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3T T A Page Dedicated to Cass County Farm, 4-H, Conservation and and Related Activities Published Every Monday by the Plattsmouth Journal. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, October 15, 1956 PAGE THREk Will Ask -J i f i 4 ! i n i i 1 I I 1 i j 5 J I i --T ! i 4 5 Terraces Jump Yield On Harry Bischof Farm By Earl J. Cook, Soil Conservation Service Terraces and other conserva tion work have increased yields and stopped erosion in cropland fields on the Harry Bischof farm southeast of Nehawka, according to the operator, F. O. Sands. The first terraces were built in 1947 on a year-old alfalfa field so badly rilled it couldn't be mowed, reports Sands. Now over 100 acres of sloping land is ter raced and one can drive any where in the cropland areas, ex cept for major ditches which are not yt controlled. Sands says that tne organic matter content of the soil and the water intake rate have increased noticeably since the soil conservation pro gram was begun. He is convinc ed that terracing is a paying proposition. Soil conservationist Cloyd IROH-CLAD OF PERFORf.lAHC r. iiriwrn.it iT- ,n mim-n i,n toy 75.6 for 11 Months Two farm size flocks ot the Gooch Experimental Farm turning in fhi egg laying record using only 4.27 lbs. feed per dozen eggs produced. Other Gooch users have equally good records on their-flocks. You can be sure your layers will do their best on GOOCH'S BEST LAYING FEED bet Qjoocb s teeaer- Proved Feed Here. Get Your Free fgg laying Charf A. R. CASE PRODUCE Plattsmouth, Nebr. PMOOF E If liltfii- .ir-1- ; .-imm-niir n- nil 1 t save up to 50 on our Family Plan! 4 days every week to enjoy savings of up to 50 on our money-saving Family Travel Plan! Leave any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday . . . return any day. Stopover wherever and as often as you like. Good on all Mo-Pac trains including the luxurious, streamlined Eagles. TICKETS RESERVATIONS INFORMATION MISSOURI PACIFIC STATION Route of the Eagles Boydston, from Weeping Water, has completed a four-weeks' training course at the Fort Rob inson Soil Conservation Service Training Center at Crawford, Nebraska. Boydston was one of two Ne braska men chosen to attend this intensive training given to 22 professional men from eight sur rounding states. Specialists from 12 fields instructed the men throughout the course of train ing. Special attention was given to the latest practices in soil and water conservation. Young Farmers' Class Meeting The first meeting of the Platts mouth Young Farmers class met in the High School Agriculture room on Wednesday, October 10. Sufficient interest was shown that plans were made to continue with future meetings. Class members selected the following topics to be discussed: Feeds and Feeding, Farm Leases, Gov ernment Farm Programs, Farm Electrical Wiring, Rafter Cutting and Farm Tractor Repair. The group will meet each Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in the future. They will also meet in the High School Ag. Room. The topic for the next five meetings will consist of different phases of Livestock Feeding. Don Hansen, the class instruc tor will welcome any other young farm men up to about 25 years of age who wish to attend. What Supplement To Feed LINCOLN Available feed is one thing that should be consid ered when determining what supplement to feed with drouth damaged corn. If no green feed is available, carotene or some other source of vitamin A should be added according to Dr. John Matsushi ma, associate professor of ani mal husbandry at the University of Nebraska. It is possible to use some stil bestrol but this should not be done if the supplement is for beef cattle. ARTHRITIS SUFFERERS! OFFER SAME DAY RELIEF! 100 Tablet $2.49 AT ALL DftUQ STORES Cass Drug mm UX1 More Advice To Farmers On Social Security Recently there has been con siderable inquiry from farmers in this area, relative to their social security credit, and ex pecially among landlords who rent land to farmers, according to word received this week from the Social Security Administra tion Bureau in Lincoln. The Lincoln officials report that it depends on the rental agreement and how much the land owner participates in the operation and management o f the farm, said A. F. Si.lber, man ager of the Lincoln social secur ity office. Under some conditions income from land may be construed to be "rental income" and not cov ered by the law; under other circumstances land return may be considered "earnings from, self-employment" as a farmer. Mr. Silber stated that if the land owner simply rents the land and in return takes cash or a share of the crop or livestock, then the cash received is con sidered rental income and does not count towards social secur ity said Silber. One may get social security credit for income from land one rents to someone else under an agreement that the land owner will "materially participate" in the management or production of the farm commodities. In order to clarify this Silber said, there must be an arrange ment between the landowner and renter that he will take part in the management or production. This agreement may be either written or unwritten. The land owner must actually take some part in the production or man agement of the production of the farm. Silber went on to state that even if the land owner does not actually do any physical work, he may be materially par ticipating in the production or management of the farm, if he advises, and consults with the renter on the operation of the land; inspects production activ ity. Livestock Runs Heavy At Omaha Livestock runs at Omaha con tinue heavy, many of them top ping previous largest by several thousand. Feeder stock has re mained slow to weak to 50 cents lower. Sudden settlement of the Swift strike is blamed for the slump as it caught some pack ers with above normal holdings of beef. , Recent shippers from Cass County were: Dwight Cook, 26 hogs, wt. 198, $16.50 (top 10-2). Leo Rikli, 16 steers, wt. 1093, $20.25. Frank Frohlich, 11 hogs, wt. 224, $17.25 (top 9-25). Will Hold Large Stock Sale Nov. 1 Ralph E. Gansemer, residing in Mt. Pleasant precinct, is ad vertising a large stock sale at the farm, northwest of Murray on Thursday, November 1st, at which time there will be many fine cows offered for sale. The sale embraces Holstein and Brown Swiss stock as well as dairy equipment that will be a great addition to a dairy farm. Young and Lacey are the auc tioneers and the Murray State Bank will clerk the sale. Advertising of this sale will ap pear in the Journal. DESTROY Termites and All Pests SILL S Per Mite SERVICE Dial 7142 For Free Inspection 601 No. 9th A constitutional amendment which will permit the Legis lature to modernize and change the method of taxing grain and seed in the State of Nebraska will be on the ballot this fall. Supporters of the amendment, which include seven major farm organizations and two tax study groups, believe a favorable vote will help Nebraska agriculture by equalizing an unfair tax bur den which has been placed on it through the old "ad valorem" (according to value) method cf taxation. They point out that states surrounding- Nebraska have adopted a newer tax method on grain and seed which requires each person handling the grain or seed to pay a mill levy on each bushel handled. This is the aim of the Nebraska amendment. State Senator Otto Liebers of Lincoln, chairman of the Legis lature's Tax Study Committee, summarizes: "The committee and the Leg islature have been studying this problem of a equitable and fair grain tax law for several years. One farmer may pay nothing one year and his neighbor across the county line may pay hundreds of dollars. . .The trouble is that the man who pays nothing never knows when his turn is coming. "States like Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and South Dakota had Blue Devils Bow To Falls City, 38 To 6 The Plattsmouth Blue Devils lost to Falls City Friday night, 38-6. Attending the game were a large delegation from Platts mouth including many mem bers of the Booster Club. What they saw made them not very happy. Plattsmouth kicked off to Falls City to start the game. After an exchange of punts, the Tigers got rolling. They moved the ball to the 31 yard line of Platts mouth. Quarterback Jim Poage handed the call to halfback John Werner who darted and weaved through Plattsmouth de fenders to a touchdown. The extra- point was blocked and Falls City led, 6-0 with 7:17 left in the first period. Late in the period Poage passed to Don Liscott and a touchdown. The play covered 49 yards. This time the point conversion was good and the Tigers led 13-0 as the second quarter started. The Devils were still unable to move the ball and Falls City took over. With the ball on the 21 yard line of Plattsmouth, half back Don Campbell threw a despiration pass that was caught in the end zone by LaMarr Gib son. The extra point was blocked and Falls City opened up a 19-0 lead with 8:18 left in the 2nd quarter. The Devils were still unable to make any ground in the stiff defense of the Tigers, and once more, Falls City scored when Werner scored from the twenty yard line. This made the score 26-0 with 5:49 left in the period The Devil offense began to move. Through the driving of Lary Long and Tom Winscot the devils moved the ball from their own 21 to the Tiger 38 yard line. Long handed the bal to right halfback Jerry Sayers who went around the end al the way for the only Platts mouth score of the game. The extra point was no good and Falls City led 26-6. There was no stopping the Tigers, however, as they scored with litle time remaining. Poage threw a six yard pass to Gibson and the score at halftime was Falls City 32, Plattsmouth 6 The second half saw the Devils play much better ball The. defense seemed to toughen although the Falls City defense was just as tough. . With about 1:00 left in the third period, Falls City threat ened, but was unable to score The Devils also got close as the period ended. In the 4th quarter, the Devils missed a scoring opportunity and lost the ball on the 21 yard line. Falls City moved the ba all the way to the two of Platts mouth where Bob Gibson drove for the touchdown with 5:50 lef in the game. As the game near ed the end, Plattsmouth missed another scoring opportunity as tne ball was lost on the two vard line. The game ended with the score Falls City 38, Plattsmouth 6. The Devils looked ragged the first half but came back to play heads-up ball the last half. Cited by Coach Hansen for good jobs were Jerry Sayers and Larry Long on offense and Lorin Fleschman, John Konfrst, Den problems similar to Nebraska's. But they changed to the new mill levy tax, and their farmers now pay someting like a quarter or half-mill per bushel of grain han dled. On an average family-size farm in Nebraska, this tax would be about $5 per year. "But 'everyone who nandles that grain from farm through milling and processing would al so pay the levy. Thus, in total, the tax revenues would be rough ly tne same as the State is now receiving only everyone would be paying their fair share. . .on a businesslike basis throughout the year." Dr. H. C. Filley, Master of the Nebraska State Grange, said the new method of taxation would allow farmers to carry over their grain from one year to the next. This is very important to farmers carrying on a feeding program. Particularly during re cent drought years is a grain carry-over important. Under the present law, farmers are taxed heavily if they keep their grain until March 1. In most counties this tax runs up to 3 and 4 cents per bushel. A "FOR" vote on the amend ment would allow the Legisla ture to substitute the mill levy basis for taxing grain and seed The actual amount of the mill levy, according to Senator Lie bers, would be determined by Alvo Wins Football Game The Alvo sixman football team was winner of a close contest on Friday on their own gridiron over Eagle. The score as report ed was Alvo 39 and Eagle 38. 3rd Week Team Standings Pins Won Lost 7301 8 1 7050 7 2 6585 7 2 6211 7 " J 2 7065 6 3 7062 6 ' 3 6767 5 4 6668 5 4 6631 5 4 6405 5 4 6178 3 6 6678 2 7 6516 2 7 6112 2 7 6645 1 8 6442 1 8 Transfer Marge Kent's Bryant Motors Soennichsen's Huebner 66 Tumpane Woodmen Red Line Oil Tim's Standard Ofe Oil Cass Loan Plattsmouth Elliott Season Records High ind. game, D. Hild, 221, D. Williams, 221;- high ind. series, A. McClanahan. 578: high team game, Cass Theatre, 900; high team series, Cass Theatre, 2499 Weekly Records High ind. game, R. Matney, 212; high ind. series, 542; high team game, Soennichsen's, 858; high team series, Huebner 66, 2459. Ashland Boy Has Promotion FORT RILEY. Kan. Wil liam E. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Clark, 506 N 14th st., Ashland, Nebr., recent ly was promoted to private first class at Fort Riley, Kan., where he assigned to the rst Infantry Division's 1st Military Police Company. Clark entered the Army in Oc tober, 1955 and completed basic training at Fort Chaffee, Ark. He is a 1953 graduate of Ash land High School. Burbee, Larry Cundall and Ken Dasher on defense. Those seeing action for Platts mouth were Bob Wilson, Ken Dasher, Jerry Sayers, John Kon frst, Roger Sutton, Lorin Flesch man, Gary Horan, Tom Win scot, Ken Aylor, Lary Cundall, Bill Long, Larry Long, Toby All bee Den Burbee, Tom Martin, Dave Anderson, Bob Hutton, Ken Prichard, Jim Grosshans, Lauren Todd, Mike Lewis, Jerry Wurtele, Bob Beverage and Chester Bow man. Statistics Falls City Plattsmouth 1st Downs 18 11 Yards Rushing 262 200 Yards Passing 145 35 Penalties 55 10 Score by Quarters Falls City 13 19 0 6 38 Plattsmouth 0 6 0 0 6 1 SATTLER Funeral Home Dial 3123 the need of producing the same tax income from grain and seed as is produced today under the valuation method. It is believed the levy would be either or y2 mill per bushel. The Nebraska Farm - Grain Council, Inc., a non-profit organ ization of farmers, grain and seed men, has been formed to support the amendment. Mem bers of the Council's Executive Committee are Paul Babue, Chadron; Owen Cotton, Omaha; Dr. H. C. Filley, Lincoln; John Jirdon, Morrill; C. H. Kreader, Dalton; Senator Liebers; Char les Marshall, Avoca; Chris Mil ius, Omaha; Marion Morgan, Elwood; Walter Petersen, Chap pell; Robert Scoular, Omaha; Paul Stewart, Waterloo; and I W. Wheeler, Lincoln. Another 22 farm, grain, labor and business leaders from all sections of the State, make up the advisory committee to the Council. The organizations supporting the amendment include: Nebras ka Farm Bureau Federation, Ne braska Citizens Council, Nebras ka Cooperative Council, Nebras ka Farmers Union, Nebraska Grain & Feed Dealers Associa tion, Nebraska Seedsmen Asso ciation, Nebraska State Grange, Nebraska State Legislative Tax Study Committee, Nebraska Wheat Growers Association. Indians Win Over Syracuse The Weeping Water Indians added another to their string of victories Friday night when they invaded Otoe county to meet the Syracuse high school group. The Indians were winners by tie score of 28 to 0, the scoring occuring in the early part of the game, two touchdowns m t h e . . opening quarter of the struggle, Charles Seegar made the first touchdown with the point after touchdown being made by Gary McDonald. Seegar was also re sponsible for the second score and this time Gary Switzer made the extra point. McDonald scored another of their tallies and Switzer repeat ed with the placement. Phil Rhodes made the final touch down of the game with Seegarsi adding the extra point. Court House County Court: Willard L. Garnett, Leaven worth, Kans., overload on axle, $50 and $4. Virginia Yates, OAFB, speed ing, $10 and $4. Gary E. Van Horn, Lincoln, speeding, $10 and $4. Howard D. John, Lincoln, speding, $10 and $4. A marriage license was issued to Virgil Lee McGinnis, 42, and Willie Mae Brooks, 43, both of Omaha, October 13. They were married by Judge Raymond J. Case. Witnesses were Miss Thel ma Kruger and Mrs. Estella L. Rutherford. District Court: A divorce w7as granted Vita N. Snodgrass from J. Howard Snod- grass Thursday before Judge Dierks. The plaintiff was grant ed an aosoiute divorce and a property settlement was agreed upon by the court. Smith & Leb ens represented the plaintiff. Leon Mink, appearing before Judge Dierks on a charge of is suing a no account check, was sentenced to six months in coun ty jail. He was represented by Atty. Francis M. Casey, appoint ed by the court. Journal Want Ads Pay "There I was driving along when suddenly everything went black." When things "look black" for your car, that's the time to call on us for prompt, ex pert service. An even better idea is to have your car checked here regularly . . . and let us stop trouble be fore trouble can stop you! R. .V. BRYANT MOTOR CO. Your Dodge-Plymouth Dealer Plattsmouth, Nebr. Obituary Of Jennie Snell, Old Resident Jennie E. Snell,, daughter of Peter and Charlotte Anderson, was born at Kankakee, Illinois on July 31, 1879 and departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Groes ser near Weeping Water, Ne braska on October 7, 1956 having attained the age of 77 yrs., 2 mo. and 7 days. In 1889 she moved with her parents to Cass County Nebras ka where she resided continually except for 5 years when she liv ed at Sterling, Nebraska. On March 11, 1899 she was united in marriage at the home of her parents in Weeping Water to Henry A. Snell. To this union three children were born. Albert, Donald, and Jeanette. Jennie was confirmed in the Danish Luthern Church as a child and was a member of the Danish Ladies Aid. while re taining her membership in the Danish Luthern Church she was active and loyal in her support to The Methodist Church of the community in which she lived. Jennie was a loving and devout mother and neighbor. She was loved by all who knew her and was known by all her neighbors and friends as "Aunt Jennie." Jennie was preceeded in death by her husband, Henry and her two sons, Albert and Donald. Left to mourn her passing are two sisters, Mrs. James E. Jen kins of Murray, Nebraska and Mrs. Chris Snell of Omaha, Ne braska; her daughter and son-in-law, Jeanette and Al v i n Groesser of Weeping Water, Ne braska; one daughter-in-law, I'm m- Mrs Blanche Snell of Platts- mouth. Nebr.; 3 grandsons, Don RADIATOR REPAIRING Plattsmouth Motors ONE-DAY SERVICE 625 Ave. A Ph. 287 is: WE ARE AUTHORIZED EASTMAN DEALERS Bring All Type Color Films In For Processing Kodacolor Kcdachrome Movies Ektachrome chreiner PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA The improved Feed-O-Matic hauls, mixes, elevates, unloads all grain and ground feed. It saves hours of time and work; unloads up to 20 bushels per minute; can be used profitably in feeding cattle, hogs, sheep, turkeys. 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