Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1920)
NORTEC PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. CITY Something New in List of Accessories DADW EVENING IMPROVED HIGHWAYS FAMM SID GATHER UP STONES IN ROAD Dam AUTHOA. Machine Drawn by Two Horses Drags PI HUTS . v 3H ft V- J tI3 -J 1 J-"J f Series of Chains, Which Pick Up ; Obstructions. Where large and smnll pebbles nro. ANOTHER DEE STORY. Nick and Nancy had been so much Rush of Bachelors to WASHINGTON. America,- only na tion In which men outnumber "women, now Is supplying husbands for women of Europe, where there are not enough males to go around, re ports to the Immigration bureau In dicate. Approximately 343,000 persons, most ly men, sailed from the United Stntes In the yeaV ended with June, nccord Jng to reports to Commissioner Gen eral Camlnettl of tho Immigration bu reau. "L'arge numbers of the men left to pet married," said Camlnettl. Furthermore, single European wom en and women widowed by the war ro rushing to the United States In the hope of securing husbands, reports This Piece of News WHEN Senator Lawrence Y. Sher man of "Illinois was practicing law In Macomb, III.,, he lived for a time at a hotel there that was en deavoring to maintain certain stand ards of-class and tone. Summer came, with Its openwork shirtwaists, humid ity, resort folders and slecplng-under-blnnket liars. The dining room In tho hotel got the noonday sun, and Sherman's table was In n particularly hot part of tho room. IIo found him ielf thoroughly uncomfortable with his coat on. aud so he removed It, one noon, and hung It over tho back of Jils chair. The shirt he thus exposed may not liave been as natty as those' shown on young men'who ride In motorboats In the shirt and collar advertisements, but It was clean and the colors were conservative. Within n moment or two after Sherman took off his coat, 'however, the proprietor of the hotel went to him and told him In n low tone that eating In one's shirtsleeves -was contrary to the pomp and dignity -of the establishment. v Sherman glared at him and. stated ihnt men In shirtsleeves are, for the nost part, the tollers and represent ihe'bulwark of this great nation. To this the proprietor merely smiled tentatively and declared that while atll that Sherman said might be true. Uncle Sam "Counts THE annual census of the seals, now being taken by tho bureau of fisheries, is expected to show about 000,000 of tho animal's, or three, times as many as when the government un dertook the custody of them n half score years ago. Although the seal spends much of Its life at sea, its habits make the cen .us taking comparatively easy. Hugh 31. Smith, commissioner of the bureau if fisheries, explains the "count of tioses" -Is of Importance to prevent "'blind killing" 'of the nnlmnls for their iur, possibly resulting in their ex tinction. Under present government control, JUr. Smith asserts the seals are In creasing about 10 or 12 per cent In number annually. Last year's count showed 550,000, of which 20,000 were killed for their pelts. In the middle of Bering sea, lying 40 Sounds Altogether PAI'EK suits, much in vogue In Ger-. many and Austria, soon will mnke their appearance In tho United States, nnd if Inquiries to the department of commerce can bo taken as nn Indica tion of tho probable demand they may become even moro popular In the lower-the-cost-of-llvlng campaign than was the lowly overall a short time ago. Cable' orders for samples of the suits have been dispatched by the de partment of commerce, It Is an nounced, nnd when tho Bamplcs arrive they will be displayed not only In Washington but nlso In the depart ment's district and co-operative offices located In Importunt cities of the coun try. Explaining Its order for the samples, the department Issued this statement: "This action was taken because of the wtdo Interest created by the pub lication of a recent dispatch from Eng land that a largo quantity of such vultawere on display In English stores. Europe for Wives gathered from rellablo sources Indicate. "A majority of tho Immigrants to tho United States are women," Cnml nettl said. Immigrants totaled 005,000 during tho year. Women greatly out number the men In Eiiglnnd, Franco, Italy and In nearly all European coun tries. This Is partly a result of tho war. After the annlstlco thousands of English women sailed to Australia and other colonies, numbers of them frankly stating they were going to find husbands. Some had become engaged to Australian soldiers on leave in Eng land during tho war. Others said they hoped to be married In Australia." In the United States men havo al ways outnumbered women. Tho 1010 census showed there were approxi mately 2.000,000 moro men than wom en fifteen yeurs of ago or over. Tho number of single men outnum bered slnglo women by moro than 5,000,000. Now the discrepancy be tween the sexes Is far moro pro nounced than In 1910, tho present cen sus Is expected to show. Bachelors In the United States total more than 25.300,000, It Is estimated, wlille spinsters probably do not exceed 10,500,000. Is Important If True yet shirtsleeves didn't go In the din ing room of his hotel. Then Sherman Issued an ultimatum. He said he would finish his meal In his shirtsleeves unless stopped by tho police, nnd that In future, if the objec tion continued, he would eat at an other hotel or ou a street corner that In nny event ho would not wear a coat again at mealtime until Sep tember 15. ' And ns soon ns he had finished Shdr man went out In search of n hotel where shirtsleeves were not barred. When he had found one, Sherman made up his mind that ho would give tho proprietor no cause for regret. He resolved to make himself just as neat and attractive as possible. So he went straightway to a notion store and bought himself tho finest pair of nickel-plated, colled wire sleeveholdcrs they had In stock. Noses" of His Seals miles apart, are two Islands St George and St. Paul tho only land to which the seals ever resort. Every spring they visit tho islnnds to raise their young, leaving In tho fall to win ter In tho north Pnclflp, nnd It Is dur ing the summer that the census Is taken. The killing of the animals Is also done In the summer, this under law be ing confined to the surplus males. Last year lack of labor resulted In 10,000 fewer anlmnls being kllle'tf than government officials had planned. Japan and Great Britain, along with the United States, sharo the revenue produced from the seal kill, a treaty giving this country 70 per cent of tlyj animals, with Ihe other two countries each receiving 15 per cent "In the old days," says Mr. Smith, "when 100,000 seals were being killed annually tho government obtained $10 a skin, while now we nre getting $140, which nets us about $120 n skin. In crenso In the valuo of furs and tho different method of, conducting the business explains this." Besides the sale of pelts, the gov ernment Is operating a fertilizer plant on the islands for disposing of tho car casses, from which there also Is ex tracted an oil used for dressing tops of automobiles. Too Good to Be True "Vll 2l SUIT WILL "The bureau of domestic and foreign commerce has received many Inquiries from Interested parties In tho United Stntes as a result of tho publicity given the report. A good number of the inquirers asked that they bo fur nished with some of tho suits, under the Impression that tho bureau had n supply on hand. "One man asked for fifty. Several ordered from three to ten. Practically all stated the size desired. It Is un derstood that the suits aro supposed to retail at about 60 cents each." WE ARE more allured by lovely accessories of dress than by' essential clothing, and these furbe lows provide us a continuous, pleas ing performance. Something new clnlms attention all the time, nnd splcos up our work-a-day world of dress. It Is tho daintiness and freshness of neckwear, or tho richness of bro cades In hats and bags or nosegays of ribbon flowers, or flowers of or gandie or artificial fruits of yarn and numberless accessories mndo of rib bon that keep the mind occupied nnd the pocketbook busy just now. Among the newest ornaments there nro chokers (Collars) of ribbon with full rosettes, to bo worn close up around the neck. They nre made of rather narrow ribbon a ml the rosettes have, as a rule, several short hnnging ends. Just ahead of the nu tumn leaves aro new blouses that show neck finishing resembling that perennial favorite, the frothy Jabot, but tho surest Indication for fall seems to be the plaited upstanding ruff ot AND NOW THEY THE lirst huts und the first suits for fall have made their entry. They almost reconcllo one to tho pass ing of summer nnd rucceed In making fall welcome. Women nro remarking of the quits, their straight but chic lines, their trim fastenings up tho front, their high necks nnd with nil this their lack of severity, For these suits arc embellished with embroider ies needlework, used with much dis criminating reticence. Handsome composition buttons, sparingly used whero buttons nre needed, match tho cloths In color. Coats are some what longer, skirts aro sufficiently full for comfort and remain pin' . baits nre narrow nnd sometimes long, but often they lap across the front nnd fasten with n button at each side. Fur Is much In evidence In high collars und occasionally In large, patch pockets and In cuffs. There Is no Indication anywhere that women will favor very short skirts In fact good sense nnd good taste gov ribbon drawn close to tho throat with a narrow ribbon tie. Another Item thnt we may(be suro of Is tho shopping bag of handsomo ribbon. There Is u now line of these ready for presentation to fall chop pers,, and some of them havo hats' to match. Tops of the bags revenl new designs, nnd there are many handsomo tassels used for finishing them. Tho soft draped crowns popular In fall hats lend themselves to the hnt-nnd-bag-to-match Idea. A handsome sot appears In tho Illustration In which n nnrrow brimmed shnpo of plnln vel vet has a crown of brocaded ribbon draped so that It terminates In two points nt the side. Of courso these two points exist merely to support two handsomo tassels that danglo from them and brush tho shoulder. The shopping bag .to match Is pictured mounted on n metal ring with round top which probably holds n mirror on the reverse side. One may lay a safe wager that It contains a small ribbon covered box thnt carries com pact face powder and n Up stick. TALK OF SUITS ern the styles thus fur presented. It Is a mntter for rejoicing the first things aro nenrly always tho best, und these new suits have caused great enthusiasm among well Informed and well dressed women. Two of tho earliest models aro pic tured here and they Include ono thnt has n plaited skirt and n Jncket with vest of brocaded ribbon. On tho pock ets at the sides thcro Is a pretty ar rangement of nnrrow braid, nnd this also finishes the long sleeves. This model Is mndo of serge. The most liked cloths are those ou tho order of duvetyu, that Is, having n velvety ur faco, of which there aro several vari eties with nnmos of their own. A suit of this kind Is shown at tho right with wldo collar of fur. Interested In hearing of what tho Queen Beo had said about life In tho hive thnt they asked Daddy If ho hadn't nnythlng else to tell them about Queen Beo or of nny of tho honey bees. "Wo seo so many hoes around tho flowers at this time of tho year," said Nnncy, "thnt It s fun to think of what they nro doing aud of what their spe cial wqrk Is "Well," said Dnddy, "If you think you'd llko one more bee story, nnd If you think the friends you have would llko to hear about tho honey bees ngnln, I will tell another bee story." "Yes," said Nick, "do tell another bee story, Daddy. I take a chanco thnt our friends will want to hoar about tho honey bees at this time, when as Nancy says, wo see so many nround nil the time." 'The drones, or Mr. Bees, nre help less creatures, and don't even feed themselves. They go about on bright days, nnd when they meet tho young queens with whom they mate, they do not take nny Interest In life beyond hnvlng found their mates. They don't live nnd work aud play. "But they aren't very mnny. And It Is mostly of tho workers nnd not of Carry Little Pollen Baskets. the drones I'm going to tell yoi ibout this evening. "Tho workers carry little pollen baskets and they bring In tho pollen to the young. They nlso bring In somo sweetened water which tho little ones like very much Indeed. "Now nndugalu on n very hot day a number of bees will Htand nt the front door of their hive upd will fan In somo of tho outside air so as to cool the ones who must be within tho hive. They always see that tho hlvn Is kept very, very clean. Oh, how neat they are. "They have to guard against their enemy, the wax moth, too. The wax moth is a tiny gray moth miller who likes to get Into the hlvo and feed up on tho combs and thu pollen stored away irt" tho honey bees' cells. If they are allowed there they will build tun nels through tho combs nnd destroy them. The Italian bees, little gentle creatures, are flno about defending themselves, oven doing better work than the usual honey bees. "Tho bees must go to muny flowers In order to get nil tho honey thnt they need. They love clover, oh, how they love clover,,, which shows thnt they're not In the least hit snobbish, for clover grows wild In tho fields, of course. "Tho bees lovo buckwheat fields, nnd from many, mnny flowers and a great deal of gnthered nectar nnd pollen, they get the nmount of honey they feel they need for themselves for the time being, und to storo for tho future. "They always work, they hardly ever piny. Always they aro thinking of the day which may come when they won't have such an ensy time gather Ing honey, and though they mny seem to hnvo all thoy need they think It Is well to bo thrifty nnd bo ready for a rainy day. "How the bees Io tho sweet things of life, tho flowers, the honey, the wnrmth, tho summertime. "But though they lovo the sweel things of life, thoy nro nover through working. Hlght through their little lives do they work. They work too, hard. They don't BtfTp to enjoy their hard work as creatures should. "Even 'when they havo all the nour ishment thoy need they go on search ing for moro for the storehouse. They do not flit about nnd enjoy life llko tho beautiful butterflies. No, thoy must always work. Wo can't help but ndmlro them, little hnrd-worklng cren turcs, who havo of their own accord mndo their lives busy nnd flno nnd sue ccssful. 'They've hnd no help from other creatures, they've never destroyed lvcs of other creatures In order to get food. Though they flit among all flowers they never becomo snobbish nnd love only tho flowers which cost n lot to grow. Thoy lovo clover, free clovef, best of all to them." Not Necessary. ..Tackle had proudly brought his slate to daddy, to show him the drawing upon It. "What Is It?" nsked dnddy. "Why, daddy," said tho surprised lit tle boy, "It's a train." "But you haven't drnwn tho cars, sonny," said the father. "No," said Jackie; "mother says the engine draws those."- American Boy. collected loosely In tho gravel of a rond, they nro usually scattered In such n way that It would be an Irk some Job to collect them by hand. A new stone-gathering machine Iji drawn by ono or two horses. A se ries of chains dragged loosely along the road sink Into tho small depres sions nnd gradually scrape together tho pebbles or stones. The obstruc tions nre then drawn Into a pocket. Chains Form a Heavy Net That Sweeps the Roads for Stones. from which they nro deposited nt In tervals In piles nt the sldo of tho rond. A pile of n hundred or more stoues represents the work of only a few min utes, when gathered by this machine. How much time would It represent ex pressed In terms of man-energy? Ono hundred stones sprend over an nrcn of 400 square feet, In a plot 20 feet square, pin cos ono stone In every four square feet. A man working rit nver nge speed could pick up theso stones and pile them nt tho sldo of tho rood In 10 or 15 minutes; but (ho mnchlnn with Its dragging chains will do tho work In a moment. Popular Sclenco Monthly. v PULL TOGETHER FOR ROADS Transportation Is Vital Problem for All Interested In Nation Welfare of All la at Stake. A new era In American progress took Its dato from tho period Just pre ceding tho Civil war. During this era entire states "were transformed from wilderness Into prosperous, thriv ing commonwealths. Tho commerclnl nnd agricultural boundary lines of the country were slowly luit surely pushed westward by the relentless march of railroad expansion; Today our country fnces problems equally as momentous. Wo should ho ou tho threshold of an almost limit less ern of .better roods development, writes E. O. Tlhhlts In Motor. Tho future welfare of vast communities Is nt stnko. There Is dire need of unified concentration on tho subject of good rends; nnd need of vigorous, harmoni ous nctlon, by one ,blg federated body of nil qrgnnlznilons Interested In good rends. Dissension or Jealousy should not creep Into good rends nctlvltles on unimportant details, ns has lately been nppnrcnt. Wo nre nil nfter tho snmo objective more ronds and better high ways nntlonnl, stnte and local. So let us all pull together. INCREASED USE OF HIGHWAYS Economic Problems Havo Arisen That Call for Presentation- of Facts to Public Owing to tho rapidly growing use of the public highway ns n passenger nnd freight carrier both In short and long, hnuls nnd tho lack of u correspond ing progress In tho efficiency of tho rond Itself, economic problems havo nrlsen thnt call for a careful and n clenr presentation of fncts to the pub lic. As n result of tho divergence be tween tho service hlghwnys nro called upon to render, nnd their ability to render thnt service, the highway from nn eduftitlonnl standpoint hns become n subject of much greater Importance thnn heretofore, bo thnt highway offi cials national, stnto nnd county nro placing giouter reliance upon the ed ucational phaso of highway work lu securing effective nnd practical co-operation from tho public. GOOD ROADS AID MARKETING Farmer Wishing to Haul In Most Eco nomical Manner Cannot Afford to Overlook Benefits. Tho farmer Interested In limiting his produce to market In the most econom ical fnshlou cunnot afford to overlook tho benefits derived from good roads. Investigation before and nfter thu Im provement of certnln hlghwnys shows thnt tho cost per ton mile wus practi cally cut In half by reason of the bet terment of tho road. In other words, good ronds mean n big reduction In that part of overhead which covers hnullng -and hauling of somo sort In being dono prnctlcnlly tho year round. Must Fit the Road. All roads nre not good ronds, nor will they by for years to come, and It Is up to manufacturers of automo biles to deliver vehicles that can tra verse anything called n road. Road Surface Damage. The tilling up nnd stoppage of cul verts causes moro damage to road surfaces than nny other one thing. Argument for Good Road. A hnd rond Is tho best argument there Is for n goot rond.
