THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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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.
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