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WHAT YOUR
DOLLARS DO
One Hundred Cents* Worth
of Mercy and Relief for
Every War Fund Dollar.
Your Red Cross dollars—every cent
of every Red Cross dollar—actually
relieves suffering—actually goes as
you give It, for war relief. Not ono
cent of any contribution goes Into
Red Cross administration expenses—
the overhead of War Fund adminis
tration Is more than covered by the
Interest accruing from the hanking of
the funds. All relief work not per
taining to the war Is amply covered
by the normul revenues of the Red
Cross through membership dues.
Your answer to humanity’s cry—
your donation to war relief—includes
not only the care and restoration of
the wounded. It Is a mission of mercy
to the famished, the homeless and
helpless, the lame, the halt, and tha
blind—all the victims of war that ap
peal to the heart of mankind.
The relief of Invalided soldiers, re
lief of the mutilated and blind, train
ing of crippled soldiers for useful pur
suits—relief service for the care and
revival of soldiers on furlough from
the front—relief of children through
out devastated territory—relief of de
pendent families of soldiers—relief to
prisoners In Germany—relief among
repatriated people returning to France
—children’s refuges and hospitals—
these are among the divisions of or
ganized work that carries practical nld
to Its every object In a wide field of
activity. Its scope embraces Russia,
Roumanla, Serbia, Italy and Armenia
—besides the great field of France.
Your donation makes this great mis
sion of mercy your own.
The Red Cross carries 100 cents'
worth of aid for every dollar donated.
THIS IS THE TRUE
RED CROSS SPIRIT
A Little Story With a Big
Thought in It.
A month ago the lted Cross chapter
In Bay City, Mich., received a hurry
up call for 150 dunnage bags. Troops
were about to move, and through an
oversight tlielr equipment was not
complete. The bags had to be made
and sent within 48 hours. A request
for help was sent over the town, and
the stores were searched successfully
for the right materials. Among those
who quickly responded and came to
the chapter workrooms to help were
two little girls, sisters, about ten and
twelve years of age, each eager to lend
a hand and do something for tho boys
who were going to the front All day
long tho lingers of the women and
the little girls were fairly flying. Bag
after bag received the last stitch un
til scores were plied up ready for
shipment Closing time came, and the
woman superintending the making of
the bags counted those completed and
announced that if every one of the
workers could come early the next
morning and work all day the bags
would surely be finished In time for
shipping by evening. Two crestfallen
little girls, the little sisters, were wait
ing for her at the door as she de
parted.
Red Cross Dunnage Bags.
"We are awfully sorry, ma’am,” said
the older of the two, "but we can't
come back tomorrow. You see tomor
row we have to—” And, without fin
ishing the sentence, she looked back
wistfully at the pile of bags.
“It is too bad you can’t come back,™
said the superintendent, “but I want
to thank you, and we all thank you,
for the work you’ve done today. You
two have been a wonderful help, and
that pile of bags wouldn’t be nearly so
big If you hadn’t been here. Good
night”
The next morning when the super
intendent came down to unlock tho
workrooms for the day she was aston
ished to see the two little girls stand
ing In the cold by the locked door.
“Oh, I’m so glad to see you I” she
said. “I thought you said you couldn’t
come?”
“Oh, we knew those lted Cross bags
Just had to be finished for the sol
diers,” exclaimed the little one, with
glistening eyes, “and we got up at
three o’clock this morning and got the
washing done early I”
SUPPLYING FRENCH HOSPITALS.
The Red Cross hospital supply serv
ice in France has 1C warehouses filled
with drugs, medicines, surgical Instru
ments and dressings. It serves 3,428
French military hospitals.
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THE ENEMY !
WE MUST MEET!
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By William Allen White
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(Mr. White, editor, author and King ol
the war and all of Its many angles while
on an extended visit to the various battle
lines pf the Allied armies.)
Back of the German lines every
ounce of food is conserved, and dis
tributed with fairly equitable pre
cision; every yard of cloth Is nuim
bored and is entered into the wan
strength of the empire. Every penny
weight of German coal is handled
with scientific care, and the one end
and aim of all this autocratic control
of food and clothing and heat is the
winning of the war. There is no othei
purpose in the German mind. Every
German mark is a Gorman soldier;
every grain of gold is doing its full
share to work out that indomitable
purpose.
Here in America we must realize
that tliq war will not be won on any
front, but In our own hearts. This is
a clash of clvilizaflons. We must de
velop in our hearts a democratic pur
pose as strong and as carefully direct
ed as this autocratic purpose of Ger
many. We, too, must make soldiers
cf our corn stalks, make defenders of
our wool and cotton and silk, make
every pound of coal an American
pound, and wo must make bullets oi
our pennies. If we fail to develop this
democratic purpose in the eye to eye,
lined to knee, hand to hand, struggle
on the front, which, after all, only
reflects the strength of our convic
tion, then our civilization will go
down. To fail to support our soldiers
with ammunition, with food, with
clothing, with coal, will weaken them
for the great conflict at the great fo
ment, and that weakening will come
from our hearts at home. It will
come if wo are slow with our finan
cial support of the men. The Liberty
Loan furnishes us with the only way
wo home-stayers cam practically show
our purpose. Our patriotism will be
measured by our performance toward
tho Liberty Loan. What we lend to
our country in this time of need will
measure our love of the freedom our
fathers bought. It Is at stake. The
autocratic purpose of Germany, iron
willed and yet unbroken, aimed at
world conquest is threatening us.
What is freedom worth to you? It is
worth what you lend to your govern
ment in this hour of its awful need.
Your Choice I
bonds or
bondage?
Will you lend your
money and be free -
or
hoard it now and pc\y
it out in Tribute when
Liberty is lost ?
IS AMERICA AWAKE?
As much as lias been said and writ
ten in America about the World-War
in Europe, it is doubtful if America is
yet awake.
A man who returned from Europe
six months ago, said, “The farmers of
America are feeding to their cattle
today better food than millions of
people in Germany and Austria have
had a"t times. These people whose
governments are fighting us are sub
sisting on cow beets anil straw bread.
All Europe is short-rationed and
hungry.
This is our war from now on. What
happens in Europe is America’s deep
est concern. There is not enough food
in the world. Either our soldiers must
skimp their rations or we must skimp
ours: either they must do without
some necessities or we must do with
out some of our luxuries.
Which shall it be?
Count on the Tomorrows. What
will your business be worth if we
should lose the war tomorrow? What
would you give for a farm in Russia
today? What would you give for a
farm in America if conditions were
such as they are in Russia today?
Help produce, help conserve, and help
fight by buying Liberty Bonds, foi
“he also fights who helps a fighter
fight."
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57 STEPS
To help save coal until the end
of the war, this store will
sell Coal Oil at cost, or the
same as we pay the Stand
ard Oil Company for it. 1 QJL«
Why pay more ? Gallon I 3 2 b
5—15c Cans P. A., Tuxedo,
Lucky Strike . 31b
5—15c Cuts Spearhead, Peiper
Heidsick in Tin EE a
packages . 33b
10—10c Cans Shoe CHi*
Compare our 22c Coffee with other’s
27c and 30c Coffee.
Cofree, CO 10
10 pounds lots yti I 3
1 Pound Green QQ»
Tea . tub
3—10c Alma Dee 1 Rf»
7-5c 9E«
Cigars . tUb
G Boxes 7c
Matches. £.11/
12 Bars 10c Cocoanut “Oil 67c
10 Pounds Fancy Head Cl OO
Rice .
35c Pound Mixed Candy, 1rt_
pound . I Ub
3 Pounds 30c E 1 «
Cookies .3 1b
15c Bars Trilby 08c
It took cash buying and selling to
make possible the prices named in
this ad.
Big Dollar Value Men’s Eft a
Straw Hats .’.. 3Ub
$18.00 Men’s Palm Beach CIO ftft
and Kool Kloth Suits y 1 3«UU
$2.00 Sport Style Soft, QQp
$3.00 Sport Style Soft, Cl QQ
Men’s Shirts . y I iO3
$3.50 Jacquard Figured Union
Silk Pongee Men’s Shirts, Cl Aft
French turn back cuffs .... y I i*Tw
$2.00 High Linked Collar, Plain
Percale, Soft Finish, Oft.
Men’s Shirts ... 33b
$1.00 Men’s Fancy 49c
$2.00 Men’s Union Suits, Short
Sleeves, ankle length, covered
seams, pearl buttons, closed
crotch, sloped shoulders, QQ —
curved armholes, per suit ... 33b
You might as well try to grow
roses on a snow shovel as to try to
make an inaccurately fitting suit of
clothes look smart and becoming.
A Royal Suit fits the body, it
covers because it is drafted to every
fit—deciding dimension of that body.
PRICES $18.50 to $30.00.
“MELVIN”
SELLS FOR LESS
I WRITE INSURANCE ON ALL
kinds of farm and city property at
the lowest possible rates for first class
insurance. Stock, hail and auto in
surance a specialty. I adjust all
losses promptly, no waiting for state
adjusters. Write or phone me your
wants and I will write your insurance
or adjust your loss without further
trouble to you.—S. F. McNichols,
O’Neill. 50-13p
Entered the Service June 15.
The following young men left last
Saturday morning, on the early
train, for Lincoln, where they entered
the State University for special
training: Dean A. Streeter, Page;
Glenn E. McClurg, Dustin; Orton N.
Young, O’Neill; Ray E. Medcalf,
Bliss; Oscar A. Hagensick, O’Neill;
Floyd P. Dickover, Atkinson; Gerald
E. Miles, O’Neill; Clyde Davidson,
O’Neill; William J. Stevens, Atkinson;
Bryan Stevens, Middlebranch.
NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT
IN O’NEILL, NEB.
There has never been anything in
O’Neill with the INSTAN*T action of
simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc.,
as mixed in Adler-i-ka. ONE
SPOONFUL flushes the ENTIRE
bowel tract so completely it relieves
ANY CASE sour stomach, gas or
constipation and prevents appendi
citis. The INSTANT, pleasant action
of Adler-i-ka surprises both doctors
and patients. Gilligan & Stout, drug
gists.
WEEKLY WAR NEWS DIGEST.
Soldiers Are
Transferred ot Meet
Particular Needs
Nearly 240,000 tranfers of men
from one unit to another have been
made in Army camps as a result of
occupational qualifications determined
by investigations by the War Depart
ment committee on classification of
personnel. Recently about 4,000
transfers have taken place each week.
Through the committee organiza
tions have been built up in all Army
camps, by which enlisted men and
commissioned officers are classified
according to occupational qualifica
tions. In some camps, where as
many as 2,500 men are received daily,
forces of 200 interviewers are em
ployed to ascertain full information
regarding each man’s occupation,
education, experience, and special
qualifications.
War Department Shows
Procedure in Notifying
Relative of Casualities
Relatives of soldiers named in
casualty lists forwarded from France
ordinarily are notified within 24 hours
after receipt of the lists, according
to a statement authorized by the War
Department. A “statistical divison,”
with a staff of officers and a corps of
stonographers, gives all its time to
the maintenance of files of soldiers’
names and addresses. This division
notifies relatives.
A copy of the roster of each con
tingent sailing to join the Expedition
ary Forces is filed in card inde:
fashion, each card bearing the nami
of one soldier, his organization, an<
the name and address of parent oi
other relative or friend designated bj
him to be notified in emergency
When a casualty list is received fron
Gen. Pershing each name cabled fron
the American Expeditionary Fora
is listed with the emergency address
on file in the card index. ‘'As rapidlj
as the new list with emergency ad
dresses is built up the telegraph
clerks get duplicates. These clerks
already are supplied with blank tele
grams which require only the rela
tive’s address, name of sender, nature
of causalty and the date, and filling
in the blank spaces they get the tele
grams off as quickly as possible. In
addition to maintaining the telegraph
blanks for the sake of speed the
statistical division is supplied with
sets of form letters to be filled in and
mailed when further details are
available.
While relatives are generally in re
ceipt of information within 24 hours
after the cables are received, delays
are sometimes due to clerical errors
caused by the fact that names must
pass through so many hands in
France and in America, incorrect
emergency addresses turned in by
soldiers, removal of families to ad
dresses other than those listed, and
the occasional necessity for cabling
back to General Pershing to verify a
name or to obtain an address.
Aside from these four causes of
delay the only reason for the failure
of relatives to receive word at once is
military consideration. General Per
shing may, at his discretion, with
hold a casualty list until he is posi
tive it will have no military value
to the enemy.
Nearly All Artillery
for American Army
to be Motorized
Motorization of field artillery will
be carried to a greater extent in
the American Army than in any
other army engaged in the war. Not
only will a far greater amount of
motor equipment be provided in pro
portion to the strength of the army,
but it will be used for work where
armies now in the field depend solely
upon horse power and man power.
The Ordnance Department has suc
ceeded in developing such types of
tractors that, exclusive of the heav
iest field artillery mounted on rail
road carriages, all American artillery
will be motorized, with the exception
of some of the 3-inch gun batteries.
The problem of motorization of field
artillery is a difficult one, which ex
plain;- % hy it has not been carried
to a ;v- iter extent than has been the
case with the armies that have been
fighting in Europe for the last three
years.
The possible output of tractors for
the transport of field artillery in the
United States is practically unlimited,
whereas the supply of horses is at
present limited and is becoming more
so each month.
Radio and Buzzer
Operation Taught
hi 600 Schools
The demand for specialties in the
Army is increasing daily. Mechanics
and technicians of all kinds, including
radio and buzzer operators, are need
ed by the Signal Corps.
In nearly every large city the
Federal Board of Vocational Train
: ing, through local school authorities,
( has established schools of radio com
1 munication where men of draft age
■ who have not been called may receive
' a preliminary course in the operation
of raido and buzzer instruments.
There are about 600 of these schools
where instruction is given, usually in
the afternoon and evening. It takes
about 200 hours for a student of
average ability to obtain a speed of
20 words a minute, sending and re
ceiving. Further information regard
ing these schools may be secured from
local school authorities.
Electrical engineers and men with
good fundamental training in engi
neering or physics are particularly in
demand for Signal Corps work. Men
of satisfactory qualifications are given
three months’ training in special
schools, and have every opportunity
to take examinations leading to pro
motion.
Men who have had experience as
electrical repair men, wiremen, and
mechanics are also desired for as
signment to special schools and later
to field organizations.
Firms Are Penalized
for Violations of
Food Saving Rules
> Scores of firms throughout the
United States have been penalized for
violations of rules of the Food Ad
ministration. In some cases licenses
to operate have been suspended; in
others, contributions to the Y. M. C.
A., Red Cross, and other organi
zations have been accepted in lieu of
suspension of license.
Among the more numerous viola
tions are sales of flour without sub
stitutes; refusal to accept delivery of
foodstuffs previously ordered; opera
ting without licenses; excess sales of
sugar; carrying more than a normal
30 days’ supply of sugar; failure to
use the proper amount of flour sub
stitute in bread making; and
profiteering.
*Jor wife and child
hearth and home
p>r freedom in safety
FOR
OPTIONAL FARM
LOANS
at 5, 5*4 and 6 per cent
interest, with small com
mission, payable any in
terest date, in whole or
in part.
BUILDING AND LOAN
LOANS
on the best terms.
Farm, City, Auto, Life
and Live Stock Insurance
at the best rates.
SEE
L. G. GILLESPIE
O’Neill, Nebr.
Phone 309
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A Full Supply.
“Do you keep school supplies?”
“Yes, we have a full line of candy,
ice cream cones and chewing gum.”
ALFALFA SEED
Northwest Nebraska Dryland Seed.
Write for prices and free samples.
SCHWABE BROS.
Chadron, Nebr.
50-4p
Sickles, sections and other
parts for McCormick and Deering
mowers at catalogue house prices,
for cash only. Every part is guar
anteed to be as good as you can
buy anywhere. Let us save you
a dollar each on your sickles.
WHO?
JORDAN
OF COURSE.
Bival of The Fittest.
aeegee Tread Tires are now the only
l tires on the market made with hand
and Red Sides.
lg Diamond in color combination, have
trenuous tests of quality demanded by
;y imitated color only—Diamond quality
>licate. ' j
ith imitations!
drove on Diamonds in 1917 and previ
Diamond mileage again in such num
iries are taxed to capacity.
han Average Mileage at Less Than
5 a Diamond Distributor.
erior quality of Diamond Inner
es has never been imitated
The Diamond Rubber Co.
(Incorporated)
Black
Red Sides
fc.ccal Distribu’crs
JORDAN HARDWARE CO,
O’Neil, Nebraska