NOBTIl PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
NEBRASKAJN BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
Pjuts of tho State, Reduced
for the Busy.
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According to a bulletin Issued by
the state bureau of markets, hay ship
ments have been exceptionally llht,
due primarily to the reduction of
freight rates effective this week, which
caused tho producers and buyers to
hold off. The averngo saving per ton
on hny will bo $2, according to llgurcs
compiled by the bureau.
A call has been Issued by executives
of the third party for a state conven
tion to he held at Grand Island, De
cember 8. The purpose of the meet
ing is to bestow a name on the
party and to perfect Its organization.
Whether an attempt will he made to
write n platform is not set out.
In line with the new policy an
nounced by the government fifteen ex
servlco men were sworn In as special
mall guards at Lincoln to protect. Bur
lington trains between Omaha and
Denver, and Lincoln and Billings. Tho
men will carry sawed-off shotguns.
Falluro of the government to, pro
vide the ofllce of Adjutant General
Paul at Lincoln with olllclnl records
c.
of ofllccrs who served in the lnte war
prevented 3,000 Nebraska ofllccrs from
getting state certificates of service
distributed on Armistice day.
A preliminary report issued by the
state department of agriculture es
tlmatcs tho corn yield In Nebraska
this year at 209,552,000 bushels, an
average of 20 bushels to the acre. This
is compared with a yield of 33.8
bushels to the acre in 1920.
Falrbury was shocked last weel
when Alva Cook, 24, shot and Instantly
killed his 18 year old wife and then
turned the gun on himself, Inflicting
wounds which will prove fatal. Do
mestic trouble was the cause of the
tragedy, it Is said.
Transmission lines will soon be
struhg from Aurora to Stockman and
Kronberg so they will have electric
service. Stockman at first planned a
plant of its own, but later deciccd k
would rather connect up with 24-hour
service furnished by the Aurora Tubll
Service company.
Ilolnnd Meyers, employed on the
Frank Mlddnugh farm near Fremont,
set a husking record by picking 124
bushels of corn a day for fourteen
days. It Is claimed by farmers that
Meyers' record has not been beaten
in Nebraska.
The lUchardson County Sunday
School association, representing thirty
eight schools, has wired Senntor Nor
lis opposing all bills providing for
the sale of beer and condemning pass
age of the medicinal beer bill.
The recently completed high school
building in Wigglo Creek district
Sherman county; was dedicated Arm
istice day. The new building cost
$25,000 and is up-to-date in every re
spect.
Power Brothers of Humboldt, ex
tensive dealers In sheep, had seven
teen fine specimens killed by dogs
in the pens, south of the city one da
last week. Tho dogs were killed.
More than 12,000 persons witnessed
the Nebraska University football team
triumph over their old rivals, the
University of Kansas eleven, at Lin-
coin by a score of 28 to 0.
A movement Is on foot at BIgsprings
to organize a fire department. When
such a department Is organized Big
springs will he the smnllest fire-fighting
town in "the state.
Twenty-three neighbors of Paul
Hughes near Ord drove to his farm
and shucked over 2,300 bushels of
corn, Hughes was injured just re
cently in an accident.
Excessive loans which could not
be collected was given as the reason
for the closing of the Gurley state
bank at Gurley, Cheyenne county, last
week.
Two counties, Dodge and Colfax,
are to have a Joint district woman
homo ngent, Mrs. B. V. Rand of Nortli
Bend to serve in that capacity.
Plans are being perfected for the
Western Nebraska Potato show which
is to be held in Scottsbluff next month.
At an election held nt Gurley bonds
for water works and electric lights
cnrrled by a large majority.
Work has commenced on the Rock
Island Railroad company's new $600,
000 freight depot nt Omaha.
It Is said that plans are being made
to burn corn for fuel at the new Win
nebago school.
Charles Speedle, Otoo counfy, was
named president and Miss Marjorle
Pnlmetlcre, secretary, of the rural
school section of the Nebraska State
Teachers' association at tho annual
meeting nt Omaha.
The recent snle of $200,000 worth of
school bonds by the Alliance school
board for tho ."mm of $200,070 Insures
tho erection of two ne,v school build
ings for the city, Altho the bonds
were voted early last year the best
offer the board could get at thnt time
was 93. By waiting over a year to
sell tho bonds n saving of over $20,000
was made.
Taxpayers of Colfax county at n
' special election authorized the- com
missioners to issue $70,000 in bonds
to complete the new court house at
Schuyler.
The stntc department of trade and
commerce announced a special assess
ment on all stnte banks would bo
levied In December to raise $1,250,000
needed to bring the bank guaranty
fund to the legal total of 1 per rent,
of deposits In state banks. Nearly
$3,000,000 has been paid out of tho
gunranty fund to depositors In tlio
twenty-eight state Imnks that have
failed, the statement said.
Taxpayers of Falls City In n mas
meeting adopted a resolution request
ing Governor McKelvIe to Investigate
tho state engineer's olllce, .n so far as
its work done in the state, especially
Richardson county. The meeting also
passed resolutions requesting tho
bonrd of Richardson county to with
draw a suit Instituted against J. F.
Rclf, highway engineer for tho county.
The suit was brought by the county
board to recover certain sums of
money alleged to have been paid to
blm Illegally.
In a letter to Governor McKelvIo
S. Calwcll, Philadelphia banker,
says that placing n tariff on potash of
2 cents a pound, as proposed in tho
new tariff bill, would cost American
farmers $54,000,000 a year. The let
ter asked the governor to r.upport tha
measure who replied that Nebraska had
potash interest needing protection,
nnd tho farmers could afford to pay
more to encourage a domestic Industry.
Honorable L. A. Varncr, widely
known In political and newspaper
circles of Nebraska, died at his homo
nt Sterling nfter an illness extending
over n period of two years. He was
formerly n member of tho state legis
lature, a delegate to the state con
stitutional convention In 1019 and was
a past-president of the Nebraska Press
association. Ho was actively engaged
In newspaper work from 18S7 to 1909.
movement has been instituted by
tho Commercial Club of Fremont to
render financial assistance to the
farmers of Nebraska by securing more
liberal credit from the Fcdernl Re
serve Board of Kansas. It is planned
by sponsors of the movement to se
cure tho. nssltanco of every chamber
of commerce, commercial club and
community club In the state to bring
about the desired results.
Further delay In enforcement of tho
Smith bread law, held constitutional
by District Judge Morning at Lin
coln, resulted when Omaha bakers
filed a $1,000 supersedeas bond in tho
Lancester county district court, which
means enforcement of the law Is held
up pending appeal to the supreme
court.
A new booklet of Omaha's manu
facturing advantages, Issued by tho
Chnmber of Commerce.s M'.owb that
manufacturing establishments in tho
city employ 28,000 wagG earners whose
totnl payroll amounts to approximately
$27,000,000 annually.
Lieut. Allan A. Tukey, Omaha; Capt.
Marcus L. Poteet, Lincoln; Capt. Karl
M. Cllte, Nebraska City and Carl M.
Lange, Hartlngton, represented Ne
braska as official mourners at the cere
mony of burlng the unknown soldier nt
Washington Armistice Day.
news or. tne strming of oil at a
4-dopth of 1,100 feet near White Clay,
Sheridan county, hns caused a great
deal of excitement In northwestern
Nebraska. Prices of sandhill lands
in the district are headed skyward,
reports say.
Harrison Elliott, sccretnry of tho
C6!umbus Chnmber of Commerce, was
appointed to fill the unexpired term of
secretnry of tho Nebraska Chamber of
Commerce, nt a meeting of the ex
ecutlve committee at Lincoln.
Several hundred persns attended tho
dedication of Verdon's new $40,000
school building Armistice Day., Ver
don Is one of Richardson county's
small but progressive towns. It has
a population of less than 500.
The sugar beet hnrvest In the Osh
kosh district, which was finished tho
past week, was the largest on record.
It Is cstlmnted that more than $100,
0Q0 will be paid to beet producers
trlbutnry to Oshkosb.
Tho city council of Falls City has
been petitioned .by, voters to call a
special election about February 1st to
pass upon a proposition to estnbllsh n
city manager form of governement In
Falls City.
George McGuIro of Tekemnh, who
was at the Soutli Omnha market the
other day with a load of hogs, said
tho flu has appeared In a number of
herds of hogs in northeast Nebraska.
An organization was perfected at
Maywood for the purpose of furthering
a plan to build a state aid road from
North Platto to Oberlln, Kans., a dis
tance of 100 miles."
The annual convention of the Ne
braska Farmers Co-Oporatlve Grain
and Livestock association will be held
nt Omnha December 13 nnd 14.
A public sale of -farm products
live stock and merchandise at Fuller
ton netted over $1,000 for-the Nanco
county fair association.
Trlnl of Mrs. Lucy Neal, charged
with murdering her husband, Nemnhi
county farmer, has started at Auburn.
A total of 7,843 converts signed de
cision cards during tho month and a
day campaign conducted by Evangelist
Gipsy Smith at Omaha. He was pre
sented with a free will offering of
$0,000 before depnrting for Norfolk,
Vn., to open a two weeks' campaign.
W. II. Morton, Falrbury, was elected
president of the Nebraska State Teach
ers' association at the annunl conven
tion at Omaha. Emma Miller, West
Point, was unanimously elected vice
president. John F. Matthews, Grand
Island, wns re-elected treasurer. Ho
has held this position In the associa
tion since 1911.
On December 0 to 8 members of tho
Nebraska Association of County Com
missioners, Supervisors nnd Clerks
will meet in annual convention at
Omaha.
According to the stnte department
of agriculture die five big beet s.igar
factories In western Nebraska have
a crop In their dumps that will yield
$12,400,000 In sugar this season re
tall price at 7 cents n pound. Produc
tlon this yenr Is 712.S0S tons compared
with 714,210 a year ago for sugar
beets, while sugar output will be 89,'
000 tons against last year's figures of
89,517 tons.
ARY VALUABLE
FUTURE USE
Authentic Record of Happenings
and Experiences Often Prove
of Great Benefit.
VOLUME OF HUGH INTEREST
Dozens of Farm Problems Encountered
Every Year That Might Be Solved
More Easily If Records Were
Convenient.
(Prepared by the United State Department
of Agriculture.
A well-kept dlnry Is the most In
teresting and valuable volume In Its
owner's library, and the determination
to mnlntnln such a record frequently
Is expressed In the form of a New
Year's resolution. Unfortunately, how-
ever, that Is the first "good intcn-
tlon" permitted to lapse, observations
by the United States Department or
Agriculture have shown.
Valuable in the Future.
For the farmer, the diary will pre
serve a record of farm happenings nnd
personal experiences which will bo
valuable in the future conduct of his
business. If, when he finds his nt
falfa field swarming with grasshoppers,
he can look back In his diary to a
summer 10 years before and find the
poison-bait formuln thnt controlled tho
Insect then, lie will save much vnltia
ble time. He may wish to know the
exact location of n tile drain thnt was
laid down when he wns a youngster,
If the event was noted in his own, or
his father's diary, a 10-mlnute penisnl
will give him more definite lnforma
tlon than a day's digging with tf
spade. There are dozens of farm prob
lems encountered every yenr that
might be solved more easily, if the
farmer had access to a complete
chronological history of his property.
The diary may be given a promient
place in tho bookkeeping records of
the farm business. Generally speak.
ing there are three purposes to bo
1. To determine the farm invest-
ment, receipts, expenses, nnd tho net
i I - m, i.nnoa
2. To furnish the net returns from rlched If the animals are given nddt
any Individual farm enterprise and to tlonal feed during the winter. This
...nniv CnMfln fnfm-mntlnn ns to Its Is usually not the case on dairy farms,
.intniio
o rr ,,l mn,nrnn.1, nf whnt
other people owe you nnd what you
owe them.
The blank forms necessary lor a
-simple accounting system can be
worked out by the farmer himself, or
he can apply a system recommended
by his county agent. He also can ob
tain Information direct from tho of
fice .of' farm management and farm
economics, United States Department
of Agriculture. The chief advantage
of a farm accounting system, wnicn
is a part of the farm dlnry, is In the
additional Interest furnished by tho
Make the Keeping of the Diary a Part
of Pnrh n.-.v'n Rnntlne.
we .w.e J w "
personal items. Tho diary supplies
items of supplementary interest which
usually, are left out of the accounts,
Without the diary, the task of keen-
lmr the books of the farm business
becomqs dry and uninteresting.
Only persistency nnd practice will
mnko one an adent at wrltine a dl.irv.
The only rule which can be followed
is thnt the entries must be kept in
terestlng, nnd in choosing an Inter
estlng high light in the day's work
one must hnve nn eye to the future,
as well as to the present. It Is Im
portant to write the records regular
ly. Make entries in the diary every
evening at a certain time, nnd con
sider It ns a part of the dally routine.
Once tho owner commences to slight
his diary, its failure Is certain.
Best Materials Essential.
It never pays to use Inferior mate
rials In the making of a fnrm dlnry;
the work Is Important enough to merit
tho use of good tools. Good paper
uuu uiiiuiiik, u suuu iiwu, uuu iuk uuu
win uiii iuuu iii u icw ycurs uro es
sentials In nrenurlnir a voltimn Mint
will grow In valuo and interest ns Its
age increases. It Is a mlstnko to
think a small blank book Is sufficient.
The limited size of tho Bhcets makes
writing cramped and uncomfortable
and detracts from the pleasure of
writing up the record.
While a dlnry can hardly supply
the required amount of bookkeeping
for a large and extensive farm busl-
ness, It does record facts und fltrures
thnt are never preserved In any other
form.
GRAZING MAINTAINS
SOIL PRODUCTIVITY
Many Pastures in Virginia Have
Never Been Plowed.
Where Deef Cattle or Sheep Are
Grazed All of Resulting Manure Is
Left on Soil Lime and Phos
phate Are Favored.
(Prepared by tha United Stntei Pepartmtnt
of Asrlcultum.)
There is no system of agriculture
that maintains the productivity of the
soil better than grazing, according to
observations of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, especially
where the animals are kept continual
ly on the pastures. Some of the best
pastures in southwestern Virginia
have been grazed for nt least 100
years,
Many of them have never been
plowed.
The difficulty In getting a good sod
0n land that has been cropped with
grain for a l'ew years has proved the
wisdom of keeping the lnnd pennn-
ncntly in grass. It must be borne in
mind that there arc striking differ
ences In methods of grazing. Where
Grazing; Is Best Means of Mainta!
ing Fertility or sou.
be cattle or sheep are grazed, all of
the resulting manure is left on tho
pastures, and the land Is further en-
where the cattle spend much of the
time Wrl r StableS.
Grazing Is not sufficiently remunera
tlve to Justify the liberal use of com
merclal fertilizers, and very little is
ever used In the bluegrnss region on
the pasture lands. In England it Is
not uncommon to apply basic slag at
the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre to
permanent grassland. Some farmers
in the bluegrnss region of Virginia are
beginning to use lime and some form
of phosphate on their pastures. This
improves the stand of grass, but there
are no data available to show whether
the lncrense will cover the expense, In
the absence of any experimental data,
every farmer is advised to experiment
on his own fields In a small way. An
application of 500 pounds of acid phos
phate or of bone menl to n half aero
In nn old pnsture will soon show
whether it is advisable to use fer
tilizers. If this quantity- makes a
marked improvement in the stand of
grass, leas might be beneficial.
MILK GOAT INDUSTRY GROWS
Animal Will Supply Sufficient Amount
of Milk for Average Family
Easily Kept,
The production of milk gonts has
for. a great many years been an im
portant feature of the live-stock ln-
Udustry In many European countries,
but it has never secured n very strong
foothold in the United States, In
this country the goat has always been
a,n animal of more or less ridicule ns
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I 1 I il. M . 1 1 I 1 t . . Jf , 1. , t,.
uuzu lilt pusiuiitiiu ml uvriuui UIUUU
or types tnut nave ueen oreu ior many
years along ueimite lines, suy special
'sts of tne united stntcs Department
of Agriculture.
In continental Europe milk goats
are largely useu uy lamnies unnuie to
KtLl u tow u,,u. b"1 u--',l-- ' -'
nvea irom naving iresn mnit nr. uanci
and at a low cost. In those countries
the gont Is often spoken of as tho
"poor man's cow."
During the past several years con
siderable Interest hns been manifested
in the mllk-gont Industry In this coun
try. Tho fact that the goat will supply
sufficient milk for the average family
nnd can bo kept where It would bo
impossible to keep a cow Is beginning
to appeal to many people, especially
those living in the small towns and the
suburbs of the largo cities,
The mllk-gont Industry is only In its
Infancy In America, tho department
specialists say. Tills typo of goat Is
adapted to our country, nnd the In
dustry sll0,a i,ecomo of greater lm-
portnnco every year
ALFALFA SEED THIS SEASON
According to Reports to Bureau of
Markets and Crop Estimates Pro
ductlon Is Larger.
A somewhnt larger production of al
falfa seed this year than last Is Indl
cated by reports to the bureau of mar
kets nnd crop estimates. Dry, hot
weather Interfered with the crop In
portions of the Southwest, but else
I where the crop Is larger than usual.
WRIGLE
iiii
WRIGLEV'S
Newest
Creation
mst
1 0 f or jmw
5c jiW
The Flavor Lasts
Dogs Trained Not to Bark.
The dingo, or wild dog of Australia,
neither barks nor growls In Its wild
stnte, but learns to do both when
tnmcd and placed among domestic
dogs. The Australian kelpies, the most
prized of cattle dogs, which contain
a strain of dingo blood, are trained
never to bark.
If tho racket of the fire engine never
loses Its thrill, you're young.
Sure Relief
FOR INDIGESTION
6 Bell-ans
Sure Relief
ELLrANS
25$ and 75$ Packages, Everywhere
FRECKLES
POirriVtLY RIMOVED If Dr. B.rrr
rrekl OtBtmsRt Yer imiailfl ,rk,
Kll, M. fn Ut, Dr. CS If. Btrr
.. Mil HUhUu Iran Cilau. lit
Pinnos are to bo taxed In Paris at
a rate of 80 francs for nn upright and
GO francs for a grand.
Never say "Aspirin" without saying "Bayer."
WARNING! Unless you see name "Bayer" on tablets,
you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by
physicians over 21 years and proved safe by milions for;
Colds Headache Rheumatism
Toothache . Neuralgia Neuritis
Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain
Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proper directions..
Handy tin boxes of 12 tsbleU Bottles of 24 and 100 All druggist.
Ajplrln Is tt trad mark of Bjr Uinufetur o Uooocetleddirr of Slcj)ICMlt
Cuticura Talcum
1 ' " FuctaatUilr Frcgrant 1
Always Healthful
Soap 25c, OlataatBt 25 and 50c, TIcnm-25c.
Nldlit and Mornluu.
Hava Strong, Halthy
Ey: If they Tire,Itch,
r - - . n 1 1 r
KH mkSKjLJj' oman or cum, ii sore,
V&tiTTrvrC Irritated, Inflamed or
TUUR LYtO Granulated, useMurine
often. Sootkaa, Rafraahea. Safe for
Infantor Adult At all Druggists. Write for
Free Eye Book. Hartat tyt Kmtii Co., CUct
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AFTER
EVERY
MEAL
A delicious
peppermint
flavored sugar
jacket around pep
permint flavored chew
ing stum.
Will aid your appetite
a fid digestion, poiisb
your teeth and moisten
your throat.
Emu
seline
PETROLEUM JELLY
For sores, mdken.
blisters, burns, cuts
and all skin irri
tations. 4
Also innumerable?
toilet uses.
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES'
HMTC.COt
ItjONtOUOATIO
Siatm Straff
New Yorlt
Tho earth's cnvelopo of air Is now
estimated to extend for 800 mile
above it. .
EASY TO KILL
RATS
and
MICE
B,vgacu, STEARNS9
ELECTRIC PASTE
Raarfy for Uaa Battar Than TraftO
DlroeUoM In U UnguuM la eitrj Vox,
IUU, Mleo, Oookroaehoi, AnU at4 WatorbSff
dutror food and propaitr a4 i nurlen J
dWt. SUami' BlictHe Ptutl ion UiM plt
to ran from tho bnlWIug for wafer and fraii air.
Mo and 11.(0. "Uonr back If it falls."
17. H. Govarumant buyi It.
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