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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1923)
V . 1 1 C !: thr'iulual Uuttlt'ly m IsltfVOltt . ? TT- T "-iwsr &.- i- -S' 4riBJfeah . , t - & . 1 1 1 1 ij i j - - "! - i ! J ? JT A WtwipMtr Hat Him The Unit Mfty-tvt Wtths lack Tttr Nr tl.5t VOLUME 51 RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 1, 1923 NUMBER 5. HSlig5i P JANUARY CLEARANCE PRICES Here is the Opportunity for Men to save money on the things that are necessary at all times of the year. MENS SUITS and OVERCOATS 15 to 34.50 Including Hart Schaffer Injured in Auto Accident Grace Church Notes & Marx High Grade Mokes. and other &- BRADLEY SWEATERS Vz price WOOL SHIRTS 33J6 OFF O'SHOES 1 BUCKLE 2 3 Sepecial All Rnfob2 RUBBER BOOTS Special Sstluetwn ;j?. Winter -Uj Special on Outing Night Gowns, Pajamas Pajuniors. YOU CAN DO NO HKllEK ANYWHERE ELSE b $1.75 2.50 2.75 . 1.76 $3.50 ideittrear , W. G, Hamilton. Go. Co, ta.- U ma i Kip MrarJtr ' WWWWi HigjV, -JjdkZ. ...jflaruL Tailored Brassieres Needed for Spring The trim outlines of some of the new little basque frocks re quire a surface absolutely smooth beneath. 8 A number of new brassieres adapted to this purpose are now exhibited. f Our corserieres will be glad ro fit them for you. BARBARA PHARES Six miles east of llluo Hill, Sunday, there occurcd what might, might have ! been it very serious accident, to Attor- Jney Monday uml K. P. Mcttiide, only 0(oniiint8 of Mr. Miiiiiliry'rt Inilck six iik it slipped off tutu the slils- ditch they vi r itrsccmHiii! i hill Mr. Mc ltrlil escaped unhijiULil and Monday sustained hcvoral frucMired rihs and u biolon collar bone. The Injured man wis brought home nnd is getting along nio-lv nl litis lime. Sixty-One Years of Married Life Fremont, Neb , Feb. 27. 'Probably the longest-married couple in this part of the state Is Mr ttnd Mrs. James K. Chancy, who this week celebrated their sixty. first wedding anniversary at their home in I'Yemnnt. They were married in January, 180'.!, near Hum burg, In. For miuiy years, th-y re sided near Hamburu, but In 1877 they moved to Jewell county, Kansas, nnd later they located at Suputior, Neb., and still later at Ke'tl Clottd. They cume-Xrom the latter place to Kruiuum about two j ears ago. At lite lime of their marriage Mr. (Jlianey was 10 years of ago and bin bride 10. Uoth are still enj ying good health and Mth. Channy do'-s her own housework. Lincoln Star. ,. Miss Alma Wilson Weds Howard Hunt Suiidu) , .laiiiM' j., at '1 ii link Iti'-tiee of the lVae V . T Cud.ly prn iionnccd tin onlh ulih-h imlted In uiaiTbige ams Alma iMiZuJ'ctl) v tlwiii and llo. Mini j. Muni 'J'he l)i'nl in the cliai inin iiHiiji'iter of Mr. ami Mi J C. Wilson Tiii-iritiotn 1 a bwhltteoh Hutu of ll'd Cloud, Xeb. Mi-. Shim w i Nun, selioul mistresh at Milli t, mill -ilhier i(,Uie liride, ia her only attendant while th" ci'ooiu was supported by (Scorta l'e'tigiew, us- .ilstutt;, post master at (ioldliclil. !'.! lowing the ceremony the quests sat d wti to a wedding ditiiier, to which only a few intimate friends were bid den. The happy couple left on this morning's ttatu for Nebraska wheie they will estatillsh their homo. Tono. pah Nevada Times. They arrived in this city the last of the week and will make their home in the residence which lie purchased of his brother, Will The Chief alon with Howard's many friends wish him and his brido much joy and happiness. Hunday School at 10 n. in. Holy Communion at II n. m. Vespers at 4:30 p. ui. Iteinember tho Lenten Season is comlmz when in rtinemberltur the life. as ministry, death nnd resurrection of Jesus Christ, wo ought to examine ourselves and note whether we have fjrow'u better spiritually or not. Red Cloud Well Bungled by Driller Hustings should look alive because of oil developments, A. 0. Hurst of Wichita. Kan , declared talking to tho Chnoibcrof Commerce luncheon Mori day. "The Sluclrtlr Oil Company, ' he said, "has let t lie blttKcsl. contract for steel cverjot in the world. It is for the Teapot Dome in Wyoming, to Kansas City. "HaslltiKs oukIiI to make an effort to Ket on the line, for It is along pipe line that refineries will bebul.t." Mr. Hurst is the man now drilling for oil at lliidreth,, and is the man who renor.ed that oil and gas had been struck at tlie liigi meiuiuipanv s well at Ued Cloud, but that the .job had betn huugled. "I don't ea'ro who tho driller was at Red Cjind." he said, "lie should haie been pmifslted. Hen who bungle oil job like that should lie put nway they are a menace to society.1' .Mr. Hurst said he has had M'veiiiern ye.irs experience with oil we. Is, mid dt clat'ed that the surface signs i-i-ymul iit Hildreili. 12 ANNOUNCEMENT Webster County Bank WE WISH to announce that wc have opened up a sav ings department in our bank for the use of the child ren, adults and every one. Thrift and saving is something that has been neglected. We kindly invite you to take advantage of this sav ings idea and' make this your banking home with your savings no matter how small, you are alwas welcome. ''A saver is a hustler and wo are for both. Bank with us and you can bank on us. We welcome every child in the community to become a customer cf this new department. THE WEBSTER COUNTY BANK i.iwHiw,iwHim"iw nim.UNu )st.Y Tesr "Tale no iiuut'a word for wlmt yon hare, got In .-the ground," h kalil, "The only way ypn ean t-ll is by drill. Inn ' ."Monday morning," he dtclaioil, 'fgas was pouting out. of tho well t Ued Cloud, until it smelted like a locomotive." The speaker deelai e I his ol j. el w as not to sell stock, for he declared that the project tit llildieth is already II uauced. "1 don't my that thete i oil, but 1 will kiv that the surface Indications, which are all there can be to go by are good.1' What Hastings should look alive for, he proceeded, is to become an oil re fining center if oil should he struck anywbero in the region. m-mMmmm YOU WANT TO SEE That Wonderfully Thrilling, Entertaining and Spectacular lO.REEL SUPER SPECIAL 66 NERO At Bcsso Auditorium 99 SUNDAY, FEB. 4 MONDAY, FEB. 5 FIRST SHOW BEGINS AT 7:30 P. M. This picture is one of the screen sensations o! the year, with its grandois presentation ol Ancient Rome and Nero the great tyrant of all ages. It is historically correct and the burning of Rome is startling in it's realism. m ALSO FOX NEWS. DON'T MISS IT, 40c - 20c TAX INCLUDED tk.lbtv III I 'llW S3 lf J. W. Corbctt Laid to Rest John W Corbctt, who had been in poor health for the past year, passed away at his home in this city last Thursday afternoon after an illness of two weeks duration Bo was born in Springfield, Illinois, on February 25, 1860, and was nged G2 years and 11 months. In 1881 he was united in marriage to Lydia Debart of Arthur, Illinois. Two children were- born to this union, Fred Corbett, living southwest of this city, nnd Mrs Dora Stnrr of Brush, Colo. He moved from Arthur, Illinois, to Jewell county, Kansas, in the year 1895, and afterwards moved to Red Cloud wiiere he worked in tho mill west of town. In 1889 ho moved to Amboy and later to Smith county, Kansas. In 1000 he again moved to this city where ho entered the government ser vice, as rural mail currier, and sorved the patrons on his route faithfully tin. til his reccut illness. Several years ago ho united with the Mt. Hope Methodist church and in 1011 together with his wife they trans ferred their membership to the Metho dist church of Red Uloud. He lived a christian life and pussed nway believ ing that his siittl would be well taken euro of by his Master. Uosidcs the wife, sou and daughter, two brothers and two sisters are loft to mourn his demise. The funeral services the Metlndist church, Watch Jewelry and Clock wiwim air mm tn vi i"i r- t "1i. teipuail iiM Let Us Make That Old Piece of Jewelry Into An UP-TO-DATE RING, PIN OR BROOCH KODAK DEALER E. H. Newhouse RED CLOUD NEBR J Oil. MlCTUOI'OLIS "Railroad facilities here are excel lent for this city to becomo an oil metropolis In the region, 'The thing is worth while," Mr. Hurst urged. "Cities like this have leaped to a population of 100,000 in a year, wheu they hadn't dreamed of it. "Back lu 1014, bankers and mer chants laughed at tbe idea of there being qIL near Wichita. Yet they, were on top of the richest of the iiche.it oil field in tbe state." "Almost tho most amazing things- in industry," Mr. Hurst went on "has been the development of oil The scouts of the nation arc now scouring tho globe for oil. "Yet the first, oil well was drilled In Rumania in 1857. Two years later the second was drilled In Pennsylvania "For years they didn't know what gasoline was for. They were after kerosene and poured gasoline into the rivers until the cities along those streams made them quit it because they were killing the tlsh. OPENING OF NEW FUNERAL HOME OnowTii oi' Gasoline. "It was not long ugo that the intern al cotubuution eugliio was invented, and that. caused gasoline to come to its own as a motive power. Its use is 'constantly increasing, hut Us produc i tlou is II i.itod to about two million barrels a day "If theru is another war it will bo a war for petroleum, worn Held iit "Hustings should lie allvo to ol), and Sundiiv lifter, give Its support, If not financial, then We have leased tbe StrobI resi dence on Wesf Fourth Avenue, and have refited and converted the same into' a MODERN FUNERAL HOME Are Licensed In NEBRASKA & KANSAS Calls Answered Promptly DAY OR NIGHT SCHAAF & TURNER Bell BO Phones Ind. 120x AUTO HEARSE -er SJ!-fsaSl82S m .Mrs. N. ,11. Wagoner went to Hast ItigH Tuesday nrrntng to spend n couple of days visiting with her 1ms- I . .. ... .. ii t ... ........ . . . . . i . . .1 1.. .. I... ..... !..,! ' iiiinii ir iiif vi i nnn in iiiiiirirn iiiinn iiiiirtii i., i i mi iiimiimk in ii nil uiu: iiiiin . """"' v vi'" -".,".".. ... ,.,..,.. . - -- .,.. . 5n ,. t1T., i .limine hS log to see whether this region has oil w'" " or notr-Tuesdays Hastings Tribune, pit il iccovering from f.n operation. whhih Interim-ut was made in the cemetery. olfj Word lias been received horo by Mr. and Mrs. A. Clark, of tho arrival of a bnby girl at tho home of their son, I?c.t, at McCook the latter part of last week.