iswiimwm
uwjwv,
f ffitay flarap, ,romuiKA ckef
kw
iUMbirii
rt-r : ., .,'; i i. ,..-;,. ;
Start the New
Year
R
ight
By buying your groceries where the
two important fatcors predominate
HIGH QUALITY ,
MERCHANDISE SOLD AT
FAIR PRICES
All the brands of goods we sell are the
best the market affords and sold under
A GUARANTEE
Our many fears of 'experience enables
us to select merchandise that satisfies
P. A. Wullbrandt
H Groceries and Queensware j
i. &i aktBvBL. A i
Ufa
How Competition
Helps You
The competition that exists
among the hundreds of meat dis
tributors, large and small, means
Rivalry in Prices
Rivalry in Service
Rivalry in Economy
Rivalry in Quality
Swift & Company sells meat
at the lowest possible price, con
sistent with quality and service.
Our profit of only a fraction of a
cent a pound on all products is
evidence of keen competition.
Swift & Company must provide the
best service to your dealer or he will
buy from our competitors. This means
a supply of fine fresh meat always
on hand for you at your dealer's.
Swift & Company must keep down
manufacturing and selling costs, and
use all by-products to avoid waste, or
else lose money meeting the prices of
competitors 'who do.
Swift & Company must make its
products of the highest quality, or see
you turn to others. This means bet
ter meat for you and a greater variety
of appetizing, wholesome food.
We are as glad for this competition
as you should be. It helps to keep us
on our mettle.
Swift & Company, U.S. A.
11 JP Jl
MMHHMMHBAABg XJ I aTH I M MlkfMfAfAfff. -.fc 1
IF ITS
Building Material
SMALL PAVING BLOCKS USED
They Are Proving Popular In Rural
Regions In Europe First Lr.ld
In New York State.
Tor n number of years country roads
In parts of (Jermuny, Austria and oth
er Kitrnpeiin countries have been paved
with small cubes of stone but It Is not
so generally known that small-block
pavementd have been laid In the Unit
ed States. They ar believed to' have
been 'Introduced first by J. Y. McClln
tock, county superintendent of Monroe
county, N. Y. After mi cxerlenc of
ten years or no, be recommends the
use of blocks of vitrified day, meas
uring '2i Inches on each side. These
are laid on n base of gravel, macadam,
concrete or broken slag, which Is usu
ally made wider than the pavement
In order to support the gravel or brok
en stone laid beside the cubes to form
hard shoulders to carry vehicles that
& km f v
& n 3 iSP3- .JVwswlTite
.PJemcvsztxiBsstojsmjZ:
Laying Vitrified Blocks.
are forced to turn out of the main
roadway. During the last year about
six miles of Mich pavement were put
down In the county.
Mr. McCIIutoel; holds that this type
of construction Is desirable where u
substnntlnl bnse Is already In place, as
in the case of an old gravel or ma
cadam road which Is not worn out, 'or
a base can be constructed at low cost.
The vitrified blocks are often laid by
unskilled labor, properly supervised,
with entirely satisfactory results.
Another type of smnll-block pave
ment was recently laid on the Morris
town turnpike In New Jersey, which
carries it heavy traffic. There Is a sec
tion of this road nbout l.HOO feet long
having a 7 per cent grade, where It
was decided to try Pinal! granite
blocks In the hope that their numerous
olnts would reduce the tendency to
slip and skid on this rather steep
dope. The blocks are It to 4-lncli cubes
atid were laid on a thin foundation.
They were not laid In rows but
In curved lines forming a mosaic pat
tern, and the Joints were filled with
fine stone and a grout of cement and
snnd.
PIONEER GOOD ROAD BUILDER
Over $120,000,000 Expended or
Pledged During Last Two Dec
ades In New York State.
Twenty yearn ago New York cm
inrked upon It1 pulley of state nld for
the construction, maintenance and re
pair of state, county and township
highways. Since that time approxi
mately i!0.(MK) of the total mileage, es
timated to exceed S0.000, have been
Improved.
As a pioneer In the good ronils move
ment, the Umpire Mate has always oc
cupied first rank. Over $120,000,000
has been expei ded or pledged during
the last two riptides for highway construction.
CONVICTS BUILD GOOD ROADS
December Weather Report
Temperature: Mean l'- deg., tunxi
mum OH deg. on .'loth., minimum !!'. be
low zero on 10th
Precipitation: Total 0 r,:, Inches.
T.Hul siiowfu'l u Inches.
Nuiiili r of iln, s -Meal' 17, partly
cl'ui ' , cloudy S.
Prevailing Minl-Hlteeiion X !:
days.
Rainfall since .lun. I. ."It 1 ittelie
(liis. S. IjllillilvV, ()!)HHT
Congregational Church Notes
The pastor will gui his fourth set.
moil of the series in 'llmv (ioil Visit,
eit the I', irtir hill'.K'cf will be "(iol'ri
visit to tin- tent of Anr.ihuui". C'utue
and bear him.
Thp pastor's ltlhtc Study Class of
boys enjoyed a social g'liher.ng at the
home of Mrs. Lulu Kellogg lat Satin
liny evening. This class Is orgmii.ed
anil is doing good work. They are
earnestly woihtng for new members
and will welcome any boy not attend
ing elsewhere.
At the business meeting Sunday
afternoon, Mr. and Mis Claude Pierce
were received into the church bylet'cr
Claude was elected Superintendent of
the Sunday School for the year. They
are vvamilv welcomed Into our church
again
WE HAVE IT
Halone-Gellatly Go ;j
Prison Camps No Longer In Experi
mental SUge In Oklahoma
Accepted institution.
In Oklahoma prison road camps nre
no longer In the experimental stage,
says the National Committee on Pris
ons and Prison Labor. They have
become nn accepted Institution In tbo
state. In the central and southwest
sections pilsoners are building the
Ozark Jail: In the southeast, they are
grading the JelTersor. highway, and In
other districts they are assisting In the
local good toad movement.
Illinois In Earnest.
The state of Illinois will put to Its
enters at tin 101 election the ques
tion of Issuing Sfio.o.'O.OOO In highway
omuls, the Interest and retiring fund
for whlcW Is to he provided for by an
increase in mo motor venicie o'ki.mi
tlon fees.
MEXICO'S MANY "LOST" MINES
Operators and Prospectors Driven
From Their Work by Threats and
Depredations of Yaquls.
Many of the lost mines of Mexico
were the result of depredations of the
Ynijul Indiana. They killed or drove
prospectors from the country and ob
literated murks of the workings. Thus
many mines, with great possibilities,
were lot.
One of the mines of the Kstrclla
del Norte Mining company was lost
for tinny years. Tin1 only clue to Its
location vva found on an old .It-suit
tiinii, which s:ti(l It could be seen by
looking from a church door. The
church was found ami the land dug
up us far as could be seen from the
door, but no trace of the mine was
found. Later, after the search was
discontinued, u wall that bud bei n
built at a date later than the map,
fell down and exposed another door
Men with field glasses, looking frotr
thM door, discovered the old mine.
Many of thp churches of Mexico
that cause the world to wonder, be
cause of their architecture and price"
less ornaments, owe their existence to
mines. The Haroyecu church, built In
170'J, was built from the wealth de
rived from the Mlnu Grande mine, In
Maroyeca mountain. Prior to 1850 the
vyalls were lined with sheets of pure
silver from the mine. The candela
bra, the altar rails and other parts of
the .sanctuary were of silver, and the
altar vessels were of pure gold.
f Go'd Beating It Ancient Art.
Pedestrians walking through Arch
street ncir Summer .street are often
puzzled by a constant sullen pounding
almost under their feet. Many are
the questions asked of the men who
do business in that vicinity, says the
llostou (ilohc.
A similar noise probably was heard
In Kgypt more than li.fKM years before
the advent of the Christian era and
the Uiveks are known to have been
engaged In making noUes very like it
In 3400 I. (,
l-'or the pounding Is made by gold
heater, who are beating gold Into thin
sheets, much as It was done centuries
ago by the Chinese and the Kgyptbms.
It Is one of the most unique trades
carried on in ItostOu and the men who
do the pounding are, many of them,
veterans of many years; some of them
have done It and nothing else during
all their entire business lives.
GROWTH OF HOSPITAL IDEA
Value of Such Institutions in American
Eyes Is Shown by Their As
tounding Growth.
Figures In a recent official report to
the United States department of la
bor show the astounding growth of the
hospltul Idea in this country during
the last half-century. In 187.1 less
than ,r0 years ago there were lu the
United States only H hospitals; to
day there ate nearly 9,100 an In
crease of nearly 11,000 per cent In the
number of Institutions In 18711 the
total capacity of the then-exlstlitg hos
pitals was .'tri,-!."!! ; today the hospitals
of the country have a total capacity
of approximately .Si.,.,000 beds an In
crease of over 1,000 per cent. The
amount of money at present Invested
lu these Institutions Is roughly esti
mated at nearly W.OOO.tXlO.OOl); the an
nual oNpedlture for .supplies, equip
ment, upkeep mid new construction is
said to be about !7.M),0(H),I)00.
There Is much that Is gratifying in
these enormous totals, says an editori
al lu the Modern Hospital. Certain
ly, no si ront'cr testimony could be ad
duced to .show that the people of the
Pulled Slates are thoroughly convert
ed to the hospital Id. i n-l do not
mean to be -p-i ,d of the benefits of
"ioi p.' a! , -c
Drainage and Foundation.
Dualunce ami a good foundation are
rhe fird cni.ftldoratlnns hi Improving n
mid with ii bard .surface. Tho best
miss hie fnui.ihtlnn Is a good earth
,ond with n low crown.
, t "m.
H
HAIR
Dy UCLA FORRESTER.
H
::i
Useful Asset.
Poet "I sent you some verses about
three weeks ago. What have you dona
with them?" Editor "I'm holding
them. Kvcry Ultle while lately I get
thinking that we are not getting out ii8
good a paper as we ought, and then I
take thoso verses and see how much
worso tho sheet might be, and that
makes me cheerful ugniul"
A'l : v out to Clendnle on tho
tiMln V. i'i,;vd ran over In her mind
the deilghiriil surprise bhe would
spring on olive. It hnd been hard to
keep from 'phoning br at the station,
but Just one glimpse of her face wIiti
she opened the door would be worth
It all.
It bad been nearly four months since
he had left Clendnle. P.efore that
there had been five years of life spent
there wllh Olive after her early widow
hood. Neither of them ever quit
coin- smI what a relief that widow
hoe.' nd been after Chester's dcllb-en-
' Mll.vlng and worrying every ono
lu ...tully half sick.
onw iilwayu said fine whj (glad
there wf-re no children wfcere tkoro
kad hern no real love. S tJa. year
had paased reatfully uatll Wiaifre"s
appointment at WashlngUa and fJia
had gone away.
Lewis had been the only person wln
bjected.
"She needs you here. She's depend
ent on your companionship," answered
Lewis doggedly. "And it Isn't right or
aecessnry for you to get out and hus
tle, Win."
"nut I want to," protesled Winifred.
"I lov it line, but I want to do some
thing else, be somebody, can't you un
derstand?" Rut he had kept his own point of
lew, and only Danny seemed to get
her Idea rightly. Danny was nenrer
her own age, anyway, and not nt all
like his cousin.
"You know what Chester .says about
you, Win," be told her tcnslngly. "Saya
any girl with red hair Is totally unre
liable and prone to temperamental fits.
Is your hair very red?"
"It is a chestnut," answered Wini
fred calmly. "If Lewis doesn't like It
he may glance In the opposite direc
tion whenever he Is In my vicinity.
Do you blame me for going, Dan?"
"I do not." be sang out cordially.
"I'm going away myself. Ooverument
aviation service after the war. Fln
atulT. Mnyb" I'll drop In on you nt
Washington some day and say hello."
lie had dropped In, too, several
times. Mini It had seemed as If two or
three months of service had set the
boy up as no other training could have
done. He was better looking than
Chester, and more companionable, she
decided. Then he lmd gone away to
one of the southern stations, and Win
ifred found herself lonely.
Olive had only mentioned him once
In her letters to her. He had been
transferred, and might go to .some of
the Islands.
As the train drew up to the little
atone .station, Winifred leaned for
ward from the platform, wishing sud
denly some one was there to meeUher.
She tool; one of the little Jitney" cara
up to the bungalow.
She sent the car back at the curb
and went up the veranda steps.
She sat down on the top step to pon
der on Just what window would be
the best to break Into, when there
came the hum of a motor on the street
and a car came swinging leisurely
along. Someone was leaning back nt
the wheel singing. She knew Dun's
voice Instantly, and sent out a glad
hall to Ii I tn.
"Creat Scott ! why don't you let peo
ple know you're coming?" he exclaim
ed Joyfully, ns he bounded up the steps
to her side. "The honeymoon pair hav
been on their way two days now. Olive
didn't vi ant to tell you for fear It
would disturb your plans la ths
spring."
"Is Olive married?" she demanded.
He nodded with a grin of anius
tent at her manner. ,
"We all said you'd be wild. That's
why we didn't tell you. She's married
old Chester, dies was sweet on you
Inst year, wasn't he. Win' Did you
throw him down? ' hot you did.
Anyway, they're happily married and
gone South. The bungalow Is yours.
Better come home to mother, though,
end be warmed up. The furnace has
been out two days."
Hut Winifred felt distinctly offend
ed. "No I shall go straight back to
Washington," she said coldly. If Olive
and Chester did not care to notify her
of their wedding she would not stay
In Clendnle at all.
"They're not going to live here. I'm
going to," said Dan deliberately. "I've
always liked this place. Don't yon
remember, Win, and Chester':-, going to
stay South awhile and then live In
town, so I've taken over the bunga
low." "For n clubhouse?" asked Winifred.
"For self and wife," he told her. "I'm
twenty-three In .lime, Win, and it's
time I settled down.
"1 never dared to show you how
.much I cared for you, Win," he pro
tested, "not with Chester and all tho
ohler fellows hanging around last
year. You seemed way out of reach
to me, but now It's different. You
know how well I've been doing, and
don't I honestly scent ever so much
older to you?"
"Ams." Mild Winifred gravely, her
chin on one hand. "You've grown, too,
Dan."
"Let's not go straight home," he
.leiwled. "It's n wonderful night. Let's
take a whirl down along the shore
road, Win and then I'll bring you back
to inotliet and we'll tell her. It Is yes,
Isu'c II?"
"Aren't you afraid to marry a girl
v.lth ted hair?". Winifred asked. Dan
rose and helped her down the steps.
"I'll tell you when we're lu the
car,'1 he warned,
(Copyrlfht, ll, McHure Newspaper Sya-
" ' " " mn I 1 4
Farm Bureau Notes
COUNTY AGENT CONFKKKNCK
The County Acnt Conference anil
tbo Meetings of Organized Agricul
ture will be held at Lincoln, January
1-1 to 2!J.
I-'OUii KINDS OF HULLS
The fiiftt is the cnib bull, promis
cuously broil,
The bull that was always host, knock
ed on tho head.
The next is the grade bull, liulf bad
and half good,
And the bad is enough to corrupt $
good blood.
The third is poor pure-bred, of merit
but slight,
Just a pure-bred scrub, if you named
him might.
The best kind of bull, now hulk what
I tell,
Is bred for production and appear
ance us well.
As workmen arc known by the tools
at their side,
So farmers take rani: by the bulls
they provide.
In which class are you? Arc you tied
to a scrub
That is fit for naught else but an old
sausage tub?
Are you usingr a grade in tho foolish
belief
That halfway is getting you some
where? In brief
Is your bull called a pure-bred yet
with nothing: to show
That his ancestors knew how to rako
in tho dough?
Is your herd bull a bull of the very
best brand
Who lifts you the mortgage ho find.
on your land?
HENKY R. FAUSCH,
County Agricultural Agent.
LEGAL NOTICE.
vv. (I. Pn I., rtnl .in,! 'n i- iviini- MiiUiKiM n
.mil lr.s. W.i. I'tt-K. r. .il mi ! inn- iiiuni-iin-kiiuuii:
iiiir N. Wliiiiuy. sis mIuiiic of
I'i opii'k luilliliin; i I .i .: ii ssi)it:iii,u fur tlio
i in til nt Its i r. illi'i!-. "tnr N Whitney
ami Mi-. iKr:ir N. liitiu-y. liH wife, nat
anil tnu' name unknown: I'l-opleS llullilliu
l.oiin , mm lines Asioclntlnii: the lu Irs, ili-vl-sc-uv.
Iimitfc. (iwiinul upii-i iiI:iUm.s aiut
all othi-r persons Intt-rotcit In Hie estate of
W. if. I'ti-k. ti i-e.iv-il: l In- lu Irs. ih- Im-i-h,
It-xaii . ii-iiiii:ii ii-iiriM ntatlvt-s unit all
other icrMiiis Interi-Uit lu tin- i-stiite of
Oscar N. W liUim.i i' -e-ivj.il: ,ois 0. (i. 7. ami
s. lu llioel. I. o( Sweeny's Aililltlou to 1 11 no
Hill. W'elisier County. Ncliraska; and :ill
iK-rmiucluiiiiliucaiiy Inti-rcft of any kin.) in
salil iwil chile or any part thereof, anil each
of them, defc miauls, will take iioilcu Unit on
llie tilth ilay of December. Ilitn. Alice A.
Hanks, as phiiulltl tlttit her petition lu tlto
lilntrleil ourt of Wulislvr County, Nebraska,
aualiMt salit defeiiilMiits. ami eiu-li of llieiu,
the ohjtct unit prayer of which salit petition
and acllon lire to have uald plaintiff found
ami dicreid to lie the owner hi fee Mltuplenf
Hie follonlui; described teal (Male tow It:
Lots., il. T amis, lu llloi-k I, of smey'n Addi
tion to lllue II III. Writer County, Nebras
ka, und to have tin, court Hnd ami ilt-eren
that xald planum, ami her grantors and the
pci-Mins under unit IIiioiikIi vrliinu plalutlir
claims-, have bun lu the actual, open, visible,
notorious. excliultf, ami adveme posi,liiu
and occupancy of salil premises for imiro
than ten years last past and to exclude, said
(lefi'iulantfl. and tacli of them, from any
i lulu, title, Interest orelalm in. to or upon
said pit-iulm-H and for eneral eipiltuble re
lief lu favor of said plalutlll and against hld
dofeiidnulii.aiideachof llieiu. lu n-ft-ri ui-o
to uld laud.
'Ibutsald defendant, and each of llii-in,
are rniulrcd to ati-nri-rwild petition and ap
peai lu tald union on or biforo the ajth dar
of lauiiiry. Ifjo. Alive A. Hanks, t'lmutlir
Stluer llutou(h, Aii'yi..
TMm
Hamilton - Cathtr
Olothlng Co.
Everything o Mam
r may Waara
Ww NmmrmmUm,
E. S. Gatrber
Wall Paper, Paints, Oils and
Varnish
PICTURE FRAMING
(Work Guaranteed)
Electrical Goods of all Kindt
Will Wire Your House And
Furnish You the Fixtures
"Quality" Job Printing
' TheMargln of Safety
Is i (-presented by the amount of
Inhitt.ince you carry.
Duii'i lull yourself (into n fancied
heeui) ty.
Hei-iU se tire has never touched you
It duet n't follow that j nu're. immune.
Tomorrow -no today, If yon Uve
time and you better llud time
mimu to; tho office and we'll wrlto
a policy 'on your house,' furniture,
btoru nr'nierchundino.
00 LATti-
LATKljl MAY 11 B T
O. C. Tl
EEL
RelieuMe Insurance
A)
VyyWWWWWWUWWWJ
