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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA, NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA. GREATER 00 LESSEO IMPORT Includes What Is Going On at Wash ington and In Other Sections of the Country. WAR NEWS. A manifesto opposing conscription lias been issued at London by a com paratively small number of members of the British parliament. A Coalition cabinet has been formed in Franco to tako tho place of the ministry of Premier Viviuni, which reslgnod. Japan ban become a party to tho agreement, entered into uy urcut Britain, France, Russia and Italy not to conclude a separate peace. Great Britain has informed Greece that If she would glvo her full, Im mediate support to Serbia against Bulgaria, Great Britain was prepared to give her the Island of Cyprus. David Lloyd-George, the British min ister oC munitions, speaking for Pre mier Aequlth in tho House of Com mons, denied that Great Britain was engaged directly or indirectly In peace negotiations. As. tha result of the activity of British submarines in tho Baltic the late of Swedish war insurance on ships bound for German ports has been doubled, according to a Copen hagen dispatch. All the Tiolllgcrent powers have granted tho request of Popo Bonediot that Sunday bo made a day of abso lute reposo for prisoners of war. Sev eral of the countries in their replies said that' thoy already had been ob serving this rule. a The Russian government Is busy making war munitions and Importing them from Jnpan in preparation for a big drive that is expected to begin In tho early spring, according to Albert B. Thayer of Cincinnati, who arrived -In New York from Copenhagen. Premier Asqulth announced in the British House of Commons that tho casualties to October 9 were 493,291. He placed the killed in all areas at fi.fiOG officers and 94,992 men, tho Avounded at 12.C33 officers and 304,832 men and tho missing at 2,000 officers Tind 72,177 men. GENERAL. H. B. Whitehousc, head of tho Omaha agency of tho National Cash Register company, said, that from tho check taken by himself recently there aro sixty-one now stores In Omaha, opened sinco January 1. It Is roportcd to New York that Uusslan agents aro trying to float In this country a credit loan of about ?GO,000,000, for eighteen months, at 9 per cent, to be spent entirely In this country for supplies. Tho act of tho legislature levying a tax on anthracite coal and providing for tho collection and distribution of such tax on the coal mined within tho state, was declared unconstitutional by tho Pennsylvania state supremo court. SL Joseph, Mo., is to have a now two-nlle automobile speedway of co t creto, Jack trlnco, promoter, has re reived tho assurance of business in on and commercial organizations thoro that tho project would bo backed sat isfactorily, Germany nnd Austria can stand the struin of financing tho war longer than czn her enemies, In tho opinion of John J. Arnold, vlco president of the First National bank of Chicago, who spolco at tho Nebraska bankers' convention nt Omnha. Captain Anton G. Thomson of tho Frederlk VIII., which arrived in Now York a few days ago, completed his 309th voyugo between Denmark and Now York as a master. lie received his master papers In 1881, and bin record shows that ho has covered noarly l.GOO.OOO miles during his time as mnster. California, In a general elec tion on tho question of making the stato government wholly nonpartisan as Its county governments and some state offices now are, voted flatly egninst it. Tho supremo court of Wisconsin held that typhoid fovor contracted through drinking water furnished by the employer and resulting In tho deuth of said employo Is an accident and wlthJn tho meaning of tho work men's compensation act. Albanians in tho Kossovo district of Serbia, the Prlzrend region, havo bogun hostilities against tho Serbians, according to tho official statement by tho Bulgarian war office Issued at Sofia. Outlining tho policies of tho Illinois Equal Suffrage association, Mrs.- Grato Wilbur Trout, president, declared against any nllianco with cither wet oi dry factions. Twenty-one chlldron, most of them girls, ranging In ago from 7 to 11 years, lost tholr lives in a flro which destroyed tho SL John's parochial school at Penbody, Mass. Tho steamship Eastland, which tipped over In tho Chicago river, Au gust C, with a loss of S12 Hvoa, may, bo used as a government nnval train ing ship, it was announced In Chicago. Chalnnnn Charles D. IUlles of tho republican national commltteo an nounced that a call had been Issued for a meeting of tho commltteo In Washington, Docombor 14, to select a city for the coming national con vention. Drastic action by officials of Kan sas City, Kan., to prohibit illegal sale of beor by breweries was taken when threo drivers wore arrested, sentenc ed to Jail and tho bter and trucks con fiscated. Tho drivers were fined $500 each and given six months In jail. More thnM 100 cases of beer were de stroyed. Porter Charlton, former Omaha boy who has been on trial In Como, Italy, charged with murdering his wife nt Lake Como In 1910, was con demned to six years and eight months Imprisonment. The jury found Charl ton only partially responsible. Owing to amnesty, Charlton will serve only twenty-nlno days In prison. SPORTING. Charles Cutler of Chicago, defeated Floyd Domer of Polo, 111., In two straight falls, in thirty-eight and nine teen minutes, respectively, at Dead wood, So. Dak. Nelly the Great, a 2-year-old trotting filly, made a new world's record for a hair-mile track at Sprlngfleld,0., when at a breeders' meeting, she stepped a milo in 2 : 1 5 94 . Tho former record was 2:lC'. Outweighed to a certainty and out played In many departments of tho game, Nebraska university's big foot ball team defeated at Lincoln, Neb., tho formidable Notre Dame crew by tho remarkable score of 20 to 19. Matt Wolls, English lightweight, was accorded tho newspaper deci sion by a shade over Charlie White of Chicago, in a sensational ten round bout in Milwaukee. Popular opinion concedf i W(Hs tho winner. Alexander Abcrg of Russia, world's champion at Greco-Roman wrestling, successfully defended Ills title, throw ing Wladek Zbyszko, tho Polo, after one hour and four minutes wrestling at Madison Square Garden, Now York. Fred Fulton was accorded a news pnper decision over Arthur Pelky In the fifth round of tho scheduled ton round bout at Oshkosh, Wis. Fulton had knocked Pelky down twelve times In this round, and tho referee stopped tho flghL That the Kansas City club of tho Federal leaguo lost $35,332.13 this yoar, although finishing high In tho race, was incoroporated in a report made to a stockholders' meeting of tho club In Kansas City, by Conrad H. Mann, president. WASHINGTON. Tho Justice department announced n decreo entered at Philadelphia against the Philadelphia & Reading railway, divorcing the company's coal and iron holdings as well as its navigation line. Mrs. Frederick Glllman of Vallejo, Ca., widow of a gunner on the sub marine F-4 which sank in Honolulu harbor, has been appointed Hag maker at tho Mare Island navy yard by order of President Wilson. a Secretary Daniels has signed an or dor for tho construction at tho Wash ington navy yard of a giant blplano for tho navy, tho first aircraft to bo built at any government establish ment. Plans for tho machine aro pre pared. Speaker Champ Clark has been in vited by Prcsdiont Wilson to confor with him smo tlmo beforo congress convenes on tho genernl legislative j program for tho next session, partlcu larly tho administrations plans for na tional defense. i President Wilson announced that ho would receive on Decomber G Sarah Bard Field and Miss Frances Jollffe, ropresen;tlves of tho woman voters' convention recently held in San Fran cisco, who will present a petition urg- II. ,1Mb. f uu...ou V ...... IV... America's long considered protest against British interference with com merce botween the United States and Europe has been dispatched to Lon don by special messenger nnd will be presented by Ambassador Pago to the British Foreign office this week. A navel aviation corps Indopondont of tho navy proper, with tho same status as tho marlno corps, will bo recommended to congress by Secre tary Daniels as ono step toward the Improvement of tho aviation sorvico at sea. CONDENSED HEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. The Ponco Weekly Advocate claims hero Is not a vacant houso in that place. Tho Boatrlco Commercial club Is considering a proposition of erecting a community club houso. Spontaneous combustion caused tho destruction of tho Ponek mills U Lynch, with tho loss of $7,500. President Wilson has appointed Samuel G. Hudson postmaster of Lin coln. His selection was urged by W. I. Bryan. Thomas Murray of Dunbar was elected president of the Nebraska bankers' association at Its session it Omaha. Burwell was visited by a disastrous tiro last week. The Frank Wogryzn Ivory barn and two othor buildings voro burned. Boatrlco young women havo organ 'zed a Y. W. C. A. and a commltteo has been selected to rnlso funds for iho securing of quarters. Officers of tho farmers' co-operative .creamery, at a meeting in Fre mont havo decided to locate tholr new plant In that town, j Manual training pupils In Omaha nro proparlng a largo number of bird houses, to bo placed In tho parks thoro next season. Tho third week of tho Lowory meet ings at York ended Saturday, Oct. 23. At the close of tho second week since tho Invitation was given for sinners to hit tho sawdust trail more than four hundred have gone forward. Tho St. Francis hospital at Hani son wns open to tho public last week. This is tho first nnd only hospital in Sioux county. Dr. Borglum, who is in charge of tho institution, will start a tubercular colony In the spring. William, alias "Dan" Jordon, was found gulUy by a Scottsbluff Jury oC tho murder of Joseph Layton. Ills punishment was fixed at Imprison ment in the. state penitentiary for life. The Jury verdict and sentence mot the general public's approval. Tho Nebraska-Notro Dame game at Lincoln October 23 sot a now mark in Iluskor finances, tho total receipts be ing ?H,700. The previous high mark was two years ago for the Ne-braska-Minnesotn game, when re ceipts were slightly over JS.000. Tho government census bureau lias made by arithmetical calcula tions the following estimates of the population of Nebraska cities in 1915: Omaha, 1G3.200; Lincoln. 4G.028; firand Island. 12,519; Hastings 10,470; Beatrice. 30.337; Fremont, 9,191. Mrs. Fred J. Epson of Sydney, Aus tralia, 28 years of age, was killed, and her husband quto badly Injured, when tho nutomoblle In which they were riding turned over one mile west of Fremont. Tho machine turned completely over nnd righted Itself. Refusal upon tho part of Mrs. B. F. Reynolds to allow the placing of a buttress in tho basement of her mill! nory store at Hastings, resulted in the abandonment upon the part of WI1' lam Brach of plans for the erection of a $75,000 six-story office building soon to have been submtted to con tractors. The expenses of fifty Presbytorlnn pastors and laymen In Nebraska In the fight to make Nebraska dry in 191G will be fully and completely paid by tho national board of temperance of tho Presbyterian assembly. An nouncement of this plan was made re cently at tho state synod at Aurora by Dr. Robert C. Westenberg, secre tary of tho board of temperance. Will Hawk, living near Loup City, mot with a severe accidont while rid ing a spirited animal ono day last week. In turning a corner ho wno thrown to tho ground. His head struck tho slump of a tree, Inflicting a very severe scalp wound. Nearly one-half of the scalp was peeled from his head. John Otto, son of a farmer residing ono and a half miles south of York, suffered a fractured skull and other serious injuries when his clothing was caught In a belt of an onglne. His head struck against tho onglne at every revolution of tho drlvo wheel. Ho wns assisting In baling straw at the tlmo of tho accidont. An unusual case of rabies has de veloped in a horse belonging to Len Snyder, near Lushton. A veterinarian called from McCool watched tho ani mal until it died from the loss of blood from Its solMnfllcted wounds. When tho veterinarian called ho was attnckcd by tho animal and It was with difficulty that he got away without serious Injury. Tho European war Is delaying tho shipment of buildings materials for the new buildings to bo constructed at the state university and tho farm nt Lincoln tinder the campus exten sion fund. Contractors on tho now building at tho farm report some of the Iron work, which wns to have been shipped, hns been delayed be cauHO tho factories aro overworked with ordors for supplies from the allies. Tho Fillmore County Signal, pub lished at Geneva, has celebrated Its fortieth anniversary. For twenty-ona years tho paper has been published by tho present owner and editor, Frank O. Edgecombe. Tho Carneglo library at Collcgo View is about completed. AH tho ex terior work is done, nnd all that re mains is a few finishing touches on tho Inside. Tho library board is mak ing plans for tho dedication, which probably will bo held within tho next fow weeks. Tho building cost about 17.000. Tho Peru Commercial club has boos reorganized. National guard compnnlcs nro soon to bo established at Crawford, Gor don and Plnttsmouth. Manufncturors of tho state vlll hold their annunl convention in Lincoln Novomber 10 and 1G. The Nebraska State Bar associa tion will hold Its nnnual session in Omaha December 28 and 29. Tho Ravenna High school authori ties havo cancelled all foot ball dntes of tho team on account of rough play ing. James IC. Kolthly, for tho past ten yoars editor and publisher of tho Syracuso Journal, died at his homo In that city. Tho evangelistic revival meetings to bo held at Soward will begin No vember 7. A tabomnclc seating 1,500 has been erected. While hanging up a 22-callber rlflo C. II. Jcssup of Aurora accidentally shot himself through tho abdomen and is in a precarious condition. West Point citizens will glvo a flvo number lecturo course this winter free of charge, tho cost of tho courso io be raised by voluntary subscrip tion. A stenm tractor and comploto threshing outfit ran over and killed Elmer Benedict near Dalton. Tho man wns lying In direct path of tho tractor. M. C. Miller, a Soward merchant, has been awarded first prize by a Chi cago concorn, that was seeking tnll corn. Miller's entry measured 15 feet, 10 Inches. Twenty good roads enthusiasts from Clay Center, Including Mnyor Adams, met with Hastings business men re cently In tho interests of good roads co-operation. An effort Is bolng made in North Bend to enforce tho stnto law on the sale and use of tobacco by minors. The woman'3 club is taking an actlvo part in tho campaign. Tom Doctor of Belleville, welter weight champion of Kansas, won over Rocs Robinson of Lincoln, champion welterweight wrestler of Nebraska, In two straight falls at Deshler. Prominent business men of Aurora have organized and Incorporated tho Hcniilton County Speed association of Aurora and aro planning to hold a race meet in Juno of next. year. , The York base ball park Is to bo dismantled nnd all paraphernalia sold November 1G. Tho association hnd a disastrous year, and tho sea son closed with a small deficit. Sheriff Colo and Chiof Crosson aro keeping close watch around Hastings for burglars who entered C. Peter son's hardware store at Mlnden nnd robbed it of $500 worth of merchan dise. Tho first load of barley scon on tho streets of Kearney In ten years was brought to town last week. Tho grain was sold at 30 cent a bushel, there being no market for it In tho "ectlon. Joseph Cording wns seriously In lured and the building occupied by bin drug store at Litchfield was total ly wrecked by an explosion of turpen tine which had leaked from a barrel in storage. E. P. Curran, .who linn been editor of tho York Dally News-Times for tho past four years, has Bcvored his relation with that paper and pur chased an Interest in tho Dally Nowb at Columbus. Although but a small per cent of tho threshing Is dono Jefferson coun ty farmers havo plenty of money. At a sale of nearly $4,000 worth of hogs and cattlo near Falrbury recently, "very sale wns settled In cash. In a wrestling match at Lincoln Joe Steelier of Dodgo easily defeated O. Schocnloln, alias Amerlcus, of Bal timore, In two straight falls. Tho first fall camo In six minutes nnd a half, and the second In threo minutes. Based on actual survoys, a high school course Is proving to bo worth( more than an Investment of $G 000 In 5 per cent bonds to n farmer, whllo a courso in a College of Agriculture Hrcms to bo worth ns much moro. From 30 to 100 per rent greator and bettor yield of potatoes was se cured from northern grown seed than from homo grown need this vonr on farms of tho Gago County Farmers' Association members under the di rection of the county agricultural agent. An X-rav examination revnled n broken thigh, a dislocated knee nnd n rushed nnklo bone nftor his phvslclai had told him there were no hroken bones, according to tho petition of William Stewnrt. seventy-two, who filed suit for $5,000 damnees against nr. J. v. Begthol, Hastings city health officer nnd former coroner. A rnttlesnnko nbout sixteen Inches long was killed on n Lyons sldewnlk by Hollls. throe nnd one-hnlf-voar-old son of Olios Cleveland. Tho child rnn over tha snake whllo riding his tri cycle, and seeing It squirm, he turned nnd rodo over It ngaln and again Just to "seo It wiggle," not knowing tho ''angerous chnrneter of the reptile. This is the second rattler killed this yenr on tho Lyons sldownlk. Tho second shoot between tho Oma ha nnd tho WIsncr Gun clubs for tho Charles E. Reesn trophy hold on tho WlBner grounds resulted In a scoro of 907 to 895, in favor of Wisner, thus giving tho Cuming county town titlo of state championship. A permanent organization of tho Fremont Union Revival association has been completed for tho purpose of conducting tho Froiriont revival in January. Ono of tho first nets of tho now body was a vote to cnlargo tho plans for tho Tnbornnclo to a ca pacity of 2,500, Instoad of 1,500. FARM HORSE FILLS v v . A Money-Mnkor (By C. M. SCHULZ.) When tho nctlvo working season on tho farm will hnvo a llttlo let up, tho farmor can hnvo n moniont to spnro to ascertain of what value his brood marcs havo been. Ho will remember, In tho llrBt plnco, that thoy have each given birth this season and havo raised to weaning ago a nlco promising colt that bids fair to dovclop into a good salablo horso later on. Thoso youngstors nro increasing In value and ns thoy aro yearlings now will hblp to mnko their living next senson ns two year olds. Tho brood mares havo also dono much farm nnd road work. Probably I mnko n mlstnko in cred iting each maro with a colt every year; so It Is Bafor to Bay that count ing for accidents n maro should aver age two coltB ovory three years. It would bo rather a hnrd matter to Bay Just what product sho will glvo hor owner each year of hor working and brooding life. So much depends on hor quality nnd especially upon her capacity ns a suro breeder and like wise as n good rnothor. Marcs, llko cows, differ greatly In tholr How of milk and many times n modlum-slzcd nnimal with heavy milk How capacity will ralso a blggor and hotter colt than a much larger anl mal whoso milk flow Is Insufficient. Tho practical horso brccdor and tho farmer of oxpcrlenco Is well nwaro of thoso facts and ono will often bo sur prised to seo farmers keep brooding mares that to tho uninitiated appear to bo Indifferent specimens. Say that a farmor hns bought n maro In Jnnunry for $150. Sho Is llvo years old and ho breeds her In Murch. Tho stud fco is $25, but tho monoy is not duo unless tho muro proves to bo in foal. Tho colt has cost $25 at birth and at weaning tlmo, four months later, ho would bo worth, If a good Individ ual and a good grado, say, $40. By noxt spring ho should bo worth $75, nnd at two years old should bring $100 to $125. Now ho can bo put to work. From then until ho is four years old ho Bhould eurn his. feed Bay $75 a yoar and glvo a profit of $25 por year, although $50 would bo nearer tho mark. At four years of ago ho should bo FENCING FOR SHEEP IS TOUGH PROBLEM Most Sheep .Raisers Use Woven Wire From 30 to 40 Inches HighPut Barbs on Top. (By E. RUSSELL. North Dnkota Agricul tural College.) Tho fencing problem has always loomed up big to tho beglnnor In rais ing shoop. It Is not, howovcr, n very difficult ono If It Is undertaken in an Intelligent manner. It docs not re quire a heavy fenco to hold Bhcop, though barbed wlro will not mako sat isfactory sheep fenco. Most sheep raisers uso a fonco constructed of wovon wlro from 30 to 42 Inches high, with flvo to nlno horizontal wires and 16 to 20 stays to tho rod. Any fenco coming inside theso limits, if put up with a post each 14 to 1G foot, will provo satisfactory for shcop. If a 40 Inch wovon wire Is used It should havo at least ono barbed wlro on top of it. It usually pays to put on or two barbed wires on top of tho wven wlro, howovor, ns thlH will mako a fonco that will turn horses and cattlo as I well as sheop. Clay Soil Fertility. To keep tho fertility of clay soils it is nocessary to add considerable vcgotablo matter. This is best dono by using all availablo manuro and In addition by turning under an occasion al second crop of clover or other logume. Even in tho natural stato cUy soils raroly contain much hu muz. Tho supply of phosphorus Is also limited and should bo increased by tho addition of phosphato fortlllzer to sup plement tho farm manuro. Picking Chickens. Instead of dipping fowls In Bcaldlng water to got tho fcathors off If you will uso that poor way of picking put boiling water In a wash bailor or some big vossol, lay sticks on tho top of It to sot tho fowls on, then lot tho water boll hard. Tho steam will loosen tho plumugo without wotting it. Turn tho birds over and over until tho fonthera como off easily. Do not leavo them over tho steam long at a tlmo. IMPORTANT PLACE on Any Farm. worth $200,' Judging from tho wnj woll-bred, well-broken and well-kept horsos nro now selling. Wo will say that a brccdor is luckj onotigh to havo rnlsod a pair of four-year-olds, sound, good lookers, hearty, with Bnap and stylo, weighing from 1,200 to 1,400 pounds each, for tht pair $400 can easily bo had in any of tho big markots. Theso nro tiot fanciful figures bu aro based upon actual oxpcrlenco of overyday farmers of brooding, raising" and selling colts. Evory farmor should, If posslblo, keep ono or moro good brood mares, not brokon-wlndcd, worn-out, city hacks, but sound, woll-shapod, woll-. bred animals that possess indlvldnl morlt and whoso progeny will sell readily when tho dealer comes along.' Any brooder of oxporlonco knows well that almost as much dopends on tho brood mares ns upon tho stallion In' tho raising of any broed of good1, horses. Many colts tako tholr conformation' from their mother, especially from tholr shoulders back. For instance if a maro has wldo, ragged hips, hor colts nro most Hablo to inherit this' tendency. Many colts also InhorltJ their dispositions from their dams. ' Brood mnros should bo sound, of qulot disposition, strongly built, and they should bo woll cared for. j Tho maro can bo worked up to a, wcok or two botoro tho colt Is! droppod. In fact, sho Is bolter off for tho regular oxorclso. but sho, should bo handled by a caroful man, who will not oxclto hor, and alio Bhould havo a roomy box stall for hor sloop-' ing quarters. Although many may disagree with mo, I am firmly convinced from noarly 30 years oxporlonco on breeding fnrms, that It la a risky business pur chasing aged mares, who havo spent tho best yoars of tholr llvos doing work In tho cities, and trying to mako brood marcs of them. In tho first placo when a maro has arrived at that ngo, and has novor had n colt, hor chancos of getting in foal nro lessoned oach year. j Furthermore, It i8 safo to nay that' n roasonnblo proportion of tho3o maroa havo slunkod tholr coltB, nnd for thlst roaflon they havo boon sent from tho farm nnd sold in tho cltios, where' thoy can do oxcollont work. TRIED CURES FOR POULTRY DISEASES' Avoid Leg Weakness in Chicks byj Proper Feeding Remedy for Swelled Head. Leg woaknoss In chicks Is ofton duo1 to tho food bolng of a fattening na-i truo, and tho bodies, In consequence,! bocomo too heavy for tho muscular' Btrcngth. of tho chick's legs. Thoro. should bo bran In tho soft food that Is fed, It being ono of tho best bono: and musclo foods that could bo given. Aflllctcd chicks should bo given quinine water daily mado by dissolv ing flvo gralnB of qulnlno In a quart of drinking wntor. Also add bono meal and charcoal, and also glvo green food dally. Very often fowlB, from somo unox plalnablo causo, will bocomo nfillcted with Dwelled head and fovor. Ex posure to a draft of nlr. whllo roost ing nt night, howovor, Is tho most com mon reason, in which caso tho oyo nearest tho draft bocomoB first af fected. In Itself, swelled head Is not roup, but when tho lumps appear It Is ono of tho first stages of that dlseaso. A very good treatment Is to mix ono part spirits of turpontino nnd four parts of sweet oil. With this anoint tho head, faco and comb dally. Then glvo, twlco a day, a pill composod of equal parts of bromide of potash and qulnlno tho pill to weigh ono grain. Add, In. addition, a tcaspoonful of chlorato of potash to each quart of drinking wntor. Tho looseness of tho bowels of a fowl generally la duo to something It has caton. Increase tho amount of middlings In tho hash, and add a teaspoonful of charcoal every day to each quart of soft food. Fowls should havo charcoal at least twlco a week. Concrete for Poultry Floor. In making a concroto floor for tho poultry houso or collar, havo tho enrth as firm as tho natural condition, tamp It If you pleaso, spread two Inches of coarso sand, wet It down and apply tho concroto whllo wot throo-fourths Inch thick. It will hold for all pur poses except driving on.
