THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
A LAST WORD AROT JT
TOS TO
CATTLE FEEDERS MUST EXERCISE MORE
CAUTION THIS WINTER THAN FORMERLY
CHILDREN'S CLOTHES
MKOPT D
Finis" Ik written hv
fncturers of children's clothes, so fnr
us uie winter season's offerings are
concerned. They must busy thorn
bcives now for spring, even though
inter nas Just begun, and have ready
in January drnsspsi. Ill f Will tf finf4in
materials, because the new cotton fab-
ncs are put on display at that tlmo.
January brings a demand for stylos ns
well as materials, and for ready-made
children's clothes. Foresighted moth
ers prefer to got the children's spring
sewing out of the way early and the
llrst two months in the year find
them engaged with children's clothes
and undermusllns events which the
stores all over the country prepare for.
Therefore the little coat for n kinder
gartener and the woolen dress for a
little school girl, presented here,
make their bow and then their exit,
the last to join a host of winter com
panions. Their places are soon to be
filled by harbingers of spring frocks
it gingham, chambray and the like.
A heavy, double-weave cloth, plain
on one side and plaid on the other, Is
the sort of material to choose for n I
warm school coat like that shown In
the picture. It Is equal to all require
ments of its little wearer, with Its
pretty collnr of beaver plush and but
tons nnd pocket flaps to match. And
the same thine Is trim of tin. imt nf
castor clipped beaver, won: with it.
Serge, tricotlno or any good wool
material is used for dresses like that
ut the right of the nictnro. Tt im n
plaited skirt joined to a body that
opens at the left front, nnd fastens
with loops over round buttons envorod
with the cloth. A soft belt of the ma
terial has diagonal slits In It nt tho
front that open into small, snnnrn
pockets suspended from the under sldn.
Theso pockets are bound with a fancy
silk brnld, and tho same braid appears
as a band on the sleeves nmi in n
neck decoration. Altogether this llttlo
dress bespeaks careful attention on
uio part of an expert, deslener nnd
the very clever management of tho
pockets is enough to mnko nnv snuill
girl determine to wear it evorv flav
or until something else equally unusu-
ai anu pretty nils her soul with satisfaction.
j ASTOS ELECTION CAMPAIGN j
Lady Astor "Miss Nancy from
Virginia" certainly made a pictur
esque campaign for tho seat In tho
house of commons vncnted by her hus
band, the new Viscount Asinr. enn
of tho Into Viscount Astor of Hevur
nsuc, formerly William Waldorf As
tor of New York city. This American
wife of an Englishman of title who
owns many millions of doiinra wnwii
of New York real estate, developed n
quickness of repartee which carried
her triumphantly through most of tho
iiucKiing at nor meetings. Ilcro nro
somo of her sayings:
"It took tho spirit of Drake nnd
tho faith of tho I'ilm-lm FnMinra tn
got mo hero tonight."
In n packed schoolhouso n wom
an cried out: "I want to ask Lady
Astor why we nro nil packed Into n
room uiio this?" Quick ns n flash
came the retort: "Ilecnuso men ar
ranged It." After mnklnir n uiliri.f
error of figures she quickly rectlllcd it nnd said: "It was Evo who admitted
she was wrong. It was not Adam. If wo women mnko a mistake wo will
ti Jn.lTu fw tT 1,in,wicn 10 hl,u 18 t0 leavo hlm n,ono- If 1 ro the
kaiser and felt that I had been sent from God to rule tho world nnd found
myself shut up in n Dutch village that would be punishment enough for mo"
One of my enemies said I had n pretty face. I thought I had lost that
15 years ugo. It has bucked rao up more than anything I have heard for a
long time.
J&r nVi'innriiam
Less Risk In Good Than Plain Cattle fop Avcrano Man.
COOLIDGE NOW A NATIONAL FIGURE
RIBBONS FORECAST
CHRISTMAS TIME
The triumphnnt re-election of
governor i;aivln Coolldgo of Massa
chusetts because of his stand for
Americanism against radicalism
makes hlm a national llmire.
Governor Coolldgo comes by his
Americanism logically for ho was bom
on juiy i. li is birthplace was Ply
mouth, Vt. IIo is forty-seven years
old. After attending Amherst college
no tooic up the practice of law In
Northampton, Mass. Ho boimn his
political career as a member of tho
.Northampton city council. Subse
quently ho wns elected mayor, city
solicitor, clerk of the Ilnmpshlre
county court, state representative,
state senator, president of tho state
senate, lieutenant governor and gov
ernor. Governor nnd Mrs. Coolldgo arc
the pnrents of two boys. The govern
or's father, Col. John C. Coolldge,
wns n member of tho Vermont state
senate the two years the son was In the Massachusetts sennte. Governor
Coolldgo Is noted for the brevity of his speeches.
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j PEN SKETCH OF JUDGE E. H. GARY
"Like bees about the honuvHiickin "
women have begun to swarm about the
ribbon counters In the big stores,
Wliere there are so ninny beautiful
uiuss accessories on uispiay. (jurist
imas time Is harvest time for the rlli
bon department nnd already tho stores
lare showing enticing articles made of
rimmis in order to point the way to
using them. There nre whole flocks of
gny ribbon hair bows for the younger
generation, nnd there are dance caps
and breakfast caps for young nnd old,
corsage (lowers nnd bouquets, innumer
able bags for all sorts of purposes and
iovely girdles and sashes. Vestees and
hat crowns suggest uses for the rich
est brocaded ribbons and many shop
ping bags are made of these.
Itlbbon.s for lingerie have u story of
their own which It is important to
Know at Christmas time ns they fur
nish tho most acceptable nnd least
Cnfitlv nf rllllmn rriftu Aiwt tl.o- ..,.!
" . i iw iiiu.u ill i;
the pretty neckwear fancies and the
nouse-furnlshlng pieces, all meriting
'attention of the Christians shopper.
Hut it Is not possible to descrlbo nil
of these ribbon nrtlcles nt one time. In
too group of dress nccessories shown
liero there nppear three corsage orna
ments, a dance cap and n party hag,
wny one of them a gift that nny worn
(an will enjoy. Of tho corsnge ornn
Jments ono Is n rose mnde of dark red
satin ribbon ; the other rose Is of vel
vet ribbon In roso pink and tho small
cluster of little roses In several light
colors forms a little bouquet that will
find u place for Itself In ninny toilettes,
i The dance cap Is not dlfllcult to
make. Millinery wire and thn
of the milliner nre needed for It nnd
arc usually forthcoming when the ma
terials are bought. Narrow satin or
tnlTeta ribbon, gathered with scant
iunness along one edge, Ik sewed In
rows to form the crown. Taffeta has
stiffness enough to stnnd up well
enough, but satin may need n support
lug crown of crinoline. The brim n
sennt frill of gold or sliver lure nmi
the crown are sewed to u silk-covered
bonnet wire that encircles tho head,
nnd n very lino sllk-coverwl wi in .,
In the Ince frill near Its edge. A small
sprny of ribbon or millinery flowers
nnd n little cane of tho lnen fnliinp nt
the back complete this fasclnntlng
dance cnp.
millions, wide and narrow. with i,.
nnd net nre used for breakfast caps
and they need, ordinarily, no wire sup
port. Small chiffon or ribbon flowers,
rosettos, bows und ends nnihmih
them.
To mnke ribbon roses ono must have
heavy wire for tho steins and millinery
foliage. The petals of ribbon nro
wound to the stems with tie-wire nnd
the stems finally wound with nurrow
green ribbon.
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Drooping Shoulders for 8prlng.
Drooping shoulders
French couturieres for spring.
Elbert II. Gary of the United
States Steel corporation wns tho ob
served of all observers nt the recent
national Industrial conference. Here
Is a pen sketch of him by William
Allen White, the Kansas novelist, who
Is temporarily Indulging In newspaper
work :
"Judge Gary sits in tho midst of
tho public group. IIo Is tho dapperest
man In the room. Ho Is dressed as if
sitting for his portrait, with clothes
creased and linen immaculate and
liniuh! manicured. They generally
rest clasped together In his lap. He
impresses one ns being a nerveless
man. He sat for 30 minutes without
moving a muscle, except once or twice
to brush his chin while Samuel Gom
pers stood arraigning tho Steel trust
and nil Its men in a powerful speech
ono afternoon. His terrier bright
eyes glistened ns they gazed dispas
sionately at Gomners' fnriv hut lmv
did not flinch nt Gompers' dlmux, and no color came or went In his face as
the tide of Gompers' oratory rose nnd fell. Tho wholo conference, 130 re
porter ana a room full of spectators, were looking nt Gary while Gompers
spoke, and Gompers wns looking nt Gary with rather a flery eye. But never a
twitch moved Gary's face. Not even by a movement of a foot or a hnnd did
he Ind cato thnt he was under the slightest nervous pressure. The cold
STTt "dom'tnbl physical nature of tho man never had a more perfect
test than It had that afternoon under the Gompers arraignment."
GORGAS ERADICATES YELLOW FEVER j
America, which cave the world
new and terrible plague, has wiped It
out, according to word received from
MoJ. Gen. William C. Gorges. Yellow
fever was unknown to the rest of tho
world beforo Columbus discovered
America. Soon It was creating havoc
In Europe nnd Asln.
Tho final extermination of this
plague wns one of tho tusks under
taken by the Rockefeller foundation.
A commission, headed by General Gor
gas, had Just succeeded in driving It
back Into the two or thrco places in
South America where It wns endemic,
nnd was preparing to move on the
outer works nnd exterminate the last
remaining vestlgo of tho disease when
the great war broke out and the ex
perts wero called to u more pressing
campnlgn. Sentries were left on
guard, however, and ns soon ns Doctor
Gorgas was relieved from military
flftrvlf'lt tin ((int.- lit! mmln tlw. ....
yellow fever. Now General Gorgas reports thnt tho fight Is won. The last
remaining plague spot was Guayaquil, Ecuador. General Gorgas, returning
from this west const port, announces that ho believes tho last trace of tho
disease has been eradicated. liHnelnfr nlimit t(u. iiofinitn 1.11,1 ii.,. ....it....
fever menace, the llrst of tho great diseases to suffer extirpation.
(Prcparea by tho Unltod States Dopart-
mcni oi Agriculture)
Are you going to feed any cnttlo tills
winter? If so, what kind of feed nro
you going to use? And what kind of
:ntt!o nro you colnir to feed?
Those questions hnvo boon
persistently, ono feeder of another, for
mo pasc several months wherever cnt
tlo nro commonly fed In tho United
Stntes. Now tho tlmo has arrived for
filling tho feeding lots and tho ques
won is more insistent than over.
It used to ho tho common practice,
when corn wns high in price, to feed
moro roughng?. If corn wns low, the
feeder could afford to feed it in larger
.lunntltles over n longer period. If ho
wns going to fcd corn In considerable
quantities over n long period, lie wns
disposed to buy high-class cattle. If
corn was high and tho feeder felt that
ho had to use a larger proportion of
roughage, ho was disposed to buy
plainer, thinner cattle.
A Day of New Rules.
But Just now all the old rules nro
apsct. Feeders, In common with every
body else, nro living in a new world-
just ns truly a new world as if the
things seen by the zenlot of Patmos
had come to pass. Corn Is high un
preccdcntcdly high compared to pre
war prices. The old rule would bo
'Feed moro much stuff." Hut ronch
ago nlso is high unprcccdenteUly so,
wnnt is to no aono nbout it?
Tho United Stntes department of
agriculture agrees with the cxnrosslon
3f many experienced feeders thnt,
largely, it is a matter of each man's
nuesslng for himself. Still tho depart
ment Insists thnt the nccumulntcd
inowledgo about cnttlo feeding Is
ivorth n great denl and that It can bo
jpplled oven under tho nresoht dls-
airbed conditions by practically evcrv
rccuer. The necessities of the situa
tion Will varv with different Inenlltlon
ind with different Individuals In tho
mmo locality. It is n time, tho donnrt
Qient exnerts bollnvo. whr-n no nmn
mould fall to nvnll hlmnnlf nf thn tmln
3f tho county agent and experienced
feeders In determining what In best to
io unuer particular conditions.
Somo of tho foundation, fnrtn of
feeding, of course, nro unclmntred. It
Is still true, ns It nlwnvs hns been. Hint
mo soil fertility of n era n fnrm Is nl
aiost certain to bo donlctcd unless n
considerable nnrt of the cron Is foil
to live stock and tho fertility vnluo
returned to tho fields. Feeding, nftcr
all. Is ordinarily a nnrt nf n lininncmi
ngrlculture, and Its profits or losses
cannot be exactly flcured on the hnsls
of money received for finished cattle
inougn every man. of course, should
laito nu precautions reasonably pos
sible to put tho balance on tho right
Slue of the ledger for the slnulo onorn
tlon.
Feeding Period Shorter.
Tho now elements nro vnrlouslv nn-
pllcablo to different sections nnd to
uiuerent individuals. At least one of
them, however, is nrottv eenernl. Tim
feeding period will hnvo to be shorter
man usca to bo considered desirable,
Tho maximum period thnt most food
ers can contemplnto this yenr Is enld
to no inu days but preferably consider.
ably less. Thnt means, necessarily,
that most feeders cannot nfronl in
"feed to a finish." It has been realized
for a long tlmo that every pound of
weight nut on nt the end of n flnlHh.
Ing period costs more than a pound
put on enrncr in the process. When
every pound nut on at nnv slnpn nt
the process Is costing, as the feeder
feels, too much, the old six to eight
months per od of feodlntr Is in thn flln
card. It may como Into nlnv ncnln cm
a new denl, but not while tho cards nre
distributed ns they nro at present,
It used to bo standard ndvlcn tlint
only nnlmnls of good quality should bo
uscu, as they sell for n higher price
nnd dress n higher nercentnee of beef.
The department experts still say
mat tno average feeder Is taking less
cnanco on a good steer than on a nlnln
er one, but there nro many feeders,
especially the Inexperienced, whom
they ndvlso to uso the plainer kind. It
just nuout Bins down to this exnros
slon from nn old, experienced feeder:
"A policy that Is practical und profit
abio lor ono feeder mny bo wholly lm
practicable for another. Becauso ono
mnn buys only top feeders and feeds
to a finish Is no evidence that ho Is n
better cattle man than his neighbor
who utiys a lower grade of cattlo and
does not feed to a finish." And that
menus, again, that evorv fonder is mi
vised to analyzo his own situation with
tho greatest care thnt ho can give to
it, that no avail himself of whatever
aid the county agent can give, that he
obtain tho special Information nvnir
nblo from his state ngrleulturalcollcg
and experiment station, and from th
United States department of agrlcy
ture.
System Is Guessing.
The whole matter Is much of n
ns everybody ndmlts. But there is i
good deal of system, not to sav sclcnco
In good guessing. Tho mun vh
guesses how many beans nro contnlncf
in n nnif-gallon Jar does not slmnlv
sny, "Well. I cuoss thorn urn 4Rn.A7?
beans in that jar." IIo niicertalns, at-
nearly as ho can, how mnny beans Hi'
n cubic inch of snnco and then ho com.
putcs tho cubic contents of a hnlf-gal
ion jar. with tho vnrlntlon In nlr.ea nt
beans, thickness of clnss nnd ntlini
things, it Is still enough of n guess, bu
tho guesser Is not going It nbsolutclj.
blind. Tho farmer whoso profits for
tho yenr depend largely on how h
comes out otutho cnttlo ho feeds shoulc
bo nt least as systematic a guesser at
tho fellow who takes a tmmliln on n
Jar of beans.
RIGHT KIND OF CORN
SILAGE FOR FEEDING
Much Depends on Period of Ma
turity at Which It Is Cut.
Where Plant Is Immature, Not Well
uiazea and Dented It Makes.
Washy, Low-Quallty Feed..
Likely to Sour.
(Prepared by tho United Stntoa Dcpart-
uiuiii ui Jitfriuuiiurc.j
Tho feeding worth nnd nnlntnhllltv
of good sllago depends on tho nimlltu-
of tho corn nnd the period of mnturity
nt which It Is cut. Where tho corn Is-
cut when it is Immnture. nnt wnltf
glared nnd dented, and still In It?
juvenile stngo, it makes washy, low
quality, acid-forming sllnge which is
likely to sour. On the other hnnd, corn
harvested when it Is well dontnil nnil
nt the proper degree of ripeness, for
best uso ns silage, elves n winter feed!
which Is ono of tho best producers of
mint and mcnt. Corn should bo al
lowed to pass well throuch tho milk
stago and becoino thoroughly dented
ncforo being siloed. Investigations
have demonstrated thnt It la much
preferable, for sllago of tho best qual
ity, to havo tho corn a little overripe
rather than underripe.
In somo sections farmers, nnd nnrt-
tlcularly dairymen, nro accustomed tm
ensile comblnntlon crops, using mix
tures of soy henns and corn. cownenB.
and corn, sorghum nnd corn, or a com
blnntlon of these three for cannlnir nun-
poses. As a ceneral nronosltlon. whnrn
other branches of animal husbandry in
addition to dairying ure taken Into con
sideration, corn or some other coarse
forngo is most desirable for ensilage
purposes. Acre yield Is the end sought,,
the chief objection to the vnlunblo nro-
teln forages Hiich as cowpeas, soy
beans ana the llko being that they arm
low yleldcrs better adapted for hay
than sllago. Dairy farmers who re
quire an nbundnnco of succulent sllncn-
of n rather balanced composition highly
prize tho leguminous crops mentioned
ns supplements to corn nnd usually
rcnuze an nuequnte return rrom thu
sale of their milk to allow them to
produce theso crops at a profit.
Raising scrubs Is poor business.
Tench calves to eat before weaning'.
Lnrger horses nro needed ns wolt
ns moro horses in a team.
Pure-bred Btock Is harder to Imv
and easier to sell than any other kind.
The homo curlne of nork Is u eoodJ
practice, and should ho moro exten
sively adopted.
Those who are bothered with woods:
In pastures should get n few sheep and.
get rid of these weed pests.
Choice ham and breakfast bacon can;
bo produced by tho furmcr for mucin
less than the cost of purchased meat;.
Home-cured nork of the rlirht kind!
nlwnys has a ready market and un
many cases It will prove to bo the biafc
way to market hogs.
