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R. A. BATES,
tlKSCKirilON PKICEi
t1i
Wurmin
up again.
Cwn-ddcraMe corn blown Iovn.
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lit' who has done his best has done
V.v!!.
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Old Sul is comir.tr to
in.
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the front
Ev cM
lining.
the war cloud has a silver
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Anoihe:
-Seiltial.
nitrht oolice is really
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J 0!.! King Corn will surely get his
(Town on straight now.
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The more pin money a woman lias
the more stuck-up she is.
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Don't worry about giving the ilevi!
his v!ue: he'll get it all right.
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While one shoulders a gun another
sh"Li; !ers other responsibilities.
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I: urc-.l to be said that the ''Kin?
can ilo no wior.tr."' Eut, never again.
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V ivunc can make predictions, but
U- can make their predictions come
t rue.
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N"( i-odv gives a whe-op about your
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t-v! in..
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.u thev are inte-ret-
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Most anybody can be a borrower,
whether he is successful at all t;mc
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It's r.ll right to think well of your
self, but don't imagine you are the
'whole cheese.
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Having rained the attention of the
I nb! ie
f o
in.
th?
man g( s
trick.
and ner-
iK.n': shift the balance onto an
other's shoulder,
cine like a man.
our medi-
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The local Red Cross
working like troopers to ;
plies for the army.
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ladies are
Lt out SUp-
Where there's a will there's a way.
remaikc-d an intere.-ted party, who
wanted to break it.
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It's a wise husband who disagrees
with his wife when .-he declares that
her dinner is a failure.
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The old hens in China are onto ih.d
jobs that's why eggs over there are
selling for 'JO cents a hundred.
A fat goose sells in Germany for
Silt. That's the reason the goose-
step is so popular in Kaiserland.
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Keep up the rood roads work. Re
member, the use of the grader now
and then is relished by the auto men
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IS'e are positive there are
few
women who love hot and dusty weath
er It r-ives them an excuse for
cleaning: house about four times
week.
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We may have double the crops this
year that we had last. Rut what dif
ference will that make in the cost of
living, as long as the government al
lows the speculators to control the
prices. There's the rub.
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People who tell you that Red Cross
,lov.:itions are charity. don't know
what they are talking: about. You
honor yourself when you hand out the
money or work to keep this organ
ination to the highest state cf effi
ciency. The country doesn't nee
your charity, it is your duty to come
to the defense of its fighting men
The country could take what you re
fuse to give. That is why the honor
is greater to you when you volunteer
The slacker is a marked man. Hast
Publisher
fEH YEAH
151
THE CHANCE TO COME HOME.
What chance of coming home alivtf
and whole has the American soldier
who goes to the war "somewhere in
France?"
It is a rather gruesome speculation
but an exceedingly practical one and
full of interest.
According to Roger Babson, per
haps the most eminent American
statistician, his chances are very good
indeed. They are immensely better
than a superficial inspection of the
reports of war casualties would indi
cate. Babson calls attention to the
fact that present fighting is not claim
ing anywhere near the number of
dead recorded for the first two years.
In the earlier stages of the war flesh
and blood were cheap. Commanders
were prodigal in the sacrifices of
human life they offered up in the
hope of attaining success. In the
open field fighting, particularly on
the east front, men were mowed down
as bv a giant reaper; whole armie
were literally annihilated.
But the trench warfare of today is
orr.ething different. Tremendous ar-
illery fire precedes the charge fire
that is kept up. at the height of its
power, for a week or more before the
men are sent to '"go over." This ar
tillery is not io deadly in the toll it
takes of human life as in its destruc-
ion of trench defenses. When finally
the men leap from the trenches they
go in open order, protected by bar
rage fire, and face a foe that has
een stunned and demoraized by the
ear: Hi preliminary oomuartimt-nt
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While protected in the trenches the
langer is comparatively slight. 'And
medical assistance, sanitary science
and hcsnital eouinment are such that
very many lives are saved tnat in
other wars would have been lost.
Mr. Babson, basing his conclusions
on a caret ul stuuv 01 trie mortality
figures of the French army for the
full three years of the war, says that
fourteen men out of every fifteen so
far have been safe. Under present
conditions, he asserts, where man
power is being saved, no more tna
one in thirty is killed. Only one in
."00 loses a limb.
Concerning the wounds received in
trench warfare he says they r.re
mostly clean cut, and of such a na
ture that a few weeks in the hospital
makes the subject as fit as ever. Bat
00,000 French soldiers, in the tr. t
years of war, have been discharged
frcm the armv because their wounds
were such as to disable them. Most
of the wounds received in the trench-
,' says Babson, "are on top of the
head, simply scalp wounds. Practical
ly speaking, a wound is either fatal
or slight, with but few instances be
tween these two extremes."
There will be no faltering shown by
the American army in France, -nee
it is unon the battle line. Under the
leadership of General Tershing it wil
be called upon to do its full duty
without flinching, upholding and en
hancing the glorious traditions oi
American arms. But ' ncithe.' wir
there be any needless sacriice of ife
The best protective arts of modern
warfare will be utilized to the full,
and without regard to the expn.e in
money, to save the lives of, cur boys
and to restore to health the ill and
wounded, while they are engaged in
the task of teaching the kaiser's men
that free America is not to be ruled
from Berlin. World-Herald.
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The Pullman company has just
handed over $1,000 to the Ncbraskr
Red Cress. But the public still has
to tip the porter.
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One rejoices now that one's money
is tied up in Liberty bond. Other
wise one might be a cantaloupe.
PETTICOATS AS A DISGUISE.
When F. L. Haller, chairman of
the board of regents of the University
of Nebraska, smoked out by the vig
orous arraignment by R. L. Metcalfe
of the Nebraska council of defense,
got into the papers to denounce. as a
"pig-headed bhckhesd without a
scintilla of tact," a Prof. Puhnamann.
who came to Omaha to address 3
meeting of pro-kaiserites, it could not
be said that the Metcalfe castigaticr?
had not accomplished some apprecia
ble good.
Bat the Haller attempt as self-vindication
did not go far enough. That
letter afforded Mr. Haller a fins op
portunity to declare that the pub'ished
intimation that he was in fact -.o
author of the letters that had I ron
published in Omaha from time tj
time under the nondeplume of '"Patri
cia Newcomb." But he ignored these
intimations entirely and carefelly
avoided mention of "Patricia New
comb." These letters were so full of rro
kaiserism and Anti-Americanism that
they have excited much attention anJ
protest. From time to time it ir
pea red as if they might have ; v.
written in Berlin. Their contents
were just of the tenor of eman iueni
from Wiihelmstrasse.
If Mr. Haller wrote those letter:;
it will be taken for granted by an
overwhelfing majority of Cue pepl?
of Nebraska that he is no fit person
to have at the head of the executive
board of the state university, iht,
duty of which is paramount to teach
Americanism to American niA'ihwi.
Ial'er's failure to deny stateru r.t
that he was the author of the 'ette:s
going to be accepted as seme cvi-
ler.ee that he is real! 7 "Patricia New-
omb." and that it v.-r.s he who. hid
ing behind a feminine name, e'nl f o
months engage in traducing every
thing American, ine!-..d!i'r :is gf vern-
ment ar.d its people, n.i iyiVic: ev
erything that is Ge-nan, includinr;
the kaiser and his cruelties.
Petticoats have seldom proven effi
cient disguises for trie protection of
the disloyal. Jeff Davis tried them
and found thev did not work. S:nt
Anna tried them in Mexico yr.r--.K
years bet ore. and ta.ieij to make tl em
rk.
If it is true that F. L. Haller donned
petticoats in order to snipe at the
American government and the Amer
ican people, he ought to be forced to
resign his position as chairman of
the board of university regents, an 1
if he-refuses to do so some way of
bouncing him should be devised. It
would be a wholesome 'example. Lin
coln Star.
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AMERICANS AS IDOLATORS.
We are idol worshipers, all right
enough. Remember Hobson? Sunk a
boat, saved the day and all that and
then spoiled it all by tasting all the
brands of talcum and rougue between
Newport News and the Golden Gate.
Remember Dewey? Spilled the Span
ish fleet all over the Pacific and then
came home and let 'em take up a
collection for a house to live in and
let "em wish a widow onto him. Re
member Schley and Sampson ? Both
did good work at the bottling busi
ness at Santiago and thereabouts
and spoiled it all by playing tag with
each other's truth and varacity when
it Avas all over. And there" s Goethals.
Dug the biggest tloggoned ditch in
history, and had to wear false whis
kers to keep from accepting all the
juicy jobs in the country and then
allows his little streak of bull-headed-ness
to render him absolutely worth
less to his country in a time when
he could have been used to advantage.
We worship idols, and afterwards find
out that old Bill Jones or any of the
rest of the boys could have done the
same trick, under the same circum
stances. There is nothing on earth
that proves so clearly the common
source of all our clay as to blow some
proud citizen up until he bursts. While
sorrowfully picking up the fragments,
we muse upon the eternal sameness
of all human critters. Bloomington
Tribune.
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Prices of food are soaring.
AN APPEAL TO HUMANITY
If you cannot tote
a gun join the
Cross.
help to
Hun
You
beat
Join
can
the
the
Cross. If you do
not believe, in force; if you cannot
ride a horse; there is still another
course join th Cross. Tote a lit
tle mercy kit join the Cross. You
can bring a lot of joy and a thou
sand pains alloy to the Yankee sol
dier boy join the
Cross. Till the
heavens bless the
sod but jcin the
Cross. Economize,
and trust in God
and join the Cross.
Be ye old, or be ye
young no matter
what your birth or
tongue yet you can
also be counted in
among the Great
Red Cross.
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Hope of the race.
Flag of the Free.
We pledge anew
Our love for thee.
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Confidence is a good asset.
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But the Red Cross ladies can be
found at the same old stand.
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If you don't do your best, don't
kick if you get the worst of it.
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So far congress hasn't seemed to
embarrass the paper trust very much.
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The pleasure is all yours when the
other fellow hands you real money.
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If a man hasn't any use for a doc
tor he hasn't very much of a kick
coming.
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The recent rains also means many
more automobiles in Cass county.
Don't you think?
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"In the sweat of thy face shall thor,
cat bread." But some people .eat
bread by begging for it.
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Notwithstanding the people of Ne
braska voted the state dry, she got
several good wettings this week.
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The farmer raises the food, the
speculators raise the price, and the
consumers raise the dickens.
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There are tides in the affairs of
men that lead on to fortune, but more
generally to misfortune, if you fail
to get in witlf the ring.
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Siam's declaration of war against
Germany is not likely to cause Yon
Hindenburg to alter materially the
p: esent plan of campaign.
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Even the crushing defeat of the
Russians fails to turn Austria from
its purpose to secure peace at the
earliest possible moment.
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Now, the slackers who married to
keep out of the army, find that they
must go to the war after all, with
no peace when the war is over.
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One of the best ways of serving
your country just now is by maintain
ing a sane and just attitude toward
the constructive forces of the country.
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War times are hard on postmasters.
The postmaster general informs then
that under no consideration can they
vacate their office for even two days
at a time.
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It is mighty easy for a man to
prove his loyalty these days. All hs
has to do is to prove his innocence of
the charge of being a slacker, a trai
tor or an ingrate.
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There are now fourteen nations at
war against the Central Powers. They
are, America, England, France, Rus
sia, Italy, Eelgium, Serbia, Monte
negro, Rumania, Japan, San Marino,
Portugal, Cuba and Panama. Nine
other nations have severed relations
with Germany.
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Dog days are here. What about
the muzzles?
WAR AND PROSPERITY.
The destructiveness of war bears
down heavily on nations whose lands
are overrun and devastated by con
tending armies and that are shut off
from needed supplies. But despite its
enormous cost it does not afflict, in
the same way, the peoples of coun
tries like the United States, Canada
and the British Isles, whose soil is
free from invasion, whose productiv
ity is enormously increased, and
where the necessities and comforts of
life can still be obtained without un
due hardship.
B. C. Forbes, writing in the Amer
ican magaine for August, says of
conditions in England:
"The people as a whole are earning
more, spending more and saving more
than ever before. Wages were never
so high nor work so plentiful. The
rich who are not interested in fav
ored manufactures are suffering
thiough heavy taxation, but the work
ing classes are prospering. The lead
ing department store in London has
a record year."
This message comes from a great
Canadian bank:
"Business conditions continue to in
dicate such industrial and commer
cial activity as the country has not
hitherto experienced."
And Frank A. Yanderlip, head of
the largest bank in the United States,
says:
"Is it time to get scared to death?
I don't believe so at ail. I firmly be
lieve the war is going to have .n
expansive effect on banking credits
and bank deposits. I know we are
going to see a vast industrial expan
sion. It isn't going to be 100 per
cent employment; it is going to be
120 p'er cent employment. There will
be need not only for every man who
worked before; there will be need
for all the men and women. The un
skilled worker will step into the
place of the skilled worker and
women will step into the place of
men v. ho will be called upon to take a
greater part in industry. It is going
to mean the greatest fund that was
ever paid out."
There is a similar story to tell ir,
the Missouri valley. The farmers, the
backbone of our greatness, were nev
er so prosperous, never before had
so much money to spend, and never
were so safe in spending it freely
for what they need.
With the farmers, ranchers and
stockmen prosperous the cities can
not help but be prosperous likewise
Manufacturers and jobbers and rail
roads are kept working to capacity
and, doing business on a rising mar
ket, they are making exceptional
profits. The thousands of employes
they support are coming to share,.
more and more, in their good fortune
The trend of wages is noticeably up
ward. Common labor, that a few-
years ago earned $1.50 or so a day, is
now earning as high as $3 and $3.50
a day. Skilled labor is drawing $6
$7 and even $8 a day, and in s.omc
instances more. Even in the face of
war prices the average man with a
family to support is better off thar
he was before. It is easier for him
to make the fixed payments on his
home, his life insurance, and the like
He is assured of steady employment
and his sons and daughters can find
whatever work they are fitted to do
at good wages. Naturally, as a re
sult, with so much more money earned
and spent, retail trade is flourishing
Those who suffer most are those
with fixed incomes, of course the
small money lenders, the annuitants
the holders of little blocks of stocks
and bonds, and, as a rule, the salaried
classes whose incomes have not kept
pace with rising prices. It '13 these
unfortunately, who always suffer
when a volume of money is inflated
while the community as a whole is
at the apex of prosperity. World
Herald.
Will Maupin, of the York Democrat
is the best booster for Nebraska and
its institutions and products that ever
entered the state we except no one
He is always at it, and deserves more
credit for doing that than he has ever
received. Every state has not a Wil
Maupin.
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AX U N R ECO U NT ED STORY
There is more reason than appears
at first blush in the suggestion of
the London Times that the president
shall take the stump to awaken the
people with respect to the great is
sues behind the war.
For as a matter of fact nobody in
authority has yet quite fully dis
closed the issue. Secretary Lansing
came closer to a genuine analysis of
the great stake in the war in his ad
dress, of a few days ago than has
anybody else in the attitude of a gov
ernment spokesman since the United
States determined to take part in
the war, or since the stake involved
has been under discussion.
In order to analyze the real issue
it is necessary to go back to the
foundation of the government of the
United States and the tremendous
growth that popular government sus
tained during the years that followed,
and describe how agitated the divine
right rulers of the old world became
early in the nineteenth century to
overcome the progress that popular
rule was making against autocratic
rule.
This war is but a continuation of
the war declared by the autocrats of
Prussia and Austria a century ago.
Democratic government was growing
by leaps and bounds, and those who
claimed divine right to rule the people
who were unfortunately their sub
jects combined to utop this threat
upon their tenure of power.
Nobody knows this so well as the
president, and if he would favor the
world with a comprehensive discus
sion of it there might remain no
doubt of what he means by his decla
ration of the American determina
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If You Wait, You Arc Sure to Pay a Higher Price
In Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming, there are thousands of acres of
prairie lands that should be cultivated.
If you want to
BUY I will post you on correct prices.
RENT I will help you get the best terms.
HOMESTEAD I'll tell you where best free G-M-at-re select ions are
located.
Ask About the Town of Deavcr, Wyo.,
the New Government Town
Public Sale of Town Lots in August; this town will be the trading center
for 30,000 acres of Government-irrigated Big Horn Basin lands. First Unit of
12,000 to be drawn for early in September; lands free: pay for the Government
water right on such easy terms as to make these lands the finest prize Uncle
Sam Las for you. If j'ou will go with me into the Big Horn Basin anel see the
wealth in that locality from oil, reclamation and irrigation, you will lose no
r n
time trying to
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tion to make the world safe for de
mocracy. The American people are coming
to know more and more what the
stake is in this war, but it seems that
the people of Great Britain do not
realize how well they know it. Un
doubtedly it would clarify the situa
tion very much if the president were
to tell how utterly can bcth survive,
and what a death grapple it is that,
is now on between them for the ulti
mate mastery. Lincoln Star.
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The state conservation and welfare
commission made no mistake whc
it elected William M. Maupin direc
tor of publicity. It was not be
cause Mr. Maupin is a democratic
editor that he was selected fo;
this important position, but because
of his fitness to fill the place. Indeed,
Nebraska is fortunate in having a
man of Mr. Maupin's ability who is
winning to accept the office for it
means five thousand dollar:; worth of
work on a two thousand dollar sal
ary. The office of state publicity
agent "is something new in Nebraska,
but now that it has been established
it will undoubtedly live, for it will be
filling a long-felt want. Hastings
Tribune.
The Lutheran church has reaffirmed
its loyalty to the United States
through a committee of its pastors
who have met with the State Council
of Defense in Lincoln a few days
since.
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A farmer over near Favagut. Ia..
last week sold 9.000 bushels of corn
at $2.10 per bushel. That's some
corn, and some money.
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It is good to have your own pota
toes. get hold of one of these new farms.
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They are free: likewise my personal service for the
Burlington Road.
S. B. HOWARD, Immigration Agent C. B. & ,Q. R. R.
1004 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
I
ings Democrat.