NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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NEBRASKAJN BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
Jerry Doe, a Lincoln carpenter, fell
less than twelve feet from a scaffold
nnd received a fracture 1 skull which
caused his death two hours after tho
nccldent. '
Tho Rev. J. Sheridan Bunch ,for
eight months pastor of the Baptist
church of Scottshluff, has resigned on
account of 111 health and will leavo the
ministry.
An Omaha police Justice has ordered
14 members of the I. W. W. to leave
that city with the warning that any
congregation of that body. would bo
broken up.
The Merrick County Potato Growers'
association, recently organized, is now
operating strongly. it Is estimated
that more than 500 acres have been
planted.
Clifford Itees, of Carrrll, a freshman
In the engineering college of the State
University, has been given an An
napolis appointment by Representative
Iteavls.
A middle-aged woman succeeded in
pulling the bogus check game at four
different stores In Fremont, cashing
checks for small purchases In each
Instance.
More than 4,000 bankers from all
parts of northern Nebraska attended
tllO tmnnilPt nf Mia Nnrthwniitoni
Bankers association at Norfolk last
Week.
According to C. A. McCloud, presl
dent of the First National bank of
Vork, Nebraska Is again forging ahead
In its agricultural activities With
rush.
Several farmers near Virginia have
already planted their corn, but most of
Jhe farmers In tho country will not put
In their crop for several days yet.
The Farmers Bank of Crawford,
tapltallzed at $35,000, with deposits of
F100.000, has been closed by J. E,
Hart, state hanking commissioner.
Business men of Imperial raised
tnough money to finance weekly band
concerts through the slimmer and to
erect a stand at that plade.
A stalk of corn about three feet
high which Is tasselled and has two
ears of corn on it Is being displayed at
an Inman business house.
Nearly a hundred Kentucky horses
have already been entered for the
races to be held at Ak-Sar-Ben tleld
at Omaha, June to 17.
The state fish and game commission
lias shipped a car of fish to Finchville
lo bo placed In the lake there. They
are mostly cat and trout.
Beatrice Klwanis club went on rec
ord as favoring tl.e locating of a fed
eral hospital for disabled world war
Boldiers at Grand Island.
Miss Mary Hutcliiiigs, for thirteen
years public librarian at Falls City, lias
resigned, effective Juno 1. She will
probably j-o to Georgia.
The corner stone of the new $100,000
parochial school of St. Cecelia, at
Hastings, was laid with Impressive
ceremonies last week.
Ed Hunter, a farmer near Kearney,
lost a foot when ho was thrown under
a train he was attempting to board
at that place.
Michael Kalamaja, for eighteen
years head of the Polish citizen's club
of Omaha, has just been reelected to
that position.
The Nellgh chamber of commerce
has arranged for a free moving picture
exhibition at the auditorium Saturday
afternoons.
The American Legion post will hnve
charge of the July 4 celebration at
Ocoirto. Arrangements now are being
made.
J. A. Jlmmerson, superintendent of
the schools at Brock, has been elected
superintendent at Stromburg.
Arrangements are under way for n
Harvest Festival to be held at Sidnes
-on October 4, 5 and 0.
Falrbury will begin nt once tho con
struction of a large amount of paving
and sewerage.
The village of Arnold recently or
jganlzed a community club with fifty
two members.
The State Commercial Teachers as
sociation will convene at Omaha May
5-27.
Columbus will have Its summer
Chautauqua from July 29 to August
3.
More than 100 converts "hit the trail"
at the Methodist revival at Falrbury.
Masonic Grand Lodgo will meet at
Omaha, June. 0.
While W. E. Truman, member of the
vigilance committee of tho Lincoln
Auto club, was attending a meeting
with police to work out n program for
better safeguarding nutos from Uneven,
somnbody stole his car.
Grandma Shallenbargpr, a resident of
Pawnee City for a great many yenrs
and mother of J W. Sliallenberger of
Table Itock, celebrated her eighty
ninth birthday anniversary a few days
ago.
Tho corner stone of the new $50,000
Cass county high school was laid at
Imperial last week. Various clubs and
'lodges assisted In the ceremonies.
Building construction Is fast return
ing, to a prowar basis In Fremont.
Ovor $524,000 worth of work Is under
construction at tho present time, an un
iprecedcnt record and declared by many
to be tho greatest for a city of similar
elze In tho country.
The abandoned acreage of winter
-wheat In the western two-thirds of tho
jitate will bo larger than usual accord
ing to reports and a survey by the
state and federal bureau of market ana
crop estimates. Spring grains have re
placed considerable of the abandoned
acreage and the balance will be planted
Jnrgely to corn.
Following nro dates nnd places of
seml-nnnunl examinations to be held
under supervision of II. II. Antics, sec
retary of the department of public
welfaro: Pharmaceutical, May 15-18,
Omaha, Crelghton; Nurses, May 23-
4, Omaha, county superintendent's of
fice. Lincoln; Physlclnns, Juno C-8,
Lincoln; Dentists, Juno 0-7, practical
examinations nt Lincoln nnd Omaha;
theoretical examinations, Juno 8, 0, 10,
Crelghton; Embalmers, Juno 0, stnto
medical college, Omaha ; Chiropractors,
Juno 12, 13, Lincoln ; Osteopnths, Juno
13, 14, Llncq'n; Veterinarians, Juno
15, Lincoln; Chiropody, June 10, 20,
Omaha.
The starting of work on the new
cnpltol has recalled the fact that tho
seat of tho state government wns In
Omnhn In territorial days. Governor
David Butler approved an act June 14,
lSOi which resulted In Its removal
from Omaha to Lincoln.
While making tho high Jump at tho
fair grounds during the Inter-class
meet at Broken Bow, Lester Fnrrls,
freshman, fell nnd broke one of tho
bones In his nrm. The youngster stayed
until the finish of tho meet before hav
ing the Injury attended.
Nebraska has 2,844 manufacturers,
representing an Investment of $275,-
000,000. The annual output from tho
stnte's manufacturing Industries Is
$000,000,000, according to a Btirvoy
compiled from the reports of the Unit
ed States census bureau.
Frank J. Rlst, proprietor of tho
Plnlnvlew Ilog & Seed farm at Hum
boldt, sells all of his hogs and all of
his seeds by mall. And he sells on an
average about 800 head of hogs and
several thousand bushels of seed a
year.
Sparks fronn finger nails created by
friction with clothing in a centrifugal
wringer, Ignited gas fumes arslng from
a cleaning and pressing mnchlue nnd
caused a lire with a loss estimated at
$5,500 in n Lincoln cleaning establish
ment. Building that will cost nearly $1,
000,000 Is under way In Fremont.
Three churches now under way will
cost a total of $300,000. Two new
school houses will cost $275,000. In
addition one new business block and
more than thirty-five residences aro
under construction nnd extensions on
tho water mains into three outlying
districts nre In progress.
The twenty-third annual session of
Rebekah lodges of District No. 5 was
held at Salem last week, 100 delegates
attending from Salem, Table Itock,
Dawson, Verdon, Tccuihseh, Fnlls City,
Humboldt and Pawnee City.
Plntte county's new" $300,000 court
house will be dedicated on the sixty-
sixth anniversary of the day that tho
little band of pioneers whose names
appear on the wnlls laid the townsito
for this city, Muy 28, 1S0O.
What Is believed to be ono of tho
record trips for a stork air-plane was
established when Roynl B. Thomas,
piloting a Lincoln Standard 'ship" flew
from Elidn, N. M. to Lincoln In live
hours and ten minutes.
J. A. Marrow, a blacksmith at Dav
enport, touched an electric transmis
sion wire with a wrench while at worts
fixing a pump and was killed. Ho
leaves n wife and three children, two
boys and a girl.
James King, 05, Gage county's oldest
resident, is dead at his home In Bent
rice. He was not only the oldest res
ident of Gage county In point of age,
but was also the county's oldest Mason
and Odd Fellow.
A "better whent" campnlgn, Intended
to enrn $1,000,000 for fnrmers of Ne
braska, Is to be launched soon as a part
of drive to Include thb Ave states of
Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Texas ana
Oklahoma.
Chief Game Warden George G. Ros
ter has planted a car load of young
rainbow trout In public streams near
Anoka, Butte, Spencer, Bristow, Crelgh-
ton and Bnzllle Mills.
William K. Peck lias resigned ns
president of tho Richardson county
farm bureau, after three years of ser
vice. Other duties and overwork wero
given as his reasons.
The farm barn belonging to Ray
Griffith near Callaway was totally de
stroyed by fire. Some hay and three
head of horses that were In the barn
were also burned.
Mrs, Bridget Convey last week cel
ebrated her 102d birthday at tho resi
dence of her son James In Omnha,
Nearly 150 guests were present to con
gratulate her.
The Nebraska Grand Army of tho
Republic has lost 178 members through
death In the last year, nccordlng to re
ports compiled by Adjut. Gen. Har
mon Bross.
Miss Martha L. Powel, 'one of tho
leading principals in the Omahn pub
He schools for more than twenty years,
also a past president of the Stato
Teachers' Association, has filed for tho
oillce of State Superintendant of Pub
11c schools.
Joe Fenel nnd Walter Konner, near
Table Rock have for several weeks
been catching an average of six coy
otes a dny, and drnwlng good pay from
tho county trensurer for scalp bounties.
Plans for tho 1922 Republican cam
palgn In Nebrnskn are to be laid at
a stato conference nt Lincoln Thurs
day, May 11.
A Poland China l og, "Big Bob,"
owned by Templeton Bros., at Hosklns,
weighing 1,020 pounds, was sold on tho
South Omaha market after ho had
held the title of Nebraska Champion,
and had carried a breeding value of
$10,000. n$ brought 4 cents a pound,
or $40.80.
Tho newest town In Nebraska, Ly
man, on the Union Pacific's North
Platte valley extension, is assuming
metropolitan airs. It has Just been in
corporated with E. S. Young, M. 13.
Downnr, J. S. Knox, Will Lyman and
Perry Brazlel making up the first
board.
YELLOWS-RESISTANT
CABBAGE VARIETIES
About 4,000 Pounds of Seed Pro
duced in Washington.
Department of Agriculture and Wl
comln Experiment Station Been
Investigating Disease and
Assisting Growers.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
About 4,000 pounds of cabbage seed
of the Wisconsin All Seasons variety,
which Is highly resistant to the disease
known as "cabbage yellows," was pro
duced In the Puget Sound section of
Washington during the season of 1021.
Cabbage yellows Is caused by a fungus
which Is capable of persisting in fav
orablo soils indefinitely and causes
serious crop losses In Infested regions.
Disinfection of the seed reduces tho
danger of carrying other cabbage
diseases to new districts, but tho in
vestigations of the University of Wis
consin have shown that the selection
f resistant varieties offers the only
wny of preventing loss from yellows.
Tho United States Department of
Agriculture, in co-operation with tho
Wisconsin experiment station, has for
some time been Investigating tho
disease and assisting growers and
packers In the production of cabbage
seed of the yellows-resistant strain
on a commercial scale and In the field
Good Solid Head of Cabbage.
Inspection of the seed crops. In nd
dition to the All Seasons, several hun
dred pounds of Wisconsin Brunswick
seed, another yellows-resistant variety,
have also been produced.
One result of the Investigations thus
far Is the development of these yel
lows-resistant varieties. Through tho
commercial cabbage growers and kraut
packers a supply of the yellows-ro-
slstnnt cabbage seed Is available to
the growers In sections where these
types of cabbage are needed. Resist
ant strains of other varieties, Includ
ing Hollander, All Head Early, and
Copenhagen Market, are being devel
oped nnd will bo propagated for dis
tribution In the near future.
WHY PUREBRED SIRES EXCEL
Ratios Between Males and Females In
Different Classes of Stock Kept
for Breeding.
If you are ever inclined to doubt tho
importance of the quality sire, a glance
at the figures below will reassure you.
They represent the ratios between
males and females In different classes
of live stock kept for breeding pur
poses. The figures are based on a sur
vey of more than 200,000 head of llvo
stock of all kinds made by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Cattle 1 bull to 18.9 cows.
Horses 1 stallion to 10.0 mares.
Swine 1 bonr to 11.5 sows.
Sheep 1 ram to 37 ewee.
Goats 1 buck to 20.0 does.
Chickens 1 rooster to 23.3 henB.
Other poultry, geese, ducks, tur
keys, etc. (average) 1 male to 8.5 fe
males.
These figures aro taken from more
than 2,000 farms In various parts of
tho country, and are believed to bo
typical of average conditions the coun
try over. Since tho sire Is the parent
of so many more offspring than tho
femnle, the importance of using a
purebred sire of individual quality and
excellence can hardly be overempha
sized. There may be cases where
scrub dams nre wisely tolerated, but
It Is almost criminal to propagate un
desirable characteristics by using
scrub males.
STOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Among Controlling Factors Are Selec
tion of Animals and Feed and
Management.
Well-established systems of llvi
stock production consistently followed
from year to year are the outstanding
needs of tho live-stock Industry, ac
cording to n conference of nnlmul
husbandry nnd marketing extension
workers held nt Chicago. Economy of
production, the conference agreed, Is
the most important factor ovor which
farmers have control. Producing live
stock of the best quality nt the lowest
possible cost was urged and particu
lar emphasis was placed on economy
of production rather than Increased
production as the key to u prosperous
Industry.
Among tho controlling factors in
economical live-stock production, In
the Judgment of tho conference, wero
i selection of animals, choosing of ra
tlons and good practices In caro and
management. Delegates to tho con
ferenco Included United Stated De
partment of Agriculture specialists
.and animal husbandmen and 'extension
.workers of agricultural colleges In tho
'Central West.
Gift for National Woman's Party
An Always Timely Fable.
J. M. C. contributes the following!
Tho lazy man came to a tree laden
with luscious fruit and threw himself
down In Its broad shade. "Why bother
to pick any," ho mused. "If I wait
long enough It will fall of Its own
accord, and waiting Is such an easy
Job."
So the lazy man watted nnd In duo
time tho fruit fell. Ho crnwled about
In tho grass and picked It up, only to
find thnt It was so decayed ns to bo.
unavailable as food.
Moral The fruit of today Is the gar
bago of tomorrow. Boston Transcript.
Miss Lclle Usher, sculptress, standing beside the bas-relief of Supan B,
Anthony, pioneer suffragist, which sho litis presented to tho Natlonnl Woman's
party. This work of art will be Installed In tho natlonnl headquarters of tho
party, which overlooks the capltol of tho nation.
MUCH IN LITTLE
Of French Invention Is n portable
crane that can lift 30 times Its own
weight.
In n gasoline plow Invented by a
Frenchman, steel hooks cnrrled on a
revolving cylinder pulverize the soil to
a considerable depth.
Tho government of Colombia haB ail-
Noncombustlble linoleum of Euro
pean invention includes In Its composi
tion n chemical which gives off n flame
quenching gns should It be Ignited.
A bee, unladen, will lly 40 miles nn
hour, but ono coming homo lnden with
honey does not travel faster than 12
miles nn hour.
Why Coconuts Thrive In Raratonga.
This Is tho tlmo of yenr In Rara
tonga, nn Island nlno days' voyagn
east of Now Zealand, when tho Island'
government mnkes Its nnuunl Inspec
tion nnd fines those who hnve not'
complied with tho Island law which
provides that tho head of each family
shnll plant nnd cultlvato a coconut'
treo for each year of a child's age un
til he Is old enough to plnnt them him
self. Tho Islnnd Is noted for Its flno
and abundant coconuts, ninny of which)
nro brought to this country. Nowi
York Evening Post.
Bird Photography. 1
Bird photography . . . has tho
great ndvantago that It does not de
stroy, but helps to preserve. Thoso
who liave watched a bird for days to
gether from n hldlng-tcnt will never
wish to kill the creature whose ln-1
most lifo hns been displayed before1
their eyes. Julian Huxley In "Discovery."
ALL THESE PROVOKE SMILE
Various Kinds of Ladles Who Excite
the Risibilities of Writer In
Humorous Publication.
Ladles make mo laugh ladles who
dress llko Kewple dolls; ladles who
are always arranging slumming par
ties; ladles who arrive at tho theater
during tho middle of tho first act and
practlcnlly stop tho performance; la
dles who tell fortunes; ladles who
spend twelve lours a day In restaur
ants; ladles who organize welfare
leagues and are forever talking about
them ; ladles who know all about rela
tivity; ladles who embroider their
bridge playing with telephone calls,
gossip and risque stories; Indies who
aro habitually ono hour and twenty
minutes Into for all appointments;
ladles who aro shocked at anything
they don't understand; ladles from
Columbus, 0., who, having spent nlno
months In Paris, completely forget
their native tongue; ladles who havo
never been understood; Indies who
don't know when a romance ends;
ladles who are contlnuully dwelling
on tho fact that they aro ladles.
From Life.
HAD SPEECH WITH GOVERNOR
Certainly Short, but the Incident
Gladdened the Heart of This
Indiana Small Boy.
When Governor McCrny and others
boarded an lntcrurbnn to visit tho
new reformatory sito nt Pendleton
they found the car already well filled.
Tho governor sat down by n small
boy from Fortvlllo nnd n moment
later asked him to exchange seats
with another member of tho party so
that they could coutlnuo n conversa
tion. Shortly afterward, tho lad's
Bcatmate disclosed to tho boy that It
wbb tho governor ho had accommo
dated. Tho Incident made nn Impression
nnd when tho boy reached homo ho
bonstcd to Ills father thnt ho had seen
tho governor and had spoken to him.
"Is thnt so?" said his dad, skep
tically, "and what did tho governor
Bay to you?"
"Oh," ho said, "would you Just as
soon sit In that scat over there son?"
Indianapolis News.
NO TIME FOR EXPLANATIONS
Gent of the Old School.
Gypsies apparently do not tnko
much stock In tho nower feministic
theories. A swarthy nomad and his
gaily-dressed wife camo Into a cigar
Btoro on Cadillac square. Ho bought
some good cigars for himself and n
package of pipe tobacco for her. Sho
remonstrated with him In gypsy lan
guage about something, turned her
back to him nnd started for tho door.
His face clouded with anger, ho raised
his large foot and administered a lus
ty kick that was forceful enough to
send her through the swinging doors.
Sho made no protest and they walked
away together. Detroit News.
Her Wants.
"Money Isn't everything."
"I know. But It seems to be about
all my wlfo wants."
Graft often goes about disguised as
n business opportunity.
Tho orfglnnl famllytreo was of tho
apple variety.
One of the First
Tho auto salesman, after a great
deal of hesitancy, had agreed to tako
the old car in part payment for tho
new.
"Whnt Is tho number of the motor?"
ho asked.
The owner poked his head down on
tho bonnet a moment and then bobbed
up again. "Eighteen sixty-three," ho
nnswered.
"I asked," said tho salesman, "tho
number of tho motor, not tho dato of
manufacture." New York Sun.
Changing Color 8cheme.
"Father, aro ull Bolshevists red?"
"No, my boy, some of them aro pret
ty bine."-Dor Brummer (Berlin).
Conscience likes to wnko ono up In
tho middle of tho night to administer
a lecture.
Wo wish our neighbor to llvo a
blameless llfo nnd not to blnmjs us
for tho one we live.
Young Woman Simply Felt Herself tho
Victim of Circumstances, and
Went Her Way.
"I wns walking along Fourteenth'
street," said n young woman urtlst,
and I saw n woman ahead of ma
pushing a baby carriage. There was a
baby In tho carriage' and tho baby
was holding tho string of n rubber
balloon. I noticed that tho balloon
was unusually large, probably duo to
Its being Inflated beyond Its rated
capacity.
"Just ns I passed tho baby cnrrlaga
that balloon exploded. Went 'Popl
nnd disappeared. Apparently tho
mother was looking some other direc
tion nt the time and when sho turned
her head, saw tho balloon wns gona
and I was going nnd connected, ma
with the catastrophe.
"She eyed me malevolently. 'Of all
tho mean tricks 1' sho exclaimed, and
then attempted to console tho balloon
less Infant. Did I deny causing tho
bnlloon to burst? I did not. I wns
merely nnother victim of circumstan
tial ovldenco." Baltimore American.
Motive.
"Stingy I Say, that fellow Is a rot
ten miser 1"
"Maybo; but bo's a good man. Ho
hns never missed a church service In
his life."
"Huh I Figuring maybo thnt soma
Sunday when they're not looking ha
enn get n dip Into tho basket."
Qualified.
Belle Beatrice has refused to marry,
Barclay.
Bculah And why, pray?
Belle Says she'll never marry a man
whoso wealth contains less than sis;
ciphers.
"Well, good sakes allvol Barclay's
wealth Is all clplwrs."
It isn't tho nenpecked husband wha
lnyB for his wlfo.
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Real adventures nro usually uncomfortable.
You enn flatter any man by asking Some people aro too good to be liu
hl advice. ' teresting.
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The Thrifty Citizen Who
Caught the Plugged Nickel
R. BROWN had swallowed his lunch nnd had
paid his bllL Cautiously he counted his change.
Here!" he said, sharply, Take back this plugged
nickel and give me a good onel"
Mr. Brown walked proudly out. They couldn't
fool old Brown.
But old Brown had fooled himself.
Brown's day was heavy and dull.
He lacked "pep." There was a
mid-afternoon drowsy spell when
he needed to be awake the direct
nnd natural resuh of heavy, starchy
breakfasts nnd lunches, taken on
faith and without question as to
value just because the food looked
und tasted like food.
.Thousands of shrewd business
men who count their change, take
their food for granted.
That's what builds up the eani
tarium business, and puts the tired
"nil -done" feeling into the mid
afternoon of a business day.
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