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Rev. Melvin L Shakespeare
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Member ot the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association
Entered as Second Class Matter, June 9. 1947 at the Poet Oil ice at Lincoln.
Nebraska under the Act ot March 3, 1879.
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EDITORIALS
The triews expressed in these columns
are those ot the writer and not necessarily
a reflection ot the oolicy ot The Voice.—
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NEB
h IAMES C. OLSON, Superintendent
•TATI HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Years ago an important feature
of the Nebraska State Fair was an
address by a man of eonsiderble
local or national reputation. In
recent years, however, interest of
the fair-going public in speech
making has* declined, and Secre
tary Edwin Schultz says there
will be no public address in front
of the grandstand during this
year’s exposition, to be held Sep
tember 4-9.
One of the most significant of
these pioneer State Fair addresses
was delivered by Orange Judd,
September 16, 1883. Mr. Judd
was editor of the Prairie Farmef,
published in Chicago, and was
widely known throughout the
country for his agricultural writ
ing. He spoke in Lincoln from
platform of baled hay*
In the course of an address extolling the
virtues of Nebraska as an agricultural
state. Judd advanced the view that an im
portant feature of the Nebraska climate
was that its rainfall was increasing an
nually. He based his conclusion on the
theory that plowed land absorbs and gives
off moisture much more readily than un
plowed prairie sod. Hence, as more acres
of Nebraska land were put under the
plow there would be a corresponding in
crease in the annual rainfall.
Judd was not the first to state the novel
and attractive theory that “rainfall fol
lows the plow,” but because of his pres
tige and the eloquence with which he
spoke he did a great deal to give the idea
respectability.
Nebraska stood to benefit not only from
m..—
it* own development but also from that
of Kansas “as neighboring Kansas set
tles up and breaks its prairie sod away
out to its western border those parching
winds that formerly came up in Nebraska,
and still come at some points, will be
heard of no more.”
The theory was plausible and
popular. It was widely proclaimed,
both officially and unofficially, in
Nebraska and other prairie states.
It was an important factor in
breaking down prejudice against
Nebraska as part of the “Great
American Desert," and in part was
responsible for the opening of
many farms in the central and
western part of the state.
Actually, the theory resulted in
diamond I
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lady’s '4 Carat. . . .$200 $75
Udy’s 40/100 Carat . 260 125
Man's 94 Carat.250 125
Special Croup of
Ladies Diamonds
Values up to. .89.95 24.75
ROYAL JEWELERS
143 North 12th
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SCHOOL
SUPPLIES
Zipper Note Book Covers
($2 up) and all Parker
Sheaffer pens or pencils
($1.50 up), personalized
in gold at no extra cost to
you.
Goldenrod Stationery Store
215 North 14th Street
no end of mischief and must bear
part of the responsibility for the
failure of a large number of home
steading ventures. Lured by the
hope that conditions were steadily
improving, homesteaders at
tempted to farm by conventional
eastern methods in areas where
those methods would not work.
The result was disaster for many
farm families.
Notice to Contractors
Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the Department of
Roads and Irrigation in the State
Capitol at Lincoln, Nebraska, on
September 8, 1949, until 10:00
o’clock A. M., and at the time
publicly opened and read for
SAND GRAVEL SURFACING and
incidental work on the CERESCO
ASHLAND Patrol No. 21035 State
Road.
The approximate quantity is:
I, 963 Cu. Yds. Sand Gravel Sur
face Material.
Compliance by the contractor
with the standards as to hours
of labor prescribed by the “Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938,”
approved June 25, 1938 (Public
No. 718, 75th Congress), will be
required in the performance of
the work under this contract.
The minimum wage paid to all
skilled labor employed on this
contract shall be one dollar and
five cents ($1.05) per hour, ex
cept that a minimum wage of one
dollar and twenty-five cents
($1.25) per hour shall be paid to:
Crane Operators
Dragline Operators
Power Shovel Operators
The minimum wage paid to all
intermediate labor employed on
this contract shall be ninety-five
(95) cents per hour.
Plans and specifications for the
work may be seen and informa
tion secured at the office of the
County Clerk at Wahoo, Nebraska,
at the office of the County Clerk
at Lincoln, Nebraska.
The successful bidder will be
required to furnish bond in an
amount equal to 100% of his con
tract.
As an evidence of good faith
in submitting a proposal for this
work, the bidder must file, with
his proposal, a certified check
made payable to the Department
of Roads and Irrigation and in an
amount not less than one hundred
fifty (150) dollars.
The right is reserved to waive
all technicalities and reject any
or all bids.
DEPARTMENT OF ROADS
AND IRRIGATION
F. H. Klietsch, State Engineer
Earl A. Morin, County Clerk
Saunders County
J. B. Morgan, County Clerk
Lancaster County.
Embezzlers have been found to
have the highest intelligence of
any class of criminals.
Molokai, the leper colony in the
Hawaiian Islands, is supported by
the U.S.
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Only persons who have been
dead for ten years can qualify for
election to the Hall of Fame.
4k
High Scoring
School Shoes
Saddles . . . yes, saddles that are the Buy with
TTJ long of every young girls’ heart. confidence
Sizes 8V6 to 3. at GOLD’S
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T \ \«T Oxfords . . . for boys with an
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" \ y«»>r through. Sizes 12 4 to 3. ‘11
X-Ray Fitted
7 GOLD’S. Street Fleer
Nebraska Jewelry Co.
Watch Sale
17 Ruby Jewel Men's >
or Ladies' Watches
values to $1 4 95
49.50 IT1
Supply Lint tied!
So Be Here Early
Jess
Williams
Springs
46 Years
13th"& O
National Bank
of Commerce
Lincoln. Nebraska
Member F.D.I.C.
BEAL BROS.
GROCERY
Fresh Fruits & Vegetables
Meats
2101 R TeL 2-6933
VINE ST.
MARKET
GROCERIES b MEATS
22nd and Vine
2-6582 — 2-6584
I ... a name 1
THE EVANS
CLEANERS — LAUNDERERS
Save Monej,
Use our Cash and Carry Plan
333 No. 12th St. Dial 2-6961
10c-25c- 39*
Lincoln* FavoriU Potato Chip
LET
DONLEY STAHL CO.
1331 N St.
B—UR—druggist
Umberger’s 2-2424
1110 <4 Funeral ana Ambulance Serv
ice. Verna Burke. Roy Sheaff. Darold
Rohrbaugh. Floyd Umberger Families
2-5059
George H. Wentz
la#
PLUMBING 4 HEATING
1620 M Phone 2-1293
PARRISH MOTOR CO.
The home of clean used cars.
120 No. 19 St.
WAY'S FURNACE COMPANY
All Kindi of Tin and Furnace Work
GAS BURNERS AND FURNACES
Home Insulation Furnace Blowers
Plume 2-2T44 2T21-W O Street Lincoln. Nebraska