The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, April 08, 1921, Image 7

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NORTIT PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
HEBHASKAJN BRIEF
Timely News! Culled From All
Parts of tho State, Reduced
for the Busy.
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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
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