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QUARANTINE ON CATTLE HA3
BEEN LIFTED.
NEWS OF THE STATE HOUSE
Items of General Interest Gathered
From Reliable Sources at
State House.
Western Nevvspnpcr Union News Sen lea
The Nebraska llvo stock sanltnrj
commission litis decided to lift tlm
quarantlno against tho western hall
of tho stato of Iowa. Tho quarantine
originally covered tho entire stato of
Iowa, but on account of tho fact that
tho foot and mouth dlseaso had ap
peared only In a portion of tho east
ern part of tho state, tho Nebraska
board modltled Its order so as to per
mit tho shipment of live stock from
tho western half of Iowa to Nebras
ka. This was asked for by tho ofll
cors of tho South Omaha stock yards
and by many llvo stock growers
and shippers. Under a further modi
fication of Its former order, tho Ne
braska board voted to admit stock
from a.iy point In Iowa. Tho board
E. A. WALRATH
of Osceola recently appointed by Gov
ernor Morehead to the office of
State Printing Commissioner. He
succeeds N. J. Ludl, and has already
assumed the duties of his office,
was Informed during its mooting that
Colorado had raised Its quarantlno
against Nebraska and Iowa. The foot
and mouth disease has not appeared
in Nebraska, but Colorado decided
not to take any chances and imposed
a quarantlno ngalnst Nebraska cat
tlo, sheep and hogs.
Chlropractlcs Win Out.
The chiropractors of Nebraska who
have been practicing In violation of
law, some of whom have been guilty
of It, came Into their own when
Governor Morehead as head of tho
stato board of chiropractic, an office
bestowed upon him by tho last legis
lature, appointed three examiners who
are to question applicants for a license
to follow tho profession of chiroprac
tic. Ho, appointed J. It. Campbell of
Norfolk, for n term of three years.
Mr. Campbell represents the universal
chiropractic college of Davenport, la.
The governor named II. C. Crabtree
of Mncoln for tho two-year term.
Improvements at Penitentiary
Vho stato board of control has ad
vertised for bids for extensive im
provements for tho power plant at the
stato penitentiary. It is estimated
that tho cost will approximate $40,000.
It was provided for In a bill passed by
the last legislature, appropriating
$118,000 for tho establishment of In
dustries and improving tho plant.
Tho present plant, as far as possible,
supplies tho light for the stato insti
tutions at Lincoln. However, it can
not handlo tho load of the elevator at
the stato houso and tho power for It
is supplied by the city. Moreover, tho
light is poor and tho cost of producing
it Is high.
With tho new plant tho board hopes
to cut tho cost of production In half
and to provldo plenty of current.
Thrco now largo engines and boilers
will bo installed, also a new 200-kllo-watt
gonorator.
Five members of tho child labot
commission havo been named by Gov
ernor Morehead, noting on the recom
mendation of Labor Commissioner
Coffey. Rev. H. II. Harmon of Lin
coln is mado chairman. Tho other
members nro Mrs. W. E. Martin, Pro
mont; Mds. D. D. Craighead, Omaha;
Senator Earl D. Mallcry, Alliance nnd
Mrs. Georgo A. Joslyn, Omaha. Tho
governor did not say what tho length
of tho terms of those mombors would
be, although tho law provides for
termB of from ono to llvo years.
Saved Money on Session Laws.
TJy printing tho 1915 session laws
'a tho form of a supplement to the
statutes of 1913, tho state of Ne
braska has saved probably $15,000 of
oxpenso, whllo tho lawyers of tho
state, who havo to buy statutes every
tlmo thoy nro Issued, will savo an
othor $15,000. It was formorly tho
practlco, whon tho statutes woro
compiled and published by private
agencies, o issuo a comploto now
edition ovory two years. Tho sots
woro sold at prices ranging from $5
to $12 apiece,
FEEDS UPON INSECTS
Bobolink a Common Summer
Resident in Northern States.
FEEDS MAINLY ON INSECTS
Also Devours Many Weed Seeds In
accurate Grading Cause of Much
Loss to Western Wool Grow
ers Remedy Is Suggested.
(Prepared by tho Tnltn! States Depart
ment of Agriculture )
Tho bobolink, rife bird, or reed bird,
Is a common stiin.uor resident of tho
United States, north of about latitude
40 degrees, niul from New Kuglnnd
westward to tho Great Plains, winter
lug beyond our southern border In
New England there are few birds
about which so much romance clus
ters ns this rollicking songster, natur
ally associated with sunny Juno
meadows: but in the South thero are
nono on whoso head so many maledic
tions have been heaped on account of
its fondness for rlco.
During Its sojourn in the northern
states It feed mainly upon Insects and
seeds of useless plants; but wlillo rear
ing its young, insects constitute its
chief food, and almost tho exclusive
dlot of Its brood. After the young are
ablo to fly, the whole family gathers
into a small Hock and begins to llvo
Bobolink, Rice Bird or Reed Bird
Length About Seven Inches.
almost entirely upon vcgetublo food.
This conslstB for tho most part of
weed seeds, slnco in the North these
birds do not appear to attack grain
to any groat extent. Thoy eat a fow
oats, but their stomachs do not roveal
a great quantity of this or any other
grain.
As tho season advances they gather
Into largo flocks nnd move southward,
until by tho end of August nearly all
havo loft their breeding grounds. On
their way thoy frequent the reedy
marshes about tho mouths of rivers
and on tho inland waters of the coast
region and subsist largely upon wild
rlco. In tho middle states, during
their southward migration, they aro
commonly known as reed birds, and
becoming vory fat are treated as
game.
Formorly, whon tho low marshy
shores of tho Carollnas and soma of
tho moro southern states woro do
voted to rlco culturo tho bobolinks
mado great havoc both upon tho
sprouting rlco in spring nnd upon the
ripening grain on their roturn migra
tion In tho fall. With a change in
tho rlco-rnlslng districts, however,
this damage Is no lougcr dono.
Co-operative Marketing of Wool.
Sorlous losses aro often suffered by
tho flock master because of improper
methods of handling tho clip. West
ern wool growers nro pnld lower
prices than foreign producers because
of Inaccurato grading. In recent
yeara thoy havo mado some ad
vancement in clipping nnd assort
ing fleeces as shown by cleaner
clips being, offered for sale in
Eomo localities. In tho West somo
of tho largo sheop breeders' associa
tions havo officially recommended
certnln changes In the handling of
wool by tho growors. It Is estimated
that Improper methods of preparing
tho wool for shlpmont cost tho flock
master from ono to thrco cents a
pound, for tho manufacturer Is fre
quently put to an extra expense,
ngalnst which, of courso, ho protects
himself by Ioworlng tho prico to tho
grower.
To remedy this condition, somo
form of co-operation among wool
growors In any given region Ib urged
In a new publication of tho depart
ment of agriculture, bullotln 20(5, "Tho
Wool Grower and the Wool Trndo."
Tho Individual alone can da llttlo to
improve matters, for his clip Is like
ly to be too small to Induce tho buy
ers to mako any nlteratlon in their
accustomed methods of estimating
wool values. With co-operation, how
ever, it should bo posslblo to proparo
tho entire clip of any section so that
tho roputatlon of Its wool would bo
enhanced nnd the growers obtain tho
full market value of their product. A
sufficient number of wool growors
should bo included In each co-operative
association to cnablo at least
4,000 or 5,000 pounds of each of tho
.various grades to bo marketed at ono
tlmo.
Co-operation will, of courso, do llt
tlo good, however, unless the Individ
ual growers follow Improved methods
of handling tho clip. An Instanco of
tho present low price of Amorlcnn
wool as compared with foreign Is
given in tho bulletin already men
tioned. Two lots of wooi of tho samo
grado, ono of them from Idaho and
tho other from Australia, woro pur
chased by a Philadelphia manufactur
erthe American at 18 cents u
pound and tho foreign one at 28 cents
n. pound, before scouring. In the
Amorlcnn flecco tho kind of wool thnt
this manufacturer really wanted,
amounted to 86.79 per cent of tho
total; in tho foreign tlecco to 9S.96 por
cent A moro nccurato system of
grading had given this manufacturer
12 por cent moro of what ho wanted
than the American methods. In con
sequenco the foreign sheet) grower
got tho larger prlco for his llceco.
Tho manufacturer paid for tho im
ported wool 28 cents a pod ml nnd for
tho domestic wool 18'fc cpnts a
pound a dlffcrenco of 9', cents. By
tho tlmo shrlnkugo, "off sorts," etc.,
had been deducted, however, tho
cost per clean pound to tho manufac
turer of tho wool ho wanted was 41.32
cents for tho American fleece ntul
4l.ll!) conta for tho Imported n differ
enco of only 3. 37 cents It may have
cost the foreign grower n llttlo moro
to preparo his fleece, but ho more
thnn recovered thla In tho higher
price he sold It for.
Tho bulletin suggests 15 rules for
tho wool grower which, It Is snld, no
ono can afford to neglect If ho is nt
nil solicitous of tho reputation of hla
clip. These rulna nro;
1. Adhere to n settled policy ol
breeding tho typo of sheep suitable
to tho locality.
2. Sack lambs', owes', wethers' nnd
all buck, or very oily fleeces sepa
rately. If tho bucks or part of tho
ewes or wethers have wool of widely
different kind from the remainder of
tho flock, shear such separately and
put tho wool In separate sacks so
marked.
3. Shear all blark sheep nt ono tlmo,
preferably last, nnd put tho wool In
separate sacks.
4. Remove and sack separately all
tags, nnd then allow no tag discount
upon the clip ns ti whole
5. Ilnvc slatted flours In tho hold
ing pens.
ti. I'so n smooth, light nid hard
glazed (preferably paper) twlno.
7 Securely knot tho string on oath
fleece.
8. Turn sacks wrong sldo out and
shako well before filling.
9 Keep wood dry at nil times.
10. Make tho brands on tho sheep
as small as posslblo and uso n brand
Ing material that will scour out.
11. Know tho grade and vnluo ol
your wool and prleo It accordingly.
12. Do not sweat sheep excessively
berore shearing.
13. Keep tho corral sweepings out
of tho wool.
14. Do not sell tho wool beforo it
Is grown
15. Whon all theso rules nro fol
lowed placo your personal brand or
your namn upot tho bags or bales.
CABBAGE STORING IS SIMPLE
Cheaply Constructed Bank or Hillside
Root Cellar Is Only Shelter
Needed Keep Place Cool.
(Dy K. A KinKPATItlCK. Minnesota
KxpcNment Station.)
Cabbago storing Is rather simple
and easy. The shrlnkago is small. A
cheaply constructed bank or hillside
root cellar, or a basement under al
most uny farm building, is tho only
Btorchouso necessary. This should not
bo too dry and should bo a plnco
which could bo kept at a tempcraturo
of about 40 or 50 degrees In tho early
part of tho season. This is often ac
complished by opening tho doors to let
In tho cool night air and closing them
to keep out tho warmer air during tho
remnlndor of tho day. Iator, of courso,
tho doors must bo kept closed contin
uously. In storing, most growers placo the
heads in a cellar with all leaves and
roots attached. Many market garden
era havo a better plan. Thoy cut ofi
tho stalk as though preparing the
heads for market, but leave two or
threo rough leaves to protect the moro
tender parts. They then pack in or
dinary cabbago crates and rack theso
crates up, leaving a gangway every
third or fourth tier for air circula
tion. This work Is not particularly diffi
cult, nnd will certainly pay tho grow
er well if it increases tho soiling prlco
of his production eight or tenfold. For
tho last few years, It hns been market
ed and harvested at from $5 to $7.50
a ton. Tho purchaser has stored It
nnd sold it during tho lato winter for
$50 or $(10 a ton.
FEED THE PJGS SEPARATELY
Young Animals May Be Given Same
Ration as That Provided for Moth
ers During Nursing Period.
When tho pigs nro from four to sli
weeks old they will begin to eat wltfc
tho sows.
They should bo fed separately bj
penning off u small space on tho feed
Ing floor or hog lot whero tho youiii
pigs havo access to tho feed.
Tho feed should bo given in a small
trough which can bo cleaned euslly
beforo each feeding.
Tho pigs may bo given tho samo ra
tion as provided for their mothers dur
ing tho nursing porlod and continued
on tho sumo ration utter weaning.
The Furrow Slice.
Regardless of tho tlmo when plow
Ing is dono, whethor spring or fall, th
furrow sllco should bo firmed down
in close contact with tho subsoil.
Whether or not it Is so tinned down Is
oxpresscd largely in tho ylold of crop
at harvest time.
Fattening Wcthera for Market.
Tho wethers Intended for tho fall
market should bo taken from tho
flock, put by themselves, and fed lib
erally until thoy aro so fat that an
other week's feeding will not add a
pound.
TEST THAT NEVER FAILED
Mine Foreman Had Particular Reason
for Patronizing Sawyer's Place
on His "Vacation."
Among tho old miners of Slslkyou
county a man can get woibo whisky
at Sawyer's bar than In uny other
plnco on earth. This la tho belief of
tho gold-diggers of thnt section, and
thnt fnlth Is nccepted as orthodox, says
tho San Francisco Cnll.
Regularly every Christmas Hilly X,
foreman of tho Oro Fino mine, tnkea
his layoff down at Sawyer's. Onco
tho superintendent asked him why ho
always selected that pltico for his va
cation. "I want to havo ono yearly drunk,"
said Billy, "and 1 want to know Just
when I am drunk, so that I may enjoy
tho sensation "
"Well, enn't you enjoy tho sensation
In any other portion of tho county or
stato or continent?" asked tho super
intendent. "No. When I'm drinking Sawyer's
whisky and It begins to taste good,
then 1 know I'm drunk."
Ho Would Not Corrupt Him.
Edmund had Just begun to nttcud
tho public school, ami had found a new
friend, n child of whom Edmund's
mother had never heard. "Who is
this Walter?" she asked. "Is he a
nice llttlo boy?'
"Yes, ma'am, ho Is!" replied Ed
mund, enthusiastically.
"Does ho say any naughty words?"
pursued his mother.
"No," with cmphnsls, "nnd I'm not
going to teach him any!" Youth's
Companion.
Twenty Cents Out.
"I mado an awful break yesterday,"
snld the fellow who Is known as a
tlghtwnrd.
"That Is unusual for you. How did
it happen?" nsked the man in whom
he was about to conlldo.
"1 met Lulu In front of an Ico cream
pnrlor, and I told her that her lips
woro like strawberries. Sho snld tho
only way to prove It wns by making
tho comparison, so I hnd to blow her
to a strawberry sundae."
Her Own Business.
A woman mountod tho steps of tho
elevated station carrying an umbrella
llko a reversed sabor. An attendant
touched her lightly, saying:
"Excuso mo, mudnm, but you are
likely to put out tho oyo of tho man
behind you."
"Ho' a my husband!" sho snapped
calmly.
Deserves It.
"Heavens! Tho mob will tear that
man to pieces! Can't something be
dono to stop them?"
"Lot 'em alono. Tho mnn thoy'ro
trying to lynch is tho chap who In
vented tho installment plan of soiling
books."
Safety First. ,
"How did tho accident happen?"
"Ho got run over whon ho stopped
to read a 'Safety First' Blgn."
A gossipy woman la bnd enough, but
when a gossipy man enters tho game
it's us for tho tall timber.
Tho moro prominent tho man, tho
moro likely tho doctora aro to dlag
noEo his old ago as rheumatism.
There's
and
GrapeNuts
One or two soft-boiled Eggs;
Some crisp, buttered Toast;
And a cup of Instant Postum.
If digestion rebels at the customary meal, try
the "Grape-Nuts Breakfast."
The result can be observed, and shows plainly
"There's a
FOR
Grape
LIFE'S UNSUNG HEROES
True Bravery Not Confined to the
Battlefield
Many There Are In Quiet Places In the
World More Worthy of Medals
Than Any Soldier Who Has
Won "Glory."
Wo'ro very busy these days talking
nbout heroes, lauding those who have
given their lives for thulr country,
writes Kdjin K. Wooley In the KtiUBns
City Star. All Bortn of medals aro
being distributed to men who nro un
doubtedly bravo In the faco of fearful
dangers. Governments mako great piny
upon tho honor nnd glory achieved by
their men who go forth to kill othor
men or bo killed. To die In tho scrvleo
of one's country nhl Thero can bo
no grenter pilvllege, no liner qunllty
of heroism! Strike off moro medals I
Pin on more fancy ribbons! Erect
moro monuments! Contlnuo to mako
men nnd women believe thnt thero Is
moro heroism In n spectacular denth
whllo lighting tho enemy thnt onomy
which Is composed of brothers and
sisters than in living that others may
live.
I know one humble-soulcd llttlo man
who would bo most doprecutlngly sur
prised If nnyhody offered him a hero
medal. Ho hnsn't been wounded In
bnttlo nor snved anybody from drown
ing. In fact, ho hns lived n decidedly
Inconspicuous llfo nnd considers him
self of no lmportnnco at all. Tho only
thing lie might think nbout Is that ho
can't nfford to dlo right now, because
he's too busy taking enra of his broth
er's two llttlo children and their In
valid mothor. Tho brother hnd
"skipped" whon tho burden grow too
henvy, and tho humblo-soulcd Uttlo
man, already burdened enough with
his own family, simply considered It
his duty to provldo for tho helpless
slcjc woman nnd her helpless llttlo
ones.
Ho enn't mako very much monoy
Ho hnsn't tho gift of earning except
by tho, sweat of his brow. Ills hands
nro hard nnd clumsy. But ho doesn't
nsk his overworked wlfo to benr all
tho burden. After his day's hard labor
ho sits up lato mnny a night help
ing with tho nursing and, yes, wltjh tho
mending.
But what makes him a hero, chiefly,
la thnt ho never complains. Ho has
kopt ovorybody hopeful, even cheerful,
by his optimism, his prenchmonta of
hotter times coming. Ho la humblo
soulcd, but there's a stream of sun
shlno coming out of his heart, and
though ho Isn't much on looks, he's
truly doing tho world good by pass
ing through.
Still, thero are no hero medals to
emblazon a llfo llko this. I doubt if
ho'd wear one If bo hnd It.
1 know of a workworn mother who
haa kept her family together through
hardships that would try tho soul of
any soldier. Tondorly reared, sho had
no thought of disaster until ono day
most walked softly into her homo, bear
lnc a heavy burdon, and sho know that
tho father of her children and tho man
sho loved had gono Into tho greai be
yond. Thero wero debts, and thrco llttlo
children. Sho might havo separated
thorn among friends and Institutions.
But sho choso to kcop her llttlo fam
ily togethor.
Energy
Summer Comfort
in this simple brealcfast:
It satisfies the appetite and is easily digested.
A little fresh Fnrit;
Reason"
Nuts
Her spirit survived long hoi'rt of
"day labor" In strange households. Sho
served as a waitress In a restaurant.
Sho tramped from houso to houso,
seeking to sell what nobody wanted
to buy. Sho performed menial taska
for tho coarse-minded who took a de
light In treating her us a servant.
And yet this gentlewoman reared
threo splendid (lodlovlng citizens, be
cause no tnntter what her workday
tasks hnd been, evening saw her al
ways tho smiling mothor and compan
ion of her llttlo ones, putting memories
In their hearts that would onduro
through their lives.
This woman wns mndo of th stuff
thnt heroes aro mndo of. Thero aro
many, many moro llko her. But wo
do not bestow hero medals on ouch.
Thoy nro doing no conspicuous deeds
of bravery. They aro only doing their
duty, wo sny, whllo wo huzza tho man
who leads his troopa to victory over
tho dead bodies of his follow men.
Why Is thero moro glory In killing
tlmn In preserving llfo; In destruction
thnn construction?
Insulted the Mayor.
A compnny hnd opened a now swim
ming bath in tho plncc, nnd as a com
pliment sent a freo ticket to tho
mnyor.
That worthy mnn wna vory pleased.
But ho began to wonder whon anoth
or ticket arrived.
Sitting down, ho wroto to tho batb
proprietors ns follows:
"Gentlemen: Your first ticket I re
ceived ns n compliment. Your second
strikes mo ns being rather suggcatlvo.
If you send mo a third I will tako it as
n porsoual Insult."
No Tlmo.
"Isn't it strnngo that Mrs. Robin
son novor nttcmia tho Mothers' club
meetings. We'vo Invited her tlmo and
again."
"I'm nfrald slio's a hopclosa old fogy.
Sho Insists on staying homo to take
enro of taor children."
Revised.
"la thnt futurist music you're piny
Ing?" inquired hubby as hla wife
pumped tho pianola.
"No, donrj U'b 'Homo, Sweet Home.'
but I think Bobby has boon using It
as a target for Ills air rlllo."
Same Old Symptoms.
Hyker What do you consider the
ono unfailing sign of spring?
Pykor Tho delicious fooling which
makoa you want to sit dowu and watch
other peoplo work.
And So It Is.
"What do you consider tho groatost
human paradox?
"A eccrot session of a womati'a
club."
Equitable Division.
"Did you divide tho cruller aB I told
you with your Uttlo brother?"
"Yes, ma. I gave him the hole."
But In after yoara if a man re
fuses to lot hla wife buy his neckties
sho imagines that ho has ceased to
lovo hor.
Tho up-to-dato war correspondent
never falls to work In tho word "Im
broglio." That a woman loves her husband
is a probability. That sho la Jealous
of him la a certainty.
and cream;
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