Mr. Barney and family also attended the flying circus in the city Sunday. o Presbyterian church notes in Win nebago Chieftain: Another one of the boys whose name is in our honor roll, Harold Londrosh, has returned from overseas. He has been in the thickest of the battle, yet seems now .o be in the best of health. We are grateful for his protection and for his return to his loved ories.... Fri day hfternoon Mr. and Mrs. Beith called on Mr. and Mrs. James Foltz, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thackcr, Mr. and Mrs. George Krause, Mr. and Mrs, D. G. Martin, Mrs. Kunzi and at C. C. Frum's home. Mrs. Thacker is around again after a two weeks' illness. Mrs. Foltz's rheumatism is so much better that she has been cleaning house. C. C. Frum is still in a Sioux City hospital, although much improv ed, and expects to be home soon. Sioux City Journal, 29: Misman agement and unwarranted inefficien cy of officers in charge was the cause of the bad conditions of the Ameri can camp at Brest, France, it was explained yesterday by Capt. Frank Buckwalter, who spoke at the meet ing of the Rotary club at the Martin hotel. "It is impossible to exagger ate the hardships which tho soldiers were forced to go through at this camp," Capt. Buckwalter said. "And the worst part of it is that the hard ships were not the hardships which they should expect as tho natural course of events In fighting a war, but they were preventable hardships and no steps were taken to avoid them. The bad conditions were due to mismanagement of tho rankest sort. There is a lot of investigation of various things related to tho war going on I think that it is well that there should be an investigation of all things which there is any ques tion." Capt. Buckwalter told of some of his experiences in France at the front. Ho paid tribute to the American hospital system in France and to the work of the private sold ier. Speaking of Chateau Thierry, he said: "The sacred name places of the future for the American people the Public, NERRASKA g a -......., will be located far over tho sea In France. Heretofore it ha9 beon Valley Forge, Gettysburg, and others. In the future there will bo thuMarnc. Argonne, Belleau Woods, St. Mihiel and Chateau Thierry." Sioux City Journal, 30: A daring bandit crouching in tho back balco ny stairway of tho Princess theater Monday night held up Mrs. J. S. Shortley, wife of the owner of the theater, at tho point of a pistol and robbed hor of 5304. Tho holdup oc curred at 10:10 o'clock. The theater was partly filled at that hour and n picture show was in progress, Mrs. Shortley left the downstairs box of fice at 10:10 o'clock carrying tho day's receipts in a money sack. As sho entered the office at tho top of the balcony landing, a man followed hcr'and thrust a revolver in her face. "I'll take the money," he said. "Well, there's no need to point the pistol at me," she replied, as the robber push ed the gun closer. "I am not armed." The bandit commanded her to pour the money on the floor. "This is bet ter than I expected," he comment' ' when he saw the pile of money. "Dont you think you are takinr big chance?" asked Mrs. Shoiiley. "Sit down in that chair and shut up," ordered the robber, using an indecent oath. The man collected the money and departed. Mr. Shortley was oUt of tho theater at the time. On his return he notified the police, and Mrs. Shortley furnished a description of the robber. Sioux City Journal, 1: After sev eral hours' p.irsuit of a stolen car, trailed through peculiar marks of the tire treads, Chief of Police Harvey Phillips, of South Sioux City, found the machine abandoned near a gar age in the Nebraska suburb. It had apparently been taken by joyriders. The trail took Chief Phillips from the farm of the owner, Andrew Kramper, near Dakota City, to Sioux City back through South Sioux City, out in tho country toward Homer and hack to South Sioux City. Phillips stated last night that he had suspi cions as to the identity of tho boys, but no arrests have yet been made John Manor, of South Sioux City, was released yesterday by Justice H, I. Brouilette when evidence submit ted tended to' prove that a charge of carrying concealed weapons was an act of revenge committed by the son-in-law, Arthur Houseman, and that there were no grounds showing Manor was carrying a weapon with unlawful intent". ' Houseman, a discharged sol dier, "recently brought his bride, Man or's 17-year-old daughter, to Sioux City. Repeated statements of ex treme cruelty and of non-support were made by the daughter to her father, an amployec of the Sioux City Gas and Electric company, and he took Mrs. Houseman to the family home in South Sioux City. This aroused Houseman's anger, and he is alleged to have made threats against tho oldor man. Manor, who bears a good reputation in South Sioux City, procured a revolver and Houseman pointed him out to Patrolman Luke and demanded his arrest. The ex soldier viU also become ex-husband in tho near future if tho court of Dakota county grants Mrs. Housman's application for divorce, which al leges that Housman left her without sufficient funds for support after marital relations, during which she charges he was extremely cruel. Home Demonstration Notes Miss Florence Atwood Homo Demonstration Agent Th6 object of the Nebraska Junior Reserve is to organizo tho boys and girls into clubs so as to secure greater food production and. conser vation. Free lessons and directions in studying agriculture and home economice will he sent out to each club member. Tho enrollment is only the initial step in tho work. It must be kept in mind that your pro ject work continues throughout the summer. The lack of sustained in terest means a failure. After enlistment, there are three "promotions" that may be earned by each member, membership, advance ment and service. The Nebraska State Fair board is giving a great deal of attention to the products of tho boys' and girls' club work this year. Six hundred dollars in cash prizes and six loving cups have been offered. This should lie an inducement for each club mem ber to finish his job so as to compote for these prizes. This week tho following boys and girls volunteered for service: Rob ert Blessing, Charles Beermann, Warren Fisher, Mnynurd Gribblc, Har ry Larson, Helen Nelson, Helen Slork and Ernest Sierk. I'tiruifr.s Are Keeping Books A practical Ostein of farm book keeping distributed by tho Univers ity Extension Service and department of Rural Economics 1ms been approv ed by tho government. By tiio use Of tho SVStOlU farmers innv flntnrmlnn their actual income and profit, nnd thus know accurately tho amount of their income tax. It provides for an Inventory nt the beginning and end of tho year, and records receipts and disbursements, together with profit and lass. The system is practical and it met the approval of several thousand farmers lost ycur. For fur ther information see a county agent or writo Department of Rural Eco nomics, University Farm, Lincoln. Preseryo and beautify your homo with Mound City Paints nnd Varnish. For sale at Nelswnnger Pharmacy, THE RECALL By Rev. C. R. Lowe. , It begins to look us though Sioux , City is getting under way for a class war as the outcome of the I. W. W. convention, and it is Mr. Wallace M. .Short who is making it such. When the "Wobbly" convention met there somo days ago Mayor Short lit the powder by going to the convention and making them d welcome address In the name of Sioux City, wo pre sumeat least his position in the city would carry that inference. If Mr. Short wanted to address them, that is one thing, but when ho acts In behalf of the city, that is another thing. I Now, if it had been a convention of any other sort, tho city would havo expected the mayor to do tho very thing ho did, but plainly in this case tho city cxpoctcd something else of him. The bunch that? he welcomed wns anything but desirable; it is an organization that is everywhere spo lten against, and with a bad rcputa .n as to membership and principles alike, and the organization does not deny what it is. And the going opin ion is that the reputation is a prop er one. I The welcome was given against the wishes of tho men who have made Sioux City what it is, t o influential men, men who havo no more rights and who neither claim nor want more under the government of tho city or country than other men. II the may- Jor wanted to go contrary to their 'wish that was his privilege, and he elected to do so. Mayor Short must not forget that tho men of the city who do not belong to the labor unions have their ideas and desires the same Jns the union men since ho chooses to line up such divisions and that he is not tho mayor of tho labor un ions, oven if it was their votes which put him into office, but that ho is mayor of tho whole city. And now tho move is made by those whom ho disregarded to recall him. The may or must not forgot that this Is their privilege, too. So the ball is roll ing. -, Tho other night there was a great meeting of tho labor mtin In tho Mo tor Mart building, and amid loud cheers the mayor made a speech. Wo did not hear tho speech, but wo Have the newspaper reports of it, and wo realize the papers are not for Mi. SKort's support, and that he blames ihttnv fop all tho trouble that has corrto to Sioux City and"tb 'himself. He reminds me of a nephew of mine fussing with his cousin for a bucket of water at which both were pulling. He finally got it, but in tho getting he ,'ot the water slopped all over his clothes, whereupon ho said, "Well, if you had let me had it, wo would not have 'had any trouble." Surely, If Mr. Short had had all his own way there would be no trouble, but things don't run thut way. In that speech which was vociferously received, the mayor appealed to tho passions and prejudices of tho hearers instead of to their reason, and mado it appear that tho men opposing him were do ing so because ho was championing the cause of labor, and because he was tho labor candidate for tho of fice. He made them think that in opposing him, these men were op posing tho labor men of the city. He referred to them as a gang of politicians. Mr. Short has mado somo progress himself in tho game of politics when he can get away with a grandstand play like that. The fact is that the mayor does not distinguish between labor and "La bor." The opponents of Mr. Short are not making any such n fight as lie claims they are, they are not mak ing any opposition to tho men who put him in ofTice. To an outsider it seems they are very fair to tho labor unions, going flfty-flfty with them in tho matter. They aro mak ing a fight on the mayor who stands for what they do not believe in and who has played into tho hands of the enemies of recognized labor. Mr. Gompers has come out fiat-footed against the I. W. W. organization, and some of tho Sioux City unions are fighting right now to get these I. W. W. men off tho job, and tho men who are heading tho fight are appealing for tho support of Sioux City labor to appose tho common enemy. If the movement wero in opposition to labor as such, the party which is behind tho deal would not invito labor to nominate half of a committee who -is to have tho mat ter of tho recall in hand. There is always danger in a class clash as this promises to bo that one man may hold his position. It sows the seeds of discord which lives a good deal longer than the immediate contest. It helps to mako for tho unrest of things in gencrul, and at this time especially, such things ought not to be engaged in. Re gardless of tho present alignments, when uu officer appeals to any cer .taln class of people us ovor against another class for his support, ho has lost his fitness to hold his position. For this thing alone, Mr. Short ought to ho recalled. Siiiini-iitiit Hmwiiru ii'in Cm,, in.-oi I... ,.... ...... ,.i,riiiii II IM IV 111 III All enormous waste of grain nnd great loss of time results every year thru tho'lnefficlont work of threshing muchlnes thut aro not properly re paired and put in thoro working con dition before beginning of threshing seaon, says United States Depart ment of Agriculture farmers' bulle tin 1030, "Caro and Repair of Farm Implements." Tho bulletin deals exclusively with tho overhauling and , repair of grain separators. Copies may bo obtained liv writing ilm Rv tension Service. University Farm. Lincoln, NEUHASKA UNIVERSITY'S SEMI CENTENNIAL. The phcnominal growth of tho Uni versity In tho fifty years of its ex istence invests with great interest the coming semi-centennial celebra tion. Tho exercises are to be com blned with tho events of commence ment woek. A largo attendance from tho state is anticipated. A Univers ity of Nebraska Club of Lancaster County has been organized, which will provide for tho entertainment of out of town graduates and former students who aro unable to obtain accommodations nt tho hotels. Tho secretary of this club is Miss Mar joric Scllcck, of Lincoln Admission to tho Pageant of 1-rco-dom Is by tickets, with no charge. Graduates nnd former students who wish tickets may sccuro reservations until noon of the day of tho perform ance by addressing the registrar suf ficiently in ndvance. Admission to the oratorio iMijah to bo given bun- day evening will be free. Alumni and former students may havo tick ets reserved at tho registrar's ofl'ico till baturday noon. PROGRAM Friday, Mr.y 23 Class day Exhibit (t departments (early forenoon and lato afternoon). Moving pictures of university life. Art exhibit. Ivy day. Alumni council meeting. Alumni class reunions. Dedication of chemical laboratory; address by Gen. W. L. Selbert, chief fo chemical warfaro service. Pageant (evening). Snturday, Mny 24 Alumni day. Registration at alumni headquar ters. Automobllo tour. Alumni luncheon University Farm; Judge E. B. Perry ('9!)) of Cam bridge, toastmaster. Alumni business mooting. Semi-centennial addresses. Pageant (evening). Sunday, Mny 25, unccniaurcnte sermon (Memorial hnll), by Rev. Frnnk G. Smith, pns- tor First' Centrnl Congregntionnl Church of Omnhn. Orntorlo, Elijah (evening), Mrs. Cnrrio B. Raymond and University Chorus. Monday, May 2G Commencement day. Commencement address, Mnj.-Uon. Leonard Wood. Luncheon nt Commercial Club. Military exhibition, University v -JJattnUons Reviewed by "MajoiGen eral Wood. To Develop Seed Potato Urotving In order to secure a li3t of potnto growers having good seed, to demon strate what good seed potatoes aro and how they can bo produced, nnd to assist in establishing tho seed po tato industry in western Nebraska, the Horticultural department of tho Univorslty of Nebraska is institut ing a potato field and bin inspection service. Any grower meeting cer tain prescribed requirements will re ceive tho benefit of this system. If his potatoes aro good seed ho will bo listed among tho producers of recom mended seed stock. Those destrimr to receive this assistance may ob tain application blanks from the Hor ticultural Department, Univorslty farm, Lincoln. Now Styles From Old CIoUich Women's fashions this year call ipr numerous nnd vnriod chic nnd nt- tractive accessories which aro very cxpensivo ready-made. Yet they are simply mndo and call for only smnll feces of materials. Tho Womens cction of tho University Extension Service says Inst year's summer dress materials can olten bo used for col lar and cuff sots, yokes nnd vestces, and other fancy ornaments. Two or more colors mny bo worked together. Dyes may bo brought Into use, and an interesting nnd profitable postimo enjoyed. Nearly every household has enough used materials to go a long ways toward cutting down tho high price of being attired In 1919 styles. THE HERA 1. 0 - $1.25 Per Yr IHHHI U m m- m m m m m m m m m m m u d E0 Efficient TO LIVE, ONE JilJHT SPEND. HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, THEREFORE, 'THAT SPENIMNU BE CAREFULLY 'REGULATED AND SYSTEMATIZED. A OHEL'KINd ACCOUNT FURNISHES AN IDEAL MEANS OF KNOWINU JUST WHERE AND HOW THE DOLLARS (JO; IT OBVIATES THE NECESSITY OP UA1IRYINO LARUE SUMS OF MONEY; AND CURDS THE NATOILYL TENDENCY TOWARD THOUGHTLESS EXPENDITURE. OUR OFFICERS WELCOME CONSULTATION. Jackson State Bank JACKSON, NEBRASKA m m ffiEIiB9iIlS!SS(S0SSISSSaS0ESlSIII WILL THE TltACTOIt PAY1 (From Farm Bureau News.) It has been said that it is probable that tho tractor business has suffer ed more from tho ovcr-onthuslnstlc snlcsmnn than from non-bcllovcrs. Be that ns it mny, thoro nro still mnny men yet to bo shown. To bo sure, with somo farms tho proposi tion is impracticable. Tho Indiana Experiment Station has collected, considerable data on thU subject, nnd tho following ..fig ures aro tnken from circular. 89 of thnt station: Nincty-fivo men reported on tho size of farms on which they used their trnctors. Three hnd less than 100 acres; sixteen hnd between 100 and 200 ncrcs; twenty-nino between 200 nnd 300 ncrcs; twenty-four bo tween 300 nnd 400 acres: and nino from 400 to GOO ncrcs, with fourteen tractor men operating over ouu acres. Eighty acres wns tho smallcstularm reported, but its owner did' custom plowing. Fnrmors operating- from 1G0 to 400 ncrcs wero veryBenerally satisfied. Tho gcnoral avcrngo of seventy men who reported on repairs- showed thnt tho nvorngo per yenr on a trnct- ' or was slightly less than ,$25,00, Only eight reported as high as $50,00,.. and one hnd used his jmnchino. threa years with n'n oxpendlturo of less than ?1C per yenr for repairs. Tho cost of fuel was naturally a variable factor. Whoro gasoline wns Used, it ran ns high as 91.00 an acre and as low as GO cents, with an nvor ngo of CO cents per acre. With ker osene, however, this wosjconitlderable lower, tho highest given 'being 60 cents per ncro nnd tho lowest 2G cents. Tho average was about thrco gallons of kerosene per, acre, costing 12 cents per gallon, used, on , aver age soil, plowed seven to eight inches deep. The question which .confronts many prospective owners istthe num ber of horses n tractor will -replace. On this subject, ninety-four.men-re-ported. Eighty-four reported 2' to 4 fowor, ton nono less. Eighty men reported 1 man less, while fourteen wero using tho same, number of men. Of the ninety-five reporting 77 men wero satisfied, 11 uncertain,! and 7 dissntisfied. Tho prlncipaL.abject lons offered wore lack- of1? power for hard plowing, and in two -coses-very sandy soil. Fifty men .reported an Increase In depth-of, plowing since .Kettlng.thelr ,, tractors. - '' Twenty-four men, of seventy-two reporting, usedVthoir engines only " from 10 to 12 days per year. Sixteen used theirs 20 to1 30 Odays; twenty from 30 to 40 dnys; n(no from 40 to GO days and threo over 60 days per year. Sovoral of tho men have per manent settings where 'they run a lino shaft from which shelters, grind ers, saws, etc., aro run. DAKOTA CITY-SCHOOL NOTES Murguorito Shrcinor, Principnl Tho senior class .will entertain the juniors Wodnasday evening - at thV homo of Lillle Sides. Dakota City defeated South'Sloux last Thursday, 0 to 4,-nnd on 'Monday treated Ponca tho same way, 8to 7. both games were fast and well play ed throughout. Tho eighth grade thave elected coral and silver as their class ,-colors. This year eighth grade exrclsear will bo held vMny 22nd. Examlnatlom will be hold again this week..jjjeighth grade officers aro as foUowB'i-d&resl-dent, Mildred .Ream; vice, prciident, Mildred Lake; secretary; treasurer, Homer Hansen. Tho pupils of tho ,3rd and) 4th grades gave their annual, program Inst Thursday. Tho program consist ed of two plays which were excellent ly given. It has been decided to purchase'tho piano. Tho rent we have, paid' on it will bo applied toward tho cost of the Instrument. 'rjj Spending l IS n m ia bo m m m m m w m m m QB