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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1921)
RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF Teach Kids How to Swim, Play 4,000 Centers Keep Boys Out of Mischief and Help Them to "Keep Fit." WONDERFUL RESULTS SEEN Summer Activities on Playgrounds Eliminate Swearing, Cheating and Stealing Among Children Fair Play Prevails. New York. More tlinn 4,000 play grounds nnd recreational centers In the United States are helping to keep boys out of mischief, teaching girls swimming and other athletics and allowing adults how to henellt them helves physically nnd mentally hy play. The offoct they have In keeping toys out of trouble with the police Is emphasized In reports which have conio to the Playground nnd Recrea tion association from nil over tho country as one of the most Important results of the establishment of play grounds In cities. These facts are given In the year hook of the associa tion Just made public. The chief of police of San Fran cisco believes the establishment of neighborhood recreation centers Is n constructive measure toward sup pressing the crime wave, lie asked the community service to extend Its recreation work because he believed that the wrong use of leisure time had much to do with the Increase In crime. Cure for "Bad" Boys. (irnnvlllo Lee, supervisor of the I'ortland (Me.) recreation commission, wiys that had boys behave themselves better during tho playground season ami also that there are fewer street accidents to children because of play grounds. The pJayground directors of Ray !ity, Mich., have discovered that sum mer activities on the playgrounds frrrrr, Girl Staged Holdup, but Forgot to Rob Her Prey A girl bandit In Chicago let her prey escape when she forgot her lines. She was accompanied by u male accomplice when she met Harry Raumsteln. "Put up your hands," she de manded, as she pointed n l tstol nt him. Raumsteln put them up. "Now what shall I do?" she asked, turning to her companion. Raumsteln didn't wait to see. He told the police he turned the nearest street corner in record time. rrr f. One of Our New ln,l eJMBiuiKwnyS'pwKfv'-w0 v." .. HrJ && An excellent photograph of the launching of the U. S. S. Milwaukee nt Tnooma, Wash., made trom an airplane. The Milwaukee Is one of the ten scout cruisers authorized or being built for the U. S. navy. She Is B.r0 reel long and will have a speed of H5 knots, combining tho speed of a destroyer am) the lighting o,unlltles of u biittleshlp. HUNT CHURCH LOOT New Party Formed to Seek Treasure of Bandits. Wealth of Gold and Precious Stones Taken From Church In Peru Dur ing Revolution and Burled. Papeete, Tahiti (Society Islands). Interest bus once moro been aroused In the treasure reputed to bo burled in tho Island of Pluukl, one of tho coral Islands to tho eastward of Ta hiti, nnd u new association has been formed in Tahiti to seek for tho treas ure. Tho story Is that during n revolu tion In Peru CO yenra ago n church was looted of a rich treasuro of .old nnd precious stones by four men, who Kuceet'ded In getting It to the const whero they buried It In a safe place, afterward making their way to Pana ma. Having secured a schooner there - have practically cllmlnntcd all swenr-lug,- cheating nnd stealing among the children. They note with satisfaction that tTTo spirit of fair play has helped to put the playground bully where he belongs nnd boast of an appreciable falling olT of delinquents. Cases are reported whero mothers have been amazed to note that their children did not cntch cold, although they played In tho snow; that tho youngsters hnvc gained In weight nnd appetite. In one case n father forbade his daughter to piny because it made her eat too much. One thousand children were taught to swim In one week nt Tacomn, Wash., and It Is estimated that BOO, the majority of them girls, have learned to swim at Seattle. Pageant In Snowstorm. Pngennts, plays and community singing have been fostered through out the country In the last year, with good results. One pageant was given at Kalamazoo, Mich., In a snowstorm, but It was attended hy several thou sands, nnd the scenes were much en hanced by the snowy setting. Community singing In factories has been helpful In establishing friend ships among th"e employees, and be tween them nnd their employers, and In lessening the popularity of crap shooting. Many different organizations are promoting this work, with tho restdt that n -111 per cent gain Is reported for Inst year. RIVER PACKET DAYS RECALLED Attempt to Revive Mississippi Traffic Brings Stories of "Good Old Times." VOYAGE PLEASANT AFFAIR There Was Great Rivalry Between Boat Owners and Crews and Many Exciting Races Were Pulled Off Robert E. Lee Famous. New Orlenns. Memories of old dnys on the Mississippi when stately pack ets plied lu tho passenger trntlic are revived by the resumption of trnlllc between Pittsburgh, Pu., and this city by way of the Ohio. Rarges have carried freight trolllc on tho great river for many years since the packets were driven out by railroad competition. In the days of Scout Cruisers they returned to Peru, recovered the treasure and sailed to the westward. Intending to make Australia their destination. Without papers, they could not gain entrance to any port. So they determined to bury the treasure on an uninhabited Island un til such time as they could get a ship with proper papers nn.. return to the Island. They scuttled their schooner on the Australian coast and coming ashore In the guise of shipwrecked sailors, started for Sidney overland. Two only, by name, Klllraln ami Rrown, arrived In Sidney; the other two having been Killed in a tight with hush natives. Such rs tho story of the burial of the trensure. Tho talo of the attempts for Its re covery begins lu IfMli or ll)l!l when ono day on the streets of Sidney n man by the namo of Thompson wns accosted by on elderly beggar seeking alms. On giving tho man a binalJ mini BRIDE IN DANCE OF DEATH Young Lady Entertains Friends u Poison She Had Taken Ends Her Life. Kalnmnzoo, Mich. While the poison she had swallowed slowly drove lift from her body, Mrs. Neva Ifruscr, eighteen, n bride of a few weeks, per formed n veritable dance of death lu tho midst of a party of guests. She walked over to the phonograph nnd stnrted plnylng "Till Wo Meet Again," explaining It was tho piece played nt the dance At which she met her husband. Her friends were Ignorant of the tragedy taking place when she began dancing, but before tlte last Btralns died away they saw tier fall la a crumpled heap. Death scaled her lips before she could explain her motive MANY GERMANS QUIT BATHING Find Hot Water a Luxury Because of the Shortage In Supply of Coal. Rerlln. Tho hot both hns become such a luxury In Germany, owing to the shortage of coal and the manner In which the government regulates the distribution of fuel, that many persons hnve censed bathing. Others have gathered courage for nn Icy sponge dally, but this Is not popular, for the houses are generally cold, nnd exposure In cold rooms after a chilly tub paves the way for colds and pneumonia. Ordinarily a family can afford hot water once every two weeks. Public baths, where once u plunge or a tub was available for a few pfennigs, have been forced to close or raise prices beyond the reach of workmen and salaried workers. - Mark Twain tho Mississippi packets were celebrated for their "eats," their famous races, their pilots und even for their poker gn nos. It used to bo no uncommon sight to see from 10 to 'M passenger ves sels, from the palatial packet to the weather-beaten tramp, leave the New Orleuns landing dally for up-river points. Voyages Were Pleasant A river voyage lu the olden dnys was a pleasurable affair If the boilers did not blow up or the vessel hit one of the shifting sandbars, mudlumps or hidden snags. A comfortable berth, wonderful meals, dancing ut night, watermelon parties, well-stocked bars, stud and druw poker games for tho patrons of that form of amusement, and last but not least, the unties of the negro roustabouts, all combined to make things pleasant for the traveler. Saturday was usually the sailing day for up-river packets from this port. There was great rivalry between boat owners ami crews, and usually from one to ii dozen boat races were pulled off as the vessels chugged up the river. It was then that boilers blew with marked frequency. The most famous of these races wns run by tho Natchez and the Robert K. Lee, two or the largest of the river packets. So keen was the rivalry that early in the .seventies It was planned to have them race from New Or leans to St. Louis. No pnss-eii'iers or ! freight were carried and for weeks , the coming race was the chief topic of conversation along the river. . The Robert K. Lee was lu coiumnnd of Captain Cannon, while Captain Leathers was master of the Natchez. No stops were murie except for fuel. The trip to St. Louis was made lu just u few hours over three days, nil auheard of record then, with the Rob ert K. Lee tho winner by a small margin. Promoters Are Curious. Promoters now are llguiing whether human nature has changed from the olden days, whether n person will he content to Idle the time uway on long trips which ho could make In a frac tion of the time by rail; whether they "have time" to take (pilot pleasure. Freight rates, Interstate commerco commission hearings, uniform bills of lading nnd other prosaic commercial mai tors Hgure In the trnlllc side of the question. The passenger business Is regarded us n gamble. Thompson was surprised by the re quest for his name and nddtess. Some time later he was summoned to one of the hospitals of the city. There he discovered that the ono who had asked for him was tho beggar whom ho had ' efiiondcfl some time before. The old man told him f1mt he had sent for blin to disclose to lilm" the resting place of u great treasure. He said that he, Klllraln,- being the only survivor of the company and about to die, did not wish the secret to perish with him. Thus It wns that Thompson enmo Into the knowledge of tho story nnd sailing directions to locate fho Island. Relng convinced that the story was founded on truth, ho has spent eight yenrs In search of It so far without success. Lately, somo peoplo In Tahiti hnve discovered what they believe to bo a new clue and are prepailng to lit out an expedition to go to tho Island. Athens, tho Greek capital, enjoya bright sunshine ou an uvernge of 300 days of the year. GORMHUSKER ITEMS News of All Kinds Gathered from Various Points Over tho State OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS Farmers In tho vicinity of Oshkosh are plnntlng corn, getting an unusual ly early start this year. Tho Norfolk city council announces that 1200,000 worth of additional pav ing will bo constructed there this year. TLls will give tho city over llfteen miles of new pavement. George Nicely, a veteran engineer on the Union Pacific road, who has had a passenger run out of Beatrice for 25 years, has been placed on tho ponslon roll by tho company. Mrs. Tony Golgla, Omaha, was ar rested and confessed to detectives that sho Is tho woman who shot Nathan L. Long, traveling salesman, whoso homo Is In Marshnlltown, Iowa. Miss Ruth Warner, nineteen years old, Is dead as tho result of injuries received when an automobile with seven passengers turned over several limes on the highway two miles north of TUdcn. Dr. T. II. Morrow nnd Dr. C. II. Campbell, of Columbus, huvo been ad vised of their election to membership In tiio American collage of surgeons, which ranks ns tho greatest body of suigeons In tho world. John' A. Gregory of Alliance, CO, committed suicide by hanging himself with a halter attached to a ladder In tho hnrn on tho Kllpatrick ranch 25 miles west of Alliance, whero ho was employed as ranch hand. Tho First National bank at Bridge port, haB been closed by order of tho board of directors, nccordlng to a re port from L. It. Karhart, manager of the Omaha branch of the Federal Re serve bank of Kansas City. A bank examiner Is In charge of tho bank. A buttermilk condensing plant Is tobo added to the Farmers' Union Creamery at Superior, at a cost of $15,000, necessitating tho enlarge ment of the present quarters by a building to tho cast of tho tine, largo creamery building. The municipal pumping plant at Friend wns destroyed by fire. It Is estimated that tho loss is $5,000, par tially covered by insurance-. The city Is In dnnger of a water famine un less somo arrangements can be made to manipulate tho pumps by gasoline. Secretary Danlelson of the Nebras ka State Fair has given out an item led statement showing that in tho last twenty years tho state fair has asked only $100,000 of tho leglsla-" ture, up to thiB year, while it was building up a plant worth $1,500,000. Tho Nebraska Stato Elks' associa tion will hold its anuual convention in Omaha on June 12 to 13, accord ing to invitations sent out to lodges throughout tho state. Hon. J. G. MacFarland of Watertown, S. D., will preside during tho two days' confer ence. Bids on $1,500,000 for Nebraska highways presented by road and ma terial mon at the Htato house, Lin coln, nro from .10 to 35 per cent less than tho snme bids would have been a year ago, according to Georgo A. Johnson, secretary of the department of public workB. The stato board of control has re ceived an offer from Mrs. Furnas of Rrownvlllo to Bell land sultnblo for o Blto for tho proposed reformatory which the board Is soon to locate nnd construct. A tract of land extending into tho little village of Raymond has also been offered. A sum of $5C1.C7 ubovo tho amount necessary for two carloads of corn for Chinese famine relief has boon raised by Pawneo county. Tho, coun ty was asked to contribute "ono car load if possible," but donations con tinued to pour in nftcr tho stipuatod amount had been reached. Tho first convict stato road camp for this year has been established near Crab Orchard, to complete tho project started thero in 1920. Two or threo other camps will bo opened In the near future, nnd upwards of 100 prisoners will bo given work on stato highways during tho summer. A district convention of tho west ern Iowa and Nebraska Klwanls clubs waB held at Lincoln May C. The pur pose of tho convention was to lay plans for a program of club work In tho district, and to arrango for 100 per cent attendance nt the Interna tional district convention to bo held nt Cleveland, O., Juno 21-25. All Kl wanls clubs of tho United "Statos and Canada will send representatives to this convention. While CaBhler Herbert H. Bargo of tho failed Farmers' Stato bank at Hosklns, Wnyno, county, was start ing for Lincoln to bci his ponlten tiary scntonco, his brother, William Bargo, cashier of the Farmors' Stato bank at Bclvldero, Thayer county, be came afugitlve, leaving his institu tion burdened with $15,000 of bad paper, and unablo to continue busi ness. Tho Behidoro bnk la now in chnrgo of stato authorities and Ex aminer J. M. Riley is going over its books , to detormlno tho liabilities and assets. Tho way of the automobllo thief Is going to bo harder In tho future In NobrnBkn, according to Stato Sheriff Gub Hyor8 of the state law enforce ment bureau. In addition to the work of tho law enforcement bureau In running down automobile thieves and recovering cars, the automobllo owners- will now bo further protected by tho Incorporation of a company known as tho Antl-Automobllo Thlof asso ciation, ut tho head of which Is N. M. Parsons and Captain C. II, Mooro, who was formerly employed as deputy stato ngent. Tho Keith County Community club is making an effort to secure a flour mill at Ogallala. Accurate figures for the past flvo years show that enough high grado wheat was raised within 15 mllos of.Ogallnla to sup port a mill with a capacity of 1,000 barrels of flour a day. O'Neill hunters Interested In the extermination of the crow, killed more than three hundred crows and destroyed hundreds of nests and eggs on a recent hunt along tho Elkhorn river west of O'Neill. Tho eradica tion of crows from this territory in sures an increased pralrlo chicken crop this year. The Missouri Pacific division head quarters havo been moved from Falls City to Atchison, Kas., consolidating the two divisions, with Superinten dent Kirk, who has been in charge of tho Falls City division, taking tho same offlco in Atchison. This move will ellmlunto about half of the two offlco forces. Dr. T. W. Bass of Brokon Bow, who served us first assistant clerk of tho house during tho lito legisla tive session, has telegraphed to Con gressman Klnkald at Washington that ho will not accept the appointment as reglstor of tho Brokon Bow land offlco tendored him by voto of the Nebraska delegation in congress. Hans J. Nielsen, head of tho po lice bureau of Bortillon measure ments of criminals at Omaha has re signed to accept a position as head of tho stato bureau of identification, created by tho recent legislature with a salary of $1,800 a year. Nlolson is the foremoBt expert on flngorprint and Bertlllon work in Nebraska. United States Marshal James C. Dahlman, mayor-elect of Omnhn. has sent bis resignation as marshal to Attorney General Daugherty to tako effect ns scon ns possible. Federal Judge Woodrough, with the consont of Judge Munger, who Is out of tho state, appointed Chief Deputy J. B. Nickerson for fifteen years deputy, acting marshal. Stockholders of tho Hohb and tho Patriot Motors corporations of Lin coln, adjudged bankrupts in tho United States district court several months ago, secured an extension of time of thirty dayB from Rofereo D. II. McCIennhan In order to perfect nn organization that will bo able to pur- thaso tho plnnt and its equipment from the creditors. Tho syndicate of Lincoln business mon who underwrote the $150,000 fund advanced to tho bonrd of man agers of tho state fair for tho big cattle barn replacing tho old struc ture which burned down sixteen months ago, will bo relieved of re sponsibility in a few days. Tho clos ing legislature made an appropriation or $166,511.63 for this item, to bo available Immediately. Nebraska dentists, 300 strong, will gather in Omaha for their annual convention May 16 to 19. Sessions, clinics and exhibitions will bo at the Auditorium. A feature of tho con vention will bo a golf match between dentists living north of tho Platte, nnd those from south of tho Platto. Among the speakers will ho Dr. Wal lace Scccomb, Toronto, Can.; Dr. R. W. Knapp, Dcs Moines, and Dr. C. O. Simpson, St. Louis. Tho quadrennial convention of the Stato Camp of the Modem Woodmen of Nebraska with 500 subordinate enmps and a total membership of 50, 000, convened at Lincoln to cloet of ficers and to endorse delegntes to tho national convention. Judge N. Dwlght Ford of Broken Bow was elected state consul nnd G. E. Merriman of Omaha state clerk. They were named by acclamation. Omaha will bo tho next piectlng place of tho state camp In 1922. Although tho enrolled copy of the stato wide registration act, which the governor signed nnd delivered to the secretary of Btate contains tho emer gency clause In both its title and its body, the bill did not pass both branches of tho legislature by two thirds voto and can bo suspended by 10 per cent referendum petitions which the non-pnrtlsan league ox poets to file against It. This is ono of tho now laws that will tako ef fect July 2S. The diroctors of tho Loup Valley Highway association havo decided to routo tho road from Grand Island to Ord and Durwell and Black Hills on tho west side of the river be tween Scotia and Cotesllold. This wilf bo wolcomo news to tho tourists nnd tho peoplo living In tho north west part of tho state as It shortens tho distnnco somo six miles botwoen Scotia and Cotcsfleld and eliminates crossing the rlvor two times and two railroad crossings Lancaster county has entered tho construction business on n competi tive Bcalo with largo contractors. Moreover, tho first effort of tho county in its new endeavor proved highly successful, when the stato engineering department nwarded tho county Its first contrnct for the con struction of soventy-fivo culverts In tho county this year. Lancaster coun ty's bid for the contract was In com petition with tho bids of flvo othor largo contractors and was $1,683 lower than tho second lowest bid for tho work. Thirty-four companies In Nobrnska licensed by tho stato agnculturo de partment to do a cold storogo busi ness bad on hand April l, upwards of twonty million pounds of animal food stuffs, olthor produced by thPmsolvos or Btored by their customers. This Is tho total shown In a statistical sum mary given out by tho stato bureau of markets. Packing houso products, poultry, eggs and butter nro includod in this synopsis. It does not em brace fruits, vegetables or hover agos that aro being hold In cold storage. THIS WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE Brinfjfs a Ray of Hope to Childless Women Lowell. Mass. "I had anemia from the time I was sixteen years old and was very irregular. I If I did any house cleaning or washing II would faint and havo to ho nut ty ped, my husband thinking every min. uto was my last lAftcr reading your text-book for women: II took Lydia E. Pinlcham'fl Vegeta ble Compound and used the Sanative- Wash, andJhavo never felt better than I have the last two years. I can work, eat, sleep, and feel as strong as can be. Doctors told me I could never havo childrcn I was too weak but after taking Vegetable Compound it strength ened me so I gave birth to an eight pound boy. I was well all the time, did all my work up to tho last day, and hnd a natural birth. Everybody who knew me was surprised, and when'thcy ask mo what mado mo strong I tell them with great pleasure, 'I took Lydia E. Pink ham'a Vegetable Compound and never felt better in my life.' Use this testi monial at any time. "Mrs. Elizabeth: Smakt, 142 W. Sixth St., Lowell, Mass. This experience of Mrs. Smart is surely a strong recommendation for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It is only one of a great many similar cases. lew Life for Side Urn Satanic Works fttegic "I have tnken only two boxes of Eatonic nnd feel like n new man. It has done me more good than anything else," writes C. O. Frnpplr. Entonlc Is the modern remedy for acid stomach, bloating, food repeating nnd Indigestion. It quickly tukes up und carries out the acidity nnd gua und enables the stomach to digest the food naturally. That means not only relief from pain nnd discomfort but you get the full strength from the food you eat. Big box only costs a trifle with your druggist's gunrantee. The Rural Cynic. 'Hlrhm," said Mrs. Corntosscl, "the boarders will soon be along enjoyln' the flesh air und udmlrln' the scen ery." "I suppose so. Rut my suspicion Is thnt while they talk about air nnd scenery, what's on their minds la keepln' down the cost of llvln'." All politicians nro willing to bf caught In the cnbluet. The Alps mountains harbor more than 1.000 gluclors. Lucky TR9KE cigarette &Xutw; oiyate. )uyFairy Sodas packed! intin If. b.nU. J lnii..k... . iw rcJ uiv.' Munny ncjiumajii FAIRY SODA 1! JTEN B atuiT CQJ? 0 M- m a m . K'U'V ' V 5H0nnmiturvCniES(WH k OlHlW-OKUJ'OHACnY-OfttHA 7 lbs. of Fairy Sodas Is Just thn right amount of crackers to liuvc luuulr In tb pantry for family use. In returnable cans these crackers keep fine and fresh for weeks by keeping the- lid closed. The can Is moisture proof, dust proof, odor proof and vermin proof. The tower pries, on can tots, the avoid ance of waste or loss of any kind, and th many usus found for crackers when you have them handy, make It an economy to buy In full can lots. Ask yourarocer for I-TEN'B PAinT SODAS r and be sure you get the genuine. t Florldu Oyster Culture Offers Life-Time In come to non-residents, without druiluery, rain, hoeing, plowlnu" or fertilizer. 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