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THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. FROM MANY POINTS EVENTS OF THE DAY HELD TO FEW LINES. LATE EVENTS BOILED -Personal. Political, Foreign and Other intelligence Interesting to tho General Readers. WASHINGTON. Commissioner Sells of the Indian of fico and Lleutonant Iloyd of the navy uro preparing for their trip to tho Oklahoma oil fields to Investigate the feasibility of the government loose of lands and pipe lino to the gulf to con nerve u fuel supply for tho navy. Advocates o,f prohibition by consti tutional amendment had a hearing be fore the senate judiciary committee, whero such a proposal Is fathered by Senator Sheppard. Tho testimony followed tho lines of that given be fore the houso committee on a like resolution by Representative Hobson. Southern democrats filibustering against tho confirmation of Robert H. Terrel, a nogro, ns municipal Judgo In tho District of Columbia, kept the senato In executive session for moro than three hours without reaching a voto. Senator Vardaman of Mississ ippi said ho would continue tho strug gle "until tho laBt ditch." A resolution reported to tho houso ty the elections commltteo declared that It was not a violation of tho fed eral criminal code for a senator or representative to solicit or receive contributions for political purposes from other senators and ropreBcntn Ives, or to solicit such contributions by letters written in tho senato or louse oinco building. Hearings on so-called scientific shop management systems wero closed by tho Industrial relations commission with tho testimony of Louis D. Bran dcln of Boston. Mr. Brandols told iho commission that It organized la bor Bet Itself squarely against tho in troduction of theso systems into In dustry, Instead of domandlng a part In them, It would lose tho greatest opporunlty which has over presented Itself to aid labor. Mr. Drandela as eerted that Industrial unrest would eontlnuo ns long as America wns a "political democracy and an Industrial absolutism. I A bill to provide for tho oponlng to Jiomostoad entry of "stock raising lands" In tho public domain was re ported to tho houso by thp public lands committee. It was agreed upon after conferences between tho houBe end senato members and olllcials of tho Interior department. Tho meas ure would nuthorlzo tho secretary of Interior to designate as subjoct to ntry In tracts of not moro than C40 acres, "lands, tho Burfaco of which Is In his opinion, chlofly valuablo for grazing and raising forage crops, nnd which, In IiIb oplnlou, do not contain merchantable timber and aro not bus coptlblo of irlgatlon from any known source of watpr supply." DOMESTIC. Philip Saltta, a lawyer, was bent enced In Now York to a term of from two to four years In prison for steal ing tho proceeds of a $1,300 consign ment of lemons. A tray containing diamonds woth ?15,000, was taken from a jeweler's utore on Broadway In tho Now York theatrical district by n robber, who Jumped into a waiting taxlcab .and es caped. Tho tonso situation croatod in "Washington by tho arrest of American marines by Mexican authorities nt Tamplco wnB groatly rollovod with tho receipt of General Huorta's prompt repudiation and apology for tho action. Half of tho women engaged In com mercialized vlco nro mentally defec tive and should be troatod In a" psycho pathic institute Instead of hoing sent to reformatories, jails or prions, ac cording to tho first uuuual roport of wo Chicago morals court. A proposal for a referendum vote on a proposition to amalgamato tho railroad workers of tho country Into one organization was voted down at tho session of tho employes' depart ment of the Aniorlcun Federation of Labor nt Kansas City. Eighty men saved tholr lives by Jumping through windows when trap ped by a lire In tho saw mill of tho Northland Pino company at Minneap olis Sovornl wero Injured, but none seriously, At Nnshvillo tho republican Tonnes see Btato convention renominated Hon "W Hoopor for a third term us gov ernor Tho convention roforrod to a commltteo tho national conunlttoo's plan for changing tho representation t national conventions and ondorsod ho national prohibition atnendniont. Tho supremo court has approved tho order of tho Iowa railroad com mission directing tho Chicago, Milwau kee & SL Paul to accept curs loaded loaded with coal for transportation ever its linos within tho stato. Mineral waste In tho United States Is estimated at $1,000,000 a day. San Francisco is tho first largo city ,n the United States to have a union labor hospital. Freight handlers employed by tho New Haven railroad a HoBton voted to Insist on a minimum weekly wage of $15 throughout tho year. About 2,500 men are affected. Resolutions urging amendments to the Sherman law to permit legitimate organizations of farmors wore passed nt tho closing session of the Western Economic society held in conjunction with tho National Conference on Mar keting and Farm Credits at Chicago, Although the wage scale committee of tho Illinois division of the united initio workers and tho Illinois coal operators have been in session a week In Peoria, u member of the commlt teo stated that scarcely a start had been made toward reaching an agree ment. Angus McLood, president of tho Newport R. 1. Trust Co., died, aged 04. Ferdinand Orlllln, president of tho Fall River National bank, died In Fall River, Mass,, aged 70. Both men had been prominently Identified with New England financial Institu tions for thirty years. Oliver Luckott, a prisoner at tho Missouri stato penitentiary at Jeffer son City, died suddenly Immediately aftor he had been notified that the govornbr had paroled him. Luckott was serving a two-year sentence for burglary. Heart disease was believed to have been the cause of his death. Tho body of Mrs. H. Q. Hardy, wife of the captain of the schooner Charles K. Buckloy which stranded nnd went to pieces on tho beach near Monmouth Beach, N. ,T,, floated ashore, as did tho bodies of throo members of the crew. Ten persons perished In tho wreck. One sailor was rescued. Suit to collect $33,000 aB penalty and a $5,000 damages for the bringing of tho army of 165 unemployed Into Colorado Springs" last week was Hied In tho Colorado Springs district court rocontly by tho county commissioners of 121 Paso county against tho Denver Ac Rio Qnindo and Chicago," Rock Is land & Pacific railroad companies. Edward and Charles Barrett and Arthur Friedman, charged with tho murdor of Frank Witt, a streot car conductor, wore found not guilty by a Ohlcago Jury. Witt was killed dur ing a strlko of pressmen in 1912. Tho throe defendants wero newspaper cir culators and tho car on which they wero riding was attacked by Btrlke sympathizers. Twonty stick of dynamlto with a lighted fuse attached wero found in tho new hall of the United Mine Workers of America at lselln, Pa., by tho foromnn construction. Tho fus3 wns extinguished a few Inches from tho explosives. Tho attempt to wreck tho building, which Is Hearing comple tion was iniulo nt tho noon hour while tho men wore nt lunch. Tho injunction suit brought by holders of preferred stock of thq Un ion Pacific railroad company to deter mine whether tho company could dls tribute a dividend of approximately $82,000,000 In cash and Baltimore & Ohio slock among holders of common stock of flio road, was argued before tho appellate division of the Now York supromo oourt. Tho court re served decision. John P. Burke or Franklin, N. II. has boon nominated for governor by tho socialist party. William-H. Wil kins of Claromont Is tho choice foi United States senator. Tho party platform contains a recommendation that the "solution of the liquor prob lem Is tho elimination of private pro fit In Its manufacture and sale," A protest against armed intervention by tho United States government in Max Ico is nlso Included. With Ambassador Jussorand ot Franco and Madamo Jussorand ns guests of honor, tho Sons or the Amor lean Revolution began tholr triennial convention on board tho steamer Southland bound from Washington down Chesapoako bay on a trip that will includo historic Yorktown, Fort Monroo and Vlrginln beach. It will bo a traveling convention, business sessions being held on tho boat be tween stopping points. FOREIGN. - It hnB boon learned In London that tho well known polar oxplorors, Dr. Nordonskjold, Admiral Poluudor uu Clunur Andursen, aro planning an ex pedltlon to tho Antaictlc which will cover about the same ground as tho British Stnckhouso party of 1914. Dofl nlto plans havo not jot been made, but It Is probable that tho expedition win innu an observation party on tho oast coast of Abrahams Land. Tho Sakura-jlma volcano ot Japan, whoso eruptions in January cnusod groat devastation, Is likely to show still further activity, according to Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar. professor of geolo gy at tho Massachusetts Institute, Solemn coromonlos marked tho un volllng in tho Palace of Poaco of tho bust of tho late William T. Stond, the English wrltor, who whb a victim of tho Titanic disaster two years ago. There was a distinguish ed audlenco of delegates represent ing many countries. A CAMPAIGN OFJANITATION PLANS TO ENLARGE ASHLAND RIFLE RAr)GE. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. Western Newspaper Union News Service Strict Campaign of Sanitation. Fees of tho pure food commission during tho month of March amounted to $4,913. Inspections made numbered 1,034. Of this number, 119 wero gro cery and general merchandise stores, 189 were hotels and cafes, and 170 wero ment markets and slaughter houses. In tho process 210 sanitary' orders wero written nnd only seven teen complaints were filed. Commis sioner Ilurman has announced that particular attention would be given during tho coming warm months to the enforcement of the sanitary food law. This mcaiiB that tho campaign against dirt in food, keeping food in unsanitary places and other violations of the statutes will be looked Into closely. More Land for Rifle Range. Instead of buying only 500 acres for tho national guard rifle range at Ash land, Adjutant General HalT now plans to purchase about 900 acres In that vicinity, which will Increase the out lay from $15,000 to $25,000. Ho has put the proposition up to the war de partment, and a letter received in re ply gives tentative approval to tho plan. An army engineer will be sent to Nebraska to look over the land and report on It. The war department will furnish the money to buy tho rifle rangs, and it may bo used not only for target practice by the na tional guard of Nebraska, but also for regular army troops stationed at Omaha. The government already has ono rifle range at Plattsmouth. County Agricultural Courses. Ono of tho latest attempts of the Nebraska Agricultural College Exten sion Service to bring the college homo to tho people of tho state is the county agricultural short course. One of tho first of these courses has just been completed nt Aurora at which slxty flvo boys and thirty girls wero en rolled, representing thirty-six rural districts. Similar county agricultural courses for tho boys and girls of the stato may bo had by making applica tion through tho county superintend ent and guaranteeing tho expenses of tho workers. Tho courso includes in troductory illustrated lectures and demonstrations of various agricultural studies' and homo economics. Official Political Roster. Because of the Interest of state offi cials in campaigns in general nnd of county officials ns well, tho auditor's office, through First Lloutennnt W. L. Minor, lias begun tho collection of the names of tho stato committeemen of nil political parties nnd the name of each and every county official. Tho results will bo tabulated when re ceived and will glvo all seekers after Information a contrnl place td which they can go In their search. To Advertise Nebraska Resources. Sweeping campaigns for collection of a fund to advertlso Nebraska's re sources at the Pnnamn-Paclflc exposi tion aro to begin at once. Tho com mltteo named to lnltlaio tho move ment met nnd organized by electing Peter Jensen of Beatrice, chnlrmnn; John L. McCnguo ot Omaha, vice-chairman, and Oeorgo Wolz of Fremont, treasurer. Tho seven cxecutivo stato olllcials nro to servo on tho commltteo ns members ex-officlo. County Days Popular at University. County visiting days aro becoming populnr at tho Nobraska Collcgo of Agriculture. A few days ago 300 farm ors and school students from Saunders county visited tho different buildings, experimental plats and stockyards ami listened to talks by University Farm officials. Last fall Oago county sent a largo delegation, and a year ago last fall York county sent 200 visitors. Will Be Short Dry Spell. Second-class cities and villages of tho stato whero a wot policy Is to bo continued during tho coming yenr will hnvo to stand a four days' drouth at tho outset of next month. For tho at torney gonoral In Interpreting tho lnw, following an nnxloiiB Inquiry from Al liance, found that tho municipal yenr ends May 5, nnd the license yenr In such communities otirts May 1. Honeo tho old board's llconso expires April 30 at 8 p. m. and tho jpw board will have no power to optn a saloon until May 5 nt 7 a. m. Time to Sow Alfalfa. This month or next Is tho time for tho spring seeding ot alfalfa, either In tho eastern or wostern part of the state, according to the Nobraska Col logo of Agrloullure The advantage of planllng now is that tho plants may bo glvou nn onrly start on account of tho spring rnlns. Howcvor, enre must bo tnkou to see that tho alfalfa docs not havo to contend with a large crop or woods, or it will bo choked. The snfost way to pravont a growth of woods Is to clean tho ground by provl ous cultivation BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Superior will stay in the State Base ball league. A movement is on foot nt Fremont to organize a company to erect a new theater. Omaha Ice dealers havo raised tho price of that nrtlclo for this Bummer's delivery. Nebraska laundrymon are holdlug their annual convention at Lincoln this week. It Is thought the freezing weather of last week has done much damage to fruit over the stato. Programs given by two Hastings schools resulted In clearing $50 for the school nrt fund. Farmers over tho state say that al falfa fields wero never in bettor condi tion than at present. The reunion of the Spanish War Veterans of the stnte will be held In Lincoln. April1 22 and 23. An upknown woman loft n six-months-old baby at tho door of C. E. Johnson at Ornnd Island. W. O. Allen, the newly elected presi dent of Donne college, Crete, will as sume official charge Juno 1. At Stolnnuer every voto cast was received by N. A. and F. M. Steltmuer, candidates for village trustees. John Chambers, living north of Hoi brook, received a bad wound In one hand when his shotgun exploded. Deborah Avery chapter of the D. A. R. at Lincoln hns presented a me morial fountain to Antelope park. Rev. James A. Smith, pastor of the United Brethren church at Lushton, died Thursdny, aged fifty-five years. Charles Llghtner, a clgarmaker, was taken sick on the street at Omaha, and died on a cot at the police station. Three carloads of eggs were shipped last week from Alma, ono car to Salt Lako City and two cars to San Diego. W. P. Gladson ot Mllburn was crushed to death when the walls of a cistern he was plastering caved in on him. The Rev. W. W. Alverson of Council Bluffs, Ia lias been called to the pas torate of tho Tecumseh Congregational church. Irvin Rohdo of Lincoln will depart In Juno as a missionary nmong tho savages In tbo innermost recesses of Africa. The 350th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare will be ob served in Lincoln for two days begin ning April 23. Tho city council o'f St. Paul has lim ited tho number of saloonllcenses to bo Issued to two and1 placed tho li cense at $2,500. Grade school pupils at Hastings aro cultivating nn eleven-acre garden. Tho school district has furnished the land, seeds and tools. The new Y.' M. C. A. building at Grand Island has been completed and a "house warming" banquet was served Tuesday night. Sixteen children and grandchildren attended the golden wedding anniver sary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. John Siebold at Kearney. Fourth class postmasters of that section of the state will be required to pass competitive examinations to be conducted In Hastings, May 1G. Nearly exhausted with the walk from Nebraska City, Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph Redd arrived at Omaha en route to Nellgh, where a situation awaited them. ' The Salem electric light plant has been completed nnd accepted by the village board. Twenty-four hour sor vlce will be given by tho new mu nicipal plant. The nnnunl banquet and spring cere monial of tho Ancient Order of tho Nobles of the Mystic Shrlno was held at Lincoln Thursday. About seven hundred nobles gathered for tho occa sion. Tho Lincoln Commercial club, as sisted by various literary societies ot tho city, will, celebrate the 350th an niversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, April 23 and 24, the not receipts to be turned over to the hos pital association. Chnrlcs II. Paine, nn Inmate of tho soldiers' home at Mllford, fell Into tho Bluo river and was drowned Tuesdny night. His body was recoverod next morning. A gasollno tank in the garage of tho Larson Auto company at Frem,ont ex ploded Sunday morning with such forco that tho crash was heard nil over town. No ono was seriously Injured. Ben Crum. a member of tho gang which atsaulted n number of Beatrice high school students nt Wymore sov oral weeks ago, was sentonced to sixty days In the county Jail and fined $100 ajid costs ot the case. Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythlns, will bo held at Lincoln, May t2 and 13. Lane school district In Lancaster county sont in tho first school offer ing for the Panama exposition build ing fund. It amounted to $1.02. Every member of the family was present at the celebration nt Superior last week of the golden wedding an niversary of Mr. nnd Mrs. G. W. Har rington. Winter wheat In Nebraska, accord ing to reports compiled b tho stato hoard of agriculture, averages npproxi mntely 99 per cent ,ib compared with tho condition last year. Albert llnre, 22 years old. of Grnnd Island, nttempted sulcldo b drinking sheep dip which contnlnod carbolic ncld, but the prompt work of a phys ician defeated his plnns. Coon McClnry, ferryman nt Brown vllle, dived Into tho chilly wators of the river and recovered a purso which n possengor hud dropped from tho rail of tho ferryboat. Plans for organizing a Nobraska branch of tho Children nnd Sons of tho Ropubllo, to be auxiliary to tho Daughters of tho American Revolu tion, nre bolng porfocted by mombara nt that orennlzatlon EVERYTHING DEPENDS In tho So much depends upon the start the lamb gets in his first two or three weeks that we nre justified in spend ing as much tlmo aB we can possibly spare In looking after the flock during lambing time. If tho weather Is cold and raw, tho mortality among the lambs is going to bo much greater than it will bo If the weather Is mild through April. Tho April lamb has a much better chanco to do well than tho lamb that Is dropped earlier In the season. How over, if they come on a chilly, damp day, It will pay the owner to bo near at hand, whero he will havo a chanco to boo that the youngster gets his first drink of milk aB soon as possible. That will keep tho new Iamb from chilling, nnd when ho Is once chilled, he is sometimes pretty hard to get back on his feet. Where tho lamb really gots a chil ling, the best remedy Is a bucket or a tub filled with water, well warmed, writes Louis G. Hall of KansaB In tho Farm Progress. Place the lamb in this for a few minutes, take him out, rub him dry and bundle him up un der a stove or near a warm fire till ho is warmed all the way through. It Is absolutely necessary that the milk flow of tho ewe bo kept up after the lamb's arrival. Whero you havo a few roots to feed beforo the grass comes, theso will work wonders in stimulating the milk. Roots and a llt tlo grain will insure plenty of milk, and I know of no grain that can equal oats In ewe feeding. When thero Is some doubt as to whether the ewo is giving tho lamb enough, always fall back on bran as a part of tho ration. Bran will stimulate tho milk flow in the ewe Just as suc cessfully .-b it does for the dairy cow, and it should bo kept up as long as Shearing Day. MEXICAN FEEDING METHODS ARE GOOD Successful Turkey Raisers Cook Everything Fed Turkeys Must Have Free Range. (Hy C M. SCHULTZ.) Moxlcans, who aro successful tur key ralBors, cook everything they feed young turkeys. They boll meat, beans, corn bread, onion tops, and 'most any thing they cuu get hold of, and al ways Includo red pepper. Most north ern breeders would consider red pop per, or even green poppers, too stim ulating, but the Mexicans, to our knowledge, use It liberally, with excel lent succoss. Young poults nre fond of fresh curds, and thrive on It. Thoy must bo kept perfectly dry, as they aro sub ject to roup. As soon tho tho poultB como oft tho nest they should bo thoroughly exam ined for lice. Tho best remedy is lard and pulverized sulphur In a pro portion of about one-fourth sulphur to three-fourths lard. This must bo usod bpnrlngly, by rubbing a llttlo of tho mixture on tho top of tho head, among tho pin feathers of the wings nnd around the tail, and also along tho in side of tho wings and about the thighs. If the poults do not seem to thrive woll In a week or two, thoy should bo again exnmlnod becuuso moro young turkeys dlo from llco, porhnps, than any other trouble. Dusting with In sect powdor also works well, provided ON START OF LAMBS Fleece. It Is needed. Of courso, there Is usu ally very little trouble after the grass comes. Plenty of clover hay or alfalfa along with a llttlo mixed bran and oats will keep tho lambs growing. That Is a point to bo considered. I am certain that a lamb that onco gets a real check In his growth never "growB out" Just as ho should. Of course the ewo must be kept In as good general condition as possible. Beforo grass comes thero Is usually some trouble from constipa tion among tho owes. Bran feeding will relieve this condition and keep the ewo from letting up in her milk production. The ewe is Inclined to bo a little fe verish after lambing, and about all sho needs for the first day Is a little hay and plenty of water. For tho first, week or ten days sho should be watched for any indications that tho udder Is caking and given quick atten tion when trouble Is found. Within a couplo of weeks after they are dropped, healthy lambs will begin to try to eat. They will nibble around tho trough when tJieir mothers are fed and they should be taught to cat at that time if you wish to crowd them along and get them ready for the fall markets. Tho best plan Is to fence off a little feeding place for them where they will not be bothered by the older animals. Ono corner of the lot can bo set apart for them. Fix the fence so the open ings will bo large enough to admit the lambs and shut the old sheep out. Feed them cracked corn or at least seo that It Is shelled, as they will not bo able to get tho grains off the cob. Whero oats, bran, wheat, barley or any combinations of theso grains aro fed, the ration will need no special preparation. It is thoroughly done. Tho bird should bo laid on its back and tho dust should bo woll worked Into tho feathers un der the wings, nround the head and tail, particularly along tho coarso feathers of tho wings and tall. Turkeys cannot bo raised with a cer tainty unlesB confined within a stock ade containing plenty of room. If al lowed to run in tho woods or fields with out tho most careful herding, thoy will soon fail to como homo at night, and quickly fall a victim to storms and ro dents. Within tho stockade thoy must bo carefully watched and bo brought to Bhelter when a storm approaches. If tho young poults aro allowed to be como wet and draggled In tho rain and wet grass, they quickly fall vic tims to roup and other troubles of this kind. If carefully watched and fed, they will soon learn to return to the houso at night with the mother hen whero they must bo confined and pro tected against rats and other maraud ers. It is not a good plan, however, to Bhut up turkeys In a closo house' Tho entire front should bo left open" being covered only with poultry wire. ' Conducive of Roup. Remember that sudden changes from wet to dry and from dry to wot in oven very mild countries, is morc liablo to bring on roup, colds and other poultry ailments than Is tho steady dry cold of our moro northern latitudes. - Valuable Asset. At five months of ago tho pig's most valuablo assot Is about 120 pounds of bono and muscular development aided and supported by a keen and natural appetite. t 'v',rinimtfo''i""'"i''t rprm- .