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FARM ACCIDENT STATISTICS
FOR STATE OF NEBRASKA
Compiled by the Nebraska Press
Association and the Rehabiliation :
Division of the State Department of |
Vocational Education.
Report for Two Week Period Ending
March 10, 1931
No. of
Accidents Deaths Inj. Tot.
Motor vehicle 129 11 135 140,
Other public 60 2 48 50 ;
Agriculture 67 4 54 58
Industry 20 l 21 22
Home 40 1 39 40
Total 296 19 297 316
Of the 297 persons injured 14 were
permanently disabled.
In the field of sports, 13 persons
were injured. Six of the 11 children
injured at school suffered fractures.
The most of the other public acci
dents were caused by falls. Industrial
accidents caused 19 injuries; 2 dis
abilities and 1 death.
Seventeen farmers were injured by
animals and 5 suffered injuries from
farm machinery. Cutting or sawing
wood resulted in 6 injuries and 6 dis
abilities. Twelve persons were injur
ed by falls on the farm.
, Injuries sustained in the home are!
as follows: Falls on stair or steps, 7;!
falls from elevations, 3; other falls,
9; electric wringer. 4; cuts, 4; burns j
6; scalds, 1; other causes, 6.
Motor Vehicle Report for 2-Week
Period Ending March 10, 1931
Skids 17 0 19
Tire blows out 4 1 5
Mechanical defects 6 15
Loses control 7 0 9
Speed 8 0 1
Pass’g car struck
car passed 210
Pass'g car struck
oncoming car _ 10 2
Collision 21 l 80
Ditched by pass’g car 3 0 2
Struck obstruction 4 0 1
Struck pedestrian 19 5 16
Struck bicycle . 1 0 1
Driver intoxicated . 2 0 1
Driver asleep . 1 0 1
No lights 2 0 5
Blinding lights _ 8 0 12
Reckless driving ... 8 0 7
Railroad crossing _ 3 0 2
Miscellaneous 17 1 16
Total _129 11 135
Stray horses on the highway at
night caused three bad accidents but
fortunately no one was seriously in
jured.
Being blinded by the sun, snow or
glaring lights caused 7 accidents in
which 12 persons were injured.
During the past two weeks, one
child and four adults were killed
when struck by automobiles. Of the
16 pedestrians who were injured, 2
were children and 14 W'ere adults.
Two persons had fingers so badly
mangled in car doors that amputa
tion was necessary.
Two cars parked on the highway
without lights, caused injuries to G
persons. Six hit and run drivers
caused distressig accidents.
Total Casualties Since Jan. 1, 1931
Accident Casualties during year 1930
Tot.
Inj. Din, Dths Cas.
Motor vehicle 724 14 45 783
Other public .. 208 9 11 228
Agriculture 205 34 G 245
Industry _ — 87 5 7 99
Home 175 4 17 19G
Total 1399 66 86 1551
INMAN ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. Janies Coventry
drove to Omaha, Friday, on business.
Gilbert Noring is confined to his
bed this week with an attack of heart
trouble.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Richardson, of
Plainview, were here Sunday visiting
at the JefT Clark home.
Lewis Kopeeky shipped a car of
cattle to Omaha, Thursday; he ac
companied the shipment.
Charles and Fred Richardson and
families, of O’Neill were Sunday vis
itorsat the Jeff Clark home.
Mrs. Conard, of Mullen, came on
Thdrsday for a visit with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Geo. Sobotka, returning
home Sunday.
Jason Gifford, of Wayne, who has
been visiting among his friends here
the past two weeks, returned to his
home, Sunday.
Miss Ruth Killinger, student at
the Wayne State Normal returned to
Wayne, Sunday after a ten day visit
with home folks.
Mrs. George Killinger underwent
an operation for the removal of her
tonsils ut the office of an O'Neill doc
tor last Saturday.
Mrs. C. J. Malone and Mrs. C. P.
Hancock and little son, Morlin Dean,
of O’Neill, were here Friday visiting
with Mrs. Mary Hancock.
Little Edward Bittner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Bittner, has been very
ill for a few days this week. His con
dition at this time is somewhat im
proved.
C. P. Young, Herman Slabacker
and Henry Burkeman, of Osmond,
were here Wednesday on business
and to visit the former’s son, Chet
Young.
Mrs. A. N. Butler and daughter
Marjorie, and Miss Alice French,
drove to Neligh, Saturday. Mrs. But
ler and Miss French returned the
same day but Miss Marjorie visited
there at the J. H. Butler home until
Monday.
Mrs. Floyd Renner and daughter
Patty, of Elwood, Indiana, arrived
here Monday afternoon for a two
week’s visit among relatives and to
attend the golden wedding anniver
sary of her parents, which is to be
held in the near future.
Mr. ami Mrs. C. P. Conger and
daughter, Mrs. Fred Nielson; Lee
Conger, son Lee Jr., and daughter
Miss Sarah, drove to Plainview, Sun
day to attend the thirty-fifth wed
ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Swengel. Mrs. Stvengel is a
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sister of C. P. and Lee Conger of
this place.
Friends were grieved and shocked
Monday when the news came that
Thomas Jefferson Clark had dropped
dead at his home here while building
the morning fire. Mr. Clark was ad
vanced in age; he had been quite ill
a couple of weeks ago but had ap
parently recovered from that illness.
On Sunday he had been feeling fine,
and had spent a pleasant day with a
house full of company; on Monday
morning he got up apparently feeling
as well as usual, and was building
the fire when he fell dead. Apoplexy
was given as the cause of his death.
Funeral services will probably be
held at Johnstown, Nebraska. He
leaves his widow and a number of
married children.
SOUTH OF O’NEILL
Mrs. Wm. Jutte called on Mrs.
Fred Kiltz last week.
Adolph Soukup visited John Peter
Jr., Sunday afternoon.
J. S. Hoffman brought his wagon
to Jim P eter to have it repaired.
John and Harry Peter sawed wood
for C. E. Kiltz a couple of days this
week.
Rudolph Brachman and Jim Peter
attended business matters in O’Neill
last week.
The St. Patrick dance at Chambers
was attended by a large number; all
report having a fine time.
The Jim Peter family were over to
the John Peter, Jr. home, Sunday
evening to a little ice cream party.
Misses Irene and Mae Peter, also
Annabel McKim and Archie Stone
were visiting at Jim Peter’s, Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. und Mrs. Chas. Brown held a
family reunion Sunday and a good
time was enjoyed; most all the rela
tives were present.
Monday evening the fire was seen
for a good many miles south of
O’Neill and for a while it looked real
bad on account ofa strong wind.
The dance at Inman Tuesday night
was a success; the roads were in good
condition and many were there who
otherwise couldn’t come. The music
was furnished by the Streeter orch
estra.
LOCAL NEWS
Mrs. Jeanne Scott is in Lincoln this
week attending a music teacher’s
convention.
Miss Marjorie Dickson entertained
the Martez Club at here home one
evening last week.
Mrs. H. J. Zimmerman came from
Spencer, Sunday to spend some time
visiting at the home of her son Clar
ence and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Zimmerman, of
Hutchinson, Kunsas, arrived last
evening for a visit at the Clarence
Zimmerman home.
Miss Fern Hubbard has been re
elected to her position in the Irving
Junior High School at Lincoln, with
an increase in salary.
Miss Margaret Howard returned
the first of the week from Lincoln,
where she has been visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. G. F. Davison.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Meredith and
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Meredith and son,
of South Sioux City, were guests of
the former’s brother, J. H. Meredith
and family, Sunday.
Burlington officials visited O’Neill
Wednesday morning. Those in the
party were: II. R. Freed, Assistant
General Freight Agent, Omaha; Sup
erintendent L. E. Caldwell, Omaha;
N. E. Kerns, Division Freight Agent,
Lincoln; Glade Adams, Roadmaster,
South Sioux City.
Ed Hancock drove to Lincoln last
Friday morning, accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. C. P. Hancock, who will
visit with her sister, Mrs. H. H. John
son, in Lincoln. Mrs. Florence Rum
mell went along, stopping at Stroms
burg for a visit with her mother.
Mrs. Frank Kubichek went along for
a visit with her sister at Milford. Ed
is taking a district agency for the
Lincoln Hail Insurance Co., compris
ing Antelope, Boyd, Holt and Knox
counties.
COUNTY AGENT NOTES
James W. Rooney, Holt County Agent
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Bee Meeting
The date of the bee keepers meet
ing has been changed to Saturday,
March 28th. Mr. Bare will taltf on
bee management and disease control.
The Page meeting will be held at
Harry Snyder’s farm, two miles west
and one north of town. This meeting
will begin promptly at 10 a. m.
The meeting at Stuart will be held
at the Coats hardware store. This
meeting will start at 1:30 p. m.
Cattle and Hog Day
This meeting will be held at the K.
C. Hall in O’Neill on Friday of this
week. It is a meeting which should
interest all farmers.
Poultry Culling Demons!rations
Twenty-one persons attended a
poultry culling demonstration held
at J. A. Beck’s farm four miles east
and one and a half miles south of At
kinson, on Thursday, March 12th.
Ralph Leidy and the writer conduct
ed the demonstration. If you are in
terested in holding a culling demon
stration in your community, get in
touch with this office.
Poisoning (lophers and Prairie Dogs
This is a good time to get rid of
your gophers and prairie dogs. Two
poisoning demonstrations are to be
given this week. The agent will be
glad to put on demonstrations in
communities that are interested.
Seedling Seed Supply
Supplies of green ash, soft maple,
caragana, Russion olive, honey lo
cust. and jack pine seedling trees for
distribution this spring are exhaust
ed, Clayton W. Watkins writes to
County Agent Rooney.
This leaves American elm, mul
berry, cottonwood, Scotch pine and
Austrian pine on the list.
Judging from the number of orders
in the office at Lincoln, Mr. Watkins
believes that over a million seedlings
will be distributed this spring. A
j check-up in this county on March 17
j shows that local farmers have order
ed 30,000 trees. County Agent Roon
Spring Hardware Needs
WALL DUSTER
Like the Fuller brush man sells for
$2.50. Our price.$1.75
Common 4-row stitched Broom 49c
You con stretch your own Curtains
with one of our
CURTAIN STRETCHERS
Only $3.50
GENUINE WAGNER WARE
Dutch oven polished and with a tray
Only $2.90
NOURSE Graphite AXLE GREASE
Costs no more than common grease.
10-Pound Pail $1.00
Bring in that Old can or pail and let
us fill it up with Noursite Pressure
Lubricant. Why buy a can?
CACTUS POLISH AND CLEANER
Has no eqqual for Cleanishing, Pol
ishing and Dusting all finishes.
Large Bottle 60c
Next Time try a “Never Mend”
COPPER BOTTOM BOILER
Costs $3.50
But Oh! What a Boiler
SPECIAL!
Balance of This Month
30x3 y2 U. S. Tube,only 85c
Now is a good time to look over your
MACHINERY
And get in your repair orders.
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21”—33x6.00 Mansfield Heavy Duty Casing .$13.45 |
32x6—10-Ply Heavy Duty Truck Casing.$42.45 \\
32x6 Heavy Duty Tube....$5.05 jj
32x6.00 Standard Grey Mansfield Tube .$2.35 |
33x6.00 Standard Grey Mansfield Tube .$2.50 |
When You Need A New Ring for Your Separator—Remember We Have It.
Warner & Sons
Phone 14 :: O’Neill, Nebraska
ey has application blanks for any
farmers who are interested.
(Received last week)
Corn and Hog Day Program
A Corn and Hog Day program has
bean scheduled for Friday, March 20,
at O’Neill. The meeting will begin at
1:30 p. m., and will be held in the K.
C. Hall. W. W. Derrick, Extension
Animal Husbandry, and D. L. Gross,
Extension Agronomist, will address
the meeting. The experiences of Ne
braska farmers in the ten acre corn
yield contest and the pig crop con
test will be given by Mr. Derrick and
Mr. Gross. While the men from Lin
coln do not pose as prophets, they
can bring in the ideas that the farm
ers in other sections have in mind.
What the prospects are for the fu
ture with corn aqd hogs will prob
ably interest farmers locally more
than any other one phase of the pro
gram. How to tighten up on expen
ses to realize some profit in the com
ing year will be one of the leading
topics of the meeting. Hog lot sani
tation, use of labor-saving equip
ment, increasing soil fertility, use of
good seed corn and good manage
ment will come up for discussion of
ways and means to realize the profits
from corn and hogs in 1931.
The O’Neill Lions Club is co-oper
ating in arranging for the Corn and
Hog Day program. They feel that
the farmers of Holt County should
take advantage of the opportunity of
hearing the Extension specialist.-.
Seed Day Plana
The Seed Day which was mention
ed in this column recently will be
held in connection with the Corn and
Hog Day program. Anyone having
seed for sale is asked to bring a sam
ple to the meeting. Buyers are ask
ed to attend also. People having seed
corn, oats, barley, alfalfa, sweet clov
er and other seed are requested to
bring samples. This will give the
buyer a chance to see the sample and
talk to the grower about growing
conditions and prices.
New 4-H Clubs
The Cottonwood Dale Market Hog
club completed their club organiza
aion last week. The seven boys who
are enrolled live six miles southeast
of Emmet. They have chosen How
ard McConnell and Oliver Maring as
their leaders.
Seven girls who live in the same
locality organized the Snappy Cook
ing Club. Miss Faye Weeks and Mrs.
Alice Fritton will act as local lead
ers.
Alfalfa Seed Suggestions
Recent tests at the College of Ag
riculture have shown that Cossack
and Grimm Alfalfa are susceptible to
alfalfa wilt. Alfalfa wilt is a bacter
ial disease that is ruining entire
stands of alfalfa in the Platte valley.
I This disease can probably be found
i in everv county in Nebraska. Plant
I pathologists at the College of Agri
culture are attempting to find strains
I of alfalfa that will be wilt resistant.
1 Thousands of alfalfa plants are be
ing inoculated with alfalfa wilt bac
teria in the effort to find wilt resist
ant strains. *T h e most resistant
strain yet discovered is known as
Hardistan. This strain was found
growing in several fields in the Plat
te valley. Seed from this strain and
other wilt resistant strains will be
supplied to Nebraska farmers as
fast as it becomes available. Farm
ers planting alfalfa seed this spring
would do well to secure home grown
seed if possible. Northwest hardy
approved Nebraska seed which is
adapted to our conditions may be
purchased. This seed should be as
hardy as Grimm and Cossack. While
not wilt resistant it is not as expen
sive as either of the above varieties,
and should solve our needs just as
well.
1 4,300 Seedling Trees Ordered
Fourteen thousand three hundred
seedling trees have been ordered
through this office. Jack Pine and
Scotch Pine are the most popular.
Chinese Elm is the most popular
broadleaf tree. There are a few ap
plication blanks available. Persons
wishing to secure trees should do so
as soon as possible. Planting season
will soon be here.
Agricultural Outlook for 1931
While the latter part of 1931 and
the year 1932 will probably bring a
recovery from the present business
depression, the long time trend of all
prices is downward, Ralph Cole, of
the Agricultural College Extension
service said in summarizing the pres
ent farm outlook. County Agent
Rooney heard Cole talk at the dis
trict conference of county agents at
West Point, Thursday.
Both industry and agriculture will
adjust themselves according to the
long-time trend, Cole believes. Land
values have dropped every year since
1921, and are likely to go down fur
ther, in the opinion of most econ
omists.
Lower prices of everything will be
| fine for the man who is out of debt
; and able to go on earnig a living but
the fellow who has assumed debts in
the recent “good times” will have
; a hard time paying off the mortgage.
Taxes are high and seem hard to
j reduce. A revision of the tax system
! which would shift the heavy burden
] now on land to incomes or some oth
| er source of revenue, would help pre
1 vent further declines in land values,
Cole believes.
Speaking of the next 12 month
period, Cole said corn acreage would
; be larger than usual in the country
as a whole this year. A normal yield
is likely after the short crop of 1930,
i which means a plentiful supply and
low corn prices next fall. Hog prices
may not be high but the corn-hog
ratio will probably remain favorable
I to producers. Recovery of business
will bring an increased demand for
beef, but cattle numbers are increas
ing. A wheat crop failure somewhere
in a major producing area of the
world is about the only thing that
could bolster up the price of wheat.
| Unless producers get over their in
clination to quit the poultry business
there is likely to be a shortage ofpul
lets next fall to lay the winter egg
supply. Farmers will continue to milk
! cows to get additional income, a«d
dairy products are likely to burden
' the market already loaded with but
! ter and butter substitute.
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j 1 team Work Horses 8
1 Saddle Horfee g
2 Sets Harness
1 wide tire Wagon
1 Brooder
30 Leghorn Chickens
1 Stock Saddle
Mrs. John McKenna
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The Glee Clubs of the
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j; pearing and plans are jj
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