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    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
SPONSORS NEW WEAPON
NAVY MOBILIZES COUNTRY'S WIRES;
SHIPS ARE PHONED 10 BY RADIO
Battleship Now Hampshire Gets Orders by Secret Process Pos
sessed by the Navy of No Other GovernmentSecretary
Daniels, During Demonstration of Nation's Forces of
Communication, Is in Touch With Entire Country.
Aided by tho tele- find keep In touch. Wo enn hear as
phono, telegraph, printing lolcgniph, well ns If you were In Washington. It
wireless telephone, find wlrclcBB tele- will not ho vory long hoforo tho Bccro-
graph. tho United Stntes navy mo- tary of tho rnivy can sit In hlfl ofllco In
blitzed the country's forccfl of camtnu- tho department and communlcato vor-
nleatlon recently. ,,aI,y wltn 8,llP8 n" over tho world."
Hy mcaiiB of tho nbovo momous art- Hears orders Perfectly,
rotary Daniels. Bitting ut hlfl ileflk. Admiral Pnnson then talked with the
talked with every navy yard In tho captain of tho Now Hampshire Ho
country, gavo formal orders by tclo- ordored him to keep In touch with the
phono to all of tliem, found bulletins dopnrtracnt by radio telephone and ro-
coming In "from iirooKiyu t jh position ovcry nour.
whoro over tho writing telegraph, and Admiral Bndgor noxt talked with
then, by means of tho wireless, got Captain Chandler.
Into communication with tho United Hello!" said he. "Is that you,
States ships at flea as far away as Chandler? You got your orders all
Honolulu, 4,900 tnlleB on ono side, or right, did you? Hopo you will lmvo ti
tho coaBt of Europo on tho outer. vory pleasant trip outside. It Is very
Direction of tho movements of naval wonderful that we understand you so
voBHclfl ot sea by wlrolosfi telephono well. Vou hear mo porfectly?"
becamo an accomplished fact when It required 53,000 miles of tho 21,-
Secretary Daniels gnvo verbal inairuc- ooo.ugo miles of telophono wires In tho
tlons to CapL Lloyd II. Chandler of country to effect tho mobilization and
tho battleship Now Hampshire lying called for tho scrvlco of 600 specially
In Hampton Roads. trained employees of tho company co-
Tho Instructions woro to procecu io operating witn navy men. it called
nrn. not later than ten o'clock tho fol- for tho Installation of throo special
lowing morning and to roport his pobI- rooms In tho navy department and
Hon hourly by wlroless teiopnono io tuo placing or special instruments at
tho navy department until noon ot mo an points.
. .1... 1m wnn In ntir.iior OH 1 lin fnlnnhnnn nnnntn In pn.fitirrn t Inn
tho mouth of tho Potomac river and with tho navy department' lmvo been t0 a lu,nn of lynnmlto. There Is no
make a full roport of his crulso by working on tho schomo for more than barro1' and tho gun can bo operated
wlrelcfls telophono to tho naval ncau- a year. With Captr. w. H. G. Dullard,
chlof of tlio bureau of communications.
In chargo of tho navy, and John J.
Carty, chief engineer of tho telophono
company, and his aids, tho system
An absolutely now typo of gun, tho
Invention of an American citizen, and
spoiiHorod by Mrs. Kathryn M. Stun
ton of Whitostono, L. I., Is to bo tried
out by tho United States government
at Fort Hancock. Tho new weapon
Is operated without powder; It Is
nolselcHS us well ns smokeless, and
hurls missiles with deadly aim, tho
missiles may be anything fron, an egg
cmv nt Annapolis.
Attached to tho telophono on tho
secretary's desk were a scoro or moro
receivers which permitted stnn oui-
cers of tho navy department to liston was worked out.
to tho. conversation. Excopt for occa- Tho system Is dlvldod Into four gen-
slonal static lntorruptlonB, Captain oral groups, telophono, telegraph,
Chnndlor'B volco was as plainly audlblo I wireless telephono and printer tele-
as though ho hod beon talking over graph. Head of No. l, for tho navy,
an ordlnnry telophono. aro Lieutenants Noyos, Smith. Mc-
A Unique Possession. Candlcss, Percy and Train, and
In responding subsequently to a Messrs. Dlackncll and Robinson for
speech by Secretary DanlolB express- tho company. No. 2 was in chargo of
lng appreciation of tho co-operation Moaarg. FannlU, Drake and Frledland-
given by tho-tolophono company, J. 3
Carty, chlof cnglnocr of tho company
declared that tho United States navy
was tho only ono In tho world that pos
or; No. 3 In charge of Lloutcnants
Hopper, Bastado, Messrs. Clark, Hill,
Colpltts and Arnold, und No. 4 In
chargo ot Lieutenants McUnndlcss.
by nn untrained man or woman, it
is simple of construction nnd all of Its
parts can bo mado at any machine
shop with a cost of less than rno
tenth of tho price of a weapon using
explosives. Mrs. Stanton Is an ardent
preparedness ndvocato and alio soon
becamo Interested In tho gun after tho
workings had been explained to hor.
She nnanccd tho building of a model
and personally superintended tho mak
ing of tho gun. Tho weapon was tried
out at Sandy Hook and tho officers
who woro present all acclaimed tho
gun as tho weapor, cf futuro warfare.
It Is a purely mechanical dovlco and
can bo operated by any sort of a mo-
trr, Including handpowcr.
GROWING RED CLOVER
Not Advisable to Begin Culture on
Very Large Suale.
CONCRETE TROUGH FOR HOGS
Maintains Nitrogen of Soils In Princi
pal Crop-Producing Sections Crop
Must Not Be Depended Upon
as Cure-All.
(Dy J. M. WEBTGATE.)
Tho production of clover Is tho foun
dation of agriculture In tho eastern
and north central states, as upon its
successful growth depends to a largo
extent tho maintenanco of tho nitro
gen content of the soils In the prin
cipal crop-producing sections. Red
clover also growB well In tho southern
states on rich limestone soils which
aro In good condition, but needs to ho
managed somewhat differently from
tho methods followed In tho northern
states.
But clover must not bo looked upon
as a euro-all for farm troubles. Its
rooto do add large quantities of tho
very valuable nitrogen and humus to
tho soil, but asldo from bringing up
u limited supply ot phosphoric acid
nnd potash from tho lower layers of
tho soil It does not add tho other Im
portant fertilizer oloracnts to tho soli
upon which It grows. Upon many
soils theso elcmonts (particularly
phosphoric acid) must bo added tho
samo as though no clover was being
grown upon them.
So long as tho soli is fairly well
supplied with humus and Is not too
greatly depleted of tho ordinary fer
tilizer elomonts, there Is usually no.
difficulty In obtaining successful
standB of clover by tho ordinary meth
ods of seeding; but when continued
cropping reduces tho humus content
of tho soil to n point bolow that re
quired for successful clover produc
tion it becomes necessary to adopt
radical means to restoro tho ground
to Its proper condition. It has been
repeatedly shown that tho falluro of
To Get Full Capacity of Device Uso
a Carpenter's Level to 8et tho
Outside Form.
Watering and feeding troughs for
hogB arc, as a rule, merely long, shal
low concrete blocks, hollowed out to n
V-shapo or U-shapo.
Tho outside form Is a heavy box
with vertical sides and ends. To got
tho full capacity of a trough, uso a
carpenter's lovol to set tho outside
form. Tho inside shapo Is given by
a core mndo by tacking together two
boards along ono edgo. Bovcl these
boards at the joint, bo as to glto -a
Watering or Feeding Trough.
round shapo to tho bottom oi tho fin
ished trough. Make tho top edgo of
tho trough at least three iuchcB thick.
Ono method of building a hog trough
requires an outer form only. Mix tho
concrcto dry enough that It may bo
tamped ugalnst tho sldo of tho form
Into tho shapo desired. Paint the in
sldo nt once with cement and water
mixed to the stiffness of cream.
Uso two-foot lengtliB of one-Inch gas
plpo across tho trough, to keep tho
hogs out of It. For holding tho plpo
in position, set one-hfMnch bolts In
pairs, headB down, In tho Boft con
crete so that the plpos will fit be
tween them and can be held firm by a
strap Iron over tho boltB. For thlB
purpose choose one-half-inch bolts of
sufficient length to extend four Inches
into tho concrete. Space the cross
plpo 12 to 16 Inches apart
BIG VALUE OF FERTILIZERS
Bosaos tho Bocrct of wlroless telophono Butler, Mr. Pannlll and Messrs. Moore- GIRLS WASH WHITE POODLES
communication with ships at sea
Following tho demonstration of tho
wireless telephone exporlmont, Sccro
tary Daniels talked by long-dlBtnnco
tolophono with tho Now York navy
yard, tho Portsmouth (N. II.) yard, tho
Norfolk navy yard, and tho naval aoro
plane training station at Pcnsacola,
Fla. Efforts to got Into telophono com
muntcatlon with San Diego, Cal., failed
bocauso ot local storms In southern
California,
Owing to tho fact that tho depart
mont had no funds available for tho
purpoBO, all expanses ot tho three-day
experiments aro bolng borno by tho
tolophono company. In addition to
tho tolophono conversations, thoro
will bo claborato oxporlmonts with
tho transmission ot tolograph orders.
By means of tho printing tolograph ap
paratus eight mosBagoB will bo trans
mltted simultaneously over tho samo
circuit botwewjAho navy department
and tho Brooklyn navy yard, four go
lng each way, and will bo received In
printed form.
Socrotary DanlolB announced that
the department In Us plana to mobilize
all reeourccB of tho country for pos
slblo ubo in timo ot war has nearly
completed Its Inventory ot tho do
tailed resources of private manutac
turlng establishments which would
be ablo to turn out munitions and
other equipment In case of war enior
goney,
The following Is tho first ordor over
transmitted by wlroless telophono to
a United States naval vossol (Sccro
tary Daniels talking to Captain Chun
dler of tho Now Hampshire):
"Got under way by ton o'clock to
morrow. I will bo In tho navy depart
mcnt at ten o'clock, and wo will havo
ttnothor conversation thon. Stnnd by
SENTINEL ON DUTY
houso and Parkor.
Leading Participants
i'arucipating in tuo manouvurs
wore, In ndditlon to tho secretary ot
tho navy, tho assistant Bocrotary, tho
chlof of naval operations, tho prcsl
dent of tho general board, tho chief
ot tho bureau of Btcam engineering,
tho dlroctor of nnval Intelligence and
tho head ot tho bureau of commuulca
tlons, Captain Bullard.
Tho company was represented by
U. N. Bothcll, senior vlco-proaldont;
N. C. KIngabury, vlco-prosldont In
chargo of long distance linos; Dan
croft Qhcrardl, engineer ot plant;
C. H. Wilson, general manager ot tho
long dlstanco lines; F. A. Stevenson,
general superintendent of plant; F
N. Botholl, president of tho Washing
ton Boll company, and H. B. Thayer,
One Way Women Earn Money to Help
Pay Way Through Kan
' sas University.
LawrenccTho task of Bclf-support
among tuo women students oi mo
University of Kansas Includes every
thing from cooking f:r harvest hands
to washing little whlto dogs while In
school. The most common mothi'd In
practice Is doing houBowrrk fir fac
ulty women. One woman who 1b es
pecially anxious to get along without
llnnnclal aid works for a prrfessir's
family while sho is in school and
Bponds her vacations helping the farm
ers' wives cook for harvesters.
The women who can do good steno
graphic work aro In great demnnd by
JUG
ROADS IN PROPER CONDITION
Oiling, If Not Rightly Done, Will Sim
ply Bo a Waste of Money Muct
Be Cared For.
On nenrly ovcry hand wo hear the
ory, "Oil tho roads." "Why doesn't
Bomoono oil tho roads and get rid of
this terrlblo mud and slush that WO'
aro compelled to travel through bo
largo a part of tho year?" Thero
seem to bo somo who think that If
our roads woro Just oiled most of our
trcublcB, so far as tho roada aro con
cerned, would bo a thing of tho past
Many of them seem to think that 1C
tho road bosses would only go out
tho nrofeasors. Womon also do n Krcat
president of tho WoBtorn Electric ,joa 0f typewriting for other students.
company, wnicn manes an tno appa- a fow furni8h themselves with a little
ruttis.
Everything was dono ns If tho coun
try actually woro at war. Tho apo
dal rooms were all guarded by ma
rine BontrioB and no onu wuh permit
ted to outer without a special pass is
sued uy mo uepartmont. A consor
was in chargo ot all communications
Bent, with powor to cut oft any corro-
spondonco that might bo made- pub
lic.
Tho oponlng ceremonies woro brlof.
Socrotary DanlolB took his plnco at
tho dosk and tho word wont forth vthat
ho must talk immediately with his
navy yards. Almost boforo ho had
givon his preliminary ordor tho yards
woro reporting.
pocket monoy by playing the plane for
gymnasium cIssbos. Anothor s. lvcd tho
problem of making money last vaca
tion by making ponnants for tho Santa
Fo railroad. Two roommates who
wanted to docorato tholr rooms but
lacked tho funds havo Leon giving a
llttlo whlto dog a hath onco a week,
netting them $2 n month.
FARM IN FAMILY 169 YEARS
Sweet Clover With Nodules on Roots,
tho clover in a section is but a pro
phecy of tho early falluro of other
leading crops in that particular sec
tion.
The substitution of alslko for ordi
nary red clover will onablo clover to
bt contlnuod In the rotation on some
soils which no longer grow tho ordl
miry red clover. Tho, lack of humus
in tho soil Is tho most potont factor
in the falluro ot rod clovor In theso
sections, but other factors such as
too acid a soil and the presence of
fungous diseases or Insect enemies,
must also bo ovorcomo. Liming and
proper drninago will overcome tho
soil acidity. Tho lnsoct and fungous
diseases may bo held in check by
clipping or cutting nt tho proper timo
and by furnishing tho proper soil con
ditions to produce a crop so vigor
ous that It will Buccoed in splto of
tho cnomles which prove troublesome
to less vigorous stands.
Last
of Descendants of Thomas
Scott-at Bennington, Vt.,
Is Dead.
RENEWING THE RHUBARB BED
Barnyard Manure Improves Physical
Conditions of Soil and Makes It
Easy to Handle.
Barnyard manure has value on tho
farm aside from that aB a fertilizer.
It Improves tho physical conditions of
tho soil and makes it easier to handle.
Its decay produces heat and Its pres
ence aids chemical and bacterial
processes. Moreover, it absorbs and
holds a largo amount of water and
helps to aerate tho soiL Tho bene
fits of these indirect aids to plant
growth arc in some cases worth as
much as tho fertilizing power of tho
manure.
When it Is added that barnyard ma
mire is worth perhaps $2.50 a ton, and
that each farm animal produces from
five to seven tons per 1,000 pounds of
Ilvo weight each year, It is easy to see
that as a fertilizer the material should
not bo wasted.
Tho best practlco Is to hul the stuff
directly from tho barn to tho fields.
It this Is done, there is little loss
through fermentation or leaching.
DEVICE USED TO CATCH HOGS
Wire Loop Is Attached to Chain In
Metal Pipe Handle Handy for
Stock and Poultry.
Ono end of tho wire loop of tho hog
catcher shown In tho illustration is
attached to a chain in the metal pipe
handle. Tho loop is tightened and
LATEST IN FISH STORIES
Man
Claims tc Have Caught Large
Gold Fish In a Net In
Lake Erie.
1ri 1KB TTfT 1 1 illtoi W
Ap ouipoBt of the Sixth Infantry
keeping watch at the camping placo
at Boca Grundo, Mexico, Outpost
duty In this noctlon leaves much to be
desired, tho scrubby nature of the
country InyUSng snipers to try tholr
Juck,
Port Clinton, O.Tho latost thing
In Huh stories Involves tho catching
ot a gold Ilsh that measures 12 Inches
In length, by Ruthord Hayes In ono
ot his nets In the lake. It Is the larg
est fish of Us kind over caught hero
and Is thought to havo oscapod from
n park aquarium, possibly at Bollo
Isle.
A fow days ago a couplo of gold
fish wero landed hero, hut they woro
much smaller and did not havo tho
real gold color.
This flnh Is still alive. It Is on ex
hibition.
SHE TRAILED WRONG MAN
HonnlnKton, Vt. When tho body ot
Mies Helen C. Scott, elghty-throo, was
taken to tho old Uoiinlngton cemotcry
tho continuous occupancy of tho Scott
farm and houso by Samuul Scott and
his descendants for a period ot 1G9
years camo to an ond.
Samuol Scott was a native of Sun
derland, Mass., and was well along In
yonrs when ho camo to Uoiinlngton In
1747. Ho built n log houso and began
clearing tho land ct Us heavy tlinbor.
Tho farm passed lute tho possession
ot his Bon, PhincuB, who In 17G9 built
tho houso which now stands cn tho
property.
From Phlneaa the atra descended
to hla son, Henry, wht, died In 1881,
leaving two sons and two daughters,
the last of whom has now died. Tho
farm will become part of hz tsteU Uwi
Vunuo of James C. Colgate of Now
York.
Where Plants Stand for Numbep of
Years Bed Becomes Rootbound
Replanting Is Beot.
Tho rhubarb bed that has stood for
a numbor of years In tho same place
should bo taken up and tho clumps
cut Into plccos with at least ono or
two good eyes and theso roplanted in
a now spot, or If space Is limited, oven
on tho old spot, but In a well-prepared
but very thoroughly enriched bed.
unuuarD ueas uecoma rootuoumi anu
tho boIJ becomes so full of roots that
thoro is no area loft for feeding. Ro
planting Is tho only rcmody.
Good Road In Illinois.
and pour somo oil on tho roads tho
thing would bo dono and our trouble
would bo over. While wo aro of tho
opinion that, If rightly done, oiling
would bo a great help, we aro equally
of tho opinion that it not rightly done
it will simply be a waste of monoy,
wrlteB T. T. Smith of Montgomery
county, Illinois, in Farmers' Review.
To begin with, tho road must b
o shaped that water cannot stay on,
it; it must bo so graded up In the
center and tho ditches so opened at
the sides that tho water will run oft
quickly, and It muBt bo kept In this
shape, or oiling will bo of vory little,
uso. In fact, If wo would only do tho
work necessary to lit tho roads for
oiling, we would havo fairly good
roads such roads as could bo used
by an automobile most of the time.
We haven't read of or heard of air
export on tho oiling question but who
says that before oiling tho roadbed
must bo put In proper shapo and after
oiling It must bo kept In shapo. If
thltf is not dono we will bo disap
pointed in tho Job. While wo yield to
no one in tho desire for better roads,,
wo are not very sanguine about oiling'
under present conditions. Judging by
tho work done by tho majority of com
missioners ot highways, we have gravo
doubt about Its advisability and wo
wlfab. to repeat If wo will only put met
roads In proper condition and keep
-them in that condition, wo will have,
good rpads without oiling.
HOW TO TRIM BERRY BUSHES
Woman Shown to Be In Error About
Man Sho Thought Was
Her Husband.
St. LouIb. Mo. Aflor having boon
trailed on his cars for Bovon months
by a woman who Insisted that ho was
hor husband, William King, a motor
mnn ot tho United railways, JnhS off
from work for n week, unlisted tho
aid or city dotuettves nnd finally tho
chief of pollco convinced tho woman,
Mrs. Dora Summers, that King Is not
her husband, though her mothor Btlll
In Hiiro King Is Summers. It was
proved by wltnosses that King was
murrlod ton years asu to another wom
an In Hlllsboro. ill., nnd Ib llvlug with
I his wife nnd children.
REFUSES TO LEAVE JAtL
Frank McLaughlin Says It lo the Best
Job That He Ever Had In
His Life.
Munclo, Ind. Albert O'Hnrra, sher
iff, Is still trying to "pry loose" Frank
McLaughln from tho county Jail.
A friend paid McLaughlin's lino, but
ho steadfastly refuses to leave tho Jail
until his seutcuco has boon sorvtid. tho
Bonlcnco being tor 11 days.
"I nuvor hud a bettor Job than this."
said McLaughlin. "All ! havo to do
Is u llttlo scrubbing cut In the morn
lng and I havo a good, warm placo In
which to sleep and a good placo In
which to cat and have plenty of things
to cat In tho bargain. Bollovo mo,
Sheriff O'llarrA Is tho bost landlord l'vo
over known."
Prune Raspberry and Blackberry
Plants Down to About Three
Canes -To Stop Growth.
In pruning rnspborrles and black-
borries, trim down to about throo
canes. A cano that has onco borno
fruit has Borved Its purpose and will
die and decay. Thso canes aro re
placed by now ones und will boar fruit
tho noxt year. Stop tho growth of
raspberries at three feet, tho black'
borries at about flvo teet, by pinching
out tho tips of tho canes.
PLYMOUTH ROCKS FOR TABLE
Hog Catcher.
locked by pulling on tho chain and by
passing a link through a slot in the
end of the pipe. Tho dovlce can be
used also to catch sheep, calves, poul
try, etc. Wlaconsln Agriculturist.
USEFULNESS OF FARM HORSE
Animal Will Be Practically as It Has
Been Trained During First Few
' Months of Its Life.
Tho usefulness of a horse depends
upon Its early training. Tho first part
of this training should bo completed
before tho colt 1b a year old. During
this period its disposition is formed and
Its future character Is fixed. It will
bo docilo, tractable, and gentle, pre
cisely as It has been raised during tho
first tow months of Its life; and what
over vices It may dovolop In tho fu
ture will all bo duo to errors made
now.
Yellow Skin and Plumf. Bodies of Fine
Grained Juicy Meat Leave Nothing
to Be frselred.
As table fowls, thq Whlto Plymouth
Rocks are unsurpassed. Tholr yellow
Rkln and legs and plump bodies ot fine-
gralnod, Juicy meat of excollont flavor,
loavo nothing to bo deslreu by tho
most fastidious.
STRIVE FOR EARLY PULLETS
Fowl That Matures Before Cold
Weather Sets In Produces Eggs If
Given Fair Chance.
It Is tho early-hatched pullot that
matures before cold woather sets In
A matured pullet will oxpend all
energy beyond that needed for the
body upkeep In tho making or win
ter eggs It glvon a reasonable chauco
INTEREST IN ROAD BUILDING
Until Farmer Becomes Owner of Mo
tor Car He Is Apt to Be Conserva
tive on Highway Question.
Never, perhaps, has there been so
much Interest taken In road building:
to is being taken now. This la
caused largely by tho automobile. Just
in proportion as tho number of auto
mobiles increases tho interest in road.
building increases.
Until he becomes the owner of an
automobile the farmer In apt to be
mighty conservative on tho question
ot roads, says tho Farmers' Mall
and Breeze. Often he objects on tno
ground that making good roads in
creases his taxes and only aflorus a.
pleasure way for tho automobile joy
riders. As soon, howover, as he be
comes tho owner of an automobile, ho
becomes a good roads booster and
has little patience with tho man who'
talks against good roads.
Wo are, however, learning a lot
about building roads and still havo a.
good deal to learn. It looks now as
If the concrete road might bo tho last
word In road building nnd prove In
tho long run to bo tho cheapest roadi
that can bo built. Finally, howover,
It Is qulto posBlblo that tho flying ina
chlno will reach such a stato of perfec
tion that flying machines will bo as
common as automobiles aro now, and
tho need for roads for pleasure riding
will bo greatly lessened.
Value of Good Roads.
Most peoplo recognize the valuo of
good roads. Tho only thing that keeps
us from having good roads every
where Is tho cost, and with a few
miles of good roads mado each year
thlB country will soon bo favored with,
a system of roadB that will bo In keep
ing with tho wealth and prosperity or
the country.
Amen.
Let ub have peace and good road
and trust to God for tho rost. Pitts
burg Kansan.
S