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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Ono Year by Hall In Advance. . . ,$1.25
One Venr by Carrier In Advance 51J50
Entored at North Plntto, Nobraska,
Postoffico as Second Clans Matter.
TL'KSDAY, DliCKMItlilt 18, 15)17.
Christmas
Gifts From
The Woods
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Fourth Son In the Service.
New York. Walter Schumann
Iloink. son of Mmo. Ernestine Schu-inann-Helnk,
enlisted in the army tho
othor day as a cook or tlio fourth class
after recruiting officers had satisfied
thomsolves that ho was an American
citizen. Ho is tho fourth son of tho
opera singer to ontor the army or navy,
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The Plaint of the Patriotic Man.
My Tuesdays nro meatless, my Wed
nesdays aro wheatloss,
I am getting moro catless each day;
My homo It Is heaUess, my bed It Is
shcetlcss,
All sont to tho Y. M. C. A.
Tho barroom Is troatloBs, my Coffee Is
swoetloss,
Each day 1 get poorer and wiser;
My Btocklngs aro feetless, my trousors
aro scatless,
My God, how I do hato tho Kalsor.
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1000 silk bloiiBcs, In Georgette or
silk cropo, In all tho wanted Hhadcs,
all slzos, put up In holly boxos, oa
poclally priced, $2.48 to $12.50. Pos
itively tho largest selection In town.
Como In and soo them at BLOCK'S,
tho store of tho town.
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Rights of a Soldier Uphold.
Washington. A soldier cannot bo
compelled to undergo a surgical opera
tion unloss tho military surgeon in
charge furntshoB him with a cortifl
cato showing that his llto will not bo
put In Jeopardy, tho Judgo advocato
gonoral ruled Saturday In tho caso of
Brady Cross, camp Sholby, Hattles-
burg, Miss. Tho Boldlor rofused to bo
operated i!pon for romoval of a dis
ability and was sontonced by a court
martial to throo months' imprison
ment for dlEobodlonco of orders. Tho
scntenco is disapproved.
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Como to Tho Loador Co.'b store and
solect useful gifts. Glovos, mittens,
hosiery, neckwear, underwear, waists,
coats, furs and everything olso that Is
wearable.
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Uso of Horso 3Ient Favored.
Increased uso of horse moat in placo
oi uio ncsn or otnor nninmis as a
moans of loworlng tho cost of living
was strongly advocated by W. Iloraco
HosktiiB, doan of tho Now York stato
Veterinary collego, In a statumont is
sued. IIo declared that thoro aro two
million horses In the wost too small
for army uso which could be killed
and usod for food, thus keeping down
tho prlco of meat and helping to solve
tho loathor shortage.
Dean Hosklns said ho Borved horso
meat, which cost fifteen conts a pound
at his own family tablo and found it
equally as palatable as tho best grades
of beofstoak.
T
Hi
HE pnper birch Is an especial
treasure, but wo never cut tlicj
uaiK iiuui u living ireu, uvuii
when deep In tho woods, un
less wo know that tho wood
Is doomed to bo cut at once, j to tho troop3 practically
JPlonty Clothing for Soldiers.
Washington. Quartermaster Gen.
oral Sharpo, in a statement, gives fig
ures on army contracts to show that
adequato supplies of clothing for all
men in tho service now aro available
and that propor deliveries and uninter
rupted transportation will assuro sup
plies for tho future. Deliveries have
been delayed from 0 to 48 por cent be
cause of delays In material and trans
portation. General Sharpo's Btatoment shows
that thero already have been dollvored
G.000,000
too many ignorant or . omnKots, moro than 2,000,000 over-
thoughtless people do not hes-4 ocats, moro than 12,000.000 wlntor un
unto to strip tho beautiful dorshirts,' 4,000,000 pairs of drawers,
By ELINOR MARSH
DWINA'S mother was
busy putting
nilnco pics Into
tho oven, so sho
did not notico
the little girl
when sho passed
through tho room.
Edwlnu wore licr
warm winter coat
and tuni-o'-shnn-ter,
and her fat
fingers were snug
ulod -up in rod
mittens.
"I've got Christ
inas errands to
do. mother." said
Edwlnu when she reached the door.
"Tomorrow's Christmas, and I'm go
ing to buy a present for Santa Clans."
"Well, I declare " Mrs. Ray sank
Into a chair and began to laugh. "A
present for Snntu Claus himself?"
"A real present. I've got 12 cents. I
earned this money my own self, nnd
and I want to buy something for Santn
with my own money."
"Very well, dear. I urn sure Santa
Claus will he pleased enough to bo
remembered. You had better go to
Smith's store."
"All right," called Edwlna as sho
went out.
It was snowing a little just little,
light, floating flakes like tiny feathers.
Insldo tho kitchen It had been warm
and cozy, with a delicious smell of
minco meat, fresh cookies and apples.
Outside it was cold, and the stinging
enowflnkes made her cheeks tingle.
"What can I do for you, Edwlna?"
asked Mr. Smith.
I want a pair of slippers for a!
man," said Edwlna, primly. 1
"What size?" asked the storekeeper.,
"Very big ones," said Edwlna in a)
grownup s manner.
"Hum I" smiled Mr. Smith in a mys
terious way. "Well, you can chango
them after Christmas if they don't
at."
Edwlna wondered If Santn Claus
could come all the way back from the
pnpery bark from tho living
tree, not realizing probably
that tho bark Is needed to
protoct tho running of the
sap nnd that tho outer bark,
so smooth and silvery, will
never renew Itself. So, oven
nearly 3,000,000 pairB of hreechos,
more than 2,000,000 coats, moro than
5,000,000 woolen shirts, more "than
8,000,000 'pairs of shoes and moro than
3,000,000 hats.
In tho aggrogato about hairtho sup-
if death does not immediately plies ordered havo been dollvored.
follow, the beauty of tho treo
Is gone, said Orra Parked
Phelps In tho. Housekeeper.
Onco I found d dead trod
from which I wits nblo to slip
several feet of burk in rings.
This only needed to be sep
arated into convenient sizes,
fitted with tight bottoms,
sewed In plnco by rallla on
sweet grass, and lifting lids.
attached, to make boxes ready
to fill with Christmas sweets.
In making laurel wreathing
or garlanding wo have found
that by taking small twigs,
and winding ono on to an
other, using light picture wire
as binding, the wreathing.
makes very rnpldly and easily.
JOI 1 1 "
Card of.TliaiikN.
Wo desire to publicly, thank all our
friends for tho labor pf love, expres
slons of sympathy and the beautiful
floral offerings.
JOSEPH FRANZEN,
B. O. FRANZEN,
SENA B. KELLY,
GUST FRANZEN.
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ClirlslinaK Boxes Landed.
"It Is officially announced that a
largo Bhare of tho ChriBtmaa prcsonts
sent to soldiers havo boon safoly land
ed In Franco and aro bolng distributed
thru tho various military postofftcoB
paid P J. Schardt, sutiorintendont of
railway mall sorvlco at Chicago.
"This will be good nows to tho home
folks who sont theso Christmas Rifts
Over 600,000 soparato parcols, weigh
Ihs; approximately 1,000,000 pounds,
wero shipped from ono Atlantic port
before Decoinber 6. Largo shipments
were made from othor eastern porta."
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JVotlco of Sale.
.otico Is hereby given that by virtue
of a chattel mortgago dated on the
11th day of October 1917 and duly filed
in tho office of tho County Clerk of
Lincoln County, Nobraska, on tho 11th
day of Octohor 1917, and oxecutod by
John Smith to Clara Stogemann to so
cure the paymont of the sum of
When tho whlto nine cones $737.51 and upon which thero Is now
fall wo gather bushels of , nuo ino Bum or
nullum uuving uecn mnuo in uie
paymont of said sum nnd no suit or
othor proceeding at law having boon
Instituted to recovor said dobt, or any
part thereof, therefore, I will soli the
property therein dosccrlbed to-wit
us for kindlings they nro ah- : 40 acros of matured, standing nnd un-
eolutely unsurpassed. nusKeu corn located upon tho follow
Rememberinu' that tho two Ing described premises to-wlt: South
little cousins Uvinir on tho WoRt Quartor of Section 35, Township
Pnclflc coast once sent n bar-' orth of ,Il(lB of tho
... . . .. P. M., Lincoln County, Nobraska,
ri.oi uiu i u m... vu ,)Il0 nuctlon nt th0 Iioubq located
much loved poet, greatly ' to pou 8al(1 ,iogcrll)C(1 ,)ronu8es on the
his delight, wo tried sending . gth day of January 1918. at 1 o'clock
n buck or cones, gayiy uecacii p. m. of said day.
with laurel, to a city friend! Dated December 17th, 1917.
CLARA STEGEMANN.
dlSJS - Mortgageo
them. And such treasures as
tho cones aro I In tho open
lire they make u glorious
blaze lit background for
wonderful lire castles and
who loves an opon fire. In
tho very bottom was a small
"chunk" with a paper bear
ing thoso words: "N. 11.
This is a Yule Log." An
other time an armful of tho
cono bearing branches of tho
red pine wero sent to a friend.
Partition Sale.
By vlrtuo of an order directing tho
roforoe to make a salo, which order
was Issued from the District Court of
Lincoln County, Nobraska, upon a do
nmm rt nnrtUInn i ti 1 Mm nnn fi rmn Hnn
But our especial Christmas Hf tho Veforeo's report rendered in
gifts, the ones wo send to tho
nearest and dearest, nro our
little Christmas trees, Wo
tako a day and go up to tho
mountain swamp where grew
tho cranberries, and thoro wo
chooso wee, llttlo shapely
trees, getting them, so far aa
wo can, from the deep shade
of other trees, for theso aro
doomed to un early death
anyway. Wo lit each llttlo
spruce securely to a board,
covering it with moss nnd
trailing vines. Then wo deck
the tree. Of courso tho gifts,
must bo tiny and varied to
suit thoso to whom thoy go.
snld Court, whoroln Charlotte S
Woodward Is 'plaintiff and Henry T
Woodward and Norah Woodward, his
wife; G. T. Halloway and Crosslo
Halloway, his wifo, and L. C Mitchell
i' ml Edna Mltcholl, hta wifo, parties In
possession of said lands, aro defend
ants; and to me directed I will on tho
26th day of January. 1918 at two
oYloek P. M. at tho East Front Door
of the Court House In North Platto
Lincoln County, Nebraska soli nt pub
lic auction to tho highest bidder for
cash tho following described real es
tate, to-wit:- all of Section five (5), in
Township Blxteon (10) North, of Range
Twonty-elght (28), Wost of tho c r fli,
and all of Section Threo (3), in Town
ship Slxtoon (10) North, of Rango
Twenty-nine (29), Wost of tho G P M
all of which said lands being located
in Lincoln County, Nobraska. That
will offer said lands as a wholo in ono
Benzol to the Rescue.
Experiments recently conducted hi
n largo oil company, notes n wrltor )t tract and that I will off or said lands in
Power, proved that "not only Is ben two 'parts, ono bolng all of Soctlon
sol moro valuable than gasoline as f
motor fuel when used straight, but It.
effectlvo vnluo Is Increased by hoU
mixed with gasoline. Theso ex'porl
ments Indicate that a mixture of t'qnn'
parts of gasoline and benzol gives
value over 10 per cent greater thar
that of straight gasoline, which chowt
,112 per cent lncrensed valuo for tin
benzol half. In many quarters nlco
hoi Is looked upon ns the ultimate fuel,
"but It cannot bo employed except wltb
great difficulties, owing to Its high hy
drogen contest."
Flvo fG). in Township Sixteen (1G)
North, of Rnngo Twenty-eight, West of
tho u P. M. ; tho othor Doing nil or
Soctlon Threo (3). In TowiiBhlp Six
toon flG) North, of Rango Twonty-nlno
(29L Wost of tho G P M. u tno mil
upon tho wholo of Bald two sections
oxcoods tho highest total bids upon
oach of said two Boctlons I will accopt
said bid for all of said lands: but if
tho said two highest bids upon tho two
separate tracts exceeds tho hlghost
bid for tho wholo of said lands I .will
accopt Baid bid upon tho two aoparato
tracts.
Dated this 17th day of Doc. 1917
dl8J22 O. E. ELDER, Roforeo
"Santa Has Taken the Book and Can-
dyl" She Cried.
north pole just to change a pair of
slippers, but sho said nothing until
Mr. Smith showed her a very largo
pair of flowered slippers.
How good old Santn would enjoy
those comfortable slippers I
"Will 12 cents bo euough?" asked
Edwlnn, anxiously.
"Ho, ho, hoi" laughed Mr. Smith.
"Twelve cents? No, Edwlua. Tho
price of theso slippers Is $2."
"I guess I won't tako thom" fal
tored Edwlnn ns sho left the store.
Edwlna hurried away from Smith's
store and went to a llttlo 10 cent store.
Here were all sorts of things sho could
buy with her money, but It was hard
to chooso something Santa Claus might
like. There wore books such nTco
stories, too. Ono in particular, called
"Patty aud Her Pitcher," was so de
lightful that Edwlua was sure Santa
Claus would llko it. So sho paid 10
cents for that, and with tho remaining
2 cents she bought two sticks of red
and white striped candy.
When sho showed theso things to
her father and mother they did not
even smile, but they said they wero
sure Santa Claus would bo pleased.
"I shall hang a stocking for Santa
and out theso things In it," said Ed
wlna, and on tho stocking phe pinned
n note saying:
"From a llttlo girl who loves you,
She went happily to bed, and the
next thing Edwlna knew it was Christ
mas morning. Sho hopped out of bed
and ran into tho warm living room to
see if Santa had been thero.
What a wonderful array of toys-
dolls and doll house and furniture,
books and games and toy dishes, a lit
tie fur muff aud a rocking chair and
so many other things 1
Edwlna clapped her hands nnd
Jumped for Joy, "Santa has taken tho
book and candy I" she crlod, nnd then,
she found a little note signed "Santa
Claus." "Thank you, dear llttlo Ed
wlna, and n Merry Christmas to you
it read.
You know about the pitiful mothers and babies of northern France,
northern Italy, Belgium, Serbia, Roumanla and Poland, do you? The
homeless, ragged, freezing, starving, diseased, mutilated women and
children caught in the invasion of their countries by the war-mad beasts
from the German jungle you know bout them? You know the Ameri
can Red Cross in Europe is the one agency that can help them that it
is the silver lining of the blackest cloud the world has ever known? The
Red Cross must have 15,000,000 members by Christmas eve. You must
join at once. The man who would turn down the Red Croes ought for
ever more to be ashamed to face good women and Innocent children.
TO FATHERS
When You Join the Red Cross
and Give Your Mite, You Help
Our Soldiers In Europe and
Feed Starving Babies.
TO MOTHERS
The Red Cross Needs Your Help
to Save Women and Babes
In Europe and to Care
for Our Soldiers.
Fathers : Suppose thnt threo years
ago a powerful and savage enemy had ,
Invaded our nation suddenly and you !
had been called Into the army to dc-
fend the country. Suppose thnt our
county had been captured by tho In
vader; your home burned, your wife
and half-grown dnughter carried away
into slavery worse than death and your ,
sou mutilated and put to work behind i
the enemy lines.
You think such things couldn't hap
pen to you and your family? Well,
Just thoso horrors wero visited upon
thousands of fathers In France and
Belgium by tho kaiser's savages. It
lias been revealed to us during the last
few months by the secret eervlco that
the Huns were plotting un Invasion
of the United States through Mexico.
But for a fair destiny thoso horrors
would have been ours, because the kai
ser alms to dominate tho world and
spread over the earth his brand of lovo
and fellowship called "kultur."
Tho American Red Cross has been
called upon to relieve suffering "over
there" nnd to restore as far as posslblo
devastated sections of allied territory.
It Is now on tho Job. Tho Red Cross
Is conducting thousands of hospitals In
Franco for American and allied sol
diers, and running ambulance lines
and comfort stations Innumerable.
Yet the organization cannot do
enough because It hasn't half enough
members Jmck homo hero to support
tho vast work there. So now it Is con
ducting a campaign to get fifteen mil
lion members by Christmas eve. It Is
an honor to belong to tho Red Cross.
If you aren't already wearing tho llttlo
button, enroll at once. Tho member
ship costs Just $1.00 a year. Another
dollar brings you tho Red Cross Maga
zine for twelve months. '
Suffering Europe, especially tho!
women and children, needs your help.,
Dear Mothers: Surely you will do
(What you can to relievo tho sufferings
of the homeless, wretched mothers nnd
children of war-torn Europe ragged,
starving, freezing, tuberculous women
pnd bnbles who for three years havo
.endured the horrors of hell. They
;aro your sisters und your sisters'
'children. Tho end is not yet for them.
(Think what they must go through this
winter. Think of yourself nnd your
little ones hero in America, safe and
comfortable.
, In tho trenches "over there" aro mll-
8 Ions of men undergoing indescribable
mrdshlp and suffering and death to
pavo tho liberty-loving world from Uie
jkalser and ids savage hordes. Think
f them. Remember they aro stand
ing between you nnd the fnto that God
less, "kultur"-mad Germany poured
upon tho women and children of north
ern France, northern Italy, Belgium,
Poland nnd Roumanla.
Of course you cannot go to Europe
and nurso nnd feed nnd clothe nnd
shelter thoso sufferers. But tho Amer
ican Red Cross Is over thero doing it
tho noblest labor in tho world's history.
Our Red Cross Is nursing and feeding
pnd clothing nnd sheltering them. And
at Is conducting thousands of hospitals
nd nmbulanco lines nnd comfort sta
tions for American soldiers and tho
soldiers of our allies.
' Yet tho Red Cross cannot do enough
pecauso H hasn't half enough mem
bers. Thoroforo a campaign is belne
nado to get fifteen million members by
hrlstmas eve. It Is an honor to be-
ong to the organization.
Yon wlU loin, won't von? Ynti vulll
jseo that your husband enrolls, and that
(each of tho children Is enrolled sure
fly. Annual membership costs $1.00.
(An additional dollar brings tho Red
(Cross Magazine for a year.