Nebraska Newspapers

    WAR TARIFF BILL
PAY HIS SHARE
%) 300.000.000 To Be Raised in
Year by Measure Reported
to House.
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BOOST DUTIES: NO FREE LIST
l*m.t on Income* Reduced to $1,000
♦or t «fli« Men and $2,090 for Mar
r ed Men—Ta*e» for Heir* Are
1ncre*«ed—Tariff Raxed
10 Rer Cent »nO Arti
cle* on Free Lx*
Ar* Ta*ed 10
Rer Cent.
Waste . -ii A **r mrlH Nil ilr
s-SBed !•» raise t,j- tax*
■ Is the fiUxiXig year was ap
K'■''.I !. • .a.: % in tbr butts* ways ami
meat.. ■ iiiiaii<tee Tuesday by uuatti
bufi and r* pirlnj to the house
W • ’n.wdaf.
• t tie-antiuii* the senate finance
• * tioWlnc puMIe I raring*
•a it. 1 SI »iili a view to lieitig ready
I* >1 n «»* after tlie bouse ails.
T .t-g 1 br amount to lie raised
| Bj in ' -e desired t ial. the bouse rum
t .Mee wrote Ldto the Nil a flat tn
■i ■' >•' out HI all existituc
t.f* _•—* ami !*• |s-r rent duties
milted free, til
to “ ting u thi*
t 'I an d ai ling tb*- present tariff
|V' irj
If «4*Sj ■o If was derided to make
a Hu. ax itkerense. retroactive,
f - girtmitg with the present calendar
»• -T feller faxes pnn ided for would
U* affei .1 V'r !i|sif| the signing of
The bill.
Tie ■ : iotas miTeases applying
to ir.ifc |»-r~ t id and oorjairation iti
rsitoes re deslgtlerl to Jinsluce F.VCI -
W"M‘ t f* 'hati the present Income
tax re* -»-jpt*.
Income and Profit*.
M e . : the new revenue will com*
fr*.*! fi.e ... .!te, e\* *-** profits, and
•:*r 'aie and additional tar
iff 1 ,'ie hut the lr\ lie of the hill
w 4 much into many other sources
I ' u.ll rates would lw increased
fr -at '■* to three cent* an ounce, and
p - ., ■ ards from oue to two cents,
ab ll'.MMI.1**) 9oiiM i«- roliled to
* ... new sj«w|»er* under a
»* * *> -'em ha sell u|>*u the pn-s. nt
Rtrod [*sf t.flri.
lnt.-m. revenue tat*-s upon liquor
and t. would t«e materially in
"*.!»•• and there Would lie taxes oil
■ r •». ».tid -tamp tales of wide
Increase in Supertaxes.
T!.- ar In* tune tax Mssi.in would
d*.,*-! it.* — :*T normal tax «»f -
Jtt-- • ■••fit duals atfit 1 3 |M-r rent
I»!t '..rja.ri.t >".* It would lower the
ex*?!if**i.. i *■? ' dividual Incomes from
$4 ••• |t) F,2'6»* n the case of married
■ ; fro'ii IR.UfK tu $1 ixsi for
the unmarried
In add.Mon btflimiiit with incomes
o' »■-•••» sraduatasl »u|*eriitxes would
t** im| - «cf in addition to the normal
4 j»r cent mr.jrinc up ! = ■ XI per cent
on all M-otoes met a rear.
Til- surtax schedule follow*:
lucerne. Tex.
From $5,000 to $7 500 1 per cent
From $7 500 to $10,000 ...2 per cent
From $10,000 to $12,500 - 3 per cent
From $12 500 to $15,000 4 per cent
From $15,000 to $20,000 5 per cent
From $20 000 to $40,000 6 per cent
From $30,000 to $60,000 8 per cent
From $60,000 to $80,000 11 per cent
From $80,000 to $‘00,000 14 per cent
HOW INCOME TAX WORKS OUT
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.if $2 for heads of families. For
l- rs*Ki» unmameil and not head* of
f«: ulieo the exemption is $I.ouw.
Tax Tax Tax
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NEW AND ADDITIONAL TAXES PROPOSED
IN $1,800,000,000 WAR REVENUE BILL
These figures are those of the house bill. When the measure goes to the
'••uate It will be subject to amendment and doubtless In many cases there will
be revision. The senate finance committee will hold hearings at which argu
ments and objections may be presented.
All tariff duties .Increase 10 per cent
All articles now admitted free.Tax 10 per cent
Letter postage .From 2 cents to 3 cents
Postal cards .From 1 cent to 2 cents
Excess profits tax.From 8 to 16 per cent
Corporation tax . From 2 to 4 per cent
Stock exchange transactions—On each sale future delivery for each
$100. 2 cents; each additional $100 or fraction.2 cents
Capital etock on each original issu'e of $100, 5 cents; on transfers on
each $100 face value.2 cents
Bonds, debentures, etc., each $100 face value.5 cents
Indemnity bonds. 50 cents; where premium i6 in excess of $100.
. 1 per cent of premium charge
Drafts, checks, notes (and for each renewal or extension not exceeding
$100>, 2 cents; for each $100.2 cents
Deeds, conveying lands or realty, for first $100 to $500, 50 cents; for
each $500 or additional or fraction, 50 cents.
Proxy (except religious, charitable or literary societies or public ceme
teries) . 10 cents
Power of attorney .25 cents
Life insurance policies (except industrial or weekly)....8 cents on each $100
Marine, international and fire.1 cent on each $1 of premium
Cacualty policies.1 cent on each $1 of premium
Freight bills . 3 per cent
Passenger tickets. 10 per cent on tickets above 25c except initial commutation
Steamboat tickets for foreign port, up to $10, no tax; from $10 to $30,
$1; from $30 to $60, $3; exceeding $60, $5.
Seats, berths or staterooms, rail and water.10 per cent
Express rates ..10 per cent
Automobiles and motorcycles.5 per cent on wholesale price
Automobile and bicycle tires. .5 per cent
Electric power .5 per cent on bills
Telephone and telegraph.5 per cent on bills
Telephone (long distance).5 cents on each toll message over 15c
Musical instruments.5 per cent on those costing over $10
Talking machines.5 per cent on those costing over $10
Jewelry.5 per cent of selling price
Cosmetics and proprietary medicines.5 per cent on wholesale price
Amusement tickets (theaters, baseball, etc.) except where maximum ad
mission is 5 cents.Tax of 1 cent for each 10 cents charged
Moving picture film (not exposed), sold by manufacturer or importer
.y2 cent per linear foot
Moving picture film (ready for projection), sold or leased by manufac
turer. producer or importer.1c per linear foot
Chewing gum or substitute therefor, imported.5 per cent of selling price
Distilled spirits . Doubled
Beer, ale .$1.20 for every barrel
Still and sparkling wines and cordials.Tax doubled
Grape brandy, product of fruit distilled.Tax doubled
Soda fountain and similar sirups, grape juice, mineral water, ginger ale
and all soft drinks, carbonated water.2 cents per gallon
Natural mineral or table water (bottled).10 cents per gallon
Carbonic acid gas . 8 cents per pound
Tabacco tax . Doubled
Cigars.Increased from 50 cents to $10 per 1,000
Cigarettes (light weight) .Increase $1.25 per 1,000
Cigarettes (heavy weight).Increase $3.60 per 1,000
Cigarette papers.Ji cent for each 25 papers
Tennis rackets, golf clubs, baseball bats, lacrosse sticks, balls of all
kinds, including basebails, footballs, tennis, golf, lacrosse, billiard
and pool balls.5 per cent
Fishing rods, reels and lines.5 per cent
Billiard and pool tables.5 per cent
Chess and checkerboards and pieces, dice, games and parts of games.5 per cent
Playing cards: Upon every pack (in addition to present tax).8 cents
Yachts, pleasure boats, motorboats.5 per cent of price
Club memberships .10 per cent of dues and membership fees
Oil pipe lines .5 per cent on charges
Postal rates (newspaper and magazines)—
First zone .2 cents
Second to third zone .3 cents
Fourth or fifth zone .4 cents
Sixth or seventh zone .5 cents
Eighth zone .8 cents
Religious and educational papers.1'/2 cents a pound
Advertising .5 per cent of total
From $100,000 to $150,000.17 per cent
From $150,000 to $200,000 20 per cent
From $200,000 to $250,000.24 per cent
From $250,000 to $300,000.27 per cent
From $300,000 to $500,000 30 per cent
On all exceeding $500,000. .33 per cent
The provisions requiring the normal
lax of individuals to lie deducted and
withheld at the source of income
would not apply to the new normal
tax prescribed in this bill until after
January 1. litis, and thereafter only to
incomes exceeding $.‘1.1*10.
Tax on Inheritance.
In addition to the inheritance tax
now in force, the hill imposes a tax
equal to the following percentages of
Its value u|sm the transfer of each
net estate:
$50.000.One-half of 1 per cent
$50,000 to $150,000.1 percent
$150 000 to $250.000.V/2 percent
$250,000 to $450.000.2 per cent
$450,000 to $1,000,000 . 2/2 per cent
! $1,000,000 to $2.000.000.3 per cent
$2,000,000 to $3,000,000 . .3'/z per cent
$3,000,000 to $4,000,000.4 per cent
$4,000,000 to $5,000,000 . . A/2 per cent
$5,000,000 to $8,000.000.5 per cent
$8,000,000 to $11,000,000 ... .7 percent
$11,000,000 to $'.5 000.000. . .10 percent
$15.000 000 and over.15 per cent
The exemption is lowered from $50.
ni*i *11 siYoui and a new tax of 1 per
cent levied on ' slates between $25,000
and $50,000.
The hill proposes to bring In $200.
<**MK»o by doubling the present 8 per
cent tax <111 excess profits.
On distillit! spirits the present tax
..f $1.10 per gallon is doubled; to the
rectifiers’ Mix 15 cents a gallon is
added, and fermented liquors arc ns
d $2.75 |ier barrel Instead <>f $1.50.
Tobacco Tax Doubled.
The tobacco tax is doubled, except
:i< to cigars, which are graduated
from 50 cents to $10 a thousand, ac
cording to retail value. Cigarettes,
made in "r imported into the United
Stall’s, would he taxed au additional
si.28 per 1.000 if weighing less than
| three pounds per 1.000, and $3.60 i>or
1.000 if more than three pounds.
Newspapers would be required to
pay 5 per cent on all advertising col
lections.
The second-class postage section
says:
“After June 1 next the zone system
j applicable to parcel post shall apply
to second-class mail matter, with rates
of postage two cents a pound or frac
tion when for delivery within the first
! or second zones, four cents within
fourth or fifth, five cents within sixth
or seventh, and six cents for delivery
1 within the eighth zone.
“it is provided, however, that post
j age on daily newspapers when depos
, Ited In a letter carrier office for deliv
! ery by its carriers shall be the same as
| at present; copies now entitled to free
circulation in the mails within the
i county of publication shall retain that
privilege, and the postmaster general
may require publishers to separate for
I zones in mailing.
"Newspapers mailed to subscribers
from an office other than that of pub
lication shall pay the same rate as
if mailed from its office.
“Religious, educational, agricultural,
labor or fraternal publications, issued
without profit, shall pay 1% cents per
pound irrespective of zones,”
Theaters and Ciubs.
The amusement tax is one cent for
each ten cents or fraction paid for
admission, applying to charges remit
ted. in the cases of persons admitted
free except bona-fide employees. Places
where the maximum charge for admis
sion is five cents or where the proceeds
of the place admitted to are for relig
, ious or charitable purposes are exempt.
Clubs would he taxed 10 per cent of
dues or membership fees (except in
itiation fees), the members Individu
! ally to pay the tax. This is effective
1 June 1. and the club receiving the
, payments or fees is required to col
I lect the tax from the person so ad
mitted and make the returns.
SUPPLY OF CUTLERY SHORT
Cutt rg Off of Importations Fir-n
Ab-czd on Actreiint of War Has
Htt American Markets.
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Bef r the war rtttlery was an Item
•b »!. > h the average retail dealer was
an re t l«e overstocked. Not always.
It i> true. of hi- own fn-c will hut
■*•*!>» lufl'iie- lh>' roods were wistsed
OB Is - •’> (V ij|s-ri->r guile of anna
antes . n. It. rte-r unrits, cutlery wns
(!*>' * r* id. t-*er te-ught, and the
denier always had more than he
needed.
With the coming of the war the very
heavy importations from Germany
•.a-.-I entirely, and those from Eng
Inii'l have fallen to very small propor
tions. Meanwhile, the American raanu
f "tur. rs have not been aide to til
er their capacity sufficiently to
meet the heavy demand which they
alone must now satisfy.
Moreover, In some lines there are
certain items, made entirely abroad,
j liutt cannot be hud at all. Also cer- ,
tain parts, such as genuine stag
handles for carvers, are scarce and
difficult to obtain. The material,
deer’s horns, comes almost entirely
from India, and its receipt is uncertain
and it takes forever and a day to get
it. So only a limited supply can be
had, and imitations are many.—Xew
York Times.
Experiments in Ceylon have found
that coconut water, fermented for a
few days, can be used to coagulate rub
ber.
MINOR NOTES FROM ALL
PARTS JF^ NEBRASKA
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
May 22-25—Nebraska Sportsmen's As
sociation Annual Tournament at
Fremont.
May 24-25—State Association of Com
mercial Clubs' Meeting at Alliance.
June 4 to 7—Nebraska State Dental
Society Meeting at Omaha.
June 5 to 7—Nehraska-Iowa Funeral
Directors Joint Meeting at Omaha.
June 5-6-7—State Association of Post
masters' Meeting at Lincoln.
June 15 to 24-—Nebraska State Holi
ness Association camp meeting at
Lincoln.
.June 18-20—Nebraska Press Associa
tion Annual Convention at Omaha.
June 19-20—Nebraska State Sunday j
School Convention at Omaha.
June 25 to 27—International Ass n,
of Railway Special Agents and Po- j
lice Meeting at Omaha.
June 25 to 30—State Golf Tourna- i
nient at Lincoln.
' ~ i
The position of supervisor of Ger- !
man in the Omaha public schools,
which has been held by Ferdinand
Steditiger lias been abolished and it is
the belief of school board members
that German will not he taught in
Omaha schools next year.
Bretid in Omaha is selling for ten
cents |ter pound. The manager of one
I baking concern states he aims to
make his loaves from sixteen to sev
enteen ounces, but one pound for ten
cents is the prevailing price.
Tlie Dodge county Sunday school
association is planning to run an
“automobile s|H‘oial'' to Omaha for
the purpose of attending the state
I Sunday school convention June 18 to
I 21
tseottsmurr win entertain tne i.rnnu
Lodge of tlie Nebraska Kniglits of
Pythias in annual session next year.
This was decided at the recent meet
ing of the order at Lincoln.
The Geneva hoard of education lius
decided to graduate all seniors im
mediately who will work on farms.
Several have signified tin r intention
of taking advantage of the offer.
The Nebraska League of Savings
and Loan Associations meeting, which
was to he held at Hastings this
month, has been postponed until the
fall months on account of the war.
Hotel men in Lincoln say that it
costs from 30 to 7."> per cent more to
run a hotel now than it did eighteen I
months ago. They contemplate a
j sharp advance In rates.
Harold Desmond, dope fiend and
j burglar, confessed to police that he
I had robbed thirty-seven stores in
Omaha within the last month and
stolen $.~.ono worth of loot.
Stanton has opened modern rest
rooms for women. Farmers' wives
find them a great convenience on
shopping days and their town sisters
serve tea gratis.
Five hundred hoy scouts, armed
with shovels, rakes, hoes and other !
farm implements, paraded through
the downtown streets of Omaha in a
■'farm preparedness" parade.
Dr. Hailey, druggist of Buslinell,
Kimball county, was arrested recently
on the charge of keeping intoxicants
for sale and paid a fine of $100 and
costs in the county court.
Building operations nt Omaha dur
ing tlie month of April were 13 per
cent larger than for the correspond
j Ing month of last year.
More than 230 head of cattle were
; auctioned off at Fremont. The cattle
were sold in carload lots and brought
$120,000.
Sixty Aurora school children have
enrolled in the school garden project
launched hy four of the leading wom
en's clubs of the town.
.•\IIMU ll 1 e III ll'M'l <1 I (l I
May 20 to vote on a $40,000 school
bond proposition.
A branch of the Red Cross society
■ lias been organized at Elgin.
A movement is to be inaugurated
: to put a silo on every farm in Gage
t county this summer to aid the farmer
j in raising stock and conserving the
I food supply. A Beatrice hank offers
J farmers of the county loans at 2 per
| cent per annum to further the move
| nient.
The executive committee of the
State Press association held a meet
ing at Omaha the other day at which
time a tentative program was ar
ranged for the annual meeting to lie
heal in the Nebraska metropolis on
June 18. 10 and 20.
Lincoln’s street car strike, which
has been seriously interfering with
traffic and business for two weeks, is
at an end. according to President W.
E. Sharp of the Lincoln Traction Co.
He declared that nine of the strikers
had gone hack to work and complete
service lias now been restored.
Work on the new Hanover German
Lutheran church at Beatrice is near
ing completion, and it is believed will
he ready for dedication in July. The
church will cost over $40,000 when
completed.
Three thousn id five hundred dol
lars of tliv* SS.oOO bonus asked by the
Westover Foundry of Lincoln, which
plans on putting in a foundry at Nor
folk. litis been subscribed by “Norfolk
; citizens.
The question of constructing a
j sewerage system is being discussed at
Randolph, and tin election will he
held May 20 to vote $6,000 bonds for
the purpose.
The Omaha city council has passed
an ordinance making it a fine of $.*> to
$100 for trespassing or molesting gar
den plots in any way.
A fife and drum corps tinder the
auspices of the Dodge county branch
Nebraska Defense league, lias been
organized at Fremont. The eorps wi l
furnish music on occasions when airs
j of that kind are needed.
A Red Cross auxiliary has been or
; gnnized in Madison county. A cam
paign for members is under way and
there is indication the membership
will exceed 100.
Kimball is building a two-story
j building for a commercial club. The
I first floor will be occupied by a
i bakery shop.
Nebraska's winter wheat crop for
this year is placed at 11,300,000 onsh
e!s according to May 1 estimates of
the United States bureau of crop sta
tistics. a little more than one-sixth us
large as last year's crop, which was
close to 04.800.001• bushels. Much al
falfa in the state has been killed, but
no estimate is made. Bed clover is
nearly a total loss, says the report,
and the hay supply in Nebraska is
tlie lowest in years.
I»ouglas county officials swooped
down on Anton Larson, a dairyman
west of Omaha, and seized tlie larg
est quantity of booze ever confiscated
in tliis part of tlie country. The con
traband contained 1.220 eases of beer
and approximately 300 gallons of
whiskies and wines, valued at $3,000.
Larson declares the liquor was for
his own personal use. He was ar
rested and released on bond.
Chauncey Abbott, junior member of
the firm of Wells. Abbott, Nieman
company of Schuyler, operators of
one of the largest flouring mills in the
state, at a meeting of the National
Federation of Millers at Kansas City
was appointed a member of a commit
tee of four to go to Washington to
confer with tlie federal Agricultural
department relative to making war
flour.
Exeter citizens gave John Barley
corn a public funeral the other day.
A procession of automobiles, beaded
by a car containing tlie coffin in
which lay the effigy of old A1 K. Hall,
brought the body to the center of
town ami a, public cremation took
place. A male quartette furnished
the music.
Lincoln hanks subscribed for $200,
000 of government war bonds. The
largest subscription came from the
National Bank of Commerce, which
took $100,000 of the bonds. Other
banks are contemplating additional
subscription and it is anticipated
double this amount will be subscribed
from the city.
Amin \ rasptr, ni < latKsou. ;rar>
old. former training partner of .Toe
Steelier, who admits he is worth more
than $200,000 in his own name, has
joined the aviation branch of the ar
my as a private. He has sold his
$50,000 automobile business in Clark
son and is now anxious to do “his
bit.”
A Cass county merchant proposes
to let three of his clerks go to the
farm for three days in the week,
that they may help produce larger
crops for the world's greatest emer
gency. He will pay tlietn wages while
they are thus working for somebody
else.
Omaha is contemplating the estab
lishing of a municipal canning fac
tory. The idea would he to equip
the plant so that vegetables raised by
Omaha people could be brought there
and canned, and turned back to the
growers for only the actual cost of
the canning.
Peru State Normal faculty, by a
unanimous vote, decided to grant
credits to students wlio enlist or wlio
present evidence to show that their
services in agriculture or elsewhere
will help solve the present national
problem.
Thirty Fremont school boys from
13 to IS years of age have signed up
for farm work. High school students
who quit school to work on the farms
will he given their credits for the re
mainder of the term.
Nebraska military men have fig
ured out that there are approximately
125.000 men in this state who will
have to register under the conscrip
tion law with the age limits fixed
at 21 to 31 years.
On June 5 Omaha will annex two
more suburbs—Benson and Florence,
according to an ordinance passed by
the city council.
Winter wheat is reported as in ex
cellent condition in the western part
of the state and a good crop is looked
for.
| [Jr \> V inuuri » IU1UJMI«i.»
of Omaha has made Fairbury a big
branch.
A coroner's jury found that Calvin
Lambert, former Omaha street car
conductor, fired the shot that killed
William Miller during the street car
strike in Lincoln. Lambert will have
to face a charge of second degree
murder. He was employed by the car
company to aid in breaking the strike.
Hastings butchers have entered an
agreement not to slaughter calves nor
to sell veal until after November 1. It
is hoped that other towns will do like
wise and thus help to make more cer
tain the supply of beef next fall and
winter.
Tortus Sherman was killed at Red
Cloud by the caving in of a sewer
ditch. He was working in the trench
hack of a ditching machine when the
side of the ditch gave way and al
lowed the dirt piled along the ditch
to fall with little warning.
The laboring people of Beatrice
have organized a club known as the
laborers’ liberty league of America.
The purpose of the league is to “pro
vide for members all the necessaries
of life at the lowest possible cost."
Louie Shear is president.
Casualties among the Canadian
overseas forces as given out by the
war records office at Ottawa. Can
show that .1. A. Bouctae of Greeley.
Neh„ was killed in action somewhere
in Europe.
“Motor Highway." a semi-monthly
publication devoted to auto owners
and good roads in Nebraska is a new
periodical to be launched in Lincoln
June 1.
Over thirty Kearney State Normal
school students have enlisted in either
'he army, the navy or tendered their
services to farmers.
Mayor Shively of Edgar, finding
conditions in the town which are no'
to his liking, tendered his resignation.
The hoard accepted his resignation
and Edgar is for the second time
without a mayor.
It is reported that the Kansas
Northwestern Railroad company,
which has just been chartered under
the laws of Kansas, will build a line
from Kansas City. Mo., to Beatrice.
The Masonic lodge of Wymore has
purchased lot 2. block 2o In Wymore
and expects to erect a fine Masonic
temple on the place.
W. L. DOUGLAS
“THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE”
$3 $3.50 $4 $4.50 $5 $6 $7 & $8 A£gRw£S%N
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shoes. For sale by over 9 OOO shoe dealers.
The Best Known Shoes in the World.
W7. L. Douglas name and the retail pnce is stamped on the hot
” tom of all shoes at the factory. The value is guaranteed and
the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. The
retail prices are the same everywhere. They cost no more m San
Francisco than they do in New York. They are always worth the
price paid for them.
' I "he quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed by more
than 40 years experience in making fine shoes. The smart
styles are the leaders in the Fashion Centres of America.
They are made in a well-equipped factory at Brockton, Mass.,
by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and
supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest
determination to make the best shoes for the price that money /.
can buy. i £
Ask your shoe dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes. If he ran- If V
not supply you with the kind you want, take no other {
make. Write for Interesting booklet explaining how to LW
Set shoes of the highest standard of quality for the price, \}J D * ct
y return mail, postage free. ISoy* ollOCS
LOOK FOR W. L. Douglas IdJ ft_/. M TSfiL
name and the retail price $3.00 $2.50 t $2.00
■hmn#d on kAunm President u W. L. Douglas Shoe Co.,
atamped on the bottom.18a Spark St., Brockton, Mags.
1 Enduring! Certain-teed is a name which has come thru the storm of busi- I
I ness competition stronger than ever. It stands for quality, dependability, satis- ■
faction and fair dealing. On the reputation of this name there has been built
1 the world’s largest manufacturer of roofing and building papers. |
Certain-teed
Roofing
is the most efficient type of roof for factories,
office buildings, farm buildings.garages.etc.
The cost of laying prepared roofings is the
same whether you use good materials or
I poor. Therefore, it pays to get CHRTAIN
THHI>. which Is the best. It is guaranteed
for 5, 10 or 16 years, according to thickness
11. « UI O I. auu it w 1 . i iruiaiu
efficient long after the time when a
poor quality roof would have bad
to be relaid.
For residences. CKRTAIN-TEED
Slate Surfaced Asphalt Shingles
hare ali the advantages of ('EH- <
TAIS-TBED Rooting plus artistic
beauty.
C ertain-teed
Paints and Varnishes
are good, reliable products made by experi
enced paint men who know bow to make
good paints and varnishes.
Tbe result is that CBRTAIN-TMD Paint* ■
and Varnishes are high grade products, sold I
at lower prices than you would expect to I
pay for good paints and varnishes |
We guarantee CERTAIN - TKE1» |
Paints and Varnishes to give satis- |
faction. Whether you do your own ft
painting or hire a professional V
painter you will And it to your Inter- §
est that you get CHRTAIN-TKBh ■
■ CERTAIN-TEED PRODUCTS CORPORATION I
I General Roofing Mfg. Co., Gregg Varnish Co., Mound City Paint & Color Co. S
I New York.Chicago, Philadelphia. St. Loan. Bedoe. ClereUad. Pittahargh. Detroit, Boti.lo, SaaFraac.co. I
1 Milwankee. Cincinnati. New Orleaaa. Lot Angeles. Minneapolis, Kansas City. Seattle, Indianapolis, Atlanta. I
1 Richmond. Grand Rapids. NaakriUe. Salt Lake City. Dea Moine*. Hoastoo, Dolnth. London. Sydney. Hanna |
It Wasn’t News to Them.
A young man recently called on the
1 Rev. H. A. Kirk of Muucie, and. after
; introducing himself, shyly remarked
that he was going to be married.
' Would the minister perform the cere
mony on a certain evening of the nest
I week? The minister would.
Just before leaving the visitor as
j stinted an embarrassed look, expluin
; ing that he had ridden into the city
• on a bicycle from the country, that he
had broken the sprocket chain, and
: that he had neglected to put any
< money in his pocket when he left
; home. Would the minister lend him
35 cents to have it repaired so that he
j could ride home? Certainly, the min
I ister would.
The evening of the expected inar
riage arrived, but no bridegroom and
j bride. Neither did they come the
; next evening nor any other evening.
The Rev. Mr. Kirk concluded he had
been swindled. He told the story at
i a meeting of Muucie ministers. They
| smiled. They also had given up 35
; cents to the young man who was to '
’ t>e married.—Indianapolis News.
t ANY CORN LIFTS OUT, J
! DOESN'T HURT A BIT! I
! I t
f No foolishness! Lift your corns |
! and calluses off with fingers— T
' It’s like magic! !
Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of a corn, can harmlessly be
! lifted right out with the fingers if you
apply upon the corn a few drops of
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get a small
bottle of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively rid one’s feet of
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
it is applied and does not even irri
tate the surrounding skin while ap
plying it or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many of our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
j get a small bottle for you from his
j wholesale drug house.—adv.
Changed.
“Crimson Gulch doesn’t seem like
the same town since it went dry.”
“That’s right,” replied Broncho Bob.
“It has changed both in joy and grief.
The boys don’t have neither so many
; frolics nor so many funerals.”
A lemon will yield almost twice ns
\ much juice if slightly warmed before
! squeezing.
Necessary.
“My dear. I have just learned to my
sorrow that we must eut the Dub
leighs at once," began his wife, squar
ing herself around to watch the effect
of her words upon his features.
“Why, impossible; they are the best
friends we have I” responded her hus
band, fully aroused.
"I know; but our cooks have quar
reled,”
When wisdom cries in the streets the
police run it in.
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| Government Issues |
Warning
| Against Fly Poisons 3
p Following is an extract from “The ft
H Transmission of Disease by Flies.'' A
H Supplement No. 29 to the Public s
j Health Reports, April, 191b.
p “Of other fly poisonc mentioned, if
g mention should be made, merely for S
g a purpose of condemnation, of those 3
§j composed of arsenic. Fatal cases of El
B poisoning of children through the S
g use of such compounds are far too §
m frequent, and owing td the resem- g
g blance of arsenical poisoning to 1}
m summer diarrhea and cholera in- B
g fantum, it is believed that the eases g
g reported do not, by any means, com- gl
S prise the total. Arsenical fly-de- M
g Btroying devices must be rated as S
p extremely dangerous, and should J
g never be used, even if other meas- fl
g ures are not at hand.”
j! 106 fly poisoning cases have been re- a
g ported by the press within the last 3
g three years. As stated above this num- S
g ber is but a fi action of the real number. S
s Protect your children by using the safe, S
g efficient, uon-poisonous fly catcher
I TANGLEFOOT j
r I 1 I
The 0. & W. Thom Company B
j§ GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN |
CW'a<*'3*Il8'Sfheat
profit From ^ "
The war’s devastation of
European crops has caused
an unusual demand for grain
from the American Conti
pent The people of the world must
be fed and wheat near $2 a bushel
offers great profits to the farmer.
Canada’s invitation is therefore
especially attractive. She wants
settlers to make money and happy,
prosperous homes for themselves by
helping her raise immense wheat crops.
| von can get a Homestead of 160 acres FREE
j and other land* at remarkably low prices. During many
| years Canadian wheat fields have averaged 20 bushels to
4 the acre many yields as high as 45 bushels to the acre.
1 Wonderful crops also of Oats, Barley and Flax.
Mixed farming as profitable an industry as grain rais
B ing The excellent grasses full of nutrition are the only
I food required for beef or dairy purposes. Good schools.
'I churches, markets convenient, climate excellent.
■ There is an extra dema id for farm labor to replace the
B many young men who have volunteered for the war. The
Government is urging farmers to put extra acreage into
B grain. Write for literature and particulars as to reduced
B isiiway rates to Supu of Immigration. Ottawa. Canada, or
I W. V. BENNETT
I Room 4, Bee Bldg., Omaha. Neb.
M -m'.’finadjan Government Agent