NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
Cowboys Will
Herd Reindeer
FOR HOMELESS BIRDS
Alaska Will Be the Scene
Roundups Like Those of
the Western Plains.
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HERD TOTALS NEARLY 200,000
Reindeer Industry of the North Is
Growing Rapidly and There Is an
Insistent Call for Experienced
Frontiersmen.
San Frnnclsco.- From the wild
North comes the call fur the hoiih of
the old' wild West.
And with IiIh swagger nnd trapping
the in nn of the ranges Is preparing to
answer the call. From Montana, Cal
ifornia, Oregon, Nevada and the Da
kolas cowboys aro netting ready to
leave the drive and picturesque round
up to "ride hord" on the last frontiers
of civilization, the subarctic barrens
of Alnskn.
Instead of Texas longhorns they wlTI
"punch" the pronghorns of the He
ring, the Alaskan reindeer. In place
of During chaps and flapping sombre
ros, they will wear heavy boots, three
pairs of sox, parkas and heavy fur
caps. They will ride behind swift
Eskimo dogs or hike It on snowshoes.
The cnll for experienced, seasoned
frontiersmen Is Insistent, for the rein
deer Industry of the north Ib pretty
closely following the historical devel
opment of the-old western rnnge.
Herds Total 200,000.
The 80 scrubby, half-starved rein
deer, Imported Into Alaska from Sibe
ria In 1002 by the government as an
experiment In food supply for the na
tives, have grown to nearly 200,000
head nt present, valued nt approxi
mately $H0 each. It Is expected that
within lfi years the herd will number
between ten and twenty-five millions,
the grazing capacity of Alaska,
Aircnuy the industry is being con
sidered as serious competition for tho
big meat packers of the United Stntcs.
Lost year only 1,700 enrcusses were
shipped; 11,000 will bo shipped la
1020, It Is estimated,
Five cold-storage plants, with a ca
pacity of 1,000 to 15,000 carcasses each,
are now In operation, with more In
contemplation, nnd refrigerator ships
are to bo put on between Seattle and
Alaska Immediately.
Leaders In tho now Industry say tho
herds will Increnso 125 per cent every
threo years, bo that, In IB years, 8,000,
000 enrcasscs will be shipped yearly.
The meat, selling now nt 85 cents per
pound wholesale, will then sell at IB
rents per pound retnll, according to
Jafet Llnderbeck, largest private own
er of reindeer In Alaska.
Feed Upon Moss.
Itclndecr fan bu raised In Alaska
at little or no cost other than their
care. They feed upon the reindeer
moss, and one man can care for 2,000
head.
Kncli year rodeos, similar lo the fa
mous old "round-ups" of tho wild
West days, are hold. From hundreds
ot miles around, natives drive In be
hind their swiftest reindeer, head
herdsmen nre chosen nnd preparations
made for the. next vear'n business.
For the natives and deer men nro
looking upon Alaska as the futtm)
Texas of the world as a meat supply
ing center.
Hut If Americans wish this delicacy
they must prepare to outbid F.urope.
says Llndcrborg, who maintains that
every pound of reindeer meat, up to the
maximum capacity of Alaska, can bo
sold to Europeans, who are willing to
pay almost any price demanded.
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Good Highways
She Burled the Wrong; Husband.
Portsmouth. O. Mrs. (ieorgc Willis
thinks some one else should pay the
funeral expenses of a man she burltil
under the Impression that he was her
husband. She Identified a mutilated
body along the railroad tracks as that
of her husband, who hud disappeared
several weeks before. Now the hus
band, who had been working In the
northern pnrt of the stnte, has re
turned home, denying that he Is l(ad.
Mrs. Willis Is wondering' whose hus
band she burled.
The girl scouts of New York city
have undertaken to provide homes for
the birds that wish to spend tho win
ter there, une or them Is licre seen
putting up a bird house In a tree In
Central pnk.
But In Death They Are.
Olive LIIII, Ky. Tho body of Krnest
Sknggs, aged twenty-live, one twin
brother, arrived here ahead of the oth
er. Cecil, nnd was burled. Both were
killed at the samo time on a French
Imttleneld. The other body, the War
department says, will arrive later.
Old Subtreasury
Will Be Closed
New York Federal Institution,
Linked With Financial His
tory, Is Hit by Law.
HAS HELD BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Will Cease to Exist at End of Year,
and Its Funotlons and Powers
Added to Those of Local
Federal Reserve Bank
Now York, Pursuant to an act of
congress whlchprovldes for the aboli
tion of tho vnrious aubtrensurlea scat
tered throughout the country, the
United States subtreasury In this city
will cense to exist at the end of tho
your, and Its functions and powers
will be added to those already dele
gated to tho local Federal Ueservo
hank.
Many of the employees of the sub
treasury, now numbering less than
100, will be tnken over by the Federal
Reserve bank, which will occupy the
Keeping Infected Rats From Landing
ueiisiiry nunuing until Its own new
homo In tills city Is completed, nnd
other employees muy go Into the cus
toms service.
Linked With History.
The local subtreasury, for genera
tions an Integral pnrt of the finnnclal
history of the government, occupies n
commanding position In the heart of
the flnnnclnl district and is on tho
site of the seat of the federal congress
where George Washington took .Uie
with of ofllce as first President of the
United States.
Its Grecian facade and broad ap
proach have been the scenes of some
of the most important and Interesting
events in the annals of this city and
country. From Its steps, standing In
the shndow of the bronze statue of the
"Father of Ills Country," have spoken
some of .the most distinguished stntes-
men of this nnd foreign lands.
Many political demonstrations of
deep significance have taken place
there, Including thoso held during tho
Blaine and Cleveland campaigns, nnd
Itooscvclt mnde his first open-nlr
speech from Its steps when he ran for
governor of Now York.
During tho World war the sub-
treasury was tne center of numerous
Liberty bond rallies nnd other similar
gatherings. Only recently Its steps
were thronged while speakers repre
seating vnrious patriotic organizations
voiced their protest against the mys
terious explosion of September 10,
which occurred within fifty feet of
the Washington statue nnd caused
serious damage to the new assay
otllce building next door.
Has Held Billions.
In Its many years of service the
subtreasury has been the repository
of well-nigh countless billions of dol
lars in gold nun silver nnd pnper
money, nnd Its chiefs have Included
some of the most notable ft tires nmong
the llnanclers of tho city.
Martin Vogel, now assistant treas
urer, will return to the practice of law
as soon as he Is relieved of his duties.
This will not lie possible, however,
until an olllclnl count has been tnken
of tho vast sums of monoy still re
posing In the underground vaults of
the building.
In Its effort to prevent an outbreak of bubonic plague In this country, tho
United States health service lias utilized large metal discs placed on hawsers
of ships In port, to prevent Infected rats from landing.
IMPROVED ROADS IN INDIANA
WHEN BIRDS OF
FASHION FLY SOUTH
Order Issued by State Highway Com
mission Requiring Standardiza
tion of Plans.
Uniform road construction Is expect
ed throughout Indiana as n result of
an order issued by the state highway
commission requiring the standardiza
tion of road plans and specifications
for county highways which are sub
ject to the approval of the commission.
The regulation became effective July 1
and covers all county road projects
submitted to the commission for ap
proval.
The regulation Is similar to the fed
eral order requiring the use of stand
ardized plans nnd specifications' by the
Slain by a Dog.
Oreensburg. Ind. Wllllntn S. Smith,
nged forty-five, starting on n hunting
trip, wns shot to death by his dog.
The dog pressed the trigger of Smith's
shotgun as It scrambled about In the
automobile, Just as tho hunting pnrty
was starting.
Hands Cut Off by One
Train, Legs by Another
One train cut off the legs of
Walter Frnntz, eleven years old,
of Detroit, Mich., nnd nlmost nt
tho siime instant, n second train,
going In the opposite direction,
cut off his hunds when ho fell
between two passing cars.
t Tho boy wus playing on n box
car when u swjtch engine
backed down and struck the
cars, throwing tho boy to tho
ground with his feet under thu
t car on which ho hnd been piny-
J lng. Ills hands fell on the par-
alio) track and the second train
' went over them.
Paying the Penalty.
Ijiwri'iu-eburir. Ind.-Dearborn nnd
Ohio county Jury commissioners have
been ordered to make no distinction
between men nnd women In inittlnc
names In tho Jury wheel, for women
Jwltu the vote must Berre.
FIGHT FOR PASSPORTS
15,000,000 People Anxious to
Come to United States.
All Nationalities and Every Social and
Economic Classification Are
Represented.
Now York Fifteen million men,
women and children, of all snclnl and
economic classifications; representing
every nationality In Europe, are light
ing for passage to the United States,
according to reports submitted by 17
transatlantic stenmshlp company rep
resentatives to Frederick A. Wnllls,
commissioner of emigration nt Kills
Island.
livery senport city and town along
tho western und southern coasts of
Hurope, tluv snld, Is crowded with
persons who in their eagerness to
leave for tfils country hnve sold their
homos nnd everything they possessed
Passport officers abroad were report
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Improved Road In Indiana.
stnte for nil roads for which govern
ment aid is expected. Thu nctlon of
the commission extends the use of the
approved stundnrds to the roads which
will be built In Indiana under the pro
visions of the county unit road law,
by which the state shares the cost.
Officials of the commission have
compiled the standards for the Indiana
roads, which arc Identical with tho
requirements mnde of the state by the
federal government. The standards
will upply to all county-old projects
proposed under the stnte highway law,
the county unit road law, and the free
gravel road law.
Many counties of tho state already
have adopted the commission stand
ards voluntarily to keep their road
construction up to the specifications
prescribed by the federul nnd stnte. en
glneers.
Members of the commission, In dls
cussing the regulation, declared that
It will hnve the effect of stundardlz
lng road construction throughout Indl
ana.
ROMANS AND GOOD HIGHWAYS
Roads Built Two Thousand Years Ago
Are Still In Actlye Service
How Constructed.
Two thousand years ago the Romans
built roads, some of which nro still
In active service. These roads havo
tasted through the centuries simply
because of their masslvo construction,
Tho Romans built four successive
courses or layers on the earth sub
grade, carefully prepared nnd drained.
First enme tho stntumen or founda
tion, then tho rodus, next the nucleus
and finally tho pavlmentum or wearing
Biirfnce, says a writer. The statuinen
consisted of Inrge flat stones, while the
two Intervening courses were built of
smnller stones Inid In lime mortar.
To carry the chariot nnd pnekhorse
traffic of Roman times, these ronds
were seemingly ridiculously heavy, yet
the wisdom of the builders was amply
demonsti nted by the 800 years dur
ing which tho Roman road system
formed the backbone of the trnnsporta
tlon system of what wns the greatest
eihplre of nil time.
We can learn n mighty profitnble
lesson from tho Romans, nnd if we
take the lesson to heart now, standing
ns we do on the threshold of a new
highway era, we shall save ourselves
much pecuniary sorrow.
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT SURE
i;d to be besieged with applicants.
The steamship representatives nlso
expressed the opinion that 5,000.000
Germans und Austrian are packed
up nnd ready to sail as soon ns the
United Stntes makes peace with their
governments.
Commissioner Wnllls, who Is going
to Washington for n conference with
members of tho house und senuto Im
migration committee said:
"F.lghty-seven per cent of luiml.
grants enter the United Stntes through
Kins island, and there are L',000 per
sons there now who nre shamefully
crowded, 'inere is no use denvlnc
the fnct that we haven't enough room,
And they are still coming.
"It would umaze one to know thnt
on one particular day the Polish for
eign otllce had lUl.OOO applications
for passports."
More Immigrants are arriving from
i Polnnd than from nny other country,
I he satd. Most of these, people me
J Jowlsh."
Both Republican and Democratic Par-
ties Pledged to Assist in Good
Roads Development.
Regardless of which party wins out
In the presidential election this fall
American motorists can rest assured
that highway development will be con
Untied. In their platforms, both the
Republican nnd Democrntlc parties
hnvo placed themselves flatly on rec
ord ns favoring liberal federal nppro
prlatlons to nsslst In good road work,
The definite action of both purtles
proves conclusively thnt motor trans
portntlon has been recognized ns n
definite fnctor In tho nntlon's economic
fabric and that everything will be
done to utilize Its value to tho uO
moat.
Care Received by Colt
Rear In mind the care received by
the colt the first 18 months of his llfo
will bo a big factor In his worth at
maturity.
Destroy Lice on Horse.
A thorough scrubbing with nny or
dinary tnr dip such as creolln or cre
osote, will kill lice on a horse.
Force Fowls to Exercise.
All whole or cracked grnln should be
fed In the litter so ns to force the
fowls to exercise by scratching for It
IN JANUARY, when our migra
tory birds of fashion nrennre to
Journey South, the young woman's
fancy turns far from lightly to
thoughts of clothes. She knows that
its going to tnx her resourcefulness
to piny up to the wonderful pnrade of
beautiful apparel that is to be found in
the show places, and thnt of all things
she cannot nfford to look ordinary.
And she knows also thnt money nlono
cannot solve her problems, although
It will go a long way townrd doing so.
By wny of helping out a little, here
nre two handsome afternoon frocks
that merit npprovnl, nnd one of them
s shown with n hat and veil. This
one Is made of panne velvet and
matching embroidered net; or n net
top lace both very Ingeniously
draped in a skirt that is mnde In one
wlUi a simple but subtle bodice. One
can Imagine this In n rich brown or
taupe color, or In black, and be sure
to fall In love with It In nny case.
A corsage at the wnlstllne a bit of"
silk fruit, ostrich flue, nnd a spray
of foliage stray downward over the
skirt. The turban Is almost covered'
with sprays of uncurled ostrich plumes
that sweep across the hat and droop
nt the right to the shoulder nnd nre
velled with handsome lace.
The less pretentious dress at the
left, of velours, with Its very hnnd
spme embroidery In self color, need
not fear comparisons. There Is inurlu
careful handwork here on a simply
designed nnd graceful model, nnd ev
ery woman -cnpltulntes to sweh a dressi
It Is made up of the elements that
spell success and. makes . on .approprl-
ate gown for afternoon or dlriner. It
Is quite equal to supporting n hand
some hnt, finding Itself In the proper
company with the best the milliner bag?
to offer.
Just Average Hats
TAKING hats "by and large" Just
average hats that nre now dis
charging their responsibility as mid
winter henujcoverlngs, we come to tho
cheerful conclusion that their standards
of beauty have advanced. In millinery,
as In some other things, Americans
wero thrown upon their own resources
during the war and the effect on de
signers appears to havo been stimulat
ing. They hnve beconie more or less
self-reliant
Fivo hats such us n stroll along tho
streets of nny busy city will reveal
on the head of shoppers or proraenad
ers, are shown here. They Include
threo models made of velvet, one of
duvetyn and one of brocade aud fur.
Ingeniously draped velvet turbans
have been, und continue to be, great
favorites with women of conservative
nnd ciegant tnste. Such n turban np
penrs nt the tipper left of tho plcturo,
with velvet Inld In folds across the
front, draped over the crown nnd nr
rnnged In a pretty chou nt the right
with two quills thrust through It.
TIim suiii-v. hiiihII hot with brim
sharply upturned, shown next to It Is
simply covered with velvet and has a
most unpretentious sash und bow of
narrow ribbon about the crown. Its
business In life appears to be the
presentation of a big sunburst ro
sette which guyly defies winter skle
from Its pose nt the front of the brim.
Tho hat at the lower left Is mnde or
duvetyn covered with silk embroidery
In sevcrnl colors nnd next to It u wide
brimmed model has a plain velvet
covered brim and n shirred crown end
ing in n little drapery on the brim nt
tho bnck. A band of ribbon nbout the
crown and a cluster of little flower
on Uie brim finish its brief and beau
tiful story.
The rich nud handsome lint of Koia
brocade nud seal fur needs no ornn
ment. But lints of this kind often hnve
a handsome Jeweled pin thrust In the
brim nt ono side.
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