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To the Farmers of Holt County.
We have made arrangements with
and appointed Jas. F. O’Donnell,
'cashier of the Nebraska State Bank at
O’Neill, Nebr., to assist informing a
National Farm Loan Association in
this vicinity.
We have furnished Mr. O’Donnell
with application blanks for taking ap
plications, and general instructions
for completing the organization.
We wish to give every farmer in
Holt County the opportunity to obtain
his loan through The Federal Land
Bank. Those desiring loans should
make application to Mr. O’Donnell at
the earliest opportunity. When ten
or more applications are received a
meeting will be called to complete the
organization.
We are prepared to close loans
promptly at five per cent interest and
on good terms. Liberal options of
payment.
The Federal Land Bank of Omaha,
D. P. HOGAN, President.
HAMMOND TEULS ABOUT WAR
Declares America Must Recognizs
Magnitude of the Task.
State Journal: “We must realize
the magnitude of the task of war.
France is exerting herself to the ut
most. If she could, she would do
■ \ more. So it becomes necessary for us
/to go the rest of the way,” said Ross
J L. Hammond, Fremont editor, speak
/ ing before a large Lincoln audience at
f the St. Paul church Thursday night.
The speaker went into details of the
year, covering the ground from the
beginning of the great struggle to
the possible conclusion. He talked
long and earnestly. He touched upon
the aftermath of the war, the world
conference following a peace, not for
getting to bring into his address the
German language question.
The program included much patriot
ic formality. The university cadet
band furnished music from the plat
form, with the assistance of the colon
ial fife and drum corps. State officials
were on the platform. The audience
was surrounded with a display of flags
and bunting. The doors of the church
were open at 7 o’clock and shortly
afterward the crowd began coming.
At 7:45 all the lower floor and much
of the balcony were filled. At the time
in step with music, the Lincoln home
.guards filed in. The crowd arose
and cheered.
Mayor Miller presided. Following
selections by the cadet band and the
drum corps, the chairman pesented
Charles Matson. He spoke briefly
upon the war savings program. He
emphasized the ease and showed the
way by which all people can do their
part. He showed how it was an in
ducement to not only help the govern
ment in a time of great stress, but
also one by which all could save. It
\ was explained to be one of the best
opportunities of the kind that has ever
been offered by any government to
» any people. '
• An Unselfish War.
< In introducing Mr. Hammond, Mayor
Miller said that the present war is one
of the most unselfish of wars, that we
were fighing to be let alone. “It
matters not the cost, we are going to
see it through, and we will win. Never
in the country’s history has a war
been so popular with the people,” the
chairman said.
^ In his talk, Mr. Hammond said that
he came from the battle line in France
and Belgium. From a scene that still
persisted to ring in his ears; the bomb
ing of huge guns, the bursting of
•fells, the spatter of rifles and whirl
of the ueroplanes. Visions of moving
armies, the dead on the field and hospi
tals filled with the wounded still lived
in his vision. “I have been a witness to
proceedings which no toungue nor pen
can adaquately describe,” he said.
Respecting the veracity of the news
distributing agency, the Associated
Press, the speaker had this to say-:
“When you see a report to the effect
that an armed army has done this or
has done that, the report is true. I
have been over some fifteen hundred
square miles of reconquered territory.
The press correspondents who have
been furnishing you with these reports
are themselves valuable soldiers. It
is their duty to go into the trenches
and share the rain of fire and the de
privations of the trench soldier.”
Respecting the journey across the
sea, Mr. Hammond said that now it
was extremely difficult to get permis
sion to go “over there" since the gov
ernment has so effectively comman
deered shipping facilities. He told of
his journey across the sea. The boat
did not sail on the scheduled day and
even then it did not put out to sea
until darkness. Before starting ex
traordinary safety measures were
taken. All of the blinds wee pulled
down so that not a single ray of light
might come from the -windows or be
tray the ship presence to an enemy.
The boat was a floating personfication
of the camouflage. Everything was
purposely arranged to lead the optical
effect of causing the ship to blend
from a distance into the sea and sky.
He talked with the gunners on board.
They were mere youths of soliders
who came to the defense of their
country from every part of the land,
from the farm, town and city. The
sea is an object to create terror in
itself, he said. Add to this the fright
that comes from the thought of the
German sub-sea boat and one may be
able to realize the feeling in crossing
which one experiences. Though no
particular misadventure attended the
trip either across or back, he con
fessed that of all incidents in the cycle
of his travels, the dread of the sub
marine struck the greatest terror to
his heart. When he said that we would
no doubt be successf ul in driving the
submarine from the sea, he was ap
plauded.
Passes by Lifeboat.
On the journey across the ship
passed a lifeboat filled with victims of
a submarine attack. Though it seem
ed inhuman, it was impossible to stop
and pick them up, for it is a tenet of
the sea for the submarine to lurk for
a time in the neighborhood where a
torpedo has done its work. And then
it has often been the case for the Ger
mans to send out lifeboats as a decoy
to come in contact with enemy ships.
“At this time England is in dark
ness,” said Mr. Hammond. “Particu
larly at this season of the year the
land is in darkness. It is now the law
of that country that no lights what
ever can be burned at night. Never
did that nation raise more heroic
countrymen than now.”
The speaker described hospitals in
England where shattered fragments of
men are being restored to a physically
normal condition. He spoke of the
surgical ingenuity in those hospitals
as being little short of marvelous.
Men are supplied with artificial limbs,
arms and hands. He and his party
while at one of the hospitals became
engaged in controversy as to one of
the patients. One man contended that
a certain disabled soldier had a left
artificial leg. Another one of the party
argued that it was the right leg which
was artificial. An attendant was ask
ed to set them right. “You are both
correct,” the attendant said: “both
are phony.”
“God bless the women of England
and France as well as those of
America,” Mr. Hammond said. “The
women of England are showing
infinite patience. Women of every de
gree share the honors. Social strata
has passed away and all have joined
hands on a common level.” He em
phasized the fact that England was
doing her part in the war. “We have
not always agreed with her, but for
over a hundred years we have been as
one together.” He said that it was the
British that stand between America
and the danger of attacks from the
sea. “The English fleet is the pro
tector of our coast-line, the most won
derful fleet the world has ever seen,”
he declared.
A City of Mourning.
Regarding Paris, he referred to the
city as one in mourning. Once the
gayest city of the world, it is now the
city of crepe. Paris sets the style for
the world and now in all France they
are wearing black. Mr. Hammond
left Paris by automobile for the bat
tlefield. Eighteen miles out of Pari
the attention of the party was called
to a point where the great invading
army of the Germans had been check
ed. He said he could not but
wonder at the time at the miracle
which had checked the Huns
after sweeping so irrisistibly
through Belgium. One man ven
tured the opinion that God must be the
answer. A French officer who was
present said that undoubtedly that
might be the case, but he believed the
French army had something to do
with it.
Apropos of the bravery displayed by
the French at that time when the Ger
mans swept down in five mighty di
visions, he alluded to the commander
of the French forces as “brave old
General Joffre.” In that battle, just
eighteen miles out of Paris, the
French general instructed his soldiers
to either “stand or die.” “They stood
staunch in<|that battle which saved the
liberty of the world,” the speaker said.
“Ever since that day the Germans
have been beaten back. It is a slow
process, to be sure, but it is a certan
one, none the less.”
Thrilled by Battlefield.
The first sight of a battlefield was
indescribably thrilling. Mr. Hammond
had been under the impression that
France had been drained of all her
men. All of- the soldiers at the guns
seemed mature. It occurred to him
for a moment that perhaps all* of the
young men had not been drained. But
an after-thought brought to him the
knowledge that the men were really
young but had aged considerably by
virtue of the terrible work in which
they were engaged. He told of a bat
tle lasting into eight days where over
a hundred million dollars worth of
ammunition were huled at the enemy.
He described his visit to the cathedral
at Rheims. Here one of the most mas
sive and monumental structures of the
earth, with its beautiful stained art
glass windows, its adorned columns,
had been leveled to the ground. Over
three hundred shells had struck it. He
met an old cardinal who throughout
the intense shelling had remained
faithful at his post of duty.
Mr. Hammond spoke of Verdun as
the greatest battle of history. The
siege lasted into ten months. Before
the war a city of some 50,000 people,
it is now without a single citizen.
Not a bat nor an owl can be found.
The city is reduced to a heap of dust
and mortar. Because of its military
value the crown prince had expected
to capture it and thus win for himself
unparalled fame. One thousand seven
hundred German guns played havoc
with the city from a single large hill.
The soil is literally churned up to a
depth of forty feet. Three hundred
thousand French soldiers are here said
to have lost their lives. He said that
the churned ground was so filled with
the shattered bodies of men that he
believed a chemical analysis of the
soil would show it to be 50 per cent
human flesh. He explained that such
a battle as this is not to be taken as a
criterion of the entire war for the
basing of mortality. For a period of
three years he said that French and
English statistics showed an averasc
death-rate of a little better than 5 per
cent.
He was a witness to one battle where
a French battery was hurling shells
over his head into enemy ranks. Far
away the distant rumble of the Ger
man guns struck his ear, while smoke
from the breaking shrapnel rose sky
ward. Not a man could be seen, yet
the ground was literally filled with
men. The old familiar picture of the
general with his staff in one corner
directing the various troop movements,
the plunging attacks in the open, is no
more, he said. Instead of the com
mander being upon a horse, he takes
a position in the trench and gives in
structions by telephone. It is a war
without music, flags or pennents.
Praises American Soldiers.
Mr. Hammond visited the American
headquarters. He said that the boys
of Uncle Sam appeared just a trifle
more soldiery than any nationality he
had seen. Speaking of General Per
shing he said the American com
mander had been capably discharging
the duties of the pre-eminent authority
with which he is invested. He was
certain before the end to write his
name on the curtain of fame.
“We must realize the magnitude of
the task ahead,” he said. “France is
doing her utmost. If she could do
more, she would. Therefore, it ia
necessary for us to buckle down to the
task. We must be patient and not ex-'
pect miracles performed since the task
of carrying on the war is a herculean
one.”
He told of watching the allied
armies bringing up supplies. They
first come to a point by way of steam
engines. The supplies are then trans
ferred to gasoline vehicles that do not
thus reveal their movements by
smoke, and lastly it is carried to the
scene of action on a narrowgauge
railway, the cars being pushed by
hand. In the desolated regions of
war he came across an old man and
woman whose home had been ruined
by shell fire. Three sons had been
killed in battle. German soldiers had
entered the home, ravished the daugh
ters and carried them away. At an
other instance when a French bomb
had driven a German detachment from
a dugout, an English soldier had stood
near the door and as one by one over
a dozen of the Teutons staggered out
for air, their heads were severed from
their bodies with an ax.
Party Meets King Albert.
The party moved into Belgium and
met King Albert. The country now
consists of from eight to twenty
square miles in area. Mr. Hammond
said King Albert seemed every inch a
j king. On the question of German
atrocities, he said that he had met
Australian soldiers who attested to
the truth that Belgium children had
been deprived of their hands and arms.
In a talk with Brand Whitlock he was
told that people, many of them small
children, were lined up and shot
simply 'because they were Belgians.
Eight thousand five hundred civilians
had been killed intentionally by Ger
man gas when the allies forced an
evacuation of a town. He said Ger
many is taking pains to have the
world know that ‘ruthlessness’ is her
policy of warfare.
“What does the war mean ? we ask.
Who is responsible? What is it for?
It is merely a war of two forces. The
Germans believe in autocracy, in the
divine right of kings. The ruling
dynasts have taught this to the people
until they now believe it themselves.
We believe that the people should rule.
They believe that the people ought to
be ruled. The intellectuals of Ger
many have always taught autocracy.
The press, the schools, the pulpit and
every educational agency at the in
stance of the ruling powers have
driven it into the people.” said Mr.
Hammond. In referring to the public
schools as the best agencies of democ
racy, he took occasion to say if he had
his way every foreign language school,
and every foreign language news
paper would be abolished. The crowd
cheered him roundly. One man in the
crowd shouted: “You're right."
Farmers Are With President Wilson.
Omaha, Neb., December 22.—The
criticism which has been aimed at the
farmers, accusing them of being out
of sympathy writh the government’s
war program, was disproved again at
the recent meeting of the Nebraska
Farmers’ Congress in Omaha. It was
the first meeting of farmers since the
promulgation of President Wilson's
recent message to congress, and many
were interested in learning where the
farmers stand on the vital questions
of the hour, including representatives
of the government.
The deliberations of the congress
were devoted almost exclusively to
war-time problems. It seemed as
though the farmers had come to
Omaha to find out how they could help
Uncle Sam to win the war, gnd they
found plenty of expert advisers.
The concluding session of the con
gress was in many respects the most
interesting because it was devoted to
a round table discussion of the resolur
tions which had been introduced. Tlye
resolution on price fixing was the
hardest one to draft. There were a
few who wished to petition the govern
ment to abandon price fixing and al
low the law of supply and demand to
prevail. Their lack of numbers was
offset by their earnestness.
The price fixing resolution finally
adopted by a large majority was to
the effect that since the government
had set the price on some of the
farmers products it should on the rest
and also on all other commodities,
| partcularly those which the farmer
has to purchase. In this respect the
farmers were directly in line with
President Wilson’s own suggestion.
The congress decided to hold its next
meeting in Omaha.
Officer—The Guardhouse.
Soldiers have to do their own mend
ing, and the thoughtful war office sup
plies them with outfits for that pur
pose.
On the occasion of a recent kit in?
spection, says the Journal of the
American Medical Association, the
recruits stood lined up ready for the
officer, and the officer had his bad
temper all complete. He marched
up and down the line, grimly eying
each man’s bundle of needles and soft
soap, and then he singled out Private
MacTootle as the man who was to
receive his attentions.
“Tooth-brush?” he roared,
“Yes, sir.”
“Razor?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Hold-all?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Hm! You're all right, appar
ently,” growled the officer. Then he
barked, “Housewife?”
“Oh, very well, thank you,” said the
recruit, amiably; “how’s yours?”
I Two Bits a Day I
jj Keepsthe Wolf Away I
The old year is about gone. It’s a good time to look in your pocket book
and your bank book and see if you have made every day count. Maybe you
9 are not satisfied with your profits the last year. If you did not save this year
I where will you be next year. The nickels, dimes and dollars you wasted would
have made a good balance on the right side of the book. Notice the smiles on ;
my customers’faces. Their bins are full of coal. They have flour, sugar, cloth- fea
ing. They have no collectors ringing their doorbells. They have a little ahead
I to start the New Year with. Why don’t you join them the next year. The big- 11
ger business I have the cheaper you get the goods. Follow the crowd. If you I
are a month behind go to the bank. If you are good at a credit store you are
good at the bank. The credit stores won’t give goods to you or anyone else if /
you were really down and out. You don’t owe them nothing. They charged
you good for the credit they gave—ten times as much as a bank. Get money.
Buy for cash—save money and this time next year you will be one of my
prosperous, satisfied customers. If you stick to this store, I will insure you a
Prosperous and Happy New Year. Always put your money on a winner. i
BIG CUT IN GROCERIES.
2 sr.06c
3—10c Bars 9 1 P
Toilet Soap . 1 u
10c Shaving fifip
10c fifip
Sardines . uuu
10c Scouring fifiP
Powder . uuw
10c Washing fiRp
Powders . UUU
2 Bars Laundry H7p
Soap . UIO
25c Bottles 1 9 P
Bluing . 1
10c Boxes ACa
Crackers . UUO
15c Cans A7 a
Lye . VI v
10c Boxes AC a
Starch . UUU
30c Coffee, 10a
not mouldy, . lUw
10c Corn A 7 a
Flakes . U • **
10c Lamp AC a
Chimneys ..'. UUO
10c Baking AC a
Powder . UUO
10c A 7 a
Milk . Ul **
20c 1 1 -
Catsup . Ill#
35c 01a
Catsup . fc I l#
35c 01 a
Oatmeal . I I#
30c 1 Q a
Salmon . I
50c 90 a
Crisco . UJO
Oleo 9/| a
Margarine . u*tl#
Pickled Pigs AQp
Feet . Uuli
Oyster Shells, _
per pound . II I l»
Oyster Shells, Qfl«
per hundred weight. ullli
20c • • 19.r
Raisins . IOl»
DRY GOODS.
Don’t forget last year S. R. &
Co’s. Blankets were 12 inches
Shorter, 6 inches Narrower, 1
pound Lighter and almost 75c
each, Higher. Remember there
is a difference between actual
weight and shipping weight.
12Calico . 09C
/CThread . 04C
25c IQ.
Stockings . I UC
2°St<Sckings . 14C
16Mittens . 09C
BRAID AND LACES.
12&..08c
10c Talcum QP.
Powder . UOC
25c Sewing Machine 1 C«
oil. I DC
60c Black QRr»
Bloomers . OUu
Onions, fMp
Onions CO OK
per bushel .
Cabbage, fMp
Cabbage, 91
per hundred weight .u 2 u
HARDWARE.
Adrondack Toasters, (17.
Regular 15, 25c toasters UI U
Aluminum Soup 1 1
Strainers, worth 35c,.... I I C
HORSE BLANKETS.
$2.00 QC
Sleds . $liOW
50c and 75c Scissors,
This is the old price OR a
on scissors. fcUU
2—5c Boxes HCa
Tacks . UDC
6 Mouse AO «
Traps ....... U*lC
50c and 75c Q7a
Washboards . 0 I C
$1.50 OC
Brooms . OO G
$1-25 7Ra
$1.25 Oyster QAa
Shells . OUC
$L50 QQ,,
Lanterns . uUu
35c Oil 10a
Cans . I UC
SHOES.
Foot Shutze Shoes
Fit the Feet.
Try Them.
Day by Day I am gradually
getting the best line of goods
sold in this part of the country.
E. C. Simmons says: “Quality
remain long after the price is
forgotten. I have both high
Quality and Low prices.
, FLOUR.
George—You know what Dave
Gimmel said: “Man born in Ne
braska—Ms days will be long
and full of Sandburs.”
I John Brennan,O’NeillJ
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We are buying Furs, paying big prices. Also
special price for Hides. Come to see us first. We
buy Iron and as we have a contract to deliver 100 I
tons we will pay from $8.00 to $10.00 per ton, de
livered before December 20. We are located on *
Fourth street just south of the Bazelman lumber
yard.
O’Neill - - Nebraska
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