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NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
cofira HEMS
News of All Ktyds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
A twenty-flvo piece band has been
organized nt Clarks.
Cuater county farmers say consid
erable damage is bolng caused by cut
worms this spring.
Government forecasts place Nebras
ka's winter wheat crop at 66,548,000
bushels, or 92 per cent of a normal
crop.
An eight weeks' summer school for
rural teachers will commenco June
6 at the Nebraska School ot Agricul
ture at Curtis.
Nebraska nW has 100 consolidated
schools, thirty-six of which are in
open country. Others are located at
community conters.
Oyer 1,000 Shrlrters from nil over
tho western part of Nebraska attend
ed tho ceremonial at Tehama tomplo
at Hastings last week.
The Pilgrim Congregational church
at Cortland recently constructed, at
a cost of ?45,000, was dedicated May
15, practically froo of dobt
It is expected that from 800 to 1,000
delegates will attend tho annual con
vention of the Danish Lutheran church
to be held at Blair beginning May 31.
Blair has annbxed forty acres of
torritory on the north side of tho city
and nearly as much more on tho south
and cast, thus giving an addition ot
150' families to the city.
Plans of organization woro formu
lated for the purpose of promoting
railroad construction through Arthur
and McPherson counties at a big mass
meeting at Arthur.
Taxpayers of Custer county hold a
meeting at Broken Bow to protest
against tho increase in taxes.' More
than 200 farmers and business men
from all parts of the county intended.
Tho senior 'class of the Tecumseh
high school will hold its annual com
mencement exercises in a barn this
year. Becauso of lack of an adequate
opera houso or hall, a local sale pa
vilion has been engaged and i3 being
set in order to stage the affair.
All women's clubs of Nebraska aro
urged to observe Citizenship day, July
4, in a lottor sent out by Mrs. John
Slaker of Hastings, president of tho
State Federation of Woman's club.
The state board of "control will (hold
open house at tho state capltol at
Lincolnon May 31, and requests that
all persons interested in the location
of tho men's reformatory for which
the legislature appropriated $300,000
appear before the board. Fremont,
Lincoln, Superior, Brownsville and
other (owns are making an offort to
secure the institution.
Stato high school, honors in the
dramatic section of tho ' annual
declamatory contest of Nebraska high
schools were carried away at Cozad
by Annette Fenger of the Omaha Cen
tral high school student. Representa
tives from high schools of Battle
Creek, Alliance, Superior, Kearney,
. Cozad, Cody, Stanford and Omaha took
part. ,
Govornor McKolvle announced that
the contract for the new capltol build
ing will be awarded tho first of next
year and that by then prices on ma
terials probably will bo reduced 30
per cent. Under present plans, if car
ried out, tho new building will bo
ready for occupancy by stato officers
at tho close of the next legislative
session.
Corn- planting in Nebraska is re
ported woll under way, although it
was hindered somowhat by recent
rains. Wheat and oats are in excop-,
tlonally ' flno condition for the time
of the year and potatoes are reported
as coming on in good shape.
The new law relating to county
fairs passed by tho last session of the
legislature,, will bo of material bene
fit to fairs, particularly those that
are in need of improvements. Tho
law provides for a one-fourth mill
levy in each county, but in no county,
outside of Douglas and Lancaster, is
the fair to receive moro than ?2,000,
which must bo used for the payment
of premiums and permanent improve
ments. Twelve inmates of tho stato peni
tentiary, sentenced from Omaha, havo
filed applications for pardon or parole
with the state board of pardons, which
will meet May 17 in Lincoln. Thirty
two applications for release will be
heard.
Theater men of Scottsbluft are con
sidering joining with tho Methodist
church in showing once a week films
vouched for as "character building."
R. B. Howell, of Omaha, republican
national committeeman, announced his
candidacy for the United States sen
ate to succeed Qllbert M. Hitchcock.
In an effort to co-operate with rail
roads endeavoring to reduce expenses
by cutting clerical help, tho stato rail
way commission announced it had con
coded to the railroads' request that
the weekly car bulletins furnished it
by railroads since 1907 be dlscon
tlnued.
The building program for stato in
stitutions to bo begun immediately
amounts to $1,030,500, according to an
announcement made by the state
board of control. The work embraces
new buildings at almost every stato
institution.
Eleven guards at tho Nebraska peni
tentiary at Lincoln went on a strike
following tho murder of Robert L.
Taylor, guard, by J. B. King, negro
convict. Tho men demanded shorter
working hours and frequent searches
of colls occupied by negroes for
knives and other weapons.
Robert L. Taylor, CO. a guard at tho
state penitentiary at Lincoln, was
stabbed to death by a negro convict
James B. King. King, who was serv
ing a two-year sentence for burglary
In Keith county, had been reported by
Guard Taylor for infraction of tho
rules.
Appropriations voted by the last
legislature total $10,091,533.25, accord
ing to a detailed report Issued by
State Accountant Sommor, instead of
approximately $28,900,000 as indicat
ed by tho statement compiled by tho
department of finance shortly after
tho adjournment of tho legislature.
Plans for tho immediate sale of
bonds to build a new high school at
Norfolk, were mado at a meeting of
tne i'arent-Teacnors association. Tno
structure, which Is to bo erected tho
coming year, will bo ono of tho finest
school buildings in tho stato.
Statues of buffaloes, symbolizing
thov early day scenes n Nebraska
plains, will bo 'placed at tho top of
the central tower of tho new Nebraska
capltol building, according to plans
agreed upon at a meeting of the capl
tol commission. v
- William Morris, 60, farmer near
Flats, charged with murdering his
wife on April 10 by tlelng her to a
horse which dragged her to death,
will bo brought to trial the latter part
of this month in tho district court of
McPherson county.
Over $1,000,000 will bo expended by
the Union Pacific for extending its
line front Haig, Scottsbluff County, to
Goshen County, Wyo. Contract for
tho work was awarded to Utah Con
sumption Co., of Ogden, Utah.
Walter L. Moto of Plalnviow has
beon named receiver of the Farmers'
State bank of Allen, which closed its
doors "a few days ago. Bad loans aro
given as a reason , for tho failure df
the institution.
There is a movement on foot nt
Falls City to build a new wagon brfdgo
across the Missouri "River at Rulo. A
ferry has been in operation at that
point ever slnco white men settled In
the district.
Tho First National of Sidney which
failed to opon its doors for business
is reported to be solvent Officials
say that heavy withdrawal of deposits
necessitated temporary suspension.
Nebraska has 32,000 moro brood
sows this spring than ono year ago,
according to the stato department of
agriculture.
Appropriations voted by tho stato
legislature Include $2,000,000 ,for dis
abled ex-servlco men, and more than
$1,700,000 for the now capltol fuhd.
Fire caused by lightning completely
destroyed tho United Brethron church
at Coatsfield,
Tho Pawneo county fair association
is contemplating extensive improve
ments on tho .grounds at Pawnee City.
Construction ot a highway connect
ing tho O. L. D. at Grant and tho
Lincoln highway at Bigsprlngs will
begin soon.
Culbertsan is to be without a weekly
paper soon. Tho Banner, which has
been published at Culbertson, is to
bo moved to Palisade by Editor Car-
rick.
Falling sixty feet from the top of
tho steeplo of St. Paul's Evangelical
church at Lincoln, James G. Stephen
son, a workman, landed in a trco.
He suffered a' fractured wrist and hip.
A junior band has been organized at
Randolph. There will be about twen
ty-flvo or thirty members in tho or
ganizatlon. There will also be a girl's
saxaphone' section in tho band.
George W. Marsh, state auditor, re
fused to allow a claim for $2,474 for
J. L. Jacobs & Co., Chicago, for serv
ices as an efficiency export employed
to put the code law into offoct Tho
claim was allowed by state legisla
ture.
Arah L. Hungorford, former director
of tho Skinner Packing Co., at Omaha,
asks judgment for $98,000 against
Keith Neville, recelvor, in an answer
to Mr. Neville's injunction suit to pro
vent Bale of approximately $2,000,000
worth of bonds against tho plant.
Tho Fourth of July celebration at
Oxford this year will bo in charge of
the Community club and tho local
post of the American Legion, wfe'ch
oxpect to put over ono ot tho largest
celebrations ever held in southwest
Nebraska.
Govornor McKelvlo Issued a procla
mation setting aside the week of May
22 to 29 as Forest Protection week,
Ho urged organizations to dovoto their
energies during tho weok townrd in
stilling ln'tho mliuls ot tho public the
necessity of providing protection for
tho country's forests.
The green bugs which havo been
destroying fields of alfalfa and wheat
In Oklahoma and Kansas have been
found at work in largo numbers on
two Pawnee county farms. Tho in
sects are working In tho alfalfa fields
The towns of Liberty, Wymoro, Fil-
loy, Rockford, Adams and Barnoston
aro figuring on closing contracts with
tho Bcatrico Powor company, which
b3 constructing a hydro-electric plant
north ot Barneston, for electric cur
rent for lighting and other purposes
Tho big plant will be completed some
time this fall.
Nebraska has a plentiful supply ot
farm labor, according to the State
College of Agriculture. Wages aro
about 25 to 50 per cent lower than a
year ago.
Tho village board of Crab Orchard
passed an ordlnanco which will close
up' all places ot business In the town
on Sunday except restaurants and
drug stores.
After being closed two weeks to
prevent tho spread of scarlet fovor,
public schools at Goring have again
openod. All danger of the spread of
tho epidemic la pronounced ended.
ONIONS REQUIRE
VERY RICH SOIL
Work Into Seed Bed 3 or 4
Inches of Well-Rotted Ma
nure, Say Specialists.
USE HIGH-GRADE FERTILIZER
Plants Grow Rapidly and Should Have
Frequent Shallow Stirring of Sur
face 80II PUnt "Sets" In
Rows 15 ln.nes Apart.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.) 1
Onions require u mellow, rich soil;
in fact, very few gurdens nro rich
enough to grow good onions without
boeuo fertilizing. In preparing tho soil
break it up with a spudlug fork, work
lug Into tho top 3 or 4 Inches of well
rotted manure, suggest garden spe
cialists of tho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Ten pounds of
high-grade commercial fertilizer should
also bo spreud over euch squnro rod of
ground and well raked Into tho soil
a few days before planting tho onion
"sets." Poultry and sheep mnnure are
both good fertilizers for onions, but
mus,t bo used sparingly and well
mixed with tho soil to prevent burn
ing the onion roots.
Require Frequent Stirring.
Onions grow very quickly nud re
qulro frequent shallow stirring of tho
surface soil. Tho usual method Is to
plant tho "sets" In rows about 15
Inches apart and 3 to 5 Inches apart
In the rows, covering them Just so tho
tops will be below tho surface. A nar
row steel rako is a good tool for work
ing between tho rows at first, but later
as the onions attain some size a wheel
hoe can bo used. For the very first
working and foiS getting between tho
individual plants in tho rows there Is
nothing better than a short pleco of
lath with threo wlro brnds driven
through it at one ond, making what Is
known as a "scrafcher." By and by
the onion tops will get so largo that
they almost fill tho spaces between tho
rows and hand weeding may have to
bo resorted to In order to keep tho
crop free from weeds.
Scatter Nitrate of Soda.
About tho time tho onions begin to
enlarge at the base, or to "bottom," ns
tho growers sny, it is a good nlan to
Onions Are Easily Grown on Good
Soli and Require Little Attention
Besides Weeding.
scatter a very little nitrate of soda,
not more thnn two pounds to the
square rod, over the soli between the
rows and work it in with a boo1 or
rake. This will stimulate tho growth
just at tho time that the plants most
need a little extra food and will usu
ally increase the yield.
A qunrt of onion "sets" properly
planted and given n fair chance will
produco about one-half bushel of ma
turo onions.
USES OF BORDEAUX MIXTURE
Best Fungicide to Apply on Vegeta
bles, Grapes, Ornamental Plants
and Potatoes.
Bordeaux mixture is our best fungi
cldo for use on vegetables, potatoes,
grapes, nnd ornameutnl plants. For
apples nnd stone fruits, llmo-sulphur
repluces bordeaux. On potatoes bor
deaux mixture not only protects the
potato plant agulnst fungous diseases,
but also prevents tho burning of tho
lonves which comes In hot, dry sea
sons. Sprayed plants outylcld the un
sprayed plants. For use on potatoes
to control the potato beetle, one-half
pound of porls green, or two pounds t
arscnato of lend may be added to the
bordeaux mixture.
POISON BAIT FOR CUTWORMS
Paris Green or Arsenate, Mixed With
Wheat Bran and Molasses Is
Specific Remedy.
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Poisoned bran halt Is the specific
remedy for cutworms. Tho accepted
fonnuln for largo acreages Is wheat
bran, .10 pounds; parls green or crud
arsenic, two pounds; black strap mo
lusses, two qunrts; water, two to four
quurts or more as needed. Mix the
bran und poison thoroughly In a dry
state, then add the diluted molnsscs,
nnd stir vigorously Tintil thoroughly
mixed. Distribute the bran over the
Infested field broadcast, taking care
to sprinklo It sparingly around each
hill. Middlings or alfalfa, meal may
be. substituted for bran.
SWISS CHARD GROWN
MAINLY FOR GREENS
Soil Should Bo Rich and Thor
oughly Prepared.
When Young Plants Are Nicely Start
ed They Should Be Thinned Out
Lucullus la Considered tho '
Best Variety.
(Prepared by the United 8tate Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Chord, usually spoken of ns Swiss
chord, Is a form of beet with fleshy
leaf-stems grown mainly for use ns
greens during enrly summer nnd fall.
The seeds resemble those pf the com
mon garden beet und are plnnted In
exactly tho some manner. The soil
on which chnrd is planted should bo
well enriched nnd thoroughly pro-
Swiss Chard, a Beet Which Has Been
Brl for Salad Foliage Instead of
Root.
pored, say garden specialists of tho
United States Department ot Agricul
ture. Plant tho seeds in rows 18
Inches to 2 feet apart nnd 10 to 12
seeds to the foot to Insure a full stand.
Tho seeds should ho covered about 1
Inch deep, and the surface slightly
packed with tho back of tho hoe nfter
the seeds aro covered.
When- tho young plnnts arc nicely
started thoy should bo thinned to stand
about 4 or 5 inches apart In tho row.
Tho plnnts thinned out aro commonly
used ns greens. Cultivate tho same as
beets, nnd In cutting for greens re
move the lent stems, leaving tho roots
and hearts ot tho plants to produco
moro lenf stems. Tho thick leaf stems
are cooked tho same ns other greens.
Tho variety of chard known as I.ucul
lus Is considered best. CJhards aro of
an ornamental nature und can ho plant
ed as a border along tho garden.
PLAN TO SMOTHER BINDWEED
, Alfalfa Is One of Best Means of Con
trolling Wild Morning GloryOther
Crops Useful.
Alfalfa, because of Its excellent
smothering effect and frequent cutting
it receives, Is one of the best all-around
moans of controlling bindweed (wild
morning glory) In sections where
alfalfa grows well, United States
Deportment of Agriculture exports
Add. Cowpcos. sorghum, millet, soy
beans and buckwheat aro also useful
as smothering crops, but aro rarely
as successful as alfalfa, It is woll
to follow alfalfa with a clean cultivated
crop, such as corn.
Hogs aro fond of both tho under
ground nnd nbovo ground growth of
bindweed. If tho land Is plowed it
will greatly assist tho hogs lh re
moving tho underground parts. Sheep
pasturing has been found helpful, but
It Is uot as useful a method ns hog
pnsturlng. Grazing helps to hold bind
weed In check, but con not bo de
pended upon to securo eradication.
Tho use of chemicals other than sajt
has not been successful except under
special conditions and Is not rec
ommended. Caro should ho exercised
to prevent the Introduction of the pest
by means of (1) Impure seed, especially
Impure wheut , seed ; (2) manure
bindweed seed may be contained In
tho droppings or may enter manure
by the addition of bedding contain
ing bindweed seeds, and (3) thrashing
outfits, thrashing machines, uuless
thoroughly cleaned, may carry tho
seeds of bindweed from farm to farm.
POTATO SCAB LOWERS GRADE
Presence of Few Scabby Specimens
May Cause Severe Depreciation
In Value of Crop.
Scab is an ezumplo of a field
dlseaso that causes severe depreciation
in tho value of a crop of potatoes,
suys tho United Stutes Department 'of
Agriculture. Tho presence of a few
scabby potatoes muy lower the grndo
of an otherwise fancy lot. In some
sections scub can bo controlled by seed,
treatment, but In many Instances enre
ful grading will prevent scabby
potatoes as well as those affected
. with wire-worm, white-grub, nematode,
innil AiM.lionlln Inlnrv from rwichlni?
the market.
CONFINE DUCKS IN MORNING
During Laying Season Fowls Should
Be Kept In House Until 9:30
or 10 o'Clock.
Ducks lay their eggs early In the
morning, und should be confined to
tho houso or pen until 0:80 or 10
o'clock. If allowed to roum earlier,
tuny may lay In a pond or stream and
tho eggs bo lost
THE TRIALS OF
A HOUSEWIFE
How They Haw Bern Endured and How Overcome by
Lydfa E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound
Experience of a Providence Wbman
Uto. At times I could hardly do my housework. I got medicine from th
doctor but it did not help mo. I saw Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound
advertised in a newspaper arid took it with good results, apd am now ablo to
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An Illinois woman relates hor experience:
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and besido tho daily routine of housework, often moko clothes for them
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What to Take for
CONSTIPATION
Take a good dose
IITTLE
Arts of Expression.
"That last speech of yours was
what I call commonplnce," remarked
tho cold-hearted constituent. v
"I was only ondcuvorlng to speak
the simple truth In plain terms," ro-
piled Senator Sorchuin. "You wait till
try to put something across when
nobody's looking and I'll show you
some phraseological Ingenuities that'll
sound perfectly brilliant."
Demand Petersen & Pedau's
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Maternity and Infancy Bill
United 8tutcs public health service,
nnd tho United Stntos commissioner of oducatlon, Is created to represent the
fcdcrnl government In co-operating with stato agencies.
Tho amendment offered' by Senator Smoot 6f Utah, confers upon th
children's bureau Uio function of administering tho act, and converts ttu
federal board established by tho bill into, an advisory committee a change
, which tho chairman of tho commute has accepted.
Providence, It. L "I took Lydia
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for a female trouble and backache.
Itbegan juataf tor my baby was born,
and Ldid the best I could about get
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about Lydfa E. Pinkham'a Vegetable
Compound and tho good it was doing
othor women, and 1 havo got dandy
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Herbert L. Cassen, 18 Men! Court,
Providenco, R, I.
Ohio woman for thrcti years
could hardly kcop about and
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Mado well by Lydia 12. Plnk
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Fayette, O. "For about threoyear
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A Vegetarian,
Mnnnger Now, boforo 1 lilro you,
I'm going to tell you that in some
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Actor Don't make nny dlffercnco
to mo: I'm a vqgetnrlan.
When thoro Is such an ocean of
trouble, bo thankful you nre only
touched by the spray.
BREAD
Dealers Demand It for Your Tra-fe
Women's organizations of all
kinds nil over tho country aro bom
barding congresa in behalf of legis
lation for protection 6f maternity and
Infancy. Senator Sheppurd of Texas
(portrait herewith), who Introduced
tho Shoppitrd-Towner bill, explained,
tho purposo of tho bill thus, In part:
Tito princlpul object of this bill
Is to enublo tho federal government to
co-operato with tho states In tho dis
tribution of Information relating to
maternal and infant hygiene. Tho
Irnmudluto direction of tho work la
to rest with tho stnto agencies. Wher
ever necessary, medical and nursing
caro for mothers and lnfunts may bo
provided, In so fur us avullnblo funds
will permit.
A federal board of matorual and
Infant hygiene, composed ot tho sec
retary of labor as chairman, tho chief
of tho children's bureau as executive
officer, tho surgeon general of the