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Licking Valley courier., 1918-03-28
Mrs. Golfers Father Passes.

James Turley, father of'Mrs.
S. r. Collier, Of West Liberty,
died at his home near Millers-
burg, the Dad inst. Mr.. Turley
WAS past 80 years of age and had
suffered a stroke of paralysis
several years ago from which be
never fully recovered. Mrs. Col
lier was with him when the end
came.
The remains were laid to rest
in the family burying ground
Saturday.
1T is true" said the friend,
that you have gained much
prosperity by writings, but you
have written nothing that will
i've"
Perhaps not" returned the
author; when it comes to a
question of which shall live. my
self or my writings, Inevel hesi-
tate to sacrifice my writings. -
Exchange.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-03-28
Books Furnished Free By State.

DO you know that a group of
% books may be borrowed from
the Kentucky Library Commits.
sion for your community, your
club, or your school? The col
lection may be retained for six
months and the only cost to you
is the transportation.
II you want material on a
special subject, a book or small
group of books may be borrowed
for thirty days, The only ex.
pense to you will be parcel post
charges.
Write to the Kentucky Library
Commission, Frankfort, for full
information.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-03-28
Knew His Place.

Sister Smith was called upon
for testimonyin a revival meet
ing. She humbly declined in
these words:
Il have been a transgressor
and a black sheep for a good
many years and have only re-
Gently seen the light. | believe
that my place is in a dark cor
ner behind the door," "
Brother Jones was next called
upon. Following Sister Smiths
meek example, he said:
Il too have been a sinner fol
more than forty years, and dc
not think | ought to stand be.
fore you as a model. think nv
place is behind the door, in a
dark corner, with Sister Smith. ''
Ladies' Home journal,
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Licking Valley courier., 1918-03-28
Boys Working Reserve.

Boys between the ages of 16
and Fl, who believe that every
individual in the country, inclUd-
ing himself, is obligated to do his
bit toward drubbing the Kaiser,
can place themselves where the,
Government most needs their
services by joining at once the
United States Boys Working Re-,
serve. The County Committee of
the Boys Working Reserve for
this locality is prepared to give
boys and parents information
concerning any feature of the
plan that is clouded in their
minds. The big feature that
needs no further explanation
than bald statement is that the
country needs the boy, and needs
him badly, during the coming
summer.
The enrolment card of the Re-
serve, is nearly self-explanatory
OF the manner in which the Re-
serve operates. 1t was stated,
at the outset, that though this
army of farm labor constitutes a
second line of defense for the
country, and an indispensable
one, there is no military feature
nor any compulsion in the pro-
cess.
The enrolment card calls for
the expression of willingness on
the part of the boy to help the
country in the present emerg-
ency. 1t calls also for the con-
sent of his parent to his entering
the Reserve. 1t solicits informa-
tion as to the kind of work that
ne believes he can do to the best
advantage, as to the period of
time for which he will agree to
work and information concerning
his experience, if any, in farm 4
work. q
1t is explained that the boy is
not obligated by his enrolment,
to go to this locality or to that,
when he is asked to go, if the To-
cality assigned is not satisfactory
to him. The effort will be made,
In placing boys, to send each boy
to the locality where he desires
to serve. Should the first assign
ment prove unsatisfactory the
boy is at liberty to so indicate,
and to state his preference as
to localities.
AS to the degree of compulsion
involved in signing the card it is
made plain that the boy who has
signed the enrolment card, may
1t a later date decline work and
De released from his pledge, on
he written request of his parent
'r guardian, but only on such
written request.
c. A. TRAvEBAUGH.
From the office of The State
Director.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-03-28
1AE WAR, THE FARM
AND THE FARMER
BY r ..rbert Quick

own land, haul grain or drive stocl
: TO town, 1t would have done only
\ little more than it accomplished b,
Its interdict against the freedom of tb,
sea. What was the order agains
. which we rebelled when we went in
10 this war? Look at the condition o
the American farmer in, the latte,
part Of 1914 and the first half of 1917
and see.
When the war broke out, through
surprise and panic we partially gave
up for a while the use OF the sea n,
4 highway. And the farmers Of
America faced ruin. know an Iowa
farmer who sold his 1914 crop Of 25,
OOO bushels Of wheat for seventy cents
bushel. Farmers in the south sold
their cotton for half the cost of pro-
ducing it. All this time those nor.
lions OF the world whose ports were
] open were ready to pay almost anv
rrlce for our products. When finally
we set our ships in motion once more.
prosperity returned to the farms. But
u never returned for the farmers of
nose nations which remained cut off
from ocean traffic.
rake the case Of Australia. There
three crops have remained unsold or
the farms. No ships could be spared
10 make the long voyage to Australia
SO in spite of the efforts of the gov
ernment to save the farmers from
ruin, grain has rotted in the omen.
Millions Of tons have been lost for
lack OF market.
Such conditions spell irretrievable
disaster. Such conditions would have
prevailed in this country from the out.
break Of the war until now if our
government had not first resisted with
every diplomatic weapon, and finally
drawn the sword.
Why did we draw the sword? To
Keep up the price Of wheat and cot
ton, and to protect trade only? If
someone should order you to remain
on your farm, and not to use the pub
lie highways. would your resistance
be based only on the fear of loss in
profits from failure to market your
crops? BY no means! You would fight
to the last gasp! Not to make money,
but to be free!
When a man is enslaved, all he
loses in money Is his wages Rut tho
white man has never been able to &C.
cept slavery. He has news vet been
successfully enslaved. There rises up
in him against servitude a resentment
20 terrible that death always is
preferable.
second to be published next week.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-03-28

Ihe farmer everywhere love-
peace. The American farmer e,ue
c'ally loves peace. Since the dawn O
history, the farmer has been the MAJ
VINO suffered most from war. All tha
ne possesses lies out of doors n plair
sight and is spoil of war n house
his grain, his livestock. X flames
that light the skies in the rear OF
every invading army are CT cunning
The things that yesterday re ,sented
LIS lie work, and the life labors OF
past generations of farmers.
Everywhere the farmer is a warrior
when war is the only thing which will
make and keep him free. He cannot
rally to the colors as quickly as can
me dwellers in the cities, because it
takes longer to send to the farms the
call 10 arms. 1t takes longer to call
lle farmers from the fields than the
CITY dwellers from the shops. Many
90 not hear the first blast of the
trumpet. Others do not at first under
s,and its meaning because they have
not had the time to talk the matter
over with their acquaintances. Instead
OF reading half dozen extras a day,
the farmer may read weekly papers
only: He must have more time in a
sudden emergency to make up his
mind.
1t is impossible to set the farmers
OF the United States on fire by means
OF any sudden spark Of rumor. But
when they do ignite, they burn with
a slow, hot fire which nothing can put
out. They are sometimes the last to
neat up; but they stay hot. In a long
fight they are always found sturdily
carrying the battle across No.Man's
Land in the last grim struggle. The
American farmer will give all that he
has and all that he is to win this
great war against war.
This war was at first hard to under.
stand. No armed foe had ir,adcd the !
United States. The night skies were
not Redeemed by burning ricks and |
farm houses. No raiding parties
robbed us of our cattle or horses. No
saber'rattlers insulted our women. It
seemed to many of us that we were
not at war-the thing was so far of.
We did not realize what a giant war
mad become-a monster with n thou. |
sand arms that could reach across the
seas and take from us three.fourths OF |
everything we grew But finally we
saw that 1t was so.
If the Imperial German government
had made and enforced an order that
no American farmer should leave his
This is the first Of three articles. Tn,
Licking Valley courier., 1918-03-28

Plaisantin offered in payment
of bill a gold piece which had a
suspicious ring.
Here, you've given me one of
those false coins that the counter
filters have just been arrested
for making" said the merchant.
impossible" answered Plais-
antin. 1T is dated 1868; if it
were false, surely it would have
been found out before this. La
Gaulois.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-03-28
AcloSely Drilled Field is Short Lived

Those who are familiar with
the gas industry have long real
lzed that closely drilled field is
short lived and that in most pools
the later wells are less likely to
be profitable than the early ones.
Few operators, however, have
attempted to determine the rea-'
sons for these conditions, and
most of the business men and
Others are occasionally induced
to take a flyer" in gas produc-
ing seem to be ignorant of their
existence. Hence, in many east
ern gas fields there are more
wells than are necessary or prof
liable and in some fields the
wells are crowded so closely that
many of them have never pro-
duced enough gas to pay for
themselves.
The geologic study of the
Cleveland field indicates that in
most fields the wells that are
brought in after the general pres
sure has declined to one-half of
its original amount are unproft-
able, and that in many fields
this point may be reached when
the pressure had declined only
one-half,
Licking Valley courier., 1918-03-28

The county paper is a positive
necessity to every farmer, also
to every school teacher who can
read, and if those teacher that
can't read intelligibly will take
the Jackson Times and read it
closely they will soon learn to
read. Jackson Times.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-03-28

successful attempts to put one
over on the Governor of Ken
lucky and the Iaw-abiding people
OF Lee county," much good will
result.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
From Barrel Wrestler
to Oil Baron is Raise
Of Former Omaha Man

From wrestling barrels to head of
the Standard Oil company of Indiana
is the remarkable advance in the
business world made by Lauren J.
Drake, formerly of Omaha
Forty-two years ago he started
wrestling barrels for the same COM
pany of which he is now head at
Keokuk. Now he sits in an impressive
collection of offices in Chicago as
president of the Standard Oil COM
pany of Indiana. Following his ap-
premiership he came to Omaha as
general western manager and lived
here until 1896, when he was trans
ferred to Chicago. In 1902 he attained
desk in 26 Broadway, New York
City, as chairman of the domestic
trade committee for eight years and
later was director of the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey.
Upon the dissolution in 1912 he re-
turned to the Indinana corporation as
vice president. Follwing the death of
w. P. Cowan, he succeeded him as
president of the company. His son,
S. c. Drake, will take his place on
the directorate.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Will Enroll Students in
High School Next Week

Enrolment for the fall term will
begin Monday at the Central High
school. Starting at $50 o'clock in
the morning each day the students
will enroll by classes. Seniors will
register Monday, juniors Tuesday,
sophomores Wednesday, freshmen
who have had semester's work
Thursday, and new freshmen Friday.
Students who have been tutoring
during the summer will be given ex-
animation for high school credit Sat-
urday morning at g.
School will open at $40 in the
mornings and will be dismissed at
2:43 in the afternoon. This is FIVE
minutes earlier and later than last
year, and is being done so that
home room period" of 10 minutes
may be held before the first regular
period.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Librarian Plans Another
Drive for Books for Soldiers

Another drive for books for the
men in military service will be pro-
NOTED by Miss Tobit, public Ii
brarian. She believes that this is an
opportune time for such a drive, as
many are moving from their summer
to their winter homes and do not wish
to be burdened by extra books.
Miss Tobit wishes to emphasize
that only interesting books are de-
sired. War books such as Gerard's
-Four Years in Germany" and other
recent publications are much in de-
mand among the soldiers.
"A better class of books are being
offered for our soldiers" said Miss
Tobit, "but at first we received some
very funny volumes. There was one
receipt book that was published in
1845, and the first receipt in the book
called for II eggs. Now how could
a soldier or any one else use book
like that?"
Miss Tobit hopes to receive as
many as hundred books day DUR
ing the drive.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Fort Omaha Balloon Men to
Military Ball at krug Park

Balloon school men of the goth
company are to have an official out
ing and dance at Krug park next
Tuesday night for the benefit of the
company fund. Among the features
will be a military grand march, led
by the men of the Goth balloon COM
pany, and some patriotic. songs by a
quartet of soldiers from the same
company.
Wednesday night was patriotic
night at Krug park, when the man
agement staged a grand march with
patriotic music, patriotic decorations
and gifts of patriotic caps, flags, etc,
for all.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Wants Divorce Because His
Wife Would Not Live Here

w. B. Lano says, in his petition for
divorce, filed Friday in district court,
that his wife, Helen, refused to come
from Chicago and live with him IN
Omaha when he secured position
here in June, 1917. In July, 1918, he
alleges, she came here, took room at
a hotel, telephoned to him and when
he appeared, beat him and heaped
unsavory epithets upon him. He is
willing to give her alimony but wants
a divorce.
Katherine Novak asks divorce
from her husband, Thomas, to whom
she was married at Boka, Austria
Hungary, in 1909. She alleges deser-
ton and nonsupport.
Katy Sobczyk wants divorce from
Mike, to whom she was married in
1902. She says he deserted her six
years ago. She asks custody of their
14-year-old boy and 500 month ali
mony.
Henry c. Geest flied a petition for
divorce from Mona on the ground Of
extreme cruelty. Lucy Hudgens asks
a divorce from Louis on the ground
of cruelty.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Charge Food Violation to
Election Tour Of MANAGER

Representatives of the Columbus
BottIihg works entered a plea of gull
ty to charges of violating the food
administration sugar rules Friday.
The infraction was explained as either
a clerical error or ignorance of the
regulations on the part of the office
force.
The manager of the company,
busily engaged in campaign for
state representative, knew nothing of
the infraction until summoned before
the food administration.
The company was ordered to use
no more sugar for the balance of the
month and the allowance was de-
creased 20 per cent for the next
month. They voluntarily contributed
$3.50 to the Red Cross.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Garbage Issue Still
Daily Subject With
Omaha City Council

Like a certain ghost OF dramatic
renown, the garbage question will
not down, wherefore the city COM
missioners are lugubrious. -.
Two weeks ago the council
awarded James Whalen a contract
for buying at $z.s5 per ton all gar
bage hauled by the city. Mr.. Wha-
len has advised the city that he will
not enter into a contract.
Commissioner Ringer, who has
charge of the garbage department,
submitted to the council a resolu-
ton in which he proposed that the
city shall establish a hog-feeding
yard and use the garbage hauled by
the city. He proposed that the
yard should hold 5000 hogs and
that the city planning board draw
the plans. The resolution was
voted down.
Commissioner Butler renewed his
proposal that the city vote bonds
for incinerators. Mayor Smith sug-
gested that new bids shall be adver-
tised for.
The garbage question will not
down.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
No Need to Go to France
to See Motor Service in War

Women will not need to go to
France as ambulance drivers to see
motor service, according to Miss
Margaret Riley of the Red Cross
salvage headquarters.
There is great need for women who
will devote a part of their time to
driving a truck for the salvage corps,
says Miss Riley. These volunteers
will act as censors on the goods do
mated as there has been much use
less material hauled to the headquar-
ters. There will be no heavy work
required, as boys will accompany the
drivers to carry all packages.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
ALLEGED king"
OF AUTO THIEVES
FOUND GUILTY
Children Identify Izze FirsChe
as the Man Who Stole
Drumming Auto from
Street.

1zze Firsche. alleged king" of auto
bandits, was arraigned in police court
Friday morning on a charge of grand
larceny, in connection with the theft
of an automobile belonging to julius
], Brunning farmer. living on rural
route No. 4. South Side This was
the fourth time within two weeks
that FlrSche has been arraigned in
connection with auto thefts in
Omaha.
Oowetch Brunning, l3-year -old
daughter of Drumming, testified that
on August 2 she was sitting in her
fathers automobile, which was parked
at Seventeenth and Dodge streets,
when a man answering Firsche's de-
scription came to the car and told her
to go and help her mother, who was
shopping in Hayden's store. carry
some bundles. She said she was
afraid of the man and went into the
store to find her mother When she
and her mother returned a few min
utes later the car was missing. 1t
has not been recovered. Her brother,
Francis, 10 years old, also testified
that he had seen the same man loiter-
ing about the machine shortly before
it was stolen. Firsche was bound to
the district court on $4,000 bond.
On August IS Firsche was bound
over to the district court on two
charges of grand larceny for the al
legged theft of automobiles. The bond |
was fixed at $1,000 on each count On
August IS he was arraigned on a
charge of receiving stolen property,
after testimony showed stolen car
had been recovered by detectives in
a garage which Firsche had rented
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Market Gardeners Are
Forced to Leave Farms
AS Their Crops Dry Up

Dry weather has practically put the
truck gardeners around Omaha out Of
business for this year and there is a
marked scarcity of all sorts of home
grown products to be found on the
market tables.
Gardeners in many cases are clean
ing up their affairs on the small farms
and are coming to the city for jobs,
leaving the women folks at home to
handle what little remains.
This has been the worst year in
the history of Omaha for the truck
gardeners" asserted a commission
man who is familiar with the situa-
ton. Few had any sweet corn at all
and very few will have any potatoes
because of the continued dry
weather."
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Nebraska to Send Out
More Men for Limited
Service Army Work

Nebraska has received two new
calls for national army men. The
state is to furnish 96 negro soldiers
and Omaha will furnish Sc of them,
as follows: Board No. l, 5; No 2,
10; No. 3, As; No. 4, II; No. s, 10.
They will entrain from Omaha Sep
tember l for Camp Lewis, American
Lake, Wash.
The second cali is for 400 limited
service men. Omaha's quota of this
call is 81 men; No l will furnish I;
No. 2, IS; No. 3, IS; No. 4, l8; No.
5, ID; No. E, 9.
The limited service men will 60 to
Fort Riley, Kan, the first week in
September.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
HUGE VIGILANCE
COMMITTEE WILL
PURSUE BANDITS
Commercial and Professional
Men Form Organization to
Break Up Gang of Omaha
Automobile Thieves.

\ huge vigilance committee, made
up of representatives of the various
civic organizations of Omaha, with
leaders in all of the different COM
mercial, industrial and professional
activities OF the city as members, is
being formed for the purpose of put
ting stop to automobile stealing
in Omaha.
Work in perfecting the new vigi-
lance committee has been in progress
for weeks and it is believed a meet
ing of the men proposed for member
ship will be called within the next "a
hours for the purpose of outlining a
program and mapping out a plan of
campaign that will result In perma-
nently breaking up the gang of or
ganized automobile thieves and
fences" which has had its headquar-
tiers here. and which, during the three
years it has been operating has con-
fscated automobile property belong
ing to Omaha citizens and residents
of Nebraska and Iowa towns to the
value of hundreds of thousands f
dollars.
Through the activity of the police
department, resulting from pitile.j
publicity given to conditions here,
automobile thefts in Omaha have de-
creased from an average of 8 per day
to comparatively nothing. There has
Mt been report Of stolen car made
to the police department. since August
H. In the meantime the department
has recovered more stolen cars than
the total loss reported since the first
of the month.
Police Are Capable,
This proves to the persons inter-
ested in the organization of the new
vigilance committee that the police
can intelligently cope with the STUD
ton if they are permitted to do SO
without hindrance to their efficiency,
and it is to secure this efficiency and
procure permanent results that the
new organization is being brought
about.
The new organization will cooper
ate with the police and with all other
agencies that are designed to cope |
with the problem of wholesale auto
mobile stealing and the promoters
feel confident of obtaining such per-
manent results as will make it hazard
Gus and dangerous for criminals or
their abettors to engage in the busi-
ness in the future.
1t is understood that one of the
purposes of the new civic organiza-
ton is to vigorously aid in the prose-
cution of this class of criminals. OF
every shade and degree of turpltude,
and let none who are guilty escape
The organization is being per-
fected through the civic branches OF
Chamber of Commerce and related
activities.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Dick Kitchen Shot Three
Times-With Serum Gun

Private Dick Kitchen, former man
ager OF the Paxton hotel, and now
serving his country in the quarter
masters department at Fort Omaha,
was shot yesterday.
In fact he was shot three times
with a prophylactic gun and re
ceived three charges of serum in his
body as typhus preventive,
Dick is a very sick man today, but
his patriotism is still unimpaired.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Captain Markell Leaves for
Embarkment Port in East

Capt. P. H. Markell, former man
agsr of the Millard hotel, was ordered
to a port of embarkation yesterday,
and from there will sail to some
place in France" for overseas duty
in the quartermaster's department Of
the expeditionary forces.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Mar
kel, who will remain in the east until
her husbands departure and will then
return to this city to make her home
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Kitchen, until the return of Captain
Markell from the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Burglars Attempt to Blow
Douglas Shoe Company Safe

The store of the Douglas Shoe
company at 2413 N street was entered
last night through a back wiadow
and an attempt was made to blow the
safe. Nitroglycerin was used. The
fuse burned to within an inch Of the
charge and went out. Evidently the
thief was scared out before a second
attempt could be made. Three dol
lars was taken from the cash
drawer.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-24
Council Refuses Contract
for Fifty Trash ReCeptaCles

City council voted against award
ing to an Evansville, Ind, firm a
three-year contract to permit placing
50 trash receptacles at down town
corners. The proposed terms were
that the company would place the
receptacles without cost to the city
and would collect revenue for adver-
tislng space.
Commissioner Zimman led the fight
against this street corner advertising
DECORATION. Mayor Smith and Conn.,
missioner Butler favored the PROPOSE
ton.