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NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER IB, l!)0H.
NO. 75
PERSONAL MENTION.
Lester Walker went to Omnha Sun
day night on business.
Leo Grimes spent Sunday at home
enroutc from Wyoming to Omaha.
Brnkemnn Culton returned Saturday
from n visit with relatives in Council
Bluffs.
Tim Hanifln left Saturday for Hust
ings whero he was called by the illness
of ii sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Walker have re
turned from their wedding trip to
Denver.
Mrs. II. J . Roth, daughter and son
returned Sunday morning from the east
part of tho state.
Mrs. Chas. Hcndy, who had been
visiting her parents, returned to Den
ver Sunday morning.
Jesse Grable went to Grand. Island
Sunday where he will take treatment
for a couple of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yates loft Sun
day for Orchard, Colo., whero they will
visit relatives for a week or two.
Lew Hustings left Sunday for
O'Neil, where he will register as an
applicant for a quarter section of the
Rosebud Agency land's.
Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Chapman, P. E.
Bullard and Arthur McNamara went
to oLxington Sunday morning to attend
the Episcopal convocation.
Charley and Sam Brown arrived from
Green River, Wyo., Sunday night, hay
ing ben called hero by the death of
their brother Bert Brown.
Mrs. Mary Neir, who had been visit
ing in North Carolina for ten months,
returned home Sunday. Her return
was hastened by the death of her son-in-law.
Mrs. E. E. EHcson left for Denver
Saturday where she will spend tho
winter. Her daughter Mrs. Mellon,
who had been spending the past week
here returned with her.
L. B. Isenhart, of Denver, spent Sat
urday in town while enrouto homo
from tho east part of the stato whero
ho was called by the illness of his
mother.
Miss Ellen McCullough, Miss Lillian
Hendy, Will Hendy and Arthur Mer
rick drovo up from Maxwell in the
letter's automobile Sunday to attend
church. While in town they were
guests at tho John Murray home.
C. C. Hupfer arrived from Ogden
Saturday -morning and will spend ten
days or two weeks in town. Charley
has been suffering considerably from
asthma lately, but finds relief since
coming here. Ho is receiving a henrty
welcome from his friends.
Notice to Sellers of Cream.
Tramp, tho grocer, ia buying cream
and paying top price with immediate
returns of cash.
David Cole Creamery, Co.,
Omaha, Nob.
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mart For
hoes Tff
JLTAVU
Our new styles in Shoes for
young men are made for the
well dresser. We have the
nfjrcf ctvlpsin Oxhlood. Tan.
Patent Colt, Velour Calf and
Via Kid.
TU UAR nW Khna far Man mnHo
on a foot-form last is the most com
fnrlahle Shoe to wear.
p?frStr, $3.50, $4 to $5
S M L I
The Big Shoe Man.
021 Duwwjr Strwrt.
LOCAL MENTION.
Tho Oshkosh Herald says a North
Platte dentist and a North Platto bar
ber havo decided to locate in that
town. The names aro not given.
Tho Rinckcr book store has added to
its furniture a pyramidal postal card
stand with compartments for 384 differ
ent cards; and every compartment is
filled.
Guy Svvope received a messago Sat
urday telling him of tho death of his
grandfather, Col. R. C Swope, in
Pennsylvania at the ago of ninoty-two
years.
T. B. Halligan, living on the former
Dick farm, returned recently from a
trip to Mitchell, and we understand was
very highly pleased with thnt section,
so much so that he may decide to lo
cate there.
Tho last edition of tho Nebraska
Teacher had as its frontispiece a picture
of Miss Grace Grevcs, a teacher in the
Nebraska State Normal. Miss Greves
taught in the Junior Normal hero for
several summers.
Eight to ten cars of beets aro being
loaded daily at Hershey and Suther
land. Thursday a train of thirty cars
was brought down nnd Sunday twenty-
eight cars were sent out. So far the
railroad company is furnishing all the
cars needed.
Tho beet dump at Hershey was com
pleted Saturday and ia now in use. By
means of pulley and tackle the box is
lifted from the wagon, elevated and
swung above tho car and dumped of
its load by drawing tho endgate. Tho
beet company furnishes a team to
do tho lifting. It is a very rapid way
to unload beets.
N. B. Spurrier returned tho latter
part of last week from Mitchell, where
he and Mrs. Spurrier had gone to visit
their son. They were accompanied by
Mr. Spurrier's brother, who resides in
Iowa, and while there the latter pur
chased 1G0 acres for which ho paid $100
per aero. All the land but fifteen acres
is in alfalfa. Mrs. Spurrier will con
tinue her visit at Mitchell for another
week";
The Union Pacific will soon issue year
ly passes to employes who have been in
continuous service for ten or more years.
To those who have been in service ten
years passes will be issued to tho em
ploye and his wife over the division on
which he works, whilo to those who
havo been in service twenty years the
pass will bo good from Omaha to
Ogden, and those over twenty years
will have transportation over the en
tire system.
Under the provisions of the new
revenue law all real estato mortgages
are required to be listed in a record-
book made for that purpose, the object
being to make such easily of access in
order that it may bo determined
whether nil mortgages havo been re
turned to the assessor for taxation. It
is probable that it will bo found that in
a good many instances the holders of
mortgages havo failed to list them
with the assessor. This now mortgage
record is being compiled by G. F. Huff
man.
F. P. Gillespje, who is in the service
of the Union Pacific as a car repair,
had a hip bono fractured Sunday morn
ing by falling from a ladder which had
been placed against a car. He was in
tho act of filling the water tank, and
while on the ladder the train was slight
ly moved by the switch engine, which
caused the ladder to fall and Gillespie
landed on tho ground with great force.
He was at once removed to his homo
and tho fracture reduced by Dr. Lucas.
Gillespie was transferred to North
Platto from Choyenno a couple of
months ago.
Real Estate Transfens.
W. A. Paxton, Jr., to Chas B-yant,
lots 2 and 3, and the south half of tho
southwest quarter of section 35-14-3-1,
237.G acre", consideration $G,828.
W. A. Paxton, Jr., to Geo. II. Down
ing and W. A. Smith 255.8 acres in
section 2-13-34, consideration $7,200.
W. A. Paxton, Jr., to W. F. Smith,
182.6 acres in section 3-13-34, considera
tion $5,201.
J. L. Shuck to Frank Weiss, south
west quarter section 31-12-30, $G00.
R.J.Brown to R. C. Hastings the
east half of section 20-11-32, $2,500.
G. W. LeKny to P. G. Jemstrom
east half of northwest quarter and lotB
1 and 2, section 30-11-32, $1,000.
i RAILROAD NEWS.
' Passenger Brakeman Swiggart has
resigned his position nnd left Sunday
for Grand Island, whero he will tako
up his former vocation, that of a bar
ber. Engineer Will Lewis, who had been
in an Omaha hospital for sovoral weeks
returned homo the latter part of last
week. He is somewhat weak yot from
' the operation ho underwent, but now
that the troublo has been removed his
general health will nn doubt bo greatly
improved.
Geo. S. Mcrriman, a brakeman on
train No. 61, was fatally injured at
Optic, a station between Kearney nnd
Gibbon, Snturday morning. Ho had
been unloading freight from his (rain
nnd jumped between his cars to tho
other side to do some other work. Pas
senger train No. 10 dashed into him at
high rate of speed and ho whs badly
cut up and crushed. The right arm
and loft foot were cut ofT and he was
badly injured intcrnnlly. He was
placed on train No. 10 to bo taken to
Grand Island, but died before reaching
that city. Ho had onlj made a few
trips, coming to the Union Pacific from
South Whitely, Ind.
Tho annual inspection of tho road
bed and property of the Union Pacific
system is now being made. caturduy
afternoon Genl. Supt. Park, Supt. of
Motivo Power Fuller, Supt. Anderson
and other officials arrived from the
west, and with them were all the sec
tion foremen between Sidney nnd
North Platto. Several hours were de
voted to an inspection of the company
property at this terminal. Tho Wyom
ing division officials and the section
forcmnn returned west Sunday night.
Supt. Park spent Sunday in town and
yesterday morning was mot by Supt.
Ware, Asst. Supt. Cahill, Div. M. M.
Likert and Engineer Scheme rhorn and
the party proceeded cast on a specinl.
As is the usual custom, a gold medal
will bo awarded to tho foremen having
tho best kept section on the system.
Progression the Branch.
Last week's issue of tho Oshkosh
Herald contained tho following: The
rnilroad graders aro now stationed
eighteen miles up tho river, nnd tho
steel is laid within a few miles of them.
Camp No. 3 of tho grading gangs ar
rived Saturday and Monday with teams
and graders. There aro now eighty-five
teams at work on tho construction of
tho rond, and tho work is being pushed
through ns rapidly as possible. Cold
water, which is twenty miles west of
here, will be reached this week. Wed
nesday was tho record day of laying
steel, 8,100 feet being laid in nine hours
with a force of eighty-one men nlmost
a mile and three quarters of track.
COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS.
October, 7th. 1908.
Board spent day viewing roads in
Somerset precinct.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
October 8th, 1908.
Board spent day viewing roads on
south side of river and in Snell canyon
and Cottonwood canyon.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
October 9th. 1908.
Board met, present full b"nrd and
county clerk.
Tho board prepared a list of names
from which to select a jury for tho
December term of court.
Tho board being of tho opinion that
the public good requires it, tho section
line between section 30 nnd section 31,
town 10 range 29, in hereby declared a
public road and opened to public travel.
Claim of L. Walker, poormastcr 1907
to 1908 allowed for $100 00.
Rond No. 315 having come un for
final hearing, tho remonstrators having
appeared and tho board having viewed
the nroposeu road and tho vacation of
the other road witholds its decision un
til the next meeting.
Can We Keep From Havintr Fires?
We think wo are careful, and Borne-
times wo are. but noverless a firo will
break out once and awhilo when we
least expect it.
iuu i jji i; v but, ii w j u w (yuu will
insure against them so when you havo
one tho insurance company stands the
Ions, not you.
In order to accomplish this you must
insure with reliable agents and com
panies. Temple Real Estate & Insur
ance Agency represents tho best, 1
ami SS MvDtmHM Bhofc.
For Sale Cheap
Large size hard coal Jewel Heating
Stove, nlso sheet Steel Stove. Reason
for selling havo no further use for
them. James Bkiton,
218 W.4th St.
Window
Glass.
We are headquarters for
any mass that you may want
Our stock is complete and we
can cut jlass to any shape
desired. Prices the lowest.
Schiller & Co.,
! Family Druggists.
i rinrt Ouur norvh uf Firm Nttt'l Dunk.
Beautiful Residence Lots
FOR SALE
There are several beautiful residence lots
both corner and inside lots on Third, Fourth
and Fifth streets of the Trustee's Addition.
Prices lower than residence lots elsewhere in
the city. For sale by
WM. E. SHUMAN, Attorney for Trustee.
IBM
Acreage Lots for Sale Soon
Within a few days Trustee Tabor will place
upon the market Seventy-seven Acreage Lots
just adjoining the city on the east. The prices
and terms will be right. Watch the paper
for the date when these lots will be placed
upon the market . . .
Office in Foley Block, Sixth and Dewey.
WM. E. SHUMAN.
Belton Talks School Houses
Editor Tribune: Tho most vital mat
ter for the future prosperity of tho
city is school houses. The school houseB
are crowded to overflowing nnd moro
rooms must bo had. Our bonrd of
education havo all they have time to
spnro for tho public service in manug-
ing the ordinary running of tho schools.
Tho people ought to nssist them; they
would bo very thankful if you would.
Wo have arrived at that stago when
more school rooms must bo provided in
uach ward, and tho present school
houKes nro old wooden buildings built
piece meal und look moro like railroad
depots than school houses. Now would
it not be cheaper and better for tho dis
trict to build a new school house in each
ward out of rcenforced concrete which
looks well and is overrating. It is tho
building mnterial of the future and will
give employment to our own architects,
builders and laborers and spend the
money in our city. Tho school houses
tihould look nearly alike and at sight
you would know they wero school
houses; and to make uniformity it
would be necessary to buy tho south
half of the school house block in tho
First ward. A half block is too small
for a school houso. The thought brings
to memory tho building of tho first edi
tion of tho school house in tho Third
ward. Tho school board bought only
the south half of the block for school
housu but the people in that ward pro
tested, saying it ought to bo a whole
block. So the individual school board
bought the north half of tho block and
matlo a1 present of it to tho school.
John Bratt is tho only member we can
recall. If tho peoplo had not interested
themselves and advised tho school board,
tho school yard would be only a half block
in the Third ward. It is very impor
tant now that tho peoplo tako nn in
terest in the school house building for
it will play a very important part in tho
future growth of our city. Tho peoplo
in each ward should meet arid discuss
the matter, then appoint committees of
your moHt intelligent nnd enterprising
people to meet In the court house nnd
Govidu kat yuu think taut fur thu fix
ture interests of tho schools and let
thoso committees wait upon tho board
of education nnd you can depend upon
it your wishes will bo grnntcd. Tho
committco should bo composed of both
men and women.
Tho leaguo is unanimous in favor of
buying tho south half of tho school
block in tho First ward and build a new
up to dato steam heated school house
in each of tho wards; tho houses to be
abundantly largo onough to anticipato
futuro growth. We remember when
thfeo rooms in tho old high Bchool woro
lnrgo for tho whole city, and if wo have
good schools country people will come
here to make their homes and educate
their children. Fine school houseB aro
tho pride of every city, so let ui build
houses that wo may bo proud of.
Tho outlying school houses should
not bo forgotten ua their patrons pay
taxes.
UnlcBB wo build all three school
houses now it will bo difficult in tho
future, in fact almost impossible, to
get bonds voted to build n school house
in one ward; for instanco if we do not
now build nnd buy tho south half of
tho block in the First ward If it woro
attempted in the futuro the other two
wards would vote it down as they
would object to buying tho south half
of the block and singly tho building of
a singlo houso would cost moro than it
would if built with two others, Let ub
have good school houses and good
schools. Wo can afford it; lot ub start
tho children out in life with a good
cducntion.
Tho cost of three school houseB and
furnituro will approximate $50,000.00.
The amount appears large but it would
build school houses good for futuro
generations nnd very little expense
for repairs.
Let ub soe what the cost would be to
tho average citizen. The school dis
trict is now assessed at $858,000.00 and
it is not likely to vary much during tho
life of tho bonds. School bonds nro the
most Bought after and can bo sold for
the lowest rate of interest of any bond,
for tho reason you can mako tho bonds
thirty yvara srrtJ ywu ttmrWl UurrtpVl tttu
holdor to deliver up tho bonds before
that timo; thoro is no option in
them ns in the county and city bonds.
Fifteen yeara after tho issuing of tho
bonds a levy is tnndo for a sinking fund;
it may bo for a nominal sum or it may
bo for a fifteenth part of tho principal;
however tho amount collected ia put at
interest, so on each year till tho matur
ity of tho bonds. School bonds can bo
sold with four nnd a half per cent in
terest; $2250.00 would be thu yearly in
torost for thirty years. It would tako a
lovy of a half mill to pay tho interest
oh the bonds. Tho nverago of tho
dwelling house is about, truo value,
$1500,00, and tho tnxnblo value $300.00;
tho tax would.be ono dollar nnd fifty
conio per year for thirty years. Levy
is made tho fifteenth year for u sinking
fund and if you dlvido it up equally it
would amount to about $3350.00 and it
mill would takeabou seven-tenths of a
each year for fifteen years. Each year
you would pay $2.10 principal and $1.50
interest, tho InBt fifteen yearn you
would pay $3.00 per year. You would
pay a total of nearly $7050.00. The
sum appears pretty largo but you must
remember tho timo covers n generation.
Wo oarnestly invoke every lover of
tho human family to put his shoulder
to tho wheel and work for tho cause of
education.
Municipal Ownehsiiip Lkaoub,
Jnmes Belton, Sec'y.
WouId Mortgage the Farm.
A farmer on HuralHouto 2, Empiro,
Ga., W. A. Floyd by name, says:
"Bucklon'a Arnicu Salvo cured tho two
worst sores I over saw; ono on my hnnd
nnd tho ono on my leg. It is worth
mom than its weight in gold. I would
not bo without it if I hnd to mortgage
tho farm to get it." Ouly 25 cents at
Stone's drug store.
Notice to Hunters.
Wo will prosecute to tho full extent
of tho law all hunters or treuHpaaserB
on our land.
Chas. F. Wilkinson, F. L. Weinburg,
Henry Wilkinson, M. C. Seth,
Olo L. OloBon, Frank Englnnd,
Sponcer Edmiscn, G. W. Edmisten,
Chris Sard, Mury Faka,
A. R. Chrlatcnscn, G. G. Rowloy,
Jumvo Budlu.
