THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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BfFOttMATION ABOUT
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RELIABLE SOURCES
extension agents, is giving in many
counties this winter. At tho cldBo.of
tho dotnonstrntion such remarks us
these nro common-"Had I .known
that by adding moro water I could
have blended my soap, I could have
savod tho soap I rulnod." "I seo now
AGBICUL- why I failed in making soap." A good
soap is free from alkali. Tho presence
of alkali can bo dctectod by tasting.
If alkali Is found to bo prosont, tho
cooking Bhould go continued until it
disappears. All homo-mado soap should
Grapo vinos may bo pruned any uo white- or of a very light color,
tlmo nftor tho wood has rlponcd in the Tn,a should bo truo oven of soap from
fall and beforo thi sap starts flowing "cracklings" if tho cracklings aro us
in tho spring. It should n'-t bo done 0(1 while fresh. Soap is spoilod by
however when the canes are frozen freezing whilo groon. In cold weather
booauso then they aro brittle aud Balt mfty 00 added beforo cooling to
are easily broken in handling. In oast- hasten tho curing procoss. Salt also
era Nebraska whoro grapes winter hlps to soparato out tho wator in boll
over without danger of freezing whou ,nB' Manufacturers do not allow their
loft) unprotected, tho pruning is dono 80ap to bo U8(Hl until nhout four woeka
on mild days in Fobruary and early old' Thts allows it to dry out so it
March Wounds mado at this tlmo havo w,u not wasn away 80 rapidly. This
a chance to dry up beforo tho cap
rises. If tho cutB aro mado lato Li
spring or in oarly summer tho sap
flows freoly from tho wounds caus
ing oxcesslvo "bleeding". Whether
"bleeding" is Injurious to tho Yinos or
not is atill disputod but it is Bate prac
tice to pruno early.
Onco moro tho babies and chlldron
of Jefferson product in Madison
county wero given tho opportunity to
bo wolghed as a part of tho homo heal-
practlco should bo followed with homo
mado soap. Tho Agricultural College
circular on soap-making will bo of
some asslBtanco to those who did not
attond a demonstration.
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YELLOWSTONE BEARS
The bear as a playful holdup man
who rifles tourists' automobiles and
breaks into hotels for food 1b ono or
the uncertain quantities of Yellow
stono Park, says Edmund Holler, tho
big game huntor, who has Just return
th progmm being promoted in that d from 80VonU montha lQ a
Agent. Sevonteon children and
mothora wore present About 8 young
children who wero at tho original
weighing and measuring and physical
examination wore again present Tho
studying' tho wild life of larner ant-
tQll , rnnlq frr tha nnnonvaH tw!1H llfnivniu.L
mont station connected with tho
School of Forestry at Syracuso Unl-
, verslty.
Mr. Holler likes boars. Ho hna
effect of winter weather and days flpent hours watching and photograph -
pent indoors showed plainly In tho lnB them during, tho past summer, and
small gain which several of those thinks thoy are by far the most in-
ehildren had made. Thoro was also terestlng things In tho park, more so
vldent tho effect of head colds in than tho goysors and hot springs. A
preventing normal gain in weight Tho goysor is only a goyser after you
Health Specialist of tho Agricultural havo seen it a fow times, says Mr. Hol-
Collego Bxtonsion Service again em- ler, but a boar Is a source of Inf l-
phasized tho need of fresh air in tho nito humor to thoso who study him.
homes both day and night, especially Big game in tho park is increasing,
for tho little ones who ocannot play. with the exception of mountain sheep
out of doors in bad weather. Older, and antelopes, he says. Much of hlo
folks and children with colds and sora ' report will bo devoted to methods of
throats should keep away from babies, j preserving the, graceful sheep and
j"iuj iuuumuiuu uuaua ueveiop in umoiopo irom uisappeanng aiiogem
Httlo children who vumo in contact or from the Yellowstone. It Is not
with persons having colds. Another . their natural habitat, for In winter,
practical precaution is tho daily! unless restricted, tney would move
eleanslng of tho babies and smnll south into tho Dakotas, ho says. At
children's nostrils with vaBeilne on in it is they stay In tho park, many freoa-
appllcator. Ridding the nostrils of dry Ing to death. On tho other hand,
hardened mucus will prevent much moose are increasing rapidly, and
mouth breathing In tho young child, oik are so numerous that thoy can
bo heard bugling all clay long as they
charge across the bottoms. Thoy
number at least 10,000. Mr. Holler
said ho frequently saw largo herds
It has been said that the gasollna with bulls driving their cows and
engine is very much like a mule. It trumpeting defiance at tho world,
kicks back at tho most Inopportune Mule deer are also increasing fast, an.J
times and balks when action is do- beavers fill tho streams. .
manded. Sometimes It acts sick when Tho greatest change In tho Yellow
nothing much Is tho matter. stono in tho last fow years, however,
There seemed to bo an unusual crop is In tho greatly increased number ot
of sick gasoline engines down in Clay tourists, according to Mr. Holler. The
County this fall, so tho Agricultural automobile and the war are both
Bxtonsion Agont called on the Agrl- largely responsible, although, oddly
eultural College for an engine doctor, enough, most of tho tourists are West
Firo meetings wero scheduled nn.l ernors, to whom wild country Is no
ach attendod by from 20 to 53 inter- novelty. Tho park is filled with
ested farmers. camps at y.'hlch automobile partlesi
All kinds of sizes of engines were niny Btop for tho night under tho sup
brought in, small ones, big ones, old orvisfon of a ranger to see that they
ones, which had not run for throe do not flro tho woods,
years, and new ones which had nover T1 hoars aro a constant source or
run right. Even and old two cylinder lllteroat to theao tourists. If cars avo
Maxwell car was pulled to one meet- lott a moment, a fat, black bear may
ing and started after some overhaul- soon 1)0 found pawing tho seat and
Ing. The trouble on each engine was upholBtery to pieces In search of
diagnosed, remedied and explained to food- Tho bears aro fairly tame, ba
the audience. A general lecture on gas- causo thy aro novor molested. They
oilno motors was given during the ha regular feeding places whoro tiio
Clean pure air provonts colds and stim
ulates growth and mental develop
ment.
afternoon.
Ono farmer made of remark that
through this activity of tho Agricult
ural Extension Agent ho was able to
save $150 since ho was about to scrap
an engine worth that amount. Tho en
gine was repaired at ono of the meet
ings and tho ownor says ho will in
Toot this saving In a Farm Bureau
membership for 15 years at $10.00 a
year.
"Why does my soap separate?",
"Why Is my soap greasy?", "Why docs
it crumble?". Thcso aro typical ques
tions asked by women who aro attend
ing tho soap-making demonstrations
which tho state Agricultural College,
through its extension specialists and
wasto from tho hotels Is dumpod, and
tho tourist watches from bohlnd a
screen.
"Thoy como loping In at regular
hours, often a mother boar brings her
cubs. Sho will put tho cubs up a
treo and tell them to stay there. If
thoy como down whilo sho Is feeding
sho runs back and cuffs them Into the
tho treo again, Just llko naughty child
ren. Boars ofton go back after a
meal, climb a treo In full view of peo
ple nnd go to sleep.
"Thoy aro funny things. Thoy walit
llko a man when thoy stand up. When
they aro In a treo thoy often sit llko
a man, with legs dangling on each
sldo of a branch and clutching tho
trunk in front of them.
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SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
County Treasurer of Lincoln County, Nebraska.
From July 1st, 1921, to January 1st, 1922.
, ; SAMUEL M. SOUDER. County Treasurer.
Balanco on July i; 1021 J232.952.38
To 1921 tax -t 324.839.C8
To 1920 tax - 161,107.73
To 1919 tax ' ---- 80.14
To 1918 tax -J. 2G7.4G
School land -O- 8,052.80
Miscellaneous County gonoral 1,054.81
MIscollanooua County brldgo 5G.S0
Redemption 17,828.94
Deposit Intorest
Finos
Fees
G44.08
943.0D
141.50
Automobile 18,912.45
State Apportionment . 8,090.93
Inheritance tax
191.72
Paving tax ..- 1,379.82
State funds
Sower tax
Commissioner District No.
2
84.49
21.07
71G.82
J778.022.37
Disbursement.
State funds $ 02,418.47
County general 02,331.17
County bridge - 13,535.79
Commissioner No 1 739.03 '
Commissioner No. 2 8,020.78
Commissioner No 3 2,882,08
Drainage District No. 1 1,404.27
District roads 15,033.12
Court House 2,500.00
Suburban Irrigation 1,000.00
Koith and Lincoln Irrigation 4,017.20
Birdwood Irrigation 1.22G.00
School General . .219,049.10
School Bond 7.7G8.75
School High 2,005.55
School Building 1 8,993.40
North Platte 24,922.05
Tillages 7,880.47
Foes : 3,370.00
County Road dragging 5,535.12
Redemptions 25,022.05
Inheritance 1. .y 25.50
State dragging 7.04C.7G
State Highway 1 2,518.08
SUito Hail 27.00
Emorgency Bridge 5,5G0.18
Bridge Bonds 1,707.00
Balanco on hand Jan. 1st, 1922 280.101.8G
Road Balances
Districts Jan. 1st
1922
North Platto $ 941.10
Maxwell 415.98
Brady 650.34
Horshoy 222.76
Sutherland : 150 33
573.0G
8G.G3
5G.0S
9.3S
643.43
Wallace
1 Over Draft
2
3
4
5 130.05
6 28.12
7 Over Draft 69.24
8 53.38
9 122.09
10 Over Draft 95.03
11 Over Draft 283.19
12 Over Draft 248.53
13 347.93
14 226.98
15 Over Draft 360.66
16 386.88
17 282.78
18 Over Draft 97.62
19 94.91
2d 426.27
21 103.28
22 Over Draft 355.01
23 328.57
24 331.54
26 Ovor Draft 200.93
20 10.97
27 Ovor Draft 66.30
28 Ovor Draft 266.76
' Bal.on
Hand Jan.
1st 1922.
Stato Funds s..L J 33.098.68
County Funds 4,721.99
County Brldgo, over draft a 15,637.03
29 Ovor Draft
bp
31 Over Draft
32 Ovor Draft
33 Ovor Draft
$778,022.27
. 77.91
. 76.52
. 55.56
6.70
. 45.72
34 230.12
35 91.40
36 Ovor Draft 21.27
37 Ovor Draft 81.22
38 Ovor Draft 89.39
39 149,92
40 Ovor Draft 12.45
41 202.71
42 260.21
43 107.30
44 j 82.13
45 44.45
40 9.01
47 Over Draft 225.84
48 20.08
49 Over Draft 427.86
,21.42
209.68
98.83
j 83.92
58.70
55 Over Draft 193.94
50
51 Over Draft
52
53 Over Draft
54
5G
57 Ovor Draft
58 Ovor Draft
y :
199.87
290.69
223,70
26.41
Over Draft .
?8,221.37
- 4,163.7-1
Balance ,$4,057.63
Commissioner District No. 1
Commissioner District No. 2
Commissioner District No. 3
Spoclal Brldgo
County Advertising 1,576.30
Soldiers Relief , 5351
District Road 4,057.03
Special County Roads
Willow Stroot drainago
Platto Valley Irrigation
Suburban Irrigation
Keith and Lincoln County general
Kotth and Lincoln Co. Int. ovor
draft
Birdwood Irrigation
Osgood Brldgo 1,160.49
Bostwlck Brldgo 1,430.48
Platto Brldgo- 8,264.19
Birdwood Brldgo 8,771.65
South Platto Brldgo 4,309.51
East Platto Bridge 1 6,661.15
School Gonornl 106,358.50
School Bond 19,918.96
School High 50,032.40
School Building 12,847.25
North Platto : 5,924.97
Sowor i 166.4 1
(Paving 1,379.82
Sutherland ' 2,081 81
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96.40
15.10
5.G55.02
381.11
57.97
1,003.00
331.43
4,589.47
30.80
Horthoy
315.58
Maxwell 3,C51.r-2
Brady ,2,718.85
Wallaco 1,198.22
Wollfloet
Fines nnd License
Feos
Redemptions : 2,500.41
Doposit Intcrost
103.81
2,430.20
4,044.29
715.97
State Highway I.!.1-. 5,354.43
'$300,328.90
Ovor Draft 1 , ,. 20,227.10
Balanco '". $280,101.80
I, Samuel M. Soiider, Treasurer of'Llncoln County, Nebraska, do swear that to the best of my knowledgq and bollef, the nbovo Is
a truo statement of all tho funds of tho treasurer's office of Lincoln County, Nebraska: - ,
SAMUEL M. SOUDEB, County Treasurer.
State of Nebraska, County of Lincoln, ss.
Subscribed and sworn to beforo mo this 27th day of January, 1922. A. S. ALLEN, County Clork.
Wo do hereby cortlfy that tho abovo statement of Samuol M. Souder, County Treasurer of Lincoln County, Nebraska, Ib a coniploto
and accurate summary of all his collections and disbursements as treasurer of said County from tho first day of July 1921 to tho first day
of January 1922.
Wo do hcroby cortlfy that tho abovo statement of Samuel M. Souder, County Treasurer of Lincoln County; that each collection has
been correctly ontored and tho vouchers and other ItemB of credit woro In proper form and correctly ontorod and vouchors woro rocolvort
by tho chairman of tho Board of County Commissioners and tho footings were verified by us and found to bo correct, and tho abovo state
ment of balances agrees in every particular with said account in Bald County Treasurer's gonornl lodger.
E. II. SPRINGER',
HENRY COKER,
T. M. COHAGBN, County Commissioners.
Lincoln County lias no bonded indebtedness.
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"Ono bear followed us around for
days, trotting at my heels llko ft dog.
Wo called him 'tho kodak boar. He
waB as tamo as a kitten. There aro
about sixty grizzlies in tho park now,
although thoy aro not soon so often
as tho others. You should boo tho
black and cinnamon boars run when
a grizzly comos up to tho feeding
placo behind tho" hotel. Thoy scatter
in ovcry diroctlon and tako to tho
troes, for a grizzly, although ho can
run like n horno, can't climb trees.
"Tho deer and tho elk also como up
to tho houses to bo fed, and aomotimoe
deer can bo fed from tho hand. One
oik Is called 'Ash-Can Pete' becauso
when ho comes looking for food ho
goes around tipping over ail tho .ash
cans. Ho has been thoro for years
Everybody knowB him."
Tho buffaloes, which seemed In
danger of extermination a fow yoan
ago, aro now Increasing bo rapidfj
that thoro aro two largo herds of them
la tho park, says Mr. Hollor. Some
of tho bull buffaloes grow to great
Blzo, weighing as much as 280'J
pounds Most of tho mooso nro around
tho Yellowstono Lake, and their num-
bors aro Increasing fast. Tho bear
censuB stays about stationary bocauso
a fow boars wander out of tho park
every spring In search of food an.l
uro cas'ly killed by any ono with n
rifle. Tho coyotes aro also disappear
ing. Mr. Heller thinks some ot them
should bo prosorved so that tourist.'!
can hear them howl. St. Louis Globo
Domocrat.
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Did your wlfo tell you to subscrlbo
for Tho Trlbuno?
NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF THE
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE LEYPOLDT & PEN
NINGTON COMPANY TO BE
HEREAFTER KNOWN AS
THE NEBRASKA MILL &
ELEVATOR CO.
Notice is horoby given that at a
Bpoclal meeting of tho tookholdorB of
tho Loypoldt & Pennington Company
hold at tho offlco or tho company on
tho 8th day of February, 1922. thut
tho articles of Incorporation of the
said Loypcldt & Pounlngton Company
to tako the place of tho artiolca of In- to herein.
corporation now existing; that under Tho nmoiyit of tho authorized cap
and by virtue of said amondod articles ital stock is Two Hundred Thousand
of incorporation tho nnmo of tho cor- ($200,000.00) Dollars, of which Ono
poratlon was changed from tho Ley- Hundred Fifteen Thousand ($115-.
noldt & Pennington Company to tho 000.00) Dollars has boon subacrlbo'd
Nebraska Mill and Elevator Company. , and paid for; tho balanco of thn
Tho principal placo of transacting stock shall ho paid for in cash as
tho business of tho corporation Is nt sold and issued.
North Platte, Lincoln County, Nobras- j Tho tlmo of tho commoncomont ot
kn. The gcuoral nature of tho cor- this corporation was August 5, 1913
norato buainoES to bo transactod shall and Is to contlnuo for a poriod ot
bo the manufacture of wholosalo and 50 years from that dato.
reti'.tl dealing In, tho commission nnd Tho highest amount of indebtedness
brokoinge business In, flour, hay, or liability to which this corporation
Krain, luirucr, fuels, hardware, lmplo- may at any tlmo subject Itsolf la two
mouts, M.-ni machinery, pnlntB. oils, thirds ot Its lssuod capital Btock.
glass, mo Idlng, mill work, stono Tho affairs of tho corporation aro
'Thk, llino. cement, piaster, all kinds to bo transacted by a board of not
ot building materials, llvo stock, pro-1 loss than Flvo (5) and not moro than
duco foedn, soods, coal and gonoral Nino (9) directors; and tho officers
morolmndlso business of ovory des- of tho corporation aro to bo tho prosl
orlption; tho construction, mainton-' dnt, vloo-prosldont, socrotary nnd
nnco and oporntlon of olovators, mills tronBuror and such othor offlcors and
and machlnory for tho manufacturo of , omployoos as may Lo provided by tho
any of tho products, and tho opera
tion ami Handling of any of tho busi
noasefl heroin set forth; the buying,
by-laws.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, tho offi
cers of said corporation havo horo-
solling, loaslag. owning nnd operating unto BOt u,0,r hnn"3 nt North 1lfttto.
of lumber nnd coal yards and other Nebraska, this 8tU y of February,
real on into and personal property, In
cluding mills, elevators and Btoros;
tho buying nnd selling of real ostato
and to do a gonoral contracting busi
ness; and all other things neoonoary,
woro amended by tho adontlon of now nrnnnr. tmiinl anri nuannHnl In n-w.
and amended articles of Incorporation ing on any of tho businesses reforro
1922.
NEBRASKA MILL & ELEVATOR-
COMPAN ,
: -dicessor.i to thj I.oypoUt fi ren-
TJIi-J Co.
By, L. P. JEPSON, President,
8. M. SOUDER, Fecy, and Treasuror,
