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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1915)
THE 3EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. FOR THE BUSY IN NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON BE COMPASSED. MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED Home and Foreign Intelligence Coo. ' densed Into Two and Four Lino Paragraphs. WAR NEWS. Uotwoen COO and 700 reservists, the first extenslvo shipment since Italy's declaration of war, sailed for Naples from New York. Tho casualty list of the liritlBh bat tleship Triumph, torpedoed off tho Gallipoll peninsula. Issued by the British admiralty, shows that three officers and eleven men were killed and that 420 men are missing. There was great rejoicing at Fried rlchshafon, Germany, the headquar ters of the Zeppelin baloon works on Lake Constance, thctown being gaily decorated with lings In honor of the first nerlal attack on London proper. . Births are beginning to show tho effects of the war in the French capital. According to the statistics for Paris there wore 1,850 births in May, tho tenth month of the war, as compared with 3,890 in the samo month last year. Przemysl has boon recaptured from the Russians by tho Teutonic allies. It Is considered on all sldeB as ono of the great achievements of tho war. According to statements, tho casualty list Including killed, wounded and prisoners, amounts to hundreds of thousands. "Warsaw newspapers, which have been smuggled through tho lines, say the number of homelesB Jews on the Russian side is Increasing steadily. At a conference in Moscow recently of the Jewish Aid society It was es timated that tho number of these homeless persons is about 100,000. GENERA L.. X; Great Britain has announced Its willingness to permit exportation of sugar beet seed from Germany to the United States under certain condi tions. Six persons, three of them children, were killed, and nineteen more or less seriously injured when a large passenger automobile truck fell over a high embankment near Dallas, Tex. Word has been received in Omaha that Ralph McMillan, the Stadium speedway aviator, will bo an entrant in the Now York to 'Frisco flight, with seventy odd other aviators, for purses aggregating $550,000. Upon tho recommendation of tho consistorlal congrogatlon Tope Bene dict ratified tho appointment of Right Rev. Edward F. Hanna, at present ad ministrator of tho Dloceso of San Francisco, as bishop of San Fran cisco. , "Jitney busses" will be compolled to file 'tariff rates and come under the supervision of tho Illinois public utili ties commission as public utilities, under a decision handed down by Owen. P. Thompson, member of the commission: According to the Department of Commerce American ships carried $353,000,000 worth of imports and ex ports of the United States during tho eight months ending with March 31. The total of imports and exports amounted to $2,797,000,000, of which 12.64 per cent was transported. Resolutions wero passed unani mously by tho board of directors of tho General Foderatlon of Women's clubs, representing 2,000,000 women, in exccutlvo -session at Portland, Ore., assuring President Wilson of Its conviction "that the peoplo of our count ry are ovorwholmlngly with him In his effort to maintain peace." v Aflldavits of three Jurors In "tho trial of former Chiof of Polico George Pierco of Sioux City, purporting to show that they wore coerced into vot ing for a verdict of guilty "by the addi tional Instruction given by Judge John W. Anderson, accompany the motion of Pelrco's counsel for a new trial, which was filed in tho Sioux City district court. The Ford Motor company of Detroit has increased Its capital stock from $2,000,000 to $100,000,000, and a stock dividend of $48,000,000 2,500 per cent has been' authorized for July by the stockholders. George P. Holler, proprietor of a forge works at East St. Louis, 111., de clined an unlimited order from tho Pronch government for shrapnel cas ings. Tho order would have amount ed to $90,000 a week. Mr, Haller said ho was opposed to war. Increased charges for ro-lcing re . frigeratod freight shipments from Mis. aouri river territory to North Pacific . coast points wore granted to trans continental railroads by the interstate Ycbmraerce commission. The Russian government has placed an order for half a million pairs of' shoos with a lllnghamton, N. Y., firm. At tho conclusion of a meeting of the Indiana progressive state central committee at Indianapolis, Edward O. Toner, chairman, and Paul J. "Haynes, secretary, resigned nnd an nounced that they would affiliate with the republican party. Tho Philadelphia council commit tee in charge of the trip of the Liber ty Hell to the San Francisco exposi tion has decided to invito governors to travel on tho Llborty Boll special tialn while It Is within the borders of their respective states. After being rfiised from a depth of more than 300 feet to within twenty four feet of the surface, further salv aging of tho wrecked submarine P-4 off Honolulu, had to bo suspended on account of a largo hole In the shell and danger of the hulk breaking In two. Sheep and cattle boundary feuus, long sustained, are believed to have caused the murder of Mrs. Charles Ogllvey -and the probable fatal wound ing of her husband on their ranch thirty-five-miles south of Pendleton, Ore. Leo Dale, homesteader, was ar rested by a posse. A warning to harvest hands coming to Kansas not to pay money to em ployment agencies was sent out by the Kansas press employment bureau at-Topeka. It was pointed out the state and federal bureaus have com plete lists of local agents who will. send men direct to the farmers who need them. a Uncertainty over the application of tho Sherman anti-trust act to combi nations formed to promote export trade is ono of the principal ob stacles In the way trt-expanding busi- ness with South American countries, in the opinion of New England mer chants, expressed at a conference with the Federal Trade commission at Boston. SPORTING Bombardier Wells knocked out Dick Smith, tho light heavyweight champion of England, in tho ninth round of a twenty-round match in London. "Kid" Williams, bantam champion pugilist, got a ten-round decision at Laltlmore, Md., over Jimmy Murray of Now York. Williams did not have to extent himself, Jim Coffoy, tho Dublin Giant, stopped Jim Flynn, tho Pueblo fire man, In tho ninth round of thir ten- round match In tho open at the Brichton beach race track, New York.. The boxing bill legalizing the hold- Intr of nrlro fights In Illinois under the direction of n boxing commission passed the state senate by a voto of 28 to 15. It contains an amendment that municipalities can have legalized boxing by a majority vote. Gone Melady, South Omaha live stock man and sportsman, states that he has secured the signature of Charles Cutler for his wrestling match In Omaha on tho evening of July 5, with Joe Steelier of Dodge, Nob., for the championship of tho world. Ball players of tho Western league must submit to another general reduc. tlon of salaries or operations will bo suspended for the rest of the season If the permission of tho National As sociation of Minor leagues can bo gained, according to a statement made by President O'Neill at Chicago. Ralph Do Palma won the fifth an nual 50Omtlo International sweep stake on tho Indianapolis motor speed way there. His time being 5 hours and 33 minutes nnd 55 seconds. The victor traveled at an average speed of 89.84 miles an hour nnd broke the record for tho race. Football garnes In the Missouri Valley conference will bo permitted on Thanksgiving day, it was announc ed at Lincoln by Chancellor Avery, who mado public the result of a ref erendum taken among tho members of tho conforenco. Tho rule prohibiting the playing of "turkey day" games was rescinded by a voto of 5 to 2. WASJ1INGTON. No "war" preparations are con templated, for the regular army or btate militia, because of the German diplomatic or the Moxlcan situation, according to a statement by Secre tary of War Garrison. Formal announcement of the gov ernment's Intention to appeal to the supremo -court from tho decision of the federal district court at Trenton, N. J., dismissing the suit for dissolu tion of tho United States Steel corpo ration was made by Attorney General Gregory. Senator Kern, the democratic Moor leader, a White house caller recently, said ho bollevcd congress should meet In extra session In October so the senate may devlso Its rules and mako an early start on tho legislative program. President Wilson, upon recommen dation of Secretary of tho Interior Lane, haH restored to entry more than 29,500 acres of land In western Wyoming. Theso lands Ho on. tho west of the Salt river mountains. MUST BRAND III FOOD COMMISSIONER BELIEVES LAW IS BEING VIOLATED. WILL FINE GUILTY COMPANIES People of State Are Invited to Fur nish All Obtainable Informatl&n Regarding This Matter. Lincoln. Binding twine Is subject to tho "branding" provisions of tho atato law, according to a discovery mado in preparing a compilation of weights and measures statutes. Tho law, which was passed some time ugo, and by nn act of 1913 mado operative under the oyo of tho stnte weights and measures commissioner, compels those selling or offering binding twine for sale to Indicate on each ball the name of the manufacturer, the number of feet to the pound, tho material of which It Is made, and tho tensile strength, the percentage of oil In it, and tho date of manufacture. The big twine companies have been conforming to the law, but thero 1b a belief that companies which sell tho farmers' unions and which competo with local implement men, have not been doing so. The matter Is to be taken up at once by Commissioner Harman, and if tho companies have not been meeting the provision ho will see that they do. Ho has Issued a wholesale Invitation to people of the stato to furnish Information re garding this matter. Sale of each ball of twine, contrary to the provis ions of this newly-discovered law, means a lino of 25 cents. There Is no limit to tho amount that may be lev led against those who fracture this statute. Many Passed Away. Death's onslaught on tho ranks of tho Grand Army of the repub lic- in this state during the past decade has taken away 1,343 of tho boys who fought for their country during the days of '61 to '65. The nxt ten years will likely see a greater ucrease in tne numoers, nnd at the ond of the period there will probably be only a few of the 3,454 members left. The record in the state offices here shows a decrease of twenty-five posts in the state- dur ing the ten years. The average ago of Nebraska Grand Army veterans Is 75 years, and many of tho old boys aro pos sessed of Infirmities which aro slowly bringing them to the edge of life. In 1905 there wore 210 Grand Army posts In the Btate and now there ara hut 185. The total membership was 4,797 ten years ago, and 3,454 at tho present time. Farmers' Institutes Limited. All farmers' Institutes are to bo cut down to one-day sessions and but two speakers will be furnished by tho state. This action on tho part of tho Agricultural Extension Serv ice is mode necessary owing to a lack of funds. The decision, does not come as a surprise to those familiar with the work, Inasmuch as the re port of tho Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, laid before tho last legislature, read in part: "If tho amount given two years ago for agricultural extension In Ne braska, including farmers' Institutes, Is not Increased, It will be necessary to drop part of the work of the far mers' institutes." Tho legislature did not Increase tho amount. Seven Fairs to Get Exhibit. Six county fairs and the state fair, of the thirty associations making ap plication, will receive tho exhibit of the College nnd University School of Agriculture and the Agricultural Ex periment station this fall. Tho coun ty fairs to obtain tho exhibit aro those of Hamilton, Pawnee, Platte, Webster, Nemaha and Jefferson coun ties. As fourteen of the county fair associations applying hold their fairs the same week this year, about half the total number of applications had to bo eliminated. No fair that re ceived tho exhibit last year will havo It this year except the Nemaha Coun ty Fair. Setting Colors In Cloth. Colors In washable clothing may be set before washing by tho uso of tho following directions: For yellow, tan and brown fabrics use a cup of vinegar to a pall of wator. For blue lavender and green fabrics, use an ounce of alum to a gallon of water, For blue, red, pink and black fabrics, uso a cup of salt to a pall of water. Department of Homo Economics, Unl vcrslty of Nobraska. Grow Over 100 Crop Specimens. Practically every farm crop that can be grown in tno unueu states may bo seen at tho University Farm. With careful effort over 100 varletlos of grasses, legumes, cereals and mis cellaneous plants have been grown -from year to year, for tho uso of stu dents and for general Inspection. In tho list are Included tho various spe cies of sweet clovers, many kinds o( sorghums, and other crops which aro being watched with considerable Interest. CONDENSED NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. Flvo Inches of rain fell in Hastings In ono hour last week. Wlsner will hold a live days chau tnuqua, beginning July 2. Work hns begun on the now $22,000 parochial school at Keamoy. Citizens of Johnson county have or ganized a good roads' association. F. M. Broome hns taken over tho management of the Alliance News. A six days' chautauqua will bo held at Oshkosh beginning July 1. A fire in the Otoo Browing plant at Nebraska City did $2,000 damage. A $50,000 creamery Is soon lo bo built at McCook. Tho Hesslnn fly has been discover ed In several wheat Holds near Hast lngs. Twonty-llvo skeletons have boon taken from an old Indian grave near Ponca. A new Pender ordinance conipols parking of automobiles on side streets. The Danish Lutheran ohurch ot Fremont Is planning to build a new hospital. Work on the foundation of the new Farmers' elevator at Braluard Is in progress Landls Payne of Ulysses had an arm broken while cranking an au tomobile. A $15,000 high school bond, voted on by citizens of Schuyler, carried by a large majority. Farmers In the vicinity of Koarney are already, making their llrst, har vest of alfalfa. More than $CtrO,000 was taken In by Stato Treasurer Hall during tho month of May. Barney Oldfleld Is expected to take part in the automobile races in Omaha, July 5. Governor Morehead has issued ' a proclamation asking tho observance of Flag day, Juno 14. N. J. Ludl. editor -of .the Wnhop Democrat, hns commenced his new duties as postmaster in that city. According to tho latest roport ot the secretary of state there aro about (10,000 automobiles In Nebraska. . Sheriff Sexton of Cuming county has purchased a pair of bloodhounds nnd will deputize them to aid him in. Ids work. Joel Yeaton, 10 years old, son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Edgar Yeaton, of Ly- oiib, was Instantly killed by being run over by a traction engine. Tho Hastings Chamber of Com merce is planning to buy $500 worth of fireworks for a display "fit the West Sldo ball park on the evening of July 5. Governor Morehead and H. E. Snckett will deliver addresses at h picnic in the park at Cortland Juno the 17th. Tho Fremont city council has or dered the paving of two and a half miles of paving In the residence dis trict In tho last two weeks. The election In Alnsworth's school district to voto bonds for a now. school houso was hold at that place, the bonds being defeated by a voto of 149 to 111. $18,000 was tho purchase price paid W, W. Haskell for tho Ord Quiz, by its now owners. It is said to bo tho greatest price a country newspaper over sold for In this state. A contract has boen lot to a Grand Islnnd firm to build a theater In Lex ington. 'The Iioubo will hnve a seat ing capacity of 000 and will be con Btructed of reinforced concrete and brick. William Prahl, one of tho well-to-do farmers nnd stockralsers living near Pierce, received a message from Cody, Wyo., stating that his son, Her man, had been killed by lightning at that place. Tho breeders' directory of tho No braska Improved Llvo Stock Breed crs' association has Just been Issued and may be obtained by applying to Secretary H. J. Gramllch, University Farm, Lincoln. Juhn Cullvan filed U $3,000 bond In tho district clerk's olllco at Hastings In his appeal to tho supremo court from the district, court finding in ro gard to ills claim to tho estato of John O'Connor. Fnrmors In tho wheat country bo tween Guide Rock and Blue Hill aro Jubilant over the prospect of a wheat crop. The yield Is now estimated at twenty bushels per acre, when two weeks ago the estlmato was only half that much, George C. Humphreys, department commandor of tho G. A. R. In Ne braska, has made arrangements In Washington for tho Nebraska Grand Army and Woman's Relief corps headquarters during the encampment in September. Joe Sleeker, tho Nebraska chain plon wrestler, won an easy victory at Plerco over Bias Qovedorlca of Chi cago, champion of Servla. Stccker won two straight falls, tho first in five minutes and 4 seconds, and tho second In two minutes and thirty seconds, Adams county treasurer has In stalled a now burglar- proof safo In his office. W. E. Murry of Oakland will soon orc't a now home for his papr, tho Plontr. Farmers. In the vicinity ot Howe who recently lost their nowly plant- od corn by floods, are maKlng ar rangements to replant thousands ot acres. One farmer reports the loss of over 100 acres that was com pletely washed away, while othora think that some of tho Holds can be patched out In spots. RAISING DUCKS FOR Runner Ducks, Best The best authorities on Runner ducks agree that the purebred Pen ciled Runner lays puro whlto eggs, and many of them, us Invariably as does tho purebred leghorn of different varie ties. As a result tho Runner duck hns earned tho namo ot "the Leghorn ot tho duck family." As a utility fowl tho truo Penciled Runner stands well In the lead, and as other varieties havo usually boon mado from this ono, .they, too, aro prov ing thotr worth, when given a chance. It is fortunate that wo have nt least one breed that has demonstrated itself as n layer, and for that renson Is kept moro for utility than show. This makes tho Runner duck a farmer's bird. The Australian and New Zealand egg records aro among tho proud achievements of thoso countries, and aro a wondormont to many poultry mon. In referring to thoso records, tho breeder of Penciled Runners gets much consolation, for some .of tho best egg records ot thoso countries havo been mado by this duck. In fact, tho Penciled Runner has won over tho huatling little Leghorn there. In Australia tho Utility club has egg-laying contests of great interest. DuckB and other fowl from that con tinent and New Zealand competo in theso contests, and tho rivalry Is oven greater than In our fancy shows In this country. Tho competing ducks thero seom to oo mostly Runners nnd Orpingtons, and both of theso havo won flno places. Most ot tho breeders SHADE NEEDED FOR POULTRY Cheap Shed Built of Lumber Is Eas ily Arranged Where Fowls Aro Not Permitted In Orchard. Whether the fowls must spend their time this summer on tho rango or in partial confinement, having only a yard In which to run, shade Is neces sary to their successful growth. To say that shado cannot be provided ia nonsense Thero may bo no trees that can be utilized,' it is true, but evoryono can plant somo vino or even corn near enough to tho poultry yard fenco, whoro It will cast ohado, or orcct a cheap lumber shod, so ar ranged that its roof will supply nhado during a portion of tho day, and ono end tho rest of tho warm hours, leav ing it open on two sides at least for a proper circulation of air. A similar structure, or several of them, can bo erectod on the rango If tho fowls must not bo pcrmlttod in tho orchard for any reason. Thon, re member that during tho warm daya ot summer, clean, fresh water In abun danco is also essential, no matter whero the fowJs and chicks aro run ning. Think of these things now and get them rency, so that when tho worm days come tho fowls will not need to suffer for even a single day. CARE IN RUNNING INCUBATOR Cleanliness Should Be Watchword In Operating Machine Brooders Should Be Disinfected. The incubator should be run upon sanitary lines n-ith cleanliness for tho watchword from etnrt to finish. Tho machine should be thoroughly cleaned and scrubbed out before being put Into use, well sunned and thoroughly dried. Uso no disinfectants In the opera tion, however, as thoy may affect tho eggs, by absorption. After each hatch tho trays chould be cleaned nnd nfred and tho InBldo ot tho machine well brushed, but not washed, If tho machine Is to bo started at onco upon another hatch, while tho trays are taken out and cleaned, it can bo closed up nnd kept up to heat for a fow hours and the eggs put in, but tho cleaning should not bo neglected. Tho brooders should be disinfected But remember that perhaps some alck chicks occupied them last sea son, making it all the more import ant for a thorough scalding and cleaning. EGGS AND PROFIT Utility Fowl. of ducks thero consider six ducks plenty for a pen In breeding for beat utility qualities, and it is very interest ing to noto tho typo of duck tho win nors of tho contests thero nro, In com parison with our present show typoa here. Their ducks aro much more heavy and broad, and tho typo is en tirely different In both Runners and Buff Orpington ducks. This Is some thing for our utility breedors to con sider. Probably tho world'B official record Is held by ono ot thoso Now Zealand Runners. This duck laid ,320 eggs in 365 days In her Bccond year. Sho laid 512 eggs in 23 months, including the molting season, A daughter of thti duck laid 177 ogga In 179 conseoutlve days, nnd 293 eggs in 314 actual con secutlvo laying days. When sho wai two years and eight months old hoi t coord was over GOO oggs. Tho brecdoi ot these ducks mated tho fomnles tc drakes whoso dama had a record ot 20t eggs a year or better. In tho Chrlstchurch test the Buff Orpington ducks mado a flno record Both Orpington and Runnor duoki havo mado flno records in. tho Cam bridgo tests there, nnd ono pen ol both Runners and Orpingtons mado a romarkablo allowing for several month! after thoso testa had cudod. In 6 months after tho nbovo tosts ended ont breeder's ducks laid as follows: Bull Orpingtons, 772 eggs; Penciled Run ners, 749 eggs. This 1b an average ol 129 and 125 per duck for tho time abovo quotod. KEEP UP GRADE OF POULTRY Poultrymen Make Mistake In Buying Hatching Eggs or Breeding Stock From Different Breeders. Many a poultrynian, striving tc breed up. a strain of egg-producing hens, makes the mistake of buying hatching egga or breeding stock fron? a different breedor each year. It payi far hotter to go back, for a numbot of years, to a breeder who 'baa Btoch that mates well with and Improves tin sizo and egg-producing qualltloa of tht progressive poultryman'a stock. So reports James G. Halptn, head of tho poultry department of the Unl vorslly of Wisconsin, who has founc that the number ot rollablo poultrj breeders producing Just tho sort ol breeding stock generally needed it rapidly Increasing. Ho bellovea that the next few years will be a ntiL' greater incrcaso along this lino foi tho breedor can afford to lino brood his stock and take a Great deal oJ pains building up a ctra!n ot hlgb egg producors. Tho grading up of the farm flock with good, strong males ol tho right sort of breeding, ia ono ol the principal things needed in the poultry industry at this time. . TREATMENT FOR SCALY LEG Dipping Feet and Legs ot Fowls Af. fected In Kerosene Will Prove Quite Effective, Look out for the scaly leg in your stock at this time. After passing through the cold and dampness of tho winter months this trouble Is quite 1 It. 1 . . ,1nnUH . 1 . M iinuiy iu uuvuiuii itlliuug Ul ICUBl u low of your fowls, and it should bo nipped right in tho bud or it will run through all your Btock. While It Is nothing sorlouB or rapid In Its work, It Ib a very annoying trouble and one that will make your fowls very uncomfort able, and at times It will even crlpplo some whero It geta to be a thick scale. Tho host treatment Is to take a can of kerosene oil, nail it to tho wall oG your poultry houso, where it will bo convenient to dip tho feet and lega of each fowl affectod In up Just to, but not on to, tho feathers of tho hock Joint. This, says Southern Rurallst, repoated every othor day for about two weeks will clean It all off except in extreme cases, when It will take longer treatmont, to be followed with a little oil or vaseline occasional to smooth up the surface.
