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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1921)
NORTH PLATTE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE; iCORNHUSKER ITEMS JTows of All Kinds Gathered From Various Point3 Throughout Nebraska. Many Lincoln politicians nnd busi ness men hnvo vigorously criticized alio state board of control for put-dins-dng the old military nendemy nt Lin coln for the new reformatory. It Is false economy to buy nn old building, even for $37,500, tbe critics (lectured, when nobody knows just how much more It is going tn trtke to moke It Into a reformatory where prisoners nro to be kept. It Is a poor location, others said. The building will have to tve practically torn down and rebuilt hi order to" put It Into shape for n re formatory, It was declared. Hastings tins a boy scout hero In Haymond Coffey, 14, who rescued George Bacon, weighing 225 pounds, from drowning In Crystal hike, while pcorcs watched him without offering nsslstnnce. Coffey Is a member of St. Milrkc Boy Scouts and learned rescue work as a part of his scout training. Varsity Derby Sultana, a 2-year-old Holsteln cow, bred and owned by tho state college of agriculture, has estab lished n new state butter record by producing 807 pounds In .105 days. Considerable black stem rust has been found In the late Turkey red wheat In CIny comity. But very little leaf rust and practically no stem rust was fonud In the Ileitis of Krtnrcd wheat. Clay county farmers shipped in seven car load of this now rust re sisting wheat lost year and with what was grown In 3020, now" have 11,000 acres of Knnred wheat that Is expect ed to out yield tho Turkey lied from live to six bushels per acre, According to figures given out by tho state department of agriculture the loss during 1020 by the .death of live stock on farms In Nebraska was $11,140,110. Some of the losses were duo to accidents and nntural causes, but tbe greater loss was due to disease which the department says are con trohihle. Farmers .of tho Brunlng district have agreed upon the following wage scale for harvest hands f Single linnds, $2 a day or 30 cents an hourr machine men, engineers and separator men, $5 to .$7 a.day. Threshing prices were fixed as follows: Wheat, 8 cents n bushel ; outs, 5 cents, barley, 0 cents at oats weight. . A project is being discussed nt Nellgh of digging a big ditch on Wil low creelc which If done will reclaim a large section of Antelope county land. It Is proposed to extend It down to the county line and about two miles over Into Pierce county with lateral ditches to'tal? care of the Jand on the bottom. Farmers of Box Butte county pre dict that wheat will average thirty busliels to the acre, which Is far above the average for the county. Corn Is doing exceptionally well and there Is the largest ncreuge of potatoes that Jias ever been planted In the county. It. C. King, cnshler of the Bank of Graf, has been appointed chief of the bureau of banking, staje department of trade and commerce, nt a salary of ($3,000 a year. Announcement hns beeil made that state aid will be secured if possible for the construction of the proposed Broken Bow, Callaway and Gothen burg hlghwny. Damage to roads and the destruction of six bridges along Sweet Creek by the recent floods In Buffalo county will cost tnxpayers about $35,000, It Is said. Aurora now has three nnd one-hnlf miles of paved streets. The big pav ing job which has been under way for the pas,t year was finished a few days ago. The potato crop In the Mlnntare dls itrlct. of which the acreage If almof Hhree times that of last year, Is being iinenaced by the potnto beetle. A fund hos been raised by tho busi ness men arid citizens nt Table Bock 'for a free bund concert each Snturday night by the town bnnd. The Hay Springs post of the Ameri can Legion Is fitting up a comodeous 'headqunrtors, The Central City chapter of the Bed (Cross has forwarded $400 to Pueblo 'flood victims. Valehtlne now hns a baseball head quarters with sleeping rooms for vis aing tenms. Sutherland Is organizing a new band. (It will stiirt with sixteen pieces. Announcement hnsheen made that ;thirteen types of uutomoblle lens have ibeen approved by the state department jOf public works, preparatory to the igoing Into effect of the new stute lens jlaw July 23, William Matt ox, farm bnnd, who (shot and killed his employer, John G. Schnler, on the latter's farm near Pender, was taken to Omaha for safe keeping, because of fear that neigh bors of the murdered man might resort ito mob violence to avenge the act. An argument over Mattox's employment land pay was the cause of the shooting. ; The first of the new wheat crop to be mnrketed In the De Witt district was from tbe Held of Ben HMiuneyer, which averaged twenty-three bushels to the ucro and tested 63 pounds. It Isold for $1.08 per bushel, The 1020 cprn crop cost an averago jof 40 cents a bushel to produce In one (of the 'central .Nebraska counties, ac cording to figures compiled by the (statu college of agriculture. The (average cost was figured from records lrnnf tiv mpinhfirB of tho cnuntv fnrm Iburcau jative. and are considered eonserv- Llncoln .has been selected as the alto for the men's reformatory by Uio stato board of control. The board an nounced It has purchased tlx former Hnyward military academy located two miles southwest of the capital city. Tho building, which has been vacant for years, together wllh ten ncres of ground, was purchased for $37,G00. Tho recent legislature ap propriated $300,000 for cstabllHliiiifnt of the Institution. Sixteen towns In the stato contested for the location of tho reformatory. In "choosing Lincoln the board stated tt took Into tousld- oration the welfare of tho prisoners and the saving to taxpayers. It Is believed that the selling nt auction of tlie plant of the Ilebb Motors Co,. at Ilavelock Inst week for .$110,000, was the greatest financial crash In tbe history of the slate. Nearly $5,1)00,000 vanished from Ne braska with the crash. Of this amount $3,250,000 Is stock In tho company n total loss. The stock holders will not realize n penny upon their money. The total Indebtedness, according to the receiver's report Is npproxliuately $1,500,000. The state of Nebraska Is after tho man who Is making a business of trade -In Illicit booze, nccordlng to an address mnde by Governor Mc- Kelvlo nt Norfolk before 200 sheriffs, mayors, county attorneys, roadmen and other law enforcement officers who were enrolled Into tho Stuto Law Enforcement bureau, which the gov ernor stated Is endeavoring to help local authorities to enforce state laws. Similar meetings nro to ho held In other parts of the state. The state has entered Into the fight being niado against the Norvnl inn gunge taw in Platte county by the Ne braska District Evangelical Lutheran synod of Missouri. In nn answer to n petition for. an order enjoining state ami county olllclals, from enforcing tho new law, Attorney TJenernl Davis de clared that It was not in the province of the court of equity to undertnke to restrain officials from enforcment of n criminal statute. . Farmers and business men of Hay Springs have petitioned the stato rail way commissioners, for additional sidetrack facilities for handling tho Immense potato crop that will be har vested this full. Conservative esti mate of the acreage in the locality Is 2,000 iu'ros, and mnny sny 300 to 500 cars will go on the market this fall. On account of a dangerous and con tagious disease known as-white plno blister rust, existing In certain sec tions of the country, Prof. Myron H. Swenk, state entomologist, has de clared a quarantine agnlnst Importa tion Into the state of all live whlto plno or other pine bearing needles In bundles of five each. Officials estllnate that more than 200 prisoners nt the penitentiary will ho eligible for transfer to the now reform atory which Is to be made out of tho old Mayward Military academy Just west of . Lincoln. Mombers of tho board of control sny tlmt work on tho new building will lie done by convicts. Grain reports Issued by the C. & N, W. railroad shows 5,453,100 bushels of corn. 1,210,205 bushels of onts and 854.000 bushels of wheat being held for shipment by farmers and elevators on the eastern division covering about 000 miles of railroad. More than 1,500 Nebraska national guardsmen will go4o Camp Dodge for training together with the Iowa nation al guard from August 17 to 31, it was nnuounced by Adjutant General Paul, at Lincoln. The shortage of farme help In Snllno county has caused women to go Into the fields, Mnny men from Crete aro assisting In the harvest of the wheat crop, which Is beyond expectations. The 'Nebrusku Stato Fair, which opens nt Lincoln September 4, prom Ises to bo the greatest exhibition ever held In the state, according to Secre tary Daniels of the fair hoard. A dally automobile passenger- ser vice lias been established between Lincoln and Grand Island on a specific schedule of nrrlval and departure for all intermediate points. A ton and n half cake was tho principal feature at the celebration of the forty-seventh anniversary of S. N. Wolbnch, pioneer merchant at Grand Island. In many parts of Nebraska farmers declare corn Is farther advanced than ever before at this time of the year, Work on Havelaek's new $30,000 school building Is rapidly Hearing com pletion. The report that the family of Clydo Dickson, farmer resident of Adams, had losfthelr lives in the Pueblo flood has been found to be an error, a letter having been received at Beatrice from Mrs, Dickson to the effect that all escaped with their lives. According to the new Fremont di rectory, that city has a population of 10,020, an lncrense of 1,500 people, since the last previous directory was Issued before the war, The new di rectory contains 0,408 names. Tho government census gave Fremont a population of 10,000. Nebraska hoys and girls' clubs will liave an enrollment of more thnn 4,000 this year, lleeords In tlie ofllce of the college of agriculture at Lincoln show ed n total enrollment of 3,820 on Juno 15, nnd several clubs had riot yot re ported. Wheat harvesting this year In Ne braska Is one of the earliest In tho stnte's history, owing to tho unseason ably hot weather In May, In averago years the last week in June and tho first In July Ts tho olllclnl opening, Farmers In southern counties nro fully a week or ten days alien d of schedulo. POULTRY MANURE QUITEVAJ.UABLE Accumulation Beneath Perches of Fowls Receives Only Oc casional Attention. IS FREQUENTLY THROWN AWAY la Worth 30 to 40 Cents Per Fowl Per Year If Properly Cared For Especially Rich In Nitrogen and Phosphorus. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The average poultry raiser attaches little or no value to the manure ltro- duced by his flock. Its gradual accu mulation beneath tho perches of his j fowls receives only occasional attcn tlon, in many instances, and even when cleaned out more frequently is tfirown away, When Its removal be comes necessary lie considers It one of the unavoidable and unpleasant evils that go with tho business. Rich In Nitrogen and Phosphorus. But poultry manure hns a very real value, and may become n profitable by-product of the plant. It has been determined by tho Maine experiment station, working in co-operation with the United States Department of Agri culture, that the average night drop pings of the medium breeds amount to 30 pounds a yenr for one fowl. On this basis 100 fowls would produce 3,000 pounds, or 1 tons. The nunlyses of this manure show It to bo especially high in two of the three principal fertilizing elements. If tho plant food contained In n ton of aver age fresh poultry manure were bought at the price paid, usuully, for It In the form of commercial fertilizers, the outlay would be nbout $10. Taking Into account the fact that the quantity of manure produced In A RoostlngPlatform Helps to Con serve the Night Droppings. the daytime is at least equal to that produced at night the specialists find that one average hen produces about 00 pounds of manure in a year. How ever, only tho night droppings are available for use, as the day droppings nro widely scattered over the yards nnd ranges. The night .droppings from 1,000 hens would be worth about $1G0 n year. As hen manure, as It usually is cared for, contains only about one half Its original value, the loss through this form of neglect must bo very large for tho entire country. Tho town or city backyard-poultry-, man has two real Incentives to induce the saving of his hen manure. In tho first place his poultry house should bo kept clean If his fowls are to be healthy, and, in the second place, the manure may be used immediately dur ing a large part of the year in the orchard, or around berry bushes. How ever, If this Immediate use Is resorted to the manure should be applied some what sparingly. It 1b from two to three times richer in phosphoric ncld than the ordinary farm manures. This, of course, is. due to the kinds of feeds used, and also to the fnct that liquid and solid matter are together. It can be handled most satisfactorily If mixed with loam to remove stick iness In Uio summer. In the winter it should be. mixed with a fair propor tion of loam, sawdust, or coal ashes, sifted dried earth, land plaster, or gypsum Wood ashes and llmo should never bo used us they set free the nitrogen, which must bo avoided. Keep In a Dry Place. To put manure on tho ground In the winter would mean to lose one-half or more Ot its value. The better plan Is to Btqre it In barrels or boxes until time to use on a growing crop. When stored this way tho contniner should have several largo holes bored In It to admit nlr. Some plants having several thou sand fowls have large bins of concrete for saving this manure. Untreated, a large pnrt of tho nitrogen escapes into tho nlr as ammonia gus. Tho Maine experiment station recommends using with 'every 80 pounds of poultry manure 10 pounds of sawdust, 10 pounds of acid phos phate, and 8 pounds of kalnlt. The acid phosphate and the kalnlt prevent the loss of nitrogen, and tho sawdust absorbs tho excess moisture. If saw dust Is not obtainable, dried, earth In about the same proportion may be substituted. After being treated in this way the manure should be put In a sheltered placo until used. If the materials aro kept handy the business of mixing soon becomes a routine task. aBBBBBMBBBBSftb!b!Mfc' REDUCE CHICK LOSS BY CONFINING HENS Closo Coops at Night to Keep Out Rats, Cats, Eto. When Mother Is Given Range Young Birds Are Chilled by Wet Grass and Die They Must Be Kept Growing Constantly. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Chicks hatched during the Winter should be brooded In a poultry house or shed while tho outsldo weather con ditions are unfavorable; after the weather becomes settled they should he reared In brood coops out of doors. It Is best to make brood coops so that Coops Used on Government Farm at Beltsvllle, Md. they can be closed nt night, to keep out cats, rats, and other animals, and enough ventilation should he allowed so tlmt tho hen and chicks will have plenty of fresh air. The hen should bo confind In tho coop until tho chicks aro wenned, while the chicks nro allowed froe runge after they are a few days old. Where hens are allowed free range and have to forago for feed for themselves nnd chicks, they often take tho latter through Wet grass, where they may become chilled and j die. Most of the feed the chicks get by foraging goes to keep up the heat I of the body, whereas feed eaten by I those that are with Uio hen that Is confined produces more rapid growth, 1 as tho chicks do not liavo so much exercise. I In most broods there arc ono or two thicks that are weaker than tho 1 others, and if the hen Is allowed free T range the weaker ones often get be hind and out of hearing of the moth er's cluclc and call. In most cases this results In the loss nnd death of these chicks, due to becoming chilled If the hen is confined, the weaklings can always find shelter nnd heat tin dor her, nnd after a few days may develop Into strong, healthy chicks. Tho loss In young chicks due to al lowing tne lien tree range Is un doubtedly large, say poultry special lsts In tho United States Department of Agriculture. Chicks frequently have to bo caught and put into their coops during sudden storms, ns they aro apt to huddle in some hole or corner where they get chilled or drowned They must be kept growing constantly If the best results nro to bo obtained as they never entirely recover from checks In their growth, even for a short period. Hens aro usually left with their chicks ns long ns thoy will brood them, although some hens com nience to lay before the chicks are weaned. NEWS GIVEN BY RADIOPHONE Farmers and Others Interested Able to Learn Market Conditions nd Prices, Agricultural market reports by ra dlophono Is the latest innovation nn nounced by tho bureau of markets, United States Department of Agricul ture. Tills service was launched re cently at East Pittsburgh, and wKh the necessary radiophone apparatus, farm' ers and others within a fow hundred miles of Pittsburgh will bo able to learn agricultural market conditions and prices Immediately after tho closo of the markets. The reports are sent from radio station KDKA over a wave length of 330 meters. Tho department's experimental radi ophono service follows shortly the In augurntlon of sending agricultural market reports by wireless. Sending the reports by radiophone would great ly simplify their receipt oy farmers and others direct, inasmuch as the op eration of a radiophone set does not require a knowledge of wireless codes Instead of coming In dots nnd dashes tho market news would bo received in English, tlie same as conversation over an ordinary telephone. tNFERTILE EGGS KEEP BEST Get Rid of All Roosters as Soon as Pos sible After Hatching Season, or Separate Them. Tho poultry flock can get along per fectly well without the rooster Just as soon ns you are through saving natcn ing eggs. The sooner the male birds nro taken fromthe flock and marketed or killed, or placed In separate runs; the bettor. Infertile eggs are always best for market; for the summer mar ket this holds doubly true. The infer tile eggs keep better than the fertile ones. Ono more thing: Tho male birds will not increase egg production ono whit; they aro that many 'extra mouths to feed while the lions ar hustling to pay their own keep. DAIRY POINTS GOOD OF BULL ASSOCIATIONS Animals Are of Better Quality Than Ordinary Run of Sires Prl vately Owned. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment or Agriculture.) A survey recently uindo in connec tion with the 'better sires better stock" campaign tarried on by the United States Department of Agricul ture shows a general ratio of 1 bull to every 18.0 cows. Experience, how ever, In Pennsylvania, tho state which lends In tho number of bull associa tions, shows that 0.1 bulls nre sufll clcnt for the 5,004 cows belonging to members of the bull associations, or nn nvcrage of nbout 1 bull for every 00 cows. These figures arc taken from tbe bull-association directory recently Issued by the dairy division, United States Department of Agriculture. If the members of theso associations owned their bulls Individually, at tho usual ratio of 1 bull for every 18.0 cows, they would need 200 bulls In stead of 03. Yet the 03 bulls give tho required service ns effectively ns 200 The Type of Animal That ls,Galnlng Popularity Because of the "Better Slres-Better Stock" Campaign. would do. and In fact better, because the resulting offspring nre better. Tho association bulls are of better quality than tho ordlunry run of sires private ly owned, and their daughters are apt to be better-producing cows. Even this does not tell the whole story. After an Individually owned sire has been used for about two years It is usually necessary to get a new one. In eight years, therefore, these Pennsylvania farmorst If they owned their bulls separately, would have to provjdo themselves with four times 290 bulls, or 1,184 ; whereas In the bull associations nt the end of two years they simply move each bull to another herd. Tlio orlginnl iw nuns, ir tney all live and do well, can be used for tho whole eight years. There Is quite a difference between tho cost of 03 bulls mid that of 1,184, to suy nothing of the difference In their usefulness. The members of bull associations sometimes pay less and always re- celvo more for their money than cow owners who go It alone. PROMOTE FRIENDLY RIVALRY Milk and Cream Contest Are Impor tant Feature In Improvement of Supplies. Friendly rivalry among milk pro ducers and among dealers Is an Im portant feature In tho Improvement of tho milk supplies of cltlos, United States Department of Agriculture ex perts assert. Any factor which en courages tills rivalry must he given careful consideration by snnltnrlans and all milk authorities, Since tho Inauguration of milk nnd cream con tests, In 1000, this method of promot ing friendly rlvnlry has been recog nized. At this time, besides State and National contests, n number of cities use such means for grading milk supplies. Milk nnd cream contests promote competition among tho dairymen, lend to the grading of milk supplies, nnd through publicity encourage tho ef forts of producers as well as educate tho consumers regarding the value of good milk and where the best can be obtained. UNDERSTAND NEEDS OF COWS Animal Possesses Individuality and Feeder Must Know Her Condi, tlon and Desires. No dairy cow has ever produced her tnaxtmuni, unless her feeder knew her. Knowing her means more than sim ply culling' tier by name and reciting tho names of her ancestors. It means understanding her every need, desire nnd condition. For after all, the dairy cow is an Individual, and as such pos sesses individuality. COTTONSEED MEAL FOR BULL Cause of More Trouble In Raising, Vigorous Animal Than Any Other One Thing, Bulla should never be fed any cot tonseed meal. Amoinr nil the trou bles of raising and caring for bulls there Is probably nono other tike cot tonseed meal. There are many cases of temporary sterility and probnbly some of permanent sterility due to the use of cottonseed meal in tho feed. BPslShssselw HUBBY LOCKED IN TRUNK BY WIFE Stood for His Arguments Until He Playfully Punctuated Them With Kicks in Shins. llnltlmore, Md. Mrs. Catherine levnndowskl stood for her husband's arguments, huf objected when he pluy- fully punctuated them by kicking her on the shins. So, catching htm off his bnliuicc, she toppled him over back-. ward Into an open trunk nnd slammed down the lid. Then with Increasing calmness, she locked tho trunk, nnd threw away the key. Hut finding a sympathetic audlenco when stie went out on tho street to tell the neighbors how her husband Slammed Down the Lid. abused her she began to loso her calm ness, nnd In her growing eloquence began to utter strident, affecting cries, of "murder," nnd "police." When Patrolman Andrews of the eastern district wus attracted by her frantic screams to the now excited block of Alice nnd Ann streets, Mrs. Levnndowskl told him that her hus band had Just assaulted .and attempt ed to murder her. She neglected to mention the' detail of tho trunk.- ' vi Entering the house with drawn re volver tho putrolmnn expected. to( find Mr. Levnndowskl smnshlng tho furni ture nnd snorting fire. Hut the house was silent ns a grave. After cautious ly - poking the muzzle of his weapon behtnds beds nnd Into closets ho was haltedby a gentle tapping nnd scratch ing. Tracing the Bound to Its source, he found tho locked trunk but .no key. Finally the lock yielded to tho persuasion of his club and he dragged out the offending husband, an appar ently limp nnd broken mnn. But the cool nlr soon revived him, nnd he ts now lodged In n eomfortnblo cell, 1 V 4 REFUSES MAN'S DEATH BRIBE New York Negro TurnB Down Offer of WW to Let Would.Be Suicide Drown. New York. Spurning tbe $500 of fered by n drowning mnn to be per mitted to sink, Harry Green, negro, of Now York city, knocked Mnsslon Baron unconscious and carried him to shore. Penniless and without a home, Green lay on the Erie docks at tho foot of Dunne street. He saw a man shed his coat and jump. Ho followed, waited until tho man's head-appeared, then cnught him by the hair. "I want to die," Green said, the man shouted. "Let me go and take $S00 from my belt." , "I didn't see how I could collect If he drowned, so I saved him," Green told police. "This shows what a fool you were," Baron said to Green ns he unwound from his waist a belt containing $750. Baron told police he had paid a largo' sura for a coat and hat checking privi lege In a cafe, but was losing money. Lived Together, Despite Divorce, and Both Happy Although his wife divorced him April 20, she failed to say anything to him about it, and they have been living together happily ever since, Anthony Itosewell of Chicago told the Judge, Itosewell asked that the decree granted to Anna Rose well be set aside. "I don't know anything about It," he told the Judge. "W have been living together hap pily since the decree wus grunt- XJ ed. A friend told me about if." ' The wife will be called before the judge to explain the unusual domestic situation. Joy Rider- Given Ten Years In Jail Joplin, Mo. Arrested after a wild rldo In a stolen motor car which col llded with a street car, turned over and burned, 0. .1, Liirrabee, was sen tenced to ten yeurs In tho poultentliiry upon pleading guilty to taking tho ma chine, Liirrabee wus but slightly hurt lu the crash.