TITR NORTTT PLATTR REMT-WRFJCLY TRTRUNTC
HUMMER ITEMS
Wcwa of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Trouble seems to be epidemic for
banks iind Imiik ofilefnls at Valparaiso.
H. 10. Flke, who, While receiver of tlm
defunct Valparaiso State bank early
tills year, organized uiid become cash
ier of the Nebraska Slate Hank of
Valparaiso, whleli took over part of
tbe assets of the old Institution, was
arrested the other day on n charge of
advancing the date of a .$10,000 de
posit In a report to the slate banking
board. ' t
The new railroad thnt is being con
sidered north and south from (Jul
Jiortson through Wallace, will end on
Hie north at North Platte, total of 0t
miles. The railroad will open up some
f the best fanning territory in the
tato. Farmers now have to haul their
-wheat 2.r to HO miles to a railroad.
The estimated cost of the road is
520,000 per mile, Including one engine
auid two cars.
Deports from over the state Indicate
ithat record yields of wheat will be es
tablished In many counties this year.
The best yield recorded at this writ
ing Is forty bushels to tbe acre from
a tlelrt near Superior. Thirty bushels
to tbe ncre appears to be about the
average In Furnas, Fillmore, Douglas,
Hall, Thayer, Gage. .TefTerson and sev
oral other counties.
One hundred and thirty-two Ne
brnska high schools qualitled to share
in the slate fund for the support of
Nonij'al training, and warrants for
-$r00 are being mailed to each school
from the state treasurer's office at
Lincoln. Elghty-Hvc schools failed to
luallfy and will not share In tlm dis
tribution. Josef Hlazkn, sentenced to life Im
prisonment for beating bis wife' to
death with a harness tug in Cherry
county, March I), 15111), must servo Ids
term, according to a decision of the
tate supreme court upholding tbe uc
ilon of the Cherry county district
court. Hlazka hud applied for u new
rlal.
A list of stockholders of the Union
Pacific railroad, deposited with the
State Kail way. Commission at Lincoln,
In accordance with the state law, con
tains .".7,000 names and weighs eight
pounds. The list is on thin paper and
closely typewritten.
A new pest known as tbe Harlequin
cabbage bug has appeared in several
Nebraska counties, and Is doing much
damage. Last year It destroyed fif
teen acres of cabbage for one grower
in Dundy county.
County i .Judge TInyno at Mlndon
lined Uev.t Father .1. A. Wllke $.r0 for
abusing his sister. The minister
pleaded guilty to tbe charge, declaring
he lost bis temper.
Petitions are In circulation In Kear
ney, county requesting the county
noard to place before the voters a
proposition to raise funds for resuming
(be annual county fair,
Hnrvest season opened In Dodge
county last week with an ovorsupply
of labor, according to County Agent
Ilouser. The crop Is said to be slight
ly damaged by rust.
Governor McKelvIo has appointed
Will C. Israel, editor of the Havelock
Post, to the vacancy of 'sanitary trus
tee for Lancaster county," caused by
the death of Kent Cunningham.
Col. ('has. J. RUN, prominent In re
publican politics, of Nebraska and
widely known as a banker, died of
heart disease at his home at Lincoln.
Clinmplon Iron shoe throwers from
all parts of Nebraska are expected to
1 1 end the all-state horseshoe tourna
ment at Fremont, July !10.
business men of Wuhan bnve organ
ized a country club. A tract of land
vast of the city has been purchased for
club grounds.
The baseball championship of south
western Nebraska will be decided at n
tournament at Holdrege September 1
to fi. Twelve teams are entered.
Farmers between Itrndy Island and
Kearney report heavy damage to
vrops as the result of the hall storms
last week.
Ire destroyed the electric light
plpnt at Clatonia,' entailing a loss of
Slfi,O0O and leaving the village In dark
ness. It will be rebuilt.
Deports have reached Superior thut
grasshoppers have damaged small
grain quite bndly along the Republi
can river In Kansas.
Drilling for oil Is to be resumod fif
teen miles northeast of Children. This
is close to where a well was recently
drilled, but which .had been capped for
some time.
Alliance" city officials and chamber
of commerce members are highly Indig
nant over the census bureau report
giving the city a population of only
l.r.511. They claim Alliance has easily
(1,000 people.
A severe hall storm damaged crops
in the vicinity of Norfolk, Wayne,
Wakefield nnd Heejner.
Cass County Commissioners have ap
proved a petition authorizing Incorpo
ration of the village of Nehawka, a
town centrally located In Cuss county,
which will become a city of the second
class. '
Citizens of David City, Dollewood,
Octavia and Garrison raised a fund of
2,100 for Mrs. Holing, wife of the
Dev. William J. Holing, who, with his
duughter, JuuiiDh, wre drowned In the
Platte river.
The stole supreme court upheld the
county farm bureau act passed bv the
1010 legislature In the Hall county
ease, i mler the law. when n number
of farmers petition to form a county
farm bureau and employ a county
agent, the county board Is roqulred to
provide funds for the work. This the
Jiall county board refused to do. A
writ of mandamus to compel the board
to do so was secured by tne farm bu
reau, nnd the county board appealed
to tbe supreme court.
According to n letter received by
Governor MeKelvIe from two nf tlm
three Judges of the United States cir
cuit court for the Nebraska district,
no definite Information regarding when
tlm decision w.lll be handed down In
the case of Allen Vincent Grammer
can be given, and It seems llkelv !
and Cole will again secure a stay of
execution for the murder of Mrs.
Volgt.
Accounts of the Farmers' Stale bank
at Page have been found Irregular and
tho institution has been closed. Eu
gene Smith, president of the bank, was
found dead with his head submerged
In u barrel In a pasture near his home
two Weeks -ago. Stnte officials have
taken charge of the bank's affairs.
Fred Junge. living near Niobrara,
Is probably the first farmer to enter
the aircraft field In Nebraska. He has
purchased an airplane from the Ne
braska Aircraft company at Lincoln.
He purchased the airplane for pleasure
and nlso for expediting business be
tweon his farm nnd town.
Work on the new M. 10. church at
Lodge Pole Is proceeding without a
hitch. The laying of the cornerstone
for the structure just recently by the
Masonic order of Chuppell, was a
grand nlTalr and will long be ri'meni
bered by the congregation.
Hemlngford was visited by a disas
trous firo July 14, insulting In the de
struction of a hotel, roller mills and
several other buildings, and for a
time threatened to wipe out the busi
ness district. The loss is placed at
.$."0,000.
The final day's admission of the
Chautauqua at Plattsmouth were re
quired td, tide guarantors over from
having to stand a deficit, and It Is
quite likely the city will not have u
Chautauqua next yenr.
On September 21 voters of Cass
county, at a special election, will pass
on a proposition to bond the county In
the sum of $10,000 to repair the courl
house at l'latsni"uth, In fact to keep
It from falling to pieces.
Plans to make te livestock exhibi
tion one of the largest In the state are
being made by the officials In charge
of the 1020 Thayer county fair, which
will be held at Deshler, August SI tc
September S.
Many cities and towns over the
stnte are laying plans to get out a
large woman vote at the special elec
tion September 21, when the work ol
the constitutional convention will be
passed on.
A bond Issue or .$30,000 for watei
worjes was carried bv sixteen votes
more than were necessavy by David
City voters at ayspeciol election.
Wheat In. Jefferson cotintv Is aver.
aging from 20 to SO bushels to the
acre and dealers are contracting foi
tbe crop at $2.f0 per bushel.
The bail storm which swent nor-
dims of Lincoln and Custer counties
the past weok destroyed approximately
:100,000 worth of crops, It Is said.
Late wheat In Ilnmllton countv Is
said to have been hard hit by black
rust. Some farmers report that thelt
wheat will not be worth cutting.
Farmers In the west part of Doug
las county express the bellof thnt the
corn crop for this year will exceed all
former yields per ncre.
A rousing meeting was held nl
Hayes Center In the Interest of the
proposed new railroad from Culbertson
to the I'latte valley.
The first load of Hull county whenl
was marketed at Grand Island last
week, and brought $2.07 per bushel. II
tested (51 pounds.
Old-time residents of Fumns county
predict that tho wheat yield this yen!
will be tho heaviest ever known In the
district.
Work on the state-aid rond south ol
Greeley 1s progressing, three miles ol
new roadway having already been
completed.
Potato growers In the Kearney Ir
rigated district estimate this year'i
tuber crop will be worth .$S,000,0(X).
The cornerstone for the new Method.
1st church at Nellgh was laid Sunday,
July 11. A large crowd attended.
The second cutting of alfalfa in
Thayer county Is under way.
The first load of new wheat mar
keted a Heat rice brought $2..r0 per
bushel, and tested .r9. pounds to the
bushel.
Sixteen claim, for stale Insurance
on account of hall have been filed with
the county clerk at Geneva by Fill
more county farmers for losses sus
tained this year.
After editing the North Platte Semi
weekly Tribune for thirty-six years,
Ira L. Hare sold his Interest In the
paper to Wilson Tout, for thirteen
years superintendent of the North
Platte schools.
Contract has been granted for two
miles of asphalt paving at Osceola, tq
he laid this summer.
A. F. Aclterman, receiver of the
American State bank at Aurora, which
went under recently. Is paying off de
positors of the bank.
Jul W. Grau, 21. and Oscar tYoos,
10, who' robbed the bank of Waterloo
or Sl.fiTO and were captured shortly
after by a posse of farmers and towns
people, pleaded guilty In the district
court at Omaha and were sentenced to
serve from three to fifteen years In tho
state prison.
UNIONIST WARNS ENGLAND
Sir Carson Declares In Orangeman's
Day Speech Ulster Will Take Up
Arms for Protection.
Belfast, Ireland. Celebration of
Orangemen's day had as its feature
the customary parade and, In addition,
a notable speech by Sir Edward Car
son, Ulster unionist leader, whose pro
nouncement on. tho Irish situation was
looked forward to eagerly.
Slr lOdwnrd minced no words and
the enthusiasm reached a climax wlicji
he declared In effect that the govern
incut had failed to govern Ireland am.
that It It could not protect Ulster, the
volunteers would reorganise and Ulstei
would take matters In Its own hands.
Every hamlet, vitiligo and town In
Ulster bad a celebration and reports
are that all passed quietly, even In
Londonderry where the two fnctlone
are represented us ready to renew the
lighting, should military forces relax.
Helfast was heuvlly guarded by sol
dlers, but the only troops allowed out
of barracks were those on duty.
Those people In England who hoped
that a conciliatory note might bo
struck In the celebration will be dis
appointed. There was nothing concll
latory about It, from the Inscription
on the banners across the streets de
pouncing the Sinn Fein to Sir Edward
Carson's declaration that the people ol
the south would of their own volition
have to hang those guilty of political
murders before Ulster would ever con
siiler union, which the sponsors of tin
home rule bill have said they hopoii
for.
The parade, which It Is estlmatet
numbered 2.i.00(), was unique In the
variety of music and v Its banners
There was a band to every half block
The banners were gorgeous silken nf
fairs on which were painted scenes de
pleting Ulster's history.
FARMERS' BANK CLOSED.
Accounts In Queer Condition Followlna
Death of President.
O'Neill, Neb. The Farmers' bank ol
Page, a state hank, has been closed
and the state hanking board requested
to take charge.
Eugene Smith, president of the bank
was found dead In a cow pasture neat
Page, his head and shoulders sub
merged In a half barrel of water used
as n watering trough in the pasture
Smith had the active management ot
the bank, none of tbe stockholders
concerning themselves with Its affairs.
Experts from O'Neill banks, whe
have been going over the books
since Smith's death, found them Ir
regular and Incomplete and were un
able to ascertain the bank's true con
dition from them.
Plenty Men for Harvest.
Kansns City, Mo. The harvest labot
situation in Kansas and the southeast
Is generally good, according to officials
of the federal free employment 'bureau
In Kansas City, Kan., and the Mi's
sourl bureau of farm labor, conducted
by state authorities with federal aid,
In Kansas City, Mo.
At the opening of this month a sur
plus of farm labor was evident. There
were a number of instances of men
who came back from the harvest
fields declaring that they had been
unable to find employment.
Generally speaking, the southwest
has been supplied with all the harvest
labor necessary as soon as the wheat
crop was ready.
Chrlstensen to Tour Nation.
Chicago, 111. Parley I'. ChrlsteiiKcn,
nominee of the farmer-labor party for
president, will make a campaign tour
of the country from coast to coast and
from border to border, ho announced.
Mr. Chrlstensen told the committee of
48 thnt although he had favored Sen
ator La Follelte as a candidate now
that the farmer-labor party had draft
ed him he would bit faithful to the
working men who nominated liliu.
Heavy Rains In West.
Spokane, Wash. A cloudburst In
southeastern Washington and the
Snake river valley country of Idaho
washed away houses in at least half
u dozen towns, carried away railroad
tracks and damaged crops. Moscow.
Idaho, suffered the most, It being the
center of the storm area.
lowan hiedds Rainbow Vets.
Birmingham, Ala. Col. M. M. Tlnley
of Iowa, 108th Infantry, Dulnbow di
vision, was chosen by the nominating
committee of tbe first reunion of vet
erans of that division to head the or
ganization for the coming year.
Germany Behind In Coal Contract.
Purls. Germany Is S.000,000 tons In
arrears or her engagements concern
ing the delivery or coal In execution of
the treaty of Versailles, according to
an Interview with Louis Loucheur
printed In the IWIt Parlslene.
Snow in Buenos Aires.
Huonos Aires. This city, In which
most of the houses nre without beat
ing accommodations experienced Its
second snow fall In thirty years.
Women to Fight H. C. of L.
Washington, D. C. As a part of the
buttle against the high cost of exist
ence the housewives of the country arc
being organized Into state chapters all
over the country by the women's ac
tivities branch of the Department ol
Justice In Its campaign against high
prices. Twenty states have been or
ganlzed, It was announced. Encour
aged by the progress of the work,
three additional women organizers
have started from Washington to tnkn
up the organlzutlou work. x
HOG CHOLERA MENACE CALLS FOR
CONSTANT VIGILANCE BY BREEDER
Hogs Kept Under Conditions Here Shown Are More Susceptible to Disease
Than Hogs Kept Under Sanitary Conditions.
(Prepared by tho United Suites Depart
ment of Apiculture.)
"And this hog lot?" I asked, admir
ing a tract of several acres surround
ing n spacious hoghouse, neatly fenced
but apparently unused. "Looks like
a tip-top place for bogs'; better than
what you Just showed me. What's
wrong with It?"
"Hog cholera," replied my friend In
n tone thnt Indicated my question had
touched upon a sore spot, lie sur
veyed the place mournfully, then
added: "It's Ideal, and I had my hogs
here until n month or so ago. Hut
cholera suddenly broke out among
them nnd they dropped off at the
rate of 10 to 20 n day. For a couple
of weeks I didn't know what was the
matter and then by the time I got a
veterinarian here with serum It was
too late to save many of them."
"How db you explain It?" 1 asked,
knowing him to be the sort of mnn
who Is very careful about sanitation.
"We didn't know how to account for
It for some time, but finally we learned
It was brought on tlTe place by a dog.
One of the small tenunts In the neigh
borhood had n few hogs. Some of
them died of cholera and Instead of
burning the enrcasses as he should
have done he burled them In a shallow
ditch. A stray dog found the carcasses
and brought the disease over here."
"So," I said, "you are quarantining
the place?"
"Yes; and I have disinfected the
building. I also Intend to plow up this
lot before I use It ngnln for hogs." he
replied. "AmPyou can bet I'm taking
no chances now. All of the hogs now
on the place have had the preventive
treatment. After sanitation, It's the
only course to pursue In rnlslng hogs.
I should have called a veterinarian
when I first noticed that a couple of
hogs were sick."
He was right. He had been the vic
tim of oiie of the nuinv mean- of
Injecting Scrum vu Prevent olioicra
spreading this pernicious nnd costly
disease; Mid being nt the mercy of
cnreless or Ignorant neighbors, he was
forced to resort to n free use of tho
recognized means of prevention, He
did not mnko the mistake of stopping
here, however, but observed closely
the few simple rules of sanitation em
phasized by the United Stntes depart
ment of agriculture,
Co-Operation Desired,
Like most thinking farmers my
friend looked forward to tho day when
by co-operation of producers In tho
ciennlng and disinfecting of Infected
premises and In the proper disposal
of dlsensed carcasses the use of antl-hog-cholera
serum would bo reduced
to a minimum or better still made un
necessary at all. As an Instance of
whnt this legitimate expenditure cost
tho farmers of flic country. In 1018 np-
proximately .$.ri.28O,00O worth of the
serum was produced, nils, plus the
cost of administering It. was borne by
tbe farmers. So large op amount of
money, not to mention the .$(50,000,000
estimated ns the value of the 2,000.000"
hogs stricken by cholera thnt year,
could very profitably be turned to In
creasing production, which In turn
would mean a healthier economic con
dition for the whole country.
Fnrmers generally have been called
the land nrmy. The comparison Is
good, concerning hog breeders. It Is
portlculnrly so If the hog breeders arc
likened to a company of soldiers at
drill. Each man has his position In
the squad and each squad Its position
In the company. The success of nil
depends upon the way each Individual
performs his part. If Dill takes four
paces Instead of tho required five In
executing a movement, ho will keqp
Jim from taking his proper three
' ' '
paces or worse still trip him up and
send him sprawling nnd thus put tho
whole squad Into confusion. In turn
the whole company would feel tl)o ef
fect. Each hog breeder bos a very defi
nite responsibility to his community,
directly to his neighbors and Indirect
ly to every bog breeder In tho coun
try. If he falls to care properly for
his hogs and Is not alert In guarding
his stock against Infection, ho may be
responsible for the Introduction of
cholera and Its spread among the hogs
of his neighbors. An Infected nren
would be created and If not properly
quarantined might easily prov.e a men
ace to producers many miles dlstnnt.
Remaining Problems.
The eradication of hog cholera Is
largely n matter of education and de
pends to a great extent upon the co
operation given by state agencies, live
stock producers and dealers, and prac
ticing veterinarians. A great deal of
value has already been accomplished
and .prejudice against the ' use of
serum has been' largely overcome.
There remain other problems,,
though, to be completely solved nnd
which need special attention. Among
them nre: 'The neglect on the part
of owners to elenn and disinfect In
fected premises; the promiscuous use
of hogrcholera virus In the trentment
of the dlseuse. by Irresponsible or In
competent Individuals; the failure of
some farmers and officials to observe
closely prescribed methods to prevent
the Introduction and sprend of Infec
tion; the lock of restrictions In the
tratllc In Infected animals; the .Im
proper disposal of hogs that die of
cholera ; and the- sale, purchase, and
transportation of cholorn hogs by un
scrupulous denlcrs.
All that Is required, of the producer
Is the observance of n few simple
rules of precaution. Infected premises
should he quarantined, sick bogs and
newly purchased stock isolated, cholera-stricken
ones burned nnd swlno
quarters thoroughly cleaned and dlsi
Infected. A few days each year of
, scraping, cleaning nnd disinfecting
will accomplish a great deal; and use
of serum In time may save a whole
, herd. Constant vigilance Is the price
I nf cholera-free hogs.
GOOD CARPET-GRASS
PASTURE FOR'STOCK
Little, if Any, Inferior in Value to
Bluegrass.
Close Grilling Is Essential to Mainte
nance of Crop In Best Condition
Must Never Be Burned Over
Write for Bulletin.
Good carpet-gross pasture on the ev
idence avnllable seems little, If any, bi
ferlor In value to bluegrass pasture.
The experience of careful formers In
dicates that the best carpet-grass pas
ture will furnish grazing for one cow
to the ncre for nbout five months each
season and for one cow to two acres
for three or four months longer.
Close grazing Is very essential to
maintain the grass In the Ifest condi
tion. The trampling by the stock
keeps the soil compacted, favoring the
spread of carpet grass, and close graz
ing keeps down the taller growing
plants whlcji would Injure It by shad
ing. If n field of enrpet grass bo left un
grazed nfter October 1 It will grow
quite tall. In the protection thus af
forded green leaves will appear
through much of the winter and fur
nish winter posture. The cattle In eat
ing the green leaves consume Incl
'lentnlly many of the dry leaves which
otherwise they would avoid. Such a
field must never be burned over, as fire
Is very destructive to enrpet grass.
Write to the United Slates Depart
ment of Agriculture. Washington, D.
C. for Farmers' Bulletin H.'IO.
Live Stock,
izzy Notes
Sunlight puts vim, vigor and vitality
Into little pigs and lnmbs.
,
Lambs are fastidious little fellows
nnd Insist on the best ot everything.
When n good horseman Is about
buying n horse ho gives tho animal's
head a careful Inspection.
DADDYXfflING
FAIR! Mel
GARDEN TOOLS.
"It's great fun to be a mke." ,stihl
the rake, "and to moke everything'
look nice and tidy.
Antl In the all-
ilium it to wmtt
Jfcfi tm raking up all
the leaves and In
getting ready for
the big bonfires.
"It Is fun. too,
to rake the fro Al
ly mown ' grass
and to muke ev
erything smooth
nnd nice."
Ah, but It Is such
fun to be a
trowel," said the
trowel, "and to
dig around the
garden 11 o worn
and to make them
Raking Up.
grow. They like
to he mode nil nice nnd comfy, to have
tbe dirt loosened about thr-ni to glvw
them a little breathing space.
"They don't like too much I They
wnnutruhc held In tho earth firmly
hutvTHi soft, nicely pressed earth
y pressed earth
about .tlieiu.
And our family attends
to tluit:"v
"Ah, hut It Is nice to be n hoe," said
tho hoe, "for 1 can do such a great
deal of work. Just take the work I
do with string beans alone.
"I don't suppose there could be aiiy
string beans If It weren't for me. 1 do
such a grefit deal with the string
beans. I keep them cheerful. I pay
them some attention. I make them
feel like growing up Into" nice vege
tables. I hoe all about them."
"Hut think of all the help I am when
anyone wants to transplant anything,"
sold the trowel. "I can dig up the
root so that plenty of Its dirt conies
up with It. Plants don't like to leave
all their soil behind, they like to take
a little of It along with them. Just
as people do when they're going nway
for the summer they like to take
along with them some nf their photo
graphs and little odds and ends, some
of the things near and dear to them."
"That Is the same way with the
plants and I help to make that possi
ble." "Well." said the lawn mower, "r
like to make, the lawn and the ter
races look nice nnd I do make them
look so neat. I'm the lawn's barber,
I ami"
All the other garden tools moved"
about and laughed In their funny tool
way at the Joke the lawn mower had
tried to crack.
"Pretty good, prettj good," they
said.
"And n garden fork like 1 nm," said
the gorde'n fork, "con (lo a gootldeal
of work too. I like to do my share."
"We can do a good deal," said sev
eral hulls of string. "Wo keep thing,
from falling down and we give them a
little help and encouragement,"
"So do we," said some little sticks
up which some plants were climbing."
"Wo try to do our part," said a lit
tle two-pronged fork and a shovel, to
gether. A two-pronged fork Is a fork with
two prongs Instead of three or four
as a fork usually has you will notice.
"Hut 1 feel as though I were of a
great deal of help these days," sold
the hoe, "Just when those string
beans need so much attention."
"Ami I must thin out some of tho
(lowers," sold the trowel. "Some of
them are growing so closely together
that they won't live that way and so
I am going to separate them and put
them In other beds."
"And you will need my help, too,"
said the watering pot. "Not .to men
tion the water 1"
"That Is so," said the trowel. "Hut
I have a great deal of Important weed
ing to do."
"And I will have to rake up tho
weeds that you hove dug up In the
g a r d e n path."
suld the rake, "or
things won't look
tidy nnd neat."
"And I must
water all the (low
ers for there
hasn't been any
rain In some time
and It's up to me
to do it great deal
of work," sold
the watering pot.
, "I really think,"
sold the rake,
"that we are all
useful. We nil
help the one who
owns the garden.
Yes, everyone of
us helps,
"We must all
"You Will Need
My Help."
work, each do our part, for each one
Is needed for something or otliej"."
"You're right." said the hoe, "none
of us should boast nlone. We should
all work together for the good of the
garden and for the good of the (low
ers. Then we will each be doln
more, for when creatures and things
work together and don't waste time
boasting ami arguing then a lot gets
finished."
Of Course.'
First Class Scout What kind ot
ears has an engine?
Tenderfoot I don't know. ' '
First Clnss Scout Why, engineers.
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