I "" i Over the County SOUTHWEST BREEZES By Romaine Saunders Cap Addison made a business trip to the county seat Tuesday. George Traver, of Amelia, is away at present on a trip to Colo rado. Ed Kilmurry, of Atkinson, ac companied H. L. James to Gordon one day last week, a thoroughbred cattle sale being the inducement. The claim of democratic spell binders that there is to be no ad ditional taxation probably implies they don’t know of anything more to stick a tax on to. The campaign to reduce automo bile accidents, begun the first of the year with an appeal from President Roosevelt, and the war launched for the extermination of crows, have produced no visible results. Raymond Blyhad an early morn ing walk Sunday. He had left his car in Amelia for repairs the day previous, starting to hoof it over with the thought of being overtak en by a car conveying some Sun day worshipers to church, but had got this far without being picked up, a distance of three miles. He may have had better fortune be fore the remaining five miles were strode thru. The democratic caucus for Swan was held at Art Doolittle’s last Thursday night. Courtesy was shown republicans by placing a few of them on their ticket, though en dorsing none of the republican precinct ticket. The list of caucus nominees follows: John Kennedy, clerk; A. C. Watson, treasurer; H. L. James, assessor; Will Crandall, justice of the peace; road overseer district 53, Art Doolittle; district 68, Will Dierks; district 69, Claud Lierman. “Soak the rich.” Does that sound like good American doctrine? Maybe a limited class heavily laden with wealth who keep a hundred or so fancy horses and feed them on oatmeal or the simple-minded dames giving twenty-thousand dol lar parties for a dog might be soaked a little harder, but it ap pears to us no system of govern ment nor partisan program has a call to discriminate against one class in favor of another. More over, wealth has been acquired in most instances by wise industry. Such that have come within the scope of my acquaintance have not shirked any responsibility due the government, have been worthwhile neighbors, thoughtful of and help ful to the less fortunate. There is a certain charm about an autumn night if you chance to be out in the great open spaces far removed from the flash of city lights. There is also a mystery in the gloomy shadows; a sense of lonliness, of helplessness, of dread when enfolded in darkness with not the glimmer of a remote star pene trating thru the night. I remem ber the horror of passing an aban doned graveyard at night as a young boy. It lay on the route home and the fewremaining graves held a nameless terror in those slanting slabs of weather-stained; marble. It was a period just em erging from ghosts and goblins and elfin fairies. Those grave stones stood ghost-like in the ter rifying shadows of oak and maple; weird sounds of creatures of the night in the treetops above the sepulchers of the dead—a combin ation all that just about scared the daylights out of kids who had to pass that way at night. Boys in my neighborhood got to “ganging up’’ on these horrors and would all go home together. But I had in mind at the beginning of this para graph the facination of a clear Oc tober morning down here in the southwest—one of those occasional periods of a rare atmosphere just after sunrise when you can see from Dakota to Kansas. The fresh ness of a new' day, mental and physical vigor renewed after a night’s repose, beauty and inspir ing grandeur in distant landscape and gorgeous tinted treetops. Some thing in it all invites us to turn our face and our faith up to the Infin ite and gives us a little better start for a hard day ahead. PLEASANT DALE Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Ernst were very pleasantly surprised Sunday when all eight of their children, with their families, appeared at their home carrying well filled baskets. A beautiful bouquet of roses was brought as a gift to them. The occasion being their 40th wedding anniversary. Mrs. John Bellar’s parents and a brother and sister have been visit ing her the past week and over Sunday. They returned to their home near Milford Monday. A baby boy weighing 10 and one half pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. John McNally on Thursday, Oct. 8. He was christened Patrick Henry. Cecil Spry trucked a load of cat tle to Sioux City for Guy Beckwith Wednesday. Guy accompanied him. Mr. and Mrs. Chance C-oxbill, of Atkinson were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spengler on Tuesday evening. Mi's Olive Beckwith was home over the week-end. William Ernst had his winter’s supply of wood sawed Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dumpert called at the Guy Beckwith home Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heeb were cal lers at the Joe Pongratz home on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spengler and Lavern, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lorenz and Glen, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greig near Stuart Sunday. Mrs. Guy Beckwith and Daryl, and Mrs. Ralph Beckwith and Don ald, called on Mrs. John Conard Thursday afternoon. EMMET ITEMS Teado Dailey, who is attending Creighton University this year, at Omaha, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dailey. He returned to Omaha Sunday morning. Ernie Knowles, of Clearwater, was a business caller in Emmet Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pongratz wen* dinner guests of the Emrnet teach ers Wednesday evening. Mrs. John Conard and Miss Hel en Anspach spent Sunday at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Anspach, at Inman. Mrs. Conard returned home Sunday night, but Helen stayed, to spend a week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Davis and daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Gass, of Casper, Wyoming, spent Saturday at the home of Mrs. Davis’ sister, Mrs. Frank Sesler. They went on to Wichita, Kans., Sunday. Larry Tenborg made a business trip to Omaha Monday. He was accompanied by P. W. McGinnis. Grandma Mullen, who has been very ill is much improved at this writing. Jack Welsh visited Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ernie Wegner. He was accompan ied to Ainsworth by Stuart Earls. XI iss Theresa visited Miss Evelyn Tomjack in Ewing Sunday. Mose Gaughenbaugh trucked hay to Norfolk Friday. He was accom panied by Jimmy O’Donnell. A large straw stack north of Emmet burned Monday evening. It belonged to Bill Luben. Mrs. Harry Little and daughter, Beverly Joan, of Wausa, Nebraska, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Little’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alec XIcConnell. Wayne Bollender, who has been wotking in Emmet, returned to his home at Randolph Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wills anti son, Roland, went to Norfolk Fri day. They returned home Satur day evening. Mrs. Ella Dallegge and Helen Peterson, of Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dallegge and child ren, of Chambers,and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fox ,of O’Neill, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Bonenberger. Mrs. Jetty Shorthill and daught er, Monica, of O’Neill, spent Sun day at the home of Mrs. Shorthill’s mother, Mrs. J. P. Mullen. Mrs. Bob Strong, of O’Neill, vis. itetl at the home of her mother-in law, Mrs. Cecil McMillan, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Wolfe, of O’Neill, spent Sunday at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Clyde Al len. Guy Cole made a business trip to Wisner Saturday. INMAN NEWS Miss Joyce Outhouse underwent an emergency operation for ap pendicitis at the O’Neill hospital Friday evening. She is getting along nicely at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Butler and daughters, and Elder and Mrs. M. A. Peterson, of Neligh, were here Sunday to attend the conference held at the L. D. S. church. Rev. W. L. Green, of Homer, Nebr., visited from Tuesday even ing until Thursday morning at the home of Mrs. Mary M. Hancock. Mr. ar.d Mrs. James Roberts ar rived here from St. Louis Friday for a few weeks visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Outhouse, before going to Idaho lor Mr. Robert’s health. Miss Lucille Stevens, who is at