Sarah E. Norton
Rites Are Held
STUART—Funeral services for
Mrs. Evaline Norton, 87, were
held Thursday, March 27, at the
Stuart Community church with
Rev. Orin Graff in charge of the
service. Pallbearers were Harry
Cadwallader, Charlie Ahlman,
Harrison Hovey, Fred Stracke,
George Stracke and Henry Hut
chinson. Interment was in the
Stuart cemetery.
Mrs. Norton died Saturday,
March 22, at the home of her
son, Asa Norton. She had been
blind for the past six years and
suffered a stroke about three
years ago, being confined to her
bed since that time.
Sarah Evaline McCartney,
daughter of James and Susan
McCartney, was born March 29,
1864. near Beatrice.
On July 26, 1883, she was unit
ed in marriage to George W.
Norton. To this union 14 children
were born, four of whom died in
infancy. One daughter died in
1941 and a son, Harvey, was kill
ed in World War I. It was for
him the American Legion post in
Stuart was named.
The Norton farmily came to
Stuart in 1890 living northwest
tof town.
Mr. Norton died in 1936 and
Mrs. Norton went to Sargent
Bluffs, la., to make her home
with a son there. In August, 1949,
*he returned to Stuart.
Survivors include: Daughters—
Mrs. Sadie Kaiser, of Rawlings,
Wyo.; Mrs. Jack (Alice) Lesline,
of Jefferson, S.D.; Mrs. Martha
Alhouse, of Stuart; sons—George,
»f Coloney, Wyo.; James, of Sar
gent Bluffs, la.; Quince, of La
Fara, Colo.; Sam and Asa, both
of Stuart; brother—John McCart
ney, of Alamosa, Colo.; sister—
Mrs. Ida Fowler, of Sargent, 45,
grandchildren, more than 80
great grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren.
Other Stuart News
James Nelson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Nelson, has been
chosen by the American Legion
post to go to boys' state in Lin
coln early in June. “Jim” is vice
* president of the student council,
is on the staff of The Wrangler,
the school paper, and has been a
member of the dramatic club for
three years. He plays a trombone
in the school band, has been a
member of the “S” club three
years, and has played basketball
three years. Don Fuller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fuller, was
named as an alternate.
Marcia Bigelow, 16, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Dana Bigelow,
has been chosen by the Legion
auxiliary to go to Comhosker
gtriy state on the University of
Nebraska campus in Lincoln
June 3-9. Marcia is a member of
the student council and treasurer
of her class. She plays the bells
in the high school band and has
t>een a member of the high
school glee club for three years
She also has been in the pep club
three years and has played on
f - 1
the girls’ volleyball team two
years. Corrine Sweet, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sweet, was
named as alternate.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Sill, of
Newport, spent Friday evening,
Marcji 28, at the Wilfred Seger
home.
Mrs. Wilfred Seger and Kathy,
Mrs. Jim Seger and Miss Dons
Davis spent Thursday evening,
March 27, at the Leonard Bazel
man home in O’Neill. Mrs. Bill
Farr acompanied them.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cowles
went to Lincoln on Wednesday,
March 26, to see “Street Scene,”
a play given by University of Ne
braska students. Their daughter,
Miss Nan Cowles, was production
manager. They returned home
Thursday.
Miss Bemelda Engler came
from Omaha Friday night, March
28, to spend the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C.
Engler. Miss Engler is a civil ser
vice employee and will receive
a promotion and be transferred
to Ft. Randall, S.D., next week.
Paul McMunigal, of Wakonda,
S.D., visited at the B. C. Engler
home over the weekend.
Mrs. Harold Johnson came last
week for an extended visit with
her mother, Mrs. Katherine Pap
ke. Her husband has been In
ducted into the armed service.
Mrs. James Nachtman, Ruth
and Adolph, were shopping in
O’Neill Saturday.
Mrs. Art Reynolds was hostess
to the TPM club on Tuesday af
ternoon, March 25. Mrs. F. P.
Murpny and Miss Minnie Has
kins won prizes. A lunch was
served.
Miss Ruth Nachtman was a
Sunday, March 30, dinner guest
at the home of Mrs. Mabel Fox
at Newport. The dinner was in
honor of Don Fox, who is enter
ing the armed forces next week
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hardt
and Miss Dorline Kramer, of Lin
coin, came on Friday evening,
March 28, to visit with the ladies’
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augus
Kramer.
.. Orville Gilpen, George Kohlc
Max Kunz and Martin Miksch
came Friday for a 10 - day fur
lough with home folks, from the
marine camp at San Diego, Calif.
Soil Service Has
Smooth Efficiency
The Soil Conservation Service
was designed primarily to aid
farmers and ranchers in
their planning, application and
maintenance of a given coonbina
their own places. The goal of
tion of conservation practices on
this combination of these practic
es as put into operation is thia:
Use each acre of agricultural
land within its capabilities and
the treatment of each acre of ag
ricultural land in accordance
with its needs for protection and
improvement.
Another goal, although unwrit
ten and much less frequently
publicized, is the efficiency with
which the Service operates. As
a whole the Soil Conservation
Service stands high among gov
ernment agencies in its eficiency
and every employee has a deep
sense of pride in perpetuating
this position.
One outstanding example of ef
ficiency is one group of special
ists in various fields of activity
for the entire region. Instead of
placing these highly-trained men
in each state or even smaller ar
ea thay have in this £ase, six
states to serve, namely Kansas,
Nebraska, South Dakota, Mon
tana and Wyoming.
These specialists have a variety
of duties . The first of which
might be listed as keeping cur
rent on the most efficient and ef
fective way to do their job.
In addition, it is their responsi
bility to get new and current in
formation to technicians in the
field as soon as possible so that
it may be put into practice. An
other and equally important fact
is that if the local technicians
have a problem they feel is too
difiicult or complex to handle
they may call upon these special
ists for assistance. The surpris
ing thing to most people is that
these regional specialists do not
sit behind a desk and try to
give assistance lrom the interior
of the four walls that comprise
their office.
Instead they go to the area
requesting help, look over the
situation in the field as it actu
ally exists and then lake the
necessary steps to do what is
needed to solve the problem.
That is what happened in the
Holt district last tail when Mr.
yuackenbusn, trom the regional
engineermg office, and ullie
bherrer, ground water specialist,
were called to the county to as
sist in making plans for a possible
solution to the drainage problems
inJHolt county.
In April when memorandum
1278, the directive of the secre
tary of agriculture to coordinate
the activities of the various
! branches of the department was
| published, the local PMA office
bad on file 123 requests for drain
age in the county. Under the new
directive the boil Conservation
Service was responsible for the
\ approval, layout, and checking of
all permanent practices, of which
drainage was one. Because of the
heavy work load it was mutually
decided that all drainage requests
would not be checked unless ad
ditional requests were (made to
either office. In checking these
requests it was found that they
varied considerably.
A few actually intended to be
signing up for grass waterways,
some drainages could be put into
effect by merely plowing a fur
row, some involved only one farm
and after the surveying was com
peted were found to be very
iractical. Some involved large ar
as, with numerous land owners,
ost of them with varied opin
ms on what could or should be
lone. Some were either impos
ible or impracticable.
'Ali in all it presented quite a
variety of problems to the local
s»aff, many of which could be
solved locally and many others
mat needed further study.
oon.u or tne questions that
-eeueu answering were:
v«uai are me taws when more
uian one owner is involved in
wirainage? W hat are the rights of
inuivmuals under the law li tney
uesire to establish a drainage sys
vem when some of the people
within the drainage area are not
in favor of draining? Conversely,
what can an individual do to pre
vent water from being drained on
his property? Is this just a few
years in a cycle in comparison
with normal drier years? How
much larger scale drainage
should it be done? Does even the
Elkhorn river provide a suitable
and adequate outlet. Will drain
ing now cause a more serious
problem in times of drier years?
Should control structures be pro
vided? What type should they be
if they are installed? Is the cost
of drainage justified? For many
of these problems the local staff
felt that they did not have all the
answers, thus a request was made
to the regional office for assist
ance.
On Monday, November 26, the
regional specialists arrived and
spent the first three days of the
week looking over the drainage
situation in Holt county. They
made a first hand inspection of
many of the problem areas, saw
some of the work that had been
done. One-half day W. D. Whit
wer, of the local SCS staff, flew
them over the areas involved.
On Thursday a public meeting
Was held at Stuart. About 75
farmers and ranchers interested
in drainage from Rock, Brown
and Holt counties attended. Af
ter a short introductory session
the meeting was opened for dis
cussion. Many of the questions
were answered
it was pointed out inai tnere
were primarily two types of
drainage in the county — one, ex
cess surface water; and the other,
ground water. The excess surface
water would be of very little con
sequence in most cases if in con
nection with it there was not an
excess of ground water, or in oth
er words an exceedingly high
water table. The heavy snows of
194&-1949 is now having its ef
fect. Coupled with above aver
age rainfall there are now prob
lems that have not existed for
many years.
"If in effecting a drainage sys
tem the normal ground water ta
ble is lowered then the composi
tion of the $rass in these broad
valleys in this area and the good
hay meadows will be changed
and the result will be a variety
of grass that would probably
make even a poor quality grazing
range.” Mr. Sherrer warned. A
large scale drainage project for
the county where the water was
allowed to rush off uncontrolled
and stream beds and drainage
channels allowed to deepen un
checked would be out of the
auestion as a solution to any of
the problems of drainage in this
area.
Each drainage problem is dif
ferent and needs to be studied on
its own merits. Some problems
■-~
are probably of a temporary na
ture and it would be impractical
to try to do anything with them.
Others are of such a nature that
improvements could be made and
the cost could probably be justi
fied. One thing to keep in mind
is to confonm to the '•original
I (Continued on page 15)
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