NORTH PLATTE SEH-"WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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'NEBRASKAJN BRIEF
Timoly News Pullerl From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
The 40th annual cnmp meeting of
ttho Nebraska "state holiness associa
tion -will be held Juno 17-20 at Lincoln.
Stato geologists are carrying on an
extensive Investigation of surface con
ditions in the vicinity of Tekamnh to
(determine oil possibilities.
Oshkosh boosters are in the midst
of a campaign for tlie establishment
ot n state llsli hatchery In Garden
(county. .
BarnB, windmills, outbuildings and
;mony miles of telephone line were de
stroyed In the vicinity of Glenvllle,
Adnms county, by n terrific wind storm.
Members of the consolidated school
district of Mnrdock, In which the elec
tors voted down a bond proposition
for a new school building, nro taking
Isteps looking toward dissolution.
Anglers report that some mighty
fine strings of black bnss are being
caught Jn lakes of Northern Nebraska.
'Tho City Park, )oont, on the Grain
iland highway at Emerson, Is being
'equipped for tourists. Stoves, run
ning wnter and plenty of light have
Ibeen lnstnlle1.
The work of laying the tile-for Loup
City's new sewerugo systoin has
been completed, but there yet remains
some work such as building flush
tanks,
Sidney Methodists hnve organised
a tennltt club, laid out a court and
equipped It with electric lights so that
thdso who care to do so may Indulge
In tho sport at night.
Railroads In Nebraska were denied
their petition to hnve their valuation
reduced for taxation this year by the
Btate board of equalization. The board
assessed the roads on practically the
same valuation as last year.
A campaign has been started for n
better lighting system nt North Plntte,
especially in the business section,
where the electrolier system or some
thing similar will be lnstnlled.
Six cases of sickness, all, so far un
solved by the nttendlng physicians ex
cepting to show Indications of typhoid
fever, hnve suddenly appeared nt
Grand Island. All of the patients, It
;ls declared, attended the same church
banquet, April 20.
Farmers in York county maintain
that the winter wheat crop 1b damaged
int least 20 per cent owing to the lack
,of moisture during the winter months
land cool weather during April and
iMay.
LThe potato crop In northwestern
ibraska will bo enhanced this year
!by a 10 -per cent increase In acreage;
laccordlng to a statement Issued by tho
stato department of agriculture.
North Platte's new city directory,
,Just issued contnlns 4,308 names. Ap
plying the usual basis of computation,
ithis indicates a population of 10,920.
Tho-1920 federal census gave North
Platte a population of 10,400.
' All of the fnnn buildings im the John
Stark, Jr., farm, near Greeley, were de
stroyed by n small tornado.
June 3 and 4 hnve been set as the
dates for the annual convention of tho
Northwestern Itoundup association nt
Valentine. The membership Includes
practically every old-time cowpuncher
.In Nebraska and Wyoming. '
The Polk county farm bureau has
started publication, of a monthly paper,
of which the second number has just
been Issued. It is a three-column,
four-page paper, filled with matter rel
ative to the farm bureau work In tho
county and state. W. V. Crozler Is
the editor and O. B. Barber manager.
Twenty-four-hour light service for
the village of Liberty has been assured
by the action of a mass meeting at
which .$5,000 of bonds was 'purchased
from the Beatrice Power company,
with curernt to be supplied from tho
Bnrnston dnm. Citizens are to 'build
their own transmission line which will
(cost npproxmntely $0,000,
Thousands of chickens were killed
(by a terrific hail storm which swept
Ansley and vicinity. Much damage
.whs done to small grain. Hundreds
;of window panes were smashed.
Hog cholera In Madison county Is
'spreading over a considerable area,
according to County Agent Stewart,
who urges that Immediate precautions
be taken to prevent further Infection.
'The M idow Grove vicinity Is infest
ed with crows, which have been
carrying off chickens, and some sny
this is one of the reasons for the
.sprend of the hog cholera.
The Bluo Springs Community club
jannounced that May 28 they will In
augurate free moving pictures, which
will bo shown every Saturday night
during tho summer months and to
which the 'entiro community Is wel
come. A truck line has been established
(between Rusk In and Superior, Includ
,lng the towns of Cadums, Oak and
Norn. If the project continues pro
fitable the firm In charge plan tho es
tablishing of a slmular lieu between,
(lluskln and Beatrice, Including Fair
bury. '
, . Machinery hns arrived at Big
Springs for tho installation of n sys
'.tem of drainage ditches on the bottom
(land south of tho Platte river. Many
meres will be reclaimed by the proj
iect, according to plans.
A boat from St. Louis Is anchored
In the Missouri river 'nt Do Soto,
ladened with mnterlals for rlprnpp
ing, and nn nttempt will be made to
change the course of the river at that
point. For years the river has cut
Into the land and many ncrc have
been carried away each sp-1 g during
lilgb water.
Work will start In a few days oa
tho new $30,000 Methodist church at
"Curtis.
Flro at tho Yankee IM! brick yard
at Burnham, near Lincoln, rosulted
In a $100,000 loss.
The new city administration nt Oinn
ha, headed by James Dnhimnn. took
office May 17.
At a moss meting of the farmers nt
Stockvltlc, plans were made to build
a school that will be a real com
munity center.
A contract for the erection of n new
school building nt Oxford wns nwardod
to H. V. Bender, local contractor, for
$59,735.
Adams county will bo represented
by fifteen members of boys' and girls'
clubs at Lincoln boys' and girls' club
week, beginning May 30.
People of Rockvlllo recently cele
brated the completion of the transmis
sion line from the power plant of tho
Central Power company wt Boelus.
The current has been turned on and
Rockvlllc now has street lights for
the first time In Its history.
Assurance of another bumper crop
of sugar beets are held In Scotts Bluff
county as the result of heavy rnlns.
In nil parts of , the sugar country the
tops of the beets are beginning to np-
pear above ground, and the necessity
of Irrigating the seeds, which hns n bad
effect on Inter crops, hns passed over.
The Sidney General hospital, re
cently established, closed last week
for lack of patronnge and hns been
converted Into n rooming house.
Cheyenne county climate is too health
ful to make hospitals a paying prop
osition. A movement Is under way to hold
an International aerial tournament at
Omnha this fall. Avlntors from all
parts of the world will participate.
Drilling for oil Is to be resumed soon
In the vicinity of Bassett.' Operations
were suspended Inst December. Tho
well is down over 2,500 feet.
John Stockwnlter, n farmer living
near Pawnee City, has a Jersey cow
that he declares produces her weight
In milk every 11 days. The cow Is 18
months old arid weighs only 850
pounds.
At a special election at Ogallala
bonds for tho erection of a now school
building were' defeated by two 'votes.
The American Legion at Coleridge
Is organizing. Preparations are also
being made for a Memorial day (pro
gram. Many miles of country road In both
Holt and Boyd cotinty are to be hard
surfaced by the county highway de
partments this year.
A special election will- be held at
Ohadron Juno IB for the purpose of
voting addltipnal bonds for improve
ment of ,tho sewerage Bystem.
Drilling for oil on the Cook ranct
lense near Harrison. Is progress
ing In a satisfactory manner. The
well Is now down about 3,000 feet.
More than $1,000,000 must be taken
from tho stato bank guarantee fund
to meet losses resulting from failure
of stato banks in Nebraska recently.
Cathedral High school (Lincoln)
won tho debating championship of Ne
braska' by defeating Wayne High
school nt Lincoln.
A large commercial radio plant,
equal In slzo to the plant from which
messages to Mars were attempted re
cently, is being erected at Nehawka
A special election at Valentino re
sulted in a landslide for the proposed
bonds for a new- high school which
Is to bo a $90,000 modern structure.
Railroad employes at a meeting In
Wymoro discussed the use of uuto
trucks for freight transportation by
the merchnnts of Wymore. Among
the points brought out was the fact
tl-at about 213 of the population of
Wymore were dependent on the Bur
lington railroad for n livelihood, and It
was decided employes suould pntro
nlsse the merchants who patronize their
employer.
The city of Superior will send two
or more' delegates to Lincoln, May
31, to present claims for tho location
of the men's reformatory at Superior.
Headquarters of the Union Pacific
and Burlington railroads in Omaha
hare announced proposed reductions
of wage scales( effective July 1, which
will affect nearly 61,000 employes.
The village of Wallace will soon,
begin the construction of a $25,000
community building, the funds for
which were provided for In the will
of J. R. Johnston, Pittsburgh million
aire, who made annunl visits to Wal
lace to shoot prairie chickens.
One thousand workers from tho
eastern end of the state arrived at
Scottsbluff aboard a special train to
work in the beet sugar fields.
The entire list of salary increases
voted by tho last session of the legis
lature may be revoked by tho refer
endum power of tho people of the
state If a movement started by people
of Custer county is successful. Peo
ple of other counties, it is said, aro
planning to lend a hund. An organi
zation formed recently at Broken Bow
planB to immediately start Into cir
culation petitions for the referendum.
One woman wns severely injured
nnd a man and child were slightly in
jured and damages of about $45,000
was done to farm buildings by a tor
nndo which struck near Harmony,
about eight miles j.orth of Valentine,
Charles W, Wentz, Aurora banker,
recently convicted In the York coun
ty district court of failing to include
In Ids report to the Btate banking de
partment certificates of deposit that
were a liability against the bank, has
appealed his caso to tho supreme
court. Wentz was sentenced to tho
penitentiary for one to teu years.
HOW TO GROW AN
ACRE OF TOBERS
Department of Agriculture Issues
Bulletin to Aid Boy and Girl
Club Members.
EVERY STEP CLEARLY GIVEN
Gravelly or Sandy Loam Soils, Well
Drained, Are Generally Consld- v
ered Well Adapted to Production-
of potatoes.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
When a boy or girl In a potato
growing club succeeds In raising tub
ers at the rate of 300 to 000 bushels
per acre, as many of them have done,
it is u source of Inspiration to other
members of the club who are less for
tunate, nnd, what Is pcrhnps of greater
Importance, an object-lesson to their
elders as to what can be accomplished
when the crop Is given proper atten
tion. To guide boy and girl club, mem
bers, as well as their elders, In pro-
Garden Club Hoy In His Patch of
Potatoes.
duclng bigger potato yields, the United
States Department of Agriculture has
recently published Farmers' Bulletin
1100, "How to Grow nn Acre of Pota
toes." It la prepared especially for
use in boys' and girls' club work, and
every step from the selection of the
potato soil to the harvesting, grading,
and storing of the crop is discussed.
, Best Potatp Soils.
Gravelly or sandy loam soils are gen
erally considered especially well
adapted to the production of lnrge
crops of potatoes, provided they are
well drained and well supplied with
plant food, snys the bulletin. A very
light sandy soli or a stiff clay soil
should be avoided: The ideal soil is
one thnt does not run together with
rains, that works enslly, is well sup
plied with humus, nnd, while well
drained, Is naturally suppl!6d with
incis ure. Clover and alfalfa aro re
garded as the best preparatory crops
for potatoes.
Prepare the Land Thoroughly. t
Potato soils should be plowed as
deeply as possible, but always remem
ber not to turn up more thnn an Inch
of the subsoil. The fall Is the best
season to plow. When the land Is
plowed at this time It should be disked
nnd harrowed as early In the spring
ns possible to conserve the moisture
and to prevent weed growth. Spring
plowed land should be disked Immedi
ately, In order to prevent the possible
packing of the newly turned soli. In
preparing the seed bed spare no pains
to put It In good condition. If the
crop Is planted on Innd that Is poorly
prepared, no nmount of subsequent
cultivation will entirely remedy the
defeat,
Seiect the variety that Is known to
be adapted to the section. Use the
best seed obtainable, and, if possible,
make sure thnt it has-been produced
from strong, henlthy plants thnt have
developed a goodly number of tubers
of even, marketable size and uniform
shnpe. Before planting, the seed should
be disinfected with formnlln solution
to prevent potato scab. Better yields
arc obtained by the use of from 15 to
18 biwhels of seed per acre, though
the average for tho United States Is
8.0 bushels. Cut blocky seed pieces,
weighing from one to tvo ounces each.
After planting, keep tho surface of
the ground' loose until the plants np-
ppar, then deep cultivation should be
gin, hut ns the crop develops shallow
tillage Is recommended. Insects nnd
dlspnses should never be nllowed to
get established, but should be con
trolled by sultnble fungicides nnd In
secticides such ns are described In tho
bulletin. When the crop Is being har
vested, a systematic effort should be
mnde to select desirable tubers for
next yenr's seed.
ROAD MARKERS ARE COSTLY
Disappointed Hunters Should Not
Vent Their Spite on Signs Placed
, on Highways.
Hunters who cannot find anything
to shoot at should not let out their
spite on road markers. These mark
ers have cost, as In the caso of the
Lincoln highway signs, $7 each. Ac
cording to the Iowa highway commis
sion, the destruction of such signs Is
punishable by law, ns they are public
property. Also next summer some
wild hunter might feel the need of an
extra sign when touring, which some
other enthusiast has shot up.
FREEZING FRUIT TO
HELP PRESERVATION
Method. Has Passed Experi
mental Stage in West.
Pqactlce Is to Be Recommended In
Sections Where There Is Surplus
and Sufficient Cold-storage
Space Available.
(Prepared by the Unltod States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Preserving fresh fruit by freezing
has passed the experimental stage lu.
the Middle Western and Pacific states.
The office of preservation of fruits
and vegetables, bureau of markets,
hns been Investigating the new meth
od for several years nnd the Inves
tigators report Hint such fruits as
strawberries, raspberries, logon ber
ries, blueberries, currants and cher
ries are now being frosseu and held In
commercial lots.
So far as the process Is concerned,
this- method of preservation has all
the merits of simplicity. The fruit Is
fror.eu in the same crates In which It
Is marketed. The tcmperatare re
quired Is about 10 degrees F., though
soft fruit Is usually subjected to n
lower temperature than that of bet
ter quality. So long as the tempera
ture Is maintained the fruit cun be
kept In storage. The, frozen product
must be used as soon as it is thawed,
however, ns thawing-breaks down the
tissues and allows the fruit to decay
rapidly.
In Ice cream, or when mnde Into
pies and preserves, the frozen fruit Is
In every way comparable to the fresh
product. In preparing their report the
representatives 'of the United States
Department of Agriculture state that
the practice Is 10,1)0 recommended In
sections where there Is a surplus of
production nnd sufficient cold-Btorage
Lfspacc available to accommodate tho
fruit. Only fredli, sound fruit should
be frozen. Freezing does not do awny
with mold, though mold will not de
velop ns longi as the fruit remains nt
tho temperatures employed.
TREATMENT OF BROODY HEN
Large and Unnecessary Loss In Sum
mer Production of Farm Flock
Can Be Prevented.
There often Is n large and altogether
unnecessary loss In the summer pro
ductlon of the farm flock, due to the
Coop for Broody Hens,
Idleness of numbers of broody hens
which are permitted to remain on the
nests Indefinitely nnd so qre unpro
ductive for many weeks. If such hens
are removed from the nest ns soon as
bloodiness develops, are placed In a
comfortable coop, and well fed and wa
tered, they usually can be broken up
promptly.
There Is nothing better thnn the
coop shown here. It Is made of pine
boards. The floor should be about n
foot from the ground. The sides and
lloor are made of sluts spaced one-half
to three-quarters of an Inch apart.
CULTIVATION IS IMPORTANT
Work Neglected In Garden Often
Means Poor Vegetables and Then
Very Few of Them.
The mistake of waiting till one has
time to spare to cultivate the garden
hns too often meant poor garden vege-
tables, nnd few of them. The garden
should be cultivated when the soil Is
In tho proper condition and when the
vegetables need It. It should not wait;
It Is as Important as' any other farm
work and more Important tliun most
of it.
HARMFUL TO PASTURE WOODS
Practice Has Been One of Chief
Causes of Deterioration Yoang
Growth Destroyed.
Pasturing 'of woods hns been one of
the chief causes of their deterlora
tlon. The severity of the damage de
pends largely on the number of stock
nnd the site of the woods. One char
acteristic of a heavy pastured woods
is the almost complete absence of
young growth, or Its existence onJy In
sinnu ragged patencs as uroxeu or
scrubby stuff.
GIVE BREEDING FLOCK CARE
Watch Fowls Carefully and See Thai
They Are in Good Condition,
Advlso Specialists.
Watch the breeding flock carefully
nnd see that the fowls keep In good
breeding condition, the United States
Department of Agriculture advises, in
Farmers' Bulletin 1110, on the selec
tion and care of poultry breeding
stock. The birds and houses should
be examined to see that tkey are net
Infected with lice or Mites.
"III 0
j in
"Run Down" People Easy Prey'
To Serious Disease
When yoa gtt "run down" It
merely means your system is dis
ordered, working poorly. If the
disorder stays small, you may re
main just "run down." But If It
trots worse, you ar
downright sick.
Don't wait, until your
"run down" condition de
vcl6ps Into real illness.
Start today toning: your
system with an A-l blood
remedy to drive out the
S.S.S
A Solvent. N
"Liquor nlways loosened up our pnt
rons," said n waiter retnlnlsccntly.
Meaning, we suppose, thnt It released
the "lip" from the tipplers. Boston
Transcript.
Cutlcura 8oothes Baby Rashes
That Itch and burn with hot baths
of Cutlcura Soap followed by centlo
anointings of Cutlcurn Ointment.
isntning better, purer, Rwccter, cspc-
cltlly If n little of the frngrant Cutl
cura Talcum Is, dusted on nt tho fin
ish. 25c each everywhere. Adv.
SYSTEM DID NOT WORK WELL
Englishwoman Found Some Disadvan
tages in Giving Instructions In
the Sign Language.
An ICngllsh lady was talking about
her cleverness In gettlug a Russian
servant. "She can't speak a word of
English, and I can't speak Russian,"
she fUilshetl. "But how do you man
age, then?" asked her friend. "Oh,
It's quite simple. 1 Just wave my
hands about nnd make faces, nnd tf
she doesn't quite understand, she goes
off and docs something clso, so all
tho work gets done In time." Later
on the friend called, hoping to catch
a glimpse of the Russian treasure,
and found the mistress in tears.
"That dreadful Bolshevik," she walled.
"She cumu up to usk what she wns
to do. next, and I made scrubbing mo
tions, meaning the kitchen floor, of
course, nnd sho "did It on my lovely
polished dining tnblo Instead, and It
la absolutely ruined t And now she's
sulking In the kitchen, smoking my
cigarettes, and 1 can't make her un
derstand that she's not to take them I"
.Greeclng the World.
Two children were talking.
"What Is It that makes day and
night, unywuy?" asked one.
"Well, you see, tho earth 'turns
around on an axis," answered the
other.
"Do you mean to say that tho earth
turns around and around?"
"Yes, What are you laughing nt?"
"I was Just thinking how funny It
would be If the axle got rusty and the
earth stopped."
"Why, the axle doesn't get rusty ;
they keep It oiled all the time."
"Where da they oil It, In China?"
"No, In Greece."
Women Proving More Polite.
It Is not an uncommon sight now to
see a young girl get up and offer her
seat In the subway to an elderly wom
an, whose entrance hns been Ignored
by the male passengers. Such usual
ly brings some blushing humble man
to his feet with a stammering offer of
"have, my seat," but the cllinux was
reached tho other evening In un up
town restaurant when a mlddle-uged
woman took a seat nt the sume tublu
with one of her own sex, u stranger
to her, and on finishing dinner politely
InVjulred :
"Do you mind If I smoke?" Now
York Sun.
Accident Averted.
J. B. Frix of Richmond, Vn., who
Is organizing the National Teacher'
Training association, says that a little
negro whom tho other called "Young
Bird" on account of the size of bin
tnotfth, wns standing on the railroad
track, and another one culled out':
"Hey dere, hoy, git off dat tract. I3f
de engineer would come along nnd
Bee dat mouf of yone, he'd think It
was a car shed and run his train right
lu."
Preserving Mine Timbers.
A coating of magnesia cement on
tho timbers of mines Is stnted to bo
an economical and efficient assurance
against fire, especially In tho arid re
gions where the timber becomes high
ly Inflammable nnd Is difficult to re
place. It Is the toy mustache of today that
Is always spreading beyond Its bound
aries. Ready to
"Cur--- B--5
GrapeNuts
is convenient, free from waste,
and moderate in price.
Skilled Wending and long baking
bring out the full flavor and richly
nourishing Qualities of this cereal
food, ana make it easy to digest.
"There's a Reason"
For sale by all grocers
Impurities, a Testable medicine
liko S.S.S., which has served thou
sands thus In the last half century.
Get S.S.S. from your drafgist
right now. Then write
us about your condition,
addressing Chief Medi
cal Advisor, 848 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta,
Georgia. We'll senJ
you medical ceuasal
free.
Would Fix That;
Eloping Girl "Papu will be nil ?
strung." Resourceful Groom "Thnt's
nil right; we'll wire him."
Snowy linen's are the prldo of evcrj
housewife. .Keep them In thnt condi
tion by using Red Cross Ball Blue In
vour laundry. 5 cents at grocers.
SARAH HAD GENTLY HINTED
Remark Might Have Led Beau
Imagine Sho Disapproved of
His White Clothes.
to
Mrs. Morgan had a colored maid
Lnmed Sarah. One Sunday afternoon
the mistress saw Sarah's lover leaving
the houso clad In a suit of, white flan
nel. A little later, when tho maid ap
peared, her mistress said:
"Sarah, that beau of yours should
never wear white, lie is so black' that
whlto clothes makes him appear all
the blncker. why don't you give hlui
a hint?"
"Why, Mis' Morgan." said Sarah.
with animation, "I done give hltu lots
ob bints, but he Jcs' iintterly ain't got
no senso nn' didn't tnke 'cm."
"Probably you didn't make the hints
Btrons enough," said tho mistress.
"Well, no'm, dnt's Jes' what I think
myself," agreed Sarah, reflectively; "I
don't believe I did. I Jest looks at
him right hard, an' I says, 'Nlggatfc
yo' sho' do look like n black snake
crnwlln' out ob crcutn, you dol' Thet'Bi
Jes' all I says to hlra, Mis' Morgan.
Dnt's nil."
Reasonable Supposition.
"A hunt, or something, Is rolling
thunder nt Gabe Hornboggle's house." '
related n neighbor. "I wns there
tuther nlghf, and nfter wo'd Bet for a
spell It commenced. The table was
flopped over by unseen hnnds, three
drawers of the bureau slid out , by
their selves and dumped nil the Htuff
on tho floor, a flock of spoons came
floating in from the kitchen, a gun In
the corner fell down and shot one ot
the dogs, nnd all bucIi ns that. 1 never r
seed such goln's-on In my life I" 1 t ,
".Then you hnln't never drunk uone
of Gnbe's bono;dry llcker before?" ,
quired a resident of Mount Plzgy,
Ark. Kansas City Star.
As Funny as Ever.
He hud one of those long mus
taches one of the kind thnt. If you
had been buying him n birthday pres
ent n few years ngo. you would hnve
thought of u mustache cup the first
thing.
Everybody had been making fun of
it, so one Sunday morning ho shaved
it off.. The first person to get a look
nt his upper Up In 20 years wus a
neighbor girl about tho ago of four.
As she came Into- the house she said :
"Oh I Mr. Bowin, you look Just ns
funny ns ever." . '
Girl He Was Looking For.
"Why nro you so pensive?" lu
asked.
"I'm not pensive," sho replied.
"But you huyen't Bald a word for 2(
minutes."
"Well, I didn't have anything t
Bny.i'
"Don't you ever soy nnythlng whet
you have nothing to say?"
"No," sho said. '
"Will you bo my wife?" ho asked.
Must See It and Go One Better.
"What a beautiful rlngl"
"Yes," said tho girl. "It was an en
gngement ring, but the engagement It'
broken."
"Aren't you going to send It back?"
"Of course. But I want to keep l
long enough to let the next gentleman
see what he Is expected to live up to."
Boston Transcript.
Better Way. '
"The romantic wober promises to
die for a girl" "Well?" "The prosafc
husband gets his lift) Insured'
Most men find It easier to get- In
debt than to get out, hut some are un
able to get In nt all.
Eat and i
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