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THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. MIS BRIEFLY TOLD INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA. MATER OH LESSER IMPORT Inclu'dca What Is Going On at Wash ington and In Other Sections of the Country. WAR -NEWS. A Swiss roilorl snya the royal pal nee at Stuttgart was badly damaged b thu raid of the allied aviators last week. A new army of 110,000 has been sent to the assistance of the allied forces at the Dardanelles, according to reports reaching Berlin. A new mobilization decree promul gated by Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria calls to tho colors twenty-seven class es of reserve troops, between the ages of 18 and 45. The total subscription to the new German loan given out In Amsterdam totals 12,030,000,000 marks (3,007, 9 P00.000. This is said to be tho great est war loan in history. All eligible Russians In China have been called to the colors under tho most- recent ukase, according to a Pe- lting dispatch. It is reported that Har. " bin and Vladivostok will soon bo de nuded of men of military age. k L'nver Pasha, Turkish minister of war, In. an Interview "with tho Con stantinople correspondent of tho Ber lin Ttiggeblutt on Sept'nber 1C, stat ed that Turkey now has 2,000,000 men under arms. as a result of strikes In several factories in Russia, the military gov ernor of Pctrograd has caused tho posting of a proclamation demanding all employes return to work under penalty of court-martial. Greece has decided upon mobiliza tion of its army and lias called the classes of 1892 to 1911 to the colors. Athens dispatches quote the official statement that Greece intends to de fend Its own rights and support Ser bia. Diplomatic circles In Athens have been Informed that Bulgarian war ships, which were stationed at Varna on the Black sea, have sought shelter in a neighboring bay and that the Bul garians are fortifying their Black sea ports. Berlin reports that commanders of Gorman submarines have been given strict orders that in case of doubt as to the Intentions of liners they are to take the safo course and permit the ship to escape rather than run the slightest risk of error. Minister of Munitions Lloyd George has Issued an appeal to the people of Great Britain to let the government decide whether or not compulsory mil itary service of all able-bodied men Is necessary to win the world war. The situation, ho says, Is the gravest tho country has ever faced. GENERAL. Property totaling more than $100, 00,000 Is now ow,ned by tho -Young Men's Christian association In cities throughout tho country, according to tho annual report mndo public in Chi cago. Tho total association member ship is 020,789. During tho half year ending Juno 30 the producing of coal . in Great Britain declined by 1.1,148,000 tons, or 8.9 per cent over the corresponding period for last year, according to an official statement by the London board of trade. ' lligner average rates of Interests In tho United States will bo one of tho inevitable results of tho European war,' formor United States Senator Theodoro E. Burton of Ohio told tho Investment Bankers Association of America at Denver. Included In the cargo of the Dutch steamer Sloterdljk, arriving in New Orleans from Rotterdam, were 1,847 cases of German-made toy3, said to be tho fret shipment of Christmas novelties from Germany received at a southern port this year. Two hundred persons were dropped thirty feet Into a great gap in a now sub-way, under construction In New York, when It caved in for an entiro block. Eight people were killed and many injured. The Rteamshlp Eastland, which cap sized In tho Chicago river July 24, drowning 812 persons, has been or dered sold by Federal Judge Landls to satisfy a claim of $34,500 for the worc of raising Hho boat from tho river bottom. Tho ship will bo sold at auction on December 20. Walter Taliaferro, a military avia tor, attached to tho signal corps at San Diego, Calif., broke tho American endurance record for pilot alono when lie stayed In tho air nine hours and forty-five minutes. Tho Anti-Saloon lenguo of Missouri, through the next legislature, "will seek ngaln to bring about stnto-wlde pro hibition, it was announced at tho league's headquarters In St. Louis. President Wilson will bo nBkcd to recommend to the next congress fed eral reclamation of 80,000,000 acres of swamp and ovcrllow lnnds as the re sult of n resolution adopted at San Francisco by the Nntlonal Dnilnago congress. Tho biggest cattle run In tho his tory of the Omaha yards was recorded Septembor 20. Tho run totaled C2C cars, making J 7,1 83 head. The pre vious record was mndo Octobor 19, 1914, when 027 cars, containing 10,775 head, wore received. Delegates to' the senate convention of tho Women's Christian Temperance Union In session In Denver, Colo., voted to Initiate a constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufac turing, gift or sale of cigarets, clgaret tobacco and papers In Colorado. SPORTING. Minneapolis team of the American association won tho 1915 pennant in thnt league, It being tho fourth pen nnnt won by that team In the last six years. Eddie Rlckenbacker, Omaha auto mobile racer, won the 100-mile $10,000 sweepstakes automobile,, race at tho Nnrragansct park speedway nt Prov idence, R. I. His time was 89:24:70. All motor car speed records for ten miles were broken by Darlo Resta at the new Shepshend motordome . at New York. Ho made the distance In 5 minutes 32 4-5 seconds, it being at the rate of 104.4 miles an hour. Five hundred and one horses are entered to start in the twenty-six late closing stakes of tho Grand Crlcult trotting meeting, which begins in Lex ington, Ky., on October 4. Eighty-five thousand dollars are hung up In purses for the events. Columbia Fire, bay gelding pacer, owned by Ed Bohannon of Lincoln, Neb., easily beat Hal McKlnney, own ed by C. N. Clark of Wlnfleld, Knn., In two lively heats at the Douglas county fnlr at "Benson, Neb., for a purso of $1,100. William N. Johnston, national ten nis champion, was defeated in an ex hibition game In St. Louis by M. E. McLaughlin, whom he defeated in the recent national tournament. Two sets wore plnyed and in each set tho score was G-4 in favor of McLoughlln. Mrs. W. E. Daust of St. Louis drove Bud C. to a division of first and sec ond money In the 2.25 trot at the Illi nois state fnlr at Springfield. Mrs. Daust Is the only woman on the west ern circuit and one of the few suc cessful women drivers on the turf. Official timers at the new Sheeps head Bay automobile speedway, New York, asserted that Eddie Rlcken backer had set a new world's record for one Inp of tho two-mile course by covering the distance In 1:001-5, or at the rate of 108.70 miles an hour. Ty Cobb's stolen base during tho Detroit-Philadelphia game, Sept. 23, gives him Uie record of tho American league, It was stated by a statistician In Chicago. The previous record of the league was eighty-eight, bases stolen by Milan of Washington in 1912. Cobb has stolen eighty-nine. WASHINGTON. The Slate department has Icon ad vised that General Carranza now has moved all the departments nf his gov eminent from Vera Cruz to Mexico ("II y and again Is prcparlus; to go to the capital' himself. Counsel for Union Pacific Railroad Co. stockholders and others filed a brief in tho supreme court nttacklng as unconstitutional tho Income tax pro visions of the Undorwood-SimmB tariff law.' Tho British government is pre pared to receive applications unoffic ially through the foreign trade ad visers of the state department for re lease of $167,000,000 worth of Amer ican canned goods held at Rotterdam. Soveral American philanthropists have signified a willingness to pro vide funds for bringing to this coun try persecuted Armenians In tho far east who desire to emigrate, accord ing to advices that havo reached the State department. President Wilson was appeuled to In a telegram from tho St. Louis branch of tho American Neutrality league to. use the Influence of tho ad ministration to prevent federal re servo banks, other banks and insur ance companies lending money to any of tho European belligerents. In a note on tho case of tho ship William P. Fryo, Germnny lias riven the United States formal assurance that American vesselB carrying con (iltfonal contraband will, under r.o circumstances, bo destroyed, oven t' ough deemed lawful prlzd. Business conditions throughout the country are showing- improvement and trade generally is picking up, accord ing to members, of the federal advis ory council, which held Its regular quarterly session with , tho Federal Reserves board. WINTER APPLE SHOW PROMISES TP BE BEST IN HIC TORY OF NEBRASKA. HELD IN LINCOLN JAN. 18 TD 20 Secretary of statp Horticultural Board Sending Out Premium Lists to All GroWers. Lincoln. Tho winter apple show to bo held In Lincoln January 18 to 20 is being boomed by Secretnry J R. Dunrnn of tho state horticultural society, the organization under whoso auspices tho show will bo given. Tho show is to bo held in connection with the annual meeting of the society. Mr. Duncan Is sending out premium lists which show that competition -is open to all Nebraska growers and no fees of any kind nro required. All fruit must bo In placo Monday morn ing, January 17, at 10 o'clock, and ro main In placo until Friday, January 20, at 4 o'clock. Each exhibitor is ex pected to send his fruit prepaid to the Beatrlco Creamery company to be placed In cold storage. The society will pay storage charges and deliver tho fruit freo to tho show room. Sec retary Duncan says the display of fruit at the stato fair was the largost over had at any fair, and he believes the exhibit at the winter apple show should beat any over held In tho west. Only One Under Federal Rule. Just one stato bank out of nearly 800 in Nebraska has entered tho fed ral resorvo Bystem under the new cur rency law. This was the Information given out by the stato banking board. Tho lono institution is situated nt Lewellen in Garden county, it has $25,000 capitalization. A law passed) by the last legislature pormits stato banks to enter tho federal system. Before that, however, tho banking board announced that It would allow such stops to bo taken without for mal legal permission. Young Vs. Old Brood Sows. The average number of pigs per lit ter raised -from old sows during a period of four years was G.BG. at a cost of $2.11 per pig, weighing 50 pounds, according to experiments car ried on at the North Platte Experi ment Station. Tho average number of pigs raised by young brood sows during a like period at North Platte was G.2, at a cost of $1.08 per pig, weighing 50 pounds. Tho fall pig was grown to tho weight of 50 pounds as cheaply as the spring pig. No Fortune to This Man. Some man down nt Crete with vis Ions of a large fortune has sent five samples of water taken from five dif ferent wells in Creto, claiming that tho water shows signs of oil or some minerals which If put to use will mean much to the state and more to tho owner of tho wells. The samples are of different colored water and Dr. Wild, state chemist, has just complet ed an analysis of the contents, which appear to be strongly and simply sewer water. Nebraska Football Schedule. October 2 Drake Unlvrslty at Lin coln. October 9 Kansas Aggies nt Lincoln. October Iff Washburn col lego at Lincoln, October 23 Notre Dame university at Lincoln. October 30 Iowa Aggies at Ames. November 0 Nebraska Wesleyan at Lincoln. November 13 Kansas university at Lawrence. Novembor 20 Iowa uni versity at. Iowa City. Switching Earnings $95,919. Net earnings of tho switching de partment of tho Union Stock Ynrds Co. of South Omaha amounted to $95,919 during tlve year ( ending Juno 30 last, according to tho annual report filed with tho stato railway commis sion. Tho total receipts of the de partment wore $494,264 for tho year and the expenses aggregated $598,320. Star Players Will Return. Guy Chamberlain, star halfback, nnd Earl Abbott, sturdy guard, mom liors of last year's nll-vlctorlous foot ball eleven at tho University of Ne braska, will don tho moleskins and got Into the Cornhusker lineup for another gridiron campaign. To Appoint Postmaster. Postolllco Inspectors have been do tailed to make Investigations with n view to appointment, of a postmaster nt Colyer, Morrill county, Nebraska, to fill a vacancy caused by resigna tion. Fair Balance Nearly $20,000. After a closer check of receipts nnd expenditures of tho 1915 Nebraska stnte fair, Secretary Mellor of the stato board of agriculture, found that tho balance remaining on hand will be $18,000 to $20,000. Wife of Land Commissioner Dead. Mrs. Beckraan, wife of Land Com missioner Fred Beckman, died at tho Beckman homo In Lincoln after a lingering illness of soveral months. Postoffice Employes Near Revolt. Decapitation of two men from tho Lincoln postoffico carrier sorvice and Its payroll has called for a sharp crit icism of Postmaster General Burle bom by numerous Lincoln mon nnd It is said that civil sorvice rules were uoverely ruptured when they were turned down. Tho two men concern ed are hacked by friends, nnd aro bound to regain their places. They ivero cent out via tho resignation route, but those documents were en tirely Involuntary, according to lnvos-ligations. CONDENSED HEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. Scottsbluff is to havo a now crcanv cry. Work on tho now Masonic Temple at Ansohno is progressing rapidly. Citizens of Ansloy nro mnklng an effort to secure n Carnegie library. Tho city of Alllnnco will hold n market week Octobor 25 to 30. Norfolk will hold its fall festival September 30, October 1 nnd 2. Crop conditions aro reported satis factory throughout Gngo county, Work has begun on Schuyler's $40,000 high school building. Dr. E. S. Hon ton is building a $10,000 residence at Onkland. Tho town of laurel voted $12,000 for an olectric light plant Work on Ansohno's new high school building will commence about Nov. 1. AVork has commenced nt Allon on the erection of a new $3,000 parson age. Citizens of Gnndy nro laying plans for n waterworks nnd electric light plant. Tho Central Granaries Co., of Lin coln, will build a $40,000 elevator at Holdredge. Joseph Pendhnyn, a Genova aviator, was killed while making a flight at Plalnvlew, Toxus. Products from Lincoln county won more prizes at the stato fair than any county In that district. Hunters In Lincoln county report the prairie chickens aro fewer this year thnit ever before, Bert Gibbon of nroken Bow was severely Injured when his uutomobllo turned turtlo nenr Westervllle. Keeping a phonogrnphlc record of voices of the pastors of tho Hastings churches Is a now Innovation In that city. v A Swedish song festival on the or der of the Germun Saengorfcst, Is to be held In Omaha some time next June. Tho enrollment In the Oxford High school was so large this year It was found necessary to hire another teacher. Omulm was chosen ns the next meeting place by the Women's Tern peranco Union at Its convention In Grand Island. Nebraska Stato Federation of La bor at Its annual convention In Omaha, Golectcd Fremont as tho 1910 meeting place. By defeating Wisnor in nn exciting ten-inning ball game recently, Pender claims tho championship of north eastern Nebraska. Sixty cars are counted upon for tho auto floral parado during Ak-Sar-Ben week in Omaha. The parndo will take place Octobor 5, The Cedar County Stato bank tho nowly organized bank in Hartington, bus opened for business. It 1b capi talized at $35,000. Tho Fremont city council hns plac ed an order for a tractor englnp to bo used to supplant horses In grad ing Fremont streets. By order of tho city commissioners Omaha street cars will stop on tho far side of tho streots. The near-sido stop proved unpopular. I The "horse diseaso" that caused so much troublo In Nebraska three years ago Is sold to havo broken out on a horso ranch near Mullen. Henry Damkroger, a resident of tho Dowitt vicinity, recently purchased the 240-acre farm of Albert Eckel, for which ho paid $30,400. The Minneapolis' & Omaha depot and two freight cars standing on an adjoining track, together with tho en tiro contents, wore destroyed by flro at Bancroft. Georgo Cumrine, a woll known far mer, near Grand Island, ran into nnd killed John Peters, tho 22-months-old son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Rudolph Potors, In tho outskirts of that city recently, The Hastings Gas company, now seeking a now francliiso, claims to bo earning but 3 per cent on its Invest ment, nnd has Invited tho public to call and Inspect Its books. Tnbornnclo meetings will ho hold In Seward commencing early In No vomber. Evangollst Hamilton will conduct them and all churches of tho city will Join In supporting tho meet ings. Story O. Krotslngor, son of Judge nnd Mrs. E. O. Krotslngor of Beatrlco, will help lay out grounds in South Chicago for tho erection of an clova tor to cost $3,500,000, and will havo a capacity of 10,000,000 bushols of grain. .Too Steelier, champion wrestler, will bo presented with a diamond studded belt by his admirers In Dodge October 8. Govornor More head is expected to make tho prescn tatlon. Citizens of Dodge plnn to make tho event a homo coming day. Reports from tho registrar's office of tho Doano colloge at Creto placo the enrollment of freshmon In the arts and science department alono at fifty flvo. This brings tho enrollment of tho freshman class In advance of any previous enrollment In tho history of the school. St Paul cinched tho 1915 champion ship of the Sherman-Howard leaguo by blanking St. Llbory, 11 to 0, This makes four successlvo seasons this league has run. 5,000 peoplo wero caught In a ter rific rain storm while attending the Platto county fair at Columbus. Many were unable to find shelter und were dronched to tho skin. E, 8. Scoflold, formerly editor of the Nellgh Register, has started a new papor in that town, known as tho Ne llgh Semi-Weekly Nows. ThlB makco three papers In tho town. CHOLERA IN POULTRY Healthy Barred Rock (By DR. U. II. WILLIAMS. Arizona Ex periment Htntlon.) Cholera Is one of tho most Infec tious poultry dlBonsoB, ofton swoop ing away an entiro flock of any va riety of domesticated fowl, and oven sorao spoclos of wild birds. It Is caused by Bpoclftc bacteria which spread most rapidly In filthy yarda and houscB whoro tho blrdB nro not In thrifty condition. Tho gonornl na turo of tho diseaso and its method of spreading ovor n district resomblo hog cholera. To provont It from en tering a flock whoro tho diseaso Is provalont in tho district, great caro must bo exorcised to avoid carrying tho gorm by moans of droppings, oarth attached to clothes, eggs, birds, wind, water or food. Symptoms. Jho symptomB vary conBldorably in aftoctod birds. Tho first Indication of cholera is usually diarrhea with x yellowish coloration of tho urates which normally appear whito in tho iropplngs. Tho coloration may final ly turn to a groonlsh or bluish green color as tho caso advances. Some tlmoa uffectod birds maintain a good ippotlto till death, but usually thoy quit eating nnd fovor Is nlwnys pres ent. Tho comb and wnttlos loso tholr bright appcaranco nnd tho birds ns jumo a drooping, rounded outllno, caused by tho lowering of tho tail, head and wings. Tho period of incu bation varloB from ono day to sovernl ivooks, averaging about eight days. Death may occur at any tlmo, bolng preceded by convulsions nnd sharp srlcs. In tho virulent form most of tho birds dlu In a few days, but if tho chronic form Is present tho diseaso HIGHEST QUALITY OF EGGS I Green Food and Corn Add to Color of Yolk, While Beef Scraps Impart Firmness to WhlteA It Is, perhaps, not generally known that tho quality of eggs Is dopendont in a largo measure upon tho food tho hoiiB cat. In oggs of high quality the yolk is a doop yellow color, and tho whito quite firm, not thin nnd wntory. Tho foedlng of green food nnd corn (proforably yellow corn) will add to tho color of tho yolk, and beef scrap will Impart flrmnoss to tho whito. As cortnln foods will add quality to tho oggs, cortaln othor foodB will Im part a flavor that decreases tho quality of tho eggs. Thus onions, fish scrap and hlghsmelllng boot scrap will Im part to tho eggs cortaln character istic and dlsagrecablo flavors. Odors also lower tho quality of BggB. Egg-shollB nro vory porouB nnd air readily enters. Eggs should bo gathered ofton and stored in a cool, woll-vontllatcd room. If nllowcd to remain in a foulsmolllng poultry houso for any length of tlmo, tho odors of tho houso will lowor tho quality of tho eggs. It Is safo to say that eggs of tho vory highest quality nro not posslblo unless tho malo birds nro romovod from tho pons. Tho ombryo of a fer tile egg often boglns to dovolop bo foro tho ogg Is laid,' and no matter how ofton gathered or how woll cared for, fortllo oggs cannot compnro in quality with lnfortllo ones. Tho gorm of life is tho germ of decay. An ln fortllo egg will docroaso In quality with ago, or through Improper han dling, but It cannot decay. Buying Breeding Stock. It is not a good plan to wnlt until spring to buy your brooding stock. If you want a well-bred roostor, for instance, look around among tho breeders and pick out ono that Is fit to show at tho poultry exhibition. If you wait until ho goes to tho show and wins a prlzo, you will pay twlco or three times an much, Water la Always Necestary. Some pooplo Imagine thnt If thoy glvo their chickens skim milk, wator is not uecessary. This Is a mlstako, as milk turns into solid food almost aB soon as It reaches a bird's dlgcstivo apparatus, and water must always bo given. Fat Hens Are Lazy. Do not allow tho laying hens to becomo too fat as thoy not only bo como lazy but aro apt to becomo egg bound. rous lilt J Cockerel and Pullet. spreads moro slowly, remaining In. tho flock for wooka. Treatment. There is no effoctivo euro for poul try cholorn. Sometimes tho diseaso may bo rotardod by giving a doso of ono-third of n tonspoonful of Epsom salts mixed In n mash, or n tnblo spoonful of ollvo oil, or ono tonspoon ful of castor oil followed by dlsolv Ing one-tenth of a grain of morourlc bichloride , In a quart of drinking wator. A fow drops of creolin in a quart qf wator is also considered bonoflcinl. Prevention. This is tho only means of saving many of tho flock. Tho birdB should bo watched closely and all thoso showing any sign of tho diseaso should bo romoved at once, killed nnd burnod. Avoid bringing In now contagion nnd tnko acttvo otops to dostroy all germs by burning tho lit tor nnd dosing tho houso nnd yard with a Btrong coal tar dlslnfoctnnt Tho yard should bo plowed deeply and 'sprinkled with slacked Hmo. If possible, remove tho healthy birds to clean quarters, putting a fow in a placo nnd thp groups widely sepa rated. An orchard or back Hold may bo utilized for tills purposo, but tho birds should bo woll fed and caro fully watched. Even tho suspected cases should bo isolated from tho flock. It Is most fortunato that opldemlcs of truo cholorn nro rnro among poul try ns It Is a vory disastrous disease. Whoro proper caro la oxorclscd to koop tho birds clean und healthy thoro In Uttlo dangor, except when It appears In a district. HENS REQUIRE ANIMAL FOOD Nothing Yet Found That Answers Purpose as Well as Beef Scraps Produce Stronger Chicks. Tho modorn hen, tho bird wo aro forcing to lay moro oggs each year, has dovelopod into sort of an ogg ma chine. Pnrt of tho fond sho eats goes tO'innlco blood and bono and musclo for her own body. Tho rest of tho food, If It Ib of tho right sort, goes to mako eggs. But tho best hen In tho world can't mako oggB from tho air. Tho eggs a lion lays como dlroctly from tho food she eats. Slnco It lo not posslblo to furnish bugs and -worms such as tho hens find for themselves, wo muBt look for a good substitute. . Up to tho present tlmo nothing has boon found tliat nnswors bo woll ub beef scrap. Tho beef scrap must bo absclutoly Bwoot and pure, or troublo Is suro to follow. This Is especially truo In tho breed ing season, whon It Is nocossary not only to got oggs, but oggB that will hatch woll. It has boon found that eggs laid by hens that havo been fed boof scrap not only hatch hotter than thoso laid by honB that havo not boon fed any animal food, but thoy also produco stronger chicks. AMOUNT OF FEED CONSUMED Quantity Eaten by Hen In Year and Cost Given by Maine Experi ment Station. Tho question as to tho amount of fcod a hen will eat is best answered by tho following interesting flgureB. Tho Mnlno oxporiment station, in tho courso of rocont tests oxtendlng over a period of ono year, found that a hen in this tlmo consumed 90 pounds of grain and meal mlxturo, 40 pounds of oyster shell, 2.4 pounds of bono, 2 pounds of grit. 2.4 pounds of charcoal and 10 pounds of clover. Thoso ma terials cost tho station $1.45. Thla is about tho avorago cost por hen for most poultrymon, although wo havo mot peoplo who havo done oven bet tor than this. It is perhaps highor than tho avorago farmer pays to feed lila lions, but it lo a fair estimate for thoso who ralso chlckons as a bust nosB. Damp Quarters Cause Roup. Itoup, ono of tho most troublesome diseases among chlckons, is almost al ways caused by damp quarters. Keep tho quarters dry and warm, and tho yards clean and roup will not troui ble you. IS MOST INFECTIOUS