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ASJ-VMV anttwmttttHtftfc RED CLOUD, NEBRA8KA, OHIEP -Mwmwtfjufc, WILD ANIMALS HUNTED DOWN ;Y- Government Hunters Kill Many Beasts That Destroy Live Stock. WORK DF VALUE TO FARMERS Mountain Lion That Had Killed $1,000 Worth of Stock In Month Is Slain Wolves Lay Heavy Toll on Flocks. Washington. You would hardly think of the United .States di;inrtiiH'Ht of ngrlcnlture lis nn agency for hunt ing down desperadoes, hut It Is. Tlint the desperadoes happen to he not men but wild animals docH not detract cither from the adventure or the value of tlii? work. Now and then a wild milinnl becomes notorious for Its ex ploits In killing live stivk. The In fcpectors of the bureau of biological survey make special efforts to hunt tne of the Wolves, With Young, Killed by Hunters of Biological Survey. down and kill such animals. A moun tain lion that was known to hnve de stroyed $1,000 worth of live stock In one month was killed near Dubois, Wyo., n few months ago. That the 4nlmnl had eluded many prlvnte hunt ers was shown by the number of scars on the body. Another mountain lion taken in April had killed seven colts during the spring. In the same state a pair of wolves that had destroyed $2,500 worth of live stock was killed, the female by n government hunter and the malo by a prlvnte hunter. Ranch Owner Loses 300 Sheep. A ranch owner near Mertzon, Tex., reported that within three months he had losyiOO sheep, valued at 5:1,200, as tho result of the depredations of Rlx coyotes. "Government hunters, In July, captured nil six of the beasts. But not all of the bad beasts have beeD disposed of. About 30 very cun ning wolves still roam the ranges of New Mexico, Causing annual losses to live stock amounting to about $2,000 THE TENNESSEE NEARING COMPLETION J yy " IBH $$ Is y b ;, i iinrsi snimissssssllssssltsssss'sssssi TrtJTH JflJBiHiHHMH! T SJ Bow view of the great superdrendnnught U. S. S. Tennessee, which Is zienrlng completion at the Brooklyn navy yard. She was launched April 30. 1010, and when completed will be one of the largest and most powerful battle ships ulloat. VIOLATE FOOD RULES pcit Trade is Spreading in Germany. (smuggling and Usury Increase Courts Crowded With Those Who Break Laws. Coblenz. Illicit trado In food, with Its attendant evils of smuggling nnd usury, Is on the Increase throughout Germany, according to newspaper ac counts. The rationing system has never been abandoned even In tho occupied areas of tho Rhlneland, nnd some of the newspapers contend that tho aver age Individual cannot subsist on tho amount of food issued.' Tho author ities are making every effort td check the Illegal truffle In foods of all kinds, and tho courts are crowded day after dn3 Smuggling of potatoes la being car each. When the department's cam paign for destruction of predator- nnl mills began, however, there were 1k? tween 3(K) and -100 wolves In the stnte. The small number remaining, though made up of too most cunning and de structive Individuals of the packs, Is being steadily reduced, In spite of the fact that the stock of wolves In that state Is constantly recruited by strag glers from the mountains of northern Chihuahua, Mexico. SCOTS WOULD BAN 'MACBETH' Shakespeare's Play Libel to King, Cla m of Le:jue of Veterans of World War. lo New Voik. A resolution demanding the elimination of .Shakespeare's "Mac beth" from school eurrlculums on the ground that It was a libel on the Scotch In Its "misinterpretation In pre senting King Macbeth as a traitor and murderer," was adopted here by the League of Scottish veterans of the I world war. The resolution was addressed to the Newark (N. J.) board of education. which recently barred "The Merchant i of Venice" from the schools because 1 of the alleged slander to the Jewish race. "If they have banned Shylock, I see no reason why they should not ban Macbeth," said Capt. Ian McTavlsh. I "If tn T.ittti.li vrntint-dlnn let t,i Ink cleaned they should also remove the stain from the Scottish kilt." SEEK TO SAVE STARVING ELK Two Principal Herds in Country in Danger of Serious Depletion. SPECIAL FUND TO BUY HAY Officials of Department of Agriculture Making Every Effort to Procure the Needed Feed Scarcity of Forage. Washington. The two principal herds of elk In the United States one of which Is under the protection of tho biological survey of the United States department of agriculture are In danger of such serious depletion, due to early severe weather and feed shortage, that special funds have been set aside for tho purchase of hay for these animals whose home Is In nnd nenr Yellowstone national park. ;- ried on this winter In all parts of Or- mnny on n scale greater than In war time. Germany produced an excellent potato crop this year, and the author ities are trying to save It from falling Into the hands of the speculators. Well-to-do people have been going to navnrla from Prussia, Wuerttemborg and Thurlngla to buy potatoes, eggs nnd fats, for which the farmers charged exorbitant prices. This worked n hardship on Die poorer peo ple, who could not compete with them. Living appenrs to bo cheaper In Ba varia than elsewhero in Germany. Butter has been selling there nt 5 marks a pound, compnred with .10 n-nrks In Berlin. Eg.s are quoted at 25 pfennigs each, while In Berlin they cost 1.7B marks apiece. Eggs In the occupied area hnvo been bringing from 2 to 2J.0 marks each this winter, hut are very scarce at any price. Meat Is also reported as fairly plen tiful In Unvarla, although In till other :w Wild Ducks Not Scared by Those Men Who Fly Washington. Alrplnncs do not bother wild ducks, the army nlr service announces, and sports men who believe they do are unduly alarmed. Lieut. Col. II. M. Hickman, when In command of Dorr and Chlsholm fields, Hew twice n day for several months over u swamp that was the feeding place of wild ducks. To (lush the fowl he had to pilot his plane within ."0 or 100 feet of the surface. Hut when he would lake off the ducks would immediate! return to the Mvamii. : REDEEMS HER OLD PROMISE Woman Exchanges Gold for Pieces on Her Golden Wedding. Silver Louden. A promise made twenty live years ago has Just been redeemed by Lady Pender of Dnnhend, St. An drew, Wilts. At her silver wedd' ' celebration In I ISiill she gave threep. .my pieces to a ; number of children, who were told that they would be exchanged for half sov ereigns at the golden wedding. Nearly thirty of the recipients re turned their silver coins when Sir James and Lady Pender celebrated their golden wedding this year and each one lias received the promised half sovereign. Lady Pender has had the three penny pieces gilded and made Into a necklace as a souvenir. Department ofllclals nre making every, possible effort to procure the needed' feed despite the serious scarcity of hay nnd forage In the region. Ap proximately 40,000 elk roam this sec tion of the country. They are divided Into two groups, known as the north ern and southern herd, respectively. The latter, which winters In tho vi cinity of Jackson Hole, to the south of Yellowstone park, Is the one for which the department of agriculture Is seeking to make provision. Ranchmen Slow to Part With Hay. Iteports have recently been received from government representatives In the region of Yellowstone national park stating that many elk nre des tined to starve If the present severe weather continues nnd If no additional supplies of feed are provided. On tho winter' elk refuge In Jackson Hole tho department has In store approximate ly 1,300 tons of hny which normally would bo sufficient to carry the south ern herd through tho winter. But cold weather and heavy snows came so early thnt there Is grave danger -that tho animals will be without feed be fore many weeks have pnssed. Ranch men In the region nre confronted with n serious condition nnd nre reluctant to part with any of their hay. ' Largest Herds In Country. The northern elk herd Is under the supervision of the nntlorinl park serv ice of tho department of tho Interior, which Is also making every effort pos sible to prevent loss of these tinlmnls. These two herds nro tho largest elk herds remnlnlng In this country, though at one time elk were to be found In large numbers as far east as the Blue Ridge mountnlns. These animals, like tho buffalo and nntelope, have now been reduced to n more fraction of their former numbers. The few herds thnt remain besides those In the vicinity of tho Yellowstone park are relatively small. Loss of ninny of the animals In the larger herds might bo Irreparable, say government ofilclnls. $12,512 In Pelts. Biirne. Ore. W. Duncan, who has several hundred coyote traps, has .lust made hi semi-annual trip to Burne and sold his entire stock of C.r0 skins, which brought $10.'2.r) each, besides about $; bounty each. The fur Indus j try continues to bfe good. The entire I returns of the OT.O pelts. Including i bounty, amounted to $12,."11. Mates this form of food Is virtually unpurchnsitble by householders through regular channels excepting once or twice each month, when the author ities permit a few ounces to be dis tributed by the card system to the In dividuals. Most of tho hotels throughout Ger many continue to serve meat three or four days each week, however. The proprietors say they obtain this from Holland nnd thnt this does not violate tho food regulations. Pearls In Oysters. Spokane, Wash. Ten pearls from a quart of oysters thnt cost him 45 cents were taken by one customers of a lo cal fish market, and two pearls were found by another, tho denier reported. He, himself, found one, ho said. The pearls nre said to range In nlue from $2 to $10 ench. Plane Service for Peruvian Coast. Limn, Peru. An announcement Is made that tho Hnndley Pago Airplane company will In n short time Inau gurate commercial hydroplane service along the Peruvian const : NEWS OF STATE TERSELY TOLD Recent Happenings in Nebraska Given in Brief Items For Busy Readers. A post of the American Legion with lift, chaiier members has been or-gaiils-ed In Sutherland. Members r tH. I'reuiniit boanl of ('duration voted o raul an Ineieilse of 'JO per rent to leaelieis. The imimiil bii.s'i'e's meeting of the Nebraska ,-,..w association will he he'd In I. lutein. Eebrunyy (j 'JTuinlL". len tie Ifilll paving cnn'niets at IVrbiTV have liee'i completed, tjie el. Will linc Kill blocks cf pined s rre;s. Ceon-e W. Ui. Mams, who ms MM, with the (Ypitnmcui of agriculture at the heid oT the bureau of marketing. tui iflj'!'ed. Mrs. i,s. I'vnii .if Grand Nlauil '"I1 I I' ehes- it . ,,,. eiMinls. sinner for Nebraskii 1. Culled Slate Attorue. General Palmer. The Nebraska tllt(. exhibit took llrsl prize at the We-iorn Potato show In li'iici Tie pr'-e was a sler trophy nip. .lui t- Pedi-ett of Kimball look Hot In Individual mar keting o.hlblt. Leading farm bureau head- of Ne braska es-liniite that farmers of this state are sa!ii approximately $1.000.. 000 a year because n,(. state went into the business ,,f muiiuraetuiing hug serum. William L. Wolf, principal of the Hodge schools, who was lined SKH) In the district court at I-Ycniont for al leged assault on a boy pupil or bis school, has Indicated the case will be carried to the state supreme oiirt. Kearney city commissioners have called a special election for February 21 nt which time citizens of t li city will vote on a SlOO.ofKi bond proposition for the purpose of erecting a municipal nudltorium. George Sehrleker. Holt county ranch er, in announcing his Intention t,o moe to California, stated thnt In the past twelve years he has cleaned up ."5:5(1.000 on his ranch, most of which was made In hay and live stock. The state government ha-- olTered a reward of S2iX for the capture of the Mexican who. In eompan, with a fel low country man. murdered police of ficers s. E. MH'omher and George Rogers, at North Plane. The other Mexican was cnptun-1 soon after the shooting. The official campaign Inaugurated in Nebraska by Mrs. ("has. Hjan. state director of economics, to reduce the cost of living embraces every county lu the state and Includes nass meet ings in every community, in which speakers will appeal for all people to Pliictice thrift and eliminate luxuries. "The Carnegie bronze medal lias been posthumously awarded to the late Oscar A. Doming, son of Cyrus Dom ing, pioneer of Stuart, for glxlng Ids life In an effort to save two children from drowning at Sonicrs. Mont., May '1, 1018. The medal will be sent to hK orphaned daughter. Ethel, 17 jonrs old. who Is making her home with iclathes near Stuart. Big newspapers in nil parts of the country as well as pol'ilcal leaders at Washington predict that the light be tween Wood and Pershing in Nebras ka will settle the fate of one of the two generals in the race for the re publican nominal Ion for president. Newspaper men from all parts of the lountry aie Hoiking to Omaha and Lincoln to get the latest dope on the situation. The prohibition of railroad strikes Is the question which will be debated from one end of the this state to the other during the next four months by the schools in the Nebraska High School Debating leaguo which Is Mogluuing Its thirteenth annual con tests. The contest will be concluded !y the suite debate at the I'nlverslty f Nebraska nt Lincoln on high school fete day In May. According to Information gathered by the Stale ISallwav commission No- rnska Is confronted with another soft rorn crisis similar to the one which iiuseil losses to farmers and grain handlers several years ago. Thousands of bushels of new rorn awaiting ship ment contains id to "jo per cent moist ure, the board has been advised, and If not sh ped soon will deteriorate with the mhent of mild weather to the extent of 'JO coins to .VI per bushel. Jviille the Inlluenza situation at Omaha is said by health authorities to io lu nowise dangerous, precautionary measures hao been adopted to check nny outbreak of tho malady. The record price for farm land lu Lancaster county wns smashed the other day when a quarter section west of Lincoln, without any Improvements, sold for !?.i.ri0 an acre. Ogallala's. Community club, which started olT the first of the year with a add secretary, Is proving to be one of the llvcst organizations of the kind In the state. The board ef education at Beatrh'e has raised tho salaries of school teach ers 20 to 25 per 'out for the remnlnder of the school year. A love feast attended by over IIOO prominent Nebraska democrats was held at Lincoln the other day and the (Irst guns for the 1020 campaign were tired at all opposing factions. John M. Mat7.cn, newly appointed State Superintendent of Schools, who Is now lu charge of affairs In thnt of fice, announces he will make no changes In the department at least for the !- ' Plana are under waj for erection d a new modern, flrc-proof hotel nt Osa kosh. The Rnrllngton railroad has leased part of Its right-of-way through Laurel for a public park. Business men of O'Neill plan to erect a 14-ton artificial Ice plant to cost .tf'.-.ooo this spring. Iambs sold for $20..Yi n hundred on the South Omaha market the other day, the highest price since April HMD. At the recent meeting of the I 'a rul ers I'nlon of Mead plans were laid for the blanching out Into Hie lomln-r business, The annual convention of the Ni braska Mrotherhood of Throstiennon will be held at Lincoln, IVbiuan 10 to 12. The North Bend hoard of education I has granted nil .school 1,'nihers-an In j i reuse or p!ty aiaouuiiu:; to about .0 per cent. Gage county will Mirn-I :i::uoi lm 'pro'ug l:s mc'ii hlvhwu'.s. .,. rinds , to be spired rroni the autoi.e.blle j license fees. j Allium e has Its company ni-iiul-cd ; for tl.e Second regiment or tie Nebnis. i kit Itllles. T e unit Is pr, pared to c.po with any eiiergcncy. The annual Konmlup at o.nllala I will be bohl this tear .lime III to 12. The ii fl'iilr Is to be the biggest ever held in Hie city. It s said, j Trial or ii. w. Limalev. charged with the inuider or Justice Chris Pielller of 'Cortland, will begin IVhruan 2". In ,!.. .ii. ....... ... . ii.- iininri tour! HI III n trice. George Jacl.son. of Nelson, three times a member or the logMnture. is talked as tl nndldnto of progresse democrats for nomination for governor. The thirty-two tounsMps or Molt county have ndop'cd the following slo gan and propose to .arry it through: "Build two miles of road a .veer." Property owners of Hebron have en gaged a Lincoln engineer to surve.v tho i proposed paving districts IUI submit an estimate on the .est of paving. Hearing on the referendum ci.s'e of i Governor McKelv le's code bill ha again been postponed by the stale su. I"" e court, tie date now .ng set for February 111. . ' I-'alrmoiifs post or the American Legion iiai- been named L'nii Forbes I'o.-t No. 21. to limwif ..r ...... ..r .,... j conimunlt.vs heroes who lot his life I in the war. j Plans for the next G. A. I. eiicauip- i mom at Broken Bow In Mav were laid at a conference in Hie olli.e of De partment Coniniaiider J. B. Strode at LIuioln. The Vorih Uher Irrigation district hrs been voted bonds to the amount of 5M2O.O0O for tho Improvement and extension of Irrigation canals this summer. This will open up about , 7.0(10 acres r.r bed raising, and places , Oshkosh In Hue rr a sugar factory. A policy or paying hair the state hall Insurance claims as soon as un ' aggregation or half of the premiums ' conic In from count v ti-fiisio-nrc i.w I been announced at Lincoln by Secre tary J. E. Hart r the state' depart ment of trade and coniuii -co. District No. 14 In Richardson coun ty Is said to be first to take up con solidation under the new law. Tho building spot Is seven miles southwest of Salem. An election will be hold In the new district February M. The valuation of the district Is approxl mutely .2."( 1.000. It Is said Hint considerably more than SUM) (MM) will have to be advanced rrom tie state guaranty ftiml to pay depositors r the Valparaiso stale banlt which was closed recently. Total do posits were in excess or S-IDO.IM)') and the shortage in (lie bank's funds Is be lieved to be rrom SI. My mi) to si7.-,.i:to. A receiver for the Institution has been appointed. Dr. I. II. Dillon, head of the siato health department at Lincoln, declares that reports reaching his officii Indi cate that a general epidemic of lu llueii7.il l spreading over Nobinska. Although the disease Is widespread, all the discs are mild lu character. In states, and there Is no particular ouuso ror alarm. Dr. Dillon has instructed health authoilties throughout the slate to mall him periodical reports concerning the spread r the epidemic. The reclamation service at Wash ington aiiuouuecil that homesteaders will gel an opoprtunity to file oo .',000 aires of laud in the Platte Valley di strict Applications for entry will be accepted from February 2S to March .". A water service rental basis will bo the system of payment for the first three years, it was said. The cost of the Irrigating system will later lie as sessed according to mileage. A fi.OOO acre tract near Shoshone, Wyo,. will be open for homesteadlng lu the week beginning March .r. O'.v.p.t L. Shumway, of ScotlsblulT, former state laud commissioner, has filed as n candidate for the democratic nomination for governor nt the spring primaries. Miss Theresa St. Martin of Wahoo has been chosen secretary of the Saun ders County Farm Bureau. She Is tho first woman lu Nebraska to be elected to such an olllce. A post or the American Legion has been formed at Fullerton. It Is known as "Fred Phllbrlck" post lu honor of a Fullerton. hoy who lost his life In the war. Preliminary moves are being made at Alliance to construct a new $100,000 senior high school building the coming summer. It Is expected that by the first of May the water works and light sys tems will both be In operation at Osh kosh, Tlie Lincoln Commercial club has advanced Slf.0,000 to tho Nebraska State Fair management, to construct a new two-story concrete cattle auditor I urn for the fair next fall. The old ham on the fair grounds burned De cember 14, with fifty army trucks. Colds Break Get instant relief with Tape's Cold Compound' i mii i sia.v stuilcil-up' i'liii mowing and stunning-! A dose of "Pope's Cold Compound" taken every two hours un til lliice lo"os me taken iiMiiilly breaks up a cold mid cuds all giippo jiilsery. The very first dose oneus your i clogged up nostrils and the nlr pass ages or your iieiiu ; stops nose running; relieves the headache, dullness, fever Ishness, sneezing, soreness, stiffness. "Pape's Cold Compound" Is tho quickest, surest relief known and costs only a few cents at drug stores. It acts without assistance. Tastes nice. Contains no quinine. Insist nn Pope's 1 Adv. Proof. "Do you know Jones?" "I lent -111111 a tenner this morning. I should say 1 do know him." "You lent him a tenner? Then I should say ou don't know him." HAIR FALLING? HERE IS WHERE IT SHOWS Don't worry! Let "Danderlne" eava your hair and doublo its beauty. To stop fulling hair at once and rid the scalp of every particle of dandruff, get n small bottle of delightful "Dan derlne" ut any drug or toilet counter for a few cents, pour u little In your hand and rub It Into the sculp. After several applications the hair usually stops coming out nnd you can't find any dandruff. Your hair will grow strong, thick and long nnd appear soft, glossy and twice as .benutlful and abundant. Try It I Adv. Let It Go at That. McNutt So you were hit by an auto? Do you expect any damages? Mcl'iitt I'm satisfied; I've bad enough. TAKE ASPIRIN ONLY AS TOLD BY BAYER "Bayer" introduced Aspirin to the physicians over 18 years ago. To get quick relief follow carefully the safe and proper directions In each unbroken package of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin." This package Is plainly stamped with the safety "Bayer Cross." The "Bayer Cross" means the gen uine, world-famous Aspirin prescribed by physicians for over eighteen years. "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" can be taken safely for Colds, Headache, Toothache. Earache, Neuralgia, Lum bago, Ithuuinatlsm, Joint Pnlns, Neuri ts, and Pain generally. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost but a few cents. Druggists ulso sell larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetlcacldester of Salicylic ncld. Adv. Soino men have a regular Sunday morning attack of homesickness when the church hells ring. WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND SWAMP-ROOT For many yearn dniRRi'stB hnve watched with much interest the remarkable record maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Sramp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder medi cine. It is a physician's prescription. Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad der do the work nature intended tbey should do. Swamp-Root has stood the teat of years. It ib sold by all druggists on its merit and it should help you. No other kidney medicine has so many friends. Be suro to get Swamp-Root and start treatment at once. However, if you wish first to teat this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer &, Co., Binghamton, N. Y for a ample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper. Adr. The moro some men have the less they setn to think other entitled to. r- V I ; $rz2VTttsuaammniQi tmttitmmmiurvM. -wi litres , - -ti sM--m.jU IVM'-.llC "--