THE BEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
NEWS OFJEtiRASKA
Items of Interest Gathered
From Many Points
Railroad men of Nebraska sny that
tho lucreaso In freight rates, effective
Juue 25, will niako but very llttlo difference-
In retail prices throughout
tho state.
Scores of barns and outbuildings
were demolished and n number of per
tons Injured In a tornado which swept
a path about tvovmlIes southwest of
Sutton.
Crops In the vicinity of Wnusn were
severely damaged by a terrific rain
storm which swept over tho district.
Many corn Holds were destroyed, and
replanting will bo necessary.
Two loads of hogs, donated by farm
ers In tho vicinity of Wausa, wore
cold on the South Omahn market, tho
proceeds of $4,535.34 going to the
homo chapter of tho Red Cross.
Nino persons wero severely Injured
when u tornndo struck several farms
in the vicinity of Fairfield. A number
of buildings wore demolished ana
crops wero damaged to some extent.
According to reports reaching Stato
Food Administrator Wattles at Omaha
many 'localities In Nebraska nru abid
ing by Hoover's appeal to abstain
from the use of wheat until the next
harvest.
Tho Salem Lutheran church bus
discontinued the use of German In Its
services. This Is the first church In
Dodgo county to ellmlnnto German
and use tho English language for all
Its services.
In a petition signed by over 300
residents of the suburban districts of
Fremont the city council Is usked to
repeal the ordinance which forbids
grocery stores and other establish
ments to operate on Sunday.
.John and Ben Beshaler, prominent
farmers living near Callaway, wero
cited to appear before Custer county
Council of Defense, charged with not
having purchased Liberty bonds ac
cording to their financial ability. John
Beshalcr was assessed $2,000 and
Ben Beshalcr $1,000. Both parties
agreed to the assessment.
Returning to Lincoln from a tour of
1,700 miles by rail and auto, covering
nineteen counties In central and
western and northwestern Nebraska,
Will Maupln, director of, tho Depart
ment of Publicity, reports that with
the exception of n small section In the
central eastern division, the Nebras
ka wheat crop is looking unusually
One.
As the result of the allotment pro
pram laid down by tho fuel adminis
tration Nebraska will get no more
hard coal until after April 1, 1019. All
coal for Nebraska must come from
the mines of Iowa, Kansas, part of
Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colo
rado and Wyoming. It Is said there
Is virtually no hard coal In the
state.
Chairman Ray Nye of the Dodge
county defenso council has asked the
city of Fremont to take over tho
operation of tho community drying
plant this season. He says that the
city ought to do ns much as a contri
bution to war works. Last year the
defense council maintained the plant,
and It attracted much attention from
nil over Nebraska and adjoining
states.
Following Is the list of prize win
ners In tho state school children's con.
test for the best paragraph telling
why Liberty bonds should be pur
chased: Morris Black, Omaha, tlrst
prize, $50; Wlllard Rogers, Omaha,
second, $25; Eileen Olson, Herman,
third, $15; Louis' A. Wnlder, North
Platte, fourth, $10. The contest
started with the third Liberty loan
drive, April 0.
Two weeks of demonstration In
overy county In the state, in which
the preservation of all kinds of fruits,
vegetables and meats will be taught,
is n plan announced by the universi
ty extension service as a part of Its
campaign to Increase the food pro
auction of Nebraska. Beginning about
Juno 15 and lasting to the middle of
July, a corps of workers will teach In
dividuals' and teams the cold pack
method of canning nnd modern
methods of drying, egg preservation,
etc. One of the notable additions to
the work this year will be the can
ning of chicken and other meat.
The Lancaster County Democratic
club at a mooting nt Lincoln passed a
strong resolution commending Presi
dent Wilson for his attitude and ef
forts in the world war. The body also
endorsed Charley Bryan for tho demo
cratic nominee for governor at tho
August primaries.
Approximately 5.000 merchants in
Nebraska will bo affected by the new
food regulation wldch provides that
denlers In eggs selling to other than
consumers' must go under federal food
license.
Miss Nuttio Whlttler of Havelock
has boon appointed as head teacher at
the Girls' Industrial school at Geneva
ito take tho place of an employe dls
'missed from the Institution ton days
ngo. Tho stato alms to give the girls
at tho Industrial school a common
school education.
Tho first death from drowning at
Carter Lake near Omaha occurred
lat Snndny. when William Brooks,
wjed 1. waded" too far out In tho
M at d d owned before help could
ror 'i l The lad was unable to
KM 'M.
A tornado practically destroyed the
alfalfa mill at Cc-znd and did consid
erable other ;Inmnyo.
Several farms wero severely' dam
aged In the vicinity of Barada by a
terrific storm, which swept over the
district.
Dodgo county has taken rank
among tho few counties of tho stnto
that nave nioro than doubled their
quoin for the Red Cross.
I The Junior Red Cross o tho Colum
bus schools during tho past nine
weeks mudo 0,303 surgical dressings
and 27T refuge garments.
. Four thrift clubs were organized In
the Pawneo City high school laat
week and tho majority of the
students have bocome members.
Webster county has exceeded the
apportionment in tho Red Cross drive
by more than $1,000, according to re
ports made to tho county chnlrman.
Tho Seventh Day Adventlsts of Ne
braska will erect a $00,000 school
building nnd dormitories near Sheltor,,
whore they have pcrchased an eighty
acre tract of land.
A pledge to "use no wheat until
next harvest" Is asked by Gurdon W.
Wattles, nntlonal food administrator
for Nebraska, of all organizations and
communities In Nebraska whose cir
cumstances will permit. (
In a message to Director General
McAdno, the Nebraska state railway
commission expresses fear that the
wholesale raising of. railroad rates
will prove Injurious to many linos of
business, manufacturers and general
production throughout the country.
According to Washington reports
members of tho old Nebraska Nation
al Guard now stationed at Camp
Cody will not be used as a replace
ment 'quota to fill up other bodies of
troops leaving for France, but will go
to tho front Intact In the nenr future.
Tho registration of German alien
women in Nebraska will begin June
17 nnd continue until Juno 28. All wo
men oyer 14 yenrs of age, whowere
born In Germany or of German
parents, nnd who are not citizens of
tho United Stntes must register.
John E. Elliot, former cashier of
tho defunct Farmers' Stato bank at
Decatur, who was recently, found
guilty by a jury of embezzlement ot
the. bank's funds, was sentenced toy
Judge Troup In district court at Tc
kamnh, to from one, to 10;years In tho
penitentiary.
The corn- receipts of tho Omnha
grain exchange from January 1 to
June 1, this year wero 30,000,000
bushels, or more than the entire re
ceipts of tho twelve months In 1017.
Omaha Is running n very closo second
to Chicago, and far in tho lead of
any other market in tho country. '
The coming stato school apportion
ment to be made July 1, will bo tho
largest In the history of Nebraska, ac
cording to present Indications. There
has already accumulated for tha.t pur
pose the sum of $443,000 nnd collec
tions during Juno will carry it well
over the half million dollnr mark.
Nebraska subscribed $50,513,450 to
tho third Liberty loan, and tho total
number of subscribers is 244,484, ac
cording to" figures announced by Stnto
Director Byrne at Omaha. Tho stato's
quota was oversubscribed by 58 per
cent. There Is a third Liberty bond
to every 54 people In the state, and
tho per capltn subscription Is $39.54.
Judge E. C. Slama of Wahoo turned
over to Governor Neville a $5,000
check made out to President Wilson
as head of the American Red Cross
and received In exchange two pounds
of wool from the back of the sheep
which pastured on the White House
grounds. The wool was auctioned off
for tho recent drive by Governor Ne
vlllo at Lincoln.
Sixty boys and twenty girls, win
ners of prizes In their homo communi
ties In junior farm work or stock
raising, spent an enjoyable week at
the university farm nenr Lincoln at
what is known ns Junior farmers'
week. Tho boys were tho lending
Junior pig raisers of tho stato and
tho girls were tho leaders ot their
communities In Junior chicken and
garden raising.
After signing 400 members to the
non-partisan league In tho vicinity of
Clarks, B. A. Felver, organizer for the
league, was driven out of Clarks by
Indignant citizens. Ho was later cap
tured by a band of farmers and
threatened with banging. Ho was re
leased after giving up his propaganda
and promising to enlist In tho nrmy.
Tt Is said that most of those he had
signed as members of tho league Wero
pro-German.
Johnson 'county Is expected to
furnish four physicians for service In
the army. The physicians of tho
county met at Tecuinseh the other
day and adopted n resolution that
each man will make application for a
commission In tho army or nnvy
medical reserve corps, and will nc
cept tho same If granted. t
Three buildings at the university
farm near Lincoln are being prepared
for quarters for the soldiers that aro
to go Into sppclal training thero about
tho 15th of this month.
It Is estimated that tho recent hall
storm did $100,000 damage to tho
fruit and vegetable crop In an nren of
25 square miles In tho northeast sec
tion of Douglas county.
Ross L. Hammond, editor of tho
Fremont Tribune, announced that ho
will bo a candidate for the United
States sennto bofore tho republican
primaries In August,
School district at Virginia, Gago
county, have consolidated and will
hnve at least 10 asms of ground on
Which they will erect a modern building.
PRESIDENT ASKS
PEOPLE TO SAVE
Requested to Buy Only Things
"Necessary to Health
and Efficiency.
THRIFT PLEDGE ALSO ASKED
All Citizens Must Be Economically
Adjusted to War Conditions If
Nation Is to Play Its
Part in Conflict.
Washington, D. O. To save mate
rials nnd lnbor for ncccssnry war pur
poses, President Wilson appealed to
'Americans "to buy only those things
which arc essential to the Individual
health and efficiency,'" and to volun
teer on or before Juno 28, National
Thrift day, to invest systematically In
War Savings nnd Thrift Stamps, or
other government securities.
"This war Is ono of nations not of
nrmlcs," said tho president, "and all
of our 100,000,000 pcoplo must bo
economically and Industrially adjusted
to war conditions If this nntlon Is to
play Its full part In tho conflict.
t
Pledge la Sought.
"Tho problem before us Is not pri
marily a financial problem, but rather
a problem of Increased production of
war essentlnls and tho saving of tho
materials and tho labor nocessnry for
the support and equipment of our
nrmy nnd navy. Thoughtless expendi
ture of money for nonessentials uses
up tho labor of men, tho products of
tho farm, mines, and factories, and
overburdens transportation, nil of
which must be used to tho utmost and
at their best for war purposes.
"The great results which we seek
can be obtained only by the participa
tion of young and oltLin a nationnl
thrift movement. I therefore urge
that our peoplo everywhere pledge
themselves, as suggested by tho secre
tary of tho treasury, to tho practice" of
thrift; to serve tho government to
their utmost In increasing production
in all fields necessary to the winning
I of tjie wnr; to conserve food nnd fuel
and useful materials of every kind ; to
devoto their lnbor only to the most
necessary tasks, and to buy only those
.things which nre essential to Individ
ual health and efficiency.
"Buy More U. S. Securities."
"Tho securities Issued by the treas
ury department are, so many of them,
within the reach of every ono that tho
door of opportunity In this matter la
wide open to all of us.
"I "appeal to all -who now own either
Liberty bonds or War Savings stamps
to continue to practice economy and
thrift and to appeal to all wlw do not
own government securities to do like
wise and purchase them to the extent
of their means. The man who buys
government securities transfers the
purchasing power of his money to tho
United Stntes government until after
this war, and to that same degree does
not buy In competition with the gov
ernment. "I earnestly appeal to every man,
woman and child to pledge themselves
on or before June 28 to save constant
ly and to buy ns regulnrly as possible
the securities of the government.
"The 28th of June ends this speclnl
period of enlistment In the great vol
unteer army of production nnd saving
here nt home. May there be none un
enlisted on that day."
FIND POTASH IN C0L0RAR0
Richest Vein Ever Discovered In
'United States Uncovered by
a Trapper.
Longmont, Colo. What geologists
say Is the richest vein of potnsh ever
uncovered In tho United States has
Just been found In tho foothills a few
miles from this city. Tho strata was
discovered by a trapper. It crops out
of a rocky fault In the bills, Is four
feet thick at tho surface and can he
traced for almost half a mile. The
depth of the vein has not ben deter
mined. An assay shows the substance
to run 95-100 of one per cent potash.
IS LATEST FAD WITH GIRLS
Sweetheart Monument at Camp D ev
ens Is Rising by Leaps and
Bounds.
Camp Devens, Mass. The "sweet
heart monument" nt this cantonment
ls"rlslngj)y leaps and bounds. Every
girl who hns a sweetheart among the
troops here Is supposed to add a "Rock
of Love" to the monument. As the
girls pass tho cantonment they select
a good-sized stone nnd curry It to the
monument site, where tliey heave It
onto the pile. It In expected that he
fore tho war ends a tremendous monu
ment of "Love" will be raised here.
His Habit.
"That barber Is n surly old fellow.
Often he won't speak to mo when I
meet him on the street."
"That's only tho force of habit.
He's so used to cutting old acquaint
ances." The Universal Excuse.
"How did you como to put anything
so compromising as that down In black
nnd whltoV"
"I didn't, Jily mother-in-law wrote
It In my letter when I wasn't looking."
mm
.MARY GBAJIA&BQHRER.
THE FORGIVING ROBIN.
"A year ago," snld Daddy, "n llt
tlo robin was flying with his mother
nnd his daddy when ho got hurt nnd
fell to the ground by n cruel sling
shot which n boy named Jerry thought
was very flue.
"'There aro more robins,' ho snld,
than any other birds In this coun
try.' "What about sparrows?' nsked
Henry, his playmate.
'"They como next on tho list, but
robins are moro plentiful than any
others.'
"'Do you think they should bo de
stroyed?' nsked Henry, for ho hnd
thought It wns fine to use a sllng-shot
until It nctunlly hurt tho bird. And
It had given him n very queer feeling
when tho tiny robin hnd fallen to the
Ground. He felt cruel nnd mean and
like a great horrid bully. The poor
llttlo bird wns so small. It had dono
no harm and no wrong.
"It had only tried to sing Joy Into
tho world I Thai was nil I And It
was such n tiny thing 1 Poor llttlo
bird ! Henry tried to keep the tears
back, but nt last they would come.
"'Oh, baby robin,' ho said, 'I wns
Just ns wrong ns Jerry. Maybe his
sling-shot hit you, but I was trying
too. Poor llttlo robin.'
"no knew Jerry would laugh at him
but ho didn't care. Never again
would he use a sllng-shot. He would
not bo cruel to w bird so small nnd
so helpless. And he hnd thought
himself a nice boyf He know now
ho was a horrid bully.
"But Jerry wus not laughing nt him.
Instead, when th little bird hnd fallen
ho had had a very queer feeling, too.
Ho had tried to show he didn't care,
but ho had cared Just the same.
'"We'll never do it again,' ho said
sadly, 'but It's too late to regret thin
llttlo ifcllow's life except that wo
wouldn't do anything like this again In
our whole lives, never, never.'
"'Never,' agreed Henry.
"'Oh,' exclaimed Jerry suddenly,
'the bird is breathing. His llttlo foot
seems hurt, but he Is alive.'
"Jerry took the llttlo bird In his
hnnds nnd smoothed his Jtttlo ruffled
feathers and tried to stop the quick
beating of thnt pobr frightened llttlo
heart.
" 'Robin, baby roblu, he said. 'I
didn't mean to do it. Honest, bnby
robin, I didn't mean It. I never knew
It wns like this to hurt a bird. I
don't know what I have been think
ing about before. I must hnve been
a crazy boy, that's nil. Pleaso forgive
me, baby robin.'
"And the two boys tho roughest
nnd worst bullies of the neighborhood
both blew their noses very hnrd nnd
with tho back of their hnnds wiped
nwny tears real tears.
"But they looked after the llttlo
bird. They dressed Its foot, they fed
It and fondled It and It grew to bo
very tame. But they didn't try to
keep It with them, when the foot was
nil well.
"And one fine day the little robin
had gone away. But a few days aft
erwords they saw three robins on
"Poor Little Roblnl"
tho bough of n tree near by, and they
were singing such u happy, Joyous
song thnt Henry and Jerry thought
they knew the llttlo family.
"That happened n year ago," said
Daddy. "And those boys burned their
sling-shots and began to study birds.
They found how Interesting they wero,
what curious little ways they had,
and how tame they could be made
when they were not being frightened
or hurt.
"But this year, the first robin of tho
season with a fow others following
came flying over Jerry's house. Jerry
nnd Henry wore both together, und
nenry exclnlmcd:
'"Tho first robin of the yenr. I
guess we're glad, eh? And wo know
n few sensible things this year.' Jerry
nodded his head, but down to tho
ground flow the robin a great, fat
robin he was I
"ne hopped along the ground, and
Jerry ran In the house quickly to bring
out gomo bread crumbs und water.
The llttlo bird began to partake of this
feast, and tried to sing n song of
welcome to his companions. But they
were a little shy nt first. And then
It was that tho bird- took bread from
the hand of' Jerry nnd tho bund of
Henry and It wns the same llttlo
robin they had hurt the time before.
They knew It by tho wuy Its foot had
never looked quite tho same.
"And how happy they wero to bo
forgiven In such u wuy I"
Three Beet Things.
Thrco things for which to wlsli
Health, friends, contentment.
Helping the Heat
(Special Information Service, United
SAFEGUARDING
These Meat Products Are Canned
RULES MADE FOR
PACKING HOUSES
Summary of What War Has Done
for Benefit of Consumers of
Animal Products.
DOWNFALL OF SLACKER CAN
Government Has Refused to Tolerate
Use of Tin for Canning Air Poi
sonous Disinfectants Are
Also Forbidden.
Whllo the vurlous goverumentul"
agencies have always taken more than
ordinary percautlons to snfeguurd con
sumers against any evils that might
result from ennned meats, contingencies-
nrlslng out of the present stato
of war lmvo resulted In oven moro
perfect protection for soldiers und
civilian alike.
An old evil in tho canning Industry
was what has recently been called tho
"slacker can." It was not able to
survive the stnto of war. The purtly
filled can, like other slackers, had to
go. The mere bringing of cans up to
tho low net-content weight printed on
their labels Is no longer till that Is re
quired. Tho can must be filled. The
war brought a shortage of tin und the
government refused to tolerate tho
use of tin for canning air.
Poisonous Disinfectants Forbidden.
Extraordinary precautions are being
taken also In other particulars. A re
cent regulntory announcement from
the bureau of animal Industry, United
States department of agriculture, for
bids the keeping of such odorless poi
sons ns bichloride of mercury In pack
ing houses und directs that hot water
containing approximately 1 per cent
of salsoda (sodium curbonato) shall
bo used for disinfecting nil Instru
ments. The bureau has supplied all sta
tions with special thermometers for
making temperature tests of meats,
nnd Inspectors nre Instructed toclose
ly supervise tho handling of nil meats
and products of n kind prepared cus
toraarlly to be eaten without cooking
and which contain nny muscle tissue.
The Inspectors aro Instructed also to
seo that nil moats which uro not ren
dered Into lard or tallow and which
nre utilized for food purposes shall bo'
sterilized by heating so that all por
tions of tho meat aro brought to a
temperaturo 96 170 degrees Fahren
heit and maintained at this tempera
ture for not less than SO minutes.
Different Cooking Methods.
The bureau of animal industry does
not specify tho cooking necessary to
lnsuro thnt all parts of the meat uro
heated to the minimum temperature.
That wns regarded as Impracticable
on account of the fact that different
methods of cooking ore used In differ
ent packing establishments for vari
ous weights of products. The inspec
tors are Instructed to apply good Judg
ment to each Individual case, to make
tho necessary test, to determine the
facts und to bo guided accordingly.
Making Meat by Dipping Ticks.
In the campaign to "help tho no'
tlop's moat and milk supply," a million
and a quarter head of cattle In 273
counties of 'tho Southern states uro
ranking fortnightly pilgrimages to tho
dipping vats. Thero nro ift.OOO of
these vats la active opernUon
enough, If tho Huns were Attempting
an Invasion of America by way of tho
gulf, to make a solid concreto Bar
rier from Now Orleans to Pensucola.
Operating the vats nro 1,505 federal,
state and county employees enough
to placo n guard every 8J10 feet along
that barrier; enough, If armed with
machine guns, to hold It against any
ordlnnry attack.
That is tho United States nrmy of
Invasion In tick territory, tho army of
extermination of the cattlo fovor tick.
and Milk Supply
Slates Department of Agriculture.)
CANNED MEATS
Under Unusual War-Tlme Precautions.
As a result of this year's campaign,
100,000 moro squnremlles of territory
will bo freed from tho tick and an al
most incalculable quantity of moat
nnd milk added to the national pro
duction. The campaign needs, of
course, tho co-operation of every per
son who owns cnttlo in infested terri
tory. There nre left only n very few
men who try to bold out ngninst tlck
cradlcatlon methods.
OUR BOYS "OVER THERE."
In n very little while now thero
will bo a million American boys
on tho firing line lu Franco nnd
Flnndcrs.
Already there nro Bomo mil
lions of British nnd French boys
on thnt llne-joys who have
been thero, some of them, for
four years, offering their lives
In defense of your homo qulto us
much as of their own, warding
off tho atrocities of the, Bocho
brutes from your loved ones,
though they lmvo not been quite
nblo to ward them off from their
own mothers and sisters.
All of those boys, ours and
others, will remain there, nnd the
cry "They shall not passl" will
be made good so long as tho
flow of American meats across
the ocean Is ample and uninter
rupted. The requirement of us ut homo
Is n very simple requirement
It docs not limit us In any way
to' u meatless diet It leaves us
large choice of very excellent
meats.
But It does demnnd that wo
cut less of beef, no ennned beef,
nnd not too much of any meat
that Is at all suitable for over
seas. Of course, none of us would
deliberately full to do that little
bit for tho men who aro sacri
ficing for us their treasure of
youth und hope nnd love. No
American worthy the name ex
alts his belly above the sacred
things of home and country.
Only some of us might be
thoughtless.
Therefore tnko thought.
Fine Barns Not Needed.
As they trekked down the lane from,
the barn to tho pasture "Pled" may
lmvo tossed her horns nnd Bung to.
"Bossle," "I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble
Hails." But that dream, built up for
dairy cows by u lot of elaborate de
signers of flue barns, Is dissipated by
experts of the United States depart
ment of agriculture In u bulletin en
titled "Tho Four Essentlul Factors in
tho Production of Milk of Low Bac
terial Count." It Klvcs tho results of
a scries of experiments In which milk
of low bacterial count was produced In
an experimental barn under conditions
similar to those on the average low
grade farm. Tho three essential fac
tors were found to ho: Sterilized
utensils, clean cows, small-top palls.
A fourth factor necVssary to keep thu
count low Is holding tho milk at u
temperaturo of 00 degrees Fahrenheit
or lower. All of these fnctors, it Is
pointed out, may be. operative In an
ordinary barn Just ns much as in the
"murble hall" typo.
Watch Stock for Fly Injury.
To prevent fly pests of llvo stock
from causing sorlouB Injury, tho stock
should he carefully watched und when
the presence of maggots Is discovered
In wounds or In soiled wool1, appropri
ate remedy should bo applied. Chloro
form Is tho host remedy to kill mag
gots In wounds. As the wounfi in
olenused somo effettlvo fly repellent
such as plno tnr should bo smeared
over tho wound nnd about Its edges.
Benefit to Stock Raleers.
Thero aro mnny advantages to bt
gained whun tho stock raisers of ono
community rnlso tho same brand. Bet
ter prices may be secured from the
sale of u uniform product nnd sultublo
breeding stock can bo secured near
home.