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RIVER ONCE
VITAL ARTERY
OF TRANSPORTATION
A century ago, the return of
spring meant for the river towns
of Nebraska territory the return
of the steamboat. Prior to the
coming of the railroad, the steam
boat was the principal agency of
communication possessed by Ne
braska’s pioneer communities.
The river was closed each winter,
but after the ice had broken up,
and travel once again became
reasonably safe, the steamboats
began to make their way up the
river, bringing with them prec
ious cargoes of supplies as well
as mail and new settlers. It is
little wonder that the whistle of
the first steamboat was an eager
ly-awaited event and further, that
the arrival of the first steamboat
for a community-wide celebration.
Nebraska History for December
1954. contains an article by Dr.
William J. Petersen, well known
steamboat authority. on the
steamboat trade of the Missouri
river. Dr. Petersen makes it
very clear that the steamboat
was an important cause of the
growth of Nebraska's river cities.
The steamboat is important, not
only in historical perspective, but
was recognized as an important
instrument of progress by the
ninneers who used it. Dr. Peter-1
son. for example, quotes the j
Nebraska Advertiser for Septem
ber 3. 1857. to the effect that no
trade in the United States, and
possibly in the world, emoloved
as many steamboats as the Mis
souri River. Fortv-six steam
boats measuring 29,300 tons and
valued at $1,267,000.00 were run
ning on the Missouri that year,
and a dozen new boats were
under construction. Further the
editor pointed out, officers and
crews on Missouri River steam
boats received higher wages than
were paid steam boatmen on
other streams.
One reason for the high wages,
of course, was the fact that the
Missouri River was a dangerous
stream to navigate. The channel
shifted so frequently that pilots
would find it entirelv different
on successive trips. Then there
was the everpresent danger of
snags. Many a Missouri steam
boat went to a watery grave as
the result of being caught on a
snag. , I
Brownville was one of tne
towns which profited greatly
from the steamboat trade and
Brownville. of course, was a rel
atively more important town in
Nebraska during the steamboat
era than it has been since.
On July 28. 1856, the Nebras
ka Advertiser, Brownville's paper
noted that the steamboat “Edin
burg” left the largest goods of
the season at the Brownville
wharf. One firm. Hoblitzell and
Co., had received its second sup
ply of the season, and the freight
bill amounted to over one thous
and dollars. By July 1, 1857,
fullv 130 steamboats had docked
at the Brownville wharf, usually
landing both passengers and
freight at almost every arrival, j
Brownville was not the only
town to benefit from the steam
boat. All the river towns were
beneficiaries.
Steamboats, of course, ceased
to be important with the com
pletion of the trans-continental
railroad. Even so, steamboating
continued on the upper river be
fore a considerable number of
years or until railroads spanned
the northern plains.
BACK OF THAT BACKACHE
Pain is a sympton; backaches
Included There are many gen
eral causes of backache: injury;
heavy repeated tasks, gall-bladder
trouble, heat and cold extremes
In work, wrong type of bed, care
less posture, the ill fitted spike
and clodhopper shoes we wear,
fatigue, pregnancy, overweight,
and our emotional up-sets and at
titudes.
Most of these causes can be
corrected. Change your occupa
tion when necessary; get a new
bed or use a bed board; master
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good posture; solve your prob
lems, when possble, or accept
them.
Backaches may be referred
pain resulting from disease some
where else. Or the difficulty
may cause pain in other regions
of the body.
Backaches may be remedied by
rest if the source is in the back.
When we sprain our ankle, we
get off our feet. We should use
the same good judgement with a
backache.
Absenteeism because of back
ache was cut, for women in -in
airplane factory, when the Navy
surgeons devised a system of body
bending, twisting, and setting-up
exercises to bring into play the
muscles of the spine, trunk, and
pelvis.
Massage is helpful to the spinal
muscles and nerves, especially
when combined with heat. Hot
fomentation (a steam-hot, moist
towel folded inside a dry towel),
is very good. Follow by a vigor
ous massage next to the spine,
never directly over the spine.
Knead the muscles with the
palms of the hand, not the fing
ers. Close the pores after treat
ment, with rubbing alcohol.
When pain persists see a doc
tor. Self diagnosis is dangerous.
Nebraska Air
Healthy ""Nebraska ranks high
in comparison with other states.
This is due to various causes and
conditions, but there is one con
tributing resource to which we
probably give little thought. That
is air - clean, fresh, invigorating
air. It may seem strange to list
air as a resource, but it truly is
that, and one about which Amer
icans are becoming more con
scious. Air is all about us, more
abundant than anything else, and
so taken for granted, yet without
an ample supply of it, we die,
and when it becomes polluted,
our health is jeopardized.
Approximately 10,000 Ameri
can communities contend with
the problem of air pollution re
sulting from dust, gases, automo
bile fumes, factory smoke, and
other dangerous elements. The
problem has become so great
that Congress recently provided
$5,000,000 a year to conduct re
search in the matter. Some cities
have had to go so far as to pass
ordinances regulating types of
fuel that can be burned in homes
and factories. Damage suits have
been won by farmers whose dairy
herds and pasture lands were af
fected by poisonous gases from
nearby smelters.
As our population increases,
as industrial plants become more
numerous, and motor transporta
tion expands still further, let’s
not forget the treasure we Ne
braskans have in pure, fresh air.
Let’s guard the atmosphere a
gainst pollution as carefully as
we guard our water supplies. The
natural resources of our State
are not ours alone—they belong
to the men. women, and children
who will follow after us. In our
planning it is logical that the air
we breathe be considered in our
ever-present struggle in conser
vation.
Staying Together
Coming together is a beginning;
keeping together is progress;
working together is success.
—Henry Ford
Home Dangerous
You may not think of your home
as a booby trap—but accident stat
titles prove that hazards lurk la
every nook and cranny at the house.
sTOchisoTureT^^ood!
Article in Reader’s Digest Reveals
Jittery Pre-Menstrual Tension
Is So Often a Needless Misery!
Do you suffer terrible nervous ten
sion — feel jittery, irritable, de
pressed— just before your period
each month? A startling article in
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misery in many cases!
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River Is
Cutting East
Of Herman
Sizeahle Area is
Already Washed
Into the Stream
The Missouri River, which has
j been quite docile for several years,
has sprung to life in an area just
east of Herman and is washing
away huge tracts of land. The
Swashing is taking place on the
Iowa side at this time but local
land owners know that a severe
I cutting on one side is often follow
ed by a similar action on the other
side later on .
The point of most severe cutting
is taking place west of Modale.
The Mrs. Jane Hester farm is
being cut at this time and a hunt
ing lodge in the Hester timber has
already been moved to prevent its
going into the river.
Iowa State Representatives Will
iam Darrington has investigated
the point of cutting and has taken
the matter up with Iowa Governor
Leo Hoegh in an effort to get aid
to halt the ravages of the stream.
15,000 UNABLE
TO COME BACK!
In 1955, more than fifteen
thousand individuals didn’t return
home after the pleasures of the
weekend. According to figures
recently published by the Safety
Service of The Travelors insur
ance Companies of Hartford, Con
necticut, 15,730 Americans were
killed in weekend traffic acci
dents.
Of last year’s traffic fatalities,
more than one-fifth occurred on
Saturday.
The reasons for this record
number of weekend highway fatal
ities lie in the motoring habits of
the American public. Every high
way in the nation has its Saturday
share of that portion of America
bound and determined to arrive
at its weekend destination in time
for dinner, even if the trip’s last
sixty minutes must be covered in
an hour flat. Toq frequently, the
strain and fatigue of distance
driving are ignored in anticipa
tion of ample relaxation at the
journey’s end.
Then, too,, our highways con
tinue to be filled with those
drivers whose idea of relaxation
is an extra drink or two “for the
road.”
Millions of dollars have been
spent by Federal, state and muni
cipal authorities in an effort to
provide better and safer roads.
Additional millions are spent by
insurance companies and other
private organizations for programs
of safety education.
Nevertheless, the weekends of
1955 saw more persons killed and
ever before. It wasn't the fault J
injured on our highways than |
of the road systems; it wasn’t j
the fault of safety education cam-.
paigns. It was the fault of |
pleasure-bent individuals striving
to go too far, too fast, for a week
end’s enjoyment.
MAGAZINE TURNS
FOCUS ON STATE
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Mari Sandoz Writes
of Nebraska in May
Issue of Holiday
Nebraska, a state which boasts
the longest average life span in
the nation, and whose history
reads like a western thriller, is
featured in the May issue of Holi
day Magazine.
Native author Mari Sandoz
treats the growth and character of
a homeland that only recently
was the pathway to the West and
i the highland home of Indians.
She describes the way the Indians
| lived when the first white man
! came to Nebraska, drawn by the
i scent of gold and seeking free
land and the independence it of
fered.
Known as the Tree Planters
State, the Bug Eater, Flower, and
| Cornhusker State, and now as
| the Beef State. Nebraska lies in
1 the heart of the largest single
I piece of arable-grazable land in
l the world states the author, and
j boasts fine corn ground, great
stretches of wheat land, several
oil-rich regions and ridges that
are higher than most of the
mountains of the East.
In describing Nebraska as a
paradise of the animal kingdom,
Miss Sandoz pays tribute to the
state’s sound conservation pro
gram which has increased small
game and brought back such
animals as deer, antelope, and
coyote but not the buffalo, which
at one time moved in great herds
over the Nebraska prairies.
The article touches on all
phases of Nebraska life today,
and in it the author visits Omaha,
the center of the cattle business,
which packs more beef than any
other place on earth; Lincoln,
often called the Holy Cit^ for its
I many churches; the timbered
regions of northern Nebraska;
: and the rich, rolling grasslands
called the Sandhills. She writes
about the early Eastern settlers;
native sons Wild Bill Hickok and
Buffalo Bill Cody, the two most
j glamorized figures of the old
wild west; the weather with it$
j swift and unpredictable changes;
! and Nebraskan society.
I A South African inventor has
1 perfected an automatic fishing
reel which brings in the fish all
; by itself—it says here.
“If we could see ourselves as
others see us, we’d realize how de
ceiving appearances can be.”
Chemicals Help Cut Farming Costs
Farmers can look for new and better chemical “hired hands” from
fdentists like the above, at work in one of the greenhouse laboratories of
Monsanto Chemical Company’s agricultural chemicals research center at
Creve Coeur, Mo. Doctors Clyde L. Wilson (left), John M. Demming and
Ernest Jaworski make bench tests of a new chemical killer for weedy
trasses which does not injure corn.
Cost-conscious farmers will be turning to a wider use of farm
:hemicals this year to help bolster their income against sagging prices.
Their goal is not a larger yield of crops in surplus, but a bigger margin
jf profit per unit of farm yield. And chemicals have proved to be
the lowest-priced “hired hands.”
Weeds alone cost American farmers an estimated $4 billion (that’s
right, billion) each year; almost as much as the nation’s com crop is
worth. Farmers in the Com Belt usually cultivate their com three to
five times a season, mostly for weed control. At $1.25 or so per acre
per cultivation, that means a tillage cost of anywhere from $3.75 to
f6.25 per acre for the crop.
At a recent Weed Society of America meeting, a report of tests
fonducted in Ohio showed that weeds in com on many soils could be
controlled chemically at a cost of only $3.40 per acie. Yields from
the chemically-treated crops were about the same as from mechanical
cultivation. Thus, the chemical weed control gave equal results at
considerably lower costs.
The same thing applies to pasture, too, where chemicals can help
more palatable and nutritious forage plants take over without reseed
|ng. Grass production was upped 75 per cent on permanent native
. Nebraska pastures simply by using 2,4-D to control iron weed
and other broadleaves.
The big farm chemical producers such as Monsanto in St. Louis
are investing huge sums of money in research for new and even better
farm chemicals to do highly efficient and special farm jobs. Monsanto
reports that it screens more than 2,000 new compounds each year as
potential farm chemicals.
Meanwhile, the 2,4-D and others now available are made mors
efficient oy improved emulsifiers, anti-clogging agents and such,
they are better tools today—and better buys.
It all adds up to a strong indication that higher farm profits may
be just around the comer; the comer that can be cut on productios
coats by putting chemical “hired hands ’ to work.
IT’S YOUR MOVE
Here Are Money Savers
Orange And Coconut Mated In Pie
Pie-mates describes a pie filling and its crust which have been
mated because of flavor harmony. Here, both a light chiffon filling
and its flavored pie crust present the ambrosial popularity of orange
juice concentrate and chopped coconut. It’s unflavored gelatine which
makes the filling so airy.
Ambrosia Chiffon Pie ,
Urange tie shell:
, cup less 1 tablespoon 1
homogenized shortening
1 tablespoon boiling water
2 tablespoons frozen orange
juice concentrate, thawed to
room temperature
1 teaspoon milk
1J4 cups sifted all-purpose
flour
H teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons chopped
coconut
Put shortening in mixing bowl. Add boiling water, thawed orangi
juice concentrate, and milk and whip with fork until all liquid i<
absorbed and a thick, smooth mixture is formed. Sift flour and salt
onto shortening whip and stir quickly into a dough. Pick up and work
until smooth and blended; shape into a flat round. Roll between two
12' squares of waxed paper into a circle %' thick. Sprinkle 2 table
spoons chopped coconut over pastry, leaving about 1' border plain.
Recover with paper and gently roll coconut into dough. Turn pastry
aver and repeat, rolling in remaining 2 tablespoons coconut. Peel off
top paper, place pastry in 9' pie pan, pastry next to pan. Remove
paper, fit pastry into pan, trim ^ beyond pan, turn back even with
edge of pan, flute rim. Prick shell all over with fork. Bake in a very
hot oven (450°F.) 10-14 minutes.
YIELD: 1 9-inch pie shell, j
Orange Chiffon Filling: |
1 envelope unflavored
gelatine
cup cold water
}■i teaspoon
salt
t 4 eggs separated
1 can (6 ounces) frozen orange \
juice concentrate (less 2 table- A
spoons used in orange pie shell)
cup sugar
Yi cup heavy cream, whipped
1 9-inch baked orange pie shell
apruiKie geiaune on corn water in top oi aouDie Douer to gotten.
Ada salt and egg yolks; mix well. Place over boiling water and cook,
stirring constantly, until mixture thickens slightly and gelatine dis
solves, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat; add orange juice con
centrate. Chill, stirring occasionally, until the mixture mounds
slightly when dropped from a spoon. Beat egg whites until stiff, but
not dry. Gradually add sugar and beat until very stiff. Fold in
gelatine mixture. Fold in whipped cream. Carefully pile into baked
pie shell. Chill until firm. If desired, garnish with whipped cream,
coconut and slices of maraschino cherry. y -
YIELD: 1 9-inch pie.! /
v^Meat Balls and Gravy on Noodles
*_/ An Easy Taste-Treat
TTME and again, the pantry shelf conies to the rescue of the
_ harried housewife at mealtime. Here is a good example. Deli
cious meat balls and gravy, prepared from the recipe of a famous
chef, come in a can. They are ready to heat and eat, and served
on noodles, they are a great family favorite. This makes eco
nomical eating, too, since each serving averages less than fifteen
cents. The meat balls have a distinct home-cooked flavor. There
are ten in a can, made of the finest selected beef and broiled to per
fection. Blending with them is a savory, delicately seasoned
gravy, that keeps perfect company with the meat balls.
i uis is a meai uiai couian i oe
easier to prepare. The meat balls
and gravy are emptied into a sauce
pan and simmered over medium
heat from six to eight minutes with
an occasional stirring.
You can be cooking up the
noodles while the meat balls and
gravy are heating. When finished
just put the noodles on a platter,
spoon the fragrant meat balls and
gravy on top.
The vegetable course to go with
it: frozen string bears with little
canned onions make a delightful
accompaniment when served with
a taste-tempting Vinaigrette Sauce.
Set your taste treat down in front
of the hungry family and just
watch them polish their plates.
Vinaigrette Sauce for String Beans
Vi teaspoon salt
Vi teaspoon pepper
Vi teaspoon paprika
Vi teaspoon sugar
Vi cup salad oil
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 tablespoon minced pickles
1 tablespoon minced parsley
X tablespoon chopped green pepper
Mix seasonings and sugar to*
gether in saucepan. Add oil and
vinegar and stir. Heat but do not
boil. Add minced pickle, parsley
and green pepper. Serve over green
beans and onions.
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SPEEDWAY FACTS I
Fastest avg. speed
500-mi.- ) 20.400 mph ,
(Vukovich, 1954) \
Fastest avg. single c
2.5 mi. lap: 141.354 ^
(Vukovich. J955) \
Coffee Consumption
Drivers 6 Crews:
1.424 cups (19551
Spectators:
i 105.000 cups (19551 _
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Tip to Motorists:
Safety Experts
Recommend—
STOP FOR COFFEE
EVERY 100 MILES
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-Catch m
With Fishing Reel and Movie Reel
\ if your wife can’t come along on your annual fishing trip, she
can still see the sights! Just take a movie of the trip, complete
with a close-up of the prize catch!
You'll enjoy the movie-making as much as the fishing, and
there’s no better way to convince the skeptics that you really did
land the big one. What’s more, according to experts of the Key
stone Camera Co., leading maker of home movie cameras and
projectors, you can nojv make ‘‘professional’’ looking movies
wiuiuui expensive equipment.*
The new Zoom-Lens, for in
stance, available in an 8mm
movie camera, now makes pos
sible wide angle, regular and
close-up shots, without changing
lenses.
This means you can really get
variety in your movies. But don’t
take just a series of random
shots. Tell a story. It’s fun and
I easy to prepare a simple scenario
in advance, and let your wife
help. When actually shooting,
mix wide-angle shots of the
scenery with close-ups of the
big moments. You might try a
slow motion shot, or a speed-up
shot for laughs. The Zoom-Lens
camera, which has four speeds,
also has a built-in exposure
guide and a three-way trigger
l release that permits regular run,
continuous lock run, stop motion
animation, and single frame ex
posure for titling.
Keystone experts have worked
out a single-roll shooting script
for your fishing trip movie, and
you can vary it to suit any
situation:
1. Ten feet regular shot, show
ing you assembling equipment
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and loading it into car.
2. Five feet, close up, kissing
your wife goodbye, then regular
shot of "take-off."
3. Ten feet, wide angle, of
scenery, boats, and close-up of
guide and cook. •
4. Ten feet, party setting out
in boats (try speed-up shot here),
with mixed shots of fishing
activity.
5. Five feet, close-up of the
big one.
6. Three feet, close-up of three
day growth of beard. f
7. Eight feet showing loading
of car for trip back.
A FINAL PRECAUTION*,'
Make sure you catch some fish.
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