Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1918)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. ING WHEAT TO REDUCE COST Efficient Methods Qf Harvesting Materially Lessen Expense of Production. ; CARE PROPERLY FOR THRASHING OUTFITS BUNDLE WAGONS ARE USEFUL "Western Methods of Transportation Gave Time and Labor Sweating Process: Improves Color and Test Weight of Grain. Simple' Equipment Is Insurance Against Dust Explosions. -(Prepared by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The acreage covered per day by n 3?lven crew In stacking wheat depends upon the yield, distance hauled, size of loads and methods used. For example, two men and four .horses with either one or two of tho bundle wagons which are commonly found In tho wheat-growing sections of the Northwest, where both men, pitch -jnd no one Is required on the load, will be able to sthek more wheat, other things , being equal, than will two men following the usual practice In the East of one pitching while the other man loads. The wngons used In the ".two case's are. usually very different, tho Western "bundle wagon" being es pecially built for uso In the manner above mcntloncdj whereas with tho type of wagon usunlly found In the J East It would bo impossible to haul a, I -very largo load In this way, because I of tho difficulty of putting many bun dies on such a wagon In such a way that they would carry Well. Although . the loads hauled on the Western bun dle wngons ' do not contain quite so annny bundles -nS do those in the East when loaded by hand, they are put on In less tlm.o and with one-hnlf the man , labor, which moro than offsets this ob- ' Jcctlon. Most Efficient Crew. Thls combination Is probably the .most efficient crew which cap be used . -flS stncklpg wheat,' provided tho haul Is not too long. It is especially recom mended for consideration by Eastern wheat growers,- as In many cases It would be an easy matter to place a temporary rack oik other wagons, thus making them well suited for use In the jmanncr described' The adoption of ' this method would materially reduce ,the cost ofStaclcfng. Stacking Improves Quality of Wheat. Where stacking Ig properly done the grain 's better protected In stacks . -than In shocks. In wet seasons or when thrashing cannot bo. done! soon after -cutting, tho importance of this protec tion Is Increased. A sweating process lso takqs' place in, the stack, which improves to some extent the color, eon- ' illtlon arid test weight of the grain nnd Its milling and .baking qualities. The improvement may be sufficient to ob- ' -tain a better market grade, with result ing higher, price when sold. A similar .sweating process apparently may tako place In shock-thrashed wheat after helrig placed In the bin, but to take ad vantage of thUs the farmer must have .storngo room for his thrashed grain and must also-get It thrashed from the shock while it' Is in as good condition as when'placed in the stack. Enormous Losses- Caused to Qfatn and Implements Which May Be Guard ed Against Fire Extinguisher Is Quite Effective. uy uiiuou oiuica uoimii- fi mem 01 Agriculture.) Owners of thrashing outfits aro urged by the United States department of agriculture to Jnstall simple equip ment as Insurance ngalnst grain iind smut dust explosions and fires which cause enormous losses to grain and machinery during the thrashing sea son, particularly u the Pacific north west. Fine dust which "accumulates when the machine Is opcraUng has been found to bo very explosive nnd will readily Ignite. It has been estab lished that many, if not, most of these explosions have been caused by , the Ignition of the dust by sfutlc electricity generated by the moving parts of the grain separator. The engineers of the department have developed nn efficient WsMBBsiBlBlliisillllilWW Women Chauffeurs Operate the Big Army Busses WASHINGTON. Running short or men, tne civil service commission, unuer war necessity, appointed women chauffeurs to operate the big nnnj busses that carry passengers having business with tho government to the various departments. Two Washington girls to receive appointments to the women's motor corps of tho govern nicnt are Miss Esther Trcgcr, 44 Dean avenue, and Mrs. Louise Torbert 2114 II street northwest. "I simply couldn't stand thos knitting-knocking clubs. You know what I mean ; those women who go to the1 thrutr all dolled up with their, knitting. All they do Is to 'knock their frleiids." This Is the explanation from Mrs. Torbert of why she decided to "turn the wheel" fQr Undo Sam Instead ol tnklnc un clerical work or Ited Cross work. "It was just born In me," said her sister chnuITourctle. "I nave uriven the machine for my mother and father ever Blnco we have had u machine, In fact, my father can't run it. He left it all to me," said Miss Treger, wiio la eighteen, tho youngest member of the women s motor corps. Both chnuffcurettos make, 14 trips n day between the quartormastor'i office, Seventeenth and P fitreetH, to the war department annex, Sixth and, D Btrcets. ' They cover about 80 miles a day, guiding their busses right through me ' heart of the business section or what they call the "trafllckest" section. Mrs, Torbert, 'who gives $15 out of her monthly cnrnlngs as chauffcurette to the Red Cross, said: "Oh. I love my work. V shoot on tho gas, throw in tho clutch and Just spin through the city. It would be, Paradise ,If the people Just wouldn't walls in front of tho bus." - , - "The hardest part of tho work Is tho stopping every 20 minutes at tha end of the routes," said Miss Treger, "and no lunch time. Llko fish, we tako a bite whenever We can get It." v KIDNEY TROUBLE HOT . EASILY RECOGNIZED Applicants for Insurance Oftea Rejected KEEP HENS FOR CHEAP EGGS Fleck In City Back Yards Can Be Supported Principally on Waste N From Kitchen. (Prepared by the United States Depart I mont of Agriculture,) Tho best opportunity for cheap egga for city families during tho war Ilea in keeping enough hens la tho back yard whor6 they can bo supported principally on kitchen wastes to sup ply the family table. Tho hooping of An examining phj-nlcian for one of tke prominent life insuranco companies, ia aa Interview of the subject, made the as ' tonishing statement that one reason vtef, so many applicants for insurance are re-, jectcd Is because kidney trouble is so com mon to the Americas people and the Urge majority of those whose appllc&tioas are declined doTaot even suspect that they, have the disease. Judging from reports from druggist who are constantly in direct touch with the public, there is one preparation that . has been very successful ia ovcrcemiag these conditions. The mild and healing influence of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root U sooa realized. It stands the highest for its remarkable record of success. We find thst Swamn-Root is strictlr sn herbal -compound and we would ad vise our readers who feel in need of such remedy to give it a trial. It is on sal at all drug stores in bottles of two sices, medium and large. However, if vou wish first to test thU. great preparation send ten cents to Dsr Kilmer & Co., Bingharaton, N. Y., for si . sample bottle. .Vhcn writing be sure aaJ. mention this paper. Adv. How Woman Plays Golf. Parks I seolhut you have been! plnylng golf with Perkins' wife, Iw she n good player? Lnnc Fnlr Sho goes around Ini ' about a hundred strokes and a couple of thousand words. Life. 1 Blind People Eager to Aid in Winning the War F COURSE tho old fellow at the Ilomo for tho Blind, 8050 It street, north- west, who would not turn his wntch forward when the daylight-savings law went luto effect, had scruples against "changing God's time," but every one of--the 18 Inmates of the home, Thrashing Outfit Destroyed by Grain Dust Explosion. method of grounding the machines to remove the electricity, consisting of. wires connecting the metallic parts with tho ground. An, automatic fire extinguisher also has been developed and hns proved very effective In re ducing flro lossesA suction fan placed near the cylinder has been foundV to bo successful not only In reducing tho amount of dust In suspension In the machine, thereby removing part of the danger p'f explosion, but is an Impor tant factor in cleaning tho grain and increasing its market Valuer Complete instructions for equipping a machine to prevent losses due to dust explosion and fire can be obtained by writing to tho Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 10 GIVE Arff- THING TO Bt ABLE TO Jfllf Tf KAISER IWhTA tmm m TH WOULD GUARD AGAINST FJRE IN HAY Spontaneous Ignition May Result by Storing Improperly Cured -Al-1 falfa or Clover, Prepared by" tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) t A well-filled mow or a big stack of hny, symbql ordinarily of happy pros perity, may contain within it the lurk ing spirit of a, fire that will sweep a farmstead. Many destructive blazes have been caused by' a spontaneous ignition of J Differ Widely From Those of Cattle, a a i . i . i mt T ii. i o . . j I a a . a.. BIG LOSS FROM RODENTS (Prepared by the United State's De partment of Agriculture.) Native" rodents are the cause of enormous; losses in mnny states. Some Idea of tho loss suffered by Individual states Is shown by reports from state di rectors of agricultural exten sion1 work. For example, tho loss in Montnna was from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000; North Dakota, $6,000,000 to $9,000,000 ; Kansas, $12,000,000 ; Colorado, $2,000, 000; California, '$20,000,000; Wyoming, 15 per cent of all crops ; Nevada, 10 to 15 per cent of all crops, or $1,000,000.; New Mexico, $1,200,000 loss tq crops and double this amount to range. most of them over fifty years .old, (arc of one accord. And that Is that the war must be won at tiny sncriuco nnu uioy are doing and will continue to do what they can to help bring the kaiser to his knees. , Mrs. Loulso Wlckert, a Washing ton woman who lias been totally blind for the last 20 yearn and who lias been at the home for the last six years, Is the premier war worker of the blind family. To dato Mrs. Wlckert has knitted thirteen sweaters, seventeen scans nnd three pair of wristlets. Mrs. Ruble Nowlln, jjlso of Washington, has completed ten sweaters, three scarfs and eleven pairs of wristlets. While the women sit in their worn room, knitting, making baskets and doing phdn sewing,-the men. industriously work at caning chairs. All talk ubout the war, One of the treasures of a blind man is nis wur.cn, xnen carne.uie uuyiigui savings law and every clock In the nation was set forward" an hour. Every rlnek but Those at the Home for tho Blind. The, dinner boll there rang ut exactly the Banio time. Six o'clock was Six o'clock. To please them the matron did not chnnire tho bhr clock on the wall. Then one day not long ago Mrs. Josephine Jacobs, president or, tne aiu Association for tho Blind of the District of Columbia and head of the 3iqme, made a visit and discovered, to her amazement, that every clock' nnd watch in the house was "slow.'' Some of the Inmates explained that "they didn't see any sense In the fool law." Mrs. .Jacobs then made a yntnotic nuie speech about! saving daylight and how It was helplug win the war. With a will every timepiece was turned rorwuru uut one. xne oiu ieuow wiui his wntch didn't belleve In "getting mixed up." Tho Iloover program of food conservation is closely followed. Nothing is wasted. Victory oread and sugar allowances nave come mw uh umuu (favor with these blind patriots us with everyone else helping to win the war. Small Flock of Good Hens Will Supply Enough Eggs for Average Family. hens In bnck yards is nn economic opportunity for city families nnd at tho same time an essential part of tho campaign for lncrcuslng poultry production. Tho smallest and least favorably sit uated back yard, says the department, pffera opportunity to keep at least enough hens to supply eggs for the household. Tho number of hens needed for that -purpose Is twlco tho number of persons to bo supplied, nonce, the smnllest flock to bo considered consists' of four hens. When hens aro kept only to furnish eggs for tho tnblo no male bird Is needed. A coop for a' flock of four hens should have a floor nrea of about" 20 square feet, or about Ave feet per lien. For. larger flocks tho Bpaco al lowed per bird may bo a llttlo less, be- cause the snaco is used In common. and. each bird has tho uso of all tho coop except what her companions actu ally becupy. For the ordinary flock of 10 to 15 hens, tho spaco allowed should. bo nboutfour rquarc foot per hen. LEMON JUICE TAKES OFF TAN Glrjs! f Make bleaching lotion if skin is sunburned, tanned or freckled Squeeze the Julco of two lemons Into a bottle containing threo ounces df. Orchard White, shake well, .and you have a quarter pint of tho best freckle, sunburn and tan lotion, and complexloa beautlflcr, at very, very smalt cost Your grocer hits tho lemons nod any drug Btoro or toilet counter will supply three ounces of Orchard Whlto for a few cents. Massago this sweetly fra grant lotion Into tho face, neck, arms and hands each day and boo h6v frock- les, sunburn, wlndburn and tan, disap pear and how clonr, soft and white, the skin becomes. Yes I It Is harmless. Adv. SHIPPING EGGS IN CAR LOTS Average Losses of From, 3 to 9 Per Cent Can Be Greatly Reduced by Proper Packing. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment or Asricuuure.j The amount of damage sustained In marketing eggs In car-load shipments which, according to various reliable authorities, averages from 3 to 0 per cent, has been reduced to less than 1 per cent In tests conducted by tho Unit- Success or Failure. As far .as appearances go "I can" and "I can't" look very much alike. But the difference between them Is all the difference between success and fnllure. , ' 1 ed States department of agriculture, Conductor Felt He Must Draw the Line Somewhere ?Vw&wS- ITS A LAUNDRY TICKET hay, especially clover and alfalfa. Tho first cutting of the latter seems to be most dangerous. If hay of this kind. has rnin or dow oh it or If the stacks NEEDS AND HABITS OF SHEEP Horses and SWIne Met by Interested Study. Prepared by the United States Depart ment oi Asricuuure.j The needs and habits of sheep differ Widely from those of horses, cattle and swine, but present no problems that will not be met by Interested study nnd observation supported by satisfac tory returns. The way boys In sheep clubs have mastered the principles of Bhcep raising Is ample proof of this statement. - . . . ' . . - UrASniNaTON street car conductors, being human, and suuering irora uiu if jnmmlng of the cars along with the pussengers, often are quite grouchy. You can't blame them. It Isn't a bit, fun to be crowded into a street car so tight you can't move, and when you have got to fight your wny to and fro to collect fares It makes, a pretty tough Job. . Of course, It's your Job, so you have to make tho best of It. There Is one conductor In town who has de termined to make the best of It evi dently, for he Is about as good hu mored n man as you can find any plnce, In any Job. He usunlly has nil the people on the car laughing nil tho , time. Ho can't make em "move up front, plcn'jo" for sonio mysterious reason Washlngtonlnns will not move up In ,fronr but ho does keep 'cm smiling, and that Is something. From his place of rest at the crank of tho door-opening device ho sends forth good cheer both fore nnd aft. A man got on the car the other morning. He was In a hurry, und his mind was occupied with the big problems of the day, of this ago filled with some of the biggest problems the worm has oyer known. "TlcketH, please," said the Jovial conductor. The mui reached down Into, his pocket, felt for a -ticket, and reached it forth to the conductor. ' "I can't take tnut," said tho conductor, "i just had a man present mo with an Ice creain soda check. I might have used that, and I will take a rnin check to the baseball game, but I won't tnke n Chlneso laundry ticket. BOYS INTERESTED IN SHEEP Labor Is Not Heavy and Should Be Given Consideration Where Farm Labor Is Scarce, i (Prepared by tho United States Dopart- mcnt of Agriculture.) While the labor required by sheep ' rnlslng Is continuous, It Is not heavy, and f properly supervised and made Interesting by financial return can well bo performed by boys Incapable of other kinds of farm work. This fact should be given consideration In many sections where farm labor is scarce. Millionaire Peeling Potatoes in Camp Kitchen f T WAS Nelson Morris, multimillionaire packer In Chicago, but It's Private 1 Nelson Morris, IC. P. (kitchen policeman) at Camn Meigs, where thd twen- ty-elght-yenr-old head 'of tho 'great Nelson Morris & CO., packers, Is wearing the khukl und hardening his muscles GEE 1 AN' DOLLARS lM O0C HAS HAIrV- Flre Due to Spontaneous Ignition. aro not cured thoroughly, tho moisture will cause fermentation 'which- may produce sufilclent heat to start a fire. Tho corabustloll, however, cannot c6n tlnuo long without oxygen and may ccaso without coming to tho surface. Its presence can'bo detected by a pe culiar sooty odor or by tftnoke irrltut Ing to the eyes. FEED FROM WEEDY PASTURES 4a Jfi . Sheep -Are Capable of Getting Large Percentage of Food From .Land Otherwise Wasted. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment or Asncuiiure.) Sheep aro capable of getting a large percentage of their feed from rough. weedy pusturo not capable of carrying cattle, but it Is a mistake to encour age or advocate tho rnjslng of sheep by people whoso mala interest is In weed control preparatory to doing Wills bit along with other young Americana. About the time Morris wus direct ed to come to Washington as a refrig eration expert In the quurtermaster department wluiro he had volunteered for service at ono dollar n year, bin number was reached In the draft and he was sent to Camp Grant, Itockford, Illinois. After a brbif stay at Camp Grant, however, Morrlft was ordered to report to Washington. Ho was assigned to duty as kitchen policeman reportfng for duty at (J a. m. o peel potatoes or prepare other food for the meals of the 'soldiers. During off hours, Morris cut firewood nnd engaged In other useful won: about tne camp. A period of guard duty, followed for the young soldier-packer, and ho has gono at his duties with a vim that has made his comradqs in arms remark that "Jio is just nice the rest of us and one would never believe ho was a millionaire," N Private Morris' wealth has.not proved a burden Blnco his entry Into army life. lie has fallen into tho routine of the camp in good eplrlts and his su perior olUceni have made no exceptions nor concessions when retailing tho j day's duties for tho various privates in camp. ped on nn nvcrago-pf 1,200 miles. By following good, commercially prac- tlcablo methods of packing, storing, and hauling, eggs can bo transported In car-load lots with n total damage, including "checks," "dents" and "leak ers," of less than 2 per cent. In order to reduce egg losses to thd minimum they should bo packed In new Btandard cases symmetrically mada with 5, or preferably 0, 8-pcnny cement- coated nulls at each corner of the sides and bottom' and at the center pnrtltlon. Coses raado of cottonwood-have, on tho whole, tho greatest number of advan tages. Medium fillers (threo pounds, throe ounces) or heavier should be used.-. It Is absolutely necessary, also, that tho filler bo perfectly new. Even a short-haul shipment Into the packing house should disqualify tho filler for further use. Suitable cushions of ex celsior, with a fiat, should bo placed oo tho top and bottom of tho enno. Corrugated board on tho top of tho caso affords practically tho same protection, as tho excelsior cushion, provided It takes np tho slack. Tho load of egga must bo a solid unit In tho car, fitting without play. This Is tho most Important factor In avoid Ing damago In transit. Tho amount of damaga In properly loaded cars buffed with straw is slightly less than In tho same cars buffed with wood. In plac ing tho huffing,, caro should bo token not to permit It to prevent circulation of air, which Is essential to good re frigeration. When tho straw bulling ia placed at tho bunkers nnd extends from tho top of tho load to the iloor of the car, It Is found that at least CO per cent of tho refrigeration Is lost. Self bracing of tho load by raenru, of fultnblo strips placed below thd cases proved much moro satlsfactorj than braces nailed to tho car. Nulled braces seldom arrive in pluco and fre quently cause much dumuge. Soothe Itching .Scalps. On retiring gently rub spots of dan druff and itching with Cutlcura Olnt- ' ment Next hiornlng shampoo with Cutlcura Soap and hot water. For free eomples address, "Cutlcura, DepL X, J3ost6n." At druggists and y mall. Soap 25, Ointment 26 and 50. Adv.v All-Round Imitation. "What did tho kaiser expect ub to drink ouiiof Ills glided powter cup?'' , "Some kind of nenr-beer, I suppose." Life Is not so short but that there. Is always tjine enough for courtesy. Emerson. . 11 ..J i r : err ft Selected Breeding Fowls. A few breeding fowls selected foi their superior vigor and stronger vi tality will often return a greater profit than a much larger number of fowls Which uro lucking In tlicso essentials. What Your Dollar Bought 10 Years Ago and What it Buys Now The cost of most of the neces sities of life, including materials used Jtj giving telephone, service, has been going up for some time. But today your dollar buys , 400 moro telephone service than ten year ago, And today your dollar buys 40 less of all Uvkis; commodi ties than ten years ugo. The price of the principal items used in telephone repairs and extensions has gone up about 75 per cent during the last two years. THE PAXTON . Normal Eggs Favored. Normal eggs uro almost certain to produce chickens which will Iny nor tnul eggs, while the reverse Is equally true. , . . HOTEL. Omihs, Nebraska EUROPEAN PLAN Rooms from $1.00 up single. 7B ceats up doable. CAFS UICE9 HEASONA8LB AAiT FILM DEVELOPED 10c Pitnts Bo to Oo Mtb. 34 hour serrtoe. QuWntsed work. Rotumud PettsaU. Phete Craft Shop, Omaha, Nab.
