THE 8EMI-WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,
BOARD ELECTS OFFICERS
JV1ELLOR, DEFEATED SECRETARY,
HAD 8ERVED ELEVEN YEARS.
items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around the
State House
Western Newspaper Unto.i News Service.
W. R. Mellor, secretary of tho Ne
braska state board of agriculture, for
the last eleven years, was defoated for
re-election at tho meotlng of tho board
t the state farm Wednesday morn
lng. The voto stood 42 to 28. B. 11.
Daniolson of Osceola succeeded him.
All tho other old officers wero nom
inatcd and olected by acclamation.
They wero: J. A. 0111b, of Ord, presi
dent; It. M. Wolcott, of Central City,
.first vice president; J. F. McArdlo, of
Omaha, socond vice president; Jacob
SasB, of Chnlco, treasurer.
Against the protest of Mellor after
his defeat, and on tho recommenda
tion of Danielson, tho secretary was
removed from a vote on tho board of
J. A. OLLIS
of Ord, member of the House from the
56th District, who was re-elected
president) of the Nebraska State
Board of Agriculture.
directors. E. R. Purcell was put on In
place of the secretary. On the direc
torate are now tho president, vice
presidents and Georgo Jackson, of Nel
son, and Charles Graff, of Bancroft,
both re-elected.
W. C. Caloy, of Crolghton, replaced
Danielson, who the past year was on
the board of directors.
To Amend Corrupt Practices Act
Representative Lloyd C. Thomas,
who looks after tho interests of the
people of Box Butte and Sheridan
counties, and who Is a newspaper man,
has an amendment to the corrupt prac
tices act that he will push. Under tho
present law a candidate need not ro
Including newspaper and periodical
travel and personal expenses, but he
must include all other expenditures,
incloding nowspaper and periodical
advertising. Tho exception in the
present law reads: "Provided that
money expended by any candidate for
his necessary personal expenses in
curred for himself alone, for travel
and subsistence, for stationery and
postago, for writing or printing and
distributing letters, circulars and post
ers, and for telegraph and telephone
service shall not bo regarded as an ex
penditure within the meaning of this
section and shall not be considered as
any part of tho sum herein fixed as the
limit of expenses and need not be
shown in tho statoment herein re
quired to bo filed."
Mr. Thomas cannot seo why no re
strictions should be placed on the
printing bills of a candidate and yoi
tho amount of his advertising bo lim
ited. For a candidate for a state office
tho limitation is around $1,100. To
secure insertion of a five-inch adver
tisement one time In all tho newspa
pers of the stato would cost botwoon
j) and ?500.
With the meeting of the Nebraska
horse breeders' association as an open
er, the sixteenth annual weok of or
ganized agriculture began at the uni
versity farm Monday afternobn. Tho
attendance was the largest of opening
meetings in the history of this evont.
over 350 persons being proBent.
Sheridan County Farmers in Lincoln
Sheridan county farmers and busi
ness men, 170 strong, arrived in Lin
coln on a Northwostern special train
Monday evoning, while a crowd of Lin
coln pooplo cheered and wolcomed
them to the city. The big delegation
who were hore to nttend tho sessions
of organized agriculture, occupied half
a dozen coaches, with a carload of bag
gage, and made the long trip from the
far northwestern corner of the stato
in about twenty-two hours' timo, loav
ing Rushville at 8 o'clock Sunday
night. .
Would Condense the Ballot
A shorter ballot In voting for prosl
dentlal candidates in Nebraska will bo
proposod In a bill to bo Introduced
before the closo of tho session by
Senator James W, Hammond, of
Furnas. Tho senator Is a practical
printer and editor of the Cambridge,
Nob., Clarion, and represents Gosper,
Phelps, Furnas and Harlan counties
in tho Nebraska senate. Tho bill will
still leave the names of tho electors
and tho presidential and vico presiden
tial candidates on the ballot, but in a
much more condensed form.
STUDENTS AGAINST IT
Start Fight Against Compulsory Drill
at University
A merry battle against compulsory
drill at tho university Is promised in
tho organization of a group of pacifist
students, who are determined to se
cure from tho legislature a law mak
ing drill entirely voluntary, or to sub
mit tho quostlon to a voto of tho peo
ple by tho Initiative and referendum.
C. A. Sorenson, secretary of tho leg
islative reference bureau, an ulumnus,
and Anton H. Jensen, a senior student
from Blair, are tho principal agitators,
Jensen being president of lao organi
zation. Manfred Lilllefors and Wnhl-
fred Jacobsen, both from Omaha, aro
Important members. They docbro
that the university has no right to
forco military conscription upon stu
donts, and they declare tho only pur
pose of tho drill Is to mako military
propagandists.
Adjutant General Appeals for Funds
Adjutant General Phil Hall, of tho
Nobraska national guard, has mailed
from his headquarters at Fort Crook
to tho chairmen of the finance, ways
and means committees of both housos
at Lincoln, an exhaustive biennial re
port and recommendations for tho fu
ture of tho state militia.
In this report Is Included an appeal
for additional funds "In order that this
state mny moot tho requirements of
the federal act that will mako tho na
tional guard a part of tho national do
fenso as well as a protection to tho
people of this stato against riots and
unforeseen calam!tlo3." Tho appro
priations urged upon the leglslaturo
are itemized as follows:
Adjutant general's salary, 2 yrs. $4,800
Asst. adjutant general's salary. . 3,600
Chief quartermaster 2.400
Assistant quartermaster 2,000
Stenographer 1,920
Caretaker of rifle range 1,920
Ofllco oxpenso 5,000
Armory lontal, lockers and
equipment 50,000
Support of national guard 75,000
Promotion of rifle practice 10,000
Aviation 5,000
Gun shed 2,000
Total $164,140
Must Be Co-operation.
In his address on "Some Marketing
Problems for tho Nebraska Farmer,"
beforo tho three hundred and fifty
farmers attending the Wednesday
morning sossion of the Corn Improv
ers' association at the stato farm,
Prof. C. W, Pugsley of the extonalon
service said that the problem of distri
bution was tho problem demanding tho
attention of tho 'Nebraska farmer to
day. His solution for the problem was
tho Individual support of tho farmor
and tho community. The distribution
problem cannot be solved by consum
ers and producors individually, but
must bo done in the spirit of co-op-oration.
Opening Attendance Breaks Record
All attendance records at previous
opening sessions of Organized Agricul
ture week at the university farm woro
shattered Monday afternoon and Tues
day morning, 1917 opening days of
this event. Between 800 and 1,000
men and women, most of them out-of-town
visitors, invaded the university
farm Tuesday morning.
Even standing room was not avail
able at the first session of tho Ne
braska Corn Improvers' Association in
the Plant Industry building, and an
overflow crowd extended Into tho corri
dor. It is estimated that between 400
and 500 men attending this meeting.
Mayflold la Confirmed
Tho senato confirmed Governor
Neville's nomination of Eugene O. May
flold of Omaha to succeed Judge How
ard Kennedy ns a member of the stato
board of control next July. By a vote
of 12 to 20, with one absent, tho senato
defoated q motion by S'andall of York
to defer action one week and to ap
point a commltteo of fivo to investigate
and report. By a vote of 30 to 2 the
nomination was confirmed.
Dedicate New Dairy Building.
The modern dairy building on the
university farm campus, just com
pleted at a cost of $200,000, was for
mally dedicated Wednesday night
whon regents of tho university, Chan
cellor Avery and members of tho fac
ulty recoived several hundred Nebras
kans in attendance at tho sessions of
organized agriculture.
The Dry Federation Bill.
The amended dry federation bill,
drafted by W. H. Thompson's commit
tee, was Introduced In the senate
Wednesday morning under the nambs
of Beal, Chappoll and Sandall. This
was for the purposo of getting it be
fore Senator Deal's prohibition com
mitteo along with othor proposed dry
measures, to be disposed of as the
committee sees fit. Tho amended bill
allows tho consumption of liquor In
the homo within limits, and relieves
some of the responsibilities from the
druggists of tho state.
Fish for the Bill of Fare
Fish to cut tho cost of living, no;
fish to tempt the sporty angloi's oyo,
is tho utilitarian idea of State FUh
Commissioner O'Brien, in hU annual
report to Governor Neville. Ho ap
peals to bo allowed to stock llo shal
low and marshy waters of Nebraska
with Gorman carp, Inatoad of trying
In vain to get bass and faucy broods
to thrive there. Tho sportsman would
protest, he says, but tho man who
can't afford porterhouse would wel
come tho suggestion. Moro crapples
and more yellow bullheads Is aia idoa.
CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
Feb. C-7. Nebraska Association of
Tllomon Annual Meotlng at Lin
coln. Feb 6-7 Nebraska Retail Hardwaro
Dcalors' Association Convention at
Omaha .
Feb. 7-8-9 Nebraska Rotall Lumber
Dcalors' Association Convention at
Omaha.
February 15 Stato Volleyball Con
test at York.
February 20-21 Nebraska Clothiers
Association Meeting at Omaha.
B'eb. 26 to March 3 Omaha Automo
hllo Show.
Marcli 5 to 10 First Annual Auto
Show at Lincoln.
March 6 to 10 Mld-West Cement
Show and Convention at Omaha.
March 12-17 Annual Merchants' Mar
ket Weok at Omaha.
March IS District Meotlng of Odd
Fellows nt North Platte.
Holt county hay dealors and ship
pers are up In arms becauso of their
Inability to Becuro enough cars from
tho several railroads to take care of
all of their contracts. Matters reach
ed a crisis when Frank Vana, heavy
shipper of O'Neill, filed an action in
tho district court to mandamus tho
Burlington to furnish him cars at
O'Neill and Hay Point Hundreds of
tons of hay now aro stacked up along
tho right-of-way at theso two and oth
er heavy hay shipping points In tho
county. General car shortage ls'tho
reason offered by tho roads for not
furnishing cars. An average of
about thirty cars a day now Is being
shipped from Holt county points.
Moro than 8,000 cars, or 80,000 tons,
of hay wore shipped from Stuart, At
kinson, Emmet, O'Neill, Inman, Staf
ford Wing, Page and Hay Point, tho
hay stations of the county, last year.
Tho amount will bo almost doubled
this year. O'Neill and Inman aro the
two second largest hay shipping
points In the United States, Nowport,
Neb., being tho largest.
Preparations, are being made by
North Platte Odd Follows to enter
tain tho lodges of western Nebraska
cm March 18. At that timo soveral
hundred Odd FcIIowb and Robekahs
from all over the western part of the
stato will visit North Platte. Frank
L. Gandy of Denver, grand sire of the
world organization and executive
head of 2,683,000 Odd Follows, will bo
tho guest of honor.
More sidewalks, paving and organ
izaztlon of a community center aro to
bo pushed this year by tho Crete Com
mcrcinl club, according" to action ta
ken at tho annual banquet.' Tho club
now has over 100 members.
The Grand Island brewery will
mako near-beer after May 1, according
'to tho recent decision of the direc
tors. Henry Faldorrfs and Richard
Goohrlng succeeded Martin Schlmor
and Henry Voss to tho directorate.
A wolf hunt was hold near Avoca a
few days ago and two wolves wore
killed; several escaped. A scope of
country five miles square was taken
in by tho hunters and over 200 men
participated in the roundup.
Plans have been perfected for tho
construction of a new flve-story hotel
at Kearney, to cost at least $150,000.
and modern In every particular. Work
on tho building will begin early next
spring.
Carl Schroeder near Avoca Is tho
owner of a full-blooded pig with six
legs. It was born last September and
Is Btrong and healthy. Tho pig Is on
exhibition at tho Schroeder farm.
Judge W. V. Allen spoke nt a public
reception and banquet which MndlHon
citizens held to celebrate tho return
of Company II. Whistles blow and
bells rang to complete tho welcome.
Cholco lambs on tho South Omaha
market reached tho unprecedented
prlco of $13.90 por 100 pounds last
weok. This is tho highest price ever
paid on that markot
Seventy-six thousand dollars is the
amount tho York county board of su
pervisors pstimato it will take to pay
all expenses of tho county for tho yenr
1918.
A new potash company, with a paid
up capital of $100,000, has been form
ed to operate nnother plant In the vi
cinity of Alliance,
Beginning with May 1, 1917, tho
town of Seward will have free deliv
ery of mall.
Th6ro Ib closo to 150,000 bushels of
wheat stored In elevators and tempo
rary bins nt Konosaw. Much of tho
grain has been on hand for months
with n cars or at best ono occasion
ally available for shipment Several
carloadB of grain have been hauled
overland to other railroad points,
where cars can bo had.
Charles Peters, ono of the pioneer
settlers of Stanton county, aged 80
years, was struck by a westbound
Northwestern passenger train at
Stanton and Instantly killed.
Plans are being perfected to pro
vldo Lincoln with two now, modern
hotels. Stock for a new hostelry to
bo built at Fourteenth and P streots,
to cost around $800,000 and to bo
twelve stories high, was put on sale
a few days ago. A second now hotel
to cost $1,000,000 will bo built two
blocks Bouth of O Rtreot, near Four
teenth, It Is said.
Tho report of tho manager of the
Farmers' elevator at Petersburg
showed net profits of $6,700 and
250,000 bushels of corn, wheat, oats,
ryn and barley handled.
Within a very few yeara it Is bo
Moved that most of tho ambitious pro
jects now supported by tho Nebraska
Stato In-lgatlon association will bo
realized in fact. Resolutions adopted
at tho mooting held in Bridgeport
early In Decomber embraco four pro
jects, nil of which either lmvu been
or will bo initiated In congress this
session by tho Introduction of bills.
Tho stato association adoptod reso
lutions, which wero forwarded to nil
members of tho Nebraska dologatlon,
urging an extension of tho North
Plntto project to cover tho Bridge
port unit, tho construction of a school
at ScottsblufT for agricultural, Irriga
tion and mechanic arts education In
connection with tho experimental sta
tion thero, an appropriation for tho
proposed irrigation pro'pect In Gosper,
Pholpa and Kearney counties nnd a
law giving purchasers of water on
tho old canals along tho North Platto
river twonty years instead of ton In
which to pay for their water.
Tho Bratton Union consolidated
school, which is situated eight miles
north of Humboldt In Richardson
county, is now open and school 1b
being held dally. Tho building Is a
modem brick structure, woll equipped
nnd lighted. Tho school opened on
January 8, with an enrollment of sov-enty-ono.
Twenty-threo aro In tho
high school, twonty-elght In the gram
mar and Intermediate room and twon
ty In tho primary room. Theso pupils
llvo on twenty Bectlons surrounding
tho school house. Tho school Is to bo
a social center, It having two rooms
which can bo thrown together. Two
farmera' unions which met in school
houses have united nnd moot at tho
Bratton school. The combined organ
ization promises to bo ono of tho larg
est in the Btatc. Loaders have boon
appointed to dovelop Junior organiza
tions. A short courso from tho ex
tension department of tho University
of Nebraska will bo held in tho build
ing following tho weok beginning Feb
ruary 5.
Tho Omaha Commercial club Is ex
ceedingly lntorestod in a bill boforo
tho legislature at Lincoln which Is
aimed to dcclaro plpo lines common
carriers, In view of tho possibility of
establishing a plpo lino between tho
Wyoming oil fields and Omaha, and
moro particularly Interested In tho
possibilities of piping oil to Omaha
from Chndron, whero Bomo recent oil
discoveries havo been made.
Announcement was mado recently
that a now corporation has been
formed to operata another potnsh
plant In tho vicinity of Alliance. This
concern begins with a paid-up capital
of $100,000, all of which has been
subscribed and paid up. tl is under
stood that tho stockholders aro all
Nebraska men, somo of them being
local capitalists in Alllanco.
Louis Assman, charged with tho
robbery of the Winslow bank, was
convicted of tho crime by a Jury at
Fremont and was sentenced to tho
penitentiary for three to fifteen years.
Thomas Calcord, charged Jointly with
Assman In tho bank robbery, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to from
three to ten years by District Judgo
Button.
Clcora Allen, a conductor of Sidney,
and Otto B. Jones, brakeman, of
Cheyenne, Wyo., wero shot and killed
near Kimball by a man who was steal
ing a ride on a Union Pacific train. A.
E. Carroll la tho namo given by tho
alleged Blayer, who Is bolng hold at
Kimball on a charge of murder.
Tho Hamilton County Farmora' Tel
ephone association hold its annual
meotlng at Aurora. Reports submit
ted show moro than $45,000 was tho
earnings of tho company during tho
past year. This company is the larg
est mutual telephone association In
tho state.
Efforts will be mado by tho Omaha
Christian Endeavor unlwi to have tho
Omaha Commercial club guarantee
tho $15,000 necessary to securo tho
1919 biennial convention of tho Inter
national Christian Endeavor associa
tion for Omaha, according to S. C.
Wlgg, president of tho union.
February 6 to 0 are the dates sot
for tho annual mooting of the Nobras
ka Retail Hardware Dealers' associa
tion, which Is to bo held In Omaha.
A number of Important topics will bo
up for discussion at this meotlng and
an unusual largo delegation Is antic
ipated. H. O. Waldon and G, F. Dunn of De
Witt, who left a few dayB ago for
Wisconsin, havo purchased two car
loads of flno Holsteln cattle, which
they will ship to tho Do Witt vicinity
tho first of next wook.
Tho manufacturing campaign of tho
American Beet Sugar company at
Grand Island has closed aftor a run
of ono hundred and ono days, A to
tal of 8,500,000 pounds of sugar wero
produced. During tho coming sum
mer monthB tho work of remodollng,
only partly done during 1916, will bo
completed.
Falrbury Ib to havo a new $100,000
hotel. A syndicate of Falrbury capi
talists has been formed to finance the
Project Work on tho structuro will
commence early next spring.
Charles Sherman, aged 40, and his
father, Samuel Sherman, wero In
stantly killed and two other men wero
injured when nn autnmobllo in which
they were riding, turned over near
Grnnd Island.
A religious survey Just taken of
Norfolk Indicates that tho population
of tho city Ib something under 8,000,
of whom thoro aro 2,300 who havo
church afllllatlons,
J, B, Douglas of Tecumsoh Is a can
didate for tho appointment as a direc
tor of tho federal fnnn loan hoard
for the Omaha district
M
Whatever You Will in Coiffures.
Just at present, coiffures are almost
as diversified as heads. In tho matter
of hair dressing thero are no stylus
that govern and nbout everything Is
left to Individual tnsto. Tho hulr
dresser asks you what you will have,
and Is prepared to executo any sort
of order, oven to bobbing off half your
lockn and curling what Is left of them.
Ho Is not arbitrary about a single
thing, but Is Insistent that waved hair
Is better than straight hnlr, no matter
what stylo you may elect to mako
your own.
Young women llko tho style In which
tho hnlr Is combed back off the fore
head so well that they are reluctant
to part with It. It Is still a favorite.
But it is much less becoming than
waves or curls nbout tho face, and
newer coiffures insist upon covering
nt least n portion of the forehead. All
of them present waved hnlr as nn es
sential fcuturo nnd all of thorn nro
exquisitely ncnt
A colffuro for evoning dress Is shown
In tho picture, with Uio hnlr parted n
little to ono sldo and waved. Only
half of the forehead Ib uncovered and
tho wnved hnlr almost covers tho ears.
There Is n fad for turning the ends of
tho hair under nnd pinning them In
Three Pretty Vanity Cases.
Vnnlty bags bob up or danglo In
tho most unexpected places. They
swing from ninbrella handles and
from fans they nro concealed In shop
ping nnd party bags, nnd are oven sus
pended from pretty garters. But vanity
cases are frankly carried In tho hand
nnd hold, In the most compact arrange
ment, nil the aldB needed In emer
gency cases of beauty In distress. They
nlso nccommodnto small coins In
cuse they nro wanted.
In the Illustration threo cases mado
of Germun silver aro selected from nn
array of many dlfforent patterns.
There are perfectly plain cases with
polished surface nnd others with satin
finish, but, In the long run, tho fancier
cases look better than tho plain ones.
In tho case at tho left, two uncompro
mising drngons, rampant against a Held
of hammered sliver, show a disposition
to swallow everything Insldo and out
of tho strong-looking case. But thero
Is a small "watchdog of tho treasury"
represented ns on guard, between
them.
In the case nt tho right, tho decora
tion is much simpler. Parallel lines
across tho back, with a leaf motif nt
each corner, aro sulllclent for this
quiet design. Tho center enso Is made
interesting by u dovlco that suggests
un old ndage. Wo may Infer thnt tho
without colling them into a knot or
making them Into puffs. This Is not so
easy to do if tho hnlr Is long. Tho
ends nro usually disposed of In a knot
nt tho top of tho crown, us In tho colf
furo pictured.
Not many hnlr ornaments, except
combs, aro worn; but In this ns in
coiffures, tho Individual may please
herself.
Somo of tho smartest women havo
worn a slnglo soft feather, held by a
brilliant ornament In tho hnlr nt tho
opera.
Artificial Flowers.
Hortcnso Is vqry fond of tho present
artificial flower bud, which she says Is.
"so Frenchy," Possibly novcr beforo
have artificial flowers had such n
voguo ns they havo Just now, and n
small corsngo flower Is ono of tho best
means to giving color to a dark street
frock or suit.
Thero aro bunches of tiny flowers In
brilliant red that nro very good. Thoro
nro bouquets consisting of n rosebud,
n few forget-me-nots nnd a sprig or
two of green that nro good. Then there
aro nasturtiums, popples nnd mnny
other flowers In their own natural, rich
coloring. Pnrls Correspondence.
two serpents on It typify ovll, and "tho
lovo of money" but you know tho rest.
A Chlncso mask, between tho serponts,
grins unmoved by anything outsido of
the case knowing what Is within.
Boots for the Street
Ono sees tho most frivolous dancing
boots, high of heel nnd paper thin of
sole with street tailored garb for shop
ping and runabout wear In town; but
such boots are not correct according to
the canons of conventionality. Pretty
boots of bronzo or light-colored glazed
kid are Intended for formal wear with
dancing or reception frock when ono
travels by limousine or brougham; tho
walking costume In tailored stylo de
mands a smart walking boot with long,
slender lines and heel, high perhaps,
hut not too curved for comfort
Box Plaits Even on Sleeves.
Tho tendency toward box or cither
plaits Is very well expressed on tho
sloovea. A customury form Is a box
plait reaching from tho shoulder to
tho cuff. Or agnln tho fullness of tho
sleeve may bo gathered or plaited at
the upper part of tho lirmholo and tho
sleeves cut in such a manner that theso
plnlts or gathers aro smoothed out nt
tho wrist. Plnlts, sometimes, begla
from tho elbow down.