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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
7
The week’s wrap notes passport suspensions, new arid land sales in Arizona, funding for Indian farm projects, and looming cabinet changes. It covers Wilson vetoes on immigration and daylight saving, naval sanitation talks, and foreign policy tensions with Germany and Mexico amid economic chatter and war news.
Dates for upcoming events across Nebraska include state volleyball contests in York on Feb 15, Omaha gatherings for the Clothiers and Opticians on Feb 20–21 and Feb 21, and a 1917 Omaha automobile show Feb 26 to Mar 3. Other items note boy scout growth in Omaha, a Beatrice incinerator lease, cattle sales, grain elevator plans, a college view bond defeat, school reopenings after scarlet fever, and depot projects in several towns.
Reforms proposed in this session would broaden state nominating power to conventions for all elective state officers, with delegates chosen at county primaries. The shift aims to let voters influence nominations via carefully selected delegates. General Hall forecasts a guard budget of about 125000 for two years, up from 68000, due to changes and higher peacetime readiness.
Members of the State Nurses Association condemn House Roll No. 230 by Rep. Dr. Reneker of Richardson. The bill would reduce required training for registered nurses from three years hospital experience and one year high school to six months hospital work and two and a half years practical experience before a state exam.
Game Warden Koster pushes reclassifying the catfish to the game class with trout and bass, shielding it from commercial catch. The catfish would join carp squawfish and buffalo as protected. Koster cites its good eating and urges prohibition on general sale. The measure was introduced in the senate by Adams of Dawes and in the house by Anderson of Boyd.
The University of Nebraska introduces a new course titled Psychology and Efficiency to assist students pursuing law ministry medicine journalism social work and other professions. The syllabus covers psychology of buying and selling and methods to estimate individual workmen’s efficiency.
A bill by Representative Ollis would exempt farmers' cooperative associations from the blue sky law. The measure also addresses fees paid to the railway commission and the stock denomination rules, allowing shares of $100 under current provisions to be issued in $10, $25, and $50 denominations by the associations.
Leaders in the drugless healing professions urge the legislature to create a standing committee to review their claims. They insist laymen, not medical doctors, should assess these claims and see the move as the start of a broader campaign for medical freedom.
January receipts in the Secretary of State Pool office totaled 5220.91 dollars, up from 3015.11 a year earlier, a net gain of 2205.80. Filing articles of incorporation brought 4.02 dollars. The auto department issued 88393 numbers for 1917, including 12550 new numbers and 75850 renewals from 1916. The motorcycle department issued 1472 numbers.
E B House of Colorado Agricultural College argues that public roads are wasted money when counties build surfacing but neglect maintenance. He notes routs, potholes, and required repairs follow initial construction, urging timely upkeep and ongoing labor rather than abandoning finished roads.
The article urges landowners to clear and maintain roadside strips that belong to them explaining it improves the farm’s appearance. It notes the land extends to the highway center and emphasizes the duty to keep it in good condition by removing hedgerows and seeding grass.
The department of agriculture states road improvement in Dallas County raises land value by $5 per acre within half a mile. Good roads connect farmers to markets and enhance living, justifying investment in better infrastructure.
Over twelve years federal outlays for rural roads and bridges rose from about 80 million to 282 million dollars, a gain over 250 percent. State funds for road and bridge construction and maintenance climbed from 2.55 million to 53.492 million dollars, an increase near 2,000 percent.
Senate bill 220 moves enforcement from the Labor Commissioner to a governor appointed compensation commissioner. The measure amends the current law by making the new official the sole arbiter of settlement disputes with appeals limited to the district court within five days.
Farm land values rose significantly with main and market road improvements. Statistics from the federal office of public roads and rural engineering show increases ranging from 25 to 194 percent. Local farmers may see higher assessed values and potential tax implications due to better road access.
Senator John A Robertson proposes S. F. 63 to make the state pay salaries for about 12 643 teachers in rural and city schools. The plan would make the state the common school unit, end state aid disputes for weak districts, and promote rural consolidation and broader grade teaching in common schools.
Milk pails and cans are described as seamless with all seams flush to solder. Seamless pails and cans have been introduced to market.
The farm poultry house in winter should be well ventilated and dry. Sun light should strike as much of the floor and roosts as possible.
The note warns against purchasing foundation stock hastily and suggests investing more money to acquire a quality sire for better long term results. It emphasizes prudence in selecting breeding stock to ensure strong lineage and herd improvement.
A note states barbed wire weighs about a pound per rod, reflecting common hardware knowledge of fencing materials and their practical use.
An advertisement urges mothers to give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs to relieve a sick child’s constipation. It touts a full “Inside cleansing” as first treatment and warns against counterfeit syrups while promoting a 50 cent bottle with printed directions for all ages.
The piece claims happiness is the strongest drug, highly contagious and available in many forms. It notes some distrust virtue as too good to be true, cites Puritan harshness as a barrier, and suggests happiness benefits the giver as much as the receiver.
A compact reflection quotes Dickens on how not one person is useless when they ease others’ loads, affirming value through acts of support and care.
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