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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1921)
NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. i ER ITEMS News of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. State oniclals will noon turn over to SOtne Hold tors' nwntiWntlmi rn iw e used for hnlnliiL' nv-.uirvl- nt lilt XVnrifl Wni- wlm nn li. .11. . 1 n - v hivii L . . ... ...v uuu iii-fu ui ""i. uuiiiK iur.cn care ot uy the federal government. Tlw lust legis lature provided a trust fund of S2.. nllll aiMn ., 1.1 . 000,000, the Interest of which will be itlsed for Nebraska veterans. Since In Merest would not he available this yeur, ;$.r0,000 whs appropriated for lnimedl , &te use. It Is quite likely the Aiiicrl- CORNHUSK y nn Lesion will be selected to adminis ter this fund, nnd thm local posts inrOUKHOUt tlie StntO W 111 tin iiakixl tn Hill nppiicnnts for nld. nSl7Altff .wwitiit ...II 1 p n.mj UlllllL- OIIICCI.S, CO- kjoperntlng wltli tlie police department, iralded the" streets of Fremont the ,'JoUier night In search of auto headlight .nnd tnll MEM vlol'lfors. Huns wnro Hiuuoneu nt intervals along tlie bus- A . X 'it-si aireeis nun an oiieniiers wero jelthqr escorted to the police station lor given notice to appear for trial. ;Over 100 drivers, among whom were iinany prominent citizens, were victims lof the law enforcers. No 11 flea were ilovled, however, and bond money was refunded with lectures to obey the law In the future. Complete' return from S9 of the 08 counties received by V. II. Osborne, ;stnte tax commissioner nt Lincoln, ishows the total personal property as sessed In 1021 to be $SQ9,159,005 against .$1,000,81 2,503 In 1020, a de- all property returned by the SO counties In 1021 Is !?:i,2n ,408,553. Fol .lowing their equal Iznt Ion It Is found that the value has been decreased to $1,200,305,415. J, H. Hart, secretary of the depart ment of trade and commerce, announc ed that a levy must be placed against the guaranty fund of $150,000 to pay depositors of the Cerosco Stnte bank, which failed recently. In a short time Hart expects to make other levies Amounting to approximately $300,000, to pay depositors In banks at Allen, Hndnr and Hosklns. Hanks nnd French, near Gering, Jtave completed the harvesting and threshing of 1,170 acres of wheat. With four combined harvesters and threshers tlley cut the ent're acreage hi eight days, sacked the wheat and hauled It to market. They claim .this to bo the record for luirvestlng and threshing In Nebrusku'. George Dimlg reports the largest yield of wheat raised In York county tins senson. lie threshed 11 acres, which he sowed last fall with Kanred wheat, imported from, Kansas, averag U ing 50.8 bushels per acre. He also threshed 030 bushels of barley from 15 acres. A two-months' droutjt was broken In Iilgspring when an Inch of rain fell In u few minutes. Lawns and gardens In town have been burned up owing to lack of moisture. The country sur rounding the town has had several good rains, insuring u good crop of corn. Work Is progressing rapidly In the lty park nt West Point In prepara tlon for the big cantonment of the Patriarchs Militant of the 1. O. O. F. of Nebraska, which will he held there this month. A mnlndy contracted by Mrs. Desin Mohr so bntried Colridge physicians thnt Dr. J. Williams, nerve specialists of Sioux City, was sent for. The diagnosis revenled a pecular case of sleeping sickness. Dodge county threshers are showing that the wheat yield of the county Is exceeding the early estimate and the farmers are as a general rule well sat istied with their small grain crop.1. Arrangements are being completed by the Deshler Light nnd Power'icom pany for the construction of several country electric lhrht transmission idles for use of farmers. iiog unoieru among tne nogs irrvur v Ions herds in the vicinity of YbrKBl reported at this time. Kvery'iiiTiirwT being made to stanin the disense?oul J. C. McCorkle, near .Alliance threshed 140 ncres of wiiearJiSvhJch .yielded ro bushels per acre. M Mason city will hold a threjgday Home-coming ce'brot!on. AuguslMH n - -m The Fall City firemen are ndrcrtls Ing n three day tournament for (August 25-20-27. ,'' At u meeting of the eiltlrftpmember- ship of the Shifters' cluH'.lipHl ut Su perlor,, further .irrnngeiiient? wen made for the bg liletorfail , pageant which Is to be eiincted August 10 and 17. The plans for the G.'-nA, It. re- union, which Is to be held In conjunc tion with the pageant, ,wejregubmltted Appl Jen tlon for Issuance' '.of $200, 000 worth of new stock In the Wells Abbott-NIermnn milling corporation ut Schuyler, will be made to the state authorities. The new tock will solve tlnancial dllllcultles .if the company, 1 1 . i .... f L r ..i i acvoruiiig to auvices irom acnuy.ier. Dr. K, K. Stnuffer, president of Mid ,lnnd college and delegate to the Inter national Rotary convention held In Kdlnburg, Scotland, returned to Fre mont after a two months' absence in Europe. He visited various nations .following the Rotary conference. The Omaha central labor union plans o organize a bank with .$5,000,000 In leposits to begin with. Organizers are low at work and It If hoped to have the bank In business before snow Hies, nThe Institution will be controlled en ihirely by labor and will cater to union I'jjnenibcrs, George Schwustur, :,r of luld City, ust celebrated his 70th birthday and In honor of this event 1,200 persons were served with cake nnd lemonade In the newly-completed basement of the Sehwester department store. The cake measured 50 by 30 Inches nnd was two and a half feet high. It contained 10 layers and weighed 245 pounds. The contents of the c.iko were 75 pounds of powdered sugar, !(5 pounds of granulated sugar, 40 pounds of creamery butter, 35 pounds of Hour and 00 dozen or 720 egus. It carried 70 red candles. A light over' the location of the school house was terminated at Klls- worth quite abruptly when two mem bers and leaders of the minority fac tion loaded the building on skids at night and hauled It with a tractor two and one-half miles to their own location. It Is stated that this move "tided the controversy as tha majority leaders have given up the tight. The permanent Injunction asked by the village of Davenport In n suit against the Mayer Hydro Electric Power company was grui ted In a de cision hnuded down by Judge L. W. Colby. The defendant company asked higher rates thnti Its franchise called for, and' a temporary Injunction was granted until a hearing on the matter could be held in the district court. Under tlie terms of the decision tho former rate will remain h. force. Judge S. P. Davidson and family of Tecumseh Are camped at the J. O. Roach resort, near Boston, In the mountains of Colorado. Miss Huth Davidson, 20, wns lost In the mountains for 10 hours and was ' unconscious when ' found by a searching party. Miss Davidson had gone for a Vulk In the Needle Butte mountains and lost her wny. She roamed about In tho mountains for hours, seriously fright ened and finally fell from 'a small cliff and lost consciousness. The farm bureau picnic for Madison county, wns held nt the Andy Tom- hagan grove southeast of Battle Creek. It was estimated that 22.000 attended the picnic. Business houses closed for the event. The program Included nil dresses by C. W. Pugslev and Professor II. C. FllIey of the University of Ne braska, and concerts by the Norfolk, Madison, Newman Grove and Battle Creek bands. The campaign to raise .$35,200 to se cure the air carnival for Omaha this fall Is well under way rtnd everything points to tho. success of the inovement; Not less than 200 aviators are expected to come with their machines to par ticipate in the lllghts and carry away the prize money. The air mail llyii field on West Center street will bo used. At n meeting held at Grand Island called by the president of the Three Hundred and Flfty-flfth Infantry or ganization, which wap a part of tho Elghty-ninth division, prellmlnares were laid for the reunion, which will be held on August 30 and 31. Theo dore Roosevelt, jr Is expected to ad dress the gathering and about 1,200 men are expected. A grain shocker Invented and con structed, by J. F. Gridltl. of Albion Is said to perform work from 00 to 05 per cent perfect. Grllllth 1ms been nt work on the machine for twelve years. A local company Wns fpned here In 1910, live years before li e model was completed, to handle the Invention and manufacture the machine. The telephone strike at Bloomlleld has been called on" an. I the patrons will soon receive first-class service again. The strike of the patrons was called last April whoa the tel lephono companyndvertlsed in Increuse In Its rates. - ' The gpecial bond election here, nsk Ing lo(1U5,000 additional money with whlchto complete Norfolk's new half million dollar high school building, was successfully carried. In the report of County Assessor F. C. Rundle of Aurora the total valua tlonkbf the county is $44,331,305. Last year, the total was $51,033,475. A. contract has been awarded n Kansas City firm for tlie erection of a liSW .$75,000 electric light and power fclnnt at Pawnee City. If'-Che state hoard of equalization hns gijfused to lower the assessment of Ne braska railroads, demanded by rein .resentatlves. fi A car shortnge Is reported In Cliap- man. All the elevators are full and the shortage Is proving a handicap to the farmers. Tlie postotilce at Mead, wns broken Into by burglars and about $200 worth of stamps were stolen. A torentlal rain In Madison county did much dainnge to .he growing crops. 185 new laws passed bv the last leg islature, went Into effect this week. Through the efforts of the Com munity club and the Business Men's club u band Is assured In Stanton. A. D. Hlava of Rnvenna will take charge of the band. Heroic efforts of nurses saved tlie lives of patients In the Arapahoe hos pital when tire broke out In the build ing. After the pnllentfi had been rescued, workers succeeded in saving most of the fixtures. The blaze, which wus started by an electric Iron, did dnmage estimated at $5,000. The tiro was cheeked before the whole bidldlug was destroyed, At a meeting of the Live Stock Breeders' association nt Tecumseh, tho new sales pavilion beenmo a reality. It was voted to build one 200 feet by 30 feet, with a sales ring 40 by 40 feet In tho center. Harry Housen, Deputy Stute llro marshall, has Just completed the In vestigation of a fire at tho home of Judge S. K. Twist, at Salem. The lira had been started In nine different places. Judge Twist recently receiv ed three blnckhund letters, demanding his resignation from tlie cpy council, which he had Ignored. WEIGHTY POINTS ON ALFALFA HAY Some Important Factors Cited That Help to Determine Mar ket Prices of Product. SIZE AND WEIGHT OF BALES Inspection Service Varies Consider ably at Different Centers Few Bales of Off-Grade Hay Will Hurt Grade of Car. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment pt Agriculture.) While supply and demand are the principal factors which determine the market price of n product, there aro a number of other factors which may be of considerable Importance to the Jmllvlduul producer or shipper of hay. Slzo and weight of bale, chnrncter of inspection existing at prospective mar ket, grading and the manner of Inter preting the grades are among the more Important of these factors, say mnrkctlng specialists of tho bureau of markets. United States Department of Agriculture. Size and Weight of Bale. The preference for bales of a cer tain size and weight Is so marked In. oonie of the Important markets that premiums ranging from 50 cents to $2 per ton are paid for bales of the size nnd weight desired. Bales may be roughly classed as small, medium nnd large In size. The small and medium sizes are somptlrnes designated as one quarter nnd one-third bnles. The small bales are made in a perpetual press and are 14 or 10 by 18 Inches, varlablu In length but usually about 30 Inches long. Medium bnles are also mndc in n perpetunl press nnd are 17 or 18 by 22 Inches nnd about 30 Inches long. Largo bales are usually made In box presses nnd nre about 10 by 23 by 40 Inches. The weight vnrles considerably, even though the bnles arc of the same size, as buy is pressed under varying con dition and by balers having a wide range In tension. According to the de partment's marketing specialists liny should be pressed sufficiently tight thnt the wires will hbld well, aud so that the required weights can be lond ed Into cars. Difficulty Is experienced In some sections In loading cars to tho minimum weight, because the hay is pressed too loosely. 1 The character of the Inspection service vnrles considerably In differ ent markets. Besides the various Selling Hay by the Auction Method at a Market Using a "Plug" Method of Inspection. methods, now generally designated as warehouse, car-door, plug and halo In spection, there Is a difference In apply ing the grades. Some lbspoctors give tho entire carload the grade of tho poorest quality of hay found In It. Other Inspectors endeuvor to apply an average grade. Some of these practices nre hnrdly fair to the shipper, but so long ns they exist tho shipper must meet tho situa tion In the best mnnner possible. Uni form loading is probnbly one of tho most Important methods of obtaining satisfactory grades, Mixed Cars Unsatisfactory. In some sections the alfalfa mead ows aro allowed to stand until they contain a largo quantity of weeds and grass. In other sections other grasses nre sown with the alfalfa for hay. When loading any mixture the grentest care should be exercised to have the hay loaded Into any one enr all of tho same degree of mixture. This suggestion applies also trt hay of different quality because of bleaching or dnmage. Many shippers make the mistake of thinking that a few bales of ofT-gr,ade hay will not hurt the grnde of a car but will bo accepted along with tho good hay or at only a small discount. Unless the market Is very strong the hay usually will be accepted only at a heavy discount, nnd frequently the whole enr will be rejected. If the car Is accented It will be taken only nt the price value of the poorest hay found In the enr. For best results In marketing alfalfa bureau of markets officials caution shippers: To ship bales of size and weight de sired by buyer. To ship grade desired nnd not to In clude hay of other grades or mixtures. To Insist upon official Inspection certificates which show tho actual grade of tho hay In the car If cars nre nlilclnlly Inspected by regular Inspec tors located nt Important markets. CLUB BOYS IN GREAT CONTEST AT ATLANTA Teams From Many States to Compete for Prizes. Seven Winners Will Do Given Trip to English floyal Rtock Show Lead ers and Members Are Show ing Interest In Event. (Frenared by the United States Depart ment ot rioulture.) Probably the greatest gathering ot boys In the history of club work will take plare at Atlanta. Ga., October 10 to 21, 1021, when club boys represent ing practically every section of tho United States will take part In an In ternational club judging contest. Tho seven winners In this contest Will bo given a trip to tho English royal stock show, and hundreds of dollars will be distributed as additional prizes. This contest Is under the supervision of club lenders representing the stata A Pig Club Boy Preparing His Prlzo Pig for the Show Ring. agricultural colleges and the United States Department of Agriculture. Many club lenders and members aro ehpwlng an Interest In the contest and have expressed their willingness to send judging teams. The team from Texas, which defeated the entire field last yenr, Is now completing prepara tions for tho trip to Europe. That state will bo represented again at tho contest In Atlnnta, but this year there will be more competition, for teams from Mississippi, Louisiana, Virginia, Oklahoma, Florida, Arkansas, Alaba ma, Kentucky, North Cnrollnn and South Carolina nre preparing to enter. Several other states In the North and West have .signified their willingness to send teams to the contest if suit able arrangements can bo made. VALUE OF DOCKAGE IN WHEAT Material Sometimes Contains QuantU tie's of Nutritious Grain, Good for Farm Use. Dockage found In whent In some In stances Is of real value, while In oth ers It not only may have no value but often may contnln Ingredients that aro positively harmful If ground with tho whent, sny specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture. The value of dockage, therefore, de pends on the vnluo of the material separated from the wheat. Dockngo frequently contains quantities of nutri tious grain nnd. weed seeds, as flax seed, wild oats, or other cereal grains. .Much of this mnterlal can be used to good advantage as poultry or ' stock feed. Wild mustard and flaxseed can bo removed from the dockage In prnctlcnlly a pure state by tho use of special cleaning machinery, such as la sometimes found in terminal elevators and tho larger flour mills, but even then .the cost of cleaning will be con slderable, and when so separated will ordinarily command a fair price. Under the dockage system of tho federal standards, the amount of for eign material separated and consld ercd as dockage is deducted from tho weight of the wheat purchased and, la any event, does not affect the grade of tho clean wheat. This results In a higher grade and the' price pnld Is on tho basis of this grade for the dockage- free wheat. CULLING OF CHICKEN FLOCKS One Virginia Farmer Reports Selllntf Fowls to Amount of $70 without Lessening Eggs. Good reports continue to come Into the county agent at Smyth county, Vn., from those who hnve taken ad vantage of the poultry-culling work given by him. There Is still a great demand for Information concerning the culling of flocks. One farmer reports thnt he sold chickens amounting to $70 without reducing his egg produc tion ut nil. Another reports that he sold poultry amounting to $72.50 and Is now getting Just as many eggs aa before. RENOVATE OLD POTATO BINS All Growers Are Warned to Thoroughly Disinfect All Storage Places Before Using. Kvery grower who experienced trou ble with dry rot In his potatoes Is warned by A. O. Tolaas of University farm, chief Inspector of the potato need department, to disinfect thoroughly all bins before using them again. Either u solution of formaldehyde in ten gal Ions of water, or a solution of blue- stone (copper sulphate) consisting of one pound of the milestone dissolved In ten gallons of water, should be used for this purpose. DAIRY FACTS SUCCULENT FEED FOR DfclRY Modern Machinery for Planting and Cultivating Roots Makes Work Less Laborious. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment or Agriculture.) With the development of the silo many dnlry ,cow owners have over- ooked the vnluo of roots as n succu lent feed for cattle. Mangel-wurzel, beets, carrots, and turnips aro tho prin cipal roots grown for this purpose. They nre particularly adapted to the cooler and more moist portions of the country. The principal drawback to their use Is tho labor of growing, har vesting and storing them. On tho oilier hand, sny specialists of the Uni ted States Department of Agriculture, Mot crops have a distinct ndvantngo for small dairies, a8 It Is generally ac cepted that n silo will not prove eco nomical where less than six animals are being fed. Roots mny ho stored In a proper cellnr, or burled In tho ground, and can be taken out In any desired qunntlty without Injury to the remainder. A surprising amount of roots enn be produced on n small acreage. A yield of 25 tons per acre of mangel- tvurzcls Is nothing unusual, while In England, where roots nro used nlmos't entirely to supply succulent food, the yield per acre Is lncrensed still further by Intensive farming. Other kinds of beets, nnd also tur nips nnd carrots, mny bo used. Tur nips, however, should bo fed after milking rather than before, as they give a bad flavor to the product. Yel low carrots Impart a deslrnblo color to tho milk. For feeding purposes tho mnngels will probably be found the most practical beet. Among carrots, tho Long Orange Is recommended be cause of Its large size and heavy yield. It forms a long, thick root, and Is very easily grown. The White Vosges or Belgian is grown pxcluslvcly for stock, and Is an even hi-avler ylelder. The rutabaga Is recommended as a good turnip. The same soils nnd methods of cultivating nre adapted to all three kinds of roots. . The soil should be well enriched, and should be one thnt warms up quickly In the spring. Most growers regard sandy lontp as best adapted to the cul ture of root crops, this being partic ularly true of the early spring crop. An Acre or Two of Roots Will Feed a Small Dairy Herd. For later crops heavy soils can be era ployed, and muck soils nre widely used for the midsummer nnd fnll .crops. Land that Is In good physical -condition ns the result of early and proper bundling, well supplied with available plant food and rich In orgnnlc mntter, la essential to best results. Appli cations of stnble manure nt the rate of 20 to 30 tons por ilcre are advis able, and this may profitably be sup plemented by the use' of commercial fertilizer containing at lenst 2 per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric acid, and 4 per cent potash. The seed Is sown Jn rows nt least 80 inches apart If horse cultlyatlon is practiced, but under hnnd cultivation tliey need not be more than 15 to 18 Inches. Ordinarily about 0 pounns of beet seed per acre Is required. Seed Is ordinarily covered to a depth of to 1 Inch. As beet seed Is rather slow In germination, the practice of sowing some quick-sprouting seed nlong with It lj sometimes followed. These plants serve as markers for tho rows before the beets are up, so that cultivation may he begun before tho Reefs show above the ground. Radishes are frequently used for this purpose. Beet seeds como In clusters, and it Is Inevitable thnt thinning by hand will be required. Boots Intended for winter storage are allowed to stand In the field until Just before heavy autumn frosts oc cur, when they are pulled nnd stored In pits or cellars, requiring much the same treatment as potatoes and sim ilar root crops. From 20 to 35 pounds of sliced or pulped roots, with a proper grain ra tion and dry foliage, is a day's ration for nn ordinary dairy cow. Thus It will be seen that 2 tons will enrry a cow through the usual five-months' winter feeding period. An acre or two of beets, carrots and turnips should be enough to supply any herd which la not large enough to make a silo profit able. With the development of the sugar-beet Industry many Implements and methods of culture have been de vised which reduce the, labor required to grow root crops. BREAK UP BOY : ROBBER GANG "Bulls" Capture the Youthful Chief Who Promptly Turns State's. Evidence. "LITTLE WOP" IS STAR Two of tho Band Are Seized at Their (Desks In School-rJuvenlle Delin quency Charge. 1 Is Greatest ' ' Injury to Their Pride. Now York. "Well, bulls, I guess you got me right. So long as I'm going to do n bit, I'll turn state's evi dence." With ttila announcement couched. in correct criminal terminology, "Pad dy the Kid," leader of a unlquo rob-' ber band, prefaced tho atrange story of date of organization to Its disband ment, following the nrrcst ot Its five leuncss uicmocrs. "rauuy was nu ll resslng detectives In the East Twen- . ty-second street station, nnd what ho said was corroborated by others of the gang. Rend their story; you .will be surprised. First permit nn Introduction tho gnug: Leader, Patrick Murphy (Pad dy tho Kid), fourteen, of No. 317 East Twenty-first street ; Joseph Agissum ' (Jimmy Valentine, also The Little Wop), seven, of No. U45 East Twenty first street; Matthew Agostlneloo. (Skinny), nine, of No. 310 East Nine teenth street; Wnlter Mlchaelsky (ThV Polack), ten, ot No. 340 First uvenue, and John Rubshu (The Dummy), who lived up to his "alias" and refused to give any information about himself. Gang Applauds "The Little Wop.". Well, n long time ago so long tho gnng hardly remembers It tljese boys Bnw several thrilling moving pic tures (the story Is now being trans- mltted from tho gang through Detec tives Meyers and Glllmiin) and then tried out a few "stunts." "Golly!" was the unanimous cry after Joseph had opened a safe the boys found somewhere, "tho little wop Is a Jimmy Valentino I" And the detec- . tlves sny they were, right, only ho does the trick by listening to tho tumblers fall. Organization followed with a capital stock of one pistol "found" In auf automobile. Courage. Increased with 80 days, residents around und In Joseph Worked the Combination. East Twenty-second street 'have coni plnlned of many daring depredations by a robber bnnd. Meyers and Gill man were assigned to capture the out laws, hut hod no success until tho other day when passing the Standard Gas company's plant at Twenty-second street and First avenue, they heard Murphy sny ; "It'll be a cinch to crack this crib. This factory Is easy to get Into." A little Inter the ofliccrs saw Mur phy start to climb the fire escape. It was the beginning of the end. Tliey captured the outlaw before' he reached the third rung. Murphy told the names of the rest of the gung and two of them were arrested at their desks In a public sclmol. When the wholo outfit hud been rounded up in the East Twenty-second street station, a charge of Juvenile delinquency was registered against them. This charge was tho greatest Injury their prlda suffered. Joseph Left His Gun at Home. Every member appeared proud of his "alias" and not In tho least dis concerted by arrest. Joseph, three feet tail and weighing CO pounds,' sucked ut a lollypop said to be a part of the loot obtained by the gang. "I used to carry a loaded gun,".Jo- eepn voiuiiicereu, -out 11 guj neuvy ami I left it home. My father has It now." "Well,'.' commented another member, 'I guess we'll bust up now, anyway." The boys said Jo.-i.eph worked the combination of a safe In Empire Ilut company, No, 310 Kast Twenty-second street, a week ugo, but It took the whole gang to pull tho door open.' They got SLOfJ each.
