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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. EPITOME DF EVENTS (PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY SUBJECTS. ARE SHORT BUT INTERESTING Grief Mention of What Is Transpiring In Various Sections of Our Own and Foreign Countries. WAR NEWS. Prisoners taken by the Italian forces iiovf number 17,000, Including 380 of ilcers, according to an announcement -made by tho Stofanl News agency of Jtomc. A lone bank robber bold up Cash ier Leo Forrin ns he entered tho Cedar Rapids National bank of Ce dor Rapids, la., and escaped with 422.000. "Tho only peace Franco can accept is ono which will guarantee tho secu rity of Europe," read a message from President Polncaro to the French Chamber of Deputies. Tho labor of a million men will be required to insure the predominance of the British fleet at sea, the chan cellor of thcexchequer, Reginald Mc Kenna, declared at a meeting at Pres ton, England. "A lasting Russian offensive is no "longer to be expected In tho near fu ture," says Major Moraht, military critic of tho Berlin Tageblatt, in a tovIow of tho situation in Poland. The first gold medal for individual Dra'vory was awarded by King Victor TSmmanuol of Italy to Corporal Bob bino of Salerno, who, when attacked "by nine Austrians, killed seven of them and captured tho remaining two. Warsaw, capital of Poland, has "been taken by tho Austro-Gormnn ar mies. Since tho beginning of the Teutonic drive in May against the Itussians, they have recaptured Przemysl, Lemberg, nnd now occupy nearly tho whole of Poland. Tho military authorities of tho province of Brandenburg, in which Uerlin is located, havo issued an or dor expropriating all supplies of cop per, brass and nickel. The order covers skillets, pots, pans and kettles And household utensils. The French Chnmber of Deputies passed a bill carrying an appropria tion of 120 million francs ($24,000, 000), to be used in tho purchase of -wheat and flour for feeding tho civil population of France. Tho limit of auch purchases is fixed at 209,000,000 francs. GENERAL. jitney bus opeuatprs of - Das Moines havo appealed to the Iowa supreme court for a stay of enforce ment of the recently amended jitney Inis ordinance. Four men were killed and four others Injured, when the power plant of tho Knickerbocker Cement com pany submerged in quicksand at Hud con, N. Y. Tho entire building dis appeared. The Locomobile Company of Amer ica announced at Bridgeport, Conn., it would Institute an eight-hour work day in its plant should tho employes desire that instead of tho profit-sharing plan recently proposed. Miss Catherine Barker, daughter of tho late John H. Barker and heiress to $30,000,000, was married to Howard 3L Spalding, Jr., of Chicago. Tho cor--emony took place at tho bride's sum mer residence at Harbor Point, Mich. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa cific passenger train from Kansas City to St. Paul, via Des Moines, was wrecked several miles south of Own tonna, Minn. All tho coaches turned over, but none of tho passengers was injured. Enlistment of the unemployed for "brief periods In tho army and navy -was suggested by Ethelbert Stewart, chief statistician of the Department of Labor at tho employment confer once in San Francisco, as a plan which would relieve distress among workers and create a reserve of train- d men for national defense. A resolution protesting against tho tralllc In war materials between the "United States and tho enemies of Ger many was adopted by the National German-American Alliance, In conven- tlon in San Francisco. An appeal for an American mer chant marine to carry tho commerce of the United States and to form a naval auxiliary fleet in war timo was contained in a letter from Secrotary TUcAdoo of tho Treasury department, Tead before the Chamber of Commerce at Greensboro, N. C. Notlco was given to 3,000 workmen by the Locomobilo Company of Amor ica, at Bridgeport, Conn., that profits would bo shared with them. Tho plan Is to increase wages proportionately with tho increaso of product Tho new torpedo boat destroyer Ericsson, built by tho Now York Ship Building company, was delivered to tho government ut tho Philadelphia navy yard. Two soldiers und a civilian lost their lives at tho United Status arse nal at Philadelphia in an explosion of time fuses used on shrapnel shells. Another civilian was injured. Kansas City, Mo., was selected as tho noxt meeting place of tho Amer ican Osteopathic association at tho closing session of its nineteenth an num convention nt Portland, Ore. To women, health is moro impor tant than tho privilege of voting, de clared Dr. Evelyn K. Bush of Louis ville, Ky., at tho nnnual convention of tho American Osteopathic association at Portland, Ore. The name of Robert Wilcox was taken from the roll of those indicted for participation In the alleged Pan ama zono supply purchases frauds at Now York. Wilcox was Indicted with John Burke on a charge of offering n bribe. Tho tolls collected for uso of tho Panama canal durlntr tho month of July wore tho largest since the water way has been .in operation. The total was Jii73.3fifi. ns comnared with tho March tolls of $5G0,574, tho previous record. James II. Thomas, sr, tho negro mayor of Brooklyn, 111., a negro settle ment, nnd live negro policemen of the town, were found guilty of murder lu tho circuit court at Belleville, 111., and sentenced to fourteen years each in tho penitentiary. Thirty-seven convicts on a motor truck, which was crossing a railroad track at Spokane, Wash., realized that a collision with an approaching switch engine was inevitable, and refrained from jumping for fear of boinc shot by armed guards follow ing in an automobile. The engine crashed squarely into the truck nnd seven were severely injured. SPORTING Joe Welling of Chicago earned a shade over Ad Wolgast in a ten-round no-declslon light in Duluth, Minn. Mutz Ens, first baseman with tho Bridgeport club of the Eastern league last year, has signed to play with tho St Joseph Western league club. Packoy McFarland of Chicago and Mike Gibbons of St. Paul have signed the articles for their battlo at Brigh ton Beach, New York, September 11. The purso to be divided by the box ers amounts to $32,500. Tho Decatur, 111., Three-I league club that suffered a series of misfor tunes, Including tho wrecking of its grandstand by a tornado recently, has surrendered its franchise, which prob ably will be taken by Rock Island or Galesburg. Two world's records were shattered and two were tied at tho staudlum of the Panama-Pacific exposition. Tho records broken were in tho 220-yard dash and tho 440-yard hurdles. F. R. McBride of Denver was clocked in 21 seconds flat In the 220. A. Fumentor of San Francisco traveled over tho 440-yard sticks In 53Vi seconds. Harry Koch is again tennis singles champion of Nebraska. In the final rounds of the state tournament at Lincoln the Omaha racquet star trounced Coach "Jumbo" Stlehm of the University of Nebraska. Koch carried off tho silver trophy cup of the championship, whllo Stlehm was awarded a small cup as runner-up. WAHMIINQTOIN. Tho first report on operations of tho twelve federal reserve banks, shows that the system earned $918, 588 from November 1C, 1914, to June 30, last The Stato department has announc ed that the cooperation of South American and Central American re publics will bo asked to help in the next step to restore peace in Mexico, State department ofllcials have de cided they are powerless to securo relief from tho riding censorship to which American mall and cable mes sages passing through the belligerent countries of Europe are subjected. ' Representatives of American pack ers have renewed their protests to the Stato department against British interforenco with their trade with neutral nations of Europe. They asked that representations be made to recont British notes, which would establish their rights to engago in this business. Treasury receipts for July, tho first month of tho new fiscal year, ran six teen millions behind expenditures. A working balance of approximately ono hundred millions is still available. Immigration was at its lowest sinco 1899 during tho twolvo months ended July 1, and tho net Increaso In tho for elgn population for tho year was less than 48,000. Statistics show 32C,700 Immigrant and 107,544 non-immigrant aliens admitted to tho United States during the year. BETTYS VOTED OUT NORMAL BOARD OUSTS MEMBER BEFORE TERM EXPIRES. HIGHEST BIDDER AWARDED JOD Contract for Kearney Auditorium Let to W. F. Crosley of that City. Other Bids Ruled Out. Lincoln. Tho Stato Normal board by a vote of four to two dccldod that it has greater authority ovor Uh own membership than the governor who nppointed them, nnd though tho com mission of J. R. Gettys, n momber of tho board, reads that his term of office expires on Soptombor 1, 191G, it voted him out nnd seated his suc cessor, H. e! Rclscho of Chadron, recently nppointed by tho governor, contending that tho Gettys term ex pired Juno 22. Mr. Gettys offered to resign, If tho board would give him timo to visit tho olllco of the gover nor in order to look ovor tho records, should they show ho was not a mem ber. However, tho board refused to take a recess long enough to let Get tys look the matter up, and seated Reische, Thomas and Hall, voting in the minority. Tho board then voted tho contract for the Kearney Normal Auditorium to W. F. Crosloy of Kearney for $57, SGI, tho highest bidder, and ruled out nil bidders who hnd bid separately on tho heating and lighting, notwith standing that tho advertisement colled for separate bids, nnd the Crow ley bid did not Hay anything about heating and lighting. Meanwhile sub-rosa news from the attorney generals olllco was that a suit might soon bo started to test tho constitutionality of tho board's crea tion. The question hns been raised ngainst it and thoro are several stato ofllcials who contend that tho board Is maintaining an Illegal oxlstenco nnd that the soonor its affairs are scrutinized by the supremo court tho better it will bo for tho four slate normal schools managed by it. State Much Richer. Seven counties of the state of Ne braska retrograded so far as their tax valuations for tho current- year aro concerned. The other counties bounc ed up by a margin exceeding $12,- 000,000 and the state's total vnluatlon when Greeley county finally reports, will be approximately $185,000,000. That Is on tho one-ilfth baBls. The actual value of this property then and it is known that much escapes and that on the average It is assessed at only about 70 per cent of Its true value amounts to $2,240,000,000. The actual value of taxable prop erty In the state, If a strict account ing could bo had, would amount to easily $3,000,000,000 in the opinion of some of the exports. Must Apply to Commission. Attorney General Reed has inform ed Hugh O'Neill, president of tho Nio brara Electric Light, Power and Rail way company, that ho must apply to tho railway commission to get us ap nroval before the state could invest In tho $7,000 worth of bonds offored by Coleman township, Holt county, which were issued to aid In tho con struction of tho road. The company is planning a railroad from Anoka, Boyd county, to Atkinson, Holt coun ty, a distance of twenty-five miles. May Call In Inspectors. Because State Treasurer George E. Hall will not permit the state food commissioner to withdraw from tho stato treasury fees earned by his de partmont for tho support of such de partments, it is rumored that Gov ernor Morohead, as stato food com mlssloner, may direct Deputy Com missioner C. E. Harmon to call In all state food, dairy, drug and oil lnspec tors and close theso departments September 1. 242 Convicts Working Outside. Two hundred and forty-two con victs nro now working outside of the state penitentiary on parole, accord ing to tho monthly report of Warden Fenton. This Is the largest nurabei since the creation of tho pardon board. Quarantine for Dourlne. Following the action of tho State Llvo Stock Sanitary board the state veterinarian has issued an order quarantining the counties of Blaine, Cherry, Grant, Hooker nnd Thomas as regards dourlne. New State Bank. Another stato bank was added to tho honor roll when tho Enola State bank secured Its papers and formal right to do business. The Institution has a $10,000 capitalization. Would Start Plate Factory. Commission Gerdcs of tho Board of Control has submitted to the hoard a proposal to establish a plant for the manufacture of nutomobilo number plntes at tho Nebraska penitentiary He has Just been to Chicago, where he hns been Investigating such an es tabllshment and Is convinced that ono could bo Installed at a cost of from $4,000 to $5,000. Commissions Gordes sops a future development in tho Industry In tho manufacture of ad vertising plates, now becoming quite common. CONDENSED NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. The Burlington will build a new do pot at David City. Bnyard will soon havo a now pic turo theater. Plattsmouth is to havo a now city hall, to cost $12,500. Tho Stanton county fair will bo held Soptombor 1 to 3. A wntor works system will soon bo established in Mllllgan. Tho Farmers State bank of Valley has boon granted a chnrtor. Plans aro nearly ready for Wcop Ing Wntor's now bank building. Tho contract for putting in Bridge port's sower system has been let. Flro caused $18,000 loss to tho Eagle's hall in Florence, a suburb of Omaha. A Chicago man is planning to build i $05,000 moving plcturo theater in Fairbury. Otto Gllck, shoo tuorchnnt, of Omahn, was killed In nn nutomobilo iccidont In that city. Tho annual pow-wow of tho Omaha Indians will bo held at Walt hill August 11 to 22. J. S. Swan reports a loss of moro than 10,000 bushels of apples from 3cab in his orchnrd near Auburn. Tho body of A. Bnuman, jr., former sheriff of Dodgo county, who drowned himself In tho Platte river, was found. The three-year-old son of Thomas Gllva was drowned In a milk can on tho Gllva farm west of Platto Center. A plcturo film company has been arganlzed In Chadron with A. 1 An drews as president, capitalized at $9,000. Farmers with pitchforks harvested a big crop of fish stranded in reced ing tide wntor from tho Blue rlvor at Hustings. Ex-Governor Aldrlch has purchnsed the Bell line of six elovntors along tho Northwestern In Butler and adjoin ing counties. Tentative plans for laying the cor nerstone of tho new Masonic orphans' homo on jtho Masonic grounds north or Fremont on August 1G, have been laid. Thirty-flvo new bridges will bo built in Ccdnr county to replace old ones washed out by floods this sum mer. Genevieve Hughes, a G-yoar-old girl whllo picking flowers, stepped in front of n hay mower near Albion, and hnd her right foot completely sevcrad. Mrs. Daniol Sullivan of Lincoln was killed and M. II. Qulnn of Denton was seriously injured when nn uutomo bllo In which they wore riding, turn ed turtle near Denton. H. C. ProbaBco, assistant cashier of tho Nebraska Stato bank at Lin coln, is dead. Ho formerly lived in Red Cloud nnd was ono of tho best known church workers In tho state. Thero nro in Nebraska 65,221 farm ers who till their own land ngainst 38,747 who aro tenants. Almost a quarter million people over twenty ono aro employed on farms. Charles Benson, instructor in tho iepartmcnt of education nt Kearney normal lias resigned to nccopt a po sition in the Missouri Stato Teachers' college at Capo Girardeau. Tho little 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lou Warner of near North Bond, lies in a critical condition, suffering from concussion of tho brain, as a result of being kicked by U mule. A session of the Holdrcgo Chautau qua was broken up Saturday evening by rain and heavy wind, which finally blow down tho tent. Two thousand people wero dronched before reach ing shelter. Henry Turner of Hugo, Colo., waB thrown Into a wire fonco near Paw nee City and Instantly killed, his head being nearly sevored from his body, when a horse ho was driving becamo frightened by a train. O. F. Dornblaser of Texas, national organizer of tho Formers' Educational and Co-operative union of Amoricn, will lecturo on the Chautauqua grounds at St. Edward, Mondny af ternoon, August 1G. Ninoleon pieces of skin, each nn Inch and a half square, wero grafted' onto tho burned body of little Emma Kcrbel of Havclock nt a Lincoln hos pital. Tho skin was contributed by two brothers, n sister and soven cousins. Perfect trust can be reposed in. President Wilson by tho people of Iho country, nnd he will save them from war, if that Is humanely pos sible. So snld Vico Prosldent Thom as Marshall of Indlann In a Chautau qua nd dress at Lincoln. J. F. Kramor, ono of tho oldest cit izens of Syracuse, met with a ser ious accident Ho had Just rotunied from town and was driving his tenm nnd standing up in tho roar of tho wagon whon tho team suddenly Jerk ed, while crossing a rough place, throwing him backward out of tho wagon, breaking his hack. Tho twenty-sevonth annunl old set tlors' reunion of Cass and Otoo coun ties will bo hold nt Union, Cass coun ty, August 13 and 14. John Bly, block signal maintainor for tho Union Pacific, stationed nt Elkhorn, was struck by a passengor train and instantly killed. Tho most offectlvo tost of ondur anco over tried by any manufacturer of farm tractor engines was complet ed whon tho WnlllB "Cub" tractor, handled by the J. I. Case Plow works, finished its 'i.OOO-milo durability run, from Cleveland. C to Fremont WHERE LIES PROFIT liJljM The Original (By MRS. A. J. WILDER.) In order to mnkp ns great profit as posslblo wo should uso economy in tho production as well as good Judg ment in tho marketing of eggs and poultry'. Tho farmer has a great ndvantngo hero over tho poultry man who hns nil tho feed to buy und wo must not for get to mnko tho best uso posslblo of this advantage. Grit and charcoal can bo found and mado on tho farm and tho exponso of buying theso ncccssnry things can bo savod. If thoro is a crook bod near, haul gravel from that nnd place near tho henhouses whoro tho poultry can find it Charcoal can bo mado by tak ing tho llvo coals from tho stovo and pouring wntor ovor them. They will immediately turn to charcoal and can bo ground or broken up into tho right slzo for the chickens to swallow. Bet tor do this work out of doors as steam and ashes will fly from tho coals when tho water is poured on them. In theso ways wo can greatly rcduco tho cost of keeping our poultry nnd It will pay us to give timo nnd thought to our work ns tho profit in tho poul try business, ns In nny other, lies bo tweon tho cost of production and tho amount received for tho marketed products. Besides comfortablo quarters, tho chick, to thrivo, must havo exercise, water, grit, a variety of grain food, green or succulent food, and casein or meat foods. Exerclso Is as essential as food, and lack of it Indicates wrong methods of roaring. Tho natural way for n chick to tako Its food is to scratch for it, tak ing a llttlo at a time. If Btnull chick ens aro put into a box with a baro floor nnd fed from a trough, they willl becomo wenk. Many will bocomo clogged behind with tho excrements accumulating on tho down, and it is generally concluded that something MAKING MONEY WITH DUCKS Fowl Cannot Live Under Burning Sun It Must Have Shade and Water What to Feed Them. Thoro is monoy in ducks, and you can hatch them in an incubator and every ono will hatch, but few people know how to ralso or hatch them proporly. Too many begin nnd then glvo up beforo thoy loarn how. Sue- Runner Ducks. cossful duck breeders will not aver ago losing two in ono hundred. Many pooplo ask: "Why do my ducks got diarrhea, why act dizzy, why drop dead?" If a duck gotB diarrhea you nro not feeding right; if dizzy, you aro neglecting something that should bo In its feed not enough grass, meat, water, or sand. If It dropB dead you havo lot it get worms somewhere, eat ing throat worms, or stuffed on too dry cornmeal, or lot it get sunstruck. A duck cannot llvo under a burning sun; It must havo shade and water. After tho ducklings havo dried off In tho incubator, and aro from twenty four to thlrty-slx hourB old, thoy aro placed in tho breeder arid may bo given their llrst tceul, which Is tho samo ns tho regular rations thoy aro to receive afterwards. This consists of a bran mash mado of two-thirds bran or coaso middlings, and one third cornmeal by weight, mixed with cold water or skim milk. After tho first four days tho feed consists of cornmeal tyid bran or coarse middlings of equal parts, and ono pound in twenty of beef scraps. Tho amount of hoof Bcraps Is In creased until at eight wookB' old thoy get about ono-olghth. A llttlo sharp sand or chick grit is nlso mixed with tho mash. Ducks iutended for market at teu IN POULTRY RAI Incubator. lias boon fod to cnuso bowel trouble. As a matter of fact thoy are weak from lack of exorcise, nnd tho appear anco of diarrhea is only the Inability, of tho chick to proporly expel its ox crcnonts. If chicks cannot bo. out of doors their focdlug floor should bo covered with sand, and ovor this should bo thrown somo litter, such no chaff from' tho straw Btack or loaves from an! alfalfa loft. Placo tho feed in this litter. If small quantities nro thus given, nnd given ofton, tho quostlon of exerclso Is solved. Brooder chicks need moro caro In thiB way than do chicks with honB, but oven in tho lat ter cbbo it Is worth whllo to mako. thorn scratch for tholr food when thoy aro raised Indoors. Tho notion 1b provalcnt that a chick should begin his dlot on boiled oggs, bread nnd milk, or somo other soft food. This notion has probably arisen from tho knowledgo that most young animals cannot digest hard foods. But when wo consider tho fact that tho natural food of tho young mammal Is milk, we seo why this prlnclplo doc? not npply to chlckonB. Llttlo chicks should bo first fed when sovonty-two to nlnoty-slx hours old. Feed small quantities nnd aa often hb is convenient. If tho food is buried in deep litter thoy must work longer getting It out Tho idon is to linvo them always hungry enough to hunt for food, and always a little food for them to find. If tho chicks nro at liberty, feeding often is not so important thrco times a day would bo sulllcient; whllo If thoy roam far in tho fields, finding much food, morn ing and evening feodlng Is all that ia necessary It is not a matter of great importance just what grain a chicken is first fod. Tho Important thing is that thoy bo supplied with n varioty of grain as with casein or meat, grit and greon food. weeks of ago aro not given green stuff, but nro fed jrtvo or six times a day all tho mash thoy will cat clean in 15 minutes. Thon tho fpodlng boards aro removed and cleaned for another meal. FOOD FOR LITTLE CHICKENS Skim Milk la Especially Valuable for Young Fowls During Hot Weather Tests at Purdue. About ten or twolvo years ago the Purduo university station made an exporlmont of two Iota of chicks, tho food, caro and treatment of tho two Iota being identical except that lot two roceived in addition to tho food given lot ono all tho skim milk thoy would drink. In tho beginning of tho test the combined weight of lot ono waB 121 ounces. In two months lot one weighed 297.5; lot two 47G.C ounces.; Tho avorago gain per chick in that timo was: Lot ono, 2.75; lot two, 3.95 J ounces. This showed that if skim milk be added to the ration fed to young chick J ens It will increaso tho consumption of tho other foods given. The great increaso in avorago gain wna coinci dent with tho poriod when tho great ost amount of skim milk was con sumed. Skim milk is especially valuable ae ri food for young chlckous during the hot weather and becomes of loss Im portance as tho chickens grow older nnd tho wenthor becomes cooler. POULTRY RETURNS ARE LARGE Two Hundred Chicks Should Bring From $100 to $150, While Calf Will Clear About $20. Poultry will return greater profit than nil other live stock on tho fnrm. You will feed a calf a couple of years, and ovor the feed put into it will clear, it may bo, $20. Turn 200 chicks out on rango with a little grain ra tion morning nnd night and in six months tho 200 chicks ought to bring from $100 to $150 if sold on a city market at 15 cents a pound; less, of course, If sold to tho country trade. But oeo tho difference? It isn't ralso more beef; it is ralso more chick ens. Keep Hopper Full. Keep tho hoppor full of dry maah all of tho time. Tills gives tho chick ens an opportunity to balance tho grain rations fed.
