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Meade County news., 1917-12-13

The woman's bureau of the Ameri-
can Red Cross has issued very help
full leaflet for the benefit of those who
are willing to sew for hospitals. Under
the head of "Hospital Garments and
Supplies" this circular enumerates the
various kinds of garments and hos
pital linen that are needed, and tabu-
lates the ratio of these needs-that Is
tells what things are needed In large
quantities and what in smaller guam
titles. The Red Cross gathered its in
formation first hand from American
and French hospitals, cooperating
with the Red Cross commission In
Paris. 1t seems that the needs of
American and French hospitals vary
a little, but not In many particulars.
The circular says Anticipating the
severe cold Of the winter In France,
the report emphasizes the need Of
warm materials, such as outing fan
nels, heavy bath robing, ETC., for hos.
pital garments. Models for garments
were sent to the womans bureau by
the committee In Paris and were given
to the standard pattern companies,
which agreed to issue patterns in
strict conformity with them, so that
the woman who wishes to make any of
the needed garments may get correct
pattern from any one of the promi-
nent pattern companies. The gar
ments which will probably be needed
In largest quantities are pajamas and
hospital bed shirts. Pajamas should
be made of flannel or good outing fan
mel, for winter use. The patterns for
NIL garments are issued in two sizes,
medium and large. "For American
hospitals two medlum-slzed garments
should be made to every one OF large
size; for French hospitals, no large
sizes are needed" The same kind OF
garments and other articles are want
ed by both American and French hos
pitfalls.
Meade County news., 1917-12-13

windows near the ground and all other
possible means Of entrance screened
with netting made of No. 18 or No. 20
wire and of one-fourth-inch mesh. En-
trance doors should fit closely, should
have the lower edges protected by wide
strips of metal, and should have
springs attached, to insure that they
shall not be left open. Before being
used for housing stores, the building
should be inspected as to the manner
In which water, steam or gas pipes go
through the walls, and any openings
found around such pipes should be
closed with concrete.
If rat-proof buildings are not avail
able, it is possible, by the use of con-
crete in easements and the other pre-
cautions just mentioned, to make an
ordinary building practically safe for
food storage.
When it is necessary to erect tenn
pOrary wooden structures to hold for
age, grain or food supplies for army
camps, the floors Of such buildings
should not be In contact with the
ground, but elevated, the sills having
a foot or more of clear space below
them. Smooth posts rising two or three
feet above the. ground may be used for
foundations, and the floor itself may
be protected below by wire netting or
sheet metal at all places where rats
could gain foothold. Care should be
taken to have the floors as tight as pos
sible, for 1t is chiefly scattered grain
and fragments Of food about camp
that attract rats.
Rat-Proofng by Elevation.
The United States public health serv.
ice reports that in its campaigns
against bubonic plague in San Fran
cisco (1907) and New Orleans (1914)
many plague rats were found under
the floors of wooden houses resting on
the ground. These buildings were
made rat-proof by elevation, and no
case Of either human or rodent plague
occurred in any house after the change.
Placing them on smooth posts 18 inches
above the ground, with the space be-
meath the floor entirely open, left no
hiding place for rats.
This plan is adapted to small dwell
ings throughout the South, and to
small summer homes, temporary struc-
lures, and small farm buildings every
where. Wherever rats might obtain a
foothold on the top Of the post they
may be prevented from gnawlng the
adjacent wood by tacking metal plates
or pieces of wire netting to floor or
sill.
Meade County news., 1917-12-13
This Lad Had a Real
Christmas Tree

"STHE question of how to meet the
needs Of the education we
wanted our boy to have was
with us from his birth, and 1t was my
love of all kinds of trees which solved
our problem" said the mother of q
growing boy.
'He came near the Christmas sea-
son, and 1 wanted to do something to
mark the wonderful event Ny mind
turned to trees. What could be more
appropriate than to plant a tree and
let this child Of nature grow up with
mine?
"Then came the thought, why not
choose fruit tree, something that
will yield tangible profit to be laid
aside as the beginning of a fund for
the boys educationT And so the plan
took shape, and as we live in a warm
climate, fruit tree was planted each
year on Christmas day for the little
one
"Soon the lad was taking an active
part in the ceremony, and by the time
the first fruit appeared he was old
enough to take real delight in the
proceeds Of its sale, which went into
his bank A few years more found
him in entire charge of a small or
chard His ever growing bank ac-
count has always been his own, sub
ject to the inspection and advice Of his
father, who keeps before him the pur-
pose for which it was started"
If you live where the climate pre-
vents tree planting ON Christmas day
could you not give your son the price
of a fruit tree and let it be planted
when the proper season arrives?-
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Meade County news., 1917-12-13

gas pipes, where they go through walls,
should be closed carefully with con-
crete to the full depth Of the wall.
Dwellings.
In constructing dwelling houses the
additional cost of making the founda-
tions rat-proof is slight compared with
the advantages. The cellar walls should
have concrete footings, and the walls
themselves should be laid in cement
mortar. The cellar floor should be of
medium rather than lean concrete.
Even old cellars may be made rat-proof
at comparatively small expense. Rat
holes may be permanently closed with
q mixture of cement, sand and broken
glass, or sharp bits Of crockery or
stone.
On a foundation like the one de-
scribed above, the walls of a wooden
dwelling also may be made rat-preof.
The space between the sheathing and
lath, to the height Of about foot,
should be filled with concrete. Rats
cannot then gain access to the walls,
and can enter the dwelling only
through doors or windows. Screening
all basement and cellar windows with
wire netting is most necessary pre-
caution.
Old buildings In Cities.
Aside from old dwellings, the chief
refugees for rats in cities are sewers,
xxrb yto
Modern sewers are used by the ami
mails merely as highways and not as
abodes, but old-fashioned sewers often
afford nesting crannles.
Wharves, stables and outbuildlngs
in cities should be so built as to ex-
clude rats. Cement is the chief means
to this end. Old tumble-down build
ings and wharves should not be toll
Grated in any city.
In both city and country, wooden
floors of sidewalks, areas and porches
are commonly laid upon timbers rest
ing on the ground. Under such floors
rats have safe retreat from nearly
all enemies. The conditions can be
remedled in towns by municipal action
requiring that these floors be replaced
by others made of cement. Areas or
walks made Of brick are often under
mined by rats and may become as OBJ
jectionable as those of wood. Wooden
floors of porches should always be well
above the ground.
Farm Buildings.
Granaries, corncribs and poultry
houses may be made rat-proof by lib
eral use of cement in the foundations
and floors; or the floors may be Of
wood resting upon concrete. Objection
has been urged against concrete floors
Tor h,Tses, cattle and poultry, because
Meade County news., 1917-12-13

ments of sturdy winter coat arr
filed in this latest effort Of the coat
maker and more than this. AS the
uniform of every soldier proclaims his
sentiments and his allegiance so the
trench coat speaks the mind Of its
wearer. 1t appeals to the eternal fem-
inine because 1t is becoming and 1t Is
also picturesque. 1t is Just the gar
ment for the woman who intends to
keep busy doing whatever comes to
hand to do, In any kind Of weather,
during the coming winter and there
are always so many things waiting for
the charitable to do.
One look at the trench coat is con-
vinclng 1t may be used for driving the
motorcar and anywhere else where
real service and comfort are called
for. Thanks be, its designer has given
us these together with snappy and
definite style that is enough to stiff
fen the backbone of any ease-loving
Stacker.
Meade County news., 1917-12-13
REPRESSION OF RAT
First Exclude Rodents From
Place Where They Find-Food.
BEST PLAN TO use CEMENT
Granaries, cornoribs, Poultry Houses
ETC., May Be Made Rat-Proof by
Liberal Use of That Material
In Foundations.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
First in Importance, as a measure OF
rat repression, is the exclusion of the
animals from places where they find
food and safe retreats for rearing their
young.
The best way to keep rats from
buildings, whether in city or in coun-
try, is to use cement in construction.
AS the advantages of this material are
coming to be generally understood, its
use is rapidly extending to all kinds
of buildings. The processes of mixing
and laying this material require little
skill or special knowledge, and work
men Of ordinary intelligence can sue
cessfully follow the plain directions
contained In handbooks of cement con-
struction.
Many modern public buildings are so
constructed that rats can find no lodg-
ment in the walls or foundations, and
yet in few years, through negligence,
such buildings often become infested
with the pests. Sometimes drain pipes
are left uncovered for hours at time.
Often outer doors, especially those
opening on alleys, are left ajar. A
common mistake is failure to screen
basement windows which must be
opened for ventilation. However the
lntruders are admitted, when once in
side they intrench themselves behind
furniture or stores, and are difficult to
dislodge. The addition of inner doors
to vestibules is an important precau-
ton against rats. The lower edge of
outer doors to public buildings, espe-
cially markets, should be REINFORCED
with light metal plates to prevent the
animals from gnawing through. Any
opening left around water, steam or
Meade County news., 1917-12-13
Christmas Mystery Plaxa.

On their return from the Holy Land
the pilgrims and crusaders brought
new subjects for theatrical representa-
tion, founded on the objects of their
devotion and incidents in their wars,
and the early mysteries and other
plays of Christmas, among them that
of st. George and the dragon, which
has survived to modern times, prob
ably owe their origin to this period.
Meade County news., 1917-12-13
Good King
Wenceslas
A Christmas Carol of
Long Ago

"A OnrlStmaS NarOl OF 3
. Long Ago 9
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81 On the feast OF Stephen, &
~ And the Snoao lay round about, :.
NJ Deep and crisp and even. .
A Brightly shone the moon that y
M night, 4
ID Though the frost 10dS cruel; &
Gr When a poor man came IN 4
- sight 9
W Gath'rtn0 tointer fuel. 3
W First Singer: i
NJ "Hither, page, come stand By I
III me,
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W Yonder peasant, soho is hei :
W Where and aOhGt his diCeH- 1
III ingg" &
81 Second Singer: &
q "Sire, he Nves good league &
" hence, 3
M Doom beneath the noun I
R6 tain,
81 Close against the forest fence s
~ By st. Agnes fountain" +
y First Singer: :
W "Brin0 me flesh and bring me
~ 1Hfle,
"a Bring me pine logs hither;; {
~ Thou and I, toe'H see him {
~ When zoe bear them thith. 1
"a er."
WF Second Singer: I
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W And the storm grows I
M 1OiIder, I
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W I can 90 on longer" :
8 First Singer: :
w "Mdrk nly steps, be brdUe, nty
EH page;
81 Tread thou In them boldly; &
~ Then thou'It find the tointer'S :
~ rage
III Freeze thy blood less cold
81 Iy." s
& Page and monarch on they {
~, aUent, {
NJ On they ioent together.
~ Through the rude aUind'S 10ild !
III lament,
az Through the bitter a0edther. {
81 In his masters steps he trod,
~ Where the Snot0 lag dinted; !
w That 10dS in the Very sod
M Which his foot had printed. /
Ne Therefore, Christian men, be
ID sure,
81 Wealth or rank possessing, {
W Ye Ioho 1toto do bless the poor !
NJ Shall yourselves find bless
III ing.
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Meade County news., 1917-12-13
Christmas
Gifts From
The Woods

HE paper birch is an especial
treasure, but we never cut the
bark from a living tree, even
when deep in the woods, un-
less we know that the wood
is doomed to be cut at once.
Too many Ignorant or
thoughtless people do not hes
itate to strip the beautiful
papery bark from the living
tree, not realizing probably
that the bark is needed to
protect the running of the
sap and that the outer bark,
so smooth and silvery, will
never renew itself. So, even
If death does not Immediately
follow, the beauty of the tree
is gone, said Ora Parker
Phelps in the Housekeeper.
Once I found a dead tree
from which 1 was able to slip
several feet Of bark in rings.
This only needed to be sep
arated into convenient sizes,
fitted with tight bottoms,
sewed in place by raftia or
sweet grass, and lifting lids
attached, to make boxes ready
to fill with Christmas sweets.
In making laurel wreathing
or garlandlng we have found
that by taking small twigs
and winding one on to an
other, using light picture wire
as binding, the wreathing
makes very rapidly and easily.
When the white pine cones
fall we gather bushels of
them. And such treasures as
the cones are! In the opel
fire they make a glorious
blaze-fit background for
wonderful fire castles-and
as for kindlings they are alb
solutely unsurpassed.
Remembering that the two
little cousins living on the
Pacific coast once sent a bar
rel of the Western cones to a
much loved poet, greatly to
his delight, we tried sending
a sack of cones, gayly decked
with laurel, to a city friend
who loves an open fire. In
the very bottom was a small
"chunk" with d paper bear
ing these words: IN. B.
This is a Yule Log" An
other time an armful of the
cone bearing branches Of the
red pine were sent to a friend.
But our especial Christmas
gifts, the ones we send to the
nearest and dearest, are our
little Christmas trees. We
take a day and go up to the
mountain swamp where grew
the cranberries, and there we
choose wee, little shapely
trees, getting them, so far as
we can, from the deep shade
Of other trees, for these are
doomed to an early death
anyway. We fit each little
spruce securely to a board,
covering 1t with moss and
trailing vines. Then we deck
the tree. OF course the gifts
must be tiny and varied to
suit those to whom they go.
Meade County news., 1917-12-13
Tools and Sheds.

Tool sheds haven't risen in price
nearly SO fast as farm machinery.
Meade County news., 1917-12-13
The Residue.

ne RESIDUE.
There Is nothing in the grave but
dust. What endures remains with the
Soul.-Buddha.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

school districts who find it difficult to
raise. enough money to run the
schools, to 60 over the legal levy in
order TO secure the muc.l needed
funds.
Senator Robertson. has introduced
a bill which is known on the legisla-
tive books as S. F. g. This bill if it
becomes law will fill long felt want
in that it will enable the state to
secure enough money to run the
schools without having to go over the
statutory maximum.
He would make an annual levy upon
the grand assessment rolls sufficient
to, produce a fund, 90 per cent of
which added to the temporary school
fund shall equal the estimated amount
of the wages or salaries of all teachers
employed in the public schools for six
months of each year.
The bill further provides that on or
before July l of each year the state
superintendent shall secure from the
county superintendent of each county
detailed estimate of the mount re-
CURED in each district in his county
for teachers wages for six months
during the ensuing year, total num-
Der of months to be taught, wages and
salaries.
Farm Brings $lo6.2s an Acre.
Stella, Neb., Jan. 27.-(Special. y
The eighty-acre farm belonging to
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Brief City News
Platinum Wedding Rings-Edholm.
Have Root Print It--Now Beacon Press.

II
Have Root Print It--Now Beacon Press,
To Give Charity Dnnce-Daughters
of the Israel Aid society will give a
charity dance at the Auditorium Feb
ruary II. . ~
Keen Your Money--And vaiuables In ths
American Safe Deposit Vaults. AIS South
18th st.. Bee Bldg Boxes rent ti.oo for
months. Open from a. m. TO o. D. m
Loses His FIivver--H. s, Standeven.
1910 Lafayette avenue, has reported
to the police that his Ford roadster
was stolen from 1041 North Fortieth
street.
"Guardian Angels and Other I'm
seen Helpers''--A lecture given by Mr..
]. T. Eklund, Sunday evening at 8
o'clock, In Theosophical hall, 70l Bee
building.
| Chief Saiter Out Agnin---Chief Salt
err of the fire departmen is out again
after three weeks Of enforced seclusion
on account of an attack Of the grip,
He narrowly escaped pneumonia.
Holland Club Meeting--At the meet.
ing Of the Holland club tonight al
the temporary headquarters, the Bou-
ricius music studios, 1911 Dodge street
the constitution and bylaws will be
discussed.
No Jewelry to EnRland---A notice to
the postofiice from Washington for
bids the taking Of Jewelry and manu-
featured or unman dfactured gold for
! shipment to Great Britain by means
OF the parcels post or mails.
Ford Back FRI Rochester,. p.
~ ~ q a llama ftyTanf Af
public improyei rents. has returned
from Rochester MIN, where he re-
ceived surgical attention. He expects
within a few weeks.
TO Look ut Mlllinery--Miss Carlson
and Miss Bragg of the Thompson
Belden millinery department have
gone east on trip, during the course
OF which they will thoroughly acquaint
themselves with the correct millinery
fashions for the spring season.
Rotarians to Sioux City---A party Of
thirty Omaha Rotarians will leave
here over the Northwestern Sunday
afternoon. OCCUPYING "a special car and
going to Sioux City, where they will
attend the tenth district conference OF
Rotarians The omahans will return
Tuesday.
| Two Are Bound Ovcr--Edward
Minardi, former clerk at the Powell
Supply company, and William john
son, colored porter for several con-
Germs on automobile row. arrested In
connection with the operations Of an
organized gang of automobile Access
sorry thieves, waived preliminary ex'
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

animation when arraigned in police
court on charges Of grand larceny,
entered pleas Of not guilty and were
bound over to the district court. Their
bonds were fxed at $3.50 each.
Paul Kamanski Goes Home-taul
ICY" Kamanski, who has been confined
at the Fort Crook hospital with diph-
iberia since his arrival from the Mexi-
can border. has recovered sufficiently
to be allowed to go to his home. He
will resume his studies in the law de-
partment Of Creighton college.
Fine Fireplace Goods--Sunderland.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
BILLS FLOWING IN
BY THE HUNDREDS
Outlook Now Is That Record
of Last Session for Number
Will Be 0utdone.
THOSE WHO HAVE MOST
KMEt

Lincoln, Jan. 2--(Special. Six
teen working days of the senate have
passed and it would appear that the
upper body, like the house, bids fair
to Guido the record OF the last session
in the number OF bills introduced.
According to the records prepared
by G. F. Beschorner, bookkeeper for
the senate Isl, bills have already been
introduced with four more days to
run. Usually the last two days crowds
the old legislative hopper to overflow
ing and in spite of the general senti-
ment before the session began that
the number of bills should be kept
down, There is every reason to suppose
that the number will exceed all
previous sessions. ~. M
I. Moriarty Leads.
Moriarty of Douglas leads the list
with fifteen bills, Howell of the same
delegation comes next with fourteen,
Sandal and Beal have twelve each,
while the rest run as follows: Adams,
8; Albert, 8; Bennett, 6; Buhrman, 2;
Bushee, Z; Chappell, 8; Douthett, 2;
Doty, 2; Gates, 2; Haase, l. Hager, 3;
Hammond, S; Henry, 1; Lahners, 5;
Mates, 7; McAllister, 2; McMullen, 5;
Neal, S; Obcrlies, 5; Robertson, ;;
Samuelson, s; Sawyer. 2; Soost, 8;
Spirk, 8; Strehlow, 3; Tanner, 4;
Wallace Wilson, 2; Willis Wilson, 5
Senator Phil Kohl has not as yet in
A.. I,..ad 49,, t;its Th.a .un,,1d s,,a L. a
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
\ one Coyote Cayeht,

Edgar. NIB, Jan, ~ (Sp eciaf. )-
Fifty men and boys Turned out to
round up the wolves yesterday.
Wolves seemed to be scarce, but one
lone coyote was captured. Some
careless hunter in his anxiety to hit
the coyote failed to look beyond and
shot toward some others coming from
the other direction. A stray shot hit
Ralph Tucker in the corner OF the
eye, grazing the ball and going out
through the skin at the outer corner.
He will'not lose the sight in this eye.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Fine Farm Home Burns.

Fremont, Neb., Jan. N.-(Special.)
The fine farm home OF Gus Jonas,
two miles southeast Of Fremont on
the Lincoln highway, was totally de-
stroyed by fire this forenoon. When
discovered by members Of the family
the entire building on the second floor
was ablaze. Mt. Jonas and neighbors
carried most Of the furniture from
the rooms on the first floor. The
home was one OF the finest farm resi-
dencess inssthe county, and cost when
erected, nearly twenty years ago, $l4,-
900. II wassof brick and two stories
high, Mr.. sJonas had insurance Of
5000 on the, building and furniture. !,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Sell Interest in Hall.

Edgar, Neb., an. A.--tSpeciaL)--
The Ancient Order of United Work
men lodge OF Edgar has sold its half
interest in Fraternity hall and the
opera house to the Odd Fellows.
There has been a keen fight between
the members OF the Worknen lodge
for some time, some Of them wanting
TO hold on TO the building, while 9th
ers thought it would be best to dis
pose Of it. The profits divided be-
tween the two lodges we're too small
to be tempting and it was difficult to
carry it on as it should be, as there
was often disagreement. The Odd
Fellows have leased the opera house
TO B. w. Merrill, who will put in a
modern, up-to-date amusement house.
The $1,000 paid to the local Work
men lodge will be used to pay assess
ments for the membership here as
long as it lasts, or until the session
of the grand lodge in May.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Forty Thousand for Farm.

Tecumseh, Ncb., Jan. H.-(Special.)
John c. Filler has sold his fine ZOO
acre farm two milestwest OF Tecum-
sch to E, b. Cahili of Marshall county,
Iowa, for $4,000. This isE$20O per
acre. Mr.. Filler bought the farm OF
E. D. Meyer seven years ago at Sis
per acre. Mr.. Cahill will move to the
farm this spring and Mr.. Eiler is UNI
decided as to a new location.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

~ F.: : !: :; E ;: ::
lS( il4|S snow Numbed fingers difficult
Ssa1seasIs repairs, annoying delays-these
IN /W pile discomfort upon disappoint-
~ ment How much wiser, how
much more satisfactory, to have
" used Goodyear Tires in the first
a. place! Tires that keep you in
-.~. the car, and out of trouble.
4 ILL., The proper travelling companion for a
Goodyear Tire is a Goodyear Tube. A
tube built to hold air. and keep on holding
$.v. it. A tube that won't leak, seep or creep
that makes the casing deliver its full
3 store of service.
All Goodyear Service Station Dealers
there's probably one in your neghbor-
4 zss,:s.ss hood have Goodyear Tires and Tubes.
: -" All are trained and eager to see that
you get out of them the final mile we have
s> built into them. All are interested in your
return from your tire investment-and
#..< keep interested after the purchase.
- WY ~ The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Akron Ohio
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
House Wrecked by Explosion.

Fairbury, Neb., Jan. 2.-(SPecial.)
AN explosion from water pipes in
the D. ]. Ireland home nearly wrecked
the kitchen and set fire to the build
ing. Mrs. Ireland had been away
and during the cold snap the water
pipes froze. She built big fire in
the kitchen and soon the house was
shaken by terrific explosion. The
stove was literally blown to pieces.