TO ALLUMOS H8RALD, MAY 2, 1918
Railroad News of Interest
LETTER FROM AN
EX RAILROADER
r. J. Brandon, Formerly Employed
b) Kurllngton at Alliance,
Nend Interesting letter
have about iwcniy big nail In eacb
one. After a big day's drilling these
fellows arc nil in. but in t.ree weeks'
tlm they have forgotten to growl
and begin to enjoy their work. I
claim that the army la making a lot
of men out of chronic sissies.' The
men here at camp are pretty good
only forty-two in ' e guard house to
day. Well, how are all the boys
there. I imagine that moat of them
are drafted by now? Must close for
this time, as it is time to turn in.
With best wishes and kind regards to
all my Alliance friends.
Your old friend,
W. J. BRANDON
"My Pear Friend Jack:
"Juat received the good, old Alli
ance Herald, and It sure was appre
ciated, making me think of the good
old times Alliance furnished me in
times past. Time certainly does
Change things, doesn't it? I am well,
as usual, and am on the go from 6
a. m. until 11 p. m. every day, al
ways doing something. We are get
ting bayonet practice, and its sure or here on 42
great stuff. A fellow can get some
mighty wicked Jabe from a blow. I
don't imagine we engineers will get
to use them, but we are being prepar
ed for every emergency.
"Our camp here is Ideal, with ev
ery kind of amusement furnished that Two work traina have been put on
you could think of. The barbers' , the last week at Antioch. The com-
union gave our company a complete pany Is building sidetracks and stor
baseball outfit. Ily now we are pro-;age tracks to accommodate the ranld
American Expeditionary forces, Fort
Meyer, Virginia."
Dan Fitzpatrick is laying off at
present because of his wife's illness.
Henry Nelson caught Dan's turn out
Fngineer McOutre and fireman
caught a work train out of here Mon
day and have been working at Hyan-
nis and Whitman this week.
ly increasing potaBh plants.
Engineer N. T. Shawver was at the
round house office and Bays that he
expecta to be able to go to work in a
few days.
fessionals. I am in the first platoon,
flrBt squad. Today our platoon play
ed the third platoon, with results In
our favor, score 2 to 1. Played short
etop myself and being rather long for
a short job got away good, making
Ave doubles, caught three high ones; j o
at the stick got two hits, one being aj Fred Allen has been laying off the
tome run. Our second lieutenant past week. J. A. Wolverton 1b in
caught for us. He's a splendid fellow Fred's turn out of here.
but no hall player to speak of, except 0
at the bat, where he is good. He's a I Jonn S'lrk went to Plattsmouth
jxent big fellow and Jolly as can be, i on company business Tuesday of this
and with ub in everything. There i week.
Isn't a fellow in th company t hat j
wouldn't risk his life for him.
"Arlington cemetery is across from
the parade grounds. Sunday after-i
Boon we went through It. Saw the I tn' main ,in''
mast of the battleship Maine, and the, 0(1 an hour.
graves of some of O e nntlonal heroes
There was so much of intrest there to
see.
Miss Nell TaBh and mother visited
Charles Tash in Denver the first of
the week. Charles has left for Camp
Funston.
Clarence Scbafer has bought the
residence of Harry Dubuque. Mr. Du
buque has in turn purchased the resi
dence of Jerry Rowan.
The mother of Mis. Dr. Single
leaves this week for her home at
Ablngton, HI.
drover Sutton, of Alliance, and Es
telle Denton, of Wlllette, Wyo., were
arrled by Judge T.-'sh at the court
house Wednesday.
Mrs. Pate and Mrs. Dole were host
esses at the Red Cross Kensington
held Thursday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Dole.
Meetings are being held every
n'ght at the Baptist church and wfll
continue over Sunday. The boosters'
band will Blng Saturday night. A
special service for women only will
he held Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock. There have been forty-five
professions and fifteen received into
the church for baptism. The evangel
ist and singer are proving themselves
up to expectations.
AGENT ON TREATING
OF SEED POTATOES
County Agent deorge Nenswnnger
dives Advice on Methods of Treat
ing Bpnds for Seed
In response to an Inquiry from The
Herald, County Agent George Neu
swanger has lasued the following
statement on the treating of seed
potatoes:
"There is some difference of opin
ion among potatoes growers of the
county as to the value of seed treat
ment In many cases too much has
been expected from only one year's
treatment, treating alone or treat
ing just for one year will not eradi
cate the scab. Treating must be done
each year and In conjunction with
other control measures, such as ro
tation of crops if t' e best remits are
to be bad.
"If comparatively di3ease-free seed!
Is selected, treated according to di-j
rectlOM and planted on disease-free I
soil such diseases as scab can be'
largely controlled. Experiments have
shown that the organisms causing
scab may live in the soil as long as
five years, and hence there is more or
less danger in planting potatoes oft
ener than every fifth year on the
same soil, in no case should they be
planted oftener than every third year.
"The greatest losses from scab may
be expected ! alkaline soils, while
some other diseases are more com
mon in acid soilB. In some of more
important potato producing areas
scab is kept under control by plow
ing under green manure crops, but
that practice cannot be followed in
Box Butte county due to the limited
rainfall, and hence wo are compelled
to resort to crop rotation and seed
treatment to control potato scab.
"The department of agricultural
botany recommends the folowing
treatment for potato diseases:
" 'Formaldehyde
" 'Pour one pint of formalin (37-40
per cent formaldehyde) into 30 gal
lons of wate- in a barrel or tank.
Soak potatoes in this solution for two
hours. Spread the potatoes out on a
clean canvass or floor to dry. When
dry, the potatoes should be cut and
placed in sacks which have been dis
infected. Care should be taken to
see that the fomalin is
proper
.strength and that the solution ia
made according to directions. This
solution is not poisonous. Recent ex
periments indicate that the time of
treatment may be reduced, though
Buch reduction is not yet recom
mended. orrosh e Sublimate
"Dissolve four ounces of corrosive
sublimate in two gallons of hot wa
ter, add enough water to make thir
ty gallons. Potatoes before being cut
are to be soaked In this solution for
one half hour. This can be done in
any wooden vessel, Buch as a barrel
or tank. Corrosive sublimate should
not be used In metal containers.
Spread the treated potatoes out on a
clean floor to dry. When dry, the
potatoes should be cut and placed in
sacks which have been disinfected.
Precaution: Oorroeive sublimate la
very poisonous and care should be
exercised in It use, treated potatoes
must never be eaten nor fed to stock.
'"In irrigated sections where rhizoc
tonia is an important factor the cor
rosive sublimate method Is recom
mended, but in Box Butte county the
formulin treatment may be expected
to give equally good results.
"Further information may be had
from the county agricultural agent.
Demonstrations will be given where
desired, .
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The wrecker and crew were called
out last night to Hemingford to pick
tip a box car that was derailed, block-
No. 4 2 was delay-
Q. C. Ruth and wife have returned
fhe first day of the liberty loan from ,h,'r viBit t0 ,ne B,ark Hi,,B
campaign on the third drive, our bat
talion paraded in Washington, D. C.
Believe me It was sure great dope.
Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbank and
Charlie haplin were there. They
ure gave the soldiers a welcome that
Will never be forgotten by any of our
company.
"The Y. M. C. A. 1b certainly doing
Its bit in this war. I don't know what
a soldier would do if it wasn't for
them and the Red Cross. The Red
Cross is preparing ub now for the trip
across the big water, furnishing us
with box, sweaters, wool helmets,
wrlslets. gloves and everything that
one needs.
Fort Meyer is certainly a clean and
sanitary camp. No sickness here at
all only home ind love sickness.
Some of thaM si 1 k shirt office boys
aure do hate to hop into the kitchen
and scrub pans and pots, polish the
cut Mass and the mahogany ami wear
the trench shoes, batter known as hob
nail. Each weighs 8'i pounds and
Shorty's smiling face is a welcome ap
pearance at the round house again.
The Hill Jobs were put back on
again this week. One crew at Ard-II
more, Marsland and Edgemont.
3. (). Parsons leaves today for his'
annual fishing trip at Whitman. If,
Johnny is as good at catching bass Ml I
he 1b at engineering, he will clean out j
all the tlBh in the lake at Whitman. '!
Engineer A. W. Newberg received
word last night of the death of his
sister at Julesburg, Colo. Mr. and
Mrs. Newberg left for that place on
301 last night.
Rudolph Malek returned from New
York yesterday where he had been
to attend the funeral of his brother I
He saw one of our large transports
have with two thousand soldiers for,
"over there."
CBADR0M NORMAL
The Chadrog normal orchestra
gnve a concert at ths Pace theatcf
Friday evening, April 19. it was
received with great enthusiasm by a
full h uec rhc class In public school
paste methods have been writing
on nal inalodUs for erses nssitn
d ' :'." V.rmonizini! them. The
pjodel i la working on their
con n n went program.
--o
Tl ! tfl ft several people from the
norvial school In the cast of the play
"AM of nddea Peggy," given un
der the RUSptceS Of the Woman's
Club for the benefit of the Red Cross
Monday night, Those from the nor
mal IB the cast were: Miss I'ett r-
aon George Costlpv and Prof. Clark.
Mist Cowan coached the play rs, a; -is.!
by Miss Pearson, of the high I
gchool, and Miss Paine, of the nor
mal school. - :
The Zeta Alpha club are selling
tickets .for a "Margaret Fisher"' pic
ture a, the R'X Friday night. The
proce ds go to the French orphan
fun'! Besides the pictures there will
"b- music by the Zeta Alpha orches
tra, a vocal solo by Gladys Bailey
and a reading by Lucile Scott.
Earl Sly. former student of the
Bormal, arrived home Sunday from
Camp Funston on a ten-day furlough
At the regular meeting of the Y.
M C. A. Thursday, Jean BliBh play-
ad the prelude, Ursula Miller gave a
Tocal solo and Miss Clark spoke on
The Lesson of the Hour."
On Wednesday of last week during
1Qni iwriod a very clever bur-
4esque of the normal orchestra was I
given uy some ui mo
C. Gordon Beck and family are vis
iting their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Beck, this week. Mr. Beck has just
completed bis course in the officers'
training camp at Funston. graduating
aa second high man out of hie com
pany of 00 people. Peruvians will
car with pride that he ie also one
of the ten men highest in rank in the
whole training camp.
Word has just come from Wash
ington that Mr. LoOffllS has been ap
pointed as emergency district club
leader for this section of Nebraska.
He Will use Friday and Saturday of
each week in this capacity, organizing
boys' and girls' garden clubs in city
and rural districts. One-third of his
salary Will be paid by the I'nited
itates government This is just
recognition which Peru has deserved
: . oB time. It united the work
Of the normal school with the univer
sity and with the national e.overn
EB nt as never before. There Is, no
d ht, tha4 Peru's iBteresta will be
enhanced as well as those of th uni
ly by this combination. Details
of Mr, Loom U' work Will be publish. (1
In most of t' e newspapers through
out this district within the next few
Weeks, His work on Friday and Sat
urday of this week will be in organ!
izing the rural districts of Otoe
county.
President Hayes, natioaal director!
of the N. E. A., for the state of Ne
braska, met with the state executive
committee at the office of the state
superintendent last Wednesday The
state committee consists of the biate
director, State Supt. W. H ("lem
mons, Supt. Jesse H. Newlon, Supt.;
J. H. Beveridge, Acting Chancellor
W. C. Hastings, State High School j
Inspector A. A. Reed, and Dean B. j
E McProud. Already the Nebraska
membership in the N. E. A. has been
increased 300 per cent. The commit-1
tee hopes to enlist at least 1,000
teachers of Nebraska as members of
the N. E. A. during the drive. So far
Nebraska is In the lead of stateB in
the percentage of teachers enrolled.
Falrbury alone has 100 per cent ac
tive membership of its teaching force.
President Hayes has Bent a leiter
containing a patriotic appeal to all
the young men who are graduating
from high school this year. The pur
pose of the appeal is to enlist their
interest in preparing for educational
serv'ce. Opportunities were never
better for young men in the educa
tional field than at the present time.
Graduates of the manual training de
partment are receiving from 9100 to
$170 a month with hundreds of calls
that cannot be filled.
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