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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1915)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. NEWS OF IE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS (National, Political, Personal and Other Matters In Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. WAR INEZ'S. Lord Kitchener lias Issued for 300,000 recruits, for the army. a call Dritlsb A dispatch from Copenhagen says that the Germans have captured .Riga, In northwestern Russht. Six thousand Armenians have been .massacred at Van In Armenlu, Asiatic Turkey, according to a dispatch re ceived in official quarters In London from the Rilssian consul at Urumlah, Persia. Various municipalities in Germany have now started schools for teaching one-armed soldiers how to earn u liv ing. Two were established some tlmo ago at Berlin and Heidelberg, and now one has Just been reported at Dresden. "Ten millions of persons in Poland nro facing starvation and three fourths of the villages and town have beeh destroyed," Is the report made lo the Polish relief socle In London through agents who have recently re turned from Poland. A Copenhagen correspondent says he has learned from an authoritative source that Germany Is about to call up 2,000.000 men. Berlin official cir cles, he states, believe that an army of 500.000 will be sufficient to cope with Italy. The total number of war prisoners now in Germany and Austria Hun gary Ms 1, 380,000, according to the Frankfurter Eeltung. The paper says that tills total includes 1,000,000 Rus sians, 250,000 French, 25,000 English, 50,000 Belgians and 50,000 Serbians. The Teutonic allies, Vienna' re ports, havo forced a passage of the ' San river at several points and se cured a foothold on the eastern bank. The Russian prisoners taken during the first half of May, the Austrian vai office says, numbered 174,000. Germany Is patching up and mend ing her broken soldiers with remark able speed at the new "krankenhaus" In Barmbeck, a suburb of Hamburg. This great hospital, which covers sev- eral acres of ground, was completed early last fall at a cost of many mil lions of marks, and has a capacity of 2,000 beds. ORNERAL. Governor "Walsh of Massachusetts designated tho last week in August for the national conference of gov ernors in Boston. . Panama merchants have completed the organization of a Panama Cham ber of Commerce with the object of Improving business conditions In the republic. With gifts totalling $250,000 report ed, the fund of the Northern Baptist convention at Lob Angeles for aged ministers and missionaries was swell ed to $625,000. Conservation, of the country's sup ply of natural sjas was urged by al most every speaker before the Nat ural Gas Men's convention in annual session at Cincinnati. The steamer Corwyn which sailed from Seattle, May 1, with 100 passen gors, reported by wireless to Nome, Alaska, that It had run Into an ice field sixty miles out from Nome. Organization -of a new order of boys to bo called Maccabees Scout, has been authorized by tho supreme tent, Maccabees of the World, which concluded its sessions at San Fran cisco. A resolution asking the federal government to provide great naval protection for the Pacific coast was adopted by tho conference of western govornors at tho closing session at Seattle. All records were smashed for trans continental auto trips when K. G Tinker made the trip from San Diego, Cai..- to New York in 11 days, 7 bonis and 15 minutes, driving tho car the entlro route himself. Seven highwaymen, three of them masked and all of them armed, en tered tho billiard hall of Curro & Kfi.qsler. less than a mile from tho Detroit city hall, add lined up fifty men and escaned with more than $1,500. A Jury was secured at Trinidad to try Robert Uhllck, former president of tho Trinidad union of the United Mine Workor3 of America, charged with the murdor of Maek Powell, near Ludlow, October. 1912. Tho 700th nnnlversnrv of the Grant ing of the Magna Cliarta will bo cel ebrated by tho Now York constitu tional convention Juno 15 at Albany. Admiral Gcorgo Dowey Is tho now commander of tho Vermont coalman- dary of tho Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Ho was elected at tho annual meeting at Burlington. Cincinnati was chosen as tho meet ing place for tho 191G conclavo of tho American Federation of Musicians shortly beforo tho organization closed Us convention at San Francisco. Two young women will bo gradu ated next month from the University of Michigan civil engineering depart ment. Both expect to engago actively In tho engineering profession. Tho Chicago street car men's un ion has declared that It will unal terably oppose nny attempt to arbi trate Its contemplated demands for shorter hours and higher wages. California club women, represented by tho California Federation of Wom en's clubs, went on record nt San Francisco opposing "preparations for wnr" and In favor of International ar bitration. Permanent damago to the heart docs not result from rowing under the present college system, according to results shown by an extmlnatlon of oarsmen at Harvard college at Cambridge, Mass. Reports of committees on Christian life and work and on church co-operation and union took up most of the Bession of tho fifth general assembly of tho Presbyterian church In tho United States at Rochester, N. Y. The right of Chl.Cago to censor mov ing picture films was uphold In a de cision of the United States circuit court of appeals. Tho decision was in a suit brought by several film com panies, who disputed the right of tho city to order sections cut from pic tures on tho grounds of morality and public policy. A bond of $20,000 for Guy HarUnan. accused of conspiracy to defraud the government In connection with the al leged operation of a "moonshine still" in Fort Smith, Ark., was declared for feited by Harry L. Arnold, United States commissioner at Kansas City, when he failed to appear for prelim inary hearing. SPORTING A twelve-round bout at Boston be tween Willio Ritchie, lightweight champion of America, and Mattio I'.nldwin of that city, ended In a draw. Tho Univrslty of Missouri track team defeated representatives of the University of Kansas, 68 to 41, in tho annual dual field and track meet at Lawrence, Kan. Charles Challander of Chicago, wrfo was defeated by Steelier In a wrestling match at Nellgh, Neb., said that he had met all tho good ones, but Steelier was the best one of them all. A new world bllllnrd record was made at St. Louis when Charles Morln of Chicago scored a high run of eight een in an inter-clty tournament, threo cushion game. Morin won the game fifty to thirty-two. F. Hargens of Davenport broke the state record for the shotput In tho state high school field meet at Des Moines, when he tossed the sphere 45 feet, 7 Inches. Merle Alderman of Marlon held the record with 45 feet, 3 Inches, maqo in 1907. Wnldek Zbyszko, tho Polish wrest ler, threw tDr. Roller at Montreal so hard that tho doctor's kneo was wrenched and he was not able to con tinue the contest after tho one fall, which was won by Zbyszko In fifty minutes with a toe hold. The women's collegiate broad Jump lecord was broken at Columbia, Mo., by Miss Irene Chancellor, who clear ed fifteen feet and one Inch during tho dual track meet between Howard Payne college of Mexico, Mo., and Stephens college of Columbia. WASH! in errors. Tho Navy department lias been ad vised that the submarine F-4, lost In Honolulu -harbor with nineteen lives nearly two months ago, has at last been lifted clear of the ocean's hot torn. According to reports reaching tho Stato department, the American con sulates at Berlin aro now receiving answers to a postcard canvass ordor ed to determino the whereabouts and plaii3 of Americans still In Germany. Many Americans announced their In tention to remain in that country. Diplomatic Interests of Switzezrland In China will Ins cared for hereafter by the American minister at Peking Tho Swiss minister presented a re quest to Secretary Bryan, saying hifi government wan without diplomatic representation In China. Tho Interstate Commerco commls sion has awarded reparation In tho complaint of Beebo-Runyan Furnlturo company of Omaha against tho Union Pacific railroad on account of unrea sonablo switching charges collected at Omaha. 1 W BIGGEST YIELD IN STATE'S HIS TORY IS EXPECTED. REPORTS REACH LABOR CHIEF Commissioner Coffey Gets Line On Harvest Hands That Will Be Needed Through Solons. Lincoln. Reports from a half - n dozen Nebraska counties rpceived by Labor Commissioner F. M. Coffey In dicate fanners aro expecting tho biggest wheat crop In tho state's his tory and expecting to need farm hands during the harvesting season. One or two reports state tho crop v-lll double that of tho banner year of 1911 and that tho acreage Is much larger. Coffey asjtcd members of tho legis lature to furnish tho crop reports so he could get a line on the number of harvest hands needed for this state. Cairo reports the wheat is excel lent and harvest hands will be paid $2.50 a day. Boomer reports 10 per cent better outlook than at tho snmo limo last year. Amherst says tho acreage Is 10 per cent larger than last year, and prospects 50 per cent better than at the same tlmo in 1914. Tho eastern half of Buffalo county can uso 100 extra men at $2.25 per day, tho report states. Gothenburg reports a larger acre age than last year, with chances of double the yield of a year ago. Two hundred harvest hands at $2 a day enn be used. Valparaiso has tho samo outlook as last year, the report states, with the farmers needing fifty more men at $2 a day. Geneva reports 150 hands will bo needed, with wages at $2.50 a day. , All reports agree the harvest wllf start about July 1. Settles 3,000 Cases. ' Nearly 3,000 final reports of settle ments effected under the compensa lion law of Nebraska, which went Into effect December 1, last, havo been made to the state labor coinmls sioner's office during the five and one half months operation of the law. This does not include the large num ber of Incomplete reports filed. In tho final reports, complete informa Hon of the accident Is given, with the time lost and amount of compensa tion. An overwhelming majority of these reports deal with minor and even trifling Injuries, which resulted In little loss of time. The law does not allow any compensation for tho first two weeks unless tho Incapacity extends over eight weeks. The re ports show the doctors mils were paid In most instances by the em ployers regardless of the nature of the accident. Saving of Over a Million. State Accountant DeFrance, who is employed in Auditor Smith's office, has made an exact comparison of the appropriations of the 1913 and 1915 sessions of the legislature and finds that the total saving of the latter in making appropriations for the ordi nary expense of government wus $1,- 046,173.28. This does not include school appropriations, but it does in clude cash funds, which were not available in previous comparisons that havo been made. Klein Wins Debate. Leonard W. Klein of the Bluo Springs High school, won the state intcrscholastic championship in debate, when ho defeated tho cream of Nebraska High schools at tho dis trlct debate held here at tho state university. The Question debated was: "Resolved, That the United States Should Adopt Government Owenrshlp and Operation of Rail roads." Governor Reappoints Royse. E. Royso has been reappointed sec retary of tho state banking board. Mr. Royse is a republican and tho admin istration Is democratic. His reap pointment occasions no surprise, as the governor announced some time ago that thoro would bo no change In the banking department. Dorchester Man Appointed. Dr. J. D. Case of Dorchester has been nppolnted state health Inspec tor by the board of health. Dr. Caso succeeds Dr. W. H. Wilson of Table Rock, who has held tho office for tho past eight years. Auto Registration Increasing. Instead of the automobile reglstra Hon decreasing after tho first rush Incident to the taking effect of the new law, It has steadily Increased Corn and Alfalfa Are First. Corn nnd nlfalfa again ranked flrHt In rate nnd cheapness of gain In tho recent experimental feeding of six lots of steers nt tho agricultural ex periment station, nccording to tho re sults mado known nt tho beef pro ducers meeting held recently nt the university farm. Tho experimont In dicated not only that corn and alfalfa ranked first but that tho dlfforonco In favor of this ration is oven n.orc marked than shown in previous experiments. CONDENSED NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. Citizens of Oakland nre planning a city park. An automobile association has boon formed at Pierce. Plans aro being prepared for a now city Jail nt O'Nell, A big racing meet is to bo held nt Wahoo, July 7, 8 and 9. Tho United Brethren church of Upland has been dedicated. A $15,000 electric bond carried at Tekamnh by a two to ono vote. Tho Gothenburg National bank will Boon reorgnnlzo as a stnto bank. Work has started on tho "seeding mllo" of concrete roadway at Kear ney. The Sterling Conitne'rcinl club dedi cated their new headquarters Hjst week. The Beatrico Chautauqua assembly will be held In that city June 29 to July D. Fight automobiles wero sold to farmers In Buffalo county In two weeks. Tho contract for the now pnrochlal school to bo built at Kearney will bo let soon. Omaha High school won the an nual high school track and field meet nt Lincoln. Grandma Wolnier or Stella cele brated her hundredth blrthdny anni versary last week. Louis Larson, a farm laborer, was run over and killed by a Northwestern train near Albion. Tho Farmers' State bank of Lewcl len hns received a charter from tho stato banking board. A now canning company, Incorpo rated, nt $50,000, will bo established it Blair this summer. Sixty of tho olghty-flve thousand Jollar8 court houso bonds of Pawnco .'ounty havo been paid off. Tho contract has been let for tho addition to tho National guard arsenal it the fair grounds, Lincoln. A new ordlnanco enacted by tho Lincoln city council is expected to Jrivo tho jitney bus out of business. The Dought8 County Pioneers' asso ciation will hold Its annual summer .ilcnic Juno 20 at Miller park, Omaha. Edward W. Marccllus, superintend flit of tho Crete schools, has been ap pointed principal of tho Evanston, 111., academy. A Fourth of July colebratlon will be hold at Chadron and a number of nearby towns will aid In making tho :elebration a success. Nebraska fruit is in cxcelent con dition, according to a report Issued by Secretary J. R. Duncan of tho Jtnto horticultural society. Tho two-year-old daughter of L. II. Chrlstensen of Minden, who accident ly tipped some boiling water over herself, died from Its effects. Charles Sflns, who lives . near Plattsmouth, was painfully bruised when his automobile turned turtle. Ho fainted while driving and tho ma chine ran into a ditch. Leonard W. Klein of Bluo Springs won tho stato championship high school debato at Lincoln ;( Aaron S Speler of Lincoln was second and Donald G. Moore of Geneva, third. Chadron Is now entitled to a freo mall delivery as a result of increaso of postal business. An Inspector will look over tho situation as soon as tho houses aro numbered and all streets aro named. Govei-nor Morohead haB written Rendell K. Brown, chairman of tho Omaha Commorclal club's good roads committee, advising him that ho ex pects to proclaim a good roads day this summer. Three thousand dollars has been raised by the Stanton Speed assocla Hon to be hung up as prizes at tho raco meet to bo hold In that city luly 2 and 3. A now $1,000 nmphi theater Is being constructed for tho event. Stockmen and farmers In the vicini ty of Holdrego nro much Interested In demonstrations of tho now Huff- Hollenback Bilago olovator on tho Jams McClay farm. Tho Invention makes a boys' Job out of what was onco a Job for two or threo men, for It solves tho problem of getting nllago out from tho pit silos. Baseball enthusiasts of Thayer county havo formed an eight club league and will play regular games throughout tho summer. Tho towns participating are Belvidore, Brunlng, Carloton, Chester, Davenport, Dosh ler. Hebron nnd Hubbell. A twenty- nteht came schedulo has been drawn up. Surveyors have completed the pro llmlnary work Incident to tho con struction of tho new powor dam at Erlcson on tho Cedar river and work on nctunl construction will begin soon. Beside using tho dam for powor it Is expected to mako a sum mor resort of tho surrounding coun try. Tho peoplo of Erlcson look for a completo rejuvenation of the town n's a result of tho project. J. J. AnBolmo, ono of tho oldeol residents of Custer county, was killed In n runaway near Whitman. When Mr. and Mrs. David Roberts who reside near Lindsay, returned tc their house after doing somo chores, they found their 3-year-old daughter burned to death. Tho most powerful motor car ovei built, tho "M-23," has been complctod In tho Omaha shops of the McKcen Motor company and will aoon be placed in tho scrvico of tho Union Paciflo on tho Kearney-Callawaj branch. USE OF CHICK DETERMINES THE FEED i 1 1 Mother and Queen of Them All. In bringing tho chick from tho natch to maturity, the kind of feed to bo used depends much upon tho uso to which tho bird Is going to bo put. If tho fowl 1b to bo marketed at an early ago, rapid growth is es sential. The milk feuding method will stlmulnto this rapid growth. If tho bird Is to bo used as a layer or breeder, on tho other hand, therq should bo a slow but steady growth. This rtin best bo obtained by feeding a wheat and corn or kallr ration sup plemented by bran, shorts, sour milk, beef scraps, clover, oyster shell, and grit. Many a poultrynian makes tho nilB- talco of feeding only fat producing foods. Ho expects tho chick to pro duco bone, sinew nnd fenthera from is ono food. Perhaps tho grain that la most frequently used in this way Is corn. A certain amount of corn 1b essential in producing energy d nnlmnl heat, but the mistake should not bo mado of feeding It ex clusively and expecting the llttlo chick to dovelop bono and musclo. Ash and mineral matter nro essen tial parts of tho chick's ratioiiB If you expect It to dovelop Into a large, Btrong-boned bird. Somo of this 'min eral matter tho chick gets from clover, alfalfa and other green foods, but not enough. Mineral matter, thcreforei is supplied In the form of beof scrap and finely ground oyster shell. The beef scrap should bo fed In small quantities, and Itho amount Increased as tho chicks grow older. Poultry authorities do not agreo as to whether or not tho chick should bo mado to scratch for his food. Somo adviso n shallow Utter of light Btraw or chaff, some a deep litter, while Bomo say to uso no litter at all. Ono thing 1b certain, however tho chick must havo exorclBO. When tho chicks nro kept cooped up and cannot run on tho grouna they booh form tho. habit of standing around, and thon tho poultryman'B troubles begin. Artificial excrclso must bo supplied. Somo poultrymon mako the chick scratch for his food, others suspend vegetables at which PULLETS FOR LAYING STOCK One Poultryman Keeps Hens Through First Laying Year and Then Se lects Best for Breeding. How many years shall wo keep a hen? This question comes up fre quently for discussion, and tho an swers made by practical poultrymon aro bewildering to a beginner. One man says that wo should depend upon pullets entlroly for laying stock. His scheme will be to keep tho hens through their first laying season, then Boloct the best of them for breeders and let the rest go. This plan is based on tho general theory that a hen InyB more eggn In her first year than In any other. Many poultrymon Btem to boliovo that most of their hens cannot come back and givo a profitablo egg record tho second year. Tho system based op this theory de mands, of courso, a vast amount of work In hatching and brooding, In order to keep up a full supply of pul lets each year. On tho other hand thoro aro poultrymen who say that wo may well keep our hens two, threo, or oven four years, provided wo havo tho ability to Judge tho layers prop erly or havo somo system of weeding out tho drones. Naturally If wo could keep our hens threo years It would mean loss work nt hatching and brood ing. Best Looking Eggs for Sitting. Choose only tho smoothest nnd nlc est looking eggB for sitting, aa tho rough or Hl-shnncd oncB account for your crippled und deformed chicks at hatching tlmo nnd thoy aro liable to bo entirely ruined by their bolng rap tured when hatched from these ill shaped eggs. Selecting Best Chicks. Watch tho chicks closely and mark tho ones making tho most satisfactory (growth. Select tho ones that aro plump, full breasted and in good pro portion. You will not caro to keop thoso that grow leggy nnd havo thin brcnBts tho chicks jump. When tho chicks can havo access to nn outdoor run way they will, na a rulo, oxerclso suf flclentlyso that no artificial form ot oxorclso need bo supplied. For tho first week after hatching a feed composed of hard boiled eggs, ground shell and all, mixed with llvo times as much rolled oats ns eggs, will sorvo aa a good feed. A llttlo finely ground chick grit and pulver ized charcoal should bo sprinkled over tho food. Plenty of clean, fresh water must bo supplied nt nil times. Sour milk is good if It can bo se cured. Finely cracked wheat and corn should gradually bo addod after tho first day or two. A ahallow box con taining bran should bo kept boforo tho chicks nt all times. This should bo given to them on tho first day so that they will form a tasto for it. A llttlo beef scrap and comment can gradually bo added to tho bran. Constant care, watchfulness and patience aro qualities of tho good poultrynian, nnd tho person who ap plies theso to tho raising of young chicks Is bound to succeed. Bo particular to keep a supply of puro wator In clean vessels for the hens, and grit whero thoy can get It. If a hen becomes broody when she is not needed for hatching do not let hor sit a slnglo day. As Boon as alio begin to cluck shut her in a cago with slatted bottom and not tho cago on supports whero tho air can clrculato under It, and tho broody fover will bo cooled In two or threo days. Keep tho chicks growing. Do not bo afraid of ovorfoediug them. Mako a llttlo yard covered over tho top, leaving oponlngs In tho sldea large enough to admit tho chlckB whllo pre venting tho old fowls from passing through. In this yard keep feed for tho chicks all tho tlmo bo thoy need not go hun gry a mlnuto. Tho pulldt which la fed llbernlly matures quickly and be comcB tho producer of winter eggs. If a poultry kooper Is really Interest ed, ho will soon learn to read instruc tions and modify them to suit his locality. FEEDING THE YOUNG CHICKS Nothing Given Until Youngsters Aro Two Days Old Whole Grain Fed at End of Eight Weeks. 03y C. E. BROWN, Minnesota Expert merit Station.) Wo do not feed llttlo chlckB before thoy aro two days old, but from th beginning givo thorn water. During this period the lion is glvon her food out of reach of tho llttlo ones. The first feeds are given sparingly everj two hours, and aro usually wel mashes. After tho third day wo feed somo o. tho cracked grains, a llttlo at a time till, at tho ond of tho fifth or sixth da wo aro giving tho threo feeds of the cracked grain. Occasionally wo give o llttlo wholo wheat, and by tho end ol eight wooka wo aro feeding most ol tho grains wholo. If tho chicks aro un ablo to get worms or insects in sufll cicnt quantities, they must bo supplied with a substitute, such as milk or beoi scraps. Green feed is given in the form of finely chopped lcttuco, a piece of potato or turnip or mangol when they aro not ablo to run outsldo on tho grass. Keep One Breed Only. The farmer should keop but ono breed of poultry, just as he keeps but ono breed of hogs or cows. Keeping soveral breeds means much additional work and expense in building tho nec essary houses and fences to keep thorn separated. Besides, housed and yarded poultry will not do nearly aa well as thoso allowed tho range of tho entire farm. Tell-Tale Eggs. Thoro should never bo a stained oi dirty egg. Such a ono tells tales of unclean nests, lousy birds, poor farm Ing. Besides being unsightly, they aro apt to encourage bacteria, Year-Around Harvest. Fancy poultry buslnesa pays well, but the market egg trade Is the real I all-the-year-around harvest
