THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
THE LABOR BUREAU
TO
BE ORGANIZED IN ALL
BRASKA COMMUNITIES.
NE-
LATE NEWSJROM CAPITOL
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around the
State House
Weitetn Newnpaner Union rrews Service.
Because labor is likely to bo tho
limiting factor In Increased production
this year, plans for a state-wide labor
bureau system to bring farmers aud
unemployed together have been
mapped out by tho extension servlco
of tho Nebraska collego of agricul
ture. This program, which has beon
natlon-wldo In scope, provides for tho
organization of labor bureaus In all
Nebraska communities. These bureaus
will list labor available and calls for
labor, bring ldlo men In touch with
farmers, and roport excess or defi
ciency of labor to a county labor
bureau which will bo directed by tho
county agricultural agent or by some
other county organization. Tho county
bureau, In turn, will canvass Its labor
situation, equalize Its, labor, and ro
port to the state labor bureau at Lin
coln. By arrangomont with tho gov
ernor and tho state department of
labor, all labor bureau work of the
state will bo correlated and tho state
labor bureau will ofllco at tho stato
house. E. L. Rhoades will be dele
gated by tho U. S. department of
agrlculturo and tho collego of agri
culture to co-operate with Labor Com
missioner Norman.
Plans for Seml-Centennlal
The past week was one of great
activity for the executive committee
lof the semi-centennial celebration.
Under tho auspices of tho American
Automobilo association, automobllo
races will bo held on the first day at
tho State Fair grounds and many of
America's most prominent drivers
have been secured.
A contract has been let for tho
most olaborato scheme of decoration
that the city of Lincoln has over un
dertaken. A now lighting scheme of
red, white and blue lights for the
principal streets of tho city Is to bo
, Inaugurated by the city commission.
It is estimated that 50,000 flags will
be used in the decoration of prlvato
homes, business buildings and streets.
A contract has also beon let for a
display of fireworks for each evening
of tho celebration. Though the gov
ernment may deem it inadvisable to
manufacture fireworks In the futuro
because of tho much needed materials
for munitions, tho fireworks nlready
manufactured cannot bo used for war
, purposes and consequently there Is
nothing unpatriotic in carrying out
this important feature.
Special Invitations have been sent
out to prominent Nebraskans through
out the United States and to each
governor throughout tho union. A spe
cial commlttoo will shortly visit tho
governors of the bordering states and
present to them a personal Invitation
to bo present.
Will Make a Test Case.
In order to determine whether or
not any of the various substitutes for
beer, sold under various names, can bo
legally made and sold In Nebraska
Governor Neville, nctin? In conjunc
tion with Attorney Gonoral Reed, will
Jnstltuto a test case In Douglas
county. It will Involve the question
of whether mock beer that several
Omaha breweries aro making and sell
ing enmo under the definition of tho
prohibited liquids of the law. Leonard
A. Flansburg, one of tho authors o
the prohibitory law, has been retained
to assist the attorney poneral In tho
mattor. No compensation has been
fixed In advanco for his services.
Government to Aid Nebraska Farmers
A special agent for tho United
Stall's government, representing the
department of ngrlculturo, will hero
after bo stationed permanently In Lin
coin to assist tho farmers ot Nebraska
in securing labor needed for planting,
cultivating and harvesting crops. Tills
line of work is being undertaken in
all tho agricultural states as part of
tho national campaign for maximum
food production.
Mr. Williams, the government's rep
resentative, will have his headquarters
at tho office ot Stato Labor Commis
sioner Norman in the capltol. Ho
will visit different sections of tho
stato and help to organize farm com
munities to make Intelligent use of
labor as it may bo supplied.
Tho offlco force In Land Commis
sioner Beckman's department are pre
paring nn Index to the sale contracts
for state school landB, wlllch will
show at any time the amount yet duo
on any partlc 'ir tract. Balances
duo draw 5 per cent Interest.
Loyalty of foreign-born cltlzonts of
Nebraska of German descent to their
adopted land is being shown in tho
voluntary servlco, without pay, for
registration under the conscription
law. Thayer county, which has an ex
ceptionally largo number of Gorman
citizens, is tho first county to soud in
Its coraploted list of voluntoors for
registration duty under the draft law.
Its complete list has been received
by Governor Novillo. Among thoso
who have volunteored their services
nro a largo number of well known
German residents.
ANSWERS MANY QUESTION8
Attorney General Reed Dlscussej
Workings of Prohibitory Law.
Attorney Gonoral Willis E. Rood
has glvon out a written opinion for
tho benefit of Nobrnska druggists who
submitted a list of questions to him
for Information rolatlvo to tho work
ing of tho prohibition law and tho
stops necessary for druggists to ob
serve all provisions of the act.
Mr. Rood holds, In tho first placo,
that no registered pharmacist or cor
poration nor any membor of a cor
poration can legally purchaso or
obtain alcohol for manufacturing pur
poses without first securing a pormlt
from tho governor. Several sections
of tho prohibitory law aro quoted for
tho Information of tho druggists.
Rolatlvo to tho handling' of bitters
under proprietory nnmos it Is hl3
opinion that anything which tho fed
oral law allows to bo sold without a
government liquor permit and tho
payment of Internal revonuo tax may
bo handled without violating tho statu
law. As to whether particular brands
cbnform to tho federal requirements,,
ho does not attempt to decide.
"Is thcro any possible way for a
doctor td procuro pure alcohol on n
prescription, or otherwise, for per.
sonal use?" Is another question which
was put up to tho attorney general.
Ho answers by saying that If tho
doctor desires it ns a beverage, tha
purchaso would bo unlawful, but It
used for medicinal, mechanical or
scientific purposes, it would not vio
lates tho statute
Attorney General Reed refuses to
adviso tho druggists on how denatur
ized alcohol should be labelled, that
being a legal question but merely
calling for tho oxcrclse of good judg
ment and the nvoldanco ot misrepre
sentation. In regard to the selling of essencq
of Jamaica ginger, ho says that tho
samo rule should govern do in tha
caso of "bitters."
As to whether or not a druggist
should tnko out a government permit
for handling alcohol, Mr. Reed says
that it is not for him to determine.
Ho suggests that Internal Rovcnuo
Collector Loomls of Fremont is tho
proper man to answer this query.
Other questions as answered by
Mr. Reed are:
There Is nothing In tho stato law
to prevent a druggist from taking out
a federal permit.
Possession of a receipt for Internal
revenue tax paid tho United States Is
prima facie evidence of unlawful snlo
or furnishing of liquor in any prose
cution that might bo brought but
would not bo conclusive evidence.
Malt extract, being a heavy beer
preparation prescribed by some phvsl
clans as a tonic, comes under tho
samo classification as "bitters" and
Jamaica ginger.
New Law Regarding Auto Plates
Secretary of Stato Pool has written
all county treasurers, calling their at
tention to the new law that provides
a special typo of number plate for
automobile manufacturers and dealers.
The law permits a manufacturer or
dealer to use duplicates of this num
ber on machines which are employed
for demonstration purposes In making
sales. Ho must secure his duplicates,
however, from tho secretary of stato,
and must pay tho county treasurer
35 cents extra for each one. Tho
county treasurer will remit the money
to tho secretary of stato In payment,
's ho does for ordinary automobllo
licenses.
Any firm or person dealing In nuto
mobiles at moro than one city or town
must obtain a separate and distinct
certificate of registration, and a dif
ferent number, for each place ot busi
ness. As the new laws goes Into effect In
July, and as It will take four to six
weeks to have the duplicates manu
factured. Secretary Pool is asking
county treasurers to see that dealers
in each rounty aro properly notified so
that they will file their applications in
plenty of time.
The pennlty for violation of the act
is a fine not exceeding ?50.
Legislators Tender Resignation.
Honry C. Richmond of Omaha, a
member of the Douglas county delega
tion In the last legislature, has ten
dered Governor Novllle his resignation
to accept the appointment of secre
tary of the stato council for defense.
Mr. Richmond Is tho second legisla
tor to resign, W. C. Dorsey, who was
recently appointed district Judge, hav
ing given up his seat some tlmo ago
SEEDS TESTED FREE
Samples May Be Submitted to the
State Food Commissioner
It is doubtful whether thero has ever
been a tlmo when It was ot greater
importanco that every person sowing
seeds of any kind should know tho
quality of tho seed used, says a bul
letin issued by the Nebraska stato
board of agrlculturo. All kinds of
seeds aro high in prlco nnd It Is very
desirable that every ono produce
Tho now seed law, passed by tho
1917 legislature. Is already In force.
In general It Is not vory different from
tho old law. Ono of tho Important
changes Is that tho seed testing Is
now to bo done without charge. Sec
tlon 4 snys, "Any resident of tho stato
may submit fair samples of seeds to
tho stato food, drug, dairy and oil
commissioner, wfio shall, without
charge cause an annlysls of tho samo
to be made." Samples should bo taken
so as to bo representative of the lot
of seeds from which they are drawn
and mailed with tho name and address
ot tho sonder to the stato food, drug,
dairy and oil commissioner, Lincoln
Neb. A half cup is sufficient
MINOR NOTES FROM ALL
PARTS OF NEBRASKA
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
Juno 4 to 7 Nebraska Stato Dental
Society Meeting at Omaha.
Juno 5 to 7 Nebraska-Iowa Funernt
Directors Joint Meeting at Omaha.
June 5-0-7 State Association of Post
masters' Meeting nt Lincoln.
Juno 12, 13 nnd 1-1 Soml-Centonnlnl
celebration nt Lincoln.
Juno 15 to 24 Nebraska State Holi
ness Association camp meeting at
Lincoln.
Juno 18-20 Nebraskn Press Associa
tion Annual Convention nt Omnhn.
June II) Annual Meeting State Phar
maceutical .Association Meeting nt
North Platte.
Juno 10-20 Nebraska State Sunday
School Convention at Omaha.
June 25 to 27 Internal lonul Ass'n.
of Rnllwny Speclnl Agents and Po
lice Meeting at Omnhn.
Juno 25 to !I0 Stato Golf Tourna
ment nt Lincoln.
Tho government should tnko over
tho country's wheat supply and set
tho prlco nt $1.50 a bushel, declared
Paul F. Skinner, president of tho
Skinner Manufacturing company of
Omaha In a public statement. Ho said
tho wheat prices are being kept high
by speculators.
Praise for the federal reserve bank
system nnd n pledge to aid tho gov
ernment In any possible way were
tho domlnnnt features of tho meeting
of group No. 1 of tho Nebraska Hunk
ers' association, comprising fourteen
southeastern Nebraskn counties nt
Lincoln.
The Burlington rnllrond company
nnnounccs that all employes receiving
less than .$250 a month, excepting
thoso whoso wngos are fixed by agree
ment, nnd laborers whoso wnges re
cently were raised, will receive u 10
per cent ndvancc.
First of nny customers outside of
tho banks announced to buy war
bonds, tho "Liberty Loan," Is the
Omnha Cominerclnl club. It has
authorized Its treasurer, to take
$2,000 from Its treasury and Invest In
theso securities.
Teaching of tho German language
In the public schools of Nebraska,
innrto possible by the passage a few
years ago of the Mockctt law, will
probably bo abandoned next yenr In
all schools, according to reports.
Two barrels and two kegs of high-
proof whisky and fifteen barrels of
bottled beer wero found In the cellar
of a Pender resident. Tho man was
arrested on a charge of having
liquor In his possession Illegally.
Fred Fuller of Hazard scored n new
mark for clipped lambs, on Hie South
Omnha market when ho sold u batch
for $10.15, or 00 cents better than tho
best prlco ever paid before.
Orleans Is soon to have a new pub
lic llbrnry, tho cornerstone for tho
structure having been laid a few
days. Nebraska Masons wero In
chargo of tho ceremony.
Tt Is announced that tho Ak-Sar-
Ben festival held In Oinnha yearly
will neither be abandoned nor cur
tailed because of the war.
Members of the Fremont branch of
the Navy league have undertaken to
knit a packet for each sailor on tho
battleship Nebraska.
The Lincoln Drug company, of Lin
coln, Is the first drug firm In Nebras
kn to secure n permit to sell liquor
uiuW the prohibition law.
Tho Union Pacific conservation
special, which toured the state Just
recently visited fifty-six towns, trav
eled S50 miles nnd 22,000 persons in
tended the meetings.
H Is announced that the annual
No)iiTkn tennis tournament will be
held at Superior J"ly 2.T to 28, as
sanctioned by the United States Na
tional Lawn Tennis association.
Au.ifnknnwn supporter of the Grand
Island chapter of the Red Cross has
offered S100 In prize for the best po
tatoes grown this season. Twenty-tlvo
dollars Is .iffered for the best bushel,
$20 for the next best, $15 for tho
next. S10 for the next nnd then six
$5 prize,.
Organization of n nation-wide
"Rnrefont Rrlgnde" to save shoe
leather Is being advocnted bv
Omaha's city garden suirvlor. Ev
ery boy nnd g'i'1 In the United State's
would become a member by going
hnrefoot In the summer.
Tho skeleton of a man wns plowed
up by n former at his place near Win
nebago while brenklng sod In the
field. Tils plowshare struck the skull
nt a depth of about four Inches. To
nil nppenranco the body must hnvo
been burled more thnn fifty years.
The Hoy Scout movement In Omaha
is growing rapidly. It Is now mado
up of thirty-three troops, 075 Scouts,
while nearly twenty-new troops are
In the process of organization. Four
nmntbs ngo there wero eight troops
nnd 100 Scouts.
The Burlington railroad has a force
of men at work grading n new right
of way for the Columbus branch as It
enters the city from the east, tho nlm
being to straighten the curve and
make the signal lights visible.
Farmers of Seward county have a
well developed organization to com
bat the gopher pest, and It Is be
Moved the cnmpnlgn will Stop n loss
of more than $00,000 a year.
A force of men Is at work on tho
foundation of tho shirt factory nt
Beatrice which M. E. Smith & Co. of
Omaha will soon establish.
Tho Nebraska Grand Lodgo A. O,
U. W. of Nebraska failed to reach un
ngreement during the recent session
nt Omaha nnd adjourned with both
Insurgents nnd regulars claiming u
rato victory. Tho insurgents claim thQ
adoption of tho Suubenm rates, which
Is about 25 per cent below tho N. V,
C. schedule adopted last January.
Regulars claim the resolution, which
received a majority vote, required a
two-thirds vote; therefore, did not
pass. Tho court may bo called upon
to decide the controversy. John Stev
ens of Beaver City was elected grand
master workman. Lincoln wns chosen
for tho 1010 session.
Nebraska faces the prospects of a
lumber famine during tho next six
months, according to prominent deal
ers over the state. It Is said that tho
mills have tightened up on shipment
because of nrosnocts of large de
mands by tho government for ship
building. Ono Omaha firm has beon
forced to lay off 100 salesmen, bo
cause of tho uncertainty of filling or
ders. Nels Merrymnn, proprietor of ono
of the biggest whent farms of Nebras
ka., located near Kearney, owns moro
than 25,000 bushels of wheat all ho
has produced In the last two years, "I
haven't sold n bushel In two years."
ho said. "Tho prlco Is satisfactory,
but I am going to look out for
my neighbors who hnven't got enough
wheat for seed."
The first tost caso of Nebraska's
dry law was held In tho district
court at Omaha a fow days ago,
when nn Omaha druggist who was
fined $100 and costs In police court
for having a barrel of alcohol In his
cellar, appealed to tho higher tri
bunal. Tho lower court's decision
wns upheld. Tho case may bo ap
pealed to tho supremo court.
Tho biggest man In tho United
States nrmy In weight Is reputed to
be Roy L. Stone of David City. Ho en
listed in tho field artillery. He weighs
250 pounds. The maximum weight
under tho rules Is 100 pounds. His
surplus wns waived by the recruiting
otllce, becnuso ho was physically per
fect otherwise.
A government nrmy bnlloon en
route from Fort Omaha to Junction
City was fired upon near Liberty,
by a farmer, ono of tho bullets pierc
ing the big air bag. The , balloon
landed near Odell. south of Beatrice,
and the men In charge secured tho
farmer's name. He offers no expla
nation for the shooting.
Tho South Omaha market Is tight
ening Its hold on second plnco for tho
big mnrekts, and Is now far ahead of
Kansas City, which nosed out about
two years ago. The Omaha mnrket
leads the Missouri city by well over
000,000 head, with prospects of n lead
twlco this size by the end of tho
year.
Trading In futures has been discon
tinued on the Omaha grain exchange
The grain business, resultlngly, has
resolved Itself Into purely n supply
and demand proposition. Tho man
who has grain to sell hunts n cus
tomer, and tho man who desires to
buy finds one who has grain to sell.
C. R. Lnmm of Goring sold a ship
ment of lambs nn the South Omaha
stock market last week which netted
him $20 per hundred pounds. Tt wns
not only the highest price ever paid
for fed lambs on the Omaha market,
but tho highest ever heard of before
on any mnrket In the counlry.
The Alllnnce chapter of the Red
Cross society has been active, raising
?-,00 recently bv a tng day. The
emptor's membership Is growing rap
idly. Dogs nnd chickens nro causing so
much trouble In Fremont that a cam
paign of enforcement of the dog and
chicken ordinance Is now under wny.
The Fremont enn club has leased
Itf grounds to a farmer who will plant
the ground to beans nnd corn. Tho
tract comprises ten acres recently
purchased by the club.
A Grand Island merchant offered
the kids of the town the other day
tho weight In oranges for all tho
dandelions brought to the store. With
in the time set for delivery over 5,500
pounds of dandelions were delivered.
Eighty boxes of oranges wero carried
nway by th . kiddles.
Nebraska Is Included In n list of
slates given out by Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson In which it will be un
lawful to mall letters, postal cards
or publications containing liquor ad
vertisements under the Reed law.
The act Is effective July 1.
It Is reported that more thnn
$1,500 worth of automobile tires an.-,
accessories havo been stolen from
cars on Omaha streets during the
past month. The method employed
by the thieves, Is to carry Jacks and
pry up the wheels so that tho tires
can bo removed.
A. C. Watson of Plalnvlew con
tinues to top tho South Omaha mnr
ket with his cattle. Just the other
day ho sold a shipment for $18.10 per
hundredweight, tho highest prlco eve
recorded up to thnt day.
Women voters In Douglnn county
under the new suffrage law will not
be compelled to tell their exnet ages.
Election Commissioner Moerhead an
nounced. All they will nave to say
when registering will be "over 21."
C. E. Gunnels, who has been the
county agricultural agent of Sownrd
for the past year, will leave June 1 to
tnko up tho mnnngomont of all tho
farm extension work In Nebraska.
The first municipal Boy Scout troop
established In the United States wns
organized at Ralston nn Omaha
......I.
I Milium.
HIGH IN DEFENSE COUNCILS j
give It guns and nmmunltlon, raise the Hag, got n band to play n few patriotic,,
nlrs and let tho army do the lighting for us, while tho rest of tho country went,
about its business with moro or less bated breath.
Hut modern wur, wo havo seen, mobilizes every ntom of strength a nation
possesses. Hero Is where the Council of National Defenso came In. To uso
Mr. Glfford's words: "The Council of National Defenso created by act ot
congress the latter part of August, 1010, consists of tho secretaries of war,
navy, agriculture, Interior, commerco nnd labor. Tho act declares tho duties
of the council to bo 'tho co-ordination of industries nnd resources for tho na
tional security and welfnre."
WOULD GIVE UP
The countess of Warwick, owner
of 23,000 acres, has Issued a stirring
appeal to the landed aristocracy of
Great Britain to follow tho example of
tho Russian grnnd dukes and turn over
all their feudal properties to tho state.
"We must go," she says. "Tho ar
istocracy of England In Its position
of hereditary landowners must go.
Tho country rings with suggestions
for the betterment of the conditions
under which land Is cultivated, but us
I sec things tho suggestions are In
no Instance drastic enough. The only
euro for the present evils seems to mo
to be state ownership, tho abolition of
all private property In tho earth that
was given to all of us In common.
''For tho betterment of soclnl con
ditions In England a supremo sacrifice
Is required. It Is no moro thnn Jus
tice that tho men who hnvo offered
their lives In this war for Britain
should havo the freedom of Britain for
their reward. It Is an Injustice that calls men to fight for tho land and leaves
It in tho hands of a fraction of those who fought. To mo It Is Impossible thatlu
the future 'his grnce or 'my lord' should own squnre miles of the mother earth
for which Tom died nnd Dick was sorely wounded nnd Hurry fought unscathed.
Wo who nro In tho high places should retire from them In the real halo of:
renunciation, and our act of sncrlllco would bo a better memorial than tho
best of us could have hoped to gain."
WORKS FOR FRENCH WAR ORPHANS
coming to this country late In 1015, the two women dclcgntes of tho Father
less Children of Franco allied themselves nnd their work with tho American
Society for tho Relief of Frenclj Wnr Orphans, with headqunrters In New
York, In tho membership of whose national committco aro several prominent.
Americans, Including Col. Theodoro Roosevelt, Ellhu Root, Robert Bacon nnd
Joseph II. Choate.
CONTROLS FUEL OF NATION
Francis S. Penbody of Chicago,
head of large Illinois coal Interests, has
been selectod by tho Council of Nation
al Defenso as chairman of Its sub
committee on coal. Mr. Penbody will
assume supervision of the production,
distribution and consumption of conl
throughout tho country. For tho pres
ent he will net !a an advisory cn
paclty. IIo will see that no producer holds
back n needed supply, that the rail
ways carry coal promptly to vital
points and that no consumer uses moro
than the situation Justifies. In n sense
ho wHl bo tho nntleu's fuel controller.
Tho government Is determined to
nvold u coal shortage that would not
only embarrass military operations, but
would causo suffering to the civilian
population. Tho needs of tho allies
must also bo considered. Already
every rallroud In the country has been
ordered to clvo traffic preference to
cnl and Iron ore. Although tho federal trndo commission will soon report to
congress tho result of Its coal Investigation, Senator Cnlder n few days ngo
nskerl un Inquiry into tho nnthraclto Industry. Ho" said: "There Is not enough
coal In New York to supply the people for thirty duys."
Ono of tho busiest men In nil tho.
United States Is Walter S. Clifford. He-,
fore the war broko out ho was merely
n grnduato of Harvard nnd ono ofl
thoso creatures cnlled "statisticians.":
If you can Imagine n dryer, moro un-.
nttractlvo thing thnn n statistician let's
hear it.
But tho training In thnt lino put;
him In position to take a Job for Uncloi
Sam, n Job of utmost Importanco, a'
recruiting, mobilizing Job which
knows neither bugle nor drum, neith
er parade nor brass buttons. Yet It la;
as Important n feature of recruiting na'
any at this tlmo ot national peril. Ho
Is tho big recruiting sergeant of tho in-i
dustrles of tho nation. Ofllclnlly ho is!
director of tho Council of National Do-'
fense.
Wo used to think, before Gcrmnnyj
broko out In this conflict, that war wasj
n big shooting match; that you could
hlro nn army, put on It flno uniforms,:
GREAT ESTATE
Miss Florenco Schofleld wns lnr
Paris when tho German nrmy threat
ened Its destruction In 1014. She be
held tho spirit of tho men who saved;
their capital and Its Inhabitants from)
peril, and ns some return for her own',
safety and that of others who were,
with her, sho turned to work for thoi
widows and children of tho 25,0001
young men who died nt tho battle ofi
tho Marne nnd elsewhere. Allying her-'
self with a committco of Frenchwom
en, sho went about among the be
reaved families and learned their
needs. Finding means Inadequate ut,
home, sho was asked by tho Frenchi
committee, which had expanded with;
tho months to the scopo of u natlonnl
organization, to como to America nnd
plead their cause.
Heforo beginning her special work
of mercy, Miss Schofleld went to Eng
land and persunded her friend, Miss
Fell, to aid her In her mission. On
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