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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1935 -!-!-i-i im-i-i-:-:-:-: - Cass County Farm J J Bureau Notes J Copy furnished from Office of County Agent Wainscott 4 Group Achievements. 17o women attended the achieve ment program held by the Louisville and Weeping Water groups. Exhibits exemplifying the year's work were very much in evidence. Miscellaneous programs followed by a social hou? and renewing of acquaintances proved an interesting climax to the year's meetings. Owing to some misunderstanding regarding dates of other achieve ment programs the following sched ule should clear this up: Murdock Tuesday, April 23rd, at 8 p. m. Xehawka Wednesday, April 24th 1:30 p. m. Eagle Wednesday, April 24th, at 8 p. El. Elmwood Friday, April 26th, at 8 p. hl Hooked Rug Demonstrations. The practice of converting old materials into rugs has become so popular that two demonstrations cn making of hooked rugs will be held in the county April 25th and 2Gth, at Murdock and Mynard respectively. Considerable pleasure may be derived in making a beautiful and attractive rug out of materials which would otherwise have no use. Those wishing to get a rug, chair teat, or stool cover started at the meeting should get in touch with the Farm Bureau office regarding the ma terials needed for the meeting. Miss Rizpah Douglass, state extension spe cialist, will assist with the demon strations. Many Machines Adjusted. 15 sewing machines were taken apart, cleaned, reassembled and ad justed at a clinic held at Louisville the past week. This makes a total of 42 machines put into good run ning order at thr clinics held in the cnunty this spring. Wheat Referendum Kay 25. The Cass county wheal allotment committee will go to Lincoln Tues day or Wednesday of next week to get definite information on the refer endum of wheat contract signers and the 1935 compliance check up will start about the last wekini April. Nebraska wheat producers will be asked to help decide whether or not the present wheat contract should continue into the future. The ten tative date for a referendum vote has been set for May 25. Conferences to discuss the hand ling of the referendum vote will be called in the very near future and wheat allotment committeemen and agricultural agents will undoubtedly have charge of the referendum in this county. According to word from Washing ton the proposal so far includes the use of the same base period that has been used under the present wheat contract with only a few slight modi fications to take care of exceptional conditions. A contract might be drawn up, if farmers are favorable, to cover the next four years with the amount of adjustment and the rate and conditions of benefit pay- WE SELL HAIL on Growing Crops Euy your Insurance frcm this local agency and knew you have protection at a reasonable cost. CALL CR WRITE INSURANCE AMD BONDS Phone- i6 PLATTSMOUTH I ifx-w m - -T l-" t TZL 1 Sit - e I? nv mcnts to be determined eacb individ ual year. The present wheat contract which about 35,000 Nebraska wheat grow ers have signed, has called for a re duction of 15 per cent in wheat acre age in 1934 and 10 per cent in 1935. It has recently been modified to per mit the seeding or keeping of an ad ditional wheat acreage for harrest in 1935 provided the producer will sign a supplemental contract to make the necessary retirement in 1938. During the last two years the wheat contracted acres have been the most profitable acres on the farms cf contract Eigners. During 1934 the benefit payments on the 15 per cent retirement amounted to about the same total in Nebraska as the grcss returns from the 85 per cent seeded to wheat. Since the price of wheat is govern ed largely by the world supply and price and there is still a tremendous carry-over of wheat in the world market, it will probably be possible and practical to continue wheat ad justment program even tho this coun try has suffered from wheat crop fail ure during the last three years. Fres ent estimates of the 1935 crop indi cate that there will be about enough to take care of domestic needs and that the carry-over will remain at a satisfactory figure. Eeracve Restrictions On Excess Wheat. The following administrative rul ing has just been received in the of fice of the county agent: "Restric tions on the utilization of wheat planted in 1934 on farming units cov ered by 1934 corn-hog reduction con tracts are hereby rescinded and no such contract shall be deemed to have been violated on account of the plant ing or utilization of wheat. Approved by the Secretary." This pertains to corn-hog contracts only and releases corn-hog contract signers from any obligations imposed in signing any paper agreeing to dispose of excess wheat or pay a penalty for harvest ing it. The April 1st government wheat crop report shows an estimate of 435 million bushels on winter wheat and 190 million bushels of spring wheat in 1935 to be about equal to the domestic consumption. The eastern consumer has put up such a loud and long demand for the wheat to be re leased that the secretary finally per mitted the above ruling. Cost High for Im porting Argentine .Coin. When corn is below a dollar a bushel, Nebraska farmers need not worry about any imports from Argen tine reaching the state and competing with Nebraska corn. The figures be low indicate that it costs 95 cents to 51.00 per bushel for actual trans portation and handling cost to get the corn from Argentine into Ne braska. The analysis would read as fol lows: .06 shelling and bagging (3 bu. bags 12 zc each). .02 average handling charges. .11 average freight charge. .02 average unloading cost. .10 shipping by water. .03 inspection and unloading charge .25 tariff at seaboard point of entry. .02 reloading charge. .32 freight to central Nebraska from N. Y. or New Orleans. .02 handling by local dealer. .05 profit to dealers. 1.00 Consumers Should Be Thankful to Triple A Consumers should be thankful in stead of critical of the Triple A for its activities in stabilizing the sup ply of meat, particularly that pro duced in the drouth area, C. D. Ful mer, chairman of the county corn heg committee says. While tho consumer who has been Epoiled for several years by a surplus and a low price of high quality meat may be noticing the rise in meat prices at the present time, the Ne braska farmer who has been affected by the drouth knows that a crib full of corn will produce only about so much pork, regardless of whether it is all fed up in one short season or stretched out over a two-year drouth period. Nebraska farmers who har vested no corn in 1934 and who tried to make their reserve supply do for the breeding stock they wanted to keep, know that the state would net have produced any more pork in the two-year period had there been no adjustment program in the pic ture. Without an adjustment program and the pig buying emergency meas ure for September, 1935, the Ne braska corn supply would have been fed up to the 1933 surplus crop of hogs. The supply of pork coming to market from that crop of hogs would have been much higher than it was. Consumers would have been flooded with cheap pork for a while and then the shortage would have been more acute and the price would have gone Heads May Frolic s $ A 7 Alma Huth r Her personality and dramatic tal ent won Miss Alma Huth, above,, of Alliance, O., the coveted honor of the lead in the pageant featur ing the annual May Day frolic at Mt. Union college, Alliance. higher than it has. Not only, would the production be affected in 1934 but recovery from the drouth would have been slower since more of the breeding stock of the state would have been sacrificed during the drouth period. Those who can see the situation from a state and national standpoint say that had there been no pig buy ing program in the fall of 1933 and no adjustment program in 1934, the government would have had to buy surplus hogs in the drouth area just a3 it bought surplus cattle and sheep Such an emergency buying program would have sent a tremendous ton nago of livestock to the processors at a time when they were already flood ed with cattle and sheep purchased in the emergency buying program. Rich Colors Make Marigold Very Popular Sow Seed In Open Ground and Give Them Plenty of Room to Develop Stake Tall Varieties. Rich and velvety mahogany reds and browns, as well as crimsons and maroons are the prevailing colors in French marigolds. The coloring is seldom solid but comes in flakes and spots, or with a narrow edging of yellow, when it is the dominant color. They are either dwarf or tall. For vivid yellows and oranges, the huge double African marigolds are a mainstay. The pygmy of the family, a little ferny-leaved plant with finely scented foliage and myriads of tiny brilliant yellow flowers, is known as tagetes signata purr.ila. It is an ex cellent edging plant for the larger types. The tall Africans under good cul ture will reach a height of 4 feet. The dwarf French types make round bushe3 spangled with flowers about 18 inches tall and bloom over a long reason. Vivid colors from midsum mer to fall, when the garden is often times the most barren, make them indispensable. They want plenty of room to de velop and 18 inches for the French and 2 feet for. the Africans is none too close. While they like fertile soil they should not be overfed, as when given too rich fare a . heavy leaf growth results and the blooming sea son is delayed. Seedling marigolds spin up to a bud at once and then proceed t. branch out and make good bushes. The seed should be sown in the open ground until after the danger of frost is over, but should be started in Cats, or boxes with protection to get early bloom. Many gardeners, however, are content to sow in the open as the marigold ccmes to bloom ing in short order, being one of the quickest annuals to give results. The tall varieties should be staked. Yellow Supreme, an All-America prize winner for 1935, is a good sug gestion. It is of the carnation-flowered type, like the popular Guinea Gold, and lacks the characteristic marigold odor. Advertising will stimulate busi ness during so-called dull sea sons of the year. The store that advertises regularly and persist ently is seldom heard to complain about business conditions. IN Kingfish is Storm Center of PWA Dispute Secretary Ickes Threatens to With hold Projects in Louisiana if Long Is to Control. . , Warfare loomed Tuesday between Secretary Ickes of the department of interior and Senator Huey P. Long, as the secretary threatened to withhold public works projects in Louisiana if they were to be used to boost poli tical activities of Long. The slaps the two delivered at eataother between Washington and Baton Rouge appeared likely to de velop into a political duel of some national significance. Asserting at Washington that PWA funds "won't be used to build up Sen ator Long's political machine," Ickes added to reporters: "If Senator Long is going to dic tate to us how we shall conduct the PWA program in Louisiana we re serve the right to cancel our con tracts." Long Promises Answer. At Baton Rouge, Long added: "I'll answer all these cabinet members and senators on the floor of the senate Monday." The sizzling exchange followed an attempt by Long to have the Louis iana legislature well under control pass a bill to give his organization virtual control of future PWA and other federal work relief programs. There already were 537,344,838 of public works allotments to Louisiana, of which 511,004,600 are to the state and localities and $26,340,238 are for federal projects. Officials did not discuss the point, but presumably only the allotments . to states and localities would be affected by a can cellation. I "Emperor of Louisiana." Characterizing Long as "the em peror of Louisiana," Ickes bitterly criticized his plan, of distributing wealth. "Long by action of his legislature will keep a lot of men out of work if he makes it impossible for PWA to mako grants." Ickes- said. "Perhaps part of his sharc-the-wealth program will distribute money without cre ating work. "That would be a new and pro found economic theory." "PWA money has never gone to build up any politidal machine, and it won't be used 6y 'Senator Long to further his share-the-wealth plan." "Wouldn't Be Surprised." Ickes rererred to the Louisiana state assembly as a "Longislature." Asked specifically if he would can cel the $1,800,000 allotment to New Orleans for a sewer project, Ickes said: "I wouldn't be surprised." He said, "we did not make the al location to Senator ( Long, but to a governmental agency of the city. "If that agency goes out of exist ence, the contract would be void and the money come back here," Ickes said. Ickes said Long's proposed legisla tion "might create' a situation in which all allotments to Louisiana would be cancelled." Ickes was reticent at first to dis cuss action of the Louisiana legis lature. His attack picked up momentum, however, until he soon was laying down a full barrage against Long. Ickes remarks were the first aim ed against the Louisiana "Kingfish" by an administration official. Huey Is Vehement. "We are sick and tired of these Washington messages. We are doing the United States government a favor when we let them do business with us," Long said in Baton Rouge. "The money has already been de posited to the sewerage and water board account. The, state court very properly recognizes our men as that board now, so how is Ickes going to get his money back. When he starts that, we'll show him what a smart man he ain't. "If Ickes and the balance of the brain trust cabinet hold their breaths until we send for them, there'll be several corpses and the country will be better off. The whole damn out fit of them can go to hell." SLAYER IS RELEASED Kansas City. Herbert Kurd, 77, who shot and killed his wife, Nellie, after allegedly being tortured, was released by county authorities in the custody of his attorney without filing of charges. Hurd had been at a hos pital for several days, under general care for burns on his feet and other injuries Detective Fred Green said he received in resisting Mrs. Kurd's attempt to persuade him to reveal the hiding place of a considerable sum of money. Elmwood News Virgil Woods was in Lincoln last Monday where he purchased a new Chevrolet. Clifford Preston was called to Om aha last Tuesday to look after some busineea matters.; Stanley Wood was Called to Lin coln last Monday to look after some business matters. Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Bothwell and little daughter, Jean Adair, were visitors in Lincoln last Tuesday. The Elmwocd fire department held a meeting Monday evening of this week, transacting business of the de partment. George P. Wilson and brother, Wm. Wilson, were called to Plattsmouth last Tuesday to look after some busi ness matters. Albert Theil, who resides south west of Elmwood, was a visitor at the home of his son, Albert, Jr., near Murdock last Sunday. . Rev. Bliss of the Methodist church was a visitor in Plattsmouth and Om aha Monday of this week. He was accompanied by Mrs. Bliss. Miss Lucele Busing who was spend ing a week or more at Valentine is back at her work and reports having had an excellent time while away. Kcorge Sutton and son, Donald, who recently returned from the dust storm area in Brooks county Kansas, were visiting in Elmwood last Tues day. The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist church were meeting last Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Liston, looking after the business of the organization and enjoying a social time as well. The Elmwood band was holding a rehearsal Monday evening. The mem bers of the band residing at Murdock were also present. Refreshments were served before they adjourned. Ronald Thimgan who has been at a CCC camp the past winter, was spending a few days at home last week and the early portion of thi3. He returned to the camp early this week. Oscar Turner and daughter, Mrs. Orest Cook and husband departed last Saturday for Marquette where they went for a visit of a few days at the home of his son, Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd Turner. The Ladies' Aid of the Christian church were meeting last Tuesday afternoon at the parlors of the church where they were arranging for the Easter exercises which will feature the morning service next Sunday. : Morris Pcnterman was in Omaha last Tuesday with a truck load of cat tle for a number of farmers near Elmwood and stopping to get three large hogs for Gust Oehlerking, and on his return brought a truck load of baled hay for a number cf farm ers. Albert Theil, living southwest of town has a horse which he had given a feed of shipped in alfalfa and which afterward developed a species of stomach trouble which has con tinued for some ten days and is still in such condition that it cannot be worked. Will Wed Saturday. Last Monday evening there was a gathering of young, people at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry West fall, celebrating the forthcoming wed ing of Miss eLona Wilklns and Henry Westfall, which will occur on Saturday, April 20, at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wil kin. The happy gathering was com posed of many friends from what is known as the Callahan neighborhood. The hostesses were Mrs. Wm. West fall of Elmwood, mother of the groom and Miss Meta Rcichman of Murdock. A most pleasant time was had and best wishes extended to the bride and groom to be. Play Ball at Lincoln. The Elmwood baseball team went to Lincoln last Monday afternoon, where they engaged a Lincoln team in a spirited game with the result that Lincoln won 7 to 4. However it required eleven innings to deter mine the winner. Easter Exercises Sunday. The morning service at the Meth odist church in Elmwood will feature the Eastertide, and will be enjoyed as there will be a special musical fea ture as one of the attractions. In the evening there will be an Easter play, "The Disciple Who Understood" with the following cast: Martha, Mrs. Arlo Pratt; Rachel, wife of Peter, Mrs. Roland Schllcte meler; Mary Magdaline, Golda Kieck; Peter, Arlo Pratt; James, Frank Tur ner; John, Roy Rosenow. Jlrs. Uary Miller Injured. Mrs. Mary Miller, mother of Mrs. Charles Wood who has been making her home with her daughter here. went to Webster City, Iowa a few ; weeks ago to visit with another I daughter and where she enjoyed a fine visit and was starting for her heme at Elmwood, when after she had donned her coat and hat, was turning around, slipped and fell and broke one of her hips, she being 92 years of age which makes the in jury a serious one. Mrs. Woods' departed immediately on receipt of news of the accident and Is now there assisting in tho care of the mother. Was Fortunate, Anyway. Elmer Boyles, while looking after some business in Elmwood had the misfortune to lose his pocket book containing a considerable amount of money. He was feeling rather badly over the loss until he received a tele phone call frcm his friend, Guy Clem ents, informing him that he had found the purse, with the money still in it. Will Visit Grandson. II. P. Dehning, who has been re joicing over the arrival of a son at Big Springs, who is son of Wm. Dahning and wife of that place, in company with Prank Dean who is an uncle of the new arrival, will depart for Big Spring3 where they will re main for a week's visit with the folks there. Mr. and Mrs. Corbin, par ents of Mrs. Dean will look after the store at Murdock during the absence of Mr. Dean. Still at Work on Maxwell House. The young" men who have in hand the building of an airplane which has been named the Maxwell House, are hopeful that they will be able to make an exhibition ascent in about two weeks. Pilot Arthur Jackson cf Omaha, was in Elmwood during the present week and looked over the plane and highly complimated the boys in their excellent workmanship. "The Price of Siches." This playlet which was by the pen of one of the citizens of Elm wood was given last Sunday evening st the Christian church. A large and interested crowd was present to For Friday Coat s r3 n ilE SIB f SWAGGER SUITS AND DRESSES Coats for Dress and Sport Wear Navies, Blacks, Browns and Blues PRICED AT $7,95 $10,75 SI 6,75 A Fine Array of New Spring Dresses Included are .lovely new floral designs of a quality you'd ex pect to pay a great deal more money for. Don't miss this op portunity of sharing in this unusual value. Saturday Only $3.95 New Spring New Spring New Spring Hats Hosiery Gloves Just Arrived in Latest Shades of Navy Blues, Tans All Head Sizes Kunsing Hoso and Whites EACH PAIR - pfl,n 1 - 51.95 62, 51 and c- 52.05 51-25 ?! 2 rrlT!0( r i tT it El Afi The Shop of Telephone No. 61 Brains and Beauty Ernestine Pavejr In addition to being one of the campus beauties at Ohio State university, Miss Ernestine raver, above, is president of the Sorority council, Panhellenic society, Delta Delta Delta, and is active in numerous ether student organ izations. hear it. The play was sponsored by the young people cf the church, in a most creditable manner. See the gooao you nuy. Catalog descriptions aro flowery enough, cut tow about the goods when yt' ut thei..? All kinds ot con-mertnai print ing done promptly at tho Journal Painting and Paperhanging FRAWK R. GOBELrflAW and Saturday r 1 i r.j Personal Service Plattsmouth, Nebr. m ft (ft i a fV. Btf mm IP 0 J :