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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1909)
PROFITABLE RETURNS FROM ANGORA GOATS ' - mm. CHICAGO'S Chief Stoward is a poet, scholar, athlete, a stu dent of system and a master of men. In 30 yoars ho has done nothing but hnndlo men. Ho does not believe In military rulo, although ho is a stern dls elpllnarian. Jle is an organizer, and he was made chief or pollco so that his talent might bring order into tho Chicago forco. This many-sided person Is perhnpa the ono man In Chicago who had never been In a police station until the day ho was mado chief. "I never needed tho police," lie said, "and so I kopt out of their way. Ah n matter of fact I don't know much about them. I wish it understood that I am not to bo tho head policeman, but tho business manager, The police forco costs tho city, I am told, $7,000,000 a year. Thero aro 5,000 mon, and they need a Iiosb. I'll bo the boss and tho mannger. I'll let tho polloo do the po lining." Chief Stoward has hold two Jobs in 30 years. Ho was born In Dayton, O When ho wns 17 ho wont to Chicago to seek his fortune. Ho wns a big boy, used to outdoor life, and could easily pass for a full grown man. He wns mado superintendent In tho Wilson Bros, factory nt that tlnio a small Arm. Ho grow with tho firm nnd helped to make it grow. IIo handled tho many employes of tho factory with a skill and understanding of human nnturo that has finally mado him chlof of pollco at a salary of $8,000 a year. Twelvo years ago tho Chicago postofflce found that It had soveral thou sand mallcarriors who weren't being well drilled, bossed or treated. Thoso in ehargo had henrd of Stoward. Thoy sent for him nnd mado him superintend ent of delivery. Ho wns n success. That was the second Job given him in 30 years. Chlof Stoward admits ho likes poetry and that ho has written "verse," but ho has never published any. Maeterlinck Is a favorite of tho chief. Tenny son, Wordsworth, Hums, Walt Whitman, tho out-of-door poets, ho likes best. Lavater and Lombroso ho had on his shelves, although ho sold that as a mat ter of fact ho had never read much of them, but would now. BELIEVES IN "JURY TRAILING" prorcBBor of rhotorle nt Harvard university for 25 yonrs), has been a torror to tho municipal grafter. Ho seiil Michael J. Mitchell, purchasing agent of tho city, to prison for a year for mulcting tho city out or $13,000 on a ling stono deal and along with him managed to send Thomas P. Moher, the contractor-briber. Mailer will servo tho same term. Loo M. McCullough, Demo crnt, former president of tho common council, Hill sent to prison for two years for larceny. James T. Cassldy, attorney-briber In this cas, went to prison for ono yenr. Thirteen big steel firms Hill had Indicted for robbing tho city. Four pleaded guilty iuid paid tines aggregating $0,000. The olhor cases aro still to bo disposed of. Alfred .1. Porter, a district II ru chief, round guilty of mistreating Httlo girls, was sent to prison from four to soven years by Hill. Now Hill says ho Intends to clean up tho town. Hill Is Just 40. Ho was born In Paris while his father and mother wero thero on a visit. Ho first sprang Into promlnonco when ho called John B. Moran, who formerly hold down tho district nttornoy job nnd ran for govern or of tho state nrtorward, a "four llusher." Moran was spectacular, Just the antithesis or Hill, and got Indictments, but not convictions. Ho didn't have tho Juries in Important cases watched, Hill says. PRESIDENT TAFT'S "TRAINER" dent, who weighs nbout 300 Just now nnd conse quently has a punch llko a mule kicking. Dr, Barker besides boxing with the president has introduced him to wrestling tricks and tho medicine ball, a heavy rootball that is kicked around tho gymnasium lloor with tho feet wlillo tho kicker squats, Ten minutes of tho medicine ball will start almost any man sweating. Under Dr. Barker's direction the presldont also does 50 pulls nt tho chest weights every morning and other stunts of a slmllnr nnturo. Dr. Barker in brief is comploto boss of tho Taft physical welfare. He tells the president what he "dasBon't" oat and prescribes all his exorcises for him. And the president meekly submits to his dlctntlon. WILL STUDY CHILDREN Dr, Hnll dislikes tho Idea of whipping children. Ho doclnrcs that If the parent understood tho child nB ho should ho co'uld hotter direct its onergles in another direction. Dr, 1 Inll's now department will ho u sort or clearing house for scientific information about chlldron, and it is tho ilrst ono of Its kind in the country. Tho department will includo the study of child anthropology, child lore, custom, belief, gangs, etc., nnd hygiene, backward. children, and the fascinat ing problems of Juvenile vlco nnd crime POLICE CHIEF Lo Hoy T. Stownrd Is the newly appointed gon eral superintendent of police In Chicago. In the public understanding he is chief of police, but, In fact, he will be business manager. Chicago aban doned the Idea of having a military police or n body of old stylo sleuths when she picked Chief Steward to head the department, and started tho fit Kt business reglmo In a pollco force. Chief Steward does not even wear the uniform of Ills olllro, Tho city provided an outfit of gold braid and gold buttons, gold epaulettes and a gold belt, but he would not even look at It. When lie was sworn Into ofllro some days ago ho worn n busi ness suit, and when tho badge of olllce was pinned to his vest as he look the oath of ofllco he unpinned It and put it In his pocket. Arthur Dohon Hill, district nttorney of Suffolk county, In which Boston Is located, Is n terror to the municipal grafter and Incidentally perhaps not Incidentally ho is an advocate of the much debnted system of having dotecllves watch tales men and Jurymen before and during tho trial of a case. Tho district attorney began this system or "Jury trailing" when a Jury In the case of Cleorgo llattis, Republican politician nccused of tho lar ceny of $300 which ho drew from the city treas ury to purchase prizes for Fourth of July athletic contest winners, disagreed. He has kopt It. up over slneo and Boston folk say conviction has fol lowed conviction since. IlllI, who scarcely looks tho part of a prose cutor, having como of a Back Bay family of schol ars, bookworms and blue-bloodH (IiIb father was Dr. Charles 13. Barker of Madison, Wis., Is tho Prof. "Mlko" Donovan or the Tnft administration. Tho president, nowadays, It booiiib, must havo a trainer, Just llko a professional prize lighter, to keep him in condition Tor tho grind. Former Son ntor John O. Spoonor ot Wisconsin introduced Dr. Barker to the president while ho was secretary of war. Dr. Barkor at that tlmo prescribed a course or oxorclses nnd diet for Mr. Taft and succeeded In reducing hia weight. When Taft becamo presi dent ho sont a hurry call Tor his trainer. Dr. Barker, just an President HooHovelt sent a hur ry call for "Mlko" Donovan. Dally now at Beverly, Mass., tho president's untnmor linnin III' Ilnvlrnr vim lu mi m..i..i...... rni -i .......v., .. u .... i.nif.iviti (i.M mtddlowolght or IRS pounds, boxes with tho presi Dr. (1. Stnnley Hnll, president of Clnrk univer sity, Worcester, Mass., lias decided to crystalizo tho entire child welfuro movement by inaugurat ing a now department for tho study of tho child lu his Institution this fall. Dr. Hall, who Is now In his slxty-rourth yenr, Is considered by many to bo tho grontcst American authority on tho subject of tho child in all his relations to the rest or man kind. In his book, "Adolescence," ho oxplnlns the orton amazing conduct or bad, bad boys and girls by declaring that tho child In its row years be fore reaching manhood passos through tho entlro strugglo or tho human raco from tho dawn of his tory In tho opltomo. Tho child has Its stone, Hint, and bronze ages, etc., Dr. Hnll snys, and nil or its cruoltles and vngarles can only be explained by this hypothesis. 0 ' 1 I A QfUIOF CAMP New York has but recently discov ered a now summer resort right with in tho metropolitan district, and it Is only just beginning to utilize it. This Is tho Pnllsados park, which belongs Jointly to tho states of Now York and Now Jersey nnd stretches for miles along tho western bank of tho Hud son. Tho ground from tho top of tho cliffs to low water mark and soVcrnl places at tho top of tho cliffs wcro ac quired five years ago In order partly to stop tho destruction of tho Pali sades by stono qunrrlers and partly to prevent this, tho choicest spot around New York, from getting into tho linnds of real cstato dealers, and so being cut up into huidling lots nnd thus taken nway from tho general public. A commission, consisting of 10 Now York nnd Now Jersey business men, wns appointed to look after it and ono or mora of thoso visit tho pnrk overy day. New Yorkers havo Just discovered what an idenl spot tills is for camp ing. All along tho shoro aro tents, In which boys and men nnd often wom en, too, aro living closo to nnturo. Tho debris wnshed down from tho Pali sades by tho waters ot tho ages lias formed n beach, snndy and smooth in somo places, rocky and overgrown with trees in others. Upon this bench any ono mny pitch a tent, except in a few choico spots, whoro n small feo is required, but it is necessary for all to obtain a permit from tho commis sion nnd nlso to obey tho rules that iiro laid down by it. Tho beach Is reached by boat ensily, but ono can walk along tho shore from tho Fort Leo ferry, or, better still, tnko n trolley car to tho turn at Main street, Fort Leo. and then walk about a mllo along tho rond in a northwest erly direction nnd down n flight of primitive stono steps. There nro also other points furthor north nt which ono enn doscond tho cliffs. Along this stretch of bench tho campers may bo found. Their tents nnd fires nre vis ible rrom tho fnr upper west sldo of Manhattan, say from about Ono Hun died and Seventy-second street up to Spuyleii Duyvll. In somo tents nro wholo fnmlllcs, tho father going to and coming from business lu a motor boat nnd rowing ncross to and from Mnnhnttnu or walking to nnd from Fort Leo or Coytesvllle, N. J. In oth ers nro parties' of young men. In ouo group is u band of volunteer lifo savors, who keep n bencon burning nt night and encourngo tho boys or tho other camps to learn to swim nnd dive. Thero nro boats that mny ho hired by tho day, week or month. Thero Is excellent fishing for eels and crabs; tho wnter, while not quite nB salty as tho sea, la nioro than brack ish and tho river In ninny places is so shallow that at low tldo ono mny walk half way ncross to New York. Franklin Hopkins, tho broker, or No. 25 Brand street, Is ono ot tho most nctlvo men on tho commission that has ehargo ot this strip or park nnd has really mado it his hobby. A few days ago ho took tho writer in a mo tor boat for a tour ot tho enmps. "Two years ago these hills wero in a vory, very bnd condition," he snld, as ho pointed out their beauty. "Cnmp ors used to como over lu wholo fnml llos, set up great tents nnd tuko lu boarders. Tho snnltnry conditions wero appalling and tho conditions ot morality wcro Httlo better, Thero wnB really a canvas tenement district hero In tho woods nnd a vnndnlism that showed only too plainly that there would bo tew natural beauties along tho shoro left if thoso peoplo wero permitted to go their own way. To stop this it wns mado u law that n camping permit nniBt bo obtained nnd that no tent could remain up for moro than four weeks out of any year. If certain rules and laws wero violated tho campers must go, penult or no permit. "Wo havo picked six men who huvo llve'd under tho Palisades nenrly nil their llvos to do tho patrollng and tho work hero." At sight ot a thin spiral ot smoko rising from amid the trees the captain owed ashore.- "That." said Mr. Hopkins, "Is not permitted; fires may bo built on the shore, but not on tho hills or under trees. Yon see, wo havo learned Mint eternal vigilance is the prlco of parks. Often In tho summer and nlwnyn In the fall It Is dimcult to keep liro out of tho hills." Tho captain rotumod nnd reported two Urea extinguished In tho woods. They hnd been mado by canoeists whom wo presently saw coming down tho rocky sides of the hill nnd j preparing to mnko tholr nro on tnc bench. Mr. Hopkins, tnklng up the megaphone, called n pleasant "thank you" over tho wntor and wns an swered by a wave ot tho hand and a cordial nod of Hie head. "That's tho thing wo try to encour ngo," ho snld, pointing to a picnic pnrty on tho rocks; "thoso young peoplo como over lu the morning nnd havo a bully tlmo all day, healthy and good, nnd return to town with a pic turo other Minn of brick streets In their mind's eye. Supposo wo run in and seo them." Going nshore, it was discovered Mint tho men of tho party wero the big fel lows of tho trafllc squad, happy, healthy, having n royal good tlmo. "Havo you found tho water, boys?" aBked Mr. Hopkins. "No, nnd wo'vo needed it, too," said one of tho men. "Well, right up thero about a block you will find a cold spring. And right up there," pointing to tho woods, "a path that Is mighty pleasant to take an after luncheon wnlk on, not too strenuous n path, either." Tho water pipes of tho. Palisades aro especially good; Micro aro nine springs nnd wells that havo been sup plied with piped barrels. Thoso nro elenned out twlco each week nnd kept in nbsolutcly snnltnry condition. On n beautifully clean beach, set nside for canoeists, Dr. nnd Mrs. William McAndrows, of the Washington Irving high Bchool, wcro found nt their after noon meal, happy and having a per fect rest. In a sail of several miles up tho Hudson many Instructions to the boat ing parties wcro called through the mcgaphono. Fires wero moved, tents wore chnnged from a rorbldden ground to sullnble spots and water was locat ed for the campers. WOMAN WAS A SOLDIER Tablet to Honor Barbara Duravan, Who Died In Prison. Ann Captured by union soldiers as a con fedcrato spy nnd Imprisoned lu Alton during tho civil war, It was not known until death -that B. A. Duravan was a woman, Mint sho was Barbara Ann Duravan, and that sho had como from TonncBsoo. On ono ot tho tablets of tho big shaft now being erected in memory of tho 2,000 confodcrato sol diers In tho confederate cemetery lu Alton, tho St. Louis Republic snys, will nppenr the namo or tho only wom an burled In tho cemetery. An old citizen or Alton recnlled tho story, tho discovery Mint tho prisoner wns a womnn crenting much exclto incut at tho time. With a big batch ot soldiers brought in to bo Incnrccratod In tho prison wns n trail Httlo croaturo who gavo tho namo of B. A. Duravan. Dnravnn had boon whero tho bullets hnd been flying thick and fast, had been In tho long inarches with Leo's army, had slept out In tho open when only tho snow that toll sorved as u cover to keep tho Httlo soldier warm. Comii Icb had a warm spot In their hearts tor Duravan. Tho Httlo sol dier wns strong In tho bollcf ot tho southern cnuso, eager to bring nbout tho defeat ot tho unionists. One morning Duravan wns round dead In tho prison cell nnd then It was learned for tho first tlmo that tho palo Httlo Boldler was a woman. Two days ago tho story of tho bravo woman who had donned man's clothes to go to wtir wns revived and her namo will bo especially emblaz oned on tho bronzo tnblot Mint will mark tho resting place of the sol diers. A Sad Story, "Haven't you a homo?" nsked tho sympathetic citizen. "Yop," answered Plodding Pcto. "I had a nlco home, but do first t'Ing I know it had a woodpilo and n gardon and a pump. And den it go so much like a Blendy Job dat I resigned." Washington Star. What a Man Says, " , "You can't says ono of tho philoso phers, "toll what n man knows by by what ho doesn't sny." nut you can generally tell by what ho says what a man doesn't know. Probably the Most Pronounced and Useful Trait of tha 'Animnl Is Its Ability to Clear Pasture of Weeds and Brush. Probnuty tho most pronounced nnd ireful trait or the Angora goat is its nblllty to free pastures of .weeds and brush. A bulletin of tho departmont of agriculture claims that 10 goats will clean as much land as a mnn wltii n mnttock, and do it much better, writes J. H. llarpster in American Agri culturist. A member of tho Iowa statu board of agriculture is author ity for tho Htatomont Mint the Angora goat hns ndded $1,000,000 to tho vnlue of lown Innd in tho last ten years, by freeing It of brush nnd weeds. Thero nre millions of ncres or land In the i'nlted States, the value of which could be more than doubled by the Angora Buck raising of theso nnlmnls for n few years, at practically no cost to tho farmers, ns tho goat will pay for Us keep and a handsome profit besides. The goat Is tho only niilmnl that will toko tho job of clearing our land and pllo a groat portion of tho brush and weeds In his shed ns mnnure and ask nothing tor doing It. All ho nsks Is a dry plnco to sleep, which ho will go to himself, nnd somo feed when It Is too wot for him to go out. For this ho gives up a fleece of hair, worth from ono dollar up, and each year tin other grubber, in tho form of a lusty kid. Angora Tho goat will eat any feed that any other anliunl will cat and n great deal that no other niilmnl will touch, but It must bo clean, lu summer he will eat all kinds ot brush nnd weeds and loavo the grass for tho oth er nnlmnls. In tho winter ho- will oat tho tops of all tho weeds to get tho seeds and tho twigs and ends of nil brush and briars and tho bark from a great many saplings, peeling thorn up six toot high. Western goats aro not hard to fence, as thoy havo never been in any in closure, except a corral, and henco FERTILIZER FOR USE IN THE FALL Atlvantitzo of Buying HtKlicot GruJeii lu Shown toy Compar loon ot Anulyolu. By A. J. LEGG, Albion, W. Va. It is generally conceded that either n suporphosplinto or n suporphos phato and potash Is tho most econom ical fertilizer to use on wheat. My exporlonco horo Is that a good grado superphosphate alone gives better results than tho suporphos phato and potash whan applied to wheat. I prefer it to tho phosphato and potnBh if thoy' cost tho same money, but tho potash added also ndds from threo to lour dollars por ton to tho price of tho goods. It may bo that It will pay to buy the potash In somo localities, but I feel sure that It does not pay horo. Tho suporphosphato hastons the ma turity of tho crop and thus lessons tho danger rrom loss by rust and othor diseases which Injuro tho,whent crop. It holpa to mako nlco plump grains, since tho phosphoric acid la found principally In the grain of Mm crop. In comparing prices It Is nooossnry do not know how to Jump. Any good fence will turn them; they nre moro apt to crawl under Minn Jump over, but when thoy once lenm to Jump thoy nro good nt tho Job. A woven wiro fonce three feet high Is nn Ideal goat fence. Ono witli square meshes is preferable, with stay wires not closer thnh 12 Inches npnrt. Angora goats breed but once a yenr and usually bring forth their young In late winter or spring, usu ally one, but sometimes twins. Tho kids nro delicate when first born, but when once filled with mother's milk will stand lots of exposure. Tho full Is the best season to buy gonts, and Does. as then you can seo the mohair and it has not ndded much to the price. If you buy in tho spring you must buy the fleece, ns woll ns tho goat. Shorn goats all look allko to me, and no ono can toll with absolute surety a good haired goat aiter it is clipped. Tho llecco of tho Angora goat in called mohair, and they shear from ono nnd one-half to twenty-one pounds. The average for this country is be tween three and live pounds for ono yenr's growth, and It is from threo to twenty-two inches long, the nverago. being somowhore between. The price of inohnlr varies as much Kids. j as the weight of tho fleece, and rangeB I from 10 cents to $0.50 per pound, the I r . , - i lui-im-r price lor six-monins-om goatH of poor hnlr.jind Mio latter tho prlco paid a Montann firm for two llcoeea that wolghed 42 pounds. The goat that took tho premium at tho St. Louis world's fair clipped 19 pounds of hair and sold for $4.50 por pound. Tom Wedgowood of New Mexico had a buck that sheared 1C pounds of hair, ten pounds or which sold for five dol lnrs per pound. Mrs. Armour of Now Mexico hnd a doo tleece that weighed M pounds and sold for $42. to consider tho nmount or available; phosphoric acid In tho goods. If a certain brand shown ten per cent, available phosphoric acid and Is offered nt $14 per ton, and wo deslro to compare it with a brand which shows an analysis of 10 per cent, avail ablo phosphoric acid at $18 per ton, we call tho per cent, pounds, slnco ton por cont. means ten pounds por hundred, und multiply it by the prlco per pound for phosphoric ncld, which is usually calculated at from five to six cents per pound, nnd compnro tho results thus: Ten pounds phosphoric ncld at six cents per pound oqunls CO cents. Slxteon pounds phosphoric acid nt six cents por pound equals 9G cents. This shows tho cheaper grado to ho worth CO cents per hundred and tho hlghor grado 9G cents por hundred. Sixty timoB 20 is $12. Ninety-six times 20 is $19.20. This shows Mint when 10 por cent, goods are selling nt $19.20 per ton the ten por cent, goods are only worth commercially $12 per ton. . i Picking Apples. ; A packor declares that tho cost of picking a barrel of apples on vory largo, high trees is 20 cents a barrel, while on low-headed troes the costj does not exceed seven cents.