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TWENTY-FOURTH YEAH.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, JULY 17, 19011.
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Clearance Sale of
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Oxfords and S iiHiiioicr Shoes i
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In order to clear our shelves of broken lines of oxfords and summer shoes
we are going to offer these two lines at greatly reduced prices. We will offer
you some real values. This will be an opportunity to buy a dressy oxford at a
real bargain. The hot days have just begun, you cannot afford to wear a shoe
that is hot and heavy while we are offering cool oxfords at such bargains. We
have not put on sale a lot of cheap oxfords and shoes but we are selling broken
lines of our regular stock at reduced prices.
This Sale Will Begin Saturday, July 1 8th.
We have not space enough to give you all the bargains we have .but below
we give you a few of the bargains we have to offer.
Men's Tan Russia Calf two
buckle Oxfords, regular
price $4.00, for
Men's 'Patent Colt Oxfords
lace and button, regular
price $4.50, for
Men's Velour Calf and Gun
Metal Oxfords, lace and
button, regular price $4
Men's Patent Colt Harlow
Shoes, regular price
$4.50, for
Men's Vici Kid Oxfords,
made for solid comfort,
regular price $2.00, for
Boys' Tari Russia Calf two
buckle Oxfords, regular
price $3.00, for. .....
$3.48
$3.60
$3.12
$3.60
$1.74
$2.22
Ladies' Patent Leather Ox
fords, welt sole, regular frfy QQ
price $3.50, for JaOO
Ladies' Patent Colt Oxfords
turn sole, regular price tf'"J A A
$3-O0, for Jo4u
Ladies' Patent Colt Oxfords
welt sole, regular price (T
$3.00, for $LLL
Ladies' two button golden
brown Pumps, made on
"Tredstrate" last, reg- QJ FJ(
ular price $3.00, for.. sDZ'olU
Ladies' golden brown Pumps
Colonial style with buc
kle, regular price $3.50 QQ
Ladies' Russia calf, suede
top, Lace Oxfords, reg- A A
ular price S3. 50, for.. )OaUl
We have several broken lines of children's, misses' and boys' oxfords and
shoes that we will offer at bargains.
You cannot afford to miss this sale. It will be money in you pocket.
521 Dewey
Street.
SMALL,
The Big
Shoe Man.
Water Bonds Defeated.
By a vote of 319 to 292, the proposi
tion to voto water bonds in the sum of
ninety thousand dollars was defeated at
tho special election held Tuesday. To
have carried, tho bonds needed two-
tlt.rla nf nil riina nnaf nrwl warn tlinrp.
fore 115 votes short of tho required
number.
Tho result by wards was aa follows:
First ward, 08 for and 80 against; Sec
ond ward 132 for and 164 against;
Third ward 92 for and 75 against.
The defeat of this proposition to
build a new plant, followine a reject
ion of a proposition to purchase tho
present plant at its appraised value,
leaves no other course to pursue but to
grant a new franchise to the present
company. In granting a franchise,
which should give the city tho option to
purchase at tho end of every two or
four years, the company should be re
quired under the contract to lay addi
tional mains in order that the outlying
residence districts havo the benefit of
water for domestic purposes as well as
for fire protection. And in instances
whero two inch mains are in service,
they should be taken up and replaced
with four inch. The company can af
ford to make the needed extensions,
for the increased revenue will pay in
terest on the investment, and in case
of future purchase by the city the im
provements thus made could be added
to tho physical value of tho plant, leiu
tho usual per cent of depreciation for
wear and tear.
Heretofore the money raised by the
seven mill levy the maximum levy
possible under tho law has been in
sufficient to maintain additional hy
drants, and the council has not felt
warranted in ordering additional hy
drants placed. Now, however, the as
sessed value of tho city hus been con
siderably Increased, and the seven mill
levy fiwill probably create sufficient
funds to pay for a number of addi
tional hydrants.
We do not believe that those people
who do not now havo satisfactory
water service, and who voted for the
bonds, have reason to feel "soro
Had the bonds carried and an attempt
mnde to throw out the present com
pany almost endless litigation would
have followed and during this litigation
the bonds would not have been salable
no purchaser would caro to buy a law
suit along with tho bonds. This being
true, the new plant could not have been
built nnd tho present company would
not be in shape to make extensions;
therefore the people who aro without
service or who have poor service would
need wait until the matter was settled
in the courts. .
We believe that tho water company
will continuo to treat tho people fairly
and that under a new contract it will
consent to extend its system so that
practically all the outlying districts can
havo water for both domestic and firo
purposes. If it doesn't consent to
uch, it ghould bo made to do so by tho
council.
Lutheran Church. ,
The Holy Communion will bo cele
brated ot the 10:30 service Sunday.
Services prcpnrtory to this solemn hour'
of worship will begin at ten o'clock.
We trust tho entire membership may
arrango to be present on time. Tho
offering will be for the Tabitha Luth
eran home at Lincoln, and will include
tho orphanage, homo for tho aged and
hospital departments.
During tho summer months tho oven-
ing service will be a joint one of tho
Luther League nnd tho regular wor
ship at the hour of the latter. Miss
Gertrude Minshall leads the meeting
Sunday. The pastor and others will
deliver short addresses. Everybody
welcome to worship with us.
Pastoii.
Notice to Contractors.
Sealed bids will bo recevied up to
Saturday, July 25th, for tho construc
tion of n two-stroy cement building,
size l'lxG0. Will reservo the right to
reject nny or all bids. Plans and
specifications can bo seen at my store.
R. N. Lam ii.
Assessed Valuation.
From tho abstract of assessment
compiled by County Assessor Bacon
the following statistics relative to tho
personal property of Lincoln county is
taken:
Number of cattle of all ages 01,574,
with nn nctunl value of $770,700; num
ber of hogs 29,935, value $119,470;
horses of all ages 15,933, valuo$805,915;
mules und jacks G50, value $37,315;
sheep 1,800, vnluo $0,795, making a to
tal valuation of $1,740,425 for tlu
livo stock of nil kinds in the county.
Among other articles found and as
sessed were: 1,591 dogB, 3,053 wagons
and carriages, 1,2G5 watches, 1,409
sowing machines, 21 threshing mtv
chines, 13 automobile", 879 pianos nnd
organs, 372 guns nnd revolvers, 40 en
gines and 54 type writers.
The farmers had on hand nt tho time
tho assessment was tnken 7,445 bush
els of wheat, 35,951 bushels of corn,
2,280 bushels of outs, 1,200 bushels of
Kaffir corn, 045 bushels of potatoes,
2,119 tons of hny and 35 tons of broom
corn.
Of the land in tho county only 85,212
acres aro placed as under cultivation
and 1,233,580 not under cultivation.
Tho actual value of all this land is $8,-
087,113, the land under cultivntion hav
ing an nverago valuation of $20.23 per
acre nnd tho unimproved an nvorngo of
$0.00. making tho average value of all
land $7.01 per acre.
In tho county there aro 1,505 improved
town lots valued at $2,078,011), and 3,-
529 unimproved town lots valued nt
$293,445, making a total valuation of
all town property of $2,372,000.
Tho total actual value of the countv.
exclusive of railroads, telegraph and
telephones is:
Kcnl Estnto $8,087,113
We offer fresh homo grown vege
tables every uny. Tramp, tho urocer
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
J. M. Henderson is having a second
story built on his resldcnco on west
Fourth street.
For Sale A bicycle. Inquiro of G.
W. McDowell.
Leo Tobin spent Wednesday nt IlifT
making arrangements to hnvo harvest
ed tho hay on 800 acres of land owned
by his mother.
Joseph Schwaigcr has purchased of
Tho Security Investment Co. lots one,
two and three, section" 29, town 13,
range 28, for a consideration of $2,000.
August Bccrmnn has sold to Bent ie
Homelstrnnd tho east half of tho south
west quarter nnd lots six and soven,
section 0-10-27, for a consideration of
$2,000.
Latest Novelty Ovcrlaccs just re
ceived and on snlo at very low prices.
BuitKi: & Cl).
At the horso snlo at the stockyaris
Tuesday, conducted by C. A. Moore,
nbout soventy-flvo bend wero sold.
Thoy were principally western range
horses,
Tho county commissioners woro at
Sutherland Tuesday viewing roads and
bridges. They found that twclvo
stringers on the Sutherland bridge hnd
been broken by tho passago of a trnc
ion engine nnd separator.
For Snlo Cheap A fresh milch cow.
Inquire at Landgrnf's harbor shop.
Articles of incorporation of the
North Platte and Dickons Telephone
Co. havo been filed with tho county
clerk. Tho capital stock ia placed at
$5,005 divided into 143 shares of $35
each.
A. W. Heald, of Marshalltown, Iown,
hnssold to A. M. Welch, of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, 500 acres of land in Lin
coln county for $25,200. This land is
situated in sections 19, 30 nnd 31, town
shid 11, range 31.
O. II. Thoclccko reports the sale of
a section of land six miles southwest of
town to P. L. Wagner of Cozad; sec
tion 3-12-31 to F. L. Weinberg, and tho
southwest quarter of section 32-13-32
to Wilbur Patterson.
Mrs. J, A. Jones, who leaves the
early part of next week for n visit
with relatives at Danville, Va., was
the recipient of n surprise pnrty Tues
day afternoon from n number of her
lady friends. She was presented with
a set of souvenir spoons.
John ShnfTcr has been committod to
jail pending tho result of nn assault he
made upon his wife last Monday. Shaf
fer's attack upon his wifo is said to
havo been very vicious, so much so thnt
his blows cused internal bleeding. Mrs.
Shaffer's condition was reported somo-
what bettor this morning.
Town nronerty. .
Personal property.
.2,372,000
.3,748,080
Total $14,807,853
To this is to bo added tho raiload
property, the actual value of which is
about seven million dollars in round
numbers.
For tax levying purpoges this total
of $21,800,000 in divided by five making
tho sum of $4,300,000 upon which the
levies can be made.
Railway Men in Politics."
Permnnont hondquartcrs of tho Ne
braska State Rallwny Employes Pro
tective association havo been opened nt
Hotel Rone nnd ono or moro members
of tho executive committco will bo in
clmrgo from now on to look after tho
interests of the railroad men and thoir
campafgn against "needless agitation
of tho railroad quostion and reductions
of rates which promiso nothing for tho
general good, but thrcatou to cut tho
revenues of tho railways to such an ex
tent thnt wago reductions nnd decreated
forces will be necessary," says the
Omaha Bee.
1 'Wo aro not going to ontcr tho nation
nl campaign in any way" snld S. C. Mu
combor mombor of tho committco fr m
North Platte. 41 Wo hnvo no idea of
declaring ourselves for eithor Mr. Tnft
or Mr. Bryan. Our intorest is wholly
within tho stnto of Nobrnska and wo
will not bo identified with nny mo o
ment to support cither national ticki t.
But wo nro in politics just tho snmr
Nebroska politics, and when tho timo
comes wo will bo found looking out for
tho interests of tho railway wiiko
orrnor8by knowing something about
tho mon who nro to be elected to tho
Nebraska legislature and who will bo
up for olection to places on the Stuto
Railway commission.
"Those are tho places we nro going
to watch nnd tho places which similar
organizations in other states will watch,
but lot it be distinctly understood that
the organization ns an organization will
will not quibblo with oither tho repub
lican or democratic parties as to tho
national injunction question or othor
similar questions which may agitato
some of tho labor organizations or
which may arouse tho labor organiza
tions and brotherhoods to which our
members belong."
Tho members of tho oxecutivo com-
mitteo say tho organization in Nebras
ka is growing rapidly nnd at present
over 60 per cent of tho railway em
ployes in tho state are enrolled. Sev
eral meetings aro being held in different
parts of the stato every week.
Myrtle News.
Ethel Combs, of North Platto, is
visiting for n couple of wcoks with her
undo J. II. Thompson.
Everett Claudson and wife are tho
proud parents of n bnby boy.
L. C. Mitcholl nnd Elmer Richardson
wore North Platte visitors Friday and
Saturday.
Joe Ray returned Friday from Oak
land nccompanied by his mother who
will visit fcr awhilo.
R. L. Donglas, of Edmond, Okl., ii
horo transacting business. Ho says that
ho thinkb eventually they will bo back
to Nebraska to livo but never on his
farm horo. He aho snld wo havo 'tha
best propects for corn of any place I12
HUM Vll.
A verv nleasant surnrisn nnrti. wns
given Mr. nnd Mrs. John Santo Friday
evening; about fifty guests being pres
ent. Refreshments were served and a
pleasant evening spent.
Two gentleman friends of Joo Ricnrd
were visiting him for n few days and
returned to their homo at Moorefield
Monday.
H. Morrow, nnd wifo nnd two sons
moved to North Platto some timo ago.
This correspondent did not know of it
until recently nnd us it has not become
generally known will at this lato date
make mention of it.
Joo Rcckard has received word that
Mrs. Cown was much worse again.
Notice to the Public.
All persons aro warned against tres
passing, hunting or fishing on tho lands
of tho Birdwood ranch. Violators will
bo prosecuted. II. C. Wai.i.ack.
To Lot Owners.
Owners of vacant lots urc renuested
to cut down weeds growing thereon or
thOV Will bo cut l)V tlm rltv nt 1
owner's cost. If cut by city tho cost
win uu greater. Attend to tins matter
at once. w. B. Salishuky,
Street Commissioner
Barb wire for sale at
Hershey's, corner Fith
and Locust St. Phone 15.
To mnko tho purpose of tho orguniza
tion elenr n circular letter hns been pre
pared which is being sent to nil railway
employes of tho state. This lotUr soya
In part:
Wo desire to mnko clear that it is not
our purpose to prevent, obstruct or op
pose tho passage of any monsuro which
the general welfnronf the stnto demnnda
but wo do proposo to sco to it that
our interests shall horenf ter reccivo tha
snmo consideration nn nil other classea
of citlzons, taxpayers nnd voters, in
stead of being ignored by tho profes
sional politician who imagines ha ia
doing our thinking for us nnd whoso
only stock in trade Is nn oxtensivo vc
ccbulary composed principally of hot
air. Not only is our numerical strength
n gratifying fenturo, but tho intelli
gence of each nnd eyory member Ib nn
inspiration prompting every mombor to
greater efforts toward securing the
results for which this association is
formed. Wo wish to especially direct
your attention to the coming political
campaign, nnd Imprcna upon you tho
necessity of carefully looking into ench
candidate's record ns to his ability and
his attitude relative to our interests.
It must be clearly understood by those
who will give our interests tho full nnd
fnir consideration accorded to others.
Wo do not nntagonizo tho Interests of
tho banker, merchant, manufacturer or
farmer, but regard them as our friends
whoso interests nnd ours tiro mutunl.
Wo believe tho Interests of tho 22,000
employes of this stnto are too impor
tant to bo continually subjected to such
politicnl juggling ns In tho past. W
hnvo nlrondy gone on record fnvorina;
federal supervision of railroads and the
adjustment of unfair rates, and Hand
ready at nil times to auppoir t'logiBlutfon
which tonds to promote equally the in
terests of all, through which prosperity
will surely follow.
Quality is what you should ntnnd out
for whon buying Hllverwaro or silver
pinto. Silver means silver here, nnd
everything in plated wnro is tliu best of
its kind. Wo can hIiow you a splendid
vnrioty of either.
Clinton, Jkwkleu and Optician
KODAKS
AT CUT PRICES
TO CLOSE OUT.
TO CLOSE MY STOCK OF EASTMAN CAM
ERAS AND KODAKS WILL REDUCE
THE PRICES AS FOLLOWS:
Brownie No. i, $1.00,
My price . . j ,
Brownie No. 1, A $!pS,
My price ,'.'
Brownie No. 2 A, $3.60,
My price
Brownie No. 2 F, P., $5.60,
My price i . t . . .'
Brownie No. 3 Folding-, '$9.00,
My price . . . .
.85
.65
..2.50
.U.25
.775
Folding Pocket Kodaks. No. 1, $10.00, O HE
My price.....! j.. ..Ooi-D
Mak'No. I A, $12.00 if A nr.
W.id
13,75
Folding Pocket Kqc
my price -
Folding Pocket Kodak No. 2, Si 5. 00
My price
Folding Pocket Kodak No. 3, $17.50, i( f?
My price ID .Id
Folding- Pocket Kodak No. 3 A, $20.00 t FJ fflZ
My price U.ld
Bulls Eye Kodak, $8.00 A
My price 0.3U
Prcmo Camera 5x7, $21.00 (2 extra plate tj Q ?A
holder with Premo 5x7) My price IlGoiJx
Kodak Box with No. 2 Brownie, $4.00 9 jT A
My price tl.OU
Above prices arc lower than any dealer in the
United States can sell for and continue to handle
Eastman g-oods. I shall continue to handle Amateur
supplies of other make!?, will let you know about
this latter. Get one of these kodaks now, as you
cannot buy at the prices after my supply is exhausted.
iO. 3VL 1ST EWTON.
