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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF IEN BADLY IED ON FARMS Shortage of Hired Labor Threat ens to Curtail Production of Food. MEREDITH MAKES AN APPEAL Increase of Wages From 15 to 25 Per cent Falls to Relieve Situation Total Acreage Undoubtedly Will Be Reduced. Washington With n hortngo of hired fnrm labor, iih ncuto ns In 1018, , threatening to curtail food production .on American farms; K. T. Meredith, secretary of ngrlculturc, has Issued nn appeal to city men, college students nnd others to spend their vacntloiiH working on fnrnis, particularly ns helpers In harvest fields. Ileports secured by tho federnl de partment from Its representatives In practically every state In the Union show that the supply of hired farm labor In this country Istpnly about 72 per cent of the normal supply, com pared with approximately 81 per cent of n normal supply n year ago. This year's shortage I almost exactly Mis i same ns that of two years ago when '"largo numbers of men were" In military service.' May Cut Production. Tho present shortage- has arisen In eplto of tho fact that farm wnges are 15 to 25 per cent higher than last year. Tho situation, unremedied, can hot fall to have unfavorable effect on production, according to tho United Btnten department of ngrlculture, and will tend to prevent nny reduction In Iho prices of fnrm products. While Iho total acreage undoubtedly will ho educed as n result of tho present situ Mon, It will not ho In ns lnrge propor tion ns the reduction In the labor sup Vy, because tho farmers with their (amllles oro exerting themselves to fluutmost to overcome their hnndlcap. Cultivation MiIm year will he less In tensive than formerly. More land will be put Into grass and such other crops as require n minimum of labor, It Is enld, and tho tilled fields will ho less mtenslvely cultivated. Secretary Meredith calls on nil bus iness men nnd students to spend their summer holidays helping relieve the present situation nnd so aid In com bating high living costs. In making Discovers Way to Balk Idiocy Surgeon Perfects New Method of Treating Tumor of the Hu man Brain. SAVES SCORES OF PERSONS Discovery Is Result of Long Series of Experiments on Animals Locates Tumors and Obstructions Every Time, BalUmore, J,.d. -Dr. Walter E. Dnndy, associate In surgery at Johns Hopkins hospital, has discovered a process by which purified air Is pumped Into the chnnncls of the hu man brain, thus making possible a study of the living brain. Tho discovery In regnrded of tre' mendous Importance in that It al ready has saved scores of persons from idiocy nnd premature death, by mak ing posslblo tho xnct location of brain tumors, al thus their eventual removal. The discovery if Doctor Dandy Is tho result of long series of experi ments on nnfmnls. FluH hat Feeds th Brain. In ech hemisphere of the brain there s n largo ventricle or chamber connecting with nn elaborate vstem of Jlinnnels tilled with a fluid pro duced apparently by one, of the glands nnd delivered to tho brain through Mio spine. This fluid passes slowly to AIR VIEW A now nnd interesting aerial view verhcud. HHjw . yj y js ?' bkRBr v f jjErtSr a vik, it 1 1 isbbbbEI Jh ITm a a sf S 5v vc 535IiEmBE?5 ' FLAGSHIP TO BE rt. VkrA'?"i if "h"--'-, "kJS m ma -m-ynW- v ' T" V i) " i ; ' ,f ', f-VJl mSi3T:iV: il.ill L ' ";" s VjjifeBkBhtfeta.LLH The U. S. S. town, In Its day the pride of the American navy and flagship of the Into "Fighting Hob" Kvuns, unless plnns of naval experts full, will bo used as a moving target for modern dreadnoughts. Its movements directed by powerful wireless apparatus Invented by John Hays Hammond. The Iowa In about thirty years old and Is cf no further ue as a lighting machine. this appeal It Is recognized thnt. nt the outset nt lenst, such labor Is not as elllclent nt experienced farm labor, but the excellent results secured In 1018, when city men In lnrge numbers aided tho farmers, leave no doubt ns to the success of the present drive If tho men will respond. Plan to Help Farmers. Tho United States department of ngrlculturc wns represented by Asher Hohson at tho meeting of tho National Farm Labor conference held In Kan sns City recently and the olllco of fnrm mnnngement, of which Mr. Hobson Is assistant chief, Is laying plans looking toward offering effective aid In denting with the fnrm labor situation, partic ularly In the harvest season. It Is ex pected thnt definite announcement re gnrdlng work nlong Mils' line will bo mnde In the nenr future. Until other provision hns been made by the de partment all persons Interested In find ing work on fnrms should write to the directors of ngrlculturnl extension nt tho ngrlculturnl colleges In the vari ous states. These directors arc pre- tho surface of tho brain, there to bo absorbed by the lirnln tissue, nnd It might be described ns tho fluid on which the brnln feeds. An excess of this fluid is known ns hydrocephalus, or water on tho brnln. Doctor Dnndy hns discovered thnt it frequently follows n tumor which blocks the passage of tho fluid. Na ture provides but one method of dis posing of It, nbsorptlon. When that Is prevented by n tumor, the fluid col lects and presses against the brnln, destroying it. Sometimes patients will llvo for yenrs as imbeciles. Trials So Far Successful. In every case where It hns been used the method hns been successful In locating tumors nnd other brnln ob structions within a hair's breadth. One of tho most remarkable features of the discovery Is that It Is most efll cnclous when only n local anesthetic Is used. It wns discovered that tho patlent'felt no ill effects nnd wns nblo to glvo nsslstnnce to tho surgeon. In one case described by Doctor Dandy n patient wns operated on half a dozen times for n tumor of tho brain without success. Doctor Dandy used his process nnd locuted the tumor, which wns removed from n point not considered by diagnosticians. A photograph of the pntlent prior to the operation showed n face with sag ging lines nnd tho vncnnt stare of im becility. A photograph n few months nfter tho operation showed n man np pnrently In full possession of his senses. OF THE CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON of the cnpltol in WftBhuigton, made USED AS TARGET pared to supply the names of county agents hnvlng farms In their respec tive counties that nerd farm Inbor.- By this method anyone desiring to help on a farm can get in direct communi cation with the farmer. ONE DRINK JAILS BRIDEGROOM Brooklyn Judge Lets Him Go to Try to Square Things With His Wlfc-to-Be. Brooklyn, N. Y. Togged out in his wedding finery, namely, n perfectly correct afternoon outfit, Alexander Kloskowsky, aged forty, woke up in a cell. Ills recollections of whnt happened were vague. He remembered he had started from his boarding house to make his first venture In married life. Ills wife-to-be wus waiting for him. Ills disposition to bo prompt at the al tar was fixed In ills mind, but a temp ter whispered to him that one little glass of half of 1 per cent beer would not hurt him. The barman whispered "try whisky," as If he was doing him a favor, and he did. Thnt was the last recollection ho had until Uie cell cus todian woko him up nnd told him to get rendy to go to court. Tho facts in the caso were duly presented to Magistrate McGuIro by Patrolman McGovern, who hnd picked tho expectant bridegroom out of tho gutter. "If you promise mo thnt you will not tnko another drink until you nro safe ly married I'll let you go," enld Mac magistrate. Kloskowsky promised, with marked fervor, and then sturted out to square things with tho woman who mny or may not consent to bo Mrs. Klos kowsky. King Alfonso Was Fined for Walking on Grass Mndrld. King Alfonso wns fined' two pesetas for walking across the grass In tho Gardens pf tho Alcnzar. Every member of his suite who followed tho king across the greensward like wise was fined. Tho first lntlmntion the royal party hnd thnt It had committed nn offense was when a gunrdlnn approached and said: "Your majesty, walking on tho grass Is forbidden. I must fine you ac cording to my Instructions." At first King Alfonso wns abashed, then he laughed and paid the money. Later the mayor of tho town called at tho palnco nnd apol ogized to the king, but his mnjesty told him the guardian had acted properly nnd should be lownrdod for devotion to duty. from a United States arm jilnne flying NEBRASKA IN BRIEF fimely Hows Gulled Prom All Parts of the State, Reduced for tho Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED The torrential rains and floods In northwestern Nebraska and south western South Dakota of the past week were the most severe In the his tory of thnt part of the country, and caused the death of at least ten per sons hundreds of cattle nnd horses and washed away scores of bildges and many tulles of railroad track, re sulting In, complete paralysis of truf fle on the Utirllngton and Northwest ern line. People of southeastern Nebraska have solved the problem of the high cost of building. Sawmills have sprung up In all parts of Nemaha county and thousands of cnttonwond trees are being cut down and sawed up Into perfectly good material. Far mers are buying the lumber sawed from the native logs by home mills at $' a thousand and are using the ma terial to build barns, sheds mid crlh Several big Omaha retail stores have followed the plan of the Wann maker stores of New York in reducing prices on all stocks In an effort to lower lllng costs. Prices have been slashed by the Omaha concerns from U( to :!( per cent. Heads of firms dif fer, however, to some degree, for the action, some saying It was brought about by nbrenk In the market and not due to philanthropic motives. The Scottish Kite building company of Lincoln, which owns the temple erected a few years ago, has filed with the supreme court Its brief In appeal from the Lancaster county district court from nn order holding that the temple was subject to taxation. The Salvation Army Is establishing Its home service program for HK!0 In Nebraska. In 11 counties Salvation Army advisory boards have already been organised nnd are actively co-operating with the army in home service work. Two hundred nnd fifty Dodge county boys nnd girls are organized Into poul try, pig, calf, cooking, sewing or gar dening clubs and competing for cash prizes given by the Scrtbner, and Hooper Fair associations and different farm organizations. Geno Huse, publisher of the Norfolk Dally News, has been decorated with the King Albert medal for services rendered llelglum during the war. He was In charge of the North Nebraska campaign for funds to old Uelglun ba bies. The old chlckory factory building nt O'Neill, built about thirty yenrs ago, when chlckory was being boomed ns n substitute for coffee, Is being torn down. The factory was said to be the largest manufacturing plant of its kind In the world. Recent Investigations nnd report from the Miller Seed Co., Kansas City, prove thnt Vennngo, tills state, Is the largest millet shipping point In the world. Millet Is one of western Ne braska's big crops. John II. Morehend of Falls City had a right to have his name printed on the primary ballot ns n cnndldnte for the democratic nomination for gov ernor, according to an opinion of the supreme court. Complete official returns of the pri mary election April 20, show thnt W, J. Krynn will linve 11 of the 10 dele gates to the democratic national con vention Instend of 10. Nebraska's winter wheat crop for Mils year is estimated nt 'lT.riSfi.OOO bushels by the state department of ng rlculture, ns compared with 54,097,000 Inst vi'iip. Two hundred veterans of tho G. A. It., representing the 2,000 who still survive In Nebraska, attended tho big encampment at Fremont Inst week. A campaign Is on nt North Plntte to raise funds to fit up a permanent sum mer camp for Hoy Scouts and Camp Fire girls of the city. Drilling for oil Is to start soon In tho vicinity of Ilea trice. About 40,000 acres In Gage county have been lenseu for the venture. For the second time this spring the Northwestern bridge over the Ktkhorn river nt Norfolk", Was washed oul by flood waters. Plans are being completed for n big celebration In Hebron on July Fourth. "Flag Day," June 14, will bo ob served by schools nnd patriotic so cieties In many towns and cities of Nebraska. Dean O. V. T. Stout of tho Univer sity of Nebraska engineering college tendered his resignation to the re gents, to take effect July 1. A shake-up at the state university wns Indicated when the board of re gents placed Dean W. G. Hastings of the college of law on the retired list, ns dean emeritus. Hastings Is one of tho leading lawyers of tho state, nnd bus been dean for twelvo years. A carnival held by the Holdrege post of the American Legion netted $2,400, which will bo used to equip now club room s. Seven boys were suspended from Lincoln High school 'following ndmls slon on their pnrt of Joining secret so cieties or fraternities. The first scpiud of prison lnborers ifrom tho stnto penitentiary to ho put on Nebraska rond-bulldlng work hns proven n success, nccordlng to W. L. Clements, general superintendent of construction, who hns been watching the work of these mon near Tccumseh. Beatrice High school won high hon ors In the eighteenth annual track and field meet of the Nebraska high schools at the State University, Lin coln, Mny 10. The Deatrlco youths captured first plnce In Uie group three competition, Lincoln finished second nnd Omnha third. The group two championship went to Wilbur, while Dewltt was victor In group one. Over .100 youths, representing more than Miirty schools, were on the truck, tho greatest In the history of Nebraska track sports history. Iteturns of the recent primary show that there ws a total vote cast on tho olllco of governor of 1M.810, of which the republicans polled 102,212 nnd the democrats r2.r03. On preference for president, 12,H21), of which 130,047 were republican and 50,082 democratic. A total of .'17,510 women took advan tage of the chance to vote. Scott township, Holt county, Is to have llve miles of the most modern highway ever constructed bv..n slnglo township In the state. The rond will conform to federal specifications nnd will be 48 feet wide, with n 21-foot rondway. All bridges and culverts on the highway will be full width of tho grade. A cloudburst over the northwestern portion of Iowa and northeastern Ne braska drove many families from their homes at Homer, swelled all streams to thg flood stage and wiped out railroad tracks In many places. Thousands of dollars duninge was reported In tho district. A report Issued by State Fire Mar shal Hartford, shows there were 583 fires reported to the olllce for Decern- oer, win, ami the llrst three months of this year with n total loss of $1, 111,1M0.21, and three deaths reported for the same time because of gasollno and kerosene. It. A. Lower of Lincoln, former cashier of Ma Valparaiso State bank, closed by the State Hanking bureau, was bound over to district court by County Jtldue Pnrnientm-nt Wnimn nn an Information charging him with em , ..... .... .(.ui' ,i nezzllng ?oi,:igo from the bank. The population of Lincoln, according to the federal census, is 5l,o:il, an In crease of 10,001, or 24.0 per cetn since 1010. This Is for the city alone, nnd does not Include the suburbs, which It Is estimated contain n total of lll.OOO persons. Nehraskans-who attend the stnt6 fair this fall may have to pay an nd mlsslnn fee of 75 cents Instead of 50 cents as previously. The board of managers has the matter under consid eration and some action will probably be taken shortly. Hyannis olllclals have requested tho stnto fire warden to Investigate the fliev which partially destroyed tho Prulft boarding house, after oiled waste had been distributed about the rooms and the fire department hoso cut. In nn effort to relieve the tencher shortngo In Nebraska, the State Uni versity nt Lincoln will offer speclnl Inducements In Its summer school terms, Juno 5 to July HO, for former teachers who plan to re-enter the field. George Martin of Kearney was nnmed president, nnd Frank PIckrell, principal of tho Lincoln High school, Lincoln, secretary nnd treasurer of tho Nebraska Schoolmasters' club nt lta meeting In Fremont. Robbers entered the State bnnk of Colon, blew the safe, rifled the safo deposit vault nnd escaped with nbout $0,000. This Is the third bnnk robbery In Saunders county within six months. The new $25,000 hospital, built nt Lynch, which will bo operated by the Ilenedlctlne sisters of tho Catholic church, will be ready for occupancy iu about two weeks. James C. Dahlmnn, former mayor of Omaha, hns been appointed temporary United Stntes Marshal for Nebraska In place of T. J. Flynn, who died re cently. Plymouth now hns electric lights for the first time In Its history. The Juice Is furnished by the Ilentrice plant. Several families along tho line nre using the service. Gasoline prices are skyrocketing. At Omaha and other cities In the stnto It has risen from 27 to 80 cents n gallon and another advance Is fore casted. At n conference nt Hutchinson, Knn. a decision was reached to pay harvest bunds In Knnsns nnd Nebraska 70 cents an hour with board nnd room Mils senson. The Hested company hns announced the selection of Ilentrice ns the slto for their factory for Morton candy show cases. The government employment serv ice at Washington estimates that It will require 0,000 harvest hands to care for Nebraska's ,'1,000,000 ncro wheat crop this season. Nebraska Is anxious for strict en forcement of prohibition lnws, accord ing to James II. llauley, stale prohibi tion enforcement agent, who returned to Omaha from a tour of 25 counties. Kxcavatlng for tho new Platte county court houso to ho built nt Co lumbus has commenced. It will per haps take two years to complete the building. Heavy rains tho past week washed out 7,000 feet of track between Walt hill and Winnebago. A new highway from Nebraska City through Ashlnnd nnd Wnhoo, connect ing with the Lincoln Highway at Co lumbus or Schuyler, Is being consid ered by tho commercial clubs of the foregoing towns. Prices of lumber on tho Omaha market have declined from 8 to 10 per cent In tho pnst few days. Contrac tors have taken a brace nnd nre be ginning to lny plnns for greater activ ity during the summer. IHP10VED timrOlM ntTElltATlOIUl I StiNMrSUOOL Lesson ' (By rtEV. P. H. F1T2WATUK, D. D.. 7,?.n.ch?r ot English Ulblo In tho Moodr Ulblo Inatltuio ot ChkHKO.) (Copyright, 192C. Wentttn Ncvmpuper Unlon LESSON FOR MAY 30 JONATHAN AND MIS ARMOR BEARER. LESSON THXT-t Sum 14:1.48. GOLDEN TEXT-For Hie promise l unto you nnd your children, and to all that are nfar off, even as muny an th Lord our Ood ahull cull. Acts 2:39. ADDITIONAL MAXEIUAL-l Sam. 13: 1-23. PIMMARY TOP1C-A Story ot a tlrava Prince. JUNIOR TOPlC-IIow Two Men Put an Army to KIlRlit. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC Oui Foes unil How to Overcome Tltctn. YOUNG PEOPLE ANOWDULT TOPIC -ThoN Value ot Initiative In Christian Work. I. Israel's Reduced Condition (vv. 1-3). The Philistine oppression had be come so terrible Mint the king had only about (MX) men. and they were completely disarmed, except that Saul and Jonathan had each a sword and spear. Lest the Israelites should inline unto themselves swords and spears the Philistines took from them their smiths; they only left them n tile to sharpen their Instruments of hus bandry. This left them under the ne cessity of going to the Philistines to have their tools sharpened. Saul him self was Jn hiding, lle'cause he hutl presumpously Intruded Into the priest's olllce God rejected him. Whllo In thin desperate condition God moved Jonathan to go against the Philistines. II. Description of tho Passageway Between Israel and the Philistines (vv. 4, 5). Over against the way which Jona than and Ids urmorhAurcr had to trav CTse. on either side lay sharp rocks called llozez and Seneh. The opposing camps were probably three miles apart. It required grtaf effort to scale the cliff. The feat of Jonathan ami his arniorhearer was one of the most daring, ever nttcmncd. III. Jonathan's Resolution to Go Against the Philistines (vv. 0-10.) 1. Jonathan's summons to the young man (v. 0). Here the thought of verse one Is resumed, verses two to live he lug parenthetical. Jonathan did not doubt but that the Lord was leading bliii. He recognized his covenant re lationship with God, and therefore hls clalm upon him as ngalnut the uncir cumclscd Philistines, asserting that "there Is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few." God Is all powerful, so with him numbers cut' no flgure. Whatever he wilfc for us ho enn do. One with God Is n majority. (Deut. 32:30). 2. The nphle response of his nrmor benrer (v. 7). He wns actuated by tho same fnlth nnd courage ns Jonathan and entered heartily Into the under taking. When two ugreo together as touching anything In the nnme of Christ It shall be done (Mutt. 18:10. 20). 3. Watching for the will of God (vv. 8-10). Doubtless the same Spirit who hnd moved Jonathan to go had in structed him to watch for the Divine leading. The sign that God would de liver the Philistines Into their hands wns the Invitation for Jonathan and his companion to come up o the Phil istines. They did not go forward until the sign of divine lending wus given. IV. Jonathan's Marvelous Vlctory (vv. 11-10). Being assured of the divine lending, Jomithnn with his armorbeurer sprung forward saying thnt the Lord hnd de livered the enemy Into tho hnnds of Israel. He did not sny "Into our hands," but "Into the hnnd9 of Israel. This Is a line touch of humility j it shows that It wns zeal for God, not selfish ambition Mint Impelled him to go forth. God Interposed by a great earthquake,, causing consternation among the Philistines, moving them to destroy ench other. V. Saul's Foolish Behavior (vv. 17-10). 1. His cnrnnl zenl(vv. 17-23). After the Lord hnd given the vlutory nt the hands of Jonathan, Snul called for the nrk of God to be brought, nfter which ho went-forth In pursuit of tho enemy who hud nlrcndy been routed. 2. Ills foolish obligation Imposed (vv. 2-1-30). It wns thnt a curse would be upon nny one of his soldiers who should stop to-cnt on thnt dny. Fast ing Is proper nt times, bu.t It wns the height of folly to demnt-d strenuous service of his soldiers without the uecessnry nourishment. 3. His determination to kill Jona than. Jonnthnn not having heard this rash oath, partook of tho honey ns ho passed through tho woods and wns greatly refreshed. When this wns re ported to Snul he wns nbout to tnko the life of his own son, who had so gloriously wrought In the deliverance of hU people. Evidence of Things Unseen. No pure nnd slmplo life, true to It self, true to Its mnker, t.is ever lived on this earth thnt was nut a voice on God's behalf, however still nnd small, nnd that did not, 'In Its sincere nud humblo way, declnro a. hope nnd re veal a fnlth which might well be tho evidence of things unseen. Alexander Gordon. 0i Doing Evil Deeds. Tho disposition to do nn evil deed Is of Itself a terrible punishment of the deed It does. C. Mlldmny,