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NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE GRASSHOPPERS AUK PREDICTED IN LARGE NUMBERS FOR THIS SIMMER Current reports of ovidenco that grasshoppers aro to bo in somo sec tions of Nebraska in alarming num bers, U contained in somo of tho ag ricultural Journals. We. herewith present to our readers complete di rections for making and using poi soned bait for these pests. It was taken from Farmers' Bulletin No. 747 issucil Ijy tho Department of Agrkitl? turo, Washington, D. C. The mixture known as tho poisoned bran bait has been proven to bo a simple, reliable, and chcup method of destroying grasshoppers and hnB boon applied with- signal success throughout many portions of tho United Stntes. As prepared for ordi nary nso this bait Is composed an follows: Whcut bran, 25 pounds; Par Id green, 1 pound, or whlto arsenic, 1 pound; lemons or ornngos, G flnoly choppcU fruits; low-grado molasses, Guch as refuso from sugar factories, or cattlf molasses, known as "black strap," 2 (unrts; wator, 2 to 4 gallons according to climatic conditions. Tho bran and Paris groon or other arsonl cul aro thoroughly mixed whilo dry, tho fruits aro then flnoly chopped and added, and lastly tho dilutod molas ses is poured over tho bait and tho wliolo thoroughly kneaded. Thlp n raount of poisoned bait is sufficiont to treat about 3 acros when tho grass hoppers, first hatch. Later,' when they aro nearly full grown, this amount will suffice for about C acreB If sown broadcast In strips about 1 rod apart. Coarse flake)! bran is most deslrablo although whoro tills cannot bo ob tained eflfdlv ordinary middlings or ntfnlfn a1 mnv J,n rml.aHhlf nrf a' low-grade, strong-smolllng sirup or , or(luy to transact business for a few molassos, however, la essential to tho ,my8, entire success of Uio undertaking j chas. J. Klonfngor of Suthorlau,! Crtishod ripo tomatoes, watermelons wafl among tho out of townvlsttorg or llmos may bo substituted for tho Wodnosday. lomons or oranges, if nocessary. Or-! dlnary powdered whlto arsenic (ar-' Mrs', and Mrs. R. S. Smith of ICoy nontoua acV) contains nearly twico Btono transacted business in tho city as much arsenic as Paris green nnd Is Wcdnoadnv. comparatively low In prlco. Tho pow- dorbrf form of arsenato of load may ho used but in this caso twice as much of it must bo used ns of tho Paris groon. In California and other semi- Carl Backers loft - yostorday for arid rogions water should bo addod Oshkosh to spend a few days trans to tho bait at tho rato of at lesat 4 acting business. gallons to 25 pounds of bran, as In tlioso climates tho bait dries out vorv rapidly and the extra moisture is necessary to nlWact tho grasshop pers, . . AnnMior offncilvn Unit of nlmllnr character is tho modiflod Criddlo mix- turo. This Is proparod ao follows: iFrosh horse droppings barrel; Pars groon, 1 pound, or powdered whlto arsenic 1 pound; flnoly chopped oranges or lomons six to eight frultsj wator enough to malto u thor- oughly moist but not soppy mash This bait must bo thoroughly mixed before be ng distributed, and as most people object to handling . his fixture with tho bare hands a pair of cheap, rubber cloves may bo used for tho purpose Both tho polsonod-bran bait and tho modified Criddlo mixture aro H-1.-I1...1 1 At. i ..4 1... ' uuinuuiuu over win iuiwuih r , sowing broadcast either on foot or irom o. ugni wagon or ouggy. a uroac cast grain seeder mounted on a wag- on has boon successfully used for tnls ( puposo in tho wostorn portions of tho country. 1 ,n .wm u. .mnuu-mun in orchards care must bo taken t - .uuh u.u lu u troos, becauso sovoro injury to fruit trees occasionally results from such applications of arsenical poisons. Proper Time foi Applying tho Pol- soncjrl Bait -Tho tlmo of day clioson for distributing tho nolsouod baits linn nn imnortnnt boarlnir uiwxl tho re- Bults socurod. In California and oth- or eomlarld tooglons tho bult should bo distributed In lato afternoon or early ovonlng Just boforo tho grass- hopprs ascend tho plants on which uioy usually pass tho night. Thoy aro apparently hungry and thirsty nt j o NEW PASTOR, AT "," ' , v-rv '5 A "lie-mnn" Mtlnr fnr nt it- ',lent s soul is the way friends of Rev. Dr. William S. Abcrnathy of Kansas City describe the appoint jnent of the Westerner to the CaN vary Baptist Church at Washing ton. President Harding attend there. Dr. Abernathy served sin France during the, War. He is 47 years old und has three sons - mt- m jmg "11911111111 this tlmo and greedily tnko tho bait It it is available. In tho moistcr por tions of tho country, such as New England n'l Florida, tho bait is host applied earl In tho morning, boforo sunrlso if possible in ordor that the boity results lq socurcd. 'Farmers should not bo discouraged it tho grasshoppers do not drop doad imme diately upon eating tho poison, as it usually takes from one ip five days for tho full effect of tho baits to bo como apparent LOCAL AND ' PERSONAL Miss Effio Durban returncjl Wed nesday from Donvor. Mrs. John Dakbr loft Wednesday for Wisconsin to visit relatives. Keith Novillo loft Wodnosday for Omaha to transact business. Edith Pylo left tho first of tho week for Colorado to visit friends. Mrs, Lon Caggor of Sutherland vis ited local friends Wednesday. W. Burgess spent yostorday In Staple ton transacting business. Howard McMichaol left yesterday for Ortikosh to transact business. It. Crlppen of Hcrshoy was among the out at town visitors Wodnosday. Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, of Paxton, visited friends in tho city Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hotchklss loft Wodnosday for Donvor to spond a fow days. Robert Boatty returned Wednesday from Omaha whero ho transacted bus iness. Call Simon Wont to OslllCOSll VeS Bluford and Villar Hayoslcamo tho first of tho week to visit at the Qeo. Austin home. . . Hazol Marti returned Wednesday m Wtlllnc 0 whoro Bho linH bcon vls- Walter. Grunthor of Grant is taking troatmont for a fractured arm at the Gonornl hospital. Fred Flllon roturncd Tuesday from Rock aPfInf a Dnver whoro ho Pnt n fow l38' Dr. Nicholas McCabo loft Wod- nesdny for Donvor to transact bual- nqss for a fewJays. paul SohwBl rot Wo(lnog. (l trom QMaha transacted ffr n.few.((to 1 Mr- Mrs. Lylo Cumberland and children of Gonova aro guests at tho ' "omusou uomo. iInllua Cornell of Greon River camo WotlneBdiiy to visit at tho homo of his brothor Cha8i qh - William. Shuman and daughter Dorothy left Tuesday by nuto for Lln- coin nnd Omaha to spend a weok. MIgg KuUo WftU return0(l from llooll0(ltoPj Mmi( Wortnosimy whoro 8h0 nccoipnn,oa lun. gPnn(imothor. Mrs. Kolth MoorohouBo wont to OV erton Wednesday to spond a fow days with her parents Mr. und Mrs. Coon- oy. $U'10 for 11 DoB Brothers touring car1085 tr tho roadstor biggost uounr vamo 1 ,mvo sold. J. V, Rom,Bh, Dealer. Miss Jonnlo Rcdfleld of Omaha camo tho first of tho week to visit nt tho homo of hor brothor Dr. J, B. Rod Hold and family. PRESIDENT'S CHURCH s Prv.i. To wnom are you going to sell your Hay and Grain? Tho Harrington Mer cantile Co. will offer the highest prices. :o: WRITERS TOO SELF-CENTRED Err In Making Members of Their Own Profession Heroes, Is Charge i Made by Critic. j Someone Is always explaining what. Is tho matter with American literature, ' Amnrlrnn 1tnmn nnd nrnn AtnAMlAnn' poetry, and tho latest diagnosis a tha they aro suffering from ln-breedlng. , Tho critic who bus mado this dis covery says that tho literary and dra matic world has become too sclf-cen tered ; Is going around in a circle In t manner which produces wheels wlthlc wheels; nnd f,or this reason authors and playwrights aro forever flying off at an Inartistic tangent and produc ing Jazz literature and druma. The favorite hero of the novelist In tho novelist, and ho writes too much about his early struggles with a cold and hard-fisted world; tho dramatist takes tho poor, oppressed writer of plays, or for a diversion, tho poor but gifted nctor, as his hero and draws out their lifo story of discouragement and suffering nnd final triumph to a fearful length. Thd poet Is even accused of prefer ring to wrlto of a poet rather than of anybody or anything elso on earth ; f the -poot whoso sorrows have pressed sp heavily upon him that ho Is forced to iry out In sounds which, being Inter preted, are poetry. To one who gives this criticism consideration thero Bcews to bo something In It. May Btranathan In the Pittsburgh Dispatch. Alike. The head of one of the departments in n certain downtown store is ln cllncd to be plump. Sho spends a great deal of tlmo and also money In re ducing, and as she calls It "grooming nnd dressing so thnt I look more slender than I really am." Now, the Janitor of tho store Is a large, fat colored woman, who has never heard of reducing, uivl whose dresses nro built on oven moro ample lines thaii her figure. Also she Is very fond of tho head of this department. The other dny when she happened to he near her she noticed that sho seemed rather tired. "Oh, Miss T ," the old Janltoi4 exclaimed, "do sit down and rest n minute. Most of these ! people don't understand how you feel, j It Just takes us avolrdupolses women to understand each other's feelings. 1 IndlHiuipolls News. What the Pubflo Wants. TLentrlcnl Mnnncor Well I Wmt i do you want? . i Playwright Sir, I'vo written n ! Play. "Everybody's doing thnt. Get ouU" j uc nns a nuuituo in it" "Yes? Have a chair." "And a bedroom " "nere's a cigar." "And a young girl and n minister "Unvo a couple of cigars." "In tho third net tho blc one tho minister is stricken with remorse." T "With what?" "With remorse. He regrets his weakness." "Sorry, young mnn, but thnt kind of piny docsnlt go. I'm busy." "I forgot to tell you that the min ister is already married to another woman." "Hero's nil tho money l'vo got for ndvnnco royalty." Life. Not Absolutely Washed. Pychorley is a hard-hearted man. Tho spirit of Christmas never enters his body; and, Indeed, If ho has any particularly unpleasant Intelligence to convoy, he generally manages to save It up for Christmas tlmo. His wife, however, Is different, and Inst Christmas entered tho dining room wltli a troubled look. "Oh, John," sho sold, "Mary Just swallowed a shilling I What shall we do?" Mary, let It be said, occupies tho position of mnld-of-all-work In the Pychorley household. "Do?" repeated the master of tho house, "Well, I suppose we'd better let her keop it. Sho would have ex pected a Christmas box, anyhow." London Tlt-Blts, jryESJExARE DISARMAMETsTT V i NATION'S DEBT TO PILGRIMS Their Famous Compact of Government Rightly' Treasured as a Great' State Document. In tho harbor at the tip of Cape Cod occurred the first birth and tin first death among the Pilgrims In Americn. On board the Mayflower, as sho lay at anchor, was born Pere grine, son of William .and Susanna White. Here was another child for tho ship's nursery, already occupied by little Oceanus Hopkins, who first saw the light of day far out at sea. Tho death was that of Dorothy May, wife of William Bradford, future gov ernor of Plymouth colony. She was drowned. First of Importance, however, of all that occurred here, and also "in tho sequence of events, was the draw ing up nnd signing of the famous com pact of government, originally desig nated by Bradford In his history ns "a combination."' And so It was, in the most literal sense, a combination. This agreement, made in writing by a little group of Englishmen who had been dismissed by their mother coun try us "good riddance to bad rubbish," is novy treasured by the nation In America, to which they contributed as much as one of three great documents. The other two are the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of tho United States. Begone Dull Facts. Two friendly little neighbors, nged respectively 4 and 5 years, recently seated themselves on tho curbstone near my windows for n religious dis cussion. It seemed they hnd over heard some grown-ups repeating a recent prophecy of a certain sect as to the Imminent end of the world nnd were greatly exercised nt tho report. The elder child, a fair-haired skeptic from a northern state, scornfully de clared that he didn't bellove the story ; but the swarthy, dark-eyed little Texan solemnly nsserted: "Yes, It's true; I know it's true; fob this mo'nin I rend It In mnh Bible." The midget doesn't know one letter of the alpha bet from another, but he refuses to be pinned down to vulgar fnctmwhen hla spirit wishes to soar. Are children 8f the period brighter' than their pred ecessors? At his ago I am sure i could not have flbbed with so solemn and convincing in iiirT Loi Angeles Times, The Tlp-Hunter's Guide. Speaking of tips nnd tipping, a New York bellhop not long ago formulated a set of rules, a fow of which wo give below: "VSXVj Don't wnste time on "big bugsT Shower attention on women ; If they tip at nil, they tip liberally, Don't persecute tightwads; shamA them with faultless service. Play tho honeymooners hard ; newly wed men like to make a splurge be foro their brides. Don't act ugiy when a guest departs without tipping you. Have a heart I Perhaps the office cleaned him out Boston Transcript, Ripening Fruit, nigh temperatures seem, very curi ously, to retard tho ripening of pears, Khlle hastening that of apples. In ex periments described by Ovcrholser and Taylor In tho Botanical Gazette, tho ripening of green first-crop Bart lott pears raised from 70 degrees F. or room temperature, to 85 degrees vpns not affected, but at 87.7 degrees It was delayed live days, nnd at 04 de grees and 104 degrees the delay was J3days. Second-crop Bartlott pears, In a temporaturo of 101 degrees, and surrounded by a relative humidity of below 6Q per cent, remained unripe four weeks after similar penra at ?oom temperature and humidity had1 lecomo fully ripened. Thd flavor of pears kept above 85 degrees was nf factcd, sweetness nnd Juiciness being diminished. Tho ripening of Yellow Newton apples on tho other hand, was hastened nt every appreciable rlso in temperature from 50 degrees up to tho point qf destruction by burning. It Is concluded that .the picking of pears may bo delayed Id very hot weather, but that tho picking of ap ples and storage In a cool placo must be lastenrd. dm mom PI ,60 ON AH LEMME Tave my cap For Rent Limited amount of Cold Storage spaco for Eggs, Meat, Produce, Etc. ARTIFICIAL ICE & COLD STORAGE CO. Phone 40. SHE KNOWS BASEBALL k FROM A TO Z Shown a picture of this typical refined American mother it would be hard to associate her with the great national game, baseball. Still she knows every player by name, knows the club they are with, and watches the box scores daily with, all the interest of the most rabid fan. She is Mrs. Wilburt Robinson, wife of the manager of the llrookhn National League team, l,it : champion? iv thw circui. ? REMOVAL NOTICE I am now locate In tho largo room 2 doors north, at tho postoffico, with a complete lino of plumbing and heat lng material. ' Also tho well known Quaker and Zero King pipe and plpo less furnaces which have larger reg isters than tho ordinary furnaces', consequently giving you . moro heat and moro cold air return In loss tlmo. Save fuel by Installing a Quaker or Zero King furnace , by a man of 50 years experience. Also tlnshop In In connection. Good work and reason able prices Is my motto. Come In and seo mo. Yours for business, WM. WALDORF-, 508 LocuBt St. Phono 517, Ed Kierig, Auctioneer. General Farm Sales A Specialty, alst Real Estate. References and Datftt First National Dank. North Platto, Nebraska. J. S.TWINEMM.D. i.t Homeopathic Physician & h Surgeon U General Pructlco and t Construction Surgery 3 Hospltnl Accommodation l Platto Valley Hospital j;t Former Nnmo Twincni Hospital. NORTJI TLATTE, NEBR, DERRYBERRY & FORBES, Licensed Embalmors Undertakers nnd Funeral Directors Day Phone 41 Night Phone Dlack 688 w'l Dr. L. J. KItAUSE, Dentist, X-Rov Diagnosis. McDonnld Dunk Dniidlng, Phono 97. : CANCER REMOVED By Harmless Remedies. J CHAS. 11. DEVEIt, M. D. ' 307 BrownoU Block. Lincoln, Nebr. GO TO II. & F. FEED STORE For Millot Seed and Food Phono 6307 HERMINGHAUSEN & FItOMAN. WYLIE WALKER Export Piano Tunor and Repairer. Leavo orders at 014 W- 4th St. Or Phono 334. . Offlco 340 HbuselMI DR. W. I. SHAFFER Osteopath Physician . - Over tho Oasis. North Platte, GEO. B. DENS Physician nnd Surgeon Special Attention Given to Surgery nnd Obstetrics Office Building & Loan Building Phono: Offlco 130. Residence 116 nOTFABD YOST Dental. Surgeon - Phono 307 Twlnem Bldg- Oral Prophylaxis Mouth Hygiene .Phono House 123GJ. Office 298. Office phone 241. Res, phono 217 L. C. DROST, Osteopathic Physician North Platte, Nebraska Knights of Columbus Building. JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D. . Special Attontlon Given to Surgery McDonald Bank Building Office Phone 83 Residence 38 DR. HAROLD FENNER Osteopath OVER HIRSCHFELD'S Offlco Phone 333 Res. Phone 1020 OTIS E, PLATT, M. D Physician and Surgeon X-RAY Diagnosis and Treatment Calls answered Day and Night. Over Union State Bank. W. T. PRITCHARD Grnduato Veterinarian Ex-Government Veterinarian and ex asslstant deputy State Veterinarian. Hospital 315 South Vine Street Hos pital Phono 633, Houso Phone 633. DRS. STATES & STATES Chiropractors 5, C. 7 Building & Loan Building. Office Phono 70. Res. Phone 1242 DR. J. R. McKIRAHAN Practice Limited to Diseases of Women and Surgery """' OVER REXALL DRUG STORE Phones Offlco 113. Residence 265 DR. REDFIELD PHYSICIAN, OBSTETRICIAN - Surgeon, X-Ray Calls Promptly Answered Night or Day Phones Office 042, Residence 676 John Grant, Attorney. NOTICE OP PRTITIflM .Estate No, 1825 of Goorgo Lannln, de- ueasea m mo county Court of Lin coln County, Nebraska. Tho State of Nobraska. To all per sons Interested in said Estate take notice that a petition has been filed for' tho Issuance of Letters of Ad ministration to Emma Lannln, and for tho appointment of Emma Lannln as Administratrix of said ostato which has been set for hearing heroin on July 12th, 1921, at 10 o'clock tu m. Dated Juno 20th, 1921. . , mi- H; C WOODHURST, tSEAL) County Judge. NOTICE OF BIRDWOOD IRRIGA TION DISTRICT. Notico is hereby given that tho as sessor in and for tho BIrdwood, Irri gation District, Lincoln County, Ne braska, has completed tho assessment for said district and has dollverod samo to tho Secretary. Tho Board of Directors Is horeby called to moot at tho offlco of tho Secretary on SEV1 of Sec'. 30, T. 15, R. 32. Tuesday. Jnlv 5, 1921, to act as a Board of Equaliza tion and to hoar and adjust all ob jections to tho assessment Tho saw Board to remain in session as long as nocOBsary, not to oxcood ton days, during which tlmo all objections tn tho assessment and valuation will be heard and determined. Dated this 8th day of June, 1921. MARY C, McNEEU Socretary.
