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VOLUME XXIV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MARCH 29, 1911
$30,000 FOR THE
73HD. DISTRICT
RMinmted Sum- Counties Will Re
ceive under Nebm-ska and Fed
eral Aid Good ltoad Act
PAID OVER PIVB-YRAR Fi.ionn
Mate Would Receive During Five
Yean f 1,000,000 Must Ap
propriate Equal Sum
Box Butte county will receive ap
proximately 110,000 and Sheridan
eounty will receive approximately
920,000 as their respective shares of
the apportionment of the state aid
road fund and the money apportion
ed to the state from the federal gov
ernment under the federal aid road
act of July 11, 1916, if the bill is
passed by the Nebraska legislature.
The house passed the bill lust week
ey a big majority and Is now in the
hands of the senate.
Under the federal act Nebraska Is
to receive during the coming nve
year period the sum of one million
six hundred one thousand, five hun
dred sixty-two dollars and fifteen
cents ($1,601,562.15), upon condi-;
tion of appropriatlnr an equal
amount for the same kind of work.
The federal appropriation Is to lM
distributed among the counties, onr
third Ifl the ratio which thf urea of
each county boars to the total area
of the state, one-third in the ratio
which the mileage of rural delivery
and star routes In SOCfa county bears
to the total mileage of rural deliv
ery and star routes In the state, and
one-third in the ratio. which the pop
ulation of each BOUnty bears to the
total population of the state.
Interest In this subject has been
so Intense that C. A. Sorenson of the
Nebraska legislature reference bur
eau has compiled an approximately
correct statement of the amounts
coming to each county in the state
in case appropriation Is maue by this
legislature to comply with the terms
of the federal act. This statement
was placed upon a large scale map
and exhibited in representative hall,
where In was a constant object of in
terest since its preparation by both
advocates and opponents of the bill.
No figures were available at Wash
ington showing the mileage of rural
mail routes and star routes In each
county in Nebraska, so Mr. Sorenson
made an approximate computation
from postal route maps, which is
said to be nearly correct, but It was
found impossible to secure data on
the mileage of star routes, making it
necessary to base the tentative dis
tribution on the estimated mileage of
rural routes. The table of tenta
tive distribution under house roll
722 will be approximately as shown
below insofar as it concerns the
counties listed.
Aint. on Amt. on
Counties basis of basis of
Area Population
Arthur $5,625.00 I 810.00
Banner 5,167.50 600.00
Box Butte 6,952.50 2,895.00
Cheyenne 8,325.00 2,667.50
Deuel 3,052.50 1,027.50
Garden . .' 11.505.00 1.625.50
Grant 5,062.60 757.50
Keith 6,915.00 , 1.776.00
Kimball 6.667.50 1.085.00
McPherson 6,007.60 607.60
Morrill 9,862.50 ( 2,600.00
Scotts Bluff 5,025.00 5,430.00
Sheridan 17,235.00 ,350.00
Amt. on
basis of
Rural Routes
$ 489.60
489.60
489.90
4,893.30
Total
16.435.00
5,767.50
0,847.50
11,482.10
4,080.00
13,647.10
C.S20.00
8,690.00
7,762.50
6.615.00
12.952.40
15,348.30
UO.5H5.00
COUNTY ATTORNEYS
. GIVEN INCREASE
Hox Hun. Official's Salary Roosted
frmn MOO to gl.OOO ler Year
by Senate Kill
The salary of the county attorney
f Box Butte county Is to be raised
from $800 per- year lo $1,900 per
year, under a proposed bill. Senate
File 129, by Mattes and Neal, which
passed to third reading in the state
senate March 23.
The bill raises the salary of all
county attorneys from counties of
5,000 population to counties of 140,
000. It is not changed from $4,000
in Douglas county. The county at
torney of Lancaster county will get
$3,000 instead of 12,500.
Rather than see the county attor
ney of Gage, his district, get an in
crease from $1,800 to $2,300, Senat
or McMullen had passed an amend'
men! limiting the stipend in that
county to $2,000. He said the
county attorney was allowed to take
private practice.
These pre the other raises:
In counties of 6,000 to 12,000 in
population, $800 to $1,000.
In counties of 12,000 to 16,000 in
population, $"o to 1,500.
In counties of 16.000 to 10,000 III
Mj population. 1,100 to $1,400.
In counties of 11,000 to tO, I in
population. $1,200 to $1,600.
In counties of 20.000 to 24. into in
population, $1,300 to 1.000.
In counties of 24.000 to 29,000 in
population. $1,400 to $1,000.
In counties of 29.000 to tS.000 in
population. $1,800 to $2,000.
In counties of SS.000 o 10.000 In
population. $1,100 to 2.500.
In Bounties of M.O00 to ii".,ooo in
population. $2,000 io $2,750.
In eeuoUea of 16,000 io T6.000 In
population. :.".00 to $3,000.
In counties ot 100,000 to 140,000
in population, $3,000 to 1,600.
Douglas eoontjr, over 140,000. re
mains the same.
MARTI O'TtHM.E, IHM.pnl T,
k.ns OMAHA l OVltai l
Marty O'Toole, famous spit ball
hurler who once gained nation-wide
prominence through nil sale to the
Pittsburgh club tor $tl,000, has
come to leiun- and after ftolldol ut
for some weeks has signed an (una
ha contract. .
O'Toole s contract is conditional.
The terms en rather large for th.
Western Hague, but OTool 1 (
pit.h 210 Inning! "and win fifteen
games to collect. The reason for IBS
..,litl..ii!il contract is that O'Toole
had bad knee lat year which hin
dered iii.- pitching. If the knee
does not bother him this year it is
believed Marty will easily win the
required number of games, BuT if
he doesn't vin at let at fifteen gsmei
Marty would be too expi OSlVl a man
for a Western league club to carry
Thus the contract.
CROP ACREAGE LARGEST
IN HISTORY OF STATE
Yield Will Depend largely ukii
Weather t onditions Exect
Heavy Potato Planting
The Attitude of Newspapers and
Magazines Towards Prohibition
Paper Read Before the All-Ray Meeting of the AManes W ".
T. I'., Mnrcfa 22, 1I7 After the Rending l the Paper, Publi
cation of It Was Requested l tiuinhnoiiN VOia of the t'nion
Color printing done by expel
printers attracts attention and bring
prompt result. Try The Herald
job department ,or 'our noxt l()
PUone 3 40
Nebraska's crop acreage this year
will be the largest In the state's his
tory is the statement made by ob
servers. Whether Nebraska's 1917
crop yield will be the greatest in its
history will depend 011 weather con
ditions, but at least an effort will be
made by the tillers of the soil to
raise a bumper crop. The high cost
of living, with the consequent high
prices paid for farm produce, is in
part responsible for the increased
acreage.
Only a normal wheal crop is ex
pected at best in this state this year.
The wheat acreage would have been
much larger than in 1916 if it had
not been for poor conditions at plant
ing time As it is. just about a nor
mal wheat acreage, about the same
as 111 1016, was planted this season.
The weather was dry last fall. The
wheal came up, but it was not a
strong stand. It entered the winter
in poor condition, and the winter
proved to be the driest winter in
many years. Farmers now say that
thf wheat is not strong and will re
qtllre the most favorable conditions
from now OB to make even a normal
crop.
The recent "tapioca'' sleet storm,
coating the ground like snow, and
extending over practically all the Ne
break! wheat region, was a bleSSlM
to the wheat raisers. It furnished
some DlUCh-needed moisture and also
served to protect the wheat from
what the farmers have greatly feared-
a dry March with high winds,
which would have ruined the pros
pects of the wheat c rop.
The corn acreage m the slate this
year will be greater than last year
When- wheal has been winter-killed
th ' farmers will plow it up and plant
l lie fields to corn.
The high prices brought by garden
produce and by such staples as beans
will mean an iu reased acreage for
these also. Included la this list is
very likely to be the potato. The
Into pi.ces now paid for potatoes
are expected to mean an Increase In
the Nebraska yield next fall. One
01 he effects oj the high cost of liv
ing which will be seen 111 cities and
towns all ov.r the State Will be In
creased gardens, II the larger elt
i j and towns ever) vacant lot stand
a pood c ha nee of being used tor gar
den purposes, and many of the back
portion! of residence lois which hav
heretofore stood idle iil this year
be turned into food producers.
The Increased yield from this
sodret alone, over the enure statt .
win amount to coast dersbte
OOI I MHI ll'.'A.W PLANS
MAM T At II UK MMt lit I H
Oolu l1"- Kofcr. Pinal decision
to convert the Columbus Brewll
Cora pan) into an establishment for
the manufacture of "near beer" wac
reached when Qeorge- fie labour, sec.
rotary of the eompeny, returned
from an investigation trip in the
east.
The attitude of newspapers and
magazines toward prohibition Is, as
a whole, becoming more favorable as
the question Is increasingly being ag
itated and prohibition territory en
larged. Newspapers and magazines are
conducted much on the principle of
mercantile establishments, in that
they sell their customers what they
want. Subscribers are the custom
ers upon which periodical publica
tions are primarily dependent, be
cause they furnish the circulation up
on which they depend to secure ad
vertising. Temperance people who act con
sistently and favor with their sub
scriptions the periodicals that are
conducted on temperance principles,
assist them more than merely the
amount of the money paid on sub
scription It is probable that the in
come derived from advertising pat
ronage amounts on an average to
more than double that derived from
subscriptions. Hence, the dollar
paid on subscription to the average
paper practically amounts, directly
or Indirectly, to several dollars.
Magazines, as a rule, have been in
advance of the large daily newspa
pers in adopting a policy for tem
perance and prohibition, due princi
pally to having a class of readers
who are more favorable to temper
ance legislation than are the readers
of dallies, as a whole. Very few of
the leading magazines now accept
liquor advertising, while many of
them editorially espouse the cause of
prohibition.
That temperance sentiment In rur
al communities Is usually stronger
than In the larger cities is reflected
In the fact that not one of the many
first-class farm papers published In
this country accepts liquor advertis
ing, and most of them In editorials
plainly and emphatically endorse the
annihilation by law of the traffic in
ititoxicating beverages.
While the large dally papers have
adopted a strict temperance policy
more slowly than the rural papers,
the magazines and the farm papers,
It is a noteworthy and encouraging
fact (hat recently a number of the
leading daily newspapers of the Unit
ed States have thrown out all liquor
advertisements and have fallen into
line, editorially, with the wonderful
temperance ami prohibition move
ment that is sweeping over the na
tion. One-fourth of all the daily
newspapers in the United States now
refuse to take liquor advertisements
Many instances could be cited but a
few will 'suffice:
Pa ion Morning Journal
Here Is a letter Issued by E. G.
Hurkham, president of the company
publishing the Dayton (Ohio) Morn
ing Journal and the Dayton Evening
Herald, directing the general man
ager of the company to discontinue
liquor advertisement! In these pub
lications: My dear Mr. McDonald: I have
come to the conclusion that liquor
advertisements have no place In our
publications, standing as we do for
the finest public service and progress
in all things. This class of adver
tising is out of harmony with the
modem and fearless newspaper and
is continual cause of protest and
objection from- thousands of our
readers Therefore kindly issue the
necessary orders for the discontinu
ance ol HquOr advertising to take ef
fect today.
Sincerely yours,
1: O. BURKHAM
Christian Helenas Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor,
published at Boston, is one of the
most up-to-date daily papers any
where. It has long espoused the dry
cause. In an issue of recent date,
that journal gave i splendid answer
to the contention of the liquor Inter
ests that prohibition does not prohib
it ll"M,rters Gel Evidence
Toledo, Ohio, newspaper lieu
found a soeial club in that city where
liquors were being sold on Sunday
The reporters joined the club and
nave it a write-up, telling the loca
tion anil plan of membership. The
Toledo authorities with all this in
formation say they cannot appre
hend similar clubs because the city
is too poor to t;et the evidence.
It cost the two reporters 80 cents
to tfet the evidence.
If Toledo would solar up and get
rid of her saloons, which are ke p
ing tin' city poor, she might have
enough money lo spare at least SO
, mis to the Prosecuting Attorney
With Which lo gain evidence of tins
kind.
ililable Services h lndlanaMIis
Paper
Tie- raloahte services rendered by
Ike tndlanapoiii Daily Times and
The Daily News of that city should
not be overlooked in giving credit to
Ihe factors which have brought
kkoul (he wonderful and rapid
Irldas that have bean taken in the
. :. of temperance and prohibition
mi the Rooster state About two
l ago fhe 'limes purged its col-
iimns from liquor advertising, and a
rear late The News did likewise.
Using no longer under financial ob
ligation to the liquor interests, both
pap 'is Wei'i free to speak out on the
Iry aide. The Times vigorously ad
vocated the prohibitum issue, and
The News turned the light of pub
licity on the doings of the liquor
lobby.
There are still a number of metro
politan daily newspapers, published
in the large cities where the liquor
interests dominate politics and to
some extent business, that are yet
notoriously subservient to those In
terests. The following editorial
from a local paper, The Alliance
Herald of March 15, gives an illus
tration of one:
Editorial Wall Availed Nothing
Out from Cincinnati boor.o rid
den, booze controlled, booze Boaked,
booze befuddled came a wall
against the enactment of a federal
law that would prohibit newspapers
containing liquor advertisements
from being circulated thru the Unit
ed states malls In dry states. The
wall was an address by the editor of
ihe Cincinnati Enquirer before the
annual meeting of the Associated
Ohio Dailies It preceded the enact
ment of the law but did not prevent
It.
It takes a long while for some re
actionary editors to learn that the
world really moves and that they
can't prevent It by making a fuas
about It. About one more clip and
Ohio will go dry, and then poor, old
"Sin-sln-naughty" may have to clean
up and be decent. And the editors?
They may as well organize a Bob
squad now and begin conBoling one
another without further delay.
n. ma I Periodical Society
Edgar T. Crlswell, executive man
ager of the National Periodical So
ciety, representing the magazines of
this country, was Been In New York
recently by a representative of the
American Issue in regard to the
Bankhcad bill, which, if it becomes
a law, will prohibit the circulation,
in wet states as well sb dry, of pa
pers containing liquor advertise
ments. Mr. Crlswell said the mem
bers wanted no liquor advertising
and would not lift a finger to defeat
such a measure; said, Indeed, that
he hoped it would pass. T. M. Gll
more, In Honfort's Circular, Febru
ary 15, 1917.
Mr. Ollmoro tearfully chronicles
this Interview with Mr. Crlswell.
Hut surely this was not the first in
timation the editor of Bonfort's has
had that the majority of the reputa
ble magazines of the country have
barred liquor ads! They didn't wait
for federal action. They recognized
public sentiment; knew the liquor
ads were offensive to the taste of
I their readers and cvut them out of
t heir own accord.
The Anti-Liquor Advertising law
recently passed by Congress does not
prohibit the" circulation of such pap
ers in territory in which the liquor
traffic is licensed, but covers a large
part of the United States by forbid
ding it in dry territory as follows:
Senate Amendment No. 34.
Sec. 5. That no letter, postcard,
circular, newspaper pamphlet or pub
lication of any kind containing any
advertising of spirituous, vinous,
malted, fenmented or other intoxi
cating liquors of any kind, or con
taining a solicitation of an order or
orders for said liquors, or any of
hem, shall be deposited In or carried
by the mails of the United States, or
be delivered by any postmaster or let
ter carrier, when addressed or di
rected to any persons, firm, corpora
tion, or association, or other addres
see, at any place or point in any state
or ten tory of the United States at
whieh I is by the law In force in the
state or territory at that time unlaw
ful to advertise or solicit ordori for
such liquors, or any of them, re
spectively. If the publisher o! any newspap
er or other publication or the agent
jof such publisher, or if any dealer
tin such liquors or his agent, shall
'knowingly deposit or cause to be de
J posited, or shall knowingly send or
cause to be sent, anything to be con
; veyed or delivered by mail in viola
:tion of the provision! Ol thll section,
or shall knowingly deliver or caUM
jto be deliveretl b mail anything
hreOin forbidden tO be tarried b.'
I mail, shall be fined not more than
J 11.000 or imprisoned not more than
I mi months or both, ami for any sub
sequent offense shall he Imprisoned
! not more than one year. Any per
sons violating any provision ol thil
j section may be tro d and punished
either In the district In which the un
lawful matter or publication was
i mailed or to which it was carried by
I ntatl or delivery, eceovdlni U ih 1;
rection thereon, or in which it was
canned to be deliv. d by mail to the
(person to which it wai
lYridoual- I .-.Hid POA II
Many mer e Instances could be men
tloned ahOWleg the attitude of lead
ing periodica I publications Inwards
the question of temperance and pro
hi bit Ion. Occasionally, a p iiodieai
that go( counter to tin pr ent trend
of public opinion rec ivea a Calling
Iowa that is well de;. rv. t n il
lustration of this is found in the fol
lowing :
Th. Medical Times, a mom: .
journal published III New York. In
Us January issue contained an attl
eS headed, 'The Putillt) of I'lohi-
biUen." The article declares that
I - V.'bitiun can never be enforced, us
it is Impossible for any goreromi at
to police all homes anil that the mak-
NUMNKtt 17
Ing of Intoxicants Is a simple matter,!
requiring no more Intelligence than '
bread making. 'The Medical Times
tefers to those who oppose the liquor
traffic B "Impatient simpletons and
ambitious reformers." The pegs of
the Medical Times In which appears
the article Is being sent all over IhS
country, possibly at the Instigation
and expense of the liquor Interests.
When Dr Howard Scllnrda, of Ports
mouth, Ohio, received 11 copy of the
Medical 'Times containing the anti
prohibition article, he wrote that
journal as followa:
Your reprint of a page of the Med
ical Times of January, 1917, receiv
ed. Your article Is an Insult to the
medical profession, unless you take
us for a set of blockheads. In which
case you might bo excused for Ignor
ance. If your editors were actively
engaged behind the bar, one could
excuse you for trying to put over
sue hstuff, but for two men posing as
editors of a medical magazine, one
with A. B., M. D. behind his name
and the other with M. I). tacked on
to his, trying to hand physicians
such an argument, you must think
we are all feeble-minded. Talk
about prostituting the profession! 1
wish you gentlemen could see your
selves as other physicians who read
your article will see you, 1 am tru
ly sorry for you both and aorry for
the profession to which you claim to
belong. Respectfully,
HOWARD SELLARDS
OUR UNC1E SAMUEL
WANTS MORE MEN
Uoverninent Needs MeclianicR and
llelHT!- No Examination
Apply at Post Office
The United States Government
needs mechanics and helpers. No
educational examination Is required,
but applicants will be rated upon
their experience and physical ability.
W. W. Hicks, secretary of the local
civil service board, has a number of
applications nt tho post office.
Applications should at once apply
for application to tho Board of Ex
aminers at the Ordnance Establish
ment or Labor Board at the Navy
Yard, at which employment 1b desir
ed. Applications may also be made
to the Civil Service Commission,
Washington. D. C. the secretary of
the Civil Service Board, Postofflce,
Boston, Mass., Philadelphia, Pa., At
lanta, Ga., Cincinnati, Ohio, Chicago,
III.. St. Paul. Minn.. Seattle, Wash..
San Francisco, Calif.. Customhouse,
New Orleans, La., Old Customhouse,
St. Louis, Mo. Appllcatlo.,8 should
be properly executed. Including the
medical Certificate, and filed with the
Board of Examiners at the Ordnance
Establishment or Lnbor Board at the
Navy Yard at which employment is
desired.
HELP FARMERS
OF NEBRASKA
County Agent of Ne?rnslin Are Do.
ing a Ills: Work orer Stale
Result Now Evident
STATE LEADER VISITS ALLIANCK
Ten Expert Am Now at Work in as
Many Oountie -Other Coun
ties Want I v 1 m it-.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
ANNOUNCES CHARGES
hVrlsfrs to Ocratloii and Mainten
ance Charges for North Platte
Project In Nebraska
Notice has been received from De
partment of the Interior at Washing
ton, under date of March 16. relative
to the operation and maintenance
charges for the North Platte Project
in Nebraska and Wyoming The no
tice is signed by the first assistant
secretary, Alexander T. Vogelsang.
The notice reads:
"in pursuance of Section I :f (he
reclamation act of June 17. 19021 SI
Stat. 388) and acts nmcnd:uory
thereof and supplementary thereto
and particularly of the reclamation
extension SCt Of August 1... 19H (tl
Slat. ii86) announcement is hereby
made that the annual operation and
maintenance charges for ihe Irriga
tion season of 1917 and Iheieaft if
until further notice, ag.unv. : II lands
of the North Platte Project, Nebraska-Wyoming,
under public notice,
shall bi as follows A minimum
charge of $1 per Irrigable acre wheth
1 water is used thereon or not; "T.c
pet aoVe foot tor all Water delivered
prior to and including June 30: and
7 rc per acre foot for all wr.ter deliv
ered after June ?,; the mi :iiiiuiii
harge of 1 to be appli d in payment
f the (barges under the ivcr 1 foot
rates All operation and mainten
ance charges pUI be due and payable
n March 1 of each year for the pre
ceding irrigation ana SOU."
K4II.KOAPS M I
fO PKOTHOT RR1DUKM
t o operating with tie- government,
railroad official! are taking extra
incautious to eliminate the possi
bility of destruction to their propcr-
les. Thio co-operation applies par-
leularly to the railroads that are of
as trunk lire designation and might
, tiled upon quickly to Ireul troop
net munitions in the t nt the
t trained relations with tjeraauy
hould assumi serious proportions
All the lines operating to the west
.ml moat of those operating to the
. asi have placed guards at eith.-r
nil of each bridge on the numerou
ines. Tin se guards patrol Um
nidges night and day and all pei
ons except company employes aie
pt off the structures.
Th- precaution has rone farther
han Ike bridges and scattered al!
brooch the switch yards in cities
pecielly deputlaed men are employ
ed guarding switches and crossing
WheM there is likely to be consider
able congestion
County agents gfa making rural
Nebraska a better place In which to
live: "To Increase tho net Income of
the farm without impnrlng tho fer
tility of the Boll, and to establish a
better rural life through co-operative
effort with farmers" that Is
the way A. E. Anderson, state lead
er of county agricultural agents In
Nebraska, summarizes the field that
county ageuta of this atate are lock
ing to nil. Mr. Anderson waa an
Alliance visitor laat week. He was
In attendance at the conference of
county agents of western Nebraska
held here last week and also at the
nieetir.es and banquet of the potato
growera held here.
Making rurnl Nebraska a better
place In which to live, economically
and Boclally-v-thla ifl the cornerBtone
of the Nebraska county agent pro
gram. And this program, pushed
by county agent and farmer In joint
effort, la paying dividends In the coin
of better country life and In a widen
ing stream of profit for the fanners'
pockets.
At present Nebraska has ten per
sons who are "helping farmers help
themselves" ten agricultural
agents residing in as many counties,
working with and for farmers, by
demonstrating better mcthoda of
farm practice, by assisting in the
organisation of farm und farming
community so as to secure maximum
profits, and by stimulating better
rural life.
Bridging the chasm between farm
er and experiment station: This form
of extension work had its birth in the
realisation that ordinary forms of
extension work do not bring farmer
and experiment station close enough
together that available agricultur
al Information does not "get across"
as fully as it might thru another
channel. Printed page of bulletin
and of farm paper, short courses
and Institutes, etc., desirable as they
are, have not gone the whole way.
Personal contact thai bridges the
chasm between farmer and experi
mentalist is furnished by the county
agricultural agent, who is at once
the employe of the farmers of the
county and a representative of the
Official sourcea of information In the
United Slates department of agricul
ture and in the experiment station.
This dream of forming a closer re
lattonehip between the farm and the
. Kperinu nl station took shape in the
establishment of the eo operative re
lation now existing between the
Pulled States department of agricul
ture, the agricultural extension SMT
ice of the university, and local coun
ty farmers' associations, known as
farm bureaus Under thil arrange
ment, county agent work is support
ed by funds fro In the I'nit..! States
department of agriculture, by appro
priation' from the Smith Lever fund
administered by the tfnJverslty of
Nobtnaka agricultural extension
.ervice. by local contributions of
funds from county farm bureaus,
and in some cases by fundu voted by
county commissioners. Work is su
pervised by the county sgeat leader,
who it' employed Jointly by the Unit
ed States department of agriculture,
by the state college of agriculture
and by the county farm bureaus hav
ing lOCnl charge. In the early days
of the work mem bora of the bureaus
paid an annual fee of fij members
now pay general fees of SO n-nts to
1 annually Six county boards now
cotitr'buio to th" IVJiporl of the work
and there is prospect that two more
win follow i'ir man phi this rear.
Ten t OUat) Agents
Nebraska now has ten county ag
ricultural agents: F. M. Seidell liux
Unite county. K. Young. Dakota
county: Thomas. Dawes cnuniy; L.
B. Hist, Gage county; H. E. Holland,
Kimball county: A. O. Ueorgc. Mad
ison county C. B. Gunnels. Be ward
county: A C. North. Sheridan coun
ty; It. 11 Camp. Thurston county,
and Fred I.. Taylor, district leader
of eeUttty agents Ten other coun
ties have made application for funds
to assist In employing county agents
This number does not include the
woman eonnty egent employed by
Seward county November 1. Miss Es
ther Warner.
"Helping farmers help them
selves" la the keynote of county
agent work In this state. ' The his
tOT) nt eonnty agent work In every
it shows no county agent project
cm be curried on successfully with
out the co-op ration of th.- farmers
ihemtelves.' 'ays Mr. Anderson.
"We place the work In the hands of
local persons and try to make them
f 1 responsibility Tor it It Is their
work -we are seeking only to serve
thm
"Thret alms govern cou ity agent
work (1) To Increase p 'oduction
hv the use of better met) ads; (2)
to increase financial returi oy assist-
(Contluued oil page 5. it scctiou)