s m Inavale Items Mcrsi-h Fred Arnold land Koscnn Birch wore Hotl Cloud visitors lust Wednesday. Alias Hnzol Nesblt spent Monday nf icrtiooii with Mrs. Morris Qront. Mrs. Marrow rind Mrs Onoy of tttvorton, visited Mr. and Mis (Jeo. Marrow Tuesday. Mrs, Yokum aii'l daughter wont to Hastings Tuesday to see Mrs. .lolin Oiimond, wlio is in the hospital ie ceivlny medical treatment. C'lms. Wuldo and Clyde Pitney wore pnsaoiiKors to KedJCIoud Tuesday. O.toar Madison lias moved into tlie property, which 1iu recently bought of U. V. Hastings. C2 Mth. Morris Oroat called on Mm. Nell INnter Tuesday. Miss Klla .Schnltlor called on Mrs. Win. Woirderly last Monday .evening Clyde Wlokwiro returned from tils trip to Colorado last Monday. He re portH no snow in that part of the country. Kev. liordcu returned from Omaha last Monday 'morning, whore ho had been attending u Missionary meeting. Don Cloud loaded his household goods this week and shipped them to Oklahoma, wliureho will locate the cominir year. Miss Nellie Uutlodgo was a passen gerto lied Cloud last Wednesday. Mrs. Nolle Hunter spent last Sunday with Mrs. Tad Humidors and family. Mr. and Mrs. C II. Burgess spent Sutidaj with Mr. and, Mrs. (leo. Mar row. Milton Mieheal is here from Lew ellen, Neb., visiting Lfrioiids and rela Uvea. Miss Hazel, Nesbit called on Mrs. Jas. Sllvey Sunday. Mr. and Mm. Hay Mayo are the proud parents of a liaby buy born Kelt. 1,1th. All parties doing well. Mr. and Mrs., E-jt'dor llieault urn moving to Ued Cloud this week Or val McCall is helping them. .Several farmers lost stock In the htorrn o Ust Tnnrsduy unil.'Kridny. H. H. Hunter, Cecil llcaiijfiind Mr. 4llolvorson were among the losers Jas. Arnold, deneva JMIUor, Kliner Fetty, Hallie .lames, Lylo Huundcis and llessle Schiinplt' wore among tho-e who took In the pictuio show last Wednesday evening nt tho Oriheum In Hed Cluud. Centenary Meetings Omaha holds the honor of outer talniug tho largest of live secttonal Methodist world program conventions in t le centenary meeting which closed its two-day session Wednesday night with victory bunijuets, In the First Methodist church and the Masonic Temple, .says the lice. Three Thou sand loA'a and Nebraska delegates at tended. This statement w is ruado by Jesse li. Murrell of Chicago, and others ol tin- centenary speakers. din- thousand laymen and women j uned hands about the tables in the Mas nic Temple dining hall in the clc "f the meet lug nnd lifted their v uk in hymns of praise for a success ful convention. It wan the largest bin ipiel ever held In Omaha. Four hundred miniteri held a sepa rate dinner in the Methodist church. A new epoch in Methodism and the e miug of a new ministry were her deil in the ministerial gathering, "The call f che hour is for a nw ininiitry with new standards, new programs of enterprise i'u the church mid new passions to beget sons of the gospel," declared Kev. (!. K. Ream. "Tho baptism of a now task has fallen upon the ministry." "There is too much canned spiritual' ism and ton much potentiality canned up In the laity," said Ilov. Claudls U Spencer. "These must bo overcome in tins new enooh." Capt. William G. Hardy of St. Louis, in the uniform of tho United States army, was given the greatest ovation in the laymen's meeting. "The men in uniform have learned to tight and they'll make the Metho dist church the lighting church, not with bayomots or bullets, but with tho Hplrlt of tho living God. We downed the brute with bullet and shrapnel, but we'll need the spirit of God to transform the petty man to one with tho broad world vision ' he said. "I'm not as pious as I used to be, but I feel the same Inside," he o ire red iu testimony of tho soldier's feeling in religious mutters. II. C. Ring of Cedar Ilapids, Iowa, gave mi excellent tribute to Abraham Lincoln. J.C. Fcunell of Columbus, Nobr., also spoke. A. V. Smith of Council 13 lull's presided. Speakers from Now York and Chica go olllces of the world centeuarv move ment, left on the late trains for Min neapolis, where the sixth of the na tional meetings opens this morning. It is recorded that up till 1918 a century ago there were still In exist ence strange animals who spat on the iloors of railway cars, Tho crowds In a badly ventilated hall thought thoy were cheering the speaker of the evening; but they were really applauding the grippe Jottings From a War Corre spondent's Notebook ; Dy Adam Drecde mss.n A It Is Impossible to give n good do ncrlptlon of Trance without hit virus matlo nt least ono special trip to that country for the express purpose ol studying tho country and Its ponplo Hut oven if that wvro done, war time would he the ono time or all times when such u trip should not he taken. However, aa I was only In France during tho most critical period of the recent wnr days I can apeak of Franco only as I naw it at that time. Of courno the best way to learn anything about Franco would ho to tako a special district its tho object of a single tour, give attention to Its history, associations and architec ture; for In climate, sconcry, rind characteristics of every kind the dif ferent parts of Frunco aro entirely un like each other. Nearly every town or any Import ance Ib made Interesting and Bug gimtlve by Its Individuality. There is n frankness and charm of character about tho French peoplo a a n whole that Is sure to make a most fnvorahlo impression upon nil visitors. Tho children llvo entirely with their par ents, for there aro no nurEorles In France. Unless a girl Is educated in a convent sho seldom loaves her mother's side until she Is married. So tho formation of character is left with tho mother. Tho hoyB do not participate In outdoor games hut contlno their amusement nnd play to the gym nasium; military drill has also been Impressed upon them. It is because tho hoys do not take to outdoor sports that good riders are very rare among them-hence when they seo the American cowboy doing stunts with a horse at a lllm show thoy sit amazed, and at the conclusion show their appreciation by giving n loud applause. . Tho young girls from French society arc seldom scon in public un less in company with their mother, flit her, or other near relative. From tho cradle sho has begun to learn to become a woman, to keep house, to receive and entertain visitors. And from her cradle her parents have he. gun to think about her dowry, which is considered :i necessity. It is said that when tho time for n French j;lrl'a engagement has come everything U carefully weight ! and considered by the patents. As for the girl, the seldom knows much admit her future husband before 3he is be trothed. It Is generally thought that tho parents kno.v what goes li make up a hnppy marriage better than the unsophisticated nmidcii. They think that if the hii-buml of their choice comes of good family, and their daughter's dowry is largo enough, love will follow the marriage cere mony. Hut, of course, those most In tel esied in I ho matter do not always "live happily ever after." it is also s-.tld that in most grout French houses, the prodigality which was eonside.cd necessary less than a century ago, has been exchanged Tor thrift and careful management. And of course during tho past four yeaw there hug been more thrift in Franca than was over known in tho history of that country. This Is sure to havo nil overlasliiig good olfect upon France and her people. Inmaiiy old faniillds, the necessity for inarryiuic nn heiress of tho bour geois1 '.cla. a to keep up tho ostate. has done' more than anything else to tear down tho barrier of atlstocrntlc ex c'.UBlvenesB. N Tho eastern part of France 1.- h"ia Interesting than western France, bit It Is also moro prosperous, a the sull is much richer. In Franco, like In America, the ono Idea of tho peas tut is to bo able to purchase a small farm and In eastern France most of tlie peasants havo succeeded Ik doin? this. The French are good farmers, and they till every foot of tholr soil. Tliey do not live upon their farms, hut live In u community renter which is called a hamlet or village. Iu these small places there Is n public well, also largo trough, or some kind ot a hollow vessel, where tlie villagers do their washing. And wash-day In a village is any thing but a weekly event, In truth washing Is done only ouco In four months and some plncoB once a year. It all depends upon how much elothlnrj u family has. In certain parts of France well-to-do farmers sleep with tho cowa, he- causo It Is co warm there Iu winter time, and in most places the cow.slied forms a part of the house. Tho manure pile Is tho front yard. By a slnglo glance one can discern the rich from the poor, as a runner's wealth Is determined by tho sizo of his manure pile. I have seen many boys from Hast ings, Adams county, and other parts of Nebraska, billeted In cow-sheds and stables and they were thankful for that. It Is estlmatod that thoro wore Iip rote tho war 5,500,000 cultivated farms in France, and Ave million of these were uuder six acres In size. The castlos ot Franco are almost Innumerable, and many of them are wonderful structures. And moro re markable still are the chateaux, n groat number of which -vere still in habited and kept up when war begun, hut In tho northern and north-custom part of Franco they wnr soon ued for army hoadquartcr and American oftlcoiB made themselves us much at homo In Jhem as anybody. OLOTFD. HMMMi Commissioners Proceedings i Keel Cloud, felnV j Fchrunry IS, 1910 J The County Hoard met pursuant to to adjournment with all members present. The hearing of the Sheppard clum age case was postponed until tho next regular meeting of tho Hoard. Petition of Ole Erickson and twenty four others for tho subdivision of Head District No. M'i, through the center of same, cast unci west, dividing this district into two road districts, the north half to he designated us Road District No. 14 U and the .south half as Road District No. ll'j, was grant ed. On motion Tom McMalion was appointed Road Overseer of Road Dis trict No. 12, in Glen wood Precinct. The committee appointed to settle with Ex-County Treasurer C. D. Robinson reported that they found Mr. Robinson had retained the sum of .$1-100.00 for clerk hire for the last two years. No allowance having been made by the Hoard for this term and purpose, it was a cptestion with the Hoard as to whether, under these cir cumstances, any allowance should bo made. Mr. Robinson appeared before the Hoard and after thorough discus sion it was moved and seconded that lie be allowed the sum of .$500.00 for clerk hire for the lust two years. Ayes Shidlcr, Kniggo and Hubatka Naycs Thomas and Waldo. Mr. Robinson accepted this proposal and turned back to the county the sum of 000.00, after which the auditing committee approved his report. At 2 :.'!() . m., bridge bids on file were opened and compared. Motion was made by Shidler. and seconded by Kniggo that action on tlie bridge bids bo postponed until next meeting. Reports of tho following overseers wore approved: Matt Dean, Onno M cents, August I.ampman, L. S. Sevciter, A. J. Guy, Atlolph Hart man and J. W. Hamilton. Motion made by Thomas and sec onded by Kniggo that John W. Tulleys ho employed to check up all the county oflices for the past four years, and to bo paid the sum of $100.00 for his services. Hoard adjourned to February 19th, at 9 it. in. H. F. PERRY, County Clerk. Red Cloud, Nobr. February 19, 1919 Board, as per adjournment, met at 9 a. m., all members present. The appointment of Bert Leonard as constable of Inavale precinct was approved. Following ofllcial bonds were ap proved: Conrad Quirin, Road Overseer, Dis trict No. Ifi's. James Keaglc, Road Overseer, Dis trict No. 9. A. llavtnian, Road Overseer, Dis trict No. 7. Lloyd Swcolon, Road Overseer, Dis trict No. TVs. Bert Leonard, Constable, Inavale Precinct. C. It. Rake'traw, Juctice of Peace, Glenwood P'-oeipct. On motion, C. A. Waldo, W. If. Thomas and County lUghviy Com missioner Geo. H. Ovorlng were ap pointed a commiUeo to investigate tho condition of tne road complained of by Jerome Vance, in his injunction be fore tlie District Court. Said commit tee to report their findings to the county attorney s.o that he can pre pare his answer to the court by March nth, loio. In tho matter of Bridge Bids mo tion was niude by Thomas, reconded by Waldo, that as the Omaha Struc tural Steel Bridge Co. were tho low est bidders they be awarded tlie con tract for all necessary bridges for Webster county for tlie year 1919. Carried. Motion by Kniggo, seconded by Thomas, that O. A. Arnold be allowed the sum of $125.00 as damages for hay lost by hi in by reason of fire. Carried. The following claims were audited and allowed and county clerk insruc tcd to draw warrants on proper funds in payment of same: GENERAL FUND W. Throckmorton .. .... S. B. Kizer - E. II. Ncwhouse.- Zion Institutions Red Cloud Chief K. W. Stevens Lloyd H. Hunter. School Dis. No. 61 Argus $200 00 5 00 1 7G .. 20 15 ... 49 00 .. 15 45 2 2-1 .. 8 00 .. 119 80 Smith & McKimmey -18 00 Mnlone-Gellntly Red Cloud Firo Dept. . Furmcrs Intl. Tel. Co. Dolly Dickenson .... K. S. Gtirbcr Bruce Eshcltnan. Annie B. Spanogle Seth F. Greene E. McBridc C. E. Vuughn O. O. Tcel 78 25 8 00 HO 00 15 00 2 70 4 00 41 GC ' 2 00 6 75 B 75 C 75 1 50 2 75 25 So 25 00 F. W. Endorf Thos. A. Friend A. T. Brutton Mrs. Jno. Williamson. E. W. Stevens L, "' Frank Soucck.. KI1 !U iu. 1 it Rlllilli, lifci Malone-Gollatly , Guide Rock Signal Jacob Schtihk 129 55 28 15 C3 31 G 00 7 00 19 98 G 00 12 29 24 11 10 00 14 GO G 00 5 00 7 00 18th, w P06 FARM FUND Ludlow. II. S. P. W, E. Halley . . A. Wu) branch A- Kent Yost Bros 12 29 C. A. Waldo W. II. Rosenerans Malone-Gollatly C. T. Dickenson CIiuk, Arnold H. R. Mruntzor Hoard adjourned to March 1919. H. V. PERRY, County Clerk Oliver Hedge Was There Hastings, Neb., Feb. 11 Armed with asenreh warrant Issued by Judge Snider upon the complaint of A. Gar diner, deputy couuty attorney, Shoriff Colo and Oliver Hedge, state agent, went to the farm near Hastings, where Clifford Martin lives, Tuesday morn ing and solzed ono hundred and two quarts of whiskey, which they found in the house. The liquor and Martin were brought to Hastings and the lat ter was lodged in the county jail. Tho authorities had been looking for bootleggers for the last two months and several rumors which were run clown did not bring any re sults. Stnte Agent Hedge says tlint Martin told them this was the third load that he had brought In from St Joseph since last fall, maltiiiK some of the trips by way of Kansas and others by way of Iowa. According to the state agent Martin told them that upon one of the trips he has brought in sixty-live Kallons of liquor in kegs, nun that he had sold at one hundred and forty dollar.s per keg Hedge alo mid that Martin told them that the protlts on the last load, a pur tlon of which was seized, would be S1,10. According to oflloials Martin said that he purchased tin liquor ill St Joseph. Mo , for $'2.27 a quart and retailed it for eight dollars a quart. From Bureau of Publicity Three prizes consisting of a S-'-IO Vlctrola and a four pieeo bed room suite worth ?U,0 for the ladies, and an olllee safe cabinet for the gentiernen. will be given away when merchants and their wives come t Omaha for Merchants Spriuir Market week, Mar. I to fl. KiitertHiiiineiit features nr ranged for to date are: Tueday even iug. reception v and musical nt the Omaha Chamber or Commerce; Wed Hesclny evening, buffet supper, theatre ti'arty and midnight, dunce at Hotel j'oiue; Thursday evening, dance, prize drawings and rorreshnieitfsi at Hotel Foutonolle. "The Auto Show which will be held in Umalia, Mareli H to I,i will mean more than merely a show in the iinii'.'.v and Auditorium proper," says Mr. Clarke t? Howell, Manager. A great many of the prominent dealers in Oiunnn have recently moved wit their own establishments: several now build-luir-i have been built which compare f'.ivoiable with the best in tho country Dealer as a whole arc cleaning up, d-Hi.'Oiating. anil gettinif ready for the show. There will be more cars on ex hibit this y nr than ever before. Late word has been received from the fac tories that many of them were not able to get oars out for the eastern shows but, they will lisivi thi-ni ready fur the western shows. There will ue'ually bo more l'.M'.i models shown at tlie Omaha show than any show In the country. The Annual Stato Conference of tho Daughters of the Ameiican Bevolu lion will be held iu Oiuahii Ma rob lfi to 'Jo at the Hotel Fonteuelle. Tills conference will bo made up of' dele gates from every chapter In tlie state, with State Regent, Mrs. E. (. Drake of Beatrice presiding. Omaha Chapter will entertain tho conference. One of tho Important features of the confer ence will he the election of n Stnte Regent. The week of February 10 to 1.1 was the banner convention week in the history of Omaha. Three thousand Methodist ministers and laymen at tended the World Program and Cen tenary meetings, and Omaha has the distinction of having the largest at tendance of nny of tho live sectional World Program conventions. The New Era movement inaugurated by the Presbyterian church brought over a thousand visitors; Farm ore' Educa. tional & Co-operative Untoti, Farmers' Kcpulty Union, Ilnlstein Breeders' As soclutlou and Nebraska Retail Cloth iers' Association had the best atten dance In the history or tlioso organiza tions. All told, it is Oitlmated that at least 8000 people came to Omaha for convention purposes during the weok. Ono sleepless night exhausts the body more than ten days of hard work. She ate a solid pound of candy every day and yet she belonged to a temper aneo sooiety. He never ate less than four 'meals a liaarifkjhevor walked more than a mll 'lii'-'thfe same tithe. And vet he B. W. Stewart Reappointed Announcement has been received from the Nebraska War Savings Com. mittee that Mr. B. W. Stewart of Keel Cloud, Nebr , has been reappointed Webster County Director of War Sav lugs Societies. Mr. Stewart has done line work during the past year iu or giiil.lngnrid holding together these cieties of our county. His work calls for special commendation as it was through the societies that a larjrr number of War Savings Stamps wore bought. It is the Govei'iuncut'b instructions Unit the societies remain intajt during HMO. Work by the Director and (lie oillcerH of socletios is getting well uu dor way. A tentative quota of S27, 500,000 lias been set for Nebraska. This Is 31,500,000 more than last year. Plans for the selling of this quota are now worked out and will be in the hands of the couuty olllcers at an early date. Watch this paper for furthor announcements but keep buy Ing W. S S. as the government still needs monoy to finish the job - m Bound Over For Trial The prisoners held hero for tho al leged stealingof the Henry Blank Ford car In Franklin, Inst December, had their preliminary hearing before the county judge last Tuesday and were bound over to the district court. A farmer by tho name of Reed, from near Inavale, identified tho men nnd the car us having stopped at ills placo after dark on that date for water foi the car. Henry Blank testified that he left liis car standing in Franklin about dark on that date and it was recovered by the police of Omaha, who arrested the prisoners with the car In tholr pos session. W. 11 Towel, an attorney from Lin coin, was here to defend the prisoners. The woman in the ciso was held over uiidor bonds as a witness in the case when It comes up for trial in the dis trict court. Bloomfleld Advocate. Hard Earned Wages An artist who was employed to re touch nnd renovate the great oil paint ings in an old church in Belgium rend erd n bill for SO" ,'10 for his horvices. 'Hie church wardens however, required an itemized bill and the following was duly presented, audited and paid. For correcting tho Ten com mandments $ .1.12 For renewing Heaven aim ad justing stars S 7.11 For touching up purgatory and restoring lost souls 15 00 For brightening up the flames, of Hell and putting new tail on the devil, and doing odd jobs for tho damned r.ii For putting new stone in Dav id's .sling, enlarging head of Goliath For mending shirt of the prod igal son and cleaning his ear o.i it : no For embellishing Pontius Pil ate and putting new rlbhui on his boiinot it o2 For putting new tall and comb on Potor's rooster 2 "20 For repliuniiig and regibiing left, wing of tne guardian ungol 5. IS Fji-washing tho servant or tho High Priest and putting car mine on his cheek For taking the spots off tho sou of Tobias For putting ear rings In Surah's eais For decorating Noahs ark and putting new head on Shorn.... 02 Kl.CO 5.20 i.:n Total It is belter to be warm than to fashlounble. Warm beds and opan windows make the eyes clear lu tho morning. To call I). W. Griffith's supronio triumph "Hearts of tho World" a pic turo play is more thau tin injustice, it is almost r sacrllogc. "Hearts of the World" Is a thousand times more than a photo spectacle, it is the story of the greatest war the world has over known, told in a way more gripping nnd im pressive than the printed or spoken word could ever make it. "Hearts of the World" Is tho war Itself. Tho title tells the whole story, it is the up pealing voice of humanity crying out for justice and liberty. At the Or pheum Saturday, Feb. J2. ndv Notice to Creditors. In tho County Court of Webster County, Nebraska Iu the matter ot the estate ot I.ouauna Stccloy, tleceasciJ. Creditors ol said estate, will tako notlco that the time limited for presentation and riling of claims against said estate Is Juno 2Qth 11U, and for the payment ot dobtti Is Julv 3tnt. 1910, Unit I will nit nt tho county courtroom lu said county on tho 'Jlst dy ol Mllf h, 11)10, to examine, hear nud alfow all 'claims duly riled which are a It rut or tooond lloUjUpon laid cwtnto, ami on tho '.Mst day of June, 1910, to oxainlno, hear, allow and adjust all datum and objections ot general creditor duly tiled. Dated this Hthdayot February, A. D., 1911) (Seal) A. I). lUNNKY, 8-5 Couuty Judge. Notice of Suit .Martha n. Wright. John Ollford, .lames Gilford, MnittfJoSlinfer, Mary Henries, frank J. Mnhoncy nnd the apotisi'i ot each or them and the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees pirsonal rcprrhcuiativcsaiidsucccviorHlu In terest of cnrli of iliem will tako notice that Uirno A. WcIIkiik plalntlll", did on January :il,IUIU. Ilk- his petition ami eoiniueuco an action In the district court of Wobster Coun ty, Nebraska, aualii-it them tho object ami prayer of which aro to iulet In thesntd plain till nstiLulnst nny and all adverse claims of I hi H.-ild na mid and deslunnted defendants or any of tliotti tho title to the Lot Twenty-two (S!i lu llloi-k Three :! In the town ot Cowlos In Wclwter County. Nebraska, and that the uiortvaije exet-uted thereon by Kdward Ullford nnd wife to Martha II. WrUht. ro eurdid March 'J. ts'to. In Hook V of Mort Kiigcinl ini;o lfi" Ijo decried to have been paid and satisfied nnd to lie discharged ol rceord and that tho defendants so named and designated nnd all persons claiming through or under any of theni Ihj forever barred and enjoined from claiming or as serting any right, title or Interest lu or to tho said premises or any part thereof ndverso to theplnbttlir. 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