THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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SMOOTH LINES ARE OF
FIRST IMPORTANCE
OF GREAT ADVANTAGE TO BEGIN
EDUCATION OF ALL COLTS EARLY
In iheLimeEHr
When O'Brien Became Obregon
IT Is quite Impossible to get awuy
for long from the simple, smooth
' lines that women hnve come to love,
especially In their every day dress.
All the new frocks In the all-day and
afternoon class, appear to follow very
closely the straight line models or
those with a mere suggestion of waist
and hip curves.
A reaction against too much decora
tion Is also In evidence In the best
now dresses, but the simple designs
mnke the best of backgrounds for
well-managed grtrnlture. Beads were
"un Innovation on nil-day dresses, but
have made a success and are now used
bo effectively that they nppeal to the
best tnste; embroideries .main
tain their unfailing appeal, but nre
used with more reserve thon In the
beginning of the present season.
Two Interesting all-day dresses, as
Hats Attuned to Dance Music
JOYOUS dnnce hats the most duln
ty and captivating of headwear
have arrived to close the story of this
year's millinery with a gay, trium
phant chapter. The next step taken by
creators of hats lends away from win
ter nnd Into paths that run spring
ward. Drown mnllnesl and brown Ince nre
.greatly favored for dnnce hats nnd
.often provide the hat or cap with a
jlong scarf to wrap about the thront.
Gold or silver tissue and gold or sil
ver lace nre as great successes.
A typical assortment of shapes,
inude of fine wire, which provides an
.almost Invisible support for fabrics.
Is shown in the group of three dunce
hats and one dinner hat. pictured
above. One of the hnts lllutiunteil
iB made of silver lace, which falls in
pictured here, will pass under the most
exacting eyes without criticism. The
cloth dress at the left Is about as
straight as a chemise, but Indulges In
a double skirt, that Is the dress Is
rut short over an attached petticoat.
Small, cloth-covered buttons are set In
neat rows down the top of the sleeves
nnd sides of the skirt. Overlapping
circles of bends are set about the
waist nnd sleeves and ribbon' slipped
through slashes makes a- well thought
out finish for these bend rings.
The dress of velveteen at the right
has n full straight skirt and depends
upon satin collar nnd cuffs and a lace
chemisette for additional Interest. A
little nosegay of silk flowers set on the
girdle Mims up the charm of a frock
that matches them In familiar and
simple charm.
a frill about the face. It has a band
of blue velvet ribbon about the crown.
Another hat Is made of silver filigree
banding and graced with a spray of
supphlre-colored, uncurled ostrich
Hues. A third Is a soft turban of
brown crepe-de-chlne with a scarf of
brown chantllly lace swathed about
It and extended Into n streamer that
may be wound about the throat. All
of these models are ns appropriately
worn for dinner or the theater, ns
their more stately rival, which holds
the center of the- picture. This lit n
dinner lint pf black pnnne velvet hav
ing n ' n-yhnped decoration of lare.
tint II a king of Mexico could be chosen. Then Micky O'Drlen rode wth the
Indian Into Mexico City to ascertain if It was safe for the viceroy of old Spain
to enter the capital of new Spain.
So well did Micky forget the vice; oy. so well did he serve the first mplre
of Mexico, that he became "Oenernl Miguel Obregon," and wan placed In con
trol of the western const of the Land of Montezuma, where he lived with his
wife, who came from the land of his fathers.
Alvaro Obregon, the grentgrandson of thnt name Micky O'Drlen, Is now
hard at work leaning English.
Changes in the
Changes In the personnel of the
United States Supreme court during
the Harding administration are being
discussed In Wnshlngton these dnys.
It Is not unlikely thaWMr. Hard
ing will appoint more Justices to the
supremo tribunal In four years than
has Mr. Wilson in eight yenrs. The
latter has appointed thret Mcltey
nolds, Drnndcls nnd Clnrkc.
There are four members of the
court who nre eligible to retirement
Chief Justice White, seventy-five years
old (portrait herewith), and Associ
ate Justices McKd,nnn, seventy-seven;
Holmes, seventy-nine, and Day, seventy-one.
Although a federal Judge Is
eligible to retirement on full pay at
the nge of seventy, nnd the comple
tion of ten yeurs' service, these four
members have elected to remain at
their posts. It Is thought to be not
unlikely thnt the chief Justice and the
three associate Justices past seventv
will elect to retire during the Harding administration.
Speculation on luccewsors revolves around the names of former President
Tnft and Charles Evans Hughes. Mr. Taft once was a federal Judge nnd sac
rificed nn opportunity to go upon the supreme bench under Doosevclt to the
opportunity to become President. Mr. Hughes resigned from the supreme
court In 1010 to run for President. Mr. Tnft Is sixty-three, Mr. Hughes, fifty
eight. j Uncle Sam and His Long Purse j
?p wmrn Nwpa ptr umon
mittee of men willing to recognize that it Is a task of day and night for a
year, and very likely two yenrs. .
"There Is endless duplication of work among different departments, and
even in the same department. . . . It Is the same through all the govern
ment functions, nnd now, when the burden of carrying our enormous debt 1
weighing on the people, we can no longer neglect to give It consideration."
Legislation to bring about this result is possible, If not probable, at tht
present session of congress.
Senator or Cabinet Officer?
"Man Is born to trouble as the
epnrks fly upward." When Ills trou
bles give out as a topic of conversa
tion, lie tulkn politics especially un
der the present conditions. One of
the latest stories revolves about Will
II. Hay, Depubllcan national chair
man (portrait herewith). It is to the
effect that a switch Is likely to be
made In the awtrd of political plums
to Indiana. The suggested plan Is
that Senator New and not Mr. Hnys be
Invited by President-elect Harding to
enter the cnbinet, probnbly ns post
mnster general ; that Mr. Hnys be ap
pointed senator from Indiana to suc
ceed Senator New, and thnt Mr. Hays
be the organization etioice for senn
torshlp for the six-year term that be
gins with the expiration of Senator
New's present term, two years hence.
This urrangemcnt, if agreeable to Mr
Harding, It is suggested, would per
mit Mr. Huys to remain as chairman
of the Depubllcan nntlonnl committee. The plan Involves the acquiescence of
Governor-elect McCray of Indiana, whose duty It would he to appoint u suc
cessor to Senator New.
Anyway, this Is one of the ninny stories that came out of French Lick,
Ind., whnt time a general conference of Depubllcan lenders of a dozen mid
West states wei In session there.
Alvaro Obregon, most prominent
citizen of the republic of Mexico, sny
the gossips, Is four parts Irish, three
parts Spanish and one part Yuqul In
dlnn. Approximately one hundred years
ago, 'the story goes, an Irishman was
'vnt by the then' king of Spain to rule
as viceroy over Mexico. His name
was John O'Donahue, or "Juan
Odonoju," ns the more uiusleally-mlnd-ed
Moxlcnns translated It. Ills clos
est friend and constant bodyguard way
Michael O'Drlen, renamed "Mlgmv
Obregon" by his adopted Iberli.n broth
er adventurers, and it was to him that
.luan Odonoju turned when Iturhlde
and his army, Hying the banner of the
"first empire." decreed an end to the
ItOO-yonr rule of the Spanish viceroys.
Jack O'Donnhue and Micky
O'Drlen agreed to repudiate their em
peror bnck In Madrid and to allow'
Ti....i.!.t.. uMitltiiit Ttwllntt tt ruin
Supreme Court
Deed Smoot, United States sen
ntor from Utah and. one of the most
Influential members of the upper
house In matters of business, is a
warm supporter of the plan to reor
ganize the administrative branches of
the government. He puts the case
thus :
"The administrative branches of
the government have undergone no
fundamental change since the organi
zation was devised by Alexander Hair;,
llton.
"No other government In the
world could have gone on as ours has
done and paid the bills involved in
our wasteful methods of administra
tion. We, have been nble to do it be
cause tills country hns had resources
nnd wealth unparalleled. Dtit the war
lias brought us at last to realize that
tltese will not last always. . . .
We needed a complete survey of the
whole situation de novo by a com
Arrangement of Halter and Rope
Lead Select Solid Post
Horses' nre broken at nges ranging
from weanlings to old horses. The In
stincts In a horse which are opposed
to obedience to man Increase In
strength with nge. This nccounts for
the dlfllciilty encountered In handling
range horses that are allowed their
freedom until their Instinct of Inde
pendence Is so strongly developed thnt
it Is proportionately dlfllcult to tench
them that It Is their duty to obey
some force other tlinn their own In
stinct. First Steps In Breaking.
It Is n great advantage to begin
the education of the colt as early
as possfble. The plan generally fol
lowed Is to break the colt to being
led and handled before It la weaned,
nnd to break to harness between the
nges of two and three years. Colts
should not do heavy work, until they
nre four years old, nnd should bo nc
customed to It gradually.
Dcfore n colt Is broken to being led
it should be taught to stand tied; this
npplles to unbroken horses of nil ages.
To do this, put a strong halter on the
colt; then take a rope about fourteen
feet long, double It, putting the loop
tinder the horse's tall as a crupper,
twist the two ropes together about
three times, then let one rope come
forward on ench side of the horse, and
tie the ends together in front ngalnst
the chest Just tight enough so thnt It
will not drop down; then run n, sur
cingle loosely around the horse behind
the withers, tying Into It the rnipper
rope at both sides. Have an addition
al rope about twelve feet long, run It
through the halter ring, and tie it n,t
the breast to the rope that forms the
crupper. Tie the other end of the
rope to a solid post, allowing about
three feet of slnck. Leave the rolt
tied for an hour. Another method Is
to have n loop In one end of the rope,
run the lend strap through this loop,
nnd tie It with a Utile slnck to the rope
that forms the crupper, the other end
of the additional rope, of course, being
tied to n solid post.
Gentling the Colt
While tied the colt should be gentled
nnd accustomed to being handled on
both sides, on the hind parts, and on
the legs. To do this, hold the head
stall In one hnnd nnd wllh the other
hand gentle (thnt Is, pet and nib) the
colt, first on the neck nnd head, then
on the back and sides, and last on the
legs.
To gentle the hind pnrts lake a
stick about four feet long, wrap a
gunny sack around one end, and tie It.
Allow the colt to examine It with his
nose. Then rub It all over his body.
With this 'arrangement the colt's
hind legs may be nibbed without pine
I tig one's self In dnnger of his heels.
If he kicks at It do not hit him, hut1
allow him to examine It ngaln. and
proceed as before. This lesson should
continue until the colt will stand be
ing approached from either side and
rubbed all over. The second dny he
rnny be tied up again nnd further
gentled with sncks. blankets nnd noises
until he hns no fear of them around
him, under him. or upon him.
Breaking to Lead.
The horse Is now ready to lead.
Loosen the rope from the post, step
off from the horse, and tell him to
"come," following the command with
n pull on the rope. As soon as the
horse advances pet him, then step
nwny and repent. He will soon fol
low without the pull on the rope. Half
nn hour's lending and this lesson Is
over.
The next day the crupper should be
put on nt the beginning of the les
son, hut should he discarded after a
short workout and the halter alone
used so that the colt will not depend
on the crupper rope. These lessons
should be continued until the colt lends
satisfactorily. If n colt Is still run
ning with ills mother, It Is a good
Idea, as soon as he Is broken to lead,
o tie his halter rope to the mother's
trace If she Is being worked. The tie
should he made nt about the union of
the backhand nnd the trnee and short
enough to prevent the colt from get
ting In front of the tenm. This will
acquaint him with the general condi
tions nnd nolsps pertaining to work,
nnd on ncconnt of the mother being
no nenr he will soon become fnmlllar
with such surroundings nnd lose his
fear of them.
Handling Horses' Feet.
If the owner will accustom n colt to
hnvlng his feet handled at the same
time lip Is broken to lend that Is. be
for Breaking Colt to Stand Tied and to
and Tie Colt for an Hour.
fore lie Is weaned much future work
nnd trouble will he avoided. Un
trimmed hoofs usunlly grow long nnd
uneven, nnd a crooked foot, or worse,
a crooked log, Is the result. Failure
to regulate the length nnd henrlng of
the foot rnny make n straight leg
crooked or n crooked leg worse, while
Intelligent care during the growing
period enn grently Improve a leg thnt
Is crooked at birth. If horses' feet
were properly cared for, there would
he fewer knock-kneed, bow-legged,
pigeon-toed, cow-hocked, Interfering,
nnd pnddling horses.
When picking up n colt's fftot tench
him to stnnd on throe legs, nnd not
to depend on the one holding up his
foot for the fourth point of support.
When handling n colt's feet begin with
the nenr front foot. Tie n rope around
the pnstorn, grasp the rope close to
the foot, push gently ngalnst tho shoul
der, nnd quickly lift the foot. Tho
lifting of the foot must be simulta
neous vitli tlie weight Bhlftlng to tho
other feet. Oentle the foot nnd leg
nnd let It down. Dejient several times
nnd then trim nnd level the hoof.
To raise n hind foot, put on a ropo
as on tho front foot and draw the foot
forward. To put a rope on tho hind
foot of a wild horse, tie up a front
foot, have the assistant hold his hnnd
over the eye on the same side as tho
foot to he lifted, or take the headstall
In one hnnd, the tall in the other, nnd
whirl the horse until he becomes dizzy,
ward two or three times and gentle It.
handled with snfety. Lift the foot for
ward to or three times nnd gentlo It.
As soon ns tho horse gives In, enrry
the foot backward info a shoeing posi
tion nnd trim the hoof.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
AFFECT ALL MARKETS
Extreme Cold or Heat May In
crease or Lower Prices. .
Values In Shipping Sections Are
Usually Lowest Because Buyers
Take Considerable Risk In
Purchasing for CaBh.
Wenther conditions nffect the con
suming mnrkets In the lnrge cities
somewhat differently from the mnr
kets In producing sections, nnd tho
two sets of markets do not always
move In agreement. The wont her
Sometimes stimulates the demand for
certain products and sometimes de
moralizes conditions by Interfering
with delivery or by Injuring the qunl
Ity of much of the stock.
In the producing sections, rainy or
cold wenther or extreme hent may In
terfere with gathering the crop, or
may threaten Its destruction, thus
causing a temporary advance In prlco;
or It rnny hasten the maturity unex
pectedly and thus cause n sudden In
crease In supplies nt the shipping sta
tions. Under such conditions prices
may vary at shipping points Inde
pendently of the consuming mnrkot;
thnt Is, an advance or decline In price
may bo curried further In n shipping
section than in tho consuming market.
Although occasionally prices are
relatively higher In the shipping sec
tion than In tho distributing market,
usunlly they are relatively lotver, for
the reason that the buyer at the ship
ping point takes considerable risk n
purchasing for ensh, nnd accordingly
demands u margin of profit to cover
his possible losses In shipping to n
mnrkot which may decline while tho
shipment Is on the wny nnd where his
sales may be adversely affected by the
weather.
Live Stock,
xz?&z3 Notes
Dnby beeves do not have to hnve dry
feed In order to make their growth,
Sllnge Is a necessary part of the ra
tion. The proper time to turn hogs Into
a field Is when the dough stage has
pnssed and the grain Is beginning to
dent and harden,
t
Native Iambs compare more fnvor
ably with Western lambs than In pre-,
vlous yenrs. The docking and castrat
ing campaign last spring paid
