QM CHRISTMAS GREETINGS Jp y Kdj May the True Christmas Spirit be yours |m || with its full measure of Abundance, Happi ness and The Joy of Giving. Rj !A Timely Suggestion. s The complete sense of Christmas. || Peace and Pleasure comes only with a vS growing, secure Bank Account and The || j in Nebraska State Bank offers you the in- Jnj ri centive and safety. 1 v^J | j Our Door is Open to You. || NEBRASKA STATE BANK || “THE HALLMARK! STORE" £1=3 = For Jewelry such as Watches, Rings, Cuff Links, Scarf Pins, Neckwear, Etc. For Silverware, Silver Plated, Sterling, and Sheffield Hollowware. Thrift Stamps with every $5.00 purchase. 8g HU For Monogram or Single Letter Engraving, call on | JOHN W. HIBER ( THE HALLMARK JEWELER ............... NEW THINGS FOR XMAS Come to Headquarters to fit yourself out for that | glad time. The very latest and most attractive adornment and comfort are afforded by our Big Christmas Stock • • YOU WILL MAKE A MISTAKE If you prepare for Christmas before seeing our of | ferings. We can please you in quality and style and I save you money. It is a pleasure to show the goods. Come in and see them. 7 Piece Chocolate Set.$2.50 7 Piece Coffee Set .$2.15 3 Piece Individual Tea Set... 75c Individual Tea Pots.25c and up ! Sugar and Creamer...25c to $1.50 Cao\dy We have a good supply. Prices are from 20 to 35 cents a pound. Fancy Box Chocolates 40 cents a j pound. Dolls j We have a good assortment and the prices range from 10 cents to $2.50. Yours for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ABBOTT’S VARIETY STORE jf Second Door North of First National Bank. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA County Food Administration Committee. Federal Food Administrator J. M. Hunter for Holt county has announced the appointment of the food admin istration committee which will assist in the conservation of foods and the elimination of waste and hoarding in the county during the period of the war. The committee, as announced by Mr. Hunter, is composed of one member from each incorporated town and village in the county, one from each township, the editors of the news papers of the county, with Judge R. R. Dickson, chairman of the county council of defense, and County Super intendent Miss Minnie B. Miller, members at large and L. C. Peters secretary. The duties of the com mittee will be to spread the propo ganda of conservation and to assist in seeing that the regulations imposed by the Federal administration are ob served. The editors of the county, ap pointed members of the committee, also are designated, with Miss Miller, as a committee on publicity. A pbice fixing committee of five members also is to be appointed. This committee, which is composed of a retired mer chant, two retailers, a farmer and a resident of one of the towns of the county, will meet once a week, or at least once every two weeks, to fix the cash-over-the-counter prices mer chants of the county are to be per mitted to charge, and these prices will be published in all of the papers of the county as they are determined. The rules of the federal administra tion provides that the names of the price-fixing committee are not to be made public. Following is the committee: Name Township Post Office Wm. T. Hays, Atkinson, Atkinson S. W. Kelly, Atkinson, Atkinson M. Wirt Hiatt, Chambers, Chambers H. U. Hubbard, Chambers, Chambers Charles E. Harden, Cham., Chambers Calvan Allyan, Cleveland, Dustin Chas. Farquier, Conley, Bliss Henry Bausch, Coleman, Phoenix Mike Rotherham, Deloit, Clearwater S. S. Wymore, Dustin, Dustin Guy Cole, Emmet, Emmet Garry Benson, Ewing, Ewing Geo. Butler, Ewing, Ewing Fred McNally, Fairview, Amelia A. W. Chambers, Francis, Tonawanda Geo. E. Collins, Green Valley, .Atkin. T. V. Golden, Jr., Golden, Ewing M. P. Sullivan, Grattan, O’Neill Thomas Roche, Iowa, Page J. S. Jackson, Inman, Inman Chauncy Keys, Inman, Inman C. II. Derry, Josie, Josie L. G. Lambert, Lake, Martha Dan B. Perkins, McClure, Chambers Elmer Rouse, Paddock, Joy Wayne Werner, Pleasantview, Atkin. Otto Clevish, Rock Falls, O’Neill Frank Hammerberg, Sand Creek, Atk. Ghas. Mitchell, Saratoga, Badger Joseph Peter, Shamrock, O’Neill Joe Schollmeyer, Scott, Scottville, Frank E. Schofield, Sheridan, Atkin. J. B. Donohoe, Shields, O’Neill Conrad Cramer, Stuart, Stuart W. N. Coats, Stuart, Stuart J. W. Hoagland, Swan, Swan Roy Pilger, Steel Creek, Dorsey N. G. Miller, Verdigree, Page W. C. Templeton, Verdigree, Page Emmett Wertz, Willowdale, Star Fred Watson, Wyoming, Amelia D. H. Cronin, Grattan, O’Neill George Miles, Grattan, O’Neill Minnie B. Miller, At large, O’Neill Judge R. R. Dickson, At large, O’Neill SPECIALS. Electric Light Bulbs, size 25 Watts, price 25 cents. Every Ready Daylo Flashlight, large size, Special 75c. Every Ready Dry Cell Batteries, 3 for $1.00. Shot Gun Shells, 65c box. Axle Grease, 2 pails 45c. Shoe Repair Sets, 75c and $1.25. Galvonized Washtubs, heaviest grade size 2 at $2.50. Rayo Lamps with Shade and fully Nickled, $2.75. Extra Chimneys, exact fit, 20c. Extra Wicks, Rayo, 15c. Regular $2.00 Oil Cans with Pump filled, with 5 gallons Oil, $2.00. Lanterns, Large Tank and Storm Proof, regular $1.50 value at $1.00, filled. Furniture Polish, $1.00 Cans, 70c. Wizard Mops 50c with handle. Cold Blast Lantern Chimneys 10c. Number One and Two Lamp Globes 10c, 3 for 25c. Hylo Separator Oil in Can, 75c gallon. . NEIL P. BRENNAN. Will Help to Win the War. Dennis Hanley, Holt county pioneer, will do his bit in helping Uncle Sam to win the war. Age is no bar to effort, declares Mr. Hanley, who is 77 years young, and next spring he will return to the soil and actively culti vate his 350 acre farm north and west of O’Neill. Mr. Hanley retired eight or nine years ago and moved to O’Neill. “The first of March will find me back on the farm, and I am going to work just as I formerly did,” Mr. Hanley announced to some friends Tuesday. “I feel just as hearty as I did years ago and I guess I can stand farming, to help the United States, while the war lasts.” -—, - .- .i Christmas Selections OUR STORE IS LOADED THIS YEAR WITH THE CHOICEST THE MARKET AFFORDS In Holiday Goods WE HAVE RINGS OF ALL KINDS, PLAIN, STONE, DIAMOND AND SIG- 1 NET; BRACELETS, CUFF BUTTONS, WATCHES, WATCH FOBS, LOCKETS, SILVERWARE, VIOLINS AND KODAKS, ANY OF WHICH WOULD MAKE A BEAUTIFUL AND LAST ING PRESENT _ I WE ALSO CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF EASTMAN’S KODAKS Graves’ Jewelry Store j Ewing Items. From the Advocate— Walter Furley and Cyril Shaffer left the first of the week for Omaha to complete examinations for the avia tion corps. Two horses, one each donated by John Braden and Frank Linder, will be sold on main street tomorrow, Sat urday afternoon, the entire receipts of the sale to go to the Red Cross fund. Hugh and Frank Montgomery and Frank Bethea left last Saturday for Omaha to join the aviation corps. Hugh and the latter Frank were ac cepted and sent to Fort Logan, Frank Montgomery failed to pass the phy sical examination. Harold Harris, Howard Montgom ery, Ray Butler and Jay Butler went to Norfolk Monday to join some branch of the army. Jay and Howard were accepted in the aviation corps and left Wednesday for Omaha. Harold and Ray tried to get in one of two or three branches, but the former was refused on account of being too light for height and a crippled ankle, and the latter on account of hearing. Atkinson Items. From the Graphic— D. L. Jouvenat spent a few days this week with home folks in Lincoln. A brother, Victor Jouvenat, has just returned from France where he spent a number of months in the French army ambulance service. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Richards, daughter and grandson, Mrs. C. Crip pen and son, Dwayne, departed Thurs day for San Diego, California. From San Diego they will go to Pasadena where another daughter, Mrs. Henry Mathis, resides and will spend the re mainder of the winter with the Mathis family. The following young men of Atkin son, in addition to those whose names were given last week, have gone to re cruiting stations to offer their services for the war: Ernest Tesch, Joseph Kafka, Frank Weber, Harry Fuller ton, William Wilkerson, George Lin ville, William Linville, Harold Beck and Jacob Rocke. All of these apply at Omaha recruiting stations except and Jacob Rocke. All of these applied aviation section at Ft. Logan, Colo rado. A. G. Miller is at home on a few days leave from Ft. Omaha where he has joined the Signal service. Food Conservation Bits. All available wheat and meats for export had been exported by the Gov ernment up to November 1, according to Food Administrator Wattles. From now on every bit of stuffs exported will have to be saved by the Nebraska housewives and their families. With more than 243,000 signed pledge cards, Nebraska measures away above the general average for states. This response is most gratifying and shows the patriotism of the Ne braska people. Based on Nebraska’s families, numbering 294,000, the aver age is the answer to whether Ne braska’s sympathy is with the United States in its struggle for the preserva tion of Democray. With the standard bread loaf be coming effective in Omaha, the price dropped perceptibly, bakers of the metropolis selling bread at 8c for the 16 oz. loaf. Wholesalers are selling pound loaves at 7%c, unwrapped, at their places of business. Help Win the War Be patriotic. Help Win the War. Our supply of coal depends on the supply of cars and the railroad companies being able to move the cars,, and the less I the cars are tied up and the less cars that are used, that could be avoided, makes the traffic lighter and gives the railroad companies a better chance to handle the necessities that cannot be avoided. One often hears of a car of coal being on the road from four to six weeks, from the loading point to its destination. This is caused by being side tracked at some point and left until the railroad company has motive power to move it. Then why should there be flour shipped to any point where there is a mill and wheat shipped out, when either could be avoided. Just such stunts as this is the cause of your car of coal standing on some siding four and six weeks and children suffering from the cold for want of fuel. Patronize home industry and help the farmer get more money for wheat by saving shipment both ways: OUR PRICES: Flour, 48 pound sack, money back guarantee $2.75 Shorts, per hundred .... 2.60 Bran, per hundred..... 1.75 Screenings, per hundred... 2.50 Oyster Shells, per hundred.. 1.25 Oil Meal, per hundred. 3.50 We will grind rye flour next week. All wishing | to get rye flour, bring your rye the forepart of the . week. — | O’Neill Roller Mills | Help Us Serve the Nation First! We can perform our full measure of service to the na tion only when we handle the governments requests for service, for equipment and for men ahead of all private requirements. New construction to meet the increased demands upon our facilities brought about by the war has been held back by the shortage of both labor and materials. \ You can “do your bit” by asking only I doing our sitI for e