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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1910)
Semi -Weekly Tribune Ira L. Bmtc, Editor &rti fMUbmr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Ono Year by Mail in Advance $1.25 Otis Tear by Currier in advance $1.50 Entered at North Platte, Nebraska, Post ofllco as Second Claw Matter. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1910. Regents Visit Farm, Messrs. Copclnnd, Whltmnre nnd Hnllcr, three regents of the fltate university, accompanied by Director Burnett of tho stato experimental farm at Lincoln, spent a'dny last week at tho sub-station south of tho city. The party mado a thorough investigation of tho station, nnd announced themselves as highly pleased with tho conditions. Thoy will recommend an appropriation of $35,000 for tho station for tho next bl onnium, which is $10,000 moro than was appropriated two years ago. Part of this sum will be used for additional buildings, ono of which will be an office for Supt. Snyder and his assistant Mr, Burr, and another will bo a hoarding house for tho singlo men employed. Experiments in cheep feeding is being carried on for the first time this winter, tho pen consisting of a carload. Another now department which Supt. Snyder hopes to establish noxt year Is u dairy. About ono hundred head of hogs are being fattened, the annlmals in each pen being fed different rations and tho gain in weight carefully re corded. Each hog is putting on about a round of flesh nor day. A pen of yearling steers aro also being fed nnd will probably bo marketed next spring as "baby beef." During the past year sovoral per manent concrete-wall hog pens and cattle sheds have bocn orocted at tho feeding plant, and the station Is assum ing no mean proportions in the way of Investment. Moro farmers should visit tho station. Thoy will always find some thing to interest them, and will also And Supt, Snyder ready to show tnom around. Population Exceeds 91,000,000. In the Unitftd States nnd all its pos sessions, the stars and stripes protect 101,100,000 souls. This Is the official estimate of tho United States Bureau of the Census, announced Saturday, in connection with the population statistics for the country, as enumerated in the thirteenth decennial census. It Includes the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Alaska and tho Panama canal zono. ' Within its borders on the' North American continent, exclusive of Al Bflkn, tho United States hna a popula tlon of 01,072,2G0 inhabitants. In tho last ten years tho states of the union had an increase of population of 15,677, 801, which amounts to 21 per cont over the 100Q figures. Since tho first census was taken In 1790, tho country has grown twenty Ave times as largo, the population then having beon 3,929,214, slightly larger "than tho present population of Texas. N The growth of tho country was groatcr than has been anticipated by tho export Btaticlaria, who havo closely watched the progress of tho country's population. Now up to Managers. The Brotherhood of Railroad Engl neera will present its strike ultimatum , to the Railroad Managers' association baeked by the approval of moro than 95 per cent of the 33,000 engineers who are member, according to Warren S, Stene, president of the brotherhood. After months of negotiations the de mands of the engineers now are soma 7 per cent higher than the railroad man asters are willing to grant. If the de mahda are not acceded to a strike that will cJoi tho tlircttlo qf every railroad locomotive wnt, south and north of Chicago, may bo called within Ave hours, it is intimated. Congressman Klnknld has introduced a bill to appropriate $00,000 for tho resurvey .of tho public lands in this stato. Formor survoys nro indistinct, in fact nro'-practicnlly obliterated, and homesteaders nro nt a loss to know just whoro.to locato thoir fencos or erect buildings. For n couple of years .past a small party of govornment sur veyors havo beon re-running tho lines, but tho party Is so Bmall and the torrl tory to bo surveyed so large that it will take them many years to complete the work. If Congressman Klnknld's bill passes, tho party rof erred to will bo Increased four-fold. At a rocent ball at Pasadena the society women refused to dance with , tho officers of tt Jnpancso naval ship who. had been invited by tho committee in charge. This, waa of course, a direct affront to the offlcors, but it Is still an open question whether a white woman should dance with a highbred Japanese, Chinaman or negro-' for cannotthoy be clamed together? The Pasadena IncI t Unt may lead to the start of an official aesUreyersy between tho two countries. Tanted'-Someono to feed nnd caro for a stallion on farm for balanco of wlnUr. See W. V. Honglnnd, North Platte, Neb., right away, K, J. Canby has &kl to Erl Canby let 8, block 11, North Platte, for $1,600, Buy the Man a Christmas Present at a Mart's Store. And get him something this year he will appreciate. The indiscriminate purchasing of presents is dangerous, We are anFexclusive Men's store and carry Everything for Men to wear. - "Miller-Made" Suits and Overcoats "; "Ide" Coat Shirts and Collars. . "Munsing" Union Suits. "Buster Brown1'' Hosiey. "French Shrincr & Urncr" Shoes. "Stetson" "Tiger" and Imported Hats & Caps. "Klings" Bath Robes, Smoking Jackets, Etc., "Wilson Brothers" Neckwear. "Bradley's" Knit Mufflers and Sweater Coats. Belts, Jewelry Sets, Night Robe and Pajamas. Each of the above lines represent the best, the pick of the markets. A present selected from these lines will please any man and if selected from our stock will be right. We replace anything unsatisfactory. Newest Stock, Best Lighted and Best Equipped Men's Store in the City. Everything for Men. Drehert Clothing Co., 520 DEWEY STREET, NORTH PLATTE, - - - NEBRASKA. Establishes Worthy Precedent. Mrs, Ebby establishes n precedent in tho matter of testamentary bequests when sho wills all her fortune back to Its sourso, Sho gives it to Ihe Christian Science church and for the propagation of the faith on tho theory that It came from there. A splendid philosophy is represented in that net. It would be n groat thing for tho world if moro uch wills might bo ndmlnistorcd. Nor can ono doubt that with tho death of its fondor this faith has but como to tho flood-tide of its career, It Ib bound to flow on in vaster volume from thislpoint. Omaha Bee. "The Traveling Salesman." "Tho Traveling Salesman" appears at tho Keith tomorrow ovening. Tho action of tho piny starts in tho railroad dopot at Grand Crossing just before noon on Christmas Day. The villagers waiting for their trains, the impertinent baggageman, the gossipy widow, and the pretty tlckot seller, Both Elliott, and tho irrepressible drummer, Bob Blake, arc introduced and tho weaving of the plot is begun. Tho acquaintance of Bob Blake and Beth Elliott ripens rapidly, and Beth invites the salesman to sharo her lunch. After that their eternal friendship is sealed. It has been made known previously that Beth is owner of n section of ap parently worthless land to bo sold on tho following day for unpaid taxes. The girl Is unawaro of tho fact that tho railroad Ib about to build a spur lino and that her property will be needed for that purpose. Martin Dury, a capitalist, and Frunklyn Royce, his tool, nnd also tho pretended admirer of Beth, know of tho prospective increase of tho proporty and thoy plot to buy it whon it is put up for sale. , Both tolls BJako about her property and that nho Is unablo to save it. Later in tho evening, Royco joiiiB Bako and thrco othor salooman in a poker gamo nt tho hotel. Blake, during the gamo. learns from Royco tho scheme to bid In Both's land, and ho decides to be tho first person on hand at tho sale in order to bid In tho proporty for Both. When Blake is announced as tho purchaser, Royco goos to Beth nnd attempts to poison hor mind against Blako by mak ing her believe that Blake acquired hor land for the purpose of selling it to tho railroad company nt a largo advance in price. Ho almost succeeds, but the IrrepresBiblo Blake kidnaps Mrs. Bab bitt, a friend of Beth'B, and forces hor to listen to his explanation, afterwhlch tho muddle is cleared up to tho entire satisfaction of the audience. Saved From Awful Death. How an appalling calamity In his family was prevented is told uy A. D. McDonald, Fayettevlllo, N. C. R. F, D, No. 8, "My slstor had consump tlon," ho writes, "she was very thin nnd pale, had no appetite and seemed to grow weakor every day, as all reme dies failed, till Dr. King a Now Discov ery was tried, and so completely cured hor. thnt she had not been troubled with a cough since. Its the beat medi cine I over Raw or hoard of." For coughs, colds, lagvippe. asthma, croup, hemorrage all bronchial troubles, it haa no equal, 60 cents, $1.00. Trial bottle frije, Guaranteed by Stone Drug Co. Club Furniture for Sale. Tho Commercial Club has for years kept open house for visitors and all del egations connected with public affairs and for tho general goods. Now that tho enterprising ElkB lodge has erected their magnificent structure and take the place socially of tho club, tho present quarters with its past his tory of pleasant memory will bo abpn doned Jan. 1. 1911. A few things of rare merit will be disposed of among them piano, cyclopedia, leather couches, large leather chairs, many choico pic tures, lames, two gooa heaters, a largo refrigerator nnd other things.This property is of fino quality nnd in good condition. To soo them nnd do business cnll on A. B. Honglnnd, R. L. Bnker, W. A. Woodhurst or H. R. Potter. - , , ' - Mark Smith as Bob Blake in 'The Traveling- Salesman" at the Keith Theatre Wednesday Night, Dec. 14th. Dointr Well. Thank You. Both the freight and passenger receipts of Nebraska railways show a steady and considerable increase during the year 1908, 1909 and 1910, sinco reduced passenger nnd f reigTit rates wero put into effect. Freight earnings show nn increase of threo millions, nnd nnssen- ger enrnings ono nnd one-third millions in round numbers in threo veara. Taken in connection with tho-statcment as to not earnings it looks as though tho railways would find It difficult to prove to the satisfaction of any court thnt the two-cent passenger law or the fifteen nor cent reduction commodity law, passed by the legislature four years ago, are in any scnse"confisca tory," or oven unreasonably low. Kearney Hub. Fwwral ef Mrs. Leftus. ' The funeral of tho Into Mrs. W. J. Loftus waa held from tho Catholic church Saturday morning, many friends nttending. Anna McDonough Loftus was born in County Galway, Ireland, and died in her 73d year. Sho was married to I William J. Loftus in Sherfllold, Eng land, Sept. 29, 1859, and camo to this (country two years later locating at Dummore, Pa., where she resided until 1878. Sinco that time Bhe had made her homo in this city. Besides her husband, she leaves two daughters, Mrs. Mary Robinson, and Mrs. Agnes Ickcs, both of Salt Lako. Wants To Help Some One. For thirty years J. F. Bovcr. of Fer tile; Mo., needed help nnd couldn't find It. Thnns why he wnnts to heln some one now. Suffering so long himself ho feels for all distress from Backache, Nervousness, Loss of Appetite. Lnssl tude nnd Kidnov disorders. Ha show that Electric Bitters work wonders for such troubles. "Five bottles," he writes, "wholly cured me nnd now I nm well nnd henrty. " It's nlso positively gua ranteed for Livor Trouble. DvRnnnaln. Blood Disorders. Female Comnlninta and Mnlarln. Try them. 60 cents nt caono urug jo. Busy and Idle Dollars. Reports concerninc savings banks is suca oy the controller of tho currency stnto thoro aro four billion dollars of the deposits in tho savines banks of tho United States. It would bo Inter esting to know just what portion of these four billions of dollars nro frond. honest, hardworking dollars nnd what portion belongs to the Idle dollnr class. Since the last "near panic" thero has beon moro or less of a hoarding of cash and piling up of reserves, with tho re sult that many millions of money the country over havo been withdrawn from circulation instead of being kept busy in legitimate development. A dollar earning three or four per cent is a better dollnr than tho ono that is hoarded or hidden nnd does not bear any interest, but it is the six, seven or eight per cent dollar that is nuttintr in a good day's work every day and giving a good nccount of itself when accounts are balanced Kearney Hub. ONE WAY OUT. A Resident of North Platte Shows - the Way. Only one way to cure a bad back. Liniment and plasters may relieve it; They won't cure it.' Backnchn means jslck kidneys . Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney ins. North Platte people prove this. Read a case of it. J. C. McGowan, 321 S. Chestnut St., North Platte, Nebr., says: "Some six monthB aero I hnd an nttrick nf iMnnn trouble and suffered from all tho aches ana pains that accompany this dis ease. I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, procured from MeDnnoll & Graves' Drue Store nnd It only ono box to rid mo of every por- uiuiieiib oymwm 01 me trouble. Tho cure proved to be n permanent one, as no kidney disorders havo since appeared. I also crave Doan's Klrlnnv Pllla fn little girl who suffered from backache ana a Kianoy disorder and they proved eriuallv Ratinfnptnrv In hoi- non Foraalo by all dealers. Price 50 cents. foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y., solo agents for tho United States. Remember the nnmn Tlnnn'o nnd taKQ no other. - MrwM.a M THE FRENGHlDRY CLEAN ING. AND PRESSING PLAGE. Wo do all kinds of cleaning, pressing, dyeing and repairing for ladies' and gents. Wo cnll nnd deliver tho goods A. SIGEL, The Little Tailor. 223 E. Gth St PhonoI182. 5g HUMPHREYS' Bnooiflca euro by acting directly on the sick pans vruuoui disturbing uio rest or tho eyutom. No. 1 for 1 overs. No. 2 " WormB. No. 3 Toothing, No. 4 Dlarrhoa. No. 7 Coughs. No. 8 Nouralgia. No. 9 " Hoadnohoa. No. 10 " Dyspopsio. No. 11 " Supp'reasod Period. No. 12 Whites. No. 13 Croup. No. 14 Tho Skin. No. 15 " Ithoumatiam. No. 10 " Malaria. No. 19 Catarrh. No. 20 Whooping Cough. No. 27 ThoKWnoya. No. 30 Tho Bladder. No. 77 LnGrippo. In small bottles of pollots thnt flt tho vest pookct. At Druggists or mailoil, 25o. each. HutnnhrAT1 UmL On..Ctir William John StrMt. New York. Queer Skirts In Yap. In tho "Islnnd of Stono Money, Dr. w. II. Furnlsa tells of the fcmnlo fash ions of tho natives of Ynp, tho most westerly of tho Caroline islands, nnu Bxnrcsses wonder that tho women' are 10 rarely burned to denth. "In tho ilrst place, their skirts aro eomnoscd of four or flvo layers of dried leaves and Btrlpa of bast and aro so voluminous and distended that they tiind out nil around the body, outrival ing tho old fashioned hoopsklrts. Even when Bitting t'own tho women are sur rounded by a mound of veritable tin- . dcr. In the sev'ond place, they are for ever strlklugr matches to light their cigarettes; n.iy, worso oven, they carry about with them, for tho sake of econ omy, tho glowing husk of n cocoanut, and neither to matches nor husk do they glvo tho slightest heed, striking tho ono recklessly over their own sklrta or absentmlndcdly resting the other against tho skirts of their neighbor. 1'et In splto of this utter recklessness novcr did I sco n skirt catch flro. Ono month at longest la tho llfo of n wom an's drcus; then tho old skirt Is burned and a brnnd now ono plaited, with nof tedious fittings nt tho dressmaker's nor depressing bills to pay." Use Short Words. Literary nsplrnnta should religiously eschow polysyllabic orthography. Tho phllosophlcnl and philological substruc ture of this principle Is Ineluctable. Exccsslvoly attenuated verbal sym bols Inevitably lnduco unnecessary complexity nnd consequently exagger ate tho obfuscation of tho mentality of tho peruser. Conversely, expressions which are reduced to tho furthermost minimum of simplification and com pactness, besides contributing realistic verisimilitude, constitute a much less onerous handlOap to tho reader's per spicacity. Observe, for instance, tho unmlstak ablo and lncscapablo expressiveness of onomatopootlc, lntcrjpctlonal, mono syllabic utterances, especially when motivated under strenuous emotional circumstances. How much moro ap pealing Is their euphonious pulchritude than the preposterous and pretentious pomposity of elongated verbiage. Llfo. A 8hook For Tennyson. If any ono asked Ilolman Hunt about persons ho would tell delightful frank anecdotes concerning, maybe, tho great mon ho knew and loved nnd measured exactly. Ho liked a splco of fun in everything, too, and his face beamed as ho described a walk "with Tennyson ho had lately taken. Thoy heard footstops behind, and tho great man frowned. "How ,thoy dog us, Hunt! How shall wo escape them?" "Just Bit on tho stilo till they pass," said tho matter of fact artist Thoy did so, and two lads in knlckorbockers marched by swinging thoir BtlckB nnd not oven turning their heads. Tenny son was chapfalleu. "Do you know, Hunt," ho said, "I do not think thoy know who I nm." "Very Ukoly, my dear TennyBon, and thoy Would not oven know If you told themt" "Recollections of Holman Hunt" In London Academy. Provided For In Advance. A playwright In an Intervlow In New York said that without attention to the minutest details theatrical success could rarely bo attained. "And yet," ho added, omlllng, "oven this grand vlrtuo of attention to de tails may bo carried to excess. Thus a cortaln playwright said at rehearsal to his leading man; " 'Now, remember," John, after you apeak tills lino, "Helen, I will savo you though I perish," pauso nnd wait for tho npplauso.' "But tho leading man sneered and nnswored cynically: '"How do you know there'll bo any applause?' '"That Is my business, not yours, John,' tho playwright answered with calm confidence." Washington Star. What the World Lost. "It was tho worst calamity that over happened to mo," sighed tho pale, In tollectual high browed young woman. "I had written a modern society novel, complote to tho Inst chapter, and a carolesa servant girl gathorcd tho aheota of tho manuscript from tho floor, where tho wind had blown them, nnd used them to start n tiro in the grate." "What a burning shamo that wasl" commontcd Miss Tartun. Chicago Tribune. Manners Versus Mannerism. Thero'a n vast dlfteronco between manners nud mannerism. For in stance, manners takes its soup softly Hnd quietly, wlitlo mannerism gargles it. Manners says, "Pares tho buttah, please," whllo mannerism bites a chunk out of n plcco of bread and stutters, "Slip me tho grense, will .you?" Detroit Frco Press. The Contest. "All men," Bald tho earnest citizen, 'are born equal." "They aro thnt," replied Mr. Raffer ty. "But thoy don't Btny equal after thoy'ro big enough to got together In tho Bchoolynrd." Washington' Star. Commendable Caution. "My son. remombcr this marrrlnt? on n salary has been tho salvation of tnany a young man." "I know. dad. But aunnosn mv wlfn should loso her salary?" Olovoland leader. Dear at the Price. McOlubbor Tho footpad said "Monmr or your llfo!" so I envo him s2 m4 McOlubbor Huhl You'ro always get ting stuck, Billy! Puck. Bravery has no plaeo where It cam avail nothing. Johnsoh.