THE SEMi-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. FROM 11 PITS EVENTS OF THE DAY HELD TO A FEW LINES. LATE EVENTS BOILED Perconal, Political, Foreign and Other Intelligence Interesting to the General Readers. WAR NEWS. It Is reported in Pnrls thnt Italy lias declnred cotton contraband of war. One hundred and eight casualties resultd from two Zeppelin air, raids upon tho eastern counties of England. A dispatch received in London says that a British submarine operating in tho Sea of Marmora, sunk a Turkish transport which was carrying twenty eight centimetre guns from Constanti nople to Gallipoli. Berlin spent more than $11,000,000 during tho first year of tho war in re lief work among tho families of sol diers, it is said. In addition, more than $12,000,000 was appropriated to help poor persons pay their rent and to buy thom food. At least 1,000 Christians were kill ed and about 4,000 others died of dis ease in Urumlah, Persia, during the live months of Turkish occupation, according to a letter received by J. L. Caldwell, American minister at Te heran, from Dr. William A. Shedd of "Urumlah, and made public In Now York. It lias become known In Sofia, Bui fiaria, that Serbia's reply to the en tente powers regarding Bulgaria's claim on Serbia is unsatisfactory to the entente powers. The Serbian note proposes a modus vlvendl for carrying out a settlement, which it Is felt by the entente governments, Bulgaria would not accept "The United States will havo tho cream after the war. Great Britain will have to bo content with milk, and the other belligerents with skimmed milk." This sums up the report pre sented to the British association in London by a special committee ap pointed to study tho effects of the war on credit and finance. GENERAL. The total attendance at the Pana ma-Paclfic exposition has passed tho 12,000,000 mark, it was announced in San Francisco, Sept. C. For tho first time In its history Loo Angeles had a woman mayor. Mrs. Estelle Lawtoii Lindsey, president pro tern of tho city council, assumed tho duties of chief executive In the ab sence of Mayor Charles Sebastian. Mrs. Scott Durand of Clilcago, whose $51,000 herd of Guernsey cattlo Is to bo slaughtered because of foot-and-mouth Infection, will buy another lierd at once and continue hor dairy ing, the wealthy dairy woman has an nounced. Disturber IV broke all records for motor boat racing In Chicago in win ning tho second race for tho national championship and the Wirlgye cup. The big racer covered thirty-five miles In 33:08, or at the rato of 54.4 miles an hour. The clearing of debris from tho sub marine F-4, which was lost outside Honolulu harbor, March 25, with all Iiands, and which was raised recently and is now in dry dock, is practically completed. Llttlo hope is entertained for the identifications of tho bodies of the twenty-two men, who perished in the submarine. The two Maxwell cars which were piloted to first and third place In tho Omaha 300-mllo race on July 5 last by Eddie Rickonbacher and Tom Orr liave been sold to Carl Fisher and James Allison of Indianapolis. The price is said to have been In excoss of $25,000. General Venustlano Carranza, first chief of tho constitutionalist party of Mexico has declined to acquiesce in the invitation of tho diplomatic repre- sentatlves of the United States and the Latin countries that he Join tho leaders of tho Ynrious factions in Mexico In an endeavor to bring about peace. Announcement is made In Madrid, Snaln. that a new steamship lino be tween Spain and tho United States Is to bo established. It Is said King Al fonso will glvo his support to tho en torprlse. Gustav Stall!, the German reservist, who sword he saw four guns on the Lusitanla Just before sho sailed from Now York on her last trip, but later admitted his affidavit was false, was sentenced by Federal Judge Hough to eighteen months imprisonment In tho federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. An order for more than 400.00Q glass house tank blockB to bo shipped to Japan by a Steubenvllle, Ohio, clay company has been received. Tho order Is said to bo tho largest of its fcind over given in tho United States, A. G. Spalding, the well known sporting goods manufacturr, died at his home in San Diego, Cat. Atchison, Kas., Is now added to tho list of cities In tho Missouri vnlloy which nro seeking to -havo Billy Sun day givo them one day of his Omaha engagement Tho total population of Now York itato Is 9,773,817, according to figures submitted to the constitutional con- VOtilJnn nt Allinnv Mnw York CltV lms 5,060,222, nn lncraso of 300.CG1 In live years. Twenty-one divorce cases will bo Included in the... sjixty-threo now suits on tho court docket for tho September term, which begins nt Clnrlndn, la., Septembor 21. Negotiations wore begun In Now York In the private library of J. P. Morgan for tho fioatlng of a big credit loan in this country, believed to bo about $500,000,000, to tho allies. All records were broken for attend- mice at the Nebraska state fair at Lincoln, a total of 182,000 attending. It is nearly 20,000 more than In 1912, which lias heretofore hold the record. At the age of 107, Mrs. Mary Sago ot Glen Falls, N. Y has Joined the suffragettes, at the same time fer vently declaring. "My one ambition is to live long enough to cast a vote, and I think I will." SPORTING. Kid Butler of St. Joseph, knock ed out Johnnie CahlU of Omaha in tho third round of a scheduled ten-round bout in St. Jospeb, Mo. Tho Western leaguo baseball sea sbn closed Labor Day, Sept. G, with tho usual double-headers. Des Moines won tho 1915 pennant, with Denver In second place. Portland, managed by Hugh Duffy, former star outfielder of the Boston Nntlonals, won the pennant of the New England league, which closed its senson Sept. C. Johnny Kilbano of Cleveland, feath erweight champion, had little trouble In defending the title against Alvlo Miller of Lorraln. O.. in a twelve- round bout at Cedar Point, Ohio. Brooke Townsend of Denver retain ed his title of state tennis champion by defeating Don Harkor, former state champion. The score was 6-2, G-l and 6-0. A new national tennis champion was crowned in Forest Mills, N. Y., when William Johnston of San Fran cisco defeated Maurice E. McLough lln, nlso of the golden gate city, in a gruelling four-set match for tho singles title. 4 A new pacing record for the Ne braska state fair half-mile track at Lincoln was put up when Hal McKln ney, an Omaha horse, owned by Rob ert Sebastian, covered the mllo In 2:07, a quarter second better than any previous mark. Joe Steelier, the Nebraska wrestler, easily defeated Paul Martinson, Chi cago mat artist, In straight falls in. Chicago. Steelier won tho first fnll in 21:32 with a body scissors and wrist lock, and the second In 8:27, with a body scissors. Johnny Ertle of St. Paul was fouled by "Kid" Williams of. Baltimore, world's champion bantamweight, In the fifth round of their scheduled ten round no-decision fight In -St Paul. Referee Barton announced from the ring despite the no-decision boring law, that ErUe had won on a foul. WASHINGTON. Postoitlco inspectors havo been de tailed to make an investigation with a viow to appointment of a postmaster at Frold, Deuel county, Nebraska, to fill a vacancy caused by resignation. A $300 contribution to tho treasury conscience fund was received from a Maine women, who wrote thnt she wished to pay duty on some clothes smuggled Into tho country for a friend twenty years ago. A plan to appoint a commission of business men to mobilize business re. sources of the United States In case of war was presented to President Wilson by Bernard Baruch, a New York banker. In tho first year of Its operation, completed September 2, the federal war risk lnsuranco bureau wrote 1,245 policies on American ships and car goes with a risk aggregating $82,709, 089, according to a report made by Director W. C. DeLancy. Ambassador Pago at London has been instructed to make vigorous rep resentations to tho British foreign of flee for tho releaso of Amorlcan-owned shipments of German goods now hold up at Rotterdam under tho British or-ders-ln-councll, Secretary Lansing announced that Ambassador Penfiold at Vienna has been instructed to Inform tho Austro Hungarian government that Dr. Con stantln Dumba no longer is acceptable as an onvoy to tho United States and to ask for bis recall. CASE TO HIGH COURT GOV. TO LAY HALL MATTER BE- FORE SUPREME BUNCH. ACCEPTS HALL'S CHALLENGE Nebraska Executive Says Decision Will Show Who Is Breaking Law Or Exceeding His Authority. Llncoln.-aovcrnor Morohend Iiub ncceptod the challenge of State Treas urer Hall lo take the matter of tho Issuing of warrants to certain depart ments to the euprome court, and says that as soon as It convenes tho matter will bo decided wliethor the governor Is breaking the law or the treasurer exceeding ills authority in denying payment of food commission warrants and those of other departments. The governor says he hns the ut most confidence In Deputy Food Com missioner Hnrnian, and believes he should be nllowed to retain tho mon ey collected In his department, pay ing out what is needed for tho run ning expenses and turning the re mainder in to tho state treasurer. The food commissioner, It is said, will not keep fees of Iilo office to pay expenses of running tho department, but that be will pay in the $25,932 on hand. Horse Plague Reported. JJr. J. S. Anderson, stnto veteri narian, was called to Craig recently to investigate a report that the horso plague that killed so many animals In tho middle west three years ago had again nppearcd. Five head of liorses owned by S. W. Walstrom have died and two other3 arc report ed dying. Reports thnt the plnguo had agaiu appeared in Nebraska have been received several times this sum mer from the western part of tho state. When the plague of unknown origin did so much dahiage In No" braska Dr. Anderson assisted in tho investigation of hundreds of cases and lit is convinced that It was neith er n contagious nor infectious disease, but that the deaths were due to pois onous forage. He found In every case the liorses that died had eaten of green forage or hay or grass that had not been thoroughly cured. Washington Stands First. Washington county was awarded first place by Judges of the hortlcul Uiral division of the state fair In tho collective exhibits; second to Nema ha county; third lo Lancaster, and fourth to Furnas county. Collective school exhibit awards as follows were made by the Judges of the educational division. School work by city, Geneva first; Holdrego second, Blooinfield third. School by towns, Nelson first, Seward second, Osceola third. Boelus won first premium in a village school exhibit. Rural schools work, Holt county first, Flllmoro second, Morrill third. Crete received tho first nwnrd for tho best modm city school build ing; Polk county for the best rural school buildings. Nebraska Made Goods. The exhibit of tho Nebraska Manu facturers' association at the fair last week was one of the new features An entire nuuuing was turned over to the association and goods made In Nebraskn wero shown. Nearly every. tiling from a spark plug to the most expensive garments in tho world were found In the building. Tho exhibition of mado In Nebraska goods proved to be an eye opener for the many thou sands of Ncbraskans who visited tho fair. Hog Cholera In Buffalo. Hog cholera is again in evidence In Buffalo county and many animals have died, according to reports reach, lng tho state veterinarians. Tho dls ease was first located in the northern part of tho county, but spread during tho past week until evidences of It nro found north and south of tho river. Veterinarians to Meet. About sixty-five veterinarians ot tho stale, mainly graduates of veterinary or agricultural colleges, attended meeting at Lincoln recently and It was Incidentally decided to hold tho annual meeting of tho stato veter inary association in Lincoln during the first part of December. Leaves Kearney Normal. R. F. Richardson of the Kearney Normal school has severed his con ncctlon with that institution, accord lng to word received at the office of the stato superintendent, and will head one of the departments of edu cation at the University ot Maine County Fair at Kearney. The Buffalo county fair this year at Kearney promises to outdo anything that has over been pulled off in that section. Besides the largo exhibits In all lines of production and manu facturo, thero will bo a three days' racing program. Call Copstltutlonal Convention. A call for a constitutional couven tlon confcrcnco, nt which plans will Ik) completed for submission of an In ltlatlvo proposition for such a gath erlng has been Issued for Septembor 18, Tho confcrcnco will bo 'held In Lincoln, and F. E. Brogan 'of Omaha and E. A. Sheldon or that city will moko speeches, and various commit tees selected at a meeting several months ago will make reports as to stato organization and other mattera of importance CONDENSED NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. Tne town of (Marks is to have n Chautauqua next yoar. Tho city of Fremont expects to reach 20,000 population In 1920. The now $20,000 parochial school Tit Kearney was dedicated last week Evaogollst F, E. Ollvo Is holding n six weeks' revival meeting In Bent-' rice. The total enrollment for tho Bent- rice schools on tho opening day was 1.7C9. September 2S to October 9 are tho dates fixed for the Ak-Sar-Bon at Omaha. Lenard Nelhnum and Klaus Dykman wero killed by lightning near Lodge Pole. The First Stato bank of Murphy has received n charter from tho slate bnnklng board. Chester H. Aldrlch, former govern or, has announced his cnndldncy for the United States senate. ('Ml service examinations will bo held on October 9 for postniaBtor nt Plckrell. Hailstones seven Indies around fell in tho vicinity of Greeley recent ly, doing much da in a go. The town of Decatur Is nbout to go Into the municipal ownership of a boat line between thnt city and Omaha. Joo Steelier caaii downed Gus Gus- tonsen In straight falls nt tho stato fair grounds nt Lincoln last week. During a thunder storm lightning struck tho Mothodlst pnrsonago at Friend, doing considerable damage. Retail harnossmakcrs at their con vention in Lincoln, recently, selected Columbus for tho 191G meeting place. Omaha Is to havo another $1,000,000 hotel. It will bo a fourteen story structure and work will becln next April. Peaches arc almost unknown In Richardson county whoro the severo weather of last winter destroyed the crop. Joe Schlatcr, son of F. E. Schlater of Plattsmouth, received a. broken col larbone while playing with comnan- ions. Kenneth Arford of Stamford, four- year-old son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Harry Arford, foil backwards into a boiler full of boiling water and was severely scnlded. . W. K. Strode, who has been con nected with various nancrs in Blnir for tho last nineteen years, is tho new business manager of the Blair Demo crat. A Billy Sunday special will Ik run by the Union Pacific on September 19, to Omaha from Vnlloy, Wahoo, Yutan, Stromsburg, Vajparalso and Central City. In a land deal Just concluded at Weeping Water 1G0 acres of farm land was sold for $31,200, at tho rato of $195 an acre. So far as known, David C. Bliss ot Mlnden hns tho record for strawber ries in Soptembcr In Nebraska. On ono plant ho counted 108 berries from small bud to ripo berry. County commissioners of Jofferson county are considering the proposi- tlon of building a bridge to span tho Bluo river at Falrbury. Adam Broedo, proprietor of the Hastings Tribune, has purchased tho Hastings Republican from F. A. Wat- kins and S. G. Evans and bus consol idated it with the Tribune. J. B. McDowell, ono of tho ploneors of Jefferson and Gage counties, cele brated his ninety-year anniversary September 1, at Falrbury. Tho headquarters of tho Cudahy Packing company, which wero remov ed to Chicago two years aco. aro to bo brought back to Omaha. Lightning destroyed tho barn of William Fraser. north of Odessa. twolve head of horseB, a cow, farm implements and hay wero burned. Mrs. J. W. Astroni of Osceola died from burns received when kerosene, with which sho was starting a fire, exploded at the homo of her father. Out-of-tho-stalo bidders, entered in tho stato bridge-letting at St. Paul and captured tho contract for a struc ture of fivo spans of 150 feet each. According to a report prepared by tho board of public works upon tho year's business at tho Fremont muni cipal plant, a not profit of $8,180 has been paid tho city. Tho 5-year-old son of Henry BInklo, living four miles west of Mudison, had his skull crushed. Tho hay fork In the bnm fell twenty feet, striking tho boy on the back of his head Owing to trade conditions, tho largo force of men employed in tho Demp stor factory at Beatrice ban been cut down to a nlno hour day scale with a comploto shut down Saturdays. President E. L. May of tho Stato Investment compnny states that tho Paddock hotol, at Boatrlco, will bo opened to tho public November 1, In stead of October 1, as first planned. Two thousand letter carriers at tended the blcunlnl convention of tho National Association ot Letter Car riers, at Omaha last week. Dallas, Texas, won tho 1917 mooting. cided to hold a fall festival, to lust four days, beginning on Sept. 28 and ending Oct. 1. An automobile driven by" Dick Van Donsolar in a raco against timo at tho Dixon County Fair at Concord turned a comploto somersnult whon a tiro exploded. Tho drlvor escaped injury. City Electrician Grant Plilpps of Te kamah was accidentally electrocuted at tho power house when he attempt ed to mend a break beneath tho switchboard without turning off the curront. BUILD A CURTAIN-FRONT POULTRY HOUSE to to 1 t f7p Front framing Pan Aftor working and experimenting with heated houses and then with glass front houses nnd vnrlous other kinds, many poultrymcn nnd Investiga tors, camo to tho conclusion that thoy had not yet discovered tho right way to build tholr poultry houses. Then camo a rndlcal change. It was from tho closed wnrm houso to tho curtain front house. Tlicso houses wero con structed with two windows In front, ono at each end, nnd In tho center a long opening. Tho bottom ot tlita open window was high enough from tho floor so thero waB no dlroct draft on tho birds. Tho wnlls of tho houso word built absolutely tight so thoro wero no drafts. Tho opening was cov ered only by a light cotton curtain. Thorough trlnls of this Btylo of houso dovolopcd tho fact that tho fowls kopt in bucIi buildings woro moro healthy nnd vigorous nnd produced moro oggs than under other systems. So thnt now tho curtain-front houso has como to bo generally accepted as tho most desirable poultry houso to build. Tho froo circulation of nlr through tho houso removes all dampness, tho litter Is kopt dry, nnd Uio birds scratch froo- ly in it. Aftor soveral yoars of experiment ing tho Maine ngrlcultural experiment station has ndopted tho following plan as tho most economical in construc tion: Each pon 20x20 feet will houso 100 birds; a houso may bo mado up of as many or as tow sections or pons as tho owner desires. A door In each partition will mako it easy to do tho work. In long houses ono end soction may bo loft for n food room. Threo GxG-lnch sills run tho longth of tho Iioubo, tho contor ono supports tho floor timbers in tho middlo of tho houso, while tho outsldo onoa rest on a rougli stono wall, high enough from tho ground for dogs and cats to go under tho building to look nftor rats, otc, that may harbor thoro. Tho stone wnll rostB on tho surfneo of tho ground, with largo opcnlngo in it ev ery 20 feet to nllow tho circulation of air. This keeps tho ground and tim bora dry during tho summer. Tho floor timbers aro 2x6 inchos and rest on top of tho sills, Tho front studs nro eight feet, six inchos high. Tho two sidos of tho root aro unoqual in width, tho ridgo belug olght feet from J'' 7 Door 5 ib dr t l Ff. iL E'ndF'rcctniriyPan tho front wall. Tho holght of tho ridgo from tho sill to tho oxtrcmo top of raftors is 12 foot 4 inchos. All studding is 2x4 inches. Tho building Is covored with ono inch rough lum ber, then paporod and covered with rustic Biding. Tho roof is covered with ono-lnch boards and thin building pa por, and thon shlnglod. Tho cost of tho building may bo lessoned by using shlplap for tho sides and by covering with a high grado roofing paper. Tho front ot tho building or of each soction has storm windows, 2 foot 11 Inches by 4 feet G inches, ThOBO glass windows aro acrowod on up rights 2 foot 8 inchos from each end of tho room. Thoy aro throo foot abovo tho floor. Tho dlstanco botween tho windows is 8 foot 10 inches, and the top part of it, to a depth of 3 feet 0 inchos from tho plato, is not boarded up, but Is loft open to bo covered by a cloth curtain whon necessary. This loaves a tight wall 3 foot 10 inches high, extending from tho bottom of tho oponlng down to tho floor, which pro vents tho wind from blowing on tho birds whon thoy aro on tho floor. A door, 2 feet 10 inches wido, for on tranco to tho yard, is mado in tho front wall. Tho lower halt is boarded, tho uppor covered by tho curtain. Anothor door, 15x15 inches, Is placod six inchos from tho floor undor ono of tho win dows for tho birds to pass through tho front yard. A similar door in tho con tor of back wall admits thorn to tho rear yard. A light framo, mado ot 1x3 Inch strips and lxG-inch cross tees, is covered with ten-ounce whito duck or unbleached shooting and hingod at tho top of tho front opening, which it cov ers when closed down. This curtain Is easily turned up Into tho room and 3 5'3'. 5. xxt-a o.c hold in plnco by hooks In tho celling. Tho rooat platform should bo mado tight. It extends tho full longth ot tho room against tho back wnll, and is feet 10 Inchos wide and threo foot nbovo tho floor. It is thou high onough for a person to got under whon necessary to handlo tho birds or clenn out tho houso. Thoro nro threo roosts, framed together in two 10-foot boc tlons. Tho top 1b ono foot abovo tho platform nnd hinged to tho back wall, bo they may bo turned up out of tho way when tho platform is bolng cleaned. Tho bnck roost is 12 inches from tho wnll, nnd tho spnees between tho noxt two nro 1G inches, Thoy aro mndo of 2x3-lnch lumbor placed on odgo, with tho uppor cornorB rounded off. Tho roosting closot Is shut oft from tho rest of tho room by curtains similar to tho ono described for tho front of tho houso. For convonlonco In handling thoro nro two of thoso curtains, each 9 feet 8 inchos long and threo fcot wido, hinged at tho top bo as to bo turned out and hooked up. This leaves a space of 2 fcot G inchos bctwoon tho curtain nnd tho roof. This Bpaco ia celled, and in It aro two open ings, onch three feet long and six Inchos wido, provided with a slldo door for vontilatlng tho roosting closot whon necessary. Tho nests aro placed on framowork under tho roosting board. This framo should extend at least throo inches beyond tho back of tho nests, and should bo so arranged that thoy may bo oaslly removed for cleaning. If sovornl ot theso houses aro Joined together to mako ono long laying1 houso, a door should bo placod in ov ory compartmont fivo inches out from tho edgo of tho roosting platform. Thoso doorB aro throo foot wido and soven foot high, divided in tho middlo longthwlso, and each half is hung with doublo-ncttng spring hinges, allowing it to nwlng both wayB nnd to bo kopt closed, without attontlon. Extending acroBs tho building and through tho contor of tho doorways a track of wood or iron may bo placod for tho ready movement of a suspend ed car. Tho platform of this car should bo 2x8 foot und elevated about ono foot abovo tho floor. Attached to each ond of tho platform is an iron guard which projects ono foot beyond. As tho car passes through tho building this guard strikes tho clnnrn nnrt Wishes them opon easily. All food and water can bo carried thfpugh tho houso on thia car, and It will prove , groat labor Bavor in a long laying houao. Tho droppings from tho roost ing boards may also bo removed on it, boing gathered in pails or boxoa, loaded on tho car nnd pushod to tho manure shod. CHICKENS RELISH A VARIETY Fowls Need Somethlnjj Bulky and 8ucoulent to Take Place of Grass and Green Vegetation. Whon digging potatoos, artichokes or othor crops, store soma In a placo easily accosslblo and do not forgot to givo your fowls tho bonoflt of thom. Tho poultry noods somothing bulky nnd Bucculont to tako tho placo of tho tender grnss and other green vegeta tion on which thoy havo boen feeding for months. llomombor, nn oxclusivo grain ration is to concentrated. Givo thom somothing "filling" for a chango and aeo how thoy will onjoy it. Varioty is spice for hens as woll ns humans, and healthy fowls aro tho rosult if this truth Is kept in mind, and incidentally wo might say, healthy fowls fill tho ogg basket. Don't Use Diseased Fowl. No fowl should over bo used in tho brooding pen that at ono timo in Its lifo had a contagious dlseaso. But no harm can como from using birds that had boen afflicted with slight colds or frozen combs. 1- T