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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Section C Thursday, April H, 19C0 Local Waterfowl Area Open Friday for Visiting Beginning Friday. April 15 and lasting through Sept. 15, the Missouri River bottom will be open to visitors from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., resident manager Harold Edwards said today. Predator Bounties The following predator boun ties were paid recently by the office of County Clerk here ($2.50 each for Coyote or foxi: Russell Arnold, Plattsmouth, fox; Arthur Hansen, Nehawka, 8 foxes; Calvin Guyer, Flatts mouth, fox: John Shafer, Ne hawka, 18 coyotes, 16, foxes; Cecil McCollum, Flattsmouth, 3 foxes; David Eaton, Union, Coyote, 5 foxes. Sherman Hathaway, Flatts mouth, fox; Charles C. Amick Weeping Water, coyote, fox; Roger Ford, Flattsmouth, 2 foxes; Ray Wiles, Flattsmouth, fix; Frank G. Schmid, Flatts mouth, fox; Robert Wagner, Flatt'-mouth, 2 coyotes, 3 foxes; Art Sprietk, Flattsmouth, fox Clifford Sutton F'attsmouth, fox. But. it will be a little hard to get there for a time. The entire area, its new road system of 8 miles of graveled roads and the road leading past the water plant to the area were under water for more than 10 days when the Missouri flooded Edwards said the best way to get to the area, if you want to do a little fishing in the lake, is to drive to the main entrance past the water plant (when con ditions permit driving that far) and hike in from there. There are some regulations the State Game , Commiission has set in regard to visitors. These will be posted at the main gate and read: 1. Gate will open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. 2. No firearms permitted. 3. No boating or swimming in lake. 4. Drinking of alcoholic bev erages prohibited. 5. Roads narrow, use caution Speed limit 25 mph. 6. No overnight camping. a.) YOU'LL HAVE MORE MONEY for the things your family needs ad wants with a low-payment, long-term Land Bunk loan a loan that ran he paid in advance without penalty. You ran use a Land Bank loan to buy laud, to consolidate debts, to buy livestock and equipment, to make improve ment and lor other purposes. Come in and talk it over with as today. Federal Land Bank Association Harold C. Elliott, Manager, Weeping Water, Nebraska Phone 64 Certified Spud Acreage Rises ALLIANCE Nebraska certi fied potato producers raised more potatoes of higher quality on fewer acres in 1959 as com pared to 1958. s These facts were reported at the annual meeting of the Po tato Certification Association of Nebraska here this week, ac cording to Warren Trank, secretary-manager. A total of 3,012 acres of pota toes were accepted for certifica tion for the 1959 season down 110 acres from a year ago. Gross production totalled 392,701 hun dredweights, received blue tag ratings, the highest possible. Red LaSoda was the principal variety grown again in 1959, Trank said. Haig the ' new white variety, was second. Oth er principal varieties in order were: Dazoc, Red Pontiac, Tri umph, Progress and Early Gem Four new varieties came into production in 1959. They were the red varieties Bounty and Norland from the Universities of Nebraska and North Dakota, respectively; and two white varieties, Blanca and Navajo, from the University of Colorado Shipments of certified pota toes started in good volume by late November and early De cember 1959. The volume of early movement was the best in several years, Trank said. SAC OKs Mess Dress HQ. SAC Headquarters USAF has approved a mess dress uniform for optional wear by male and female enlisted per sonnel. Except for two modifications, the uniform Is the same as that authorized for officers. The uni form is the same as that author ized for officers. The uniform consists of a short evening Jack et, cummerbund, white shirt, and black bow tie. The modifications are: Shoulder boards will not be warn, and . . . "The officer's braldi will be omitted from the sleeve of the winter and summer jacket. All other accessories and ac couterments are identical with the officer's mess dress uniform, other than the evening c-ape, which is not authorized for wear by enlisted personnel. To denote grade, chevrons of conventional size for male per sonnel, and three-inch width chevrons for female personnel, will be worn in the same posi tion on the jacket sleeve as is designated for the service uni form. The chevrons will be al uminum metallic on black for the summer jacket. The cap insignia will be the type authorized for enlisted per sonnel, and all personnel auth orized to wear an aviation badge or medals will wear the minia ture size. Enlisted personnel may wear the mess dress uniform under the same conditions as author ized for officers. They may al so wear it in lieu of the male semiformal dress uniform, and the female dress uniform, as appropriate. rvj i w Ttmti Aari mm ' K LI. vr ; . ..- UP" IS! mm) fit! These men control corn rootworms with Heptachlor to stop corn lodging, make picking easier, increase yields. 0org Moysr Fremont, Nebraska Farms 580 acres, raises 250 hogs and feeds 20-25 cattle per year. Treated 270 acres with Heptachlor in 1959. Alfred Jorgnon Fremont, Nebraska Farms 440 acres, has a herd of 27 Holsteins, bulk milk equipment, sells Grade A. Treated 200 acres in 1959. Before you plant corn this year, find out why more and more Nebraska farmers are using Heptachlor for soil insect control. Your dealer can tell you about labor saving ways to apply Heptachlor, costs, extra profits, signs of soil insect damage and many other facts you should know. See your dealer today! INI I.H a1-JHT m lit amf js. in VELSICOL CHEMICAL CORPORATION 330 E. Grand Ave., Chicago 11, III. Livestock Steady To Lower1 Slaughter livestock sold steady to lower in opening trade this week at the Omaha market. Re placement cattle and calves were steady to higher. The Mon day run was up all across the board the hog run two and a half times as large as a week earlier. High-choice to mostly prime steers weighing 1238 scored $30 Monday. That price was best loadlot figure since last May. Other steers and yearlings with above-average finish sold from $27 to $28, some as heavy as 1518 at $27.50. More steers and yearlings were bracketed at $25 to $26.75 plainer cattle $24.50 down. There were Holstein ste ers at $19 to $22, fat Swiss steers near 1400 pounds at $23.50. Better heifers cashed at $27 $27.50, latter weighing 1071; more heifers at $25-$26.75, les ser quality and finish $24.50 down. Cows sold steady to 25c low er, canners and cutters $10 to $15, bulk $12-$14.50; beef cows on up to $17, odd head $17.50. Bologna bulls sold to $19.50 sparingly; vealer peak held at $28. A 3,500 stocker and feeder run Monday at Omaha sold steady to 50c higher. There were year ling stock steers at $26.50 to 29.25, latter weighing 619; and yearling feeder steers over 700 pounds at $27.25. Other replace ment steers ranged from $22 to $26, with most of those over 800 pounds and selling at $24.50-$26 showing some grain. There were Holstein feeder steers at $18.75 to $19.65. Good and choice 575 pound stock heifers sold at $26. 50; steer calves at $28.50-$32, latter weighing near 500; heifer calves $27-$30. A Monday hog run of nearly 15,300 was mostly 25c lower, butchers weighing 190-300, $14.-75-$16.25. Sows were 25-50c off, 270-550's $13.50-$14.75, heavier sows $13.25. Fat lambs sold largely steady, old crop wooled $20.50-$22.25. shorn $20.25-$21.50. Spring lambs sold to $23.50 and $23.75. Slaugh ter ewes were mostly 50c lower at $4.50-$7.75. Among recent sales at Omaha for shippers from Cass County: Lyle Schafer, 24 hogs, wt. 213, $16. Harvey Dettmer, 24 hogs, wt. 230, $16.25. Henry Busekist, 30 hogs,.wt. 209, $16.50. Howard Vogt, 26 hogs, wt. 286, $16. Ernest Norris, 34 hogs, wt. 243, $16. Henry & Wm. Westphall, 39 stock steers, wt. 637, $26.50. Geo. Wessel, 29 hogs, wt. 221, $16. Fred Schick, 32 hogs, wt. 204, $16. Ellis Hutchison, 30 hogs, wt. 230, $16. Gothilf Kneerzer, 24 steers, Wt. 1206, $27.50; 12, wt. 1065, $27. Bobwhite, Grouse Kill Up LINCOLN A quail harvest up about 25 per cent over 1958 and a grouse kill of even great er magnitude are indicated by results of a hunter-success sur vey conducted by the Nebraska Game Commission. Some 70.000 grouse were kill ed by 17.000 hunters in 1959. up from the 44,000 total taken by 11,000 gunners the previous year. Last year's harvest was more evenly distributed over the entire grouse range, whereas 60 per cent of the kill in 1958 was from a very limited portion of the open area. The quail kill was a new high of 450,000 birds, taken by al most the same number of hunt ers as in 195858,700. The pre vious year's harvest was 350, 000. Each hunter took an average of 7.6 birds and hunted four days of the season. Grouse hunters averaged 4-1 birds each for the season, took 1.8 birds per day, and spent 2.25 days each in the field. "While quail harvest increased by one-fourth, it still fell far short of desirable levels," said Mel Steen, Game Commission director. "We could safely have doubled our quail harvest," he continued, "but we didn't have enough hunters and quail hunting to do so. As a result, nature has taken the surplus we could have .harvested." Last year Nebraska had an October 24 through December 13 season in the Southern area, and an October 24 through Nov ember 29 season In the Northern area. Duck Stamp Sales . Being Pushed in Special Campaign LINCOLN, A nation-wide campaign promoting a special post-season sale of duck stamps was called to the attention of Nebraskans by the Game Com mission. The campaign was begun in an effort to reduce a current loss of revenue from the regular duck stamp sales, which finan ce U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice purchases of wetlands needed for waterfowl refuges. Although 1959 waterfowl hunt ing is history, Nebraskans are urged to purchase duck stamps in a contribution to waterfowl conservation. In recognition of this support, an attractive cer tificate signed by Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton and suitable for farming will be sent to each purchaser. Sales of the migratory-bird hunting stamps are down an estimated 25 per cent from the previous year. Because all ac quisitions of wetlands for water fowl management by the federal government are financed by duck-stamp sales, any reduc tion in revenue means an im mediate curtailment in such purchases. This is a matter of great concern because wetlands are disappearing at a dangerous Whooping Crane Reports Doubtful LINCOLN Despite reported sightings of whooping cranes along the Platte River in Nebr aska, the majestic birds had not begun their spring migra tion. M. O. Steen, Game Commis sion director, said that 33 Who opers, the last known reman ant sin the wild of a once num erous species, were still observ ed on the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Gulf Coast as late as March 16. Since that time three birds turn ed up missing. This was true as of Thursday, March 31. Every year the whoopers migrate to northern Canada to breed. Nebraska lies directly in the path- of their travels, and residents have done much to arouse national sympathy for the plight of the cranes. Of the observations in Nebr aska, Steen said that there is a "possibility that there are more whooping cranes on the continent than we know about. This suspicion is arroused by the fact that there have been reports in Nebraska of more whoopers than are known to ex ist, from people who appear well qualified to identify the birds." Probably the birds sighted were sand-hill' cranes, Steen said. There could appear in cer tain light slike whoopers. A flock of 24 was spotted west of Kearn ey on March 11, five were seen near Lake McConaughy on Mar ch 21; nine were observed in a flock, of sand-hillers over Blue Hill on March 25. Steen urged all Nebraskans to be on the lookout for the whoop ers and to relay information to the Game Commission should they spot the migrants. The whooping crane is a large white bird, nearly five feet tall on the ground. Wingspread may be seven feet. The wing tips are black, often confusing the bird in flight with the snow goose. The whooper, however, may be distinguished by the pro trusion of its. feet beyond the tail and its outstretched neck. Pin AAeet April 30, May 1 The annual Plattsmouth Bowl ing Association Handicap Tour nament has been set for April 30 and May 1, one weekend only, at The Bowlero, tournament secretary Al McClanahan said today. Entries for the four-event meet are due by midnight April 29. Scratch will be 190 with bowl ers receiving handicap of 70 per cent of the difference between that and their highest average as of March 15. Entry fees are $15 for five man teams, $6 for doubles teams and $3 for singles. The optional all-events carries an entry fee of $1. McClanahan said the prize fund will pay one out of every SAC Personnel Seeking Nest For Falcons rate in the face of industrial, urban, and other developments. The duck stamp and the cer tificate may be secured by send ing a check or money order for $3 to the Bureau of Sport Fish eries and Wildlife, Washington 25, D.C. The certificates have been produced at no cost to the government through the cour tesy of the National Wildlife Federation, a national organi zation of state fish and game federations. DEATH PROPHESY FALSE London, England - Death came to Bert Burge 46 years after an army doctor rejected him be cause of heart trouble and said he had six months to live. Burge never went back to work and lived on relief. He died recently at the age of 74 after breaking a hip. HQ. SAC "The Falcons Need a Nest" is the campaign cry of the command for the next 30 days, as SAC personnel do their part in raising $3.5 mil lion dollars to build a football stadium for the Air Force Ac ademy at Colorado Springs, Colorado. From April 15 until May 15, every member of the Air Force will have the opportunity to con tribute to this campaign. "SAC's fair share of this project," stat ed Col. H. A. McDaniel, the command project officer, "is $325,000 but it seems to me we should surpass that amount without any difficulty." Col. McDaniel explained the need for the campaign due to the law which prohibits approp riated funds being used in stad ium construction. He used, as an example, the recent construc tion of the stadium at the U. S. Naval Academy, also sponosred by private donations. The Falcons, with only four years of tradition behind them, have alreday established them selves as a major football pow er. Before the first graduating class at the Academy, the Fal cons appeared in the New Year's Cotton Bowl game (where they battled to a score less tie with T.C.U. before more than 75,000 fans and millions more on the national TV cover age) and then last fall met the U. S. Military Academy in New York to open that series with a 13-13 deadlock. "Airmen are continually be ing asked to support many wor thy projects each year," con cluded Colonel McDaniel. "and they have always accepted the responsibility. Now we have the chance within our own family, to accomplish a splendid goal and speaking for SAC, we will not let the Falcons down"! $4 Million Flood Damage Seen by Came Commission LINCOLN Preliminary studies Indicate an estimated $250,000 of flood damage to Game Commission - operated areas in eastern Nebraska, Di rector M. O. Steen announced today. Sustaining the heaviest flood Park which was alomst totally inundated by the Niobrara River. Cowles Lake Recrea tion Grounds also suffered se vere losses, as did the Louis ville and Fremont recreation grounds on the Platte River and the Plattsmouth Waterfowl Management Area on the Missouri. seven entries with all prize fees being returned. Last year's champions were: Team-Huebner's GO of the Clas sic League (Jim Begley, Jon Sehuetz, Al lluebner, Lyle For rest and Ralph Matney), 2,981. Singles Gene Nolting, 634. Doubles Bill Babbitt and Merle Long, 1,187. All-events Schuetz, 1,768. Two wayside parks on the Blue River were flooded -Crystal Lake at Ayr and the Blue River grounds. Litchfield Way side Park on Clear Creek also suffered damage, as did Dead Timber Recreation Grounds on the Elkhorn River. Roads and buildings fared worst in the flooding, with riv ers cutting new channels throu gh the areas in some places. Journal Want Ads Pay ROOM TO GROW Scarboro, Wis. The small but ambitious village of Scar bro erected this sign at the vil lage limits: "Scarboro Valley Welcomes Industry. Population 28." A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 50 cents EXTRA SPECIAL PAINT ALKYD LATEX FLAT For Beauty and Endurance On Any Room In Your House. Excellent For Basement Walls. 11 LOVELY COLORS AND WHITE Regular $4.49 Per Callon QUARTS 109 CALLONS $3.49 PLATTSMOUTH PAINT STORE Right On Main St. Phone 6173 If you've made up your mind you ean't do something you' re absolutely right! Beamrid cr, Indianapolis, Ind. YOU'LL NEVER PAINT YOUR HOUSE AGAIN! 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