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Hemingford News Items
V,
Mm. Hurl Ku m t of Msi-slnnd
IMM down on 44 flnttiniay and vIa
itfd with rolstlvon In and nround
town for a couple of days.
Mrs. 8. W. Pttlil and little son
WT Allliinrr visitors Saturd; y
A. M. Millir left horr Sunday for
a trip tlirtiuuli tin1 South He
perm to be Mt several weoas
ex-
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Bauniont
rutin- up from aJffcMMM Monday for a
few days n y at the K nn r home.
A. M. Mtllfr and T Lyman worn
buslnPHH viHltors In Alliance Satur
day. C. W. Grnhntn nnd V. ,1 Michael
mnd a run up to Cnspnr Wyo. the
middle of last week .
Mr. and Mrs. A. 8. Kuyenrt return
ed from Lincoln Sunday. Mr. Euynnrt
ii very much improved tn nealth, a
fact we are Klad to state.
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Mrs Ksther Insley Wolverton re
turned Saturday from Denting. New
Mexico where she went sometime ago
to be where her husband who Is in
training at Camp Cody.
K. L. Pierce Is attending to busi
ness matters In the eastern part of
the state at present.
contains a ymn 2 4 by 38 with dree
ing rooms. In the rti rum room Is
one of tlx- Ix'st It OaBI heatlnn plants
in tin- count ry. Tlie school Is fur
nlshed wlih eight class rooms in all.
all the woodwork Is in natural finish
yellow pine. The entire building Is
equipped In up to dt It manner A
HU1 Are escape Will be put on the
rear of the ed'flc
IMP10VE0 tmtrOIN IFTTEMATIONAL
SUrMSuDOl
Lesson
(By R- O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
tha flunday School Course of ths Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago.)
(Copyright. 117, Wfilrn Npw ppr Union. )
Lloyd's Column
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 17
T. Butler was tn Alltimee n
Mrs J
couple of days the latter part of the
week.
Mrs. B. u. Shepherd returned
Saturday from a weeks stay In Alli
ance. t
Mrs. D. W. Kenner Is vls'tlng with
friends In Alliance this week.
The many friends of Mtss Martha
Wiltsey. who was operated on Friday
Ainance ror kbnendlcitea. win i,
at
pleased to
nicely.
know Hhe Is recovering
Leo Toohey returned to Camp Fun-
sion arter n Tew days
CI. A a
n.wn iwuininy. arter a few dnya Tlslt
wim rriends here and at Alliance.
Miss Olevla fWlng who has been
U' I I' L- Intr il . .
" "e nepot nare, went to
An.iocn luesday to continue working
miss unnnorn went back to work
nam ai me nepot Tuesday. ftr
couple of weeks absence, on account
ui eicaness.
Col and 1 1. . i.A
- -- - ...... n. r- i m m r .. ...
from Long Pine Nebr . the first of
the week, for a visit with old friends
and neighbors.
urove Fosket is
tck with measles.
nisi Kit T mm. II SCHOOL
Y. M. V. A. WAIt HM
Th following, s -pet of tl.e High
School V. M. C A. war fun I for dl
trie! No. 1 1 or N4brMka, bi beea
I v n out y Plsl. Chalrmn C. M.
Math soy of Icot'.iMuff. 11 snows
Alliance NOCttd In the r mount sub
hc '.l ed.
Subscripetl PW
Scotlsbluff . . . $69100 $178. 75
Alliance $665.00 II II
Sidney 579.00 232.00
Morrill 324. II 167.50
Chappell 300.00 113.00
Kimball 300.00 75.0
tiering 225.00 88.00
Mitchell 178.40 58.40
Bridgeport 137.20 78.85
Lodgepote 150.00 15.00
Potter 100.00 10.00
Hemingford . . 60.00 28.85
"The Flag Goes By"
Hats off!
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
A flash of color beneath the sky:
Hats off!
The flag Is passing by '
Blue and crimson and white It shines,
Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines.
Hats off!
The colors before us fly;
Hut more than the flag Is passing by:
Sea-fights and land-fights, grim and
great,
Fought to make and to save the State:
Weary marchers and sinking ships;
Cheers of victory on dying lips;
JESUS TEACHING FIVE PARABLES
FOUR KINDS OF GROUND.
UBMON TEXT Mark 4:1-20.
(ioLDEN TEXT Take heed therefore
how yp hear. Luke 8:11.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
TEACHERS Matt. 13:1-30; 86-4$.
PRIMARY TOPIC Jesus telling a story
about sowing seed.
PRIMARY MEMOBY VERSE fia ye
doers of the word. James 1:22.
years of peace;
hind's swift In-
reported quite
Iva Bushnell of Van Tassel Wyo
arrived here on 41 Wednesday morn
ing from Lincoln, bringing the ro-
uininn or rier sister Carrll
MaI.I V-
who passed away
Feb. 10. no particulars.
B Can
on Sunday
e e
There are several cases of measles
reported In town ct present
unman a.ooo hioh
SCHOOL COMPMCTKl
Antioch has Just completed her
new high school building. It la a
two story brick building with a full
basement 40 by 70. The basement
Days of plenty and
March of a strong
crease;
Kqual Justice, right and law.
Stately honor and reverend awe;
Sing of a nation, great and strong
To warn her people from foreign
wronf :
Pride and glory and honor, all
Live tn the colors to stand or fall.
Hats off!
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums:
And loyal hearts are heating high:
Hats off!
The flag is passing by!
Henry HoU omb Bennett (1863)
This poem expresses better than
any mere prose could do the spirit
that will prevail at the Semicenten
nial Celebration or the State of Ne
braska which Is to be held in I. in
oln June 12-14. Nebraskans will
nevtr have a better opportunity to
t xpress the allegiance they feel to
the Union. The Cupttal City will be
V. Tilly painted red. white and blue.
National Flag Iray comes on the
M trteenth f June and the Seml Cen
unnial committee will enshrine the
Stan and Stripes into the hearts of
the thousands of patriotic Cornbusk
ers who will be in attendance.
it
Mrs. D. W. Hemes of Hemingford
is the guest of Mrs. Lloyd Thomas
this week.
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BATTERY SERVICE
No matter what make of battery you use or what car you
drive - you will jrot prompt, courteous advice, inspection
ami attention to your Ntorago battery problems hetv
Wi cany a complete stock of batteries and battery parts
for every car.
lon't Delay BritiR h yourbatU ry today.
VULCANIZING
We retread and vulcanize your tireB by steam.
them last twice as long. Your tire expense
cut
Makes
to the
minimum.
All work'Guaranteed to be done Righr
To Be Correct In Everv Respect
SCHAFER'S
Oppoaite The City Hall
113 Kast Third Phone 63.
Dye & Owens
Transfer Line
Draj Phone 54
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
moved promptly and
TRANSFER WORK
aob cited.
Reaidttuoe Phone t36 and Blue 674
Jesus tells us plainly why he tnught
so much by menns of parables ( Matt.
IS :10-13). The truth had to be taught ;
hence the parable, that those to whom
It was given tn know the messages of
the kingdom, those who sought It,
might know and understand, and that
to the others It might he hidden (Mark
4:11, 12). Like all his parables, Jesus
draws his pictures from the common
experiences of life the field, the home,
etc. Paul draws his illustrations chief
ly from tfee city, the army, the market
In studying this lesson we must turn
to the pnrallel account as given by
Luke and Matthew to get the full and
complete picture.
What is the seed? Luke says that
Jesus told his disciples that the seed
was the Word of God (Luke 18:11).
We get the same thought In verse four
teen of the lesson. A great deal Is be
lng made today of seed selection. Some
wonderful results have been obtained.
How much more Important for those of
us who deal with immortal souls that
we select the best seed, i. e the Word
of God.
The second consideration is the
sower (v. 4). Notice he went forth not
to "soar," not Is It recorded that he
was "sore" because the people did not
till receive the seed alike. He did not
have n grouch ; he did not eater into
Ills work that he nilsht receive the
adulation Of men (Matt. 0:2). It is.
however, the "soil" that seems to be
most emphasized In both the direct
teaching and also the explanation of
the parable. There are four kinds of
soil. The manner by which the seed
CaUM Into contact with each kind of
soil Is significant. Some fell "by" the
wayside; the path was well trodden
the ground was preoccupied ; e. g
was used for other purposes than to
yield a harvest; It was hard to be
broken, nnd hence It was an easy mat
ter for the birds of the air (v. 15) to
come and pluck it away. We need to
remember that If men receive with
meekness the implanted word, there
will, of course, be no such opportunity
for the evil one. The trouble In this
case was that the Word was not I
planted. Thus it is that one-fourth
the seed is lost. The result Is a deplor
able one as we see from Heb. 2:1-4.
Is the soil of our life so hard that God
BUtft drive the plowshare clear
through It ere there Is a chance for the
seed to take root? (l's. 129:3).
The next fell "on" the rocky ground
The tirst is a picture of the hardened,
and this Is a picture of the superficial
hearer. For a time they did run well
They even received the Word with
gladness (v. 16), but they had no sta
billty because they had no root. They
were superficial. There was no chanct
for the seed to get a real grip on theli
lives. The earth yields Its lucreast
though we do not understand. So Goc
will add his 05 per cent to our 5 per
rent. The oak tree comes from small
seed.
In the third place Jesus speaks ol
the seed that fell "amoug" the thorns
Here is tb worldly soil, it is not si
much the charucter of the soil, it it
the character of that which already oc
cupied the soil ere the sower so wet)
the seed. The cares of this world, th
deeeltfulness of riches and "othei
things" bad so entered la that tin
good seed never had a chance in tin
soil of the human heart. It was ehokec
uud yielded no fruit. There was ut
real grip of the will, no whole-heartec
surrender. The tares of life that keei
the housewife or the business man
the deceltfulness of riches that snart
meu and choke the word which at ou
time gave such promise In their lives
the lusts and other things which tin
evil oue knows so well how to use keei
us from the Word, for Satau know
that by it we are to be saved (Luki
18:12). Are we impulsive? Do w
make vows soon forgotten, ties thai
soon fade away or fall beneuth tin
temptations for lack of root? Mtij
Ood blast and turn up the subsoil oi
our hearts by strong convictions of sin
and so occupy the soil that there is n
opportunity for other things.
We have thus seen three-fourths ol
the seed ioat. Of the remaining
fourth, that which fell "into" (It. V.)
the good soli, not all yielded the samt
return. It all brought forth (v. 7) ; It
all yielded ; it all sprang up, but not al
In the same ratio.
There are three distinguishing fea
tares of this last kind of hearers: (1)
They hear the Word. These are th
ones who appreciate its value and givi
good heed to its precepts. (2) They ae
cept it e. g. they understand Its teach
Inge. They take it into good and hon
est hearts. (3) They bold it fas
(Lake 8:15 R. V.) These are th
ones of which martyrs are made.
Jesus was a greet open-air preachet
(w. 1 2) and like all others he bsu
various kinds of hearers the half
hearted hearer the sha!lew-tiearte
hearer. The way to reach the masaei
la to go where Um eistsss are.
A It IM, MAHMHALL
Not Many months ago a western
Nebrasku ranchman journeys to the
astern end of the state with several
oads of fat cattle. After marketing
he cattle at the South Omaha stock
yards he pocketed the fat ch ok and
began looking around before deciding i
to run home In bis Journeys he
Rtopped off at a small town which
was noted for its dryness this was
after the state had cone dry.
The ranchman wnn much pleased
when another man stepped up to him
nd asked him If he wouldn't like a '
good drink of "snake medicine " The
ranchmen of Course readily assented ,
ind was led by the stranger around
the block and Into a room. The '
weather was warm and both men !
shed their coats. The drinks were j
passed around a counle of times and
tne ranchmen felt that It wr.s time
to go as he heard the whistle? of the
train on which he wished to leave.
Hastily grabbing his coat the
ranchman sped for the train. You
can readily imagine his surprise, up
on turning back the lapel of his coat,
to find pinned there the star of the
city marshall. He had grabbed the
wrong coat In leaving. The ranch
man still has the star and once in a
while polishes it fondly, remember
ing the time when theAMty marshall
of a little burg in eastern Nebraska
was kind enough to lead him to the
watering place.
Mold's Column
AN INCREASING POPULATION
One of the best known bachelors in
western Nebraska is the popular ,
ranchman Charley Snow. Charley
was serving on the Jury at Bridgeport
in Morrill County, recently and like
many other men desired to be ex
cused for reasons whlcti necmed to
him good and sufficient. There were
4 men on the panel and most of
them nlso wonted to be excused.
Judge Hobari. however, was master
oi tne occasion and announced that i
he would excuse only those men who
were married nnd who expected nn
addition to t' family wltntn ten days.
Three out of the twenty-four men
got off by making affidavit to this
fact. Charley, being a bachelor, had
no opportunity to take advantage of
the excuse.
Charley thereupon .rot busy and
did some figurine, after the three
men had been excused for the all
important reason. He figured that
there were 10.000 people in Morrill
county. That there were 2,000 faml
lis and that If the same ratio of in
crease was carried out in all the fami
lies that r.eemed imminent among the
jurymen there would be a total of
140 new citizens in Morrill county
within the next two weeks. At this
rate Morrill county will soon be one
of the most thickly populated In the
state. But Charley stayed on the
jury.
l.loyd' Minimi
An Alliance business man was over
at Scottshluff the other day when th
wind blew so fiercely. He started
for the country with n friend in the
latter's automobile. When the A B
M cot out to open n gate the fierce
wind picked him up and threw him
Into a barbed wire fence, rearlne
severely an Important portion of his
trousers. Immediately on his return
to Alliance he took his only other
wearable pair to the cleaners. And
then, to can the climax, a big fat
woman walks In and appropriated
the trousers off the counter. Our
friend is keeping close to home these
days.
' UsiSftq in,n
An Alliance clothing men who
makes a specialty of suits for men
was waitlne in the office of e friend
of his the other day when In walked
a traveling solicitor Tor "made to
order" clothes, one of these fellows
who don't nay taxes or. help the town
but who eet the coin. This fellow
took the olothine man to be the boss
around the office nnd immodiatelv
sfarted In to trv to sell him a suit.
He got out his tane line and tried his
best to measure the clothing man but
without result. As a final areumont
he said. "Why I've lust measured Tten
Sallows and some of the other leadine
cltliens for a npw suit. You oueht
to come with them.
Van Graven, the photographer, has
Just installed a lighting flovroe in his
studio which furnishes a light of 11,
000 candle power. This light is the
same kind as is used In the big mov
ing picture studios and takes the
place of flashlichts for interior views,
crgrto ndjel acp
A. D. Bullman, who is said to bo
representing eastern financial In
terests who are desirous of becoming
interested in the potash industry,
spent several days last week In 'Alli
ance and vicinity looking over the
potash situation. This Ii 'he second
trip made to Alliance by Mr. Bullman.
MORE JOBS OPEN
WITH UNCLE SAM
luteal Secretary Of The Civil Service
Ifctartl Announces Rxaniinations
To Re Held Here
F W Hicks, secretary of the civ
il service board, announces addition
al examinations to be held In Alliance
soon. An examination will be held
tn this city on February 23rd for a
char woman for Allianee r" office
at a salary of $330 per year; a fireman-laborer
for the Alliance post
office at a salary of $660 per year;
and a clerk;-carrier for the Alliance
post office.
Examinations for stenographers
and typewriters are held every Tues
day. Other examinations for skilled
labor in almost every branch of the
service are held at frequent Intervals.
Full information can bo secured by
calling on Secretary Hicks at the lo
ot! post eeTlce.
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Palm and Palm, Props.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Try Our Popular Price Lunch Room and Coffee Shop
All Modern Conveniences Rooms $1.00 Up
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U Made Well By PERUNA
Mr. William E. Denny. 1023 Park.
Ave., Spring-field, Ohio, writes:
1 find (treat pleasure in writing
you and thanking you for what Pa
rana has already dona for ma. I
have been troubled with catarrh for
years and It had affected my bead,
nose, throat end stomach, that I
could not est nor sloop with eny sat
isfaction. "I have just taken three bottles. I
can eat most anything: and am greatly
relieved of nervousness so that when
I lie down I can sleep without the
least trouble. I recommend it to all
those who are sufferers of that dread
ful disease, catarrh."
Catarrh
For Years
Can Now
Eat and
Sleep
To My
Satisfaction
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Those who object to liquid medi
cines ean procure Per una Tablets.
The Smoke
of a Nation
rnst V ii fir p
I wmt ft si Et'
Af. W. Fischer, Warrant Officer, and IK
M Captain T. C. Stemtt and B. F. Fogg. fEk i
of the U. S. Marine Corpt, smofyng Ha
M "Bull" Durham m
Mm I I i
a
Regards of the U. S. Marines
Somewhere in France
Sept. 12, 1917
"The boys are sure strong for the old
Bull Bag over here (when they can get
it). Anyone fortunate enough to possess
a few bags is considered a Rockerfeller.
This expresses the regard
we have for the old sack.'
A. A. WALLGREN
Supply 6, Regiment, U. S. Marines
GENUINE
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1 e o o matxu .
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aor-eae lossnrs
NsUke Sugarin Your Ccf
Soft Drinks and Beverages
BEVERAGES ON DRAUGHT
AT ALL TIMES
Order a case of 36 pints
sent to your home. De
livery made anywhere in
Alliance. Rebate for re-
y i- W turn of cases.
Cigars, Tobaccos,
Candies, Lunches.
KING S CORNER
Wrihossf far Bridgsetl Bottom Work
JOHN ttODGUNSON. Hfr.