THE NORTH PLATTE SEMMVEEKLY TKIBUNE. CORNHUSKER ITEMS Nowa of AH Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS For tlio first time In flic lilstory of N'obrnska n court of Knight Com. imuniiis ui mu jourt or Honor wns held when the Invostitute of tlio or der wns conferred on 20 masters from nil parts of tlio state at the Scottish Itlto cnthcdrnl nt Omalin. The candi dates were elected to receive the honor by the supremo council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Kite, southern Jurisdiction, In Its conclave last Octo ber. Tlio Inquiry ordered h.v the stnte supreme court, on petition of the Judges of Douglns county, ns to Vlieth r any of tlio attorneys Interested In tho releaso on furlough of Hurl C. Kirk, Omnhn bandit, from tho stnte prison, hade done anything that would require further action of tho courts, cost tho state $1,800. Following Governor McKclvle's de mand that ho resign because of his returning nn Increase In salary which wns allowed undqr the cole daw, denied by tho stnte supremo court, State Fire Warden Ilench compiled with tho re quest In a letter to the state chief executive, which fairly sizzled with reproach. At the closing session of the D. A. K. annual convention at Hastings, Xiu braru chapter of that city was given a silk ilng for having the largest gain in membership of any chapter in the state. The chapter's gain the past years wns declared to be 00 per cent. Miss Anna H. Yockel of Hentrice is the first woninn candldnte In Nebraska for nn executive stnte olllce, she hav ing Illed with tho secretary of state nt Lincoln ns a candldnte for the demo cratic, nomination on April 20 for sec retary of state. A bronzo tablet to the memory of graduates and former students of the state engineering college at Lincoln, who died In mllltnry service during the war Is proposed by Sigma Tnu, hon--orary engineering fraternity. Ord is embarking upon improve ments which will aggregate $."00,000, Including a new court house, sower system, a now oillco and bank build ing and a considerable amount of pav ing. Over 100 ex-service men of Lincoln and Lnncasjer county have formed a club for tho purpose of assisting In tho campaign to secure the republican presidential nomination for General Pershing. Petitions bearing over 7,000 names were Illed with the secretary of slate at Lincoln for the nomination of dole- gates to tlio republican .national con vention by supporters of MnJ. Gen. "Wood. Loss by fire of undetermined origin in the Union stock yards at Nebraska City Is estimated nt .$100,000. Several small buildings and C00 hogs were nisi 'destroyed by the Haines. I5urwell's school facilities are Inade quate to care for the growing popula tion and a proposition is soon to be put to citizens of tho city to vole bonds for a now structure. The scarcity of houses in Fremont ,1ms led the board of trustees of the First Christian church to purchase an $S,000 house to be' used as a residence for the pastor. A new Curtis airplane was wrecked, five si ore fronts blown In and many bouses had windows destroyed at Mc Cook by a (30-mile gale that swept over the city. Deslder city ofliclals have been as sured by census takers that tho city's population will be closo to one thous and when the ofllclal count Is com pleted. A salary budget carrying an Incrense of nearly $200,000 was1 passed by the board of regents of the statu universi ty nt the mooting nt Lincoln. The melting of heavy snows in North nnd South Dakota is snld to be re sponsible for the rapid rise of tin Missouri river in the past few days. llenyv hogs sold as low' as .$10 per hundred nt the South Omnha market last week, the lowest in ninny months. Arrangements are being niado nt Ne braska City to hold an automobile show the llrst week in April. Nebraska third class postmasters havo asked congress for .an Incrense In salary. Tho republican stnto convention will be held In tho city nudltorlum nt Lin coln, May IS. Tho call uuthorlzes tlio seating of 811 delegates from tho various counties of the state. A crnto of f5!5 liens, hauled to Fre mont In his nutomobllo, brought $9-" when offered for snlo by George Hong land of Mead. Yonrs ngo n load of hogs brought less than that. Samuel G. Hudson, postmnster of Lincoln, who died suddenly just recently, is the third Lincoln postmas ter to die during President Wilson's administration, llo wns 05 years old. School teachers nt Wnco hnvi- boon granted a salnry Increase, of .10 per cent by the school board. Stato democratic committeemen hnve called tho state convention at Omaha on May 18. The date previously had been Used by law. Figures just made public by Provost Marshal Crowder at Washington show that Nebraska's total registration for the draft was 2S7.-114 or 1.2 per cent of tho total registration In tho coun try, which was 23,00S,n70. Of this state's total only 1,018 wore rejected and 111,270 received Into the service. A emrpnlgn Is to be put on In No brtisku for live days beginning April 4 to raise fc'I.SOO. tills state's apportion ment for Amerlen's gift to .France. The campaign will be conducted through the schools. Every city and county superintendent will be nsked to give the 'illdron and cltlaons n chance to subscribe. The action of the stnte supremo court, In affirming the vnlldity of tho referendum ns applied to the gover nor's code bill, affects the status of Stnte Conpensntlon Commissioner Ken nedy to the extent of reducing his salary from $f,000 to $1,B00 a year. Other members of the department ate likewise affected. Governor McICclvIo has extended until June I the dale for the electro cution of Alsou 11. Cole, who Is under sentence to die with Allen V. Cram mer for the murder of the latter'a mother-in-law. Grnnnner's evocation has been automatically stayed by court action. John Speedle, deputy state super Intendent of schools, bus sent u letter to K. L. Hunt of Syracuse, In which ho holds that all qualified voters of a proposed consolidation district, where a small village Is included, are entitled to vote on the establishment of tin) district. Overdrafts of .$10,000 have been un covered at the American State bank at Aurora by J. K. Hart, secretary ol tho State Hanking board, who bus as sinned charge of the Institution slnco It voluntarily closed Its doors on March 17. Twenty-nine prominent Lincoln bust, ness men sent a request to Attorney General Davis to Unci some wny In which the cxpoiUo of submitting thu referendum on the administrative code, estimated to be .$200,000, can be ellml nate.d. Officials of Tccuniseli. determined that' the city must havo a bettor wa ter supply, nre investigating the mut ter of purification of water from the Missouri river at Nebraska City and Omnhn. Colonies of prairie dogs that havo long infested the fields In tlio neigh borhood northwest of Duncan, Platto county, are to lie exterminated by County Agent W. G. McKuer and tho farm owners in that vicinity. York citizens were shocked on tho morning of March 12, when Lawrenco Harrington, whose homo wns in Au rora, 111., shot Ids wife in tlio head at the homo of her mother, Mrs. Kosa Keyes, and then killed himself. The Guide Kock village board has accepted a proposition with the South ern Nebrnskn Light nnd Power com pany of Superior for tne building of transmission linos nnd furnishing cur rent for tho village. Tho state campaign to raise Ne braska's apportionment of tho 1020 Inter-church world movement budget of .$:C!0,777,r.72. will start April 25 and continue until May 2. The now agricultural engineering building of tho Nebraska college of agriculture nt Lincoln, said to be tho finest of its kind in Amerlcn, will be dedicated April 14. One feature of tlio national conven lion of tho prohibition party in Lin coln, July 21, will bo an Interstate ora torical contest under the auspices of tho W. C. T. U. Holt county hay men expect a sharp advance in tho wholesale hay market within the next week and tho market may reach $30, when spring farm work begins. Smallpox has broken out among students, nt the Stato University at Lincoln. Every student of the insti tution is advised to bo vncclnntcd nt once. Cottages for automobile tourists aro Included In tho, plans for $170,000 Im provements to the Midway Amusement park on tlio Lincoln highway nfKoar ney. Odell, Steele City, Lniiham and Dll ler havo been connected with a 24 hour lighting and power service furnished by the Ilerkim Supply com pany. Valley county ofliclals estimate tlio county's wealth at .$25,000,000. busing their conclusion on real estate trans fers of the past few days. Several thousand dollars damage re sulted to farm buildings in the vicini ty of O'Neill when a terrific wind storm swept the district. The non-partisan league will place an entire legislative ticket In the field in Hoyd, Holt, Keya Palm, Wheeler anil Garfield counties. Col. John G. Maher of Lincoln do dined to accept-petitions to place ills nnnio on the democratic primary bnllot for governor. Over .18,000 worth of native fur.i were shipped from Harwell since tha first of tlio year. Tho sudden slump In stock prices nt tho South Omnhn markot Is snld to hnvo been due to tho unsettled condi tions In Germany. Klchardson and Nomahn county fish ermen report fishing In tho Missouri In the best In history. Two men mnde n haul of 1,000 pounds of fish In n single day Inst week. General Pershing's candidacy for the presidential nomination was form ally launched when a petition asking that his naino bo placed on tlio rcpub licnn primary bnllot In April, wns filed with tho secretary of stnto nt Lincoln. Citizens of Fulrbury nre organizing a $25,000 corporation to build a mun icipal swimming pool. Among the Improvements planned at the slate fair grounds at Lincoln this yearn are a new entrnnco and exit and a new paved approach to the grounds. Twenty-six bens laid twenty-threo or more eggs each during February in the national egg laying contest being conducted by the Nebraska agricul tural experiment stntlon nt Lincoln. One hen, n Kliode Islnnd Ked, owned by the M. O. Potors Mill Co., o Omaha, laid twenty-eight. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION NOTES Lincoln. Tile constitutional conven tlon schedule committee reported out the following recommendation on tho matter of when tho new constitution, or parts of it, shall become effective if adopled. Concurrence In tho recommendation of the schedules committee by the con vention will mean that the several amendments to be submitted by the convention when adopted at the elec tion shall take effect on the first day of January, 1021, except as otherwise specifically provided by schedule at tached to any of said amendments. The laws then in force, not inconsist ent therewith, shall continue In force until amended or repealed. If any of the amendments passed and submitted by the convention ami adopted by the electors lie Inconsistent with any of the provisions of the prerent constitu tion, such amendment shall be held to prevail. Tlio committee on salnry schedule lias recommended to the convention tho following salaries for state oillclnls, the constitutional provision to be ten tative until fixed by the legislature : Governor, chief Justice of the su preme court, and associate Judges of the court, $7,500 per year; state oillc lnls, railway commissioners nnd dis trict Judges, $5,000 per year, except lieutenant governor, who Is to receive twice tlio pay of n stnto senator. It Is the Intention of tho convention to submit the "salary schedule In sepa rate form from the other amendments, so thnt any feeling the voters may havo on the matter of salaries will not af fect ratification of the more Important work of the convention. After several hours' discussion the convention sent Proposal No. UU2 to the committee on phraseology with amendments which makes the members of the State Kullway Commission elect ed by districts, the districts to bo tlireo in number, and until otherwise pro vided by the legislature the First and Second congressional districts shall bo as the llrst district, the Third and Fourth the second and the Fifth nnd Sixth the third. Jurisdiction over com mon cnrrlers is in tlio hands of tho rail way commission, but shall not extend to publicly-owned carriers. Jurisdic tion over publicly-owned utilities sliull be regulated by the legislature. Douglas county. If he work of the convention Is ratified by the people, will be divided into legislative districts and each district will elect Its own representative Instead of electing nt largo ns has been tlio case hi the past, Adopted In committee of the whole, Proposal No. 1114 not only applies to Douglas county, but to all other dis tricts In tlio state where more than one representative has boon elected. The counties affected will be Douglas, Lancaster, lentigo. Saunders, Gage, Hall, Custer nnd Huffalo. Proposal No. Ill, submitted by Jerry Howard of Douglas to regulate the hours of female workers, received the approval of the convention. The pro posal as adopted says: "Law may be enacted rogulntlng tlio hours and con ditions of employment of women and children, and securing to such employes a proper minimum wage." There are already laws on these subjects except the minimum wage question. Proposal No. 27S, which provides that all public utility corporations shall not Issue stock or bonds except for money, labor or property actually expended, nnd all fictitious stock, dividends or other fictitious increase of capital stock or Indebtedness shall lie void, was given, final approval by the convention, by a vote of 77 to 0. Ky a vote of 70 to 2 the convention approved Proposal No. 205, which pro vides thnt county authorities shall never assess taxes the aggregate of which sliull exceed 50 cents per .$100 actual valuation, as shown on grand assessment roll, except for payment of existing Indebtedness, except by vote of the people. During a discussion over tlio merits of the rural credits system, combined with the proposal to raise the limit to which the state could go In debt, the proposal wns amended so that the state may go Into debt to any limit, in stead of $100,000, tlio present limit. The conention has ninended tho ru ral credit provision to include all co operative societies organized under the law. The present plun would permit land owners to borrow unliiiictdly from the state, but offers no relief to i lu poor man. Tho constitutional convention adopt ed and advanced to third reading pro posal 8315, providing for a combined suite trade commission and industrial court created by law. All indications point to the conven tlon completing Its work by the end of the present week. ' An amendment to tlio industrial court commission proposal adopted by the convention, gives tho right to nppenl from tho commission to the su preme court. Hy a vote of 7.'5 to 4 tho convention passed on second reading Proposal No. 121), which declares thnt water In natural streams for domestic use nnd for Irrigation as a natural want, and right to divert unappropriated waters for public use shall never bo denied. Priority users to liavo preference, vested rights to be reserved. DAD DT$ EVEMIHG imhYTMr In Ml & Nary Grahanx DoivAer w. BENGAL TIGERS. "I've little use for mild, quiet, nice creatures who woq't get angry and who have no s"tise about what Is fiin and what Isn't." said the Kongnl tiger. "I should really lie called Koyal llengal tiger for thnt Is what I am. My home Is In India. I'm wild and I can be so cruol and I'm dangerous, Oh, It Is thrilling to be so dangerous us I am. "And I'm so beautiful too. so beau tiful and bad I My head Is so lovely and face Is so perfectly marked. The .stripes (in my face nre so wonderful nnd help give a fine expression to my wild, wild eyes. "I don't usually go after people It they leave me alone that Is, 1 don't go out of my way for them unless I m hungry. Then I do, by nil means. I wouldn't let people stand In my way If I were hungry. I should say not. I would get them out of my way by cntlng them up, ha ha!" And the tiger gave n great roar which made people watching him shiver. "Yes," snld the second tiger, "we nre wild. We like to kill oxen and other animals and then to eat them quickly, for the taste Is so good then. "We're not against killing nnd ent Ing people cither, ns you say, though we're more for animals. We get tho better of creatures too; we can climb trees which the old lions can't do. "When our mates are looking after the young, they oat everything and kill everything that conies anywhere near them so as to keep the little onei safe nnd to provide the larder with food. "Old elephants nren't so afraid of us as they should lie. Every creature should be afraid of us." "That's so." said the first tiger. "there are some creatures who aren't ns nfrald us they should be, such ns the elephants. Hut there nro enough creatures who're afraid of us to make us good and happy." "We're not always fair about fight Ing, nh no." said the second tiger, "and we're treacherous and we love to fight for the sake of fighting and also for "They Admire Us." the sake of getting so much to eat that we can't eat any more. We're greedy too, ih yes." "That's tlio wny to he," said tho first tiger. "Wo should continue to be like this to be wild and dangerous. Then we see that no one takes ad vantage of us. "It's all very well for some creatures to become tamo and friendly and to bo loved In consequence, but what do wo care about love and friendship and such things? We're too wild and we become too angry and we are terrible and powerful and yet we are 'beautiful and Interesting so that folks standing before our cages admire us. "Ah yes, they admire us Immensely. They're glad we're not around loose, but they like to stand and gaze at us, and I'm sure many of them almost unvy our wlldness! "'They say we're terrible but still they think we're marvelous, I'm sure. I can tell from tlio way they look at us. And oil. how they like to see us fed. almost r.s much as wo like to be fed. "Sumo creatures haven't enough spirit to bo anything wild or terrific or anything but mild and tamo and all that hut often I think they envy us." "You've said that a number of iluies," snld the second tiger, "but It N very true." .Just then the keeper came about and fed the animals. Whnt roars and what wild sounds they made as they crunched and munched and chewed the grant (big bones of meat which were thrown to them. And later, much lator. the two Hen gal tHfers who had been talking took a nap. but even In their sleep they looked ns though nt a moment's notice they could liovjiwnko nnd wide awnko at that ! And ready, too. for anything thnt would turn up. Hut nothing happened to wnko them up alieifd of time, so Instead they kept on sleeping with their beau tiful heads on their beautiful paws and they dreamed and dreamed of the' days In the wild forests when there wero no bars In front of them mid no capos and when they wero free to go about nnd enjoy and do such damage as they minted to without anyotie to stop lliem ! Change, "Mother, can you give me change for a dime?" asked little Tom. "How do you wish It chnnged?" asked modi er. "Oh, Into a quarter," was Tom's renl v. II I list ra ted News. n n n 11 jl n n EXHAUSTIVE EXPERIMENTS ARE BASIS OF AGRICULTURAL ADVANCES, BUT TAKE TIME Lxperlmcntal Farm at Bcltsvllle, Md., Aro Belno (Prepared by tho United Statos Depart ment ot Agnciniuro.i The scientific experiment is a slow process, but It Is the best wny in tho world to get facts. The slowness of it Is ono of the reasons why the fnrmer, even though ho la a scientist, cannot make tho ex periments for himself. Ho has not tho time to devote to them, unon, sometimes a grent many experiments havo to be tried before ono Is rondo thnt produces the desired results. The farmcrr ennnot nffonl tho numerous experiments thnt may not get satlsfac- tory results lor uio sano ui mo ,)ecn com,,i0tcd. Whenever any ex that docs. .1 nerlment is completed nnd tho facts Hero Is an Illustration of the kind of experiment that, from tho stand- nm(lo nvnlnl,lo to the public. These point of tho length of time It takes, no roau,tSf obtained by the department of farmer could undertake for himself nRricitre, the state agricultural col as n business proposition. The United ,CR0)( (m(1 otnop co.oporating agencies, States department of agriculture . . , of Kricuiturnl advance- wanted to know whether the milking tendency in beef cattle Is transmitted mnlnly by the dnms through the mnle lino of descent, and to what extent the nillk-KlvIng function of the dam Influences the beef character of the nroirenr. An experiment to determine thoso fncts was begun in 1015. It will not be completed until 10115. Hut nt tho end of that 20-year period the aenartmcnt of agriculture will know I hose facts, nnd every fnrmer In the United Stutes mny Know tnem jusi S JSm; , ur.T wort-ins ",C"' B, U for Human Being.. This is ono of the experiments or n. I,,,-.,,,., c miltiuil Imluttrv. and. like all the experiments of that bureau, lias ns its object tho Improvement of llvo stock. Hut It has been repeat edly proved that work for the im provement of live stock always has an Indirect, and frequently a direct, beneficial effect on human beings. Here is an illustration of direct benefit: Horses sometimes dlo of what Is known as forage poisoning. Tho lm n.nii nf nnliniil industry began cxperl- mi.nta tn determine the cnuso of tbnt poisoning. Tho hnclllus botullnus wns Incriminated. Experiments were begun 1 . . , ti, develop a serum thnt would protect ntrnlnst botullnus poisoning. A sl.eep poisoning dving. Tho serum prepared with tho Idea of protecting horses against for- 01:0 poison was rushed from wnsn iiiPtnii to New York, nnd the little ulrl's life wns saved, discs of botu Units poisoning, from canned goods nnd other foods, have frequently caused tho death of entire families, and there has previously been do ro lief for It Experiments prove theories or ills prove them, and one mny be Just as significant as the other. There has loin: been a theory that a cow would give more milk if milked at regular fimoH nverv dav than If milked Ir regularly. The department of agri culture tried It out on a scale suf ficiently largo to mnko certain of the facts,- and found that, so far as pro (taction Is concerned, there Is no note- worthy difference between regular and Irregular milking, although regularity IS USUIlliy uenirillMU 1 num luimiiun III the experiment tho feeding hours were regular throughout. Moro differ ence might be found If both feeding nnd milking were Irregular, as Is the case on many farms. It hns always been tho common opinion, also, that n cow would trlvo more milk If sho bad water constantly before her than If she were watered onco or twice a day. Tlio department is experiment Ing on thnt, and lias readied the ten tative conclusion that the advantage of wnter continuously lies mnlnly In the saving of Inbor rather than In a greater production of milk. Question of Wallows Thero was anothor common theory on which people wero divided. Some men snld that a hog would do better If he had water to wallow In. Other men of equal experience! said there was nothing to it ; thnt a wnllow had nothing to do with the prosperity of a hog. The department made some experiments, nnd found thnt n ho does gain weight moro rapidly if lie has access to a wallow than if he lias not Thero arc other animal experiments In progress thnt will requlro longer periods thnu tho 20-your experiment with cuttle. Some Inbreeding experi ments nro In progress thnt hnvo al ready reached tho twentieth genera tion of Inbred anlmnls. One series of experiments has resulted In tho re creation of n breed of horses the Morgan thnt, when tho experiments began, was thought to bo lost to the world. Other experiments nro In prog ress with tho object of creating a was finally Immunized and a quantity .i " ' -" r of serum mado from Its blood. Then, States dcpartmqnt of agriculture. ol Z, word came to the bureau that Sweet potatoes can be grown undo u little girl had contracted botullnus n wide range of conditions for home 11 nun , . t ...I.,,,, .1..,,, .., n i, nt-ntlucoi? r-illvria nmi wns l -, '- ...v.. -- i Where Many Agricultural Experiment! Carried Out. breed of American gonernl-purposp horses, nnd still others for the evolu tion of the ideal cavalry horse. Experiments aro In progress to de termine the best method of develop ing better milk and butter producing cows In Inrge numbers. Lino breed ing, inbreeding, nnd crossbreeding nro being tried through n number of gen erations. Information Available. These lines of experimentation nro merely Indicative of scores or lines nlong which work Is now In progress nnd of hundreds that havo already determined, the information is mmt ,f n fanucrg nvalled them- Relv03 of tlun)i dvnncement would b much moro rn.)ia MlUiy of thom nr0 n,,omonued in bulletins nnd other publications. Practically nil of them that have boon completed nre avail nblo'ln one form or another. Where full information Is not to bo had In printed form, ofllclnls of the depnrt-, ment, or of the stnte experiment sta tlon, or the county ngent at your ,lorne( cnn furnsh it. PREPARATION NEEDED FOR SWEET POTATOES Crop Second t0! Irish Variety ill Commercial Importance. Can Be Grown Under Variety of Con- ditiono for Home Use Good Plants - Are Essentia! for Successful Crop of Tubers. Irish potntocs, as a commercial crop, have a rapidly growing rival In sweef potatoes. Within tho Inst ten yenn the farm value of tho latter crop in I 4l.ln ,w.....f lw.c lnlihln.1 mill iwm 1.4 w j - second on.y to ir.sn ponuoc . .,, commercially careful . consideration should bo given to the necessity oi suitable soil, favorable climate, ac- cessinie mnrKot, ampie iransporumuu, and proper storage. Storage is of groat Importance, for If the crop Is Im properly cured and stored it will de cay rapidly and the wholo year's worn will bo lost. Hut It is possible by Improved methods to hold sweet pota toes for several months at practically, no lpss. This crop Is propagated by plant? produced by sprouting sweet pota toes In warm sand. Potatoes rrom which the plants nre to lie grown should be planted In early spring In hotbeds. In the South, where no bot tom heat Is necessary, cold frames may be used successfully. Good plants aro necessary for a successful a bJ ,mrvoHt Ue,)eiis largely Ule ,mjts Btnrt oK aftei PlI1M1Vp.i from the plnnt bed from tho plnnt and set In the field or garden. GREEN CUT BONE FOR FOWLS Feed Every Other Day In a Trounh, Al lowing About One-Half Ounce to Each Bird. Do not feed green cut bone oftener than every other day. It Is best fed in a trough, according to the United Stntes department of agriculture. Al low about one-luilf ounce to each bird. Should too severe or continued loose ness of tho bowels follow tho feeding of tho bone, It should bo discontinued or the quantity reduced. Live Stock, CWC NOTE'S Why not clean the stalls every morn ing? You won't, inlss the time. Manure from pigs Is next to sheep in richness. It Is far too valuable to bo wasted. One of the best ways of Increasing tho meat supply of the country Is by raising hogs. He sure nny hogs that you buy are perfectly healthy before you put them with your herd. It Is poor business to mate all tho mares to tho same stallion unless Uiey possess marked uniformity. " ... i in nHiiiii i iitttmitriiirtit lmi 'a run iiiiiioit