State Historical' Soctoty
Dakota County Herald
ALL THE NEWS WHEN IT IS NEWS
Established August 22, 1891
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1919.
VOL. 27. NO. '40
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Fullerton Post: Mrs John Hamp
ton is visiting her daughter Helen nt
Walthill and a sister nt Dakota City,
this week.
Walthill Times: Frank Lamson
arrived home yesterday after hnvin;
been overseas. He received his dis
charge at Camp Dodge.
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Hloomfiold Monitor: Mrs. Minnie
Nash returned to South Sioux City
on Monday after n week's visit with
her friend, Mrs. Henrietta Taylor.
Hartington Herald: Miss Eva Gra
ham returned to her school work in
Dakota City on Mondny after spend
ing Sunday with her cousin, Miss Mae
Morten.
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Laurel Advocate: Herb Kinney of
Jackson, state oil inspector, was here
Fiiday and Saturday. Mr. Kinney is
an old schoolmnto of W. F. Wes
trand, and they enjoyed a vis,it to
gether. Wakefield items in Wayne Herald:
George Barto bought a farm of 1G0
acres near Hartington last week for
$105 an acre.... Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
McKenzie of South Sioux City drove
up Sunday to spend the day at the
G. W. Packer home.
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Newcastle Times: Mr. and Mrs. A.
N. Orthberg of Jackson, were in New
castle last Saturday, making arrange
ments to move here. Mr. Orthberg
is a graduated veterinarian. We
welcome them to our city. They
made the Times office a calif
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Sioux City Tribune, 21: The home
of J. Manor, of South Sioux City,
was destroyed by fire early yesterday
morning. The amount of the damage
hns not been estimated. Members
of the family were driven from the
house and were unable to save only a
small amount of clothing.
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Lyons Mirror: Dan Floies drove
to Homer after a hired girl Thurs
day. ...Marvin Brown came down
from Sioux City Saturday and drove
back the family car that vw stalled
here last week when Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Brown and family were here for
Mothers Day.
Wayne Herald: Miss Gladys Orr,
of South Sioux City, arrived here Fri
day evening to visit friends. .. .Mrs.
John It. Clayton, of Homer, Neb., who
came to Wayne to attend the senior
class play in which her son, Ralph
Clayton, had one of the leading parts,
returned home Tuesday morning.
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Walthill Citizen: Mrs. Tom Means
went to Fairfield Monday on a visit
to relatives... .Mrs. Ralph Mason
went to Sioux City Thursday for a
Ford
Till: UNIVERSAL CAR
The Homer Motor Co.
Opened the large storage room and Ford Service Sta
tion the latter part of last week. They have G,000
square feet of floor space in the building and carry
everything that goes on the Ford car, made by Ford
people and sold at Ford prices. You know what this
means in your pocketbook. Come in and see why it
pays to buy a Ford.
Have your liogs hauled to the '
city market by the Homer
Motor Company's new 2A ton
truck. It will pay you.
TRUCKS
CARS
homer Motor co.
THE HOUSE
short visit. .. .Mrs. Henry Stoner
and children returned Tuesday from
a visit with friends ut Homer....
Win. R. Aldrich and sister were over
Sunday visitors with relatives at
Homer and vicinity.
Allen News: Mrs. Stanley Wood-
ard of South Sioux City, departed
Monday after n visit nt the Claude
Wheeler home.. ..Rev. J. A.. Phillips
of South Sioux City, has agreed to
v'e an address at the Decoration
V program in the Lutheran church.
.mderstnnd that the Ladies Aux-
y hns been making arrangements
for ii vv.y nice program 'for the day.
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Uloomfield Journal: Rny Uurch,
who has been foreman nt the Moni
tor office since early last fall, hns
bought the newspaper plant and bus
iness at South Sioux City and will
get into the game on his own hook.
He will leave the fore part of next
week to assume charge. Mrs. Burch,
who has been operating the linotype
in the Monitor office for several
months past, will assist her husband
in the newly acquired business ven
ture. Ray is a good printer, an ex
perienced newspaperman and an all
around trood fellow. Wo are sure
that Mr. and Mrs. Burch will give-
the people of South Soo a live-wire
newspaper and wish 'em the very
largest possible amount of success.
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Wynot Tribune: Harry V. Hileman
of the Tribune force, is visiting his
mother in Dakota City this week....
Guy Cheney, wife and family of So.
Dakota, arrive here Monday evening
for a few days' visit with his sister,
Mrs. E. J. Morin....The various pub
lic school teachers left for their sev
eral homes last Saturday after com
pleting the year's school work. Miss
Weekeley, the primary teacher, re
turned to her home at Valley. Miss
Morgan, the superintendent, went to
her home in South Sioux City, and
Miss Cassady to her home in Sioux
City, and Miss Gordon to her home
in Hartington. None of these
teachers will return to Wynot the
coming year. Miss Morgan does not
intend to teach the coming year.
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Sioux City Journal, 25: After de
liberating for a week Judge W. G.
Scars, of the district court, yester
day ordered a decree of divorce to be
entered upon the petition of Marshal
Rcsegieu, a 17-year-old husband, from
South Sioux City, for a divorce from
Estella Rcssegieu, his 15-year-old
wife. The Ressegfeus .were mar-rlcd-last-Septembor
and live'd toicoth-
or nine days, after which "they sepa
rated, each going to the parents
homes. Mrs. Resscgieu Jives with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Haines,
1407 Morningside avenue. The hear
ing, which was conducted last week.
I was featured by sensational charges
by lioth parties. Ihe husband was
charged with seducing his wife be
fore marriage and he charged her
with infidelity. Evidence was in
troduced to show that the wife was
in the habit of associating with taxi
THACTOKS
OF SERVICE
ili'ivni'q nnil croft. tmr drunk. Whdll
questioned as to why she drank li
quor, sho replied thnt she drank It
to drown her sorrows. Dno PreS
tnii n .lini'Vrnf linnl lpfrirnr. with wlllllll
she was acquainted, gave her tho ad
vice, she asserteu on tne stanu.
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Sioux City Journal, 20: Thomas
Delaney, of South Sioux City, who
has been ill for some time, Is im
proving. .. .Mrs. Florence Day, of
South Sioux City, who has been suf
fering from an attack of neuritis, is
improving. . . .The condition of Mls3
Catherine Carney, of South Sioux
City, who has been afflicted with
rheumatism, shows improvement....
Improvement is noted in the condi
Ution of Mrs. John Shank, who lives
on tbe Aiomlnmfn ranch in Dakota
county. She- has been critically 111,
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Sioux City Tribune, 2G: Miss Dor
othy Lewis, who has been visiting in
the home of Mrs. Will Gilfcrt,. nt
Nncora, Net)., has returned home....
An nutomobile belonging to Roy Gra
hnm, of Dnkotn City, Neb., coll ''l
with another automobile on ".
Sixth street late yesterday. .. .WIU
Ham Jensen today sued Roy Gi . . a
for $300 damages allecgd to nave"
been sustained in an automobile col
lision. Jensen attached Graham's
possessions. The petition alleges
Graham was driving reckle !y. .. .
Mrs. Alice Sheren and son, Sorgt.
Samuel M. Sheren, of Minneapolis,
Minn., and Mrs. Ed TunnicliiT, of
South Sioux City, were week-end vis
itors in tho home of Mrs. G. E. Pol
ley. Sergeant Sheren has just re
turned after serving 20 months in
France.
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Winnebago Chieftain: Mr. nad Mrs.
Ernest Jensen were Homer visitors
Sunday.... Geo. Ashford of Homer,
was a Winnebago visitor this week.
....Wellington Smith of Homer, was
a Winnebago visitor Tuesday. .. .Mrs.
Bert Kilmer and son were week-end
visitors with Mrs. S. Toledo Sherry
at South Sioux City W. H. Mor
gan, of South Sioux City, deputy D.
S. marshal, was serving papers in
Winnebago Monday Jess Mansfield
went to Sioux City yesterday this
time on business leaving his empo
rium in charge of Well. Smith, of
Homer.... It. Jefl Taylor, who loft
the Chieftain eight months ago to
seek it return of health, was shaking
hands with his many friends in Win
nebago today. Ho is much improv
ed in health and once more wears
his genial smile.
Neligh Leader: Officers from DnV
kota, Gityf -Nebi, telephoned Aittclop?
county olliclals Wednesday morning
that Leroy Brown and James Weeks
of this city had been arrested there
on a charge of illegal possession of
liquor. ihey stated that Brown was
fined $100 and costs and his automo
bile was confiscated. Weeks had a
revolver in his possession when arrest
ed and whilo ho was not held on the
liquor charge he was bound over to
the district court on a charge of
carrying concealed weapons. The
automobile conliscated was a practi
cally new Chalmers six. There was
a report current in Neligh Thursday
morning that nnother party of Ne
ligh men had been arrested nnd fined
and their auto confiscated at O'Neill,
but Inquiry of officials there disclos
ed they knew nothing of it and there
port is probably not correct. No
one seems to know whore or how the
report started.
Sioux City Journal, 23: Georgo Mc
Lean, IGOO Geneva street, and James
McGowan, 300 Tenth street, arrested
Sunday at Jackson, Neb., by Sherill'
Georcto Cain of Dnkntn nniintv Mnl.
were returned to Sioux City lato
yesieruay aitcrnoon in cliargo of
Chief of Detectives Gus A. Dnniol
son nnd Detective James Britton.
They are being hold in connection
with tho theft of two nutomobiles,
stolen last week. McLean Into last
night was formally charged with
grand larceny and released on bond.
McGownn is being held for investi
gation. 'Ihe detectives intimated
that McGowan may be released, the
stories of both men tending to prove
that ho wus not. criminally connected
in tho theft of the cars. McLean
and McGowan were arrested in Ne
braska in connection with Sheriff
Cain's seizure of 480 quarts of whis
ky and tho capture of James Davis,
a Sioux City booze runner, now be
ing held ut Ponco, Neb., in a similar
case several month old.
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Forgo, N. D Forum: The an
nouncement of the engagement and
approaching marriago of Miss Alma
Haddorp and H. Guy Stinson, of Da
kota City, Neb., was mado at the
meeting of tho It. A. W. club at the
home of Miss Haddonp last evening.
The announcement came as a surprise
to the club members as they were
called to meet with Miss Haddorp for
the regular meeting of tho club. The
happy secret was mndu known by
little Miss Harriett Ellsworth, who
gowned ns cupid, entered tho living
room und presented each guest with
a little card from her basket bearing
the name3 of tho young people and
tho dote, Juno 21st. Miss Haddorp
is the daughter of Mrs. T. Lundy of
Irene, S. D but hns made her homo
in Fargo for the past two years with
her sister, Mrs. O, I). Blair of tho
IJpgan apartments. Since coming to
Fargo, Miss Haddorp has been engag
ed ns bookkeeper for tho Alex Stern
Clothing Co. Mr. Stinson is a trav
eling salesman for the Finch, Van
Slyck & McConvillo Co., of St. Pnul,
with headquarters In Huron, S. D.
Mr. Stinson will toko his brldo to
Huron to reside. Following tho en
gagement announcement, tho young
women passed tho hours in nn infor
mal mnnnor and the hostess assisted
by Mr3. Blair served u two-course
luncheon. The appointments were
carried out in red nnd white,
News: Word wns received
here Wednesday morning by County
Attorney Kryger from the county at
torney of Dakota county, that Leroy
Brown and Jim Weokcs had been ar
rested at Dakota City with a car of
booze. Brown was charged with
bootlegging, his now Chalmers car
confiscated and was fined $100 and
costs. Weokcs was charged with
carrying concealed weapons nnd was
held to the district court of Dakota
county. .. .Booze Hound, funny name,
Isn't itV But Gov. McKelvio is sure
on the right track to put the boot
loggers out of business and collect a
nice assortment of cars of all makes
nnd conditions to the exchecquer of
the state, besides the fines. Tho
worst part is that the state has to
feed the law violators whilo they ore
in jail and at present prices it will
jiist about take tho fines for fodder.
The fellows who hove been peddling
the vile substitute for whisky in this
vicinity had better take warning and
quit the trado in time, and not dis
grace relatives who neither approve
or wish to see them get into more
trouble than they caii get out of In
ten years. Tho arrest of tho Nollgh
men at Dakota City on Wednesday
sure ought to bo wan ng that tho
booze hounds mean but., uss nnd will
got them sooner or Inter.
Sioux City Journal, 27: The nrm
of the law continues to twine itself
about the person of Jim Davis, Sioux
City booze runner. After a series
of trials in Nebraska last week that
cost him several hundreds of dollars
In fines, us well us $2,000 In bonds,
Davis comi' to lown this week to try
his luck. It was very poor. Ho was
Immediacly picked up as n fugitive
from justice on information from
Stanton, Neb., and was forced to put
up another $1,000 in bonds to securo
hja freedom. This last charge
against Davis is grand larceny. Ho
is alleged to have sold a stolen car
to a man in Stanton. The deal took
place about two weeks ago. Last
week Davis was caught by Dakota
City, Nob., authorities whilo trying
to get through with a load of booze.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of Il
legal transportation and paid n fine
of $100. A deputy United States
marshal immediately stepped up and
rearrested him on a warrant charg
ing him with interstate transporta
tion. Ho was taken to Winnebago
f6r a hohring and was forced to so-
Icuro S2.UU0ib0nus'to uain his release
file"! roturnecTto Dakotn Cityr aHd was
again arrested by the shcriir of Ce
dar county, Neb., and taken to Ponco.
There ho pleaded guilty to a chargo
of bootlegging and paid another $200
fine. Detectives hinted here last
night that his arrest might lead to
another series of trials.
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Wausa Gazette: Gazette readers
will remember that when hogs and
other stolen articles wero located on
the Louis Miller place west of Bloom
field some weeks ago, Mr. Miller gave
the explanation that tho property
had been brought to his placo by one
Klatt, who had explained that he had
bought it at different places nnd on
ly asked privilego to lenvo it nt tho
Miller placo for tho time being.
This particular man, Klatt, had, how
ever, absented himself from tho Mil
ler placo and was no place to bo
found.f&Authorities havo boon on tho
lookout for him ever sinco and only
last week ho was traced $o a farm
near Homer, where it was said ho
was at work. Authorities In this
county notified tho village marshal at
Homer and requested him to ascer
tain if the man was there, Tho mar
shal went out to tho farm designated
and found n-fellow at work in tho
field. Ho up and asked tho fellow if
he was Mr. Klatt, wanted in Knox
county for hog stealing. The follow
laughed at the suggestion, declaring
ho had never been at Uloomfield nor
in Knox county. The marshal was a
little perplexed and asked the fel
low If ho would stay thero while ho
would go bock to town and call up
Knox county authorities for further
information. "Sure," replied tho
follow, "why should I run away? You
are on tho wrong track." The mar
shal went back to town, described
his man to Knox county authorities
nnd got instructions to hold him un
til the sheriff should arrive. Then
ho returned to tho field whero ho
found tho team tied to tho fence,
but the fellow had vamoosed. Oh,
no; he was not tho right fellow- to
catch n hog thief.
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Sioux City Journal. 22: Quick
justice was meted out in the Dako
ta county, Neb., court yesterday when
two booze runners wero arrested,
fined nnd imnrlsoncd within a ncriod
of about five hours. Tho men, James
weeks and George Brown, of Neligh,
Neb., wore committed to tho Dakota
county iail unon failure to pav lines
of $100 and costs. The transporters
were caught at tho south end or tho
combination bridge early yesterday
morning by State Agent A. L. Math
wig, who seized 148 quortH of liquor.
Their cor was confiscated. This is
tho second largo seizure of whisky in
Dakota county in a four-day period.
Farly Sunday morning Sheriff Coin
and Mathwlg raided a Jackson, Neb,,
farmhouse arresting four men and
seizing 430 quarts of whisky.... The
sequel of a chase between a boot
legger and Dixon county, Nob,, offi
cers some months ago camo yester
day when James Dnvis was tiiken
from Dakota City to Ponca, Nob., on
a chnrgo of transporting liquor. The
Dixon county authorities nllego thnt
DnvlB Ik tho same man who escapod
from them nfter abandoning an auto
mobile containing u cargo of whljky.
Dnvis, a resident of Sioux City, ap
parently is a much wnntcd man. Be
for being tnken to Ponca yesterdny
ho nppenrod boforu tho United States
commissioner at Wlnnobngo, Neb.,
nnd was bound over to the federal
grand jury under $2,000 bonds on n
charge of violating tho Reed amend
ment. Ho was arrested first last
Sunday morning In a raid on a
farmhouse near Jackson, Neb., by
Sheriff George Cain and Stato Agent
A. L. Mathwlg, of Dakotn county.
Tuesday, befoie Judge McKinley, of
the Dakotn county court, ho pleaded
guilty to transporting and palil a $100
fine. An additional chargo of brib
ery has been placed ngnlnst him,
Sheriff Cntn alleging thnt Davis of
fered him $1,500 nnd nn automobile
to allow him to escape.
Washington. I). C. special in Sioux
City Journal, 21: Secretary Boker
today ruled that tho present toll
charges of the Missouri River Bridge
company wero not excessivo and
would be ordered continued. Tho
war secretary requires tho bridge
company, however, t oprovldo n sink
ing fund t ) rebuild the structure In
event etruction or to replnco it
when it i mines obsolete. Mr. Bn
ker toda sent tho following ruling
to ull parties to the controversy: "1
approve the recommendation of the
chief of engineers in tho Missouri
River Bridge company toll ense. In
fixing tolls or chnrges for tho uso of
any nubile utility it s neccssnry to
hnve n rule which is bnsed upon a
reasonable consideration of tho vnluo
of the property. Clearly tho price
brought by such a property at a
forced sale allords no soigeuortt. it
might well be too high, and thus im
pose nn improper tnx upon the com
munity served; or too low, and thus
serve only to increase tho losses sus
tained by tho owners of tho property
who huvo sought to create n public
service by their investment. It is
not snfe to tnko tho cost ox tho prop
erty, for thoicost mny well hnvo been
excessive ,or , tho investment wholly
Injudicldus nnd a rnto bnsed upon
cost would therefore bo prohibitory.
The value ,of "tho' utility, that Is to
say, its physical value, if token as
tho cost of tho improvement at tho
time of its erection, depreciated nt
the time of consideration, Js open to
the objection that appears In this
case, where a bridge was built for
entirely different purposes, namely,
railroad uses, and has become use
less for thnt purpose by tho nban
donment ot tho railroad project, and
hail been converted to hlirhwnv-uscs.
for which It .was not originally in-
icnucu nnu lor wmen it is in an
likelihood stronger and more expen
sive than would havo been necessary
wero its sole purposo the uso to
which it is now devoted. jFromthcso
considerations it would seem to mo
thnt tho true rule is to arrlvo nt tho
cost of a structure adequato to per
form tho service which tho utility
in question does perform, wlth,nucli
allowances for depreciation as would
havo occurred hod such a structuro
been erected at tho tlmo this struc
ture was erected In accordanco with
those prudont rules of fitness nnd
ndequncy which cngineora rocognize
ns good prnctice. I do not seojiow
it is possible to tnko cognizance in
determining tho question submitted
to mo of tho difficulties which hnvo
grown up In tho community with re
gnrd to, first, the contribution inudo
by tho community to tho brldgo at
tho tlmo of its original construction.
This contribution was mado to on
courogo tho building of tho railroad
and no limitations wero Imposed by
tho community at tho tlmo of its
gift nnd no conditions wero attached
to tho donation. This wns nn im
provement vonturo by tho ocmmunl
ty, hut tho reservation that tho sec
retary of war should fix from tlmo
to tlmo tho rntcs of toll was not in
tended as a condition attached by
the community to this gift, nnd au
thorized tho secretory of war to
throw tho cntlro burdon of tho losses.
should tho venture prove unprofitable,
upon tho privnto contributors for tho
bonofit of the (bile. Second, tho
controversy t , .ig tho Bhnreholdors
und bondlvjlu i In this bridge. The
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tin: sai'i:tv or our (jkhtifhiates of deposit
IS ASSIJItni) THROUGH THE DEPOSITORS' (UJAltAN-
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in addition, thi:v ni:t a reasonable inter,
est return 5 per (jent and are quickly
convertible into cash should occasion de-
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THEY REPRESENT A I'OR.M OF INVESTMENT DE
SERVEDLY POPULAR AMONG CONSERVATIVE PEO
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Jackson State Bank
JACKSON, NEBRASKA
Ili3iiiiiyiiiil3iii0SDiSilll!iMH
remedy for any wrong "committed of
tho kind complained of was tin 'tho
courts and cannot Involve tho-physl-cnl
property. Tho present, owners
hnvo secured their titlo under de
crees of tho courts in litigation,
whero all Interested had a right to ho
heard nnd to protect their interests.
The fact that certain shareholders
combined to purchase tho property
on tonus which throw tho major part
of tho loss upon n minority of share
holders docs not justify tho secretary
of wnr in now fixing a rnto which
would transfer to tho community ns
a gift tho losses of theso minority
shareholders. It docs not appear
from tho evidence produced thnt tho
present charges aro producing nn ex
cessive return upon tho fair valuo of
thu structuro defined as above. I
therefore confirm tho present rates,
and in view of tho fact that thin
utility affects tho growth nnd devel
opment of tho community which it
serves, it Is clonr thnt its continu-
imcu ought to bo provided for and
thnt tho returns from its uso ought
not to bo allowed to bo absorbed nnd
dissipated in distribution ot profits
without providing for tho proper
maintenance oi tho utility. 1 an
nounce, therefore, my approval of tho
prcsont rules and require that suita
ble sinking funds bo established to
rebuild tho structuro in tho ovont
of its destruction or to replace r it
when It becomes entirely obsolete.
Tho order disposing of tho applica
tion will muko a conditional ntflrmn-
tion of tho existing rates to 'continue
for u poriod of sixty days, during
which timo tho owners of, tho proper
ty will submit to tho secretary of
wnr plnns for tho accumulation of
such a sinking fund as iu herein de
sired, and if said sinking funaprb
visions nro approved by tho secrotury
of wnr tho confirmation of existing
rntcs will continue in accordanco
With such approval."
Homo Demonstration Notes
Miss Florenco Atwood ,
Home Demonstration Agent
To produce salablo eggs duringtthe
summer month, tho cockarolmshbuld
bo soparntcd from tho flock. Tho
birds should havo clean nnd sufficient
nests; tho eggs should bof gathered
twico daily, should he kept in' a cool,
dry plnce, nnd market thetn nt least
twico n week. Do not market stray
eggs that nro fdundin hay lofts, Hhcds
or out of tho wnv nlncna 'unlfaai von
aro positively sura that 'they nre ab &$riMi&fc
salutoly ircsh. Keep &ewWur. d lJf''
very jorgo eggs lor homev conramp
tlon. Ynu can croato a demand for
your eggs that will increase, your
profit by observing- nnd carrying out
the nbovo suggestions.
Specialist in Food Preservation
Mrs. Lucy M. Sprnguo will hold a
scries of meetings in this county
Juno 0 to 13, inclusive. Her work
will show tho need of food conserva
tion this year how it differs from
last year; and will demonstrato tho
cooking nnd drying of vegetables and
making of homo driers.
Hellebore Kills Gooseberry Worms
Worms which consumo gooseberry
and currant bush leaves may be- kill
ed by tho use of fresh hellebore, says
tho University Extension Service.
It is recommended thnt holleboro bo
used ut tho rnto of two ounces to n
gnllon of wator, or, if a dry applica
tion Is preferred, ut tho ratb of
thrco ounces in one pound of cheap
wheat flour or thoroughly air-slacked
lime, Holleboro is much lesapohon
ous than paris green or arsenate of
load nnd will havo disappeared by tho
timo tho fruits are ready to uso.
Black ants which attack peonies mny
bo controlled by destroying tho, colo
nies in tho vicinity of the 'flowor.
This ,can bo done, by onlralglngf tho
entranco of thu ant nest With a stick
or rod and pouring about an ouncoof
carbon blsulphido into tho hole and
closing tho opening-by lightly tnmp
Ing tho dirt. Tho carbon bisulphide
quickly evaporates and tho fumes go
down into every port of tho nest,
killing tho ants immediately.
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