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Little Hope Seen for
Large Rise in Farm Prices
Although action of the federal gov
ernment in loaning money on ware
housed corn virtullay pegged the price
for that grain in the neighborhood of
45 cents, there is little prospect of
the price going above that mark dur
ing the winter months, Prof. H. C.
Pilley of the agricultural college says
in his monthly economic survey.
Filley said there was little likeli
hood that the price of corn would rise
above the loan value at local Nebras
ka points. Wheat prices, however, he
pointed out, will be influenced greatly
by local factors.
‘‘The condition of winter wheat will
be one of the important factors in
fluencing the price of that cereal dur
ing the next few months," the report
said. "Beacuse we are practically off
the world market now, due to the
small 1933 crop and our high tariff
any change in prospect for the 1934
United States crop will have a greater
influence on domestic wheat, prices
than when our price was dependent
upon world levels.
r irmer prices for hogs are in pros
pect, according to Filley.
“The processing tax on pork has
increased the margin between the
price of hogs and the price of pork.
The price paid for live hogs has de
creased as a result of the refusal of
consumers to purchase all the pork
coming on the market at an increased
price. When the volume of hogs going
to market decreases, as it probably
will during the winter, hog prices
should strengthen.
“Hog producer's, however, ipinnot
expect high prices as long as pork ex
ports are low and other meats und
poultry are as cheap as at present,"
he concluded.
Nebraska poultrymen were told that
there is nothing to indicate thut the
price of eggs will rise above present
levels. The supply placed in cold
storage in 1933 was larger than in
1932, the report points out. The rate
of reduction has been nearly as rapid
as a year ago, but it does not seem
likely that all eggs in storage will be
moved before February.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10:00—R. M. Sauers,
Superintendent.
Morning Worship 11:00—“In the
Race”, will be the theme.
Evening Service 7:S0 The lnter
mediutiates assisted iiy the Young
People’s choir will give a Candle
Light Service.
We invite you to attend our Morn
ing services and the New Year’s Eve
Candle light service.
H. D. Johnson, Pastor.
Kenneth McKenzie, farmer near
Randolph, noticed several dead hens
in his chicken house and when he
moved them about he found an albino
oppossuin, snow white with exception
of its cars. He promptly killed the
animal and hung its hide to dry.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
The National CWA Employment for
women of Nebraska have come out
with a new and we believe a very
worthwhile project. This is a Civil
works Service Project between the
CWA and the Extension Division of
the University of Nebraska that will
offer 100 study centers early in Jan
uary and continue for a minimum of
eight weeks.
The following letter from the State
Emergency Relief Administration at
Lincoln, and under the signature of
Lulu S. W’olford, of the CWS Employ
ment for Women, explain' the intent
and terms of the project
My dear Superintendent:
1 have great joy in presenting to
you a project that has no precedence
anywhere in America. It is a dis
tinctly pioneering experiment with a
view of rehabilitating the morale of
our young people und providing for
everyone that has reached maturity an
opportunity to use his leisure time
towards fitting himself or herself for
better living. Life will hold a differ
ent meaning and probably a different
outcome if these days of stress can be
made days of study and improvement
To meet this problem confronting
our youth we propose Relief Study
Centers for those unemployed or on
relief, particularly for young people,
altho adults might be included. This
Study Center is to be carried on as an
extension course under the supervis
ion of the Extension Division of the
State University. It is three-fold in
its purpose. First, it will give valu
able and construction work to unem
ployed young people. Second, it will
take from relief unemployed teachers
who act in the capacity of supervisors.
Third, it will provide employment of
others in the capacity of readers. An
eight weeks program of intensive
study is being planned in which six
to eight college hours credit accept
able in any college or university may
be earned. Provision is made also for
earning high school credits.
Relief Study Centers will be set up
wherever there is a minimum of five
students or persons eligible to this
study. Professor Morses’ letter which
accompanies this communication ex
plains the plan in detail ad provides
for the enrolling of students in these
Relief Study Centers immediately,
work to begin, if possible, January 2.
Over 200 courses are being offered.
Each person may select the type of
work best fitted to his particular need.
We have secured appropriations that
will make possible the establishment
of 100 Relief Study Centers for adults.
These Relief Study Centers will be al
lotted only to those who can offer sat
isfactory study arrangements which
will include a room, either in the
public school building, the public li
brary or other suitable place, where
reference work and dictionary will be
available. It will be necessary for the
local set-up, possibly the Board of
Education, to provide for light, heat
and janitor service and make arrange,
ments for a small amount of postage,
unless it is possible for the individual
carrying the course to provide that
for himself or herself. Such Rebel
Study Centers will not be approved
unless the respective superintendent
of Schools has the permission of his
Board of Education to wholeheartedly
back the project and unless he can
give his services in an advisory r apac
ity without pay.
This plan presents a marvelous op
portunity for our young people to
convert their leisure time that has
been forced upon them into productive
effort. It would be ungraciua to bring
this project to you without givTng
credit to the generous and splendid
cooperation of Chancellor E. A. Bur
nett and Dr. A. A. Heed of the Univer
sity Extension Service.
These porjects make available to
young men and women who are unem
ployed a choice of many subjects for
study. For those who have finished
elementary school, but have never com
pleted their high school course, at
tractive and useful offerings are avail
able, including high school English,
mathematics, history and commercial
subjects. For those unemployed men
and women who have finished high
school, whether they have ever taken
college courses or not, there are many
courses in the college offerings from
which they muy choose. These courses,
carried successfully, will gain for the
student of high school rank credit that
may be applied toward University
entrance or toward high school gradua
tion. Courses, carried successfully by
students of University rank will earn
credit which may be transferred to the
registrar’s records to be used toward
graduation, and in the case of teachers
for certification. Also local unem
ployed teachers, who may be qual
ified, as study center directors.
We believe that the requirements
for this project would not be hard to
meet and would be a very valuable
institution wherever placed. It would
put an uppu iiuiiity oviure yuuu^
people to improve their time and earn
college credit at u very small expense
while they are necessarily unemployed,
since the service charge would not he
more than $3.00 per person.
Plans are being made to have ap
plications to be sent in for such a
Study Center to be organized in each
larger town in the county.
Anyone who is unemployed and who
wishes to carry on work for high
school credit or for University credit
should call at this office or see your
Superintendent of Schools at the
earliest possible moment.
This is an unusual opportunity and
should not be overlooked. The centers
must be organized in a workable man
ner by January 2.
I have been advised that additional
money will be appropriated for Civil
Works Administration projects under
which School Districts may finance
repair und improvements on their
school buildings. This is regarding
the notice that was recently published
in the paper for which the funds were
exhausted. We were advised to notify
boards wishing to tuke advantage of
this fund for the improvement or re
pair of their buildings to muke applic
ation for the same in hopes that
enough funds will be available to take
care of it soon. Such improvements
as new roofs, paint, new floors, inter
ior decoration, building or remodeling
would come under this project. The
Bourds of Directors desiring this aid
should list their needs immediately and
call this office for application blanks.
These application blanks should be
filled out at the earliest possible
moment.
The first State Eighth Grade Ex
aminations will be given on Friday,
January 12, in all the towns and at
Deloit, Scotville, Phoenix and Amelia.
The subjects offered are:
Forenoon — Drawing, Penmanship,
Mental Arithmetic.
Afternoon—Spelling and Civics.
Only eighth graders may write at
this time. Registration cards are be
ing sent out to teachers, these should
be filled out and returned at once to
this office.
Notice has just been received of a
new course to take the place of the
Auto-Tractor short course, offered by
the University of Nebraska, College of
Agriculture. This is the Farm Mech
anics short course which opens Jan.
8, 1934 and closes Feb. 3, 1934. The
instruction will be in charge of the
regular staff of the Agricultural Eng
ineering Department. Boys 17 years
of age or older may enroll for this
course. High school graduation is
not necessary. Registration will be
limited to 16 students.
The course is planned for those who
desire to spend a limited amount of
time in studying different kinds of
farm equipment and in learning how
to operate and maintain it. Less time
will be devoted to motors and more
time will be given to the study of
other machinery, shop work and biuld
ing plans. The following subjects
will be taken up: Farm Machinery and
Motors, Forge Work, Woodwork,
Building Planning and Home Utilities.
There is a fee of $16.00 charged for
the course. This covers the expense
of registration and laboratory sup
plies. During the four weeks stuy in
Lincoln, it will cost approximately $20
to $30 for board and room. A $5 de
posit will reserve a place for you in
the course. This amount will be de
ducted from your $16 fee when you
register.
For further information write Mr.
T. H. Gooding, College of Agriculture,
Lincoln, Nebraska. .
LUELLA A. PARKER,
County Supt.
Over the County
INMAN NKWS
Misses Muriel and Dorothy Chicken
who are attending school at Wayne,
were home for Christmas.
Word was received here by relatives
of the birth of u baby girl to Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Goree at Holtville, Calif.
The little one has been named Mildred
Irene.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wilcox and
daughter, Kmma Jane, and son, Billie,
went to Wayne to spend Christmas
with relatives of Mrs. Wilcox.
Mrs. Mary M. Hancock and daught
er went to O’Neill Sunday where
they were guests at a Christmas din
ner at the home of Judge and Mrs.
C. J. Malone.
Charles Tompkins, of Omaha, and
Harvey Tompkins, of Lincoln, arrived
home the latter part of the week to
visit their parents during the holidays.
Chester Fowler, who teaches in the
schools at Sioux City, is here spending
the holidays with his father, Charles
Fowler, and his sister, Mrs. A. N.
Butler.
The Inman schools closed last Fri
day for one week and the teachers
left for various places to spend the
holidays. Superintendent Alice French
went to Page; Miss Lois Moor to the
home of her parents south of town;
Mr. Jones to Chambers; Mr. Lockman
to Stuart; Miss Jensen to Madison, and
Miss Gifford to Norfolk and Wayne.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tompkins and
sons, Charles and Harvey, went to
Norfolk to spend Christmas with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Daughty.
William Schmidt, Cecil Hankla and
Miss Olive Dannals, of Newman Grove
and Mrs. E. B. Dannals and son, Le
land, of Wayne, were over-night guests
at the Mary Hancock home Sunday
night. They were returning from a
funeral nt Johnstown, Nebraska.
Guests at the home of Mrs. Mary
Hancock on Christmas were, Mr. and
Mrs. C. P. Hancock and sons, Robert,
Wayne and Marlin Dean; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hancock, Mr. and Mrs.
Loyal Hull and son, Donald, all of
O'Neill and Mr. and Mrs. Vance Cline
of Ewing.
Morris Clute and son, Dean, of
Omaha, were here over Christmas
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Byron Clute and his sister, Miss Mer
tie Clute.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chicken and
daughters, Muriel, Dorothy and Wil
ma, drove to Creighton Monday to
spend Christmas at the home of Mrs.
Chicken’s sister, Mrs. Gertrude Portz.
line.
PLEASANT DALE
Mrs. Josephine Lorenz and Misses
Viola and Marie Rosier visited Mrs.
Mary Beckwith last Tuesday after
noon.
Dean Beckwith arrived home Friday
evening from Scottsbluff where he had
been employed at the sugar factory.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Coleman and
family from Phoenix spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hickman.
A Christmas program was given
Friday afternoon at the school house
in the Henry Weiner district. Miss
Cecilia Malloy is the teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Seger and
daughter, Phyllis June, of Norfolk,
spent Sunday and Monday with the
home folks. They were accompanied
home Monday evening by Miss Minnie
Seger, who will visit for a few days
with them and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Keeney.
The Misses Nona llressler and Min
nie Seger, Guy, Leon and Ralph Beck
with, and their families, Vein Beck
with and wife and Dean and Rex
Beckwith spent Christmas day at the
home of Fred Beckwith.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lorenz have
rented the farm now occupied by the
Orville Sorenson family.
Mervin Kee, Geraldine and Bernard
Dusatko and Alda Pongratz are home
for the holidays.
Mrs. Nelse Silverstrand and son,
Clarence, of Burwell, and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Seger, of Stuart, called at the
Ralph Beckwith home Saturday morn
ing, enroute to Lincoln for a weeks
vacation and visit with relatives. W.
G. Linch, an uncle of Mrs. Seger’s, who
lives at Redunds Beach, Calif., had
not visited home folks for about ten
years, was expected home, and R. E.
Linch, D. F. Linch and wife and L. W.
Linch, of Louisville Kentukey, were
there.
Gladys Schmohr was an over-night
guest of Leona Winkler Wednesday of
last week.
A large cro\vd enjoyed the Christ
mas program at the Center Union
church Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Schmohr and
Gladys and Walter, Mrs. Mary Rosier
and daughters, Marie and Viola, and
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Rosier visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lorenz last
Wednesday evening.
School begins again at the Pleasant
Dale school on January 2, 1934.
MEEK AND VICINITY
Paddock Union choir practice was
held at the Frank Searles home Fri
day evening. Lunch was served and
a nice time was had by all.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griffith and
son, Cecil, left Thursday for North
Platte, Nebr., where they will spend
Christmas with their son, Charles
Griffith and family.
A Christmas program was held at
District 27 Thursday afternoon. The
teacher is Miss Margaret Grutseh.
Raymond Johnson left for Alliance,
Nebr., Thursday, where he will spend
In the race for making mon
ey, the importance of accum
ulating it in bank in often
forgotten
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Christmas with his brother and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Johnson.
A school program was held at
district 225 Thursday afternoon. Miss
Cleta Murry is the teacher.
Jim Kelly helped Roy Spindler put
down a well last Friday.
Elmer Deval is doing chores at the
Frank Griffith place while they are
away on a visit at North Platte.
James Soukup called at the Gus
Johnson home last Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. William Langan and
family spent Christmas at the Horace
Rouse home.
Elmer Devall called at the Roy
Spindler home Sunday afternoon.
Mr, and Mrs. Roy Spindler and
children, Leroy, Leone and Mary Em
ma, spent Christmas at the Gus John
son home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Worth and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Worth and Mr. and
Mrs. Fritz Worth and family and Mart
Schelkopf and daughter, Neva June,
spent Christmas at Roy Karrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Blake Benson and
family spent Christmas at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Mamie O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fox, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Fox and Virginia and
Ralph Rausch spent Christmas at Wil
liam Kaczor’s.
Last Sunday a surprise dinner was
given in honor of S. J. Benson’s 80th
birthday anniversary. A large cake
with 80 candles was set before Mr.
Benson. He blew all but three out
witlf one breath. He is very active
for his age and says that he does not
feel a day over sixty. The following
guests were present and they wished
him many more happy birthdays: Mr.
and Mrs. Blake Benson and family,
Clem Benson, Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs.
John Alt', O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Fox, Mr. and Mrs. William Kaczor,
Mr. and Mrs. John Grutsch, Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Ernest, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Ernest, Miss Jennfe Krier, Henry
Krier, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Spindler,
Mrs. Roy Karr and Mrs. Ella Karr. >
Lester Rausch, of Akron, Iowa, is
spending a few days with relatives in
this vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young and
children, Leonard, Edward and Thel
ma, spent Christmas with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Young, at Op
portunity.
Sunday morning the Paddock Union
Sunday school gave a nice Christmas
program with Rev. Dillon, of Long
Pine, preaching the Christmas sermon.
EMMET ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. William Luben, Jr.,
and family were dinner guests of
Grandpa and Grandma Luben Christ
mas day.
The men working on the county
road south of Emmet did not work
Tuesday or Wednesday because of the
unfavorable weather.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Allen and
children went to Norfolk for Christ
mas.
The Methodist church, and some of
the other buildings in Emmet were
badly damaged Christmas night by
an unknown person or persons. The
windows were knocked out of the Jim
O’Connor hail, postoftice, and the Nye
Jenks building. Sheriff Duffy was up
the next day but found no clue.
Arthur Cole is here from Upton,
Wyo., visiting relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John Conard and baby
went to Inman Christmas day and
brought Mrs. Conards sister, Miss
Helen Anspach back with them.
Mr. and Mrs. William Roth were
Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John Lowery.
Miss Wilda Wolf and Clyde Allen
were secretly married October 6th.
The Emmet bridge club will meet
at Mr. and Mrs. John Conards tonight.
The Ladies’ Aid of the M. E. church
surprised Rev. and Mrs. Priestly Sat
urday by giving them a nice Christ
mas box and a dandy pair of blankets.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Wills and son
were shopping in Norfolk last week.
A large crowd attended the school
program given at the O’Connor hall
last Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis and son, of Nor
folk, arrived in Emmet Saturday to
spend the Christmas holidays with
Mrs. Davis’ folks, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Vogel.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Luben and child
ren were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Art
Barnes and family in O’Neill Christ
mas day.
Miss Helen Spindler, of O’Neill,
spent the week-end at the Henry
Kloppenberg home.
Ed. Both, of Lincoln, was a visitor
at the home of his brother, William,
in Emmet.
A sister of Mrs. Archie Crawford’s
visited at the Crawford home in Em
met last week.
Friends from Pittsburg, Pa., called
on Mrs. Jettie Shorthill and children
last week.
Miss Eugenia Luben is spending
Christmas vacation at the Art Barnes
home in O’Neill.
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