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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1909)
The Newsmeralb. Nebraska Slitl.' Hist So TWICE A WEEK PLATTSMOUTH, NEBKASK.A, M()N DAY, JUXE 'J1,l!0' VOL. XL VI NO. 19 NKWS. EstaMUbrcl N'nv. P. lkM 11LHALD. t.-tal.lihtd Ai riU'i. In I (no!idtnTJar.. 1. A Silver Anniversary WEEPING WATER. Neb., June IS. -In the Congregational church of this place occurred the silver anniversary of the club Zetetic. "Zetetic" was the rlnl in the state and was organized ten vears prior to the state federation. The organization was due to the efforts of Mrs. Laura M. Woodford, who, with four other women met at one of the homes June 14, 1S83, to plan for something to stimulate thought, awaken latent ideas and bring out dormant faculties-in brief, to keep in touch with the world at large. The charter members follow: Mrs. Laura Woodford of Weeping Water. Mrs. Lena Chase of Texas. Mrs. Elizabeth Travis of Plattsmouth. Mrs. Ida Ingersol of Weeping Water. Mrs. Frankie Miller of Minnesota. Their work lived and at the close of a quarter of a century the Zetetic club lives harmoniously in itself, and is an assured factor in the life of this place. The membership is limited to twenty two members. The roster shows there had been an enrollment of sixty-nine during the club's life, thirty-nine mem bers hauing removed from the city. The banquet was presided over by Mrs. J. H. Andreas, president of the club. Letters bearing postmarks rang ing from the eastern to the western coast were read. One came from Ber lin, Germany. Mrs. Woodford, as toastmistress, gave a sketch of the club's early days. Mrs. H. D. Travis of I'lattsmouth spoke brifly on "The Old Days." The next toast, "The Man of the Hour," was responded to by Judge H. D. Tra vis of Plattsmouth. He humorously de picted the trials of a club woman's husband. "The Other Fellow" was re- Help Wanted C. E. spandtd to by'Professor Corbin of the Weeping Water academy. Mrs. Ambler of the club closed by a response to "Our Guests." Lincoln Journal. Visit Masonic Home. The following ladies, members of the Eastern Star, came in on No. 4 Satur day morning and were visitors at the Masonic Home. Mesdamcs C. E. Stanley, A. G. Brooks. S. J. McDill, Geo. R. Chatburn, Ellen E. Dobson, Lincoln; T. J. Pickett, Lola Carlisle, Wahoo; Anna E. Jones, Havelock; Susie Matthews, Dalphena Chapmen, Pattie Vaughn, Blanch Tyler, Pertherina Kellcy, Margaret Covey, Lincoln, and Messrs. Frank H. Young and A. G. Brooks of Lincoln. Chas. Parmele drove the ladies to and from the home in his three over land touring cars, and everything pos sible was done to make the visit of these excellent ladies enjoyable, by the management of the home and its friends. Buys New Engine. John Bashman a prominent farmer in the vicinity of Mynard has justly re cently purchased a Gasoline engine for use on his farm. The engine was de livered to him Friday by Aug. Gorder and will be put in readiness for work by Thomas Shirley of Minden, Nebr., who is an expert in that line. John's new engine is made by the International Harvester Co., and is one horse power. He will use it to pump his water, run his cream separator, washing machine, and feed grinder. A great many Cass County farmers are using gasoline engines for such work now. Henry Eikenberry and Stephen Wiles, two wealthy farmers living a few miles south of Plattsmouth, were business visitors in the city Friday. It will take you about forty seconds to cut out this ad. Do this and bring it to our store and we will pay you well for it pay you better than raising corn at $1 per bushel, or alfalfa at $20 per ton, and that is going some. The glorious Fourth is close at hand and you will probably want a suit of clothes for that occasion. We want to find out what our advertis ing is doing for us, so if you will bring this ad with you when you call for the clothes, if the purchase amounts to from $10 to $15 we will present you with a box of guaranteed sox. If your clothes cost from $15 to $20 we will present you with a $2.50 hat, and if you buy a better suit the hat will be worth $3.00. All goods are marked in plain figures, and this ad means just what it says. Wescott "Where Quality Counts." Linen Shower for Miss Dovey Some twenty-five guests were enter- . i - . .t. . i . L Tj IT laineu ui me I'leusum iiuiuc ui una. . , S. Austin, Friday ufternoon at a linen shower in honor of Eila Margaret Dovey, whose marriage to Mr. George Falter is announced, the welding to take place in July. The event proved a very pleasant surprise to Miss Dovey and she hugely enjoyed the mock wedding ceremony, which was carried out in full detail for the express purpose of coaching the bride to be. Miss Catherine Dovey took the part of the bride, while Miss Marie Donnelly was fine in her inter pretation of how the groom should act. The ceremony was performed by Mrs. Wm. Baird, according to the ritual of the church. The ring bearer was so small it had to be carried by the grooms man, Miss Gretchen Donnelly, ably assisted by Miss Stanfield Jones, the bridesmaid. The Austin home had been artisti cally decorated for the occasion and the ceremony amid the pretty surround ings had a very pleasing effect, and the memorv of their enjoyment wilt long linger with the guests. Many splendid selections were given ly the A. D. D. quartette, "Glow Worm," especially, making a hit with the company. There were many beautiful and handsomely embroidered pieces of linen showered on Miss Dovey, which in future will call to mind the delight ful affair. A four-course luncheon later, which ended the nleasant afternoon. The out of town guests were : Lillian ther Carolvn Barkalow, and Walter Stockford of Omaha. Diamonds. Crabill's. Investigate prices at s Sons Advertising Does The Business Grand Island Firm Gives Object Lesson in Up-to-date Publicity. The Nkws-Herai.d is in receipt of a copy of the Grand Island Daily Inde pendent containing a six-page advertise ment of S. N. Wolback & Sons, two of the pages being in two colors. This is probably the largest advertisement of one firm ever printed a Nebraska paper and cmnhasizes the fact that those Grand Island people believe thoroughly in the efficacy of newspaper space for advertising purposes. The ad was printed in two daily papers, and in a condensed form in several weeklies.and in addition, 12,000 bills were printed and circulated under one cent postage. In t communication to the manager of the News-HehalI), the advertising manager of this firm, who is an old friend, and a newspaper man, says: "All my life in newspaper work I have been preaching to merchants to use printers' ink -ADVERTISE. A month ago I came here as advertising manager for S. N. Wolbach & Sons. I am now practicing what I preached. We believe in advertising. Does ad vertising pay? We know it does by the crowds that come. Any retail store can do the same thing and make it pay. I think you can hold this ad up to your advertisers as an example for them to follow." Grand Island is a city about twice the size of Plattsmouth. This firm has a store covering an area of 66x132 feet, two floors, and for the past several years has kept an advertising manager on the pay roll. In the recollection of the writer this man has invariably been a practical newspaper man and drew the hiehest salary in the store, the last man receiving $1,800 per annum It would probably be superfluous to poipt out the moral, though it may le said in passing that advertising rates in Grand island are considerably in advance of those charged for the same service in Plattsmouth. Mr. Pollard At St. Louis Addresses Convention of Dele gates of the Mississippi Val ley Congress. Hon. E. M. Pollard returned home Saturday from St. Louis where he de livered an address before the conven tion of the delegates of the Mississippi Valley Congress for the conservation of the natural resources of that section Among other things Mr. Pollard said; Let us take an inventory of the plant food contained in our soils. There are three chief elements of plant food our soild that have a recognized market value nitrogen, phosphorus and potas sium. The inventory of the natural I resources of the soil must include these three elements of plant food. Accord ing to a statement emanating from the geographical survey from 2110 sam pies of soil of the earth's crust tak en from various parts of the United States, there is sufficient potassium in the first 7 inches of an acre of land to produce K0 bushels of corn every year for 2')9() years, providing the corn stalks are returned to the soil. Potas sium is one of the abundant elements of our soil, that is apparently inexhausti ble. While the supply of potassium is i lmost without limit, we find that the same is not true of nitrogen and phos phorus. There is no more nitrogen and phosphorus in the first 7 inches of the acre of soil than would ue required to produce 100 bushels of com continuous ly for the full lifetime of one man. Without the presence of nitrogen and phosphoni3 in abundant quantities, it is impossible to produce large or even fair crops of grain. Scientists tell us that there is enough nitrogen in the atmosphere above every acre of land ti) produce 100 bushels of com a year for 700,000 years. The ag ricultural scientist has discovered that it is not difficult to draw upon this al most inexhaustible supply of nitrogen to supply plant food for the growing crops. By the planting of legumes -clover and alfalfa-it is possible to re store nitrogen to the soil. While the farmer is growing a profitable crop of these legumes, he is at the same time refert;l.i.ing tha soil. While alfalfa and clover consume more nitrogen .'n plant food than any other crop, jet n chemical analysis of a field made just before planting into clover and alfalfa, and another analysis made 4 or fi years later show that the nitrogen contents of the soil had increased materially. To preserve the phosphorus ele ment of the soil is more difficult, as there is not an inexhaustible supply near at hand to draw from, as in the casejof nitrogen. Leguminous crops are rich both in nitrogen andphosphorus. In 3i tons of clover and alfalfa hay there is as much phosphorus and 10 pounds more nitrogen than in 100 bushels of corn. If the crop if fed to live stock on the farm, 1-1 of the nitrogen is tak en up in the flesh and bones of the ani mals and 3-4 passes off in the solid and and liquid excrements. Where this excrement or manure is again returned to the field it carries not nly nitrogen but phosphorus and pot assium to the soil. The profligate waste f manure throughout the (Train holt i" ppaling. Very few farmers practice saving the nnnure and returning it to the soil. Agriculture as generally prac ticed throughout this great valley robs the soil of both nitrogen and phosphor us and returns very little of either in any form. The average value of a resh ton of farm manure is $2.J.r. There are millions upon millions of tons of this rich farm manure going to waste every year, which ought, by nil means, to be returned to the soil. Un less the farmers of the Mississippi val- ey discontinue this practice of year after year taking from the soil thee valuable plant foods without ever re plenishing it, he can expect a gradual decline in its productiveness. During the last 10 years there lias been a greater awakening among the more progressive agriculturists to the mportance of preserving the fertility of the soil of our farms. The United States department of Agriculture, work in conjunction with the agricultural ex periment stations of the various states of the Union has done much towards lisseminating useful and valuable in formation amorir the farmers of our country. The first step in this move mrut was found ina rotation of crops; prior to the last 10 years it wanot,un- con.mon for farmers to continue plant ing the same crop year after year, There was little If nny rotation of crops even in cereals. I know farms in Ne braska that had produced corn continu ously on the same land for forty years. It is little wonder that these farms are being worn out. It was this system of farming that reduced the yield of the wheat fields of the Northwest from 30 and 40 bushels to the acre down to 10 and 15 bushels. Through the impetus emanating from the agricultural col leges and experiment stations farmers have been taught and are beginning to practice not only the rotation of grain crops but the permitting of the land to rest by being planted in legumes While the average farmer does not un derstand the scientific process through which the soil passes in the restoration of its fertility through a rotation o crops with legumes, yet he is beginning to understand that such a system farming increases the productiveness of his farm to a very marked degree, The more progressive and up-to-date farmers in the Mississippi valley are beginning to adopt this method farming. Not only does a rotation of f legumes with grain crops increase the fertility of the soil, but by the intro duct ion of humus and other vegetab! matters which retards erosion, which is contributing greatly to the exhaustion of the fertility of our soil. The appli cation of farm manure aids also in the prevention of erosion. The practice that is common in some parts of the great valley, of selling all of the grain at the elevator ought to be discouraged. i Through this system of farming very little manure accumulates to be re turned to the farm, no opportunity is afforded of rotating grain crops with legumes to preserve the fertility of the soil. Says Professor Hopkins, of the University of Illinois: "A large crop of corn, 100 bushels to the acre, will contain about 100 pounds of nitrogen in the grain and 4S pounds in the stalks, 17 nounds of phosphorus in the grain and u pounds in the stalks, l! poundi of potassium in the grain and 52 pounds in the stalks, Quite similar j relations exist between the grain and - , straw ot otner crops Now, with these facts in mind, it is plain to see that a system of farm ing by which the grain is sold and only the stalks and straw kept on the farm and returned to the soil carries otr in the grain much of the nitrogen and phosphorus. In both of these elements : most soils are more or less deficient, i while the po'.a -.sium, of which the nor- j nvil soil runtains nn almost inexhnusti-1 hie ..tiMily, enough in t ho first 7 inches' for 1M bushels of corn per acrefor seven teen cei'.t'XifS is I in;r!y returned in the straw a'vl stalks." Base Ball At Greenwood Iiig Double-Header Event 13. Won by the Locals. The local bunch of ball tossers added fresh laurals to their season's work bj getting away with both ends of tha double header on the home diamond last Saturday. The first game Green-, wood vs. University Place was a farce. After seven innings of play the score stood 'J to 0 and the game was called by common consent of the managers. Craig, who twirled for Greenwood did not have to exert himself while tha three box men used by the visitors were pounded right merrily. The score. University Place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Greenwood 13 110 3 B-9 The second encounter in which tha ome crew hooked up with the Mosher- ampman Business College team of Omaha was a real contest and kept the rooters stirred to a high pitco until the last man had been retired in the ninth inning. Greenwood scored right off the reel Stevenson, the first man up, getting single through third, advanced on Howard's neat bunt and took third when Craig was safe on an error. 'Stevey" scored and Craig advance! when Armstrong went out at first and Weideman brought in the second man on his neat single. The Omaha outfit ame back in the second and scored three runs on two well placed hits and an error. Neither side was able to do anything further until the fifth when Stevenson was safe on an error by the short-stoo and w as again advanced by Howard on a sacrifice. Craig then walloped out a two-base hit over the center fielder, "Steve" counting on the hit. With the Kcore standing 3 to 3 and both pitchers doing their work aa regular as clocks, it looked as if the game might go into extra innings, but the home boys put the result on ica when Howard mingled in the eighth, took second on Craig's sacr.ftj and scored when Armstrong sent a daTidy r single just inside third base. Travia then passed Weideman and when the third sucker failed to hold the short stop's high throw of Hurlbut's ground er, "bmiley came in. in me mean time, Omaha had only got one man aa far as second after the third, and the final score stood 5 to 3. Howard and Travis both pitched fine ball and Stev-' enson's back-stopping for Greenwood was a feature. The Score. RUE Omaha 030000000 3 3 3 Greenwood 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 i 5 6 4 Batteries, Travis and and Bellman, Howard and Stevenson. Struck -out, Travis 2, Howard 6. Base on balla, Travis, 1. Two base hits, Craig and Bellman. An addition was made to the locat string of autos last Saturday when H. A. Leaver bought a Maxwell machine. It is a two-cylinder car of twenty-horae power, equipped with magnito and ia to be furnished with a top soon. Hal has had consiberable experieuce with machinery and can handle his auto very well. The new elevator built by the Far mers' Grain and Stock Co. was com pleted and put into use last week. Frank Nichols will have charge of the office. The carpenters crew in the em ploy of G. II. Birchard, of Lincoln, left Monday to be gone all summer. Lester Brittinham and Ben Howard went with them. Arrangements are progressing rapid ly for Greenwood's celebration on July 3. 0.uite a program has been ar ranged. The Havelock band has been empkyed, the ball games scseduled, and the speaker secured. That is the proyer spirit it doesn't pay to do things by half. W. E. Hand, H. E. Coleman, J. E. Weideman, D. L. Talcott, Jno. Erick son, and L. H. Daft attended a Repub lican Committee meeting at Elmwood Friday, making the trip in Weideman'a Buick car. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Clore and son Delbert of Abington, 111., are visitors with C. E. Daft and family. They visited with L. II. Daft and family of this place last .Wednesdry afternoon. Frank Nichols has bean seen walk ing the streets this week. Upon in quiry it found to be a case of lonesome- ness, Ins wire being a ueu uan visitor. N. H. Mevker and son made the trip to Lincoln in their new Chalmers-Detroit machine Thursday. .1. U. Hnrr was nn Omaha and Coun cil Bluffs visitor lust Friday. O (I