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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAIl.
NOIITII PLATTE, NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 1G, 15)09.
NO. 7
j TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS
Tho county commissioners have nd
journcd until March 1st.
Dick Baker returned yostorday morn
iug from a business trip to Omaha.
MIbs Mnymo Lannin was tho guest
of friends in Gothenburg Sunnay.
For Sale Sharplcss No. 2 Cream
Separator. Inquire of J. H. Cunning
ham. The Indian Card Club will be enter
tained tomorrow afternoon by Mrs. J.
A. Jones.
At tke close of tha Sunday evening
serriae at tho Baptist church two
young men wcro baptised.
Miss Marie Aboe, stenographer with
Bratt & Goodman, has returned from a
visit with relatives in Kansas.
FREE A Dust Pan . with a ton of
coal. W. W. BmGE.
A number of young ludins and gen
tlemen will have a privutu sknting
party at the rink tomorrow evening.
A meeting of the Presbyterian con
gregation is called for Friday evening
(tho 19th) at the churcli for action to
wards securing a pastor. Tile Session.
T)nnnAltlnw niiHiitiina nf f ll O T)fnoVtV
terinn church next Sabbath morning
and evening conducted by Rev. Irwin,
of Wood River.
For Rent My house on East Fifth
street. AH modern conveniences and
good outbuildings. Julius Pizek.
Fred C. Dolson,. enrouto to Sacra
mento with motor car No. 23, stopped
over in this terminal last night and
visited his parents. This motor car is
ono of the latest and best built at the
Omaha shops.
The Ralo of additional lots in the
Trustoo's Addition is evidence that
the First ward will experience moro or
less of a building boom this year. This
ward has been a little behind the other
wards for a year or two in tho number
of residences erected, but it promises
to mako a good showing during 1909.
Ask your Grocer for Mogul Coffee,
packed only in one and two pound cans.
Yesterday morning tho temperature
dropped to fifteen below zero, which
was tha lowest reached this winter. A
good many householders awoke in tho
morning to find their water pipes
frozen, and its a good-natured man
who can thaw them out without indul
ging in language moro emphatic than
elegant.
Last Friday Hershey becamo an in
corporated village with a live and en
terprising board of trustees, and tho
town will now bo on the map in red
letters. Surrounded by a fertilo farm
ing section that is peopled by energet
ic and prosperous farmers, tho village
is destined to expand And reach a prom
inent place in commercial activity.
For Sale.
Belgian stallion, 21 months old,
1400 pounds; blocky order. Pronounced
'A Wonder". Must be seen to bo ap
preciated. Inquiro of or address W. T.
Miller, Walnut Farm, Hershey, Neb.
Misses Fern Stamp and Graco Moon
ey visited with friends in Maxwell Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Day, of Palisade,
Colo., aro visiting Mrs. Day's parentfc,
Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. Fraser.
Mogul Coifee in tho morning makes
you feel good all day.
A mild blizzard visited this section
Saturday night, two or thrco inches of
snow-falling during tho storm.
Tom Horan, former ball player and
shop employe, who has of late been in
Omaha, is visiting friends in town.
Tho cold weather has resulted in be
lated trains from tho east for several
days past, tho delays ranging from two
to five hours.
A spocial meeting of tho Order of
Eastern Star will be held next Saturday
evening at which initiatory servicea
will be conducted.
See our spring display of genuine
Alligator Hand Bags; direct from
Florida. Dixon, The Jeweler.
Miss Lucinda Pulso has arrived in
town and taken charge of tho cloak ant)
alteration department at the Wilcox
Department Store.
District court will convene in Keith
county March 1st, and at that session
tho man and woman charged with tho
murdor of Volly Mann will bo tried.
Manager Stamp has secured "Shore
Acres" for tho evening of February
24th. The company presenting this
well known play is said to bo a strong
ono.
"A Royal Slavo" will bo tho attrac
tion at the Keith theatro this evening.
Tho scene of tho play is laid in Moxico
and tho situations are said to bo very
exciting.
George Schatz has enlarged his cigar
storo by taking out a rear partition,
thus making moro room for customers
who devote moro or less time to read
ing and playing solo.
Larger Oranges for tho same money
at tho Wilcox Department Store.
Tho engine pulling .No. 10 Sunday
morning broko a loft siderod near Pnx
ton und demolished the air pump. This
is tho second accident of that kind oc
curing to a North Platto engineer
within n week.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Chautauqua association Saturday
evening aricles of incorporation were
adopted and signed and an adjournment
taken until tomorrow evening when
officers will bo elected.
Use Rexall Cherry Juice Cough
Syrup. McDonell & Graves.
Tho funeral of tho late Mrs. Nixon
was held from tho Catholic church yes
terday morning. This aged lady had
been a resident of tho city for about
twenty-three years, and in point of
years was ono of our oldest citizens.
District court is still in session and
will continue to grind along this week
and next. Judge Grimes will go to tho
west part of tho district next week, and
Judge Westover will bo horo to preside
on tho bench. Tho docket is being well
cleared of cases.
Miss May Walker will entertain tho
Indoor Picnic Club this evening.
Julius Pizer will leavo in a fow days
for Chicago and Now York to purchaso
late novelties for Tho Leader.
Low Farrington was called oast Sat
urday morning by a message informing
him of tho death of a relative
Tho COO Club will bo entertained this
evening by Mrs. A. F. Streitz and Mrs.
W. H. McDonald at the home of the
former.
Rev. S. J. Medlin, formor Methodist
pastor of this city, assisted by his wife,
has been holding a successful revival at
Gandy for a week or two past.
In tho skating raco at tho rink Sat
urday evening Boyer won from Mc
Kibben, tho Lexington man, hands
down, in fact tho Lexington man was
outclassed.
Drink Mogul Coffee.
John Gillings, clerk at tho local land
office, will bo transferred to Chcyenno
und receive an increase of $25 per
month. Ho will leave as soon as n
successor is assigned to tho local office.
In tho wrestling match ut tho opera
house Saturday evening Pennington
took two straight falls out of Dubois,
socuring tho first fall in about fifteen
minutes and the Becond in two or thrco
minutes.
Few attractions that come to North
Platto equal "Tho Boys of Company B"
and with Paul Gilmoro at tho head of u
splendid company, the audience it The
Keith Friday evening was exceptionally
well pleased.
For Ront 8 room house three blocks
west of De.wey street. Seo F. H.
Thompson, 609 South Ash street.
Tho Bridge Clnb was entertained
Saturday afternoon, by Mrs, T. C.
Patterson, tho session having been
adjourned from tho proceeding Tues
day. Mrs. Sceberger and Mrs.
Schipfor wore guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert NapersCeck enter
tained tho N. F. club Friday evening,
the prizes being won by Mrs. H. A.
Lawhead and Al. Brown. At this meet
ing Mrs. Naporsteck waB elected presi
dent and Mrs. Clouse vice-nrbsident of
the club. During Lent this club will
abandon card playing and hold a Ken
sington Friday afternoons.
Mutual Building & Loan Association.
This association performs all tho
functions of a savings bank. Saving
accounts can be opened at any timo and
monthly deposits made in amounts from
ono dollar up to twenty-five dollars.
These accounts will earn double tho in
terest that any savings bank will pay,
and the investment is much safer. This
result is duo to the fact that all of the
earnings of the association, less actual
expenses, is returned to its stock
holders. And all of its depositors are
stockholders and participate in its earn
ings to the extent of their deposits.
For further information consult the
undersigned.
T. C. Patterson, President.
E. S. Davis, Assistant Sec'y.
Everott Fink loft Sunday for a vi3it
with relatives nt Enid, Ok.
Bert Boyer went to Sidnoy Sunday,
where ho will accept n position as cook
in tho Zelbort Restaurant.
Miss Lou Shuman, of Lexington,
is tho guest of hor brother W. E.
Shuman and will remain a week or
two.
S. C. Eklund, of Hershov, ono of tho
directors of the Paxton & Hershey ir
rigation company, transacted buslncou
in town Saturday.
Clark Hart, of Alton, III., nrrived in
town Saturday to accept a position in
the Wildox Storo. Mr. Hart Is u
nephew of Rev. Favoright.
Miss Irene Richard and Harvey Van
Dornn started for Maxwell in an nuto
Saturday, but whon reaching Bigncll
tho muchino broko down and they so
cured a rig in which to mako tho re
mainder of tho trip.
In its account of the Lincoln anniver
sary meeting Tho Tribune neglected to
mention tho presentation of a flag by
tho G. A. R. and W. R. C. to tho Bchool
band. This feature occurred at the
afternoon session. Tho members of the
bund aro highly pleased with "old
glory."
Use Rexall Cherry Juice Cough
Syrup. McDonell & Graves.
Fire Friday evening destroyed tho
barn on tho former Dr. McCabe prem
ises on Second and Locust streets, to
gether with four head of horses, two of
which belonged to Mr. Crawford, tho
Gandy mail carier, nnd two to tho
Tryon mail carrier. The fire, origin of
which is unknown, had gained consider
able headway before discovered.
. Lust Saturday n warrant was issued
for tho arrest of Henry Kosbau for
feloniously taking and carrying away a
cako of soap from tho toilet room in the
court house. As tho soap was valued
at but ten cents, tho issuanco of tho
warrant would seem liko a joko, wcro
it not that Custodian Wilson has had so
much soap taken lately that he is de
termined to put a stop to the practice,
hence the warrant ngainst Kosbau.
On complaint of Timothy Rafforty a
warrant was issued Saturday against
Clarencu Crnwloy, Burt Crawloy, Fred
Ralston, Abncr Butler and Otis Mc
Mullen, charging thnm with breaking
into a chicken houso and stealing thirty-three
chickens of tho valuo of ten
dollars, tho poultrv being tho property
of Lucinda Rafforty. The particn
charged with the theft aro residents of
Medicine precinct.
LaBt Friday Guy Pitt, M. C. Cowce,
Carl Luntz, Claudo Dolanoy, Will Rod
den, John Rodden and A. P. Kelly
woro arrested in a room in tho Otten
stein block on Sixth street by Marshal
Friend on the charge of gambling. Tho
marshal was accompanied by Mrs.
Joseph McNeal and Mayor McCabe, tho
latter having located tho party and
was instrumental in having tho arrests
mado. The men were arraigned before
Police Judgo Bakor Saturday morning
and a continuance taken until March
15th.
Let A Master Metropolitan
Tailor Make Your Spring
Suit or Overcoat
We have just received from The
Royal Tailors of Chicago and New
York the swellest selections of
beautiful Spring patterns you have
ever feasted your eyes upon a
full half a thousand of weaves and
colorings representing the greatest
cloth looms in the world.
You could walk up Fifth avenue,
New York and visit every tailor
shop on the road, but you wouldn't
find a better collection of hand
some fabrics than these.
For they are the pick of the
woolen world, selected by lynx
eyed buyers, from all the hand
somest cloth designs to be worn
this season.
It will pay you well to come in
and look at these cloth samples
even if you decide not to get a suit
right away; it will tell you more
about the styles and colorings
that swagger dressers will wear
this season than you could learn
in any other way.
And don't forget the vital
point about Royal Tailoring
itself.
The 500 cloth samples you see,
represent the one line of samples
that stand for ALL PURE
WOOL All Pure Wool and
nothing else. We will pay a dol
lar a thread for any cotton you
will find in a Royal Spring and
and Summer '09 fabric. And we
dare any tailor in this town to
make an offer like that.
It Holds It's
Shape
WILCOX DEPARTMENT STORE,
Dealers in
ROYAL ALL PURE WOOL TAILORING.
1
It Keeps It's
Style
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
of North Platte, Nebraska.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY.
Capital ...
Surplus Fund
Stockholders' Liability
$100,000.00
20,000.00
100,000.00
Guarantee Fund for Depositors $220,000.00
(Not considering quick assets and cash resources)
DIRECTORS!
E. F. Sceberger, C. F. McGrew, J. J. Halligan,
F. L. Mooney, Arthur McNamara.
THE SO E-Z DUST. PAN FREE
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OLO WAY
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NEW WAV
Wo will present you abso
lutely froo with your next or
der for ono ton of coal ono of
thoso So E-Z Dust Pans.
Something cntiroly now. No
moro backaches. Let us havo
your order now, as our supply
of Dust Fans is limited. Wo
handio tho best coal mined.
W. W. BIRGE.
John Boyorlo, who sinco February 1st,
has been buying corn and for Harring
ton & Tobin, is mooting with excellent
success nnd through his efforts North
Platto is bec6ming a groator market
for these products. Last week a num
bor of cars woro shipped out.
Fresh Oysters at tho Wilcox Depart
ment Store.
With tho exception of tho caso
brought by John McConnoll, all tho
damago cases brought by peoplo of tho
south part of tho county against tho
Burlington railroad havo been Bottled
out of court. Thoso woro suits brought
to recover losses sustained by tho farm
ers through prairie fires sot out by tho
Burlington engines.
Now that tho Third ward is to havo n
modorn school building and to make it
complete sowerago connection will be
necessary, tho citizens of that wnrd are
now taking tho preliminary steps toward
creating sewer districts. This is a
move in tho right direction, as it in-1
sures moro perfect sanitary conditions
in town. Tho Third wnrd peoplo aro
paying a sower tax, nnd thoy might as
woll take advantage of tho benefits to
bo derived from tha system.
Wo havo cash customers for aovoral
dwellings ranging in price from $1500
to $ZbUU. isy listing audi properties
with us you will Bccuro speedy sales.
iJUCIlANAN & 1'ATTERSON.
Miss Both Cunningham, who has had
charge of tho primary grndes in our
villago school for tho past thrco years,
resigned last week and Sunday wont to
North Platte to tnko up her now dutios
as an instructor in tho city schools.
During her stay in Brady Miss Cunning-
lurn has impressed all with hor un
usual ability as n teacher and na an ac
complished young lady, and sho leaves
a host of friends who though rcgroting
hor doparturo, rejoice with hor in re
ceiving a well earned promotion. Tho
board secured tho services of Miss Kate
Schopp ns substituto nnd thus the
school will go pleasantly on. Miss
Schopp taught this department so sue
ccasfully for threo terms that tho board
aro to bo congratulated upon 'securing
her. Brndy Vindicator.
NIGHTS OF UNREST.
No Sleep, No Rest, No Peace for the
Sufferer from Kidney Troubles.
No peace for tho kldnoy sufferer
Pain nnd diatrosa from morn 'to night,
Get up with n lnmo back,
Twinges of buckacho bother you ull
day.
Dull aching breaks your rest at night,
Urinary disorders add to your misery.
Get ut tho cause cure tho kidneys.
Doan's Kidnoy Pills will work tho
euro.
Thoy'ro for tho kidneys only
Havo mado gront cures in North
Platto.
August Ackorman, North Platto,
Nobr., says: "For nt least four or five
years I suffered from catches and dull,
hoavy pains through tho small of my
back, directly above my kidnoys. I
could not rest woll nnd tossed about
from ono position to another until
morning came. Tho kidnovs woro also
disordered, tho secretions being far too
froquont in passage and forcing mo to
got up several times during tho night.
1 was subject to headaches and dizzy
spells and about n year ago was in a
terribly nervous and run down condi
tion. Whon I heard Doan's Kidnov
Pills so hichly rocommonded. I nrocured
a box nt A. F. Streitz'a drug storo and
I noticed on improvement after tha first
fow doses. Thus oncourntred. I con
tinued using tho romedv and I was re
stored to good health."
Forsnlo by all dealers. Price 60 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. Now York.
solo agents for tho United StatcB.
Komembor tho name Doan's and
take no othor.
mm
n
Scone from "A Royol Slavo," which
will be presented nt Thu Keith this
evening.
Behind a Good Team
should bo hitched a good carriage.
Ofou want one so reliublo that you can
give nil your attontion to tho horses,
without a single worry about tho vehicle
you Bit in. Our carriages are just that
kind. If you buy ono, and your horses
aro as good as tho carriago, you'll cer
tainly havo a dandy turnout,
A. M. Lock.
W. R. MALONEY,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER
A full lino of Caskets, Robes, etc.
Calls answered promptly, .
Day Phono 120, Night Phono 482.
