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THE NORTH PLATTE RHMT-WRKiaY TRIBUNE
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
-Newn of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
flF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
United States district Attorney Al
len at Lincoln filed 11 m itmilu Ittf wltli
Commissioner Whltniorc. charging !
Hurry Kelly and Walter Ingham, the I
Howe bank robbers, with assaulting I
mu robbing two employes of a
vienitn, Kan., postollloe substation.
The men are In the Nebraska peniten
tiary hospital convalescing from
-wounds received at the time of their
capture.
Alleging the Skinner Packing com
pany of Omaha Is merely n gigantic
holding corporation attempting to con
trol three Independent companies, the
date has asked the supreme court to
oust the company from Nebraska and
appoint trustees to take charge of the
property and assets and distribute
them among the persons who have
furnished the funds.
Several land owners near Irwin,
Cherry county, have asked the state
railway commission to compel the
Northwestern railroad to put In reg
ular bridges near their land to prevent
backwater from inundating their
farms. Culverts are now In use.
Frank A. Harrison, manager of Sen
ator Johnson's Nebraska campaign, Is
sued a statement at Lincoln, In which
he bitterly scored delegates from this
wtnto for not standing by the senator
nt the Chicago convention. "Downright
treachery." he cnllsilt.
Quick work by members of the Ches
ter Community club saved the farm
home of John Kuhlmann when a fire
started In his garage. Mr. Kuhlmann
Is a member of the club and his farm
Is considered on of 1 lie show places of i
Thayer county.'
Governor MeKelvIe Issued a state
ment at Lincoln in which he declared
liiniself well pleased with the nonilnn
Hon of Senator Harding and Gov.
oolldge for president and vice-president
by the republican convention at
Chicago,
Reports have reached the state farm
sit Lincoln that the web worm Is doing
considerable damage to alfalfa fields
In the Arkansas valley of Colorado. No
xlgns of the pest have appeared In Ne
braska so far.
Farmers of Dodge county are seek
ing farm labor and offer to hire men
t the rate of $70 and $S0 per month,
lioard and room Included. Only men
-who will work by t he month are
-wanted.
Ord is becoming a regular bee hive
of fishermen who are" Infesting Swan
Lake anil other well known resorts in
the district, and the tourist park, now
sivnllable. Is being extensively used.
The P.iifl'nlo county farm bureau has
adopted n wage scale for farm laborers
ranging from J50 to ;"0 cents per hour.
Virtually all farmers la the county are
.members of the bureau.
Plans for the new $r,000,000 capitol
building at Lincoln are beginning to
reach the oflice of the governor and
have been placed in the custody of the
secretary of state,
('amp Sheldon, the Young Men's
Christian association boys' camp on
the Platte river, near Columbus,
opened June 1(1 with a lnrge enroll
ment. Contractors have begun work on
McCook's new hotel, Tha Keystone.
It Is to be one of the finest hotels in
Nebraska.
A special election will be held ai
Stnpleton In the near future to vote
bonds for for the construction of an
electric lighting plant.
Vaccination Is being used on hops In
'Dodge county to prevent the spreading
of cholera which has appeared among
a number of herds.
Federal census figures show the
population of Lincoln county to be 2!l,
420. an Increase of 7,7110 or 40.'5 per
-ont since 1010.
Wheat will be ready to harvest In
south-eastern Nebraska In nbout three
weeks and all Indications point to an
excellent crop.
Adam Shellinger Post No. S of the
American Legion of Nebraska City Is
planning to build a $20,000 home nt
that place.
Morn thnn 1,200 pupils have en
rolled for the summer term at the
State Normal school at Kearney.
A movement is on foot to build a
Farmers Union elevator at Staplelon.
Clarence Joseph Macken, 20-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Kugene Mucken of
Alliance, was Instantly killed when a
colt kicked him In the back or the
head. The accident occurred on a farm
near Alliance.
A new highway association has been
organized' by representatives of towns
In southeastern Nebraska to be known
as the Pawnee Clty-Wymore-Fulrbury
cut-off. The new highway will be
routed from Pnwnee City to Falrbury
via Armour, Liberty, Wymoro and Dll
ler. Steps have been taken to put the
road In tint best of condition.
The Community club at Wahoo has
succeeded In reorganizing the town
band.
Land Commissioner Swanson Is vis
Sting a number of counties, Including
Pierce, Holt, Brown, Cherry, Sheri
dan, ScottKbluff, Box Rutte, Grant,
Hooker and Thomas, for the purpose
of reappraising school lands.
Between 5100 nnd 400 farmers and
laembers and their families attended
the state poultry field day picnic at
the university farm at Lincoln. Dong
las, Saunders, Dodge, Seward and
J.nnenster counties were represented.
Nehraskn delegates to the rcpuhlt
can convention at Chicago voted ac
cording to their conscience nnd In
structions, said Delegate W. G. Ure on
on his return to Omaha. The delega
tion stood 12 to 4 for Johnson nt tho
start, but gradually became a unit for
Wood, the desire being to vote tho del
egation soldlly on at least one ballot.
Harding's votes on the tenth ballot
came from Dletz, Reebe, Bergman and
Richards, he said.
Charles W. Wentz, former mnnager
of the American Stale bank of Aurora,
who waived preliminary examination
before Judge J offers, was released on
$10,000 bonds furnished by relatives.
He will be tried at the next term of
court on charges of embezzlement and
grand larceny.
Two hundred pioneer workers In tha
cause of suffrage In Nebraska wit
nessed the formal birth of the new or
gnnlzatlon. the lengue of women vot
ers, and the death of the old organiza
tion, the Nebraska Suffrage associa
tion,, at tho recent convention In
Omaha.
Crop reports show winter wheat
throughout the state progressing nice
ly toward harvest, without blight or
pest, and with an estimated yield of
close to 100 per cent predicted. Corn
Is reported doing nicely, and the first
cutting of alfalfa Is heavy.
A suit Instituted by members of tho
Nebraska City lodge of tho Woodmen
of the World to prevent the head lodge
of the order from putting Into effect
an Increase In Insurance rates, ban
been transferred to Fremont and will
be argued before the court on June 28.
The Nye-Sclmelder-Fowler Ulevator
Co., nt Fremont, has arranged for tho
opening of branches In Liverpool, Am
sterdam and Brussels. This will mark
the entry Into the foreign Held of tho
Nebraska Grain Co., one of the largest
in this nation.
Several hundred dollars' worth of
telephone supplies were destroyed
When the Rlesslngs hog barn at Old
burned to the ground the other night.
Resides the supplies which were stored
in ure nuiuiing, a team of mules, two
horses and an automobile were lost.
Otto Smith, who is alleged to have,
stolen 21 head of cattle from the Ditch
enmp ranch, Holt county, nnd to have
sold them to a Fremont banker, has
been taken from Arkansas back to
O'Neill for trial.
During the past ten days the government-state
farm employment bureau at
Lincoln has been swamped as never be
fore with request for farm labor. Most
of the calls are from farmers of this
state.
Besides a large amount of fine build
ing brick, the big brick yard at Table
Rock Is turning out 00.000 tile per
week. Prospects are good for an ex
cellent business this season.
There are over 22,000 persons burled
at Omaha's largest cemetery, Forest
Lawn, which is more than there aro
living In any Nebraska City outside of
Omaha atid Lincoln.
Assessors hove been asked by tho
state department of finance, revenue
anil taxation to see that all state
school lands are taxed to the extent
of the contract holders' Interest.
At n mass meeting of Custer county
citizens at Arnold plans were laid to
obtain enough leases on the oil rights
In the district to Insure the putting
down of a test well.
At a special election held at De
catur a $10,000 electric light bond
proposition was defeateil by 77 votes.
The money was to be used for enlarg
ing the city's plant.
Work on the federal and stnte aid
road extending thru Ruffnlo county,
east and west, Is progressing nicely.
The outfit moves at a rate of about
one mile a day.
Rev. Dr. K. K. Hosninn of the
Methodist church at Ord preached an
automobile service last Sunday and In
connection made a check of all cars at
the church.
W. A, Coe, movie theatre proprietor
at Friend, reached for a rifle at his
home to kill a cat, anil the weapon was
accidentally discharged, killing him al
most Instantly.
The Saunders county pure bred live
stock breeders association has a mem
bership of over seventy and Is securing
new members dally.
The Farmers Stnte .bank of Wood
River has been granted a charter by
the state banking bureau with a cap
ital stock- of $ro.ooo.
A big Chicago firm Is making a sur
vey of Otoe county with n view of es
tablishing a cement factory at Nebras
ka City.
Six spans of the long wooden brldgo
across the Plat to smith of Shelton
have been wnslied out the past month.
Douglas county post of the American
Legion has organized a brass band.
It Is reported that material Is ar
riving dully to be used in sinking an
oil well east of Wyninre.
The Nebraska division of tho Hvan
gellcal synod of North America Is
planning to build a hospital at Lincoln,
which Is oxpveted to be one of tho
best In the state.
While there was some disappoint
ment expressed among republicans at
Lincoln and Omaha because a west
ern man was not chosen vice-president
by the Chicago convention, they aro
not inclined to be other than loyal to
Harding and Coolldge, It seems.
Reports from over tho slate Indicate
that the warm weather Is working
wonders with the corn crop nnd farm
ers are In high spirits.
R. F. Hutchlns, real estate man of
Omaha, was Instantly killed near Fre
mont, when an automobile he was
driving overturned. His companion,
a young woman, was slightly hurt.
Annexation of nine old school dis
tricts bordering the union center con
solidated school district of Gage coun
ty was defeated at a special election
by a vote of 78 for tho nroposul to
110 against,
DECLARES MONEY BEAT WOOD
Nicholas Murry Butler, Delegate to
Chicago Convention, Say Motley
Crowd Centered on General.
New York. Charges that "a motley
group of stock gamblers, oil and min
ing promoters, munition makers aui
other like persons seized on so good n
man as General Wood and with reck,
less audacity started out to buy foi
iilm the presidential nomination,'
were made in a statoment given ou
hero by Nlcholns Murray Butler, an
unsuccessful republican candidate.
"It was a cause of genuine sorrow
to me as to many others of General
Wood's personal friends," lie said,
"to see him put In this unhappy post
tlon. There was nothing to do to save
thu republican party but to defeat the
baud of men behind him with thel'
bank accounts. This meant we hud to
defeat General Wood.
"The forces defeated in their Inso
lent attempt to buy the nomination
represent all that Is worst In Ameri
can political life. It Is really too bad
they hit upon General Wood as their
choice. They should have found some
one to support for whom the country
has less respect and less regard.
"The chief tusk of thu convention
was to prevent the sale of presidential
.nominations at auction to the highest
bidder. Had this not been done thu
party faced not only certain defeat,
but crushing dishonor. The slxtj
eight. New York delegates who voted
for me on the first ballot were the
chief factor In stopping the Hinden'
burg drive to overwhelu tho conven
tion by tho power of unlimited money
and by strongarm methods In prefer
ential primaries."
Tho story of New York's sixty-eight
votes for Rutler shows, the statement
said, how General Wood was defeat
ed. It points out that the first ballot
gave Wood a substantial lead, am
that "the first task, therefore, was to
bring the vote of Ids nearest rival,
Governor Lowdeu, at least up lu
Wood's vote."
MOB LYNCHES THREE.
Negroes Charged With Assault Hanged
at Duluth.
Duluth, Minn. Three negroes were
lynched here by a mob estimated at
fi.OOO persons, which overpowered the
police, took possession of police head
quarters and seized the prisoners, w bo
were held In connection with an attack
on a young white girl.
Not a shot was fired In the attack on
the police station, the members of tho
mob using bricks and other missiles,
nnd In the final stages of the fight
streams of water from fire hose taken
from the police themselves.
A mock trial was held by the mob
lu the station and three negroes wero
found guilty and three others held in
connection with the assault were ac
quitted and turned back to the police.
The negroes were roustabouts with
a circus that nppoarr . here, and the
alleged attack on the 17-year-old white
girl took place on the circus grounds.
The negroes hnngeil were Isaac Mc
Gble, Minor Jackson ami Nate Green,
all about 22 years old. All professed
their Innocence.
Unite to Form Thlrrf Party.
Chicago. III. Amalgamation of the
"Committee of 48," labor party. Non
partisan league and Single-tax league
Is In prospect at the convention
called here July 10 to form a third
party, It has been announced.
Leaders of the Committee of 48 nnd
the labor party are to confer on n
candidate.
A questionnaire sent to members of
the committee showed a majority In
favor of tho candidacy of Senator
Robert M. LaFollelte.
Scores Nebraska Delegation.
Lincoln. Neb. "Downright trench
.cry, which 111 Johnson will not soon
forget or forgive the Nebraska delega
tion," Is the term applied to the move
ment that broke the Johnson ranks by
Frank A. Harrison, manager of John
son's Nebraska campaign.
"It was treachery and desertion of
delegates from the Instructed stales
that broke the heart of the Johnson
movement." Harrison declared on his
return from Chicago.
Plague Spreading.
Pensacola. Kin. With the an-
nounceiiient that a second case of bu
bonic plague had been officially re
ported, city authorities have starred a
rat extermination campaign In an ef
fort to prevent the spread of the dis
ease. Believe Black Hand at Work.
Kasthampton, L. I. Following tho
theft of $100,000 worth of jewels
from the home of Mnrlro Caruso, the
explosion of a bomb lu Havana lu tin;
theater where Caruso Is singing, Mrs.
Caruso engaged an extra Kit of detec
tives to protect herself and her baby
from kidnapping.
Thomas J. Corrlgan, head of a pri
vate detective force, said there Is
some basis for suspicion of blue'!;
Hand," possibly by the mafia.
Air Ferry Successful.
Paris. So successful has the London-Paris
air ferry1 proved that thero
are now three expresses each way
dally, with four on Thursdays and
Saturdays. Three companies are In
the field, one for heavy freight up to
oen ton In weight. It Is now possible
to visit Paris In the morning at 1)
o'clock and be back In Loudon at
11 ::i0. while nt 0:"0 p. in. the same day
one may be back lu tho French capi
tal eating dinner.
mm EVENING
AIRY TALE
0 Mary Groharrs
ZOOLAND FOLK.
Mother Hippopotnmus. who loved
her baby so and wtfo was such n good
mother, began to think how queer
many of her neighbors were here in
(he zoo. She was new to the zoo
that Is she had not been In the zoo
such a great while wid as sho tlipught
of herself as being a queer, big crea
ture she thought thnt after all other
animals, too, were queer 1
In fact, every one was queoY who
wasn't like every one else she decided,
and as It was Impossible for every one
to be like every one else, practically
every one was queer P
She thought of how other mothers
didn't welcome their, babies In tho wa
ter when they were born. They put
them lu cots or on straw or In feath
ered nests.
Her baby she had had with her In
the water. There she had told It of
the ways of a hippopotamus, there she
had fed and loved and looked after It.
"Certainly there are a lot of queer
creatures." she said, "and all of them
have such different ways of doing
things."
"That's so," said tho nilgai, a crea
ture like a big deer. Ills head was
high In Ihe air and his nose was wet
and his big eyes soft and very lovely.
"Now there Is the white llama," he
said. "She Is small, far too small I
think. Anil then there Is a queer crea
ture In the zoo named the pelican. He
has a long pink heak and food has a
long way to go before he can swallow.
I believe that Is the y It Is.
"There are the black and white
llamas as well as the white ones.
Tltev'ro like big lambs. And there Is a
.small antelope like the gray deer. Hu
too has to be a little different.
"There Is a deer In another yard
nearby (with his feet on the bars of
his yard) being stroked by the keeper.
He Is so tame I And there Is the zebra
and the baby zebra all striped.
"YeS," said Mother Hippopotamus,
"It seems strange to me why they like
those striped suits. They aren't tho
things I like. And In the spring they
"That So," Said the Nilgai.
shed a great deal of their fur and liuvo
fresh hairs and look all nice and neat.
Rut they never change the strlc8.
Never, never.
"Now, n sensible thing I do, Ih to
keep Mr. Hippopotamus away when
I'm looking after my baby and If my
miby Is young. Ho doesn't understand
the blg-llttle-ono as I do. And 'besides
I'm boss, I am. He wouldn't trent the
baby as 1 would, and so I take charge
of affairs. Many mothers In the an
imal world do this, which Is very wise,
"Rut there are other queer zoolnnd
folk. The red fox, wildcat, lynx, thu
Jackall, who Is something like a dog.
Ihe striped tall dog, the old skunk, tho
fishes wlio eat worms and yet who
aren't birds and have fins Instead of
wings! My, but they're all a queer
lot.
"Yes," continued Mother Hlpisipotn
mus, "and there Is the Tnsmnnlun
difvll, a little animal who comes from
Tasmania who has a bad-sounding
voice and a very saucy manner. No
one will speak to him anil call him by
name, for his name Is so horrible that
no one will say It.
"There are the mother snakes who
leave the daddy snakes to see about
the children and then leave the chil
dren, for they can't be bothered look
ing after them. They go off to catch
fish or Insects or some food. And tho
little snakes look after themselves.
That seems- very strange to me."
"Oh." said the ni'gal, "It Is a
si range world and a strange zoo. Thero
is the emu, for example, who helps
his mate with the children. They
pluck their feathers and try to keep
ilielr queer haystack-looking bodies In
good condition. They sleep like birds
with head under the wing. And they
have two toes where a horse would
have one toe!
"There Is Ihe curaswow with the yel
iow huitip and red on Ids nose, and
who speaks in a little squealing, chirp
ing voice. Thero Is Mrs. Tiger who
bus been known to eat her own chil
dren. "There is the mondn with the soro
throat who is being given his food by
a tube. There Is a big tame lizard
who Is his neighbor. We're living In
a queer zoo."
"And I'm as queer as any creature
In It," laughed Mother Hippopotamus.
Keep Stepping Along.
"Keep stepping along" Is a good
slogan lor classes of all grades. If wo
can't step a long step, short steps with
determination behind them will accom
plish the same thing.
"BETTER SIRES
SSSTl''VBy OWWUW.ta'm AMNT VOW AOmCUlTURALCOUTOCOn
Poster Tells Better
To present plctorlally the results of
good breeding methods, the United
States department, of agriculture has
prepared a four-color poster which Is
now ready for distribution In two
sizes, 18 by HO Inches and 10 by 14
Inches.
MAKE PRACTICAL HOG
CRATE FOR SHIPPING
Purebred Animals Should Be
Handled With Great Care.
Specialists of United States Depart
ment of Agriculture Recommend
Case in Which Side Slats
Are Nailed on Outside.
Farmers who raise purebred hog
need practical and strong hog crates
In which to ship the animals. Spe
cialists of the United States depart
ment of agriculture recommend a crate
In which ihe side slats are nailed' on
the outside, and by which the same
amount of lumber will give two Inches
more space than If the slats wero
placed on the Inside.
The front of the crate Is closed by
putting In a board standing endwise
Instead of nailing slats crosswise, the
commonly accepted procedure. The
former method Is better because tho
end can be opened readily and the hog
can walk out with ease instead of be
ing forced to back out, us In the ordi
nary crate. In addition, when the slata
Build the Crate to Fit the Hog.
are nailed crosswise, especially when
the crale Is used for' old hogs, they
may ' he pushed off or broken Into
while lu transit, and sometimes allow
the hogs to escape.
For a -properly constructed crnte the
sides should be made first, and tho
floor, top, and ends built around them.
The lloor should bo laid crosswise,
which will make the crate stronger.
Only good, strong boards should bo
used. One 12-Inch board or two 8-Inch
boards are sufficient for the ends. A
block should he nulled to the lloor 1
lA'jh from each end to keep the end
boards from slipping Inward. Tho
crate should be built to fit the hog to
be shipped and should be large enough
for comfort. A well-built crate may
prevent serious Injury to the hog In
transit. A crate of suitable size for a
hog weighing from 2.'0 to !',00 pounds
Is 2 feet wide. 4 feet 8 inches long, and
2 feet 8 Inches high.
. In building the sides of the crate
it Is essential to use nails sulllcleutly
long to allow one-foiirth-Incb clinch.
BANK FAVORS BETTER SIRES
Institution of Bend, Ore., Purchases
Purebred Sheep to Distribute
Among Farmers.
"Bettors Bulls. Bucks and Boars
Build Bigger Bank Balances," snys the
First National bank of Bend, Ore.;
and In prove It they bought nn $800
Rair'iotilllet buck and 74 purebred
Rnmboulllet ewes to distribute among
sheepmen lu central Oregon the first
purebred sheep In Deschutes county.
BETTER STOCK
it
Sires' Message.
It deals particularly with the bet
tor sires movement and Is nvallable to
those Interested In livestock Improve
ment. Requests, stating size desired,
may be addressed to the .division of
publications, United States department
of agriculture, Washington, D. G.
CLEAN CARS PREVENT
SPREAD OF DISEASES
Disinfection Is Considered to 80
Important Factor.
Bureau of Animal Industry Co-operates
With Various States by Having
Its Officers Supervise Work
of Cleansing,
The cleaning and disinfection of rail
road stock cars Is considered to be n
very Importnnt factor In preventing
the spread of Infectious diseases of
live stock. In connection with federal
control over the Interstate transporta
tion of live stock, administered by the
bureau of animal Industry; It Is re
quired that all such cars or other ve
hicles which have contained animals
affected with a conimunlcable disease,
such as tick fever, scabies of sheep
and cattle, hog cholera, etc., bo cleaned
and disinfected under bureau supervi
sion before being again used In Inter
state commerce.
All Uvj! stock received nt public
stockyards or at ofllclal slaughtering
establishments nre Inspected at tho
time they ure received by employees
of the bnrenu of animal Industry. If
any animals are found to bo affected
with a communicable disease the car
rier which brought them to their des
tination Is nt once notified to have the
car or other vehicle set aside and thor
oughly cleaned. After that has been
accomplished It Is disinfected under
the personal supervision of a federal
employee.
Various stntes also have regulations
requiring that cars must bo cleaned
and disinfected before being used In
the transportation of certain classes of
live stock. The bureau of animal In
dustry co-operates with such states by
lmvlng Its employees nt central mar
kets supervise the cleaning and disin
fection of ears In compliance with tho
requirements of the state to which any
stock may be destined.
An Idea of the magnitude of this
work may be gathered from the fnct
that during the fiscal year ended Juno
!?0, 1010, bureau employees personally
supervised the disinfection of 44,84:5
cars. In addition a large number nt
motor trucks were handled In the samo
manner.
Pigs make pork, pork makes money,
money makes the mure go. Suvu ev
ery pig.
Pigs should nover hnve birthdays,
unless they are being saved for breed
ing stock.
Grains should be fed as a part of
tho balanced ration, Study the analy
ses of your grains.
A purebred animal never does well
lu the hands of a scrub owner, but a'
scrub nulmnl sometimes iWi wonders
ju tho hands of a purebred owner.
Authorities on bovine tuberculosis
relate that the plague is often spread
by creeks and streams wherein Infect
ed milk or the washings from Infected
cans have been dumped.
I LIVE SFQOfl