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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1909)
WELL PLEASED WITH WESTERN CANADA. GOOD CROPS, 8PLENDID CLIMATE AND WELL ENFORCED LAWS. Mr. Qcorgo 11 Hunter lo n Maid tone, Saskatchewan (Central Can utla), farmer, who writes to a Cana dian Government Agent ns follows: '""It was the first week In November, 1907, whon wo arrived hero. Therowas very Httlo snow or cold weather until after tho holidays, then tho snow and cold Increased, but to no great extent. 1 think tho coldest I heard of was 30 degrees below zoro, but that degroo of cold would not bo felt hero any moro than 10 degrees below zora. would bo back homo in Mlchlgnn, owing to tho beautiful dry atmosphere- of this coun try. There camo a good lhaw every month that settled tho snow, tho flolda soon became ba:o, and on tho 12th of April I commenced ploughing. Tho H!iow wan thou ull gono and summer nt hand. This last season was some thing moro than an average year around hero, with flno crops gathered ?rom a, largo acreage. In parts tho jrops wero less than average, but gen erally speaking they wero abovo it. Tho prlco of wheat was qulto good. 3omo lino yields sold at $1.10 per bush el, whllo somo woro marketed at much 'ess, but hardly any went below about SO cents a bushol. "Oats startod on tho market at 35 cents u bushel, barley about 50 cents, and flux from 00 cents to $1.00 o bushel. "As this was my first year in this country, it was a hard year for my horses, owing to their being eastern horses, and not used to tho western qllmato, but thoy will soon get cli matlzod. ' "Tho soil on my farm Is a black loam, nbotlt ono foot in thickness, be low that wo And about six feet of ':lny, and below that again gravel and sand, with an abundance of .excellent waver. This was tho condition of tho ground as I found it when I dug a well. I can say that tho water is as sweet and as frco from alkali and Im purities as I over saw. "My opinion Is that tho man who comes liero with a Httlo means can do no better than Invest $500 or $1,000 in cattle, after locating a homestead ad joining or near some hilly part of tho country where it will not bo taken up an coon. Thero la plenty of grass and hny to bo found in tho hilly country nnd small lakes and sloughs will afford BUfflclont water for any amount of cat tlo. Tho bluffs with a fow hay or straw sheds will mako sufilcicnt shel ter for them. Thcro Is no need to worry about tho market for cattle, as thero Is already a great Call for stock of all kinds to satisfy tho continued demands of tho largo packing houso nt Edmonton, established by Swift and Company. "Tho dairy business should by no inenno bo forgotton. It Is ono of tho paying cntorprlse3 of this great west. Tho prlco of butter seldom goes below" 25 cents and reaches as high as 40 cents a pound. Also the now cream erles that are fast bolng erected along tho lines of railroad nro calling on tho farmers for tholr cream. "Theso creameries nro greatly wel comed In all communities, because sell ing cream is bettor than ranking but ter, even at an averago prlco of 25 sents a pound. For a now country tho rnilroad transportation facilities aro good; not yet, of course, what they nro in ojdor countries, but tho now lines aro swiftly gaining as tho coun try gets moro settled and supplies them with produco to ship. It Is hard to say too much in favor of this coun try. All ono needs is a Httlo money with grit and ambition. I havo aeon homestcada that wero filed on a Httlo over threo years ago that tho owners havo refused $3,000 for. "Thoro Is much moro that can bo said In favor of Westorn Canadn, but I think my lettor has bcon.long enough." Tenderness. It was in tho hotel of a western min ing town that tho Now England guest, registering In tho office, heard a suc cession of youd yolla. "What in tho world la that a mur der going on upstairs?" ho demanded. "No," said tho clerk, as ho slammed tho book and lounged toward tho stairs. "It Is tho spring bed up In No. D. That tenderfoot up there don't get tho hang of It, and every fow days ho gets ono o' the spiral springs screwed into him like n shirt stud. I guess I'll have to go up, if thoro ain't anything moro I can do for you for a few min utes." Youth's Companion. GOVERNMENT LAND OPENIN6 UNDER CAREY ACT. May C, tho State Land Commissioner of Wyoming will dlstrlbuto 7,000'acre3 irrigated land at Cooper Lako, near Laramlo nnd Denver, on main lino of Union Pacific; 60 cents per acre. Old est ItosorvoJr and Direct Water Rights; $5 an aero cash and $3 an aero an nually for ten years. Freo trip and .wo town lots to all who npply beforo May 1. Wrlto for application nnd cir culars. Tallmadgo-Buntln Land Co., AgontB, 2nd floor, Railway Exchango, Chicago. Agents wanted. To Save Time. A small machine glass with mark ings Indicating dlfforcnt numbers of drops will bo found a groat saving of tlmo to every mother, whllo tho ac curacy of measurements by means of it in well worth taking Into considera tion. The Night of the Game. First Splfllcated Person Doosh thlsh student belong hero? Lcidlady (coldly) No, all ray stu dentB were brqught home an hour afco. Wisconsin Sphinx. Washington Interesting Bits of News Gathered at the National Capital. Roosevelt Is Ready WASHINGTON. The Roosovolt dny In tho Whlto House Is fast near ing its end. On Pennsylvania avenuo directly In front of tho president's homo tho carpenters nro at work build ing tho atnnd from which In a few days tho next president of tho United States will vlow tho parado marching In his honor. Within tho Whllo Houso tho pncklng of tho household belongings is practically completed. Tho presiden tial books, pictures, rifles and shot guns, rods and whips, nnd odds nnd ends of everything known to a man of diversified tastes nnd pursuits nro ready for shipment to OyBtcr 13ay. Tho cartoons, and thcro must bo 25 or 30 of them that havo had places of promlnenco on tho tops of the low bookshelves In the library, doubtless will havo places of equal promlnenco In tho big "den" In tho Oyster Bay home. These cartoons arc prized by Mr. Roosevelt abovo many of his moro costly bolonglngs. They aro among the fow presents ho has consented to rocclvc. Tho cartoon which has held tho spe cial place of honor is ono showing nn old farmer, representing tho American Tom Cat Is Devoted AN EXAMPLE of dovotlon seldom witnessed In a dumb animal Is enacted every day by hn old whlto cat that strays about tho corner of New Jorscy avenuo and C street. Dorn In tho old Baltimore & Ohio railroad stntion, that occupied that slto for years, Tom, tho untamed follno, has never left tho corner, nnd 070ri whllo the old structure wa3 bolng razed ho managed to make I1I3 bed In tho building until tho last wall had been pulled down. Now that the site has boon com pletely filled up and graded, leaving no vestige of tho onco fnmous depot, this old cnt still ronmlns nnd makes his homo beneath tho chair of tho switchman at this crossing. At night Tom qulcny leaves his friend when tho last car has passed and wanders off down C streot to a near-by lumber yard, where ho has House Parliamentarian No Longer Shy ASHER C. HINDS, parliamentarian of tho houso of representatives, Is by nature ono of those modest and re tiring men who can tell a spenker how to bring constornntlon to his political and parliamentary antagonists when tho speaker does not know how to do it himself, and tho next moment meet those confounded fnco to face, to hear somo such an expression ns this: "Well, Hinds, If wo had had you on our sldo wo would havo won a mile." Somehow or other tho things Hinds does to members of the houso through tho mouth of the speaker in carrying out his ofllclnl duties, which aro to help tho speaker control tho parlia mentary procedure of tho houso at all times, never start a riot, and never create animosities, resentment or an tagonism to hlmsolf. But Mr, HlndB Is rapidly getting over his modesty. Recently ho received Washington an Expensive Municipality THE pending appropriation bl'.l for tho cost of running tho District of Columbia ono yoar carries $11,974,033, being at tho rato of $35.21 for each In habitant. ThlH docs not Ineludo tho coBt of now buildings for tho govern ment Itself or the ranlntcn'nuco of such ns now exlst,cxceptlng tho appropria tion of $220,000 for now buildings for tho district. The 1908 population of Washington was 339,000, Tho latest figures ob tainable from tho eonsus buroau show th cities nearest Washington In size to ho Buffalo, PlttBburg, CIncInnntL-Do-trolt, Mllwaukoo, New Orleans, Nowark and Minneapolis, In nono of theso doos tho per capita cost of main tenance equal that of Washington. Whisperings for Moving Day common people, Boated boforo his open flro rending tho president's message. Tho cartoon Is called "His Fnvorlto Author," It was to this farmer Mr. Roosovolt onco pointed when ho said" In effect that ho could not stand for n "second elective term" as prcsldont bo causo "that man wouldn't llko It." Tho president has declined to re ceive any gifts of great intrinsic vnluo since ho has como Into high oluco. Ho hns had things given him which money ennuot buy, nt least from him. Authors havo sent their books with tholr autographs inscribed upon tho blnnk page. Theso almost Invariably havo been taken gratefully nnd In most enscs thcro has been a return gift of a copy of ono of tho Roosovolt books, generally "Tho Wilderness Hunter." Thousands of vnluablo presents havo been offered that havo been declined courteously, but firmly. Thoro havo boon nomo things which havo como from monarchs, articles of an Innocu ous kind, and they havo been taken In tho spirit In which they wero given. King Menclik's gift wan innocuous as long ns It was kopt behind bars. It consisted of two lions which aro now In tho Washington zoo. If President Roosevelt had taken nil tho horses offered him ho would hnvo as many ns vC Sioux Indian chief has ponies, and thnt would mean enough to eat tip all tho bunch grnss In half a day's trail. Ho hns been content with -two or threo favorites of his own pur chasing. to His Old Home mado his bod slnco tho destruction of his birthplace. At fivo o'plock every morning bnck ho comos nnd takes his accustomed placo boncath the chair, whero hlo saucer of milk awalt3 him. No matter how Inclement tho weather, Tom al ways mannges to find his way to tho switchman's stand, and thcro remains all day. Tom was tho only member of a family of six kittens whdi refused to depart from tho dopot when workmen began to demolish it, and deaplto tho fact that nothing remains to mark tho onco famous ntructuro, this follno creaturo is bo strongly nttached to tho surroundings that ho cannot bo in duced to forego an uncomfortablo homo for luxurious quarters up-town. During the recent snowstorm that lasted two or threo days, said Mr. Nichols, the cat was Into ono morning in reporting at tho Httlo platform whero tho chair 1b located, and ho was Just preparing to go down tho street to bring him out of his loft when ho heard tho wandoror calling for help. Ho was stranded In a pile of snow and trying vainly to rcsumo Ills Jour noy to tho favorlto spot on tho cornor. from tho presses eight largo volumes Jnbolod "Hinds' Precedents," each of which Is ns largo ns tho standard doc tor's book, usually found In all woll regulated homes. Theso volumes aro full of tho loro of parliamentary pro cedure In tho Iioubo of roprcsontatlvos, and out of them Mr.. Hinds has already demonstrated to tho satisfaction of Representative Gardner of Massachu setts, at any rate, that "a prepon derance of tho testimony" In favor of any ruling by tho chair enn always bo found to rcBt on Hinds' aldo In any controversy. Recently Mr. Hinds wroto what ho declares was a 10,000-word ex planation of tho rules of tho house, and one well-known nowBpapcr boiled tho manuscript down to two lines. A newspnper man hns paraphrased tho old song, "Juno of Maine," so that It runs ob follows: Hinds of Maine, ho never looked the same; AVlirn he went "down to Washington ho was oliy, shy, nhy. But ntan nnd nlaelt, whon Hinds came trncl., Ho had a naughty little twlnklo In his eyo. Mr. Hinds declares ho now ha8 tho publicity germ as certainly aa havo most congressmen. Milwaukee, with i population of 317, 908, hnB a corporate oxpondlturo of $5,548,143, tho rate per capita being $17.45. Minneapolis, with 273,825 Inhab itants, spent, nccordlng to last roports, only $5,021,530, a por capita of $18.34. Buffalo has a population of over 400, 000. In 190G she had 381,819. Sho spent In 1900 only $7,C09,0Gl $19.93 por capita. Detroit apenda $7,840,305 a year for a population of 353,535. Per capita, $22.20. Nov Orleans spent $0,575,945 for a ear of city govcrnmont for a popula tion of 314,140. Por capita, '$20.93. Nowark, N. J., with a population of 289,034, had a hudgot of $0,833,198 for 190C; per capita, $23.50. Pittsburg, with a population of 375, 082, Bpent $10,935,738; por capltn, $29.10. Cincinnati has 345,230 inhabitants, and hor totnl corporato payments woro $10,070,482. Tho por capita of $30.93 la tho highest of any city In tho Wash ington group except Washington itself. fXK' this competitive age and when of ample character it places possessor in the front ranks of Tho Well Informed cf tho World. A vast fund of personal knowledge is really essential to the achievement of the highest excellence in any Held of human effort. A Knowledge of Forms, Knowledge of Functions nnd Knowl edge of Products ore nil of the utmost value and in questions of life nnd health when a true and wholesome remedy is desired it should bo remembered that Syrup of F133 and Elixir of Senna, manufacture'' by the California Fig Syrup Co., is nn ethical product which has met wilh the npi- wal of the most eminent physicians and gives universal satisfaction, because it is a remedy of Known Quality, Known Excellence nnd Known Component' Parts and has won the valuable patronage of millions of iho Well Informed of the world, who know of their own personal knowledge and from actual use that it is the first 1 r 11 tii t and best or lamily laxatives, tor This valuable remedy has been long and favorably known under the name of Syrup cf Figs and has attained to world wide acceptance ns the most excellent family laxative. Aa its puro cauve principles, obtained Irombcnna, arc well known lo physicians and the Well Informed of the world to be ihc best we have adopted the more elaborate name cf Syrup cf Figa and Co. AOOMS3C3 LOUISVILLE, KY. No Heed Paid to Degglng Letters. As nearly an can bo ascertained, tho wcnlthy persona of Now York city re o.elvo 35,000 bogging loiters a day from atrnngors, nnd tho wrltors stand a better chanco of finding money than In getting from them, for oven tho most liberal of philanthropists do not dlsponso tholr charity excepting nc cordlng to careful plans and nftor In vestigation. ' Hlo First Practice. Tho old farmer Btood In front of tho "Human Frog" In tho museum. "How did yeou ovor find out yeou wero a contortionist?" ho drawled, curiously. '"Sh!" whispered tho contortionist. "It's a secret, hut I onco tried to dross In tho upper berth of a Pullman alcopor." No harmful drujrs in (Jarficld Tea. Na ture's laxative it is composed wholly of clean, sweet, health-airing Ilerbs! For con stipation, lircr and kidney troubles. Why doesn't somo enterprising at torney wrlto a book of unwrltton lawB? A CourIi, ir norloctod. often nfTecta tho Limps. "XJrown'B Hronclilnl Troches" rIvo relief. 20 cents 11 box. Samples nont frco by John I. Hroyn & 8011, Dos'.on, Mas. Whon a mnn'B heart la broken by a woman ho employs somo other wom an to mend It. Lewis' Single Binder straight fie cigar. Mado of extra ntmlity tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' factory, Peoria, 111. A woman probably feels bluo when she Is green with envy. 1'IHffl CUUKn IN O TO 1 DAVH. PASO OINTMKNT Is Biiarnntowt to enrn any cast r( Itrbtnir, Wind, IllcmUng or Protruding l'lleslu I to II days or moner refunded, Mo. What you call temper In your wlfo you cnll temperament In yoursolf. AUfin'n Foot-Kunn, t l'ornlrr rorwonn,woullnlcet. CJIvrslnMamrnllcf. The original ponder fur tho feet, iia at all Druggists.' Tho common people bollovo without proof. Tacitus. Itcelstereil U. 8,1'at. Otllco I The genuine sold everywhere PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more poods trlohtnr and latter colors than am other dto. Ono 10c package colors all libera. They dre In cold water bollor than any other da You can dm sWQtrmeriUiQutfippinB9pirt. Write lor Itoo booklet llovi to 0o. BiMchond MuColort. MONROE DRUOOOi QuU nihnh Am, JnERSOOHAL UNOWLEDO Personal knowledge ii the winnins factor in tho culminating winch no extravagant or unreasonable claims Elixir of Senna --as more fully descnptivc of the remedy, but doubllcss it will always be called fcr by tho chorlcr name of Syrup of Figs and to get its beneficial effects, always note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company California Fin Syrup printed en the front of every package, whether you call for Syrup of rigs or by tho full name Syrup of Figs and Elirir of Senna. SB SAN FRANCISCO, CAU londonTenqland. U.S.A.. LONDON, ENGLAND. 45 to 50 Bu. of Wheat Per Aero have been grown on farm lands in Much leu would be satisfactory. The Gen eral overs is above twenty bushels. "Allure loud In their prnlien of the nrtot crops nnd that won derful country."-! trtct from cerrtsrondtnc Njttontt EdiloHtl AsiOCiMlon cfAujust, 1903. it is now possible to secure a homestead of 160 acres free and another 1 60 actes at $3.00 per acre. Hundreds have paid the cost ot their (arms (if purchased) and then had a balance of from $10.00 lo $ 1 2.00 per acre from one crop. Wheat, barley, oats, flax all do well. Mixed (aiming is a great success nnd dairying is highly profitable. Excel lent climate, splendid schools and churches, rail ways bring most every district within easy reach o( market. Railway and land companies ham lands (or sale at low prices and on easy terms. "Last flest Wesf'pamphlets and maps sent free, l'or these nnd Information at to how to secure lowest railway rntes, npply to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Cnnndn, or the authorised Canadian Govern ment Acentl W.V.DENNETT, 831 New Torti Ills Dulldlne. Omabs, KeDraikt, Omaha Directory RUBBER GOODS by tnnlt nt eut prices. Bend for free cntnlocua. MYERO-DILLON ORUO CO.. OMAHA, NEDR. M. Splesbergcr & Son Co. WholesaSe Millinery The Dest In the West OMAHA, WEB. Revero Rubber Hose '"2:,. LEWIS SUPPLY CO., OMAHA WES mm 12 Ask for the Baker's Cocoa bearing mark. misled by imitations contests of its fortunate J .a arc mac A tNCOnPORATID NEW YORK.N.Y TOILET ANTISEPTIC NOTHING LIKE IT FOR THP TFTSTTU fax,m0 eicet any denttfriea a tlSm I trab I S i m cleansing, whitening and removing tartar from the tejth, besides destroying all ncrms c( decay and disease which ordinal tooth preparations cannot do. TrUC RfflmETKJ PwUne used as n mouth fl ML mUV In wd, disinfects the moulh and throot, purifies the breath, and kills tha germs which collect in the mouth, causing torn throat, bad teeth, bad breath, grippe, and much sickness mm m mm-mw nnn num. mnv IMS UUlSnUY relieved and strengthened by Paxtine. tf ATAFSEPlfl Pa1"10 will destroy the germs Wft I MfliTSri that cause catarrh, heal the in flammation and stop tho discharge. It is a turs remedy for utcrlno catarrh. Paxtine is n harmless yet powerful cermicide,dis:nf e3cnt and deodorizer. 1 Used in bathing It destroys odors and ' leaves tho body antiseptic ally clean. FOrt BALE AT DRUG BTOnCO.BOc. On PO8TPAIO DY MAIL. LARGE SAMPLE FREE! THE PAXTON TOILET CO.. BOSTON. MASS. BILLIONS GRASS Costs Ms lie psr acts for ssid. I tl ustwnmlerf ill inn of tliacriiturT.Ylelillnirfrom I Ik to 10 tnimoMiny iwraore and lots qf jwnturti jw-l Iuiti 111 h wci.ii 1 1 iiMjiur iuo mower iMcain,Bnj i iclnn. Urnwsihlid flnurtaliMBVurrwhera.onAicrrI I 'arm In America. Clicspasdlrti luxuriant k tlis li'ittnm Umla nr Fiori't. llitf Mini mUlnrr froe or I end lOo In nUinl ami n-iwlo omnia or tlilsl I wnmlaTful ura-n.alRnnf HDfllts.thsi.'flrrsI wnndr.N Intr froo. Or end I4C tnil wo will add n ptnltl arariu uvea noteiiy nuvvr seen uj you uciuro. ISALZER SEED CO., DoxW. La Crosse, Wis. DEFIIHGE Gold Water Starch makes laundry work n plctwuro. 10 oz. ike, lOo. W. N. U., OMAHA, NO. 9, 1909. A flavoring that Ir nsril tho anmo oh lemon' orvuulllii, lly iUhhoIvIiiit (irumilatcil mi cur In wnler iiiul adding Muiilrlnu, a ilellclouu irrupUiuiiitn and u srrtip bcttortlian maple. Maiilelnn Is oll uyifrocern. If nut mini 85c for 1 us. LhiC un J ruclpo bmik. Crtl It ft-. U. , bctllU, G$ jmifib 1 this trade Don't be