NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF Timely News Culled Prom All Parts of tho State, Reduced for tho Busy. Fire nrolmbly originating In defec tive wiring, nnil nlded by n high wind, pnnsod daninxc estimated nt from $5,000 to .$7,000 In llio I'rosbyforlnn liospltnl nurses' borne nt Omuliii. A K'is rate expert hns been engaged by the city council to irn ovnr fln books of the Fremont Gns Co., beforo Hint body considers the coinpnny's np jillcntlon for a rate nwlslon. Citizens of Gerlng nnd Stottsblnrfs Jinve planted n number of Jack pines on the national monument In honor of the soldiers of tho county who wero killed during the war. The forty-third annual session of the Jlepubllean Vnlloy Association of Con gregational Churches and Ministers twill be held In McCook May 2, 3 nnd 4. William Kverett, an Omnlin carpen iter, celcbrntcd bis l)!Hh blrtbdny one dny last week by doing a full day's (work In his shop following his trade. In order to curtnll expenses the Kearney board of education has an jounced the dropping of special In structors the coming year. Tho Table Itock village board Is Ibard at work on the tourist camping Jpilrk near the city well. Trees and pgrnss have been planted. .lames Jluwllngs has planted 2,000 trees, chiefly cedar and walnut, In the grounds of an umiiKciiiont park ho Is (Planning near Wymote. Oak Glen, dormitory nt Hie state teachers college, at Peru, pnrtlally destroyed by Ilro recently, burned to tho ground In a Inter lire. The Lincoln board of education vot ed to maintnln the presont scale of jpay for the ($00 tcachors In the city school for next year. . Bnnk robbers, pushing their wny ithrough the brick wall of a vault nt Ktaplehurst, covered up $10,000 of tho loot they were nfter. Six youths who confessed that they Jiad been responsible for robberies In land around Fremont were sentenced to the penHentlnry. Nemaha County hns begun tho con struction of a .$7,000 auditorium for tthe fair nnd live stock association of that neighborhood. The proposition of organizing a stock company to Instnll an electric power Kind light plant Is under consideration by Gibbon citizens. Thieves raided the farm of William lUrlnkmeyer, near I'ickrcll, Btole 00 lions valued at about $100, and escaped In n motor car. Tho runners' store nt Wyerts, an In land point, near Lodgepole, has closed Its doors as the business has proved unprofitable. Ry the terms of the contract actual T'onstructlon work on tho new stnto capltol will start within tho next two weeks. The Nebraska chnmbor of commerce will hold Its nnnnal meet'ng nt Colriin bus Thursday nnd Friday, Mny 21 and -'. A special "olectlon will bo hold nt Render to vote on .$100,000 bonds for tho erection of a now school building. Tho Grand Lodgo of tho Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters will hold Its session at Lincoln, May 0 and 10. Ilurwoll high won n debate from St. Paul on the state question nnd went into second place In that district. Hurglars nindo a lmul valued at nenr .$5,000, when they broke Into tho gen oral store of Saf Howell at Snlem. Tho Hentrlco Rotary club Is on rec ord as opposing cnrnlvnls In tho Ucntrlce vicinity tho coming yenr. Hnrry Welach at Superior, was smothered to death In the shnlo tanks of tho Nebraska Cement plant. Tho prospects for n bumper crop of fruit was never better In Pawneo county, according to fruit men. Mr. nnd Mrs. W. J, McVlcker of iNorth Hen dcelcbrnted their fiftieth wedding anniversary last week. The Grand Chapter, Eastern Star, with nn uttendanco estimated at 800, meets In Omaha, Mny 0. Stratton Is taking steps toward es tablishing a big summer resort nt that place. .T. P, Carter of Tablo Hock tin n sotting hen which hovers flvo kittens. aiiio uuoves nro busy In tho neigh borhood of Falrbury. Fiilrbury Is expecting n big building boom this spring. Peter White, more thnn 00 years old, a pioneer of .Missouri Valley ter ritory, the nnmo by which the now stutes of North nnd South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and a part of Montann were designated In tim iinvu beforo tho civil war. Is dead at his homo nt North Loup. The fifteenth nnnunl contest of the Nebraska IPgh School Debating lenguo for district championship hon ors hns given the first honors In tho Houthorn district to Superior, whoso team will take part In the throo-itay state debate lournnjnont at tho stato university In Mny. Mrs. C. A. Peterson, wife of tho son of Newman Grove, former county sur veyor, Plntte county, gnvo u pint of blood for a Wood transfusion opera tion on her husband, Surgeons said the operation wns a success. Tho state capltol commission has awarded n contract for excavations nnd building the first foundntlon for tho now .$5,000,000 stato houso to W, J. Assenmncher company of Lincoln. Eight of tho rural schools of .TbfTor pon county have contracted teachers for the coming yenr. Tho .nvorngo W8ge paid for next year In theso dis tricts Is $100 nor month. Several months ago a number of per sons Interested In tho euro nnd culture of the state's tree, started n society known ns the Nebraska Forestry Assoc iation, the object of which was to get Into clone touch with those of Its peo ple vho are Interested In forestry; tho encouraging of the planting nnd cul ture of trees; caring for existing groves, orchards or plantations; fore station of waste lands of the state; nnd tho stimulation of popular Interest In the, science of forestry. Member ship In tho society Is open to all. T. W. McCulloutrh of Omnha Is nrosldont: Mrs. John II. Corrlck of Palisade Is secretary, and Woodruff Hall of Val entine is vice president. Either of these will bo glad to answer inquiries. While piling bridge planks, Peter Emelgh of Friend fell from the top of the pile, striking his bead. lie suf fered Injuries that rendered him un conscious for several hourB, but will recover. Anton Odvnrkn, publisher of tho Colfax County Press at Clarkson clnfms bis Mock of thirty Ithodo Island red single comb hens have established a world's record, inasmuch as they produced 017 eggs during February and 017 during Jnnunry, and twenty llvo of this Hock produced 725 egirs la March. Activities of tho Nebraska Forestry association to encourage the replanting of "loggod olT" nrens and the foresta tlon of waste tracts of Nebraska nro being endorsed In resolutions of vur lous stnto chambers of conunerco. A .$10,000 barn on the farm of A. O. Shallenlierger, former govornor nenr Almn, wns destroyed by llro of un known origin. A largo number of nuro bred Shorthorn cattle housed In tho barn were saved. John E. Steele, 31. cnntaln In tho Minneapolis, Minn., flro dennrtment and vlco president of the'Internatlonal Association of Flro Engineers, lias been elected chief of the Lincoln flro department. ' The Golden Hod orchestra, which recently gave concerts ty radio for tho Post Intelligencer at Seattle. Is u Neb raska organization composed of young men from the vicinity of Mndlson. An unsuccessful nttemnt was mado to wreck a passenger train on tho Northwestern railway, by placing a piece or steel rail thrco feet long on tho track near the viaduct at York. Wayne firemen have ordered u mil- motor for use In ense of near suffoca tion from smoke and gns as well as from drowning. Tho nulmotor will bo for the uso of tho public. With n total of $350.7-10. a 350 ner cent Increase over February sales, Ne braska led the seven states In tho Tenth district In treasury savings cer- tlllcato sales In March. For tho fourth year In succession Wayne High school won the district debnting championship nnd will rep resent tins district In tho stato meet at Lincoln next month. A throo-dny race meet will be held nt the district fair grounds In Mnywood .July .J, 4 and 5. Horse faces, auto races and a camlvnl will be th o at traction. A sizable lncrenso In notnto produc tion lu the stato In looked for by tho bureau of ninrkets nnd crop estimates, according to, n bulletin just relensed. Arnold hns been for somo tlmo with out electric lights, nigh wnter, as n result of the storm, carried nway u part of tho dam nt tho power plant. Tho county tnx levy In Pnwneo coun ty Is $1.41, n cent less thnn the stnto nvernge. Tho levy In surrounding countries in general Is much higher. Thomns A. Shattuck, a farmer re siding nenr Hastings, bus boon selected to Judge Polnnd China swlno nt tho 1022 National swlno show In Peorln. An uttendanco contest started n few weokH ngo by tho Christian Sunday School at Fnlrbury, has more thnu doubled Its former uverago of 400. A largo blue heron wns picked up n few days ngo near Harblne. The bird measured Ilvo feet from tho end of tho bill to the tip of Us toes. George Iloguewood, street commis sioner of Wayne, bit nn ugly gash in his tongue when a ploco,of timber flew up and struck him under tho chin. The annual convention of tho Cen tral Commercial Teachers association of Nebraska and Iown will be held nt Omnha May 25 to 27. A women's club, alllllated with tho state federation, has been organized at Crawford, with a membership of over twenty. Port Ritchie of Scottsbluffs, 35 years old, wns electrocuted In Goring as ho attompted to remove n live wire from n house. Investigation In Nebraska towns of n rumor that Spanish Interests wero In the horse market and buying for an other country, lenda to the Informa tion that only a few cnrloads have been bought In recent weeks for Europe. Former soldiers and sailors of tho late world war who nro receiving vo cational training or compensation from the government nro exompt from poll tax in Ncbrnskn. nccordlng to word from Stnto Tnx Commissioner II. Os- ! borne. Tho $00,000 bond Issue for n now high school at Hlgsprlng cnrrled by nn almost, unnnlmous vote. Nebraska has tied with California nnd South Dakota for special place In tho United States In per capita, nuto mobile ownorshlp, ndvanclng from third place hold last year. Union collogo, of College View, will lose four of Its fnculty during the com lug school torm, tho Wash'ngton MIc slonnry collogo of Tokomn Park hav ing added tln.ni to their force. Fruit trees that have blossomed, such as apricots nnd plums, wero bad ly damaged by tho last frost, accord ing to reports from fralt growors re ceived by tho govommont wonther bureau- . Mil. COON GETS EVEN 'It. COON was feeling pretty cross ' with Mr. Fox, though Mr. Fox did not know this, nnd Mr. Coon WiiMi't going to tell him, hut his mind wiuj made up the very next time be inn n chance Mr. Fox should be pnld for treating him In such an unfriendly Kinnner. It happened tbnt Mr. Fox had been v'sltlng the poultry up at the farm, and the farmer did not think he wns the "right sort of n culler to huvo uround, so ho set Mr. Dog to wntch, and he nlso set n trap, hoping to cntch Mr. Fox tho next tlmo he called. Hut Mr. Fox wus too clever to be rnught In u trap. Ho wasn't certain, Sir. Dop WatcJzirtg Ac Poor 1 ut he thought there wns a trap under lha liny by the poultry house window. Lie wanted to make sure for ho had his mind set upon having n turkey dinner somo night. Mr. Fox did not think It wise to risk his feet In finding out about the trap so he trotted over to Mr. Coon's to tell him nbout t some lino 'young (hlckcns which ho was sure his dear friend, Mr. Coon, would like. "I mn waiting for the turkeys to be tho right size," he explained to Mr. Ooon, "and as I am tired of chicken dinners I thought I would give you n nonce." Mr. Coon thnnked Mr. Fox for being bo thoughtful, nnd thnt very night ho trotted up to tho fnrm and caught his hMis in the trap, but he mannged to got nwny nnd ran homo to nurse his sore foot for a week or more without having any food to snenk of. Of course, Mr. Fox was watching A LINE 0' CHEER By John Kendrlck Bang.3. WORRY IF BY a bit of worry I could euro A portion of tho caro man muut enduro I'd Kindly stand tho Bart of It, And worfy night and day, asleep, awake, And oven do my lovol best to make My dully staff of It., Ilut nlnco 'tis but an added woe with not Of remedy a tittle or a Jot. Lot's mako tho merest chart of It, And ineot our care with drafts of constant cheer, And when a cloud of worry cometh neur. I ' Just make a laugh of It. (Copyright) CI 35? M he Right Thing ii i af Ihe Right WHEN VISITING "tXTIlEN you are tho visitor, you might think nil your responsi bilities would end, so far aa tho tltiUida! end of things Is concerned. lo It Is wltlmut doubt the duty or privilege of the host nnd hostess It di?mls on them which they onslder It to pay your expenses while you arc tl. or guest. That Is to say, besides pro valtag you with bourd and lodging tf.cy plan and pay for your tmtertaln nvent. However, there is nobody so often sU ns a stingy or a selilsh guest. Tho uttltudu of taking nil and giving noth lnx Is one that everybody, and perhaps gitusts more than anybody else, should aiold. Though, of course, you accept thh j;lft of hospitality from your host ami ostess in accepting their Invltic Hon, don't bo greedy about It. jffir one thing, If you make u long vUlL hy nil means suggest some sort of "treat" of your own. You may In vlt your hostess, If you ure n woman, or your host and hostess, If you are a man, to the theater. Don't be of. tlolous about It. Don't upset their plMis. And he careful not to do It In Biich u way that you will seem to bo planning diversion becnuso you aro bored with their plnns. Hut In u tact ful way Invite them to be your guests no uftornoon or uvunlng. I i Jnr oir, and learned Just what he Mid suspected, and how ho would bo ! careful of straw when he wns uguln i ready to visit that farm. While Mr. Coon wns home sick ho had plenty of time to think, nnd ns ho thought ho enmo to the conclusion that Mr. Fox was to blame for all his trouble and suffering, so that was the reason ho was so cross at Mr. Fox, and no one could blame him, for one tender toe Is bad enough and more than one must be very bad Indeed. One dny after Mr. Coon wus well he happened to notice Mr. Dog wntchlng the doorway of the home .of Johnny W'oodchuck nnd un Idea came to him right nwny. Mr. Coon wnltcd for Mr. Dog to give up watching nnd go home for his din ner; then off ho rnn to tell Mr. Fox that Johnny Woodchuck had a very wide doorway to his home because lie was so fat. Mr. Fox bounded right off for Johnny's home, for he hnd no Idea that Mr. Coon knew tho pnrt he ployed In his being caught In the trap, so he was not nt all suspicious. Mr. Coon knew that Johnny hnd several openings to his home, thnt he would be out of the way by the time Mr. Fox got Inside, but thnt was not what he Intended for tho Joke on Mr. Fox. The doorwny wns wide Just ns Mr. Coon had said, for Mr. Dog had helped to mnke It so. nnd half of Mr J.r' body was Inside Johnny's house when Mr. Coon, who wns wntchlng from a tree, saw Mr. Dog coming on tho rnn, but he was not bnrking, so Mr. Fox did not hear him. Mr. Coon smiled. Ho knew It would not matter at all to Mr. Dog whether It wns Mr. Fox he cnught or Johnny Woodchuck, nnd ho would give Mr. Whats in Sr MILDRED MARSHALL JOSEPHINE '"piIE origin of Josephine lies In Scriptural history. When, after long waiting nnd hoping, n son was born to Rnchel, she named him Jo seph, tho name coming from a word meaning nn uddltlon, becnuso she hoped thnt thero would ho still an other child added to her family. Tho beautiful character of Joseph assured him namesakes beyond num ber nnd In 1021 n festival day was fixed by the pope In honor of St. Jo seph, the husband of the Hlessed Vir gin. This sprend.the use of his name ufnr. Spain adopted It, calling him Jose Maria, or Pepito for the coucen tritction. In this way Peplta, or Jo scfa, the feminine form, arose. The daughter of Marin Theresa was called Marin Josepha, nnd these names were seldom separated In France, Italy nnd Germnny. Tho famous Empress Josepldne really bore the nnmo of Marie Josepha Hose. Her unfortunate career as the wife of Na poleon made her such u drnmntlc tig uro In French history thnt Josephine beenme the favorite name of French damsels, who sometimes contracted it to Flllne or Flnette. In Switzerland tho name became, through some curl Joso Maria, or Pcplto for the con used as such among the pensants. Josephine wns Introduced into Eng. Tirae V MARl MARSHALL DUFFEE 1 Then there Is the matter of candy, it Is always a thoughful thing of the guest to keep tho family supplied In enndy that Is to say, tri keep them supplied In a limited wny. If there aro children who are allowed to ent candy, ns there are even In this en lightened day, give them n box of enndy. Get n box of your hostess' favorite chocolates. And If there are young girls In the family remember thnt they, too. will be delighted to re ceive some sweetmeats from you. (Copyright.) o Genius finds Its own road. " "n o Dainty Madge Bellamy, the diminu tive "movie" star, had no worries con cerning Easter togs, for on that day she donned her mother's finery of an other day. Miss Bellamy Is well known among the many other screen stars. Fox the worst shaking he ever hod In his life, If nothing more. Mr. Dog came up to Johnny's home. He recognized Mr. Fox nt once nnd grabbed him by n hind leg, which brought iilm out of the doorwny so quickly thnt Mr. Coon could never bo sure how Mr. Fox looked when ho saw who had him. They got so mixed up thnt Mr. Coon couldn't tell them npnrt, but Mr. Fox managed to "free himself and off ho ran with Mr. Dog chasing him. Mr. Coon cnlled out from his snfo place in the tree, "Look out you do not stop on n trap, Mr. Fox. Sorry Mr. Woodchuck was not at home." (Copyricht.) a Name?" FACTS about ;your name; it's history; meaning; whence it vJns derived; signifi cance; your lucky day and lucle? jewel land straight from France, and no effort was made to change It or place the stamp of tho Anglo-Saxon upon It. America, taking It over, straightway contracted It to Josie, but Josephine Is always given In baptism. Josephinn Is popular In all Latin countries, ex cept Spain, which retains Josefa. Sweden has a musical Joseflna. Jet, signifying sorrow, Is Josephine's tnllsmnnlc stone. If worn by her It will drive away the causes of sorrows, disease and suffering. Thursday Is her lucky day and 2 her lucky num ber. Her llower Is the snowdrop of purity. (Copyrlcht.) o TVTY FltlEN'S leetlo keed, Tony, AVJ- gotta hard time stay een da school. Every day seema like he and da teach gotta da light. He been een da school Ilva, seexa mont now nnd he mnkn more trouble dan de senate for da League of Nation. You know when he go een da school ho gotta trouble ilrst ting muka too moocha talk. Every time Tony mnka da conversnsh he say da teach makn boom stick round for da lesson. Rut Tony ees so smnrta keed as bees fadda longa time ago. Da olda man learn speakn da Engleesh so (pieeck ho rencha deesa country. Een tree, four mont he can, talk Ilka devil and swear worse ns dnt. Da oldu man llnda Job worka on da railroad. And when da railroad llndn out Tony's papu cau speaka da En gleesh he gottu job be da foreman rlghta queeck. He sny eef he no can speakn dat way he no be da foreman. So Tony's papa tolla heem tulka so moocha ho can alia time and learn speaka plcnta Engleesh. And when Tony talk een da school he gotta stay een nnd mnka da lesson. Da teach say she gonna keepa heem late every night so she can R-arnn heem keepa da mouth shut. Hetween bees fadda and da teach Tony sure no gotta moocha educash. Mebbo da teach makn Tony keepa da mouth shut bc'causo she no wnnta heem be da foreman somaday, I dun no. Hut Tony usa da head een dn school other day alia right. Da teach uskn heem for da lesson wot's deefrenco between da congress nnd da sennto en Unltedn State. Tony he dinuio, but he no lettn da teach know dat. He say he Jusa keepa da mouth shut und eef ho keepa da mouth shut ho no gottu jstny een da school after da, wheestlo blow. I tlnk Tony ees suiarta guy so moochu us da teach. Wot you tlnk? (CopyrltfhL) All Played Out at Quitting Time? 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Just then n bnsso-profundo frog sang one of his lowest notes. "What's that?" Wlnnlo nsked In a stnrtled whisper. "I'm not sure," replied Susan, "but I think it Is either u cow or un auto mobile." Nebraska Directory DOCTORS MACn & MAC!!, DENTISTS TMrd Floor I'arton lllock 1 Gth and Fantam Sts., Omaha, Neb. Ilest equipped dental omco In Omaha, all people living outsldo of Omaha. Hotel Castle 632 S. 10th Slreet Omaha, Neb. New, absolutely fireproof 300 HOOMS With private toUet $1.50; with prlvnte batlj J2.00 to $2.50 FRED A. CASTLE, Proprietor LwtHt litlittra Bw and Ca Bton aniJOfflta Flitnn noma . Cn Auerlea. ITe Occupy Om (2,000 Bqtian FmL OMAHA FIXTURE & SUPPLY GO. S. W.Cor. 11th and Douglas Sta., Omaha, Neb. Mfrs. of MODERN STORE, OFFICE and BANK FUTURES Phono Jackson 2721. Ml we ask Is a chance to bid. REMINGTON 15 Smiths, tl.50; Oliver $16; Under woods, IloyatB, etc. Lowest prices. Send for list. 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