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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1916)
THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. 10WE MY HEALTH To Lydia E. Pinkham's Vcg etable Compound. Washington Park, 111. "I am tho mother of our children and havo bu- ifcred with female trouble, backache, nervous spells and the blues. My chil dren's loud talking and romping would mako me so nervous I could just tear everything to pieces and I would ache all over and feel go sick that I would not want nnyono to talk to mo at times.' Lydia E. Pinkham's Yegetablo Compound and Liver Pills re stored me to health and I want to thank you for the good they havo dono me. I have had quito a bit of trouble and worry but it does not affect my youth ful looks. My friends say ' Why do you look so young and well? ' I owo it all to the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies." Mrs. Robt. Stopiel, Mooro Avenue, Washington Park, Illinois. We wish every woman who suffers from female troubles, nervousness, bnckacho or tho blues could see the let ters written by women mado well by Ly dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound If you have any symptom about which you would liko to know writo to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicino Co., Lynn, Mass., for hefpful advice given free of charge. WIFE HAD HER SUSPICIONS Hubby's Compliment Evidently Made Her Think There Was "Some thing In the Wind." "C. .7. M." writes as follows to the New York Sun: "Sir: This most beautiful morning 1 arose early, went out on the veranda nnd stood listening to the birds sing ing, looking nt tho tulips and punsles. the youns leaves on the trees, tho new-cut-lawns, nnd enjoying the floods of sunshine making all so restful. I felt that It was good to live. "On the breakfnst-table I found my favorite dishes daintily served. My wife sat opposite me, herself a picture of lovely womanhood, I could not re frain from expressing my great pleas ure and happiness. "I suld: 'This Is a most delightful breakfast, and I have the best and sweetest wife In all the world to share It with me.' "Now, naturally, I expected a sweet smile of appreciation. Did I get It? No I The "booful lady' half closed her eyelids, looked at mo steadily and said: Tou be particularly careful to eomo home this evening on your regu lar train.' "Aren't women queer creatures?" Wanted, an Elephant. The Hasty Pudding club of Harvard was recently reported to be lu some distress because of tho lack of two sturdy actors capable of good team work In playing the part of an ele phaut In the club's annual spring show. The original selection for the front legs was dismissed from college on account of low marks, nnd tho hind legs heenme discouraged and resigned. Probably a peculiar combination of athletic skill and comic talent Is re quired for the proper representation of a stage elephnnt, und it may be a thankless task that college amateurs In general are unwilling to tackle. An nctor disguised ns onc-hnlf of an ele phant seems to lose much of his indi viduality. But the fore 'and aft por tion of a quadruped offers a line chance for an ambitious young actor to start a brilliant career. Henry K. Dlxey begat his stage life as the hind legs of the heifer In "Kvangellne." Providence Journal. The Main Point. "The man I went to in order to mnke An exchange of autos was very crusty, but I gave him a Roland for his Oliver." "Well, which was (he hotter make?" Stop That Ache! Don't wot-ry about a bad back. Oct rid of It. Probably you kid neys are out of order. Itesumo sen slhlo habits and help the kidneys. Then, kWney baekncho will go; also the dizzy spells, lameness, stiff ness, tired feelings, nervousness, rheumatic pains and bladder trou bles. , Use Doan's Kidney Pills. Thousands recommend them. An Iowa Case Mrs. II. II. Means, 710 Third Ave.. , Oelweln, I o w n, says: "A cold set tled on my kidneys and when I swept the floor, sharp pains snot up irom the small of my back and nearly drove me wild. I felt tired and lan mild and had no ambition, l ana se vere Dulns In the back of my head and also dizzy spells whpn I had to nut mv hands on a chair to steady myself. Doan's Kid ey Pills fixed mo up in good shape." Gal Doan's at Any Start, BOc a Box DOAN'S WWY FOSTKR-M1LBURN CO- BUFFALO. N. Y. APPENDICITIS If jou hav been threatened or b are O AMJTONBS, IflllUiKM'IUn.UAn or J","" i5f li C C u i. iiewtLs. dkit. w-i, it i. bubsubm sT.,cma&o le writo fur vaiuanie iiiiuiaiuiiu." - - - ;G00D ROADS WORK WONDERS Improved Highways Give Farmer Chance to Reach Markets Bad Roads Decrease Efficiency. The railways and Intcrurbans linvo nnd are having much to do with tho development of this state. Tho evl jdencc of their splendid work Is seen (on every baud. They have contributed to tho building of towns, the develop ment of rural communities and have mado It possible for great Industrial ventures to succeed. But they, while working wonders for the common wealth, canuot reach every household as the highways do. The highway reaches the Isolated man, which the railway but Incidentally touches, and It menus to this man or the community In which he Uvea whether tho highway is of such a nature as to euublo him to carry on his relations at tho least expense nnd comfort. If tho roads uro bad ho Is hampered and loses much, not only from the value of his prod ucts which must be hauled to market, jbut he pays tribute In the wear and tear of his harness, vehicles and In jury to nnlmals. Ills Inability to reach churches and Bchools easily reduces his ability to make the most useful citizen. - If he has good roads he reverses tills and stands out with greater pos sibilities along all lines of endeavor In which he engages. Greenvlllo (Tex.) Banner. GOOD-ROADS FEVER IN SOUTH Taking Hold Everywhere and Differ, ent Counties Busily Engaged In Making Improvements. It Is a gratifying thlug to note how tho good-roads fever Is taking hold nearly everywhere In tho South. Hard ly a county there that Is not busily engaged In Improving Its highways. Many sections nre finding, too, that Cut Through Mine Hole Gap in Ashe-vllle-Charlotte Highway. road-building is by no means tho big and expensive Job It was once thought. In a great deal of the sandy Coastnl Plain country, from Virginia to Texas, nature has often mixed sand and clay In about the right proportions to mako a good hard road, and all that Is ntfe- essary Is to koep tho road well graded by means of scrapes and drags. Tho Progressive Farmer. DUST IS A DECIDED NUISANCE In Many Cases Windows Have to Be Kept Closed Tight Use Split Log Drag After Rains. (By VT. C. PALMER, Agricultural Editor. North Dakota Agricultural College.) When dry weather conies the dust from tho road becomes a great nui sance to the housewife who lives near the road. In many cases windows havo to be kept closed tight to lessen the amount of dust that seeps In. Tho most effective way of reducjng the dust nuisance is the use of u split-log drag on the road after every rain. The road dust comes largely fr6m tho grinding up of the turned-up edges of ruts made by wheels and horses' hoofs. These cannot form unless water can stand on the roadbed nnd water can not stand on the roadbed If It is kept well crowned nnd well packed ns It will be If the road drag Is used regu larly. Dragging the roads will mean n good deal to the housewife, as well as to travelers and those who have to haul to and from the market. GOOD CURE FOR SCALY LEGS Good Plan to Anoint Legs of Young Chicks Even if They Do Not Show Signs of Disease. Lard and kerosene Is nn excellent cure for scaly leg and It Is a good plan to anoint the legs of tho early youngsters ut this time even If they do not show any signs of tho disease. "An ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure." MAKING CAPS FOR HAY Covers Arranged So That Weights Will Not Get Tangled. Ingenious Arrangement of Expert of Wisconsin Agricultural College Tried and Pronounced Ex tremely Practical. L. .T. Wright of the Wisconsin Agri cultural college has discovered an In genious way to mnke haycock covers Ducking Cut Into Squares. so tho weights will not get tangled up. Here nre the directions: Take 10-ounco ducking nnd cut it In to squnres 42 Inches on a side. Now take one of the squares and cut It Into 82 pieces, as shown In the first pic ture. Then sew the trlnngles on tho corners of the largo squares, using No. 21 thread, on a sewing mnchlne. But before sowing the long side of the trlnnclo put In stones (one or more) weighing about a pound at ench cor ner. Then sow up the long sides with the stones In the pockets. These enps can bo mndc at a total cost of about Capa Ready for Use. 22 cents each for material, and after a two years trial have been pronounced extremely practical. Farm and Fire side. CHEAPER SPRAY FOR SUMMER Fruit Growers and Gardeners See No Profit in Using Copper Sulphate Use Lime-Sulphur. Tho cost of copper sulphate Is so high this season that many fruit grow ers nnd gardeners cannot see any profit In using it as a spray material, at the same time realizing the danger of not spraying at all. It has been found that a solution of lime-sulphur solution, diluted to 1 to 40 Is fully ns effective ns bordeaux mixture, and In many or chards It has given even better results thnn the bordeaux. Many apple grow ers will use the summer spray of lline sulphur this year wjio have never used It before. CROPS REQUIRE RICH SOILS Greatest Value of Sweet Clover Will Be Found In Its Use as Green Manuring Plant. It may not bo ndvlsnhle to grow sweet clover on land that will produco good crops of rod clover and alfalfa These crops require rich, woll-fertl llzed soil; but sweet clover will grow on the poor soils. It Is a poor-land crop, nnd probably Its greatest value will be found In Its use ns a green manuring crop. It will enable the farmer to fill his unproductive soils with humus nnd bring the land to a condition tlint will enable the crop to utilize the fertility it contains. BIG VALUE OF FARM MANURE Mot Fully Appreciated Until High Prices of Potash and Acid Phos phate Woke Up Farmer. Tho high prices of potash and acid phosphate at this time are causing much concern among farmers who de pend upon commercial fertilizers to supply these constituents for the suc cessful production of their crops. If the farmers of this country huA always fully appreciated tba nie value of farm manure, and used It on their land, tho prefont elttttUlon would he much less acute. TURNING HORSES ON ALFALFA Plant Contains Relatively Largi Per centage of Bone and Musck- Making Elements. To obtain the best results from pas turing work horses on alfalfa, they should be turned out every night. Turning out? ono night and keeping In the next Is bound to derange the di gestive tract quicker than pasture every night. Tho alfalfa plant con tains n relatively largo percentage of hone and muscle-making elements, aud hence its vnlue for young stock, either ua a grass or cured hay. - 42" V a. 42 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO AID Experimental Post Roads of Different Types Now Under Construction In Many States. Four hundred nnd slxty-flvc miles of experimental post ronds of different types, benefiting 28 different coun ties, are now under construction In 13 states, which are co-operating with tho federal government. Thcso roads, which are being built under the supervision of the department of ag riculture, nre authorized by the act of congress which appropriated $500, 000 for tho post ofllce department for experiments to test out tho value of Improved rural carrier routes. Tho federal government pays one-third and tho state or county benefited must de fray two-thirds of the cost. As rapid ly as thcso roads arc constructed the department Is endeavoring to Interest tho local authorities In Inaugurating systematic maintenance to keep these roads In condition. The Virginia au thorities agreed to maintain the new ronds built In that state, and It Is be lieved that this local maintenance sys tem will bo extended to the post roads to bo built In Mnlne, Tennessee, Texas aud Alabamn. CARE FOR HARNESS PROPERLY Most Farmers Give This Part ot Equipment Scant Attention Dur ing the Busy Months. Whllo it Is generally conceded to be the best plan to care for the bar ness properly throughout tho entire year, most farmers give this part of their farm equipment scant attention during tho busy months. As long as the harness holds together nnd will give service, the work-harness is thrown on to the horses' backs day after day, and no more thought is given it. However, when the busy days are over, there is no excuse for not giving the harness n little special attention. It Is a good plan to wash tho dirt and grensc from tho straps at least onco n yenr, and then glvo them a good oiling nnd working until the leather Is soft and pllnblc. Buckles should bo oiled so they can be handled easily. PRACTICAL FARM C0RNCRIB Structure Shown In Illustration Built So Farmer Can Drive In With Load of Straw. A doublo crib with a wide and high center driveway makes a practical farm building. The one Illustrated here Is built so that tho owner can drlvo in with a load of hay or straw. The driveway Is 14 feet wide and the doors are hung on heavy iron hlngea and are 14 feet high. A set of scales can be built Into the floor hero If ono desires. Being under cover they will Inst years longer than where left un sheltered. Such n crib can be built without the help of skilled mechanics. To hold 2,000 Cross Section of Crib. bushels car corn, that is 1,000 bushels on each side, It must bo 1)2 feet long nnd 8 feet wide as shown In the sec tional drawing. The cribs aro 8 feet and tho drlvewny 14 feet, making tho whole width 80 feet. Farm and Home. Dnmp litter Is a breeder of disease. Clean milk Is obtained only by a clean dairyman. Don't overfeed tho chlcka.' They will hecomo Inactive and diseased. A Look sharp for tho champion cow. She may bo right In your own dairy. For strong, vigorous poults, mate old turkey hens to young, vigorous turns. Calves will make as good growth on separator milk with flaxseed as on whole milk. The cream should be kept at a uni form temperature and stirred at leant twice each day, thoroughly. Whether or not a man can make his dairy pay may depend wholly upon tho attention he pays to the cows. A mixture of cottonseed meal nnd shorts, and alfalfa hay, is a very good feed or ration for fattening calves. One usep of a milking machine says that one of tho best things about it Is that it does not swear at the cows. A supply of salt should bo always accessible to cows, either In granu lated form or large pieces of rock salt. v Thero Is no way of determining the profitableness of a cow except with the Babeock test and the scales, and then keeping records of thu coat of Cod. i kIb O-O 4 I4--C . , 0 -I The Byplay Minstrels. "Mr. Interlocutor, can you tell mo which Is tho richest country tit the world?" "Why, tho United States Is thu rich est country In tho world, Mr. Ttimbo." "No, It Isn't. Ireland Is tho richest country lu the world." "And why Is Ireland tho richest coun try In the world, Mr. Tuinbo?" "Bccauso It's capital Is always Doub- lln." , "Whllo tho undertakers are gather- hlg up the shattered remains of the Into Mr. Tainho, Mr. Payne will ren der that pathetic ballad, 'Here 1.1 oh What's Left of Poor .Ilm Flynn. He's Gone. He Couldn't Stop: Ho Sang Itaus Mlt der Kaiser In u German Bar ber Shop.' " Philadelphia Ledger. His Mistake. "Husband, what did you do with those perforated piano rolls?" "I thought they were n lot of peek-a-boo shirtwaists and I put 'em In tho wardrobe." Save the Babies. INFANT MORTALITY is somothlnR frightful. Wo can hardly reallxQ.that of nil tho children born in civilized countries, twenty-two per qcnt., or nearly ono-quarter, dlo lcforo thoy reach ono year ; thirty-floveii poroont., or more than one-third, beforo thoy aro Ave, and one-half bbforo they aro fifteen I Wo do not hcsltato to say that n timely uso of Castoria would save a majority of thcso precious lives. Neither do wo hesltato to pay that many of thcso infantllo ucatlia aro occasioned by tho uso of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints cqruala moro or less opium or morphine. They aro, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity, they stupefy, retard circulation ana load to congestions, sickness, death. Castoria operates exactly tho reverse, but you must boo that it boars tho signature- of Clins. 12. Hotelier. Castoria causes mo uiooa to circuinto properly, poios ot tho skin and allays lover. , Gcnnlno Castoria always boars tho PAT ROSE TO THE OCCASION Lookout's Appeal Did Not Fall on Deaf Ears, as Far as Irish, man Was Concerned. 'Twas off the coast of dear old Ire land, and tho steamship was a trifle off Its course. It had, In fact, taken tho wrong turning. ' "Breakers ahead I Wo aro lost I" j-ellqd tho lookout from his point of vantage in the bows. "Begorrn!" cried the Irish cook, "wo'ro not lost If that will save us." And ho seized a belaying pin and hit the lookout such a blow as completely to dazo tho man. "How daro you?" bellowed the cap tain, angrily. "Why did you Btrlku thnt man?" "Well," replied Pat, "ho yelled, "Break us ahead or'wo aro lost I' nnd, euro, I did it, sir. And I'll break a dozen, sir, if that'll savo tho ship, bedad I" Kilties the Middle Sex. The following incident has been re lated by Capt. Alexander Wool, Thir teenth battalion, Canadian expedition ary forces, Itoyal Highlanders of Cnn nda: "Tho majority of the people In Franco look at tho kilties with awe. After gazing at us for somo Umo one of the women remarked that the crazy English were sending women over to fight for them; the second quickly re plied tharthnt couldn't ho so, for thero was a man with n board. At that n third woman shook her head rather solemnly for a few moments and then suddenly exclaimed rather loudly: 'I have It; they are tho mlddlc-sex.' " IF YOU On ANY FIUEND Suffer with nhcurnatlam or Neuritis, Acute or chronlr, writo for my FKKK BOOK on niicuina tlRin lu Causo and Cure. Most wonderful bok erer written, it'n nlwoljitcly FrtElC. Jchbc A. Cave, Dept. C. W., Uroclctou, MaMH. Adv. Thinks Fish Can Talk. Stephen Decatur Bridges of Verona, Me., who Is known as tho "Salmon King" of tho Penobscot, Is positive not only thnt fish have brains, but thnt fish reason nnd form likes and dis likes, and tell their opinions to each other, the New York World states. Bridges explains tho disappearance of salmon from tho I'enobscot In two ways either "salmon tell other salmon how dirty Its waters aro and how it Is not fit for any respectable salmon to live In," or "the llsh resent It bccauso ut the hatchery In East Orl and they aro taken from" tho wa ter nnd stripped of their eggs." The Proper Place. "Where did the police question the Biispected wnlter they urrestcd for thefts at the clubhouse?" "I guess It was In tho grillroom." wheat, more oats, more grain for feed, 20 more cattle than last year and more hogs. The war market in Europe needs our surplus. As for the wheat crop, it is marvelous and a monument of strength for business confidence tobuild upon, exceeding the mostoptimisticpredlctions." Wheat avoraged In 1915ovoi2B bushels poraorm Oats averaged In SO 15 over 45 bushels per acre Barloyavpragedlnl9f5over40bushulsparaore Prices are high, markets convenient, excellent land, low in price either inv Jiroved or otherwise, ranging from $12 to $30 per acre. Free homestead ands are plentiful and not far from railway lines and convenient to good schools and churches. Tlie climate ie healthful. There la no war lax an land, nor la there any conscription, For complete la(or mation ai to beat locations for aeltlrment, reduced railroad rates and descriptive Illustrated pamphlet, address Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa, or W. V. DENNETT, Room 4, Dee BMj., Omaha, Nefer. Canadian Government Aient STANDARD FLY SHY CHASES FLIE8, Preyenta los from, fir nulannce on your ittk. He pott Mm, ate a Umo, monny nnd tettipor. Tho KUiMarrt tor yrara. At All dottier ll.ro n anlton. Standard Chemical Mik. Ua., Ouiatui, Ncb.-Adr Practical Diplomacy. "Papa," Inquired a young hopeful of somo seven summers, as ho looked up from n book ho was reading, "there's a word here which puzzles me diplo macy?" "Diplotnncy, my son," nnd tho old man smiled paternally as he said It, "means this: Doing or saying precise ly thel-lght thing ut precisely the right time." "Ah I" retorted the young hopeful, "then I guess 1' exercised diplomacy last night." "How, my son?" Inquired tho fond parent. "Why, 1 rolled Johnny over Into my placo Just before ma camo In with tho castor oil, und then back ngnln just before she came to the other side." Australia has many 1,000-acrc farms. opens tho signature of Nursing ah Illusion. "Aro you trying to raise all your own poultry and vegetables?" asked tho hired man. "No," replied Farmer Corntosscl; "only Just enough to give the Imagina tions of tho summer hoarders some thing to swing on to." DAISY FLY KILLER rUetd asrvfctra, a tractt and .kills all Sl((. Nat,)Dln, Of tutnental, otmtxnltnt, chMp. LaatB all asaoon. ladol nUl, can'ttDlllorUl orart will nit toll of I njur anything, flnarantaad affective. AlltlaalartLorloent eipreaa paid for ll.Ofc BASOLD SOatXCS, 110 Da Kat Al., SreoUjD, II, 1. T! TTT-ITs Alfalfa. It, Bneat Olorer IS. Farmi "krr I IV 'or and nmt on crop pajraenta. OLlLt&JV J, MULIIALL, Moo City, lorn I'rnctleal Kdticatlon jtWr-n foreerrlcnii prrtoral and mall courier. UuUm Collar, (Mmb DMf ., tL toait C W A TVfP la not recommended O VY n.iriJT tof everything; but If ROOT you havo kidney, liver or bladder trouble It may be found Just tho remedy ydu need. At druggists In ntty cent and dollar alios. You may receive n Bafnnle sho Qottle ot tills rellablo mcdlclno by Parcel Post, also pamphlet telllnif about It. Addrtss Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blnabamton. N. V.. and onclose ten cints, also men tlonthlfl paper. . Nebraska Directory BOWLES Live Stock Commission Co. SHIPMENTS SIICURED BY $100,000.00 CAriP1A4iii !il.oca BEST PRICES AITD FILLS. South Omaha Chicago Kns.city ARE YOU THE MAN FOR THIS JOB? I oecd lOOyontiu men Immediately to train and take. Ioba an tolegraiihura. Hilary IWXO to JlW.n wunln. free trantportarlun. unllmltna opportunity to. M- Iance, Too position la yours iw toon a yon qualify, absolutely unaranteolu Writo at once. -Addrtsi CHIEF OPERATOR, 1803 Ilirocy St.. OMAHA. NEB. Moving Picture Theaters Pay Big Returns on Yonr Money Why not Imrcitlitato our proposition? Wo oqnlp VQ't of too theaUira with tuacnUiM, chairs and nfl otlior aceeaaurltia In tills territory. For Moyle Merohanalsoaeo,"VAN" WIMTKItN KIJl'l'I.Y CO., latli&lldruoyHtreota, OMAHA, MKli. BIG PROFITS Largest Buyers of Cream Direct From Farmer lBycnraln business. Prompt dally remittances. Empty cans returned free. Correct welnlit nnd test, Ul!lrI! HENCE ANY DANK. OMAHA COLD STORAGE CO., OrAaha f OH CREAM Three Hundred Million Bushel Crop in (915 Farmers pay for their land with one year's crop nd prosperity was never so great. Regarding Western Canada as a grain producer, a prominent business man says: "Canada's position today is sounder than ever. There is more W. N. U., OMAHA, NO. 30-1916.