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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1909)
SHEEP AND PASTURES V ARE CLOSELY ALLIED TTmA TnMTT r7 K"74 LVJ a GETTING RID OF MILLIONS Daniel K. Pearsons ("Die-Poor Pearsons"), millionaire philanthropist, who has given nway over $4,000,000 to 43 small colleges located prin cipally In tho west and south, In the courso of nn Interview declared that his reason for so doing was his dcslro to act as his own executor. Mr. Pearsons Intends to give nway what remains of his fortune before his nlnotlcth birthday, next April, he says. "I hnvo been administrator of a numbor of es tates," snld he, "and I havo nover folt that such a tniBt can bo satisfactorily executed. I havo always Intended to dlo n poor man nt least, that lfas been my purpose for a quarter of n century. I havo qulto definite vlows of how my money should bo Invested for tho pub lic benefit. Why then, should I myself not as sume tho responsibility of tanking the Investment? "You want fo know what Impelled mo to sot about giving nway my for tune? Well, I've been a hunter after poverty all my llfo and It Isn't hard to find It oven In America. I have wanted to glvo young men tho advantages of education bocnuso they need it, nnd the country needs educated young men. "I have selected what you might call tho wilderness for my gifts just bo cause In tho wilderness education Is more needed and there It yields tho richest returns on a smnll Investment." . Mr. Pearsons hlmscll does not know how much money ho has given to tacntlonal institutions. His latest gift wub ono of $25,000 for tho establish ment of n woman's department in tho Chicago Theological seminary. At ..different times ho has advanced sums aggregating $150,000 to needy Btudents. KNIGHTED BY KING EDWARD Sir Henry W, Lucy, as he now 1b entitled to bo called, for many years has boon ono of tho most distinguished of British Journalists. Tho honor of knighthood in this caso is paid to ono whoso most popular work has been published In a hu morous journal. Ab "Toby, M. P.," ho Is" world known, this being his signnturo to the work he has dono for Punch, descriptive of parliamentary happenings, stneo 1881. Punch, llko tho London Times, may perhaps bo called a British institu tion, rather than a British journal. Its humor not always is relished by Americans, to many of whom it ordinarily seems dull and ponderous. But Punch Ib n political and social power wher ever tho British flag floats, and not a little of Its lnfluenco in roccnt years has been credited to "Toby, M. P." In addition to this kind of writing, Mr. Lucy has been n prolific writer for Tho Strnnd and other magazines, and ho has found tlmo in thocourso of his busy llfo to wrlto a number of books. Genuinely humorous writing Is popular in all countries, and In England It has found its most popular expression slnco 1841 through Punch. John Ton nlcl, cartoonist of the weekly for half a century, and F. C. Burnand, Us ed itor, were given knighthood, so that Mr. Lucy is tho third thus distinguished for making peoplo smllo. . Born at Crossby, December 5, 1845, Sir Henry as a boy was apprenticed in tho hide and valonla business In Liverpool. But Sir Henry hated tho smell of hldos nnd valonia, a tanning substance imported from tho Lovant, and after writing some blank verse for tho Liverpool Mercury and studying shorthand, ho became a rcportor for the Shrewsbury Chronicle. That was in 18G4. Later tho young journalist went to London and Paris, Iri tho courso or his newspaper work Sir Lucy has found occasion to, visit South Africa, Can . ada, the West Indies and tho United States sevoral times. ft DIAMOND MAKER" JAILED Henri Lemolne, tho Frenchman who startlod Ltho world with his claim that ho had success fully mado artificial diamonds as good as those dug lii South Africa, by means of an electric fur nace, has been sentenced to servo six years' Im prisonment, to pay a fine of $600, and to pay $2,000 damages to Sir Julius Wehrner, head of tho De Beers diamond syndicate of South Africa. Whother Lemoino has really discovered tho philosophor's stone" or whether ho is a trickster Is still a matter of warm debato nmong European men of science. At various times Lemoino obtained from Sir Julius $320,000. Of this amount $05,000 was for tho formula for tho making of tho diamonds, which, In a sealed packet, has been placed In a London bank, to bo opened only In caso of La molno'B death. Tho remainder of tho $320,000 was to bo used for tho con struction of a workshop for tho manufacture of tho artificial djanfonds. Twice, after being Btrlpped to tho waist in tho presence ovnrlous men ofjsclencc, Lemoino has submitted to a test. In each case 25 or 30 small dia monds wero found In the cruciblos after they had been baked In his electric furnace. Sir JuliuB Wehrner mot Lemoino In 1904, but did not lose faith in him until 1907, when ha learned that ho had onco before been convicted of fraud. Sir Julius recently predicted that the sealed packet, when opened, will be found to contain wasto paper. Tho judge, In sentencing tho "Diamond King," called him a "vulgar humbug." 1(1 11 lllll I IJJIKII Ulllllll MAY REGAIN PRESIDENCY Gen. Ignnclo Andrnde, former president of Vonezuelu and ousted from thnt excellent Job by "Dlctntor" Clprlano Castro, is apparently upon vory good terms with tho present administration. Ho has been named as minister to Cuba and is at this mdment in tho United States on his way to that post. General Andrade had served two years In tho presidency when General Castro and .his revo lution carao along and created nn nbrupt vacancy in tho olllco, to bo filled by the llttlo dlctator-to- be. Slnco that time General Andrado has boon a livoly element in Venezuelan affairs. Castro has not dared to havo him killed off-hand and Andrado hns pulled off two or threo llttlo personally-conducted revolts of his own that wero unfailingly failures. Ho will probably bo a can didate for election at tho next shift In administrations. Andrado hns Bpent somo time In this country at various Intervals, GENERAL JACOB COXEY Gen. Jacob Sechlbr Coxoy, both free trader and protectionist, perhaps, is tho hero of two ad vances Upon tho capltol at Washington. Recently Gen. Coxoy advanced on Washington and ap peared before congress In tho character of .a lob bylst. He had an army of dollars, and ho wanted a protective duty on arsenic, Just because ho now owns an arsenic mlno. Gen. Coxey Is now of tho "cursed capitalists class" whom he so bitterly arraigned whon ho was kicked off tho capltol steps that bright morning, tho first of May, 1894, and his tattordomallon nrmy of 1,000 wus kept "oft the grass" by tho police, coxoy nt that time was for unrestricted frco trade, also for free meals for his army, Ho had promised to parndo 100,000 unemployed right in front of tho capltol steps, but brought only 1,000, mostly bums. Boore that tlmo Coxoy had been riwnor of a sand quarry at Mlsstllon, O., but hie business was ruined by tho panic of 1893. "A yLS WONDERLAND" Jh In nil tho world there Is no tourist rosort comparablo to Yollowstono Na tional park. It Is unique nmong the sccnio regions of tho world because, In addition to most of. tho attractions of tho' others, it has, besides, tho most wonderful natural phenomena known to scientists. Its strenniB nnd valleys arc not surpassed In beauty by any In tho Old World. Its road ways and hotols nro equal to thoso of tho favorlto resorts of continent al Europe. Its area includes, In ad dition, wonderful geysers, hot springs, nnd tho Grand canyon of tho Yollow stono. Of that mighty gorgo, noted for Us riot of color, for artistic nnd beautiful nnture-hnrmony, thero Is nothing men hnvo wrlttQn thnt Is ado quatoly descriptive. Words aro triv ial and weak whon ono experiences tho overwhelming sensation produced by a first glimpse of Its wondorB. In all tho world thero is no moro start ling sceno. Yellowstone National park la tho Bconic gom of tho northwestern hem lsph'oro. It lies party in Montana and partly In Idnho, but largely In Wyo ming, nmong tho greatest peaks of the American RocklcB, It comprises 3,312 sqUnromlles, with a forest re serve adjoining It. Tho first man to sco and know any portion of what Is now tho Yellow stono park, was John Colter. Coltor had been with LowIb nnd Clark to tho mouth of tho Columbia river, and on his return In 1800 severed his con nection with thoso oxplorcrs and re traced ma courso to tho hoadwntors of tho Yollowstone. During tho Bum mer of 1807, ho traversed nt least tho eastern part of tho Yollowstono park country, and tho map In tho Lowls nnd Clark report, published In 1814, shows "Conor's Routo In 1807." Tho next known of tho region wns in 1842, when nn article describing tho goyBors was printed in tho West ern LItornry Messenger of Buffalo, N Y. Tho author was Warren, .Angus Ferris, nn employe of tho American Fur Company who, with two Pond d'Orelllo Indians, visited ono of tho geyser nreus in 1834. Many of tho mountnlncors and fur trappers of tho period long boforo tho clvilwnr, know of tho locality. James Brldger, a noted guide and oxplorer, and Joseph Meek, nn old tlmo moun tain man, often told of tho geysors and hot springs. Folsom and Cook of Montana, mndo an extended tour of tho country In 1869, but tho real discovery of tho park carao In 1870, when soveral west ,ern pioneers with Gen. II. D. Wash burn as their leader mado an extend ed exploration of tho region. To tho Washburn party is to bo credited tho initiative which ultimately resulted in tho region bocoming n national park. Tho park Is entirely under tho con trol of tho govornmont. For yoars congressional appropriations wero small and tho offorts at road making wero superficial and tho roads them selves temporary ones, With larger appropriations In Into yearn and tho work In charge of tho United States engineer corps, a well-devised sys tem of roads, Including necessary via ducts and bridges, has been construct ed. No f ailwaya nor electric HnoB aro permitted within tho park and tho usual tourist routo aggregates about 143 miles of atago coach trnvol. Tho government recently expended about $1,000,000 In vnrlous better ments, and tho result is road Improve ment and transformation which as tonishes and pleases thoso who see tho park for tho first tlmo. Transportation within Yollowstono National park is by stago coach ex clusively, Even automobiles aro not permitted within its boundaries, Tho wilds havo been but llttlo touched by lnfluonces which would destroy tholr ( charm. Between- Gardiner, at tho ond of tho railway, and Mammoth Hot Springs, tho slto or tho first of tho hotels, largo coaches hauled by six horses uro used. Beyond Mammoth Hot OLD rAimruu Springs tho four-horso coach Is tho vehlclo gonornlly employed. Each day's Journoy through tho park unfolds now scenes. Tho land scape, changes with nmnzlng suddon ncss. Each wonder spot, whon passed, is found to bo but tho prcfaco to something moro -inspiring. With each succeeding year tho wild nnlmnls In tho park become a moro interesting feature of it. Horo is roally tho only plnco whoro tho pub lic In genoral can freely soo tho ani mals of tho forest and tho wilds in tholr natural stato. Tho animals ovlnco less nnd less timidity nnd, whllo not common, It Is not an unusu al sight, as tho coachos drlvo along, to boo an elk or a deer or two sla king their thirst In tho stream or bov ernl quietly and unconcernedly feed ing in tho woods near tho road. Tho effort to increaso tho buffalo herd by outsldo purchaso and to cor ral tho animals whoro they can bo fod nnd protectod has mot with suc cess. Thero nro now about 100 bison in tho park. Thero aro nbout 2,000 antolopes and from 100 to 200 mountain sheep in tho park, most of thorn living on and around Mount Everts near Mammoth Hot Springs. Both Bhoop and anto lopes aro moro wnry than tho othor animals, and, to a great oxtent disap pear In tho spring. In tho fall, win ter and spring, both antelopeB nnd sheep aro found in largo numbors on tho hills and flats abovo Gardinor and Mammoth Hot Springs. Thoy nro fed by tho authorities at Fort Ycl lowstono, which sorvoB to domesticate thom In somo degree, and In recent years many antelopes remain to grazo miring uio summer on tho largo al- laua neiu at tno park cntranco. Tho door, of which thoro nro him. drods, aro increasing In number, nnd tno pretty animals aro seen moro and moro cacli year. During tho fall, win tor nnd spring, liko tho sheep nnd an tolopo, thoy nro a familiar sight around Fort Yollowstono and Mam moth Hot Springs. It Is tho elk. however, thnt nro found In nlmost countless numbors, and during tho summer thoy nro not Infrequently seen. Thoy socludo them. solves, moro or less, howovor, in tho umber nnd valloys. Tho bears aro found near tho ho tols and It requires no exortion. ho- yofld tho walk of a fow rods, to boo tnom. In portions of tho nark, naturally thoso Bomowhat retired and socluded. tnero nro many beavers nnd thoy aro flourishing and Increasing. Ono placo whoro theso industrious animals may bo seen la near Tower fall, whoro thoro aro soveral colonics of thom. Horo, nmong tho brooks in this boau tlful part of tho nark, thov mnv hn found, with their dams, houses, ponds, aim siiues, swimming nbout in tho wntor or cutting down trcos on land, laying In their storo of food for tho winter. Aa a placo whero ono may indulgo In angling nt llttlo or, no hardship, tho park heads tho list. In 1890 tho Uni ted States Hsh commission bogan stocking tho waters of tho park. Slnco thnt year sovornl hundred thousand trout havo boon "planted" In tho park hikes and streams, and theso havo greatly, multiplied. Thero "Is now scarcely a stream or lako In tho park but that has trout in it. From nny of tho hotels ono can easily nmko fishing excursions, nt dla tancos ranging from a fow rods in n fow mllca, and find flno sport. Thoso who nngio in YollowBtono park a under fow restrictions, but thoy ar nssumod to bo truo sportsmen. All fish must bo takon with a hook. Latter Is Absolutely Necessary for Successful of Former -Numerous Crops May ' Be Grown. Raising Pastures and successful sheep rais ing nro so cloBoly allied that it may almost bo said tho ono can not exist In tho nbsonco of tho othor. Certainly It is truo that sheep nro not bolng grown as economically nnd advantage ously as thoy can bo nor nro tho maximum benbflta to tho soil being realized, unless pastures aro provided to furnish food for tho Bhoop from early spring until into fall. Tho man who is Booking tho very cheapest sort of feed for his shcop finds It in pastures, writes D. A. Gaum- that will not nlono make good uso ot thom, but will Ukowlso help o lm provo fertility by scattering tholr ma nure nbout tho fields whero It is need ed, nnd by eating up tho noxious weeda thnt sap tho llfo of tho crops? Wo should havo fower run down and weed overgrown crops to-dny if pas ture crops had "been grown, nnd sheep kopt to cat thom down. For tho sake of .saving a few dol lars In fenco, many farmers uso tho samo pleco of land from month to month and from year to yenr, for pas- .JBfrgv rrBt:BtBnV' fcfltfUmMB A Picturesque Pasture. nltz, In tho Illuminated World Llfo. They arc productive nnd cost nothing but tho prlco of tho seed, nnd tho la bor of producing thom. All tho labor of harvesting and storing and feeding theso crops Is saved; tho snoop got nil tho good of tho crop, and thoy got it in tho field whoro It grows. For cheapness of feed, pnsturos are not to bo outdonov Not nlono nro thoy cheap, but thoy furnish tho most deslrablo sort of food for sheep. Succulent, pnlatnblo, bulky enough, yot possessed of all tho nutri ment ncodod. No feed could bo moro readily digested than theso pasture crops for tho cell walls Btirroundlng tho nutrlonts aro thin and tender and rendily broken down. Sheep nro for agers by nature and pasturo furnlshoB for tliam not alono tho Ideal food but Ukowlso tho idoul conditions, Never Good Frlende. nro they so contented nor so healthy as when given tho freedom of a flvo or ten aero plot over which to play and feed. Scleuco has long slnco taught us that grass and root crops must bo grown, if soil fortuity Is to bo main tained. In tho ond all proflta must come from tho soli whother its prod ucts are marketed In the mineral, vcgetnblo, or animal form, and to kcop his land yielding large nnd increas ing crops annually should bo ovory farmer's first business. How bettor enn ho subsorvo this end than by growing grass crops to improve tho physical condition and givo humus to tho soil, and feeding thom to Bhoop MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG SHOTES Unlquo Aa Well Aa Useful Idea Concerning Llttlo Piss. Tho following 1s a rather unlquo as well, as useful Idea concerning tho weaning of, pigs without npparont dan ger of injuring either tho litter or tho mother. As quoted in tho last roport of tho Nebraska stato board of agri culture, tho author says: It Is best to wean pigs whon they nro two months old, but wean thom slowly. By .this tlmo thoy havo boon or should havo been running four weeks' on alfalfa pasturo with tholr mothers. Somo morning when thoy start for the pasturo lot tho sows And tho gato closed, but with a creep un der it to permit tho pigs to go out. Outside let tho llttlo pigs find n trough full of nourishing, appetizing food and thoy will fill themsolves up on It and then start, as usual, for tho alfalfa pasture. Tho sows aro re taluod In a dry lot and tholr ration suddenly changed to nn excluslvo dry corn and wntor dlot, which has a ten dency to chc,ck the flow of milk. Aftor a whllo you will hear that pe culiar grunt which you havo so ofton boardjrom tho sow and the llttlo pigs will hear It, and tlmy know what It means nnd thoy will come tumbling turo. Now tho money thoy savo In fence, thoy moro than loso by worms In tholr shcop, Thero Is no dlseasa to-day that so threatens tho futuro of tho shcop Industry nu do worms, Out flocks must bo purged of Worms or wa must quit tho business. It was esti mated that in ono state nlono, 80,000 sheep succumbed to tho rnvagoa of worms'ln tho yoar 1003. It Is Impos sible ovou to hope to hnvo your shootf frco from worms If tho dame lnnd is usod for pasturo continuously. Worms nnd tholr eggs thnt nro poBsod from tho Bhoop, cling to tho grass and nro roady to bo hgaln taken Into tho sys tem. How can wo bo rid of thom it shocp aro loft to oat this lnfostod crop? Chango of pasturo from season to season, nnd from yenr to yoar is ab solutely ImporntlVQ to successful shcop growing and ono ot tho chief ndvnntngcB of Biich a system of pas turn go as tho ono outlined lies In tho fact that sheep aro kept upon a slhglo ploco of land but a fow dnys or a fow months nt a tlmo'. It would pay to havo every Hold in tho farm fenced, as thoro is scarcely a crop grown that at somo tlmo or othor dqoB not furnish food tor snoop. Most farmers, howovor, do not find themselves In n position to do this, but thoy can, every ono ot them, do tho next best thing nnd thnt is fence, say, threo, flvo or ten ncro Holds, and practice upon theso a throo year ro tation which will glvo a pasture crop oach yoar, or It thoy profor, sow thom nil to pasturo, nnd nltornnto them be tween hogs, shcop nnd cnttlo, or Just sheep and hogs. Tho alleged 'cost of fencing Is tho hodgo behind which many seek to hldo In excusing themsolves for not using pastures, Yot na a mutter ot fact, figures show that practically any whoro In tho northwost, a llvo ncro field can bo fencod at an annual cost of $8.50 or $1,70 an ncro, allowing ton years us the llfo ot tho fouco. Cer tainly this sum cannot bq rogardod as prohibitive. As compared with tho cheap and oxcollont feeds it mnkos it posslblo to ubo, It Is not worthy oC consideration. Tho man who Is attempting to grow sheep without pasturo is making n big: mistake. Ho Is not growing his shcop aa economically nnd na well ns hu might, nor 1b ho ronllzlng the maxl mum bonofltB to his soil ns a result ot his sheep Industry. over ono another, squealing for their breakfast tho old sow wanta to bo milked. Thoy push under tho creep, tho sow throws hersolf upon her sldo and the little follows commonco busi ness, but thoy have to give It up la about two minutes. They nro already A Six-Months-Old Product. full from tho trough and from tho al falfa and havo to suspend operations owing to tho lack of capacity, If this plan Is followed In a week or 10 days tho bow will havo dried completely up nnd tho pigs will havo been weaned without oltlior ot them knowing that any chango has taken placo. A man has ncbuslnoss with religion If ho doesn't use it in his business. !