To Report a Fire Or An Emergency Dial 5-2311 OUTOF by W. D. -AESCHBACHER, Director STATE MISTORICAL SOCIETY ROUBIDOUX PASS In a prairie state such as Nebraska, there are few passes through hills or mountains. dignified by that title. The state does have two passes that are well known to history and to travellers.
It is not surprising that they are within a few miles of each other and are passes through the same obstruction, Scotts Bluff and the Wildcat hills to the south. They are Mitchell Pass, the one now used by highway 86 past the doux Pass several miles National Monument, and Roubisouthwest of Mitchell Pass. Roubidoux's years of use and fame were before 1850. The Mitchell Pass route was first traversed, or made pasable, by army troops hauling goods to Fort Laramie. The army like other travellers, wanted the trail to stay as close to the river AS possible, and the Roubidoux route away from the river from near present Melbeta to Horse Creek seemed like a thirty mile The way through Mitchell Pass never left the river far, and seemed much more direct and less circuitous.
The army made a passable road and from about 1851 on the Roubidoux Pass route was less and less travelled. This first famous pass is now almost forgotten. In its heyday, Roubidoux Pass was a noteworthy place on the Oregon trail, described in the entries in the journals that have survived. The trading post and blacksmith shop of Roubidoux elicited comment as they provided most welcome service along the trail. Also, the beauty of the Gering valley, the good quality of the road, and the view showing Laramie peak in the distance from the top of the Pass, impressed the travelrs, they thought they were seeing the Rocky mountains for the first time as they saw Laramie Peak.
This pass had a more favorable aspect and was a better and easier trail to follow than the one that became more popular through Mitchell Pass. Merrill Mattes, historian of the area, has pointed out an irony in the desertion of Roubidoux for the Mitchell Pass route. The travellers who made the change realized they had picked a more difficult route, but took it because it was more direct-shorter. Actually, the mileage of the two routes from the time the trails parted till they came back together was almost identical. As this was true, the travellers who forsook the Roubidoux Pass route for the new one saved nothing and lost considerable in quality of the If they had stayed with Roubidoux Pass it is at least possible that towns such as Gering would have been located differently thirty or forty years later.
McCOOK DAIRY SHOW AUG. 11 All 4-H dairy members who plan to exhibit at this and other district shows, should plan now to take steps to get the necessary health papers on their exhibits, advises R. L. Cooksley, Gosper County Extension Agent. Each animal must have an official health certificate issued by a 11.
censed approved veterinarian. State 1500 Historical Society 90 THE ELWOOD BU BULLETIN Johnson Lake (2600-acre) 7 miles north of Elwood Central Nebraska's Most Popular Resort Area Recreation Unlimited VOLUME SIXTY-FOUR Published Weekly ELWOOD, GOSPER COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1959 Ph. State 5-2251 No. 9 No Legal Action by SPUCC in Fight to Re-route Interstate A result of a poll of member chambers was given at the SPUCC meeting in Elwood last Thursday on whether legal action should be taken by the South Platte United Chambers of Commerce in their fight to re-route the interstate highway west of Doniphan. The poll results were 2 to 1 against it.
However, the SPUCC directed its highway committee to continue efforts to meet with the State Highway Department, President Tom Waldo said, because they contend the interstate should be built via a the most economical route across the state. Elwood Chamber of Commerce entertained 122 South Platters at the dinner served at Sportsman's last Thursday evening. Attendants were from Imperial to Lincoln, through South Platte territory. Elwood had 30 present. Airplane rides over Johnson Lake and boat rides on the lake were sponsored by Elwood of C.
Vegetable Production SPUCC has pledged full support to a program and study by the University of Nebraska which would determine the potential of growing and processing vegetables in this area. It was described as an economic boon to the area, since it would provide farmers with new crops which are not currently in surplus. Dr. F. E.
Frolik, University of Nebraska agronomist and associate director of the experiment stations, was the key speaker. He showed pictures on various methods of horticulture. Russel Morgan welcomed the guests on behalf of Elwood of C. M. R.
Morgan was master of ceremonies. SANDSTROM DIES A. J. Sandstrom, 96, who for many years operated a furniture store in that town, died July 9 in Lexington hospital following an illness of two weeks. Born in Sweden, he came to the U.
S. with his parents in 1880. They homesteaded on a farm east of Bertrand. Mr. Sandstrom started a furniture and mortuary business in 1892.
Funeral services were Sunday afternoon. 4-H Club News The East Muddy Livestock 4-H club met July 9th at Gerald VonLoh's home. Roll call was answered by giving names of our lambs. Plans were made for a booth at the fair. Next meeting will be held July 30 at the home of Linda and Owen Hablitzel Lunch was served by Mrs.
Schutz, reporter. Mother's Helpers met at the home of Kay Artz July 8. There were two guests, Peggy Overby of Two Harbors, and Diane Bourbon of Lexington. For roll call each one told how much baking she had done. A roller skating party is planned for July 18 in Holdrege.
Charlene gave a demonstration on how to brush your teeth. Kay Artz gave a demonstration how to make refrigerator cookies. Mrs. Artz served lunch. The next and last meeting will be held at the home of Karen Lerdall, JJuly 22nd.
Sandra Willets, reporter. Your Uncle Dudley says: DEAR MISTER EDITOR: I was setting in church Sunday just looking around at the wimmen's hat. Did you ever do that, Mister Editor? Try it sometime. Just take a look at the contraptions they've got this year, fer instant. They git smaller and smaller.
The one the preacher's wife had on looked like it was made out of postage stamp and trimmed with a humming bird feather. I was telling Ed Doolittle about it and he said, "Well, you know how wimmen are." No I don't know how wimmen are, were, or will be. And neither does Ed. Incidentally, we got a real practical preacher at our church Last Sunday, fer instant, he now. said we would now repeat the 23rd Psalm and would the lady who always gits to.
Still Waters while the rest of us was still in Green Pastures please wait till we got caught up. When we come out of church some of the fellers was saying we ought to aircondition the place. It might work in some churches but it would be mighty hard on some of the members of our church. Take a feller gitting a whole hour's sleep in the CREWS WILL WORK ON FAIR BARNS TODAY-FRI. Crews were being recruited the first of the week for two days work on the fair barns.
Weather permitting, volunteers will complete the roofs and install pens today (Thurs.) and Friday. All local men who are able to wield a hammer are invited to join forces with the farmers who are doing this job. County Fair dates are August 12-13-14. GAS TAX REFUND Farmers can now apply for a refund of Federal Tax on gasoline used for farming purposes, states R. Cooksley, Gosper County Extension Agent.
Refund will be made on gasoline used in the period from July 1, 1958 to June 30, 1959. A farmer may also apply for tax refund on gas used by custom operators on the farm. Those who have not received the necessary forms may pick them up at the local Extension office, Cooksley said. In County Court Glen C. Milks of Lexington was fined $10 and costs Monday for speeding.
THE CHURCH POINTS THE WAY IN Attend Regularly! Christian Church Harry W. Elwood, Pastor Sunday school at 9:00 a.m. Worship service at 10 clock. Methodist Church Russell Brown, Pastor Sunday School at 8:45 a.m. Morning worship at 10:00.
Salem Lutheran Rev. Gerkin, Visiting Pastor Worship service 8:40 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church E. A.
Schack, B.D., Pastor Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Divine Service at 11:00 a.m. Topic: "Danger! Beware!" Adult church-membership class each Thursday at 8 p.m. Sunday school teachers and meets July 22 at 8 p.m. Visitors are always welcome.
Immanuel Lutheran (10 Miles South of Elwood) Rev. E. A. Schack, B.D., Pastor Divine Service at 9:00. Theme: "Danger! Beware!" Visitors are always welcome.
St. John's Lutheran Eustis A. H. Roesener, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Divine Worship 10,30 a.m.
The pastor will again occupy the pulpit after a restful vacation. worship the Lord in the beauty of St. John's Catholic Smithfield. Fr. John Howe, Pastor Mass Sunday 9:00 a.m.
Choir practice Monday, 8 p.m. Catechism class for grade school children Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Wheat Shows Excellent Response To Fertilizer The return in net profits due to application of fertilizer is as great on wheat as virtually any other crop grown in Nebraska, a University of Nebraska soils specialist declared this week. Clinton A. Hoover, Extension agronomist at the College of Agriculture, cited research which indicates that fertilized wheat in southwest Nebraska will, on the average, return about $2.75 for each dollar spent for fertilizer.
"The 1959 wheat crop has shown an exceptionally good response to commercial fertilizer," Hoover revealed. And the 1960 crop season should be as favorable for the use of fertilizer on wheat as the present season, he added. Farmers can increase, their crop production efficiency. through the use of soil tests and fertilizerseven though acreage devoted to crops may be reduced at the same time- -and still make money, Hoover. asserted.
"Now is an ideal time to get soil samples tested on fields that will be planted to wheat this fall," he concluded. Midgets Win from Beaver City 4 2 Elwood Midgets were successful in keeping their winning string intact Friday night, defeating a Beaver City group 4-2 in an interesting baseball game. The visitors were slightly "spiked for the game, using some boys of Junior Legion age. They had announced they would be unable to field a team using some of the older group. Elwood Midgets will play in a tournament at Cambridge Sunday evening at 6:00.
They are matched with Arapahoe. 4 The winner of this contest will play Cambridge July 23rd at 6 p.m. Stork News Born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Coder, July 6th, a daughter weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces at Cozad hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Lehman of Eustis announce the arrival of a daughetr, Tuesday, at Lexington hospital. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS Miss Doris Bigelow will attend a county superintendent's seminar at Lincoln for two weeks beginning next Monday. Sunday afternoon guests of Miss Maryls Sunquist were some college classmates, Paul Peister, Misses "Mimi" Agate Tilmanis of Kearney, Elva Hermsen of Elm Creek.
Mrs. Charles Murdoch, 65, of Oxford passed away last Thursday. Services were held at Trinity Lutheran in Arapahoe Sunday. Among those attending were Messrs. and Mmes.
Oscar Murdoch, Ed Leggott, Wm. Schutz and George Keller. A one car accident Sunday afternoon cut and bruised Mr. and Mrs. F.
A. Dowler of Alameda, Calif. They were enroute from their home to Lexington when the car struck loose gravel and overturned on the highway south of Elwood. They were taken to the Lexington hospital for examination. Dowlers lived in this community on a farm at one time.
Farm Wheat Allotments Mailed To Growers Wheat growers of Gosper County were mailed their 1960 acreage allotments July 9th, Chairman Holloway of the county Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva tion Committee, anounced today. There is a total of 710 farms with 1960 wheat acreage allotments in the county having a combined acreage of 31,031 acres. Allotments are being mailed at this time sO farmers will have them in advance of the July 23 referendum, at which growers will decide whether to markel their 1960 wheat under the same quota system that has been in effect for several years. The 1960 farm' allotment will be about the same in most cases as it was last year. It represents the individual farm's share of the national wheat allotment, which will continue next year at the minimum of 55 million acres per.
mitted by law. If quotas go into effect the allot ment become a factor in determining compliance with marketing quotas. The farmer who keeps within his allotment may market his entire wheat production without penalty. The farmer who is over his allotment will ordinarily be subject to a penalty on the normal production of excess acres. An exception to this general rule is that any farmer may produce up to: 15 acres of wheat without penalty.
Also, a farmer with an allotment of less than 30 acres may apply for a feed wheat execption and use the wheat on the farm where grown. The farmers who complies with his wheat allotment is eligible for price support, either with or without marketing quotas in effect. The acreage allotment is also a factor -in Soil Bank compliance which is required to be eligible for Conservation Reserve payments. For purposes of establishing future allotments, the farmer who complies with his 1960 wheat allotment received credit for his full wheat base and thus gets credit for the acreage diverted from wheat. The farmer who.
exceeds his allotment receive no credit for the diverted acreage unless he stores his. excess wheat under marketing quota regulations or delivers it to the government. Any farmer who has question about his 1960 wheat allotment should call at the county office as soon as possible, Holloway said. Grasshopper To Late Crops in Central- West Nebr. Late crops in parts of central and western Nebraska face damage from grasshoppers unless controls are applied soon, a U.S.
Department of Agriculture expert predicts. Jerry Bell, Lincoln, assistant plant-pest control supervisor for the USDA, stationed at the University of Nebraska, said heavy populations of hoppers are present in field margins, fence rows, and idle land. Migration of the rapidly-maturing insects from these areas and newly harvested small grain fields spells trouble for late-planted corn, milo and other crops, Bell said. The area of chief danger at present takes in all or parts of Buffalo, Sherman, Greeley, Howard, Valley and Custer counties. In this area particularly, grasshoppers have moved into alfalfa fields.
"In some instances, farmers will be lucky to get the second crop of alfalfa, weather permitting, before it is taken by the grasshopper," he stated. Local concern is shown by the fact that 150 farmers turned out for a meeting in Greeley county, Bell commented. While it is probably too late in the season for an organized campaign in central Nebraska, farmers are undertaking control measures individually or through custom control operators. There are other areas in the state which have high populations and bear close watching for dayto day changes in the grashopper situation, Bell noted. In range areas, where large grasshopper populations were expected this season, heavy infestations did not materialize, Bell observed.
FIFTY SWIMMERS Fifty youngsters are enrolled for swimming lessons this week at the local pool. Miss Maryls Sunquist is in charge with Pat Debban, Lila Lea Stoll, Eddie Sunquist and Shirley Remmenga assisting. CALL MEETING OF REDISTRICTING COMM. A meeting of the County School Redistricting Committee with directors of Elwood Chamber of Commerce, has been called for tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at the pump house hall. Members of these.
groups are urged to be present and others who are interested are invited to attend. Bertrand Batters Elw. Bertrand, top team in the Alfalfa League, pounded out a 14-7 win over Elwood Sunday night. It was a good game up to the 7th inning, and although no doubt the visitors were slated to be the winners, the score was not out of reason. A series of errors in the the field by Elwood iced the contest for Bertrand.
Games for Sunday, July 19: Gothenburg at Elwood Eustis at Loomis Bertrand at Cozad Farnam at Lexington SPRAY TREES NOW! It is again time to spray trees for European Elm Scale. These insects are serious on many elm trees in Elwood. They should be sprayed. 2 or 3 times each year. If you wish your trees sprayed contact Co.
Agent Cooksley right away. Arrangements are being made to get trees sprayed within the next week. One hundred eighty two attended the six story hours at Elwood Library. The last session was held Saturday morning. Efficiency Test For Leggott Well An irrigation pumping plant efficiency test will be made on the Ed Leggott well, northwest of Elwood at 9 a.m., Wednesday, July 22, according to Ted Schmeeckle, Elwood director of the South-Central Pump Irrigators Association.
The test will be a demonstration and all irrigators are welcome to attend the meeting. The demonstration is being sponsored in cooperation with the, State and County Extension Services. Deon Axthelm, Extension engineer, will perform the actual well test. All irrigators are urgea to attend this demonstration, Mr Schmeeckle said. GRAVESIDE SERVICES For the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Grunden of Curtis were held al 10 a.m. Saturday. July 11 at the Curtis cemetery. Rev.
Frank Hainey of the Methodist church officiated. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Grunden of Curtis and Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Hibbs of Smithfield Wheat Streak Mosaic Definite Factor in Cutting the Yields Wheat streak Mosaic was a definite factor in cutting the yields of several wheat fields throughtout the area, says Gosper County Agent R. L. Cooksley. A few infected fields are hardly worth harvesting, he noted. This infection poses as a definite threat to all our wheat in the future unless a unified control elfort.
is made by all farmers. The infection is spread by the wheat curl mite which builds up a high population in early planted and volunteer wheat. As this indicates, the most satisfactory controls are to destroy all volunteer wheat and to delay planting of new wheat as long as possible. The Mosaic infection often shows up following large hail seasons. This can be attributed to the fact that a great deal of regrowth and volunteer wheat is often present in the hailed area.
The wheat curl mites can build up a tremendous population in these areas and then will spread from field to field, carrying the Mosaic disease, if they are in fected. Cooksley urges all farmers to control the volunteer wheat and to delay planting. The late planting will also help control the sian Fly, which was present in large numbers this year, he stated. Small Grain Harvest Completed; Moisture Needed Small grain harvest will be completed in this part of Nebraska by the end of the week with continuation of dry weather. For the most part, wheat harvest wouna up last week with only a few 1solated fields remaining for combining this week.
A few farmers reported they were still harvesting oats and barley, but as the acreage was small, they expected to have the small grain in before week end. Of paramount concern to those in the dry land portion of Gosper County was the urgent need for moisture. Some corn looks quite good in the dry land fields and in others it is far from satisfactory. Irrigated corn is booming with the hot humid weather and the irrigators are pouring on the water to make the fall crop. Grasshopper Damage Elsewhere in these columns will be found an article concerning the grasshopper menace.
While this county was not mentioned as one of the heavily infested areas, there are plenty of grasshoppers and the insects are doing a great deal of damage. Controls are available which include bait and spraying. Concerted effort in a wide territory is needed to do away with these chewing, jumping pests. Polls Set for July 23 Wheat Quota Vote Voting places for the referendum to be held July 23 on market. ing quotas for the 1960 wheat crop are announced today by Roy M.
Holloway, chairman, county ASC committee. The locations are Courthouse in Elwood Smithfield town hall Blackwood schoolhouse Snowball, schoolhouse Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Farmers who are eligible to vote in the referendum are all those who in 1960 will have more than 15 acres of wheat for harvest as grain on a farm, except those who are participating in the 1959 feed wheat program. Under the feed wheat program, farmers may arrange with the county office to grow up to 30 acres of wheat for use only on the farm where grown without being subject YO marketing quota penalties.
If at least two- thirds of the growers who vote in the referendum approve the quotas they will remain in effect for 1960- crop wheat and price support will be available to farmers who comply with their farm wheat allotments at at least of parity. Farmers who exceed the larger of the farm allotment or 15 acres will be subject to a marketing penalty of of the wheat parity price on "excess" wheat. If the quotas are not approved by at least two-thirds of the growers voting, the quotas and penalties will not be in effect, and price support will be available to farmers who comply with their wheat allotments at of paras directed by law. At current parity levels, that would be about $1.19 per bushel, the ASC pointed out. ficial chill, plus the chill he gits from some of the members don't speak to him, and that to a cold sermon he's bound to git onct in a while from the parson, and all three of them might give him a malady he couldn't survive.
Well, after reading the goings on in Congress last week I'm convinced that politicians and crab grass will eventually take the country. They ain't no cure fer either of them. I noted where one committee ruled that bubble gum ain't a strategic material and can be shipped to the Chinese Reds. I don't know about bubble gum, 'but I'm agin selling them Chinese Reds anything but castor oil and dentist drills. I got to knock off now, Mister Editor, and go do a little fishing.
You can tell the folks in town the fish is biting real good these days. Ed says he was in the bath tub the other day and a 5-pound cat run down the drain with the soap. One of Ed's neighbors said he might believe the story about the fish but he doubts that Ed was in the bath tub. Yours truly, Uncle Dud A IS THIS YOUR FARM? If this is a picture of your farm home you may obtain a beaumur mounted enlargement 01 ule original photo for a nominal charge and information concerning farm by calling at The Bulletin.