The Best of all Serials Featuring HELEN HOLMES in “A Lass of the Lumherlands” Tin* story i~ laid in the great timber regions of th.- North Wood-, amid the mighty sequoias, pines and odars, which makes that country fatuous. To Start Showing Wednesday Night, February 14th Two reels of the serial, two of comedy and drama and one of Weekly News (5 reels) to be shown every Wednesday night. AT THE GARLAND THEATER Adm tuion 10 & 15c Ladies free Wednesday, Feb. 14 ; I CK^AiVi StFAKATOR Iux)k well to the ll-.iirt,— it’s the “vital spot” in anybody or anything. I he Heart of the Dairy is the Cream Separator. I hr Heart of t! c Cream Separator is the bowl —the Sk mining Device in particular. 1 l . S n .t ii v holds the World’s Record for close skimming, but is the only Cream Separator with a iiMn-rus' :g skimming device and a non-rusting guarantee. • No Rust Means Easier Cleaned No Ru*t Means More Sanitary No Rlist Means More Durable No Rust Means Better Value Kr-r—l-f mt a v . -iriv Ojarait e th--e Nickel Silver sections ru*. lor ill IMM • :r GlianotM is ti.e Maker** (juaiuin to both o: us. See if V'j* ran fad this irrmend-- far * trail Separator It v un'i. Men buy a l . S —the World** lie. parator. J. J. SLOMINSKI, Loup City BE AN AUCTIONEER Earn $50.00 lo $100.00 a Day The demand (or good auctioneers is large. There are too many of the second rla»s kind and too few of the first class sort. There is scarcely a rammaaity in Nebraska which is not now waiting for a capable anthmurr U> come in and take care of the auction business. It la only necessary to show your a Ini it v by making a few good sales. Tbea you can hare all the work you want. New Term Opened January 1 No lime to be .ost. You < an learn in a month, the cost is small, and )ua ran matte money right from the -tart. Auctioneering is a mighty paad bmrlaeat. And the right pti • la loam it is at the largest auc UoaeiTing school in the world, the MISSOURI AUCTION SCHOOL SI9 Walnut St Kansas City, Missouri Write today, or better wire, to Col. W. B. Carpenter. President. He will Kite >ou full Information. Best yet. take the next train to Kaaaaa City aad be ready for inti ruction on the first day of the term. float delay 4-10 Farmers Mutual Insurance Company OF NEBRASKA The oldest, largest, strongest, cheapest and best purely Fanners' Mu taai Insurant e < otnpanr m Nebraska. The best is what you want. Stand up (or Nebraska and insure in TIE FARMERS MNTBAL INSURANCE CO. OF NEB. Amount <.f insurance in force.$170,485,794.00 Surplus on hand January 1.$ 233,504.50 W. F. TUCKER, Local Agent Loup City, Nebraska V a ten tins Day Comes Neat Week. Of ah the Valentine* we know. There's some we hop*- we'll get— Though promised to us long ago. We re waiting for them yet. They hear a lovely lady’s face— A maiden we adore. And though we rarely see her. we Hut love her all the more. Her face is good In any clime; Spend her where'er yon will. Bat while you're spending, recollect That we. too. hare a till Correspondence with apple growers and inspection of orchards indicate that blister canker is still a wide spread and most important apple ene my, according to the department of ag ricultural botany of the University of Nebraska. Apple scab and blotch are readily controlled by proper spraying. Canker however requires continuous attention If it is to be held In control. Owners of infected orchards should write to the Experiment Station for further information as to the best me thods of control. CLEAR CREEK SAND. G. W. Hager shipped a mixed car of stock, Tuesday. Martin Burtner and S. C. Eastabrook made a business trip to Loup City, Saturday. L. B. Hickman came home Saturday evening from ITlysses, where he had been on business. Henry Shulz and Frank Lammers shelled corn for G A Richmond. S. C. Eastabrook and H. W. Hale last week. Frank Kusack had some trouble in getting his Ford to go. J. L. Richmond took him to town in his jitney. Satur day. J. E. Rainforth has been sawing his wood with his auto engine. He says he never saw a saw saw like that saw saws. Thomas Parsley held a public sale on Tuesday. It was a fine day and everything sold well. There was a big crowd present. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Stouffer are keeping house and doing the chores for Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Jones while thcv are in Lincoln. The men and boys of Clear Creek got out for a big coyote hunt, Tuesday and succeeded in rounding up one coy ote and several jack rabbits but Mr. Wolf got away. A. D. Jones came back from Lincoln one day last week. He stopped off ai Grand Island. He made a business trip to Beaver Crossing. Monday, returning home in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Richmond and A. D. Jones left Friday morning for Lin coln, to be present at the burial of Mrs. Nellie Ward, a. sister of Mrs. Richmond and Mrs. Jones. HISTORICAL FACTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Former President McKinley was born January 29. 1843. The Russians took Tabriz on Jan. 30. 1914. in one of the early fights of the present European struggle. Carlos of Portugal was assassinated February 1. 1908. General J. E. Johnston was born on Febrauary 3. 1S07. Friday, February 2. was Candelmas Day and Ground Hog Day. As Candel mas. it meant the feast of the Purifi cation of the Blessed Virgin, so called from being formerly celebrated with processions and shows of candles. It was instituted in the sixth century during the reign of Justinian and came in lieu of the Roman festival of Sa percalia which had also been celebrat ed with candles. As Ground Hog Day, it is an old superstition still largely believe in, that the groun hog will come out of his lair on this day and that if he sees his shadow he will run back into his hole and that in clement weather will prevail for six weeks. If, however, the day be cloudy an no shadows are cast throughout the day, the little rodent will remain outside and the following six weeks of weather will be pleasant. As last Sat urday was bright and clear. Brother ground hog surely saw his shadow and according to superstition the follow ing six weeks will be stormy. Sunday, February 4th, was Septu agesima. the third Sunday before Lent. It is so called because it is about seventy days before Easter. YOUR LAST CHANCE. Recently we published in these col umns an offer of The Youth’s Com panion and McCall's Magazine, both for a full year, for only $2.10, includ ing a McCall Dress Pattern. The high price of paper and ink has obliged McCall's Magazine to raise their sub scrition price February 1 to 10 cents a copy and 75 cents a year—so that the offer at the above price must be withdrawn. Until March 31. our readers have the privilege of ordering both publica tions for a full year, including the choice of any 15-eent McCall Dress Pattern, for only $2.10. The amount of reading, information and entertainment contained in the fifty-two issues of The Youth’s Com panion and the value of twelve month ly fashion numbers of McCall’s at $2.10 offer a real bargain to every reader of this paper. This two-at-one price offer includes: 1. The Youth’s Companion—52 issues 2. The Companion Home Calendar for 1917. 3. McCall's Magazine—12 fashion numbers. 4. One 15-cent McCall Dress Pattern —your choice from your first copy of McCall’s—if you send a two cent stamp'with your selection. THE YOUTH’S COMPANION St. Paul St., Boston. Mass. New subscriptions received at this office. “KNOW THE UNIT." “Know the unit.” This is a hint the home economics department of the University of Ne braska offers to housewives who would buy economically. Since raw materials and labor fluctuate in price, the sell ing price of a commodity or the size of the package must vary. For example, many Lincoln folks ob jected to a proposed raise of 1 cent in the selling price of the one-pound loaf. Though the loaf still sells for 5 cents, its size has been reduced so much that the consumer now pays 9 cents a pound for his bread. Likewise, the housewife who hesi tates to pay 40 cents a pound for fresh eggs (COc a dozen) often buys pre pared breakfast foods at the rate of 40 cents a pound. Yet she could buy equally as good breakfast foods (un prepared) at 8, 10, or 12 cents a pound and cook them herself at litle cost. Consequently, economical buying re quires a knowledge of the unit price rather than package price. WHAT MUST HOT COFFE BE? A preacher was describing the “bad place.” “Friends,” he said, “you’ve seen molten iron running out of a fur nace, haven't you? It comes out white hot, sizzling and hissing. Well—” (the preacher . pointed a long, lean finger at the congregation, “they' use that stuff for ice cream in Hades.” Most men can see where their wife would have made a splendid gang boss, but for the accident of birth. . . $1.85 FOR 50 CENTS PSave Feed Bills •nd get better result* from Ryour stock. Add small amount of PrtP Regulator jffm to the daily ration. M^^k Strengthen* and *timu lates digestive organs and tftlaj Insures stock receiving gg full benefit of food. In 1 packages to suit—25c, 50c, m *1; 25-lb. pails. *3.50. ■■ “Tour money back If It ■ falls." I Get Pratts Profit-Sharing ■ Booklet. 191$ Almanac FREB we will give you your choice of two as sortments of PRATT’S GUARANTEED ANIMAL AND POULTRY REGULA TORS AND REMEDIES, each having a retail value of $1.85, for 50c and a signed coupon. You will find these coupons in the advertising of the PRATT FOOD COMPANY, appearing in the first issues oi the leading agri cultural publication in February Bring the coupons to us—We have the goods. The Pratt ad and coupon appear in 40 Farm Papers, including Nebraska Farmer. Twentieth Century Farmer. Iowa Homestead. Farmer's Mail & Breeze. Kansas Farmer. Farmer’s Wief. Successful Farming. Kimball’s Dairy Farmer. Breeder’s Gazette. Western Farm Life. 0. L. SWANSON DRUGGIST SOME GOOD ADVICE. Don't be a grumbler. Some people contrive to get hold of the prickly side of everything; to run up against the sharp corners, and find out all the dis agreeable things. Half the strength spent in growling would often set things right. You may as well make up your mind, to begin with, that no one ever found the world as he tvouid like it; but you are to take your share of troubles, and bear them bravely. You will be very sure to have troubles laid upon you that belong to other peo ple. unless you are a shirk yourself, but don’t grumble. If the work needs doing, and you can do it, never mind about the other person who ought to have done it and didn’t. Those workers who fill up the gaps and smooth away the rough spots, and finish up the job others leave undone, they are the true peacemakers, and worth a whole lot of growlers.—David City Banner. Classified Advertising KODAK FINISHING. KODAK FINISHING. LOWEST prices. Strictly professional work. Prompt service. Send for price list.— W. P. Mohler, Fremont. Neb. tf SEED CORN. PURE SILVER MINE AND ST. Charles White (Red Cob.) Carefully selected. Tipped, butted and shelled. $2.00 per bushel.—L. E. Larsen, St. Paul, Neb., 5-11 LAND AND STOCK. FOR SALE:—MY EIGHT ROOM house. Good barn and outbuildings with twelve lots in cherry and plum trees. Also 4 >4 acres of land and an other tract of 3% acres all in alfalfa and fenced chicken tight. Nearly new two seated spring wagon and a Jer sey red sow with six pigs.—Alfred An derson. HOMESTEAD OR FARM LANDS. OREGON & CALIFORNIA RAILROAD Co., Grant Lands. Title to same re vested in United States by act of con gress dated June 9, 1916. Two million three hundred thousand acres to be opened for settlement and sale. Power Site, Timber and Agricultural Lands. Containing some of the best land left in LTnited States. Now is the oppor tune time. Large sectional map and description of soil, climate, rainfall, elevations, etc. Postpaid one dollar. Grant Lands Locating Co., Box 610. Portland, Oregon. 6-13 NO OTHER LIKE IT. NO OTHER A8 GOOD. Purchase the “NEW HOME" and you will have a life asset at the price you pay. The elimination of repair expense by superior workmanship and best quality of material insures life-long service at mini mum cost. Insist on having the * NEW HOME”. WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. Known the world over for superior sewing qualities. Not sold under any other name. THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO^QRANGE'MASS. E. P. DAILY, FURNITURE CO. I LOCAL MEN TO ATTEND BIO CHI CAGO Cement show. Henry Ohlsen & '■Son and a local party of others Interested in perma nent construction with concrete are making plans to visit the Tenth Chica go Cement Show at the Coliseum. Feb. 7-15. The Chicago Coliseum is one of the famous convention auditoriums of the country. It has housed perhaps more national exhibitions and national political conventions than any other building in the United States. Concrete is so widely used and it interests so large a number of people, that the Chicago Cement show is regarded, not only as the barometer of the building business, but of business in general for the ensuing year. This year the barometer is at a high point, as is evi denced by the large number of exhibi tors who have applied for space. They have such confidence in the building boom that they have applied for space in greater numbers than ever before. For the first time in the history of the Show it will be necessary to use the balcony of the Coliseum in addition to the main floor and Annex. Practically every type of concrete j construction will be exhibited at the Cement Show as well as all the vari- j ous kinds of machinery for its manu facture. Chicago is the natural place to hold such a large national exhibition as it is within three hours’ ride of the cen ter of population of the United States and because it is the world's greatest railroad center. Over 50,000,000 peo ple. or half the population of the Unit ed States, live within a night’s ride of Chicago. As the convention city of the country, it has ample hotel accomoda tions. In addition to the Cement Show, there will be held, during the same week, several conventions of allied interests, including the national con ventions of the American Concrete In stitute, National Builders' Supply As sociation, Illinois Lumber and Build ers' Supply Dealers’ Association. American Concrete Pipe Association, and American Association of Engi neers. Thousands of contractors, engineers building material dealers and city and government officials from all parts of the United States and Canada, will be in attendance to interchange ideas on the year’s progress in building construction, and our local representa tives will have ample opportunity to profit by meeting these well-known men. TIME FOR HATCHING. The purpose for which birds are needed and the class to which they belong decide the season for begin .i:ig incubation. Those who raise broilers in any appreciable numbers mus‘ b > j gin hatching late in December. If one i has a good market and understands j how to care for winter hatched chicks this is a very profitable end of the in-1 dustrv. though the fertility of eggs is low in cold weather and the life germs of the fertile eggs may be poor. Small breeds, as Leghorns, Ham burgs and Polish may be hatched as late as May and mature before cold weather, but heavy birds should be hatched in February and forced to early maturity if intended as layers. If so managed, they will lay all winter, but if hatched as late as April or May, it will require expert care to get a pullet of the Asiatic or American class into laying conUition before autumn and they may not lay until nearly a year old. If possible, Asiatics should be hatched before the middle of Febru ary and Americans before the first of March, as both classes are slow to mature under average conditions. Highly specialized layers like the Mediterraneans should not be hatched before the first of April, as they may moult in the fall if they mature too early, in which case they may not re sume laying until very late in the win ter. They make better winter layers when hatched in April or May, and it is the winter layers which make the big egg money. June and July chicks may thrive well, buch pullets rareiy begin to lay until nearly spring. Three or four times as many chicks should be hatched as there are hens to be discarded, because at least half the chicks will be males and there will be some inferior pullets to be culled and sold in market unless used on the home table. The sale of culls and cockerels should pay for all the eggs used in hatching and for the feed need ed before they reach marketable ago. After deciding how many pullets w'll be required to replace the old hens, and the probable amount of males and culls, fifty per cent more eggs should be allowed, as a hatch of two-thirds of the eggs is fairly satisfactory provided the chicks are vigorous. Average Period of Incubation: Chickens .20—22 days Geese .28—34 days Ducks . 28 days Turkeys .27—29 days Guinea fowls . 28 days People who think advertising doesn’t pay will wondqr why the American Tobacco company has appropriated be tween $3,000,000 and $3,500,000 for It this year. Gee! but we'd hate to be a fanner these days—corn worth only about 90c a bushel, butter too high for ordinary people to eat. and eggs more precious than gold. Thankful we are indeed, that we are in the newspaper business, the most remunerative business in the world! GARLAND THEATRE PROGRAM. Commencing Thursday February 8. THURSDAY NIGHT “The Little Church Around the Corner.” 5 reels (World) FRIDAY NIGHT “The Eternal City” 9 reels (Paramount) SATURDAY NIGHT “The Flirt" 5 reels (Bluebird) TUESDAY NIGHT “The Highest Bidder” 5 reels (Wm. Russel with Mutual) WEDNESDAY NIGHT “A Lass of the Lumberlands” 5 reels (Serial, comedy and Weekly News.) Feb. 23rd “An Alien” I | Business and professional Guide j ROBT. P. STARR Attorney at Law LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA R. H. MATHEW Attorney at Law And Bonded Abstractor LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA AARON WALL Lawyer Practices In All Courts LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA LAMONT L. STEPHENS Lawyer First National Bank Building LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA ROBERT H. MATHEW Bonded Abstracter Only Set of Abstract Books In County LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA 0. E. LONG ACRE Physician and Surgeon OFFICE, OVER NEW BANK Telephone Call No. 39 A. J. KEARNS Physician and Surgeon Phone 3C—Office at Residence Two Doors East of Telepone Central LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA A. S. MAIN Physician and Surgeon LOUP city .... NEBRASKA 1 Office at Reslcl-nce Telepone Connection J. H. O’CALLAGHAN Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director With Daily Furniture Co. I Loup City, - • • Nebraska C. R. SWEETLAND Plumber & Electrician For food, clean and neat work Satisfaction Guaranteed Cone and Get My Prices O. S. MASON Plumbing and Heating. Tin work. Loup City, ... Nebraska WALTER THORNTON Dray and Transfer Call Lumber Yards or Taylor's v Elevator * Phone Brown 43 J. E. Bowman, M. D. Carrie L. Bowman, M. D. BOWMAN & BOWMAN Physicians and Surgeons Phone 114 LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA S. A. ALLEN Dentist Office Upstairs In the New State Bank Building LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA W. L. MARCY Dentist Office: East Side Public Square Phone Brown 116 LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA E. T. BEUSHAUSEN Licensed Embalmer Funeral Director Good Lumber ===== at -- — Lowest Prices KEYSTONE LUMBER CO. Yards at Loup City, Ashton, Rockville, Schaupps and Arcadia F. J. SCHOLZ & SON > manufacturers of MONUMENTS AND MAUSOLEUMS JACOB KTTZ- Rockville,Nebr. POSTPONED On account of extreme cold weather my public sale of land and live stock was postponed. Same will be sold at public auction at my farm 6| miles east and 2\ miles , north of Arcadia, on Saturday, February 10,1917 Land Sale at 10 a .m. Free Lunch at Noon. Stock Sale at 1 p. m. I 19 HORSES AND MULES 19 A3 XIvyax>J*-!>-> *»■* oroO: bay team, mare Including two brown mares 10 andyears o hl^geldings 5 years old, wt. I and gelding, 5 and 6 years old wt. 2600, team bay geld ■ 3 years old three sssstxssi ——• <—— good 5 and 6 year olds, wt. 2500.___ „ 8 8 -i"£zS2 vrzsztZX, .<».■... *"d 6 i,°i,na cal,e-— 55 HEAD OF HOGS > Including 20 brood sows and 35 stock hogs_ FARM MACHINERY, ETC. binder, McCormick mower, hay rake, hay stack including grain binder, corn erg EmerS0n 2-row, 2 gang plows, 2 harrows, er, two sweeps, com planter mi„f manure spPeadel% fl0od four horse wheat 3 cultivators, 2 wagons. bu#hela com, 6$ bushels barley, some oats and drill, 2 sets work harness, . lAi"r>ifti4hFoiSl