THE SFMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE, N0F1TH PLATTT NERRASKA
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And That, If You Please, Is True Patriotism
WASHINGTON. She stood In the Liberty lnim lino. Ami when her turn
fame to suhserlho to n Ilfty-dollar bond the bit of paper thrilled her
with personal Jubilation; she wis helping to win the war. She wan no slacker,
to stand back and defend her own In
terests with her drawn salary In her
hand. She was a regular Yank, shed
ding lir dollars as the boys were
shedding their blood. That money
meant u wholo lot a woman can find
so ninny uses for $30 these days
but, tluink goodness, she had made
the sncrlllct
And the pride of It fairly bubbled
through brain and body, until the
voice of an aged colored man who was
next In lino stuck a pin In her soul.
"I want a thousand-dollar bond,' sir."
The seller of bonds beamed humorous kindness: "You never In the
world could raise nil Unit money you mean a hundred-dollar bond, don't
you 7"
For contradiction, the aged colored man opened a hand that held u
chunk of bills that called for a thousand-dollar bond.
The woman recognized real sacrifice when she saw It sacrifice that had
grlddled a man's face and stooped his back and calloused his hands Into
human claws and In the seeing her own childish pride fell from her like tlio
rags from that splendid princess In the fairy tale and made her understand
the big thing that Liberty bonds stand for.
And that, If you please, is true patriotism.
Pleasant Sunday Sights Above Capitol Hill
BONDS tgffr jff;
European War Working Wonders
in Production, Particularly
on Pacific Coast.
WAR GARDENS ADD STIMULUS
WATCH FOR DISEASE
OF COMMON POTATO
Raising of Vegetable Seeds Chiefly
Confined to Few Widely Separated
Districts California Is the
Largest Producer.
(Prepared by tlio United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Since the Kuropean sources of vege
table seed have been cut off by war
conditions, the seed-growing Industry
In the United States has made rapid
developments, particularly In the Pa
cific coast and Kocky mountain states,
according to a report of the bureau of
crop estimates, United States depart
ment of agriculture.
An added stimulus to this Industry
has been the Increased number of war
gardens which have been planted In
all parts of the country. The com
mercial production of vegetable seeds
Is chiefly confined to a few widely sep
arated but well-defined districts, but In
exceptional Instances the Industry has
been introduced Into new sections
through the efforts of contracting
Keetlinen who have snuizht to pxnnntl
A1JOVE the green heights of Can toi mi there are streets uiai mm hujuhu i - - -
the area of line residences until they reach a section of unpretentious tlio produc Inn by entering new areas.
i lie production 01 onion seen is car
ried on in many localities. Most of
the Western districts where onions are
grown for market also raise for their
own use and sell the surjilus. The
largest section of production for on
ion seed, however, Is known as the
"river district" of the San Joaquin
and Sacramento valleys In the central
part of California.
Carrot Seed in California.
California Is the largest producer of
enrrot seed. Sacramento and Yolo
counties rank first, with San Joaquin,
Contra Costa, Santa Clara, and San
there stood n white frame house with green shutters set In a garden rimmed I Henltn counties ranking as minor pro-
around with red dahlias you would have recognized the old man who takes : ducers. In tlio production of radish
your umbrella when you "go Into a government building that treasures won-1 seed the situation Is reversed, the coast
derful things. Naturally, you would have smiled recognition as one passer- counties of California producing the
l,y did and just as naturally the old man would have offered you u dahlia, bulk of the crop, and the river dls
w'hlch you would refuse for a certain cranky reason that he would indorse, j trict being unimportant as a producer.
."That's just the way wife and I feel about posies. Wo cut them to give It is also grown in the Tactile North--pleasure
to others, but, for ourselves, we feel that after a flower has had to west. Heet seed is grown in both
wait n whole year to bloom. It likes to stay on its' bush. I always take Sun- j the river and coast districts of Call
Inys after early church to putter around the house and garden. The change , fornin,' but Is probably grown more
from office work rests me more than nnythlng else. You know the doctors extensively around Sacramento than In
tell us that change Is rest, and I don't know what wo laboring men and j any other portion cf the state. Let
woinen would do without our blessed Sundays. The Dlvlno Father was j tuce seed Is grown almost exclusively
' tlmiiL'litfnl of our needs when he declared that the Sabbath was made for i near the coast section of California,
man and not man for the Sabbath."
Ho said It with a reverence that would havo kept any passer-by silent
regardless of personal views and as you turned homeward by the woman i
who wns tying up vines arid the man who was tacking weather strips ana
the overall man on the roof, It would have como to you somehow that tlio
Scripture line had suddenly taken on the realism of a voice, and that the
voice was saying: .
"The Sabbath was made for man."
Outbreak in East Indicates In
troduction of Ailment.
Trouble May Be Recognized by Irreg
ular, Warty Outgrowth All Sgs
plclous Cases Should Be Re.
ported to Washington.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Gardeners In all parts of the coun
try are asked by the United States de
partment of agriculture to watch for
Instances of potato wurt, a disease
that has been discovered In gardens
In ten small mining towns In Luzerne
county, eastern Pennsylvania, und that
It Is feared has been carried by Hu
ropean shipments to other districts.
The disease may bo recognized by Ir
regular, warty outgrowths, beginning
in the tender tissues near the eyes
and enlarging until the entire potato
may bo changed into a black and
worthless mass.
All suspicious cases should be re
ported to the Department of Agricul
ture, Washington. 1). G., or to the Slate
1JOVE the green heights of Capitol hill there arc streets that trail beyond
homes. If you had walked out that way n Sundny morning recently you
would have seen, among other pleas
ant sights:
A man in overalls coating his roof
A with brown paint. There Is nothing
"a" - J . ... it i '
Kiamorous uuom uvuiuhs, um mui i
paint is exceedingly cverydnylsh, but j
from Ilnphacl to date no artist ever (
daubed canvas more rnpturously than i
that overall man daubed tin.
Down nnoth-jr street a man was
tacking weather strips on his front
windows, while Ills family looked on.
Around a corner n woman was
tvlnu un a leafless vine ntrainst a fence. And at the next crossing, where
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Should Midshipmen Serve a Year's Enlistment?
IT IS the belief of mnny officials of the navy department that every mid
shipman should serve an enlistment of one year.1 In fact, It was tlio
purpose, If the war hud not Intervened, of nnvy department officials to recom
mend that no midshipman appointed
to the naval academy should receive
his commission under five years, and
that, after passing the entrance ex
nmlnntlon, every appointee should go
to sea as a regularly enlisted man and
serve one year In tlio ranks before en
tering Annapolis.
It lias been suggested as a better
plan to afford future officers experi
ence as seamen, that the course at
Annnpolls should bo divided.
' The first two years' Instruction
would be given ashore at the academy, the third being spent at sea, doing
the duties and hnvlng the same discipline as all other enlisted men, and mid
shipmen then to return to the naval academy for two years prior to grad
uation. There may be some discussion as to which suggestion Is best, but many
officials of the department are fully convinced Unit no man should he com
missioned an officer in the American navy until he has spent nt least one year
"before the mast," not as an officer, but as an enlisted man.
This experience, It Is believed, would Insure practlcnl knowledgo which
would give the officer the viewpoint of the enlisted seaman which he could
obtain in no other way.
The. American Ideal Is that men should obtain high station by beginning
at the lowest nmg in the ladder. They should obtain place and position by
first mastering the primary duties.
This Is the Idea that the navy officials have In mind, and It seems
probable that after the present war some such method will be adopted for
the future.
Most of Western Onion Districts Raise
Every Gardener Is Urged to Protect
Potato Supply Against Disease by
Reporting All Cases to United
States Department of Agriculture.
College of Agriculture. All diseased
potatoes should bo burned and the Info-tod
ground staked olT.
Several well-estalillshed cases of tho
disease have been discovered In gar
dens In ten small mining towns in Lu
zerno county, In eastern Pennsylvania.
The extent of the Infestation has not
yet been determined, but an active sur
vey of this and other districts is now
under way. In most of these gardens
It has been observed by the owners
during the last two seasons. In many
gurdens It has been severe for threo
years, while In a few Instances It has
done considerable damage for four
years.
From European Source.
The source of the disease appears
to bo a shipment of several carloads
of European potatoes of Inferior qual
ity, distributed In 1012, before tho
passage of the Plant Quarantine Act.
Since, that date the Importation of po
tatoes from countries where potato
wart is known to exist has been pro
hibited by the federal horticultural
hoard, but tho disease has evidently
become established In some localities.
Tho wnrt Is a disease attacking tho
i uhers and aluo the stems, causing Ir
regular, warty outgrowths, beginning
in the tender Ubsuos near tlio eyes and
enlarging until the entire potato may
bo changed Into a black and worthless
mass. The young galls are whitish
or greenish, suggesting a cauliflower
bend. In the present outbreak the dis
ease manifests Itself in a very sevcro
form, though In a limited area, prac
tically destroying tho whole crop In
many of the gardens affected.
There Is little danger that the dis
ease will spread rapidly to neighbor
dig states, as the Pennsylvania stato
authorities, under the leadership of
Economic Zoologist .1. O. Sanders, aro
co-operating in the survey and will
take the necessary restrictive men
What Is a Prune? How About This Definition?
U IT AD to como all the way to Washington to find out what a prune was,"
1 sahl one pretty war worker to another the other afternoon, as they rodo
homeward on the street car.
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Now, my dear," protested the other, "for
heaven's sake don't begin to tell mo
about boarding-house prunes. That
joko Is as old as the hills."
"Oh, I don't mean that," snld the
first war worker. "I really mean It.
You see, I am from California, out
where wo have all kinds of fruit, you
know. Of course, I lived in tho city,
but I thought I knew all about things
that grow.
"Prunes I accepted as a matter of
fact, and never thought about them
one way or tho other. If you had
asked me I would have said they grew on a prune tree, or- on bushes, or some
thing. I Just never thought, that's all.
"To think that I should have laid to come to tho nntlonal capital to find
out ! Life Is a funny proposition, all right, and knowledge, sometimes, almost
us curious. I had to travel clenr across the continent to find out the llfo
history of the prune.
"When I go home I can tell the folks about many things crowded street
cars, and tho boarding houses, and the beautiful streets, and that lovely baby
hippopotamus at the zoo, and that time I saw the president, and many other
things and, also, what a prune Is!
"I just happened to be looking through a dictionary, and thero I saw It:
"'Prune the dried fruit of the plum.'
"Honest, I never knew a prune was a dried plum before. Did you?"
How about it?
Their Seed Supplies and Sell Any j rJ8 to prevent Infective material from
Surplus.
particularly In Santn Clara and San
Henlto counties and also In San Luis
oblspo county.
The pea-seed growing districts are
widely scattered but are somewhat re
stricted by tho pea weevil. The two
largest districts are In eastern Wash
ington and eastern Idnlio.
Other Vegetable Seed.
The production of seed of the garden
arietles of beans is concentrated In
portions of Colorado, California, Wash
ington, nnd Idaho. The (Ireeley dis
trict of Colorado Is the leading dis
trict. Llmn-bean seed-growing is con
fined to the coast counties of southern
California. Cantaloupe and cucum
ber seed Is produced extensively In
Colorado, particularly In the Itocky
I'ord district or the Arkansas valley.
Tomato seed is most extensively pro
duced In Orange county, California,
south of Santa Ana. Other seed crops
produced In this district are peppers
and various vine crops. The principal
cabbage-seed growing district Is In
the Puget sound country, but the grow
ing of cabbage seed Is being tried out
In other localities and now districts
of Importance may be developed. This
statement also applies to turnip seed.
Spinach seed Is produced in Cali
fornia and In the Northwest. During
ihe past season the Industry has de
veloped, particularly In Yolo and Sac
moving out of the district
It Is feared that other shipments of
European potatoes, made prior to tho
quarantine, have carried the dlseaso
to other districts. It should bo sought
for, especially in tlio gardens of Indus
trial and mining vlllnges, which wero
the principal markets for cheap, for
eign potatoes, in such places garbage
Is thrown Into the garden and potatoes
are grown continuously, thus favoring
tlio spread of wart diseases.
European experience with wart dis
ease, particularly In England, Indi
cates It to bo a very serious trouble.
Tho saving feature Is the discovery
that certain varieties of potatoes aro
Immune, and only these are now al
lowed to be planted on Infested land.
No American vnrleties have yet been
found resistant. Tlio English sorts
will bo tried, though experience to dato
is that European potatoes as a class do
not give good results in this country.
INSECTS KILLED BY PLOWING
When Soil Is Put Into Shape for Next
8eason'a Crops Numerous Bugs
Aro Destroyed.
Plowing which puts the ground into
the best condition for crop growing
during tho coming season will also
kill numerous Insects that winter In
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What Determines Meat and
Live-Stock Prices?
Some stock men still think that Swift &
Company -and other big packers can pay
as little for live-stock as they wish.
Some consumers are still led to believe
that the packers can charge as much for
dressed meat as they wish.
This is not true. These prices are fixed by
a law of human nature as old as human
nature itselfthe law of supply and demand.
When more people want meat than there
is meat to be had, the scramble along the line
to get it for them sends prices up. When
there is more meat than there are people who
want it, the scramble all along the line to get
rid of it within a few days, while it is still
fresh, sends prices down.
When prices of meat go up, Swift &
Company not only can pay the producer
more, but has to pay him more, or some
other packer will.
Similarly, when prices recede all down the
line Swift & Company cannot continue to pay
the producer the same prices as before, and
still remain in the packing business.
All the packer can do is to keep the expense
of turning stock into meat at a minimum,
so that the consumer can get as much as
possible for his money, and the producer as
much as possible for his live-stock.
Thanks to its splendid plants, modern
methods, branch houses, car routes, fleet of
refrigerator cars, experience and organization,
Swift & Company is able to pay for live
cattle 90 per cent of what it receives for beef
and by-products, and to cover expense of
production and distribution, as well as its
profit (a small fraction of a cent per pound),
out of the other 10 per cent.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
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An Easy Matter.
An American and an Irishman were
telling each other wonderful things
which had been done In their respec
tive countries.
"I guess we have tho best Jumpers
In tho world," said the American.
"Why, one of our men ran thirty miles
and then Jumped over a 5-barrcd gate."
"Suit', no wonder lie did," said the
Irishman. "Look at the run he took."
PROVEN SWAMP-ROOT
AIDS WEAK KIDNEYS
No Wonder.
"What a smooth look tho convict
yonder has."
"Naturally. He Iuih Just bee.
Ironed."
Of the (UK) tons of ivory brought an
nually Into England, Shefilcld consume
a third.
the ground, such aB wlreworms, cut-
riunento counties of California, but Is j worms, white grubs und corn oar
not confined to thut region. worms.
The Hymptonm of kidney nnd bladder
troubles arc often very distrmiiiig nnd
leuvo the system in a run-down condition.
Tho kidncya neein to miller most, an al
most every victim complains of lame back
and urinary trouhluH which should not be
neglected, as these danger signalx often
lead to more daugeroua kidney troubled.
Dr. Kilmer's Swninp-Koot which, bo
many people say, noon hculs nnd strength
ens tho kidneys, is a splendid kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, and, being
an herbal compound, has a gentle heal
ing effect on the kidneys, which is al
most immediately noticed in most cases
by those who use it.
A trial will convince anyone who may
bo in need of it. better get a bottle from
your nearest drug store, and start treat
ment at once.
However, If you wiah first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., liinghamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottie. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
The Very Name Jara on Him.
"Can't you hud congenial work?"
"Madam, for me no work is con
genial." Hostou Evening Transcript.
Headache, nillom Attarks, InitlKtutlcin, are
cured liy taking Mar Apple. A lor, Jalap mailt
into I'leaaaot I'fUHe (Dr. I'lrrca'a). Adr.
At Is Were.
"The Turtle Is un unsociable critter."
"Lives too much within biniM-lf. so
to speak." Louisville Courler-.Iournal
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it's dangerous.
You can't afford to risk
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