What We ‘Owe Ourselves’
When we are told that the na
tional debt has passed forty billion
dollars many people receive the in
formation calmly because their
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Monday, Aug. 14, 1939
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minds have become calloused to
the subject. Others are unable to
comprehend the enormity of the
sum, and what the growing debt
must inevitably lead to if the pres
ent economic theories of the nation
al adminisration are followed to
their logical conclusion.
Congressman Halleck, of Indi
ana, has sought to put some sig
nificance into the enormity of the
debt by making some comparisons.
First he divided the total national
debt by our total population to
find that each American, big and
little, owes $329. On this basis the
portion of the national debt which
Mr. Halleck’s native state of Indi
ana owes is $1,066,698,119.
Then Mr. Halleck reaches the
breathtaking conclusion that if all
the farmers in the Hoosier state
FRIDAY & SATURDAY. AUG, li & 12,1939
Installment Buying
On a Cash Basis
Buy a few extra cans of Superb and Morning Light
Canned Fruits and Vegetables every time you visit Coun
cil Oak ... a few extra cans at a time will soon build a
reserve for next winter and you haven't missed the
money ... a safe investment ... all indications point to
numerous price advances by the first of the year.
This Store Will Close at
11:30 A.M. Sunday
BEEF SHORT RIBS 8’2'
Table enjoyment and economy in this suggestion for a
menu change. Braised Short Ribs of Beef with new pota
toes and other fresh vegetables.
Fancy Sugar Cured
WIDE BACON 92'
PORK SPARE RIBS, Pound 9c
LARGE WHITING FISH, Pound 11c
BIG & RING BOLOGNA, Pound 13c
MACARONI & CHEESE LOAF, Lb.22c
PICKLE & PIMENTO LOAF, Lb. 22c
FRESH SIDE PORK _ 6,/2‘
Dependable Sunday .
BEEF ROASTS Found 14c—16c and.. 18*
DOLE'S PINEAPPLE
The luscious tropic goodness of field ripened Hawaiian
Pineapple sealed in the can for your enjoyment. Buy a
supply to use with Frute-Gel.
CRUSHED PINEAPPLE, 9-0z Can 7«/2c
PINEAPPLE TID-BITS, 8-0z. Can 7'/2c
FRUTE GEL 3 . _.10'
MORNING LIGHT _
EVERGREEN CORN ..,,. 7'
The dependable brand is your assurance of quality.
Buy several extra cans for next winter reserve.
Black & Tan Assorted
SANDWICH COOKIES 2 T 25'
Dainty assorted sandwich cookies. Something especial
ly nice for bridge parties and quick lunches.
“OLD COUNTRY”
DVE DDE Ah with Caraway Q*
fllL DIiLAU Pound Loaf . 0
COUNCIL OAK
DDF Ah 2‘24 0z' Loaves -.18c; Lc
DIiLAD Big Pound Loaf .—.—. 0
CRYSTALIZED JELLIES 10
A tender, high quality jelly confection in the fol
lowing delicious flavors: pineapple, orange, cherry, lem
on, mint and anise.
Try the Favorite “Breakfast of Champions”
WHEATIES P.,k.„ 10
Serve this “Breakfast of Champions” with milk or
cream and fully ripe “Unifruit” Bananas.
“Duarte” Table & Preserving
RED MEAT PLUMS 49'
These sweet, red mealed plums are conceded the
finest of all plums for jelly and preserves.
RED MALAGA GRAPES 2 Z 15
FANCY LARGE LEMONS 7 F„ 15'
“A Mighty Fine Coffee”
TACCUT COFFEE r;:“ 24'
RED BAG COFFEE .15'
Clapp's Pitpared
BABY FOOD 21*
Add to baby’s comfort during the summer months
by correct feeding. The strained or chopped Clapp’s
Baby Food as prescribed by your regular physician can
be had at Council Oak.
A liquid spray that positively exterminates flies,
“DEATH TO ALL INSECTS” Vi PINT.12c
BLACK FLAG 31*
ants and other insects. Special price for this sale.
HASKIN'S S CASTILE c.k. 4'
BLUE BARREL SOAP 2 £ _ 13
sold their lands and their buildings
and turned the total receipts into a
single fund, that fund would not
pay off Indiana’s share of the na
tional debt. The sum of $26,500,
000 would still have to be raised.
Based upon official reports from
the Treasury and the Census Bu
reau, Mr. Halleek has found that
the New Deal’s “invisible mort
gage” on Indiana amounts to 40
per cent of all the taxable proper
ty in the state, both farm and city.
It will be easy for you to figure
the amount of the national debt
which each state owes and what
this means,i if you will look at the
latest available census returns. The
figures will astound you.
“These figures impress upon ev
ery citizen the terrific burden which
the New Deal has piled up, not
only for ourselves, but for our
children for a century to come ”
Halleek said.
“Every citizen well may ask him
self if he would have approved such
a mortgage upon his property had
he been permitted to \ote directly
on the question.
“And we all may ask in good
faith, ‘Did we get our money’s
worth?”
“For a time, some of the people
consented to these large expendi
tures,” Halleek added, “because
they were told recovery would fol
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low. But we now see the results—
more than 10,000,000 unemployed
throughout the country; wheat at
58 cents a bushel; corn selling for
39 cents; oats at 20 cents; cream 20
cents and eggs 12 cents, on the
farm.
“With 20 billion dollars added to
the national debt, we have paid in
full for recovery, but the New Deal
now confesses failure. It knows no
other solution than to try another
three billion in spending and lend
ing.
“It is time for every citizen to
ask himself how much longer he
wants to allow his government at
Washington to pile up this crushing
invisible mortgage on everything
he owns.”
MEEK AND VICINITY
Mrs. A. L. House, of Ponca, and
Mrs. A. L. Borg visited in Bristow
and Spencer vicinity on Tuesday.
Virgil and Robert Ott returned
home from Minnesota on Monday
night.
The Ladies Aid held their picnic
at the picnic grounds on the Liddy
place Wednesday afternoon. Quite
a few attended as did some of the
men. Kitten ball was played by
the young ladies ami the men pitch
ed horseshoes. Fried chicken, san.
wiches, ice-cream and cake was
served.
Mrs. A. L. House leu ior ner
home at Ponca Thursday morning.
Will Harvey left the first of the
week for Spicer, Minn., where he
expects to combine business and
pleasure for several weeks.
A male quartette from the Wes
leyan Methodist College at Milton
vale, Kansas, will be in this local
ity and hold services at the fol
lowing places: Center Union, on the
evening of Aug. 15, and at Pad
dock Union on the evening of Aug.
16. These young men have been
touring the U. S. and it will be well
worth while to come out and hear
them. Please keep the dates in
mind.
Choir practice was held at the
Sam Robertson home on Thursday
evening of last week and Mrs. Rob
ertson entertained the choir with a
feed of ice cream and cake.
R. D. Spindler was a supper guest
at the F. H. Griffith home on Mon
day.
Mrs. Charlie Fox and baby daugh
ter are visiting at Wood Lake at the
home of her parents.
COMING....
To O’Neill Tues., Aug. 15
ATTERBURY’S
Three Ring
CIRCUS
Two Performances -- 2:00 & 8:00 p. m.
Rain or Shine
Location: BALL PARK
GENERAL ADMISSION
Adults.35c
Children.15c
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Lois Jean and Ilene Robertson are
visiting in Omaha this week.
Mrs. Serelda Johnson, of near
Emmet, is a guest at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Frank Searles,
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Robertson
were dinner guests at A. L. Borgs
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Robertson
spent the week end with relatives
at Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Orvill Peterson and
Mrs. Delia Harrison and daughter,
Mary, motored to North Platte to
spend the week end at the Bill
Hubler home. Mrs. Hubler is a
daughter of Mrs. Harrison.
INMAN NEWS
The M. E. church is being cleaned
and redecorated this week.
L. D. Hutton was in Bassett
Monday on business. Mr. Perri
gue of Lincoln relieved him at the
C. & N. W. station during his ab
sence.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Kopecky and
Lewis, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Chudo
melka and daughters with a group
of friends from O’Neill enjoyed
a picnic at the Niobrara state park
Sunday.
Miss Merle Leidy visited friends
in Cherokee, Iowa, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Moss and
daughter, Mrs. Beulah Grimes, of
Amelia, visited friends here Sun
day.
Keith McGraw, who has spent
the past several weeks visiting an
aunt in Washington, D. C., returned
home the latter part of the week.
Keith reports a wonderful trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Clark
and children, of Mullenville, Kan
sas, arrived here Saturday for a
visit with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Clark, who is pastor of the
Friends church in that city, preach
ed at the M. E. church here Sun
day morning. She was the former
Sarah Conard of Inman.
Mr. and Mrs. George Coventry
1 left Monday for a several months
trip in Canada-- and the western
states.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Roe, of West
Point, visited here Sunday with
relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Conger and
son, Dean, of Atkinson, spent Sun
day here with relatives.
The R. N. A. lodge met with Mrs.
I. L. Watson Wednesday. A lovely
lunch was enjoyed at the close of
the meeting.
Dr. and Mrs. O. W. French and
children were guests at the I* L.
Watson home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ritchie, of
O’Neill, were guests at the Ed Con
ard home Sunday. •
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Moor and
daughter, Miss Lois, drove to
Omaha Monday to shop. They
will also meet their daughter, Mrs.
SPECIAL
Sunday Dinner
Cream of Celery Soup
or
Fruit Cup
U. S. Choice T. Bone Steak ...65c
U. S. Choice Beef Tender
loin Steak . 60c
U. S. Choice Veal Porter
house Steak _ 60c
U. S. Choice Top Sirloin
Steak . 50c
U. S. Choice Club Steak ..50c
Fried M i Ik Fed Spring
Chicken _50c
Home Style Swiss Steak ... 50c
Roast Sirloin of Beef . 45c
Roast Loin of Pork .45c
Grilled Center Cut Pork
Chops ...,..45c
—Choice of—
Golden Glow Molded Salad
or
Spiced Fresh Peaches
Cream Whipped Potatoes
Corn on the Cob or Creamed
Cauliflower
Hot Rolls
—Dessert—
Pie: Lemon Chiffon, Chocolate
Fudge, Fresh Apple, Coco
nut Cream or Mincemeeat
Sherbet, Fresh Peach Sundae,
Iced Watermelon, Angel
Food Cake & Whipped
Cream
PLATE SPECIALS
Fried Spring Chicken.- .35c
Cold Sliced Pork and Po
tato Salad . 35c
Shrimp with Cream Sause
on Toast ..35c
Elite Cafe
Frank Roper, of Indianapolis, who
will return with them for..a week_
Rev. E. B. Maxcy loft Tuesday
for the Crystal lake camp meet
ing near Sioux City, which is being
held this week.
Mrs. L. R. Tompkins went to j
Norfolk on Wednesday of this
week. From there she will ac- 1
company her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1
C. E. Doughty and her brother, '
L. H. Doughty, to Belle Plaine,
Iowa, where they will visit rela- .
tives. On next Sunday they will ,
attend the Winslow family reunion. ,
They will also visit in Vinton, Iowa. ,
Miss Ilene Duhachek and friend, ,
Mr. Van Horn, of Norfolk, visited
here with Miss Gladys Hancock
Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. George Davies, of
Lincoln, were here Monday visiting
among friends and looking after
business.
Mrs. Bridget Swanson and
daughter, Miss Anna, and Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver Ross, of O’Neill, visited
here Sunday at the R. M. Conard
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Gifford and
children, of Wayne, came Sunday
for a visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Baker. Mr. Gifford
and children returned that even
ing but Mrs. Gifford remained for
a longer visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Vargison
and children, of Valentine, visited
here over the week end with rela
tives. They returned home Tuesday
accompanied by her sister, Mrs,
Fay Brittell and daughter, Shirley
Anne who will visit there for a
week.
Mrs. Lizzie Coleman is adding a
large back porch to her residence
here. She is also building a gar
age.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
V. C. Wright, Pastor
Sunday school, 10:00 a.m., H. B.
Burch, superintendent.
Public worship, 11:00 a.m.
Epworth league devotional meet
ing 7:00 p.m.
Evening worship in the church
at eight o’clock. This is a union
service and Rev. William I. Bell
will preach.
A feature of the morning worship
hour will be the dedication of the
New Hymnals.
The last Quarterly conference
will be Monday evening, June 21.
The Conference year closes August
31.
Atterbury Circus Here
Tuesday, August 15
The Atterbury three-ring circus
will exhibit in this city on next
Tuesday, with an afternoon and
evening performance. The circus
grounds will be in the city park
just south of this city. Admission
prices are 35 cents for adults and
15 cents for children and all are
guarranteed good seats where all
acts may be plainly seen. It has
always been the policy of the Atter
burys to carry a clean show, in the
side show as well as in the main
show. They have added many
animals during the past few years
and now have a good-sized circus
and are featuring the largest ele
phant in America, known as Big
Lena.
Congressman Mundt of South
Dakota complains that he bought
a can of Argentine beef right in a
store in a building of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Maybe this
was a can of the beef Henry Wal
lace paid the American farmers not
to raise.
They used to say that the way to
get along in this world was to fol
low the squirrel, and store away
nuts in the summer so that you
would have enough to eat in the
winter. But nowadays you don’t
have to do that. Spend your money
on gasoline in the summer and the
nuts in Washington will take care
of you in the winter.
Governor Dickinson continues to
attack New York as a city of sin.
The Michigan chief executive must
have been around a lot while he
was in the big town.
BRIEFLY STATED
Roy Pathoud, of Lincoln, was
•ested last Tuesday charged wifik
dealing four shirts from the Gemjpi
•’ox store in O’Neill. He was takes
•efore Police Judge Bay on Wed*
lesday and sentenced to ten dayj
n the city hoosegow on bread aad
cater. The shirts were recovered.
A philosopher says the way far
i woman to find out the truth vhnnt
l man is to marry him. Nope^Thrs
vay to find out the truth about knar
s to consult the neighbors after he?
itarts running around again.
Miss Alice Sexsmith, who has*
>een attending art school in Kan
sas City for the past six weeks, re
;urned home last Friday. AfW
'inishing the art class, she wenA to
3maha and accompanied her brdk
?r-inlaw and sister, Mr. and In.
Jasper L. Mason, to the MinnemCa*
akes where they put in a cnupln
if weeks fishing.
One of our friends says he ami
trace his son’s advancement thxiK
college by looking at the stubs i*t
his check book.
Mr. and Mrs. John Valla aarf
family, Mr. and Mrs. Lod Janousei
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Vk
Halva and family of this city am
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kopecky ami
family and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Choda
melka and family, of Inman. drovn
to Niobrara last Sunday and eaj^r
ed a picnic in the state park. Thagr
report having had an enjoyable
time.
There are sixteen 1-pupil sebaate
in the state of Wyoming. But yma
never can tell, one of those pup&K
may grow up to be a congressman?
Ezra Moor was up from 1 rinrvfc
today and he informed us that they
had a couple inches of rain fasT;
night in his section of the cwiufe.
Eight miles south of here there wkk
also a fall of about the same amturtt.
and farmers and stockmen are n»w
looking forward to having- sravie
good after grass feed for the mezt
two or three months.
Ancient Hornbook Made
Of Thin Piece of Board
The ancient hornbook in torm *
not a book though one in men.
Strictly speaking it is simper m
prayer, the alphabet and number*
to be learned, relates Alice R. 16n*
lins in the Los Angeles Times.
It was made of a thin piece dJ
board, shaped roughly like a bwlter
paddle, usually four or five mche*
long and two inches or so widri wttk'
a sheet of paper or vellum mm ana
side. Printed on the paper at da
top was the alphabet in large attmb
small letters. Then followed ttr
Lord’s prayer. This is always hnnaff,
on the early examples. Over ttnr
whole printed page was a thin rime*,
of transparent yellowish ham k..
keep the paper clean. Both da pa
per and the horn were fastens* to
the board by a narrow strip m€ met
al. The handle served for huUini’.
during study and also for attarftftatr
to the child’s girdle.
Hornbooks were used to teadk cMi •
dren their first lessons and gradnal
ly the name came to signify a child' k
primer. Another name soxnetfmrs
given them was battledore, tine to
the shape and to the fact that bank
books were often used for play*)!?,
shuttlecock.
Hornbooks came into use some
time in the middle of the Sixteen*.’*
century and were common untd tee
end of the Eighteenth. They mi*
made by the thousands at w»-c
Ivory, stone, leather, brass, capper
and other metals and were so cara
mon they were not thought wactb
SBVing-_
Water Witching
Water witching is hunting Car no
derground veins of water with a,
forked stick. City people mag scoff
at this method of locating well
sites, but plenty of country dwriters*
will point out flowing wells wbsete
they say were dug where the forked,
•tick dipped. The stick is nsaally
from a hickory or other nut-hearing
tree or a peach tree, and is hrid up
right by the forked ends; die otter
end is supposed to dip until it point*,
toward the ground at a spat direct
ly above a vein of water. However,.
such behavior, according t» tbsse
versed in this lore, is inspired nob
by all, only by certain persons, who
are known as water witches.
WE WANT YOUR HELR
, , , In our campaign to "cloan up or don up" the outlaw beat
retailer. YOU can help by patronizing only legal and reputable
establishments and by reporting unsavory practices to the Nebraska
Committee or the State Liquor Control Commission.
As part oi our direct action program, we have Inspected mors,
titan 500 taverns during recent weeks. A number oi proprietary
wen warned to correct conditions or take the consequences. In.
flagrant cases. Director Sandall submits his findings to the Liquoc
Commission. YOUR co-operation will help stamp out the lawbreaker
Nebraska Brewers & Beer Distributors Commit:ae
CHARLES E. SANDALL, State Director
TH First National Bank Bldg. Lincoln, Nebr
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