The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, May 25, 1917, Image 7
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 "f$