Nebraska Newspapers

    TRUCK LOAD OF
RAINBOW TROU1
Valentine Hatcheries tc
Supply Waters in Pierce,
Neb., Territory
Pierce, Neb.—(Special)—A truck
from the state fish hatcheries at
Valentine delivered 5,000 rainbow
trout to Elvon Bowen and W. C
Ulrich, local sportsmen, last week
These men are looking after thes«
youthful members of the finny tribe
until they are old enough to be
placed in streams in this vicinity
The young trout will be kept In
the tank at the city park for about
six weeks when they will be placed
in the trout pond on the August
Korth farm, four miles southwest of
Pierce.
A large number of the consign
ment were deed when they reached
Pierce, owning to the difficulty in
keeping the water, in which they are
transported, at the right tempera
ture.
NUMEROUS LAND
SALES IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— In
cluded in a list of land sales are
several transfers in northeastern
Nebraska counties. Drezelinc Sib
bersen sold 160 acres in Knox coun
ty to William Blunck at $75 an
acre. Oustaf Harmel purchased a
20-acre tract in Madison county
from William Moderow at $77 an
acre; Josephine Stafford bought 160
acres from Albertine J. Rudnick at
$102 an acre; Mary Huseman pur
chased 80 acres from John Huse
man, trustee, at $100 an acre. Platte
county sales included: 80 acres at
$131.25 an acre, Sahar J. Terry et
il to Edward R Dack; 80 acres at
$100 an acre, Edward R. Dack to
Sarah J. Terry; 40 acres at $50
an acre, A. W. Kummer et a] to
William and John Kummer.
BOY WALKS 20 MILES
TO ATTEND SCHOOL AFFAIR
Bloomfield. Nab. — (Special) —
George Lowln, an eighth grade
graduate, living east of Bloomfield
walked to Young’s park, a distance
of nearly 20 miles, to be present at
the eighth grade graduation ex
ercises. He carried his dinner pail
all the way from his home to the
park. The walk so fatigued the
boy that he fainted after arriving.
He was revived and neighbors saw
to It that he was given transporta
tion home. A total of 306 graduates
were presented their diplomas by
County Superintendent Catherine
Tunberg.
A feature of the program was the
singing of the Knox County Rural
Chorus, directed by Miss Doris
Rissness of Creighton, with her
sister, Margaret, at the piano. Glen
I. Anderson of Lincoln gave the
address.
COCK PHEASANT KILLS
SNAKE IN BATTLE
Page, Neb. — (Special) — Rural
Mall Carrier Robertson saw a bat
tle between n cock pheasant and a
good sized snake which resulted In
victory for the fowl. The pheasant,
his feathers ruffled to the full ex
tent, would spar around the snake,
finally darting in with lightning
speed to peck at the snake’s head.
The snake seemed unable to harm
the pheasant. When the snake was
quiet and the pheasant had moved
on, Robertson examined the snake
and found its eyes were pecked out
and his head badly mutilated.
MAKE CHANGE IN
RURAL MAIL ROUTES
Bloomfield, Neb. — (Special) —
Mrs. Lola Simmons, local postmis
tress has announced that rural mall
routes one and four will be consol
idated about November 1. C. S.
Lovejoy will be pensioned by the
government and the mileage of his
route added to Walter Dahlstrom’s
route. This is a part of the govern
ment plan to cut down expenses.
One mile will be eliminated on
Route 4 and three miles on Route
l. Some patrons now receiving their
mall through Bloomfield will be
transferred to Wausa.
IIARTINGTON ODD FELLOWS
WIN FIRST PRIZE
Hartington, Neb. — (Special) —
The local Odd Fellows' Initiatory
degree team exemplified the Initia
tory degree at Emerson, at a session
of the northeast Nebraska Odd Fel
low’s district association annual
meeting and captured first prlge.
The prize awarded was a nickle
plated emblematical sword and scab
bard. Second place was won by Car
roll, third by Wayne and fourth by
Bloomfield.
Next year’s convention will be
held at South Sioux City. The of
ficers of the association for next
year are: E. S. Garnett of South
Sioux City, president; Rev. Phillips
of Winslde, Neb, vice president, and
George Sheets, secretary-treasurer.
SWARM OF BEES
INVADED HIS CAR
Homer, Neb.—(Special)—To have
a swarm of bees push open his two
piece windshield and light on his
lap was the rather novel experience
of Ed Krause of Homer. Mr.
Krause stopped the car, shook the
bees from his lap and a few from
his mouth and proceeded on hi/
way without a bee sting.
COLUMBUS MAN HEADS
TRUCKERS’ ASSOCIATION
Columbus, Neb. — <UP) — Don
Moist cf Columbus, is the new pres
ident of the Nebraska Motor Trans
port association, succeeding Ray Mc
Maken of Plattsmcuth. Charles E
Hall of Omaha, was re-elected sec
retary-treasurer, at the annual con
vention here. LeRoy Wade of Oma
ha was elected first vice president
and Ralph Woods of Aurora second
vice president.
Mission Built on Rocks
Houses Saint’s Painting
3foma Church in New Mexico W as Established 300 years ago
*
Here Is a picture of the old Acoma Church in New Mexico estab
lished in 1629 by a Franciscan priest
By NEA Servce
Unique In its history, and the
largest Mission church in New
Mexico, is the old Acoma Church,
50 miles west of Albuquerque,
situated in the "City of the Sky,"
an Indian pueblo built upon the
summit of a gigantic tableland of
lock.
The church was established in
1629 by Friar Juan Ramirez, a
Franciscan priest. It is more than
150 feet in length, and is massive
ly constructed of adobe, the front
walls sloped to lorm huge but
tresses, topped by two square tow
era Adjoining are the convento
and the lookout, a vantage point
from which one may view anyone
approachng the narrow asvent
from the plains 400 feet below.
The interior of the church is
spacious, but dimly lighted from
the thiy window in the front wall,
like many old churches in New
Mexico, the chapel is barren of
pews. The altar shows its age.
It is simple and homely with its
crude images and ornaments.
The most precious possession
of the church is a painting of St
Joeph which was brought to Aco
ma by Friar Ramirez, to whom
the picture had been presented Lj
King Charles of Spain.
Bearing the likeness of their
patron saint, and an era of pros
perity and good-fortune having
descended upon the pueblo after
its arrival, the picture was credit
ed with supernatural power by the
Acomans.
Its fame spread, and the pic
ture was coveted by the neigh
boring tribe of Laguna who, after
requestng its loan for a time and
meeting with defeat, stole the pic
ture one night and removed it to
their own church. The theft
nearly ended in bloodshed which
was prevented only by Father Ma
riano, who persuaded the Lagunas
to promise that it would be re
turned as soon as their fortune
had changed.
So prosperous became th£ vil
lagers that they broke their prom
ise and refused to part with their
prize.
Finally the distraught Acomans
appealed to the courts for the
picture's return. According to the
records of the supreme court of
New Mexico, Judge Kirby Bene
dict ordered the Lagunas to re
turn the painting. To this day
their faith in the picture of St.
Joseph never has wavered.
DIVERSIFIED PHILOSOPHY
Man's alibis are oft times limp.
Here’s one that should be
starched—
"At three? Why, I had just stepped
in
To have my eyebrows arched.”
Though they may yet change lead
to gold,
So far the atom splitters
Have not accomplished any more,
Than have the lool pole sitters.
The hatters now have formed a
league,
Their slogan, “Guard your sinus!
The man who hatless wends his
way,
In I. Q. ranks a minus.”
Hereditary traits are borne
By units labeled, genes.
Oh, what a upas family tree
Had Mr. Gaston Means!
Now alcohol abounds, they say,
In color’s slow vibrations.
Does that explain that rosy haze
Attendant on liberations?
A new device broadcasts the noise
Of microbes in their lair.
Old stuff f The crooners for some
time
Have been upon the air.
—Sam Page.
MASS PRODUCTION
From Indianapolis News.
A few years ago the claim was
proudly made that America had
solved the industrial problem for all
time, our salvation being assured by
mass production and high wages
and lower prices. This comfortable
view was held by many of our peo
ple. Foreign governments seemed
disposed to accept it also. At least
they wondered how we could do it,
and set for their agents the task
of finding out. It was assumed that
the process or method was an Am
erican discovery, and wholly novel
Of course it was no discovery, bui
a development out of existing condi
tions. There had to be large pro
duction to meet a large demand.
Such production ought to mean
lower production cost a unit of pro
duct, with a consequent Increased
margin for wages. It is all ‘‘old
stuff.” The lower prices which were
to accompany the high and higher
wages did not appear. On the con
trary prices for a considerable time
soared. The program, which has
been said, was not devised by Am
erican genius, or geniuses, never
did bring the blessings, but there
is nothing of the miraculous about
it.
Certainly we w ere all mistaken in
thinking that it would insure and
protect that it would insure and
pression and unemployment. No one
now makes or dares to make any
such claim. What is surprising is
that any one should ever have made
it. We are now striving very earn
estly to solve that same problem
whiah it was Ight-heartedly as
sumed w’ould never again bedevil
us. As usual with Americans, we
are striving hopefully, and with
confidence in the happy outcome.
Many of us too are learning, at
least so it is hoped, that we are
dealing primarily with human be
ings—their wants and needs, and
WENT TO HIS HEAD
Cincinnati—Authority was not the
proper thing to give her husband,
Mrs. Pearl Seig contended in a suit
against her husband. Henry. She
said when he was made a deputy
sheriff he thought he could boss
everyone, including his wife. She
charged he drank heavily and
reached the point w’here he drank
beer frem the crock before it was
ready to bottle.
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I O EVERYONE, HEIGK-0
Houston, Tex.—One always pic
(•res a man that is constantly in
rieht as a worried, harassed-looking
their ability or lack of it, to satis
fy them—and not with machinery
and systems. Not wages but wage
earners, not price but buyers and
sellefs, not taxes but taxpayers,
not debts and credits but debtors
and creditors are the real factors
in the problem. It is this fact that
makes it so serious. No one as yet
seems to know what is wrong, but
whatever it is, it has been demon
strated that it has been beyond
the power of mass production to
prevent or cure. There is nothing
wrong with production on a large
scale. Criticism should be directed
not against it, but rather against
those who so foolishly expected
from it what it could not possibly
perform, and counted on it as a
sure shield against panic.
PRUDENT GET THEIR REWARD
They Are the “Rich” Congress Now
Talks About Soaking
From the Baltimore Tvening Sun
Paudent people are people who
refuse to indulge in the wild spend
ing orgy that prevaled in the days
of prosperity. They did not try to
keep up with the Jonses, but in
stead substituted oranges for grape
fruit at breakfast except on Sun
day or when company came. They
got their cream off the top of the
milk bottle and went in for prune
deserts.
When they went on motor trips
they did not stop at some nice and
expensive tearoom, but took their
lunch with them. And at summer
resorts they engaged rooms without
baths that were on the third floor
and did not have a view of the
mountains or the sea.
They did not fritter away their
money on Jewelry or cosmetics or
send their daughters to costly fin
ishing schools. If they bought fur
coats they bought them when they
were marked down, and when they
had to go to a place they did not
call a taxi, but went in a street
car Instead. They did not under
take to purchase a house in an ex
clusive suburb and pay for It Just
like rent, nor did they Join a lot
of clubs and become involved in
the purchase of desirable objects on
nit- uticrreu-paympm pian.
They were not misled by people
who gave them tips on the market
which would make them a fortune
in a short space of time. They were
suspicious of the new economic
era and their common sense told
them that the day of reckoning
would come. They denied them
selves all of these little pleasures
in order that they might be pre
pared for a rainy day.
And now, after a long, long time,
they have come into their own.
They have received their reward.
For when congress talks about
soaking the rich, they have the
satisfaction of knowing that con
gress is talking about them.
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Too Well Known.
From Tit-Bits.
"Have you a speaking acquaint
ance with the woman next door?”
"A speaking acquaintance? I
know her so well that we don’t
speak at all.”
individual. J. J. Settegast. 87, dis
agrees with this. * I’ve found that
the most enjoyable thing about liv
ing.” he says, “is being in debt.”
These words were said by Settegast,
Houston pioneer, at a birthday bar
becue given him recently by his
nine children.
“CREATE A JOB" FUND FILLED
Plymouth, Mass. —(UP)— This
town of about 14,000 people, landing
place of the Pilgrims, has over
pledged by $30,000 a $150,000 “Cre
ate-a-Job” fund, and as result 111,
072 hours of work are promised to
, heme workingmen. ^
REAL COWBOYS
RIDING RANGE
Reno, Ne*.—(UP)—Just how wild
Is the West today?
Are there any “real" cowboys
left?
Have the dude ranches complete
ly supplanted true ranch life?
The city dweller, or train tour
ist, whose closest approach to the
West Is through a story, motion
picture, or Pullman window may
well wonder whether the old days
of the buckaroo and vaquero have
vanished completely, but in fact
they have not.
Scattered along the edges of the
most desolate parts of the West,
where they have been driven by
the march of sheep and civiliza
tion, are ranches where the old
traditions still are observed.
Near Amedee. Cal., the capital
of what once was as rich a cow
country as any in the United
States, a number of such men are
now living. One is the foreman of
a cattle ranch owned by the
Humphries interests, large opera
tors throughout northeastern Cal
ifornia. Another has his own ranch,
and makes a living partly through
trading and selling horses he rounds
up on the surrounding mountains
and high basins.
Wild horses roam a part of this
region. They are few in number
now, but constitute an unwanted
quantity at best. Cowboys finding
them either round them up and
corral them, or shoot them, for a
wild horse now Is usually fit for
one thing only—chicken feed. Most
are small, poorly formed, and un
tamable.
Holding the lines along the more
remote ranges are “real” cowboys.
Some of them have nothing to do
but remember the old days, when
thousands of cattle grazed the sum
mer and winter ranges, but others
are still making a living keeping
the dogles in check, riding fence,
or breaking horses. Chaps and 10
gallon hats are put to practical use
as well as ornamental purposes, and
riding is a necessary art among
them.
Chicago Mayor
‘Promises’ Wont
Bother Drinkers
Chicago — (AP) — Mayor Anton
Cermak said Tuesday that Chicago
police will “continue their drive on
crime" and take no part in enforc
ing the dry laws during the nation
al political conventions oft the next
month.
“Chicago doesn’t need mopping
up more than any other city,” he
said. “There’s no liquor here. The
drive should start in Washington
because most of the liquor will be
brought here by senators, congress
men and others from that city.
They put the law on the books and
spend millions of dollars to enforce
It, so why should the city spend
money for the same thing?”
“I suppose the enforcement lead
ers, especially Amos Woodcock mean
to search the delegates as they step
off the trains. That is the only way
they can do it.”
Cermak called John D. Rockefel
ler, Jr., a “very w'ise man’* for
changing to advocacy of prohibition
repeal.
“Wise men change their minds’*
he said, “but fools never.”
Our Own Economy Plan.
From the Pathfinder.
1. Eliminate from government
payroll all Solons’ relatives over 70
years old or under 12.
2. Thinner coating of mucilage
on the stamps.
3. Abolish army transport ser
vice and leave the'boys stranded.
4. Let Congressmen follow Huey
Long’s example and resign from all
committees.
5. Wrap up unused federal
bureaus in Congressional Record
tied with their own red tape.
6. Instruct government employes
to fill their fountain pens at home.
7. Limit Senators to one snuff a
day from the Senate snuff boxes.
(This suggestion is not to be
sneezed at!)
8. Washington workers plant
gardens in their off-time.
9. Prohibition Bureau manufac
ture its own padlocks.
10. Speaker Gamer furnish his
own string for mending the House
gavels.
11. Government overtime work
ers supply their own excuses when
reaching home.
12. President Hoover to catch all
the fish for the cabinet officers’
wives.
13. Set the nation's clocks and
pace back to where they were be
fore the World war.
HELLOrPAL!
Knoxville, Tenn.—Over 21 states
Joe Henry and Eddie Vinsom had
rambled selling papers. Four years
ago they parted in Jacksonville,
Fla. Recently Eddie swung off a
freight here and started to walk
up town. Walking by the postoffice,
Eddie investigated. Sure enough,
it was Joe. The pals are united
again and doing a rushing business
here.
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Bloody Battle.
From Answers.
Gus: I’ll have you understand
there’s good blood in my family.
Gulliver: Yes, and hew much did
they pay for the transfusions?
PLAN ADVERTISES DINER
Boston—(UP)—An enterprising
proprietor has chosen a novel
method of advertising his lunch
cart on the Taunton highway.
Perched atop the roof of the diner
is an engineless airplane, its tail
tilted skyward at a sharp angle.
Passing motorists are attracted to
the diner in the belief there has
been a plane crash.
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Palmyra, 111. —(UP)-.. Johnson
Linder, who was too old to fight
in the Civil war. recently celebrated
his 105th birthday. He smokes a
big cigar each day r.nd Is as active
as many men half his age.
EVERYTHING BUT KISSES
IN MOVIE SOUND LIBRARY
When Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. kissed Loretta Young in the scene
above, the sound you heard in the movie houses was exactly the same
one you would have heard if you had been on the movie lot. Studios
have been unable to “dub’* kiss sounds into the talkies and each
one (s genuine.
BY DAN THOMAS
NEA Service Writer
Hollywood — What, no kisses!
Such an exclamation might be
heard around the sound laboratory
of a motion picture studio almost
any time. And therein, boys and
girls, hangs a tale.
In the sound libraries of Holly
wood’s studios can be found mil
lions of feet of sound film, upon
which is recorded sound effects
covering approximately 800 sub
jects — almost every conceivable
sound from pig grunts to a French
locomotive.
But nary a kiss can be found
anywhere!
Of course there’s a reason. Other
sounds can, when necessary, be
“dubbed” into a picture with satis
factory results. Kisses can’t. If
the effect is to be right, the sound
of .each kiss must be recorded at
the same time the action is regis
tered.
Major Nathan Levinson, chief
sound expert for the Wernar-First
National studos, explains the mat
ter in this way:
“No two kisses ever are exactly
alike. Consequently the sound of
one don't ever be matched with the
action of another satisfactorily. In
fact, at times the effect of such
matching would be aosolutely ludi
crous. The action and sound must
, be recorded simultaneously.”
Compiling libraries of sound
effects started with the influx of
talking pictures. In the early days
equipment was cumbersome. There
were no portable sound trucks to
go out and rcaord any desired
noises. Practically everything had
to be done right in the studio. So
every new sound obtained was filed
away for future use.
Considerable ingenuity also was
brought into play to determine
various ways of imitating certain
sounds.
One of the first of such instru
ments ever used consisted oh a
small cylinder and piston, mounted
on a flat board, with a nine-inch
piece of hollow copper tubing stand
ing uprght near it. By turning a
crank and blowing into the hollow
tube the sound of a running and
whistling locomotive could be Imi
tated with fair success.
This apparatus was used in a
number of pictures until a way was
found for Installing a recording
unit on a real train to collect all of
the genuine noises.
As might be expected a studio
sound library grows with each new
production because each picture is
almost sure to have some previously
unrecorded sound in it. However,
although the library grows, its use
diminishes. Sound engineers have
discovered that no imitation quite
takes the place of a genuine noise
Itself.
Consequently, when possible all
soundc are recorded anew when the
objects from which they emit are
photographed. The catalogued
sounds now are used only in emer
gencies. But the libraries are
kept right up to date just the same.
Although natural*, sounds are
secured whenever possible those
days, there are times when such
sounds must be aided by a little
human ingenuity. For example,
there was a scene In “So Big” in
which a sandwich was dropped into
a chair.
But the sound of the s»ft bread
EYESIGHT CAN BE SAVED
Some Simple Rules for the Pre
vention of Blindness
From the New York World-Tele
Gram
According to the National So
ciety for the Prevention of Blind
ness, one-half of all blindness Is
preventable. Science has now dis
covered all its major causes. It re
mains for such public-spirited or
ganizations as the national society
to educate the public in prevention.
To minimize the hazards to sight
foilow these rules:
Read with a clear, good light
' did not make enough noise t? be
picked up by the microphone. The
sandwich then was lined with a
sheet of thin lead and the scene
was remade very satisfactorily.
Among the various noises which
may be found in one of these sound
libraries are: the noises of crowds
—all kinds, happy, angry, excited,
American, foreign and mixed:
sounds from almost every make of
automobile at various speeds; the
opening and closing of water tight
compartment doors on a battleship;
the waves against the boat, both an
chored and at various speeds; a
printing press; winds at all veloci
ties; thunder of varous degrees,
and the sound of almost every ani
mal.
But in none of the libraries can
b<^ found a siagle record of a hu
man kiss.
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Crusoe’s Balance Sheet.
From the New York Ttimes.
When Robinson Crusoe was cast
upon a desert isle he began serious
ly to consider his condition. This
led him to draw up the state of his
affairs in writing, “not so much to
leave them to any that may come
after me as to deliver my thoughts
from daily poring over them and
afflicting my mind.” As his reason
began to master his “despondency”
he began to comfort himself by set
ting the good against the evil, that
“I might have something to dis
tinguish my case from the worse.
He thereupon stated his situation
“very impartially like debtor and
creditor;”
Evil
I am cast upon u uunuic
island, void of all hope of recovery.
Good
But I aim alive and not dead, as
all my ship’s company was.
Evil
I am singled out, and separated,
as it were, from all the world to be
miserable.
Good
But I am singled out, too, from
all the ship’s crew, to be spared
from death. And He that miracul
ously saved me from death can de
liver me from this condition.
Evil
I am divided from mankind, a
solitaire one banished from human
society.
Good
But I am not starved and perish
ing on a barren place affording no
sustenance.
Evil
I have no clothes to cover me.
Good
But I am in a hot climate where
if I had clothes I could hardly
wear them.
Evil
I am without any defense or
means to resist any violence of man
or beast.
Good
But I am cast on an island where
I see no wild beasts to hurt me as
I saw on the coast of Africa; and
what if I had been shipwrecked
there?
Evil
I have no soul to speak to or
relieve me.
Good
But God wonderfully sent the
ship in near enough to the shore
that I have gotten out so many
necessary things as will either sup
ply my wants or enable me to sup
ply myself os long as I live.
He concluded that, on the whole,
there was scarce any condition in
the world so miserable but there
was something nevative or positive
in it to be thankful for. And he let
it stand that we mav always find
something from which to comfort
ourselves, and to set on the credit
side of the account.
falling from above over your left
shoulder.
Hold your book or paper about
18 inches from your eyes.
Always read with your head up.
Keep book or paper clean; a
soiled page is hard to read.
Avoid books printed indistinctly,
in small type or on glossy paper.
Rest your eyes frequently.
If your eyes ache, or if you have
trouble in seeing things distinctly,
have your eyes examined.
Russia announces the successful
| production of rubber from a plant
! named “tovsagis.”