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THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. WILL LOCATE BLUE TO COMPEL CITIES TO ENFORCE THE LAW FAVORS THE COHVENTIDN Itoma of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around the State House Western Newspaper Unlo;i News Service. One of the now Ideas In prohibition law-making that will bo urged upon tho.Btato legislative oommltteo that will proparo the mcasuro la to make each city, town, village or other po-' lltlcal unit financially responsible for all damages that may follow liquor drinking therein unless the govornlng authorities can show that they have boon diligent In enforcing tho law. Such a provision, It Is believed, would make impossible the open joints liko those that made prohibition a farco In Kansas for many years, and make Illegal selling a matter of up tho alloy and down a staircase and step lightly sort of business. In other words, It Is beliovod that it will give EDGAR HOWARD Editor Columbus Telegram Lieutenant Governor Much comment Is being directed to Lieutenant Governor Howard on account r his efficiency as the presiding officer f the Senate. He takes keen Interest In everything pertaining to public wel fare and Js widely known as an ablo idltorlal and descriptive writer. tho most effective form of enforce ment fllncq if the effort Is made per sons Injured by tho drinking of liquor meaning dependents could easily fasten tho responsibility upon the mu nicipality by testimony. By thus making the municipality, instead of the liquor dispenser and his bondsman, as under the Slocumb law. tho responsible party, It is argued that city officials "will bo forced by public sentiment and public interest to enforco tho law, regardless of whethor the law Is popular In tho city or not, bocause tho people, rath'or than foot the bills thomsolves for the Industry, would recall the officials. Favor Constitutional Convention By a unanimous vote, tho house as a committee of tho whole has voiced Its aproval of house roll No. 2 calling for a constitutional convention, sent it to third reading and recommended its passage. No one opposed the bill. The bill calls for a constitutional con vention to bo voted upon by tho peo plo at the next genoral election In 1918. Representatives Martin, Flans burg and Richmond spoko briefly In regard to the bHl, declaring that there was an overwhelming sentiment in the atato in favor of a new constitu tion Representative Martin explained the bill, doclarlng it would take at least six years to put the state on a busis of new government Would Pay Old Soldiers' Expenses The sum of $20,000 will be set aside for tho use of old soldiers in getting to and from their national reunion at Vicksburg next fall if a bill intro duced in the houso meets with the approval of the legislature. As drawn up by Jncobson of Dawson and Fred Johnson of Adams, the measuro pro vides that tho $20,000, or as much of it as shall be necessary for the pay- ment of railroad faro and incidental expenses while en route, shall be ap propriated for the use of all civil war veterans, both union and confederate, who have lived here a year. Counties Must Pay Up Stanton and Gage counties, which attacked the right of tho state to com pel them to pay to the state the an stent charges against them for care of their insane, lost out and must pay Into tho strong box of the common wealth, according to supreme court action, upholding the report of Itef eree Jefferson Drody In tho matter. Stanton county was sued for $2,214 principal and $5,448 Interest, and Gago county for 3,438 principal and $5,154 Interest. Some of the accounts run for nearly thirty years. Recommended Course in Journalism A courso leading to a certificate In Journalism and an A. B. degree wns approvod by the faculty of tho arts college of the state university Satur day, and will be recommended for passage to tho university Benato. Eighteen hours of strictly journalls tic training form tho major require ment of tho courso. Nowswrltlng and nows editing, editorial writing, special articles, and the history of Journalism arq the Journalistic subjects. Rhetoric klatody, natural sciences and econom ics are amonjr the reaulroraents. TWO-CENT FARE ACT A Plan to Let the Railway Board Raise Rate . Sonator Boal of Custer has intro duced a hill that authorizes tho stato railway commission to raise or lower tho two-cent passenger fare in Ne braska. Tho two-cent faro law was onactod by tho legislature In 1907. It has beon hold constitutional by tho supreme court of the stato. Tho act is what is known as direct legislation. It gives the stato railway commission no discretionary power to raiBo or low er tho rate prescribed by tho statute Govornor Shlldou, who was governor In 1907, held tho bill until the last hour of tho last day before he permit ted it to bocomo a law. Ho desired to veto tho law, but did not do so. It was his Mjollcf that tho rate of faro should havo beon left for the state railway commission to determine after a hearing of complaining railroads, that possibly the pooror roads could show that two cents a mllo was Inade quate for them and that tho enttro law might be nnnulcd because of a show ing of some poorly managed road or a road that did little business In tho state. The two-cent fare law has been in forco on all the roads In Nebraska since its adoption until last yoar when tho Missouri Pacific and the Rock Is land roads obtained tomporary injunc tions against the state railway com mission and attorney general to pro vent them from enforcing tho law. Tho order was Issued by tho federal court and tho subject matter is still In litigation. Was Largest Ever Held "This year's attendance at organ ized agriculture meetings was by far tho largest In tho history of nuch events," declared Prof. C. W. Pugsley, director and secretary of tho commit tee in charge of organized arglculture week. Total attendance at all ses sions this year was estimated at 1C nnn "This session of agricultural meet ings was' probably tho largest gather ing of farmers for educational pur poses ovor held In tho United States," said Professor Pugsley. Ho based this statement upon his own wldo attond anco at farmers' meetings and upon statements of other speakers who par ticipated in organized ngrlculturo. Horbert Quick declared that the audi' enco ho addressed Friday afternoon at St. Paul's church on rural credits was tho largest he has ovor addressed bo ford on that subject. To Push County Agent Work A now association, known as tho Nobraska farm bureau association, came into existence last week at a meeting at tho university farm of, farmers interested in county agent work. This association consists of officers and directors iof county farm jbureaus, vas farmers associations in cnargo or local county agent work are called. Tho purpose of the now association Is to furnish a medium for the ox change of Idoas in county agent work and to extend tho work over tho en tire state. There aro now 2,500 farm ors in the state who are mombcrs of tho various county farm bureaus em ploying county agents. They aro among tho most progressive and in fluential farmers of the state. Bureau Will Get Special Funds Tho legislative reference bureau has employed J. H. Broody of Lincoln, C. L. Rino and J. P. Palmer of Omaha to assist in tho bill drafting depart ment. Director Sheldon of the bu reau estimates that It will need $1, COO more than was appropriated two years ago, to get through tho legis lative session, and tho houso claims committee has agreed to 'recommend a special appropriation for whatover Is required to keep tho bureau run ning. Mr. Bulla of Douglas has introduced a bill appropriating $25,000 as Ne braska's share of a $100,000 fund to be provided by the states of Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming and the city of Denvor for a monument to Buffalo Bill, located on Mount Lookout, near Denver. Nono of this money is to ho available until tho whole amount is provided. Tho committee on fish and garao has brought In reports Indefinitely post poning a bill allowing anyone to hunt or fish In his own county without a license, and one to protoct skunks dur ing a period of olght months each year. Deficiency Claims, Tho stato board of control will ask the legislature to appropriate a total of $46,7C9 to cover deficiencies In tho maintenance funds of stato institu tions for two years ending April. 1, 1917. Tho deficiencies are as follows: Girls' school at Geneva $ 8,665 Orthopedic hospital 16,337 Mllford women's home 4,601 Norf61k Insane asylum 10,561 Dopendent children's homo.... 6,975 One quarter's salary for con sulting engineer 625 The modern dairy building on the university farm campus, just com pleted at a cost of $200,000, was for mally dedicated Wednesday night when regents of the university, Chan cellor Avery and members of tho fac ulty received several hundred Nebras- kanH in attendance at tho sessions of organized agriculture. Forty-seven live wero lost and over 100 persons wero painfully burned by fire iu Nebraska In 1916, according to tho report of Fire Commisisoner Rid-sell. CONDENSED NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. . Feb. 6-7. Nebraska Association of Tilemcn Annual Meeting at Lin coln. Feb e-Ncbraska Retail Hardwaro Dealers' Association Convention at Omaha . Feb. 7-8-9 Nebraska Retail Lumber Dealors' Association Convention at Omaha. Fob. 8-9 Stato Association of Clean ers and Dyers Convention at Omaha. February 15 State Volleyball Con tost nt York. February 20-21 Nobraska Clothiers Association Meeting at Omaha. Feb. 21. Annual Meeting of Stato Opticians at Omaha. Feb.- 22-23 Nebraska Jewelers' asso ciation Meeting at Omaha. Feb. 26 to March 3 Omaha Automo bile Show. March 5 to 10 First Annual Auto Show at Lincoln. March 6 to 10 Mid-West Cement Show and Convention at Omaha. March 12-17 Annual Merchants' Mar ket Week at Omaha. March 18 District Meeting of Odd Fellows at North Platte. Over three thousand cars of Ice havo been shipped out of Fronion during tho past month and orders ar In for 100 more The Ice harvest is tho greatest in tho history of tho city. Richard Schroedor, who lived alone, six miles from Columbus, was found frozen to death near his homo a few daya ago. Tho Beatrlco Commercial club ha? gone on record In favor of the good roads plan of tho federal law, and has advised Representative Dalby to that effect, who is understood to bo fram ing a good roads bill to bo Introduced in tho legislature at Lincoln, which meets tho requirements of tho federal legislation. Lodgo No. 3, A. O. U. W., of Cen tral City, has begun a Btato-wldo com paign among lodges for the purpose of protesting tho proposed increase in lodgo duos, effectlvo next May. Tho Torrens land system has been adopted by tho York county board of supervisors. Tiio sum of $76,130 will bo needed to carry on tho county busi ness during 1917. York was cjioson for tho 1918 con ventlon by tho Nobraska Voluntoet Firemen's association at tho annual meeting of tho organization at Au burn. MRS. MARIE O'DONNELL WEEKES OF NORFOLK, NEB., PRESS. Elected President of the Northeast Nebraska Editorial Association at a Meeting of the Society at Norfolk. Ncill T. Sommer, formerly a mem ber of tho St. Joseph (Mo.) fire de partment, has beon selected for tho position of chief of tho Lincoln fire department at a salary of $1,800. Hal J., tho pacer which caused a sensation at tho Nebraska state fair last fall, has been sold to Indiana horao buyers for $2,500, by tho owner, Bert Collicut of Bladen. A destructive fire broke out In tho village of Rogers, causing damago to tho oxtcnt of $10,000. Tho Farmers' Athlotlc club, a pool hall, garage and barber shop burned. A bank charter lias beon granted nt Dlx, to bo known as tho Farmers' State bank. Tho bank will bo capi talized at $10,000. Rov. Walter Ernstmoyer of Wau ncta, a Gorman Luthoran minister, is .suing tho Arlington Light and Power company for $15,448.60. Ho says n lighting polo foil on him lost summer and fractured his skull. Ho 1b still unable to rosumo his clerical work. Tho United States Consus Bureau has Just Issued a report giving esti mates on tho population of larger cit ies July last. Figures for this state nre: Beatrice, 10,287; Fremont, 9,925; Grand Island, 12,826; Hastings, 11,021; and Lincoln, 4C.615. Holra of tho three men killed at tho Camp Creek crossing near Green wood, August 23, when n train hit their automobile, filed suit In district court at Omaha, against tho Burling ton for dnmagoa aggregating $80,000 Four rural school district of Fill moro county havo agreed to comblno for a Tural high school and raiso tho fundB with a tax lovy on tho com bined districts. I Announcement hns beon mado thnt the Black Hills Mica company Is soon to establish a mica refining plant near Alliance. Nebraska beet sugnr can be used as well ns cano sugar in tho manu facturo of syrup for soda pop, V. W. I'pson, profosnur of ngricultuml chemistry of the University of Ne braska told fifty members of the No braska Bottlers' association of Omaha, in tho past, it had "beon be lieved that beet sugar could not b substituted for enno which 1b tho mor expensive. "It will mean a greal thing for tho Nebraska beet sugar In dustry," said Secretary Frank I Ringer, Lincoln, "if all tho Nobraska bottlers use beet augar." All prlco records for fed lambs were broken at tho South Omaha market last week when $14.35 per cwL was paid for two shipments from tho west ern part of Nebraska. One bunch ol 510 was sent In by A. F. Elliott oi Minntnro, and nvoraged soventy-foui pounds over tho scales. Tho othoi bunch enmo from Bond & Scott ol Wood River and averaged aoventy ono pounds. This brings tho price per head nt about $11. Mrs. Mario Weeks of Norfolk wn elected president; A. II. BnckhauBo, PIcrco, vice president; E. O. Gnrdner, Wayne, Bccrctnry-trcasurcr, and Fred Marshall, Niobrara, and J. A. Stnhl Wost Point, tho, two members of thfl oxecutlvo commltteo of tho North east Nobraska Editorial association during tho meeting nt Norfolk last week. Wayno was chosen as tho plnca of meeting for tho midsummer session In July. Tho Nebraska potash Industry that developed last fall In the vicinity oi Antloch, In tho southern portion ol Sheridan county, has spread ovor In to Garden county to tho Bouth, and in tho lnko country north of Oshkosh several Btllls aro being erected close to tho shallow hikes. It has been predicted that the potash field around OshkOBh will provo richer and mart productive than thoso to tho north. Olson and Johnson company ol Missoula, Mont., wore awarded the contractfor building tho now Dodge countypourt1 houso at Fromont, th prlco being $119,675. Tho building will occupy tho sito of tho ono de stroyed by flro ovor a year ago. II will bo four stories and a basoment, built of re-enforced concrote, wltb Bedford Htono exterior. Nebraska gets $99,000 In tho public buildings appropriation bill as 11 passed tho lower houso of congress Tho bill provides $70,000 for now poBt offices at Schuyler and Superior, oacb to cost $35,000,' and $24,000 for post office sites at Broken Bow, David City, O'Neill nnd Seward, to cost $6,000 each, and $5,000 for a postofllc site at Wayno, Joo Steelier of Dodgo, world hoavy weight wrestling champion and Char ley Peters of Papllllon, will moot on the mat In Omaha on February 9. Tin match was to have beon staged las! summer, but was called off bocaus of Peter's Illness. Earl Hamilton, 28, a ranchman near North Platte, was drowned when ho fell head first Into a well contain, lng but ton Inches of water. Ho bo camo ontanglod In a rod In aomo man nor and died before help could reach him. R. H. Stolnmoyor, banker at Holmes vlllo, marketed 129 head of hogs a4 Kansas City tho other day which av eraged 215 pounds and for which h received $10.90 per hundred. Th shipment brought about $3,300. Nobrnsk Bottlers' association so lectod Lincoln for tho 1918 convon tlon at tho closing session of tho an nual moetlng in Omaha last wook. All tho mon who held office during the past year wore ro-olected. The Grand Island Commercial clue has been re-organlzed, with tho fol lowing officers elected: DaVld Kauf mann, president; John It. Gcddea vice-president and Elmer Williams, treasurer. Tho firm of Blum-Reardon com pony of Kansas City Becured tho con tract for Installing tho plumbing and heating In tho new Dodgo county court houso to bo built at Fremont. Twenty-one cars of brick havo ar rlvod at Doshlor, to bo used in con structing tho now Deshlor Coffoo Mill Actual work on tho structure will bo gin in a few days. , A profit of over $1,000 was made during tho past year on tho Dodgo county poor farm, according to a re port. A new club houso 1b to bo built by tho Beatrlco Country club, to cost In tho nclghborhod of $5,000, Tho Alliance Creamery has Just mado an annual report which showa that tho company last year paid ovoi $100,000 to farmers in tho vicinity for cream. It manufactured 500,000 poundB of butter, 100 carloadB of ice and 15,000 gallons of Ico cream. Peter Thomas, a German fannor living near Table Rock, shipped a car load of hogs to the St. Joseph mar ket a few days ago that consisted of olghty-slx head, that wolghed 18,240 pounds, and sold for $10.60 per hun dred. Rev. F. E. Blanchard of Vordon has accepted a call to the Tocumsoh Christian church. Rov, C. C. Atwood, retiring pastor at tho Tocumsoh church, has gone to Elliot, la. Congressman Rcavls of tho First district was tho only Nebraskan who voted against tho public buildings bill which was passed by tho lowor houso of congresti, A delegation of Lincoln citizens asked tho city commissioners to havo certain streotB of the city flooded and policed, to provide skating rinks for the children. SOLID FOUNDATION (By PROF. H. U KKMPSTRR, Missouri Agricultural College.) Stationary poultry houses should al ways be built on n foundation. It Is poor economy to allow tho sills to rest on tho ground nnd keep replacing them ns they decay, except In tho enso of portnblo houses. Stone or brick may bo used for foundations, but tho best material, nil things considered, Is con crete. Posts nro objcctlonnblo because they nre short-lived. Stone blocks nre subject to heaving by frost nnd set tling, tho result being wnrped houses In which doors nnd windows open nnd shut with difficulty. Tho concreto foundation Is not only enslcr to con struct, but prevents rats from burrow ing underneath the iloor. A few simple rules should bo ob served In building n concreto founda tion. A trench should be built below ground nnd filled with concreto nnd n small form built for tho portion nhovo ground. The trench should extend be low tho frost line, usunlly 14 to 18 Inches below ground. This foundation need not be s heavy ns for larger buildings. Eight Inches nt the bnso nnd five Inches nt tho top Is usunlly sufficient. It should extend nbout eight Inches above the ground level, nnd tho ground sloped so ns to carry tho Bur face water nvny from tho houso. In serting a few bolts In tho concrote so IDEAL MIS80URI ns to fasten the houso to tho founda tion proveuts Injury from sevcro winds nnd renders tho building moro stable generally. A good floor should cxcludo vermin nnd prevent dampness. The thrco com mon types of floor nro earth, wood, nnd concreto. In portnblo houses either tho wood or earth floors nro used, whllo all types nro seen In stationary houses. Tho floor In n stationary house should bo raised 0 to 8 inches nbovo tho ground level to prevent sur faco water from affecting It. Earth floors nro most common be cnuso of economy In construction. In dcqd n good earth floor Is probably tho most desirable if dampness can bo pre vented. On wet soils special precau- GROUND ffiliffitW'l LINE iJ COSRSE, FILLING- i CONCRETE FLOOR MALE FOWL OF IMPORTANCE His Presence In Flock Absolutely Nee essary to Secure Fertile Eggs for Hatching. The productive function of tho hen Is n natural one, nnd If furnished tho food nccessnry to both sustain her body nnd mnnufacturo tho eggs, sho will not If n vigorous specimen, provo dis appointing. Tho germ Is present In nil eggs alike, but It requires tho contact of tho raalo clement to glvo It vitality. Henco tho necessity of tho mnlo bird being n flno specimen, not having his vigor Impaired by disease, or with crooked breust, wry tall, long slender shanks, or other bodily 'defects Indi cating a lack of vigor. Llko begets like. To bo suro thnt eggs aro fertile, nono should bo used for hatching from n flock until nt least tho third day after mating. After the third day, should tho mnlo bo removed most of tho eggs will provo fertile until tho tenth duy. EGG SUPPLY DURING WINTER Do Not Be Disappointed If Hens Fall to Produce Eggs In Cold Weather Give Fowls Rest. Do not expect tho hens to luy, and bo disappointed If they do not, In real cold weather, although If you havo good hens und mnko conditions right you may sccuro sorao eggs during the winter, Poultrymen who havo valuable, pure ored birds nnd a ready snlo for eggs and baby chickens do not forco their hens for heavy wlutcr laying when FOR POULTRY HOUSES tlons nro ncccssnry to prevent water from working up from beneath. Thero should bo n two or thrco Inch fill of some courso material, such ns cobblo stones or conrso cinders, and this cov ered with n layer of thick clay so thnt tho looso soil from nbovo will not work down between tho conrso mate rial. By covering tho clay with two or thrco Inches of sand or sojl, dryness Is secured nnd nn ldcnt floor Is ob tained, A common mtstnko In the uso of earth floors is to remove some of tho dirt each cleaning time, no effort being mado to replace tho soil re moved often resulting In tho floor be ing lower than the ground outside. Ono of tho chief dlsndvnntngcs of enrth floors comes from invasion of rats. Burying wire screen often pre vents their working up from bent-nth, however. Cinders nro also said to check tho lnvnslon. Another disad vantage of enrth floors Is that they dirty tho Utter used In the house, mak ing It ncccssnry to rcmovo tho foul dirt nnd replace with 'fresh to Insuro perfect hcnlth. In splto of theso dis advantages, its desirable features, es pecially economy of construction, mnko the enrth floor ono of the most popular used. Concreto lloors nro rapidly coming Into use. The first cost is high, but It is probably tho cheapest floor of nil HOUSE FOR POULTRY. In tho end. Tho litter docs not rcqulro changing ns often ns on earth floors and all cxpenso of removing nnd re placing tho soil each1 year Is elimi nated. It Is also rat proof, nnd can bo cnslly nnd thoroughly disinfected in enso of disease. Poultry should not bo permitted to run on a bnro floor, but thero should bo a heavy straw Ut ter In which tho grain can bo fed. A baro floor is cold nnd causes deformed feet nnd rheumatism unless covered with tho Utter. Tho construction of n concreto floor Is comparatively simple. By filling in n few Inches of conrso mntcrlal such ns cinders, and tamping thoroughly, tho floor may bo laid nt tho samo tlrao ns tho wall, without tho uso of Insldo forms, . AND FOUNDATION. there Is no market for tho product, but let- tho birds tako a good rest nnd got them In flno condition for heavy, late-ln-the-wlntcr and early spring lnylnggwhcn they havo a good mar- kcc ior tuo prouuet. UNIFORM EGGS FOR MARKET To Obtain Best Prices Farmer Should Keep but One Breed Customer Is Better Pleased. . Uniformity Is ono of tho essentials of successful marketing. Buyers arc exacting as a rulo for uniform prod ucts. Marketing eggs to advantage re quires thought. For ono thing uni formity In color nnd slzo is to bo con sidered. This requirement Is depend ent upon the flock. Upon this point an expert says : If a basket of eggs from n mixed flock Is sent to tho market It will contain Homo whlto eggs, sorao brown, nnd some cream colored. Thero is a great variety of sizes and shapes. This lack of uniformity Is unnttractlvo and tends to bring down tho prlco. If tho farmer had sent a basket of all whlto eggs or nil brown eggs of uniform size he would havo received a better prlco for his product To obtain theso good prices, tho furmer should havo but ono brood of chickens on his farm. Then ho would havo a flock In which ho would tako much prldo and glvo them good attention. Tho eggs pro duced from such birds would bo all of tho sumo color, slzo and shape, and when marketed tho customers would bo better pleased, slnco uniformity s usually much desired. V