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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-10-08

and house plants and the seats were
draped with yellow chrysanthemums
and silver streamers for relatives and
close friends. The aisles were strewn
with autumn leaves Of gold and sill
yer. The bridal march was played by
Mrs. Norman Rostad, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy S~tageberg lead the bridal process
sion followed by Mr.. anu Mrs. Alvin
Stageberg. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sta
ICEBERG, Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Peter
son, Mrs. Henry Reuter- after which
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Stagoberg came
in followed by their daughter Guida
carrying a beautiful spray of yellow
tea roses tied with a wide gold satin
ribbon which she presented to her mo-
Their after they were seated.
Rev. Hoverstein of Ambrose, and
Rev. Almlie of Westby spoke in be-
half of the day. The choir rendered
several numbers, and after congratul-
ating Mr.. and ~Stageberg, relatives
and close friends were given a three
course dinner in the church parlors.
Covers were laid fer seventy-five. The
dinner was artistically decorated in
gold and silver.
AT the guests honor table was a de-
corated wedding cake of gold and sill
yer which was made by Mr.. Stage
berg's sister, Mrs. Doe Of Minneapol-
is. Rev. Almlie was toast master. The
male quartet sang two numbers and
Mr.. Niblack sang "Silver Threads
Among the Gold" Charles Stageberg
of Dawson, Minnesota spoke in behalf
of the day also Mr.. and Mrs. Doe of
Minneapolis and Alvin Stageberg of
Westby. A duet was sung by Mr.. and
Mrs. Alvin Stageberg after which
Rev. Hoverstein and Rev. Almlie re-
sponded. The out-of-otown guests were
Charles and Edgar Stageberg of Min
n~eapolis, Mrs. Hansen, Everlyn Sta
ICEBERG of Dawson, Mimi, Mr.. and
Mrs. Barstad, daughter Florence and
Agnes and son Lyle OF Ray, N. D.,
Mrs. Stein of Kildeer, N. D., Mr.. and
Mrs. Ole Grytness Of Fortuna, N. D.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson Of Crosby, N. D.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew S~tageberg were
presented with two five dollar gold
pieces from their daughter Miss B..
Stageberg of Oakland, California who
was unable to be present and a purse
from relatives and friends. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stageberg have eleven grand
children and a host of friends who ex-
tend their congratulations.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-10-08
Comertown Boy is
Associate Artist on
Concordia Year Book

Merlin Rostad of Comertown, this
year a sophomore at Concordia Col
lege M~oorehead, Mimi, has recently
begun his duties Of associate artist on
the year book staff. He was appoint
ed last week by the heads Of the publ
cation. The triennial, known formerly
as The Scout, will have the name of
the Cobbler when it comes off the
press next April, according to decis-
ion of the students.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-10-08
MR.. and MRS.. A.
STACEBERC have
GOLDEN WEDDING

Sunday September 9th, occurred
the Golden Wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Stageberg
which was attended by relatives and
friends at three o'clock at the First
Lutheran Church. The church was
beautifully arranged with cut flowers
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-10-08
Official Sheridan County
Commissioner PROCEEDINGS

AT . o'clock p. NJ, September Sth,
1891. the Board of County commissioners
met in regular Session. all Members OF
the Board and Clerk present.
The Library Board reported on the
application of Miss Wheeler FOR the pc,
sition as County Librarian. The Board
decided that Miss Wheeler could not be
employed as she did not have the re-
auired qualifications.
On motion, the Board decided that a
special meeting be held on September
18th. 1881 at 3 o'clock q, m. TOT inc
purpose of auditing Printing Claims.
The Board spent the balance or the
dav considering Poor Cases.
At s o'clock p. NJ. the Board adjourn
ed until 0 o'clock a. NJ. September 9Th.
AT . o'clock A. N, September s ~ the
Board and the Clerk present.
on Motion. the County Clerk was in,
structed to advertise for Bids FOR Coal
for County Buildings and for County
Poor. Bids to be opened October 7th,
1881.
On Motion. the following Appoint
ments and discharges were approved;
appointment of NJ. FRESHMAN Stenog-
rapher Co. Attorneys Office.
c. f. Christensen, as Clerk on TAX
Records. Clerk and Recorders office.
Ollie +. Madsen as Special Deputy
Sheriff for 5 days.
Mrs. G.. Mckenzie as Special Deputy
Sheriff for 4 DAYS.
Discharge of Ida Bunhun as Stenog.
Co. Attorneys office.
On motion the monthly reports for the
Month Of August 1891 of the Sheriff.
Clerk of Court and Clerk and Recorder
and the Clerks trial balance for the
Month of July, 1881. We're approved.
A ~ o'clock, Noon the Board recess
ed until 2 o'clock p. NJ. at 2 o'clock p:
NJ. the Board resumed, all Members of
the Board and the Clerk present.
As a large number Of people were
present the Board removed to the Court
Room and spent the balance of the day
discussing the proposition of furnishing
Coal for those not able to obtain their
own Coal
At 9 o'clock A NJ September 10th,
the Board resumed. all Members of the
Board and the Clerk present.
On Motion the following Claims were
allowed paid and the clerk instructed tc
draw Warrants therefore on the differ
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
ROAD LEIPSIC TO WOODLAND
9-FOot Concrete Road Being Laid
Leipsic Road to Motifs Corner
Near Entrance to Marsh Road

Work was begun last week on
the 9-foot road from the Leipsic
stone road to Motifs Corner, known
as the White Hall Road" to Wood
land Beach The contractors,
George & Lynch, of Dover, have
force of men and trucks on the
job. The sand is trucked to Smyr-
ma from the sandpit at Dover and
mixed with stone and cement at
Warner Prices coal yard from
whence it is trucked to the cement
mixed on location on the road be-
ing built The road when built,
will give residents of Raymond's
Neck, White Hall Neck and even
Leipsic and Dover, a shorter route
to Woodland Beach The marsh
road is yet to be macadamized
from Motifs Corner to the resort,
but it is said some repairs are yet
to be made to the bridge before
this can be done. Surveyors have
been on the job but no indication
as to when the contract will be let
has been announced. This marsh
road and bridge could not hereto
fore be legally used for a public
road until through the activity of
Mrs. Estelle w. Tschudy, the first
woman representative of the First
District, made it possible by get
ting a special act thru the Della
ware Legislature for Kent County
to take over this road, reimburse
James R. Mott, and make the
marsh road part of Kent's road
system.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
AUTO ACCIDENT NEAR DOVER
Mrs. Jennie Knots and Mrs. Mil
dred Dunbar of Wilmington, Hurt

Two persons were injured when
an automobile parked on the du-
Pont Highway two miles north of
Dover during thunderstorm
shortly after 8 o'clock Sunday
night was struck by another auto
mobile The injured persons are
Mrs. Jennie Knots, who suffered
contusions of the head, minor lac
erations and shock. and Miss Mil
dred Dunbar, who suffered lacera-
tions, shock and an injury to her
right side. 1t is believed that one
of her ribs was broken. Both wo-
men are from Wilmington. Both
of the injured persons were riding
in an automobile owned and oper-
ated by James NJ Knots, of 907
West Eleventh street, Wilmington,
which was going north on the
highway when it struck an auto
mobile owned and operated by n.
P. Rodgers, of 223 Concord avenue
Wilmington. The second car was
parked during the thunder shower.
The injured. persons were given
treatment at the Kent General
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
HURT IN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT
Clifford Young, BelIanca EmpIoye
and Two Companions, Injured

Edwin Mendenhall, 10, was ia
tally injured and two other occu-
pants of an airplane badly hurt
just before noon Sunday when the
plane crashed in a field near Mar
shallton. Clifford Young, 38, Of
near Marshallton, pilot and owner
er the plane, suffered many broken
bones and shock from which he is
expected to die. Walter Hannum,
20, of DoWningtown, also suffered
recover. AS Young attempted to
land near his home the ship sud
denly nose-dived when near the
ground and was wrecked. 1t did
not catch fire. Mendenhall and
Hannum were riding in front Of
Young, a licensed pilot. All three
injured were taken to the Homeo-
pathic Hospital at West Chester
where Mendenhall died at 3 P. m.
Young was employed by the Del
lanca Aircroft Corporation plant
at New Castle. He has been flying
for fifteen years and operated a
flying field at Marshallton, Pa. near
which place he lived. He never be-
fore had an accident at the field.
The plane which Young was using
was purchased by him from Miss
Myrtle Brown, aviatrix Of Viii
mington,
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
BUILDING HIGHWAY BETWEEN
PORT PENN TODELAWARE CITY
ID. e. O'CONNELL AND SONS
START POURING CONCRETE
This Firm Completed Cement work
on Road From Delaware CITY to
Dual Highway Last Week

D. E. O'Connell & Sons, Inc, af-
ter having been engaged in grad
ing work for the past three weeks,
will begin pouring concrete this
week for the new State highway
from Delaware City to Port Penn,
authorized by the State highway
department last spring, and cover
ing a distance of approximately
four miles. The company will be-
gin to pour concrete at Port Penn
where it was necessary to do the
bulk of the grading work, and will
work toward Delaware City. The
company only completed the
Wrangle Hill-Clark's Corner high
way this past week and moved its
equipment to the Delaware City
Port Penn job. Last week concrete
forms were laid for about a half
mile in preparation for laying the
first concrete this week. The new
highway is to be 16 feet wide with
an 80-foot right of way. All the
curves in the old road of any size,
at the Colburn Mansion and the
residence of Stewart L. Beck, will
be eliminated. The company will
make Delaware City its headquart-
ers while on this job and all ma
terials will arrive by freight to the
local railroad station. All the old,
high hedges along the road have
been pulled up and will be elmi-
mated from the course of the new
highway Upon the completion Of
the road by the State it is believed
that the U. S. Government will
construct a new bridge over the
branch channel of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal at Fifth street
to replace the present one-way
wooden span. The new road will
pass directly by the entrance to
Fort dupont 1t will follow the
river to Port Penn and will com
plete with good roads, a stretch Of
scenic highway from Wilmington,
New Castle, Delaware City and
Port Penn. It is expected that the
highway will be entirely finished in
October.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
STORM DAMAGE AT LEIPSIC
Lightning Hits Untenanted House
Burning 1T to the Ground

Lightning struck on the farm of
Letitia Gerard, about a mile north
of Cowgilrs Corner, on the road
leading from Little Creek to Leip-
sic, early Monday evening. The
The building struck was an unten-
anted house and the flames had
reached such proportions when the
Dover Fire company arrived that
the efforts of the firemen were con
centrated on saving adjacent build
ings. The untenanted house loss
was estimated at probably $3.50
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
RAIN ROUTS HOT WEATHER
Copious Showers Sunday and Yes
terday Bring Benefit TO Crops

Kent county, including Smyrna
and vicinity, was visited Sunday
and yesterday by heavy rain
storms, the first of which was ac-
companied by thunder and light
ming. The rain was doubly well
coined because corn and other
growing crops were in a bad state.
The rains was further welcomed
because it broke up the torrid hot
wave and humidity which had
gripped this section for weeks
with temperatures in the nineties
and the percentage of humidity
high.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
LOSES AT BASEBALL
Take Defeat at MarshalIton Sat
urday to Score of > to 2

st. Barabas, of Marshallton,
nosed out Smyrna in the Diamond
State League on Saturday at Mar
shallton, 5 to 2. Gollicker, on the
mound for the Saints, was tight in
the pinches, tanning 10 men and
allowing five hits. Cochran, for
Smyrna was knocked out in the
first inning Lamb took his place
and pitched fine game and made
the only two runs scored. Riley,
with four hits in four trips to the
plate was the batting star. The
lineup for Smyrna was: Messick,
2b; Stevenson, 2b; Pratt, IF; ].
Jacobs, rf.; Lamb, cf., p.; Turner,
S.; Sylvester, C; Smith, 1b; Coch-
ran, p; Truax, 3b; S. Jacobs, SIS;
Donovan, IS; Snolric, CT. The score
by innings:
st. Barnabas. 3O010 O1OO-5
Smyrna. 49,. 0OOO0O1 O1-2
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
SMYRNA GRANGE JOIN HOSTS
At KENT FIELD DAY MEETING
MORE THAN 500 ASSEMBLE ON
FARM OF f. C. BANCROFT
Leslie r. Smith, Formerly Secre-
tary of National Grange, Makes
Address - Event Winners

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Mattiford,
Mr.. George Johnson, Mr.. Harry
Johnson, Mrs. Snithers Snow, Mr..
and Mrs. William George, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Roe, Mr.. Walter T.
Massey, and Mrs. Howard Dea-
kyne were among those from
the Smyrna Grange to attend
the annual field day exercises Of
the Kent County Pomona Grange
held Friday on the Frank c. Ban
croft estate near Camden. Dia-
mond State Grange of Camden,
acted as host to the large gather
ing which numbered 500 or more
The principal address of the after
noon, following a picnic lunch, was
made by Leslie R. Smith, former
secretary of the National Grange
and now president of the National
Grange Mutual Liability Corpora
tion. State Grange Master Robin
son, presided at the meeting in the
absence of Eugene Woodward,
Master of the New Castle County
Pomona Grange, due to a recent
injury to his eyes. Mr.. Robinson,
following brief remarks and greet
ings, introduced Mr. Smith. Others
who made brief remarks included
r. G. Buckingham, Hervey Walker,
Dean Charles A. McCue, and Pro-
fessor Helm, of the University of
Delaware. A. Bailey Thomas, lee
turer of the Delaware State
Grange, of Camden, Del, was also
guest, and made a brief address.
Other guests were present from
Kent and Sussex counties An
nouncement was made that Har-
mony Grange at Mermaid will be
hosts at the quarterly meeting of
the New Castle County Pomona
Grange on Thursday, September
3d. A basket luncheon was en-
joyed by the guests, and pro
gram of sports carried out. Win
ners in the various events were /:
Three-legged race: Virginia Butler
and Gertrude Boxwell. A cake
was awarded as a prize. High
jump: George Lee won this event,
as well as the broad jump, and
shot-put, and received a necktie as
the award in each event. Fat
women's race: Miss Irene Singles,
awarded a cake for prize; potato
race for children: Evelyn Boxwell,
box of candy; potato race for wO-
men: Gertrude Boxwell, box of
candy. Stormy day race: Contest
ants were required to remove from
a travelling bag a raincoat and UNI
brella;- proceed to stated place
put on coat and raise umbrella.
Mrs. Frederick was declared the
winner. Costume race In this
event the men were required to
dress in a given time. George Ball
and Joseph Briggs tied and were
awarded a cake. Baseball throw
Virginia Butler, winner, awarded
10 pounds of sugar Chicken race
AlbCAl nun pm ASS W4uASAt >
awarded a chicken. Tug of war
George Lees team won and their
prize was a large basket of pea
nuts. Donations were made on a
large cake which was given by
Mrs Hicks, Of Harmony Grange,
and this was awarded to J. w.
Robertson.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
PACK 10000 CASES BEANS
Sussex Plants Close Season on This
and Getting Ready for Tomatoes

The stringbean pack of western
Sussex county is abount over for
this season. It is estimated that
the two leading canner. .es, H. P.
Cannon & Son, of BridgevilIe, and
Greenabaum Bros, of Seaford. put
up a pack Of approximately 10000
cases, divided as follows: Cannon
& Son, 10000 to $4,000 cases;
Greenabaum Bros, 10000 to 25 900
cases. With the bean pack over,
these two large canneries, as well
as numerous smaller canneries in
lower Delaware, are being put in
order for the annual tomato pack,
which is expected TO get under way
in a few day0
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
FARMERS FEED Pigs WHEAT
TO REALIZE BETTER PROFITS
GET TIP STUDYING RESULTS
OF EXPERIMENT STATION
Pigs at 8 Cents Per Pound Live
Weight, Return 92 Cents Per
BusheI For Wheat Fed


With the market price of wheat
f1uctuating between SO cents and
AZ cents, the latter price being to-
days quotation, farmers are find
ing that growing wheat this year
is a losing game. Several farmers
about Smyrna and other parts of
the state are keeping some of their
wheat back it is said, to feed stock
Now comes an interesting report
from the Delaware Agricultural
Experiment Station at Newark
that the feeding Of wheat to pigs
is more profitable method of dis
posing of it than selling it on the
open market The report from the
Experiment Station says: with
pigs at 8 cents per pound, live
weight, the pigs by experiment re
turned go cents per bushel for the
wheat fed. The experiment was
conducted over a period of 103
days and involved four lots of ten
pigs each. The pigs were fed in
dry lot as no forage was available
The average weight of the pigs at
the beginning Of the experiment
was so pounds. Whole wheat and
tankage fed TO one lot produced an
average of LA pounds daily gain
and required 464 pounds of total
feed to produce 100 pounds of gain.
A similar lot of pigs fed shelled
corn and tankage averaged 1.04
pound daily gain and required 427
pounds of total feed to produce 100
pounds gain. In spite of the slight
ly smaller quantity of feed required
to produce 100 pounds of gain with
shelled corn, the cost Of producing
pork with the whole wheat was
less because of the lower market
price of wheat as compared with
corn. Whole wheat, supplemented
with soybeans as the protein sup
plement produced slightly lower
daily gains than whole wheat and
tankage, but the feed required per
100 pounds gain was somewhat
less. Coarsely grinding of the
wheat did not improve it for swine
feeding according to this expert
ment. The group of pigs fed
ground wheat and tankage made
III pounds of total feed to pro-
duce 100 pounds Of gain. The in
crease in daily gains on ground
wheat as compared with whole
wheat was not great enough to
pay for the cost Of grinding. The
price of wheat at the present time
is between 40 and As cents per
bushel in Delaware. In this exper-
iment where whole wheat and
tankage was fed to pigs, it took
7.6 bushels of wheat to produce
100 pounds Of gain Seven and
three-fifths bushels of wheat at so
cents per bushel would be worth
$3.50. With pork at the present
price of S8 per 100 pounds live
weight, the 76 bushels of wheat
returned S69S after deducting the
cost of the tankage used to sup
plement the whole wheat. This
amounts to S3.18 for the 76 bush
els of wheat in favor of marketing
wheat through pigs. The pigs fed
wheat remained in a thrifty,
healthy condition throughout the
experiment. In the experiments at
the Delaware Experiment Station
wheat has produced as desirable
market hog as shelled corn.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
SHARKS SIGHTED AT BOWERS
Thought to be Part Large School
Troublesome i'm That Vicinity

The sudden appearance of what
is believed to be large school of
man-eating sharks has caused con-
siderable alarm among bathers
and fishing parties at Slaughter
Beach, Cedar Beach and at Bowers
Beach. On Thursday Captain A.
S. Jones, of Bowers, with a party
of other fishermen, took off with
large hooks baited with fish in an
effort to catch sharks. About five
miles out from Bowers Beach, they
succeeded in hooking three large
sharks, two making their escape
after being hooked, and one weigh
ing 183 pounds and measuring
eight feet four inches, was finally
hauled aboard the fishing boat af-
ter hard struggle.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
SMYRNA FTREMEN CARNIVAL
Annual Affair Will Open Friday
Night on School Grounds

The nineteenth annual F'iremen'S S
Carnival of the Citizens Hose
Company of Smyrna, will open on
the School Grounds Friday night,
the 14th, and continue to Monday
night the oath, inclusive. With no
carnival at Clayton or Townsend
this year, Smyrna firemen hope for
good patronage. There will be the
usual attractions. A 4-door Ford
Sedan will be given away the last
night. Parade night, when visit
ing fire companies will come to
Smyrna, will be held Thursday
night Of next week, the goth. Cake
donations are to be left with
Frank P. McCawley. See adver-
tisement.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
WHEAT CROP
M bushels Of 100000 of Della
e-haryland 1890 Supply stored

e-haryland 1880 Supply stored
esplte the huge stocks On hand
"uefe' stocks Of wheat from
years crop in Maryland inter
.Hlils and elevators on july i
isgated only one-fourth the to-
7 2 year ago. On July /, the
yand Crop Reporting Service
uates, $4,000 bushels was On
4 :, ,oa whereas last year the total
i zOO'OOO and the average stocks
u me five years from 1921 f.
f,.," was 10000 bushels. Stocks
e,a%are mills and elevators Are
ueu u estimates for several
H. states. Stocks in this
[Sa,S nv % July ! were about 100. 600
49, compared with $50 600
rels a year ago and tbe eve1
ka.t iae Of $4,000 bushels.
II a. production in 1881 in Marv-
n ana Delaware was greater
IT, average in 1890, but because because
~ shortage last winter follow
~, u brought, large quantities of
LutjDa@ were re fed to livestock. ac-
[ls aga for the lower stocks n
Is The elevators this summer,
the Ieao ooocks Of wheat
b elevate TYP IN interior mills
htes on mi. = |, me entire United
3O,552 Ooo : was estimated to
1880 stocks usneis. Only July
Ne been en- ~ ~" were estimated to
F same AZ. dAoo'oOO bushels and
kheIs' 0ate in 1929, 27,477' 600
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
MAN WANTED IN MARYLAND
John Bailey Committed in Custody
of Sheriff Austin D.Smith at Dover

Sheriff Smith, of Kent county,
has had committed to his custody
John H Bailey, of Clayton, wanted
by Maryland authorities for OBJ
tanning money under false pretens-
es. From the commitment given
the sheriff, Bailey evidently went
under the name of u. H. Graham"
alias Bailey" Bailey has been
before the courts of Kent county
for several years, his last offense
being alleged practice of optometry
without a license He served go
days in Kent county Jail for this
latter offense.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT
Little Preston Davis Loses an Eve
Shot Out BY His Brother at PLAY

Preston Davis, the nine year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Wallace
Davis of this town, had his right
eye removed on Friday evening at
the Kent General Hospital at Do
yer as the result of having been
accidentally shot in the eye by his
older brother George Davis, Is.
The two boys with other boys were
playing with a new air rifle at the
Davis home when Preston was ac-
cidentally shot. He was hastened
to the hospital where it was found
necessary to remove the eye.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
Boy Scouts Visit Camp Rodney

In spite of cloudy skies and
showers yesterday morning, Smyr-
ma Boy Scouts Troop No. 1, left
for days outing at Camp Rodney
on the Chesapeake. They were in
charge of Elmer P. Corrie, a MEM
Der of the scout committee of
Smyrna Rotary Club.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
SMYRNA ROTARY CLUB NEWS
Gifts Presented to Members Whose
Birthdays Came During Month

The Rotary Club held its meet
ing at the Wayside Inn last Thurs
day evening. The meeting was
called to order by the president, r.
w. Slaughter. America was sung
and during the dinner various
songs were sung led by William H.
Kenworthey. On account of the
heat, no program was rendered.
c. L. Harmonson, chairman of pro-
gram, presented small gifts to
members of the club whose birth
days came during the month of
July. Those receiving gifts were
v. Lay Phillips, John c. Manner
ing, and Edwin c. Billeb. Visitors
present were Benjamin Shindler of
Dover.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-12
Lake Como Water Report HealthfuI

A report on the water of Lake
Como which was sent away to the
State Board of Health Laboratory
on July Is, 1881, by DR.. c. C.
Harmonson, has been received. The
results of the analysis show the
water to be satisfactory for SWIM
ming purposes.