Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
CANADA 01 OF THE
WORLD MB
Although Canada's real Btart In na
tional development as pointed out by
Iho Buffalo Commercial, enmo slow
ly and Into, as compared with that of
tbo United States, It Is now well un
der way, and very soon thero will bo
a marvelous expansion In agriculture,
mining and manufacturing.
Tho paper above mentioned saya
that "heretoforo the development of
Canada, llko that of the United States,
has been westward, but unllko this
country, tho Dominion has a great
territory to tho North, which has been
regarded as all but uninhabitable, but
In which recent research has proven
thero aro possibilities of develop
ment almost inconceivable." After
making complimentary rcferenco to
the resources of the country tributary
to tho Hudson Hay, which will bo
opened up when the railroad now un
der construction Is completed, tho
Commercial further says "there aro
those living today who will see our
neighbor on tho north a great and
powerful nation, and a not insignifi
cant industrial and commercial rlvnl
of tho United States. Tho war may
retard, but It cannot destroy, Canada's
future. And in this expansion no ono
will moro heartily rejoico than tho
people of tho United States, because
the prosperity of the Dominion is
bound to Increase our own."
Herein Is tho spirit that dominates
tho Dominion Government when it
extends on Invitation to Americans to
assist In developing the resources that
Canada possesses, whether they bo
mineral, forest, Industrial, commorclal
or agriculture. Both' countries will
benefit and tho United States will bo
a gainer by having as a neighbor a
country whoso resources aro as great
and varied as aro those of Canada.
In comparing the United States
along with other natl6ns of tho world
in producing and importing food
stuffs, tho Agricultural Outlook pub
lished by tho United States depart
ment of agrlculturo says:
Tho United States In recent years
has been as largo an Importer of food
stuffs as oxporterj therefore alio can
not bo classed as a surplus producer
of foodstuffs. This 1b contrary to. pop
ular impression. It is truo that sbo
1b an exporter of certain articles, out
sho Is an equally largo Importer of
other articles. In this classification
tea and coffeo are Included with food
stuffs. In L'6'lblo grains tho produc
tion Is 23 per cent more than the
amount retained; tho production of
meats Is bIx per cent more that
Is, exports of meat equal six per cent
or that rctalnod In tho United States
for consumption; tho production of
dairy products Is 20 per cent more
than consumed; the production of
poultry Is Just about equal to con
sumption; of vegetables, one per cent
less.
An Investigation Into tho produc
tlon, imports and exports of food prod
ucts of various countries indicates
that England produces about C3 per
cent of her food requirements, and
imports (not) about 47 por cent; Bol
gium produces 57 per cent, and Im.
ports 43 por cent; Germany producos
88 por cont, and Imports 12 por cent;
Franco produces 02 por cent, and Im
ports eight per cont; Austria-Hungary
prqduces 98 por cent, and Imports two
per cent; Russia produces 110 per
cent of her requirements, and exports
an equivalent of about 10 per cant;
Canada produces 23 por cent moro
than sho consumes; Argentina pro
duces 48 por cont moro than sho con
sumcs; tho United Stntcs produces
practically no moro than sho con
Butncs (I. e. exports and Imports of
foodstuffs almost balanco).
With this Information before tho
reader, It Is not a difficult matter to
direot attention to the fact that Can
nda stands In a pre-omlnont position
in tho matter of grain and cattle pro
duction, and with a largo territory
yet unoccuplod sho will ulways main
tain It, Advortisemcnt
Breaking It Gently.
Maid Thlovca got into a house in
this street last night and stolo all tho
Bllver.
Mistress What stupid people to
leave doors unlocked! Whoso houso
was It?
Maid It was at number 7.
Mistress Why, that is our houso!
Maid Yes, ma'am, but I did not
want to frighten you.
I Imoortflnt to Mnthor
Examine carefully every bottle- ol
CASTORIA, a safo and euro remedy foi
Infanta and children, and eeo that II
Slcnatur of UU&$f2
In Ubo For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Flotchor'fl Cantoris
Hli Collection,
Wife John, tho bill collector's at
the door.
Hubby Toll him to tako that pile
on my dosk. Ponn Stato Froth.
For the treatment of colds, tore throat,
ru!., X?nn h Aienuioiateii uougn uropn givi
ure reuei bo at nil roou juruRKUU.
Tho heart of a pretty girl may bo as
chilly as a dog's nose.
Monuments to men really great aro
superfluous.
Al-vavs use lied Cross Ball Blue. Delisht
the laundress. At all good grocers. Adv
Anyone could wrlto poetry were H
not necessary to make It rhyme.
SERVIAN SENTRY
tmm
One of the tragic Incidents that make up the horrors of war. This man's
duty was to remain ut his post until relieved, but when his comrades cumo ho
was frozen to death.
MADE BLIND IN WAR
Thousands Lose Their Sight in
European Conflict.
Many Cases Are Reported Among
Hungarian Soldiers Back From the
Front Specialists Plan Home
for Victims.
Budapest. A few days ago the
newspapers reported that Michael
Chomsa, a Hungarian soldier patient
at the Budapest hospital, had' lout his
eyesight, and they started a collec
tion for him, the Pester Lloyd alone
raising 14,000 kronen ($5,000) within
two days. Michael Chomsa's misfor
tune was looked upon as exceptional,
and It was considered a public duty to
provide for his future.
But tho publicity given to this sol
dier's blindness brought out the fact
that thero were many other oimllar
cases. In tho opinion of physicians
there will be In Hungary alone several
thousand such victims of the war it
the fighting is to continue much
longer.
It Is a disheartening spectacle to
look upon theso blind soldiers at the
hospital. Ono sees many wounded,
disfigured, ulcerating eyes. Some of
theso eyes have sunk far Into their
sockets. OthoiB show the upper, trans
parent part of the eyeball sprinkled
with whlto, gleaming grains of sand,
whirled there by a bursting shrapnel
sholl. Two otherwise healthy eyes
blink and quiver unceasingly, the
nervous system of tho man having
been shattered by an exploding bomb.
Another soldior has his eyelids seem
ingly grown together, thoy having lost
their powor to open ami to close.
Opened, thoy disclose empty cavities.
Ono of the blind soldiers wears the
silver cross for bravery. Though
wounded ho returned to the firing lino
in order to carry away his seriously
wounded lloutennnt. Whllo doing thin
ho was hit by nnothor bullet, which
destroyed his oyoslght.
It is romnrkablo that most of these
BUfforors lost tholr vision in tho samo
peculiar manner. Tho bullet entorcd
tho cheek and bored its way upward,
emerging on tho opposlto sldo by way
of the eyosocket, after smashing tho
eyeball and destroying tho optic
nervo. At times tho bullet's path was
PICKS PRIZE BABY
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughtor of
tho presldont, presented tho prizes at
tho WashliiKton hotter baby show. Sho
Is l'cre shown with ono of tho prize-
a in:. )K baoies
FROZEN TO DEATH
horizontal, the root of the nose being
also shattered.
Appalled by the great number of
minded soldiers, the Hungarian spe
cialists, Professors GroBz and Szlly,
have stnrted a subscription for the
erection of a special institution des
tined to assure a livelihood for theso
unfortunate victims of the war. There
they would bo taught occupations
suitable to their Infirmity.
On the other hand Professor Blcsal
ski of Berlin and Professor Lorenz of
Vienna aro concerned not only In car
ing for the wounded soldiers, hut In
preparing the numberless war cripples
ror tlielr ruturo tasks of gaining a live
lihood. Kvery time Professor Blesal
ski visits his patients he endeavors to
bring It home to their minds that they
will have to follow their former occu
pations. A teacher who had lost IiIb
right arm has learned to write with
his left hand and each day he becomes
more and more convinced that he will
again be able to exercise his profes
sion. A gardener who lost his lower
limbs was convinced by Professor
BlesalskI that he will be able to re
sumo gardening; a farmer that ho will
bo able to mow and to rake. A mason
was made to understand that despite
the loss of his right forearm he would
be able to do brick and mortar work
with tho aid of an artificial hand.
QUAIL THRESH WHEAT CROP
Pennsylvania Farmer Tells How the
Birds Get Enough to
Eat.
Ebenshurg, Pa. John Xewton, a
farmer living at Munday's, near Eb
enshurg, tells a remarkable story of
the sagacity of a flock of quail.
Following the Instructions of Doc
tor Kalbfus, Newton has been placing
grain in his 'barnyard for tho benefit
of the birds. Apparently tho amount
was not sufficient to satisfy tho needs
of a ilock of quail, which fed at tho
furm dally. Inside tho barn was a
quantity of unthreshed wheat, the
heads of which 4ro closed tightly.
Othor birds pecked at these heads
unsuccessfully, but the quail solved
tho difficulty.
According to Newton, a wlso old
quail Hew out of tho barn on Sunday
with a stalk of wheat In its boak. Lead'
ing into the barn is a Avooden bridge.
The quail stuck tho lower part of the
stalk through a crack in tho bridge.
Threo quail seized it on the other
sldo and tugged away lustily. Tho
stalk was stripped clean. Newton
says tho quail took turns carrying
out wheat and threshing It until all
were satlsllod; and that sinco they
have Repeated the performance dally.
BEAR AFLOAT IN ICY RIVER
Hunters Took Shots at Him From
the Bank, But Bruin
Escaped.
Sunbury.i Pa. Watching the ice
pass out , of the Susquehanna river
hero, Elmer Mantz and Georgo Whit
ney sighted a big black bear floating
down tho stream on a log,
Rifles were procured and for miles
along the stream they tried to pot
bruin, but without success. .Mantz said
It was the biggest bear he h 11 R nvnr
seen, and It Is believed to be the one
that has been seen about Seven
Kitchens.
Word was aent to towns along the
river ns far ns Harrlsburg.
The bear had some difficulty staying
on the log. When a bitr cake nr loo
would shove up from tho water and
At A X t, 1. . -
wirenieu 10 uisiouge it, u would strike
at It viciously with its paw.
1,071 German Lawyers Killed.
Berlin. Moro than one thousand
Gorman lawyers had been killed In
battle up to December 28. Tho num
her officially given In tho ronort li
1,071. Six were professors of law, 23C
Judges, state attorneys or other off!
clalB of the judicial department of gov
eminent.
SOLVES TRAMP ft
Federal Trespass Law Prom
iscs Best Results.
Would Keep Hobo Off Railroads ane
Force Him to Go to Work Has
Worked Well In England
and Germany.
Washington. It begins to look at.
though the travel days of the original
"See America First" tourist the
tramp are now numbered. Chiefs of
police, sheriffs, constables, town mar
shals, thief special agents or railways
and other peace officers of tho coun
try, quick in recognizing tho effective
ness of the proposed federal trespass
law as a crime dlmlnlsher, are bend
ing their efforts to get congress to
pass the measure nt the present ses
sion. At last, theso men declare,
there has been discovered the real so
lution of the hobo problem. The tres
pass act Is a federal measure, carry
i", a penalty that Is calculated to
keep tramps and all other undesir
ables off the rights of way of rail
ways throughout the United States.
With such a "block lyste.m," it Is
said there can be only one result
the passing of the nation's greatest
nuisance. Pollco officials say that
with tho sldedoor Pullman means of
transportation cut off from Weary
Wraggles, but ono thing will remain
for him go to work. Officers of mu
nicipalities announce that with their
means of travel taken from them, tho
rounding up of the country's undesir
ables will bo an easy task. They will
not be able to get from place to place.
No community will tolerate them as
vagrants; consequently they will have
to go to work.
Tho agitation of the federal tres
pass law is the outcome of the recejit
conference of tho United States gov
ernment's Industrial commission hold
in Kansas City. Among tho men in
vited to appear before this commis
sion and give views calculated to bet
ter the conditions of industrial life in
the country was Al O. Ray, chief spe
cial agent of the Great Northern rail
way, St. Paul. Bay outlined to tho
commission the federal trespass law
as the only real simon-pure remedy for
the tramp evil. Ho announced that
lie advocated this meacure after- 22
years of police work. He said he had
studied similar systems in countries
of the old world and they worked ef
fectively. In those countries, he said,
especially England and Germany, the
traveler never seeB a tramp on the
right of way of a railway.
Ray told the commission that he is
certain, from the study of statistics
gathered on the transcontinental lino
he polices, that the passage of a fed
eral tresi 38 law would decrease
crime in the United States GG per cent.
MORGAN SEES PRESIDENT
This snapshot shows J. Pierpont
Morgan leaving the Whlto House ex
ecutive offices after a call on President
Wilson, during which they discussed
the general ilnaiiclal situation.
DI7 PAtfCO AMTU ADOCMIO
1 1 ii- univLo iiiiii niioumu
Mistake Makes New Jersey Family
Uncomfortably III After
Eating Crullers.
Long Branch, N. J. Mrs. A. It.
Chlmcry, wife of Recorder Chlmery of
West Long Brunch, made a batch of
crullers yesterday, using by mlBtake
arsenic Instead of baking powder.
Mr. and Mrs. Chlmery, the latter',
mother, Mrs. William Tallman, who Im
an invalid, and her daughter, Mrs.
Oliver Brltton, partook of tho cruller
and were In a serious condition until s.
physician had attended them.
Postpones Elections.
Paris. Becauso nearly nil tho voter
havo been mobilized, France probably
will postpone all elections until after
tho war.
GOOD
ROADS
PROBLEMS IN MANY STATES
Farmer Is Interested Only In General
Improvement of Every Foot of
Public Thoroughfares.
There are complex problems to bo
solved In many states before the most
efficient expenditure of money by
states and communities for roads can
be secured. It seems that politicians
and the business men of the cities arc
unanimously in favor of putting up
highwuys across the state, or partici
pating in the ocean-to-ocean highway
movement, when getting up schemes
for road improvement. They display
a great lack of knowledge on their
part for the needs of a busy farmer.
It's not a transcontinental highway,
nor a state highway, nor a rock road
across the local county that wo are
sorely in deed of, but a general Im
provement of every foot of public high
way of the different counties.
It Is estimated that $7,000,000 are
spent on the roads of Illinois every
year, and of this amount surely half Is
wasted. The trouble begins with the
election of the road commissioners,
who get their offices politically, and
sometimes without regard to their fit
ness for tho respective office they seek,
writes Henry II. Smith of McLean
county, Illinois, In Farmer's Review,
Then there Is the defectlvo work
turned out by tho road laborers. How
many times have we seen bridges that
represented the people's hard-earned
money, swung down the stream by
overflows? The state realizes a serious
loss from this condition of affairs wnen
a good mixture of concrete and steel
work, planned by a competent en
gineer, would have made a structure
to withstand the storms for many
years to come. The road Itself must
bo worked In the right way, or the
same task will necessitate more labor
with additional expense the following
season. Also, there Is another leak
In the road tax money, yet it is hardly
a reason In Itself, as it always de
pends upon the character and capa
bilities of the road commissioner.
One writer has suggested that If the
county should buy several carloads of
gravel, broken rock, cinders, etc., tax
ing each man to hnul one load per
year, judiciously distributing it upon
the highways, that in a few years our
roads would all be rock roads. The
practicability of this scheme Is yet to
bo looked Into. However, we know that
If the highways were graded and
worked up properly, and the gravel
applied, the farmers of the vicinities
could haul heavy loads of corn and
hay to market In midwinter without
experiencing the fear of being stuck.
Spring Is t,he best time to work
roads. Ours are worked when the soil
Is damp, In order that the soil will
bake as it dries out, thus making tho
road hard and compact, but thero are
always a few hours' work needed here
and there on the average highway,
culverts to be repaired, mud holes
tilled up, .etc.
The pleasure of driving over good
roads should In itself be a compensa
tion to the farmer for his efforts In
making them so, not to speak of the
. , . a v v. v w.f
L
Good Road in Mississippi.
value it adds on to the price of his
land. High-priced farms will make
good counties; good counties make
flourishing states, and nourishing
states make an independent nation
Autos and Roads.
One of the great benefits of the au
tomoblle to the farmer Is the fact
that where there are many automo
biles the roads wlllA)o improved. Tho
best roads throughout many states of
the com belt have proved this lu the
last few years since the farmers have
been buying cars so freely.
Culverts of Cement.
Tho culvert mnde of cement Is more
often seen now than lu years past
Tho good road with good drainage
and good culverts Is a Joy In every
Boason.
Both Benefited.
If good roads from the producer to
tho consumer were general the bene
fits to both would be considerable.
Alabama' Good Roads.
Alabama in three years has built
1,092 miles of good rouds.
STOMACH MH
GAS,1DI6ESIN
'Tape's Diapepsin" fixes sick,
sour, gassy stomachs in
five minutes.
Time It! In five minutes all stomach
distress will go. Nondlgestlon, heart
burn, sourness or belching of gas. acid,
or eructations of undigested food, no
dizziness, bloating, or foul breath.
Papo's Diapepsin Is noted for Its
speed In regulating upset stomachs.
It it the surest, quickest and most cer
tain indigestion remedy in the whole
world, and besides It Is harmless.
Please for your Bake, get a largo
fifty-cent case of Papo's Diapepsin
from any store nnd put your stomach
ight. Don't keep on being miserable
life is too short you aro not hero
long, bo make your stay agreeable.
Eat what you like and digest It; en
joy it without dread of rebellion in
the stomach.
Pape'B Diapepsin belongs in your
home anyway. Should ono of the fam
ily eat something which don't agree
with them, or In case of an attack of
Indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or
stomach derangement at daytlmo or
during tho night, It Is handy to givo
the quickest relief known. Adv.
HIS PRESENTS ALL PAID FOR
But Mr. Jones Was Not Quite the
Model Citizen the Statement
Seemed to Make Out.
Referring to the promptness of some
people in settling their accounts, Sena
tor William Alden Smith of Michigan
recalled a little incident about a party
named Jones.
A few days before Christmas Mr.
Jones was talking with his neighbor,
Brown, when tho subject of Inter
changing presents entered into the
conversation.
"Do you mean to say," declared
Brown, in response to a statement
made by Jones, "that all of your
Christmas presents are paid for?"
"Why, yes," was the easy rejoinder
of Jones. "I settled for the last ol
them yesterday."
"You are nothing short of a won
der!" enviously returned Brown. "I
haven't even begun to buy mine yet."
"Neither have I," answered Jones,
with a look of enlightenment. "I was
referring to last Christmas." Pitts
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Put It Up to Father.
"I'm going to thrash you soundly,"
said Mr. Washington to little George.
"Do as you please," responded the
Infant father of his prospective coun
try, "but if you do tho American
people will never forgive you."
A Sacrifice Hit.
She Would you leave your home
for me?
lie I'd leave a baseball game in
the ninth inning with the score a tie.
Voluble.
"Is the a man of his word?"
"I don't believe so. He's a man of
too many words."
for the grocer to
day write Van
Houten's Rona Cocoa
and you'll never
use any other. Half
pound can red
25c
DEFIANCE STARCH
is constantly growing in favor because il
Does Not Stick to the Iron
and it will not injure the finest fabric. Foi
laundry purposes it has no equal. 16 ot
package 10c. 1-3 more starch for same money.
DEFIANCE SfARCII CO., Omaha, Ncbraski
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ON
EARTH
Wltconiln grown seed recognlied tbo world oyer at
hiruieu.mou Timorous. Jlio Hnu Catalog Fun.
lohn A. Salisr Sed Co., Box 704, La Crone. Wli.
II r M-rpn to hear from owner of Rood fnn
YY1N 1 IUU for aaln. Hnd dr.n'rlptlon and
price. rlkeUr Di,la ljttj,Dfl.i,H:lIU.t.
Nebraska Directory
THF P A YTfIN HS Xim.1.
I 1 1 Baa 1 Jlt 1 UIV EUROPEAN PLA1
Rooma from 81.00 up single, 76 cents up double.
GATE PRICES REASONABLE
HI.JSS 8t WKLLMAiS
Live Stock Commission Merchants
ZB4U0U Kxcliaujte ltulUUnr, South Omuha
Allttock consigned to ns li told br member of tbe
Brra, and all emplofsra hare been aelected and
trained foi'lho work wmcMber do. nrli-u aip-
W. N. OMAHA, NO. 7-1915.
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