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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1923)
KBD CLOUD, MXBKA8KA, CVtkW It makes moat nny iiiiui iniul to loll him ho oats too much. It takes u wIho nmn to always dis tinguish between iluttory and honest praise. The 1023 graduate la convinced by now Unit this Is a cold, hard world after all. An actor ulwnyfl goto a laugh when he nmkoH a Blighting remark about religion. If you marry a widow you at least stand a chance of Retting a wife who knows how to cook. What Is tho real difference- between Bcrgdoll, tho draft dodger, and tho man who dodges his taxes? Tho general Idea I get of some men Is that they could do excellent tatting if thoy would put their minds to It. If we keep on living at tho present rate the tlmo may again como when flour sacks will bo used for under wear. Tho average family Bpends two or thrqo times as much for living no it did a few yoars ago, nnd gots less out of it. If someone will duvlso n means of remaking hutnnn naturo It will bo easy to get rid of all tho foolishness in tho world. .MUSI ueopiu won i uuiiutu n, "in .... f i. t.n.. i I.. one wny to Increaso happiness is to reduce tho number of thingB you want to buy. Many a wlfo rofers to her bus- ( band us tho old man, and tiieu gets hopping mnd If ho speaks of her as the old woman. The person who enjoys a bad hoblt for years and then quits it is always ,.i..it.. intitntiit nf ttmun whn i continue to indulge. A man who can tie a four-in-hand tio properly or keep his hqlr combed slick all tho tlmo is usually not much good for anything clso. In Now York a place of twenty thousand population is called a vil lage. And in Nebraska a placo of a thousand population can call itself a city. Among tho other reforms that ho promotes I wish Blxby would Include the task of teaching the public tho right wny to pronounce tho word Garage. Tho reason tho boyB don't lino up at tho church door nowadays to take tho girls homo Is becauso thoro aro no girls there. Thoy aro all out auto riding. If you rear back and whine about being found fault with every tlmo Bomeono proposes aomothlng for your betterment you novcr will mako any Improvement. I havo discovered tho reason why towns build tourist camp. All the JlieB In tho vicinity congregate thero and none svre left to bother around the homes. What this country noeda la Icsb politlca and moro hnrd work. Fred Howard's Idea of a cheerful idiot is the country editor who glvcB fifteen dollars worth of advertising space In oxchango for a two dollar a year city daily. So long iib women aervo lettuce sandwiches and mayonnaise dressing I don't know whoro tho ldoa comoa from that tholr chief object In llfo is to pletiBe tho men. Now that tho Chautauqua orators aro again on tho Job It will bo atrango it thoro continues to bo so much ciiBSOdnoBS in tho world, They always know how to llx everything. While- I was traveling thru western Nebraska last yenr a rattlesnake bit all four of my tires and swelled thnn up so big that I didn't havo to put any air Jn thorn for vo montliB, Low Shelly Bays ho used to go to church or tho thentro early In order to get a seat and now ho gooa early In order to find a place tr park his car. Tho theatro end of hla remark Is truo. - " Being a member of tho army of unemployed nowadays doean't always mean that you aro out of a Job. If somo folks woro na big na thoy think thoy aro thoy would havo to put a quarter In a penny acnlo In order to got tholr total weight. TIiobo who havo traveled tho long, lir. 'I rood that loada to any sort of recognition in tho writing- game ar always amusod at tho notion of ama teur writers that thoy should bo wcl' paid for everything thoy do. FARMER-BANKER CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT NATION DEVELOP WAYS TO AID AGRICULTURE - - -- i Collective Marketing, Diversified Farming, Promotion of Agricultural Education and Use of Bank Instead of Mercantile Credits Chief Lines of Suggested Action. ' I By D. H. OTIS, Director, Agricultural Commission, American Bankers Aosoclatlon. Four lines of action to Improvo tho business of farming stand out in tho discussions Hint havo occurred at a series of farmer-banker conferences now being held throughout tho United Stutos. Thoy are collective markotlng, di versified farming, tho promotion of agricultural education and the uso of tho more economical bank credit rather than mcrcantllo credit. At many points active steps to foster action along theso lines havo been tnken. Tho conferences wero Initiated by tho Agricultural Commission of tho American Hankers Association to the ond that the condition of tho man on the farm bo improved. Tho first conference was held in conjunction with tho Wis consin College of Agrlculturo at Madison. An important ma rw? iiifl D. H. Otis point of contact for tho work of the Commission was established at this mooting In tho form of cooporatlon with tho agricultural colleges. In five other states California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah it was agreed at subsequent confer ences that bankers' agricultural com mittees would mef t at tho stato agri cultural colleges and, In cooporatlon with the college ofllclnls, work out n program that thoy would recommend to tho banks, The Tcxaa Plan It was at the Texas conference that it was dovelnpod that tho officials of both the bankers' association and of tho stato college felt tho big problem for that stato was the establishment of a system of collective ordorly mar keting. In order to bring this prob lem effectively before the farmers nnd the bankers it was agreed to hold a banker-farmer mooting in December. Efforts will be made to get from 200 to 250 bankers to attend, each banker to bring with him several representa tive farmerj of his community. The program and demonstration will em phasize tho need of mooting tho mar keting problem and point ways to a satisfactory solution. At Athena, Goorgla, the conference recommended that the State Dankers Association tako steps to raise a fund for assisting desorving students to complete a college courso in agri culture or home economics. This conference, recognising the valuablo work being done by county agricul tural and homo demonstration agents, also went on record as favoring the employment of agents in each county. At the Raleigh, North Carolina, con ference the pressing problem, in addi tion to loHns for worthy students, was held to be encouragement of the farm er to practice greater crop diversifica tion. Tho conferees felt that the flrBt big step was to got farmers at least to produco sufficient vegetables, fruit, milk, meat and poultry to live' on. THE GREAT- SCOURGE -OF HALF TRUTHS By JOHN OAKWOOD A soap-boxer pointed at a great factory. "Who built that factory? Workmen I" he yellod, "Who run the machines? Workmen I Who got tho profits? Capitalists!" The soap-boxer told a halt truth that amounted to a whole lie. His llstenors did not know tjhat that par ticular factory, typical of thousands of others, was a complete refutation of tho lie it only tho other balfj of the truth woro told. It Is true the factory was Capital ized for a million dollars. Tho not profits gave annual dividends of 6 per cent, or $60,000, to tho stockhold ers. All that was true. But It was also truo that tho mil lion dollar capital was divided up Into ten thousand shares of $100 each. Tho ownership of these shares was distributed among about ono thousand peoplo. Soveral hundred of them wero workmen In tho factory. Thoy wore saving out of their weekly wages ami buying shares on tho In sfalmeut plan. They wore Capitalists. It was likewise true that shares were also owned by workmon In other factories, by clerical workers and bv small merchants. A good many woro also owned by widows and orphans whoso modest estatos had boon wise ly Invested for them by their bank ers. Thoy woro Capitalists. It was also truo that tho factory corporation had Issued a million dol lars in bonds to ralso funds to buy tho material and pay tho wages of workmen to build tho factory. Theso bonds wero owned ns Investments not only by persons of wealth but nlso by many peoplo of moilerato means who had saved out of tholr wages and sal aries. Thoy woro Capitalists. And It was also truo that out of the receipts of the factory, beforo a cent was uikim o pay interest on mo bonds, before a penny was used to pay dividends on tho stock, a good many dollars woro taken to pay wages to tho workmen. Tho workmen were Capitalists too. They we'o investing tholr strongth and tbelr talonU and tholr skill in lho factory they were getting their divi dends out of Its earnings as well as the stockholders and bondholders. T Many farmers, It was brought out, now depend entirely on the cotton crop, and buy tho products nnmed for their own tnbles. More Economical Credit At tho conference at Ithaca, N. T., those participating felt that a better understanding between farmers and bankers would be bcnoflcinl to both. At present a largo nmount of tho cred it used by farmorB Is In tho form of morcantllo crodlt, which, it was point ed out, Is much more expensive for them than bank credit. It was felt that a campaign of education Is needed to acquaint farmorB with banking facili ties. The conference therefore, rec ommended that the Agricultural Com mlttoo of tho Stato Dankers Associa tion, the agricultural college and rep resentatives of the Farm Bureau and the State Grange get together for the purpose of working out programs and plans for further meetings to be held in the various counties of tho state. At a conference held at Amherst, Massachusetts, thero were representa tives from Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con necticut. Emphasis was placed on the Importance of tho Boys' and Girls' Club work. Tho New England confer ence also felt that the importance of bank credit over mercantile credit should be stressed. A resolution was adopted and Is being sent to agricul tural committees in each State urging that they get in touch with their agrl culural colleges and map out a pro gram for educating tho farmer In re gard to the Importance and th econo my of bank credit over mercantile credit. ' Tho lembhasls on this resolution camo riot so much from the' backers' present its it did from Hie T8pfe's!etit.ar tivoa ofMhei'n'grfculturai colleges' and the farmers. NO BOON IN CHEAP MONEY One thing that has to bo given up Is the id a that cheap money Is al ways good for business. Farmers want cheap money, business men want cheap monoy, stock speculators want cheap money, tho U. S. Treasury wants to flout government loans on cheap money, socialists, anarchltsts and old-lino groenlmckers want very, very cheap money Everybody feels that when tho mo-ey rate Is shoved up It Is an arbitrary damper on pros perity. But wo cannot h ive both a low rate on monoy and a stable level of prices. We can havo onp or the other not both together for nny length of tlmo. A low rato of mone means an In flated prlco level. A stable price level means a fluctuating rate of dis count. That is, the public must learn to look at tho price level Instead of the bauk reserves, as their moasure of expectation for a rlso or fa'l ct the value of money. Now this fact makes me foel that a mistake Is mndo If wo do not fully ex plain to tho public tho power already exercised by tho bank rato and tho Federal Hoserve Board and Rescrvo banks. Our bankers and economists seo the bad uso thai Is like'y to be made of political control if banking and currency and they try to make the people bollevo that so Intricate a ques tion must be left to experts. As n matter of fact our present ' methods oncourago the very thing we wish to avoid. Wo lot everybody be lieve that low rates on monoy are nec essary for prosperity and then when bank reserves run low on account of the effects of this bollef, wo aro sud denly compelled to jump tho rates to protect tho reserves. Wo ret both a cyclo of prices and a cycle 6t bank rates, whereas, If tho public undor stood that tho rlso of bank rates should not wait until bank reserves aro low, but tho rates should be ad vanced soveral months ahead for tho very purposo of preventing a fictitious prosperity with its inflated price lovol, then tho public might bo satisfied to support tho administrative rjgulatlonB n-lil,.li i-ilan tlin rntrm nt n Minn wllpn thor(J 8eemg t0 bo no need ot doing It. John R. Wisconsin. Commons, University ot Honors for Club Members The annual convention, Wisconsin Bankoro Association, presented diplo mas 4o fifteen boys nnd flvo girls successfully competing-four years club work, tho first tlmo any state bankers association h.is taken such action. A DUMPER CORN CROP IF FROST HOLDS OFF Nebraska will have n bumner corn crop If it matures without irost in jur.', lho lui'lcy i the laige-t on re cord while oats is fcocoml. Huy aid forage cro4.s nre heavy. Spring wlent crop le iuccd. Pastures have been c.ceptioimllj good. These nre tho leading statements in the September report oy the Division of Crop nnd Live Stock Estimates. Corn will make a croi that will rank well with the largest on record if not damaged by fro. t. The con dition is generally satisfactory throughout the state. The crop has probably never been excelled in west ern Nobra-ka, the stalks being nearly twice the ut.ual length. Part of the crop has matured sufficiently to with stand a fio t, but the late corn would bo s-enously injured. Corn improved during August and the condition of JOVc forecasts n crop of 257,118,000 bushels as compared to 182,-100,000 bushels lust year nntl the five year average of 100,550,000 bushels. The condition of oats at the time of harvest was 88 Indicating n crop second in size on record. Last year the crop was 56,100,000 busheb, und the five year average is 07 070,000 bushels. Spring wheat shows a further mark ed decrease as predicted a month ago. Part of the crop in western Nebraska was not harvested. The condition of 50 at the time of harvest should produce u crop of !J,5C0,000 bushels. The estimate for all wheat is 31,332, 000 bushels against 59,638,000 bushels last year. The production of tye is 1,650,000 bushels as compared to 2, 106,000 bushels last year. The condition of barley was 87 at the time of harvest which forecasts a crop of 9,585 000 bushels as com pared to 4,356,000 busho's last year. The present crop is the largest on re cord and is accounted for by the in creased acreage and good yields. The condition of potatoes is 80 which forecasts a crop of 9,912,000 bushels as compared to 11,676 000 bu shels last year. The early Kearney crop fell below expectation. While the late commercial crop is large, the quality is poor due to disease and the quantity of high grade potatoes will be reduced accordingly. The hay crops are heavy. The sand hills and western Nebraska have ex ceptionally large yields of wild hay. The present condition of tame hay is 92 and indicates n crop of 3,352,000 tons compared to 3,323,000 tons last year. The condition of wild hay at the time of harvest was08 which forecasts 2,587,000 tons compared to 1,877,000 tons last year. Sugar beets improved and are rated at 86. The condition of apples was reduced to 53. Flax: is estimated at 36,000 bushels. Minor crops are estimated as follows: buckwheat 90; sweet potatoes 85; clover seed 83; timothy seed yield 3.8 bushels; timo thy, hay yield 1.4 tons; clover hay 90.; alfalfa 93; millet 90; pas ture 94; grain sorgum 95; toma toes 88; cabbages 88; onions 85- ,i.peoches 45; grapes 85; pears 65' eprgum for sirup 96. r 1lUn(illll(tVi7 )W. tltltJW .tWJJ, iM t))e;U. S. ar asollowi: the' first, fig ure this year, and the second,.' .last year's estimate. Corn, 2,075,786t000 bushels and 2,890,012,000 bushels. Spring wheat, 220,841,000 bushels and 275,887,000 bushels. All wheat, 789, 227,000 bushels and 852,091,000 bu shels. Oats, 1,311,687,000 bushels and 1,201,436 000 bushels. Barley, 199,337,000 bushels and 186,118,000 bushels. Potatoes, 389,674,000 bush eland 451,185,000 bushels. All hay 98 006,000 tons and 112,791,000 tons. Allr apples, 189,787,000 bushels and 201,252,000 bushels. Commercial apples, 33,390,000 barrels and 30,995- 000 barrels. BAPTIST lllble school nt 10 a in Mointtig set vice at 11 a m., Subject: ' P.eidt-ut llurdiug'sjast Sermon". r vetting Service at 8 o'clock. Sub' j -ci : Modern sons of Jehu." Com-lUt-ut upon the fearful Manslaughter of Nebraska highways. The lalny teasoti is on, and the L'hurcn audiences suffer We are afraid of rain iu Nebraska. An old-fashioned three d-tjs Illinois stoim would para lyase business In Nebraska for a week Ou the Atlantic coast a three inch ruin Is powerless to gteatly ulftct n church I'ougregHtiou. They turn out regard- loss there, ltut iu Nebraska a few drops afford unall-sutlloleut excuse for n sence from church. We might do better if we had enough piety. Tuo oldest thiug in life is to hear a Spiritless, Faithless, Hopeless Profess or of Religion deny the power of God to heal the sick and give sight to the blind, in this age, and to read the lab ored productions of Modernist editors who try to explain away the startling fuets of healing as they are seen in m my localities It is not to be won dered that a godless, ploasuro seeking world is so largely augmented from the churches. The nild-wcok meeting this week was remarkable for the attendance and iiletest It is doubtful if any church In our association lias as good propor. t onate attondauee hs our Church. We aro very certain that very tew enjoy as tiood Spiritual Interest. At tills writing all things point to tbo return of Brother Cope for bis fifth year nf service, in the M E. uiuich. Wo sluul be exceedingly glad io know that ho comes back ns his placo in the Community could not iMslly bo tilled. I. W. EDSOX, Pastor. Bottled Bosslea. English Ad Special cowb kept for Infants nnd Invalids, and delivered In bottles. Boston Evening Transcript. sy J Mixing Printers INK With Brains Printers ink has made thousands of men rich when it was mixed in the right proportion with Brains LET US HELP YOU MIX THEM BOTH PHONES The Red Cloud Gbief Dr.W.H.Mc Bride DENTIST OVER STATE BANK Red Cloud Nebraska Northeast Pawnee Clifford Noble sold a buncb of young cattle one day last week Mr and Mrs S. Gouldie were trad ing at Duckerville the end of the week Mr. Bnd Mrs. John Ring were doing some trading in Rod Cloud Saturday Albert McMurray and Thistle Fran, els each purchased a new Ford car a week ago. John Fair and Thistle Francis were doing their trading at Geo. Rings one d-iy. last week. Mr. and Mrs Gus Ring were trans noting business in Red Cloud the fore putt of last week. Mrs-HBrvc Blair and Mro. Jim Ryan whwwero on the sick list for some time arc both Improving nicely. , Miss Lettie Dlllca and brothers Al and Herb were visltlug one day lust week with Mr. and Mrs E. Myers. Frank and Jim Ryan and John Gouldie purchased quite a tew cattle to put in the feed lot to make out their quota Mr. and Mrs. George Rohrer and Mrs. Fred Hrown and family were at Duokeivllle Friday last doing tholr tradiug. Wm. Williams, B. Mohler and Will Reliehan and the writer drove to Red Cloud last Saturday to transact some business. John Gouldie took his daughter Minnie and the Missts Johnston to Red Cloud last Sundny where they are attending school. The fine rains on the night9 of Satur day and Sunday were received with much gladness by all especially those who were intending to put in small grain. It will also greatly facilitate potato digglug. The road bosses Spurrier and Lannl gun who are in charge of tho south parts of the Pawnee and Logan roads are making an excellent job almost like boulevards. Further west I und erstand they are doing very well uuder the circumstances as regard men aud material. Almost all from this vicinity as well as many from a long distance atteuded tbe celebration at Duckervillo last Siturday. Everything and all sports were up to diito besides the Thornburg bund contributed some Quo selections which animated and iufused new life to the proceedings. , Mrs Brown accompanied by her daughter Mrs. W. L. Taylor of Indian, apotis, Indiana arrived last week to visit a few weeks with her sister Mrs. Bill Fiaueisundbtother J. C. Williams. Tho latter had not seen his sister, Mrs. Brown, for thirtyflvo yenrs. They are also visiting tholr nelce and cousin, Mrs. Bennte Mahler for a few days Wrote "Blood" Bible. Ono of the most noted Bibles Is the "blood" Bible, tho work of Frederick von Trenk. Confined In chains by Frederick tho Great, ns punishment for making love to tho king's slstor, tho 1'rlncens Amelia, Trenk inscribed two hundred blank pnges In hla Bible with love sonne.ts In honor of the prin cess, every word being written In his own blood. '1 o ' Dr.R. V. Nicholson DENTIST Red Cloud, Nebrask LUTHERAN Regular services every first and third Sunday in the month iu the Adventist church at 11 a. in. If you are not worshipping elsewhere you are cordially invited to worship with us O. R. Heinitz, Pastor GRACE EPISCOPAL Be sure you are in your place at the regular services of the church this coming Lord's Day. Church School a, 10 o'clock iu the morning. Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 o'clock in the morning Evening Prayer and Sermon at 7:30 o'clock In the evening We will appreciate your presence, and a cordial welcome awaits you. Rev. Basil S. Daugherty. CHRISTIAN "Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant com. mauded thee: turn not from it to the right band or to the left, that thou mayest have gocd success whither thou goest". The Sunday School is plannlug for a good time Rally Day. The Social Circle which was to have meet Friday afternoon has been -post, poned until Friday of next week ou account of the Ira Laudritb lecture Friday evening. This lecture will be a rare treat indeed and all wish to at tend. The Ladles Aid have plcuty of work on hand and hope all who can will at tend. The Junior Girls held their class meeting Friday afternoon ending up with a wcinic roast on the river Tho girls thot of the "ones back home" and brought in beautiful bouquetsof sumac and bittersweet for their homes and the Church, Legal Notice. To FRANK CALLAND: You are hereby notified that on May 14, 1923, Jennie Calland, filed a petition against you in the District Court of Webster County, Nebraska, the objeot and prayer of which is to obtain a divorce from you on the ground that you have been guilty of extreme cruelty towards the plaiutilf and of non support and desertiou. You ore required to answer said petl. tion on or before October 15, 1923. Jennie Calland, Plalntlir, By E.G.Caldwell, Hor Attorney. We nre now prepared to give reason, able terms on both New aud Used Cars payable monthly or in a lump sum, Oglcvle Bros. Too Truo. will thrive when honest knows not how to live Knaves plainness Bhlrley. Those Numerous "Probe." If half of tho world does not know how the other hnlf lives It Is not be cause It Isn't trying to find out. Can ton News. V r w fc-WVtiwpk, .rfci.1 .
