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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF POLICE VETERAN REGAINS HEALT Could Hardly Eat or Sleep Be cause of Chronic Indigestion Now Praises Tanlac. TV. N. Hntchcr, 110 Luclle Ave, Clrcenvlllo, S. ('., Is still smother who luih realized tlie wonderful merits of Tunliie. Mr. llntoliur lias been a mem ber of (he (ireHivllle Police depart ment f(ir thirty .veins and Is one of the most etllelent and popular otllecrs on the foree. In cnmmeiMlnK on his ox perleaee with Tanlac Olllcer Uateher bhM: "I Know many others, besides my-t-elf, Taidae has helped and I am Kind to speak out for It. I had suffered roin uidlnestlon and ennstlt'itlon for Mtiuethln); like fifteen years. I had about renehed the point where 1 could neither eat nor sleep, for every time 1 ate It hurt me and the misery kept me awake at nlcht. I had lost enerny and strength until when my day's work was oer I would feel completely played out." "I now eat anything I want, always have a line appetite, ami have gained eight pounds, f am certainly thankful to be able to enjoy a good meal once more and not suffer afterwards. I am Just like n new man and Tanlac yets aU the credit." Tiuilae Is for sale by nil good drug gists. Over !l."i million bottles sold. Advertisement. Red Tape at Its Highest. Circumlocution In the civil service Ih not always the result of the system. A few weeks ago an olllclal In one depaitment made an Inquiry about a certain case to a subordinate olllclal in another section who allowed the matter to slide. Last week the (list olllclal addressed n complaint to the subordinate's su perior and the superior passed on tlio minute to the subordinate with the tiery, "lias nothing been done?" The minute was returned marked "Yes" and was s;ut back to the sub ordinate with a laconic "What?" "Nothing," was the subordinate's comment on the minute. The Cutlcura Toilet Trio. Having cleared your skin keep It clear by making (mtlrura your everyday toilet preparations. The Honp to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal, the Talcum to powderl nnd per fume. No toilet table Is complete without them. Advertisement. Fancy Work Limit. The other day a lCureka man In n friendly chat with a neighbor, among other things, asked him if his wife did fancy work, "(ireat Scott," he exclaimed, "she won't even let a por ous plaster come Into the bouse with out crocheting a red border around It and running a yellow ribbon through the holes." Kureka Herald. The use of soft coal will make laun dry work heavier this winter. Red Cross Hall l'.lue will help to remove that grimy look. ,At all grocers Ad vertisement. Natural Course. Pell "How long did your last cook stay?" Moll "I think she left dur ing the third course." Ought to Be Happy. "What Is an Ideal marriage?" "When the man gels a treasure and the woman gets a treasury." HAIR STAYS COMBED, GLOSSY "Hair Groom" Keeps Hair Combed Well-Groomed. Millions Use It Fine for Hair! Not Sticky, Greasy or Smelly. A few cents bnjs a Jar of "Hair Groom" at any drug store. Even Htub born, unruly or shampooed hair stays combed all day in any style you like. "Halr-Ciroom" Is a dlgnltled combing cream which gives that natural gloss and well-groomed effect to your hair that final touch to good dress both In business and on social occasions. Grcaseless, stainless "Hair-Groom" does not show on the hair becauso It Is absorbed by the scalp, therefore your hair remains so soft nnd plltiblo and so natural that no one run uos-, glbly tell you used It. SkMhaTr-" MmT GROOM SK Keeps Hair NEWS OF NEBRASKA IN CONDENSED FORM Recent Happenings in Nebraska Given in Brief Items For Busy Readers. A Junior chamber of commerce to irork In connection with the older or ganization has been organlcd at Ileal, rice. Slles Hays, ()!), supposed to be I he old est person In southeast NYhriikit, died nt his borne at Table Hock after fifty venrs residence In I'umnv county. .ludge W. (!. Hastings of Omaha has been appointed Judge of the district court by iovernor I'ryan. The ap pointment Is to take effect immediate ly. Mistaking a can of gasoline for water resulted In the serious burning of Mrs. Van I'onet and the complete destruction of the Conet home at New llourough. JAMES R. DEAN of Broken Bow, Associate Justice, Nebraska Supreme Court. llarly llobblns of Nebraska City had several small bones of ids right foot broken, when he dropped a. heavy timber which he was carrying to a power saw. Floyd llibllghtiier, a Comstock boy, suffered a badly Injured hand nnd singed hair, when lie removed the shot froima loaded shell and touched u match to the powder. North Loup, with a total of fit) I car loads of produce and livestock, shipped from that city last year, claims to be the biggest shipping center in the state In proportion to its population. Following out the wishes of the late Charles Wooster, "Sage of Silver Creek," his body was cremated and the ashes scattered from the bridge over Platte river, near his former home. (if ring wnnts to entertain the next? National (iuards encampment, and Is making strenuous efforts to bring It about. The camp site at that place Is said to be exceptionally attractive. Salem N making efforts lo hold a county fair at that place this fall. The old fair grounds, In ,M. several years)'" ' ' "l" '" ''"" "-v -"" ' " ago, are still in good shape and oail "Tcnl will allow Sunday moMng pie. he made available for use at small ! '""V ".,,m -,:,l !? ::0 " HTk- expense. i Students of Crolghton Piilversity at I Omaha, have rnl-ed among themselves' tflfil.fil." toward the S'J.OOO.OOO goal set by that Institution as an endowment , fund. The campaign to raise this fund Is now on. ' Silks and niorclinndl.se amounting to VM 1IU1 In t.iliiii . .ic. U(iti. .'....... ,1... i uV , , ,n "'"";"""" """ Mclvlu mercantile s Ore at Melvln, In ... , , ... ... , ' .1,1 III- 1 Wlllll.t, III.IIWII nil- MTIIUtl 1IIIP- liery of the store during the month mill tlilril f..i flu. mm. l ...... I....U ..'1 .in- ,,, II. W. P.ufflngton, who retired .Tnnu- 1 a ry I. with honors of being the oldest I man in point of s(.Vlce at the Fre l.tuoiii posiolllce, died suddenly from heart failure. Ibin'ington carried mall , ( in the business section for 2." years up di last New Years. S.se Phelps of Steele City won first i honors ,,,I,,,NJU "'"', "Vlt,,"u,U'' nnd Ml,r - aret Strain of Hardin won the oral and written prizes In spelling at a mniest held at Fail bury under the supervision of Ka Shuman, county superintendent. There were sixteen registered for each contest. Morris Horsky, ', a Nebraska boy, was fatally Injured at Los Angeles when he fell eight stories while clean ing the walls of a large building. Devil's Slide, a dangerous point at .i rallroud crossing bet ween Aurora and Central City, Is to lie eliminated, arrangements for the work having heen made by the county board and Kurlirigtou railroad. William Itleh, under arrest in an eastern city as a criminal suspect, is said to'hnvo confessed to the slaying of Charles Self ken and his son Itobert, in a robbery at the Nicholas oil sta tion at Omaha In Ma. last year. In i'uiiiii-i-iiiiii uiui me inn icsuvai .. .. ..ii .. . ..ogruu. nex, an. iiuuoomr win '' - mine nil- M'liii.i eiiie iilliui oi us eisi once us an incorporated owu. i Charles II. Stowell, seventj -eight, years old, founder of the town of Francis, Neb. oldest Mason in lloltj fountj niiiTfor thirty conseciilhe .veins post muster, Is dead at Chambers. i Mrs. Pansy Hryan of Lincoln, who sued n packing company of that place , for ifo.OOO for Injuries received when an angry cow slipped Its moorings ' and ran amuck on the streets, has' settled the matter out of court, the! company agreeing to allow her $2,(100. i CHRISTIAN WELFARE UNION. I Not Charity, but a Helping Hand It Extended to the Needy Christian in Character, United In Effort. The National Christian Welfare Union of Omaha was Incorporated to seek n Christian solution for humani ty's needs. First, their health 'if Im paired; second, education if neglected ; third, morals If loose; fourth, recrea tion If necessary; fifth, n home If they have none; sixth, environment If wrong, through I he direction and guidance of Hie ('lii-illim forces In each and every community throughout the state. From ilie Inception of the organba Hon, In ltrM, the promolers had wvli fixed delinatf objectives, growing out of a knowledge gained by tin; uia.iy years spent In Christian and welfare work. The first of these objectives was a Home In which to give tem porary care to welfare eases, hence last November was begun the con struction of u modern, perfectly adap ted lioti-e, provided with a large living room, a spacious dining room, a con venient kitchen, and ample bedrooms, over a light airy full basemen;. The building Is now about completed and ready to be furnished. Besides the regular furniture required In every home, there is yet need for single beds, miittreseH, bed pro:uK pillows (small), tablecloths for it' ten foot table, napkin, hand lowcN, tea towels, silverware, dishes and cooking utensils for a family of twelve. The slate senate killed movie censor .ship ill Nebraska b.v a ote of 1'J to 1M, A pig club has heen organize I by the boys of (he Webster-Scrlliner uelghhiirhoiiil. A Nebraska poultry llrm has ship ped 1 10,000 cases of eggs to Fngland, Scotland, Cuba, and Mexico during the last six mouths, Kdward Krus-e. 1'-', was shot and seriously wounded by a rllle In the hands of IVurl Shaw, II, with whom lie was playing near his home at Co lumbus. Federal authorities are receiving complaints of many violations of the game laws regarding the slaying of migratory ducks and geese, by hunt-i ers over Hie stale. Fifteen tractors and twenty auto mobles were leiro,ved, with an es timated loss of over .SIO.tKM), In a tire that consumed the ltunier Motor com pun.v's garage at Alliance. Or.' P. L. Hall, 711, president of Hie Central National bank of Lincoln and prominent In political circles in Ne braska for many years, is dead fol lowing an Illness of -J) hours. Death was due to apoplexy. The Uev. Charles K. Wellerwho has been rictor of St. Andrew's Kpls copal church at Scnttshluff for the past two years, Uih resigned, olVectlve April 10. He will go to Knlil, okla.; where he recently spent two months for his health. Sugar has advanced nearly s2 a bundled since last December, and .SI since a year ago this month, according to figures by the state board of con trol, which Is closing bids for the iuarterly food supplies of the yeven teen state Institutions. A partial repeal of the Sunday clos ing ordinance at that place, was maile by a unanimous ote of the Nellgh city council following the presentation i oe iiici i nil I r.. n. mieiietui, wen known resident of Cairo in Hall county, Is seventy-one years old did not pre vent him when lire broke out on his roof from climbing a bidder and extlu. gulshlng the blaze by means of water carried In buckets. .Mrs. I'mma It. Manchester, for many years supreme guardian of the Wood- man circle, the Women's Auxiliary of ., . , .... ... , , , , the Woodmen ol the World, and who known in fraternal home of her orders, Is dead at tin , , , . , (lilllpllll'l ill l.llll'lllll Nominees of Senator NorrN for ml. mission to West Point have been an nounced as follows: Douglas K. Han sen, Itloomllebl, Neb., principal ; John F. SutclltTe, !171." Leavenworth street Omaha, tlrst alternate; Steen Castle, Ashby, Neb., second alternate. The last sp( of the old days in the i Nebraska City lire department, before ,,M, I(lvilt of ,,, ,. ,.,, tpm.k has disappeared. The old lire team, Duke and Dan, which drew the hook and ladder truck for more than lift con years, have been sent to the loiintry to end their days of past usefulness. A County Hoys' and Girls' Sow and Litter club has been organized nt Waterloo, with nine charier members. The family of Uoprcsontative II. S. Keck-, democrat and farmer from Stromsburg, Polk county, tops the list of families of members of the slate legislature with nine members, eleven all told, counting Mr. nnd Mrs. Keck. I The legislative committee on slate Institutions lias voted to recommenj)ji , for passage a hill authorizing tlio ' transfer of the material in the old state capltol to the penitentiary, to be used in buildings to house i.ew In i dustrles there. 'em. vllt.ur,. nf viuL., In Cass "" - ' , (mmy !, uitikinK pliis for llu lutnthf tlnn of a water ami sewage svsteui. Potato growers of the Plalte valley arc taking a stand against what they brand as a discriminatory rate of 2(1 cents a hundred made to growers of Ftali, Colorado, Idaho and other west ern points, In competition with the Nebraska growers. Yeggs, believed to be members of a professional gang, swooped dow n on the towns of Salem and Shubert, In .southeastern Nebraska, and robbed four stores, cracking the safes In two stoies at Salem. tTfIE ArMOAN LEGION (Copy for Tills Detnirlinrnt Pupntled -ty the American I.pkIoii News Service,) BEAUTY IN LEGION PAGEANT Mls9 Gladys Hicks, Louisville, as Mlai Columbia, Wins by Fifty Thou. sand Votes. Trim, piquant, lovatlo, little Miss Oladys Hicks, voted the most beauti ful girl In Louisville, attracted the eye of the artistic, as well as the lay world, when she appeared recently in the AmcricnnLegion pageant accom panying the presentation of the pa triotic lllm, "The Man Without a Coun try." Legion posts of Louisville In con junction with a local newspaper con ducted the contest and several hnn dred thousand votes were cast. Miss Hicks won by some fiO.OOO. after her Miss Gladys Hicks. photograph and those of other entrants were published. For n week thereaft er she posed as Miss Columbia In the Legion men's tableau of America. Of course, letters by the thousands came to Miss Hicks following her leap to fame, and offers of matrimony were ns numerous as mulberries In August. Stage and screen managers also ret ognlzed In Miss Hicks' features an op- . peal that might become widespread, and she received several fluttering of fers. One manager, of undoubted financial standing, made a flat offer of $H.',000 a -year for four years. How- j ever, the queen of beauty, In a city j ever renowned for Its fair women, has to date refused all offers. VERY BUSY AUXILIARY UNIT Minnesota Department Distinguishes Itself In Activity In Behalf of the Wounded and Others. Minnesota department of the Ameri can Legion auxiliary Is again at the front with Its distinctiveness. One. lit tle unit, auxiliary to Hutchinson post. No. Of!, hns particularly distinguished Itselt In activity recently. A short chronlclo of the activities of the unit follows: Twenty-four pairs of paJumaH were recently contributed to one of the hos pitals, the work of the members. All sick soldiers were kept supplied with ' flowers; $2T0 was cleared at a circus i given under the auspices of the mix- lllnry; a poppy sale netted the unit $2:i7.r0j two flags were purchased for the Legion post and one for the unit; when the forty and eight conducted their Initiation, the auxiliary gave a banquet, with a $15 profit. This was sent ns a contribution to Doctor Helen Hellscher's welfare fund. The unit has been very active In charity work; two needy families have ' b,pe" luk?n ''arV1,f ,,nn?c,u ' ""'' , eIn,1-V " t'",HP ",T' i' LTi" r'"V. I "osu1 of nt " !r?,U,f f1,8,'-0- T1 SIS dls- 'his money was used In furnishing a room In the new community hospital at Hutchinson, On CJirlstmas, -IS boxes tilled with personal gifts were sent to the disabled soldiers of Minnesota by the unit, also 12 pairs of pajamns. Three families were made comfort able and hnppy at Yuletlde, by the Hutchinson auxiliary members. Work never stops with this unit, which Is at all times progressive. Awards to 3,904 Veterans. Joseph Sparks, chairman of the na tional rehabilitation committee of the American Legion, has announced that the "bedside cleanup" Inaugurated re cently In United Htnte Veterans' bu reau hospitals by the Legion In con Junction with the Veterans bureau has resulted In awards being made to 1,001 disabled veterans of the World war. Checks for the amounts duo un der tlio awards have already been mulled to tlio bureau. Wt IffMwuMVW' -;ifrjyWBMjBBBSSTf I INTERESTED IN WORLD PEACE i' H. Nelson Jackson, Vermont, Ono of Legion Men Presenting Program I to President Harding. II. Nelson Jnckson of Huntington, Vt., Is ono of the prominent Ameri can Legion representatives In Its re lations with veterans' organizations of other countries. Mr. Jackson Is vlco president of tins Interallied Veterans' association, composed of societies of ex-llghtcrs In eight allied countries. Kcrently, Mr. Jackson, with other Legion represenlatUes, submitted to President Harding a program leading toward world peace, recommended by the International veterans' organiza tion at Its last convention held In New Orleans. Horn In lturlingiou, Mr. Jackson was graduated from the public schools and the University of Vermont. Follow. Ing his graduation, he entered the prac the of medicine In Hurllugton. In 1000, falling health caused his retirement from professional activities, and lie en tered in a series of extensive travel In continental Kurope. Continuing in Ills qucfet of health, Doctor Jackson look up motoring In KM)!!, when the automo bile was In Its early stages of develop ment. He was the first man to no romplish the dllllcult trip across the American continent by automobile making the journey in (111 days. After ward he went to Mexico. From the beginning of the World war, his Interest was on the side f tlio allies. When Theodore Hoose relt offered to raise a volunteer ill usion and to lead It against the tier mans, Doctor Jackson, on Colonel Uoosevelt's personal reipicst, guaran eed a regiment of cavalry from Ver mont. On America's entrance Into tlio .vur, Doctor Jackson was refused en Istniftit for uctlve combat service on iccount of his age. Volunteering diereafter In the medical corps, he rvnn commissioned a tlr.-t lieutenant, fie reached the front line trenches a major In 1018, and was wounded three times In the capture of Mont Faucon. For his heroism on the Held of battle, no received the Distinguished Service Cross, tiiL. Croix de (iuerre, and the .lecoratlon of Chevalier of the Legion Jf Honor. A leader In American Legion affairs In Vermont, Doctor Jackson obtained national distinction among ex-survlc men, ami served the Legion as a na tional vice commander In 1021-102'J. K. C. PROVIDES $50,000 FUND Organization Turns Over Large Sum to Legion to Aid Tubercular Vet erans in Southwest. Tubercular ex-service men are flock ng by the thousands to the states of the Southwest, where they hope to find the prom ised land of con valesce u c e, a c cordlng to Claude J. Harris, director ivf the American Legion's national service division. Mr. Harris, with William J. Mc Glnley, supremo secretary of tlio Knights of Co lumbus, has com Claude J. Harris. pleted a survey of conditions among tubercular veterans In a number of states, which has resulted In the allot ment of a fund of .S.ri0,000 by tliu Knights of Columbus to the Legion to relieve the situation. "Our survey showed that the former flghtws, who are migrating to Colo rado, California and other states, are oftentimes In destitute circumstance!)," Mr. Harris stated. "In many Instances they hnve brought their families with them. Legion posts and charitable or ganizations are attempting to provide for tlio veterans, but their number lias kicronsod to such an extent that theso organizations are unable to care for a large percentage of veterans." The Legion will administer the fund authorized by the Knights of Colum bus In the communities where the problem Is the heaviest, according to Mr. Harris, who stated that the fund will relievo many ex-llghters who have developed tuberculosis since the war. A great many of these men are ineligible for eompensiitlon from the United States Veterans' bureau be cause their disability developed at a period later than two years from time of discharge, the bureau's time limit for compensation In cases of pulmon ary tuberculosis. GIRL, LEGION POST ADJUTANT Miss H. C. Hllden, Cleveland, Is Hon- ored by the Shupe Machine Gun Organization. Wounded veternns In the hospitals of France learned to submit to the rule of the weak er sex as repre sented by members of the army nurse corps. Members of the Shupe Ma chine Gun post at Cleveland are now bossed by Miss II. C. Hlldun, a former nurse, who has recently been elected post adju tant. Miss Hllden tins taken a crent In Miss H. C. Hllden. terest In tlio various activities of tho post. Sim has been specially Inter ested In the relief of disabled ex service men and of other sick nnd needy veterans. In n recent membership campaign, Miss Hllden led her post to victory. AjSM fi After Every Meal Fl I III! I llll I.IWI I l.t.1. Top off each meal with a bi of sweet in the form of WRIGLEY'S. It satisfies the sweet tooth anl aids dSgesUon. Pleasure and benefit combined. EVERYBODY K.WOWS THE (QUALITY COMPARE THE fe QUANTITY Idr Jill Beaten A q SSioePolisltes Listening to Conscience. We bound not only to follow our conscience, but to have a right con science to follow; and to follow It, not js olio follows the beast he drives, but ns -ftie soldier follows his commander. ltev. Augustus II. Strong, D.I). Some men go through life with un diminished faith In their fellowmen, nnd some sign notes. Chas. E. Backus Health is the Most Valu able Asset You Have Kcwago, Mich "Some years ago I was troubled with dizziness, palpita tion, loss of appetite and sore nnd pain ful stomach. I tried the best physicians 1 could hear of, and also several put-up medicines, but nothing did mc any pood. Some physicians said it was my heart; some said it was my stomach; while others said it was my nerves. I pot so bad I could not work very stead ily, when a friend came to sec me and insisted upon my trying Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I was dis couraged, but; tried it anyway, and after taking the second bottle I felt much better. I then bought sfx lottlc3 and I believe tiic 'Discovery' saved my life. It was rightfully named 'Golden Medical Discovery.' I would recom mend it to all who need such a medi cine. Chas E. Backus. fc 'All druggists, tablets or liquid; or send l()c to Ur. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., for a trial pkg. There are scores of reasons why "Vairlino" Petroleum Jelly slinuld ln iircounteil a household mutntny. A few of them nre burns, soroa.blLMtiTH, I'Utn. It cornea in bottles-at all drug gists anil general stores. ClirShDKOUfill MANUFACTURING CO. Cfi.iliiUI.J Slatf Slttrl New Yolk Vaseline RegUS.PatOfT PETROLEUM JELLY httauit titi Att fri0 snd ifairvmui BETTER DEAD Life is a burden when the body is racked with pain. Everything worries and the victim becomes despondent and downhearted. To bring bad; the sunshine take LATHROP'S 6? ., MAADl cm ftn v&mnmm ri'-ilit.i.ifi Wlft. The nationnl rtmedy of Holland for over 200 years; it is an enemy of nil pains re. suiting from kidney, liver nnd uric acid troubles. All drucgists, three sizes, a Look for the nam Colli Medal on otry box and accept no Initiation n Se Ihe, v nisvj A' wSSmnk. ntmsSiSSi ..&. v Shrams i &'jf I &&9M Hi 7 i