Nebraska Newspapers

    MIDLAND COLLEGE PLANS
LITTLE THEATER TOURNEY
Fremont, Neb. — (Special) —
April 8 has been set as the date for
Midland college’s sixth annual Lit
tle Theater tournament, sponsored
by the Midland players. Ernest
Haugse of Omaha has been anted
chairman of the general committee
in charge. Invitations are to be sent
this week to 150 Nebraska, Iowa,
and Missouri high schools, but only
the first eight registering will be
allowed to participate.
A silver trophy will be awarded
the winning school, while a $100
scholarship to Midland will be pre
sented to the leading actor in the
tourney. Norfolk high was the 1931
winner.
HAS ESTIMATE
FARMER NEEDS
Large Quantities of Seed to
Be Required in Sheri
dan County
Gordon, Neb. — 'UPi — A lift of
the needs of Sheridan county farm
ers has been compiled and sent to
Washington as a part of the drive
to recure federal aid for this coun
ty.
County Agent E. II Huckfcldt has
rompiled the data reported showing
that the following amounts of seed
will be needed: Corn 3,773 bushels;
oats 18,352 bushels; wheat 8.533
bushels; barley 13,623 bushels, and
potatoes 7,577 bushels.
The average amount of money
needed for farmers of this county
tor feed, seed and fuel was fixed at
$122.
NEBRASKA FAIR TO
BE HELD SIX DATS
Lincoln, Neb. — <UP) — Nebras
ka will have a six-day fair this year,
opening September 4 and continu
ing through September 9, instead
of the eight-day fan-, Perry Reed, of
Henderson, president of the fair
board announces.
Reer's announcement closes a
long argument over the advisability
of even holding the agricultural ex
position this year in view of the
deficit of last fall.
The fair board will reduce ex
penditures by about $38,000 this
year, Reed announced. Last year's
lair budget wns $130,000 plus.
All departments will suffer ex
pense cuts this fall, the fair board
president said, including reductions
in the exhibitors' premiums.
"Fair patrons need not fear that
the quality of the fair will be less
«ned,'* Reed said. Higher grade
grandstand attractions are being
carded and the racing programs will
toe enlarged.
NEBRASKA “IT PROFESSOR
DIES FROM INJURIES
Lincoln, Neb. — (APi — Alva A.
Baer, for 15 years a professor in the
agricultural college of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, died early Tues
day morning as a result of injuries
suffered late Monday night when
he was struck by an auto at r> street
intersection.
TO RECEIVE BIDS FOR
WOMEN'S DORMlTORl
Chadron. Neb. — (UP) — Bids for
Chadron’s new dormitory at the
state normal school will be submit
ted on or prior to March 28, the
new dorm'tory corporation, headed
by C. F. Coflee, decided at the reg
ular meeting here.
Arthur D Baker, Grand Island
architect, has been advised to com
plete detailed plans and specifica
tions for the new building.
The dormitory, estimated to cost
nearly $100,000 will house 104 girl
students nt the Mate college. The
building will have a frontage of
about 188 feet, will be three stories
high and have a full basement.
‘ Women's Hall” ns the dormitory
will be called, will have quarteis
for the dean of women, an isolation
ward, infirmary, kitchen, dining
hail and parlor rooms.
The building is tu be ready for
occupancy September this year.
VERDIGRE YOUTH PILOTS
MAIL PLANE IN ALASKA
Verdigre. Neb. — (Special) — A
Verdigre boy, Oscar Winchell. son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. F Winched, is
piloting a mail plane between Mc
Carthy and Cordova, Alaska, a dis
tance of 175 miles which takes him
over a mountain range. The cold
and wind are severe, 50 and 60 de
gree r below zero, but he has not
missed a day since January and
has encountered winds as high as
80 miles per hour.
WAYNE WOMAN GIVEN
WORK BY STATE
Lincoln, Neb. — * Special) — The
fctate board ol control hr.s named
1 lias Helen Albert of Wayne as field
Corner for the state home for de
pendent children, following the res
ignation of a recent appointee. The
position pays $100 a month and
maintenance and a flood of appli
cations was received. Miss Albert
graduated from the Hartingtcn high
school, the University of South Da
kota and a Chicago social science
school. She also has taught in the
Huron, S. D., high school and was
deputy county superintendent at
Canton, S D., for a time.
CLLEBRATE THJLtR 60TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Wymore, Neb. — OTP) — Mr. and
Mrr. Wilder Small ol Wymore. cele
brated their 60th wedding anniver
fcary Monday They are living here
with their son, Roy, during th.s
v, inter. Their home is at Gilmore
City. Ia., at which place they were
married on February 22, 1872.
Haze! and Brazil nuts rank firrt
In food value, followed by the
chestnut, almond, walnut and pea
nut.
I Tales of Real Dogs
By Albert Payson Terhune
All the Fight Was Drowned Out of Him
In an American breeding kennel
there Is a dog whose original name
was Rory, The name was changed
when he was sold to a Yankee
breeder by his British owner. His
life story was suppressed, too. For
Rory was a reformed criminal. Here
is his story:
He was an Irish setter, beauti
ful and big, and of royal cham
pionship ancestry. He began life
in the kennels of Dugald MacIn
tyre, a famed English sportsman.
So magnificent was Rory, as a
puppy, that a wealthy man came
along and offered MacIntyre too
big a price for him to permit of
any refusal.
MacIntyre did not like to part
with the big red youngster; as Rory
was the cleverest and altogether
finest pup he had bred in years;
and had the run of his master’s
house and grounds. Yet the cash
sum paid for him was great; and
money is a consideration to most
dog-breeders.
For the next two years MacIn
tyre heard nothing more about his
wonderful Irish setter., Then came
a letter from his purchaser saying
that the setter had grown into a
savage brute, then he had bitten
one man after another and that
he had developed a mania for kill
ing other dogs.
The letter ended by asking Mac
Intyre to take back the murder
ous creature; otherwise Rory must
be shot. MacIntyre could not under
stand how such a splendid pup had
turned out so badly. He did not like
the idea of Rory being put to death,
so took him back.
Bure enough, the formerly gentle
setter had changed uterly; either
from bad training or from some
other cause. He was fierce; and he
had a craving to fight and murder
every dog he met. He was dis
obedient and almost uncontrollable.
"I took no notice of Rory,” said
MacIntyre, “except to put him in
an empty kennel, where he was left
to himself for a time. He refused
his food that night, but took seme
in the morning. Being given an old
coat of mine to lie on, he soon be
came attached to me.”
Then began the sternly firm train
ing whereby Mitclntyre sought to
change Rory from an uncontrolled
wild beast into the ideal setter. Bit
by bit he taught the dog obedience
and gentleness and not to bark all
night, in short, to abandon most
of the bad habits winch had made
him a pest to his purchaser.
In time, Rory v.aa Cured of all
his faults, except his mania for
killing other dogs. He would lly at
MacIntyre's canine chums in deadly
wrath and do his best to slay them
before their roaster came to their
rescue.
Heroic methods seemed neces
sary if Rory was to be cured of
this craving and was to be turned
into a docile canine citizen. Mac
IntyTe thought it out carefully, and
hit on a plan.
The boss dog of the kennels was
a hugh Labrador retriever, unbe
lievably powerful and brave, apd
armored with a tight-woven curly
coat which could deflect the aver
age bite. Also, like most Labradors,
he was a wonderful swimmer. His
name was "Sweep. ’
One day Maslntyre shut all his
other dogs in their kennel yards,
and took Sweep and Rory for a
walk down toward the nearby river.
He watched them carefully. Sweep
did not bother Rory nor pay any
attention to him. But Rory was very
evidently waiting for a good chance
to attack and kill Sweep.
Presently, as Sweep was trotting
gleefully down the river-bank lor
a sw:m, Rory sprang at him with
a ferocious snarl. Sweep wheeled
about, barely in time to meet the
unprovoked attack. The battle was
on.
Swift and fierce and clever as
Rory was, the Labradors solid
weight and strength were slightly
more than a match for his prow
ess. The fight waged back and forth
along the bank.
The average dog must have been
killed by Rory's terrific onslaught.
But Swo?p was not the average
dog. He withstood his foe’s most
violent charges and fought back
with steady ferocity. For the first
time in his career of dog-slaying
Rory was up against an opponent
who not only refused to die or to
turn tail but who could give worse
punishment than he received.
Closer and closer to the river
edge, reeled and fought the two com
batants. At last, they slipped on the
muddy bank and both of them
plunged involuntarily into deep
“Just the Man.'’
Prom the New York Evening Post.
Our mayor continues to make
those political strides which are de
signe dto take him from the may
ors chair to a seat in the United
States Senate. Prom the city hall
he strode to California to free
.Mooney. Now he is to step down to
Cv ba to be a m 'd.ator between tKe
fovernment and the revolutionists.
Th« Cubans say he is Just the man
;c do it. Frcm municipal atfairs to
national affairs and now to inter
national affairs he goes. World af
iairs are next. Is he not .lust the
man for whom the president is
.ookinjc to round out cur dt leration
deep water. Under the surface then
yvent. only to reappear an instant
afterward at each other’s throats.
Here in the fast-swirling deep
water, Sweep was in his element.
He wras almost as thoroughly at
home there as on dry land. Rory
was not. All dogs swim by nature,
some well, some badly. Rory was
not a good swimmer.
Sweep proceeded to get him by
the throat and to shove his head
sidewise under the water in an efr
fort to drown him. In less than a
minute Rory was strangling and
was at the mercy of the wise old
Labrador. He could fight no longer.
So Sweep towed him to the bank
and stood above him w'hile Rory
lay gasping and choking. MacIn
tyre believed Rory had had enough
of his craving to kill. But MacIntyre
was wrong.
As soon as Rory could get some
of the air back into his lungs he
jumped to his feet and flung him
self ragingly at Sweep once more.
This time the Labrador did not risk
the loss of the battle by any notions
of mercy or of chivalry. He yanked
Rory down the bank and into the
stream again, and easily drove the
infuriated setter's head under the
water. There he held it.
Painter and weaker grew poor
Rory s struggles. Soon he was lying
helpless and drowning. MacIntyre
sprang into the river and dragged
the half-dead setter to the shore.
He worked over Rory as over a
drowning human, until the luckless
brute could breathe again and could
totter to his feet.
Then, with one glance of terror
at the tensely-waiting Sweep, the
beaten Rory staggered waveringly
homeward, tail between legs, and
trembling ail over.
All the fight was drowned out of
him. Gone was his mania for try
ing to kill other dogs. Rory was
cured. At last he was an obedient
and sensible and well-mannered .
prize setter, a dog which any kennel
might have been proud of. His fine
courage had not been destroyed.
But it had been tempered with
sanity, thanks to his light with
Sweep.
During the ner.t hunting season
on the moors he won for himself
a repute for ability as a bird dog,
and for brain and gentleness and
affection. An overseas purchaser
bought him and took him across
the Atlantic.
"Rory is in America, now',’’ writes
MacIntyre, in the Tailwagger
Magazine, "and no one there know^s
that in his youth he was a mur
derer and a bad character generally.’'
A Great Chorus.
W. G. Sibley in the Journal of
Commerce.
We hear a great chorus, a swell
ing and insistent chorus that arises
in magazines, in newspapers in Chi
cago, in Boston, in New York, in
Washington, in Philadelphia, in
Kansas City, in St. Louis, in Cin
cinnati, and in many other cities.
It is a chorus of Indignation, of
complaint, of exasperation that
seems to be well nigh universal. We
hear it in barber shops, even in
small town stores and shops, on
sidewalks, at fraternal meetings, at
eross roads where farmers meet, in
Rotary and other clubs. It is a
chorus of accusation, of reproaches
of resentment that rises loud and
strong.
What is it all about? It is about
public stealing, public extravagance,
public waste, by officials who are
dishonest and crooked, who betray
the people, who seek loot from pub
lic treasuries—national, state, coun
ty. and municipal. Everywhere the
evidence increases that oaths of of
fice ore broken, that conspiracies to
rob the people by twists of the law
exist.
We do not remember anything to
compare with it in 50 years, nor can
we see how it enn help finding ex
pression in elections to come. On
every side is increasing taxation,
the saddling of increasing burdens
on the people, the increase in pub
lic jobs that are unnecessary. It
is all brought out and made em
phatic by the hard times. We shall
not be surprised to hear of whole
sale scaling down of public salaries
everywhere during the next two or
three years, and a reduction of pub
lic indebtedness at any cost.
ORIGINAL ICELANDIC
TRANSLATION
Cambridge, Mass. — (UP) —The
Harvard college library has ac
quired from an anonymous friend
the original manuscript of Jon
Thorlakrsons Icelandic translation
of Milton’s Paradise Lost.
A modern brick maker can mold
from 1.000 to 1.800 bricks a day.
to Geneva? In iact. is he not ' . t
the man’ for every job, great or
small, except for the oarticular one
that he is sworn to fill?
A Sound Effect.
From the Los Angeles Times.
Studio technicians confess them
selves balked. They have never been
able to reproduce accurately the
sound of a kiss. But why worry? As
in the days of the silents, small
boys in the audit nee will continue
to provide the sound effect for
screen osculations.
France's 1931 wheat crop is ex
pected to total 275.250.000 bushels.
I
ASEllTS CLCSE7) BANK'S
AhC SOLD AT AUCTION
Bloomfield, Neb. — (Special) —
The remaining assets of three
closed banks, the Niobrara State
oank of Niobrara, the Farmers State
3f Crofton and the Citizens State
of Bloomfield have been sold at
public auction.
The Niobrara State bank's assets
of about $85,000 were sold to the
depositors' committee at Niobrara
for $18 000.
The Farmers State bank cf Crof
ton assets were $125,210.64 and were
sold to Larson Brothers of Fort
Dodge, la., for $876. »
The Citizens State bank of
Bloomfield, closed in 1925, had as
sets of $400,000. They were sold to
Mr. Falconer of Kansas City, Mo,
ror $1,450.
WARMEST YEAR
M NEBRASKA
Report for 1931 Shows
That State’s Weather Had
Unusual Angles
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Nebras
ka in 1931 experienced the warm
?st year in the history of weather
•ecords, the annual report of the
government weather station issued
acre shows.
And that means that Nebraska
was warmest in 1931 of any year
since 1876. The temperature for the
year averaged 52.8 degrees, which
was 4 degrees above the normal
mark. The nearest approach to this
record was in 1921, when the mean
temperature was 52.5 degrees.
Here’s the way the report sum
marizes the year by months:
January was the warmest first
month-of-the-year in history. Feb
ruary was the second warmest Feb
ruary since 1876. March was cooler
than normal. April above norjpal
and May cooler than normal.
The last seven months of the year
were warmer than normal, the re
port said. June and September were
the hottest in history of the state
October was the fifth warmest Oc
tober since 1876 and December was
the eighth warmest December in
the same period.
All sections of the state, with the
exception of the southeast part, were
drier than normal. For the entire
state, the annual precipitation av
eraged 19.65 inches, which was 84
per cent of normal. Precipitiation
for the winter months was 49 per
cent of normal: for spring 76 per
cent; summer 67 per cent, and au
tumn 125 per cent of normal.
Rainfall for the crop season,
April to August, inclusive was 64
per cent of normal. The average was
10.23 inches. Snowfall averaged 31.4
inches, or 2.4 inches above normal.
Minden, with a mark of 111 de
grees, was the hottest spot in the
state. McCook and Imperial each
turned in mark of 110 degrees.
Chadron and Gordon were the cold
est points, with 12 degrees below
jero.
Auburn and Fairbury had the
righest yearly mean temperatures,
>6.6 degrees each. Harrison, Sioux
;ounty, was the point reporting the
lowest yearly mean, 48.1 degrees.
Weeping Water, Cass county, had
the heaviest rainfall during the
year, 89.02 inches.
WINTER WHEAT
ACREAGE DOWN
Dry Weather in Southwest
Nebraska Causes Many
to Abandon Crop
Lincoln. Neb.—(UP)—Heavy aban
donment of the winter wheat crop
is expected in southwestern and
western Nebraska this spring, ac
cording to reports of Nebraska
bankers to the state and'federal
division of agricultural statistics.
The general condition of the win
ter wheat crop is estimated at 83
per cent, the report for mid-Feb
ruary shows. Moisture supplies are
shown to be short in west and north
central portions of the state but
sufficient for the remainder of the
crop aiea.
Estimates of abandonment, fur
nished the division of statistics by
Nebraska bankers indicate abandon
ment of from 27 per cent in the
southwest section of the state to 35
per cent in the western area. Most
of the abandonment was reported
due to shortage of moisture, which
sent wheat into the winter in poor
condition.
Subsoil conditions are reported
ideal in eastern and southeastern
counties of the state. Heavy fall
and winter precipitation brought re
lief from thp drought conditions of
last »cas«.n in most sections and
indications are the spring planted
crops as well as winter wheat, will
start the growing season under very
favorable conditions.
Bankers’ estimates c' wheat con
dition range from 53 per cent for
the Panhandle section to as high as
94 per cent in southeastern counties.
The estimated condition in south
west Nebraska is 62 per cent.
PENDER ;(HOOL HEAD
GIVEN RE-ELECTION
Pender. Neb.— 'Special*—At a re
cent meeting cf the school board,
prof. Leslie Crow, superintendent of
Pender schools for the last four
years, was elected for the coming
year with a 10 per cent decrease in
salary.
Q. Please give me the official
1930 census figures for Ashland.
Ky. Figures have been pub ished
varying as much at 9,000. E. B.
A. The population of Ashland.
Ky., as determined by the 1930 cen
sus is 29,074. Those figures are of
ficial.
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CHICAGO.
BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American
Medical Association, and of
Hygeia the Health Magazine
The baby that is nursed by its
mother gets the best food a
baby can get. If it is not nursed
by the mother, it will have to have
a diet arranged so as to include
the necessary substances.
The basis of all baby diets is
milk, but milk is deficient, and
these the doctor can provide for
through modification of the diet
He wall tell the mother when the
oaby is to have orange and tomato
juice and cod liver oil and the
amount of each it should have.
The vegetables are the first foods
co be added to the baby’s diet, and
they should be started slowly in
very small quantities. By the time
the child is one year of age it can
eat most vegetables; it can also be
having fresh milk, fruit.” zweibach
or toast.
Many physicians and dentists
believe that coarse foods strengthen
the jaws and help in hardening the
gums. When a new tooth is about
to come in the coarse foods sarve
as a resistance against which the
gums may work in order to permit
the tooth to cut its way through.
If the child is excessively irritant
when the teeth are coming in it is
Sister Mary’s Kitchen
It takes much planning on the
part of the home-maker to serve
one meal suitable for all members
of a family of "assorted sizes.”
One of the simplest ways of han
dling this situation is to remove an
additional portion of a good whole
some food before additional season
ing makes it undesirable for the
youngest member at the table.
For example, a meat loaf made
savory with green peppers is not
an acceptable food for the 4-year
old. But a pan-broiled meat cake
lightly seasoned with salt can be
made for a small person with al
most no extra work. The meat
should be taken out for the patty
cake before the seasoning for the
meat loaf is added.
Individual portions of vegetables
can be set aside before seasoning
for the family.
Salads can be simplified and
plainly dressed with lemon juice
and oil.
These precautions usually make j
it unnecessary to supply special j
and entirely different foods for
children.
Children under school age and
persons well past middle age will j
not want both cereal and egg for |
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MENU FOR YOUNG FOLKS
Breakfast: Orange juice,
cooked cereal, cream, poached
eggs, crisp whole wheat toast,
milk, coffee.
Luncheon: Noodle soup, toast
sticks, cottage cheese-raisin
green pepper salad, baked ap
ples, milk, tea.
Dinner: Baked lamb loaf, po
tatoes en casserole, canned
lima beans, shredded leaf let
tuce with chiffonr.de dressing,
fig and orange jelly, vanilla
cookies, nulk, coffee.
breakfast, but growing, older chil
dren and active adults need the
extra breakfast dish.
In the dinner menu the potatoes
should be well mashed with a fork.
GOOD CHERRY PIE
WITH THIS RECIPE
Line your pie pan with the dough.
Spread bottom crust witn melted
ter. Have your cherries prepared
thus: >5 quart canned pitted cher
ries, some juice and flour to thick
en juice—not too much, as you
don't want your pe stiff. Add
enough sugar to sweeten well.
Now take your red cake coloring
Add enough to bring the desired
tint or natural tint to your cher
ries— ta faded-looking cherry pie is
no addition to your dinner.) Put
this mixture in your shell. Wet the .
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Health News
How to Care for Baby’s Teeth
•'RUT JUICES AND COD LIVER OIL IN CORRECT AMOUNTS
NECESSARY FOR PROPER EARLY DEVELOPMENT
wise to have the advice of the den
tist or family physician.
The first teeth come in at the
front of the mouth between the
I fifth and eighth months as a rule,
If they happen to be a little early,
or late, there is no cause for
worry.
The next teeth come in between
the eighth and tenth months, and
the others about the time of the
first birthday.
Until the first teeth appear the
mouth of the child does well if let
1 alone. After the first teeth appear,
| the gums and teeth may be wiped
j daily with a soft clean cloth dipped
i in water to which a little salt has
j been added. It is well to be ex
| ceedingly gentle.
About the eighteenth month a
! soft tooth brush may be substituted
for the soft cloth., and as soon as
i the child is old enough it should
j learn to brush its teeth for itself,
j If the child likes the taste of tooth
i paste, it may have toothpaste. If it
i prefers the water with added salt,
j it may have that.
Most physicians and dentists are
convinced that a toothpaste is of
j service only in cleaning and polish
; ing the teeth and has little, if any,
' special value for preventing infec
tion or counteracting acid.
the beans rubbed through a ricer
and the onions and radishes in the
chiffonade dressing very finely
minced for small children. Children
under 5 years of i, e will be better
off if a plain dresi.ng of oil and
lemon juice *s used cn their lettuce.
A cheap cut of lamb from the
fore-quarter is carefully trimmed
and put through the food chopper
tv:ice for tne loaf If children un
der school age were given an egg
for breakfast, meat for dinner is
net required. Otherwise save out
enough lamb to make individual
patty cakes for chiidien. In sea
soning the meat leaf one or two
gherkins finely ir.-nced will please
the adult taste.
The dessert is suitable for all
members of the family. The dry,
crumbly characteristics of cookies
make them more desirable for chil
dren than the toft, moist texture u£
cake.
SIMPLE RECIFE FOE
TASTY SPONGE CAKE
4 egg whites.
1 cup sugar,
cup flour.
Pi tablespoons cornstarch.
Pi teaspoons baking powder.
3 tablespoons water.
1 teaspoon vanilla, or lemon ex
tract.
Beat yolks uut;l light and lem
on color; add sugar, add water;
sift flour, cornstarch and baking
powder several times; add to the
other mixture; mix thoroughly;
add flavoring: cut and fold egg
whites in carefully. Bake 3P0 de
grees.
This may be baked in shallow
pans and used for strawberry
short cake, or in muffin pans, or
an angel food pan.
BROADCAST AMUSES SON
Madison, Wis. — <UP> — Glenn
Frank, Jr., young son of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin president, re
cently heard his father extolled
over the radio by Frazier Hunt.
Members of the family revealed
that, at the cor,elusion of the broad
cast. ;he boy chuckled and an
nounced: “Well, well! Id hard
ly recognize the old man myself.’* i
edges with water to keep juice from
running out.
Put on top cruet, which has been
well perforated. Fress edges well
down and flute. Sprinkle sugar on
top. Bake in a hot oven for five
minutes to set crust and slow down
and bake until the mixture is done,
which you can see through the per
forations. Have absolutely cold when
served. Arrange on plate, top with
whipped cream, if so desired.
The hydroelectric station at Jisr
Majameih, now nearing completion,
will greatly increase Palestine’s
electric light power supply.