EMMET NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Shaw of
Chambers, Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Gribble and Peggy, also of Cham
bers, Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Rohde
and children and Miss Mary Car
ney of O’Neill and Charlie Shaw
of Emmet, were Sundy dinner
guests at the Clarence Shaw home.
Mrs. John Anspach, who has
been visiting at Des Moines, la.,
and Kirksville, Missouri, for the
past few weeks, returned to Em
met Friday.
Doris Hanson, who is employed
at the John Conard home, return
ed home Tuesday night.
Arthur Jurgensmier of Emmet
joined the Navy.
Mrs. Casper Winkler and daugh
ter, Ethel, also her son George,
spent Sunday afternoon at the
Henry Kloppenborg home.
Larry Tenborg went to Fre
mont Wednesday and returned
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Leon Beckwith and Le
ona Fern called Saturday morn
ing at the Clara Jennings home in
Atkinson.
Guy Cole went to Lincoln Fri
dy morning with Ira Clark from
Butte and returned Friday eve
ning bringing Zane Cole home for
his vacation.
Milt Lawrence is building a
garage at Bert Gaffney’s this
week.
Walter Puckett did a little re
modling on their home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Young and
Marie and Ollie were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beck
with Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connell
and children, Mrs. James O’Don
nell and daughters and Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Beckwith went to At
kinson Sunday.
John Dailey was bidding friends
and relatives goodbye in Emmet
because he is leaving for Los
Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Peacock and son,
Grant, and Clara Lowery attend
ed the Christmas program in the
Methodist church in Amelia Sun
day evening.
Mrs. Guy Cole and Bud and
Bob drove to Ewing Friday night
to see the basketball game.
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INMAN NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tomlinson
entertained at a card party at
their home on Wednesday evening
Dec. 10. A delicious lunch was
served by the hostess.
Mrs. Tom Hartigan entertained
a group of friends on Thursday
evening Dec. 18, at Pinochle
party in honor of Mr. Hartigan’s
birthday.
A shower was given on Friday
aftenoon at the Ladies Aid Parlors
for Miss Donna Hutton who was
married on Saturday to Vernon
Green of Sioux City. They will
live in Sioux City. Miss Hutton
received many lovely and useful
gifts. Lunch was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coleman
left for Grand Island on Sunday
where they will spend the holi
days with their daughter and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tompkins
went to Norfolk on Saturday,
where they spent the day with
Mrs. Tompkins’ father, Mr.
Doughty. On Sunday they went
to Omaha to spend Christmas with
their son and family, Dr. and
Mrs. C. A. Tompkins.
Miss Lois Moor arrived home
Friday evening from Beatrice
where she teaches. She will spend
hr Christmas vacation with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Moor
Miss Ruth Jeanette Watson
came home from Lincoln Friday
night, where she attends collge.
She was accompanied by her
grandmother, Mrs. Pierson. They
will spend the holidays with the
I. L. Watson family.
Mr. and Mrs. James Gallagher
entertained the Bridge club at
their home on Thursday evening.
This was their Christmas party
and an exchange of gifts was held.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Youngs and Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Tompkins were
guests.
The Extension club held their
Christmas party at the home of
Mrs. F. E. Keyes. The husbands
of the members were guests. Con
tests and games were enjoyed and
exchange of gifts, after which
lunch was seved. The house was
decorated for Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Moor, Rev.
E. B. Maxcy, Mrs Eva Murten, and
Mr. and Mrs. Geo Killinger drove
to Laurel on Thursday Dec 18, to
attend the district conference <jf
the Methodist church. * •
Mrs. Marvin Young of Lincoln
arrived Sunday, to spend Christ
mas with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. N. Butler. Mr. Young
came on Wednesday night.
Goat Brings $583.50
For Red Cross War Fund
The goat, that was given to the
Red Cross by Elmer Neal, and was
sold several times at the O’Neill
Sale Pavilion Monday of last
week, was taken to Atkinson
Tuesday and there again put on
the auction blocy and the sum of
$239.00 raised for the Red Cross
war fund. Representatives of the
Red Cross attended the sale at
Ewing later in the week where a
lamb was put up for sale and the
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
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Mrs. P. B. Harty, O’Neill
I
sum of $77.50 raised. Holt
county’s quota is a little over
$2,800 and the officials of the
county chapter are bending every
effort to raise the amount nec
essary from the county.
The following is a list of the
doners at the O’Neill Livestock
Commission Company for the
American War Relief Fund:
O’Neill Livestock Comm.
Co._$40.00
Jack Bcrrigan._.. 20.00
Joe Gallagher_20.00
Jim Moore___ 20.00
John Walters_ 7.00
Buckaloo_ 6.00
L. D. Putman _. 10.00
H. S. Moses_6.00
Harry Cooper_6.00
George Coleman_ 5.00
O’Neill Transfer_ 5.00
Rudy Bartak.. 5.00
Jim Ryan_5.00
Andy Clark_5.00
Leon Sisson_ 5.00
Felix Hendricks_5.00
Harry Hart —_ 5.00
George Schoemaker_5.00
Charles Burger_5.00
Clarence Ernest_ 5.00
Norb Uhl_ 5.00
Ernie Richtor_ 5.00
Joe Winkler_ 5.00
O. T. Kilpatrick_ 5.00
George French_ 5.00
Homer Ernest_ 5.00
Pat Hickey _ 5.00
Farren_ 5.00
Emmet Carr . 10.00
Bill Derickson... 5.00
D. J. O’Donnell _ 5.00
Bill Sammers__ 5.00
Otto Richty__ 3.00
Slim Connor_ 3.00
Lee Taylor__ 3.00
Bill Reed _ 3.00
Arthur Clark_ 1.00
Wasson _ 1.00
Cadwalladar_1.00
Whitiker_1.00
Roy Reese_1.00
Buschart_ 1.00
Ross Reese_ 1.00
Ferrill_1.00
Otto Uncle_1.00
Switzer__ 1.00
Ross Taylor_1.00
L. Kopecky_ 1.00
H. Jolly-1.00
C. Reed_. 1.00
Ed Thomas_ 1.00
Lloyd Hines__ 1.00
F. Burrivel__ 5.00
Arthur Miller_ 1.00
W. C. Hancock _ 2.00
Rex Beckwith __1.00
A. Juracek_1.00
F. Spindler_1.00
Ross__ 1.00
'. F. DeLaney_1.00
>eo DeLong_1.00
ran Harding_1.00
ordon Stamp_ 1.00
ohn Murray _ 1.00
'eter. Morgan_ 5.00
A. C. Cowperthwaite_ 5.00
tidier-- 1.00
ummers__ 1.00
Harry Moore __ 5.00
,Charles Ross_1.00
Farren_5.00
Stamp_ 1.00
Jim Murphy_1.00
Don Noring_2.00
Bid Murphy_1.00
Lewis Putman_ 1.00
C. J. Earls . 1.00
Francis Peters_1.00
Musel Bros._1.00
Jarman_ 50
Frank Searles__ 1.00
Tom Gallagher _ 1.00
Lett Johnson_1.00
E. Siders_ 1.00
J. H. Reimers__ 1.00
Art Olson__ 1.00
Lindquist_1.00
Ed White_ 1.00
E. Coolige_1.00
W. E. Snyder_ 1.00
E. Trowbridge_1.00
A. Miller_1.00
W. Honke_1.00
J. Dalton_1.00
R. Reese_ 3.00
C. McKenzie _ 1.00
Wm. Sires_3.00
D. Ballinger_ 1.00
F. De Long_1.00
Good Advice From
A World War Veteran
We have read the statements of
central figures of two great na
tions at war, that “with God's help
we will win.” On one occasion
Jesus said, ‘‘Why call ye me Lord,
and do not the things I say?'’
Almost daily we read profane or
near profane language by high of
ficials in our government,— last
week soldier was loudly ap
plauded in one of our radio pro
grams for saying he would, “give
the enemy hell.” There is nothing
about profanity that will add to
the effeciency of a soldier, (I was
in the army in T8) and in this day
and age, men honored enough to
hold high positions should have
education enough to be able to
express their thoughts in the Eng
lish language.
Everyone, old and young, are
anxiously reading and listening to
all news.
The things that our boys and
girls read and hear in their tender
years have a bearing on their
acts and habits in later and ma
years.
ture years.
Let us, “Keep our heads," while
we go, “all out,” to preserve our
freedom and democratic ways of
life that had their beginning in
the doctrine of love, mercy and
good will, taught on the shores!
I
of Galilee some two thousand
years ago, and go, "all out,” to
pass it on clean, fine, noble and
lovely to those who will come af
ter us.
Sincerely,
Fay A, Puckett.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses
were issued during the past week
by the office of County Judge Rei
mers.
Ralph A. Voecks, Pierce, and
Miss Lucy Nadine Kilpatrick,
O’Neill, on December 29.
Luverne Kenneth Mervel, Wes
sington, S. D., and Miss Edith
Helen Palmer, Wolsey, S. D., on
December 19.
Archibald Edwin Johnston,
Clearwater, and MBss Dorothy
Mae Schrader, Ewing, on Decem
ber 20.
Wayne A. Smith, Sioux City,
Iowa, and Miss Vlosta M. Schu
man, Geddis, S. D., on December
21.
William Ritterbush, Chambers,
and Miss Florence Mace, O’Neill,
on December 23.
BRIEFLY STATED
The Misses Leona French, Ma
belle Osenbaugh, and Marjorie
Cronin, students at the University
of Nebraska, arrived home Friday
night from Lincoln, and will spend
the holidays with their parents.
Mrs. F. W. Griffith left Sunday
morning for Kearney, Nebr.,
where she will spend a few days
visiting at the home of her son,
Charles and family. She will then
go to North Platte, where she will
visit at the home of her son, Cecil
and family until about the first
of the year. About the first of the
year she will go to California,
where she expects to spend the
balance of the winter visiting
friends.
Thomas Shoemaker •'of Omaha
came Sunday and is visiting re
ltives and friends for a few days.
Mrs. James Oppen and daugh
ter of Omaha, came Saturday and
are visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Grandorf.
Paul Schwisow and daughter,
Eunice and son, Harlow, went to
Omaha Wednesday to spend Xmas
with his daughters and their sis
ters, Mrs. Wm. Kellogg and Miss
Hazel Schwisow.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Johnson
and daughter, left Wednesday
evening for Omaha, where they
will spend Christmas with re
latives.
Mrs. W. L. Schultz of Atkinson
and Mrs. Phil Johnston of Mc
Cook, were guests of Mrs. Helen
Simar Saturday.
Mrs. Edna Seldon of Valentine,
came Sunday and will spend
Christmas at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Fay Miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dowd and
family came up from Schulyer
Wednesday evening and are
spending Christmas with Mrs.
Dowd’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
W. O’Malley.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jones left
Wednesday evening for Polk, to
spend Christmas with relatives.
Miss Roberta Arbuthnot came
up from Omaha Wednesday eve
ning and will visit her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Arbuthnot, until
Sunday.
Mrs. Stanley Day of Prescott,
Arizona, came Monday night and
is a guest of her sister, Mrs.
Mary Ernst, during the holidays.
Bob Clift, a student at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, arrived home
Friday from Lincoln, and will
spend the holidays with his mo
ther, Mrs. Tina Clift.
Mrs. John Robinson and her
four month old son, John Lee,
came Wednesday from Hampton,
Iowa, and will spend until Sun
day here visiting relatives.
Miss Veronica Coyne arrived
home Saturday from Leaven
worth, Kansas, to spend the holi
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Coyne. Miss Coyne is
a student at St. Mary’s College.
Billy Biglin arrived home Sat
urday from Omaha to spend the
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Biglin. Billy is a stu
dent at Creighton University.
Billy Miller arrived home Sun
day from Washington, D. C., to
spend the holidays with his mo
ther, Mrs. Kate Miller and other
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ruzicka
entertained the employees of the
Gamble Store at a Christmas
party at their home Sunday eve
ning. They palved pitch and ex
changed gifts. Mrs. James Wall
ing won high for ladies and Mar
vin Johnson high for men. A'
very delicious lunch was served J
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Gallagher
arrived Wednesday from La
Crosse, Wisconsin, to spend a few
days visiting at the home of his
mother, Mrs. J. P. Gallagher and
other relatives.
Miss Evelyn Coyne left Wednes
day evening to spend Xmas with
friends in Marty, S. D.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ruzieka
left Wednesday evening for Clark
son to spend Christmas with Mr.
Ruzicka's father, Anton Ruzieka,
and other relatives.
Billy Kubitschek, a student at
the Creighton University, arrived
home Saturday and will spend
the holidays with his parents, Dr.
and Mrs. F. J. Kubitschek.
iames McManus came Monday
from Denver, Colorado, to visit
his mother and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reardon
came last Thursday from Cheyene,
Wyoming to visit their daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mi’s.
Robert Smith, Jr. Harry left for
Valentine, where he has accepted
a position in the Merr Drug Store
and Mrs. Reardon remained for a
longer visit.
Mrs. W. H. LaPage of Omaha,
came Wednesday and will spend
Christmas at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. S. L. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Swanson of
Herman, Ncbr., and Harold Swan
son of Omaha, arrived Wednesday
and are spending Christmas with
Mrs. Swar.sor.’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Anton Toy.
Merle Hickey made a business
trip to Omaha Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Semlock of
Norfolk spent Wednesday with
Mrs. Semlock’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Enright.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Dunkerly
of Los Angeles, California, are
the parents of a son born Dec
10th. He will be known as James
Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Dunkerly left
here about a year ago. While here
Mr. Dunkerly was in the employ
of the American Gear Company.
Mrs. J. P. Gilligan, Mrs. Ed. Lat
ta and daughter, Elizabeth, of Om
aha, arrived Tuesday and will
spend Christmas at the home df
their brother, C. E. Stout and
other relatives.
Dr. and Mrs. Merle Hunt of
Battle Creek, came up Wednesday
evening and are spending Christ
mas with Mr. Hunt’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. D. Hunt.
Miss Etta Froelich came Friday
from Exeter, and is visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froe
lich.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Keen and
family of Plattville, Wisconsin,
arrived Tuesday evening and will
spent Christmas with Mrs. Keen’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yo
cum.
John Dailey left last Thursday
for Los Angeles, California, where
he plans on making his future
home.
Robert and John Jr., Shoe
maker, students at the Creighton
University, arrived home Friday,
and will spend Christmas vacation
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Shoemaker.
Miss Ruth Evans and George
Henderson of San Franciso, Cali
fornia, came Tuesday and will
spend the next two weeks visiting
Miss Evan’s mother, Mrs. Elma
Evans and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kinsman and
son David, of Columbus, came
Sunday and will visit relatives un
til Friday.
Margaret Hammond arrived
Wednesday from Des Moines,
Iowa, and will visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hammond un
til Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee George of
Creighton were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Saunto Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kurtz and
daughter, Bonnie, came over from
Wausa Wednesday and will spend
Christmas with Mrs. Kurtz’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brown.
Jack Vincent, a student at the
University of Nebraska Medical
College, arrived home Tuesday
from Omaha, to spend the holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Vincent.
Miss Helen Toy, who teaches at
Oak Creek, Colorado, arrived
home Sunday and will spend her
two week’s vacation with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Toy
Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Thompson
and daughter, Gretchen, came
Wednesday and will spend Christ
mas with Mr. Thompson’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Thompson.
Jerry Classen arrived here Fri
day from Chicago, Illinois, to
spend the holidays with friends.
J. B. Ryan left Tuesday for
Chicago, Illinois, to spend Christ
mas with relatives.
Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Sutcliffe of
Rapid City, S. D„ came Tuesday
to spend Christmas with Mrs.
Sutcliffe’s mother, Mrs. John
Carr, and other relatives.
Harold Hunt, a student at
Creighton University, came Wed
nesday evening, and will spend
the holidays with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. D. Hunt.
Mrs. Carrie Hunter left Tuesday
afternoon for Redbird and Lynch
to visit over the holidays with re
latives and friends.
Presbyterian Church
Dr. J. E. Spencer, pastor
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.
Classes for all ages and a class
for you.
Morning Worship at 11:00 a. m.
New Year’s Sermon—The Resol
ved Limitations of Christ.
The Young People’s Society will
meet Sunday evening at 7:30
o'clock.
Circle No. 2 will meet at the
home of Mrs. J. E. Spncer on
Monday afternoon, Dec 29, at 2:30
refreshments will be served
and Mrs. Drew, a sister of Mrs.
Cowperthwaite, will favor the so
ciety with a reading.
TIio Methodist Church
V. C. Wright, Minister
Church School 10:00 a. m., H.
B. Burch, Superintendent.
Public Worship 11:00 a. m. Spe
cial music by the choir and ser
mon by the pastor.
Evening public worship 7:00
p. m. The Young Peoples’ Fellow
ship will have charge of the music.
January 4 regular worship ser
vice 11:00 a. m., and the Cham
bers choir will give “The Guest
of Bethlehem,” at 7:30 p. m. This
will be the first appearance of this
choir in an O’Neill church.
Nebraska Ordnance Plant
More than 50 percent of the land
necessary for the Nebraska Ord
nance plant in Saunders county
has already been contracted, the
War Department notifies the
Third District office. While the
architectural contract was expect
ed to be signed soon and al
though t it is taken for granted
that the Firestone or United
States rubber people may get the
operation contract, there has not
yet been a construction contract
signed. The importance of Ne
braska as a safety location for
certain types of defense plants
during the war is freely admitted
here and there are reasons for be
lief that additional facilities will
come to our state. Many requests
have been received in the Third
district office asking for some de
scription of a shell loading plant
The Quartermaster General has
furnished the following inform
ation which may answer many
questions regarding same:
While not applicable to all or
dnance manufacturing plant, nor
indeed to all shell loading plants
the following description gives
some idea as to the layout, con
struction facilities, and operation
of a shell loading plant.’’
A shell loading plant occupies
an area of approximately 15,000
acres—such expanse being necess
ary in the interest of safety—so
that ample space may be provided
between buildings and groups of
buildings. The entire area is en
closed by a heavy wire fence with
gates protected by armed guards
at all times. A railroad, as well as
roads, services every portion of
the plant area. The roads are used
not only for transportation and
hauling but also for regular police
patrols in radio equiped cars
Every facility to increase speed
of operation is provided, and every
possible precaution to assure
safety of workers is taken at these
shell loading plants.”
‘‘The inert storage building
where empty shell forgings are
kept is where shell loading actual
ly starts. The shell forging is first
cleaned, and all threads and tap
pings inspected. It then goes
down the line to the melt-load
building, where TNT is melted
and poured into the shell. Al
though care must be constantly
exercised in the handling of TNT,
hazards are reduced to minimum
as the building and equipment are
built and installed so that dust
and vapors are carried off an ex
haust system..”
‘‘Explosives are not kept in the
same building in which loading
operations are conducted. After
the shell is loaded it is stored in
a warehouse known as a maga
zine.”
“A shell loading plant is really a
complete living unit in itself. It is
like a small city, with fire and
police protection, water and sew
age system, hospital, first aid
stations, telephone and railroad
signal service, etc. There is also,
a commissary for the use of per
manent personnel, as well as re
creational and rest rooms, and
sleeping quarters. Other building
include an administration grouf
Fencing of areas in which ordano
is manufactured or stored hit
been provided.’’
“A recent innovation at or*
shell loading plant is that all dis
patching will be done by racfio—
the first exclusive reliance cm
radio control for directing such
large scale switching operations.
Eighty miles of railroad trade
knits the plant into a trminal yard
covering 22 square miles, with
212 switches in the system.
“When operating at capacity
the shell loading plant will handle*
about 300 freight cars of its own.
Practically all material transport
ed inside the plant, between the*
various storage and operating
groups,are carried by the railroad.
A 24-hour dispatching system i*
in effect.’’
‘Radio-telephone equipment:
will be installed in the cabs of the*
nine Diesel locomotives, and h>
two gasoline-powered mainten
ance cars. The radio is considered!
safer and more positive method of
control for directing high ex
plosive freight in the plant yards
than the ordinary railroad blodc
signals, which are made inoper
tive by fog or other adverse wea
ther conditions.’’
"A central station will be con
trolled by the train dispatchei
and a station in the elassificatio*
yards will be controlled by the.
yardmaster. Locomotive engineers
will operate according to orders
received by them from the con
trol stations.”
"The radio frequency control
ling the trains is used only by the
transporation departments, and »
separate from the frequency at®
which the guard and fire depart
ment radio operates, under controB
of the department of plant pro
tection.”
“All radio equipment at tl»
plant has been designed against
every conceivable chance of
sabotage. Each fixed radio station
is provided with a stand-by power
system, independent of the elect
ric power line service.”
F.S.A. Has Home And
Farm Improvement Loans
A farm and home improvement
program under the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture designed to
assist distressed farm operators*
who still retain an ownership in
terest in their farms, to improve
the utility and productivity of
their units, is being launched by
the Farm Security Admin isfration
in Nebraska, Kansas, and the
Dakotas, Cal A, Ward, regional
FSA director, said today.
This new program, Ward ex
plained, will supplement standard!
loans where complete rehabilit
ation cannot be achieved under
limitations of the present re
habilitation program; and will1
tend to increase farm production!
in line with war-time needs~
Eligibility will be restricted
largely to owner-operators and!
farmers who have an equity ina
the land they operate. A limit of
$3,500 has been set, and the aver
age loan is expected to be con
siderably below that amount.
Loan will be amortized up to
forty years time at 3 per cent in
terest, to permit retirement firm
net farm income after family Irv
ing, farm operating and equip
ment replacement costs have been
met. The variable payment p?an
like that of the tenant purchase
program will be available to
borrowers.
The improvement program is
not an expansion of the Tenant
purchase program of loan to elig
ible tenants, now available in
counties, and it is not a refinancing
program. Ward said the deplorable?
condition of rural housing and the*
depleted land resources in many
hard-hit areas were factors in fo
cusing attention on the need of a
program of this kind.
Officials said long sustained
rural poverty in various areas is
impairing farm production necess
ary to America’s successful pro
secution of the war. The improve
ment program ties in closly with*
food production, rural health and!
other factors more pertinent to the
general national welfare now
than in peace times.
In Designated Areas Only
The program will be restricted!
in operation to designated areas
where rural housing and farm de
pletion are general. Recommend
ations are being made by the Re
gional FSA office in Lincoln, butt
final designation of areas wilB
come from Washington. No an
nouncement of areas can be made
until then, Ward stated. Nine
areas, some crossing state lines,
were recommended.
Loans may be made for several
purposes, such as to improve hou
sing and farm building, to pur
chase equipment, materials, and to
acquire headquarters units far
utilization of adjacent land re
sources where possible to arrange
for continued use of such re
sources. In connection with the*
latter purpose leasing associations;
may fit into the picture, especially*
in grazing areas. Loans might alsca
liens, including taxes, assessments;
be made to take care of real estate
