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Kimball Observer: ("has. D. Hal
sp Bled his petition in the Kimball
rounty district court last Saturday
bringing suit again Orvin ('. Phillips
wherein ho asks damages of Phillips
In the sum of 11,500 and costs. Mr.
Halsey was beaten by Mr. Phillips,
deputy sheriff, last week following a
quarrel between Hulsey and Johnny
Biggs. Halsey states that he paid
Justice of the Peace Gifford a fine for
fighting and that Phillips enme later
and demanded that he come to Kim
ball He states that he agreed to go
but asked permission to put his car
away. Phillips gave him no chance,
according to Halsey, but Immediately
started to beat him up with the butt
of a .44 revolver. He haa a deep cut
on the top of his head and several on
the face. He also claims to have two
wounds on his arm. The case will
come up for hearing at the Septem
ber term of the district court. Wil
cox A Halligan. of North Platte, have
been employed by Halsey.
POTASH PIANT TO
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Scottsblu'ff Star-Herald : Accord
ing to reports, this city is to have a
potash plant in running order by the
early part of next year. During the
past week $400,000 was set aside for
this purpose by the Great Western
Sugar company, and the contracts for
the necessary machinery and build
ings will be let within a short time.
We are unable to find out the par
ticulars but have been able to learn
that contractors have already been
here and have been given certain de
tails aB to excavation work needed.
It is claimed that this work will be
finished so that when the sugar cam
paign closes the potash factory will
begin work, and will employ a large
force of men the year around.
While we tried to confirm the re
port by phoning to the factory, we
were unable to get any satisfaction,
as Mr. Simmons is not here and no
one else seems to know anything of
the matter; In fact, would not talk
about it, and seemed to infer that the
experiments were being: made else
where and that nothing would be
done at this place.
From the fact that these potash
plants are to be put in only where
the Steffinhouse process is used, we
believe that there is considerable
merit to the rumor and as the Scotts
bluff factory is the only one in the
valley equipped with that process, it
is reasonable to figure that it Is to
Collins had representatives here the
be put In here. Then .again, the
MM fact that the well known run
trading firm of Kilpatrick Pros. &
hitter part of the week, getting de
tiills regarding the work required for
this project, gives the report consid
erable color of truth, but until the
company sees fit to make the matter
public nothing of a definite nature
' can be given.
Should this report prove to he
true, and the company expends lis
$400,000 In this city, it will be a
i great boost for the city at this time.
M well a to the whole county, which.
! on ac count of the enormous expenses
I of the war has been compelled to
check up on improvements The
building of a potash plant will be es
sential to winning the war. and there
will be no trouble in getting the ma
chinery or the material to complete
the work, should It be undertaken.
If we are not much mistaken we
will be able within a Bhort time to
give more of the details or the com
pany's plans, which, from what we
have heard, will require a silo of
enormous magnitude, together with
all the necessary machinery used in
the production of potash, costing in
the aggregate almost half as much
as a new sugar factory.
Since writing the above we lenrn
that we hud been rightly informed,
and that while our figure may not
be exact, we are not far off in the
main aB to what the new exDendl-
tures will be during the coming sum
mer, and that the work will be
pushed with all possible haste in or
der to get the new plant in working
order by the first of the coming year.
B. S. Varje, graduate of Robert
college, Constantinople, Turkey, has
been in our city to arrange for an ad
dress on "The Armenian Massacres."
He has been organizing the counties
of western Nebraska for this relief
work until teh beginning of the pres
ent Ited Cross drive. Announcement
will be made of the date and place of
his coming lecture.
Monty Ellis, of the Black Hill
country, was in the city recently. Mr.
Ellis was th eunfortunate loser of his
wife about ten days ago. leaving him
with two small motherless children.
Jordan Robinson, business man
ager for the senior class, has very
ably financed the senior cIsbb. The
Spud has paid an old standing debt.
Besides this a substantial sum will be
held in the treasury for next year.
The senior play will net around $150.
This it was suggested by some, could
be put into a liberty bond, to be held
until the war ended, sold and a mem
orial of the class of 1918 erected with
the proceeds.
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INSTRUCTIONS DISTRIBUTED FOR
FLY PREVENTION
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Warning Against the Disease Carrying Insect is Sent
Out by Alliance Community Club.
Kill FI.IFS AND SAVE MVEH
Kill at once every fly you can find
and burn his body
The killing of just one fly NOW
means there will be billions and tril
lions less next summer
The conditions produced by- the
long and severe winter have made
difficult the removal and proper dls
' posal of refuse and filth accumula
tions that will facilitate the breeding
Of d'r.ease-gorin-carrying flies.
flean up your own premises; see
and insist that your neighbors do
I likewise.
Especially clean 'out-of-the-way
j places, ' and every nook and cranny.
Flies will not go where there 1b
nothing to eat, and their principal
diet is too filthy to mention.
THE FLY IS THE TIE THAT BINDS
THE UNHEALTHY TO THE
HEALTHY!
The fly has no equal as a germ 'car
rier'; as many as five hundred mil
j lion gerniB have been found In and on
(the body of a single fly.
It Ib definitely known that the fly
: is the carrier of the germs of typhoid
fever; it is widely believed that it Is
also the "carrier" of other diseases,
including poBBlbly infantile paralysis.
The very presence of a fly is a sig
nal and notification that a housekeep
er is uncleanly and Inefficient.
Do not wait until the insects begin
to pester; anticipae the annoyance.
May and June are the best months
to conduct an anti-fly campaign.
The farming and residence district!
provide ideal breeding places, and the
new-born flies do not remain at their
birthplace, but migrate, using rail
roads and other means of transporta
tion to towns and cities.
Your friends and members of the
family now in the service should be
reminded of the danger of the house
fly in camps and, co-operate with their
superiors for the elimination of this
deadly pest.
KILL FLIES AND SAVE LIVES !
KKCIPK8 FOR KfLLINO FLIES
The United States Government
makes the following suggestion for
the destruction of house flies: For
maldehyde and sodium salicylate are
the two best fly poisons. Both are
superior to arsenic. They have their
advantages for household use. They
are not a poison to children; they are
convenient to handle, their dilutions
are simple and 1hcy attract the flies.
PREPARATION OF SOLUTION!
A formaldehyde solution of aprox
Iniately the correct r.trength may be
made by adding 3 teaspoonfuls of the
OOftCentratWi formnldehyde solution,
commercially known aa formalin, to
a pint of water. Similarly, the
proper concentration of sodium
salicylate may be obtained by dis
solving 3 teaspoonfuls of the pure
chemical (a powder) to a pint of
water.
An ordinary, thin-walled drinking
glass Is filled or partially filled with
the solution. A Baueer or small plate,
in which Ib placed a piece of WHITE
blotting paper cut the sire of the dlBh.
Is put bottom up over the glass The
whole is then quickly inverted, a
match placed under the edge of the
glaBB. and the container is ready for
use. Ab the solution dries out of the
sauceT the liquid seal at the edge of
the glass Is broken and more liquid
flows Into the lower receptacle. Thus
the paper is always kept moist.
OTHER MM PI I. PREVENTIVES
Any odor pleasing to man is offen
sive to the fly and vice rersa, and will
drive them away.
Take five cents worth of oil of lav
ender, mix It with the same quantity
of water, put it in a common glass
atomiier and spray it around the
rooms where flies are. In the dJntng
room Bpray It lavishly, even on the ta
ble linen. The odor Is very disagree
able to flies but refreshing to most
people.
Geranium, mlgnonetto, heliotrope
and white clover are offensive to flies.
They especially dislike the odor of
honeysuckle and hop blossoms.
According to a French scientist
flies have Intese hatred for the color
blue. Rooms decorated In blue will
help to keep out the flies.
Mix togther one tablespoonful of
cream, one of ground black pepper
and one of brown sugar. This mix
ture Is polionous to flies. Put in a
saucer, darken the room except one
window and In that set the saucer.
To clear the house of flies, burn
pyrcthrum powder. This stupefies
the flWs. but they must bo SWEPT
UP and BURNED.
RE4IPEH FtR HTAHLFH, HARMS
AMD Ol r-OlMHHIKH
BOMS Is especially valuable around I
farms and out -of-doors. One pound
j of borax to twelve bushels of manure
will bf found deslrnble as a poison
(without Injuring its nuinurlal quali
ties or rami Block Scatter the borax
over the manure and sprinkle with
water.
I.ve. chloride of lime, or copperas1
(sulphate of Iron) dissolved In water,
crude carbolic acid, or any kind of
; disinfectant may he used In vaults.
140 BORN HERE IN
Mil YEAR 1917
Eighty -three Hoy Horn an 4'ftiared
HTHil 57 Qtrti for Hie Vntt Twr
Statement of Hoard of Health
The report of the Nebraska state
department of health. Issued some
time ago, shows 140 births recorded
In Box Butte county In the year 1917.
Boys predominated, there being 83
boys born as compared with only 67
glrlB. There were 126 native fathers
and 128 native mothers. There were
14 foreign fathers, and 12 foreign
mothers. There were two palm of
twins, three of them being girls and
the other a boy.
In giving out the figures for this
county the state department of
b alth made Ihc following statement
In r.ddl'.lon:
"We are exceedingly anxious to
have our births and deaths recorded
100 percent, and as it seems that
there are a great many people who
do not know that the state of Nebras
ka records births and deaths, we be
lieve the llgures from your county
may Im of Interest.
"Whenever n baby Is born or a per
son dies. II of the utmost importance
that same be recorded, at the state
house. In almost evdVy town we havo
local registrar, unrj we would ask
that the mot hers of the children bora
see that the baby's birth is properly
recorded The physician, etc., usually
attends to this, but as our registra
tion last year regarding births wa
only 62 per cet.t of what If should be
we believe If the mothers nnd fathers
would exercise the proper interest,
that better results would be accom
plished. TO THE MOTHER
of each baby whose birth Is re-
corded beginning December,
1917, we will aend a book en-
titled
YOUR DABY
How to Keep It Well."
The recording of a birth Is a legal
record, and establishes the identity of
the child. We make no charge for
such a record."
Should you see Miss Sheridan In
some store buying cigars, do not ba
surprised, she was only paying a bet
on the weather.
" HAT MORE POTATOES!
A patriot potato lay tubbing, tubbing,
And as In the water he lay, he lay,
To the cook who the mud off was scrubbing, scrubbing,
These valu'ble words he did say:
Keep me wrapped In my nice khaki jacket, Jacketl
The best of me's lost with the akin, the skin.
Dish me up when the heat starts to crack It, crack It,
And eat me from outside to In.
Don't boll me, but steam half an hour, honr,
In a basin some Ave minutes more, minutes more.
When you mash me to mix with your flour, flour,
The proportion Is one part In four.
Keep me wrapped, etc.
Do you wish to reduce your bread ration, ration T
Then bake me and serve me with cheese, with cheese,
Or with anything else In creation, 'atlon,
Your grocer will yield with your pleas.
Keep me wrapped, etc.
To peel me and throw out the peeing, peeling,
Is awfully kind to the pigs, the pigs.
If for strawb'rles you showed the same feeling, feeling,
Your share would consist of the strlgs.
Keep me wrapped, etc.
Margaret MacNamara In London Daily Chronicle.
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The universal popularity of Bevo made it necessary to erect this building,
the largest of its character in the world. Covers two city blocks. Floor space 26
acres. A basement 30 feet high containing 13 tracks each to accommodate
ten freight cars. Will employ 2,500 people and have a bottling capacity of
two million bottles daily, equal to 140 car loads, on an eiht hour day Basis.