Loop City Northwestern i. W BtTKlJCIGfl. Publisher. LOUP CITY, l ^ NEBRASKA AMERICA AND IRRIGATION. C> .-•! • count,-j In the eorkl r.: the t« liu iafkm of It* arid U*d. To *i.e untravied easterner tbe ri'i rt i f the Irrigation of west era la* .t,d*- r ireet government su pervi o b ciiii'ms. Tlie work ol Indtu.. .1 and corporate concern* r»!a« ii.* .it • a; I r la...ation of grid land in the w* i to an aormous U* 1*1 w:. i g- M sit of i hi* work fca* b- • n ■ , !.«-d within tlie past it-fmi-. w title *e • h y. r «t.<- plans for stii <■■■ t ; • - g tl:e r~ I'tuests of artlfh 1*1 Irri -a • i -r • extended. say* tba pH;rg f;.v***Cle-Tlr.'p’ Thai IL- pr* • t p i) ..- taiportuat depart B I.t ■ f L< : • ■ bii.-ig b< I >:;gv to the t to -1 '• ! further demonstrated by a r . . *t re* • r.tl/ submitted tc !..*• tip- <1 , ..r*i:.* b> the Audra lh*a r * tr. :.h Australia has ser real wid- «xi. t;ded areas of arid laid. Tie r<> tunsll' a of much ol Laj* !■• •. .■ 1* r* hen, but the first 4Iff:*-tirt> :*...! ■ onfronted the govern tner.t was a lack of expert knowledge ol the actual work to be done and ol " • *.-■*• .. to s< ruie the largest *nd i .-'-t* r* turns on the money In d. Its tl i dilemma Australia terr • d To the l r.lte.1 State*, where Ir rigatioo on the bread* *t lines has Ir- n ably demon-trated und* r gov wmnai control. Workmen In de rnolishiiig an ancienl situated It the Hue de Stras touts. <»f ;• -H*- the old Mont de Pu-tc «: Xante*, hate made an Interesting liwmerjr utb b is likely to attract ron* ideraillr at ration. since the find • as al once dispersed by the men. II • •toasted at a number of gold and sil ter coin* of differmt epochs. The ■**» !tit* resting bore the effigy of Al gtusw VIII. king of Galicia and Oas lib . *ho reigned fr >ra 11ZG to 1168 They bir on the exergue an lnscrip tit* is Arab* ja these Terras: "The Kmlr of the Catholics Is aided by A’lah. ami Allah protects them." The Cud 1 imere*.ling in more says than one. and it is 1.that economic • rt'ers v* ill not fail to make use ol tbe. coins to stew the trade r.-la tl'ta at Xante* about the jeriid c! ttie Hundred Years War. Tie* defendant in a case before Jsdtr ltacon, who object'd to being described as a gentleman, may Ik r< t: * .- a man. a gentlemar visa he sayf You're a gentleman air.” to the spendthrift who does not ask c hange lor half a crown on * shilling I are Two of the rare dollars of 1S01 have been found It is affirmed that only four of these coins are in existence uni r-umssti-it -: gt-ts attach great value to them. The last coin sold brought *:.<««• Hut of course if they continue to t»- found in this fa.-nion the discoveries ar« likely to * bear' the market. Radium has also nine down among the other necessaries of life, a grair ««f it having reeewtly sold for $T;.0*iO. Still, at that rate, the time is not clearly in sight when families can af ford to lay in an entire winter's sup ply with reduced prices for cash. A ve*. Tinarian on Long Island re fused to take an anaesthetic for an •’peratlon because be wished to watch It that he might get surgical points A man like this is just the kind not likely to inflict needless pain or others. Tbe m«**a*-*t man has been found In Near Jersey. In a quarrel with hit wife be took the false teeth from het mouth and kept theta, saying he had paid for them Naturally, In rourt she made a biting charge against him "Fashion decrees that men must propose on their knees hereafter." says an esteemed contemporary. Fash Is a -dame." all right—or is she c damsel; l*rof darner says his female chim panxee has a vague moral te nse And that Is tae sort that some folks ir high sodrtee have. It has been a banner hunting sea us In northers Michigan, the re turns showing S.tMW deer and 20 hunt M-s killed. There are WO varieties of chrrsan JsrtnuTns. but no use seems to know •by there are so many. Pittsburg is 152 years old. The fac" soestitutes another argunxot to tht effect that smoking promotes long why. Sum# of the dresses the women art sow wearing resemble the wrapper o! s thin cigar They fit Just es tight uxx Mf«w* busters killed very few moos* iMt year, bat doubtless the moose con alder it a succeatfd season. -m-— BENEFICENT WORK FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN \?DOCMtOH IN THE photograph reproduced above shows one phase of the work that is being conducted under the auspices of th< Crippled Children's Driving Society of New York. During the summer the members of the organization —tht e being for the mosi part society women—visit hospital and institutions for crippled little ones and take t! ■ latter driving. About IS months ago it was suggested that the ministrations of the society be extended into the w inter. The interest was enlisted of Mrs. Parsons, whose work in connection with public school farm plots is well known to the public, with the result that a portion of De Witt Clinton park was made ready for the recep '' ti of the unfortunate children. A board floor, a capacious wind-break, a supply of camp chairs and tables con stituted the chief features of these preparations, the idea of Mrs. Parsons being that freedom from uncomfortable draughts, unobstructed sunshine and skies and a sight of moving clouds were valuable factors in the curative and educational influences of the enterprise. There are 24 children on the winter roll of the society, ranging from four to fourteen years of age. Those are fitted out with garments that enable them to "keep the field" in all weathers. The boys retain their shirts, trousers, shoes and stockings; the girls take off their dresses Then they are h« Ipcd into a sleeping hag, the lower end of which is thickly stuffed with hay. Outside the bag are two blankets, so arranged that they can be buckled around the body up to the neck. The exterior of the lag is next drawn up to and buttoned around the neck. Then a heavy lambs-wool lined coat with a fur collar and wristlets of the same material is donned, and, together with a knitted cap that can be drawn down over the ears, enables the youngster to defy the coldest weather. So clad, the children eat, sleep and attend school in the open air all the winter In the photograph the lady to the left *s Mrs. Parsons. ASPHALT IS IN FAVOR -v. London Engineer Recommends It for Macadam Roads. Foints Outs Its Advantages Over Coal Tar Spraying and Resists Weath er—Is More Durable and Economical. London Cecil Nathan, an engineer w o gives especial attention to road making, expresses the belief that Cu ban asphalt is destined to take the place of tar as a binder of macadam roads. He delines the “essential de siderata" of a satisfactory road as ’smooth appearance and even surface following the camber of the road, wl ich must be sanitary, dustless, noiseless ami nonslippery." Mr. Na than also stipulates that the ideal road must not only have these quali ties. but fcs reasonable in initial cost ami above all in maintenance. Many of the present generation will remember the phrase. ‘Electricity is only in ;ts infancy.’ ” says Mr. Nathan. "Well, today the road board is in its infancy, and I have no doubt that it will grow into as fine and healthy a child as electricity did. Like other in fants. the road board is just beginning to sjieak. and the first word that it has been taught. Is ‘tar.' Now 1 ho|w> it will very soon grow up and learn words of two syllables, such as 'asphalt.' and then be able to expound to road engineers the real meaning cf this much misunderstood word. “This is the tar age. and. as an In different palliative, tar is serving Its purpose today as a temporary exjiedi en*; but something much more perma nent than the primitive methods of tar spraying or even tar macadam Is required for the future, and I maintain that permanency will be obtained only from the adoption as waterproof road crust binders of either Lake Trinidad asphalt or Cuban asphalt, but prefer ably Cuban asphalt, owing to Its hav ing a higher melting point and its ability to withstand the rotting effects of water. “Although this country may con gratulate Itself on being ahead of the continent in the matter of roads. It still has a good deal to learn from America, where asphaltum base oils are used on a very large scale with good results as a palliative for spray ing on roads In preference to crude or refined tar. such as Is In general use here “Furthermore. In America asphal tums are now nearly always employed as binders in constructing macadam roads, and naturally this has thorough ly demonstrated and proved that as phalt urns are far more economical for this purpose Such roads, even on steepish gradients, provide a surface 1 which affords a good foothold for ; horses and prevents motor skidding ! also, owing to the nature of the bin der. such roads remain quiet, elastic and resilient under all extremes of temperature and under the most try ing mixed traffic conditions. "Very little reflection is necessary to convince even a layman in road matters that coal tar varies too much in quality and is, per se. far too sus ! ceptible to the changes of climate and j temperature to be of any real perma nent service as a road binder. Not : only does It soften the macadam in | summer, but also makes it brittle and | crack in winter, so that tar-bcund ma j cadam roads cannot be expected and are not likely In these circumstances to withstand the strains to which they are subjected by fast and heavy mo tor traffic for any period of reasonable length. "Again, tarred macadam is by no means dustless, and the question has recently been raised as to whether the dust from roads, when treated with I tar. is injurious to the eyes, but as | tarred dust, like ordinary dust, can : produce only a mechanical irritation i upon the mucous membrane of the j eye. and in view of the fact that the dust from a tarred road is naturally I considerably less than from a road not ' so treated, it is therefore obvious that j tarring roads is likely to tend to di minish the chance of injury to the eyes. “Climatic conditions have so impor tant a bearing upon the life of roc.ds— it is no exaggeration to say that at least 50 per cent, of the wear of wa ter-bound macadam roads Is due to weather—that, knowing this, and ad mitting that macadam Is the right ma terial for the construction of main country roads, it is necessary only for the road engineer to consider the best material to employ as a waterproof binder capable of withstanding climatic conditions for binding the crust of such macadam roads so as to make each piece of stone adhere to its neighbor and at the same time be able to withstand any tendency toward disintegration, the Ideal binder for this purpose being Cuban asphalt.” Free Lunch for Hoboes. East Liverpool. Ohio.—A lunch room for hoboes who happen to be caught in the city over night may be installed by Mayor Samuel Crawford in the citv hall. Whistler Picture Brings $200. London.—A Whistler picture. “Le Militaire,” was sold at Christie's rooms for $200 and ijindseers "Why Does a Donkey Like Thistles?" for $375. RODENTS HOARD MUCH GOLD Office 3oy of Chicago Jewelry House Solves Mystery of Disappear ance of Valuables. Chicago.—A piece of gold chain three inches long sticking out of a hole in the floor solved a big mystery in a downtown wholesale jewelry house. The manager fpr the com pany had been missing watches for three months. He suspeeted that some employe was taking them, but there was no clew. More watches disap peared, the manager's worries in creased. He called his chief aids one by one into his private office and whis pered to them that he would give $100 to the person who discovered the cul prit. A month passed. The thief was not arrested. More watches and other jewelry were missing. Two detect ives were hired and ostensibly put to work among the help. The officers watched every move of every person in the place, but they got no hint of the identity of the robber. Watches, lockets, rings and gems kept going. The manager called his whole force together and told his troubles in a five-minute speech, winding up by urg :ng everybody to extra vigilance and advising the culprit to fold his tent and silently 6teal away. Nothing do :ng. Jewelry went out of sight with increasing speed. r inally, an office boy sighted the chain and the hole in the floor. He pulled on the chain and the watch popped up through the hole. A great • ight broke In on the whole force when he reported his find. A carpenter was called in and the floor was ripped up. From the recesses were recovered 17 watches, seven lockets, 14 bracelets, 19 stickpins. 27 rings, four hatpins and 13 bales of wire. Further search revealed a hole in the bottom of a case in which timepieces and other jewelry were kept. Rats had been at work for months carrying off the stock of the concern. The hole in the floor was not large enough to let a watch through flat, but the rodents had head enough to work them round sidewise and thus acconmlish their purpose. What they proposed to do with the gems nobody had an idea. There were only occasional marks of teeth on any of the stolen stuff, and they were made in dragging it away. Only a students of animal life can say why a rat. with a fine appetite for all va rieties of cheese, should waste his time lugging away gold, silver and dross. Teach Fathers to Attend Babies. Boston.—A new and novel plan has been set on foot by the Boston assc elation for the Care of the Baby and Its Food. The father as well as the mother Is to be given careful lnstruc tion as to what is for the best inter ests in the upbringing of the child. < Society Takes Up Rouge. Pari? —A year ago fashionable soci ety women were blanching their faces. ! It was considered the worst possible form to make up like an actress. To day facial makeup has become the rage and every society soman makes a liberal use of the rouge pet. a black ’ t>encil and face cream. The practice would not be so no 1 ticeable If the make-up were applied , with discretion, but the trouble is that most of the women are made up in j the crude and extreme style of the stage. -- Ban on Ground Game Lifted. Ig>ndon.—Rabbits and hares need no longer be banned from dinner menus | as suspected plague-carriers. Dr. G. D. McCleary. medical officer ■ of health of Hampstead, replying to a , question at a meeting of the National ! Health society at Bamers street. W.. i whether it was safe to eat rabbits or : hares, said danger. In his opinion, no longer existed. He thought the cooking would de ; stroy the bacillus, and that people need not be in the least afraid. GIVES ATHLETICS BIG BOOM _ *■_____ Gen. Wingate Reports 50 Per Cent. Improvement in United States Public Schools. New York.—That the Introduction of systematic athletics in the public schools In the United States has re sulted in a 60 per cent, improvement not only in physique, but in ethics, discipline and mental alertness is the assertion of Gen. George W. Wingate, president of the New York Public Schools Athletic league, in his annual report just given to the public. He says in part: "The day of experiments in this matter of athletics has now long passed* It has now become estab lished upon such a Arm foundation in both the schools and the public esti mation that the future is assured. “With every year the standard of athletic ability in our public schools becomes higher and records which were considered wonderful when made are surpassed. Accompanying this is a marked improvement in car riage of the person, alertness of mind and body and the general air ol strength and health resulting from the athletic exercises which the chil dren have pursued. Gratifying as this is from the physical side, the improve ment on the side of ethics, school dia c'pline and esprit du corps is ever greater. "The New York Public School Ath letic league, formed in 1903, is now the largest athletic organization in the world. Its success has caused the formation of similar leagues in six teen of the great cities of the coun try and more are constantly adopting its methods. One hundred thousand school children took active part in the league’s competitions in the last year. For example, 32,750 children partici pated in Jumping contests, while 14, 500 boys competed in ’chinning’ and S.000 in class running. Thirty thou sand were entered in the various field day games, at which 3,700 medals and 1150 banners were awarded.” i!K w oriel is buttoned up wrong, just one hole wrong. I get wnat juu want, ami soim-txxiy else wants what you get." Winter Hints. In winter when a few warm, com forting gifts would be so useful for these who have little. It is a good time for the housewife to look over her wardrobe and storeroom and give to people who need and will appreciate, the clothing, bedding and furniture r.o longer In use. How much better to dispose of the accumulations of each year than to store them away for moth and rust to corrupt. There is so much in the ordinary home that is worse than useless be cause it is doing nobody any good and making care and work to look over and keep. There are many homes that would be cheered by a gift that would really be a comfort to be rid of. The days of much bric-a-brac are passed. We are disposing of much each year; it is often a hard thing to do. yet how much more comfort can be taken in a home that Is not filled with things. There are thousands of homes with attics overflowing with things that might be the means of keeping many poor children from Buf fering this cold weather. Winter Dishes. Try cooking salsify after thoroughly washing the roots without scraping, just as beets are cooked, then scrape the skin off. and it is removed easily without any discoloring of the hands. Cut the tender cooked salsify in slices, dip in egg and crumbs, then in egg again and crumbs and saute in butter. These taste much like oys ters. Haring the cold weather the fat meats and pork are better digested and keep up the body heat. When serving a roast of pork or chops or sausages, garnish them with nice fried apples. Core the apple and cut it in slices without peeling: put a little butter into a spider and fry the apples in this, adding a bit of sugar. Turn the arples carefully so that the shape is not spoiled, and serve overlapping each piece. Place around the platter surrounding the meat. This not only makes a pretty garn ish, but one that is highly satisfactory to eat. H. WITH the Coffee all my years provide. • 115 i lit nil. .115 iiuii min nit* grv-n msnic, Bui al! my fears are scattered to the Winds When o’er the fragrant Pot T can pre side. —Olive Green. A Kitchen Drama. Act 1.—Mrs. If. K.—I certainly must be slow, here it is three o’clock and the noon dishes just out of the way. Here you are. all dressed for the afternoon, walking a half mile to get here, and your family no smaller than mine. Mrs. S. K.—That is easy to explain. Mrs. L K.—Why 1 What do you mean? Mrs. S. K.—You have walked a need less half mile In getting your meal, because of the size of your kitchen. Here is the range on one side ten feet from the table, the sink on the other side an equal distance; the pan try at another point of the compass, and if you do as 1 do. you probably have made several trips to the cellar. "Let me have a pencil; A dozen trips to the pantry and return makes , 240 feet, two dozen trips from stove to table. 4SO; six times from stove to pantry, a distance of 15 feet and re turn. ISO. "Four trips to the cellar, a distance of 30 feet and return—240 feet. Extra steps to the sink, cupboard and dining table. 230 feet—all together 1.3S0 feet, or a little over half a mile, and the same distance is traveled in clearing up after a meal. At least half the walking could be saved by a properly arranged kitchen and proper planning. Mrs. L. K.—Well. I do declare. I never realized that a large kitchen wasted so much energy. Mrs. S. K.—Oh. well, that isn't all; three meals a day in a year makes 548 miles walked. Act 2.—Mrs. L. K. carried out in a dead faint. The Apple as a Food. With a barrel of apples in the cel lar. one need never be at a loss for various dishes, as they combine well with other fruits and many vegetables. To prepare an apple for an invalid, wash, core and cook the apple in a lit tle sugar and water until tender. Choose an apple that has a bright red peeling. Carefully remove it to a dish and take off the peeling. Scrape the red from the inside of the peeling and put it back on the cheek of the apple. Return the peeling to the sirup and cook to remove the rest of the color. Take out the peeling and place the apple in a pretty glass dish, pour around it the rose-colored sirup and serve, either hot or cold. Apples With Almonds.—Wash, core and peel the apples, cook until tender [ in a sirup of sugar and water. Re- ; move the apples as soon as they are t : easily pierced with a fork. Prepare some almonds by blanching and < ut i ting into quarters lengthwise Put the I almonds j oint first into the apple. ' ering it with the almonds. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and pour the j sirup around them and brown in the oven. Serve cold with whipped cream. Sweet App!e3 W.tn Quinces.—Pr' I pare the apples without p-eling: tore j and Ell the cavities with bit* of i quinces and sugar. Bake slowly, bast j ir.g with melted butter and sirup. Apple Crusts.—This is a dish t-a* ! makes an attractive and wholesome i dessert for children: Cut stale bread ’ in circles, lay half of a peel' d, cored ' apple, cut crosswise, on each piece Hake carefully to keep the shape of j the apple, and baste with butter and a little lemon juice with sugar. Serve sprinkled with powdered | sugar, either hot or cold. Apples Baked With Prunes.—Select ! tart apples and peel or not. as pre ! ferred. Core and fill the craters with i stewed prunes, stoned and drained. Bake slowly, bastitig with the prune ' juice, or with lemon juice, melted but ! ter or a sirup with a little grated • lemon peel. Two or three cloves may ! be stuck into the apple and removed i before serving. Serve cold with ’ cream. lKE also unt * thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils. j sna cuiici.—*.3. Winter Foods. During the winter months is the time to serve the hearty, heating foods, puddings rich in fat and dishes | of rich combinations. The steamed suet puddings with egg sauce and the pastries of all kinds are . better digested when the body is get ' ting more exercise and needs heat. Indian Pudding.—Scald one quart of milk and stir in a cup of corn meal, ' stir until scalded and smooth, then add a cup of suet, another quart of 1 milk and one and a fourth cupfuls of brown sugar, a cup of raisins and two i beaten eggs; add a little salt, stir oc casionally at first and Lake three hours. Ccrn Bread.—Mix together the fol lowing ingredients; One cup of sour cream, one cup of brown sugar, one cup of flour sifted with a teaspoonful of soda, one cup of corn meal, a lit tle salt and two well-beaten eggs. Jumbles.—These old-fashioned cakes will apreal to the children. Beat into a cup of molasses four teaspoonfuls of soda, add three eggs well beaten, one cup of brown sugar and add a cup of shortening, either lard or butter or a mixture of both, salt, a half table spoonful of ginger, the same of cinna mon. four cups of flour; drop in pans like drop cookies. Bake In a moder ate oven. Steamed Brown Bread.—Take a cup ful each of sweet and sour milk, two cupfuls of corn meal, one and a half cupfuls of flour, a half teaspoonful of salt and two of soda sifted with the flour, two-thirds of a cup of molasses. Steam two and a half hours. Pork Cake.—Cook together one cup of molasses, two cups of dried apples three hours, with a teaspoonful of cin namon. a half teaspoonfnl of cloves, a grating of nutmeg and a pinch of gin ger. To a cup of chopped salt pork add a cup of boiling water, three eggs, half a cup of raisins and a teaspoonful of soda and two of cream of tartar sifted with flour enough to make a sufficiently stiff dough. 'KKTAIX Chinese sage, known is Yuan M«u tSgJt “ 10 y°U by the kinsl”P of llv7fhe °Dly thing that makes a man llveforever in the hearts of his coun hlS raCe is the «ood tbat ne does. \0ur position in this respect endnmTiable °De and 1 wisb toT* tend my congratulations” Yours respectfully, E. H. PRATT.