WILL MAUPIN'S WEEKLY
WILL M. MAUPIN, Editor
F. L.SHOOP, Business Manager
by tW MMpiSlMap PnUfcig Cow
Office 1705 O Street.
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ONE DOLLAR THE YEAR
THE INDUSTRIAL NUMBER.
Last week's issue of "Will Maupin's
Weekly went to upwards of 3,500 peo
ple. True it should have gone to 50,
000, but it did not But it will go to
500 or 600 more if you want it to,
for we have about that many copies
on hand. We will send them, to any
body you name if you will send a two
eont stamp with each name. That
is just what it costs to mail them.
We could have filled last week's
paper with dry figures, for we have
got them all stored away in an avail
able place. But we prefer to give
the facts another way. That is why
we told of Nebraska's industries in
general terms. Magnificent showing,
was' it not ? And it will continue to
grow better with each succeeding
year. And the growth will be all
the more rapid if you will do your
duty as a loyal Nebraskan and boost
for the industries of your own state.
Stand up for Nebraska.
Not mere lip service, but the real
service that means something worth
while.
CUT IT OUT.
Cut out what? Why, all this talk
about a "dull year" because it is
going to be presidential campaign
year. There'll be just as much money
in the country next year as there is
this. There will be just as big a de
mand for foodstuffs and clothing next
year as there has been this year.
Well need as many shoes next year
as we needed this year. It don't make
a bit of difference who is elected, Taft,
LaFollette, Clark, Harmon, Wilson,
Rosevelt or Tom Jones well need
food and clothing and shelter just
the same. And there is no reason
why the supply and the demand
should not meet just as of yore.
There is a whole lot of poppycock
about this "campaign year" dullness.
Also a whole lot of uselessness. We've
groaned about it until we actually
believe it. If we will just forget that
line of dope and begin telling our
selves that next year is going to be a
good year the very best one ever
it will be a good year.
Quit your whining!
Brace -up and look pleasant. A
man's a fool for worrying about the
things he can't help, and a bigger fool
for worrying about things he can
help.
Of course we've been plunging for
several years, and it is only natural
that there should be an accounting.
But to talk about hard times and a
panic is all foolishness. Let 's talk
about good times and prosperity.
Anyhow, if we can't talk cheerful
ly, let us go into seclusion when we
feel that we must emit some lugu
brious wails.
Of course you didnt do your Christ-
i shopping early, and of course your
isilure to do so made Christmas a
wearisome holiday for thousands of
weary clerks and deliverymen. Tour
selfishness and thoughtlessness is mak
ing Christmas a farce.
Monday is Christmas day. Do not
forget the children to whom Christ
mas will be a ghastly farce unless you
and a lot of others make it the real
thing for them.
Captain Adams as the apostle of al
falfa cuts a much better figure than
Captain Adams, the apostle of "stand-pat."
Yes, the corn crop was a bit short
but just the same it was so big we
Raven 't had time to gather it all yet.
ing in the death of an estimable wom
an and now we may for a time walk
the streets with reasonable safety. It
will not be for long, however. In a
few weeks the autos will again be
flying across intersections, irresponsi
ble drivers will be endangering
human life and then there will be
another fatality. The most sensible
suggestion so far made for the safety
of the walking public comes from the
Daily Star. It is that intersections be
guarded by the police, and that no
vehicle or pedestrian be allowed to
cross until the policeman gives the sig
nal. To this we add the suggestion
that no one be allowed to drive an
automobile until declared to be a
competent driver by a board of examiners.
Of course it is necessary to select
candidates with care at the April pri
mary. But it is also necessary to se
lect your seed corn with care, A
poor crop of candidates would be a
bad thing; but a poor crop of corn
would be even worse. We can cor
rect the candidate business, but we
can not make good a lost corn crop.
The "Nebraska Industries" number
of Will Maupin's Weekly was not
loaded down with dry-as-dust statis
tics, but it did show plainly that Ne
braska is forging to the front along
industrial lines. We are a bit proud,
not only of Nebraska's showing but
of that particular issue of this Booster
for Nebraska.
Of course the Elks thought of the
poor children. It's a cold day when
the Elks are not doing something
calculated to make people feel better,
and we've never seen that cold a day
during the forty-eight years of our
earthly pilgrimage.
Another automobile accident result-
A week from Monday is the day for
the manufacture of good resolutions.
Let your first one be to patronize
home industry; to buy Nebraska made
goods; to boost for Nebraska, and to
advertise her resources.
It takes so little to make a child
happy at Christmas, and the returns
are so great on the investment," that
we wonder more men are not investing
something therein.
The first man that pulls a long face
and says we are bound to have dull
times next year because it is presi
dential campaign year spot him on
the snoot!
It is asserted that the greatest need
of the Taft administration is the
service of a good press agent. That
is just exactly what Nebraska most
needs.
If your Christmas is as merry and
your New Year as prosperous as Wi'l
Maupin's Weekly is wishing for you,
then you 11 have no kick eomhig.
We opine that offering the Ne
braska delegation to Mr. Taft as a
Christmas present was a bit prema
ture, to say the least.
Too bad that Nebraska is not to
get a Bureau of Publicity and Immi
gration in her Christmas stocking.
If your Christmas is not a merry
one the chances are that it is mostly
your own fault.
Christmas is not of the pocket book
it is of the heart. Don't forget
that.
BE A GOOD FELLOW.
Remember old Scoogef Well, don't
be what Scrooge was before he saw
the Christmas vision. Be a good fel
low. Try and get a bit more happi
ness than usual out of Christmas by
making some less fortunate one than
yourself happy. You can take a two
dollar bill and spread more joy among
children than you can get out of
spending fifty times that much on
yourself.
About the prettiest scheme we've
ever heard of is the "good fellow"
scheme that is being pulled off in
many of the larger cities. The "good
fellow?" each and several pick out
some particular child of the poor and
ARMSTRONG
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The Store Everybody Looks to for
Christmas Gifts for Men and Boys
Of course if s as natural for Christmas trade to flow this way as it is for water to flow
down hill. Where else can you find everything in such abundant assortment under one
roof? Where else can you find 75 experienced, polite, courteous employes to show you
the world's best in things wearable for men and boys? Where else can you shop with so
much pleasure, comfort and convenience? WTiere else can you buy with the certainty of
always getting biggest possible value? Where else can you get such quick store and delivery
service?
For Men We Suggest
Suit or Overcoat $10.00 to $40.00 Bath Robe or House Coat $2.50 to $20.00
Neckwear, all styles 25c to 4.00 Gloves, for dress, street or driving 50c to 10.00
Hats, stiff, soft and silk 2.00 to 8.00 Umbrellas, exceptional a3sortnentl50 to 12.00
Caps, doth, all styles 50c to 3.50 Silk Hosiery, finest fine in town 50c to 3.50
Caps, fur, fresh stock 3.50 to 20.00 Suspenders, m separate boxes 50c to 3.50
For The Boys
Nothing better than a good, wholesome Armstrong Suit or Overcoat, $2.50 to $18.00.
Besides this we carry as complete a stock of Boys' Furnishing Goods as may be found in the
entire west, which of course embraces all the little things wearable that boys need and are
fond of. These are, while of the highest grade, priced very reasonably.
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GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS
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make it his especial business to make
that particular child happy at Christ
mas time. It isn't merely giving the
kiddie a lot of gifts it is to take the
kiddie right into your heart and make
it believe that Santa Clans is a real
personage, and Christmas a reality.
The Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks in Lincoln are doing the "good
fellow" stunt for this man's town
God bless 'em! They are making
every effort to give every child of the
poor a real old-fashioned Christmas.
Maybe they'll not reach them alL
Maybe you know of one. If you do,
send that kiddie's name to the Elks.
Better still, be a "good fellow" your
self and make that kiddie happy all
by yourself. It will be the biggest
and best investment you ever made.
If you have kiddies of your own,
make Christmas merry for them, but
don't forget to teach them that there
is a whole lot of Christmas fun in
dividing their plentitude of good
things with the kiddies who don't get
much, if anything.
Let's all be good fellows this Christ
mas. Let's all look around and see
if we can not find some kiddie that
will find Christmas a mighty punk
affair unless we get into the game
and finding such a kiddie let's get
into the game with both hands and
our pocketbooks.
Come on, you good fellow!
Let us do our level best to make
Christmas the real thing for all the
boys and girls we know.
FROM AIX OVER NEBRASKA.
CoL Tom Rawlings of "Wakefield,
Dixon county, dropped in to the office
of "Will Maupin's "Weekly the other
day and told a little story of crops
and prosperity and soil fertility.
"I had 100 acres in flax this year,"
6aid CoL Rawlings. "Yes, it turned
out pretty well so well that I am
not making any complaint about re
sults. From the 100 acres I threshed
1,400 bushels of seed. The price? O,
that's off a litle now. It was $2.46
a while ago, but has dropped a few
cents since. However, I don't have
to sell right away and I figure that
it will go back to $2.46 or L50 be
fore long."
John W. Hutt of Johnson eounty,
operates a dairy near Tecumseh- He
and lis five boys do the dairy work,
and also farm a big farm. During
November they milked eighteen cows
and sold $116 worth of cream, together
with a lot of milk distributed to cus
tomers. This leads the Tecumseh
Chieftain to observe that it pays to
engage in the dairy business in John
son county. "Whereupon "Will Mau
pin's "Weekly is moved to add that it
pays to engage in almost any kind
of agricultural or dairy pursuits in
old Johnson.
The Tecumseh Journal says: ""V7.
P. Stewart of near Cook found hi3
way to this office last Saturday. Mr.
Stewart is one of the progressive, sat
isfied farmers of Johnson county. Last
year he had a twenty-five acre field
of oats that made better than thirty
two bushels to the acre. His fifty
acre field of wheat made thirty bush
els to the acre of splendid grain. The
gentleman was just completing the
shucking of his corn. He had in
some forty acres, and was of the
opinion it would make at least thirty
five bushels to the acre. In addition
to this he raised a nice bunch of cat
tle and horses, hogs and chickens, and
his family enjoyed the blessings and
comforts of a home on a rich farm.
If you will look at the market quota
tions and do" a little figuring on the
above yields of grain yon will be bet
ter than ever convinced that farming
in southeastern Nebraska
paying proposition."
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS.
A. UK J
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Will Maupin's "Weekly is in receipt
of some very interesting statistics con
cerning Kansas productivity. They
make a fine showing for Kansas
and you can bet that Kansas is
Trust Kansas to get the publicity.
But "Will Maupin's "Weekly is en
gaged in compiling some figures about
Nebraska's 1911 production, and
enough have already been compiled
to make Kansas a poor second. The
trouble is that Kansas is going to
send her marvelous figures broad
cast to the world, while Nebraska is
going to hide her light under a bnsheL
save only as this humble little news
paper manages now and then to Eft
the bushel a little mite and let a few
rays of light escape.
It makes us sick every time we pick
up a hunk of Kansas advertising and
recall to mind that Nebraska isn't
aLKniuuig u. penny in suTerusxnz ner
resources to the world, while Kansas
ja sucuuiBE uousanos oi ooiiars even
year. And when it comes to havinjr
big things to boast about, Nebraska
has got her sister state backed up ia
a corner and calling for help.
But you just wait until "Win Mao
pin's "Weekly presents the figures for
Nebraska during the good year 1311.
UNCLE SAM SAYS
GEO. W. VOSS CO.
COAL
SELLS
THE BEST
1528 O St.
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