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Loup City Northwestern
A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN
Vnl.i iKXXXVl LOUPCITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1917 NUMBER36
LOUP CITY NEWS NOTES.
- fw 3y sells frr less.
Try Cha*e'r first—it pays.
rt Lan a Wi »>und * •nt to St
• •• Ttie d.i <■1 r*b visit with relatives
t , I '• ,. refill lied 111 her
•me *1 Garden * ity Kansas Wednes
day
,iSr» .ir Keith and two XWU went
to Album Tuesday to visit with rela
tives
Harvev O'fcryan went to Dan
- . - .j fora visit with rel
... - jiarsna. of \urora. Illinois,
re vutt.nc with F > Reynolds
.»« j W tfe
ti K i ...-.it-tit se\eml days
- ■> c-.ii! i reiaUke returuthg
U ...c ai. A.tiHBu 1 Ur&Uai
t- •!. Mi.c left for Mans ice
1; .1 V*. . • la> Sl.r (ill liwi ll
a m pool lucre the coming term.
" et •• .j a OlttiM shipped a car of
*t "t to the Omaha market Tuesday
TL- niik Gamer also shipped a car the
name day
• and daughter. Wanda
Went U< kv:!ie Wedn—day to visit
with Ujc.r e*.n and brut: r. John Dietz
and family
dr- \ !> T'.iv.- returned to her
r . a- Aurora \V dnevday after
. •-J .Jay.* here with her
Jtera g Travis. ana family.
■> H iitcd.ev »; came up from Lin
.;a Saturday lor a visit with hi*
par'at> and other re.a •»*— He has
•■*-. -mi'loveti i’. a jewelry store at
.jsiuji for the past four years and
*_ drawn in the r.rst draft, passed
■ -i:i..nat.o: and is waiting f »r the
NS J R NG OL R E'GHTING MEN.
... plan l S- retary of the Treas
a for life and indemnity in
.•at • for the -oldiers and sailors of
•--. State* after dis< ussious by
• —stall vt lii-unue e men and re
r. :•»• • !•>• advisory committees
■.a* t*« ejj j; i..; definite form and sub
it ■ -d l<» Pr* ideal Wilson.
The i»r.- ien* - < oniment was a- fol
liJtl >*
j : jo- • vati.in-d the e:u fused pa
I' >• r\ .arefuily and Take pleasun
returning t > in wtth my entire ap
a. n. t.a* bee... liitioduved in Con
. 1 * a* • jjbt ttu ... • 1 *i;Rt*--f*'d by the
>•* retary of ihe Trt.-ioi.ury and approv
• i P • The president
in i: :~ ::: is proposed that the
m-nt farrUh at mst to the sol
d . - aT.d >ab> n of the Called Stat*
lile and indemnity insurance
- maw feature* of the Secretary's
m*i’ i nMi f;utr:u(ucui shah
-ar ii ’ <«.-• : the administration
.-*uran ■ p.a: and that no ex
■ of any kind shall be a - barge or
: . r*-ai- -<! bv the payment of
. jitlJ ■ and sailor*
<; over-bead charges
> iii e a - ar tor every thousand
r- it - - “an »• will i»e ar. adequate
t „• .U-r tu plan, and this figure
pat : e mai;muo fn-urauce of ten
_:. l dollars within the reach oi
, a!;-, every private soldier oi
ir.suran e in private companies
w. -t many times this sum for
me* a • ually engaged tn warfare
At’- r the war the insurance may be
ctitic-led into »Uier forms. The in
suranc-i is to 1-e payable In install
u rnn i- not .. - enable and free from
;?!«. , .nm, of creditor* of the insured
,-r of the beneficiary, and is limited to
th< wife, children and other s|iecified
kindred.
if t -la! disability remits or disease
- contracted in the course of service
u.penaation t* to he based c»n per
•e-ntaae 0f pay. with a minimum, how
ever of irem forty to seventy-five dob
:.*r* a tn-w -,h according to the size of
i’ ■' lamii? Partial disabilities are to
. otnputeii on a basis of percentages
ti total disability
Medical • urgtc-al and hospital treat
lit MIJ-I lie. a-ii appliance* are tc
- Kite!. Ke. abl'ltatlon a-l(| pe-educa
H-n "1 tie injured *oldier* (>r sailors.
fin tig them for lives of a Uvity and
usefulness is part of the plan
The plan also contemplates free al
.owaaces to the families of soldier* and
-itilor* the government supplementing
the sum* set aside by the soldiers am!
-a norw out of their wages.
The insuranc e is not to be a gift o!
g o eminent but is to be paid foi
out of the lav of the insured men
The government, howe'er, is to take
upon itseif the cost of collecting ant!
admir.i'-ering the funds, also the ex
irs hazard caused by the war. the ratt
of eight dollar* per thousand being i
normal rate in peace time and an en
tirelv inadequate rate for war risk
The workmen's compensation law?
an 1 the experiences of insurance com
panics in this country and the laws
and experiences of other countries
kavi t-cen studied and used in the pre
parat’en of this bill
'etarv McAdoo epiphasizes the
■ti-ti< • and nghtfulros* of such a fnnc
lion of the government by citing the
■ji t that n this war we are not reiving
up n the volunteer system hut arc
drafting American mtyi and compelling
them to undergo danger and if neces
say make the supreme sacrifice fot
their country A higher obligation, he
^ay s. therefore rests upon the govern
menl not only towards the fighting
men hut towards those dependent or
them and a ju?t. generous and humane
government should see to it that so fat
i - is prai ti. able they should be giver
•hi protection, not as a matter of mer
• ;. or charity hut as * matter of right
\i.d that they should enter into the ser
yne of then country with the cenair
an .iiniir that if death 01 misfortune
.Hues to them they and their depen
ileM are protected by insurance at
: ciP-el them by their government as
part i f the compensation for the ser
; v e they are rendering their country
In conclusion Secretary McAdor
p. in's out that while this plan may
ail : ir oi.siderable expenditures at
pre>i nt. y et tile eventual cost to the
, ao • rntneiit of tiiir- plan will he very
n:u< h less than that which would re
sult from th> adherence to the preserd
p- ns: i: program of the country, and
further, that the pension system will
’ not provide the same beenelits not
over the subject in the same com
prehensi*. c humane and equitable way
! There* is no use to which the funds
; derived from the* sale of Liberty Loan
, Bonds an be pm which will be more
■ ordia'.ly approved by tile people of the
country than to provide this just and
d- -rvod protection to the men who are
••raving all the dangers of this war on
iand ami sea in the service of their
i -ountry
OLR FIRST WAR BRIDE
Iiwight L. Willis and Miss Fern
' '.,.we w- re quietly married by the
’'ounty Judge at Grand l-land Wed te
la y of last week.
Beth of these young people are well
1 and favorably known in Loup City
Mr- Willis was born and raised here
urn. - ’lie daughter of Mf. and Mrs
: k we She is one of Sherman
•ouniys successful school teachers
and will teach in the Loup City
hools the coming term. Mr. Willis
i- re ideal herf- for about two years
• ing employed in the Times office
during that time. He is an efficient
, printer and a pleasant young man tc
I meet, and is a man or good habits
M: Willi.- i> a member of Company
M. f Grand island, and w ill soon leave
- Fort Denting. New Mexico, w'th
ii'.s company. Mrs Willis is^the firs'
war bride in this county and it is
the hope of the Northwestern that hei
happy your.g husband may return
'rt>m tlte war unharmed to make this
romance complete. The many friend
ed Mr. and Mrs. Willis join with the
Northwestern in extending congratu
lations.
Judge Mullen was indeed surprised
when he heard the name of Fern Rowe
given to him before her marriage to
Dwight Willis, as he and Peter Rowe
up old friends, and was visited by
Fern and her father a few days before
her marriage at Grand Island.
Washington. August 15.—“The little
strips of parti-colored ribbon so often
,-een '/ii the breast of our “Soldiers of
1 the Sea” are a mystery to most civi
liaus. says Major General Geo Bar
nett Commandant of the Gnited Stu
;es marine corps. “Every one and
three-eighths inches of the strip de
notes that the wearer is the posses
. sor of a medal awarded for valor oi
good conduct or oi a badge for ser
ti e in some famous campaign.”
The man with the light blue strip
decorated with white stars possesses
! the greatly coveted medal or honor;
tho blue, white ana red combination
mean service in the Philippine insur
reciiou: two bands of blue and gray
of equal width, service in the civil
war; two bands of blue separated by
yellow, service in the Spanish-Ameri
.-an war; red. yellow, blue, yellow and
red liordered with blue, the Cuban oc
. upution. One of the easiest to recog
nize is the China campaign badge; a
hand of yellow with edges of blue ’
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Charleston W. Va.. Aug. 22—Mrs
Nettie Wood, of Shenandoah Junction
near this city, is wondering whethei
1 her two sons will ever meet. One oi
them, William W. Wood, a Sergeant ii
the C. S. Marine Corns, is now fightinf
with the "Billy Blues" In France. whil«
the other. Clarence Wood, is confinec
in a German prison camp. Clarenc*
was living in Canada when the Euro
pean war first broke out; enlisted in i
! Canadian regiment and was capturec
shortly after the German army at
j tempted to advance on Parte.
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( YOINO MEN OF SHERMAN COUNTY |
| YOUR COUNTRY CALLS YOU I
E ' I ’HE Governor of the great State of Nebraska is asking for recruits to fill the =
= * newly authorized regiment of National Guard Reserves, a company of E
E which is being organized here. E
= All men are eligible for enlistment m this regiment who are between the E
| ages of 18 and 45 years, except those called for examination for the Selective i
E Draft Army. E
This is the last chance to enlist in a company of home men. Enlist to- i
| day in the Loup City-Arcadia company. |
E Apply to either of the undersigned: |
H. E. WILLIS, Loup City, E
MELL GORDON, Arcadia, 11
E Recruiting Officers. |
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THE COUNTY FAIR
Remember that all of the pood and
enjoyable things of the summer are
not gone The county fair is less than
two weeks away, and the activity of
the men and women in charge of the
several departments indicate that it is
1 to he the best ever this year. The
■ hautaufua and the county fair are
| two of the very important educational
| institutes of the year, and the county
j fair is not to be rated as the least of
uiese. unite a certain portion ot the
rime and program are given to amuse !
' ment. the greater part of the fair and!
its attractions are positively education
al and of practical value. The satisfied
j person in any line of effort will never
i get any farther, but the person who
is not content to rest upon the achieve
ments already accomplished will find j
'n the Hamilton county fair sugges
| ions for improvement in ’ust as many
j lines of endeavor and will go away
I with new ideas, new ambitions and
new energy to do bigger thing1-', better
things and more profitable things.
Some of your neighbors have advan «d
farther along certain lines than you
have, and you have made advancement
in certain things which your neighbor
has failed to do. Get together at the
fair and see what each otht r has done j
I and you will both profit. The county
fair is a people's institution and is a I
great clearing house of experience and j
acquired knowledge for the entire i
i unty. You are not wasting your j
own time nor that of your family whet:
you attend the fair: you are simple
gathering in the benefits of the coni
bined effort and research of the whole
((immunity for future application to
your own affairs.—Aurora Sun.
The people of Hamilton county are
i taking great interest in their county
fair as the above shows Sherman
| county people are also getting bus\
j in preparation of our fair Stptembet
19. 20 and 21. While at Litchfield on
Monday the Northwestern editor saw
some poultry and other things that
will be shown at our county fair. The
west side promises an interesting ex i
hibit.
Telephone Company Statement.
For the information of those who
may desire to know’ of the conditions
lacing the telephone industry at this
time the following statement is issued:
by the Nebraska Telephone Co.
Since the very beginning of the war
the government’s requests for tele
phone equipment have had precedence
lover private requirements and given;
j right-of-way over all private messages |
At an expense—in the aggregate
: hundreds of thousands of dollars—com I
prehensive telephone systems have |
been provided for training camps, and
lines of communication have been in I
stalled between military headquarters '
mobilization posts and commissary de- j
pots. Telephones and special lines have
also been supplied for the troops at
bridges grain depots and other places
being guarded.
In addition to the government’s use
of our service increased business activ I
ity incident to the war has placed fur
ther demands upon our telephone facil
ities. We are handling over 30 per cent
more long distance calls than we did j
before the war and the number of !o
cal calls particularly in the larger cities
has increased greatly.
The long distance telephone facili
ties out of the city of Wa'shing’on
have been more than doubled since
the war began and in all the principal
centers both the local and long dis
tance equipment has been greatly in
creased in an endeavor to handle the
heavy telephone burden caused bv war j
activities.
Nearly 3.000 skilled telephone engi-i
neers and maintenance men from the
Ball system alone have been organized
into signal corps batallions for service
with the armies in the field. Many
more of our men are with the national
guard and in other branches of thr
county 's military service
The situation confronting us has
caused great difficulty in getting and
installing equipment t r the most ur
gent private needs. Our long distance
facilities are loaded to their utmost
capacity and our local service in some
localities is suifering o; account of the
conditions over which we have no con j
trol.
As the war continn s the govern-!
ment s requirements for trained tele
phone telephone men and for service !
and equipment are increasing. 1 he j
present business activity is a<so likely
to be extended as the » ar goes on. In
the interests of all we hope that out j
patrons will ask for no additional
equipment unless absolutely essential
to the conduct of their business and
that they will put every possible re
straint on the unnecessary and extra a
gant use of our local and long dis
tance service.
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LOCATING THE NEW U. S. ARMY
CAMPS AND STATIONS.
fore he goes to Frame? What to ad
dress telegrams or letters or express
to him?” “Where will our state guaru
regiments be encamped’” "Where
are our aviators being trained?”
"Where are the main war hospitals to
be located?”
These and a thousand other ques
tions of equal importance will be
apswered for the first time, completely
and geographically in a splendid new
map and folder which is being prepar
ed now for the Union Pacific System,
and which in a few days will he availa
hie for free distribution.
"Military map of the U. S. A.” is
the title of this timely publication. On
the map side the location of every
cantonment camp and trainee station
is plainly marked in red—the various
kinds of camps being indicated by
characters differently shaped In the
folder side complete lists of the varions
classes of fighting men are given, to
gether with their present location, or. if
they are not yet mobilized, their ulti
mate destination in America.
Every home that has given a son
brother or father to the war. should
he supplied with this map—every home
which is interested in getting a bird's
eye view of the preparations Uncle
Sam is making to win the war
Tic supply is limited and same may
be had. free of charge, upon applica
tion to any of the Union Pacific System
offices or from W S. Basinger. General
Passenger Agent. Union Pacific, Oma
ha. Neb.
We understand that Mike Mulick
of Loup City made a trip to Grand Is
land recently for the purpose of offer
ing his services to Uncle Sam. Now.
anyone who is acquainted with Mike
knows his courage is undisputed. On
presenting himself at recruiting office
and being informed that he was too old
for active service as only young men
with plenty of pep were being used.
Mike got a little peeved for being un
derestimated. and told them he would
prove to their satisfaction that he was
the best man in the bunch even if he
was a few years past the age limit and
was perfectly willing to demonstrate
the fact right then if they would ad
journ the meeting out back of the
woodshed. Mike is not wearing the
Khaki but he says any old time Uncle
Sam wants him he'll be on the spot.—
Arcadia Champion.
STOMACH AND LIVER TROUBLE.
No end of misery and actual suffer
ing is caused by disorders of the stom
ach and liver, and may be avoided by
the use of Chamberlain's Tablets. Give
them a trial. They only cost a quarter.
Try an ad in the Northwestern.
LIST OF PERSONS CALLED INTO
SERVICE OF THE UNITED
STATES NOT EXEMPTED
OR DISCHARGED.
District board for the County of
Sherman, hereby certifies to District
Board foe the first district of the
State of Nebraska, the following list
of the names and addresses of per
sons who have been duly and legally
called for the military service of the
United States .and who have not been
exempted or discharged.
Ernest David Bauman, Loup City.
Edward Kuticka. Ravenna.
Fred l Iarenc-e “ravis. Loup City.
Frank Homa. Ashton
Albert Siebler. Boelus.
Vernon R. East.:brook. Litchfield.
Charles Frederick Carstens. Ashton
Henry Peter Christensen. Loup Cit>
Lewis Martin Summers, Arcadia.
James Harvey Bowen, Rockville.
Duncan Downing Charlton. Loup City
Edward Hurt. Ashton.
Emmett Marion McaLughlin. Lout
City.
Bert E. Snyder. Loup City
Willie Walter Johnson. Sweetwater.
Chris Larsen. Loup City.
Carl H. Jensen. Rockville.
Waiter Cadwalader. Hazard.
Harry William Hodgsen, Loup City.
William Holub. Ravenna.
Johnnie Christian Christensen. Loup
City
Lawrence Martin Larson. Hazard.
Joseph Bednach. Ashton.
Steve E. Slabasczewski, Rockville.
Leon R. Beza. Ashton.
Joe Hayden Burns. Arcadia.
Edmond Lee Chapman. Hazard
Carl Frederick Stamm. Loup City.
Charlie Schroll. Ashton.
Charles Otto Olson. Loup City.
Stephen Placek. Loup City.
Max C Stark. Loup City
Alexandria Lewandowski, Ashton
John Casper Meyers, Litchfield
Vincent Grabowski. Austin
Frank F. Sherman. Rockville
Ferdinand Jelinek. Ravenna
Rudolph Zeller. Boelus
Benjamin Krakowski. Ashton. Neb.
Elias Howe Butler. Litchfield. Xeb.
Fred Schmidt. Ashton
John Joe Dzingle. Loup City.
Edward Kostal. Ravenna
William Snyder. Ravenna
Louie Oscar Johnson. Sweetwater
Ray Hennis. Litchfield
Thomas Edward Taylor. Louisville
Local Board for the County of Sher
man. State of Nebraska. Loup City, Xe
braska.
By L. A WILLIAMS. Chairman
W T. CHASE. Clerk
METHODS OF 1799.
Washington. August 15. — A letter
dated in 1799 from the premier Ma
rine Corps recruiting officer to the
then Commandant of that corps, set
ting forth some of the recruiting me
thods of that. time, was made public
at marine corps headquarters today.
Comparison of present day recruiting
activities with those of the 18th cen
tury is interesting.
Lieut. Hall's letter reads: “1 pur
pose this week to open rendevouz in
different parts of the country and
make frolic to draw the people to
gether which 1 think will have a good
effect. There are some in jail whom
1 could get out by paying the sum of
$12. Do you think I would be safe
in advancing it?” Present day recruit
ing officers require declarations from
accepted men that they have never
been convicted of any crime.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE: — MY EIGHT ROOM
house and six lots. Also six lots in
cherry and plum trees. A tract of 4%
acres of land and other tract of Z%
acres all in alfalfa and fenced chicken
tight.—Alfred Anderson.
Daily sells for less.
EXEMPTIONS
A wealthy farmer in a Nebraska
draft district one of whose six son
fell within the first quota, has offered
an eighty-acre farm to anyone who
will take his son's place in the army
Doubtless th< re would be takers, for
synch. 2 farm in th2t r2rticul2r D2rt of
the ?tat° ^orth more tJian the
average young man can earn bv ftf
teen years of labor.
But the trade cannot be made. If
such deals were possible, we should
haw the rich hiring the poor to do
their share of the fighting for them
The draft law contemplated no such
plutocrat operation of the war. Un
less its spirit is violated, there will be
no buying o fmilitary indulgences.
We have progressed in the last half
century. When men w ere drafted for
the Civil war they were permitted to
hire substitutes. It was one of 'lu
criticisms of Grover Cleveland when
a candidate for office that he had cm
ployed a substitute to take his place
m that war. There was no giving of
farms worth ten or fifteen thousand
dollars to substitutes then. Seven
or eight hundred dollars was a liberal
price The viciousness of the substi
tute system was not appreciated then
sufficiently to prevent its use. Today
such practices would not be tolerated :t'
Known.
Of all men. the man with sue h
quantities of Nebraska land that he
can afford to give away ail eighty
acre farm is the last man who should
refuse to fight his country’s battles
The men who own the land of a coun
try own the country'- It is truly th'dr
country. If their country were con
quered. it is its land the eonqueicrs
would take, as the Normans took in
England the land which is ven today
the basis of England s Norman an>to
cracy. The landless American would
have his job under a conqueror no less
than before. He would lose at worst
only political rights. But the landed
proprietor, with both political and < con
omic rights at stake, would be a suffer
er indeed. If he isn't willing, himself
or by his sons, to fight for his country !
who should be?— Nebraska ritai« Jour-1
nal.
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SPECIAL METHODS TO INCREASE
YIELDS OF WHEAT AND RYE.
Specialists of the department of ag
ricultural and the state griculturai
college hope that by better methods
the average yield per acre will be
at least maintained wnerever there is
a fertilizer shortage and will be in
creased in other sections. Much edu
cational work will be done to make
this desire an actuality, and in this
campaign the most successful grow
ers will have a prominent part. For
instance, it is stated that on the land
that could be sown to fall wheat this
autumn, it is possible materially to
increase the yield per acre hv putting
into practice some principles that are
already well known to most farmers
Those should appeal especially to
those who cannot increase their us
ual acreage without doing injustice to
other crops which should be grown.
These principles may be summed
up as follows:
(1) Plow early. Give the plowed
land two months to settle before sow
ing where possible
(2) Compact the late-plowed land
with roller and harrow.
(3) Don't plow after a cultivated
crop. Prepare such land with disk and
harrow.
(4) Make the seed bed a fit place
for the seed.
(5) Sow with a drill, sound plump
clean seed of adapted variety.
(6) Prevent losses from smut by
treating infected seed wrlth formalde
hyde.
(7) Make the soil fertile with ma
nure or fertilizers applied judiciously
where needed.
(8) Reduce winter killing by fol
lowing the above suggestions.
Baptist.
We are glad to announce that tht
new church improvements are finally
completed and will be in readiness
for the Grand Island association which
meets here next Monday and continues
for three days August 27-29. We are
expecting quite a large delegation
from the different churches of this
Association and are looking forward
to a profitable time.
The subject for Sunday morning will
be "Usable Christians." It is hoped
that the church will be full.
B. Y. P. U. will meet at 7 o'clock
sharp.
Rev. Steen will preach at union ser
vice in the evening. Everybody come
out and hear him.
NO ROUTE PICNIC
There will be no route 2 picnic this
year as Carrier Conger has been hav
ing a picnic all summer and it still
continues.
I am paying the highest cash price |
for poultry of all kinds.
F. M. HENRY.
LOUP CITY SCHOOL NOTES
School will begin September 3. This
being a legal holiday students will he
excused at noon. It is important that
every student come and get their books
and seats for the year and the first as
signments of lessons.
Senior' and Junior: v s>! ptessr t
gister on Friday Aug. 31. if imiKissi
ble io get here at that time please
phone to Supt. Bitner.
Sophomores and Freshment will reg
ister September 1 from 9 to 5 o'clock.
Parents may register for their chil
dren where it is convenient. In every
case we wash the parents to know for
what subjects their children have reg
istered.
Students from country school dis
tricts will please bring their free high
school attendance certitiates when
they register tor work.
AMERICA'S CAUSE FOR WAR
“Tlie military masters of Germain
denied us the right to be neutral They
tilled our communities with vicious
spies and conspirators. They sought
io corrupt our citizens. * • The}
sought by violence to destroy our in
dustries aud arrest our commerce
They tried to incite Mexico to take up
arms against us and to draw Japan into
hostile alliance with her. They impu
deiitlv denied us the use of the high
seas and repeatedly executed their
threat that they would send to their
death any of our people who ventured
to approach the coasts of Europe •
“This flag under which we serve
would have been dishonoured had we
withheld our hand.” WOODROW WIL
SON. President of the United States
MARINES ARE WEARING KHAKI
New York. August 22.—A group of
youngsters were playing oil Riverside
Drive. A military man. dressed in kha
ki and accompanied by a young lady
approached the group. The boys stop
ped their playing and. with nudges and
gesticulation were evidently trying to'
identify the man in khaki.
As the young lady and her escort
drew nearer, one youngster with an air
of superior knowledge informed his
companions: “He’s a United States
Marine.”
Overhearing the remark the young
lady questioned the small boy: 'How
do you know he is a Marine?”
"Why lady,” exclaimed the youngster
”He wears an ornament on his hat
showing an eagle, globe, and anchor,
but doesn't wear any hat cord.”
The colored hat cords, yellow, blue
and red, help many civinlians to re
cognize at once a cavalryman, an infan
tryman or artilleryman. However the
U. S. Maine dressed in khaki is still an
enigma to many persons who lack the
powers of observation displayed by the
small boy on Riverside Drive.
AN APPEAL TO EVERY COMMUNI
TY IN THE STATE
The Stale Board of Agriculture wish
es to make a special appeal to every
community in the state to examine
the food drier which will he on exhibit
at the State Fair. This is a matter
which can not be emphasized b>Q
strongly. It is no fable that we are
facing a food shortage, neither is it
news to any one that countless tons
of fruits and vegetables go to waste
each year because of gorged markets,
inadequate shipping facilities or eondi
tions of the produce. In southeastern
Nebraska windfallen or specked apples
find no market whatever, yet they will
make as good dried apples ?is any up
pies one can buy. The same may be
said of practically all vegetables and
fruits.
community driers are as simple as a
machine can be. and no less simple
than cheap. Forty dollars will buv a
machine for a whole town and save
tons and tons of fruits and vegetable-s
that would be wasted. No-t only will i!
prevent their waste but it dries fruits
and vegetables in a new way that re
tains their flavor and the person that
says he doesn’t like dried fruit is the
one that has never tasted the produc t
of this new drier invented by the gov
ernment.
Again we Say that every' community
should have a representative at the
State Fair to examine the drier on dis
play. Economy and efficiency in food
handling are now the watchwords of
the nation and it is every one's patrio
tic duty to swing into line and do his
or their part.
FOR SALE
Good seond hand corn binder for
sale. Iniqure Dr Bowman. Loup City.
A sensible man doesn't care for his
wife having the last word. What gets
his goat is for her to claim the first
too. and then ail in between.
To the mind of the American girl, a
grave source of clanger lies in the kis
ses ~6f those French girls. Better get
him well in hand before he leaves Jen
nie; then you can make him “Pay the
Piper” when he returns.