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LSTABLISHEl) AUMUST 28, 18!1.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1920
VOL. 28. No. 41.
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5 NEWSY ITEMS FROM
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Lyons Mirror: Mrs. R. W. .Sander
son who visited in South Sioux City
leturned home Tuesday.
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Meadow Grove News: Rev. and
Mrs. E. T. Antrim and son Edward,
leu Thursday of last week for Cole
ridge and Wynot, where they s.unt
Decoration day.
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Dixon Journal: It is resulted that
Archlp Twamley and two workmen
were 'hurt on the Twamley farm
northeast of town while working with
a tractor. It is said that two of Iho
mt-n were taken to a Sioux City hos
pital, other than that no details were
given,
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Ponca Journal: Mrs. Gearge Car
ter left Sunday for Omaha for a vis
it at the home of George Carter, sr.
....Mrs. 0. E. Hedges and daughters
arc the guests of Mrs. Martyn at the
Presbyterian Manse before leaving
for their new home at Kansas City.
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Allen News: Mr. Teeter of South
Sioux City, passed through Allen on
the Monday noon pasenger tra'm, tak
ing his wife to a Sioux City hospi
tal. She had been a victim of an
automobile accident in Plainvlew on
Sunday, receiving a broken aim and
shoulder blade.
Laurel Advocate: Misses helle
Fleming, Edna Harrington and Mar
garet Galligan were out from Sioux
City to spend the Memorial Day va
cation with relatives. . . .A. P. Mat cum
and family of South Sioux City, ar
rived Saturday for a week or ten
days' visit in the home of Mr. Mar
cum's sister, Mrs. Bert Woodruff.
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Wakefield Republican: Miss Eva
Graham left Saturday morning for a
short visit with Mrs. W. Hahn all
Bloomfield, before returning to her
home at Dakota City. .. .Philo Graves
returned Monday from California,
where he spent the winter months.
Mr. Graves says that that country was
experiencing some extremely hot
weather when he left.
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Wisner Chronicle: Supt. A. B. Rich
of Bloomfield was a Memorial Day
'guestbf- 'his" "mother, Mrs. Helen
Rich, going from here to Omaha to
see Mrs. Rich, who is at the hospital
being treated for heart trouble, re
sulting from flu. He is to remain
at the head of the Bloomfield schools
next year with an increase of S7U) in
salary.
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Fullerton, Neb., Post: The hone
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hampton was
the scene of a very pretty wedding
on Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock,
when their daughter, Miss E. Grace
Rix, and Phillip C. Hollinger were
united in marriage by the Uev. D. S.
Honsaker. The beautiful and im
pressive ring service was used,' and
the young couple were attended by
Miss Helen Rix, sister of the bride,
and Mr Will Hb.tz. The br 0 is a
charmii.j; young girl, who ha. held
' the position of reporter for the News
Journal for the past few months, and
is popular among her associates, ' The
groom, who saw service with the U.
S. A. overseas, is at the present time
employed by the 'looker plumbing
company, and is a young man of ex
emplary habits. The young couple
have leased the cottage of Mrs. Li Hi
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
FORT) 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 Q5
Fuller in Chautauqua Park and will
spend their honeymoon thete.
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Sioux City Journal, 7: A delega
tion of forty workers from South
Sioux City who volunteered to aid in
the reconstruction of Homer, Neb.,
spent yesterday in clearing the streets
of decayed matter and effecting a
surface drainage. About twenty far
mers donated the use of their wagons
and teams to haul the debris away.
Work of clearing out Omaha creek
was started yesterday. Dynamite was
used to dislodge a large quantity of
cornstalks and many head of live
stock which had become entangled
in two wire fences that were stretch
ed across the creek. The town is be
ing closed to sightseers each even
ing at G:30 o'clock by orders from the
state officials. It was reported that
thieves were entering the city at
night and taking advantage of the
general disorder and lack of protec
tion. All roads leading into the
city are being patrolled by mounted
police. Many months will be re
quired to restore the dty to its nor
mal condition, according to those in
charge of the reconstruction work.
Many of the homes were moved off
their foundations from 18 to 300 feet.
Emerson Enterprise: Mrs. Jennie
Ross of Sioux City, visited Sunday
with Mrs. A. A. Davis. .. .Mrs. Emily
Blume and two children went to Na
cora Saturday to spend the day....
Mrs. Andrew Peterson and little son
of Dakota City, visited last Wednes
day with Mrs. Nels Talstrup... .Mrs.
Frank Doyle went to South Sioux
City last Wednesday to visit with her
brother, Mike O'Neill. .. .Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Wagner spen't Sunday with home
folks in Homer. A family reunion
and dinner was participated in....
John Provancha of Hubbard, visited
the first of the week with his sister,
Mrs. Mary Gigear, and other relatives
and attended the Memorial day exer
cises. .. .Mrs. George Harris and dau
ghter Marie went to Homer Saturday
to visit her mother, Mrs. Cal Rock
well. Marie will spend several
weeks of her school vacation there.
... .A car load of repairs for the
Homer telephone central office was
received at .this place Wednesday.
Fromhereritwashauled 'to" Homer
in trucks, Homer Heitzmah and Ben
Surber each taking a load and the
telephone truck from Waterbury
came in for the balance.
MATRIMONIAL VENTURES.
TJie following marriage licenses
were issued by County Judge Mc
Klnley during the past week:
Name and Address. ' Age.
Harry A. Walter, Moville, la 2G
Lora M. Ford, Moville, la 18
Robert R. Seasongood, Naper, Neb.
Legal
Thekla M. Voss, Hubbard, Neb. .Legal
George A. Dixon, Wakefield, Nob.. 25
Fannie E. Wilbur, So. Sioux City..2l
Charlie Haskins, Sioux City 21
Hazel Smothers, Siou City 21
Wm. A. Heath, Rockwell, la 07
Anna May Sheldon, Sprlngvalley,
Wis . 53
John Baerthng, Sioux City 53
Minnie TCrause, Siou' City 25
Robert' U. Green. JJk Point, S. D. .22
Estella F. Klouck, Wagner, S. 0..:JQi
Glenn'I. Parrott, Aurelin, la 33
Marie 'Wiedeman, Siou City 32
OP SERVICE
IDEALS
Our ideals look to the creation of perma
nent ties of mutual interest and trust with our
customers.
This relationship results not only from the
fact that we have developed a service to meet
satisfactorily all the financial requirements of
our customers it is because our service is in
terested as well as . 'Fic'ent.
We invite you to -ring your financial prob
lems to us. You will find a welcoming human
interest in whatever matters you place before
us.
GOODWIN.
GOODWIN,
"Everything
AFTERMATH OF THE
HOMER FLOOD
The work of rehabilitating the vil
lage of Homer, which suffered th,o
most disastrous flood in its history
on Monday night of last week, is pro
gressing rapidly, and business will
soon be normal again, if the weather
permits work to continue as it has
for the past few days. v
People from all over the county
have turned out and. assisted in bringing-order
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The Keel uross cnapters oi tno
different precincts of the county have
turned over what funds they had on
hand to the Homer chapter; where it
is being used to feed the destitute,
and those working to clean up the
town of mud and rubbish. And this
branch of the work is being handled
very efficiently.
Dr. I. H. Dillon, .chief state health
officer, came up from Lincoln to di
rect the work of sanitation required
to protect the health of the commu
nity. O. D. Hodge, a member of Chief
State Agent He era' staff", is in
charge of tho organization for pro
tecting property.
Hundreds of workmen from Sioux
City were taken down in t rucks for
several days to assist in cleaning the
houses and streets of the mud that
was left after tho water receded.
Everything is well in hand now, and
the work of getting things in shape
for living again, looks very promis
ing. The next thing in order will be the
moving of tho houses back on their
foundations, that were carried, away
by the flood waters, A force of men
will start in on this work as soon as
the md surrounding the houses can
be gotten out of the way.
Eunn Uiiroiui Field Notes
C, It. Yoiiiii,', County Agent
The wqo! growers of Nebriuku have
this year entered into nu agreement
with the Lincoln ilido k l'ur Co., to
handle their wool for them. The
farmers will bo represented by a com
mittee of wool growers named .it a
recent meeting ut Lincoln. Con
tracts for handling the crop was ask
ed for on a percentage basis, witn
the result that tho above company
was given tho business.
The plan in brief is as follow:.
Iho company agrees to handle tho
wool and the business for 2, percent
of tho selling price. Ono cent per
lb. will bo retained by tho State
Wool committee to defray expenses.
Anything left from thLs one cent per
lb. will bo proratcd'back to the coun
ties. The committee will keep a
competent with tho company to look
after tho grading and handling of
the wool.
Upon request by owners, 30 cents
PierJtb' ?! ono-fourth and three
eighths blood wool, and 40 cents per
,.,.n on-half Md and lino wool
will bo advanced on 75 percenc of tho
weight of tho wool. Advanco on off
grado wool will bo made at tho dis
cretion of the company. Thoso who
have lately tried to sell wool know
that there is absolutely no market.
Lach man's wool will bo weighed
and properly marked by tho county
organization. Upon arrival at the
company a warehouse each fleece will
bo graded.
This method of handling wool made
Iowa farmers from 15 to 20 cents per
lb. on their wool last year. Thoy
are expecting a larger pool this year.
County pools in this stato have had
an advance of 10 to 12 cents per lb.
We are forming a pool and very
STATE BANK
NEBRASKA
in Ranking"
likely some wool from outside the
county will be shipped with ours.
If you are interested, write the Farm'
Bureau olfice at once.
SALVATION ARMY ADVISORY
JlOAltl) ORtiANIKUl).
At a meeting held in tho county
court house ut Dakota Citj Thursday
of last week, June 4th, an organiza
tion of a Dakota County Salvation
Army Advisory Board vas effected
and the iollowi enofflecrs elected:
j$MlreiIdent, . Geo. Learner, oSoUth
cioux. ijiiy. '
' Vice President, Judge S. W. Mc
Kinley, of South Sioux City.
, 'rjocreu.ry and Treasurer, Walter E.
Miller, of Dakota City.
'Other members of the Board are
Judge J, J. Elmers of South Sioux
City, II. II. Adair, Judgo vV". P. War
ner, John II. Ream, Mell i. Schmied,
Sidney T. Frum, County Supt. Wil
fred E. Voss, and County Agent C. R.
Young, of Dakota City; Tlios. Sulli
van of Jackson; George Timlin of
Hubbard, and William II. Ryan, of
Homer.
This board will uct U3 an interme
diary for Dakota County in making
use of tho Salvation Army state,
territorial and national functions and
institutions for tho relief of poverty,
dependent unemployed, juvenile de
linquents and childrens' homes, de
pendent maternity cases, rescue homes
ior girls ana maternity hospitals, in
dustrial homes for men, girls' board
ing homes in tho larger cities, pris
on work and missing persons, Ameri
canization and soldiers and sailors re
constructive measures in so far as
none of these 0011(1101? with tho work
of existing organizations along those
lines.
The Salvation Army is extending
the servico of its many relief and
welfare activities through these
County Advisory boards into the
counties and smaller towns of all of
the western states, with tho object
of prevention of social evils instead
ofthe extensive corrective measures
now necessary.
It is anticipated that this new
service of the Salvation Army, with
its well known oflieiency for accom
plishing results at tho least mini
mum costs, will prove as popular with
the American public, as did their
work for our boys in France during
tho war.
A study of social and welfare con
ditions in Dakota county is now be
ing made by the Board and a report
will bo rendered at the second meet
ing, which will bo held in the court
houso In Dakota City, Thursday, Juno
10th. A full attendanco of all mem
bers of tho Board is jcquested.
FIVE SONS ARE PARTNERS
Their Father Solve Problem of Keep
ittj Them on Tho Form
Drovers-Journal Stockman; Chas.
Bonsack, of Shelton, Nebr., is ono
man whoso sons havo not been af
fected by tho luring indusements
of tho city ove r living on tho farm.
Ho lias five sons ranging in ages
from 18 to 31, and every ono of them
is well satisfied and could not bo
dragged off tho homo farm.
"My father has taken tho idea of
moving to tho city out of our heads
by simply giving us a sharo in tho
business," said Frank Bonsack tho
oldest of tho five brothers, who acts
as manager of tho farm. "Wo go un
der tho name of Charles Bonsack &
Son, and each of the sons has an ac
tivo part In the work. Father is 63
years old and retired from nctivo
farming three years ago. Ho still
lives on tho old homestead, but lets
us do tho running of the place.
"Wo arc farming G80 acres and do
a lot of feeding, so you seo wo can
all find plenty to do without moving
off tho farm. And tho fact that wo
each have an interest in tho farm and
draw our sharo of tho profits is an
added inducement for us to stay. I
bellovo if it wasn't for dad taking all
of us boys in with him, that wo
would not liavo stayed on tho farm.
Tako mo for instance, I learned tho
blacksmithing trado with tho inten
tion of going to town and starting,
n shop. Dad soon cut this bud short
and took mo in with him, and I havo
never regretted tho move.
"This farm we live on is tho only
homo any of us havo ever know.
My father started farming on the
place in 1S8G when ho bought his
first 8l av s for S7 an acre. Ho ha9
continun , , orked on this placo over
since, until now wo have what I bo
lievo is tho most modern and most
extensively improved farm in Buffalo
county. There aro 24 buildings on
tho farm ranging from houso to a
silo. Wo havo every piece of farm
machinery made, exceptin g a thresh
ing machlno and a tra ctor. It would
bo useless for us to havo a tractor
with as much help as wo havo to
drive horses, and wo do not put In
enough small grain to warrant tho
purchasing of a private threshing
outfit.
" Boforo my father bought this
farm, ho was working on tho section
for almost nothing. Ho had jtfst
como over hero from Germany six
years before, whero ho had served in
tho German army for sovcral years.
Ho was a locksmith by tradc.ibut a
farmer by heart, and longed and liv
ed for the day when ho would bo
farming by himself. My father
could neither read or write tho . .n
glish language at tho ago of 21, and
now ho can read and write much bet
ter than tho avorago man of his ago.
'"Farming-on extensive scalo as wo
are now Is vory risky polco of busi
ness and wo havo to figure protty
close on everything. Tako thoso cat
tle I sold today. Somo men would
claim thoy mado us money. I'll say
no. Wo bought them Jast fall for
$9 when they weighed 1,020 pounds
apiece. It was a good buy, I must
admit. Well, they sold today for
$12.40 and weighed in at 1,47C pounds
aploce, showing a gain in weight of
4G5 pounds and an ad vanco, in prico
of $3.40 after being fed 1C0 days. If
wo had hold tho corn wo fed them,
as wo aro doing with, tho rest of our
crop, and disposed of it with tho
prices as high as they aro now, you
can readily seo that we did no more
than break even. Of course, if wo
wero to figuro tho prico of corn nt
tho timo wo fed theso cattle wo
would also say that a reasonablo pro
fit was received.
"Yes, theso cattio did exceptional
ly well on feed. They gained an avor
ago of 3 pounds per day whllo thoy
wore on feed. Wo havo worked out n
standard ration which wo ;will feed
all our stock, and tho results aro
good. Sllago is tho basic feed of this
ration. Wo give them silage, alfalfa
and corn in tho silago Cattio fatten
ed in this mni't.ur show a much hlgh-
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RY A SI NOLI' STROKE
of misfortune, the home and its pc-runps
dearly acquired fixings, may bo demolished.
Tf the owner's property is uninsured, the
situation is not pleasant to contemplate.
Our ofricers believe (irmly in Fire Insur
ance, and urge all in justice to themselves
and their families to givo this matter
serious thought and to tako prompt action.
Our connections are with the most dependa
ble companies.
5 Per Cent Paid on Time Deposits.
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Jackson State Bank
Jackson, Nebraska
er quality than corn and alfalfa fat
tened cattle. I can prove this-by tho
higher prico my stuff has sold for.
"Upon tho good feeding quality of
silago 1 lay tho credit for our estab
lishing a record every timo wo have
shipped to market. Wo havo been
feeding livo stock, for just a few
years. Tho first year wo shipped In,
our load of stcors was selected as
ono of tho loads, to bo shipped to
Now York City out of tho wholo lot
on tho market. In 1910, our second
year, wo mado a now top for tho
year. Tho next year's shipments
wero rcmarkablo because on tho first
two shipments wo lost money, but
on tho third shipmont wo mado
enough profit to mako up for tho
other two loads and lcavo somo mon
ey on tho profit side. Last year wo
moro than broko even, whllo most
other farmers wero losing money.
Ehls shipment today is ono of tho
heaviest lot of cattio on tho market
and among tho highest in condition.
They wero purchased for shipment to
Belgium and brought tho next to
top prico for tho day.
"I guess you might say that wo
go in for tho red colored breuds of
llvo stock right straight through.
All our stock cattio aro polled Short
horns, and all feeder nnd fat stock
aro truo Shorthorns. Wo aro enthus
iastic about tho red Jersey hog. All
our stock is bred up very high, and
practically all hogs aro eligiblo for
registry. Wo do register tho males
and as many of tho females that wo
think will dovelop int o good sows.
Thoro nro two moro light loads of
steers that will bo marketed somo
timo next week, If wo can got the
cars, and that will clean us up in the
feeder line. Wo havo around 55
head of hogs and a fair batch of
spring pigs.
"Out of tho E80 acres on tho farm,
340 of them aro going to bo planted
with corn, 80 acres of nlfalfa, GO
acres of wheat, CO acres .of pasture
and tho rest to bo sown with cano.
In tho past wo havo filled our big
170-toi silo with corn sllago, but this
year wo nro going to load it with
cano.and Bayo.jtho..cprn,.,formarkqt
., Wo raise, tnv nvcrago.;of from
7,000 to 8,000 bushels of coniseach
year.
'All of corn Is listed, tyo check
planting for us at nil. Thoro is too
much work connected with checking
tho corn in, both in preparing tho
seedbed and tho caring of tho crop.
In listing tho corn, all thft Bcedbod
preparation wo givo tho field is to
disc it over once, whllo In chocking
tho ground must bo plowed, disced
and harrowed. Wo savo timo in this
manner and can plant tho seed much
faster. In cultivating wo uso a two
row corn plow to n much bettor ad
vantage than it could bo used for in
a check row planted fieJd,"
STATU WILL ADVANCU
All) TO STItlCKUN H03ILR
Lincoln, Neb., June f. Tho state
of Nobrasku is going to help reha
bilitate tho town of Homer, hood
swept by tho flood waters of Omaha
Creek. Secretary Antles of tho pub
lic wolfaro department, who visited
tho town, returned today and an
nounced n conferenco would bo held
with tho flnanco 'department to seo
that asslBtanco ia rendered quickly.
Ho recommended among other things
tho uso of tractors from tho state
highway department to move to
higher ground houses that had been
removed from thuir foundations.
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