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1913
1920
It has been figured
out,
house, the LUMBER cost
. $1,600.00 in 1913
$3,300.00 in 1920
$2,000.00 in 1921
Freight has advanced $280.00 on this materia, since
ipij, which makes the lumber cost at the present time a
trijlc over $100.00 more than it did in ipij, exclusive of
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1921 SESSION
RED CLOUD FARMERS'
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INSTITUTE
RED CLOUD
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From TUESDAY to FRIDAY
OCTOBER 25th to 28th
Programs at the Besse Auditorium. Ladies Department at
I. O. O. F. Hall. Poultry and Agricultural Exhibits at
Turnure Building, Other exhibits at the Auditorium
Sale Barn.
Large and varied
exhibits of stock
and farm produce,
music by band, or
chestra and high
school organizations
Interesting address
by local and uni
versity speakers.
SCHOOL
PARADE
FRIDAY
Afternoon
At 2:00
O'clock
Partial List of Judges and Speakers
ASHTON C. SCHELLENBERGER. Judge of Cattle.
HOWARD GRAMLICHJudge of Horses and Hogs'
PROF. CORMAN, Lincoln, Judge of Poultry.
MRS. H.J. GRAMLICH, Judge of Women's Dept.
Admission Tuesday Night 50c and 25c
Admission Free at all Other Sessions
j E. J. 0VER1NG, Pres.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
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j complete. We will figure your jobs to furnish all .mater-
ials, or otherwise, to suit our customers. We do FRAME
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THE WOMAN WHO nULED A
PHILOSOPHER.
TO ANY' ONE who has rend the
"Philosophical Dictionary" of
Voltaire, with its caustic humor at the
expense of humanity, It perhaps
seems strange that the author should
have been completely dominated by u
woman throughout many years of his
life. '
When Voltaire was forty he met the
Marquise Gabrlcllc du Chatolet. She
was 128 and moved In a society whero
handsome blades were the rule, In the
curly days of the Eighteenth century.
Voltaire certainly was not .handsome,
although a line head surmounted Ids
misshapen body. The mnrqulsc was
more than a beauty, for she attained
a scholarship of high degree. Any
way, the two soon loved. Voltalro al
ready wns famous, and the hushnnd of
the marquise would not seem to have
Interposed strenuous objections.
.She was Intensely Jealous of him.
Ills fame and Inscrutable smile capti
vated many women. She decided
that her chateau In Lorraine would be
a better place of safe-keeping than
Purls. So she carried the grcut
philosopher off. What Is more aston
ishing, she kept him there fifteen
years. When he grew restive Bhe
agreed to a yearly trip to Paris, and
the time of their coming was tho sign
for gay days in tho capital. The mar
qulso was rich uud their stay wns
marked by lavish entertainment. Then
she would pack her philosopher away
for another year In quiet Lorraine.
At last Voltalro tired of her. lie
complained that he was growing older,
that love must give way to friendship.
Thero were stormy scenes, and wo
may conceive of Beauty walling nt the
shrine of Philosophy. But this did not
last a grent while, for we find St.
Lambert, then a rising llgure In the
llterury world, coming upon the scene.
lie still was young, much younger
than even the marquise, and It would
appear that liq wus flattered by tho
Interest of u woman who hud been
loved by tho greatest literary man
then In tho world. When Voltalro
realized that tho marquise really had
turned to this young scholar he wus
indlgnnnt. Hut she reminded him that
It had been he who sought to break
tho dream of the past. And Voltaire's
philosophy enabled him to seo the
point, for he continued to llvo In pla
tonlc friendship with the woman whom
he had loved. As for St. Lambert, he
and the marquise becamo deeply In
volved. If you would understand Just
what kind of woman she must have
been, consider that when death found
her In 1740 she was engaged up .to be
last In translating Newton's "Princi
ples oi science."
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Art Signing. Up Fast .
Following a weekV rest during tho
state fair the individual membership
campaign of tho U. S. Grain Growers,
Inc , wus launched with renewed vigor
dust week and in two days' time tlin
total whs increased from 102G meinbojs
to 1148 Advices from the ollice of the
state organizer any that the campaign
has started in the following counties;
Clay, Fillmoie, Saline, Gage, Johnson,
Lancaster, Polk York, Hamilton. Thurs
ton, Dixon and Smindura.
Figures coiupiled for the first thous
and members M-cured by tho U. S.
Grain Grower in Nebraska show that
2,818,712 bushels of uniiii are Involved
on growor contracn with the grand
total to date taking the biishclago safe
ly beyond the three million mark.
Corn leads with a bushelage of l,202.
61, wheat second with 1 ,000,5 lO bushels
and oats third with .r)3.'i,'2i8 bushels.
Grain Growers sinning the first
thousand contracts control 139,018
acre, distributed a s follows: corn
01,(508 acrcs; wheat 57,83.'! acres, and
oats 20,007 acres. This gives an aver
age of UK) acros for each growor.
Prautically all of the initial thousand
contracts wero secured in Thayer and
Nuckolls counties whero the prelimi
nary campaign was launched. Tho
above figures were secured by taking
the average yields in these counties
for tho past ten years. For corn it Is
20 5 bushels an acre; wheat 17.3 bush
els and oats 23 1 bushols.
A recapitulation of the cooperative
elevators signed with the U S. Grain
Growers shows that the total capacity
of;thel07 cluvntors affiliating is 2,130,
500 bushels. With tho average eleva
tor having nu annual turnover of np
proximately ten times Its capacity
uicsc elevators will liunillo over twon-ty-ouo
million bushols oaoh year
In Terms of Mllllcurles.
Tho nanio of the discoverer of radi
um Is perpetuated In that of tho unit
used In measuring radioactivity, viz,
the "curie." Tho multiples nnd sub
divisions of tho unit nro nnnied In nc
cordanco with metric nomenclature,
the "mllllcurlo," ono thousandth of a
curie, being tho ono most frequently
used. Sclcnco Service,
Mutt Have Sympathy.
It Is hard to bcllcvo that anything
is worth while, unless there Is some
eyo to kindle In common with our own,
some brlWc word uttered nttw nndHhcn
tO'lmplytllat what Is Infinitely pre-
iws'.'allkc to another mlnd. Georgo
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It Is now eight yenrs that 1 have
been on my chicken farm mid I shall
never leave It. The thought of scientif
ic research fills mo with the same
horror that I felt when I saw Marie
lying deudln the garden, u faint blue
shadow on her 'forehead.
I was Just out of college when 1
went to work for Dr. Gaspard. From
the first ho Impressed me uncannily,
as tif person of too strong Ima'glnatlon.
Then, too, I thought that he was not
over careful In the handling of ex
plosives. Hut no one dared remon
strate except Marie, and she was too
light-hearted and happy.
At least she was happy until Lord
Hackett threw her over for rich Sam
Orcutt's widow. I shall never forget
thnt morning. I saw lier run down
tho hill, his letter In her hand, nnd
lllng open tho door of the laboratory
without knocking, an "net that wns
strictly forbidden to us both, In a
second I heard a spit, then n roar nnd
I ould seo the Hash of purple flume.
Tho doctor was scarcely hurt at all,
but Mario wus burned nnd tho poison
ous fumes had quenched forever tho
light In her eyes.
It seemed as If every part of feeling
In the doctor turned to something grim
nnd terrible. The next morning he
called me to tho library nnd nsked me
what I knew about the plnenl gland.
Ho pointed to the open dictionary nnd
bndo mo rend aloud. In a voice that
trembled n little I obeyed: "In man n
small, conical, reddish gray body at
tached to the third ventricle of the
brain. It lias the structure of nn eye
with n moro or less distinct retina or
lens. It Is evidently n remnnnt of nn
Important sense organ. Its present
function Is unknown."
"Uenr this In mind," said the doctor
when I had finished, "there Is no death, K
oniy cnange. countless luctors nnve
atrophied that gland. Now I shall
play upon It by every stimulus to
uwaken It."
"To what end?" 1 nsked weakly.
"To give her nn eyo, to her and nil
the world."
"Ilut thero Is no plnce, no socket."
"One will form. I can only mark tho
ends, not tho processes of nnture. All
I nsk of you, Miss Itoblnson, Is to nt
tend to my supplies, file my notes nnd
to keep your mouth shut. I know Uiat
you nro cnpable of nil three."
In about two months the process be
gan. Every morning I led Mario to
tho laboratory, the doctor locked tho
door nnd I walked outside. Sometimes
I could hear strange gurglings nnd
moans, but Marie declared that she did
not suffer much. After tho treatment
sho would sleep. And she would nl
ways dream. At first It was of tall
trees and lush grasses, then the thick
ets would bo peopled with great mon
sters and flying reptiles. She would
nwaken hungry and nsk for chops, nl
ways conlmlainln thnt they wore
overdoiie.'iVv rt
I wntoFic!r'(he'so changes with dis
may, but, the doctor frowned grimly.
"It's nwakenlhg," ho said, "and with
its stirring It brings to her subcon
scious mind the evolution of the race."
Ono dny Marie did not sleep as
usual. Sho kept murmuring thickly
nbout the wind In the tree tops. The
doctor called to me to help n moment
with some apparatus, nnd when I re
turned she hnd disappeared. I called
to the doctor nnd we rnn out Into the
garden. She had climbed to the lower
limb of an old pear-tree nnd sat wIUi
face uplifted as if drinking In the
beauty of the leaves ngnlnst tho sky.
When Marie heard our steps sho
grasped the trunk with both hnnds nnd
began to climb. It wns a Louis Uond
tree, very straight and tall.
"Como down, dearie," cried tho doc
tor, "come down to your daddy here."
Mario leaned townrd us. Tho
branches hnd unloosened her long hnlr
and It was swaying gently.
"Father," she said, "I wonder If I
seo the trees? It almost seems as If
I do."
"Perhaps so, denrest. Come down
and tell mo nbout It. You're not nfrnhl
of your old daddy, nro you?"
"I'm not nfrnhl of anything but
snnkes."
Just then the first breath of tho eve
ning breeze rustled the leaves of tho
penr trees, It caught a lock of Mario's
hair and whipped It across her fnce.
"Oh!" she screamed, "a snake; I felt
him I" She brushed frantlcnlly at her
face, lost her hold and fell at our
feet.
Tenderly we carried her Into tho li
brary and laid hor on tho couch. I
pushed hnck her hnlr nnd, for tho firit.
time, wo saw n fnlnt, blue, ovnl shadow
on her forehead. '
And thnt Is all the story of Mario
Gaspard. Tho doctor went to Franco
nnd I In n few months bought my
chicken farm. Sometimes, on moon
light nights, 1 see my penr trees
rustling In tho breeze. Sometimes n
white misty figure bends townrd mo
from tho branches and I catch n
glimpse of Marie's sweet fnce, n faint
blue shadow on her forehend.
In Peaceful Grave.
In nn open field not very far from
London, England, thero Is n solitary
grave of ono who was an nrdent lover
of the surrounding country. This wns
a woman .who did not wish to be
burled in tho crowded cemeteries of
tho city. And one cannot help feeling
that Bho was a little wlsc, for where
sho rests tho countryside Is
peace. '
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iTnnet Darcy stopped from the train
at Wlllowby Junction, nnd stood peer
ing through the hnlf-darkncss. Tho
small station was closed and locked
for the night, and tho great train rush
ing ngaln on Its way left Janet a
solitary arrival. Troubled, she walked
tho length of the platform, then' sat
down on the crude steps to think the
situation over. She hnd left her beauti
ful city home that afternoon hastily,
uud In nn unenviable frame of mind.
Mother, father and the governor were
nil Insistent In their demands for nn
early marriage, while Janet was not
sure that sho wuntcd to bo married
nt all
In her hasty depnrturo Janet had
never considered the possibility of hor
present position. Taxis, sho' supposed,
nwnlted train nrrlvnls In even Wlllow
by town.
Aunt Clnrnbelle's cottnge, Jnnet
knew, nestled nt the foot of tho strag
gling village street, two miles nwny. It
wns not tho wnlk of the two miles
thnt she feared to nttempt, but the un
necustomed darkness of Uie tree bor
dered rond. As sho snt on tho station
steps, tlie sheltered girl became nerv
ously nlnrmcdf the spot was exceed
ing desolate and the purse In her
traveling cloak pocket wns filled with
bills. Desperately, nt Inst she aroso
and began her stumbling way.
Huts nnd twisted brambles seemed set
like n trap for tho unwary.
Then, almost directly before her, sho
suddenly saw n light. Someone, hnd
como from nmong tho trees to tho
rondslde, nnd tho someone carried
n lighted lantern. Janet drew back fear
fully, but as the light went twinkling
on, noiselessly she followed. It would
be useless to try to locate Aunt Clara
belle's abode In the confusing twist of
ways.
This light must lead to some com
panionship, perhaps to the village,
where she might be accommodated for
tho night; Janet stendlly and with new
courage pressed onward. The striding
figure before her turned ubruptly down
a hidden Inne; nt Its end Janet saw
the outlines of u small house.
The man, as she drew near, put down
his lantern to open tho house door.
Janet silently waited, as unannounced
he entered nnd struck n light. Sho
saw at a side of the room a sick wom
an lying upon bed, with a child fret
ting nt her side. The tall man
advancing lifted tho child gently In
his arms nnd with a laughing word
sent It nftcr nn orange tossed on the
floor. Then, throwing aside his cloak,
ho bent nn anxious face over the sick
woman, Janet, studiously regarding his
fnce, wns nil at once reassured. "Yes,
doctor," Bho heard the woman gasping
ly answer a question ; then, impulsive
ly, .Tunet stepped past the lantern into
tho room. The doctor glanced up
sharply.
"Take off your wraps," he startllngly
commanded, "nnd come here."
Half unconscious of her own action
Janet Dnrcy obeyed.
"Wo will have to work fast," the
man told her. "Kindly follow direc
tions without question. Hot water at
once." Peremptorily he Issued his or
ders. Janet, the sleeves of her wldto waist
rolled high, went to the cold kitchen
stove. There wns wood plied near,
nnd matches.
Desperately, as the woman's labored
breathing reached her, she bent to her
task. A fire was crackling at last
beneath tho kettle. Janet's soft fingers
were smudged and blistered, but her
eyes shono victoriously.
Sho saw the perspiration on the
young doctor's forehead as she re
sponded eagerly to his demnnds.
"It's pneumonln," he told her as
they rested. "Pretty bad, but I think
we will be able to brcuk It. Rural
postman Informed me of Uie case, re
turning from his route this evening.
Immediately I telephoned to Uie city
for you. That Is, I telephoned for my
usual nurse, but I suppose you hap
pened to be tho only one available at
tho time. You mnde good tlmo get
ting out. Now, we will leave our
pntlcnt. Look to the comfort of the
child."
Janet turned with a smile In her wear
iness this Innguugo of command she
hnd never known Impressed her
plensurably. It was ns If between tho
strong cnpnble man tind herself ex
isted some bond of understanding and
sympathy.
Janet washed nnd fed nnd conxed
tho bnby to sleep. Then, disheveled
nnd star-eyed, she sought tho watch
fully alert physician.
"Any further orders?" sho asked
quietly.
It was ten days later when Janet
Darcy stood In the small house door
way, whllo Sukey Wells sang Inside,
with tho patient now well on her way
to recovery. Alan Ilrent, looking down
en tho volunteer nurse, smiled a very,
very tender smile. To him, sho had
Just made full confession; to him she
had told her story.
"You nro wonderful," he said softly.
"I think," mused Alan Brent, the
doctor, "that I will send little Sukey
Wells, our general helper, In the morn
ing. You will both bo kept busy."
"But, oh I Janet, you who have been
so sheltered, are you certain that you
will never regret your refusal to mar
ry tho great governor?"
Janet Dnrcy's unswering smile was
confident. "
"Your light," she said, "showed me
my truetway
ably above the average, it lost 1 in
condition during August due to fur
ther deterioration in tho drouth dis
tricts and some injury from hot winds
and drouth to late fields In tho main
corn belt. Tamo liny yields arc 01ft
under last year and wild hay yields
are 12 less. Tho late commercial
potato crop maintained ils previous
standing but tho crop as a whole lost
G points. Sto:k hogs for feeding in
creased 8rc over tho low point reach
ed a year ago. These arc the main
features of the September 1 crop re
port issued jointly by Leo Sttihr, secre
tary of the Nebraska Department of
Agriculture and A. 13. Anderson of the
Burcati of Markets and Crop Esti
mates. All chanco for tho present corn
crop to equal last year's heavy pro
duction vanished with the hot winds
and drouth of tho latter part of Aug
ust. Tho gain of ZVz bushels In par
value of 100 condition of 81 in
dicates a production of 225,175,000
bu. a year ago. The loss was not con
fined entirely to the previously drouth
damaged sections as somo of the late
fields in tho main corn belt were dam
aged by premature ripening caused
by drouth and hot winds. Corn is
severely damaged in Kearney, Phelps,
Franklin, Harlan, south two-thirds
of Buffalo and the west half of Hall,
Adams and Webster counties. Other
counties in southeast and west cen
tral Nebraska have reported lower
conditions, but uro less important
corn counties.
Tho condition of spring wheat has
been reduced to 73 which forecast?
a production of 5,018,000 bu. as com
pared to 2,151,000 bu last year. The
total production of all wheat is placed
at 50,778,000 bu. as compared to G0,
180,000 bu. last year.
The estimate of oats is placed at
70,920,000 bu., barley G.S22.000 bu.,
and lye 4,080,000 bu. as compared to
83,010 000 bu., 7,121,000 bu. and 3,-
722,000 bu., respectively a year ago.
The condition of potatoes was re
duced from 77 a month ago to 71
at present, and the forecast is 7,233,
000 bu. as compared to S,-U5,000 bu.
a year ago. The late commercial
crop maintained its August 1 condition
and while a lower yield than last year
is evident, the surplus shipments may
exceed those of last year due to the
Increased acreage. There was a slight
improvement of the potato crop for
the United States although- it is far
below last' year's crop. The present
estimate is 323,094,000 bu. as com
pared to 428, 368,000 bu. a year ago.
The average yield of tame hay is
1.8 tons per acre as compared to 2.6
tons last year, and the production
2,914,000 tons against 4,209,000 tons
as compared to 2,361,000 tons last
year. The total production of all hay
is 4,852,000 tons as compared to 6,
570,000 tons last year. The average
yield of alfalfa is 2.2 tons per acre
as compared to 2.86 tons last year.
Much of tho alfalfa has been a dis
appointment in yield.
There has been an increase of 8
in stock hogs over the low point
reached a year ago, and the estimate
is placed at 3,784,000 heads compared
to 3,501,000 head a year ago. The
high mark was reached "in 1918 when
the total was 4,580,000 head. The
supply is short and the demand good
due to tho surplus of corn. Tho estimate-
of hogs for the United States
is 55,912,000 head as compared to 56,
534,000 head last year and 65,066,000
head in 1918.
The production of ;ool decreased
during the past year. Others are re
ported as follows: Flax, 93; apples,
10; clover seed, 80; timothy yield,
1.5 tons; millet, 83; pasture, 82;
grain sorghum, 85; field beans, 89,
tomatoes, 85; cabbage, 78; onions,
85; grapes, 75; pears, 5; water
melons, 89; muskmelons, 90; and
sugar beets, 91.
Estimate of important crops for the
United States are as follows: Corn,
3,184,641,000 bu as compared to 3,
232,367,000 bu. last year. All wheat
753,816,000 bu. as compared to 787,
128, 000 bu. a year ago. Oats, 1,
090,719,000 bu. against 1,526,055,000
bu. last year. Potatoes, 323,094,000
bu. as compared to428,368,000 bu. last
year. Tamo hay, 79,830,000 tons
against 91, 193,000 tons last year, and
wild hay 15,800,000 tons as compared
to 17,010,000 tons last year. Apples,
total crop, 106,683,000 bu. compared to
244,022,000 bu. last year. Commer
cial apple crop, 18,928,000 barrels ns
compared to 58,316,000 bnrrcls last
year.
Marshal Doyle benrd a strange noiso
the other night in the neighborhood
of Jacob Petersen's chicken coops.
With duo precaution he mado invest 1
gatlon. The disturber escaped and
ran across tho street with tho officer
in hot pcrsnlt. He was finally appre
hended, having gone to the front door
of the post office the marshal closed
the screen doors to prevent his escape
while' asfilstanoo was summoned.
When sufficient help arrlyed the pris
oner was taken, death sentence lm
fiosed, and duly executed. , He was'
ust a weasel.
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