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THE 8EMI.WEEKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. c I CONSCRIPTION III CANADA No War Tax on Land Embargo on Shipment of Live StocK - Removed. During tho prevalences of tho foot-and-mauth dlscaso In homo portions ol hc United States, an embargo was placed upon Inter-state shlptnenta. "Thin also had an effect upon ship ments to Ca.iada, and necessarily an embargo was placed upon them, mak ing It almost impossible for upwards of a year to ship cattlo Into Canada. roni the United States. This was es poclally hard on tho settlor. As a re sult. Western Canada lost a number of ettlers, thoy being unablo to take helr llvo Btock with them. Canada Is practically free from horse and cattlo diseases, and the wlBh of tho authori ties Is to keep It so Recontly, though, an order has boen Issued by the Department of Agricul ture, removing the embargo, and set tlero are now ireo to take in tho num tor of head of horses or cattlo that are permitted by tho Customs authorities and tho frolgr, regulations. This will e welcome news to those whoso In tention It Is to movo to Canada, taking vlth them stock tha' iey havo had In their possession for six month3, and which It Is tho intention to uso on land that they will farm In the Provinces of Manitoba. Saskatchewan or Alberta. There are thousands of splendid homesteads of 160 acres each In any of theso provinces that may bo had upon tho payment of a Un-dollar en try fci and fulfilling the requisite liv ing and cultivation duties! These landB are well adapted to tho growing of all the small grains, and besides, tiavlng an .bundance cf grass, and suf ficient shelter, thoy are well adapted to tho raising of stock. If one prepares to purchase land, there could bo no better time than tho present. Prices are low, and particu lars may bo had from any of the land companies, of which there am several, or from the Canadian Pacific and Ca nadian Northern railways, whose hold ings aro In tho older settled districts, and whose terms are exceedingly eaBy to the settlor. What theso lands will dp In tho matter of production cannot bo more strongly emphasized than in reading tho reports of tho crops throughout all parts of tho Canadian West in 1915. Yields of 50. GO, and as tolgh as 70 bushols of wheat to the acre were numerous, while reports of yields of from 30 to 45 bushels por aero were common. Oats as high as ISO bushels per aero are reported, BO and 60 bushels per acre being ordi nary. The prices realized by farmers havo placed mosh of them on "easy street." Lately there havo appeared articles In a number of United States news papers to tho effect that there was con scription In Canada, or that such a law was likely to bo put Into effect. We have It from the highest authority In tho Dominion that thero Is no truth In the statement. Sir Robert Borden t tho opening of Canadian parliament on January 17th, said: "In tho first few months of the war I clearly stated that thero would not be conscription In Canada. I repeat that statement today." This statement should set at rest tho conscription talk that has been so freely used to Influence thoso who may bo considering settling in Canada dur ing the war. It has also been said that there was a war tax on land. Hon. Dr. Roche, Minister of tho Interior, over his own signature has denied this, and the pre miers of the different provinces join In saying "such a report Is absolutely untrue, and has no foundation what ever In fact, nor is there likely over to be any such tax upon land 'In Canada." Tho genoral prosperity of Western Canada farmers and business institu tion's is Biich that Canada Is well ablo to tako caro of tho extra war expenses without any direct war taxation. This has been well Illustrated by tho mag nlrictnt response to the Dominion Gov ernment's recent bond Issue, which was moro than doubly subscribed for within tho first eight hours of Its be ing offered to the public. (Tho abovo appears as an advertise ment and la paid for tho Dominion Government which authorizes its pub lication.) German shippers havo never fa 'ported 27,562,301 pounds of black and tho long sea voyages to tho toll charges. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottlo of CASTORIA, a safe and suro remedy for infants and children, and seo that It Dears tho Signaturo of Cfra In Uso for Ovor 30 Years, Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Not Suited. "Can you play this song Tho Trail ing Vino?'" Not on an upright piano." Not Clrsy nalra hat Tired Kyei malco us look older than we are. Keep your Eyes young and you will look yountf. After tho Movies Murine Tour Eyes. Don't tell your npfe. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, Bends Eye Book on request. The dlfforenco botwoon stealing and embezzling depends altogether on the dIzo of tho pile that tho thiol gets away wltk WINTER AND SUMMER PRUNING RESULTS Levy Peach Tree, Eight Years Old, Pruned to Develop Strong, Stock Branches and an Open Top. (By C. D. JARVIS, Connecticut Agricul tural College.) Summer pruning as contrasted with tho regular practlco Is tho pruning of trees whilo in foliage. Its influenco upon tho trco in many respects is op poBlto to winter pruning. Tho latter stimulates wood growth, whilo tho for mor tends to lessen wood growth. As a ruler any practlco that checks wood growth tends to Induco fruitful noss. Growers havo taken advantago of this fact for many years. In Eng land tho result is attained by root pruning. Tho method consists in digging a trench around tho tree at somo con siderable distance and severing somo of tho roots. This Interferes with tho food supply and necessarily reduces growth. In tho famous Ozark apple region of Missouri and Arkansas tho saiuo result Is attainod by ringing or girdling tho trunk or main branches of tho tree, thus checking tho downward flow of sap. Tho roots In this way aro partial ly starvod and are, thoroforo, unablo to Induco a strong wood growth tho following season. Tho work Is dono during tho growing season and, as a result, tho wound soon heals over. The growers In tho Pacific coast ro glon practlco summer pruning to check wood growth. A completo or partial defoliation by insects, disease, or spraying injury during the enrly summer seems to have the samo effect. Just why tho checking of wood growth should induco tho formation of PLANT LIGE MAY BE KILLED IN SPRING As Soon as Tender Leaves Begin to Unfold Eggs Hatch May Be Destroyed in Spring. (By F. Ii. WASHBURN. Entomologist, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.) Somo trees and shrubs aro loaded every season with plant lice. On those affected last year ono is likely to find now small, black, shiny eggs at tho end of twigs. Theso can, be seen on fruit and other trees, various ornamental shrubs, and particularly on tho buckthorn. As soon as tho ten der leaves begin to unfold on this shrub tho eggs hatch, and tho leaves shortly becomo loaded with llco. "Why not, thoroforo, trim hedges and shrubs now, and burn tho trimmings, burn as well all prunlngs of fruit trees? It Is very well known that plant llco incrcaso at a tromendous rato when once started, thoroforo each egg destroyed now means thp death of hundreds of llco and tho con sequent lessening of tho work of spraying lator. PAINTING OF SMALL WOUNDS IS USELESS Experiments Show That Practice Is Sometimes Detrimental, Particularly to Peaches. (By It. A. M'GINTY. Colorado Agricul tural Collcgo. Fort Collins, Colo.) It has long been tho custom for horticulturists to recommend, and fruit growers to uso, dressings of various kinds on tho wounds of trees when brnnches nro removed in prun ing. A fow years ago tho New York experiment station decided to con duct somo exporlmonts to determine whether such practlco was really of any valuo or not. From results of this work, which havo recently been published In bul letin form, It is concluded that tho uso of whlto lead, whlto zinc, yellow ochor, coal tar, shellac, and avonnrlous carballneum ar coverings for wounds under flvo Inchon In dlnmotor Is not only usoless, hut usually detrimental to tho tree. This Is particularly true of peaches, and perhaps of other stono fruits, which, according to recom mendations, should never bo treated at all. Tho substalice.1 mentioned often In Juro tho Cambium layer to such an extent thnt the healing of wounds is greatly retarded. Of tho Bubstances experimented with, whlto lead proved to bo tho best and is recommonded wherever anything Is used. Hut it is not thought worth whilo to uso oven whlto lead for wounds two or fruit buds and how it oxerts this In fluenco Is not woll understood. The theory has boen advanced that thore is some inherent tendency on tho pnrt of tho trco to reproduco itself before It dies and that when anything Inter feres with tho natural processes tho treo prepares for death. This is not a satisfactory explanation and it is hoped that tho physiologists may bo ablo to throw somo light on tho subject in tho near future "Ibollovo that with young trees wo should do vory llttlo wlntor pruning and that wo should direct tho growth largoly by summer pruning. Tho work to bo most effective should bo dono a little each year and at Just about tho tlmo tho trco completes its annual growth. If dono too enrly It will dofcat Its aim and produco a strong growth of shoots. If dono too lato it forces out a soft growth which Is likely to be winterkilled. Tho object of tho work at first should bo to direct tho growth and later to Induco fruitfulnoss. Only strong growing treo should bo pruned during tho growing season, remember ing that it is a dovltallzlng operation and may easily bo overdone. "With regard to bearing applo troos tho necessity for summer pruning Is loss pronounced If not entirely elim inated. Since our maturo trees tend to overbear thero Is no necessity for Inducing frultfulness, and wlntor prun ing would, thoroforo, bo tho most log ical practlco. three Inches or less In diameter, though It may bo advisable to uso It on wounds whero very largo branches havo been removed. On tho larger wounds, whero much surfaco Is exposed to decay, tho whlto lead will help to keep out molsturo and tho organisms which causo decay. Tho small wounds, liowevor, heal so quickly that tho evil offectB of tho covering may moro than oftsot tho benefits derived from Its uso. FLAVOR AND AROMA DESIRED IN BUTTER Fundamental Purpose of Ripening CreamTemperature Deter mines the Texture. By the ripening of cream Is meant tho changes it undergoes from the timo of separation until It is added to tho churn. Upon theso changes do pends vory largely tho quality of but ter as regards texturo and flavor. Tho tomperaturo at which cream is hold determines tho firmness of texturo, whilo tho flavor is dependent upon tho by-producta from tho bacterial growth. Tho purposo of rlneninir cream is fundamentally that of giving tho but I tor tno desired flavor and aroma, but In addition it increases tho caso and efficiency of churning. Cream is ripened in ono of two ways: First, It sours or ripens as a result of tho action of bactorla which nro normally present In milk and cream, or, Second, It ripens as a result of no Hon of certain kinds of bactorla which aro added In what is termed a "start er." Idaho Experiment Station. SELECTION OF SITE FOR FRUIT ORCHARD Peach Buds "Are Often Killed or Blossoms Injured by Frost in Many Low Places. It Is a woll-rccognlzcd fact, though ono too often overlooked In selecting sites for orchnrdB, that cold air settles to tho lower lovols. For this reason It la ofton coldor at tho lower olevatlons thnn It Is at high er points In tho samo locality. This Is what Is meant by "atraosphorlc drain ago." Tho occurronco of frdst In low places when thero Is none on elevated areas Is thus explained, For tho samo reason peach budB are often winterkilled or tho blossoma aro Injured by frost in tho spring in low places wlien nearby orchards on high er elevations aro Injured much less, or oven escapo entirely. PUT SQUARELY UP TO HIM Most Excellent Reason Why Man Henceforth Should Take an "In terest In the Firm." Colonel Rosa boasts of tho fact thnt ho nover forgots an acquaintance, ills walks downtown aro always punctu ated with hnndshnkos and an inquiry regarding business, health, wifo, chil dren, or what not. Unerringly ho touches tho right chord, and leavos tho acquaintance with tho fooling that however Indifferent tho world uiny bo to him and his affairs, tho colonel Is his friend. A fow days ago Colonol Ross met a friend. After a cordial handshako and "How aro you?" tho colonol snld, "Whero aro you working now, Dan?" "At tho shop." "Samo old placo?" "Yes, I got an Interest now." "An Intorcst? Woll. that's nlcol Since when?" and tho colonel shook Ills friend's hand vigorously. "SInco Saturday. Tho boss told mo I'd havo to tako an interest in tho placo or quit." Indianapolis Nows. A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mr. F. C. Caso of Welcome Lako, Pa., writes: "I suffered with Back ache and Kldnoy Trouble. My head ached, my sloop was broken and un- refrcshlng. I felt heavy and sleopy after meals, was always nervous and tired, had a bitter tasto in my mouth, was dizzy, had float lag speckB before my oyes, was always thirsty. had a Mr. F. C. Caso. dragging sensation across my loins, difficulty In collecting my thoughts and was troubled with short ness of breath. Dodds Kldnoy Pills havo cured mo of theso complaints. You are at liberty to publish this let ter for tho benefit of any sufferer who doubts the merit of Dodds Kidney Pills." Dodds Kidney Pills, 50c. por box at your dealer or Dodds Medlclno Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Dodds Dyspepsia Tab lets for Indigestion havo been proved. GOc. por box. Adv. The Optimist. Charles F. Murphy, tho Tammany leader, praising optimism, said: "When 1 am looking for cheery, bracing optimism, 1 often think of tho streot musician playing 'Christiana Awake' on a cornet in tho midst of a driving snowstorm on Christmas day. "Tho snow fell, tho wind blow, and the musician, standing In a doep drift, tooted away when a lady passed. "Tho man looked down at his shab by attlro and said to himself proudly and optimistically: "'How lucky It's only my shoes that's full of holes. They don't show at'all In this deep snow.' " Washing ton Star. What Did He Expect? For nearly an hour tho salesman had boon dilating on tho marvels of tho motor car he was trying to sell. "And tho prlco of tho car Is $750," tho customer murmured thoughtfully. "DoeB that Includo everything?" "Yes oh, no, of courso, tho lamps aro extra." "Lamps extra!" said tho customer sharply. "Out thoy aro shown In tho Illustration." "My dear sir, bo Is a vory boautiful woman," said the salesman smoothly; "but wo do not glvo a lady with overy carl" A mall and express auto, traversing the wilds of Colorado has a bandit proof cage In the rear for valuable. When a young rooster 'gets a comb ho reaches tho height of his ambition. 66 Eating for Health" consists in selecting food that will surely rebuild the tissue cells of brain, nerve and muscle. In this daily rebuilding certain elements richly stored in the field grains are all-important Grape-Nuts made of whole wheat and malted barley, supplies in splendid proportion all the rich nutriment of the grains, including their vital mineral salts, phosphate of potash, etc., lacking in the usual dietary of many, but necessary for building and storing up reserve energy. Grape-Nuts comes in sealed packages fresh, crisp and ready to eat. It has a de licious nut-like flavour, is easily and quickly digested and, with cream or good milk, is an ideal ration for health. "There's a Reason" REPRIEVE FOR THE BIRDS War In Europe Has Meant That Feath ered Creatures Have a Chance to Increase and Multiply. Whilo men aro destroying each oth er In Europo, thoy aro giving tho wild creatures a respite. This Is not phil anthropy, but business war business. Anyono who can point a gun must nlm It at tho enemy. Uut tho effect on tho birds Is nil that tho most ardent Audu bon Boclety could doslro. Franco has prohibited all hunting and tho sale of natlvo gamo. Ordi narily, moro thnn 1,000 tons of such gamo, nearly all birds, aro sold in French markets, not to mention tho qunntlty consumed' by tho hunters. Two million pounds of birds roprosont a protty honvy slaughter, and tho absence of this destruction wtll holp to ro-peoplo tho woods and Holds with feathered folk. Belgium, in normal times, exports moro thnn 50,000 sky larks for food. SInco most of thuao aro trapped,. Jt may bo that tho de struction Is not greatly lessoned In somo parts of tho country, but In or near tho war zouo birds nro Immune The War Spirit. A British diplomat was praising tho cheerful and dovotcd spirit whorowlth tho women of Britain aro doing tholr shnro of war work. "Thero is a story that illustrates this flno spirit," said ho. "A mnn asked his next-door neigh bor In nn English town: '"Anybody 111 In your houso? 1 heard a lot of frantic running up and down stairs last night. It seemed to go on protty much all evening.' "Hero, by tho way, I'd bottor ox plain that nn English bus has a double deck llko tho Now York bus of Broad way and of Fifth avonuo. "Tho othor man snld In answer to his friend: . " 'Oh, no, wo'vo got nobody sick. It was Just my wlfo you hoard. You soo, sho's taken n Job as bus conductor and last night sho thought sho'd havo a bit of practlco running up tho Btops.' " Washington Star. Fashions Set by Soldiers. Aloxandcr tho Groat is said to bo ro Bponstblo for men shaving tholr facos, tho Baltlmoro Sun observes. Whon his phalanx swept into Asia tho beards of his soldiers wero found to bo a Bourco of dangor to themselves. In hand to hand encounters with tho onomy tho lattor wero found to pos sess too groat an advantago In bolng ablo to grasp tho beard. Aa a matter of military necessity Alexandor or dered all his fighting men to shave. Today in tho trenches of Europo boI dlers aro permitting tholr beards to grow as a protection against cold ngaln a necessity of war and doubt less tho wearing of beards will bo vory generally rovlvod In conso quenco. Calm Slowbetter. Slowbotter Is a calm man, not eas ily upset. On ono occasion as his motor car had como to a sudden stop he crawled undorneath It to boo what was tho matter. Somehow or othor somo potrol Ig nited. A flcrco burst of flame and smoko camo forth, enveloping Slow bettor. -In tho midst of tho excite- 1 mont ho walked to ono sldo with bis usunl slow and regular stop. His face was black, his eyebrows and eyelashes wero singed, and what was left of his hair and beard was n Bight to behold. Someone brought a mirror, and ho had a look at himself. As usual, how ever, ho took matters philosophically. "Well," ho said, slowly and deliber ately, "I was neodlng a Bhavo and my hair cut, anyway." A Whalo Market. Jonah complalnod. "Wo aro always advised to buy at tho bottom, but thero Is nothing for Balo," ho cried. Sold by Grocers everywhere. IS ss, Look, Motherl If tongue Is coated, give "California Syrup of Figs." Children lovo UiIb "fruit laxative," and nothing clso cloansoa tho tondor, stomach, llvor nnd bowels so nicely. A child simply will not stop playin to ompty tho bowels, and tho result la thoy becomo tightly clogged with wasto, llvor gets sluggish, stomach, sours, thon your llttlo ono bocomos cross, halt-sick, feverish, don't eat, sleep or act naturally, breath Is bad, system full of cold, has soro throat. Btomach-acho or diarrhoea. Llston, Mother! Soo If tonguo Is coated, thon glvo a tcaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and In a fow hours all tho constipated waste, sour bllo nnd undigested food passes out of tho sys tem, and you havo a well child Again. Millions of mothers give "California Syrup of Figs" becauso It Is perfectly harmless: children lovo it, and it nev er falls to act on tha stomach, llvor and bowels. Ask at tho store for a 50-cont bottle ot "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babioo, chlldron of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv. BREAKING THE NEWS GENTLY How tho News of a Flro at Hla Home Came to the Man Who Was Most Interested. In Liverpool thore Is a man famous for his catmness on ovory occasion. Ono day ho strolled lolsuroly into tho olllco of a friend. "I'vo Just had a chat with your wlfo," ho began. "Why, I didn't know sho was in town." "Oh, Bho wasn't In town," ropllod the othor. "I called at your houso." "I didn't know sho was receiving today," said tho hUBband, with somo surprlso. "I thought sho had a head ache" "Sho didn't mention It to mo," said tho calm man. "Thero was qulto a crowd at tho houso." "A crowd!" ochood tho husband. "Yea," wont on tho calm man. "Thoy camo with tho flro onglno." "Tho flro onglno 1" gaspod-tho hus band. "Oh, It's all right," wont on tho calm man. "It's all right now. It wasn't much of a flro, but I thought you'd llko to know of It" Poarson's Wookly. Grim Prophecy on an Egg. , "Tho end of tlmo 1916." Thoso words appear plainly on nn egg laid by a llttlo whlto leghorn bolonglng to James Francis of McKoos Rocks. Tho lottors of tho prophecy aro la dead whlto, contrasting with tho mild er grayish lustor of tho rost of tho sholl. Thoy aro ombosaod, standing out noticeably. Thoy could bo read by tho flngors of tho educated sight less. As to how thoy camo on tho ogg sholl, the problom is too much for many who havo tackled It, and thoso who bellovo that ovon a hen Is not too humble an Instrument for groat rovol atlons to dnto havo tho best of tho ar gument. Pittsburgh Dispatch to the Philadelphia Record. The Other Groundhog. Knlcker What wero you wonder lng? Bockor Whothor tho pork barrol saw Its shadow. Less Reason to Be. Fathor Aren't you sorry now that you hit Willie Jonos? Bobby I ain't half as sorry aB be Is. 0U FFuFRISH n I 1.1 1.1 111 4. I 3