The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, August 05, 1921, Image 7
NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. r f CORNHUSKER ITEMS News of All Kinds Gathered Prom Various Points Throughout Nebraska. Hauling hogs by airplane from Ne braska to tlie Chicago markets was one of tho visions ot Professor E. a JPaustlan of Mitchell, S. D., at Ne braska Wesleyan. He regretted that records had been kept for high-bred calves but that statistics were only now In the making for the human life in rural districts. "Every problem which confronts the leader In a rural community is an opportunity," he said. "Hero is a chance for some original work. The farmer Is no longer a huy eecd or clod hopper." York's tourists camp is said to he tho best equipped place lu Nebraska tor the overland traveler, according to visitors. Tho camp Is located In tho city park. Some of the equipment la tho park Includes gas for cooking, shower baths, hot and cold water, largo pavllllon for shelter In case of storm, under which cars can be packed and bedding spread. The last conven ience is a washing rack for tourists to use In cleaning their cars. The Fremont Milling company has Bold 1,000,000 pounds of flour to be shipped directly to Glasgow, Sqotland. The sacks of flour carry the company's private brands. This is a very unusual ileal as Inlund mills are usually forced to handle such trade through export ers, who used their own naipes to withhold tho source of tho products to the foreign consumers. With an explosion that shook tho town and shattered window lights for a block, the acytelene welding plant of the Sims garage ut Aurora blew up and Gus Stohl and Otho An derson who were in the room were knocked down. Tho partitions of the gnrage were demolished. The damage totaled about .$1,000. Nebraska City, Auburn and Te cumseh bands, totalling seventy-live members, play In each of the cities every third Sundny. A day at the Johnson county fair has been rcslg nated "Nemaha day" and music will be furnished by the Auburn band. At Auburn there will be a "Jolmson day." The Danish Lutheran church of Blair hns extended a call to the Rev. J. M. Winther of Kutpomoto, Japan, to become Its pastor. The Ilev. Mr. Win ther was educated in Dana college, at lllalr, and was ordained and sent as a missionary to Kumomoto twenty-three years ago. Max Warnke, a farmer living near Sterling, has purchased fifteen acres of land and hns a crew of men busy erecting a fence about the premises, building a swimming pool, danco pa vllllon and refreshment booth. A base ball diamond will be laid out and an amphitheatre provided. Mayor Green has arranged for free hose baths to be provided by the Are department for all Fremont children who want to participate. About 100 youngsters turned out for the first sho.wers given and hundreds of persons crowded round to seo the fun. The Island park of Ord has been de veloped Into a playground. A new bath house has been built and pumps, fireplaces and tn.bles have been In stalled. Contributions have been made by some of tlie town's business men. Recognition by the New York Art gallery has been accorded Mrs. John W. Johnson of Harvard, formerly of Hastings. Three of Mrs. Johnson's paintings 'were landscapes and one u girl's head. Omaha Elks have, closed the deal by which they come Into possession of the vacant property at Eighteenth and Dodge streets. On this property they will soon commence the erection of n $1,000,000 home. Miss Allle Burke, of Genevn, has re ceived an appointment to tho depart ment of vocational training of the United SUites government, and has left for Washington, D. C. At a recent hiectlng cf the Congre gational church at Gcnova plans were made to start a fund for tho erection of n new church building. The wheat crop In Kleth and Perkins counties is exceptionally flno this year, and will average close to twenty-five bushels to tlie ncrc. Blair's municipal Ice plant turned out its first batch of ice. Tho plant has a six-ton capacity and has a day and night shift The old ice pond at Emerson Is be ing cement lined and will be used as a swimming pool. It will be 00x300 feet. A light yield of wheat is reported In the Pawnee City community, but a bumper corn crop Is practically as sured. Tho first complaint of a shortage of cars to move tho new grain crop has been received by tlie state railway com mission. An elevntor man of Prince ton, Lancaster county, complained by telephone to tho state railway commis sion that unless he received some cars before night he would be In a serious condition, no had bought 10,000 bushels of wheat at $1.05 a bushel and could get no cars to ship, Tho Ulysses flour mills have received an order for 70,000 pounds of flour to bo shipped to Scotland some time In July. The mills nre running day and might to fill the order and to keep up ithe local supply. To have 2,200 volts of electricity pass through his body and yet live to tell the tale, Is the peculiar experience of Ruby Smith. Going to the building in which the switch and other equip ment of the Belvldcre electric light plant is located, he took hold of the )ock on the door and was knocked down. He will recover. A schedule of wages for rural teach cts hns been prepared by a committee appointed by tho Frontier county farm bureau. The wage scale suggested Is Intended to encourage teachers who wish to continue In the proproportlon to experience and qualification. Teachers, those with nt pnnt four ycarB high school, Including two years in normal training, and with two years experience In teaching are to recelvo the maximum of salary, 100 per cent; those with ono year's experience In teaching, 00 per cent; and those with no experience, but 75 per cent of tho usual salary. Stato Auditor George Marsh was turned down by the district court of Lnncaster county In his fight against the code department when the court allowed the claim of J. L. Jacobs of Chicago, the. "efllclency" expert hired by tho government to put tho code Into operation, after the claim had been denied by Mnrsh. The amount of the clnlm wns $2,473. It was for special services performed by Jacobs In Installing the code depart ments In operation in Nebraska. Governor McKelvle wrote n letter to tho principal banks and. other finnnciol Institutions of the country, hi which he set out for them the con ditions of Nebraskn from an economic standpoint. The state, the governor declares .Is getting back to normalcy fast. Tho fanners have Just ubout liquidated their post-war losses, ho says, and are getting on their feet ngnln. Wells-Abbott-Nelman company, of Schuyler, tho largest fiour-mnnufactur-lng concern between Minneapolis and the Pacific coast closed for reorgani zation. The plant will bo reopened In three weeks under the management of a committee of preferred stock holders. Lack of ready cash was given by stockholders as tlie reason for tho action. It has become necessary for the man agement of tho Crete swimming pool to make n large canvas awning or cover for the pool. There is such a crowd of swimmers during the day thut It has become necessary to pro vide shade over the entire pond. Guy Faslcy, n young farmer, nar rowly escaped being killed whllo working around a threshing rig on the fnrm of D. Brunsen, near Friend. His clothing wns caught by the fly wheel of a largo tractor engine and was torn off his body. The United States land ofllce at Al liance has received notice that ten tracts of land, aggregating about 1,100 acres located in Cherry county, 50 miles southeast of that city, will bo opened for homestead entry on August 22. The site of a tourist camp has been selected by the Community club of Geneva and it will be put in order at once. The grounds of the Third ward school bulldlnt; have been turned over for this use by tlie board of education. County Superintendent M. E. Bnrbeo of Hebron hns appointed Frank Babkn and Lowell Schelferdecker, both of Belvldere, to represent Thayer county at tho boys school encampment nt tho Nebraska Stato Fair, September 4-0.' The first consolidation of schools ef fected in Cheyenne county under tho new law was successfully carried out at Lorenzo. Three districts havo united and a largo school will bo erected at Lorenzo. A heavy windstorm which struck Bloomfleld, blew out tho plate glass front at the Prescott & Son furniture store. Many trees were blown down and damage Is reported to growing crops. K. C. Christensen's- seven year old boy had both legs badly cut in tho mowing innchlne at their homo near Blair. It is thought the lad's limbs can be saved. James II. newett has been domi nated for receiver of public moneys nt Alliance, Nebr., and Jules Haumont for register of the land olllce at Broken Bow, Nebr. The state convention of rural letter carriers will bo held In York August 8 and 9. Governor McKelvIo will ad dress tho association on the second day. Tho steeple of tho Methodist church at Cambridge wns destroyed by firo when struck by lightning during the worst electrical storm in years. Tho potato crop In tlie vicinity of Hemlngford Is about twice last year's acreage with about two-thirds of a stand. Friend Is now making arrangements for a three days Baseball Tournament to be held there August 24, 25 and 20. Chinch bugs are reported as exist ing in damaging numbers In the south ern part of Thayer county. Columbus Is to have a new band stand, and tho estimated cost of tho structure Is $5,000. Beneath the band stand will be the public comfort sta tion with restrooms and lavatory for women and children and another for men. During tho Ak-Snr-Ben festivities to be held In Omaha September 13-24 there will bo a reunion of the 34th Division of the Amerlcnn Expedition ary Forces. It Is anticipated that this will bring together 8,000 to 10,000 of the boys who saw overseas service during the World's War. Tho Interstate aero meet, the first ever held in Nebraska, has just closed at Nelson, and was n great success. No accidents happened during tho three days' program. Figures made public by the weather bureau show thut tho average muxl mum temperature In Omaha for tho first thirteen days of July this year 18 4 degrees higher than the average for July days during tho past forty years. The average July temperature for tho last forty years was given as 80, whereas tho average so far this year has been 00. PALATABILITY OF VARIOUS PLANTS Some Interesting Information Revealed in Series of Feed ing Tests at Bellsville. SILO FERMENTATION STUDIED Wild and Tame Sunflowers Devoured Readily When Removed From Silo Cabbages Were Untouched by Cattle When Siloed. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment or AKncuiiuro.j A scries of experimental feeding tests conducted by tho United States Department of Agriculture at Its B'cltsvllle (Md.) live-stock farm, re vealed some Interesting Information as to tho effect of siloing upon tlie palatablltty of various plants found on a fnrm or range. During the last summer and fall about 150 different plants and com binations of plants were packed in barrels In a silo. Tho purpose wns to study tho en"ect of the silo fer mentation upon the fiber, and other features of the plants. It wns thought possible that silage would overcome objectionable qualities of certain plants, in addition to breaking down the fiber of some which wero too woody for stock feed. Test PalatabJIIty. The various lots of silages were taken to Beltsvllle to test their pnlatablllty as cattle feed. The tests were not protracted enough to give final conclusions, but a number of In teresting results were obtained. Both wild and tamo sunflowers were eaten readily when they came out of the silo, although the peculiar flavor and woody stalk of the former make It distasteful In Its natural state. Rus sian thistle was eaten In tho course of about 12 hours, and the same was true of ragweed, which cattle seldom touch In the field. Cnnnda thistles, and castor bean plants without seed were eaten quite readily. Jack bean vines and pods were eaten rather reluctantly. The cows ate siloed Aus tralian salt bush, but not tho native plant. Siloed onion tops wero fed to four cows; two nto them and two refused them. Buckwheat nlso pro vided a choice morsel. Cabbages, which In their natural Btate are eaten avidly by cattle, were absolute ly untouched when siloed, the prod uct being hi many respects slmllnr to sauer kraut but without tho salt. Giant rye grass went untouched. -Cattle Fed Regular Rations. The cattle were not compelled to eat nny of tlie siloed products to satisfy hunger, as hay was fed them A Silo Filling Crew at Labor Gather ing Corn Sled Type of Cutter Is In Use and Corn la Carried Directly to Wagon. between siloed rations and they had tlie regular portions of grain. The tests wero not entirely conclusive, especially as the quantities were so smull that the animals did not have an opportunity to got accustomed to unfamiliar flavors. The department may mnke more extensive tests another season on some of the materials, as there was no opportunity with bnrrel lots to gain nny knowledge ns to tho beef and milk producing value of the feeds. BEETLES ARE MOST HARMFUL Covering of Cheesecloth Will Afford Necessary Protection for Vines and Plants. The striped cucumber beetle and the 12-spotted cucumber beetle attack cu cumber, squash, and melon vines through the East. The best protec tion Is to cover young plants with cheesecloth-covered frames, which mny be mndo on barrel-hoop arches. When .he Insects actually get access to the leaves, a solution of arsenate of lead und bordeaux mixture Is effective. SELECT SEED CORN IN FALL Autumn Is Favored by Many of Best Seed Men of Country Supply of Seed Assured, Many of tho best seed men of the country have come 10 the conclusion thnt fall selection of seed corn Is best from every standpoint. One thing is certain, if It is sclcctod In the fall, the fanner is certain of hav ing feed c6rn KEROSENE WILL HOLD INSECTS IN CONTROL Mites and Lice Seriously Affect Health of Fowls. Specialists of Department of Agricul ture Recommend Thorough Appli cations of Some Preparation to Interior of House. - -" (Prepared by the United Statoa Depart ment of Agriculture.) Mites, as well as lice, arc troublo- somo and hnrmful to poultry. They do not live upon the birds like lice, but during tho day hldo in tho cracks and crevices of tho roosts and walls of the houso and at night they come out and get upon the fowls. Mttca Buck the blood, and If allowed to become plentiful, as they certainly will If not destroyed, will affect seri ously tho health of fowls, and conse quently their ability to lay eggs. Specialists In tho United States De partment of Agriculture recommend thorough applications of carbollncum, kerosene, or some of tho coal-tar preparations sold for this purpose, or crude petroleum, to tlie Interior of tho poultry house. Commercial coal-tar products nro mora expensive, but retain Uiolr kill- "Delousing" His Brood Coop With Kerosene. Ing power longer, and tho cost of treaUuent may be lessened by reduc ing with an equal part of kerosene. Crude petroleum will spray better if thinned with ono pnrt of kerosene to four parts of crudo oil. Both tho crude petroleum and tho coal tar products often contain for eign particles, so should bo strained before attempting to spray. One must be sure that tho spray reaches all the cracks and crevices, giving special attention to the roosts, dropping boards, and nests, and tho treatment should bo repeated two or threo times at lntervnls of n week or ten days. PLANT LEGUMES IN ORCHARD Good Practice That Crops Be Kept I Growing Between Trees In Sum 1 mer and Early Fall. ; Good orcharding practice requires, In many instances, that crops bo kept growing between the trees during lato summer or early fall. For one thing tho soil will need humus and protec tion from the burning rays of the sun. . It Is a good practlco to plant cow- peas, soy beans, or other crops that ; thrive lu Into summer and early au tumn to protect the soil and to add fertility to It for the next season. Most of the legumes uro well adapt ed for summer crops In orchards. Cow pens are In mnny Instances better than other summer legumes for this purpose. Usually, planting peas or soy beans In rows between tho trees and giving them a cultivation or two Is better than broad-enst sowing. However, some prefer to sow broadcast. KEEP-GARDEN FREE OF TRASH Cornstalks, Tomato Vines, Potato Tops, Etc., Should Be Gathered Up and Burned. Neatness, cleanliness, and order in tho gurden help in the fight against insects nnd diseases, specialists In tho United States Department of Agri culture emphasize. As a general rule, tlie residue of tho garden such as corn stalks, tomuto vines, potato tops, eta, should bo burned. Do this promptly, so that Insects and disease spores may not be harbored by the rubbish. Just as soon us any crop Is gathered, re move the trusji, spudo up the ground, and plunt something else. Keep the garden free from weeds at all times, and this cun best be done by frequent cultivation which destroys the weed seeds as noon as they sprout, WINDBREAKS ARE BIG ASSET 8oll 'Is Prevented From Drying Out Quickly and Protection Given Grain and Trees. Windbreaks are in many ways a funn asset. They tend to prevent tho soil from drying out quickly and they protect grain und orchards from In Jury by the wind. A belt of trees near the farm buildings protects them from extreme cold and from summer's heat. Trees make tho farm a pleasnnter place In which to live. The windbreak may bo also a source of wood supply for fuel or for sale. tiva urn the m PROFITABLE DAIRY IN SOUTH Home Demand Supplied for Products and Soil Fertility Built Up and Maintained. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment ot AETleutture.) More than 0,500,000 pounds of but ter wns mndo by 1)3 creameries In the Southern states In the year ending De cember 31, 1010. Thirty of tho 54 chcesa factories scattered throughout the mountain region turned out 481, 000 pounds of Cheddar cheese. Slloe, modern dairy burns, and purebred dairy cows nro becoming common. "Fifteen years ago dairying as an in dustry had been scurcely stared In tho southern states," said a specialist In tho dairy division, United States Department of Agriculture. "Tho South probably has made more prog ress in the last 13 years than nny other section of the country. Tho in crease in the number of dairy cows from 1007 to 1020 was more than CO per cent The iuerease for tlie eu- tire United States durlrug the same period was 18.8 per cent." White the increase in number of cows has been large, It Is pointed out by men working co-operatively wltli the federal government and tho stato agricultural college thut tho Improve ment In quality has been of even great er Importance. Purebrcds have been shipped In every year In large num bers, and great Interest has been shown In tho uso of purebred sires. There are now 48 bull asoclatlons In these states. Tho latest census fig ures available show there are 5,184 Lead of purebred dairy cattle In South Carolina and 0,580 In Virginia. "Dairy development began In tho southern states shortly after 1000," said one of tho specialists, "but tho improvement wns slow at first. It was dllllctilt to convlnco growers In my territory thnt there wns anything for them in dairying. But an object lesson was found that finally con vinced them. On one side of a road was a field of cotton thnt yielded two bales per acre; on tho other sldo a field gave half a bale. Tho farm that grew two bales to the acre had kept cows for five years, and tho manure had produced tho change. Farmers wero taken from miles around to see theso two fields. "This little demonstration illustrates tho purpose for which dairy cows wero Purebred Holstelns on a Louisiana Farm Cows Have Been Dipped Reg. ularly for Ticks Without Loss In Milk. recommended In sections of the South not to make dairying n major Indus try, but rather to establish a system that would supply tho home demnnd for dairy products, and at the same time build up and maintain sol! fer tility, both by supplying manure and by enforcing u proper rotation of crops. This would make possible tlie production of cotton nnd other staple, crops at greater profit. This was the aim of the southern dairy extension work, tho fir,st large sculo extension project attempted, which was started under the direction of tlie dairy di vision of the Department of Agricul ture In 1000, and carried forward co operatively by tlie department and the stnto agricultural colleges. Ono of tlie first things corrected was th" poor feeding methods. Cot tonseed meal nnd hulls formed tho bnsls of tho ration; farmers had no knowledge of balanced rations; silos .were few In number, and it ran not known generally that they could bo built by furm lnbor. A few silos were erected in 1000 ns demonstrations, and tho Idea began to grow slowly In pop ularity. The vulue of silage compared with cottonseed hullB was very striking, even In the duys when hulls were only $4 or $5 a ton. A dnlry farm ncur Blloxl, Miss., where 40 tons of silage were fed instead of cottonseed hulls, reported a saving of $250 for the win ter. "From n locnl standpoint," writes one of the federal agents of the dairy division, "the establishing of dairying In tho boll-weovil districts of Mississip pi has been one of tho greatest achievements. Anyone acquainted with the despondency of farmers In 1012 in southern Mississippi, nnd who was enabled later to seo the change wrought by tho dairy cows, will agree that en thuslnsm for dairying Is well founded In a region thut was floundering for Rome means of a livelihood, now. changed to n country In which tho fanners ure supplying whole milk for New Orleans and other points. Tide iiicaiif t" d methods are being used." v 11 BOY LIVES WITH SHOTJN HEARTi Life in Balance for Several Days; He Leaves Hospital Two Weeks Later. SHOT WHILE AT PLAY Doctors Say It Is the Most Remarkable Case In History of Hospital Seven Buckshot Pellets Lodged In Heart Muscles. Patcrson, N. J. Alive with sores pellets of buckshot In tho muscles of his heart, and apparently Buffering Blight, If any, 111 effects, Is tho remark able case of twelve-year-old Law rence Settcrflcld, of Bloomlngdnle, N. J., according to doctors of tho Pater son General hospital. Tho boy wns accidentally shot oa May 1. Ho left the hospital two weeks Inter, having prevailed on his parents and the staff doctors to let him do so, declaring ho was nil right, und did not wnnt to stay Indoors any longer. Ills pleading won the consent of tha attending surgeons, but not before a further X-ray examination wns made. Tho result ohowed the pellets nil re maining In the muscles of the heart. They could bo scon moving around when tho boy was taking long breaths, according to the stntcmeut mndo by Dr. Samuel Thompson, of the hospital staff. Remarkable Case. "When this little fellow was first brought In," Dr. Thompson said, "ho hovered between llfo nnd death for several days. When he left hero ho S'ns apparently none tho worse for Is accident I And his caws ono of tho most remarkable ever entered In this hospital, or that has occurred In Fussalc county during my memory. It Is almost beyond belief." On Sunday, May 1, the boy, with, his two cousins, Thompson Yutmau, six years old, nnd William Ynturn, fourteen years old, wero playing around tho grounds of the Yntmaa homo In Bloomlngdnle. Thompson wont Into tho Yatmnn burn and brought out an old shotgun belonging to his father. It was the old story, "we did not know it was loaded." Tlie children began tlie usual boy ish gamo of "bandits." The old shot gun In the hnnds of Thompson, young csJof tho threo, wns discharged. Pnrt of the load of shot struck William Yatmnn in the loft leg and n'scntterlns; of tho shot penetrated Lawrence Set tcrfleld's left side, lodging In tho heart muscle. Life Hung In Balance. Hearing tho report, the father of Thompson nnd William ran out of his house nnd found his eldest son nnd his nephew lying on tho ground partly Was Accidentally Shot. ' I unconscious. Commnndcerlng an au tomobile ho rushed them, to the Gen eral hospital at Paterson. , Scttcrflcld's case was diagnosed at onco ns "extremely critical." For two days his llfo hung in balance. At tho little fellow accompanied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Setter Held, walked out of tho hospital, tha Hurgeons who attended him shared his happiness. j Though William, his cousin, was less seriously wounded, ho did not leave the hospital, being still confined to bed. Tho heart Is surrounded by n mus cular structure that propels tho blood by alternate contractions and dilations. Sues Doctor Who Cut Up Son's Body, Denver. Declaring that tlie phyBl clnn had no right to perform tho au topsy, Mrs. Florence B. Loomls, moth er of William 0. Baker, has brought suit for $15,000 against Dr. Matt It Boot, who used tho knife to determine tho cnuso of tho boy's death ho he could report to tho city authorities. Boy Has Committed Nine Burglaries. New York, Fourteen years old, with nlno burglaries already to his credit, woh tho record of which Howard Ward boasted when arrested. Howard and n chum, Oscar Anderson, wero arrest ed after pedestrians said they hud seen tho boys at work on a safe In shoe store. ' 1 Tl