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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1910)
"one Scclc(f Jjtorat Mis ttrtJ jtoftH wH mvvwwmv.aTvmii -urn t NORTH PLATTE, NEBllA&KA, APRIL 29, 1910. NO 28; 3 Ml 8 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS C. S. Sawyer is building r large barn on his premises on west Sixth street. The residence of James Belton on west Fourth street is being repainted. Harry Samelson moved yesterday to the Sturges property, which he recent-1 ly purchased. Dr. O. II. Cressler is improving the appearance of his residence on west Fourth street by having it repainted. The stock of the North Side Dry Goods Co. was moved yesterday to The Leader. Part of the stock was sold at auction. A. A. Schatz was radiant with smiles Wednesday evening, due to tho arrival of a girl baby at his home. The mother and daughter are reported to be doing nicely. Dr. Geo. B. Dent reports the arrival Wednesday of a ten pound girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Falk, who conduct the rooming house in the Keith block. Get those pictures framed now. Sorenson 107 East Fifth street. A. M. Lock has let the contract for a cement sidewalk on the south side of his livery stablo premises. When this is constructed the last vestige of wooden walks on that side of Fourth street will havo disappeared. Do your feet bother you? We have a line of comfort shoes and oxfords that will give you comfort at $1.75 $2.00 $2.50. Small, The Big Shoeman. The second and third floors of the Hotel Tiinmonnan have been finished, and the furniture which arrived yester day will at once be placed. Mrs. Peter son, tho lessee of these floors, will soon be in shape to accommodate the public. Mark Atchison, the well known traveling man was married Wednesday forenoon to Miss Eva May Gallentino at the home of the bride in Kearney, Rov. Father Daly officiating. Follow ing tho wedding trip they will make their home in this city. The Gonsard Corsets "They Lace in Front," We illustrate today the F model a perfect corset for the averacre ficure, as low in price as $5.00. WILCOX DEPARTMENT STORE; 3 mijmmf&smm Ladies' Wash Suits, Gingham Dresses, Kimonas and Wrappers. Wc arc showing a line of these goods that surprise every one that see them. They are beautiful in style, the making is far better than the average, the materials are good, the price low, quality considered. Wash Suits $5.00 to $20. 00. Dresses from $1.75 to $10.00. Kimonas from 50 cents to $3.50. Wrappers $1.25 to $2.00. Let us solve your dressmaking problem for you, Wilcox Department Store. The supper served by the Presby terian ladies in the basement of the church Tuesday evening was lari ft. biav rgely with attended, about 300 beinir served an excellent meal. The largo basement with its well equipped kitchen is an ideal room for holding suppers. Tho city council will meet next Tues day evening for a lengthy session. Officers for the ensuing year will bo ap pointed, the saloon applications and druggists' permits will' bo considered, and the fag ends of the past year's business cleaned up. Have you tried our Union Flour yet. It makes the best bread $1 GO per sack to be had only at Wilcox Department Store. John Frazier who has been employed by the city to take the census, is well along with tho work, having completed the First ward'and aEbUt two-thirds of the Second. Mr. Frazier is making a very thorough canvass and thinks those ho misses will be hiding in a cellar or cave. Several requests have reached this office that we use our influence with Weather Regulator McDowall to the end that ho gives us a good rain. Wo re gret that our influence in this direction is limited, but wo are willing to use our best endeavors. Tho "holler" for rain is becoming somewhat vigorous. We havo received a now stock of fly nets, dusters, robes and other summer goods. Come in and sue them. Prcmus Foratedt, at Blankenburg's old stand. Fremont Watts & Sons will olfor at public sale at the ranch two miles west ot town on weunesuay atternoon or next week thirty head of registered Short Horn cattle. The offerinc con sists os fifteen head of young bulls and fifteen head of cows and heifers. W. J. Crusen, the north side gard ener, is having an irrigation plant put in a gasoline engine that will operate two pumps. Mr. (jrusen had set out 1,000 early tomato and cabbage plants, but the strong wind of last week de stroyed them. Ho has, however, re placed them witn other plants. Do you know that you can take out Life Insurance today, but tomorrow may be too late, so let us write your policy today in the New York Life. Temple Real Estate & Ins. Agency, (1 & 2 McDonald Block. The cafe of tho Hotel Timmerman will be ready about Juno 1st. Orders for the kitchen and dininc room fur nishings have been placed at a cost of five thousand dollars, me cate win be very attractively furnished, and the culinnry department ...and the service will be such as to merit the commenda tion of all patrons. For rent cheap for cash Thirteen hundred acres, eight miles west of North Platte two hundred in cultivation one hundred in hay, ten hundred in grazing. Well watered, irrigation right paid. Fenced and cross fenced, Anfl inn Hftnm Virtt.UA tirtnrlmlll granaries, barn, for eighteen head of horses, box stall, high board correll Inquire of J. G. Richards, 1J23 weBt Sixth street North Platte, Neb. Look for the Lincoln Ice wagon, for he is the man who has the ice. -1,000 tons of it, selling it at 40 cents a hun dred with ton per cent discount for cash. Phono 4-11. A ratheNunusual case came ! up for. hearing in the county court yebtorday. In June, 1909, the Union Pacific agent sold two tickets to Portland to C. W. Hogeboom of Gandy for $100. These tickets were used, and later tho com- any presented a bill to Hoceboom for 22.40. claiminK that tho agent should havo charged $122.40 instead of $100 for the tickets. This balance Hogeboom refused to pay, henco the suit. In its petition tho company claimed that under tho inter-state law, tho company could not charge less. than. $122.40 for tuatickqts, &nd in acWJpting WtfB it Violated t&at law. Arthur Connor, living south of town, made final proof Wednesday on his 320 acre homestead. If you like the best in canned goodB try Advo brand sold only by Wilcox Department Store. Just received a full line of picture and room moulding. Sorenson, 107 E. Fifth street. Rt. Rev. A. R. Graves, bishop of this Episcopal district, spent Tuesday night in town as tho guest of Rev. C. F. Chapman. In n "joy ride" around town Wed nesday evening fifteen houses in various stageB of construction wero counted in the First and Second wards. This is a very good showing. Mrs. Dorothy Rowland, who is said to be. ine qiuesc continuous woman resident of Lincoln county, has been in a rather serious condition for ten days due to a fall. Mrs. Rowland is well advanced in years. The opera house for tho occasion of tho Engineers' May Party next Mon day evening will be appropriately dec orated, a committee starting that work today. The Btago design will bo different from any of the past. A contest case from Kimball, which involves one of the best sections of land in that county, occupied tho time of tho U. S. land office officials threo and one-half days this week, D. L. Kegtone, u Kimball attorncv. repre sented one of tho parties. The program for the May Party con sists ot twenty-seven dances, thirteen before and fourteen after supper hour. This certainly should be sufficient to batisfy the most enthusiastic dancer. Preceding tho dance tho customarv concert will be giyen by the orchestra. Miss Howarth. stenoirranher in the oflice of O. E. Elder, and W. H. Mc- uonaid have been confined to their respective homes for several days on account of ptomine poisoninc. Both took Sunday dinner at the same board- ding house, and tho supposition is that poisoning came from deviled eggs. L,oren bturges was also attected for several days. J. M. canned coods are the verv best medium grade, in fact as good as most so caned tancy grades, sold only bv Wilcox Department Store. On complaint of his wife. Harrv O. ParriBh had a hearing yesterday after noon boforo the board of insanity. A similar complaint was filed some time ago by Mrs. i'arrish, but later was withdrawn, as there was improvement in uiu cunumun oi ine uniortunnto man. During tho past couple of weeks his actions have been such as to warrant, apparently, tho ro-filing of tho com plaint. Personal Mention. Arthur AlcNamara has been trans acting business in the east this week. Mrs. O. Y. Ross has been visiting her son u. r. ltoss in umana lor several days. Miss Fenna Beeier returned to Lin coln Wednesday after a week's visit with her parents. Mrs. . C. Howard and two children left Wednesday morning for a visit witn menus m jmesuurg. John Bratt. returned yesterday from Omahaleaving Mrfl:"Bratt to continue her visit there tor another week. Mrs. C. A. Dill has been in Omaha for several days visiting tho Park family prior to their departure for Chicago. Miss Laura Irish, who is teaching scnooi at iozau, came up to attend tho wedding of her cousin, Miss Mary Stra horn. C. T. Whelan went to Omaha Wed nesday night where , ho , will, cOmbino liiwiness with pleasure; for fecvenri tfifof, returning homo faundsiy night. Declamatory Contest this Evening. The annual contest of the Nebraska Declamatory Union will be hold at tho Keith theatro this evening. Eighteen towns will be represented in the con test. There will be four representa tives in the oratorical class, six in tho dramatic, five in the humorous and two schools entered havo not at this writing announced tho classes they will enter. Several of the participants, accom panied by friends, arrived this morn ing, others will arrive on tho aftornoon trains. The admission to the contest will be fifty cents. Automobile Notes. John Nugent, of Maxwell, was in town a few days ago and purchased a second hand Rco round-about of Davis & Chorpening. Arthur Hoagland has ordored a five- Easscnger Kissel car, tho mako owned y Messrs. Thoelecke and White. J. S. Davis went to Hastings yesterday to bring up tho car. Threo carloads of Buick cars for tho Davis & Chorpcnning garage are ex pected to arrive today or tomorrow. The firm has prospective buyers for Bcvcral of theso cars. Tho people of North Platte wero a littloslow in contracting tho automo bile fovor, but they are getting it now in rather virulent form. It is pre dicted that fifty cars will bo sold in town during tho summer. Athletic Tournament. Manager Kubik, of tho opera house has made arrangement for an attractive athletic tournament on tho evening of May 3d. Tho main event will be n boxing contest between Jack Fritz gerald, of South Omaha, and Fred Williams, a cdlored boxer of Kansas City. Fitzgerald has been in tho ring In this city twice, and he is known as a gamey fighter. Williams is said to bo n fast one, and a spirited contest may be expected. There wjll bo two wrestling bouts, ono between George Gion and Cyclono Freeman, the other by Kubik, of this city and Tom Carlysle of Sutherland, Both these events will be good. There will be several preliminaries, tho whole forming a program that will please every attendant. Council Passes Ordinance. Tho city council, with all members present, held a prolonged adjourned Jassion Tuesday evening and passed six ordinances. Tho subjects treated by these ordinances nro as follows: Providing for an occupation tax on express companies, billiard halls and other places of amusements. Licensing drain layers and making a number of changes in tho ordinanco which formerly existed. Relating to the laying of drains to connect with sewers and giving tho city engineer authority to examino house connections. Lew a tax for the support of tho proposed Carnegie library and providing tor a board ot trustees. Granting leave to Union Pacific o cross Chestnut street with a spur in order for cars loaded with coal to reach plants of water and electric light com panies. delating to tho employment oi city prisoners on the streets and allowing thorn to work out thoir fine at the rate of $1.50 per day, and providing that if they retuso to woric they Biiau bo leu on bread and water. How About Dancing Pumps for the May Party? We have in several now styles this week, beautiful lasts, light turn soles, stylish heels. Prices $2.00 to $4.00. Wilcox Depaktment Stoue. Cane Seed for Sale. I have a uuaiititv of choice hand picked enne seed which I will sell for $1.00 per bushel while it lasts. Also some milo maze seed. You can get these seed at tho Ititner leed Btoro or at my place. B. A. Wilson. Do You Ginn. s Model Men like these shirts rather prided ourselves on were better made, fit better lish pattern than anvthinrr fore. Imagine our pleasure this spring when We found the new shirts a little better than any wc had HI before. Those of you that up-to-date furnishings, just pays. WILCOX DEPARTMENT STORE. 8 YELLOW FRONT SHOE STdRE DIENER & FLEISHMAN. ' " Buffalo Bills Indians. The New York Review last Sunday dovotcd a page to an interview with Buffalo Bill. In his remarks Bill told of the trouble he had ' in securing "uncivilized" Indians for tho Wild West Show. "Wo had a big job get ting them," said Cody. Major J. W. Lilley and Johnny Baker went out to the Sioux ngency and made a canvass of tho tribes. They wore terribly dis couraged at first. They found that most of tho Brulcs and Ognlallas wero riding around in automobiles, the squaws wero wearing Merry Widow hats, and tho children were singing "Rings on Her Fingers and Bells on Her toes." Finally they managed, by offering great financial inducements, to contract for a very choice lot of Indians. "It is a fact, by thunder, that ono chief of tho Sioux has two motor cars and he is thinking of ordering another. I never saw so many uutomobiles in my life as I did at a Northern Nebraska county fair last fall. I counted four hundred and two. Mr. and Mrs. II. Rogge, who had been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Antono Puschman. left Wednesday for their home in Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Fern Hamilton, who had been visiting at the O.Y.Ross residence, returned to hor home in lidgcrton, Mo., tho early part of tho week. Frank Wollman, of Chehalis, Wash., is a guest of his aunt, Mrs. Gregory Schatz. Mr. Wollman was at one timo a resident of North Platte. Beat Your No? Because it hurts: Well, my dear sir, it hurts your car pets and rugs to beat them; wears 'em out; makes you spend your hard earned money for new ones; ever'stop to think of that? Love your wife and she won't need beating1; treat' your v carpels RIGHT and THEY won't need beat Clean 'em with a So E-Z Vacuum Cleaner (cost $10.00 and lasts a life time) and save 'em to walk on that's what carpets and rugs are intehdtfd'fornbt to be knocked to pieces with a club. Come and see our demonstration of this',won:3e?fui machine. White & Shirts. at $1.00. Last year wc our $i.oo shirts.. Tficy and were of more. sty- ever shown in town be! imagine we don't h; come in and invest. IF tl Y"Z mere are, any uet-.i ter Shoes' than we have selected this"! season where aVc?1 they? We've examined j the output of the coinVj try's best makers arid we'- could find no better . .. . -. snoes tnan tne snoes wc have selected for otir patrons. "And FleTsM man fits feet." A' Ohe-Man Job can be made of paiutihg any ordinary sized house if ybu'lise Heath & MiRlii BEST PREPARED It Hows so smoothly niitl easily unuer me urusn, uccause oi tne n, & M. individual prdcesVibf ril'andfac- ture, that in a given time' afikn'can paint well, far more Burface'with it than with any otner paint "oiTlhc market. Also, becuuso of the careft ijyjjsc lected materials of whichlbefit Pre pared Paint is made, youwilKieed fewer gallons to do the work. MakeaDoHbVSftbf not only in labor expense but in the money you spend for paint by liuylng less gallons. Come in and talk over your requirements. Schiller & o., Family DruggiiU North Platte, - - Wife ? "WHY? Schatz. s r- IT - in t. 5