The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, March 16, 1920, Image 6

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A GRANDRRTHER'S SlOflY
From 5143 to a Competence in
t Three Years.
F. 3. Chambcrhiln tolls a story of his
efforts before moving to Canada In
1010 to make n living. It was hard
work, lie IiikJ ho many "tips nii
downs" thnt ho became dispirited bo
fore ho learned of tho success of for
mer neighbors of his who wore doing
well tip In Canada. Ho Hold his hold
ings for n song, and had a sale of whnt
effects he hnd. When lio straightened
up with Ills storekeeper and paid a
few debts ho found that ho had $143
In cash, a good constitution, a wlfo
and live children. Ho had saved souiu
few things from tho sale. Those ho
tut Into a car with tho .effect of u
couple of others, who llko him wcro
going to Canada. Ho went Into tho
Gem Colony In Alberta In 1010. bought
n piece of land and commenced opera
tions. The money ho placed In the
bank, nnd started one of his boys out
to cam enough money to supply tho
table. The older boy used his wages
to break up the sod on tho 100 ncrea.
But let Mr. Chamberlain tell tho rest
of tho story, which he has signed over
his own signature. Ho says: "I rented
70 acres and hired It put Into wheat,
throRhcd 23 wagon loads for my share.
We lived In tho granary two years.
"The first of December. 1918, I laid
the concrete foundation for n twenty
five hundred dollar house and com
pleted It tho last of January. I have
nine head of horses and mules, five
bend of cattle, fifteen pieces of ma
chinery, seven outbuildings paid for
and half Interest In a thrashing ma
chine. This Is an old grandfather's
story, as my son-ln-lnw came with four
children from Idaho last March nnd
bought 320 acres C. V. It. Irrigated
lalid nnd wo helped hm develop 200
ncres of It. They can't say nround
here, 'everybody works but father.' "
Increased His Wealth Six Hundred
Fold.
There aro more stories of success
In Western Canada. There's that of
Allnn Nicholson of Ilnzolbrldgc. Mani
toba. In spenklng of It ho snys: "I
shall never regret coming to Mani
toba. I came here seventeen years ago.
I think It was In the spring of 1003.
My old homo was at Lo Mars. Plym
outh county. Washington township,
Iowa, where I had been farming for a
good many yenrs. I had a fnrm of
2-18 acres, of which I owned 80 ncres
nnd rented 100. When I left In 1003
I sold my equity In the fnrm for $70.00
per ncrc. Tho nearest station to my
place was Dalton, nnd my old neigh
bors there will remember me very well.
"When I enmo to Cnnada I rented
three-quarters of a section at South
Plympton, ne.n Springfield, Mnnltoba.
After n yenr or two's experience at
renting I bought my present farm of
320 acres, and am now engaged In
mixed farming. I have alwnys had
good crops since I came here, nnd
some of them have been bumper
crops.
"If I went back to tho United States
today I could take back $5.00 or $0.00
to, every $1.00 that I brought Into tho
the country. My land today Is worth
from $7f5.00 to $85.00 an aero, nnd In
addition to my grain growing I have
mndo n speclnlty of lilgli-gnido Per
cheron horses, purebred Shorthorn
cattle and purebred Berkshire hogs, I
havo had uniform good luck In con
nection with my stock, nnd todny I
would not sell my farm for a cent less
thnn $30,000.
"The older settlers of Lo Mars, Iown,,
will remember mo very well. I was
greatly Impressed with the country
when I mndo my first visit hero In
1003, nnd that Impression has been
strengthened all tho time I hnvo been
here.
"Tho cllmato ngrces with us all. no
foro 1 enmo hero my doctor's bills
.were something awful. I had no
sooner got one paid than I was duo
for another one. Since we hnvo been
Mnnltoba $50.00 would pay all our
doctor's bills for tho last soventeen
years. j
"I think 1 am doing my old friends a
kindness In letting them know how
well I have done since I came here.
Tills Is certainly n country of opportu
nities. I havo had no more good luck
than falls to the fortuno of any ordi
nary person, nnd 1 nm sntlslled I could
never nave uono as wen had I re
mained In tho old home. 1 shnll be
pleased nt nny tlmo to glvo Informa
tion to old friends who euro to write
me about my experiences In this
country."
W. V. Bennett, Canadian govern
ment agent, Room 4, Deo Building,
Omalin, Nob., can glvo Information con
cerning nil districts In Western Can
ada. Advertisement..
r
Needs Transmuting.
"Knowledgu Is wealth," but tho
schooltonehors tell us tho grocers re
fuse to accept It In lieu of cash for
supplies. Boston Transcript.
Cutlcura Soap for tne Complexion.
Nothing better thnn Cutlcura Soap
dally nnd Ointment now and then ns
needed to moke the complexion clear,
scnlp clean and hands soft nnd white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cutlcura Talcum and you havo the
Cutlcura Toilet Trio. Adv.
Hydraulic Brake.
A hydraulic brake for motor vehicles
which acts upon nil four wheels nt onco
Is nn English Invention.
Whenever there is a tendency to coniitl-,
pation, rick-headache or bllloumiesa, take
cup of Garfield Tea. AH druggist. Adv.
Halt , useel to be tho ordinary money
of tho Abypttlnlana.
WHEN HOLLAND IS WETTER EVEN
' '
Scene near tho bridge at Maestrlctit,
Liquor Flows
Across Border
Northern Section of Maine Being
Flooded With Whisky
From Canada.
LAWFUL SEIZURES ARE FEW
Comes Across Line In All Forms Into
State Which Was Pioneer In "Dry"
Laws Many Ways of Fool
ing the Sleuths.
Bangor, Mo. The rate nt which Ca
nadian and Scotch whiskies are Mowing
over the northern border Into Maine
proves that enforcement of tho federal
prohibition law hasn't got Into Ita
strldo as yet, for never In nil the his
tory of theoretical droughts have oases
been greener, moro numerous or closer
together In tills pioneer dry stnto than
right now, when there Is moro law than
ever before, twice as many "enforcers"
and Increased pennltles.
Trainmen who come down say that
whisky of all grades and oceans of
puro grnln nlcohol nre flowing over the
border nt a hundred places, and thnt ut
four principal points the alcoholic In
vasion amounts to a flood. These four
points- nro Vnn Buren, opposite the
New Brunswick town of St. Leonards,
on tho St. John river; Fort Kent, which
lias easy ncccss to the Canadian vlllngo
of Clare via a suspension footbridge;
Fort Fairfield, which Is but nine miles
distant from the Now Brunswick town
of Andover, and Iloulton, which Is a
neur neighbor of the provincial town of
Woodstock.
Only Occasional Seizures.
Occasionally the revenue ofllcers
seize n wagon or sled load of whisky
coming ovor tho International bridge
from St. Leonnrds or over the Ice nt
porno more obscure locality, but noth
ing Is snld nbout tho great number of
"booze" chariots that get by the gov
ernment's lookouts and which keep the
speakeasies of Aroostook or tho bar
rooms of Bangor supplied. Also, the
St. John river being frozen good and
solid for its entire length, men and
tenms can cross nnywhero In tho river's
100-mllo stretch along the border, so
thnt, as tho rovenue men themselves
admit, a standing army with sentinels
every fifty feet would be required to
shut out tho flood.
There Is so much moro money to bo
made In bringing In "booze," even a
few bottles at a time, that hundreds
of woodsmen have quit swnmplng roads
and chopping trees for the rum-running
business, and nlncty-nlno In 100 of
them, knowing tho country thoroughly,
get by with their goods.
Price of Canadian Whisky.
Canadian whiskies that can be bought
nt $3 a "short quart" on the Now
Brunswick side of the line sell In
Aroostook county nt $0 nnd In Bangor
nt $8, while genuine Scotch Is $1 In
New Brunswick, $8 In Aroostook and
$12 to $15 In Bangor. Pure grain nlco
hoi, to be had In New Brunswick at $1
n quart, Is "split" with water on this
side of the line, so thnt every quart
yields about $10. With the addition of
BREATHE
Millions of Particles Taken Into
Lungs With Air.
Hygiene Experts Devising Means of
Removing Dust and Fumes
From Air In Factories.
NIngaru Falls, N. Y. Ovor 200.000.
000 tiny particles of dust, ns sharp as
ground glass, are breathed Into the
lungs and nlr passages with every
cubic foot of air In some of the fuc
torlos in the United States, according
to a survoy made by the public health
service here.
Such dusts breathed Into the lungs
are uowr expelled. Photomicrographs
show thu tiny particles to be exceed
ingly sharp and Jagged and chemical
tests prove them to be practically In
soluble. Work und&r such condi
tions Invito ntsiilrntury disease and
matt a rhnl IwaUU litmunl. Similar
Holland, with the wnters of the Meuso
a little prune juice and burnt sugar,
this alcohol Is transformed Into "Amer
ican rye," supposed to hnvo been
brought In from Boston or New York
"before the lid went on."
Whntcver the outcome of the war on
"booze," tho enforcement of tho law
will be hardest In Maine, both on ac
count of the stnto being cheek by jowl
with Canada and on nccount of the
seventy years' experience that the peo
ple here have had In devising ways and
means of fooling the sleuths.
Finally Got New Golden Eagle.
Phoenix. Ariz. Two yenrs ago n
fire destroyed the only golden eagle
of the Ithlzomanlans, n distinguished
society or the Pacific college, Cali
fornia. Remembering the Phoenix that rises
out of Its ashes every COO years.
Mllnes, secretary to Governor Camp-
Den, decided It would be appropriate
Plan Chain
Landing
it
Army Air Service Officers Cover
300,000 Miles in Making
Aerial Survey.
IS LIKE HARBOR TO LINER
Thlrty.two Southern Cities Invited to
Provide Stopping Places for Planes
Must Be Fit to Handle All
Forms of Aircraft.
Now York. Plans for establishment
of n chain of airplane landing fields
hnvo been worked out by ofllcers of
tho nrmy air service nnd tho Manu
facturers' Aircraft association, U was
nnnounced here.
Army flyers have covered moro thnn
300,000 miles in nn nerlal survey of the
country nnd mndo exhaustive reports
on the facilities offered to cross-country
flyers.
Representatives of 32 soutljern cit
ies nlrendy have been Invited to es
tablish landing fields under nrmy di
rection. Mnny others will receive like
Inventions during tho next few
months.
These must be Inld out . nccordlng
to specifications given by the nrmy,
and In return the government gives
steel hangars to tho municipalities. Op
eration of the "air harbor" Is assumed
by the municipality.
Since the armistice tho number of
nrmy Holds has been reduced from 50
to 10, and the naval air stations from
17 to 0.
Like Harbor to Liner.
"Tho landing Hold," snys the air
craft association, "Is to the nlrplane
what tho harbor Is to tho ocean liner
nnd the railroad tormlnal Is to Uie
ROCK DUST
Investigations In chemical fnctorlos
showed that laborers were frequently
exposed to poisonous fumes and gases..
ine investigation was made at Ni
agara Falls because plants were en
gaged In tho manufacture of abras
ives, chemicals, gasos, electrodes, car
bons, nietalw and alloys. In all of the
factories the laborers wero found to
be exposed tn dnngers which would
eventually Incapacitate them for fur
thor work. Fortunately over (id pol
ecat of theTabor In these plants seeks
new employment monthly nnd the re
sult of exposure to such dangers Is
not evident ns It would be If tho work
ers remained at the same work for
longer periods.
Ah a result of the survey Industrial
hygiene engineers devised menus of
removing the dust from the all and
minimizing hazards from fumes nnd
poisonous gases. In spite of the fact
that the liisUllatlqn of such devices
siin expejilv. fttetnry maiiMgemonts
Iio!iic(lno.'ly put thorn into ust.
THAN USUAL
Inundating streets and homes.
to present his old accomplices with
a brand new eagle bird froni Phoenix
Just ns soon ns It could be obtnlned.
It took liliu two years to do It, but
the bird lias at length been 'aught
and prepared for shipment.
It Is declared to be the most gigan
tic bird ever stuffed for museum pur
poses. Jump Rails, Ride Ties
and Jump Back Again!
Shnron, Pa. Jumping tho
track on the Illlllnrds branch ot
the Bessemer railroad, n loco
motive, pulling n freight train,
traveled nlong the hard packed
snow for n distance of 400 feet
and then mounted to the rails
again.
An Erie freight locomotlvo
enst-bound on tho Bessemer
road Jumped the trnck In tho
Shennngo (Pn.) yards and nfter
proceeding 200 feet, again re
gained tho mils.
And to prove' their stories,
rallrond men will show the loco
motives. of
Fields
train. It Is not merely n lint piece of
bind on which n flyer can bring his
craft to earth. Such n piece of
ground bears 'the same relation to a
real landing field ns an unimproved
water Inlet to a harbor llko New York
or Liverpool.
"A landing field should hnve, first
of all. dimensions which fit It to linn
die nil forms of nlrcrnfL It should
bo drained to permit Its use even In
the wettest wenther. It should have
shelter and supplies for flyers and their
craft and should be accessible to the
trade center It Is meant to serve.
"Tlds fenture Is of supreme Impor
tance becnuso commerclnl aerial navi
gation will develop only In proportion
to Its commercial value. Tho field
should be Identified with markings vis
ible from great heights and with rndlo
apparatus so flyers may he aided In
lindlng their wny In spite of the fog
or failure to Identify the country over
which they nro passing.
Haven If Mishap Occurtt.
"Fields at frequent Intervnls menns
that cross-country flyers can come to
the earth for rest, replenishment of
tupplles nnd ndjustments to their nm
chinos without inconvenience or un
necessary delay. In tho event of a
mishap In the nlr, such ns a stalled mo
tor, the near-by landing field permits
the pilot to glide, to It without damage
to tho machine or to himself.
Thousands of Rabbits Killed.
. Walla Walla, Wash. Moro than 11,
000 rabbits were killed In a drjvc near
Burbnnk the other day. thousands of
tho bunnies escaping becnuso the
shooters ran out of ammunition. Forty
thousand shots were fired. Within tho
Inst few months 25,000 rnbblts were
killed In drives in counties bordering
the Columbia river.
Lighthouse Keeper
Uses Motorcycle
Sduth Norwalk, Conn. Per
forming n feat without prece
dent In government annals here,
Capt. Hlchard G. Hendricks, su
pervisor of United States lights
In this portion of Long Island
sound, has boon making his
rounds for the last few days on
his motorcycle, taking a supply
of oil In the side car,
The Ice has been so thick that
lie could not get to them with a
boat, nor could he. on foot, car
ry a sulllclent supply of oil. It
Is the first time In this stnto
that a motorcycle has been
used for such a purpose.
Kskluin wmioif nml children catch
most of the birds nnd tWI. lo he stored
avny for the tlx mouths' winter food
supply while lite uiun hunt svulru and
Hjnr hunr.
BREEDING PAYS IN' POULTRY
Records of Three Flocks of Leghorns
Show Specifically Value of
Purebred Males.
(Prepared by the United Suites Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
That the" value of purebred males
counts as much In poultry raising as
in stock raising Is shown by the rec
ords of three'' flocks of Leghorns, the
data for which have been supplied the
United States department of agricul
ture by the Nortli Carolina experiment
station. Flock 1. the egg production
of which Is Included In these records,
consisted of common hens : flock 2 was
Purebred White Leghorn Cockerel.
produced by breeding these hens to
common mnles; flock 3 was produced
by breeding flock 1 to a rooster from
a high-producing hen. The following
year the orlglnnl flock laid 89 eggs a
hen ; flock 2 laid an average of 88 eggs
a hen; and flock 3 laid an average of
130 eggs a hen. Tills Increase of 54
per cent In one year tells very specifi
cally the benefits of using n purebred
male. But the percentages alone do
not tell the whole story, for a big pro
portion of the Increase came at a sea
son May and June when the produc
tion of flocks 1 nnd 2 was relatively
low and the prices were good.
POULTRY CULLING PAYS WELL
In One Demonstration In Iowa County
609 Hens Out of Flock of 1,548
Were Discarded.
In poultry culling demonstrations
held on tho farms of the farm bureau
members in Emmet county, Iowa, rec
ords kept for eleven flocks showed
OOO hens were culled out of a total of
1,548 In tho flocks, nccordlng to the
United States department of agricul
ture. The average number of eggs
laid a day by the entire flocks before
culling was 401.5, and the average
number of eggs laid a day by the 939
hens left nfter culling was 340.0. The
average number of eggs for ten hens
a day before culling was 2.G; after
culling, 3.5. The average number of
eggs laid a day by 303 of the culled
liens which were not Immediately sold
was 14.4.
WASHING WILL INJURE EGGS
Gelatinous Film of Shell That Keeps
Out Air and Germs Is Removed
Keep Nests Clean.
Eggs should not be wnshed as this
removes theclatlnous film of tho shell
that keeps out air and germs. The
nests should be kept clean so thnt the
eggs wIIJ have no chance to become
soiled, as removing dirt by washing
will allow molds and germs to enter
the egg and hasten Its spoiling. Exten
sion Division, North Dakota Agricul
tural College.
As grass makes up the bulk of feed
for geese, It Is doubtful whether It
pnys to raise them unless good grass
range Is available during the summer.
The ben that has five range on a
farm In summer tlnds these same
things and that Is one reason why neg
lected fnrm flocks lay well In summer
and very poorly at other times.
The results found by experiment
seem to prove the contention of some
Leghorn breeders that their birds are
light eaters In comparison with some
othor breeds.
If a good lot of well-matured pullets
or well-moulted early hens are on
hand, nnd If they nre healthy and
vigorous, all that Is required to obtain
n good egg yield Is, the right kind of
care and feed.
.
There Is' no one kind of grain that
alone will furnish all of the different
food elements required to maintain
the body of the hen In good condition
nnd also furnish the material of which
eggs nre made. "
SUFFERED TEN YEARS
FROMJNDIGESTION
Trouble Gone, Appetite Strong, and
Eats Anything Without
Distress.
"I had a case of catarrh and Indiges
tion, oi ten years' standing. I had been
treated by tho best medical men In Mich.
Igan. When I commenced taking Milks
Emulsion, 1 was tn bed. I improved so
fast that I kept tho neighbors wandering.
I am now up and working every day. My
cough Is gone. My appetite Is groat, and
I can eat anything without hurting me.'
H. D, Lovelcc, Rockford, Mich.
Indigestion Is seldom cured by "help
ing" the stomach digest food. Digestives,
like physic pills, usually make slaves ot'
the stomach and bowels.
Milks Emulsion Is a pleasant, nutri
tive food and a corrective medicine. It re
stores healthy, natural bowel action, do
ing away with nil need of pills and phys
lea. It promotes appctlto and quickly
puts the digestive organs In shape to
assimilate food. As a builder of (leslv
and strength, Milks Emulsion Is Btrongly
recommended to those whom sickness has
weakened, and Is a powerful aid tn re
sisting and repairing tho effects of wast
ing diseases. Chronic stomach trouble
and constipation are promptly relieved
usually In one day. It produces remark
able results In colds, coughs nnd bron
chial asthma.
This Is the only solid emulsion made,
and so palatable thnt It Is eaten with a
spoon llko lco cream. Truly wonderful
for weak, sickly children.
No matter how severe your case, you.
are urged to try Milks Emulsion under
this guarantee Take six bottles home
with you, uso it according to direction
and If not satisfied with tho results, your
money will be promptly refunded. Price.
60c and J1.I0 per bottlo. Tho Milks Emul
sion Co., Terre Haute, Ind. Sold by drug
gists everywhere. Adv.
Georgette and Trlcotlne.
"The members wunt you to run for
president of our club," nnnounced
Georgette.
"I fenr I nm hardly the girl," sim
pered Trlcotlne.
"Don't worry. Things couldn't be
worse." Louisville Courier-Journal.
CALOMEL!
It's Mercury I Quick
silver I Shocks the
LiVer Danger 1
You're bilious, but take "Cascarets" t
You have n throbbing sensation in your
head, a bad taste in your mouth, your
eyes burn, your skin Is yellow, with
dark rings under your eyes; your Hps.
are parched, your bowels are consti
pated. No wonder you feel foggy
mean nnd Ill-tempered. You need Cas
carets tonight. Don't continue being,
a bilious nuisance to yourself nnd
those who love you, and don't resort
to harsh physics that Irritate and in
jure. Remember that most disorders
of the stomach, liver and bowels are
ended by morning tvIUi gentle, harm
less Cascarets they work while you.
sleep, never gripe, shock, sicken or in
convenience you. They're grand I Adv..
Overexertion.
His Wife Git up an' heat them rugs.
You've done nothln' all day but to doze
In that chair.
Newt Neverswcat I know It, but
I've been dreamln' I was shovelln coaH
an' It's clean done me up.
BOSCHEE'S SYRUP.
A cold Is probably the most com
mon of all disorders nnd when neglect
ed Is apt to be most dangerous. Sta
tistics show that more than three'
times ns many people died from in
fluenza last year, as were killed In
the greatest war the world has ever
known. For the lost fifty-three yenrs
Boschee's Syrup has been used for
coughs, bronchitis, colds, thront Ir
ritation and especially lung troubles.
It gives the patient a, good night's:
rest, free from coughing, with easy:
expectoration In the morning. Made
In America and used In tho homes of
thousands of families all over the
civilized world. Sold everywhere. Adv.
Professional Comfort.
"DU1 your photographer friend get
tho girl he wanted to accept his pro
posal?" "Not exactly, but he secured a good
negative."
NEW DRESS FOR OLD
WITH DIAMOND DYES-
Women Can Put Bright, Rich Color In
Shabby, Faded Ga'rments.
Don't worry nbout perfect results.
Use "Diamond Dyes," guaranteed to
give n new, rich, fadeless color to any
fabric, whether It bo wool, silk, linen,
cotton or mixed goods, drosses,
blouses, stockings, skirts, children's
coats, feathers everything 1
Direction Hook In package tells how
to diamond dye over, nny color To
match nny material, have dealer show
you "Diamond Dye" Color Card. Adv.
On the Highway.
"Why do you speak of the flyers as
vagrants of the air?" "They have no
visible means of support."
How' This?
We offer J100.00 for any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HAUL'S'
CATARRH MEDICINE
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE Is tak
in Internally and acts through the Dlood
on the Mucous Surfaces ot the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 76c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Co-operation menns so to conduet
yourself that others can work with,
you.