NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WE13KLY TJUM'NK
MOSAIC DISEASE
OF SUGAR CANE
Federal Agricultural Department
Taking Measures to
Stamp It Out.
PENTY OF HEALTHY STOCK
If Unchecked Disease May Do Incal.
culablc Damage to Great Cane
Growing Sections of the South
Must Use Pure Seed.
(Prepnrcd by the United States Depart,
ment of Agrlrultuio.)
Washington. Tho United States de
partment of Agriculture Ih Issuing n
bulletin containing several colored
plates Illustrating the mosaic disease
checked timy do Incalculable damage
to the great cane-growing sections of
tlie South.
To Eradicate Disease.
The measures of control now being
taken by the federal authorities In co
operation with varlotiH local agencies
were preceded hy a complete .survey of
the Southern states undertaken to un
certain the extent of -the Infected
ureaH.
In badly diseased fields the only
remedy In to grind up all the stalks,
say the representatives of the depart
ment of agriculture. This means, of
course, that carefully selected seed
cane must he drought In from other re
gions for replanting. There Is still an
abundance of healthy stock In Louisi
ana and the other cane states, so that
the Industry should not seriously suf
fer from these attempts nt eradication.
Where the disease has not obtained a
strong foothold, rogulng Is recommend
ed. This consists of pulling up Infect
ed plants, root, stem and branch, and
throwing them down between the rows.
As soon its the plnnts wilt they nre no
longer dangerous as n source of Infec
tion. In dnmp regions, however, care
must be taken to gather up these
plants and burn them or otherwise de
stroy them, lest while lying on the
ground they sprout and so sprend the
disease.
Appearance of Mosaic Disease.
It Is dllllcult to describe the appear
ance of sugar-cane mosaic verbally,
iind this Is one of the reasons why the
federal authorities are using a bulletin
with colored Illustrations. By means
of this bulletin anyone can readily as
certain the exact appearance of Infect
ed plants. This disease Is an Infectious
chlorosis, similar in many respects to
the mosaic illseaso of tobacco, cucum
ber, bean, tomato and potato. Scien
tists have come to the conclusion that
some virus Is responsible for the ap
pearance of all new cases, and that the
only source of Infection Is some other
Infected plant. Experiments In I'orto
Itleo and elsewhere have repeatedly
demonstrated that cuttings from In
fected stalks will Invariably give rise
to Infected plants. The shoots seem
to he mottled as soon as they appear.
Therefore, the use of diseased stalks
for planting results In n wider distri
bution of the disease and Insures the
survival of the virus even In the ab
sence of secondary Infections.
Late Canker Stage of Mosaic Disease
on Canes of New Caledonia Variety.
Cane In Center Is Healthy.
of sugur cane, which should enable
those Interested In this disease of cane
to Identify It. The mosaic disease of
sugar cane which has been known for
several years In a number of other
cane countries has recently been found
In tlio southern United States. While
this disease Is quite widespread In tlio
Btntes, there are many disease-free
areas from which clean seed cane may
be obtained.
The mosaic disease, which has done
considerable damage to the cane crop
In I'orto Rico and some other cant'
countries, tu one of the most serious
maladies that Iiiih confronted cane
growers It) recent years, and If tin
OST ELOQUENT
SPEECH OF WAR
Credited by Baruch to Donlm,
President of the Building
Trades.
LITTLE TALK CLEARS THE WAY
Was Made In tho Dark Days of the
War When the Cry From France
Was "Men, More Men" Never
Got Into Print.
Washington. The most eloquent
speech mado during the war, according
to Bernard M. Bnruch, former chair
man of the war Industries board, nev
er got Into print. It was mnde in tho
dark days when tho cry from France
was "Men, more men," and the supply
available In tho draft was running
low.
"General Crowder," says Mr. Ba
ruch, "served notice on tho board that
he must ImVo something like 300,000
men, and the question was where they
were to come from. The draft had
taken out everybody available, and
the only wny wiib to take men from
Industry. Hence the nppeal to the
war Industries board.
"We put men to work on It, and In
due tlmo a plan for weeding men out
wns presented. Among other things It
put the private chnulTeur out of busi
ness, as well as salesmen and men In
the white goods trade. This would not
have been enough, and the placing of
EX-KAISER'S YACHT FLYING BRITISH FLAG
men's work In the trades
considered a real dilution
women In
had to be
of labor.
Labor Called In.
"The scheme was all right, but when
It came to us for npproval we found
that everybody except those most Im
portant bad been consulted. I mean
the representatives of labor. So they
were called In and the scheme, as well
as the necessity back of It. were ex
plained to them.
"As might be expected, there was a
lot of opposition to putting women in
the men's trades and the putting of
the men thus released Into uniform.
During It nil one man sat still, giving
not the slightest Indication of whnt he
thought of tho tiling. After about
everybody else had had his say he took
the floor. -
"'Mr. Chairman.' he said. 'this
tiling is very simple. If I am going
homo Saturday night with my week's
pay In my pocket nnd a guy steps
up and tries to take It away from me,
I am a fool If I keep my left hand on
tho wad and try to beat him off with
my right. If I do that the chances
are that lie will get me and the wad
and get away clean.
" 'If I tnke my loft hand off tho wad
and go after him with both hands,
I'll save the wad and get him
Uec Both Hands.
'"Now, Mr. Chairman, that's the
case here. This Germnn guy Is Just
around the corner. If we keep one
hand on our wads he'll get us and our
wads, too. If wo use both our hands
we'll save tho wads and get him. Un
less we get him, If he gets us, our
wads or anything else won't be worth
much. So I say, Mr. Chairman, let
us take tiotli our Illinois out or our
pockets and get after him. So far as
I'm concerned, you can have every
man In the building trades that can
pass the doctors, and the boys, I'm
sure, will back me up.
"John II. Donlln, president of the
building trades department, was tho
chap that did the talking. Ills little
speech settled the question, and all
the way was left clear to us to weed
all the men out of Industry that might
bo needed.
"Fortunately, us It Happened, we
did not need to 'dilute' inbor, but
Dunlins little Rpoech toolc us over
what was ono of the nastiest sltun
tlons in tho war. It was the most
eloquent speech made during the war
and one of the most eflectlve."
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Automobile Thieves Should Hang Around Home Now
WASHINGTON. The national motor-vehicle law passed by both houses of
congress, which President Wilson allowed to become nnerotlvo without
bin slgrinturc, Is now In effect. The new law, which should aid in stamp-
'njr out the stolen car menace, follows :
' Be It efincted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America In congress assem
bled, that this act may be cited as tho
national motorvehlclo-theft act
"Section 2 That when used In
this act :
"(a) The term 'motorvchlcle' shall
Include an automobile, automobile
truck1, automobile wagon, motorcycle
or any other self-propelled vehicle not
designed for running on rails, (b) The
term 'Interstate or foreign commerce' as used In this act, shall Include trnns
portntlon from one stnte, territory or the District of Columbia to another
state, territory or tho District of Columbia, or to a foreign country, or from
a foreign country to any state, territory or the District of Columbia.
"Section II Thnt whoever shall transport or cause to be transported In
Interstate or foreign commerce n motorvchlcle, knowing the same to have
been stolen, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 5,000 or by Im
prisonment of not more than five years, or both.
"Section 4 That whoever shall, with the intent to deprive the owner of
the possession thereof, receive, conceal, store, barter, sell or dispose of any
motorvehlcle, moving ns, or which Is n part of, or which constitutes Interstate
or foreign commerce, knowing the same to have been stolen, shnll be pun
ished by n fine of not more than 5,000 or by Imprisonment of not more than
five years, or both.
"Section 5 That any person violating this act may be punished in any
district in or through which such motorvehlcle has been transported or, re
moved by such offender."
It wns shown during debate on the measure that automobiles stolen in the
United States In 1018 had an aggregate value of $27,000,000, and that automo
bile thieves cleared at least $5,000,000 on these thefts.
"Careless America Is Now Growing Less Careless"
A N ADVANCR summnry of the 1017 motallty statistics received by the
rk national safety council from the unitea states census bureau seems to
indicate that "careless America Is growing less careless. The total number
of deaths caused by accidents during
DOtfT
CARBON! .
Rid System of Clogged -up
Waste and Poisons
with "Cascarets."
Like carbon clogs and chokes a mo
tor, so the excess bile In liver, and
the constipated waste In the bowels,
produco foggy brains, headache, eour,
ncld stomach, Indigestion, sallow skltv
sleepless nights, nnd bad colds.
Let gentle, harmless "Cascarets" rhl
tho system of tho toxins, acids, gases,
nnd poisons which are keeping you up
set. (Take Cascarets and enjoy tho nicest,,
gentlest laxative-cathartic you oveiJ
experienced. Cascarets never gripe
sicken, or cause Inconvenience. Thejf
work while you sleep. A box of Ca
carets costs so little too. Adv. ,
Cuba's Debt to United States.
Cuba never reimbursed the United
States for the money spent there dur
ing nnd after the Spanish war, unless
the coaling stations on the Island may
be so considered. By the terms of
settlement with Spain, when the war
ended, the United Stntes practically
made the Cubans n free gift of their
country, which might have been In
cluded with Porto Itlco ceded to this
country by Spain. Not only thnt, but
this government expended thousands'
of dollars in permanent improve
ments in Cuba before turning the Is
land over to the government formed
by the Cubans.
1017 was 53,544 as against G0.072 dur
ing the previous year. Inasmuch as
the death registration area takes In
only 70 per cent of the population, It Is
apparent thnt more than 70,000 per
sons were killed In accidents through
out the United States In thnt year,
The report received by the national
safety council summarizes the causes
of accidents as follows In part:
The greatest number of deaths
charged to any one accidental cause,
11,114, or 14.9 per 100,000, is shown as from falls. Next to falls, the great
est number of accidental deaths, 8,019, or 11.5 per 100,000, resulted from rail
road accidents and injuries..
Burns, excluding those received in conflagrations and in railroad, street
car and automobile accidents, were responsible for 0,830 deaths, or 9.1 per
100,000.
Deaths from automobile accidents and Injuries In 1917 totaled 0.724. or
8.9 per 100,000,
Accidental drowning caused 5,500 deaths, or 7.4 per 100,000. Mine acci
dents and injuries resulted In 2,021 deaths, or 3.5 per 100,000.
Deaths due to injuries by vehicles other than railroad cars, street cars
and automobiles numbered 2,320, or 3.1 per 100,000. Deaths resulting from
street car accidents numbered 2,277, corresponding to a rato of 3 ner 100.000.
Machinery accidents caused 2,112 deaths, or 2.8 per 100,000, a rate ma
terially greater than that for any preceding year covered by the bureau's
mortality records. This last Item is attributed by the American Machinist to
"the largo number of previously untrained workers employed during the war
period."
"CAN I BE
CURED?" SAYS
THE SUFFERER
How often havo you heard that saft
cry from tho victims of disease. Per
haps the disorder has cone too far for
help, but oftencr it Is just in its first
stages and tho pains and aches are only
nature's first cries for help. Do not
despair. Find out the cause and give
nature all tho help you can and she
will Tcpay you with health. Look after
the kidneys. The kidneys aro the most
overworked organs of the human body,
end when they fail in their work of
filtering and throwing off the poison
that constantly accumulates in the sys
tem, everything goes wrong. GOLD
MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules will
give almost immediate relief from kid
ney and bladder troubles and their kin
dred ailments. They will free your
body from pain in short order. But b&
euro to get GOLD MEDAL. Look for
the name on every box. In three sizes,
sealed packages. Money refunded iff
they do not help you. Adv.
2,000 New Postage Stamps Gladden Collectors
RT KW postnge
V 2,C
stamp issues since December, 1018, are now approaching
1,000 In number. Of these nearly 1,500 aro accounted for by the first
stamps of the new Europenn stntes whose autonomy wns guaranteed by tho
Paris conference. Poland, once repre-
300N fLl. HftVE
A F Nc
COLLECTION
The ex-Uaiher s yacht Men or, phologriipheii at liueho Aire on iter ar
rival from England carrying 170 passengers, The yacht was turned over to
the British government after the armistice was signed and delivered tu tliu
1 loyal Mall Hue, which Is using It for regular passenger service between Eng.
land and Buenos Aires.
Girl Saves Father.
Paris, Ky. wnen Jonn l inward, a
tenant on tlio fnrui of Frederick Wnl-
lis, attempted to pick up one of a Utter
of pigs In the barnyard he was sav
agely attacked by the mother of the
pigs and received a number of serious
Injuries. Ills daughter came to his
rescue and lassoed the enraged animal
and with the assistance of n laborer
on the farm carried her father to a
place of safety.
sented In the stamp album by a single
Inbol, has produced since the armistice
more than 400 separate and distinct
postage stamps, while the Ukraine
ranks second with approximately 175
varieties of either a provisional or per
nanent description. Jugo-Slavla nnd
.eeho-SlovakIa nccount for something
like 150 specimens each and the de
batable territory of Fiumo for 75.
The average for the remnlning
stntes Is between 30 and 50 stamps,
while the shortest series thus fur recorded Is that of the Trnnseaucasian
republic of Georgia, comprising up to the present four values only. The high
est stamp Issuing "record" hitherto achieved was in tho year 1914, when 1,280
new postage stamps were produced throughout the world, mainly due to tho
change In the watermark of tho British colonial Issues.
Ono Important step toward finality in the philatelic affairs of new Europe
Is the Issue of untiled postage stamps for tho kingdom of the Serbs, Croats
and Slovenes, Instead of the separate Issues for Croatia, Slavonin, Bosnia and
Sorbin. They bear the likeness of the veteran King Peter I as overlord of
Greater Serbia and are inscribed In both Latin nnd Cyrillic characters.
BABIES ARE H. C. L. SACRIFICE
GRIME IS INCREASING Larflest Warship ls Nogato of t,,e Japanese Navy
Temporarily Disposed Of In Minnesota
That Parents May Econ
omize. St. Pnul, Minn. Olllcial statistics
presented to Governor Burnqulst Indi
cate that the high cost of living has
caused n number of families hi Minne
sota to temporarily dispose of tlutlr
children, so that husband and wife
mny both obtain employment and live
In one or two rooms.
High rents, coupled with the high
cost of food, has compelled a number
of women In dlstresi to turn their
children over to charitable Institutions,
.according to S. W. Dickinson, superin
tendent of the Children's Homo so
ciety of Minnesota, St. Paul.
A local children's homo has been
caring for 44 babies, and sotno of these
are being loaned to the Statu Agricul
ture school for the economics depart
ment, where the young women stu
dents studying domestic science are
taught to properly euro for babies.
Armed Attacks Are Quite
mon in France.
Com-
Dandlts Use Auto to Get $28,000
Roll From Disabled
Soldiers.
Pay
Paris. It was a foregone conclusion
that the return of a state of peace
would mean the end of a comparative
freedom from burglaries and armed
attacks on persons. Such crimes urt
now alarmingly on the Increase.
The other day an armed attack was
made In the holding up of a tramway
on the outskirts of the city.
Then there wan n robbery at IIure.
recalling Bonnot-Garnler's methods.
Two culprits nre now In the hands of
the police, and tly have given the
naiiies of their tw ) confederates. The
affair was briefly ih follows:
Two railway employees were walk
lag down tho line last Friday morning
with $28,000 as pay for the engine-
drivers and other categories. They
were both disabled soldiers, one hav
ing lost a log and the other nn evo In
the wnr. The robbers, who had evl-
. i ...ii . . . .
ueimy careiuiiy prepared ineir coup,
sprang upon tno two pay messengers
Just ns the latter reached a level cross
ing. To Knock them down and seize
the money hag was the work of an In-
plant.
A gray motorcar was waiting by the
level, nnd the robbers were far ilown
the road before tlio victims could sum-
num help. Information wns brought
that a gray torpcdo-hodlcd car had
stopped before a little public house In
town, and that a man In uniform had
left It carrying a ease such ns Ie used
by railway pay officials.
rllK largest warship ever built was launched by Japan nt Kure tho other
day In tho presence of tlio princes of tho imperial family, says a Tokyo
report. It. Is named the Nagato.
Two new Portland cement factories
are being built lit Kawasaki and Hok
kaido. Japan, nt a cost vf. ?2,000,WO,
The keel was laid at Kure naval dockyard
August 28, 1017, but her building wns
considerably delayed owing to the
scnrclty of workers In consequence of
the wnr and to the change In the plan
of construction ns the result of lessons
furnished by the Jutland battle.
At first It was proposed to build
a ship of tho Hyuga class with n dis
placement of 81,200 tons, but later her
tonnage was changed to 40,000.
Soon the work of her equipment
nnd armament will bo proceeded with
at tho Kuro dockyard, and on its com
pletion the building of tlio ICaga, the Nagato's sister ship, will bo commenced.
The Nagnto will be armed with 10-inch guns having 30-mllo range nnd her
engines will be nblo to develop ?t speed of 25 knots. She will carry several
airplanes and will be armed with half a dozen antiaircraft guns.
Tho Hood of the British navy lia n dteplacement of 30,000 tons, eight
15-Inch guns and a speed of 30 knots.
Tho California of tho United Stntes navy has a displacement of 32,300
tons, 12 14-lnch guns and n speed of 21 knots.
The American nnvy has projected dreadnnughts that nre larger than the
Nttfinto. America's new fighting ships are to have n displacement of 42,000
tons, 12 10-lncli guns nnd n speed of 21 knots.
BAHZAI
The Skeptic.
"I'm going over to the county sent,"
said a citizen of Straddle5 Itldge In re
ply to the inquiry of n neighbor whom
he mot In the big roud. "Got a case
In court there."
"Court has been put off for two
weeks, on nccount of the sickness ot
the judge." wns the reply. "Hain't
you hcerd about It? It wns unrratcd In
the paper tuther day, and "
"Aw, I heerd about It, all right,
enough, but I'm going, Just tho same.
Them durn papers don't print nuth'n
but lies these days." Kansas City
Star.
ASPIRIN FOR HEADACHE
Narae "Bayer" is on Genuine
Aspirin say Bayer
Insist on "Bnyer Tablets of Aspirin"
In a "Bayer package," containing prop
er directions for Headache, Colds,
Pain, Neurnlgln, Lumbago, and Itheu
mntlsni. Name "Bayer" means genuine
Aspirin prescribed by physiclnns for
nineteen yenrs. Handy tin toxes of 12
tablets cost few cents. Aspirin is trade
mark of Bayer Manufacture of Mono
acetlcacldester of Sallcyllcacld. Adv.
Great Expectations.
Church I expect to bnve a great
library some day.
uoiunm inlying u guuu luuuy
books, are you?
"No. I've stopped that."
"Well, I don't quite get you."
"Oh, I expect nil the books I've loan
ed to be returned some day."
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There U
only ono way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that la by a constitutional remedy.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE act
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of tho System. Catarrhal Deafness Is
caused by an inflamed condition of thc
mucous lining of tho Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is Inflamed you have a.
rumbling sound or Imperfect heat-Inn, and
when It is entirely closed, Deafness Is th
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re
duced and this tube restored to Its nor
mal condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases of Deafness ars
caused by Catarrh, which Is an Inflamed)
condition of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
caso of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot:
bo cured by HALL'S CATARRH!
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Her Own.
"Was she self-possessed when yma
proposed to her?"
"Yes, nnd er she Is yet."
The mnn wnn thinks he Is tho whole,
works seldom Is.