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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1917)
MINOR ROTES FROM ALL PARTSJtf NEBRASKA dates for cowing events. Jill • sr. t.. 27 International Aas'n uf 1: l»aj Ageuto uud !*<* U'-r M*■*•♦.ug at Omaha Jun- --r-.-. -4 Vniennial t'elelini- 1 Hoti rl North l*tattc. Ju!-. • to 2*- siatr Teoni* Tourna ment at >uj»-r.‘<r August >• !*• Farm Tractor IVtn MUtiratit'i. at I rcttmn* 3 to 7—Nebraska Suite Fair at Lincoln. **• 7 notum ha* u hiriser t»*ei a- •• » "■* •» usual it iuuottiititic To 'es A X. Ma I tiers, jiresi- ! *!•. * '!<e tiering National Imrik and i * -tin mil **f the executive council of "• Nei.r;.., Kut - r-' jt - s inlion. es !--*! •! from »l*i> should tie |*ro ell ..sc It, X2 |mtllltls of • ugar. A at ion p*■’>-' i.. against the I*"-"I- »»-■! .tamp ! a on cheeks under * • - - : * ■ by oi' WHS pus-ed jin- *-.«*-« a r* led Washington by the ^ bia -• i I: ■ l • assiu-iatiou at u ti«c**t 11 g at «Huh ha. Tl mm ha • ■’an K\change passed • *u -g-ng early enuetiuent t-> »s t,rn|K«s«sl legislation 4 • • «. w t .-at production « r- • led by Pres dent Wilson. -1. A Kp !•; a farmer of lie- Bent ■ • - • m.- rkcted four wagon rc»-ntly for which lie » . so t bushel. or a tidal of *7_T «•:. *l...usr ;.d st.e-kers etMTs. year- | . - 1 ■ *. -s were sold at •rr --- riu - four hours, the * - g fr- -• to S!is 1,,-ad .:a.-■! ■.. .. ,-r g'T.issi. U J-. r H Sm f*i of t'uiversity |*la*-e 1» M♦ > *s- accepted rei-ruit for the t’ » * . • regiment, His application »:•.« t h. l.v t'ap'am *'raw ford at I Itniltl It f-'r p-A-|tig eleven lm*in*>«» * - * ■ it I ■ •-*..* ar«- le-ing dosed. (• • • • t.■.s -,.-s< 1.1..-k inis Just been • • : Two u|»-io-dntf garage arc tw-lllg . s.'Cted. Th* l..t.' • fi-«*rcte I tor--hester hi git- j v . n **v ary to the «t I. I* road. has —1 * t -1}--1 and conspi.'uou srgf.s ■ — far’ 'l.. ■ i .>;rse of tie th-*r *»ug1>far* st -ttigt'i- i voters [>asM-d ou - * ■ •*> s . ■ t nrojsisjTioii at ti s;-~a: . Tie |.ro|sis>iion car- j re. )■; a g.«**i majority. The Vet.rask: llsitik«-rs* A'so.-ia- : t"»ii w t.oid if* MTimii i convention < * -1e\f f: ; e date not hav ing yet *»s-n decided. Th- . S.-liool board has ! 1 «f>»! At for erwtjon of a modern Tt,n. ’ •• and community eentcr bOild tilg P - • •• for building tie new -si i rafe-is de l'bantu! church -* !: Tit.ttf.ee Will cost jij'V»«*•» T* • • it .g of the Elk horn I ‘ -so afjoli has lieeli ;«•»*:- - . • . the early part of .\tt- 1 gust V 1; — . • b; - been estab -*:.»■ I ■ V .r-olk for members of the g r . . ‘ t.. disjH.—■ of their | wafps A * • - a record for pntrlot ‘--ti r nan :t. th- town of mil •> n ; .- d ■ li'tstc 1 ■ i some hrancli of b-- - prior to .t•:• . " \ la: ’ • • f.r - of *1 1st a bushel f ■» • **-r, *» . «. ftp ure mark.-T v as 1 *tr .--r: *'* g a -ase u-soeia t.:,- ,.f -i - P.ra’u Exchange \ s .f. -I, lUir.H- Jersey l.s,.. -r residing near Avoen. sold .-• • !• r oil f! scales at market • v- . t: wlr-di brought *h‘v 1: 1 Bryant proprietor of the ir < a ha. has leased th* t • .... <-■ r». hotel at Hastings. V' '■.-** ■ ti- haled hay was *by e^t m th- Burlington yti'"1' * Alliance si few days ago I’* i t—e-nt ..f Agriculture esti ! • N*-*>niska .Tops f..r June 1 ' . - Winter wheat. ;o.,, ... spring wheat fi4. s.» ... .- . . : .H *- T, Si.ii.m hush '-. -i,... -i.4l<MiMO l.*]s)ieis: ry*-. 2 ' T- * *»* * Niitbel*: and hay. 7.700 080 ? f m%, M-r. ♦».. r- g »»i ti Hiii'er* of tin- An ■ *• • * ■ Ft —I Workmen, in •:• n . ght <miahu lode***, have with'tf m• from the Jurisdiction of h« vcl.grand lodge and have ! * • for admission to tit*' Iowa grand lodge. 1 ** * *z ■ 1 Theodore Rob - v * I’.. S ml* of TVtrolt. ! *! 1 i*.'-«»*d through Omaha the oth •* I ot hike from Detroit to r lad* left r**'troit Mar t *tid had *-orered more than httlf i t * i-.um.-y wholly on foot. • a will !*• exfH'**ted to fur t* -* ** npplieant* fur the second trr. :.g 'Tttnji for offir. -s, u liich will ••I- ■ Vitgn** _*T App' .itioti* may he fib*! with the examining offi.-er a’ F*>rt *'r<«*k near otimlia. between July 1' anil August IK. It tie Sjwing* is to hare an old f-'-ti 1 -*li *'f July eeletiration. T' -ity emm'»l lias appropriated t •.* to help with the oX|*en*es and ti-- * it- - .-s» men are also con trihut lt>r g.-Oe-etislT. Klein set a new world's rec of! ' it twenty-five mil*** on a half n dtrt ; r Lincoln, driving the nr minutes aid forty «#•**. vgsrf «g 1 ' ; * d •• damage was done ' - ^ ' * coUntv last week ’> ; :i st,,nil ,|iaf visiti*d the reffbdi V. .rJ. - s figuring <hj Ilavine [ an eight stort hotel. An ••astern con v fdk property with the object In view of butlditig a hotel. Ttie estimated coat of the building Is ICttlO.OQn. W. M Hill of Hebron was elected I president of the Nebraska Funeral I iMrortocs* awaoriatioa at the annual | meeting in «*maha. Lincoln was vot- j ed the next convention town. * **ceoia is pl»titling an organiza- | tioo to eneourage conservation of , w'*.* wheat st.s-k for seed pur- i TOTAL OF 118,123 REGISTER. Nebraska Falls Nearly 11,000 Under Federal Estimate. The total number of persons pre senting themselves for registration in Nebraska June .7. as retried to Gov ernor Neville, is lls.lL’M. The ntnu :*er registered is a little more than :!ii jwr cent of the total vote of the state, which is Mirg.ixui. The registra tion i' classified as follows: Whit. . .110 46s Black . 1-457 A lien* . . . 5.044 Citucu of Germany. 1.156 Total .118.123 The returns have not yet been can vassed as to the number of persons asking exemption from military serv ice under the conscription act. hut the returns indicate possible grounds for exemption in the ease of *71.774. This includes all who merely stated that they had relatives dependent upon them hut did not ask emeption from service following is the registration by counties, excepting two. Hooker uml Wheeler: l unty Kettle county ,!‘7f'n tint on o-c Adams . l.M» Howard . ■** Antelope . 1.31 -.-lefToraon . ,,, Johnson . *r!hur . ^-.Kearney . *« Banner ... f-^Keitu . *-■' lame .... lSs',;. . .; paha ... 337 ■ M . 1.2 s IK IK.Call . ■ 3 x . s Boa Butte . 835 1, monster . *.“*'•* Brown .. SISiancoln .1':; Buftaio . 3 tes; tun . 189 Burt . 1.124! .oup . 1*7 Butler .1.713 McPherson - 121 1 '<•* .1.638 Madison . I.®3* has. 33-, Merrick . *•* • acrr> 1.3i Morrill . 942 ' -dar . 1.484 Nance . 9,4 ' lo'.nno .. . MU.\cmaha . • 'olfaa . l.i :. Nuckolls . Id” ' 'lay 1.247 roe . I4'02 I'ueter .. 3.360 Pav. nee . 894 ■ 'uniinit ...... l.4»: Ptrklns . 304 ■ ‘ . MSPbelpe . **; ! *awee . 833Pierce . 989 • "on . . 1.2 7 Platte . 1.844 I N-uel . 343Polk . 999 I’taon . 1.647 lied Willow ... "1 . ... 3.2031:,. hardson - 1-6a® ! •ouuiaa . 30.444 Kock . ** ’ lundj .. 418Saline . t.|*4 Fillmore . 1.251 Sarpy . s'- ...1.832 Frontier . SOI ScottsMuff . 1~>1 Furnas . 927 s. ward . 1.39b 'harder. . 474 Sheridan . «.arflfld . 25it Sioux . J;9 . 421 Stanton . Jit . 2.4S3Shtrman .. ' irant .... 187Thaver .1.114 •••*y . 791 Thomas . 166 Hal! . .. 2 197Tli uratou . 96J Hamilton . 1.241 Valiev . S4S Harlan . 7®:v Washington ... 1-OvO Hayes . 322 Wayne . 1.010 Hitchcock . 507 We hater . 948 Holt 1.409 York . 159 Fire destroyed the Wilber tlour mills, with si loss of about $50,000, with insurance of .<:u».**rtO. The mill was not running nights anil tlic cause appears to he of incendiary origin. About thirteen years ago the first mill was burned on the same loca tion. Ten carloads of flour and a large quantity of wheat, rye and corn was burned. The Rev. W. F. Fyster of Crete, st. cl be the oldest college graduate in the Fnited States having grtid ii; 'cd from Pennsylvania college at Gettysburg in 1NA9. attended the cotn nienei merit exercises at I*oanc col lege He is over 95 years of age. Thousands of acres of corn and hay land were saved fr>ni destruction 1 • tlo.xl~ in Johnson county ns the result of drainage ditcher along the Nemaha river. Between June .'5 and s 5..V, inches of ruin fell in the vi cinity. I'nofiieial census taken in Bayard .iti't recently shows the town has a Imputation of 1.92<i. In 1919 census reports show 200 lived in the town. Other cities in the western part of the state have grown proportionally. Tic- Menonite church of Beatrice has cnntrihiited the sum of $204.15 to the lied Cross society to aid the sic ■ iety in its good work. Business men and others have been responding lib erally to the cause. A movement is on foot to erect a state aid bridge between Hall and Hamilton counties across the Platte river about five miles southeast of Grand Island. Figures cover the in vestment of about $70,000. Peter Benes. a farm hand, employ ed near Howells, lost his life by drowning, when he attempted to swim across a swollen stream, as he went to drive cattle home for the night. Enormous and wholesale boosts in tax ; ~s.-s<ments by County Assessor Fitzgerald of Douglas county were verified when the notices of the raises were received bv Omaha .job bers corporations stores, factories anti private individuals. In many cases the raise is over 100 per cent. Richardson county is carrying on various activities to aid in tin? war. Y mg men are enlisting. plans tit0 nnder way to organize Tied Cross dialtters iu a number of towns and snb-oriptinns are lining taken for the Y. 51. C. A. war work. Tn tlie case of the state against Stun Joe at Omaha. Police Judge Madden ; rut.si that fifteen cases of beer, nine tv si\- bottles of whisky and eleven bottles of wine is tin “unreasonable amount” under the state law and fin ed the defendant Sim and costs for having such a consignment of liquor on his premises. According to Fremont delegates . who attended tli • Rocky Mountain 1 strict Rei] Cross convention in Den ver. Dodge enmity is expected to raise The sum of $27,000. Frederick T.. Temple of Lexington was elected grand master of tiie Anc ient Free and Accepted Masons of Nebraska at the Sixtieth annual con vocation of the grand lodge at Omaha. The Hurt County Donmcrnt. a weekly paper started at Tekamah three years ago by a few democrats, has closed its doors, due to non-sup l>ort. Itomls to extend the Mitchell water svstet and purchase fire equipment carried at a special ejection by n ma- j Jnrlty of over 10 to 1. In spite of the cold, wet weather. | and. although many farmers over the state have had to replant their corn, corn crop prospects for this year arc much brighter than in any previous year, according to railroad crop re ports. Five business buildings on the main Street of Trumbull. Clay county, were destroyed by fire. The loss is esti mate at $25,000. with half that amount of insurance. Fourteen babies born in Omaha on Saturday. .Tune 9. were each given a 550 Liberty bond. I ROOSEVELT SPEAKS ON “AMERICANISM" WAR TIME HIS TOPIC AND HE DOES IT JUSTICE. Calls Upon Everyone to Do His Duty —Individual Loyalty Must Be Held Above All Else. Western Newspaper Union News Service. In honor of Theodore Roosevelt, Lincoln representing the state of Ne braska in its fiftieth anniversary, staged a patriotic parade of great pro portions Thursday afternoon, escorting the ex-president to the capitol grounds where he made his address "Ameri canism.” With all the vigor at his command he drove home the fundamental truths of the doctrine of Americanism. His speech was tempered with kindly con sideration for those of foreign blood in the country, but he was emphatic in pointing out the duty of every Ameri can at the present time. His speech bristled with epigrams. Here are some of them: "The liberty secured in the civil war to the black man was secured only be cause the white man was willing to fight to the death for the union and for the flag to which we owe undivid ed allegiance.” j ne civil war settled the great pr;n ciple that we were definitely to realize that while peace was normally a good thing, yet that righteousness stood above peace, and that the only good citizens were those who stood ready to face war rather than to submit to an unrighteous or cowardly peace.” “It would be impossible to overstate the damage done to the moral fiber of our country by the professional pacifist propaganda, the peace-at-any-price pro paganda which has been growing in strength for the last ten years. The professional pacifists during these two . years and a half have occupied precise- ] lv the position of the copperheads dur- ' ing the time of Abraham Lincoln. “First of all we must insist that all ! our people practice the patriotism of ' service and that we give a fervid and undivided loyalty to our common coun try Patriotism is an affair of deeds ! and patriotic words are good only in sofar as they result in deeds." “Unless we now. at this moment, strive each of us to serve the country according to our several abilities, we are false to the memories of the na tion builders to whose sagacity and prowess we owe the creation of this state fifty years ago ” "We cannot render effective service if our loyalty is even in the smallest degree divided between this and any other nation. The events of« the past few years have conclusively shown that the men whether of German or my other origin, who attempts to com bine allegiance to this country with al legiance to another is necessarily false ! to this country ” "As the last war was opposed only 1 by those whose public policy was on a level with the private policy of a man who would not even resent his wife's face being slapped by a ruffian or his daughter being kidnapped by a white slaver." “I do not like war any more than I like a house afire. But I count it just as silly and just as wicked to refrain from preparing against war and from crushing those who make wicked war, as it is to refuse to prepare against a fire or to smash a firebug." There were many orders and organ: zations in the parade that aroused en thusiasm and interest, but they were all overshadowed by the presence of the colonel himself. Bowing and smil ing almost continually. Mr. Roosevelt in company with Governor Neville, Mayor Miller. Frank H. Woods, presi dent of the Commercial club, and J. H Hansen, driving, drove through the streets lined with cheering people. Many thousands of people lined the streets from the beginning to the end of the parade a distance of more than a mile. Cars containing the veterans j o° the Civil war were accorded places of honor and the fife and drum corps added to the patriotic music offered by four bands. The yoke of oxen, representing the first Nebraska parades and the his toiical cowboys and cowgirls, were pu't of the spectacle. The veterans of the Spanish-American war marched in rouble file. On the car carrying Mr. Rooseveit were the flags of England and France side by side with the Stars and Stripes. The whole parade was led by the staff corps and the department of mounted orderlies and Company B of the signal corps, now on police duty in Lincoln, ail under directicn of Gen. Phil Hail! The Spanish war veterans were led by Department Commander Fero and Chaplain Kline, under the directio- ot ■ Captain Allen. The actual cclumn of march was headed by Colon.;! C. J. Bills, marshal of the day. with tine mounted aides The dignity and beauty of the misque “Nebraska,” presented in con nection with the celebration, made the pageant seem entirely worthy of tha events symbolized. The logical sequence in which the acts follow, each furnishing an important feature In the development of a great histori cal story, gave to the production a unity lacking in some degree to the previous pageants of Lincoln. The various phases of Nebraska’s history were pictured in striking style and with beauty of color, music and motion to emphasize important incidents. Confidential information from Ne braska bankers has been ask»d by the banking board on behalf of the state council of defence, regarding threats which any depositors may have made to withdraw business from any insti tution that might invest in Liberty bonds. A circlar on the subject has been mailed to 900 state banks and 180 national banks by Secretary Tooley of the banking department This was done under the direction of Governor Neville, who is chair man of the banking board and a member of the council of defense. Green’s band of Omaha followed, with state guards mounted, led by Ad jutant General Phil Hall After them came a column of Lincoln Greeks, fifty strong, who have enlisted. Fifteen automobiles bearing state of ficers were next in line. Lodges led by Frank Ringer then followed. Twenty-five new recruits took their place behind, followed by the Nebraska state band. Roosevelt's car was next in line. His hat was off most of the time, bowing and acknowledging cheers. Navy recruits followed, with the uni versity cadet band behind them. Then came a double line of auto mobiles with old soldiers and Civil war veterans. The Farragut fife and drum corps was in one of the cars. There were thirty machines in this division. Thirteen Bohemians, mostly women, bearing a banner “America First”— each one with a letter of the legend— raised a storm of applause as they passed. The team of oxen, used in the page ant, and a float with an Indian camp and one with the old pioneer imple ments. plow, candle, ox yoke, and the housewife, the Nebraska state histori cal society in the parade. After the Wymore band came fifty more automobiles. Ever}- car in the parade was streaming with flags and bunting. Sons of the American revolu tion were represented by two mounted men in colonial costumes. A dozen negroes marched in the line with the banner “We re not slackers; we’re Americans.” Twenty-five automobiles ended the procession, which was over a tr.ilo long, and took half an hour to pass a given point. THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL Visitors from All Over the State Gather to Celebrate It. Nebraska's semi-centennial celebra tion drew an immense crowd from all over the state. The historical exhibit at the city auditorium was filled with interested visitors and alumni day at the state farm drew many former uni versity people. A pioneers' meeting at St. Paul church was a mecca for many who like to live for a few hours each year in the past. Auto races were pulled off at the fair grounds. Tuesday evening the Pageant of Ne braska" was put on at the fair grounds coliseum. For the period of the semi-centennial celebration the audit riura was filled with relics of pioneer days in Ne braska. which were inspected with in terest by the pioneer-, their children and grandchildren—not only pictures, letters and possessions left by early statesmen who were prominent in Ne braska's early beginning but articles common to the daily life of every early settler in the state. Time has con verted the utterly commonplace of fifty years ago into the treasured of today. When the silver anniversary was celebrated twenty-five years ago there was no exhibit of relics. The celebration of the golden anniversary of the state, together with impending changes and the rapid passing of the pioneers definitely divides the past from the future. The larger part of the pioneer ex hibit is owned by the state histori cal society which has been receiving donations and making collections for years. A large exhibit brought in by Cedar county will be turned over to the society. The woman's relief corps, the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution have exhibits and there are large numbers of small individual collections. During the in spection of the curios Tuesday morn ing a line of pi neers stood waiting to register and the state historical society will keep a list of all those visiting the exhibit for comparison fifty years from now. Patriotism because of fifty years of successful statehood now mingles with a newer patrioTi-m, concern for the future. Arkr.owedcment of things done well by a state during its fifty years’ existence, is paired with the acknowledgment of greater things to be done. The celebration of Ne braska's semi-centennial is also a leave taking for Nebraska’s sons leaving for the front. Nebraska is proud of her standing among states, and proud of the response by her sons to the call to colors. While bands were playing about the city recruiting was active at army and navy centers. The old flag pole originally fifty feet high, set up at the establishment of Fort Kearney in 1848 and which was rescued from the mud and water where it was rotting ten years ago. is an interesting part of the exhibit. It is now broken off near the ground. A collection donated to the society by A >1 Bowling of Hastings include a cache of flints plowed up at Repub lican City and the only wcol cards preserved from the early settlers. This collection contains innumerable Indian arrowheads and other curios. For Support of Soldiers Homes. Governor Nevi'le has received $9. 525 from the federal government, the amount being the quarterly payment to the state for the support of state homes for soldiers. The government pays the state at the rate of $100 a rear for each member of the state homes. The payment is divided as follows: For the home at Grand Island. $6,525, based on a membership of 2G1: for the home at Milford. $2,875. based on a membership of 115. The money does not go direct to the sup port of the homes That the state of Nebraska and the whole United States are facing a seri ous shortage in the supply of horses and mules needed for farm work and wagon hauling in the ctiies and towns is the belief of State Veterinarian J. R. Anderson. Great Britain and France have already taken one and one-fourth million animals out of this country, and with the United States now getting ready for war and requi sitioning a quarter of a million more as a starter he fears that there will not be enough left for domestic pur poses. Topics of Interest on Home and Farm Building William A. Radford tells the man who builds a medium priced home or farm building how to get the most in material value, conven ience and architectural good looks for his money, in his articles which appear in the Northwestern weekly. He gives the latest ideas in con struction and enables you to build without the expense of consulting an architect. BRICK COTTAGE FOR mow LOT Low Fire Risk and the Smali Maintenance Cost Make This Type Popular. SOME STRUCTURAL METHODS Not Necessary to Spend Large Sum for Decoration in Order to Have Beautiful Home—Be Sure tc Select Well. Mr William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper On account of his wide experience as Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address ail inquiries to William A. F.adford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago. 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Because of reduced insurance rates, the fact that the interior is warmer in winter and cooler in summer, lower maintenance costs because deprecia tion is very low and painting is a negligible expense, and the permanent fresh and bright appearance of its walls, the face brick house has as sumed an important place among mod ern residences. Architects and build ers have worked in unison to make possible the adaptability of face brick i to the construction of the smaller as well as the larger houses. There are several standard methods j of building houses with a face brick i exterior wall surface. The two main divisions are those of the solid wall ot burned clay material and the wall of some loud-bearing, backing material or frame of structural members over l he outer surface of which a veneer of face brick is built up. this veneer being tied to the structure by means of metal wall ties, cut nails or some f the type already mentioned, a face ! brick wall surface over sheathed wood framing and over braced wood framing without the sheathing. The two types of construction just mentioned are probably the most widely used of any in residences. The larger houses are built with the sheathed wood fretie while the braced wood frame construc tion is specially udapted to the small er houses and cottages where the cost of building is the most important item. The time when it was considered necessary for a special gang of men to come on the job to lay the brick is rapidly passing, "Hie man who is tak ing a progressive part in the building field today culls himself a “genera! contractor” und he is ready to execute any kind of construction work which may be asked of him. This change works to the advantage of the home builder since it eliminates lost motion, expensive mistakes, and makes one man accountable for the entire job. The live contractor and builder is ready to erect a residence according to any of the different types of construc tion mentioned. There is little basis for any man giving up the idea of building a brick house because of cost, if he is able to build a house at all. for an intelligent selection of the design together with the use of the least expensive type of construction, will give him a house which has everything to be desired in external appearance in addition to all of the qualities inhered in this kind of house, making for comfort and low living expense. It is not necessary to spend a large sum of money in decora tions in order to have a beautiful home. These little fancy fittings and special trim are the things which run up the cost needlessly in a l»use which would doubtless look just as well without the “extras.” Judgment is also necessary in the selection of the plan for a low-cost house. The number and shape of rooms affect the price of construction. By properly se lecting the finish given the interior walls, floors and trim, it is possible to j obtain a refined and dignified interior, which is fully up to any reasonable standard, without the use of an ex- 1 pensive layout of rooms. Small corner seats and simple bookcases may be used to add the touch of variety which other form of tie embedded iu the mor tar joints between brick at intervals horizontally and vertically. The solid wall construction is made up either of face brick backed with common brick or with face brick backed with structural tile. The solid wall construction runs slightly higher in cost than the veneer, as a general rule. This statement should be modi fied, perhaps, to include cases in which the face brick are really laid as a veneer over the common brick or struc tural tile backing, the only connection between the two being the ties men tioned. In this case the building loads are assumed to be carried by the back ing, the veneer of face brick being used only for the appearance which it gives. n-n Floor Plan. The cost of this type of construction is. of course, closely comparable with that of the solid wall construction, there being a difference only in the saving made possible by the number of face brick replaced by the common brick or tile, in the veneer construc tion. The veneer construction consists of i costs more in the form of bays, alcoves und fancy trim. The illustrations show the external appearance and the plar of a simple hut very substantiul-his'It cottage of five rooms. The house is a framed structure with a veneer of face brick on the outside. Sheathing may be used or not, as desired. Wall sur faces are not large in this house and there will be no difficulty in keeping it very cozily heated during the coldest weather, even if the sheathing is omit ted. Foundation walls need not be extra thick for this type of building provided they are carried down to solid clay, gravel or other confined and non-settling soil. The foundation wall in this house should he one foot thick at the bottom of which there should be a footing two feet wide and one foot thick. Architects and contractors who prepare plans, proportion the footings so that there will be an equal pressure on every square foot so that if settling does occur it will be equal in all parts of the building, thus preventing cracks in the brickwork. j After the framing of the house is i completed the outside veneer of face brick is commenced. The porch wall coping and the window sills through out the house are made of white stone, concrete or terra cotta. The windows, cornice and other wood trim are paint ed white, which, together with the white stone copings and sills and the white porch column ornaments, form £ pleasant contrast with the walls. The house can be built on a 30-foot lot with room for a walk around to the rear and sufficient space at the sides so that if the neighboring lots are built on, the light can get in the side windows. Casement windows and screen sash may be made inter changeable for the front porch or the casement windows may be permanent ly attached and the screens placed on the outside, these being replaced in the winter by storm sash, making pos sible the use of the porch as a sun parlor. The plan provides a combination liv ing and dining room separated by a wall in which there is a large cased opening. The kitchen has a handy pantry attached. A notable feature ii» the arrangement of rooms is the bed room, bath and hall combination. This makes for privacy, which Is a very de sirable thing where all rooms are on one floor. ■ ■■ ■ ... ■ Bermuda In 1916 expended $148,682 on roads and bridges. CUllMEI CIIMltl Produce More Food, But at the Lowest Cost. A trip through most of the graiD growing districts of Western Canada, and information received from authen tic sources, reveals that the spring seeding of wheat, barley and oats is finished and the grain is having a most rapid growth. Men of farming expe rience here say that the conditions are similar to those years when there was an abundant harvest reaped. During the past year a number of new settlers came into the country, and they will undoubtedly have a good crop this year. This added to the normal acre age. made considerably less by the lack of labor owing to the number who have gone to the front, will give a fair general yield. It is surprising the growth that this country is capable of producing. Wheat has this spring gei.ninated and shown three or four inches growth In five or six days, and with anything like favorable weather, harvesting should commence about the loth of August, or a little over one hundred days from first seeding. Hundreds of farmers throughout this vast country paid for their entire* holdings out of one year's crop and it would not tvs surprising if the same experience met a great many more this year. The best authorities on the wheat situation give it as their opinion that for many years to come, wheat prices will be high. They base their opinion on a scientific calculation and their reasoning seems to be sound. Anyway, It is quite evident that for some years to come, the producer of wheat will be amply rewarded for any effort he may make to develop this branch of agricultural industry. Money may be made on the high-priced lands of the wheat-growing districts of the United States, but it is a question if these high-priced lands would not be more profitably employed in other branches of farming than in growing the smaller grains, leaving it to lands just as pro ductive for wheat, less expensive to op erate, and with a much smaller initial price, to provide the world with this necessity of life. Here is where Western Canada, with its vast rich fertile plains, its low railway rates, its exceptionally good shipping privileges, its excellent climate, and its perfect social conditions, has a com bination of advantages not possessed by any other portion of the continent. Furthermore, these lands, of unex celled quality, are extraordinarily cheap, while for the man who does not care to undertake farming on so exten sive a scale there is the free home stead which offers him all the opportu nity for which he is looking. The prospective purchaser will have no difficulty at all in making a selec tion of a fine piece of land, well lo cated and convenient to transportation, which may be had for from $15 to $25 an acre, and the railway companies or other holders of large tracts are al ways glad to sell on ensy terms. Or if he desires a farm that is already under cultivation and improved, many such are to be had from farmers who already have made comfortable for tunes and are ready to retire. It is not to the grain grower only that Western Canada offers great op portunities. If fine wishes to go in for cattle raising, there are great stretches of range land both free and for lease: and in many sections of the country there are the finest of grazing lands that may be purchased at very low prices. The appeal which has been sent out both by the United States and Cana dian governments, for an unstinted, un limited production of food stuffs to pre vent what might otherwise be a fam ine throughout this great continent— and then consequently, throughout the world—should in itself arouse all the ambition and desire in the heart and soul of the man who is not fighting at the front, to produce all he can. In addition, there is the potent fact that no chances are being taken in answering the appeal. Take it from either stand point you answer the country's call, al though not fighting, and you are also insured against any loss by the high prices that are bound to exist for some time. ) Whether it be in the ,United States on its excellent grain lands or in Canada on its splendid grain lands, all should do their bit.—Advertisement. Supper Would Wait. 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