LITCHFIELD EVENTS.
Sam Eatabrook shipped a <ar of hogs
t« Tuesday.
Fred Hobinson wa* a passenger to
1-itteote on No 4«. Tuesday.
Mrs M Rokuuen tame up from
Haxa 4 on No 2*. Tuesday
Gay Richmond shipped a mixed car
of hogs and tattle. Tuesday.
Aaron E her lee returned from his
trip to Omaha, on No. 43. Sunday.
John Mead shipped a load of tattle
i the Omaha market on Sunday.
Mr*. John Shipley returned home to
Hazard am No «* Sunday morning.
Hotter Hot ket shipped a load of
orues to Grand Island. Sunday morn
tu*
A. D Jones shipped a pi* to Amost:
Hall at Rato. Neb. that w.’giied 135
pounds.
A I* Jones sold a r- ung p led Dur
-am hull to P H S* hmieg of near
Saratroa
Miss Holt < mi- * ho has been visit
r.g Mrs Miller returned home on No.
Hi. Tuesday
The Howard Brothers shipped a car
•f mixed sto- k to the Omaha market.
Tuewday morning
A L Fletcher ha* the old school
house moved down unto his corner
o(s on mam street
Mrs Bert Taffee returned to onia
a m No. 44. after spending a feu
*eek» visiting with her parents.
Mrs John Wetter < an.e home on No
* Tuesday evening John, although
much better is still in the hospital.
E C A- henba> h shipped a load of
tigs to Sooth Omaha on Wednesday
harles Duncan went down with then.
41 Bacfcu* and C E. A<benba< h each
'tupped a <ar of hogs on Tuesday. Art
Marsh went down w ith A< iienbachV
hogs
Mr Puree.! father of F G Purcell,
■ind V »s King < ame down on No 49.
Saturday morning to spend the da'
with the Purcells.
A C Wall and family left on No 4'*
Saturday morning for an eztended
visit at Henderson. Neb., and froa.
tnere to Kansas
J P Mosgrore was . passenger to
• *tnah» on No. 4«. Tuesday morning
to consult a specialist, as his eyes are
troubling him again
Mr and Mrs John Webber we*v
passengers to Grand Island on No.
4* Friday morning John went down
for mediial treatment*
Mr and Mrs. Cus* K Weitzel came
t. on No 43 Friday morning to v..
Mrs Weitzel'* parents They brought
a third party with them this time.
Mr and Mrs W J Heapy went to
Hazard on No. 49. Sunday morning.
W J will return at. No. 39 Mrs Heapy
i* pnts< ipal of the Hazard school.
Mr and Mr? Marsh and son and
:Slighter were passengers to Ravenna
«a No *9 Sunday to visit with the
latter's sister, returning on No 39.
Mrs Klias Butler went to Lincoln
on N'> 40 Tuesday, to bring home her
boy who has been in the hospital for
- me time He was greatly benefited
George Dickerson and Henry Dun
• an shipped a load of hogs, also Thus.
Haller Wednesday. George Dickerson
and Henry Dun an accompanied them
Dr Chase and wife drove over from
lamp City. Tuesday afternoon. They
brought over Mr and Mrs Rollie Shot
tier, who will take the train for Hem
lngford.
Mrs. Lillie King, mother of Mrs. F.
G. Prcell, came down from Broken
Bow with Miss Labert Dvrast on No.
4". for a days' visit, returning on No.
39. Wednesday. ,
George Kensler had the misfortune
to break the radius rod In his car and
lost control of it and it turned over
breaking the top and the windshield
and bending the front axel.
The old lady Mrs. Theodore Mc
Oosh. passed away about 6 o'clock on
Monday evening. Her husband died a
year ago She has been sick for some
time ' understand the funeral will be
Wednesday afternoon.
It has been said by a few knockers,
that Lit' hfield was the poorest market
in the country. How is this; Last Fri
day. Chris Peterson of Hazard brought
up seven loads of wheat to the Litch
field elevators that brought him near
ly 1100 per load.
Henry Bichel was in town doing
‘ us.ness. Friday afternoon. He in
forms me that his father, Fritz, is
h'.me from an extended stay at the
Fx< elsior Springs resort. Mo., and that
the rheumatism has left him for a
time ai d that he is as nimble as a
kid.
Harve Chapman went to Broken
Row on No. 39. Monday evening to
meet his daughter. Ruth. (Mrs. Paul
Workman.! They are moving down
from Bayard to farm Harve's place
Paul Workman arrived her on No. 44
Monday evening. His car of emigrant
goods arrived in the night.
Two cars of emigrant goods and
-to. k camp in on No 109. Tuesdiv
evening Charles Helrod. S. E and Otto
Helrod shipped in Charles Helrod goe
on to the Frierson place lately occu
pi-d by Foreberger S. E. Helrod goe
on to the Eps place occupied by A. C
Wall, and Otto goes on to the Frank
Fener place.
Bert Gates ami sort of Broken Bow.
ante down on No. 40. Tuesday to buy
<>ne or two white faced hulls. They
went out to the Bichel ranches and
-aid they saw some very fine cattle
•>ut were all sold out of the kind thev
wanted wept three that Fritz wa
■ ■ ding for the Herford sale to be held
| at Grand Island.
Miss Marie Duncan came home front
a forma to he near her brother who
R down sick with th typhoid fever
darie left here semiparalized. but
er few weeks residence on the coast
did for her what the doctors at thr
1 ospitals could not do here. She is
now better than she has been for
• irs I understand solely on climate
■ 1 w.thout any medical assistance.
WILL EUROPE LEGALIZE POLY
GAMY?
The enormous slaughter of men has
smarted the sociologsts to debating tb“
question of whether or not. at the
lose of hostilities. Europe will be
i forced to legalize polygamy, or resor
to some other such expedient to pro
vide mates for its millions of unmar
ried women.
Although perhaps not generallv
known, precisely such a condition was
faced in Europe at the end of the
rhirtv ears war. and it was met bv
legalizing polygamy until a relative
1 slam e of the sexes was again estab
1 sh. d. when the laws were repealed.
It is estimated that should the war
continue for two years longer there
w ill t>e in the countries involved not
less than twelve million females in ex
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cess of males. Hence it can be plainly
seen that the problem confronting
those countries is serious indeed.
Europe, aside from the purely ma
terial losses which she is sustaining,
and which are almost beyond concep
tion or computation, is facing a cer
tain and serious check to civilization.
Possibly no other condition would so
retard the march of progress as a re
turn, either by choice or necessity, to
this degrading practice.
The twentieth century mind re
volts at the idea of polygamy. Not j
only is this true of Americans, but oi
Europeans as well. This being true, j
what effect would it have upon the peo-1
pie should such a practice be revived .’
To a race familiar with and accus
tomed to the practice it may appear
justifiable and right. But to a people
who for centuries have been taught
to regard it as contrary to the laws of
nature the effect is certain to be de
moralizing to character. Even those
who would be constrained to practice
polygamy would by force of their pre
vious training be compelled to rega’d
themselves as living in adultery.
How truly should every American
thank his God that our land has been
spared the horrors that face our cou
sins across the water, and how firmly
ea h should determine that, come,
what may. we will never be dragged
into that conflict and participate in
that slaughter except in actual de
fense of our own shores.
America today is the white hope of
civilization. The destiny of the race
lies in the American hand to shape as
it will. That we may be true to our
j highest ideals is the earnest prayer
of every intelligent soul within our
borders.
Polygamy could never even be con
sidered in this country.
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A PLEA FOR THE GRAMMAR
GRADE BOY.
Do we dominate or domineer the
: grammar grade boy? I fear very often
j it is the latter.
The reason for this probably Is
j that we. as grammar grade teachers.
have failed to make a comprehensive
i study of the boy.
A teacher must realize the boy's
; physical needs, know his individual
| traits, understand his nervous temper
ament, and discover his physical de
fects, or run the risk of inflicting up
on him untold inquiry. Above all. the
] teacher who studies his boys carefully
j will avoid the mistake of thinking that
they can be easily deceived.
Our attitude toward our boys should
be one of frankness and sincere sym
pathy. Encourage your boy’s confi
dence, but never betray it nor hold
it lightly. Do but gain a boy's trust;
convince him by your behavior that
you have his happiness at heart; let
him discover that you are the wiser
of the two and let him experience the
benefits of following your advice, and
the evils that result from disregarding
it. and fear not you will readily enough
guide him.
Make some allowance for childish
ignorance, faults, failings, and thot
lessness, for all these are quite char
acteristic of many grown up folk.
Many teachers feel that a boy must
be crushed into obedience by their
power, but such obedience is really
disorder.
Our chief work is not to punish but
to train; not to govern, but to teach.
We must believe that boys are living
feeling flesh and blood, they have
minds to learn and expand, hearts to
love or hate, and souls to aspire. Thev
are quick to respond, they greet con
fidence with confidence, and they
measure out love for love.—Nebraska
Teacher.
CARE OF ENGINE.
At this time of year much damage
is done to automobile engines (and
other engines as well) due to pistons
seizing the cylinder, is the word that
comes from the agricultuarl engineer
ing department at the state university
farm.
This causes the cylinder walls to be
scored, and in many cases they are
practically ruined. The reason for this
is that in cold weather cylinders and
water jackets warm slowly, while pis
tons and rings get hot and expand
with the first few explosions. There
fore. if the engine is allowed to run
at a high rate of speed before the
whole engine is warmed up. damage
is apt to occur, especially with com
paratively new cases which have pis
tons fitted very tightly.
This condition is aggravated because
oil does not run freely. There is noth
ing to be gained by allowing the en
gine to race, while there is consider
able to lose. There is no harm in
allowing it to run idle at a fair rate
of speed until it is warmed. In fact,
this may be advisable.
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It will soon be time to “clean up and
paint up." And while we are about it
let’s clean up. paint up. and stay up.
To spend a few hours and a few dol
lars on your yard and property this
spring and then forget all about it for
the next five years to come is the
poorest kind of economy. It is even a
first-class extravagance, for the m<>
ment a piece of property becomes
"rusty” deterioration rapidly sets in
and rushes right on to destruction. A
few dollars and a little labor in per
iodical improvements is the best in
terest you can get on your investment.
And what is good for you is equally
good for the town, the county, and the
state.
Give vour child a nickel occasional
ly. It won’t break you. and it will give
the child its first lessons in the art
of handling money. But most import
ant of all. teach it to save two cents
of every nickel you give it. That will
teach it thrift and the art of saving.
Let it take its pennies out and count
them over. Every time it counts them
it will want to add a few more to the
pile. That will inculcate the art of
accumulation. But dont let it depend
on what you give it. It should be
taught to earn money, and the first
lesson should go with the first nickel.
That will demonstrate the necessity
and increase its capacity for work.
And in after years, when success has
crowned its efforts, it will look back
over the lapse of time and tell others
that it had the best father and mother
that God ever pe-mitted to live.
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ASLEEP AT THE COAL BIN.
To most Americans it will come as
a shock to learn that our own trade
with the Phillippines is largely de
pendent upon British coaling stations.
Now that England needs all its own
fuel, it has decreed that independent
shipping will hereafter get none. Here
is another example of the shiftness
work of our government. Congress
haggles for months over pork-barrel
appropriations and neglects a primary
business proposition such as coaling
stations for our own ships. What
would be said of a railroad that for
ever kept its fuel supply in the hands
of a competitor who might stop the
supply any day it saw fit to do so?
But our government affairs, being con
ducted primarily on a partisan politi
cal basis, are left in a slovenly condi
tion. Since the United States mines
far more coal than any other nation,
it would appear to be elemental that
it should furnish all the coaling sta
tion facilities which could be needed
for our own use.—Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
"DO UNTO OTHERS.”
Friend, have you ever asked yourself
the question? “Is my neighborho J anv
the better for my presence in it?” Has
your community life been such that
were you to remove to some other 1 ->
cality you would be really missed, and
missed with regret?
We believe that many of us who con
sider ourselves good citizens and good
neighbors, if we were to seriously con
sider this question, would be somewhat
puzzled to find the correct answer.
We all know people of our communi
ty of whom it were idle to ask this
question that they are a real asset to
any community that is so fortunate as
to claim them. Let us. then, in the
light of their lives, truthfully and im
partially judge our own lives, and let
us profit by that judgment.
All of us know that good angel of
the neighborhood. Frequen*tv she is a
frail little mite of womanhood, quiet
and unassuring, with the most humble
appreciation of her own virtues. Yet
whenever sickness or sorrow develop
in the countryside we instinctively
look to find her in attendance, ready
to efface herself in her ministrations
to others; giving of the faith of her
own large heart to sustain the failing
courage of those in need.
And who does not know the handy
man of the community? He is always
busy, yet never so busy that he can not
grant a favor to a neighbor. He is the
man who, when he starts to town, is
hailed by every housewife on his route
and loaded down with commissions and
orders to be filled, until frequently
when returning home his neighbors
get most of his load. He is also the
man you send for if you have a sick
horse or cow; if your crops do not turn
out to suit you. you consult him. You
call on him. if a subscription is to be
circulated, and he is always ready to
not only chip in. but he cheerfully
takes the paper from house to house
and from man to man until the object
is attained. In fact, when we contem
plate the number of “thankeye” jobs
he gets through with in the run of a
year we often wonder how on earth
he has found time to attend to his own
affairs. But he has. and he has at
tended to them well.
The truth is that we all waste
many valuable hours and days that
might better be given to these kindly
ministrations to others’ comfort and
pleasure. We wonder our own cares
and perplexities, burdens and sorrows,
until they loom as mountains in our
pathway, obscuring our neighbors and
their affairs, until we frequently for
get that they too, have cares and sor
rows. many times more grievious than
pur own.
It would be of real benefit to us if
ve could at times forget self, and enter
into the joys and sorrows of others.
Try it, friend, and you will be sure
prised to realize how soon the care
ind sorrow have flown from your own
ife and left naught but joy and peace
n their stead.
’LEA OF UNORGANIZED RAILWAY
LABOR.
A petition signed by 300.000 rsil
vav men who do not belong to any
abor union, asking congress for con
lideration of their case as well as that
>f the brotherhoods, has been intro
luced into congress and seems to have
►een treated with scant courtesy. One
>f the union railway heads says it is
lothing more than a trick of the roads
o befog the r.ituation and to give ad
vertising to unorganized labor. We do
lot know whether or no such is the
ase. We have not the slightest rea
on to suppose that it is. but that
eallv has no bearing on the situation,
f one class of railway employees is
o have its wages regulated by con
fess there is no doubt that idl de
serve the same treatment.
What has displeased American sen
timent in the last few weeks is the ar- ,
rogance of the four brotherhoods, who £
seem to assume that they control con- £
gress. the administration and the coun- j
try at large. They have been obliged j
to give up the threat of a strike if lit
igation over the Adamson law contin
ues, but that is all which they will
concede. Apparently they have no use
for the great mass of workers on the ]
railways which are unorganized. They (
even have gone so far as to make it ,
plain that they never will consent to j
the President's plan of an anti-strike
and arbitration law in connection with (
our railways, similar to the Canadian (
law.
President Wilson is entirely right In
demanding some such law, because
we ought not to live under the men
ace of a universal strike on transpor
tation systems. No one supposes that
if the Adamson law is upheld that it
will be a finality. It is only a begin
ning. We need laws which will put the
public interest superior to that of any
private organization of employees. If
the President fails to get such a law
through congress it will be the great
est failure of his administration.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
FARM BORROWERS READY FOR
BUSINESS.
The troubles of the Federal Farm
Loan Board are about to begin. It is
officially made known that more than
fifty thousand farmers have applied
for mortgage loans under the Farm
Loan act, to an aggregate amount of
one hundred and fifty million dollars.
The rural credits legislation was
widely advertised during the campaign
by democratic spellbinders, the Ad
ministration claiming credit for the
benevolent arrangement was favored
by an overwhelming vote in most of
the agricultural States. West and
South, and now. quite naturally, the
voters are ready for the promised
money.
They will not get it right away. The
government land banks, the money
sieves, have not been set up yet. Some
of the fifty thousand—and there may
be fifty thousand more in a short time,
will never get it. The government, in
the role of Lady Bountiful, will not
be so "easy” as the stump speech as
surances have suggested. And there
must be certain preliminaries—be
cause of the government way of doing
business, the preliminaries are apt to
resemble red tape. The Farm Loan
act does not omit to provide plenty of
it. The eager applicant will not walk
into his nearest Federal bank, ask for
the money and get it with the ease and
grace with which he would negotiate
the purchase of a sack of chicken
feed. Some of the fifty thousand, very
likely, who have applied thus early
have a feeling that a postal card, or a
e!enhc->e rr.!1. will bring the wanted
! :'unu: They wiil be disillusioned.
Fifty thousand *ouid-be borrowers
already—one hundred and fifty mil
lions wanted right away—an average
of three thousand dollars to each one.
a more trifle for government to hand
out. Unfortunately, the authorized
capital of each of the Federal Land
Banks, when ready for business, will
be only $750,000—nine millions for the
twelve institutions provided by the
act. The applications for loans, before
the doors are open, thus aggregate
seventeen times the loaning fund.—
Providence Journal.
It's only a poor sort that crows after
he has won.
Dont cuss the weeds this spring. Pull
'em up instead.
Glory! Hooray! Bully! We can write |
it 1917 without a hitch.
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Tom Lawson has been urging con
gress to investigate the New York
stock exchange. But not a word about
investigating Tom.
TO VOTE ON DRY QUESTION.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan .15.—The Wyo
aing senate today passed a bill sub
aitting prohibition, as a constitutional
mendment, to the people of the state
n 1918. The bill now goes to the
louse.
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES
The following is the estimate of the
■xpeuses for Sherman county, Neb
•aska. for the year 1917, as fixed by
he Board of County Supervisors:
Emergency bridge .$ 4.000.00
Bridge Fund . 18.000.00
itoad fund . 2.000.00
leneral fund . 22.000.0t)
lourt house . 18.000.00
'air association . 776.40
Dated this 9th day of January, 1917.
i-3 L. B. POLSKI, Co. Clerk.
PREPAREDNESS WITH A PUNCH.
Much has been said and written dur
;ng the past two years as to national
preparedness from present indications
;t would appear to be the policy of the
country to bring defensive prepared
ness to the point where we will feel
secure should the unforseen occur,
rhis policy is resulting in the building
nf larger and more modern battleships,
more efficient coast defences, the
strenghhening of the army and such
like precautions.
This is good as a present precaution
ary policy, but something more than
these measures are needed if we are to
be a thoroughly prepared nation.
As to the advisability of reasonable
preparedness, there seems to be little
doubt that it is needed, at least for
some time to come. Europe is war mad.
Mexico is a hotbed of insurrection-.
Unrest and a lust for blood prevails
throughout the globe, and at any time
we may be forced into a war not of
our seeking.
Hence if we are compelled to fight,
we should by all means be prepared to
fight.
And this brings us to the question
of soldiers. Without them, of what
avail is armament? When the call for
the mobilization of all state troops
came from Washington, how many re
sponded? Hqw long would such a piti
fully small army last in such a conflict
as now rages in Europe?
The truth is. we need to educate
more soldiers. Not more professional
soldiers, but more emergency soldiers.
We need to teach our boys and young
men not only patriotism, but effective
patriotism, for patriotism minus effi
ciency is a mighty weak article. It
must be backed up with a punch.
Why not, then, along with a love of
country, teach our young men to de
fend the country they are taught to
love?
The simple truth is, every school in
the land should be a miniature military
‘raining camp. Young men should bo
taught military tactics and trained In
the manual of arms as thoroughly as
they are drilled in the arts, sciences
and classics. No able-bodied young man
should be permitted to graduate from a
high school, college or university until
le is capable of stepping into tl. _
ranks as an efficient soldier. Not as a
matter of arousing a military spirit.bat
as a matter of practical defensive pa -
riotism.
Your neighbor may loudly "reclaim
his love for his family, but if he is u, -
able or unwilling to protect them when
danger threatens you are forced to
conclude that his love is a very weak
article.
Just so with a love of country. It
must have a Punch behind it.
The only way to put the punch in‘o
the man is to train it there in the
boy. and the logical time is right aloi g
with his other training.
There is always a better way, but
there are so many crooks and turns
one often gets off the path.
There is one sure way to make a
success of anything you undertake.
Simply go ahead and make it.
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