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THE 8EMI-WERKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. SUGAR FOR CANNING Housewives Will Bo Ablo to Secure Sufficlont Supply, Says Food Ad ministrator Cards to Do Used. Stato Food Administrator Wnttles Iins announced that although sales of sugar will bo limited to consumers, to the amounts already In effect, house wives may havo as much as they need for canning fruits und vegeta bles. They will bo asked to sign su gar cards, which will bo presented by their grocer, which will stato the su gar Is to bo useti for canning, pur-; poses and that excess, If any, will be returned. Consumers will bo limited "for household use, other than can ning, to flvo pounds In cities or 10' pounds In rural communities. j The board of regents of- the Uni versity of Nebraska has asked for public hearing on chnrges of disloy alty made by the Nebraska Council of Defense against members of the faculty of the university, and stated that any person connected with the Institution found guilty of disloyalty "will be summnrllytdlsmlsscd from the service of the university. The State Council of Defense has sent out reminders to the County De fense Councils thnt they are being de pended upon to do much to carry out the provisions of the state's new se dition law, through the operation of which ofllclals expect, to stamp out disloyalty to the government. Over 21,400 of the 32,080 signatures obtained to the anti-suffrage amend ment referendum circulated last July aro Irregular, fraudulent or forgeries,, Recording to tho amended petition filed In the district cpurt nt Lincoln ty attorneys for tho Woman Suffrago association. A Jury In district court nt Tekamah returned n verdict finding former Cashier John E. Elliott of the now defunct Farmers' bank of Decatur, guilty of receiving n deposit knowing tho bank to be insolvent. The case has had several sensational features. Emll Schultz, editor of tho Nebras ka Post, a German weekly publication In Beatrice, has been given until Juno 1 by tho county council of defense to change his paper to an English pub lication. Friends of Major BIrkncr nt , Lin coln havo furnished a $5,000 bond for the release of the oflicer from prison at Santa Fe, N. M., where ho has been held awaiting trial, charged with violating tho espionage act. Nebraska men at Camp Cody are in fine military trim and anxious to go across the water, nccordlng to a statement mndo by Governor Nevilio on his return to Lincoln from a ten days' visit to the camp. John Gordes of Beatrice was arrest ed a few days ago, charged with vio lating tho state sedition law. He Is the first man to bo brought Into Gage county court under the act. It is predicted that Nebraska live Btock will remain at about its present price, as a result of the maximum meat prices mado public by the gov ernment a few days ago. Valley county retail merchants who denl in foodstuffs have agreed to elim inate tho sale of wheat Hour entirely, if so requested by the food adminis tration. Franklin's now fifty thousand dol lar hotel Is nenrlng completion. It Is to bo ono of tho finest" hotels in tho fltate. Keith county homo guards havo their full quota. Uniforms havo boon ordered for, tho men and tho organi zation Is expected to bo very active. Three loads of Bed Cross hogs, two from Schuyler and tho other from Cedar Baplds, sold at tho South Omaha market for $8,035.11. Alliance Is making preparations for the nnnunl convention of the Nebras ka Association of Commercial clubs, which will lie hold there May 21-22. A war scrvlco league has, been or ganized in Otoe county, which will unify work on wnr activities under one body. Lincoln county homo guards were organized at North Platte with 390 members. Carpenters of Bootrice hove orenn izezd a union and sot n scale of 50c per hour for all work. ETnrVard schools report a 100 per cent Bed Cross membership. Tho stnte fuel administration has Issued another nppeal to people of Nebraska to buy and store coal with out delay. Early coal buying Is urged ns o war measure -and to prevent a repetition of last year's coal shortage In this stnte. Soven railroad men wero Instontly killed In a rear-end collision on tho Burlington near Bayard when a freight train running at high speed, crashed Into tho rear of n work train. All those killed wero members of tho work train, flvo being Mexicans. I'rof. Howard of tho State Univer sity, mndo tho assertion recently, nftor careful Investigation, that but 0 per cent of tho 1017 potato crop re mains with the producers In western Nebraska. I'rof. Pugsley, director of tho ex tension service of tho University of Nebraska, has boon appointed director of tho United States school garden army for Nobmsku. John M, Gin IT of Grand Island was aboard tho American collier Cyclops, which has been missing for several weeks, Washington reports suy. Red Cross Allotments. Nebraska's quota for tho second Red Cross drlvo, Which Is scheduled for tho week of May 20 to 27, Is placed nt $1,300,000. Following Is tho minimum for each county: County. Quota.County. l .000 John-cm ' uannor , 1.500 if.ith l.oov gsr:::: !!:. !., ::::::: ":ooo ffiurv.:::: m: g-; L::;;::: W j-wtotn 7600 iir-viU .... n.ooo "wes ....... n nnn " .... n.wu 5w,on 20.000 .000 niclmuUon ... 1J.JJJ, a "T 13' Sewnr.1 S'Srn-:::::: ::::: nnrfleld soon qft, .. -onw &r StaSon Grant . fl(j0 T ..vpr IS.OiiO. ,?"-, 23.000 Thurston MJ0 H",nn 10,000 Wwhlngton .. JM lift . 3.000 Wnvno ....... J2 JJItrhcook .... 6.001 VVbMer ""JO. lSr, l.OOO York IQ-OO "ownrd 12,000 H Total' ....Jl.300.000. Nebraska lends nil states In the union In the sale of wnr savings, stamps, one-tenth of tho entire nmount; reported to tho United States trensuryj at Washington up until April 1st hav ing come from' this stnte. New York' stands second nnd Missouri third. The committee appointed to find! the cost of producing sugar beets In Nebraska has made Its report, which shows that the cost of producing has Increnscd rapidly, but the price paid for sugar beets hns lncrensed less than the price paid for hay and ce reals. The committee fixed ten dol lars per ton nt the factory, where tho cost of production renches nn nver age figure. Nine dollars and n hnlf Is fixed as the minimum price nt tho factory. Ono of the greatest patriotic dem onstrations ever held In northeastern Nebraska took place rit Tekamah dur ing a Bed Cross auction sale a few days ago. The sum of $50,000 was raised. Articles of every description were sold. Enthuslnsm ran so high that after the band had played tho "Star-Spangled Banner," tho tune was auctioned off for $1,000. Military law was proclaimed in the town nnd no store will 1)0 allowed to open until after 0 p. m. With tho contract calling for tho sending of 075 national army men to the University of Nebraska at Lin coln for vocational training signed, Captain Knight, representative of the War department, Is now turning his' attention to the possibility of using tho Nebrnska military academy, lo catednear tho city, for similar pur poses? Over 700 draft recruits will take sixty days' training in tho University of Nebraska at Lincoln, beginning the middle of May, as tho result of an agreement between university author ities, and agents of tho War depart ment. If tho first course Is successful, a second contingent will take tho work for another sixty days. Nebraska went "over tho top" In tho Liberty loan campaign last Fri day, it was officially announced nt state headquarters at Omaha. Tho state's quota Is $32,000,000. When the final returns are all In It Is believed the total for this state will be well over the $40,000,000 mark. The German staff of tho University of Nebraska will bo reduced to two members at tho end of tho present year, according to the budget mndo out by university regeuts. Tho Ger man courses, formerly the most pop ular In the university, havo fallen from nearly 800' to 200 in attendance. Omaha socialists at a meeting last Thursday passed resolutions support ing President Wilson and "war against autocracy." The resolution carried a proviso that tho support bo "from an International socialistic working class standpoint." Flvo persons wero convicted In fed' ernl district court nt Lincoln last week on chnrges of violating the' es pionage act. C. E. Andrews, superintendent of tho Eustis public schools, resigned his position to enlist In the service. The Gage county council of de fense has demanded tho suppression of the Omaha Tribune, a German publication at Omnha, charged with attncklng Ilnrry Lauder, tho comed ian, who recently visited Nebraska. Citizens of tho county aro nsked to refrain from reading the publication. Provost Marshal Anderson unoffic ially estimates that 10,000 Nebrnska youths, who have become 21 since Juno 5, 1017, will register Juno f, 1018, under the new draft law passed by congress. Resolutions were adopted by the Jefferson County Council of Defense, nt Fnirbury, forbidding Non-Partisan loaguo organlzors from soliciting fot new members In tho county until Juno 1. The council has asked the Statu Council of Defense to rule whether or not tho order may "be mado permanent. At Coznd the other night a num bor of boys entered tho school house, gathered up all tho German book they could find, brought them to the section of tho business district suae sot them on fire. HPS THE FARMER TESTS MADE AT EXPERIMENTAL STATION OF MUCH VALUE. IS L I Purpose Is Not to Make Money, Says Superintendent Declares That" Would Be "Picnic." In reply to an inquiry ns to whether tho North Plntto experimental farm should bo self-supporting. Superin tendent W. P. Snyder explains that it Is not the purpose of the state In con ducting experiment stations to mnko money. The purprtse is educational and not direct proilt. Superintendent Snyder's reply follows: "Possibly you- mlstako tho purpose that tho stato has In operating tills and similar farms. Hogs are raised hero not to make irioney as a llrst consideration, but to show the farmer how he enn vold raising hogs at a loss and ' jw he can mnko money out of them. For example: You may havo seen some lots of ten hogs each. Tho usunl ration Is corn nnd alfalfa. The hogs In Lot 4, fed this ration, each gained one pound dally, and ato 5S9 pounds of shelled corn and 20 pounds of alfalfa hay for 100 pounds Increase In weight. With corn nt $1.20 per bushel and alfalfa $20.00 per ton the gains on this lot cost, for the feed, $13.55. During tho fattening period these hogs gained 83 pounds each. They nro worth about $10.00 per 100 pounds on the market. Or the profit was $2.45 per 100 pounds of gain or $2.03 profit per pig. Tho hogs in Lot 0 wero the same In nil re spects, but were fed tankage nnd shorts In addition to corn and alfalfa. Their dally gain was 1,05 pounds each. They ato 420 poUnds corn, 10 pounds tankage, 0 pounds shorts and 12 pounds nlfalfa hay for each 100 pounds gained. The cost of the few! for 100 pounds gain was $10.58. These pigs gained 139 pounds. Tho profit per pig wns $7.53. That is by feeding tho hogs properly we in creased the profit $5.50 each. This extra money is In tho state treasury for use here, but that Is not tho point. Tho point is thnt these and similar tests furnish information which is quickly put into practice by the up-to-date farmers, not only throughout Nebraska, but throughout nil farming countries. If the 17,000 hogs In Lincoln county last April had boon fattened ns Lot 7, this would have meant $93,500 moro elenn profit for Lincoln county farmers to havo put Into Liberty Bonds. This samo change In the feeding practice In the stnte would have meant $9,000,000.00 moro profit. Of course we cannot force the farmer to feed In the way to make the most money. 'We can only show how. "Every JIttle hog lot, cattle lot, or experimental pint on tho farm Is hero to accomplish a result similar to thnt accomplished by these two hog lots. While tho sales from this form amount to about $20,00(1.00 yearly, which will compare favorably with any farm In the neighborhood, yet tho sales nro nSt Incidental, n side Issue. Running it for proilt alone would bo iv picnic." Nebraska County Fairs, 1918. County. Town. Dates. Antelope, Nellgh Sept. 10-13 Boone, Albion Sept. 17-20 Boyd, Butto Sept. 11-13 Buffalo, Kearney Sept. 10-13 Butler, David City Sept 19-22 Clmse. Imperial Sept 18-20 Clay, Clay Center Sept 21-27 Custer, Broken Bow Sept 17-20 Dawes, Chndron Aug. 27-30 Dawson, Lexington Sept 17-20 Dixon, Concord Sept 10-12 Dodge, Hooper Sept 17-20 Dodge, Seribner Sept 11-13 Douglas, Benson Fillmore, Geneva Sept. 11-13 Franklin, Frnnklin Sept 10-13 Furnas. Beaver City Sept. 17-20 Gago, Beatrice Sept. 23-27 Hall, Grand Island Sept 11-14 Hamilton, Aurora 1. Aug. 27-30 Harlan, Alma k...Sepr. 17-20 Hayes, Hayes Center ....Sept. 20-28 Holt, ChnmlierH Sept. 18-20 Howard, St Paul Sept 24-20 Jefferson, Fnirbury Oct. 2-5 Johnson. Tecumseh Keith, Ognllala Sept. 17-20 Kimball, Kimball Sept 25-27 Lancaster. LJncolu Sept 1- 0 Lincoln, North Platte Sept 24-27 Madison Nemaha, Auburn Nuckolls, Nelson Sept 17-20 Pawnee, Pawnee City.. Sept. 30 0ct 4 Pierce, Pierco Sept. 17-20 Polk, Osceola Auir 27-x Red Willow. Indlanolu Oct. 14 Saunders, Wnhoo Oct. 1- 4 Scotts Bluff, Mitchell Sept. 11-13 beward, Seward Sent 17.20 Sherman, Loup City Sept 18-20 Stanton, Stanton Sept. 17-20 alley, Ord Km,. 0.11 ?t;-. piuden ....::::v.a,S: 10.211 lork, ork ..... Sept. 30-Oct.4 District Falrr Frontier, May wood Sept. 0-13 New Feature for County Fairs. Tho message of food conservation will bo carried to the Nebraska cltl zcnshlp this full through the medium of tho county fairs. The outstanding feature of tho campaign will bo the use of substitutes, together with an appenl to uso ns much of thoso sub Qtltules as possible This has tin double advantage of releasing wheni nnd other exportable food commodi ties and at the sumo time relieving transportation. Arrangements- for the county fair campaign i being by the stato food administrator Little Frocks for Parties and Weddings. 1 mm 1 m m nn lOmw i mtttm Just how early In life n satisfaction In pretty clothes dnwns on tho eternal feminine mind, Is one of thoso Interest ing questions that no one has taken '.the trouble to get definitely nnswered. 'But we know It Is' one of tho earliest of our joys and tho most lasting. In the picture abovo a little maid of flvo (seems to be discovering her party 'frock. Life Is one continual round of ;moro or less dainty clothes for her, 'and she finds herself on a special oc casion in something more filmy and frilly than she has Noticed hofofre. This little party frock Is mado of ;flne white net and trimmed with a lit ;tle narrow Val lace Insertion nnd edg ling. The skirt is full, finished with a hem and tuck at the bottom, nnd no other trimming. It Is set onto a ivory sliort waist having many line ituckj running from shoulder to wnlst ibnnd and a flounce extending bolnw ,tho wnlstbaud. This flounce Is finished 1 with a row of Val Insertion finished with n scant frill of Val edging. Tho jsqunre neck Is finished in tho samo way. Little dresses of tlds kind nro some times decked out with gay ribbon ro settes, but they have been left off of ithls one; perhaps this accounts for a (strand of small pearl beads that make jtho little wenrer very splendid. Tho idrcss Is worn over a lace-trimmed pet ItJcoat, with several rows of Val Inser tion set in n fine lawn skirt and a frill of Val edging nt tho bottom. Now thnt tho requirements of flower girls nnd other youthful attendants on the June bride must soon bo considered, this Httlo net frock is especially In teresting. It enn bo worn over a col WHAT In Chicago a three weeks' drive for .used clothing, to bo sent to tho desti 'tuto Belgians, hns Just been completed, Mr. Hoover, head of the Belgian relief commission, engaged tho help of the Red Cross organization In making this idrive and It wns put through with tho vigor nnd thoroughness that Chicago develops when Its "I AVill" spirit is aroused. Twenty-two carloads of cloth ing was the amount asked of Uils branch of the drive and Mrs. Samuel T. Chase was chosen to take charge of Its collection ns chairman of flio com mittee who put tho drive through. Besides the fact that the commltteo jgot what It went after, this drive is In 'terestlng because of many incidents l which show where Americans of all jelusses stand In this matter of caring Ifor the unfortunnte and the destitute jln this war. The committee secured a ;lnrge downtown storeroom, which was ivucunt, and mado nuwspaper and other .announcements Inviting contributors ,to bring their bundles of used clothing there. The bundles enme by tlm auto mobile load where owners of earn con tributed them for collecting tho cloth ing to the single pnekago brought in ljy people on their way to work who deposited their contributions nnd went on to their tnsks. Everything from j fur coats and Paisley shawls to sun bonn&ts of ancient vintage enmo in re spouse to tho cull, but most of tho clothing was practical and good. On a bright dny u man came -md took off n very good overcoat, reveal ing a pair of overalls beneath and handed over tho coat, remarking that he could spare It. Another interesting contributor was an old lndj; whoso son In the service had sent $2 to buy flow ers for nor for Easter. She contrib uted theso $2 to the Belgian relief as tho better way to uw It. Men slipped in nnd left contributions of money, re fusing to glvo their names. To sort and pack all the clothing required many workers. Some of the big department stores sent over help. ored silk slip where color Is important as It Is In a wedding procession. Another little frock of net has a skirt made In tho same way as this, one, with hem and tuck nt the bottom. It Is set on, with smocking to a short silk yoke. The yoke Is cut with low, squaro opening in the neck nt the, back and front nnd extended nt ench side, under the nrms to tho waistline. Tho net sleeves are full nnd elbow length, finished with a flaring cult of the silk. For tho flower girl in n wed ding procession this ought to satisfy tho most exacting taste. A Pretty Dimity Blouse. A smart blouso of striped dimity Is cut upon tailored shirt lines, with two narrow box plaits at cither side of tho opening In front. At each sldo of these, and also separating them, aro Inserts of wide heavy beading. Tho straight rolling collar has lines ofj beading Inset In tho same fashion, nnd Is finished by an inch-wldo horn of dou ble dimity. Smart little cuffs of alter" nntlng bands of dimity nnd lines of beading finish tho tailored sleeves. Children's Gowns. Tho fashion for dressing children In! velveteen has progressed apace,, and few tilings lend themselves to Httlo people's daytlmo clothes moro happily. Tho colors range through graduations of pinks, reds, yellows, blues, greens nnd violets. Velveteen Is also adapted to tho hand embroidery which, In Um-. lted quantity, is such a fenturo of children's frocks. CAN Women of leisure from smnrt hotels from homes, nnd business women from; odlces and shops volunteering to work nftor business hours camo ln.j Fifty post ofllco employees, who nnd a' half holiday on' election day, contrlb-J uted fhclr brief leisure to tho world nelp camo from many quarters which nil goes to Inspire faith In our coun-i try's power to do what It undertakes) to do In any direction. To Waoh Pongee. Pongee may bo mado to look like,, new, no matter how many times It Is"; washed, If It Is washed properly. First; It should be rubbed und squeezed gcnt- ly with tho hands In a suds mndo of: luke-wnrm water und a good whltoi soap. When quite clean, It should ba rinsed nlso in luke-warm water sev eral times nnd the water squeezed out' gently, not wrung out. When porfectly dry, Instead of sprinkling it, rub or squeeze tho pongee gently with tho hands until It Is well crumpled. This removes any hard or deep wrinkles. Iron then with a very hot Iron and your pongee will look as fresh as new. Watch Fob of Military Brajd. Anyone who has worn tlieusual gros-graln rlbbo in a watcii fob knows how short lived It Is, nnd nt what In convenient times a new one must be In serted. I use military brnld for the purpoBQ, with excellent results, ob served a woman. It lusts about two years, and Its coarse weave is very attractive, Candy-Strlpcd Crepes. There are sumo lovely new shirtings shown for tailored shirts of candy striped cotton crepes, sllk-strlped ox ford and corded crepo mudras In the most attractive colorings. They are so fresh nnd practical nnd comu from a tubblnp lke new. DUDTCIHIfC mm FATHEAD FI8H. "Thcro's ono thing I am thankful tor," Said Mrs. Fathead Fish. "And what is Unit, my Uearl" nskod Mr. Fat head Fish, look ing at her out of his glassy blue eyes. "I may bo call ed Mrs. Fathead Fish," she snld, "becnuso my head Is rather fat But your hend Is much, much fat ter, and thnt Is how wo havo tho name -all from your head." With a Silly Grin. "I think It's n sroot honor," said Mr. Fathead Fish, 'to be named after one's head, Tho lend Is tho most Important part of a :renture. In the head aro tho eyca ivith which wo sec." "That's no nows to me," snld Mrs. fathead. "And thero are tho enrs with which ivo hear." "How bright you nro," Mrs. Fathead laid, splashing ns If she did not think to nt all I "And thero nro our mouths, our happy mouths." "Why happy, pray tell?" asked Mrs. Fathead, who was curious now. . "Because into our mouths goes tho food tho goodies that wo cat. So our Siouths nro happy." "I never heard mouths spoken of la lust thnt way before," said Mrs. Fnti iiend. "My dear, aro you losing your mind?" nsked Mr. Fathead as ho look sd nt his wife In a very worried man aor. "Do you mean to toll mo thnt fou've forgotten that wo oat with our jiouths?" "I haven't forgotten thnt," snld Mrs. Fathead, "but I never beforo heard uiyono call mouths happy. It's Just jueer Hint's all.", "I'm queer, and glnd of It," said Mr. Fathead. "Oh, so you admit It?" asked his ivlfe. "Most certainly, my dear, and I'vo riven you tho distinction to be n fat head too by making you my wife. Al though you havo rather a fat head rourself. I presume thnt was why t took you In the first place." "And -I suppose I liked you becnuso fou had a still fatter head, and I thought It was beautiful. Just lately I've been longing to see thin heads, Dr ordinary heads." "Don't long for the Impossible," said Mr. Fathead. "Be a sensible fish Ilka myself." "Tho fish families wero never noted tor much sense," said Mrs. Fat head. "Then be ns sensible as you can," replied Mr. Fathead, Now Mr. Fathead Fish has a much tatter head than Mrs. Fathead has tils forehead is really extremely fat. Ho Is quite a peculiar fish and has 12 dorsal spines. Ills sides nnd his fins are usually bright red and ho Is very proud of his hand somo color. "I think I'll give somo swimming rnces this afternoon," said Mrs. Fat hend. "Good Idea," said Mr. Fathead. "We'll have all tho Fathead fuir.iiy, and wo'll see which ono can swim the fastest, nnd the ono which can do the most tricks. Wo haven't had any swimming races for a long time. That was a happy suggestion of yours." "Dear mo," snld Mrs. Fathead, "how happy things hero nro according to you. There aro happy mouths and happy suggestions." ' "Shows my line disposition," said Mr. Fathead with ft silly grin. Soon the races began and how queerly all of the Mr, Fatheads did look, but they were so us.cd to hav ing queer heads that they did not mind In the least. Cousin Fanny Fathead won the prize for tho best tricks, nnd Cous in Frank Fathead won tho swim ming race. The prizes wero little baskets filled with Insects which the Fathead family like to oat. After the racei were over ol course thero wni Into Our Mouths a wonderful sup Goes the Food, per which Mra , Fathead had pre pared and then Mr. Fathead told hli famous story of the iraportanco In having n fine, fat head as he called It "Well," sold Mr. Fathead, after the guests had left, "wo may have fal heads and some folks nnd some fishei aiay not think wo are beautiful, but we have a good time In spite of It Yes, we havo a very happy time." Mrs. Fathead's fins shook as shi laughed, for Mr. Fathead certainly called everything "happy" "happj mouths," "happy suggestions," and "happy tlmos." Alan Defines Acclimated. Little Margaret What's tho mean Ing of the word "uccllraated," ahu? Small Alan Oh, It menus to gel used to anything. Llko when a mat and woman has been married so lou they don't mind It any more.
