TMe !CMi wreii v TRIRDNF NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
Cranks From All Sections
WASHINGTON. Tho rcul president of the United Stntes arrived In Wash
ington tlit other duy. Ho admitted it. "I coiikV lie announced, as he
stepped of! tho train from Keokuk, "to take possession of tho White House
wnson was elected hy frnud. I will
drive out tho usurper."
Welcome," said a cordial secret
service man. "Permit me to escort you
to tho White House."
Whereupon the self-styled presi
dent was whirled to police headqimr
ters. Eventually ho held forth in pomp
at the psychopathic ward of the
Washington Asylum hospital.
In the last few months tills Insti
tution has welcomed n few other presi
dents, the Queen of Cannda (who had
come to ask Secretary McAdoo for $500,000 for coronation expenses), the
Most August Oracle of the People (Including Mexico), numerous crack-brained
Inventors, miscellaneous "chums" of tho president (who just wanted to chat
-with him), and sundry other members of the batty battalion.
One chap educated and ostensibly Intelligent came all the way from
California to arrest tho president. He ran tho secret service gauntlet at the
Union stntlon and calmly walked up to the White House before guards
nabbed him.
Another sago enmo from New York with n weird tale of the shooting of
-400 German spies on the Brooklyn bridge every day. Ho wanted President
Wilson to have the same system started In Washington.
Eagle-eyed platoi-clothcs men stem the tide of cranks at the Union station.
Only the cleverest crunk can get near the White House. And it takes a sane
man to get Inside.
Why One Treasury Official
YRON R. NEWTON, as assistant secretary of tho treasury, has had occa
sion to dispense n few hundred millions for the erection of public build
ings. But such fiscal gymnastics are
nings ago Mr. Newton wended his way
liomcwnrd to dine with ids family, and Mrs. Newton called his attention tc
two articles of which she thought the assistant secretary was in need.
One was a pair of garters. Tho other was the roll of bills $50 worth of
them. Mr. Newton seized upon the gnrters and thoughtfully placed the bills
inside the garter box. Then Mrs. Newton proceeded to Impress upon him the
urgent need of tho vacation.
Next morning the frugnl Mrs. Newton asked If Mr. Newton had put that
money In a safe place. No wife would trust even an usslstant secretary of
tho treasury when It conies to his own household finances. Her suspicions
were fully justified. Mr. Newton searched his pockets, racked his brain, and
then remembered he had put the money In the gnrter box. And a careful
maid, it was later discovered, had cast tho garter box into the fireplace.
It was a case of money to ashes, of vacation to the four winds, and Byron
It. Newton back to figuring on the expenditure of hundreds of millions in new
taxes, but not a cent for vacation.
Capital Crowded as Never Before in History
EVERY department of the government is engaged in drnwing recruits to the
national capital. More than 15,000 clerks, alone, have been brought here
lncc the United States cast Itself Into the war. The regular public buildings
were filled to their utmost capacity
long ago. In the big State, War and
Navy building the corridors of every
floor except that occupied by the three
respective cabinet members are filled
with desks and busy people. Outside,
all over town, vacant ofllce buildings
have been rented. The other day I
heard John J. Fitzgerald, cliairnmn of
the house committee on appropriations,
who 1ms much to do with tho subject,
declared that there was not left in
Washington n single building for rent.
Joined the aviation corps, and many
cheaper quarters to make room for the influx of war boomers. Houses of the
best grade, long a drug on the market, are now In such demand that an
unoccupied one is hard to find. Before Mr. Wilson and his Democrats came
here this city was the favorite refuge of the rich and tho overrich. Congress
had exempted all form of securities from taxation In the District of Columbia
ind there was no income tax to annoy one. Since this ceased to be a haven
for money nnd also since Mr. Wilson married a widow whose husband had
neon "in trade" a lot of these people have abandoned their palaces and gone
elsewhere, leaving their Washington windows plnnked and the grounds
shabby.
Recreation Keeps President Fit for Hard Work
EACH day sees the solution hy President Wilson, in n few hours of some
grcnt problem which in the old days before the war would have been given
weeks nnd even months of consideration before a decision was readied.
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been laid before the president he will
.onslder it for a comparatively few hours and announce n diclslon. Some
times tho decision is given qs that of tho board. More frequently the presi
dent announces U and takes the responsibility himself.
In the whirlwind of events it probnbly is thought outside of Washington
that tho president lias little time for entertainment. Nothing Is further from
tho truth. Encli morning at 8:30 ho goes for a game of golf. He Is away
from tho White Houso until 10:30. After a hath and a change of clothing ho
Is ready for the day's business. Most of his work Is done between cloven In
tho morning nnd one o'clock in tho nfternoon, when ho has lunch. After lunch
ho receives two or three callers and then goes out for n drive through one of
tho city's par" s.
In the evening he goes eithei for a drivo or to the tlieuter. One evening
out of every week lie spends at a vaudeville show. Another ho devotes to a
current thenter attraction, frequently a musical' comedy. Sometimes ho takes
a turn nround the Speedway after tho theater before returning to the White
House.
Tho president accomplishes a great dr,il of work each day and undoubt
edly ho could do more if necessary. Ho believes, however, that a certain
amount of relaxation is necessary to keep him In tho best possible trim. It Is
only when there Is business of a very pressing nature that he foregocii tho
theater und his golf camp
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!s Short on Vacation
not helping him one bit when It comes
to recovering that $50 of the Newton
family's money which went up in
smoko a few days ago.
As a result Mr. Newton, who sits
all day in the home of the greenback
and talks amiably with foreign gentle
men about bllllon-dollar loans, faces
two alternatives. Either he curtails a
vacation or ho lloats a personally con
ducted Liberty loan of his own to fi
nance a much-needed trip.
It hnppcned like this. A few eve
I'll bet we
have walked
"W WLES Art'
MWITSKJ1
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RENT SICN
FEET ARE
flEAR KlLLlftC
ka r
The rents of apartment houses have
nntlves have felt compelled to seek
Numerous special boards have been
given special problems for solution.
Seldom does any board reach a deci
sion without the president's assist
ance. Usually a board will become
deadlocked after considering a ques
tion for several weeks and will rush to
tho White nouso for the president's
advice. Sometimes the president will
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render his assistance.
Then after the whole situation has
FIGHT PLANT DISEASES
Campaign Planned Against De
structive Maladies.
Special Work Will Be Undertaken to
Reduce Epidemics of Black Rust
In Spring Wheat Arcae To
Improve Storage Methods.
(From the United Stntes Department of
Agriculture.)
Destructive plant dlsenses whlch'nn
nuully make heavy Inroads Into tho
crops of the country, nre to bo at
tacked with renewed energy hy tho
United Stntes department of agricul
ture. The extended work Is made
possible by appropriations carried in
tho food production bill which has Just
been enncted by congress.
Special work will be undertaken by
tho bureau of plant industry with a
view to reduction of the destructive
epidemics of hlnck rust in tho spring
wheat areas and reduction of the in
jury from grain smut, especially In the
central nnd western states. The bu
reau also will place In the field ad
ditional expert pathologists to advlso
country agents especially in the con
trol of destructive diseases of pota
toes, beans nnd truck crops, and will
undertake special surveys to deter
mine tho causes of Injury In regions
suffering heavy losses from plnnt dis
eases in order tlint control measures
may bo undertaken promptly.
In addition to Its work for tho con
trol of plant dlsenses, tho bureau of
plant Industry will seek to stlmulnto
the conservation of food products by
demonstrating proper methods of stor
ing such crops as may bo stored In
common storage, by improving tho
methods of storngc, and by demon
strating tho drying of farm products.
PLAN FOR GOPHER TRAPPING
Most Effective "Set" for Trap la In
Main Runway Twelve-lnch Iron
Spoon Is Useful.
Tho most effective "set" for the go
pher trap is In the mnln runway, A,
and not In tho lateral run, 1$, that
leads to the surface mound. This ne
cessitates tho use of two traps per
setting, ono in ench direction; but the
results are so much more certain and
quicker tlint the catch per trap per
day is greater than where but ono trap
is set in a lateral run, whero it Is
often filled full of dirt by the gopher.
A common stiff-handled 12-Inch Iron
spoon Is of great assistance In finding
the mnln run, and In properly placing
tho trap. This spoem had better be
supplemented by u light, short-handled
shovel, for the man that is afraid to
dig will never get rid of his gophers.
Gopher Trapping.
Tho freshest mound should be select-,
ed nnd tho probnblo direction of tho
main run determined by noting the
angle of the dirt-plugged hole. The
mounds are usually situated ono or
two foot distant from, and nearly at
right angles to the mnln run.
SOLVE FARM LABOR PROBLEM
Department of Agriculture Endeavor
ing to Bring About Better Organi
zation of Labor.
(From tho United States Department of
Agriculture.)
The extension of tho activities of the
United Stntes department of agricul
ture denllng with the fnrm labor prob
lem is made possible through the food
production net, which provides funds
for this purpose. The department, In
co-operation with the department of
labor, has been endeavoring to bring
about better organization of tho labor
remaining on farms and to cnll into
service available Inbor which hereto
fore has not boon fully or regularly
utilized In farming operation's. Ilepre.
umtntlvcs have been detailed to co-operate
with the state officials In charge
of labor matters, the state agricul
tural colleges, the county ngents nnd
tho county or local township Inbor com
mittees or representatives.
Tho food production act, hy making
available additional funds, will enable
the department to render still more
effective co-operntlon with the state
and other Inbor ngencis, both in deter
mining local labor needs nnd supplies,
and In effecting economic distribution.
SELECTION OF GARDEN SEED
Advisable to Do Work In Fall From
Planto Known to Have Been Sat
isfactory In t :ery Way.
To get the best returns from tho
garden we must hnvc good seed; and
In order to get tho best seed It Is often
advisable to do our selecting In tho
fall from plunts thnt wo know have
been satisfactory In every way. There
aro great possibilities In plant breed
ing through seed selection for tho gar
dener or farmer who will devote a
little time to this work. Some money
can bo saved, too, by saving u portion
at least of our own seeds nt spare
times during the summorand fall.
Another ndvantngn In home saving of
Heeds is that wo can thereby bo sure of
planting nothing but. perfectly fresh
seeds In the. spring, while If wo buy. It
is impossible to be sure that the seeds
uro good.
SILO ESSENTIALS
Tho walls must ho airtight.
The walls must bo smooth In
side. The best typo of silo Is round.
The roof should ho water
proof. The materials out of which
the silo is build should be strong
enough to withstand great press
ure. A silo should bo placed as
near as possible to tho place
whore the silage Is to he fed.
One hundred tons of sllnge
will feed 25 head of stock for
1100 days.
A silo I t feet In diameter and
25 feet high will hold 100 tons
of sllnge.
Any kind of good silo Is n val
uable piece of property on the
fnrm where live stock Is to be
fed.
FODDER IS EASILY HANDLED
Illustration Given Herewith Shows
Convenient Method Suggested
by Nebraska Man.
Fodder may easily be handled In the
lollowlng manner: Use 2 by 4's for
brackets. Holt the upper pieces to
tho wagon box and Insert the lower
ono between hound nnd axle, writes F
Hnrnly of Odcll, Neb., In Farmers Mull
Handy Fodder Loader.
and Breeze. O.nc-Inch piping will do
for the truck to work on. Use a small
block and tackle, hooked to tho front
of wagon, to draw tho shock over.
AMOUNT OF SALT IN BUTTER
On Every Dairy Farm There Should
Be Scale That Will Weigh to
Ounce or Finer.
While it may be pardonable to esti
mate tho weight of butter in n churn
lng, which some nre able to do with
surprising accuracy, It Is never n good
plan to "guess" at the weight of tho
salt required for churning. On ench
and every fnrm where butter Is made
there should he n scale that will weigh
to ounces or finer and both butter nnd
salt carefully weighed before the lat
ter is added to tho former.
Tho amount of salt to add to butter
varies, first, according to tho require
ments of the mnrkct, and, secondly, nc
cording to the method of making but
ter. No butter should contain over
about 3 per cent of salt. This Is above
the ninximuni thnt can ho properly
dissolved In butter. Butter cannot
contain more thnn 10 per cent of tho
moisture nnd Inasmuch as wntcr Is the
only dissolving substnnce In butter It
can readily be seen thnt the amount
of snlt that will dissolve In butter If
limited.
GOOD FARM POTATO STORAGE
Bulletin Issued by North Dakota Col
lege Describes Building of Cellars
and Pits.
A bulletin on farm potato storage has
Just been Issued hy tho North Dnkotn
Agricultural college. It describes the
building of potato cellnrs and pits that
can be made chenply. There may bo
greater need of such storage this fall
than usual. It may he difficult to se
cure cars when they are needed, nnd If
digging is delnyed for lnck of cars,
there will be danger of the potntoes
freezing In the field. Towns have often
tnken up the local supply of potatoes,
but this year nearly everybody In town
hns raised enough potatoes for their
own use, so thnt tho farmer will cither
have to store or ship his surplus po
tatoes. A potato cellar or pit on tho
farm will also cut out the time that It
would take to haul the potatoes to
town.
HOME-GROWN SEED SUPERIOR
That From Many Garden Vegetables
Can Be Saved for Next Year,
Such Beans, Peas, Etc. .
Many garden vegetables which can
not ho used may be allowed to go to
seed nnd the seed saved for next years'
planting. This Is true of benns, peas,
lettuce, radishes, squash, pumpkins,
endive, spinach, early turnips, etc.
Home grown seed which hns not mixed
in W ten superior to that bought on the
mnrkct.
INFERTILE EGG IS FAVORED
Proper Handling and Marketing by
Producer Would Increase Number
Quite Perceptibly.
The production of tho Infertile egg
nnd the proper handling and market
ing of eggs by the producer would In
crease tremendously tho number of
marketable eggs each year by dimin
ishing the qunntlty that aro rendered
unfit for food.
' FARM t
POULTRY
SOILED EGGS ARE DISLIKED
Splendid Idea to Place Nests Whor
Hens Must Walk Over Clean
Straw Befora Reaching.
It is distasteful to the buyer to hnn
dio dirty eggs, and the breeder should
provldo clean ccts to nvold soiled
eggs. Have tho nesting boxes whero
tho hens must walk some dlstnnco
over dry straw before getting to tho
nest, nnd even In wet weather tho feet
will be clean before renchlng the nest,
If eggs become soiled either brush
tho dirt oft with n dry cloth or allow
it to remain. In no enso should eggs
be washed before selling on tho mar
ket. Washed eggs always spoil
quicker In storage than soiled eggs.
Tho water applied to the shells re
moves the gelatinous covering thnt
helps keep out the air and preserve
tho eggs. When this covering is re
moved, tho air, germs nnd molds find
their wny into the eggs and cause n
loss. When eggs present n shiny np
penrance, the buyer knows they have
been washed nnd should refuse them.
Nests should bo protected from tho
sun, ruin, dew nnd dirt, nnd eggs from
stolen nests should bo used at homo
nnd never placed on tho market. Buy
ers are paying good prices now for
eggs nnd tho producer can well afford
to sell none but first-class goods.
PROTEIN IS ALL-IMPORTANT
Meat or Milk Should Be Furnished to
Chicks Where Supply of Insects
Is Difficult
Unless tho rangn Is exceptional In
Its supply of insert life, along with
nil grain, weed coeds, etc., that the
chicks pick up, there should bo mixed
In the feed some kind of nnlmul pro
tein, such ns meat or milk. A good
grado of commercial meat scrap, nl
though It does cost 3 cents n pound,
is well worth the price, to balance the
ration. There is n great deal of differ
ence between a good grado nnd a poot
grade of meat scrap. When purchas
ing buy the best. Meat scrap varies
from 40 to GO per cent animal protein.
Tho reason the purchaser desires It is
for the animal protein. Tho difference
In price between tho two grades is im
material as compnred with tho differ
ence In the per cent of protein. Al
ways demand tho CO per cent inout
scrap.
OPENS POULTRY HOUSE DOOR
Spring, Operated by String Attached
to Roost, Releases Opening When
Fowls Are Ready.
Those in tho hnblt of shutting their
poultry' houses at night to prevent dis
turbance or loss by night-prowling anl
mals, will bo Interested in n contriv
ance thnt makes this unnecessary. The
prlnclplo of tho mechanism, as Illus
trated, Is that the opening to tho poul-
SJ C0(0!PIN BOARD
MPUIlVv
Door Opened Automatically.
try house is closed uftcr tho fowls
have gone to roost, and in the morn
ing when they descend from the roost,
the door automatically opens, nnd they
are freo to go out. The spring door
opens Inside, with lilnges at the side,
and n suitable bumper. Tho spring
has just HUlllelent tension to cuuse tho
door to open when the cntch is releas
ed. Popular Mechanics Magazine.
RULES FOR HANDLING EGGS
N
Greatest Enemy Is Heat to Both Fer
tile and Infertile Product
Some Suggestions.
Ilent is the great enemy of eggs,
both fertile and infertile. Fnrmcra
are urged to follow these simple rules,
which cost nothing, but time and
thought and will add dollars to the
poultry yard returns:
1. Keep the nests clean; provide
ono nest for every four hens.
2. Guther tho eggs twice dally.
8. Keep tho eggs in a cool, dry
room or cellar.
4. Market tho eggs ut least twlco
a week.
0. Sell, kill, or confine all male
birds as soon as the hatching Hcason is
over.
GOOD GRAIN-LAYING RATION
Mixture Suggested for Hens Without
Use of High-Prlced Wheat Feed
In Dry Hopper.
In these days of high wheat prices,
n good laying ration may consist of
tho following: Three parts cornmciil
und one part beef scrap mixed togeth
er and fed In u dry-mash hopper. In
addition a scratch ration consisting
or" equal parts of cracked corn and
oats should be fed twice dalfy,
1L li tra
Back Lame and Achy?
There's littlo peace when your kid
neys nro weak and while nt firat there
may bo nothing more serious than dull
backache, sharp, utabblna pains, head
aches, dizzy spells and kidney Irregu
larities, you must act quickly to avoid
tho moro serious trouble, dropsy, gravel,
heart disease, Brlght's disease Use
Doan's Kidney Pills, tho remedy that
Is 60 warmly recommended everywhere
by grateful users.
A Nebraska Case
"Sttry Ncturt
J. P u o h r e r,
Thirteenth St,
Central City.
Nob., says: "I
iind to so nround
half bent over
with each hand
across my back
ns every step I
took was painful.
I noticed tho trou
bles worso nt night
nnd I couldn't
sleep well. Tho
Itldnoy secretions
didn't pass regu
larly nnd I was
iiiinuiuuiu mill tun
down. Finally I used Donn's Kldnoy
rills nnd they greatly relieved all
those ailments."
Gt Doan'i at Any Store, COc a Bos
DOAN'S "SRHS?
FOSTER MJLBURN CO, BUFFALO. N.Y.
Nebraska Directory
BEST BUYERS"5ELLERS catui
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FA T!2 TAKE-A-TIP
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BUTTONS
Free price list.
Concrete Is Preferable,
Steel is going up, and concrete as a
result Is coming Into wider use. Hall
way bridges, for example, which used
always to bo of steel, aro now often of
concrete. A beautiful coucrcto rnlb
way bridge Is being built across the
Jumcs river at Richmond, Vti., and It
Is much prettier thnn n steel bridge.
For like reasons, concrcto Is replac
ing wood in mining structural works,
whero it has tho great advantngo of
being waterproof.
Tho Argcntino government will in
stall an electric voting machine In its
chamber of deputies.
What every womnn knows how to
fool man.
"&UcaiLcutdom
that ii
and have
There is no use in putting
nn o vrneiiF frf( TrYmn
you can get a better roof 8
onrl R!iv rn1 mnnw Yw
using
Certain-teed
Roofing
i
CERTAIN-TEED is the best
Iroof, not only because it costs
. f t.ii
less to manuiacturc, duc aiso De
cause it is weather-dent, light
wcicht, clean, sanitary, fire-re-tardent,
and costs practically
nothing to maintain.
There arc many roll roofings on
the market, but only one CERTAIN-TEED.
It pays to cct
the best. It costs no more to
lay a CERTAIN-TEED roof
than it does to lay a poor roof,
but there is a vast difference in
the wear. You can't tell the
quality of a roofing by looks or
feel. Your only safety is the
label. Be sure that it is CERTAIN-TEED
then you are
certain of quality and guarantttd
satisfaction.
CERTAIN-TEED is guaran
teed for 5, 10 or 15 years ac
cording to thickness (1, 2 or
3 ply).
Crta!n-tted Slate-Surfaced
Asphalt Shingles
are lunplantlnrr wood
and ilate ihinglei for
retidencet. They cost
lets, are jutt at good
looking, wear better,
won't fall off, buckli
or split. They are
fire-retardent and do not have to be
painted or stained.
Ccrtain-tced
Products Corporation
New Yotlc, CMcno, rtlUdclphU. St. Uuk
Hviton, CICTcUfti. rltubutfti, Detroit. Uuffilo,
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Seattle. Indlinipolil. Atlanta, Mcmphll. Richmond
Grand KiplJi. Naitirlllc. Salt Lake City, Del
Molnu, llouiton. Dulatb. London, tjrdner. Ilirana
a better roof I
