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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1908)
HIE SLM1-WKLY fRIMHlt nA L. UARIti PublUhcr THUMB: 1 1. IN ADVA NCI'S NORTH I'l.ATTK NRIMAflKA Bummer Rending. A young prtiftnor of iimUx'tnuUi x. wIki playotl h good game of tennis md wim H lienrly outdoor rmtipnnlon, i In nnitiee lit h fellow vMrntlntilsia lv fiwinllni the Hum Iwu-w guinea hihI iMilug irlt lying mi ease, with n lr until work on calculus, or wone oilier Niibjsct In Him misty BltltUlteH f hcI cue, lln enjoyed niiininet- rend Inn fully. hiiiI looked forward to hln vu- lit lent fiN4tM or leisurely study. Wltut one Ultra to tead l the Iwm aunuuor tending, and a every claim nf Imok la liked by somebody. Hi" wumtimpilon of lh world'a llleralttio pmbnbly dooa nut vary much In kliul front January Ik leeraber. There are no literary ihiniinlM to put away ami replace, wllh liicrary gaitae, No oh, declarea the Vu,wV Companion, haa yd ltivontttl it ivio of novel thai cornea In with a l iti agtta ami goes out with green corn Hummer reading la a sHperetlilon f ln romlc nmir and the publisher who Imagine III entire world of vaca tionist lolling In hammock, drinking tnnnnnde and perusing 'Ibtlnty lhv leguen" or "The lC.eltlng Adventure f Captain Montreaol, ttometlmo Oftl r of the IMnk llttMRri." Hut If yon look over Tom's ahoulder after a dnv in the knytleld, the chnucee are that ou will find him rending Umfc which he began In midwinter, and did not have tint to rlnlab. Grandmother I pmliably going alowly through Adam Hade" for the nineteenth time, mid Mary'a book lit "Hoy Travelers on the Congo' 'Tudd'n'hend NVIUoii" rtMt that October It om of the mou lurl dangerous mouth In which to pccwlnte In elocka; "lte others ir July, January, September. April. No vember, May, March, .Inae. Dumber ugoat aud February." Hy the same token, a peculiarly interesting book to lead la Annual It one which ! not dull la any other month. Nutriment In the Oyiter. Tto itNivntl bllnr that lb ytr Is a vvry MMrftlOM artlcl o fHMl dim not rwrt himw aay wtHU0 tml. The oytMvr, aa a food, rtmld mil fully U!tty thf datwauiU of th hnmtn body. WMK tb oyttr when not Ktcwmlfe vrr pnktUW. vhohHHww, Hd ttly aaatttillhttml by wak or lm lnlr( iMoHHtclw, tt raaMt bo contend taut It contain mich lwtnt of wtttritlett n aaajp b found In bnn, rkH. nr MtHt. Tbri Is vory little, tr nay. rMlmaklmc w wwMKvbnIMtuK ntatvrtnl In tW tiyntor. Ita wmvoatthm U largely nltr);Ht and. blK rich In m4muh4m(w. it ta RmrwUy niardl a an xlhnt foo,t tor the hraln; bnt a wan nH(Hnl to an .vc)ntr Hlt of otr wmiM jkmjh Hn4 MnMit dll ctoat tn a4tnoM Uah ami in thoM chmti8 tkat gv to maka hp jAylcl fotv vitality tn tWw hnmaa boOy. Ta pnnhiwnc of iravrwMra to eon Mr tn nraors-ntkm t tm aUomI ivvQtttrtw k alrraAy brtHtftkt ftKtk fnUt Taw teorarmtra swptttattHt Utat tk ntrMMt atHwtnt a miUonAt on rtttam cwn,wltt to aitvfcHi htm na4 to oontwuwU with stmtlnr boUM In lo MMt. AtlMC n tMs sttptio, Vr KvwMtvlt luw nmHttnttHi hint in man ton UUa4 -HtwTv-3i. with m nxv mmmUmcs to nit vwcaata n tins ahva euthtttil cvMHlw!t ttwwt mntte ami tut euitHrK amt an Awtwtlx ooniwlttt In aar Hxantt Uk- wrk tt aH tottr WhN4. Nw w may xet ra m th swwth the Mattawtt Unt t)M mtaMuR lanla, ri an4 tt t tht con try ai vaUmmI Mk In th NMtr vtM tn wMvk t)h mm Batten teas an ttaterx. hbr thy btntt to jrtv catAmn r not. U Ik Umt ( ot iiwittnwnt trMt wtlt to a xmniah ncntifeft m4 trmm tn ta htftarw. Taa f nrokUMtten inaHtut n late m tint of hurt yew. tn a uoethm t a ttve rinA nitt. MfiMtn to ftgt r 14 hy ito A rata Orer. R )taM tm exnoodttar tar to year f $tUUU on toer. $MN.tM . etnUIWd aatrttt. now UlS.tM.tNM om lw. or - total for as t Ataat $X.m,lei.BX to SUMJtMsM to tMt. To wejtftM r coatta. ot otoUtfcni sotrto; lacweitt troan I.S3 asUtaaw In VMM to lOn INI oa Ua for toolM oa vaanntaao oor torraoase: IsM amV Vae aaaa) ao U laoOaow. Tto we of tm aoo1 4 eMaMMg aaaMlooy. xndo too moantio fe troa tor ootta ataoit In that no nor tt to t now to ou ooa a Tooto la toon) ate a that aaw tojr f KMat A.WWoan'a tt to two taov at I aMd t.Maad wiiiili il oa eaoa a aaoao I aMoc ' 1 lamate twin a .UfOoao VtMae I tMt tooal V atnctco rodro roa itatm. Waaeao 11 m ami T eaaasjej ooiw aaaoa j Jteltw Kn T CMfcalaPH t VC MaS VKVal VHt f o-saasM la ILkamtamat ftamal amamama HOW COST OF LIVING HAS INCREASED vB UW t T MEAT THE COST HAS INCREASED 44 PER CENT. IN LAST TEN YEARS. Meat Hat Gone Up 50 Per Cent. In Those Years Farm Products Higher Drug as a Rule Lower. Cblcnso. U t'tnls mor to Mr. any where In (h rnittKl Stat. than tt did tn ypnr amt. Hut eomtmrlaon of Cfelmm) price InrrMtm with tboan tlua-ml by th national government how thnt the law of eomtHraaatlou hna not 1hh altuKethr off thit b here. Kir lnttnnro. cintl here I higher a full 1(h) per cent, higher than tew yawr itRii. Unt If ytm have no coaL nntl entch eold tlmiujth lark of it. yon can buy quinine to cure yonr rohl much choaner iUtm j ivw ronM tn 1S!S. On the other hand, coffee U ehanner on tho Chlmgo retail market than it was a decade aao, but the drug tuoet In frtvvvr tivr curing Indlgeetlon. which cuffiH (Ktmctlmee caue. are costlier than they wert thon. Mettt Ua vsm nu candatoHtly tn fact, 0 por cent In thrh year. Oh. vory well. VegaiabW and canned gtHHlut nr abtmt aa ctMna am ever, and the logic of the honeeatoM e.xpotuM ac count i waking mora vesetartatx tmtn antKmla to aentlment did. The gvernmt ngurec atmw a high LET PASTOR WASH IN CREEKS. Two Congregations Can't Afford Bath room for Parsonage. PvoMMtrg, IV. By a doetstve vote tto conrregntion of tto Snmneytown Lathe ran coargo tow decided that cleanltoeaw nod godUoens are not cw related to sorh an extent toot a bath room shook! to nrovtdod tor tto par sonage. The naetor. Kv. Caartos U Dho. U speodtag tto summer In Germany, j and some of tto member ajrooood to j oeoln the oarsonage In Somaertoivm 1 with a totaroom Ktor to has retora. ! SjioJal meottnais -er toad ay tto two eoagregnUoaH at Somoeytowa and Heeler's chare a, wtdch contort tto carg. and determttaed opt-stttaa to tto totarooaa projoct oetoaaned anaoag tto oldor wemtora. Tto) and ttotr pastors tod managed to got amog for goneratloo Hltaoot toth reme. ttoy at goad, sod ttoy saw no , reasoa tor tatrodwetag sra new acted aotlua . Tareo creokKt la tto ajetgatorbood It tattaaatod. aJkordod abua.iu: ocoortaaltjr for totalat Wtoa tto voto ta&ea the re.i -tn tto Soeaoeyaowm toaajreaatix It la raw of tto taapro'reatent .r . t aaataet. while tto aaajosHty tto tothnsioi tn Keetor's eoogrega' ,v woe aJaaoat m tarao. -TREED- 8Y A CLOUDBURST Six M Ht.e Narrow Esoao Attootnt 4 Ptooto. W Oxferd, V. CVojiht by a ciood horat op tto air an am. wtuca vilwj . tto water of tto Octoraro crook tato a laxtag torroat. sine naom r cot of froaa tend asd mrced to cam 5 tw. atch tor tooro wore teiieotedij atrock ay w recao of torao. aatoaiM ta aad iiiaaa. aaat at oa aH ttoy ooM do u aaag toot. Oorta tto oaUre tlnae Stto Mrado. ' -So mat oeea wttfc ttoaa at a ob tto aJaviro, not to tarried trra to tto; i no Sana - 75 voar oM. to wao : uaa tto trrttor or- too atroaat ttoalty OF LIVING er price on the whole In 25S commodt tie thai enter latRel Into tho Hvlng of all the people In 1907 the percent age over lUO wax ft." per cent., and 1 1.4 per cent. Itiglter titan ISO", the year of lowest price during tho IS year period, and 20.5 per cent higher than the average for the ten ywtm. 1S00 to 100. For farm product, taken us a whole, the Increase was greatest namely. 10 9 per cent.; for food. t. per cent ; for cloths ttnd clothing. 5.6 por cent.; for fuel and lighting. 3.1 iter cent.; for metals and Implements. A.l per cottt.: fcr lumber and building tnuterinls.4.9 per cent.; for drugs and chemicals, S 3 per cent.; for housefurnishlng goods, 4.S iter cent., and miscellaneous, S per cent. Chicago lumbermen say tho govern ment's estimate Is about right for the Increase In Chicago market pricos for their wares. Increasing deplutton of the forest, they say. hns kept the price ascending gradually, nnd the average Increase In cost which enters Into ordinary living expenses is around 5 per cent. FttmltHro and house furnishings hnve. soared, a ad experts on the Chica go market say the government's SS per cent. Is too low to serve locally. Not lee than 15 per cent, they say, km been the Increase here. This, is dtM to scarcity of material, especially oak. to higher coot of the materials SENATOR CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW Altfteo T4 jrs aW CJooccy M. Dcx. cvted States sendtar frem Nevt Yerk. s st'lt active lotcreKeo1 to parties. He attsoaee the recent Rc pu44.jn MttN Jt CMoaoo ao teeV a proK:neat part to te meetings of the Nm YorV ttt Mtnnr. Seoator D.f:ev has i leae n Ms seat M the sf. Lla watti at teast Varan 3, I3t1. Te aOose s toe latest pOatograph. GIFT OF MUMMY HORRIFIES. 1 nf Exaeaaanpa Is Dearea an I Rooeaaaaj Rcas. Waterloo, to. Jo Suae c4 tans , etty was tto rociateeji of a acraaato. aa raMky tla. a iraa gelt froaa lata atari. J r Mar 'tto. a in imtinr aavoayor te Foav for Iron .mil bi.iv. furniture, nnd to liiKher pi It oh of labor. DriigH nnd chemicals, of aticlt sort ns i to affect the cost of living, wore high' er. snv hy fi per cent., In CIiIciiko last yoar tlntii In 1898; hut tltoy have frllcn until they are about whoro they were, and In Rome Instances, such ns (luliilne, lower thnn ever. Tho higher prlrea were caused hy Hie scarcity of rooi nnd herb dlggprs, the lower prices by the financial panic Am to canueil goods, peaches sold hi IH!I7 for the Haute ns they did In 1907, while some canned products wero much cheaper ten years ago. The cause for this wiih that fruits nnd vege tables were plentiful lnwt year, while Hie production wan much larger. Last yenr henna were scarce ami higher. I'p to the lime of the panic buying did not drop off, hut since then prlcch have been dropping until they nre about ns low as they were In 1S9C. The cost nf pruimring food products Is much higher now on account of the Increased cost of labor, also the In crease In tho farm products that go into them. Sugar Is higher this year thnn In 1907, while coffee Is cheaper. Tea Is as cheap ns It has been In sev eral years. Staple commodities arc not high this yenr In the grocery line. In many commodities the prices nre 10 per cent, lower thnn they wore In 1907. A leading clothier says that clothes ate higher than In the Inst two years and thul this should not he. This Is partly due to the scarcity of wool, but Is in part due to existence of clothing combinations to keep prices up. Cotton Is no higher, yet tho manu facturers are In combination to main tain high prices. Ten years ngo wool suits were 10 per cent, lower thnn they are now. aud were made of ns good material and as well made, but with out the same degree of care as to style. Higher labor cost, higher wool, pros perlt), and combinations muring manu facturers are the reasons he gives for the higher prices of clothing. Shoes are cheaper on the average than ever they have been, but are only five per cent, cheaper than at their highest Hilnt, In 1907. They have, however, gone up In price 15 per cont. In the last IS years, but to compensate for that thoy are better made. The Increase In cost of shoes is duo to the high price of hides, which have In creased in IS years 150 per cent. Shoes are relatively cheaper thnn the hldos from which they are made, this seem lng paradox being due to improved methods of manufacture. The price of meat has been soaring for the last IS years, and It Is general ly conceded that this has been due to the going out of the range cattle and the consequent scarcity of beef cattle, and the combinations among the pack ers, who have virtually a monopoly of the business, having driven the small country and town butchers out of busl-n-ss. This spring, during a period of ten days, pork and beef stock took an upward riight of 30 to 50 per cent., and the average for the year Is fully 25 per cnt. higher than Inst year, which was 25 per cent more than the year before. Prosperity and high wages, as well as the scarcity of cattle, are given by the puckers as being responsible for the rise tn prices In the last ten years. toat anj were bwittod w-ton the grtaaiag face of a petrioed mummy gasod iota their errs. Tto little shrlv etod. tUae wan aooot tare feet long ant Vised to oae tody wore two tl la. toar awwahim arma toar well eofotoned Mam. The scraaao froaJt wa aoonrttod hy Mr trtta to tto Vaaama dtwtrict. A NNtor of expUaadoa wtw detaved aooeral toora aad tto torrttylnjt croa tto tomity waa ROUND THE CAPITAL iWaoe Iuformntfon nnd Gossip I'lcketl Up Hero nnd There In Washington. Wiley Puts Ban on ASHINOTON. Uestnurant keep ers who own cracked mugs must not Intrude them upon their patronH. Dr. Wiley, Undo Sam's chemistry ex pert, snys It Is wrong. The cracked mugs which have fallen under the ban of Dr. Wiley aro not those known In some circles ns hadly arranged fucos or pounded visages. They are rather tho abused drinking utensils which come bounding over the counter nt you when you enter n hurry-up lunchery and hoist tho cry: " "Arf nnd 'arf," or "draw one." Dr. Wiley says the crack In an ordi nary mug doing dally duty In a lunch room shelters enough bacilli to put the nntlon Into decadence. Death of n horrible sort lurks In these cracks. Show Dr. Wiley a crncked mug a china mug and ho will lay a bet thnt you aro a dead man if the right ba cillus hustles out of the crack nnd bites you on tho lip while you are quaffing your dally beverage. Washington Is making a war on dirty lunchrooms, nnd Mr. Wiley Is furnishing somo of the sinews, ills report, after examining n dozen or moro dnmnged mugs gathered from w To Clean White House for Next Tenant reap s- ii i rjr ,jm til i IT IS the official view of Col. C. S. Hromwell, the army engineer in charge of the White House, that It will be necessary for the American people to spend $1,000 a week during the next fiscal year to keep the home of tho president in a habitable condition. This is the minimum of cost based on conditions as they exist now. Should the one time executive man sion be turned Into a two npartment structure, the cost would probably be about the figure set forth by the colonel. Tho up-keep of the house during the current fiscal year is only $673 and a few pennies each week. But things are getting shabby. The children Uncle Sam's Budget G OFFICIAL figures have been pre pared by Thomas P. Cleaves and Jaraea C. Courts, chief clerk respec tively of the committee on appropria- tions of the senate and that of the house of representatives, showing that appropriations at the last session of congress reached $1.0oS,397.543.56. Of this amount J96.32S.247 was appropri ated for the army. $122.668.SS5 for the navy. $163.53.040 for pensions. $222. 970.S92 for the postoffice department and $lll.9E3.0SS for sundry civil ex pensea. In addition to specific appropriations money was provided for continuing contracts to the amount of $49.4-42.-7M. Among the continuing appropri ations were the amounts to be for two nrst-clase battleships. colliers, tea torpedo boat destroyers and eight submarine torpedo brntu. with the armor and armament for the battleships estimated to cost J23. .'00.000 Appropriations for public tniildings aggregated J2t 7S9.75n Com- Society Girl Takes M' RS. MINNA FIELD C.lHtSON. for marly Mra. Preston iiibeott. daoga - ter of Mrs Ihouiaa Nelson Pngo. has given society another aurprtae la her niArrtu to Algernon Durattby of l.elMtershire. Rnglaad. Th er- mony toolt place tn the maimer how kt Mr. and Mrs. Pnge la York Harbor. Me., where Mra. Uitoiw and her stater ,uw. Uundeay of Ptwtnn. are summer tag. Thrt fu-ure home of tto bride wtU to Baggrave Hail. L44erJiire. one of the oldest estate ia tto heart nf the hunting dlatrlct of KugJaad. It wns lwt a yoar wro that Mrs. Ottotia attrprtaod Witaningtott aad so ciety hy a divorce in CmMho, ttotr hum at that ume. from Prwatom t3tb aw. lok Mr. and Mra. Oltomt wore elt known Itt the aortal alrelog of toth elUoa. feUaoa tor divorce Mra ' tUhm h WMdtt tor toawi witt M. j Cracked Crockery the lunchrooms, Is partly ns follows: "Wo find tho presence of 23 distinct species of organisms In tho debris within the visible cracks and seams of vessels examined. Tho number of organisms per area of surfaco ranged from ISO to 14.580.fil9." The report mnde to Dr. Wiley by his chief bacteriologist goes on to graph ically describe a process of exam ining tho mug cracks In terms thnt will undoubtedly cause quick Itinehors nnd habitues of thoso rcstnurnntB whore chlnawarc Is slid, rathor than pushed, to purchase sanitary lunch boxes and tote midday snacks from home. "Judging from the number of colo nics developed upon tho glass plates upon which wo spread tho watery' di lutions containing the debris," wrltos the expert, "there wore undoubtedly many thousands of orgnnlsms In tho recesses of the broken chlnn, somo cracks harboring moro germs than others and varying In accordance to their magnitude and character of ma terial cqntnlned therein." Among the germs disclosed by thn bnctorlologlcnl examination of the cracks wns the bacillus coll, which the department experts say unquestion ably bolongs to the group of undesir able bacterin. especially when asso ciated with foods In nny manner. This pnrtlctilnr cup crnck Inhabitant Is said to bo associated with many Inflamma tory conditions In man, particularly appendicitis. have been using the chairs to build choochoo trains, they have placed their hands on the paper In tho red. blue nnd green parlors, and In somo mysterious way a big hunk of the stucco was broken out of one of the columns In the reception hnll. Col. Hromwell thinks the chairs should be sent to tho upholsterers, new paper put on the walls, and tho whole Interior tlone over with fresh paint and enamel. The wall paper on the wall, of course, Is not paper at all. but the finest brocaded silk. Tr.o upholstering on tho Sovres designed chairs is al?o of the finest. So tho colonel figures It will cost $15,000 to do the absolutely necessary work. In submitting his estimate to tho secretary of the treasury he remarked that the annual appropriation of $33, 000 is barely large enough to keep the house from going to rack and ruin. The $15,000 asked for Is put under tho head of extraordinary repairs. Congtess will grant the money. Goes Above Billion parlson of the contract liabilities with those of the last session of the Fifty-n-.nth congress, amounting to $67,934. 349. shows a reduction of $18,490,599. The new offices specifically authorized are 16.S24 in number, at an annual compensation of $13,764,676. and those abolished are 6.142 in number, with an annual compensation of fi.C7S.3S9. making a net increase of 10.CS2 in number and $9,OS6.JS7 In pay. Of the net increase in the number of new em ploye 6.000 are seamen for the navy, SOS are additional officers and enlist- i ec men for the marine corps and 3,- 36S are clerks and other employe? of the postal service. Tne total apparent number of sal aries increased is 120 ,3 IS, at an an nual cost of $9,146,575. Of this number 12,636 are commissioned officers, war rant officers aad enlisted men of the navy, and S.907 officers and enlistee men ot tbe marine corps. A comparison of the total appropri ations ot the last session of the Fifty ninth congress JS20.7SS.143 with paid i tho of the first session ot the Six two tleth congress J1.0S0.3S7.S43 shows an increase of JS7.SS9.3SS Increases are shown in all of the general appro priation acts, except thosr fcr the Dis trict of Columbia, the Indians and the muitar academy, the reductions in tes three aggregating $43$.79. Her Second Husband acd Mrs Page. Mr. Gibson also moved east and established himaelf on an old estate near Alexandria. Va.. where hu hMise partkf are society feat are. He U writing short storiee aad plays. One of hU productu.n. a one act curtain raiser, was recently prodneed at a Waeatttstoa theater. Mrs, Gtte-ca sprat tto neater ra-t 1 of last aeaona in E>aad with her i hue father's relative, ; Henr Field Oibaoa. Her small son. with her She waa admired ia Eagiaad for her MU as a horaewoaaaa. Much of her ! time waa apont in the hunting 2iatr1rt. . where ato met Mr Burnabr. Mr. CrtV sua haa an inrnM of about J0.Mo i year. Jeft her from her fat tor estate, , Her atatcr. Mrs. Loodsay of Roeton. , ha R .acome twU to tort aad ttoy wtll receire more from their BMWto- Mr. Gttooa in situ very yooag; he marriago aa a chooliri to Mr. Gib on. a achooltoy. totag wdl re mem hered ia Waahlaotoa Mdoty. it waa att aaosrportod maar march Mr and Mrs. Ottooa aaade their tome to Calraaw. wtora thotr married life waa ended after tt Uttio more thaa a jttattfs