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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1921)
X 4rV D ;'t-w ' X""N r '-V mm "j v . T I PROTECTION by use of ' TRAVELLERS CHEQUES Travellers Cheques protect tho tourist by , affording 11 safe form in which to enrry funds. , ' These cheques, which are Issued in denomlnn '' ,.? tions of S10, 820, SSO, ami 8100, furnlsli n ready identification of the holder and uro payable up on ootintcr.slgtmturo. Thoy arc accepted throughout the world by hanks, hotels, trans. portHtlon sompnnicB and business houses. ' lleforo taking an oxtendod trip lot our officers explain in detail the advimtiiKes of carrying theso cheques when travelling. THE WEBSTER COUNTY BANK Edward Flomnce, Preiidenl Red Cloud, Nob. S. R. Fiornnee, Cailiie Vtpottlt Ouarantrtd by thi Depoiltori Guaranty Fundofthi Statt of Xtbraika MtunHOKassraB lrVWVVWAVlvAvrfv,AVA"AvAV.v-vv.vv'wvA IF ITS FENCE POSTS We Have 'Em $ Malone - Gellatly Co. ' "Talk with us. about fence posts : VVVVTAV-VVV.V.V.VV.V.V.VAVV-V.V-V.V.V.V.VV.'VVAVVW Levy Ordinance For 1921 An ordiuanco providing for the levying of city taxes of the city of Hod Cloud, Nebraska, for the fiscal year endiugJuly, 1022. lie it ordained by .the Mnyor and City Council of Red Cloud, Nebraska: Sec. 1. There is. Hereby levied on all tho taxable property of tho city of Rod Cloud, Xobruskn, the following taxes on each one dollar of tho assossed valuation of both real and personal property in said city for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. General fund f mills Interest electric llghU bonds.. 2 mills Interest water bonds 1 mills Interest sewer bonds 8 mills Int Intersection Puv Dlst No 1 .0 mills lot Intersection Pav Dlst No.2and0 2 mills Int Intersection Pav Dlst No. 1,1. mills Maintenance Elec light works 1. mills Maintenance Public Library. . .5 mills Sinking fund retiring war ord No.Gl Smills Sinking fund retiring war ord No Gl B mills GOING TO SHbV; raj Just For Comparison 1913 - - 1920 - - 1921 has been figured out, that in building a certain house, the LUMBER cost $1,600.00 in 1913 $3,300.00 in 1920 $2,000.00 in 1921 Freight has advanced $2So.co on this material, since tptj, which makes the lumber cost at the present time a trile over $100.00 more than it did in fprj, exclusive, of h freight raise. Piatt & Frees 1113 Total 12.4 mills Sec. 3 This ordinance shall be in forco and effect on and after its appro val and publication. Dated Aug. 2, 1021. Approved Aug. 2, 1021. Attest; O C. TEEL, City Clork MARY PETERSON, Mayor (Seal) wnmmfHn mm ittrawf lu smmMmmzk Land of the Orris Root. Orris root, which Is used as a ba ds of many perfumes, Is obtained only around Florenco and In the neighbor hood of Verona. Frugal to the End. An old woman known for her mis rly habits was on her deathbed. She )nd not long to live. Presently her Jps moved, and her daughter bept ivor her to catch tho last words. i 'Blow out that stump of candle," ivhlspcrcd the old woman. "I can lee to die tn tho dark." TTT . If your printed matter comes, from the 'Chief you know it is 'right' ' The Margin of Safety Is represented by tho amount of insurance you carry v Don't lull yourself into a fancied security. Because fire has never touched you it doesn't follow that you're Immune Tomorrow no today, if 'you have time and you better And time come to the'offlce and we'll write a policy on your bouse, furniture, store or merchandise. , , ' -LATER MAY BE TOO .tJaTB- O. C. TEEL R.eliocble Insurance zx Everything for QUAUTy nothing tor show k . ru ir Vy t.liW T rv A SHI ?Hs I -4 Sr7i kVTL . ll IFDawcOTcM THAT'S OUR IDEA in making CAMELS the Quality Cigarette. Why, just buy Camels and look at the package! It's the best packing science has devised to keep cigarettes fresh and full flavored for your taste. Heavy paper outside secure foil wrapping inside and the revenue stamp over the.end to seal the pack age and keep it air-tight. And note this! There's nothing flashy about the Camel package. No extra wrappings that do. not improve the smoke Not a cent of needless expense that must come out of the quality of the tobacco. Camels wonderful and exclusive Quality wins on' merit alone. Because, men smoke Camels who want the taste and fragrance of the finest tobaccos, expertly blended. Men smoke Camels for Camels smooth, refreshing mildness and their freedom from ciga retty aftertaste. Camels' arc made for men who think for them- selve Ovor a million girls have boen nrollod In homo canning work in this country, under Buporvlsion of government specialists. Canning Is being emphasized, not only to teach girls how to can, but pro ventwasto of fruits and vegeta bles. A girls' exhibit features tho Nebraska State Fair, Lincoln. Sept. 4 to 9 The heavens will bo lighted up like a war front when the mammoth fireworks display is staged in connection with the night show of the coming Ne braska "Progressive" State Fair, Lincoln, September 4th to 9th. "As a result of the war, many new and weird color schemes have been introduced by fire works manufacturers, accord ing to officials of the firm from which the State Fair has pur chased its fireworks. Billions of dollars worth of fireworks were used during the war, and many secrets unknown to the trade up to that time were re vealed. "If you want tffhear a repeat ed chorus of Ah's and Oh's, pay a visit to the fireworks show at the, coming State Fair", said one of the managers today; "W.e have found that fireworks pleases everyone. It is the one entertainment feature on the program that pleases father, mother, and the children, alike. Tho crowd never tires of an ticipating' what wonderful piece o;f fireworks will'follow the one just displayed." A crew of experts will be sent to prepare the sot pieces and conduct each evening's fire works program. Many of the "sets" and giant bombs to be exploded, are extremely dan gerous for anyone but a train ed person to handle. The entertainment and edu cational program of the fair is the greatest ever offered. PLAN TO SPEND YOUR VA CATION AT THE NEBRASKA STATE FAIR, WHERE EDU CATIONAL FEATURES AND RECREATION ARE PLEAS ANTLY COMBINED.AND WELL WORTH WHILE. The Writer and the Reader. Care should bo taken, not that the reader may understand If he will, but that ho must understand, whether he will or not. Qulntlllnn. Dr.W.H.McBride DENTIST OVER STATE BANK Red Cloud Chief Editors I Have Known , (By U. 6. Kniuiit) The llrst edition of tho Chief ap peared on tho 30th day of July, 1872 1 tcmember it well, though I was a small hoy and scarcely able to read. Every word of It was read aloud In our house, advertisements and all, by my inotbcr to the children. There were very few noodle in Webster county nt that time and Red Cloud probably had two hundrtd souls in It. The man who started it was C. L. Mather, nicknamed by his friends "Cottou Mather." He was not a very practical man but was a good writer hud well liked. I do not know just how long he 1 an the paper, but a voar or so uo doubt. Everybody boosted for the paper and it had an auspicious start even though the town was small and the country now. I well remember how my father solicited subscribers at In- avale, where we lived, and the re mark one man made. It was customary to take a man's name and let him pay his dollar for the paper later, as dollars were migh ty scarce and many times tho subscrib er had to sell a buffalo hide or a couple of wild turkeys to get tho nec essary kale. A man by the name of Hill Heck lived west of Inavale two miles. He was of Dutch decent and his wlfowas a wild Irishwomtiu. Dill loved beer and his wife whiskey, but neither car ed for a newspaperor a book. However he took the paper and after waiting about six months my dud asked 13111 for the dollar one day. Bill was am azed. "Why,''sald he, "I did not sup pose I would havo to pay for the pap er, I only took it to help the man out." But Bill was honest and later put up his dollar. The paper thrived to some extent bai the editor whs a wanderlust and moved away. .Whither or where I never knew. Whether he sold it or left it to creditors I do not know, but the next to tako it up was a little printer with curly hair, named Roy liurris, but was always called''Curlcy," and that tall sycamore Mark Warner. "Curley" was a hot .favorite among the girls and Mark was well received also when he went ont. Mark was Deputy Sheriff or some thing and had some other duties as well, so his partner ran the paper when be, was not visiting the girls Up the river at the mouth of Walnut Creek lived the family of Tom Jonef, now long since gone to his reward, and in that family were a lot of as pretty girls as one will sec anywhere. "Car ley" was a frequent visitor up that way wheu he could cross the river, as; be It known, there were few bridges at that time. '.'Curley" did not marry iuto that Jones family, however, and I do not know what did became of him Across the river southeast of Red Cloud was another family of handsome girls. Cap. Munsell was the father of that bunch. Mark Warner went thut way wisely and well and today he Is living at Whittier, California, and Sarah, who was M"unsell, is his wife and the mother of a title family. Editorial honors did not last long with these two young blades and soon there came down from near Conies a man named M. L Thomas His first name was Merv. and he was a farmer but a natural newepaper man writer. He got possession of the Chief and from that minute it went ahead. Peo ple used to bang around on press day waiting for the paper to see what Thomas had to say, and Thomas al ways said it well. About that time the Argus was start ed by one Andrew Jackson Kenney. Kenney was a shrewd and well chool. ed newspaperman. He and Thomas immediately fell out and" the way they lambasted each other in their respect ive papers made tho subscribers all take both papers to see what the other onq had to say Thomas, of the Chief, dubbed Ken ney "A. Jackass Kenney" and could write all round him when it came to atne &k ViHmihrSiaP TOBACCg.COMPANY, WlnnaleN. ,C J 1 Rod Cloud Nebraska. Df. X E. GfllBP CHIROPRACTOR PHONES 14 193-X Dell AS Office Tutnure Dldg, formerly Occupied by Attorney L. H. Dlackledge RED CLOUD NEBRASKA 6atire. But Kenney prospered arifl went iuto politics, He was 'elected to the state legislature and later received an appointment as Paymaster nt tha Government printing olllce in Wash ington, whither he went and was Sel dom seen at Red Cloud again Thomas, however, received a politi cal appointment before Kenney did, though not s'icli a good one lie be came railway mall clerk and sold his paper to David Lutz, a one armed man of the towu, well known, but consid ered n little "queei" In some ways. When David became the editor Kenney of the Argus took iv parting shot at Thomas by saying tho new editor was a very "brilliant man compared to the one leaving." Lutz was not an editor and had hard sledding making the paper a success He had a bey, Fred, who was quite an able lad aud had become temporarily nation famous by reciting the Declar ation of Independence at the Centen nial in Philadelphia on the Fourth of July, 1870, before a vast multitude of people. His father wanted the paper to help the boy along but the lad was too youug to assist much financially. Lutz could hnrdly keep the wheels greased and when A.'C, Hosmer camo along from the east loaklng for a live paper they scon struck a bargain, "Uoz" was a favorite among men and womeu. Ho was free hearted and joyful. He did not make money but ho kept the paper going He brought out his brother-iu-la'w, Paul Phares, ii line young'hid to assist him and con tinued to run the Chief for inauy years. He had as few enemies as any man who ever lived in Red Cloud, al though in public life. His death a short time ago was mourned by all. I was away from Red Cloud about the time Hostner let go of the Chief and do not know just what happened) but I think the ne-t editor was Will I, McMillan, belter known as "Fatty"' because he was slim as a match. Will was a good printer but not u natural editor or writer but he made the ghost walk for a year or 60, finally giving up to the reaper. As I remember It the next man to tike up the tripod was one of the New house brothers, either nenry or his brother. Paul Phares, mentioned be. fore, had married one of theNeivhouse girls and was living in Topeka, Kan sas and working on the Topeka Capi tal. The new owner sent for Paul ard he came and took charge of the paper for a time. Before that last event happened, which was nearly a score of years ago, I left Nebraska and have not been back untilra year ago now. I have faithfully taken and read the Chief iq all my travel s and wherever I have lived.' It comes to mo like am old frlend'and I have noted the editorial changes from time to time but not khowing ihe boys I have,, not kept a (pod history of them. The present editor I only remember as a small boy, but I was well acquaint ed with his father and I know if the lad is as good a man as the eldor Mc Arthur the paper is in good and honest hands whero I hope it will remain. I was glad to see the old head placed back on it again after a new one had been tried and hope it will becontinu ed therefore forever. Long may the Chief live and pros per. 3G1 East 1st St., Long Bench, Cali fornia, July 29th, 1921. Methodist Church Notes Sunday School at 10 a. m. Church service at H a. tn and 8 p. m. Epworth League at 7:15 p. m, Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. If you are not attending elsewhere we extend to you a cordial Invitation to attend our Sunday School, and church services HAnnv. W. Cope, Pastor. Dr. R.V. Nicholson DENTIST Red Cloud Nebraska E. S. 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