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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1919)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA. Everybody Rich In Dobe Village Tierra Amarilla, in New Mexico, Is Quaint and Curious. Town. WITHOUT LIGHTS OR WALKS Very Large Portion of the Population Can Qualify on $50,000 Bond Make Wealth In Sheep and Wool. Pagosa Springs, Colo. While there is no frontlor left In the West, now nnd then one intly como across some tiling Interesting In tlie way of the primitive. In the northernmost and central part of Nok .Mexico, just ncrosH the Colorado line, Is the small town of Tierra Amarilla, There are about 000 people living there, mostly of Spanish birth, and among them n very, very large portUn who enn legitimately qualify on n .SrtO.OOO bond. They hnve made, and are Ntlll mnk lng, a great deal of money In sheep nnd wool, and arc quite Wnppy without electric lfghts, autos or sldowolks. If you are ever fortunate enough to Ite Invited to visit one of these fam ilies, no -doubt you will go In a kindly, tolerant spirit and come nway pleus- nntly amazed. They are the very heart and ROlll of hospitality and welcome n stranger with n sincere enthusiasm that makes one nshnmcd of the cold-blooded, l'aughty politeness of an American. They Are Americans. And that calls to mind the dignified rejoinder of one of these citizens upon helng questioned ns to where his sym pathies were In our trouble with Mex ico with the American or the Mex icans. Ills terse reply, "I am an Ameri can," was sulllclent. Considering that scarcely any of the Inhabitants are cducatod, according to the mvrage wtandnrd, that was a remarkable re ply. The houses are nearly all built of uun-drled bricks of mufl cnlled adobe, iset down, moro (ban likely, In a sea of mud or dust, according to the sea son, with few windows, nnd facing haphazard In any direction, without regard to the streets, If .there nre streets, nnd hack door to the front or fde of u- neighbor. No lights on tho street make navi gation nt night n risk, nnd no side iwulka of any kind add to the exclte- Jiient. In tho houses arc piled hit or miss ,the most, expensive of furnishings, as Uho big catalogue houses of the Bast know quite well that It pays to nd vertlse where there Is money, and ino nearby merchants to beguile with 'window displays. A Hue kitchen cab NEW USE FOUND Poison pits Is now being put to a good use In England. The gas Is In I Jected. Into rat holes by means of a rubber tube. Most of tho rats are killed I underground, but nny which como out are dazed and easily struck down. WILL FIX RUSS RAILWAY (Allies Arc Planning to Raise Nec essary Money. lit Will Take $20,000,000 to Put Trans Siberian Railroad Line In Shape. Washington. It will tnko $20,000, ,00 io put the Trans-Siberian rnllroad iln proper working condition. Eight 'nations nro now trying to finance tho road temporarily, without waiting for iformal recognition of tho Kolchak gov ernment at Omsk. Present Indications nro that recognition must confe before 'financial aid on this scalo can ho ex tended, Tho Interallied railway commission ,ut Vladivostok lias made strong repre sentations to each of tho eight coun tries, urging the making available Im mediately of this amount of money In (the fe'" of rredi so that the sys Inet mny bo right beside the phono graph with Its dozens and dozens of records, mostly stringed nnd operatic music, nnd almost Invariably the houses are clean as scouring with sonp and wnter can make them. If you eat with them, you will eat chill, ns It Is u standby like our brend and potatoes. Tlioro Is nothing oluslvc about the chill. Nor has it lost any of the energy of Its forefa thers. It Is a good plan to eat some of It before you patronize a local bar ber, as It tends to loeii one's hair, at least It seems to, which answers f-the same purpose. The barber, who probably owns 1,000 head of sheep, wears a wool ick full of his own product on his face, and his uniform Is overalls tlmj havj been so long a part of his ward robe that they could belong to no one but the barber. They also servo as a strop, after the ruzor has been dipped In the basin of Jollified con glomerate suds. In the stores, which one and all cnri? enormous stocks fiir so small a place, you will be confronted with an odor, from the Improperly cured bun- Alien Enemies Worry Canada Returned Soldiers Protest Against Foreigners Filling Positions They Need. EXPECT FIGHT ON REPEAL War Times Election Act Repeal Is Op- posed Educational Test May Be "" Made to Disfranchise Many of Teuton Origin. Toronto. Despite the npproach of normal pence when there will be no more "enemies," the alien enemy ques tion is still far from settled In Canada. Controversy surges around two points ; first : Is the alien enemy to be allowed to work? and, second: Is he to be allowed to vote? Conditions During War. When the war was on the alien en emy worked. There were many objec tions to It, but labor was so scarce that the alien enemy who could work wns rnrely Interfered with. And he made l(lg wages. Now labor Is not so scarce, and the alien enemy's Job Is more precarious. It Is not employers who are Interfering with him, nor Is It government authority. Pressure comes from the returned FOR POISON GAS tem from Vladivostok to the Ural mountnlni may be put In working or der. The United States. Orent Hrltaln, France, Italy, Czecho-Slovakla, Ja pan, China and Russia are the coun tries representnd on tho railway commission. Italy, the Czecho-Slo-vak republic, China 'and Russia are willing to accept their sharo of the responsibility for the loan, hut cannot supply funds or credits, as everything they havo they need for their own people. France, too, needs all her re sources. Japan could furnish' both rash and credit If the other allies would per mit her to assume the entire burden. Great Hrltaln mid the United States are each In a position to arrange the necessary credits, but the bankers of these two countries Insist upon hnv lng a tangible government bnck of the loan as a guarantee. The Omsk gov ernment is considered stable enough Girls Fat Enough. Is Jury's Verdict Cardiff. A situation worthy of Gilbert & Sullivan's "Trial by Jury" developed here when n girl's class from tho Howell.s Olrls' school, Llnndnff, filed past the Jury box in order that Judge and Jury might Judge ns to their physical condition. The case was one, In which the fnther of .1 pupil sued the governors of ths school for dnmages, alleg ing that his daughter was not properly fed. The Inspection of n class satisfied the court that the majority of the girls seemed to he doing fairly well on the food supplied, and the Jury decided against tho Indig nant father. drods of sheepskins piled jalong with' the bright colored silks and shawls and artificial flowers, appeallngly dls played for the edification of the fem inine residents, l'crfuinc Is soldjiere by the quart, as no proud young lady, or boy, would think of attending a, dance without saturating both cloth lug nnd hair with It. Altogether Tierra Amarilla Is an, Intensely Interesting place to visit, If one likes the out-of-the-ordlnnry. soldiers. When their verbnl protestsi get no results or produce only formal' assurances, which they know to be. Insincere, they hnve on occasion raid ed the factory, sometimes with surprls-. lng results. Then the alien enemy Is1 really out of a Job. As to tho vote, the alien enemy lost his privilege during the war. Now thej fight Is as to whether It will be given back to him. The war times election net was based on the ground thnt tho man who was not eligible to fight If needed wnsn't eligible to vote, a rough nnd ready rule which served a purpose and It deliberately disfranchised nil persons of alien enemy origin whether they had Canadian citizenship or not. Fight Expected on Repeal. Repeal of this act was expected to Immediately follow the close of the war, but now the government Is not, nnxlous to refrnnchlse n large voting population which Is not likely to sup port the government that originally dis franchised it. The parties are lining up for a real old-time party scrap on the issue. Tho fight will come in par liament on tho introduction of the franchise act promised for an date, early One proposal Is that an educational test will bo framed which will havo the effect of disfranchising large num bers of former Canadian citizens of en? emy origin. Even If they get the vote back many of the alien enemies are going to he out of a Job. And they would Infinitely prefer wartime conditions when they had no vote but had a good Job. Not many Oernmn-born are nffectcd, but there are several hundred thou-" snnd natives of tho former Austrian empire In Canada. These cause tho problem. TAP WILL BREAK HIS BONES Four-Yenr-Old Massachusetts Lad Suf fers From Queer Malady Otherwise Normal. Plttsfield, Mass. Charles Furrer .Tr.. 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Furrer. broke his left thigh, lie already hasJ hnd 17 fractures of hones In the left leg and right arm. If he raises his arm suddenly In bed he will hear the, hones snap. If he sits down hard he always has a break. The child Is otherwise normal, healthy and good natural. A chalky condition exists In the' bones. The boy's father Is foreman of line constriction for the Western Union Telegraph company and Is away from homo most of the time. Mrs. Furrer and two children, Charles and Howhind Furrer, 12, make their homo with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ilownrd L. Brown. by the hankers to wnrrant the loan, but until actual recognition is accord ed the status and responsibility of the government are In doubt. TAXES CAUSE PENNY FAMINE Mints Begin Making 2,000,000 Cent Pieces Dally to Sup. ply Demand. One. Washington. Pennies nro more In deninnd than dollars In these days of sodn water taxes. Since May 1, when these taxes went Into effect, tho Unit ed States mints and subtrensurles have been flooded with orders for mil Hons of one-eent pieces and these coins have been shipped to banks by the bushels. To meet the continued, demand the Philadelphia and Denver mints nro working almost exclusively on me-ccnt pieces, and an extra shift of workers has been ordered for the Philadelphia mint. Two million one cont pieces will bo turned out dally. The United States owns fully one half of tho world's stock of diamonds. SuLsior the Corsetless Figure There has been considerable talk of the corsetless figure nnd much more drawing of It. When artists picture morning frocks or afternoon gowns, nnd even suits, they hang them on graceful but emnclated llguros calcu lated to make us envy our adorably thin sisters and to remind us of the question put by that naive Japanese lady who nsked, "Where do they put their stomachs?" Judging by a few late photographs she would not be Impelled to ask that question now. Hut the senson's styles are kind to the natural lines of the figure and Just why fashion artists continue to draw inhuman crea tures is n mystery riot solved. Any way, they Inspire Indolent ladies to train down and to diet and do sundry other things In the pursuit' of slender aess. "Corsetless" Is not to be taken too literally It really means a figure that looks uncorseted, with lines like those In the normal youthful body. The best In -Fabrics Old llecausc gingham and organdie are so familiar and unpretentious we are always delighted to find them reap pearing each season In frocks that have every claim to benuty. And women nre coming to realize the distinction of the successful dress thnt Is made of nn ordinary I'abrlc, handled with ronsummnte art. There Is something ! (sterling about It, something, In fnct, more out of tho ordinary than can be found In u frock that depends upon novelty In material for Its success. Old friends are best In fabrics, and when they appear In frocks us pleasing as that pictured above they are thrice welcome. Imnglno what n sensation they would make If we had never seen tliem before. This summer wo find smart frocks mado up In the same designs, of either gingham, chambrny or sport Hllk, and organdie or dotted swlss combined with silk ns well as cotton goods. On eottons old-fashioned rick rack braid reappears and Is cleverly used as n finish for edges and to em phasize linos. It looks well In com pany with chnmbrny, gingham or Eng lish prints for morning dresses. When organdie ' and glughnm are as skill corsets are too comfortable and too flattering as a rule to be relinquished. They are probably the foundation of the good lines, truthfully portrayed by photographs, In the two suits shown above. In one of them a dress and coat takes the place of the usunl three piece combination. The dress Is of figured silk with tho lower half of tho skirt made of plain wool material and a long nurrow girdle of the same goods. The long cont of one of the new rough silks Is cut on the lines of the Chinese coat nnd is bordered with another silk in n plainer wenve. Small buttons set on the side seams are very attractive ns a finish. The plain box coat over a draped skirt, shown In the other picture, Is an excellent model for pongee or other heavy silk for summer wear. Black' embroidery on the cont and sleeves, and oblong buttons nt the top and bottom of the front lend character and elegance to the design. Friends Are Best G fully innnnged as they have been In the frock pictured nbove they can In vite comparison with more pretentious materials In afternoon dresses. The picture sets forth this dress so well thnt It Is hardly worth while to describe If. The fichu of organdie, edged with a narrow val lace, Is Im portant, helping more than anything else to give the stylo a flavor of qualnt ness. With canvas shoes and a wldo brlmmed white hat, tho whole toilette Is as cool and crisp ns a breeze from the sen. Visions of old-fashioned gar dens, with hollyhocks and hedges, hergnmot and mlgnlonette fojlow In tho wake of such frocks, mnklng ua doubly thankful to their designers. Skirts for Sports. Binding tho bottoms of sports skirts with velvet, or edging them with fringe, Is a return to ;i very old-fash-loned style. Usually tho velvet bind ing matches the coat of the suit, which Is alwuys In contrast to tho skirt The Dead in Christ By REV. L. W. GOSNELL AnUUnt Dan, Moody Bible Inttltuta. Cbictso TEXT Blessed are the dead which are In tho Lord.-Itov. 14:13. ' , What becomes of our dead when thcyl "die In tho Lord?" To begin with, they go to a cer tain plnce. Tho Jews called this the place of de parted spirits; Sheol, while In the language of the New Testa mo n t It wns known ns Ilndes, In the Old Testn inent, Sheol l conceived of ns la the heart of tho earth, for the dy lng nro spoken of. ns going "dow,n" to It. It hnd two compartments, as set forth In the pic ture of the rich man and Lazarus Ono n place of torment; the other,, called "Abraham's bosom," or parn-r disc, n place of f tasting and repose nnd between them was n great gulC fixed. Christ himself descended to Sheol or Ilndes, and told the dylugi thief he would he with him that day) In Paradise (Luke 2:1:80-43). Since the ascension of our Lord, the location of Paradise seems chnngedr Stephen looked "up" Into heaven nndt saw Jesus (Acts 7:155) and Paul was! caught "up" to the third heaven, to Paradise (I Cor. 12:2-4). It Is sug gested In Epheslnns 4:8 that wheni Christ ascended he delivered from Sheoli or Hades all the righteous dead, froms Abel onward, and carried them wlthi him Into the presence of Qod. Hence; we understand that In this age the; righteous depart to be with Christ in a Paradise which Is on high. The state of tho dead In Christ Is n restful one. They "sleep In (orj through) Jesus" (I Thess. 4:14). He) died, bearing our sins on the cross; becnuse of yds fact we do not die,; but rather fell to sleep. Itest Is very attractive In this weary world; the; power, of this attraction Is suggested by the fact that Buddhism, the re ligion hnvlng the largest number of adherents, holds out annihilation ns,' the chief boon for man. Are the Dead Conscious? Tho state of the dead In Chlst Is a conscious one. Some hnve Inferred) from the scriptural language about sleep that thp soul shimbcrs In the In termediate state. But tho Scripture nowhere asserts that the souls of the dead are asleep. Even In normal sleep we nre quite conscious. Chnrles Spur-1 goon once nrose from his bed, light ed a lamp nnd wrote the full outline of; a sermon which he preached the next morning. Yet ho wns sound asleep while writing the sermon nnd could, hardly believe the testimony of his. own eyes when ho saw tho outline on, his desk In the morning. The Blblei clearly teaches that the dead are con-; sclous. If It were otherwise how could. Paul say It would bo better for hlmV to depart to bo with Christ than to re main on enrth to work for him (Phil, 1 :23) ? Tho state of 'the righteous dead is a blessed one. The expressions used ln( the Scripture to describe It are full' of significance. For example, Para dise was a name applied to a king's park and suggests ordered nnd stately beauty, together with noble society. The dend nre said to bo "at homo with' the Lord" (II Cor. 5:8 It. V.) As one, has put It, home Is "ttho scene where our whole being Is In sweet and vivid hnrmony with surroundings," We grieve over our departed friends ns if they hod gone out Into n world of mystery where they will be strangers, and 111 at ease. ITow blessed to know thnt they are "at homo with the Lord P They do not wait even a single mo ment to enter Into this bliss, for "to de part Is to bo with Christ" (Phil. 1:23). ' State of the Dead. Flnnlly, the state of tho dead may be described as an unclothed one. Paul speaks In II Cor. 5 of the "earthly house of this tabernacle" being dis solved. He goes on to say, In verses two to four: "For In this wo groan, earnestly desiring to he clothed upon with our houso which is from henven: if so be thnt being clothed wo shnll not bo found nnked. For we that are In this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for thnt wo would bo unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swal lowed up of life." In other words, whllo glnd at tho prospect of being nbsent from tho body because he would ho nt homo with tho Lord, yet he does riot consider this the highest possible boon. Tho Intermediate state would find him unclothed, without a body. Paul evidently felt ho would not be perfect until he received a glorified body. Hence he hoped thnt tho Lord himself might como beforo death over took him so that ho might bo "clothed upon," ns with a garment, with his house from heaven. What significance this gives, for both tho living and the dend who are In Christ, to the words of Paul: "Now Is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them thnt slept I" , Dally Thought. All writing comes by tho grace o( God, und nil doing and bavlug. EraerJ BOU.
