NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
The Great Western Sugar company,
which is advertising widely In this
and other states for 'J,000 luhorers
fur the end of tills month ut Its fac
tories In Gerlng, Mitchell, Uaynrd j
and Scottsbluff, will not take down!
its advertising at the request of the :
mayor and city council of ScottshlulT.
ScottsblufTs city officials had blamed J
a recent Increase In crime to the fact
that men had come for work and !
could not at present find any. The'
sugar compnny officers pointed out
that unless there are thousands of
men here at the end of September,
when the beet harvest begins, farm
T8 will lose n great deal of money
because of the scarcity and high
prices of labor, nnd the factory will
lose nlso because It will be Impossible
to keep the factories running at ca
pacity when the campaign starts.
The Nebraska Scottish Hlte reunion,
will t held In Omaha, November 17-18.
Tlnley Combs, Omaha, Is secretary. ;
An attendance of 1,000 Is expected.
The Nebraska State Hallway com
mission proposes to the Omaha Streetr)
Jtallway company that It reduce sala
ries of officers and employes Instead
of Increasing Its fare rates 7 to 8 cents.
Long Pine Is expecting n rush of
hunters In a feV weeks. Prairie
chickens nre going to be more numer
ous this year than last In that section,
uccordlng to-ranchers, who tell of see
lug large flocks.
Over $3,000,000 Increase In deposits
of state banks and upwards of $4,400,
000 gain In cash reserve, contrasted
with a reduction of nearly $r,000,00 In
loans, are the outstanding features of
a summarized report given out by the
Nebraska banking bureau, compurlng
conditions on August 0 with those of
filuy 23.
Pawnee county people ure anticipat
ing the greatest corn show ever held
ut a county fair this year. This Is due
not only to the fact that the county"
has one of the largest corn crops In Its
history, but nlso because a great deal
more in prizes has been offered for the
best showing of corn.
Great preparations are being made
for the Washington county fnlr which
will be held ut Arlington, September
21-22-23. The agricultural society
purchased the thirty-two acre stock
park just west of the village of Arling
ton, which is one of the most attractive
natural parks In eastern Nebraska.
Plans of A. W. Archer of Kansas
' City were accepted for McCook's new
hospital. Plans call for a 40-bed hos
pital, suitable to be added to as de
mand arises. It Is expected to begin
work nnd to have the foundation in '
this fall. Dominican sisters will be
in charge of the hospital.
The Nebraska State Teachers con
vention will be held in Omaha Novem
ber 0-11. Headquarters will be at the
Hotel Fontenelle. J. II. lieverldge, j
Omaha, Is president. An attendance
of 5,000 Is expected.
School begah'in Aurora with the;
high school crowded and every room
In the grades is well 111 led. Aurora i
has 28 teachers besides Superintendent
J. A. Doremus.
The bid of the C. P. A. Construction
Co. for the erection of the school house
at Valentine for which .$!)0,000 school
bonds were recently voted, were ac
cepted by the school board.
Seeding of fall wheat has begun In
Hamilton county and the acreage this
year will be larger than last year.
The splendid yield of wheat this year
has greatly encouraged the farmers
in wheat raising. For the lirst time
in four years they got a good crop.
To promote the general welfare of
the residents of the community through
organized effort the Community club
was organized at Ueenjer with K. A.
Fried as president and K. A. Bauer as
vice president.
Ira Itoblnson, thirty-eight, married
and the father of five children, died
from the results of being kicked In
the stomach by a horse. He lived near
Ceresco.
The city council of West Point has
let the contract for a new municipal
electric light plant.
The Wymore fire department has
just instnlled a combination chemical
nnd hose truck.
The new school building at Archer
will be ready for occupancy when
school starts.
The bite of a dog afflicted with
rabies, in the opinion of physicians,
caused Valentine Stellnr, wealthy re
tired farmer, to blow off the top of
his head with n shotgun at Clay
Center.
The officers ot consolidated district
No. 14, southeast of Dawson, sold $30,
000 In bonds last week and will soon
commence the erection of a splendid
rural building. There are twenty
eight sections In this district with n
vnluatlon of about $2,000,000. No ex
cuse will be spared to make this one
of the best schools of Its kind In the
state.
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
last years, the estimated cost of the
finished building amounting to $250,
000. Major C. C. Cresson, Fort Crook,
Omaha, hns brought suit for $200,000 I
against the New York Evening World, j
alleging damages to his reputation, j
The New York paper published a story i
to the effect that the major had been
accused of conspiracy to free Slncker
Benrdoll. t
Fidelity Post, American Legion, at
Ord, Is after the grajM-s. It Is tho
opinion of the Ord post that Post Com
mander Cllne will be n good man for
the Job as national commander nnd
then Ord Is after a man on the state
and nutlonal boards. Ord post has re
cently completed tho purchase of a
modern two-story building which will
be used for headquarters nnd clnb
rooms and are now planning the win
ter's activities which wfll Include a
carnival, home talent mlnlstrel, several
dances and special community service.
Chief Gnme Warden George Koster
bus receiver a letter from a ranchman
nt Broadwater, Morrill county, stating
that a male buffalo was caught thero
September 3. Two buffalo cows nre
still at large in the hills and have
been for the past week. The animals
bear no brand or mark of Identifica
tion and no one knows where they
came from. The Maine warden will In
vestigate, Some believe the buffalo
have wandered from the Yellowstone
national park or from herds known to
exist In South Dakota and Wyoming.
The federal government bus twenty
head at Valentine, Neb. The one
caught at Broadwater may be sent to
Join tlte federal herd at Valentine.
The sample case containing watches
and Jewelry ivalued at $3,000 which ills
appeared from a Llncoln-lleatrlce bus
some days ago, was picked up on the
Comhusker highway by n man at Sut
ton, who phoned Chief of Police Dlllow
at Lincoln, bf his find. The sample
case Is the property, of a South Head
Ind., Jewelry company, and was In
possession of D. D. Gulling, their rep
resentative, enroute to Lincoln, when
taken. He is of the opinion that it
was thrown from the bus with the ex
pectation of securing It later on.
W. H. Osborne, state tax commis
sioner, Is gathering data onfall hos
pitals, business colleges and lodges In
Nebraska who are escaping taxation,
with a view of determining whether
they are operated exclusively for
charity. Under the new taxation bill
all such Institutions which are not
operated for charitable purposes only
ure subject to taxation.
Sarpy county voted almost three to
one in favor of the $150,000 bond Issue
for a new court house, according to
the total unofficial vote complied. The
vote decided against annexation to
Douglus county, officials believe,
strengthening the petition expressing
opposition, which was signed by more
than 1,000.
Evidences of Incendiarism were
found, by State Fire Marshal Hartford
following an Investigation Into circum
stances surrounding the burning of the
vacant garage building owned by
Frank Pltzer and J. E. Reynolds at
Norfolk. Collection of approximately
$"1,000 Insurance has been held up
pending completion of tho Inquiry.
Four old landmarks in Sidney have
been torn down and three more have
been condemned and ordered down by
the state fire marshal. These build
ings will practically all be rep.ace.l by
new and modern business buildings.
The 'International Aero Congress, un
der the auspices of the Omaha Aero
Club will meet In Omaha, November 3
fi. An attendance of 10,000 is expected.
Scores of planes will be present to
compete tor the prizes. The flying
field is In the north part of tho city.
Special election will be held nt
Columbus October 18, to vote $75,000
bonds to complete the new court
house. Cash on hand Is Insufficient
to complete the structure with mater
ial up to the standard so far used.
The elevators at Itigsprlngs hod to
shut down because of the lack of grain
cars. The grain is about onehalf In.
Farmers are hauling as they can be.
accommodated by the elevators.
Oshkosh was visited by a hall storm
and hall from .seven to nine Inches In
circumference fell, causing great dam
age to crops. A heavy rain accompan
ied the storm.
The grass is so dry in the vicinity o
Ulgsprlngs that sparks from the trains
passing have started fires in several
plnces. The last good rain was last
spring.
Harvest of the biggest potato crop
In the Long Pine section of the potato
growing country will commence this
week. Hundreds of cars will be ship
ped from this place.
Saunders county Kanred wheat seed
seems to be quite populnr this year.
Six thousand bushels have been ship
ped to Iowa.
Nemaha county officials are consid
ering the reusability of equipping
Sheriff Davis with an airplane.
From reports, residents of Plntts
mouth expect to form a chapter of tho
Ku Klux Klnn.
Considerable Interest Is centered In
the special election to be held In
Beatrice September 20 when the voters
will decide on the proposition of bond
ing the city for $1.50,000 for the con
struction of a municipal lighting plant.
While Nebraska has a good corn crop
In sight, the chances of approaching
last year's heavy production have van
ished with the hot winds, high tem
peratures and drouth of the last half
of August, according to the state and
federal weekly report Issued at Lin
coln by A. E. Anderson. Late corn,
especially, was damaged by too rapid
ripening, but early corn wns uninjured.
Four olllclals of the Nebraska Clay
Products company, owner of the Brick
and Tile Manufacturing plant at Hum
boldt, visited the plant and conferred
with the local foreman concerning tho
future of the plant. It Is the expressed
Intention of the company to re-equlp
the plant for an early opening in tho
spring of 1022.
The Beatrice Chamber of Commerce
lias named a committee to take up tho
matter of providing for n municipal
swimming pool adjoining Chautauqua
park or some other good location. The
In a drive for the sale of $1,000 worth
of county fair tickets
GET SILO READY
BEFORE FILLING
Paint Interior at Least Once in
Three Years and See That
Roof Is Water-Tight.
DOORS SHOULD FIT TIGHTLY
Hoopo of Stave Structures Should Be
Tightened and Any Defective Pieces
of Wood Replaced Air Will
Spoil Silage.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment or Agriculture.)
With the approach of the time for
filling the silo, experts in the United
States Department of Agriculture call
attention to the desirability of put
ting silos in shape nnd making plans
for filling which will save valuable
time In the rush of work. Silos are a
comparatively new feature 6f farm
management, nnd in many cases have
been built less substantially thnn some
ot the older forms of farm structures.
Silos Need Occasional Attention.
Even the best constructed silo will
need some attention occasionally. Con
crete silos, which nre among the most
expensive of construction, require the
least attention as a general rule, but
they will give better swvlce ir the In
side is given a coat of spcclnl patnl
about once in three years. Paint for
treating the interiors of silos is easily
made of raw coal tnr mixed with gaso
line nnd applied with n tor brush. The
roof should be inspected to see if It is
water-tight, nnd the doors mny well be
looked .over. They need to fit tight.
Wooden silos, either stnve or board
construction, require nddltlonn! atten
tion. The hoops of stave silos should
be tightened nnd any defective pieces
of wood replaced. In wood silos, par
ticularly the cheaper ones and those
of home moke, there Is always the like
lihood of Inlets for air, which will spoil
the silage.
Careful attention should be pnld to
seeing that the machinery to be used
In harvesting and storing the silage is
in working condition. Corn harvesters
and sllo-filllng machinery nre frequent
ly owned In partnership by several
farmers, and of course arrangements
need to be made In advance to sou that
11 the owners get their corn In nt the
season when It Is In best shape. In
using the corn harvester the bundles
should be mnde rather small. While
this takes more time, the extra expense
Is more than offset by the ease In han
dling the bundles nnd feeding them
Into the silage cutter.
The corn ordlnnrlly is hnuled to the
cutter on common, Hat hay racks. Tho
low-wheeled wagon is much prefer
able to the high one. An underslung
rack can be constructed with compara
tive easq and will snve much Inbor.
If the silage cutter and lifting ma
chinery hnve not been selected, every
effort should be mnde to get machinery
which has sufficient or excess capacity.
A Low-Down Flat Wagon Saves Labor
In Handling Corn When Filling Silo.
The mistake Is often mnde of getting
an outfit that Is too small, thus mak
ing the operation of filling the silo very
slow and Interfering with the continu
ous employment of the entire force of
men. A number of satisfactory silage
cutters are on the market. The chief
features to be considered in a cutter
nre that it is strongly mode nnd will
cut fine.
Harvest Corn Before Fully Ripe.
Ordlnnrlly corn should bo harvested
for the silo about a week or ten days
before It would be cut for shocking;
thnt Is, when nbout 00 per cent of the
kernels nre dented nnd nt lenst 75 per
lent of the kernels nre hardened so
that no milk can be squeezed out. At
this time the lower leaves on tho stalk
nre turning yellow nnd the green corn
fodder contains 05 or 70 per cent of
moisture, which Is sufficient for silage.
Sllnge made from corn containing mois
ture enough for proper preservation Is
more palatable than thnt made from
corn so mature ns to require the addi
tion of water.
CARING FOR ASPARAGUS BED
Good Plan to Clean It Off and Apply
a Coating of Manure to Pre.
vent Freezing.
If the asparagus bed has been
cleaned off It will be In better shape
In the spring if u good contlng of ma
nure is put on. This will keep the
bed from freezing and thawing nnd
will 'work Jn the fertilizer nnd get the
soil In better shape for the plants In
iprlng.
POTATO PRODUCTION
IN SOUTHERN STATES
Crop Commands Better Price
Than in the North.
Owing to Wide Divergence of Season
al Conditions, Coupled With Long
Growing Season, Tuber C-sn
Be Planted Anv Time.
(Prepared by the United States 'Dtpart
mgut of Agriculture.)
The Importance of the pouto crop
In the South Is due to It market
value rather thnn Its magnitude, for
owing to the season In which It !
harvested It commands a better price,
usually, than the late crop In the
North. The wide divergence of sea
sonal conditions in the South, coupled
with n long-growing season, mnkes It
possible to plant and harvest potntoe
In some locality In practically ever
month In the ycr.
Owing to varying climatic condi
tions, due to both latitude and altl
tuile, there are three distinct potato
crop seasons m the Southern states.
These are the early or truck crop, the
late or main crop, and the fall crop,
Grading Potatoes In Southern Field.
which last may be divided Into a sec
ond crop nnd a fall' crop proper." The
enrly or truck crop Is confined largely
to well-defined production centers. Be
cause practically nil the early crop
Is marketed directly from the field
when it Is In more or less immature
condition, the question of packages
and of shipping facilities is important
Tills subject, and others of Interest
nnd value to southern potato growers,
nre discussed in Farmers' Bulletin
1205, entitled Potato Production in
the South, Just Issued by tho United
States Department of Agriculture.
This bulletin may be obtained free
upon application to the Division of
Publications.
DURABILITY OF FENCE POSTS
Not Much Difference Between Split
and Round If Heartwood and
Sapwood Equal.
Some people believe split fence posts
Inst longer than do round ones. Prob
ably as large a number bold the oppo
site view. The forest products labora
tory of the United States Department
of Agriculture says that one will Inst
about as long ns tho other If the per
centage of heartwood and sapwood Is
the same In both. If the percentage of
sapwood Is increased by splitting, the
spilt post will be less durable, while
If the percentage of heartwood Is in
creased It will be more durable than
the round one. Exceptions to this
should be ivwie If tho posts nre of
spruce, hemlock or any of tho true firs,
whose heartwood and sapwood ore
about equally durable.
If the posts are to be treated with
creosote or some other preservative,
the round post Is prefernblo to the
split, because of tho comparative ease
with which the sapwood can be treated.
Experiments nt the laboratory demon
strate that the heartwood faces on
split posts do not, as n rule, absorb
the preservative as well ns does tho
sapwood.
COOPERATIVE EGG MARKETING
Encouraged by Extension Workers and
Is Saving Money for Farmers of
Nebraska.
Co-operative marketing of eggs,
which Is be.tig encouraged by exten
sion workers of the University of Min
nesota and county agricultural agents,
is saving money for farmers of Ne
braska. According to the extension
news Bervlco of the Nebraska college
ot agriculture, six cents a dozen, or
a total of $885, was the gain made by
farmers of Hamilton county by mar.
ketlng their eggs co-operatively dur.
Ing April and May. The county agent
nnd the farm bureau helped t collect
the eggs at a central point and there
grading, packing and shipping them,
CRICKETS CUT GRAIN TWINE
Insect Is Reported In Great Numbers
and Doing Much Damage by
Loosening Sheaves.
A warning against the crickets
which chew the twine on grain sheaves
nnd thus cause loss of the grain is Is
sued by Stewart Lockwood, extension
entomologist at the Agricultural col
lego of North Dakota, who says tho
Insect Is being reported in great num.
bers throughout his section.
Use new sisal twine, if possible,
says Mr. Lockwood. Otherwise, soak
the twine In a solution of one part
turpentine und oue part pine tar, twv
or three days before using.
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SUCCESSFUL BUTTER MAKING
Work Is Not Difficult, but Scrupulous
Cleanliness Must Be Observed
at Every Stage.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The best foods In the world nre
available to the farm home which
cares to raise and prepare them. Good
butter freshly churned several times n
week is one of the luxuries Incident
to life on the farm, nnd more than re
pays the home butter maker for tho
trouble involved. Tho work Is not dif
ficult, but scrupulous cleanliness must
bo observed nt every stage. All uten
sils should be washed and scalded be
fore and after churning.
The first consideration Is tho cream,
which should contain nbout 80 per Cent
butterfnt. A gallon of cream of this
standard will yield about thrco pounds
of butter. It Is better to chum tho
cream, not the whole milk. The cream
should be cooled Immediately after It
comes from tho separator and kept ns
cold as possible until the time for
ripening, which should be done ot n
temperature between 05 degrees Fah
renheit nnd 75 degrees Fnhrenhelt.
When the cream Is mildly sour, It
should be cooled to churning tempera
turo or below and held so for at least
two hours before churning begins.
Successful butter-making depends
largely on the temperatnrc at which
churning is done, but there Is no ono
temperature proper for every stinson
of the year. Churning is a mechanical
process, and If it is done under tho
same conditions on ono day as on an
other the results should bo identical.
The temperature Is tho factor which
must be varied to get uniform results.
There Is nothing In the old supersti
tions regarding butter-making, such as
turning the churn backwards or put
ting n horseshoe noil into It to make
tho butter come. If the temperature
Is too low, .the churning period Is un
necessarily prolonged, or It may bo
impo8slblo to obtain butter. Too high
a churning temperature is also to bo
avoided because butterfnt will be lost,
the butter will be soft and will not
keep well.
Butter will come In ten minutes at
too high a churning temperature, or
even In seven, with somo patent
Good Home- Butter May Be Produced
With Simple Equipment.
churns, but it will not be such good
butter. In summer, when the cattle
nre pastured and fed on grass, the
best temperature Is between 52 de
grees Fnhrenhelt and CO degrees Fnh
renhelt. In winter It will range from
58 degrees Fahrenheit to 00 degrees
Fahrenheit. The dry feed, housing
In barns nnd approaching end of the
lactation period contribute to this dif
ference. If the churn Is not loaded
over one-third full, and not turned too
fast, then butter should come, under
these respective temperatures, In a
firm, granular condition In about thir
ty to forty minutes. If electricity Is
available the churn can be attached to
a motor, but the speed must be regu
lated to correspond to the best rate of
hand churning, nbout sixty revolutions
a minute.
Butter color Is added, If necessary,
when the cream Is strained Into the
churn. When butter granules nre
formed the size of wheat grains It Is
time to strain off the buttermilk and
wash the butter In the churn In two
waters of the same temperature bh
the buttermilk. The thermometer Is
essential for this, ns for all the other
accurate estimates of temperature In
the various Bteps of butter-making.
Three-fourths of an ounce of salt Is
worked In per pound of butter. The
working of the butter Is a very Impor
tant part of the process and should re
ceive careful attention. Overworked
butter Is sticky, greasy In nppearance,
and has u gummy grain. Underworked
butter Is very apt to be mottled be
cause of the uneven distribution of the
suit.
Completo directions for home butter
making nre given In Farmers' Bulletin
870, Muklng Butter on the Furm, which
also contains suggestions for packing
the butter properly. The bulletin Is
free upon application to the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
THREE VAMPIRES !
PREY ON RICH
Bcautiul Girl Criminals Terrorize
Men of Prominence in Eu
rope's Capitals.
CAREERS COME TO END
Noblee and High Officials Prey fer
Sirens Whose Sinister Heart
Were Masked by Beautiful
Faces and Forms.
Paris. "Vampires of Fate," Is the
terra applied by a Paris newspaper to
threo famous beauties of Russia and
central Europe, who have come to the
end of their extraordinary careers.
One of the women Is "The Benutlful
Ohedorovskn," who has Just been ar
rested In Budapest charged with a
score of audacious crimes whereof
men enslaved by her charms were the
victims. The second Is Anna Sadek,
who posed as a Russian grandduchess
to the deception of nil European high
society, nnd who was recently tried
nnd convicted of fraud by a Berlin
court.
The third wns Krashlnskaya, most
sinister of all, who became a power
In Russia, was a self-appointed public
executioner nnd who has Just been
killed by n soviet official. She ap
peared In masculine garments and
performed the duties of executioner,
shooting down nil whom she consi
dered guilty. Her reign was short,
for, when credentials were demanded1
of her by n soviet official sent to In
vestigate, the woman opened .fire and.
In the duel which followed, the soviet
official Inflicted fatal wounds.
Began as a Dancer.
Born at Warsaw, tho ,bcnutlfui
Chedorovska, whose real name Is Ame
lia WlBlnsky, began her career as a
dancer In a public cabaret Al'ter sev
eral weeks she was the most talked
of woman In Poland. Of tall, lithe
form and with a face so lovely. as to
daze men who beheld her, she gov
nightly dnnces, virtually unclothed,
of a character that caused a wave of
Was, a Self-Appolnted Public Execu
tioner. protest to sweep Warsaw. Mnny pro
tests were made to the police, but
she evaded arrest. Her Waterloo came
after she had obtained from one of
her victims, Baron Lcnken, the sum
of $25,000.
With police hot on her trail she
went to Prague, where she robbed iv
former cnptnln of the German nussnm
of dlnmonds nnd other jewelry worth
$100,000. From Prague she went to
Vienna, where she l'ouud dupes who
turned over more thnn $80,000 to her.
Forced to leave Vienna, she went to
Budapest, where her actions were In
vestigated and she was finally ar
rested. Held Wild Orgies.
Anna Sadek was one of the most
benutlful women In Germany. When
she wns eighteen years old, although'
without visible means of support, she;'
maintained a luxurious apartment in
the center of Berlin, to which were
cajoled young boys nnd young girls.
Orgies that followed led to her arrest,
when It wns found that she owed hag,
bills to tradesmen, who thought sb
was a noble. 1
She wns sent to prison, but since
tho war she has been freed and re
cently made her appearance as of old
In Berlin. Arrested subsequently for
having obtained $150,000 fraudulently
from n banker, witnesses Identified her
as the famous gold crook by her ex
traordinary wealth of copper-colored-hnr.
EAR SEWED BACK ON MAM
Victim Had Been Thrown From Horsar
and 8tepped Upon, Cutting
Off Ear.
Winchester, Ky. James Pall, oil
compnny employee, was thrown from
his horse, which stepped on his hendi
and cut off an ear.
Nail was taken to the Clark county
hospital the next day, where an op
eration was performed and the ear
sewed on.
Physicians believe his hearing will
not be affected. Nail lives at Tor
rent, this county.