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imericaf&
&iJig
Kingbird
(Tyrannus tyrnnnuo)
l.ontli. iiliotit olKlit anil otie-tinli
ImcIich Tim whlto lower surface and
whlto-tlppcd tall dlstliiKiilsli this lly
catcher.
Itnngc IiriM'ds throughout tho Unit
-'l Status (uxcopt tho sotitliwrsturn
part) ami sotithoin Canada; wlntura
""om Moxlfo to South America.
Habits and uronotnic status: Tin;
Itllllllllril l.q ii iitiitimtMi'iwI iiiifimv if
Intuits and crows, which It vlnoronslW
attacl.s at uvcry opportunity there
by alTordliiK elllclcnt protection to
nenrby poultry yards and youni: chick
ons at largo. It loves the open coun
try and Is especially fond of orchards
iiml ticcs about farm buildings. No
less than 85 per cunt of Its food con
sists of insects, mostl or a harmful
nature. It oats thu common rose chafer
or rose bus, and more rumnrltablo
Htlll it dovours blister beetles freely
Tho bird has been accused of eating
'lonoybces to au Injurious extent, but
tlLU!I
there Is little ground for the neensn
tlon, as appears from tho fact that
examination of tilll stomachs showed
only CI bees In 22 stomachs. Of these
fil wero useless drones On the other
hand, It devours robber Hies, which
catch and destroy honeybees Grass
hoppers and crickets, with n few bugs
anil somo cutworms, and a fow other
Insects, make up thu rust of the ani
mal food. Tho vegetable food con
sists of fruit and a few seeds Tho
kingbird deserves full protection.
Nighthawk
(Chordclle3 vlrginlanus)
Length, ten Inches. Not to he con
fused with the whlppoorwlll. Tho hit
tor lives in woodland and Is cbleily
nocturnal. The nighthawk often tiles
by day. when tho white bar across
the wing and its nasal cry ure dis
tinguishing. Itungo: Hrceds throughout most of
the United States and Canada; win
ters in South America.
Habits and economic status: Tho
skillful evolutions of a company of
nlghthawks an the birds gracefully
cleave tho air in Intersecting circles
Is a sight to bo remembered. So ex
pert arc thoy on tho wing thut no In
sect is safe from them, even tho swift
dragonfly being captured with ease
Unfortunately tholr erratic High!
tempts mon to uso thorn for targets,
and this Inexcusable practice is seri
outtly diminishing their numbers,
which Is deplorable, sluco no birds
arc more useful. This species makes
no nest, but lnys Its two-spotted eggs
on thu baru ground, sometimes on the
gravel roof of tho city house. Tho
nighthawk Is a voracious feeder and
Is almost exclusively insectivorous
Some stomachs contninod from 30 to
60 different kinds of Insects, nnd moro
than COO kinds have been identified
from tho stomachs thus far examined.
From COO to 1,000 ants arc ofton found
in a stomach. Several species of inou
quitocs, Including Anopheles, tho
transmitter of malaria, aro eaten. Oth
er well-known pests destroyed by tho
nighthawk aro tho Colorado potato
beetle, cucumber booties, chestnut,
rlco, clovor-leaf and cotton-boll wi-o-vllB,
blllbURs, bark beetles, squash
bugs, and moths of tho cotton worm.
Myrtls Warbler
(Oendrolca coronata)
length, ilvo and ono-half Inches.
The similarly colored Audubon's war-
blor has a yellow throat Instead of a
white ono.
Ilangn: Urecds throughout most of
tho forested nrca ot Canada and south
v ' raiw 4 ? tn. uhhs.v-1 jm
Interesting infor
mation about
them supplied
by th? fiurecu
of Biological
Survcv of tlic
United States
'Department of
ACricuiture
to Minnesota. Michigan. New York,
and Massachusetts; winters In the
southern twothluls of the United
Stairs anil south lo Panama
Habits and economic status This
member of our beautiful wood warbler
fanill). a family peculiar to America,
has tho characteristic voice, colora
tion, and habits or Its kind Trim o!
form and graceful of motion, when
seeking food It combines the methods
of the vwciis. cicopois, and flycatch
ers It breeds onlv In the northern
parts of tho eastern United States,
but In migration It occurs In uvery
patch of woodland and Is so nutneious
that It is familiar to every observer.
Its place is taken in tho West 1
Audubon's warbler. Moro than threj
fourths of tho food of tho myrtlo war
blor consists of insects, practically (.11
of them harmful. It Ib made up of
small beetles, including somo weevils,
with many ants and wasps. This bird
Is so small and nlmblo that It success
fully attacks Insects too minute to bo
piey for larger birds. Scales and
plant lico form n very considerable
part of Its diet. FIIcb are tho largest
item of food; In fact, only a fow fly
catchers and swallows" eat as Many
Hies as this bird The vegetable food
(-J per cent) is made up of f rule and
tho seeds of poison onk or ivy, also
tho seeds ot plnu and of tho bu) berry.
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
(Coccyzus amerlcnnus)
Length, about twelve Inches. Tin
yellow lower part of tho bill distin
guishes this bird from its near rela
live, the blnck-bllled cuckoo
Ilango: Uracils generally In the
United States and southern Canada;
winters In South America
Habits nnd economic status: This
bird lives on the edges or woodland.
In groves, orchards, parks, and even
In shaded vllkige streets It Is somo
till t-s known as rnln crow, because Its
very ' hnraiterlstle notes aro supposed
to foretell rain. The cuckoo has sly,
fuitlve ways as It moves among the
bushes or lilts from trco to tree, nnd
Is much moro often heard than seeu.
Unlike its European telatlve, It does
not lay Its eggs in other blrdB' nests,
but builds n nest of Its own This lo,
however, a rather crudu and shablry
affair hardly moro than a platform
of twigs sulllclent to hold tho green
ish uggs Thu cuckoo is extremely
useful becauso of its insectivorous hab
its, especially as it shows a marked
preference for tho hairy caterpillars,
which fow birds cat. Ono stomnch
that was examined contained lifJO
American tont caterpillars; another,
iM7 fall webworms, In places where
tent caterplllnrs are abundant tliey
scorn to constltuto n largo portion of
tho food of this and thu black billed
cuckoo.
No Commendation.
"You Boom to think a great deal of
that candldato."
"How do you arrive at that conclu
sion?" asked Senator Sorghum.
"Why, you hnvo alwnys supported
him."
"Yob: but a public man's nttitudo
toward n candldato may bo that of tho
family toward tho head of tho house.
You don't necessarily think any moro
ot a man becauso you've got to sup
port him."
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1 NEBRASKA!
f S TATE NEWS j
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
May 2.1-2I2.i Stale Hatncxs and Sad
dle Makers' ufiioukillou meeting at
Columbus.
May 211, 21, 2- Nebraska Medical As
soclatlou coinentlon at Omaha.
May 2125 State Association of Com
mercial Clubs' Convention at Omaha.
June 3 ami , Pageant of Lincoln,
piesentlng "The tlulo City."
Juno G-fi Spanish War Veterann'
State Convention at North IMattu.
June 12 to 15 Trans Mississippi Mak
ers Ass'n con wtit Ion at Omaha.
June n-li-ir. Annual convention ol
Nebraska I Ilk at Omaha
June III to lfi st.ilo P. V. O. Conven
tion at Alliance
Juno l!Mi r, tiicut Western Handl
cap Tournament at Omaha.
June Ml 20 21 22 Aiueilc.in Union o!
Swedish Singers, West. l)lv con
certs and romention at Omaha.
Juno 20 to 21 Stale Stockmen's con
ontlon at Alliance.
June 21 to 23 Kiaiomnl Order of
KiiKlcs, slate meeting at Lincoln.
July 25 -Nebraska Democratic con
vention at I lasting!!.
July .l.,-, -Mid Summer Race Meet al
Kearney.
July G to 8 -State Coif Tournament
at Omaha.
July 10-11-12-Northwestern Hotol
Men's Association Convention al
Oiiuilm.
Juue 2S-20 Inlei national Auctioneers
Association Convention at Omaha,
Victor Westcott, employe of a ti ac
tion sawmill out lit. met death while
moving from one locality to another
near ltnvenna. A bridge over n
small stream broke down and Wo.st
cott wns caught In the machine In
such n way that his abdomen was
crushed, one arm and one log broken
and the lower limbs badly burned.
After being released ho was lushed
to ltnvenna for medical assistance
nnd died just as he reached town.
His family home In at Wood Illver.
Joo Steelier, tho Dodge county
wrestler, whllu in Fremont the other
day, declared that ho had no doubt
or his ability to take tho measure of
Strangler Lewis, who ho In to wrostlo
In Omaha July 4, "providing ho will
come on and wrestle." Ho added that
ho would begin training six weeks In
advance of the bout and that ho
would bo In tho best of condition.
A new union depot for Lincoln Is In
sight. Within tho next thirty or sixty
days the Hurllngton will submit
through the Lincoln Commercial olub
a proposition that will embody a big,
new union depot for Lincoln with plo
sions lor the accommodation of
other roads upon terms that It Is be
lieved certain will prove acceptable,
so say railroad olllelals.
Preaching the gospel or better
roads, the Omaha - Lincoln - Denver
Hlghwny unsocial Ion will start n.
campaign during tho stnto commercial
club mi cling at Omaha, May 215 and
21, leaving Omaha by automobile nt
the close of the meeting and limklni
n run over tho Oinaha-Llncoln-Donver
load, stopping at every town and con
ducting a speaking campaign
Nebraska grand lodgo or tho Knights
or Pythlnw at tho leoent convention
nt Hastings voted to establish a Pyth
ian home in tho state. Tho location
to bo decldod upon when tho fund
has grown large enough to start tho
erection or tho building, Tho fund will
bo raised by an annual per capita tax
of 5 cents on all tnombors.
J Corwin Tomple, a young mnn or
Utlca, N. Y who Is walking ncross
tho continent to Ran Francisco, was
In Table Rock the other day. He Is
to malto the trip out In ten months
and back In threo and ono-half
months. If bo succeeds ho Is to ro
celvo ?000 In cash
A company or Hurllngton olllcl.ils
wero in Tocuniseh recently in the In
terest or tho proposed new depot.
Thoy had a number or blue prints of
tho railroad yards and went over tho
ground thoroughly. The Indications
aio that work will begin shortly.
Tho cloth for tho costumes for tho
second annual pageant, "Tho Oato
City," to bo held in Lincoln Juno 5
nnd C has urrlved and Is being nindo
ready Tor tbo occasion.
People or Omaha aro considering
the proposition of requesting the fed
oral government to estnWIsh a ciH-7-cns
military training camp at Fort
Crook. Business men from severnl
towns over the stato havo already
signified tholr Intentions to Join If
tho project is put through.
Ono or tho hugest oventB ever car
ried out by th International Auc
tioneers' association will bo tho con
vention in Omaha Juno 28 nnd 20.
Moro than 400 portions nro expected
from all parts of tho stato.
Hoy scouts of Seward havo com
pleted plans for a cross-country hike,
tho dato of starting having been set
for May 2fi. The boya will mako tho
trip to Manhattan, Kan., a distance
of 140 miles.
As tho result of public Improve
ments the city council of Ilnstlngs In
creased tho annual mill levy from 2S
to .17 mills, of which nearly 1 mill Is
for tho upkeep of tbo only municipal
band In tho stato.
Nebraskn Knights Tomplnrn nt their
recent meeting at Columbus, selected
Lincoln for tho 1917 conclave
W I) l'l.dier, former secretary of
the Alliance Coiumcrdul club and sec
retary of tho Western Nebtnslu Com
mercial clubs and of the Slate Aso
elation of Coiniueiclal Clubs, has been
engaged as .secretary of the North
Platte Chamber of Commerce Fisher
Is already at ranging for u visit to
North Pintle- by various Commercial
clubs and Community clubs or sur
rounding towns and counties ami ror
tho mat king of 2pu miles of mad in
Hie lclully of North Pintle telling
Hie ill-tance (o the city
With 2.000 students of the Unlvei
slty of N'ehinMtit the guests of Omaha
nn May 10, Onuihn residents will be
i:liii an Idea of the Importance of the
uiili-rlly and Its relation to the slate
of Ni lirinka I.Ike all Institutions of
lis Mini, Nebraska University has
never received the recognition It Is en
titled to and this trip to Omaha will
afford an opportunity for the univer
sity olllelals to impress the magnitude
of the Institution on tho city.
For the fourth lime In as many
y ins the Mitchell High i.chool wen
the easteiu Nebraska track and Held
mi et. The the competing towns
were: Scott's llluff. Mitchell. Mlnulnio
nnd .Mori 111, and Tonlngti n. Wyo..
The meet wns held at Mitchell Out
of the 12i'i points the Mitchell hoys
carried away ill. Scott's HIiilT took
si cum! place, Mlnatare third and Mor
rill fourth. Torrlngton did not get a
point.
If present conditions are any eilte
rlon, the spring meeting of the Ne
braska Midway lluclng circuit at Heli
con, tin home of the Douglas County
Fair association, Is going to set a
number of records ror opening events
In the middle west. The program will
inn three days, Thursday, Filday and
Sat in day, June S, ! and 10. Practi
cally all of the best horses In IliU
part or the country will take pari.
The wheels or a spring wagon load
ed with reed caused the almost com
plete amputation or the nose of ('. J.
Itorders, a well known farmer near
Fllsworth. He was tiding on a pile of
sacks in the rear of the wagon when
an unexpected lurch of the front
wheel threw him to Hie ground he
twis'n the wheels. Ills nose was
broken at the bridge and from there
down It was nearly severed.
Ono of tho biggest advertising
schemes ever attempted will he the
bringing to Nebraska the llrst week In
Juno a special tralnload of the most
eminent advertising experts from New
York nnd other eastern cities by the
Slato Publishers' association. Tho
special will visit all important cities
In the stato and the visitors will bo
shown Nebraska's resources and pos
sibilities. Within fifteen minutes after the ac
tion was started beforo District Judgo
Dungau at Ilnstlngs. representatives
of tho St. Joseph & Grand Island rail
road paid $1,250 to Miss Lucy Young,
0 years old, for the death of her lato
father, Hulas Young, who was killed
in an nuto-traln collision north of
Hastings, December 1, 1015.
All fonner recorfls for high pi Iced
sheep and lambs wero broken at I ho
South Omaha stock yards, when Ilel
mont & Kllnk of Scottsbluff county
brought in 7111 fed Mexican lambs Hint
averaged 00 pounds and sold at $0.10,
the highest ever paid on this or any
other market for fed ewes.
Tho razing of Dodge county's old
flro-ilaningcil court house at Fremont,
to make room for a new $110,000
building on tho same site, Is under
wny. Tho old building wns sold for
$100, with tho understanding that tho
buyer would remove It.
Tho state convention of Knights of
Columbus nt their recent big meet
ing in Fremont voted to go to Al
liance next year. Alllanco had a big
delegation present.
Crawford, through Its Chnmher of
Commerce, has taken up the prelim
inary steps to secure free mall deliv
ery service In tho city limits.
Kimball has just completed the or
ganisation or a Commercial club.
Firty business and professional men
have Joined.
Nr'jraska Knights or Pythias at
their state convention in Hastings
chose Lincoln ns tho 1017 convention
city.
Flro destroyed the Woods Hros.'
silo manufacturing plant at Lincoln.
Tho plant will be rebuilt nt once.
PIntsmouth Is working to secure
free mull delivery, (loneral receipts
at tho postolllee aro Increasing.
The annual slate golf tournament
will ho hold at Omaha July 5, fi, 7
nnd S.
Charley Peters, tho Pap'lllon wt os
tler, won over William Damctinl in a
Ihely match at Omaha In slra'ght
fnlls. It took Peters a total of forty
four minutes to enrn both fallK. It
took Ootch flfty-nlno minutes to tin a
the same trick on Dnmetrnl last Feb
mnry out on tho coast.
Harold Cotes, 21! yearn old, was In
stantly killed when ho wns run over
by a trnln In front or the Hurllngton
depot at Wymore. Oates was u
brakeman and mndo Ills home In Wy
moro. Tho promoters of tho Kcnrnoy can
ning factory are unable to contract for
a sufficient acreage of sweet corn and
tomntoos to operate the factory during
tho entire season.
Tho Commercial club of Wayne has
changed Its namo to tho Public Sen'
Ico club. In changing the namo the
organization hns assumed larger
functions.
Arrangomnnts have been mndo for
Iho annual meeting or tho NobraBka
ntato association of Commercial clubs
In Omaha, May 24 and 25. Plans for
tho moetlng aro being formulated.
STATE PUTTING QUARTER MIL
LION INTO CONSTRUCTION.
CONTRACTS SHOW BIG OUTLAY
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around
the State Hoii6c.
WmIi'iii Ni'Ukimiht Union News Korvle.
The state board of control has con
tracted for or Is Just completing
buildings costing $2l?S,000. At the
Hcatilcc Institute for fccblc-mlndcd
the board is erecting a 1 1 re proof
building that will cost $:!S.OOO. This
Blriiiiiiu Is lo Include mi auditorium.
At the l.liiiolu hospital ror the iiisatio
tho lio.ml Is completing an addition to
n building for the care of initio
patients at a cost of $2S,0I0. This will
house seventy-llvo patients and a
record price on the construction was
obtained by the board It will cost
the stale at the rate of ?I00 a bed.
Some states pay as high as $1,500 pur
bed for buildings.
A sun corridor and sleeping poich
Is being built ut the Lincoln hospital
for the Insane to connect two build
ings. This will cost $4,250.
At the tubercular hospltnl at Kear
ney the hoard Is completing a laundry
and holler house addition, to cost
$8,7:il.
A hospital for convalescents bus
been a long time building. This will
cost $2:1,400. Tho board Is holding
back $1,000 on the contract price,
awaiting completion of certain por
tions of the work.
At the Industrial home for womon
ut Mllford, the board tins completed
the work of placing stucco on the
wails of the old building and In at
work on an addition to 11 nursery.
Tho stucco cost the slate $2,r.y:i and
the addition will cost $l,70:t.
A home for dependent children In
being built in Lincoln nt a cost ot
$25,705
A fireproof wing addition has been
completed nt the Norfolk hospital for
the liisaun nt a cost of $50,151. It In
now in use and Is filled to its capa
city. At thin samo institution tho
board will begin work on a cottago
to accomodate 100 women patients.
It will cost $44,402.
Tho stato normnl bonrd In building
an auditorium at the Kearney slnto
normal that will cost about $55,000.
Tho normnl bonrd will soon outline n
building program at tho four stato
normnl schools.
Cash for Soldiers' Homes.
Tho stato of Nebraska has rocolvod
a quarterly contribution or $8,500 from
tho general government for tho caro
of Inmates of soldiers' homes which
nro maintained by tho stato. Tho gov
ernment pays the stato at tho rato of
$100 a yenr for tho support of each
member of stato homes for soldiers.
This pays about one-hair tho cost of
maintaining each member. Tho pay
ment by tho government wnn received
by Covernor Morehenil and will bo
turned Into M10 slnto general fund
and bo spent to pay tho current ex
penses or tho stato Instead of being
expended directly In support or sol
diers' homes. The payment Is mado
up or $2,725 Tor 100 members or tho
Mllford homo for soldiers and $5,875
ror 2.15 members or tbo homo nt Cranil
Island. Tho membership of the homes
Is mado up or veterans or tho civil
war and their wives and soldiers of
tho Spanish-American war.
Preparedness for N. N. Q.
If settlement of tho Mexican prob
lem ultimately Involves tho calling
out of national guard of all tho states
Nebraska would bo to tho forefront
in moro ways than ono.
Tbo aviation corps will probably bo
given Instant servlco In Important
Bcoutlng, for Captain McMIIIen nnd
Lloutenant llugnoll aro both given
high ratings by tho Curtlss Aviation
school.
And in signal work undonlably ono
of tho most Importnn features of tho
Moxlcan campaign tho Nebraska slg
nnl corps would probably bo given
proferonco ovur most or tho states.
Dr. F. II. Mlllener. of Omaha, head
of tho Union Pacific wireless elec
trical department, Is tho probnhlo
Blgnal chief who will head this
branch or tho service. Ho Is an ox
pert or tho hlghost ordor.
Summer Camp for NebrasknnB.
Fstnbllshtncnt or a business men's
milltnry training camp similar to tho
Plattsbiirg camp, which wus oporated
with such signal benefit last yoar In
Now York, will bo posslblo at Fort
Crook, ir plana now under headway
aro given upprovul or tho war depart
ment. C-cncr.il Hall went to Omnha
and talked over tho matter with Colo
nol Gould Diotz and othor members of
tho boosting bodies thero. Ho has
been assured or ample Omaha support
and lias been given tho word of J.
O. Mnhor and Sccretury Whltten,
Steps to collect a flno of $3,718
against County Treasurer William
Ure, of Douglas county, will bo tnken
by State Treasurer Hall nnd the stato
legal department. Tho lino Is lovled
undor a Btatuto having to do with tho
payment or moneys duo tho stnto by
counties whenever tho Btnto treaHurnr
shall rcqulro It. Treasurer Hall ask
ed ror monthly remittances. Treas
urer Uro rorused to pay monthly. Tho
state supremo court recently dochled
In Hall's behalf and now ho proposes
to mako Mr. Uro pay tho legal 10 per
cunt fine.
THANK
YOUR
GROCER
if he asks you
to try a can of
KC
BAKING
POWDER
He wants to do
you a favor
he knows what
brands to rec
ommend from
experience.
Her Love Hung on n Hair.
"I soo whoro a Detroit wlfo loft
her husband bocautio ho wore 11 wig."
"Pshaw 1 thut was but a bald ox
cuso." licMtdtentvti 4 poiiotud tail year tnonly II ttattt
Fly Poison Kills More Children
Than All Other Poisons Combined
For Safety's Sake, UseJB
Is there in your home, anywhere
within baby's reach, n saucer of
arsenic poisoned paper floating In
water, or a cun with a sweetened
poisoned wlck?
Durlnz 1913, 26 cates of fir poisoning
weto reported from 11 statei: In 1314. 48
cie from 14 sUtat, J'h foiton killi mor
chttdrtn than all othtr poitoiu comtiiud.
Yet fly poison still Is left uncuarded
eicept la ttie homos wlicro mothers havo
learned thut IIia f.fj. fu. hm.4i'iaiuiiii.
efficient Oy catcher and destroyer U jp
JANGLEFOOT
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IWITWtaEWI-4llraE
WcJnfcaCr,!
Tho Journal ot the Michigan fitnto Medical
Society comments thui In a recent Issue:
"Symptoms of arsenical poisoning are very
slmllnr to those ot cholera Infantum; un
doubtedly a number ot cntosot cholera In
fantum ucroreallycaseiot arsenical poison
ing, but ctonth, If occurring, was attributed to
cholera Infantum.
"Wo repent, arsenical fly destroying da
vIceHnreilanueroiigiinilfchouUtbonbolished. Ilraltli olllelals should become nrnused to
prevent further toss ot lllo from their source.
Our Michigan Legislature, this last session.
gassed n law regulating tbo sale of poisonous
y papers,"
The O. & W. Thum Co.
Grand Raplilt, Mich.
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