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year, the harvest time, as It
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tainty as to weather conditions i3 Is the fanner
In autumn, for In many of the northern lumber
camps It Is almost unheard of for
a season to embody less than live
months of sledding, that Is. five
monthB of continuous snow and
Ice.
In the logging regions of the
Pacific Northwest, of course,
where may be found perhaps the
greatest of nature's lumber store
houses, tho winter does not make
the marked difference In condi
tions that It does In the forests of
some othor sections of the conn
try. In western Oregon and
Washington thero Is bo Ilttlo
snow, and that of such n tran
sient character, that the lumber
men cannot depend upon it as
they do elsewhere to help them
with their work. Hut, on the oth
er hand, the Puget Sound and
Columbia River country Is free
from that severe weather which
renders It Imperative for lumber
jacks elsewhere to constantly
have a care lest they suffer from
frostbitten hnnds and feet. Simi
larly In tho south, where cypress
Is king and where much of the
logging Is done In
swnmps, the winter pre
scribes no change ot
method or equipment
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NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What la Going on Here and Thert
That Is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Headier -The llurllngton lallnmil
1b tho ilchcr by $;iu because of a ser
mon preached Sunday night at the
tabei uncle by Kvangellht l.owry. The
subject of the Honuoii was "Covered
Sin,' and the speaker declared It the
duty ol all ('hilstlaus to nettle for all
past debts, naming the common cus
tom of heal Iiii; the railroads out of
fares lieueer possible. A citizen of
lleatiice scut tho lluillngtnn the sum
of$::o, saving ho had one time beaten
the toad out of that amount In car
faro.
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Durglnra at Broken bow.
Hrnkeii Mow A regularly organized
gang of biirglaiH bus again ntatled op
erations in Hrnkeii How Twice within
the last few days two laign stoics
have been biokeu Into and, although
little money was taken, the work In
both Instances looked veiy much alike
Money alone seems to have been the
object, the biirglats making for tha
cash drawer and not disturbing nti
articles on sale.
Want York to Set Example.
York--ICffoits aio helm; made b)
York nastors to revnt tho York
team from playing games In other
towns of the State league on Sunday.
They bellove that "Yoik ought to set a
Htaudnrd and good eamplo to tho
Btato and the baseball world In refus
ing to desecrate the Sabbath and to
demonstrate that u successful team
can be inalntalued with Sunday gamei
eliminated."
Wants to Know Who Did It.
Hrlduonort A. (Slur, a traveling man
left bis grip In tho waiting room ot
the Hurllngton passenger depot hero
while he went up town to see his cus
tomer, and when ho returned after a
brief absence the grip had several
slashes cut clear across Its sides. Ho
offers a reward of .r0 for any Informa
tion regarding the culprits.
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for the twentieth century logging crows, in what wo
might term the traditional seats of the lumber
Industry, however, winter puts a very differ
ent face on tho whole mutter of getting out
the logs and transporting them to the sawmills
that transform them Into the marketable form
known to tho averago consumer. In Milne, In
northern New York and Cnnnda, in Michigan, In
Minnesota, Wisconsin and tho Dakotas the summer
is In one sense a vacation senson for the lumber
Jacks. At least it Is an Interlude of restricted
activity aud tho lumbermen, unlike some other
members of tho community, welcome tho passing
of the long, bright days and the advent of the Ico
King. Tho explanation of this stato of affairs Is
found, of course, in the fact that snow and Ice
afford the material for the Ideal arteries of com
munication In tho lumbor regions. The felled
trees may be conveyed to market more quickly
and moro economically over snow roads and Ice
trails than by any other method known to the
Industry. Indeed, thero are lumbor regions where
without these factors and their sequel, the "big
thaw" in the spring It would bo virtually Im
practicable to get tho timber to market at an ex
penso that would justify operations.
Tho snow nnd Ice, Important as is their aid,
are not tho only Influences that are now tending
to mnko the lumbermen concentrate their actlv
ltles In tho fall and winter. Of late .years a con
stantly Increasing number of our lumbermen have
been brought to see the wisdom of adopting what
Is known as conservntlvo lumbering that Is, lum
bering which treats a forest as a working capital
whose purposo is to produce successive crops and
which calls for work In the woods that will leave
tho standing treeB and young growth as nearly
unharmed bb possible. Well, tho minute n man
bocomes a convert to conservative lumbering he
Is certain to become an advocate of the cold sea
son as tho proper tlmo for carrying on all the
operations of lumbering.
To make this point clear It may bo pointed out
that tho difference between practical work under
ordinary methods of lumbering and under con
servative lumbering Is principally In the selection
of tho trees to cut, In the felling of these treeB,
nnd In the first part of their journey from the
stump to the mil. It Is an established fact that
tho amount of harm done to n forest by the cut
ting depends considerably upon tho season of the
ear when tho work In tho woods Is carried on.
Much less damage will result to tht young growth
nnd to the trees
left standing if
tho lumbering la
ilono nfter the
growing season is over
Instoad of being allowed
to go on In tho spring
and summer while the
bark 1b looso nnd the
leaves atid twigs aro ten
der. Moreover, If thero
bo a heavy blanket of
snow on tho ground, a
tree, after It has been
felled with ax or saw,
stands a chance of
crashing to earth with
Icbb damago than it
would sustain at another
season of tho year. The
tree trunk that falls on a
bed of snow is not Ilkoly
tn finllt or to brenk as
woul.1 otherwise bo tho case when tho .forest mon
arch comes down on rocky, uneven Brund-
After all. however, It is in the var ou stages
of the transportation of the logs that the snow
and ice yield tho greatest aid. First of all I s m
pllfles the operation of skidding or dragging the
log lengths from the depths of the forest. This
work was formerly done by horses, mules or
oxen, nnd is yet to some extent, but for the most
part tho modern donkey engino hns supplanted all
other forms of energy for skidding. Supposedly
tho skidding operation is designed only to get
tho logs out of the forest depths whero no log
carrying vehicle could be operated without infinite
trouble and damage to tho standing timber. How
ever, when the Snow King Is In command It some
times hnppens thnt a similar method may bo em
ployed for moving the logs to tho rollway or stor
ago yard, perhaps a mllo or two distant, whore
tho logs nro hold to await tho spring freshets or
aro loaded nboard rallrond cars that convoy them
to tho mills. For this longdlstnnco log trailing
thoro Is employed a more powerful fype of engine
than tho donkey above referred to and a stronger
wire cable Is supplied. Tho pathway for tho logs
Is an Icy boulevard kept In condition by "flood
ing" as circumstances require and this becomes
so smooth from tho polishing process afforded by
tho passage of tho logs that it is practicable to
transport at each operation not merely n single
log but whole "strings" of logs attached end to
end bv means of Btout chalnH.
At somo lumber camps It Is tho practlco to em
ploy giant sleds to carry tho logs on tho first
stngo of their Journey from the forest to the saw
mill. Of courso snow Is requlslto to th.e satis
factory operation of these sleds, but when a
"path" has been worn for tho sled runnors along
the Icy ronds tho vehicles traverse the lino thus
furrowed with a facility suggestlvo of thnt with
which a locomotive glides along the steel rails.
There Is. of courso, a minimum of resistance to
the progress of a sled along such a glnzed surface
and In many Instances log loads of almost Incred
ible weight are thus transported over tho glisten
ing surface. A "new wrlnklo" that characterizes
winter practice In somo of tho up-to-date logging
districts consists of what might bo denominated
an Ico automobile for log carrying. Powerful
traction engines have been used for some time
past on the Pacific Coast to draw trains of log
laden trucks out of tho forest, but this now form
of commercial motor vehicle goes even these
Charter Day at University.
Lincoln Tho uuuuul charter daj
Indoor athletic meet was held Thurs
day afternoon In tho university gym
nnslitm hh a part of tho day's celebra
tion of tho granting of tho university
chnrter by tho Btato legislature In
18C9.
FLAX GROWING
IS PROFITABLE
WESTERN CANADA FARMERS BB. .
COMING RICH IN ITS
PRODUCTION.
So much has been written regarding
tho great amount of money mado out
of growing wheat in tho pralrlo prov
inces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, Western Canada, that tnnnjr
othor products of tho farms aro over
looked. These piovlnccH will always
grow largo areas of wheat both
spring nnd winter and tho jlclds will
contlifho to be large, and tho general
averago greater than In any other
tiortlon of tho continent. Twenty, thlr.
ty, forty, nnd as high as fifty bushels
per aero of wheat to tho aero yields
unusual In other parts of the wheat
growing pottlons of tho continent
have attracted world-wide attention,
but what of oats, which yield forty,
llfty and as high as ono hundred and
ten bushels per aero and carry off tho
world's prle, which, by the way, was
also done by wheat talscd In Sas
katchewan during last November at
tho New York Land Show. And then,
there Is tho barley, with Its big yields,
nnd Its excellent samples. Another
money-maker, and n big ono Is llnx.
Tho growing of llnx Is extensively car
ried on In Western Canada. Tho
writer has before him a circular Is
sued by a prominent farmer at Saska
toon. Tho circular ueais wuu uie
treatment of Heed llnx, tho seeding
und harvesting, anil attributes yields .
of less than 120 bushels icr aero, to
Inter seeding, liuporfcct and lily-pro-pared
seed. Ho sowed twonty-llvo
pounds of Mcd per aero and hnd a
yield of twenty-nlno bushels per aero.
This will probably dlsposo of at $2.50
per aero. Speaking of proper prepa
ration of seed and cultivation of soil
und opportune Bowing, In tho circular
spoken of thero Ih cited too caso or a
Mr. White, living fourteen mllce
south of HoBctown, "who had flftoea
ncrcB of summer fallow a yenr ago
last summer, upon which ho produced
thlrty-thrco bushels to tho aero, whoa
many In tho district harvested ror
want of crop. Now, thero can bo no
proper reason advanced why such a
crop should not havo been produced
on all tho lands of tho snmo quality
In tho adjacent district, provided thoj
had been worked and cored for In the
Biuno manner. This yenf1 (1911) tho
eamo man had ono hundred acres of
summer fallow, had something over
3,801) busholB of wheat. Ho also had
1,800 bushols of oats and 300 bushels
of flax."
Thero nro tho cattlo, tho horsos, the
rootB nnd tho vcgotnblo products ot
Western Canada farmB, all of which
i.iivi,iiir.iiv nmi collectively deserve
special mention, and they nro treated
of in tho lltoraturo Bent out on appli
cation by tho Government ngenta.
marvels ono bettor. In principle, the ico auto
mobile Is not very different from tho ordinary
commercial motors which nro now employed for
delivery work In every city. However, the self
propelled adjunct of winter logging Is provided
with sharp teeth which It sinks Into tho snow or
Ico as It progresses, thus Insuring stondy prog
ress with no slipping jar sliding on tho smooth
surfaces.
Hut becnuso tho winter finds tho lumbor Jncks
very busy In n temperaturo thnt ranges as low
as 20 to 10 degrees below zero It mufit not bo sup
posed that they do not find tlmo and opportunity
for plenty of fun In the Isolated camps whore they
spend tho Benson. A logging camp mny bo nny
whero from live to twenty-flvo miles from the
nearest storo and postofflco, but tho "Jncks" are
kept liberally supplied with fresh butter, fresh
meat, smoking and chewing tobneco, etc. A
grnphophone or phonograph Is nn almost Inevlt
ablo adjunct of the Isolated logging camp and the
lumbermen mnnnga In ono way and another to
get records of tho latest song "hlts"ffrom tlmo to
time.
Tho average logging camp has two main struc
tures tho bunk house whero the loggorH sleep In
bunks arranged In tiers, and tho cook shanty
whero tho food Is cooked nnd served. To call
this eating hall a shanty Is, howovor, something
nf n mlfltinmnr nlnnn thn wnrrl fa HUnlv in aiitrtrnat
a modest hut, whereas the cook shanty of an up-to-dato
logging camp must bo large enough to ac
commodate a crude dining tnblo perhaps 40 feet
In length. Tho conking In a logging camp Is
usually done by a man and wlfo (nlmost Invar
iably German), who hire out as professional cooks
nnd who have tho help of two mascullno assist
ants. They work over a range that is 10 feet long
and on top of which stands a coffee urn thnt holds
as much as a barrol; a meat holler that boldB 11)0
pounds of pork or beef, nnd n can In which there
can be boiled at ono tlmo moro than n bushel of
potatoes Holow aro the ovens where nro bnked
some 10 to 15 square feet nf biscuits every day.
In flOme Cflmlln hltnw Htnnn.l.nrn la n.sM,l.1.l am
ubo on the table, but nt a majority of logging es
tablishments each of tho CO to 150 men is simply
nllowed a spoon, plate, and cup of tin and a
knlfo nnd fork of steel.
PRAISE WORTH WHILE.
"A society woman pnld you a hanusomo com
pliment the other day, Mr. DrugBly."
"Ah, Indeed! May I ask who tho lady was?"
"Certainly. It was Mrs. Whooplndyke. She
said you sold the best dog soap In town."
EXTREMELY POLITE.
you ought to call on Dr. Pullem, he's tho
best, dentist In town."
"Ono of those so-called 'palnleBs' dentists, eh?"
"No; hut ho always stiys, 'I beg your pardon,'
before pulling a tooth."
REVENGE,
NEWS FROM THE STATE HOUSE
Chancellor Avery of the Btato uni
versity hnB gono to Culbertson, whore
ho will confer with tho residents Id
regard to tho establishment of a state
agricultural experiment station.
Tho will of tho lato Chancelloi
Emeritus Huntington of Wesloyat
tinlvcrblty hnB boon tiled for probato
One thousand dollnrs Is left uh a per
manont endowment fund for tho unl
verslty, $1,000 for tho fund for tin
caro of Huporannuatod ministers
$1,000 to his son Thomns, $5,000 ti
his son Horace, $8,000 to his daughtoi
Frances, and tho balanco of tho prop
crty to his widow.
Five hundred and forty crop report
ers over the state, who keep in con
stant touch with the state labor com
mlslop, and who act as aldos to Com
mlssioner Guye in the collection ol
figures and crop returnB, havo boon
notified by tho official to lend their
slslnncn In nrnunlncr Interest among
their neighbors for tho testing ofseod
corn. He also asked them to do all
they could in boosting tho seed corn
specials In their various communities.
The board of public lands and build
ings hns formally awarded a contract
for erecting a building at the Btate
hospital for Indigent consumptives at
Kearney. The board mado several
changes In tho original plans. The
new building will cost when com
pleted In tho neighborhood of $10,200.
Speakers for tho seed corn specials
which will tour the state during tho
week of Fohruary 20 havo boen an
nounced by Prof. C. W. Pugsloy of
the Nebraska experiment station, who
has charge of manning and equipping
the trains.
The Man and the Place.
Andrew Carnegie was giving advlc
on a recent Sunday to ono of the
rounger members of tho Kockofollor
tllblo class.
"1 am an advocate of early man
rlages," ho said. "Tho right man In
tho right placo, at tho right time, la
a very good saying, nnd to my mind,
tho right man In tho right place at the
tight tlmo Is unquestionably a husband
reading to his wife on a winter's nfght
beside the radiator.
Only a fool ovor attempts to con
vince a man that ho Isn't aB clover aa
ho thlnfts ho Is,
jflfeFREE
I want eTerr prnon
who la blllourt, coiihiI
tmttfl or huu nny utom
ncli or liver r.lti cnt to
aend (or a free pavkase
of my Paw-I'aw I'llls.
I want to prove tbM
4hv nnalttvlv euro 111.
ncu, UelcmnK. wina,
Headaahe, Kcrvoua-
dlgeatlon, Hour stora
ncli, UelcMnK. Wind,
Ueaaaaue, scrvou
neaa, Slecpleaancfca and
are an Infallible cure
forCoimtlpallon. To do
,m willing to glTO million oi iroo paca
I take all the rlak. Bold by drugfftata
for So cenia a vioi. ror ircu hh.hbo".
Prof. Bunion. S3rd ft Jttferton SU., Philadelphia, Pa
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Ulllcial (to barber condemned to ikalli)--lu an
hour's tlmo now, my poor man, you must prep.iro
for your doom. Have jou nny Inst dying wihli?
Condemned Harbor (savagely) Yes. I'd like
to shave the crown prosecutor! London Opliilnu
Secretary of Stato Walt will follow
the California plan with regard to tho
submission of tho five constitutional
amendments at tho coming primary
and general olectlons nnd will number
them. The proposed amendments will
go upon tho ballot In the following
order: No 1, the lnltlatlvo and refer
endum; No. 2, tho term and salary
of legislators; No. 3, the bonrd ot
control amendment; No. 4, tho blon
nlal elections amondment; No. 5,
homo rule for cities.
An expenditure not exceeding $20,.
000 to erect ono section of tho pro
posed now machinery hall on tho state
fair grounds has been authorized by
tho stato board of agrlculturo. PlanB
for this edifice will soon bo obtained
and tho work will start tn tho spring
or early summer. Tho slzo of tho first
section is to bo 112 by 4C8 foot if tho
appropriation will pay for ono of
those dimensions, Tho whole build
ing, when completed, Is expected to
bo more than 700 feet long and 400
foet wido. It will bo located on the
cast sldo of the fair grounds.
CURED In a few days
without vain or a snr
Seal operation. No pay until cured. Writs
B. WUAYt 307 Ueo llldg., Qmsha, Nab.
HOTEL
Omaha, Nebraika
EiipnociM PI aM
tlooma trom 110 up single, 75 cents up double.
CATE PRICES REASONABLE
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AUCTIONEER
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alike. Slim are much Bet
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the auctioneer tba larcef
juurcneck. The best lelllng
aervlce ootta tou nn mora
than the poorest, 'lherela
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Located on our own premlitt end used In the
Natural Mineral Water
Baths
Uniurtjmed in the treatment ot
Rheumatism
Heart, Stomach, Kidney and LWer Diseases
MODERATE CHARGES, AD0RESS
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