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M.J RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, OHCBF THE MONKEY WHO TURNED CAPITALIST The Others Took to Socialism and That Is How the Fight Began. Dy JOHN OAKWOOD Just bocntiBo peoplo licar tho term mhuU flnanco" so much, tlioy got tlio Idea that tho whole subject of llnanco is over their bonds. As a matter of fact, It 1m rlRht on a level with tholr broad-bankets. It has more to do with oyory day grub than anything lse. Flnanco has been described as tho art-'oT applying inonoy to practical tnds. A man Is a capitalist when ho accumulates enough inonoy, cither out or his own savings or by borrowing Jtlntcrc3t tho savings of others, to uy a farm or build a factory, and itflns manufactiirlnB food or somo tiling else ho can soil to others ut a profit That's finance. It sounds simple IJut I hoard a story about a monkey tho other day that mado It ercn simpler. Tar bo It from mo to make a mon ey or a capitalist but this was n Trery wise monk. Ho lived In a zoo H-Jth a dozen various other kinds of monkeys. Their food was usually t'irown In ready to ent and each took Ills share. Hut ono day tho keeper throw In somo black walnuts, hard as rocks. All tho monkeys vainly pllt their teeth on them and they -ouId liavo starved as Tar as tho results or their labors went. Out ono f their number, who was or a mom Intelligent species than tho rest, did some thinking. Then ho accumulat ed a coupto or rocks ho found In tho enco and cracked tho nuts between thorn. He started a food ractory. HE WAS A CAPITALIST. Ho had prop erty that Increased his ability to pro duco rood that added to his economic power. But trouble began. The other mon key jrabbed the kernels and ate them up as fast as he knocked them cut of thtlr shells. THEY WERE SOCIALISTS. There wero other tttones and thoy could havo cracked their own walnuts, but they believed In dividing up sharo and sharo alike rhat tho Capitalist produced. The Capitalist monkey got bo mad that Ha did the samo thing to their heads as ho did to the nuts. Ho cracked them. Tho zoo keepers had to put the wlso monkey In a cago by him self to prevent useless slaughter. i Human society handles a situation liko this hotter. Thero aro those who don't want to work thero are thoso who havo not tho capacity to organ ize enterprise them, aro thoso who want moro than tho sharo they earn thero aro thoso also who want an (iuar division or wealth, and now and then there Is a rumpus about It an outlaw atrlko or evolution or some thing. Hut us n general thing, the present coclnl order fully protects the farmer and the manufacturer and ath or capitalists In their property rights and tnablij them to rucelvo their Just p:iy for what they produce li also provides a r llablo money ays tern as a medium by which fair ex changes of different products and services can bo made, and later oil I will tell you a story about that. FINANCIAL THINGS THAT "AIN'T SO." By FRANCIS H. SISSON Chairman, Public Relations Commie- slon, American Bankers Association Josh Hillings' famous observation that "tho trouble with the American people Is not so much their Iguo ranco as the tre mendouu number ol things they know that ain't so," has particu lar application to popular "infor matiou" on llnan clal subjects to day. Among these ''ain't bo's" of FranclaHi-Slcson aommon belief are: Tho view that a high tariff assures iny real protection to American pro Auction; The theory that highly restricted immigration Is ot benotlt to American Jabor; Tho Impression that tho Federal Reserve Hoard was responsible for the detlation in commodity prices In VJ20 and 1921; The Idea that tho United States can t I'ntuin au Isolated position In wot Id The-notion that railroad stocks aic va-'Nijl, , . .. .. The illusion thai Wall Su-ei die UW s moiu'y or cied't cond'tlutu; Thw fancy that tho Interest of nn !a s or section itrn bo permanent!) farthered ot tho oxponso of tho ge;j iwd iutoreat; The phantasy tint Hat currency can sdd to tho woalth o,f the nation; Tho dolualon that capitalism Is re y;nslblf) fan economic and social Ills. Theso bollofs havo been propagated by catch phrases, cot by proof Somo i thpm servo narrow, solllsh Inter tils,, Othors glvo psychological dla Mte'nt something to blanio ror trou bits' Jmoglnnry or risjng from other eaosea., Nqno of them' help the solu tion fit public problems, Until their diotor'tlnj; infiutinco is eradicated rrom public, opinion (hey will confuse tho realjIfiBues and make for economic auqttl'ement mi Something to Think About Dy F. A. WALKER KLGl'Kl.NU THIS WAY THOSE mm lies of luxlly who can ' never llud (lino to do anything us It ought lo lie done, go crookedly through life eon, plaining In their semi serious momeii-H thaj they are biggin;; leagues behind I heir rivals mill never getting anywhere. They admit Mils without any appar ent sense of shame or compunction of conscience. .Sometimes to their Intimates of lllcu Ilk, they boast of their short-comings In a spirit of bravado. I A laziness tluit distinguishes them from what they disdainfully term the , "common class," to whom they will j Hcnrcely nod n courteous good morn- lug, seem In their minds to put them upon a worshipful pedestal. Dally (hey go about their tusk In n slipshod manner, shunning respon sibility as a ben avoids n pool of water. Everything they do Is half done. Careless In observing bow the pro now int. inn . llclent save time and energy, and thus I make work u plcusuro Instead of a drac. these listless nersons are always M jM,..l.tft ...... ...11.... ...1.1 ft. 1.11.,.. f.llltf I 111 UtMIIMl', V1III1IK HUM lllllllllb Atlllll, even when everything about them Is cheerful. Their desks or benches nro contin ually In confusion, unite In keeping with their unmethodical minds. When urgently needed no paper or tool Is within sight or reach. It Is generally bidden somewhere in u disordered heap. Precious minutes aro lost while searching for tho elusive thing, anil should the task of finding It hnppeu to be more vexatious than usual, some Innocent fellow-worker Is openly charged with pilfering. Then a storm breaks and the at mosphere Is surcharged with anger, which In the customary slowness ot cooling off Is likely to leuve the prin cipals for days and days In sulky humors. Persons of this cburactor are doomed to fall In everything they undertake, except in tho making of quarrels and the wrecking of friendship, i Blameful themselves, they pile their tins on the blameless. I Wherever they are found there It turmoil, Inelllcleney, disloyalty and tin ,happliiess, four danger signals which block the way in every track of en ileuvor to promotion to the higher (ranks. (, 111, by McCtur Mewipipar Syndicate.) O ' "A friend Is a bank of ereilit on which we can draw Hujipllua of conthlt'iii'e, coun- I col, sympathy, Itulp and love." I SOMETHINGTO EAT TE YOU have u small amount of left- oer rice stir It Into the miillln or griddle cake batter for breakfast. 1 Prune Pic. Take two cupfuls of. cooked prunes, i 'one teaspoonfuL of cinnamon, one-' fourth of u cupful of sugar and one tnblespounfiil of butter. Soften the prunes In watei! over night, stew until ' soft, then remove the pits and add to j tho other Ingredients, rut Into a pastry-lined plate, dot with bits of tho butter, cover with u top crust mail bake In a quirk oven. Brush over the crust with milk Jtiht before putting the pio In the oven. This will glvo a rich brown crust when linked. Chocolate Maoaroons. Melt two squares of chocolate, mix with one can of condensed milk. Add one-lialf pound of shredded coconut, mix thoroughly mid add one teaspoon ful of vanilla. Prop on greased bak ing sheets, one teaspoonful at a time one Inch apart. Hake In u moderate oven until nicely browned. Coconut Balls. Take one tnlilespoonful of con densed milk, or the same of honey; one and one-quarter cupfiils of shred ded coconut, four tiiblespoonfuls of chopped raisins and one-half cupful of chopped walnut incuts. Mix and shape Into balls the size of marbles, roll In coconut. Cabbage Satad. Make a mixture ' finely-shredded cabbage, green peppers anil olives. Ue move the stones from the (dives; to one small cabbage use one green pep per, 'seeds and white liber removed, mid die cupful of chopped olives. Moisten with a rich, hlhl. -seasoned boiled dressing or n mayoenaise. Fill lemon halves wi'h the mixture nml nerve with n.-ter. Shredded leitii'-e niMeil in cream cheese well sen-seinM and sprinkled thickly with earn ni makes a tasty salad to ene villi bread, and butter for Sunday night lunch. Cottage cheee to which two or more tablespoonfuh of hulled dressing Is added and served on lettuce with n French dressing, Is another slmplo and easy way to ptepare salad. (, 1923, WentKin Nvunpuper Union.) Forty thousand separate and dis tinct Ni"des of locust, the historic pests which annually cost the world about 5100,000,000, have been Identi fied and collected by American aclw rut. Hpil Book A HARDWORKING 'i PIECE OF WEB! The Bank Check and How It Per forms Many Different Serv ices for Business. Americans are the greatest unorn of bank checks In tho world. Less than eight per cent of all business transactions In tin- fulled States a conducted with money, or, to put It another way, more than nlm out of tea transaction!! are cenductui with com mercial Instruments, of which ono ot ! tho most Important Is tho chock. Tho use of the dieek has become universal In America because It Is ono of tho simplest yet most ofllclont bust ness devices cvor Invented. Tho bank transactions or Mr. Smith, the store keeper, illustrato In a gonoral way thoso of all other business people. Storekeeper Smith's customers pay him ror tho goods ho sells to them both with cash and checks. At the end or tho day ho counts up tho proceeds ot tho day's business and finds his sales navo amounted to, say, $500. What does ho do with U1I3 money? Ho owes, loi-orn nnrt nf If In Mm nMm l.,.ni ' PnnrrnB trnm ,,,,. .,... u; ...... ..M.v.1. iiu fiut Luuavu mi wholesalo tho goods ho Is selling. homo or tnoso companies aro in Mr, Smith's town, and others aro located; at somo dlstanco from It. Even small ' business would be a clumsy, compll. ' cated and tlme-wastlng affair unless It ' wero for the facility of the bank check. ' When a Check Is Useful j Mr. Smith could pay his bills by sending cash by mall, but this method of payment would bo unwise, because-" ! or tho danger or tho money bolnjj ' lost In transit. Again, he might go out I and liny express or postal monoy or ders ror tho amounts due, but to do this regularly would require a great deal or his time, and would Involve needless expanse. He tides, a money order docB only hair the work a hankj check does. Although It Is In reality, a kind of a chock ilnwn by tho ex press company, or by the post office. In favor of some person or firm, It la not returned" to Mr. Smith after it hue been cashed, but goes back lo tho ex pross company or to the post office that Issued it. On the other hand, a, cashed chock after It comes back to the bank and Is cancelled Is roturncd to Mr. Smith, who can keep It ob a re ceipt In proof or tho t..ct that his bill has been paid. Moro than this, In order to keep accurate records Mr. Smith wants to have ono account In which all his re ceipts can be entered and out of which all payments can be made. Ua theretoro adopts tho course that most other business men and vyomcp ro: low. IIq takes his 5500 .to tho haqjf, whore Jt Is saroly kept and can bq drawn upon as needed. Tho teller on tors, tho .amount In a small pass hook' which n a record or deposits. Th'p paa hook Is lssii"d In Mr. Smith's name and Is handed to him, together' with a supply f h'ank checks. Mr. Smith is now readv to pay his nlllj by cti'cS up to a Mtnl of S-'OO. A Complr'e Record Ills c!i-,( ' will ' received at any bank vivre the Indorsement of th-i person lo whom l Is made. payaltK which Is v-'ttcm or stamped on tho back of th" chock. Is known to bo genuine '1 !i bank receiving (ho check will either pay or credit it to tho payoe, .ii.l then send It on to tho bank In which M- Smith deposits his money, where t!i" imoutit will he de ducted from his SfiOJ balance. Tho check, after bring nrnporly cancelled, will ho returned to him nt the end ot tho nonth He v I" then have a com plete record show In: that ho deposit ed $50(1. that he drnv checks of. say. $120 to pay some ef hit hills, that ho has a inlance 1-rt nf 33S0 and that his bills have boon dul" paid as shown by tho cancelled ehee';s with tho Indorse ments upon them. The truth will piy all checks pre sented to It ber.rinq Mr. Smith's slg inture as given on his signature card In any sunn cover d by tho amount ot his hank btihuiov which ho contin ually i'tereasM by deposits and de creases ti i'i'iIcs drawn against his account. This process ol making de posits and Issuing chocks continues day after day, both tho depositor and the bank keeping their own records. Millions of such transactions nro handled every day by the brnks and trust companies or the United States. In one year more than two hundred and fifty billions of dollars in checks havo pissed through tho New York Clearing House alone. Payments of these vast sums are made wl'hnut tho use of any actinl notify. A wonder ful witem Ins If-n built up by tho use ef the siinll q', of p-ii..p we cMl th" bin!; ehecV Tho check !-t es-ett. tit) in the' buslne -, and cumniercl.il lire of iho presont da. TH" COVMON'MITEREST OF BWKERS AND FARMER! Hankers and firm era alike are In urs'el in a p intiont. profitable agriculture. Hani. 4 have ceased to ho mere nioney-charuing Institutions; they aro public service stations that expect to pay in service .'or what they ecure In protlts. Agriculture nt H-"o present time Is going through a sorl mis crisis Thoro are many problems in production and marketing to bo lolved. Theio Is n call for close nnd sympathetic cooporatlou, not on!v ho ivveon tinkers nnd farmers hut ho ween all lntc!l.P;g:it citizens of our great commonwealth. .1. II Puol Icher, Presllent American Hankers Association, MADE ODD "BOUNDARY "LINE" f Explanation of Compound Curve That Settled Dicputc of Early ;. Colonial Days. When WlllliiniTeiiii obtained n grant In Pennsylvania lie was very desirous of owiirtig the land on Delaware bay to the sea, nnd procured from the duke of York u release of nil bis title and claim to New Castle mid u radius of I- miles around It, and to the land between that tract' ami the sea. Lord Hiiltlmnre protested, but In 10S.i the Lords of trade ami plantation made a decision In Peiin's favor. The tracts which r.nw constitute the state of Delaware, l'eiin culled "The Territories," or the "Three Lower Counties on the Delaware." They were governed as part of Pennsylvania for about 'So years. In 177i! the Inhabit ants declared them a separate state. Then ensued a long-drawn-out dispute between Delaware and Pennsylvania over the northern boundary line. He cause of the Inaccuracy of the original survey of 1701, no single curve could be made to pass through the stones set up to mark off a radius of l'J miles uround New Custle. An attempt to rectify the line wos made by the United Stnte.s Coast and Geodetic survey, but when a number of Delaware residents found they would be geographically In Pennsylvania they raised such a bowl that the survey was dropped, and a Joint boundary commission was ap pointed to settle the dispute, pound curve wns found to very closely to the original It was adopted. A com conform line, no SUNSET IN ARABIAN DESERT Scene of Remarkable Beauty Under the Glowing Moon and the Silver Stars. There Is no twilight in the desert. One moment the sun rides high In tho heavens; the next It dies in brief, few moments of rudd.v afterglow, and then at one bound comes the dark. One by one the stars appear, us when the lights are turned on at nightfall In a city, until the purple-velvet sky Is cut across by a broad swuth of silver dust, the Milky Way. And so we would fall asleep, lulled by the murmur of the Arab voices and the grumbling nf the camels. . . . Above us a moon that looked like an enormous silver plate, and the stars very near. It. la usually late before tho camp falls nsleep. The tires die down to beds of glowing em bers. The night wind rises, and I draw my blankets about me more closely. I can discern the dim, misshapen forms of the camels tethered outside the zareba whIIh. A sentry, rllle on shoul der, mullled to the eyes In his nbleh, moves past on noiseless feet. A Jackal howls In the darkness. Something rus tles In the undergrowth n snake or a lizard, no doubt. The moon transforms the yellow desert Into n hike of molten amber. Over everything a magic si lence falls. E. Alexander Powell, In the Century Magazine. Try This en Your l-lnko. Perkins was a b llhiid ami pool "shark" and Wiitkln-. hud Hied for two years to gl good enough to beat him lit the game, hut villi no luck. Last year Wntkliis gave up in dlsgu.-t and 'n.hlt the -billiard table for the golf links. Here he bad better success in bVi'oming prolMent. ;ind after one season's plii.v, found himself able to approach within a re-iecttil)le distance of old Colonel llogey. Wntklns b'irrowed an extra set of clubs and. after sonte lull persuasion. got Perkins out on the links for it round of golf. Perkins was like a Map per In a long skirt ! Watklns rubbed It In and gloated over his victim to the utmost. The game was n lilt lop-sided ami Watklns was soon 10 up on thu 18 hole-;. Perkins saw how badly he had been beaten, but he was a true sportMiian and a game bird. "Well, you won that game. I guess," he said to Watklns. "Scratch never was my game, anyway. Now let's play a round of call-shot." In the Pines. Awake In the stillness of the coun try, with unlet meadows, white In tho moonlight, stretching beyond your gar den gate, you hear the approach of tho wind as he woos your pine trees to sing with him ; for the vviuii cannot slug alone; he needs a lyre through which to sweep his mightiest and his gentlest songs. It is not a rustle, as with poplars, but n swift, swishing sound, at llrst hardly more than the breathing of a child.' but rising to a powerful cre scendo as the boughs llutlen under the mighty sweep of the wind. A few moments and the hush fol lows, tluit wonderful vanishing point ol' sound, unalliilncd by tin greatest artist. So gentle is the subsiding that you hard!) know when the wind left, but the plno nro straight uud still s, .tin. and the viml Is it tulle uvvn.v, stirring the haw thorn buds on the hill and Mining out their frirgr.ni e Into the moonlight. Trlckc in All Trades. The Jeweler was showing an out-of-town customer around. There was an attrnellvo girl behind the counter and the priimVor e'lp'.i'eed tbnt it was her particular task to look after bash ful Hwalns who came In to purchase engagement rings. Also he related a number of anecdotes about tho same timorous swains. Tho visitor thought the arrangement a good cne. "Then sho helps business In engage ment rings?" "V'ery much. Wears a big one her- elf." idr4TsutnrawBUsrMsiOTacnrixjub-ji am now LOCA TEO In tho NEWHOUSE-PHA11ES BLOG. 2 Djara South ol t'.ia Formon Union Stare, vvltaro I am Hotter Proparcd than ever to Servo You. Call and see mo as I can Save You Monoy on Harness or Anything In My Line. LEE R. WALKER Harness and Saddlery u PHONE r J jHi JU 1 ORDER TO FARMERS' Bell Phone 29 m on Notice of Hearing Us' ale of Melissa A Scott, Deceased, In the County Court of Webs'or County, Nebra-ha, The State of .Wl rusk a. toull person interi'Steil in s.tlil es'Hte, eivditors and heirs lake uotice, that Henry O Scut.1 has tl'ed his petition alleging that Me- llssa A .Scott, died Inii-s'uto In K d Cloud, NebiMska on or about April l.'itli, J 11)11. beluga resident, and inhabitant of Weostor County. rscbiHsuii ami l"0J OAiter of the following described real estate, to.wii: Commencing at a point Four Hundred si.xy six. and 33-100 fed, ( 160.3.'!) west or the north east eoruer of the south west quarter of secileii two, (2), In Township One, (U, Norih, Hitnge Eleven, (11), west of the sixth P M Webstor County, Nebraskp, running thence west ninety three and 27-100 leet, (03 27) thence south at right angles, Tour hundred sixty six and 35. 100 feet, (4G0 35), thenco east at right angles, ninety three and 27-100 feet, (0:127), thenco north lour hundred six ty six, anil 35-100 feet, (4GG 35), to place of beginning, also known ns lot Thlr. teen, Putmore's sub-division of the south west quarter of section two, (2j, Township One, (I), North, r.nuge Ele ven, (11), west of the sixtlt P. M. Web. Sver County, Nebraska, a ml Hint your petitioner is the owner of an undivided Interest in salt! real .estate:, leaving iter sole and only heirs. Ht law Hie fnl lowing named pel sons, to. wit: lietity C. Scott, husband,, lied Cloud, NflmisKa. I Gearge II. Seo'.t, Toninglon, Wyotn-! ing, aged iJO years, son. Lena 13 O'Neal, Baker, Oregon, age II ye-us, daughter. Kditlt A Ilendrickson, Blue Hill, Ne braska, iijed 42 years, daughter. Sarah M. Law, Red Cloud, Nebraska, aged 57 years, daughter. Mary O. Gurney, Bed Cloud, Nebra ka, aged :S years, daughter, and piaying for a ilccieo barring claims; that said decedent died lull state; that no application for adminis tration has been made and the estate of said decedent has not been adminis tered in tho State of Nebraska, and that the heits at law of suid decedent as herein set forth shall be decreed to be the owneis in fee simple of the above decrlbcd real estate, which has bien set for heating on the lGlh day of May, A. I). 1023, at 10 o'clock A. M. Dated at Red Cloud, Nebraska, this 13th day of April, 1023. (Seal). A D. KANNKY, County .ludge. Yes, Garber's Is The Place! To Buy Wall Paper, Paints, And Electrical Supplies. The best place for Picture Framing. ! T lie Margin of Safely is it-pro'.cntod by the amount of insurance you carry. Don't lull yourself into a fancied .security. Because lire has never touched you Itrioesn'tfollow that you're immune Tomorrow -no today, if you have time and you better And time come to tho ofilco and we'll write a policy on your house, furniture, store or merchandise. -LATER MAY BE TOO LATE- O. C. TEEL R.elieU)le Insurance E IE YOUR ELEVATOR Ind. Phone 12 Northeast Pawnee Mike llllbs and daughter were doing their tr.idlng nr Womer last batiirduy. IMg.tr Lesdabraud and Inutile Molt ler ivtiv in Lebanon nnediu 1-ist v-M-k. dobnie Gouldie was nt. i .king the census for the sobeoi disuim i .si Mon. (lfiv j, nSMl iUl wf ,lll(l Frau ijVHn ami wife were in Red Cloud one day last week. Bob LunuigHit started to lis, corn last Monday others are preparing to start in soon. Bill Roliebsit jr., and wife were visit ing with Rvereli Myers an 1 wife oue day lust week. Roy Myers ami wife were vUitiug with the latters folks Put Uouldie and wire last Saturday. Messrs. Chas. ami John McMurray were visitiug their folks and old neigh, bors Saturday and Sunday. Mips Lottie Dilka, her aunt and two brothers were the guests o! Everett Mjers and wife last Sunday. Harvey Blair's boy LoreO will soon be done disking the two fur ms his own and Pat McCoalo's which his father routed. Haive Blair, Geotge .Johnston and frank 11 own are putting lu ,a .sub stantial eoneiete sidewalk ut the J.'avy nee I iilou chinch Qiite it few mound here, attended the dance at IveitgU-'s bain, near the state line on Saturday night and they report a good time. Everett Myers took bismotheriulavy, Mrs. Pat Gotildie, to Bed Cloud last Sat in day mid from thero she went to Hastings to visit iter mother wild 'is dangerously ill The farmers ure all busy disking those days, quite a tew are about finish, ing while others are commencing. The ground seems to be in good shape for general farming. George Johnston is very busy farm ing, choriug and batching all alone but will have ample help after while when his family will get released from their school in Red Cloud. Notice of Hearing Estate of William B. E Lockvvood Deceased, in tho County Court of Web. stor Couutv, Nebraska The Stato of Nebraska, to all persons Interested in said estate, creditors and heirs take notice, that Leonard Wilmot has filed his petition alleging that Will iam B. E, Look wood died intestate in Norvvalk, Connecticut, on or about January 1st, ISO" being a resident and inhabitant of Norvvalk, Connecticut nnd the owner of tho following describ ed real estate, tovit: The Northwest, i.iiiarter of Section t7, Township 1, I Range II, West ot tho Sixth P. M. in Webster County, Nebraska. leaving as his solo and only heirs at law the following named persons, t". vvtl: Miiiiiee He Forest Lock wood, W i It E. Lock wood, Jr., and Buckingham Lockvvood, and praying for a rieuroo hairing claims; thai said decedent died inte state; Dial no application for udminh. tration has been mado and the estate of said decedent has hot been adminis tered in the State of Nebraska, and tluit the heirs al law qf said decedent as herein set forth shall be decreed to bo tho owners iu fee simple of tho above described real estate, which has boon set for hearing on the 2lst day of May, 1023 at 10 o'clock A, M. Dated ut Red Cloud, Nebraska,' this 18th day ol April, A, D. 1023. Seal A. D. EANNE1', fjoanty Judge. J r ; .. i 1 ,. r
