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Ik TWENTY-SIXTH YEAIt, NORTH PLATTE; NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 27, 1910 NO 97 BMti ". ' " " " " " " " ' " ' " " " " " ' " " G: TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS j Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Cunningham will entertain the numbers of the Birthday club and their husbands this evening. Brady has a population of SCI, and gaining every day. It has aspirations to become the metropolis of Lincoln county. A- large audlenco at the Baptist church Sunday were deeply interested in tho service, and witnessed tho con version of an adult person. Mrs, Bertha", Banks, who has been teaching school at Lexington, wbb re cently elected principal of the schools of that place, succeeding the principal who was elected superintendent. Tho big'.sooial event of the New Year will be the firemen's twenty-eight annual ball at the, Lloyd on Tuesday evening of next week! It will bo largely rttended, in fact indications point to a record breaking crowd. Senator-elect W. V. Hoagland will leave Saturday night for Lincoln in order to bo on the ground a day or two in advance of the opening of the legislature, which convenes on Tuesday of next week. The Lady Hustlers will give a dancing party at tho Masonic hall tomorrow evening. In view of the large number of young people who are home from mhool, it is safe to predict that tho at tendance at this party will bo much larger than usual. Manager Stamp has received no word of "The Fortune Hunter" company, which was booked at Tho Keith for next Saturday evening.. In order, to accommodate this company, Manager Stamp turned down two or three other attractions. The Mothoxs' club will bo entertained Wednesday, afternoon by Mrs. Albert Muldoon and Mrs. Frederick Perritt at the home of the former. There will be a Christmas tree from, which minor gifts to the members of tho club will be made. An audience that more than filled the seating capacity of tho room attended the Sunday school exercises at the Ba otist church Saturday evening. The program was well rendered and well received, and tho gifts from the treo mnrln thn pVitlrlrnn linnnv. It was oxpected that tho town wonld bo crowded with farmers Saturday, but the revono was true; thero were' really fewer than customary on that day. The country trade is necessary to commercial activity in North Platte, even though the Union Pacific does dis burse an average of $1,600 a day The county commissioners convened in session thismdrning and will transact business for a day or two. , They will probably reconvene tho early part of next week. Commissioner-clod Roberts will' take his seat on Thursday of next week, and for the first time in a num ber of years the democrats Will have a majority on tho board. Several horse buyers, two from the west and one frorn New Tprk', hayo been in this section lately looking for draft horses weighing from 1400 to 2,000 pounds. Thero are but few of this weight for Bale in this section. Maurice Fowler has picked up twenty-four bend of good weight animals recently which he is now feeding and will ship in February. Pupils and patrons of the Miller school, seven miles southwest of town, held very enjoyable Christmas services Friday evening at the school building. The pupils, under the direction of the teacher, Miss Nora Johnson, rendered a very creditable program of songs and recitations, und this was followed by a distribution of gifts to young and old alike. Tho attendance was' greater than the seating capacity of the building. Christmas was quietly spent by North Platte neonlo. few making their appearance Ion tho street during the dav. Services wore held at all tho churches and were largely attended, especially the early morning service at the Lutheran church, and tho cantata at the Presbvterian church at four in tha afternoon. The work of the choirs of these two churches has been highly comulimented. Through tho efforts of thn churches a number of unfortunate families were supplied with provender for a bountiful Uinmr, ana tnus every, hodv was well stinnlicd in that particular, Thn Stindnv school exercises held the evening before Christmas were largely attended ana tne uuie ioiks nuu a joy ous time. Tho nuieker a cold is irotten rid of tho Lnailnnnaii Vmm nnanmnnin II n (1 fttllftr serious diseases. Mr. B. W. L. Hall, of Waverlv. Va.. says: "I firmly believe rihnmhnrlnin'a Couch Remedv to be ab solutelv tho best nrenaratfon on tho market for colds. I hrtve recommended it to my friends and they all agree with me." For sale by all dealers. One-Tenth Off on Groceries. Beginning December 27th and closing January 12th we will give a discount of one-tenth off of every article carried in our grocery stock except Butter and Eggs and XXXX Flour. The goods will be sold to you q: at regular prices and one-tenth deducted from your bill. This discount does not apply to case prices on goods but to the regular broken stock. This is an unusual opportunity to save on the most staple things you buy, so get busy. THE WILCO NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. PMtTNENT STORE, Rev. It. B. Favoright wont to Tryon early yesterday morning to,-, conduct the funeral of a member of tho Wlsner family. Express Agent Hensoit says tho Christmas business at his office ex ceeded last year. Tho receipts of ox press matler was very heavy and the outgoing" business was also large. Members of tho Baptist church 'left at the parsonage Christmas morning a large leather seated rocking chair of handsome design, as a Christmas pres ent. It is something that the pastor will enjoy immensely. Earnest E. Sukraw, living near Max well, and Miss Nancy Miller were united in mnrriago last week at the homo of the brido in Lexington. The couple have taken up a residence on the groom's farm near Maxwell. Fred H. Garlow received two fine elk heads yesterday from Cody, Wyo., which will be used as adornments at his home. One of theso heads was from an elk Mr. Garlow killed while on his hunting trip in the Big Horn basin last month1. C. A. Howo spent sovcral days in town last week and then left for Platto Centre to visit old friends. Mr. Howe resides on a homestead near Oshkosh and while tho season was not favorable to crops, he .seems not to have lost av oirdupois' through worrying. Charley Whalen, who returned a few days ago from northern New York, re ports Bnug winter weather in that sec tion, lots of snow and ten below zero weather. He was absent thirty days, the greater part of which time he spent in Now York City mingling with tho crowds on "Dear Old Broadway." Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tolefsen came down from Sutherland a couple of days prior to Christmas and visited qver Sunday with Mrs, Tplefsen'a par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Donehower. Mr. Tolefsen is manager of a lumber yard, at Sutherland, and prior to his marriage last spring erected a very pretty home. For sale Single comb white leghorn cockeral3. Price $1.00 Mrs. II. A. Weil. O. E. Elder has distributed to his patrons a calandur that is certainly a work of art, a reproduction of Mor an's celebrated painting, "Tho Eternal Seas," a picture that sold for $25,000. The sceno is 1Gx20 inches, and tho col oring of tho clouded sky and tho ocean is simply surperb. Mr. Elder certainly displayed good taste in making his lection. Be- Saved From Awful Death. How an appalling calamity in his familv was prevented is told by A. D. McDonald, Fayettovillo, N. C. R. F. D. No. 8. "My Bister hau consump tion." he writes, "she was very thin and Dale, had no appotite and seemed to grow weaker every day, as all reme dies failed, till Dr. King's New Discov ory was tried, and so completely cured her. that she has not been troubled with a couch since. Its tho best medl cino I over saw or heard of." For coughs, colds, lagrippe. asthma, croup, hemorrace all bronchial troubles, it has n.i nmial. SO cents. SI. 00. Trial bottle I free. Guaranteed by Stone Drug Co. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs, II. S. White was the guest of friends at Overton Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Hinman, now of Sidney, visited relatives in town Christ mas. L. R. Ginther, of Alliance, has been visiting relatives in town for soveral days. John Duggan, of Cheyonne, came down to eat Christmas turkey with homo folks. Mrs. Robt Royer left yesterday for a visit with friends in tho east part of the state. Miss Clara and Edith Drake, of Omaha, have been visiting their parents for a few days past. Carl Lemmer left Saturday night for Cedar Rapids, la., to visit relatives for a week or two. Mrs. Carrio Hart, of Webster City, Iowa, arrived Sunday for a visit with her son Harry Hart. Miss Marie VonGoetz, principal of tho Overton schools, is spending tho holi day vacation at homo. Ira Whittakor, of Vermillion, S. D., ,has been tho guest of his sister Mrs. Edgar Schiller for several days. MIsb Gortrudo Rebhausen, a student at the Catholic academy at Hastings, is homo spending the school vacation. Mrs. L. D. Whelpley and children, of Fremont, are tho guests of Judgo and Mrs. Grimes, having arrived Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Groff, of Fairbury, are the guests of their daughter, Mrs. II. C. Brock, having arrived Friday night. R. L. Baker returned last night from Omaha, where he spent Christmas with his parents, going down Friday night. Mrs. Manford Wilson, of Sheridan, Mo., is visiting rolatives in Hinman precinct, whoro sho lived for several years prior to moving to Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Green and little daughter left Friday night for Denver, where they spent Christmas with Mra. Green's Bister. Miss Anna Von Gouts, of Omaha, was tho guest of her parents Sunday and yesterday and had a pleasant visit with -many friends during her'stay. Cody Boal, now a student at the Culver Military school at Culver, Ind., one of tho most successful institutions of that kind in tho country. Cody is in love with the school, the military spirit thorougly appealing to him. Miss Evelyn Daly, attending the Sacred Hoart Convent at Omaha who a ong other studies has taken vocal music and is devoloping a rich and strong voice of more than ordinary regis ter, the hlgher.notes boing taken easily with much clearness. W. A. Tanner, of Lexington, now manager of a lumber yard at that place but at one time with the C, F. Iddinga Co., of this city. Wo learn with satis faction that "Billy" has mado good at Lexington, both with his employer and with tho citizens. Sidney Dillion, accompanied by his high lieol boots he can't get nway from them came down from the ranch to eat Christmas turkey with his mother and sister. Cooking your own meals on a ranch is galorious, but u turkey din ner gotten up by mother or sister is more so. id'. Kellher arrived from Chicago Friday evening and spent Christmas with relatives. "Tim" seems to in crease in Bize as his enlarged duties from promotion occur. He is now head of the secret service of the Illinois Cen trnl rond with headquarters in Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Burr Pnrr arrived from Omaha Saturday evening to snend Christmas with Mrs. Parr's mother, Mrs. Anna Church. Mr. Parr is em ployed in the electrical department of tho Union Pacific and through a course of study and practical work has becomo a thorough elcctrican. Miss Elsio Johnson came homo Friday to Bpend the holiday vacation. Miss Johnson teaches a country school in tho extreme southeast part of the county. She has but fifteen pupils, yet there are nine grades, making a large number of classes, and keeping her very busy during school hours. For Sale Same choice Poland China Boars, also some Red Polled Bulls. Payne's Dairy Fann.ono half milo south of North Platto. Engineers Given Increase. The wage controversy between the engineersjon sixty-one railroads west of Chicago and the managers of the roads was settled Saturday by both parties making concessions. Tho engineers get an averago increase of 101 per cent of their 1910 wage scale, giving them an average ot approxi mately $202 for each of tho 33,000 men Involved for each subsequent year. Specifically, the agreement provides for a raise of 40 cents a day for all en gineers, with a differential in addition of 25 cents for 215,000-pound engines and an added differential of 75 cants a day for smaller Mallet engines and a differentia! of $1 a day for tho heaviest Mallets. Numerous specific working conditions are improved by tho agreomont and en gineers are given control of eloctric and gasoline motor cars used as locomotives, with an increase of 50 cents a day in present wages. Hostlors under tho protection of the engineers get an In crease of 25 cents a day. Tho now rato is effective with tho signing of the agreomont Saturday, This agreement gives the engineers on all the sixty-one railroads affected by the adjustment a total of some $3, 399,000 annually or 'approximately $102 increase per year for each man. As there are about seventy-five engineers employed regularly In North Platte, It will bo seen that tho total Increase to these men Is no small sum. Frank Stuart, of Des Moines, where he Is in tho employ of a firm of con structing engineers at a very nice, sal--rv. Since last time home Frank wearav: . ft VanDyke board, and it was difficult for some of his frlonds to recognize him at first glance. Frank Is one of tho many North Platto boyB who is making good. Allison Wilcox is home from the Colorado agricultural college at Douldor to spend vacation, One might expect Allison to follow in his fathers foot- ilnnn nnil ImromM n Riirra(ifii1 Ihotvaiv buthio trend was not that way ;hia fancy running to flno horses and cattlo and a do desire of farmngalongaclentlfic methods Wanted to sell One three yoar old black Percheron Stallion. Registered No. 52422. L. E. Ebright, two miles west of Experimental farm. Ends Winter's Troubles. To many, winter in a season of trouble. Tho frost bitten toos and fingers, chap pod hands and lips, chilblains, cold sores, red and rough skins, prove this. But such troubles fly beforo Bucklen's Arnica Salvo. A trial convinces. Greatest henler of Burns, Boils, Piles, Cuts, Sores, Eczema and SprainB. Only '25 cents at Stono Drug Co. Lots and mall Tracts of Land 1 or Sale Now in, Water o's Third Addition to $ ii) iii l (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) q '0 i$ ?) ft (?) (?) (?) (f) m (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) '0 (9) m (?) (?) HERSHEY, NEB. If- Lots 50x140 feet from $30.00 to $200.00 each. Tracts of 2.14 to 2.42 acres from $80 to $500 each. According to Location. EASY TERMS. Seven per cent interest on Deferred Payments. Apply to . WICKSTROM, Supt., HERSHEY, NEB. m m (?) (?) (?) m m m (?) (?) m (f) () (f) (?) (?) (?) (?)