THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED
COVERS WIDE AREA.
GREATER Oil LESSER IMPORT
Includes What Is Going On at Wash
Ington and In Other Sections of
the Country.
W.A.I N6JWS.
Holland, as a result of the cutting
off of shipments from Groat Britain
and Germany, is suffering from a coal
famine.
Berlin reports that tho British
auxiliary crulsor India, of 7,900 tons,
J:as been torpedoed off the "Nor
wegian coast.
Arrangements have been completed
for the exchange of Incapacitated Rus
sian and German prisoners of war,
a dispatch from Copenhagen says.
Tho Russian war ofllco In an offic
ial communication admits the evac
uation of tho towns of Sokolow,
Siedle and Lukow, to tho "east of
Warsaw.
Details given tho press of a secret
session of tho Russian Duma on Au
gust 10 showed that an Inquiry was
Initiated to determine the responsi
bility for the deficiency In war sup
plies. Tho French Chamber of Deputies
passed a bill to expropriate land nec
" -essary for burial of the dead of the
entente allies fighting in France. The
measure was proposed by Minister
of War -Millerand.
V
Tope Benedict has addressed a let
ter to the Catholics of east Prussia,
according to the Overseas News
agency, "expressing his fatherly sym
pathy for tho terrible war horrors
"brought upon them by the Russian
invasions."
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The British torpedo boat destroyer
Xynx was sunk as the result of strik
ing a mine, nccording-. to an official
announcement made by the British
press bureau. Out of a crewof over
100 only four officers and twenty-two
men were saved.
The German airships, which raided
the east coast of England recently,
bombarded, with good results, war
ships on tho Thames, the London
dock's, torpedo boats near Harwich
and buildings on tho Humber, accord
ing to reports from Berlin.
Enver Pasha, Turkish minister of
-war, admits the allies have landed
t0,000 fresh men on the Gallipoli pe
ninsula. Two regiments of the new
ly landed forces, according to Enver
Tasha, were virtually annihilated,
v only sixty men escaping death or
wounds.
Lord Robert Cecil, parliamentary
-under secretary for British foreign
affairs, In the course of a formal in
terview, declared that the allies must
"by all lawful means prevent cotton
leaching their enemies, and said it
-may be considered necessary to make
cotton contraband.
Potrograd Is full of wounded, the
. Xondon Dally Mall asserts, and tho
"Russian casualties are unofficially es
timated at 3,500,000 up to tho middle
of July In killed, wounded and pris
oners. The paper says, that this esti
mate seemed guess work, as the mili
tary authorities do not know tho real
totals. '
OENEftAU.
Members of the committee on build
ings nnd grounds of the Chicago
board of education adopted a resolu
tion commondlng the teaching of
Swimming In every public school.
After a caroful examination of tho
now motor speedway at Des Moines,
where two fatal accidents occurred
recently, Coroner Claude Koons de
clared that ho believed the accidents
N -were not clue to any fault in tho
track.
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Tho Union Stock yards at Chicago,
has been quarantined ngalnst? a re
stricted area of six Illinois counties
which were placed In closo quaran
tine by federal and stato authorities,
following now outbreaks of tho foot
nnd mouth disease
Twelve hundred silver souvenir
spoons and forks, valued at about
?2,000, wero stolen from a booth on
the zone of tho amusement highway
at the Panama-Pacific exposition at
San Francisco.
Fivo American ranchmen were
wounded, two of them seriously, and
sovoral Mexican outlaws killed in a
fight between Texas rangers and
American ranchers and n band of
Mexican bandits at Norias ranch, ten
miles north of Lyford, Tex.
Ono man was Instantly killed,
another so badly Injured that he died,
and two moro hurt, ono perhaps fa
tally, In tho 300-mllo automobllo Der
by on the new mile speedway at Des
Des Moines.
SL Louis was chosen as tho placo '
for tho 1010 convention of the Na-
tlonnl Association of Life Underwrit
ers after a spirited contest nt San
Francisco.
Two men wero killed and six In
jured, one probably fatally, by an ex
plosion nt the plant of the Westing
house Electric and Manufacturing
company, near Turtle Creek, Pa.
R. E Donnldson, of Mllford, la., au
to racer, and his mechanician, Buck
Wilcox, of Chicago, wore killed In tho
tenth lap of a ton mllo automobile
contest at Spirit Lake, la.
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Tho Pacific Mall steamship com
pany, in pursuance of its plan an
nounced some time ago of disposing
of Its lleet nnd other property, has
sold five of its steamers to tho At
lantic Transport company of West
Vlrglnln.
Water was let over the spillway of
the gigantic dam at tho big falls of
tho Missouri river, fourteen miles
from Great Falls, Mont. Tho dam
cost $5,000,000 to construct and, hns
been building nearly threo years. It
will furnish power for the electrifica
tion of tho Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railway.
Outbreaks of tho hoof and mouth
diseases In several eastern and mid
dle western states which may elimi
nate exhibits at the Pannma-Paciflc
oxposltlon in October, wero reported
to Charles Keanc, v California stato
veterinarian, by A. D. Melvln,- chief
of the United States bureau of ani
mal industry nt Washington.
After having been under consider
ation for ten years by tho commis
sioners on uniform state laws, tho
Torrons land registration act was
adopted by tho conference at Salt
Lake City by a vote of seventeen to
severf, with Illinois, Kansas, Mary
land, Massachusetts, Nevada, Rhodo
Island and Wisconsin voting In tho
negative. Tho act Is similar to those
now In effect In California, Colorado
and Illinois.
SPORTINO
What was said to be a new world's
baseball throwing record for a girl
was made by Miss Ruth McCabe when
she throw a ball 209 feet 5 Inches a
Tncoma, Wash.
Decatur, 111., has dropped out of tho
Three-I league, and seven clubs will
finish the senson. Decatur was a
charter member of tho Three-I league
and has had -professional bnso ball
for fifteen years.
George Cutshaw, second baseman
for Brooklyn, tied tho world's record
held by Clarence Beaumont ofPItts
burgh, by making six consecutive hits
In as mnny times at bat In a game
against Chicago.
Use of the "mud ball," successor tc
the emery ball, was prohibited in the
Federal league on orders Issued, from
President Gtlmore's office In Chicago.
A penalty of $50 Is provided for viola
tion of the. order.
Alma Richards of tho Illinois Ath
letic club distinguished himself as
tho best all-around athlete in tho
country by winning tho decathlon in
the Panama-Pacific exposition ath
letic contests in San Francisco.
Charles Bultman, Cincinnati brok
er, announced that he was negotiat
ing for the sale of tho Cincinnati Na
tional league ball club to Warren N.
Carter of Pasadena, Cal. Bultman
said Carter had a ten-day option on
tho team.
Mort Henderson of Altoona, Pa.,
was no match for Joe Stecher, tho
Nebraska champion, In their match" at
Fremont, Neb. Stecher won in
straight falls of fivo minutes and ton
seconds, and threo minutes and
eight seconds.
WASMINOTON.
Nearly half of tho land in tho Chu
gnch National forest, Alaska, through
which tho government railroad is to
run, is restored to tho public domain
by proclamation of President Wilson.
Tho boundaries of tho forest, as re
drawn by tho porclamation, contain,
approximately 5,818,000 acres, 5,802,'
000 acres being withdrawn.
Tho Interstate Commerco commis
sion upheld tho action of various
western railroads In cancelling rules
providing for tho readjustment of ag
gregate charges of shipmont of dnlry
products, concentrated In transit in
western territory, which means an
advance estimated at from 14 to 35
per cent over the present chnrgo on
traffic from Nebraska, Kansas, Okla
homn and Missouri.
The United States treasury depart
ment announced that on December 1
Secretary McAdoo would make public
the names to tako steps to suo all
persons who are nblo to pay and who
then have failed to pay advances of
money made them by tho government
to nsslst them In returning homo from
Europe nt the outbreak of tho war.
American farmers aro harvesting
tho greatest wheat crop over grown
In any ono country. Department of
of agricultural experts estimated tho
crop at 900,000,000 bushels.
VICTORY FOR STATE
REED CHARACTERIZES RECENT
RATE DECISION AS SUCH.
RESULT JUSTIFIES THE FIGHT
Considers Denial of Increases On
Some of'Most Important Items of
Much Value to Nebraska.
Lincoln. "A three-fourths victory
for the states," is tho way Attorney
General Reed characterizes tho order
of the Interstnto commerco commis
sion in tho application of wcBteru
railroads for Increased freight rates
in the middle western states.
Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
North and South Dakota and Minne
sota railway commissioners fought
tho increase.
The order permits increases on
Bomo commodities, including coal,
fruit and vegetables, but the attorney
general considers denial of increases
on grain, grain products, live stock
and packing house products of more
value to Nebraska.
"Tho result Justifies the expendi
ture of money by Nebraska and other
western states in resisting advances
asked by tho railroads," said Reed.
No general advance was allowed.
"The principal products of Nebras
ka grain, live stock and mcaUv
suffer no advance. I do not regard of
great importance the increase in min
imum carload weights of grain from
30,000 to 40,000 pounds.
"A uniform advance In freight rates
would havo cost tbe people of Ne
braska millions of dollars annually."
Data On Water Rights.
Data collected by Attorney Gen
eral Reed during a recent visit to
Denver Is believed by that official to
bo valuable In the litigation between
Wyoming and Colorado In tho United
States supremo court should Nebras
ka decide to intervene to protect wa
ter users in western Nebraska. Tho
state of Wyoming brought tho suit
to enjoin Colorado Irrigators from
diverting water out of tho Laramie
river, which flows into the North
Platte, Into channels which would
send It down tho other side of tho
river, emptying Into the South Platte.
Colorado claims absolute ownership
and control of water resources orig
inating within Its own boundaries. If
this claim Is pushed, Nebraska may
Join the Wyoming side of the case.
Desiring to havo data on both sides
of the case, Attornoy General Rccd
has obtained an abstract of the testi
mony.
Ahead of Kansas.
Latest reports of tho .comptroller
of currency on banking conditions in
Kansas and Nebraska glvo tho latter
a big lead.
With a population, of half a million
less, and 953 banks, as compared with
1,144 in Kansns, the bank resources
of this stato are $270,758,801, as com
pared with $248,883,934 in Kansas.
Tho per capita resources of Nebraska
average $213 a person, while Kansas
has $136.
Deposits give Nebraska $204,870,450
against $181,384,850 for Kansns, or
$62 moro per person for Nebraska.
To make the matter moro humiliat
ing than over the federal banking de
partment adds this significant Httlo
note at the bottom of tho page on
which the tables aro given: "Twenty-
two Nebraska banks with resources
totaling $3,882,805 not included in to
tals above. Received too late for re
port." Convictions Under Food Law.
Food Commissioner Harman re
ports fivo convictions in Omaha re
ported by his inspectors recently for
the use of sodium sulphate by users
of hamburger to keep the meat from
spoiling and for tho snle of same to
tho public. When used tho moat
shows a rich red color when tho moat
Is exposed to tho air and readily
misleads tho buyer.
Horses Are Shy.
Whllo government reports credited
Nebraska with 1,080,000 horses on
Jnnuary 1, assessors wero only able
to find 910,000 head. Thero wero 166,
000 mules, or 9,000 moro than a year
ago. Custer leads with 34,654 horsos
and Cherry county Is second with
33,280.
Hotel Commissioner Working.
Colonel Phil Ackerman, hotel com
missioner, has ordered ' two hotels to
clean up according to law. One of
these is the Park hotel at Stroms.
burg and the other tho Merna hotel
at Moma. Should they not get busy.
Convicts Start First Road Work.
Convicts at the penitentiary will
shortly get their first tryout at permo
nent road making when a gang is put
to work on the state's share of the
new stato farm paving, near Lincoln
Allowed to Sell Fish.
Tho attorney general's department
has given State Game Warden Ruton
beck an opinion holding that catfish,
sturgeon, gar, buffalo, carp nnd suck
ers, when legally caught in Nebraska
may bo sold in this state.
Aviator Thompson Coming to Fair,
Do Lloyd Thompson, tho aviator,
who is scheduled to give exhibitions
at the Nobraska utato fair, has writ
ten Secretnry Mellor that ho will
Ueop bin contract. Ho will raco with
Barney Oldflcld.
CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
Sprlngviow is to have n water
works system.
Work has started on Bridgeport's
sower system.
The paving question Is again being
agitated In Loup City.
Two blocks of water mains nro
being put in nt Onkdnlo.
The Burllngtan will soon build a
new depot at Clny Center.
Weeping Wntcr Is calling for men
to work in stone quarries.
The Exchange bank of Steolo City
has opened for business.
Six thousand people attondod a bar
becue at .Seward. last week.
Plans are being prepared for a
$25,000 school building at Dunbar.
Presbyterians nt Fairbury recently
dedicated their new $15,000 church.
Thirty ncres of wheat near Moore
field yleled 43 bushols per ncre.
City schools of West Point will
open for tho fall term September 6.
Government reports show Nebraska
had 1,080,000 horses on Jnnuary 1.
Beatrice has hud 29.01 Inches of
procipltatlon during tho past year.
Tho Cedar county fair will bo hold
In Hnrtlngton September 8, 9 and 10.
Clay Center is to havo n Cnmeglo
library. Tho building will cost
$12,000.
A. J. Frances of Falls City had his
right hip crushed in an auto accident
near that placo.
Burlington men say thero is no sign
of resumption of work on tho Chalco
Yutan cut-off.
Joe Stecher easily downed Mort
Henderson of Altoona, Pa., In straight
fallB at Fremont.
Tho llttlo town of Clatonia in Gngo
county has Installed a system of up-to-dato
water works.
Loup City and vicinity was visited
by a severe hall storm. Much dam
age was done to corn.
The Burlington hns resumed work
on its Chnlco-Yutan cut-off between
Omaha and Fremont
A $300,000 Ford assembling plant
will bo built by the Ford Automobllo
company in Omnha.
Wausa will hold a special election
the last of September to vote on
$20,000 sewer bonds.
Citizens of Lincoln will vote on the
question whothor Capitol Beach shall
bo purchased as a pleasure resort.
Lester Roberts, formerly an under
taker of Sterling, who moved to Lin
coln recently, killed himself with n
shotgun.
Tho Tecumseh National bank hns
surrendered Its federal charter and
hereafter will bo known ns tho Te
cumseh State bank.
A. O. Thomas, stato superintend
ent of schools, Is attending tho
meeting of tho National Teachers' as
sociatlon In Oakland, Cal.
A Labor Day parndo as a protest
against the present and all futuro
ware will bo staged by tho labor un
ions of Lincoln this year.
A fine maro bolonging to John Jon-
sen, living south of Broken Bow, was
bitten by a rattlesnake with the re
sult that she camo near dying.
Near tho homo of Charles Pascow,
seven miles east of Auburn, Fred
Johnson of Nebraska City, was In
stantly killed in an outo accident
Mayor Madgott of Hastings hns bo-
gun a fight against tho proposed gas
franchlso, which, fixes a rnto of
$1.45. Ho demands a cut to $1.25.
While swimming in Malnbow creek,
near Wynot, Harold Beste, aged 19,
waB seized with cramps nnd was
drowned beforo help could reach him.
Billy Sunday will bo visited in
Omaha by a delegation of Hastings
pastors, who want him to make an
address there during tho fall.
The village of Rogers by an al
most unanimous majority voted to
issuo .bonds for the construction of a
waterworks system at a special elec
tion.
William II. Mungor, Judge of tho
United States district court for No
braska, and forty-seven years a resi
dent of the state, died at his rosi-
denco in Omaha.
Tho big barn on tho Jones section,
near Seward, was struck by lightning
nnd completely destroyed. The barn
contained forty tons of liny and moro
than 150 bushels of grain.
Tho stato treasurer has received
$10,358 from tho government ns Ne
braska's share of tho Smlth-Lovor
fund distributed for 1915, to bo used
in agricultural education.
The young son of Mr. nnd Mrs. John
Davis of Hastings, who allowed his
fingor to run over a wheel nnd under
a chain of a running btndor "Just to
sco if it would hurt," submitted to an
amputation of tho Injured member.
Hundreds of Adams county farmers
wore mailed letters by tho Hastings
Commerclnl club urging them to Join
In making August 24 good roads day,
one for united action. Neighborhood
picnic dlnnors nre planned for par
ticipants. ,
W. E. Andrews of Hastings, former
congressman, has announced his can
dldacy for republican nomination for
congress.
Barney Oldflcld will raco against
his record and raco. with Do Lloyd
Thompson, tho aeroplane wizard, each
day September 0 to 10, at tho stato
fair.
A feature of tho fanners' national
congresB which moots nt Omaha Sop
toniber 28 will bp nn address on "Tho
Farmer and a Merchant Marine," by
Congressman Dan V. Stephens of No
braska
PROBLEM OF BREAKING UP BROODY HEN
Pure-Bred Orpington Cock.
Broody hens seem to bo a serious
problem for many, nnd somo peoplo
havo objected to tho Orpingtons be
cauSo of this. Ono man Bays ho baa
kopt both Buff OrplngtonB and White
Orpingtons and has never had much
trouble with either of thorn. Of
courso they will becomo broody, but
It Is not n hard mattor to break up
a broody lion If the right methods
aro pursued.
Tho prlnclplo on which all mothods
for stopping broodlnesfl must bo
based to succeed without real cruelty
tq tho hens, is to havo something
under them that it will be lmposslblo
for them to wnrm up. Tho easiest
way to provide this Is by having tho
coop 60 open beneath that tho air
will clrculato up around them. A
hen will sit on a board and porsist,
but sha will not sit on n nest with a
cavity under it and n screen wlro bot
tom. Sho will sit anywhero without
oggs under her so long as tho condi
tions aro right so eggs would hatch
If thdy wore under her, but instinct
Becms to warn her when conditions
aro not right, and she will soon quit.
Another thing noticed Is that
whero lions havo been Bhut up for
broodlncss thoro Is a tendency to
HOW TO OPERATE INCUBATOR '
Temperature of Place Where Machine
Is Kept 8hould Not Vary Uso
Only Fresh Eggs.
Caro should be taken that tho torn-
poraturo of tho placo whero tho ma-
chino Is kopt doos not vary. To aocuro
an even temperaturo it is a good plan
to place tho lncubntor in an outhouse,
which ohould bo locked up, thus pro
venting tho opening and closing of tho
door ns much as possible. Tho build
ing should bo well ventilated at tho
top and be free from drafts. In tho
middle of the houso Is tho best placo
for tho machlno, as this allows tho air
to clrculnto around tt. It should novor
bo put In n corner or against a wall,
as frcfih air is essential during tho
process of Incubation.
Tho machine should stand either on
a low form or on the floor, na this al
lows tho heat lnsldo to bo regular. If
tbe egg drawer Is but half an inch
lower at tho front than tho back, tho
front will not bo as wnrm as tho back.
Fresh eggs, of course, must bo used.
Whore It can bo managed, thoy should
be put into tho incubator tho samo
day thoy havo boon laid. Thoy may
be two or three days old, but tho most
successful results aro obtained from
now-Iald ones. All tho egga should bo
of as near tho samo size as possible.
And very small or very largo ones
should not bo chosen, us thoy often
provo unfertile.
HINTS FOR POULTRY RAISERS
Insure Uniformity of Product by Keep
ing 8tandard-Bred Stock Gather
Eggs Twice Dally.
To Producers Kcop standard-bred
.itock, thus Insuring uniformity of
products. Sell only full-sized (two
ounce) fresh, clean, uniform eggs.
Keep nests clean; conflno broody
nons; gathor eggs twice dally. Keep
In a cool placo, free from odors of all
kinds.
Do not offer for sale small, dirty,
checked, stained or doubtful eggs
Most of these may be consumed at
homo at full market value.
Fatten all surplus poultry, bringing
itock up to stundard weight.
To ShlpporB Pack oggs only in
standard cases, with medium fillers,
using excelsior, cork shavings, cut
Btrnw or corrugated board.
Store cuso in cool, dry placo, only
freo from odors, avoiding heat,
droughts and dampness.
Ship eggB often, at least twice a
wook in wnrm weather, uy oxpress or
In refrigerator cars.
Ship llvo, healthy poultry In largo
standard coops ; dressed poultry neat
ly wrapped and packed In boxes or
barrels, p rellablo dealers.
i-
tako them outsldo and away from tho
others and often In tho open, covering
them over with aomothlng to koop
tho rain off thorn. This method pro
vides tho seclusion and darkened;
plnco Just to suit a lion, nnd then It
tho coop restB on tho ground tho con
ditions nro idonl to her mind, and sho
cannot bo blamed for proparing for a'
threo wcoks' stay. Hons will break
up sooner if they are kept in tho lot
whero tho others nro scratching and1
foodlng and arc shut In a coop that;
will not permit their sitting down nnd
warming up a nost A Blattcd bottom
located In tho scratching shod, with
nests undor it, has been used, and.
threo days was tho average tlmo re
quired to stop them, and they some
times began laying in a week.
Do not let lions sit on tho nesta a
week or two nnd then try to break
them up. It is much easier to break
thorn at onco tho first tlmo they ro
maln on tho nosta at night, for thoy
aro not very determined, nnd often
will not persist If kopt up ono day.
Then hens that aro broken up at
onco will go to laying sooner after
boing broken up than thoso that are
left to sit a weak first, and you get
tho week of extra work also.
FEEDING HENS AND PULLETS
Profits Decrease Where Young and
Old Stook Aro Kept Together
Provldo Separate Yards.
A good many peoplo who might oth
erwise bo successful with tholr poul
try havo thejr profit; decreased bocauso
thoy allow tho young and old stock
to remain undlvidod in tho samo houso
or pon or both during tho growing
porlod.
At this particular tlmo tho young
stock needs a groat deal of food and
neods to bo protected from tho old
ones, which, if allowed to do bo, will
abuso thorn moro or less. If freo rango
is lmposslblo, provldo soparato yarda
and always koop tho young in Bopa-
rato buildings, if possible, or In a Bop-
arato room at loast. . If you haven't
a soparato building you can very eas
ily provldo an extra room of somo
sort for them to roost in.
PullotB getting ready to lay neod
moro food as a rulo than hens which
havo molted out well, bocauso tho
pullets need to finish tholr growth
and maturity, as well as mako oggs.
This is another reason why tho young
stock and tho old should bo kopt sop
arato. Tho food question should also
bo considered as tho young hon often
needs different rations than tho old
In order to produco certain qualities
which tho ono has and tho other has
not.
PROVIDE SHADE AND WATER
Two Important Factors With Poultry
During Hot Days of Summer
Not a Difficult Task.
These two factors aro all important,
with tho poultry thoso days and should
bo always at hand.
Wntorlng but onco a day will not
suffice Evon if suppllod in sufficient
quantity, it soon becomes warm and
unpalatable, for tho poultry appreoiato
a cool drink on hot days as woll as
wo do oursolvos. If you don't think
bo, try it.
Koop tho water dlshos in shady
places and so arranged that tho water
will not becomo readily fouled with
dirt.
No shade Is so accoptablo to poultry
as tho shado of treos, bushes, growing
corn or othor plants. Evory farmer
almost can provldo this easily and it
is nonrly a sin to fonco tho flocks from
It. But nny shade Is bettor than no
fihndo and It no other can bo given a
sholtcr from tho sun of old boards or
any matorial at hand will answer.
Wntor, shado and plenty of feed aro
tho threo absolute essentials for the
growing chicks theso hot days as
woll as for tho balanco of the flocks.
Soo to it that your flocks lack none,
of them.