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EED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
IOWA BOY WINS
, ESSAY CONTEST
Writes the Best Article on "Ben-
efits of Enlistment in United
States Army."
BEATS TEN MILLION RIVALS!
(Gets Free Trip to Washington and a
Gold Mednl From Secretary Baker
The Prize-Winning
Essay.
WnshlnKton, D. C Donnld L. Cnmp
jbcll, n fiftoen-yenr-old Clinton (In.)
hlRh school pupil, lins boon nwnrded
first prize In tlio nrmy nntlonnl school
rB"ny contest foe. the best cssny on the
'Benefits of Enlistment In the United
Istntcs Army." Ten million school
jchlldren pnrtlclpnted In the contest,
ilnruiKurntcd to stimulate enlistment
lln tho nrmy.
Young Campbell will receive from
tho wnr depnrtment n free trip to
KVnshlnRton, where Secretnry of Wnr
Bnkcr will pin u Bold mednl on bis
chest.
Here's the Essay.
Campbell's winning essay follows:
"As Horace Greeley once snld,
Toting mnn, go West, wo now sny,
Young mnn, Join tho nrmy.' Why? It
Is the big opportunity of the ngc.
"Are you physically wenk?
"Henlth Is tho first wealth,' nnd
the nrmy Is n health builder. It pro
vldc3 wholesome food; clean, comfor
tnblo BurroundlnRH, proper clothing
nd medical nttcntlon when necessary.
Physical exercise Is compulsory, nnd
every encouragement Is given nthlet
lea. These, with outdoor life, make
men straight, strong and hcnlthy.
"Do you seek an education?
"You can attend school at any army
post nnd study grammar and high
chool subjects.
"Would you lenrn n trade?
"The government has recently np-
Sropriatcd $2,000,000 for the establish
lent nnd maintenance of vocational
(schools, where you can learn to bo n
(mechanic, nuto repair man, electrician,
telegraph operator, chemist or almost
anything else you wish. These courses
prepare you for a return to civil life
'or continued service In the army.
Revolt Against
Shoddy Goods
8
Overall Movement Is Protest
Against Inferior Material Mas
querading as "All Wool."
iu
TRUTH IN FABRIC" BILL
Measure In Congress Would Make It
Obligatory for Manufacturer to
Stamp on Cloth Percentage of
Virgin Wool It Contains.
Chicago. When the French pens
ants nnd bourgeoisie became utterly
fed up with tho .ancient regime, they
ild several dozens of nrlstocrnts to tho
guillotine nnd nicked off their bends.
The citizens of Uoston, yenrs ngo, de
clining to pay n tnx, dumped a shlp
jlond of ten Into tho harbor. Americans
today, from preachers to clerks, out
raged nt tho prices they are forced to
ipay for Inferior garments, bpurn tho
clothiers moro select wear nnd don
overalls.
Movements Pko these nre to be re
garded n8 symbols of protest. The
.peasant was not an advocate of Indis
criminate slnughter; tho Nostonlun did
not diRlIke tea, and 1020 Americans
are not strong for overalls per so.
LeGrnnd P. Malnney, secretnry of tho
Nnticnnl Sheep nnd Wool bureau, 20
South La Snllo street, Is of tho opin
ion thnt the protest demonstrated by
tho denims Is only pnrtly ngnlnst the
high prices. It Is equnlly ngalnst tho
Inferior material, tho shoddy mnsquer
ndlng as "all wool" that appears In
garments nownduys.
"The overall movement will pove, I
im Photrnn '""do during the height of the lighting net ween "regular" troops and Spartuclsts In Berlin streets.
Tho photograph, which Is a recent one, was taken In tho "Pnrizer Platz," whero heavy lighting was experienced. Ths
I body of u fallen scldler may bo seen In' tho right center of tho photograph, while troops massed behind an armored
motor car (at left) aro firing upon the opposing faction.
To Tunnel Mountain Chain
nLliW fm aft. HhL.1
In order to cut down the runuing time between Pittsburgh's outlying dis
tricts nnd tho city Itself, an engineering project to blnst through a mountain
chain encircling the city has begun. When this tunnel bns been bored It will
cut down the time from ono hour to 10 minutes. Photograph bIiowb the flrat
blast Ing for the tunnel. The rock within tho white semicircle Is honeycombed
with dynnmltc.
"Do you long for travel nnd adven
ture? "Join tho nrmy. You enn be nn en
gineer at the Panama cnnnl, a wire
less operator In the Philippines, n line
man In Alaska, or an aviator flying In
the clouds. Whenever possible, the
government gives you n choice of sta
tion. "In tho nrmy you enn travel, lenrn,
and earn nt the snmo.tlmc.
Uncle Worries for You.
"You moy think nrmy pay Is low.
In addition to tho $30 n month, Uncle
Sam pays for your food, clothing, rent,
light nnd fuel. With the present high
cost of living, why not lenvo all the
worries td Uncle Sam? After thirty
years' service, you can retire on three
fourths pay plus $1D.75 a month. The
army Is not nil work nnd drilling.
There nre movies, libraries, games, mu
sic nnd dances; furloughs whenever
conditions permit.
"Do you admire courage, honest,
squnro dealing, resolution and tennc-
believe, ephemeral," said Mr. Moloney,
"but It proves thnt tho public Is be
coming very tired of spending Its mon
ey for clothes and not getting vnlue
received. It blames tho retailers for
both prices and material. The retailer
Is as much n victim of clrcurastauces
as It is.
"Sixty-five per cent of tho people
nowndnys are wearing shoddy when
they paid for real clothes. N6w, these
clothes one sees advertised In windows
benr tho sign 'All Wool,' which doesn't
mean anything.
"Shoddy mny bo nil wool, but wool
thnt bns been made over more than
once, nnd sometimes even linked to
keep Its shape. It bns lost Its resilien
cy and wearing qualities. The wool,
ns It comes off tho sheep's back, Is
known as 'virgin' wool.
Bill in Congress.
"A bill was introduced In congress
January 7 designed to prevent the de
celt and prollteerlng that result from
thu unrevenled presence of substitutes
for virgin wool and In garments made
therefrom, known as tho "truth In
fabric" bill. This bill, If pnswd, will
make It obligatory for the fabric manu
facturer to stnmp on tho cloth the ex
act percentage of virgin wool, shoddy
or cotton thnt It may contnln. Tho
fabric will bo stamped: 'Maker's Reg
istration No. Contains not under
per cent virgin wool. Contains
not over per cent shoddy.'
"In this way tho retailer will know
what ho Is belling and tho consumer
what be Is buying. A man will not pay
$70 for a $15 suit. Clothes will flmJ
their proper price levels and tho pub
lic can abandon overalls."
Remarkable Picture of Fighting in Berlin
Ity of purpose? You will find tbeso
qualities in men llko Washington,
Grant, Shormnn, Itoosevclt nnd Per
shing men developed In our nrmy..
"This training of body, mind nnd
soul, and these opportunities for edu
cntlon, travel nnd adventure nro moro
than sulllclent reasons for Joining tho
nnhy; hut there Is another nnd grcnt
or motive for donning tho 'ollvo drab
Do you love your country, nnd would
you bo worthy of her? You must be
willing to bcrve her both In war nnd
pence.
"Have you, llko Nathan ITnle, ono
llfo to give for your country? If so,
Join the nrmy."
YANK WITH 38 WOUNDS HOME
George Tremaln, Wounded In Battle
of the Argonne, Gets Leave to
Visit Parents.
Susntfvllle, Cnl. When Gcorgo Tro
mnln, a soldier from Lnssen county,
was caught in the fire of a German
machine gun nest in the battle of the
Argonne, he received 38 sepnrate
wounds, 20 belnr; of n serious nature.
Tremaln fell and lay on tho ground
In nn exposed position for 12 hours be
fore being rescued. When finally car
ried to a field hospital his Injuries
wero pronounced fatal and for weeks
bo hovered near to death in hospitals
In France.
Tho amputation of both legs was an
ticipated for nenrly a year, but heal
ing was flnnlly accomplished, and now
ho can walk with tho aid of crutches.
Tremaln wns permitted to come hero
from Lettermnn General hospital a
few days ago to visit his parents.
Rat Killing Time Comes Again.
Falmouth, Ky. Tho successful rat
killing party staged .on tho J. J. Eck
ler farm bns suggested that "rat par
ties" would be a good thing for tho
farmers of that section. Tho rodents
nre particularly bad at present, but
tbcro nre fewer on tho Eckler farm
than in. many n day. While moving
tobneco sticks three members of tho
party killed S3 rats and nt tho same
time permitted six to get nwny.
V-""'-" -"-"--"'--"A
Minister Quits Pulpit;
More Money in Factory
Peeksklll, N. Y. Ite Ellis
Sllpperly, pastor In three sub
urban Methodist Episcopal
churches, has discarded his frock
coat for a pair of overalls and
began work ns an apprentice
pearl cutter In n factory here.
Ho announced he hnd resigned
bis pastorate because he "could
not mako both ends meet," nnd
would confine his prencblng to
"relief work which would not in
terfero with factory duties."
Ills snlary as a pearl cutter
would bo several hundred dol
lars a year moro than his salary
as a minister, ho said.
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NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
riniely News Culled From 'All
Parts of tho State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
At a convention nt Grand Island of
delegates from the Non-Pnrtlsnn
League, State Federation of Labor,
Bcveral farmer organizations and labor
unions of Omaha, Lincoln, Fremont
nnd other cities of the statu, It was
voted to place Mayor A. G. Wray of
York in nomination for governor of
Nebraska by petition; F. L. Hollen of
Knox county for attorney general and
Robert Motisel of Cambr'Tge for lieu
tenant governor.
From one to ten years In the state
penitentiary was the sentence Imposed
upon Jesse Ingram, 28, at Mullen, for
alleged cattle rustling. It Is said that
Ingrain got Into the trouble through
a dare by other ranchmen to steal cat
tle to pay off. his debts.
Work Is progressing rapidly on Wy
nioie's new sanitary sewer system,
which will cost approximately 70,000
wnen completed. About half of the
funds of thu Improvement were se
cured through the sale of two of the
city parks lust fall.
Scotia had a real gala day recently
when tho bank of Scotia moved Into
its handsome new bank building. In
response to Its Invitation nearly every
one In town and vicinity attended the
reception given.
A. F. Ackermnn, Lincoln, has been
State bank at Aurora, which was
closed March 10. The report of Bank
Examiner Items Brown shows apparent
losses of $70,000. .EITorts to put the
bank In shape have been unavailing.
' Government ofllclals have Instituted
legal proceedings against two Omnha
.retail grocers for ulleged hoarding of
.sugar In violation of the Lever act.
These merchants were among those
whose sugar was confiscated recently.
Nebraska churches contributed more
Uinn ?1!,000,000 to the Interchurch
World Movement campnlgn, which
ended last Friday and many churches
havp not yet reported to state head
quarters at Omnha. ,
Statistics show that In 1880 Ne
braska ranches possessed 070,000 bend
of cattle valued at SIL'.OUO.OGO. In
1010 Nebraska farms and ranches pos
sessed 2,073,003 head of cattle valued
at $11M,8001231.
Petitions calling for a special elec
tion for the purpose of voting 70,000
bonds for the erection of n new high
school building have been presented
to tho board of education at Venango.
! Lodges Nos. 10 nnd 04, A. F. nnd
A. M., of Lincoln, are planning to con
struct n new 000,000 Masonic Temple
In the Cnpital City. Plans for the
structure have been approved by the
two lodges.
Tho 100-acre farm of Carl and Paul
Vog, located near Beatrice, who re
side In Germnny and are alien enemies
of the United States, has been seized
by federal ofllclals. The land Is valued
at 200 an acre.
The new cereal mill being built nt
Beatrice will have a capacity of 20,000
packages daily. Tho plant will cost
about $30,000 and will be In operation
this summer.
Farmers of Merrick county have or
ganized for the purpose of fighting the
Union Pacific In Its attempt to occupy
valuable farming land along its right-of-way.
It Is reported that an airplane as
sembly plant for the conversion of
aerial mall planes into war planes, in
case of war on either coast, is planned
for Omaha.
Lewis C. Ilolcomb of Mullen, who
shot nnd killed ,P. N. Klrpatrick last
fall, was sentenced to 20 years In
prison. Ilolcomb Is the fnther of four
teen children.
Thu highest price paid for a largo
acreage In Stanton county was paid
when F. J. Parr sold 400 acres near
Stanton for 200 an acre.
The Hebron lire depnrtment, follow
ing thu filing of a petition with tho
city council, has been instructed to
purchase a chemical and hose truck.
Owen D. Krntzer has established a
weekly newspaper at Virginia, Gage
(county. Tho namo of tho new publi
cation Is the Virginian.
The new len and cold storage plant
built at SIdnc Is being equipped with
necessary mochlnery. The plant will
be one of thu largest In Nebraska.
Sidney business men hnve subscribed
a budget of more than $7,000 to put
n baseball team In the field to repre
ricnt the city.
The balanco in the stnte treasury In
creased the past month from $3,120,
038.02 March 31 to 3,182,070.40, ac
cording to a report issued by Stnte
.Treasurer Cropsey.
' Nearly 000 people attended a power
farming contest staged ut Hay Springs
under tho auspices of tho Sheridan
county farm bureau. Eight outfits
competed for honors. Tho scoring was
made on the tractor, plow and driver.
Tho now sower system being In
stalled at Franklin Is being pushed
rapidly and will bo completed by
July 1.
Flro completely destroyed three
buildings In the husluoss district of
SI ilck ley, causing a loss of nbout
$20,000.
, The total rainfall for Holt county
during April was 0.22 Inches, accord
ing to tho government gauge nt O'Neill,
'or a total of nearly 00 billion cubic
,feot of water for tho county, as the
area of tho county la 2,010 square
miles.
After deliberating five hours n Jury
ncqultted Lawrence H. Lackey at AN
llance of a charge of first degree mur
der. Lackey was charged with causing
tho death of his 7-ycnr-old daughter,
Pauline, who died December 11, last, of
strychnine poisoning. The enso at
tracted much nttcntlon throughout tho
state.
Within n plain wooden box draped
with the Stars and Stripes, the bodv
of Eugene L. McWIIllnms, who died lit
Franco In May, 1018, was burled In
the cemetery at Sholton. Ills Is tho
first of the bodies of American soldiers
killed la France brought lioiuu to Ne
braska for burial.
A coroner's Jury at Omaha ordered
Policeman Geo. Swan held to thu dis
trict court for manslaughter following
his running down and killing Miss An
na .lensen, school teacher, while chas
ing an automobile speeder on a motor
cycle. II. S. Harris, principal of tho Har
vard schools, who shot and seriously
wounded Itussell Aker, young farmer
of the Harvard vicinity, near the home
of his sweetheart, Edna Korgan, is be
lloed to be mentally defective.
Frank Martin, 13, Wood Itlver lad,
was killed and his sister, Mrs. George
Krugor of Grand Island, was Injured
when an automobile In which they
were riding overturned o:i u country
road near thu former city.
Agricultural Agent Hoti'ser of Dodge
county announced a heavy demand
from farmers for "nlnety-dny" corn for
seed, thu lateness of tho planting mak
ing thu yellow .dent variety preferred
over more slowly ripening types.
A new highway from Nebraska City
through Ashland nnd Wahoo, connect
ing with the Lincoln Highway at Co
lumbus or Schuyler, Is being consid
ered by the commercial clubs of the
foregoing towns.
Becausu he had asked exemption
from the draft on the ground that ho'
wns nn nllen enemy, C. L. Knicku of
Syracuse was denied citizenship by
District Judge Begley at Nebraska
City.
Two Deshier men have purchased n
tract of land east of town, and will
put In an artificial lake of three acres
and stock It with game fish. It will
also be used for boating nnd bathing.
Permission has been given the Ham
ilton County Farmers' Telephone as
sociation by the State Railway Com
mission to increase the rates of ita
several exchanges 20 cents a month.
The First Stnte bank and .the Ameri
can State bank at Ilemlngford bnvo
consolidated under tho nnnio of tho
First Statu bank. Thu Institution wlj
soon erect a new bank building.
Three Fremont business men bnvo
volunteered to serve ns scoutmasters
for three troops of Boy Scouts, to glvo
the Fremont organization ilrst-clasa
rating with the national council.
School teachers of Dodge county nre
helping County Agent Ilouscr make a
survey of all cattle, mules, horses nnd
hogs in the county ns a part of the
"Better Sires" campaign.
Lew E. Webster, prominent Fnlrbury
business man, died from Injuries lie re
ceived when he felMlfteen feet from
an Ice shoot at the Falrbury Ice plant,
which he owned.
Stnte Auditor Marsh reports that
the delay In Issuing ball Insurance
vouchers to pay losses sustained last
year has been delayed becausu of tho
lack of help In his olllce.
Grand army men In Nebraska are re
Joking over the passngu of the Fuller
bill in congress allowing a $00 per
month pension to all civil war veterans
who saw service.
Glenrock, a hamlet of about 20 popu
lation, near Auburn, Is soon to have a
bank, work hnving begun some tlnio
ngo on a new brick structure1 to house
the institution.
The It. E. Senrli! Aero company of
Ogallala has sold its second airplane
this spring, tho lntust purchaser being
Chas. Cone and Harry Brailunkamp of
Lexington.
It Is reported that the potato crop
in Box Butte county will be short this
season, thu farmers having sold their
seed too closely on account of the high
prices.
The Auburn band, after an existenco
of forty years, 1ms. disbanded. It was
the oldest musical organization In thu
state. Non-support was given as tiie
cause.
Raymond J. Hill, who killed his
father at the hitter's homo near Ge
neva in March has been committed to
the Insane asylum at Huntings.
Thu "sblmmle" Is barred In danco
halls of Nebraska City by order of
Mayor Thomas.
A 00,000 aircraft corporation has
been organized at North Platte, and a
school of Hying will ho opened soon.
A sqund of seventeen lnmntes of tho
state penitentiary weru put to work
on the S. Y. A. highway, near Seward,
the past week.
Telephone poles have nil been re
moved from Franklin streets, and nil
wires put underground. Tho move Is
part of the city campaign to beautify
the streets.
Arthur S. Churchill, 70 years old,
former attorney general of Nebraska,
died at a hospital at Omaha. Mr.
Churchill was a staunch republican,
a member of the G. A. It. and of the
Masonic lodge.
Tho 200,000 bond issue to enlarge
the public library at Omaha was do
feated at thu recent primary.
Edgar Taylor of Norfolk- sold to
Steeder Brothers of Wesley, In.,
Uneeda Orion Sensation, a Duroc
Jersey hoar, for tho sum of 10,000,
believed to bo tho highest price ever
paid for a hog In Nebraska.
During tho pust month over 200 linn
been paid out by tho county clerk at
Beatrice In bounties for wolf scalps.
C. Perkey, farmer, near Fllley,
brought nine live wolves la thu past
week.
FROM FORTY-FIVE
TO SIXTY
A Word of Help to Women
of Middle Age From
Mrs. Raney.
Morse, Okla. "When I was 4B years
old Lydia E. Pin Cham's Vegetable Com-
pounu carried mo
through tho critical
period of tho Change
of Lifo in safety. I
am over 60 and nave
raised a family of
eight children and
am in fine health.
My daughter and
daughters-in-law
recommend your
Vegetable Com
pound and I still take
it occasionally mv-
eelf. You aro at liberty to use my
name it you wisn. ' airs, alice kaney,
Morse, Oklahoma.
Change of Life is ono of tho most
critical periods of a woman's existence.
This good old-fashioned root and herb
remedy mr.y be relied upon to overcome
the distressing symptoms which accom
pany it and women everywhere should
remember that there is no other remedy
known to carry women so successfully
through this trying period as Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., (con
fidential), Lynn, Mass. Your letter
will be opened, read and answered by a
V?oman and held in strict confidence.
Honey Yield Higher.
The average yield of surplus honey
In 1010 was 50 pounds td a colony of
honey bees, as estimated by the bu
reau of crop estimates, United States
department of agriculture. This Is con
siderably above overage of 45 pounds
In 1018, and of 41 0-10 pounds for tho
five years lOl't-1017. Tho relative pro
portions In which the honey of th
last two years was marketed are Indi
cated by HO for extracted honey, 31 for
comb honey nnd 10 for bulk honey.
About one-third of the product goes to
"outside" markets.
Adam also got his eyes open after
Ms marriage.
Shoes at $14 n pair can't seem t
irlug back gaiters.
Get Back Your Health
Ate you dragging around day after
day with a dull backache? Are you
tired, and lame mornint?s-8ubjcct to
headaches, dizzy gpells, and sharp, stab
bing painB. Then there's surely some
thing wrong. Probably it's kidney
weakness 1 Don't wait for more serious
kidney trouble. Get buck your health
nnd keep it. For quick relief get plenty
flcep and exercise nnd use Doan's
Kidney Pills. They have helped
thousands. Ask your neighbor!
A Nebraska Case
L. M. Urockctt,
prop maelilno and
repair shop, 924 Lo
gan St., HoldrcKO,
NeD., says: "My
kidneys wore Irreg
ular In action and
I had to get up ut
night to pass the
secretions. M y
back gave, me con
siderable nnnoy
unce and many
times I could hard
ly stoop over. I
.unriillly began eslng
Donnrs Kidney Pills
nnd was helped In
no time. Doan's eventually cured me."
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