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May Make Seed
Loan Applications.
Forms and instructions for mak
ing out applications for seed loans
have been received at the office of
the agricultural agent and we will
he glad to help anyone desiring it
to make out an application. No loan
will be made to an applicant who can
obtain credit from other sources, in-
ruflinsr Droduction credit associa
tions, in an amount reasonably ade
Quate to meet his needs for the pur
pose. In order to obtain the money
for the seed loan, applicants are re
quired to give a mortgage cn ali
crops grown in 1935 and are required
to co-operate with the Agricultural
Adjustment program.
If you wish to make application
for a seed or feed loan, or wish more
Information concerning them, call at
the Farm Bureau office.
4-H project, L. I. Frisbie, state club
leader, says. All club members are
eligible to compete.
Rural boys and girls will write a
story entitled, "My Contribution to
Conservation of Wild Life," as a part
of the requirements. Reports and
stories are to cover the activities of
individuals and clubs beginning not
earlier than March 1 and ending
July 1. The state conservation camp
will be held late in the summer.
Suggested activities for clubs and
individual members include prevent
ing and eliminating unnecessary
burning of nesting grounds and game
cover, making a survey of wild life
of the community, having a club cam
paign for obedience to game laws,
making conservation and restoration
of wild life a feature of each month
ly program. Individual club memoers
may take part in such activities as
locating and saving pheasant's nests
when cutting alfalfa, winter feeding
of birds and game, planting wild
flowers and trees, and erosion con
trol through plantings.
Wayne's Chick Starter, Growing
and Laying Mash will make Dol
lars for you. Give it a trial!
Sold at Mynard Elevator
HERMAN P. MEISINGEE, Mynard
Platts Phone No. 2403
Full Line of Wayne's Feed Carried
Annual Feeders Day April 18th
The program planned for the
twenty-third annual Feeders Day, to
be held at the Activities building,
College of Agriculture, Thursday,
April ISth, promises to be the most
informative ever held. Farmers will
ne keenly Interested in the talks to
be given by the out-of-the-state
speakers, Mr. Gerald Thorne of Wash
ington, D. C. and Professor F. G.
King of Lafayette, Indiana. Mr.
Thorne will discuss the livestock sit
uation its present and future. He
is a forceful speaker and because he
knows his subject, he has something
to talk about. He has promised to
straighten us out on the 1935 live
stock Inventory, what 1934 did in
the way of reducing livestock num
bers and what the future holds tor
the animal husbandman. Mr. King,
besides being a cattleman, is an au
thority on horses. He can be counted
upon to "ring the bell" on both his
topics. He knows the livestock busi
ness and he can always be countea
upon to deliver a talk literally cram
med with good sound facts. Other
speakers on the program are well
known to farmers all over the state.
Each nas a topic that should be ofj
considerable interest to Nebraska
farmers and livestock men.
Following is the gist of the Pro
gram :
Morniag session. Activities build
ing, 9:15. "What's New in Lamb
Feeding, M. A. Alexander; "Hopes of
the Hog," Wm. J. Loeffel; "Drylot
or Grass in Beef Making," W. W.
Derrick; " 'Till New Corn (Small
Grains)" M. L. Baker; "If You Use
Horses," Prof. F. G. King; "Our New
Cattle Experiments," H. It. Thalnian.
11:00 o'clock, inspection of experi-
montai livestock cattle barn, 7 lots
of cattle, 120 head.
Afternoon session, 1:10, Activities
building: "Sorghum Seed Supplies,"
P. H. Stewart: "The Pasture Prob
lem," F .D. Keim; "The Livestock
Situation Its Present and Future,"
Gerald Thorne, U. S. Dept. cf Agri
culture, Washington, D. C; "Fitting
Cattle Into a Farm Program," Prof
F. G. King, chairman Animal Hus
bandry Dept., Purdue University;
"Our Meat Animal Business," K. J.
Gramlich. Question Box.
s-r.f) o'clock. Adjournment and
drawing for prizes.
Ak-Sar-Ben Race
Meet This Spring
Given Approval
Clears the Way for Revival of Horse
Racing and Parimutuel Bet
ting:; First Since 1929.
Omaha. The Nebraska state rac-
With Nebraska pastures character- .
dition since the state was settled, thirty-one day running meet
Cass county farmers are urged to en-
in umana irom aiay tu 10 juiy .
The commission also approved six
days of racing for Walthill May 23,
24 and 25, and Aug. 27, 28 and 29
W. H. Schellenberg, head of the At
Sar-Een racing committee, said plans
Elmwood News
ter the statewide pasture improve
ment contest. A total of $1,500 in
prizes go to winners. Entry in the
first two divisions must be made by
Anril 9ft
Arthur Peterson of the Nebraska would be pushed for the spring meet-
piin r--iiiitii r-a Viaa inct finish-ling here.
ed holding "pasture meetings in 40 The commissioners elected J. B
counties where 2,000 farmers heard Catkins of Omaha chairman, and J
ahrwit h rnr,tPSt More than 1001 Myers of Kronen liow, vice enair
have already entered. Cass county man. J. B. Rossiter of Walthill is
the third member. Arthur Cullen,
Plattsmouth; George Domingo, Weep- Omaha, was named secretary. The
tto-0q t.. wnin? commission will meet here again next
vtpr nrri Marion Stone. Nehawka. Saturday, Watkins said.
The fact that there are fewer cat- Approval of the application clears
tie to be carried on pastures will the way for revival of horse racing
help some but due to high feed prices, and parimutuel betting, abandoned
the necessity and temptation to pas- bere in 1929 when the state attorney
j i . e-eneral closed by injunction a
lure grass earner aiiu iieaiei
usual will be great. Over pasturing month's race meet here on the ninth
.r.1S5anfl5 mav be worse this year day. A constitutional amendment
unless farmers make an attempt to voted in the Nov. 6 election paved the
provide temporary pasture to supple
ment their permanent grazing areas.
Most native Nebraska pastures,
Peterson found, show some life and
will come back, especially buffalo and
grama grass. Native pastures which
have been extremely closely grazed
and the tame blue grass pastures in
all except the northeastern section
are so badly damaged that most of
them will have to be re-seeded.
The pasture improvement contest,
way for the enactment of a state
law by the present legislature legal
izing horse betting by parimutuels.
imports are also stretching the facts,
since the records show that only
about nine million bushels of wheat
was imported in 1934. Practically
all of this was Durum wheat from
Canada. The entire crop of tne
Durum wheat, in the United States
was about three million bushels in
ll34. Had all the wheat contracted
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the crop would have been only 350
thousand bushels greater than last
year. Comparison of previous figures
show that wheat imports in 1929
were 21 million bushels, and in 1932,
19 million bushels.
Nebraska Crop Growers' Association,!
the Nebraska Agricultural College,
the Agricultural Extension Service
and the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce.
4-H Conservation Project.
Forty 4-11 club members and eight
inpni lonrfprs in Nebraska will be
awarded prize trips to a wild life con
servation camp this summer, it was
announced cs details of a new club
project Conservation and Restor
ation of Wild Life reached the Farm
Bureau office. One boy. one girl and
one local leader attending the camp
will be further recognized by being
given a scholarship or national trip.
The increased interest in wild life
and the extensive conservation pro
gram carried on by the Nebraska
favorable time for taking up the new
mission makes this an exceptionally
Game, Forestation and Parks Corn-
Imports Exaggerated.
Imports of corn into this country
this year will amount to less than Corn-Hog Signup in State
one ner cent of a normal crop in the Higher Than in 1934.
T-nitPrl states. C. D. Fulmer. chair- The signup of applications for 1935
man of the Cass county corn-hog al- corn-hog contracts in Nebraska now
lotment committee declared, after totals higher than the number of
iM.!n,r n-r, , ct.f nf fierce rowivpfl contracts signed in 19'i 4. Over 92
by the county corn-hog office. Im- thousand applications have been sign
ports of corn into this country in ed in the state. In this county, 1,400
1934 amounted to about half the applications have been signed corn-
usual crop in one good Nebraska fared with 1,623 contracts last year
county. This lepresents about eighty per cent
Critics of the present corn-hog pro- of number of .rorn-hog growers,
gram are making a mountain out of n 'e county. Although it would ap-
a molehill, leading everyone to be- ar that we did not have as good a
lieve that this country is importing sign-up this year as last, in reality
a lot of corn, he believes. The corn the acreage covered by the 1.400 ap
that is coming into the country is plications very nearly approximates
used mostly for poultry and dairy the total acreage signed up last year
feed along seacoasts, and all of it owing to the fact that many farmers
tomes over a tariff wall of 25 cents who had from two to five contracts
nrr huPi last year, have only one and two
The figures below give the num- this year
ber of bushels of corn imported into County corn-hog office clerks are
this country for several years and 1)Usy making final changes on appli-
inriiontA that th in-mrfi of 1934 cations, summarizing and listing the
were no higher than they have been figures, and getting the listing sheets
several times in the past: read' for approval by the state board
1919 11.261.000 bushels cf review. As soon as this is done the
1924 3,955,000 bushels majority of the farmers who signed
1927 5,040,000 bushels Up their farms with no change from
1934 2,9o8,000 bushels last year will receive their typed con
ijunng January or me tracts for final signature. They aim
amount of nog products exportea rep- t0 Ket these contracts out to the
resents almost twice as much corn as men at corn pianting time so that
John P. Gonzales has purchased
a new Pontiac auto.
Attorney Guy Clements wa3 a busi
ness visitor in Lincoln Tuesday of
this week.
Miller Buecher of Lincoln ,was a
visitor in Elmwood last Sunday, guest
at the J. P. Cobb home for the day.
Clyde West was a visitor in Om
aha last Tuesday, driving a truck
for the delivery of a load of cattle
to the stock yards.
Elmer Boyles was a visitor in Alvo
Monday of this week where he was
visiting with his brother, Simon and
looking after some matters of busi
ness. Mrs. Peter Lehnar t of east of
Avoca, was in town alst Monday,
visiting at the home cf her mother,
Mrs. David McCraig and other
friends.
Wm. Wilson was looking after
some business matters in Omaha last
Monday afternoon and again on
Tuesday was transacting business in
Lincoln.
Paul Marshall was over to the
assessors meeting at Plattsmouth
early last week. He has now started
assessing the people of Stove Creek
precinct.
Attorney J. A. Capwell of Platts
mouth, was a business visitor in
Elmwood Monday. He was also visit
ing with friends, being a former resi
dent here.
In the first baseball game of the
season in Elmwood, between the
teams of Elmwood and Greenwood,
the Elmwood boys won in a tightly
contested game by the score of 5 to
4.
The ladies aid of the Methodist
church will hold their next meeting
Thursday, April ISth with Mrs. Lis-
ton. All members are expected to be
present, as business of importance is
to be looked after.
N. D. Eothwell, manager and own
er of the Clover Farm store here and
member of the board of management
of the state organization, was in
Omaha Monday, meeting with the
executive committee.
Claude Walker of the Lincoln Tele
phone and Telegraph company lo
cated at Lincoln, was a visitor at the
Elmwood exchange last Tuesday
while on his way to Plattsmouth on
business for the company.
Miss Grace McCrore-y, operator of
the telephone exchange, was laid up
with: a verysore throti so that .she i
could not work.- Mrs. Lucy Lyle,
manager of the exchange was work
ing in her stead during her illness.
James Lake and David Bornemeier
were over to Plattsmouth last Tues
day where they were in the contest
of the spellers of Cass county. These
boys won the local contest and were
sent there as representatives to the
county contest.
J. H. Rogge was a visitor in Elm
wood last Saturday, called here to
look after some business matters. He
was formerly engaged in business
here, but since his retirement from
active business has been making his
home in Lincoln.
Ray Misner, manager of the Lin
coln Telephone and Telegraph com
pany at the Plattsmouth office, was
looking after some business for the
company in Elmwood last Tuesday
morning, and also at other exchanges
in this section of the county.
A. E. Edgerton, in charge of the
national employment office at Platts
mouth, was a visitor in Elmwood last
Tuesday and was in consultation
with labor interests in this com
munity. He was looking into com
plaints regarding employment of
Elmwood men, or the non-employ
ment of them on the paving work
near here.
Winkler and Mr. and Mrs. George
Winkler, named Ryder, who has made
his home in Kearney, passed away
early this week from an attack of
pneumonia and the funeral was held
Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Winkler,
Mr. and Mrs. George Winkler, Louie
Kuntz were out to attend the funeral.
Dies at Gothenburg.
Word was received of the passing
of a former Elmwood man, George
Earls, 70, at his late home in Goth
enburg. Willard Clapp and wife,
Mrs. Charles Clapp and Evelyn Clapp
were over last Tuesday for the fun
eral, the deceased being a relative
of the Clapp family. The deceased
will be remembered as having made
his home here some years ago.
Sparlding Basket For Easter
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"Jlaxwell House" Near Completion.
The "Maxwell House," the new air
plane which i3 being built by three
enterprising Elmwood j-oung men, is
now nearing completion. The new
machine is expected to be complete
and ready for its trj-out in a short
time. We are hoping the young men
have the success their efforts have
merited.
Visited Friends Here.
County Treasurer John E. Turner
ifp. and little daughter,, of
Plattsmouth, were visiting in Elm
wood last Sunday at the home of
Mr. Turner's father and as well with
his sister, Mrs. N. D. Bothwell and
family and were supper guests at
the home of the sister.
George Wilson Very HI.
George Wilson who has been very
ill with rheumatism for the past two
weeks has been confined at his home
in Lincoln for the past more than a
week. While he has been receiving
treatment he does not respond sat
isfactorily.
Home From the Hospital
Mrs. B. I. Clements who has been
in poor health for some time past
and who was at the Bryan Memorial
hosnital in Lincoln for the past two
weeks where she underwent an op
eration for gall bladder trouble, has
so far improved that she was able
to return home early this week.
Make Excellent Music.
The Elmwood band which dispenses
sweet music at all times and especial
ly during the summer season with
their open air concerts were rehears
ing last Monday evening. Charles I
Long, Harold W. Tool and Jesse
Stock, members of the band residing
at Murdoch, were present to take
part in the rehearsal.
was imported during the same month.
Critics talking about the wheat
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From One to Three Years
No Ccwn Payment Ite Mortgage
QUE PLAN
$100.00 Jcb, re add ?5.23 interest, 12 monthly payments cf 8.77
100.C0 Job, we add 7.C9 interest, 18 monthly payments cf 5.88
110.00 Jcb, ve add 11.13 interest, 24 monthly payments of 5.03
LARGER JOBS IN SAME PROPORTION
SPECIAL FEATURE
We will finance ILepairs, Alterations, etc., up ta $750.00,
providing; 25 per cent of the job is Hoofing Materials.
E. J. RICHEY
Phone 12S Lumber and Coal Plattsmouth
they will know about their acreage
cf corn before they finish planting
the crop. Other cases involving some
changes since 193 4 will be only a
few days later. Those who establish
ed new hog bases will be delayed
slightly longer, but the county office
expects to clean up all of these, cases
within the next six to eight weeks.
ASK FOE NEW P0ST0FFICE
Washington. Senator Burke has
been asked by Fremont, Neb., citizens
to help obtain a new postoffice for
the Dodge county seat. In replying
Burke asked for complete prelimin
ary data as to the age of the present
building, volume of business, and
other information which he could
present to the federal onicials in
support of the request.
Every penny spent for advertis
Making Wrecking Car.
Rolland Schlictemeier, the enter
prising garage man, has just com
pleted a wrecker which he will use
for towing wrecked and stalled cars
The wrecker has been made from a
Hudson auto which has served long
and faithfully as a pleasure car and
a general utility auto.
Attend Meeting at Ashland.
The Order of Eastern Star of Elm
wood were guests for the evening last
Monday at the meeting of the Star
at Ashland, where they enjoyed
very fine program and an excellent
banquet.
Those from Elmwood who attended
were: Mesdames Susan Cook, Hazel
Casemack, Stella McLaughlin, Eldon
Panska, Herman Penterman, Alva G
Reed. One load of the visitors went
via Alvo where they picked up Mrs
Simon Rcihmeier anC Mrs. Charles
Ayers, members of ,the Elmwood
lodge and Mr. ancl Mrs. Ralph Dorr
of Wabash and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Buell and C. A. Kupke, all mem
bers of this lodge, but residing at
Murdock.
Hears Nephew Had Died.
"See It beToro you tiuy It.
J. Howard Davis
Attorney at Law
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DETER RABBIT Ambassador of
Easter happiness gives here a
preview of his 1933 offering, so
mothers, aunts and big sisters can
copy it for the children's enjoy
ment. He posed for this picture all
dressed up in a sparkling ruff and
riding high on a basket of glitter
ing eggs. His collar 13 Just a strip
of gathered Cellophane, fastened
with a bow of transparent Easter
ribbon. Peter's ears twinkle, too,
with a pink lining of the same
cellulose film, easily cut to shape.
The simple basket acquires dis
tinction with a frill of the clear
p-'-apping. The eggs get their bril
Modern Home Decoration Service
llance from coverings of this shin
ing stuff and windings of bright
colored ribbons.
The ribbon ehould be dampened,
first, to make it adhere to the
eggS soak it in water for about
a minute. After wetting, run the
strip of ribbon through the fingers
to remove excess water and then
place around a hard-boiled white
egg, winding the ribbon back and
forth around the egg, stretching it
slightly and making sure that no
bubbles remain underneath. Leave
both ends loose, to work with, and
tie in loop3. or sirarly make a tight
knot and add a bow on the outside
, of the all-over wrapping.
TEUCKEE IS STILL ALIVE
Grand Island Slight improvement
was noted in the condition of Frank
Mahaffey, 26, Sterling, Colo., truck
er, who was mashed and critically
injured in a mysterious manner.
Doctors did not expect bim to live
thru Friday afternoon, but he rallied
to regain consciousness at times and
to recognize his family. His condi
tion remained too critical to hold out
much hope for recovery, physicians
said.
Mahaffey, driving a truck load of
milk cows from Sterling to Creston,
la., staggered into the Cummings
garage early Friday and collapsed,
after telling the night attendant he
had hurt himself in a fall.
SEEK LOW mTEREST RATES
Washington. Farm bloc leaders
made a bid for a percent inter
est rate on federal land bank loans
for at least a year and to keep the
rate down to 4 percent until 193S.
They made a counter compromise
proposal to administration leaders
who object to the farm credit act now
in committee.
Representative Gillette (d., Ia.)
chairman of the farm bloc, announced
after a conference with Chairman
Jones of the house agriculture com
mittee that he had suggested the ZVz
percent rate be provided up until
July 1, 1936, and a 4 percent rate
from then until July 1, 19SS.
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When the so-called "Bridge lamp" is used to llflht a
came of bridsje. as at left, its nature and purpose
have been misunderstood, mi ngm n inBwn i
rect type cfjlamp forthe purpose
MISPLAYED hands, Bharp""words
exchanged across the bridge
table these are frequent indica
tions that the "Bridge lamp" has
been misnamed. So-called because
Its extension arm holding the shade
and bulb has been built on the
principle of the cantilever bridge,
the bridge iamp was really designed
as a reading lamp, and not to play
bridge by, -at all. ' -. ;
1 General IlIuminatJeaNeeded J
When this lamp Is used to illu
minate a bridge table, we in
ivariably find a result like that
shown in the illustration at upper
left. Because .otjts. narrow. circle
of ""light. this lamp'can properly
illuminate only two of the hands
of cards. In order to provide light
for the other side of the table, the
shade has been tilted, causing dis
comfort and glare all around.
Double-Purpose Lamps Available
For adequate lighting of a bridge
game, either-the indirect torchere,
as shown, or one of the indirect
floor lamps containing a white
glass bowl within the shade, may
be used. The itter. which forms
a good reading lamp, gives both
totally indirect and semi-indirect
light. Thus. It is a double-purpose
lamp, and comes in a variety of
styles and designs suitable for any
flecorative scheme.
The indirect torchere is wen
nlghjdeal J.or J.heameroom or endeavors to provide it,
recreation room, besides doing its
turn in the living room when a
moderate amount of glarelesa li;.ht
is desired. Many of these
torcheres come equipped with the
new three-light bulbB. by which
any of three different amount3 of
light may be had at the mere twist
of the wrlsL
Make-Shift Llfihtlna Inexcusable
Make-shift lighting is no lorer
necessary or excusable, any more
than is make-shift furniture. The
well-kept home of today makes just
as careful provision for the various
lighting requirements cf family e nd
guests as it does for any olfcer
phase of living. Guests nowadays
exuect eood. comfortable lighttrg.
and the thoughtful hostets always
ing win yield a big return.
A nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Wei
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