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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1931
Page
6
Omaha reports 17 more Nebraskans disabled in the last two weeks of 1930, bringing total 493 for the year. Motor vehicle crashes caused 14 deaths and 209 injuries, with alcoholism, speeding, and reckless driving cited as major factors.
Dr. C. H. Hays, Nebraska state veterinarian, told Lincoln livestock men that losses from diseased animals could reach 15 million dollars and urged widespread vaccination. He cited hog cholera and black leg immunity as key preventions, noting most waste is preventable and vaccination builds resistance rather than cures.
Nebraska relies on its rivers for hydro power with 53 plants statewide. The Platte and Big Blue regions host major facilities producing millions of kilowatt hours annually. Central Power in Buffalo County is the largest plant at about 7.46 million kWh yearly.
Reports from the U S department of agriculture via the state and federal statistician indicate generally good range conditions in western Nebraska at year start. Cattle are in good shape with ample feed but little restocking activity noted on these ranges.
Production in Box Butte has grown from a single wagon load per year to thousands of railroad cars for the annual crop. In the past month over 150 carloads of corn were shipped, setting a winter grain shipment record amid large acreage and strong yields.
W. W. Binderup of Minden, five time Nebraska Honey Producers president, told the Chamber of Commerce that Nebraska honey production is booming with carload shipments. He cited a St. Edward producer shipping 40 cars last year and called beekeeping a soil-building, fascinating business.
North of Adams a wolf hunt killed eight coyotes and covered twenty five sections with another hunt planned soon. In Hastings the museum expanded by opening two basement rooms due to crowding on the main floors. A $50,000 bill HR No 19 seeks state purchase of highway markers from reformatories and penitentiaries. A record hay shipment of 10 tons moved from Omaha to Papillion by Harder Transfer. Hemingford rebuilds a new large elevator after a $15,000 fire loss. Kiwanis drive sees most clubs represented as Robert W. Armstrong installed district governor in Auburn. Midland College’s western seminary welcomes Dr P W H Frederick as Greek and Hebrew professor. Richardson county farm mortgages filed vs releases in 1930 exceed by $47,345.79. 309 new mortgages total value $1,764,814.46 vs 252 releases $1,717,468.67.
Representative Howard of Nebraska urged President Hoover to take up the Sioux in Knox County Nebraska. He said the Indians are not federal wards but are in desperate condition due to corn crop failure. He noted Red Cross aid via the St. Louis chapter has helped, but the government should act more actively.
Civic groups and the city council met in Falls City to review Mrs. Laura Pritchard’s offer of $55,000 in property for a city auditorium fund. She would match the gift if the city provides a comparable amount. Main issues are raising $55,000 more and choosing a site for the building.
Allocation to Lincoln of a United States army reserve station hospital unit was announced by Dr. Czar C Johnson, colonel of the officers reserve corps. The unit will include seventeen officers, forty nurses and 160 enlisted men with a two officer ten enlisted man dispensary. Medical HQ will be in Lincoln with command of station hospitals at Omaha Grand Island North Platte and Fort Crook.
State Bank Commissioner George W. Woods announced the voluntary closings of Tecumseh State Bank in Tecumseh and the State Bank of Madison in Madison for liquidation. He said 21 depositors would be paid in full, and Madison Bank reported a 22 percent cash reserve. A receivership liquidation was deemed advisable.
Attorneys for Nebraska bank depositors filed in Washington Supreme Court an intervenor brief arguing that management failures and postwar deflation caused banking instability years ago. The filing targets Nebraska guaranty fund law and the related depositors settlement fund that replaces it, challenging the fund's legality.
The Nebraska senate unanimously approved a resolution by Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry of Pawnee City urging the federal government to boost Nebraska's emergency highway allocation by 2.7 million dollars. This would add to 1.7 million already allotted from an 80.8 million emergency fund, and total 4.4 million more would bring Nebraska's highway funding to 8.808 million.
Dr. Jose Maria Reyna Andrade, elected provisional leader after a sequence of rapid changes, took office January 2 following previous heads Gen. Lazaro Chacon, Baudilio Palma, and Gen. Manuel Orellana. The United States did not recognize Orellana, prompting his resignation and Andrade’s installation.
Items of interest note British Columbia wins first prize in an international exhibit of native animals held in Leipsic. A chemical fire extinguisher resembles an enlarged shaving cream tube and is marketed for home or auto use. Spokane health authorities report dust accumulation in unpaved streets reaches up to an inch and a half yearly. The Cuban sugar industry declines push island farmers toward other crops. About 4 500 workers will be employed in an eighty five story New York building. Mrs Christina Heim aged 103 Sandusky oldest citizen born Friday the thirteenth. Argentina grants workers eight hour days and seven hour nights with rural and domestic workers exempt.
The custom of reclining at table among ancient Greeks stems from practices after ablutions in public baths where diners rested on couches while refreshments were served.
Quote from Sir Charles Robertson arguing that a nation can be shaped by mobilizing a small group of top thinkers who will implement ideas effectively, rather than trying to win over the general population.
A National Geographic summary details how plant introduction by the USDA and explorers transformed U S farming. It notes corn, wheat, rice, and sorghums as major beneficiaries, the seedless orange's rise in California, date cultivation expansion, and the broad impact of import-driven varietal improvements on crops and diets.
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