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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 29, 1916)
THE SEMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE NORTH PI ATTF. NEDRASKA. RUINS OF CANADA'S BEAUTIFUL PARLIAMENT BUILDiNG Tho orange trco Is the only ono which boars fruit and blossoms at tho samo time. WATCH YOUR STEP Dr. Pierce's Plcamnt Pellets nrc Oie originnl little liver titlls put up 40 years ngo. They u-gulate liver nnd bowels. Adr. Seaweed Is mado Into a composi tion to take tho placo of bono for nan dies of cutlery. Tho atlll sinoklni; ruins here shown la nil thai remains of tho beuutlful of Canada at Ottiiwn, Ont. Tho building was destroyed by Hro said to havo SWEPT B? BANDITS Rural Districts in South Mexico Are Ravaged. Robberies and Murders of Daily Oc currence, Some of Them Just Out side Vera Crui City Sus pects Executed on Spot. Vera Cruz, Mexico. It Ib dnngoroua for unprotected travolera to vonturo Into tho region that lies botween Vora Cruz and the City of Mexico. Dnndita aro In complete possession of tho rural districts. Reports of robberies und murdors by brigands aro recoivod hero dally. Soma of these crimes are com mitted almost within tho ircclnts of tho city. Railroad travel Is so haz ardous that few peoplo caro to under take tho Journoy between hero and tho capital. Almost ovory passenger train Is hold up and Us paasongors robbed. Tho old-tlmo method of freighting by ox team wjib recently put Into prac tlco on tho routo hetweon Jalapa and Vora Cruz on account of tho uncer tainty of transportation on tho rail road. All of those freighting wagons aro accompanied by guards of sol dlors. Never, oven in tho porlod Immedi ately following Diaz's ascending to tho presidency, has there boon wit nessed ouch vldcspread brlgandago as Is now going on all ovor southorn Mexico. Tho bandits aro numbered by tho thousands. They oporato boldly, without any attompt being mado, to moloot thorn except In tho largor towns. Tho villages und rural com munltloB aro at tholr comploto mercy. Very fow of tho wagon trains that lonvo Vora Cruz lor Intorlor towns arrlvo with tholr loads; almost In variably thoy aro hold up und looted of tho morchaudlso. In tho mountains around tho boau tlful city of Jalapa, capital of tho Btnto of Vora Cruz, brlgandago is so rife that many of tho coffoo planters and other rural residonts havo beou forced to seek rcfugo In tho town. In tho stato of Oaxaca, whoro an In dependent govornmont has boon In oxtstonco for two years, an effort Is being rando to put an ond to brigand, ago by executing on tho spot all por sons who cannot give a good account of thomsolvoB. Tho moro romnto mln ing districts of Oaxaca aro said to bo LEADER IN NAVAL CIRCLES Mrs, Reginald Nicholson, wlta of Ad' mlral Nicholson, U. S. N. Sho Is con eldered ono of tho most prominent uostossos In naval circles In tho na tlonal capital. Admiral Nicholson Is on the retired list WOMAN LOOPS THE LOOP MIbb Luclllo Taft has boon porfect Ing herself In tho art of flying under tho direction of Aviator llecchc. Ro contly Miss Taft sneaked tho mnchlno out whon nobody was looking and mado throo npectnchlur loops at a hoight of 2,000 foot. badly Infested. Tho moro thickly set tled portions, howovor, aro now al most froo from depredations. Slnco tho American troops ovncu atcd Vora Cruz sanitary nnd health conditions hore havo grown gradually worso and thoy havo resulted In much slcknoss yellow fovor, typhus and Biiinllpox. Tho Amorlcan soldiers loft Vera Cruz tho moBt sanitary city In Mexico. Somo pretense of keoplng tho city clean Is still inado, but It Is confined to tho business districts. Tho outlying ooctlons, whoro tho poor poo plo live, aro neglected, and It is In those placos tlmt epidemics havo oc curred. MAY BAR "PROXY" BRIDES New Immigration Bill Would Abolish Japanese Marriages on "Pic ture" Plan. Washington. Tho "proxy" or "pic- turo" brldo system, by which Jap nncso In this country select a wife from picturos, havo a frlond at homo marry hor by proxy, and then bring hor into tho United States, Is going to bo abolished if tho now Immigration bill becomes a law. Between 2,000 and 3,000 Jnpaucso womon woro brought Into tho Unltod Stutes and Hawaii last year by this method, Chairman Burnett of tho lin- mlgratron commlttoo said. "Too ofton theso proxy brides becomo slnvos nnd tholr husbands procood to obtnln oth er wives from Japan In tho samo way." WANT STREET NAME CHANGED Paris Peoplo Would Have "Avenue do Sofia" Made Something More Pro-A'l. Paris. ParlB has long bIiico re named such streots as tho Ruo do Ilorlln, tlto Ruo d'Allomagno and oth ers of equally olTondlng nomenclature Why, then, asks thf Figaro, Is tho namo of tho Avonuo do Sofia allowed to remain? "Truo, It Ib only bO meters long, but its two namo plates aro constant re minders of tho capital of n nation that Is our onomy and a rubjr for whom wo havo contempt. Wo havo received many letters inquiring whon this thor oughfnro Is to bo ronaraod. Tho mu nicipal council nnelit to take action." houso of parliament of tlio Dominion been of Incendiary origin. FORCEDJjfTOM PETS Aged Woman Gives Up Twenty Years' Struggle. - Since Passing Scriptural Age Limit Her Life Has Borne Out Bib lical Promise of Labor and Sorrow. St. Paul. Aftor a twenty years strugglo to remain Independent, Mrs. Delia Maxwoll, oighty-olght years old. was taken to tho City hospital to Uvo out tho remainder of hor life. Officials of tho Wilder charities found hor 111 In a desolate basement at Stato and Eaton streets and took her away In an ambulance Thrco Angora cats, which, with their progenitors, havo been Mrs. Maxwell's lifelong companions, wero loft with neighbors, and sho was told that sho might havo them near her In her now homo. For four years charity workers havo tried to got Mrs. Maxwell to go to somo institution where sho might llvo comfortably, but sho persistently re fused to llston to such proposals for fear sho would bo separated from hor pets. At Intervals sho would bo lost sight of, to bo discovered later In somo so eluded basement or tenement, hiding horsolf and hor fellno companions. With each rediscovery of tho aged woman a now effort would bo mado to Induce hdr to enter a charltablo homo. When sho refused, fuol and food would bo brought. But, once dis covered, hor placo of abodo was soon changed. Slnco passing tho throo-score-and-ton scriptural ago limit, Mrs. Maxwell's llfo ha'd borno out tho biblical promise of being filled with labor and sorrow. About twonty years ago her husband, who was a bookkeeper In ono of tho city offices, died. Tholr llfo was com fortnhlo, hut tho husband's salary had given llttlo opportunity to save and he left but a small estate Mrs. Maxwoll Invested her llttlo In heritance In a horso and tiny farm In ono of tho suburbs. Sho planned to live by marketing and keeping blooded cats and chickens. But shortly aftct this ono of hor legs was broken. It was badly set and loft her a permanent crlpplo. Sho stayed on tho farm fif teen years, gradually getting Into debt. Thou her horso died. Sho had become bo feoblo sho had to give up hor farm .Sho sold It for llttlo moro than enough to pay her debts and enmo to town, planning to earn as much as possible with her chickens and cats. Tho Lov Ing Kindness branch of tho Sunshine. Bocloty discovered her soon after sho relumed to town. Sho was In need, Tho hrnnch provided for hor since that tlmo, whon sho could bo found. The Wlldor and Associated charities holped, Tho board of control saw that sho was supplied with coal. On Christmas day charity workers found Mrs. Maxwoll ono of tho hap piest of tholr chargos. With plenty ol coal and frequent baskets of provisions and with her pots sho was moro choor ful than many who had all that "mono j could buy, she told them. A day or two ago, howovor, tho aged woman became so ill sho had to take to hor bed. Then It was decided that hor wlshoh at last must bo overruled and the ambulance took hor v,ray from her pets to tho hospital. COUGHS UP CARPET TACK Kentucky Youth Is at Last Relieved oi Irritating Throat Troublo by Coughing Fit. Hickman, Ky. In tho midst of a fit of coughing, Enrl, Bon of Mr. and Mrs 12. Bottorsworth, expelled n carpel tack- which ho accidentally swallowed In September. Whllo making a klto tho youth swal lowed tho tack, which waB among fov oral ho was holding In IiIb mouth. Slnco then ho has had frequent cough ing spells, somo of which woro "ac companied by homorrhago, but' thoro was no suspicion that tho tack was In his throat. ill "S3 - $300,000,000 LOSS IS SEEN Two Million Miles of Unimproved Highways In United States Farm ers Blamed for Condition. "There aro 0,500,000 farmers In the United States, tho most of whom raise something for tho market," says tho American Highway association. "Thoy have been described by Dr. T. N. Carver, tho Harvard university ox pert In economics who was engaged last year by tho department of ngrl culturo draw piano for tho organi zation of a rural community, as tem peramentally on Independent, head strong, individualistic class, and, thcrofore, difficult to organize. That they are 'difficult to organize' Is evi denced by tho fact that there are 2,000,000 miles of unimproved public roads In tho United States over which thoy must haul their products to mar ket at a Idas of approximately $300, 000,000 every year, or about the total assessed valuo of proporty, real and personal, In South Carolina. That thoy aro 'Independent' of good roads to tholr own great loss Is evidenced by tho enormous wasto of both money and rausclo in trying to do business without good roads and their appar ent lack of interest in compelling their representatives in legislatures and congress to provide highways for their service. "Good roads aro equally necessary to 'both tho production and distribu tion of -farm products.' 'They aro pre requisite,' says Mr. Houston, secre tary of agriculture, In his last annual report, 'not only to economical produc tion and distribution, but to tho pro motion of tho broader llfo of commu nities. Tho great need, obviously, Is for roads which will get products from tho farm to tho nearest railway sta tion, enabling tho farmer to haul when ho cannot sow or reap, and to haul at a lower rate, to transport his children to consolidated schools and to enjoy comfortably his social enterprises." There can be, Indeed, no such thing as community llfo without good roads. To assuro such llfo there must be ease or communication and transportation, and, ns Doctor Carver expressed it, 'as tho characteristic ovils of urban llfo grow out of congestion, so do tho characteristic ovils of rural llfo grow out of Isolation. Except for a fow raro souls, isolation means stagnation.' "As a rule, town schools aro better than country schools because the meanB of transportation, or tho streets and roads, aro better In tho towns than in tho country. On the so-called great highway between Washington and Richmond thoro Is a strotch of about fifteen miles on which in the fall and winter farm wagons and auto mobiles sink to tho hubs and traffic is practically impossible, and tills high way between tho two capltnls must be Judged by the soft and not tho hard Subgrade Prepared for Concrete Pave ment. spots. In regions where tho roads havo been Improved tho farmers nrc tho most prosperous and community llfo has been devoloped. In regions whoro tho roads havo not boon im proved tho Bchools, tho churches and all other civilizing agonclos have run down. "Within tho last fow years thore havo been formed 12,000 or 15,000 as sociations of ono sort and another among tho farmers, fruit growers and others looking to tho economic han dling of their business. But thero can be no adequate co-operation among farmers without the first essential of tho best fnrmlnc succoss good public roads. Improved highways mean im proved farming, Increased values of farming lands, Improved standards of farming products, Improved banking moan: nnd facilities, Improved country schools, churchos and homes. Without Improved public highways thoro will continuo tho fearful economic waste which haB operated against tho pros perity of tho farmers and mado thom tho proy of tho combinations which havo fattened on their spoil." Calf Must Have Roughage. Being a ruminant, tho calf will not thrlVd unless supplied with somo roughago, for tho stomach needs bulky feeds to devolop tho capacity and to start tho secretion of tho diges tive julcos. A Roup Preventive. Wo havo no euro for roup, but here Is a reclpo for prevention: Cloan quartors, which means free dom from insect pests, clean floor, now earth if tho floor Is of dirt, regu lar clHnlpg, not noccssarllv dally '..Si-v.' . . .' . ..... Escaped Unshorn. "I hear that you'vo been playing tho stock mnrkot. Havo any hick?" "Great! Camo out exactly even." lfn Marine nfler Exposure In Cold, Cuttinrr Winds nnd D.ust. It rteatorcs, Refreshes nnd Promotes Eye Health. Good for all Eyes thut Need Care. Murine Eyo Remedy Co., Chicago, Sends Eyo Book on request. Claims Greatest Oil Land Control. E. J, Doheny, president of tho Mex ican Petroleum company, has an nounced "int tho new $150,000,000 Pan-American Petroleum nnd Trans port company will control tho largest olt territory In tho worjd under a sin glo ownership. Important to Mothcro Examine carefully every hottlo of CASTOIUA, a safo and sure remedy for infants and children, and seo that it Signature of In Use lor' Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Affected by "War Business."' Tho population of Bridgeport, Conn., is estimated to have Increased during tho pressnt year by about 35,000 growing from 115,000 to 150,000. Twen ty thousand persons aro said to bo em ployed In Bridgeport by one concern, In three shifts of eight hours each. This phenomenal activity Is the result of "war business," Claims Lye la Not Injurious. Prof. M. E. Jaffa of tho California stato board of health denies that, as Is generally believed, lyo-peoled peaches aro moro Injurious to health than hand-pooled fruits. Tho food value, quality and flavor aro unchanged, and it is impossible to distinguish ono from tho other except by tho knife marks of tho hand-peeled product, hu says. Analyses show that tho acidity of tho fruit Is not affected by tho uso of lyo in tho peeling process. On the Watch. Thoro Is a species of son try groups employed near tho trenches. They aro called "listening patrols" and tholr du ties aro to bo always on tho alert and glvo tlmoly warning of any attempted attack. Ono night an officer on his rounds inspecting a listening patrol stationed on an empty farm asked: "Who aro you1?" Tho reply was: "Llsteuln' patrol, sir." "What aro your, duties?" "Wo llston for tho hen cacklln', and then wo pinches tho egg, sir." " A Highway you would build for efficient service now and for gen erations to come. The "Road to Wellville" is built that way. And the password to that road is "right living," in which food and drink play such a big part. More and more people are waking up to the need of banishing from the dietary heavy, indigestible foods, and food deficient in the vitalizing mineral salts. Food scientists now hold that the lack of these elements is one of the chief causes of a long list of ills, including anemia, constipation, nervous prostration, kidney trouble, and so on. Long ago a food now famous was devised to make up for this lack, and it does it admirably. That food is " Br ape -Nuts Made of whole wheat and barley, it contains all the nutrition of the grain, including those vital elements phosphate of potash, etc. which are indispensable for perfect balance of body, brain and nerves, and for warding off disease- This food comes ready to eat, is economical, and delicious. Digests quickly generally in about one hour and ia full of health-making goodness. A ration of Grape-Nuts along with other food has started thousands on the "Road to Wellville." There's Especially if you have, any symptoms of Stomach, Liver or Bowel weakness, such as- P00R APPETITE SICK HEADACHE INDIGESTION CONSTIPATION BILIOUSNESS Always be on the safe side by resorting to the famous HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters promptly. It helps Nature. WOMAN'S WORK IN THE WORLD' Activities of the "Weaker Sex" Promi nent Along Practically All Lines of Endeavor. ' Moro womon nro employed in ths manufacturo of clothing than any oth er Industry in Pennsylvania. Tho Duchess of Norfolk has a col lection of parasols of all countriesr said to bo worth $2,500. Two thousand women will serve as3 Judges and clorkB of election In Chi cago this year, for which they will ro celvo 1 por day. Thousands of women havo been thrown out of work in Massachusetts' since tho operation of tho minimum; wngo law went into effect. Tho first savings bank was insti tuted by a woman, Priscllla Wakoflold, who inaugurated a bank scheme for tho encouragement of thrift among: children of Tottenham toward tho end of tho eighteenth century. A remarkable translation of Nich olas Statham's "Abridgement of Law,"" nn old English book, which has baf fled translators for years, has Just been completed by Mrs. Margaret C. Kllngensmtth, a member of tho Penn sylvania bar. It took Mrs. Kllngen smith fifteen years to comrleto tho translation, which will bo published in tho near future. Seek to Solve Big Problem. Two English scientists, who ai-o ex perimenting, expect to solve tho prob lem of producing electricity directly from coal without using a steam en gine and dynamo. Concreto post bases to glvo longet life to worn-out fence posts havo been patented by a Now York Inventor. a Reason"
