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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. EPITOME OF EVENTS 'PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY SUBJECTS. -ARE SHORT BUT INTERESTING 'Brief Mention of What Is Transpiring In Various Sections of Our Own and Foreign Countries. WA.R NEWS. Greece, according to a Berlin dis patch, lias agveed to provont the movement of Russian ammunition by way of Salonlkl. 0 4 Tho Norwegian and Danish war In. 8urnnco companies have ordered ves sols 01 tho respective countries to display prominently on their sides the national colors of their countries and also the names of the ships. It Is said that tho British navy has lost 5,500 officers and men, since the war started, and Germany about tho same number. Sixty-three British merchant vessels have been destroy ed, nineteen of them in the last three months. , Itoports from Berlin are that more than 50,000 Russian prisoners', fifty cannons, some heavy ccllber, sixty machine guns and an enormous quan tlty of war materials were captured during General von Hlndeuburg's drive in East Prussia. Canada has requested tho Amorl can government to place guards on the American side of tho internatlon al boundary at highway and railway approaches to Canada. The request Is due to tho recent attempt to blow up the railroad bridge at Vanceboro. Great Britain in her answer to tho American protest against the deten tlon of American ships by British war vessels denies that Great Britain unduly detains ships or that the na val operations of Great Britain have "been the cause of any diminution in the volume of American exports. - Tho time limit set by Germany for neutral shipping to take measures of safety has expired and Germany is now expected to put into operation her declared Intention of employing her submarines and mines In the waters ' around the British isles, which she has proclaimed a war zone, with tho object of shutting off the food supply of the British people. Great Britain has answered the noto of the United States concerning tho use of the American flag by British vessels and has also replied to the American representation concerning the food ship Wilhelmlna. In the for mer case the note says tho steamer Lusltanla In approaching Liverpool raised tho American flag to save the lives of her non-combatant crew and passengers. While no promise Is mado that Great Britain will refrain from the use of neutral flags, it is stat ed in tho noto that tho British govern ment has no intention of advising merchant shipping to use foreign flags otherwlEO than for escaping capture or destruction. GENERAL. Tho Vermont house' passed a refer endum bill, looking to the prohibition of tho sale of intoxicating liquor In the stato in 191C Frank James, one of the last sur viving members of the notorious James gang, died on his farm near Ex ce'.Jor Springs, Mo. Hotels and restaurants in New York City havo agred to make contrl. buttons of food to provide dally lunches for thousands of unemployed. Harlow N. Hlgglnbotham, who was president of the World's Columbian exposition in 1893, arose from a sick bod at Chicago to telegraph his good wishes to Charles C. Mooro, presldont of the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco, tho opening day. . Ignacio Gonzales, Mexican murderer of Police Detective Tom Ring In Omaha. February 10, was himself shot to death by a member of a pursuing posse near Scrlbner, Nob. And with his two alleged accomplices In crlmo safely In Jail In Omaha, an end has boon made to one of tho most sensa tional man-hunta ever staged In tho middle west. Tho Iowa house passed a stato wide prohibition bill, to becomo ef fective January 1, 1916. Tho measure had already passed tho senate, and now only lacks the governors signa ture. Tho Massachusetts house concurred with tho senate In adopting a memo rial to congress condemning the last tariff net and declaring it to be re sponsible for high prices and for an incroase in the number of unemployed- Tho voto was along party lines. Nebraska has 3,368,000 acres sowed to winter wheat, an incroase of 245, 000 over 1914, according to estimates by experts for Farm Machinery-Farm Power, a farm implemont magazine publUhod in St. Louis. Wireless telegraphers of southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are being organized by the government to pre vent Isolation of cltlos during flood seasons. A bomb exploded at a charity bnll at Sofia, Bulgaria. Several prominent persons wero injured. Sorvlnns aro suspected of tho act. Delegates to the United States Live Stock Sanitary association convention at Chicago agreed that extermination Is tho only solution to tho foot and mouth dlaonso problem. Contrary to expectations counsel for Charles Becker, former Now York po. lice" lieutenant, twice convicted for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, tho gambler, refused to make an applica tion for a new trial. Nino western states havo Joined with tho Iowa railroad commission in sending a petition to tho interstate commerce commission asking u sus pension of tariffs proposing general advances In Interstate passenger rates. J. B. Johnston of counsol for Charles Becker, former New York po lice lieutenant, under sentence of death for the murder of Herman Ro senthal, announced that he would soon make formal motion for a new trial for Becker. Tho cornerstone of the $2,000,000 Lincoln momorlal structuro has been laid in Washington. A copper box containing a history of Lincoln, sign ed by his living son, Robort Lincoln, and other historical data, was placed In tho cornerstone. Reports aro that tho commission re cently named by President Wilson to doaj with future difficulties which might arise between operators and miness In tho Colorado coal fields, will continue in existence and proffer its good offices when necessary. WASHINGTON. The Palmer bill to bar products of child labor from Interstate commerce has passed tho house. An effort to suspend the rules of tho houso to pass a bill Incorporating tho American Academy of Arts and Letters failed. Confronted with the necessity of appropriating $90,000,000 a day is hur- rylng congress through vthe measures which will supply the billion dollars needed to run the government during the next fiscal year. Although United States mall Is con stantly going directly or Indirectly to overy country in the world, so far not one bag has been lost through tho activity of tho war fleets of tho Euro pean belligerents. President Wilson told a delegation of women who brought a petition signed by 28,000 persons asking for an embargo on exports of war ma terials that Buch an embargo In his opinion would be an unneutral act. Fire In the national forests of tho west In 1914 caused a loss to tho gov ernment of nearly 340,000,000 board foot of merchantable lumber, valued at $307,303, and of reproduction or young growth of trees valued at $192, 403. Representative Rogers of Massachu setts criticised and Representative Hamlll of New Jersey dofended Secre tary Bryan in the house in connection with the appointment of James M. Sullivan as minister to tho Dominican republic. Only $38,096,358 of emorgoncy cur rency, or a fraction less than 10 per cent of the total amount Issued since tho outbreak" of the European war, is still outstanding, according to a state ment by Assistant Secrotary Malburn of the Treasury. Republicans of the house determin ed to defer thoir minority reorganiza tion until tho Thursday night preced ing tho first session of tho next con gress, in the conference held to dis cuss plans, Representative Mann of Illinois was generally roferrod to as his own successor as minority leader. Blocked In their efforts to get tho houso shipipurchaso bill to a vote, democratic senators agred to tako up appropriation bills and sent tho ship- ping measure to conference until February 28, when it must take its chances of being filibustered to its death on March 4, Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss. lately commanding tho southern de partment of the army, including tho forces patrolling tho Mxlcan border, assumed his duty at Washington as assistant chief of staff. Ills succes sor on tho border Is Major General Frederick Funston. Tho Interstate commerce commis sion has threw out a tariff filed by the Kansas City Stock Yards Co. to impose a trackage charge of 75 cents a car at unloading docks In its yards and a switching charge of $2 per car, on eight of the fourteen railroads serving Kansas City. Tho federal Reserve board an nounced Its approval of maximum and minimum ratos of 4 and 2 per cent for bankers' acceptances discounted by tho federal reserve banks of Bos ton, New York or Chicago. SELL SCHOOL LAND IS BEING URGED BY WESTERN LEGISLATORS. SAY STATE IS LOSING MONEY Lawmakers Declare Sale Necessary to the Proper Development of Country. Lincoln. An effort will be mndo at this session to pass a bill providing for tho sale of school lunds nnd the Investment of tho proceodsln bonds and other securities. Western legislators declare tho sale of tho lands is necessary to tho prop er development of tho country and that the land is now as vnluable as It will be for many yoars. State Treasuror W. A. Georgo two years ago stated that tho leasing of school lands by tho state netted tho school fund only 2 per cent on the valuo of tho land. Legislators Interested say tho stato h; losing from 2 to 3 per cent rovenuo each year by not selMng tho lands. "Tho land could bo sold on twenty years' time and tho buyers could bo charged G per cent interest on do- ferrcd payments. In that way tho In come to the school found of tho stato would bo almost trebled," said Repre sentative Stcbblns. Overturn a Roport. Tho house has refused to adopt tho report of tho llvo stock commit tee Indefinitely postponing houso roll Number 135, tho bill prohibiting combinations In tho buying or stock on tho South Omaha Live Stock ex change. Tho house did not take kind ly to tho agreement made by the committee with tho officers of the ex change, which specified that there would bo no rise in commissions for the next two years and tiirnod down the roport by a vote of 54 to 34. Tho bill has been placed on general lllo. Appropriation Bills Run High. Eleven million and a half of dollars is tho sum it will cost tho state of Nebraska by reason of the present legislature if all tho appropriation bills before the house go through. This Is basing tho amount on tho bills In which tho actual amount Is askod, which amounts to $6,761,000, and on salaries, maintenance and deficiency blllB whch will, according to estl. mate, amount to $4,G00,000 more. Among the biggest Items asked for is tho regular university levy, amount ing to $877,920; tho university build ing levy, of $G59,440; normal school levy, $722,160; now stato capltol, $790,128, and 2-mlll levy for common schools, $1,750,000. In addition to these aro several which run over the $100,000 mark, among them a hospital at Omaha, $150,000; a reformatory packing plant, $200,000; penitentiary Improvements, $118,000; ii-mlll levy lor historical building, $219,500, and a stato reformatory, $200,000. Sons of Veterans Organized. At a meeting held in Lincoln, Ne braska camp No. 144, Sons of Vet erans, was organized by Colonel Georgo A. Eberly of Stanton, com mander of the Nebraska division. Tho camp is expected to bo a big affair, and under a special dispensation from national headquarters will bo com posed of sons of veterans from all over tho state. Many prominent men have Identified themselves with tho new camp, which will bo a state-wldo affair. Wrestling Matches Under Law. When tho athletic commission or boxing bill comes bock to tho houso from tho Judiciary commlttoe, to which It was referred, it will carry provisions placing all wrestling matches, as well as boxing and Bpar ring exhibitions, under stato regula tions and control. The bill will be further amended so as to romovo any possibility that Its passago would act as a repoal of tho law now prohibiting prize fights. Bill Indorsed by Board of Control. Fourteen bills, strongly Indorsed by tho board of control, have been recom. mended for passage by tho house committeo on state Institutions. Thoy make new regulations for several state institutions and gives tho board greater power over tho management and inmates, Including the working of inmates of the stato prison. Hearing on National Guard Bill. On Thursday afternoon, Februnry 25, before tho commlttoe on school lands nnd funds will bo a hoarlng on Senate Fllo 193, Sonator Robertson's bill to require members of tho Nation al Guard to work on the public roads not Iobb than ninety days of each year and receive $2 per day for such service. . Short Ballot Bill Favored. Senator Dodge's bill providing for a constitutional amendment that will pavo tho way for tho short ballot re form has been favorably reported by a senate committee. Policyholders Are Safe. Attorney General Reed has lBsued a ruling which assures policyholders In tho Insurance companies In this state that have failed to fllo articles of in corporation with the secretary of state, ho holds, it does not invalidate any policyholder. LESS INTEREST IN MILITIA Federal Inspector Finds Small Num. ber Reporting for the Regular Inspection of Guards. Out of tho seven organizations of mllltla that Federal Inspector Stoll has visited so fur at various polnt3 In tho stato, only 171 out of 350 men havo reported for tho counting of noses, according to Adjutant General Hall. That this lack of lnteresL If it continues throughout tho Inspection, will omperlal the federal nllotmont, la the fear of the adjutant general. Tho allotment Is mado on Uio basis of 100 militiamen to each Nebraska repre sentative In onngross, who counting tho two senators, number olght. This would require 800 men. There are far more than that number In tho Nobras ka Guard if th-jy would only roport. It tho NebniBkn guard can only meot tho requirements, tho stato can gjt In on tho $300,000 that the War de partment proposes to spend for equip, ment In the Fourteenth division. To loso It would he a calamity, In the opinion or tho adjutant gcnoral. H If houso roll No. 200 by Smith meets with tho samo favor In tho son ate that It did ir. tho houso tho polls will open at 8 o'clock In tho morning and close nt 8 o'clock ut night. An at tempt to mako tho closing hour 7 o'clock failed. Messrs. Stebblns and Van Deuson objected to running as late as 8 o'clock In the evening on the ground that election boards aro already re quired to work too long hours and that this bill would dolny tho account and make the boards more careless. The opposite argument was made by Mr. Norton that farmers can voto more conveniently after tho day's is ovor and inasmuch as tho present law provides for closing primaries at o clock, ho -thought that general elections should run not later than 6 o'clock. Mr. Meredith said that In Ashland precinct last year fifty-six railroad men lost their votes by being unablo to reach homo beforo G o'clock. Mr. Regan said that nineteen voters lost out In his precinct In Platto county. Mr. Neff Bald that farmers In his county (Knox), hnd requested him to Introduce a bill of this kind. During tho twenty-eight first days of the legislature only five bills passed both houses and went to tho governor for his signature. Thoy wore the two legislative appropriation bills, two bills to compensate volun teor firemen when Injured nnd ono bill regulating transportation of ship pers. Fifty-eight measures passed tho house and forty-threo wero killed, a total of 101, or not quite ono-sevonth of the house bills. Thlrty-olght bills passed tho sonato and twenty-threo were postponed, a total of slxety-ono, or about one-fifth of tho uumbor In troduced. A plea to leave tho Nebraska work ingmen's compensation act as it Is for at least two years has boon mado to tho senate committeo on labor by big employers of labor in tho stato. Thoy oppose the Mallery bill, raising tho percentage of compensation to in jured men from 60 per cent of tho wages to 66 2-3 per cent and increas ing special compensations. Among tho employers who prosontod tho plea wore Boveral members of tho Omaha and Nobraska Manufacturers' association. Teachers aro forbidden to belong to any organization attempting 'to con trol employment of tholr kind, by terms of tho Wilson-Rudon bill passed by the sonato. Tho measure results from tho school row that followed tho dismissal of toy. A. O. Thomas as head of tho Kearney normal school It may havo boon prompted by somo of his friends but tho charge was not answered whan It was made a few days ago. County agricultural agent work, which has been undortakon in olght counties In tho Btate, Is rapidly as suming large proportions in tho Unit ed States. In the northern and western states alono thoro aro about 300 counties employing these agents, or farm demonstrators, in co-operation with tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture, according to a recent roport. Nepotism in public ofllco will cease If tho Hoffmolstor bill recommended by tho houso committeo on privileges nnd electlonii Is passed by tho legisla ture. Tho bill rondors appointment of relatives by a public official void and makes the official llablo to lino and imprisonment. Sonator Quinby's bill, exempting fruit trees from taxation, which Is Senate Fllo No. 16, passed tho uppor house on third reading without any Borlous opposition. The Joint resolution approving tho national ship purchase bill paused by tho bono somo time ago wns recom mended for passago by the senate. Throe bills affecting school system of tho state havo beon rcommondod by tho houso commlttoo on educa tion. They will mako fairer appor tlonment of state funds among school districts, provide for compulsory at tendance of all children of school ago and prohibit ono district or board hir ing a teachor who is under contract to anothor board or dlstrlot. PRACTICAL NOTES OF A "String" of Poultry rnisers living in towns and cltloa can get more for tholr egga by selling them to private customers. A hundred post cards or a Ilttlo ad vertising In tho local newspapers, stating that you will supply eggs tho yonr round at a stated price, will bring plenty of customers. Roup, one of tho most troublesome diseases among chickens, Is almost nlways caused by damp quartors. Keep tho quarters dry and warm, nnd tho yards clean and roup will not troublo you. Some people think It Is "cuto" to lot tho puppy run through tho flock nnd eot tho hens to flying. Maybo it Is, but tho egg production will al ways fall off nftor such a perform ance.. WormB nnd bugs In tho field nnd garden havo now gono Into their win tor qunrtors, whoro tho honB can't reach thorn, and to tako tholr places meat, meal and cut bono muBt bo supplied, If you would keep 'the hens strong nnd healthy. Are tho winter quarters for your laying hens to bo tho old dirty, lousy, smolly houso that bus beon used with out cleaning or disinfecting? You need not expect many eggs from such a placo, no matter how good your hons are. Keop ground charcoal on hand and throw a handful Into the drinking pans once or twice a week. A fow drops of tincture of Iron put into tho drinking water Is also a good thing for tho hens, and somo people believe that it provonts many minor diseases. Even if it doos not it will do no harm. Chickens havo no senso of nffcctlon for tholr owners, but thoy will repay kindness of wnrm, dry quartors nnd good food and clean water by mylng more eggs. Tho hen is all buslnoss. A hopperful of bran, placed whoro tho hens can got It at all times, 1b an excellent addition to tho food in winter. While It Is deslrablo, It is not al ways nocossary to start ltl the chicken business with a flock of pure brods. Buy tho host hens you can nfford, nnd then spend as much more as you can afford for a pure bred cock. If you havo somo birds In your flock that you think will lino up well with tho winners at tho poultry show, and you are in tho bualnoss of soiling eggs for sotting, do not hesltato to exhibit them, but It will bo woll'to havo somo export poultryman Judgo them first. Ho may save you somo disappoint ments, nnd then ho may find birds that aro more likely to bo prlzo win ners than tho ones you havo soloctcd yourself. There is many a farm whero tho poultry Is considered an unimportant offshoot of tho buslnoBS, but which It cultivated as it should bo would pro duco more money than all tho crops raised. If tho fowls havo to break through a coating of ico to got water thoso frosty mornings they will not tako as MATERIALS TO MAKE SHELLS Articles Containing Lime Must Be Given in Liberal Quantities Do Not Overlook Grit Box. There Is no posslblo objection to feeding egg shells to lions, providod thoy are broken in smnll bits so that tho hens mny not readily rocognlzo tho,m, or thoy may got In tho habit of eating eggs. Oyster shells and clam shells pounded up flno must also bo fed and in llboral quantities, for all of them are noedod to provide tho hen with material to make sheila. Do not confuse tho grit box with tho box con taining tho shell-making mntorlal. Mix tho ingredients if desired, but see thnt there Is enough of Bhnrp bits of stone, brokon flower pots and crockery, flno clndors and tho llko in tho mlxturo so that the hons may ob tain sufficient to grind the food thoy consume. Thon bear In mind tho box of dust; mako this, of flno road dust in which is mixed a littlo lime and considerable insect powder. Havo sov oral such dust boxes if tho flock Is of considerable bIzo, and sot them In tho sunny part of tho yard or houso. If tho dust boxes are liberally supplied tho hens will givo ono material help In keeping out tho Insects. Use Medium Size Eggs. Eggs for setting should bo of me dium slzo and run an avorago In re gard to color. An unusually small or. unusually largo egg should be discard ed. A uniform lot as to shapo, size and color will bring tho best result. THE POULTRY YARD Wyandotte Hens. much as thoy need. Tho water should bo slightly wormed on all cold days. Do not nllow tho laying hons to bo como too fnt ns thoy not only bocomo lazy but aro apt to becomo egg-bound. Laying hons neod a bulky ration such as cut steamed clovor or alfalfa meal. Thoy should also havo plenty of vegotables. i Wo would rathor nllow our hons to roost In tho tree tops ns long as they can keop dry, than in u damp stuffy poultry houso, even in tho coldest weather, as thoy will suffer loss. It is not, a good plan to wait until spring to buy your breeding stock. If you want a woll-bred rooster for lnstanco, look around among tho brooders nnd pick out one that Is fit to show at tho poultry exhibition. It you wait until ho goes to tho show and wins a prlzo, you will pay twlco or thrco times as much, Flold corn parched crisp, In fact nearly to a charcoal, Is atwaya relished by tho hons and is a vnluablo addition to tholr winter food. Of courso it Is unplonsant to leave a warm ilro and go out and shovel tho snow' from tho path to tho poultry houso, to mako things comfortablo for tho hens theso stormy days. Somo pooplo lmnglno that if thoy glvo tholr chlckons skim milk, water Is not nocossary. This 1b a mistake as milk turns into solid food almost as soon as it reaches a bird's dlges tlvo apparatus, and water. must al ways bo glvon. It tho poultry houso Is perfectly dry, and by that wo moan tho ground un der nnd nbovo it, tho chickens will not suffer from tho cold. At tho high prices of craln the mitn who has to buy nil of his feod must ilguro very closely and mako the moat of ovory pound of It in foodlng his poultry, olso ha will como out at tho Httlo end of tho horn in th6 spring. Thoro is nothing hotter than ground charcoal to correct slight bowol troublo in chickens. A perforated dust can is Just as nocossary In tho poultry house no tho sprayer ff tho fowU aro to bo kept froo from insects. It is not stretching tho truth to say that if tho farmorB markotod thoir poultry in tho host posslblo condition their rocoipts would be Increased one third. "Nolthor is it stotchlng tho truth to say that loss thun 10 por cent of all tho poultry markotod is In perfect condition when It roaches the cqn Burner. If you are soiling eggs for hatch ing, a visit to tho best breeding farm you can easily reach, will pay you woll. Observo closely tho methods fol lowed there, and thon Improvo on. thorn all you can. Always ship eggs' hi baskets or cartons mado for fc tho purpose and nover in dirty old boxes, packod la sawdUBt or bran. Tho pullets do not noed a nost ogg as a pattern, but one or two dummies placed in tho nest will show thorn whoro thoy ought to lay. i OUTFIT FOR CANDLING EGGS Ordinary Pasteboard Box and 8mall Lamp Can Be Arranged Without Much Trouble or Expense. A simple outfit for candling egga can bo mado out of a small hand lamp and an ordinary pasteboard box suffi ciently largo to be placed over the lamp, aftor tho ends have been re moved, without risk of fire. In order to supply air to tho inclosed lamp, notches should be cut In tho edge on which tho box reats. A round hole is then cut in tho box at tho level of tho lamp flamo nnd tho candling dono by holding each ogg, against this hole while tho rest of tho room is in dark ness. The light from tho lamp re veals tho contents of tho egg, and thoso that show, any dofect can be re jected. Preserve Poultry Manure. Farmers pay little, if any, atten tion to tho preservation of their poul try manure, When rightly preserved, poultry manure is a concentrated fer tilizer, nnd Us fortlllzlnK constituents will rank with mnny of tho commer cial rertuizers on tho market that sell at $20 a ton. The Dust Bath. A good dust bath should bo conven ient and in addition a good insect poWdor Bhould bo used freoly at the end of the first week and again about three days before the hatch Is done, dusting it freely into the feathers and around through the nesting material.