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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1917)
W&EgpM.MWltf H -jv -,- f - If- k - -s-r CJ- -aw i v-:u lfS I RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF THE RED CLOUD CHIEF Red Cloud, Nebraska. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Entered In tho Postofllco nt Ilcd Cloud, Neb m Second Claw Hatter A B. MoARTIlUR I'UIII.ISHKll HB ONLY DEMOOKATIO PAVElt IN WEIISTKH COUNTY "It Is plain enough how wo wero forced Into tho wnr. Tho extraordin ary insults and aggressions of tho Im perial German Government left us no nolf-respeoMng choice but to tnlo up arms in dofense of our rlghtB as n free people and of our honor us a soverlgn government. The military masters of Germany denied us the right to bo neutral. They tilled our unsuspecting communities with vicious spies and conspirators nnd Bought to corrupt the opinion of our people In their own be half. "Muoh'BB wo had desired peaco, It was denied us, and not of our own choice. This ilng under which we serve would have been dishonored had wo withheld our hand." Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States- The Seed Wheat Situation Nebraska's 1017 wheat crop will probably bo nbout 10 per cent normal. UreadstulTs will bo extremely 6cnrco because of this shortngo and tho in creased demand abroad. Tho world will need every bushel of wheat that can be grown. In parts of Nebraska whero seed wheat will bo available, threshing Is already under way, and much of tho wheat is being marketed. If this wheat can bo secured for seed there will probably bo enough for the Htato's own use. To do this, immediate action is necessary. How to get seed Farmers needing seed wheat had best arrange for their seed ut once. Seed wheat eon bo most cheaply and certainly toourcd in carload lots. Ar rangements may be made cooperatively or thru local grain denlors. drain deal ers will handle seed wheat nt actual cost. If any difllculty arlsos in secur ing heed wheat, write, Tho Stnto'.Coiin ell of Defense, Lincoln, Nebraska. City Council Held Meeting Tuesday Night Mayor Datncrcll called the Council together in regular session Tuesday evening with nil members present. The minutes of the meeting of July 3rd rend nnd approved and the report of S. R. Florance was presented nnd ordered placed on file. The application of L. S. Pharcs of Omaha, for the position made vacnnt by the resignation of Guy Zeigler as superintendent or the Water and Light Department at $140 per month presented ns was also the application of Lester II. Hayward of Fairbury, Nebraska for the same position at $125 per month. On motion the applications were referred to the Advisory Com mittee, whom we understand will meet today and if a satisfactory agree ment can be made with L. S. Pharcs, who, by the way, is a son of Mrs. Barbara Pharcs, ho will be given tho position. Levy ordinance nnd Appropriation ordinnnce passed after which the counci donated $50 to the Red Cloud Concert Band. The following claims were allowed: Guy Zeigler .'....$ 1S2 Oil W A Patten 0 00 Harry Iluffcr 75 00 Carl McArlhur Gl 00 S R Florance 239 .18 O C Tool 133 45 Mayor Coal Co 235 04 C F McKeighan CO 21 PH Boner 65 03 C G Barnes 105 00 Frank Clnuson 53 25 C R Lewis 22 00 Geo II Ovcring 8 00 Alice S Hosmer 300 00 Piatt & Frees 338 50 Webster County Argus U 23 Curtis Geer 7 40 F II Gcarn 13 05 Elkhorn Construction Co C522 07 Grant & Fulton 138 00 Abel Construction Co 3835 02 Grant and Fulton 000 00 C T Dickenson 2(5 00 Mutunl Oil Co 32 20 McGrawCo 4 (52 Mid West ElcctficCo 142 37 II Shannon Co.., 12 50 Standard Oil Co 70 82 American Electric Co. 3 86 23 20 2 05 4 20 EW Stevens.. Grico Drug co. C L Cotting . Pope Bros 29 17 Wm Pegg 7 05 WmTMountford 4 80 Platt & Frees 40 27 R C Vol Fire Dept 50 00 Jas Peterson ' il 05 Crance Co 75 35 RcdCIoudBand 50 00 Paw Knows Evorythlng. Willie Paw, in one of my books It says, "Unhappy lies tho head that wears a crown." Why is tho head that wears a crown unhappy? Paw I oupposo It la becauso tho crown Rex bis peaco of mind, my sou. iwiwwrwiwwnii) Bits of Byplay By Luke McLukc Copyright, 1015, tho Cincinnati Enqulror Sad! There, wna a collector who worked linrd all day On n. bunch of dendbeats who wcro very bad pay. When asked how ho felt ho replied with thlfi iun: "My work Is nil dun, but I can't pet It done." Pnw Knows Everything. Willie raw, what is meant by tho "early Christians?" Pnw-Wcll, they arc not tho lads who get up nt 5 a. m. nnd opcrnto rusty lawn mowers, my son. Oh, Tht' Different! "Hey, waiter!" yelled tho fat man. "Whaddy yn mean by this? I found a Bafcty pin in this plate of chicken Boupl" "Oh, that's only nntural, elr," ex plained tho waiter. "That soup was made out of dressed chicken." Officer, Call Copl A fellow who lived on nn Island Wna asked If ho'tf purchase some hlsland. "But why should I buy?" Wn tho fellow's reply. "Tho island I llvo on Is midland I" Huh! "There Isn't nny such thing ns per petual motion," nssorted tho old fogy. "Oh, yes, there is," replied tho grouch. "You never heurd my bnrber talk, did you?" T. Terso Truths. Iloyp. Noise. Our Own Popular Songs. Tho flowers won blooming gnlly on a girl choked back a Bob And Mont Into 11 paint storo and applied thcro for a Job. Sho hod been out of work for weeks, and slio was feeling fnlnt, And so tho bosa gavo her a Job at filling cans with paint. Tho pnlnt wiib red, nnd this poor girl know that her fnco was white, So now nnd then she'd tnko some paint and mnko her checks look bright. Sho worked all dny nnd tolled real hard, for sho did need that place, But when sho'd fill a can, with paint, sho'd put Homo on her face. That night, when work wns dofio tho boss checked up the cans (.ho'd filled, And found bIx gallons of red paint was either lost or spilled. Ho hunted for tho mtuslng paint, as nny man would do, Until ho saw tho glrl'n bright cheeks and then ho got n clew. Ho got eomo turpentine and then tho girl's checks ho did rub, And when tho paint wan softened It ran down Into n, t.ib. And Roon tho whole six gallons that was missing wns right thcro. "You're fired for stealing this hero palntl" tho boss then did declare. Tho poor girl's fnco was palo again, ana sho did heave, a sigh, And, as sho faced that cruel boss, sho did mnko this reply: Chorus: "I am nn honest working girl, and your words bring dlsgrncol I borrowed them six gallons to put color In my face. And I would never steal no paint from nny stingy geeks Who'd flro n girl who tried to put some roses In her c,heeksl" Welcomel Denr Luke Do you know that Jack Rabbit and Steve Jnssac live at Kit tanning, Pa.? Lynn C. Doyle. Our Daily Spocial. Tho good fellow's pocketbook Is sel dom ns thick as his tongue. Luko McLukeSays: Millionaires are not the only people who have tainted money. Every now and then you get hold of n dollar bill thnt a poor man bus been carrying around in his sock. If there was ns much kissing nt homo ns thcro Is nt tho depot there wouldn't bo 00 many divorces. Thcro is n silver lining to every cloud. Tho hot weather thut makes tho girls expose tho elbows also makes them don tho sce-mores. If wo could see ourselves ns others sec us we would hotfoot It to an ocu list nnd have our eyes examined. This would bo a lino world if people wero ns polite all tho time as they are when they are trying to sell you some thing. If you want to get nnywhero you win nave 10 use some eluow Krense nnd crank up. Opportunity Isn't going to como nloug nnd equip you with u self Bturter. When n man hoa a twin sister ho Is cfton forty yetrs old when she W only twenty-five. A woman inny admit that bho can't sing, but she will get mad if you even hint that sho hasn't n sense of humor After they have been married nbout twenty years and mother weighs about 250 pounds and has n shnpo like a box car and moves around llko a long shoreman sho often reminds father that thero was n tlmo when ho held her on his knees nnd called hor hU baby doll. And then father goes down Into tho cellar and kicks tho lining out of tho furnace. Tho dignity of labor sounds good nt a mass meeting, but It hasn't tho Bnmc appeal when you sco tho chauffeur ol a garbago wagon holding down his Job Every woman Imagines that sho Is tho only woman who has to get nlong without things that sho needs, bill there nro mighty fow women who arc not disappointed nt least onco nn hour. When spring Is blending to summer thcro nro days when n man goes down town in tho morning covered with prickly heat ond conies homo nt mld night covered with gooso pimples. The Government needs farmers as well ns fighters. Two million threo hundred thousand acres of Oregon & California Railroad Co. Grant Lands. Title rcvo9tcd In United Stntes. To be opened for homesteads and Mile. Con' talnlng some of best lnnd left In United States. Laigo copyrighted mop show ing land by sections and description of soil, cllmntc, rainfall, elevations, tern peratnre etc. Postpaid one dollar Grant Lands Locating Co., Box 010 Portlnnd Oregon. There N nn ever growing need In the hospitals of .Kurope for all kinds of bandages and dressing, and as theie Is a great shortHge of new material It is Imperative that every house keeper should save all worn sheets nnd pil low cases also her worn tablo cloths nnd napkins. If these are sent to Mrs, W. A. Sherwood by parcel post or otherwise they will bo prepared for uso by the Ladles War Relief Society of this city and forwarded free of charge with other supplies to the Red Cross Hospital Supply Service. Mrs. C. J. Platt, Secretary. Governor Neville nnd the state coun cil of defense are preparing plans for the organization of home guards thru out the state. It will not be possible for the governor to obtain equipment nnd arms for the home guards, but it is desired to have these forces organ ized after a systematic manner which will include enrollment nnd reports to tho governor. Tho home guards will be distinct from the reserve militia regiment which Is being organized and which will bo armed and equipped. Whatever arms tho homo guard carry will be furnished by the men and not by the state or government Tuesday's State Journal. Womens Auxiliary Formed A number of Red Cloud citizens mot at tho Court House on Monday evening for the purpose of organizing a Woineus' Auxiliary of the Red Cross. The following olllcers were elected: Mrs. D. II. Kaley, chairman; Mrs. J. II. Halloy, vice chiilimnn; Mrs. W. II. Thomas, treasurer; and Miss Pearl Pope, secretary. About 875 was raised with which to purohase supplies. At this meeting 55 ladles reported as willing to work to mnko articles for tho army nnd Red Cross hospitals. A committee was appointed to Hud suitable rnutns in the business district of the city for registration, visitors and In which to do their sewing. They are to reporj; at tho next meeting which will bo held noxt Monday even lug. Father Fitzgerald, Rev. Drulinernnd Rev. tieebc were present and delivered very eloquent addresses. This is a worthy organization each and every person should donate what they can towards it and at all times be a booster for the cause. WE MUST MOBILIZE - FOR FOOD EFFICIENCY Practical Patriotism, That' the National By Word Today President Wilson said: "I call upon the young men and old allko and upon the ablo bodied boys of the land to accept and act upon this duty to turn In hosts to tho farms and mnko certain that no pains and no labor is lacking in this great matter." SInco this memorable address of our President, state nnd civic gov ernments civic organizations nnd good citizens havo preached Practical Patriotism in all of its angles. Wo bellevo thero is no better teacher of farming methods forthoso who answer our President's call no bottor teacher of food conservation after production than Is found In our great Stato Fair. It has been aptly called "A Food Training Camp" and you are practical and patriotlo when you attend this year and take your desBon home whether you bo producer or consumer. Watch for demonstrations nt tho Nebraska Stato Fair, September 3-7; tVSore Than a Fair Dismiss from your mind right now tho Idea that the Nebraska Stato Fair this year Is liko any that havo Bono before. Yes thero will bo a blgger-than-over program more oxtensivo ox hlhlts moro Interesting, amusing, and exciting things to see. You Could Spend Hundreds of Dollars traveling from factory to factory, talking now with ono efllclency ex pert, arguing again with another And not gain ono whit as much real practical comparative Informa tion about tho latest modorn labor savers, and twentieth century equip ment and comfort savers, that an lnexpensivo trip to tho coming Ne braska Stato Fair, September 3-7, will net you. A Stato Fair is tho most wonder ful market place in all tho wldo sweep of torrltory from which it drnws its attendance Concentrated on a few acres gathered together under a few roofs you will find hundreds of now Ideas worked out and demonstrated In a practical way Some of them worth hundreds of dollars to you. tMlliil 111 ITTIM ilMWIl Commissioners Proceedings The following is the remainder of the Commissioners prodecdings which for lack of space wns not given publicity last week: The auditing committees appointed to check up the reports of tho county ofllceis reported same to be correct. ShoiilT's Report ' Fees for county work 8 05 23 Mileage on county work 15 CO All othor fees due the county.. 293 00 Mileage for all other work 108 10 Total 541 03 Cpunty treasurer's rccolpt for tho mount duo tho county ns shown by fee book, 8203.00 attached. County Judge'd Report Fees for January 8 107 15 Fees for February 1C0 75 Fees for March 104 00 Fees for April 180 C3 FeeaforMay 151 G5 Fees for June 215 20 TotBl 1115 30 County Clerk's Report Fees collected for January 8123 20 Foes colleoted for February... 183 75 Fees collected for March 350 80 Fees colleoted for April 130 10 Fees collected for May. 114 05 Fees collected for June..! 110 30 Total 1033 20 Paid A. V. Ducker. Deputy. ... 500 00 Paid oillce expenses so s0 Total 550 80 The excess fees amounting to $176.40 turned over to the county treasurer as per receipt attached: County Superintendent's Report On hand in institute fund... $320 12 Examidation & Recording fees.. 200 00 Total 520 12 Pd. lecturers 11 2G Pd. for institute supplies 10 65 Examinat'n Normal Tr'g points. 18 13 Total 40 04 Balance on hand 471 08 District Clerk's Report Fees collected for January $181 40 Fees collected for February 42 10 Fees collected for March 133 15 Fees collected for April 177 50 Fees collected For Muy 100 55 Fees collected for June . 140 00 Total S85 GO Jury fees paid to county treasurer, S20.00 An Instrument For National Defense With the passage of the Food Pro duction bill, Congress otllclnlly recog nizes n new instrument of national de fensethe county agent. Under tho provisions of this aot,Sll5 000 has been set aside for county agent work in Nebraska. This will bo sutll cteut to put a county agent in every couuty organizing and to provide a food emergency Bgent for each district where regular couuty ng'jnts aro not employed. County ngents and food emergency agents will be put to work organizing and mobilizing agricultural Nebraska for maximum production. Tho county agent is thus regarded by the nation's- highest counselors as the best instrument of increasing pro duction ns n defensive measure The Agricultural Extension Service of the University of Nebraska has mapped out plnns for tho extension of county agent work in conformity with the new law and Is ready to proceed with thu program nssoon as tho bill is sign ed by the president and tho emergency fund arc released. Agents will be placed in counties ns they aro rondy to receive them. IEGAI NOTICE, In the District Court of Webster County. Nebraska. ' ' ' I). M. IlymlH, ' rinlutlil. vs .1. P. IMwanls, Dctoiulant. .1 P. Kilwnnls, (loiciulnnt will take uotlco thnt nn tho lltli. day ol July 1U17, I). M. IIjihIk, plnliitlll' herein illttl his petition In tho District Court ol Webster County, Nu" Iir:iUn, nnulnst Mild riufcnilnnt, tho object and prayer ol which Ih to obtain Judgment nualnst said defendant In the mini of gtfKMO with Interest thereon nt tho rate o( 7 percent tiom tho'.ud. day ol Mrvy JU17. Said action btliiK brought upon a certain Judgment In the Htiui ofS280.(iO rendered ngnliiNt wild J. P. PdwnrdBln lavor ol I), M. llyiuls In an action then pending boforo I lay Anderson, Justice o! tho i'caco In and for Yullowstono County, Montana, wherein wild I). M. IlymlH wuh ptalutlll'and J. P. Pdwards ot al wero defend. ants, upon which Jiulgiucut 17.50 linn been Blnco collected by execution leaving a bnl ancoHtlll duo from defendant to plnlntlll' theieou In thesnltl sum of Jit'J.tO and Inter est. That In connection with Raid petition In tho District Court of Wobstcr Couuty, Xobraska, was altio tiled as a part ot tho name proceed ing an iillldavlt fur tho purpose- of tsccurclng nn order of attachment against said defend ant 011 tho ground that defondant Is a non resident of tho stato of Nebraska and has 110 personal property In Webster County, No braska subject to oxecutlou or attachment but bus real etato In said county subject to execution and attachment. You aro required to answer said petition and order of attachment proceeding 011 or before Hoptombcril, 11)17. I). M, Hynds, I'lalntlir. By Fred Maurcr, Ills Attorney, wsmmtomiwAMim -: ?sss .s - j - tj - Lffifr s&b 5H?r0 T n- - 1 r iS5 Powerful' EDISON! miW possible -Working Don't Ruin Your Eyes Using Inferior Lights Kerosene, gas and other make-shift lights are no cheaper than eledtricity once installed and that cosT; is moderate, if you havje Stevens furnish the fixtures, and install them. Then the safety and convenience are important factors to be considered. We also have a complete line of home electric appliances chafing dishes, toasters, curlers, power washers, irons, fans. For wiring and all things electrical see E. W. STEVENS Plumbing Electrical Work i?W ciMFBPAKA! ESTATE RMRI SEPT-3-4-5-6-M9!7 I fM CONNCCTIONl WITH J WORLD'S BEST LIVESTOCK DOMESTIC PRODUCTS BOYS CAMP AND BETTER BABIES' WILL BE FOUND THE GREAT W FOOD TRAINING CAMP fIN FKONT OF GDAND STAND 1L AFTERNOON $ EVENING ' JPgK r HORSE RACING EVEHYATFTCBJffigSts ::hhx:.xx:..x lotiwvi Uiir TlllTlll0, 9 Itfai nu f 1 'l A lulling mUBSOBi Will Please You No Jobs too small, none too large to receive our careful attention THE RED CLOUD CHIEF PRINTERS and PUBLISHERS "Not how cheap but how good." : Talk with LUMBER JIalone-Gellatly Go. WVV-V.V.V.V.V-V.V."AV.V.V.V.V-V.VVW,.V-"JVVV,lft Job Printing of Quality at thtsjChief Office' wmMmmhamimmi g&i v . mm :$r? 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