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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1919)
THE SEMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THIS MAJESTIC STATE Reports of Interesting Happenings Throughout Nebraska Condensed to a Few Lines for Quick . Perusal. Hundreds of miles of teleiiione nnd telegraph Hues were destroyed as the result of the worst snow and sleet Storm of the season tlmt swept over the state Into lust week. Some parts of the north half of the state reported n gale of from fiO to 00 miles an hour, with snow drifted to a depth of twelve feet. It was the most unusual blizzard that ever gripped this part of the country. Outside the toppling over of thousands of telephone poles and de moralizing wire and rail communica tion, little damage was done. Few parts of the state experienced weath er colder than 2.' above zero. United States District Attorney Al len nt Lincoln announced that Anders Jensen. 58, bachelor farmer of Mln don. Is to be deported to Germany and will forfeit his 80-ncro farm and per sonnl property for opposing America's participation in the war. The district attorney Indicated that other Nebras kans classed as "dangerous alien enemies" would be sent hack to the kalserland. At the state potato show at Scotts Muff. Box Butte county again won most prizes, winning the Newberry cup over every county In western Ne braska for the best quality exhibit of spuds, and the tine sliver cup glvtm by the Scottsbluff Commercial club for the best arranged exhibit, nlso seven teen Individual prizes. The 1i20 con vention goes to Uushvllle. A petition signed by S00 men of the farming community of Cuming county was presented to the county board, asking for the abolition of the farm bureau and discharge of the county agent. The board took action and granted the petition and discontinuing the bureau, consequently letting out F. 15. Glnssburno, the present county agent. Nebraska's two United States sena tors, Hitchcock and Norris, split their vote on the suffrage amendment when the senate turned it down for the fourth time, Norris casting his vote for the resolution and Hitchcock against It. Both houses of the state legislature had called upon Senntov Hitchcock to support the measure. W. E. Sliarpe, head of the Nebras ka Potash Producers' association, told a senate committee at Washington that 3,000 laborers already were out of employment In 'Nebraska as n re sult of curtailment of the Industry, and that unless congress furnishes Im .mediate relief, Nebraska potash pro ducers will face bankruptcy. Ill health was the reason for the re signation of Silas W. Uolconib, former governor and supreme justice of Ne braska, as a member of tho board of control, according to a statement miule by the judge at Lincoln. The re signation is effective May 1, or as soon thereafter as his successor Is qualified. State Prohibition Agent Gas Hyers and his deputies made a new dis covery when they confiscated a num ber of suit eases aboard a Kansas City-Omaha train and In them found several gallon paint cans, labelled paint, full of genuine whisky. A special election scheduled at Fro mont to vote a bond issue of 109,000 to take up that amount of refunding bonds was not held, because the day before election the legislature passed n law giving city councils right to re new bonds. United States Senator Hitchcock of (Nebraska In referring to tho const! tutlon of the League of Nations, read td the peace congress at Paris by President Wilson, asserted that it im pressed him very favorably. C. H. Gustafson of Lincoln was re elected president of the Nebraska Farmers' Union and .1. M- Burdlck of Norfolk vice president at the an nual meeting of tho association at Omaha. The congregation of the Naznreno Church at Newman Grove is raising funds to construct a new editlee In tho city. A hotel, opera house and sewer sys. tern are among the improvements con templated at Deshler the coming sea son. From tho looks of things down at Lincoln now, Nebraska Is sure to have a new capltol building before long. Tho Federation of Nebraska retail ers has decided to move tho state headquarters from Omaha to Lincoln P. s have been formulated 'and money pledged for the erection of a modern 2,'t-ronm hotel building to cost $20,000 at Dalton. Clinton .Mattocks, Cherry county man, twice reported killed in action has arrived at his home from France He reports lie had never been in front line trenches. Arrangements have been made for the construction of state highways from Lodgcpole to Dalton, from Potter to Dalton ami from Sidney to Bridge port, via Dalton. Up to last Monday, twelve counties: Dodge. Gage, Boone, Butler, Dixon, Dawson, Howard, Nemaha, Polk, Sar py, Valley and Wayne had reached their quotas In the campaign ror u, (MR) in Nebraska for relief In tho near east. England's embargo on American products anticipated nn embargo the United States will havo to declare to protect American Interests and labor against competition with nations where labor standards are lower, Gov ernor McKelvle wired in answer to a query from the New York American Tho hearing at Lincoln of Injunc tion proceedings Instituted by tho state's attorney general against Ne braska tolcphone companies to pre vent enforcement of Postmnster Gon- eral Burleson's schedule of telephone toll rates, was postponed Indefinitely, pending decision by tho United States suprome court of a test suit of slm- liar nature to be appealed from some other stato where such litigation hns progressed further than in Nebraska. In tho meantime tho Burleson ratos will not bo effcctlvo In this stato, tem porary restraining orders having been secured by the attorney gcnoml. In reply to Governor McKelvlc's re- quest for the dlschnrgo of Nebraska men from tho army, who are needed on farms of the state, Major Goneral Leonard Wood at Camp Funston In formed tho governor that n nttempt Is now betng made to got congress to pass legislation to recruit men to fill up regiments with men who want to stay In the army and permit tho dis charge of men who desire to go home to work on farms or elsewhere. The Kemper Dry Goods Co., the Morrison Dry Goods store, the Golden Rule store, and the Farmers' Stato bank at Bayard, were burglarized the other night, tho thieves taking $800 worth of silk from the Morrison store and $1,000 whrth of the same class of goods from the Golden Hule. Very little was taken at the Kemper store t the bank the thugs contented them selves with taking $10 worth of rev enue stamps, and three pistols. Richard C. Craven of Albany, N. Y.. field director of American Ilcd Star animal relief, made the assertion re cently that Nebraska lost 81,1-11 cat tle from disease and exposure between March, 3017 and Mnrch, 1918. Enough cattle are lost every year In the United States through starvation and exposure to feed an army of 3,000,000 men, figured from the regular army rational basis, ho said. A successor to tho lato Bishop A. L. Williams of tho Episcopal diocese of Nebraska, who died at Oninlmi recent ly, will be named May 21 at the an nual council of clergy and laity at tho metropolis. Every clergyman Is asked to send In tho name of bis cholco to the standing committee by March 31, together wltji a sketch of the nomi nee's life. I. N. Clark, former superintendent of tho city schools In Pawnee City but now engaged In Y. M. C. A. work In France, has been apioInted rural school Inspector l)y Superintendent of Public Instruction Clemmon. He suc ceeds Miss Allco Flora of York, whose term expired January 1. Provost Marshal Anderson of Ne braska reports that with 70 per cent of this state's local draft boards re porting their work completed, Nebras ka stands ninth in the second quarter of tho "final heat." Nebraska, he said, is ahead of all its neighboring states at tho present time. Tho Nebraska Farmers' union at the convention at Omaha voted to convert the union from a non-stock holding organization to a1 co-operative patronage paying dividend association, with an authorized capital stock of $3,000,000. Reports from Washington aro that congress Is expected to enact logisla tion .soon which will permit discharged soldiers from Nebraska who havo been ordered to return their uniforms to re tain possession of them permanently. A sale of thoroughbred Holsteln cat- tlo held at tho stock yards at South Omaha brought the highest prices of any previous sale there.. Of fifty-six head only two brought less than $300. Fifty-live tnveragod $520 each. Winter wheat In Johnson county Is growing so rapidly that farmers are. driving their cattle- upon it while the ground is frozen early in the day and tho .stock Is getting much good feed in this manner. Butterfat Is selling for 10 cents a pound In the northeastern part of the state. Creamery butter has gone as low as -15 cents a pound and country butter sells for 50 cents. , W. T. Russell, who has lived con tlnuously near Stella for tho piust 0." years claims the record of being the earliest pioneer living In the state. Ho asks If anyone can beat his record. Hay Is becoming a scare article in many sections of Nebraska. Farmers In many counties in the south half of the state are paying as high as $30 a ton for alfalfa hay. Owen Goff, a prominent farmer of Ashland, was killed when an automo bile he was driving went Into a water ditch near the Platte river bridge. John Levaty, 10, living on a farm eight miles north of Seward, was In Mantly killed when his gun was ac cidiiitally exploded while hunting. Governor McKelvIo Is exerting every effort to hasten the homecoming of Nebraska soldiers In France, especial ly the men In the Eighty-ninth di vision. The Sheldon farm, near Columbus was selected as the site for the per manent Y. M. C. A. boys' camp, ac cording to unanimous decision of tho committee which met In Lincoln. C, C. Sheldon gives the boys the land and a building, which Is In memorial to his father. The site Is a plctur csque one. Representative Sloan of Nebraska has Introduced a resolution In the lower house of congress to repeal the daylight saving Inw. Farmers and farm Journals generally protest against tho law. Henderson, York county, has been the scene of considerable oxeitement lately as the result of the return to tho community of two conscientious objectors, Peter Dickson and Geo Kllppensteln, from the federal prison nt Leavenworth, Kan. An attempt to give a public reception to tho men resulted in one of them being "egged." SEE EXTRA SESSION NO CHANCE OF PRESENT CON. GRESS COMPLETING WORK. LEAGUE TALK TO GUT TIME President Anxious Debate Be With held Until He Arrives. Invites. Committee to Banquet. Washington, Feb. IS. Tho Sixty- fifth congress is now upon tho, final fortnight of Us existence. Hopo of passing all of tho almost unprecedent ed mass of pending legislation lins been ubandoned by most lendors. Night sessions of the senate and house until Mnrch 4 havo been order ed, hut tho belief is growing that an early cxtny session of tho now con gross will bo necessary. Prcssuro Is now being concentrated on money bills; but progress will do- pend largely upon developments In connection with tho proposed constltn- tlou of the league of nations. Should general discussion of this document follow the return of President Wilson from France, somo leaders bcllevo passage of any legislation after that tlmo would bo almost out of tho question. Congrostlou of legislation now Is centered In the senate, which has two thirds of tho appropriation bills pass ed by the house. House leaders hopo to havo passed all urgent measures within 10 days. President Wilson has cabled n ro- qilost to tho foreign relations commit tees t to defer debate on tho constitu tion of the proposed league of nntlons until ho had an opportunity to go over It "article by artlclo" with the raembors. Members of tho sennte and houso committees will dino nt the White Houso on February 20, tho day tafter tho president Is expected to hind at Boston. Relief Ship Sets Sail. New Yorlc, Feb. 18. Sailing as an "Argosy of Hfo and hopo" to tho 4,000,000 destitute peoplo of Palestine and other regions of the Near East, the steamship Leviathan left this port Sunday for Franco with tho largest contingent of missionaries, doctors and relief workers ever sent overseas at one time on such a mission. They will reach Constantinople, their destination, about Mnrch 15 In another vessel sailing from Brest. The party, comprising 250 members, chiefly women, has been preceded by equipment for fifteen hospitals food, clothing and portable buildings GO motor trucks and other material. Tho supplies are valued at moro than $3,500,000. A number of men workers who snlled on three previous ships are al ready engaged In the relief of thou sands of starving Syrians, Armenians and Perslnns. All Amcricnn religious creeds aro represented. Aid Snow Bound Passengers. Sioux City, In., Feb. 18. Unstinted prnlso for Conductor Georgo Cnpllng- er, In chnrge of Omaha train No. 10, which was stalled for forty-nlno hours in drifts east of Hosklns, Neb., was voiced by Louis Knutson, traveling salesman, who was among marooned passengers on the train. Conductor Cnplingcr, in a blinding hllzznrd ami against the advice of passengers, started out In search of relief Thursdny night while the storm was at Its height. Knutson said tho farmers nearby stripped their larders In effort to nssuago hunger of tho snowbound passengers. Knutson wis among seven men who walked to Win sldo, soven miles distant? Six others set out for Hosklns, and a lono Indian started out, announcing thnt he would walk to Norfolk. Seattle Rounds Up Radicals. Seattle, Wnsh., Feb. 18. Fifty-three alleged radicals, all of Industrial Workers of tho World nfilllatlon, nw have been nrrestcd by city and county authorities as a result of the. recent general strike. The shipyards strike, which brought titmut the general tie-up In the city, has been settled. An nouncement to this effect was for mally Issued by the shipyard owner. Praise for New World League. London. Feb. 18. The London now pairers generally praise the draft f the league of nntlons. Many hall it as the most Important and most mem orable document In history and con gratulate tho framers, especially Pp- Ident Wilson. Prepare to Receive Wilson. Boston. Mass., Fob. 18. City and state authorities are planning on the greatest demonstration in the history of this city In honor of President Wil son when ho arrives hero on Febru ary 25. Anarchists Rounded Up. Seattle. Wash.. Feb. 18. Severn! men nro.ln jail here, charged vlth criminal annrchy for an attempt to bring a revolution In this city throu-.h the recent gcnoml strike. Senate to Hold Night Sessions. Washington, D. C, Feb. 18. In im effort to clear the congested legMn tlvc calendar, democratic senators de cided at a conference to hold nit-iii jossions of the senate until enngn adjourns sine die, March 1. Helping the Meat and Milk Supply (Special Information Service, United FAMILY WITH NO COW Would You Rather Do CARE FOR HOME MILK-PRODUCER Good Cow Will Furnish All the and Butter Needed by Average Farm Family. GRASS SUCCULENT IN SPRING House for Animal Should Be Dry, Well Lighted and Protected From Disagreeable Weather Provide Fresh, Clean Water. Nearly every farm, suburban or small-town home can keep n family cow economically, and if tho cow is a good one, she will produce nil the milk and butter needed by the aver age family, say dairy specialists of the United States Department of Agri culture. When pasturing or tethering ground Is available to furnish feed for a cow from four to six. months during tho year, u family cow can bo kept at Mnnll cost. During tho winter It will bo necessary to buy feed, but oven lAvlth the present cost of commercial feeds, milk can bo produced economi cally. Spring. is n good tlmo to begin with the family cow, for thcro Is nn abundance of nourishing and succulent grass the natural cow feed at this time. Cow's Home. Cows arc not very particular about where they live. They do not Insist on an elaborate or expensive home. Usually there Is a building on tho place which enn be converted Into a stable for the cow at small cost. Even If It is necessary to build a stable, It need not cost a great deal. But In order to remain healthy and bo nblo to produce tho maximum amount of milk, the cow Insists on a few essen- tlnls about her homo : It must be dry, well lighted, ami furnish protoctldn from cold und dlsngrccable weather. There should bo four square feet of window space for each cow, say de partment specialists. Windows should bo on the south side If possible, and ho placed as to admit abundant sun light In air parts of the stable, par ticularly the floor. Sunlight is a germ killer. The cow should have a good-sized feed manger. The wise cow owner keeps tho manger well filled with good feed, for If he has the right kind of n cow tho moro feed she eats tho moro milk she will produce. Tho manger should be provided with a halter or simple, homemndo stanchion. The cow's stall should be from U1 to 4 feet wide. To keep tho animal dry und clean, build n raised platform, prefer ably of concrete, or If this Is not prac ticable, tightly fitted boards may bo used. For cows of tlto smaller breeds, sucli as Jerseys and Guernseys, tho plntform should bo 4 feet 8 Inches long, and for larger nnlmnls, such as nolstelns, 5 feet long. The stalls should be kept clean and well bedde.d. Health First Consideration. In selecting the family cow, health should be the first consideration. A dlsensed cow does not produce milk economically, and frequently it is un fit for human food. The family cow should ho tuberculin tested. Her ability to produce large quanti ties of milk economically Is the next qualification. If rich milk Is desired thnt Is, milk containing a high percent age of butter fat, an unlmal of tho Jersey or Guernsey breed should bo solocted. nolstelns und Ayrshlres pro duce a larger quantity of milk than the animals of tho two breeds men tioned, but their milk Is not so rich In butterfat. During the spring, Hummer and fall tho cow should get most of her feed from pasture. If a lot properly fenced Is not available, it is easy to stake or tether the cow. This Is the practice In the Isle of Jersey and In other highly developed dairy sections of European countries, where some of the best cows In the world are raised. If the cow Is to be tethered, she should have n hal States Department of Agriculture) IS MISSING SOMETHING This or Go Fishing? ter, n 15-foot to 20-foot light Iron chain with a swivel In It, and n stake. The cow should havo plenty of fresh, clean water at least twlco n day. All good milk producers need lots of wa ter, and cow owners should remember thnt milk Itself Is 87 per cent water. Cows which produce 25 pounds of milk n day requlro 75 pounds or more of water dally, and Instances are on rec ord of heavy milkers consuming moro than 800 pounds of water u day. Producing Clean Milk. The cow should bo groomed, bedded nnd fed after milking rather Hum be fore, as these operations fill the stnblo air with dust and bacteria which aro almost stiro to get Into tho milk. To have healthy anlmnls Is one of the first essentials of tho production of clean' milk. If tho cow Is dlsensed, her milk Is apt to contain disease-producing bacteria, or bo otherwise abnormal, and such milk Is not clean or snfo us food, even though thcro Is no visible dirt In it. To aid In the production of clean milk and to help keep cows healthy, the stable should lie cleaned at least twice a day and fresh bed ding supplied. All dairy utensils should bo kept thoroughly clean. This Is essential to prevent the rapid growth of harmful bacteria which hasten the souring of milk. All utensils should ho washed clean, then rinsed nnd sterilized. A simple, home-mado sterilizer, described In Farmers' Bulletin 748 of the United States department of agriculture, can bo made for $8 or $0, und should bo used by all dairymen, and even owners of one cow. CONVENIENCES FOR COWS Improvements or conveniences for cows will greatly lessen tho lnbor rcqulrdd In their caVo, make it moro pleasant, nnd nt tho same time cause tho cows to produce more milk. Tho cow must bo kept In clean, comfort nblo quarters In order to pro duce the largest quantity of milk nnd butter. Tho essentials of such quarters arc: Plenty of light; plenty of fresh air, with no drafts; convenience and n floor that can easily lie kept clean. Texas Claims Champion. Williamson county, Texas, claims the national pig club champion, ac cording to the local county agent. Tho name of the claimant Is Elton Sartor, who started with a (18-pound regis tered big-type Poland China sow pig, selected from n famous herd In Kan sas. It cost $25. The first litter from this sow was 11 pigs, which were sold when they were six months und four days old and weighed 2,2X1 pounds, for $527.85. From the second litter of 12 pigs tho boy sold nine, for which ho received $225. Adding $500, tho amount refused for tho bow, and de ducting the feed bill of $172. the gain was $1,052.85, which was tho profit made In fifteen months on an Initial Investment of $25. Four of Elton's fellow club members made a profit of over $500, eight over $250, and eleven over $100 out of one sow pig euch In tho pnnt year. Keep a Family Cow. If you have a garden to supply tho tnblo with fresh vegetables, a back yard (lock of chickens to furnish meat und eggs, why not go a step further as n food producer and keep a family cow? Ah vegetables, eggs and poultry meat can, as a rule, be produced moro economically at homo where conditions are favorable than they can be bought, so can milk and butter with ull the by-products made from them. Vege tables fresh from tho home garden taste hotter than purchased produce, fried chickens are better when tho fowls come from tho backyard flock, and milk produced by the family cow- Is In the same class. Cheap Feeds for Beef. Beef cattle, especially steers and dry cows thnt are being wintered, may bo given cheaper feeds than grain, such as well-cured corn stover, straw, and hay, with 1 or 2 pounds of cottonseed meal. THE DOLL'S HOUSE. "We've heard about the pet rag doll," said Daddy "whoso nnme was AUIe Baa 'for short" 'Oh yes," said Nancy, "but I've for gotten her whole uame. Won't you tell It to me, Daddy?" "I remember It wns n vory, very long one," said Nick. "Her whole name," said Daddy, "was Mice Gustava Ariel Star Jewel Bright Carol Carmen Cucumber-Green." 'Whewl" exclaimed Nick. That was a good long name, most certainly," snld Nancy. "And yop remember, I suppose," con tinued Daddy, "that her mother called herself Mrs. Cucumber-Green, lint! her dolls were all the Cucumber-'Grecn chil dren. She had named herself Mrs. Green ono summer, nndjthcn she bad thought It would be so nlco and, cool to call herself Mrs. Cucumber-Green." "It sounds Ilka rnthcr a chilly ninuo for the winter," snld Nancy. f "Well, perhaps It does," said Daddy, "but still she didn't like to have a different nnmo for summer nnd winter. And I suppose she liked a nnme which made her feel cool In tho summer bet ter than one which made her feel warm In tho winter. "Well, Mro. Cucumber-Green thought she should mnko u winter castle for Alllo Baa. So sho set to work. ' 'Allle Baa,' said Mrs. Cucutnbcr- Grqon, 'I nm going to mnko yon n cas tle, or palace, or whatever you want to call It.' "Alllo Ban didn't sny anything, for sho wasn't able to talk real talk. She I w i Allle Baa Sat on a 8 led. . was a rag dpll, you see, but oh, sho was so nico nnd so friendly nnd so- very nlco to hug. "'You won't tell mo whether yoo are pleased or not,' said Mrs. Cucumber-Green, 'but I know you are, pre cious old Alllo Baa.' "And then Allle Baa got a fine hug. I must set to work nt once,' snld Mrs. Cucumber-Green. 'Allle Bna, you must not keep mo from my work.' "Alllo Bna didn't sny anything to this, but she looked as though sho would not keep hor mother from work any more. "And such n palace or caslle or fort as Mrs. Cucumhcr-Grccn did make I It was like a fine, flno dolls' house thnt Is sometimes seen In wonderful shops. "Thcro were rooms nnd hnlls. There was an upstairs and n downstair. nnd there wero doors nnd windows. No dolls' house for n whole family of dolls could have boon better, and Allle Ban's rag face looked very shining nnd beam ing and hnppy ns sho saw what n gorgeous winter home she was to have. During the time that this beautiful homo was bolng built by Mrs Cucumber-Green, Allle Baa sat on a sled cnlled Clear-the-Track, becauso It went so fast that everything had to get out of Its way. "Alllo Baa was dressed In n warns pink sweater and pink scarf and plnlc enp all to match which Mrs. Cu-' cunihor-Green's mother had made for Allle. "Tho home for Alllo grow moro won derful every monjent. And whnt rd honor to think that Instend of being a home for many dolls it wns a home for one doll, though, of course, Allle Bna would never have been so selfish that all the other dolls couldn't have shared her home with her. "Allle Bna loved to share things any way. That's whnt made her such nice doll that, nnd a good many other reasons too, "Well, nfter u time tho home was built nnd there was a fort nenr by so Allle could be well looked after iu tho snowball fights between Mrs. Cucumber-Green's brother nnd hl friends. "Mrs. Cucumber-Green had built the house nenr the fort. The fort had many holes so tho people Inside could seo out and know just what the other side wero doing. "Oh, how proud Allle Ban wus to think thnt her home wns near tho great fort and that she had so many floors and doors and windows In hor home. "'We'll play here when tho sun shines,' said Mrs. Cucumber-Green to Alllo Ban, 'for at other times It will be too cold. We've been worklng'thls afternoon so wo haven't felt the cold We'll have flno Mines here.' "And Just to prove that they would Mr. Sun came out for the first time that day and beamed and smiled us though to say: "'You'll begin to hnvo'somo sun shine for playing right away.'"