The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, October 15, 1915, Image 9
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE NORTH PI ATTE. NEBRASKA. FOR HE BUSY IN NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON BE COMPASSED. 1NY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED flome and Foreign Intelligence Con. densed lntoTwo and Four Line Paragraphs. WAR NEWS. Tho Ocnnan government has lodged a protest In Athens against tho land ing of troops on Greek territory by cutonto powers. No Unitarians will be allowed to leave. Canada during tho remainder of the war, according to an announce ment nindo In Ottawa. According to a dispatch from Sofia, King Ferdinand, ns commander-in-chief of all the Bulgarian forces, has entrusted command of tho field forces to General Jccoff, minister of war. ' Berlin newspapers, in discussing tho now Greek cabinet, point out that Iho .new rrcmier, Zalmls, lias Im bibed German culture, having taken n doctor's degreo at Heidelberg uni versity. '"he Teutonic invasion of Serbia is pVoceedlng favorably, progress in tho crossing of tho Drina, Save and Dan ube rivers by tho German and Aus trian armies under Field Marshal von Mackensen being reported by Gorman army headquarters. " Six German aviators have arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria, according to Athens dispatches. The dispatch adds that large numbers of German skilled la borers are leaving Constantinople for Bulgaria. The London ofilce or the Associa ted Press sent a report to New York that thousands of words of dispatches from its correspondents in Sofia and from tho German lines on tho west ern battle front are being withheld l)y the British censor. Bulgaria has declined to accede to Russia's ultimatum that it is done with the Teutonic powers, and tho "breaking off of diplomatic relations between tho two countries, and prob ably with all tho entente powers and Serbia, has resulted. Amsterdam dispatches say that Austria Is about to send an .ultimatum to Rumania, giving a short tlmo for an answer permitting tho passage of war munitions to Turkey. Berlin of ficials bplleve that Rumania vill grant the demand, the dispatch says. An appeal ' for recruits for the British army war Issued by toll au thorized representatives of tho three national committees of trade unions the parliamentary committee of tho Kenoral federation of trades unions committee and the executive commit tee of the labor party. Prussian losses since the be ginning of the war total 1,916,148, according to tho NIeuwo Rotter dainsche Courant of Rotterdam, which has excellent connections at Berlin. Tho total losses of tho Ba varians, Saxons and other German troops were not computed. GENERAL. W. M. Jardlnc of Manhattan, Kans., ns fleeted president of the Interna tional Dry Farming congress, at Its session in Denver, Colo. Official reports at Juarez state that General Rosalio Hernandez, who was reported to have revolted from Villa, was shot by his own men when they learned of his Intended defection. S Tho Colorado supremo court admit ted John R. Lawson to ball In the aum of $35,000. Lawson was convict ed of first degree murder In connec tion with tho strike disorders near Ludlow, Colo., in October, 19111. Berlin has received a report from Bombay, India, that a great fire oc curred on September G In cotton ware houses, 'causing a loss of $10,000,000. This was tho third fire of the kind during the present season. The Missouri State Prison board lias declared in favor oft more liberal arrangements whereby counties may got tho services of convicts for road work undor moro favorable terms. The contract system has been abolished and since no other work has been provided filcials welcome the oppor tunity to put their men nt work on the roads. An nmendment to the federal con stitution so as to give to congress the power to reguiato Insurance com nanles and projects was proposed to the World's Insuranco congress at San Franojsco by Lawrence F. Sher man, United States senator from Ml nols, Tim National Amencnn woman Suffrage association has Issued a call v nt Now York to tho suffragists of tho country to nttend tho forty-seventh nnmml convention to bo hold In Washington December 14-19. William J. Bryan at Atlanta, Ga,, announced that he intends to partici pate in politics actively during tho rest of his life, but will not hold ofilce. Church Howe, forty years a prom inent republican politician of Nebras ka, died at his home in Auburn, Neb. lie had served ns American consul to Sheflleld and Liverpool, Englnnd. Mrs. Andre Foremnn, of l,nt'uyetta, La., Is the mother of twin baby girls, who are united by a formation similar to that which Joined tho famous "Siamese twins." . Movor Thompson of Chicago rec ommended to the city council that tho city build a subway system which would ho used jointly by the clo vated and surface lines under terms of rental from the city. Probably tho youngest ordained minister on record Is Rev. Henry S. Atwood, son of Rev. C. C. Atwood, who Is conducting a revival In Far- ragut. Ia. Ho Is but 1C years of ago, and Is said to have been engaged In ministerial work for the last two years. Tho tu-mrrptsslvo Massachusetts state convention at Boston decided to maintain the party organization for the presidential campaign of 1910, rat ified the nomination of Nelson B. Clark of Beverly for governor and mlnntnil n ..In I form wlllrll contained a plank favoring national prohibition. A campaign for a definite rural credit legislation program, with par ticular reference to the needs of tho western states, was begun at Denver when committees representing tho in ternational irrigation congress, tho Investment Bankers' association of Amorlcn and the International Farm congress met In Joint conference. SPORTING. In the closest big league iico ever staged, Chicago nosed out Pittsburgh in the second game of a double-header, after having dropped tho first, and won tho pennant In the Federal league. Gunboat Smith outfought Al Reich, former amateur heavyweight cham pion, In a ten-round bout In New York. Smith took the honors In ev ery round, jabbing and booking bis opponent almost at will. Jess Wlllard announced at Oklaho ma City, Okla., that his first fight to defend tho title of world's champion heavyweight pugilist probably would take placo In New Orleans during the Mardl Gras, In March. Miss Molla Bjur.stedt of Norway, woman's national lawn tennis cham pion, added another cup to her collec tion, when she defeated Miss Edith Roth of Boston In tho challenge match for the Longwood cup, 6-2, G-2. WASHINGTON. All the passengers were killed In a train wreck on the Mexican rnllway between Vera Cruz and Mexico City, according to a messago to the State department. All commercial and amateur wireless stations In tho United States will soon be organized by the navy depart ment for Immediate use in case of emergency by the intelligence bureau of tho navy. Secretary "Lane announced that tho government has decided to build a school house at Anchorage, tho new town in Alaska created by tho gov ernment and the present terminus of the New Alaskan railroad. Attorney General Gregory Issued a formal statement saying that any at tempt to bring about a combination of Independent steel companies "would he subjected to tho closest scruthiy by the Department of Justice." Secretary Garrison's estimates on army needs In connection with tho national defense program being fram ed for presentation to congress by di rection of President Wilson aro be lieved to have been completed and approved by the president. President Wilson practically has decided not to call a special session of tho senate beforo a meeting of con- gross in regular session. Although ho is desirous of having the senato's rules amended as to give tho major ity power to limit debate. Enormous Increases in the cotton export trade during August are shown in the monthly statement of food stuffs, cotton and oil exports mndo public by the bureau - of foreign and domestic commerce. Cotton exports for tho month were 1G2.0G9 bales, val ued at $7,025,031, as compared with exports of 21,210 bales, valued at $1,300,117 in August, 1911. President Wilson' has received a medal from the American School Peace league in recognition of his "pre-eminent services in the causo of peaco." President Wilson has announced his engagement of Mrs. Norman ft. Gnlt of Washington. The wedding to tako placo some tlmo In December. Mrs. Gait Is 38 years of ago, and Is well known in Washington society circles. Sho Ib tho widow of a Wash Ington Jeweler who died eight years ago. E IS INCREASE IN PASSENGER FARES LOOKED FOR IN WEST. STATE BATE EXPERTS RETURN Reed and Cltrk cf Railway Commis sion Home After Presenting Case to Commerce CdmmlEalon. Lincoln.- -Attorney General Willis Reed and Henry T. Cinrke, Jr., of tho Nebinpka Railway commission, who presented oral arguments b6fore the intomate Commerce commission at Washington, against tho prayer of tho Western Passenger association that it he pi rtn it ted to Increase Its rates from 2 to 2',i cents per mile In west ern trunk line territory, have returned from tho east. Attorney General Reed, on behalf of tho protestants, In his argument be fore the commission drew a lino of dis tinction between tho to-called William- ette valley case, the North Dakota Coal case and tho Virginia 2-ceirt a mile case and tho caso at bur. He re asserted the argument made in tho western advanced rate hearing that Improvd industrial and economic con dltlons ruude more certain than ever that the railroads were getting all that they should, get and" thnt any increase allowed them would be unwarranted by the facts. In view of the permis sion given to eastern rail lines to in crcuso their pasbongor charge from 2 to .',. cents per mile, it Is predicted in Washington that the commission will see the western situation In about tho sanio light, notwithstanding all the array of state railway commission ers and others Interested In tho slate's contention that passenger rates should not bo raised In the territory petitioning the advance. Kecord Wheat Crop. Nebraska's 1915 wheat crop is the largest In the history of tho state by 2,J7,2i!0 bushels, according to figures compiled by Secretary W. R. Mellor of the state board of agriculture, and mailo public recently. Last year all records wore broken by :i,::00,000 bushels and the Nebraska farmers smashed this high wheat mark by nearly tho same figure as an eye-opener for 1915. Hamilton county was first in both acreage and gross production, with 152351! acres, and 3,109,005 huslrols". Grant county was last with but seven acres and 101 bushels. Tho greatest average of bushels per acre Is 27.8 for Keith. Holt was lowest with 14. Protest by Gammel. Peter Gammel, former engineer for tire Nebraska Coni- Meal com pany at Seward, has protested to La bor Commissioner Coffey lhat tho Millers' Mutual Insurance company of Chicago has stopped payment due hlrn under1 the workman's compensa tion law. Since tho insurance com pany lins never been admitted to do business in Nebraska, tho Injured man is barred from suing the con cern in tills state, but the labor com missioner has Informed him that he can sue tho managament for which he was workings Bond Issues Total Two Million. Two hundred and fifty-six issues cf fifteen different kinds of public bonds have been approved by State Auditor Smith and Bond Clerk Ellsworth since January 1. Tho total amount of the bondB reaches $2,402,452. In tho lot aro the $150,000 Omaha Auditorium bonds and $7,000 tap railroad bonds from Holt county School bonds num ber ninety-four, with a total of $539,- 825, while various kinds of street Im provement bonds number 105, with a total issuance of $775,977. Tho small est bond Issue registered is $200. New Bulletin On Hog Cholera. "Use of Hog Cholera Serum" Is tho title of Extension Bulletin 33 of the Collego of Agriculture, which is just being distributed. It contains Infoi' matlon concerning the transmission of hog cholora, tho use of serum, how to order serum, and the proper dosage of serum and virus. This bullot'n may bo had free of cost by rosidonts of Nebraska upon application to tho Bulletin Clerk, College of Agricul ture, Lincoln. Democrats Ready for Campaign. Members of the First district dome cratlc congressional committee met in Lincoln recently and selected G. A Cotton of Table Reck as chairman and Earl G. Caddis of Lincoln as set rotary. Both men are members of tho committee proper. Frank Snyder of Auburn, also a member, was elevated to the vice chairmanship. This is the first congressional committee In the United States to organize for next year's battles. Treasurer James P. Kolley of John son county has paid tho state treasu rer $2,500, tho second Installment of an old Insane fund lax, of which $8,000 is still owing. Bossy Supplies Sixth of Our Food. This ycur, between six and soven hundred thousand dairy cows are being milked In Nebraska. Tlioy are producing about 300.000,000 gallons of milk annually, containing more than 90,000,000 pounds of butter fat enough to supply one-sixth of all the food oaten by Nebraska's one and one fourth millions people, provide skim milk for tho calves and plgB of the state, and furnish a largo surplus through Nebraska creameries. Dairy Department, University of Nebraska. S PRED GTED CONDENSED HEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. C. D. Rlchey Is erecting a $25,000 garage at Hastings. Tho farm house ot Jack Hansen near Ord was destroyed by fire. There were 137 cases of diphtheria In Omaha In September. Halgler and Stnpleton aro now in ternational money order offices. An orchestra to furnish music for the winter Is being organized nt Al liance. John B. Dlnsmoro, one of Nebras ka's most noted citizens, died irr Sut ton. Tht now $10,000 Presbyterian church at Atkinson was dedicated re cently. Farmers in different parts of Hamil ton county, express the opinion thnt the corn crop Is safe. W. 13. Mogar of Giles sent a po tato to Governor Morehead weighing two pounds four ounces. The annual convention of the John- eon County Sunday School association will bo hold at Cook, October 10-17. John L. Sherman, formerly In tho grocery business In Tccuniseh, has bought a bank nt McMlnnvllle, Ore. Tho fourth nnnual Logan county fair, which was held at Stapleton, was ittended by over 2,500 people. Joseph Knoor, 55, fanner, was In stantly killed wlion his motor car fell from nrr embankment near Cordova. Synod of tho Sixth Province of tho Episcopal church will hold Its annual session in Omalia October 28 to 31. A fall on an Icy street Is the causo for a $3,000 damage suit brought against North Plutto by Thomas Carr. Herhort L. dishing, formerly man ager of tho Ord Journal, has boon ap pointed superintendent of schools of Valley county. Congressman Moses P. Klnkald of O'Neill, is being boosted by friends for the republican nomination for United States senator. Wils-on King, GO, laborer, fell forty feet from tho roof of tho Masonic building In Tecumseh and was In stantly killed. Work is expected to bogin soon on the now feeble-minded school build ing at Beatrice. The building will cost about $35,000. Albert Rnpp. machinist, 30 years of age, died In a Grand Island hospi tal of ptoninln6 poisoning, resulting from eating canned fish. From 150 to 200 Grcoks of Lincoln and Uavelock were ordered to Omaha to Join with Nebraska Greeks recalled to tho colors. C. O. Swindell of Lincoln, feather weight wrestler, defeated Dorr Wil son, Hlldroth, nt tho opera house In Mlnden. In straight falls. Frank Bohuslov, a 50-year-old Bohe mian farmer living near Dentorr, In Lancaster county, was shot and killed by an unknown person or persons. Nicholas Stringer, son of Valentine Stringer of Milford, was killed when a muz?le-loador with which ho had been hunting, accidentally discharged. Hastings High school agriculturists have just received $115 cash for soven. teen tons of sweet corn fodder and corn produce harvested from eight acres. The homo of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Larrgdnle on tho W. B. Bowman farm, near Beatrlco, was destroyed by fire of unknown origin. Tho lo3s was $1,300. The German-American Allinnco of Nebraska, in its recent Besslon at Omaha, endorsed State Senator John MaJLtos of Nebraska City for governor of Nebrasku. Pinned under his automobllo in six Inches of water, G. D. Chamberlain, a Union Pncic engineer, wns saved from drowning by three companions, near North Platte. John Sanrord, llfo term murderer from Thurston county, escnped from tho slate penitentiary at Lincoln, leaving a lifelike dummy In his cell to "answer tho count" Nobraska has this year contributed over $1,100 to tho suffrage campaign states, according to Mrs. Draper Smith, president of tho Nebraska suf fragists. Tho Masonic Relief association of the United States and Canada, at its session nt Indianapolis, tolegraphed its acceptance of Omaha's invlUitlon for tire next meeting, two years hence Memorial services In honor of tho late Dean Charles E. Bessoy wpra held nt tiro University of Nebraska, Lincoln, recontly tho first public rce ognitlon of the death of Nebraska's distinguished educator. A petition signed by all tho high school teachers, Including Supnrln tondent Everhardt, nsklng that they bo allowed to attend the state teach era' lnstltuto at Omaha next month was rejected by tho HnBtlngs school board. . Romorso of conscience and tho drend of being a fugitive from Justice carried Bornell Smith, federal prison er, back to Sheriff Colo's office at Hastings, determined to servo tire re-1 malndor of his torm for breaking Into the armory at Auburn. Tho state auditor has registered $28,000 of Grand Island paving bonds, purchased by a dealer in Grand island The State Railway commission has sot October 20 ns tho date for the hearing on tho revision of freight classification No. 1. There aro twen ty-four proposed changes. County Treasurer John Ward, who, aftor filling his offlco In Tecumseh, went to Cody, Wyo nnd took a home- Btead, haB Just received $10,000 In Bottlemont with tho government for destruction of his homestead when the reservoir dam went out. MILK IS EXCELLENT "Buttercup" at Milk is oiro'of tiro greatest foods for humnns and animals that nature has provided and makes nn Important part of their diet It Is also found to bo n great food for poultry, both young growing chicks and laying hens. Tiro greatest question now arises as to when and how and what amount should bo given. On most every farm wo now find tho cream separator, declares a writer, and nftor separating tho milk wo havo tiro Bklm milk which tho farmer lins been using to what ho thinks Is tho most advantage, usually feeding it to hogs. If ho will try some of this in feeding Ills poultry I think I am safe in saying that it will yield him Btill bettor returns. Sorrr milk Is better than to feed while it is still sweet, but It Is very Httlo trouhlo In this way, for If In a warm place It soon under goes this change. In souring milk becomcrt moro or less solid in form so that tho birds aro nblo to gel hold of It better. Es pecially is It best for small chicks, for their little dlgostivo organs aro not capable of using sweet milk, whoreas tho sour milk Is digested quickly. When first the milk is given, they may not drink very much, but In a few days thoy will learn to llko it and will consumo qrrlto a great deal. Always see that tho milk hi sour, as feeding it to them sweet ono day and sour tho next will result in nu upset of tho SOIL ADAPTED FOR POULTRY Light Loam, Through Which Water Leaches Freely, Is Best Give Fowls Plenty of Range. Poultry can be raised successfully on any well-drained soil. A light loam, which will grow good grass, Is well adapted for this purpose; while a very light, sandy soil, through which the water loaches freely, will stand moro Intensive poultry condi tions, but most of tho green feod for tho fowls kept on such a soil will havo to bo purchased. A heavy clay or adobo soil Is not as well adapted to noultrv rnlalncr. ns such land does not drain readily arrd It Is much more difficult to keep tho Btock healthy. Long stationary houses, or the In tnnalvn oi'ut mn an trod afnna lilt f It la 1, to'keep'tho birds healthy and to roproduco the stock under tho col ony system where the birds aro al lowed free range. Breeding Btock, especially growing chickens, should havo an abundance of rango, whllo lions used solely for the production of mnrket eggs may bo kopt on a very small area with good re sults. Tho colony house system necessi tates placing the houses, holding about 100 hens, from 200 to 250 feet apart, so that the stock will not kill tiro grass. Tiro colony system may bo adapted to Bovcro winter conditions by drawing tho colony houses together in a con venient place at the beginning of win ter, tUun reducing tho labor during theso months. BEST POULTRY FOR MARKET Enormous Amount of Inferior Product Largely Affects Prices Ship Only Best Quality. Nothing but the best quality of poul try should bo chipped to market. Only those who ever visited tho largo mar kots know of tho enormous amount of Inferior poultry that Is sold, nnd vhlch largely auects tiro prices; yet thfjo is always a dmand for that which lu good, and at a price above tho regu- lar quotations Assorting tho carcasses beforo ship ping also leads to bettor prices. Old rooatcra, which seldom sell at more than half price, should not bo In tho same boxes or barrols with better Btock, and to Bhlp poultry nllvo, and to havo roosters In the coops with fat hens, Ib simply to lower tho price of tho hotiB, ns tho buyer will estimate tho value by tho presenco of tho in forlor Btock. Selling Eggs for Hatching If you aro selling eggs for hatching. a visit to tho beat breeding farm you can easily rench, will pay you well ObBervo closoly tho mcthoda followed there, and their improve on them nil you can FOOD FOR CHICKENS AW 4S tho Poultry Show. fowl's dlgcatlvo system every time. Tho Bour milk should bo kopt bofore thorn at all times, but plnccd in such u manner that thoy aro not apt to got Into It and got It dirty and filthy. The pan should be cleaned and Bcaldcd ovcry dny and refilled as often as It is found empty. Tho results obtained from feeding sour milk to the chicks In this mannet for tho firBt ten or twolvo weoks ol their lives is marvelous to a person who has nover tried It. It gives them a good start on the road to growth and development, and If thoy do not got started right they becomo stunted and remain undeveloped birds through llfo. Another Important part sour milk plays is that tho Hock will dovol op moro evenly, adding lncrcasod health nnd vigor. Do not uso it In placo of grains or mash feed, as these nlso fill their place. The laying hens need practically tho samo kinds of foods as tho growing stock nnd sour milk being high in pro toin, aids greatly In building up egga In their bodies. It tonds to keep all the orgnnB In their nyBtern In working order. Tho meat scrap should bo re duced in tho mash when sour milk is being fed. It should novor bo fed when It has reached the point where it hns a bnd smell or is molded, and kcoplng tho milk cans and feeding pana clean will mean a great denl 'along tills lino. HINTS FOR THE P0ULTRYMAN Chiokens Must Be Given Good Atten tion for Best Results Keep Hens In Vigorous Health. If you want to got tho best results from your chlckonB you must give thorn nttentlou. You must keep your hens in good health, providing coops that aro clean and woll ventilated, nnd allowing the chickens tjro run ot orchard or pasture through tho day. You must food your nons woll for growth and development. Thoy should go to roost with crops woll filled with, wholesome grains, nftor returning from tho rango, nnd plonty of skim milk and water should bo available through tho 'day. You must soo that your hens have Bhado in which to rest. If trees and shrubs aro not plontlful, burlap ot gunny-sack shados should bo put up. You must kcop your broody hens lu airy coops and feod nnd water them woll. Thoy will rocovor from tholr broodlnoss in flvo or ton days. You must gathor your eggs dally and market thorn at loaBt twice a weok. DIFFERENT COLOR OF CHICKS Downy Covering of Many of Purebreds Is Opposite to Hue When Fully Covered With Feathers. Thoso who buy eggs of certain breeds of black fowls, having no ox- porlonco with tho brood, often writo back In wrath to tho firm from which oggs woro purchased, declaring they wore cheated, as tho chicks hatched from tho eggs woro nearly nil white, or moro wnito than black In tho color. Tho downy covering of many, of the purebred breeds is different In color from what tho full-feathered covorlng will bo. For instanco, tho whiter the down of tho chicks of some black broods tho blacker that chick when grown ; tho grnyor tho down of a new ly hatched Whlto Rock tho whiter it will bo when grown. It Is tho samo with somo breeds of whlto gccBo; thoy como out of the Bholl as gray as mice, but that color all departs. FOUR SOUND POULTRY FACTS Infertile Eggs Keep Best During Heat of Summer Best Plan to Segre gate the Roosters. Fertile eggs spoil quickly in sum mer weather. 2. Infortllo eggs keep best and mar ket best In' Bummer heat. 3. Fortllo oggs are produced if tho roostors aro allowed to run with tho lions. 4. Infortllo eggs aro producod if tho roosters aro kept from the hens. I Ohio Agricultural College 4