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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAIt.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, MAY 25, 1009.
NO- 85
PROTESTS ISSUANCE
OE SCHOOL
James Belton Claims Propo
sition not Properly Brought
Auditor Says Bonds are Regular and
the Attorney General Differs witk
North Platte's Great Objector
The Municipal Ownership League by
its secretary Jamos Belton, hat filed
with the state auditor a protest against
the Uiuanco of the $40,000 bonda re
cently vottd by the school district of
North Platte for tho erection of two
ward buildings. Tho protot is based
on the grounds that no petition asking
for the submission of the bond propo
sition had been prepared, circulatod for
signatures and filed.
The auditor has, however, notified
Mr. Belton that ho finds the bonds reg
ular in all particulars, and that both
tho attorney-general and himself differ
with Mr. Belton as to tho legal re
quirement of the petition upon which
the protest is based.
In filing his protest, Mr. Belton took
occasion to write tho auditor a letter
in which ho says $50,000 instoadof $40,
000 should havo been voted; that the
First ward needs a new building as
badly as does tho Second and Third;
that tho First ward boing the home of
poor people, has been discriminated
against by tho Second ward, which is
tho home of "tha rich and the grafters"
and that four members of the school
board livo in that ward. As a warning
to the auditor against issuing the
school bonds, he alleges that there
was great graft in the construction of
the North Platte sewer system, and
probably fears greater graft in the
erection of the school buildings. All of
which goes to show that Mr. Belton,
figuratively speaking, Ib still perched
on a high tree and with powerful field
glasses Is watching tho "grafters" of
tho Second ward the homo of Mr. Bol
ton. HersheyWill Have Mill.
Frank Dickeraon, who was down
from Hershey yesterday, tells us that
thoro is little question about Horshoy
securing an alfalfa meal. The farmers
are very enthusiastic and have sub
scribed liberally to tho stock of the
concern. It is proposed to orect a mill
with a capacity of thirty tons per ten
hours, and the building will be 40x120
feet, exclusive of the storo houso. A
suitable track sito has been secured,
and it is believed tho mill will bo in
operation this fall.
Tho erection of the mill means a
good market and a liberal price for al
falfa hay.
Petit Jury for Federal Court.
Judge Munger has ordered a petit
jury drawn for tho term of federal
court which will be held in North
Platte beginning June 14th. Forty-fivo
names will be -Irawn by the commis
sioners, for this jury.
Kenneth White, formerly of this
city but of late years residing in South
Omaha, arrived in town the latter part
of last week and has accepted the
assistant secretaryship of tho local
Y. M. C. A.
A. M. Hughes, a well known
Garfield precinct farmer, was in town
Saturday and made Tho Tribuno a
business call.
Here's Your Chance. .
I havo for sale the J W. LeMasters,
residence on west Third street at a
price that will prove interesting to
any ono who desires a home or to those
who wish an investment or a chance to
speculato. Come and see mo.
O. E. Elder.
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PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. Thockmorton loft Sunday for a
visit in Boone, Iowa.
"Dick" Baker returnod Sunday from
a business trip to Omaha.
Mrs. Harry Walrath left Sunday for
a week's visit in Sidney.
Mrs. Fred Fredrickson loft Sunday
night for a visit with friends at Dixon,
III.
Mrs. II. G. Brock, who had boon
making a protracted visit at Fairbury,
has returned home.
J. L. Baker, of Omaha, a stock
holder in the C. F. Iddings Co., spent
Saturday in town.
W. W. Scott, the Sunday school mis
sionary, has returned to town after an
absence of two or three months.
Geo. T. Field, who had ben spend-'
ing several weeks at Excelsior Springs,
Mo., returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Will McGlono and children, of
Denver, aro visiting relatives in town,
having arrived Saturday morning.
Will Carey came up frem Omaha
Saturday morning, having been called
here by the death of his father-in-law,
Wm, Jeffers.
Pat Flynn, who had been working in
tho round house, left for Denver Friday
night accompanied by his daughter,
Mrs. Agnes McEroy.
T. T. Keliher, of Cheyenne, came
down Sunday night and spent yester
day in town, attending tho funeral of
the lato Wm. JefTere.
Secretary Brotemnrkle, of the Y. M.
C. A., left this morning via Denver
for St. Louis, where ho will attend the
national convention of the railroad
Young Men's Christian Associations.
Ho will bo in St. Louis this week and
onrouto homo will spend a week in
Omaha attending a national conferenco
of secretaries of the railroad associations.
Kearney Proves Easy.
Kearney Normal.... ,0 1 2 100000 4
North Platte 0 2120302x-10
The above tells the story of tho ini
tial gamo of ball Saturday on the local
diamond between the Koarnoy Normal
and the North Platte teams.""" It was an
auspicious opening for the home team so
far as success was concerned and likewiso
for the exchequer of the association,
tho attendance exceeding 500 and tho
receipts about $150.
The Kearney Normal had played
eight or ;en games this soason, and
in this, the initial game for the locals,
there was some doubt as to whether
tho Green tribe could win through of lack
of practice. They, however, went into
tho game with ginger, and it became
apparent before the end of the second
inning that the locals would not be
laggards when it came to score getting.
The locals "found" the Kearney
pitcher with ease, and pounded out
twelve safeties, including a home run
by Paul, Manager Green tried out three
of his pitching staff, giving Paul, Meyers
and Lowell three innings each, and only
four hits wero made off tho three twir-
Iers. Paul Btruck nut four, Myers ono
and Lowell five. Each team was cred
ited with four errors.
The game, as a whole, proved inter
esting and tho work of tho local team
proved very satisfactory to tho North
Platte fans.
Work on the Branch.
Up to Saturday evening tho track
layers on the North Rivor branch had
reached a point fourteen and one-half
miles cast of Northport. Work has
been moving slowly on account of lack
of workmen, about fifty Japs quitting
and accepting work in the bcot fields.
Yesterday morning, however, a gang of
fifty foreigners wero taken up the
branch to work at track laying and it
is beliored that Northport will bo
reached about the tenth of June.
Supt. Pflaeggin, of tho block signal
system oh the Wyoming division, spent
pesterday in town.
k TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS jj
Miss Vera Morant, well known in
the Maxwell section where she resided
for a number of yoars, was recently
married at Lexington.
At tho monthly meeting of tho Mu
tual building and loan directors Satur
day evening loans aggregating $12,100
were approved and granted.
Fred Marti has sold to Will W. Yntes
the house south of the court house
which ho purchased last year of A. B.
Yates. The consideration was $2,800.
For Sain Eggs for setting from pure
bred whito plymouth rock chickens. Ad
dress Wallace Quinn, Itouto 1, North
I'latte, Neb.
Henry Waltematb has improved his
premises by the addition of curbing on
tho north and west sides and a coment
walk on the west side.
Larry Ryan filed with tho county
clork Saturday a petition praying the
county commissioners to grant him a
license to open and condnct a saloon at
Wellflcet.
Miss Esther Antonides, of North
Platte, haB been employed by the Lex
ington school board to teach in the
seventh grade of the city schools
Lexington Pioneer.
Vfctor Hnlligan, Frank Baldwin and
Milledge Bullard, representing tho local
high school, took part in the track con
tests at Kearney nnd won third placo
in six or seven events.
A young lady of tender age arrived
at the home of M. and Mrs. John L.
Dick Saturday, and Daddy John wears
a very expansive smile. The mother
and daughter are doing nicely.
Goorge Mudd, of Nichols precinct,
who is largely interested in beet grow
ing, went up the branch a short -time
ago and engaged forty Jap track layers
to work in the beet fields in the Her
shey section.
The second sale of land in Scotts
Bluff county by the Payne Investment
Co. last Wednesday and Thursday
proved fully as successful as the first.
The total for the two sales amounted
in round numbers to $250,000.
Genl. Supl. Park spent Saturday in
town looking after business at this ter
minal. Ho attended the ball game, tho
wrestling mutch and loft for the west
on ono of tho night trains, but learning
of tho hold-up of train No. 2 at Omnha,
returned to tho lattor placo Sunday
morning.
T. C. Patterson, who attended the
statu convention of tho building and
loan associations at Grand Island last
week was appointed a momber- of the
legislative committoe. Mr. Patterson
delivered an address before the con
vention and gave a review of tho prog
ress of tho North Platte association.
In tho presence of an audience that
nearly filled tho floor of tho Keith and
portly filled tho balcony, Rev. Favo
right delivered tho baccalaureate ser
mon to tho graduating class Sunday
oyening. Tho sermon was ono replete
with good points thut not only appealed
to the class but to the audience as well.
Revs. Chapman, Williams, Porter
and Seibert assisted in tho services.
The music was rendered by a quartette
composed of Miss Irma Clinton, Mrs.
E. Crane, Dr. Cressler and E. C. Ring
er, and a solo by Horton Munger.
Kindergarten.
Maud Loudon will conduct n kinder
garton in North Platto this sutnrner,
beginning Juno 14th in tho Unitnrian
hall. For full particulars phono 489 or
call at 112 S. Chestnut St. Saturday.
For reference go to Supt Ebright.
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PEARSON A MERE RARE
IN THE HANDS OF COTGH
Champion Wrestler Plays Pcek-a-Boo
with the Big Swede Boyand the
Audience is Disappointed.
With one oar partly tor,n off, and one
arm bandagedthe result a former
tussles on tho mat Pearson, the
S.vtde, essayed to try conclusions with
Gotch, the world's champion wrestler,
at the opera houso Saturday evening
before an audience that well filled the
seating capacity of the placo. That
Pearson even though ho had been in
tho pink of pcrfect'on was In too
swift company, was evident two
seconds after the men met on the mat,
and Gotch, had ho so desired, could
have forced his opponent's shoulders to
tho floor in eight seconds instead of
eight minutes. In fact Pearson was
but a babe in tho hands of Gotch thoro
was no real comparison of strength and
science between tho two men. Gotch
broke Pearson's holds at will; ho gave
Pearson every advantago possible, and
played with him just ns he pleased.
Each of tho falls wero about eight
minutes each, though Gotch could in
each instance havo finished his man in
as many seconds.
Denver Will Play North Platte.
Enrouto homo from their eastern
trip the Denver luaguo ball team will
stop over in North Platte on Friday
afternoon of this week and play tho
local team. In connection with this
announcement, comes tho natural in
quiry, will tno Denver team play Dall,
or play "horse"? Well, we bellevo that
they well be compelled to put up at
least a fair article of ball; they will
need do this in ordor to win, and win of
course they will. While tho North
Platte's may bo amateurs, may luck
practice, yet tho team can, and will,
put up as good a gamo as somo of tho
games played by tho teamR or tho
Western League In justice to tho
people who pay to sue tho gamo,
Managor Green will insist that the
Denver team piny good ball no matter
what the score may bo.
Day Current.
The electric light compp.ny is now
furnishing a day current, this innova
tion having been mudo yesterday.
The first motor to be installed was in
The Tribano office, this having been
made yesterday, and the presses aro
now oporated by that power which runs
noiselessly nnd without vibrntion. This
does away with tho gasoline ongine and
its attendant noiso, smell and jar, and
is a most welcome change.
For Sale.
Two Angus Bulls, one 2-ycar old,
pure bred but not registered; one 4-year
old, oligiblo to registry. Prico $75.00
each.
Experimental Substation,
W. P. SNYDER, Supt.
Train No. 2 Held Up.
Train No. 2, tho ovorlund limited,
was held up on the boundary lino be
tween tho South Omaha nnd Omaha
limits Saturday night by four masked
bandits. Two of the robbers held tho
engineer and firomnn, whilo the other
two gained an ontranco to tho mall car
and lugged off seven pouches of
registered mail, supposed to contain
quito a big bunch of money. Tho
robbers nro supposed to havo mado
their getaway in an automobile. Two
of tho mail pouches, with tho tops cut
on, were iounu not tar irom tno sceno
of the hold-up.
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hold their shape and their wear
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All XTRAGOO D clothes are cut extra
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Prohibition and Business.
The Lincoln Journal, in a recent is
sue, had this item: Business men havo
been watching the effect of prohibition
on their business closely. One mer
chant, who is inclined to look on the
dark side of things, has discovered tho
loss of ono big customer, a man from
western Nebrnska who formerly bought
goods in large amounts from him, but
who has recently announced that his
trading will bo done hereafter in Oma
ha. Nevertheless this merchant finds
that his trade volumn has actually in-.
created sinco the election. Another
business man questioned a resident of
a Nebraska town who has bought soma
goods in Lincoln in tho past, but has
been a frequent patron of other towns,
because of railroad rates and service.
The merchant is an nrdont prohibition
ist and now proposes to buy heavily in
Lincoln, that he may help offset any
loss occasioned by liquor men dealing
in other cities. Reports from mer
chants generally show no loss.
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Wm. Parr England's oldest man-
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in tho fields till 132 and lived 20 years
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Fencing in Roads.
Tho Union Pacific has a fence gang
working from Elmcrcek east that ia
fencing all the right of way two hun
dred feot on each side of the track
which takes in the public road all
along tho railroad. A recent decision
of the supreme court granted' this
right of way to the railway and they
seem to be coiner to take their nound
of flesh. Somo time ago the railroad
company wanteu this county t lease
this road at a nominal price but tha
board of supervisors turned the propo
sition down cold. Now armed with
tho law on its side, the company pro
poses to take the road away, The
fence will talco about twenty-four acres
off each soetion valued at f 50 per aero
and means a loss of about $1200 per
section to tho owners. The county
board of supervisors is trying to mike
somo arrangement with tho company
to leaso tho land and save the road.
From all appearances the road will be
fenced throughout tha entire county
which means a considerable loss, let
alone destroying of a public highway,
Kearney Now Era-Standard.
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Notice for Bids.
Notice is hereby given that the Secre
tary of the Board of Education will re
coivo bids up to and including the hour
ofGp.,m., of tho 27th day of May,
1009, that being the postponed data for
epening bids, for tno erection, con
struction and completion of one eight
room school building in the Seeond
ward on Block 150, and the erection and
completion of ono eight room school
building in the Third ward on Block 52,
all in tho city of North Platto, Lincoln
County, Nebraska, all labor to be dono
and material furnished by the con
tractor. Tho successful bidder to give bond in
tho sum of $15000.00 for "tho faithful
performance of his contract.
Each bidder to accompany his bid
with a certified chock in the sum of
$500.00 to assure that ho will enter into
tho contract, should his bid be accopted.
All work to be done and material to
be furnished in accordance with tha
plans and specifications now on file' In
the ofllco of tho secretary of said hoard
nnd such plans and specifications to
form a part of the contract.
Tho board reserves the right to re
ject nnv and all bids.
J A. F. Sjreitz, Sec'y.