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RED OLOOD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF OIL.DYE& SHINE JHhoe'm POLISHES Easiest to use Good for shoes . r Not a Laxative Nujol is a lubricant not a medicine or laxative - so cannot gripe. When you nrc constipated, not enough of Nature's lu bricating liquid is produced in the bowel to keep the food wnstcBoftnnd moving. Doc tors prescribe Nujol because it acts like this nnturul lubri cant nnd thus secures regular bowel movements byNnture'B own method lubrication. Try it today. A LUBRICANT-MOT A LAXATIVE SQUEEZED TO DEATH When the body begins to stiffen and movement becomes painful it is usually an indication that the kidneys are out of order. Keep these organs healthy by taking LATHROP'S HAARLEM OIL gafm.uiwj.-a The world's standard remedy for kidney; liver, bladder nnd uric acid troubles. Famous since 1696. Take regularly and keep in good health. In three sizes, all druggists. Guaranteed as represented. Look for th nam Gold Medal on avary bo and accept no Imitation Cuticura Soap The Safety Razor Shaving Soap OiOroraBoap ! without mac. Ef crjrwntn 8. Oyster 80 Years Old. An oyster eighty years old litis been taken from Delaware bay, It Is report ed. Scientific Investigators ugreo und assert that the ago of an oyster Is In dicated by the ridges or wnterllnes on Its shell, Just as the age of a tree Is Indicated by the annual rings that form on Its trunk. A rhlgc appears on an oyster every year, according to these savants, up to tho fortieth year. After that the shell takes on one only every ten years. ThlB venerable Delaware oyster had 44 ridges; lienco It was eighty years old. A FEELING OF SECURITY You nnturally feci secure when you know that the medicine you are about to take is absolutely pure and contains no harmful or hnbit producing drugs. Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy. The name standard of purity, strength and excellence is maintained in every bot tle of Swamp-Root. It is scientifically compounded from vegetable herbs. It is not a stimulant and it taken in teaspoonful doses. It is not recommended for everything. It it nature's great holper in relieving and overcoming kidney, liver and bladder irouuics. A swom statement of purity is with every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root. If you need a medicine, you should have tho best. On sale at all drug stores In bottles of two sizes, medium and large. However, if you wish first to try this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binglumton, N. Y for a ample bottle. When writing be" sure ad mention this paper. Advertisement. Forerunnora. Already tho yellow aconlto lifts a smiling face to welcome me. . . . The snowdrop, sweet forerunner of tho blooms of spring, is even now abroad announcing Its silent fnlth of a coming (lowered coiupnny. J. 13. Wurd. The war has made tablo linen very 'nluable. Tho use of lied Cross Hall Jtluo will udd to its wearing qualities. Uee It and see. All grocers. Adver tisement. Thero is probably a difference be tween canceling u debt und never cob lectlng It. Marriages nro inndo In heaven, but most of the preliminaries are arranged In tho porch swing. Refreshes VfearyEyes "When Your Eyes feel Dull rul Heavy, uie Miirlnt. It In ttntlylUllcvmtutTlrcdFtclInf Makei them Clear, Uililit and Fpirkllng. llitralcii. Sold and tUcoDimtndeil by Alt DruigUU. OT URINE mmmM NEWS OF NEBRASKA IN CONDENSED FORM Recent Happenings in Nebraska Given in Brief Items For Busy Readers. Work nn the paving of !tl blocks din begun nl Wol Point. i:cavatlnii bus begun on five new Inlck stoic .buildings at l-'alrbiiry. Tlu (Jrntid Coiiimamlcry of Knights 'IVtuphir will convene at otniihu piil 1'-'. ( 'out ruel has been lei for the erec tion or a )?.".",(l(M) apartment housu at Kearney. Crushed between the side of a barn and u immure spreader, Walter Iteuil rcldt, siv year old tilhbon lad, suffer ed serious Injuries. The State Coir association will hold Its ltl:t tournament on the Country Club course at Omaha .luly I) to 1M. I'armcrs near Co.ad arc making a strong hid lor one or the sugar beet raclorles to be established in that section or the state this year. A. I-'. Stroll, has been appointed by the coinmKslnners as county Judge or Lincoln to rill the vacancy caused by the death or .lodge Woodhurst. Jews or Omaha hae collected near ly .fl!00,(HM) In their campaign to raise $.'100,000 for the erection or a .Jewish Community Center In that place. The council at Schuyler has ordered survo.vs made and grades established for the streets In anticipation or carry ing out an extensive program or pav ing. Covernor Itryan has announced ap pointment or W. II. Smith or Seward as tax commissioner to succeed W. II. Osborne. He won formerly state auditor. Harry I.. Kccfo, of Waithlll, was elected president or the U. S. tiraln (rowers association at a meeting of the board or directors at Chicago, last week. Omaha housewives have refused to buy sugar at its present retail prlve pf I) 1-12 cents a pound in tho usual quantities. Sugnr Jumped from 7 1 U tents in two mouths. A pair of twins, weighing 17 pounds were born to Mr. and Mrs. (iarrett 1'aben, or IMckrell. The twins a hoy jind a girl are lusty Infants and are ponnal In every respect. Kred Swanton was electrocuted while working on a transmission Hue of the (ias and Klectric Light com pany at York, lie had only gone to work a day or two before. Mrs. l.ena Merles, wife or Thomas Merles, or Table Hock, was engaged In trimming rose bushes in the yard. The ax slipped and cut orr her second toe and nearly amputated the large (inc. According to Sherirr W. C. Condlt, prisoners In the Dodge county jail, which occupies the fiftli floor of tlu' court house, hae been supplied regu larly with "dope" from some unknown source. I. I"). Boynoii has been appointed captain and Cuy Hcnulnger lieutenant of the national guard company mus tered In at Kearney. The company will be a unit or the Thirty-fifth division. The senate has recommended pas sage of a house hill appropriating $."0,000 from the state treasury for conservation of flsli hy sinking How ing wells to fill lakes to keep fish from freezing. Walton high school, represented by Oscar Wlsbey, took for the fourth Kiiecesshe time, the loving cup of fered to the winner of the annual A. .1. Sawyer declamatory contest, at the Temple theatre at Lincoln. The students and staff of the Vo cational school at I'.ellevue are send ing out a creditable looking little eight page weekly, devoted to the In terests of the school and the further ance of the work being done there. Stockholders or the Gage County Society of Agriculture and the Queen Cit Park association, meeting at I ten trice, oted to merge into one or ganiatlou to he known us the Cage County I'alr and Agricultural society Investigation of the -ST.tMMI printing! bill which Capitol Architect GoimIIiiic . ,.,. n,mk 1U ,, ,,,,.,, ,lst .lime, approved for pa.viucnt Is ordered in iwciiuse of the large number of cltl a resolution by Thatcher In the house U.,ns lkiL, .ir, in ,,. ,.,..,. ., U.11S of Itepresentatlvcs. The bill covered the printing of certain specifications for the new capitol. Gen. John ,1. Pershing delivered the dedlcator.v address at the unveil ing of a bronze tablet and planting of trees In "Memorial avenue," in Antelope park at Lincoln, in honor of the Pit Lancaster comity men and women who gave their lives In the world war. The fact that Ton.v Donaiico, who crushed the ring finger of his right hand with a hammer while In the employ of an Omaha firm, switched doctors is no bar to compensation un der the Nebraska employers' liability law, State Labor Commissioner I'tniik Kennedy held in a rei eat case. ltev. M. T. Hell, pastor or the Pres byterian church at Hliie Springs, for the past five .vears, suffered a stroke of paralysis, while asleep In his bed, Hiid has since been unable to rise. The four year-old (laughter of Gtis Myer. a Si. Kdwanl lanner, suffered the loss of an e.ve when she fell against the lorner of a bedstead while pln.vlng with miiiki companions. A Duroc Jersey sow at the stock farm of W. M. Putnam & Sons, near Tonimsch, recently gave hlrtli to lweiit.v-oin full.v developed pigs. This is tno record i arrow In that section ol' ilie suite. The Stale Federation of "Woman's clubs, second district will meet In Omaha, April lit and II. Itased on the census enumerations or IDKI and Wi!0, Omaha will have i. population or !!(;'. U on .Inly 1, V.rs, orriclnls of the census Iniicau oMlmate The Iliukcn II. w city council has accepted a deed from a citizens' com mittee for u tourist park and play ground bought by the Public Service club. Mr". W. .1. Carrls or Pcatrlce lips been taken to a local hospital suffer Ing with sleeping sickness. This Is the second case or the kind in I teat rice. Mr. ami Mrs. J. . Imnlap or Sur prise celebrated their golden wedding at their home In that place, March 'J7, In the presence oT lnrt.v -eight or their relatives ami ft lend. .loo SkolII or Comtock put an oli stove Into his hog house to keep It win in, The stove exploded during the night und burned the house along with "(I good brood sows, Receipts of the state rish and game division from licenses und permits, for the twehe months ending April 1, totalled Sl"il,MK7N, acionllng to State Accountant C A. Summers. A radio station powerrul enough to send messages to Km ope or to recclc from thcie has hceii opened on the nineteenth floor of the Woodmen or the World building at Omaha. Jefferson count women's chilis will start a week's drive April 10 to raise $000 as the county's ipiota in the Ne braska Children's Home society cam paign for new ipiarters In Omaha. Checks totaling W.t,."(K). stolen by Omaha pickpockets from William i Cray ami Joseph Adolphus or Lincoln, were returned to them In a plain en elopc addressed to nn Omaha news paper. The Stelnineyer h.vdin-oloctric plant at Holmesvllle has been purchased !i the Xehraskn (las A. Klectrie Co. Tin' Holmesvllle plant was one or the fint to be built In the :tate, helm: con structed in 11)10. The Lincoln State bunk, with a cap ital or $100,000 and deposits of $'.!,."00,00() has announced its national ization under the federal hanking act, to be known as The Lincoln State Nn. tioual bank. Its capital Is Increase 1 to 'JOO.OOO. The Nebraska Society for the Dev elopment of Musical Talent lias been organized in Omaha. Many prominent business and professional men and wo men and musicians have Joined. The society will establish a Hind to help worthy pupils. Kstabllshlng or rive ro.ul patrols in Ruflnlo county is expected to do much toward bringing about a better condi tion or road upkeep. The road patrol men are to be used on federal and state aid projects and they will keep an accurate record of their activities. Contests to pick the "best" high school pupils, in the state are to be in augurated this eur and planned to he an annual affair, a committee of high school pilucipuls and school superin tendents decided at a meeting in Lin coln. The lirst contests are to be held in Lincoln, May 11 ami 11'. Major l C. Zehrung received pref erence over two other candidates for that office in last week's pilmarles at Lincoln. He polled -MO.'t votes and was closely rollowed l, Charles A. Lord, who came through with 1',01'J. George D.i.Uon was high man and William Schroeder was second high In the race tor city commlssToner. March hog receipts at the South Omaha arils, totaling ll'.l.ssi head, breaks all previous monthly recon's, according to figures kept at the Live Stock exchange. The previous high record was set In March l'.ilii, with receipts of :i0!l,7ll head. Last week's hog receipts, IIU.OOO. bests all weekly records for four cars. ' liny Miller, ISuiiington brakeman, saved the life or I 'ail, !, son or Mr. ami Mrs. Clonics Uelueeke of Grand Island, by grabbing him from In front of a locomotive with hut two feet to spate, carried the little one to the front yard of Its home, and resumed his duties with the crew of JiLs freight train Just as If nothing unusual hit 1 occurred. The Decatur chamber or commerce has receive,! the $1,000 reward offered by the .Nebraska 1 tankers' association for the couture ,.f the men ulm i-.,i.i.,..i agreed by the community to turn tlu fund over to the chamber to be used ror civic purposes Partners In Sheridan county are making a heavy delivery of potatoes. The roads are In good condition for hauling and farmers are taking ad vantage of then), though the price for potatoes is but little better than last fall. Apples, peach ami pear orchards or Otoe county are practically tree from danger by rrost for this season, ac cording to the opinion of a prominent orchardlst who has made an exami nation of several orchards In the vicinity and declares that none of the fruit buds were Injured during the winter. (ireat preparations are being made for the annual county track and Held meet which Is to be held In Hrokep How, May L Governor Hryan has nflixed his sig. nature to a bill authorizing the use of SI 00,000 from the state aid bridge fund for aiding in constructing a bridge over the Missouri liver at Yankton, S. I. Nebraska's oldest student, .Mrs. It. G. McCiitcheon, of Merrick county, who celebrated her sixty-ninth birth lay I'diruary (i, attends classes at . the I'nlvorslty dally, walking Ullles to and from school. four Amewckn LKIOF (Col v fdi in Di imniiiuiii t.-ipilloit by Hi" AnitTknii l.cciiiii N'cvvs iVrvlio ) TO DECORATE 32,1 00 GRAVES American Legion Plans for Endow. ment Fund to Annually Provido Proper Attention. ,l.t... . i .... r.. .. j ne graves 01 ;r, urn American i World war heroes on foreign noil will never be for.rotten on Memorial day hy the American Legion, under the plans for un endowment fund to be established by the national organiza tion. Tills fund will be or sulllclent amount to ammally provido for the permanent decoration of the graves of the dead of the Wnild war. as long as tho Legion Itself shall exist. Shortly utter the eloo or the war, collection or u million francs, approx imately .fUO.OOO, was made by tho Paris post of the American Legion, hut the Income from this amount has not been found sulllclent to do the necessary work annually, so that the endowment plan has been taken up by the national organization and the goal set nt S100, 000. As a result of the operation of this fund, American Legion representatives will visit the graves of the dead In six different countries ' on Memorial day nnd see to it that the grave of every soldier, sailor or marine Is fittingly re membered. The government Is main taining these graves In a proper man ner, taking excellent care of the ceme teries and plots, but the Legion con siders thnt Its duty Is to pay direct personal tribute to those who gave their lives to their country. According to Information given to the Legion, there are HI ,400 graves In France and llelglum; 4SS In Kngland; 1-10 In Soot land; -10 in Irelnnd. One American sailor Is burled in Spain. The fund will be raised from direct contributions from Legion posts and members throughout the country. The nntlonal treasurer of the American Le gion Is authorized to receive either contributions of posts or private dona tions. WILL STUDY MILITARY NEEDS Lieut. Col. William P. Screwc, Chair man of Military Affaire Committee, to Direct Work. Lieut. Col. William P. Screws, of Montgomery, Ala., has been appointed chairman of the military affairs committee of the American Legion, one of the most Important of the committees which servo tin. vf.t. ' daflK erans' organisa tion. Colonel Sere w s i s I n structed by the tinttnnnl nvni.iitli-n iyUlijli committee of the , ,. 0 , Legion that his Lieut. Col. Screws ,0I11I1,,4!l. , ex. peeled to study the military needs of the nation with a view to recommend ing to the annual convention of the Legion neccssnry changes in existing legislation or new legislation on sub jects which have not been covered by reports of previous committees on these affuirs. The military affairs committee of the IogIon wns Instrumental In frnm Ing the national defense act, which has become a law, and is considered one of the most important pieces of work accomplished townrd Increasing tho efficiency of the nation. At present Colonel Screws Is senior Instructor of the Alabama National Guard. LEGION SEEKS MISSING MAN Fred Arnold Beer, Buffalo Overseas Veteran, Disappeared Two and Half Years Ago. Relatives of Fred Arnold Ilcer of Huffalo, N. Y have asked the Ameri can Legion to help them locate hliu. Beer has been missing from the Utlca State hos pital for two nnd a half yours. He saw service with the Three Hun dred and Forty eighth ambulnuce company, and after his return was placed In the hospital as one of tho mental pa Fred A. Beer. tient.!. His mother, who Is a widow, is us ing every possible resource to locate her lost son, who is an only cnlhl. Beer is thirty-four years old, a letter from his cousin who is aiding the scureli for the missing man states, weighs about 130 pounds and Is Ave feet nine and one-half indies tall. He has light-brown hair nnd eyes, and occasionally goes under the Impres sion that his name Is Kelly or Squires. Anyone who can give any informa tion eouccrnlng'tliis missing veteran Is asked to conununlcato with his cousin, Theodore 11. Becker, Jr., G-M KUleott SQuare, Buffalo, N. Y. r 'Hi - . XB U Ls ' jHL v-J LEGION MAN BUSY IN CHINA Alfred H. Holt, Wisconsin Boy, Was First Commander of American Organization in China, Alfred II. Holt, formerly of Oconto, Wis., was the first commander of the Canton (Clilnn) American Legion post, one of the recently organized branches of the soldiers' organ'za tlon In foreign climes. Had It not been for the Le gion man China tnihij would be lacking a good "republican" or two, for It was his home that sheltered the may- Alfred or of Canton, son of Poet or Sun Ynt Sen, during the lighting for the posses sion of the city in lt)'J'J. Holt Is an instructor at the Canton Christian college, where he teaches French and Kngllsh to the Chinese students. He Is also instructor of mili tary tactics to the cadet corps, and Is active In boy scout work of the school. While the lighting was In progress last June, the gunboats of Doctor Sun Yat Sen were shelling the city ami were answered by the forts of the town. The lire grew so Intense that Doctor Sun's wife, ids son, then the mayor of the city, bis wife, lied to the college grounds Tor surety. One shell, fortti nately u "dud," lit squarely on top of u college dormitory, but did no harm. Since Doctor Holt's election as com mander of this faraway post, he lias taken an active part in its work. Ho organized an American Legion baseball team, of which he himself is a member, as well as of the college baseball team, which met the University of California on the recent trip that team made to the Orient. It is said that when these two teams met, the armies of the re publicans and Irregulars suspended lighting long enough to watch the base ball game. A student nt Williams collego In 1017, Holt became a member of the lirst training camp at Iiattsburg In 101S, and at the close of this camp was ordered to Camp Lee, Va. for further training. He was commissioned as second Heiitenunt of Infantry early In November, 191S, but failed to get over seas. After his release from service hu returned to college, finished his course, and soon afterward accepted the post of Instructor in China. He beads a small but extremely enthusias tic bunch of Legionnaires In Canton. GREET GERMAN WAR BRIDES National President of Legion Auxil iary Announceo Organization Mem bers Will Serve as Big Slster6. Members of the American Legion Auxiliary will act as big sisters to G r m a n war -... brides and their ."j?.jfe . .V babies. Dr. Kate ?A;-AfS5 wow -N Wall e r Barrett nntlonal president of that orguulza tlon, lias an nounced. Dr. Barrett went to Savannah to welcome the t$i "WSt Herman women, " M - .-V ' ' in the name the Auxiliary am ml, ggSaJ '.wXfcii S . while there iiimli. nrrangenients to Dr Kate Di,r'-e obtain information In regard to the final destination of the llhlne women. Auxiliary units in those communities will assist the brides In acclimating themselves to a new country. Dr. Barrett believes that many of the un pleasant experiences which naturally fall to the lot of aliens can be elimi nated by the kindly help of Auxiliary women. The war brides measure up well with any other group of women, Dr. Barrett stated. They are young, healthy women, none of thern of tliu "dapper" type. Most of them spoke Kngllsh, since their husbands, they said, would not learn to speak tier, man. Dr. Barrett vvus Intere.sted In tho attitude of the men toward returning to America. "All that I spoko to," she said, "were happy to get back home. There was a great deal of mer riment In regard to the difference between the tlnauelal standing of the soldier at home and In Germany. At the present value of the mark, the soldiers were "millionaires." As many expressed themselves, "We all feel like millionaires who have suddenly lost our fortunes." The only ones who spoke of returning to Germany were those who left their wives and chil dren behind and expected to return for them, she said. Living It Over. A western veteran was relating his war experience in un American Legion tost to a friend when a third man drew ids chair up Just in time to hear tho lirst say: " and they were falling all around us. Thick? Oh, boy!" "Living It over, oh?" Interrupted the newcomer. "How big were they?" "Some of 'em elht or ten feet in di ameter." "Hold on there, they don't come that big. What war worn you In? You iiiustu been shell shocked." "Shell shock me eye. I guess I vvus there and 1 saw them. And some nt them over two hundred feet high." "Say, what th what are jou talk ing about?" t "Why, the treaa wo cut out In Ore gon In the Spruco Division." Ameri can Legion Weekly, H. Kolt.. W .P.nw.A " .A F' 5ksS"bv - H WiGLEYS Tht Grtil A.mtrican Gictitmeat provides plcnsnnt action lor your teeth, also penctratlnn the crevices Hiid cleansing them. Then, too. It nltJa dlfiestlon. Use VYIUGLEY'S niter every meal see how much better you will fee!. To know how good a cigarette rcaily can be madi yoti must try a- Lloyd LOOM Products Baby Carriages & Furniture Ask Your Local Dealer WriteNow for 32-Page Illus trated Booklet The Llcvd Manulacturing Company Htywood-nk'fi'ld Co.) DcpLC Menominee, NJichlctn (16) AlMftrl Biaclt Tarn anil 0x-blo4 9B0M ror l&ue liuby ChltliH of All llrrrilH It inlh'llt bs wle to nUviTtlM- un uiiuomninn In-red Ilka Bllvi'r I.altK Wyiitiilolli'o l'rlrpo rlKht; best qualities. Write Clilcken Utile lUtcherles, I.lnmln Ni'b Bird Well Named. We are told that IMlny named the ptarmigan Lagnpus owing, It Is thought, to the close resemblance of tho bird's feat to the reel of tho hnro; he legs being thickly covered with iliort featherH right to the very claws. ThiH thick, warm clothing of the legs, Increased In winter, Is in direct adap tation to the need or a bird, most of whose lire Is spent on nioiintuln snow field or cold plains. An Important Point. Judge -'The dollars or ton days In Jail." l'tisoner "What kind of n Jail have you got?" Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION vBttfcM wgiEii 'v! 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief mm oureKenei Bell-ans 25$ AND 75 PACKAGES EVERYWHERE Stearns' Electric Paste Is wcofrnlznd a tho ntiuiintml HxtTinlimtnr tor llatn. Mice, AntA, UockToaclieDuim wiuTl)tig. Ilnn't wFttImo trylnu to kill Uicw prfU with ixiwders, liquids or nny expurimoutal propsriitloii'. Roady for Uso-DutterthnnTrapa aoz. box, 35o JS-oz. box, 01.M SOLD EVERYWHERE LOOK OLD? ilsiS lVWI IflaUa boltle of Q-Dho Hair Color Ileatorer will bring bacl original color quickly lopH dandruff. At all (uod draffgUU, 1c, or direct from HtulfU'. Ctaabu, HmHK Taw. 5tThe Flavor bstsyhu JtetflW sTIT'STOASTED" ajjaag-.i imuI wfl Kt&tMHXSi&mr i r- ) .5