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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1917)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. FARM LABOR IN DEMAND WESTERN Extraordinary Inducements Being Offered. Previous articles have dcnlt with the necessity ot producing extra quan tities of foods to feed the world dur ing Uils stress of high consumption and pnuclty of production. Instead of ,the condition Improving It Is growing worse, and unless drustlc and luimedl .nto action Is taken, prices will con tinue to cllmh high. It Is hoped by the Canadian government that by offering xtrn Inducements to secure a home stead of ICO acres of excellent laud in the homestendlng areas of Western Canada, with the combined effort of the farmer In extraordinary preparation of tillage and bigger wages than ever, that Western Canada, with the assist ance of a Divine Providence, may pro duco a greater number of million acres of wheat thua ever In the past. The farm laborer can now secure a home stead on easier conditions than ever . before. All the time thnt he works for a Western Cnnadlun farmer dur ing 1017, after he makes his entry or tiling will count as residence on his homestead for that year, leaving him but two additional years' residence, before getting title to a piece of laud thnt should then be easily worth $1,000. The response to this offer has been wonderful, and hundreds have ul ready token advantage of It. The climate of Western Canada Is one that breeds energy, Instils life and buoyancy, and with the soil thut the country possesses, no greater asset could be desired. The country Is past the pioneering stage ; Its ability to grow all the smaller grains better than nny other portion of the continent has been proven so often thnt It seems a wnste of time to speak of it. The high name thnt has been given the country in the splendid class of live stock that it raises, has placed It In the high col umn with the best stntes of the Union. And then social conditions, something that every housewife nsks about, are as nearly perfect as could be wished for. Thousands of miles of telephone line connect the remotest hamlet with the principal cities of the country and continent, miles of excellent graded roads, as well as the perfect natural roads of the prairie, make driving and hauling easy. Gridironed as these provinces nro with railway lines bring the farm near to Atlantic or Pa cific, or United States markets, rural mall delivery brings the settler stlM closer to the homes abroad. Rural and consolidated schools everywhere are easy adjuncts to the colleges and universities, which are said to be among the best on the continent. Taxation Is light, amkonly applied on the farm land, cattle. Implements, etc., on the farm being exempt. Many farmers, having realized sufficient from one crop of wheat to pay for their entire farm holdings, have in stalled their own electric light and heating plants, have their automobiles and many luxuries they would not have possessed on their old home abroad. Life is comfortable and ex istence enjoynbl in Western Canada. In no country Is there a greater per centage of contented farmers, and In no part of the continent Is farming easier or more profitable. Land there will produce SO bushels of wheat to the acre, while there are many enses where the yield was higher, as high as 70 bushels. What this means to the farm laborer does not fully appear on the surface. He will get good wages, he can secure a homestead worth ut the end of three yenrs about $l,GO0, while working for wages he can put In residence duties, and can also look around, and find a good location. Besides the homestendlng attraction of Western Canada, there remulns the other fact that other lands can be purchased nt from $15 to $30, while Improved farms may be had at rea sonable figures. The desire to have a piece of land of one's own is a nnturul instinct In the heart of every properly developed man and woman, In earlier years, on account of the great areas of land available In the United States, no grcnt difficulty was experienced by any ambitious settler of that country who wished to become Ills own landholder, but the rapid in Old Looks? (BY DR. L. II. SMITH) Persons suffering from too much uric acid In the system frequently look older than they should. They age fuster and the appearance of gray hair or bald head in early years Is, Indeed, often a sign of uric acid. The face appears lean and haggard, lines and wrinkles appearing In young men or women. The best way to combat this prema ture age and tho obstruction to tho arteries and faulty circulation is of tho simplest : Drink copiously of pure water between meals. This will not mnko you fat, as it Is only the water taken with the meals that fattens. Obtain nt nny drug store a pnekago of Anurlc, double strength, which is to be taken before meals, In order to expel the uric acid from the system. The painful ef fects of backnche, lumbago, rheuma tism, gout, due to uric acid In the blood should quickly disappear after treat ment with Anurlc DR. KNOLLENBERG'S D. C. SANITARIUM If Yon Suffer With ACUTIS AMI C1IIIONIC DISEASES, Inveatlsate Dr. ICnol- lenberK's Ncvr DniKlraa Treatment. POn IlIIIIOBIATISM, LUMBAGO, NKUHALOIA, KIDNISY AND IIEAIIT THOUML.I2. Mr Oonriinte for Special Treatment You Don't 1'ny If I Kail. If you remain In my sanitarium urder my care and treatment. Theae treatments not only benefit, but eradicate poisonous accumula tions from the system. Office and Sanitarium 24th and Farnnra St a. Phone Doug. 7203, Omaha, Neb, crease in population, combined with the corresponding rise in the price of land, has completely chnnged this con dition. Lund, which n generation ago might be had for tlio homestendlng, now commands prices ranging to $100 an acre and over. At such prices It la quite hopeless for the tenant farmer or the farmer's sou in moderate cir cumstances, or the city mnn with lim ited capital, to attempt to buy a farm of his own. To pny for It becomes n life-long task, and the probability Is thnt he will never do more than meet the Interest chnrges. If he Is serious In his desire to secure a farm home, lie must look to countries where there Is still ahundnnt fertile land nvallnblo at moderate cost, and where theso lands are to be purchased on terms which make It possible for the settler with small capital to become n farm owner us the result of a few years' la bor. Ho will also want land In n coun try where the practices of the people are similar to those to which he lias been accustomed; a country with the same language, same religion, same general habits of living, with laws, currency, weights nnd measures, etc., based on the sumo principles as thoso with which he Is familiar. He wants a country where he can buy land from $10.00 to $30.00 an acre, which will produce as big or bigger crops as those he has been nccustomed to from lauds at $100.00 nn ncre. He wants this land where social conditions will be attractive to himself and his family, and where ho cau look forward with confidence to being In n few years In dependent, nnd well started on the rond to finunclnl success. All these conditions he will find In Western Canada, and nowhere else. The provinces of Alberta, Saskatche wan nnd Manitoba, commonly called "Western Canndu," provide the one and only answer to the land-hungry. The land Is here; It is the kind of land he wants; the conditions are as nearly ideal ns Is possible, and the prices nnd terms are such that the mnn of moderate capital has an op portunity not available to him else where. Advertisement. He Knew. A supervising principal recently wns testing some children In reading and, in order to know whether they Inter preted correctly, asked the moaning of different words. One word which promised difficulty wns "christened." When nsked, none could tell Its mean ing. In order to lend up to Its mean ing the supervisor nsked: "Well, what do they do when a baby's born?" One urchin, whose home must have had a recent visit from Mr. Stork, popped up nnd snid, "They weigh It." Gently cleanse your liver and sluggish bowels while you sleep. Get a 10-cent box. Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi ness, coated tongue, foul tasto and foul breath always trace them to torpid liver; delayed, fermenting food In the bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous matter clogged in tho in testines, instead of being cast out of the system is ro-absorbed Into the blood. When this poison reaches tho delicate brain tissue It causes con gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick ening headache. Cascarets Immediately cleanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take tho excess bllo from tho liver and carry out all tho constipated waste matter and poisons in the bowels. A Cascaret tonight will surely straighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep a 10-cent box from your druggist means your head clear, stomach sweet and your llvor and bowels regular for months. Adv. Can't Be Done. "Will you explain this war situation in two words?" nsked the pu?.zled citi zen. "I'm sorry, hut I can't accommodato you," answered tho student of Interna tional politics. "The vocabulary of a person with nveruge Intelligence Is about 2,000 words, but when he tries to explain the war he usually ends by getting black in the face and merely spluttering." A Marvelous Herbal Tonic for Women Council Bluffs, Iowa. "When I was going through middle life I became ull run-down, was very nervous nnd suf fered with severe pains in my back. A doctor advised me to take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which I did, nnd It brought me through In a strong, healthy condition. I have always used the 'Pleasant Pellets' and found them to be a splendid regulator of the stom nch, liver nnd bowels." MRS. MARY MORGAN, 180 10th Ave. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the original little Liver Pills. Theso tiny, sugar-coated, antl-blllous granules the smallest and easiest to take. Made up of May apple, the dried Juice of the leuves of aloe and tho root of Jnlnp. Almost every drug store In this country Bolls these vegctablo pellets as well as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription nnd Golden Medicul Discovery. If not ob tainable send 25 cents to Dr. V. M. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y and he will mall a package of the Pellets, bws, nn, siok tmrets" LEEK GROWS IN FAVOR Belongs to Onion Family and Is Used for Flavoring. Plant Is Easy of Culture and Usually Grown as Second Crop, to Follow Vegetables It Is Hardy Perennial. Tho leek belongs to tho onion family. nnd Is used mostly ns llavoring for soups. Well-grown Iceks have n very ngreenblo nnd not vory strong onion flavor. The leek is of the easiest cul ture, nnd Is usunlly grown as a second crop, to follow beets, curly pens und other large vegetables. In form It Is a hardy, llut-leavcd, bulbous perennial. Tho blanched steins nnd bulb nro used In cookery for seasoning In the snme manner ns the onion. The leek has not, In tho pnsr, been much cultivated In this country except nenr large cities and where thero Is n considerable forclgu population, but of Leeks. Into yenrs Its value Is becoming more generally appreciated, and now most gardens contnln at least a few plants. The seed should bo sown In n seed bed In Into April or early May und tho seedlings transplanted to tho gnrden In June or July, when they should be five or six Inches tall. At this time tho tops should be cut bnck half nnd the plants sot deep twelve to fifteen Inches npnrt and six to nine Inches asunder. Tho renson for setting the plants so deep is that the neck and lower pnrt of tho leaves lire to bo used In a blnnched condition. The soli may be drawn toward the plnnts In cultivat ing to further tho blanching. One ounce of seed Is used to 100 feet of drill. Being very hnrdy, the plnnts may bo dug In late fall nnd stored In the some manner ns celey, In trenches or In a cool root cellar. As the mild flavor nnd excellent sea soning qualities of this vegetable nro beginning to be moro generally known, tho demand Is Increasing, nnd It mny now bo found on all tho vegetable stands. SUPERIOR MIXTURE FOR HAY Oats and Canadian Field Peas Make One of Best Crops Use Grain Drill for 8eedlng. A mixture of onts and Canadian field pens makes one of tho best hny crops which enn be seeded nnd hnrvested In the snme season. The mixture will produce lnrger yields than either crop seeded nlone. Pens, being a legume, mnko the liny richer for feeding pur poses thnn onts alone nnd Improve tho soil. Also, the onts support the pen vines so that hnrresting Is much cnsler. The mixture should be sown two to three Inches deep ut n rate of two bushels onts and one bushel pens per ncre. Use of the grain drill Is tho best wny to seed the crop, but If n drill Is not nvnllnblo tho seed mny be broadcasted nnd covered with a disk or hnrrow. Sow nt ont seeding tlmf or ns enriy In spring ns lnnd enn U: prepared. Cut the hay when tho oats lire In tho mllk-rlpe or enrly dough stage nnd the pea pods well formed, but not ripe. A pnlutnblo and nutri tious hny, yielding one nnd one-lmlf to three tons per ncro will result. PREPARE FOR ALFALFA CROP Four to Six Weeks Should Intervene Between Plowing and Seeding In Eastern Sections. Where land In the Enst Is plowed in tho spring for nlfnlfn, at least four to six weeks should Intervene between tho time of plowing nnd seeding, dur ing which time the lend should be hnr rowed every 10 or 12 'days to keep down tho weeds nn? to conserve tho moisture. Where the soil Is Inclined to ho too loose or when there aro nny clods, tho roller pulverizer Is an excellent tool to use. MOST PROFIT IN ASPARAGUS Where Product Is Veil Grown and Put Up Acceptably It Will Bring Remunerative Prices. Aspnrngus Is one of the most profit nble truck crops grown, for although tho marketing season Is not very long, the product, where well grown nnd put up acceptnbly, will bring remunerative prices. Profits depend upon enrllness of marketing, size and qunllty of the product, and close attention to careful trading and good appearance. I UUUU UUMB NAT ON tr A hirer tmiilt X nectlcut kept his ilock penned In - . tho orchard. Ho picks the finest I'. apples from those trees seen In .. Minf onnHim m.n.. t ... I V, ferent flavor than thoso of the T ; same kind. They nro enrller and larger than thoso receiving T ;j ordinary care. The only renson 4 j, ia mm iiiu poultry rertllize tho t trees nnd keep tho Insects off to 2 n largo extent. CORN FOR FODDER AND SILO Plant an Early Variety for Green Feed for Cows During Summer Culti vation Kills Weeds. For feeding green to cows during tho summer plant nn early variety of corn. Select rim-cut, sod-ground, or ground from which n crop of crimson clover or green ryo has been cut off. Plow tho ground, hnrrow and roll bo foro tho fresh plowed ground can dry out. Mark out tho long wny of field and drill half bushel of corn nnd 400 pounds of n stundnrd bono fertilizer to the ncre. This is much the quick est nnd most economical wny. It saves timo nnd labor. The corn Is put In nt tho right depth nnd without waste of seed. Four hun dred pounds of n good superphosphnto to tho acre, applied to good sod hind, will bring n good crop of forage. If tho land Is thin, spread n coat of mn nuro nnd harrow It In, then drill tho corn In with the phosphate. Run the drills three feet npnrt. If the field Is weedy, plant In hills, so tho crop can bo cultivated both ways. As soon as tho corn enn be plainly seen, start the sulky culttvntor, using the steel chisel teeth. Early cultivation kills weeds, and stars vigorous growth of corn. Plant the vnrlety of corn that Is best suited to your soil nnd climate. Home-grown seed is best nnd much tho cheapest. Tho number of ncres to plant will de pend upon the cnpnclty of tho silo, and the number of Btock to feed. One ncre of good land, given thorough culture, will yield ten to twclvo tons of forage LETTUCE RAISED IN SPRING For Best Results Plants Should Be Started In Hotbeds For Fall Crop Drill In Seed. The reason for fnllure to get lettuce to head properly Is probably too high a temperature. In outside garden work head lettuce mny bo grown only In the enrly spring nnd Into fall. It will not head during tho heated sum mcr period. For best results in the spring, plants should bo started In greenhouses or hotbeds nnd after being well hnrd enctf off, set In the open nt not less thnn 12-lnch Intervals ns early as the ground mny be got Into proper con dltlon. For tho fall crop the seed should bo drilled In the rows whero tho crop is to mnture, covering the seed but lightly, nnd thinning out the plants to the required dlstnnco lifter germlnntlon Is complete. In this enso the seed should not be sown until lif ter the first of August. DON'T FEED CALF TOO MUCH Stomach of Young Animal Is Small and Excessive Amount Always Results In Disorders. Under nnturul conditions tho cult tnkes its milk frequently nnd in smnli quantities. The calf's stomach Is small and nn excessive amount nl wnys results In Indigestion nnd scours For the first two weeks five or six quarts, or about 10 or 12 pounds per day, Is nil the lnrgost calf should be allowed to take. A small calf, aB a Jersey, does not need over eight to ten ?: Healthy Young Jersey. pounds per day on tho start. This may ho fed In two feeds per day, or better, in three, for two or three weeks. As the calf grows old er somewhnt moro milk mny bo used, hut at no time does It need over 10 or 18 pounds, or eight or nine quarts per day, but It Is safo nnd ceo nomlcal to feed as high as 20 pounds to a largo calf If skim milk Is plen tlful. FOR DETECTING WEED SEED Hand Lens Is Useful In Searching Out Dodder and Other Noxious Seed In Alfalfa. Tlvo hand lens will be found very UHcful In detecting dodder rVrui other wood seeds In ulfiilfn seed. Tno gen eral quality or unadulterated seed can bo estimated on the basis of color, Fresh seed Is light olive green nnd gives a bright glossy surface when rubbed with tho hand. Alfalfa seed which Is of nny shnde of brown Is questionable. One should not pur- chuse seed when the sample contains nny considerable percentage that Is discolored, SSSSBBBBSSSSSSSSSBMBB1 TVyri W. L. DOUGLAS THE 8HOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE" $3 $3.50 $4 $4.50 $5 $6 $7 & $8 Save Money by Wearing V. L Douglas shoos. Foranlo byovorOOOO shoo dealers. The Best Known Shoes In tho World. W7. L. Dougl.ii name and the retail price u stamped on the hot torn of all shoes at the factory. The value b guaranteed and the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. The retail prices are the same everywhere. They cost no more in San Francisco than they do in New Yotk. They are always worth the price paid for them. 'TV quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed by moro , "un 4. years experience in making fine shoes. The smart styles are the leaders in the Fashion Centres of America. They are made in a well-equipped factory at Brockton, Mass.. by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction, and supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest determination to make the best shoes for the can ouy. Ask yonr shoe denier for W, T Pontine shoes not .upnlr you with the klml you wnnt. make. 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Modern, up-to-date machinery eliminates me uncertainties or mixing dt nana and Insures abiolnte conformity to lha experts' printed formula. The prion of OimTAlN-THUD lnlnta and Varnishes Is baaed on the most faTorable mannfacturlnir, distributing and selling coats, plua a margin of profit smaller than la generally customary. This low CERTAIN-TEED PRODUCTS CORPORATION General Roofins Mfg. Co., Gregg Varnish Co., Mound City Paint & Coles' Co. H.w Yerk,Cl!c..,PlI!.d1p.l.,St. Utb, tUitea.amUaa.PllliVana.Dstnlt, Ballsle, Saa Fraadies. Milwsai(,ClacUastl,NawOrhtai,Lu Athi,MlaaMplit, Kaais City, StillU, laaUaiptUt, Alltata, Klckawsd, Craa4 Rapid., Sslt Laka Cllf, Dts Mslasi, llsailsa, Dalath, Uadsa, Sraasr, llsraas No Wonder. "What did your luishand think of that twenty-dollar hat you bought?" "Oh, ho Just raved over It." LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES One size smaller after using Allen's Foot.Eano the antiseptic powde.r for the feet. 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When cool, add the flour and baking powder which have been sintrl together; mix well Bake In moderate oven In loaf pan (round tin wltb hole In center la best) for 31 or 40 minutes. Ice wllh white Icing, Booklet of recipes which economise In egga and other eiperlVlve Ingredients mailed free. Addreea Royal Baking Powder Co., 123 William Street, New York. UsflVA T BAKING POWDER Made from Cream of Tartar, derived from grapes, adda none but healthful qualities to the food. No Alum No Phosphate POR MEM AND WOMEN price that money T f IS M tsn. take, no other for the irloo, Boys' Shoe ra1ssllsll3UMTIIVT" f nJf rt a Best In th World $3.00 $2.50 & $ZB0 President " W.X Douglas Shoe Co.,. 185 Spark St., Jtrockton, Mass. WBSSSSSSY Watch Your Colts For Coughs. Colds nnd Distemper, and at the Hrst symp toms of nny nuoh ailment, kIvo nmall doses of that won derful remedy, now the moBt used In existence. 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This guar. ui marae. onr r-niDia ana Tarnnnea. anieo ia oacxeu dj ino rnormoua resources of the OerUtln-teed l'rodncta Corporation, Whether yon do your own palntlag or employ a professional palntar jour Interests will ho best .erred If too Inslit upon jetting UllltTAIN THUD i'alnta and Varnishes. A) td ditj ,in mHjhi CERTAIN TKED rw-.li ,nJ VmUh,!. lhdmt tatry thtm in jmJ, ht isn gtllfuMfirjm. Every mini knows about tho pebblfl In his own shoe. Alfalfa seed, ?0; Sweet Clover, 94 J. W. Mulhall, Sioux City, la. Adv. St. Louis, Mo has 10:1,000 regis tcred voters. Now York city has 102,r30 registered automobiles. Better Still. "Experience Is the best tencher." "Perhaps bo, but tlmo gives you 4 great many moro wrinkles." I teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon cinnamon f teaspoon salt 2 cups flour S teaspoons Royal Baking Powder No Bitter Tasto