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iARE YOU WITH OR
AGAINST THE HON?
Buy a Liberty Bond If You Would
Show the World Where
You Stand.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED NOW!
There Can Be No Such Thing ai Neu
trality on the Part of a True
American Citizen In This
Great War.
--
By RENE BACHE.
"Murder I"
It Is n cry for help. What will you
do nhout It?
Thorc Is n Kind of mnn who under
such circumstances snys: "It Is nouo
of my business!. I nm not called upon
to Interfere."
"Such a man call himself n "peace
loving elllr.en" a pacifist, to use a
word recently pnpulnrbcd.
Hill you l:nov. and I know, that he
v only a coward. .Ill only anxiety Is
to keep out of danger, no matter at
uhnt sacrifice of his manhood.
Kvcn (IioiikIi he knows that his
neighbor's wife or child Is helm: at
tacked lie will not Interfere. It Is
"none of his affair." llesldes he him-n-lf
might got hurt.
The unprovoked Invasion of Itelglum
hy the predatory Hiiiih was exactly mi
alngous to the breaking nnd enter
Iiik of n peaceahle man's home hy
nrmed burglars. Theirs was a crim
inal enterprise pure and simple.
Later It became manifest that we
were likely to sttfTer similarly In our
turn. In fact, the same criminals he
Kan to attack us. They killed our
people even our women and children.
So, much against our will, we were
at last compelled to light. If ever
there was n Just nnd righteous fight,
It Is ours In this war. Will you per
sonally stand aside, playing the cow
ard's part, or will you help?
Buy a Liberty Bond.
If you cannot do your hit with bomb
nnd hnyonet, you enn help very Im
portantly by buying a Liberty bond.
Would you prefer to help the kaiser
nnd Mb gang of professional murder
ers? Yon can'do so by refiiblng to help
your country with your money.
There cap be no such thing as neu
trality on the part of an American
cltlr.cn In this war. Either you are
n patriot or you are n traitor. Which
of the two shall you choose to be?
If you refuse your help, merely
standing aside, you are actually ultl
-Ing the kaiser. You are the accom
plice, nt least constructively speaking
of the greatest criminal since Nero
Do you upprove of the rape or not
glum and the ruthless slaughter of Its
Inoffensive people?
If not, then show It by buying a
Liberty bond.
Do you npprove of the wholesale
lolntlon of women nnd the mutilation
of little children?
If not, then buy n Liberty bond.
Are you In favor of the poisoning of
wolls, of shelling unarmed and help
less people In open boats, of Indis
criminate wurfare upon noncoiiibat
ants? If not, then buy a Liberty bond.
You Are For or Against.
You caunot compromise with your
conscience In this matter. Hither you
r.re for these things, or you are against
them.
Civilization Is engaged In a desper
ate struggle against barbarism nay,
Indeed, something much worse than
barbarism, scientific savagery. It Is
u fight of right against wrong.
Do you wish to help the right?
Then buy a Liberty bond. -
The hnpplneKR of your children n.nd
of your children's children Is at stake
1'or there can he no happiness without
liberty, and liberty will cease to exist
If Prusslnn 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 welfnre In the
hereafter will b" Influenced by your
conduct In your present state of ex
istence? Then how can you hope for happi
ness In the "next world" If, In this
struggle between right nnd wrong, yon
deliberately chortso to stand with the
Hun murderers against your Ood?
You nrc helping them If you stand
"neutral," and fall to help your coun
try. Make your choice. And, having
chosen, buy a Liberty bond.
BECAUSE SHE KNOWS
By AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR
of the Vigilantes.
She In a fragile little elderly gentle
woman, n teacher by profession, an
Alsntlan by birth. During the sum
mer holidays of 1014 she left her home
In Strnsburg, and came over to vMt
her brother, In a suburb of New York.
She has been here over since, too
proud to bo n tax upon her brother's
slender means, and maintaining her
self hy French lessons here nnd there,
governesslng, helping mothers, and
other work to which she has never
been accustomed but which she does
with the true spirit of France. I have
heard yes, and felt -complaints
trickle out and then dry up entirely
at the sight of that gallant little fig
ure plowing liidomltablv through the
fctmw. Her earnings, It hardly need
be said, lire not large, yet she has
bought a Liberty bond of each Ismic.
mhI Is resolved to Keep on as long as
Jtio war does.
TO GUARD AGAINST THE SPIES
Government Has Been Powerless te
Prevent Suspicious Goings
Washington Supervision of travci
of American citizens bo as to guard
the country ngalnst spies nnd other
enemy agents Is provided under brond
powers conferred by a bill pending In
tho houso with tho ndtnlnlslrutlon and
foreign affairs committee ns Irs spon
sors. It Is intended to glvo necessary
supplemental authority to tho govern
ment to watch Its borders and act
quickly where present laws aro Inade
quate and to follow, in prlncplos, at
least, the precautions taken In Eu
rope. Need of the legislature Is consid
ered pressing. Recently there have
been numerous suspicious departures
for Cuba which It was impossible for
this government to present. Other
individual cases of entry and depar
ture at various points haxo excited
tho greatest anxiety. This Is par
ticularly true, of tho Mexican border,
passage across which cannot legally
bo restricted for many types of per
sons reasonably suspected of nldlng
germnny's purposes. Tho bill will be
urged In both houses ns an emergency
war measure.
Missing "Cyclops" Still n Mystery
Washington Diligent search by
nnval and merchant ships has failed to
disclose the slightest trace of the miss
ing naval collier Cyclops and with the
passing of the sixth week since '
the vessel sailed from Raibadocs for
nn Atlantic, port, belief is growing, at
tho navy department that In some way
she has been destroyed or captured by
tho enemy. How this could have hap
pened no one professes to know, hut
officials regard it ns almost Impossible
that any accident could hriVo caused
the sea to swallow up the big vessel
and the 203 persons on board without
leaving a trace. Soma think sooner or
later an enemy announcement will
clear up tho mystery.
To Heed Home Rule Cry
London Georgo N. Barnes, labor
member of the British war cabinet
without portfolio, announced in the
house of commons that the govern
ment Intended to introduce a homu
rulo bill immediately nnd would use
every pressure to pass It. Mr. Barnes
announced that the Lloyd-George gov
ernment would resign If the house of
lords refused to pass the new home
rulo hill.
Premier Lloyd-George said: "It Is
deslrablo In the Interest of the war
that wo should settle the Irish ques
tion and produce something like con
tentment in Ireland nnd good will In
America."
Dry Law Constitutional
Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska's prohlbl
tory law Is "bone-dry," nnd the police
powers of tho stato can bo Invoked In
rigidly enforcing It, tho Nebraska su
premo court declares in nn opinion
hnnded down affirming the comlctlon
of Paul B. Fitch, an Omaha druggist,
who was fined $100 nnd costs for
having liquor Illegally in his posses
sion. While tho constitutionality of tho
law wa6 also involved in tho decision,
tho decision assumes greater 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 the University of Nebraska,
particularly In tho college of argricul
turo, resulted In largely Increased esti
mates for tho yearly budget presented
at tho meeting of the board of regents
hero according to announcement by
Acting Chnncellor Hastings. The
budget estimate for the city campus
shows an Increase of about 2f per
cent and tho budget nt the farm 40
per cent. 0
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Lincoln Man Tarred and Feathered
Santa Fo, N. M. Four hundred con
victs in tho stato penitentiary tarred
and feathered and led around with a
rope about his neck Major John M
nirknor of Camp Cody, Doming, N M.
hold in tho ponltontlary as a federal
prisoner In default of $5,000 ball. Ho
is oharged with violation of tho espion
age act. Major BIrkner, who was born
in nuremborg, germany, but who has
boon in tho military forces for mnro
than thirty years, was arrested Inst
Friday at Camp Cody, whero ho was
an officer in tho 127th artlljery
Omaha. A considerable sum ol
money is still duo Nebraska soldiers
of tho Spanish-American war from the
stato for servlco In 1898, before thoy
wero mustered Into tho servlco of the
United States. This monoy is in tho
hands of tho adjutant goncral for dis
tribution to tho Individual veterans,
In amounts ranging from 80 cents to
?35.
Washington Twolvo thousand se
lective jicrvlco men, In addition to tho
ino.000 already called, will bo called
to Btart for training camps on April
2G.
Bolo Pasha Goe3 to 'Death
Paris. Bolo Pasha has heon execut
ed at Vluconnes
Paul Bolo, whoso caroor has heon
closed by tho French government, was
born in Marseilles. Ho studied for the
law, but torsook that honorahlo profoB
olon for, occupations which wore varied
and hazardous. Ho was arrested Sep
tember 29, 1917, for receiving monoy
from Gormany for uso In poaco propa
ganda. Aftor his arrest, thoro camo
sensational disclosures of his activities
PLAN Hit Die!
NEBRASKA TO HAVE 100 PLANTS
IN OPERATION THIS YEAR.
FREE BULLETIN AVAILABLE
Extension Service Behind Move
Scarcity of Canning Receptacles
Makes Project Imperative.
linns to have one bundled com
munity drying plums In operation In
Nebraska this summer nrc being made
by the agricultural extension service
of the University of Nebraska. These
plants will follow the same general
lines of tho dilers which proved so
successful In a number of Nebraska
communities last jcur. In most
cases the driers this year wilt be es
tablished with funds furnished by
towns or civic nrgnttl.iilloiis from
plans furnished fiee of ehaige by the
extension hi-rxict.
Their cMuhlMinicnt will mean Hint
any family tan take It.s produce to the
nearest ililer ami lor a charge of two
to live cents a- tiny hae It dried Cm
winter use. Willi a iiatur.il scarcity
of tin cans and glass Jars, these dilers
will do much toward handling prod
uce which otherwise would be wasted.
So successful were (he plants estab
lished last season thai the United
States department of agriculture de
miW I a bulletin, No. !)l(l, in Its Farm
ers' Bulletin series to community dry
ing. Tills bulletin Is available for
free distribution and may be obtained
either on nppll.ation to the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington, in
to the agricultural iMeni n service
at Lincoln, Neb.
The first plant established in the
country was erected In Norih Lincoln,
Neb., last June. Later plants were
built In Fremont, Omaha, and Uni
versity Place, Nebraska, and in Coun
cil Bluffs and (Hidden, Iowa. In Noiih
Lincoln 75 families made use of the
plant and 1.1SO trays of fruits and
vegetables were dried. At Fremont
ir0 bushels of fruits ami egetables
were bandied and the plant was kept
going night and day.
The drying plant recommended to
FIRST PLANT IN
Community Drier, established In North Llucol.. last summer. It Is expected
that upwards of one hundred of these plants will be In use throughout
Nebraska during this summer.
communities this year consists of a
cabinet about 1(1 feet long, 2 feet high
und 51 V4 feet wide. The bottom ot
the cabinet may be made of flooring
or ungrooved celling. This sides and
top may be made of the same mateilal
or of "compo" board. The top of the
cabinet Is closed by hinged doors or
removable sections to enable the low
erlug of the trays Into the cabinet.
The cabinet is divided Into five sec
tions, four of which are large enough
to accommodate two stacks of drying
trays ot ten each. These trays are 'i
convenient .size for community drying
being 1V4 feet wide, !t feet long, -'
Inches deep, made of half-Inch ma
terlal for sides and braces, and peail
who screen for bottom, with win
screen ut one end. An exhaust fan N
placed at one end of the cabinet in
thu-. fifth section. This fan may be
operated by electricity or by u gaso
line engine, and the ulr should be
drawn thru the cabinet at a rapid
rate. The end opposite the fan I
covered with ordinary wire screen, s,,
.that lies may he kept from the drying
fruit or vegetables.
A sulllclent charge per tray Is made
to cover cost of operation and the sal
ury of tho caretaker. The caretaker
Is at tho plant for two hours In the
morning, and for about on hour In
tho afternoon. She receives and de
livers vegetables or fruit at this time.
Tho pntrons have their vegetables and
fruits all prepared when they come to
the plant. Two or three silting ma
chines nro provided for the con veil
lenco of those who do" not have them
Adopt Nebraska Gardening Plan.
Tho school garden nrmy project In
augurated by tho United States Bu
reau of Education, of the Department
of tho Interior, will carry out the Ne
braska plan of children's gardens, ac
cording to information received by
Director C. W. Pugsley of tho Ne
braska extension servlco at Lincoln.
The new branch of gardening activity
has already asked for copies of the
NebrnRku literature to uso as a model
In encouraging the children In other
sections of the United States to take
up the garden work.
at home. Every person is uracil to
haxo oor thing In readiness before
bringing to the plant, even to tho
sib lag.
A UK) tray drying plant can be built
complete for from Jf'-'OO to ?'.!r0. de
pending upon tho typo of motor and
fan that Is used, and upon the mate
rial tisd In the construction of the
cabinet. Complete plans for building
such a plant will be furnished hy the
Agiii iilturnl Extension Service, Uni
versity Farm, Lincoln, Nebraska,
upon request, nnd the Extension Serv
ice win be glad to help any commun
ity In the establishment of such h
plnlit.
Discovery in Drying Vegetables.
A discovery which experts consider
of Kiinh value In vegetable drying
has in'cii made by Mrs. Edith M.
I'an, a member of the North Lincoln
'iimiunlty club, the club which estnb
1M d tho first community drier In
tin' tate. Mrs. Park has discovered
tleit ili led vegetables which would not
li''l to the ordinary method of cook
In i hat Is soaking In cold water
in- nit-lit and then cooking until ton
ibi Miuld he made palatable by
m In boiling water, without.
" ' ng ami adding soda. The dllll
ill- i nt of this method, and the part
to 1 1 ' i-l i Mrs. Park Is devoting cote
Hi i ' effort. Is the determination of
the I . .per amount of soda to be Used.
Tin i'ilng of some vegetables, string
hi-'iis for Instance, seemed almost a
finliMe until Mrs. Park made Ihlj. d(s-com-tv
Practically all vegetables nro
sin! in ield to her method.
Farmers to Be Business Men.
I he government has advised the
farm management department of the
t'nnersiiy of Nebraska Extension
Seulce at Lincoln that the American
tanner shall be a business man.
"Not only shall the farmer keep an
iicmimt of his receipts and oxpene,
but he Is urged to make an Inventory
of goods on baud at the beginning and
end of each calendar year. Just like
the merchant does.
i'l onimlssloner of Internal rev
enue has advised the farm manage
meat department that farmers' net In
comes, figured from accounts kepi
Willi Inventories for the beginning
ami end of the calendar year, will he
aciepted for tax purpose, luven-
i torles taken eaii year In connection
with receipts and expenses will en-
THE COUNTRY
able the fanners to determine their
eact Income. The farm management
department has given preference to
the Inventory s.vMoin In record books
which they have been placing among
the farmers, but the government has
not until now seen 111 to advocate that
the farmer be as careful in ascertain
ing his Income as the business man.
I'nder this system n farmers' Income
will consist of his cash receipts plus
Increased vnlue in his stock, shown
thru his Inventories. Under the old
system the farmers' Income was
simply his actual cash receipts minus
his cash expenses for the year, no ac
count being taken of amounts of
grain and stock on hand during the
venr.
Soft Corn Profitable Feed.
Cattle uiiuketcd at South Omaha
recently by the University Farm show
ed Hint Nebraska solt corn was fed
vlth profit last winter. Of five lots ot
uttle.sold, those fed snapped soft corn
mid alfalfa were the most profitable.
Nearly $20 a head was made on cattle
led this ration. Cnltlc fed shelled
orn and alfalfa made a profit of less
.1 1...1 ii.i.. od ii-i r...ji.. ...!
.mini l ill 1 1 nun, oo.-.i, nun! leu
, sdage, cotton-seed and alfalfa miide
ilie smallest profit, $1.1!) a head. Cut-
in- m-ii Krniiini i "i "i iiiiuii-M-eii mm
I ground alfalfa made a profit of $11
inch. The sllago fed cattle .suffered a
large shrink In transit, tin pounds,
hlle tho cattle fed snapped corn lost
lull 18 pounds, Corn and alfnlfa cat-
i ile lost 28 pounds.
The extension service already has
KM) towns in sight which will hire
p.ild supervisors for the coming year
and about 100 towns which will fur
nish voluntary supervision over the
children's garden work. This Is the
llflh year of extension activity along
this line. The funds which the ex
ti nslon servlco has available como
from the department of agriculture.
Tho money Available for the new
school garden army comes thru tho
department of Interior. Other agen
cies have also started the same kind
of gardening work among tho Juniors,
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There Is No
Monopoly
in the packing industry.
Swift & Company, al
though the largest packer,
handles not to exceed
one -eighth of the total
meat production of the
United States.
The five 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
Swift &
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Favorite Variety.
"Are you going to raise flowers In
your garden V" "Ves," replied .Mr.
Crossbill, "Mostly cauliflowers."
ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE DOES IT
When your shorn pinch or your cortm and bun
tmiH ache get Allen's Foot KnbO, the antiseptic
ponder to he bhnkru InlOHhorHiind sprinkled In
thefnot-bnlli. (I Itch Instant relief toTlred, Ach
ing, Hwollen, Tender feet. Over 100,000 packages
are. ticltiR iihimI lijr the troops at the front. Hold
eerj-iThiTf,25c. Don't anttt tm uiititmt.far.
Cupid Is a sorry leader. After lead
ing people Into trouhlo he leaves them
to fight It out themselves.
Happy In the home where Red Cross
DM1 Blue Is used. Sure to plenie. All
grocers. Adv.
To ninko water taste butter than
champagne eat salt fish about three
hours before Imbibing.
"Success is the bride of endeavor.'
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advantage of this great opportunity. Wonderful yields
also of Oats, Barley and Flax,
fully as profitable an industry as
schools; markets convenient:
Write for literature ana particulars as to reuucea
railway rates to Supt. Immigration, Ottawa,
Canada, or to
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"We'll have to movo on," said ICve,
sadly.
"Ves," replied Adam. "What hurts
my feelings most is to he tho original
failure as nn amateur gardener."
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Catarrh Is a local disease greatly Influ
enced by constitutional conditions. It
therefore sequlreu constitutional treat
ment. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE
Is t alt en Internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys
tem. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys tho foundation of the disease,
gives tho patient strength by Improving
tho general health and assists nature In
doing Its work. $100.00 for any case ot
Catarrh that HALL'S CATARRH
MEDICINE falls to cure.
DruKKlHts 76c. Testimonials free.
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Money Is like tho parrot It seldom
talks at the right time.
"The right Is moro precious thnn
peace."
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