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NEBRASKA h IANES C OLSON, Superintendent TATS BUTOIICAL fOCIBTT The pioneer towns of territor ial Nebraska created a heavy de mand for building materials of all sorts. Prior to the coming of the railroad, all building ma terial that could not be produced locally had to bs brought up the Missouri River by steamboat. This was expensive as well as slow, and very early the Nebras ka pioneers mad strenuous ef forts to supply their building material locally insofar as pos sible. The sawmills discussed in an earlier column developed to meet this demand. Another type or building ma terial much in demand in Ne braska was brick, although local suppliers do not sem to have developed so rapidly in this field as they did in the lumber business. At least, in 1860 the territory had only one brick making establishment signifi cant enough to be listed in the federal census of that year. It was located in Cass County. It had a capital investment of $250. employed six men, and produced $600 worth of bricks per year. Though this establishment was small enough, I would hazard the guess that other Nebraska communities also had brick makers during the fifths. Many of the early concerns were very small and burned only enough 'C xx i. : V TOOTIES CAFE Will Serve FRIED CHICKEN. STEAKS and FISH Daily until 10 P.M. FISH SANDWICHES All The Time CHICKEN AND STEAKS Until 1 A.M. Saturdays Tootles Cae (Try Us) Phone 5010 407 Lincoln (Shop) Ave. KIS3ED . . . Gen. Matthew Kidj way is greeted with a wifely kiss at Tokyo air base upon bis return from battlrlincs. for a few buildings. On occa sion, a kiln would be improvised I in order to burn brick for a single building. By 1870, the industry had picked up considerably. The fed- i eral census of that year shows a total of 17 brick-making es tablishments in the new state of Nebraska. They employed 109 persons, to whom they paid a total of $20,874 in annual wages. The total capital value of the industry in the state was $22, 900, and the annual value of the brick produced amounted to $61,865. There is some discrepancy in the -figures reported in the Cen sus of 1870. The breakdown by counties accounts for only 10 of the 17 establishments listed in the general statement covering the industry. Of these, three each were in Dakota and Rich ardson counties, and two each in Dodge and Douglas counties. The county enumeration, for example seems to have missed the brick-making industry flour 1 ishing in Nebraska City. At least, in the summer of 1865. more than 1,000 cords of wood were piled up there ready for use in burning brick, and the Nebraska City News estimated that several million bricks would be burned during the season. Building stone was available in certain sections of Nebraska, and some cf the brick-making establishments also dealt in that commodity. Night Traffic Deaths Mount Patrol Says A total of 123 persons have lost their lives in night traffic accidents since last January 1 according to a report received today from the Nebraska Safety Patrol. Thousands of others were injured in other after-dark mishaps. These facts parallel disclosures by state and national trnffir jinnlvsts whirh stato that. ! on a basis of miles traveled, i aT would not permit erection night driving is three times as oi gymnasiums or ci scnooi ia hazardous as daytime travel. ' cilitics where no over-crowding Reduced "visibility and poor ' proolem exists. lights were important factors in all of these tragedies. This report was made in sup port of the Safety Patrol's plea to motorists to check their) Cas3 county stupors at the More Steel Okayed For School Buildings Senator Hugh Butler (R. Nebr.) has announced that the recent increased allocation of 1. C00 tens of steel by Defense Fred" nt ion Authority for school construct icn during the first quarter of 1952 "shouli provide sufficient steel to take care of ! urgent cases of over-crcwding in ! Nebraska school systems lor the time being, according to the U. S. Office of Education." Butler said the Office of Edu cation had warned, however, that th? additional steel prob Two Ship Hogs To Omaha Market lighting equipment before any after-dark travel and to oe sure to dim their headlights when meeting other vehicles oh the road. Failure to dim and defec tive lights were the basis for, stopping 4.354 motorists on Ne braska's highways last month Many of these contacts resulted when officers of the patrol found cars with improperly fo cused headlights. Motorists meeting such vehicles are hand icapped because their depth par ception vision may be reduced to twenty-per cent of normal and the net result may be a serious sideswipe accident. The patrol's report reminded motorists that headlights must be adujsted so that no part of the main beam of light on the high beam position is more than 42 inches from the ground at a point 75 feet ahead of the ve hicle. Having headlights that are ad i usted to me:t the re quirements of the law Omaha market Monday included John Dietl with 59 hogs weigh ing 205 pounds that sold at $18. and Ed Howard win 30 hogs weighing 210 at $18. Top price quoted on the hog market Monday was $18.15 as heavy supply pounded down the top to the lowest of the year last week. switching them to low Dcam when other vehicles are ap proaching will reduce the haz ard of after-dark travel by prj viding maximum visibility under all conditions for evorycu: en the road. Serving Turkey Often Advised A good way to b'ing variety into your meals i- t 3'rve key often ni' .v-;s.,- :i , Thanksgiving o- C';:- r-s. That's the wiri f --"- Jose phine Brooke cf thr : diversity of Nebra.-ka hrme omcmics de partment. Author cf an exten sion ri-:U: on "I r''s Talk Tur key " !?r. BrooKs tf lis of ways tiv.k-v enn b? servd. r- t:i a very small family, she and ; says, can enjoy turkey anv time Cattle Feeding May Be Less Profitable Cattle feeding likely will be less profitable in 1952 than In the past two years, according to University of Nebraska agricul tural economists. They point out that despite the fact that feeder cattle are bringing the highest prices on record the number of cattle on feed in Nebraska is 4 per cent more than a year ago. The average price of stcckors and feeders at Kansas Ci y in September was $31.90 a hun dredweight. This was $3 higher than the price a year earlier and only $4.78 lower than the price of choice s-eers at Chic?"" for the same month. The economists' pr:di?tr"i 1 . S -. - " - - tV,v iuvei jiuiita la u-i.-t'.i : nit narrow p ice spread I ' tween feeder and fat catll assump tion thcit prices of ' : "Leers at market lime in V.Z: ' i.l be the sam1 as they a-o ; w and an ticipated higher Ie?d prices. Should slauch'.er prices be re duced oithc - '.y weakening of demr.r.1 f-: by unforeseen in creases iii cattle marketings, riuy o-nt out, returns from u'.g might be very small. u reduction in the presently favorable ratio of cattle prices end the price of fesd grains, they say, would shrink material ly the profit margin of cattle feeders. The price of feed grains is expected to be higher in 1952 than it was in 1951. r.'f? 4 ,',-Vr . ' , STr.ICXEN After b etnc James Doody Is King Candidate James Dec;".;-' of Flattsmouth was one, o! the candidates for king at the Christmas dance !hf-!d r.l Kearney State Teachers College Friday night. The an nual all-college Christmas Car- S nival was also held as a part Hunt's Island in Portsmouth, N. H., Harbor, was named for Capt. John Blunt, the man cred- i 0f the activities. ited with piloting Washington's boat across the Delaware. Journal Want Ads P-A-Y-! cr tne year wuncut naving to rope v.iih turkey leftovers for dav-, c:i end. There are available such cuts as turk:y quarters, pieces as thighs, breasts, wings cr drum sticks and cross-cut turkey steaks. And. Dr. Brooks says, ycu don't always have to roat turkey. Turkeys or turkey parts can b3 braised, fricasseed, stew ed, fried or brciled as well as roasted. The circular is available at the offices of county extension agents, it gives directions for suggested way s of preparing turkey. Tree movers have mechanical equipment that can pick up and carrv a tree weighing 40 tons. 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Has all the famous Crosley features. 30 00 Installed 4th & Main SCANLON BROS., Owners (Bart &. Leo) Phone 245 Cornhusker Comment (Editor's Note: In a narrow sense, Tekamah takes the spot light in this week's "Cornhusker Comment." But what is written hsre is applicable to many towns. The writer, Juanita Rediger of Tekamah, is a School of Journalism senior and a Lin coln Journal staff member). I like my town. It's similar to thousands of others nestled among the hills in our nation's 43 states. But it's main street with the dusty bricks in the summertime and the quaint lit tle church with its shingled steeple capped with snow in the wintertime that set mji town apart for me. My town reached maturity lc'ng ago and now has its great grandchildren as its business men, its residential aistnct ioi- lows main street, spreading out into a flat, fertil? valley which shelters the homes of farm fam ilies. Softly rolling hills look down upon my town and this valley, and meet the evening sun. Looking down from those hills at night, one can see hun dreds of flickering lights and by raising one's eyes, can look across tha miles of rich farm land to the Iowa side of the Missouri river. My town is friendly. Everyone knows his neighbors, vhat a warm feeling it is to stroll down familiar sidewalks at eventide and speak to friends sitting on their perches. My town is prosperous. In the nast V'ars, frizzled old buildings, ! in undergoing facelifting jobs have revealed gleaming ironts to the passersby. Freight trains carry away surplus farm prod ucts, and trucking companies haul cattle and hogs to market in the early hours of the morn ing when the streetlights are still burning. Parents send their children to college, giving them that extra education many of the first generation missed. My town has character. In fact, its character is formed by the people living in all those litle homes. Its Chamber of Commerce members make sure more and more new families come to my town to live; civic minded women keep the city li brary well stocked; and teen agers learn democracy through their 4-H clubs, and sports pro grams. And whenever someone's son or daughter makes good at school or in business, the whole town is proud. My town is religious. Presby terian, Catholic, Baptist. Luth eran, Methodist, Seventh Day Advantist . . . we all respect each other, and on special occasions, even worshio together. We con tribute to bazaars and about once a month, spend an eve ning at a church family night dinner. My town likes to dress up. At Yuletide, businessmen provide for th3 decoration of main street with greenery and colored lights and on any national holiday, they place the flags in the staff holders aul up and down main street. My town is all these things and many more. But most of all it's home. c'.vajsed from the surf after sui t ie attempt, Mrs. Fay Walton, Santa Monica, Calif., confesses she had stabbed and drowned her baby son. Pie Contest For Both Boys, Girls The cherry pie baking con test slated Jan. 23 at the Uni versity of Nebraska is for both boys and girls who are members of 4-H clubs. The stats 4-H club office said the contest is open to any 4-H'er who has completed a meal plan ning and preparation project or is enrolled in the work for 1952. Each county in the state may have one contestant. The state winner will get a trip to Chicago to participate in a national pie making contest. The Nebraska State Horticultural Society will provide some money for county winners to defray expenses on THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY ?'jnxL Thursday, December 8, 1951 PAGE FOU. the state confer, plus some ex- ; VOTERS HELP THEMSELVES tra men' y for .he state winner j CHICAGO Chicago voters to usp in pra-. icing for the na- may be honest in their political trnal ecu rl. The National Red convictions but not otherwise. Cherry Institute will furnish John S. Rusch, chief clerk of .unds for the Chicago trip. the election board, said they Contestants will be judged on generally take about 4,000 poll- their method of preparation, I ing booth curtains, juu national quality of pie and personality. Spring Grain Information Out The performance of oat bar ley and spring wheat varisties in University of Nebraska agricul tural experiment station out state tests is outlined in a new circular just off the press. The circular, complied by the Uni versity's agronomy department, is available at the offices of county extension agents. The publication, written by A. F. Dreier and P. L. Ehlers, says that 1951 generally was a favor able year for spring grain. Cold, wet weather delayed or prevent ed planting in much of eastern Nebraska. Cool weather and lack of available nitrates caused early growth to be very slow. Weather in June, however, the circular says, favored production ofa good crop with high quality and test weight. The gradual moving of Vic toria blight westward in the state, the circular says, has con tributed to the low yields of Ce dar, Osage and Neosho oats in the south central, central and southwest areas. Summaries of the acre grain yield, weight per bushel, lodging and height data are included in the circular for all of the spring grains. flaes and considerable other equipment at each election. INFORMATION PLEASE MOUNT MORRIS, N. Y. The $20,000,000 federal dam flood control project here is having its effect on housing conditions. A classified advertisement in the weekly newspaper offered a reward of a $100 savings bond for "any information leading to rental of a house or apartment.'' Special Services Slated At St. Paul's Evangelical Church Sunday evening at 7:30 in a special service a sound motion picture produced by the Protest ant Film Commission in Holly wood entitled "A Wonderful Life" will be presented at St. Paul's Evangelical church. The film is excellent, artistically ar.d technically. It is a true story telling of a Christian family in a stirring; and inspiring way. All names and places are fictitious, yet the essence of the story is based on fact. The public is cordially invited. When John Ruskin criticized one of Whistler's painting, the famous artist sued and won damages of one farthing (half a cent). 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