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f4v feterA jTTVW J - r f. K . J 'IJltlON SAVED ; BY AMERICA," SAYS CLEVELAND H. DODGE New York Business Man Dc scribes Vast Armenian Work 1 of Near East Relief. Clcvelnnd II. Dodcc, Now York bnnfc cr and business mini, director of the National City Bnnk, and treasurer of Tho lUisscll Sage Foundation and of itho Near East Relief, declares tliat "a nation lias been saved by American philanthropy, and the generosity of tho American peoplo through tho Near East Relief, In Its .work for tho Ar menians. "The lowest offlclal estimate Indi cates that one million persons are llv lnf today who would not be alive hnd It not been for this relief." Mr. Dodjjo continued, "I have nn autograph lottcr from Dr. IL Ohnndjanlnn, president of the Armenian Republic, In which he writes: 'America literally saved us from starvation.' "Wholly aside from adulta who bavo been saved from starvation, we today CLEVELAND H. DODGE. havo in onihunages and clscwhero un der our care 110,000 homeless, father loss or motherless children who arc absolutely dependent upon us. This Is "exclusive of 03 hospitals with 0,5W beds, 12S clinics, roscuo homes for girls nnd unnumbered thousands of refugees who nro being helped through our Industrial rollef nnd In other wnyB. "The Near Enst Relief has during the ;nst four or live years commission ed and' Bent to tho Ncnr East more thnn 1,000 American relief workers, of whom 000 are still In tho flold, all of them working at great linnnclul sacri ficethe standard of salary being $."0 per month nnd maintenance uud mnny of them facing great personnl danger and hardship In the perform ance iqtwtlielr life-having service. A scoro ofjtHim hat'o dlcir from typhus or otlier-.tllscases nioro or less related to their faithfulness In the perform' anco of relief service. "or Is that nil. Wo have raised and disbursed during war times and In a war-torn area, In lnrge measuro under enemy control, mure than $11, OW.OOO In cash, and, Including flour, Ited Cross and other supplies admin istered by our ngonUj, a- total of cash and supplios In excess of $30,000,000. The nlUclul reports show that on June HO, 1020, we bud In orphanages fi 1,000 children, ami that wo are partially fcupportlng outside of the orphanages 50,039 children, making a total of 110, 000 boys uml girls now under tho care of the Nonr East Relief." Mr. Dbdgo considers tho work of tho Near East Relief ono of the most btupendous undertakings of disinter ested .philanthropy the world has ever seen. "Iu countries whose population totals- more thnn 30,000.000 souls, Ameri can Idealism exemplified by tho work of the Nuur East Relief constitutes todnyn torch of enlightenment and . n Influence for pence throughout tho whole Ncur East," he maintains. "Our .American Ideal of liberty, industry and helpfulness has brought us as a peoplo happiness, prosperity and fulHUmiht. Out of the fullness of this heritage we uro furnishing a faithful and un daunted Christ!, n people tho brotherly uld which will enable them to roach the tamo fulfillment that God has given us. ''1Mb un achievement of which every American may well be pupud." A Ring at YOUR Door. : i JgMA ' ' 'j'V . "'i'"1 II i.ii. to PRpBt5 '5V i jflKtrKTik jLiTi' Ny By permission of Llfa. WESPOT' OIL NOT JteVE-LOPED Neceitlty for importing Foreign Labor la a Car to Investment of t Capital. Mesopotamia Is n rich field for oil, but the only wells In operation arc n few sunk before the wnr by the Arab's. Not that tho Rrltlsh need the Mrso potamlan wells at present; they hnve more than they can use. Hut they nro not oven prospecting for It, nor nro they nllowlng two representatives of n famous oil company of our own. to prospect, though the American oil comes In by Ahlindnn and Is sold at something Icsh than the I'erslnn oil. Ono reason nnnujg many why big capitalists are not received hero with open arms when they come forwnrd with some big scheme, for tho country Is thnt they generally begin by say ing: "Wo must Import labor." Now tho labor difficulty Is serious here. Arabs arc not very keen on get ting much work out of themselves. Tho Kurd coolies seem to bo the only ones thnt tako to work nnd keep at It. Ono sees them carrying the most un believable burdens. Recently I saw n Kurd carrying a plnno on his back, followed by an assistant who wns steadying It, but not helping other wise. Rut the Arabs are willing to let tho Kurds do It During the wnr labor wns so scarce that to keep going with their 'railroads nnd their Irrigation schemes tho British had to Import In dians. Maud Radford Warren In tho Snturdny Evening Post TRIAL BY JURY IN JAPAN Anglo-Saxon Plan Will Be Accepted, by Government In Revising Their Civil Code. ' The Japanese government Is plan ning n revision. of Its civil code, nnd ninnn? the chungw contemplated js the Intrnriitfltnn of the Jury .system! To the Anglo-Saxon, who regards the Jury system with more than usual pride ns n thins of bis own fiHi'ntiliiK the now? Is sln"'i'nrlv gratifying, for. taken on the wt o'". the Anglo-Saxon Jury prob ably deal." o it as much Justice as any other form of trial, remarks tho North Chlnn Herald. There have been mis lakes; quite ns many as tho. trlnl by Judge nlonu has committed,, possibly more. Rut when n number of men sit In Judgment, aided by the direc tions of a Judge, their verdict Is not so often wrong ns to condemn the sys tem. Trlnl by Jury, as we understand It, entails the onus of proof resting upon tho prosecution, the Innocence of the defendant assumed until the of fense Is proved, and tho duty for tho Jury of "passing between our sover eign lord tho king nnd tho prisoner at the bar." It frequently Imparts thnt quality of humanity Into tho proceed ings which vpnbfes the rendition of truer Justice than the law often per mits, and on that wore nlonohns Jus tified Its retention In the courts of Great Rrltnln and America. Without Reservations. According to the Fleet Review a man presented himself for enlistment who said that his mother wns an AmerIcanwho had married, a French man In Italy. 11c snld further that ho was horn on n ship (lying the Span ish colors while she wns lying In tho Engll3h channel, that his parents hav ing died In Sweden when ho wns five, ho was adopted by a Gorman who brought him up In tho United Stntes. The man who adopted him was not. a naturalized citizen. "Would you class him as a man without n country?" someone nsktd the recruiting olllccr. "Thunder, no l" was the' reply. "I'd class him ns a League of Nations." Roston Transcript. Not Worth Making the Change. A widely prevailing Idea that tho price of books would ho materially lower If they were Issued In paper covers has elicited from an authority tho remark thnt la manufacturing bO(JI;s only ten cents n copy would bo saved by binding them In pnper In stead of cloth. It might make a differ ence of, say, 110 cents In the retail price of tho book, but whether thnt difference Is great .enough to creato much of a demand for tho paper-covered volumes In preference to those hound In cloth Is doubtful, Americans In general have not the hnblt, which Is common In Europe, of having their books rebound to conform to their own taste. Youth's Compnnlon. Worked for One. In a llttlo settlement upstate a num ber of the property owners hnd beep talking about Incorporating nnd limit ing n town. So they called a mnfcs meeting for tho peoplo to volco their opinions. , Only one man opposed It. IIo snld : "Gentlemen, I nm not In for mailing a corporation of this place. My rea son Is, this: I worked for ono of them corporations once." Indianapolis News. Slight Saving. "Tho upkeep of an nutomobllo Is ex pensive." "nut thoro Is ono advantage," snld tho optimist. "What Is that?" "In tho old days you had to feed n horse, whether you used hhn or not, but now when forced to economize you can nt least keep your fliwer In your garage and patronize n trolley car." Birmingham Age-IIcrald. Coffee Imports. Nearly ,500,000,000' pounds of cof fee were Imported during tho fiscal tjrear ending June 80, 1020. MM11MJI, A Flight by Auto Q By RALPH HAMILTON 8 (. 1920. Witnf Newspaper Union ) There, wns a brrnd ceiji- nt road for twenty miles from (Renville to New ton, ami never did I'.urce Panforth en Joy the jpln over Its smouth oven sur face n when Vera Vlltonvn by his side. At her Uoine her father had nothing better tin n .a curt nod and bruviue greeting, hut I'lerco was of " happy, hopeful temperament and looked upon the unsympathetic natuie of Mark Wilton as the voitr distaste of n crabbed, suspicious old titan. I'lerco always displayed on exit- 'hermit spirit amr wim known nil along the park htgiiwuy as n popular favorite. Ills services were always at crim.-innd of the guards who, with their bicycles maintained the prescrlb fd Hystem nnd order of tho boulevard. They waited for nnd welcomed tho cheery word nnd smile of the genial, generous Danforth. nnd more thnn once he hnd donated generously when sickness or nccldent en mo to any of t(icm "It's ns fine n picture ns ono wishes to view," observed the captain of the .guards to a companion, "to sce'brlght youth nnd beauty sp n by In thnt crack automobile A young Danforth." "I haven't seen him with Miss Wil ton for over n week, t'hough.'i submit ted the other. "No, they tell me that crnhbed old fellow of a WIHon has turned tho cold .shoulder upon Danforth nnd won't let the girl keep company with him." The guards were right In surmising Hint Mark Wilton had set his foot against Vera receiving any further nt tentlon from Danforth. One day he called him Into his library nnd Intro duced him to the sourest vlsaged old maid Danforth had ever mot. "Miss Morton, my hnlf sister,"- ex plained tho old niun. "She Is uuthor l7(l by me 40 Impart some vh'ws I entertain regarding my daughter." In precise, cold-blooded and meas ured tones, the lady In question In formed Danforth that he must dis continue nil further association with Vera.- "Years .since, It was arranged be tween my brother nnd(n close friend thnt tho son of tho latter and Vera should mnrry when she becomes of age. Her predilection for you' Is ar rant folly, nnd we shall see to It that you have no further opportunities of meeting." "Mny I see. Miss Vera for a few; min utes before, this cruel pnrtlng you In sist upon takes place?" Interrognted Danforth quietly. "Thnt only. Come, be a man, Mr. Danforth. Do not stnnd In the, why of my niece marrying- n gentjemrin soclnlly, nnd In tho matter of wealth her equal." I'lerco Danforth was not the man to whimper, become discouraged or go to piece; emotionally. IIo whispered ono concls-e question Into the pearly pink cars of tho girl he loved. "Will you he on the alert, nnd when the me'Metit conies to steal you away from these heartless tyrants bo ready to fly with me?" "Must It come to that, Pierce?" sho osirod.' "There Is no other way." "Then I shall keep my eyes open anil my heart will always be true to ou," she pledged. Then began an arduous siege of watching and wailing for Danforth. So closely was Vera guarded, with Miss Morten always with her, that she was never alone uv.ny from the house. Niece and aunt went downtown every day to do some casual shopping, tho watchful I'lerco observed, and as he noticed that at times one or the other remnlned In the machine at the curb ho formed his plans for a valiant' brenkjn the monotony. Wilton went to the captain of the guards? and held n long and secret confab with him. The latter chuckled as he listened. "Any day you conio on tlTc scene nnd Miss Wilton Is with you, and tho exigency oil lamps hold a bouquet of roses, we are to be prepared to see that nobody blocks you, nnd anybody following Is to be slopped for speed ing, no matter how fast you go. Is that It, Mr. Danforth?" "Precisely," nodded Pierce, nil smiles, "I'll post my assistants, and, trust us, we'll bo on tho lookout to shoot you through In fine style." Ono afternoon while tho Wilton ma chine was at the curb of the principal street, Vera In It nnd Miss Morton In a store nenr by, Pierce Danforth's su perb nutomobllo gracefully sidled up besldo It. "Vera, tho hour has come," he spoko quickly. "Oh, thoro Is your father coming down tho street, but never mind that." Yes, It was Wilton, and his eyes bulged ns ho saw Vera desert tho home, machine, nnd trnnsfer to tho Eldc of Danforth In his own. In a flash tho latter nuto whisked by him. Wilton made a fearful outcry, for ho suspected what was happening. Down tho rond sped Pierce and V.cra. In hot pursuit came tho old man In his machine. Ilnlf n mite down tho highway a guard warned him to lessen speed. At tho next sec tion the stop signal was given. At the third, 'John Wilton was arrested for speeding. 9 Grudgingly forgiven after a week's honeymoon, Pierce and Vera returned to Glenvlllo down tho broad highway. An ovation from their delighted fel low consplrntors greeted them, and tq'cnch tno nappy bride tossed a rose ' at pretty ns herself. CONDEMN HUJH PRICED STOCK .FOODS PROMINENT HOG KAISER SAYS PRICES CHARGED ARE UN WARRANTED MAKES HIS OWN, HOG FOOD, WITH BETTER RESULTS "That ho is through paying fancy prices for stocl: foods nnd hog rem edies and that lie is raising some of tho best, hogs placed on tho market" wns the statement made recently by E. II. Reckstcnd, well-known hog raiser and authority on live 1 tock. Mr. Beckijtcad's hogs arc tho envy of his neighbors, and have "topped tho market" for several years in Iowa. Ho states that for years ho bought high-priced hog footfs and hog rem edies, butlie is all through paying ex travagant' prices for what he can mako for himself. IIo states that what the hogs need are minerals, and tolls the secret of his wonderful suc cess by explaining that ho takes about flvo pounds of ordinary mineralino (which is puro concentrated minerals and cost only a couple of dollars) and mixc3 same with enough bran or fill er to make a hundred pounds. All hogs, and especially brood sows re quire minerals as they keep them free from worms, and in the pink of con dition, and are essential to tho hogs growth and a well balanced ration. This inexpensive mixture placed Jna sheltered box where tho hogs can get nt it when they need it, will produce far better results than any high priced so-called stock foods. Send two dollars to Tho Minnoralinc Chemical Co., 1G38 North Wells St., Chicago, 111., and they will forward you by prepaid parcel post, enough mineralino to make a full hundred pounds. (Adv.) CITY COUNCIL MAKES PAVING ASSESSMENT The -regular adjourned special fcs sion of tho City Council, called for January 25th, to consider assess ments to be levied in Paving District No. -1, was adjourned without action being taken, to the 2Cth, then to the 31st and from this date until the regular monthly meeting, of Tuesday night. At thid time President Oat man called Council together with all members present. Geo. H. Overing, city engineer, was present and presented an assessment sheet covering tho damnges sustained or benefits derived by all property owners in said Paving District No. 4, which after duo and careful consid eration was accepted as presented.' The following claims wore allowed: B. It. Frazicr $200.00 W. A. Patten 1C0.00 A. Clark 135.00 Bert Perry 130.00 S. R. Floranco -15G.70 O. C. Tool 40.00 Sam Mqirndford 150.00 C. R. Lewis ..: G3.00 Malone-Gellatly Co. .. LcBoon Elec. Works C. L. Cotting 48.80 506.93 5.00 Employees Liability Co. 357.3G Morhart Bros. 68.20 C. D. Wliitaker 3.00 Pope Bros. 4.02 Midland .Refining Co. : 020.41 Dutton & Co 77.05 Jnlfonal Refining Co 288.-10 Mid West Elec. Co. 514.33 Smith & McKimmoy 710 Geo. TrinG G,50 THANK YOU All who helped in the campaign for membership in the Webster County Farm Bureau I thank you for your hospitality and help. It is something now for sixteen farmers to start in a strange community on a strange job but with your help we havo buck ed the snow and mud and secured a membership that wo sincerely hope will grow. In parting with you let mo sug gest that tho Farm Bureau is a ma chino capable of great good but it can be wrecked by neglect or mis managementit is yours. May it bo used for tho common good. JOHN S. LOGAN, Clay County More Advice. . If you think you are bright, keep it dark. Boston Evening Transcript. The Margin of Safety Is lepreheiited by tho amount of insurance you carry. Don't lull yourself into a fancied security. Becuuse firo 1ms novor touched you It doesn't follow that ynu'roimtnuno Tomorrow no today, if you have time ami you better find time come to tho ofiluo and we'll writo a policy on your house, furniture, htoro or morehnndise. LATER MAY BE TOO LATE- O. C. TEEL R.elicv.ble Insurance Trappers! Look! Ship us your FURS and receive 100 cents on the 'dollar. We have satisfied thousands of shippers WHY, NOT YOU? Skunks, Prime, each $1.50 to $4.00 Muskrats " . " .60 to 1.25 OToosum " " .40 to .75 ' Racoon " " 2.00 to 4.00 Cattle Hides salted, per lb. 6c HoJGO'Hides as to size 2.50 to 3.50 Jackson Hide c Fur Co. Atchison, Kansas zwmx ''WBWl Public Sale! BRED DUR0C-JERSEY SOWS AND GILTS To be held at farm 4 miles south and Vz miles east of Nelson, 9 miles north and Vz miles east of Super ior, Vz miles west and 1 mile south of Nora, on Huesdsy, 35 Mead of Sows 70 Thriftv Fall All Immune. This offering is sired by such boars as Orion Wonder I Am, by Great Orion Jr.. Pal's Giant 2nd, by Pal's Giant, King of Pathfinders, by Pathfinder, Critic King by Dusty Critic, Pathfinder Giat, by Pal's Giant 2nd and Orion Wonder by Great Orion Jr. This lot is well grown and are bred to our 3 good boars. Orion Wonder I Am, Archfinder and High Orion Sensatiou all big type boars Look them over sale day. Also 2 Gentle Pure Bred Red Polled Bulls Free lunch at 12:00 Sale under cover Write for catalog TERNS Cash or time will be given up to nine months on bankable notes at 8 percent. Bring late bank reference. Try and be with u February 8th. We appreciate your presence whether you are a buyer or visitor. Cols. B. E. Ridg'lcy and W. C. Henderson, Auctioneers John Yung, Clerk LP saJp?) MLmm.m.sM. 3 Q3C OUrJ.5. qersKiEK5f?Tw;tStAt5Hiy2S?tv BATTERIES cdb iW - l.-j?.iVi ., j &"' l .( .rtlrtfGW -ir . ABT-.a-- kl wsc . jr j $i ,''-) OWJ'J vr iWfcaSl- - i' 4- " i- Red Cloud Battery Service Station mk Feib'ya Sth and Gilts Stock Pigs JJ, I .! .". Vf .imii ' i! r.M . f-1 i n invitation ' When your battery needs attention, to what .kind of service station do you go? Do you get unprejudiced advice and skilled work? Please realize that, no matter what make of battery you have, it will be given expert attention at our Service Station and made to last as long as possible. Batteries are thrown away every day which our experts could economically put into shape to give efficient service. No matter what make of battery is in your car, you will find it worth your while to get acquainted with our service. When your battery is truly worn out and not before then we will be glad to sell vou an Exide. the lon$-lifa battery. SI if I rj r 'r u C-'-KWii.fA.rNV'-WVSMwiU, ,, . ,i i fMvS&rrt Wf f r ""'.. i rj W'fa'ttyCrlf'.H V.taiiatlWJ'Ataa!BlAULCTttrjtt!!rj.-tT3;J.t,iN- -f W .! i 1t