Nebraska Newspapers

    NOItTTI PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Goring merchants will have Satur
day bargain days during the summer.
The State Dental society will hold
Its annual meeting at Omaha May 10
to 10.
A large pelican was captured by
James Flnnecy, a farmer ueur Strums
burg. Beatrice is putting on a drive for
increased membership In the Chamber
of Commerce.
The state tire inspector has con
demned as unsafe, several old build
ings at Callaway.
Younger members of the Christian
church at Brock have organized au
Endeavor society.
Calloway Is now without night" po
lice protection, Marshal Stelger hav
ing moved onto his farm.
A knitting factory is being estab
lished at Deshlcr. Most of the ma
chinery is already In place,
Ex-Governor Keith Neville has been
appointed receiver of the Skinner
Packing Company at Omaha.
Stockmen will ship 1,400 head of
cattle from New Mexico for pasteur
ngo at Merrjam this Bummer.
Truman W. Bass of Broken Bow
has been nominated for register of the
land ofllce located In that city.
Ex-Governor Keith Neville of North
Platte has been appointed receiver for
the Skinner Backing Company at
Omaha. '
While sawing logs In the woods near
Tecumsch, P. H. Battels found 10
wolves, but a few days old, in a hol
low log.
West Point is considering the call of
n special election to vote bonds for the
erection of a municipal light and pow
er plant
A boys' home to care for youths be
tween five and llfteen years of age,
has been opened by the Masonic order
ut Omaha. x
A unliin revival which has been con
ducted for the last four weeks at Wy
more, resulted In about seventy-Ave
conversions.
The anti-alien law, prohibiting all
aliens from acquiring or holding title
to land. in this stnte, has been signed
by the governor.
Six horses, several calves, a lot of
oats, corn and hay, several wagons and
harness were destroyed In a fire on the
Brozarth farm near Deshler.
Students of Nebraska City grade
schools held an athletic carnival, pre
senting a program of drills, folk
dances and various exercises.
West Point Is just completing "n
combined high school building and
community house, which will cost,
wlien furnished, more than $250,000.
Governor McKclvIe vetoed the bill
which would have created a board of
three censors with urbltrary power
over the moving pictures of the state,
In a single day during n recent
search revenue oiucers located and
took In chnrge, eleven stills between
the towns of Julesburg und Sedgwick.
Cream prices In north Nebraska
took a sensational drop last week,
falling from' 42 cents to 80 and 3.'!
cents. This -as due to heavy produc
tion.
A state hoard of mediation will bo
appointed to hear disputes, between
labor and capital before the antl-
plcketlng law becomes effective in 00
days.
Robbers forced open a window and
secured nbout $11 fnjm the money
drawer of the Burlington station at
Superior, while the agent was gone to
lunch.
Fern Harmony, 14, living near Am
herst, suffered the loss of an nbund
nnt growth of hair, when some one en
tered her bed room and cut It off while
she slept.
Emery Calhoun, nineteen years old,
was drowned In Seymour lake at
Ralston when a boat In which he nnd
three companions were, tilled with wa
ter nnd sank.
Francis Swanson, a 5 year old
Nnponee lad, was Instantly killed
when a shotgun which an older
brother was handling, was accidental
ly discharged.
Mrs. Minn Schmidt of Blair was se
verely Injured by falling from a chair
while hanging curtains. She was
found lying unconscious on the floor
an hour after she had fallen.
Elijah Smith, 71 years old, dropped
dead in n business house at Bloomfleld
last week, supposedly from heart
trouble.
The steel work on the steel bridge
erected over the Platte river at Cen
tral City, Is progressing rapidly. Fifty
men are employed and It Is estimated
that the bridge will be completed early
this fall.
Governor McKelvlo has appointed
W. H. .Osborne as tax commissioner
under th8 now law passed by the leg
islature. The appointment went im
mediately to the senate for concur
rence and was afllrmed.
Fire resulting from explosion of a
gasoline engine, caused the loss of
the elegant farm home of Joseph
Umland, near Stella.
n. M. Grimes, 08, for 25 years Judge
of the Tlilrteenth Judicial district, Is
dead, following a stroke of paralysis
uffercd while eating breakfast, from
which he did not, regain consciousness.
P. H. Hebbard, for over thirty years
an employe of the State Journal at
Lincoln, was thrown from a bicycle
when struck by an owl street car one
morning last week, and received in
juries from which he died a few hours
later.
Cozad's now street lighting system
has Just been completed and now th
town boasts of having the best' street
lights of any town its size In- the
state.
Mrs. Ben F. Robinson has been
placed in chnrge of the high school at
Chappel to fill the unexpired term of
Superintendent Frank L. Smith, re
signed. All farmers' selling and buying or
ganizations In Nebraska will Join Into
one mammoth organization, It was de
cided nt a recent meeting of director
ates of these bodies.
A spectacular lire nt Sidney destroy,
ed tho Buckner and Dunlnvy gnrngo
containing 23 uulomoblles nnd trucks.
The loss Is estlmnted at $80,000, cov
ered by $35,000 Insurance,
The Ladles' Glee club of Dnnne col
lege at Crete, composed of sixty-six
girls under tho direction of Prof. Allcr,
nre making a tour of the statu and
meeting with unbounded success.
The Madison county fair association
has secured the services of u land
scape gardener In mnklng tfie grounds
more beautiful and from year to year
further Improvements will be mnde.
Property loss to the amount of
many thousands of dollars wns cnusqd
by a tornado which visited the south
ern, part of the stnto Sundny, A Inrgo
number of cattle and hogs were killed.
JusUlt Lilly, who wns a member of
the national convention nt Chicago
that nominated Abrnhnm Lincoln for
president In 1SC0, Is dead nt his homo
in I'inttsmouth. Ho wns 81 years old.
Thieves entered the A. II. Mnrms
Mercantile store at Hooper and pack
ed off silk hose, waists and silk goods,
tobaccos, men's clothing and other ar
ticles, estimated to the value of over
$2,000.
Theodore Anderson nnd his sister
Ruth, of Omaha, are dead as there
suit of being thrown from a motor
cycle when they rnn Into n curbing la
order to nvold collision with nn uuto
mohlle. A two-headed calf, which lived for
five days, was born on the John Schar
rel farm nenr Lodgepole. The ani
mal's death was believed duo to tho
inability of the rail body to support
the double head.
The state senate granted Lieuten
ant Governor Barrows, presiding of
ficer of that body, n leave of absence
to go to Los Angeles, where he lias a
group of reception dntes as commander-in-chief
of the Sons of Veterans.
Yeggs blew open the safe In tho
postonice at Plnttsmouth, und ac
cording to the postmns"ter, R. M. Ho
bnn, obtained loot estimated at be
tween $4,000 nnd $5,000. The loot In
eluded wnr saving stamps and money.
E. L. King, GO, former state legisla
tor, county uttorney nnd one of tho
most prominent men In Polk county,
dend nt his home In Osceola fol
lowing a stroke of apoplexy. He lived
but ten minutes after being stricken.
The boys' nnd girls' club ugeiit of
Fillmore county reports nineteen or
ganized clubs with a totnl enrollment
of 180 boys und girls. The' clubs con
sist of fourteen poultry, three pigs,
two gardens and one cooking and bak
ing club.
Fire caused by defective electric
light wires becoming crossed In it high
wind, caused $40,000 damages to tho
Illinois Central bridge over the Mis
souri river nt East Omaha. The struc
ture Is said to be tho largest of tho
kind In the world.
-Harry W. Scott, county clerk of
Pawnee county, paid $102.50 bounties
for wolves one day last week at his
ofllce at Pawnee City. A. N. Aylor of
Table Rook received $54 for the scalps
of some baby coyotes he captured a
few. days previous.
When Arthur Woodmnn, a farmer
living near Alexandria, attempted to
pour some liniment on a horse's leg,
the animal kicked, breaking the bottle
in Mr. Woodman's hand, throwing the
liquid Into his eyes. It Is fenred that
he will lose his sight.
(Tho explosion of six tons of dyna
mite set off In a rock quarry of the
Nebraska Cement Co., near Superior,
caused a shock that was felt In that
place, four miles nwuy. It required
12,500 pounds of dynamite to bring
down the hill of rock.
Oakland lays claims to the largest
and most beautiful pnrk In northeast
ern Nebraska. It consists of flftv nrwa
of natural woodland along Logan
crceic, und Is located on the Corn
huskcr highway and within four
blocks of the Washington highway.
Nebraska still has good tfrult pros
pects, despite the hard freeze of two
weeks ago, according to R. F. How
ard, horticulturist at the stnte farm,"
Earlv annles were badlv datnriL'ei!. li
says, and cherries hurt some, but tho
prospect Is still better Man It has been
tor two years.
The Chuvenne district court Ih in
session nt Sidney with the longest
docket in Its history. There are
eighteen divorce cases.
The Great Western Suirnr pninnnnv.
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operating fnctorles at flvo Nebraska
points, an except one in scotts itiulr
count v. runorts (1.1.000 arret nf 1uitn
contracted for now, as against 74,000
at the corresponding date last year.
An unidentified bodv. horrlhlv innn.
gled, was found on tho U. P. tracks
near Ames, witu me nenn crusnou, one
leg nearly severed from the body, nnd
practically every bone broken. It la
supposed he hnd fallen from u train.
Fire starting from a heated Journal
destroyed tho Lelch llonrliii' mill, with
a loss estimated at $25,000.. The lire
department at iioweiis ana (Jlarknon
were summoned, but arrived too late
to be of much assistance.
A speclnl summer school for dis
abled soldiers oncned at tht imlver.
slty school of ngrlculturo April 18 and
will continue until September 10. Thlr-
ty-ono men have registered for the lire
months' trnliilnc. Clnssen nro rnn.
ducted In stock Judging and breeds,
feeding, woodwork, forge work, crops,
dairying, poultry raising, arithmetic,
LESSEN LOSS IN
PRODUCING PORK
University of Illinois Gives Ex
pert Advice on Care of
Sows and Litters.
TIMELY REMEDIES OUTLINED
Ten Times as Many Plo Lost In First
' Two Months After Farrowing
Than From Cholera Good
Management Eosentlal.
Uy J. 1. IUCE.)
While we usually (lgure the profits
and losses In raising hogs from the
time of weaning to marketing, there
Is a chance to make some difference
In the cost df production up to the
time the pigs nre taken from the sow.
Cholera causes a greater financial
loss than any other disease, but nbout
ten times as many pigs are lost In tho
first two months after furrowing than
nre lost from cholera. Hog cholera
gets Into tho herd when ench pig rep
resents a larger investment than Is the
ense with the suckling pig.
It may bo fair to asic the question
what Is n fair-sized litter for a sow to
wenn? I have heard of men who
weaned on the average eight or nine
pigs per sow. We hnvo nil, no doubt,
lienrdof such cases. Theso stories
usually arc not told In a "nonbrng
glng" way. That Is why we hear of
such records. The man who raises
three pigs per sow seldom remembers
much ubout the record or very firmly
establishes the fuct In the minds of
Ids neighbors. The normal farrow of
a sow Is seven to nine pigs. About 10
per cent of these either are dead
when they come or dlo during tho first
24 hours. Then, due to various causies
during the first week or ten days, ns
many more" die or are killed ; and by
the time the pigs nre two months old,
you mny say that you have done as
well as "common" If you hnve an aver
age of live pigs to, wean from the
sow.
This leak In pork production ns told
by 102 fnrmers. In 1018 In oucstlon-
Sow and Pigs on Rape.
nalres sent to them, Is shown below. A
few suggestions are given on how It
may be stopped.
The Loss Before Weaning and How to
Stop It. x
Overlaid by Sows 29.13.
1. Do nut have tho sows too fat.
2. Provide tho pen with a good guard
rail.
3. Ilemovo pigs from nervous sow na
furrowed. Return when sow has fin
ished farrowing and qulotcd down.
4. Have as little nolue and commotion
about the pen as possible for the first
few days.
6. Qlve tho sow and Utter a little care
and attention during the first weok,
6. Do not use large quantities orbed
ding. Farrowed Weak or Dead 22.34.
1. Have the sow gaining In flesh at
breeding time.
"During the gestation period:
2. Feed the sow a good ration.
3. Keep her In good physical condition.
4. Give her plenty of exercise; make
her go some distance for her feed each
day. v
Chllled-16.88.
1. Be present at farrowing tlmn to
warm the chilled pigs.
2. Keep the beds dry and free from
drafts.
Eaten by Sows 4.69.
1. Feed a balanced ration during the
gestation period and while the sow Is
suckling the litter. Too much corn is
often fed.
2. Sell those sows that have the habit
of eatlng their pigs.
Aborted 4.66.
1. Keep "piggy" sows from other
classes of live stock.
2. Do not allow sows heavy in pig to
go over obstructions or very rough
ground.
3. If contagious abortion, sell the sows.
Scours 3.43.
1. Feed the sow a light ration for the
first week or ten days Increase It
gradually,
2. Do not change the feed of the sow
too suddenly.
3. Keep the, pens and troughs clean.
Thumps 1.78.
1. Reduce the amount of feed given to
the sow,
2. Exercise the pigs.
Nec'robaclllosls (sore mouth, sniffles, bull
nose, otc) 1.66.
1. Disinfect pens before the bow far
rows. 2. Treat abrasions In the skin about
the pig's mouth wltli solutions of cresol
dip, permanganate of potash or other
good disinfectant.
3. Clip (not break off) pits' teeth.
Cholera 1.01.
1. Have Immune sows.
2. Keep place cleaned up and free
from the disease.
3. If In danger, vaccinate soon after
weaning pigs.
Miscellaneous 6.64.
1. Get pigs to eating well before time
of weaning. Make a creep for them.
2. Take extra good care of the pigs
during the first few weeks following
their remoral from the bow, for they
will miss her If you do not.
; TEST DON'T GUESS
J 1. I'lnnt fewer acres of corn J
t but raise mora bushels per acre, t
J 2. A dend ear planted' means '
0 000 missing stalks.
f .1. Missing stalks mean lost t
Innd nnd labor.
t 4. Testing Is not expensive nnd t
J Its advantages aro certain. '
t 5. By testing there Is every- t
t thing to gain and nothing to J
t hise, t
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HANDY FEED BOX FOR STOCK
Barrel Cut In Two and Strengthened
by -Doards Placed Inside la
Quite Convenient
A handy feed box ror use In open
lots or where cattle are fed upon grass
Is shown In this sketch, writes CInude
Dleckmnn of Nebraska In Pnnn Jour
nal. Cut a barrel In two and strength
en the halves by plnclng a frame of
Handy Feed Box.
two boards ncross the Inside, ns
,8hovn. This will prevent the tub from
being smashed nnd will allow four ani
mals to eat out of the box without
bo.hprlng.ench other. A Btrong barrel
must ho selected, and the hoops must
bo nailed to each strive.
MANURE IS BEST FERTILIZER
Contains Plenty of Humus and All
Other Necessary Plant Foods
Add Acid Phosphate.
The homo gardener who can get a
load of well-rotted stable manure need
not. worry nbout fertilizer, anyone who
hns ever done any gardening Is well
nwnre.
Mnnure contnlns humus In plenty
and nil the necessary plant mnterlnls,
as well as bacteria which put theso
materials Into the most nsabla shape
for crops. To get tho full benefit of
stable mnnure, however, It should bo
balanced with acid phosphate, which
Is comparatively Inexpensive, garden
ers nt the Iown state college of agri
culture say.
'An application of one ton of stable
manure, which Is about an average
two-horse load, Is not too much for a
garden .10 by 00 feet, and 50 pounds
of ncld phosphate may be used with It.
Fresh stable manure should not bo
applied In tho spring. It contnlns too
much rendlly available nitrogen nnd
may cause In some plants n growth
of stems and lenves at the expense of
fruits. This Is especially true of to
mntoes. UTILIZATION OF FARM LAND
Value of place Depends Upon What
Proportion of Total Area Can
Be Made Productive.
Rffectlve utilization of farm land
means a high percentage of Income
producing nrea, say specialists of tho
United Stntes Department of Agricul
ture. The value of a farm depends
upon what proportion of Its total nrea
Is productive. Compare n farm of 100
acres at $200 an acre, 05 acres being
in shnpe to yield available products,
with- another farm of the same acre
age at $150 an acre, but with only 05
productive acres. If all the other fea
tures of the two farms are similar,
the former should be tho most profit
able because Its profit-producing land
costs but $120 an.acre against $280 an
aero on the second fnrm.
NEW SEED CATALOGUE HELPS
Pamphlet la of Much Assistance In
Planting Garden Prevent Over
looking Anything.
Have you received a new seed cata
logue? Get one from a reliable firm
for It will help you In plnnttng your
garden and prevent you from overlook
ing something you may otherwise for
get, say specialists of tho United States
Department of Agriculture. From $2
to $5 worth of seed will plant a va
cant lot or n small home garden. Sev
eral of the seed houses offer special
collections of seed that are suitable for
various sized gardens.
NICOTINE KILLS PLANT LICE
When Insects Are Discovered on Ap
ples, Plume or Plants Spray.
Ing Is Recommended.
If plnnt lice ore noticed on apples,
plums or plants In early spring, spray
with nicotine sulphate and soap (ono
hnlf pint of 40 per cent nicotine sul
phate and two to three pounds of soap
to 50 gallons of water), as soon ns
discovered. If tho llco nro numerous
when applying regular sprays, tho
nicotine sulphnto may bo added to tho
regular mixture, but It la more tract
ive when used ales.
Gives Tanlac Credit
For Splendid Health
T. J. PARKER N
4246 Juneau Street, Seattle, Wash.
"I used lo think nil tho Tanlac tes
timonials wcro exaggerated, but I
hnvo felt thankful a thousand times I
ivcr believed in It strong enough to
glvo tho medlclno n trlnl," said T. J.
Parker, well-known suloman for
Gately'H Clothing Store, residing at
4240 Juneau St,-Seattle, Wash.
"Several years ago I commenced
having periodic spells of sickness nnd
n few months ago I hnd an attack that
I thought would finish me. .When 1
did finally get up, I was scarcely able
to go. I had no appetite and what lit
tle I forced myself to eat caused so
much gas on my stomach I could hard
ly get my breath.
"At night I was often so bloated I
couldn't brentho while lying down nnd
just hnd to sit up and struggle for
air. At times I hnd cramps so bnd I
could hardly endure It.
What to Take for
SICK HEADACHE
CARTER'S
WITTLE
I VER
PBLLS
Greatest Zinc Mines In Jersey.
Tno greatest zlfic mine In tho
world, located In Sussex county, New
Jersey, hns bicn worked almost con
tinuously since colonial days.
All politicians nro willing to bo
caught In tho cabinet.
It's tho man's own push that gen
erally gets lilm a pull.
Absence of Disease ;
Isn't Health; You i
Need Vitality, Energy
You may hnve no particular dis
ease, and yet fall far short of en
joying: real health. To be actually
healthy you must bo sturdy, alert,
vigorous, a-sparklo with enthus
iasm and the joy of living fairly
bubbling: over with vitality and
energy. Aro you thus?
If you are well, yet listless and
unambitious, it is because you lack
some quality that would fill you
with vim and drive, and nine times
out of ten the sole cause of this
lack is found to bo disordered, weak
blood.
Wholesome blood la tho very
fountain source of that energy
which puts spring: into your mus
cles, snap into your step nnd spar-
FOR THE BLOOD
Standard far over 50 years
"My liver wnR sluggish and some
times I . got so dizzy I would nearly
fall. I felt tired and miserable all the
time, couldn't oven sleep and for days
at a tlmo I wasn't nblo to go to work.
"Well, a friend of mine finally got
me to try Tnnlnc, and It certainly has
dono a good Job for me. My appe
tite Is line now nnd although Unm
cutlng Just anything 1 want and us
much as 1 pleasu, my stomach never
gives ino tho least trouble 1 havo
picked up In weight, my strength, haa
come buck to me, nnd I am now en
Joying tho best of health.
"All tho men nt tho store., kliow
Tanlac put mo back oirmy feet, and r
am glad to glvo this statement for
what It mny bo worth to others."
Tanlac Is sold by leading drugglsta
everywhere. Adv.
Take a good dose of Carter's Little Liver
Pills then 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 Comllpallon.
Smr." Sil' PM S..I1 D...i Soil p;
They'll Do That.
Trumpeter Stcndmun I never pay
old debts. I forget them.
1'rlvutc Ileldcl But bow about new
ones?
siencimnn un, i let tneui'get oiu.
Sparks.
Tho Invalid realizes that ho Is on
tho high road to recovery when ha
sees tho doctor's hill.
klo into your eyes. If you want all
this, begin right now to enrich your
blood stream.
You will find, ns thousands of
others havo found in tho last fifty
years, that S.S.S. is an excellent
remedy to do this for you, one that
removes tho poisonous impurities
and helps build your blood Into a
rich, nourishing supply. S.S.S. is
an herb compound, discovered by
tho Indians, and still mado as they
mndo it.
Get S.S.S. from your druggist to
day. Start taking, and then if you
want expert medical advice free,
write in detail nbout your condition
to Chief Medical Advisor, 862 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Georgia.
Swift Specific Co
Dept. 8H, Atlanta, Ca.
P If ut vxA tni your fret bootlit a 5.8.1.
Bt. or K. P. V..
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