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Our popular younjj volunteer, Wll
tx?rt Hooper was a most welcome
visitor to his wife and baby gitl as
well an bis parents, brothers, sisters
r.nd all his neighbors at the Christmas
times. He, Wlfbort, talks in very
favorable terms on camp regulation-as
well as the kindness and sociability
ot the olTiccrs and that the general
comfort and faro that the soldiers en
joy and receive are everything that
could be desired and up to the highest
standard of perfection as is clearly
evidenced when he gained thirty
pounds since he left hero in the fall.
His visit here was of short duration,
merely a couple of days, so left here
for Smith Center on Christmas even-
K ' )iig, from thence to Camp Funnton.
A wedding took place at Duckor
ville a week ago last Sunday. The
contracting parties weiv Miss llelsie
Payne, aiied 18, eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Payne, and Mr.
Max Uelighan, aged It), third son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Uelighan of
Topeka, Kans. The marriage cere
mony was performed by the Rev.
Grant,pastor of the Ml. Hope church,
at the home of the bride's parents.
After the ceremony an elaborate feast
was prepared, the young ladies of the
district assisting. An invited host of
friends and relatives of the bride and
groom and several neighbors partici
pated in the feast, all enjoying one of
the happiest times of their life. The
acquaintance of the bride and groom
fs undisputed as both were raised in
the same neighborhood, receiving
the'r preliminary education at the
same school and being members of the
same church. The certificate re
ceived by the bride at the high school
at Lebanon constitutes ample proof of
-hor intelligence and perseverencc, re
jecting much credit on the teacher
for method and efficiency pursued.
The bride is known to be a lady of
high culture possessing many accom
plishments and much good sense,
whicii will, in a great measurs be in
strumental in alleviating or allaying
any or many of the anxieties of her
husband's future career. Her hus
band also is a man of much refine
ment and of great pathos and sublim
ity of conception and received many
honors at the high school in Topeka,
Kans., besides being a good, sturdy,
practical and scientific farmer, which
traits I believe will be instrumental
in smoothing the way which leads to
happiness and prosperity.
' Food Adminihiration 'otes
Having on hand more than a CO
days' supply of sugar or Hour, no
matter when or where purchased, will
be considered hoarding and the owner
of same, if prosecuted, is subject to
fine and imprisonment. '
While it is not as important to
save beef and mutton as it is to save
.pork it lias been pointed out that it is
necessary to observe" meatless days.
Sugar should W sold' in city and
towns in lots of 2 t& 5 pounds, rural
o to 10 poupds. Flour in towns nnd
cities in I.ots o( onoighth ,to one
foUrlli barrel, rural ono-fou'rth to one
half barrel lots. Advcrtisingintemicd
to increase the sale of flour and' sugar
is against public policy. .',
" Furmcrs are not permitted to se
cure more Hour at mills in exchange
for wheat than they can purchase on
tho market.
Bacon and ham tire the meats most
available for nerving to tho sailors
Und soldiers and for shipment to the
'war strickm countries, therefore we
should eoiuorve the supply of pork.
Mrs. Itichard Gre'onhalgh ir the' first
I committeeman to make definite plans
for a food conservation meeting
which will ho held at Cowles on Fri
day evening, January U. She has
requested CJeo. Johnson of Nelson,
Dr. Damcivll, Father Fitzgerald and
Food Administrator McBride to be
present and rondur wliat assistance
they can in older to make the meeting
a success. t i
Farmer Must Pay Income Tax
Kvcry unmarried person with an in
come of over .$1,000 a year and every;
married porson with an income of over
$2,000 must pay an income tax. This,
of course, upplies to the farmer a.
'well as the business man. Fuilaie to
report to the collector of internal itsv
' , cnuo in your district before March 1,
1918, is a violation of tho law.
Naturally many farmers, who have
.never kept books, will have to do some
pretty close figuring to explain just
yvherc they stand. Everything must
bj accounted for. Living expenses
and interest received from invest
ments cannot be deducted from the
W total Neither can a farmer allow a
salary to himself and expect that to bo
deducted, Taxes, cost of repairs, but
' not improvements, and actual ex
penses connected with tho farm may
ho deducted, hut that docs not in
clude, personal expenses.
Tho department of farm manage
ment of tho University of Nebraska
lias in press a largo number of ac
count books which will bo distributed
to the farmers of tho state free of
charge. Thoy will not only give tho
farmer an 'insight into ids own busi
ness, but will also cnablo him to make
his income report without difficulty.
For copies of the book, address Farm
Management Demonstrations, Uni
versity farm, Lincoln.
INAVALE
Happy New Year to everyone.
Hazel Ncsbit spent Friday of last
Four Sacks Sugar
Too Much for family
week in Bed Cloud.
Maurice Groat spent Monday in Bed
Cloud.
The C. V. 1). M. met Thursday with
Mrs. Irons.
Bert Lconaid was a passenger to
Huntings Monday.
Mrs. Charley Ethridgo has been
quite sick this week.
Darrcl Joyce and Gene Dunn arc
doing tho measles this week.
Misses Inez and Silva Strickland of
Bed Cloud spent Sunday in Inavaic.
Mrs. Miles Putnam visited Tuesday
with her aunt, Mrs. Sadie Holdrcdge.
Clias. Olmslend and wife of Beat
rice visited several days at Mr. Shig-
loys'.
Blanche Barker spent the first of
the week with her parents in Bed
Cloud.
Mrs. Jas. Silvey is teaching as sub
stitute for Miss Hodges until a teach
er can bo hired.
Will Topham and family and Mrs.
L. W. Thompson and son autoed to
Bed Cloud Tuesday night.
Mrs. Guy Barker and daughters
spent Friday and Saturday in Bed
Cloud at Mr. J. Barkers'.
Mrs. Sadie Holdrcdge took supper
New Years night with her daughter,
Mrs. C. K. Joyce and family.
Mi'. Loscke and family, Mrs. Joe
Gurney and children and Mrs. Arnold
were in Bed Cloud Monday.
Sam Saunders returned to Grand
Island Monday after several days'
visit here with relatives.
M. K. Sunday Fchool board met
Tuesday night at Mrs. C. A. Waldo's
to elect officers for the coming year.
' Karl Young was calling on friends
hen; Tuesday. He joined the Navy
..(.vend months ago and was here for
a shoit visit.
We regret to hear of Miss Hodges'
resignation as teacher of the interme
diate room as she was an excellent
teacher and well like,' by the major
ity.
Eli Stiong and wife spent Christ
mas in Culbertson with C. 15. Strong
and wife. Eli returned Wednesday
and Mrs. Strong is making a short
visit there.
Thad Saunders and family moved
Tuesday into the Chas. Olmstcad
pioperty recently purchased by the
telephone people and will undertake
the running of Central, which is to be
moved this week.
Dr. Phillips of Braden was called
hero Thursday ntaht to nive medical
treatment to D. Cloud, who has been
sjck fJr fjpme time and lias just gone
through a season of measles. Tho
doctor went homo Monday as no ap
peared much better.
County Food Administrator B. E.
McBride has received a letter from
the state administrator, Guidon W. j
Wattles whicii contains some items
that will be of interest to tho public.
From this Mr. McBride has permitted
us to make the following excerpts:
A farmer who hns four sacks of
sugar is guilty of hoarding, no mat
ter when he bought it, and if pro
secuted, might be forced to pay a
fine or go to prison. The food law
went into effect Aug. 10, 1917.
Everyone should conserve pork.
Bacon and ham arc tho most avail
able meats that can be used in the war
and arc in great demand.
Your plan to hold meetings is cer
tainly in line with good policy.
We arc to have some prominent
speakers from Washington in this
state during the month of January
or 1st of Fcburary and arc planning
a lot of big meetings in the large
cities. I hope you will be able to con
tinue to conduct your meetings with
out expense. As you say, it is much
belter if you do not have to ask for
money at every public meeting.
An occasional report from you will
be appreciated. From your letter I
should say there is nothing to crit
icize in your work so far.
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Some Suggestions for
Conserving Food
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
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Mi's. Gilbert Woodside of Lincoln
was visiting here this week.
Miss. Janet Hendricks was in Blue
Hill the middle of the week.
Miss Mayscl Mead was over from
Campbell vUlting relatices Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Boy Hogato was over from
Blue Hill Wednesday ovoning visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. H. Hen-
dricks.
J. E. Eastham and Frank Fulton
were out to Madrid tho iniidc of tho
week to look after their interests
there.
. David Crom of Tccumsch visited at
the homes of his daughters, Mesdames
Ja. Lidgard and John Brown, tho
past week.
From Nelson comes tho news that
Henry Hite, a Bladen boy, and Miss
Nova Thomas of Nelson, a former
teacher in the Bladen high school,
were united in marriage December 20.
Miss Lulu Edwards returned fiom
Alexandria Saturday evening from a
visit with home folks during the
Christmas vacation. Hie holidays
were saddened by tho death of her
grandfather which occurred Saturday.
A pretty wedding took place at the
home of Mr. nnd Mrs. I. II. Thomas on
Christmas day, when their daughter,
Bessie, was united in marriago to Mr.
Grant Davis of this place. The young
couple left in the evening for Omaha
on a short wedding tour.
Tho business men were called to
gether Friday by fuel administrator
E. J. Soloman and a means of preserv
ing coal struck upon. Tho merchants
agreed to close their stores at six p.
m. each evening except Saturday. Tho
barber shops, restaurants and drug
stores do not come under this regulation.
Virgil Walburn came up from Camp
Funston on a ten days' leave and
spent the time with his parentB, Mr.
and Mrs. I. D. Walburn and family.
If Camp Funston turns out tho
healthy sort of fellows that Virgil
claims that it docs and which he rep
resents, wo are of the opinion that
some of the newspaper stories aro
'way off'.
By way of copy, the Betail Stores
Section of the Food Administration,
Washington, D. C, has issued a bul
letin containing standard slogans
based upon the policy and purpose of
tho Food Administration. Here aro
some suggestions for copy:
Footl Will Win The War Don't
Waste It.
Wheat.
1. Eat less bread.
2. Don't waste a single slice;
make toastj puddings, etc., of all stale
bread.
3. Put the loaf on the table and
slice as needed.
. Meat.
1. Eat less beef, mutton and pork;
use any of this kind of meat not
more than once a day.
2. Do not waste ac ounce. Utilize
all left-overs.
;i. Save the country's domestic ani-mals-the
supply is running short.
Fats.
1. Use less butter; eat fewer fried
foods.
2. Don't waste any butter, lard or
drippings.
Sugar.
1. Eat less candy; drink' fewer
sweet drinks.
2. Omit frosting from your cakes.,
Fuel.
1. Burn less coal; turn out elec
tive lights and turn down heat in
radiators on leaving room.
To us'o less coal is to release more
transportation for military purposes?
Milk.
I. Waste no milk.
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Will Sicn Pledge '
"We pledge ourselves to give buv
customers the benefit of fair and mod
erate prices, selling at not more than
a reasonable profit above cost to us.'f
Every retailer in Nebraska, selling
foodstuffs will bo a-kod to sign tile
above pledge and to piomincntl dis
play in his p'ace of business a po.stqr
with the phdgo, which i be fur
nished by the V"itd State-. Food Au
ininihtiulion. '
Tho plcdgo will be dixtiihutQd
thiough the traveling salesmen of the
wholesalers supplying tho state, arid
hi quite similar to a pledge which the
wholesalers have signed.
"The poster pledge will put every
retailor in Nobiaska on record f,or
hit. Government," said Mr. Wattles,
Federal Food Administrator, "and it
will give him something to display -in
his store showing that he is eoopor-
ating with the United States in tills
war. Wo desire that every retailer
in the state sign tills pledge as soon
as possible and display the poster.'
"By a word, tho retailor can often
impress the; seriousness of the war
upon those who have not realized. to
the fullest extent just what this war
means." i
Farm Loans
Private money at lowest Interest
No ilelny, money horo. All ptipors
kept hero ;wul puynhlu at homo ImnU
I also imiiUu ivgtiliir compiiuy lomii on
boRt terms to bo hud. Cull for me m
Statu BiiuU -C. F Outlier. tf
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"live stock. L. L. Yost
Military Training Necessary for Safety
and Defense.
"Sny, Uncle Dan," snld Ulllle, "Jim
mlc and I have been looking up about
wnr la the encyclopedia at school. Wo
found that la the war between Ger
many and France In 1870-71, Germany
lost in killed uml wounded 23,000 sol
diers while France lost ubout six times
os ninny, nad besides Unit, she lost
every buttle. We asked Professor Slo
cuni why this was. He said that tho
Geraiuu nrmy-wns highly trained and
nbly comtnunded, wlillo the French
soldiers vrero poorly trained; and that
their war department was honey
combed with Jealousy nnd politics;
that the ofllcers were not much good,
nnd that's why France lost the war
and so ninny men. What do you tblnk
about It, Uncle Dun?"
"Well," said Uncle Dun, "Professor
Slocum Is right. By lucfUcicncy France
lost that wnr, together with two of
her best provinces Alsace and Jfcr
ralnc and had to pay a billion dol
lars Indemnity money. France today
learned her lesson by that sad expe
rience, so she put In universal inllltury
training, and as a result, her soldiers
now know how to light and how to
protect themselves. They are losing
less men In the wur than the Germans.
France also put politics out of her war
department, so that expert authority,
Instead of bureaucratic stupidity, now
directs the army. The result is.
Frnn"c has one f the best nad most
cfllcleiit armies every assembled, aud
this shows what thorough training and
good leadership menus In warfare.
This saved Frunce In this crisis, as
well as the liberties of the world."
"As war Is now conducted, there Is
no place for an untrained man. A
body of 10,000 well t rallied soldiers
properly handled could defeat five
times their number of raw recruits unii
do It every time with cnniparatlvelj
small loss to themselves. Proper train
ing aloae will reduce the death aud
casualty rate one-third of what It oth
erwise would be. and right here l an
unanswerable argument for universal
military training.
"Our government has no moral right
to force her men lute war service
without properly training them for It.
To do so is simply murder, hence the
frantic effort that Is now being made
to give her soldiers some training be
fore they nru sent to the front. If we
are to win this war, It will take trained
men to do it, and It will take trained
men to win any other war that may
come upon us In the future. If we
must fight, let us tight to win and not
to lose."
"That's the stuff," said Blllle.
Continuing. Uncle, Dan said : "Our
government has expended about $300,
000,000 to put up eiifHoniucuts and
training stations la order to train the
men called by the selective draft.
When these men are trained the train
ing stations should be Immediately
filled with younger men, say those In
their nineteenth yeUr, to receive six
months of Intensive military train
ing along the lines of the Cliuiaberlain
bill. This will be of Immeasurable
benefit to them Individually. It will
do them more good than auy other two
years of tlielr whole life ; It will make
lheui strong, manly, self-reliant, quick
to roe and quick to act; it will equip
them for a successful UJV. In short,
it will rebuild American manhood and
will also give the go eminent a body
of trained men to diaw fiom In case
it is necessary to defend our Hug and
country. We must settle this question
of universal -military training imme
diately, otherwise these training camps
may be demolished. The adoption of
universal military training will he no-
tlce to tho world that from then on
we will be prepared to defend our
solve promptly und elliok'iitly, and
this will do more to keep us out of
war In the future than anything else
we could do."
"Do you think, brother," said Mrs.
Graham, "that there will ever be an
other war?"
"I have no doubt about It," snld
Undo Dan. "So long as men aro
8clilsh, so long as nations are ambi
tious to acquire territory, so loug as
population presses and demands more
room, so long as there remains a
scramble for world trade so long wars
will be. When tho time comes that
we reach the high plnne for which we
hope and dream, when nil will recog
nize the fatherhood of God and tho
brotherhood of raun, then, and then
only, will wars cease. When that day
conies doors will need no locks, banks
will need no vaults to protect their
treasures, but that day Is u long way
off.
"The only safe nnd sane plan is to
be able to defend ourselves at all
times. Therefore, every cltl7.cn should
Insist that senators and congressmen
shall provide for universal military
training, so thnt never again shall the
country bo caught so completely un
n.niiv ns this wur found us. For-
tunutely, In this case, our enemy has
been held back, so we have had a few
months In which to pieparo. This ad
vantage probably will never come
again. It Is however our salvation
today.
"Because she was ready, Switzerland
is an Island of peace In a sea of
war. Safety first is good, but safety
ilwaya Is better. In strength there Is
infety. You never saw a tin can,
led to tho tttll of bulldog. Therr
BUY WAR
SA VING STAMPS
The government must have more money to carry
on the war successfully.
War Savings Stamps are sold in 2G-cent and $5
sizes. You can buy either size from the undersigned.
With the first 25-cent stamp you are given a card
with room for fifteen more stamps. These stamps do
not bear interest, but when the card is full it can be
traded in on a 55 stamp that does.
With the first S5 stamp bought you get a card with
spaces for twenty stamps of this size.
The .15 stamp draw A.', interest compounded quar
terly. This is equivalent to about 4. and is the
highest interest rate ever paid by the government.
Teach the children thrift and patriotism. Give
them War Savings Stamps
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Mayor Damerell Prof. Whitehead
F. G. Tiirnure A- Son State Bank
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Peoples Bunk
Bev. Druliuer
Father Fitzgerald
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Alf McCall.
Atty. F. J. Miuiday
ttev. Ileobo
Grlco Drug Co.
Miss Mabel Pope
R. P. Wccsner A- Co.
Webster County Bauk
Atty. F. E. Muurer
Atty, L. II. Blnckledgo
O. L. Coiling
Gertrude D. Coon
A. V. DUCKKR, Ohaiman Town Savings
and Thrift Committee
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Organized Agriculture
Lincoln, Nebrassa, January 14 to 13, 1918
Everybody Interested in the vital question of greater and better farm products
should attend these gatherings.
Board of Agriculture
Corn Improvers
State ond County Km I p.
State Dairy Men's. Assn.
Agricultural Extensions
Nebraska Farmers' Congress
Live Stock Shippers Assn
State Home Economics
Hairy Cattle Breeders
State Horse Breedeis
State Swine Breeders
State Potatoe (Srowers
SPECIAL FEATURES Every day special educational evouts. congresses anil
conventions. For ollleial programs, information, i-to., npply to W. U.
Mellor, Chairman, Lincoln, Neb. u
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