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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
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Railroads of Nebraska
Losing Thousands
Pay. Millions To People in Wages,
Taxes And For Supplies
g5S&tiD&S'-v -sSSs- M8SSEES$
QUAL1T
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Announcement
On account of ill health Mr. B.
F. Perry will retire from the firm
of Weesner, Perry & Co., on
February 1st.
The new firm will be Roscoe P.
Weesner & Co.
All parties owing us please call
and settle on or before February
1st.
Weesner, Perry & Co.
r
Every Year
ITI It In a Htnttitft) fart, but nevertheless tlio ntnher lines of tlie Htate, bus l.OIW
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We shall appfBciate a
share of your coal orders
PMTT I FREES
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MOVED
TO THE
McFarland Building
Where I will conduct an exclusive undertaking
business, piano and musical merchandise.
Some Furniture Left Going at Cost
ED. AMACK
It IK', lllllt III lillD'i pllit tllH leoplu of
tlio iiveniue nlMte liavo not r i.iiil"1
flieir lalliouilrt iih lit) "Iniltntiy" titnl
yfl, next to HKili'iiltmv, tluiif Is not it
mIuuIm (Vntnil or Western Htiito In which
tlio niiliimils ilouot pay nut mole tunney
for labor anil Htippllt-M tlnin il'it-i any
other hIiiu'Ii' tMitTpi !. however lurKi"
Wo biair ttliout our fell lie farm lutein
and lejoleo that our oitlen are lllled with
bltf f ctorics with bl pay rolln which
eiente it iimtket for faun, pioiluets- but
wo fin not that moiH workin'men'
faiiiUlexilepohil upon tlio rallroails for a
living than upon any other ono In
dUMtry in either tlio average Htate or the
nation anil that their welfare is there
fore clonely linked to that of the farmer
and tlio merchant not merely beeiiuso
they furnish him height and passenger
HTvice, but because the millions they
disburse in one way and another con
tribute tremendously to the prosperity
of the Htate in which wo live.
miles of toad in Nebiaska upon wbiel
during the calendar year ending De
cember ill, l!ll:i, it earned $1,1:10 per
mile The pliy.lcnl valuation placed
upon the Northwestern is $:.i I'l(!.:i9 per
t illc, which til' litis (but on tbli lm.su It
e. it mil only a little better than !! pt r
ei-nt on It investment In a greater or
1 s degree the siini" coiidiib'tm pievull
with refeicuce to trnverul other lines.
Since the above figures wereconiiiled
and they aie taken from tlio tepitt of
the Nebiaska Hallway (.'ommission and
thetefore t-huulil bo entitled to tbe
highest public coiilideiico as to their
conservatism u reduction of !?0 per
c nt in iiitiutiite freight, known as
O.der No . II), his toio into effect
and this means, therefoie, that from
this time forward the showing of the
various roads will be much lower than
tbe figures cited above which were based
upon ra lroad incomes before tbe '21) per
cent freight reduction went into effect.
Thus, for instance, the railroads aro, While both freight and passenger rates
tbe largest taxpayers in the state of , have been iiiH(1n,iMtH for a number of
Nebraska, their taxes for the calendar years in Nebraska and adjoining states
year of 1011J having muoiiiit-d to over yet in the passenger department they
fS,fj.1U,000 niul this tidy sum contrib-' are nothing short of confiscatory and
iiImiI Itu full hIiiith truviml tliu -iiiimnrt if hence the idea of tbe railroads that Dim
every public school, public highway and ' three cent passenger rates be restored
ALL THE fHONEB
Mel
ID BUILDING
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51 GOVERNMENT IRRIGATED FARMS
Will You Be One Of The Fortunate Owners?
The Government has just finished a survey aud eclentlllo soil ex
HmUmtion of the remaining irrigated lands lu the Government Pro
ject nt l'owell, Wyo., Ulg Horn llasln. Of tho small remaining urea under
that unit already Irrigated tho agricultural and irrigiitiou experts report fit
farms ranging from 40 to 120 acres each, now available for homesteadlng
very choice aud desirable as to quality of soil, reliable water bupply aud suc
cessful drainage, In fact the Otllcials pronounce these fifty farms of tho high
est grade aud equal to any so far bettled lu that Project. Twenty years with
no Interest to cotnploto your water right payments. Land ready to prepare
for seeding, no clearing, and your crop the first year. 4.10 prosperous farmers
will be your neighbors and urouud you arc excellent gralu crops, a tremonodiih
tonnage of alfalfa, schools, churches, fraternities, with Uncle Sam and his
farm experts near you,
No commissions to anybody nnd I, acting for the Burliugton Road, offer
my services free to locato you; noto the map of the Burlington's now mainlluo
through Central Wyoming and guess for yourself tho coming increaso in the
population and laud values lu tho Big Horn Basin, traversed by this Hue,
Write mo toduy for foldor and map.
B9
S.B. Howard, Ass't. Immigration Agent
1004 Far nam St., Omaha, Nebraska
other revenue expense of tho state.
In round figures, the railroads of Ne
braska aro valued at approximately
1275.000,000 money, which In years
gone by, was Invested In these great
arteries of commerce by thousands of
men and women who live all over tho
UV'S. and in Europe and without whoso
financial aid tho woudei fill progress of
our great commonwealth would have
been impossible.
During the last year tbe railroads of
Nebraska employed 30,0:tt men and
women in this state, and paid to them
over $20,000,000 in salaries and these
millions did their full share to create a
profitable market for Nebraska farm
products and to uphold the volume of
business of Nebraska grocers, clothiers,
(Irygoodsmeu aud others who depend
upon public patronage. '
In otiier woMs, when the people of
Nebraska look at their railroads in tbe
light of an industry wheti they look itt
the flguies on the other side of the
ledger they will find that not only do
the rallioadH return to them in one way
and another piactlcally every dollar
they collect within the state for freight
and passenger service, but that a num
ber of Hues are actually doing this busi
ness at a loss, while with others the
margin of profit is bo small that it
doesn't begin to pay a fair return upon
the capital invested.
lu this counectiou we wish to digress
for a moment to quote some statistics
which should have had a placo in a
former article. It costs an average of 7
mills per wile to haul a ton of freight in
the United States, whereas in Englaud
It costs 2.83 cents, in Germany 1 42
cents, and in France 1.41 cents. In tbe
United States the average wages paid to
railroad employees are $2 23 per day, in
England $1 15 and iu Germany and
France not over $1 per day. The Eng
lish railroads are capitalized at $265,000
per mile, in France at $137,000 per mile,
in Germany at $114,185 while in the
United States the stock and bond cap!
talizatlou averages only $03,000 per
mile. In view of this remarkable com
parison, do Americau railroads deserve
the wholesale denunciation which has
been heaped upon them?
liosaoi Under Present Bates.
As evidence of the justice of the plea
of the Nebraska lines that three-cent pas
senger rates should be restored, duriug
the fiscal year ending Juue 30, 1013, the
Missouri Pacific lost $153,500 on the
total volume of its Nebraska business
both state and interstate included. The
Missouri Pacific has 871 miles of rail
road in the state and the above deficit
means that it sustained an actual oper
ating loss of $100 per mile upon proper
ties valued by the engineer of the State
Railway Commission at $32,033.00 per
mile. During this time it paid $1,207,
200.04 in salaries to its Nebraska em
ployees and over $105,000 In taxes.
During the calendar year ending
December 31, 1013, the St. Joseph and
Grand Island Hallway sustained an
actual operating loss of $80,494 or a
deficit of $708 per mile on properties
valued by the engineer of the State Rail
way Commission at $22,500.40 per mile.
During tbe same period, the Rock
Island, which has 240 miles of road
within the state, showed net earnings of
only $191 per mile upon properties
valued by the State Railway Com
mission at $43,013 92 per mile. During
the year 1914, the Rock Island earned
only a little more than $10,000 on all its
Nebraska business, while lu the mean
time it paid out more than $1,500,000 in
salaries, taxes, for ties, fuel aud other
supplies and tnntoilals.
The NoithwesU'inr which Is one of
ON THIS WE HAVE BUILT OUR
PRESENT BUSINESS
In view of the facts and figures quoted
above, is there a single fair-minded
citizen In the state of Nebraska who
will contend that the nil roads aro not
entitled to help? Is uot tho present
situation an impossible one and does it
nut mean inevitable wreck aud ruin to
several thousand miles of railroad which
aro Intensely essential to the well-being
6f hundreds of towns aud farming com
mnnitles throughout the state?
( mosses urowing continually.
Fioui these figures, which aro open
to absolute proof, it can be seen that the
Nebraska Hues aro not only sustaining
a loss amounting to thousands of dollars
annually on their traffic, but that with
an ever increasing cost of operation
these losses are constantly growing
heavier and if the service to the public
is, to remain efficient aud adequate, aud
if the railroad .investments of the state
ar,e uot to be driven to the point of con
fiscation, tbe people of Nebraska must,
tirough their late-making authonties,
CQiiseut to a return to the three-cent
passenger fine which was abolished
without a due regard for increasing
labor aud supply cost or an adequate
interest return upou the millions in
vested in Nebraska railroad properties.
What industry is there iu the nation
which could have tolerated a reduction
of one third iu its income ou a large vol
ume of its business during the last few
years without coming to grief?
Four years ego as governor of New
York, Justice Hughes of the Uulted
States Supreme Court, vetoed a two
cent passenger law enacted by the legis
lature on the ground that it was an
arbitrary procedure which did not take
into consideration a fair return npou
tho railroad properties of that state
and few men etand higher in the esteem
of tbe American people than this great
jurist, who did perhaps as much as any
other man in the country to break np
illegal and unfair practices on the part
of large corporations.
So, too, the Supreme Court of Penn
sylvania held that a two.ceut passenger
fare was unconstitutional in that state
because it was essentially confiscatory.
This high court took the position that
capital invested in railroads, as well as
in other lines of private property, is en
titled to earu 0 per cent on a fair capi
talization and that the arbitrary enact
ment of a two-cent fare rendered such a
returu upou the lines in Pennsylvania
impossible. It also took the position
that railroads uot only have the right to
insist upon a fair return upon both
freight and passenger business, but that
it is their duty to do so in order that one
class of patrons may not be compelled
to pay an inequitable rate to make up
the losses sustained iu another depart
ment. If the arbitrary enactment of a two
ceut passenger rate is unfair to the rail-'
roads of New York and Pennsylvania,
where thero are large centers of popu
lation and where the natiou's greatest
density of freight tonnage naturally
exists, how much more unfair is such a
rate in a purely agricultural state like
Nebraska, which has a total population
of only a million and a quarter with no
large manufacturing centors?
The reader is familiar with the recent
5 per ceut increase iu freight rates
granted by the Interstate Commerce
Commission to Eastern lines and again,
as the commission wisely says, if the
precarious financial condition created
by the European war renders this in
crease necessary, how much more are
the weaker Western lines, widely are
compelled to exist almost altogether
upon an agricultural patronage, entitled
(Continued on pago 5)
Y7lIEN we began our
vv business career in
in Red Cloud we look as
(Air motto the one word
Quality and we believe
all our'patrons will agree
with us that it has truly
been our slogan all this
time. Our reputation for
high-grade Groceries is
well known. We arc fully
prepared o supply all
your wants in our line
P. A. WuIIbrandt
THE HOME GROCERY
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LEGiL NOTICE.
In The District Court of Webster County.
Nebraska.
laiey M. Stonebrcakcr,
lMulntlir,
vs.
Sntnuul C.Hliurk,
1.1zlu A. Sluirslitl, .
.1. V. Sluir.sliel, tier husband, llrst untile un
known, I'lysses (J. Martin,
Nellie Martin, Ills wife,
Oni-nr ('. Teel,
David P. Mctnlnch,
Cora A. MeluliiL'li, bis wile,
(Iran M. Iledtjp, aud
l-'lorince II. lk'ctue, lits wife,
William A. Kent and Addle Kent IiIhwKc.
Dl'fClldiUltM.
The above-named non-resident defendants,
UteA.Mliarslicl, J. V. Hharxliel, her hus
band, whoso lint nnnie U unknown, UIvkhch
(1. Martin, and Nellie Martin, bin wife, will
take notice that on the 2ml dnv of .lannary
nil!, I.uey M Stonebreaker, plalntlll' herein,
tiled bur petition In the IUatrlct Court of
Webster County, NcbniHka. ni;alnst until de
fendnuts, the object nnd prayer of which aro
to foreclose a certain mortgage executed by
the defendant Samuel '..Shuck to the plain'
tlir upon the following described premises,
to-wlt:
roiiimeiicliitr "iS feet north of tho south
cast corner of tlio south west quarter of tho
south east quarter of section Itt. In town 2
north, of rniiKe II, west, of the 0th 1. M. lu
WobHter County, Nebraska; thence north to
tho north east cornerof the north wcstiiunrt
er of the smith east quarter of section Itt, town
2 north of range 11, west; running west 3K0
feet; thence houth ndlslancecqual to tho cast
line of unld land In question; thence east littu
feet to tho point of departure; containing II 1-2
acres moreor less, all In theuorth west quart
erof the south cast quarter-ot section itt,
town 2, north of range It, west of the'iGtli V
M. In Webster County, Nebraska, (now
known ns lots. 1 to Win Shuck's Sub-Dlvlslou
of Annex 1 to Hcd Cloud) to secure the pay
ment of a certain promissory note dated
March 'J, l'JOS for the sum of 31C00.C0 and due
and payable March U, 1'JIO; that there Is now
due upon said noto nnd mortgage tho sum of
SimKI for which sum with Interest from this
date plnlntltl' prays foradecree; that defend
ants be required to pay tho samo or that
snld premises may bo sold to satisfy tho
nmount found due.
You aro required to answer said petition on
or boforo the 2iA dny ol Kobruary, 11)15.
Dated January 'J, lUir.
I.ucy M. Htonkiihkakbk,
By llernard McNcny,
Her Attorney.
Order t Shtw Came
State ol Nebraska, I in Tho County Court.
Webster County, f
At a County Court held at the County
Courtroom tn and tor said county December
30th A. I)., 19M.
In the matter ot the estate of Frederick
Wlttwor, Deceased.
On reading and tiling the petition ot John
Wlttwer and Ueorge Wlttwer praying that
administration ot said estate may bo granted
to them as Kzecutors.
OHDEHKD, that Saturday the 90th day of
January, A. D. 11)16, at ten o'clock a. in., Is
assigned for hearing said petition, when all
persons Interested In said matter may ap
pear at a County Court to bo held tn and for
said County and show cauRO why prayer of
petitioner should not be granted; nnd that
notlco of the pendency of said petition and
tho hearing thereof bo given to all persons
Interested In said matter, by publishing a
copy of this order In tho Hed Cloud Chlof, a
weekly newspaper printed In said county,
for three consecutive weeks prior to said day
of hearing.
A D. Hannkv,
(Seal) ' County Judge.
"" " . unrnv?.
Sfi
F RE
THE ALARM Is u rlreuriritl thing
OF" FIRE for the man without
insurance. Every time he sees the
engines racing along his heart comes
up iu his throat if the fire is anywhere
near his place. What folly, what mis
taken economy.
THE COBT OF is so small that It
INSURANCE need hardly be
onsldcred. Tho freedom from worry
alone is worth it many times over
Have us Insure yon to-day.
O. C. TEEL,
Reliable Insurance.
BE5T REPAIRING?
UNDER THE SON l-J
EmHBm
Invisible Patches
Neat workmanlike repairing
is a branch of our business
which is given especial atten
tion. Sand Your Torn GarmonU To Us
We wil clean press and re
pair them so that they will
give you much satisfactory
wear. You are accustomed to
having your shoes and watch
repaired. Why not your
clothes?
Order To Shew Cause.
StVterNCourntv.a InTho CoUDty Court
At a County Court hold itt tho County
Court room In and for Bald county January
3th, A. I. 11)16.
In tho matter of tho cstato ol Weasel
Wcssels Sr., Deceased.
UN reading and llllng tho petition of
Joseph I.. Watson praying that administra
tion ot said estate may bo granted to Joseph
h. Watson, as Administrator.
Oudkuki), That Friday tho 29th day ot
January, A. 1)., 1015, at 11 o'clock a. in., Is
assigned for hearing said petition, when all
persons Interested In said matter may appear
at a County court to bo held In and for Bald
county and show causo why prayer ot peti
tioner should uot bo granted; and that notlco
of tho pendency of snld potltlon and tho henr-
Ing thereof bo given to all persons Interested
In Bnld mnttcr, by publishing a copy of this
order In tho Itcd Cloud Chief, a weekly nows
paper printed In said county, for threo con
sccutlvo weeks prior to said day of. hearing.
SBAI.1 A. D. IlANNKY,
County Judge.
C. It. Stasknka, Attorney.
G. Hassingep
Cleaner and Dyer
Both Phones
Dr. Nicholson
DENTIST
OFFICE OVKH AMIIUQIIT'S STORE
IN RIVERTON O.N MONDAY
Red Cloud.
Nebraska
Do Not Gripe
Wo liavo r pleasant laxativo that will
do put what you want it to do.
Wo sell thousando of tlicin and wo
liavo never ictn u Lt ttcr remedy lor tho
bowels, f'otil only by us, 10 ecnU.
H. E. Grice Drug Co,
CAMP ;i
THE ' '
CHIROPRACTOR
Red Cloud, -:- Nebraska
Second House North ol I. O. O. F. Hall
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Graduate Palmer School
of Chiropractic, Davenport
Iowa. r
Consultation and
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At Office
Phone lnd.212
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