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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1909)
y SHto UW'nrlonl Sw,,v VOLUME XXXVII. The Success of this bank is built on the friendship of its customers gained by earnest attention to their interests. Interest Paid on time deposits. Webster County Bank, RED CLOUD. NEB. CAPITAL $25,000 B. F. Mizer, President, S. R. Florance, Cashier. DIRECTORS: B. F. Mizer, C. J. Pope, Wm. M. Crabill, Wm. H. Thomas, S. R. Florance. 5S3& A Newspaper That fihes The News Fifty-two Weeks Each Year For One Dollar. If KD CLOUD, iMBItlUSKA. 1) ISC HM II 13 11 JJO. IS0!. SUNNY SIDE. I. T. Parker is visiting lelatives in Missouri O-cnr Emick bus a new barn about completed liOxlU. I'.illy lluiiso is erecting an Ice house on his farm tliis week. I.loyd Itust was visiting in this neighborhood this week. Mr. mill Mrs. Nod Hunl isited at Connie lius-ei's Tuesday. Ilubblt hunting is tin nasi time fur tlio boys during vacation. They sue plentiful. K.I. Itasser Sr., Connie and wife took Christinas dinner with Mr. and Mrs. John tialudiu. Mr. Uas-or's daughter. GUIDE ROCK. lCrnost Hayes was hero the llrst of the week. X. V. Maker and wile drove to Ked Cloud Tuesday. Christian Ohlinstode is .-pending two months in California. Frank Xewineyur and tainily -Nunt to (.'nrlotou Wednesday. Little I'earl Smith ha- been sutler tn; with a very .sore hand. S 11. Xewmeyer ot Wallace spent Christmas with his family here. Mrs. K. S. Schobourg is ill lloldregc to spend the week villi her parents. Mrs. .1. A. Shceley of Hastings is visiting her mother, Mrs. I) Kailey. Miss Irene Ferguson who teaches at St. Fdwurd-i-home for the holidays. Miss .lessie McCalluni of Lincoln is visitinir her father and brother hero. Mrs. Cross of Maiikato. Kansas, is the guest of her cliiuliter. Mrs. 10. M. Parker Will Crary anil family spent the holidays in Heel Cloud with Mrs Crary's people. Arthur Pohlemus of Holdrogo came down Monday to visit his brother, Thomas Pohlemus. .Icssio Miiranvitle and Cludys Chase took supj)er Sunday ovening with Florance and Lizzie Baker. Wilbur Hamilton and family of Ked Cloud have been visiting their relatives here, tho Hamilton and Ferguson families. (i, Ohliustedc went to Red Cloud Monday night. Last week ho returned from a trip to Omaha, Fremont and XebraskaCity. Tho symptoms of kidney trouble are urinary disorders, weak buck and backache, rheumatism and rheumatic pains and twinges, pains in the groin, etc. There is nothing us good for kid ney and bladder trouble as DoWitt's Kidney ami Uluddei Pills. You may nopeud upon them to give mitlro satis fuction. Thoy arc antiseptic, act promptly and soothe pain. Soldbyall druggists. Is There A Santa Claus? .Many years ago a little girl named Virginia O'llanlon wrote in the editor of the Xew York Sun. the late F. P. Church, and said: 'Dear Editor: I am eight years old. Some ot my little friends say thcro is no Santa Claus Papa says 'If you see it in The Sim if-so.' Please tell inc the truth: is there a Santa Clause Virginia O'llanlon " To this trusting child the great edi tor wrote an editorial reply that seems worthy of wider reading lie said: Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the scepticism of a -cepliul age.' They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds. Virginia, whether they In men's oi chLdren's, are little. In this great univere of oins man isa mere insect, an ant. in his intellect, as compared w'.th the boundless wm Id about him. as measured by the intelli gence capable ot gra-niiig the whole of truth and knowledge. "Yts, Virginia, I here is a Sunt Claus. He exists as teituinly us loo mid generosity and devotion exi-t. and you know that they abound and give to youi life its highest beauty and Joy. Alas! how dieary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike laith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this exist ence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eter nal light with which childhood tills the world would be extinguished. 'Xot believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chiinncysonChrist mas live to catch Santa Claus, but oven if they did not see santu Claus coming (low u what would that prove'.' Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no real sign that there is no Simla Cluus. The most real things In the world arc thoso that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever seo falriosdancingou tho lawn? Of course not, but that's no poof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there- are un seen and unseeable in the world. "You may tear apart the baby's rat tle and seo what makes the noise in side, but there isti veil covoring the unseen world which not tho strongest man. nor even the united stiongth of all the strongest men that ever lived, oiuld tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture tho Miporual beautv and glory beyond. iBltnll nmlv Ah, Virginia, In all this world there nothing else real and abiding. "No Santa Claus! Thank (iod! he Hvcs,'and he lives forever. A thous and years from now. Virginia, nay, ten times ton thousand years from now, ho will continue to make glad tho heart of childhood." Western Uccf Finds Good Eastern Market. Western beef is coming into its own. Not over a decade ago eastern buyers pui chased lunge-bred steels only when they weie unable to till thoir feed pen , fioin other sources, and usually offer ed a much lower pi ice for this olass of stock than they were willing to p.i. for that seemed from other souices. Hxpci ience has taught thest. buyer-, however, tha' western range-bred steers me usually in the very be-t of health. They have a splendid fiaine upon which to build, are well muscled and boned, and being accustomed to tho rigors ot the western climate, con itinuctoput on tlcsh in the eastern feed pens when cattle from other sec tions, oetug iei under lucuucni con ditions, aie losing tlcsh on account of the inclement weather conditions. This western steer only demands that he be given plenty of good fresh water and sutllcicnt feed so that ho may uovcr bo hungry and ho will ulwnys give a good account of himself aud re turn many dollars in protlts to the feeder when he is sold for the block in the spring. These steers shod oarly under favor able conditions, and when they have reached the stock yards thoy show an exterior finish that other cattle, lack ing the same health aud ruggedncss, fail to show. This makes the western steels ready hellers on the market, und after they have been butchered tho percentage ol the weight of the dressed carcass over that of other steers under the same conditions is so pcicoptible a- to immediately attract the attention of tlio-e keen, tar-sighted men who handle the yard end of the business. Tho settlement of the West is rapid ly reducing the amount of available range and is forcing the cattle to go higher aud higher into the hills In seat ch of forage. This is greatly in creasing the importance of freely utili.- ing the Hinges within the National Forests and every endeavor is being made by the Foiest Service to open hitherto iuae.'essiblo langes by the construction of trails and bridges, and unused aiid ranges by the development rf water. In these higher elevations the grass is usually much Mm r in quality and more nutritious, while tho c imnte is much more rigorous: both ot which conditions result in the animals being in better health aud lulling more solid llo-h when placed on the feeder markets In the fall. This fall has seen large numbers of the range-bred steers, most of which come from langes within National Forests, topping the feeder markets at all points where feeder steers are sold. So great ha- become the domain! lor cattle of the quality mentioned that hundreds of stockmen throughout the West are selling their bunches of stock cattle and are beginning to handle steers exclusively. On the old ranges where u few years ago one was ai customed to see large herds of cows and calves, you will find to-day equal ly large bunches made up entirely of steers, some of which may perhaps have come from Old Mexico, some from Texas, while Arizona and New Mexico usually furnish thoir quota. These steers are brought Into these western ranges at from eighteen months to two years old. Thoy become acclimated the llrst year, while in the second and third years they become siiillciently m:itu"e so that they may be taken to murk a The demand for cattle of this kind is greater than the supply, aud as in all other cases where the demand is great er than the supply the price received on sale must constantly increase. That this is truo of tho steer business, one can easily ascertain through con versation with any one of the western stock moil who make this a business They will tell you that they have imtdo more money In tho last two or three years in handling steers than they liiado In ten yours in handling strictly stock cattle. Land Bargain. illo acres -sq. sec. .'I lo III Lincoln Co., Neb. Price S3 por acre. This is A 1, grass, corn, alfalfa, potatoe aud boot laud Inquire of 1-Milor or this pnpur. St- Joseph Live Stock Market- Si. .leu:. Mo.. Dec. MS' -Tho Until week of the your Is bringing out but a Muall run of live stock at any of the markets, due to the holiday character of the week aud the fact of the coun try being in more or less ol a storm hound condition trom the big snows that have d-iltcd badly and made1 country roads laborious lor g-ttiug stock to the shipping stations , The cattle trade liuished hist week , with prices on a strong upwind turn , and while this is not a week whenl there is apt to be any strong demand for cattle, the .-mall supplies aic bidd ing prices for steers fully up to a strong basis while cows aud heifers, are working to a higher leiol mid ! feeding stock where in good llesh. is meeting a strong demand. As the market now stand-, choice to prime steois ot medium to strong weightcan boqiiotod at $i;,."mi to 7."iH but there arc none id' the kinds coming Med ium to good sleor-, including the bulk of short feds. S.".:o to fu.uri. common to fair killers, Sl..u to fc.1.i!."i; bulk of cows and heifers. S.'l.oil to ft. Ml with a few choice nt8t.75 to 8.VMI; veal calves up to trf.CO for choice; stockers and feed ers, Sl.r.OtoSl.fiOwith choice lots up to $.r..i2.'i. In the hog trade, the outlook at the time of this writing is favorable to finishing the year on the highest level of prices In the history of those yurds Tho supplies are running almost down ton famine basis tills week and prices are wortdugup rapidly, the bulk today selling at S8.UO to 88.1.1. or 'St cents higher than at the close of last week, while tops sold up to tho previous high mark of the mouth and at the highest mark In tho history of tho, yards. The outlook seems to favor light supplies and strong markets. There have not been sheep enough coming of lute to make a markot. Prices aro sharply higher than a week ago, aud the lookout strong. Nuio.nai. Livi: Sto( k Comui-mon Co. Hiuumatism Cfiinn ix a Day. Dr. Dctchoon'N Itolicf for KhoumatUm and Neuralgia radically cured in 1 to II days. It action upon the system is remarkable mid mysterious. It re moves at ouco the cause aud the dis ease immediately disappears. The dis dose greatly beuollts. 7."o and SI. llrst Sold by The II. K. (Slice Drag Co., Hod Cloud, Nobr. Jafc-.- "" NiTMr.KR r:$ We Thank You For Your Patronage and wish you one and all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. NEWHOUSE BROS. JEWELERS & OPTOMETRISTS. 2 OFF On Entire Stock of CLOAKS AND SUITS Special Prices Fur. on W Miner Bros. Co. THE BIG STORE