The Minimum Wage.
Washington, D. C.—The Nolan bill
provides for a minimum wage of $90
per month for employees of the federal
government. The hearings on the bill
have developed some startling condi
tions in the public service. Although
the standards of living and general
wage scales have been changed time
and again to meet conditions in the
business world, many laborers em
ployed by Uncle Sam, are working
on the same basis established fifty
five years ago. A grave digger at
Arlington cemetery was brought be
fore the committee, and it was found
that he has been receiving $40 per
month. On this sum he attempts to
support a large family. It develops
that this man has been providing the
last resting places for generals, ad
mirals and other military heroes to
whose memories beautiful monu
ments have been erected. The in
vestigation also discloses that there
are a great many people in the gov
ernment service for $720 per annum,
with no probabilities of increased
pay. Considerable pressure is being
used in the hopes that Congress will
set an example to the rest of the
nation, by establishing a minimum
wage that will provide at least a
decent living for its most menial em
ployees.
Roosevelt and Root.
Former President Roosevelt and
former Senator Root have resumed
their former fraternal feeling. A
carefully pre-arranged plan resulted
in having the news that they had
“buried the hatchet,” printed simul
taneously in the newspapers through
out the country. A great deal of poli
tical significance has been attached
to the event, but astute political ob
servers in Washington say that the
little dinner party participated in by
the Colonel and Mr. Root, at which
Senator Lodge and Major-General
Wood were also guests, makes a
pretty little story, but the affair is
not likely to influence the manner of
voting of any of the delegates to the
republican convention.
Presidential Honeymooning.
During the past few weeks the
President’s yacht “Mayflower” has
been commandeered for frequent
trips down the Potomac with the
President and Mrs. Wilson on board.
This is an entirely new departure in
the president’s habits, as he never
has shown any interest in the “May
flower” heretofore. But likely a pre
sident can honeymoon with as much
enthusiasm as any other kind of a
lover— and there’s nothing like a
luxurious yacht or steamboat out in
the ocean wide, when it comes to that
delightful kind of vacationing for
love’s young dream.
Civil Service for Postmasters.
Just before President Taft went out
of office republican politicans were
insisting on blanketing postmasters
into civil service. The democrats ob
jected very strenuously, but now hav
ing shifted the shoe unto the other
foot, prominent members of the
democratic party are urging action
to extend civil service so that it will
take care of their dear friends who
have been selling postage stamps
since their appointment by the Wil
son administration.
t Many a Heart is Breaking.
The presidential primaries are de
veloping many unexpected things.
Here in Washington where most of
tlnjse who have presidential ambi
tions are residing there is evidence
tha many a heart is breaking not
"After the Ball” but after the votes
are counted.
Routes of War News.
We have some of the official reports
in Washingon from which it appears
that the most startling set-backs con
cerning the British, French and Rus
sians, are contained in the reports
from Berlin. Germany’s internal
troubles are told in reports from Lon
don. In like manner the reasons for
military activity in Holland are laid
to the Germans by the British, and
vice versa. Even in our own Mexican
mix-up the news is distorted beyond
recognition since most of the dis
patches are from everywhere except
points at which authentic information
is available. He who put3 much de
pendence on most war news is apt
to be deceived. War correspondents
are all being kept at long-arm dis
tances, and when a writer guesses
right he is apt to be “deleted” by the
censor.
The Price of Gasoline.
Washington is firmly convinced
that the Standard Oil Company
might, if it chose, prevent the con
stant rise in the price of gasoline.
One suggestion is that an embargo
be placed upon gasoline, thereby
shutting off the European market. In
view of the government’s position in
relation to the shipment of all other
kinds of supplies to the war countries,
it is not likely that attempts to regu
late the price of gasoline will be along
the embargo route. Another legisla
tive proposal favors the seizing of the
properties of the Standard Oil. An
other congressman thinks the situa
tion might be saved if the Interior De
partment would get busy and dig a
lot of oil wells throughout the coun
try. The automobile manufacturers
are anxious that something drastic
be done, as the price of gasoline will
interfere with the sale of their 1916
machines.
Fighting Christians Wanted.
Billy Sunday visited Washington a
few days ago and in his sermon de
clared that every generation needs
a new type of Christian. He said that
the present need is “a lot of Chris
tians who are not afraid to go on the
war path. Sunday said, "You talk
about the moral equivilent for war,
why you can develop more Bpine and
backbone fighting the devil, on your
own block than you can in a year
fighting in Europe.” He made the
plea for the incarnation of righteous
wrath and pointed out the necessity
for people who would “fight for truth
in uprooting the moral defects of the
communities.” Then he attacked
what he called "spineless, weak
minded, flabby-cheeked, heavy
jeweled, two-by-four, milk and water
Christians.” An attempt was made to
secure the reverend gentleman for a
religious campaign in Washington,
but it was found that he is booked
ahead for every day until the spring
of 1918.
The Metric System.
Latin Anferican countries have em
phasized ^he difficulty of doing busi
ness witli the United States, because
of the different standards in weights
and measures, and ip difficulties in
the exchange of money. American
bankers have been going into sou
thern countries within the last two
or three years, and it is thought that
the visit of Secretary McAdoo to the
southern regions will help to straigh
ten out the tangles in the financial re
lationship with the people to the
south. The Metric system has been
adopted in the foreign trade by Euro
pean countries, and the Pan-American
interests in the National Capital are
endeavoring to influence American
business men to conduct their rela
tions with South and Central America
upon that basis..
A SMART DUB.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Failing to pass
the Binet mental test for ten year
olds, a rejected recruit from Pittston.
Pa,, gave Sergeant Frank Stubbe. of
he local United States marine corps
recruiting station, a puzzle that he.
himself, could do, but which has since
caused the marine sergeant several
sleepless nights spent in a vain en
deavor to unravel the problem.
Here’s the puzzle. There are three
houses in a row, with a gas plant, an
electric light plant, and a water plant
in the rear of them, and the grand
central idea is to run a line under
ground from each plant to each house
without crossing lines or going
through a house.
The mentally deficient recruit says
it ran be done and does it on paper,
jut after three days of unavailing ef
fort the sergeant of marines isn’t quite
>ure that the youth from Pittston is
not trying to “tell it to the marines.”
WHY SHALL I BUY LAND IN NE
BRASKA?
(By M. A. Larson, Central City, Neb.)
The reasons are many. They are
based on solid, practical facts which
•an not be disputed. Nebraska is the
only state in the union that has made
a howling success of the big 4 crops,
namely, corn, wheat, oats and alfalfa,
the crops that feed the world, either
directly or indirectly. They are the
■rops that you and I depend upon
every time we sit down to our meals.
There are other states that raise corn,
uid states that raise wheat, states
hat raise oats and alfalfa, but did you
ever stop to think, that Nebraska is
.he only state that produces all these
crops in large quantities.excepting our
3ister state, Iowa, which comes the
nearest? What does that mean? It
means that Nebraska land must, and
will, make a big increase in value, in
.•ears to come.
Nebraska a Leader in Per Capita
Wealth.
Iowa’s per capita is higher, but
■hat state has to hang its head on
account of a miserable population
3howing, and because of a painfully
low figure on wealth per railroad mile.
Nebraska, with its 6,400 miles of rail
road, has the Hawkeyes outdistanced
with their 10,100 miles of railroad.
Iowa lost one per cent of its popula
tion between the years of 1910 and
1912, while Nebraska went ahead 11
per cent in the same time.
Division of Wealth.
The total wealth of the country is
$185,000,000,000, not taking into ac
count the ships belonging to the
United States navy and about $20,
000,000 worth of privately owned
water supply systems.
That is an average of slightly over
$3,776,000,000 per state. Nebraska’s
otal wealth is listed at $3,795,000,000,
or about $$20,000,000 above the aver,
age.
A glance at the records as dis
tributed by Uncle Sam shows also
that this state has another achieve
ment on its roll. In proportion to its
total wealth, it was second in the en
tire list of states. Some states main
tained only about an equal standing,
but Nebraska increased its per capita
wealth from $2,882 to $3,110 in the
eight year period, 1904 to 1912.
Remember, Nebraska Never Has Had
a Boom—But Will Have Soon.
Opportunity is knocking, do not ask
her to kick the door in. She is appeal
ing to your better judgment at this
moment to invest all your money in
good old Nebraska land, which is as
sure to increase in value, as people
are sure to be born.
Never has there been a time when
the future looked so bright to the
American farmer as it does now, and
the man who buys land today in the
corn belt of Nebraska will soon have
good reasons to shake hands with
himself.
“Buy Nebraska Land” and be
happy.
Patriotic Editor.
Not satisfied that he as doing his
full duty to his country in merely fill
ing the columns of his newspaper with
preparedness pleas, William Greame,
Editor of the Bethel, Ohio, Journal,
has volunteered his services in time
of war, and has requested that he be
assigned as private to the ranks of the
United States marine corps.
Editor Greame served an enlistment
with the “Sea Soldiers” some years
ago, and is thoroughly trained for
either sea or land duty.
Major General Barnett, Commanding
the United States marine corps, has
gladly accepted the proffered services
of the patriotic editor, and will call
him to the colors if ever the need
should arise.
"Into each life some rain must fall”
and it does.
Dead men tell no tales, but a living
gossip keeps the world in a squirm.
That smile that never comes off
soon becomes more nauseating than
the snarl of a hyena.
Statistics show that every man in
every 203 is six feet tall. Does this
town measure up to the standard?
There are two places where you can
always bob up uninvited without being
snubbed—tile"church and the saloon.
| And Back of Congress By Bart
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THE COUNTRY IS FOR PROTEC
TION.
Whatever may happen in this year
of a national election it is safe to as
sert that the majority existing in the
country in favor of the reasonable
| protection of American industries will
j be so clearly emphasized that it will
not again be questioned by any im
portant political party. There was a
popular majority for protection in the
last presidential election, in spite of
the electorial result, made one-sided
by the division in one of the great
j political organizations. The platforms
that received a majority of the popu
lar vote contained protective planks.
Again, in the congressional elections
of last year the democratic majority
in the house was cut down to a small
remnant. If the question of protec
tive measures should be allowed to
come up squarely in the present house
the democrats could not hold their
lines for free trade. That party's
time worn eccentricity, a tariff for
revenue only, is in poor shape. It
fails to get the revenue needed. Who
would have the hardihood now to con
tend that free trade assures peace
throughout the world? Certainly, no
British politician will revive this fav
orite argument of Cobden, who was
opposed to war under all circum
stances. England is deeply involved
in the most terrible of wars, and free
trade isolation had much to do in
bringing on the calamity.
President Wilson forsees the wane
of the tariff for revenue only fallacy.
He has just said that the country
needs a tariff commission composed of
experts to study actual conditions as
they arise, a body to be "as much as
possible free from any strong pre
possession in favor of any particular
policy and capable of looking at the
whole economic situation of the coun
try with a dispassionate scrutiny.” Is
this all that remains at the White
House of the ancient democratic,
stand in behalf of a tariff for revenue
only? The language is that of sur
render on what has long been urged
as a leading democratic principle.
The dogma is badly battered in public
sentiment. It is Identified with finan
cial failure, and is so evidently a
grave danger in the readjustments of
the war that common prudence de
mands a consideration of the menace
now.
The question of protection, the
president remarks, “is neither here
nor there.” A mistake, obviously.
The question is here, and democratic
leaders in reference to it are hunting
cover.—St. Louis Globe Democrat.
MOTHERS.
Should see that the whole family
take at least three or four doses of
a thorough, purifying system cleaning
medicine this spring. Now is the
time. The family will be healthier,
happier and get along better if the
blood is given a thorough purifying,
the stomach and bowels cleaned out,
and the germs of winter, accumulated
in .the system driven away. Hollister’s
Rocky Mountain Tea is the very best
and surest Spring Remedy to take.
Get it at once and see the difference
in the whole family. Their color will
be better, they’ll feel fine and be well
and happy. 35c. The best spring tonic
laxative, purifier.—Graefe Pharmacy.
Horse Sense.
A horse that ‘refrains from eating
is using the horse sense method of
curing itself of some intestinal
trouble. Nature sometimes fails, so
take no chances but go to the aid of
nature as soon as you see something
wrong with your horse and give it a
dose or two ■ of B. A. Thomas Stock
Remedy. If it does not respond at
once, this medicine costs you nothing
and its Just as sure with cows or
sheep. We give you your money
back.—J. J. Slominski.
Eggs For Hatching.
Rose Comb Rhode Island Red eggs,
20 cents a dozen. White China geese
eggs for sale—Mrs. William .Critel.
Phone 9013: 15-3
THE BOOSTING HABIT.
“If Nebraska people would get into
the habit of boosting for their own
state, really boosting as the Califor
nians do, it would be a very good
thing. The climate, the wonderful ad
vantages, and even some of the disad
vantages, are made the most of on
i every occasion. It’s a bit tiresome at
I times, but they certainly have the
habit.”
This advice comes from a former
Nebraskan, transplanted to California
by circumstances beyond control, but
who can still make comparisons with
out prejudice or bias. The pith of it
all is that the boosting habit has made
California by playing up everything
which that state boasts possessing
possible attractive power and minimi
zing or explaining away its drawr
backs.
What the boosting habit has done
and is doing out there, it can also do
for Nebraska whose superior re
sources of all kind wait only to be
properly exploited. There are seasons
of the year, perhaps when the rigors
of Nebraska weather are uncomfort
able, but the bad spells here are few
and short and the climate for the
whole twelve months contains more
intrinsic value to be capitalized than
does the widely advertised salubrious
ness which California cashes in so
successfully. We must get the boost
ing habit. What we must drive in is
that, for all the year round residence,
there is no spot on earth that beats
Nebraska.—Omaha Bee.
THE FORD.
How thrilling the life in a Ford must
be,
Skimming the earth from sea to sea.
Rambling o’er roads so smooth and
wide,
There's naught like a Ford when it
comes to a ride. "
With its comfy seats, and its lazy
back
You speed away up the smooth,
wide track,
And up and up to the open sky
Your dust the frolicsome winds
dash high.
You have left your homes and the
cities’ heat
And are on your way to a cool re
treat,
So the young and old they scamper
away
In their little Fords, for an outing
day.
But halt! you have reached a tall,
steep hill,
Will the Ford climb it? It surely
will.
Then back at the Sixty that cannot
climb,
‘Come up on high” you can hear
the Ford chime.
Come up, come up and view the sight.
The scenery around is a perfect de
light.
But the car below gives back the cry,
‘‘We can’t, we can’t come up on
high.”
On a Ford only can one depend
In time <yf trouble, an unfailing
friend.
What joy it must be to possess a
Ford,
With delays and breakdowns you
never are bored,
But lightly can speed through the
country grand
And view the sights of your native
land.
You know you are safe, foe a Ford
can go
Wherever it chooses, and not be
slow.
Up the mountain road, or down by
the sea.
How thrilling the life in a Ford
must be.
FOR SALE.
Three and one-half acres of land.
Also another tract of four and one
half acres; six lots fenced chicken
tight, half in cherry and plum trees.
Also a bran new two seated spring
wagon, Bet of double harness and a
stack of alfalfa hay.—Alfred Ander
son.
Daily sells for less.
FOR SALE.
Three short horn bulls, two seat
surrey and gang plow. Phone Black
12.—L. N. Smith. 17-3
FOR SALE.
Three short horn bulls, two seat
surrey gang plow. Phone Black 12.—
L. N. Smith. 16-3
SEED CORN FOR SALE.
200 bushels of seed com for sale.
1914 crop. $1.50 per bushel. Inquire
of Mike Euruck. Phone 9230. 16-6
EGGS F*OR HATCHING
Thoroughbred Plymouth Rock eggs
for hatching. Inquire of P. O. Lewan
dowski at the old Jone’s place.
Eggs For Hatching.
Single comb mottled Anconas, $1
per setting of 13.—I. L. Conger. 16-3
Eggs for Hatching.
Pure Bred Barred Rocks—$1.00 per
13; $3.50 per 50; $6.00 per 100.—R. L.
Arthur.
Eggs for Hatching.
Rhode Island Red eggs, 25 cents
a dozen. Phone 9012.—Mrs. C. C.
Christensen. 13-5
PASTURE.
Good pasture for a few head of
stock.—L. N. Smith. 18-3
Having entered Mexico for good and
sufficient reasons, multiplied a thou
sand fold, we should not hesitate to
get out—when we get good and ready. ’
STATISTICS.
The Nebraska Statutes fix the duty j
it gathering agricultural statistics on >
Lhe assessors. On or before July 1st |
the collected information must be:
summarized and given to the county i
slerk whose duty it is to forward to |
W. R. Mellor, Secretary of the Ne- i
braska State Board of Agriculture, j
who, by the same law, is charged
with the compilation of the statistical
information sent in 'from the various
counties and publish same in his an
nual report to the Governor. Early in i
March the office of the State Board
of Agriculture sent out to the 2,000
assessors of Nebraska blank reports j
and summaries for use in the 1916 j
gathering of the statistics. Letters j
accompanying such blank reports to
the county assessors, among other
matters contained this clause:
“Please urge your township assessors
to gather these statistics in a pains
taking, truthful manner, as the good
name of Nebraska and your county de
pends on their work. Impress on
them the necessity for accurate infor
mation to protect our farmers from
bucket shop manipulators.”
The grain dealers in large cities re
ceive their informatSon from their
paid agents. If no other reliable in
formation were gathered the tempta
tion to take greater profits would be
largely increased, and such profits
comes from the pockets of the far
mers. The facts as received from the
assessors and the people who act as
crop reporters is the only check on
these large grain dealers, and the
State Board of Agriculture give pub
licity to the facts received which
assists in minimizing unjust specula
tion.
A Queer People.
We are a queer people, we are—
we sons and daughters of Uncle
Samuel.” That is how we look to the j
Wichita (Kas.) “Beacon,” at least.!
The “Beacon” goes on to explain that
when Congress figures out a plan to
provide for the defense of our coun
try, a plan to prevent, if possible,
any such war as might cost “all the
way from 100.000 to 1,000.000 Ameri
can lives, to say nothing at all of
American liberty,” some of us fume
and rave against the “extravagance”
of such plans. We then put on our
hats and coats (so says the Kansas
paper) and go downtown and gaze
about for half an hour to find out
where they are showing Charlie
Chaplin pictures. We pay our dime for
a forty-five minute smile and come
home feeling a good deal better than
we did when we read the newspaper
account of those “extravagant” pre
paredness plans. We do not stop to
think that we are paying Charlie $10,
000 a week to pull some silly stunt to
make us laugh. We don’t mind the
notion that Charlie’s new contract is
reported to be $520,000 for the year’s
work, plus a bonus of $150,000. Yet
those sums would pay the salaries of
“five major generals, fifteen colonels,
fifty captains, seventy-five lieutenants,
and one thousand able-bodied Ameri
can privates, and leave Mr. Chaplin
enough for his creature comforts to
equal the aggregate annual salary of
the President’s Cabinet.” That is why
the Wichita “Beacon” thinks that the
anti-preparedness man alleges “econ
omy” and just dotes on Charlie's
Comic Capers is a rather funny per
son himself. By the way, we wonder
if there really are many people like
that in our town?
Scalds, Galls, Scratches, Sores, Hurts,
Screw Worms.
To make the best cure for such
troubles, buy a pint of linseed oil,
if you prefer a healing oil, or a pound
of hog lard or vaseline if you want a
salve and add a 50 cent bottle of
Farris Healing Remedy. It simply
can’t be beat by any salve or liniment
made. And see what you get—a full
pint for not over 60 cents. Farris
Healing Remedy is sold by us on the
Money Back Plan.—J. J. Slominski.
LIVESTOCK PR
AT SOUTH Oil
Handy Weight Beeves Si
Heavy Cattle Rather
HOGS HIGHEST OF THi
Fairly Liberal Receipts of S
Lambs and Trade Very
Lambs Largely 10@15c Lov
Lightweights Selling at $11.
ton Grades Generally About
Union Stock Yards, South
April 25, 1916.—The week stj
with a very fair run of cattl
6,000 head, but the quality wa
good as last week. Year,
handy weight cattle ruled si
stronger, the best yearlings'
at $9.50. Heavy and plain cad
slow and weak from start t
Cow stuff and Stockers and
ruled just about steady an
thing sold in very good seasc
Quotations on Cattle—Prii
lings, $9.25@9.50; prime btev
@9.35; good to choice beeve
9.00; fair to good beeves, $8.1 -
common to fair beeves, $7.1
good to choice heifers, $7.f
good to choice cows, $7.25@8
to good cows, $6.50@7.25; /
and cutters, $4.0O@6.00; veajl
$7.75@ 10.75; bulls, stags, etc.,'
8.00; good to choice feeders.
8.65; good to choice stockers,
8.20; fair to good feeders, $7.4j
common to fair feeders, $6.5(
stock heifers, $6.75@8.25; stocl
$6.25@7.50; stock calves, $6.7
Hogs Sell a Dime Highe
Only a moderate ran of hog*
ed up, about 6,200 head and
vigorous demand from both I
and shippers the market was
and prices all of 10c higher thi
turday. In fact, prices Mouda;
aged the highest so far this
Best butcher hogs sold up to $
against $9.50 Saturday and thi
of the trading was at $9.45@}
compared with $9.35@9.50 on
day or on the previous Monday
Lambs Close 10@15c Low*
Receipts of sheep and lambs
by no means excessive for a Ml
some 8,500 head, but the demati
slack and trade very slow thi
out. Finally prices settled doi
about a 10@15c decline, the!
lambs selling at $11.55. Fat w*
yearlings and ewes were in fa
quest and just about steady. ,
Quotations on sheep and lamb
Lambs, good to choice
$11.30@ 11.55; lambs, fair to \
handy, $11.00@11.30; lambs, fa ^
choice, heavy, $10.50 @11.00; I
clipped, handy, $S.75@9.50; I
clipped, heavy, $8.25@9.00; yeej
fair to choice, light^$^g5(gj
yearlings, fair to choiJ^ fcfeavy,
@9.25; wethers, fair t^sfioice, $j
9.25; ewes, good tJpjhoice, $i
9.00; ewes, fair to^ood, $7.75d
ewes, clipped, $6.0(% 7.35.
Next time you meet a fellow v
prize dog, say nothing and listen,
do more howling than the dog.
They say that opportunity kn
at every man’s doon once, but at I
efeller’s it must have walked on
We are dinged glad, though, tlia
don’t have to pay that European i
It might cause us some slight
barrassment.
The largest shoe factory in the country
makes less than one-fortieth of the entire
shoe output, but the Ford Motor Com
pany builds half of all the automobiles
made in America. This volume is neces
sary to supply the demands of people \yho
are looking for economy at a low cost.
Get yours today! Runabout $390; Touring
Car $440; Coupelet $590; Town Car
$640; Sedan $740. All prices f. o. b.
Detroit.
A. C. OGLE
LOCAL AGENT
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA
