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The Sidney herald., 1961-12-27
Review of Richlan6. C0untY's
Agriculture For 1861

Review of RichlanG. COuntY's
Agriculture For 1861
Whenever and wherever farm
groups gathered together during
the 1861 crop growing season, the
discussion that took place center
ed ON drought and controlling
graSshopperS. In spite of many adj
verSitieS, by the time the first
killing frost hit this fall, most
Richland County tanners and
railchers were able to make nee
eSsary adjustments to hold on TO
basic breeding herds of livestock
and to produce crop yields far
ebOve early expectations.
Dryland Crop Production. 1861
The general shift from spring
wheat to winter wheat was the
big change 10 crop production
patterns. This turned out to be
a fortunate move as winter wheat
generally o~utyielded spring wheat
two 10 one and greatly aided the
dryland farm income. On dry
land crops 1t has also been in
t~ereSting TO note that Safflower
generally exceeded barley in cash
income per acre and en- some
farms eQualled spring wheat in
returns. Judging by farmers COM
mentS, we expect an increased
acreage of Safflower next year.
Timely spraying for both weed
and lgraSShopper control were
mighty important factors in dry
land crop production this past
year.
Irrigated Crop Production, 1861
Irrigated farmers as a whole
enjoyed a very good year. Yields
were above average for most
crops and surplus feed produced
in the valley is moving out to
all parts of Eastern Montana and
Western North Dakota at a good
price. A new crop that has added
income to several Valley farmers
is BettzeS mailing barley. Several
carloads have been shipped out of
Sidney and a few out of Fairview
at a premium price. A favorable
harvest prevailed for the number
one cash crop of the Valley, sugar
beets, with yields generally run
hing above average.
Excellent crops of dry bean:
and potatoes were also produced
by Lower Yellowstone Valley
farmers during 1861.
CONSERVATION NEWS, 1861
More and more farmers in Rich.
Land County are employing recon-.
mended conservation practice.
to conserve soil and water. These
practices are greatly aided by
various A. S. c. S. conservation
programs, promotional efforts b.
the Richland County Soil CouSer.
walton District, and the technica
services of the Soil Conservation
Service. In spite of this concen.
trated effort, we are still getting
a lot more erosion of the Lane
han we like to see. Beside,
greater use of present conServa.
ton practices, much more needs t,
be learned about conserving sol
and water. The proposed Soil ant
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avenue. nearly in front Of the White
House. The platform was gratefully
shaded by the broad folds Of the
American flag, and bore other emblems
appropriate to the day. =.
Numerous incidents Of the parade.
of the most interesting character,
day. but one we must allude to, SO
striking was it.
AS the GaribaIdi Guard (regiment)
filed past the canopy In which the
President, Gen. Scott, and other dis
tinguished civilians and Generals were,
each man Of the whole thousand drew
from his hat or breast the green Spr1g
which so strikingly ornamented them'
and threw 1t towards and In many in
stances upon the person Of the veteran
hero of Lundy's Lane and Cerro Gordo,
while from the head Of each company
there was beautiful bouquet Of natu-
raj flowers thrown into his lap in the
same manner.
Though old and debiIttGted,
Gen, Scott tO0s stu hailed as the
young Nations leading TgtttC0Ty
hero. remembered for gGILGRtTy tn
the War of 1872 and the MeTtcGH
War.
GOOD ORDER YESTERDAY
All things considered, better order
prevailed yesterday than ordinarily
upon the Fourth of July. The keepers
of leading restaurants and bars were
very cautious in dispensing liquors,
refusing to sell to persons at all In
toxicated, and many Of them closing
their houses at an early hour In the
morning. Few casualties have been re-
ported, and Of these none were said to
be serious. The soldiers on duty during
the afternoon deserve credit for their
prompt and effective interference Tor
the preservation of peace whenever
an indication of diSorderly conduct
was brought to their notice.
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great responsibility he has. 80 far,
done what he has deemed his duty.
You will now, according to your own
Judgment, perform yours.
He sincerely hopes that your views
and your actions may so accord with
his as to assure all faithful citizens
who have been disturbed in their
rights Of a certain and speedy reStora-
ton to them, under the Constitution
and the laws.
And having thus chosen our course,
without guile and with pure purpose.
let us renew our trust In God, and go
forward without fear and with manly
hearts.
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The News in Brief

JuIv 3-EederoI Western Department
erected with Gen. John Chorles
Fremont IN commend; Fort Nc
Lone, New Mex. obondoned by
Federols.
JuIv A-LincoIn sends speciol mes
sooe to special session Of Con-
oress.
Julv S-FederoI forces retreot otter
engagement OF Carthage. No.
July Confederate Brig. Gen. Henry
Hopkins SibIey ordered to TeNos
to stort compoion to cleor New
Mexico of FedeTolS.
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those who carry an election can only
save the Government from immediate
destruction by giving up the main
point upon which the people gave the
election. The people themselves. and
not their servants. can safely reverse
their own deliberate decisions.
AS q private citizen, the executive
could not have consented that these
institutions shall perish: much less
could he, in betrayal Of so vast and so
sacred a trust as the free people have
confided to him. He felt that he had
no moral right to shrink. nor even to
count the chances Of his own life in
what might follow. In full view Of his
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were being resisted, ana failing OF
execution in nearly one-third Of the
States. Must they be allowed to
finally fail, even had it been perfectly
clear that by the use Of the means
necessary to their execution some
single law, made in such extreme
tenderness Of the citizens liberty, that
practically 1t relieves more Of the
guilty than the innocent, should, to
q very limited extent, be violated? To
state the question more directly, are
all the laws but one to go unexecuted,
and the Government itself go to pieces.
lest that one be violated? Even in
such a case, would not the official
oath be broken, If the Government be
overthroWn, when it was believed that
diSregarding the single law would tend
to preserve It? But it was not be-
lieved that this question was presented.
It was not believed that any law was
violated.
The provision of the Constitution
that "The privilege Of the writ OF
habeas corpus shall not be suspended
unless when, in cases of rebellion or
invasion, the public safety may require
it." Is eduivilant to q provisions
provision-that such privilege may be
SUSPENDED when, in cases Of rebellion
or invasion, the public safety does
REQUIRE it. It was decided that we have
a case of rebellion, and that the public
safety does require the qualified suS-
pension of the privilege of the writ.
which was authorized to be made.
Now it is insisted that Congress. ana
not the executive, is vested with this
power. But the Constitution itself Is
silent as to which, or who, is to exer-
else the power; and as the provision
was plainly made for q dangerous
emergency, it cannot be believed that
the trainers of the instrument in
tended that, in every case, the danger
should run its course until Congress
could be called together: the very as
sembling of which might be prevented,
as was intended in this case, by the
rebellion. :.
In modern judicial terms, the
Government and its people tOere
faced NTH "cIeGr and present
danger" and some prer0gGttUeS
and LEGAL nicetieS had to OtUe, lest
there be no Government to assure
them In the future. The President
also discussed h0tu fGIIGci0uS he
thought the principle of secession.
This issue embraces more than
the fate of these United States. 1t
presents to the whole family Of man
the question whether constitutional
republic or democracy-a government
Of the people by the same people-can
or cannot maintain its territorial In
tegrity against its own domestic foes.
It presents the question whether dis
contented individuals, too few in num-
bers to control administration accord
ing to law in any case. can always,
upon the pretenSeS made in this case.
or on any other pretenSeS, or arbi-
trarily without any pretense, break up
their government. and thus practically
put an end to free government upon
the earth. It forces us to ask: Us
kharo in oil rona,h1icS this inherent
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ana I0CaI Weak0eSS2 MUGC gov
eminent. Of necessity. be too strong
for the liberties of It's own people. or
too weak to maintain its own exist
ence?"
The seceders insist that our Consti-
tuition admits Of secession. They have
assumed to make q national constitu-
ton Of their own, in which Of necessity
they have either discarded or retained
the right of secession as they insist
1t exists in ours. If they have dis
carded 1t, they thereby admit that ON
principle 1t ought not to be in ours.
II they have retained 1t by their own
construction Of ours, they show that
to be consistent they must secede from
one another whenever they shall find
it the easiest way Of settling their
debts. or effecting any other selfish or
unjust object. The principle itself is
one of diSintegration. and upon which
no government can possibly endure. 80.
He expressed his vtew of the
nature of the conflict.
This Is essentially a peoples contest.
On the side of the Union it is q struggle
for maintaining in the world the form
and substance Of government whose
leading object Is to elevate the c0ndi-
ton Of men-to lift artificial weights
from all shoulders: to clear the paths
of laudable pursuit for all: to afford
all an unfettered start, and q fair
chance In the race of life. Yielding
to partial and temporary departures.
from necessity, this Is the leading
object of the government for whose
existence we contend.
/ am most happy to believe that the
plain people understand and appre-
ciate this. It is worthy Of note that
while in this, the governments hour
of trial, large numbers Of those In the
army and navy who have been favored
with the offices have resigned and
proved false to the hand which had
pampered them, not one common
soldier or common sailor Is known to
have deserted his flag.
Great honor Is due to those officers
who remained true, despite the exam
pie Of their treacherous associates; but
the greatest honor, and most impor-
tant fact of all, is the unanimous
firmneSS Of the common soldiers and
common sailors. This is the
patriotic instinct of the plain people.
They understand, without an argu-
eminent which was made by Wash
tngton means no good to them.
Our popular government has OFTEN
been called an experiment. Two points
in it our people have already settled
the successful establishing and the
successful administering of it. One still
remains its successful maintenance
against formidable internal attempt
to overthrow 1t. It Is now for them to
demonstrate to the world that those
who can fairly carry an election can
also suppress a rebellion; that ballots
are the rightful and peaceful success
sors of bullets: and that when ballots
have fairly and constitutionally de-
cided, there can be no successful ap-
peal back to bullets; that there can be
no successful appeal. except to ballots
themselves, at succeeding elections
NJ
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Home 'front.' July, 1861

CELEBRATING the Fourth Of July
1in mid-19th Century America nor
mally was exuberant, as befitted q
people hardly more than three genera
tions removed from their domination
by the Old World. But q Subdued air
surrounded the Fourth in washington
in 1861. Perhaps the hot wind OF war
swirling lust across the Potomac River
had something to do with 1T.
THE CELEBRATION OF THE DAY
YESTERDAY-The national anniVer-
sarv was celebrated in q manner OF
peculiar but striking interest here yes
terday. The usual excursions, pic-ncS,
display Of fireworks, etc.. were want
ing: but in place Of this there were
such scenes as the parades OF armed
and drilled volunteers in bodies OF ~
or 1000 Strong-reviewS In which the
conspicuous object to which each mill
tary and civic eye were turned In
passing was the towering form OF the
commander-in-chief of the national
forces, Gen. Winfield Scott; public adj
dresses, in which the speakers were
the DISTINGUISHED men who form Mr..
LincoIn's cabinet; and flag-raiSingS, In
which the chief magistrate Of the
United States elevated the stars and
stripes to their proper commanding
position.
THE REVIEW
The scene at the point Of review,
as regiment after regiment Of hand
some, well-drilled troops passed In ap-
parently endless succession. was in
spirating and brilliant in the extreme.
Crowds of well-dreSsed people occupied
all the positions favorable for sight
seeing along Lafayette Square and the
Presidents grounds. President Lin
coin and his Cabinet. and Private Sec
retarieS Nicolay and Hay, with Gen.
Scott and brilliant staff Of officers,
were seated upon q platform upon the
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WASHINGTON. D. c.. JULY 9. 1851
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Dogs Life in Berlin

BERLIN.-West Berlin now
has $1,000 registered dogs, or
one for about every "a humans.
This compares with q one dog
for every q humans in another
dog-loving city. New York.
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BY ALFRED sHETNWOLD

! . SDble. Pass ~
81 Pass - All Pass
Opening lead: King Of hearts.
East played the queen Of
hearts on the first trick to ask
for q low continuation, but It
did him no good. South ruffed
the second heart, drew trumps
WITH the ace and queen, and
then led q low diamond from
dummy.
East naturally played. o low
diamond, and South finessed
the ten. He felt sure that West
held the ace Of diamonds but
hoped he didn't also have the
queen.
Disappointment was south's
lot. West took two diamonds
and got out safely by leading
o third round Of hearts. South
couldn't get to dummy for the
diamonds so had to lose q club
trick. Down one.
Wrong Method
South used the wrong
method Of setting up the dia-
monds. After ruffing the sec.
ond heart. South should draw
trumpS from his own hand,
leaving the queen Of spades in
dummy. The South should lead
the king Of diamonds from his
hand.
As expected, West takes the
ace Of diamonds. South IL now
sure to make the game no mat
ter which opponent has the
queen Of diamonds.
West cannot lead clubs, since
that will give declarer q free
fineSse. To lead diamonds will
simply set the suit up for de-
clarer. Hence West must lead Q
heart.
South rufus and leads the ten
Of diamonds to force out the
queen. Declarer can get to
dummy with the queen Of
spades to discard clubs on the
rest Of the diamonds.
It may seem crude to lead
the king Of diamonds from your
hand. but It assures the con.
tract II West has the ace Of
diamonds. As We have seen, no
guarantee goes with the finesSe.
Daily Question
Az dealer. you hold:
ass 0AKs3 uAos %Klos3
What do you say2
Answer: Bid one heart. II
partner responds In spades, you
can bid two clubs. II you open
with one club, you will have no
convenient rebid over q re-
Spouse Of one spade. Some ex-
perts would open / Mt despite
the worthless doubleton, but
most steer away from such q
bid. (Open one club If you fol-
low q system in which only five
card majors may be opened.)
(copyrisht 1861. Gen. Features Corp
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WORD GAME
Find 40 or more words In
r u M M A G e ID

meaning "ransacked." Average
mark Is 80 words; time limit.
40 minutes.
Rules Of the game: 1. Words must be
OF four or more letters. 2. Words which
acquire four letters BY the addition o.
used. 8. Only one form Of Q word Is
used. 4. Proper names are not used.
Answer 10 DICTATION
dacoit. datto. dint, diction. ditto, dieta,
diatonic, icon, idiot. intact, into, indict,
iota. iodic, cadt, canto. cant, cation.
cion. citation, coin. coat. coda, coat,
Gotta, tanto. faction. faint. tacit, tact.
tint. titan. titan. tonic, toad. acid.
action. adit. anti. antic, attic. atomic.
octant. odic, otic.
Evening star., 1961-06-09

AIR CONDITIONED; ARLINGTON
9sso block D. lsss 81 Gsua;Ss Xii ass HsSi11dains siTd
mr.. courthouse--LiVins room, bed.
room, bath; air conditioned;
walk-in closets: de luxe outside
Kitchen: immediate possession,
$l10, includes utilities see Res
Mgr. or call "a. 4-49S4. B. F
"a SAuL Soo So s2S 18th st. NV.
Evening star., 1961-06-14
COP. Leans
ToWestIund
For Fund Job

Republican Jack WeStland of
Washington appears to be a
probable compromise choice to
head the Republican Congress
sional Committee.
The group, sometimes called
the House Republican Cam
paign Committee has the job
of raising funds and seeking
to elect party members to the
House.
In the last campaign it was
headed by Republican William
E. Miller Of New York, who has
now become chairman of the
Republican National Commit
tee.
Others mentioned prominent
ly for the post, considered a
stepping stone to higher party
office, include Republicans Will
son Of California, Rhodes of
Arizona and Ford Of Michigan.
All belong to the wing of the
Republican party that support
ed Republican Halleck of Indi-
ana two years ago in his
successful flight to replace Re-
publican Martin of Massachu-
setts as House Republican
leader.
Mr.. Wilson has been an ac-
tive supporter of former Vice
President Nixon, while Mr..
Rhodes has been identified
with the more conservative ele-
Iment of the party which tends
to look toward Senator Gold
water of Arizona as a leader.
Mr.. Ford, who ranks high on
the House Appropriations Com
mittee, repeatedly is not seek
ing Mr.. Miller's chairmanship
but would accept 1t if drafted.
Mr.. Westland, National Anna :
teur golf champion in 1852, has
been a member of the House
since 1858. He has never been
actively involved in intraparty
controversies. and spokesmen
for both the conservative and
liberal wings of the Republican
House membership have indi-
Gated Mr.. Westland would be
acceptable as Mr.. Miller's re-
placement.
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Senate Set to Approve
Swidler for the FPC

Mr.. Morgan an admitted liar
and perjurer (who) deliber-
ately withheld information on
his two previous arrests in
order to advance his career"
Praised by Morse
Senator Morse, Democrat of
Oregon, accused the Republic
cans Of nit picking. He said
they were trying to build a
case "groteSquely out of ali
proportion to the incidents in
volved." Senator Morse praised
Mr.. Morgan as a scrupulously
fair and respected man of
courage, brains, hard work
and tenacity."
The row revolved about Mr..
Morgan's failure to report on
Government personnel records
two cases in which Mr.. Morgan
himself had acknowledged that
he was fined $25 plus court
costs in 1886 on an assault
charge, and arrested in 1897
on a charge Of theft.
Mr.. Morgan said the theft
arrest was all a mistake-that
the charges were dropped and
the whole matter expunged
from the records of the Port
land (Oreg.) police. He said he
was not aware it had not been
erased from Oregon State po-,
lice records.
He produced a sworn state
ment from Jack r. Eatch, a
Portland contractor, that Mr..
Eatch had given MIR. Morgan
an automobile tire in part pay
ment of his wages in 1887.
Both were surprised to learn
from the police later, Mr.. Eatch
said, that the tire had been
stolen.
Mr.. Morgan testified that
the assault charge grew out of
a fist fight in which he inter-
vened when two men tried to
beat up his employer.
He said he had forgotten
about the case when he filled
out Government personnel
forms.
Evening star., 1961-06-14
By the Associated Press

Administration forces today
seek Senate approval Of Joseph
c. swidler as a member Of the
Federal Power Commission.
The Tennessee lawyer is Presi-
dent Kennedy's choice for the
agency's future chairman.
Action on Mr.. Swidler's
nomination follows yesterdays
Senate confirmation of How
ard v. Morgan is an FPC mem
ber. He was confirmed after
a bitter debate.
Republican Senators pictured
Mr.. Morgan as a perjurer who
lied to conceal a record of two
arrests at the age of %. But
his Democratic hackers accused
the G. o. P. of nit-picking
and grotesque exaggeration.
Two Republicans Approve
The upshot was a 57-27 vote
confirming Mr.. Morgan, a for
mer member of the Oregon
State Legislature. Two Repub-
licans, Senator's Clifford P.
Case Of New Jersey and Milton
r. Young of South Dakota,
Joined SIS Democrats in the
vote to confirm, while 26 Re-
publicans and Senator Smath-
ers. Democrat of Florida, cast
the mo" votes.
The Republicans indicated
they didn't plan to contest Mr..
Swidler's nomination as sharply
as they had Mr.. Morgan's. But
they served notice they would
question Mr.. Kennedy's right
to leapfrog him into the chair
manship now held by Repub-
lican Jerome K. Kuykendall.
Mr.. Swidler is former general
counsel to the Tennessee Valley
Authority, and long known as
an ardent supporter of public
power. development in the old
public VS.. private power fights.
Senator Scott, Republican of
Pennsylvania, led the fight
against Mr.. Morgan. He called
Evening star., 1961-06-14
One-Minute Term
Ends Truffic Churqe

NORFOLK. Va. (AP) Mel
vim Douglas Jordan served a
one-minute sentence here after
pleading guilty to having a
friend take a driving test for
him.
Deputy Marshal John Myers
ticked the sentence off on a
stop watch in a small cell in
the marshal's office.
Evening star., 1961-06-14
Camel Driver Due,
Johnson Pleased

Vice President johnson may
meet Bashir, the camel driver
he encountered in Pakistan, at
the Waldorf-Astoria after all.
In an address to the Civic
Committee of the People-to-
People Program yesterday, Mr..
johnson, who recently saw
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newspaper accounts of Bashir'S
expectations, suggested it
might be a good idea If they
invited him here. :
III go up to the Waldorf
Astoria and see him." the Vice
President said.
Paul Anus, representing New
York City's Commissioner of
Commerce and Special Events,
heard this and said, "Fine." So
New York and the Readers Di-
Evening star., 1961-06-14

gest magazine decided to fly
Bashir to New York and put
him up in the famous hotel.
All they have to do is find
Bashir in Karachi, a city of
1,l26,000 people and many
camels. But Ibrahim Jalis, the
columnist for Pakistan's news
paper Jang, who overheard Mr..
Johnson's friendly remark to
Bashir in the street and started
the whole affair, will probably
be able to help.
Evening star., 1961-06-14
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

portions of the Goldwater pro-
gram Gov. Rockefeller would
think appealing.
Nonetheless, he has specu-
lated publicly since his election
IL days ago on the possibility
Of a Rockefeller Goldwater
ticket for 1864, or vice versa.
Putting it all together, some
Republicans today are pretty
well convinced their new chair
man has his 1864 ticket in mind
-and it does not include Mr..
Nixon.
Evening star., 1961-06-14
Forgotten Keys

PONCA CITY, Okla. (AP).-
A short time after Major Meek
took off from the airport in
a commercial plane, his father,
j. R. Meek, who had driven
him there, discovered his son
still had his car keys.
Evening star., 1961-06-14
:MiIIer Seeks to Push
:Nixon Into Stote Race
BY DAVID S. BRODER
star Staff Writer

%n there was doubt that the newly elected
s9nbican national chairman William Miller intends to
s3e his influence felt in party affairs it gone today
the course OF wheeling long press conference
Y tehsipState New York Representative: y
Lent his weight to the maneuver former Vice