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TIIE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. CORNHUSKER ITEMS Nowj of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS File fighters wore erontlv lmmi! capped by bllzzardly weather nn.l In tense coltl In combnting Hustings' big pcBt fire lust Thursday. Buildings oc cupled by tlio Borley Storage conipnnv And tlio Hngor enntly 'factory wore fonstmied, with tbolr contents. The lotal loss, Including (ho dostructlon nf household goods stored by 200 fam ilies, Is placed at between 8275,000 find S'iOO.OOO. Tho state Board of Controlling Abolished the practice of contracting with iimlert niters to bury Indigent (lend In the fifteen state Institutions. "The board has ordered the superin tendents to rotato tlio business ninong nil local undertakers willing to take care of the funerals at a stipulated price. The new state women's custodial farm will be located ncross town at York from tho I. O. O. P. home. This settles an argument presented by the I. O. 0. P. heads against a purchnsed site next to their home. The former site will be used by tho York Com mercial club. The first consolidated school under the now redisricting law has been or ganized at Noligh. It embraces forty sections of land. The children arc transported to school by trucks ami other vehicles. Tho school board ot Nellgh has supervision over tho new district until a new board of tho whole district Is elected. An example of profit madp in Ne braska land which should bring set tlers to this state is revealed In a deal made last weelt by N. S. Snyder, own--er of 400 acres of land nenr Fremont. -nr. anytier uougntvtiio land liftecn years ago for $15,000. Ills net selling price was $93,fi00 above the purchase price. Members of congress nt Washington nro being besieged dally with com plaints from Nebraska stock raisers, because of failure to ratify the peace treaty," which has caused the closing of export trade and Is resulting In prices going down every day. Im mediate relief Is demanded. Mrs. William Rector and her son, Raymond, died nt Nortli Platte with In a few hours of each other. Ray- mond had been III with pneumonia and when tho mother wns told he could not recover she suffered a paralytic stroke and died In two hours. The on died a fow hours later. The Right Rov Ernest Vincent Shayler, Episcopal bishop of Nobras ka, lias accepted the Invitation of the regents of tho stnto university nt Ltn coin, to deliver the baccalaurato ser mon June G. "Tho services will be held in St. Paul's church at Lincoln. Two "damage suits, each for $30,000, liave been filed at Fremont against the railroad administration, one being by a man whose auto was struck by a U. P. train nt Ames, the other by relatives of a flagman killed at a crossing at Fremont. Mothers of Wnhoo boy scouts were entertained by the youngsters nt the scouts' new headquarters tlio other day. Wnhoo scouts have their own homo and are. planning to raise gaYden truck this summer on an extensive scale. Red Cloud city council has passed nn ordinance providing for tlio adding of forty-five blocks to tho city's paved districts. Tills will give tho city over six miles of paved streets. Emerson R. Purcell, publisher of tho Broken Bow Chief, wns elected presi dent of the Nebraska Press associa tion at tlio recent meeting nt Lincoln. Tt Is rumored In political circles at Lincoln that Governor McKelvoy will have no opposition for re-noiiiinntlon at the primaries next month. Work has begun on the now cattle barn to take tho place of the ono de stroyed by fire last fall nt the stato fair grounds nt Lincoln. Fire destroyed the plnnt of "tho Times-Tribune nt Beaver City. It Is -the oldest paper In southwestern Ne brnsltn. Two cases of encephalitis lotharlgs or "sleeping sickness" arc being treated In Oinnlia hospitals. The Wnr department nt Washington has turned over to Nebraska lioO war trucks for use In road building. The board of education nt Harvard voted to give all teachers a $30 bo nus nt the end of (ho school year. Announcement has been mndo that the Nebraska Economy campaign nnd Fnlr Price commission hnvo been merceil nnd the stato divided Into iiiroo districts. Omaha. Lincoln nnd Oraml Island divisions. High railroad olllclals In Nebraska say that the return of tho roads to their former owners, after nearly two vears of government control, hns so far had no noticeable affect In this state. One-third of the farmers of Gage county nre In need of seed corn, re ports say. Nebraska, with 1,003 stato banks, stnnds fifth among nil states of tho country In the number of such mstitu tlons. It Is oxceeded in numbor only Kv Missouri. Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas. Decrense In tho numbor of hog cholera enses In Nebraska wns more npparcnt In 1010 than In nny year since state ana governmont auuionuea hnvo co-operated In fighting the dls- cflae. District Judge Paine, before whom Alson It. Cole and Allen V. Grammor wero tried nnd sentenced to denth In Howard county for the murder of Jtfrs. Lulu Vogt, In denying a writ of "coram nobis" a common law mo tion for a new trial for Cole, declared that the verdict of tho Jury und tho sentence of dentil Iniposod on tho men, Is richly deserved and should be car ried out as soon as possible. Tho ex ecution of Cole nnd Graminer has been stayed until March 10. At the state road Institute nt Lin coln last week It wns shown Hint there are seven grade crossings in every four miles of i-niirn.i.i Nebraska, of which about 5 per cent have some form of protection. Timm are about SO.000 miles of highways In me siaie, i.utM) mllos of which nro known as state highways, averaging one crossing of n main tnu.jj por tllr. teen nines. Nebraska was one of Hip 'u-nntv slates which nskod the United State'-i supremo court to dismiss the suit brought by Rhode Island to Tonics'; the validity of national prohibition, and, according to W. T. Thompson, who was chnlrman of the Nebraska dry federation when tho Htntn vvnnr "dry" threo years ago, tho action wa3 purely moral. Attorney General Davis has launch. en a campaign to prevent tho sale In .Nebraska for beverage purposes ot patent medicines, proprietory reme dies, perfumes nnd drugs of high nl- cononc content. All county nttorneya In the stato have been called upon to nld in tho movement. II. M. Gaylor, deputy federal com missioner of internal revenue in clmrge of prohibition, shattered hopes of the thirsty In Nebraska when ho declared at Oinnlia that stato laws, which prohibit tlio sale of Intoxicating liquor, supersede federal laws. O. W. Langley, charged with the murder of Justice Chris Pfelffcr of Cortland, August 18, 1010, wns found guilty of murder in tho second degreo by n Jury In tho district court nt Bontrlco. The penalty is from 10 to 09 years Imprisonment. Frank Hughes, n fanner living nenr Bnttle Creek, stntes that the lnstnlla tlon of a drnlnngo system resulted In the production of 80 bushels of corn an acre on a tract of land which until two years ago never grew anything but grass. Oil has been found on the farm of James Martin, near Prosper, Adams county, according to reports. Two Texas oil men are at Prosser looking over the ground, but have not report ed their findings. Outside of the hnmpering of train service and the suffering somewhat of livestock, the cold snap and blizzard which gripped the entire stnte la3t Thursday and Friday, caused no me terial damngc. Potltions with 208 signatures, in eluding two women, have been pre sented the city council nt Aurora re questing nuthority for Sundny motion picture shows. A movement has been launched at Lincoln to organize a $230,000 coVpora tlon to build homes nnd sell them at cost. It Is stated the city Is short 1,000 bouses. McCook Is stepping lively toward the metropolitan type of city, the lntest move being the acquisition of a pnld secretary for tho commercial club. A Lincoln grain exchange has organ Ized in an effort to mnkc the city a pri mary grain mnrket. The exchange will open within a few days. Dorothy Lee Morehcad, only daugb ter of former Governor and Mrs. J. 11, Morehcad, died at Falls City of dou- ble pneunionhu Railroad heads In Nebraska have announced that immcdlnte steps will be taken to relievo the freight car shortage. Nebraska farmers suffer $3,000,000 loss annually from rats and insects, according to tlio college of agriculture at Lincoln. Firo destroyed the Schmoeller and Mueller piano factory at Omaha, cans Ing a loss of a half million dollars or more. A weekly class in Americanization for tho benefit of foreigners who wish to become citizens of tho United States is being held nt Geneva. Figures compiled by reliable source show that on Jnnunry 1 of this year there were 180,3""0 automobiles, lnclud Ing trucks, In use In Nebraska. Saunders' coupty hog raisers hav nerfectcd preliminary plans for breeders' organization. The spring recess of tho University of Nebraska will extend from March 31 to April 7. A government survey shows thnt ther ure 2,730 Nebraska farmers using auto trucks and that this stato is third in tho union, population considered, lu tho number of trucks on farms. Farm laborers In Nebraska are ask ing $100 a month with board and room at the present time. This Is almost twenty per cent hlghor wages than was paid last year. Andrew M. Morrlssoy, chief justice of tho Nebraska supreme court, hns filed with tho sccrotnry of stnte for renomlnntlon to the olllco of .chief justice. At a community gntherlng nt Wabash, Cnss county, $100 was raised to assist destitute families In Armenia. Sixty-three years ago the first of March Nebraska was mndo a state by presidential proclamation. Many of the schools throughout the stnte cel ebrated the occasion. Work, Is expected to begin shortly on the $100,000 memorial auditorium at Kearney. Tlio building Is to be one of the finest In the stnto. It will ba used by tho American legion tneinbera of Buffalo county and by kindred or cnnlratloui. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION NOTES Lincoln. Proposal No. 280. cover ing corporations, wns recommended for passage Saturday. This proposal leads that "No public utility corpora tion Incorporated under the laws of any other state or country shall bo permitted to do business In this stnte unless such corporation shall become a body corporate pursuant to and un der the laws of this state." Corpora tions now doing business nro given a pastyear to Incorporate. A proposal that Is the result of con ditions surrounding tho failure of tho Decatur State bank, gives the legisla ture authority over legislation ns to priority of claims. Creditors of tho Decntur bank claimed priority right to the assets of the bank. The com mittee on Insurance recommends this proposal out for adoption. Those In close touch with promoters of the pro posal, as well as delegates from the northeastern piirt of the stato, say the amendment will bo approved. The convention assembled Inst Wed nesday nfter a recess of several days. Thero Is little talk of an oxtendod recess of tho convention. Mombors who belong to tho farming fraternity as well as lawyer members are nenrly all In favor of completing tho work of the convention without further delay. Some leaders predict that It will ba almost Impossible to finish the work lu two weeks nnd possibly threo or four more weeks time mny be neces sary. At tho end of the pnst week only five proposals remained on tho general file for consideration In committee ot the whole, but the whole 40 which have passed and which will probably pnss will have to go through the com mittee of the whole as reported back by tlio phrosoology committee. It la the general opinion that the session ought to end about March 20. The convention In committee of the whole, ndopted Proposal 324, which will allow the legislature to determine a minimum school year for districts in certain localities and thus participate In the regular apportionment of school funds. The present constitution pro hibits school districts from participat ing "for the year in which school la not maintained." A proposal providing a state board of pardons, composed of tho governor, attorney general and secretary of state, was adopted by the convention, A proposal, embodying n clause cover ing the election of state university re gents by congressional districts was ndopted unanimously. The convention adopted n proposal providing thnt tho state railway com mission shnlljiave Jurisdiction over no public utility other than public car riers, including street car companies, telephone companies, etc. Gas, elec trlct light and power nnd water con cerns nre left under local control. Proposal 325 provides that the leg islature nor nny political division shall not make appropriations from public funds or grant lands or other property to a sectarian or denominational school or institution that Is not under the supervision of the state, was passed, 73 to 0. Tlio convention in committee of the whole adopted Proposal 111, by How ard of Douglas, which gives the legis lature power to create a minimum wage for women and child labor, and regulate their hours of labor. The members " nre worrying along listening to oratory, good, bad and In different, and beginning to look 'for ward to the time when, In the words of a former member of the legislature, they can "unhitch and go home." A proposal raising tho limit of state Indebtedness from $100,000 to $300,000 and one designating English as the of ficial language of the stnte received (he convention's O. K, All Indtcntlons point to the conven tion amending Hie constitution so as to provide Nebraska with an Industrial court after the style of the court os tabllshed In Kansas. Proposal 78, providing for a com pulsory workmen's compensation fund to bo ndniliilslered by tlio state and chargeable to the Industries, was killed in committee of tlio whole. Tlio convention has npproved a pro posal to turn In fees received by tlio department of fish and game Into thnt department instead of into the school funds. Proposal 1 r:i. which would provide a pension for old -.employes In public service, wns decisively defeated by'tho convention. The executive committee brought out Its proposal last Friday, which calls for a budget system. It was referred to a committee consisting of the chair man of the executive, -legislative nnd Judlclnl committees, Proposal 282, which declares that "the waterpower of the stato shall bo deemed for public use, and shall never bo nllonatcd, and shall be developed ns provided by law," was udopted by the convention In committee of th whole by u vote of 73 to 11. DAMT EVENING FAMTALt IT A. rim MR. CHAMOIS CALLS. "If I had a frock coat, and a silk hat and a walking stick and a dia mond pin In my red neck-tie that Is If I had a red neck-tlo I would co nround and cull on my friends," said Mr. Chamois. "I'd hope they'd give mo a little refreshment too. It Is always nice to hnvo something to eat when one goes n-cnlllng. It makes one talk so much better. . But of course I'm without the frock coat, and the last gentlemnn who came to the zoo who wore cue was off before I bnd the time to ask him for a loan of It." 'There are some people who never enjoy anything properly," ho con tinned. "They never properly look nt me because they're trying to see a dozen creatures at the samo time. Very queer, very queer nro folks. 'Ah, yes It would be nice to havo a frock coat and a silk hat and a walk- Ing stick and n diamond pin In my red neck-tie that Is, as I snld lmforo If I hnd n red neck-tic nnd then I would go around and cnll on my friends. "Periinps If they let me out I could wnlk down Into tlio city nnd I could go Into the first shop I snw nnd I could sny, 'Pray, Mi. Salesmnn or Miss Salesmnn, ns the case might be, will you kindly oblige mo by giving me frock cont, n silk hat, a walking stick and a diamond pin nnd a red neck-tie? " 'You may charge them to my ac count Havo I June? you ivsk. Ah yes, my account Is care of tho zoo uiy name .Mr. Chamois.' "Well," said a pumn, not far away, "you can't come Into my house and call on me anywny for I'm closed off from you, I am. "But you can pretend to bo calling and can tnlk from your house to mine." "Ah, what a stir I'd cause, said Mr. Chamois, "going a-shopplng, "Folks would sny, 'Ah see that stylish Mr. Chamois. Let's wear what "Will You Kindly Oblige Me7" he wears and follow the style. That's tlio thing for us to do.' "If I went shopping nnd went Into n candy store I suppose they wouldn't hnve frock coats and silk lints' and red ucck-tles and diamond pins for sale. If they did I suppose wouldn't be called a candy store, Pretty smart, eh? "In that case I'd go to a frock coat shop for a frock coat, a silk lint shop for a silk hat, anil a red neck-tio shop for a red neck-tlo nnd a diamond pin shop for n diamond pin. ' "Thnt would be tho sensible thing to do." "But can't you liuilte n call upon me from your yard as I suggested?" asked the puma. "That's so," said Mr. Chamois, "but of course I don't want to call unless I havo all I he wonderful things I spoke of high hat and frock coat and red nock-tie and diamond pin." "I don't suppose you would be satis fied with a pin made ofeniernlds, eh?" asked Mr. Puma. "While I am wishing for the Impos sible," said Mr. Chamois, "let me do It pioppilx, and wish for the very, very Impossible!" "Oh," said the puma, "I see now that If that Is the way you are wish ing you are certainly doing It proper ly. But If I were wishing I wouldn't wlhh for anything I didn't especially want. I would wish for a. stick pin made of a piece of meat, fur Instance. "Then when I was hungry I would limit down at my stick plu and I would say, "There little slick pin, you havo sen cd your beautiful purpose long enough. Now do your real work I Allow me to eat you 1" "What an absurd talk we arc hav ing," said the Chamois, "for a sensi ble goat nnd puma. To think of the times I've escnped dangers by the way I could Jump from r,no rock to another back In the mountains, of SwUzer land! And here I nm, malting a make believe call and having a makc-liellove TOrt of a talk." "Oh well," said the puma, "wo all have our times when we aren't quite so brilliant, even the pumn nnd the chamois!" Wrono Rule. Lucy wns visiting her mint In the country. It was the Joy of tho four- year-old to hunt for eggs in tho barn, One dny she brought In a very smnll 'one, presumably laid by a bantam. "Auntie," said the little maid, show ing It, "the hen thnt laid this egg didn't hnve the right recipe." BEET-TOP SILAGE WELt SUITED FOR USE BY DAIRYMAN OR FEEDER OF BEEF CATTLE 1 1 nYllYll Feeding. Rack, Well Adapted Prepared by tho United States Depart-1 ment ot ARricuuuro.) Boot-top silage Is well suited for use by the dairyman or the feeder of beef cnttlo and sheep. A ben It Is fed for the production of beef or mutton, the hay requirements mny bo reduced 50 per cent. The wnrm. succulent Bllagc seems to stlmulnto tho appetites of the animals, causing them to consume nnd utilize lnrger qunntltlos of feed. Most beet growers estimate- Mint beet- iop swage mis a vniuu nuuui ..v-v to one-half thnt of nlfnlfn hay. Thcso points nre discussed In de tail In Partners' bulletin 1095, "Beet- Top Silage and Other By-Products of the Sugar Beet," which was recently issued by the United Stntes depart ment of agriculture. This bulletin ndvocntes tho use of beet-top sllngo to old In meeting tho shortage of hay and other forage. It Illustrates good methods of constructing pit sllo3 and gathering nnd siloing tho tops, nnd makes other Important suggestions in regard to fccding the silage, molnsscs, nun pulp, iinsed largely upon rci.u. i of beet growers and stock feeders. Balanced Ration Recommended "Beet pulp and molnsscs, by-products which have an established value with stock feeders, should bo fed with a nioderato allowance of hay or other feed In order to make a balanced ration," the bulletin says. "At the present price of beet mo lasses many feeders aro muling n mixture of molasses with hay or with pulp to bo profitable. This furnishes a variety and stimulates appetlto when fed In regulated quantities, "In feeding beet-top silage, about .'50 pounds per 1,000 pounds weight for cattle and 3 pounds per head for sheep each day seem to bo most satisfactory. "Animals not nccustomed to beet top silage should bo given n small quantity nt first nnd the feedings grnd ually Increased until tho normal rn tlon Is reached." Other Important points given In the bulletin follow: A good crop of beets will yield from 3 to 0 tons of processed silage The average cost of gathering the tops nnd filling, packing nnd finishing tho silo Is about $1 a ton. It Is extremely importnnt thnt tlio tops be gathered and put into smnll piles promptly after the beets nro topped. The dirt mny bo easily shaken from the tops wlillo tho leaves nre still fresh. It Is Imperative that dirt and snud be eliminated. The funii.'iniontnl factors that aro Involved In malting good corn sllnge iriso apply Jn making beet-top silage, Pack tlio mnss thoroughly to exclude the free air and then seal tight. Good silage requires thorough packing. It Is not necessary to run tho tops through a silage cutter. Some feeders prefer to do so, however, to avoid tho possibility of lambs choking on the crowns, Tho same structure that is common ly used for putting up corn sllngo may be used for beet-top silage, Because beet tops pack In a very denso mnss, the strucluro will sometimes crack nnd spread and thus nllow air to enter. A well-built silo Is reasonably safe. Malting bcct-top sllngo docs not nec essarily lnvolv6 a cash outlay for inn- terlals. Tho nntural earth silo and stacking abovo tho earth are both suc cessful. Concrete side retaining walls aro advisable under certnln conditions, however. The nntural eartli silo will yield Just in, good results for beet-top silage as the perpendicular structures, but greater care In pncklng Is necessary. An excellent quality of silage Is made by stacking the tops entirely nbovo the earth nnd then packing thorn thoroughly. Tho spoilage loss Is great- or than when the structuro or the pit silo Is used. It Is not necessary to altemnto lay- ers of tops with layers of straw. It Is always advisable to put a layer of straw next to the enVth bottom and sides to ellmlnnte dirt from tho silage, Silage is not a balanced ration. It should always bo supplemented by other feeds Sllngo Is a carbohydrate feed and but nnces with alfalfa liny, which Is rich In protein The fermenting process In tho silo largely corrects the cathartic salts In beet tops. The most profitable use Is mndo of beet tops when they are siloed and fed with alfalfa hay or other forage and possibly supplemented with grain or concentrate feeds. Allows Fall Plowing. Gathering beet tops from tho field nnd siloing (hem without undue delay allows full plowing to be done beforo "-tW.v. for Hand ling Rounh Feeds. freezing weather interferes. Fall plowing Is Important for the beet crop. TImt.,rt riwii MM,,ina ...in nrn. luM ,m( rosutg (n fC(jdlng el,ng0 of . . ..,.,... stmlv lndi. cntcg t,mt hQ 1omm ,mve bMn dHQ (0 tho m;inner ,Q wh,cn Bng0 ,8 fed ot 0 an Qf d,ft Umn to tnQ fc(J(1 Bc'ct.top 8K0 w, lncrcnso ti,0 now of mI Qf eweg nt ,nmbnf; tlmc It J ,)cgt fccding only about 1 ,, , d . ,, d crfuUluy to Increase tho quantity to 3 pounds per day. Tho udder mny become fe verish If this caution Is not observed. The best way for tho boot grovfcY-- to store pulp for winter feeding Is to spread It over the beet-top silo. It effectually seals the silage mass, nnd the heat fiom tho silage warms tht pulp and thus hastens the curing proc ess; it nlso reduces tho annoyance. T,1Q n,nt,nR factop Jn growng sgni bco(s ,g us,mlly tho ncvcng0 tlint can ,)0 miItnbly fCrtinZed and fitted fot tll0 cropi (hjQ regim, ,,olllg glvcll t( crop rotation. Moro feeding Qn the fnrm mentis moro manure for tho fields. The economic utilization of beet tops nnd other by-products not only yields n direct profit by feeding to stock, but greatly assists In mnintaln- Ini soli fertility and also In establish ing n better crop rotation. Tho by-products of tho sugar-beet crop when properly handled nnd fed hnvo n vnluo equal to tho entire cost of whnt Is commonly termed "hand labor" In produclng-tho crop of beets. Tho best practices of feeding tho by-products of the sugar-beet crop will yield a net profit equal to half thr. net profits usually had In growing and marketing the crop of beets. It Is safo to conclude thnt ono ton of good beet-top sllngo Is equal to half a ton of alfalfa hay when fed ns a mixed feed. Mnny feeders think thnt the silage hns a valuo almost equal to good hay, ton for ton. Bcct-top sllngo comes out oftho silo wnrm In the winter, and It Is appetiz ing. It seems to stimulate the asslml Intlon of food nnd to nld the nnlmnl to appropriate tho maximum values from nil tho feeds consumed. Tho silo brings tho feed near tho feeding yards and minimizes waste. GRAIN GRADING GREAT HELP Farmers and Shippers Feel That They Are Better Off Worklnn Under . Federal System. Grain fnrmors nnd shippers cf tho Pacific Northwest feel thnt they nre better off doing business under tho federal grading system than under any previous system of grain Inspection, according to opinions expressed nt a meeting held In connection with the farmers' short course of tho Oregon Agrlculturnl-vCollege, says tho United stn,9 'lcpnrtment of agriculture. The men who attended tho meeting said they wero In fnvor of keeping the ,'rndos at a high standard, thereby giv ing a premium to the farmers raising n high quality of wheat. NOW USE ARSENATE OF LIME Satisfactory In All .Situations as Sub stitute for Paris Green and Arsenate of Lead. Additional experience confirms t lie. conclusion, reported last year by the bureau of entomology of tho United Stntes department of agriculture, that nrsennto of llmo may be used In 'nil situations as a substitute for purls green, and that for pomnceous fruits apples, pears and quinces It may prove a satisfactory substitute for nrsennto of lend when used with' llmo or fungicides containing lime. A less expcnslvo substitute for nicotine sul phate also Is being sought. Live Stock tz?&z3 Notes Get rid of tho Bcrub sire. Farm land Is too high In price to raise scrub live stock on, The brood mare thnt ts worked right up to tho time of foaling should be fj wou Few kinds of manure have moro of fertilizing vnluo than that from sheep. This Is mi Item of no slight Importance.
