NORTH PLATTE SEMTAVTCEKLY TRIBUNE.
NEBRASKA NEWS
IN CONCISE FORM
State Occurrences of Importance
Boiled to a Few Lines for
Quick Perusal.
The nnnual Loup YuMoy poultry
show will bo )c Ord on Decem
ber 7, 8, 0 mul 10.
Nenny every llrm in Blnomfleld,
Magnet, Wnusa and Randolph iiavo
gone on a cash basis.
Whole herds of hogs in Merrick
county aro reported to have been
wiped out by cholera.
Flfty-ono men, including mechanics
and helpers and twenty-six carpenters,
havo been laid off in the Union Pa
cific shops at Grand Island.
An organization has been perfected
in Dawson county to further the boot
sugar industry and to do everything
possible toward establishing a sugar
factory in the county.
Twenty-three neighbors of Paul
Hughes near Ord drove to his farm
nnd shucked over 2,300 bushels of
corn. Hughes was injured just re
cently In nn accident.
So much land 1ms cone into the Mis
souri river the last few years in the
neighborhood of Stella that consollda
tlon of some of the school districts has
become necessary.
Citizens of Moorefleld have petition
ed the Tillage board to call a special
election to vote for an electric light
plant. The proposition seems to meet
the approval of most citizens.
The N. M. M. O. highway association
which will supervise a road from
North Platte to Oberlln, Kns. travers
ing Lincoln, Frontier, and Redwlllow
counties was organized at a meeting
at Mnywood.
Mrs. A. G. Peterson, a former mem
ber of the board of control of state
institutions in Nebraska, died at her
home In Aurora. Mrs. Peterson was
the lirst woman to be a member of
the state board.
A baby girl has been bom in th
home of Rev. W. C. Porter, pastor of
tho United Presbyterian church at
Burchnrd, thus eacli of the three
preachers in the town now have Just
six children, or a total &i eighteen.
Members of the state capltol com
mission will visit B. G. Goodhue, in
New York City, December 0 and 10, to
Inspect llnal pencil sketcnes of the
new 5,000,000 Nebraska capltol, Gov
ernor McKelvle, chairman, announced
A special assessment of 1,000,000
or more to bring the state guaranty
fund up to legal requirements will be
made on the 1,000 state banks in Ne
braska late in December, according to
tho state department!! of trade and
commerce.
Dr. William Axllng, of Gothenbury
who recently returned from Japan
where he has been a missionary for
several years nnd who is an authority
on conditions In Japan, was called to
Washington to take part In the dis
armament conference.
A petition, similar to those clrcu
lated in other counties, demanding
thnt the county abolish the Farm
Bureau, club work, highway comnils
sloner's olilce nnd county assessor, In
order to "reduce taxes," has made its
nppearnnce in Buffalo county.
County commissioners of Rlehnrdson
county accompanied by nn advisory
board inspected court houses at Fre
mont, Schuyler, Ord, St. Paul and
Clny Center in order to obtain Ideas
that may bo of help in building 'the
new .'tO.OOO court house at Falls City
Mike Casey, twenty-four, confessed
leader in the robbery of the Fordyce
State bank, was sentenced to twenty
years In the state penitentiary
Lincoln and narold Ross, wenty-one,
of Sioux City, and Fred Stewart
twenty-one, no nddress, confessed nc
complices, were given ten year sen
tences.
The state board of equalization has
notified all county assessors of n new
plan to tnx five groups of items next
year which have heretofore been
known as household goods and ex
empt to tho extent of $200 under th
new stnto constitution. By reason of
the exemption, gross valuation
household goods dropped ?37,000,000
last year, or from $55,000,000 to $18
000,000. The board requires tho sep
nrnte listing of pianos, phonographs
organs and other musical Instruments,
fire nrms, cameras and kodaks and
watches and clocks.
Mayor Zehrung of Lincoln an
nounced that an effort would be made
to pass an ordinance providing that
nil street lights burn this winter from
sundown to sunup In an effort to stoi:
tho crime wave which has readied the
capital city.
According to a bulletin issued
by
the state bureau of markets, hay ship
menls have been exceptionally light
due primarily to the reduction
freight rates effective this week, which
caused the producers and buyers to
hold off. The average saving per ton
on hay will be $2, according to figures
compiled by the bureau.
Roland Meyers, employed on the
Frank Mlddaugh farm near Fremont,
Bet 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 Nebraskn.
Market news Is now being t:nt by
wireless to Nebraska communities,
according to announcement made by
Leo Stuhr of the state department of
ngrlculturo. Mr. Stuhr does not know
how many towns are "sitting In" on
the report. Under favorable condi
tions the roport can ho received at any
point In tho state, Mr. Stuhr says.
Two largo luring west of Gretna,
Sarpy county, sold nt auction for $135
per ucre.
West Point voters at a special elec
tion adopted an electric light bond is
sue, 818 to 30.
Plans are being perfected for tho
Western Nebraska Potato show which
is to be hold in Scottsbiuft next month.
Services marking the laying of the
cornerstone of Fremont') new Meth
odist church were conducted Inst Wed
nesday.
Ipt lunches nt noon ure being
served in four of the rural schools of
f'lllmore county and a fifth will begin
in a few days.
Tho Nebraska University football
team won the Missouri Valley cham
pionship by winning from Ames, Iowa,
35 to 3, last Saturday.
Citizens of Scottsbluft have agreed
to furnish a site for the proposed .$100,-
000 Methodist hospital to bo construct
ed In western Nebraskn.
United States Marines nre now
guarding mall trains passing through
Nebraskn. A force of 200 men havo
headquarters in Omaha.
Nick Troyer, farmer near Callaway,
turned fifty-six head of cattle into a
corn field and a few hours later ,
twenty-two had died of cornstalk
disease.
Rumors aro current in Northwest
Nebraskn that oil has been struck
at the Big Chief Development com
pany's oil well, 23 miles northwest of
Gordon.
The Methodist church building at
Sluirbort, which has not been used for
several years, has been purchased by
the villago board for community
meetings'. '
Due of tho fact thnt the Lower
Platte Valley Irrigation project Is com
ing along with such favorable results,
Lincoln county has been admitted to
tho preliminary survey.
The Stevenson and Mingus general
stores and the L. P. LIntz restaurant
nt Plensanton were destroyed by fire,
ontnlling a loss estimated ut $15,000,
pnrlly covered by insurance.
Henry Freudpnberg of near Mad
ison has lost nearly 100 head of swino
from hog cholera and reports sny
many other farmers are losing stock
from the same cause.
Nebraska gets $1,581,180.50 more
federal money to spend on her roads na
soon as she appropriates a similar
amount from her own pocketbook to
meet the federal appropriation, ac
cording to the apportionment of tho
new $75,000,000 federal aid appropri
ation bill just passed by congress.
Snow sheds similar to those erected
along rallrond right-of-ways to fore
stall snowdrifts blocking traffic, havo
been built near the county roads west
of Madison and several new ones nd
ded on the open stretches along tho
roads north of the city. The com
munity club of Madison was instru
mental In erecting the sheds.
Leo B. Stuhr, state secrotary of
agriculture, was elected chalrmnn of
the group 'of state officials that will
conduct the high cost of living probe,
ordered by Governor McKelvie. Per
sons, who have Information thnt they
believe will bo valuable to the Investi
gation In the matter of unrensonablo
business methods should advise Sec
retary Stuhr.
The Rev. Biillensky, pastor of tho
German Congregational church at
Lincoln, has been commissioned to go
to the Volga famine region as repre
sentative of tho Central States Volga
Relief society. This society, of which
Dr. H. P. Wekesser of Lincoln is
president, has just mailed a draft
for $7,000 to the American relief ad
ministration in thnt area.
The 425 stockholders who control
the company which sunk the oil well
twenty-six miles northwest of Rush
vllle which drilled into producing sand
November 15 nro all Rushville citizens..
The well Is on the farm of B. S.
Gillespie, one-half mile across tho
South Dakota' line. Tho Rushvillo
syndicate lias about 20,000 acres in
leases in the vicinity of the well and
rapid development Is expected.
The state bureau of roads and
bridges nnnounccd It will start tho
building of the following state-aid
bridges next year nt a cost of $200,
000 If tho benefited counties will pay
their shnro: Saunders and Douglas
county. Over the Platte river, enst
of Yutan. Holt county: Over the
Hlkhorn, near Ewing. Merrick nnd
Polk counties: Over Plntte river,
south of Sliver Creek. Garden county :
Over North Plntte river, two bridges
located either at Lewellen, Oshkosh or
LIsco. Lincoln comity: Over Platto
river at Brady.
The Richardson County Sunday
School association, representing thirty
eight schools, has wired Senator Nor
rls opposing nil bills providing for
the snle of boor and condemning pass
age of the medicinal beer bill.
Through a decision handed down
by District Judge Fitzgerald at Om
aha, prohibition enforcement by state
officers In Nebraska 1ms been given a
severe Jolt. According to the de
cision, warrants cannot be issued for
the seizure of liquor unless tho of
ficer makes positive affidavit that
liquor Is at the house he intends to
search.
People around Lodgo Pole report a
herd of 15 antelope Is often seen along
tho brakes of Rush creek, north of tho
city, and a smnller herd along Platto
river, south. The antelope appear fo
be much tamer than usunl. Three
wire fences nro no obstruction to tho
light footed creatures.
A call lias been issued by executives
of tho third pnrty for a state conven
tion to be held at Grand Islnnd, De
cember 8. The purpose of the meet
ing Is to bestow a name on tho
pnrty and to perfect Its organization.
Whether nn attempt will he made to
write a platform is not set out
I'll Say Santa Claus Wis Here
1
A CHRISTMAS
blUKY ft
VERY year when Christmas comes
round ma goes up In our attic,
digs around among boxes, broken
furniture and old clothes thnt have
accumulated there und produces the
dusty red and green Christmns
wreaths of last year; Jolly good Christ
mas odors issue from the kitchen ; Snl
lie and Mne come In from the crisp win
ter evening qlr, muffling tissue paper
packnges under their arms and speak
ing In mysterious whispers; little Jack
nnd Peg nnd I are taken over town,
excited and happy, to see old Santa
enthroned in a case of cotton batting
snow on the second floor of the big
store.
Then comes Christmas morning with
Its surprises nnd Its beautifully
trimmed tree. The height of the day's
happiness Is reached when Uncle Ben
and Aunt Molly nrrlve with their chil
dren, rosy checked nnd rosy nosed, too,
from the effects of King Winter's nip.
After all pa's and ma's folks are
there, the house is Just one lump of
good cheer. Tho day slips by and
evening comes. The pnrt thnt Is al
ways the most pleasing to me Is when
we gather about the fire and Sallle.
seated at the piano, plays the Christ
mas hymns nnd nil the children sing
them, grandfather joining in the chorus
In his cracked old voice.
Thus it was. But Inst year it wos
different for me. Mn got the wreaths
as usunl ; the snme good odors came
from the kitchen ; the crinkling of Sal
lle and Mae's packnges could be heard,
some as ever; we were taken over
town to see but here's where tho sad
part comes In. How heavy my heart
wus as I trudged on our way to see
old Nick with Peg next to me, her
little bund holding tight on mine. And
when I thought of her Joy when she
should see Santa, I felt so old, so ex
perienced. All Christmns day I went nround In
a dream from the first thing In the
morning until I was tucked In bed that
night. All day there was envy In my
heart toward all the children from lit
tle lisping Jack to seven-year-oid Peg,
because my dny had lost Its Joy for me,
on account of the fact oh. killer of
Joy I no longer believed in Snntn
Clans. Cleveland Plain Denier.
CLASS AND CASTE FORGOTTEN
Christmas Season Is One Period of the
Year When All People
Are Equal.
Wr'IIIS Is the season of equality, the
one brief period of the year
when the Christianized world
momentarily forgets clnss und custe.
Rich and poor, great and lowly, good
nnd had, today stand more nearly on a
footing of equality than they have
stood since tho Inst Yuletide, or thnn
they will stand for nnother year.
For this is the Christmns season
nnd Christmns belongs to the child,
and untutored childhood knows no
caste. It Is only from grown-ups that
the little ones learn fnlse standards
bf social place.
In every human heart thnt Is not
calloused to all Joy or sorrow, or dead
to the finest emotions of manhood nnd
womanhood, there Is enshrined some
child, either dead or living for child
Jove is the universal emotion of tho
soul.
For this brief season, then, let child
hood take our gnarled hand of
sophistry and beguile us by the finger
back to a fleeting glimpse of that lotus
land of equality 1we once knew and
eta know only one.
Photo by
r. Fourmicr.
An Old Time
Christmas Carol
MIE- following Interesting enrol is
preserved it Poor Robin's Alma
nac for 1G05. It Is of Interest
us throwing light on the material side
of the old-time Christmas celebrations.
"Minced" pies nre referred to, it will
he noticed a term never heard now
adnys. And instead ot plum pudding
there is "plum porridge." The curol
reveals, too, that the material for
Christmas decorations wns fuller in
tho old days, Including holly, ivy, boy,
rosemary and "lnwrel."
Now, thrlcc-welcome Christmas, which
brines us good cheer.
Minced pies and plum porridge, good ale
nnd strong beer:
With pis, goose and capon, the best that
may be,
So well doth the weather and our stom
aclis acree.
Observe how the chimneys do smoak all
about,
The. cooks are providing for dinner, no
doubt.
But those on whose tables no victuals
appear,
O, may they keep Lent all the rest of
tho year!
With holly and Ivy, so green and so cay.
We deck up our houses as fresh as the
day.
With bays and rosemary, and lawrel
cotnpleat,
And ovoryone now Is king of conceit.
But as for curmudgeons, who will not
be free,
I wish they may die on the Uiree-lesEed
tree.
It Is of Interest to lenrn that the
well known nnd oft used couplet,
"Christmns comes but once u year,
and when it conies it brings good
cheer," originally appeared in a mock
Christmas play of the Fifteenth cen
tury. Here are the lines:
Bounce buckram, velvets dear,
Christmas comes but once a year.
And when It comes It brlngB good cheer.
ABOUT THE HOLIDAY GREENS
Spirit of Poatry in Laurel; Bay Asso
elated With Victory; Holly Em
blem of Good Luck.
vTiVlVl we weave garlands of
Christmas greenery, each
branch of foliage typllies
some ancient virtue, suggests a houry
superstition and carries a meaning far
beyond that with which a decorator
regards It.
According to the ancients the laurel
communicates the spirit of poetry. To
Kill n poetic inspiration a man should
sleep with n sprig of luurel under his
pillow.
Bay lias several meanings. It 1ms
alwuys been associated with victory,
while It is supposed to protect the
wearer from lightning. Tho withering
nnd shriveling of Its leaves was said
to foretell death, which muy account
for the superstition thut evergreens
should not remain In the house after
Twelfth night.
The Komuiis used to send one uu
other sprigs of holly as emblems of
good luck. Immortality Is denoted by
tho yew. For this reuson it is always
used to decorate churches at Christ
mas time. Tlt-Blts.
Fruit Sticks.
Chop fine or put through a food
chopper equal quantities of figs, dates
and nut moats. With u little tart
Jelly, like currant or grape; work this
into it thick paste. Stir into the well
beaten whites of two or more eggs
and spread on long salted wafers. If
the Jelly docs not seem to stiffen the
whites, use a little pulverized sugar
also.
PROPER
FOR IMPLEMENT
At End of Season Make List of
repairs Needed and Protect
From Weather.
GIVE FLOW GOOD ATTENTION
Various Farm Tools and Machinery
Should De Put In Order Before
Spring, Rush Carelessness Re
sults In Great Loss.
(Prepared by the United States Department
at Agriculture.)
A farm Implement thut Is laid by In
bad condition nt the end of the sea
son Is pretty likely to be found in tho
fame shape, probably worse, In the
spring, when the time conies for using
St again. Unfortunntely there's no
mngle thnt heals broken parts over
winter, repairing the wear and tear
of one season and bringing forth u
bright, sound tool ready for Instant
work next year.
Delays In Repairs Are Costly.
Thoughtlessness In the handling,
cure and repair of farm Implements
results iiiinunlly In the loss to fanners
of thousands of dollars und much time
at n season when time Is most valu
able. The proper time for overhaul
ing farm Implements is dining their
period of Inactivity and before the
spring rush, when farm work Is press
ing und delays nre costly. If put off
until the Implement Is needed, delay
incident to getting repair parts, press
of other work, and the hazy recollec
tion of the past season's dllllcultles
with ttie tool or machine may hinder
greatly.
At the end of the season's work with
any machine It Is n plan wortli while
to make out a schedule of needed re
pairs and adjustments for that par
ticular machine and file it In n con
venient place, so that when nn op
portunity arises the work can be tak
en up and done quickly and thorough
ly. Tho machine itself represents
capital Invested. It should be housed
properly, nnd not left in a fence cor
ner or other out-of-the-way place for
wooden parts to rot and metnl parts
to rust.
Probably no Implement used on the
fnrm receives a greater amount of
,'-?.'i;'
Implements Should Be Cleaned,
Greased and Sheltered From the
Weather,
abuse or as little attention to its prop
er care, operation und repair than the
plow. It Is the basic farm implement,
and should not be allowed to remain
in out-of-tiie-wny places, subject to the
hardships of the weather, but should
be housed properly when not in use.
When laid by, It should be stored In
a dry place away from contact with
the ground, and the bright purts coat
ed with grease, to prevent rusting.
Once the moldbourd, shurc and the
liindslde have become pitted with rust
nu elllclent Job of plowing ennnot be
dono until the corroded parts again
have acquired a polish,
Many farmers who would not neglect
an expensive harvesting mnchlne, are
cnrcless In the care of harrows and
other implements of this type. Those
also represent capital Invested, and a
large return is possible If they are
properly cared for und housed at the
end of the season. If stored under a
Bhed, the teetli should lie supported by
blocks or boards so that they will not
become embedded in the ground. All
accumulations of earth and trash
Bhouid be removed.
Keep Binder Canvases Dry.
In storing the binder, remove tho
canvases, wrap up curcfully and store
In u dry place, away from mice nnd
rats, or liiing them over a round stick,
witli ends free nnd even, Thus mice
and rats can find no place for nests.
Apply a good leather dressing, har
ness oil or tallow to leather straps, to
prevent them from becoming dry nnd
hard and cracking. The knife bar and
wooden pitman should be removed and
stored In a dry place. The knife burs
should be cleaned and greased. Tho
pitman should be stored on a shelf or
flut place, so that It will not spring or
warp. Grease tho ledger plutes, knot
ter, twlno holder, needle point, twine
eye and all bright parts of the ma
chine and binding mechanism In gen
eral. Full Information on tho subject Is
contained in Farmers' Bulletins J10,
017 and 1030, n series entitled "Care
and Repair of Farm Implements," is
sued by the United States Department
of Agriculture.
KANRED HARD WHEAT
IS HIGH IN YIELDS
Variety Is Resistant to Leaf and
Stem Rust.
Developed From Single Head of
Crimean Wheat Selected at Kan
sas Experiment Station Pure
Seed Is of Importance.
(Prepared by the United Stntea Department
ot Agriculture.)
Kunred Is a wheat which Is resistant,
to prevalent forms of leaf nnd stem
rust, 'is less liable to winter killing
than tlie Turkey or Khnrkof, and ma
tures from one to four dnys sooner
than those-Varieties, which sometimes1
menus escape from had weather con
ditions. It out.vlelds the varieties'
mimed In the principal hnrd winter
wheat section by from three to llvo
bushels per ncre. Tho variety wns
developed from n single liend ot
Turkeys and Kanred Wheat The Lat
ter Yields More Because of Rust
Resistance, Earllness and Hardiness.
Crimean wheat selected nt the Kan
sas agricultural experiment stntlon ten
years ngo, from which source it is es
timated thnt 2,000,000 ncres were har
vested In 1021.
"Knnred Wheat" is the title of De
partment Circular 1114, Just Issued by
the United States Department of Agri
culture. Knnred Is a hnrd red win
ter wheat very similar to Turkey. It
Is bearded nnd hns liniiiess white chaff.
Tin? superior yields of the Knnred va
riety in northern nnd northwestern
Kansas, eastern Colorado, southwest
ern Wyoming, nnd In Nebraska and
South unicotn appear to have been due
largely to Its resistance to rust and
to winter killing.
Kanred wheat may be grown with
success wherever other hnrd-wlnter
wheats nre grown and should partly
replace the Turkey nnd Khnrkof va
rieties now widely grown. It shows!
no special advantage In the northern
great plains nnd tho Pacific north
west. It ennnot compete with tho soft
winter wheat varieties grown on the
lower lands and the richer Bolls of
eastern Kansas or the enstern United
States, and is not winter hardy
enough to rcplnce spring whent lr
northern plains. Wherever Turkey or
Khnrkof hnrd-wlnter wheats aro
grown, however, the Knnred enn bo
grown with equal chances of success.
In milling and baking experiments
Knnred has compared favorably with
other hnrd red winter wheats. For
successful growing pure seed Is nec
essary, and because of similarity of
the seed to other varieties certifica
tion has been found essential. This
certlflcntion is made by the Kansas
Crop Improvement association with
tho co-opcmtlon of the Kansas agri
cultural experiment station.
SPREAD OLD STRAW ON LAND
Considerable Fertility Can Be Ob.
talned Winterkilling of Wheat
la Prevented.
Farmers who have old stack bot
toms on their fnrms should put this
straw in a manure spreader and put It
on the land. Considerable fertility
can be returned by this inennB, nnd' nt
the snme thhe nn eyesore can be' elim
inated from the fnrm yard. By plac
ing racks on the sides of the mnntiro
spreader much straw can bo hauled at
a load. Where this straw is wet, of
course, the rack will not be needed.
Now straw that will not bo used for
feed could be placed on the winter
wheat, nnd this will furnish n good
covering and make a good fertilizer.
One farmer last whiter reported that
the use of straw prevented winter
killing. Next Year's Bugs.
Raking up the garden nnd
burning stalks, vines ami other
vegetable debris In tho fall will
cause a shortngo of winter
homes for the bugs nnd fewer
Insect pests to bother next sum
mer, according to vegetable men
at Oklahoma A. and M. college.
Scores of vegetable diseases aro
thus destroyed also, 'it is Bald.
No cull vegetables should be
left lying around to tempt rab
bits, which later may bark the
fruit trees. The garden has
earned its winter rest, nnd It
will rest better If It Is thor
oughly cleaned up In the fall.