THE 8EMI.WEEKLV TRIBUNB, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
CONDENSED NEWS
of Interest to all.
DATEO FOR COMING EVENTS.
Nov. 8-9-10 NebraBka Stato Teach
ers' association meeting at Omaha.
November 7 Gonera! Election Day
in Nebraska.
Nov. 21-23 Farmers' Co-operatlvo
State Grain and Llvo Stock Ship
ping ass'n vonventlon at Omaha.
Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 Annual Poultry
Show nt Omaha.
Doc. 4 to 9 Annual Poultry and Pet
Livo stock Show at Beatrice.
Doc. 12-14 Nebraska Farmers Con
gress at Omaha.
Decomber 20-21 National Farmers'
Equity Convention at Omaha.
Adams county is to adopt a concert
ed system to count th votes at tho
omlng election. It is planned to have
nch precinct board count tho votes
In the same order Instead of boards
following its own Bystcni. Thr order
is amendments first, president next,
then governor and county officers. )t
Is proposed to havo other counties co
operate. One of Hastings' largest grJln deal
ers made tho assertion the other day
that If tho United States continued to
export wheat to foreign countries and
filled orders already contracted it
would bp necessary for this country to
Turn to uanaua ror wneat to supply
local consumption.
York is to havo a new shirt and
overall factory. The M. E. Smith
Co. of Omaha has rontod a building
anu win put in mo piam, giving em
ployment to over 200 women and
SlrlB. ThO company expect to havo
the factory in operation In about two
eeKS- ... , ,
A ruDoer lire laciory, 10 oe Known
as the Crown Tiro and Rubber com
pany, has been organized to manufac
her goods at Ralston, a suburb of
Omaha. Tho plant, building and
equipment, will cost around ?100.000,
Threo veins of coal havo been
found on. tho Richardson farm near
Falrbury and samples of tho product
"have been sent to Lincoln for analy
sis. If tho coal has tho quality furtb
er Investigation will bo made.
The first death in IiVurasKa due to
tho cold weather occurred near Wa
hoo when the 13-year-old son of J,
Parkony of SInal became lost In the
season's first snowstorm and froze to
death.
North Platte's evidence of pros-
perity Is brought Into prominence by
the fact 'that at tho present time
three new business blocks aro under
construction and that work Is to be-
gin on ono more within thirty dnys.
A net profit of f2.791.Gl was shown
to havo been realized by the Blue Box Butto farmers havo been ad
Springs Farmers' Elevator company In vised to store their potatoes and do
the last year by a financial statement
Just issued. It is said that tho railroads aro doing
"Work on North Platte's new pas- everything possible to relievo the na
Bengor depot, to bo constructed by tho tlon-wldo car shortage, but no relief
Union Pacific railroad, Is to com-
mence about tho 15th of November.
The- boy scouts of Brock, Nemaha
county, dug potatoes for Mrs. Harp-
ham, who lives all alone, and would
havo had to hire tho work dono.
Tho three-yoar-old daughter of Mr.
nnd Mrs. Frank Helman, residing near
Llndsay, died from the effectB. of eat-
Ing fly killer. ,
A toll lino is being constructed by
tho Nebraska Telophono company
from Lyons to Emerson, at a cost of
about $2,000.
The elevator at the Bay Stato ranch,
near North Bond, containing 1,300
;bushels of grain, was completely do-
atroyed by fire. 1
The Lyons Farmers' Union Co-Oper-ativo
association has been Incorpo
rated under tho laws of Nebraska.
Norfolk boys have taken up tho
game of soccer and it is proving ex
ceedingly popular.
The Interstate commerce cominfs-
slon has mado public a report of its
Inspectors on tho car famine in Ne-
Tjraska, Baying that tho railroads aro
furnishing all the cars, thep can sup-
ply to meet an unprecedented domand,
but that it Is Impossible for them to
furnish satisfactory transportation
under tho circumstances.
Two dayB after Joe Carlson and a
companion had caught a mud cattish
weighing sixty-two pounds In the
Platte river south of Fremont, another
ono was caught which weighed sixty-
lght pounds.
An eastern firm has taken over the
fStolla electric light plant and tho new
owners agree to supply tho town with
lights within the next two months.
Stella has boon without lights since
,last March, tho engine at tho plant
"being put out of commission at that
time.
A damage suit for $96,000 Has been
.filed against tho Rock Island railroad
at Plattamouth, as the result of a pas.
Bongor train hitting an automobile
near Alvo on January 16, 1916, killing
three people and seriously Injuring
another.
Two carloads of Iowa sheep have
heen purchased by Farm Demonstra
tor Llebers for Gage county farmers.
A number of farfiers in tho county
expect to feed small herds this win-
,tcr.
Tho potato-shipping season is prac
tically over in northorn Nebraska.
Tho crop 1b about all shipped out, tho
last sales having been hotter than $1
per bushel.
Thirty-seven head of hogs sold at
tho Duroc-Jersey sale 6f A. E. Stutt,
.near Aroca, averaged about 137 a
Tho corn crop for Nebraska for
101G Is about 113 per cent of tho nor-
mal yield, according to tho annual
crop report Just issued by tho United
States National bank of Omaha. Tho
wheat crop la icstlmated at 119 per
cont of normal; oats about 140 per
cent; alfalfa 13G per cent; wild hay
96 per cent; timothy and clover about
normal. Saunders county has tho
honor of producing tho most corn this
year, tho estimate being (7,212,354
uubIioIb. Adams produced the most
wheat, 2,BG7,8G4. Cedar claims tho
record for oats, 4,131,952. Buffalo
gets tho cup in alfalfa, 121,700 tons.
In other wild and tamo hay, Holt
county loads, with 194,050 tons.
A Gosper county coroner's Jury held
tho Burlington railroad responsible
for tho wreck of a stock train near
Smlthfleld on October 15, when ton
Nobraska stockmen nnd a boy wero
killed and fourteen men wero injured.
Tho verdict blamos tho road because
trainmen failed in their duty; onglnces
running without headlights; no agent
.... orow nm, Min n(,rfli
,acklng of e(mlpmont and nccommo-
datlons.
A vigorous campaign against tho
salo of tobacco to minors has been
launched by Chief of Police Hayden
of. Beatrice. To prove that tho law
was being Ignored, three boys wero
sent out by the police office to buy
wp,, nnfl rntnrnid with n. pood
8Upi,iy 0f it. Tho authorities havo
wnrnod aii dealers to ceaso the nrac-
tJco or 8uffor tho extrerao penalty of
tj10 jaw
221 elovators on the Burlington in
Nebraska aro roported as being
crammed full of grain, unable to re
ntv nv m ,, fnr
cr.,n marknt. n,l an thn filnvntnrf.
cannot operate untn tho prcsent con.
gestlon Is relieved
Adams county has Issued 540 hunt
ing licenses so far tills season, which
is considered an indication that tho
J "dually popular In the
county this year. The. season has Just
started and the total licenses Is ex
pected to be much greater than last
lT w,he" 582 wero Issued for
ii i u uuinu twelve monins.
Ten thousand bushels of potatoes
wero raised on tho Frank Knann
rancn near Kimuaii tins summer.
Most of tho spuds are stored In tho
warehouse of tho Union Transfer
company at Fremont. Mr. Knapp pre-
d'cts potatoes will bo selling for
M"5 u "re spring.
Twenty-nine cows, five choice hoif
era and ten fine bulls, all Shorthorns,
wore sold by J. L. Young near Colo-
ridge at a public Balo last week. Tho
cowb averaged $21G a head, tho heifers
$93 and the bulls flG2.50. One bull
was sold to C. E. Churchill of Har-
tlngton for $580.
ovorythlng possible to save tho crop
is looked for for some time.
$11.05 per hundredweight was the
prlco paid for forty-seven steers at
tho South Omaha market ono day last
week. Tho hord was shipped in from
Iowa. This is the highest prloe, over
paid for beef cattle at South Omaha.
Tho Grand Island board of educa-
tlon has opened night school with a
vjery fair attendance. The step Is
taken particularly to aid foreign
students to more rapidly leam tho
American language and laws.
The Box Butte county potato crop
this year will average an income of
about $50 an acre to every grower In
the county.
The Nebraska Bankers' association
elected Dan Morris of Kearney pres
Ident of the organization nt Hb con
vention In Omaha last week
Ono hundred acres of potatoes
planted by Charles Evans, near Mars
land produced a crop valued at $5,000
Arthur county, Nobraska, twenty.
four miles in width and thirty miles
long, with an area two-thirds that of
the stato of Rhode Island, is without
a church building. Only ono minister,
tho Rev, M. B. Dillon, a ongregatlon
allst, regularly holds services of a
religious character and covers its 720
Bquaro miles of territory.
Cass county farmers are engaged in
husking their corn, tho yield nverag
ing around thirty-five- to forty-flvo
bushels per acre. They oxpect
to
havo most of tho crop in crib this
weok.
Tho Alliance Commercial club ad
ded forty new names to Us member
ship as tho result of a mid-year cam
palgn. This is considered quite re
markablo In view of tho factjjhat very
few business men of the town wero
non-members previous to tho moTO
ment.
Burlington railroad officials hav
ordered removed a blockade of two
boxcars placed in such a way ns to
prevent tho Union Pacific from dou
ble-tracklng across tho former's right
of-way in Hastings. Tho blockade
was placed in August, 1912,
A protest has been filed with th
Gago county board of supervisors
against the appropriation of county
funds by the board to meet the ex
penso of the employment of a farm
domonstrator.
Dodgo county farmers are calling
for cornhuskers, some of them offer
ing as much as 5 cents a bushel and
board. Tho corn is of splendid qual
lty and tho yield Is heavy,
The Nobraska Press association will
hold an adjourned session of the reg
ular 191G mooting at Lincoln, Novem
RIGHT TO BLACKLIST!
BRITAIN REITERATES CONTEN
TION IN REPLY TO U. S.
OFFER METHODS OF BELIEF
Some American Names Already Re
moved From Blacklist. Further
Diplomatic Discussion Likely.
Washington. Great Britain's note
in reply to Amorlcnn representations
against tho .commercial black list has
beon received, and It is undorstaod to
relterato tho contention for tho right
to black list, but offers mothods of
relief to Amorlcans in certnln cir
cumstances.
Tho British note la In reply to tho
American noto of July 28, which de
nounced 'the blnckllst ns "an arbitrary
Interference .with neutral trade" and
"Inconsistent with truo Justlco, sin-
cero amity and Impartial falrnesB
which should characterize tho deal
ings with friendly governments with
ono another."
The names of some American firms
already havo been taken from tho
blacklist and tho noto is. understood
to afford means of removing others.
Tho British note is understood to
take the lino of argument it is un
precedented for a neutral to claim
that a belligerent should In effect
compel Its subjects to trade with tho
enemy, and that It violates no law
for the British government to pro-
vent its subjects from doing so.
Whllo tho British government ad
mits tho rights of all persons in
neutral countries to ongago in legiti
mate commercial transactions, it ar
gues that such a right does not limit
tho right of other governments to re
strict tho activities of their own na
tionals.
Tho point nt lssuo In tho contro
versy la whether tho nationality or
tho domicile of tho owner of goods
gives character as neutral or bellig
erent. Previously Great Britain and
tho United States havo ngreed that
domicile vwas decisive regardless of
nationality. Tho continental Euro
pean position has been that national
ity was decisive. In tho previous ne
gotiations over the blnck list Great
Britain took a position between tho
two theories.
Tho subject probably will bo car
ried on in further diplomatic corre
spondence.
Negroes Moving North.
Washington, ' D. C. Mpra than
10,000 men, mostly negroes, aro said
to havo gone from Florida alone, to
northern points, particularly Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, to tako employ
ment offered them during tho past
two or three, months, tho department
of Justice has been informed. Other
states, Including Virginia, the Caro
lines and Alabama, have, contributed
to tho exodus. All such movements
are being Investigated by tho depart
ment to guard against election! frauds.
Officials are disposed to believe that
in most cases the movement has noth
ing to do with tho elections and Is
merely a development In tho unusir 1
industrial condition Reports to the
department tend in indlcato that tho
rulroads arc bringing out most of
th-eflo men.
Mexican Commissioners Unsatisfied
Washington, D. C. That the work
of tho American-Mexican commission
nt Atlantic City is not progressing to
tho satisfaction of the Mexican mem
bers, is tho thought of Washington of
llclals upon the criticisms of tho ad
ministration given out by Louis Ca
brera, president of the Mexican com
missioners. Cabrera demanded strict
er enforcement of the neutrality laws
and deportation of Mexican "conspir
ators."
Turkey Ud 551A Per Cent.
Washington, D. C The high cost
of Thanksgiving will be. much more
so than It ever was. Turkey, on Oc
t6bor 28, was quoted 28 cents, an fn-
crease of 55 per cent. Flour, eggs,
butter, milk, sugar and lard have
risen respectively, 28, 11, 58, 25, 50
and 81 per cent. Potatoes and coffee
have risen 40 per cent, and cocoa fiO
per cent.
Garment Workers for Suffrage.
Philadelphia, Pa. Woman suffrage
was Indorsed In resolutions adopted
at "tho thirteenth biennial conventlpn
of tho International Ladles' Garment
Workers hero.
Three Trainmen Killed.
Gibson, Ind, Three trainmen were
killed wton the caboose In which they
were riding was demolished by the
engine of another train which ran In
to It In tho railroad yards here,
Government to Kill Seals.
Seattle, Wash. The seal herds on
the Prlbllof islnnds in Bering sea
have Increased bo rapidly since kill
Ing of seals was prohibited that the
government will begin killing seals
regularly next year, according to H. J.
Ctirlstoffer, United States fish agent.
5,000 Belgians Sent to Germany.
Amsterdam. Another 5,000 Bel
gians havo been sent from Ghent to
Gormany. About 10,000 moro at oth
or points havo rccolved orders to pre
pare for their departure.
YALE CELEBRATES ITS TWO HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY
The two hundredth anniversary of
Immense Yalo Bowl. The photograph
Alumuno nnd the schoolchildren of
Tho submarine Holland No. 1), the first submersible of tho United Status imy, butt been purchased by Dr. P. .T.
Gibbons and his son and presented to a Now York society. On leaving Philadelphia the old vessel was honored
by a naval nnd civic pnrn.de, and before being put In Its permanent resting place It Is on exhibition at the Bronx In
ternational exposition. ,
FRENCH
In this picture, Just received from Greece, tho first dotachnieut of French murines to land on Greek soil lit
Piraeus is shown leaving tho transport ships and effecting a binding.
FOR ARMY DENTAL WORK
This view of the Interior of a Brit
ish motor dental car that Is In uso at
the front shows how Important Is con
sidered the condition of the soldier's
teeth. It Is ns complete ns any mod
ern dentnl olllce.
Inherited Idea.
"How tho financier's llttlo son Is en-
Joying himself in tho country I"
"True to instinct, his umuscment Is
strictly in tho ilnnnclnl line."
"How Is that?"
"Don't you see how ho is planning
a run on u bank?"
the coming of Ynlo t Now Uuven was
shows ono of tho semes, which was produced by the Association of Collegiate
Now llnvcn.
SUBMARINE HOLLAND GOES TO
MARINES LANDING IN
GAVE A JOLT TO
These two young Indies, Miss Miirgitict Cuperton (left) nnd Miss Mar
garet Fnhnestock (right), BQVerely Jolted tho roclal neutrality of Washington
recently by pnylng u YlBlt to the Germnn submarine U-53 when it was at
Newport. Both aro prominent in society in tllo nntlonnl capital. Miss
Caporton Is a daughter of Rear Admiral Cuperton nnd Miss Fnhnestock Is to
muko her debut the coming winter.
MUCH IN LITTLE
London's Inhabitants Include 471,000
flat dwellers. ,
Sugar Is extracted from 10 vari
ous piilins which grow In Ceylon.
In Jupuu devilfish weighing up to
200 pounds nre sometimes caught.
Under normal conditions, Franco
makes 20,000,000 pnlrs of gloves a
year.
Fourteen different species of vlplots
have been found growing near St.
Johushury, Vt.
celebrated by u monster pageant In tho
NEW YORK
GREECE
SOCIAL NEUTRALITY
For peeling oranges there has been
Invented a curved piece of bono with
n nick at ouo end to cut the skin.
The numcH of streets, lettered clearly
on tho globe of the electric street light,
nre a help in city streets after dark.
An American Inventor has found a
now uso for the busy submnrlno In
the gathering of shellfish from tho sea
bottom,
Japan's production of aniline' dyo la
rapidly Increasing. Tho dyo merchants
Jinvo formed a trust with the object
of regulating tho market.
I&H4.
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