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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. CHIEF I Ml' IW IT. lJ CHILDREN GET HEALTH LESSONS Junior Red Cross Doing Wonder ful Work Among the Young sters of Czccho-Slovakia. PUSH GOSPEL OF CLEANLINESS Children Literally Floated to Health and Happiness on Seas of Suds Mow Than .10,000 Instructed In Uso of Soap and Toothbrush. Washington. Under ordluury cir cumstances a cake of soap or a tooth brush would constitute a queer calling card or letter of Introduction, and yet tltcy have served tho purpose of Intro ducing the hcIiooI children of America to the boys and girls of Czecho-Slo-vnklu. Through the .Junior Hed Cross, the Bchool chlldren'B .branch of the American lted Cross, the gospel of cleanliness and health Iuih been car ried to thousands of children In thu new country the peace conference carved out of northern Austria-Hun-gury. Thin la only one of numerous undertakings of thu Junior lied Cross throughout Europe that have already been so successful In establishing a better International understanding and h Inculcating n spirit of world neigh jorllncss among the children of Eu rope1 nnd America that the League of lted CroBH .Societies Ih now promoting Junior organizations In nil of the coun tries represented In the league. Teach Cleanliness. Thu soup ana toothbrush campaign In Czccho-Sluvnkln grew paturally out of work undertaken by thu Junior Red CroHH of America when It accepted the management of a colony of -IfiS under nourished children Kent to tho Tntru mountains from tho poorest districts of Prague. Tim nlm of tho camp was to tench the children tho value of elcnti minds nnd bodies and their obli gations to tho community and to each other. When camp was broken In Sep tember tho rosy-cheeked, clear-eyed, happy-faced youngsters wero hardly reeognlznblo as the hnlf-stnrved, un kempt nnd discouraged children who had coino there n month before. Immediately there came rf demand for a continuation of health instruc tion among the children and soon tho Junior lted Cross hud launched n cam paign In four schools In Prague, where i!.000 children enlisted In what was called "thu fight for health." This was a modification of the health program of the Child Health Organization of America nnd tho "Crusade" of the ltockefeilcr Foundation. It took like wildfire. It was dllllcult to say who were the most enthusiastic children, teachers or parents. Tho teachers said they had never seen such rapid improvement In children, not only In cleanliness but In manners. The children wero anxious to havo A,... ...... -- Shoot Oil on Water to Calm Angry Waves Boston. Shells tilled with a gallon of oil and fired nt angry waves by tho United States llfo guards will calm them, according to tests inndu by II. 8. Parker of Cohassct. Ho says: Thcso shells, filled with a gallon of oil tired by low-force powder charge, would scatter thu oil on tho sur face of tho water. A barrago of such shells to the windward of a wreck would produce a sufficient ly smooth sea to enable a life boat to make a safe approach , from tho shore to tho wreck. These oil shells are now being tested. ........)......)...- -..... .. 4 Racing Stars of tsassm,m!mcsmH-y!mmieiS Mildred Owens of Sun Francisco with tlvo of tho fast-racing greyhounds, now facing thu barrier every Sunday ufteruoon at tho Kmoryvlllo racetrack, Ban Francisco. They aro: Cloudy Ciinnon, Daddy Long Legs, Kansas Wild Dili, Major Wild Bill and Diablo, the latter considered tho world's greutest fcouud over tho hurdles. themselves and their schoolrooms cleaner than any other, 10,000 Children Taught. As n result of this successful launch ing of thu health game, as It Is called, thu American Junior Hed Cross was rh vlted last spring to resume the work In summer camps, of which 40 were set up throughout tho country. More than 10,000 children were given in struction. In thu summer camps tho children wero literally floated to health and happiness on seas of uuds. The Junior lted Cross supplied 2,227 cakes of soup In addition to 20 barrels of soft soap. Little teeth were made white with 7, 101) tooth brushes and 8,174 tubes of paste. This winter In the prlmnry schools of Prague, llrno and Hratlslnva, the three largest cities of Czccho-Slovakln, the Junior lted Cross Is still teaching tho gospel of soap and fresh air. The 70,000 children, many of whom had never heard of a toothbrush, are carry ing on the "fight for health" with the same unbounded enthusiasm which marked Its Inception In tho Tatra mountain camp. Memory Suddenly Returns. Keedysvllle, Md. Charles Hovcy, this place, who lost his memory ten weeks ago when he fell from an apple tree, has suddenly reguincd it. He was found unconscious nnd for eight weeks hovered between life and death. Although Improving physically the last few weeks, hla mind continued to he a blnnk. He recognized nobody until his memory suddenly returned to him. ARMY SCHOOLS ARE POPULAR Offer Only Opportunity for Edu cation to Many Thousand Americans.' MANY PLEAD FOR ENLISTMENT Parents of Children Under Enlistment Age Ask Special Permission for Sons to Enlist War Depart ment Receives Inquiries. Washington. That the army offers tho only opportunity for 'even un ele mentary education for thousands of young Americans who live in undevel oped communities is evident from the flood of letters which liuvo been re ceived by the adjutant general since the policy of educutlon in tho urmy was recently announced. Mothers and fathers whose sons have been declined for enlistment because of minority or physical defect have written stating that there are no schools to which their boys can be scut and Hint they are unable, finan cially, to send them awny from homo to schools where gainful occupations nre taught, and asking that special permission be granted for their ac ceptance Into the army. Public-spirited citizens in many com munities havo sent In tho names of young men who should bo in school, requesting the army to send them lit erature calling their attention to the opportunity being mlBsed. Plead for Enlistment. The father of eleven children, nine of whom are boys, including n pair of twins, writes that he sees no possibil ity at home for a proper education for any of them, nnd desires that special permission bo given to enlist his sec ond oldest son nnd the twins, all three of whom arc a little short of tho mini- , mum ugo. He says his boya "are lurgo San Francisco FAD OF THE WEALTHY ft tH j&fK "3W kfiHT fk f mm M j jkbBSMI Mil' : J:lll BBBLHUtt-k tV ft JS f . fSi'iT' V bbHbKII ' 'WbP i B&lWiBBBB BBBBBBBBBBLB W TvZt 7" 'i Ss Wealthy New Yorkers have adopted from Paris tho fad of having dolls modeled to look like tho girls to whom accompanying candy Is to he present ed. This Is one of the dolls recently made for a fortunate debutuutu. for their a-s and will grade well up to tin1 tiu'iage country boy In looks and Intelligence." Ho lives on n "run down" Oark farm in Missouri, und finds dllllculty in even outfitting his children to attend the common district school. A letter from Ncbrnska reads In part as follows : "I don't know where tho recruiting ofllco around hero Is, but I hnvo a bor who will bo eighteen years old Christ mas. He hns quit school and has no profession; at present ho Is helping on n fnrm. Wo read tho literature nil through, and wo wisli ho was old enough to go. Ho might better be in the army for three years learning to bo n good farmer or whatever he would rather learn and ulso earning some thing, too." This letter camo from a small town In Oklahoma: "I have read the letter that was sent to and I see It Is an opening for anyone with ambition. Since my par ents died I have not had the chance to obtain the education I desire. I sin cerely hope I may Join the army, al though I am not of age. I nm only sixteen years old. I nm flvo feet, eight Inches tall and weigh 185 pounds. I am doing n man's work and drawing a man's pay. I nm working In tho mines, not In the ground, but on top. I have not a desire to attach myself to the mines, but to better myself nnd country. Therefore I hope tlint I innv Join tho army and schools with your consent." Widow Pleads for 8on. A widow plcnds that her sou bo tak en Into tlie army training schools, since slio Is compelled to work out, nnd she feels that ho Is not having proper associates under preseut circum stances. "It Is killing mo to seo my only boy go to ruin. Ho Is not n bad hoy, but he needs training. Please let mo know if I enn get him In tho army's schools. Please help me to snve my only boy, nnd please let mo henr as soon ns possible. Please stato what I muy have to do to put him there." Another Missouri father writes that ids hoy Is anxious to go on with school, "hut has to attend school un der great dltllcultles, as we llvo sir and a half miles from town and ho hns to go on horseback." He states that tho boy Is only fifteen years old, Is flvo feet eight and a half inches tall and weighs 1H3 pounds, and asks that ago requirements bo waived. As n part of the campaign to widely advertise thu new educational work In tho urmy, circulars wufo sent to thou sands of rural address where recruit ing olllccrs could not bo sent. This was done In November, so that farm work would not lie Interfered with by enlist ments. Twenty occupational subjects which nre taught In thu army weu ad vertised in this clrculnrization. Thou sands of replies have been received re questing further Information. Leaps to River, Killed by Ice. Council Bluffs, la. Miss Alice Hatch, 21), committed suicide here bv leuping Into tho Missouri river from tho street car bridge. Ill health Is given as the causo. Miss Hatch did not drown, but died from injuries in striking tho Ico. Corn In His Ear 32 Years. Davenport, la. A grain of corn wldch W. A. Santell of Washington, In., placed In ills enr when a child was removed by surgical operation r cently. It had been lodged In thu e'ni for JE! years, and had cuused mucl: B'ifferlug. NEBRASKAJN BRIEF Timely News Culled From All Farts of tho State, Reduced for the Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED Xoifolk will hold an auto show April 7 to 0. The army recruiting hi at Inn at Fre mont has been closed. A wireless station has been Installed by the high sclu.ol at Shlckley. Dcshlr Is to havo a municipal bath ing bench und artificial take -for boat ing. Madison county will spend about $?iO,000 on good roads the coming sea son. Unable to make a profit, the owners of thu Stnpleton hotel have closed Its doors. I lent rice lnnlness men are lalslng n fund to equip the new national guard unit's armory. Nebraska's subscription to the Na tional European Itellef fund amounted to over SlfiO.OOO. The Nebraska Music Teachers' con vention will be held hi Fremont on April 11, 1U mid 13. Initial steps for the erection of n club home for the Hastings Woman's club have been, taken. Mrs. L. L. Snider, past grand matron of thu Nebraska Kuslorn .Star, Is dead at her homo in Osceola. "Bettor Citizenship Week" will he observed by the Blair public schools, beginning February 128. Mrs. Carollnu Vennemnn. n resident of the state since lSlli, Is dead at her home near Nebraska City. A perfect babe, weighing -II ounces, was born to Mr. ami Mrs. John Wol mer, at Omaha Inst week. Cecil F. Lnverty, nslstiiut attorney general, Is dead at his home at Har well, of cancer of the stomach. Thu Blue Springs consolidated school will he ready for occupnncy March 10. This structure will cost $100,000 York County Treasurer F. L. Propst has written 2,017 automobile licence receipts and collected $.'li,:tl.!.."i0. Thu Loup City Masonic lodgu has purchased property on which they will shortly begin the erection of a temple. County officers raptured l."0 gallons of mash on an island in the itepuh Ilrnn river a few miles southwest of McCook. The Chadron Civic Itellef associa tion has raised more than $1,000 In n campaign for funds to carry on local relief work. The farm houso of Perry Clnuse, eleven miles south of Nebraska City, was destroyed by lire together with tho contents. Forty head of Poland China hogs owned by Chris Llonherger of Hum- noun, sold nt auction for an murage of $00 a head. Mrs. Sarah Finch, who died at Ar nold recently, left $17,500 for the equipment of a free library building for that place. Flro thought to be of Incendiary origin damaged the planing mill of Walter Iteckmeyer nt Fremont from ?1.100 to $1,000. Plans nre being perfected for n flower campaign among tho children of Wymore to beautify the grounds of the public library. Nearly fiOO men participated in a wolf hunt along thu river near Napo nee, and thu day's drive resulted in five animals killed. Last Monday's run at the South Omulia stock yards was the largest for several weeks-belng nbout 8,000 head, ngalnst 4,070 n week ago. Millions of gold fish have been dis covered in n lake near Klg Springs. They nre of the Japanese fnntall vn rlety nnd weigh from several ounces to n pound. Tho Kenesnw Kommunlty Klub Is a newly organized body nt that place. Any one who hns Kenesnw for ills business or soclul center is eligible to membership. A milch row sold for $lS2.f0 at tho II. S. Mason farm sale at Heatrlce. Others sold for $l.r0, $132 and $10(1. Tho nvcroge for the herd was above the $100 mark. Carlton llhoten of Douglns, a mem ber of tho Otoe County Pig club last Benson, has recently been awarded a pure-bred Chester White gilt by tho state association for having been one of tho flvo highest Junior contestants growing Chester Wliito swlno in Ne braska last year. Many farmers around Callaway are marketing their wheat and corn crops and the elevators are doing more busi ness than for months. Discarding tho name Commercial Club for "Chamber of Commerce," Pluttsmouth boosters have reorganized and elected now officers. Kaglo Is agitating a public library, and It Is thought the stato circulating library can he utilized as a nucleus for n permanent organization. A warehouse belonging to a Norfolk hide and meat company, was badly damaged by a mysterious blaze. Many hides nrd pelts were damaged. Fire at the home of County Treasur er John A. Frnndsen at Hastings, thouglit to hnvo been caused by the explosion of coal in the furnace, did ? 1,500 dauuigo. Pons Trexler, a North Pintle youth, was electrocuted in the machlno room of a motion picture houso there, when 2,300 volts passed through his body. Dlglit persons wero lnjuied, three seriously, half a dozen women fainted and scores of shoppers had narrow es capes from injury when a temporary scaffold being used to clean tlo cell lug collapsed In an Omaha department store. Nehrasku ranks third ns a grain pro ducing state, according to figures by A. E. Anderson of the fedeinl bureau of crop estimates for 1020 production, recently made public, Amntcur yeggs failed to see tho printed combination directions near thu safe in the Havelock Lumber & Coal company otllco nnd consequently went away without any loot. A Greek community was recently organized In Ornnd Island with (ieorgo Thorns as president, tine thousand dollars was pledged for church activi ties for the "community." Farmers around Illg Springs who, who for tho past several months havo been holding their wheat, apparently havo despaired of higher prices and aro marketing their grain. Tho breaking up of the Potato Growers' association, formed during the war to enable producers to receive a fair profit, Is forecast In the sale of. the warehouse at Hay Springs. Fred HohhctiHlcfkcn of Platto Cen ter wns Instantly killed when hla c'othlng caught In thu flywheel of a gasoline engine operating a hay balur on ids father's farm near Monroe. The 'city of Doshlor lias purchased a tractor and will use It for grading the streets and roads near town, to pull the street sprinkler and operate thu pumps at the city water plant In case of emergency. Tho first state clinic of the Ne braska section, American College of Surgeons, will be held in Omaha, March 3 nnd 4, with forty surgeons of tho state conducting tho surgical work in tho several hospitals. Three hundred and fifty-one cars of; live stock passed over tho Wymoro division of the Ilurllngtnn last Sun day, bound for Kiuimis City and St. Johoph markets. Thu stock was shipped from lted Cloud and west. Tho annual trip of students of tho college of agriculture, University of Nebraska, to the South Omaha slock yards and packing houses was made last week, In chnrge of Professor Orumllch of the department of animal Industry. Norman (Nels) Johnson, who shot Detective Arthur Cooper ut Omaha a few weeks ago, was found guilty of murder In the first degree and sen tenced to the penitentiary for life. Tho Jury, deliberated seventeen and one half hours. . Safety deposit boxes containing $11,000 in Liberty bonds, $8,000 in cer llllicates of deposit and 810,000 In notes were found cached In n culvert near Itluehlll. The boxes wero stolen from the Guide ltock Statu bank three weeks ago. The Volstead liquor law does not re peal other prohibition statutes, Federal Judge T. C. Munger ruled nt Lincoln when ho denied the application of Julius Do Lurgo of Omaha for a re vision of ids sentence on u charge of setting up u still. Accidents to workmen reported in Nebraska Increased from 4.0S2 In 1015 i to 13,070 In 1020, mid compensation Increased from n total of $."1,1G7.37 hi 1015 to $5tO,213.0S, according to tho biennial report of State Labor Com missioner Frank Kennedy. The famous case of John O'Connor, Hastings recluse, whoso estate of $100,000 lias been fought over by scores of litigants for eight years, is to he taken to tho United States su premo court by James II. O'Connor of St. Joseph. Mo., n claimant. Nebraska's first Millinery school, sponsored by the stnte. held Its first session at Meadow Grove last week. The school had the backing of tho Mndfaon County Farm Bureau, which views tho idea as n Rtep toward lightening the burden of farm life fur women. Over 100,000 of the 220,000 motor vehicle owners In Nebraska have not taken out their 1021 licenses, accord ing to a letter from Secretary George E. Johnson of the statu department, in chnrge of registration. The secretary authorizes ihu arrest of every driver who has not his 1021 number plate. A storm of protest has been aroused by the nctlon of tho board of super visors recently In ordering the removnl of the court house tower, which has been n Hastings landmark for thirty years. Petitions were circulated ask ing the hoard to reconsider and tho bourd have compiled nnd will hold a special session to reconsider. Claiming that a purely federal ques tion Is Involved, the seven railroads of Nebraska have asked the Nebraska supreme court forreniovnl of the stato railway commission's suit to prevent the carriers from enforcing tho pnssen 'ger and freight rates Increase author ized by tho interstate commerce com mission. Four head of horses and thousands of dollars' worth of feed were destroy ed when thu burn on tho farm of Mrs. Cnrrlo Stevens near Alma was burned. A lantern started thu blaze. Expecting to reach Washington by March 4 to witness the Inauguration of President-elect Harding, W. P. Sl Helen, n Loup county ranch owner, has started afoot on his Journey. S. F. Heckmau, president of tho First Slate bank of Hickman, wns found dead In his barn, with a shot gun lying beside him, circumstances In dicating an act of suicide, but no cai.se Is known. One hundred fires In December, 20 of which wero In Lincoln nnd 2(5 In Omaha, caused total losses of $15), 210.35, according to the monthly bul letin Just issued by Stntu Fire Mar shal C. E. Hartford. Tho Crete Milling company at May wood has begun work on one of tlm largest natural Ico plants In the state. The plant will ' twelve ncres. Funds rnlKcu tho nnnunl concert of thu Kearney municipal baud will bo used to defray expenses of tho organ ization during the summer In giving concerts In other Puffalo county 1 towns. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Bo Cut ctS by local apiitlcutlonn, oa thoy cannot reach tho diseased portion of the ear. Catarrhal Dcatiioss requires constitu tional treatment. HALL'S CATAltlttr MEDICINE Is a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness Is caunc'tl by an In flamed condition of tho mucous lining or the Eustachian Tube When this tubo 1 Inflamed you havo a rumbling Bound or Imperfect hearlnB, and when It la entire ly closed, Deafness Ih tho result Unless tho Inflammation can bo reduced, your hearlni; may be destroyed forover. HALL'S CATAnnil MEDICINE acts through the blood on the mucous sur faces of tho syotem, thus reducing the in flammation and restoring normal condi tions. Circulars free. All DrueKMs. V. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Economy. Perclval I've got money to burn. Naylor Well, go abend, It's cheap er than coal I WOMEN! USE "DIAMOND DYES w Dye Old Skirts, Dresses, Walstt Coats, Stockings, Draperies Everything. Ench package of "Diamond Dye"" contains easy directions for dyeing any article of wool, silk, cotton, linen, or mixed goods. Ilewurel Poor dyer utreiiks, spots, fades, nnd ruins mate rial by giving It a "dyed-look." Iluy 'Diamond Dyes" only. Druggist hi Color Curd. Adv. True Vegetarian. "Walter. 1 ordeied vegetable soup." "Well, sir?" "This has a fly In 1L" lted Cross Hall nine should be used) In every home. It milk clothes vhltc as enow nnd never Injures the fabric. All good grocers, fie. Where the Ancients Excelled. Elijah was fed by the ravens. "This beats carrier pigeons," her bo.isled. New York Herald. j Dizzy Spells Hastings, Nebr. "Soma years ago I was troubled greatly with liver trouble; r would be coino diz zy and dark spotp. would np p o a r bo f o r o my oyea, r took Dr. mdm x tsiK isw Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and one bottlo cured me. I nave never hnd a return of this ailment hut havo always had good health slncd. 1 am glad to recommend this medicine." MHS. CHAS. WEiNTZ, 141 So. Bloom. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery is sold by drugglBts in liquid or tablets. Contulns no alcohol Sond 10 cents to Dr Pierce's Laboratory in Buffalo, N. Y.. it you wish k trial pkg. Flavor! 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