THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
HIS BRIEFLY TOLD
Starvation is facing Inhabitants In
Sonora, Mexico, south of the interna
tional border. Floods have destroyed
nearly all tho crops.
Latest figures given out by tho po
lice department of San Francisco
H ATHLETIC BILL!" ""J
FOR BOARD
Two Hundred Thousand for Reforma
tory Which Was Not Built Under
Last Appropriation.
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INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED
COVERS WIDE AREA.
MEASURE TO LEGALIZE BOXING
PRESENTED TO LEGISLATURE.
BLACKHEAD WIPING OUT TURKEY FLOCKS
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GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT
Includes What U Going On at Wash-
Ington and In Other Sections of
the Country.
WAR NEWS.
The British government has accept
ed an offer by Australia to furnish
another expeditionary force of 10,000
men. This force is In addition to the
reinforcement of 4,000 men provided
monthly.
The Berlin Tageblatt says that the
German government intends to buy
up pigs to the value of $50,000,000 to
bo killed and canned In order to save
fodder useful for military and other
purposes.
Reports from Berlin say that a sec
ond German war loan probably wll be
Issued the first of March and oa fa
vorable terms as, it Is asserted, the
condition of the money market is ex
ceptionally good.
Tho Russian naval arm baa been
coming more prominently Into the
war of late, and Russia officially re
ports the sinking of a German tor
pedo boat by a Russian submarino off
Capo Moen, Denmark.
The Gorman emperor Is quoted by
a Cologno newspaper as declaring, re
cently, when pinning the iron cross
on a German soldior: "We will stay
In hostile territory until the enemy la
vanquished or has collapsed."
As a result of German's confiscation
of grain and flour to conserve tho na
tion's food supply, the British fleet
has been ordered to treat cargoes of
grain and flour destined for Germany
and Austria , as conditional contra
band and subject to seizure.
The sea mine Is a problem oven
after it has been washed ashore, and
for those who must destroy It this
terrible enemy of shipping offers the
same danger it does to tho crew of
the vessel it happens to wreck,
writes an Amsterdam correspondent.
Dr. Schuster, secretary of the Ger
man Iron Founders' union, declares
that Germany, by using bronze monu
monts, copper cupolas of churches
and copper used for other purposes
would have sufficient of the metal to
enable her to hold out for thirty
years.
A news agency dispatch says 20,000
Italians aro being concentrated at
Barl, on the Adriatic, for the occupa
tion of Durazzo, Albania. A report
from London asserts that Italian re-
sorvlsts in England have been ordor:
ed to be ready to respond to a call to
the colors of their country.
Tho German admiralty In declaring
a war zone of the waters around
Great Britain and Ireland, Including
the whole English channel from Feb
ruary 18 announces "that every ene
my merchant ship found in this war
zone will bo destroyed, oven if it is
not always possiblo to avoid dangers
to crew and passengers."
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A dispatch from Geneva says that
General von Bordungen, staff com
mander of tho German operations in
lower Alsace has been forced to move
his headquarters from a place near
Altklrch to Muelhauson, owing to a
bombardment by allied aviators. State
papers and valuables are being re
moved from Muclhausen to Freiburg,
It is said.
OENERAL.
Larger locomotives havo not In
creased tho labors of firemen, W. J.
Tollerton, mechanical superintendent
of tho Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific railroad, testified before the
board of arbitration at Chicago.
Reports have readied El Paso,
Tex., that General Villa has pro
claimed himself president of Mexico.
Ho has assumed supreme political
power and organized a civil govern
ment, with himself at tho head, bo
causo of interruption of communica
tion has mado It impossible to work
in conjunction with tho forces in the
south.
Inaccurate weights and measuring
devices cost American purchasers
moro than $1,000,000 annually, ac
cording to spokesmen at tho conven
tion of tho national association of
scales exports at Chicago.
Ten men wero fined a total of
$5,000 in crlmnal court on pleas of
guilty to operating handbooks In
Louisville. Samuel Dlnkelsplel and
Lawrence Starr wero fined $1,500
each. Tho other fines ranged from
$100 to $500.
A coroner's Jury at Augusta, Ga.,
returned a verdict of Justifiable horal
cldo In the case of Dr, A. N. Culber
son, killed by a citizens' posso seek
ing him on a charge of attacking a
young married woman.
shows that there' aro 1.09G Jitney
busses In operation there.
Fred A. lllnes of Los Angeles, Cal.,
past Imperial potontato of tho A. A.
O. N. of Mystic Shriners of North
America, died at Scranton, Pa.
Tho four weeks of Billy Sunday's
campaign In Philadelphia havo re
sulted In the conversion of 16,493 peo
ple. This figure is tho total of 'thoso
who havo actually signed cards.
During 1914, tho first year of tho
operation of tho eugenic marrlago
law, 4,000 fewer marriages wero re
ported to the Wisconsin board of
health than In 1913.
More Chicago bakeries fell Into lino
and the 6-cont loaf of bread virtually
superseded tho cheaper loaf In every
part of Chicago. Small bakers pro
tested that oven at tho Incrensod
price their profit was so small as to
bo insufficient and tentative offers to
dispose of their plants to the city
were made.
Striking laborers at tho plant of tho
Armour Fertilizer Chemical company
at Roosovolt, N. J havo won their
fight for restoration of the $2 a day
wage, which Was reduced to $1.00.
The Armour plant Is one of throe in
volved In the strike in which nineteen
strikers were shot by deputy sheriffs
on January 19.
Under an agreement the Canadian
government will settle claims grow
ing out of the recent shootlrig of two J
American ciuck nunters uy uanaumn
militiamen by paying $10,000 to the
parents of Walter Smith, who was
killed, and $5,000 to Charles Dorsch,
who was wounded, In addition to tho
legal oxpenscs.
When the court which Is trying
1,100 men accused of election frauds
adjourned at Plkevllle, ky., there had
been made eight additional convic
tions, ten cases were dismissed, one
Indictment was remanded to tho next
grand Jury because of defect in its
drawing, another was quashed and In
a third tho Jury failed to agree.
In acordanco with the electorat's
views expressed last November, tho
lower house of the Oregon legislature
at Salem, passed a bill prohibiting
the salo or manufacture of Intoxicat
ing liquor within the state except for
sacramental purposes. Physicians
are permitted by the measure to ad
minister liquor personally and impor
tation of two quarts monthly is allow
ed individuals for private consump
tion. TIiu deadlock between representa
tives of the Amalgamated Associa
tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
and the Independent Sheet and Tin
Plate Manufacturers over tho accpt
anco of a reduction In wages by tho
men was broken at Pittsburgh. The
men agreed to accept a cut In wages
of from 6 to 11.2 per cent The em
ployers promised to maintain tho
standard of their employes and to In
crease wages on a sliding scale as
market prices of their product goes
higher.
WASHINGTON.
A serious breach In senate demo
cratic ranks threatens tho life of tho
administration ship purchase bill.
A bill to Incorporate tho boy
scouts of America undor a federal
charter was favorably reported by
the house Judiciary committee.
Over a strenuous protest from Ma
jority Leader Underwood, tho houso
In passing the naval appropriation
3)111 retained provision for the con
struction of two dreadnoughts, six
torpedo boat destroyers, one sea
going submarine torpedo boat, eleven
submarines and ono oil fuel ship.
Tho Interstate commerce commis
sion has ordered Jolnt-reshlpplng car
loads between the Wabash and the
Chicago & Alton railroads on wheat,
corn and articles taking tho samo
rates, from Omaha, South Omaha
and Council Bluffs, via Mexico, Mo.,
to stations on the main lino of the
Alton between Mexico and tho Mis
sissippi river.
Bills to clear, up discrepancies in
navigation laws and facilitate the op
eration of foreign-owned ships trans
ferred to American registry were
passed by the house. One would re
peal laws Imposing discriminatory
duties and ponaltles upon such ships
and another would authorize consular
officers abroad to Issue provisional
cortltlcates of registry for foreign
ships, purchased by Americans.
Tho house lacked Just five
votes of (ho necessary two-thirds to
pass tho immigration bill, providing
for a literacy test, over tho veto of
President Wilson. Of 399 members
present, 201 voted to override tho
veto and 130 to sustain the president.
Two answered present
New tariffs proposing increases In
passenger rates from Chicago to tho
eastorn boundary of Colorado havo
been fllod with the Interstate Com
morco commission by most of tho rail
roads In western territory.
MET WITH FAVOR OVER STATE
Bill Fathered by Gene Melady of So.
Omaha; Endorsed by Rev. Mack
ay, Omaha Minister.
Lincoln. A bill lo legalize tho
boxing gamo In Nobraska under tho
strict supervision of a board known
as tho Nobraska Stato Athlotlc com
mission has been introduced In tho
legislature. The measuro In i'tsolf
looks to be the perfection of consist
ency and fairness. Tho commission
is to be appointed by tho govornor
and Is to havo tho power to mako
rules and regulations cdmpatiblo ab
solutely with the requirements of tho
law.
No boxing or sparring exhibition
shall bo conducted by any club or or
ganization except by Hcenso Issued
by tho commission, and no club or or
ganization shall bo ontltlcdto rccelvo
a state license unless it has been in
corporated under tho laws of No
braska. Membership of such club
shall bo llmltod to residents of the
stato. Tho application for Hcenso
must be In writing and accompanied
by an annual fee of $300.
Tho law prohibits sparring or box
ing on Sunday, and no Intoxicating
liquors shall bo sold or given away
nt any exhibition, and no decisions
given. All license fees or taxes re
ceived by the commission shall bo
paid into tho state treasury within
ono week of receipt, and such depos
its to an amount not exceeding throe
thousand dollars per annum aro ap
propriated for salaries and exponses
of said athlotlc board.
Geno Melady, ono of South Omaha's
most popular business men, Is father
of the bill, and Is considered tho pre
mier spirit In the move to secure its
passage. The measuro has been hear
tily approved by tho Rev. T& J. Mack
ay, of All Saints church, Omaha, and
has received the endorsement by
many business men and church or
ganizations throughout tho stato.
It has been tho experience of the
authorities in tho largo cities, that it
is better to placo tho boxing game
under control of the authorities than
to havo the Interested parties trying
to violate tho law. In Wisconsin,
under the state boxing law over
$20,000 was put into the stato treas
ury last year. Of this amount
$3,000 Is allowed the commission for
expenses. It is tho only commission
in the state that is self-sustaining
and pays a profit Into the treasury.
A Total of 1,044 Bills.
When the tlmo camo In tho. legisla
ture for tho end of introduction of
bills, tho senate had put over 296
bills, while In tho houso 748 bills
wero introduced, making a total of
1,044, as against 1,329 at the last ses
sion 275 bills wero placed on fllo
on tho last day.
It Is estimated that it costs on an
average of $9 por bill to havo them
printed. Taking tho estimate of a
legislative official for it that $9 would
bo an averago cost por bill for print
ing the bills, tho senate bills havo
cost the state for tho session $2,CG4,
while tho houso bills havo cost tho
taxpayers $G,732.
Won Trip to Washington.
By winning tho state championship
of tho Boys' Aero Corn Contest, Vyrlo
Crowell, living near Walthlll, Thurs
ton county, will bo given a trip to
Washington, D. C, with all expenses
paid, by tho Union Stockyards com
pany of South Omaha. Tho prize acre
yloldod 92.4C bushels of corn with a
profit of $31.33 on tho investment The
corn was grown on land that had boon
farmed but, two years. Rcld's Yollow
Dent was the varioty raised. Tho con
test is conducted co-operatively by
tho United States Department of Ag
riculture and tho Agricultural Exton-
To Enlarge National Guards.
Tho creation of a larger reserve
militia and tho officers therefor Is
suggested by Meredith of Saundora.
This bill would permit citizens of
the stato to tako military axamlna
tlon for tho rank of secon lieuten
ant in tho reserve force.
Hall Insurance Fund.
Levy of one-fourth of 1 mill on as
sessable property of tho state for a
hall Insurance fund and provision
whereby farmers who suffer from
hall losses may collect from this
fund, aro principal points of the Os
terman bill.
RIght-of-Way BUI.
A plan to make tho Union Pacific
railway turn back to the stato a por
tion of Its 400 feet of right-of-way
has been mbodled in. a bill introduced
by Representative T. M. Ostorman of
Control City. The bill Is merely a
requirement that in each county of
Nobraska the right-of-way of a rail
road company outside of cities and
villages shall bo of uniform width,
except for yardage, depots, freight
houses or roundhouses, Thoy are for
bidden to acquire or hold any real es
tate in excess of this uniform width.
Bills for appropriations for state
Institutions Improvements and build
ings, as presented by tho flnanco com
mltteo for tho board of control aggre
gate $355,750. To those 1b added an
other bill for $200,000 for a stato re
formatory to tako tho placo of tho
$150,000 appropriated for that pur
poso In 1913 and not used. Negloy is
the author of this bill and claims on
tho bill that It Is by request of the
stato board. It had been lntondcd
at first that thoso appropriations
should become part of tho gonorol
maintenance bill for departments and
institutions, but tho committee did
not want to mako that bill bucIi a
gigantic affair, and at tho last mlnuto
tho measures wore turned in sepa
rately. All tho funds provided In
tlioso measures for half a million ex
penditure aro to ho expended by tho
three members of tho state board,
with no conditions attached in moBt
of tho bills as to what buildings
shall bo constructed. That Is loft to
tho board.
Dr. A. O. Thomas, stato superin
tendent of education, has rendered a
decision that advanced subjects may
be taught in rural schools if tho samo
be not allowed to interfere with tho
regular work of tho pupils in tho ele
mentary grades. Tho decision Is Bet
forth In a letter to W. II. Campbell of
Clurks, of the committee on educa
tion of tho Nebraska Farmers con
gress, who wroto requesting a ruling.
Tho ruling covers tho case of mature
pupils who wish to attond tho dis
trict schools during tho wlntor months
when farm work is light, Dr. Thomas
cites High School Inspector Reed of
the University of Nebraska to tho ef
fect that tho university will give full
credit for such advance work done in
tho district schools should tho stu
dent later go to a regular high school.
To prevent holding of water power
sites by big corporations without
proper development and to stop fur
ther grabbing of water power possi
bilities in tho stnto, the house uant
mously passed a resolution calllpg on
the state board of Irrigation to can
eel seven largo Water power grants.
At tho samo time tho houso commit
tee on water power Introduced a bill
to forbid tho state board of irrigation
and water power allowing any moro
water power slto grantB for tho period
of two years and a second bill appro
priating $15,000 for a survey of Ne
braska streams under tho direction
of tho stato board to determine tho
possibilities of water power develop
ment in tho stato.
Increase of passenger fares In this
stato to 2 cents a mile is provided
for In a bill Introduced In tho houso.
Tho measuro cbmo3 at) a result of tho
demand of railroads for increased
revenues and follows a campaign of
publicity in which thoy have endeav
ored to glvo tho people a complete re
cital of their financial burdens and
their financial needs. Extonsivo hear
ings on tho bill aro promised before
tho session has gono much farther.
Gus Hyers of Lincoln Is an enthus
iastic good roads booster and bollovcs
It Is criminal ncgllgenco for tho stato
to allow so much good labor to go to
waste when It might bo put to work
on the roads and tho stato bonoflt
thereby. Ho suggests a Btato work
houso located at somo placo whero
thoro Is a rock quarry to which all
hoboes may bo sent and compelled to
labor for a time.
Final entries wero fllod on nearly
3,000 homesteads in Nebraska last
year, according to tho land offices.
Tho 2,843 final entries aro distributed
among forty-threo counties. Tho great
bulk aro, of course, In the westorn
part of the Btate. Tho total acreage
taken up during tho year was approx
lmately 800,000 acres, or soraothing
over 300 acres to tho average home
Btcad. ,
The granting of power to mayors
and councils of Nebraska municipal
ities to regulate tho sale nnd use of
gaa, electricity, telephone servlco
and Btreet railways and dotermlno
tho price to bo charged Is tho prln
rinnl feature of senate fllo No, 177,
Introduced by Senator Qulnby
Omaha.
of
provisions for moro accurate val
uation of telephone, telegraph and
railway companies In tho stato is
mado In a bill by Represontatlvo Ful
lor of Seward, which provides that
tho state railway commission shall
furnish the state assessment board
oach year Its valuation of such com
panies. Senator Dodge has Introduced a bill
providing that no child undor 1G
shall bo hired or confined in jiny re
formatory or religious institution
where children aro employed without
an order from a court.
The first filing of wator power
rights on tho Dismal river is in pros
pect P. Wilson, chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners for
Blalno county, has written to Stato
Engineer Price that he Intends to
fllo and asks Information as to tho
proper way to proceed.
A Bronze
"Liver trouble" and "spotted livers,"
"spotted cholera" and "turkey chol
ora" are soma of tho names given In
different localities to tho diseases now
known generally as tho blackhead,
which Ib virtually wiping out tho tur
key flocks in many parts of tho coun
try whoro these birds wore onco a
staplo product.
I havo dealt with this disease slnco
1898 and so far havo found no drug
or combination of drugs that seoma
to bo worth relying upon, says an Ar
kansas wrltor in Farm Progress. In
my opinion preventive measures aro
tho only thingB that tho turkoy grow
or and tho fancier of these birds can
place any great depondonco upon.
Investigators who havo studied this
form of disease for years aro certain
that it Ib spread by tho scottorlng of
n mlnuto parasite akin to7 tho very
lowest group of animal llfo. Like
tho nogrl, bodies found In hydropho
bia and organisms that spread mala
ria, thoso parasites nro oxtremoly
hard to destroy. Tho active prlnclplo
of blackhead is called "cocidlum" and
Is closely allied with the seeda of hy
drophobia, i
The methods of prevention aro, in
brief:
First of all buy no now birds, no
importations, no turks or old fowls
from closo at hand or from any othor
section, without carefully examining
them for traces of tho disease, and
then placing them In quarantlno
nway from tho othor birds for sovoral
days. As It may bo carried by other
domestic fowls, It will bo bost to ex
amine all ducks, hens, geoso and
gutnea fowls brought to tho placo be
fore lotting them run at large.
When a bird dies of blackhead
burn tho body at onco. Burying thorn
is a bad practlco, as rats, dogs or oth
er animals may dig them up and
HINTS FOR THE P0ULTRYMAN
Facts and Figures Carefully Compiled
and Edited Expellent for
Future Reference.
Tho following facta and figures
should bo preserved for future refer
ence. They are not given at random,
but havo been carefully complied and
edited:
It takes about throo months to grow
a brollrfr.
The gooso lays a score or two of
eggs in a year.
No brooding-pen should contain ovor
fifty chicks.
Broilers shrink about a half pound
each when dreHsod.
Forty dressed ducklings are packed
In a barrel for iihlpmcnt.
Tho shell of an egg contains about
fifty grains of nnlt and limo.
From thlrty-flvo to forty duckB and
drakes aro allowed In a pen,
T-ho duck averages about ten dozon
oggs in about soven months' laying.
Build tho houso 10 by 10 foot for
ten fowls, nnd tho yard ten times
larger.
Ducklings are marketed at five
pound weight, which thoy attain in
ton weeks.
Ton dozen eggs a year is tho avor-
ago ostlmato given as tho production
of tho hen.
About four dozen eggs aro given nB
an averago for tho annual output of
tho turkoy.
Duck feathers Bell at 40 cents per
pound; gooso feathers bring double
tho amount
Thirteen eggs ,aro considered a sot
ting, though many breeders aro now
giving fifteen.
Between forty and fifty degroeB Is
the proper temperature to keep egga
for hatching during winter.
Eggs intended for hatching should
not bo kept over four weeks.
It will require seven pounds of
skimmed milk to equal ono pound of
lean beef for flesh-forming qualities.
One dollar per head Is tho averago
cost of keeping a fowl a year, and tho
samo amount is a fair estimate of tho
profits.
Tho eggs of tho White Leghorn,
Black Minorcas and Houdan are of
about tho samo weight as thoso of tho
Light Brahma.
To fatten tho turkeys, feed whole
corn at night and give them all they
will eat of other fattening foods In
the daytime, with plenty ot clean
water,
Turkey.
scatter tho Infected tissues about tho
promises, where healthy fowls may
pick it up.
So far no curing a cano of black
head that has already developed is
concernod, I nover attempt It. Tho
ax and the bonflro aro two of tho best
remedies I know for blackhead. As
soon ao I am certain that a bird is
infected I kill it and burn the body.
Some turkey fanciers who havo val
uable birds isolate tho young birds,
put thorn in clean, dry quarters, feed
lightly on soft nnd light foods and
manage to improvo thoir condition. I
doubt tho value of any such cures.
I change tho location of the turkey
runs as often as possiblo and in this
way manngo to prevent nny great
losses from blackhead. Tho turkey
rnnges aro changod yonrly and I find
it best to keep them away from the
othor poultry around tho place. I am
a heavier grower of turkeys ban of
othor fowls and glvo thorn tho advan
tago of location in ovory instance.
There aro throo characteristic symp
toms of blackhead that novor vary In
any varloty that may be attacked.
Diarrhea is always present nt somo
stago of tho disease Then, too, tho
observer will note a sort of n sleep
iness or half coma that makes tho
bird HstlesB and causes It to stay
apart from tho flock. Then follows
tho emaciation, tho "lightness" that
is always commented upon by tho in
vestigator. Thcro is no appotlto with
this Btago of tho disease.
I havo soon an entlro hatch of
young turka wiped out at soven daya
old by tho first symptom, tho diar
rhea. As a rulo this form of tho dis
ease attacking very young birds will
kill about 90 por cent of tho hatch in
tho porlod between tho fifth and the
thirty-fifth day of their existence It
may mako its appearance at any time,
EVERY-DAY POULTRY TERMS
It Is Correct to Speak of Female as a
Pullet Until 8he Is Eighteen
Months Old.
There seems to bo a somowhat hazy
notion among amatours as to tho ex
act meaning of tho terms used to des
ignate young and old stock. A pullet,
strictly speaking, Is a female undor
ono yoar old. After she hns attained
her full maturity she is a hen, but In
tho trado wo apeak of a fowl as a pul
let until sho has completed bor first
year's laying. Therefore, It is correct
to speak of her ns a pullet until sho
Is eighteen months old, or has begun
her first molt.
A cockerel la a malo bird undor one
year old, but ho is usually spoken of
as a cockerel until ho has at least en
tered well upon his first year an a
breeding cockerel.
Cocks are older males, usually hav
ing passed through ono season's
breeding. If you order cockerels for
breeding purposes, you will got birds
that havo not been used for breeding.
When ordering pullets, you will got
females that aro under eighteen
months, at tho most.
A cockerel should never be used to
breed from before ho is a year old
A pullet, if she begins to lay at six
months, may bo bred from at nine
months of ago, but she will bo better
If not bred from till she is ono year
old. Tho progeny from mature stock
Is much more vigorous and of a
larger slzo than from Immature stock
A broiler is a bird weighing two
pounds or less, and from six to twelve
weok8 old. A spring chicken is a
young bird weighing over two pounds,
A capon is tho male bird deprived ot
its generative organs for tho purpose
of Improving tho weight and delicacy
of its carcass. A stowing chick weighs
about throo pounds. A roaster
weighs four or more pounds.
A poult is a turkoy in its first year.
A poulard is a pullet deprived of tho
power of producing eggs, with the
object of great size. A trio la a male
and two females, A breeding pen la
genorally mado up of from six to four
teen femaloa and a male.
Provide Good Ventilation.
Provide plenty of ventilation for the
fowls. Thoy can Btand lots ot cold but
drafts or dampnoss In their houses will
soon kill them. A hen requires seven
times as much fresh air In proportion
I to her slzo as does a horse.
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