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4T RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF I VI i U1 Kamjey Milholland IfL flsjW iJsiIbVi J V V"" 1T J -fiI sire .;.'& rjtimat tTTaaT .. 'I i-- MlMt. aMal G "PEACH OF A PUNCH." HvnODala. With hit in-nnrUiMi.r small Itamsoy MUholland la watch- J Ine tho "Decoration Day Parade" I in ino norao town, tiio old Konllo man, a veteran of tho Civil war, endeavors to Impress tlru young str with tho olimlllcanco of the great conflict, and many years aft erward Uio boy was to rornotnber his words with startling vividness. In Uie schoolroom, a few yunrn afterward, Ramsey Is not dlfltln KUlnhcd for rem.arkablo ability, though his pronounced dlnllkus aro nrlthmetrc, "Radiations" and CJor. man. In sharp contrast to Ram sey's backwardness Is tho prococlty of little Dora Yocum, a young lady whom In his bitterness ho denomi nates "Teacher's ret." In high school, whero ho and Dora aro claJismateB, Ramsey continues to feol that tho girl delights to manl fost hor superiority, and the vln dlctlvcnoss ho gonoratos boeomes alarming, culminating In tho reso lution that some day he will "how" her. At a class picnic Ram sey Is captured bag and buggage by Mllla Rust, tho clnsn boauty, and endures tho agonies of his first lovo. RnmBoy'a parents object to Mllla and wish ho'd taken up with D.orn. Tocum. Ramsey hisses Mllla. Thon Mllla suddenly loaves town. Blio marries. Ramsey enters tho state unlvorslty and thero Is Dora Yocum again. Ramsey moots Dora In a World War debate and Is In gloriously vanquished. 0 CHAPTER VII. Continued. 9 Ho wnff'so right, In regard to his own performance, nt least, thut, thereupon drying up utterly, he proceeded to Btund, n speechless ilKurc In the midst of a multitudinous silence, for nn eter nity lusting forty-live seconds, lie made u nicking effort, nnd nt the end of this epoch found, words again. "In limiting my urgument In this debnte, I would state that" "Two minutes!" said the chnlrman. "Refutation by the negative. Miss D. Yocum. Two minutes." "I waive them," snld Dora, primly. "I submit that the afllrmatlvc has not refuted the argument of the negative." "Very well." With his gavel the chairman sharply tapped the desk be fore him. "The question Is now be fore tho house. 'Resolved, that Ger many Is both morally and legally Justi fied In her Invasion of Belgium.' All those In favor of the" But here there was nn Interruption of a kind never before witnessed dur ing any proceedings of the Lumen so ciety. It camo from neither of the de baters, who still remained standing at their desks until the vote settling their comparative merits In argument should be taken. Tho Interruption was from the rear row of scats nlong the wall, where sat new members of the society, freshmen not upon tho program of the evening. A loud nasul voice was heard from this quarter, a loud but nasul voice, shrill as well us nasal, and full of a strange hot pas sion. "Mr. Chairman I" It cried. "Look-n-here, Mr. Chairman I Mr. Chairman, I demand to bo heard I You gottn gim me my say, Mr. Chairman I Tin a gunna have my say I You look-a-here, Mr. Chairman l" Shocked by such n breach of order, and by the unseemly violence of the speaker, not only tho chairman but everyone else looked there. A short, strong llgure was on Its feet, gesticu lating fiercely ; and the heud belonging to It was a large one with too much curly black hair, a flat swarthy face, shiny and not Immaculately shuvcu; there was an Impression of Ill-chosen clothes, too much fat red Up, too much tooth, too much eyeball. Fred Mitchell recognized tnis violent interrupter as one Llnski, a fellow freshman who sat next him In one of his classes. "What's that cuss up to?" Fred wondered, and o did others. Llnski showed them. He pressed forwurd, shoving himself through the two rows in front of htm till he emerged upon the green carpet of the open space, and as he came, he was cyclonic with words. "Toa don't put no such stuff as this over, I tell you I" he shouted In his hot, nasal voice. "This hero's a freo country, and you call yourself a de bating society, do you? Lemrae tell you I belong to a debating society In Chicago, where I come from, and them fellas up there, they'd think they'd oughta be shot fer a fako like what you people are tryln' to put over, here, tonight. I come down here to git some more education, and pay fer It, too, In good hard money I've made sweatln' In a machine shop up thero In Chi cago; but if this Is tho kind of educa tion I'm u-gunna git, I better go on back there. You call this a square de bate, do you?" He advanced toward the chairman's platform, shaking a frantic flst. "Well, If you do, you got another think comln', my capltalls' f rlen' I Yoa went and give out tho question whether itta right fer Cholmuny to go through Btl klum: and what do you do fer the Cholmun side? You pick out this here ibjjj stiff' he waved tils passionate u J? rf ' SF&fa It AT j mmm irr Till isf rMinnn hit - Wfcr 4tl friviM AVveM ; j 4 - o - XJPvsa qJ --yr JT Saw" - 4rrJj&J MfWraai'r'fTr" "r" owtfyht$yDoubliay,Page iCbmpant. .hand at the paralyzed Ramsey "you pick out a boob like that fer the Cho roun side, a poor fish that gits stage fright so bad ho don't know whether ho's tnlkln' or dead; or else he fakes it; because he's a speaker so bum It looks more to mo like ho was faking. You git this big stiff to fako the Chol mun side, and then you go and stick up u goll ngalns' him that's got brains nnd makes n pnclfls argument that wlnB tho case ngalns' the Cholmuns like cuttln' through hog lard I Ilut you ain't a-gunna git away with It, mister. Lcmme tell you right here and now, I may bo n mix blood, but I got some Cholmun In mo with tho rest what I got, and before you vote on this here question you gotta hear a few wolds from somebody that can talk I This whole war Is d capltalls' war, Belgium as much as Cholmuny, and tho United States Is scllin' its soul to tho capltnlis' right now, I toll you, takln' sides agalus' Cholmuny. Orders fer explosives and nmmanltlou nnd guns nnd Red Cross supplies Is comln' Into this country by the millions, nnd tho capltalls' United States Is fat al ready on the blood of tho workers of Europol Yes, It Is, and I'll have my say, you boorjaw faker, and you can hammer your ole gavel to pieces at me I" He had begun to shriek; moisture fell from his brow nnd his mouth ; the scandalized society was on Its feet, moving nervously Into groups. Kvl dently the meeting wus about to dls- "I'll Have My Say!" the Frenzied Llnski Screamed. Integrate. "I'll have my say!" the frenzied Llnski screamed. "You try to put up this cupltnlls' trick and work n fnke to carry over this debute agalns' Cholmuny, but you enn't work It on me, lemmo tell you! I'll have my say!" Tho outraged chairman was wholly at a loss how to deal with the "un precedented situation" so he doflned it, quite truthfully; and he continued to pound upon tho desk, while other clamors begun to rival Llnskl's; shouts of "Put him out!" "Order!" "Shut up, Freshman 1" "Turn mm over to the sophomores I" "This meeting Is adjourned!" bel lowed the chnlrman, nnd there was a thronging toward the doors, while tho frothing Llnski asseverated: "I'm n-gonna git my say, I tell you! I'll huvo my say I Til have my say I" Ho had more than that, before the hour was over. A moment after he emerged from tho building and camo dut, still hot, upon tho cool, dnrk campus, ho found himself tho center of a group of his own classmates whom he at first mistook for sopho mores, such was their manner. ... As this group broko up a few minutes later, a youth running to Join it, scenting somewhat of Interest, de tained ono of those who were depart ing. "What's up? What wus that squeal ing?" "Oh, nothing. We Just tnlkod to that Llnski. Nobody elso touched him, but Ramsey MUholland gave him a peach of a punch on tho snoot." "Whoopee 1" Ramsey was laconic In response to Inquiries upon tills subject. When some one remarked : '.'You served him right for calling you a boob nnd a poor flsh and so on before all the society, girls and nil," Ramsey only said : "That wasn't what I hit him for." Ho declined to explain further. CHAPTER VIII. "The way I look at It, Ramsey," Fred Mitchell said, when they reached their apartment, whither a benevolent senior, Colburn, accompanlcil them, "the way I look nt it. this i.iimki i,i..,i Lot Paid you a comDllmeut. utter iUL when be called yen a take. ft mutt have thought you anyway looked as If you could make a better speech than you did. Oh, golly I" And as Ramsey groaned, the Jovial Mitchell guvo himself up to tho divan and the. mirth. "Oh, oh, oh, golly 1" he sputtered. "Never you mind, Brother MUhol land," Colburn said gently. "The Lu men is used to nervous beginners. I'vp seen dozens in my time, Just like you; and some of 'em got to be first rnto before they quit. Besides, this crazy Llnski Is all that enybody'U ever re member about tonight's meeting any how. There never was any such out break as that in my time, and I guess thoro never was In tho whole history of the society. Wo'il probably suspend him until ho apologizes to the society I'm on tho board, and I'm In favor of It. Who Is tho bird, anyhow? Ho's In your class." "I never saw him before," Ramscv responded from tho deep chnlr, where ho hud moodily thrown himself; and, returning to his brooding upon his ora tory, "Oh, murder 1" he moaned. "Well," snld the senior, "you'll know him when you see him again. You put your nmrk on him where you cun seo it, nil right I" Ho chuckled. "I suppose I really ought to have In terfered in thnt, but I doclded to do n little astronomical observation, ubout ilfty feet away, for a few minutes. I'm 'way behind In my astronomy, any how. Do you know this Llnski, Broth er Mitchell?" "I've talked to him a couple o' times on the campus," snld Fred. "Ho's In ono of my classes. He's about tho oldest In our class, I guess1 a lot older than us, anyhow. He's kind of nn an archist or something ; can't talk more'n five minutes any time without gettln' off Bomo hug stuff nbout 'capltnllsm.' He snld tho course In political econo my was till 'capitalism' and the prof wns bought by Wull Street." "Poor old Prof. Craig 1" Colburn laughed. "Ho gets fifteen hundred a year." "Yes; I'd heard that myself, nnd I told Llnski, and he said ho had an un cle workln' in n steel mill got twice that much, but it didn't make any dif ference, ole Craig was bought by Wall Street. He said 'capitalism' better look out ; ho nnd the foreign-born workmen were goln' to take this country some day, and that was one of the reasons he was after nn education. He talked pretty strong pro-German, too about tho war In Europe but I sort of thought that was more because he'd be pro-nnythlng that he thought would help upset the United States than be cause he. cared much about Germany." "Yes," said Colburn, "that's how ho sounded tonight. I guess there's plen ty more like him In the cities, too. Thut reminds mo : I'd better arrange a debute on immigration for the Lumen. We'll put Brother MUholland for the negative, this time." Ramsey started violently. "See here " Rut tho senior reassured him. "Just wanted to seo you Jump," he explained. "Don't fear; you've done your share." "I should think I have!" Rumsey groaned. "Yes; you won't be called on ngnln this term. By tho way," said Colburn, thoughtfully, "that was a clever girl you had against you tonight. I don't believe in pacifism much, myself, but she used It very nlftily for her argu ment. Isn't she from your town, this Miss Yocum?" Fred nodded. "Well, she's a clover young thing." snld the senior, still thoughtful. And he ndded: "Graceful girl, she Is." At this, the roommates looked nt him with startled attention. Ramsey was so roused as to forget his troubles and sit forward In his chair. "Yes," said the musing Colburn, "she's n mighty pretty girl." "What I" This exclamation was a simultane ous one ; the astounded pair stared at him In blank Incredulity. "Why, don't you think so?" Colburn mildly Inquired. "She seems to me very unusual looking." "Well, yes," Fred assented, emphat ically. "We're with you there I" "Extraordinary eyes," continued Col burn. "Lovely figure, too ; altogether a strikingly pretty girl. Handsome, I should sny, perhaps. Yes, 'handsome rather than 'pretty'." He looked up from a brief reverie. "You fellows known her long?" "You bet I" said Ramsey. "She mndo a splendid impression n tho Lumen," Colburn went on. "I don't remember that I ever saw a first appearance there that quite equaled It. She'll probably have a brilliant career In the society, and In tho university, too. She must be a very line sort of a person." Ho deliberated within him self a few moments longer, then, realizing thnt his hosts and brethren'' did not respond with any heartiness or with anything nt oil to the theme, he changed It, and nsked them what they thought nbout the war In Europe. They talked of the war drowsily for a while ; It wus an Interesting but not na exciting topic: tho thing they spoke of was so far away. After a few moments of fervor, the conversation languished, and Brother Colburn rose to go. "To go over and help hang their d d kaiser I" (TO BE CONTINUED.) States That Grow Sugar Beets. Sugar beets aro now grown In 17 stntes, In ten of which the growers de pend, In whole or part, upon irriga tion. A new uutomobllo windshield pro tector Is equipped with gutters to curry rain off ut each Jrtila. 'Che American (Copy for This Department Supplied by the American Legion News Service.) LEGION WOMAN,MOTHER OF 21 Mrs. Jacob Caranek, Healthy and Happy, Holds Record Among Pro ducers of Americans. Mrs. Jacob Carunek, who runs a nent little grocery store In New Or- leans and therein sells butter and eggs, bread, in eats, canned corn nnd maybe the necessities for mnklng those de licious Southern pecan candles, Is also chu in p Ion mother of the American Legion Auxiliary. She Is, at least, until &Omo unit nmiific along who Is the mother of 22 children, to beat Mrs. Cnrnnek's 21. A child hud come to Mrs. Cnranek's house each year for 21 years when America entered the World war. Which of the 21 wns dearest to her she herself could not tell, but when tho two oldest boys, Joseph and Louis, went nwny to wnr the largo Caranek family was cast Into shadow. "What else should I do?" Mrs. Caranek ques tioned. "They aro Americans and their country needs them, rf It Is a duty to raise children, 'it is right to make them lovo their country." But when Joseph and Louis came home Joseph sen od overseas with the Rain bow division and fought In four big battles, while Louis fought In and around Camp Beauregard the little grocery store could scarce contain the Joyful celebration. Mrs. Caranek came to Amerlcn when she was fifteen years old, leaving her uatlve village of Petrnvice In Czecho slovakia. She Is forty-seven years old now and her husband Is fifty-eight Tho youngest child Is six years old and me omest twenty-eight. Mrs. Caranek has been to but one motion-picture show in her life nnd she left before thnt one was over. She works from five in tho morning until ten nt night in her grocery. And she hasn't n gruy hair and hns never been sick but once and enjoys life. NAMED FOR THE COMMANDER Legion Member Pays Honor to New Son and the Leader of the Ameri can Organization. Since the first time that America had n wnr, babies have como Into the world named for n great or favor ite general. The n a m e s a k e s of Gen. George Washington nre still numerous; tnose or ltoliert r? E. Lee and U. S. ftf,. Grant nre colnir strong Into the second generation and there are not n few John J. Pershlnc Smiths A. i' and Joneses to vie with the less recent Deweys and Teddy Roosevclts. One service man of the American Legion has, however, started tho nam' Ing of babies nfter the nntional com mander of the Legion of the year In which the child was born. The first on record is young Hnnford Morris, Atlanta, Ga., born n few days after Hunford MacNider, Mason City, In., was elected national commander of tho Legion. His father, Albert R. Morris, Is a member of Atlanta post No. 1 of the Legion. Recently nn ex-soldier of Chicago went Into court and nsked to be al lowed to drop his middle name, which was unpronouncable, he declared. The court gave permission nnd tho service man, nn enthusiastic Legionnaire, chose tho name of Legion to accom pany him through life. Legion Post Stages "Movies." To satisfy curiosity-hounds, the Hollywood (Col.) post of tho American Legion stnges a "model movie" every week. This saves wear and tear on the nerves of tho people In Movlelnnd, and nt the same time gives tourists a view of how movies aro made. Real reel directors, cameras, and stnrs are used In the model exhibitions but the Legion does tlto work. Consider "Star" Flag an Insult. The idea, conceived by tho W. C. T. U., of putting star flags In windows of homes where no liquor Is consumed, is protested by tin American Legion post In San Francisco, composed entirely of newspaper men. The Legion men claim that tho liquor star flag Is an atrocious plagiarism of the sonice flag of war days, and that it Is an In sult to all former service men. To Halt "Fake" Money-Ralslng. In an elTort to stamp out the sale of publications by ex-service men who allege that the money derived Is go ing to he used for the benefit of sick and wounded ex-service men, the American Legion national ofllccs have warned Its 11,000 posts not to sanction any salo of periodicals until tho Chumhcr of Commerce or some like civic organization hus first approved. W .Vz-w. .'. . ar -Jl If' 'NSSi LEGION 'QUEEN' IS DIPLOMAT Miss Ruth Metcalf, Burlington (Ja.) Girl, Names Her Brother Carnival "King." Women began practicing the art of diplomacy when Eve was about three dnj-8 old, nnd the present genera tion of fair ones are not so bad at It, the world knows. Even the distinguished for eign diplomats who weur red stripes across their boiled shirts at formal dinners will give tho palm to n sweet Iowa glrL however, nnd .... If they hesitate, a number of Iowa men might have n word to say that would prompt them. It bupiMined that the American Le gion of Burlington, la., having n high carnival and desiring n queen, chose one. The girl selected for hor out standing beauty, wit, und spirit was Miss Ruth Metcalf, who later dis played tact. Miss Metcalf being duly nnd fittingly crowned queen, now would choose one of the ex-soldlers as king, It was announced, whereat some hundreds of nssortcd male beau ties struck attitudes of nttcntlon. Af ter looking closely over the assembled Legionnaires, Miss Metcalf calmly picked out her own brother and crowned him king. Whereupon the Issue was settled with nice diplomacy and the big carnival pnrade got un der way. ENDED SITTING BULL'S REIGN Chief Red Tomahawk, Sioux Warrior, and Commander MacNider Smoke Pipe of Peace. Since the pnsslng of tho dime novel, the -10 redskins who used to bite the dust so frequent ly have become lost to the world. But the exploits of old Sitting Bull inny well be remembered, even today, when the matblc shooting generation is rending deep vol umes that puzdc exnsnorntod nn. smi&Rk r; minus mm nihil bit the dust In approved fashion nnd, wlille touring through Bismarck, N. D recently, Hunford MncNlder, national commnnder of the American Legion, had the pleusure of meeting the gen tleman who caused the Bull's down fall. It was none other than old Chief Red Tomahawk, Sioux warrior, who some years ago captured Sitting Bull's pelt, nnd who came from the reserva tion to greet tho big chief of the white tribe. With Red Tomahawk came a number of tho younger Sioux braves who fought in Franco with the A. E. F. and gave the Germans the surprise of their lives. While In North Dnkotn Mr. Mac Nider smoked n pence pipe with the Sioux chief and received congratula tions of the chief of the first Ameri cans for tho organization which Is en deavoring to keep America for the present Americans. Physical Deterioration. "Physical examinations of rcgulnr army olllcers show the most clear cut evidence of physical deterioration which Is due to strain incident to the World war," the army medical department reports. That investiga tion mny bring to light a scientific explanation of some pnrt of tho rest lessness nmong former soldiers which can be laid to their having undergone u severe nervous strain. Alaska Has the Wealth. Alaska could not only pny for ad justed compensation, if it were rightly developed, but the whole war debt besides, according to Albert B. Fall, secretary of the Interior. What Is believed to be tho greatest oil field in tho world Is in tho Arctic near the Aleutian islands. A tremendous coal belt in Alaska is undeveloped, nnd the greatest copper mine in the world as well. Legion Aiko for New Law. "Oh-o-o say can you see-e ?" The band-organ man ground out the nat ional anthem nnd tho monkey danced and squinted his sharp eyes. Then the hand-organ man passed the hat. But in New York state he will have to change his tune, If the American Legion gets Its bill through the legis lature prohibiting the playing of tho "Star Spangled Banner" for the pur pose of collecting money. 1 Carrying On With the American Legion f -"- The official American Legion grave markers may be had from national headquarters for $1.30 each, now. Tho Legion post of Decatur, Ark., has bought the city's telephone system nnd, after nn overhauling, will oper ate It. Pershing stadium, built by tho A. E, F., has been designated ns the place for the holding of tho 1021 Olympic games. Tho famous French general, Gou raud, hns been Invited to attend the re union tills year of the Rainbow divi sion, In Minneapolis, Minn. XJbMPsLsLsLsLsLsLsF v aa . ., ;i fgwrtM rfly Mothers!! Write for 32- Page Booklet, "Mothers of the World" Pat. Process loyd The Loom Products Lloyd Mfi. Co. oany carriages OFumiturt D.rt. KmmIh). Mkk. 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