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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1910)
forte TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, APRIL 8, 1910. !N0.22. 111 III' ft; to to to to to to to to to .to to to to to So That You May Know. That you may know that the North Platto Telenhone Co. is 5c doing all that money and hustle can do to enlarge its service 3i the following facts arc presented for your consideration: Two and one-half years ago the Conditions were: 295 Phones in North Platte including farmers. 100 phones, (estimated) in the Hershey section. 395 total connections of North Platte (except the cast which is not considered in the comparison Employed one man and four girls, two of them on time. Had a grounded toll line as far west as Sutherland it. -i i . us iur norm us uanay. to The Conditions at the Present are: line half and to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to SXi to to to 743 Phones in North Platte. 240 Phones of farmers getting connections through the North Platte board. 119 Phories in Ogalalla exchange. 180 Farmer and other organized phones through Ogal alla switchboard. 560 Other organized phones reached through Hershey, Sutherland, Paxton and Brule, 1,842 Or almost 1500 more people that can be reached by phone than formerly. That we are still installing exchanges. That we employ thirteen girls and six men at the North Platte office and have metallic toll lines to Hershey, Suther land, Paxton, Ogalalla, Gandy and other connections to Lew ellen, Keystone, Brule, Big Springs, Oshkosh, Tryon, and towns south on the B. & M. railroad. That we are building a No. 9 copper metallic toll line from North Platte to Julesburg, Colorado, (a better circuit than the Nebraska Telephone Co. has east, in fact the largest one in use in the state is No. 10 copper.) That a majority of the stock is held by North Platte people. That the more phones we install, whether in North Platte or other towns you are benefited by being able to talk to more people. That if you help boost tho telephone business you help to enlarge your service. Thut your rates are cheaper than they are in other towns of similar size in this state and other states- 5 cents per day. That we will do any thing possible to give you good service. That we have twelve carloads of material on the road. EBEN D. WARNER, Manager. a m m m m m m m m m m m m t in m (!) to J TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS Hayden and Dr. Bent, of were visitors in town yestor- C. H. Wallace, day. Fred Gin'n and Piatt White loft early this morning for Ogalalla in the latter's car, where they will attend a law suit in the county court. Mr. Howard tunes for Miss O'Hare, Mis3 Ottenstein, Miss Bonner and the leading music teachers and musicians of the town. May ho not be yours? W. H. Harrison, editor of the Republican Pilot, of Maysville, Mo., was in town yesterday enroute to McPherson county to visit frionds. The delivery wagon for tho American Express company was received Wed nesday and the equine wili be shipped in tomorrow. Leonard Redmond has been engaged as the driver. Judge Grimes, Reporter Cary and Attorney Halligan returned from Grant Wednesday night. The Judge's next sitting of court will be at Sidney, commencing next Monday. Dickey Bros, are making arrange ments to increase the output of their bakery by tho addition of additional machinery. The trade of this firm is increasing at a rapid rate, duo to tho excellent quality of their products. 100 Ladies Spring Jackets now on sale at Tho Leader at $4.98. The shipments of California fruits and vegetables over tho Union Pacific are only about ono-tenth as heavy as last year, and there is very little doing at the local icing plant. Tho first crop of oranges is reported to have been u failure and this is given as the reason for decreased shipments. Buchanan & Patterson have pur chased tho Sund place southwest of town for a consideration of $25,000. In tho tract which is part of the former Beer ranch 480 acres is deoded land and about the same amount of leased school land. Sund purchased the place two years ago, and sells it at nn ad vance of $7,500, Tho crops grown on tho place during his occupancy were valued at $8, GOO. The Union Pacific haB purchased eight , acres of land of Mrs. W. F. Cody at tho west end of tho new yards and this tract will eventually bo included in tho yardage system. Tho tract is of V shupo and tho farm house, which stands on the ground purchased, will bo removed to a sito further west. The aulo carries with it tho vacation of the crossing rocontly placed opposito tho road loading to tho Cody ranch, and n crossing will lo oeWd at a ptolnt fur ther wc"st. John Wilson, of Kearney, spont yes terday in town on business connected with real estate transfers. Albert Richiger, of Wety precinct, transacted business in town yesterday and called at The Tribune qfilce. Wm. H. Seido of Frontier county and Miss Wilhelma Korto of the south part of this county were united in mar riage by Judge Elder Wednesday. The county commissioners convened in session Wednesday afternoon, Com missioner Walters and Streitz being present. Commissioner Springer was detained at home by a pressure of business. Tho removal of the Hodes shoe stock from the room occupied by C. M. New ton has given tho latter space to dis play his stock to much better advan tage. New shelving has been placed on tho south side of tho room. Lee Grimes, late stationed at Pitts burg as an employe of tho Pennsylvania railroad, is new located at Canon City, where hp holds a position with the Arnold Construction Co. Leo longed for the sage brush country, hence his return west. The Phelan-Shirley Construction now have fifteen sub-contractors scattered between North Platte and Julesburg on the double track grading and the work 13 reported to bo progressing rapidly. It is probable that some of tho sub contractors will sublet some of their work. ' Spring is hero and now is the time to have your piano tuned and repaired. Bo sure of getting tho best by leaving your order for W. A. Howard, your local man. Residenco phone 627. or leave orders at Newtom's Book Store. Phono 201. L. C. Renean, of Tryon, who was in town yesterday, informed us that the condition of County Treasurer Clino, of McPherson county, who was burned in the prairio fire two weeks ago, is some what improved, but that he is still in a critical condition. Much of the burned ilest is sloughing off and he suffers great pain. When Howard does your piano tuning and repairing it's right. Phone 2G1. Newton's Book Store. Some fellow representing himself as an agent or C. M. Newton, of this city, has been "doing" tho people of Bridge port. In n letter to Mr. Nowton, Colia Sandqulst of Bridgeport writes that "his agent" sold her a year's Bubscrip tion to certain periodicals and also made a contract for tho solo of liuttor ck patterns, and she wants to know why the orders have not been filled. Mr. Newton has no such agent and it Is, plain that . Ctalla has been tin) victim, of an unscrupulous Individual. Mrs. Fred Elliott left Wednesday for a visit with relatives and frionds in Omrha. "The Lion and the Mouse" will bo presented at the' Keith on Monday evening, April 18th. J. Q. Wilcox has been transacting business in St. Joe, Mo,, for several days, leaving for that city Monday night. ' Chas. C. Hupfer arrived from Ogden Tuesday night, coming horo for tho purpose of disinterring the remains of his fathor and accompanying them to Illinois. Mrs. H. L. Walsh, of Pittsburg, Kan., a former North Platto resident, is visiting friends in town, having ar rived, Tuesday. She will remain until May 1st. Tho Woodman danco Tuesday evening was fairly well attended and tho affair proved a very pleasant one for all pres ent. Music was furnished by tho Stamp orchestra and it was all that could bo desired. Sheriff Miltonborger returned Wed nesday from Lincoln, where ho escorted Leo Johnson to tho penitentiary. While there tho Sheriff met Henry Geiso, who has charge of tho hogs on the penitentiary farm. Picture frames to order. First class work, reasonable prices. Sorenson, 107 E. Fifth street. Beginning next Tuesday evening .and continuing throughout the week, Ver non, the hypnotist, will be the attrac tion at the Keith. He has been draw ing crowded houses in the eastern arid centrnl parts of tho state. During tho Woodmen dance Tuesday night at the opera house, somo sneak thief entered tho ladies' dressing room and stole tho plumes from hats belong ing to two young lady attendants and a pair of gloves belonging to another young lady. Tho plumes stolen wero valued at thirty dollars. The brand Island Indcpendant says u road tax of $1U on each automobile in Nebrasku would build a pond clav-sond road from Omaha toOgaialla and leavo money in tho treasury. And would it not be worth ten dollars to each nutomobile owner to have such a road? The vote at Brady Tuesday on license or no license was thirty-two for and twenty-two against. This, however, does not necessarily mean a saloon, us it is necessary to have a majority of tho free-holders before issuing license, and among the property owners are a number of women who are opposed to license. Silas Clark, now living in Arkansas, returned to town tho early part of the week and has been superintending the construction of new buildings on his farm south of Hershey to replace those burned in the late prairie fire. Mr. Clark says that the more ho sees of other states, the moro ho is convinced that no place offers better opportuni ties to do well than does Lincoln county. The session of the 500 Club at the Clinton home Tuesday evening proved a most enjoynble one. Including sovoral guests, thirty-six wero present, and they certainly wero royally entortained by the hosts and hostesses, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton and Mr. and Mrs. Garlow. Enjoyable refreshments were served shortly after eleven o'clock. Precinct assessors are now making their rounds ascertaining the personal proporty held by each individual and its probable worth. There are some men in North Platte whom wo supposed were well fixed financially, but an ex amination of the tax schedules proves that we were badly mistaken they have no money and but little property. Naval Oranges 39c, 33c, 29c, 23c, 14c A Dozen. The quality is now unusual ly fine. They are full of juice, the flavor is unusually gooa. uur saving to you is i. . . . . urougni auout tnrougn our buying an Unusually large quantity, thus securing every price concession possible to obtain, which we in turn pass on to our customers, If you call we think you will be im pressed with the desirable nature of our offerings. Wilcox Depai'toM Store The League members will meet with Mrs. Stcbbens April 16th at 3 p. m to choose a delegate to the convention which meets at University City in May. Tha ladies of tho Lutheran church "are busy preparing for tho apron bazaar and supper to bo held at tho parish houso April 21st. The Lutheran choir will repeat the Easter cantata next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, tho hour of ovening wor ship, l no subject of tho morning sermon will bo tho Church Invisible. Misses Maggie and Sarah Richards, of North Platto, spent tho night visit ing with friends hero and loft Tuesday on their way to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, wheto they will visit indefinite lywfih friends. Keurnoy Hub. A carload of motor cars, for tho use of section foremen on the Union Pad fic, was received at Kearney this week and will bo distributed on tho various sections between Kearney and this tor mint They will replace "tho old-stylo hand car. In quite a number of Nebraska towns the issue in Tuesday's election was "wet" or "dry," a few towns chang ing from wot to dry and others from dry to wot, with tho "dryB" getting a shade tho better of tho "wots." So long as men live there will bo a division of opinion as to whother tho sale of liquor in a town is beneficial or detrimental to its business interests, which seems to bo paramount to tho moral interests. Increase in Farm Land. As an instance of tho increase of roal estate values in Lincoln county tho past few years, tho former Beer ranch southwest of town can ue cited. When the stato experimental farm was about to bo established,' this tract 6f land was offered tho state for eleven thousand dollars. This sale was not made, and a couple of years later tho land was sold in separate tracts for a total of $31,500. Since then these tracts have boon ro-sold at an aggre gate price exceeding fifty thousand. In other words tho land originally em braced -in - tho ranch .hus increatwd $40,000 in value in the last eight years, GET A SHARE IN THE SUIT CLUB. If it matures in one week. you get a $25,00 Suit for one dollar. If it matures in 25 weeks you get a $25 Suit. For further informa tion, inquire at the store. i Drebert Clothing Co. A Quiet Election About three hundred and fifty votes were cast at the election Tuesday, over one-half of which were cast in tho Third ward, whoro tho only contest was held, and that between Will Yost and Chas Sandall for councilman. Yost proved an easy winner, receiving 151 votes to Mr. Sandall's forty-five. Tho election of Mr. Yost was conceded from the start on account of his well known attitude on the water question. The officers elected wero: T. C. Patterson mayor, C. T. Temple city clerk, F. L. Moonoy treasurer, Paul Meyer engineer, Will Moloney councilman from the First ward, C. T. Tracy from tho Second, and Yost from the Third. Yost being the only candidate having opposition. J. J. Halligan and A. F. Streitz were elected members of tho board of education. AppiesI Applet! Just received n nico lot of Jonathan. Wino San. Gcnitan. Gano. and Ben Davis apples. These are good, -iiut must bo moved at once. $1.15 to $2.00 per uusnei. Tub Tramp Grocery. House' Cleaning .. Necessities Furniture Polish, Sunshine Finishes, Sulphur Candles, Floor Wax, Formaldehyde. Ohlorldo Urae, Moth Balls, Insect Powder Oil Cedar, Paints and Brushes. Schiller & Co., 1st door hVrth lot Nn't'l BnnU There is a Wonderful Difference between the light afforded by an ordinary carbon incandescent and ihc brilliancy of our new Gen eral Electric MAZDA lamp. The latter radiates two and one-half times as much Jight with the same amount of electric current. A 40-Watt MAZDA Affords Twice the Light of the 50-watt carborl lamp now in general use and costs one-fifth less lo burn. Wc recommend its use to our customers as it more than cuts their light bills in two, making electric light so inexpen sive that no home, however humble, and no store, however small, can afford to be without it. Ask us to show you the new General Electric MAZDA lamps and clusters. North PlatteOGas ana ElectncTCo.l Tonight's Program. Annual Home Contest of tho North Platto High School, High School Auditorium, Friday, April 8th, 8:30 m. Piano Selected. Hildogardo Clinton. Oratorical Caesar at tho Grave of Alexander tho Great. Myrtle Bccler. Oratorical Kossuth to tho People of Now York. Oak Ebright. Oratorical Eulogy on "Webster Bessie Smith. Qunrtet , Sulccted, Messrs. Cresslor, Yost, Mooro and Ringer. Dramatic. Gnzollo and Swan. Sara Brand. Dramutic Bon Hur Chariot Raco. Murjorio Cross. Dramutic Scenes from Less Miserablcs. Irmu Huffman. Dramatic Tho Spanish Gypsy. Elsio Johnson. Quartet Selected, Messrs. Cressler, Yost, Moore and Ringor. Humorous A Shaker Romance. Agnes Bakowell. Humorous. . . . In tho Toils of thu Enemy. Helen Chamberlain. Humorous., A Sisterly Scheme. Martha Mylnnder. Humorous When Jack comes Late. Graco Ritner. Quintet Selected. Orchestral mid Band Instruments. Decision of Judges. The contestant awarded tho highest place in this contest will represent this school in the Western District Declama tory Contest to be held at Gothenburg Friday, April 16th. Admission 25c. Harriman Inheritance Tax. From the stato comptroller's office at Albany comos the information that about $71,000,000 of tho Harriman estate has already beep listed for the assessment of the stato inheritance tax and the tax, amounting to $675,000, has been paid; tho transfer tax bureau estimate that tho final settlement will bo on an estato aggregating fully $140,000,000 in value, in which the statu of Now York will gathor In nonr ly $1,-100,000 altogothor as the price to ho paid by tho Harriman heirs and other bonoficiarics of tho will for the right or privilege of taking tltlo to their own. New York Commercial. Vice-president Bancroft denies that thu Lucien cut-off Is to bo abandoned and tho old Promontory lino rebuilt. Storms have washed somo ol tho dirt from tho endsjof tho trestlowork, but the atructuro lias not been injured. Lot Hinmnn & Boyor do your paint ing or paper hanging. Satisfactory work guaranteed. Phono D74 or 4C8. Pasted Along to Consumer. No less than seven important eastern railroads granted wage increase last week. Tho udvunces average from G to 7 per cont, and involve an extra expenditure amounting to some to $17, 000,000 a year. This is obviously to moan an advanco in railroad rates, which will take probably much more than $17,000,000 out of tho public. Is that to mean an increase in tho general coBt of living sufficient to warrant an other demand for moro wages and so around and nround tho spiral circle; opringuciu uopumicnn. Colorado Annies 75 cents 'rfbtfjc'tt Wtiddx Department attire s Ordinance. An ordinanco to repeal an ordinance passed and approved September 10th, 1908, and entitled "An ordinanco auth orizing Matthow E. Springer, his asso ciates, successor, and assigns, to con struct, maintain, own and operate plants, fixtures and mains for tho man- ' ufucturing, supplying and transmitting of gas to public or private buildings, porsons, firms or corporations in tho city of North Platto. Nebraska, defin ing his powers and privileges." Bo it ordained by the mayor and city council of tho city of North Platte, Nebraska. Article 1. That an ordinance passed and ap proved September 10th,1008,and entitled "An ordinance authorizing Matthow E. Springer, his nssociateB, successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, own and operato plants, fixtures and mains for the manufacturing, sup plying and transmitting of gas to pub lie or private buildings, persons, firms or corporations in the city "of North Platto, Nebraffca, deflninc his powers and privileges," bo and tho sa'rao ts' hereby repealed. Article 2. This ordinanco shall bo in force and tako effect, from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law. Passed and npproved tills lCrli day of March, 1010. , Attest: OTa's. P. TfttaE, Cl(y CUk.