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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1919)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. r "1 "js ttoj rmjp LAST AND LOVELIEST SUMMER HATS LIVE STOCK PROBLEMS SOLVED UNDER GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION OF MARKETS FUNNY JIM U The Inst and loveliest of Bummer millinery makes Its appearance for wear In July and August, to be suc ceeded ly less fanciful and less airy hendwear for late summer and enrly fall. There Is not the prodigal use of jtrltr.mlngs on hats for late summer that appears In lints for spring and early summer. Things must look sim ple and cool for hot days, nnd besides the pendulum of fashion swings con stantly first toward trimmings nnd then away from them, In order to bo forever changing the styles, Inasmuch us changing styles are the breath of life to merchandising. The story of into summer millinery Is considerably longer this year thnn for many summers past. In casting about for something new, designers used to turn their bncks upon summer nbrlcv and trimmings nnd forestall au tumn by using Its materials In August. We were likely to see velvet hats In the dog days and woolly felts long before they fit In with any background that summertime provides. In spite of the outrage to their sense of fitness many women would follow this fnshlon nnd It proved bad business. Of course It had to end, nnd this summer there Is a world of hats made specially for late summer, of summer materials but dif fering from their predecessors. BEACH CLOTHES GROW CAPTIVATING Such numbers of new and beautiful things for bench wear have made their appearance along with hot weather, that bathers mnke a panorama on the sands more Interesting than ever. There are many vngaries In suits and wrnps that bloom like gorgeous nnd unfamiliar flowers on tho edge of the sen, and some of them are evidently Intended to bo looked nt nnd not to be wet. Among these nre mantles of silk In gay colors and Japanese de signs, nnd beach costumes of silk thnt one can hardly think were over Intend ed to withstand the boisterous wuves or salt water; but they are charming to look nt. These attractive beach clothes, how ever, have no monopoly of good looks. The regular bathing nnd swim ming togs worn this season are alto gether the most attractive that have been presented within tho memory of the oldest fnshlon writer. Very suc cessful ones are made of the new silk fiber fabrics In knitted weaves, nnd In the usual woolens, as well as In taf feta and other silks. The silk fiber fabrics have a sheen that water fallB to dim and thnt adds a great deal to the effectiveness of tho brilliant color combinations In which they nre made. Tho suit shown In the picture Is a good example of the silk fiber models Only three of all the lovely galaxy of late summer models nppenr In tho group above and each Is entirely dif ferent from the others. At the top of the group a close-fitting turban hav ing a very narrow brim, covered with a light paon velvet, Is swathed with a long scarf of figured chiffon In tho oriental manner. The chiffon winds about the shape nud trails off at the back In a long scarf end which Is, brought about tho throat nnd shoul ders. This Is a very simple nffnlr, but It will never pass unnoticed or be quickly forgotten for It has character that Is unusual. Just below at tho right the well loved big black hat of midsummer Im presses us once again with Its refine ment nnd' Its beauty. It has a braid crown and a brim of black mnllnes, with flowing lines emphasized by loops of braid. A collar of black velvet rib bon is tied nbout the crown with a wide bow at tho front, having a Jot bar at the center. At the left a pale pink summer felt hns Its upper brim cov ered with satin nnd a sash of satin ribbon about the crown. A bow and ends at tho back, nnd n flower made of the ribbon, at the front, give a good account of themselves by furnishing a youthful trimming for the headwenr of a young girl. nnd Is practical for ordinary sea bath ing, although It Is not a swimming suit. Itcgular swimming suits havo very short skirts and no unnecessary fullness. They dispense with sashes; In fact are brief as to skirts and light as" to weight. This suit has bloomers nnd dress of light purple, with border of gold at the neck nnd arm's eye and around tho bottom of the skirt. Thu skirt Is split up at the left side, re vealing purple bloomers and has short strips of gold-colored fnbrlc set In the split. Tho sash Is In gold color ulso. The very amplo cape Is of rubberized cloth, with slits for tho arms where a short flounce simulates a sleeve. Gen erally fliesc suits have hose and shoes or slippers to match. The slippers nre fastened with ribbons that wind about tho nnkles In the fashion of sandals. Like the shoes, they aro of cloth, n sort of Bateen usually, and made to mntch the suit. Pongee a Favorite. Pongee Is one of the season's favor ite fabrics for children, us well as grownups. It Is used for both dresses and wraps. DADDY5 CV LMG HARY" (jMIIAM BONNER FATHER WEEK'S STORY. "It's all very well," said Father Week, for daddies to toll Btorles to their children, all very well, and all very nice. I can sec how the children would get used to them nnd would en joy having thorn, nnd wouldn't want to miss n nightly story for anything. "But I tun not going to let my chil dren go without stories either." "What do you mean?" asked Eflle Elf, who was listening to Father Week as lie talked. "Have you never seen my children?" nsked Father Week. "Never," said Eflle Elf. "It Is the first time I ever saw you, you know." "Now, Is It, Indeed?" asked Father Week. "Yet I have been around a good long time." "Sometimes," said Efllo Elf, "I think we miss things that are around nil the time. Wo don't notice them enough or think enough of them because they nre usual. "But I don't sco how I could have missed you." "Well, I'm n bi old soul, always looking after the dMren, seeing they aren't late, but always right on tlm. One thing I do Insist upon, nnd that Is that my children nre on time. Thoy nre never, never late, except some times In a make-believe way when they chnnge one of their hours around." "I'm getting so mixed up," said Effio Elf. "What do you mean?" "I mean that sometimes they put ahead an hour, or bnck an hour so that people think that It's Wcdnesdny when still It Is Tuesday. But of course that mnkes very little real difference, nnd if folks nre happier with dnyllght or whatever It Is they want, I don't mind, nnd if they're happier without It I don't mind either.' "Do call your children nnd tell them a story?" asked Eflle Elf. "Ah," snld Father Week, "I tell my children their stories as other dad dies tell their children stories. But nlwnys one child Is busy, and can't be listening. That Is the child who Is working thnt day." "Call what children you can," snld Eflle Elf, "for still I am mixed up. And I would like to hnve It all ex plained to me." "Come, children," cnlled Father Week. "Come Monday and Tuesday. Come Wednesday nnd Thursday. Come Saturday and' Sunday." They all came hurrying nlong, look ing very much alike, the six children. "You see," explained Father Week, "Friday Is busy. It's Friday's turn now. "Well, my children, my lovely dnys, how aro you all?" "We're well, father, we're happy, we're looking forward to n story." "I will tell a story of our family and Its history," said Father Week, "for it'f Ai Aft Af "I Am Getting So Mixed Up," Said Effle Elf. this visitor of ours, Eflle Elf, has never heard very much nbout our family, or she has forgotten If she hns. "Years and yenrs ago our great, great, great, great, great, great, nnd then a great many moro greats, great grandfathers stnrtcd our - enormous family. "He whs the first year. There were all his sons, fine sons he had. There were twelve of them. And so strong nnd splendid were they that every single new year (for our ' grand father, our first, first grandfather, lived a long tlnfo ago) there have been many who have followed after him, as have the sons nfter his sons. "The years huve come to follow the example of our first grandfather, and the sons have come to follow the rx nmple of tho first twelve sons nnd to do Just as they do. "You know Jnnunry, and February, and March, and so on. I am the son of the months. I am Father Week, and you, you precious days, are my children, my little sons." "But," snld Effle Elf, "nre there no daughters in your family?" "Yes," smiled Father Week. "The daughters are all the happy moments that go hand In hand with the dnys!" Wrong, All Right. Teacher: "Tommy, spell 'wrjong.'" Tommy: "U-o-n-g." Teacher: "That's wrong." Tommy: "That's whnt you nsked me to spell." Direct Application. Mrs. Pyuas Do you bellevo In be ing able to cure by tho laying on of hnnds? Mrs. Wordly Oh, yes; I often cure my son Jlmmie of being naughty Just that way. HAPPY THOUGHT. Lending Mnn (of tho stranded troupe) Nothing to do but walk back to dear old Broadtvay, mcthlnkft Leading Womnnr-But thlu3 of tho disgrace I Ingenue And tho rustic glboryl Comedlnn Pence bo with you nil 1 Why, we'll send tho ndvnnco man ahead to scatter tho Interesting tidings thnt you ladles aro hlklti suffragettes and wo men the nccomynnylng news paper correspondents. Buffalo Ex press. Light Reading. Mrs. Ill-Brow I understand youc husbnnd Is a well-read man, Mrs. O'Houllhan. Mrs. O'Houllhnn Bedad, he Is that, mum. He rends tho livelong day. Shuro and ho do bo wan of thlm con stant readers. Mrs. HI-Brow I'm glad to henr Unit. What docs he rend? Mrs. O'Houllhan Gas meters, mum. His Profit "He sold his houso for $2,000 moro than he paid for it." "That so? Did ho buy another?" "Yes." "Make nny money on tho denl?" "When ho figured up what ho had to pny for tho now houso nnd tho ex pense of moving he found that he had made Just $2.85." One Way or the Other. "Meat Is terribly dear I Meat 50 cents a pound 1" "But think how cheap money Is, with a 50-cent piece worth only a pound of meat!" Kind Conjecture. Belle All Maude's family aro blondes. Where did she get such black eyes? Nell I guess her husband gave "them to her. In Suspense. "Patched up peace with your wlfo as yet?" "Not quite. My ma-In-Iaw, my wlfo nnd her two sisters nro discussing the terms," JUST SO. Woodman, sparo that treo, Touch not a single bough. You see -wo all must bo For conserva tion now. Neighbors Arc, Too. "I am sacMest when I sing," And her volco rings far and high. "I am saddest when I sing," "So aro we!" the neighbors cry. Evening the Score. "There will be trouble If those two men meet. The big one is n six foot er." "Yes, but tho little ono hns a six shooter." Selfish. "What has become of thnt man who discovered the fourth dimension?" "no has decided to keep It to him self. It's too valuable for distribu tion." A Sign of Rain. neck They say a ring around tho moon Is a sign of rain. Peck So Is n ring nround n wom an's linger n sign of rclgn. Answers. Hard to Finger. "They say that every man has his price," began tho chronic broinldlst. "Nothlri' to It," snapped his wife. "Some men aro absolutely worthless." Naturally. "There are going fo be big profits In tho coffee business." "Well, that Is ono Industry which ought to bo in n settled condition." Trying Voices. Stngo Aspirant la thero a voice trial today, pleuso? Stage Doorkeeper (fod up) No, miss, It was held yesterday. And all tho defendants was found guilty of singing like foghorns. Passing Show. Hie Advantage. "A magistrate has a great advantage over other married men." "What Is It?" "When his wlfo stnrts out to glvo him n piece of her mind he enn bind her over to keep the piece." One Step In the Marketing of Live (Prepared by the" United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Live-stock mnrkcts of tho United Stntcs nre moro completely orgnnlzcd, moro efficiently conducted nnd better protected ngnlnst "ZZs to the producer thnn almost any other clnss of innr kets for farm products. However, llko nil other large enterprises, tho ltvo stock markets nnd mcnt-packlng cen ters liavo created problems of super vision or regulation becauso of their extensive ramifications nnd their di rect Influence upon the nffnlrs of ev ery producer and user of meats and tho long list of animal by-products. As n consequence of these condi tions nnd In view of tho war needs for meat nnd other animal products, tho government fotnid It necessary, nbout n yenr ngo, to conserve the mcnt supply for tho war period by exercis ing tho war power conferred upon the president by tho food control net, nnd to plnco tho live-stock markets under supervision. A proclamation to that effect was issued by the president Juno 18, 1018, which provided that public stock yards nnd those handling or dealing in Hvo stock in such yards should bo required to operate under federal license on nnd nfter July 25, 1018. Tho ndmlnlstrntlon of tills scrv Ice wns placed under tho secretary of agriculture, who designated tho bu reau of markets to enforco tho regu lations governing licenses. Suggestions From Industry Used. Before tho formal Issuan,co of tho regulations n tentatlvo draft wns sent to nil Interested parties with n request for suggestions. Numerous confer ences wero held with each branch of the Industry, Including representatives of the national nud local Hvo stock ex changes. As n result many practical and useful suggestions were received nnd Incorporated In tho final draft of tho regulations. At that time tho bureau of markets wns represented in most of tho large live-stock markets by Us mnrkot re porting organizations, nnd theso rep resentatives wero nt once Instructed to perform additional duties ns acting market supervisors. As rapidly us competent candidates could be found they wero appointed nnd nsslgned to duty In tho vnrlous live-stock mnr kcts, extending fram Boston to Port land, Ore., nnd from Jacksonville to Los Angeles, Including up to tho pres ent tlmo some thirty offices. Ono hun dred nnd twenty-ono stock yards, 89-1 exclusive commission firms, 785 trad ers, 107 order buyers, 231 packer buy ers nnd 1,051 concerns doing two or moro classes of business huvo been licensed. Many Improvements Made. At n number of stock yards addi tional facilities and Improved service have been lustnllcd through tho activi ties of tho market supervisors, accord ing to government Nofficlals. New scales, pens and sorting nlleya have been built, better feed has been fur nished, dirty pens havo been cleaned, additional yard men hnve been em ployed, arrangements for loading; un londlng nnd moving stock through the yards huve been amplified, a closer check on weights of feed has been mndo, more prompt service on tormi na! railroads has been furnished, und numerous other features of stock-yard service hnve been Improved. At ono Important market tho time required to move stock trains from the cud of tho terminal to the unload ing chutes, which formerly wns from four to twenty-four hours, hns been reduced to n period of from forty-flvo mjnutcs to two hours. Tho officials of tho Hvo stock exchango nt that mar ket say they had tried for 25 years to secure relief from terminal delays but without result. At another mar ket tho baskets formerly used for measuring corn were discarded nnd a new set of standard bushel baskets put In their place. Feed charges huve been reduced In somo cases on sugges tion of tho local market supervisors. Supervisors as Umpires. Besides tho direct purpose for which tho supervision service was estab lished It 1ms been utilized In other Im portant matters. Tho department rep resentatives wero In n position to be of nsslstanco to tho representatives of tho food nnd railroad administra tions, exchanges, pnckci nnd stock ynrds during tho crltlcnl flays of tho period of stabilized hog prices which this country has recently passed through. In this sltuntlon, ns In many other matters, It wns found that n neutral ofllclnl representing no prlvnto or clnss Interest could aid with a de gree of satisfaction to nil concerned Stock battle at the Stock Yards. which would havo been lraposslblo If left to tho Interested parties to work out. In other words, tho government men havo nctcd ns umpires, and, as always happens, tho gnmo has been played more fairly and with less fric tion. One of the most Importnnt benefits from the supervision service, accord ing to officials of tho bureau of mar kets, Is tho confidence lacking for mnny years that has been estab lished in tho minds of producers unit shippers of live stock. They sny thero Is no qucstlo'n that tho tendency among farmers and Btockmen to in crenso their stock-growing nnd feed ing operations is duo In lnrgo part to tho knowledgo thnt Undo Sam Is su pervlslng the markets. BETTER SHEEP CARE PAYS FLOCK OWNERS Results Given of Demonstrations Held in Missouri. Animals Given Highest-Priced Feed Returned Biggest Net Return on Investment, Most Important Point to Raiser. 1 (Prepared by tho United states Depart ment of Agriculture.) Soven farm sheep demonstrations wero held Inst year In Missouri lloclc owners co-operating with sheep spe cialists of tho United States department of agriculture nud tho slate agricul tural college tho results of which, nmong other things, showed that It pnys well to glvo Bheep proper care. In two of tho demonstrations, whero grndo nnlmnls wero kept, ono flock produced 108 per cent of lnmbs, which means that some of tho owes had twin lnmbs, while tho other flock produced only 59 per cent of lnmbs, which menna that n lnrgo number of tho ewes did not produco nny or that tho lnmbs wero too weak at birth to bo saved. The wool from tho first flock was sold at GO cents a pound, whllo tho wool from tho sccoud flock brought 04 cents n pound. Tho cost of feed of tho first flock nmounted to $7.05 for each ani mal, whllo the sheep of tho second flock wero fed nt a cost of $1.34 each, ho total cost, In tho first flock amounted to $8.30 an nnlmnl, ns com pared to $2.57 for tho second lloclc. But tho net profit n head (he point which Is most Important to all sheep raisers was $5.74 In the first flock ns compared to $2.22 in tho second lloclc, nnd tho net return on tho Investment nmounted to 21.77 per cent in tho first flock ns compnrcd to 10.23 per cent lr tho second flock. SCIENTIFIC FEEDING IS BEST Waste Saved by Carefully Studylna Composition of Feeds and Their Digestibility. (Prepared by the Unttod States Deport ment of Agriculture.) To supply food in tho right propor tion to meet tho various requirements of tho nnlmnl, without n wnsto of food nutrients, constitutes scientific feed ing. It is by carefully studying tho. composition of feeding stuffs, tho pro portion in which they nro digested by different nnlmnls nnd under different conditions, and tho requirement of nnlmnls for tho vnrlous food nutrlentB when nt rest, nt work, giving milk, producing wool, mutton, beef, pork, etc., thnt tho principles of feeding, havo been worked out. In applying? theso principles in prnctlco tho cost' nnd spectnl adaptations of different feeding stuffs must, of course, bo taken into account. Live Stock MOT E'S Weeds glvo way before sheep. The fruit nnd truck farmer can well afford to havo a spnn of horses to sell each yenr. Itnlso two or moro colts every year nnd help supply tho farms of tills country with teams. ' Whero pigs hnvo nccess to good pns turo most any grain or mill feed can be used through tlie summer ruontha.