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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1919)
M CtaivOTA County Herald. 3 l ALL THE NEWS WHEN IT IS NEWS i Established August 22, 1891 DAKOTA QITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1919. VOL. 28. No." 2 ) J- 3 r .' k K. I ajlSlSlnjglsJgagjaaQgj m ST 5 NEWSY ITEMS FKOM OUH EXCHANGES 5 5 5 5ir51faIf51Dll3rDlfairnlfDlf51fnllDlf51alf3f3 Centrnl City Republican: MissLu cile Hoagland Is spending n vacation of two weeks with relatives in Min neapolis. o Winside items in Wayne Herald: Mrs. George Miller, of Dakota City, i3 visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Holcomb, this week. Allen News: Miss Arbhor Allen enjoyed n visit last week from her cousin, Miss Gladys Armhright, of South Sioux .Jity. Maskell Tribune: C. P. Lund his sold his hnrness .shop to a harness maker from Jackson, and the nw shop is located in the bnscment cf the hardware store. o Fonda, Iowa, Times: Miss Lillian McLaughlin of Sioux City, who 1 aught at Alta last year and visited her cousin, Mrs. Burt Kroescn, sev eral times, will teach the 5th grade at Storm Lake this year. Wisner Chrdniclc: Mrs. Helen Rich went to Omaha on Thursday to ac company her daughter, Mrs. Frances Cheney, back from the MethodLt hospital where the latter's baby has been receiving treatment. Wakefield items in Wayne Herald: Mrs. Frank Barto, Mrs. Ben Chacc, Miss Gladys Barto and Edward Spen rpp drnvf to TTniversitv Plnce. Lin- coin. Saturday for a week's visit With "Mr. 'and Mrs. Lewis Cooley. 0 T i -nr n ! - - ------ r- ..-. ,,--,- and daughter Mary wo uu to Nor- folk this week to visit M.o. Horace Engelen....Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sne- then and family went to Missouri and had a visit with relatives fot four days recently. o Obert Tribune: E. L. Conrad has traded the Obert hotel to a man from Dakota county whose iir.ne is Fib!, and we understand they will conic and operate the same. Mr. Conrad gets in exchange a good forty aci farm e&sf of Jnckson in that county, Ponca Advocate! Mrs. C. M. Hedges and daughters are Omaha visitors this week. . . .Emory and An- 'rnie Austin' will resume their school worlr'ove'rjfj.n Dakota., county '"nextJ weeK, , injine- same puistrict wnere they lfave "fought so .successfully for a number of terms. Walthill Citizen: Albert Means returned home Friday from Cheyenne county.... Mr. and Mrs. Understal went to Dakota City Friday to visit. ....Miss Lena Mason went to Homer Thursday to visit relatives..-. .W. H. Mason, wife and daughter nutoed to Omaha Monday afternoon. Miss Min nie Braucher of Lyons accompanied them. Sioux City Journal, 28: Born, it South Sioux City, Neb., Tuesday,! August 20, 1919, to Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph Aegeter, a son..,. Ward Whitta ker, a:i 8-yaw-old South Sioux City boy, fell and broke his lefL elbow Monday while playing. A few months ago he sustained a similar fracture of the right elbo(v. The former injury healed properly, but the fracture sustained yesterday is .... w?.w..y wM ...-, mm a- tremely difficult to mend. o Sioux City Journal, 2: Born In South Sioux City, Neb., Sunday, Aug - THE UNIVERSAL-CAR We are experienced, and know how to give service to the owners 6f Ford cars'. We have the same methods, machinery and skill thatxthey have in the Ford factory, and we use the same parts made by the Ford Motor Company. Ford owners are doubly guaranteed by us as to the reliability of our service on Ford cars. Don't try to do it yourself, bring your car here. Incidentally we are getting a few Ford cars and are able to make fairly good deliveries. SMALL & ROGERS THE FORD MEN homer Motor co. THE HOUSE ust 31, 1911), to Mr. and Mrs. John McCall, a son....Tho condition of Mrs. C. S. Hollman, 317 West Seventh street, was reported as Improved by attendants at St. Joseph's hospital last night. Mrs. Hollhan's skull was fractured 'in an automobile collision with William Anderson, of Akron, la., at West Seventh and Center streots Sunday afternoon. It is believed that Mrs. Hollman will recover. o Wayne Herald: Dr. J. T. House is attending institute at Dakota City and Omaha in the interests of the Wayne State Normal. From Omaha he will go to Lincoln on busi ness....S. Toledo Sherry, supervisor of Indian schools, with headquarters at South Sioux City, was in Wayne Saturday on his way homo from Bloomfield where he lectured before a teachers' institute. .. .Congressman It. E. Evans, of Dakota City, passed through Wayne Sunday evening qn his way to Neligh, Neb., to look after business. He was called home from congressional duties at Washington by the illness of his wife.... Linn McClure, Miss Cora McClure and Miss Lucilo Carpenter drove to So. Sioux City Saturday to bring home tlrs. J. M. McClure, who had been spending the week with her son, Robert Mc Clure. Miss Elizabeth McClure re turned with them Sunday for a visit at Wayne. , .-,.. . . i Emerson enterprise: Mrs. August ("Fisher was a Sioux City visitor Fri- (day.... Mrs. Nick Ryan, of Jackson, visited over Sunday with Mrs.Nellie Crahan....A. I. Davis went to Ida G,rove. I?wa, Friday for a few days' visik wiiu ruiutivea. . .lvuss v iumv Poole attended institute at Dakota City this week. She will teach in the Peters neighborhood again this winter.... Mrs. Will Flegg and little daughter, and Mr. Flegg's mother, of Crofton, spent several days at the M. McEntaffer home and attended the Rockwell reunion Saturday. ...Miss Betty Harrigfeldt went to Ponca on Monday morning to attend the insti tute. Alvina, who will teach in Da kota county, attended the Dakota City sessions. ...Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hennerichs, Miss Bertha and Frieda, and Miss Frances Wrjedt and Dorcy Haines were on a pleasure trip to Sioux City, Crystal lake and Dakota City Wednesday, . . .L'.. C. MeEntaifei is acting postmaster, taking the place Monday, of Mr. Sweeney, who is re tiring. He is also an applicant for the position, which is appointive and will follow a civil service examina tion to be held in Wayne September 21th.... The ninth annual reunion of the Rockwoll family was hold at the city park here Saturday. The first of the family to settle in this part of the country was George Rockwell, who came here from Waterloo, Ind., and settled near Homer in 18G8. Others Curne later, and now there aiu about 100 members of the family than slxty 0f whom worn 'present connections in tins section, moie baturaay. ine kmerson, band .fur nished music, and a splendid mid-day dinner was served at 1:00 o'clock. It is planned to hold the reunion here next next year also, as Emerson is easily accessible for all. Repre sentatives of the family were present Carroll, mid the surrounding ctuntry! iium uuiuw, "unum vy WJllUH, lt waS n- mo3t cjjyaoie event, i t 'OK SALE j Extracted honey, at S. A. Mason's. OF SERVICE Thousands Attend Old Settlers' Picnic 111(3 CROWD ATTKNDS THIRTY LIUHTII ANNUAL KKUNION. (Jor. MeKehie Pleases Hearers In Well-Timed Address Many Visitors From Out of Count) Dakota City Defeats Homer hi ltnll (lame. It was a grand and glorious day for the Pioneers and Old Settlers of Dakota county last Thursday. Tha weather was perfect, the crowd was one of the largest that ever assem bled on n similar occasion, and there was nothing, to mar the pleasures of SAMUEL A. COMBS Newly Elected President of the Pio neers and Old Settlers' association of Dakota County, Nebraska. the day, for which many had jour neyed miles to enjoy. The crowd began to assemble at Clinton Park, Dakota City, about 10 o'clock, and enjoyed the music by the K. P. band of Sioux City, tho merrygqround and other amusements until noon, when an old time basket picnic dinner filled a long-felt want, ,ThQ program;'fltthO speaks stand began shortly "after tho 'noon hour. Rev. S. A. Draise offered the invoca tjon, and President D. F. Waters welcomed the throng to the thirty eight annual reunion of the associa tion. Gov. S. It. McKelvie, of Lincoln, was introduced and gave tho annual address to the gathering. He paid u glowing tribute to the pioneers who blazed the way to this fertile region and transformed it into one of tho most productive states in the union today. He reviewed tho his tory of Nebraska, and spoke of the advancement mado along agricultur al, commercial, and educational lines. Of the high cost of living and arti ficial means' employed to reduce high prices, he spbke ns follows: "Just now there Is a very wide spread agitation regarding the high cost of living. There aro those who do not hesitate to predict that un less something is immediately done to lower tho cost for tho necessities of life a revolution will occur. This extreme view is not shared by many, and it is unfortunate that there are those who constantly agitate 'this question, without making mo're than a superficial study of the conditions that brought it about. It seems most natural that wo should find ourselves surrounded with these abnormal prices, and I feel that they aro the result, largely, of unset tled and abnormal economic condi tions, the corrections for which will como about, principally, through tho rendering of. very essential services by tho individual, who constitutes our citizenship and groups who repre sent the units of government, indus try,: trade and labor. First, wo must apply, and without stint or reservation, those principles of personal industry, thrift and econ omy that mado it possible for tho pioneers to work out their problems. There never was a time in tho his tory of this or any other country when extravagance and waste were running so wildly rampant as they are in tho United States of America today. Comparatively few stop to consider tho cost, tho actuating mo tive being principally a desire to gratify tho "wants of tho individual. In too many cases it is the cost of luxuries that disturbs rather than the cost of necessities. I think there is no economist who has viewed tho situation sanely and with good judg ment who hus not arrived at tho conclusion that to invoke artificial remedies will work injustice and, in many instances, hardships upon cer tain classes. For Instance, tho in vestigations that aro now boing car ried on throughout tho entire coun try had no sooner begun than the price of corn broke 30 cents, and the farmer, who represents the largest number of people In this state who are engaged in a single occupation, felt tho first serious clFects from the effort that is being mado to lower the cost of living. A similar offect would, no doubt, have been felt with reference to the prico of wheat hnd tho price not been fixed, and yet it is generally admitted that tho pres ent price of wheat will not compen sate many thousands of farmers In this state who invested their money and their labor In the production of that crop this year. I The same is true of labor when, through the strike or walkout, it at-1 Tho bnnd concert on tho court tempts to force Us demands for In- houso lawn in the evening was thor croasod wages and lower prices for oughly enjoyed, as was tho dance in necessities. Production is at once i tho Ayres Hall which followed, and lessened and tho means of subsist anco aro not forthcoming, so no eco nomic benefit can accrue from this radical method of hitting at the hidden condition. Wa nhmiiii nnf ho c.irj0ni nh ti.o unusually high level of prices when we stop to consider that this land of peace and bounteous prosperity was,' almost over night, plunged into a war for which It was unprepared. Four million men were taken out of the I ri.frnlrir nvnnliia nf Hfn nnrl nlnrorl In the military service. Factories wero t,oh E. KRosmusscn, Ponca, Neb. turned from channels of peace pro-' Miss Myrtle Baker, Mr. and Mrs. duction to war production. Those 'Harvey rair, James Brown, Omaha, who did not shoulder arms immcdl-Ncb. .,,,.. atcly enlisted their services in some! Mr. and Mrs. ;Frcd Luchsjngcr, Mrs. other activity that had to do with C arence Luchsinger, Tommle Taylor, winning the war. Currency inflation , PlX,m0,utll. county, Iowa, amounted to about 100 per cent, so Clyde Ream, Westfiold, Iowa, the dollar now has but about one-half Fred S. Berry and family, Wayne, the purchasing power that it had.Nob' , , , , When we entered tho war. produc-LrRePrc,setntlyo Walter Sandquu.t, tion has beon reduced in manv ea- Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Lamson, Walt- sentlal lines, and foreign lands which were large nre-war nroducers are now principally consumers. I may say that, in common with many other stptes "n tho union and the federal governn nt, Nebraska is investigating tie high cost of living. This is being, done under special pow- Vio uivuii in iiiu civil uuimiiisiru' tive cone, Wn rtvnnnt Mrr ti,io investigation into every channel that will produce any worth while infor- motion bearing upon this subject, No doubt we shall find some ofTond- ers, but we feel that among the rev- ir,tiA,. ui .... irnn lift a. K . not tho least important will be that rectory which is an advertising me nearly everyone Is engaged in profit- "iui'f- Thoao will bo placed In the eering. It will be shown, I am con- l?ndSt0 stoc Tnld poultrymon ut fiiiont. tnf knr o nxnoftniKf nn the State and Interstato fairs and ono who is not receiving far more for his services than he ever recoived be- ,ou,,a' , 'u, "aciw" "so mik fore, and I ,dare say that if it shall 'en advertising space in tho Farmer remain for the one who is without 4"dilBreTedor ?nd Nebraska Fnrmot. guilt to cast-the first stono no onoAt ,tho Interstate fair they will In need feel in immediate danger of bo- roduc a ne.w method of advertising, ing hit. However, as we do find those who are engaged in illegal practices, wo on thi ie state and the nation. It seems that tho most satisfied iirt nrmnntarl iinlo .., !. ! fl, Rtntn nrn thn nlnnora ,nnrl ha cnlrl. iers of the last war. The formor evidently have an abiding confidence j'4.i ..ii... ii .. i .i shall invoke against them a most'vig-,stock ""ted by' tho Individual breed drous prosecution under the laws of e,rs-. " npppd that in a very under our form of government, andlota county farmers and to induce, thS latter aro glad to be given an op !b' example, many now men 1;o( enter po5tanltyttoerveltunseiashly1Jnahc ? PJ?ri;b"d business. ranks of civil life as they did InrolP-f "Us" y- - ' itarv life. In fact, the bovs who When Wm. H. Orr of Dakota City, were in uniform appreciate far bet-1 ter than we what a real blessing it is to be privileged to enjoy peaceful , citizenship in the United States of. America. The opportunity to get uacK into "civies" was ono that they could not define, and with them it Is not so much a question of the high cos,t of living as it is an apprecia tion that they aro permitted to live at all. Wo may well take our lesson from these two groups, forget our selfish ness and get down to business. If wo do this wo will win our battles of peace just as promptly as we won the battles of war, and If wo do not wo shall not only work hardships up on ourselves but upon those who wero willing to make tho supreme sacri flee in order that we might enjoy tho benefits of a free land." Business meeting At tho close of the program of speaking and music, tho annual bus iness meeting, of tho association was held, and officers elected for tho en suing year, as follows: President S. A. Combs. Vico President Daniel Hartnett. Secretary Sidney T. Frum. Assistant Secretary W. E. Miller. Financial Secretary E. II. Gribble. Treasurer H, H. Adair. Historian M. M. Warner. Executive Committee W, H. Ber ger, L. H. Armbright, John Boler, J. C. Duggan, D. A. Woods, Carl Lar son, A. I. Davis, Thos. Long. It was unanimously agreed that the present badge committee, consisting of Mrs. Fannio W. Crozicr, Mrs. Mary It. McBoath, and Mrs. Eva L. Orr, bo continued in charge of that depart ment. A resolution of thanks was tender ed to Gov. S. It. McKelvio for his visit and splendid address to tho gathering, and also to tho officers of the association for their untiring la bors in making the reunion the grand success that It was. Tho sports of tho afternoon cen tered in the ball game between Da kota City and Homer for a purse of $50, which was won by Dakota City, 4 to 3. Tho game was hard fought and close for the full nino innings, neither team having any material advantage. Homer started tho run getting in tho second, scoring ono run on two clean hits. Tho homo team came back In the next by cop ping olF two runs after two men wore put. Their lead did not lest long, however, for Homer squeezed in two runs and took tho lead again for a short tme, but lost it again when Dakota City tied tho score at 3 to 3. Homer started the fireworks again in tho first half of -tho ninth, but tho first two men up wero out on hard lino drives that wore captured by Miller and Best, tho third man be ing an eosy out. In Dakota City's thalt Miller got. first on a fumble, stole second, and scored on BUI Han Isens swot, which ended the agony. Helkes and Stuoland both pitched 'good Barnes and kept tho hits well scattered. It was a good clean game, and was enjoyed by all lover of the national pastime, which was attended by 22-1 couples. Picnic Visitors s Among thoso who came from ndla- tanco to attend tho reunion, were: XTMrs' Jo Jnckson, Meadow Grovo, Neb. Mr and Mrs. W. W. Roningcr, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bouton, Norfolk, Nob. - , ., m ., , , Mr'v?"d Mrs- c- T Bnrto- Wnko field, Nob. "'' ' Duncan. Allen. Neb. A! Sayre, Hancock, Iowa. FARM HUIiEAU NOTES C. R. Younqr, County Agent Tho Dakota Countv Pure -bred Breeders' association which was or- (tMHIItAfl lnill- HIMijMlII W V . l.AnH 'ik. uuui vuiy active. Almost every breeder in the county is a member of this asso- Motion. During tho past few weeks. ns, "' orAu"izntlo,n' they havo ,hut urinted 4.000 conies of n nrpedoiv;' w'11 bo ",1lailed d,r,elv l mnnv Pe.r that of having n booth from which they will advertiso Dakota County a3 a breeding center and will sell live ""' ". V",u T i """"J "" rniscd to. n ,hiBt plnco ns ?, brcedtn& CClltcr Whlcll Sho CBtl CaSilV OCCUDV if her breeders nrO wide OWttko to thclr possibilities. It is also the nlm o organization to banish forever tho use of trrndo sires nv IJa- cut a shock of corn Iri tho cornor of his corn field which lies next to a cross-road, ho started something which every farmer should pattern after. Many accidonts occur each year because of tho vlow being ob structed by tall weeds at tho fence corners and corn inside, iho cue ting of theso weeds and u small amount of corn which con either bo shocked or nut in a wagon for feed. will require but little time and may save many accidents. Mr. T. A. Kiesselbach, of thoStato Experiment Station, writes that they have a small quantity of an improved variety of Turkey Red wheat, the variety commonly grown'in tho state, which they will put out to farmersi Tho seed will bo sold in 10-bushcl lots at $3.35 per bushel, cotton bags, included. Ho announces that this is absolutely free from ryo and, that for tho past seven years, it has out yielded tho common Turkey Red, four and a half bushels per aero. Slnco tho supply is limited, only four farmers in any county can securo tho seed. If you aro Interested kindly write tho County Agent at onco. FOVSALU My house recently remodeled and two lots, Fjno shade and fruit trees, CYRIL E. SIMPSON, Dakota City, Nobruska. M g ' PASSING M Are you in tho market for an investment? f Consider our Certificates of Deposit! Drawing 5 per cent per annum from date of issue. Viewed in any aspect or from any angle, they aro found to" be ideal. U Positive safety, reasonable quick convertibility are characteristics. BO II Our Officers will other advantageous m Jackson State Bank Jackson, Nebraska mwmmmmmmMmmmmmmmwmmmixwmm Homo Demonstration Notes Miss Floronco Atwood Homo Demonstration Agent During tho wast week "Hot School Lunches" wero demonstrated each day during tho noon hour to tho teachers attonding Institute At each demonstration the lunches wero served to tho teachers at cost, which varied from 20 to Zb cents. Tho lunches prepared and served wero composed of foods suitable, for children in school. It is n generally accented fact that a child's mental condition depends largely upon his physical condition. so that tho progress In school re quires n consideration of factors which in tho past havo not received their duo share or attention. The long cold winters and tho distance soma pupils live from schools makes tho noon lunch one of tho most vital problems to btf considered. The rural school hot lunch has passed tho experimental poriod. The plan has proved its feasibility and value under many circumstances that it is our aim to provido some means of furnishing hot, nourishing food at tho noon hour for tho children so situated as to keep tho child from returning homo at tho ndonhour. Tho lunches prepared and, served for tho demonstration wero 'as fol lows; Monday Pittsburg potatoes, pea nut butter sandwiches, cocoa,, baked apples. Tuesday Baked beans, bread and butter sandwiches, tomato salad, ico cream. " l Wednesday Creamed beef, baked potatoes, cheeso sandwiches, peaches. Friday Baked macaroni and cheese, buttered beets, peanut butter sand wiches, cocoa, cantaloupes. Less Trouble With Tractors It takes about 2 gallons of fuel an acre to run a tractor for plowing In tho Dakotas, according to 'reports from several hundred farrilers re celved by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture. These reports, summarized in Farmers' Bulletin 1035, cover 2, 3, 4, and' 6 plow trac tors of various makes. Slight dif ferences In fuel consumption are found between machines of different makes, and there Is usually a slightly lower consumption where gasoline is used than where kerosene is used. Theso differences, however, are so small' that tho' average of 2 'gallons may bo taken as coming Very 'close to the actual acre consumption, for any type'oi size of machine. The, more rpcent repprts received'iitltis1' 4 regard indicate that' ""farmers are 'k having much less trouble than for merly In handling kerosene-burning tractors. Nearly two-thirds of the tractors on the Dakota farms report ing burn kerosene, and tha results aro apparently satisfactory, particu larly in view of tho fact that the present prlco of korosene la but half that of gasoline. However, -the ad vantage of gasolino in' ease of opera tion and in the additional assurance it gives that the engine will keep running steadily makes many men prefer the- more expensive fuel. Farmers' Bulletin 1035 may tie se cured from the Extension Service, Collego of Agriculture, Lincoln. Parin UureKHH Getting Results County farm bureaus have saved farmors of the Unlted'Stntes millions of dollars, through- co'-operative pro jects to eliminate, waste, 'according to statistics now being' gathered. Fac tors Which have been causing mill ions of dollars in Joss, such as hog cholera, grasshoppers, insect yMsts of all sorts, blackleg, etc., have been successfully 'fought ''by 'co-operative community projects under. tho lead ership of farm bureaus. Morethan 2,300 counties of the,2,996fcodnties ofHho Urilted'Statesynowhave farm bureaus, FOn'SALU-v Span of gbod, blocky marcs for sale. Will H. Orr, Dakota City, Nebraska. THE TEST return and predominant bo pleased to discuss features. 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