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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1923)
RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA, CHIEF viniwjiiM..i:i,siWiiii r.. v Photos From Scene of Bandit Activity in China B ir ii iii i tt! r x v . a. p'ljBwpiMMiK f i i .'Lf fain Ipi 1 v.r f Lis iTlwiB " Mr swtIHfc JMmmm lLwJL MtmmmmmmmmsXxmZMi 'KBJ a Dispatches from Peking sny the gov ernment litis sent Dr. Sun Ynt Ken anil Ills troops out to put n stop to further operations of tin; bandit hands. This Illustration shows Or. Xuii'h army on tin' move, and, at tin right, a photo graph of .Tcroiao A. Henley, ono of the American captives of the Suchovv out laws, on his arrival at the relief camp. Service-Progress Special Is a Museum I S.HBmHHIHKIWC .Sdfrtij'5yiBt'BB5fC5Ljy - 3tfitrr,' jWGjK&iwJmwinRflfTwQ ffv I Photograph of the New York Out nil lines' railroad ttansportntlou niuseuin leaving Cleveland on Its four pnonths' tour of that rail system. Hallroad progress of nearly UK) years Is shown ly the equipment and exhibits of ttlils eleven-unit train, known as the "Service-Progress Special." The relationship of agriculture, Industry and tlic railroads Is demonstrated. The train Is being operated nt the request of the American Farm Iiurcnu federation mid the National (irange. FINE HARDING PORTRAIT Loti Borne to the Tomb in a Boat HtnMHHnHBBMMBsnMn k. is mc . nii t,vm&'' LhHuvMCMHiiiK'r xcvtoj" yi mere have been a great many tainting of President Harding since be took olllce, hut the above, by K. Ilodgsor. Smart, a Hrltlsh artist, has recti pronounced one of the best, If pot the best. BUT SHE HAS NO BOOTS : f-i This unique hearse, a tlower-laden boat, bore the remains of Pierre I.otl, famous French novelist, to their last resting place. From liochefort on the west coast of France, his native town, the collln was escorted by a naval detach ment to the Island of Oleron where he bad already prepared his own last resting place. Life Partners for 65 Years Miss IOIennor I .ope., nineteen years f age, Is the youngest girl ever ar retted In California for bootlegging. She was arrested by federal author ities at San Francisco a short time ago but claims she Is Innocent. Prophet Was Shrewd. The .Mohammedan dally prayer rit ual, proscribing movements and the ablutions which should precede thcui, Is said by Dlngulssll to have been de vised by the prophet with the hygienic value of the exoroufe and washing In mind. news of mum ! IN CONDENSED FORM Recent Happenings in Nebraska . Given in Brief Items For Busy Readers. STANDINQ OF GALL TEAMS AT END OF WEEK. WESTERN LEAGUE Won Lost WXIIIltl .)., Tulsa .(7 Oklahoma City Jii Oinahii ,i .i Des .Moines .() St. .loeph ;tl Sioux City :i:j Denver -js 'JS :tt id ii pj w .ntit i ..TJ .r.on .inc. Tjk Values r.how Dc':en1. Til'- following l tiH' tiiiil ! -1 vnt imi'on fur 1'iiii .m rcimri'i1 f . . . 1. uiiH-.ii'Mi'r V. II. Stnlth. I ' !" county nsHifnrs for th ;t:i n t.'i' ' I lii'low, out of n total of !".t oon.i" in ' ' Hlritc, loi;i ll.rr with tlio vnlituiio "x -ttiriilnril In l:22 by flip Mtiiti- I! r' il l.itiall?utloii utiil AsffHstnuit 114-1 rn,f'C.",s;:i ( a7.iit:..0M5 :i.7.ir.."2.-i 4:i.i;!i1.mo i.i.ioo.c:m r.n.Mir.. ri lJ,0.ir..l(3 n.S'iZ.UfiU no, ir,r,,(KM IO.'Ml..it!0 if.:i72.n22 rj,sri3.:i7r C,tnK.7S0 11,7ti.8Sl t:.'.'M,;u :i,76,aj.i ni.lS6.VlK .'l.l.iiO'l.S.'tll is r.ifi 2i7 2S.i:oi.ir.t Adiiitm .... i AtKi'lippi' . , 1 liltlllio .... ! Hounc ttox Unite Hiittrr .... ! Itulfalo .... , Iloxl Ciiph ' '"otniM .... , Frontier ... re. ' Oram .iK;l!all .o.Sl i 'I'tclicocU , ivrya i -a n,i t.otip Ni'inaha . , . Nuckolls ... IVrliliiM .., I'llWtU'C ,., m-il Willow .. .20,212,835 MH-nnan ri.:.6:i..i:M i urn NEBRASKA STATE LEAGUE ... . .. ' Won Ix)8t -Norton :iri Mneoln :t7 Fairbiiry .'.-. 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" "UI tiiiin iiui-i-iiii ony uuiiiiu nie snue lair. ;' "'..' ""'"ii'rs. u i;u met autiarcntiy lion dol tliat tin) The village o. Cla.onla In tlage if hmffi 6 X Z county ha votil to issue SUO.OOO bonds ! I!,,B ai'l'-in-ntly nut l...,.n IiicIuiIimI in thu for the construction of a new school j KnrS,, 'ILX ta "UHUing. ! ..m,Ho . ,,. totHl X'hh?..! ,vaU11',lln"of 'I he Maic department of llnuer-prlnts I L ' ,' ?. . JIV0. ,'.'."-" M' ''H BO f" rejiortcu, w..... um Kllll) y.lr.lj.ll. and criminal Identlllcation which has been innctlw since the llr.st of the jenr will be reestablished. Ilarohl .Moes, of Kantlolph, bad bis left eye blinded when some playmates lit a s(Kj. homb left over from the fourth of July celebration. Samuel .logsilen. living near Shlck ley, a former member of the State legislature, was found dead In bis Held, sttpposely n victim to the heat. The 17 months' son of .Mr. and .Mrs. K. .1. Way of Omaha, fell from u third story window, lninle.l in a pile of bricks end escaped practically uninjured. .Miss !:. Kuth I'yrtle of Lincoln, was elected one of the vice-presidents of the National IMticatlomil nvirlutlon at Its sessions- just dosed at Oakland, fa!. The feasibility of putting on a dnlrj show In connection with next fall's-Ak-Sar-lten activities Is being' worked . at by the Omaha Chamber of Com merce. Wheat In Lincoln county will not make much of a crop, fully to jier cent of It having been ploughed up, accord lug to Ceorge II. Kellogg, agricultural agent. Prisoners M'rvini: time in the (Sage county Jail are now being worked on county projects. Money earned h them will bu used in supporting their families. W. .1. Wllkins York, state recruiting ollicer for the National Indian War Veterans, is seeking" to locate persons eligible to membership la all parts of the state Itocniisc of heavy drain on the city wells at lleatrlce, the water depart ment has placed a ban on tho indis criminate use of water for lawns and other purposis. An open air poker parly attended by several men of Nellgh hastily ad- Journed when the wife of one of the participants arrived on the scene and gathered In "the pot." Isabelle Koiiii, IS, was rescued by two life gun rd s- from nine feet of water In the l-'ink pool at Wymore. where she had sunk. Artllclal respiration re stored consciousness-. I'Vomont Hoy Scouts me to be vested with full .police powers and have been asked by the park board to take charge of the parking and policing duties at the weekly baud concerts. 10, IttmlfK CO, was decapitated when he placed his bead beneath a moving freight train nl Mlnntnre. Waiting un til the engine hail passed him, be lay lpon the track and death was In-tan-t.inei.it. Army re-enlistments for June in the seventh area sluw a percentage of .ri7.ti!l. the highest for several nionins. mere are tiurty-two re-en-listmcnts at I-'ort Crook and (IS at Fort Omaha. A tourist accidentally di'ipped n match Into the gas tank of his auto while the tank was being lllled at Wauneta. Two children standing near were badly burned by the explosion that followed. Thieves broke into the Kimball Clothing store of Kimball and stole about -Ti men's suits of clothing anil four suitcases, valued at about SUM). I This Is the second time (his store has 1 been robbed with In a short time. .Many Improvement are being con templated at Arbor Lodge before the i estate is turned over to the state by It- owner.-, ! The second annual fete day for ' Crand Island has been delhiltely set for October 10 and 11. A large parade I Is planned for one of these days, and there will probably be l.'iO Hunts In the . parade. The Omaha (run club will hold 'i special Invitation shout at the club grounds nt Ak-Sar-lleii Held on Labor day. Out-state guns havo been.invlted i to take part In the program, which wll' return prices to winners. Itev. It. W. Taylor, Presbyterian mis sionary pastor of Scott-iiiuiV, who has covered thousands of miles in North America, by motorcycle, has departed on a new trip that will take him to Mexico and across that land from the Mr. and Mrs. Slras Palmer Tomk n-, wuh ninci years old, of Matawan. N. J., who celebrated their slxt.v-flfth atitilversar.v of their wedding In July. Mr. Touikins Is a self-made engineer and the man who surveyed for the railway trotn Dover lo Jlackctstovvn In 1W1. Ills wife was Anna Mersereau of Morris town, N. J., itad one of the early stiukr.ts of Mount Uolyoke college. A move to secure the building and grounds of the abaudiied school of Irrigation fur the elt.v of Scoitsblult has been started and Is being spun, sored by the chamber of commerce. Twein.v.llve Ford curs stored In Laucn-toi' county, tiiketi In connection with Saline county thefts are he.'ng In spected by State SherliV Tom Carroll and ol her .dlicors. Their value Is- about Sl.-.ooo. Working with bis bate hands and - few Inches of a broken hacksaw blade, W. I). Mathews-, is held at the clty.j.iU it Lincoln i ii ji charge nf autoaioi.lle theft, sawed his way to freedou through two sets (if steel bars. The Nebraska Children's Il.ni.u society at Omaha has been receiving an unusual number of children the na-t few weeks. .t present '.-, children are being carried for by the society, and most of them mv ready to be placed in goo( homes. Hubert O. (Wider, well known Oma ha artist utiil newspaperman and Mrs. Christine Farber of Thai place were Miiletly married last week, and are spending their honey moon sit "Woke Itobln." Mr. (Slider's rustle cottage near Fort Crook. Dr. .7. V. Nevlll and Chauhcev Ar nold of Stromshurg and Dr. L. Myers of Shelby received serious hurts when their automobile plunged 10 feet Into Clear Creek olf the approach to Cock son's bridge, near Osceola which had been washed out. .Membership of Douglas County post No. 1, world's largest American Legion post, has passed the l'.cih) mark, ac cording to Hird Stryker. post con launder. The post epects to reach n membership of Il.imo before the na tional convention In October. W. T. Fenton. for 10 years warden of the Nebraska state penilentlary near Lincoln has received a fluttering offer to take charge of a penitentiary of an eastern state, which curries mi increased salary at the start with promise of an Increase each year. A new addition to the State Fair program that will meet with the popu lar demand for some high grade mu-ic is the addition of Patrick Conway's hand of New York of .'!(! pieces. This band played about 10 years ago nnd made a distinct hit with the State Fair visitors. of all the attractive feature, of the Nebraska State Fair none has n more earnest gioup of followers than that of the P.o.vs' mid (ilrls' Club work. This work not only creates an interest and an Incentive among the boys and girls of the .state but interests father, mother, other relatives and friends as well. The second state life saving Insti tute will be held at Tecum-eh July l!.'l; at Wymore July l!l; at Cni July :.T; at Iteattice July !!!. The work Is' in connection with the movement of the American lied Cro-s. It Is ex pected that Captain lllatt will be in Nebiiislcn to take part in the program. The object of the Institute is to en courage swimming, to teaeli every ono to swim ami be safe to enjoy the sport. Life saving is a piutlculnr branch of the Instruction at the insti tute. A swarm of bees which settled in the canopy shading the front of an of fice at Iteatrlce attracted mnshlernblo attention. The location was on one of the city's most important business streets. The bees completely covered the awning and, framework. A notebook and a pair of spectacle cases in his upper right-hand vest pocket saved City Marshall Stanley ltoepken, of Scribiier, from serious In jury and perhaps saved his life when they deflected a bullet In a sharp gun battle with an unidentified prowler as he was about to force an entrance Into the Peterw n drug store of that city. Preparations for the encampment of the Nebiii-ka National Ouard at Ash land August 0 to '(, have been com pleted as far as possible until the actual moving of the various units takes place, according to Adj. (!en. west to the east coast and then back . Herbert J. Paul. This jenr there will to Nebraska. j be I!.'! units in camp, Including sol- Flro destroyed dwelling house prop- tilers from more than two score cities erty In Nebraska to tho value ol .fl,s:U,(KM in the five year period, UH7 to llilil, according to figures by the National Hoard of Fire I'nderwiitets. These ilrcs also Involved a great loss of life, principally women and children accordlnt' to the report. and towns of the state. Carl Lludqulst, an onialia youth, suffered the loss of a finger am) was severely burned In the i.rms andfino when the cannon ho was using to cel ebrate the nation's natal day exploded Inopportunely. pmrar Ducks Grow Quickly and Excel in Laying Ability In considering the iosslblllties of tho poultry Industry, the heavy egg poduc !ion and quick: maturing (itiiilitlcs oi the duck should not be overlooked. Ducks will lay more eggs man chick ens and will, if properly ted and han dled, weigh six pounds each at nine tc ten weeks of age. Unlike chickens, lucks may bo housed In very inexpensive houses. Ono Indiana woman vvh( a few years ago nolil over .$1,100 worth of ducks In a year, housed them In rail pens covered with straw, at a cost of less than SIC for thu entire flock. However, their pens must be well bedded with clean, dry straw, as n duck with cold feet will not lay. A well-drained location should be chosen for duck pens, as low, damn, ground soon becomes unsanitary. In duck raising, as In all other branches of the poultry Industry, It la wisest to start with a small number of birds or eggs, learning as you proceed, rather than to plunge in to "make or break," which to the beginner usually means break. A large, well-matured drake mated to five to seven thrifty ducks will produce 00 to 100 ducks, which Is about as many as the small poultrymnn or farmer's wife can enre for successfully. Unless the brooding quarters are warm, ducks should not be batched too early, as the loss from chilling and cramps will offset the gains from ah early market. Feeding Young Turkeys Is Not Difficult Task Feeding young turkeys Is nbout tho same as feeding young chicle, and as n first feed for the poult they may be given stale bread, soaked In milk nnd squeezed dry, to n crumbly state, nnd mixed with finely chopped hard-boiled eggs, cracker crumbs and dandelions. Feed them the food frequently, every two hours for the first couple of days, after which they shotrnl be given grain feed of wheat, oats and barley, eqttnl parts, ground together and suf ficiently fine for them at this tender gc. After the poults have reached two weeks in age, feed them n mash oC equal parts of cornmenl and tho ground grain feed, moistened with sweet milk, to which should be added n small amount of finely cut meat, and feed at least three times dally, If con fined in runs, or twice dally, mornings nnd evenings, when allowed to range. Grit Is necessary, and n liberal sup ply should always be nenr at iiand. Charcoal Is excellent for the poults, nnd at times some should be used In their food. Free Choice System of Mash Feed for Chickens A study of the free choice system of mnsh feeding for chickens made by the United States Department of Agriculture at its experiment farm located at Heltsvllle, Mil., showed thnt the best results and highest egg pro duction are obtained when hens are allowed to select their own mash con stituents. It was found that hens se lected a mash composed of CO parts cornmeal, lit! parts meat scrap, 4, parts wheat bran and 4 parts wheat mid dlings. This mash gives best results with Leghorns, and a less stimulating mash, containing more bran and ground oats, with less meat scrap, has glvt'ii better results with general-purpose breeds. Light Breed Cockerels Should Be Sold Early Light breed cockerels should bo sold early; it seldom pays to feed them to maturity. If broilers are early It payc best to sell the fowls when two or three pounds in weight rather than to keep till heavier. This Is especially so when the sexes cannot be separated and where the runs are smjlll, the pul lets will soon require all the room and green feed available. POULTRY POINTS Never use a fowl that Is known to be constitutionally weak In the breed ing pen. Ducks thrive on sandy soil whereas turkeys do best on land which is high and dry. Hatch bnntnnis In July nnd August If you want biaall-slzed birds as they should he. Prevention costs very little Inbor; Inspection often reveals surprises. "Stop, look nnd think." It Is folly to market your large, choice fowls and use the inferior ones for breeding. Ducks should bo fed a tuaoh of bran, ground corn and ground tmts along with n grain mixture of oats, wheat and corn. All hatching eggn should be tnken from a fully mntured flock as pullets' eggs are usually too small to build husky chicks, , The demand for market ducks nnd ducks' eggs nt good prices Is usually' limited to the large cities, and Is not nearly so general as the demand for chlrJiens or for bens' eggB. ; L i