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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1921)
NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NEBRASKAJN BRIEF Timoly News Culled From All . Parts of the State, Reduced for the Busy. Strike of the COO patrons of the Union Telephone company at Bloom field In protest agnlnst the 25 cents n month Increase granted Inst Febru ary by the Htate railway commission, caused the company a loss of .fO.000 in operation the last nine months, ac cording to an application of the com pnny tiled with the commission for new rates to replace the other rates which expire December 31. The ap plication says the company has left x only seventy subscribers on nn ex change whoso capacity Is 030 sub scribers. The defunct Farmers State bank of Hadar, was entered by robbers and the two vault doors were blown open with nitroglycerin and the vault shattered. The Inner safe had been removed anil sold some time ago nnd the robbers contented themselves with rilling per sonal deposit boxes, which netted them but 38 cents. Two liberty bonds were overlooked. Damage to the interior of fiio. bank and vault is estimated at about $300. The Big Chief oil well, just north of the state line, near Hay Springs, Is the basis of nine-tenths of the conver sation In this section. Many oil oper-' ntors from different sections of the country are on the ground and nre en deavoring to secure leases. Whether or not oil In paying quantities will be secured will not be known until the well of the Big Chief Is rccased so ns to stop the How of water. The trial of Gustav Bahr, a squaw , man, charged with the murder of Percy Stelfer of Niobrara at Pierce on August 12, Is scheduled to start when an adjourned term of the dis trict court meets. The shooting Is supposed to be the outcome of alleged Improper relations of Steifel with Bahr's daughter whose mother Is an Indian. Ear KIncnnnon, who It was charged attempted to kidnap Miss Ophal Kll llon, teacher In the Bradlsh school near Albion, will be given a prelimi nary hearing this week. Klncannon was a former sweetheart of his alleged victim. Miss Kathcrlne Pendew of Pawnee 2ity was perhaps fatally burned when kerosene which she poured Into a cookstove exploded. Her face, hands and body were severely burned and doctors hold no hope for her recovery Nebraska won fifth plnce In the stock judging contest at the Inter oatlonnl Live Stock exposition at Chi cago. Ohio won first place, Oklahoma second, Purdue third, Kansas fourth, followed by Nebraska, fifth. Id a review of Hhe unemployment situation In Omaha, the Industrial oureau of the chamber of commerce, reported that nearly 4,000 men are out of work in the city, half them com mon laborers. The North Platte high school foot ball team lays claim to the champion ship of Nebraska by defeating the Lincoln high eleven at North Platte Thanksgiving Day by a score of 27 to 3. In an endeavor to prevent, so far as possible, depredations and losses by fire, the Nelson city council and busi ness men are providing night watch men for the city, The city also will be kept brilliantly lighted. After n hotly contested campaign residents of Tamora voted to con solidate the schools. The vote was 180 to 140. The consolidation will affect several rural schools. The Nebraska cement plant at Su perior is running full capacity. Twenty-five hundred barrels are being turned dally. Much of the product Is Being stored for spring. What is believed to be a new corn husking record In the vicinity of Wakefield was mnde when Harvey Hass husked 127 bushels In one day. Work has been begun on the erec tion of nn electric transmission line from North Platte to Sutherland, ami, according to plans, It will be finished by January 1. A fire that started in 'the Wroes Variety store nt Fremont caused a F3.r.000 duinage. Two firemen were hurt while fighting the flames. Donald Hubbard, 22, of Beatrice, had Ids right aim almost severed In a circular saw while at work on the farm of his uncle. Governor McKelvlo will speak on 'Agricultural Credit" before the con ference of governors at Charleston, S. C December fi. Twenty-three blocks of brick paving hnve been completed at Chirks. A "whiro way" lighting system also has been Installed. Anton Sundqulst of Dallas, ,S. D., while nt South Omaha hist week with a couple of carloads of cattle, said farmers In his section were nil burning corn in plnce of coal because corn 's bringing only 18 cents a bushel, while the cheapest grade of soft coal costs Jlf a ton. Beatrice retail butchers have asked the city commissioners to pass an or dinance levying a tax of $2". on parties who peddle frmh or cured meats In the city. Tlit- proposition is strongly opposed by many and the commission- its nre being deluged with protests. The contenmlnted action of tho Btnte hoard of equalization In placing from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 on the state assessment list fiy tnxlug hospl- tnls, Y, M. O. A.s, schools nnd col-1 leges, hns been temporarily postponed, Under resolutions adopted by the board there will be no nttempt to add theso Institutions to tho tax list this year, Seven prizes for essays on ia.iw Limitation of Armaments would Help Our Schools" and seven prizes for posters Illustrating Nebraska League of Women Voters, will be awarded by the State League of Women Voters according to an announcement sent to every school superintendent and county superintendent In Nebraska by Mrs. C. O. Ityan, president of tho leugue. Tho contest will close De cember 23, 1021, at which time the best essay from each school where students compete must be In the hands of the county superintendent. Nearly two weeks of strenuous work In district court nt Auburn In the trial of Mrs. Lucy Neul, charged with the murder of her husband, Ben Neul, went for nothing when District Judge Itaper entered n finding that, because of the misconduct of one pf the Jurors, lluss Ilozcun, a mlstrlnl has resulted and the whole case must be tried over again. The court charged Bozean, who has been cited for contempt of court, had discussed the evidence dur ing the trial. Emphatic denial was made by At torney General Davis, of Lincoln, of a report mnde In Omaha that he wns considering dropping chnrges now pendmg against F. II. Clnridge, former president of the banking house of A. Castetter, Blnlr. "Instead of dropping them, I probably will prefer other charges In the nenr future as soon ns the books of the bank have been aud ited," he said. Tho cornerstone of Polk county's new $2.ri0,000 court house nt Osceola hns been laid. The Masonic grand lodge oflicers had charge of the pro gram. This Is the third courthouse erected in Polk county. The first building, built In 1870, burned, and was replaced in 1881. Tho second structure became inadequate and was razed last year. The American Legion of Nehrnskn, through ten-law firms ' of tho stnfe, bus filed application with the Ne hrnskn supreme court to nppear as a friend of the court In the state's ap peal of Judge Button's Interpretation of the anti-foreign language law, pas sed as the Iteed-Norval act by the last legislature. Harry Knnlle of Nehawka won tho Armour & Co.'s trip to the Interim1 tlonnl stock s,how at Chicago by rais ing the pig that ranked highest among those raised by boys nnd girls' clubs In the state. Nebraska mny hnve $38,000 aballablo for the present blennlum under the Shepherd-Towner mnternlty bill, just passed by congress, according to Chief I. II. Dillon of the state bureau of health. Ruth Thonipklns, 5, was crushed to death benenth two tons of earth at Scottsbluffs when the sides of n cave, dug by the children, In which she was playing, fell In. A state railroad spur nearly n mllo long from the Burlington tracks to tho new cnpltol building at Lincoln Is be ing advocated by George Johnson, state engineer. Johnson snys tho track will save the state $150,000. The Culbertson irrigation district, comprising 10,000 acres of fertile land in the Frenchmnn valley adjacent to Culbertson, lihs voted $125,000 bonds on the district to build a storage re servolr above the Intnke of the ditch. The N. M. M. O. highway association which will rupervlso a rond from North Platte to Oberlin, Kas. travers ing Lincoln, Frontier, and Bcdwlllnw counties wns organized nt a meeting at Maywood. So much land hns t'one Into the Mis sourl river ihe last few years in tho neighborhood of Stella that consollda tlon of some of the school districts has become necessary. Nebinskn Central college nt Central City bus been endowed with u farm of 300 acres near Crossvllle, Tenn., by Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Marshall of Wesslngton Springs, S. D. Henry Freudenberg of near Mad ison has lost nearly 100 head of swine from hog cholera and reports sny many other fanners are losing stock from the same cause. The vault In the Knox county court house at Center hns been blown by robbers'. The yeggs failed to crack tho Inner safe and got no money. It Is rumored around Lincoln that II. G. Taylor, member of the state rallwuy commission, Is slated for a place In the interstate commerce commission. Preparations are being mnde nt Pawnee City to begin paving tho streets of the city next spring. A movement Is under wny for the establishment of u large cement fac tory In Alliance. The Nebraska University football team won the Missouri Valley chain pUmslilp by winning from Ames, Iowa, 35 to 3, last .Saturduy. United States Civil Service Com mission announces an open competitive examination for auditor. Income Tax Unite, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury Department, to be held De cember 14 in the following cities of Nebraska : Aliance, Beatrice. Broken Bow, Cluidron, Columbus, Fremont, Grand Island, Hastings, Holdrege, Lincoln, McCook, Nebraska City, Nor folk, North Platte, Omaha, O'Nell, ScottsblulT. Kidney, Superior Valentine. Miss Mary Aden, of Lincoln has as sumed the duties of county nurse for the south Mndlson county chapter. Tho frame school building, sltuuted In District No. 40 near Ord, was to tally destroped by fife Just the other day. Alleging unjust vnluailon as the basis for 1021 tnx levies, the Chicago nnd Northwestern and tho Chicago. St. Paul, Mlnnenpols and Omahu railroads started suit in federal court nt Omaha against the state tnx commissioner, asking restraining orders to prevent the collection of jyixes based on such alleged excess valuations. GARLICKY WHEAT S UNDESIRABLE Millers Unanimous In Saying Presence of Weed Seed Greatly Reduces Its Value.- FLOUR YIELD IS DECREASED Great Risk of Spoilage Is Due to Fer mentative or Germlnatlve Action Started by the Absorption of Moisture. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Becnuse tho presence of garlic or wild onion In wheat decreases Its market value materially, a special study of the problem of ninrkctlng wheat so tainted has been made by the bureau of markets and crop esti mates, United States Department of Agriculture. The purpose of the ?tudy wnsUo ascertain how such wheat s purchased from producers, ns re gards grades and price nt the prlmury grain markets of Maryland, and Ihe effect, if any, on the producer. The average garlic content of 47 samples of Maryland whent taken from wagons, elevators, bins, nnd mills was 40 bulblets, to a pound. Millers ere ununlinous in saying that the presence of gnrllc grently decrenses the milling vnluo for a number of ren sons, such as tho greater risks from spoilage, the extra cleaning and pre paration required for milling, the lower flour yields, the greater cost of manufacturing, nnd the lower market value of the resultant Hour. Bulblets Vary in Size. Garlic bulblets range In size from that of a kernel of wheat to that of a pen seed. The specific gravity of the bulblets Is less, than that of the wheat kernel, though' It varies with the sea son nnd with the weather conditions. Tim bulblets nre heaviest at harvest time, as later the moisture evaporates and they lose weight. The grentor risk of spoilage In garlicky wheat Is duo to the fermentative or germlnntlve action In whent started by the ab sorption of moisture from the garlic bulblets. As this Is a slow process, the dnngcr of spoilage Is slight wh)ro grain Is hnndled or moved frequently. None of- the speclnl cleaners for re moving the gnrllc Is entirely satisfac tory. Some of them remove too ginnll n part of the gnrllc, and some removo too much wheat when removing the garlic. It was noted thnt the con dition of the bulblets had more of nn Wild Garlic, Showing the Bulblets That Are So Difficult to Remove When ,MIxd With Wheat. effect on the resulting odor than the number of bulblets. Those full of Juice contaminate Hour more readily than drier onos. One of tho serious results of the presence of garlic In wheat is the clogging of the corrugations of the rolls in tho mills so that they cannot function properly. Under such con ditions It Is sometimes necessary for the mills to .shut down two or three times n day In order to scrape and wash the rolls. This slows up the work, .reduces tho output, and In creases the :ost of production per unit. Thero in little demand for flour made from garlicky wheat, therefore mills huvo to discount It when it is sold from. 25 cents to $1 n barrel. It Is used chiefly for blending with sweet flours. Should Be Eradicated From Fields. Tho Held should bo plnnted to u tilled crop tUo following spring. Any crop so plnnted should he carefully tilled, preferably with the knife or sweep type of Implement. This will destroy tho plants arising from the hard-shelled ulbs. As tho hard bulbs last two years It will be necessary Jo repeat fall plowing, followed by nn othor tilled crop. Ityo may bo sown after the Into fall plowing and turned under for green manure tho following spring. ' Many farmers make a practice of throwing '"eeds of vurlou.i sorts out of the bundles nt the time of shock ing wheat. It bus been found that If the entire product of the field Is removed from tho land at harvest time, great enro taken In planting only seed thnt Is free from garlic and other weeds, and proper crop rotation practiced considerable progress in gar 11c erudlcatlon can bo mnde within a few yonrs. It Is believed by depart ment olllclnls that if this Is done It will be possible In tlmo to eliminate, or at least greatly reduce, tho garlic In the fields. FALL PLOWING AIDS IN DIFFERENT WAYS Prevents Piling Up of Work at Critical Period. Only, Disking or Harrowing It Neces sary to Put Land In Shape for Early Planting In Spring Insects Are Dislodged, (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment of Agriuultura.) For various spring-sown crops, ospcclnlly grain, the United Statei Department of Agriculture hns found fall plowing a profitable operation In many sections. As tin economic meas ure, It prevents the piling up of work nt a critical period. Spring grain usually can he sown to ndvantage as soon as the frost Is out and the ground Is dry enough to work, and It Is to the farmer's advantage to have It In the ground as early as practicable. Th greatest obstacle to early planting Is getting tite ground In shape. On large operations, where cither plow ing or seeding tnkos n month, wait" ing for the man nnd horsepower to finish plowing before It can be used In seeding often mentis a delay that 1 disastrous. If the ground Is plowed Fall Plowing Serves Many Valuable Purposes. In the fall, when other work Is not pressing, only disking or hnrrowlng will bo required In the spring. Fnll plowing serves vnluable pur poses. It permits the ground to store up moisture from winter snows and rains, nnd often dislodges eggs nnd lnrvno of Insect pests which hud found snug winter quarters In the soil, ex posing thorn so they will be killed by the cold. Stubble and other vege table matter left from tho harvest. If turned under In the fall, has muny more months to rot and become In corporntcd with tho soil. Whether to plow In tho fall Is of course largely a question of Iocnl con ditions nnd Individual Judgment. Sandy soils, for Instance, mny be rendered llnhlo to blowing If plowed nnd left unseeded ull winter. Heavy soils nre usually benefited by fnll plowing. MANURE SPREAD OVER FIELD Sun's Rays Get at Every Part of It When Scattered Evenly, Destroy ing Bacteria. When manure Is spread evenly over the surface of n field the sun's rays get at every part of It. This Is a. factor of much Importance, since sunlight Is one of bacteria's greatest enemies. Through it they are either killed or rendered dormant. Furthermore, the waste begins to dry up a fact which, even without the action of sunlight, would render the bacterial life Inac tive. Thus, the formation of nmnionln Is checked in short order ns a result of the breaking up of the conditions which are favorable to bacterial life. It should he remembered In this con nection thnt no loss ensues when ma nure spread as n thin layer over tho surface of a Held is permitted to dry out. It loses nothing uirler such con ditions save moisture. If, while lying In this fashion In n field, It becomes wet through rain or melting snow nothing worso happens thun a washing of the soluble portions directly into tho 8011 where it Is desired they should go. All possibility of further decay and heating has been eliminated by the simple process of rearranging tho wnste from that qf u heap to that of u thin layer spread over the surface. BARLEY GOOD FEED FOR HOGS Use of This tlon Has tance- Graln for Pork Produc Increased In Impor ts Carbonaceous. With tho cessation of the extensive malting of barley, tho use of this gruln for pork production has Increased In Importance. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, tho market price of barley ier pound, us compared with corn, has frequently been less, and It bus been found profit able to convert It Into pork. Wholo bnrley Is not desirable us u stock feed on account of the hardness of tho grain. However, when the barley Js Honked or ground and soaked Its feed ing clllclency Is greatly Increased. Al though barley contains a little more protein than com, It Is, primarily, a carbonaceous feed, and must be used with a protein concentrato.as a sup plement. Oenernlly, however, barloy Is v. less satisfactory feed than corn for fattening hogs, Tho rnpldlty nnd economy of gains from barley depend luruely upon Its quality. Hupmobile Thousands More Can Now Own This Great Car It won't take you more thnn a moment to realize the vital importance)' of this new Hupmobllo prico of $1250. The effect of t is to put the price of the Hupmobile back to tha exact figure at which this model was brought out in 1017. Not more than fivo cars in America, from tho lowest to tho highest in price, arc recognized as' lenders in their respective classes. Not one of these fivo cars has a more distinct, definite nnd positive repu tation for leadership than tho Hupmobile. Gives More Servico at Lets Expense Most people hold no opinion nt nil of most cars, but nearly everyone owners and non-owners alike has tho definite conviction that tho Hupmobile gives more service at less expense than any car of its class in the world. Tho fact of the matter is thnt there has never been' a "time when $400 or $500 more than the Hupnjobilo prico could buy, in any car, any . deeper satisfaction, or more continuous economy, than tho Hupmobile owner enjoys. Thousand Will Now Buy the Car They've Wanted. It is perfectly plain, therefore, that the new Hupmobile price of $1250 represents one of tho very few reductions of outstanding importance which have yet been mnde. It i3 particularly important because it will make thousands of people who hnve always believed in the economy of tho Hupmobile but never actually experienced it, feel now that they can afford to own the car they nave always admired. By the four great tests of motor car value reputation for long life, reputation for economy, rcputatioa for high resale value, and reputation for continuously satisfactory performance the Hupmo bile, at $1250, stands head nnd shoulders above all others in its class. A Better Car Than It Was Four Years Ago. It is a better value today-J-a better car in many ways tnan it was four years ago, when the prico was the same. It has been steadily improved nnd refined. It is better in engineering nnd in construction. Its finish nnd appearance are better. Its acces sory equipment is more complete. You can buy the Hupmobile today in tho certain knowledge that its' low costs, steady service, and long life, will more than repay'you, over and over again. HUPP MOTOR CAR CORPORATION, DETROIT, MICH. Stewart Motor Co. 2523-25 Farnam Street Omaha, Neb. Phone: Douglas 8433' Tourine Car, $1250. Roadster, $1250. Coupe, $2100. Sedan, $2159 F. O. B. Detroit War Tax Extra. Cord Ttrtt Regular Equipment n All Model Now festem&nadaOffers Hi tlers Boom Wise Youngster. .Mother Oh, Hobby, hero you nro ngnln with your clothes in a perfect mess. Hobby (In tears) I I was playing and Willie Meigs throw n stono nnd spattered me nil over. Mother Well, whnt nro you crying about? Ih it painful to bo covered with mud? Bobby No, but I thought If I cujno In laughing you would whip mo. Boston Trnnscrlpt. Fine Feed. "I understand tho Laplanders cat candles," "Must bo n big to do over a birthday enke." Write your tin mo and address below. 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Healthful climate, good neighbors, churches, schools, rural telephone, excellent markets nod shipping facilities. The climate and soil offer inducements for almost every branch ot agriculture. ihe advantages lor Dairying, Mixed Farming and Stock Raising; make a tremendous appeal to industrious set wishing to improve ineir circumstances. ForllloitraUd literature, mapa. description of firm opportunities in MnitoD, amiieniwui ai and Urltuu Col ambit, rwJocod railway raus, to., wrlto tmmm W. V. BENNETT 4, Bee Bid?., Omaha, Neb. Authorised Aeant, Dspt. o Immigration nd Colonization, Dominion ot Canada A Candidate. "Glrllo, I um n candidate for your hand." "See father." "Docs ho hava to Indprso mo?" Indicates Wisdom. ' "What makes you think Brown's ad vico Is good?" "Because ho never gives It until it is naked for." A COLD TODAYS D0N7 DELAY .34 HoitrsM in 3 JDavsm W.M. Mil-1 co. , mtt no it. EXXQ FREE Complete Diet Llit and Menu Schedule! with Table of Food Values and iullturrucUont,recentlr compiled and based on xven ytara of experience and lucceti In the treatment of Diabetei at Loring Patk Sanatorium. Writ or abovtani 6uJU of Lorint P"k Sanatoria m. Both tint Frit. LORING PARK. SANATORIUM IMS Mimon PW rkoa Autiufc tW MloiYcaooU aaa Si i y m Cures Golds in La Grippe con Take a good dose of Carter's Little liver Pills then take i or 3 for a lew nights after. A few doses restore your organs to their proper functions and the Headache and the causes of it pass away. In the same manner the Bowels and prevent Constipation. ffintiK" s6L?&Zt SsuH PiU; WJ Do,. Saudi Pries