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A Newspausf That filvcs Thn Mews Flftyrwo Ww-.ks Kncti Ycnr For $2.00
VOLUME 49
RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA. JANUARY 20. 1921
NUMBER 3
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Why Mot Have a Good
Kfcffigaa
Bank Entered by Burglars ; Plans All Made for Farm
on Tuoiiiy night iiurjriarH ontorod Bureau Drive Next Week
the State Bunlr of Guide Knelt for the j
purpose of robbery mid iifur tist i g
imeKeeper
A New Clock
will do the timekeeping for you
Let us show you our stock
County Farm Bureau agent, II. R.
C. B. Stewart, mombov
of the Farm Bureau Board, have just
to !) l'oteisolllco whore they used u J returned from a li-Sp over the county
'mow hnr to dttf u hole through tho jn regard to the membership cam-
four chui'gvs of explosives ou the v,ui t Fausch, and
Hour nicy guvo n up iv ii(i men worn in-
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Columbia Grafonolas
MITCHELL
Columbia Records
THE JEWELER
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TURNING
THE LEAF
1-9-2-0
1-9-2-1
Turn Over A New Leaf
Begin the New Year Right
That long delayed sitting for a portrait
Tour children want it Your parents
want it You owe it to them So come
in today while the year is young and
the thought fresh in your mirid.
Ovor Smith's
Shoo Store-
The
Studio
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Let Us Do Your Bookkeeping .
WHY WORRY ABOUT IT YOURSELF?
LET US WORRY.
Deposit all you receive in the bank and piy all your bills by check.
When your monthly statement is tent you and your cancelled checks
returned, you know exactly what you have done with your money.
There is no question about the amount paid; for the check shows very
plainly, in black and white, the complete transaction.
WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN YOU.
THE WEBSTER COUNTY BANK
Edward Flotance, President Red Cloud, Nob. S. R. Flotance, Cashier
Deposits Guaranteed by the Dtpotltori Guarantee Fund of the State of Xtbratka
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biielc wall to enter the vault. They
did not molest tho Mifo but pried open
two or three private safely deposit
boxes of which two they took .with
them. The bauk does not dulm to
Iihvo lost anything ntid dees not. know
the contents of the two boxts tlmti
wero taken
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Death Calls Mrs. E. Goodrick
Mrs. Kdson Goodrick, passed awny in
a hospital' nt Greeley, Colorado la t
Saturday morning, a few days after
having given bir'.h to a child. Shu
was, before her marriage. Miss Itoso
Reed, and had been born nnd n-.'ircd in
this community. Upon leceiptof word
of her serious illncbs her brother 13. V
Uced. Sr.,' and her sieti'r Mrs Jennie
(Jouldie hud gone to Greeley.
The remains were brought to this
city Tuesday and funernl servleea weio
held from I he Methodist church Wed
nesday afternoon. Uev. II. W. Cope in
ehargo. Interment was main In the
cemetery.
Interesting Figures
The following figures will no doubt
prove interesting to the many readers
of the Chief, not alone those person
ally interested in the institution, but
others as well, as it clearly portrays
the fact that co-oporation in any or.
all matters shows satisfactory
turns.
v A little over two years ago tho
Farmers
paign, which will bo put on in Web
stcr county, starting next Monday,
January 24.
Mr. Fausch is quite optomistic
over the outlook of the campaign and
stated this morning that tho cam
paign in the county would bo con
ducted along tho linos similar to
those adopted in counties which have
already been organized in various
parts of tho state. The meeting
next Monday, which will be held at
tho Besso Auditorium, said Mr.
Fntisch, will in all probability bead
dressed by Elmer Youngs, of Lexing
ton,, president of the Nebraska Farm
Bureau Federation, V. H. Brokaw,
head, of tho Extension Service at Lin
coln, Miss Luckndoo, home demon
stration agent of Thurston county and
Eugene Sullivan, of Iowa, who will
be in active charge of the campaign
in Webster county. Those people are
wolli-lmown ovor the state and will
explain the purposes of tho Farm
Bureau in such a way that its value
to the agricultural interests of tho
county, state and nation,0 cannot bo
misunderstood. This meeting starts
at 1:30 p..m.
On tho following dny, said Mr.
Fausch, and throughout tho remain
der cfji'ih'i? weak the message of- the
bo carried direct
O
re-, Farm Bureau will
to the farmer by a farm to farm
canvass under the direction of tho
Union Co-operntive Associn- resident enptain in ench precinct.
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Mramnn
Nineteen Twenty One
Finds us prepared lo again serve you for another
year. It also finds our stock of groceries com
corhplete, fresh and new. It also finds us con
ducting our business on the same honorable
basis as heretofore and our motto "Satisfaction
or Your Money Back" strictly observed.
LET US SERVE YOU THIS YEAR.
tion was organized in this city, with j Some idea' of how tho Farm Bureau
headquarters in a dingy 12xlG framo Federation movement is sweeping
shack on one of tho deserted corners . throughout Nebraska and tho entire
of tho city." They bought cream, United States may bo gained from
poultry, eggs, and occasionally a con- j the fact that though tho American
signment of groceries was ordered for Farm Bureau Federation is only a
their members. Gradually their ' little moro than a year and a half old,
business increased until they wore oh-' it has approximately 1,500,000 mora
liged to seek moro up-to-date and govs in thirty-one states, and in No
roomy quarters. They purchased hraska where the organization work
tho building they are now located in ' has been in progress for ten weeks
the largest business .block in tho in some seventeen counties there arc
city and there continued to do busi-Jnow 15,000 members of tho Ncbras
noss, and by ability, and square deal-, ka Farm Bureau Federation,,, or np
ing built up a business that is second proximately ninety per. cent of tho
to none "in tho county. They also, farmers seen.
purchased and remodeled a grain elc- Mr. Fausch, who returned last
vator down in tho railroad yards, this . week from Lincoln, where he attend
also proving to be a successful busi-' cd tho annual meeting of the Farm
ness venture. ' ' Bureau Federation, says that it is
The credit for tljc. success is not not the desire of the Farm Bureau
alono duo to tfio two managers, J. F. Federation to supplant or usurp any
Edwards of tho store and Geo. Kailoy ! existing farm organizations, but
of tho elevator, but also to the di- rather to co-operate with them and
rectors and loyal stockholders' and thus bring tho millions of farmers
patrons. ' I throughout the country into an or-
A perusal of tho figures will re- ( ganization to carry out the "plans of
veal somo interesting facts, one of tho , tho United States Department of Ag-
many being that in two years a not riculturo set in motion several years
profit of 18,9J2.ol was derived
Prices on
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ur Precious Stones
ARE REASONABLE
BECAUSE A PRECIOUS STONE BEARS A HIGH PRICE
DOES NOT ME7N IN OUR STORE THAT WE HAVE PUT
ON IT A HIGH PROFIT.
OUR DIAMONDS ARE FLAWLESS WHEN WE SO REPRE
SENT THEM; OUR PEARLS ARE PURE IN TONE; OUR
RUBIES, EMERALDS, SAPHIRES AND OPALS WILL
BLAZE WITH A NEVER ENDING BEAUTY.
,BUYYOUR JEWELS AND JEWELRY AND JEWELRY
STORE THINGS FROM US. EACH ARTICLE WE SELL IS
A LIFE LONG RECOMMENDATION OF OUR ESTABLISH
MENT. We Make 'Quality' Right Then the Price Right
E. H. Newhouse
ncd cloud Jeweler and Optometrist Ncbrtka
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Buy TRemfflith Your
Egg anil. Chicken Money ,
Set aside your egg and chicken money and,
almost before you realize it, you will have
enough to buy an equipment of beautiful
" Wear-Ever" aluminum cooking utensils.
Bright, light, silver-like "Wear-Ever" uten-,
sils will make you aa proud of your kitchen as
you are of the other rooma in your home.
P. A. Wullbrandt
Groceries and Queensware
on
a toiai capital or. $ui,ouu.uu.
Tho auditing of tho books shows
that tho cream bought and sold
amounted to ?t2,92G.31;Eggs,$l,G72
08; Poultry, 9,051.58. The grocery do--partment
did a gross business of"$108,-
734.08; $4,242.41 represents tho
amount of gns and oil disposed of
during tho year whilo tho total for
tho hides handled was $983.87. Tho
total business of the'storo was $208,
210.33. Tho elevator totaled $201,
410.24 or a combined total of $409,
C20.33. Tho net profit of the store was $8,
027.9G and a dividend of four per
cent was declared on tho same.
The not profit of tho elevator was
$2,533.35, with a dividend of 1 l-3por
cent.
Tho total profit for 1920 was $10,
561.31 and that of 1919 was $8,388.20.
This gives a total of $18,942.51 for
tho two years. Tho total of tho
Btock sold amounted to $21,500.00.
Wo consider this a very good show
ing for a business institution practi
cally in Its infancy and congratulato
Managers Edwards and Kailoy on
'their ability and keen business judg
,-ment.
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ago to stimulate organization and co
operation among farmers.
"Tho Farm Bureau Federation has
already accomplished some1 big
things. It succeeded in meeting tho
car shortage problem by getting an
equalized rate on grain shipments to
tho seaboard and thus releasing mil
lions of tonnage for shipment ovor
the Great Lakes. .
"It has succeeded in securing finan
cial aid from tho Federal Reserve
Banks to help tho wool growers iiohL
their clip for better prices; it suc
ceeded in securing tho repeal of tho
day light saving law over tho presi
dent's veto, nnd has so far prevented
tho passage of tho Nolan bill which
proposes to place a one per cent tax
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on mi J.IUIU iium iiuiu uy nil jimivm-i ,,,.,, . , ,
ni nrmn i v,ca f sm.nnn. im-lbo held in tho county nnd learn moro
provements exempt. Tho federation f ?" ?a Buroa? "JS
organized tho 'committee of seven- and ot behind its momborahip drive
tW mnilo un of tho leaders of all tho In Webster county.
various farm organizations which is At a meeting of tho Webster Coun
$3
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AlviT,'T"' t4lrvr T Tfritanaili?
cost slightly more than ordinary utensils because
they are worth more. It pays to buy "Wear-Ever'
just as it pays to buy good farming implements.
"Wear-Evcr" utensils arc made in one piece from
hard, thick sheet aluminum without joints or scams.
Cannot crack, flake or peel are pure and safe,'
Rcpluce utensils that wear out
With utensils that " Wear-Ever"
GEO. W. TRINE
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now devising plans for bettering tho ty Farm Bureau, hold last week at
marketing conditions of tho products tho offico of County Agent II. Fausch,
of tho farm. tl10 following well known farmers
"Thcso things," said Mr. Fausch, woro appointed precinct captains and
"are just a suggestion why tho farm- will have charge of tho campaign-in
of Webster county should pre- tneir respecuvo lawnwupa; . v.
u. a aiewara, county
udg- crs of Webster county biiouju pre- luvniwiianiu ..
'pare to take part-In the campaign 'to PostCowles;, O. B,
Captain, Red Cloud; "Martin Melnts,
Stillwater; John Jlyan, Garfield, E. B.
Stunkard, Lino; Floyd McCalJ, Wal
nut Creek; Burt Grossman, Inavalo;
B, E. Harrington, Pleasant Hill;
Archio Hay, Harmony; E. J. Peterson,
captain, Red Cloud; Martin Melnts,
wood; Chas. Sicbrass, Potsdam; John
Hommelbcrg, Oak Creek; Chas. Gur
noy, Jr., Red Cloud; Allenco Vance,
Beayor Creek; Garret Ohmstcad,
Guido Rock.
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