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Red Cloud, Nebraska.
i'UBLIBJIM) F.V1-HY 'J11UKSDAY
Entered In the ruMulUrc nt Ittd ( tot.fi. Neb.
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fRE ONLY DKMOCItATIU t'AFKK IN
WKIIHTKK COUNTY
l)iid,V Mioitld furnish the ally ii method
of determining public opinion. We
need it place whom we cull talk tilings
over In a fi loudly spirit. Street corn
or Information Ih unreliable mid often
lends to wrong conclusions. Tlio place
Is row provided and everyone wlio N
Interested in the city wrifnro should
join the organization and help make ll
II MIC(!CSH.
Ella Ewing Dead.
Mr. Durand, Director of the Census
writing in The Youth's Companion,
tfftags Out the Interesting fnct thnt
while our country population Is still
in excess of our city population, there
is more of our working, producing pop
ulation in the cities that is, mote
people between twenty five and II fly
five years of age.
One thing thatinnhes living come
higher Is that population Increase
faster tlmn provision for sustaining
It. The amount of land under (initia
tion In this country increased only ten
percent, in the ten yeais coveted by
the last census, says Mr. Durand, writ
ing In The Youth's Companion. At
the same time the number or consum
ers In the country lneutu-cd twenty
percent.
February the second month of the
year has ordinarily twenty eight dajs
In leap years It has twenty nine days.
In the reign of Numti two months
were added to the year, January and
February, January was placed tit the
beginning of the vear and February at
the end. In 402 1). C. the decemvlia
placed February after January and
this arrangement lias been allowed to
.stand ever since.
The ancient name Februarlus whs de
rived from the verb februare, meaning
to purify, or it came from Fcbrua, the
Iloman festival. The most noted days
are on the second which is known as
Candlemas Day, on the fourteenth
which is St. Valentine's Day, and the
twenty fourtli which la tit. Matthias
Day.
Did the ground hog see his shadow
or did lie not? This question is much
discussed owing to thcdiircrcucein in
terpreting the signs. .Sunday the
second began with plenty of clouds
covering the earth but along about
ten o'clock tho sun could be dimly
seen allho hit rays were not stronu
enough to make a shadow. An hour
later there was u faint shadow and be
fore night there was brilliant sun
shine. Now according to some the
venerable ground bog came out of his
burrow early in the inoruiug, looked
around and beheld not. his shadow
then forthwith leturucd to -his home
fully convinced that' winter was a
thiug of the past. Hut according to
others he stayed out and played around
the trees until frightened after while
by the shadow he cast on the ground.
Then he returned to stay in his burrow
for six weeks. Authorities seem to
differ as to how this anituul Bliould
couduct himself so we arc left in
doubt. There Is auother school of
weather prophets which f't-clares that
the ground hog has nothing to do with
tho weather in Nebraska. Perhaps
the safe way to do Is to wait and see.
Ella Ewing, said to be the tallest
woman in the world, died at her home
in Gorln, Friday, after a long illness.
Miss Ewing was .'17 years of age. She
was an only child and uutil 14 years of
ago she was perfectly normal. Then
she began to grow until she had reach
ed tho height of 8 feet inches, lie
fore she had attained her full height
she injured her self while playing with
other girls and from then on she was a
triilo humpbacked. Had she not boon
slightly stooped her height would have
been very close to l) feet. From the
sole of her feet to the waistband of her
dress the distance was ft feet 7 inches.
Her shoe measured 18 inches In length
ami she was compelled to asctnd an
ordinary stairway by placing her feet
sidcawys. When ttavt ling and obliged
to stay over in hotels, two beds had to
bo placed side by side and she would
lie diagonally on them. Shu wrote
with ease on the ceiling of any room
and would amuse her friends by look
lug through the transom. It required
twenty eight yards of goods to make
her a plain diess without any frills
and trimmings.
Her pcrcnts were noi mill, her mother
being btmill. Her father was tall, but
could walk through under the out
stretched arm of his daughter without
touching it, while the mother could
touch her daughter's shoulder with her
finger tips.
miss swings mother uieu seven
j ears ago. Miss Ewing had traveled
extensively, both with shows of vari
ous kinds and at different times ns
proprietress of shows of which she
was the chief attraction. She always
had with her one of her girl friends
She had refused numerous proposals
of marringe, piefurrlug to remain
singlu as she said that she was u freak.
While Miss Ewihg was a giantess,
no one could tell that she was abnor
mal in size when seated at a table It
was only when she arose that she
showed her wonderful heltrht. Ilei
features were largo and so were hoi
hands but ll was only when sho wa.
standing that her full greuiness could
be appreciated.
After she quit traveling sho btjllt
herself a modern home near (iorln,
Mov Th house was built by and for
her, witli everything in proportion to
her size. The celliugs were 14 feet
high, the doors 10 feet high, and the
steps broad so that she could ascend
them witho'it trouble. The furniture
whs also In proportion. Madison (Mo )
Times.
At last our Chamber of Commerce is
underway. We can now look for some
real work belug doue. An organiza
tion of this kind can do much for the
city, the community, the county and
the Chief is exceedingly well pleased
that onr business men ure in the hat
, nesa. This organization is not formed
blmply to furnish a place of amuse
ment for the business men, altho that
la one of ItsfeaturcBbutttis primarily
formed ,for tlie betterment of Red
Cloud. Wo dream of factories and
great institutions and are proue to
look to the future for the great bene
flU we desire but the present is with
us and full of possibility a. This body
of men can be of untold use to the city
couiicll in helping to solve some of the
vxlug problems of municipal owner
ship, determining the best way to use
the road funds, more than that, this
Postals Aid Safety First.
Haiti oad men giving much thought
to preventing Injuries. A novel meth
od is being employed by liurlington
olnclals and emyloyes to lessen the
frequency of accidents to men in rail
road service. "Safety Postal Cards"
addressed to the superintendent ore
put at the disposal of the men, who
aro encouraged to send in suggestions
fur making conditions ns safe as pos
sible in yards, shops, etc. The laige
n umber of these postol cards recti! veil
is tin indication of the great amount of
interest being taken In Safety First,
and moat of these suggestions weie
valuable, reporting conditions which
had become dangeious and which it
was a simple matter to remedy. It is
evident that the otilcials can hardly
see every obstructed passageway, every
piece of defective nuchiuery, every
rotten board in platforms along hun
dreds of miles of railway; but some
employes, somewhere, knows about
every buch couditiou and the Safety
Postal isfound tobeapiaotlcal means
of reporting these dangerous things so
that they may be safe before someone
gets hurt.
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CO TO THE OLD RELIABLE
furniture Store
ED. AMACK
Licensed Undertaker in Nebraska and Kansas'
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State Dr.partmr.iits to Shew Their Work
at Llnctln
Twenty-live state departments, un
der the leadership of the State Board
of Health, will co-operate ih a great
exhibit of tho vital resources of the
state and the agencies which act for
the preservation of the public health
at the Fourth Nebraska Conservation
Congress at Lincoln, February 10th to
21st. The University Templo will be
filled with departmental exhibits, il
lustrated lectures and graphic charts
demonstrating why Nebraska takes
high rauk as a permanent health re
sort where the productive power of a
highly Intelligent people Is wisely con
Bcrved.
This exhibit will be original and
unique, furnishing otieof the auxiliary
attractions of what Is expected to be
the greatest conservation congress ever
held in this country. Eminent speak
ers will be present fiom every comer
of the United State?, attracted by the
novel plans madu for the exploitation
of the physical and human resources
ofNobiaska. The Veterinary Depart
ment will show hog cholera, tuber
culosis and other exhibits of vital in
terest to the farmer; the Geological
Survey will exploit the mineral
resources of the state which have been
hitherto a sealed book to all except
the experts; the Conservation and Soil
Survey will show soil maps and out
line the water resources of the state;
the Engineering Department will make
extensive exhibits of io:id building
and road materials which are to tie
found lu Nebraska; the Department of
Uural Engineering will exhibit plans
fur the farmstead and for tvplcul
modern conveniences on the farm.
The State Engineer's olllce will co
operate iu explanation of the wajer
power resources of the state, irrigation,
drainage aud bridge plans; the Food
and Drug Department, Uil Inspector,
.Medical College, llacterlologist, De
partments of Animal Husbandry, For
estry, Entomology, State Hoard ol
Agriculture, Church Survey, etc., are
included iu the list of exhibits with
various sectional meetings on these
subjects.
The Department of Public Education
will co-operate, showing the progre-s
or education with npcuial reference to
rural schools; the Women's DcpaU
uieiit will be specially provided for ami
draw a number of Hie strongest speuL
ers aud the Nebraska lederatlon
of Chinches will have charge of a bvre
of seoiloual meetings bedded by such
spoaliii-o as Rev. M. It. McNutt ef N.ew
York iitnl "Uncle Henry" Wallace i
Dos Moines
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Auuilsiiou Is free to all sessions ot
me congress uuu cxutims. t or turtuer
lu formation address Department ol
Publicity, Conservation Commission,
Lincoln.
Separators!
Separators!
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Empire, Sharpies or U. S. Hand
SEPARATORS
IN THE $75.00 SIZE AT ONLY
$50.22
CASH
First Come First Served
EdOlard Hanson, fled flood, Neb.
Hardware and implements
Good Roads Needed
Decline In Soil Fertility
64 Advice from Kansas
Prof I, E. Call ot the Kausis Agri
cultural College says in the last Issue
of the Orange J udd Farmer: "Everj
m iu who has farmed iu Kansas for'the
past 30 years recognizes that the acre
yield of Kansas crops ha9 declined
during this period. - - The yield ot
com iu Nemaha county from 1875 to
1880 was 40.09 bushels, and since that
time has fallen gradually until lu the
six-year period of 11)05 to 1010 only
liO.54 bushels were grown to the acre."
Prof. Call declares lhat this diminu
tion iu acre-yield is characteristic- ol
the state us a whole and that It is due
to failure to restore humus to the soil,
to soil erosion aud to Increasing acid
lty. Eroslou may be remedied by ap
plication of simple mechanical inge
nuity lu plowing and damming of
small draws; acidity may be readily
corrected by tho uddltlon of lime to
the soil and humus, oroigauio matter,
may be rapidly restored by growing
leguminous crops which also solve the
nitrogen problem.
What is thus stated concern Ing Kan
sas sollb is measurably true also of Ne
braska. While the loess soil of Ne;
braska is deeper aud probably cou
talus more or the mineral elements'of
fertility than the average of Kausas
soils the problem of maintaining the
leruuiy oi tlie first twelve inches is
ever present with the Nebraska farm
er. Nebraska leads Kansas iu the pro
duction per acre of all grain crops ex
cept the Kaffirs, but we caunot expect
to maintain our present lead without
putting into practice what almost
every farmer now knows about the
necessity of growing alfalfa or clover
to keep iip the fertility of the soil. It
is a good time to plun your rotation
for twenty years to come before spring
work begins
Close
The lesson was from tho ''Prodigal
Sun, aud the 8. S. teacher was dwell
lng ou the character of the elder
brother. "Hut amidst all tho rejoicing
he said, "there was one to whom the
prodigal's return gave no pleasure but
only bitterness; one who did not ap
prove of the feast being held and had
no wish to atteud it; uow cau any one
ot you tell who this was'.'" There was a
snort h leuce, followed by the vigorous
dozeu little mouths came the chorus:
Please sir, It was the fatted calf."
Poor highways contribute to the high
price of farm produce to the consumer,
for transportation charges enter into
the ultimate cost of every article of
food produced on the American farm.
The influence of roads on prices re
Ik'cts not only upon the man who rulsts
tlie product and transports it to mar
ket, but. on the consumer as well. This
is one reason why highway improve
ment has become a state and national
Issue, says Farm and Home. It is one
reason why country roads should be
constructed and maintain. d out of the
general funds of the public instead of
by assessment against adjoining prop
erty or from btrlctly local sources.
The average cost per ton per mile
for transporting goods on American
highways is S3 cents; in France and
other European countries it costs 0 to
11 cents. The greatest obstacle to
highway improvement in many states
ii the manner in which public money
has frequently been expended, aud the
fear that largo sums will be spent
without securing adequate permauent
results. Whenever the American tax
payer has reasonable assurance that
public funds will be efficiently ex
peuded he shows an increasing will
ingness to be taxed.
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WINTER RATE AVAILABLE
HOMESEEKERV EXCURSIONS
iiiese Bre announced for the
Hrst and third Tuesday
COLONIST KATES, MARCH loth TO APRIL lrth:' "".
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XTlL tiler.' rate..
California, and sir, to itii. n" ..;.:.:. .? ,,", " Vr northwest
".., VV.I.UOI .uuutina ami niniin
and
WINTER TOURIST RATES:
age to that locality. utay toiuuie of winter patron
To Save The Country Church
At a recent great religious gather
ing, where there were 2,000 men as
sembled", the leader asked all those to
staud who received their first religious
training in the Rural- Church. Two
thirds or more of the vast audience
rose to their feet. This prove that
the great leaders of the church today
received their early religious training
in the Rural Church of yesterday,
Has "the little brown church in the
vale1' lost its power over the men of
today? Will its iuflueuce of today
make the great Religious leaders of to
morrow ? At the present rate most of
the Rural Churches of Nebraska and
other stales will be closed up in the
next teu years. Arc we ready to close
the doors of our Rural Churches?
xuis question is confronting I tic peo
ple of Nebraska at the present time.
It will be one of the vital themes at
one of the Sectional meetings at the
Conservation Congress to be held iu
Lincoln, February 20-21.
All denominations aud people of any
religious belief whatever arc asked to
bo represented in this Congress, that
the problem may be thoroughly dis
cussed and some plun of co-opcrutloii
for the Rural Churches derived,
Mardi 5th to Kith. This will be a very Interesting exhlbl
a'a manufactured products; Convention of u
iSSl "!! f Stttte Manutu're," aJJocSSSS1
hibition of
ion of
"MADE IN NEBRASKA SHOW:"
Omaha, Mardi 5th to KJth
ixeoraska
Nebiaska
ANNUAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW:
EteC-&M '. Patterns of
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED CALIFORNIA EXCURSIONS-
if. K. FOK, TIekmt Agmnt.
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Horse, Ware and jlale Sale
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Dr. Warrick, The Specialist, will
meet eye, oar, nose and throat patients
aud those needing glasses fitted at Dr.
Damerell's office in Red Cloud, Tues
day, Feb. llth. adv
LeWnflL8ell'tl,Ub,J0S,l,e,ltoUr,8r'n 3 m,Ies nrth 1 mile
ast of Superior, and 10 miles south and 1 mile east of Nelson be
glnnlnir at 12 o'clock sham n eison, oe-
Friday, February 14, 1913
43 Head of Horses 43
Mares and Mules
28 Head of Horses and Wares 28
15 Head of Good Mules -15
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These horses and mules are all broke and. in good shape for
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Free lunch at Noon
WEIR BROS.
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