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LOSS OF 1300000
TO NEBRASKA PEOPLE
This state stands to lose a fortune this ycvs cn its corn crop
more than 13000000
Tests of seed corn in other stafes show the seed is unfit to plant
In many spots in Iowa only eight ears in one hundred can actually
produce good roots for the corn
Nebraska seed corn is said to be much better It dried out las
fall and was gathered before snow filled it with moisture
But people of Nebraska cannotafford to take a charce Tlu
seed corn should be tested thoroughly before it is planted
The state planted 6461680 acres in corn It will plant the
same or more this year
Twelve good ears of corn will plant xn Bcre Tests made
show that at least two ears will not grow In some sections
only six ears show that they are capable of producing a good strong
corn plant which will give the farmer good ears of corn or even
average ears
If two ears in twelve fail to grow one sixth of the corn land
in Nebraska 1076946 acres will be idle this year That means
that the state will produce about 26923633 bushels of corn less
than the land should grow
That means the farmers will lose 134 i3 16 by failing to make
that amount when the land is there and the labor has to be done
whether corn fails to grow in one sixth of the hills or not
Take this rule and apply it to counties in Nebraska and see
what each county will lose even if two ears out of every twelve fail
to grow or produce weak stalks which will not give ears of corn
Using the above figures as a basis it is estimated that the loss
to Red Willow county this year assuming the usual acreage of
corn will be planted will be 13673 acres and the monetary loss
165912
These figures show unmistakably the Fact that the farmers of
Red Willow county cannot afford to overlook the very importanf
question of seed corn selection
WE GET WHAT WE
REALLY GO AFTER
Hkoadly speaking we American people do what we really want
to do This truth applies to individuals to communities states
and tlu nation Laws we really want enforced we enforce Vit
Jiess our laws for the protection of property If on the other hand
there are crimes we would allow to go unpunished we easily and
readily overlook and forget This is true in McCook and the land
over Our moral and legal spasms are like the Irishmans stidy
by jerks An inebriated man attempts a rape No matter that it
is simply an attempt and harmless in result that the would be rav
isher was practically unaccountable for his crime In our righteous
indignation in our pharisaical impulse to repair the injured dignity
of an outraged law we consign the poor human wreck to a long
prison sentence This evidently is one of the things we wanted to
do and the doing was easy and practically uncontested The man
had no friends He had dissipated his money and manhood in
riotons living But he lacked not while his money was free
Money gone when sin had done its perfect work he was bankrupt
in purse in body and in mind characterless friendless powerless
Money friends pull lawyers the delays and possible evasions of
the law who doubts the result might not have been otherwise
But how is it when we come to note and punish the actual the
accomplished crimes against womanhood True drink is an ele
ment in these occurrences but no extenuation An incident in a
recent term of district court in this city will serve to point a moral
Three unfortunate women of the town were fined each in the
sum of 250 and costs for having liquors in their resorts note that
vice and immorality were not involved in the case for in a quarter
of a century no man has ever been even arrested in one of these re
sorts charged with immoral unlawful or sinful practices This is
one of the laws we do not want to enforce
TO BRIGHTEN FARM HOMES
Work of Miss llena Bailoy a Univer
sity of Missouri Student
Miss Ilcnn M Bailey a student U
the home economics department of th
hoard of agr
ire she
oi Hie statj
goe over l he
state to fanners institutes Her ob
ject Is to get the women and girls of
Missouri Interested in better home
woik and the lessen g of I lie drudg
ery foutd I- Country homes
Tle hoar I s her out to talk a
Jifw side if iir 1 life at the institute
in the v ir months
I bellow the girls should have the
sitie chan e as the hoys Miss Bailey
fsvs The farm boys are given tht
opisiTtinitj to take part in corn grow
i ard yUv c juJglng contests and tin
jlrs likewise should have something
to Miiiulite their interest In the jrroat
woi I of the home At Sarcoxie we
hac started the first of our contest
fcr girls it is a buttonhole contest
In her talks Miss Bailey wiusse
foods eothl g hoire and home fur
nhhigs She attempts to organist
honiemakers clubs at all these insti
tule meetings
Miss Bailey lias several dates foi
fanners Institutes to fill yet tlii
spring
A NEW CANAL ON MARS
Positive Proof That Flanet Is Iniiabi
ed Claims Professor Lowell
A new canal on Mars a thousaM
miles long has been discovered b
Professor Percival Lowell of the Flag
staff observatory Arizona This it
evidence according to the astronomer
that the planet is inhabited The an
nouir ement of the discovery wa
when it was first observed Professoi
FARMERS HINTS ON LIVING
Drop Style Pay Your Debts Buy For
Cash and Look Ahead
Be a farmer and snap your fingers
at the monopolists says O C Siggs
worth a Venango county Pa agricul
turist But if you must live in the
city he says then buy your apples
when they are at rock bottom prices
and make apple butter Lay in fiftj
quarts of tomatoes when they are
cents a peck and preserve them
I take issue with those who sa
things cost more than they used to
he continued In 1S72 1 pi id 1 foi
four pounds of green coffee V2M cents
a pound for sugar 13 cents a pound
for prunes and 23 cents a pound foi
rice I paid 3 for a hat 1 could bu
now for 1 3 for gloves that I could
duplicate now for 130 43 cents a
yard for checking for shirts 10 for
wedding boots and S for an ordinary
pair of shoes
The wage earner is hampered by
credit He goes into debt for twe
weeks and his money has to be paid
out the day he gets it It would be
better for him to go hungry- for two
weeks than never to have any monej
ahead
My advice to those who dont like
life on a farm is Drop style pay your
debts buy for cash and look ahead
Actors Want Postal Savings Bank
A petition has been put in circulation
among actors and other theatrical folk
advocating the establishment of a post
al savings bank in the United States
The petition is directed to congress
and reads We the undersigned en
gaged in the theatrical business de
sire to express our interest in the pas
sage of a bill establishing a postal sav
ings bank as an adjunct to the United
States postal service Such a depart
ment would be of the greatest service
not only to several hundred thousand
people connected in some capacity with
the acting business but to every one
compelled by business to travel con
tinually
PKOFESSOB PEBClVAIi IiOWKTjIi
made the other day to Professor S W
Burnham of the Yerkes observatory
Professor Lowell spent a few liours ir
Chicago recently on his way west
Not only did he see the new canal
but he photographed it Previous pho
tographs of this region made as latt
as last May failed to show any tract
jf the canal The fact that it devel
oped between May and September
HIS VERY WORDS
WATER EXPERTS
mimEmmsmimsmnsBss
The Property Man Cheerfully Cluster
Them to Beerbohm Trco
Beerbohm Trco the English actor
had a comical experience on it ir i
University of Missouri at Columbia h1 pist
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Pnder the direct h n
file last act
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he had arranged that
111 uisioui ericu ijy giiiet ni u 1
I s of the fairies in Windsor lor
e- make one herculean effort
U climb the oak tree The pegs thif
were to serve as supports fr that in
were always conspicuous by their ah
fence Ci the mcrning before the pvr
formance Mr Tree was told the
should positively be tbed on the tree
The morning came Irt with it no p
Iloqueuce was siiJlcd i ven invective
faltered He pointed to the tree an
with the calm of despair blurted out
to the defaulter No pes
Such an ejaculation spoken mere h
sorrow than in anger would he hoped
appeal to that last remnant of con
science whifh evi ih papier mai hi
bosoii of 1 1 ro ert man might be
UMp kv 1 to letain In the everii
there was a dress rehearsal but still
no pegs could be seen Mr Tree
form quivered beneath the padding
with pent up emotions and in a torrent
of passion and a voice shakoi by right
eons wrath he exclaimed
Where are those pegs
Pegs pegs exclaimed the pi pet
ty master with exasperating affability
Why guvnor what was your onN
to me this morning No pegs And
there aint none London Tit Bits
Feats of Diving That Are Performed
by Swedish Swimmers
The Swedes delight in combination
diving and two men will perioral
many clever feats together One of
the most grotesque of these is wlwu
one man stands upright on a spring
board and tightly clasps another man
body round the waist holding Inni
head downward and putting his own
head through the mans legs When
the upright man springs from th
board he throws his legs into the air
so that the two men clasping each oth
er tightly round the waist turn a soni
ersauit and when they reach the v a
ter the man who started upside dowi
arrives feet foremost
The handspring dive is a very eflec
tive specialty of Swedish swimmers
The performer takes off from the dic
ing board with hands instead of feet
turning his body in order to descend
feet foremost or somersaulting to ar
rive head downward
Very graceful also is the back dive
in which the spring is made backward
the body turning toward the spring
board
Double somersault dives are made
from platforms thirty to fifty feet
high the diver making two turns in
the air and entering the water feet
foremost London Saturday Review
An Effective Alarm
Flannigan had been discharged from
the artillery and went to live in a cot
tage in his native village One day he
left on a weeks visit to some distant
relatives and a day later the village
constable was standing at his door
when he heard the sudden boom of
the rusty cannon Flannigan had
mounted on his front hedge
An instant later a brick whizzed
past the constables ear and smashed
his door to smithereens
The indignant officer followed by
Lowell regarded as positive proof thai tIie populace rushed to Flannigans
it was artificial aud therefore that liv
ing beings exist on Mars
The new canal extends southeast
from the region of vegetation known
as Syrtis Major through the greal
plain of Libya
cottage and found It still tenantless
but showing signs of recent burgling
When Flannigan returned the next
week he heard the news and was de
lighted
Oi prepared for burglars afore Oi
wint away he said by thrainin the
gun on yer front door constable and
connicting it by sacret wires to the
doors and windies and loading it wid
a brick An it hit the door slap in
the middle Bedad Oi wasnt a gun
layer in the artillery for nothin
Pearsons Weekly
Why Hale Would Not Do
When X O Nelson the profit sharer
decided to transfer his co operative
business from St Louis to the country
he looked about carefully for a favor
able location His personal friend
Dr Edward Everett Hale accom
panied him on one of his tours in
search of this A site was chosen and
a name for it was then in order
Among others Hale was considered
but rejected because as Mr Nelson
said the uame differs from its dis
tinguished owner in being only four
letters long while he was six feet four
or thereabouts So Leclaire was
A Case of Overcrowding
I dont see why I keep on getting
so much fatter I only eat two meals
a day
I know my love but you shouldnt
insist upon crowding your breakfast
and luncheon into one meal and your
dinner and a late supper into the
other Cleveland Plain Dealer
My
An Angel
wife always forgives
my
faults
Ive got you skinned to death
How
My wife forgets mine Cleveland
Leader
No Glutton
The Unsuccessful Counsel Im very
sorry I could not do more for you my
man The Prisoner Ho Dont apolo
gize old sport Five years is enough
London Sketch
Glory is after all the thintr which
has the best chance of not being alto
gether vanity Renan
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RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
The Many and Varied Duties They
Have to Perform
As a conductor he will probably be
gin in the freight service ills caboose
will be a traveling ollice and more
than that it will carry all the gossip of
the division up and down the Hue It
may be a homely little car but it is
just as sure to be a homelike place
From its elevated outlook lie may com
mand a good view of the train away I
nhead to the engine aud he will be
supposed to know all the while that
the brakemen are attending to their
duties that the train is in good order
particularly that there an no hot
boxes smoking away and in imminent
danger of setting tire to the train and
the valuable contents There is a deal
of bookkeeping to lie aci oiupllieil in
that traveling otllce The conductor
will receive the waybills of the cars
of his train and their contents and he
is held responsible for their safe de
liveries to their destination or tin junc
tion points where they are to be de
livered to other lines
When coiiiex to the passenger
service then will be t ill more book
keeping to i iititniit him aud m will
have to In a man of good iiinal at
ttiimiMils all the m iny
many varieties uf loi al -Mid through
tickets mill -age boid pasMs and oth
er forms nt iran piiiiaiioii mntt ieis
that come to him 10 deic 1 tn
from the had im iIii mu mm tin ui
terfeits thai are oii iini Si mg tiller
ed to him He wil iim in quite
a money an nuiii lr i h nnl
he kllo ihe nils Ifs 1 Itive In lie
paid for nut of -wit pti kei
All that is oolv phasi t nis
ness lie is iepiiisiiita or tin- ei
and safe loedin t of hi iriin eqiinv
responsible in iH li witli Hi
engineer He iKu ie etes ami
the Main miters inil in j requrel
to keep in mind everv detail n tin
trains progress over the line Me will
have his own of quest inns
to answer at everv stage of in jnir
ney and he will be expected to main
tain the discipline ol the lailroad upon
its trains Tint may mean in the one
instance the ejectment of a passenger
who refuses to pay his tare and still
he must not involve the road in any
big damage suit or in another the sub
jugation ot some gang of drunken loaf
ers The real wonder of it is that so
many conductors come as near as they
do to the Chesterfieldian standards
Edward Flungerford in Outing
Cracked Furniture
Ugly marks caused by splits or
cracked places in furniture are easily
filled in with beeswax and the mark
Is never detected In fact this is how
furniture dealers cover such blemishes
First slightly soften the beeswax until
It Is like putty then press firmly into
the cracks and smooth evenly with
a thin knife Sandpaper over the
surrounding wood and work the dust
Into the beeswax This gives a wood
finish or color and when the furniture
Is varnished you will look in vain for
the blemishes It is better than putty
since putty soon dries crumbles and
falls out while beeswax will remain
forever just where it Is placed
Up and Down
Mistress Heres the man for that
clock to be repaired Get it for him
Nora And shure where is it Mis
tressUpstairs of course Nora
Faith an I thought it had run down
New York Press
MARION
J E Dodge was a county capital
business visitor last midweek
Henry Miller from south of Danbury
helped at the implement store last week
Mrs R E Bacon is rapidly regaining
healtb from her recent illness-
J T Bnnegar and O II Weaver of
Belvidere Nebraska were in town on
business last midweek
W HEifertand S H Stilgebouer
chosen in honor of the pioneer French j were Kanona and Oberlin Kansas
profit sharer Worlds Work visitors ono day recently
Mrs Wingo from south of Danbury
I visited her daughter Mrs Pepper and
Mrs C Reed
Miss Beall of Woodruff Nebraska
is the new clerk in F M McFadaens
store
We experienced about as cold weather
a few days last week as we have had
this winter the thermometer being ten
below zero with a light skift of snow
Saturday night
Several from town attended the pub
lic sale of George Godowns south of
Danbury Friday and of A L Weavers
of Gerver precinct Monday
After an absence of four weeks Mil
ton Greer arrived in town via McCook
Sunday his brother A J meeting him
at McCook
Marion was represented at a Band
concert and program at Danbury Saturday-
night
W M Deck formerly from this place
now of Bussey Iowa arrived in town
Saturday night en route to his home
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Kindly mention this paper
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fmm a trip in Colorado
Albert Kemp spent Sunday and Moa
dny with frientis in the country
The revival meetings are drawing
will filled ioties each night
BARTLHY
Hurry L Brown mido a business trip
idomoU WVdnes ny
J Fletcher returned from Omaha tbia
w ec
Operator Shell and wife have moved
j to Minden Nebraska
Lu e Flint will bo night agent here
nft r March 1st
Several land buyers have been in this
vicinity recently
less fnn if Jsidn Nebraska
whs here ht t imm visiting bis mother
ami S t r
Birthday anniversary
wa observed by program at the school
and lodge room
Mr rWiiin has a new barber in his
-hot a young iuhii from Lincoln who
is a first class artist
Krwin llnpt was recently appointed
pr f9T of Agroiiiin by the Regents
of iho Nebia tUM State University Prof
Hopt was once a resident of Hartley and
at one time principal of our school For
several years be resided with his parentB
on a farm a few miles east of Hartley
whom they yet reside on one of the beat
farms in East Valley j recinct
Harry L firown is at Brush Cclo
working in the Tribune omce
G W Jones with his auto went to
McCook Tuesdaj with Mr Urawmer
and several other parties who wire to be
witnesses in the burglary case
Mr Wills and family will move up
north next week arid M D Hobbs and
fmiily will move into the bouse they
vacate Mr Hobbs will only reside here
temporarily until the weather warms up
Home and then they will go to Colo
rado
The town was all wrought up this
week by the burglary of A J Craw-
mers store Both rooms were broken
into sometime Monday night and over
a hundred dollars worth of goods stolen
Two tramps were prowling around town
all day Monday aud left in the night
Ono of them was found at Indianola and
arrested nnd taken to McCook where
some of the poods were found on his
person The other tramp Lad not been
found at this writing Tuesday evening
but the officers are after him and hope
to get him in a short time
CITY CHURCH NKOUNCEMENTS
Congregational Preaching at 11
and 8 oclock Sunday school at 10 a
m Christian Endeavor 7 oclock
Prajer meeting Wednesday evening
at eight oclock The public is cor
dially invited to these services
Rev R T Baynk Pastor
Episcopal Preaching services at St
Albans church at 11 a m and 730 p
m Sunday school at 10 a m Com
munion 1st Sundays II a m 3rd Sun
days 745 a m each mouth All are
welcome to these services
E R Earle Rector
Catholic Order of services Mass
-30 am Mas3 and sermon 1030 am
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p m Every Sunday
Wm J Kirwin O M 1
Methodist Sunday school at 10 am
Sermons by pastor at 11 and 8 Class
at 12 Junior League at 3 Epworth
League at 645 Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 743
Bryant Howe Pastor
Baptist Sunday school at ten oclock
am Preaching at 11 a m and 745
p m B Y P U G5 p m Prayer
meeting and Bible study on Wednesday
at 8 p m A most cordial invitation is
extended to all to worship with us
Francis E Iams Pastor
Evangelical Lutheran Regular
German preaching services in church
corner of E and 6th street east every
Sunday morning at 1030 All Germans
cordially invited
Rev Wm Brueggeman
607 5th st East
Christian Science 219 Main Ave
nueServices Sunday at 11 a m and
Wednesday at 8 p m Reading Room
open all the time Science literature
on sale
Evangelical Lutheran Congrega
tional Sunday School at 930 a m
Preaching at 1030 a m and 730 p m
by pastor Junior C E at 130 p m
Senior C E at 700
p m Prayer
meetings every Wednesday and Satur
day evenings at 730 All Germans
cordially mvited to these services
Rev GcstavHenkelmakn
505 3rd street West
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