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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1921)
NORTH PLATTE SEMT-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. INEBRASKA IN BRIEFS Timely News Culled From All Parts of the State, Reduced for the Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED Hlnlr will vote March 3 on u munic ipal lec plant. . Columbus Klks will soon Initiate a class of over 100 candidates. II. H. Ilorrlngtori, n Wnrnorvlllo murchitiit, dropped dend of heart dls ease, A community club of fifty charter members lias been organized at Wood Card parties arc being given In Al ))lon to raise funds to help pay for Htreet paving. The piico of eggs at Norfolk stores dropped to 123 cents per dozen one jlay last week. Three hundred dollars' worth of tires were stolen from the Henry Most gurngo at Hoscoe. Citizens of Mllford have voted bonds for the erection of a municipal elec tric lighting, ulant. More than half the townships of Hall county have completed farm bu reau organization. The Merna high school debating team won from Hroken How In a state elimination contest. More live stock was shipped from Ord last week than during a similar period for many months. The state biennial session of the 'Woodmen of the World will be held nt Columbus April 18 and It). The ."?i,000 bond Issue for the erec tion of a new school at Morrill has been approved by the state. ltepoits from sales In the l.oup Valley show that very good prices are being paid for the stuff sold. Tne Nebraska Kotnll Jewelers asso ciation will hold the annual conven lion In Omaha Fob. 23-2-1. Farmers In Thayer county have -bought thousands of dollars' worth of surplus army harness and saddles. Airplanes will be added to the auto exhibits nt the annual automobile show at Iloldrege the Ilrst week In April. I'onca will continue the county sent .of Dixon county, having won over the town of Allen, at an election held last week. Fire of undetermined origin at Thurston totally destroyed the build ing iuhI stock of the Thurston gro cery. Kobert McCain of Valentine Is suf fering from serious Injuries as the re sult of a fall on an Ice-saw he was operating. Hoy C. Pulver, , 17, Is dead at A1-' Won ns'u result of Illness brought on by an attack of hiccoughs which be gan a short time ago. 'The Waterloo Presbyterian church, erected at a cost of $11,000 by the Joint efforts of the community, was dedicated last Sunday. Ueports sent out from Den trice to the effect that there Is an epidemic of smallpox there Is strenuously de nied by the hoard of health. Mrs. Charlotte Lyons, 101 years old, is dead at Seward, following a pecu liar Illness of several weeks, during which time she lay In a stupor. Oyer $125 was cleared at a dance 4;Iven by the Central City branch of the American Legion for the benellt of club rooms recently established. Mrs. Nine Huff of Nebraska City was seriously Injured when she forced a pair of scissors into her body as she fell to the floor in a fainting spell. A twenty-piece hand has been form ed at Lodge Pole .under the direction of Louis DoHrunner, well known throughout the stale as a director. The Humboldt fire depnrtnieat gave annunl celebration last week. A parade mid Indoor eltrmt, with music by a band from tlp membership, were features, Cnrl Christian Delunlow, S3, Is dead on the farm near Colli tub tin, which ho homcstcadod In 1803, as the result of I a broken hrp suffered when ho foil from n wagon. Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn of Alma celebrated their golden wedding anni versary last week. Sixty guests, In eluding nieinbers of the (1. A. It. and W. It. C. took part. A new record for a day's freight shipments from Coznd was established last week when sixty cars of sheep, hogs and alfalfa were slartcJ to mar ket. Plans to relieve unemployment" by the construction of several new busi ness blocks and many residences have been made by the Sidney Chamber of Commerce. A contract for a new court hoiife at jsciiuyior to cost shs.ooo. tinon which construction Avlll be started a year from March 1, has been let by the county commissioners. The 5,000-acre ranch owned by J. W. Hlckenbottom, near Hroken How, has been sold to James Saxon of Clariudn, la., for $140,000. Hlckenbottom re serves half the mineral rights. Declaring thnt Its plant In Fremont cannot be operated at a prollt with a competitor In the Held the Henry L. Doherty Co., of Now York, will oiler Its gas plant for sale to the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. (Jreon celehraled their golden wedding anniversary at St. Kdward at a haniiuel at the Meth odist church, tendered by their dill (Iron and' members of the church. In a raid by Omaha police nmrphlno and cocaine to the amount or $10,000 worth was discovered and confiscated. A quantity oMiyjmdcruilc needles and other equipment was also captured. Mr. and Mrs.K, F. Medlar of Crete celebrated Ihoir. fiftieth wedding anni versary last week. They were mar ried a half a century ago near Dixon, III., and soon after moved to Nebraska. K. Force)! of ScottsblufT was re elected president and C. Henger Callaway was re-elected secretary the Nebraska Hereford Hi-coders' soclatlon at the annual .meeting Hustings. Humors that the League of Women Voters will enter a candidate for city commissioner at the Kearney election In April, along with other local issues, hnve started the wannest municipal campaign In years. A petition signed by many business men has been presented to the city council of Broken How asking a special election lie called to vote on Increasing the capacity and efllclency of the mu nicipal lighting plant. For the first tlm-i In Its history, n Douglas county Jury has convicted a womnii of murder Mrs, Mary Newell of Omaha having been found guilty of killing Jess Silllk with a butcher knife during a brawl December 5 last. The tower of the Adams county court house at Hastings, which was built In 1800, will be lorn down and a full roof built to cover the building. The tower sways in the wind and Is dangerous. slt Is u landmark of the city. Men who left the farm fo the city during the period of high wages are returning to till the soil In great num bers, according to Miss Frances L Hoblnson, olllcer In charge of the fed eral free employment u dices at Lin coln. At a meeting at Hlnlr, attended bj over 200 farmers It was unanimously decided to curry on a membership, campaign for the state furm bureau In Washington county, even though thort Is no county bureau or agricultural agent here. A totai of 145,280,000 bushels of po tatoes remains In the Lands of produc ers and dealers, according to a state ment Issued by A. K. Anderson, fed- POULTRY PACKED FOR CITY TRADE Producers Must Carefully Study ' and Cater to Peculiar Re quirements of Market. of of The price of eggs In Norfolk and other towns In the vicinity dropped to 1 oral-state crop statistician, based upon 23 cents a dozen in the stores. This is a decrease of 17 cents In a week. Hev, Father Lynch, 75, pastor of the Catholic church of Wood Hlver for 30 years, Is dead, lie held pastor ales at Platsmouth nnd North Platte. Forty-seven Carloads of hogs, pur chased from Huffalo county farmers the January Information collected foi all slates by the bureau of crop esti mates. At a meeting held In Lincoln re cently, more than 300 Nebraska farm ers "swore off" buying blue sky stocks, Figures presented by C. II. C.ustafsou showed that more than .?!K),()l)0,(KK nnd stockmen on the Callaway line, i worth of blue sky stocks have been were shipped from Kearney last week. Alvln Wright, a 5-year-old Nebraska City lad, is in a serious condition as the result of an auger hanging In a work shop lu the home falling on his head. Burglars entered the sleeping room of two young ladles Misses Josephine Hekert and Katie Bayel- at Falls City, and cut off Hielr hair while they slept. Seven hundred and fifty-one carload hhlpments of freight were handled by the Union Paclllc from Lodge Pole during 1020. The order of Knight of Dnniiebrog lias been conferred by King Christian X of Denmark upon Prof. P. S. Vlg of Dana college, Hlnlr, according to ad vices from Copenhagen. He Is the au thor of a historical biography hi Dan ish containing a record of many hun dred Danish Immigrants and descend ants who have fought under the A nutr ient! flag. The hook was published lu 1017 and hns been dlslrlbuied In Den mark. Michael Schaefer, a Platte county pioneer, is dead at his home nt St. Jlernard. He was the father of twenty two children. The Congress of Surgeons will be hold in Omaha March 3-. This Is ex peeted to be one of the largest meet ings of the year and will bring sur geons from nil parts of the United Sti'tes. 1-orty citizens of Wabash have peti tioned the Nebraska railway commis sion to require the Missouri Pacific nnd the Western Union Telephone company to rulustate its telegraph In struments removed February 3. COWPEAS FIRST USED AS FOOD FOR HUMANS Earliest Published Record America Was in 1798. in NEAT PACKAGE IS ESSENTIAL Specialists of Department of Agricul ture Give Dlrectionn for Killing, Dresslngand Packing Dry Picking Favored. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) ' Poultry prollts often depend largely on the marketing, and the producer should study demands to learn how. where, and when to dispose of Ills products to the best advantage. It orten pays to dresu the fowl at home for certain markets, the difference- be tween the prices for live and dressed fowl making It worthwhile. Attractive appearance Is of much Importance lu selling poultry; flierc fore, the producer who plans to market his poultry dressed should study the totalis of killing, dressing and packing, In order to prepare the products In iliu best possible manner. Hoquiro incuts for dressing and packing vnrj. somewhat In dlfre-ent markets, and It will pay the producer to learn any special demands of the distributing point to which he Intends shipping. Killing, Dressing, and Packing. The birds should be kept without food from 18 to 2-1 hours before killing, unless they arc to he drawn, special ISts of the United States Department of Agriculture say. In the latter case they should have no feed for at leas. 10 hours before killing. When ready to kill, suspend the fowl by the Icj; nnd, using a knife, cut the vein at the back-of the throat through the mouth. As soon ns this vein Is cut run the point of the knife through the roof of the mouth Into the hrnln, which causes the bird to lose all sense of feeling. The fowl can be paralyzed niso by a blow on the head, Instead of piercing the brain. In most markets dry-picked birds are preferred. Immediately after kill ing, while the bird Is still bleeding, the picker removes the feathers, being careful not to iear the skin. If the picker waits until the bird Is nearly Plant at Present Is Best Known and Extensively Grown Leguminous Crop In Southern States Can Do Grown In North. (Prepaid by the United Stnten Ucpnrt inont of Agriculture.) The cowpen Is undoubtedly a natlvo of Central Afrlcn. A wild plant dif fering little from the cultivated cow pea occurs throughout much of that continent. Hybrids of this wild pi'.nt and the cultivated cowpen are readily obtained. Tho cultivated cowpea con slsts of three main groups the as paragus bean, the catjaug, and th cowpea, each of which represents it group of varieties having much In com mon hut connected through Intermedi ate varieties. The cowpea Is the most Important of the three groups. The large number and great dlversl ty of cultivated varieties throughout Africa and over the southern hair of purchased In Nebraska in the past few years, A "Hotter Citizenship week" to be observed by Nebraska schools It planned by J II. Heverldge, president of I ho Nebraska Stale Teachers' as sociation, for February 28 to March 4. The purpose Is to educate pupils In the Ideals of America, as exemplified by the lives of the great men nnd women of the reentry. The Onuiba-Chlcago division of the air mall service lost one of Its pioneer flyers when Pilot 11. II. Howe, with Pilot W. L. Carroll and Mechanician it, H. Hill, was cremated Wednesday evening In a (lerninn Junker plane, which crashed to earth and burst Into Haines nt La Crosse. Wl The smnllest complete airplane in America made n non-stop flight from Crand Island to Oinnbii, Tuesday. It weighs (inly .'1:15 pound.-, has a wing span of 21 feet ami measures 10 feet from front to rear. It was built by A. H. Fetters and N. (Sreevy of Umalia. Hroken How Is agitating a Hotury club. If organized, n will be tho smallest city In the United States to boast a club. Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the Harbin block, the best structure In Nelson, ciuslng u loss of $.'15,000. The Mnsonk lodge, occupy, lug the upper story, lost Its entire pur apherualla. Following a brief debato-mcmbers of ihi! Nebraska Lumber Dealurs' associa tion at Its sesulou at Omaha, adopted a resolution calling upon labor organ izations to reduce their -wnge senilis as nearly ns possible to the lOlii basis, The Old-Fas. doned Axe-and-Cnopping. Block Method of Killing Poultry for Market Is Rapidly Being Abandoned for the More Scientific Process De scribed in the Accompanying Article. coin, removing the feathers will bo mnre dlfllcult. As soon as picked, the fowls should be hung In a cool place until thoroughly cold. If tho weather Is warm and the fowls are to be parked In ice, they should he placed in a tank of Ice water and left until all the unlmal heat has left the body. When birds are scalded before re moving the feathers, they are Im mersed in water slightly below the boiling point, as soon us they are through bleeding. The birds should bo Immersed three or four times and then picked clean, care being taken not to brenk the skin. He careful not to overscald, ns this will cause the outer surface of the skin to rub off. Then It Is- placed In cold water, whore It should remain for 15 to 20 inluites. If the fowl is to be shipped dry it should be hung up until tlia skin becomes thoroughly dry. Poultry which Is to bo sold direct to the consumer should bo drawn be fore It Is cooled. Poultry which Is sold to the market should not be drawn, as It will keep better not drawn than If drawn. A silt large enough to admit the fingers is made from near the end of the keel bone toward the vent. Then cut carefully uround the vent and pull out the In testines, leaving in nil the other or gans, unless the consumer's require ments are otherwise." Should Be Packed Solidly. When the birds have been thor oughly cooled, they are ready for packing. Packages for drcsed poul try vary, but they should bo neat and small enough to bo .easily handled. Line the Inside of the boxen or bar rels with clean, imprinted paper, and pack tho birds solidly, so they will not shift In the package, hut be care ful not to bruise them. For delivery to retail customers, pasteboard boxes of sufllclent size to hold one or two birds are very attractive. When poul try is to lie pneked in ice, barrels are generally used, packing them with ul ternate layers of ice. A Good Stand ot Cowpciu. Ada and the adjacent Islands as welt as the Mediterranean regloi, of Europe Indicate that tho cowpea Is of ancient cultivation for lfiimnn food. It was early Introduced In tho Spanish settlements In the West Indies mid Was grown In North Carolina In 171-1. probably coming from tho AVor.t In dies. Its culture In Virginia wtts re- i ported about 1775 and no doubt was quite, general In the United States early" In the Nineteenth centur. Without doubt, the cowpen Is tho Phasoolus mentioned by the old Ro man writers. In Italy the Hlackeyo cowpea Is still called by the riiuio name as the kidney bean, nnnuily, "faglolo," which is the Italian equiva lent of Phuseolus. In Fast Africa both the wild and cultivated cowpetis are called "kunde," while In India, where tho catjaug Is more extensively cultivated, the namu "lubln," with many others, Is used. In America tho cowpea was first known as "callN vnnce" and Jaler as "Indjnn pen," "southern pen," "southern Held pen," ami "cornfield pen." The first pub lished record of tho name cowpea was In 1703 and applied apparently to a single variety. The cowpea at present Is the best known and most extensively grown leguminous crop In the Southern stntes, hut It can be grown profitably much farther north. Although It suc ceeds under u greater diversity of climatic, soil, and cultural conditions than most other legumes, the best re sults lire obtained In forage, soli Im provement, and seed production by n thorough understanding of tho re quirements nnd the best varieties of the crop, ICE-HARVEST TIME AT HAND Farmer Should Lay In Amplo Supply for Cooling Milk and for House hold Uses in Summer. Farmers who have not nlready dono so, should prepare to lay by a storo of Ice now for cooling milk nnd for household use next summer. In plnces where nature provides a sulllclently low temperature, the cost of harvest ing and storing Ice Is low When com pared with the saving effected. Ordl nnrlly, it Is snfc to harvest 2 tons of Ice for each cow In tho herd. This will allow for melting nnd leave enough for family heeds. Where cream only Ik sold, about one-third of that quantity of Ice will be needed. Two farmers' bulletins, No. 02.!. Ice Houses .nnd the Use of ice on tho Farm, and No. 1078, Harvesting and Storing Ice on the Farm, may he hud by applying to the Division of Piibll cations, United States Department of Agriculture. ADDS BEAUTY TO FARM HOME Shrubs Hide Foundation Lines Buildings and Screen Many Un sightly Bare Objects. of .Suitable plnntlngs aro necessary to unite the parts of a farmstead Into u plcas'ng, homelike whole. Trees aro used for windbreaks, as frames for the buildings or a hnckgrottml for tlu in, and to give shade. Shrubs are needed In abundance to hide partially the foundation lines of buildings, sup port their corners, give reifsons for turns In drives or walks, and to screen uuRlghtly objects. Native trees and shrubs and those known by trial to thrlvo in tho locality are tho best to use. A SK your local dealer to rcc ommenci a practical dec orator. If you are unable to secure one you can do the work yourself, tinting and stenciling your walls to give beautiful results. Instead ofKalsominc or Wall Paper Buy Alabastine from your local dealer, white and a variety of tints, ready to mix with cold water and apply with a suitable brush! Each package ha the cron and circle printed in red. By inter mixing AlaWtine tint you can accurately match draperies and iugi and obtain individual treatment of eacli room. Ml IN ONI MINUTI vrrM IHt ONLY TOOl M'tlB TO MTIY Write or special suggestion) and latest color combinations ALABASTINE COMPANY 1(47 CruMII. At. Cr..4 RipMt, Midi. Semi -Solid Look at This Price! Per Lb. FOR Buttermill Trade Maik Res. U. S. Patent Office DIRECT FROM FACTORY TO FARMER, putting Brokers' and Middlemen's profits in Con sumers' pockets. Nest Hon and Poultry Feed on (he market. It puts the PEP In them nnd keeps them hcilthr. Vrlcea down to 3c twr'.b. In 100 lb. barrel: i(c In halt tmr's'.s; 45c in iivmrtcr barrel. K.O. H. factory. Get Free Sample and booklet dt-sctiblaK this Wonderful Feed. Consolidated Products Co. DEPT. 20, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA "The only thing for plus. Makes them prow llku weeds." K. T. M'.K1LL11 Beaver Crossing. Nebr. "It's the best stuff I ever fed." P. SKIVERS. Iowa. "A great chicken feed and eaa maker," - T.jn.irrKLL.Wilber,Nebr. 'The piss sure Ilk n it thine for shout I have found." E. VAN HORN. Ourr. Nebr. SCENERY BIG PART OF" PLAY ADVERTISING IN OLDEN DAYS Modern Theatrical Productions Evl. dently Depend a Great Deal on the Stage Settlnfjs. "Tlio HcKKitr'n Oiiuru" Is now liolnu prcsuntod In Now York with tlio com- puny that wus Kiithorod for the Lun don rpviviil. nnd HettltmH which nltm crossed the ocoan. It wiih not t'nt It wiim clioiipcr to hrltiK tho secnory ovor, hut simply ImciitiHu It would have hoot! ImposKlhto to dupllciitr tho nrlKlunl sots without iIoIiik ii rcnt don I of i'lnlili'1'nth century rosenreh work that would men n koIdi; ovor the Biimc Kinitml that hnd hoen carefully covered by tho London designer. The situation Is hardly ti pnrnllel to thnt of "Her Own Way," tho Clyde Fitch con!od.v which could not he pluycd foreveral days after the date set for the London opening Iicciiuhc tlio scenery had heen put on u stonm er other than that tnken liy the com pany. Pitch had written tills piny with Intricate though unobtrusive scen ic elToclfl constantly In thought. Tho result was that, broadly speaking, tho special scenery for this play actually did some of the acting. Should Have Thought of That. "When you married me you vowed that you would anticipate my every wish." "Yes, but you know anticipations aren't nlwnys realized." Collection In Pennsylvania Museum Shows It Was a Fine Art a Few Generations Ago. Advertising was u Hue art In Phila delphia when Dock street wits a cannl. The proof that the merchants and business men of those daya were cog nizant of the value of prluter'H ink Is n large collection of billheads, cards, newspapers and other advertising media that lias Just been pilrchuxed liy tho Peiinsylvnnln museum for dis play In Memoilal hall. In thoKc daya every business man of note used tlio columns of the news papers. The ft out pages of the dallies of tlio tlmo were devoted largely to advertising mutter. Virtually nil of tho business men also used elaborately decorated bill heads, generally copper plato engrav ings. The custom was copied from Hngland, although the Philadelphia printers often struck an original style Philadelphia Public Ledger. And Find It Jones "Brooks Is most persistent In looking for trouble." . Bones "Yes, that fellow will look for trouble where It hns never been lost." Curtoons Mnguzlne. How we nil do love to crush vanity; nnd there Is n vanity In thnt. IF There s Any Question whether coffee causes sleepless nights follow ed by drowsy days change to IflSIMTflOSTUM This table drink is pure and wholesome.has a flavor that pleases , arid is made instantly in the cup., "You can make Instant Postum strong or mild to suit individual taste, there is no waste, and whether you need one cup or ten it's always ready. "There s a Reason," lor Postum I"lade "by Postum Cereal Compazine. Battle Creek, Michigan.