NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
ttTews of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
Some months ago A. AY. Westhorpe
of Yankton, S. I)., came to Knlls City
and accepted a position with the Falls j
tlty Journal. Soon It became noised
about that he was a specialist on but-jan(1 iMtllls that will Hdvnnce the
terflcs and Insects of all kinds. The ! ,,mlso of lltrlul navlnulk.ii ireinen
children and. even the older folks got ,j0uslv.
busy with their nets until today Mr. ,'. ' ' ... , . , , ,
Westhorpe 1ms over SKM) specimens on , n! V '" f",n; l,,dm
the mounting board. These will be , '? , ''''' '.uUdfnfrs, Is worth
permanently mounted and presented . fa,'f ! , J!r Ji,,'",,11"? .'"' "Mn
to the Fall City library. Every where ' " f'""sJ','ff compiled iy D. I', lupin.
in the county he Is known as the "but.! "f ' ,;"'
i..riiv unit." .bank. According to this same report
-"r mil
Nebraska's total laud value' ranks
third of all the states in the union
nd second among the four states
composing the elglilh district of the
Federal Land bank, according to Pres
ident Ilogan, who has had the figures
compiled. Of the total land value of
the United States, which Is ?r4,O0.'),453, i
925, the land value of the Eighth dls-1
trier, which Is $12,5O0,:i80,O4:i, Is about I
23 per cent of the total land value of i
the nation.
No Nebraska apples will be In the
market this fall, according to a state
ment made by Arthur .7. Weaver of
Palls City, one of the big apple
kings of southeastern Nebraska.
Weaver has marketed several thous-
and barrels of apples every year. He I Muffs bridge.
said this was the first complete failure J Hiding on a train for the tlrst time
in the apple crop he had experienced : i ids NS years of life, Silas Hunt of
in eighteen years. Hayes Center went to Lincoln to the
Ttecord for largest paid attendance , ,stte fair. At the same time Mr.
at Itlngling Brothers-Uamum & Halleyniunt saw an airplane for the tlrst
circus, goes to Norfolk, Neb., where j tme as It circled above the flair
over 17,000 people bought tickets for
the performance there last week.
Largest paid attendance In any season
previous to last week was at Con
cdrdla, Kan. Uefore that time Post
vllle, la., had the record.
One thousand garments comprise the
quota reached by the women of
Grand Island, which tinder supervis
ion of the American Tted Cross have
been remade from old clothing for the ,
citnlnlmn .lilLl.ti . 1 ... .......
stricken children of central Europe,
They will be shipped to Europe Im
mediately. Adam Breed, of Hastings, will leave
next week for the Hawaiian Islands,
where he will attend the World Press
congress as the 'Nebraska delegate.
While in the Islands Mr. lircede will
act as correspondent for a number of
Nebraska newspapers.
The first frost of Hie season, an ex
tremely light one, Is reported .from
low lands In the vicinity of O'Neill.
No damage was done. The lowest
temperature recorded by the govern
ment ther-monieter for the night was!""' . B V. l',cuR0,1,n,u to unm,m
40 .ir, September 10 or 12. The plane travels
Sixteen hundred and fifty-two tour- j
ists' cars were parked night's at the
public camp ground In North Platte
during August, a number about one
fourth greater than during the same
month last year
Frank Summers of Beatrice sustain-
' 1
ed a dislocated shoulder, a crushed
hand and gashes about, the face when
a team attached to a wagon load of
corn backed Into him, pushing him
into an ensilage cutter.
The Columbia school building, built
at Gothenburg In 1 802, has been equip
ped with a new, $0,000 heating system
to replace the old one which was last
year condemned as Inadequate.
It cost Nebraska fishermen and hunt
ers $022.15 to break the game laws
during the last 20 days. That amount
of fines was imposed on ambitious
sportsmen by George Kosters, state
game and fish warden.
With the threshing season nearly
over, In the vicinity of Loilgepole, light
horses sell here at public sale at from
$10 to $25. The best heavy horses
bring from $50 to $100. Shouts and
poultry sell high.
A largo barn on the Ernest Ackman
farm near .lansen was destroyed by
lire of undetermined origin. Some hay
and 700 bushels of oats went up In
smoke. The loss Is placed at $1,500. ;
Superior's $50,000 high school, which j
was damaged by lire about six weeks
before school closed lost spring, Is now j
ready for use.
The Northeastern Baptist association
Is holding Its annual convention at
Wayne. About 200 are In attendance.
1200 Nebraska National Guardmen
have returned from a two weeks en
campment at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Nearly 1000 out-of-town merchants
attended the "Merchants Week" In
Omaha.
Mart Smith, 50 who was being
takC'ii to the Lincoln asylum, Jumped
uff the passenger train n few miles
west of Oshkosh. Shortly before the
train arrived at Oshkosh, Smith asked
to be taken to the wash room. On
leaving the room the oflicer stepped
ahead and the door was slammed shut
by the patient, who Immediately jump
ed through the window. The train
was stopped and Smith picked up and
brought to town. He was apparently
too badly Injured to attempt to escape
lufter the fall and medical attention
was jjlven him. Ills homo is at Broad
water. A small gas balloon, with message
attached, sent up August 21, from
"Humboldt, was found In a pasture
'live miles southwest of Skldontore.
'Mo according to word reaching Hum
boldt. Compensation to Nebraska workmen
or Injuries received so far tills year
amounts to $145,004.08, representing!
si total of 4,8(15 claims, according to
n statement issued by F. A. Kennedy,
state labor commissioner. Accidents
reported numbered 0,075, with 1.224 j vast amount of farm lands, according
cases pending. There hns been $00, j to Information received by Acting Gov
885.44 paid out for medical and bos- crnor P. .. Barrows In a letter from
jiltnl expenses. Dr. J. M. Thompson of Monroe
Earl Porter, president of the Omaha
Aero club, says that 50,000 personal
Invitations have been sent out among
the 240,000 ulr men available for tho
big reunion to be held In Omahu No
vember !1, 4 and fi. It Is to be tho
most Important aeronautical event In
the history of the name, according to
those who should know, for not only
will a national air body be formed, and
eight air races and exhibitions held,
Including the Pulltly.er trophy race.
but u, Kl.mml ImiPnKH of "tlu. re.
....i,,,. ..w,,,,,. ... i.-i.w. ,t..,.iimnii.ii!.
the farm land of Nebraska Is worth
, ;i'WO,ino,180. Mr. llogan shows that
i Nebraska land ranks third of all the
i land In the forty-eight states and sec
, ond In point of valuation for the Oin
i aha Laud Hank district, which includes
Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and
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".,
ww (ici lng-Scottsbluff bridge
" ,),!t'" l'iied f- tratlic. The
bridge Is 2-1 feet wide of reinforced
concrete and the approach Is 1,800
feet long In the shape of an elongated
"S." The bridge cost $140,000. This
bridge, it is said, carries more tratlic
than any other bridge In the state,
and only one bridge that touches the
state exceeds It the Omaha-Council
grounds. He declared that he could
see It, belter without his glasses than
with them. Mr. Hunt came to Ne
braska over sixty years ago with an
ox team.
The entire melon patch of live acres
at the state Institution for feeble
minded, east of Ileatrlce, has been des
troyed by vandals and Dr. Stewart,
superintendent, Issued a statement to
,ho finv,., 11V 1100(, , t ,.,
. . .
again as the job had' been completed.
Ilroken melons were found over the
patch ami along the highway by
Sheriff Emery, who visited the state
farm.
Word has been received from many
points that numerous veterans of the
Sandstorm division will be In Omaha
for the conclave, September 10, 20 and
21. Fort Omaha has been obtained for
the occasion. From 4,000 to 5,000 vet
oralis are expected.
A new type De Havlland airplane,
to be placed on the air mall service,
15 miles an hour faster anil carries 800
pounds, twice as much mail as Is car
ried by the type of plane now in ser
vice. D.?puty United States Marshal Tom
Carroll of Lincoln lias announced hM
"-''nation from that post, effective
Oi..v..v. 1 tl,. ...III 'I... it........
September 1. He will go 'Immediately
to the stafT of U. S. Itohrcr, federal
prohibition commissioner.
The sale of its light system and con
nection with the line of the Trl-State
Utilities company line Is being con
templated by the village of Magnet,
The estimated expense of the change Is
$12,000.
Through the courtesy of tlfe Children
business lucu the Pine ltldge Indians
were served with free beef, sugar 'and
coffee during the Dawes county fair.
OFer 1000 Sioux were in attendance.
Stalks fifteen feet high with ears of
corn nine feet from the base were
raised on the Hoy IHntt farm south
west of Superior and brought to that
place for exhibition.
John Webb has resigned the position
of deputy county treasurer of John
son county and has taken the superln
tendency of the schools at IJrownvllle,
Plans have been approved for a new
Platte river bridge at Oshkosh. It Is
protmliie that a new Orhlge will also
be constructed at LIsco.
The Tuckervllle and Franklin school
districts located near Callaway have
consolidated and are now putting up
a large school building.
About twenty swine breeders of
Knox county recent y organized the
Knox County Swine Breeders associa
tion.
Bigsprlng will soon have city water
works In operation. A year has been
consumed In building the plant.
Web-worms are Infesting the shade
tret's in Columbus now In numbers
greater than ever before and there Is
real danger unless dealt with la a
drastic manner. They are mainly at
tacking tlit box elders, ash and elm
trees, many of which may die unless
relieved of the pest,
Four passenger trains in Nebraska
wow ordered laid off by the state rail
way commission and a hearing was
held on the proposition of the discon
tinuance of two more. The commis
sion authorized the discontinuance of
four trains on the Minneapolis & Om
aha between Sioux Slty and Omaha.
Bayard new high school building Is
now complete. The building has been
In the course of construction for two
years, with the usual worries and
anxieties attending any building these
lust years, tin; estimated cost of the
finished building amounting to $250,-
000.
The Loup river Is cutting a new
channel two and a half miles north ot
Monroe, and the spreading water Ift
destroying corn llelds anil covering a
ESCAPING JUICES
CAUSE MUCH LOSS
Leaching and Fermentation Dur
ing Ensiling of Corn Is Made
Subject of Inquiry.
SILAGE SAMPLES ANALYZED
Evidence Found of Downwnch of
Liquldln Silo Carrying With It
Soluble Food Materials Re
sults Not Yet Complete.
(Prepared by the- United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Every farmer who has a silo knows
that some change takes place In the
substance of the corn or other crop
conserved by this means, and It is
generally assumed that some loss In
r':'. N ill
Cutting and Blowing Corn Into Silo.
substnnce of both moist and dry mnt
ter takes place as a result of fermen
tation and leaching. To ascertain as
definitely as possible the amount of
this loss, Its causes, and means for
wholly or partially preventing It, the
dairy division of the. United States
Department of Agriculture has been
conducting a series of experiments.
The results of two years' teste are
covered In a professional paper, De
partment Bulletin, 953, Nitrogen and
Other Losses During the Ensiling or
Corn.
Samples of Silage Analyzed.
Samples of silage in cheesecloth
sacks were buried at various depths
and positions In a silo 42 feet high by
14 feet In diameter, noldJng approxi
mately 150 tons. The hags were
weighed when put In, and samples of
the silage analyzed. When the bags
were reached In feeding out the silo,
the contents were again weighed and
analyzed.
The two years' work furnished evi
dence of a downwash of the juice In
tha silo carrying with it soluble food
materials, so that the silage In the
lower part of the silo may gain In
food material at the expense of the
upper part. There was an average loss
for all the bags of nearly 10 per cent
of the dry matter, which apparently
Is due largely to the fermentation of
the carbohydrates and to the carry
ing away of soluble material by the
juice. The sugars almost entirely dis
appeared. There was A considerable
loss of crude fiber and of the furfurol
ylelding bodies. There ws a loss In
total nitrogen, which was larger when
the corn put Into the silo was Im
mature than when mature corn was
used. It Is probable that this loss Is
due largely, If not entirely, to the
nitrogenous compounds in the Juice.
The albuminoid nitrogen suffered a
loss of over 50 per cent, while the
non-albuminoid forms it'creascil sev
oral times their orlglnl weight.
Big Escape of 4'uice.
There was a gain of ether extract,
probably due to the formation of new
ether-soluble bodies. The second sea
son nearly 10,000 pounds of Juice es
caped from the silo. This Juice car
ried a considerable percentage of
nitrogen of various forres which In
ordinary practice would remain In the
silo.
The results are as yet Incomplete,
-and the tests are being continued.
PUREBREDS BEST PRODUCERS
Enormous Differences Among Dairy
Cows Have Been Brought Out
in Number of Cases.
The value of purebred stock, say
specialists In the United States De
partment of Agriculture, Is most no
ticeable In those enses In which the
capability of the animals is measured
m8t directly. Among form animals
the best illustration can be found In
dairy cattle, though careful yearly
tests of milk and butterfat production
are relatively recent nffalrs. The enor
mous differences among dairy cows
when given the same opportunity have
wen brought out clearly In a great
number of cases, and these differences
are strongly Inherited through both
ine slro and the dam. The average
production for purebreds and grades Is
much above the average of all milk
cows, which Is nbout 4,000 pounds of
milk and 100 pounds of butterfat an
aually.
BURN DEAD POULTRY
IS EXCELLENT PLAN
Especially True in Case of Death
From Disease.
Burying Not Satisfactory Because
Dogs and Other Animals May Dig
Carcass Up Concrete Crema
tory Is Not Expensive.
(Prepared by the United States Depart.
ment or Agriculture.)
Accumulations of .manure In the
ncnuouse nre objectionable upon
grounds of sanitation, but not more so
Uiiin dead poultry. How often have
you seen a dead chicken thrown Into
the road or trampled Into the barn
yard manure? The disposal of these
dead bodies offers a problem for the
poultrymun, the correct solving of
which may In many ises become n
very Important matter, say specialists
of the United States Department of
grlculture. This Is especially trup.
of course, In enses of death from con
tagious diseases, and this Includes a
large proportion or poiutry ueatns.
To throw a dead chicken on the ma
nure pile or into the road Is to Invite
the spread of disease. Burying Is not
entirely satisfactory, because unless
the grave Is dug deep the carcass may
he scratched up by dogs or other anl-
mals. Furthermore, Hi the winter the
ground may bo frozen. Therefore, spe
cialists declare, the best way to dl&
pose of dead poultry Is to burn thi
bodies.
Many town and city homes have
garbage burners which may be used,
but where this Is not available some
poultrymen having hot-water heating
systems burn the bodies In the fur
nace. This cannot be done In the sum
mer, though, so small crematories
have been built, on some poultry
plants. Some of these are of concrete,
the size depending upon the number
of birds kept on the place, and others
are ordinary Iron wood-burning stoves.
A concrete crematory will not he ex
pensive, and would pay for Itself In
safeguarding the health of all the
poultry
TOWN MAN MAY KEEP PIGEONS
Bird Has Place in Scheme of Poultry
Production, but Not Always
Desirable on Farm.
(Prepared by the United Btatea Depart
ment or Agriculture.)
The one kind of poultry of ques
tionable economic status on the farms
Is the pigeon, the,1 specialists of the
united states department or Agricul
ture say In Secretary's Circular 107.'
Almost exclusively a grain eater, the
pigeon renders no notable service as
a conserver of waste, unless it Is
Champion Homer Pigeon.
shattered Km In In the fields, and that
In large measure would be taken up
by other poultry and by plRH. The
plfteon has a place In the scheme ot
urban poultry production, but, except
In isolated Instances where conditions
are peculiarly favorable, its produc
tion on farms may not be desirable.
DRINKING WATER IN SUMMER
Supply for Hogs and Chickens Over
looked on Many Farms Skim
Milk Not Sufficient.
Perhaps no animals on the farm
suffer more for fresh drinking water
during the summer than hogs and
chickens. Hogs, particularly, are
usually left with only slops und skim
milk, when those hot months they
crave cool water. Water In chickens'
pans quickly evaporates, and Is too
often forgotten. It Is positively cruel
to forget any anlmnl's drinking wa
ter needs In the summer months.
FIND FAULT WITH SEPARATOR
Pays to Investigate When Flow From
Cream Spout Seems Smaller
Than Ordinarily.
If the flow from the cream spout
of the separator seems smaller than
ordinarily, It usually pays to Investi
gate. In spite of nil precautions, It
often happens that foreign matter
lodges In the cream screw, thus caus
ing part of tho cream to be retained
with the skim milk.
INFERTILE EGGS KEEP BEST
Surplus Roosters Should Be Disposed
of as Soon as Hatching. Egg
Season Is Over.
Infertile eggs keep best when placed
In water glnss. This means that use
less "roosters" should go as soon as
the hatching-egg season 1b over. Eat
ing tho big roosters Is not like tender
young fryers, but the housewife with
a flreless cooker can turn the tough
est old male birds Into several fin.
chicken dinners.
THE TRIALS
How They Have Been Endured and How Overcome by
Lydia E. ram's vegetable Compound
Experience of a Providence Woman
Uta. At times I could hardly do my housework. I got medicine from the
doctor but it did not help me. I saw Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound
advertised in a newspaper and took it with good results, and am now able to
do my housework. I recommend your mcdTcino to my friends and you may
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An Illinois woman relates her experience:
Bloomington, 111. "I was never very strong and femalo trouble kept m
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not cook a meal or sweep a room without raging with pain. Rubbing my
back with alcohol sometimes eased tho pain for a few hours, but did not stop
it I heard of Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound, and six bottles of ft
have made mo as strong and healthy as any woman ; and I give my thanks to
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appeal to many women who struggle on with their daily tasks in just such con
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and'besido the daily routine of housowork, often make clothes for them
selves and for their children, or work in their gardens, all tho while suffering
from those awful bearing-down pains, backache, headaches, nervousness, the
blues, and troubles which sap tho very foundation of life until thero comes a
time when nature gives out and an operation seems inevitable. If such
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OF
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Providence, R. I. "I took LjrdI
E. Plnkham's Vegotablo Compound
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It began just after my baby was born,
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about Lvdia E. Pinkham'n Vegetable
Compound and tho good it was doing
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Herbert L. Cassen, 18 Meni Court,
Providence, R. I.
Ohio woman for three- years
could hardly kcop about fend
do her housework sho was so ill
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Fayette, 0. "For about threeyears
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in Breatly relieved by coimtltuttonal treat
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