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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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CORKER ITEMS
Newa of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Tlio hearing on the nppenl of Allen
V. Grainincr lo the United States cir
cuit court -of appeals wilt he had In
St Louis on May 24. The appeal
raises the question of the regularity
of Grammcr's rial In Howard county,
where he was convicted Jointly with
Alson II. Colo of the murder of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Lulu Vcgt.
Sunday theaters and amusements In
firund Island carried at the spring
flection by a rote of 2,013 to 830. City
tee plant bonds and public schoot ath
letic park bonds carried by n similar
majority. Women voters were suc
cessful In electing their entire ticket
for the school board with cue excep
tion. Affairs of the American State bank
at Aurora, reports say, remain where
they were when the doors of the Insti
tution were closed March 15. The
state banking board has an ofllclal in
ehnrge, but no step has been taken to
pay the depositors.
Municipal elections In all parts of
Nebraska April 0, were marked by a
heavy vote polled by women electors
and the naming of women to many
seats on school boards and In a few
cities to councllmanle positions.
Drills used in nn attempt to find oil
in the vicinity of Chadron broke In Un
well and forced the prospectors to
cease operations. Another well will be
started Immediately In a new location.
Telephone lined In Boyd county, de
stroyed by the recent storms, are out of
commission for several weeks and must
bo entirely rebuilt between Twin
Unties and Naper, and Jamison, S. D.
Several new residences, n now
garage, n number of business buildings
and twenty blocks of new paving are
Improvements planned for Gothenburg
this season.
At the city election at Chadron, the
$50,000 paving bond Issue carried 527
to 73. Bids for paving the first dis
trict of " thirty blocks will be opened
April 27.
Women voters at Syracuse were un
successful In their efforts to oust pool
halls at the recent election, the prop
osition carrying by a two to one vote.
Archbishop Hrirty of Omahn will
preside at the dedication of Lynch
hospital, recently completed at O'Neill.
"The ceremony will be held May 4.
Midland college has Issued Invita
tions to 34 high schools within a radius
of 50 miles of Fremont, to compete in
a track and field meet there May 1.
Under Instructions of the State
Board of Equallzfrtlon and Department
of Finance, county nssesors will probe
money held In banks by Individuals.
Women of O'Neill elected their two
nominated candidates for the school
board and obtained one member of the
city council In the election April 0.
The Scoular & Bishop elevator at
Superior was destroyed by fire, with a
loss of $100,000. Tho. elevator was full
of grain owing to tho car shortage.
Million dollar bonds for an auditor
ium and $75,000 bonds for a downtown
park In Hastings carried by a large
majority at the recent election.
Work is moving along briskly on the
new Potash highway which will 1111
the gap In good roads between Broken
Bow and Alliance.
Wrecking of Fremont's last livery
barn lias been completed and a brick
garage for storage of automobiles will
bo built In Its place.
The city council at Loup City adopt
ed a resolution for the construction of
a complete system of Interal sewers.
Sunday baseball and moving picture
shows won in tho municipal election at
uburn by a comfortable majority.
Tlie Nebraska Division of. the Trnv
ers Protective association will meet
at Omaha on April 23 and 25.
Land values In Brown county will
be Increased over 50 per cent for as
sessment purposes this year.
Oats sold for 08e a bushel on the
Omitha mnrket the other day, the high
est In all history. 1
By "a scant majority of eleven votes
pool hall license carried at the munic
ipal election at Louisville.
Ogallala citizens voted out pool
halls, ut the recent election by a miii
Jorlty of seventeen votes.
Potatoes are selling for $1.25 a peck
at Omaha, tho highest so far recorded.
Statisticians estimate that there are
327,844 women of voting age In Ne
braska, while the male population of
voting ago totals 388.020.
Census figures give Nebraska City
a population of 0,270 porsons. This Is
an Increase of 791 over 1010 or 14.4
per cent.
Tho St. Paul school board has Just
closed a contract for the erection of a
new high school building which will
cost 130,000. The building will be lo
cated on an eight acre tract presented
to tho district by N. J. Paul, founder
, of the town.
High school students of Hebron are
to have a new gymnasium, work on
tho structuro hnvlng started a week
ago.
Eighteen flermaii-born residents of
Dodge county have filed applications
for final hearing on petitions to be
come citizens In order that they may
vote at tho fall election.
Mrs. Saillo Haney, widow of La
Grange Haney, first Gage county sol
dier to bo killed In action In France,
was presented a French memorial cer
tificate by two members of the local
.post of the American Legion.
At n meeting held at Trenton tho
Burlington Highway association was
reorganized. The Burlington highway
branches off tho O. L. D. at Oulbert
son, ami Joins tho Lincoln highway at
Brush, Colo., cutting off about forty
miles In dlslnnce. The new associa
tion Is endeavoring to clear the high
way title for federal aid.
Tho basement and foundation of tho
new ?40,000 Congregational church to
be erected at Ogallala have been com
pleted. Practically all material is on
the ground and It is expected that tho
church will ho completed In August.
It will be oue or the largest and most
beautiful In western Nebraska.
The almost unprecedented Easter
blizzard, which swept" tho southeast
and south central sections of Nebras
ka, doinornllzed train service and
wire communication, caused tho loss
of sotno livestock and Injured crops
toKome fxtent.
It. D. Florey of the military commit
tee of (he Albion Commercial club re
ports that 50 of tlie required 100 mem
bers needed for a national guard com
pany have signed the rolls and he ex-
iieeiM me company to ne organized In
the near future.
It Is generally understood that no
political pnrtlallly will be shown when
the Nebraska Woman Suffrage nsso;
elation holds Its annual meeting In
Omaha on June 14 and 15, to re
organize as a League of Women
Voters.
Many residents In the north part of
Omaha were driven from their homes
and a great deal of damage done when
several hundred acres of bottom lands
were Inundated as the result of the
overflowing of the Missouri river.
The St. Paul city council has com
pleted plans for paving to connect the
main street of the city, which Is now
paved, Willi the federal aid road which
meets the townslte at the southeast
corner.
May 17, 18 and 10 nro the dates set
for the state encampment of the G. A.
It., W. B. C. the Sons of Veterans and
kindred organizations which will be
held at Fremont.
Four hundred and 54 transfers of
land, for a total consideration of ,?5,
401,548.25, Is the record of the real
estate transactions in Holt county dur
ing March.
The city manager plan was defeat
ed at Beatrice In the municipal elec
tion. The welfare ordinance was de
feated by 12 votes. About 1,000 women
voted. i
Word has reached Omaha from Ne
braska members of congress that tho
state metropolis Is sure to be on tho
proposed coast-lo-coast air ma.ll line.
Pool halls are to be retained at Do
Witt as the result of the vote on tho
Issue at the "election April G. Tho
proposition carried by 12 votes.
Opponents of the proposition to ex
tend the city lighting plant In Lincoln
have opened their campaign to defeat
the project.
A bronze "and granite memorial to
cost $12,000 will be erected l Central
City In honor of Merrick county boys
who served In tho world war.
The Fremont Turnverein, orgnnlzed
20 years ngo, has decided to dissolve
ind sell the Turner hall, Ifullt 17 years
ago.
The Salem Lutheran church at Fre
mont has purchased a lot for $10,000,
on which will bo built a new $75,000
edifice.
Water works extension bonds for
$20,000 were defeated at the niunlc
Ipal'electlon at West Point by a small
majority.
Construction has begun"., on a now
$8,000 sales pavllllon at DeWitt, funds
for which were raised by business
men of the town.
The City Natlonnl bank of Kearney
has passed the $3,000,000 mark in de
posits. Other banks In the city show
a steady gain.
The paving work has been resumed
at Wahoo, When completed, Wahoo
will have a total of forty blocks of
paved streets.
The Albion Commercial club Is ac
tively working for a paved highway
between the city and Tllden.
The population of Greater Omaha Is
220,410, according to an estimate based
on the, 1020 directory, Just Issued.
Over 40 carloads of cement have ar
rived In Cozad for the. 22 blocks of
paving to be started there next week.
School bonds for a new $125,000
building carried at the city election at
Kearney by a vote of (I to 1.
Sunday baseball carried In the city
election at Lexington by a majority of
8S. The voting was light.
Park bonds for". $15,000 won In Su
perior, where the progressive candi
dates led the field.
Albert Lolbel, local business man,
will construct a $30,000 motion picture
theater in Cozad.
Hearings of tlie complaints of state
banks of Nebraska, with reference to
the treatment accorded them by tho
federal reserve bnnks has been sot for
April 28 and 20 at Washington.
The new bridge to span the Mlddlo
Loup on the federal and state highway
just north of Taylor will bo reduced to
sixty feet. The bridge will thus cost
only $10,000 Instead of $27,000.
An Increase of one hundred and six
ty per cent In the average value of
Holt county lauds was agreed upon at
a meeting of the precinct assessors of
the county at O'Neill.
More than 000 people attended tho
laying of the cornerstone of a new
$100,000 school building at Scotia.
Work has begun on the building of
a new $250,000 hotel ut MeCook. Tho
building will bo of reinforced steel and
concrete, fireproof nnd with all modern
conveniences.
John II. Morehead of Falls City 111
be a candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor at the prima
ry election on April 20, the state su
preme court having granted Secretary
of State Amsberry permission to plnco
his namo on the ballot,
EASTER IRKED BY DISORDER
Irish Extremists Accomplish Greatest
Coup In Years Sinn Folnera
Behind Move.
Dublin. Bcvlsed accounts of ' the
Sinn Fein raids of Easter Sunday re.
cord attacks on sixty-two objectives by
tho marauders, including thlrly-livc
police barracks which were burned or
shuttered with bombs.
The authorities ut Dublin tnstle estl
male that between 2,000 nnd 3,000 men
participated hi tlie various raids, the
majority of them well armed. The de
tachments marched about tclr work
of destruction In military formation.
It lu declared by the government
representatives that a commander of
the Sinn Fein army, whose Identity Is
protected by great secrecy, ordered
the deeds, done.
The Irish rebels accomplished their
greatest Kaster coup in years. By a
series of most daring rnhh? In vnrlous
parts of the country they wreaked dam
ap amounting to tens of thousands
of dollars.
By burning tin records of the gov
frnmcnt tax offices they' destroyed ir
replaceable records deemed to be of
fundamental Importance to the main
tenance of the government.
Ten armed men entered the resi
dence of Klcran Flynn In Ourteen,
led him out and shot him down on
nis own doorstep.
In County Mayo, two policemen"
.vere fired on from ambush and ser
iously wounded. Another civilian was
found shot.
The' expected "Kaster rebellion" took
:he form of arson, attacks on tho po
lice and cattle drives.
Movie Star in Fight.
Los Angeles. Charlie Chaplin, mov
ing picture comedian, and Louts Mayer,
film producer and malinger of Chap
lin's wife, Mildred Harris Chaplin,
from whom the comedian is estranged,
engaged in a fist fight In the lobby of
the Hotol'Alexnndrln here. "Mayer de
clared the fight was caused by efforts
on Chaplin's part to make n settle
ment with his wife, which she Is said
to have regarded as Inadequate. Ac
cording to witnesses, Chaplin met
Mnyer In the lobby of the hotel nnd
demanded (hat he remove his glasses.
Chaplin then swung for Mayer's Jaw,
but missed. Several blows were ex
changed and Chaplin fell to the floors
Chaplin's nose showed several deep
scratches nfter the melee. When
nsked for u statement, Chaplin re
plied: "Ask Mayer and my wife; thej
can tell you."
Pal of Jesse James Succumbs.
Memphis, Tenn. Captain "Kit" Dal
ton, said to have been tho last survlv
lug member of QuantroH's band of
guerillas of civil wnr fame and ac
credited with having been a close as
sociate of Frank and Jesse .laities, died
at. his homo here. Ho was 77 years
old. For several years after the civil
war, a price of $50,000 was set upon
Dalton's head by the governors of five
states, 'but lie never was captured
With Frank .Tn inert, ho (surrendered and
stood trial for the robbery of a train
near Franklin, Ky., under tacit under
standing thnt charges pending in other
states would stand or fall on the re
sult of that trial. He was acquitted.
Banker Loses Appeal.
Lincoln, Neb. Thomas II. Matters,
convicted of a violation of the nation
al bunking laws growing out of the
failure of a bank at Sutton, Neb., hns
losr out again in an appeal to the
United Slates circuit court.
District Attorney T. S. Allen has re
celved word that the appeal for a re
hearing has been denied by the circuit
court of appeals at St. Louis.
Matters Is expected to carry his ap
peal to the United States supremt
court. ,
Britain Protests. to France,
London. It Is stated that the Brit
ish government sent a protest to the
French government vlth regard to the
occupation of the Ruhr, region.
Both the Central News and Ex
change Telegraph company slate that
the British and associated govern
ments have been opposed throughout
to French occupation of Germtin towns
and that France acted on Its own
Initiative.
$40,000 for a Hon.
Vllllsca. la. A pure bred Poland
China hog which Williams Brothers,
breeders of this place, bought about
15 months ngo from L. It. McClarnou
of Bradyvllle, In., for $205, 'lam been
sold by them at private i-aln to W. H.
Ellsworth of Goldtield, la., for the rec
ord price of $10,000. declared to be the
highest price ever paid for a hog In
the Fulled States, If not In the world
Rebel Body Dissolves,
Omaha, Neb. All possibility of a
switchmen's strike In Oinuliu and
Council Bluffs ended when the newly
organized "Omaha and Council BlulVh
Yardmen's association" disbanded. The
action followed n spirited meeting at
which efforts wrre made by several
radical members of the unauthorized
association to make the organization
permanent.
Rail Board Formed.
Washington, D. C Formation of
the Joint railroad wage board has been
completed by the conference commit
tees representing tho railroad corpora
tions nnd the sixteen railroad unions.
E. P. Whiter of the Pennsylvania rail
road was made chairman. The bi
partisan body has begun the task of
considering wage demands of the
2,000.000 workers which have been
twice before the president without n
settlement and which total about
f1, 100,000,000.
mm) EVENING
mm TALE
& Waxy Grdhoirv
PIGS IN SPRING.
"Ah." said Pinky Pig. "how I love tho
spring, with Its showers and breezes."
"So do 1." said
Sammy Sausage.
"There Is no
time of the year
like It, said old
G r a n d f a t h c r
Porky, "unless It
is the summer.
But I believe I
like the spring
best. It's so dell
clously muddy In
the spring. In
the summer things
ore. apt to dry up
too much."
"And In the
spring," said Miss
Ham, "wo. may
Dellclously Muddy find some food
which hail been
left on the ground since the autumn,
some seeds or something nice. That
Is nlways such fun."
"Oh, dear," said Pinky Pig, "I start
ed to bo such a soulful pig with niy
talk about the, spring."
"What do you mean by soulful?"
asked Mrs. Pink Pig. "Is It n now
dish you've Just heard of?"
"Who cares for new dishes?" asked
Miss Ham In a loud squeal. "Tho
only thing that counts Is what Is upon
the dishes."
"I mean." said J Irs. Pink Pig. "a
new dish of food. I wasn't speaking
of chlnn. One often speaks of now
dishes meaning now desserts, or new
weeds or new something llko that."
"That Is different," said Miss Ham.
"Well, Pinky, what did you mean 7
Have you a new food In mind?"
"Why would he have a new food In
mind?" asked Miss Pink Pig.
"Yes, If he had It anywhere I should
think It would be In his tummy un
less It was In my tummy nnd I had
It first," said Brother Bacon.
"I meant," snld Miss Ham, "that he
might have heard of a new kind of
food he wns going to tell us about."
"What do we want to hear about
food for when we'd so much rather
eat It?" said Porky Pig.
"Well, he might tell us about It and
tell us where we could get It," said
Miss Ham.
"I wouldn't do that, never fear,
though you'd all be pigs enough to
follow me nlong and try to get It ahead
of me, I suppose." said Pinky.
"But what do you mean by soul
ful?" asked Master Pink Pig.
"I meant," said Pinky, "that In the
springtime when folks write poetry
and speak of growing flowers peek
ing their heads above the ground and
of tho new little leaves and all of
that, and when they roll their eyes
from side to side and grunt In nn af
fected manner they are soulful. At
least that Is the way a pig would de
scribe It I mean poetical, and nil
of that.
"So I thought I would see how It
sounded to talk that way. I would
have gone on, only I wasn't given a
chance."
"I'm sure we were all ready enough
to talk about the mud," said Porky
Pig.
"Oh, hut I wasn't going to talk
about the mud," said Pinky. "I wrts
going to talk about the flowers and
about poetry."
"Mrs. Pinky Pig, Plnky's mother,
listen. The child Is very, very III.
Hurry him to the doctor."
So Pinky Pig was hurried away to
a pig pen near by where he and his
mother crawled under the fence.
Just as Pinky got under, his pink
eyes spotted a lot of food which had
been left over In the corner, and which
the pigs had not yet found.
, He rushed for It and began to eat
as fast ns he could, pushing away
all who came near him mid trying to
gobble twice as fast as usual, because
there were so tunny pigs now gath
ered around him.
"Who are those strangers, and who
especially Is this pig whji Is robbing
his nelghboi-s like
this?" shrieked old
Doctor Pork a
cousin of Grand
father Porky Pig.
"My dear One
tor Pork." Mid
Plnky's mother,
"my child was
not very well, so
I brought him to
see wliutwas the
matter. Ho was
talking about po
etry and wo were
dreadfully w o r
rled down In our
Mud Palace."
"Well, I would
n't be worried
about that Pitt"
Crawled Under.
wild old Doctor Pork, with a smile.
"Oh, I'm so glad," said Plnky's
mother.
' "I wish you'd take film homo,
though ; I want that food myself."
But Plnky's mother was now Join
ing In and trying to push Doctor Pork
aside. And when, nfter n lung time,
they reached home, Plnky's mother
said:
"Wo had a very satisfactory call on
the doctor, who laid that Pinky Is a
perfect specimen of u pig even In
tho spring."
Cattle Grazing on Montezuma
HARMFUL EARLY
SPRING GRAZING
Carrying Capacity of Ranges Has
Been Materially Reduced
by Practice.
SEASON WILL BE SHORTENED
Forage Plants Cannot Bo Grazed the
Instant They Begin to Show
Density and Luxuriance of
Plants Are Decreased.
'Prepared by tho United States Dopart
mont of Agriculture.)
Enrly spring grazing In Western
ranges has so materially reduced the
;arrylng capacity nni forage re
sources that the forest service, United
States department of agriculture, lias
found It necessary on many of tho na
tional forests to shorten tho present
grazing season from two to four
weeks. This cut will bo put Into ef
fect this spring.
"It is tho purposo of the forest serv
ice," states nn official In chargo of
grazing, "to plnco the live stock indus
try on tho national forests on a sub
stantial, permanent basis. To do this
It Is neccssnry to produce n maximum
cover of vegetation on nil ranges. The
first nrecnutlon is to avoid too early
grazing. Every stockman Interested
POULTRY HOUSES AND
NECESSARY FIXTURES
Site Should Have Good Drainage
and Dry Soil.
Where Buildings Face South Greatest
Amount of Sunshine Is Insured
for Winter Colony Plan Is Ad
vantageous. Select a location thnt hns natural
'Irnlnnge nwny from the building.
A iw. nourous soil, such ns snnu or
gravelly loam, is preferable to a clay
loll.
In most localities tho building should
fnp the south, ns this Insures the
greatest amount of sunlight during
tho winter.
Allow nt least thrco squaro feet
of floor space per bird.
Proner vontllntlon nnd suniignt
mean a dry house and henlthy birds.
1110 piirillU UpiMl-HUlll. IllJlirx; in v.,-
ceded to be tho best typo for most? sec
tions.
The colony nlnn of housing poul
try mny bo adopted to good advantage
on mnny fnrms. This system docs
nwny with the dunger of tainted soil.
Tho roosts should bo built on tho
same level, two feet six Inches from
the floor, with a dropping board about
eight Inches below them.
Good roosts may be mado of two by
two-Inch material with upper edges
rounded.
Tin. nests mnv be nlaced on the side
walls or under the dropping bonrds.
It Is host to havo them (larisencu, as
the hens prefer Ti secluded place In
which to lay. United Slates Depart
ment of Agriculture.
GOOD COMES FROM CULLING
Iri One Nebraska Community Many
Nonlayers Were Discarded From
Large Flock of Hens.
As a result of 25 poultry demon
stration meetings conducted In Cnss
county, Nebrnskn, under the direc
tion of tho county ngent, 800 non-lny-ers
havo been culled from 2,500 hens,
1,000 standard-breed eggs have been
brought In nnd hatched, nnd 200 cock
erels have been changed, bought or
traded.
DON'T HURRY TO TRANSPLANT
House-Grown Tomato or Pepper
Plants May Be Chilled if Set
Out Too Early.
It docs not always pay to be In too
prnnt n hurrv In transplanting house
grown tomato or pepper plants to the
f?nrdon. A few cold nlghtH may chill
them and more time be lost than If
they nre not set out until the weathet
Is warm.
National Forest In Colorado.
In his business knows thnt forago
plants cannot be grazed tho Instant
they begin to show above tho ground.
Such early spring uso of tho rango not
only decreases the density nnd luxuri
ance of plant growth, but nlso reduces
tho carrying capacity nnd tho fertility
of tho soil, nnd If continued, ultimate
ly results In waste range.
Plants Grazed Too Early.
"Studies carried on nt tho Great
Basin experiment station In Utah havo
proved that whoro- plants are con
tinually cut back or cropped, the root
system loses Its vitality nnd the plant
soon dies. On some of tho national
forest ranges, which are grazed early j
and heavily, tho forago plants nro
showing slmllnr signs of, serious dam
age, nnd will rapidly go from bad to
worse If remedlnl measures are not
put In force. Tho old grasses, with
their root systems weakened by re
pented cropping,' nro almost exter
minated and nro being replaced by
worthless weeds. Erosion of tho soil
has nlso started In many places nnd
threatens serious erosion. Experi
ments havo shown thnt off a ten-ncro
tract, heavily overgrazed, as much as
25 tons of earth nnd rock hnvo fre
quently been washed down after a few
minutes of heavy rnln. These are
some of tho things which follow In
tho wnko of too early uso of the range
nnd from overgrazing.
Later Season Is Best.
"A grazing season that starts later
In the spring, thus giving the forage
plants a chance to develop, nnd moro
careful manngement of the range, will
do much toward bettering and event-
unlly eliminating such conditions."
ONIONS PREPARED IN FIELD
When Weather Is Favorable Yellow
and Red Varieties Can Be Cured
In Windrows. '
Onions nre sometimes allowed to
cure In windrows In tho field, and 1
tho weather Is clear, yellow and rod
varieties can bo handled successfully
In this mnnner. It Is preferable, how
ever, to place them In Blattcd crates
soon nfter topping and pile In open
sheds or In stacks In the field. In tho
latter case tho plies should be cov
ered with temporary roofs for protec
tion from rain. Exposure of whlto
varieties to damp weather In the field
will almost Invariably drovo fatal, and
thoy' should be placed In a curing shedj
whero advantage can be taken of cleat
weather nnd protection can bo given
during rainy periods.
MARKET REPORTS MUCH HELP
Producers Are Invited to Submit Ques
tions to Representative at
Nearest Station.
Keep mnrket reports, reviews, and
special articles op file. Tliey will help
In following nnd understanding tho
markets. Producers are Invited tc
submit their marketing questions to
tho representative nt the nearest mnr
ket station. If ho cannot answer them
ho knows some ono In the bureau of
mnrkets, United States department of
agriculture, who probnbly can supply
tho desired Information. If the In
quirer does not know the address of
tho nenrest federal representative he
should write to United States Depart
ment of Agriculture Washington, D. C.
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Live Stock;
i2c3 Notes
Tho trouble with the avorago hog
house Is thnt It Is not tight,
Suvo all the breeding animals dult
ablo for reproducing their kind.
Bum any hogs thut die of cholera.
If there Is any doubt be on tho safe
sldo.
Hogs thnt are forced to breathe
foul, damp air aro In no condition t
resist disease.
Livestock raising has many ad
vantages over farming where crops
only nro grown.
It usually pays best to sell hogs on
tho first strong market ufter they
reach 225 pounds,
Exercise Is very essential tov all
breeding stock. Moro weak offspring
result from luck of exerclso than any
other cause.