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FILER RECORDoen
A-N INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER BY WILE M ZENTZ.
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due« to lyou the Filer Heron], u brand
new publication. Treat it kindly an I
it will work faithfully for you.
■lotto i« "a Squire deal for every
body." If it fails to live typ to the
high ideal« it Aspires it will not In*
from a lark of eornest desire or ef
fort. The writer, who «hall endeavor
ha guide the destinies of The
Ha» T.eea engaged in the puhliration of
a' pap. r in .Nobrahka the past slxteeo
year« and still owns the pulillratinu,
hot rame li
berause of ill health and so pleased
was!;. H'lii tin .lion of Inrle Hum
domain that he derided to (orate here.
With this idea paramount, we have
leased whnl i* known us the Tanner
newspaper plant, with a pun-hnse op
lion, and begin the paldii-atioo of The
Berurd If yon like it, tell your
friends; if you do not like It, tell us.
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Harped fully,
W, M. ZENTZ.
OUR POLICY
The question I* frequehtly asked:
"What kind of a paper are you going
to runt"
W« hope to run a "nr»*'* paper,
aad with your hrlp we can do it.
I'otilirally this paper is Independent.
I'olitieal newspaper* are neither p)|
nlar nor financial success«« in sin ill
town**, au matter what they may advn
rale. In matter* |olitic«l, loeial nr
religious we shall not intentionally
play any favorite«.
If you iletire a religion« publication
yoq subscribe for one of the many
puhliration» dealing cxelusirely with
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tnrtt mut t cl w i iM* I y io. Ho ii it trut) Hl
ng the many
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olli«-r matter*, why not In -Hitter* pull
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Choose from at
make a study uf the body politic.
But alway* t*kn your hame paper
fur it* bom« interest*.
YOU ARE WELCOME
The Rei-oid office is now located in
the Mum * ft ..ff: c building, where you
wdl find • ready weleotne at any time.
The room is not large bu no room is
too «mall fur a friend and we trust
that we may lie able to designate every
mau. woman and child in this com
munity by such title.
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Tin« countv ngviit is lht* Horvnnt of the item.!,* all fho do..
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1*1** III the county, lie must not allow llimselt to be matte the
tool or convenience of a few selfish or influential citizens This
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It count V the «gellt must W.lk thnmgh lot'll I (•I'glUlizntlitllS, tie
veloping nil'll 1 leihlcrs US I.l|>e11v Hs he CMU, w ho CMU help him
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in lus work. W licie there ic no l-eal «.•g.ilHznt.ons the .lent
.»list rit 11 "it I th 11 i s 1 1 -o -i ! ;t « . community selltcr, Itelllg the met I
inm through which guthcrillga of fnnncnt call be prttlliotol
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IrtM* inmi tile influences thnt corne fnuu the support ot e.luca
tm Util me«sures by privntc funtls. lining eilueutiotuil work of
the hi,-: .st kill.!, mil I is reaching the people that Iiee.l to he
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COUNTY AGENT THE SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE
The I nitc«l Stall's Ihquirtincut of Agricultur«', in cooper
ation with the Hgricultnrni colleges. State «lepnrtments of «g
rienltnre, counties, mill other asstwititions within tin* State
county, has been ileveloping a syste of eluent ion for the conn
try {HH.plc on the farms nnd in tin* homes, the objects of which
uro:
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ss.-ti,..sate .tfornintion in the hands of «grien I
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tnr«J colleges. e\|iet intent ,sl»tl"HS, til** rctlcr:d Department ol
Agricnltllle, uml the b< t fanners III such maimer as to h«vc
this knowledge put into pructitv on -verv farm Fourteen
year- e\)>erielU'e III developing (lie system ol instruction
■douitou of the following fundnnupntnl priucinlen:
o' at It txsplll' - pi 1 son« contai - 1 bet \v ■ en t lie tench
L To project agrienlture mid rnrwl life on a higher plane
of profit, digmt v. and influent e; and to that end.
8 To tb
lie til be taught t" bring the be>t eiluontional
I lint exainpie- or I iemollstratioil' vvork-d out bv
the farmer on his own farm under careful plans nnd in
struction« arc most effective means of instruction.
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• nt'-i» of influence and strong personal lend
crsllili are e.»>elltial in anv broml system for cdVating I
tiuiBuoa ontsi.lo of uelmols' '
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BRADFÜBD KNAPP, t hief.
Extension Work South, State Relation Sen - ice.[
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NONPARTISAN JOURNAL
CEASES PUBLICATION
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the LETDOWN AFTER THE WAR
Has a Brief But Strenuoua Caraer l.i
Field of Journalism.
j Following aalrenuou» fight for prar
j tirally one year The Nonpartisan .1 our
I rrnw«l publh-ution last week and
w publication* jdiconi X like
Up. The plant lined in
i of The Nonparti*a„
1 a eoMiilidl
tion of the plant* of The Filer Journal
and Kuhl f'ioiuwr, which publication*
ThU week the plant »»«
divided practically a* it »a* before Ihe
consolidation. The old I'iotieer plant
will he returned to Ituhl and The Ituhl
... will again bloom a- a Hepuh
licationurgan with (»arten A Mali ««
puhliahera, both of whom arc practical ,
prinler* ami ]»uMiaher*.
i two
haw «(»rung
the puldii-atio |
Journal made up
it succeeded
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Whfri th»» atruin of thr war perio'l
(•nijpil iiiHRiy j»#*o|*ltt c|•*viilo|>#ol it ciiNtt
of that tired feeling. They were sick 1
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of wheatless days and meatless meal*.
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n.ey haled this continual prodding to
c«erci»e thrift, gm moarv, -n> • food,
buy bond* Many of them see mo
reason why they should not live just
na they did before the ear.
Vet the sacrifices tint have been
made will he futile if they hiCT* not
n'!d"t'hc' M r" t "f' thc Amen""-, people"
It developed „« the remit of cerium
world wide («ndeiiciea in which eiery
people had roiiiu share. If war* are to
he avoided in future, ever/one must
lake some share in building a nee civil
i/ ilion on a firmer basi'i.
There are cverlain lestions that ev
erv sensible person sboul I In»/.' loam
\ few are
One; To stop the pud-uit of niowy
n* the first end in life. The moue/
grabbing spirit ■» •duee* ho«tili»v be
jrv.en elasses, and maii-s ill nation
lesr „„.ted n!.r„ it coefry.it, dlffi
«•llltlHN.
Two: ..I nsllv w.'h nil men
ll 1 1 versai wnl I produce na
t !.. hiv I unity, and a mined nalien ir n
powerful nation.
Three; Ti cxvr -Is - thr 'ft. and »A' <•
money each ys ir This will produet
• ,,int w ' 11 <• * v« I«. » «ha resource»
n f rountry, ma'. « it rratly ft r any
t iiutuwucv. ;iiuI rotliirp livt'iif vont«
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Pour: Ti» aiv« nom«' tim« rnKiilar'v t»
proniot«' «'omniuiiity miMm. The muri
who liie, for himself al . gels no
'•••'l* "'•"'f people. If his neigh
bur* nro like him. he get* no help from
the udvanre of his eomtnutillv.
If such idea» have .been acquired the
war experience has hid value The
Sednlia Democrat. j
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ed from this experience
suggested:
THE SMOKY TRAIL
Not long since it wna anuoum-ed |
that "X President Taft would tour tie
country and speak hi behalf of the
League of Nations, then i-aine the no i
nounrenient that Henntor Borah of !
Idaho would trail Mr. Taft and speak
iu opposition, ami now eomea the
statement that rndieal
suffragette*
from the nation'* capitol will trail Mr,
Bornh lo haras* amt einharns* him.
Doubtless other trailers will follow
these and this will lie a "long, long
trail a winding'' that leads to nowhere.
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War Council on Retirement An
nounces Cash and Supplies
Contributed.
H. P. Davison Head« International
Dnvlaoti a* chairman Issues Ihe follow
Ing statement on behalf of the War
Council of the American Red (,'ros* :
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WORKERS WILL -CARRY ON.
g| v< u.g Societies in World Wide Plan.
American Bed Croes Commiuion.
Or. Llvlngeton Farrand Permanent
Leader of Peace Organization.
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Rwl Croao appointed by President Wll
son on May 10, 1017, to carry on the
work of Ihe American Hod Croaa ilur
Washington.—(Special.) Henry P,
'•To Ihe American People:
••The War Council of the American
lug the war, at their request and by
of the «'entrai ( "«inimitée, ceased
Vuff
ni nililiiliflit, February 2H.
"Iinm**<llalHy die armistice wai
MltfiitHl iliu War Ctiunfll liistiltufwtJ
"» •'«'termine when the strict
ly war work of Ihe organization would
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have been aulllclenlly matured to en
^ |h<> , 1lr , (lf „(talra t „
sinnad by the permanent »laff. Henry
p tiavlson, being In Parla when the
armistice was signed, aiininiuned a
ronferenee there of Ihe heads of all
Hie Red Cross Commissions in Europe
lo ' a "' aa « sllualloti After Con
; aldertng nil the factors It was con
to make the transition on
March 1 The very fortunate choice
of Dr Livingston Fnrrund as Ihe new
chairman of the Central Committee,
and thereby the permanent chief ex
ecu live of the Red Cross, makes posai
i >1 the consummation of this plan un
der the most favorable conditions.
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Account* Audited by War Department.
"Detailed reporta lo Congress and n
complete audit of Us accounts by the
\v„ r Department will constitute the
n , m | r , H . or ,| ,,f itexl Cross activity dur
,, ||ie wur A | tlll)UKll lt hns been
r ,„^ IIlllU „ «xpendl
. a . a a e « •
""■ , * a wheo »ulhorlxed and to give de
Hilled Information relative to all work
undertaken, Ihe War «'ouncll In turn
Ing over Its responsibilities to Dr. Fur
mud anti his assoclnles desire to give
a brief resume of Ited Cross war time
activities to vibe American people, to
w i,„ n i (he lied Cross belong, and whose
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loiitrlhutlnmi have made i»om
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sh»* h 11 that bttM t»**»*n a»*«oiiiil ImImmI
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"Durlli* H-e past nearly twenty one
nionlhs the American people have
given In cash anil supplies to the
American Red Cross more than $400.
(Xto ,000 No value cun he placed upon
the contributions of service which
|, UVP been given without stint and of
teullmes at great sm-rltU-e by millions
of our people.
"The effort of the American Heil
Cr "»«' ln *»•*■ ' var ,,M * ••"»«lltiite.l hy
fur the largest voluntary glfis of
money, of hand ami heart, ever con
irtbuted purely for the relief of hu
man suffering. Through the Red Croaa
Ihe heurt and spirit of the whole
American people hnve been mobilized
, . .
f our own, to relieve Ihe
misery Incident to the war, anil also
to reveal to Ihe world Ihe supreme
Iden I* of our national life
"Everyone who has hail any part In
this war effort of the Red Cross Is en
tilled to congratulate himself No
thanks from anyone could be equal In
wry
one should feel for the part taken.
p„|| y American women have
exerted themaelvea III Red «'rosa serv
„m, m
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Vmerl.-an Red Cross had about .MSI net)
members Today, ns the result of the
recent Chrlslmiis memhershlp Roll
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full J. t Id roenibers out'alde , » r th# mstn
bars of tli# Janlor Red Cross, number
Ing perhaps 9,000.01)0 school children
''The chief effort of the Red Croaa
••<•*«« »•*" *»f ... «•» ' ar e <'"■
mir men In service and to slit our
army and tint wherever the Red
Cross may he cnlleil on to assist. As
lo this phase of Ihe work Surgeon Cen
erst Ireland of the V. S Array ns-ent
'The Red Cross has he»-ii an
enterprise ss vast ns the war Itself
From the beginning II ha* done those
things which the Army Medical Corps
wmtied done, hut could not do itself '
''The Red t 'Is
ly said ■
cndeav#r In France
has naturallv been tusui an exception
ally large »eitle where service has
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to !«*• Fivnt*h Army «M Ih#
French ins.ple a* well. Ihe latter par
: ' - " !ar,v ,r * ln * Period
W ..".ri!l"m
fur the Americas Army to «rlae la
fare# and power Hospital emergency
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greatly diminished, but the Red Croaa
■cm beug al led uis'n for service
v° n • •••»* S'« 1 «* in Ik* great h««e
hasp' . ■> thomoada of Amen
can sick and wounded are still recelv
$ atlennon At the»« hospital* the
Red «'n»»s supplies huts and facllltle«
for Ihe amusement and recreation of
the men a* they become convalescent.
,>ur Army of (Xvupatlon In Oemsany
*■« m*m< with Me.ii. a i units pw*
r *^* ,0 r, * n,, '' r <s,w emergency
* nd * 11, ' ply Wh,ch *" th '
' Cross
during hostilities The Army «'aateeo
service along the Hues of travel has
p, e. ,,ow thal hav " c ' eaM * M
dM> french thcuinelvca naturally prc
fee na far »a ;x<aslblc lu provide fur
their own )i has *'cordmgly been dr
lenulned ilint the guiding principle uf
Ita-cl <'ruaa |»»il<> In France henceforth
ahall he to hove punctilious regard to
I(m every responsibility, but tu din'l l
lia efforta primarily to a«al*tlDg
French relief societies. The llhuratsd
and devastated region* of Frame have
been divided by Hie government into
atnall dlatrleta, each oltlciully aaaigned
to » (lealglialed French relief organ!
ne linn
"The American I£ed Cro*» «nek In
France »a* Initiated by a commission
of eighteen men who landed on French
shore* June IS, 1917, Since then
«nine 9,'SSI persona have been upon the
roll* In f rame, of whom 7,1X10 were
Actively engaged when Ihe armistice;
was signed. An Indication of the pres
ent scale uf Ihe work wjll be obtained
from Ihe fact that Ihe service* of 0,000
persona are »(ill required.
"Our American Expeditionary Force
having largely evacuated England, the
activities of the Ited fro»» Commis
alon there are naturally upon a diinin
lahlng scale fierlod. Active operations
are »till In progress In Archangel and
Siberia.
entirely on behalf of the civilian pop
ulation of I licit country. In the critical
hours of Italy's struggle the American
people, through their lied Cross, sent
a practical message of sympathy and
relief, for which the government and
people of Italy have never «eased to
express their gratitude.
"The work in Italy ha* been almost
Supplies and Personnel to Near East,
"The occasion for sueh concentra
tlon of effort In Italy, England, It«L
glum and even In Prance having nalur
ally and normally diminished, It has
been possible to divert supplies and
personnel In large measure to the aid
of those people In the Near East who
have hitherto been Inaccessible to out
side assistance, hut whose sufferings
lin va been upon an appalling scale,
The needs of these peoples are so vast
that government alone cun meet them,
but the American lied Cross I« milking
an effort lo relieve Immediately th«
more acute distress.
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"An extensive group of American
workers bus been dispatched to carry
vitally needed Supplies, and lo work
this winter In the various Halkan coun
tries. in order to co-ordinate lheir ac
tivities, a Balkan commission has been
established, with headquarters at
Rome, Italy, from which point alone
all the Balkan centers can hu reached
promptly.
"A commission has Just reached Ro
land w-ltti doctors ami nurses, medical
supplies, apil food for sick children
and Invalids. An American Red Cross
Commission lias also been appointed
to aid In relieving the suffering of Rus
sian prisoners still confined In Herman
prison equips.
"An Important commission Is still
working in I'alestlne. Through the
war s|tecial co-operation has been
given to the Armenian and Syrian Re j
lief Commission, which was the only |
agency ahle lo carry relief in the In- |
terlor of Turkish dominions.
Red Cross Wdl Continue.
"Red Croaa effort Is thus far flung |
he so. Rut the |
movement represented by this work |
hns likewise assumed an Intimate place I
In the dally life of our people at home. I
The army of workers which has been
recruited mid trained during the war |
must not he demobilized. All sur ex- |
perlence In the war shows clearly that I
there Is an unlimited field for service
of Ihe kjnd which can be performed |
with peculiar effectiveness by the Red j
Cross. What Its future tasks may h«
It I* yet Impossible to forecast We
know that so long a* there Is an Amer
ican army In the field the Red Cross
will have a special function to perform.
be of
It will continue
tance to the Amerieiin Red Cross Ihsn
th|( J UM lt) motfon bT , ll( . rtTP :
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The conception Involves not alone ef
forts to relieve human suffering, hut
to prevent R; not alone a movement
h) . ' th „ of , n , n .„ v id.,ai nation
Imt an attvmpt to arouse all people to .
a- • • reeponsibttlty for the I
welfare of their fellow beings throngh
out the world It is a program both
Ideal and practical. Ideal In that Its j
«'»preme it I in Is nothing h«s than ver
liable "I'ence on earth giaxl will to j
men." ami practical In that it seeks to
lake means and measures which are [
actually available ami make them ef
fectlve In meeting without delay the !
crisis which Is dally recurrent In the
lives of all peoples,
"For n.-computing Its mission In
the yean* of peace which must He
ahead uf us the Red «'ross will require
the ablest posalhie leadership, and !
must enjoy the continued support, syra
palhy. and partlcl|>atlon In Its werk *
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imrticuiarly furtuoai« that »«cb a man
a* l*r l.lvtugatun Farraad »hould hav«
been selected »» th« (lenuaneat bead
? ,?* Th#
fashion In which ah our people gave
of themselves throughout the war Is
• . u our R«d crass
win continu# to receive that '•n-ci'er*
th>n which will mak« Its work a source
of pride and Inspiration to «very Amer
liwh"
g r Davison «« chalmna of th* la
ternatlonal Commission of the Amen p
,mn Red Cross, |,as undertaken to rep
the American Red Cross la the
preparation of the program for extend
.q y"ro*a activities, and will sivend
(hP ,, T er«i mm «
consultation with other Red Cross aocl
*«'" «W "'«t Purpose.
THE WAR I'F the amkk
1C AN RED «'ROSS.
Henry I*. Ihivlaou. Chairman
BIG NONET FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS
An Opportunity to Help This Paper, the Government and Your
self.
I hi order to build a subscription list rapidly for Tin* Record
w<* art* going to offer tin* biggest commission ever offered for
subscriptions.
Every enterprising boy and girl lias a chance at tliis :
For a limited time we offer for every cash subscription
A little work evenigs and Satur
To the boy or girl bringing tie
largest number of subscriptions each week we will give as an
extra premium one war saving stamp.
So that all may have an equal chance no subscriptions turn
ed in before Saturday of tlii.» week will be counted in the war
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brought in two thrift stamps,
days will bring you big returns.
si
savings stamp contest.
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR.
Tlit* Ford Motor Company
have instructed us to sell the
genuine Ford Parts to any and
every reliable Garage who will
pledge their use in the repair
of Ford cars. The genuine
Ford Parts are absolutely ne
cessary to the owner of Ford
cars that he may get full serv
ice from his ear. We carry
them and so, we hope, in a
short time will every reliable
Garage. We solicit your serv
ice business because we have
the Ford Methods, th*- Ford
Parts, the Ford Mechanics and
the Ford prices. Incidentally
would be glad to get your ord
er for one or more Ford Cars.
The Filer Auto Co.
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