THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
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Js America to Have Universal Military Training?
WASHINGTON. Now that the world war Is over ami tho United States
must frame n military policy of permanence for the future, the Konornl
staff of the army Is doclnrcckto be preparing n program for submission to
congress with universal military train
should continue despite the cessation of hostilities. In the peace settlement
the subject of national armaments Is to Uc dealt with and the belligerents
have agreed that one of the bases of peace shall be a reduction of urmament
'.o the least degree consistent with public safety.
Proponents of universal military training Insist that no scheme of na
tional preparedness for defense could be more consistent with a world policy
reduction of armaments than universal training Itself. Universal training
iloes not mean the development of a huge standing army walling for a fight,
)Ut prepares a nntlon for security In ensq It Is assailed.
For this reason men In and out of congress and In the war department
vho have been urging universal training for years believe the peace terms
will serve to hasten the adoption of military training by tho American con
gress ut an early dute.
It Is believed that public opinion, which was divided before the war, will
favor universal mllltnry training, especially If It Is complemented by voca
tional training. The war has been an object lesson that all men might read.
It is a lamentable fact that before the war the curse of Young America
was that it had no sense of responsibility or discipline a condition for which
.the parents were quite as much to blame as their sons. Military training has
changed all that.
It has also been n liberal education in many of the essentials of life for
the young soldiers. It has brought men of all races and creeds together. It
has fostered democracy and It has urousd patriotism.
And the least observant cansee what it has doiio to Improve the physical
condition of the young men of America.
The Long and Short of
.rvKEGON at tho last election chose a
v term," ns It was marked on the ballot. It now appears that the ballot
used language that was substantially correct In most respects.
When the late Senator I.iuio died
last year, Charles L. McNary was up-
pointed by tho governor of Oregon to
1111 the vacancy until the people could
choose a successor nt the last election.
The short term expires March -1.
Senator McNnry wanted to run for the
long term also. The Oregon election
laws prohibited his name going on
the ballot twice. It was therefore
necessary to run u "dummy" candl- ,
date.
Ex-Senator Mulky was picked to
run for tho short term and Senator McNary ran tor the long term. I'otli
were elected.
Mr. Mulky Is pledged to resign his ofllce Immediately, however, to make
way for the appointment of Senator McNary to 1111 out the short term. Mr.
.Mulky will come to Washington this week to take the oath of ofllce. lie will
occupy his scat In the senate one day and then will resign.
Senator McNary will be reappointed to fill out the term and will take his
seat on Mnrch 4 for the long term without further Interruption.
Oh the whole, the language of tho Oregon ballot on election day seems
to bo accurate cr.jugh for all political purposes.
"Where Dame Nature Is
NATIONAL parks attracted about 450,000 visitors In the 1018 season, accord
ing to the official statistics which will appear In the forthcoming annual
report of the national park service, department of the Interior. These figures
cover 15 of the 17 national parks; no
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1017. Considering wartime conditions
hls showing Is considered very credll.ible. Rocky Mountain National Park
(Colorado) leads the scenic porks In attendance as usual with about 80,000
visitors, ns compared with 117.18(1 In 1917. This Is twice the number visiting
Jiny other park except Mount Rainier, which had about 45.000 visitors owing
to the. proximity of Camp Lewis. Hot Springs (Arkansas), which is medicinal
rather than scenic, shows an Increase of 15,000. Yellowstone (Wyoming),
where tho hotels were closed and only the camps operated, shows a decrease
of about 15,000. The California parks fell off about 4,000 each.
Hero are the approximate attendance figures for the more Importnnt
parks followed by tho official 1917 figures: Hot Springs, 150,000 and 1:15,000;
Itocky Mountain, 80,000 and 117,180; Yellowstone, U0.000 and 35,400; Sequoia
(California), 14,000 and 18,500; Yoscmite (California), 30,000 and 34,510;
General Grant (California), 13,000 and 17.390; Mount Rainier, 45,000 and 35,
508; Crater Lake (Oregon). 10,000 and 11.015; Piatt (Oklahoma, medicinal),
35,000 and 35.000; Mesu Verde (Colorado), 2,000 and 2,223; Glacier (Mon
tana), 11,000 and 15.050.
Can Hun U-Boat Fleet Clear Up Cyclops Mystery?
WHEN the allies control the German submarine fleet and ure punishing its
crimes against civilization and humanity shall wo clear up the mystery
of tho disappearance with ull on board of tho giant United States collier
Cyclops last March while homeward
hound from Rio with a big cargo of
manganese, a crow of 350 men and a
number of passengers?
As it stands now the case of the
Cyclops Is probably the most perplex
Ing of all tho long list of mysteries of
tho sea. She touched nt Barbados
and left thero March 4, bound for
New York, whore she was due March
13. The navy department was unable
to tlnd so much ns a llfo preserver or
an onr. "'ho vessel has been declared
The known public fucts
' s hull was stanch In nil respects.
ii iuT engines wns out of order and she was proceeding under the
other.
Tho weather nt the time of her leaving Barbados wns normal, and so
-continued In that region for many days.
Sho sent out no distress slgnnls.
Lleutennnt Commander George WIchmnn Worley was born In Germany.
He legally changed his nnme from WIchmnn to Worley. Ho became a citi
zen In 1893. He had a wife and child in Norfolk, Va. He had commanded
the Cyclops for ten yenrs. '
Did her cargo break tho Cyclops In two? Did her cargo shift und cap
size her? Was she sunk by an Internal explosion? Was sho sunU by n sub
marine or a mine? Was she captured by the Germans? Wus she surrendered
through treachery? Is she afloat In some German port? Or wns 6ho "spurlos
Verscnkt?"
ing for the basis.
It is known that the stuff Is prac
tically unanimous for universal train
ing as a sound military policy and that
it is prepared to submit a bill embody
ing all the best features of former
bills on this subject.
The general staff Is known to
have Influenced the order by Provost
Marshal General Crowder that tho
classification of elghtcen-yeartold reg
istrants under the present draft law
It in Oregon's Politics
United States senator for the "short
-ON THIS
MOMENTOUS
OCCASION
-THINK-
at Her Wildest and Best
record was kept nt Hawaii and Mount
McKInley Is inaccessible until the
further construction of the govern
ment railroad In Alaska. This Is a
falling ofT from 1917. which was the
record year, with 487.30S visitors. The
decrease Is larirelv due to tho Increase
In rUro'ul fares slnce th0 tourist
travel by private automobile, which
now constitutes tho bulk of the at
tendance, wns about the same as In
are these
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WORK OF COUNTY
AGENT IN SOUTH
Satisfactory System Has Been
Firmly Established in
Several States.
PROGRESS HAS BEEN RAPID
Recent Report Shows Status of De
velopment of Organization, and
Discusses Some of Problems
Which Have Been Met.
(Prepared by tho United Htntcs Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
That the county-agent plan of carry
ing agricultural Information to the
farmer Is firmly established us a sat
isfactory system in 15 southern states
Is shown In a review by olllclals or tho
United States department of agricul
ture pf progress made during the last
calendar year. A report of this work
recently made public shows the status
of this rapidly developing agricultural
organization In the South during 1!)1G,
and also discusses some of the prob
lems which are being met In the eifort
to Increase this service In accordance
with the country's emergency agricul
tural needs. The confidence of the
states in the county-agent plan Is
shown by the fact that most of the
legislatures In the South are making
liberal appropriations to aid In Its
support.
Number of Extension Workers.
There were employed In the 15 south
ern states during the year SCO regular
county agents, 28 assistant county
agents, !U hoys' club agents and 00
colored men agents for work among
colored people. Kach stale also has n
director of extension and a state agent
or assistant director In charge of tho
work of the county agents. Women
engaged In the home-demonstration
work numbered 570. Of these l!l nro
state agents In charge of the work in
their rcspccivc states, 41 are assistants
and district agents, und 513 county
women ngents and 7 colored home
demonstration agents.
Increase In Community Organizations.
l'rogress in organizing the county
agents' work In the South this year
was gratifying, olllclals of the depart
ment of agriculture say. Tho last
annual report shows the formntlon of
1,054 community organizations of
farmers, with a membership of 44,548.
The report for the present year shows
an Increase to ,50S organizations with
n membership of 78,000. This report
One of Branches of County Agent
Work in South Is Interesting Boys
in Better Farm Methods.
does not Include co-operative organiza
tions not formed by county agents,
even though they gave active support
and assistance to tho county repre
sentative and sorved in the capacity of
a local community organization. Such
associations Include local granges,
farmers' unions and church and civic
organizations of varied character. It
Is estimated that 200,000 farmers aro
enrolled In all these community organ
izations which aro assisting county
agents.
Since this report was made thero
has been a great Increase In this work.
At the present time tho total number
of agents Is approximately 2,200, con
sisting In part of DSO county agents,
815 county home demonstration agents
and 85 negro agents (men) and 70
women.
SMUTS DESTROY MUCH WHEAT
Farmer Can Do Nothing More Patrl
otic Than Treat Seed It Is
Inexpensive and Sure,
Preventable smuts destroy enough
wheat every year to make 4,000,000
hum-Is of flour, oats enough to feed
',000.000 cavalry horses, and barley
.aid rye enough for 400,000 barrels of
wheat substitutes. You can do noth
ing more patriotic than treat your
seed. Simple, Inexpensive, sure. For
Information write to your statu exten
sion department or tho United States
department of agriculture. Do It now.
PROFITABLE FARM SIDE LINE
One That Can Be Worked at Odd
Times When Other Work Is Slack
Will Booat Income.
A profitable sldo line that can bo
worked at odd times when other work
Is slack will go far toward boosting
the Income of the average farm.
Where there Is a ledge of salable
stone a quarry may bo made to fill in
the gaps In the labor schedule, or nn
outcropping of limestone may bo made
profitable to tho advantage of tho
whole neighborhood by tho Installation
of a stone erisher.
SYSTEMATIC BATTLE
WILL STOP RODENTS
Little Animals Extort Heavy Toll
From tho Farmer.
Annual Loss Caused to Crops Esti
mated at $300,000,000 Active Co.
operation of Neighbors Need
ed for Extermination.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Systematic nnd organized cam
paigns, in which the entire community
is interested, aro suggested as means
of successfully exterminating Injurious
rodent pests on the farm by tho bu
reau of biological survey of tho Unit
ed States department of agriculture.
There aro about 750 forms of rodents
Inhabiting tho United Stntcs, and the
annual loss which they cause in food
and feed crops Is estimated at fully
SHOO.OOO.OOO. " They feed upon crops In
the field and In storage, In some casca
destroying grass land so completely
that erosion follows. In the Irrigated
sections of tho West some species bur
row through the dikes, releasing tho
water and Hooding tho crops. Moth-
Pocket Gopher.
ods of exterminating these pests bj
trapping and poisoning, which the In
dividual farmer as well as tho commu
nity can employ, aro told in Farmers
Uulletln 0112, recently published by tht
United States department of agrlcul
ture.
Any farmer may, by care and Indus
try, free his own premises of harm
ful rodents, but he Is helpless to pre
vent an early recurrence of the trou
bio unless he can secure the actlvt
co-operation of his neighbors. The do
partment of agriculture urges, there
fore, that whenever possible tho do
structlon of these pests be n commu
nlty undertaking. In the past, Individ
ual efforts often supplemented by the
payment of bounties by state, countj
or township have been only portlnllj
successful In reducing rodent deprcda
tlons. In many western counties tin
amount paid out In a single year foi
bounties on pocket gophers nnd ground
squirrels, would, If wisely expended It
poisoning operations such ns hnv
been practiced under government an
pervlslon on public lands, secure tin
destruction of nearly every such anl
mnl in the county and innko unncces
sury much further outlay for tho pur
poso.
A few of the rodents which lnhnbl
the United States are not classed at
Injurious as they live In deserts
mountains or swamps nnd rarely conn
in contact with cultivated crops. Somt
are valuable because they feed Inrgclj
upon Insects, some because they pro
duce fur and others because they nn
useful as human food. Of tho lnjurl
ous species nil are native to this coun
try with the exception of four tin
house mouse nnd threo kinds of rati
but these four :ause approximate!
two thirds of all tho damage. FleM
mice, kangaroo rats, pocket gophers
ground squirrels, pralrlo dogs, wood
chucks, and rabbits ure among tht
most destructive of the nntlvo species
PROPER FEED FOR COWS
(Prepared by tho United States De
partment of AKrlculture.)
1. Under most circumstances
the cow should bo fed all tho
roughage that she will eat up
clean, nnd the grain ration
should lie adjusted to the milk
production.
2. A grain mixture should bo
fed In the proportion of one
pound to euch three pints or
pounds of mjlk produced daily
by tho cow, except In tho caso
of a cow producing a How of 40
pounds or more, when tho ration
may he one pound to each threo
and a half or four pounds of
milk. An even better rulo Is
"ono pound of grain each day for
every pound of butterfat that
the cow produces during tho
week.
:i. Feed ull tho cow will re
spond to In milk production.
When sho begins to put on
flesh, cut down tho grain.
SUITABLE PLACE FOR APPLES
Storage Room In Basement of Dwell
Ing, In Outdoor Cellars and Pita
Are All Good.
(Prepared by .ho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Apples niny lio kept In tho ntontK
room In tho liiiKoinent of tlic dwelling,
In outdoor Htoriiuo cellars, nnd In
bunks or pltK. Conditions sultrtblo for
tho keeping of potatoes nnswer fairly
well for apples. Under noino condi
tions It will he an advantago to fttoro
part of the crop In the cellar nnd thet
lute-keeplnj? varieties suitable for
spring use in outdoor hanks or pits.
RECEIVING WAR GROSS
The patriotic
spirit nnd devotion
With which Ameri
can women liavo
so far performed
war-scrvico work
and made sacrifices
linn n o r c r been
equaled In the
history of any
country. Mothers,
wives nnd sisters
Bupport this bunion
with strength and
fortitude. Hut
those who aro al
ready niUornblo
from the complaints nnd weaknesses which
are bo common to women, siiouiu mno io
right tot.u for the womanly system.
If a woman is borne down by pain
ami sufferings at regular or . Irregular
Interval, by nervousness or dixnr spcus,
by headache or backache, "lavorito
Prescription" should be taken. favor
ite Prescription" can now be had in
tablet form ns well ns liquid nt most drug
stores. Send to Doctor Pierce's Invalids
Hotel. HulTnlo. N. Y.. for a ten-cent trial
package of tablets.
For fifty years Dr. Pierce's riensnnt
Pellets havo been moat satisfactory in liv
er nnd bowel troubles.
TJiOi "1 know Dr. Pierce's
.J, VS. V a
Favorite Prescription to be a wonderful
help to women dining expectancy. Alwajs
during this lime 1 toole ll ami u was viic
means of keeping me in a strong, healthy
condition. I had practically no suffering,
nnd I believe my children wcro stronger
mnl limllliipr limn Ihev would have, been
if I had not taken this medicine. I can
highly recommend it to all women nt this
rriiiVnl timr! ttuv will find It nn excellent
mcdicine."-Mrs. Edith Roberts, (HO W.
Court St. '
Snapped Him Up.
She rYou looked so sheepish when
you proposed.
He And you looked so wolfish when
you accepted me.
Dandruff and Itching.
To restore dry, fulling hnlr and got rid
of dandruff", rub Cutlcura Ointment
Into scalp. Next morning shnmpoo with
Cutlcura Soap and hot water. For
free snmplcs address, "Cutlcura, Dept.
X, Iloston." At druggists nnd by mall.
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50. Adv.
When a man goes In politics tho chief
Interest at election Is to see how ho
comes out.
Most men study art by tho aid of a
mirror.
Nebraska Directory
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Examined
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FLITTON OPTICAL CO.
213 So. 16Ui SL Omaha
florists
Special attention to outslds
orders for Uoral designs br
wall orexpreta. Quick sorfloe
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FILMS DEVELOPED FREE
When Prints Are Ordered
Prlntii2Wx3W,8cent8;2Hx4W,4 cental
postal card size, 0 cetilH, postpaid.
Beaton Photo Supply Co.
15th & Fernam St. Omaha. Neh.
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All hlmlH of Typewriters.
GUARANTEED TYPEWRITERS
SIO AND UP
Write for Hat. We alao aavp you
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1404 Dodge Hi. Umulin. Neb.
SPECIAL!!
Uuy direct from u manu
facturer by the boxj 50
clRurH of equul quality
would cost yuu 12.60 nine-
where, our price 12.00, you
miveMX;. Bhlpped prepaid.
H. BESEUN & SON, 1405
Douglas St. Omaha, Neb.
TIRES-RADIATORS
1IA1KIAIN8 In used tires while they last.
ftiUO I 112x4 t-lV
BUlllU 11(0 it'll!, 10 00
HU) Mil 11(10
Otlinr Hint up to 87x6, Tires ahlpni-d snb
Jct to exumlnatliin on doposltof tlUU) Itx
pres propuld wlion icuiIUmiicoI wltluiriler.
1 loner Comb Kurd HmllnUir, I'.UU, tzi; 1117,
J3. JtrtroaillnKand VulcnrililiiK. Knrilators
rrpalrnd nnd rebuilt, oatlli lUliUTUU iitii
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issue Life Insurance Certificates for
$250.00 to $5,000.00
NO MAN CAN HAVE TOO MUCHI
Prerent members may obtain additional
amount winch, with their present
Unloenal certificate is in lull iorce liom
the nremium nevei changes.
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3rd Floor PAXTON BLOCK. tClh and Farnam
Sts.. OMAHA, llest ennlpped Dental Offices
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discount to all people llTlng outalde of Omaha.
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wii,. . .iis-ou mh naoo
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1510 Dnvrnport St., OMAHA DougUt 1241
MID-WEST ELECTRIC CoT
107 lltrnfj Bt Omnhn.Neb,
701' Cherry HU Doi Molnci, in.
ELECTRICAL JODDERS
fHitrlbntore for aitnenl Ulctrto Co., AmaMci
Jtlrculc Co., Telephone: o. A. Wood I'reserrcr Uo.
PT A good stock ot mrl supplies, both oltlss
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Importers and .lobbors
PIPES AND SMOKERS SUNDRIES
EXPERT PIPE REPAIRING
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Pollock Oil Co., Omaha. Neb.
Fix That Leaky Roof
Use NOAH'S PITCH
Send for circular and prices.
Sunderland Machinery & Supply Co.
Omaha
1'lctures ot fur bearing
animals nnd their tracks,
trapping lr.ws and parcel
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