The Price of
Pork CIiops aindBkton
Here are reasons why the fine;
fresh pork tenderloins and pork
chops, or savory ham, or crinkly
bacon, which you enjoy for break
fast, cost much more per pound
than the market quotation on live
hogs which you read in the
newspaper:
An average hog weighs 220
pounds.
Of this, only 70 per cent (154
pounds) is meat and lard.
So, when we pay 15? a pound for
live hogs, we are really paying more
than 21 a pound for the meat which
we will get from these animals, even
after taking into account the value of
the by-products.
But people show a preference for
only one-third of the wholethe pork
chops, fancy bacon, and choice cuts
from juicy hams.
This means that when we are sell
ing Premium bacon at 4312per pound
wholesale and Premium hams at 30,
there are other parts for which we get
as low as 6 or 8 per pound. The
net result is an average profit to us of
less than i a pound.
The choice cuts are higher because
of a demand for them.
Another thing: Only 35 pounds of the
entire hog or about l6th is usually
marketed at once. The rest must be '
pickled, cured, or smoked. This lakes
months, and adds to the costs which
must be met.
Swift & Company, U.S.A.
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The Test of
Time
By ALVAH JORDAN GARTH
NEVER LET GO OF SUITCASE
Former Congressman, on Visit to
France, Proved Himself Superior
to Adverse Circumstances.
Dudley Doollttle, who used to lie In,
congress from Knnsu.s, recently re
turned from Europe, where he went on
a secret mission for the United States
government.
Wliile In France, Mr. Doollttle had
the unusunl experience of roaming
around several hundreds of battlefields
with n seventy-slx-poiind sultcne
clnspod firmly In his arms. Shortly
after Doollttle landed In Paris, and
Just before he started for the battle
fields, the linndle broke off his suit
case, which contained n number of
valuable documents and papers which
were almost as heavy as hardware
samples. There was no porter around
to help Doollttle Into his automobile,
nor was there any around during the
ensuing ten days of his trip. There
fore, there was nothing for him to do
but to clasp the suitcase firmly to his
chest and get the best vlow of the bat
tlefields that he could from behind the
obstruction.
.Doollttle says that he got so used to
viewing war scenes from behind the
suitcase that In order to enjoy movies
of the war now he has to take' a mln
lnture doghouse to the motion- picture
theaters with him and hold It on bis
lap throughout the nerformanciy.
Assyria's Great Queen.
Semlramis Is called thu "legendary"
queen of Assyria, but Babylon was an
old city berore Nebuchadnezzar trod
Its dust. Semlramis bad been the wife
of Omnes, general In the king's army.
In the siege of Bactrla she herself led
a forlorn boM against the walls and
captured It. Enchanted by her power,
King Nlnus resolved to make her his
queen. Omnes committed suJclde. At
the king's death, Semlramis ruled the
kingdom, founded Babylon, conquered
Persia nnd Kgypt, and made Incur
sions Into India, where in personal
combat with King Strabobates she
was wounded. She died at sixty-two,
builder, terror, charmer a great
woman.
WISDOM IN JUDGE'S CHARGE
Irish Jurist Warned "Good Men and
True" Against Being "Obfustl
cated" by the Lawyers.
Bound the library fire In the Four
rv.,,..i nni.iin. Irish barristers long
'thavo gathered to spin yarns of their
profession while waiting for briefs.
one of these stories was of a novel
charge to a jury given by a Gaelic
I . - , , .u.l I... n IVI'ltlM
JUUge, WHICH is ri.-i:iii.-u ij
In the Irish World, us follows:
"Gentlemen of the Jury," a Judge be
gan when counsel for the defense had
,.iw.iiuii(i mi eioiiueut and elaborate
I address. "Gentlemen of the Jury, there
nro two courses, do you observe, io oe
adopted by counsel. The first Is sim
ple enough. If he has a middling case
he endeavors to convince the Jury.
But If he has no case nt all. If the
evidence Is all one way and the guilt
of the prisoner Is as plain, do you see,
as the nose on his face, and no one
but a fool or a Juror could bo asked
to have a doubt about It, then counsel
endeavors to obfustlcate the jury 1 For
counsel seems to think that when In
telligent men come Into n Jury box
they hang up their common senA' with
their hats and coats on the pegs be
hind them."
Much Argentine Wool Bought Here.
The United States Is Argentina's best
customer for wool, according to the
bureau of markets, United States de
partment of agriculture. For the wool
season of 1915-10 Argentina exported
lfi2,r9S bales to this country, or fil per
cent of Argentina's entire exports of
wool. For 1910-17 the United States
took 22.1.-107 bales, or 01 per cent. For
the 1917-18 season 209,.r)28 bales, or 73
per cent, were shipped to tlds country,
Tampering With Traffic.
"Why are you so silent of late?"
"I'm trying an economic expert
ment," replied Mr. I'enwlggle, "but
I'm afraid It Isn't going to work. I
thought that by limiting the supply
of my extremely valuable thoughts 1
might, create a more pressing demand
for them."
(Copyright, 1919. br th Weittrn N.wi-
paper union.)
Gerard Massey, the bad boy of the
Village, was expiating the crime of
some one who had tired an apple nt
farmer Wanu-r's horse and gig, pre
cipitating a runaway. Gerard was
squirming In the powerfut grasp of
the outraged agriculturalist and,
ablaze with pain and resentment,
smarted most under tho realization
that half a dozen of bis comrades at
n distance were witnesses of his castl
gatlon. Nearer by little Kllle Warner
his true friend, though a sorrowful
mourner over his constant escapades,
was sobbing us though her heart
would breuk.
The farmer had snatched up a heavy
leather strap and doubled It to rain
the stinging blows on Gerard's shoul
ders. At length he gnve Gerard a fling
und the strap after him.
"There, young muni" he panted.
There's more In store for you If you
come meddling nbout my place again."
"I could kill you I" hissed out Ger
ard In a wild paroxysm of rage. "1
hate you, and I'll raise u crowd and
bnng you to a tree with this very
strap 1" lie seized it sis he spoke. Ger
ard, gaining a grove just beyond the
farmhouse, flung himself down, his
mind tempest tossed with thoughts of
direful revenge.
"I'll keep this strap," he declared.
"I'll face that man with It someffiue
when the odds are equal." lie was an
orphan nnd his life with n distant rel
ative had few charms to hold him to
Bushvllle. He was In disgrace, he had
been whipped publicly I A gentler spir
it came to him hs bo thought of Klile.
He left Bushvllle that night. His
last act was to Indite a rude pencilled
scrawl to Ellle. "I shall never forget
you," he wrote, "nnd you huve been
kind to mo like an own sister, but
I will never forgive your father, I nev
er threw the apple. Think I'll give
away my friends, though ! I'm going
away to make my living and grow big
enough to solne day make your father
pay for disgracing me."
Gerard's plans for the future were
vague. It seemed, however, that for
tune favored the homeless lad from
the start. Ten miles from Bushvllle
he wnn overtaken by a man driving
an automobile. He looked pale and
weakly as he bailed the foot traveler.
"Are you going far?" he Inquired.
"An vv.in re to get work," responded
Gerard.
"I'll hire you. I nm on n five hun
dred mile trip, to Chicago and urn nn
an Invalid. 1 can manage tho wheel
well enough, but It exhausts mo to
get out of the machine. I'll pay you
well to attend to the various little
chores for me yes, and maybe find
you further work when we reach the
city."
They later went to n large hotel fop
the night nnd Gerard slept on a cot
In the room occupied by his, employer
ready for any service required. It was
just after midnight when Gerard
aroused to dread alarm. Tho room
wns filled with smoke, beyond the win
dow was a glare, yells and screnms
eclioed through the building. He ran
to the door and tore It open. Beyond
a roaring mass of flamei presented.
"We are hedged In from below; our
only chnnce Is by the window' said
Gerard, but a glance there was scarce
ly encouraging. Ills Invalid charge
was practically helpless. Quick witted
In action, however, Gerard followed
out the only desperate plan In view.
After he hud accomplished, this he
could scarcely credit the. details. Five
feet below was a Jutting section of
roof. Still further below that was tho
projecting cornice of an adjoining
building. The strap was the only
medium Gerard could adopt, first to
lower his companion. But for this frail
strand of life both would have per
ished. Uncleared to him by his courage and
daring the Invulld took up Gerard as
a protege. Five years later when the
former died he left Gerard largo
business, nnd the emotions and Im
pulses of the lutter drifted Into the
mature experience of the successful
business man.
"Tho strap has brought me luck
many a time," meditated Gerard. "But
for It I would never have left home,
but for It I would have lost my life
at tho hotel fire. What a wild hater
I was of old John Warner In those
dnys, and I wonder what has become
of little Ellle."
One day there came to his desk
a young lady. Diffidently she told that
she had applied for n position to the
manager subject to the approval of
bis einployor. As Gerard looked up
the past suddenly burst upon his as
tonished vision. Then the nppllcant
started and the light of recognition
came Into her face.
Gerard gently spoke her nnme nnd
took her hand. How lovely hod Eflle
grown I He encouraged her to talk,
not as to a prospective employer, but
to her friend. It wns a wearisome
story of struggle and toll and loss that
Eflle recited. "It has been bad luck
for poor father," she said. "He Is all
broken inw, and' we are both depend
ent upon my efforts for a livelihood."
"It seems flint I have bad all the
luck," mused Gerard Massey, alone In
his room that night. "Did It not all
come from that leather strap7 And
Eflle Is more sweet and lovoly than
over."
And he bad a vision that came true
the sharing of that fuck with hlf.
boyhood's dearest friend.
'ftTQUi ; 1 0:21 ?niiis:iaa3
BROUGHT STRIKERS TO TERMS
African Explorer Put Hl Wits to Boar
In Controversy With Obstrep
erous Paddlers,
Although the plan Is not capable of
wide application, tho tale of a strike
In central Africa, told by an exploring
momber of the English Boynl Anthro
pological Institute, Is pleasant reading
for tho promptness with which tho
matter was settled. Tho explorer wns
Journeying by water and, coming to
an African village where he needed a
new relay of paddlors, ho found that
nil the available paddlers had "struck,"
not for higher wages hut against any
paddling whntevor. The expedition
was held up, and tho men who refused
to paddle stood apart and evidently
considered the plight of tho explorer
a matter of considerable unsympa
thetic amusement. The explorer, how
ever, thought ho saw a way out Ho
asked some of tho women of the vil
lage to come aboard his boat and sell
him tpod; nnd as soon ns several of
them were on hoard ho unfastened tho
hawser, the bont swung out from tho
shore and began to travel with tho
current. Ashoro and afloat anxiety
followed. Presently tho men who had
refused to paddle the explorer were
paddling their own llttlo canoes In
pursuit and volubly demanding the
return to their womenfolk. The lurger
craft, and presumably the armament,
of tho traveler gavo him an ndvantnge.
Ho was able to Issue on ultimatum.
No women, he said In efCect, without
paddlers, but one wonmn for every
man of tho tribe who would agree to
help paddle the expedition through tho
next stage. Tho men accepted tho
bargain; and as there were some
thirty women on tho boat the expedi
tion got Its necessary complement of
paddlers und the strike was over.
It's Upkeep that Costs.
Experts have just completed nn es
timate for the high cost of maintain
ing a rat. If you have a rat on your
premises, be Is costing you $1.82 u
year, according to these experts. They
find that one pair of rats Is directly
responsible for 050,000 more rats In
three years, the rat being a strong be
liever In the Boosevelt theory of largo
families. The damage in the United
States In one year caused by these ro
dents Is over .$100,000,000. Over 315,
000,000 in property losses Is occasion
ed each your from fires suirtcd by
rats gnawing the electric wires and
gas pipes. The rat also Is accused of
spreading disease. An Intensive cam
paign to demobilize the rat army Is
now In urocross.
PROUD OF HER FAMOUS SONS
Massachusetts Has Sent Out Many
Who Have .Done Great Things
In the World.
Not to be too Insistent and greedy,
Massachusetts and her "Old Colony"
should always file their claims to the
honor of producing men that are do
ing the new work of the world, as
well as celebrating forever the Pil
grim Fathers, writes The Listener In
the Boston Transcript. It Is no acci
dent, 110 mere coincidence, that both
the pioneers of transatlantic air trans
portation should be Massachusetts
men; tho first man to navigate an
airship from Amerlcn to England was
Commander Bead, whose boyhood's
home was South llnnson, Mass., nnd
the first engineer to carry the big
street traffic of New York city under
the Hudson river Is CHlTord M. Hoi
hind, born at Somerset, Bristol county,
thlrty-ix years ago. Both upper air
nnd subterranean problems have
brought laurels to boys of tho Old Col
ony public schools. To be sure. Com
minuter Head's education was com
pleted nt Annnpolls Naval academy,
and Mr. Holland's at Harvard univer
sity, where he graduated In 1000. But
there must be something In the stock
nnd something In the system which
brings It to pass so often that when
great things have been done, or grent
things nro to be accomplished, nnd the
doer Is necessnrlly forced Into the spot
light of the press, nnd his antecedents
are eagerly examine!, the little old
significant abbreviation, "Mass.," Is
apt to appear In collection with some
little town us his birthplace.
I) US. STATES & STATES
' Chiropractors
ft, 0, 7 Building & Lonn Building.
Oftlco Phono 70. Res. Phono 1242
Supply Gas Deficiency.
It Is expected that In the near fu
ture artificial gas for heating purposes
will he substituted laruely for natural
gas la the Pittsburgh nnd other dis
tricts, where a considerable shortago
In the supply of natural gas has de
veloped. This was the prediction
made at a conference held recently un
der the auspices of the Public Service
Commission In Pittsburgh. The Phil
adelphia company, which has been a
largo supplier of nutural gas for many
years, If Is stated, Is, now prepared td
supply 7,000,000 cubic feet of artificial
gas a day, and expects In the near fu
ture to be able to supply JIO.OOO.OOO
cubic feet of artificial gas a day.
"He discovered the seedless raisin."
"That's nothing. A bigger discov
ery than that was made by the mun
who found what u kick the rvilalu
would put in soft drink." -
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100 West Sixth Street
NOItTH PLATTE, NEBR.
Phono 210
AUTO CURTAINS AUTO TOPS
Big Price for Furs,
Don"t sell your Furs before see
ing me. Furs are high and I
am ollbring the top prices.
L. LIPSHITZ.
W. T. 1'JirrciIAUl),
Graduate Veterinarian
Ex-aovornmont Veterinarian and ox
nsslatant deputy State Veterinarian
Hospital 815 South Ylno Street.
HoBpltal Phono Black 633
Houso Phono Black 633
NOTICE.
To Stephen Plrkoy nnd Mrs. Stoph
en Plrkoy, his wlfo, M&t and roa.1
linnio unknown, their heirs, dovlsecs,
logatooB, porsonal roprosontatlvos,
nnd nil persons interested la tho oa-i
tatea of tho Bald Stephen Plrkoy, and
Mrs. Stephen Plrkoy, his wlfo, or eith
er of them; James B. Tumor and Mrs.
.Tamos B. Turner, his wlfo, II rat and
real nnmo unknown, their holrs, dovl
secs, logatcos, porsonal roprosonta
tlvos, and all othor porsons Inter
ested In tho estates of tho said James
B. Turner nnd Mrs. Jnmos B. Tumor,
his wlfo, or either of thorn, and tho
Northeast Quartor (NB4) of Section
Ton (10), nnd the Northwost Quarter
(NW14) of Soctlon Eleven (11), all
In TowiiHhlp Elovon (11) North,
Itango Thlrty-throo (33), west of tho
Gth P. M., Lincoln county, Nohrnaka,
and all porsons claiming nny Inter
est of any kind in snld real estate or
any part thereof, dofondants:
You and each of you and said nhovo
dopcrlhed real estnto aro horohy noti
fied that Benjamin B. Simmons,
plaintiff, filed his petition in tho dis
trict court In and for Lincoln county,
NchraBka, against you and each of
you 'and ngnlnst said real ostato on
tho 28th day of Novomhor, 1019;
nlnt.i.irr .i1t.w.n t.. 1.1.. w.titiH . 1. l
Iii.iiii.iil tmuftun 111 urn iiuuiiuu mm
no is 1110 ice simpio owner of said uo
scrlbod real ostato; that Stephen
Plrkoy and Mrs. Stephen Plrkoy, Ills
wife, claim sonio right, title or ostato
In and to tho South Half (SVj) of tho
Northwost Quartor (NW) of Section
Elovon (11), and tho Northeast Quar
tor (NE4) of Soctlon Ton (10), all In
Township Elovon (11) North, Ilango
Thlrty-threo (33) wost of tho Gth P
M., Lincoln county, Nohrnaka, by rea
son of a certain niortgago executed by
John I. OrrIs6n and wlfo, AHco G.
Orrlson, which appears of rocord In
tho office of tho county, clerk of Lin
coln county, Nebraska, and recorded
In Book "40" of mortgages, nt pago
59G, but plaintiff allegos that said
dobt for which said mortgage was
given has boon paid, but no rolcaso
has ever boon vou, and that tho
said Stephen Plrkoy and tho Bald Mrs.
Stephen Plrkoy, his wlfo, thqlr holrs.
dovlsecs, logatcos, porsonal roproson
tatlvos and all othor pqrsons Inter
ested In their estates, 6r cither of
them, hnvo no right, title or Interost
In and to aaid doscrlbed real estate
and Haiti niortgago should ho re
leased. Plaintiff furthor alleges that
ho is tho ownor In feo simpio and in
possession of tho said Northwest
Quartor (NV&) of Soctlon Eleven
(11), in Township Elovon (11) North,
Itango Thlrty-threo (33), west of tho
Gth P. M., Lincoln county, Nebraska,
and that plaintiff and his grantors
hnvo boon in tho open, continuous nnd
advorso possession of tho snmo as
against tho dofondants and as against
all porsons claiming by or through
tlio defendants and each of thorn and
against tho whole world for moro
than ton years last past, and that by
reason thereof, nny claims of tho do
fondants nnd each of them nro bnrrcd
by tho statuto of limitations, ,iuid tho
dofondants nnd each of them havo no
right, title or Interest in and to said
renl ostato.
Tho object and prayer of plaintiff's
petition is to quiot title in and to all
of said' described real estate, and to
exclude oach and all of the dofondants
from nny right, title, interest In nnd
to said lands and for such othor rellof
as may bo just and equitable
ou and oach of you nro horoby no
tified that you must nnswer said peti
tion on or bofore tho 12th day of Jan
uary, 1920, or decreo and Judgment
will bo taken and ontored ngalnst you.
BENJAMIN B. SIMMONS,
d2-d2G Plaintiff
By Geo, N. Glbbs, His Attorney.
REPRESENTATIVES AND DEALERS WANTED,
RENULIFE ELECTRIC CO.
3rd Floor Patterson Block, Omaha, Nebr.
Notice to Creditors
Estate No. 1G7G of James C. Ponnlng
ton, docensod, in tho County Court
of Lincoln County, Nobraska,
Tho Stato of Nobraska, bs". Credit
ors of said ostato will take notico that
tho tlmo limited for presentation nnd
filing of claims against said ostato is
April 9th, 1920, and for Bottloment of
said ostato Is Novomhor 1st, 1920, that
I will sit nt tho county court room In
said county on January 9th, 1920, nt
9 o'clock a. m., nnd on April 9th, 1920,
at 9 o'clock n. m to rocolyo, examine
hoar, allow, or ndjust nil claims and
objections duly filed.
(SEAL) WM. II. C. WOODIIURST,
d9J2 County Judge
