The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922, June 27, 1918, Image 12

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    THE ALLIANCE KtftALP, JUNE 27, 1918
Hemingford
Miss D(VOU Dickison MM up
from i.. . Saturday and v 1 k i ' I
over Sunday with friends
Mrs F. .?. BlllOtl
Leila, and Mir JSSStS
ancc visitors Saturday
iind da ii b i m
Not were Alii
between trains.
Mr. ami MrR.
the rounty sea t
week.
Ininn were down 10
on. dK duriim Hi"
Ora Phillips liaR rsCOVSNd suf
ficient ly from liis recent Injuries to
be able tO COM tO town Saturday.
MIrs Anna Nertid, of Portland,
ON., arrived the last of the week for
a visit with friends here. Miss Nerud
resided in this lorality a few years
apo and was at one time a teaeher in
our city schools.
Lsopoid Monitor
TiBitor Sat urday .
whs an Allianc
Mrs. Amies Meeker returned
from California hist week Wednes
day. Mrs. Meeker has spent, the last
two months in California, where her
uushand, Ivor Meeker, and her
brother. Wlil Moravek. are In train
Ug. The boys expected to leave for
oversea duty in a few days arter Mrs
Meeker left.
Mr. Krskine went over to Chadton
Thursday to see his son, CIIvp, who
had enlisted and was leaving for
camp that day. He returned Friday
accompanied by Cllve, who spent a
few hours here with his mother and
friends and left for Alliance that
evening, where be Joined the rest of
the boys who left for Fort Logan,
Colorado.
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Mrs. Clark Olds went orer to Long
Pine, Neb., the middle of the week
for a visit with Mrs. Almeda Olds and
daughter.
Mr and Mrs. Han Hansen returned
the first of the week from Jireli
Wyo., where they have been visiting
friends for the past two weeks.
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Mtb. Jerry nutler was in Alliance
Tuesday shopping.
John Kubn returned Saturday
night from Jireh, Wyo., where he had
pent a few days visiting with h:s
on. Joe.
H. R. Olds and C. O. Rosenberger
were attending to business matters in
Alliance Tuesday.
SUUAR BEET WEB WORM
SHOULD BE KILLED
fount) Agent Neuv linger Tell OI
MelliiWls tO II' Followed ill Kill
ing Hie Worm reat.
roqueti of Tbe
small, greenish
are both. ring
Auent QtJOfgS
the following
Mrs. Ira Tash, of Alliance,
Itlng friends here this wrpx.
is vtr,-
Esther Moranville, little daughter
of Dr. Moranville, had the misfortune
of falling and breaking her arm the
first cf the week.
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Buy War Saving Btatnpa.
IO I
Robert Ball returned ttie first of
the week from Colorado, where he
has been visiting his father for a few
days.
Buy War Savings Stamps.
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OBITUARY
Mr. Mable Berry ll wcnlH'rg'-t .
Mable l'hebe Herry Rosenberger
was born at College view. Nebr., luly
31. 1S9'.. Hied at Moulder. Colo.,
June 14. 1018, thus at the time of
her death bein;; 22 yeais, to months
and II days pi ftge Her life was
spent in the state of Nebraska, Kan
Mel and Tennessee.
At the tender age of 1; sue w is
converted and baptised and received
into membership In the Seventh-Day
Adventist church of which she srai ,i
faithful member at the time of her
death.
November 24. Ills, she was united
in man ia ; to Clarence Oliver Ko-i ti
berger, o Hemingforc, eh. ass
companion she was u faithful and iov
ing wilt
She lived a consistent Christian
life. ThOMC who were nearest her dtlT
ing her last sickness bear BVideuCe
that she fell asleep with her sins con
fessed and pardoned and a bright
bO DC Of beini counted one of Hie
precious jew els of Jesus. WOO shall be
laised lit the r"surrec'ion of tl e ji.r
anil privileged to smlf the stre-ts oi
gold and partakeof the tree of lite.
Her' last wot da were: "Lord .b-sus
protect uie."
She leaves a husband, father and
mother. Elder and Mrs. O. W Herry.
of Angora, and three brothers. One
of the brothers is in the trenches in
Fiance and another who has enlisted
la the services of his country, but as
he has recently been moved, his xact
location is not known. She also lease;
a host of friends. So while we shall
miss her and mourn her loss we sor
row not as those who have no hope.
Funeral services were conducted in
the Methodist church -at Hemingfoni
by Elder C. 11. Miller, of Scottsbluff.
Misted by Pastor W. S. York, of the
church iu which the funeral sent tree
were conducted. Elder Miller, who
had charge of the funeral service-;,
was the minister who performed 'he
marriage ceremony at the time the
deceased was married. Interment
was made in llemingford cemetery.
In response to the
Herald regarding the
black worms which
some crops, t ounty
Neuswnnger mode
statement:
Sugar-Beet Web Worm.
During the past week several far
mers have reported the presence of
small, greenish black worms or cater
pillars in various crops which in some
cases are causing considerable dam
age. The worms have first been
found on lamb's quarters, Russian
thiRtle and pigweed, attacking them
in the order named.
"The insect imiuestlon, is the sugar-beet
WebWOrn and Is capable ot
becoming very destructive when the
conditions are favorable for its de
velopment. These worms winter as
larvae and produce rue moths or
millers of the Urol generation, which
have been present by the thousand
this spring. The millers seek out
such weeds as lamb's quarter, RU4
slan thistle and pigweed on whicn
they deposit their eggs.
"From these eggs are Hatched the
WortM which arc attacking the crops
at the present time. Feeding near the
ground at first they are almont In
variably overlooked by the farmer
until serious damage has been done
The worm usually consumes all or tn
food near the place it was hatched,
and later they mass together and
crawl away In search of food, resem
bling the army worm in this respect.
This first brood of worms will mature
during the present month and give
rise to a second brood of moths in
July.
"The moths of the second brood
will lay their eggs largely in fields of
alfalfa, and corn especially where the
lamb's quarter. Russian thistle nnfl
pigweeds were cleaned out by the
first brood. This second brood of
worms is capable of doing much
damage. They were very destructive
to the sugar beet fields of western
Nebraska in 1804 and 1911. A third
brood may appear in August, work
ing on the same crops miring ma?
month and the fore part of Septem
ber. "At the present time the worms
are attacking practically all crops,
but showing a preference for such
weeds as lamb's quarter. Russian
thistle and pigweeds, and later turn
ing to such crops as alfalfa, wheat
ho corn, in anuition to most vege
tables grown in the garden
MctliixK of Control.
"There are three different methods
by which these insects may be quite
largely brought under control. Spray
ing With mixture of 1 pounds ot
Paris green or white arsenic to 50
gallons of water may he used in some
cases. This mixture may be applied
to weeds, especially lamb's quarter.
Ratal an thistle and pigweeds, along
the edges of the fields, and on other
crops not intended for forage pur
poses. In case Paris green is applied
tender plants as corn. etc.. two
Potato Outlook
(Continued from Page One)
to git a line on the receipts of pota
toes coming in from Florida, Qoorgia,
South Carolina. North Carolina and
Virginia. The spuds were being un
loaded at Pennsylvania piers 3 and 4,
B. a. O. pier 7, Pennsylvania piers 28
and L'!, the :t7th street yards, Jersey
City. Brooklyn and Newark. The
potatoes going to Ilrooklyn were be
ing distributed there but the stock
unloaded In Jersey City and Newark
was brought over to the stores by
auto trucks. Then, too. the Old Do
minion has begun to bring quite
heavy supplies from Virginia, and
Monday the boat unloaded 6,200 bar
rein. Prices ranged all the way from
$4 per barrel down to the dump.
Buying was active but the quality of
the stock coming' from the far south,
which had been en route a week or no
longnr than it should be, naturally
showed up very poor.
The best potatoes came from the
east shore of Virginia. Eastern shore
and Norfolk stock No. 1 grade was
from $3 to $4 per barrel, with tome
extra fancy stock occasionally mak
ing $4.2r a 4.50.
No. 1 North Carolina and No 1
South Carolina and Georgia potatoes
sold all the way from $2 to $3.r.O rier
barrel. No. 2 stock ranged about ?!
per barrel below those prices
The best Floridas coming ra tip d
all the way from $2 to $3.50 and all
kinds of southern potatoes in 150
POUnd bags sold at f 1 02. SO, With
100-pound bags bringing $1'" 1.70.
oid Potatoes
There is a fairly good amount of
Old potatoes still coming, principally
from New York state. The market
WM lower than It was last week and
in'the yards, the stock was selling out
of the cars at IS01.6O per 180
pounds bulk. There were daily offer
ings of from 18 to 25 cars of old pota
toes, which included all the yards
about New York, but did not include
Jersey City and Newark.
St. Louis. A better outside de
mand developed In the new potato
market in the late trading this week
and surplus holdings were fairly well
( leaned up.
Sales of sound Triumphs Were
made nt $2.65 fi 2.80 per cwt. deliv
ered Texas and Arkansas ranged
from $2.65 to $2.75, and Louisiana
white from $2.25 to $2.30.
sacked Triumphs sold ,-t
No. 1 and $1.60 for No. 2.
Old potatoes were quiet and easy.
Wisconsin Rurrls sold slowly at 2ri
2.15 per cwt. delivered.
Arkansas
$2.60 for
MISSfRUTHHAYTON
AND ALFORD GAY
MarrliiRe of Prominent nurn iiiptc
Solemnized at Twelve o'clock
on Kunilav.
Home Items
By MA RCA RET SHERW1N
HOME IIKMONMTIIATION
AOKNT
to
pounds of freshly slaked lime should
be added to the fifty gallons to pre
vent burning the tender plums. The
mixture will spread and stick ir three
pounds of laundry soap is added to
the solution. This mixture should
not he used in gardens, and care
should be taken to prevent stock from
pasturing on crops which have been
sprayed with this solution.
"A poisoned bait may b" ;ised
where spraying is not advisable. To
tifteen pounds of bran add 2 pounds
of Paris green or white arsenic, adti
the juice of a half dozen lemons.
Then bring the mass to a stiff dough
by adding a low grade of molataes.
This mixture may be scatters!1 broad
cas' over the infested portions of the
field
"In case the worms are travel
in a mass the most effec::ve BAOtpOO
is that of encircling the field witn a
dusty ditch or furrow, if the sides are
comparatively loose and dusty great
masses of the worms may be halted
in the bottom of the ditch, and may
he killed by dragging a log back and
forth Shallow post holes n.av be
du- in the bottom of the dltcii at in-1
tervals of twenty feet in which the'
worms will collect and may be erusn
ad or if the subsoil is of such nature
hat water penetrates tt slowly, the ;
noie may oe partially tilled with wa
ter, on top of which is a layer of oil,
upon falling into the hole the wornn
are destroyed.
"Farmers should xeep a dose
watch on their fields as the SUCCOSS
in combating these inserts lies almost i
wholly it the time at which they are
attacked. After the worms have ones
spread thru the fields there is little j
that can be done
"OBOEOE NKCSWANCCR.
"County Agricultural Agent."
Washington, D. C. Appreciating
the important role the potato has
played as a substitute for wheat dur
ing the past year, representatives of
the Cnited States food administration
will start next week on a circle tour
of the northwest to make a survey of
growing conditions and the situation
in general as it affects growers, deal
ers and distributers.
The old potato crop is practically
oft the market, due largely o the suc
cessful drive made by the foot! ad
ministration last spring to Increase
consumption. On April 9 fewer po
tatoes were being eaten than any
time since January 18, according (t
reports of shipments published by the
bureau of markets of the United
States department of agriculture. In
January 300 cars were being sold
daily throughout the whole country.
With the tightening of the wheat
shortage a drive to popularize the po
tato was begun In April by the food
administration. By April 30 the tu
bers were being marketed at the rate
of 54 2 cars a day, which jumped to
552 cars daily for the week ending
June 8. The housewives of the coun
try had taken hold by cutting down
on bivad and serving potatoes in the
101 tasty ways taught them by r.he
food administration, 'vne result was
a clean up in the market, a stimula
tive profit to growers and handlers
and the utilization of perishable food
that might have spoiled if neglected,
it is pointed out by officials.
To take one city as an example, in
Providence, R. I., 50,000 families
were eating only 106,000 pounds of
potatoes daily in January, or only a
bit more than two pounds a day for
eaeb family. By April these Rhoda
Islanders had gone to 188,000
pounds daily, or close to four pounds
per family. The average for the first
half of May was nearly five and a half
pounds a day.
By its system of careful grading
the food administration feels that it
has done much to standardize po
tatoes and to prevent waste.
Buy War Saving Stamps.
Kansas City.- Light arrivals of po
tatoes early this week caused an ad
vance in prices of old and new .stock.
Most any northern white potatoes
have been selling at $1 65 ft 1.75 per
vt . While new potatoes have been
jobbing around $2.50 2.75 for No.
' 1 stock.
The onion market has been weak
although receipts were light. Price;
have not ;.ngod much, however.
Texas yellow selling for $1 rn 1.10 and
Crystal Wax at 11.15 fj 1.30, Califor
nia crates brought $1.25 fi 1.30.
Nearby growers say the hot WSath
er has damaged the cabbage crop. Re
, celpts of homegrown stock have been
rather light and selling at 90c per
' dozen heads. Mississippi stock has
advanced to $3 per crate
Kagle LakS, Tex. The potato
deal in this section for the spring of
1918 is over. The general yield of
potatoes Srca good, most farmers av
eraging around 100 bushels to the
acre. There were Rome small plots
which were reported to hftVS produc
ed as high as 300 bushels to the acre
but these were unusual. Towards he
close of the deal prices beean to ad
vance until No. 1 grade stock was
worth grom $2 to $2.25 per cwt. load
ed on enrs. About 1,460 cars were
shipped from the Eacle Lake section.
Borax in Potash
Continued from Page One)
bl'Y WAR BAVIN LI STAMPS'
V. F. Duncan, of Allertor, 'tt.
nephew of Countv Pom m issaoiw o
Duncan, of Alliance. VSSMSIIg "'8
Duncan, of Alliance, is visiting nis
made a short trip to Denver today, re
turning tomorrow. He liven wen nts
uncle in Hub city for a week. He
ioi
Buy War Saving Stamps.
Bellingham, Wash. Old potatoes
are again in demand and have ad
vanced in price $2 9 per ton. A
short time ago they were bringing
growers $13 (ft 14. but they have gone
as high as $17. Two local buyers ar
now seeking them in carload lots It
is likely the market will be pretty
well cleaned up by the time new pota
toes begin arriving from Wash i n l- - on
gardens, about July 1. A week SgO
it was estimated that there were, per
haps. 2 5 carloads of old potatoes
available for marketing in Whatcom
county. There would have been more
were it not for the fact that many
tons of last year's crop have been fed
to live stock. This year's crop look
good and a fair yield Is expected.
ed the soil to be in other respects one
nf a distinctly fertil nature.
"The actual percentage amounts of
borates, calculated as borax, on the
damaged soils (dried at 100 C.) wen
(a) 0.04. (b) P.St, (c) 0.036. d)
0.168, while in samples of soil taken
from a part of the farm on which
altogether different effluent flowed
there were no borates at all round.
"The chemical witnesses for tie
defense, after suggesting that rain
water containing sulphuric acid m
quantity, or that washincs from
tarred roads micht have caused the
injury (they produced, however, no
evidence on these points, and indeed,
had not even tested for their pres
ence), alleged that the soils were
worn out by excessive sewage treat
ment, and that they were devoid oi
'humus' and other constitutions, ob
jections which were all promptly dis
posed of by the evidence of Dr. Voel
cker. The attempt was next made to
establish that it was only the borates
that were soluble in water and could
be removed at any time by washing
with water that could do any narm to
plants, and accordingly the figures
for borates, in the soil put rorwarc
by the defense only took account of
the soluble borates, and thus wore
much below the figures above re
corded. "The evidence for the plaintiffs
tendered by Mr. Smetham and Mr.
Roberts was supplemented by that o:
Dr. Voelcker, who was able to bring
forward the results of experiments
conducted by him at the Woburn ex
perimental station (J. Roy, Agrc. Soc.
Eng., 76, 1915) on the influence or
boron compounds on plant life in a
soil proved actually destructive of the
growth of wheat or barley, while
amounts of one-tenth that quantity
(0.0043 per cent of borax) showed a
retarding influence.
"These witnesses combated (he
methods employed by the chemists
for the defense in estimating the
amounts of possible Injurious boron
compounds, and their statements that
the borax would be washed out of the
soil and could not be retained by it,
nor were capable, when in the lorm
Of compounds insoluble in water, of
accumulating in the soil and proving
injurious.
"In the course of the trial numer
ous references were made :o win r
culture, pot culture, and other ex
periments that had been Conducted
on the subject, and in the end, judg
ment was civen the effect that It had
been Successfully shown that the
presence of borax in the soil was the
one and only element concerned in
the destruction of the crops.
"W. H. ROBERTS,
"ALFRED SMETHAM.
"J. A. VOELCKER."
H I
Albert. Oliver and Pant Sacks, east
ern men interested in trip tmrasn in
dustry, spent the first of ?, crK in
Alliance and Antioch. Vn- mmu, wr.o
are capitalists and promoters, are lo
cated at Detroit, St. Louis ar n-coln.
At the First Baptist -MUrcb, Sun
day at 12 o'clock noon v rery impres
sive ceremony was solemnized, in the
presence of friends anw relatives of
the bride, Miss Ruth trarrwell Lay
ton, and Mrs. Frank Cay an- daugh
ter, Mrs. Hallinger. mother and sis
ter of the bridgegroom, Alforrt Hay.
of Belle Fourche, S. D. Hev. A. A.
Layton, pastor of the churtn, and
! father of the bride. Officiated. The
church was simply but appropriately
decorated with pink and white. ?,lis-s
Attn Young, accominaied by Mrs. K.
G. Laing, sang "I Iove You," after
which Miss Young played Lohengrin's
wedding march, as the bridal party
appeared. Gene Lainc r.nri Hattle
Poy. two pretty maidens in white and
pink, were the flower gins r.nr. tsi
in the procession. The- untied the
nuptial knot ;:nd then passed to vieir
assigned positions. Following these
were the matrons of honor. Mrs. Lay
ton, mother of the hnrrn, nnrt Mrs.
Oay, mother of the grovi
best man, Carl Powell, and brides
uaid, Miss Orace Spacht. ti;ss Spachl
was gOWIied in pink and carried
pink roses. Last in the procession
came the bride and grot-.n. The
bride was gowned iiv White s.-.n Trim
med In real lace and wore a head
dress of lace hroeeht from Florence,
Italy, about four years a, mi car
ried an arm bouquet of b1fai ror-en.
The rinc ceremony was -rn. T'leir
VOWS were sacredly plighted and they
left the church as Mendelssohn's 15
march was played.
The bridal party was enfeMrnen
at the parsonage to a lunwieon ue
fore Mr. and Mrs. Cay lev ml tne aft
ernoon trpin going west.
Mr. Oay is an enterpri!-nT yoons
man connected with the Titm Nation
al bank of Belle Fourche, . rfe
is to be congratulated on winning the
heart of one of Alliance's best youn
women. Miss Layton has an A. P.
degree in Colorado Womar.-s rio'egr
of Denver. She gratur!r'i inir
years ago and has been teschtne dur
ing the winter months mmu r-r---rinn
her summer vacations at home tn Al
lliance. During the last winter she
was supervisor music tearr tlelle
Fourche, where she met Mr. Gay. She
was home three week oevore nr
marriage.
The better use of vegetables In our
diet lias been demonstrated to the dif
ferent groups of Box Rutte counly
women during the past two weeks.
If the rural population including
smaller towns (up to 2,500) would
reduce dally consumption during
July, August and September by
1 ounce of sugar
4 ounces of bread
1 Vfe ounces of meat
and substitute vegetables therefor, it
would represent a saving of 21,000,-
000 bushels of wheat, 157,000,000
tons of sugar and 1,2 50,000 beeves.
ANTIOCH WELCOMES
CHICAGO STUDENTS
The community canning kitchens
where a group of women gather eith
er at the School or church and can
their products together, is an entirely
new project.
By this method women can save
time, fuel and expense and also have
the help of an expert canner. Any
woman desiring further information
regarding this write Miss Sherwin at
Alliance.
o
Miss Eva Scriven. a graduate of
tlien tTK' ' Mi' noine economics iiepu ri mem 1
tne I diversity of Nebraska, and a
canning specialist, will be in Box
Itut'e county to help the women
with their canning and preservation
of material. Her services are free to
all women.
mi
W. R. Pate, of Alliance public
schools, delivered a very interesting
and instructive address to the eighth
graders last Friday at the opera
house, and Mrs. Dean nnd Miss Horn
contributed very pleasing solos to
ward the program. Considering the
hot day the attendance was good.
The stage was draped in a patriotic
manner for the occasion. - Rushville
Recorder.
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The carnival at Alliance last week
attracted quite a number of residents
of this vicinity to that place and they
report B hie crowd and some real
doin's in the wav of wild west ner..
formancos. The Nebraska stockmen's
association met the day previous 10
the carnival and most of the members
of the association remained over to
see the sports. Hyannis Tribune.
101
A recruiting officer from Alliance
gathered a number of recruits here
the first of the week. U. H. Schos
tag, who has been employed at the
Nye Schneider Fowler lumoer yard,
joined the infantry band and left
Tuesday morning for Fort Logan, ac
companied by an Indian "rookie"
from Pine Ridge. Gerald Cooper and
Carl Enterman enlisted in the field
artiilery and leave Friday. Rush
ville Standard.
On the arrival of the college Un
dents at Antioch. a delegation con
sisting of the mayor and thirteen
other prominent citizens of Antioch
made an informal call on "the boys.
This took the nature of a banquet, in
asmuch as the delegation stayer, for
supper and enjoyed one of the sub
stantial meals that are personolly su
pervised by a special chef.
The citizens opened wide the town
to the students, the Methodist church
has turned into a library and writing
room and donated to tne boys as. Y.
II, C. A. headquarters while they re
main in Antioch.
At the first day's work several of
the boys "ecided that they would ac
quire a real tan so they went to their
morning labors minus shirts. Cap
tain Gaston, in charge of the boys,
say they certainly were not disap
pointed as their arms and back were
one big Mister. Needless to say, BOOS
of the other boys are trying to get
tanned so quick, five examples in the
hospital made a good lesson. The
iMiys sent up for three5 hundred ex:ra
copies of The Herald, to send home.
They considered the paper even bet
ter than a letter for rendering the
home folks an account of their trip
and reception in the west.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
Mrs. r. A. Hively entertained at
a reception given in her home last
Saturday evening in honor of her Bis
ter, Mrs. Rumer, of Denver, Colo.,
who has been here for about two
weeks. About twenty-five ladieB
were present and all spent a mrssi en
joyable evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Tully nd
their son and his wife are o
Seattle this week for an extended
visit.
Mrs. F. E. Holsten and daughter,
Delia, gave a reception st mnr pome
l on Wednesday afternoon in lior.or
; Mrs. Bernard Holsten, who has Just
returned from her weding trrp. rnere
was a large number present. Anout
one hundred and fifty Invitations
were issued. The decorations were all
of pink and white. Light refresh
ments were served and the guests
were favored by a number or thnsrrai
selections by Miss Virginia nroome.
The Alliance chaptei- u me Ken"
Cross has finished 270 swm.e-n ti.m:
asks that all ontstannc -weater
Jim 11 ue iuiui'u in mi,sn,- ui report
ed. The sock yarn baa neen snipped"
and will be ready for distribution r.s
soon as received. The chapter is nak
ed to make 360 pairs of socks.
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