THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
COMBINES SCIENTIFIC FARMING WITH
REGULAR COURSE IN RIGR SCHOOL
A. L Rogers of Waterville, Wash., Responsible for the Innova
tionCarthage, Mo., Boy Demonstrates Value of Using Ad
vanced Methods in Raising Truok Garden "Stuff" on
Presumably Barren Ground.
Waterville, Wash. Douglas county,
Washington, Is combining sclentlflo
farming with tho regular course In Its'
high Bchool.
A. L. Rogers of Waterville, who 1b
responsible for this Innovation In pub
lic school work, Is a firm bellovor In
utilizing tho Bchoolhouso and public
utilities to the fullest extent all tho
time. Ho combats tho custom only to
allow ubo of schoolhoiiBcs and grounds
tor tho Bpoclflc purposes for which
they wero originally lntendod, which,
ho argues, does not glvo tho greatest
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Waterville, Wash-, High School, Where
Boys Are Practicing Lessons
In Farming.
possible uso of such Investment. He
cites as Illustration that James J. Hill
of tho Great Northorn railroad discov
ered locomotives did not need to rest,
as tho contraction and expansion occa
sioned by allowing them to cool off
Injured them moro than If they wero
lcopt In oporatlon, so ho hired extra
crows and xorlccd tho locomotives
day and nlgtrt, doubling tho capacity
of their usofulnesB. Tho same princi
ple appllos to tho public schools, Mr.
Hogors contends. Ho thinks tho
schools are turning out young mon
with education that is not practical to
fit them for tho work thoy must como
to. Bo Douglas county has tnken ad
vantago of a recently enactod stato
law, which permits counties of Wash
ington to accept tho United States
government's appropriation of $100
per month toward hiring of farm direc
tors for schools. Douglas county will
stand tho rest of tho necessary ex
ponso of a farm director's salary and
will pay him $3,000 a year. An 80
ncro tract adjoining tho now high
sohool has boon leased for 99 years,
and last summer tho boys got their
primer lesson In agrloulturo. Consid
erable grain was raised and some veg
etables and fruit. Tho schoolboys of
Douglas county will bo glvon overy In
centlvo to bocomo proficient In farm
ing. Each boy Is given an aero of
land to cultlvato and tho most profi
cient boys of tho entire class aro
given supervision over ton-acro tracts.
In this way competition Is keen and
cash prizes add to their Interest In tho
work. Douglas already has n notablo
C. V, Ogee, High School Boy, and
Some Potatoes He Raised.
county fair, but with thoso high school
boys contributing to tho oxhlblts this
fair is destined to attract national at
tention. Tho schoolboys aro mado to
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keep books and chargo all debit and
credits, bo they know what results thoy
aro achieving.
As a practical Illustration of what
can be accomplished under thoso con
ditions tho experiences of Btophon
Hydo of Carthago, Mo., aro hcrowith
given:
For several generations the boys of
young Hyde's section of tho country
chased the cottontail over a rough,
forbidding knoll near tho edge of
Carthago. Raising rabbita and provid
ing a hunting ground for tho boys
seemed tho only thing that scrubby,
rocky hilltop wns good for. So, when
young Hydo-bought It and bogan grub
bing up sumac and digging out stones
to mako a market garden thoro his
friends thought ho had moro energy
than sonso. Now thoy agree he has
plenty of both, for Hydo today has the
biggest lottuco farm in tho stato and
has mado a big success.
Spanning these ton years Is one of
tho most lntoroBtlng stories of success.
Hydo startod with tho customary capi
tal of youth and determination and
ono hotbed. Now it would tnko at least
flvo figures to writo his rating and hlB
lettuco Is still buying things for him.
However, a great many of his neigh
bors do not rcallzo tho extent of his
buccobs, for Stove Hydo Is a modest
and rotlcotit man, and with the mem
ory of his rough looking knoll still In
mind thoy porhaps would bo astounded
If ho told thorn that one hotol alono
pays Hydo $1,200 a year for lettuce.
"It seems longer, but I guess It Is
only ton years," calculated tho man
who wholesales lettuco to four states,
"slnco I moved hero." Ho was stand
ing In his offlco gazing out ovor a vista
of lettuco an olghth of a mllo long.
In ono corner of tho big glass house
was a half aero of carnations, but thoy
are only a sldo lino. It Is his lottuco
that paid for tho groouhouso plant
that cost $40,000, and lottuco paid for
tho two modern country homos that
adjoin tho groonhouso, and a lot of
other things besides.
As high as a thousand pounds of
lottuco a day Is shipped by Mr. Hyde
at 12ij cents a pound, and tho con-
An Object Lesson In Expert Farming.
sumer always pays tho oxpross, and
Mr. Hydo's motoroyclo Is convenient
for quick del Ivory of llowers for town
trado.
Tho most romarkablo thing about
this business asldo from Its growth Is
that It requires so ltttlo labor. Hydo
personally looks after most of tho do-
Newspaper Men's Trip From Catcklll
Mountains te Now York Without
Coming to Surface.
.Now York. Nowhoro olso In the
world would such a Journey bo jiosbI
blo as that ot certain newspaper men
who walkod underground from the
Cataklll mountains to New York
through tho now aquoduct. It Is their
plan not to nscend onco to tho surfaco
until tho ontlro 00 railed haB boon cov
ored If "covered" Is tho proper verb
to npply to bo romarkablo n pathway.
London has 00 miles of subway,
ParU B0, and Now York Itself a great
er mlloago. nut theso subtorranoan
passageways woro each dug In tho
vicinity of a common center. Thoro
was no long haul from metropolitan
areas to oompllcato tho problem of
supplying materials and labor. It
would not bo posslblo, ot courso, to
travel 90 miles In ono direction In any
of these systems.
Tho ItomaiiH woro great bultdeis ot
aquoduots. Ono of their works Is catd
to havo extended moro than 50 mllea
below tho surfaco. I)ut In capacity
and cost, and porhaps also In porma
nonco of construction, thoy can be
credited with nothing that oquals tho
marvels ot this time. In addition to
skyscraper structures and aircraft
that fly above tho clouda, marvelous
aohlovomonts underground nre Includ
ed In tho presont advanco. Wild fowl
havo beon outstripped in tho heights
and wondors Impossible to tho supor
molo accomplished In tho dopths.
Modorn lngouulty has so perfected
aild expedited and cheapened tunnol
construction as to bring within roach
great benolUs In public wator supply,
land Irrigation, and means of transit
and solve allko'tho dlfllcult probloms
wmmm
livery and six men do tho othor work.
Every fcaturo that will cillmlnato labor
U thcro, and that diminutive forco
grows and puts on the market as high
as $160 worth of products a day, the
raw material for which costs practi
cally nothing, being soil, air and water
and a few seeds.
The ground is prepared with a plow
and harrow Just as If It wero out of
doors. Doublo doors open at tho ond
of each of tho 13 greenhouses, each of
which Is nearly an eighth of a mllo
long and there is room to turn around
in plowing and harrowing tho ground.
Manure Is spread from a wagon driven
through in the samo way, and when
the lettuco is set and growing all that
Is necessary to water It Is to turn a
stopcock at ono ond of the building
and a spray of water descends over tho
greenhouse from perforated pipes.
Tho most labor connected with the
growing of lottuco Is the transplanting,
that Is done twice, because it 1b said
lottuco does better when handled that
way. Grand Kaptds la tho variety
used.
Thrco cropB of lettuco a year are
harvested off tho samo ground, al
though In tho hot ( summer months,
whon the sun would'bo too violent for
lottuco under glass, tho entiro green
house is put in tomatoes and cucum-
W'"'' fBrefrfJBci f frT?tL i v a.LtKL r jVi S
Fine 8peclmen of Head Lettuce.
bors, which grow up to tho roof In a
forest of vines.
"The cucumbers and tomatoea aro
Just a fill In," declared tho owner, "and
thoro is not as much money in them as
in lettuco, oxcept In a dry summer llko
last summer, when thoro was a scaro
Ity of tho outdoor grown vegetables.."
Ono noticeable thing about the let
tuce bods .is tho absence of weeds.
This is accomplished by sterilizing the
soil. Perforated pipes aro laid In tho
soil and 100 pounds of llvo steam
turned Into them. Tho steam heats up
tho soil until it kills overy wood seed
and overy mold fungus. This must bo
dono ovory year and sometimes oft
oner, to keep down tho fungus diseases
which would ruin tho lettuce.
And how about bugs?
"I havo only ono uso for tobacco,"
replied Mr. Hydo, "and that Is to kill
tho littlo green aphis. When they
pear I burn tobacco In tho groonhouso
and thoy turn up tholr toes."
Hydo owns 20 acros, about a fourtn
of which Is covored by his green
houses and dwellings. The remainder
is used for replenishing tho boII In tho
groonhouso ovory two years. Here
again tho work Is ollminated by the
uso of a whoelod scraper, which Is
drlvon through tho groonhouso.
Tho amount of heat that Is dorlved
In a groonhouso from sunlight Is
amazing. Even on yintor days It is
not nocessary to flro unless it Is
Cloudy, for tho glass concentrates .tho
sun's rays and warnm tho house Snow
was molting off the roof of tho green
houso tho othor day and tho Bun was
making tho greenhouse plonty warm
and two ventilators were open at the
top, too. Thero aro two 80-horso
power boilers to heat tho greenhouses
whon necessary.
of storllo wastes and congested popu
lation centers.
$100 NUGGET ON MAN'S BOOT
Many Others Have Been Found In
the Neighborhood, But Not In
the Same Way.
Camptonvlllo, Col. "There's plonty
of thom down nt tho Jaynes plnco If
you know Just whoro to find them,:'
said big Dill Meok of this placo as
ho exhibited to his friends n nugget
of gold easily worth $100, and which
ho picked up by tho side ot tho road
as ho got oft tho stage he was driv
ing to wator his horses.
It was a wot day and the roads
wero very muddy. Meok's boots woro
heavy, and ho kicked some ot tho mud
off. Ab ho did so ho uncovered tho
nuggot, and thero v,aa no doubt us to
what It wan.
This Ib not tho first big nugget
picked up near tho JayneB placo, and
prospectors havo hung about thoro
for years, frequently succeeding In
securing good finds.
Rubber-Plated Battleships.
London. Rubbor-plated battleships
aro uoxt. Tho British admiralty Is
experimenting, with tho Invontlon
Tho process consists ot sandwiching
rubber between layors of steel, and
tho InvontorB doclaro It will havo tho
eatno effect as sandbags havo on rifle
bullets.
Monument for Goebol,
Loulsvlllo, Ky. Tho monument of
Gov. William Goebol, who died from
an assassin's bullot In. January, 1W0,
will bo unveiled on March 4, In the
capltol grounds at Frankfort.
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Recalling the Bloody War of the Broken Egg
WASHINGTON. Tho subject of eggs camo up at luncheon tlmo In tho sen
nto restaurant. Tho proposition of efficient economy -was under dlscuB
slon when Senator Carroll S. Pago mado the startling statement that In the
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that would avert tho smashing of 10 per cent, of the eggs laid by tho American
hen. Tho farmer's boy of years ago can recall tho tlmo when eggs sold nt
from flvo to ten cents a dozen, nnd even under thoso conditions tho smashing
of an egg was a real calamity.
Tho omnipresent egg on the breakfast tablo recalls tho story told by tho
lato Senator Allison of a brokon egg that led to an Indian war In Minnesota.
In 1862, several Sioux Indians appoared In a farmer's dooryard and saw a nest
of eggs with a hen sitting on It, as an Industrious hen is wont to do. An Indian
picked up ono of the eggs, and his companions warned him not to break it as
it belonged to a whlto man. Having a general contempt for all pale-faces, the
bravo could not resist smashing tho egg. Ho proceeded to break the others in
tho nest, whllo nnother Sioux shot tho hen, scared from hor nest. A third
Sioux, to show his heroism, 6ent a bullet through tho farmer's cow, which
brought tho farmer to tho door, rlflo In hand; and a fourth Indian, to show his
supremo bravery and his contompt for tho whlto man, shot tho farmer dead.
This bloody outrage was completed by massacring the farmer's wlfo and chil
dren. Thus from a bit of mischief started by a broken egg, thero followed a ro
volt at the Indian reservation.
Chance Must Have Been a Little Too Caustic
REPRESENTATIVE ADAMSON wroto to M. O. Chance, chief clerk of the
postofflco depnetment, a little while ago In behalf of a clerk, A. E. Moody,
a colored man from Georgia. Ho said to Mr. Chance that tho clerk was a
pretty good follow, so "If ho haB dono
wrong don't discharge him, but cuss
him out a bit."
' Well, In a few dayB along camo a
letter from Chance to Reprosentatlvo
Adamson, saying that tho cusslng-out
process must havo been a littlo to
caustic, for tho clerk had resigned,
leaving a letter Informing Mr. Chanco
that a minister of the gosppl had flown
from their midst. This Is the letter:
"Hon. Mr. Chance, Chief Clork of the
Postofflco Department. Dear Sir: I do heroby send in my resignation to you.
I truly hope that you will received It. Please your honor sir: I am a gospel
mlnlstor. I have been called a long tlmo ago to preach tho gospol by tho God
of heaven and earth. I cannot do It successful and hold my Job In tho gov
ernment sorvlcos, nnd I will pray for tho blessing of God to rest on tho Post
master General and his cabinet In tho Post Offlco Department But I may
miss tho envelope that Is handfd to mo twice a month from tho disbursing
clerk, Mr. Mooney, but I rather missed that than to miss eternal life. Woe
be unto me If I preach not tho gospel, for It 13 tho power of God unto salvation
unto every man that believe. I know that my white friends of Nownan, Ga.,
my homo, will bo surprised whon they hear ot this. Mr. Hon. William C.
Adamson, tho Congressman of said district and Mr. Hon. M. Bell of Georgia.
By their Influence I came In tho services. Thoy havo stood by mo becauso
they havo my record from Nownan, Ga., as a negro, but I must go and preach
tho gospel In fall. REV. BLANK."
Aftor which Representative Adamson wrote "Brother" Chance:
"I havo your favor of tho 4th Instant, Inclosing copy of a letter from Rev.
Blank. I was not awaro of tho fact that ho was a minister, nor do I know
whether he has verified his call to tho ministry or not. If ho has correct
advlco In his credentials from on high you people in tho postofflco department
aro in a bad fix."
WnAMMMAMAMM
Saddest Plaint One Ever Hears in Washington
WORKING for Uncle Sam, which at first Is a vocation, oftentimes becomes
a disease, and an lncurablo one. Tho saddest plaint one ever hears in
Washington sadder than tho wnll of tho rojectod office seeker Is that ot tho
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of clerical slavery under official tryranny, but ho has a family and cannot
nfford to tnko a chanco. Ho has certain flxod expenses, nnd his Income must
bo uninterrupted. He has not saved a penny, becauso his salary, which looked
qulto sufficient when ho was a single mnn, now Is woefully Inadequate under
tho added strain of tho obligations of i family.
Ho could fill satisfactorily most any position requiring clerical nbillty
and experience, but ho cannot let go his government Job to find something
even equally as remunerative. Ho is afraid' to take tho chanco. National
Magazine.
As Everybody Knows, "Findings Is Keepings"
A FIERCE winter's wind wont tangoing down the avenue tho other day,
with a derby hat dancing along. But it wasn't a "hesitation" dnnco. It
romped nnd danced and rolled onward for three whlrlwlndy squares, until the
man who had beon sprinting after 11
gave up tho chase.
And no ho gasped and wheozed red
nnd wind blown this Is what a batch
of follow mon hoard him yell ovory
last man of thom chuckling at tho
poor chan which is tho way of man,
oxcopt whon he's chasing a hat of his
own:
"You can keop It up to Jericho, If
you want to. I'm dono you unholy
roller, you." Ho shook himself with
tho disgusted emphasis which dear Darwin could have told him ho had Ii
herltod from somo prehistoric web hon, and then turned nnd plodded bad
Tho lint, however, had no notion of taking n trip to Jericho. It stopped
tho instant its owner turnod.'and Blld Into a sheltered curb ledgo, where It lay
until another man camo along nnd picked It up.
Ho was undoubtedly an honest man, for ho looked about for a claimant,
but tho owner was already merged In tho crowd, nnd, as everybody knows,
findiugs Is kocplngs.
Tho man brushed the hat with his sleeve, saw that It was an almost now
derby, with tho )ntcBt kink In ribbon bands, and Judging by his grin, as he
looked iuBldc Just his own size.
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discussion of tariff and currency, one
important element of cost and loBd
had beon overlooked. Ho referred to
tho report from tho secretary of ogrl
culturo, declared that In ono year over
l.GOO.OOO eggs wero destroyed in trans
portation to New York city. This loss
represented 9 per cent, of tho total
supply. With a twlnklo in his eyo,
Senator Pago suggested that somo ono
might ncqtiiro famo and fortune by In
venting a safo and sane egg-carrier
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helpless and hopeless government
clerk lamenting his unhappy lot. Ho
realizes that he is "In bad," nnd yearns
for ono more chanco to right himsolf.
Ho, is in tho net and cannot escape.
Ho would like to oxtricato himself, but
that is Impossible). Perhaps his head
has whitened and his hnnds havo pal
sled In tho service, and hla years of
Bteady employment aro unrepresented
by a dollar saved. Ills fato is senlod.
Gloomily ho trods his weary way.
throwing off his government harness and
outside tho cramping, grludlng world"
3ust m $ 1
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick,
Glossy, Fluffy, Beautiful No
Moro Itching 'Scalp.
Within ten minutes after an appli
cation of Danderlno you cannot find a
qlnglo trnco of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not Itch, but what
will pleoBo you most will bo after a
few weeks' uso, whon you sco now
hair, flno and downy at first yes but
really now hair growing all over tho
scalp.
A littlo Danderlno Immediately dou
bles tho beauty of your hair. No dif
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, Ju&t moUton a cloth with
Danderlno and carefully draw It
through your hair, taking ono small
strand at a tlmo. Tho effect Is amaz
ingyour hair will bo light, fluffy and
wavy, nnd havo an appoaranco of
abundanco; an Incomparable luster,
softness and luxuriance.
Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderlno from any store, nnd provo
that your hair Is as pretty and soft
ns any that it has been neglected or
Injured by careless treatment that's
all you surely can havo beautiful hair
and lot& of It If you will Just try a lit
tlo Danderlno. Adv.
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Satisfactory.
"So you want to mnrry my daugh
ter. What le your financial standing?"
"Well, sir, I've figured out every ex
emption possible, I'vo had the best
legal advlco that money would secure,
I'vo dono everything I could to dodge
It and I still find that I can't entirely
escapo Tpaylng an Income tax."
"Sho's yours." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Important to rVtothore
Examlno carefully ovory bottlo ol
CASTORIA, a safo and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that It
Tlnnra tTin
Signature of O&sT
in uso For over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Words Fall on an Occasion Like This!
"Why did you call your hen Mac
duff, of all names?"
"Becauso she lays on."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
stipation. Con&tination is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and yon
cure the disease. Easy to take. Adv.
A critic, Cordelia, is a person who Is
unablo to do a 'thing In the way ho
thinks it ought to bo dono.
Take caro ot tho pennies nnd the
dollars will take care of your heirs.
The knowing how
to keep, strong and
healthy is not so
much of a secret?
You must first see
that the digestion
is kept normal, the
liver active and the
bowels regular; To
bring about this
healthy condition
you should try
HOSIETTER'S
Stomach Bitters
It is for Indigestion,
Poor Appetite, Nau
sea, Costiveness, Bili
ousness and Malaria.
Start today.
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western anaaa
1 All nirfn nf iIia Tm.I.. . ,U.
Manitoba. SailcntrhnwfinnnA
Alberta, have timriiirpH tvnn.
derful vIMfW of Wk.t O.t.
! Barler and FU. Whint rrt-rt1rA
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wbhd hpaw nnrl tM.t r--m on
tn lift kiilila rii- nf a 99 ViViala
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11 1 iviiir inn inio & , ni '
Qi able an industry as grain raisins. Th U
'9j pvrpllnt ffrni3f full rt nntWtifu. n
K the only food required either for 'beef '
nrnnirvniimnwi in iuiv onri nnnu i
1913, at Chicago, Manitoba carried off
me -nampioninip for beef taer, UOOd
schools, markets rnnvnlnf cllmafa...
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m who wishes to farm extensively, or tho i
r- invMtnr farAa -(? k& 1.ln..k
rr'i vHiiuua uiiLia inn uiuursi him
ponunuy ox any place on me continent.
J reduced railway rates to
Superintendent of
' Ottawa, Canada, or to
W.V.BENNETT
Bee Bulldlns
Omaha, Hob.
Canadian
I Government Agent
NATURMJEN INCUBATORS
Nofrelshtta pay. Actual lieu control) ncrythlQ?,
Hi Imri.M ii(h,ii cinlj mltiitii. Over CM.COt
told, thousands olttstlmuciils. Agtbtt wanted.
In Ciulcg with tunl l.trta'gcKrj Oltir,
MiinM.nt.1 ic.co.,iu.l(,0!H u LgAnsMt.Cu
820 acre lerol Colorado mlnhett. Immn.
teadsr (food corn land; rranjnablo
location fet. Write tixlur. iUxwell,
Cooper llulldltiK, Dcuttr, Colorado
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