Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1921)
I NORTIT PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. HEBHASKAJN BRIEF Timely News! Culled From All Parts of tho State, Reduced for the Busy. i i SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED Ord Is making preparations to hold a style show. Tho Hebron Are department Is or ganizing a brass band. Nebraska ranks third In per capita ownership of automobiles. Omaha police recently arrested 50 1 nutonioblle speeders In one day. Morgan Krebs of Kcotlu suicided by shooting himself with a shotnm. , Tho Ord Retail Healers' association ,ha& designated April 13 as Uurguin day. The Coumbus tire department will :hold its second annual fair April 0 to 0. The new $1)0,000 public school build' ling at Blue Springs was dedicated last Veek. Tlie state Federation of Women's -Clubs will meet In Oinnlui April ia and 14. James S. Kwnrt, a prominent gralh man of Lincoln, Is dead from a stroke of apoplexy. A lodge of the Brotherhood of Americnn Yoeincn has been organized at Superior with a charter member ship of 75. The census shows there are sixteen persons to every squnre mile of terri tory In Nebraska. Tomndlc winds last week caused considerable damage to a number of towns over the state. The state legislature Is making jiluns to 'finish up Its work and ad journ about April 15. Itev. Charles Snvidge, the Omaha "Marrying Parson," has just perform ed his 5,000th ceremony. Eighty converts were baptized In the river nt Taylor as the result of ! the revival meetings just closed by congregational church' there. ! The nineteenth child lias Just been born to Mr. and Airs. George Kncjnpcr, j living on n farm near Salem. Farmers In the Dlx'ton neighbor- j hood have about finished plowing and nuieh grain has been planted. Dean J. A. Tancoek, former pastor of Trinity cathedral at Omaha, Is now pastor of a church nt San Franslsco. Odd Fellows of the state will cele brate at Omaha April 30, the 102d an niversary of the founding of tlint or der. Eggs hnve dropped "t Callaway from IV cents to 11 cents per dozen, and local dealers expect thepi to go lower. lluvcnnn is having a siege of scar let fever, threj! or four cases having been' reported-and quarantined- within tlie past week. Tho body of C. Ruben, an Omaha ! grocer, was found lying in a pool of blood In the rear of his store, with , his throat slashed. On account of the difference In price of 4 to 8 cents In fnvor of Callaway, a large amount of wheat and corn is being hauled to that point from other towns. At the Northwestern Nebraska Bas- ketball tournament at Chndron, at which sixteen counties were repre sented, Alliance won first plnce, Chnd ron second nml Long Pine third. Tlie Rev. Louis E. Humphrey, for the pnst three years pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Litchfield, has resigned to tnke up work in the presbytery of Boulder, in Colorado. A petition with 225 signatures nsk- Ing that the Sunday movie question be put on the ballot at the spring elee- tlon lias ncen Hied witli tlie city elerit of Hastings. A federal road gang Is raising the grade at Turtle Creek on the Loup Valley highway. The state bridge which was put In last fall can now be used. Ans'ley is to' have an open air pic - turo show this summer. Hoy Patter- son, former owner of tlie Sun the - liter, which burned to the ground, will be the propioter. Test, borings to determine tlie nu- ture of tho soil structure for the new Nebraska supitol havebeen made at the four corners of the proposed build- ing, to a depth of over 100 feet. Following the discovery of 85 couu - terfelf dollars In a purl; nt 'Omnha, secret service operatives and polico are endeavoring to find n hand of counterfeiters believed tx be operating In Hint city. Franklin academy students recently netted over $100 at a circus, the .pro ceeds being turned over to the city .schools. The Danish societies of Mlnden cel ebrated the admission of fifty new members with a banquet at which over 400 were seated. Tho annual encampment of tlie State O. A. It. nnd Its allied organiza tions and auxiliaries, will be held at Hastings May '211, 24 and 25. An Incubntor lamp started a fire which totally destroyed the farm home, of F. W. McDuffec near "Blgsprlng. But little of the contents was saved. Superintendent J. H. Armstrong of the Wayne public schools has tender ed his resignation to take effect at the close of the present school year. The Handolph Community club lias taken over the management of the lo cal band, will hire a competent Instruc tor, nnd expects to have shortly one of the best musical organizations in north eastern Nebraska. Leon Clnrk of the McCook Equity Creamery department lind a narrow escape f.'om dentil when lie used a gal lon of gasoline to start a f.ro thinking It was lubricating oil. Ho was badly burned on the hands and body. Tccnmsrh will mnke efforts to se cure a part or nil of Us water supply from artesian wells, Joseph lllrscli, a fanner living near llnvcnnn, dropped dead on his front porch. lie had been In apparent good health. The 50th anniversary of the arrival of the Soldiers' Free Homestead col ony nt (5ll)l)on will be celebrated April 7. The district convention of the I. O. O. V held at David City last week, was one of the most successful held In recent years, The ninth annual spring meeting of Nebraska live stock feeders will be held at the College of Agriculture, tit Lincoln, April 15. While watching for a street car, Helen Karr, a lii-yoar-nld Omaha girl, had two braids of hair clipped from her head by some miscreant. The Hloomfleld band which has been disorganized for several seasons, Is to be again brought to life, with a membership of about twenty pieces. Eleven of the corps of slxteon teach ers In the West Point city schools have declined the appointment. The pre- vn 1 ntr ow sn nr es s ininiireiit v t ho muse Hundreds of dollars' worth of feed was destroyed when the barn on the Calvin Duncan farm, near Wymore. was struck by lightning and totally destroyed. Farmers of Cheyenne county own !M0 gas tractors, according to , statistics compiled by the county agent. This is thought to he tho largest number per capita In the state. According to figures Just made pub lic by the State Department of Trade, bank deposits In the state have fallen off over .fi:i,(K)0,0(K) in the four months ending February li,". Two-thirds of I he herd - of Short horns on the Ilowmnn ranch near Bea trice, have been found to be tubercular, as result of an Ini ostlgntlon conducted by a local veterinarian. At a special meeting of the board of directors of the South Omaha Stock YntiS William J. Coad was elected a director to fill out the unexpired term of the late Frank T. Hansom. Gus Hyers, statu sheriff, has offered a reward of $ti00 for Information lend- ing to the arrest of F. II. Claridge, missing president of the defunct Bank- Ing House of f'astetter of Blair IMatte county Is now equipped tiu do its own road building, through tho purchase of one of the big grading outfits operated by the state depart ment of public works Inst year. Automobile thieves, who hud stolen a machine from George Hoover of Elk- horn, finally abandoned It near Fre mont, nfter stripping it of everything but the engine, body and wheels. John O. Yeiser, Jr., US, Nebraska's youngest legislator, was married In Council Bluffs last week to Miss Ger trude A. Sturm, ii2, daughter of Sena tor and Mrs. A. F. Sturm of Nehnwka. Stock 'to the extent of $100,000 will be subscribed by Oninha Jews for the purpose of establishing an Omaha colony In the heart of Palestine, under 'the direction of tlie Zinn common- wealth. The Hev. Charles Knight Wheeler of "Jacksonville, Ala., has taken ehnrge of the pastorate of St. Andrew's Epis copal church at Scottsbluff, which has been without a rector since last De cember. There are nearly 1,000 colonies of , bees in Douglas county, according to H. C. Cook, president of the Douglas County Honey Producers' association, and the number is constantly on tho Increase. The Increase In parcel post business nt Wyniore hns necessitated the em ployment of an additional carrier for olty delivery, and whose work will bo confined entirely to tlie delivery of parcel post packages. The fourteenth annual encampment of the United Spanish War veterans, department of Nebraska, will convene at Lincoln, on .lime 12, 111 and 14. This encampment will be a reunion of all Spanish war veterans. Two lives and approximately a quar ter of a million dollars' damage wai 1 tlie loss in 20H fires in Nebraska dur- g December and January, according 1 to tlie current bulletin of State Firu Marshall C. 11. Hartford. The Chndron Hotary club Is plan- ning to send a bridal couple to tlie In- ternational Hotury meet nt Edinburgh, i Scotland, this summer If couples with matrimonial Intentions will take mem- bets Into their confidence. 1 Nebraska has -127 different varieties I of birds, Texas and Cullfornla alone ! having more, according to lr. Solon Towne of tlie Oniiilia Audobon socl-1 el . .Most birds from tlie north pass through tills state on their way south. The district convention of tlie state Kiwanls clubs will be held In Onjaha April 14. Nine year old Harold Sterenberg of Fremont died from the effects of swal lowing some concentrated lye that ho mistook for "something good to drink." Miss Opal Malmes of Armour was burned severely about the face and hands when a can of stove polish ex ploded wlille using It on a warm stove. Senttsbluff city council has decided to buy four lots a half mile from tho center of the business district for cuniplng ground for nutonioblle tour ists. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Norman of Wau- snu celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary recently. Over u hundred guests were present. E. D. Hoot of Blgsprlng, new Justice of the peace, who has barely passed his majority, is thought to be tho youngest man In the state holding tills office. Deputy Sheriff Tolles Wlntersteen of Fremont narrowly t-scaped death when he sunk In quicksand to his arm pits in tlie Platte river, while search- Ing the river hnnks and Islands for Il licit wh'.iky stills. He was rescued by companions. POOR INCUBATOR BAD INVESTMENT Advisable to Buy Machine Used With Best Success in im mediate Neighborhood. DETERMINE SIZE BY NEEDS Special Cellar or Incubator House Should Be Provided If Equip ment Is Extensive Import ant to Keep Air Fresh. (Prepared by the United States Department- of Agriculture.) After the poultrymun has made up his mind to buy an Incubator, he is' confronted with the question of makes and sizes. As a general rule, a cheap machine Is a poor Investment, requlr ing more uueuuuii man u guuu uuc mm wearing out quicker besides being lcus dependable. The value of the machine i wnall compared with that of the oggs used (luring the normal life of an Incubator. It Is poor economy, there fore, to btiy a machine which Is not re liable. Whenever possible It Is well to select the kind of Incubator that has given satisfaction In your neigh borhood, so that you may get the bene (It of the experience of other operators near by. Varies With Needs. The best size of Incubator to buy varies with numerous circumstances, say poultry specialists of tho United States Department of Agriculture About ns much time Is required to care for a 00 as for a !IG0-egg nm chine; It Is usunlly advisable to get one of at least 150-egg capacity. Spe cial conditions, though, often exist which uiake smaller machines valu able. A small machine Is often used in connection with a larger one, nil- eggs hplng placed in tlie large machine afte the first or second test. Many poultry men believe that It pays to have an In-i cubator large enough to hutch the bull of their stock In two or three hatches, so that much' time Is saVed in tending" to the Incubators and brooders. In addition the chickens are more unl form In size than those hatched when the Incubating period extends over a longer time A fair estimate for a poultry farm I an Incubator of one-egg capacity per hen, provided that about one-hnlf of the Hook Is to he renewed yearly am no outside hatching Is carried on. The larger machines cost less in proportion to their capacity than tho smaller ones Good Results In Cellars, Incubators ure operated In a great variety of places with success. Where only a few small machines are used they are usunlly located In a room or the cellar of tlie house. A special ce lar or Incubator house should be pro vided If the Incubator equipment Is extensive or If mummcth machines arc Given Intelligent Care Good Incubators Will Turn Out a Successful Hatch. used. It is Important to have a well- ventllated room not subject to wide variations In temperature. If built above ground the walls should be 'dou ble and the entire building well In sulated. Good results in hutching ure secured In Incubator cellars and in incubator rooms entirely above ground level, hut tlie cellar Is more commonly used. In cubators may be opernted in buildings with single walls, especially In regions which have a mild climate, but a well iiisuluted room Is preferable. The Incubator room or cellar should be large enough to nllow this attend ant to work around tlie machines con veniently. Many Incubntor cellars are provided witli some system of ventila tion in addition to the windows. This Is not nlwnys necessnry, however. The chief point Is to keep tlie air in the room fresh. Muslin screens on the wuidows provide good ventilation with out draft and at the same time keep the sun from shining on the machines. Many Incubator cellars have cement floors, which are easier than dirt floors to keep clcun nnd neat. HIGHEST PRICES FOR DUCKS Market Usually Remains Unchanged From July Until September Best Market In May. Prices for green ducks (young mar ket stock) usually remain unchnnged from July to September. The best prices ure realized, about May. From then until July the prices gradually decline until they pick up for the hol iday trade. BIRDS AID GREATLY IN WAR ON INSECTS Of 27 Species Examined 25 Were Grasshoper Eaters. Farmer Should Form Defensive Alli ance with Aerial Cavalry to Obtain Necessary Protection Against Enemies. (Prepared by the United States Depnrt- nient of Agriculture.) Special Investigations to find how far the various bird species aid man kind In his perpetual war on Insect enemies are being carried on by tho bureau of biological survey, United Slates Department of Agriculture. In the western states tho grasshopper is particularly troublesome, so far as the farmer and the ranch owner ure concerned. Specialists found tlint of 27 species of birds examined i!5 wero grasshopper eaters. In 10 of the spe cies all of the Individuals collected had given grasshoppers place on telr menu. Tlie birds having the best rec ords were the lark sparrows, mend'ow- larks. Franklin gulls, Arkansas king bird, crow blackbird, and the com mon kingbird. Probably there arq not birds enough In the country to clunn up a full- Meadowlark. strength invasion of grasshoppers such as the western farmers havo come to dread, It Is said, but tho birds assist materially In the efforts made by man to control the pest. Specialists say that poisoning-campaigns are among the best weapons used against the grasshopper. From time to time reports are sent In, sny Ing that many birds have fallen vic tim to the poisoned mixtures placed for tlie Insects. Such charges were associated with the gypsy-moth spray ing campaign in New England nnd with the laying of poisoned mashes for cut worms nnd other Insects. Care ful observation, made by experts, shows that the bird losses from such causes are Inslgnlflcnnt. Some birds, It Is said, are not harmed at all by tho presence of poison placed for Insects or vermin; the quail In California were not harmed by the halts that were set out to kill ground squirrels tbough tlie campaign was a general one nnd was conducted with much in tensity. In the Dakotas a few birds succumbed to the arsenic mashes placed for grasshoppers, but the num ber killed was so slight as to be of no consequence. It Is said. By killing stray cats and chasing off unserupuoluB hunters tho farmer can become a party to a sort of, de fensive nlllnnco with his birds, so that when his crops need protection ngalnst Insect enemies he will have n squadron of aerial cavalry to help him repulse the raid, specialists say. SEED-TESTING PLEASES BOY Work Is Admirably Adapted for School Room Equipment Necessary Is Inexpensive. In order to prevent Jack from be coming a dull boy as n result of all work and no piny, many hours can he spent profitably In the schoolroom by forgetting books nnd lessons for a time and testing seeds. Seed testing Is a diversion that is as pructlcul as It Is enjoyablo. It is admirably adapted for exercise work In every schoolroom whether or not n system- utlc course In ngrlculture Is given. Lit tle equipment is necessary. A study of samples of farm seed to be sown by tlie pupils' parents, to determine the percentage of germination and tho extent of Impurities in the seed, offers a means of connecting the school witli the home with benefits to both. Im purity tests can be made by an exam ination with a magnifying glass. Tho only apparatus necessary for germina tion tests of small seed consists of two plntes, and a piece of blotting paper. Write to tlie United States Department of Agriculture for Farm ers' Bulletin 428, "Testing Fnrm Seeds In the Home nnd In the Hural School." It gives complete directions. SALT IMPROVES COWPEA HAY Enhances Palatablllty and Where Crop Is Not Entirely Cured Prevents Fermentation. The use of salt has been recom mended by many successful growers In the mowing of cowpen hny. Al though not essential, undoubtedly the ,hny Is improved In palatablllty, and It may. In the case of hoy not entirely cured, assist In preventing fermenta tion. About eight quarts of salt aro used to one taa of hay. DAIRY ACTS BUTTER FROM SWEET CREAM Because of Its Better Keeping Qual ities Larger Use of It Is Urged by Dairy Division. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The dnlry division, United Stntes Department of Agriculture, advises n larger use of sweet cream butter, be cause of Its better keeping quality. The United States navy Is n largo consumer of this kind of butler, mndo according to the navy specifications from unrlpened or sweet cream, In stead of from the cream ripened to sourness, of which most creamery but ter Is made. For several years past It has been the practice of the Navy department to contract for butter made of sweet crenm In largo amounts to supply the ofllcers and sailors. This butter Is packed under tho supervision of the dniry division of the United States Department of Agriculture. During the wnr, tho personnel of the navy being enlarged, a much greater quantity of butter win needed. The principal reason the navy de- slies sweety cream butter is that It keeps better. As tho larger part of the butter supply is made during tho summer months, It Is necessary to put some of It In cold storage In order to have enough for winter, and in the course of time It develops various more or less undesirable flavors, due to long storage. Butter made from sweet cream , does not develop such flavors for a much longer time, If at all. Many months after It hns been inude It is equal to fresh butter, pro vided It has been kept under proper Inspecting Butter. conditions; hence sweet cream butter la especially suitable for shipping to distant countries, nnd for long voyages. Sweet crenm butter is gradually coming into wider favor In tho domes tic market, tlie Department of Agri culture' says, because some consumers prefer it. It has not so pronounced a llavor as ordinary butter, but It lias n mild crenmy flavor. WASHING AND RINSING CANS Much of Deterioration of Milk Supply lo Due to Contamination in Big Receptacles. Much milk that Is good when It' leaves the stable Is poor milk when It. readies the city dairy plant. The deterioration Is due to contamination In the cans. In almost all cases the city dairy plants wash und sterlllzo the cans that they return to tho fnrm ers. The fnrmcrs, nssumlng that tho cans are clean, fill them and return without further attention. As a mnt- ter of fact, the washing Is usunlly well done In u city milk plnnt. After the sterilizing with live steam, however, the cans are capped almost Immediate ly and almost always there Is some moisture left In the can. Tho bacteria are never all killed and In thljt mois ture they multiply Immensely and by the time the cans are used again there are enough bncterla In them to seed the milk to tho extent of ninny thou sands of bncterla per cubic centimeter. PROPER CARE OF YOUNG CALF May Be Permitted to Graze With Other Cattle on Pasture, but Feed Grain Separately. The calf may graze with other cat tle on pasture, but should lie fed grain separately. A bull calf should be sepa rated from the heifers when about three or four months old. He should he kept with other bull calves or older cattlo for company except nt feeding time. The calf should then huve u sopurnte stnll or pen. DEHORNING IS RECOMMENDED i,. Operation Results In Quieter Cows and More Milk Best Plan Is to Prevent Them. Dehorning results in quieter cows nnd more milk,, but horns ure better prevented than removed, It Is more humnue to apply n little caustic to the culf than to dehorn u mature unlmnl. KILL RATS TODAY By Using the Cenulns STEARNS' i ELECTRIC PASTE The nnimea "killer" rlUw.Mlejjfrojliej. AnU i and WaterboM the Bivateit know carrier StearnV Hlectrlo l'aate foroei tbe peeta to run from the bonding for water and treh alr. IUCADY FOll UHK-11KTTBB TI1ANTRAF8 IMrectlona In 1& laneoaiieytn oyerjrbox. TmSlii,KoandlUO. Bnoogh to kill W to iOO rstt. JO, 8. GoTcmraent buys IU Anticipation Is more fun than reall tntlon sometimes. WOMEN! USE "DIAMOND DYES" Dye Old Skirts, Dresses, Waist, Coats, Stockings, Draperies Everything. Each package of "Diamond Dye" contains easy directions for dyeing any article of wool, silk, cotton, linen, or mixed goods. Beware I Poor dye streuks, spots, fades, and ruins mate rial by giving It n "dyed-look." Buy "Dlnmond Dyes" only. Druggist has Color Card. Adv. Lies often tread on the toes of the unshod truth. No. ugly, grimy streaks on the. clothes when Bed Cross Ball Blue 19 used. Good bluing gets good results. All grocers carry It Be. No Pep. "(Jalahnd was the perfect knight." "What a frost he'd be among glrla today." Louisville Courler-.Iournnl. GENUINE BULL DURHAM tobacco makes 50 good cigarettes for Ciiticura Soap -IS IDEAL- For the Hands Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50c, Talcum 2oc. Vaseline Reg u s.Pat orr Carbolated An antiseptic dressing for cuta sores, etc. A necessity where there are children. At)rosuBsrrrruTES CUES EKBCTE JGH MFG. COL (COHSOUOfcTI 0) Stata Street New Yorts 1 C579 mpT in New York City alone from kid ney trouble last year. Don't allow yourself to become a victim by neglecting patn3 and aches. Guard against this trouble by taking COLD MEDAL The world's standard remedy for kidney, liver, bladder and uric, add troubles. Holland's National Remedy olnco 1696. All druggists, tbreo sizes. Look for tho mm Gold Medftl on erery bos nil accept no imitation PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM RcmoYi-aPuiarulI-StoixnilrFilUot Rettore Color and Deautr to Cray and Faded Habi cue. ana liwu iTDtririlu. niwm Chrrn. WkiLl'ittfhocnJ.W.T, HINDERCORNS nrnnoree Own, Oil- louiei. eta., ntor all rain, ensures eumlott to Iba UeU nittt walktnir eaur, Uu. tr nail or at Drue elite. UIkox Cbeiuleal Worke, 1'atclwirua.H. Y. Watson IS. Ooiamaa. Patent lawyer. Wanblniilon !).). Adilrnand book f roo BaUireaionablo nisbealreterenees UMtaerrlce Ml Lm ll I ft l-l." lt. il tt. Dr. C. M. Brrf llll LIU Ukn r., 27 MtekitM Avui, CMgaal V 1
