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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1912)
'5?" fc ? i - 'tff.,- "rr .VvJlhJWt .jj-- j-, - r- jits. k - I v n THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUHE IRA L. BAUD, Publlshor. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA FIGHTING MACHINES. It la a bait century ulnco Ericsson's Monitor was launched. Wo nave Just passed tho anniversary ot that event. It was an evolution In tho art ot naval armament which at tho tlmo soemed to promlso a permanent chango In theory and practice What tho Monitor did tor us In tho crisis which it was deslgnod to meet Is matter of history, sayB tho Boston Post. That low-lying, vicious craft was perhaps tho salvation of our navy. But what a chango In tho years that havo since elapsed! Tho Monitor typo haB gono to tho Bcrap heap, and tho maBBlvo, towering, stupendous dreadnought has taken Its placo. Torpedoboata havo come In, followed by torpedo de stroyers. And tho rango of naval op oration-: has been extended. Every maritime nation has equipped ltsell with BUbmarlnes, and tho very latest) Is a submarlno that can light nbovej tho water and descend with safety after delivering tho llro of Ub battery. Under tho wator and abovo tho land in tho nlr tho power of destruction Is extending. What Is tho end or this development of tho mean3 of devasta tion? Logically, 1b It not tho estab lishment of universal pcaco as an In ternational duty? Wherever tho Roinnns lived tn tho dnya of tho omplro they carried luxury nnd art. They occupied for conturlcB a largo part of tho northern coast of Africa. It Is not surprising therefore to learn by a dispatch from Tripoli that a body of Italian troops digging trenches near tho Oasis of Sclara, on tho spot formerly occupied by Roman imporlal gardons, has unearthed nn indent Orcok Venus ot remarkable beauty. Tho head and arms nro miss ing, but tho torso Is in excollent preservation and romlndB beholders ol tho famous Capltollno VcnuB. The statu o has been sent to Romo, whore It will bo placed in tho National museum. In nearly ovory spot where soldiers havo' tapped tho ground to throw up defensive worlco they have uncovered traces ot tho ancient Ro man occupation of Tripoli, Including tombs, mosaics and ruins of splendid villas. There Is a New York statute against the rovelatlon by physicians of tho se crets ot tho consultation room; but a Now York Judge haB decided that It does not prevent a doctor from de scribing tho services which ho has performed when ho finds It necessary to suo for tho collection of hia fco. In thnt case, tho Judgo rules, tho phy sician may proceed with hlB action, al leging anything nnd everything that la necossary, without cither directly or Indlroctly becoming liable for viola tion of tho law. Tho decision would ccora to bo reasonable It Is a mean man who will rofuse to pay n fair tee to his doctor. A Greeloy, Colorado, man claims to havo perfected a socdlcBS watermelon And Ib now experimenting with pea nuts crosacd with sweet peas. Ho or poets to got blossoms and peanuts from tho samo vines, tho ponnuts growing abovo ground lnstend of In tho earth. Ho has hopes of producing a succotash plant by crossing corn and beans, nnd looks forward to growing n breakfast food which will Includo the qualities of coffee. In tho moantlmo whero's Luthor Burbanlc? A Dutch prlsonor, who wob taking walking excrclBo In tho courtyard ol tho Conclorgorlo Prison at Paris, sud denly mado a running Jump at tha wall, which la 14 feet high and topped with iron spikes, mouutod It Ilka at cat, to tho nmazomont ot tho Jailors, Jumped down on the othor sldo. climb od 20 foot up a wlro laddor, dropped by accomplices from an open window, utid got nwny. Ho must bo a real fly ing Dutchman. Girl In a Massachusetts college havo rejected tho cap and gown as graduation garb In favor of tho white dress, on tho ground that tho latter la more becoming. This will bo nnother proof to the skeptical that higher edu cation for women is a rank failure. A physician remarkB of n promlnom invalid that his days nro numborod, though nobody can toll how many re mnln. That might bo also said with perfect truth of the healthiest man In tho land. A boy who ran away from his home at Now Haven, Conn,, twenty ycarj ago returned the othor day with ?2, 000,000. It Is undoratood that hit father did not moot him at tho gate 'with a etrnp. By hurling a custard plo Into tin (face of a would-bo robber n waitress in 'a Denver restaurant half-blinded hlra and saved tho money In tho cash box As a veapou of defenso tho custnrJ pie dcecrvcB tho highest encomiums. DYNAMITE IN ORCHARD (Should Be Done Only Where Tree Is to Be Planted. Advantage Is That the Roots Will Pcntrate to a Greater Depth and Irrigation Will Go Deeper Resistance to Droughts. Tho first thing to bo known In planting an orchard Is how to prepare tho ground to bo planted. The ground iihould bo treated JtiBt as If wo wcro going to plnnt it to nny grain crop, Buch as wheat, oats, barley or corn. Alt triiHh should bo removed nnd the ground should bo well plowed. How 'deep to plow must bo determined by the nature of the' soil. Some hoIIb aro .naturally looso and open. In such icascs the plowing need not bo very ideep for tho slmplo reason that such boHh cannot bo materially changed by plowing, writca F. Waldcn In the Den ver Field and Farm. But when the ground Is compact nnd lmrd it should bo looacncd up to the depth of a foot or more. In many such cases If tho 'Btlrrlng plow could bo followed by a narrow subsoil plow, much good .would bo accompllshcl. If thero 1b hnrdpan within one or two feet ot the surface, (hen the use of dynamite is ,to bo recommendpd. It would not bo best to dynamite tho wholo field to bo planted for that would bo attended with much labor and expense. InHtead of this whole Balo dynamiting, let tho ground be laid off nnd tho placo where each tree is to bo Bet can bo dynamited. The nilvnntngo In dynamiting where ench tree Is to bo sot 1b that tho roots will penetrate to n much grentc depth nnd tho Irrigation water will go as deep as tho roots. A tree In such po pltlon will rcHlst drought much better than thoso plnnted over hnrdpan for theso havo all their rootB near tho sur jfaco and will readily dry out. A friend of mine told mo about a bccullar caso of the benefits' of dyna miting that hnppencd to a man in Missouri. In cleaning oft his orchard tract thero wns occasionally a big stump that wna blown out with dyna mite. Tho object in UBlng dynamite wan simply to get rid of theso stumps, with no thought of bcnciltlng the con dition of tho lnnd. Tho ground wns planted to apples and all parts re ceived tho aamo kind of cultivation. But to tho mnn'B aurprlso ho found that now nnd then a trco wns moro vigorous than lta neighbors and in a few ycarB was nlmost twice as largo. That was not all, for when tho or chard enmo Into bearing, theso vig orous treeB bore largo nnd better ap ples. At first this wholo matter was In mystery to tho orclmrdlst, but flnnl ly ho remembered tho dynamiting and upon oxnmlnatlon ho found that ench 'ono ot theso vigorous trees stood Jwhoro a stump had been 'blown out It wnB found upon examination that water went very much deeper where tho Boll had boon broken up by tho dynnmlto and nB n result tho moisture about tho lower roots lasted through tho dry season nnd thus tho trees there romnlned vigorous and contin ued to grow while tho other trees In itho orchard looked sickly and tho ifrult on them wan small nnd poorly colored. From this and from lessons learned ;by observation I am convinced that In many cases it would pny largo returnB If wo dynamited tho ground where leach treo.ls to bo planted. I havo jRomo places In my own orchard whero thls method of dynamiting would bo 'prnctlced If I were again Betting tho ground to apploa. A low grndo of dynamlto should be used. A holo could bo drilled with a crow-bar to 'tho depth of threo or four Teet and ;tho charge exploded at the bottom. I hnvo hnd no experience In this matter and cannot give tho cost of such work, hut I am told by thoso who .claim to know that tho oxpouso Is light. MUCH DAMAGE DONE BY LICE Poultry Yards and Houses Must Be Kept Clean at All Times to Keep Injurious Vermin Away. Should you enter tho poultry ynrd ,and And n chick aBleep Instead of nt work, writes Emma Stncy In an ox chnngo, you had bettor look for tho .trouble, and without doubt you will discover tho llco; or, If tho chicks do ,not grow as you think they should, look for tho trouble. It may bo tho snino old lice. When tho chicks are hatched It Is an excellent plan to greaBo tho bend and under tho wings with pure lard not enough to chill tho chicks. Many havo found to tholr sorrow that various mixtures of coal oil, vnsollno and Insect powdor will kill the chicks as woll as tho Insects. Tho yardB and Iioubob must bo clenn nt nil times through tho hot months, or you enn't keep the llco away, and lice nnd bucccss do not go tho snmo way. Paint tho brood coops, tho noat boxes nnd tho roosts; Indeed, everything but tho chickens should got n washing of tho mixture Thero Is no worso drawback to the poultry buBlncBS than llco nnd other .Insects which render tho llfo of tho fowl most mlsornblo. Making Profit With Plge. With cheap corn and othor grains any mnn who could buy a fow pigs and finish thorn for market could make a little profit, but it rcquireB pklll and nblllty to grow plgB and fat ten thorn on GO cent corn and make a reasonable profit. HAS TANKLESS WATER WORKS Pneumatic Pump Invented by Kansas City Man Manipulated by Com pressed Air How It Operates. A tanklcss water works system in tho fnrmhouso or about tho place, with any prcssuro desired, Is tho ob ject Wllllnm R. Chamberland, a Karo os City inventor, has sought and now believes he has attained in a pneu matic pump. An experimental pump wan put In nt tho plant of the New land Ice company, Kansas City, Kan., Inst fall and worked successfully threo months, until It wns taken out for demonstration elsewhere. Tho npparatus la absurdly Blmple to look at. Two cyllndorB with flontlng valves Inside aro Installed In tho well or cistern from which tho water Is to be pumped. Air is stored in a tnnk to any pressure dcBlred, by electricity, wind mill, gas onglne, Bteam or even by hand. Tho tank Is connected with a rocker valvo working between the two cylinders. When a flow of water Is desired the turn of a faucot or any opening of tho system causcB tho compressed air to lift tho water In a constant flow out of ono cylinder, tho othor meanwhile Illllng with water ns tho air is ex hausted. When full of water tho valvo A Pneumatic Pump. switches automatically and tho other cylinder being full of compressed air tho flow of water proceeds without Interruption. Tho pressure la gov orned by tho pressuro in tho air tank, which may bo stored at odd times, tho compressed air being required only as water Id used. It Is expected that the now pump will bo modified to handlo large quan tities of wator at low pressures for Irrigating purposes. Patents were ob tained recently by the Inventor. Cover Crops In Orchard. Advocates of clean culture in or chards aro quoting Sojayno's experi ments for tho government in Wash ington nB showing that it takes more wator and trees mako less growth. This may be tho caso with tho young orchard; probably is; but it does not affect tho question of cultivation, which, If carried on long enough with out added humus, produces a hard pan nnd very poor physical condition, aB was tho caso at Canon City and other places whero tho government tried ex porimenta as to the amount of water required. Theso orchards aro now in lino condition aB n result of covor cropa and tho water-holding capacity of tho soil has been bo, increased as to work a great economy. Tho cultiva tion is nlso much easier. Root-grafting may be done any time until April 1. Tho damago dono by rabbltB docs not stop with tho treeB they girdle. Tho poach and plum aro short lived trees. Tho pear and apple aro long-lived. Young orchards aro Injured by bor ors, rnbblta and mlco and should bo protected against these posts. Preparations Bhould now bo mado to protect the younger trees In the or chard from rnbblts and sunBcald. One secret ot success In getting grafts ia to havo tho scions entirely dormant when they aro placed In tho limbs. A good deal deponda upon what a certain market prefers, In tho matter of fruit packages, as well as In fruit vnrlctlcs. Experiments have shown that peach growers should not wait until tho trees leaf out bofore thoy spray with Bordeaux mixture. Preparations for Bpraylng tho or chard this spring should bo made now. Sprayers nnd material may bo bought, and a study of motliods ot application mado. This year's Bprouts may be pulled from tho peach treea with tho hands if it is dono this fall, wlieu It should bo, which will savo considerable work next spring. Exnmlno tho young npplo trees for Iniurloa by mlco or rabbits. Tramp tho snow well about tho trees to pro tect from mlco injuries, and poison or shoot tho rabbits. I mm Crossing Policeman CHICAGO. "Wlo is tho loneliest person in Chicago?" asked a traf fic policeman the other day, an officer who sometimes looks nt things from a novel standpoint. "It Is not tho crib tender, the bridge tender nor tho night watchman. It is not the ele vated train operator in his secluded cage. It is not tho scrubwoman who sweeps out the empty akyscraper be tween midnight and sunrise. It is not tho milkman nor tho man who puts the town to bed. All of these are lonely, but none of them so lonely as the traffic 'copper.' "This desolate Robinson Crusoe ma rooned in n sea of traffic with thous ands brushing his elbows, with the hoarse cries of coal wagon drivers nnd the honk of automobile horns over in his ears, holds the palm nB tho lone liest man. Standing squarely In tho heart of tho city's uproar, his solitudo Is deeper than that of tho hermit or thp aviator near the altitude mark." "I could stand this Job better," con tinued tho chaoB disslpntor at one of the busy downtown Intersections sov cral days ago, waving back a taxi with Negress Lost Her Chinese Bridegroom VANCOUVER, Wash. A comic tragedy in which a Chinaman of Portland and a young negro woman, attired in an old roso colored suit, topped off with n red hat, were actors was staged on tho lawn of tho county courthouse, with the employes of tho building nnd callers as the audience, when a vain attempt was mado to ob tain a marriage license. Tho super was another negro, at least six feet tall, who was to have been tho wit ness had the Chinaman not fled from behind an evergreen tree, where ho was left by the young woman in old rose. The Chinaman, about forty yenrs old and well dressed, wearing no queue, but American clothes, ap peared at the courthouse at an early hour, accompanied by tho young ne gress, who ho bald wns twenty-four years old. Sho was togged out for tho happy occasion with a huge bow of black ribbon to hold the front edges of tho coat togethor, an immense red hat and a tremendous smile upon her face. Finding tho auditor's office all right, tho Chinaman asKed his all-Important question, "Catchem license?" . IIo wns told that a witness wns necessary be fore tho paper would be issued. Turn VNAWNAAAWVV' Golden Wedding is INDIANAPOLIS, IND. With tho samo menu that wus spread before them fifty years ago, and with Beyeral of tho same persons as guests who were present at their first wedding Bupper, Mr. and Mrs. Levi C. Bowser tho other evening observed tho fif tieth anniversary of their marriage by serving a wedding Bupper to their children and a few friends. When Miss Cnrollnc Dawson be camo tho bride jot Levi C. Bowser on March C, 18C2, tho event wan fol lowed by a bounteous supper nt tho country homo of tho brldo'B father, John M. Dawson, then ono of tho prominent fajmers of Marion county. Turkey was the piece do resistance of tho happy feast, and turkey was served to the wedding guests again. Tho guests who witnessed the wed ding fifty years ago and wcro pres Smugglers Tried NEW ORLEANS. One of tho "odd eat" cases that havo puzzled tho local customs department happened a fow days ago, and, ns In tho great percentage of cases, the land agents of Uncle Sam guessed right nnd saved tho old gentleman a few dollars in ad dition to knowing that they had saved him from being "bunkoed." Under tho parcols post and the cus toms regulations, provision 13 mndo for a certnln class of "samples" which may bo sent into tills country. Al though strict restrictions nro drawn, thero nro many foreigners who try every year to uso this little loophole ns ono through which to send goods without paying duty. Knowing thlB, all "samples' 'are Eubjected to closo Bcrutlny by tho government agents. It seems that a gentleman in Asia Minor, In tho City of Smyrna, sought Information from friends In Now Or leans with Jvhom ho desired to do a Binall business, learned ot tho loop hole, nnd conceived the idea ho could "put ouo over" tho sharp-eyed agents. IIo sent twenty-four "odd" slippers, iJ. -" ' 7 (J 0 JifcLtLac' ft 9 W eft ffT. is Like a Crusoe one hand and drawing forward a tiny girl In n polo coat with tho other, "it it wasn't bo lonesome. I used to get so tired Btanding on my feet all day that I didn't notice It nt first, but lately that thought has been coming to mo more and moro. Why, some times I get so lonesome that I say 'Hello' to some wagon driver, and that's a dangerous thing to do. Ono morning while I wns standing hero and thinking what a terriblo thing it ia to bo all alone In tho world along comes a big wagon with a red headed fellow slttln' on tho sent that looked like ono I used to know, nnd I yells out 'Hello, Hank!' and tho guy wns so surprised ho nearly fell off 1i1b scat. "'Hello yourself, you big stiff!' ho says. 'Don't try to kid me. I'm wlso to you. I'm drlvln' this team right and you can Just let mo alone.' "After that thero was nothln' I could do but pinch him had to uso my club some, too. That's Just ono instance. Oh, of course, I talk at a lot of people nnd they talk at me, but what's tho good of that? They're none of them talkln' to me. You're tho first ono I've had a real conversation with on tho Job for about a month, I guess." "They got like that," said a man who knows nil about traffic policemen nnd others, too. "I've seen them get so lonesomo on that loop Job that they ask to bo shifted." MVWVMMOMMMMAAAAA ing to his partner, ho said: "I know nobody; you catchem witness mo wait. You go downtown catchem witness, come back, we get mallled." Taking tho native of the Orient to tho front of tho yard, the negro laBslo hid him behind a tree, and admon ishing him to remain under cover, sho stalked down the street, tho plumes in her hat fluttering in tho breeze. Witnesses must have been hard to And, for It was fully threo hours be fore sho returned with a tall man of her own race, who was willing to swear that ho knew both persons who were desirous of being married. Go ing stealthily toward tho tree, sho peered behind it, but tho celestial was not there. He had become tired and had lost faith In tho negress, and Bald to tho sheriff as he started down the street: "She no catchem witness, me catchem ferry ghoine. I guess she no come back. Mo go homo." Copy of Original ent on this occasion were Capt. By ron Dawson, I retired army ofllcer; Rlcheson Moore, and Mrs. Nancy Gra ham. Thero were about fifty persons at tho original wedding, but theso aro the only ones now living In Marlon county. Mr. nnd Mrs. Bowser have lived for moro than forty of tho fifty yeara of their married llfo In their present home. In many respects theirs has been an ideal romance. Mr. Bowser's father also was a pioneer farmer of tho county, and owned a farm adjoin ing tho Dnwson farm, about threo miles south of Indianapolis. As play mates in their childhood, lovers in their youth nnd husband and wlfo in later years hardly a day of their lives haB passed but what they havo seen each other. For many years Mr. Bowser con ducted a grocery at South street and Virginia avenue and later at Fletcher avenuo and Shelby street, but retired from business several yearB ago. Mr. Bowser is seventy-four years old nnd Mrs. Bowser is sixty-eight. Ho is in excellent health, but Mrs. Bowser has been confined to her chair from rheumatism for several years. to Beat Uncle Sam of cholco morocco leather, to his friends hero. Of course, they were "samples." Tho agents looked at them carefully, saw tho lino workman ship and valued them accordingly. Thon they calmly put the slippers on a shelf and waited and smiled. And in threo weeks thero came a ecc ond packago of "samples" to tho samo party. Thoy pulled "bundle ono" from tho shelf, nnd found that tho two bun dles mado twenty-four palra of fine slippers, all matched. Tho astonished recipient Anally secured them by pay ing tho duty, about one-half their vnluo. And tho custom houso men put It down as an "odd" caso and walled for the next sharp foreigner. WHAT INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS 8AY InBuranc Commissioner Wm. H. HotchkiBB of Now York, chnlrmnn o the exocutlvo commlttoo of tho Na tional Convention of Insurance Com missioners, prior to tho last Head. Camp of tho Modern Woodmen ol America, gave tho following official notlco to that society: "Pursuant to action of tho national convention of state lnsurnnco commis sioners, at its adjourned session in December last, I wrlto you this ex preaslon of views as to tho neceBBlty of your order nB well ns nil othor fraternal benefit BodetlcB plnclng ltsolf on a firm foundation as to rates. An Insurance socioty which in theso days does not rocognlzo that tho cost of insurance is fixed by lawB other than man's laws namely, tho laws of nature or prescribco for lta mem bers either a'flat rato, irrespective of the ago of lta members, or any othor rato that la not scientifically safo, is deceiving both itself nnd its members and approaching tho tlmo perhapa Blowly, but not tho less' surely when It must fall and Hb contractB bo repudiated. Tho fratcrnnl spirit is a good thing; but the rates and man agement of fraternal societies must also bo such that tho beneficiaries ot tho last member to dlo will receive every dollar that Buch member's cer tificate calls for." Stato lnsurnnco Commissioner Ekern of Wisconsin has issued nn of ficial intervlow In which ho says: "Fraternal societies generally have como to recognize that their business must bo conducted on u sound basis. Thla means a re-rating for nearly ev ery society, nnd members who do not fully understand tho situation aro often inclined to complain of in creases In their rates. They should understand that with a re-ratlng on a sound basis they havo a much moro valuablo Insurance than bofore. All aro benefited by getting a permanent Insurance for what was uncertain be fore. Tho Modern Woodmen of Amer ica, by reason of Us long experience with a largo membership, is permitted lo mako a rate upon its own experi ence, which is oven lower than that based on tho National Fraternal Con gress table, which now societies must dopt. Tho cost of this insurance is pot a matter of mortality tables or rates charged, but depends upon tho actual deaths in tho society. A re ratlng merely means that each mem ber shall pay his real share of that cost Members who think of drop ping their insurance will do well to take enough time to study tho ques tion beforo.dolng anything which may bring regret to both themselves and their families." Tho Chicago Inter Ocean says: "It is unpleasant for tho members' of tho Modern Woodmen Society to havo to pay moro for tholr insurance, but lot them think how much moro un plensant it would be for thoso 5,000, 000 women and children, or any of them, to bo deprived of that protec tion because their husbands or fath ers got angry. That is what all Wood men should think about." A Frequent Type. "Spoonlelgh is a connoisseur of hap piness." "How do you define a connoisseur of happiness?" "A person who knows how to bo happy but can't," Thoro Is nothing henvenly about war, oi Dyspepsia. Tho world Is outgrowing tho first, and Garfield Tea will conquer Dyspepsia. An optimist is a man who knows that his troubles might be worse. WOMEN Find Relief in Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound Their Own Statements So Testify. Platen, Pa. "When I wroto to you first I was troubled with female wenk- . iituu uiju uucKuuie, and was so nervous that I would cry at the least noise, it would startle mo so. I began to take Ly dia E. Pinkham's remedies, and I don't havo any more cry ing spells. I sleep Bound and my ner vousness ia better. I will rocommnnil your medicines to all suffering- women." Mrs. Mary Hals-toad, Platea, Pa., Box 98. Hero is the report of another gennino ca3o, which still further shows that Ly dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound may bo relied upon. Walcott, N. Dakota. "I had inflam mation which caused pain in my side, and my back ached all the time. I was bo blue that I felt liko crying if anyone even spoko to me. 1 took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, nnd I began to gain right away. I continued its uso and now I am a well woman." Mrs. Amelia Dahl, Walcott, N.' Dakota. If yon want spccinl odTico write to Lydia E. Plnkhnnt McdJoluo Co. (confi dential) Lynn, Mnss. Your letter will bo opened) read and answered by a woman nnd held iu strict couUdcnce. THCNEW FRENCH REMEDY.No .No2.No.3 THERAPIONl'd?3 OKKAf MLLU.83, CIKM VIUhKY IlLAODlfc D1SFASIS, Bmi llrtM inr.lop. ror HKKIC lilll iu OR Vt CLtRO hid to . iiAVKnarocic nu., uami-htkad.uwdox, kno. .THOMPSON'S SM,SSte,T0a fc T fe W A I h K LJ"Wi.SZ ..JimU'J' ' ' ' V " ' ''!' 'rlirH IOI1M L.AUUJUM)N bONSicd- xor, I. V. .11 li U, Ti tnlV