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TUtfSOAY, JANUARY J5tli, 1018.
(iovcrnor Appeals to Patriotic Citizen.
Lincoln. Jnn. 12. 191s Everv
'patriotic cltlron, every honest 'person
hns aluty to perform In connection'
"with tho present military classification.
Local boards aro not all-knowing and'
many fraudulent claims for doforred
uiusHiuuiiiiuii win buuuuuu uiiiuat)
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hoards aro assisted by tho Information
which tho iieoplo of tho surrounding
community havo. Each registrant, his
wlfo and friends, who has an honest'
claim for doforred classification,'!
Should understand that only class V Is(
an oxon.pt chum and that all othor(
classes aro subject to 'call for sorvlco
and that every man fraudulently put
Into Class IV Increases tho liability
for Borvlco of ovory man In that class,
ovon tho his order numbor bo boyond
that of the man Improperly placed. It
thoroforo behooves thoso pooplo es
pecially to soo to. It that tho lcral
board gots information us to such Im
proper claims. A local board cnn'uml
It Is Its duty, to re-classlfy it' man
whenever they find that ho has beon
'Improperly classified or that circum
stances havo changed relative to him
so that his classification has becomo
B' Incorrect and tho local board should
mako such reclassification" no matter
how long a time has elapsed slnco tho
formor classification. Such Informa
tion should bo glvon to somo mombor
of the local board or to tho government
anneal ngont for tho county, but may
also ho River to tho district board.
. Nobraska newspapers aro rcquoatcd
to publish this Information as widely
ns posBlblo.
KEITH NEVILLE, Govornor.
::o:
Federal Insurance.
Exposuro to tho oxtra dangors of
war .makes tho cost of llfo Insuranco
in 'prlvato llfo Insuranco companios
prohibitive. It -was, thoroforo, ,a plain
duty and obligation for tho Government
to assumo tho risk of Insuring bun
drcds of thousands ur our soldiers and
Bailors who aro making tho supremo
. sacrifice. Under thin law, ovory sol
dlor and sailor and nurse, commlssloiii
. od and enlisted, and of any ago, has
' tho right, between now and February
12, 1018, to tako out llfo and total-dls
ability insuranco up to $10,000 at very
low cost, with tho Government without
' medical examination. This right Ib
puroly optional. Tho soldlors and
, sailors aro not compollod to tako in
. (Buranco. but If thoy deolro to oxorclso
?.-tho right, thoy must do so boforo tho
12th of Fobruury, 1018Tho cost ranges
' irom 05 cents monthly ut tho ago of
21 to ?1.20 monthly, at tho ago of 61,
for each $1,000 of Insuranco. This is a
uall charge on a man's pay small In
Jpoportlon to tho bonoflts It may bring
Tho promlunis will bo deducted from
trills pay, If ho doslros, thus-eliminating
..troublo on his part.
To provldo ndqunto 'protoctlon until
i-'ouruary 12, 1018, during tho period
when tho soldiers and sailors are
learning tho detalla of this law, tho
uovornmont automatically Insures
, each man and womon, commissioned or
, enlisted In tho military sorvlco of tho
United States. It pays tliQ man $25 n
month (tiring total pormanont dls
auiuty; ir no dies within 20 years. It
pays tho rest Of 240 mnnthlv Inolnll.'
monts of $25 each to his wlfo. child, arit,mt
wiuowod mothor.
;:o:
VmiNton Murderer Suicides-'
OAMjT FUNSTON.-WIth tho finding
hito today of tho body of Capt. Lewis
It. Whlalor of Saltan, Kan., In hla
tiny ofTIco at tup national army canton,
mont hpro, tho mystory which bod sur
rouudod looting last Saturday of tho
army bank and tho subsequent murdor
of four men and sorlous wounding of
a fifth Is bolloved to havo boon oloared
up. Tho murders wore committed wllh
a -hand axo. Capt. Wblslor killed
hlmaolf, firing two shots fron a rogula
tlon army norvlco rlflo Into his head.
Tho first bttllot glanced downward thru
on'o chcok, but tho otlior wont turo ami
lodged In his brain. Tho sttlcldo follow
ed a general order from hCadquortors
Instructing all captains at tho canton,
inqitt to report and Havo tholr linger
'prints taken. r
j " i-:;o:r
1 1 With two foot of snow on tho ground,
! thy tomporaturo a dozen or moro de
grees holow zoro and a strong wind
Jilowlng, railroad traffic in Chicago
was, completely tied up Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. During Uiobo
v4n,vfl tho Union Pacific trains woro
I'ninde up nt Omaha, 10 Chicago cara
i for the Pacific coast reaching tho lat
.or city. Trains on the Union Pacific
, nava.bopn running lato,
.1 V
: iMIss Lorotta Walker has .roturnod
frora Keyto"Be whore she vlalted two
wpka with friends,
ix Qf A?kw,K Satuay on a btiBt.
a trip tp Angletoi, Texas.
TDK COUNTY AflKNT.
Now that Lincoln county, through
Its farmers' bureau, Is to havo after
July 1st, nn agricultural agenf, ilio
following conversation, taken from the
Kimball Obsorvor will acquaint our
farmor readers as to Just what tho
agent does
(Kimball County has had
such an agent for several years.)
"Mister, I hope you will pardon my
curiosity, but I notice this Ib a county
agent's office. I have heard of county
clerks, county treasurers, and the
county sheriff at home used to be qulto
nn important porson. but this Is my
n. li trw1 11 nt tn In n finiitWo n mini
W0l,i(i yo mm,i telling mo Just what and girls 'club work. Each color shown
you ,i0. Maybe I can loarn somothlng'a dlfforont line of work, like 'pig club,
noW( sowing, cooking, garden, potato and
au right, sit down and I'll try to' others.. Wo try to kop tho hoys and
ton you a few things I do. In the first girls Interested In farm work ami wo
nlnnn vnn will nrnlinlilv wnmlnr nlirmt-
h,0 organization of this work."
"That's Just what I was going to
n9k about."
"Well, this Is a sort of a .triangular
organization, a combination or tho U.
s. Department of Agriculture, the
University of Nebraska, and tho County
Farm Bureau . Tho UnlTed States and
the state furnish $l,i00 and tho county
horo furnishes a like amount."
"How Is that amount raised-in tho
county.
"Woll, that varls. In somo coun
tlos It Ib by private donations, but
a bettor plon is as it is here. WIipiiJ
ever ion por com or uio lanU owners
of any coitnty petition tho county com
missioners, tho board Is privileged by(
law to sot asldo a cortaln amount for
county agent work." !
"Who directs tho work then In tho'
county, tho commissioners."
"No, ah association is formed of i
farmers from whom officers and
directors aro elected. Those men in
consultation with tho porsori theyi
select ns agont decldo about the work;
ior uio year. You boo that iputu It
right up -to tho farmers themselves,
"All right, I soo about tho organiza
tion, now about tho work carried on.
I nptlco a bunch of grains and corn
thoro, what do you havo to do wllh
thorn."
"Woll, that corn thoro Is some that
was shipped In from tho north. You
soo this wostorn county Is .growing eo
fast that ovory spring many now and
somo old farmers demand moro socd
corn than can bo found. Wo try to
got corn for them that Is adapted.
You know that wbon the average Eaht.
em Nebraska or Iowa farmer cornea
out horo ho wants to ralBo his old
Variety of corn. That wont do hero.
All he will get Ib foddor as It will not
mature. Ono thing wo do then Is to
soo, ns far its wo can, that good ad
apted seed of all kinds Is avallablq
and tho right varieties planted,."
"I boo that ought to bo worth some
thing to nny now country. I would'
have planted Eastern Nebraska com
If I hadn't been told othorwlso."
"Besides tho adaption ond wo work
on plant diseases too. Wheat and oat
smut troatmonts ard omphoslzod and
recommended. Until n thing Is gen
erally known nnd' believed In wo enrry
on demonstrations at dlfforont places
to provo It ono way or anothor to Mie
farmers' satisfaction."
"How about llvo stock, do you buy
and soli them,"
"No, not as a business. Wo try to
get In good puro bred stock and slrou
and work on Improvomont of what we
havo. For Instanco, this year, al
though this Isn't a big hog country Uko
oaatorn Nebraska, twonty pure-bred
pigs woro brought Into tho county
whore thoro woro hardly any boforo."
"I BUnnOBO. too. VOU (In vntnrlnnrv
I work."
"No, only In tho common dlBoasos
can bo iprovontcd largely by
vaccination. For Instanco, blnckloij
horo Is qulto provalont nnd Is a sorlous
dlscaso whon wo havo bo many cattlo.
Wo havo Instruments horo and vacclit'.
also so that tvhonovor I am asked to
I go out and show tho owner how to
uso tho Instrument and vncclno, lotting
him do part of tho work himself so
that horoaftor ho will understand It.
For Instanco, last month I vaccinnted
noaiiy four hundred bond for about a
dozen farmers.
"What Is that list of things on tho
board. Looks something Uko tho
want ad pago ot tho homo pa'por."
"Oh, that's tho oxchango list. You
soo who a man wants a milk cpw or
w Beedor or a Betting lion or almost
anything ho loaves noto of It horo
whoro it is listod and porhapB tho
next follow In has that very thing to
Boll but didn't know who wanted It.
This farm bureau tends to get tho two
together.. Tho oxebango buskins
amounts to sovoral thousand dollars
yearly." WKWK&
"Woll, that llstons good to mo. My
wlfo at homo wanted a dozen :puio
bred Leghorn hens this fall and I
wanted a corn blndor. Now I boo yon
havo both listed thoro. If wo had a list
Hko that at homo It would bo a bis
help. That corner looks like a baggago
room. What do you do koop packed
to movo at any tlmo. It looks Hko you
woron't going to stay horo long."
"Oh, thoso belong to somo follows
out hero digging spuds, You soo we
run a labor buroau horo and all tho
follows that drdp Into town come hero.
Farmers lot mo know whon thoy want
hdlp and I see that the fellows get out
to the various places. For Instance,
here last month In potato and tnres'h
tlrtld I put out flfty-nlno follows'-from
this office. " y
"Well, that's about two a day,. Djints
having tho farmers loaf around town
looking foY help doesg'C It. That tyould
be worth sovoral dollars to a busy man
I should think. "What" aro those big'
hoadod pins sticking In that county
map. Looks Hko tho cartoon of Mutt'
moal ticket after Jeff had shot nt It
with a shot gun."
"Each pin there represents whore a
boy or girl lives that Is In tho boys'
find that tho club work is a very
good way to do It. It glvos thorn a
chance to cam somo money and thoy
learn things on the side without realiz
ing It. Wo havo almost a hundred boy
and girls In tho county In this work."
"I soo lots of potatoes hero as
Scend from Act l 8f thejj HavvaiiaH Roniance "The
Bird of Paradise", Celette Scudder as Luana, John
Warner as Paul. KeitlvTheatre, Jan. 21.
CONSULTATION and SPINAL ANALYSIS FREE!
DR. L. D. SMITH
CHIROPRACTOR.
Office 5-6-7 Building & Loan Bldg.,
Permanently locnlt'd in North Platle, Nebraska.
At Botlj Ends of
the Thermometer
Polarine stands up under engine extremes.
Flows freely at zero. Doesn't congeal in
cold weather and make starting hard. Lu
bricates at the first stroke of a stone-cold
engine.
When the motor is hot Polarine keeps right
on lubricating perfectly. Doesn't. run thin
or "breakup and lose its oiling properties.
Prevents burned bearings, scored cylinders
and other troubles due to overheating and
poor lubrication.
Setde vowrwinter oiling problem right fight
now I Fill your crankcase with Polarine. Get
it at any of our numerous Service Stations
and at all good garages. Look for the sign.
'olarin
Red Crown OuoHne girti greats
power tad most mUi per pJlo
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
' (Nebraska)
i.
came but on the train, I suposo you do
Boinworlc with thorn on scab and
other diseases." 1
"Yes, this year our "potato Work has
boon to gel seed troated'and planted on
clean land
It doesn't do nny good to
treat and
then put tho seed on land
that-has been In potatoes for several
years. Crop rotation is as Important
as tdsting. Besides scab there aro a
lot of other diseases that cut down tho
ylold greatly. Hill election is the best
way to get away from these and this
Is what wo aro advocating In order to
get a dlscaso freo seed for a seed
patch."
"What Is that chart there. Looks
like tho rise and fall of pork this fall
from Its high porch." 1
"That Is a chart of potato pricos.
You see tho Market Nows Bulletin
Is Issued and 'sent to all the potato
growers horo who ask for It. This
gives thorn the dally market all over
tho country and holps thorn In market.
Ing. Last year sovoral of our growers
" hero ald It saved them several thous-j
1 and of dollars, by 'preventing selling
"IF VOU HAVE TRIED EVERY
THING; ELSE WITHOUT RESULTS,
TRY CrIlR)?3CriC , SPINAL 1
adjijmss - And gstlWell."
ACUTE and CHROMIC DISEASES
5
Meat
. . Omaha
atia low prlco."
Vell, I guess I've bothered you
enough. I begin to see what a county
agint i8 ttnd that ho has plenty to (lb.
Thanks for your troublo In telling mo
this. Good bye."
Good bye, cbmo In again."
STOLEN TREASURES OF ART
Germany Will Hold Rare Collections
Taken From Franco and Belgium
Unless Peace Terms Interfere.
Will one of tho peace conditions In
volve a return to Belgian nnd French
art treasures removed by tho Ger
mans slnco 1014 from tho occupied
territories? asks tho New York Eve
ning Post.
Until tho present war's outbreak,
overyono bus supposed tho custom of
nntlons changed slnco Nnpoleon's
time, so lhat It would no longer bo
possible for a conqueror to fill bis mu
seums with plunder. That supposi
tion, Hko so many others, seems to
havo been given the llo by the kaiser,'
whoso agents arc said to have, emp
tied the Antwerp nnd Brussels mu
seums for the benefit of Berlin. Even
tho omnoror's ernndfntber, In tho wnr
of 1870, took practically no toll of
Paris art treasures.
Malice has ascribed this moderation
to the lack, In that Spartan genera
tion, of appreciation for nrt, wnicn lou
those enrller Invaders to confine their
activities, for the most part, to or
molu clocks and silver services. Tho
modern Prussian, however, from tho,
prown nrlnco down, has becomo a
dilettante, nn nrt connoisseur. Ilcnco
tho very thought of clennup made of
art objects. Berlin, willy nllly, Is to
bo made a world nrt center. If tour
ists prefer Paris because of Its great
er natural charm, they will, in any
event, bo forced to visit the Prussian
capital lu order to soo Rubens "De
scent From the Cro3S."
A mononolv of the world's potash
supply, and n collection of stolen art,
Is to keep the world at Germany's
mercy unless the terras of pence pro
vide otherwise.
SAYS., CANNERS,, WERE BUSY
President Peck of National Food Com
mission Asserts American Women
Do Not Waste Food.
minrlos Lnthron Peck, president of
tho National Emergency Food commis
sion, said at a dinner in Washington
that the women , of America nave
canned 500,000,000 Jars of fruit and
vegetables.
'Thov who charce tho American
woman of today with food waste," he
said, "are as Ignorant nsthe huckster
was."
"A huckster said to his mate:
"'Gee, Bill, you look down In tho
mouth 1'
'Ain't I cot cause to look down In
the mouth?' said Bill. J3very thing's
gone wrong with me lately. First, nn
automobile runs into and kills my
hoss. Naturally, I try to comfort my
self with a few boors, and get pinched
for drunk nnd disorderly. They gim
me n week, and when I get back home
I find my wife's gone off to her moth
er's with peritonitis.
"What?1 said the other huckster.
What? That Dngo Ice cream juggler
down Middle alley? Poor old Bill!"'
ALL ENEMIES MEET IN BERNE
St -sets Are Thronged With Thousands
of Men Who Have Been Interned
Must Wear Uniforms.
At nny time of the dny In the Swiss
capital one sees the uniforms of both
sides on tho streets, for there are thou
sands of French, British, Germnn nnd
Belgians Interned In Switzerland, and
according to the rules of tho game,
they must wear their uniforms, In or
der to mnke tho breaking of pnrolo
harder, writes Will Irwin In the Sat
urday Evening Post.
My first sight of n German Fritz
clumping down tho streets In his neu
trnl green uniform nnd bis stout mill
tnry boots gave me n kind of shock
of surprise. It Is three years now,
since In Belgium I last beheld a free
man In n German uniform. Today I
saw dozens of men In French uniform
pass other dozens In Gorman uniform
Each pnrty to these meetings would
look straight attend, pretending ho had
not noticed.
For the benefit of the entente peo
pies the shops aro displaying such
signs ns those: "Swiss Manufacture."
"Same Composition ns , the Gen
man Preparation, Out of Strictly Swiss
Origin." "This Lino Made of Swiss and
English Materlnl." Knowingly to buj
German goods Is tho same cardlnnl sin
among the French, American and Eng
lish toious here.
NOTIfH.
TlesHle Swandor and Sarah Mulllhan
defendants, will tako notice that on the
utn day or uctonor. ivh. ninintirr mo
his petition In the district court of
Lincoln County, Nebraska, against said
defendants and each of them, tho object
and prayer or winch are to foreclose
cortaln tax sale certificate dated No
veniber 4, 1912, for taxes In the sum o
jij.ti- ior uio year imi, ,on ine soma
west auarter (SWVi) of section nine
teen (19) Township fourteen . (14)
Kn litre twentv-elclit (28). Ilncol
County. Nebraska, also subseauen
taxes leprally levied on said land,, paid
ns follows: May 1, 1913, $3.51, taxes
ror the yonr 191a; fliay i, in, 3.-m,
tnxfs for the yonr 1913; May 1. 1915,
3.46, taxes ror tno year in: amy i
1916. 13.02. taxes for tho year 1915
Mny 1, 1917, $5.87, taxes for the yenr
191B. That more is now uue on sain
lien the sum or 136.64. ior wnicn sum
with Interest from this date plaintiff
prays ror a decree that tierenunnts no
renulreil to nay the same, or that said
premises may be sold to satisfy the
amount tounu nue.
You are renulred to nnswor said
petition on or before Monday the 25th
any or t'enrunry. iib.
Dated this 14th day of January, 191S
. m. imuitY, J'lntntirr,
By A. Muldoon, Ills Attorney.
J15-f8. .
Tiitntitcflvn nr thirty Nhrth PtnHo
innti linvn linnrv nmnlnvnil fnr inn rlnVn'
past on tho Ico harvest at tho Gothen
burg lake. They go down ou tho
morning local and return on tho,.
ovcnlng local.
For (I nick action and satisfactory
gale list your land with Thoclccke. it
NOTICH.
I. Benton Taylor, defendant, wUl tnko
otlce that on tho 9th day of Octobar,
917, plnlntlfT tiled his potition in tho
istrlct court of Lincoln County. Ne
braska, against said defendant, tlio
object and nrayor of which nro to fore
close a cortaln tax Halo certificate dated
November 4, 1912 for taxes In the sum
r ior ino year ivii, on oeuuun
, Township IB, llanKe 28, Lincoln
County, Nobrasun, also subsequent
taxes legally levied on saiu lanu, paiu
ns follows: May 1, 1913, $22.44, taxes
for tho year 1912; May 1, 1914, $29.01,
taxes for the year 1913; May 1, 191G,
29.12, taxes ior the year iyn; niny l,
01 (!. S28.97. taxes for the year 1915:
May 1, 1917, $26.32, taxes for tho year
.910. That moro is now ciue on sam
len the sum of S223.83. fdr which sum.
with IntoroBt from this date plaintiff
prays for a decree that dofendant bo
required to pay the same, or thot said
nreinlses may ho sold to satisfy tho
amount found due. - . .
You nro required to answer saiu peti
tion on or before Monday tho 2Gth day
of Kobrunry, 1918.
Dated this 8th uay oi January lais.
M. DHU11Y, I'lalntlft,
Hy A. Muldoon, Ills Attorney.
15-f8.
Ill tho District Court of tho United
Slates for tho District of Nebras
ka, North rial to Division.
In the matter of Henry S. Hasklns,
Bankrupt.
Case No. CO, In Bankruptcy, Volun
tary Petition.
Order for rinaLIcotlng of Creditors.
At North Platto In said- district on
this 10th day of January, .A. D. 191S.
before Walter V. Hoagland. referee In
bankruptcy.
This cause camo on for hearing upon
tho filing and reading of the report of
L. Basklns. trustee, showing that he
had converted all of the bankrupt's
estate Into money and that there was a
balance on hand of $5GG.33 for the
purposo of paying the costs, expenses
and dividends to tho creditors.
Tho Court finds that although the
year has nQt expired for tho filing of
claims and no dividend has yet been
paid that the amount of money in the
hands of the trustee for the disposition
to the creditors will be so small as to
not warrant tho expenses of declaring
two dividends and to keep tho estate
open for that purpose.
It is therefore ordered that a final
meeting of the creditors be hold at the
office of Walter V. Hoagland, referee
In bankruptcy, at North Platte, Ne
braska on the 24th day of January,
A. D. 1918 at nine o'clock a. m. That
at said time the account of the trustee
wijl be examined, order made for the
payment of all expenses or saiu estate
and the balance on hand will be dis
tributed In ono dividend upon all
claims that have been filed and allow
ed by that time and said estate will be
closed up at said meeting of tho credi
tors. It is ordered that any persons
who have not filed their proof of claims
shall do so on or before the said final
meeting of the creditors. It Is ordered
that ten days notice of this meeting be
given by mall to all the creditors and
persons Interested In said estate as
shown by tho record.
WALTER V. HOAGLAND,
Referee in Bankruptcy
In tho District Court of the United
States, for tho District of Nebras
ka, North Platto Division.
In the matter of Jacob J. Gettman.
Bankrupt. ' ,
Caso No, 54, In Bankruptcy, Volun
tary Petition.
Order for Final Meeting of Creditors.
At North Platto In said district on
this 10th day of January, A. D. 1918-
before Walter V. Hoagland, referee In
bankruptcy.
This cauBe came on for hearing upon
the filing and reading the final report
of Byron 'B. Oberst, trustee, of the
estate of said bankrupt heroin. Tho
court finds that the trustee has con
verted all of the estate of said bank
rupt Into money npd there Is a balanco
In tho hands of tho trustee of $1G0.53
for tho payment or tno costs anu-ex
penses and for distribution to tho
creditors. Although no first dividend
has been paid and tho year for the fil
ing of claims has not expired and that
tho funds In the hands of tho trustee
is not sufficient to warrant tho holding
of said estate open that the dividend,
If any, to tho creditors will bo. very
small.
It Is thoroforo ordered that a final
meeting of the creditors of tho estate
of Jacob J. Gettman, bankrupt, will be
held at tho office of Walter V. Hoag
land, referee in bankruptcy, at Nortli
Platto, Nebraska on tho 24th day of
a. m. That nt said tlmo tho ronortu
of tho trustee will bo oxamjned, said
estate closed and whatever funds there
will bo for distribution to the creditors
wllfc bo ordered paid' In one dividend
without further notlco to the creditors.
It Is ordered that all creditors having
claims against said estate which have
not been filed and proved file tho said
proof of claims on or prior to said
final meeting of creditors. It is order
ed that ten days notice of this ordor be
given by mall to all creditors of the
bankrupt and to all persona interested
fin said estate as shown by Uio record
, Waltor V. HOAGLAND,
Referee In Bankruptcy.