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NEWS OF NEBRASKA AND IOWA
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Large Decrease
In Farm Wealth
For Nebraska
Total Product Value of State
I $237,230.398 More
Than Half in Corn Ke-
poil Includes 1 1 Crops.
Lincoln. Ntb.. Sept. 10 The farm
product wealth of Nebraska bit year,
computed on price effective No
vember 1. was $-'.17,230,398, of which
more than one-half was in coin vaiuc
alnne. aetordine to fitfurcs made
public today by Leo Sluhr, secre
tai v of the state department of ag'
ricultiire. from reports of the acre
ages in all of the counties of Nc'
br.i-.ka.
The 1020 alue of the spelt, pop
corn, fcafir and sugar beet crops are
not listed in the report, hut include
14 of the o'her principal crops
the Ftatc. It was explained that
the value of the above crop would
irobablv increase the total value by
more than $3,000,000.
Decrease About J300.000.000.
T!: combined value of crops ill
1919, exclusive of clover, timothy,
mixed clover and tniiotnyanci suuan
gias, was reported as $536,124,621,
or about $300,000,00(1 less in 1920
than the previous year. Declines in
the various crops range from a few
hundred thousand dollars to $100,
01)11.000. Corn load in value with a total oi
$127,772,408. from 7,560,355 acres re
ported by the various counties. This
figure is almost an even $100,000,000
less than the com value f J919
which was given as $227,813,5-8.
Wheat and Oats Crops.
All wheat in Nebraska las: year
amounted in value to $96,651,318. as
against $121,675,881 in 1919. The
total number of bushels of winter
and spring wheat last year was 60,
650.416, or about 1,000,000 under that
Based on 40 cents per bushel, the
oats valuation last year was $33,214 -864,
as against $44,184,416 in 1919.
The acreage of oats in 1920. was given
at 2,400,062 and 2.133 .47a in t WW.
The rye value was $4876.435 last
vcar, compared witn $o,io,yjj
1919. from 3,751.104 bushels in 1920,
and 5,156,629 in 1919.
Hcurlng-Heuslng.
Grand Island, Neb. The marriage of
Miss Ottilia A. Heuslnger, oldest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Cnaries B. Heuslnger
of till city, to Lloyd Frederick Heurlng
ef Omaha, took place at the borne of the
bride's parents. Rev. C. B. Harman of
Ht. Paul's English Lutheran church per
forming tho ceremony. Mr. and Mrs.
Hourlng departed for Omaha, where they
will reside. The groom la employed in
'the offices of the Northwestern Bell
Telephone company. For two years the
-wlda has also been employed as stenog
rapher for that company in Omaha.
They will reside at 111 South Twenty
fifth avenue, Omaha.
Gregory-Hageman.
Grand Island, Neb. Miss Laura Uae
Hogeman and Earl G. Gregory, both of
ttrand Island, were united In marriage
at the home of the groom'a parents, bv
ltev. Morton 1 Kose. Only members of
the Immediate families witnessed the
ceremony. They will reside In this city.
J Frederklng-Slmonson.
Grand Island, Neb. The marriage of
Oscar Frederking and Miss Ella Simon
son, both well known young people or
Worms, took place at the church at
Worms, Rev. Frese conducting the erv
lee. . Following the wedding a reception
was held at the bride's home. They
will live on a farm south of worms.
Hoorer-Welnhold. '
Grand Island, Neb. At the First Bap
tist parsonage occurred the marriage, or
Mis Ethel Mat W'etnhold of Grand as
land to Fred A. Hoover of Minneapolis,
Rev. A. C. Hull - performing the cere
mony. On tne r return ivm
lrLii in this citv. the groom be-
i . vtiT,r salesman for a western
lumber concern.
Berosa-Kuyatt.
ti i ijaK The marriage
of
'I""?-. Vhlitln Tl.rosa. both resl-
SSS of Grand Island.' took place at the
Kirt Presbyterian church. Rev. A. a.
Smith performing the ceremony. They
will make their home In Urand Island.
' Hott-Betebenner. ; "
Grand Island. Neb. Miss Helen KtUa
b.th Betebenner of Gibbon and George
Christopher Holt of Kearney were mar
ried at the Presbyterian 2 f
. Ity by the pastor. Rev. Alvin A. Smith.
They will reside at Kearney.
- Haddox-Kellogg. ' s
R.,,l Island. Neb. The secret marriage
f"nt HaddoS to Mis. Cecil Kellogg
!thr SL SS S.S? SSSTt we're
married t Hastings. August 13.
maU their home on tne
They
Kellogg
farm southwest of Chapman.
Howe-Smith. '
TUatrlee. Neb. Edward A. Howe ana
MissFreid Smith, both of this city, were
maVrled at Lincoln. The ' to- ?X f'of
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George SnUtn or
Beatrice, and attended high school here.
v lann-Kotollk.
' Table Rock. Neb. Rudolph J. Laun or
Oiindville. Penn.. and Mis. Olga Koto
Ilk of Table Rock were married at the
court house In Pawnee City. County Judge
lavld V. Nelll officiating. The groom
waVi former resident of Table Rock, but
li now a resident of Pennsylvania.
Davis -Jones.
Wymore. JCeb. The farm home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Jones, was the scene of
a preJy Adding, when their daughter
Maw A., was married to Bev. D. Henry
navls. pistoi of tho Welsh church. Rev.
Mr. Bell ot Blue Springs performed the
ceremony.
Mer-Steves.
Beatrice. Neb. Clayton Moore
Nn irathrvn Stevens
of this
Elevens of Te.
cu'mseh. "w,rr7ed 'at My.v..l.. Kan
i.An, ti.Mii- marrlace a secret a
week before it was announced to tneir
1 nV nri'i hbii
friends. .
n..hJlnft.
Callaway. Neb. Irvln Danley and Mlse
Besnie ounn. ooib " -
lied at Kearney. .
Table Rock. Neb. Word has been re
e.ived here of the marriage of Miss
Marv Miller, formerly of Table Rock, to
t) vrOTwrr of Aitell, Kan. The
... rMfarmMl bV Father M.
J OXarrell. The brtde is a daughter
li ir tid Mrs. William Miller, and
InmashMd near Table Rock.
Th s-ronm te the enly eon of James
McGreevy of AitelU where Mr. and Mr.
McGreevy will make their Dome,
MMh.mamlK.
Table Rock. Neb. W. 8. Bush and mm
Kmma Dinnie of Lewlston. were married
at the Methodist parsonare in Pawnee
Oty, Rev. C N. Dawson officiating. Misa
filnnia- hae been in the millinery busi
ness at Lewiatoa lor some nm .u
Mr. Bush i a farmer ef that vicinity.
Mfvart-Tbeeme.
Edgar "Neb. Miss Leah Thomas of this
city and W. E. Stewart of Spring Ranch,
were married here at the home of thj
bride's parents. Dr. and Mrs. W. M.
Thomaa The fcrlde is the only daughter
of Dr. and ilra. Thomas. She taught
K-hool at Soring Ranche last year. Mr
8teart t the som of Mr. and Mrs. Stew
art ef Spring Ranch and la cashier of
the bank there o( which his father is
president.
eifi" Theaseea.
Callaway. Neb. Doo Asher ef Gibbon
and Miss I.iia Thomoeea ef Buda were
tarried at Kearney. ,
Weddings
Gray-Haired
Revolt at
Col. J. H. Prcsson Defend
Dcbigu Approved By Ter
ritorial Legislature
Merry War On.
Lincoln, Sept. 10. (Special.) Re
writing the Bible, as projiosed by H.
G. Well.', didn't strike a nerve more
sensitive to the church people of the
world than the attempt of some oi
the "younger bloods" of t!w last
Irgislture to revise the great 'cal oi
Nebraska has struck among the gruy-
hairid generation who conceived tht
present seal.
Col. J. H. Presson, still bale and
hearty at 81, a member of the first
territorial legislature and at present
a clerk in the office of Governor
McKclvie, issued a statement in
which he defends the present seal,
even if the mountains are on the east,
instead of the west, and the Missouri
river is running in the wrong direc
tion. "It is too bad," Colonel Presson
said, "that Isaac Wilds of Cass
county, who introduced the bill
authorizing the present seal, died
only a short time ago and is not
here to defend it.
Sentiment of People.
"The seal was approved June 15,
1867, shortly after Nebraska entered
the union and shortly after the
civil war. The 'sentiment of the
people at that time was approved in
the motto:
'"Equality Before the Law.'
"On that proposition, spelled out
in those four words, hang the des
tinies of a free people. It constitutes
the anchor of their hopes that kecj.s
our republic from going adrift, and
holds it amidst the storms of con
troversy until the clouds pass by.
Those words express what the
fathers believed, and their sons and
their daughters believe the same
thing today, with that spirit pre
vailing, the daughters have come
into their, rightful inheritance and
stand equal before the law with their
brothers.
The blacksmith with hammer and
the anvil are symbolic of industry,
have been, are now, and always will
be.
How About a Garage?
"Would you substitute a garage
or a hangar?
"Again, the mountains and Mis
souri river are still in existence. The
mountains constitute a part of the
wealth of Nebraska. Their summits
catch the vapor, convert it into snow
and hold it until it is needed to wa
ter the fields of the west.
"Let us still recognize the Mis
souri river as the eastern boundary
of Nebraska, and in all of its eccen
tricities let it flow unvexed to the
sea. -
"As to railroads and trains on the
seal. No more splendid picture than
a train of five cars headed for the
mountatins, speeding over our
prairies, carrying the merchandise
Tenant Farming Shows Increase
An increase in tenant farming and
in the number and amount of
mortgages in Nebraska is reported
by the United States census bureau
as the result of its 1920 survey.
Whereas 79,250 farms were operat
ed bV their owners in 1910, only 69,
672 were jso in 1920. The number
of tenant farmers had increased in
the same period'from 49,441 to 53,530.
Largely through a tendency for each
man to operate more land, the num
ber of farms in the state fell off
5,000, there now being 124,417 farms
here. The average size per farm, is
339.4 acres as compared with the
former figure of. 297.8.
The value of farm property in
Farms and
Number of farms
Operated by:
Owners
Free from mortgage...
Mortgaged
Mo mortgage report....
Managers ....
Tenants
Operated by: - ,
White farmera
Native
Foreign-born
Colored farmers
Land in farms:
Total acres
Improved, acres
Average acreage per farm..
Total ,
Improved
.Farm
Alt farm property...,
Land and buildings:
Implements and machinery.
Live stock
Average value per farm:
All farm property
Land and buildings........
Land alone
Average value per acre: .
Land and buildings
Land alone
Mortgage
Farms reporting amount of debt:
Number
Value
Amount of debt.
Per cent of value
Average rate of Interest paid, per cent.
Average debt per farm
Talae ot
All crops....'-.
Cereals
Other grains and seeds.
Ray and forage.......
Vegetables
Fruits and nuts
Other crops
Comparative Figure.
Horses
Mulea
Tattle
Sheep
Chickens
Kivee of bets-.
Excluding spring colts, calves aad
Lire Stork Fred arts.
CaHi...
Lbs. ,
Dm
Milk
Weol
Egg
Chickens raised
Generation
Change in Seal
and the natural productions of our
own and other lands can be shown.
Row Proceeds Merrily.
We cannot expect to put every
new invention on our seal, for they
are comisr every day, but as some
ot the states still have tne Indian
standing in ' the foreground, though
lie lias passed lrom . tlicir borders
many years ago, so I believe that the
emblems that are upon our state
seal today should be retatYicd as
significant or the time when rve
braska assumed its relations among
states of the union.
The row over the proposed chane-
intr of the seal is inenllv under wav.
Recently Mason Wheeler, assistant
attorney general, whose father has
been a resident . of Nebraska for
many years,, issued an opinion that
the new state seal commission, au
thorized by an act of the legislature,
had no lawful ricrlit to chance thfi
seal..
Representative George Williams of
Fillmore, .'author of the state seal
bill, declared Wheeler "butted in"
without being asked and the com
mission, which he heads, was going
ahead and get designs for a new
seal, the assistant attorney general
and all others otwithstanding.
"Lawyers tell me we .have a right
to change the seal," Williams said.
Iowa Potato Crop Will Be
About One-Half of Average
Osage, la., Sept. ; 10. Mitchell
county and adjoining . territories,
Iowa's chief potato-growing dis
trict, will produce only about one
third to one-half of a normal po
tato crop this year. A. T. Ervyin,
trtick crops specialist of the Iowa
experiment station, has iust made a
Visit to the territory and makes that
estimate of the yield. Early Ohios,
which, commonly average 150 bushels
to the acre, are running from 30 to
40 bushels this year. '
In Nebraska in Last 10 Years
creased in the same time more-, than
$2,000,000,000, and the average value
of the land alone almost doubled,
the estimate giving $78.87 cents as
the value per acre as compared with
a valuation of $41.80 ten years ago.
While 27,065 farm owners report
ed freedom from mortgage, 35,191
reported mortgages on their prop
erty. The amount of debt on those
reporting was $168,507,859, this be
ing 23.9 per cent of the value of
their holdings. The average deb:
per farm in these cases was found
to have grown from $3,154 to $7,025.
The table as issued by the -census
bureau, contains also figures or. pro
duction based on 1919, before the
slump in prices. This follows: ".
Farm Acreage.
Jauary 1,
April 15.
1820 1510
124,417 129,678
69.678 . 79,550
J7.065 47,435
J5,ll , ' 30.S39
: 7.41C . 976
1.315 987
' 63,430 i 49,441
24,0JIS ; ' 5 129.216
99,441 . 93.509
24,592 35,707
. . . 584 ! 464
42.225,475 - 38,622,021
23,109,624 24,382,577
! S39.4 " 297.S
185.7 ' 188.0
Values.
. Jauary 1,
... April IS.
1910.
! j;,079,81 8.647
1,813.346.935
44,249,708
222,222,001
; ' ' 16',03S
, , 13.983
- - 12,450
-1 ' 46.95
' ' ' 41.80
...'..I4,SM.653,992
2,712,187.760
163,104,448 "
336,443,784
..... 93771
- 29.836
; 26,767
,.
..... " . y 87.91
- '' 7S.87
Debt.
1920.
S3.986
705,561.409
168,507.859
23.9
r ' '- 6.7
- 17.025
; 1319.
19.778
1286.308, 920
62,373.473
21.S
. 13,154
. 1909. '
I 194,401.937
. lS3.666.6n3
'-' . 583.558
31.783.33
5.931.739
: 2,337.599
199.107
..$
Crepe.
1919. ;
..$ S19.729.771 5
.. 396.917.58
1.128.762 -96.965,124
'
.. 17.940.47z
1. 694.124
5,881,607
Live Stork oa Farms -
Jauary 1,
1920. .
- 961.396
99.647
t.l54,26S
673.217
11,615.257
40.971
lambs.
April IS,
191.
1 971,j:
79.653
2.567.393
249.1 16
9,019.945
45,62a
1919
. is.ps:.:c7
1.562.280
49.133.::7
15.796.75
1999
19.3.49
j.irr.jij
46.929.923
15.274,15
Broader Demand
For Fresh Meats;
Prices Hiiilici
Conditions Reported More
Steady for Week Ending
August 27 Cooler
Weather Cause.
Although prices showed consider
able fluctuation during the week
ending August 27, conditions of the
frfkh meat trade generally were
more steady than for several weeks,
iccording to a report of the United
Stales Department of Agriculture.
Cooler weather induced a broader
demand, which was reflected in an
upward price trend after midweek
and a relatively steady close.
The bulk of beef receipts at all
markets consisted of medium and
common grass-fed steers, with on'y
a sprinkling of good and choice
grades. Ihe latter, however, ex
ceeded the narrow demand at eastern
markets, and closing prices were
mostly steady to $1 lower than a
week ago. After midweek an im
proved demand for forcquartcr meat
tesulted in a slight upturn in prices
at Boston, that market registering
an advance of 50 cents to $1 over
Monday and about $1.50 over the
previous Friday. Under a very nar
row demand New York held Mon
day's advance of one day only. De
clines dtirincr the week brought clos
ing prices 50 cents to $1 under those
of a week ago.
Philadelphia Market Steady.
Following the unsettled and
scmidcmoralized conditions of the
previous two weeks, conditions at
Philadelphia showed a marked
steadiness and prices were practical
ly unchanged. Late trading was on
a steady to firm basis. x Chicago
opened with an improved' demand
which was accompanied by an up
ward trend in prices. After mid
week the demand slackened and
prices on all low grade beef receded
to the low point of the previous
week while supplies accumulated.
Cows were in relatively light sup
ply, and the trend of prices followed
closely that of steers at the several
markets. The demand for bulls con
tinued very narrow, and the light
receipts were sold on a declining
market. Kosher-beef trade showed
considerable unevenness both in de
mand and price trends. Chicago
and New York declined $1, Boston
advanced $2, while Philadelphia held
stparlv.
Under generally light receipts of
veal and an improved demand east
ern markets closed steady at . un
even advances ranging from 50 cents
to $2. Closing prices were $3 above
one week ago. Except for a decline
of $1 on common .veal, Chicago was
steady to firm, with the better grades
registering an advance ot i.
Lamb trade at both Chicago and
eastern markets was dull, with the
demand very narrow.-1. At Philadel
phia prices fluctuated sharply but
other eastern markets were relatively
steady. Chicago closed $2 lower.
The quality of receipts was again
below the average for this season,
the bulk being of medium grade,
with a fair percentage of common.
Practically all mutton receipts
carried too much weight , to satisfy
the trade, and all markets were weak
under a slow . demand. Closing
prices at Boston were unchanged,
but all other markets were off 50
cents to $1 compared with a week
ago. . - , . - '
Eastern pork trade was very un
even. In some sections cooler
weather stimulated the demand for
loins, but the general tendency was
toward lower levels, Boston being
the only exception. Other markets,
including Chicago, were weak and
unevenly $1 to $2 lower at the close.
Shoulder cuts, although in light sup
ply, were more than equal to the
demand and all markets except Bos
ton were weak and declining. Clos
ing prices were off 50 cents to $1. .
A Frenchman is -the inventor of
an electric drop light mounted on a
telescoping ' bracket that can be
swung to any point in a circle.
PLATTE COUNTY.
B. E. Blackburn, Agent.
Platte Center, Neb., Sept. 8. On the
farm of Giorge Emerson aweet clover Is
being used in a rather new manner. Land
was seeded In oats in 1919. - The crop
was pastured and allowed to ceel in 1920.
In the spring of 1921 thla land was
listed Into corn. The crop was cultivated
with the harrows' only Mntil the laying by
time, when the cultivators wero used ns
strenuously as possible. It was found
that by this metlrod enough sweet clover
survived in the corn to reseed the field.
One earlier sowing had been in corn
In 1920 and was disked and sown to oats
this year. . Another part of the same
field was put Into oats In the usual way
and sweet clover sown on the grain for
the first time. The resulting stands were
much in - favor of the corn-oats-sweet
clover-reseedlng-Itself method.
Mr, Emerson farms over 400 acres of
land. He has practically all of It. in
sweet clover, and says he will have tt all
seeded down and will grow corn and oats
right along Just the same hereafter. His
contention is that the lands of this sec
tion of Nebraska need to be brought back
to their original fertility, and that sweet
clover will quickly do this. It Is note
worthy that the corn on that farm is bet
ter than on surrounding farms this season.
Mr. Emerson Is a cattle feeder as well
as practical farmer. He savs that with
out the pasture from the clover follow
ing the oats, the land seeded in grain
would have been farmed at a loss this
year. The pasture making such a quan
Uty of feed that a profit has been made.
Mr. Emerson makes a practice of sow
ing only scarified seed, 10 to 12 pounds
per acre, and all who saw nis newiy
seeded fields declared they had never seen
so perfect a stand of clover.
THAYER COUNTY.
I C. Christie, Agmt.
' Hebron, Neb., Bept. 10. (Special.)
Thayer county has many reasons for be
ing proud or Us county fair this year.
The live stock exhibit was excellent in
quality, and fairly good in number. Con
sidering tho time of year, the poultry
exhibit was good. In the agricultural
exhibit there was a good ehowinr of
garden products, and fairiy good exhibit
of corn. Sheaf grains wero pomewhat
lacking, and also threshed grains. The
best features of the agricultural exhibit
were selected to take to the state fair.
Thayer county has an exhibit this year
for tbe first time in several years. Coun
ty Superintendent Barbee and pupils of
the schools of the county, are to be con
gratulated on excellent educatfonal ex
hibit. The count r farm plan, which was
a leading feature of the farm bureau
exhibit, attracted considerable aU-ntion
i from tbe fair visitors.
The lair man
With County Farm Agents
Work on Capitol
Of Nebraska to
Start in 1922
All Plans Agreetl Upon and
Ariliiteet Will Have Sped
firntions Completed by
Last of Year.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 10-Ncbras-
ka's new state capitol, described as a
suitable edifice to the resources and
prosperity of a great agricultural
commonwealth, in the spring of 1922
will begin sliaping itself into the
structure that will eventually soar
100 feet into the air. Architects and
members of the capitol commission,
appointed to supervise :t construc
tion, believe the structure will be
completed in two years and within
the $5,000,000 appropriation made by
the legislature.
With all Plans agreed upon, Archi
tect B. G. Goodhue of New York, re
tained to perfect the design and aid
in construction supervision, has until
January 1 to complete the drawings
and specifications for the details of
the interior. As soon after the first
of the year as it is seemed expedient,
the commission will call for bids on
construction work.
Start in 1922.
"It is the purpose of the commis
sion to have everything in readiness
und contracts let so that excavation
for the outer part of the capitol can
start during, the spring or early
summer of 1922," a member of the
hoard declared. "The present build
ing will be left standing and the new
one built around it."
In this manner, it was pointed out,
the new building will provide a two
story tier of office rooms, 400 feet
on each side, as soon as the outer
sections are completed which is ex
pected to be in the early part of
1923. All the state offices will then
be moved into the new building and
the present structure will be torn out
to make way for the interior of its
successor and the tower that will
finally surmount it.'
It is considered likely in capitol
circles that the state department of
public works will take on the gen
eral contract for the building and
supervise the general operations. If
this is done, it was said, the depart
ment will probably call for bids on
each kind of work and sublet the
contracts therefor. .
Meet in Same HalL
The legislature of 1923 will con
vene in the same halls that have
housed the sessions for 50 years, but,
according to the plans, immediately
after its adjournment the demolition
work will commence.
"By allowing two years to elapse
while the preliminaries" are taking
form,1 the capitol commission esti
mates that a saving of $1,000,000 or
more will be realized from the re
duction in costs of labor and build
ing material," according to members
oi the commission. y
Tests have been made on the un
derlying strata of Capitol square
down to a depth of 40 feet It Was
discovered that the Dakota sand
stone found at that depth is capable
of holding up any great weight. Ex
cavations will be made at least 20 or
25 feet deep for the. concrete base
under the central tower, but will not.
be necessary to go so deep for the
outer parts, which consist of only
two stories and basement, commis
sion members declare. .
Tower for Memorials.
The tower, from which it is pre
dicted the landscape of Nebraska can
be seen for a hundred miles or more,
will be used chiefly as a hall of rec;
ords. -..The top floor, however, will be
reserved for a memorial hall, where
monuments, relics and exhibits inci
dent to the history and resources of
the state, will be displayed.
The capitol commission is com
posed of Governor ' McKelvie as
chairman; G. E. Johnson, commis
sioner of public works; W. E. Hardy
of Lincoln, W. W. Head of Omaha
and D. H. Thompson of Grand Is
land.
agement gave a banquet to the live
stock exhibitors. This was attended by
aDouc en or me exmoiiors.
Some farmers near Alexandria are los
ing cattle from black leg. This 1s a
very contagious disease and the germs
of It live a long time In. tho soil. Every
animal dying from this disease should
be completely burned or burled ery
oeepiy. etocK enouin oe vaccinated be.
fore they get the disease.
MADISON COUNTY.
R. A. Stewart, Agent.
Battle Creek, Neb., Sept. 11. (Special)
'Notice, has come to this office that
there Is Some rebate on wool that has not
been paid from tbe 191S clip. Thla re.
bate was brought about by the discovery
vi some irregularities on tne part or a
few wool houses during tho government
price control. This refund Is being pro
rated back in small sums. Two carloads
of wool were shipped out of Madison
county that year, therefore, there should
be some rebates coming to the growers
who poolod for that year. Some have
already received their checks.
October 23 has been set as the achieve
ment day for the Jefferson Township
rarm isureau, ciud memDers. Tne mem
bers of the Calf and Poultry club will
fulfill that part of their requirement
which calls for a show at the end of the
club year. It was decided at the last
farm bureau meeting that It would be
made a community affair. In other
words, It will be an achievement day for
the women who will show the results ef
what they have gained through their
meetings with specialists through the past
year. The men will exhibit grains and
possibly live stock.
A number of request for culling have
been laid over until after tho county fair
and state fair as this will prevent any
time being taken for it,
H. H. Purdy of Madison says that It
doesn't take long to build up a good
herd of pure breds with a right modest
start If a consistent policy is followed.
His eight years' work with - Belgian
horses verifies this. In 113 Vr. Purdy
paid 1409 for a registered Belgian mare.
Since that time he haa sold tbe original
mar and two colte. Ho now haa 11
head of pure bred Belgian.
What causrs runts In a herd? Ten
and one-tenths per cent of hoga and t 9-1S
of cattle are classed as runts, according
to the United States Department of Agri
culture. This was tho result revealed in
a questionnaire that was sent out and is
compiled from answers .received from 79a
farmers. Tho main cans for rums an-1
distribution are classed aa follows: In
ferior breeding, 11 per rent: unsuitable
feed, SI per cent; paraattea, IS per cent;
lack of housing and care. 13 ttt cent;
disease, 4 9-1 per cent: expoeure, 1 9-19
per cent; accident. 1 per cent. .
Tabernacle Constructed
In Pawnee City in One Day
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I'awnee City, Neb., Sept. 10.
This tabernacle, in which the big
gest revival services ever held in
Pawnee City are now being con
ducted, was built in a day, and a
short one at that. Twenty-five
men, all of whom understood build
ing, met with lid Anderson, car
penter, as chairman.
The women of the churches
served a real feed at noon. Twice
during the afternoon the men
stopped for refreshments, once for
ice cream and once for watermelon.
State Taxpayers Support
2,262 Employes at Cost
Of $5,073,541 Per Annum
Average Salary Is $2,240 a Year Employes Give 2,400
Hours of Work Under 8-Hour Day Work on the
"Time Clock" Basis Time of Work Checked
to the Minute.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 10 Taxpay
ers of Nebraska annually support a
force of approximately 2.262 em
ployes to operate the state's govern
mental, educational, penal, eleemosy
nary judicial and corrective institu
tions, to pay whom the 1921 legisla
ture appropriated approximately
$10,147,082 in salaries for the next
biennium, or nearly half of the en
tire appropriations made for insti
tutions by the last legislature, ac
cording to a survey made of all state
departments and institutions, made
public today.
Based on these figures, including
all salaries and employes from the
highest to the lowliest, the state em
ploye in the next biennium will be
paid an average of $4,485, or $2,240
a year.-
4,800 Hours of Labor.
In return, those employes under
the code, will give to the state ap-
proximately WW nours OI laDor in
the next biennium, based Oil an
olrrht-hr.,,,. Aix, !, cr,frifip,l wnrL-.
inar day for sudi
employes. 1 his
number of hours is exclusive of va
cations and seasonal half-day holi
days;
Employes under the direction of
the regents of the university and
college of agriculture, superintend
ent of public instruction, treasurer,
auditor, secretary of state, attorney
general, commissioner of public
lands and buildings, lieutenant gov
crnor and the railway commission,
adjutant general and board of con
trol,, are outside the code, but the
hours of labor in these departments
correspond in most instances to that
of the code,
In practically all departments, it is
also pointed out. there have been
granted appropriations for salaries and
wages based upon estimate that may
or may not be consumed, according
to conditions. Allowances also are
made for the employment of extra
helo in times of unusual pressure.'
State employes' working; under the
code are placed on the "time-clock"
basis, that is,' time cards, which in
dicate the registering in and out of
employes, are kept by the heads of
each of the departments in the code.
In this mannr, tlte actual time of la
bor is accountd for down to minutes,
and in cases of overtime, there is
allowance made for such. These re
ports are made daily and submitted
to the governor, employes hours
under the code are from 8 to 12, and
from 1 to 5. with an hour for lunch.
Two Weeks With Pay.
Every employe at the Atate house
is entitled to a two weeks'' vacation
with pay, providing the employe has
been in the service of the state for
one year. The vacation is taken
vith the prevailing wage at the time
of vacation. '
Lezal holidays m Nebraska, on
which davs state employes are fre
from labor, number 11. They are
New Year's day, Lincoln's birthday,
Washington s birthday, Arbor aay,
Memorial day, independence aay,
Labor dav. Columbus day. Armistice
dav Thankseivine dav and Christ
mas. Some of these days are full-
day holidays, while others are only a
half-rlav. Holidays other than these
may be specified by proclamation of
the srovernor. aitnougn tne present
executive Jias not announced an ad
dition.
The actual number of people, em
ployed by the state, whose names
appear continuously on the pa3-ron,
varies each month in accord with
conditions, additional help being
needed at one time, while lay-offs are
warranted at another time. Conse
quently, it is' practically impossible
to state definitely the yearly average,
although the foregoing figures were
reached after a check of each of the
State departmental and institutional
employes in August, and the an
nounced salary list for the univer
sity, agricultural college and normal
schools for the ensuing year.
The number of state employes
conducting the affairs of Nebraska
and its institutions, and the appro
priations made for their salaries, fol
low: ' Supreme Court.
For salaries seven supreme
court jutfges $103,000
For salary of clerk. 19.009
For salary reporter s.eoe
For aalarlea and wages. (7,,00
Total. -1 employes.
State Library.
Total, three employee.
Salaries carried elaewberet
Every man worked through the
day, despite the fact that just up
the street, the fastest ball game of
the season was raging throughout
the alternoon.
By 6 the tabernacle was com
pleted, the debris was cleared away,
the seats were in their places, rugs
and f'jv.ers were installed, the pulpit
up and on it, the Bible, opened to
the text of the first sermon.
All the local ministers, Frank
Mathfg, the evangelist, and Harry
Armstrong, the singer, helped in the
job.
District Court.
For salaries 54 district Judges. .. .J"41.000
For salaries 24 district reporters.. 1 $7,000
For traveling expenses, Judges.,.. 0,000
Total, 68 employes.
Commissioners.
For Bnlarles three commission
ers to September IS 55, 150
Total, thre employes.
Governor.
For salary governor II 5.000
For salary secretary to governor.. B.2S0
For salaries and wages S.400
For Iaw enforcement .90,000
Total, IS employes.
Secretary of State.
For salary secretary $10,000
For salary deputy secretary 5.2H0
For salaries and wages 12,960
Total, seven employes.
State Auditor.
For salary auditor...... $14.00(1
For salary deputy auditor 5,280
For salaries and wages 31,120
Total, 11 employes.
State Treasurer. I
For salary treasurer $10, COO
For salary deputy treasurer. 5,2M
For salaries and wages 14.8SS
Total, seven employes.
Attorney General.
For ,aUry att0rney g-enerat,
,.10,00.
,. 60,000
For salaries and wages
I 10'al. employes.
Superintendent Instruction.
For salary nuperlntendent. $10,00
For salary deputy superintendent.. 6,280
For salaries and wages -. 38,609
For extra help 10,200
Total, 17 employes.
- Commission 1'ubllc Lands-Building.
For salary commissioner...! 110,000
For salary deputy commissioner. . . . 5,280
For salaries and wages... 16.400
Total, six employes.
Department Agriculture.
For salary secretary $10,000
For salaries and wages 25,600
For salaries and wages 51,200
Total, 90 employes. -
Department Finance. ,-
For salary secretary .............. Jl 0, 000
For salaries and wages 52,010
Total. 12 employes.
Department Labor,
For salary secretary S10.O0O
For salaries and wages 19,440
For salaries and wages 6,768
Total 8 employes
Department FubUe Welfare.
For salary secretary $10,000
lor salaries and wages uS,80
For salaries and wages. 2,600
For salaries and wages 17,280
Total 28 employes.
Department Public Works.
For salary secretary $ 10.000
For salaries and wages 217,760
For salaries and wages.. 26,930
For salaries and wages 63,760
Total 829 employes.
Department Trade-Commerce,
For salary secretary $10,000
For salaries ana wages .
For salaries and wages 69,400
For salaries and wages 40,160
For salaries and. w-ages 60,120
For fees and compensation..' 500
For compensation to experts 10.000
For salaries and ' wastes 19,320
Total, 49 employes.
Tax Commissioner.
For salary commissioner ....
$ 10,000
22,880
For salaries and wages
Total, 4 employes.
Military Department.
For salary adjutant general
For salary assistant adjutant....
For property and disbursing "officer
For salaries and wages
8.000
5,400
3.000
6,160
. Total, 7 employes.
Railway Commission.
For salaries, three commissioners. $ 30,000
For salary of secretary .su
For salaries and wages 64,920
Total, 22 employes.
Educational Lands and Funds.
For salaries and wages.... $ 39,000
Total, 11 employes.
Public Library Commission.
For salaries and wages 11,0(0
Total, 4 employes.
Board Vocational Education.
For salaries and wages $ 34,700
Total, 11 employ.es. - ,
Board Pardons and Paroles,
For salaries and wages $ 13.000
For extra help and reporting 3,tvo
: Total, 3 employes.
Historical Society.
For salaries and wages $ 15,620
Total, ( employes.
University Nebraska.
For all expenditures, educational
Dumoses outalda sneciuea ap
propriations $3,(i0,000
Total, 900 (approx.) employes.
'ormal Schools.
For all expenditures- outside
specified appropriations l,:i9,31t
Total, 209 (approx.) employes,
. Board Control.
For salaries, three member board. $24. 000
For salary secretary C,28v
For salaries and wages 14,200
For all expenditure not
specified 2.8sv.iv
Total, 78S employes.
New Winter Wheat Will Be
Tried Out by Iowa Farmers
Ames. Ia.. SeDt. 10. A new win
ter wheat, developed by L. C Bur
nett, cereal breeding specilaist of the
Iowa agricultural experiment station.
being distributed this year tor tne
first time. It is being offered now
in small quantities so that it may
be tried out by good farmers under
varying conditions. This wheat is
believed to be a superior variety for
northern Iowa and will be distrib
uted in that part of the state, .
Boys and Girls
Beat Elders on
Prizes at Fair
Youthful Club Members ill
Buffalo County Succewful
In Conineting With
Grownup.
Kearney. Nib. Sept. 10 (Special)
Two years auo the first boy and
Rirl club movement was launched in
Buffalo county by 1. C. McMillan,
ciigaKt'd as vltih leader by the Kear
ney city kIiooN. As the movement
i'.i .1. a
A llrfllll, II. (Illll ucrc ucv-iuiicu III l
towns and 'villa-rn over the county
ami throughout the rural district in
general. Last year the youngsters
held their individual club show.
This season they flit .red the
county fair, not collectively, but in
the open class against srn.li competi
tion as their ciders submitted. Today
they are jubilant over thi'ir successes
while many a proud paruit witnessed
the junior member of the hoiisi-hild
carrying off blue ribbons, while he
had to be content with c:ond and
third premiums.
It was a trifle hard on some of
the pioneer farmers, par'.icilurly that
class who tolerated the boy and girl
club movement nitucly as .. "new
fangled idea" and anticipated its
early termination. But the rank and
file heralded the youthful winners
with plaudits and will support the
movement more than ever before.
Harvey Dects, 12, son of Mrs.
Harry Dcets, upset all tradition in
the cattle class, when he exhibited
the grand champion and landed
sweepstakes with a yearling Polled
Durham heifer, of Ins own raising.
It was an outstanding animal amone
over 80 entered in the class.
In the swine class, bov oic? club
members entered nearly 100 head of
stock -of the 325 exhibited. Nearly
all entered in the open class; despite
competition encountered, Olcnn Car.
penter of fc.hu Creek, 12. took first
with his Duroc Jersey gilts; Harry
Edson, 2, of PIcasanton, took sec
ond. In the Toland China gilt class
club members took first, second and
third, in the following order: Fred ,
Voss of PIcasanton, first; Charles
Cook of Lowell, second and ihird.
Both lads are 14.
Claude White, 12, of Gibbon, had
a special incentive in going after
first sow premiums in the open class,
Duroc Jersey. He had purchased
his brood sow from Andre McMul
len, a local breeder, and the latter
promised him a special prize of $25,
provided he groomed his animal and
landed a blue ribbon with her. He
did and the check was promptly
paid.
In poultry classes the club mem
bers, boys and girls, were equally
successful, taking many firsts, sec
onds and thirds. Don Wight, 12. of
Gibbon, exhibited the best White
Leghorn stock ever, seen at a local
fair. '
Deaths
Grand Island. Neb. Funeral services
for William Rldens, son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. T. Rldens, whose death followed an
Ulneaa of two days, were held In the
home. Rev, Morton I,. Rose of the
Christian church officiating. Burial was
in the Grand Island cemetery.
Mrs. Anna Canselman.
Grand Island, Neb. Mrs. Anna Cassel
man. 73, a resident of Grand Island for
26 years, died at her home. She is sur
vived by one son, two daughters and a
sistet.
Mrs. Ida Klrkman.
Grand Island, Neb. Mrs. Ida Klrkman,
53, of Warsaw, Ind., died at the home
of her son, Ieo Klrkman, following a
paralytic attack. She had come to this
city three weeks ago to visit her two
sons who reside here. The body was
taken to Stromsburg for burial.
Mrs. T. 8. Dennon.
Grand Island, Neb. Mrs. T. S. Dennon,
57. died at her home In West Lawn fol-,'
lowing an illness of 10 months. She Is
survived . by her husband, one son, and
one daughter. Funeral services were held
from the Trinity M. E. church. Rev. J.
R. Martin officiating, and burial was In
the Grand Island cemetery, t
A. 3. Anderson.
Stromsburg, Neb. The funeral of A. .T.
Anderson, 66, farmer .was held In the
Lutheran church. Mr. Anderson dropped
dead while milking. He leaves two. chil
dren. Harvey Mann.
Table Rock, Neb. The body of Harvey
Mann ot Humboldt, who was killed on
the Argonne battlefield In France In No
vember, 1918, a few days prior to the
xignlng of the Armistice, has arrived at
Hoboken. N. J.
Stromsburg, Neb. George Erlcson, 63, '
died In bed. His wife, getting breakfast,
railed him and receiving no response In
vestigated. She found him dead his hand
over his heart. He leaves beside 111
wife six sons and a daughter.
3. II. Bell.
Torlt, Neb.T. H. Bell," Tt, died at
the home of his son. Dr. H. O. Bell.
He was a pioneer settler In York. Mr.
Bell, with his brother, F. O. Bell, opened
the second general store in this city 1"
the spring of 1871, bringing their first
load of merchanrise from Lincoln. Fu
r.eral s-rvices were held at the Lome of
H. O. Bell and the body taken to Aurora
tor burial.
3. S. Larimer.
York. Neb. J. S. Larimer. 61, died at
the Odd Fellows home. The body was
taken to Osceola for burial.
William . Jeffery.
York, Neb. William S. Jeffery, 77.
died In the hospital In this city. He
came to York county In 1S74, and settled
on a farm near Beneilirt, and accumu
lated land until he was the owner of
I, 000 acres of York county land. On
August 37. he suffered a paralytic stroke
and fell upon the street, breaking hi
skull. He never regained consciousness.
Mrs. router Cnne.
Gresham. Neb Mrs. Foster Cane. IS,
died at the hospital, following an opera
tion. Funeral services were held In the
Methodiat church.
Mr. V. . Sellon.
Randolph. Neb. Mrs, V. O. Sellon. is,
died of s.-srlet fever. She is survived
by her husband and baby.
Charles K. West.
Albion. N'b. Word was received here
of th- death of Charlea K. Weet. St. at
Plttsfleld, Maw. He was president of
the First National bank of this city from
the time of Its organization. He I sur
vived by a wife and three daughter.
Mrs. Henry Bergmeyer.
Beatrice, N-b. Mrs. Henry Bergmeyer,
Tl, pioneer of Cage county, died at her
h"m at Clatonia. She Is survived by
thre sons and two daughters.
Tegrango flaney.
Beatrice, Neb. Th body of Legrang
Haney, the first Gage county man to
lose his life on the battlefield In France,
left Hoboken, N. J.. for Beatrice. A
military funeral will be held Sunday.
Haney waa a member of tbe 133d In
fantry, and waa among the first to t"
oversea. He t survived by a widow an -two
aone who live In Beatrice. Ho waa
a son of William Haney of this city.
Mrs. r. M. Olson.
Wshoo. Nb. Mrs. P. M. Olson of
awedeberg. died at the home of ber on,
Alfred p. Ol-on. and was burled In tb
Swedish Lutheran cemetery at SJwede
berg. Rev. otto Gulleea officiating. Mrs.
Olson waa bom In Sweden in 132, roralnv
to Iowa In 19it and to Nebraska In
1973. She and her bvaberd wero fcome
steadera La Sauadara eaunuv
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