imflp ''R u,W JW ffmiLA- v fW wgiyiyo I iii i'iiiiI iix "jlwvVMjgpVM VirnjtMMnwftnirjtttMiM nnmtiMwi.weicu-'ii 5, H WTNf"" arasa K.n.ii It ffllffiitfMtfllgll R - . SI l 1 I V Director Urges Women To Keep On Knitting Tho Central Division of tho Amer ican Rod Cioss has sent out the fol- lvvrfng statement to nil chapters ami Vanch. chnp torsi , Wo desho to place before tho worn ft of this country our conception of tio knittlrtff situation. As is .vell fctiown It i3 the policy of tho Rod ous to supplement nH far as it has tue power the cffoits of the nnny and "avy in conserving tho health and comfort of our soldiers and sailor, end helmets, frocks and swentcra arc cf tremendous Jmpoitancc for airmen and sailors in summer as well as for oar army in winter. So the slogan is "KEEP ON KNITTING!" Humors arc circulating that knitted articles will not be needed after Feb ruary. The Bureau- of Military Re lief announces emphatically that such rtjiorts arc not -true. Knit all wintori Knit all spring! Knit noxt.Fvmriiorl o Examination Schedule Special Teachers' ex tuiliintioi', April 20, 11118, at lied Cloud, Blue Hill, Outdo Kick. Itegulnr Teachers' examination, May 31 and Juno 1, HlP, at Hod Cloud. Regular Teachers' examination, June , 2,1, 1013, nt Hod Cloud. Regular Teacher' examination July 2') 27, 1018, nt Hail Cloud. Eighth ermle examinations, April 11, 10, wis, at all towns and two tenchors Mjliools ir the comity. Eighth gr,ida examinations, May l, P, MI8, at nil towns find two teachers schools in the county. Seventh grade examinations, T'hurs day P. M April 11, May 9, nt nil towns and two teachers schools iu the conn ty. Seventh grade pupils may tatte thoir c-hnlue of dates. . OKRTiumn L. Coos County Sup'. m m Pawnee The inin that occurred me day ln.t Tteelr wat, a most welcome visitor, put ting the ground in good shape for the owing of oats, also the garden. H vrill speed up thu growth of wheat and pasture. k, , Mrs. M A. LHtutabrar.il returned from Lincoln, Nebraska, last week alter spending u few days visiting friends in that city. The Ryan boys and Jay 1-iumlabrand finished the seeding of a Urge actenge of o,ts lust week uud then started to un their cane plow,-, with full velocity. They say plowing goes lino since the r.ilns, lierb Harber was in Rod Cloud one day lajt week, purchasing seed pota toes, eto., and on Ills way home he thought a lanv of horses from Jim . Apilmtn. Tho people in general nro pretty .luny at various occupations preliminary to com planting, hauling manure, planting potatoes, feucing anil disclug, while the women folks are (starting in tut) eariX'St ami getting riglit down to business in making gardens and rais ing chickens. Mr. unil Mrs. E. Myers, Mr. und Mrs, It. Myers and Mr. and Mrs. E Nelseeii and family wore vMcoi of Mr. and M.C!. Tat ijouldlo last Sunday. Harry Drown and Thistle Francis have rented the Jorry Dunno place, each renting an tighty. Mrs. Klnior Spurrier left here some time ago for Illluols, where her mother iv dangerously sick. The Keigle boys thrashed 20) bush els of u-mo for Jay LeaiUbrand over a week uro. Tho grain Is of a superior quality. Raymond Mohler arrived from Yuma county, Colorado, but aims to remain only a tew day, as he must return to do homo fencing and see to his stocic, A revival at Pawnee was held, at the Pawneo I'nion ohurch, which last ed for eight days and lurmluitud last Sunday. The people of this vicinity oneo more had the pleasure of honrlug and having iu their midst the much noted lecturer, orator and patriot in the pel son of Rev. L.S Terry of Chase county, Ne.br. The people qf I'uwueu and adjacent township, both young and old, turned out in largo numbers billing the large edifice, to its capacity each evening, The Hti. gentioman styles Ids ohurch "Christ' Church" and spoke from tho various texts with great emphasis, illustrating maiiy of ids statements by diugrams and al ways simplifying 'his remarks iu lan guage that the very youngeBt could understand Needless to say the meet ings throughout from start to finish wero a complete sucooss and instruc tive and many couvorts wero brought ' to Christ. Volunteers Wanted Every Thursday at two o'clock p. m. tho Hcd Cross headquarters at tho Auld Public Library lecture room will be open for tho making of hospital garments by volunteers. No expense, everything furnished by tho Chaptor. Do not wait for a personal invitation. If you can spare only an hour at a time come and work that hour.- tf INAVALE Dr. Packwood was in town Toothy Mrs. Art Myers spent Tuesday in in Hcd Cloud. Tho W. O. T. T. nlot Tuesday at, the Oduncll of Derensc lliilldfng to few. Mrs Stella Kennedy ntitoert to Rod Cloud Monday afternoon Olareneu and Con Wilson shipped cat lo to Hat sas OltyTuesdny morning Hnstls Uran anil wife arc tlin proud pirents of it baby boy botn, Sunday night Roy SUelmey and family, Rnjph and wife ami Guy of Rwlln,pimt. Sunday In luatnle. Charley Hunter nutoed to Hastings Sutidny and his wife leturned home wltti him. Frank Kiilcnid dehorned cattle for Will Tupham, III Dunn and Cljdo Wick wire Tuesday. Flora Tlenoreanie iu fiom Iowa Moi day morning to visit her giand-parenls Mr. und Mrs. A. 0. Halo. Mrs. Chas Hunter went to Hastings Sntuiilny tuouiing tohnvt: dental work -done. Clms. Strong of Cnlbertsnn, visited his brother,' A. 10. Strong the (lrAtof the week. h Joe Tophain of Red Cloud spoi t Monday ulght and Tucsdnv with his son, Will and fHinily. The M. E. Sunday School sent a ease of eggs to the M. E. Hospital it Omnlm, this week. BLADEN Miss Dcrnicc Tucker spent the week with iter parents at Holbrook. Miss Nellie Curts of Lawrence vis ited at the J. E. Davis home this week. Miss Helen Springer spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. Dolphy Clark of Hastings. Mrs. Willard Rundbcrg of Ong vis ited at tho Vcston Robb home the last of the week. Miss Ethel Peterson visited Satur day and Sunday with relatives at Wray, Colo. n Miss Ethel Blackburn spent Satur day and Sunday with her parents who reside near Wilcox. I. O. Perry was down from Wilcox over Sunday visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Harry 'Cramer and son, Austin, visited relatives here on Sunday, returning home to Red Cloud the same day. Mrs. I. D. Walburn passed away on Sunday at ten o'clock after a pro longed illness of, several momMis Tlje funeral, was held, Wednesday ,,a, tjic Mi.E..'iurch, ,;wl ' , , ", Considerable excitement prevailed in this community Saturday and Sun day as ;q' result of the burglarizing of the .Rhea Mercantile Co.'s store Fri day, evening. Th,c store waa entered from, tlio,i;car and over a hundred dolr lars' worth of goods taken, among which were shoes, suit cases, candy gum, cigars and other miscellaneous articles. Bloodhounds were brought up from Beatrice and placed on the trail but lost the scent and wero un able to trace the miscreants any fui thcr. While driving to church Sunday ev ening in his car Frank Spence,' a far mer living south of town, accidentally collided with Harvey Jones aged nine, who was riding a bicycle. The youth was thrown from his machine and tho car passed over him, breaking one wrist. He was bruised up badly, but no serious injuries were received. jt Man Wanted For cooperation iu putting on can palgn for sale of eastern Colorado lauds. A large tract of choice land owned under deed by reliable and thoroughly equipped Nebraska men. You need not be experienced, but mint have good standing and able to glv at loast half your time. If you can quail, fy advhe at once with full particulate EVN Woixvr.n, Hotel LeGrand York, Nebraska. Weather Report For the month of Match, 1918 Mean temp. 4!t degrees. Max ' temp 70 degrees. Date 10 and 2. Mill, temp. 17 degiees. Date C. Total preoip. O.so. Total sno.fall, Trace. No. of day clear 1. Partly cloudy 7 Cloudy 0. Thunder storms 2'.Uh. Auroras 7th. Prevailing wind direc tion, north west 11 days. Hainfa'l since January 1st, '-.3;i. Chah. 11. Lrm.ow. Fancy Shades Not Wanted Tho state inspector of Red Cross goods at Omaha calls the attention of all knitters to the following: No sweaters, socks, or helmets con taining fancy colors aro acceptable. If you wish to knit for our boys ubo only khaki shades, natural shades, grey shades, black, whito or navy. Socks should mcasuro at least 11 inches from tip of heel to tip of toe. Sweaters should mcasuro at least 17 inches across chest. The officers. Governor's Keith Neville Urges Supreme E Enviable TO TIH3 PEOPLE OF NEBRASKA: To moot tho vast financial demands Inoidonl to tho profiecutlou of Amorlca's stupendous,. war program, tho Epvornmont wlll,shortly call upon tho people of tho nation for subscriptions to tho Third Llborty Lonn. i Tho response of tho patriotic people of -Nebraska lo tho previous calls of tho government In' nil plmsoo of war work has beon a,most enviable one. Our quotns for tho army and for tho navy hnvo been ovor-onllslcd; our obligations 'to the Hcd Croos and kiildiod organiza tions hnvo been fully satisfied. In the last Hcd Cross campaign Ne braska stood first per capita of population among nil the states of tho Nation. In the-.recent campaign fpr tho sale, of Thrift Stamps .Nebraska s again excolIeiTall our Blstor,,state3, on' a per! capita" basis. Our people havo readily responded in'-tho previous campalgn'for tho salo ' of Llborty Bonds, and I earnestly urge upon the patriotic Ncbrnskans thnt thoy make n supiemo effort lo ccllpso tho stato's previous' re sponses to our country's calls by muklng (ho coming Liberty Loan Campaign not only tho banner one for Nebraska, but for the Nation as well. THE THIRD LOAN. ' By WALT MASON. i Now onco again you'll havo a chance to buy yourself a bond, and help tho aliica out in Franco, In Belgium und beyond. In April now our Uncle SanV will Htnrt another loan, and are you ready, aa'I am, to put up plunk and bono?! It's little we old genlB can do to help our armies win, but we cun certainly! come through with packages of Mil? Whon everything Is said and done, 'tis wealth will win tho scrap, and thoro should bo a flow of "mon" from overy loyal chap. You aro not nHkeiUto glvo away or sacrifice your dust; you lond to Uncle Snm nnd, say, he's Biirely safe to trust! You nre not asked lo lend for fun; good interest you receive; if you've no bonds, when war "is dono, you'll rend your robo and grieve. Ah,. then you'll hang your head In, shame and sound a doleful noto; you did not help to win the game and get tho Prus sian goat. But therb Is norto with soul so dead ho will not buy a bond, e'en though ho has to cut out' bread, and see his cookstovo pawned. Let's march up cheerful, blithe nnd quick, and buy, and buy, and buy; for thus we'll make' the Teuton sick, nnd soak him In tho eye. - Copyright 1D1S by Qcorge Matthew Adams THE WORLD AND YOUI ' The German Autocracy has said: "What else matters but victory for us?" Humanity says: "What-else matters but the safety of tho world for Free dom, for Democracy, for Women, for Children, for You?" i CAPTURED FARMERS. The farmers of captured France Belgium, Italy and Montenegro are bear ing the Kaiser's burdens. Tho Prussian, military boot trampled under foot tho mrala homes, mnklng the captured farmers slave for the armies thut over-ran them and wrecked their homes. America is but across the sea from tho spirit of a soulless monarch. It is not that far, for the emissuries of the German army are planted In this country and the spies of Autocracy are about us. To the farmer of America who" has prospered there Is but one sulvatlon the lending of his surplus to the Government that must assure safety for the American homestead. jij. i ii'ii 1C Help yqur Government hinder Urn ponds. i ,. A SOLDIER'S PL-EA I'm wondering ns I sit here iu the trench's slime and mud, A,-llstcnlng to tho bullets with thoir whistle and thoir thud; jf' , I'm wondering how the stuy-at-hoines would feel If thoy were hero; 1 wonder what they're dojng that will bring the soldiers cheer. Are they sitting home of evenings, feeling snug around the fire, Jingling money in their pockets;' every comfort they deslic? Like us not they're talking wnr talk, wishing that the strife would cease, But 1 wonder what they're doing thnt will holp to bring on peace. Of court-e tho shops must flourish, und of course the crops must grow, For It takes a lot of eats lo keep,Hie army on tho go. But thu tiling that's got me guessing is just how the profit's spent Ate they banking every dollar are they hoaidlng eery eent? I'm told that my America is asking for a loan; That they're selling U. S, Bonds, tho Bafcst thing a man can own. I'm telling you they're slackers back at homo If they don't buy, And a slacker Is a traitor In the U. Tho dollars that are loafing over home Bhould go to work Tho governmont.thnt made them didn't mean' to let them shirk. For if tho Hun should win here and go over 'cross tho pond, Every Yankee would l egret the day he didn't buy a bond. A Soldier In Franco. w4M..t-..-tMtwt.ll.wtwti-.iwtt- NoBlueSky inThis Put your Money where i? it is safe in Bonds , of your own country We aro at Wa YburGove"mmetvt' i Must Have Money to Win the War anl Must Have it NOW VVAAAAASAA Proclamatioa fort to Cc'ipss State' Already Record KEITH NEVILLE, Governor "I'," Huns. You can do it b'ybuying" Liberty r ! ": I '... FOR .THE LOAN a. soiuier'B eye. &' A MR. SIMPKINS PAYS ' HIS INCOME TAX By ROBERT McBLAIR. Mr. Simpklns gazed nt the portrnlt on the wall (111 his eyes filled with tears. It Was a portrait of his father, Colonel Hlmpklns, who hnd four times been promoted for valor during tho Civil Wnr und had died bravely on the Held of action. Mr. Simpklns' .throat ached now for two reasons: First, ho rpvcronccil and adored the memory nt his father; secondly, his it go and his eyes nnd his game leg wouldn't let him o to wr.r htmsolf. And ns he observed (he innrtlul henrtng and uncompromis ing gnzo of Colonel Simpkljis he saw, in Inutgtnntlon, thu hhnklHnd huls ul tho new rod era (Ion mnrrhlng forth and crossing three thousand miles of sea to fight, maybe die, for liberty. Mr. Simpklns peered nrouud to mnke sure thnt neither Boss nor John (who wero nt tho tensing nges of sixteen and seventeen) were whero they could see him, then ho straightened ami throw his right nrm up for u snlitc. But his gouty shoulder twinged, nnd he groaned, lie couldn't even salute. "Danml" said Mr. Simpklns, nnd with his other hand fiercely twirled his white mustachlos. Ho turned and limped Into the li brary nnd snt down Tcnklly before tho mahogany desk on which were lying tho blanks for his Income tax state ment, blanks which he had rather grumpily got from (ho Internal Hevc nuo officer only that day' after lunch' con on his way home from the club. Mr. Simpklns' Income for 11)17 hnd amounted to Just about $15,000, nnd hq had been, rather snuppy on the subi Ject of tnxes ever since he hnd dlscovt ercd thnt the more Incomo n man tins tho greater the pcrceningc of It ho pays In taxes. He could think of sev eral men who, like himself, wore mar ried nnd hnd two children, and yot, although their Incomes were nearly half of his, thoy would pay only a small fraction of the amount he paid. Ho gloomily drew the blank nearer and began filling In the Information that It asked for. As Mr. Simpklns Income was $15,000 he hnd to figure out the amounts pny nblo on each of the successive smnller classes of incomes In order to arrive at tho total due from himself., He passed over the llrst class who must pay tnxes, that Is, single men making over 1,000. His calculation for mar ried men then showed up ns follows: First, they pay U per cent, (under tho 1010 luw) on nil Income over $4,000, deducting $200 for each of their children under eighteen yenrs In Mr. Simpklns' ense this wus $1212, which ho put down In the "payable" column. He saw next that, under the 1017 law, married men pay an additional '2 per cent, on all over $2,000 with Hie .saiuii. allowance for children. This urtde$($2C2 to hlsppynble" column, jf growing larger wnn encp jump. Tins iyns $200 ,moro. added to his burden, imr $720' more. The total, then, ho must pny was four teen hundred and thirty-four dollars. "Whew!" exclaimed Mr. Simpklns, angrily. "There's young Henry Wll klns, who married Jake Johnson's girl, he ma lies $2,000 nnd he doesn't pay a cent, of taxes. I guess this Is his war' as well as mine I" Thinking of young Henry Wtlklns, he remembered that Mrs. Wllklns went every afternoon to mnko bandages for the Hed Cross and that Henry, who wns a lawyer, wns aiding (he Local Draft Hoard with lis questionnaires. '.'Well," ho admitted to himself, "(hat makes a difference." He thought next of Judge Wlllnugh-, by, whoso income wns about $3,000. "Ho" only pays $20," commented Mr. Simpklns, not qUIto so nngrlly this, time; nnd then a thought struck him nnd he snt up rigidly In his chair. Judge Wllloughby's son hnd been drowned on the Tusrnnla when It was submarined with the loss of two huu-t died soldiers. "Judge Wllloughby gave his son to America," muttered Mr Simpklns. ' He leaned forward suddenly nnd put his face in his hands. Tor a long (line Mr Simpklns snt very still In that position. There wns no sound In the library except tho ticking or tho lull clock and nn occa sional (rill of. laughter from tho chll dren skylarking upstairs. The square of Unlit on tho carpet graduully with-' drew Usclf through I In- window, nnd, tivnl twllluht and then darkness settled Iu about the quiet, white linlred, some-' (lines Irascible old man. Mr, Simpklns was thinking (hlngs which ho would never afterward speak' of, he was thinking things' thnt were' (oo sacred ever (o ho put Into words. Hut some Inkling of his thoughts may bo found In his rejoinder to Mrs. Simpklns when thnt placid lady camo In nnd turned on the, lights, and naked hlm-whcthcr ho wns ready for dinner. "Judgo Wllloughby's only son was1 worth as much as fourteen hundred nnd thirty-four dollars, wasn't he?" I Mr, Simpklns demanded of her. As his wifo, who was not unused to! his superficial Irritations, watched hlra In mild astonishment, Mr. Simpklns; limped out to thu hall and took hls old felt lint and silver-headed enno' from the hat rack, Letting himself out luto tho foggy evening, he tapped his way down to the corner, und nlulled his1 Incomo tax statement und check with I his own bunds. "Now, Cod be thanked," said Mr. Simpklns as tho lid chinked shut over Ids' missive, "I can do this much for my country, anyhow," $,2,000' Jump Ifi tysnco'meVycr $.,000 tie, had to pay'h Surtax, the percentage AiiuHon top if ju jius, Vnm,e an "kx cespt Prpflts" tn$ 9f 8 per cent, on 'all 'occupation" Income.' over $0,000. nink- J,, -, Maritime Miscellany. One of the minor and yet exceeding ly Important nrtlclcs entering Into tho construction of a- wooden ship Is tho ''knee." A ship knee Is n right-angled wooden brace used to glvo strength to tho framing nnd Is fashioned from tho natural crook of a tree formed by a henvy, shallow, horizontal root nnd n secllon of Iho trunk. Knees when fin ished nre sometimes ns much ns six or seven foot high nnd mnny of them nro four foot high. Tho tremendous impc- fus to wooden shipbuilding brought about by the wnr hns resulted Iu tho ostnhllKhmrnt of n sawmill nt Port land, Ore., designed .exclusively for tho finishing of ship knees, Tho timber preferred in second-growth Douglas fir, found growing In .shallow soil, so thnt the roots turn off at right angles lo the trunk nnd Ihtn glw the proper alinpe. A tract of timber that will pro duce live to seven knees per -acre Is considered n good location for a camp. Tho standardized wooden ship requires some two hundred knees of nil sizes, while nnothertypo of wooden ship, nlso under construction, requires more thnn ono hundred nnd sixty knees. In addi tion to (ho production of knees by tho special sawmill nt Portland, various operators are nlso getting out knees by the old-fn.shloncd method of bund hew ing In the woods. National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. Food After the War. XVhntover other blessings pence mny bring It will not bring Instunt relief to the masses who are now distressed by food shortage nnd Its natural conse quences, high prices. There will bo ns many mouths to feed when the arm ies are demobilized as there arc now. It Is true thut tiie fare of the soldier In most European countries is mora liberal than thut of the civil popula tion, but no statesman will take com fort In (ho prospect of masses of dis banded soldiers reduced to the level of civil undernourishment. And be sides, the civil populations thnt nro now enduring oemi-starvatlon uncom plainingly, recognizing that no relief can bo expected while the energies of their government lire engrossed by war, will be far less patient when pence returns. More food, not less, will be required In peace. The New Republic. Beautiful Surgeons. "The girls of India make the finest surgeons in the world," uccordlng to Dr. Mury Rlggs Noble of Colorado, re cently returned from India, where she has been professor of surgery In tho worann's medical college of Ludhtnnn. Doctor Noble Ik giving n course of lectures In Kansas City on "Patriotism and the Woman," particularly.' thu young woman. "The tremendous need for doctors .In India," sjild Doctor Noble, "has helped to produce them, for tho veiled women of (lie Knst will not have man physi cians to attend them, and many hnvo died rather Hum, be treated by a man. During lhj?M;rr.,phigu'r1hat raged in one of (heir cities a few years ago ten thousand women lost their Uvea because nt the lack of wdmiin physl chins nnd nurses to nttond-tlicil.' 'i ii "i a , ,o si ,r :i ' Sheriff's 'Sale ' .,! i" i pi X A Notice Ik hereby given, that under ami by virtue ot an order of sate Issued from tho olllccoi lMlth Ik McKcighan, Cleric of tho District Court of the Ten tli Judicial District, within and (or Webster County, Nebraska, upon adecreo Iu an action pending, therein, Wherein, I). M. HyndsLi plalutltr, and against J, F. KdwanU, defendant, I shjll ofTer for lale at public vendue, nccortUug lo tho terms of said decree, to tho nlglx-st bidder forcaih In hand, at the south door of the court house, at lied Cloud, In said WelMtcr County. Ne braska, (that being tho building wherein tho last term ot said court was holden) on tho Slnl day of April, A. I)., 1918, at ono o'clock, 1'. M., of said day, tho following described property, to-wlt: Tho Kouth Kaat Quarter (8. E. 1-1) of Section Fourteen) (14) Township Two (2) North, ItanRO Ten (10) West of tho Cth 1'. M Weluter County, Nebraska. " Given under my hand this 18th day of March, A. 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