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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA.
JAPANESE CELEBRATE THE TSING TAO VICTORY
GOOD ROADS IN RURAL AREAS
Important to Construct Earth Roada
That They May be Kept In a Rea
sonably Good Condition.
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Tlioro was great rejoicing throuKliout Japan when the nuws of the fall of Tslng Tao was received. The
photograph rIiowb a lantern procosalon In Tokyo, and incidentally gtvea a good Idea of tho straifgo mixture of
costumes to bo Been In any Japaneso city.
If! US A BUSINESS
Impressions of Visitor to German
Great Headquarters.
Campaign Conducted With the Effi
ciency of a Great American Cor
poration New Steel Hospital
Tralna Perfectly Appointed.
London. A newspaper correspond
ent writing from Luxembourg sayn:
I havo Just returned from tho Ger
man great headquarters In Franco, tho
visit terminating abruptly on the
fourth day, when one of tho kaiser's
secret field pollco woke me up at oov
en o'clock In tho morning and regret
fully Bald that his Instructions were
to seo that I 'did not oversleep' tho
first train out. Tho return journey
along one of tho German main lines of
communication - through Eastern
France, across a corner of Ilclglum,
and through Luxembourg was full of
Interest, and confirmed tho impression
gathered at tho center of things, tho
great headquarters, that thla twentieth
century warfare Is In tho laBt analysis
a glgantlo business proposition which
the bonrd of directors (tho groat gen
eral staff) and tho HG department
heads aro conducting with the effi
ciency of h great American business
corporation.
Tho west-bound track Is a continu
ous procession of freight trains
fresh consignments of raw material,
men and ammunition, being rushed to
tho firing lino to ho ground out into
victories.
Our fast train stops at tho mouth of
a tunnel, then crawls nhead charily,
for tho French, beforo retreating, dy
namited tho tunnel. One track hns
been cleared, hut tho going Is still
bad. To keep it from being blocked
again by falling debris, the Germans
havo dug clean through tho top of the
hill, opening up a deep well of light
Into thn tunnel. Looking up, you see
n ploneor company In onco cream-col-orod,
ndw dirty-colored,, fatlguo uni
forms still digging away and terracing
tho Bides of t)io big holo to provont
slides. Half an hour lator we go slow
again In crossing a now wooden brldgo
MRS. WHITMAN AND DAUGHTER
This Is a specially posed photograph
3f tho wife and daughter of Gov.-olect
Charlus S. Whitman of Now York.
Mrs. Whitman was formerly Miss 01
ivo Hitchcock. Sho was married to
Mr "I "nui in 1908. Llttlo Olivo
lb t r y child.
ovnr tho Mouse only one track as
yet. It took tho German pioneers
nearly a wcok to build tho substitute
for tho old steel t-II way bridge, dyna
mited by the French, whose four spans
He buckled up In tho river.
Further on a variety of interest Is
furnished by a squad of French pris
oners being marched along tho road.
Then a spot of anthill-liko activity
whoro n German railway company Is
at work building n now branch lino,
hundreds of thorn having pickaxes and
making tho dirt fiy. It IooIsb llko
home all except tho Inevitable offi
cer, (distinguished by rovolver and
fleldglaBs) shouting commands.
Tho Intcnso activity of tho Germans
In rebuilding tho torn-up railroads and
pushing ahead now strnteglc HncB is
ono of tho mo&t Interesting features of
a tour now In Franco. I was told that
they had pushed tho railroad work so
far that they were able to ship men
and ammunition almost up to tho for
tified trenches. Tho Oermanlzatlon of
tho railroads horo has boon completed
by tho Importation of Btatlon superin
tendents, station hands, track-walkors,
otc, from tho Fatherland.
Now wo creep past a long hospital
train, full this timo, which has turned
out on a siding to glvo us tho right of
way perhaps thirty all-stool cars,
each fitted with two tiers of berths,
eight to n side, 1C to a car. Every
horth is taken. Ono car Is fitted up as
an operating room, but fortunately no
ono Is on tho operating tahlo aB wo
crawl past. Another car Is tho prlvato
ofllco of tho surgeon In chargo of tho
train. Ho Is sitting at a big desk re
ceiving reports from tho orderlies.
During tho day wo pass six of theso
splendidly-appointed now nll-stoel hos
pital trains, all full of wounded. Somo
COOKS REAL HEROES
Many Decorated With Iron Cross
by the Kaiser.
Carry Food to the Trenches While
Enemy Rains Bullets on Them, but
T.hey Never Fall in
Their Duties,
By HERBERT COREY.
Ixmdon. There- Isn't anything ho
role about a cook. Ono simply can
not lmngluo a cook In a soiled apron
and a mussed whlto cap doing a deed
of valor. Hut tho German army Is
full of cooks upon whoso breasts dan
gles tho Iron cross. And tho iron cross
is conferred for ono thing only for
100 per cent courage.
"They've earned It," said tho man
who had seen thorn. "They aro tho
braveBt men in tho kaiser's 1,000.000.
I've seen generals saluto greasy,
paunchy, sour-looking army cooks."
The cook's Job is to feed the men
of his company. Each Gorman com
pany Is followed or preceded by a field
kitchen on wheels. Sometimes tho
Hies uro kept going while tho do
vlcu tiundh'8 along. Tho cook Btanda
on the tootboard and thumps his
bread Ho Is alwas tho first man up
In tho morning, and tho last to sleep
at night. Ho Is held to tho strictest
accountability Tho Teuton bollovos
In plenty of food. A wollfed soldier
will fight. A hungry ono may not.
"Whon tho uunpiuiy gets Into camp
at night," said Uio man who knows,
"tho cook is thero beforo It, swearing
at his fires and tho second cook and
turning out quantities of veal stow,
which la very good to oat"
When tho company goes Into tho
ti ouches tho coo stays behind. Thero
Is no placo for a Hold kitchen In a
four-foot trench. Hut those man In
tho trench muBt ho fed. Tho Touton
i Insists that all soldlors must bo fed
but especially tho men In tho trench.
Tho olherB may go hungry, but these
must havo tight holts Upon th-"r
staying power many depmd the safit
of an urm
STYLE SHOW FOR RED CROSS
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Famffyrnna "" "1
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Mrs. Christian D Hommlck, society
woman and artist of Washington and
Paris, was ono of tho patronesses of
tho stylo show recently held In Wash
ington for tho benefit of tho Red Cross.
Sho Is hero shown standing besldo ono
of tho exhibits at tho show.
of them are able to sit up In their
bunks and take u mild Interest In us.
Onco, by a queer coincidence, we si
multaneously pass tho wounded going
ono wny and cheering fresh troops go
ing tho other.
So, as tho company cannot go to
tho cook, the cook goes to tho com
pany. When meal hour comes ho puts
a yoko on his shoulders and puts a
bucketful of that veal stow on either
ond of tho oko and goes to his men.
Maybo tho trench Is under fire. He
lng a trench, It most probably is No
matter. His men are in that trench
and potztausend they must bo fed.
Sometimes the second cook uots
his step right there. Sometimes the
apprentice cook tho dishwasher, the
grub murderer, tho university gradu
ato who has Just learned what to ex
pect when Fahrenhott Is applied to
spuds Is summoned from his Job of
rustling firewood to pick up tho cook's
yoko and refill tho spilled buckets
and tramp steadily forward to tho lino.
Sometimes tho supply of assistant
cooks, even, runs shoit. Hut tho men
in tho trenches always got their food.
"That's why so many cooks In tho Ger
man army havo iron crossos dangling
from their breasts," said tho man who
knowB. "No braver men over lived.
The horo of tho German campaign la
the cook of tho Hold kitchen."
Tho man who knows really does
know. Ho has been along tho Gor
man battlo lino, under protection of
a headquarters pass
It Is this man's belief, based on
what ho has hoard, that tho commis
sariat of tho allies has from tlmo to
llmo broken down, but that of tho
Gormans nover has
WATCH IS OF BIBLICAL AGE
Has Marked the Passing of 613,6a
Hours and Is Three-Score-
and-Ten.
Sheridan, Wyo. Arnold Tgchlrgl,
tho county surveyor. ha a watch that
baa marked tho passing of C13.C7S
hour. It has boon ticking away for
70 ynr and is still a good time-keeper.
Tho watch is ko-wlnd. It is an opon
fai'o gold crb6 Tho dial Is beautifully
ornamented In tlgmcd void Tho cts
tal Is mndc of ho:y convex kI.. s 11h
watch frnmrlj belonged to Mr w-chlr.
1 el's fathir
a V wA-'.vsy" jjAA' .
Uncle Sam Is Planning the Biggest Rose Garden
VST SHINGTON. Uncle Sam 13 planning the biggest and prettiest roso gar
W den In tho world at his How or gardens near Arlington. "Tho American
Hose society last spring completed airangements to cooperate with the do
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tho Washington Virginia trolley lino
throo hundred and twontj varieties,
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Included, and cventuallj tho sito can accommodate as many as L',000 varieties
If they can bo secured
'Tho garden makes an interesting show place for visitors to Washington
Tho roses are arranged, as far as possible, according to parentage. Teas
ond hybrid-teas, for instance, have a bed to themselves, as have hybrld-per
potuals. As far as practicable tho roses are arranged ulso according to color
A fence six feet high, in which climbing roses will grow, Is to surround the
gnrdon. The walks are of turf, and tho plan has been to use a different kinc
of grass in each walk. There will bo roso canopies on tho corners and at
tho entrances. A summer house will stand at tho most commanding point
where a view or the whole collection may bo obtained.
"Any grower of rosos who thinks he has roses not already In the collec
tlon has been invited by the society to contribute a plant."
Ordinance of Secession
IN EXECUTION of tho provisions of an act of the recent session of congress
Adjutant General McCain has restored to tho state of Louisiana the ordl
nnnco of secession passed by tho legislature of that state January 2G, 1SG1,
which was seized by tho Union
forces when New Orleans was cap
tured. No ono lemembers exactly how
tho old zinc tube containing tho rec
ord of tho convention which voted to
leave tho Union ever reached tho war
department. The case bears tho slm
plo legend painted on Its cover:
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Ordinance of Secession,
.Tnnuary 20, 1SC1.
It Is the only one of eleven se
cession ordinances that tho government possessed.
Different stories exist as to tho means by which the rolic reached tlu
capital. It Is believed thnt General Dutor when he captured New Orleans
seized all tho olflcial papers ho could find and sent them to Washington. II
Is probablo the old brown tubo containing Its message came north with othei
trophies of tho war.
As far as tho record shows, the ordinance first came to light after the
war in a drawer of Lieutenant Colonol Corbln's desk, in the adjutant general'!
Dlllce. It was delivered to Major General Davis, now retired, in 1895, and
from him it went to tho secretary of war, who ordered it restored to the
archives of tho adjutant general's office.
Tho parchment is yellow with ago but in excellent condition and perfoctlj
legible, though somo of tho signatures aro a bit faded. Tho text Is divided
into two parts in Kngllsh on tho left and in French on the right. Antln.ua
rians and students of history havo frequently sought permission to copy the
aualnt old document.
Perfect Babies Wanted for Exhibit in Washington
ANNOUNCEMENT of a perfect baby contest Is made by officials of tho Wash
lngton Diet Kitchen association. With this announcement tho associatior
mado an appeal for more funds for tho conduct of its six infant welfare sta
tlons. Hitherto the stations havo beei;
-
PE.RFFCT n V t A
QMilES WANTED! kU
rOtv FYHim-r I ('r?r
1:-mui -ift.A
prizes to Tfzmm
BE GIVEN
pun
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Though the stations wore tormed primarily to supply milk, they gradually
assumed a much wider scope until tho namo "milk station" was superseded
by that of "Infant welfaro station." Even this term does not express tho
varied nature of tho services performed. For not only infant diet, but cook
ing conferences for grown-ups, classes for "little mothers," lessons in house
hold economics, and many phases of household management, hygiene ano
sanitation are imparted to mothers.
At present tho intoroat of tho mothers and workers alike is centered on
tho second annual baby contest In January. Only babies registered twe
months in ndvanco will bo considered. This year a general prize, a mqdal
will bo givon to tho best baby of nil thoso entered. Another prize. of $25
in gold, will bo awarded to tho most nearly perfect baby among thoso ftom
tho milk stations.
Congressional Club Occupies Its Fine New Home
THE now homo of tho Congressional club, at Now Hampshire avenue and l"
htroot northwest, is completed and has been occupied by the club. The
now structure cost about $.!0,000 exclusive of tho propertj, which was do
nated to tho club hy Mrs John H.
Henderson one of its founders, as a
alto for tho building.
Throe stories and a basement
high, tho now clubhouso is 100 by 00
foot, and h a handsome- addition to
tho htructuros lu that vicinity. It is
built of buff-colored pi ess brick, terra
cotta and Indiana limestone, with
marble, panels Ground was broken
for tho building early last spring.
On tho first tloor aro located tho
oxecutiv6 ofllces of tho club, tho 11-
brnr. lotliement rooms, and cloakrooms. Tho majoi portion of tho second
Hoor Is dovoted to a large clubroom, which is about one and a half stories
high, taking in tho mozznnino floor. Tho dining room Is also located on this
Hoor. On the third Hoor are tho kitchens, servant!.' quarters and storerooms
One of tho features of tho clubhouse will bo tho circular stairway, which is
to be vory handbome.
The women of tho Congressional club aro exceedingly proud of their now
hoi"o and it will be tho scone of many a social function dining tho geution
Tho ct.lj is a iiKiipulitkal organization, tho numbers being tin. . iu tr uIi.t
(d'-ali relatives of present or past members of cougnss
partment of agriculture in establish
lug a roso garden," It is stated at tin
olllco of information of tho depart
ment of agriculture. "It Is to con
tain as complete a collection of rosei
as will grow out of doors In this see
tlon of Amotlca. Tho society is fur
nlshlng tho roses, tho department twe
acios of ground The garden will Ik
under tho direction of federal hortl
cultural specialists Tho farm is in
Virginia, Just across tho Potomac
from tho capital, and convenient tc
Tho garden already contains about
hut thero aro many hundreds not yet
Is Restored to Louisiana
i"ja
supported entirely by a list of pa
trons. and because of other demand!
upon many of these contributors, tlu
siauons nnu meinseivca incmg uit
winter with treasury exhausted.
Six of theso stations now
ar
open, and though five of them have
been In operation less than sh
months, more than five hundred bnhles
now aro being cared for by thorn
During August this number reached s
maximum of 590.
Cfy jly1 ' .1' Ml 'TBI111 J, -j.nw
(Hy Pltor. THOMAS SHAJ .)
Tn Its bearing on rural llfo tha gootl
roads quostlon stands in the vory
foreground. The question of the high
er and moro expeiiBho grades of roads
will not be discussed further in thla
paper than to f-ay that the men who
are urging their construction In lead
ing centers aro rendering their coun
try a most important service. Hut
the building of thoso cannot become
general for a long tlmo to come owing
to the expense- of building them. Iu
Hritaln all the roads aro good where
soever they may be found, but it took
centuries to build them and they were
built in a country where labor is or
was proverbially cheap.
The bulk of tho roads in rural placoR
will consist of noil only for a long
time to come, whatsoever may bo tho
Croso Section of Road, Showing
Lumps of Clay Placed on a Sand
Subsoil and Covered With Sand.
nature of the soil. The all-important
question, therefore, is, to so construct
and care for theso roads that they
may be kept In a reasonably good con
dition, and at tho least outlay that
will effect this end.
It goes without saying that when
constructing a country load it ought
to be put in condition that will read
ily take away the water that falls.
Without this no road can bo kept in
a proper state. It should bo wide
enough to admit of the easy passing
of two loads of hay on racks, and It
should not be of unnecessary width or
height In the center. When laying
out this road it is usually plowed to
tho de3lred width. What that width
may bo should vary somewhat. In
the judgment of the writer it does not
need to have a width of moro than
10 feot. In most Instances the road
bed Is made all too wide. Oftentimes
it Is made CO to 70 feet. Whore Is
tho necessity for a road being so
wide? When this wide, it is much
moro liable to rut, since tho water is
much more liable to lodge in any de
pressions that may occur as the result
of tralllc.
The road Is rounded up nowadays
by the use of tho road grader. Tho
sav ing of labor In this method of road
building as comparen with the scra
per is very great. The roadbed should
be so shaped that tho highest point
should be along the lino of tho cen
ter, and tho slope should bo gradual,
till tho sides of the ditches may ho
approached, when it may then bo
much more abrupt. The ditches
should ho deep enough to earn uwav
tho water readily. It Is not necp.-.ary
that they shall be any deeper.
When laying out a country road, at
tention should bo given to tho
straightni'ss of tho lines made by the
plowman. If ho make3 furrows ab
solutely straight on outer sides of
tho roadbed It will remain straight
for all time. Tho roadbed will In it
self havo an attractiveness that ia
pleasing if for no other reason than
that It is absolutely straight. Tho
necessity for very deep ditches on tho
sides Is not apparent, and thero Is no
necessity for having tho crown of tho
road unduly high.
Whon tho soil roadbed is thus mado,
the next Important matter Is to so
manage It that It will give tho great-
Crocs Section of Road, Showing Dis
placement of Lumps of Clay When
Subjected to Travel.
est amount of efficiency with
the least
bo best
the split
tho road
amount of labor. This can
accomplished by the ubo of
log. This should be run over
If possible nfter oviry heavy
longed rnln, and at a stage in
ing of tho soil when It will
and pro
the dry-
crumble)
the drag
becuiiso of ihe presence of
patslng over It.
Split-Log Drag Is Useful.
A split-log drag or somo similar de
vice is very useful in maintaining
the surface aftor suitable ditches and
cross section havo onco boon secured.
This dug can also bo used to advan
tage on a gravel load as well as on
an earth road. The principle Involved
in dragging is that clays and most
heavy soils will puddlo when wet and
80t very hard when dry.
Three Good Road Rules.
Macadam, ono of tho roost famous
road builders, laid down threo ruloa
for making a good road: tl) Good
Drainago, (2) Hotter Drainage, U)
Still Hotter Drainage; or in other
words, "A good road has a tight roof
and a dry collar."
Of Value to Country.
Good loads may not be tho whole
eolutlon for proaperlty and happiness
it country lite, but they are a part of
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