NOltTlI PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
NEBRASKAIN BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
Farts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
Hustings guardsmen ure to have a
new armory.
Tho Fairfield community club bus
one hundred members uud Is out for
more.
Howard county claims the largest
chicken hatching Industry In Nc-
oraska.
Tlic Annual Kucninpmcnt of the
Statu G. A. It. will be held ut Hastings
May 23 to 25. I
A near epidemic of inllnciizn and
whooping cough Is sweeping tho vi
cinity of Callaway.
Fremont Jobbers have been restored
,to equal shipping udvnutngcs with
Oinalni and Lincoln.
Fire In the Johnson drug store nt
'Madison dumaged the building and
stock to the nmount of $5,000.
Mr. und Mrs. Justus E. Wheeler of
Clay Center, celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary last week.
The State bank Is a new addition to
Petersburg business. It Is the third
linancinl Institution for that place.
Farmers In the vicinity of Itohrs
have been reporting the loss of much
young stock, presumably by coyotes.
County Clerk F. N. Slasson of
Lodgepole has paid out $810 In coyote
bounties for tho death of 270 animals.
At a special election held at Verango
bonds for the erection of an $80,000
high school building carried by a vote
of 05 to 7.
T. V. Norvell has been appointed
.United Stntes commissioner for the
Norfolk district to succeed the late
John It. Hays.
Tho annual report of State Fire
Wnrden Hartford shows that the loss
from (Ires In Nebraska for 1020
amounted to $2,070,020.
Mrs. S. A. Page, a 70 year old Page
woman, has invented an attachment
for a sewing machine which will
simplify the twisting of yarn.
Five hundred life insurance men of
(Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota ore
expected in Omaha February 15 for
un annual congress of agents.
Hubbell is erecting a new communi
ty hall, modern and up-to-date in
every respect, with a full basement
underneath the entire building.
Charles H. Freadrlch of Lincoln was
elected president of the federation of
;Nebrn,ska retailers at the Omaha ses
sion of the nnnual convention.
Totnl cash gifts from Nebraska for
American relief of starving children
in Europe are $82,110.04, ns announced
by G. W. Wattles, state chairman.
Children's $50,000 paving bonds have
been sold at Chicago nt par. The
county commissioners will call an elec
tion on $150,000 road bonds soon.
The high cost of paving and the dif
ficulty of disposing of paving bonds
have checked such improvements in
most cities and towns of Nebraska.
A recent government report credits
Cheyenne county with having pro
duced in 1020 more wheat than any
other county in the "United States.
It has been decided by the Pawnee
elty council that paving which was to
have been starlet! early In the spring
will be postponed until n later date.
Representatives of Oklahoma oil
companies have been acquiring leases
on tracts between Angora and IJnynrd
and expect to begin operations soon.
E. It. Danlelson of Osceola was
elected secretary of the Nebraska
board of agriculture for the fifth time
at the meeting of the board at Lincoln.
Following live stock losses, which
fanners say will run Into the thou
winds, a county-wide wolf nnd coyote
bunt is being planned for Table Itock.
Eighteen wolves have been killed In
neighborhood hunts near Elwood. The
animals have become so numerous that
they are annoying and causing much
damnge to stock.
Nebraska lumber dealers will hold
their annual convention In Omaha
February 0-10. Lost year 850 dealers
attended the convention. Moro are ex
pected this year.
Albert Fluent of Du Bols claims to
have a coal vein 12 Inches thick In his
pasture. For live winters be hauled
this Nebraska coal Into market in
.Humboldt and Pawnee.
The first annual birthday party of
the Aurora Rotary club was held last
week with the wives of Hotarlans
guests. Stunts of nil kinds were
pulled off. Every Itotnrlnn with one
exception was present.
What Is said to be the henvlest
baby ever born in Franklin county nr
rlved nt the home of Mr. and Sirs.
Harm II. Hnnns near Upland. It wns
n boy and weighed seventeen pounds.
It is the ninth child In the family.
Fruit growers of Holt county have
bVgun to express nlnrm over the pres
ent springlike weather. Trees already
are showing signs of budding and sap
beginning to flow.
Miss Dor6tby Dnvls, instructor In
.mathematics and girl's physlcnl educa
tion at the Columbln high school will
teach next year In the Isle of Oahu,
.one of the Hawaiian group.
Tho eleventh nnnual session of the
county treasurers of tho stnto was
held at York last week.
Wlllard Hansen, a pioneer resi
dent of North Platte, who was cus
todian at the high school for thirty
six yenrs, died at a local hospital af
ter an illness of one week.
Hnvlng won its right to choose any
bid for state building contracts, In nn
opinion of the Nebraska supreme
icourt, the state board of control has
(announced that it will readvertlse for
'bids on the new hospital nt the Mil
ford soldiers' home, for which the last
Jeci3lature appropriated $100,000.
The Amcrlcun Legion at Coxud has
begun it drive for 100 per cent mem
bersblp. An athletic carnival netted
nearly $200.
Several gallons of llipior taken by
the sheriff and police force In Hlalr
in raids during the past few days lmv6
been destroyed. '
An attempt to revive the ltnptlst
church at Ord, which has been closed
for nearly two years, Is being made
by tho Itev. M. Edsnn.
Dean Foncbt, employee at the stnto
hospital for thu. Insane at Lincoln,
was accidentally' electrocuted while
cleaning a boiler In the power house.
lturglars took 45,000 clgarets, 200
cigars and 210 pounds of tobacco from
the Itaymond IJros.-t'larkc Grocery
house at Lincoln one night last week.
Fairmont Is making an effort to" se
cure the headtiuarlers of a machine
gun company. The project Is being
pushed principally by ex-service men.
Everett Holer of M unlock suffered
the loss of his left eye when a piece
of cartridge, which he bad exploded
with a. hammer, penetrated the mem
ber. Horses and cattle sold at the ICcinp
sale near Wymote brought high
prices, according to sale olllclnls. Cows
brought from $70 to $.87.50; it team
sold for ?U20.
Arrangements are about completed
for the annual state conference of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, which will bo held In Columbus
March 15, .1(5 and 17.
Robert Arthur Grothc, n 0 year old
Lincoln boy, wns Instantly killed when
n heavy coal truck backed over Ids
body after the lad had hooked ids sled
on the auto for a ride.
A heavy blanket of snow now lies
over most of the winter wheat of Ne
braska and tiie farmers ure rejoicing.
The downfall was much lighter In tho
eastern section than In the west.
Grain Is moving now at the rate of
over ten million bushels a month from
Nebraska. Nearly three hundred cars
a day are being handled by the Pur
llngton's Nebraska district and the
other roads report an Increased run of
grain.
D. Run- Jones, state director of the
Near East Relief, has announced that
com for shipment to Armenia nnd tho
Holy land will be accepted by the or
ganization, If thero are farmers In Ne
braska who desire to contribute to tho
relief.
A half dozen Hastings merchants
are holding checks given them by a
stranger, but which the bank refuses
to cash because the gentleman has no
funds on deposit. Meanwhile ho has
disappeared.
Dan Redmond, a farmer residing
near Oconto, suffered a double frac
ture of tho left leg, between the ankle
nnd the knee, when the horse he was
riding fell and caught the member le-
ncnth his body.
Mrs. Mary A. Caldwell, who has
been chosen president of the bonrd of
trustees for the Odd Fellows' home at
York, has been a member of the bonrd
for fifteen years, and has devoted
much time to the Interests of the lustl
tullon and its charges.
Ills mind unbalanced ns a result of
a hallucination that he wns being
haunted by spirits, Robert .1. Dnupbi
ney, u painter, shot himself througl
the right temple in n room at an
Omaha hotel. Death . was Instnntii'
neons.
Milton Krelfcls. a resident of Paul
a village south of here, was seriously
Injured when a ladder which he was
using to take chickens from a free
slipped and be fell across a wagon
wheel, breaking his left wrist and suv
eral ribs.
A committee of citizens at Warehnm
have asked the railway commission to
require the Burlington rond to main
tain an agent and furnish u depot for
that place. Freight is billed to and
from Randolph, a station live miles
awuv.
Examination of the stomach of Gua
Rathke, who died at Norfolk recently
supposedly from drinking poisonous
whisky, disclosed the fact that thero
was considerable wood alcohol In tho
organ, according to word from tho
state university medical hospital.
Half the $700,000 state hall Insur
ance losses Incurred in 1020 will be
paid on February 15, under arrange
ments worked out by Governor Mc
Kelvle und State Auditor Marsh. Tho
remainder will be held until collection
of all state taxes.
Merchants of Wymore, through tho
Community club, are asking for a re
rating of insurance in the business dls
trlct. They believe that $0,000 an
uually can be saved because of tho
Improvement in fire prevention meth
ods.slnce the last rating was mado
four years ago. There were but five
fires here last year.
Tho Nebraska agricultural experi
ment station nt the college of agrlcul
turo now clnlins one of the best dairy
herds in the country, hi the twenty
yenrs of Its existence It bns developed
eight cows that produced un average
of IKt.'l pounds of butter In one year.
II. H. Sheldon of Columbus, who
recently had a fine bunch of cattle at
the South Omaha stock yards, said
thero would be an Increased swino
production in ids neighborhood next
spring as nearly all of the farmers in
that section are breeding more sows
for spring farrowing than they liuvo
for several years.
Tho Rig Seven racing circuit has
been organized with Find Laniers of
Winner, president, nnd Charles Trim
hie, Omaha, secretary. Omaha dates
for the race are June !l to 10, Inclusive.
Other towps are Hartlngton, Winner,
Ronesteel, Rnssett, O'Neill and Nellgh
The retiring of nil automobile
license fees by tho county In which
they are collected with tho exception
of 5 per cent which would be turned
over to the state for administrative
purposes, was favored by tho eleventh
annual convention of Nebraska county
treasurers at Its recent session at
York.
MAKE RIGHT USE
OF RABBIT SKIN
Value Depends Greatly on Their
Condition and Are Always
in Good Demand.
DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING
Department of Agriculture Bulletin
Tells How to Skin, Stretch and
Tan Preferable to Sell to Lo
cal Fur Buyer.
'Prepare! by Ui! fnitrtl States tvpart
ment or Asrliiiltmu.i
Rabbit skins siiould always be saved,
ns they-have a value, depending on
their, condition and are regulnrly In
demand Miy sob-Mists of the biologi
cal survey, United Slates Department
ot Agriculture. A skin piny be pre
pared for market with less trouble
than Is required to bury It. It bus
only to be drawn llesh side out. over
n piece of thin hoard or No. 0 gauge
galvanized wire, shaped to give It a
uniform tension, ami hung In a shady,
well-ventllnted place, such as un open
felted, until It heconu-s bone dry Ar
tlllclal neat should not be -used lo
dry skins If It is possible to dry them
otherwise tefort there Is danger or
their becoming sour or moldy. Usual
ly nfter hanging a week or 10 tiny
kins may nts removed from stretch
ers. Skinning the Rabbit.
An experienced hand can skin a rab
bit In less than one minute. With
a shurp-polntcd knife slit the rabbit
from one heel past the tinder side
of tho tall to the other heel. Then
twist each bind foot until the knee
sticks out through the silt In the skin.
Pnss the fingers between the musclo
nnd the skin to separate them and
break the skin nt the base of the tnll
so that the bone may be pulled through
them, thus stripping off the skin. It
Is then convenient lo hang the carcass
by the hamstrings as high mx the op
erntor'H head, from Iron pins driven
eight inches npnrt Into a horizontal
scant ling. By using the knife a lit
tle around the llnnks, shoulders, eyes,
nnd lips and by severing tho ears from
tljo skull, the skin may be stripped
from the body. Inside out, as a glove
Is turned from n hand. If care Is
taken the skin may be removed whole,
thus preserving the pelt and at the
same time leaving no hairs on the
meat.
Unless one Is "killing a great mans
rnbhlts. It Is usually nrefornhte to sell
the dried skhis to u local fur buyer,
.who will bale and shin for several
producer". When there are a large
number f skins Ihey may be piled
Upper Wire Stretcher for Stretch,
ing Skin From Side to Side. Not
Suitable for Skins Cut or Torn
More or Less Along the Under Side.
Lower. This Wire Form Stretches
Skins From Back to Belly Instead
of Side to Side.
between upright scantlings as stove
wood Is piled and kepi thus until
enough have accumulated to mnke n
bale. They should then he baled un
der lever or screw 'pressure, secure
ly bound, nnd covered with burlap
for shipment.
If rubbil skliix are Intended for
home use and not for sale, they may
he tunned.
A good tanning liquor Is composed
of one quail of salt and oiie-balf
ounce of sulphuric neld to each gal
lon of water. As the acid corrodes
metal, this liquid should he kept In
a glnss or wooden container. Rabbit
skins will be tanned In this mixture
In from three to four days, but they
mny be kept In It for n longer time
without Injury.
Drying the Skins.
When removed from the tanning
liquor skins should be wnshed several
limes In soapy water, wrung as dry
as possible, thoroughly ruhhed on the
flesh side with a cake of hunt soap
folded In the middle lengthwise over
n line, hair side out, and lefl to dry
When both outer surfaces are barely
dry and the Interior Is still moist, ibo
skins should he laid over n smooth
rounded hoard or plunk and scraped
on the flesh side Willi the edge of n
worn flat file or other blunt-edged
tool. In this way an Inner layer of
tissue Is removed and the skins he
roine nearly white in color. They
should then be stretched, rubbed, and
twisted until quite dry. If parts of
a skin are still hard or stiff, It should
be returned to the tanning solution
and the process repeated until the
entire skin Is soft. Fresh butter or
other animal fat worked Into skins
while they are warm and then worked
out again In dry linrdwood sawdust,
or extracted by busty bath In gaso
line. Increases their softness, Home
dressed skini should be matched for
color before being made up Into gar
ments. Make Use of Fanning Mill.
Get out your fanning mill and clean
pour scud grains. Clean seed pays.
WINTER GOOSE FEEDS I
OF MUCH IMPORTANCE
Oats Are Considered Superior to
Corn for Grain.
Like Cows the Fowls Need Plenty of
Fodder and They Will Eat Silage
and Gather Considerable Food
From Corn Fodder.
Oats are a better uraln feed than
corn for cnrrylng the geese through tho
w Inter. Corn should lie used sparing
ly as geese fatten easily and If tj'
birds are overfat the eggs will show a
low percentage of fertility.
Geese ure much like cows In needing
plenty of fodder. Tho clover chaff
gathered from around the mangers Is
relished by geese. They will eat silage
and gather considerable food from
corn fodder. In fact, nny greet! food
thnt Is suitable for dairy cows helps
out In the winter ration of tho flock.
A Hock of geese can stand much
Farmers Are Realizing More and More
That Nothing But Purebred Geese
Should Be Considered.
cold and they will often range on
stormy days when It would bo unsafe
to allow the hens out. But ut night
a dry roosting place la needed that Is
free from draughts.
It pays to cull tho geese In the full
and keep only tho best for breeding
stock. Tho money from geese seems
to come from raising a largo number
while the grass is plentiful and then
cashing In on the bulk of the flock
before winter Increases the work of
caring for them. A smnll flock of
breeders will annually produce n large
flock of market geeso If they arc so
managed that the eggs nro strongly
fertile and plenty of setting hens nro
available for brooding tho first eggs,
In tho winter the geese will bo
healthier If they are held In moderate
flesh ami not overfed. They cannot he
neglected one day and then stuffed tho
next day If the best results are expect
ed. Kxamlno the birds every few
weeks and note the condition of tho
body. Because of the heavy plumage
It Is sometimes dllilcult to tell tho
condition without handling.
SURGERY NEEDED FOR TREES
Most Persons With Little Practice Can
Undertake Ordinary Repair
Work Necessary.
The best, snfest and most economi
cal plan to prevent future extensive
Injury nnd decay, or to prevent the
early disfigurement or denth of the
tree, Is to attend to all Injuries as
soon ns they occur, sny specialists of
the United Stnfes Department of Ag
riculture. This kind of work Is com
paratively simple nnd Inexpensive,
Tree surgery bns become an estnh'
llshed Industry In all cities, and It Is
often profitable to employ the services
of those trained in this work, but most
persons can, with a llttlo preliminary
practice on the simpler types or work,
undertake ordinary tree repair pro
vldeel they are familiar with the use
of the gouge and mallet, a saw, and
n paintbrush. A steady head and
ability to climb will be neccbsnry for
work In the top of a tree.
MANY SCIONS ON ONE TREE
Novel Example of Tree Grafting Is
Found In Orchards of Ohio Ex
periment Station.
A novel example of tree grafting Is
found In the orchards of (he Ohio eX'
nerlment stntlon where an original
Hon Dnvls tree contnlns 400 scions
Hacli scion Is a representative of seed'
ling or variety of apple trees found In
many parts of Ohio. Tho grafts nro
innde to secure n short-cut way of
testing many of the seedling apples
found In Ohio. The fruit from each
irrnft Is gathered and Is tested out for
appearance, qunllty, marketing und
culinary qualities.
INVESTIGATE UNUSUAL NOISE
Excellent Plan for Truck Drivers to
Ascertain Cause of All Queer
Knocks and Squeaks.
Truck drivers should be tnugbt to
Investigate any unusual noises Inline-
dlately they are henrd. Neglect or
delay may make later Investigation
useless. For Instance, nn Imtnedlnte
Investigation of a noisy differential,
followed by a thorough cleaning and
filling with fresh oil, may snvo the cost
of new genrs and bearings. And this
applies In a hundred other parts of the
inechunlsm.
Prominent Western
Man Praises Tanlac
G. W. Logan,
"Tnnlnc has completely restored my
health nnd I feel finer than in years,''
was tho straightforward statement
mado recently by Mr. George W.
Logan of Peabody, Kansas, ono of
the most prominent stock-dealers In
the Middle West.
"It has not only mado n now man
of me but I havo actually gained
thirty-flvo pounds In weight and feel
as well ns I ever did In my life. I am
telling nil of my friends about Tanlac,
but they can seo for themselves what
It hns done In my case.
"When I begnn taking Tanlac I was
in nn awfully rnn-down condition. I
wns away off In weight, felt wenk and
nervous nil of tho tlmo nnd couldn't
take any Interest In my work or any
What to Do for
SICK HEADACHE
IITTLE
IVER
PILLS
Many a Pretty
s
I Spoiled by Pimples f
Not only are these pimplca and
splotches disfiguring, but they lead
to serious skin diseases that spread
and causo tho most discomforting
irritation and pain. Sometimes they
foretell Eczema, boils, blisters, scaly
eruptions and other annoyances that
bum like flames of Arc, and mako
you feci that your skin ia ablaze.
If you nro afflicted with this
form of skin disease do not expect
Perseverance often accomplishes
more than power.
Important to Mothers
Examine curefully every bottlo of
OASTOItIA, that famous old remedy
for iufuuts and children, and see that It
Bears tho
Signature of
In Deo for Over UO Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Caetoria
An anceslor-brngglug contest is tho
most relentless.
A cup of Garfield Tea before retiring wlU
next day relieve your system gently and
thoroughly of all impurities. Adv.
Bomo eloquent sermons nro word
less. Kill That
CASCARA E
FOR
Colds, Coughs
.
IT Ch.
Neglected Colds arc Dangerous
TaVa no chances. Keep this standard remedy handy for the flrat nz.
Breaks up a cold in 24 hours Relieves
Grippe in 3 days Excellent for Headache
Quinine in this form docs not nflt tbe head Caacara Is best Tonic
Laxative No Opiate in Hill's.
ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT
Pcabody, Kansas
thing elso. My main trouble was In
digestion. Nothing seemed to agree
with inc. At times I would havo dizzy
spells nnd at other times my back
would ache so bad that I could hardly
got up and down In my chnir. This
Is Just tho condition I was . In when
I started to tnko this medicine. It
took Just six bottles to innko a well
man of me. I now havo n flno appe
tite, everything tnstca good nnd-iny
digestion is perfect.
"My wife wns also troubled with
Indigestion nt tlmcB nnd It relieved
her tho same way. You mny pub
lish my statement wherever you like
and if anyone doubts it, just tell them
to seo me."
Tanlac is Bold by leading druggists
everywhere.
Take a good dose of Carter's little Elver
Pillsthen take 2 or 3 for a few nights after.
A few doses restore your organs to their
proper functions and the Headache and the
causes of it pass away. In the same manner
They regulate the Bowels and prevent Conslipallon.
'S&X&ZcC Smill Pill; Sm.ll Do.., Small Price
Face
to bo cured by lotions, ointments,
salves and other local remedies, as
they can not possibly reach tho
source of tho trouble, which is in
tho blood. Begin taking S.S.S. to
day, and writo a complete history
of your case to our ehicf medical
adviser 'who will glvo you special
instructions, without charge. Write
at onco to Medical Director, 152
Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
If ono undertakes to scold In pub
lic, ho Is astonished to find how silent
the public can bo.
WOMEN! USE "DIAMOND DYES'
Dye Old Skirts, Dresses, Waists,
Coats, Stockinas, Draperies
Everything.
Knch pucka go of "Diamond Dyes"
contains ensy directions for dyeing uny
article of wool, silk, cotton, linen, or
mixed goods. Uownre! Poor dyo
streuks, spots, fades, und ruins mate
rial by giving it a "dyed-look." Buy
"Diamond Dyes" only. Druggist has
Cqlor Curd. Adv.
Money Invested In knowledge pny
tho best Interest.
Cold With
QUININE
AND
La Grippe
