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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 193G.
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TRIALS AT PALLS CITY
Falls City, Neb. District Judge
Joha B. Raper ha3 set for trial five
cases for next week. First on the
docket is the $20,000 damage action
of Mrs. Minnie McCann, Dawson,
against Leonard Mann and L. E. Sar
gent, both of Humboldt, following an
automobile accident.
Next is the case of Miss Lula Nie
meyer, who is asking $10,000 from
F. W. Kuhknan of Falls City for
$10,000 lor injury to her reputation
because of alleged remarks circu
lated by Kuhlman. The third is the
caso of the state against Fritz Cridcr,
former holder of the beer license at
the Falls City Country club, for al
leged possession of gambling devices.
Then will come the criminal ac
tion in which Clifford Ogden of Rulo
i3 accused of stealing an American
Legion bugle and drum corps drum.
Last is the case of William O'Brian,
who is attempting ot have a judgment
for $3,500 against Howard Hawley,
sr., of Humboldt entered here. Haw
ley contends that the superior court
of Cook county, Illinois, where the
judgment was obtained, did not have
jurisdiction.
For high class Job printing
phono your order to No. 6.
Bible School
Sunday, May 10th
"Effectual Prayer"
Luke IS. Lesson 18:1-14.
The study of this lessen should
bring to our mind the holiness of
God and the absolute sinfulness of
man, apart from God. Then we must
always bear in mind that a parable
or comparison is only illustrating a
certain part or phase of the matter
under discussion. None is complete.
Jesus knew more cf man's needs
and his dependence on God than
anyone else, and the power of prayer.
Therefore, he can instruct men in
the use of this art. Spasmodic pray
ers will not bring results; that is
the contention of Jesus. It is neces
sary to continue even though it'
would seem no answer will come,
and the soul cries out with Asaph:
"Will the Lord cast off forever? And
will he be favorable no more? Is
hi3 mercy clean gone forever? Doth
his promise fail foreverniore? Hath
God forgotten to be gracious? Hath
he in anstr shut up his tender mer
cies." Ps. 77:7-9. To illustrate his
point. Jesus tells the story of the un
just judge. Here is a man placed in
a position of responsibility and pow
er; a men devoid of conscience, one
who cared neither for God or man
(he probably held a life job), an
atheist (a modern example, Clarence
Da now ) .
In the same city is a persistent
woman, a widow who has trouble
with a pest of a man. In her distress,
she appeals to the conscionlcss judge.
As oft as she is turned away, she re
turns. At length, the judge grows
weary, the woman got on his nerves.
So, in his desperation, he resolves: "I
will avenge her." The teaching is'at alj
that praying without ceasing brings
the desired results; further, often
times Our Father will put his child
ren through a test. He let his own
Son pray three times before an angel
was sent to strengthen him. At other
times, "before they knock," he will tion take place? Wno are the pur.
answer; even the groaning of the ties to the trial? (God. Jesus Christ,
spirit is taken for a petition. the devil anu the 8inner) We used
A very disturbing sentence is re-(to hear sermons on this groat doc
corded in verse 8. It i3 more of a trine, but not in recent years. Why
sigh, or ejaculation of Jesus uttered j not? It seems that it dots not fit
to himself. Faith the faith in into the nlan of modern nvanp-Piism
Christ and in the faith which is ex
pressed by the Gospel. Every student
of our contemporary civilization ac
knowledges that we are living in a
time of deepening unbelief and skep
tecism. The teaching of humility in prayer
is forcibly brought out in the par
able of two worshipers! Jesus dealt
with all kinds of humans. Here were than to "crucify the flesh" and make
people among those that followed (ft complete surrender to Jesus Christ,
him, who had a high opinion of;The old time religion, that brought
themselves and looked down on oth-i peace and joy in the Holy .Ghost, is
crs as pointed out in the second chap-inot seen or heard any more,
ter of James. Remember the publican.
OMAHA PASTOR IS A CRITIC
Topeka. Dr. Frank G. Smith, pas
tor of the First Congregational
church of Omaha told 8th Kansas dis
trict Rotarians America "stands con
demned before the world for its in
ability to use its vast resources and
productive machinery to bless rather
than to blight its people."
"We came into this condition un
der the whiz bang go as you please
go getter industrial and agricultural
methods of a republican administra
tion," he declared. "And we become
a little more bogged down and ut
terly befogged and confused with
the hopeless alphabetical formulas ol
a pollyanic democratic administra
tion" he added. Solution of our prob
lems, he asserted, will not come by
"legislative enactment or laboratory
economics." They are to be solved
only thru popularization, he said of
the "Rotary ideal of 'service before
self.' "
PUTS PRINCIPLES ABOVE
MERE PERSONAL PROFIT
Los Angeles, May 4. Mrs. Laura
B. Wolfe, seeking a divorce, testified
her husband turned down a $500 a
month job as a lingerie salesman "be
cause he didn't believe women should
wear silk underwear or stockings."
Lesson Study!
By L. Neitzel, Mrdock, Neb.
Two men went to the temple with
the same desire namely, to pray.
A very worthy desire. One a Phar
isee, the other a publican. Nothing
wrong to belong to the former class
and no virtue to be a publican. But
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tnese two cases we go witn tnem ana
observe their worship. The Pharisee
was undoubtedly all he claimed to
be, very religious, a strict adherence
to the law. Jesus know what was
in man, hence he could state this
man's mind, because he did not pray
audibly, only in his mind. Then we
would ask the question: Did this
man really pray? It was neither
petition, or intercession, or adoration
actually no prayer at all. And such
talk God has to listen to every day.
Prayer is an art, and requires much
practice to be effective, and yet a
jlittle child knows how to make its
J wants known. In fasting and tith
ing he was a good example the pres
ent age has forgotten the fasting
and tithing is a strange thing to
them. But in spite of all his good
qualities, no blessing was bestowed.
So are many worshippers no better
afterwards than they were before be
cause they only made words, but no
prayer.
A great contrast is seen in the
publican. He i3 humility, reverence!
penitence, acknowledgment of his
unworthiness. In only eight words,
he recognized God, who alone can
extend mercy, and hopefully expects
to be pardoned. That is faith, pure
land simple, an "effectual prayer."
The pharisee thought of others as
sinners. The publican thinks of him
self alone as a sinner, not of others
Jesus makes the comment on the
worship of the two the publican
was absolved from his sins, not so
the Pharisee. Here we come to that
great word, "Justification." Who
Can dtfini it? Whert rlfioa 'net i fir-i-
What would a modern preacher do
with a text like Romans 3:24-26,
"Being justified freely by hi3 grace,
through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus, etc." Another text: Gal.
2:16, would be still harder to preach
upon (See the text).
It would seem that man can enter
into the kingdom by some easier way
Roman Plan for
African Empire
Begmsh) Form
Government Intends to Hake a Colony
of Ethiopia With the Native
Princes as Puppets.
Rough plans for the transforma
tion of the vast African domain of
Ethiopia from a native empire to an
Italian possession already are being
discussed at Rome by the govern
ment. Premier Mussolini indicated to a
group of farmers Sunday that at least
400,000 of the 500,000 troops and
workmen now in Africa would be
left there to colonize "those depopu
lated lands with the fecund families
of Italian race." Actually, plans were
drafted and made ready for study be
fore the northern and southern
armies applied the final squeeze to
Ethiopia with their great military
pincers.
Civil organizers in Rome believe
Ethiopia will be made a colony of
the Italian empire according to the
following rough draft, patterned af
ter the previous Italian "systemiz
ation" of Libya, Eritrea and Somali
land: Puppet Rulers Planned.
1. There will be no room for an
Ijjthiopian dynasty. True, puppets
boasting royal Ethiopian blood may
be set up in various provinces and
allowed to retain some of their
princely privileges, but the real gov
ernors will be Italian civil commis
sioners and district military com
manders. 2. Officers of the conquering forces
vill divide the conquered territory
according to racial characteristics.
Chieftains of known integrity and
willingness to be loyal to Italy will
be given civil missions to govern
their tribes.
3. Civil and religious liberty will
be proclaimed thruout the former em
pire. (In territories already occu
pied the Italian command has issued
proclamations abolishing slavery.)
4. Italian officers will organize a
mercenary native army similar to
forces maintained by Italy in other
colonies. The splendid showing of
Eritreans, Somalis and Libyans
themselves conquered peoples in the J
Ethiopian war makes Romans certain
that Ethiopia one day will add enor
mously to the fighting power of the
territorial armies.
. Policed by Native Jroops.
5. The whole territory will be
policed by native troops carefully
trained and scrupulously supervisee
by contingents from Italy's own re
nowned federal police carabinieri.
6. Italy intends her commjercial
and economic influence in Ethiopia
shall be predominant. Colonial or
ganizers foresee little if any oppor
tunity for outside developers to se
cure concessions or slices of the new
territory. 7. During the course of the war
the British and French spheres of in
fluence, defined in the tripartite
treaty of 190G, frequently were de
clared by Italy to be inviolate. A
continuance of thi3 attitude depends
so far as fascists are concerned upon
what measures Great Britain, France
and other countries which opposed
her invasion of Ethiopia propose now
to take toward the conquest of Ethi
opia. PROMOTE LINCOLN OFFICER
Washington. The navy depart
ment announced the president had
approved recommendations by the
dental corps selection board for pro
motion f 23 officers to higher ranks
in the navy.
Six officers were selected for pro
nation Irbm lieutenant to lieutenant
commander, dental corps, U. S. N., in
cluding Sidney P. Vail, Lincoln, Neb.
Seventeen other officers were select
ed for promition from lieutenant
(junior grade) to lieutenant, dental
corps, U. S. N., including Mack Mer
adith, ollldrege, Neb.
RITZ I
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Walter Able, Paul Lukas and
Kether Angle in
'The Three Muskateers'
From one of the most amazing beoks
ever written. Also Comedy and an
other Adventure of Frank Merriwell.
THitKE SHOWS SATIIIDAY MTE
Adults 25 C Children.10
SUN DAY-FViON DAY-TUESDAY
Jeanette KacDonald, Nelson Eddy in
"ROSE MARIE"
A really big picture now playing to
capacity houses all over the country.
Also Comedy and News Reels
Sunday Matinee at 2:33
Matinee Prices Evening Prices
10-250 10 200
Pas Pnitnfv Farm
Bureau Notes
Copy furnished from Office
of County Agent Wainscott
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Win National Cham
pionship Plaque.
As a sixteen year old club leader,
Mary Fager of Avoca, has every right
to be proud of the Achievement of
the Weeping Water Dairy Calf club.
She received an announcement from
the Hoard's Dairyman last week
rtating that her club had won the
uational champion plaque in the 4-II
division of the 193G Hoard's Dairy
nan tow judging contest.
While none of the individual mem
bers s-cored high enough to win cash
pizes, the average score for the nine
membei-3 of the club was 443.33, the
lushest average in the 4-II division.
Members of the club are: Vincent
and Francis Rehmeier, Ellis, Robert
and Stuart Taylor Schlichtemier,
John, Robert and Leroy Alliens, and
Mary Fager.
The group assembled at the home
of their leader Sunday afternoon
when pictures were taken for publi
cation in Hoard's Dairyman and for
use in making the plaque which the
club won.
Winning of the plaque was more
or less a surprise to the club. Think
ing that the judging work outlined
in the conest would be good prac
tice for the club members, their lead
er took the magazine with her to the
organization meeting of the club. The
members worked so enthusiastically,
it was decided to send In their plac
ings, and much to their surprise and
delight won high honors as a group.
We congratulate the club and their
leader on their fine work.
Women Hold Group
Achievement Meetings.
Seven group achievement programs
have been held during the past two
weeks, one at each of the training
centers for women's project clubs,
which arc located at Elm wood, Mur
doch, Eagle, Louisville, Nehawka,
Weeping Water and Plattsmouth, as
a conclusion to the Living-at-Homc
Series IV. A feature of the programs
was a demonstration given by Miss
Blanch Galloway of the extension ser
vice on "Laundry Equipment and
Methods." Other parts of the pro
gram were varied to include musical
selections and short skits. Two of the
groups held very interesting panel
discussions, 'haying for their subject,
"What Makes' a Good Day for the
Farm Family.",
Interesting exhibits of articles
made by club members as a result of
their project club work, were on dis
play at each of the meetings. In
some places commercial displays add
ed interest to the laundry demon
rAration. Refreshments were served
and the women enjoyed a social hour
in which to renew acquaintances.
"When Will We Get
Our Corn-Hog;) Checks?"
Every day we receive many in
quiries by letter, by phone, and in
person from farmers wishing to know
when they will receive their corn
hog check. The most novel one re
ceived to date in Monday's mail reads
as follows:
"I'm not asking the WORLD,
I'm asking Yo-U
I want to know if it is true
Have any Nebraska farmers,
Or better still Cass county farmers,
And especially the ones among these
"Beautiful Hills"
(You know we have to pay our bills)
Received their last government corn
hog checks for 1035?
Which are now past due,
I'm not asking the World
I'm asking YOU.
Take the flowers fro mthe bees,
And you'll never have honey,
Hide the sun and you'll never have
light; ,.,
With the clouds in the sky
It can never be sunny,
Every day will be gloomy as night;
Take the water away from the deep
rolling ocean
And the fish couldn't live there you
sec,
So if you give all the money to some
other peoples
The nyou can't expect co-operation
from me,"
Sort of putting us on the spot, eh?
A number of checks were received
last week representing the second
1&3 4 and first 1935 payments on
wheat contracts. We have not re
ceived any corn-hog checks for 1935
as yet, but as we have had most of
the compliance forms accepted in
Washington by April 1st, there is rea
son to believe that the checks might
be coming along most any time, but
of course we won't know until they
get here just when that will be.
Style Notes for 4;he Women.
Dame Fashion is a fickle woman
this season. She seems all in favor
of ruffly feminine styles one day and
then comes out "in strictly mannish
ones the next. So you are correct in
either one: Suits definitely lead thy
Farm Vouth rgaiisation Eiipasiiii
Over 950,000 Members Enrolled in 4-H Clubs Established
in 3,000 Counties Throughout United States
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Union City, O.
By J. A. DORS
International Illustrated Ncivs
Feature Writer
WASHINGTON, D. C. Member
ship in Four-H clubs, a nation-wide
institution for the development of
youth in rural sections, is expected
to pass the million mark in 1936, ac
cording to predictions based on
steady enrollment gains reported here
during the last six months.
Started in 1S99 as a branch of the
extension service under the United
States department of agriculture, the
organization has grown steadily until
today there are individual clubs in
mora than 3,000 counties with a total
membership of nearly one million.
The four-point purpose of the or
ganization, symbolized in tiie name,
is based on the development of the
head, heart, hand and health. The
work is supported by federal, state
and county funds.
1936 fashion parade the most im
portant silhouettes being tha short,
mannish jacket suit with or without
topcoats, and the suit with 78
length or short swagger style coat,
in tailored or feminine detail. Skirts
are pencil slim, gored, or have pleats.
A six gored skirt is most flattering
if well made. Eleven or twelve inches
from the floor is not too extreme
for your skirt length this year.
Fashion Idea: A grey wool suit
with finger-tip length boxy jacket,
black taffeta blouse, boutonniere of
violets, green hat, matching green
gloves, black shoes, and bag, or navy
suit, mannishly tailored; white or
gandie blouse; red carnation for the
lapel, white gloves, navy shoes and
bag, navy hat with red trim. Extra
jacket in navy and white or red and
white checks.
For some new and lovely silk dress
ideas, consider these: Dark frock with
jacket in vividly printed silk, the
revers matching the dark shade of
the dress. Or, make the ensemble vice
versa, or, try a frothed- up jabot col
lar for a touch of feminity on a plain
dark frock. If you use one of the new
square necklines on your dress, con
sider a dainty ruffle of light silk or
lace running around the inside.
A new siik dress material that
tailors well or makes up into more
feminine style is silk crash, a nubby
weave silk that comes in delectable
pastel tints, as well as brownor navy.
A silk crash jacket dress with frock
in dusty pink or turriuojse. and jacket
in rich brown or navy would be effec
tive. Since silk crash launders beau
tifully, this ype of frock is practical
as well as lovely.
A new cotton material that has
gained favor this year is Desert
Cloth. Desert Cloth looks and feels
somewhat like linen, except that it
is firmer to the touch. Comes in
lovely pottery tints of aqua, pink,
maize, rust, natural and blue. Makes
up into crisp, attractive, little one
piece frocks, suits or jacket dresses.
In planning your outfit, think of
your own type, think of what you
already have on your clothes rack
then white down what you want to
buy in the way of new things to make
interestine combinations. It is not
necessary to pay lots of money for
clothes. But it is necessary to give
your clotheis careful thought. If you
plan beforehand with paper and pen
cil, you will soon find yourself dress
ing smartly at low cost.
Crooked How Farming Pays.
"Because he produced a corn crop
fiWJ Russell Welborn I '
Some outstanding 4-H club members
Scientific Farming Taught
In addition to thousands of em
ployes in agricultural extension of
fices throughout the country, more
than 3 00,000 local volunteer leaders
are helping push the work of organ
ization and education.
Keenest interest of club members
during the past few years has been
in ways to assist in family problems
and in projects which promised some
financial profit.
In these clubs boys are shown the
latest methods for scentific farming
and livestock breeding, while girls
study home economics. All instruc
tion is supervised by agents employed
on a co-operative basis by the depart
ment of agriculture and state agricul
tural organizations.
Projects assigned to the various
members are arranged so they do not
interfere with school or farm chores.
on tin 8-acre contour-tilled field last
year when fields cultivated up and
down the slope produced nothing, Lee
Cramb, Nance county farmer, is
growing his entire crop of 150 acres
on tho ontour this year.
Water stood in the rows and above
the terrace ridges following heavy
rains of last year. There was no
washing. Moisture saved caused the
small field of contour tilled corn to
withstand the hot, dry weather in
July and August that burned up the
rest of the crop. Yields of 12 bushel
per acre on contour-tilled ground
were received where adjoining fields
prodeced nothing.
Cramb terraced the field in the
spring of 1935 soon after he signed
a co-operative agreement with the
Soil Conservation Service. He agreed
to terrace and contour farm only the
small acreage because then he
thought the whole idea crazy.
"When the heavy rains came last
May, I began to see the advantages
of farming across the slope," Cram
explains. "I planted the terraced
field to corn just once and got a good
stand. A neighbor, who had an un
terraced field just across the road on
which the rows were run up and
down the hill, had to plant his crop
three times because the seed washed
out the first two times."
Triennial Conference Eeady.
With the date for the third trien
nial conference of Associated Coun
try Women of the World nearing, it
appeared certain this week that at
least SO Nebraska women will at
tend. At least four delegates will go
from Cass county. The gathering
held in Washington the fore part of
June, will attract approximately 1,
K00 women from all parts of the
world.
Miss Mary-Ellen Brown, in charge
of women's extension work in .Ne
braska, who is making arrangements
for the Nebraska delegation partici
pation in the world-wide conference,
this week announced the early reser
vations made by women planing to
go by bus with the group to the Cap
itol. Two bus-loads will probably go
from Nebraska. In addition, a num
ber of other women are going by
other means of transportation.
The tentative program for the con
ference was released this week. Sec
retary of State Cordell Hull and Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace will
greet the women in their first formal
session. Mrs. Frauklin Delano Roose
velt will deliver the first address to
the gathering. The garden party and
Gladys Whitwood
Geneva, N. Y.
Most of the year is spent in prepar
in gexhibitions for club competition.
National Exhibit at Chicago
At county and state fairs, boys
exhibit what they raise, including
beef animals, sheep, poultry, horses,
grains and vegetables. Girls display
canned goods and dresses they have
designed and made.
Winners of state contests are
usually entered in national competi
tion in connection with the Interna
tional Livestock exposition in Chi
cago, where national champions are
chosen in all departments of Four-H
club work, including livestock judg
ing, livestock and crop raising, cook
ing, baking and dress making.
The club work is under the gen
eral direction of C. 15. Smith of Mont
gomery, Md., chief of the division ot
co-operative extension of the depart-
1 meht of agriculture.
reception by the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt comes on Monday, June l
Various conferences, tours, round
table discussions, pageants and the
like follow on succeeding days.
How About Spring Housecleaning ?
Many women who have put oil
rpring housecleaning until the weath
er is settled will find Extension Cir
cular 1173, Care and Repair of Walls
and Floors, very helpful. "There is
a moral value in having things re
paired." The thrifty housewife is
constantly planning how she may
make inexpensive, yet attractive im
provements by means of proper care
and repair of her house or its fur
nishings. Would you like to know,
how to remove grease spots from
wallpaper, how to make a homemade
wallpaper cleaner, how to remove
cold water paints, how to fill cracks
and holes, how to size plaster, or
how to make a good homemade var
nish remover? If so, write for Ex
tension Circular 1173, Care and Re
pair of Walls and Floors. It answers
these and many other common prob
lems connected with papering, paint
ing, etc.
FARMSTEADS TO BE TAXED
Omaha. Douglas County Assessor
Greenleaf announced Tuesday he
would tax the Two Rivers, Neb., fed
eral farmstead on an assessed valu
ation of more than $200,000. Green-
leaf said the farmstead, a rehabilita
tion project located west of Omaha,
is nott government owned but is, in
hi3 opinion, a federal subsidy and is
taxable.
The land, he said, was previously
assessed as farm land with a value
of about ?100,000, but due to the fact
it now comprises 91 separate plots,
each with an individual home, the
valuation has more than doubled.
The assessor said he was placing
bank stocks held by the Reconstruc
tion Finance corporation here on
loans made to banks on the tax books
and woul dtax them. His assistants
are investigating other government
agencies to determine if taxes can be
levied against them, Greenleaf said.
EIQHT MILE GROVE
LUTHERAN CHURCH
9:30 a. m. Sunday school.
10:30 a. m. English Mother's Day
ervices.
Need printlnaT Ousi call No.
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and you'll find us on In Job.