TWiNTY-JTlFTH YEAR,
NORTH PLATTE, NEMASKA, JANUARY 11, 1910.
NO 101.
f n Annual January Clearing Sale I If
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Commences Tuesday, January 11th.
this sale is always anxiously awaitoci by tne people or-iNortn. l latte aucl vicinity because tney realize tnat
gofr thebest- bargains of the year. To make room for our spring ancLsummer stock we must make a clean sweep.
Twenty Per Cent Discount on Every Dollar
On Everything in our Store Excepting Queen Quality Shoes. v
Twenty-five and fifty per cent discount on all Ladies, Misses and Children's Cloaks, Tailored Suits: ursand1 v
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.Twenty-five and fifty per cent discount on all our Men's Fur and Cloth Overcoats, '
N (Dur spring line of Laces, Einbroidei'ies Insertions, French Ginghams Wash Goods, Prints of all . descriptions
Muslin Underwear are all in and to start out the new year with va pushing trale, discount of twenty . per cent will" be
given on these goods. . . : . ;
These Discounts Apply to Oasla Purchases Only.
THIS SALE CLOSES SATURDAY, JANUARY 29th, 1910.
H E L E ADER
J. PIZEL v
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS g
Mrs. W. H. McDonald returned Sat
urday night from a ten days' visit in
Omaha and Chicago.
Miss Kate Weinberger returned yes
terday from a month's visit with
friends in Omaha.
J. B. Murphy and Frank Woodgate,
of Ingham, the former a stockgrower
and the latter n merchant, are doing
business in town today.
Mrs. L. Comer, of Union, Neb., ar
rived Sunday and will take .medical and
surgical treatment at the PhysicianB
and Surgeons Hospital.
Robt. Finney arrived from Willow
SpMngs, Mo., the latter part of last
week and will visit relatives and tran
sact business for a couple of weeks.
fieoree Hatfield. whoha3 been ranch
ing north of Paxton for a couple of
years, was in town yesterday transact
ingbusiness and visiting old time friends.
Darrcll.O'Brien entertained a party
of his boy friends Saturday evening on
the occasion of his twelfth birthday.
.. Following supper a theatre party was
given.
The Catholic ladies altar society will
meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
Wm. Maloney. The customary lunch
will be served to which the public is
invited.
Henry Dorr, a brother of Mrs. Ida
M. Tarkington, of this city, came up
from Omaha last week and has accept
ed a position as night machinist in the
round house.
It is Baid that the steel coaches are
not a Buccess for winter use, on ac
count of inability to keep them sulll-
.lontlv warm for the comfort of
passengers.
Wanted A girl for general house
work. Apply to Mrs. A.B. Hoagland,
west Fouth.Btreet. . " . .
p.vprvorie who- saw 'Little Johnny
Jones" at tho-Kcith a year ago will
want to'-Bcur it' again noxt Friday even
ing, and of course those who did not
see it will be the more anxions to wit
ness it. That it is one of the best at
nii'Litiii-i uii vitw --.w-w r
imr. and everyone ol tho 700 wno saw
it when presented in this city last year
w'ero highly plcoe'etL .New m'uslcal
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numDors navu uc iu,
Mrs. Robert Hoatson, of Hershey,
returned homo Sunday after spending
several days with friends in town.
Fred Cushing, who had been visitintr
relatives in town for several weeks,
returned to his homo near Sidney Sun
day. Tho ladies' aid society of tho Pres
byterian church will meet with Mrs.
W. H. McDonald Thursday afternoon,
January 13th.
Wanted Within the next two
months, two or three modern furnished
rooms for light housekeeping. Close
in. Beat references. XYZ Tribune
Miss Elizabeth Kirkendall, of St. Jo
seph, Mo., is the guest of her cousin,
Mrs. L. B. Tarkington, while enrouto
home from an extended trip to Colora
do Springs and other western points.
Misses Mary McGovern, Stasia Grace
and Gene Maloney went to Paxton
Saturday morning to attend a dance
held that evening. "They, returned Sun
day night.
C. F. Iddlngs, who had been with his
brother and sister at Warren, Ohio, for
sovernl weeks, returned to town Sun
day accompanied by Mrs. Iddings and
J. Halligan, who had gone to Ohio
for tho purpose of bringing him home.
Clarence Harrington came down from
Denver the latter part of last week
and will open up and have charge of
an office of tho Harrington-Plumer
Mercantile Co., of Denver. This firm
Will buy hay and grain and invites
sellers of those commodities to see
their local representative before mak
ing sales.
The last issue of tho Lexington Pion
eer says; Dan MCK.ee, ot wujow is
land, for many years employed as a
traveling salesman for Allen Bros., of
Omaha, has resigned his position.
What he will do In the future waa not
learned. Danny was n very popular
man and will be missed by many cus
tomers he has no long sold goods to,
Passenger Conductor W. R. Harding
recently sold a1 section of land' six milea
north of Wallace for $17.50 per .aero or
$10,880. Four years ago ho paid $2,2-10
for tho land and expended $1,200 for
improvements, thus netting over sev
en thousand dollars on.tho Investment.
He owns another section In the same
Vicinity for which he paiu z.w per
acre and this he is holding at twenty
dollars per acre. ,
Miss Mabel Jeffers is visiting friends
in Grand Island, having left for that
place Saturday.
Mrs. Fred Kuser left Saturday for
Gothenburg to resume her duties as
school teacher.
Miss Evelyn Jeffers left Saturday
for a two weeks' visit with her sister,
Mrs. W. L. Carey, in Omaha.
Tho Odd Fellows of Ogalalla propose
to erect a hall this year at a cost of
several thousand dollars. The build
ing will be 25x100 feet.
Saml. Goozce has under consideration
the erection of an 88x100 foot one
story building on his lots east of tho
LeMasters garage. If ho decidos to
build he will use cement blocks.
W. W. White removed the bar and
saloon fixtures from the St. Mnrie
building last Monday. During tho
drouth. last summer this waa the only
life-saving station between Gothenburg
and North Platte. Brady Vindicator.
Excellent progress on the terminal
buildings at Northport is reported, not
withstanding the cold weather. Tho
four stall roundhouse, the store room
and the oil house arc about completed.
The buildings are of brick and very
substantially constructed.
There arrived at this terminal yes
terday a party of Union Pacific men
who are going over the system looking
up absoleto property and ordering it
shipped into Omaha. They include
all wornout and useless material, both
in tho motive power and transportation
departments. They travel in a special
car.
Rev- and Mrs. Alfred Gilman and son
are visiting relatives in town while on
their return to Hankow, China, whore
Mr. Gilman is in the missionary ser
vice of the Episcopal church. Mr. Gil
man will leave in a few daya for Okla
homa on special work for a week or
tvp and then returning here will go to
San.Erancisco and embark for his field
of labot- the first- -week in February.
II. J. Cathroo, of Omaha, who hn3
the contract for putting in. tho two
sewer laterals in tho Third ward,
was in town Saturday looking over the
ground to sco if it was possiblo to
begin work, but found tho ground
frozen too solidly. His contract called
for tho completion of the work by
February 1st, but ho cannot meet that
requirement and will ask for an ex
tension o'f tim'e
Mr. and Mrs, Lcm Bailey returned
Sunday from a visit in Omaha.
Miss Alta Stryker is visiting friends
in York, having left for that place Sat
urday. Miss Johnson, of Tecumseh, is tho
guest of her cousin Mrs. W., M. Cun
ningham. Misses Maud and Mabel Turpie left
yesterday for a visit with frionds in
Denver.
Carl Holman left Saturday night for
Iowa City to resume his studies in tho
Iown state university.
Victor Halligan cntertajned eight
boy friends nt a course dinner at
his homo Friday evening.
Miss Irene Neville returned Sunday
from Omaha, where she has been visit
ing friends for several weeks.
II. L. Baker spent Sunday in town as
tho guest of hia son Dick Baker, re
turning to Omuha Sunday night.
The Knighta of Columbua will install
tho newly elected officers at the Odd
Fellow's hall tomorrow evening.
The condition of engineer C. A. Dill,
who suffered a paralytic stroke last
week, is reported somewhat improved.
W. E. Shuman returned Saturday
afternoon from Lincoln, where ho
argued a case in the supremo court.
The session of the 500 Club- announc
ed for this evening at tho Cunningham
residence has been postponed. Mrs.
W. H. McDonald will entertuin tho
club on Tuesday evening of noxt week.
George Johnson, a young man about
twenty years of ago living with his
parents in tho Third wnrd, died Satur
day morning. Tho deceased was sub
ject to epilepsy, and died during an
attack. The funernl was held Sunday
afternoon.
A special train of four cars passed
through Sunday night bearing east the
body of tho late D. O. Mills, financier
and millionaire. Tho body was ac
companied by the son and daughter of
tho deceased and Boveral intimato
friends.
Announcement.
Having just opened n job printing
eHiuuiiBiimcni in uiu ninman uiock,
Dewey St. Wo respectfully solicit a
share of your patronage. Our machinery
mid material are absolutely now unu
up-to-dato arid workmanship guaran
tel'd. Phone 8-1. Very UoBpoctfiuJyj
Rasmus'sen Printing CO.
Retires 800 on Pay.
Eight hundred employes of tho New
York Central lines were retired from
active service under n pension order,
which becamo effective last week. An
annual distribution of $225,000 will bo
made under the now plan, which re
quires that all employes attaining tho
ago of 70 years in tho service of tho
road shall bo retired on pension.
Horse Buyers Coming.
W. A. McGuire & Co., horse and
mule buyers for tho eastern markets,
will bo in North Platte Saturday, Jan.
15th, from 11 n. m. to 3 p. m. at tho
Besack barn. They will buy horsesj
and mules that aro fat and weigh from
900 to 2000 potmda, and from 3 years
past to 20 years. Bring in your horses
and mulea and get tho highest niarket
price. They como to buy and riot to
visit. Remember tho date, January
15th.
"Little Johnny Jones."
Geo. M. Cohan's musical melodrama,
"Little Johnny Jones," will bo pre
sented at tho Keith on Friday evening
of this week, Jnnuary 14th. The com
pany numbers fifty people and is one
of tho most expensive on tour this sea
son. For this production Mr. Cohan
has composed over twenty musical
numbers, and in tho hands of one of tho
strongest singing organizations in
America it 1b to bo ono of the most de
lightful features of "Little Johnny
Jones," called by many a musical
melodramat inasmuch as it depicts the
adventures of an American jockey who
goes to England to ride in tho races and
who falls tho victim of a plot and
meets with all kinds of harrowing
experiences. Mr. Cohan displays
much originality in tho development
of his story and has given to tho
stage probably tho most sensational
features over witnessed in musical
comedy. For tho propor presentation
of tho play three masslvo nnd gorgeous
stage settings are necessary which for
naturalness and realism aro said to
equal any of tho most pretentious
dramatic productions.
Public Sale.
Chas. MnAlluBter, living ono milo
west and threo quarters milo north of
Herfihey will have n salo of puraonnl
property on Saturday, Jun. 16th. Tho
property to bo sold will include 34 bend
of high bred horses, 40 tons of alfalfa
ho!y forma, Implements and household
goous. tfaio Will begin a- 10 a. m.
New Time Card.
A now time-card will iro into effect:
on tho Union Pacific next Sunday and
an nutlltional train known as tho Kansas
City-Portland special will bo put on.
Thoro will be a general change in tho
time of the arrival of trains at this
terminal. Train No. 5 will go back
on Its old scedule, arriving hero a
1:30 n. m.. Instoad of 8 a. m.. as nt
present; No. 0 will arrivo In tho morn
ing instead of during the nicht! No. 11
will roach hero about noon, and tho
now Kansas City train will arrivo about
eight In tho morning. Trains 7 and 8
will bo taken off temporarily, but a
train each way will bo put on Instead,
and will arrivo hero nt about tho same
houra.
Tho now trnin will call for two addi
tional engino crowa and two addi
tional train crews.
Tho basket ball team of Sutherland
high school was in town Sunday morn
Ing enrouto homo from Sidney where
they had played n gamo with tho team
ot that place and met defoatby a score
of sixty to twelve.
Safe and Sound.
The stability of this bank is
evidenced by it's thirty-two
yenrs of steady growth along
lines of legitimate banking.
It's establishment, on Jan. 1st,
1878, marked the beginning of
one of tho strongest and most
widely known banks in the
state of Nebraska.
Possibly, as a depositor or a
borrower, you have need of a
bank. If so, it becomes our
pleasurable duty to invite you
to come to this bank;
McDonald Stale Bank
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