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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1921)
NORTH PLATTE SEHtl-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. C ER ITEMS News of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. Tho loan of practically $2,000,000 ."which the Nye-Sclmolder-Kowlcr Co. of Fremont requested of their cred itors, consisting of hankers In Omaha, Chicago, New York City, Milwaukee mid Kansas City, will be granted, ac- vorumg to a statement made bv F. II, uavis, president of the First National I bank, and representatives of the Oin-, ana nanus. The amount to be oh talned from Omaha bankers Is said to be practically $150,000, the balance being furnished principally by Chicago banks. "With this loan the organlza Itlon will be utile to takn care of the 'Nebraska harvest," declared President Davis. "It would have been a serious Uos.s t the Nebraska farmers If this concern, with Its 100 elevators In the istate, had been forced to the wall." An up-to-date radio station In charge of n competent operator will be one of 'the attractions at the Dodge county .lair to be held August 30 to September 12. The management plans to send out the names of tho prize winners In some iof tlie leading exhibits by tills means. The station will have a lonir ruinre receiving apparatus with a telephone .attachment. It Is planned to give fair visitors n musical concert by wireless ilf possible. Market quotations "and m-ather conditions will he received and posted for tho benellt of the vis itors. Two ladles' ball teams have been organizing In Falrbury and are giving spectators the view of their lives. So .far men have been used for the bat teries as the ladles do not feel com petent as yet to do In the pitching jand catching. One of the teams Is (called the Blacks and the other the iteds. They are trying to arrange a game with the Plymouth Bloomer Cttrls at nn early date. The McDowell oil well southwest of Falrbury struck another vein of ar tesian water recently, making the sec ond vein that has Howed over the top of the well. This water was struck at a depth of 1)80 feet. It was shut off with easing and drilling proceeded. A flow of artesian water was previous up struck at 387 feet. small cyclone passed through a strip of country between Cortland and Pickrell, unroofing many of the farm buildings, and leveling telegrapli and telephone wires to the ground. The storm was about half a mile in width. As far as known no fatalities occurred. Three hundred and twenty-five Ne braska fanners had signed contracts with the United States Grain Growers Inc., nt the close of the llrst two weeks' utid half of the membership campaign according to an announcement made from the olllco of state headquarters at Lincoln. All Indications point to the fact that the sugar making campaign will com inenco early this year in the North Platte valley. So at least is the In formation given out by tho Great Western Sugar company, who have factories at Scottsbluff, Goring, Bayard and Mitchell. School district No. .'ir, a consolida tion of three schools of Cheyenne, Deuel and Garden counties, has Just voted $2.r),000 bonds for the purpose of erecting a modern rural high' school building to be located In Garden county. Ground Is being broken and work of construction on the new Lisco High school building will commence at an early date. Bonds In the sum of $25, 000 were voted nt a special election recently. The Alliance potash plant at An tlocli, built in 1017 nt a cost of approx imately $000,000, was sold at a .sheriff's sale at Antloeh to Herman .7. IKrauso for ?82,G0O. Beatrice citizens will vote on a prop osition September 20 authorizing the city commissioners to Issue $150,000 bonds for the purpose of constructing a municipal electric light plant. A new Methodist Church to cost $00,000 will he erected In Fremont and lit is expected to get the building well under way before cold weather. The melon crop In Pawnee county nd the surrounding country is a real bumper. "Watermelons and canta loupes are plentiful. The new lighting system at Stratton lias been completed and the change rfrom direct to alternating current has been made. Approximately $77,000 taken from the Nebraska state guarantee fund, was received by Ben Saunders, re ceiver of the failed Hadar bank, and will be used to pay depositors whose deposlis in the bank were guaranteed by the state. Resolutions appealing to Congress- jnan Andrews, who has Interested him self In the additional hospitalization bv the nation for disabled war vet- erais, to request an appropriation for such a hospital at the state soldiers' homo In Grand Island, were adopted bv the disabled war veterans of Grand Island. Reduced railroad fares for Ak-Sar-Ben visitors will be allowed by rail roads running Into Omaliu. All of the roads entering Omaha will put Into effect excursion rates of fare and one half for round trips during the fall festival period, It has been announced. Scott's caravan, a group of ninety persons who have given up their liomes In Brooklyn, N. Y and are traveling overlnnd In uutoraqblles to take up homesteads on the Irrlguted tracts of Idaho are scheduled to arrive IP Omaha within a few dipys, and will travel across the state on the Lincoln lilt'liwuv CORNHUSK Money appropriated by the last legislature for (lie relief of ex-servlee int'ii will be released Immediately, ae cording to a. decision readied by of llcors of t lie American Legion, depart nient of Nebraska, and the board of educational lands and funds. The legislature appropriated $2,000,000 and provided Hint the Interest from the fund should be given to disabled ex service men or their dependents. It also appropriated ?50,000 to be used Immediately pending the placing of the $2,000,000 on Interest. There will be ?(J,2f)0 given away quarterly for tho relief of ex-service men and their de- iWlllfloMfu lit Mir at M It tiuiii ttkf1;1fift It mini itliMJ nilniitml It ii f imttlliMiUnn for relief should be made to the local commander of the American Legion post and then sent to the state head quarters where a special committee to be appointed will decide whether the application lias merit. Under the law, the American Legion Is Intrusted with the distribution of the fund. One thousand live hundred and six-ty-one feet of strong wire fence, ten feet tall, with six sloping strands of the worst kind of barbed wire known to the wild, animal trade, Is to bo erected by the board of control around the men's reformatory at Lincoln. It will be strong enough to keep chick ens In and also out, according to the belief of a member of the board. "The llnest oil drilling rig ever brought into Nebraska" Is the report of oil men who have visited the loca tion of the outfit being erected by the Idikeslde Development company at a point a short distance west of tho town of liitkeslde. on the Burlington railroad and Potash highway, about twenty-live miles east of Alliance. The members of the Evangelical church nt Dawson held a meeting Sun day and raised $21,000, with which to build a new church to replnco the one which was destroyed by lightning a few weeks ago. It was voted to build a $30,000 structure on the present site. Twenty per cent of the telephone subscribers of Monroe will order their phones out when the Increase in tele phone rates granted by' the state rail-' way commission goes Into effect, It was stated here this morning. As yet no dellulte action lias been taken. The first sixteen uays of August in Omaha were the coolest In forty years of observation with the exception of 1015, according to unofficial statement by Meteorolrtglst Robins, who Is com piling figures on that subject. Big Springs elevators have shipped out 102 cars of irrnln In the last four weeks, representing 105,000 bushels.' This Is only about one-third of what will he shipped from here. Most of the grain Is going to Omaha elevators. Free scholarships In the University of Nebraska Agriculture college will be awar.ded by the Union Pacific to each 20 boys ranking highest In their counties for boys' and girls' club work, it was announced. Nearly all of the talent of Chey enne's frontier days' celebration will appear at Seward August 30 to Sep tember 2 In the llrst show of this kind ever to he produced In this sec tion of Nebraska. Albert Miller, a farmer living south west of Callaway, was "fatally Injured when he was caught under a steel road drag. His head was so bruised that he was paralyzed. He died a few hours later. Secretary Trimble Is receiving a long list of entries for the horse races that are scheduled for Ak-Sar-Bcn track. September 13-17. Some of the fastest horses In the country will be entered. The city council of Plattsnioutli Is arranging to purchase additional acre nge adjoining Its undeveloped park, and provide a camping ground as well as a municipal children's playground The best yield of wheat reported In the vicinity of Callaway Is on the Willis Gllmore farm In Redfern table. Fifty-five acres threshed out twenty seven bushels per ncre. The McCook Electric company hni put In operation the newly Installed 200 horsepower oil burning engine, which will Increase the capacity -10 per cent. Fire nt Hardy destroyed three build lugs and the entire stock of the Fair & Byran Hardware Store. The loss Is estimated at $20,000. Andrew Haas, 51, farmhand on tho Philip Llndstrom place, north of Ames, fell from a haystack and was dead when picked up. Grain from Nebraska. Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas Is moving to the Omaha grain market In large quanti ties. Approximately 400 representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran church will meet at Lincoln to discuss the establishment of a college or university at Lincoln through the consolidation of five or six Institutions already ex isting In the district. Reunited for the first time since they were mustered out of service in 1805, F. Williams of Scandia, Kas.. and F. Gates of Phllllpsburg, passed a few hours together at the Interstate G. A R. reunion held at Superior In con nectlon with tho historical pageant Thev were "huddles" In the northern forces for two years. SIcbend and Henry Ideas, 14 and 10, respectively, were seriously Injured and four horses and four mules were killed when lightning Btruck a corn crib on the farm of John Idcus, their father, five miles north of Fllley. A mule fell across the body of Slebend badly crushing his lower limbs. Both boys will recover, doctors said. Rear Admiral Moffitt, chief of tho nuvy, advised Representative Jeffcrlea that ho would keep In mind VAX 2, America's greatest dirigible, to the aero congress In Omajin In October, but that conditions were too Indefinite to permit of present acceptance. IMPROVED CRATE IS URGENT NEED Manufacturers Should Make a More Rigid Inspection of Ma terals Put Into Boxes. NAILING IS DI66EST FACTOR Consideration Should Be Given to Methods of Construction Which Will Lessen Possibility of Loss in Shipping. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Important factors affecting the suc cessful use of crates In marketing fruits and vegetables were carefully studied by a specialist of the bureau of markets, United States DcpnrtiriVnt of Agriculture, during u recent trip. The llrst of these Is the need of manu facturers tanking a more rigid inspec tion of materials used. While most manufacturers mako an effort to have their stock inspected nnd to use only good material, In some cases this attempt Is frustrated by the failure of the workman to understand nnd appreciate the Ideal which Is guid ing bis employer. Many crate-mlll employees seem to cherish the old Idea that because the crate is a gift pack age It should be made as cheaply as possible, using any sort of material so long as there Is a chance of Its hold ing together, thus reducing the cost to the grower nnd shipper. The Grower's Responsibility. The crate manufacturer having done his part In providing materials free from defects, the grower or ship per should sec to it Unit the crate Is not spoiled in being made up In his packing house or Held. Growers and shippers should remem ber that the nailing together of the crate Is one of the biggest fnctors In determining whether the container Is to be strong nnd substantial or weak nnd productive of damage claims. Ce ment-coated nails, not less thnn four penny In size, should always be used, and enre should be taken to see that they are properly spaced and plnced. Greater care Is perhaps necessary In mnklng up crates for express ship ments thnn for car-lot freight ship ments, due to the more frequent handling they must undergo. For either method of shlpiplng considera tion should be given to methods of construction which will lessen the pos- Showing Results of Poorly Crated Lettuce. Nihility of loss. An lnstnnce of this Is the use of the "web" or clouted side for celery crates. The slats are stapled to the cleats In the factory, making but one piece to each side to handle In the field Instead of three. It also Insures even spacing of the slats and gives nn extra thickness for holding tho nnlls, thus counteracting any tendency of the slnts to split nnd come nwny from the nnlls. Some- celery 'growers nro experi menting with n patent crnte which Is re-enforced with wire nround the ends nnd the body of the crate. In actual use the end wires were twist ed together to close the package, It be ing found linprnctlcnble, owing to the height of the celery, to twist the cen ter wires together. There Is no doubt of the strength of this type of crute. Need of Co-operation. Whatever the type of crate used, It Is the duty of the manufacturer to sup ply good material, accurately cut and properly put together. This much the purchaser of crates should de mand nnd- should expect to pay for. Having secured It, he should do his part by seeing that the crates are made up in n workmanlike mnnner, nnd, nfter packing, that they are properly closed and fastened for shipment. By such co-operntlon manufacturers and growers can feel better assured that the crate will measure up to the Ideal of a fruit and vegetable package: that It shall carry th commodity Intnct from the grower through the whole sale market to the retnllci-. BANTAMS INTEREST CHILDREN Few of Small Fowls Keep Young Peo ple Out of Mischief and Teach Them to Like Poultry. Bantams are very Interesting to chil dren, and even If It does not pny In dollars nnd cents to keep n smnll flock of bantams yet many families have found a few of these small fowls use ful to Interest the children, keep them out of mischief 041 d teach them to like poultry. -sg USING GUINEA FOWLS AS GAME SUBSTITUTE Birds Need Large Range for Most Profitable Results. Pearl Is Most Popular of Three Do mesticated Varletle They Will Weigh From 1 to 1yi Pounds When About 2 Months Old. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Gulnen fowl are growing In favor as a substitute for game birds, with the result that guinea raising Is becoming more profitable. Guinea fowls are raised, usually, In small flocks on gen eral farms, and need a largo range for best results. Domesticated guinea fowl are of three varieties, Pearl, White nnd Lav ender. The Pearl Is by far the most popular, say specialists of tho United States Department of Agriculture. Guinea fowl have a tendency to mate In pnlrs. but one male may be Pearl Guinea Fowl. mated successfully with three or four femnles. The hens begin to lay, usual ly, In April or May, and will lay 20 to 30 eggs before becoming broody. If not allowed to set they will contlnuo to lay throughout the summer, laying from 40 to GO or more eggs. Eggs may be removed from the nest when tho guinea hen Is not setting, but two or more eggs should be left In the nest. Ordinary hens nre used commonly to hatch nnd rear guinea chicks, but gulnen hens and turkey hens are used successfully, although they aro more dllllcult to manage. Guineas arc mar keted Into In the summer, when they weigh from one to one nnd one-half pounds, nt about two and one-half months old, nnd also through the fall when the demand Is for heavier birds. GRASS SEASON QUITE SHORT Seldom Profitable to Pasture Stock Be fore May 1 and Pastures Are Dry by September. Few of us realize bow short the grass season really Is north of the Mason nnd Dixon line. It Is custom ary to consider It as six months. But this Is stretching It pretty far. It Is seldom If ever prolltable to turn stock on pasture much before May 1. and almost always pastures are about dried up In September. o, actually, there are only about four months that pastures can be depended upon. This Is worth keeping In mind when plan ning the size of the silo or silage Held figure on eight months of feeding. The mnn whose stock goes through I the winter best Is the one that doesn't 1 allow them to become thin before frost. CHEAP WESTS FOR CHICKENS Take an Orange Box, Removing Top and Fasten to Wall Keep Straw Fresh and Clean. An orance box makes a good nest Remove the top. put the box on Its side, nnd nail a strip about three Inches wide nlong the bottom In front. It Is preferable to fasten this box to the wall, as It takes too much room on the floor. Ench box. the middle niece being left Intnct, makes two nests. There ought to be one nest for every four or five hens, say poultry specialists of the United Stntes De partment of Agriculture. Straw or other material used for nests should ho Item clean and fresh. Be sure to keen enough straw In the box to pre vent eggs striking the floor. If an egg breaks, the hen may learn to eat It, and this Is n dllllcult habit to break. FARMING FOR LIVING URGED If More Farmers Would Produc What They Need for Home Use Markets Would Be Better. More farming for a living should ht done nnd there will be less risk of poor markets. If most farmers would produce what they could for home use the mnrkets would be required to take less and as a result there would he less strain on them. The way to have markets Is to save and conserve whnt vou hnve. Use your markets only when It Is necessnry to sell the sur plus you cannot eat or feed. PAINTS INJURE WOOD SILOS Use of Preservatives for Coating Not as Much In Favor as Formerly They Do No Good. When wood silos were first bclnj Introduced great pains were taken In coating them with tar paint, or some thing of that sort to preserve the wood, but this practlcully ban gone out of use. Experiments show that these paints do but little good, and again they nro somewhat Injurious to Mir silage, snys the Michigan Fanner Without paint n wood silo will last a great many years. DAIRY HINTS BULL ASSOCIATIONS HELPFUL Acted as Wedge to Stimulate Dairy Interest and Promote Better Methods In South. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) An example of how bull associ ations, organized through the help of the United States Department of Ag riculture, net as a wedge to stimulate dnlry Interest nnd promote better dairy methods in n community Is Il lustrated by the work which lias been dono In Spnrtnnburg county, S. O. Flvo years ago little dairying was done In this county, nccordlng to dairymen of the department, but now the Industry is mnklng rapid progress and up-to-date methods are being prac ticed largely as a rosult of the organ ization of n bull association. The Interest In dnlryhiK dates from the beginning of the purebred bull movement In the vicinity of Cnmpobcl- lo In 1010. At that time n breeder. In The Best Way to Improve a Dairy Herd Is by the Introduction of a Purebred Sire. the hope of starting nn Interest In bet ter stock and creating a demand for his animals, presented n purebred bull to tho community. Llttlo Interest was taken, nnd the gift was accepted with reluctance. The community was mado up of small farms and there were few cows. Following this n dairymen's picnic and exhibition of live stock was held, nnd as a result of extension work car ried on by the dniry division of the department In co-operation with Clem son Agricultural college more peoplo became Interested nnd bought cows. In 1017 n co-operative bull association was organized, from which developed a live stock show, nnd the members of the association developed a keen Inter est In comparing the dnlry nnlmals they raised. Another show wns held In 1020, at which prizes, offered by merchants nnd bankers consisting of cash, merchan dise, and savings nccotints wcro nwnrded. One of tho features of tho show waB a program of short talks on local problems by the county agent, lending farmers, and represcntntlves of the commercial club nnd the Stnto Jersey Breeders association. As an Indication of the Interest that was aroused those attending the show voted unanimously to hold a commti nlty fair next fall, to Include not only dnlry stock but other agricultural products. SPRAY TO KEEP FLIES AWAY Best Time to Apply Repellent Is In Morning After Milking or Early In Afternoon. To keep cows quiet and contented they should be sprayed to keep flics off. A good tlmo to spray Is nfter milking In the morning and before milking time In the afternoon. With a portnblo cart, mado from a half barrel by attaching wheels and a spray pump nnd nozzle, two men can spray 40 cows In five minutes. Thirty gallons of mixture will spray 40 cows twice n day for 10 days. Formula: 4 quarts coal tar dip, 4 quarts fish oil, 3 quarts coal oil, 8 quarts whale oil and 1 quarts oil of tar. Dissolve 3 pounds lnundry soap In wnter, add tho above Ingredl ents nnd bring the whole up to 80 gnllons with lukewarm soft water. PUREBREDS REPLACE SCRUBS Nothing but Registered Sires Being Used at the Louisiana State Normal School. "Within the past ten days wo have Bold to the butcher flvo scrub cows. We are now keeping only high grades and purebrcds." With this explanation nn olllciai of the Louisiana State Normal school In Nntchltoches parish en rolled In the "Better Sires, Bettor Stock" movement conducted by tho United Stntes Department of A grind ture nnd the various states. All the live stock on the school farm, which Includes cattle, swine nnd poultry, aro being bred only to purebred sires, BEST TIME TO SELECT CALF If Dam Is Wide, Deep-Bodied Cow Giving Liberal Supply of Milk Useful Animal Is Assured. The best time to select a cow Is nt a few months of nge, when It mny be seen with Its mother, or, nt nny rnte. before It Is weaned. Observe tho cnlf's mother. If she Is n wide. dccp-bodled cow with plenty of size and Is giving a liberal supply of milk you mny he reasonably sure that the calf, If sired by a good bull and prop erly cared for, will grow Into a useful breeding animal. j MINISTER DISCUSSES HIS WIFE'S TROUBLES Rev. A. II. Sykes, former pastor of the Watkiiis Park Presbyterian church, Nashville, Tenn., says: "After seeing what Taulac has ac complished In my wife's case, I nn convinced that it is a medlclno of great power and extraordinary merit. I do not think I hnvn ever seen nny thlug give such prompt results. Mrs. Sykes hnd been In delicate health for ten mouths, suffering from stomach trouble nnd nervous breakdown. "I frequently sought medical ad vice but T.nnlac is the only thing that gavo her any relief. After taking th medlclno only n short time, she was able to sit up 'and help with the house hold duties. I think It only a short time until her health will be fully re stored." Tanlnc Is sold by leading druggists everywhere. 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