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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 8, 1905).
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Announcement by North Platte Mill & Grain Company.
The North Platte Mill & Grain Co. are now completing' improvements to their mill and elevator costing live thousand dollars. With these improvements they will
be in first class condition to handle all kinds of grain with the minimum amount of labor and their milling department will be one of the most complete in the state for turn
ing out an absolute high grade flour. Ever' sack of this flour will be guaranteed to give entire satisfaction or money refunded.
In order to introduce this flour into every household in North Platte and Lincoln county we have decided, commencing Saturday morning, August 28th, to offer as
an inducement a special low price on same retail at less than wholesale price, so that every family rich or poor, big or little can afford to try a sack of this flour and be one
of our many satisfied customers.
Until further notice we quote the following prices for cash only, delivered to any part of the city in any quantity ranging from one sack to a carload as follows:
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Best XXXX High Patent per sack $1.25
Gold Crown Patent per sack 1.15
Cream Patent per sack 1.00
Extra Fancy Patent 90
Graham Flour per 24 lb. sack 65
Rye Flour per 24 lb. sack 65
Corn Meal per 24 lb. sack , 45
Shorts per 100 lbs 1.00
Bran per 100 lbs . 90
Corn Chop per 100 lbs . . , 1.15
Oil Meal per 100 lbs 2.00
These prices and goods are only to be had at the Mill or at R. N. Lamb's North Side Grocery Store. We make delivery at ten a. m. and four p. m.
Our phone number, until we can get our new office built, is 7, The Iddings Co If you have no phone drop us a card or call at office. We solicit the patronage of all
the citizens who believe in encouraging home enterprise and thereby building up a larger and more enterprising city to give our goods at least a fair and impartial trial, Do
not let your grocery dealer persuade you that they have somethimg as good or better made elsewhere but insist and take nothing else excepting that made by North Platte
Mill & Grain Co. Iu this way you will convert the local dearler to patronize home industries and in turn he .will help build up a larger and more enterprising city.
Thanking you in advance for any favors you may give us we beg to remain
NORTH PLATTE MILL & GRAIN COMPANY
PERSONAL MENTION.
T. C. Patterson returned Wednesday
from a brief visit in Denver.
Mrs. Mary Neir returned Tuesday
from n visit with friends in Illinois.
Mrs. C. F. Iddings left Wednesday
for a brief vjsit with friends in Omaha.
J. G. Beeler returned Wednesday
from a visit with his daughter at Cuba,
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Lew Farrington, P. H. Sullivan and
Luke Haley woro visitors' in Kearney
yesterday.
Mrs. and Mrs. Josoph Schwaigor
left yesterday for a visit with friends
in Sidney.
Mrs. C. P. Tracy will return to
morrow from a two weeks' visit with
friends in Denver.
Miss Brrta Hoy came down from
Garfield Tuesday evening for n few
days visit with friends.
Judgo Grimes left Tuesday night for
tho west part of the judicial district to
hear a case in chambers.
Miss Ailcen Gantt, who hnd been vis
iting friends in town for two weeks' re
turned to Lincoln today.
Master Perry Cunningham will re
turn tomorrow from 11 visit with rel
atives in Sioux Falls. S. D.
Miss Eileen Gantt, of Lincoln, re
turned homo today after visiting friends
in town for a couple of weeks.
Miss Ruth Patterson left Wednesday
night for Omaha where she will re
sume her teaching in tho public school.
Miss Chase, of Kearney, who had
been visiting Miss Nell Bratt and Miss
Fenna Beeler, returned home yester
day.' The Misses Scannell, who had been
visiting their sister Mrs. A. B. Hoag
land, returned to St. Louis Wednesday
night.
Mrs. Wilson Tout and children, who
had been spending several weeks at
Colorado Springs, returned home Wed
nesday. Miss Bcttio Graves, who had been
visiting at tho Streitz residence for
soveral days returned to Council BlulFs
Wednesday.
Mrs. Annie Moore, of Muxwcll, wbb
a visitor in town Wednesday. Mrs.
Moore will teach in the Maxwell schools
tho coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. Drew arrived from
Omaha yesterday and aro guests of
Mrs. Drow'a parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Victor Von Goetz.
Mrs. Chas. C. Hupfcr and sou Char
ley returned to Ogden Wednesday
night after a two weeks' visit with
North Platto friends in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Frod Perrett returnod
Wednesday night from their five weeks'
trip in the caBt which extended as far
as Buffalo, N. Y., and Toronto, Can
ada,
Hov. Geo. A. Beeeher, of Omaha,
spout Tuesday in town, arriving from
Denver that morning. He accompanied
home his family who had been visiting
in town.
Hlrs. N. Klein and Mrs. W. C. Elder
were at Kearney yesterday witnessing
tho Wild West exhibition and visiting
witrrMrs. Klein's son, Will bwooney,
who- U mlnsTtfal dffectbV of life fehW.
SOCIETY NOTES.
Mrs. W. M. Cunningham nnd Miss
Sylvia Watts aro hostesses this after
noon at a towel shower given in favor
of Miss Maud Dillon nt tho Cunning
ham residence.
Sixteen young men and ladies wcro
entertained Wednesday evening by
Miss Lela Dunn, tho entertaining
feature being card games. Season
able refreshments were served at tho
closa of-tho games.
The Indian Card Club was entertained
by Mcsdames Dent, Hart, Douglas and
Healy at tho home of the former Wed
nesday evening. The fork was won
by Mrs. Will Turpio and Mrs. Lidell
was awarded the consolation.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snyder entertained
at cards Tuesday evening in favor of
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. II. Barraclaugh.
Several hours woro very pleasantly
spent in playing high five and at the
close pf tho evening enjoyable refresh
ments were served.
W. II. C. Woodhurst was a host at n
pre-nuptial "smoker" tendered Lester
Warren Walker Wednesday evening.
A number of Mr. Walker's friends
were present, and tho host showed
indofatigablo energy in seeing that the
guests were well entertained. Tho re
freshments were served in stated
courses.
Tuesday morning at ten o'clock Miss
Irma Clinton was hostess at an enjoy
able party given in favor of Miss Aileen
Gantt. The guests numbered thirty-Bix
and the entertaining feature was high-
five, at which Miss Nell Hartman was
successful in winning tho prize, a cut
glass flower basket. At noon a dolic-
ious two course luncheon was served.
In favor of her guests, Mrs. Castor
and Miss McCracken, Mrs. II. M.
Grimes entertained at an elaborate
four-courso breakfast at nino o'clock
Wednesday. Plates wcro laid for
eighteen at a long table which wa,s
artistically decorated with morning
glories, and the place cards were hand
painted in tho same Mower.
D. A. Goodrich, living on tho Wal
lace ranch at Birdwood, says his corn
will run from forty to seventv-fivo
bushels per aero. It wan not irrigated,
but was well cultivated, tiio top of the
soil being kept loose throughout the
season.
For shoes for men, women nnd child
ren, go to The Leader, wliero you will
find tho largest in quantity, the best in
quality and the lowest in price.
The County Commissioners have re
ceived a horso power lawn mower for
the uso of Custodian Wilson at ihu
court house. It will prove a great
labor saver for Mr. Wilson, nnd by its
use the lawn can bo kept in better con
dition. Blankets and quilts by the wagon
load from tho choapost to tho beat aro
shown at Tho Loader.
Shipments of now hay have been
rather light so far, but a buyer says
practically all tho balers in this section
will get busy next week and heavy
shipments will follow.
I have two now cottages for rent;ono
four room, and ono five room.
O. E. Eldek,
RAILROAD NOTES.
About one hundred tickets wcro sold
from this station to Kearney yesterday.
Engineer Pat Norris wns taken to
Kansas City Wednesday for medical
treatment.
Express Agent, Hensolt, returned
yesterday from his vacation trip, which
he spent in St. Joe nnd Kansas City.
Three motor cars passed west yes-,
terday, two for service on Southern
Pacific branch lines and one for the
Oregon Short Line.
Engineer Thoa Orton is negotiating
for tho purchase of one of tho new
Stevens' residences in tho Banks' ad
dition nnd will moye his fumily back
from Missouri.
Double trnck grading between Wat
son's ranch and this city will be com
pleted Sept. 20th nnd the rails will nt
once be laid, though tho track will not
be used until the road bed settles.
Yesterday morning tho local yards
were congested with freight cars, tho
condition resembling that of the fall
1907. The movement of cars over tho
road is heavier than n year ago.
Car foreman McEvoy accompanied by
his wife and daughter, Hazel, loft Wed
nesday for n visit in Denver, Colorado
Springs und other points in tho moun
tains. They will bo nbsent n couplo of
weeks.
An additional switch engine nnd
cre' will be placed in service as soon
as switchmen can bo secured, thus
making five. The additional crow will
work from 7 p. m. 9 a. m. and will
handlo tho passenger trains. '
A Mammoth Stock.
A Tribuno representative had an op
portunity of inspecting the fall stock
of goods at The Leader yostorday, and
to say that ho was amazed at the
quantity nnd quality of goods carried
is drawing it mild. All available space
on tho two floors is occupied, in fact
there is scarcely half cnought room in
ths big building to properly disnlnv
tho stock and wngon loads of goods are
stored under counters, and disulav
tables because of insufficient shelving
to display them.
Not only is there- quantity, but there
is quatily, it is not cheap trash mer
chandise, but tho best of everything
that the market ufTords, nnd such will
bo found in every department. Mr.
Pizcr knows that " largo percentage of
tho North Platte and Lincoln county
buyorB demand good goods and it 1b
this class of trado that ho desires to
have und to which ho caters, for there
is moro pleasure in selling reliable
merchandise goods thnt can bo rec-
ommondedthan that class which
flimsy and unserviceable.
While Mr. Pizer is not altogether
roady for his mammoth fall opening,
all tho now goods aro on display and ho
will bo pleased to have tho public call
and sco the new fall styles.
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TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS
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Young Man! Do you know that by
investing $0.00 pur month with tho
Nebraska Central Building & Loan As
sociation for 112 months, you will have
10 your crouu $i,uuu,uu. ket us ex
plain their plun to you.
IBMl'LE KUAL L.
Estate & Ins. Agency.
1 & 2 McDonald Blo'ck.
W. F. Smith hns sold to Mao Klump
the southeast quarter of section 31-13-33
for $3,500.
How about that trad.- excusion to
Bridgeport? If it is to bj made, somo
body should get busy with the prelimi
naries. Carpets, Rugs nnd Linoleum for Fall
1909, just arrived at Tho Leader.
Paul II. Smith nnd Miss Sylvin
Jacobs, to whom n license wns issued
Tuesday, were married that evening by
Rev. W. S. Porter.
In tho game of ball at Goethenburg
Tuesday, the All Stars of this placo de
feated tho Gothenburg team by a scoro
of seven to four.
Buttermilk with all tho butler in it.
Ico cold nt tho fountain, 5c.
Stone Diuig Co.
Strayed or stolen, on Soptember 1st,
a large pointer dog with red head and
shoulders. Had on collar without name.
Return to Isaac Dcats.
The Luzerne and Mentor Underwear
for men, women and children, tho kind
you read nbout in the magazines, for
sale at Tho Leader.
The boys' band went to Ilorshoy this
morning whero thny will furnish music
for tho big fraternal picnic that will bo
held in a grovo south of that village.
A couplo of laborers employed at tho
Timmormnn building excavation be
came involved in a fight Wednesday
evoning with the result that one, tho
aggressor, wna hauled oil" to jail,
Some peoplo nover loso on opportun
ity to worry. The Lincoln county
farmer with n big corn crop now fears,
in view of tho late cool weather, an
oarly frost that will damage his corn.
Ladies and Misses Skirts. Tho larg
ost and most modorn lino ever shown
in tho city at
TllR IlUll Cl.OTIIINO DEPARTMENT.
Arthur Rush says his only reason for
not Investing in an automobile is that
ho expects by May 1st, 1910, it will bo
possible to purclmso a first-class flying
machine for $333.1 113, which is much lens
than tho cheapest uuto now sells.
Eddio Paul and Vem Mann have been
at Sidnoy this week playing ball with
the Ogallala team in n series of games
with Sidney. In Wednesday's gnmo
Paul struck out twelve men, but Sidney
won by a coro of three to nothing.
300 dozen Towels, from the cheapest
to tho finest made, now on salo at The
Leader.
Will Cordes, formerly of this city,
now assistant secretary of tho San
Francisco board of trade, has lately
had another advance in nalary. Five
years ngo ho started in at u wage of
$10 per month, now ho receives $125.
Tho Viking School Suit for Boys at
Thc Hub Clothing Depaktment.
Among tho North Platto peoplo who
attended tho wild west show at Kear
ney yesterday wcro: C. 0. Woingand
and family, Miss Alice Wilcox, Mrs. J.
Bakor, Chas. McDonald, Mrs. W. C.
Reynolds, June Ellis. Ed. Dickov. Ed.
Wright, Mrs. Honry Wulttmrath, Mrs
Peters nlrtl children.
Frank Murray shipped n couplo cars
of cattle to South Omaha this week.
Ralph Bixler and brido aro expected
homo from tho cast tho early part of
next week.
The rather prolonged drouth was
broken Wednesday by n light rain that
continued falling for several hours.
Dr. Grosso, assistant to Stock In
spector Rhea, has been notified thnt ho
will bo transferred to some other point.
All tho latest veilings aro shown nt
Tho Leader.
Miss Villa Whittnkor. who recently
returned from her eastern trip, is inter
esting Indies in tho fall stylcn of millin
ery. Will Hoover is offering his property
on cast Fourth street for salo nnd if ho
finds a purchaser ho will rcmovo to
Southern California.
10,000 yurds of tho handsomest em
broideries ever Been now on salo ut tho
The Leader.
Robt. McMurray, of Brady, caino to
town yesterday to visit with his
daughter Mrs. Asa Snydor and got ac
quainted with tho lately arrived grand
daughter.
So far as now known, tho noxt at
traction at thc Keith will bo "In
Dreamland," on September 25th. It is
a musical comedy and said to bo very
good.
I have eight per cent money for
farm loans. Come and sco me when
wanting n loan.
O. E. Elder.
Otto Thoolccko will roturn tonight
or tomorrow from his trip of recreation
at Sulphur Springs, Col. Ho will bring
homo a liberal quantity of trout.
Those friends desiring a mess should
file their applications early.
The Alliance ball team issues a chal
lenge to play any ball team in Colorado
or Nebcraska on neutral grounds for a
purso of $100, or will givo any good
team $100 for n game on tho Alliance
diamond.
The. latent stylo hats for men, boyB
and children arc shown ut Tha Leader.
Dispatches in yesterday's papers an
nounced that Dr. Frederick Cook, cf
Brooklyn, waa cnruiito homo after hav
ing reached the North Pole, a feat he
accomplished April 21st of last year.
Ho was accompanied on his dash to tho
polo by only a few Esquimaux.
Wrappers and Kimonos in silk nnd
fleece aro shown at Tho Leudor,
Albert Morris, who lives aouth of
Ilershey, has purchased tho southwest
quarter of section 29-13-32 for $3,500.
Mr. Morris, who purchased land in that
section two years ago, harvested 100
acres of wheat this year which averaged
twonty-fivo and one-half bushels to tho
acre. With part of tho procoudn of
this crop he1 purchased tho additional
160 acres.
Evangelist Harry Parrish is visiting
relatives and friends in town, having
returned yesterday from Omaha whore
ho hud been for soveral weoka receiv
ing treutrnont for a nervous bronkdown
following n year or moro of very earn
est and continuous work, Ho is now
in his normnl condition, nnd will ro-en-Bo
in ovungelistic work, making
North PlatVo his ht'adq'uarter'rf.
Supt. Tout would llko places for Sev
ern' boyB and girls to work for their
bonrd whilo nttending high school.
A docd filed convoys from Carrie A.
Plant to C. II. Walter lots 5, G, 7 and 8, ,
block 83, city, for a consideration of'
$2,800. ;
For Salo -6 room houso, bath room,
11 foot lot, Fourth street, ono block
QRst of central school. -Inquire of -.Will
Hoover or at houoo.
Watermelons that equal in flavor
those grown in Gcorgin, and cantaloupe
us fine as they grow at Rocky Ford,
aro being marketed by Lincoln county
farmers.
Earl W. Frear nnd Miss Lola Pholps,
two woll known young people of Wnl
laco, camo to town yesterday and wcro
united in mnrriago by Judgo Elder in
the afternoon.
A lono robber hold up an oxpresa
train on tho Ponsylvania road Tucsduy
nenr Lowistown, Pa., and at tho point
of a revolvor mndo fivo express mess
engers carry Bovcrnl bags of coin out
of tho cur nnd deposit them at a point
ho indicated. Later tho desperado
found tho coins to bo pennies. In tho
safes of the oxprcss car thero woro
over half a million dollurs.
Values Of Trustee Tabor's Blocks
Going Up.
On October 17, 1908, Sam Richards
bought blocks 48 and 49 of Plattviow
Subdivision for $570. Yesterday he re
fused a cash oiTcr of $1,000 for thoso
two blocks. Mr. Richards intends to
hold theso blocks for sometimo believ
ing tho value to go higher yet.
SHOES FOR A
REAL BOY.
That is a Hoy full of ginger
and go.
One pair of our boys shoes
will out wear two pair of the
ordinary kind.
No other kind will stand
the thumping and kicking he
will give them,
We want parents to exam
ine our BOY SHOES made
in Kangaroo calf, box calf
and Velour calf at the follo.w
ing prices:
8 to 13 $1.75
13 1-2 to 2 ;.$2.00
2 1-2 to 5 1-2 $2.25
Coupons with every pur
chase on beautiful decorated
china,
SMALL,
THE BIG SHOE MAN.
612 DeVey fctte.
