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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1913)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE LltA L. DAUB, I'ubliBhor. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA DEFENSELESS MICROBES, Ilumano soclctlos aro supposed to protect dumb animate, with no humans Interfering, which sldo Is such a so ciety to tako7 When a humano so ciety takes the part of a dumb beast against mankind, It puts Itself on rec ord as defending a lower form of llfo against a higher. Bo much Is simple, but complications may sometimes arlec. For lnstanco, tako the problem of tho gulls upon tlio Massachusetts coast. Fishermen Insist that sea gulls nro a nuisance, slnco they take a lot of fish which human fishermen should catch. Tho gulls are so diabolically expert, In fact, that a bill was Intro duced In tho Massachusetts legisla ture for the benefit of tho fishermen. It was to allow fishermen to shoot gulls. And tho bill was dofcatcd by tho Audubon society. Tho Audubon eocloty properly concerns Itself with tho Interests of tho birds. Unfortu nately, thoro Is no "Society for tho "Wclfaio of tho Finny Tribe. Scien tists tell ono that tho fish came Just before tho bird, In tho process of evo lution, with maybe a ropttlo or so bo tween. Mammals enmd noxL If ono protects tho domestic bruto against tho domesticated bruto, tho wild boast against tho tamo, tho amphibian ngalnst tho land dweller and so on down tho scalo, surely tho fish should bo protected agalnEt Its descendant, tho bird. "Tho destruction of tho poor Is their poverty," wroto tho sago of old. Ho was referring, doubtless, to poverty In character. Mary Antln has elaborated on that thought In her book, Tho Promised Land. "Tho poor nro poor In spirit," she says. "Thoso who aro rich In spiritual endowment will never bo found bankrupt." And whnt Is fplrltunl endowment but character? What is It But tho onlarglng and en riching of what wo know ns tho spir itual sldo of human nnturo7 Thoso vho have been rightly Instructed when young and havo hoedod and profltod by that Instruction havo n strength of Bpirlt sometimes Buporflclally domi nated "will power" which enables thorn to conquor obstacles, or at loast to resist their tendency to pull them down. Thoso who lack that power may faro fortunately or 111, but tho point Is that no mere IncrcaBO of tho money paid will savo thorn from their obvious destruction. A pin broko tho other when a high officer In a big corporation was try ing to put sovornl papora togothcr. Ho picked tho Httlo sticker up, found that It served' his purpose Just as well, although nn eighth of an Inch of It was gone. A Uttlo rapid figuring, a call to tho pin manufacturers, and soon It was found that sovoral hun dred dollnrs a year would bo saved If that concern used plus n Httlo bit shorter than thoso It had been using. Tho following week tho shortor plus bogan to nrrlvo, nnd tho economical ofllcer felt ho was doing a great favor to tho share holders by kooplng down expenses. Experts from tho United States to Latin-America will approxlmato ono million dollars for each business day of tho current fiscal year or practical ly threo tlmoB cb much ns a docado ago. Undo Sam has boon doing some running preparatory to tho Jump ho expoots to mako In connoctlou with tho oponlug of tho canal. Somo pcoplo nro born lucky. Noto tho family In Omaha whoso hired girl' wbl blown out of tho window and was scared so badly sho kept on going,! only to havo her placo taken by nn othor girl who blow Into tho samo, houso through another window and wna Induced to stay aftor tho storm, was over. A widow of ninety In Now York Is, suing for back? alimony dating baokj to 1807. In conscquenco of hor taking; duo time to think about assorting her rights, sho will, It hor suit Is success ful, get qulto a, tidy Httlo fortuno, which la another Illustration of tho benefits of not acting too hastily In affairs. Down-trodden man will glvo a smllo more In sorrow than in anger at tho assertion of a prominent profession al woman that women can no longor bo treated as a slave. Ho will won der with a sickly focllng of utter help lessness, where hU chnuco of escap ing slavery will come in. A Paris doctor contends that ho can read character by tho hair. Still, oft en tho oecupnnt of tho bald-hoadod row may bo a Judgo or a collcgo pro fessor. Heforo tho end of tho season, possi bly, somebody will gain woll-oarnod fame by finding something now to call tho umpire. Although many a tightwad Is contin ually In hot water, ho seldom softens up In tho vicinity of tho pocketbook. METHODS OF TREE PLANTING Many People Make 8erlous Mistake of Simply Sticking Roots In Bun dle In Deep Hole. my w. it. oiuu:rt) To my mind thoro Is not hnlf enough attention paid to tho way trees aro put into tho holo when planting. Somo peoplo think that becauso trees havo roots they should grow nearly on top of every ditch In tho country. For ten years I planted trees yearly. Half tho trees I planted tho first year failed because. I didn't know how to plant properly. I said to myself there was something wrong somewhere, either In tho trees or In my want of knowing how to plant. I experimented a couplo of years and found out tho 'secret of my fail ure. Hulf of tho young trees are nearly useless for planting on nccount of tho ways they are pulled at tho nurseries, . Somo men, when they go pulMng trees In tho nurseries pull nway Just as though they wore pulling turnips In a hurry, slapping tho roots togothor nnd throwing them nway as If they wore no more than rotten limbs. Young trees, to my mind, should bo handled as carefully as eggs. Thej Fine Example of Good Roads and Beau tiful Trees. should bo dug out of the ground and not pulled. When tho roots nro strained in tho pulling thoy grow tho first yoar bndly and thon dlo away. I examined tho roots of a dozen young trees; there wore two strained nnd I cut tho roots short In two more, for experiment's Bnko. Tho ones that wero not strained grew healthy from tho start and aro growing well. Tho ones that wero strained grow Hourly right tho first yoar and died tho second year, and tho ouco that I cut a Httlo of tho roots off lived In "decllno." Tho roots, when planting, should bo spread out ovonly In a broad holo, not doop, tho rootB Just barely covered. Where Bomo, or most pcoplo, porhaps, mnko tho mistake Is In sticking tho roots in a bundlo In a deep holo. Trees plnnted In this fashion nro bound to fall. At loaBt It has been ray oxporlonco. Somo peoplo glvo tho trees a pull up after planting. With this method I don't ngroo. There Is no need of any more handling. It Is Important to nreBB tho roots. secondly, say after a month, because of tho air gets down alongside the stem tho troo is llablo to fall. I havo found always that the fall wbb tho best tlmo for planting. When thoy wore put in lato I had more fail ures. Anothor thing 1 notlco in planting Is, If tho young trees aro any length of timo pulled thoy aro pretty sure to "go undor." $1,000,000 FOR GOOD ROADS 8pokane County, Washington, Will Have Million for Building and Im provement of Highways. As a result of an energetic good ronds campaign waged by Spoknno cltlnonB tho last two years. Spokane county will havo $919,000 for road building and Improvement In 1913 and 1914. With an additional $1(53,000 appropriated by tho legislature for fltato roads immediately tributary to Spokano, tho total Is brought to $1 082,405. Tho distribution calls for 90 per cout. of tho amount being concern tratod on continuous stretches o( Btandard highway built from trade contora along main traveled roads which are a part of the state primary trunk highway system. In the compre hensive road program a law has been enacted providing for tho development of ronds In counties whoso assessed valuations do not permit of extensive road work. Thus a portion of Spo kane's road money will bo used In building highways In other counties, thus connecting all pnrts of tho state Seattle nnd Tncoma are to tako care of tho wostorn Washington and moun tain counties In tho samo way. All Btato road expenditures aro made by the stnto, undor direct supervision of tho stato highway commissioner. IsviBSBBSBSBSBBSBM aBKftTASBBsQisssflBsttl GROWING TREES FOR POSTS Moot Endurable Are Black and Honey Locust and Hardy Catalpa Set Close Together. Almost every irrigated farm has somo Btnall piece of land which can not readily bo used for growing field crops, but which might bo sultablo for growing enough fonco posts to supply tho farm In tho future, .says' a Colo rado Bulletin. Tho most oudurablo timbers, naturally, among trees adapted to this region aro the black and honey locust nnd the hardy cat alpa. Tho hardy catalpa, however, Is grown at Its northernmost limit In most parts of this stato north of Den ver and is llablo to suffer from vlnter Injury, at least during tho first fow years. Tho most rapid growing trees for fenco posts nre tho willows and tho Carolina popular. Of tho two thd wll low is considered somewhat more dur able Tho Curollna popular, howovor, Is capable of making such r. rapid growth that It will produco, under favorablo conditions, threo or four poBts in flvo years after planting. Its straight, single stem, moreover, is especially favorablo for this purposo. The timber, however, Is so lacking in durability that it is hardly worth while to set It for posts without giv ing somo prosorvatlvo treatment Two coats of gas tar creoBoto can readily bo applied with a brush, after seasoning tho posts for six or eight weeks, nnd thus make thorn of consid erable greater durability. An Inex pensive tank arrangement, or even a barrel, may bo used for dipping tho butt ends or tho posts, by which means their durability may bo greatly Increased. All trees for posts should bo sot rather close together, about four by six feet, In rows. Frequent cultiva tion during tho growing season will, to somo extent, tako tho place of Irri gation. Somo pruning may bo neces sary during tbo first fow yoars In order to secure Blnglo stoms without forks or bad branches. TO RESTORE PEAR ORCHARDS Application of Some Kind of Fertilizer Necessary to Renew Vitality .Manure Is Best. Aftor a pear orchard has bomo two or threo good crops of fruit, tho trees bhould havo an application of somo sort of fertilizer to restore vltnUty. fJood manure especially from tho sheep pens Is tho cheapest and Is hot ter for tho soli than commercial ferti lizers. Many growers overlook the matter of fertilizing their bear ing trees until thoy actually starve to death for tho want of necessary food to proservo llfo and vigor to enable thera to bear market able fruit. That a tree is stravlng is eaBily determined by the slzo of the leaves und tho fruit. In this respect, tho dwarf pear Is much more exacting than the standard. Tho dwarf re quires high manuring. Fertilizers must bo applied closer to tho base and roots, as tho qulncu roots do not spread out llko Uiobo of the standard pear. Of course, tho standard will rcfapond to good fertilization ns the root system Is widespread and deep how over, tho treeB do not feel the neces sity of plant food ns tho dwarfB do. Tho fear of pear blight has caused a fow growers to abandon fertilization and henco their orchards havo been in halt starved condition. There Is not nearly tho danger from fertiliza tion that there Is from plowing and digging around tho trees or from over irrlgntlon which forcos wood growth find It Is theso tendor shoots that catch tho germs of disease overy tlmo. Handy Around Dairy. A wooden bucket 1b a handy thing to havo about tho dairy, OBpcplally when calves havo to be fed milk that must bo warmed and carried somo distnnco. Milk onco heated to tho right temperature and put in n wood on buckot will remain warm for a much longer tlmu than if a metal pall Is used. Doth should bo kept clean and free from bacteria. PouLTRYNams Lot tho chicks fast for 48 hours uftei leaving tho shell. - A dend chick Is valueless, but a sick ono is worse than thnt. Many poultry houses aro merolj poor roosting rooms. Tho young turkoy, to do well, must havo plenty of exorcise. To thrive best, fowls nood plonty ol bulky food as well aB grain. Corn makes fat and heat. Oata wheat, bran and middlings mnko eggs Tho reason for unprofltnblo hens la often not so far away as tho hen llOUHU. Haled oats mako flno straw fot scratch pons. Food all grain In a deep litter. - It's a wlso poultrymnn that can tell from tho cackle of a hen whother she has laid or lied. No man would try to run u corn shelter with ns Httlo attention as some peoplo glvo tholr Incubator. Cold Btorngc mon claim that brown eggs, being hcavlor and thicker, pre serve bettor than whlto shollod ones Fresh air and clean drinking water aro easy to Bupply nnd there Is plonty of both In tho well regulated poultry plant. You cannot mako money raising Httlo chlckons unless you aro willing to glvo them careful and pnlnBtaklng uttontlon. DELIGHTFUL SETTING &r M Beautiful Effect (By r:. M BIJNN1NGTON.) Wo would suggest that you keep tho formal flower beds out of the lawn, No flower can add to tho beauty of a well, kopt grcoiiBwnrd. Mass the flowers and plants around tho houso and along the edges of the lawns and walks. They make a most delightful setting for the rich green lawn. Simplicity In tho laying out of homo grounds should always be kept In mind, and any tendency to fancy shuped flower beds and grotesque wood or metal flower stands should bo firmly suppressed. The woman who loves her flowers always has somewhere haiidy a heap of compost from which Bhe can draw as needed and she always needs it. Kerosene emulsion will kill plant Hco more effectively than hellebore. Koroseno emulsion Is easy to make. Cut up a half pound of soap and boll In a gallon of water. Axld two gallons of koroseno while the water Is hot (but remove the kettle from the fire before doing so or you may not live to uso the mixture). Churn briskly for flvo minutes. For spraying, dilute this with seven or eight parts of wa ter. When you seo tho Httlo ghostlike winged creatures rising like tiny clouds from your rose bushes bo sure It is tho aphis. Got after them with tho spray. Hose mildow is almost as trouble somo as Hco. It covers the leaves with a sort of whlto powder. It may THIN OUT FRUIT ON APPLE TREES Deserving of as Much Attention as Keeping Away Injurious Insect Pests cny w. it. an.Bnniv) The proper care and looking after fruit trees constitute ono of tho best methods of ensuring success. It might bo supposed that this was stating a truism and, Indeed, it Is do ing so; but unfortunately all too 'many orchards arc neglected, henco tho necessity for on all suitable oc casions recurring to tho subject. Now, tho thinning of tho fruit on ap plo treos is a matter which deserves quite as much attention as tho keep ing thorn free of Insect pests, and yet It Is very mUch neglected. It Is beyond a doubt that the Intrinsic value of apples Is often increased by thinning, tho fruit bolng superior in slzo, color and general quality. Tho thinning generally Improves tho color, nnd I prefer doing tho work when tho fruit hnB grown to about Vi Inches In diameter. When ever tho trees" bear well, thinning has thoteffqet of Increasing tho size of the fruit, more especially in the case of tho Halwln. 'No exact rulo for thinning apples can bo laid down aB the requirements vnry with tho different trees and oven with tho samo tree In different sea sons. Tho amount of thinning, how ovor, should bo suited to tho condi tion as shown by tlio ages and states of tho tree, and of courso by the dis tribution of tho fruit on the treo. All wormy and inferior npples should first bo removed. Thinning should be done by hand, as tho thinning pro cess produces a better apple it de ponds upon tho grower himself to market such better quality to tho best advantngo. Truck Farming Profits, Somo remarkably large profits from truck farming on a small scalo In tho uppor part of Michigan are shown by figures compiled by n refining pre serving company which buyB nnd cnnB much of tho truck farm products. Ono man raised six acros of toma toes nnd recolved for his crop $1,090, which is an nverngo of $181.75 an ncro. Another $343.S3 for cucumbers 3-ncro crop. For half nn ncro of wax beans, $119.50; for a crop of strlnchoans grown on one acre, $214. FOR GREEN LAWN of Window Boxes. bo kept down by Bpraylng with a so lution of three ounces of potassium Bijlphido In six gallons of water. Tho reason that so many of our beautiful plants ajid vines aro destroy ed by bugs is becauso wo are too lazy or unable to fight them all "the tlmo. Wo must remember that tho bugs mildew and blight work whllo wo sleep; but if we keep after them whllo wo aro awako they cannot last long, A garden pond is sometimes n thing of beauty and It is certainly a Joy to tho birds all summer long, but It brings mosquitoes. A dozen goldfish placed In tho water will take caro of most of tho mos-i qultoes and will also add to tho at tractiveness of tho pond. A border of well-selected stones next to tho water nnd Inside of them a few aquatic plants will' also help. Very often frogs are attracted to these little ponds and will help the fish to tako care of the mosquitoes.) Sometimes thoy become quite tame' and mako their winter bed In the mud and aro ready to greet us In the spring with their songs if you like tot call them that. Keep the flowering plants from ma turing seeds, both tho perennials and tho annuals, If you want them to bloom late. When you water your plants do not merely sprinkle a little with tho wa tering' pot. It Is better to tako off tho spout once a week, perhaps oft oner and glvo the ground a thorough soaking. SPRAYING MACHINE IS BIG NECESSITY Common Water Sprinkler for Ap plying Mixtures Does Very Little Good. A spraying machine Is as necessary for the garden as the orchard. Some folks use a common, water sprinkler for applying spraying-mixtures; but this docs little good, because It ls not only a great waste of material," but the plants aro not fully covered in this way, Tho liquid should be put on In a flno mist not ns a heavy rain. To apply Paris green in water various cheap hand sprayers are on tho mar ket now. Thoy need not bo of copper for this purpose, as Paris green will not cor rode Iron any more than does water; but when Dordeaux mixture is used as a carrier for tho arsenical poison (and wo would strongly urgo that this bo 'dono In every caso, as It must bo done If wo put our potato growing op erations on a snfo basis), then tho sprayer must bo mado of copper and brass iron would bo eaten up in a short time. Tho modern knapsack Bprayer, which Is possibly the best Implement by far for spraying smaller patches of potatoes up to threo or four acres cucumbers or other vlues, and for general use as a spray-machlno In the garden and small vlnoyard, will Involve a first expense of from $12 to $15, but it will pay In anv large sized garden. New Agricultural School. Tho now agricultural school of tho Columbia university will bo located on tho Hudson rlvor Flshklll-on-the-Hudeou. It Is announced that William niodgett Iiob turned over to tho university In memory of his mother, a farm of nbout 750 acres for this purpose. It ls-plunned to put up an engineering nnd mining station In connection with tho agricultural equipment. ' Damage by Ground Squirrel. Report says that tho ground squirrel In Cnllfornla Is destroying every year ovor $10,000,000 worth of fruits, nuts and cereals and worso still Is a menuco to public health. The' ground squirrel has become infected with the bubonic plague through tho rats of San Fran-sico. Womanliness. Perhaps it would not bo so easy to loso "womanliness" nB somo peoplo seem afraid it would bo. Perhaps all tho powwow about becoming desoxod Is superfluous. Welnlnger calls atten tion to tho fact that whllo there are peoplo who arc anatomically men and psychically women, thoro Is no such thing as a person who Is anatomically woman nn psychically man. How ever mascullno her appearance, n woman's psychic qualities remain ls tlncttvely feminine. At least, Mn Welnlnger says eo. Just as Effective. Wlgg Oh, I'm tired of life. Have you a pistol you can lend me? Wngg No, but I can let you havo a chafing dish. Philadelphia Record. What Then7 "I want you to go with mo nnd look at a futurist canvas." "Supposo wo are both overcome?" No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It's a pinch of blue In a large Ixjt tlo of witter. Ask for lied Cross Ball ltlue.tbo bluo that's all blue. Adv Now York Is now planning popular opern. It will probably be ragtimo in three reels. Mrs. Winston's Soothing Byrup for Cblldrei. teething, Hoflens tho gums, reduces Itiflatnma Uon.allajm palo,curea wind college e bottleJU. A man without an aim in llfo is llko. a dog that has no wag in his tall. It's "Good night" W to all such ailments as i POOR APPETITE SOUR STOMACH SICK HEADACHE INDIGESTION CONSTIPATION if you will only begin your meals with HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS It tones the stomach and assists digestion in everyway. Try it today SPECIAL TO WOMEN Doyou realize tho fact that thousands of women aro now using A Soluble Antiseptic Powder as a remedy for mucous, membrano af fections, such as sore throat, nasal on pelvic catarrh, inflammation or ulcera tion, caused by female ills? Women who havo been cured say "it is worth"" its weight in gold." Dlssolvo in wnter and apply locally. For ten years tho Lydia B. Pinkhnm Medicine Co. baa recommended Paxtine in their private1 correspondence with women. For all hygienic and-toiletusesithao no equal. Only EOc a largo box at Drug gists or sent postpaid on receipt of price. The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston. Mass. ian In Western Canada's Free Homestead Area THE PROVINCE OF bus scToral New Home steading District that afford rare opportunity lutccuro lOOacres of ex cellent agricultural landFItKE. For Grain Growing and Cattle Raising this province baa no superior and In prufluble agriculture sbowa nn unbroken period of OTer a quarter ol a Century. Perfect climate! cood markets; rallwajt conveulentiBoll thBTory but, and social conditions most desirable. Vacant lands adjacent to Frfe Ilomesteads may be purchased and also In the older districts lands can be bought at reason able prices. For further particulars wrlto to W. V. BENNETT, Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. Canadian Government.Agenta, or addrets Huporlntvnileiit of Immigration, Otluir.,Cui.. Manufactured and guaranteed under the U S Food A Drug Act of Juno 80. 1003. Wrlto for descriptive matter and f reo booklet "Sowethlui; About Hogs." unoAmvKLL-itonimTs to. boutli Ouiuha Nebraska i Vntsonn.Coloninn,Wal . Ington.UU. Ilookslree. HlKh. 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