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THE NORTH PLATTE SEarT-WEEKXY TRTRUNTJ tORNHUSKER ITEMS JCTew3 of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS Kvldence thnt land values In enst cm Nebraska have more tluui doubled In tho pnst six years Is shown Iti Saun dcrs comity sales. During tho first two months of 1914 twenty farms In Ihe county, consisting of 1,330 acres, sold for an uverage of $114.30 an acre, -while twelve farms consisting of 1,0129 acres sold for nn average of $233.00 an acre during the llrst sixty days of 1920. For the first time, Nebraska voters will vote direct for president and vice president this yenr. Ex-Governor Ne ville's plan to eliminate from the bal lot tho names of presidential electors sind let the people vote direct wns anode a law by the last legislature and will he effective at the coming presi dential election. Nebraska Is the only state In which this will be done. Politicians around Lincoln are com menting on the fact that no nominat ing petitions have yet been filed with the secretary of state for- the Non partisan league's candidates for gover nor, lieutenant governor nnd attorney general. Tho same Is true of the league's candidates for congress. How ever, nearly a mouth remains in which petitions may be filed. HI health Is the attributed cause of Prank J. Richards, formerly manager . nf the Lincoln hotel and president of the Lincoln Commercial club, taking his own life. He was found dead in 'the kitchen of liis home at Lincoln where he had- secluded himself and turned on the gas. Replying to Ed Brlggs, county clerk of Butte county, Secretnry of State Ainsbojry advises that It Is optlonnl -with county officials as to whether single or double election boards he used for tho election of September 21, to pass upon the proposed constitu tional amendments. Witnesses of the accident at tho state fair when a racing automobile iplowed through n crowd eight deep express the opinion that It was a miracle ninny were not killed. Totnt casualties were six Injured, two seri ously. Bobbers seem to regard the main oil -tilling station of the Standard Oil com linny nt Lincoln as "easy pickings." In tho course of two weeks tho station tfins been burglnrlzed 'twlco, the first "haul being $1,500 made by a lone 'bandit and the second $2,500. A lien for $7,288.10 has been filed against a farmer's property In Wash ington county by Internal Revenue Collector George Loomls of Omaha, -who says the amount Is duo on lines for the manufacture of Intoxicating liquor on the premises. The State Agricultural College at Lincoln reports that-so great has been the demand for Improved seed wheat this fall that practically the entire sup ;ply produced In the state has been ex hausted. Fire Prevention Day, October 3, set :nslde' In a proclamation by President Wilson, will be fittingly observed In schools nnd public places throughout Nebraska. Mrs. Ida Cresse, Omaha, and Mrs. J. J. Crawford, Falls City, won prac tically nil of the premiums, worth Avhllo In tho textile exhibits nt the , stnte fair. George Cross, 78, formerly editor of the Fnlrbury Gazette, the first pnper published In Jefferson county, died at Berkeley, Cal., Sept. 1. Attendance at the Stnte Fair nt Lin coln Omaha Dny, Thursday, totaled 8,4O0, It being the largest single day -crowd of tho 1020 exposition. The heet sugar campaign In the west ern part of the Rtate Is expected to be In full sway by the first of next week. A. G. Wray, farmer-labor candidate for governor of Nebraska, has resign ed his position as mayor of York. Church "movies" are proving ex tremely popular at Ord, Immense crowds nttcndlng all screen shows. Miss Mae Thompson of West Point "has assumed the duties as visiting Red -Cross nurse for Hurt county. Jefferson county farmers estimate 'their corn will yield about seventy five bushels to the acre. Mans are being rapidly porfeptcd for a home harvest festival at Sidney September 28 to SO. Thc-commlttee which hns been work ling to secure a landing field for the trans-continental uerlal lino at North riatte, leased the Pawno ranch east of .the city. They are now soliciting sub tscrlptlons to raise $15,000 to build a hangar. After deliberating thirty minutes n jury in the district court nt Wahoo (found R. A. Lower, former cashier of .'the Valparaiso Stato bank, guilty of borrowing money from n bank of which lie was' an officer. Lower was arrested following tho closing of the bank and held on five counts. An army of 1,500 women sleuths hns been organized In Douglns county to ferret out bootlegging nnd other vio lators of Nebraska's prohibition law. Seward will have n dally paper on October 1st, tho management of the "Weekly Tribune having announced that the sheet will be converted Into a djilly publication at that time. Lincoln police claim high honors for rounding up stolen nutomoblles. Be tween September 1, 1010, and Septem ber 1, this yenr, forty cars, valued at $122,425 were stolen In the city, every one of which was recovered. The Btnte board of control-gives as the principal reason for letting the bid for constructing a hospital building at the Itlford Soldiers' home to Emesy Roknhr for $77,009 nnd not to tho Ne braska Building nnd Investment com pany at a price of about $000 lower, that the latter concern hns the con tracts for building a hospital nddltlon nt Beatrice, costing $84,000, and tho bonrd Is anxious to get those struc tures completed as soon ns possible, nnd it did not wish to tie up too much work in the hands of one firm. Tho Nebraska Building Company hns brought suit against the board for its refusal to uward tho firm tho contract, Secretary of state Amsberry hns been notified by Secretary of State Colby, that equal suffrage Is now ef fective through Its ratification by tho Tennessee legislature two weeks ago. This message Is an official certificate, attesting the fact that three-fourths of all the states have ratified the nine teenth amendment to the federal con stitution. Auto speeding In the snndhllls of Nebraska Is dangerous In the extreme. Just the other day three persons were seriously Injured when a car In which they were riding at a high rate of speed struck a sandy spot at tho hot torn of a steep hill nnd turned turtlo near Hay Springs. The .vaverly boys' live stock Judging team won first prize nt tho state fair, a trip to tho International live stock exposition at Chicago. The Webster county team won a trip to the Inter state fair at Sioux City, the second prize. The state college of ngrlculturo at Lincoln advises farmers to turn sheep Into their cornfields nfter the corn Is fnlrly mature. Sheep will eat tho lower leaves without' damaging tho corn nnd nlso wilt clean up many of the weeds, the statement says. Captain and Mrs. John Steen of Wa hoo celebrated their golden wedding nnnlversnry, September 10. Captain Steen, a civil war veteran, was for merly postmaster nt Wnhoo and city treasurer of Omaha, and la widely known In Nebraska. Fred W. Luehrlng, new director of athletics and physical training at tho University of Nebraska, at Lincoln, hopes, he says, to formulate a plan whereby every university student will take n?i active part In some branch of athletics. Leonard Jarrett, 75, civil war" veter an who died at Sutton the other dny, wns credited with carrying the mes sage from General Lee to General Grant ottering the surrender of tho confederate army. Norval Clark of Beaver Crossing was awarded both first and second prizes In the Poland China hog exhibit by the Boys and Girls club nt the stnto fair. One hundred nnd fifty boys and girls entered pigs In tho exhibit. Farmers In Maple township, Dodgo county, are spending $15,000 on road Improvement. When the work Is fin ished there will be a new north nnd south highway through the county, connecting Scrlbner with NortBend. Grain buyers at Fnlrbury do not complain of a car shortage at this time. Tho present prices offered for wheat are about $2.25 a bushel and many farmers, it is said, are holding for higher prices. Repairs on tho Douglas county court house nt Omnhn, purtlally wrecked during the race riot September 28, 1910, will be finished about the first of the year. It will cost about $800,000. Sneak thieves of tho most miserable character mndo way with soventy threo seats In the United Evangelical church at Omaha. They took every seat In the church. Rev. John Alber, pastor of the First Christian church of Fremont, has re jected a call to the pastorate of tho Christian church nt Atchison, Kan. Marshal Hastings, prominent Cen tral City business mnn, wns killed when a Burlington train struck his auto mobile at a crossing near Marquette. The skyscraper tower on Nebraska's new capltol building, to be erected nt Lincoln, will flash a light at night a distance of sixty miles, It Is sal Falrbury will stage Its second Four B festival October 12-10. The affair will be held under the auspices of ,tho Falrbury Chamber of Commerce. A huge crowd nttended the formal opening of the new Fremont country clubhouse and grounds. The club huo 400 members. Recent decline In the prlco of sugar has cost Omaha Jobbers and retailers at least $1,000,000, according to re liable reports. Ministers of Hastings have an nounced, that they plan to wage n cam paign against the movement for Sun day theatres In the city. Tho committee nrranglng for the Baptist state convention at Falrbury, October 14 to 19, Is planning on tho Inrgcst crowd ever attending a Bap tist meeting In Nebraska. News that the crew of the U. S. sub marine S-5, which was submerged off the Delawnro const for forty hours, was rescued, greatly relieved Row and Mrs. Geo. Longstaff of O'Neill, parents of John B. Longstaff, a member of tho crew. "Am safe on board the U. S. ship Ohio, oft Cape May. Entire crew saved," Ensign Longstaff telegraphed his parents. Farmers In many parts of tho stnto nro reporting soft corn as the result of the cool weather. Forty acres of Dunuy county Innd, sold nt auction at the United States land olllco at Lincoln, brought only $5 nn acre. This wns the minimum ap praised value. The report of the state treasurer for August shows a balance of funds In tho stnto treasury of $2,207,705, compared with $3,550,084 on July HI. This do crease was occasioned by disburse ments for tho temporary school fun state highways and state aid roads. GREW BLAMED FOR WRECK Accident Which Resulted In Twelve Deaths and Injury to 100 Due to Negligence of Employes. Denver, Colo Ofllclnls of the Denver nnd Interurbun railroad place tho blame for the lload-oit collision between two crowded trains near Globevllhi station, which resulted In the death ot twelvo persons and the Injury to mora than 100 others, on Motornum Law renco Crlpps nnd Conductor II. W. Schutze, tho crew operating the out bound cnr. According to the ofllclnls the crew failed to obey orders to wait at Globe vlllo for tho Incoming car. The out bound car was crowded with pleasure seekers on their way to Eldorado Springs, a well known summer resort, nnd consisted ot many women and children. Tho incoming car was traveling at terrific speed, due to It being a few minutes late, and when they struck they plowed Into each other for a dis tance of fifteen feet. A check-up of Injured at all hospi tals showed that many women aud children were hurt. Hospital authori ties estimated several of the Injured probably would die. OBREGON ELECTED. Liberal Candidate Chosen President of Mexico By Big Majority. Mexico City. General Alvaro Obre :gon, candidate of the liberal constitu tionalist party, won a decisive victory In tho presidential elections held .throughout the republic September 5. His opponent wns Alfredo Roblez Dominguez, who was nominated by the nntlonnl republican party. The vote was extremely light and no reports of disorders have been received. There have been reports that changes In the cabinet were Imminent hut Miguel Alesslo Rohlez, prlvnte sec retary to Provisional President De la Huertn, said members had resigned .'and thnt the provisional president wns not thinking of mnklng any changes. i Dempsey Wins Over Mlske. . Benton Harbor, Mich. Jack Demp sey, heavyweight champion of tho .world, knocked out Billy Mlsko of St. Paul In tho third round of their 10 round match in this city. Mlske -went down three times In less than two and one-half rounds of fighting. In tho second he measured his length on the llopr for the count of five. In the fatal third, drlveu to his corner under a rain of left and rights to the stomach and chin, tho challenger took the count of nine and had Just regained his feet, when Dempsey, carefully measuring his bnlance, finished the bout with a right-hand punch to the chin. State Fair Bjst Ever. Lincoln, Neb. The 1020 Nebraska stnto fair ofllclnlly closed Its gntes Inst Frldny nfter tho most successful exposition In tho history of the stnto. The lotnl nttendunce this year was 270.0G4, compnred with 202.458 Inst yenr, which wns tho high water mark up to that time. The total number of nutomoblles admitted to the grounds this year was 31,458 and grand stand admissions 09,514. Tho receipts this year will show a handsome return for tho state fair board as compared with former years duo to the Increase In the admission price to 75 cents against 50 cents ndmlsslon of former years. I To Legislate Against Leisure Driving. Topeka, Kan. Topekn probably will be the first city In the Sunflower state, or even In tho United States, to pass an ordinance against slow motor car driving on Its business streets. Com plnlnt has been mnde to the city com missioners that its principal business thoroughfares are being mnde use of by automobile salesmen to demonstrate how slowly their "wares" will travel In high to the detriment of traffic. Nearly 10,000 Bodies Returned. Washington, D. O. The war depart ment has announced that the bodies of 8,288 American soldiers and sailors who died oversens have been returned to the United Stntes and that 2,050 more are nhoard transports en route to this country. Removnl of bodies from tho "zone of the armies" will begin at once, on for mal request from the Iegnl next of kin. Rail Bodies Will Meet. Lincoln, Neb. At tho request of tho Interstnte Commerce commission, the stnto rnllwny commissions of Nebraska nnd Wyoming will sit Jointly nnd henr the application ot the Union Pacific railroad for authority to extend Its lino up the North Plntto river valley, terminating nt Ilalg, Neb., Into Goshen county, Wyoming. Tho hearing may bo held about Septomber 21, either at Lincoln or at Cheyenne. Wool Cloth Prices Cut. New York. An approximate cut of 20 per cent In wool cloth prices by the American Woolen company wns noted nt tho compnnyTs opening of Its fall exhibit, according to tho Textllo World Journal. Want $3 for Wheat Snllna, Kans. A minimum price of $3 n bushel for No. 2 wheat In Kansas City was urged nnd millers who profit eer were condemned In resolutions ndopted by several hundred whent growers who met here at tho call of Maurice McAullff, president of the Kunsns Fnrmers' union. The call for the meeting extended nn Invitation to bo present to whoat growers nnd repre sentatives of farm organization In Mis souri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. DADPYJEVMNG FAMMI DQfWLi LEOPARDS. "There nro n number of M9," said the Leopard. "I am something like the Jaguar, but my spots nro smaller nnd I am not so strong looking. My family came from Asia and Africa and from Japan and Cape Colony. My rel atives In Afrlcn have smnller spots and more coloring than my relatives In Asia. We go after smaller nnlmnls when we're mnrkotlng than do tho li ons and the tigers. "Antelopes and sheep we find are good, and when we're hunted we nre so smart In turn that It Is hard to get us. We're fine nt hiding. It's too bad we can't play that game with children called hide-and-go-seek which I have heard them tnlk about. They would never be nhle to find us." "I ntn the Grossest of nil the leop ards," said tho Black Leopard, "and I'm sure It doesn't bother me. My family come from tho southeastern parts of Asln. "I do hot mind that I nm considered cross. In fact, I am glad of It. I wouldn't bo pleasnnt for nnythlng. It would he stupid to be pleasant. It would spoil people. I prefer to growl nnd to snarl and to hurt crentures If I can. And you know when one growls and snarls nil the time one finds.. It comes very naturally to one after a time, so naturally that one enn't do ijnythlng else. "One feels so cross when one Is cross all the time It Is easy and natur al to be cross l Whereas. I suppose "I Prefer to Growl." If one were pleasant all tho time ono would find it only easy to bo pleas ant." "I am tho Snow Leopard or Ounce," said another leopard. "I am very raro and very beautiful. I come from tlio Himalayas, the mountains, you know. I don't think our family Is all alike as far ns dispositions go, like you blnck leopnrds are. "You're all cross, but some of us are very pleasant. Others, It Is true, are cross; but I'r friendly, playful and not so cross." "I'm known as tho Cheetah or Hunt ing Leopard," said another leopard In tho zoo. "I come from central India, and there they have made mo hunt In n trained sort of fashion. , But I'm nnturnlly friendly. I like to bo friend ly with the keeper. In fact I'm ono of the friendliest of nnlmnls in this zoo house." "Of course thnt doesn't mean so much," said tho Black Leopard. "But still you aro friendly,- even more so than many other creatures In tl)o zoo who are not In this house." "I have long legs nnd a thin body and small head and spots," the Chee tah continued, "and I look something like n dog In size and shape, I've been told. "They say the Clouded Leopard should he with us, but that ho Is In with the Jungle and wild cnts. He Is delicate and can't stand changes. Many of his family won't live In a zoo. And, too, I believe they nre nfrald ot him, for ho Is a wild creature nnd his long teeth nro quite terrible. Ho Is used to the hot, dark Jungles of Borneo, nnd there they sny ho climbs trees. He Is n beautiful creature. He likes a somewhat darkened cnge, such us ho hns, for It reminds him of the Jungles." "I henrd a compliment," said tho Black Leopard, "tho other dny, nnd the keeper was the one who gave tho compliment. I hope you will not think It conceited If I tell the compliment?" "Whom was It for?" asked tho Ounco or Snow Leopard. "For me," said the Black Leopard. "Oh, tell It to us," the other leop ards said. "Tho keeper said that he would Just about ns soon meet nny wild animals as me. In fact, ho said he would rathor meet any other animal than me In the free stnte. Ah, thnt Is n great com pliment. He knows mo for the wild unlmnl thnt I am. Ah, I am pleased about that, but at tho same time It makes me angry, for It makes mo an gry not to bo free, where I can bo really wild and savage. Yes, there Is nothing In life that doesn't make mo srihrl, even to n compliment." "That's so," tho other leopards said ; "that Is so, you aro even cross when you hear a compliment Nothing In life suits you ; you are almost too cross and too wild for anything, even for n leopard, and that Is wild, wild enough." The Extreme. "Isn't Mr. Borely slow?" "You've said It. I don't believe you ooulii even tcuch him to the Quick." 1 TVrt J rug "T. B." THREATENS A Tuberculosis Free Herd the First Accredited In the United States. So severe hnvet become the ravages of tuberculosis among cattle and swine In this country that scientists of the United States department of agri culture now predict thnt unless tho spread Is checked, "the time Is not fnr distunt when nil our swine herds will be attacked by the disease," Their opinion Is bnsed upon statistics kept by the meat Inspection division of the bureau of animal Industry, which show that the disease has been on the In crease In the United States for a num ber of years. According to these figures showing the cattle and swine slaughtered un der government supervision during tho fiscal year 1010, there were condemned on account of tuberculosis nt the offi cial meat-Inspection stntlons 05.838 hogs, nnd 37,500 cattle, the equivalent of about 2,000 carloads of hogs and 1, 000 carloads of cattle. Largo as the swlno Industry of the United States Is, they point out, It cannot sustain an nually these losses. What It Means in Dollars. It Is suggested ns n means of Inter esting the live stock producers of tlio next generation that breeders figure out the total number of pounds of beef and pork that were destroyed on ac count of the condemnation of this num ber of nnlmnls. Then, carrying out the problem In dollnrs nnd cents, calculate the losses sustained by those concerned In the transaction. In calculating the losses It will be well to consider also that these- nnlmnls were fed approxi mately 30,000 carloads of feed In their preparation for market. More than this, since only nbout 05 per ccnt.of the cnttlo and swine slaughtered In the country are killed In establishments under federal supervision, tho figures given must he regarded as only a part of tho losses annually sustained. It Is by allowing tuberculous anlmnls to mlnglo with healthy ones that the disease is spread. Tuberculous cattle, are tho principal source of tubercu losis In hogs, the dlscaso being trans mitted readily by feeding bogs on un pasteurized dairy products, or by al lowing hogs to follow tuberculous cnt tl6 In feed lots and to feed on undi gested grain In the droppings. Tuber culosis In swlno Is found to be more prevalent In communities where tuber culosis among cattle Is quite common. To eradicate tuberculosis In swlno It Is necessary to exterminate the disease among cattle. Must Pass Two Tests. With this end In view a campaign for eradicating tuberculosis was In-' augurated by the bureau of animal In dustry In 1917. The work has been ex tended Into 45 states, and In all proba bility the three states not now engaged In the work will tuke It up as soon as their respective legislatures have an opportunity of taking tho matter un der consideration. The campaign Is divided Into three projects: The accredited-herd plan, tho eradication of tuberculosis from circumscribed areas, and the eradication of tuberculosis from swlno. The uccredlted-herd plan provides that when herds of cnttlo have passed two successful unnunl tuberculin tests, applied by stnte or .federal ofllclnls, they nre classified as accredited and n certificate Issued showing that tho herds' have been found to be free from tho disease. Up to July, 1920, there wore approximately 3,000 accredited herds and more than 15,000 herds which have passed one successful test in preparation for being accredited. It Is to the Interest of tho swlno raiser to know that his herd Is being maintained on a healthy basis, free from tuberculosis. This fact can bo determined only by a careful tubercu lin test or by obtaining Information from tho establishment where tho ani mals ho sells are slaughtered, If all shipments of swine were marked, by branding or other means, for the pur poso of Identification, each lot could be traced to tho killing. floor. Tuber culous animals thus could bo traced back to tho farm of their origin, and live-stock sanitary officials could take proper steps for exterminating tho dls ease there. Unfortunately, however, It Is Impos sible to trace a largo proportion of tho diseased shipments, because tho anl mnls chungo hnuds ninny times and aro mixed up at. public stock yards, so that hy tho time they have reached the killing floor their Identity Is lost. Not withstanding this, many hundred dis eased lots aro traced to their source. Tho bureau keeps truck of such ship ments and notifies stato officials at the SWINE INDUSTRY point of destination of their movement. In thnt wuy tuberculosis Is being eradicated from many farms. lycarly Test Advisable. Each live stock owner should mnko a practice of having his herd of cattle tuberculin tested hy n competent vet erinarian at least every two years. IC he has no cattle and bus a breeding herd of swine, It Is advisable to have them tested by the Intradermlc meth od. This test, though, should be ap plied only by a skillful veterinarian who understands the subject thorough ly. If tuberculosis exists hi a herd either of cattle or ot swine the dis eased animals should be separated from tho healthy ones; If they nro grade animals they should bo slaugh tered; If they arc purebred anlmnls ot high Individual merit, the mutter ot Isolating them So that they may be re tained for breeding purposes should ho given proper consideration. In any event, the matter should be taken up with tho stato live stock sanitary offi cial, so that his advice may bo ob tained with reference to tlio Isolation of diseased animals. Investigations by specialists of tho bureau of animal Industry demonstrate that tuberculosis enn bo entirely eradi cated from u herd. Breeders, there fore, can take up the work with confi dence of success. NEW'PUBLICATIONS The following publications were Is sued by the United States department of agriculture during the week ended July 31, il)20: Pop Corn for the Market. (Revised edition.) Farmers' Bulletin 554. Tobacco Culture. (Revised edition.) Farmers' Bulletin 571. Food for Young Children. (Revised edition.) Fnrmers' Bulletin 717. Standard Varieties of Chickens. (Re vised edition.) Farmers' Bulletin 898, Hog Lice and Hog Mange, Farmers' Bulletin 10S5. Influence of Tractor on Uso of Horse. Farmers' Bulletin 1093. Control of Aphlds Injurious to Or chard Fruits, Currant, Gooseberry nnd Grape. Farmers Bulletin 1128. TIIe-Trenchlng Machinery, Farm ers' Bulletin 1131. A Method of Analyzing the Farm Business. Farmers' Bulletin 1139. Soy Bcnns, Department Circular 120. Velvet Beans. Department Clrculnr 121. Cotton Boll Weevil Control by tho Use of Poison. Department Bulletin 875. Tho Toll of Tuberculosis In Llvo Stock. Yearbook Sepnrate 810. Copies of these publications mny be obtained on application to the Division of Publications, United States Depart ment of Agriculture, WasblngtonD. C In order to aid the department In giv ing prompt attention, make your re quest definite by specifying the dis tinct class and number of publication desired. For example ; Fnrmers' Bul letin No. fSSt; Department Bulletin 875; Department Circular 120, PRICES ABOVE THE AVERAGE For the Seven Months of January to July In 1920 Increase of 21 Per Cent Is Noted. For ten leading crops of 1019 re maining In farmers' hands, the nver ago price received by farmers In every month of this cnlendnr year to nnd In cluding July wns above the averago of the corresponding month of Inst yenr. If the nvernge of the five years 1010-1914 Is taken ap 100 for each month, the average prlco for the seven months of Jnnuary to July In 1920 Is 21 per cent nhovo that of tho samo period In 1919. Live Stock; xzz&zj Notes Hogs thnt nro overhented nt the time of slaughter produce a poor qual ity of pork. Tho Inferior mnlo bought nt over so low a prlco Is generally the dearest In tho long run. Plenty of clean drinking water and 1 lots of shado will keep ninny a vala' nhlo hog from getting sick. j.
