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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1912)
NEBRASKA'S NEW APPORTIONMENT Senatorial and Congressional Districts as Arranged by Act of the State Legislature GREAT MAJORITY OF BIRDS OF PREY ARE FRIENDS OF FARMER Deserving of Protection as Thoy Feed LnraoXy on Noxious Rodents and Larger Insects, Such as Grasshoppers, Crickets and May Beetles and Keep Such Pests Under Control. A BUNCH OF VIOLETS Cy CLARISSA MACKIE M y!?fWO! 1 1 si Jj ) X t$ 'a W vS j g)a M nf I i si I jiUif'sslI is Til ' i 3 3 "TO! I , j LX - I jh 7H giM --r -c Q: u I """ , I Jfr o A .( """Tk. , Si! IT? piJf.lt&S l sl K I o e I " I CVk s 2 A I : ui H L - 71 5 o hi - 5 1 iilL r sKsit J. " ; ' to Q May Open Lands to Entry. Washington. The Benato on Thurs day panned tho Gamble- bill opening to nKrlculturnl ontry 1,200,000 acres of land on tho Choyonno Indian reserva tion in South Dakota. Foreign Wheat Acreage. Washington. Tho International In stitute of Agriculture nt Homo. Italy, has cabled tho United States Depart mont of AKriculturo tho following foreign crop Information: Tho area sown to wlntor wheat In Belgium this soason Is 101 per cent of Inst season's area; In Spain 95 per cent; In Franco 312 por cont; In Great Britain 10C por cant; In Canada 97 por cont; In Brit ish India 99 per cent. Weather condi tions aro favorablo for wlntor coroal crops and tholr germination Is regular. Want Lower Rates, Excosslvo freight rates and unfair competition in tho stato woro tho chief objects of discussion taken up by tho Stato Association of Monument Doalora which mot in Lincoln. Many of tlioso present nrguod that tho trade Is discriminated ngalnst in this state by tho railroads, In that marblo for buildings and construction work Is dlfforontly classified In tho freight schedules. An offort will bo mode to tako this matter up with tho Inter state commerco commission for ad-lustmont. Ben Craven Found Guilty. Guthrie, Okla. Charles J. Maust, under trial under tho namo of Ben Craven for murder, was found guilty by a Jury In tho federal court. Punislu mcnt is life imprisonment. Discussion of Rates. Kansas City. Railroad rato ox ports from six middle western states, composing a special committee of tho Natlonci Industrial Traffic league, mot hero on Thursday to discuss tho rato ruling known as wostorn classifi cation No. .11, which Is to go Into of feet February in. Tho ruling affects all railroads botweon tho Mississippi river and tho Pacific seaboard. It sub mitted more than 1,700 subjects roe ommomllug changes In ratings on about fi.OOO articles In tho now order of things. Scoffs at Universal Peace. In a stirring address in -which ho scoffed nt tho Idea of unlvorsal puuco advocated by President Taft and n multitudinous array of ponce socie ties, Pastor U. T. Hussell of the con tral conference of Sovcnth Day Ad vontlst churches declared before tho delegates of tho central and northern conferences, in session at Lincoln re cently, that tho last messago to a doomed world is now going to tho ut most corners of tho earth and that Christ Is soon to return. Meantime wo are being glorified by his coming. It was ono of thoso uptown cross Btrcots whoso dividing lino is Broad way. No. 87, west, was ono of many hnndsomo stono dwolllngs, while No. 87, east, was merely a shabby board ing house given over to tho accommo dation of working girls. ISsthor Mnson wearily climbed tho stairs of No. 87 cast, and paused as Mrs. Bcggs' shrill volco called her name from tho hnll bolow. "Hero's something for you a boy left It a few minutes ago flowers, 1 guess t Supposo your boau sent 'em" said tho boarding house mistress as Esther descended the stairs. Tho girl's i'aco Hushed as she took the square box nr.d examined tho ad dress on tho vlolot and gold cover. "Miss Esther Mason. No. S7 East sixth street." Surely It must bo for her, nnd yot who would send her a box of Mowers on nor birthday? Save for the few persons in tho olllco where she wns employed she hnd scarcely an acquaintance In Now York nnd as for tho homo people? Esthor swallowed a llttlo sob and with a murmured word of thnnks to Mrs. Beggs she ran light ly up tho stairs to her llttlo room and tossed tho box on her narrow bed. When she had removed her outdoor things sho bathed hor face and brush od her dusky hair Into satin smooth ness before sho sat down. All the homo folks hnd passed away to another and more beautiful country two long years before Esthor had ta ken her small patrimony nnd gono brnvoly to tho grcnt city to mnko hor way among thousands of wage-earners. Tho investment of hor money hnd brought hor n business education, and sho had slowly worked hor way up ward until now sho could look forward to tho tlmo when nn Increased salary might permit of a more congoninl homo. In tho menntimo tho llttlo bank account must grow larger. This was hor birthday and sho alone know It. It wns a strango coincidence that Bomo'one somo now-found friend might send her somo flowers on that day. Sho lifted tho covor nnd gazed with delight upon an immenso bunch of violets. Still mystified and yet with a feeling of relief that sho might not bo obliged to return tho gift to somo unrecog nized donor, Bho nroso with tho quick decision that was characteristic of hor nnd changed her gown for tho pretty palo gray that was her best. When tho largo gray hat with its single long grny feather was perched on hor pretty hend and tho frngrant vlolots were pinned nt her waist, Esthor ran down tho stairs and knock ed nt tho door of Mrs. Beggs' sitting room. "I am going out to dinner, Mrs. Beggs," sho called softly. It was after C o'clock and tho streets nnd shops woro brilliantly lighted. Es thor hummed n llttlo song as sho turn ed into Fifth avenuo nnd mado her way toward u largo nnd fashionable hotel. Sho know nil about this hotel rich and fashlonablo peoplo dined there every night. This was her birthday and sho was alono. Sbo would treat herself to tho luxury of a perfectly cooked dinner and whllo sho listoned to tho music sho might seo nil these great peoplo whoso gay doings filled much spneo In tho newspapers. Ten minutes later sbo wns sented In n quiet cornor of tho Immenso restau rant with hundreds of tnblcB glitter ing with silver nnd cut glass. As sho ato tho delicious meal, the payment for which would drain hor purso to tho bottom, her beautiful oyes took In tho vnrlod chnrm of tho scono. Tho hnndsomo gowns of tho women; tho qulot well bred air of tho men; tho lovely girls, most of them her own ago. to whom this dinner wns a common occurrence. At tho next tnblo to Esther's sat nn elderly woman, gowned In soft black laco with a Jowolod butterfly qulvor ing above her snow whlto hair. With her was a tall young man with serious gray eyes and hnndsomo fnco bent abovo tho menu card. In tho pauses of tho music their conversation floated in snatches to tho young girl at her solitary tablo. "You aro not wearing my violets. Aunt Esthor," said tho young man nftor a while. "You said you wanted violets." ' ( haven't received thorn, Dick," re turned his companion; "I supposed you had forgotten them or that you would stop for them on tho way to the theator." "Thoy were ordorod let mo seo. I bought them in a llttlo shop Just off tho avenuo somo Rormnn name. Heinz, I believe-- ho snld ho would send them over Immodlntoly. Somo mlstnko, I supposo. for I distinctly told him thoy woro for MIhh Esther Mnson. 87 West sixth street." Tho young man lifted his oyes nnd encoim tored tho gazo of a pair of startled brown onos whoso llko ho had never scon before. In wondering delight ho noted tho brown of tho oyes, nnd the distinct black of tho curling lashos and deli cately marked brows. "What Is tho matter, dear?" naked his aunt anxiously. "Nothing just a twlngo," ho ovadod quickly. "Gout?" Her tono was playful. "No heart," ho snld grimly. Esthor watching them with flutter lng hor, touched tho bunch of cool violets at hor waist with trembling fingers. She had heard tho conversa tion about tho violets nnd understood. Tho name on tho florist's box hnd been "Heinz" nnd there wns nnothor "Miss Esthor Mnson" for whom tho blossoms hnd( been purchased, A stupid shop man nnd tho mere difforenco of cast and west and a singular colncldonco of names hnd completed tho tnnglo. Tho vlolots were not hers. Thoy be longed to thnt benutlfully gowned woman at tho next tnblo who wns drnwlng on her whlto gloves nnd pre paring for her dopnrture. Esther paid tho waiter and slipped Into her loose grny cloak. With a graceful movement sho crossed to tho next table and bant over her aston ished nnmosako. "I must nsk your pardon," snld Esthor composedly, "but I could not help overbeurlng your converpntlon about the vlolots. My namo Is Esthor Mnson and I llvo nt S7 Enst sixth street. Tonight 1 received this beau tiful bunch of vlolots and as there wns no enrd why I Just thought thoy came because It whs my birthday. It did not occur to mo there might havo been n mistake the address was so plain on tho box." As sho spoko, Esthor unpinned tho flowers nnd lnld them on tho tnblo bo sldo Miss Mnson. but the older woman thrust them back Into her hands. "No. no, my dear, you must keep them; It Is your blrthdny and I am very glnd that you havo them." Sho smiled sweetly nt tho lovely young fnco bent nbovo her own nnd ns sho looked, n puzzled expression enmo into her eyes. She Unshod a quick glanco townrd tho tablo where tho girl had been sitting, nnd then added: "You aro alono bore tonight?" Perhaps your friends aro waiting for you." Esthor flushed and drew back. "I am all alono," sho said with dignity. "I enmo hero to dlno this ovenlng bo causo it was my birthday and I want ed a treat tho violets tempted mo they seemed to luro mo Into spending ono delightfully luxurious evening. If you will not tako tho vlolots, Miss Mason, let mo thnnk you for thorn and say good-night." Sho turned away with a slight in clination of tho head, but tho older woman's hnnd caught bora nnd do tnlncd hor. "Wnlt a moment, plonso. You did not understand mo, my denr. I naked nbout your friends because I thought I might rccognizo among them ono whom I knew your fnco Is so famli inr It Is very llko someono I know." Miss Mason's own fnco wns pnlo now nnd her dnrk eyes shono strangely. Esthor hesitated nn instnnt, then hor firm whlto chin wont up never so slightly. "I nm sure you ennnot havo known my nconlo. MIbb Mnson. You seo, No. 87 East Is a boarding bouso and I am merely a working girl. My people nro all dead." Her Hps quiv ered slightly, and Dick Redmond sud denly dropped his eyes from hor fnco nnd twisted his dinner card viciously. Miss Mason leaned back a llttlo wearily and dropped tho girl's band. "I nm very Borry," sho said gently; "but 1 wns sure you look so llko Tom MnBon, bo wns my cousin." "My fntbor's numo was Tom Mnson Tom Henry Mnson they cnllcd him," said Esthor qulotly. "You bco wo aro r.aryland peoplo. Thoy aro all dead cvety ono savo somo distant coiiBlns whom f hnvo never seen." Miss Mnson nroso quickly nnd slipped her arm around Esther's waist, "My dear girl," sho half sobbed. "Tom Henry Mason was my cousin on tho other side of tho house, Dick nnd I renlly bellovo you were nnmod for mo. Thoro wns a misunderstanding bo tweon us which wns novor clenred up. Oh, you must como with us now, lot mo Introduco my nephew, Dick Red mond my cousin Esthor Mnson, Dick. Is It not delightful thnt you mndo tho mlstnko nbout tho vlolots?" Dick's hnnd closed mound Esther's and his grny eyes sought hers eagerly. "Wo aro on our way to tho theater," explained Miss Mnson as thoy passod Into tho lobby nnd mndo their wny to tho street, where a hnndsomo cnrrlngo wnlted nt tho curb. "You must como with us It Is your blrthdny, you know, nnd between tho acts I will ask you nbout nil your homo peoplo und wo will lny plans for the future." Dick, following them Into tho enr ringe, mentnlly doclded that he, too, was very lonely nnd thnt ho woidd mnko it his business to rellovo his solitary condition at tho earliest op portunity. Porhaps ho felt n bit encouraged when, as ho left Esthor nt tho open door of No. 87 East, ho asked hor for somo of tho violets. "I could not." snld tho girl quickly, rlnsplng tho bunch with eager hands. "You seo thoy mean so much to mo oo what thoy hnvo brought mo to night!" Sho waved her hnnd to Miss Mason In tho cnrrlngo bolow nnd then plnced It in Redmond's outstrotchod pnlm. Ho looked at hor from grnvo eyes "Tho violets menu so much to me now I would llko Just ono," ho snld. With downenst fnco Esthor pulled out a llttlo bunch of her precious blossoms nnd gavo them Into his hnnd. Then with a llttlo murmured word of farowoll, sho disappeared within tho door of No. 87 East. But tho look In her eyes ns Bho flow up tho long stairs matched tho look In Dick Redmond's oyoa ns ho rejoined his aunt. Cooper Hawk (Chicken Hawk). (Upper Figure, Adult Male; Lower Figure, Immature Female. Natural Size.) One-fourth Tho eoonor farmers, ranchmen, hor ticulturists, and nursorymon learn that tho great majority of birdB of prey aro their friends nnd desorvo protection nnd thnt four or flvo spe cies only are injurious, tho soonor will depredations by noxious rodents nnd insects diminish. In tho more thick ly settled sections of tho country, ox copt nt rare intervals, Uio goshawk, duck hawk, and great horned owl aro so infroquont that years may pass without an Individual bolng seen. Two spcclcB thnt need to bo kept in check are tho shnrp-shlnncd and Cooper hawks, email and medium sized species which feed almost entirely on wild birds nnd poultry. Tho Illustration will mate rially assist thoso interested; in iden tifying theso birds. Tho important fact to bear in mind Is that nil hawks and owls food large ly on noxious rodents and tho larger Insects, such ns grasshoppora, crick ets, and Mny beetles, and, from their nlzo nnd voracious nppotltes, nro Im portant factors in reducing tho num bors of such pests and keeping them under control. Ravens, crows, and JayB also do ef fective work in destroying posts. Oc casionally, howevor, in localities where thoy have Increased out of pro portion to tho avallablo food supply, they becomo troubleBomo by killing small chlckons and destroying eggs nnd nestlings of wild birds. It is demonstrable that so long nB n useful species Is kopt within bounds nnd la not allowed to incroaeo beyond Its normnl food supply, Just bo long will it fulfill its natural mission and bo of truo economic vnluo. If, bow over, tho Btaplo of food Bupply tempo rarily falls, then in tho offort to main tain llfo tho animal la likely to becomo obnoxlouB and may havo to bo con trolled. Tho annual Iobb of crops, by insect nnd mammal pests in tho United Stntos amounts to many millions of dollars. Moreover, not only 1b this loss diminishing, but on tho contrary, it Is steadily Increasing, partly as a rcBult of tho encroachments of now insect onomioB, partly from tho in crcaso of both Insect and rodent peoUi for tho numbor of thoso unturally; grows with tho oxtousion of tillage" and partly, perhaps mainly, becnuso of tho destruction of their natural en omios. These, instead of being per mitted to keop paco with tho multipli cation of tho pests upon which thoy feed, havo boon destroyod until tholr numbers nro ontlrcly inadequate to( presorvo tho balance It is therefore of first importanco that tho farmor nnd stockman should ovorywhoro seolc to protect nnd oncourngo tho nat-i ural foos of injurious mammala audi insects. Milk and Butter. Shipping milk seemed to pay bettor) than making butter, so fathor and sons) sold tho cows which woro not big mllk-i era and bought HoIstoinB, getting ai registered bull. Thoy now havo most-! ly full-brad Holsteln cows and heifers) of which thoy aro justly proud. Run-Down Farm. Many a young farmor with Bmall capital would probably do better to go cast and buy a run down farm with substantial building nnd foncing on it rather than pay two or throo times ns much for raw land in tho blttor clL. mato of Canada. STRONG STUMP-PULLING DEVICE Realizing tho importanco of n cheap and effoctlvo mothod of removing stumpB with bo many farmers who aro not ablo to buy or obtain a mod em oxponslvo outfit. I thought I would send you an Illustration of a plan t whllo old) which I havo scon used with great auccoss, wrltos O. F. Holmes, Lurny, Va., in Progrcsslvo Farmor, and which baa tho troblo merit of bolng effoctlvo, chonp and not patented. Tho outfit consisto of two Hcrow Jacks thoso I saw usod had lV6foot lift working In cast iron pedestals a Btout log chain, a stout boam 8 feot long and about ns heavy an two men would want to carry, and two piecos of plank for tho Jacks to stand on, Placo tho beam ncrons tho Iargost and stoutest root of tho stump, ono Jack on each oldo and na near tho stump ns tho roots will nllow. and resting on n, plcco of plnnk. Tho chain is passed nround tho beam and tho root. Ono man at eacli jack will ralso almost) any Btump to tho full lift of tho scrawl which, in most casen, is Gufllclcnt; if not, placo a stud under each end of tho beam; let down tho Jacks andj placu blocks under them; givo tho stump nnothor lift Two men can pull from twenty toi fifty Btumps a dny, and tho outfit wllli not cost ovor $15 to $20, whllo the Jncks nro usoful for many other pur poses, and can frequently bo hired; from somo party who possosaos thorn. Or, if you caunot borrow thom, hava a neighbor or two Join in tho purchase of tho outfit, which will mako it choapj to each in caso you have to buy.