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D AliX A COIINTY Herald. ALL THE NEWS WHEN IT IS NEWS DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.gHURSDAY, MAY 13, 1920 ESTABLISHED AUGUST 28, 1891. VOL. 23. No. 37. V r - ?' ; c M, k T lit '. .t. J r lDigjlnJlsJiajiojiDj 0 V 5 NEWSY ITEMS FROM Pender Republic: Ed Chambers and wife were passengers lo D'lkota City Monday for a few days' visit with their aon R.iy and fm.iily. Laurol Advocate: Miss Nelle Flom inK was up from Sioux City to spend the week-end at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fleming. Central City Nonpareil: Bob Way started by auto for his home near Waterbury, Neb. He intends to come unck the latter pait of next month and finish his semester's woik. Bloomfield Monitor: !. Toledo Sherry was in the city last Tuesday night from South Sioux. The hotel accommodations all "being ione for the night, he was the guest of Prof. A, B. Uicn. o Wakefield Republican: The ten day old child of Mr. and Mrs. Art Bat to passed away at their home hero Tuesday morning.... Misses Eva Gra ham and Elnora Borg spent the week end with Miss Graham's parents at Dakota .City. Ponca Advocate: Mr. and Mrs. Ross Poliey and children were dinner guests in .the John Rahn home Sun day... .Tjliss Verna Ebel and Harry and Donald Ebel, of Dakota City, vis ited Saturday, and Sunday with Em ery arid Annie Austin... .Miss Veda Harris, of the. Sioux City schools, and Miss Clara Cook, an instructor in the Dakota City schools, were home visitors last Sunday. 'a WalthiJl .Citizen: J. 1 Matousek and family spent Sunday with Louie Vlasek near Homer.... Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mason droyc to Sioux City on Tuesday, stopping at Homer and tak ing his mother with them.... Dallas Lane of Gurley, was in town last week and visited over night with friends. His daughter Fern s in the Methodist hospital at Omaha in a serious condition. Mrs. Lane is with the child.... Ed Irhy and Miss Opal Nixon of Homer, were married in Sioux City' WednesdayApril 28th. Miss Dorothy Jrby and the bride' hrotherwereattcnta.'jVirift and groom"wentto "Omaha an 4" then arrived here .Friday evening, remain ing over Sunday to visit his parents and receive the congratulations of his many friends. The newly weds have gone on the farm east of Ho mer. -. o Emerson Enterprise: Frank Hee ney transacted business in So. Sioux City Monday.... Mrs. Harry llelkesof Dakota City visited over Sunday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Poole. ...Mr. and Mrs. Grand Geh ettc and two children of Randolph, spent Sanday night in 3'merson on their way to Dakota City lo visit friends.... Mrs. Wm. Doughertys brother-in-law, Erin Maun of Omaha, is very sick at his home and his re covery is not expected. W. J. Maun and W. M. O'Neill of this place went to Omaha the first of the week to 'be with him.... A birthday parivvas held at the home of George ll.IIaase last Wednesday evening to help liim celebrate his birthday anniversary. The time was spent informally by those present and ended with the us ual lunch. About sixteen relatives and friends attended.... P. G. Kir- THE UNIVERSAL CAR FORI) TRUCK YOUR NEED Because of its all-around utility, the Ford 1-ton Truck with worm drive has made itself an absolute business necessity. It's so dependable in service wherever placed, flexible and sure in control and low cost of operation and maintenance and possessing that vanadium steel strength, it has become the want in every line of busi ness, from retail merchant to manufactur er, from engineer to contractor, from cor poration to farmer. Let us tell you details and give you a demonstration. Truck chassis 550 f.o.b. Detroit. homer Motor co. THE HOUSE OUR EXCHANGES win rctuined Saturday from a three weeks' trip into Canada and the north west. Ho visited the old home place of his mother and .other relatives of the older generation. The Hogans, O'Neills and other old families came here from Canada, settling near Hub bard and Jaqkson. Far 111 Bureau Field, Notes C. It. Yomn,', County Agent The Farm Bureau- is just starting the membership drive for pig raising clubs. The plan is to take boys and girls from 10 to 18 years old. Each member must own his or her pig. They must start with pigs not more than 12 weeks old, and begin feeding sometime before May l1 and July 1. We recommend the use of pure-bred pigs, but grades may be raised. Records must bo k&pt of all feed fed and any other expense. This report and a story must be re turned at the end of the feeding pe riod, which is 10 weeks. t Our premium is the largest and best we have had to offer, being too long to give here in full. Among the county prizes is a free trip to Lin coln during the Junior Club week -in 1921, for tho county wiriiier,with any breed. The Hampshire Asso:intioh offers $25 Jor the best recm d with n Hampshire pig; $15 second prize, 01.0 third, and fifteen .lower nrlzes, amounting in all to $100. Several smaller prizes will be given. As State prizes, Armdur's Farm Burenu offers $75 to ie spent on a trip to the Chicago Inter-National Livestock Show to be field next fall. The Hampshire and Chester White Asso ciation each oiler live fall guts as prizes to be given to the live mem bers ranking the highest. We are able to help members buy, good pigs and to secure loans for those who do not have money with which to buy. The Hampshire As sociation offers to sell 12 weeks old pigs at from $30 to $50, and guaran tees to buy them back at the end of the club season at twice the amount paid. A more complete pri'.e list and plan may bo had by writing the County Agent. Those intending to join should do .this at once. ,,, . Mr. Ivan D. Wood, .extension engin eer for the State University, assist ed during the past week in laying out several demonstration projects. These were a drainage pioject for Thos,. Graham and II. A. Wetmore; the planning of farmsteads for J)on Forbes and S. H. Bridenbaugh, and the laying out of vvater supply sys tems' for Mrs. Elizabeth Leahy and E. J. Smith. The first of these was the utilization of a spring some dis tance from the farmstead, while the other was a' pressure system. Cholera Scrum at Low Prim The State Serum Plant at the Uni versity I'arm, Lincoln, is now selling anti-hog serum virus at one cent per c.c. When virus aione is ordered the price is two cents per c.c. This serum was not produced by the State but purchased from reputable pro ducers and retested at the State Plant end found' to be potent. The State Plant also has a quantity of. fresh hog cholera virus of extra qual ity. THE IIERALD FOR NEWS OF SERVICE Ninety-Five Per Cent "of the world's business Five Per Cent 4 KM ? vl ' it of the world's businesses dono by tho transfer of cash "l You Should Have a' Bank Account, Because ! It is safer and more convenient. Your cancelled checks give you the best receipts for money paid out besides providing gnu record of every coin. 51 Open a Checking Account. GOODWIN GOODWIN, Everything WHIM ilBilllBafflliiiBffiilBlHiEilllillllillllililllilll m H Commencement Exercises. ru r:i" wm- fcOm' vWmCzL.wh ?trl-' "ir .sJlr if-jw: -r- j- - Tuesday Evening, May'18th' n i 8 o'clock I 03 on. m Address by Rev. Wm. Spence MUSIC AND READINGS Admission Charged m' IS DBGSiliaslslHIlilBislillSiBISiSlIllilillilQQOSlQSli Official Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners Dakota City, Nebraska. April 26, 1920. The board of county commissioners mot pursuant to ad jjutnmont with the following men.bers present: ''John Feller, chairman; O. W. Fisher and William H. Rockwell, commissioners; George W. Learner, county attorney, and J. S. Bacon, county clerk. At which time tho following busi ness was transacted, to-wit The bids submitted by tho Hcatty Contracting Company and the Llk hart Bridge and Iron Company, foV bridge work, were opened and ron sidered. Tho bid of the Ueatty Con tracting Company being consideicd the lowest .Hid icst bid, the contract for said bridge work was awarded to the said Beatty Contractjng Com pany. The following schedule wa3 adopt ed for road work: Road district work and blade work, man and team, 85 certs per hour; Road dragging, one dollar per inilq for round trip. Board adjourned to meet May 1, 1920. J. S. BACON, County Clerk. Dayota City, Nebraska, May 1, 1920. Board of county commissioners met pursuant to adjournment, with tho following members present: John Feller, chairman; and O, W. FJjlier and William H. Rockwell, commis sioners, and Geo. W. Leanier, county attorney, and J. S. Bacon, county clerk. At which time the following busi ness was transacted, to-wit: Commissioners ordered that 1'ortis Voad be opened and directed the county clerk to notify road overseer to openrsaid road as ordered ny the Board of County Commissioners Au gust C, 190C, as follows: That the center.. llneL.of.eaid road run at an angle, of '45 degrees east irom tne corner between sections j4 m is done by check. with an absolutely accurate m ou spent STATE BANK NEBRASKA iu Ranking" ED1 m m ' U:w ci,ixw...n .. s m S3 "" Jl'fttt V . ,,, ...HI t-v "' jv , raTiPws3iipjiffW,T 'V'SP u m m m m and 15, 22 and 23, Township 28, range 7, to a point 100 feet east of 3nid section lines and 'from said point in a straight line to tho quarter corner between said sections 14 and 15, thenco north on section line to the corner between sections 10 and 11, 14 and 15 in said township and range, in Dakota county, Nebraska. Tho following bills were allowed and warrants ordered written fjrthe same: Inliqrltiiiice Fund. Wm. Hohonsteln, labor .:...$t24U Protest Fund. Elizabeth Leahy 2 13 Commissioner DlHtrict No. '). Standard Oil Co., supplies... $ 15 40 Nebraska Culvert &. Mfg, Co., blade bit U 25 Nebraska Gulvert & Mfg. Co., onb drag scraper IU 10 Nebraska Culvert Mtyf. Co., grader nnd -hitch ..., -445 00 Nebraska Culvert & Mfg. Co., j drag . . , . . . s 30 00 Komi District No. (I. Victor N. Hansen, iabor S 7 05 E. H. Loomis, labor 20 CO Itmiil District No. V. Fred Jacobson, labor $12 00 Thomas Curran, labor 4- CO Thos. GormalI, labor 23 25 John Walsh, labor 00 Road District No. 11. John Sohn, labor $ 0 50 Ruud District No. 19. W. A. Leonard 3 12 00 Komi Dragging I'iiiuI. E. H. Loomis, labor $ 04 00 E. H. Loomis, labor -... 12 SO Wm. Hohenstcin, labor 21 00 Fred W Voss, labor 28 0J John Sohn, labor 42 80 John Sohn, labor 55 20 M. T. Beacom, labor 100 00 Dan Hortnott, labor 24 00 Geo. Hickok, labor 19 20 Fred Nelson, labor 19 20 Raymond Ream, labor 75 00 Geo. Hickok, labor 11 DO Thos. Gormally, labor 10 ! Chris Hogh, labor : 18 00 John Hileman, labor 120 90 Louis Kn'u'dsen, labor 8 00 W, A. Leonard, labor "i 5 50 Pat Gormally, labor U0 1)0 Victor N. Hansen, labor 32 80 Bond of Richard J. Halt as con- stable for Omadi precinct, approved. JJaord adjourned to meet May 24, 1920. J. S. BACON, County Clerk. IT WAS SOMi: FLOOD The Ponca Journal, one of the real "old timo" newspapers of this section of tho state lcp.'ints the following items from its issuo of April 2a. 1881, anent tho flood of that spring, which the older residents huio will reiriember with vivid lccollcctions: Parties who were on the rivor blufl Sunday afternoon could sou with a field glass a small sail boat on the Dakota bottom, going from house to houso taking off tho inhabitants. Fearful floods aro being experienc ed all over tho western states, bat none of them can compare in dcstiuc tlvcness to tho floods lately along the Missouri, especially in Dakota Terri tory. On Tuesday tho forry boat camo from Sioux City to Jackson bringing several to"- ot freight for Ponco. It was I .t "forred.at Jackson to tho cars, aiu' . on brought to this place yestordaj, Tho mail also was sont up. and as it was the first this town had seen for a, week, it was joyfully received. On Green Island there is not a house loft. All that once flno coun try is devastated. Everv evidence of settlement,, fences, roads, dwellings ana groves has been swont nwav. In their place is soen a vast Hold Jlllod with flood wood, ruins and ice. There PROGRAM GRAMMAR ROOM MAY 13, 1920 "ISO GIRLS ADMITTED" CHARACTERS. Robert Ted Graham' Harold ......' Maurico Niomeyer Evorett .' George Rorger .Maurice t Laurence Frederick ' Dorothy , i Gladys Frederick Christine Helen Smith Louise ..,..;....;,. ,. Scene III. Gymnasium, 1 . . rnc . ; .. 4 .... i ..,.,.. . Gernlulno ITeikea t , , Scene If: Living Boom of 'Dorothy1 bnd HoroldJT:;p, "HUNGRY"-A Comedy a La Mode. Tobias, A Commissary Man .'..... Vernon Fuoston Mose, An Envious Mortal . ' Clark -Ande'rcon V Place Near Commissary Quarters. ' 8 Time Long Past Meal Time.. . ,' "PATTY SAVES THE DAY" Miss Nelson, the Pet 'fouchor Rosio' Perry Maisio Marsh and Helen Hilton, PJnthusfastic Eighth Cntders ' Ruth Orr and Lorralno Ostmcycr - Sidney Mnrsh, Mnisio's Brother Walter Seymour Oliver Prescott, Malslo's Cousin Ralph Perry Patty Steele, Tho "Mousb" .. Gcraldine Hclkes Lilly, Tho Maid , Pearl Powell Sara Hill and Katu Dean, Encirgotic Freshmen .,'. Mary Lauritson and Mildred Roam Bob Wright, A Freshmen Adherent i -Porter -Sides t Mr. Lane, jTho Gardener Arthur Seymour k Do,ve, Tho Gardener's Son r ..."..... Ernest GiesV Place A Girls' School. , ' ' Time Tho -Present. ' , , , 4 , . . '' V Act I. Tho Ejghth Grade Spado Hunt On a Friday Morn,- T inR. ' , , , . tifr y Act II. Tho Freshmen Frolic On a Saturday Night. SPECIALTIES. American Legion (Piano) Lorraino Ostmcycr Frtcklcr- 'Jong) Gcorgo ,' Be i; Helen Smith Gladys Frederick, Lawronco Frederick ( m u m m m u m THE I'OSSKRSION OF VALUABLES t entails the responsibility for safe-guarding them. One may go to great pains to hide hi;; stocks, bonds, records, receipts or an end less variety of other things about the home or place of business, and yet go un assured of their safety. This institution, on the contrary, with itu superior safe equipment, is able to posi tively" guarantee their protection and pres ervation. "-" And' at a cost within the means of all! . n'Per Cent Paid on Time Deposits. u QQ m m m m Jackson State Bank Jackson, Nebraska m n t El BfflHBfflBtlBslfflffllltStatsJQSllBIiiaD are immense masses of ice, some of which aro thirty feet high, and which will tako all summer to molt. Attornoy Gantt "and Sheriff Jones went to Sioux City on Sunday and returned Tuesday, Thoy went by wagon, hand car and boat. They stopped Sunday night at tho Ferry llouso or Covington, to tho stens of which thoy tied their b,oat. Mdndav morning they again embarked and sailed into Sioux City. They came back by tho ferry boat as far sa Jackson, and thonco by wagon homo, bringing with them a portion of the mail for this place. FOR SALE I havo several desirable residences in Dakota City that I wilt dispose of. Rent is high now, and it will pay you to own a homo nnd ho inde pendent. I also havo about thirty lots in South Sioux City to dlsposo of. MRS. CHARITY HART, Auto Phono 87545, bioux City, Iowa. ,t - When you want your Ford. Properly Repaired with Gen uine Ford Parts, by Genuine Ford Mechanics, take it to the Ford Hospital. HOMER MOTOR CO. , , , , Lorraine Ostmoyer . m M m m m m u m m m u m m m u m m m m m m El 'v' j