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DR. BROCK, DENTIST,
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Tho Methodist aid society will meet
Thursday nfterdoon with Mrs. W. 0.
Lanning.
Lost On tho streotsa pair of glusscs
in a case. Finder please return to this
ofi!6o.
The Episcopal ladies disposed of
twenty-five dollars worth of bread,
cakes and pies at their exchange Sat
urday. Best and cheapest insurance written
by Bratt & Goodman.
Tho Young Pcoplo'B Society of
tho Presbyterian church will hold
a lawn social at the G. W. MoDowall
residonco Friday evening.
We remount and repair all kinds of
full diamond jewelry in our workshop.
Dixon, The Jeweler.
Wenther forecast: Partly cloudy and
probably showers tonight and Wednes
day. The maximum temperature yes
terday was 80, one year ago 92; min
imum this morning 65, one year ago CO.
Houses and storo for rent.
Bratt & Goodman.
Division Engineer Warf, of Choy
enne, is doing business in town today.
He came loaded with blue-prints and
something in tho way of terminal im
provements may bo expected in tho
near future.
"8 per cent money to help you buy or
build. Bhatt & Goodman.
The bond " election today is creating
quite a little stir, and every vote possi
ble is being hustled to tho polls. Auto
mobiles and carriages are being used
to convey voters to tho polls. Indica
tions are that the bonds will be de
feated. For Sale Cheap One hard coal stove,
small soft coal stove, gasolino stove,,
single iron bed, a walnut bedroom suit,
refrigerator,, flour chest, 1900 WaBher,
galvanized iron water tank and other
things. Inquire of A. J. Sentcr, 90M
West Dlh St.
Polled Angus Bulls for sale.
Thomas E. Doolittle.
I. A. Gaither, of Dickens precinct,
who is transacting business it town, to
day, anys crops in that precinct
are in better shape than during any
season for four years past. Corn is
in fine shape and tho grass
could not be better.
Miss Ruth Streitz will be hostess at
an nutomobilo party tomorrow evening
her guests to be a half dozen girl
friends. Following tho auto rido there
will bo a porch party, where refresh
mqnts will be served. Tho porch decor
ations will be sunflowers and golden
rod.
Mrs. W. M. Cunningham will be
hostess nt a house party which will
begin with a dinner Wednesday even
ing and terminate Friday. Tho guests
will be Mrs. Frederick Warren and
daughter, Miss May Walker, Miss
Maud Dillon, Miss Sylvia Watts nnd
Miss Kennedy, of Iowa, who is the
guest of Miss Watts.
The boautv of cut class depends upon
its brilliancy; that depends upon the
design, depth of cuttings and tho quality
of the glaps. Tho glass we sell is tho
lUf BOPYR
i best mauo, cioan cui, spanning, exqu w
I itc in design and moderato in price.
Clinton, Jeweler and Optician.
Your New Suit
should bo mnde to order, and
wo are in position to muke it
and guarantee a perfect fit.
New samples of spring and
summer goods just received.
Come in and let us show you.
No use sending out of town
for your apparel.
F. J. BROEKER
lewey St.
Merchant Tailor
Jos. F. Fiilion
Authorized
DRAIN LAYER
Would like to figure with
you to connect your house
with city sewer system.
Also Plumbing Work.
Tin Rooting mid
Spouting.
'Phono 180.
The Wedding Silver
often becomes their heirloom of a fam
ily and dominates all other gifts.
Therefore it is very essential Unit it b
of high and lasting quality, and of ox
elusive design. A new and complete
lino just received. Let us give you our
prices.
DIXON, The Jeweler.
J. G. Beelcr suffered from heat pros
tration while in attendance at tho Don
ver convention and was brought homo
the latter part of last week in a rather
serious condition. He is recoving from
the edect and will probably bo at his
office in n few days.
For Sale Tho E. D. Owens property
in south part of town. A uesfrablo
home at a right price. Sco
0. E. Elder.
All Shriners who camo through in the
special from tho west report that their
finest ride from the coast was between
North Piatto and Grand Island. Their
band left tho train hero to serenade
Engineer Schwniger who pulled them
through. Grand Island Independent.
All Prints 5 cents nt Tho Hub.
Chas. Boguo attended the Denver
convention ns did other national and
district officers of the railroad orders,
who were desirous of having a strong
anti-injunction plank inserted in tho
democratic platform, Tho labor leaders
wcro disappointed in securing the plank
they desired inserted in tho platform.
Household good for salo cheap. A. J.
Sonter, 905 west Fifth street.
Tho people of Oshkosh arc nrf anging
for n barbecuo to bo held at the timo
the North River brunch is completed to
that enterprising town, nnd thoy will
extend a general invitation to North
Piatto citizens. Wo can assure tho
Oshkosh people that if they givo North
Piatto citizens duo notice of the affair
a train load of us, accompanied by tho
band, will bo there.
Wo buy old gold and Bilver haven't
you some old pieces of jewelry that you
will not use again. We will pay you
handsomely for it.
Dixon, Tho Jeweler.
In a letter to the secretary of tho
New York manufacturers' association,
vice President Brown of tho Now York
Central says tho railroads dare not at
tempt to reduco the wages of employes,
fcr (i disastrous strike would follow.
This statement of Mr. Brown is givon
out as a justification of tho raise , in
rates which tho railroads proposo to
make on October 1st.
A dozen members of tho gun club
went to Gothenburg yesterday n&d held
tho initial shoot for tho silver trophy,
Gothenburg winning. Tho shooting by
both teams was designated as being
exceptionally poor, the best shooters
getting about fifty targets out of a
possiblo seventy-five. A return contest
will be held in this city in the near
future and the members of tho home
team hopo to redeem themselves.
For Sale.
Now two-storv houBo and n lot: 320
south Dewev street, six blocks from
nostofllco. Cement sidewalks. Price
$3,300 cash. Inquiro of Picard Bros.
Oxfords
THAT WILL PLEASE YOU
Men's cool Oxfords for hot dayB,
made of pearl canvas, $1.50.
Men's Tan Russia Calf, two buckle,
Oxfords $-1.00.
Men's Velour Calf Oxfords at $3.50
nnd $3.
Boys' Tnn Russia Calf, two buckle,
Oxfords at $2.50 to $3.00.
Our line of Tnn nnd Golden Brown
Oxfords will anneal to the most dis
criminating ladies. This lino of Ox
fords represent STYLE, FIT AND
COMFORT.
Ladies' Golden Brown Oxfords. $2. 00
T.ailina' finlflnn lirnwn Button
Oxfords 3.00
T nHlon' Rnldon Brown Buckle
Oxfords 3.50
A full lino of Children's and Misses'
Golden Brown Oxfords.
SMALL,
The Big Shoe Man.
RYDER TELLS OF HIS TRIP.
(From tho Lincoln Journal )
John J. Ryder, of tho stato bureau
of labor and industrial statistics, just
homo from a trip up tho Piatto valloy,
mving addressed n largo gathering of
wostorn Nebraska pcoplo at North
Platte, has much that is interesting to
tell of what ho saw and learned.
"One of those happy thoughts which
seem nothing loss than inspired oc
curred to Chancellor Andrews on a re
cent trip of inspection to tho North
Piatto sub-station of tho stnto experi
ment farm," said Mr. Ryder. "The
chnncollor, immediately ho saw tho
grand exhibit tho farm run by Super
intendent Snyder is making at this time,
told tho superintendent nnd citizens of
North Platte that steps ought to be at
once tnkon to bring to the farm the
land-workers of that wholo region. Out
of a long experience and his trained
powers of observation Chancellor An
drews realized that nowhero in the
United States could a better or more
mpressivo object lesson 1)0 found for
tillers of tho soil who want tb know
what tho soil really can do when pro
porly worked. The chancellor's sugges
tion developed into a so-called farmers'
picnic, to which .nil tho pcoplo of that
section wcro invited. In spite of the
fnct that tho notice was vorv short
and that harvesting wns pratically in
full sway, thoro woro botween 1,200
and 1,500 people at tho picnic.
"I personally mot men who had como
as far as thirty miles and upward; and
ono man drove a team of colts twenty
eight miles, thus saving his work ani
mals. When the scores of rigs, all
loaded, got to tho sub-station wc started
out, on foot nnd by vehicles, to sco the
crops that Snydor and his boys aro
growing under tho direction of tho
experiment station, with Dean Burnett
directly supervising. Even a hard-shell
Missouriun would have been satisfied
with tho showing. Tho enthusiastic
comments were certainly good to hear.
Tho visitors saw wheat on tho bench
land that will go over fifty and very
likely sixty bushels to the acre. Somo
did sixty bushels there last Benson.
Thoy saw emmer, or apeltz, that very
few ventured n guess on, but many of
thorn took awny sntnplo bushes; and
the macaroni wheat exhibit called forth
admiration that spoko much for tho
methods followed by tho sub-station.
"On adjoining plats of ground, each
one pratically running into the other,
wcro stands of grand looking grain,
sowed with different quantities to tho
acre, five pecks on ono strip, four on
the next, three pecks next, then two
pecks. The best farmer in tho crowdu
would not undcrtnke to say whero tho
dividjng line was of thojrrcater and thu
lesser quantities. It was an object les
son in cultivation and in scientific
farming, that wlU make mnny n man
do somo thinking. This was on what
is called tho bench land, nnd on the
tnb land were oven more interesting
things. Hero woro adjoining plots,
clearly defined by driveways and dead-
rows, of grain of tho Bamo kind grown
on summer fallowed land, on spring
plowed land and on fall plowed land.
Even the veriest novice of tho multitude
did not need to bo told whero one
scheme ended and the other began. In
every cuse. tho summer fallow showed
its very great superiority and tho fall
plowing easily stood second. This wnB
truo of oats as well as wheat, and of
tho various other crops that aro planted.
"Dean Burnett, Superintendent Sny
der and his assistants all took pains to
explain to tho visitors tho plan follow
ed in preparing tho sovoral plots for
sowing, and also went into details as to
tho sequenco of crops on every different
piece. This was done right on the
ground, mind you, whero tho listeners
could see close at hand and handle tho
grain itssolf . It was really tho most
interesting and enlightening outdoor
school work that I ever saw, and it
was so proclaimed by nil the pructical
men and women who listened.
"It must bo kept in mind that these
suporb crops superb from almost every
point of view aro being doveloped and
grown on land that is just of average
quality for that section of tho valley.,
Tho throo sections of tho sub-atation
farm nro not u whit bottor than a grent
bulk of tho surrounding land, and not
as good ns Home. If tho men of the
high-priced land areaB could eeo with
their own eyes tho results of careful,
methodical farming in western Ne
braska, they would never again pro-
sumc to open their heads in disparage
ment. All thecountics around Lincoln,
with tho exception of a very few iso
lated patches, can, and are, showing
similar results, whero tho farmer gives
the land anything like fair troatment.
As early as 1871 the father of General
Superintendent Park, of tho Union Pa
cific railroad, Btarted tho growing of
alfalfa near North Piatto, which was
probably tho earliest start for that
mighty crop in tho state. Today tho
wholo western half of Nebraska t
few years ago sneered at oven by Nc
brnska patriots is u very garden for
alfalfa, despite discouragements from
one cause or another, and mistakes of
individuals, But it is significant that
even today tho alfalfa plant hasn't re
ceived tho study it deBerves from the
general mass of farmers. Tho crops of
pigs being Bent off tho sub-station farm
proves this conclusively to my mind
fWhen wo get a few more alfalfa mills
atarted in Nebraska, then tho crop will
como into its own proper placo, and it
will not bo far from tho head of tha
line.
On the sub-station farm tho corn does
not look nny better than it docs on
many other farms in tho valloy, and
not as good as somo. All through that
section aro fields of corn that nro living
proofs of tho capability of tho cheap
lands of western Nebraska to grow
corn that is not to bo decried in any
company. Scnntor Sibley told mo of
one man who farms alonon half section
of land in corn, He specializes, plants
tho crop clean up to his dooryard,
keeps sufficient horses, and changes
teams frequently throughout tho day.
Whon the timo comes, this man culti
vates, then cultivates again and then
somo more. Ho lives with that corn,
raises as high as 12,000 bushols, and
then starts in ngnin to court his mis
tress of the fields. It's a strong work,
nnd needs his persistent devotion; but
tho dividends aro heavy, as can bo
easily guessed.
"Bromo grass that will stand for $30
an acru is not so bad, is it? Well thoro
is anj quanlty of that crop, of that
quality, to bo seen on the substation
farm, and on other farms. And thero
is cxcollent ryo and barley, largely
used for hog feed; and cano fields that
nre a dolight to tho eyo. To specify
tho variety of crops that nro grown on
tho farm, and in Lincoln and surround
ing counties, is to run tho gamut of tho
plants that will grow in tcmperato
climes.
Mr. Snyder and his men under direc
tion of Dean Burnett and tho Btnff at
tho stato farm, musters of tho new ag
riculture, aro now engaged in efforts
to develop better varieties. Whon I
say they aro suro to succeed I base my
conclusion on several visits mado to tho
present assistant sccrotary of agricul
ture, W. M. Hays, when ho was con
ducting wheat-breeding experiments
at the Minnesotn station. Ho delivered
the better goods to tho farmers of
Minnesota, and what has been done
there can be dono in Nebraska.
"But to get back to that picnic. It
is now established as uit annual affair,
and next year, if Chancellor AndrewB
attends, ho will find thousands instead
of hundreds acclaiming nnd profiting by
his very hnppy suggestion. In tho North
Star stnte, Mr. James J. Hill for sev
oral years prior td nnti-pass days mado
it a practice to supply special trains to
bring the farmers of tho different sec
tiona of Minnesotn to tho Btato cxpori
mental farm nt St. Paul, with im
menso educational results nlong agri
cultural lines. Tho same study here will
pay even bettor, and tho North Piatto
station especially ought to bo mado a
farmers' Mecca at certain times every
year, for tho difforont western counties
in turn. I bclievo the vearlv cxnense
of tho station to the state treasury
would be repajd by the gain to every
group of farm visitors. All thoy neod
do is to uso eyo and brain, and ask
questions that will be gladly answered
Tho railroads could not do n better
work for themselves and the western
counties than to encourago such oxcur
sions to tho limit tho law will nllow.
"On tho train with Dean Burnett and
myself were two old-time settlors of
northorn Kansas. Thoy had just re
turned from Europe nnd wore on their
way to California, whero thoy now re
side. "Wo havo been over n good part
of Europe," Baid ono, add havo
traveled from Romo in Italy to this
point in America, coming clean across
tho continent. Nowhero hnvo wo seen
more promising crops or a hotter pros
pect than wo nro looking nt right hero
in western Nebraska. Your develop
ment is wonderful, your slaughter of
old-time pessimistic prophecies is noth
ing less thnn glorious.
"Now, why ahouldn't wo boost for
Nebraska till all the world hears, and
keep on boosting? Not particularly
what wo expect, but what wo have.
It's surely meat for an advertising
Caesur to feed on."
Barb wire for sale at
Hershey's, corner Fith
and Locust St. Phone 15.
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TRUE watch fine
ness is a matter of
workmanship and ma
terial not of price, or of jewels,
or of a gold case.
The fineness of the Howard
watch is the fineness of intelligent
design i of workmanship with a
conscience behind it, of exquisite
adjustment.
Every HOWARD is adjusted in
its case, to heat, cold, vibration,
change of position.
The price li fixid by tlie printed ticket
attached at the factory $35,00 to $15,0,00
and li nivir cut.
"When you buy a Howad you g it tome
thins." We are dlitributon for thii diitinctive
watch.
Clinton, The Jeweler.
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"An Athletic Woman"
"Hide and Seek"
'The Airship Theives"
"Little Girl who Didn't
ILLUSTRATED SONGS.
"Nobody Ever Brings Presents to Me"
"Just a Little Rocking Chair and You"
10 Cents Only.
AW.
PUBLIC
The undersigned will sell
HALL GROVE three and
of North Platte on
I Wednesday,
commencing1 at 10
E: James Patterson Dairy Cows,
the cows that made butter for the "400" of North i2
Platte, and are without a doubt the finest bunch of 3
dairy cows in this part of the country. Si
g 30 Head of Milch Cows, 75 head of Mixed Cattle,
g consisting of cows, heifers, steers and calves, one
S Short Horn Bull, 30 head of broke and unbroke
$ Horses, two 3-inch tire wagons, one spring agon,
one 6-ft Deering mower, one 8-ft Standard mower,
j one 12-ft McCormick rake, one DeLaval separator,
household furniture and farm machinery.
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Terms of Sale Six months' time will be given on
good bankable paper.
5 FRFF. 1 IINPH AT NOON
g Col. T. F. Watts, ju
Auctioneer. YV
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Fever and Wit Clothe.
General Budcn-Powell In bis book.
"Scouting For Boyn," writes f the
flnncera that come from wet irarraenta
and of the beat way to dry ene'a
clothes: "You will often iet wet
through on service, and yon will
recruits remaining In their wetclothea
until they got dry ngaln. No old
scout would do bo, ns that Is the way
to catch fever and get 111. When yen
aro wet take tho first opportunity of
gcttlnr your wet clothes off and dry
ing them, even though you may not
havo other clothes to put on, as hap
poned to mo many a time.
"I have sat naked undor a wngon
while my ono suit of clothes was dry
ing over a flro. Tho way to dry clothes
over a fire Is to make one of hot ashes
and then build a small beehive shaped
cage of sticks over the (ire and hang
your clothes over the cage, and they
will very quickly dry; also la hoS
weather It la dangerous to sit la your
clothes when tuey have got wet fro
pcrsplraUon.
"On tho west coast of Africa I al
ways carried a spare shirt hanginfl
ftown my back, with the sleeves tle$
around my neck. So soon as I halted
I would take off the wet shirt I wu
wearing and put on tho dry, which
had been hanging out lu the sun on my
buck. Jty this mcana I never got fevor
when almost every ono clso went down
with it"
Sacred Birds of the Axtect.
Imagine a bird tho slzo of u pigeon,
Its back, head, wings nnd bronht
dazzling metallic green with golden
sheen, Uh entire lower parts vivid
scarlet, a soft, recurved crust curllug
over tho bill and ferny, curved plumes,
lapping over the wings, while two or
thrco Blender green feuthers a yard or
more In length extend over and be
yond the glossy black and white tall.
Buch Is tho Quetzal, or resplendent
IrTrogon, sacred bird of Uie Montezu-
ma8,natIonal emblomof Guatemala
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one-half miles northeast
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ainT ITIc (intuTHOiucst nnd'mosTsiriiilng
of all tho gorgeous Trngon family. Al
though found lu nearly every republic
f Central America, this silperb crea
ture Is confined entirely to the heavy
oak forests of tho higher mountains.
In these localities his Hhrlll scream
may be heard nt any timo, yet It 1 a
difficult matter to oven catch a gllmpso
of his brilliant form an ho lilts from
tree to tree, and far more dlfllcult Is
the task of securing specimens. Ap
parently fully nwnro of their beauty
and Tnluo, tlicso royal birds nro ex
ceedingly shy nnd suspicious, keeping
entirely to tho topmost branches of
tho tallest trees, frequently far out of
shotgun raugo. This statement Is no
exaggeration, for the trees often nt
taln a holght of .100 feet.-Outlng Mag
anlno. The Cruelty of Thoughtlessness.
Most of the cruolty of tho world I
thoughtless cruelty. Very fow pcoplo
would Intentionally add to nuotber't)
load or make his burden lu llfo heavier
or his path rougher. Most of tho grent
heart wounds aro Inflicted by thought
less thruHtn, flung out often In a mo
ment of auger, whon perhaps wo w ro
too proud to upologlze or to try to boat
tho grlovous wounds wo had made.
Can nuythlug be mora cruel than to
discourage u soul who Id struggling to
lo tho best ho can, to throw stumbling
blocks In the path of those who aro
trying to get on In tho world ngnlast
great odds?
No life Is Just tho same after you
liavo onco touched It. Will you lcavo
n ray of hopo or 0110 of despair, a U.ish
of light or a somber cloud across so no
dark llfo each day? Will you by
thoughtless cruelty deepen tho Hhail w
"which hangs over tho llfo, or will you
"by kludness dispel It altogether? Xo
matter how you feel or what is dis
turbing your pence of mind, never al
low yourself to send out n discourag
ing, 1 cruel or an unkind word or
thought. Success Magazine.