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TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR.
NOETH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, MARCH 1, 1910.
NO 11.
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THE ELEVATOR VERSUS THE HOG.
Interesting and Profitable Hog
State Experimental Sub-Station.
During the later part of Janunry the
Experimental Substation marketed CO
spring shoats, They were about ten
months old and weighed about 230
pounds. They were on the market when
it struck a low point and brought a net
price of only $7.50 per 100. An accu
rate record waa kept of the perfor
mance of these hogs from August 31st
until sold. They were not forced at
any time, were always fed less than a
full feed of grain. They ran in alfalfa
pasture till Nov. 9th, when they were
put in dry lots and fed chopped alfalfa
hay in place of alfalfa pasture.
The grain ration of thirty of the pigs
was corn and of tho other thirty one
half corn and one-half barley. With the
lot getting corn there was a gain of
4495 pounds from 19G65 pounds of corn,
1821 pounds alfalfa hay and alfalfa
pasture. There was a gain of one
pound per pig daily for the 150 days.
It required 437.5 pounds of corn to pro
duce 100 pounds of gain on the weight
of the pigs. Each pig ato 11.7 bushels
of corn between Aug. 31st and Jan.
28th and gained 150 pounds. One bushel
of corn produced 12.8 pounds of gain;
12.8 pounds pork at 7 cents equal 96
cents, tho prico received for each
bushel of corn eaten, without consider
ing the alfalfa.
While in the dry lots the amount of
alfalfa eaten in producing 100 pounds
gain was 67.4 pounds. If we consider
this worth $10 per ton, the co3t of the
alfalfa used in producing 100 pounds
gain was 34.7 cents, deducting tho cost
of the alfalfa used (34.7c) in producing
100 pounds of gain, from the selling
price of 100 pounds of the hogs ($7.50)
there is left $7.15, the price received
for 437.4 pounds of com. This gives
91 cents per bushel for the corn after
deducting full price or more for tho al
falfa. Tho cost of these pigs Aug. 31st was
less that $7.50 per 100 pounds, they
are counted as costing that much. These
Mrs. Kate Connelly, of Cheyenne,
has been Visiting friends in town for
several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Meoton returned
yesterday from a trip up the north
river branch.
Mr. and Mrs. George Buzza, of Sid
ney, were guests of friends in town
Saturday and Sunday.
Verne Ranson and Frank Wilson,
charged with theft of articles at the
McNeel ranch, were sentenced Friday
to fifteen days in jail .
Make some money by investing in
some young horses, colts or brood
mares at Mitchell's sale at Myrtle
March 8th.
Watches, clocks and jewelry repaired
right by W. R. Powell, first door west
of LeMasters' Garage.
In the basket ball game at the opera
house Friday evening tho Y. M. C. A.
team defeated the high school team by
a score of thirty-four to twenty-five.
Fastest
IN YEARS.
I sold more Shoes the past week than at
any time during my career as a Shoe Sales
man of fourteen years experience.
It only goes to show that the people
know a good thing when they see it.
There are a good many Shoes left to pick
from. My time to stay here in North
Platte is very limited. Come in and pick a
few pairs.
Don't Get Shut Out.
SOL HODES,
THE SHOERY.
Feeding Experiments at the
hogs mado only a fair record. Any
farmer should do fully as well with his
hogs. The sovoro winter was unfavor
able to cheap or fast gains. Corn at
North Platte is selling at 50 cents per
bushel. At tho present prico of hogs,
$7.50 to $8.50, tho man buying 'corn at
this price and feeding it to hogs is
doubling the prico of every bushel.. Tho
feeder nets 50 cents per bushel for
shoveling the corn to tho hogs. How
much docs the farmer not for rental on
his land, the growing and the market
irig of the crop at 50 cents per bushel?
The price of hogs and corn usuully
maintain about the same relation to
each other. If, in this experiment,
figure corn worth 35 cents per bushel
and hogs $5.50 per 100 pounds, the hogs
again double the price of the corn, pay
ing 70 cents per bushel. Why should
tho farmcrallow tho elevator 100 per
cent profit on the farmer's labor?
There should be 100 hogs grown along
tho Platto valley in western Nebraska
where there is now one. Tho same is
true of tho table land. This would cause
the farmer to sell his corn at twice the
prico that ho gets for it at tho elevator.
The loss of approximately 50 cents per
bushel on each bushel of corn shipped
out of North Platto is almost an entire
loss to the locality in which it is grown
and to Western Nebraska, as the local
man buying it makes only a few cents.
If there is much profit made on it, that
profit goes to people living outside of
Western Nebraska. But tho probabiii
ty is that tho corn when fed properly
is worth more hero than elsewhere fQr
this country has excellent conditions.
for feeding stock. We have a climate
unsurpassed for this purpose, alfalfa
cheap, and can grow tho grain as cheap
ly, probably, as anywhere in the United
States. Let the farmer feed tho corn
at home and get all the profit possible
out of his labor. W. P. Snydeii, Supt.,
Experimental Substation, North Platte,
Neb.
Mrs. H. M. Grimes returned Satur
day from her visit in Indiana and Iowa.
WiIl Doebke is having lumber hauled
on tho ground for a six room cottage
ho will erect oriwcst Tenth street.
H. D. Rhea, of Lexington, was in
town yesterday and was admitted by
Judge Mungor to practice in tho
federal court.
Mrs. Louise Peters returned Sunday
from Kansas City where she went to
make arrangements for furnishing tho
rooms in the Timmerman block.
Dr. F. L. Slocum, receiver of the
North Platto waterworks company,
has been in town for a day or two,
coming here to be present at tho hear
ing of the injunction case in the
federal court.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed re
turned from Seattle Saturday and will
be guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bas
kins until Thurday when they will leave
for their home in Hughesvillo, Pa.
They will bo accompanied by Misa Lena
Buskins. ,
SeSf,
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TOWN AND COUNTYiNEWS
G. W. Stroup left yestorday for
Omaha, where ho will transact bust
ness for a week.
County Judge Elder has been Buffer
ing for a week or two with rheumatism
in his feet, which makes. Walking slow
and painful.
Mrs. Chas. E. HofThinc, who lias
been visiting her, mother. Mrs. O. B.
Fraser,- for sevctai'days, will return to
Choycnne tonight.
Tho banking room of the McDonald
State Bank" is in tho hands of the
paper hangers, and a neater appearance
will be tho result.
I Tho Mothers' Club will be-cntcr-toined
tomorrow afternoon Ly. Mrs. C.
II. Stamp and Mrs. C. S. Clinton at
tho homo of tho former.
Mrs. C. A. Dilbwent to Omaha Sun
day to visit her. busband, and she hopes
that by the end of the week he will bo
able to return homo with her.
J. P. Kelly, formerly connected with
the U. p. Grocery Co., arrived from
Ohio Sunday night accompanied by an
attorney and is having, his Jiearing'in
the federal court today.
The Hartman cigar factory began
business yestorday in tho McDonald
building on Front street Tho factory;
starts out with four cigar makers,
which number it ia'hoped to increase.
W. O. Gamble, of Wayne, Neb.,,
who for a number of years had largo
rael estate holdings in this county and
who frequently visited North Platto,
died a week or so ago from ajcancerous'
growth on the face.
Sunday was a typical spring day In
the banana belt and much driving was
indulged in by automobile and carriage
owners. Tho weather from now on
will in the main be pleasant; an
occasional stormy day of course must
be expected.
Ed Wolf came down from Big Springs
yesterday and last evening was given,
tho order of the temple degree at
the Masonic hall. Following this cere-,
mony a banquet i was hold, -Judge
Monger, of the federal court, and other
visitors in' town being present.
A wrestling match between Bill
Hokuff, of Crete, and Jess Westor
gaard, of Des Moines, is billed for the
opera house tomorrow evening. Pre
liminary events have been arranged,
and spectators will get full value for
their money.
Tho coal house on tho Second ward
school premises burned to the ground
about 11:30 Friday night, but several
tons of coal therein was saved. The
origin of the fire is unknown, but is
supposed to have been set by some ono
who had been loafing around the build
ing.
Wanted, A Wheel I would buy a
good" second hand wheel if at a bargain.
Phono 354.
A number of trees on tho J. W.
Payno premises on west Fifth street
have been cut down preparatory to the
removal of the present building to
another lot and the erection of a new
residence that will be similar in plans
to the Mrs. Ray Langford residence.
J.J. Wetmore, of Lincoln, represent
ing tho American Order of Protection,
arrived in town Sunday and will devote
some time to soliciting member b for
that order. The present membership
of the local lodge is about 250.
The old Presbyterian church was sold
last week to Saml. Goozee, who is
having it torn down and will use such
lumber us is suitable in the erection of
his new building on Sixth street.
Mr. Goozee paid $200 for the church
building,
At the meotlntr of the biiildlnir nml
loan association Saturday evening a
dividend of nine per cent for tho year
ending March 1st wus declared to
stockholders. Loans aggregating $8,500
wore approved and allowed; The annual
mooting of the association will be held,
Aiarcn :tn.
EITeoUve this week a ticket seller
will be stationed at the.dopot at ail
hours of the day and night, which has
not been tho condition heretofore, much
to tho inconvenfenco of outgoing pas
sengers. Nels Rassmussen, who has
sold tickets at nighty will take the day
job arid Arthur'Bullard, who has been.
in umaiin lor n year or two, will tnko
the night job.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor VonGoetz re
turned Sunday night from their month's
wedding trip which included visits nt
Pacific coast cities, points In Wyoming,
at Denver and Kansas City. At Palo
AJta they visited tho Stolley family,
and while In Los Angeles mot and were
entertained by a number of former North
Platto peoplo. They wero so favorably
improssed with California .that ,thoy
may de'ddo.td locate there some timo
in tho future
Building Netei.
R. P. Basta is having material as
sembled on the ground for a modern
bungalow which ho will erect on Fourth
t t . m .
street in tno Trustee's aauition.
A. L. Perry, the contractor and
builder who recently came hero from
Kearney, has started tho work of build
ing himself a rcsidonco on Fourth street
in the Trusteo addition.
J. R. White, the cement block
mukefr, has booked orders for 17,000
and the season has not yet opened,
It therefore looks as though his plant
will bo pushed to its outmost canacitv
throughout tho season. Tho output of
the plant Is 400 blocks per day.
Picard brothers will soon begin the
erection of a modern bungalow on
Sixth street in the Trustee's addition,
which they will occupy. This firm is
now getting out tho frame work for"
tho new $4,00p bungalow which they
will build for Mrs. Joe Schatz on cast
Fifth street.
Big Land Sale.
Tho Union Realty & Trust Co. sold
1280 acres of land ono day last week to
E. A. Cary of this city and J. R. Cary
and Frank Cary, of Ohio, for a consid
eration of $27,500. These two sections
are part of tho large tract south of
Hershey recently purchased by tho
company, of which about one-half or
$107,000 worth has so far been sold,
The Cary brothers purchased the land
as a speculation.
Railway Men Talk Business.
Members of the executive committees
of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive
Trainmen and Order of Railway Con
ductors of tho Union Pacific railroad
aro still in session at tho Millard hotel.
Matters of routino business, they say,
are up for discussion and the meeting
has no bearing on the demands of the
firemen for increased wages.
Both tho engineers mid firemen, it
is learned, will be in session at the
Arcade hotol Monday. A. L. Konold has
wired that the. engineers will hold a
committee meeting and the firemen will
meet to cariyjiss; the votes of the, men
on th Btriko proposition, Mr. Konold
and W. S. "McGuiro "of tho engineers,
are now in New York Omaha Beo,
"The Climax" Saturday Night.
"The Climax" with tho original com
pany, coming direct from its remark
able run of almost a year at Weber's
theatre, New York, appears at the
Keith Saturday evening of this week.
When the play was produced last
season it was declared by tho critics to
bo tho biggest hit since "Tho Music
Master".
"The Climax" is presented in three
acts with one interior Bcene and New
York as its locale. Tho characters
are Adelina von Hagen, Luigi Gol
fanti, Pietro Golfanti and John Ray
mond. Luigi is a voice culturist.
Pietro, is his son, a young composer
with a bright future. Adelina is a dis
tant relativo and pupil whilo John Ray
mond is a young physician beloved of
Adelina.
Luigi and his son view with favor
the efforts of Adelina to follow an
operate career, tho doctor lover being
the opposed force. Ho tries to turn
Adelina from her ambitions, offering
his love as a compensation. Just as
she has accepted an engagement- to go
on tour it becomes necessary for her to
undergo a surgical operation on her
throat. The doctor treats her throat
after tho operation has been performed
impressing upon her mind that there is
just one chance in a thousand of her
not losing her voice. He makes this point
so emphatic that it impresses her
imagination, and when she tries to sing
she falls utterly. Having lost her
voice Adelina promise to mnrry the
doctor but in her oxcitcmcnt incident
to her preparations for tho wedding,
she regains the use of the vocal
powers.
Then comes the great moment of tho
play. Will Adelina forgive or forget?
Will she marry tho doctor or will sho
choose Pietro? That is tho question
which is happily solved at the fall of
the curtain.
Saved a Soldier's Life.
Facing death from shot and shell in
tho civil war was more agreeable to J,
A. Stone, of Kemp, Tex,, than facing
it from what doctors said waa consump.
tlon. "I contracted a stubborn cold"
ho writes, "that developed a cough,
that stuck to mo in spite of all reme
dies for years. My weight ran down to
180 pounds. Then I began to uso Dr.
King's Now Discovery, which complete
ly cured mo. I now weigh 178 pounds."
For Coughs, Colds, LaGrippo, Asthma,
Hemorrhage, Hoarseness, Croup,
Whooping Cough and lung trouble, its
supreme. 50 cents, 1.00. Trial bottle
free. Guaranteed by Stono Drug Co.
Wanted to Buy.
. Hogs and tattle, . Highest market
rlco paid. J. I. Show, Herehoy, Nob .
Electric Service
What it Means to be
Always Ready,
evening. During short winter days, when darkness overtakes business hours.
tho hcuviest demand is mado on an electric plant n demand which lessons ma
tcrially as tho Spring season advances.
The boilers, engines, and dynamos needed to produce this short time quan
tity of electricity, and the capacity of tho wire needed to deliver it, muBt atand
partly Idle that is, can bo operated to only a small fraction of their capacity--during
tho majority of tho hours of tho day, and during the majority of theaya
of the year.
A factory may closo in dull times; nn electric company must operate all the
time-bnrring accidents of calamity. A factory may turn out wares hi" .slack
periods and sell tho goods in activo periods, and thus equalize tho strain agains
rush seasons. An electric plant can do neither, but must bo largo enough 'to
caro for ALL DEMANDS tho day and
reserve capacity to meet tho possibility
Tho maximum demand of Uio shortest winter day plus tho reserve, fixes
tho capacity and INVESTMENT of nn electric plant. '
The Investment causes interest, taxes and depreciation, and maintenance
changes in proportion to its bIzo THE
Tho Investment is never permitted
nnything like its full capacity for a FEW WEEKS EACH YEAR.
Wo produce electrical energy, but
ANY TIME ANY PLACE-nnd tho
SERVICE.
If wo could equalize the load so as
about tho same quantity of electricity in each hour of the day, and'every day
in tho year, our investment would bo much lc?s, and our charges would be
lower, but wo are forced to meet conditions as thoy exist and do tho best we
can.
North Platte
KEITH T1 EE lMS'ES ,
C. H. STAMP, Manager. '
Saturday, March 5th
Joseph M. Weber offers the most remarkable pUyj f
the period
It
THE CLIMAX- "
WITH THE
NEW YORK COMPANY.
Route, of "The Climax:"
Feb. 20-2G, Kansas City
Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 2. Omaha '
March 3, Grand Island t t ,
March 4, Kearney,
March 5, North Platte
March 7-12 Denver.
Playing the First Class Opera Houses Only.;
Prices $1.50, $1.00, 75 and 50 Cents.
County News.
Statements published by the two
banks at Brady showed deposits of
$135,000 at the date of the last call,
February 12th.
If you want a Shorthorn bull or good
horses, nttend tho Mitchell salo at
Myrtlo March 8th. Ho is going to leave,
and everything goes.
Ed Trembly, who for two years lived
south of Maxwell, left the latter part
of last week for Brown county, where
he will make his futuro homo.
W. B. Houser, the blacksmith at
Bignell, will handle agricultural imple
ments, and now has n car on tho road.
Mr. Houser is kept busy all tho timo
at his shop.
During 1900 there were shipped out
of Dickens sixty-three cum of lioga,
sixty-ono cars of cattle, two enrs of
sheep, nine of corn, and one of water
melons.
Frank Shidol, living on the E. W.
ranch, has so far husked G,800 bushels
of corn for tho farmers of that neigh
borhood. Probably no other man in
tltifl section of tho state has husked so
many bushels.
Last week F. S, Hengen butchered
ono of his justly celebrated red hogs
that dressed COO pounds and whb not
quite 22 months old, and about the
same time sold a ten-months old pic
that weighed 3G0 pounds to C. II. Wal
ter for $29.10. These aro facts that
sneak well for tho red hogs.Wallace
winner.
I will Bell at public sale on my farm
two miles south and four miles cast
of Horshoy (12-13-32) all of my horses,
cattlo, form implements, household
jurnmire., etc, beginning at 10 a. m.
aiarcn oa. oilab clark.
Electrical Energy cannot be .stored
in largo quantities. It - cannot be
stored economically at all. It must
bo PRODUCED AS IT IS -USED;.
Sufficient mechanical and distributing
capacity must bo ready at all timM
to meet the greatest demand AT
ANY ONE TIME of all our patronf,
It does not requiro an expert to tell
that yearly all electric llgh'tnlnjf
comes during a fow hours of tfye
hour they arise, and must have besides,
of accident. v
YEAR ROUND.
to work to Its full capacity, and,only to
wo soli electrical energy plus delivery
two together aro called ELECTRIC
to require production and delivery of
Gas and Electric.Co.
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uy otono Drug uo.
Counteracts
March Winds
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If you have trouble to keep
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