THE SrMI.WEEKLV TRIBUNF NQP.TH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
1 Approved Afternooii Gowns
The long undersllp of satin or fou
lard, used as n foundation for after
noon or evening dresses has proved
a wonderful help In tho summer ward
robe. The same slip serves for wear
with long blouses, and the very popu
lar smocks that just now hold the
center of fashion's stage, as well as
for the original and special overdress
that caused It to ho made. Dresses
made with an undersllp with various
kinds of overdress are not outrivaled
by any others for afternoon wear.
Sometimes tho undersllp Is plain, with
overdress In a figured fabric and some
times this order Is reversed! ns In the
afternoon gowu at the left of the two
shown above.
Poulard and georgette make the
most popular of all combinations for
dresses of tills kind. Hero they ap
pear In a long undersllp of figured
foulard with bodice and oversklrt of
plain georgette, laid In box plaits and
with a border of foulard about the
bottom of tho overdress. The georg
ette, provides tho sleeves, girdle and
collar, hut foulard accounts for the
cuffs. There is a lace collar also and
The Last Arrivals in Blouses
The latest arrivals In blouses are not
different from (hose that came early
in tho season, excopt in inconspicuous
details of making or trimming. There
,1b no good reason why designers
should run after, strange gods as
long as there is an insistent de
mand for the styles now In vogue or
until somo change in skirts opens tho
way for u chango in blouses. What
women are most concerned lu Is
knowledge of the merits of materials
u.ed In blouses and of the most prac
tical and becoming styles for various
uses.
The most durable and at the same
time dainty blouses for dally wear are
made of fino cotton vollo. It does not
Eeein possible that so sheer and fine n
fabric could have such powers of re
Hlstnnce to wear and tubbing, but the
fact remains that it will outlast any
other. When made up with strong
cluny or fillet, or hand-crochet laces,
one may depend upon n voile blouse
for two years' wear, some times more.
Tatting makes as fino a finish ns tho
most fastidious tasto can ask for
blouses made of voile or other cottons.
Batiste is a softer material thau
voile and gives good service. It is not
oxpected to last 03 Jong, and the
liner lingerie laces, val, cluny and fillet
are used with it. It is a beautiful
background for hand embroidery bo
laco appears in the sleeves. Evidently
the plain neckjs passing and few will
regret it for the plain neck flnlsh'is not
becoming.
A later arrival in styles for after
noon frocks is shown nt tho right of
the picture and it foreshadows some
thing new for fall. This Is a gown
mude of shot taffeta silk, and it sug
gests . the "bustle dress" of two or
three years ago. One material aud
cleverly managed drapery of It, are
tho means nt hand with which the
designer lias succeeded in making an
interesting and very pleasing dress.
Bunchy drapery Is caught at the right
81(10 below the hip, with ribbon in long
loops and ends. Frills of lace set oil
the neck and make a pretty chemi
sette, adding their daintiness to the
sleeves. This model, modified a little
and made up in light-colored silks,
makes a lovely evening dress. One of
these lnyblue taffeta shot with gray,
has tho silk draped at both sides of the
skirt, a slip-over bodice with Chinese
collar) that extends below tho waist
line in front and forms n sash. This
is tied In a buoyant bow at the back.
that very fino blouses are made by
hand of It and rank with tho best of
silk blouses. The hand-made blouses
are expensive, the time required to
make them fielng tho chief Item In
their cost. Women who arc expert with
the needle can make them for them
selves and In this way own waists
that are far out of reach of the aver
age pocketbook.
In silks, crepe georgette, crepe do
chine, pongee and silk shirtings are
all dependable If carefully laundered,
and crepo georgette, most fragile lopk
lng of all, will wear us long as any of
them. It is of all silks the most popu
lar for blouses. One of the two
blouses pictured Is made entirely of
it and the other Is a combination of
georgette und crepe do chine. In tho
latter, shown at the left of tho pic
ture, n skeleton waist of crepe do
chine Is slipped over n blouse of geor
gette. Edges nre finished with piping.
Tills makes a "V" of georgette at the
front which is embroidered with silk.
The blouse nt the right reflects the
Chinese Inspiration and is handsomely
ornamented with soutache braid sewed
"on edge." The short, Jooped-over gir
dle at each side Is made of the crepe.
PETITllTLEEHL
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE PETITION
FAILS TO CONFORM TO LAW
MANDAMUS SUIT IS BROUGHT
Attorney General Declares That the
Petition Wan Not Circulated In
Proper Manner
Lincoln. Attorney Gonoral Davis'
official opinion holds that tho petitions
fllod with tho secretnry of stato, ask
ing for a referendum on Governor Mc
Kolvio's codo bill woro not circulated
nor prosonted in proper form und
should not bo accoptod.
Managora of tho roforondum cam
paign had anticipated tho action, and
papors woro immediately drawn for a
mandamus suit against tho socrotury
of state to compol him to recoivo und
fllo tho petitions.
In gonoral, Mr. Davis holds that
tho referendum petitions on tho -codo
bill nro defective- bocauso thoy were
not attached to full and comploto
copies of the measure, which is a
printed bopk of 4G1 pages. Ho says
that it was sufficient to print tho
title on tho potltions themselves, but
claims thoy shou." 7Ji havo boon at
tachod to tho law by pasting them on,
or in somo othor way.
Tho opinion of Attorney Gonoral
Davis is as follows:
"To Honornblo D. M. Amsborry, sec
retary of state: I havo beforo mo
your inquiry of July 14th. You ask
whothor the petitions comply with tho
statuto and should bo accoptod and
filed by you.
"It is our opinion that scctlon2337
revised statutes of 1913, is a com
ploto and declslvo answer of tho ques
tion you havo raised. That section
provides that a full and correct copy
of tho title and Coxt of tho law shall
bo attached to initiativo petitions,
'and referendum petitions shall bo at
tached to a full and correct copy of
tho measure on which tho referen
dum is demanded and may be fllod in
numbered sections in liko manner.'
"I do not know what moro clear
language the legislature could havo
used to say that a copy of the entiro
bill must be attached to tho petitions
while they are being circulated and
when they are presontod for filing.
"This interpretation is further
strengthened by tho- following part
of tho samo section:
'"When any such referen
dum petition shall bo offered for filing,
the secretary of stato, in tho presence
of tho governor and the person offor
ing tho samo for filing, shall dotatch
tho shoots containing tho signatures
and affidavits and causo them all tb
bo attached to ono or more prlntod
copies of the measure against
which the referendum petitions are
filed.'
"Detached? Detached from what?
Obviously from tho copies of tho meas
ure to which thoy woro attached whllo
bolng circulated. Continuing furthor;
"Tho detached copies of such meas
ure shall be delivered to tho person
offering tho samo for filing.
"Prom whence did these detached
copies . come if not taken from the
petitions as thoy were circulated and
presented for filing? It is hard to
seo how anything could be more clear
and explicit than this section ot our
statuto. It refers to the mnnner and
condition in which tho petitions are
to be circulated and signed.
"The reasons for this provision are
obvious. Under our constitution the
referendum is a, reservation of legis
lative power in tho votors of tho stato.
By tho use of tho roforondum every
voter is mado a legislator. Every per
son who signs a referendum petition
is asking the privilego of voting on a
legislative measure. The voter be
comes a legislator. It must therefore
follow that tho voter must bo fully
advisod of tho matters upon which
he Is to sign a petition nnd later cast
a vote. Tho intelligent oxorclse of
this power is impossible without tho
voter having a chanco to read and
understand tho measure in question.
It is a matter of colnmon knowledge
that referendum petitions aro obtained
by circulators who present tho potl
tions to tho voter with a very limited
amount of discussion. Unless tho
measure upon which a referendum is
to bo invoked is attached to tlif peti
tion, the elector must rely upon tho
statomont of tho circulator, whoso in
terest lies entirely in tho direction of
obtaining as many signatures as possi
ble nnd who Is not .in n position to
give a fair nnd impartial statement of
tho measure to. the voter. To guard
against fraud, decoptlon and Ill-advised
action, the legislature, not only
in Nebraska, but in every othor state
whore direct legislation is attempted,
Iiob provided that tho votor must havo
under his eye as apart of the petition
to which ho attaches his name, a full
and comploto copy of tho measure
sought to bo referred.
"It soems to me that tho circula
tion of referendum petitions which
contain nothing moro than tho tltlo
to a bill, and the signatures to which
Cace In Supreme Court
Lincoln, An appeal from the de
cision of tho Douglas county district
court to tho offoct that tho Simon for
eign languago bill is constitutional
was filed in tho supreme court by at
torneys representing tho foroign lan
guage interests. Tho attorneys hold
that the law, which forbids Instruc
tion in foreign languages In public
schools up to and including the eighth
trade Is contrary to the constitutional
rights of tho peoplo. The suit is
aro obtained from tho votors with, no
moro explanation than that given by
tho party who circulates tho petition,
Is tho very ossonco of bad govornmont.
I can concolvo of no moro vicious sys
tem of government thnn thnt which
would penult tho circulation of a peti
tion practically In blank, nnd thon tho
attaching of thoso petitions to a copy
of a certain moasuro und asking to
havo that measure susponded by rea
son of bucIi a Bystom. Tho wholo prln
tiplo of our govornmont is that tho
votor Is glvon ovory means of casting
an Intelligent voto. Tp say that a
roforondum potltlon which will "sus
pend tho operation of a law can bo
clrculntcd without giving tho votor
oven a copy of tho bill, Is directly con
trary to that principle and I may
say for your furthor Information that,
whoro this innttor has boon passed
upon In othor states, It has been hold
that a copy ot tho bill must bo at
tachod to tho potltions whllo thoy
aro bolng circulated.
"Somo confusion in this matter hna
resulted from an nttomptod applica
tion ot section 2335 ot tho revised
statutes to tho facts In this caso.
Section 2335 provides explicitly tho
form Qf tho prlntod petition. It sota
this form out as It Is ho to used. But
this Boction 1b limited to tho form
of tho potltlon which must bo prlntod
and has no roforonco to tho require
ment that copies of tho bill ho at
tached to tho form as prlntod.
"Our attention has been callod to
tho caso of Bartllng v. Watte, 9C Neb.
532, nnd 148 N. W. 507. Wo havo
mado a caroful analysis of this caso
and wo feel that it is absolutely Iji
accord with tho principles heroin laid
down. Tho only question raised, dis
cussed or docidod in that caso in rof
oronco to tho form of. tho roforondum
potltlon was whothor or not the stat
uto requires a full text of nn act ot
tho loglslaturo upon which a roforon
dum 13 demanded to bo printed on
tho face ot tho roforotldum potltlon.
Tho court doclded that tho statuto did
not require tho printing of tho full
toxt of the law on tho faco of tho potl
tlon. This Is exactly our own vlow
and Is following out explicitly tho
terms of Soction2335. In othor words,
tho decision in Bartllng v. Walto Is an
Interpretation of soctlon 2335, and tha
court expressly states that section
2337, which is tho answor to your
prosont Inquiry, Is Inapplicable to tha
facts as presented to tho court In that
caso. Tho question of whothor or not
roforondum potltions shall bo attached
to a full and correct copy of tho moas
uro on which a referendum 1b demand
ed was not before tho court for de
cision, i
"In vlow of tho statuto and tho
reasoning nbovo glvon, It is my opin
ion, and, I am glad to add that it la
tho unanimous opinion ot all tho law
yers attached to this department, that
those petitions as presented to you
do not comply with tho statuto, tha,t
thoy woro not circulated in a manner
which complies with" tho statuto, and
that thoroforo, following tho law, you
should refuse to nccopt them '"for filing."
Primary Referendum Filed
Lincoln. A petition signed by 24,
049 voters has been filed with the sec
retary of state asking for a refer
endum on section 1 of II. R. 323, tho
bill amending the direct primnry law.
Section 1 excepts from the operation
of the direct primary law, in addition
to the offices previously excepted, all
state officers other than members of
the legislature, governor, United
States senator and members of con
gress. In effect it provides that a
state conventipn made up of delegates
elected by a county convention com
posed of delegates elected from each
voting precinct in tho county shall
have the right to nominate candidates
for lieutenant governor, treasurer,
railway commissioner, secretary of
state, auditor, land commissioner and
attorney general. Tho constitution
permits referendum on any pnrt of an
net, and the one filed docs not seek to
have a vote taken on the other amend
ments made, which provide for direct
election of delegates to county con
ventions nnd gives the women equal
representation with the men on party
committees.
Another Plea for Wllhelm
Berlin. Tho former king of Saxony
has telegraphed King Georgo urging
him to prevent extradition ot tho ox
kaiser. "Faithful to tho kalsor in
times ot good fortune," tho mossnga
road, "I and the princes of my houso,
as German princes aud officers, do
sire to take our stands on tho side ot
the knlser In times of hard trials."
Tumulty May Join Cabinet
New York. Tho noxt postmaster
gonoral will probably bo Joseph Tu
multy, secretary to tho presldont. It
is stated that Mr. Burleson has takon
tho first opportunity to place his res
ignation beforo the presldont and that
Tumulty Is slated for the place.
Heroes of Qelleau Woods
Washington. Tho second division
of regulars and "all attached units"
havo boon assigned to an early return
homo. This division includes tho
Fifth and Sixth regiments of marines.
brought in the name of tho Nebraska
district of the Evangelical Lutheran
Bynod of Missouri and tho St. Francis
church of Omaha. A number of in
terveners aro Joined in tho suft on
behalf of othor foroign language con
grogations in Omaha. Dofondanta In
tho suit are Governor McKclvIo, At
torney General Davis and A. V. Shot
well, county attorney of DougUs
county. Tho appeal Is signed by Ar
thur Mullen, onco a representative ot
tho church interests and once as a
porsonal intorvenor; Albert Wagoner,
A. M. Post and Joseph Votava.
BY POOLING WOOL CLIP OF COMMUNITY
SHEEP RAISERS CAN OBTAIN FULL VALUE
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Buyers Purchasing
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Hits wool Rrowef who mnrlcefs Ills
wool ns nn Individual is handicapped,
for his clip is likely to bo too Binoll
to Induce tlio buyers to make nny al
terations In their accustomed methods
of esttmntlng wool vnlues. By com
bining or pooling Ids wool with other
growers and Belling It co-operntlvely,
It should ho possible to prepare tho en
tire clip of nny section so that the
reputation of Its wool would ho en
hanced nnd tho growers obtain the
full mnrkct value for their product,
,Bny RpecInllstB of tho United States de
partment of agriculture.
In Its simplest form, tho co-operntlvo
selling of wool may operate merely In
tho collection and disposal of tho clip.
Tho wool may ho collected at somo
central point nnd sold privately, or
by auction Bale, or by salod bids. In
some cases It may bo ndvlsablo to havo
a Iocnl representative handle wool for
tho growers, or tho wool may be con
signed to a merchant In some central
market. The Intter method requires
less actual time, experience, expenso
and labor.
How to Organlzo Selling Clubs.
When farmers of a community de
cide to consign their wool, somo ono
grower should bo designated to net an
Informal manager. He should moko ar
rangements with nil tho growers to de
liver their wool nt n certain shipping
point on a spoclficd day. Ho should
bo on hand when tho wool is graded,
if that has been provided for nt tho
loading station, nnd to seo tho wool
loaded and shipped.
This plan provides n nucleus for a
permanent orgnnlzntlon, and Is tho
first step In u moro efficient system for
marketing wool. Tho exporlcnco gained
by one year's operation under this
plan is often sufficient to warrant tho
establishment of a pcrmnnent co-op-crative
marketing association. When,
planning such nn association, the
growers should meet and discuss tho
proposed plan thoroughly, appoint a
committee to Investigate tho possibili
ties, the flnnnclng, suitable warehouse
accommodations, Shipping facilities,
and nny other local conditions which
demnnd attention. Much misunder
standing mny bo avoided by having
tho plan reduced to writing, no mnt
tcr how simple the co-operative idea
mny seem.
The bucccbs or failure of n co-opcrn-tlvo
organization for tho marketing of
wool depends upon tho necessity for
organization, local conditions, organ
ization efficiency, nnd the loyalty of
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SUGGESTIONS FOR PREPARING FLEECE FOR MARKET
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Shear tho sheep when tho wool
is
anv moisture In dm flnnnn
Tho sheep should be shorn only on n smooth, dry surfnee, preferably
a pinned board flooring, never on tho dirt.
Cnro should he taken to keep tho fleece Intact. Avoid second cuts,
which reduce the nverngo length of tho staple.
Clip nil locks from each fleece und pack separately. Never permit
them to remain In tho fleece.
Fleeces should he prepared with the flesh Bide out, never tho
wenther side.
Fold, roll, or use flecco box for preparing tho fleece.
Tie each fleece separately. Never tie two fleeces together, nor pack
and market untied wool.
Use only enough twlno to tlo flecco securely.
Taper or hard glazed surface twlno should bo used. Never uso slBnl
nor binder twine
Never permit tho fleece to come Into contnet with chaff, hay, dust,
nor any other foreign material.
Place tho tied fleeces In regulntlon wool sacks or cover them with
ennvns or now burlap.
Select n clean, dry plnco for storing tho wool until sold. Never
permit tho wool to He upon the ground nor store it in n bnsement.
Keep tho white and black wool separate. Never permit nny portion
of black wool to he mixed through tho white.
Dlvido the hurry, Bcody, cotted, dend, blnck, nnd gray fleeces from
tho clean, white, well-grown wool, and pack separately. Never pack
all grades together indiscriminately.
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GAINS IN CLUB MEMBERSHIP
Demonstration Agent In Natchitoches
Parlch Reports Increase In
Enrollment.
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(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
From many localities throughout the
United States reports are being re
ceived from club leaders stating that
club membcrflhlp, as well ns club In
terest, Is Increasing this year over Inst
year, when speclnl attention was given
tho work ns a war emergency. Tho
homo demonstration agent In Natchi
toches Parish, La., sayB: "I find that
a much larger percentage of my poul
try club members havo pure-bred chick
ens nnd eggs this year than last nnd
I find that this branch of tho work Is
getting on a very substantial basis.
The poultry club enrollment is twice
as large ns last year nnd the canning
club nearly three times ns largo."
Wool at Auction Sale.
those pnrtlclpntlng. Tho most im
portant factor in nn orgnnlzntlon
formed for tho co-opcrntlvo market
ing of wool Is tho selection of n sales
manager having experience in wool
and with sufficient business capabili
ties to command tho confidence of tho
growers. , w
Provision for Expense Funds.
If the members of tho co-operative
marketing association desire n loan
on their wool, arrangements should be
mnde with a local bnnkcr to ndvnnco
to tho association a sufficient amount
to cover snch loans. Each member
should be assessed n certnln amount
for ench pound of wool to cover tho
oxpenso of loading nnd shipping this
nmount to bo deducted nt tho tlmo of
finnl Bcttlemcnt. Funds thus provided
mny be used for such expenses ns labor
for handling the wool, fire Insurance,
rental for warehouse, etc. In fixing n
dato for delivery of the wool, It should1
bo understood that In enso of rain tho
collecting will bo postponed until tho
first clear dny.
Tho price paid for wool is deter
mined by tho grade of tho clip and
when Belling under tho co-operntlve
plan It Is frequently possible to hnvo
tho wool graded at the tlmo It Is
loaded. Thus each grower will know
beforo his wool reaches tho market
whether It hns been graded choice, nv
crago or poor. When n sufficient quan
tity of wool is pooled, somo buyers
will Bend n wool clnsser or grader to
grado ench grower's wool separately.
If this is dorio, nn nccurnto record of!
each fanner's clip should bo kept by
tho manager nnd a statement sent to
tho different growers showing the
number of fleeces and net weight o
ench grade. If possible, each grower
should be present when tho wool Is
graded, for a few nctual demonstra
tions of this kind Impress tho grower
nnd will create nn Incentive to pro
duce wool of a higher grade.
If possible, arrangements to sell the
wool should bo mado Whllo tho grader
Is present, so that ho may represent
tho growers nnd explain in nn Intelli
gent way to the buyers tho merits of
tho different grades. As n rule, wool
growers have little definite knowledge
concerning grading, shrlnkago, spin
ning properties or vnluo of their wooV
whllo tho buyers at least most of
them nro familiar not only with
these points but have accurate infor
mation concerning mnrkct conditions:
nnd tho nttltudo of tho manufacturer
towards tho purchase of wool, nnd par
ticularly tho demand for certain
grades.
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Keep tho llttlo pigs dry.
Let tho sunshine Into tho cow stable.
Feed your llvo stock with home
grown feed.
Thumps in pigs is n disease caused
by overfeeding nnd luck of exercise.
Good horses nre still In demand,
and tho future Is especially good.
There are better opportunities on
somo farms for a few sheen thnn th,.
managers of these farms nro aware.
Root crops nro vnlunhlo supple
mentary succulent feed, for fnll uuil
early winter feeding for llvi stock.
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