NORTH PLATTE SEMT-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
Corn nnd fruit come in for oncourg
lng remarks, while wheat, oats and al
falfa are deemed dlsnppolntlng In tho
weekly crop report for Nebraska, la
sued by G. A. Loveland, United States
meteorologist.
Wheat In the Platte valley was
blown down budly In many places by
the severe wind and hall storm of last
week. Farmers were of the opinion
that much of It would revive.
Leo Stuhr, secretury of agriculture,
announces thnt Clay county Is the first
county In Nebraska to complete cattle
tuberculosis tests of every animal In
the county.
Fire sturting, It Is believed, from a
bolt of lightning during a thunder
shower, destroyed the machine and
cattle shed on the farm of George
Luther, near Hooper.
Following a test run the new muny
power plant at Pawnee City 1ms been
.accepted by the city. The plant sup
plies several towns in this section of
the state.
Richardson county and surrounding
territory is suffering tho greatest pig
mortality in years, due to round worms,
according to Joseph L. Worrell, county
agent.
The proposed community hall for
Nebraska City for which bonds in the
sum of $100,000 were voted in October,
1020, will not be built in the immediate
future.
Wltli a membership of 371, the Mc
Cook lodge of the Degree of Honor
claims to be tho banner organization
of the state, in cities of similar popu
lation. Arrangements have been mado to
provide for outdoor meetings of all
the Pawnee City churches combined
on Sunday evenings during the sum-,
mor.
Harry Jennings Lamb stepped Into a
deep hole while bathing in the Ktkhorn
river neur Arlington and wus drowned
before compunions could reach him.
Seventy-three men and women who
have passed 70 mado merry at the sec
ond annual Sunset social tendered
them by the Nelson Commercial rlub.
Two hundred Royal Neighbors of
Gage Jefferson, Thayer, Saline, Nuc
kolls and Clay counties attended a
school of instruction in Beatrice.
The Maywood district fair associa
tion will hold the annual summer race
meet July 4-0. The greatest number
of horses In history is entered.
The fifteenth annual encampment of
the United Spanish War veterans just
ended at Hustings elected Uruce New-
Ion of Omuha as commander.
Jefferson county is to have Its first
rural paved road. It Is being con
structed on the federal road between
Falrbury nnd Hebron.
Lodgepole Is becoming the largest
hog Bhlpping point in thnt section of
the state. Thirty cars have gone out
within a few weeks.
A petition Is being circulated at
Lodgepole for the erection of a $90,
000 school building. A levy to raise
$19,000 was voted.
Forest liartlette, 13 years old, was
drowned while swimming with some
companions In the Blue river at Fair
bury. Hall tore a patch several miles long
nnd n mile wide neur Star, doing ex
tensive damage to growing crops nnd
fruit trees.
Thirty-eight Kpworth league chap
ters were represented at the district
convention at David City last week.
A tornado struck 'the neighborhood
of Henry In Scottsbluff county and de
stroyed a number of farm homes.
Nebraska Elks are in session at
Columbus. Nineteen lodges are re
presented nt the meeting.
An attendance of 5,000 is expected
nt the National Walther Leugue which
meets at Omaha In July.
Nearly 0,000 members attended the
stnte Sunday school convention at its
session In Fremont.
James McPhlllips a fanner near
Lindsay has just sold his place for
$275 an acre.
In n recent drive in Omaha, young
women raised over $3,500 by the sale
of popples.
Suit for $1,500,000 against two stock
holders In tho old Independent Tele
phone company of Omaha, brought in
behalf of bondholders and Judgment
creditors a year ago by James H. Han
ley, receiver, is docketed for trial in
federal court at Los Angeles this week.
The Rev. John Albert Williams of
St. Philip's church has Just celebrated
the thirty-first anniversary of his
ontrnnco upon the ministry In Omaha
all of the time having been spent in
that place.
The diamond jubilee of the Evan
gelical Lutheran synod of Missouri
nnd other states was celebrated in
York with nenrly 4,000 In attendance.
Seventeen counties wore represented.
A large bam on the farm of Georgo
Spadt, near Friend, occupied by the n.
L. Wood family, was destroyed by fire,
together with n fine span of mules,
some hnrpess, hay and grain.
The Columbus light nnd power com
pany Is receiving coal from New Mex
ico nt a price double that usually paid,
to augment the fast disappearing sup
ply laid In at the outsat of the strike
nt a cost of $12,000.
The State Department of Trnde and
Commerce announces the reopening
of the Farmers bank at Crawford
under an entirely new management
Bnnd with Its cash reserves fully es
tablished. Bloomfleld has voted to raise $27,000
to be expended in local Improvements.
The city library at University Place
contains over 10,000 volumes.
COISEfl
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It Is expected that several thousand'
Modorn Woodmen of America will at
tend the four day meeting which is to
be held In Fremont, July 31 to August
3, Inclusive Over 1,500 Woodmen
have already made entry, it Is said,
for participation In various competi
tive drills and athletic program.
A wind, rain and ball storm that
struck northeastern Holt county wns
the worst of Us kind ever seen In that
neighborhood. The hall was a foot
deep on the level nnd drifts averaging
three and one-half feet deep could bo
found. Nearly every farmer In tho
vicinity suffered heavy loss.
Pawnee City is suffering from a
water shortage, doubly serious becauso
paving crews at work on thirty-two
blocks need a great supply. The short
ago is caused by a sudden Inlet of
quicksand into the wheels and pumps
are unable to draw water from tho
and.
Tho Shelton Hardware Co. store and
Gumprecht and Merdlnger's grocery
nnd meot market wore broken into
and goods and money to the amount
of three or four hundred dollars taken.
A number of shotguns, shells nnd
small articles of hardware were taken.
Gilbert Swanson living near Llndsey,
owns what is probably the heaviest
bunch of steers over fattened in Ne
braska. The steers will nil weigh in
the neighborhood of 2,500 pounds, and
Mr. Swanson hns had them on feed
for 18 months, buying them In Omaha.
To guide night travelers four electric
beacon lights will be put on Fnlrhury
court house. Each will be a 200 can
dle power which can be seen for miles
around. The country pays for tho
Inbor and material and the city furn
ishes maintenance and the juice.
Probably 200,000 hens will be kept
on Johnson county farms this summer,
which, nt an average of thirty eggs
for four months nt 2 cents ench, woMld
return an Income that would equal
$120,000, according to J. F. Purbaugh,
county extension ngent.
The probabilities are that Buffalo
county will have to undertake the
erection of a new bridge across tho
Platte, south of Elmcreek. Tho state
aid fund cannot be used, and tho super
visors nrc now considering a county
bridge project.
E. L. Jenkins, treasurer of Jefferson
county has remitted to D. B. Cropsey
stnte treasurer, the state portion of
tax collected in May. Tho nmount was
$50,341.80 an unusunlly lnrge nmount
for Nebraska's share of one month's
colections.
William Gross of Wisner wes elected
president of the Nebraska Hampshire
Breeders association at its recent ses
sion at Norfolk, at which over fifty
breeders from western, eastern and
southern parts of the tato were pro
sent. A resolution hns been adopted by
the Columbus board of supervisors
calling a special election to authorize
the sale of the old court house nnd tho
grounds. The election Is to be held
with the primaries on Tuesdny, July
18.
Prices on staple foods, bought quart
erly for the board of control, advanced
In unit price based on twelve commod
ities from $109.05 to $110.03, since last
March, according to bids just received
by the board for Its Juno letting.
Captain William Jnmes Broatch,
former mayor of Omnha and stnte leg
islator, died In Lord Lister hospital in
that place, his death following un op
eration two weeks ago from which
ho was unable to rally.
County Treasurer M. L. Endrcss of
Douglas county has remitted $357,000
In state taxes to Stnte Treasurer Dan
Cropsey the largest day's remittance
from any Nebraska county In the his
tory of the stnte, Cropsey says.
John Murtey, former member from
Cass county of the lower house of tho
Nebraska legislature and one of tho
state's most prominent grain men, wns
i nt Alu-r, whnn afrnnlr Viv n Tfnplr
Islnnd passenger train.
Work of rebuilding the Cooper Flour
mills at Humboldt, destroyed by fire
a few weeks ago, Is well under way.
The loss was $120,000. The power
plant, which supplied the city with,
power will be rebuilt first.
Fremont's new Methodist church was
used for tho first time last Sunday.
Regular Sunday school and church
services are to be held In the new
auditorium. The church Is said to be
one of the finest In this part of Neb
raska. The 3-year-old son of Mr. nnd Mrs.
George Wenzel, residing near Nebraska
City, got his hand under a rocking
chair with the result that the hand
was so badly mangled that one finger
had to he amputated.
Allowing dancing parties In the high
school building Is not an abuse or
desecration on the part of members of
tho school board, It wns decided In an
opinion handed down by the Nebraska
supreme court In affirming a decision
of the lower court denying an appli
cation for an injunction.
Two young Indies from across tho
sea, WIetsko WIerstra and Jantzo
Zylstrn, arrived in Omuha a few days
ago, and were married to John and
Albert Blftw of that place. The two
couples were sweethearts In fur off
Holland, and will make their home In
this new land.
Raymond Smtlh lost his life when
he dived Into the Elkhorn river ut a
shallow point near Vulloy, breaking
his neck.
William Kuhlman, a well known cat
tleman of Chester, toppod the Kansas
City market recently, and with n mixed
load of nerefords, secured the top
price of the year, $0.05 per hundred
weight
Adnms citizens have gone on record
In favor of the installation of a water
works system to cost between $25,000
and $30,000. Tho town board will
call a special bond election in the near
future.
CUT ALFALFA AT
CORRECT PERIOD
Best Plan to Delay Harvesting
Until the Plants Are Nearly
in Full Bloom.
LIFE OF STAND LENGTHENED
Recommended That Crop Be Given
Time to Reach Height of 6 to 8
Inches Before Cold Weather
Shuts Off the Sap Flow.
(Prepared by tha United BUtea Department
of Agriculture.)
Delaying the cutting of alfulfa until
it is nearly In full bloom has been
found u better practice thun mowing
it 'soon after blooming starts. Trluls
made by tho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture nnd statu experi
ment stntlons indicate that the yields
uro larger over u period of years, and
that the life of the stand is prolonged
by delaying harvesting until the plants
are nearly In full bloom.
Hay mude when the plunts are
nearly In full bloom possibly Is not
quite so palatable, but this Is offset by
the gain In quantity of hny. The fields
that were cut prior to or at the be
ginning of blooming showed a ten
dency to die out sooner. Cutting a
crop late In the fall so that not enough
growth wus left for protection in the
winter also hud much to do with thin
ning stunds. The department recom
mends that alfalfa be given time to
reach a height of six to eight inches
before cold weather shuts off tho Bap
flow.
Broadcasting Best Plan.
In the past the growing of nlfalfa
In rows In dry regions has been recom
mended, by exporirentnl evidence
gathered by the department In the
Inst few years shows that, with the
exception of a few rnro varieties the
seed of which sells for a high price,
this method Is seldom practical. Where
the rainfall Is not sufficient to grow
alfalfa In' broadcast stands It cannot
usually bo grown profitably in rows.
A slightly larger yield may he pro
duced, but not enough to pay for tho
added expense. Also, the hay harvested
on this cultivated ground is apt to be
dirty nnd It is hard to cut and load.
Value of Cultivation.
Accumulating experience also has
exploded some old notions about the
valuo of cultivation of broadcast
stands. It has been found that har
rowing a field of nlfalfa ordinarily
does not increase the yield; neither
does it prolong the life of the stand to
any noticeable extent. The modified
Cutting Alfalfa.
spring-tooth harrow docs not Injure
the plants, but the disk often kills
many nnd reduces tho stand. Some
sort of cultivation appears advisable
In Irrigated regions where the water
carjles u great deal of silt or wherji
the soli has been compacted by the
tramping of cattle pustured on the
alfalfa. The department believes there
Is usually little to be gained by culti
vating brondcast fields when the stand
Is good. If weeds and grass work in
and reduce the stand it Is better to
plow up the field nnd put In another
crop for a year or two. It Is hard to
thicken a thin stand by cultivating It
and sowing more seed ; in fact, it is a
waste of time, tho department be
lieves. LIME INFLUENCE IS LASTING
Where Applied In Liberal Quantities
Soil Shows Beneficial Effects
for Years.
It has been observed that where
lime hns been applied In fairly liberal
quantities to soil, the soil shows the
beneficial effects for n number of
years afterward. In long-time tests
made by the Ohio experiment station
tho crop yields during the last six
years of n 13-year period were much
larger than during tho first seven
yenrs.
PROVIDE RIGHT VENTILATION
Leave Opening on South Stde of
House to Equal One-Tenth of
Total Floor Space.
In providing ventilation, enough
space should be left open In the south
side of poultry houses bo that tho open
front will equal one-tenth of the
totnl floor spnee. This open screen
ought to be near tho bottom of the
Bouth side rather than nt the top, so
that tho wurm air from the roosts
will not flow up und out of tho open
space.
SLASH PINE YIELDS
CASH WHILE GROWING
Profit of 6 to 12 Per Cent Inter
est Has Been Made.
Trees Grow Rapidly and Lumber
Market Is Fast Taking Material
of Smaller Size and Poorer
Grades Bulletin Free.
(Prepared by the United Statei Department
of Agriculture.)
Slnsh plno grows rapidly and yields
rovenuo In turpentlno gum nt an early
ngo whllo It is growing Into timber,
snys tho United States Department of
Agriculture In Farmers' Bulletin 1250,
Slash Pine, prepured by Wilbur It
Muttoon, forest examiner, nnd now
rendy for distribution. Well-stocked
stands of young growth, after making
liberal deductions for the cost of
taxes nnd lire-protection during tho
period of growth, show profits of 0
to 12 per cent compound interest on
nn investment of $5 nn acre.
A large number of owners in tho
South arc deriving good profits from
low-priced lands by using them for
Uio production of timber und grazing
Turpentine Operations In a Thirteen-Year-Old
Stand of Slash Pine.
of stock. If fire 1b excluded, tho range
yields more of the tender annual
grasses and legumes which nre more
nutritious than tho hardy perennials
like wire nnd broom-sedge grnsses, and
the Influence of the protective soli
cover stimulates tree growth to u
marked degree.
If the timber in tho forest pasture
becomes too dense, tho owner has an
easy remedy by first working tho
larger trees for turpentine nnd then
cutting them for lumber, ties, posts,
pulpwood, or firewood. Open stands
of slash pine, with 7C to 150 trees an
acre measuring up to ten Inches on
the stump, Induce n rapid growth of
the Individual tree and admit a good
growth of grass. In such stnnds more
turpentlno to the tree is secured thun
In overcrowded ones, nnd the grazing
of live stock can bo carried on suc
cessfully. Second-growth slnsh pine stnnds,
twenty to forty years old, frequently
contain from 80 to 100 trees to tho
acre. At 20 cents a cup, less than
the price received In 1010 for turpen
tine rights on the Florida national
forest, such stands would be worth
for turpentine $20 to $25, and with
pine stumpage ut $5 a thousand tho
timber would he worth $25 to $30, or
an average money return of from $1.50
to $2 an acre yearly. Observations
and experience In such older sections
of the country us New England Indi
cate that good financial returns may
ho derived In relatively short periods
from second-growth forests If han
dled tinder n proper system of protec
tion, turpentining, and cutting, tho
bulletin points out.
Becauso slash plno grows rnpldly
and the lumber market Is fast taking
material of smaller size and poorer
grades, the day 1b approaching when
good stumpage prices can be obtained
for young and second-growth timber.
Copies of the bulletin may ho had
free upon application to the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
GETTING STAND OF ALFALFA
Iowa Farmers Secure Best Fields by
Seeding During August and
Without Nurse Crop.
Experience of muny Iowa farmers
und of the Iowa agricultural experi
ment station Is that tho surest method
of getting a stand of alfalfa Is to seed
during August without a nurse crop
on land which bus been plowed In'
early summer nnd cultivated nt ten
day intervals to kill weeds and con
serve moisture. Objections to this
method nrc that the land does not
yield returns during the season pre
ceding seeding, that It requires ad
ditional labor, and that grasshoppers
frequently damage tho alfalfa con
siderably on small acreages. Ilowever,
general experience In Iowa justifies
tho method nbovo suggested as it pro
duces the best fields of ulfalfa.
ADVANTAGES OF CULTIVATION
It Helps to Keep Weeds Down and
Conserves Moisture Necessary
for Vegetables.
Keep the hand cultlvntor going to
preserve a dust mulch nnd to kill
weeds. Either pull or hoe the weeds
out of tho vegetnblo rows. The best
tlmo to kill weeds Is when they have
Just pushed through the top of tho
ground. Frequent shallow cultivation
will do this as well as conserve moisture,
III W II HiilHiitl III I III
Had Your
Iron Today t
That Luscious
Raisin Toast!
ANEW delicious breakfast bread. Full
fruited raisin toast 1 A new delight for
the entire family.
Made with big, plump, tender, seeded
raisins Sun-Maid brand.
The raisin flavor permeates each slice.
You can get such bread from any grocer or
bake shop if you insist No need to bake at
home.
Once try it and you'll always have this kind.
You'll serve it at least twice a week.
Fine food for business men and children
due to the energizing nutriment and the iron
of this famous, healthful fruit.
Make dainty bread pudding with left-over
slices. No need to waste a crumb.
Order now for tomorrow's breakfast. But
be sure to say you want "one of those full'
fruited raisin loaves."
Blut Package
Troublesome Bird Box.
Sevcn-yeur-old Mary Ellen did not
wish u baby sister and when It ur
rived she was very Indignant. Sho
wished the doctor to take It back
homo with him, nnd sho wns so de
termined that, to protect himself, tho
doctor explained that he hadn't
brought It to their home, but that it
had been the work of a faithful bird
called the stork.
Mary Ellen stared nt him a minute.
Then she suld. "I'm going to tear
down that blrdhouso right away, be
fore any more birds can build nests
there."
Cutlcura for Pimply Faces.
To remove pimples nnd blackheads
smear them with Cutlcura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cutl
cura Soap and hot ynter. Onco clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
dally toilet purposes. Don't fall to ln
cludo Cutlcura Talcum. Advertisement
Speedy War Car Tested.
A light-armored car, capable of trav.
ellng nt a high speed and ut tho sumo
tlmo firing 4,800 rounds of ammuni
tion n minute, Is being experimented
with by tho British.
An occasional look at your boy's
room may explain why ho Is on tho
street so much.
There's a man in this town who sella KEY OVERALLS.
Ask him to show you a suit. Extra quality. Better workmanship. Costs
loss per day
don't give
get your
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EXCURSIONS TO
WESTERN CANADA
Round Trip for Single Fare
Plus Two Dollars
Good First and Third Tuesdays in Each Month
A splendid opportunity is now offered those who
desire to make a trip of inspection to look over
Western Canada's Farming Possibilities
Recent advances in the price of farm products and the possibility of
further increases will warrant an increase in the price of Western Canada
Farm Lands, now exceptionally low considering their producing value.
The depression is now over, and normal times are at hand. Western
Canada came through the late trying period with a stout heart and a pre
paredness to take advantage of the better times that we are approaching.
To take advantage of the low rates now in force, and for other
information, apply to
W. V. BENNETT, Rm. 4, Bee Bldg., Omaha, Neb.
Authorized Canadian Government Agent
Sun-Maid
Seeded RaiSlOS
Make delicious bread, pies, pudding,
cakes, etc. Ask your grocer for them. Send
for free book of teited recipes.
Sun-Maid. Raisin Growers
Membership 13 fiOO
Dept. N-35-6, Fresno, Calif.
So Fussed Ho Namea Wrong Verse.
Tho minister was putting on a brand
new collar and was having tho usual
trouble with It. "Illess tho collar 1"
he ejaculated as ho tugged and tugged.
"Bless the blessed collar 1"
"My dear," said his wife, "what la
your text for this morning's sermon?"
"F-fourteenth verso f-flfty-flfth
Psalm," ho replied In short gasps;
"The w-words of his mouth wero
(tug) s-smoother thun butter, but thero
wns (tug) w-war In his heart"' Bos
ton Transcript.
Electricity to Force Plants.
Lnrge electric lamps, 1,000-wntt ca
pacity, nre being used in an ihtenslvo
study of tho rato of respiration and
tho process of photosynthesis In plants
at tho University of Wisconsin. Tho
plants are allowed to grow under these
powerful lnmps In a room cooled to
about 05 degrees Fahrenheit i
The morning hour hath gold In its
mouth.
Great men. hiako room for great
men. (
As much of henven is visible as w
have eyes to see.
Too much tlmo is wasted In argu
ing. toowaar them. Buy them. If they
lull sauslacuon, talco them back and
money back or a new pair Free I
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