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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1911)
WELL IN THE DESERT Plants Are Centrifugal Pumps Run by Steam. flegten Which Had Never Been Ferecd by Drought te Seek Water and Having Found It They Will New Use Irrigation. asking wells Into water-bearing' ptrata to secure domestic and irrtga ttoa supplies Js now being resorted o as never before. Now and broad er, conceptions of too relations of sub terranean wator to Irrigation have recently prevailed. Individual lrrlga Men undertakings have been recently established very largely upon wells and purapa or upon flowing wells, wherever they can be had. During the last three years there have been per haps ten times as many pumping out fits set op for irrigation as bad bees employed during the whole earlier Ir rigation of (his stale. Large Irrigation companies havo mink groups of wells and pumped freta them into their distributing dltehes and flumes. Individual Irrl iWt have sunk wells andvbought "imwHg plants when the ditch water failed and have now learned the su periority of home supply, to be drawn up Just "whftH H can be used to best advantage, and often to be had for jhsc less than the rates of the ditch cswpanlcs. Large regions which had nrer secured Irrigation systems have bm forced by drought to seek water and having found It below ground in aajiple quantities they will not fall in tm future to use Irrigation as a sup ji4et to the rainfall. cMany of these slants are centrifu ge pumps run by steam. These aro jthe larger plants, fifteen to fort horsepower and in some Instancos mere, and the else of the pumps ranges from four to twelve Inches. Most of .(WV'WHftller tfumps are run by gaso line, although several use crude oil aitd many of them are also centrlfa Aal. Borne of these are deep-well pumps and I hey are very satisfac tory In raising water from a greater lMth than 100 feet. From 100 to 300 fswt they work admirably. The cost f pumping differs materially with the different kinds of power, Blzes of tHttups and depth of wells. Figuring (rem what may be a safe average of the actual cost of fuel, a No. 4 pump, centrifugal, using gasoline as power, tj70 feet depth, will cost about three demra a day, This should result in gallons a minute, 88,000 gallons an bewr, or 980,000 gallons a day of ten hears., ' iuoh' a stream of water Is calcu late to Irrigate about five acres a day to a. depth of u little more than 24 iHohss. (V hslter and safer estimate would probably be four acres a day to a depth of about two Inches. But, generally speaking, it is safer to say thatht a cost of three dollars an acre lad can be Irrigated two or three times at sis dollars an acre annually H(J it Is certainly worth the money lH)dry seasons like the present. The average cost of a plant is about $1,200. In, many cases the cost will be only a fraction or that given. Dut even the Majhcr figures are below the cost war nutted by the saving of a crop, as the oxperlence of Individuals lias shown. Over large araa of the country wind ftallls are used as motors for lrrlga tls pumps and careful accounts of thsir ufficl'tfflpy are available. They unquestionably serve an excellent pur pose undor favorable conditions up to ihm limits of their capacity. How te Test Qarden Seeds. To avoid poor stands, seeds should be tested before planting. This Is a Very K.lmple operation and requires but a few minutes, Thero aro Heveral filmple methods of testing seeds, probably most of which will answer ifw purpose, One of the simplest and Quickest "ways Ib to test between blotting pa 'per, First, count out 100 seeds of the "kind to he tested, taking them Just s thr eowe and not picking out the best fookhtg ones, Scatter the seeds Ww4nlwo pleeea of .blotting paper 4rom four to six inches square and l4e.ee tu a' common china plate and turn aiHur piate bottom side up .over the first. It pasteboard plates can ba half thay are better, especially If & largo number of samples is to be tested. ij&h Pullets for Laying. 'In all of the experiments at an east era station the pens of pullets with mt tho male birds began to lay from "Pie k two months earlier than, la any of the corresponding peus In which thd main birds were kept. No attempts were .made to force laying and broody fewl" wero allowed to sit at will, there being plonty of nest boxen In each pon, About the samo number became broody tn (he peas having the mules aa ib those without. Uplifting of the Hog. IateMlgeaoe used la his breeding and care has raised the hog from the plaae of the veriest savage, unsought except when hunted like any other Wild beast, to that of a benefactor, contributing a wide variety of meats Amoagi them the most toothsome known to the epicure, and other prod uctts essential to tlie best tables, to commerce and te the trades. Kgsjs ts Preserve, Eggs to be preserved should be utrlcUy fresh and be placed In the , aelttttott the same day aa laid to oh tain the best results, although eggs ttverl days old will keejp very well juM a should net be used. - DEEP FALL PLOWING IS BEST Not Only Necessity for Sugar Vests, but Might Be Worked to Advant age With All Other Cross. All our best farmers havo long since como to a conclusion as to tho neces sity of deep fall plowing for sugar beets and tho rulo might bo worked for all the other crops and we would still be ahead of the game. When beets are to go in on spud land on which the potato digger has done its awful work thero is no necessity for plowing, but on other land a depth of six or eight Inchos should bo the mini mum and subsolllng from four to six Inches below that will bo found ad vantageous, and this country has never yet bought enough subsoil plows nor are they used as much as they were 20 years ago. Plowing around the Held should be avoided. Where land Is arranged for the furrow method of irrigation and the ordinary plow used the dlroction should be only with the slope. Plowing at right angles to the slope will Icavo the dead and back furrows In tho flold in such position that even if smoothed over by culti vation they will prevent a uniform flow of water through the furrows. This plowing should be left In the rough so that the soil may be well aerated and bo able to catch and re tain snow or rain without drifting or run off. On land which Is checked the direction of the plowing is not so es Bestial except as it affects permanent ditches. Fields that havo been winter Irrigated must be thoroughly culti vated after watering so as to retain the moisture applied, for the spring winds levy a great tax on evaporation and we are looking for a good many hard blows this winter. The corru gatorlsagood thing, but alas, so few of us have cornigators and the Iroa foundries are not turning them out when It would bo so simple to do so. FARM NOTES. Cull out the litters, closely. A case of eggs holds 30 dozen. The right kind of a hay loader la as good, or even bettor, than a hired man. Renew all broken panes In the poul try house arid see that the door works snugly. The calf, too, likes salt as well as older cattle, although only a small amount is necessary. Sowing barley with winter wheat as a means of protecting It for winter has proven unsuccessful. A couple of waxed ends kept bandy will save many a preclouB moment when the harness breaks at the wrong time, 1 If you want to drive the birds away keep a lot of cats around the place but remember that the cats do not eat many Insects. Do not wait until the bolts on the buggy begin to rattle offl but keep them tight all the time It may save a bad accident A hive of bees -will supply all the honey the family needs and besides pollealze the fruit. Nothing pays bet ter In a small way. If you will allow stagnant water to stand around the place sprinkle the surface with kerosene once a week, it will kill the mosquitoes, If you must use the wagon harness for field work tako off tho backhands and substitute a broad band of plain leather for comfort and lightness. No use to put a mortgage on the place to buy an automobile. Two hun dred hens will furnish tho money, though you will have to wait a year or two. Ducks do not like whole grain, but prefer soft food. When winter ap proaches thoy may be fed twice a day, at night adding animal meal or cooked meat. It la not necessary to drain the silo proper, but it Bhould stand on ary ground and It Is a wise precaution to run a drain tile around it two or three feet from the foundation, Mulching Celery, It is hoped that a large number ot our readers .will try growing celery by mulching thl year. Commercial growers who use this system almost Invariably apply fresh horse manure as the mulch, nays the Baltimore American. It is placed between tho rows Immediately after transplanting and at the ratto ot 40 or CO tons per acre. This, means a covering ot three or four Inches of manuro, which will conserve moisture better than a fine soil mulch. Young Qosllnos. Coalings are easily affected by the cold and damp, so It Is best to wait until tho woathor has bncomo fairly warn before they aro brought out. Many goslings die from sunstroke and they should always bo provided with plonty of shade and wator. If there Ib no stream near the breeding farms Bet tubs in tho ground or a level with the surface and keep them lilted with clean water. Keep Separator Clean. A Minnesota woman writes; once had a good deal ot troublo in cleaning the allmo from tho Bide ot the bowl ot my separator, but after had learned to Kruase the Inside ot the bowl with butter I had very little trouble." Corn Silage and Alfalfa. Corn silage and alfalfa are the two stand-bys In the economical ration for the dairy cow and the fortunate thing about it Is that they are both ot them drouth resisting props. Use of Concrete, . Concrete U getting to ho the most useful thing on the farm and every day some sew way is found for using AND OTHER. Professional Spongers of New York HI SAAY" umtii HI RECEIVE My REMITTAICF Sf PROM HlHCLANO YE know - I- N' BW YOrtK.There are in New York city, of course, many men who, down and out and having no Ides what tho next 24 hours may bring to them In tho way of misfortune, sim ply refuse to work. Dut ot this class the most conspicuous and Interesting, for the simple reason that almost without exception the bluest blood flows in their veins and the most charming graces of manner charac terize thoir every waking moment, are the remittance men from England. Good looking, of the class which will go hungry rather than wear soiled linen or unpressed clothing, these men have all been sent 'over here by titled relatives who, In some way or other, they have disgraced. Ho long as the ocean rolls between them these same relatives are glad to pay a little something toward their board and keep and some of the remittance men live on as low as $5 a week, for as has been said, they politely but flrraly refuse to lift their hands la labor of any sort, kind or condition. There are from 200 to 300 remit, tance men In New York city today and, while they are not what may be termed scamps, when Mt comes to Horse Thief Made PHILADELPHIA. Frank Drown, the self-confessed horse thief, accord ing to Captain of Detectives Souder, has stolen at least 100 horses. It was declared by tho detectives that the young woman who was arrested with Brown and whom ho calls bis wife knows of many of tho thefts. Captain Souder said that Drown would steal the horses and then sell them, some times getting In exchange another horse, which he would also dispose of. In this way scoros of horses have got so mixed up that it will take Captain Couder some time to recover all the horses and have them returned to their rightful owners. , , Captain Souder admitted that Drown had mado a long confession and' that 'd ijumber of tho horses had been recov ered, but that he was not yet prepared to give out a list of the owners of the animals. Souder asked all those In Pennsylvania and New Jersey who had lost horses to communicate with him or call at the detective bureau at once, aa they may have a chance to recovor their property. It' was learned for the first time that Drown and the woman who poses as his wife lived for a considerable tlmo In a cavo In tho northeast section of Youth Ends 30,000 M' AftlON, WD. Tho "around-the- world" Jaunt of Robert Matter, son of Philip Matter, Marion's wealth iest resident, taken because he was dissatisfied with his monthly allow- anco, Is at an end. The boy haB ro turned to IiIb parents' home after cir cling tho globe and traveling 30,000 miles. During the greater portion ot the tlmo ho traveled in the tree stylo of the American "hobo," working his way from place to place and stopping only long onough to aectare fandB to carry him to tho next point., Young Matter started his globe trotting under tho name of Robert Morton. Not until ho mot his brother In the cast a week before he arrived home did ho reveal his true Identity. tie always posed aa a poor American boy compelled to work for a liveli hood, and never once did ho mention Baggage Porter's KANSAS CITY, MO. One ot tho men who have dono well in this city during tho last ton years Is Gus Miller, head porter of tho Baltimore hotel, who has gathered a fortuno ot $00,000 durlug that tlmo, most ot It In tips of a quarter from tho traveling men who want their baggage handled quickly, Out In the Roanoko district ho has a 12,000 homo. He also owns a lodg ing house from which he recolvcd $1G0 a month and other realty that pro duces a corofortablo revenue. Meanwhile hts dally costume during the buslnens hours is tho usual blue flannel blouse Jumpers and his busl nes8 Is transacted from the samo little desk la tho baggage room of tho ho tel surrounded by big trunks, llttlo trunks, suit cases and grips. Thore are a dozen men working un der Miller and while all the Upb aro supposed to belong to the boss thero fee 3 5Zrf .....fnlT l i- money matters niaay'of them are ut terly unscrupulous. None ot them has over worked a day la his life, but ev ery one is under the delusion that he could be a great business man on a large scale. They dream up the most extraordi nary propositions you ever heard. One or two have actually made money 'la? this way. They have fallen In with some get-rich-quick geniuses, have made their personality useful, "and have bees, shrewd enough to carry off. a fair share of the profits. The remittance man of New Yorkj generally hires a room and tries to eat off his acquaintances and friend. Borne of the big hotels have dollar-a day rooms en their top floors and these are useful to the remittance man. They give him aa address that helps him along. One of these men has picked up some money by giving Americans go leg abroad letters of Introduction to titled .people. The letters arvs all gen ulne and he really knew all the people he writes to, so there Is so fraud. In each case he adroitly secures a loaa from the man he has obliged. A number of remittance men receive their stipend from home quarterly, but this custom Is being done away with, for these exiles are, as a eTass, im provident, and If several Hundred dol lars Is placed In their hands at once It is almost certain to go like water.. Nearly Invariably the remittance man Is a' persistent devotee of the tables of chance. Cave a Rendezvous the city and that their whereabouts was only discovered by the illness of the woman. Detectives worked on the case for soma time before they made this discovery. They said that several tlmeB thoy were almost on his heels, but that he would disappear as fast as a rabbit to Its burrow. The detec tives had no Idea at this time that the fellow had a cavo and that It was practically surrounded with shrub bory. So thick, In fact, was the shrub bery that when he passed Into his cava It closed in around him In a way that rendered him for tho time being safe from arrest. Drown had plenty of money and re fusos to eat or allow the young worn an arrested with him to partake ot tho meals supplied at tho oxpense of the city. He orders their meals, which are of tho best, and are always accom panied with many delicacies. - Mile World Jaunt the wealth or prominence of his fam ily, his college days or of his life be fore he started or the eventful trip. ine young man first signed as a feeder on a London bound cattle boat' from Now York. He was sick almost the entire trip, but ho did not give up the Idea of circling the globe. Ho spent some tlmo In London, then moved to llclglum and later to Aus tralia. He visited points In Egypt, Gibraltar and other places in tho Old World. Ho worked la tho FIJI and Hawaiian Islands and finally landed at Vancouver, B. C. There be found a serious strike In progress. It wbb then Matter became an American tramp In the truest sense of the word. Wearing shabby clothes and badly In need ot a shave, tho young man started to "hobo" his way oat ot tho country. He Anally reached Swift Current, Canada, "where bis brother, John Mat ter, is located, and a happy reunion followed. John Matter was the first person Robert Matter had Been since leaving Now York that he knew. Mat ter secured a position or a farm and worked until he saved enough money to ride to Marion "on tho cushions." -i----i-' fci-fci iitr)tfrftfKjKj Tips Make Fortune are a fow of them that get away in transit from tho freo hand of the trav eling public to the desk of the head porter, Tho tips average 1500 a month and Miller has accumulated $G0 In a single busy day. lSvery yoar Miller takes a vacation and spends throo or four weeks travel Ing to tho big cities and resort hotels. On these trips ho distributes quartors like a farmer Bowing oats. "Sometimes tho Bervlco la very bad that I get whllo 1 am traveling," says Miner, out i aig up a quarter any way, figuring that I am only putting it back whore I get It," BROIHERLGNG LOST Indians Carried Away William Brown at Austin, TiX. Recent Rumera Have Prompted a Search by Mrs. Carrie Jayne Me Farland, a Sister, but So Far Without Result. Darlington, Okla. Nearly seventy years Hgo William Love Drown, then twelve years old, was carried away by a band ot Comanche Indiana from the home of hts parents In the outskirts of Austin, Tex., and taken to the Co 'manche camps in what Is now south west Oklahoma. Ever Blnce that dny the kinsmen of the lost boy have been searching for him, and hoping that he might be found. Tbeir Inquiries were lately renewed by reason ot a news paper story telling ot an old man, long captive among Indians In Oklahoma, who was trying to And hln people. Mrs. Carrie Jayne McFarland ot Port La.vaca, -Tex., sister of Drown, heard ot the ateryand has written to United States Jdjan agents In Okla homa, asklng.Bssfknowof tho man. The agents kavexno ksWledge bt him. Mrs. MeFarl'and Ib being assist ed in her searek by her soa-ln-law, P. P. Penfleld eT Houston, f ejcV Mis sionaries among the Klowas and Co munches have been requested to ques tion the old men of these tribes and. It possible, learn It they have any knowledge ot the attack on Jthe Drown home. Mrs. McFarland lately told this story of tho incidents that led to the. loss of her brother: ' "Some' eight or ten Comanche In dians rode up to our gate Sunday, July 10, lS2, and asked the way to Austin. Father walked out near the gate to direct them, my mother and the children following to look at the painted faces of the Indians and the shields they carried. "An Indian reached over the fence and picked up my brother Amos and placed him behind him and started to put a belt round his and the child's, waist, in that way trying to atrrfp tho child to him. Father stepped out tho Mrs. Carrie Jayne McFarland. gate and took Amos from the Indian, and then turned to my mother and told her to tnko tho children and go quickly into tho houso. My mother ran with tho children at her side. An arrow narrowly missed hor and stuck in tho door facing as she entered tho houso. My father ran, but was shot, and foil lq tho yard near tho door. An urrow passed half way through tho arm o llttlo Amos, just above his left elbow, Two carpenters at work on tho houso were prosent. Ono of them, Mr. Hos kins, WBB shot and killed. "My mother called to tho carpon- ter In tho houso and thoy carried my father Inside. Ho asked for brother William and was told by tho negro gtrl that tho last tlmo sho saw him the 'InJIns wore takln' him oft.' Father died In fifteen minutes after ho wob shot. He and Mr. Hosktna were burled across tho roud from tho house. My mothor kept hoping and looking for brother William's return for thirty years or longer." RUNS MULE BY 'ELECTRICITY Owner Has Device to Hurry Beast When He Shows Symptoms of Hookworm. Forrost City, Ark. -Friends of Su perintendent Chilner of tho city water and light plant are nt a loss whether to class him as tho meanost man in) Arkansas or tho most Ingenious ono. Tho wator department haB n Missou ri mulo which possessed tho reputa tion of being the laziest quadruped over harnessed until Mr. Chilner digged a patent starter on tho wagon to bo drawn by It. He put a Email electric battery with a switch con venlent to tho driver's hand, nnd at tached an Insulated wlro to the head stall ot tho bridle, thenco to tho ring on tho bit, and then back to Its tall. Now when tho gang la ready to start theru Ib no cranking nor horse whipping to be dono, Tho dovlco was resorted to aftor bis muleshlp threat oned to bankrupt tho plant buying whips. Mr. Chilner has applied for patents. Molasses Kills Many Fish. Now Orleans, Dead shrimp by the million and thousands of Hsh are floating on tho surface of Lako Font chartrnln as a result ot tbeir feeding on molasses. Tho sweet diet found Its way into tho lako from tho city sow era when 000,000 gallons flowed In tho streets by tho bursting or a storage tank. Tho molasses contained about 2i per cent, ot potash. EVER TAKE A MUSJC BATH? They Are as Qood for the Soul, Holmes Says, as Water for . th Body. One must he educated, no dobt, to understand the sare complex and difficult-kinds of musical com position. Go to the concerts where you kaow that the jauslc Is good, and that you ought to like It whether you do or sot Take a music bath once or twice a week for a tr seasons, sad you will fladJfeat it Is to the soul What the water bath Is to the body. I weulda't trouble myself about the affectations ot people who go to this or that series ot concerts chiefly because It Is fashionable. Some of these people whom we think so silly will perhaps find, sooner or later, that they have a dormant faculty 'which Ib at last waking up, and that they who came because others came, and began by staring at the audience, are listening with a newly found de light Everyone ot us has a harp un der the bodice or waistcoat, and It It can only once get properly strung and tuned It will respond to all outside harmonies. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Rhode Island Vlrst to Have Navy, Rhode Island was the first state to create a navy of Kb own, and captured the first prize, a British frigate, oft Newport Seeing Its success, the con tinental congress chose Hhode Island to execute plans for a colonial navy, and Esek Hopkins, the first command er-in-chlef, and three-fourths of all .the officers were from this state. la the later war ot 1812 It was another Tthode Islander, Commodore Perry, who fought the Immortal battle on Lake Erie when he "met the enemy and ther are ours I" National Magazine. Important t Mathers , . Kxamlne carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a Bafe and sure remedy for. infanta and children, and seo that It Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for FlotcUcr's Castori. He Might Be Offended. "See that dog, KathlT It has taken the first prize at ten shows and' is valued at a thousand marks." "I wonder If I dare offer him a bit Df sausage?" Fllengende Blaetter. 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For more than 80 years it has been curing woman's ilia such as inflamma tion, ulceration, fibroid tumors, Irreg ularities, periodic pains and nervous prostration, and it is unequalled for carrying women safely through tho period of change of life. Mrs. Plnldmni, at Lynn, Mass., invites all nick women to wrlto hor for advice. Her advice is f roc wv always helpful. the namo to remember racA i you need a remedy ,r COUCH ,nd COUPS