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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1917)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. FORTY-SIX STATES RALLY TO DEFENCE OF NATION BO s"nr v . J8Bll (it JL3IUSre irr All but Two Legislate for Organi zation of Wealth and Man Power. DONE ON NONPARTISAN BASIS Governors Center Efforts on Harvest ing of Crops After Striving for Boun. tlful Yields Women Give Aid Soon All Will Be Helping. Woshlngton. ReportB from stntcs to tho council of nntlonal defense regard ins tho organization of their resources In accordance with tho suggestion hy tho secretory of wnr show thcro hns been rendy response nnd tlmt there Is a nntlon-wlde spirit for hearty co operation between tho stato authorities nnd tho federal government. Tho work that is being carried for ward is on a basin that Is distinctly nonpartisan. Every American, regard less of political ideals nnd sectional feeling, Is working toward one end to give tho government complcto buck ing that ho knows is essential. 40 8tntes Aid by Legislation. Every phaso of effort to co-ordlnato tho resources of tho nation is being furthered. Forty-six states have passed legislation appointing bodies for Huper vising tho work. Tho other two have placed It In tho hands of the governors, who nro exerting their efforts toward giving individual support to the federal government. Committees have been formed In nil stntcs to devoto particu lar nttcntlon to speclnl duties. Four stntcs Colorado, Massachu setts, New Jersey nnd Wisconsin have mndo plans for tho harvesting this fnll o nil crops. Tho council of defense in Colorndo has sullmltted to business houses in the smaller towns n request that they remain closed during harvest time till H p. m.,thus allowing their employees opportunity to work during tho day In tho harvest fields. The other Ihrco states nro perfecting plans for tho utilization of fnctory laborers on farms. In Massachusetts thcro has been devised a plan that Is considered exceedingly valuable. It is for a sur vey by tho employers of largo numbers of men to find thoso who hnvo had ex perience In funning. Such men will bo encourngod to return to farm work. The employers In many Instances nro offering to make up the difference In wages. Census Taken In Most States. The organization of the nation for war purposes necessitates tho listing of tho man power boforo anything else hns been decided, nnd work on that lino Is being 'conducted with n com pleteness that Is gratifying to federal officials. Governors In most of tho stntcs liavo not been content with the mero military enrollment of men bo twoen tho ngea of twenty-ono and thirty that is required by federal stat ute. In addition, they hnvo taken n census within their states nnd nro re cording tho resources of every Indi vidual, whether male or female, who may "do bis or her bit" for tho welfare of the nation In wnr time. Now York proved her claim to tho title of tho Empire state by statistics gathered In her stnto military census. Other states that aro completing tholr records of man power nro Con necticut, Mnrylnnd, Vermont nnd West Virginia. Tho Information being gath ered will bo of great vuluo, it Is held, particularly If ovents shnpo themselves with startling rapidity something which must bo looked for, It Is con tended, in war times. Other states, Massachusetts nnd Rhodo Island in cluded, hnvo laid particular stress upon tho enrolling of men of engineer ing nblllty, classifying them in such mnnncr thnt on short notice they can be summoned to duty. Women Give Their Aid. Tho work being accomplished by women Ib particularly notlccnblo in Illinois and Wisconsin. Tho ndvlsory committees of women's orgnnlzntlons nf tho state council of defense In both states hnvo prepared lists of tho prin cipal womcn'H stato patriotic societies and assigned to each n definite- Held of activity. They hnvo nlso used tho statutory power of tho stato council to direct all locnl organizations to co opornto with theso soclotlts. Florida Is also doing excellent work along these lines. Committees of men and women on fnrmlng and fruit raising In that stnto are being formed and In tcnslvo cultivation of tho farms Is be ing encouraged. Many of the states In taking up tho work of organization for war purposes and preparing for relief work hnvo found It necessary to consider tho reg ulntlng of ull who solicit contributions. At present thcro Is agitation In many states for tho passing of acts of legis lature which will glvo the council of defenso tho power of supervision of thoso who appeal for funds. SysteniH of local defenso nnd pre nuredncss for relief work, which mean tho relenso for tho lighting lino of troops thnt othcrwluo would bo needed for garrison duty, hnvo been iwrfected In New York nnd In California. Greater New York has 20,000 drilled Homo De fenso leaguers to back up its 12,000 po lice. County councils hnvo been ap- pointed In both states. At tho request or tBe governors, county Judges and other leading figures nmko up such' councils in rural districts, while may' ore of cities act in tho urban canters, In. Greater New York tho mayor has lehirted n home defense committee called ll.o mayor' commltteo on na- MME. DE LA GRANGE Rime, de In Grunge, wlfo of Lieut. Col. du la Grange, head of tho French aero mission to tho United States, is one of tho few women who have ac companied members of tho foreign missions to this country. She has been exceedingly popular In Washing ton, where she has attended many en tertainments given In honor of tho allied commissions. tlonnl defense, which is composed of several subcommittees. Tho number of the latter will bo Increased from tmo to time, but nil work that Is done Is under tho general supervision of tire ndjutant general. Committees on re cruiting have vorked long hours In getting tho regular nrmy quota and men without dependents Into National Guard regiments. Tho commltteo on aliens, too, hns accomplished excellent results In keeping In employment sub jects of tho enemy countries in Now Ypric stato thcro hnvo been formed nlso in ovory county commit tees consisting of representatives of patriotic societies that act as clearing houses for tho redistribution of funds nnd nsslstanco necessnry. Regarding recruiting, It has been dis covered that greater progress hns been mndo in getting men to voluntn- rlly Join the colors than newspnpers KEEP FOOD FROM Washington. In order to mvold wnsto of surplus frultB nnd vegetables nnd conservo tho food supply, Secre tary of Agrlculturo Houston nsks "mothers" nnd "daughters" of overy stnto to organic and expend nil avail able energy In canning, preserving, pickling, drying nnd storing theso prod ucts for locnl consumption. Secrctnry Houston Is .of tho firm be lief thnt this problem mny best bo solved locally. No fcdoral or stnto government, he believes, can do any thing unless women In every city and town do whnt they can to help. Tho woman, who has no garden is asked to purchaso full suppltes for her own Immedlnto nnd future use. Telegraphic reports from 24 states which aro In distress wcro mndo public by Secrctnry Houston, showing thnt largo surpluses of food will go to waste unless women act Immediately. Tho stntos pnrtlculnrly affected aro Arlzoun, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Now Hampshire, Now Jersey, New York, North Caro lina, Pennsylvania, Rhodo Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utnh, Vermont, Vlrglnln, Washington, West Virginia nnd Wisconsin. Direct Appeal to Women. This Ib tho direct appeal to each individual woman, "mothers nnd daughters," by President Wilson him self, and hero nro tho localities af fected : Now England Unusually largo sur pluses of vegetables are reported. Ex ceptional yields of fruits nnd vege tables are promised In Ithodo Island, and tho stnto demonstration lender there reports hundreds of requests for demonstrations lu canning nnd drying which It cannot meet with Its preseut corps of workers. Vermont, Massa chusetts and Connect!. i.: all declare that help is needed to carry out their programs of Instruction. Now York has n lnrgo surplus of vegetables, and, according to tho stute lender, extraordinary efforts to pro mote home and community food preser vation in tho next few weeks will bo necessary to handle tlu wltnntlon. Tho situation In Now Jersey is reported as serious by reason of an unusually high acreage und consequent largo surplus. Community outfits for canning nnd Ldrylng aro needed to handle tho ultua tlon property, rcnnuyivaou nopos n be able to handlo the situation If sen- erfeacy funds aro soon MallaWe, Wf& Virginia bmcd fox help to wee cars tho surplus of fruits lu the e.tifcfra generally concede. Military men who have studied the problem state" that as many ns enn bo expected nro coming forward. Too much emphasis cannot be lnld upon this activity at the pres ent time, it is snld, however. Reports from some states aro meager and in some Instnnces discouraging. Some ol tho governors hnvo been very active in bringing homo to young tnen tho rea sons why they should respond to the call of the country nnd showing them, by proclamations, by speeches and pic tures, the necessity for responding to n call to arms. The full quota for tho expanded rcg ular nrmy has not been reached, and mnny more recruits enn be taken. Therefore It Is urged that all local councils of defenso concentrate efforts upon this work. Tho first-lino men of tho rcgulnr army, tho navy and Nn tlonal Guard should bo volunteers, It is snid. Therefore the comparatively few thousands still needed, as com pared with tho immense population of tho nation nnd the great armies of drafted men who will bo called Into training soon, should be easily ob tained. That Is, if young men hnvo it properly explained to them why they should enlist. Merchant Seamen Sought. Naval classes nro being organized In several stntcs and encouragement giv en young men to attend nnutlcal schools, so as to be tho better prepared to tnko their places on tho fast grow ing merchnnt fleet of the United Stntcs. Illtnols and Massachusetts report ex cellent progress In such branches of tho nntlonal service. So popular Is tho study In Chicago that a night school has been opened. Classes nro organ ized Into crews and given training In nnvlgntlon, gunnery, signaling, radio marine engines nnd first aid. Tho Chi cago Yacht club will provldo menns for practical work on Lnko Michigan this summer for hundreds of such crews. Massachusetts and Ithode Island hnvcgono further thnn some of Jho others nnd prcpnred for possible, though very Improbable, eventualities. Those states and It Is reported others arc now falling In lino hnvo listed and enrolled nutomoblles and nnto trucks that can bo cnlled upon for Im mediate service In rushing men from ono pnrt of tho state to another if rnllronds should for any reason be put out of commission nnd It be found Im perative to transport troops ond sup piles In record time. Rhodo Island has undertaken also to keep Its stato and municipal employ ees on tho pay roll while In the mili tary service. New Hampshire and Michigan hnve passed statutes to pro vldo for tho dependents of soldiers nnd sailors, and In Now Ilnmpshlro a plan has been adopted for conserving tho practice of physlclnns nnd dentists who enter military Bcrvlce. GOING TO WASTE pnrt of the stute and a small surplus of vegetables on tho farms. Canning and drying in tho homes show n largo Increase In Ohio, where a vigorous cnmpnlgn hns been carried on. Illinois reports extraordinary ac tivities In canning nnd preserving, but there tho fruit Is well taken enro of. Indlnnn hns n lnrgo surplus In both vegetables and fruit, nnd moro demon strntlon help Is needed. Tho garden surpluses In Michigan nro lnrgo nnd much grentcr effort must bo mndo to take enro of them, a report snys. Wis consln nnd Minnesota declnro thnt "help Is needed In demonstration work. Ona or moro food conservation meetings In overy township In Iown will bo held to urgo housowlvcs to caro for a largo surplus of vegetables and fruit. Big Increase Reported. A 100 per cent Increase In garden crops is reported from Nebraska nnd n lnrgo surplus Is expected. Lnrgo crops of vegetables also aro reported from South Dakota, while In Kansas tho amount of fruits nnd vegetables has been reduced somowhut by dry wenther. In most of the Southern states tho height of tho vegetnblo season has passed, but North Carolina,' Tcnnesseo and Kentucky vegetables and fruits arc plentiful nnd unusual efforts nro being made by workers In each state to savo tho. surpluses. Largo crops of fruits nnd vegetables nro coming on lu tho Western states, but with tho exception of California, Inadequate facilities and equipment nro hindering cunning nnd drying oper- ntlons. In Utah n big food-conscrvn tlon campaign is on, backed by mnny organizations. To meet tho shortngo of equipment, 270 steam cauners nro being distributed, ns Is nlso much dry lug apparatus. Twelve field workers nro demonstrating, but 15 moro ure needed. If canning nnd drying facilities wero nvnllable, Washington could savo 10,000 additional cars of fruit. Tho prospective largo surplus nf fruits and vegetables In Oregon is being reduced by dry weather, making It Increasingly important to save all thnt U produced Much of tho surplus of ncdshablos In Arlzoun la In danger of being wasted on account ol tho inadequate canning end drying facilities. Demonstrators tn4 equipment tire needed. the report frwoj that state stvye.,4 Mafly others o fb Weetera sfsktm de,ct&r;e they IJkck iwffltiUat fvnda aed Mp, au4 ask far r&Oarwl aid. OPULAR RHODE ISLAND RED They Are Good Foragors, Excellent Layers and Hens Are Docile and Make Best of Mothers. Ithode Island llcds originated in Ithode Island nbout CO years ago, tak ing their name from the state and the color of tho male birds. Thoy wero produced by crossing Red Malay Game, Red Cochin Chinas, Bed Javas, Chltngongs, Shanghais and possibly Brown Leghorn blood was Introduced later. Little attention was paid to tho color of tho female until someone ex- Rose Comb Rhode Island Red. blbltcd a pen at a Now York poultry show, when they nttractftd attention, as n utility and fancier's fowl. They hnve been growing In favor over since. They are good foragers, excellent lay ers, and the hens nro docile and make tho best of setters and mothers, though they are not persistently broody. Tho' chicks are very hardy, mature early and begin laying ySunger than many others. They lay as good all winter' when eggs bring high prices. The standard weight of the cock Is 8i pounds, tho cockerel 7 pounds,; tho hen 0 nnd tho pullet G pounds. They have long, deep chests, meaty) bodies, yellow skins nnd are free from' black pln-fenthers, making them good! fowls for market or table use. Their meat has a fine sweet taste. Their beautiful color nnd flno carriage make them n good fancier's fowl. CHICKS ON A GRAIN RATION Superior Method for Forcing Growth and Maturity of Cockerels Mixture for Mash. Chicks do well on a grain ration, but they do a great deal better when once they are started on a wet-mash ration and aro fed nlternately two feeds of wet mash per day with three feeds of grain, tho latter being given morning, noon and night nnd the wet mash being given nbout ten in the morning nnd three in the afternoon. For forcing growth nnd maturing tho cockerels for market as quickly ps possible such a method of feeding is for superior to the ordinary straight grain ration method. The following mixture makes n very palatable mash : Equal parts by weight of cornmenl, bran, middlings corn gluten feed and commercial meat scrap. CONSTANT SUPPLY OF WATER Good Use Can Bo Made of Tin Can From Which, Top Has Been Melted Brick Holdo It Steady. Fresh clean wntcr Is kept before the, chicks constantly, and Is kept clean by using a tin can from which tho top has been melted with an opening mndo In tho open end three-fourths inch long (high) nnd one-half inch wide. Tho inn Is filled nnd Inverted in n common earthen flower-pot snu ccr (open end .downward), making an .automatic fountain which Is raised ono and one-half inches from tho floor of the brooder or coop. If tho fountain is used with hens, some wny must be pro. vlded to keep tho hens from knocking the can over. Overcome this by plac lng n brick on top of the can. FATAL DISEASE OF TURKEYS Authorities Claim That Overfeeding and Close Confinement Are Causes of Blackhead. Somo authorities claim that over- feedlug and closo confining cause the fatal disease of blackhead, and when poults nro crowded In their feeding liver soon enlarges, becomes diseased nnd death Is the only result. Various other sources are given as the cnuses of tho blackhead In tur keys, and tho suggestion Is made that tho youngsters bo kept on new ground nwny from tho other domestic fwwls, free from wet and dampness, and fed carefully so ns not to weaken or strain their digestive organs. RATION FOR LITTLE TURKEYS Dry Grain, Free From Mustlness or Moldlness Is Easy to Feed Bread and Milk Is Good. Dry-grain chick feed which is free from mustlness or moldlness Is easy to foed and furnishes an excellent ra tlon for little turkeys, though some times a little bread and milk or Johnny- cake baked hard and. fed dry can be Btven, War Does Not Seem to. WASHINGTON. We may be at wnr, business. Everyone in Washington serious thoughts nbout wnr, nnd nbout wnr work, writes n well-known news- paper correspondent. Perhaps It is too womanly, but it does Beem to me that war is grave nnd serious business. No one in Washing ton seems to think thnt way. They take It as a matter of course. "Walt until tho first casualty list comes in," an officer told mo. He seemed to think thnt would woke the city up to tho horrors of war, but I am beginning to doubt whether these men ond women who arc carrying on the wnr will ever get the truly horrible Europo have. War today seems to be n dlstnnt lngtonlnns. Tho city Is too far nwny our men and boys arc going to suffer many wounded buck hero to Washington, and they will probably never bring bodies back. There will never be a funeral cortege ncross the great bridge over tho Potomac to Arlington, where other dead heroes of the nation are laid nwny. I hnve wondered since I have been too much because she is too far nwny from the front line trenches to ever know whnt her men are actually undegolng. American women hove given their the government to take Just the best they are doing it, but everyone I have troops and shells, and none hnve said lives. Wnr is not In women's vocabulary. be able to face It. But Washington s all war, everyone tnlks and eats war. It wears terribly on a woman. I am heartsick and weary of war talk and 1 nm going bnck to a little house on the Schuylkill, in the shadow of the bat tlefields of old, and see if I can forget amid tho pence of Valley Forge tlfe horrors of the wnr across tho seas. Presence of Cranks IG men nnd big offices the world over nre pestered by cranks. It Is In the nature of things. Washington hns known this before. But the present situation surpasses anything yet known. been receiving an average of one nut about the war." Of late this average guardians of tho capitol. In tho last month about 84 cranks were seized by the police and sent to "the nut factory" for mental examination. Fifty-four were finally sent to the Government Hospital for the Insane. "Since April," said a Washington police ofllcer recently, "every large' cltv In tho onnntrv hna been crettlncr oomnlntnts nhnnt min nnl wnmnn who hnvo been unbalanced by the excitement of tho war. But the situation la particularly acttte In Washington because Washington is the official seat ol war operations In the United States and because tho president's life is en dangered by some of the fanatics." When a crank becomes violently convinced thnt war Is what Sherman said it was, he immediately steps on a train to Washington if he can raise the money. Mnny of them come grent distances to give President Wilson some "inside dope." They insist that their Information Is strictly confidential so confldental, in fact, that the police let them keep their secrets behind the bars of nn observation cell. Friendship of Early Manhood Remains Unbroken AY back In the nineties Ray Lyman lond Stanford university, at the n big, gnwky, mining-student, was a own way through school, nnd incident- llly just about running the school at the same time, according to reports. Hoover got himself elected financial mnnnger of all athletics, with a small salary for his work, and thus added to his small income. This was one time when contrasts did not draw to each other. Neither man was brilliant or flashy both had to dig for what they got, and neither had tlrao to go In for the fraternity crowds. Unconsciously they formed a silent partnership based upon absolute trust and confidence In ench other. Clear down through all the years since the two students were graduated this partnership lias continued, sometimes separated by half the distance around the earth. Letters wcro regular and often. When Doctor Wilbur was elected president of his old university, Lcland Stanford, he called his partner, then away over In Englnnd, and had hlin elected to the board of directors. And so they ran the university. . Now Herbert C. Hoover, food ndmlnlsfvitor of the United Stntes, hns reversed the case and called his old partner V) his assistance. Doctor Wilbur is to head the food conservation department, while Hoover heads the food control department. Thus continues tho friendship, never u question when the other cnlls, each ready to give up everything to go to the other, with not a thought of material gain, for more than JJ0 years without n strain or friction. Just an Incident Common in All Large Cities THERE lvcro half a dozen ragged and very poor-looking little children on the sldewk Just In front of the exit of an opcn-ulr motion picture place. They had a lino chance to sec free of all charge tho wonders of a movie drama advertised far and wide, as produced c-5 II rtJTl IS V IYtK ' m CxZJlX o -wlt "V"rl. l iii MP He Isn't what would be termed t neat-looking policeman, ns his blouse was open nnd he was chewing gum But ho was on the Job He saw tho little ragged children, nnd, after threat ening to "run 'em all In," ha fanned at one of them with his stick, kicked nl another and drove them off, ns they will be driven off by everyone, probably nntll tho end of time. Like thnt denr little poor boy in the Dickens book someone will always be asking them to move on. After havlngpcrfonned this duty, Bluecoat No. stoo at the open exit himself and was Joined later by threa chauffeurs nnd twolargo men whe had nothing else to do. They took the places of the ragged children. rJVn minutes Ibtcr the chauffeurs had gone, nnd the loafers nlso, but Blupcoat wni tuero alb rlgljt, only ho was eating lieanuts and had yone Inside the plac - Worry Washington People but It renlly doesn't seem tjj ly; serious seems t6 bo going along with no very everybody is engaged In some sort of WHAT TH' USE CTWNKIN ABOUT TH Impression of wnr that the people of nnd foreign undertaking to most Wash- from Europe to ever really realize that horrible things. They can never" bring hero If Anterlca Isn't going to suffer sons, nnd It seems to be the duty of care of theso Americnn boys. Pcrhnps talked to has talked only of guns and anything of souls or bodies or young She suffers too much from .war to Worries Capital Officials The flood of cranks constitutes one of the real problems of guarding war-" time Washington. The nuts constantly keep the secret service men nnd th6 metropolitan police worried nnd on tho jump. Despite Its nmuslng fentures, tho problem is grimly serious, for in It al ways lurks the potential peril to tho president. Garfield and McKlnley were murdered by cranks. 'Since tho United States entered the great war, the psychopathic ward of the Washington Asylum hospital has a day nuts who nre literally "crazy has incrensed enough to worry the Wilbur was a dignified senior In Le- same time that Herbert C. Hoover, then junior. Both students wero earning their by a million-dollar corporation, with litlltnn.flnllnt- atnra nnrl frllllnn.rlnllnf scenlc cffccts- As n thriller It wa tho ultimate of nil ultlmates, anu tlie little ragged boys and girls stood thert gloriously enthralled, yet they wcr getting their movie thrills In scraps L .5! L f Tl C8' ,neu Then n,onB carao Rou8h Clrcutn stance In the form of Bluecoat No.