The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, July 20, 1920, Image 2
NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. GHOST WITNESS IN COURT TRIAL For Pilgrims to Belleau Wood Horticultural NATIONAL CAPITAL Facts 4 SSSSS'sNrISSS'4 AFFAIRS UPS AND DOWNS IN PEACHES- Dead Woman Tells of Procuring Iron With Which Husband Killed Her. J i 'I m i inm ! mmi How 1922 Appropriations Are to Be Made WASHINGTON Budget legislation. Which failed III till' IllSt SCNSlOfl ()V. lo the president's veto, will prob ably Ik! ennclotl Ir the nuxt session. A year Iiiih been lost, however, mid i1i! budget system ciiniiot apply to tin; appropriations for l)io fiscal year he kIiiiiIiik .Inly 1, 1021. In tlif meantime a new system of , making appropriations will In- tried, owing to n change In tho rules of the house, which was put through In the closing iluyH or the recent session as supplemental to limpet legislation. This change will canter In the Inuiils of a single committee the work of pre Be Careful When You IF TIIK manufacturers of cigars and cigarets adopt (lie suggestion of the agricultural department their new bill-hoard advertising tills summer will bear fire-prevention slogans like these In big lettering: ; Don't drop FIHIC when you smoke In the woods, nor throw If out along the road. Keep the forests OHHKNI DANG ICR! .Matches, pipes, coals, ci gar stiilm and clgaret ends start ninny forest tires. Help protect woods, st reams, scenery. BK CAHNFULI Don't start a lire In ,thn woods when you begin or end your smoke I He sure your match, elgnrei' or pipe It OUT. DON'T STAItT WHAT YOU CAN'T STOIM He careful with tire in and near the forest. Finn IS DANGHHOUSt He care ful when you smoke In the woods. LOOK OUT! When you smoke In woods; don't start a forest lire. YOUU CO-OI'KHATION with this company to keep down forest tires Is asked. HreaU your inalch In two. Knock out your pipe ashes Into your I bund., Don't drop a burning clgaret. FOHKST FIRKS cost millions a year. Don't start one. DON'T THROW FIHIC AWAY In the woods or along the road, Highway to Join Twelve National Parks TWEIVK national parks He In a rough circle of about U.fiOO miles between Djiivcr and the I'acllic. Starting toward the north, the visitor comes In Hint to Hocky Mountain In Colorado, Yellowstone In Wyoming, Glacier In Montana, Mount Ualnler In Washington. Crater Lake In Oregon, I.assJm Volcanic, Yosemlle, General Grunt and Sequoia In California, Grand Canyon In Arizona, 'Ann In Utah and Mesa Verde In Colorado, llotwcen Mesa Verde and Denver are the Mount' ICvaus region, which Is to be added to Hocky Mountain and the Denver municipal mountain pilrks. Those 4 parks are more or less con nected hy rmids of widely-differing quality. What Is needed and projected . Is a national park-to-park highway connecting with the Lincoln highway ami other transcontinental roads. The The Lowly Corncob PKOHAHLY you think of a corncob as a hapiy thing to eat green corn from and the thing from which the goisl old "Missouri meerschuuin" is made. Stop, look, read I Henceforth yon must kamv the lonely corncob as the source of furfural and half a dozen other things, but especially fur lurul. The chemists of the agricultural department have discovered that the corncob Is a regular catch-all of good things. Up to this time furfural has been so rare that It hits sold us high as $'J0 ii pound. Kvery ton of corn -cobs will yield iibont tillrty pounds of furfural as n by-product, and the chemists estl .mate that IV can he manufactured In this way for less than 20 cents a pound. What It will sell for is another Story. , Furfural Is what the chemists call a basic Intermediary tin dyes. That in en us that1 you may make about as many kinds of dye out of furfural as it gootl cook can make good things to eat out of flour They have shown 4i least u dozen different shades of cloth dyed with furfural. It Is highly useful, too. In the manu fnctun; of pulnts and lacquerH nnd In the making of hakellte, the sub stance used In pipe stems ami other articles. In addition to all that, fur-. paring appropriation hills heretofore handled hy seven dllferent committees. Under the new system the appro priations committee of the house will he made up of thlrty-!lvi iiiemhers. There have heen twenty-one meinherr of the committee heretofore. In tin past the appropriations committee ha; handled such annual supply measure, as the legislative, executive and Judl clal hills, the sundry civil hills aiu the various deficiency hills. The six other committees whosi power In handling appropriations havt heen transferred to the appropriation! committee are those on military af fairs, navnl affairs, agriculture, forelgr. affairs, post ofllce ami Indian affairs. These committees will henceforth han dle general legislation relative to thclt various Holds, hut will lose their pow er over llscal matters. The change In rules does not affect the committee on rivers and harhors which will continue t lit preparation o! the annual rivers and harhor appro priations hill, or the committee on pub lic buildings and grounds, which will handle public buildings measures. Smoke in the Woods HKU' 1'KKVKNT FIItKS. Seven of the leading tobacco com panies In this country have been asked to give their co-operation In enlisting smokers In u campaign against careless use of lire In all forests. Smokers, sta tistics show, are annually responsible for u large number of coilllagratlons in timbered areas, causing Immense losses. The letter suggests that the tobacco companies can render an In valuahlo service In this movement by Including In tobacco packages brief printed legends urging smokers to take every precaution to prevent' the spread of tire from mutches or burning to blicco, With millions of tourists visiting the national forests and national parks each summer the question of the care less smbker Is one of national Import ance. visitors last year to the national parks numbered over 7fiO,HM) and more than SO per cent of this travel was hy pri vate automobile. June 1 A. L. Westgard represent ing the national park service and the American Automobile association, left' Washington by automobile for Deli ver. From there he started on a "pathllnder"' circuit of the national parks named, seeking the best route for the park-to-park dghway. In August be will report at Denver. Then a large party will go under his guidance over his preliminary route and make selection of a permanent route. This party will Include Di rector Stephen T. Mather of the na tional park service; Gus. Holm of Cody, Wyo president of the National I'ark-to-Park Highway association; various olllclals of the states of Wy oming and Montana. and of organiza tions Interested In the project, and an olllclul staff. Including writers and photographers. The purpose; of this trip Is three fold : To select a park-to-park route, which Is to be Improved by state and county organizations pending assist ance from the federal government'; to secure data 'for maps and publicity matter find to promote travel hy Ihu people to the national parks. and Its $20 Furfural fural Is such an excellent ItiKrctlclde thnt It has been used to a considerable extent for that purpose, eventhough the price was $1!0 a pound. . About n bushel of colls Is produced for every bushel of shell corn nnd they have been almost a complete waste. Coiumercljl plants are now being equipped to inanufactMre half n dozen products from them. One of these products Is an adhesive of exception ally high quulltysald to he better for n number of Important uses than any adhesive previously known. Another Is cellulose, suitable for use In the man ufacture of dynamite nnd various othur things, l'nper bus been made lining u pari' of the corn cob produc, an tiller. Another product is acetate of 1line, from which acetic acid It-made. i NATCHJ5 OUT lf'3M ZsSwiwW FIRE IJ DAliffffwUS WjfflM i fl FOREST-FIRES B,1' rfOjBi S . - ' - "-,' I LIKE STORY OF OLDEN TIES Supernatural Comes Again to Play Recognized Part In Affairs of Men in Country Which Calls Itcelf Civilized. Wellington, L). P. A man Is nc- citsed of heating his wife to ilonth, , and li brought beore n high tribunal for trial. Judge and Jurors and audi ence sit and listen In respectful si lence while the ghost of the dead wom an testifies that she herself procured the Iron bar with which sliu was killed, that she had Intended to kill her bus liund with it, and that he had great provocation to 1:111 her. This sounds like a story of olden times. It might have happened In any of the great ages of superstition when men believed In the superiiaturhl even more, than they did in the nat ural. Civilization is supposed to have freed man from these ancient fears, hut It Give Equal Chance Placed on Same Footing as See ing as Result of Doctor Wheeler's Observations. NO LONGER AN EXPERIMENT Blind Are Taught to Wind Electric Cells Effect of Being Self-Supporting Keeps Them Healthy and in Good Spirits. Nw York. So many of the war blinded have found work In the elec trlcuj manufacturing plant' a means of supporting themselves, rendering them Imteiivndcnt of any charity or.phllan throplc assistance, that special;. iten tlon Is being directed to the work of Dr. Hchuyler Skaats Wheeler, who made possible this new Held of gain fill or-Mipatlou for the sightless. The"e Is nothing new In the 011 denvof to enable the blind to work or evMi h the effort made to find a ready nifU'kct for their product, but In the Crocker-Wheeler company's factory the unseeing- work on an exact par with the seeing, their "goods," there fore, being placed In the open market. Doctor Wheeler's Interest In thb problem of the blind, stinting some years ago, became lntenslled when the war brought their numbers, both here anil abroad, to n highly Increased total. In going through the various departments of the company's elcetrle nl nnuinfncturlng plant at Ampere N. .7., of which he Is president, he noted the fact thnt girls skilled In winding wire colls performed their work with out watching the movements of their hands, as n touch typist or a piano player Ignores her fingers. The coll winding girls chatted and laughed among themselves as they worked, and their vork wns satisfactory. Doctor Whet-hr then blindfolded himself and nttemiMed to wind a coll. He proved to bis own satisfaction that here was work- which, with little practice, tin; sightless could do on a par with rior um! workers. Proves a Success. The Double Duty Finger Guild wns the direct result. That Is the name given to tho department, employing only men and women without sight. j This department has been in success- I ful operation for three years in the Crocker-Wheeler fnctory, and it has censed to be considered an experiment or men an Innovation. At first special Ibstructors were en gaged and a small group of blind worn set to work at winding the wire colls. Meeting o Inn VT' Tll'T "f i T TTrr firTnT'TMflr 1 ' ITi Tit . "5 KS . IIn' - ' T Jf'llV ir..' t WCfarT & This Is the Y. V. ('. A. rest house maintained at lltlloau Wood. France, for the benefit of pilgrims to that scene of one of the great exploits of Amer ican soldlers'ln the war. It Is at the edge of the American cemetery. hns not done so. The fear Is still latent in us, waiting for a chance to express Itself. For example, the In cident related above happened, not In the middle ages or In a fairy tale, but in the Supreme court of the District of Columbia a few days ago. The dead woman's mother testified that she had gone to several mediums, had con versed with the ghost of her daughter and had so gotten the daughter's story of what happened. Still morn htless The members of this first group were paid during their apprenticeship 15 cents an hour, and. after four weeks' Instruction, were given places hi the shops. Later the hourly rate of pay for trained workers was changed to a piecework plan and this proved more Interesting and stimulating to the worker. At the factory it was said that a skilled blind worker earned from S.'t to $4 a day at piecework. More startling than the Work In the cn!l-vlndlng rooms is the handling of various 'kinds of machinery by the sightless. At the notching machines they put In metal plates and stamp them with the desired notches. Hllnd men also stack these plates, or "puneh higs." anil weigh them. Slghtlesi typists and stenographers also, are .employed by the company. In the Jobroom a special system of indi vidual records keeps track of more than l!,(MMi Jobs In process. Here a blind stenographer handles the jilione calls coming In at spaced plugs down the length of the room, using a sim ple chair and typewriter "tantl on rollers. In which she travels up and down tlie line. , , A Blind Secretary. Miss .lessle Lewis, secretary to Mrs. Ida H. Gilford, director of the Double Duty Finger Guild, handles the steno graphic work anil tiling In the guild's ofllce. She Is a graduate of the Per kins Institute for the Hllnd. Mls Lewis is the creator of the American Hralllo .shorthand system. All her curds and records are marked in lirallle, anil she turns to a desired pu ller with the ease and promptness of a skilled sighted worker. Most of the successful blind, appli cants for positions In the fnctory come from Independent sources rather than Institutions. Tin- age limit Is supposed to be forty-five, although older men from the state of New Jer sey have been accepted. Two persons must guarantee one month's hoard ami return enrfare, In case the applicant does not "ninko gootl." The worker stands absolutely on his own merit nnd soon learns to take pride In bringing his work up to the standard required by the fnctory In spectors. Marked Independence Is shown by the sightless employees In handling their work nnd In moving about the factory and grounds. The effect upon them of being self-supporting nnd en gaged In work which Is the same as that done by normal persons ami which must pass the same tests of in spection, works wonders in keeping them up to a healthy standard of gootl spirits anil courage. the Housing Problem ,t o.ite v.. 4 J ti.e astonishing, she testified,, that an as sistant United States attorney hail' ail. vised her to consult mediums. When you take this in connection with the fact that the Supreme court evidently listened to the ghost conversation as part or the testimony, you ennnot blink at the conclusion thnt a ghost has been admitted to a court of justice In the United States. The supernatural has come again to play a formal and rec ognized part In the affairs of men In a country which calls itself civilized. Spiritualism Involved. Of course, N.tho whole question of spiritualism Is. here Involved. There are many Intelligent nnd sincere peo ple who believe that the existence of ghosts' who can communicate with us has been proved. Out In the West there is a certain placer iTeposlt.of gold which has been the grave of many fortunes. One man after another has trlctl to get thin gold, 'and all have failed. Finally, along came an Inventor with a most ingenious and expensive plan for get ting the gold. He hail absolute faith In II. It appeared that he was In com munication with the ghost of his dent! sister, and that she had Imparted this plan to him. anil bud told him It was sure to succeed. Jlo spent every cent he owned ami could borrow on tin plan and lost It all. The ghost, was wrong. Here Is another example of a med dlesome ghost who sought to make trouble. A young and attractive widow was Invited by an older woman who lived In the same boarding house to join her In some oiiija board excur sions to the land of the dead. They immediately got Into communication with the spirit' of the young woman's dent! husband. He proceeded to crit icize her going anil comings at great length. He objected to the man she went with. He told her that such anil such a man was Immoral, that an other ate cocaine, that a third had a wife living in Australia. He n'vseil her to give up all frivolities and stay at home nights. Widow Is Troubled. The young wltlow was considerably troubled n't first. Hut she had strong common sense. She rellectetl that even if spiritism was a true revelation, there were fake mediums, and her el derly friend might lit; one of them. She also rellectetl that her biisbautl in life had heen u Jealous fellow, inclined to lie about all possible rivals, and she saw no reason to believe that death hail reformed lilin. . She was able to prove that some of the messages which had been sent her from "The Heyontl" were not In accord with the facts. When the next ou.'Ja hoard session came olT, there was a struggle. Hub ble tried to get in some more advice, but the j outig widow had strong hands. Instead of hubby, it was the defunct aunt of Iter elderly friend who got tho door. This departed lady Informed tho elderly friend thnt she was In danger of serious financial reverses, that shn was apt to die a violent death, proba bly by falling down stairs, thnt thti rubber company In which she had bought three shares of stock was a swindle, and that If she did not drink less tea she would get cirrhosis of thti liver. All of this threw the gootl woim an Into u sweat of apprehension: tho onlja board readings were discontin ued, and thti tleatl hustiaml lost bis only iik'iius of coiumuulcutloii with the world of the living, to the great re lief of Ids whlow. Frederic .1. Ilaskln In Chicago News. in Berlin Berlin authorities to meet the shortage Prospective Crop Estimated to Be About 77 Per Cent of Normal ' Acreage Decreased. It Is said fhat the Inw of compensa tion works both ways If the rich man. gets his Ice In the summer, the poor man gets his share In the winter. Av erages of peach production appear to follow the flame rule, according to the i tlmates just published by the bureau: of crop estimates, United States de railment of agriculture. Hurriug the possibilities of further tlisaster, the commercial pench or chards of Georgia and North anil South Carolina will product; fairly heavy crops. California Is scheduled lor a bumper crop, ami several other states will not be fur below their 11110 average In car lot shipments of pench t s. but these gootl prospects are more than offset by the frost damage In flicted niton the orchards in other smtes. Texas has been badly Hurt, .mil so, also, have the Arkansas. Okla homa. Missouri, nnd Tennessee, or t hards. The New England crop is re ported ruined, and Washington, Utah, end Idaho report severe winter kill ing. TO some extent the prospective- r If IP Distributing Peaches By Machinery.. ciop Is stilt further diminished by the decrease In acreage devoted to coui ticrclnl peach orchards. Altogether the bureau of crop esti mates llgures the conditions on April 1. 11120, to be about 77 per cent of l.onnal. There Is a slight decrease from this ligure during the growing ritason. usually (about 10 per cent,, which will presumably reduce this enr lv estimate to 07 per cent when the crop is harvested and the final count taken. Last year the April estimate was given as 84 per cent, and the de crease was 0 per cent during the grow ing season. In terms of bushels the crop last year figured 20.240.000 bush els of fruit. Allowing for the normal "Ml per cent decrease In 1020. the crtq. this full will be short of last year' production by about .'I.OOO.DOO bushels, riving a total of 20.401,000 bushels for the coming harvest. REMOVE ALL VARIETY TAGS If Wire Is Permitted to Remain It Slowly Girdles Tree,. Eventually Causing Death. In setting out young fruit trees tin variety tag is often left tied to the tree so that the tree may he Identified by Its variety name In later years. This, however, generally causes mure i rouble and injury to the tree thaiii the knowledge in knowing what par ticular variety the tree represents. Frequently a young tree two or three years oltl will be seen with the wins ami tag around the main limb, hut this wire Inibeildetl in the growth of tlie tree to sut'li an extent that when it Is removed the toji of the tree may tlie or if the wire Is left on the tree It is simply a Mow girdling process until the entire top of the tree Is. dead. Horticultural NOTE'S Berries are fruits that most people relish. This Is especially true ofr strawberries. The best soil for apple trees Ir n nietllum-heavy clay loam soli anil welt drained. A gootl many soils are not suitable for an apple orchard. l'each trees can be pruned to In crease lgor In the late fall as soon as most of the leaves are loose upon the twigs and beginning to fall freely. Those who have given thought tt peach growing knbw that as soon as the fertility of the ill begins to fail the crop Is uncertain and of poor quality. Prune grlipe vines enough to give plenty of room for each vine so that light anil air may get In around them. Most varieties are Inclined to produce too much wood.