RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
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ARE YOU WITH OR
AGAINST THE HUN?
Buy a Liberty Bond If You Would
Show the World Where
You Stand.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED NOW!
There Can Be No Such Thing as Neu
trallty on the Part of a True
American Citizen In This
Great War.
Dy RENE BACHE.
"Murder I"
It Is n cry for help. Whnt will you
do about It?
Thorp Is a kind of tnnn who under
Biich circumstances snys: "It "Is nono
of my business. I inn not called upon
to Interfere."
"Such a man calls himself a "peace
loving citizen" n pacifist, to use a
word recently popularized.
P.ut you know, and I know, that he
l only n coward. UN only anxiety Is
to keep out of dancer, no matter at
what .sacrifice f his manhood.
Kvcn though he knows that hl
neighbor's wife or child Is being at
tacked ho will not Interfere. It Is
"none of his affair." Ik-sldes. he him
Keif might get hurt.
The unprovoked Invasion of Helgluui
by the predatory Hun was exactly an
hIhkoiis to the breaking nnd enter
In of n penceahle man's home Ity
armed burglars. Theirs wns a crim
inal enterprise pure and simple.
Later It became manifest that we
were likely to suffer similarly In our
turn. In fact, the same criminals be
Kan to attack us. They killed our
people even our women and children.
So, much agalnbt our will, we wore
nt last compelled to fight. It over
there was a Just and righteous fight,
It Is ours In tlds war. Will you per
aonnlly stnnd aside, playing the cow
ard's part, or will you help?
Buy a Liberty Bond.
If yon cannot do your bit with bomb
and bayonet, you can help very Im
portantly hy buying a Liberty bond.
Would you prefer to help the kaiser
nnd his gang of professional murder
era? Yon can do so by refusing to help
your country with your money.
There cap be no such thing as neu
trality on the pnrt of an American
citizen In this war. Either you are
a patriot or you are a traitor. Which
of the two shall you choose to bo?
If you refuse your help, nicrolj
standing nslde, you are actually aid
lag the kaiser. You are the accom
plice, at least constructively speaking
of the greatest criminal since Nero
Do you approve of the rape of Hel
glum and the ruthless slaughter of Its
Inoffensive people?
If not, then show It by buying a
Liberty bond.
Do yon approve of the wholesale,
violation of women and the mutllntlnn
of little children?
If not, then buy a Liberty bond.
Are you In favor of the poisoning of
wells, of shelling unarmed and help
less people In open boats, of Indis
criminate warfare upon noncombat
ants? If not, then buy n Liberty bond.
You Are For or Against.
You cannot compromise with your
conscience In this matter. Either you
are for these things, or you are against
them.
Civilisation Is engaged In a desper
oto struggle against barbarism nay,
Indeed, something much worse than
barbarism, scientific savagery. It Is
a fight of right against wrong.
Do you wish to help the right?
Then buy n Liberty bond.
The happiness of your children and
of your children's children Is at stake
For there can be no happiness without
liberty, and liberty will cease to exist
If Prussian power achieves the ob
jects for which It Is now contending.
One word more. Do you believe In
n life that Is to follow this life? Do
you believe that your welfare In the
iieroafter will bo Influenced by your
conduct In your present state of ox
Islrnoo? Then how can you hope for happi
ness In the "next world" If, .In this
ntrugglo between right and wrong, you
deliberately cbor.se to stand with the
llun murderers against your God?
You are helping them If you stand
"neutral," and fall to help your coun
try. Make your choice. And, having
chosen, buy n Liberty bond.
BECAUSE SHE KNOWS
By AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR
of the Vigilantes.
She Is a fragile little elderly gentle
woman, a teacher by profession, an
Alsntlan by birth. During the sum
mer holidays of 1011 she eft her home
In Strnsburg, nnd came over to visit
her brother, In a suhurb of New York.
Kho hnti been hero ever since, too
proud to be n tax upon her brother's
slender means, and maintaining her
self by French lessons here nnd there,
gnvernesslng, helping mothers, and
other work to which -he has never
been nccustomed but which she does
with the true spirit of Franco. I have
heard yes, and Mt complaints
trickle nut and then dry up entirely
at the Mgbt of that gallant little fig
ure plowing Indomitably through thn
mow. Her earning", It hardly need
be said, are not largo, 'yet she has
bought a Liberty bond of each isue.
nnd l resolved to keep on as long ns
the war does.
TO GUARD AGAINST THE SPIES
Government Has Been Powerless to
Prevent Suspicious Goings
Washington Supervision of rravoi
ot American cltlcns so as to guard
tho country against spies nnd othor
enemy agents Is provided under broad
powers conferred by a bill pending In
tho house with tho administration and
foreign affairs committee ns Irs spon
sors. It Is Intended to give necessary
supplemental authority to tho govern
mont to watch Its borders and act
quickly where present laws nro Inado
quato and to follow, In prlncplos, at
least, tho precautions taken In Eu
rope. Need of tho loglslaturo Is consid
ered pressing. Recently thero have
been numerous auspicious departures
for Cuba which It wbb Impossible for
this government ro present. Other
Individual cases of entry and depar
ture nt various points haxo excited
tho greatest nnxlety. This Is par
ticularly true of tho Mexican border,
passngo across which cannot legally
bo restricted for many types of per
sons reasonably suspected of aiding
gcrmany's purposes. Thn bill will be
urged In both houses as un emergency
war measure
Missing "Cyclops" Still a Mystery
Washington. Diligent search by
naval nnd merchant ships has failed to
disclose the slightest trace of the miss
Ing naval collier Cyclops and with the
passing of tho sixth week slnco
the vessel sailed from Dnrbadocs for
an Atlantic port, belief Is growing nt
tho navy department that In sonic way
she has been destroyed or captured by
tho enemy. How this could have hap
pened no ono professes to know, but
officials regard it as almost impossible
that any accident could havo caused
tho sea to 'swallow up tho big vessel
and tho 293 persons on board without
leaving u trace Some think sooner or
later an enemy announcement will
clear up tho mystery.
To Heed Home Rule Cry
London George N. Harnes, labor
member of tho Drltlsh war cabinet
without portfolio, announced In the
house of commons that tho govern
ment intended to introduce n homo
tulo bill immediately and would uso
every pressuro to pass It. Mr. Barnes
announced that the Lloyd-George gov
ernment would resign If tho house of
lords refused to pass the new home
rulo bill.
Premier Lloyd-Georgo said: "It Is
dcslrablo in tho interest of tho war
that wo should scttlo tho Irish ques
tion nnd produce- something like con
tontmont in Ireland and good will In
America."
Dry Haw Constitutional
Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska's prohlbl
tory law Is "bone-dry," nnd the police
powers of tho stato can be Invoked In
rigidly enforcing It, the Nebraska su
premo court declares in nn opinion
handed down affirming the conviction
of Taul 13. Fitch, an Omaha druggist,
who was fined ?100 and costs for
having liquor illegally In his posses
sion. While the constitutionality of the
law was also Involved in tho decision,
tho decision assumes greator impor
tance as tho first Judicial interpreta
tion as to Just how far. tho prohibi
tion law goes. The dry law Is held
constitutional.
Budget Increased 40 Per Cent
Lincoln. Nob. Increased war activi
ties in tho University of Nebraska,
particularly in tho college of nrgrlcul
turo, resulted in largely lncrensed esti
mates for tho yearly budget presented
nt the meeting of tho board of regents
hero according to announcement by
Acting Chancellor Hastings. Tho
budget estimate for tho city campus
shows an increaso of about 25 per
cont and the budget nt tho farm 40
per cent.
Lincoln Man Tarred and Feathered
Santa Fo, N. M. Four hundred con
victs in the state ponitontlary tarred
and feathered and led around with a
rope about his neck Major John M
nirkner of Camp Cody, Doming, N. M..
held in tho ponitontlary as a federal
prisoner in default of ?5,000 ball. He
Is charged with violation of the espion
age act. Major nirkner, who was born
in nurcmherg, gcrmany, hut who has
been In tho military forces for moro
than thirty years, was arrested last
Friday nt Camp Cody, where ho was
nn ofllccr in the 127th nrtillery
Omaha. A conslderablo sum oi
money 13 still duo Nebraska soldiers
of tho Spanish-American war from the
stato for service in 18!)8, boforo thoy
were mustered Into tho service or the
United States. This monoy'is in tho
hands of tho adjutant general for dis
tribution to tho individual veterans,
in amounts ranglnjr from 80 cents to
535.
Washington Twolvo thousand se
lective service men, In addition to tho
lfiO.OOO nlready called, will ho called
to start for training camps on April
S6
Bolo Pasha Goes to Death
Paris. Bolo Pasha has boon oxecut
6d at Vlnconnos.
Paul nolo, whoso carcor has been
closed by tho French government! was
born in Marselllos. Ho studied for tho
law, but forsook that honorable profes
sion for occupations which wore varied
and hazardous. Ho was arrested Sop
tumbor 29, 1917, for receiving money
from Germany for uso In peace propa
ganda. After his arrest, thoro camo
sensational disclosures of his activities
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NEBRASKA TO HAVE 100 PLANT3
IN OPERATION THIS YEAR.
FREE BULLETIN AVAILABLE
Extension Service Behind Move
Scarcity of Canning Receptacles
Makes Project Imperative.
Plans to have one hundred com
munity drying plants in operation In
Nebraska this summer are being tnuclo
by the agricultural extension service
of the University of Nebraska. These
plants will follow the same general
lines of tho driers which proved so
I successful In a number of Nebraska
communities last year. In most
cases the driers this year will ho es
tablished with funds furnished by
towns or civic oiganrutlniw from
plans furnished free of charge by the
extension service.
Their otnbli.-hnicnt will menu that
any fondly can take Its produce to I lie
nearest drier and for u charge of two
to live cents u tray have It dried for
winter use. With a natural scarcity
of tin cans and glass Jars, these driers
will do much toward handling prod
uce which otherwise would be wasted.
So successful were the plants estab
lished last season Hint the United
States department of agriculture do
votr 1 n bulletin, No. 010, in Its Farm
ers' Itulletlii series to community dry
ing. This bulletin Is available for
free distribution and may be obtained
either on application to the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington, or
to the agricultural extonM n xcrvlco
at Lincoln. Neb.
The first plant established in the
country was erected in North Lincoln,
Neb., last June. Later plants wore
built In Fremont, Omaha, and Uni
versity Place. Nebraska, and In Conn
ejl r.lulYs and Clldden, Iowa. In North
Lincoln 7,r families inado UM'-'of the
plant and 1.1S0 trays of fruits and
l vegetables were dried. Al Fremont
1r0 bushels of fruits- nnd egef uble
were handled and the plant was kept
going night ami day.
The drying plant .recommended to
FIRST PLANT IN
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mlmm&mgWKWKKi community on yino plant JarMrwjKKKSa
ff MiTifflffl t 1 1 nBtlliiBr
Community Drier, established In North Llncol.i last summer. It Is expected
that upwards of one hundred of ihoso plains will be In use throughout
Nebraska during Ibis summer.
communities this year consists of a
cabinet about 1U feet long, 2 feet high
and JHfc feet wide. The bottom of
the cabinet may be mnde of llnurlug
or ungrooved celling. Tho sides and
top may be made of the same material
or of "compo" board. Tho top of the
cabinet Is closed by hinged doors or
removable sections to enable the low
ering of the trays into the cabinet.
The cabinet is divided Into live sec
tions, four of which are large enough
to acconnliodato two stacks of drying
trays of ten each. These trays are ol
convenient size for community drying
being 1 feet wide, feet long, -Inches
deep, made of half-inch inn
terlal for sides and braces, and pearl
wins screen for bottom, with wire
screen at one end. An exhaust fan I
placed at one end of the cabinet in
tho fifth section. This 'fan may !
operated by electricity or by u ga
line engine, and the air shouhl be ,-eccntly by the rnlvuislty Farm show
drawn thru tho cabinet at a rapid ,.,, mt N,,,mi!.Kll M)f, 00,. XVMS f,.,i
rate. The end opposite the fan I- im profit' Iiim winter. Of live lots of
covered with ordinary wire screen. i .-attlo olil. Hiom- fed snapped soft corn
that lies may be kept from the drying ,, ff w,.rc tho most prolltnhle.
fruit or vegetables. Nearly $'J0 a head was made on cltlo
A KUfllclent charge per tray Is made fed this ration. Cattle fed shelled
to cover cost of operation and the sal '"in and alfalfa made a profit of less
ary of the caretaker. The caretaker t iliim half this. sk.'-'U. Cattle fed
is at tho plant for two hours In the1 sihige, cotton-seed and alfalfa inado
morning, mid for about on hour in , 'ho smallest profit. SI. 10 a head. Cat
tho afternoon. She receives nnd de-He fed ground corn, cotton-seed and
livers vegetables or fruit at this time, i ground alfalfa made a profit of Sll
Tho patrons have their vegetables ami each. The silage fed cattle suffered a
fruits all prepared when they come to 'urge shrink In transit, ."0 pounds,
the plant. Two or three slicing ma- hllo the cattle fed snapped corn lost
chines nro provided for the conven but 18 pounds. Corn and alfalfa cat
ience of thoso who do not have them "b lost 128 pounds
Adopt Nebraska Gardening Plan.
The school garden army project In-
nuguriited by the United States Hu-
reau of Education, of the Department
of tho Interior, will carry out tho No-
braska plan of children's gardens, ac
cording to information received by
Director" C. W. Pugsley of the Ne
braska extension pcrvlco nt Lincoln.
The now branch of gardening nctlvlty
has nlready nsked for copies of the
Nebraska literature to use ns a model
In encouraging the children In othor
sections of the United States to take
up tho garden work.
at home. 1 Ivory person Is ured to
hao (vorj thing In readiness before
bringing to the plant, even to tho
slicing.
A KK) tray drying plant can bo built
complete for from ?-'(X) to if'J.'O. de
pending upon tho type of motor and
fan Hint Is used, anil upon the mate'
rial Usui In the construction of tho
cabinet. Complete plans for building
such a plant will bo furnished by the
Agiiiultural Extension Service, Unl
vorsii Farm, Lincoln, Nebraska,
upon request, and the Extension Serv
ice will be glad to help any commun
ity in the establishment of such u
plant
Discovery in Drying Vegetables.
A discovery which experts consider
of nun b value In vegetable drying
has i M iniiile by Mrs. Edith M.
Pail. a member of the North Lincoln
Coiiiiiiunlty club, the club which estab
lished the flrt community drier in
the m lie. Mrs. Park has discovered
flail !( icd vegetables which would not
ylci'l in the ordinary method of cook
In:: 'mi Is soaking III cold water
i nub! and thou cooking until Mi-
del
i'iih'
nnl
old be made palatable by
: in boiling water wllboiti.
: and adding soda. The ditll
cult tint of this method, and the purl
to 'm1i Mrs. Park Is devoting con
lltue ' effort. Is tho determination of
Ibe i .per amount of soda t be used.
The -Mini: of some vegetables, string
bi'iin. for ItiMiuiee, seemed almost a
fiillme until Mrs. Pari; made ibis b
coci Practically all vegetable tiro
sild ti yield to her ntelbnd.
Partners to Be Business Men.
'I he government has advised the
farm iiiuutigeuicnt department of the
Fnlw'isiiy of Nebraska Extension
Sen ice at Lincoln that t lie. American
fanner shall bo a business num.
"Not only shall the farmer keep an
account of his- receipts and expenses,
but lie Is urged to make an Inventory
of irniiiK on baud at tho beginning aiul
end of each calendar year. Jnsl like
the inei-ehant does.
The commissioner of Internal rev
enue lias advised the farm manage
ment department that farmers' net In
coiiic". limited from accounts kept
witli Inventories for the beginning
nnd end of the calendar year, will bn
facceptcd for tax purposes. Inven
tories taken each year In connecilon
with receipts and expenses will en-
THE COUNTRY
able the farmers to delerinlue their
exact Income. The farm lnanagoinent
department has given preference Hi
the Inventory system in record books
which they have been placing among
the farmers, but the government has
not until now scon III to advocate that
the fanner be as careful In ascertain
ing his Income as the business man.
I'mler this system a farmers' Income
will consist of his cash receipts plus
Increased value In his stock, shown
iliruNils Inventories. Under the old
system (he farmers' Income was
simply his actual cash receipts minus
Ids cash expenses for the year, no no
count being taken of 'amounts of
grain nnd stock on hand during tho
ear.
Soft Corn Profitable Feed.
I'ulMf, in nfl-fi, ml .it Swuitli (liiifilm
, L.....U ,MI,I. , ', . ...... i.........
, The extension service already has
l'" towns In sight which will hlro
paid .supervisors for tho coming year
ami about 1(K) towns which will fur-
nli voluntary supervision over the
bildren's garden work. This Is the
fifth year of extension nctlvlty nlong
this line. The funds which the ex
tension 'service 1ms available eonio
from tho department of agriculture.
The money available for the new
school garden army comes thru the
department of Interior. "Other agen
cles havo also started the same kind
of gardenln;r work among tho Juniors.
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There Is No
Monopoly
in the packing industry.
Swift & Company, al- M
though the largest packer, M
handles not to exceed
one -eighth of the total j
meat production of the g
United States. I
The fiye large packers
do not handle to exceed
one-third of the total meat
production of the United
States.
Swift & Company is not in
combination with any other
packeror packers to control prices.
There is very active compe
tition in the buying of live-stock
and equally keen competition in
the sale of dressed meats and
by-products.
1918 year book of interesting and
instructive facts sent on request
Address Swift & Company,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois
1 Swift &
Favorite Variety.
"Ave you going to raise Mowers in
your garden?" "Yes," replied Mr.
Crosslols. ".Mostly cauliflowers."
ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE DOES IT
When your nbors pinch or your coma nnd bnn
Icimh nclio pet Allrn'H Foot haitr, thn nntlneptlo
ponil it tour, till nken Into BhoeHnnlHpriuklel In
HiofooMiutli. (lli liiHtftiit relief to Tired, Ach
ing, Bwollfn, Tender fret. OverHX),000pnclmt!es
urn belnu iihrd liy the troopH at the front. Hold
very n licre.lSJc. Dtn't acctft ny luhlilutt.kif.
.'upld Is a i-orry loader. After lead
lug people Into trouble ho leaves Ilium
lo fight It out themselves.
ITnppy in tlie home whero Red Cross
Hall llluo i used, burc to picaie.
jrocers. Adv.
All
To make water taste hotter than
champagne eat salt fish about three
hours before Imbibing.
"Succcbh ts Hie bride of endeavor."
For
FAT&SOTiSM
'Actions
U. S. A.
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of
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Western Canada. Where you can bay good farm land
at $15 to $30 per acre and raise from 20 to 45 bushels
of $2 wheat to the acre it 'a easy to make money. Canada
offers in her provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
160 Acre Homesteads
nnd other land at very low
farmers from the U. S. or their
advantage of this great opportunity. Wonderful yields
also of Oats, Barley and Flax.
fully as profitable an industry as
schools; markets convenient;
Write tor literature anu particulars as 10 reuueea
railway rates to Supt, Immigration, Ottawa,
Canada, or to
W. V. BENNETT
Room 4, Dee Dldg., Omaha. Neb.
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Melancholy Precedent.
"We'll have to move on," said Eve,
sadly.
"Yon," replied Adam. "Whnt hurt
my feelings most is to ho the original
failure iih nn amateur gardener."
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Catarrh Is n local dlseauo greatly Influ
enced by constitutional condition!. It
therefore lequlrea constitutional treat
ment. HALL'S CATAUUII MUDICINB
la tnken Internally nnd acts through the
Blood an the Mucous Surfaces of tho Sys
tem. HALL'S CATAUUII MEDICINE!
doatroys tho foundation of the disease.
KlviB tho patient Btrength by Improving
tho general health and assists nature In
doing Its work. $10O.(K) for any case ot
Catnrrh that HALL'S CATARRH
MEDICINE falls to euro.
DruKBlnts 75c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Money Is like the pnrrot
talks at the right time.
-It Boldorn
"Tho right Is more precious than
peace."
ENOCH MORGAN'S
SONS CO.
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ECONOMY
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bold
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Free to Settlers
Drlces. Thousands of
sons are yearly taking
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