.. r. I, j..ijs,,.,,, rjr rrfiif HE RED CLOUD CHIEF Red Cloud, Nebrnalm PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY tlnttrtd In the J'oMnftlre nt I id i .il il Nil) (is Bcconrt Clan Mailer A. 13 McAUTMUR, H.ltor ami 0vi.pr IWK ONIiY I)KM0CAT1C PAI'lM IN WnilHTI'.it I Ol MY Decoration Day Program Decoration Dny Friday, May .'JO, will be fittingly observed in Red Cloud. Tho committee in charge liavo ar ranged a program and earnestly ro quost all of our citizens to be pres ent. A special invitation Jh extended to the returned soldier and sailore. The number of veterans are rapidly decreasing. Bach year finds another absent when the roll is railed. The younger generation of coldiors must take the place of those who have gone to their eternal reward. Not only must wo honor their memory, but wc must pay tribute to the memory of our heroes who sacrificed all In order to defend the honor of our country in the great struggle just brought to a close. Following is the program: 1:.'!0 p. m. Parade to Cemetery led by Red Cloud Citizen Hand. Soldiers of Civil, Spanish and World's War in line. Hoy Scouts and Red Cross. Services nt Cemetery, Decorating graves of soldiers. 3 p. m. Program At Orpheum Song Star Spangled Planner. Reading names Soldiers dead S. H. Kizcr. Gettysburg speech S. R. Hoyce. Closing song. i BELDING SILK FABRICS SPOOL SILKS Wf A beautiful, highly lustrous silk of indi vidual weave is "NANCETTE"--A new Belding creation to meet the style demands of Spring. Barbara Phares nann C O A M ait I and and Canon Lump FOR MAY DELIVERY $9.5 O at Car 9lO. SO Delivered AT YOUR BINS m tiwnniii uinin ' iir iiim A nmu maul niiMiiminiiiwiiHiiiiii jdiraiirriiiii,i; urnm tun., lot ir "' 1 wK1DHI1 SUNDAY MAY2Sth Christian Church 10 a. m. Sunday School 11 a. m. Union Memorial Service. Congregational Church 8 p. m. Union Services at the Orbheum. Dean Tyner will speak on the "Stories and Glories oLWanT MffiaifflBttBIIBfflLL Increase Phojne Rates An application for an increase in rental charges on sixty-four of its 111 exchanges, Including Lincoln, was I1ICII Willi 1110 r.iaiu luiiwuy i-iniiiiuo- sion Thursday morning by the Lin coln Telephone '& Telegraph company, pays the Stale Journal the last of the week. The company sets up that it is up against the proposition of having to make an immediate In crease in the wages of Its men, par ticularly those employed in the plant department, and that it will have to have $120,000 more revenue annually to take eaie of this increase. The new rates suggested for Lin coln are $7.00 for business phone1', an increase of $1.00 a month; $2.27 for individual lino residence phones, an Increase of 25 rents. These are zone rates. The company also asks for an incicase of ."0 cents on business pri vate bianch exchange phones and 25 cents on hotel P. II. X. phones. The matter was presented to the commission Thursday morning by George K. Gan'n, trnlNc superintend ent, in the absence from the city of other olliciais of the company. He urged that the hearing be set at an early date. He said that the rate schedule attached, which showed the increases at the various exchanges, was moruly a tentative one, that it had not yet been fully checked up by other ofllcials of the company, and that it was subject to change by the company or by the commission upon an investigation. It was based on a study that involved only what the traffic, would bear. He said that it would yield an additional revenue of $ 11,000 a month, but that this would probably shrink a little under the higher rates that are asked. The commissioners insisted that full notice must bo given 16 the per sons and communities affected, and A s with classic masterpieces, the judgment of time has set its approv al on the perfec tion of fabric and design in Belding's Silks. n Platt & Frees RED CLOUD, IftBiAIKA, CHIEt set the date of hbaring for Juno 2. The company, in October laftt, se cured an increase in rates on u num ber of exchanges for a period of j,bc months. This was recently extended for the remainder of the year. Some of these exchanges are included I the new list where Increases arc asked. In Lincoln the only increase last fall was 25 cents on residence phones; tin's time it is on all classes of ser vice. The toll rales were increased 25 per cent at the time, and that in crease is still In effect. The new ap plication does not touch loll rates. The application sets up that the company operates 00,000 telephones and has 20,000 miles of long distance wires in the territory in which it opor ntes," from the Missouri to the west line of Webster and Adams counties, south of the Platte serving a popula tion of .125,000. It' employs from 1, 200 to 1,500 persons, the present nam her being 1,205. It says that other industries in this section of the state arc paying higher wages than it is, and that this results, in a constant depletion of it force of skilled and unskilled men. That there is at the present time a scarcity of labor, that the cost of living shows no signs of going down, and that as business necessity and in justice to its men they should have a wage increase. Ah contemplated this will moan $120, 000 additional expense. The company sets up that during the year ending March 31, 1919, it had a deficit from operation of $25,000, after making al lowance for dividends paid. The petition further says that the company has outstanding bonds of $1,200,000, which bear 5 per cent, $.'!,957,000 of preferred stock that pays 5 per cent dividends and $2,111, 000 of common stock upon which 7 per cent has been paid, this figure ha"ing been reduced from 8 when the Nebraska company's property was purchased; that this is an aver age of 5.7 per cent, which is less than the market value of money at the present time. The application sets up also that, this means an average increase of 17 cents per telephone served. The line men arc now being paid $3.25 a day, whereas the Nebraska standard scale is 75 cents more, and in order to re tain the men it must make this in crease at once. Aside from Lincoln the rates for which were given heretofore, the sug gested increases are as follows, the heaviest being on Auburn and other exchanges of the Nemaha county company, recently purchased by the Lincoln corporation: . & I wenty-five cents a month business increases Red Cloud, Garland, Mil-, ford and Tamora. &' Twenty-five cents a month resi dence increase Fairbury (party,) and on both individual and party lines at Fairmont, Friend, Hebron. Osceola, Hcd Cloud, Stromsburg, Wilber; on party only at Johnston nnd Nemaha, and on individual at Adams, Ashland, Clatonin, Cook and Otoe. ; WONDERFUL RECORD BY A CANADIAN HOLSTEIN Rolo, Mercena DeKol 30313 (C.-AI. H.), a Canadian 5-year-old HoLslcjn FrioMnn cow has broken the world's record for 7 and 30-day butter pro duction by producing under official test 51.1)3 lbs. butter in seven days and 200.31 lbs. butter in 30 days; h'cr milk yield being 738.7 lbs. and 27 920.5 lbs. for the respective periods. "Holo's" best day's butter amounted to 8.57 lbs. In (50 days she ieldod 5,795 lbs. milk which made 337.19 lbs. butter and her best work was accom plished toward the end of her test. The records were made under the supervision of Prof. II. IT. Dean, of the Ontario Agricultural College, and a rctest was made by officials of the Holstein-Friesian Association of Cana da. The previous best 7-day and 30 day butter records were made by Segis Fayne Johanna (50.G8 lbs.) and Fairview Korndykc Mata (185.37 lbs.), both these cows being Hol steins, and owned by Pine Grove Farms, Elina, New York. Rolo Mercena DeKol is owend and was developed by J. II. Ilanmer, n young Holstein dairyman of Nor wich, Ontario. Mr. Ilanmer purchas ed her for $320 from his father, II. C. Ilanmer, who has been breeding IIol steins for about G years. The pres ent owner of this wonderful cow has only been in business on his own ac count for a little over a year. The sire of the new world's champion is Sir Nolo Hanks Mercena 11953, a bull that has only two purebred daughters. Her dam is Flora DeKol Pioterje 91G3, with G daughters having official records. Hoth sire and dam trace back to Abberkerk Prince 2nd 10G8 in the Canadian herd book. Kolo Mercena DeKol made ' her record under ordinary conditions in the same stable as the re.st of tho herd. She looks every in'eh a world's champion, and her owner, who has fed her since she was a ra'lf, U nat urally the proudest Holstein breeder in the world today. And sho will deny him that privilege? Paul Nowhouse, who is employed iloyeii in Corner' garage at Ilhie Hill, .spent Sunday ,wLth$hM r;lirts, , ,.Mr. !and rs. E. H. Newhouse. TU Public Play Ground More tennis, more plnjers, more en thusiasm, more organization mid better prospects than mer for the public piny ground movement may be the state--iiivnt of bow the Idea has tin i veil nt the Mission dining the pnst week. The. larger girls played 11 line gnme of bnsliet ball with a score of Id to J,. Tht'smullei girls, under tho stipi r vision of Miss Mi.ry Belle Hnsslng.-r, played some new minted, and .judging from the shouts that arose in Unit vicinity, enjoyed themselves immense ly. The balance of the yoiitiKstersiue in charge of Mis Fannie M Ik. seh. and ' though there are n goodly number of them they are progressing nicely und r her cHrcful giiidennce. n Knees and a tug of war was the amusement billed for the men and ladies'. Everyone takes part In the iiiniise ments. As soon as the net arrives some interesting games of "tennis and volley bull will be on the program. If any one who knows these games thor ougbly will volunteer their servl:cs, as conches, it would be appreciated. After dusk, when the out door sports could no longer bo Indulged in, Kev. Beebe and Miss Hnssinger Instructed their audience in the proper wnys of developing the muscles, heart nnd lungs. Some seemed to take these In structions nnd exhibitions as good jokes but the majority, however, eould nppreeinto the fact that they weie prncticnlnnd beneficinl. The library is being visited, books nnd magazines onrefully studied, conn oils being held and every effort being mtule to secure all the knowledge possi. ble in order to mnkc the piny ground a success. Everyone is in earnest and success is predicted for both instruct ors nnd pupils Those in chnige are pliiunlng nn "nil day carnival", the date of which will bo nnnounced at 11 Inter dute, The public in general is invited to ittttud the play festival. An invitation is also extended to all to tnke part in the sports on next Friday evening. Death Calls Ezra House Another of Webster county's pioneer ultiens answered the final roll call when on Saturday, May 17th, E.ni House of IuavHle passed to bis eternal rewnril. The deeensed was bom in Cleveland Ohio, October , 1837. Slxtyllve yenis 11 go ho was united in marriage to.Iulin Anna 'J'ntmnn. To this union were born tiwdveuhildren. His wife depuit. ed this life thirtyono years ngo. Mr House served with the colors when tin suites below the Mason iitnl Di.soti line threatened to overthrow our govern ment. He seivul with Co. I, 1.19th Ohio i-pgitul'iit. Funeral sen ices were held at tin Christian cbuteh, Wednesday morning at 10:3, Kev ,J. L. Iieebe in charge, n.s slhted by llevs. Borden and Du France The Itiavale Homo Guiuds attended in n body and the (!. A. H post oT Ked Cloud uetcil as escorts He is survived by two daughters, Mrs Geo SmulsiT of this city and Mr. Mnry McDowell, nnd three sons, Win U , Henry and Frank. Methodist Church Notes At Inst .Sunday's Service five persons weie tmptied nnd teceived into the oliurch The Centenary in occupying the minds of nil Methodists this week the world over, not only this, but nil churches are wishing us God speed in our noble and unselfish undertaking In n co'intnunieation received Wednes day, from the New York olllce, f.lO.Olt 000, had been subscribed up to 'mid night Tuesday night. Ouinhanrea has 85,000,000 subscribed, Hasting S.i0,(l27, Red Cloud 5.1,500, to date. Watch us grow. There will be no services next Sun day on account of the memorial serv ices p be held at tho Congregational church at the morning hour and Dr Tyner to speak at the Orpheum at the evening hour. J. 1). Hummel. Masons Will Meet at Omaha Tho Grand Lodge of A. 1 .t A.M. will meet in Omaha nt the Mnsouic Temple on June 3rd at 10 a. m. A full dolegution is expected to be present, and the attendance will probably rench 100. It is Intended to make this meet ing n real Peace JnbllceCelcbrniion. After the opening of the Grand Lodge there will bo patriotic slpgiug and nd dresses. One of the brethern who was in charge of n Masonic Club will tell of some of tho experience in the service rendered by the Club during the war. Robt. B. Frenoh, Grnnd Custodianwill be in Omaha, Monday, June ', to con duct a school of instruction in the Masonic Temple.- m Elect Officers Charity lodge No. fill, A. V. & A. M. met Inst Friday evening and elected the following utllcer for the onsulug year: 13. H. flarber, .Muster. 1; J. Gj-ice, Senior Warden, . II. S. Foe, Junior Warden. 1), II. Kaley, Trensuier. G. W. Hutchison, Secretary. ANY GOOD FUEL, soft or hard coal, coak or wood or any combination of fuel may bo used. The heater is also easily arranged for gas burners. FarQuars arc fuel-savers. THE SMOKE OUTLET is at the front, below the ash General : products left within the fire box. This feature is an improvement over furnaces. AUTOMATIC CONTROLL of the draft is an import ant feature of the FarQuar self regulating furnace. It is operated by the heat of the fiire-box itself. SELF-CLOSING DOORS. Fire : poorly controlled is a risky thing. Personal controll is unreliable. Per- C S 1 fif H sons are liable to leave the ash-door O or direct-draft open, or open the draft and forget to close it. SELF-CLOSING ASH DOOR is a very important fac tor of safety. You can feel a sense of safety with the fire the most dangerous element known held under con troll in the welded, self-closing firfi-box. The "FAR QUAR" Welded Steel Self-Regulating Furnace is made in four sizes which are as follows: Size No. 4 No. 5 No. G No. 7 Length fire-box in feet 15 6 7 Total length . . . . V GX VA 8 Aggregate cap'y pipes 600 750 900 1050 E.W.STEVENS Plumbing Heating Everything Electrical Try The 'Ad Route to Success A little lumber A few bags of cement A roll or two of roofing Some wire and nails Combined with some of our progressive ideas will produce a hen house that any hen will be proud to lay in A MALONE-GELLATLY CO. Jr niaiiipuiiiiiraiiiipi When You Think OF PRINTED MATTER THINK OF US We may not know YOUR BUSINESS but we do know that you recognize "good printing" when you see it. We also know how to produce it. Printing is our business. It is not a matter of guess work with us. It has been a life study 20 years of practical experience Our knowledge has been secured in many shops throughout the country from the cross-roads town to the big city shops. The very latest ideas in printing are embodied in our work. No jobs are too large or none too small.. Special jobs given special attention. If you want The BEST let us serve you. Prices will meet with your approval. Red Cloud Chief tT6e LiiMr.KfflmTi!iiM!;M Why the Far Oiiar is Superior to Other Makes of Furnaces. door, and so low down that it draws off none but the lowest stratum, which contains! only the g coolest Hen lil House 9 1 m ! 1 1 .n w 4 ?! t 5 I ij "li"tmr'' " H A -" -s( , "wrv ' :zz3winK"v--i-'-jBvMz.- KTj;.-JvS-jgga;pcjw-aiccMMften-! McoawnaK-rw-nirtwj vwi.i.k