THE 8EMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
PUREBRED SIRE MAS MUCH TO DO WITH
MAKING PROFITS FOR CATTLE GROWERS
New Spring Suits
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NEW GUIDE FOR DEMOCRACY
All thoughts uro turned toward
(Easter now, which Is the same thing
jns saying nil thoughts nre turned to
ward new millinery and new suits for
"spring. It Is n delightful custom that
invites us to put on now apparel In
honor of this Joyous festival. Certain
ly nothing helps more to Impress Its
Jslgnlflcance on children and young peo
ple than the pretty clothes that give
them so much Innocent pleasure. As
for women, the lnstluct to dress Is
As deeply Implanted in them as the
iinstlnct for homo or children.
The most important item of the
isprlng wardrobe is the tailored suit, nl
Svays the character of dress that
jshould be worn on Easter day. It !j
fxot so easy to make a selection this
spring because of the diversity of
styles nnd materials that have been
presented by those who create-suits.
For once In the history of tailored
suits serge Is chosen less often than
Ipther weaves in wool, such as tricot,
fliryctyn, jersey and some novelty
ploths. And again wool by no meana
fiolds the undivided attention of suit
nakers. New weaves in silk nnd fiber
DISTINCTIVE
Hats of such exquisite lines as thosu
that nre pictured here prove that in
tailored hats, above all else, the lino's
the thing with which to catch tho
fancy of the chic American and all
her admirers. Three graceful shapes,
two of them having a bandeau, portray
three widely different Styles, and each
.emphasizes that simplicity of trim
,mlng Is a virtue In street hats some
thing that they cannot afford to Ignore
All of these hnts are of black Hscre,
n soft but brilliant bmld, and all of
them reveal the unovenness of sewing,
which Is a pretty characteristic of tho
styles. This roughness, or "bumpt
iiess," as It has been called, Is much
admired.
These hats are designs suited to
younger mntrons. The very spirited
model at the right has a narrow brim,
guiltless of curves or rolls, nnd Is faced
with crepe georgette. Bands of fancy
black braid wander around and over
Its crown. But that which claims In
stant admiring attention for this
model Is the elTectlvcness of the feath
er trimming. Two fans of Imitation
gourn are mounted nt the back. They
remind '' of 11 proud and graceful
crest such as nature places on the
heads of beautiful birds.
The hat at tho left has a soft crown
of satin and a sweeping brim of llsore,
mounted on a deep bandeau. Tho
brim looks as if It were set on a satin
cap. A long, curved quill of glycerined
silk, materials that are mixtures oj
silk and wool, come In for n generous;
share of attention. A scarcity of wool
In wartimes brought these new fal
rics for suits Into the foreground.
But the diversity In materials Is aq
nothing to the diversity in styles, ex
cept that skirts nro uniformly long
nnd coats generally short, suit styled
have little in common. They range
from perfectly straight-lino models.
through seml-Htted coats, to the Bus
shm blouse. Some of the coats are
belted and many of them are not
Braids nre used freely nnd buttons
well represented, but there nre braid'
less and buttonless models that aro
quite ns smiirt und correct.
The waistcoat must be given special
mention because It Is attracting na
much attention as suits themselves,
and presents as wide a variety In ma
terlals and decoration. The two suits
pictured, nmong many aspirants for
favor, nre correct ns to length of,
skirt and coat, and each Js provide!
with a little waistcoat or vestec. In
details of furnishing they differ, and
In style one is a blouse and the other
semlflttcd.
STREET HATS
ostrich makes a wonderful trimming,
following tho graceful curves of tho
brim and lengthening Its lines.
The hat below Is one of tho new
bandeau hats with brim rolling up.
ward at tho left and dropping sharply
at the right. Thero Is something very
roguish and decidedly chic In this
droop over the right eye. Some wa;r
has alllnned that tho ladlt-s are wear
ing only ono eye this season, nnd
sometimes both eyes aro nlmost lost
In tho shadow of close-llttlng, drooping
brims. But in spite of this charming
eccentricity, the hat pictured Is a dig
nlfled model with three glycerined os
trich plumes at tho bnck.
Ornaments of Ribbon.
IUbbon, from tho widest to tho nar
rowest, Is used with charming effect
In tho simplest of hai decoration.
Thero are all sorts of coquettish cock
ades and other ornaments made In
narrow ribbon, while 'urge, perfectly
flat bows aro appllc . (-roups to tho
crowns of both Inrgi- and mnll hats.
Many Apron Effects.
Summer dresses show a number of
npron effects. These apron-tunics,
sometimes In tiers shuped Hko u Ma
son's apron, aro trimmed with frllla,
beads, plaiting, lace, etc.
ments he has been n member of tho
Democratic national committee since 1000. no was chairman of tho speakers'
bureau during the cnmpalgns of 1008. 1012 nnd 1010, nnd has been n member
of tho executive committee 6lnce 1013, In 1013 ho was unanimously elected
vice chairman, and for several months before his election was nctlng chair
man of the national committee.
CLEMENCEAU'S AMERICAN RESIDENCE
Premier Georges Benjamin Eu
gene Clemcnceau of France," whoso
nnme Just now Is on every tongue,
lived In this country for flvo years
nnd married nn American girl. Doctor
Clemcnceau was virtually exiled from
Franco during the last empire because
of his liberal utterances. After visit
ing England ho came to America. This
was in 1805 nnd he was twenty-four.
He traveled and practiced medicine in
New York and then, to increase Ills
knowlcdgo of English, he secured a
position ns teacher of French In a
"female seminary" In Stamford, Conn.
Among his pupils was Mary E.
Plummer. a lovely brunette. Her homo
was In northern Michigan or Wiscon
sin, m the forest country, far from
nny town, nor father was dead. The
family was In poycrty. She was the
oldest of six children. When Mary
was seventeen a wealthy nunt In New
York city offered to take ono of tho
chlldreu. Mary's mother selected imr.
lonablo clothes and put lur In tho Stamford school. The girl had an innato
crace and refinement
cared little for study and least of all for French, but before tho end of her
second year she nnd Doctor Clemcnceau wero married.
After 20 years Doctor Clemcnceau nnd his wife were divorced. Ills wlfo
thereupon Issued enrds to her old schoolmn tea. offering linr Hnrvli-nu no cntlln
to tourists In Paris.
It has been supposed that she died
that she is alive In Paris.
REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF HOUSE
cress In 1892 nnd linn boon nxolnrtprl
. - - ---o "h.huviii
resents the Second district of Mapsachusetts, which lies In Franklin, Hamp
den and Hampshire counties nnd has n population of approximately 225,000.
New England has furnished but two speakers since the Civil war.
BETTER PAY FOR
A minimum nvornpo unlnrv for
teachers of $1,500 is urged by Dr. P. P.
Claxton, United Stntcs commlSRlnner
of education. Doctor Clnxtnn snvs;
"It Is only by very largo Increases In
pay or teachers that wo may hope to
Improve our schools annreclablv. Whilo
tho cost of living has increased ap
proximately 80 per cent, salaries of
teachers have Incrensod onlv nlmut 12
per cent. Tho purchasing power Is,
tuererore, only about 03 per cent of
what It wbb four years ago. Many of
tho better teachers aro leaving tho
schools. Students now entering tho
normal schools nre not of as good
quality. Enrollment is also emutler.
"Tho only remoilv Is 7n rpnr nnv
for teachers. If school boards, lecis-
lators, nnd county nnd oitv miinrllH
would Immediately announce the pot-
icy or uouniing the average Bnlury of
teachers within tho next flvn vnnru nnrl
of adding not less
more within the ten years following tho expiration of this period, so that at
tno enu or lo years the average salary of public school-teachers would bo not
less than ?1,500 nbout ono and a half times larger than they receive at
present and then take steps for cnrrylng out this policy, much good would
bo accomplished nt once.
No teacher who Is fit should be asked to work for less thun $1,000 a year.
It la not for the sake of the teailn-rs that this policy Is advocated. It is for
tho sake of the schoolB."
Homer S. Cummlngs, newly elect
ed chairman of tho Democratic nation
al committee, Is n graduate of Yale, a
lawyer of noto nnd prominent In tho
Democracy of Connecticut. Ho served
thrco terms as mayor of Stamford. In
1008 ho was chosen corporation counsel
for Stamford and remained In that
ofUce for four years. In 1002 he was
nominated for congressman at largo.
Ho received the highest vote cast for
any candidate on his party's ticket.
Ho has twlco been tho Democratic can
didate for United States senator. In,
1010, before nominations wero mndo
by direct popular vote, Mr. Cummlngs
was the unanimous choice of the Dem
ocratic members of tho general assem
bly, and in 1010 when n candidate ho
received the highest vote given any,
ono on the ticket.
Ho was delegate at large to tho
Democratic national conventions of
1000 and 1004. By successive appoint
The aunt gave Mary an outfit of fash-
several years ago. It Is now stated
Frederick nuntlngton Glllctt of
Massachusetts, who will bo speaker of
tho houso of representatives In tho
Slxty-slxth congress, Is a veteran of
veterans. Undo Joo Cnnnon of Illi
nois lends the list with 21 terms, but
they aro not continuous. Henry Allen
Cooper of Wisconsin, with 13 continu
ous terms, Is not In tho Sixty-sixth
congress. As speaker, Mr. Glllctt will
be serving his fourteenth continuous
term. Champ Clark of Missouri, dis
placed by Mr. Glllctt, has 12 full terms,
not continuous, to his credit. James
R. Mann of Illinois, defeated for tho
speakership by Mr. Glllctt In tho re
cent Iteptihlican house caucus, bus
served 11 full continuous terms.
Mr. Gillett was born October 10,
1851, at Wcstfleld, Muss. Ho Is n
graduate of Amherst (1874) and Har
vard law school (1877) and began tho
practice of law nt Springfield In 1877.
lie wns elected to tJii Vift v.lilr,l nnn.
tn nit RUrponillnr pnnirncnQ tta
SCHOOL - TEACHERS
Shorthorn Cattle Grazing on Kansas Farm.
(By FltANK D. TOMSON.)
There has como a very decided change
In tho affairs on tho average Btock
farm. Tho cost of operation has moved
very much upward, just ns tho cost of
living has made. Itself felt lu tho city.
Farm land has been gradually tnklng
on a higher valuation. Corn and hay
nnd tho various grains have a more
nttractlvo value Farm labor has been
costing Bteadlly moro from year to
year. Tho cost of making a pound of
beef or n quart of milk Is no longer
on the plane where It used to be.
True, beef has advanced In selling
value, yet this advanco has not been
sulllclent to wnrrnut the cattlo grower
on tho farm to continue with the or
dinary standards if ho desired to mako
a profit. This situation has led to a
more general study of trado values and
comparative results than has over been
known among tho farmers before. And
so it Is that many a carload of grade
cattle has gone to market. They sold
for more money than they ever com
manded beforo, but even this return
did not justify In most cases the farm
er continuing with his grades when
purebreds were available at current
prices. In many cases purebreds have
been purchased and placed on tho farm
where formerly tho grades hnd been
profitably grown. The initial cost was
greater per head than that of the
grades, but the decrease In numbers to
be maintained In order to get the same
gross profits assured nt onco n very
considerable saving In high-priced
feed. Tho advantage of tho purebred
Is that Its quality when finished will
command a higher prlco per pound at
tho murket. Not only this, but except
In comparatively rare Instances, they
attain more weight nt n given ngo, so
thnt tho producer has the advantage of
a greater number of pounds and a
higher prlco for every pound.
Advantage of Purebred Sire.
Anyone familiar with the beef mar
kets has long since recognized that tho
purebred sire has had moro to do with
making profits to tho growers than
VALUE OF CLIPPING
OFTEN OVERLOOKED
Benefit to Horse and ' Also to
Owner Who Saves Feed.
At Least 20 Per cent In Cost of Feed
ing Is Saved by Use of Clippers
as Often as There Is Suf
ficient Hair to Clip.
(By JAMES COIjEMAN.)
If horso owners only .knew tho ad
vantages nttoched to tho clipping of
working horses, the manufacturers of
clipping machines would do n much
moro thriving business. From all
points I have considered the pros nnd
cons of the practice, and I hnvo
proved, nt least to my own satisfac
tion, that clipping is an all-around
benefit to not only tho horso, but to
the owner, who muy savo considerably
In the cost of feeding.
Any thinker will readily accept the
statement that hnlr cats. Therefore,
tho heavier a horse's coat tho great
er percentage of what ho eats Is de
voured by his hair. In humans It has
been proved a similar condition ob
tains A llttlo girl with a heavy hend
of hair often Is weak nnd her parents
nre puzzled to account for her lack of
robust health. Let the child's hair
be cut off and she rapidly Improves
In condition and regnlns Juvenile vi
vacity. For a working horso a heavy coat
Is Just the opposite of a necessity;
for it means that tho hair has to be
fed. Nothing assists so materially
In tho fattening of a poor horso as
clipping his coat and keeping It short.
At least 20 per cent Is saved In tho cost
of feeding a working horse any breed
by using tho clippers as often us
there Is sufficient hair to clip.
In the winter time it is Impossible
to dry even n racehorse thoroughly
after ho has "got up a sweat," and
racehorses are almost Invariably clip
ped once In tho season and sometimes
oftener.
It is impossible t,o keep properly
clean tho hide of a horse that has a
heavy coat, and as "a good clean" is
reckoned by horse owners as being
worth half a feed It needs llttlo cal
culation to know what clipping menns.
For tho working horse, clipping Is a
positive necessity.
Dressing for Trees.
The orchnrd trees will appreciate a
dressing of stable manure this winter
If none has been applied for several
years. Pat on tho ground ns far out
from the trees ns the branches reach.
nny single factor. Tho buyers on tin
markets nre ulways on the'lookout fo
quality, nnd when you combine quality
nnd weight tho nmrglns of profit nro
ccrtnin to be more nearly sntisfnetory.
But as purebred cattle have become
moro numerous they nre moro fre
quently In comparison with grades nnu"
Inferior standards nt the markets, nnd
tho purebred Invariably has the ad
vantage, or In such cases where ho
falls It is duo to some other cause.
Thero hnvo been many arguments)
offered to encourage farmers to grow
purebred cattlo, but these arguments
have not been necessary since- the cost
of maintenance hns retched Its present
lovel, nor with the numerous object
lessons with which they huve becomo
familiar.
In England, where live stock inn
provement has been carried on moro
successfully and for u longer period
than In any country, tho great majority
of the cattle stocks are purebred, or
practically so. The shorthorn greatly,
outnumbers other breeds. This Is duo
to its responsiveness to farm condi
tions nnd its dual purpose character.
On every farm whero beef making lo
conducted a reasonable quantity pro
duction of milk Is essential and this
tho shorthorn provides along with its
beef yields.
It will bo a long time In this comv
try beforo wo rench unywhero near ri
50 per cent proportion of purebred cat1
tlo of all breeds, but thero Is abundant
evidence thnt wo are steadily and cer
tainly moving In thnt direction. Tho
time will como when we will havo
passed the CO per cent mark and will
approach n 75 per cent total, but that
will be n long while In the future. Tho
available supply of purebred cattlo for
breeding purposes Is insufficient to per
mit of attaining these percentages in
tho near future. Certain It Is, how
ever, thnt onco the farmer has given
purebred cattle n reasonable trial
ho will not bo satisfied to put In hli
time with less responsive and Icso
profitable standards.
HOME-GROWN FRUIT
(Proparcd by the United States Do
partmont of Agriculture.)
nome-grown fruit Is desira
ble Becauso it reaches the family
fresh and In best condition.
Becauso tho family has fruit
of which It wquld often bo de
prived If It had to bo purchased.
Because, If the proper varie
ties bo selected, a continuous
supply of fruit of superior qual
ity may be secured, regardless
of market prices.
Because any surplus usually
can bo sold without difficulty, or
otherwise conserved for use
when fresh fruit Is not availa
ble. Because tho care of the homo
fruit garden provides for spare
time congenial and profitable oc
cupation which is In reality rec
reation for those who enjoy see
ing things grow.
i
Com Is not high In protein.
The feed carrier In the barn Is a
labor-saver.
Barley has come Into larger use ob
n feed for stock.
The good draft horso still reigns
supreme on farms.
The feeding of tankage to hogs will
not couso them to have' cholera.
Sheep are particularly Nusceptiblo
to different conditions of soil and cli
mate. Silage has been proved a first-class
food for cows, horses, sheep anil beef
cattle.
Hogs harvesting n corn nnd soy bean
crop will make faster and cheaper
gains than if fed the samo feed by
hand.
Tho colts and calves can be win
tered around tho strnwstack, without
grain but they will loso their owner
money.
Wherever commercial dairying with
milk production tho chief object Is
practiced tho Holbteln cow Is best
adopted.
LIVC STOCK