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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1908)
State HWlcHcnl Frcicly TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 20, IU0U. NO. 77 PLATTEVIEW SUB-DIVISION. Your Choice of a City Block for $350. These Blocks are just two blocks east of the Trustee s Addition to North Platte. Each block contains almost three acres and has been surveyed so that each is the identical size of a city block and is located k exact con formity to the blocks of the original City of North Platte ...... Second; Fourth and Sixth Streets have been extended one mile and these Mocks bound these streets. This is the first time in the history of North Platte that acreage lots have been laid out adjoining the City at a loca tion where one will never have to cross a railroad to reach the lands The Trustee offers the choice of these blocks at $350 each. Prices per block from this sum down to $150. Five per cent discount for cash from these prices and sales will also be made with a small payment down and monthly or quarterly payments thereafter. . . . . . FOR SALE BY WM. E. SHUMAN, f 9- Attorney for Trusted North. Platte, Nebraska,. Ravages of Cholera Hog cholera is reported to be quito prevalent in the proximity of Curtis, and farmers are losing the porkers in largo numbers. When it first devel oped young pigs were first affected by the disease, but later it spread to the grown hogs. North Platte Wins at Lexington. The North Platte high school foot ball team won a warmly contested gamo from the Lexington high school team on the Lexington field Friday afternoon, the score standing five to nothing. It was the initial gams for the North Platte team, but they played a strong and steady game, "kept their heads" like oldtimers and gave tho spectators an exhibition of the game" that pleased them. Burned in Prairie Fire. Two farmers named Thomas and Crosby, who live south of Dickens, wore badly burned in a recent prairie fire. They were returning homo from Custer county with a corn shcller, when they were overtaken by the firo in the hills n couple of miles from their homes. In attempting to save them selves, the teams and the corn sheller. they wero terribly burned on tho faco and hands. Says Burlington will Build. A Denver dispatch states that thero is now no question but the Burlington will in the immediate future begin the construction of a line from Guernsey to Thermopolis, thus giving that road a through line from Denver to a connec tion with the Northern Pacific at Bil lings, Mont. It has been repeatedly said and never denied that the building of a linn up the North Platte valley from Newark through North Plaito to Bridgeport is contingent on the building of tho connection from Guernsey to Thermop olis. If, therefore, this latter line is to bo built in tho immediate future, we may oongeently expect that work on the .Platte valley line will begin at an early date. Corn Fair at Sutherland. The enternrisintr people of Suther land are now making arrungements for a corn fair or festival to bo held there November 13th and 14th. They will try to interest tho people of tho entire county in this commendable exhibit, and to this end will offer liberal prem iums. From this exhibit selections will be made to represent Lincoln county at the inter stato corn show to be held in Omaha in January. This proposed corn festival is one which the tho farmers of all parts of tho county should take an active interest. Worms Destroy Corn. II. J. Shurvington, of Fox Creok precinct, who was in town Saturday, tells us that a considerable portion of the corn in his Bcction had been eaten by a worm resembling tho cut worm. In parts of some fields practically all the corn has been eaten from tho cob, while in other fields parts of the ears have been attacked by tho worm. The devastation hns been so marked as to make the corn unsalable unloss sorted. Some of the farmers are in a study as to feeding tho corn, fearing that per haps that affected by the worms might prove polrttiouB to ihi Hw Ur Ctttte. Bob Smith, the Entertainer. Bob Smith, the reader and enter tainer, who appears at the Masonic hall next Monday evening under the auspices of the Eastern Star, is well termed the funny man from Dixie. Everywhere the papers speak of him in very complimentary terms, especially commending him for his delineations of tho characters of James Whitcomb Riley, as well as thoso other writera who have won a permanent place in American literature. Mr. Smith is characterized as a natural born enter tainer and humorist, nnd our people will be more than pleased if they hear him. Lon Graves Promoted. It. L. Graves, for a number of years traveling for the Sherwin-Williams Paint Co., has been promoted to the position of manager of one of the sales depart ments at tho company's works at Newark. N. J., and will be located permanently in that city. Tho position is said to be an excellent one with u very fat salary attached. Mr. Graves' old friends in North Platte will be pleased to learn of his promotion. Another E. J. Carponter succoss "Her First False Stop" which has hod such a rnmarkablo run throughout the east, will bo scon hero for the first time next Saturday evening. It is a melodramatic farce comedy on its first tour of tho West. Theatregoers aro promised something out of tho ordinary in "Her First False Step". While there is a great deal of emotional work and exciting scenes, yot there is good rich comedy and specialties to relievo Mtu twavy UntMaVfe aihrnvtvurf. LOCAL MENTION. City blocks for sale at $350 each. Read the upper half of tho first pago of this issue. II. C. Christiansen has sold to L. P. Jepsen for a consideration of $1,000 lots L, B nnd U of Abbott's sub-division of Hershey. A dozen or moro young ladies will meet at the home of Miss Hannah Keli her tomorrow ovening nnd organizo a bridge whist club. Tho Whelpton lumber yard at Ogal alla burned Saturday resulting in a loss of $12,000 or $16,000. Tho firo is sup posed to have started from slaking lime. Lost On the streets last Saturday a ladies' new dark mixed cloth rain coat, makers' name on collar Hovey Boston. Finder return to this office and receivo liberal reward. J. E. Weeks received n letter Sunday from his son Ed Weeks in which he says he has returned to work in the Evanston shops following his serious illness due to ptomine poisoning. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Coolidgo, who had been visiting A. Coolidge, north of the river, returned yostorday to their home nt Lynn, Mass. They have been making an extended trip in the west. Tho Messrs. Coolidgo aro brothers. Snow fell in tho western part of tho state Saturday night, which resulted in a falling temporature Sunday in this section. Sundav was cold and cloudy, with a light fall of rain in tho after noon, followed by a heavy rain during tho night and yesterday. John Crawloy, of Medicine precinct, who transacted business in town yes terday, says his corn is averaging twenty-five bushels to the acre. Prior to tho dry weather in August it prom ised a yield of fifty bushels. In parts of his fields the corn work has caused considerable damage. That chair-Let me fix it. P. M. SOKENSON. E, T. Tramp, in tnking possession of of the room vacated by Bratt & Good man, will provide for a rest room in tho rear part, in which his customers can rest after a long ride in from the coun try, or oscapo the coid, rain and heat while in town. In this room they can also cat their lunch if they so desire. This move on the part of Mr. Tramp is to be commended, and it Ib quite prob- , able that country peopio win reaully I KveH MrsKrtlvva Vf Vfeli WM. Mrs. Sanford Hnrtman visited friends in Grand Island Saturday. C. C. Hupfer, who has been visiting friends in town for ten days, will return to Ogden tomorrow night. Mr. Hupfer says his stay-in North Platte has been very pleasant. Tho ladies of St. Patrick's church will hold a social Wednesday nftcrnoon at the home of Mrs. Wm. Malonoy from three to eight o'clock. Refreshments will be served, and every ono is invited to attend. Silas Carton, of Grand Island, repub lican candidato for stato auditor, spent yesterday in town meeting old friends and forming the acquaintance of others. Mr. Barton, as grand recorder of the A. O, U. W., is well known throughout the stato, nnd nil his acquaintances have a good word to say of him. Ho is an able and trustworthy man, tho kind we need in tho stato offices at Lincoln. Night watchmen Weeks and CoatoB say that the number of weary willies passing through town is decreuHing. Most of thoso taken in chargo by the watchmen have more or less money, and they are marched to the ticket offico and requested to purchase tickets, which they do. So far this month the sales of tickets to fellows thus corraled havo amounted to about three hundred dollars. George Single, living southwest of town, had the right side of his face budly scalded last week. He was down on tho river getting cottonwood sprouts and at noon filled a can of water and placed it over a fire in order to havo coffee for dinner. Tho can had a closo fitting top, and as ho bended over and pryed off tho top, tho confined steam burst into his fuce, burning the skin so badly as to cause it to peel off. Let mo flguro on those storm windows you will need. P. M. Soiiknson. "I presume," remarked the Old Timer yesterday ns ho watched the des cending rain from his offico window, "that when some of our good people get to heaven, havo their robes and crowns adjusted and their harps at tuned, and fihd that Taft, tho Unltnr ain, is thero with them, they will turn up their noso and ask to be deported." And then tho Old Timer followed this remark with a dissertation on tho con stitutional rights of an individnal to worship according to the dictates of his 1 Irvmvlwmnji J. L. Stingloy shipped a car of cattle to South Omaha Sunday, The Episcopal guild will met with Mrs. W. M. Cunningham Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Kitzmiller and Mr. Arthur Thornburg, of Donvor, visited relatives in town tho latter part of last wnok. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hoagland ar. in Lincoln attending tho sessions of tho Odd Fellows' grand lodge and visiting relatives. Chas. and Sam Brown, who had been called here by the death of their brother, returned to Green River, Wyo., Saturday. Geo. A. McMichael, of Hastings, ar rived in town Sunday night, having been called hero by tho illness of his lister. Mrs. John Vernon. Mrs. E. S. Davis, president of tho Rebckah Stnte Assembly for tho past year, Sb in Lincoln attending the grand lodgo of that order. Ed Keliher returned Saturday from a visit with relatives and. friends in St. Louis. Enrouto home he attended th. wedding of hiu cousin, Charley McNa- mara. "Faust" was presented to an average seized audienco nt the Keith theatro Friday evening. Tho play was well presented, the scenery and electrical display being especially good. Morrissey Accepts New Position Patrick II. Morrisaoy, for years grand chief of the brotherhood of railway trainmen, has been selected president of tho railway employes' and investora' association. Tho salary attached to the now position is said to bo $15,000. Mr. Morrissoy's election took placo Friday. Ho will assume his duties at once and will resign us president of the order of trainmen as soon as possible. The association which tho labor chief will manage is expected by tho railroads to protect tho interests of railway em ployes and railway investors against hostile legislation, both state ana na tional. It is expected that nearly every one of the mora than 1,500,000 railway employers will becomo members of tho association and that thousands of in vestors, big and small, will join for "mutual protection" against "corpora tion baiting." Meyer and Weir Lose Hay. Another loss of hay by fire occurred Tuesday. The fire is supposed to have been started by sparkn from a locomo tive, nt a point some distance west of Dexter. Thero wns a strong wind blowing from a westerly direction and it fanned tho fire down the track at a rapid rate. About forty stacks of hay belonging to Peto Meyer were burned, also a largo amount owned by John Weir. Tho firo burned over several miles of hay meadow between the rail road and river und got ni far east as the Abshiro place beforo it was beaten out. Sutherland Free Lance. "Her First False Step." "Her First Falsa Step" is the namo of E. J. Carponter'a new molodramatic farce comedy, which will be seen here for the first timo Saturday evening, October 24th. Tho story is of an in nocent Eirl who on tho eve of her mar riage is told by an uninvited guest who was years ago her lover, but now a man of tho world, of a former mar riage in which her fiance figured. Sho does not believe him, but after a wit ness appears sho believes all is true. In tho complications that ariBe she runs away with her former sweotheart and marries him, whose only aim 1b to look out for himself. After many yenra ot searching sno is lounu by her rather, deserted and starving in a garret with her children. There is a great deal of comedy to relieve the dramatic situa tions, Mr. Carpenter has mounted the play on nn elaborate scnlo and has se lected an admirablo cast to interpret the several characters. Can We Keep From Having Fires? We think wo aro careful, and some times wo are, but neverless a fire will break out onco nnd awhile when we loant expect it, You enn't prevent fires, but you can insure ngainst them so wnon you have one tho insurance company stands the loss, not you. In order to accomplish this you must insuro with reliable agents and com panies. Temple Real Estate & Intur anco Agency represents the bait 1 ami I MvDtftahi UNVki Lift Your Hat To Her. Lift your hat reverently when you meot tho teacher of tho primary school, said n close observer to human nature the other day. She is tho good angel of the Republic. Sho takes the bant ling fresh from tho mothor'a nest, full of pouts and passions, nn ungovernable little wretch, whoso mother admits sho sends him to school to got rid of him. This woman, who knows her business, takes a car load of these little nnarch iits, ono of whom singlo handed and alone, is more than a match for his parents, and at once puts them in the way of boing upright and useful citizens. L. C. Butchor, of Ft. Morgon, Col., will feed thirty thousand head of sheep at Gothenburg, lie has purchased 1200 tons of alfalfu nnd an equal tonnage of wuu nay, paying tivo dollars per ton for ormer and four for the latter in