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NORTH PLATTE, NEIJRASKA, DECEMBER 8, HlOi).
NO 90.
1
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS
Ed Weston returned yesterday from
a brief visit with friends in Ognlalla.
Mrs. Geo. E. French and Mrs. Ralph
Smith left Wednesday night for a visit
in Omaha.
Mrs. M. V. Mitchell and Mrs. Mary
Neary returned yesterday from a week's
visit in Lexington.
P. A. Whito returned the early part
of the week from Denver, where he
had been visiting friends for ten dpys.
Mrs. H. S. White and Mrs. T. C. 1
Patterson will entertain the COO Club
next Tuesday evening at the home of
the former.
The Tuesday afternoon Bridge Club
was entertained this week by Mrs. T.
C. Patterson, the session proving a
very pleasant one.
Mis3 Gena Maloney has been con
fined to the house for ten days with an
injured knee which she sustained while
skating on Thanksgiving Day.
C. T. Whelan and son Kenneth re
turned Tuesday from Hastings, where
they went to visit Miss Evelyn Daly,
who is attending a convent in that city.
The county commissioners convened
in session Wednesday and have devoted
the time principably to the considera
tion of road matters. They will prob
ably adjourn this evening.
The weather during the past week
has been wet, cloudy and sunless, which
is quite unusual. The rain has put the
streets and roads in a very soft condi
tion. Few farmers have been in town
during the past week.
Effective January 1st the hotel and
dining car service of the Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific and Oregon Short Line
will bo segregated, each road taking
care of its own service. Supt. Lewis
will remain in charge of the Union Pa
cific service and will have his head
quarters at Omaha.
The reception given to now members
at the Christian church Tuesday even
ing was largely attended, and a pleasant
and profitable evening resulted. Ad
dresses were made by Rev. Johnson,
Messrs. Van Cleave and Elliott and
Mrs. Banks. One responded to an in
vitation to lead the better life. At the
close refreshments were served by the
ladies' aid society.
William Coleman has sold to Dr. Wil- Sells Water Bonds to State.
lis S. Redfield lot 10, Peal's sub-divi- The $100,000 water bonds recently '
sion of lots 3 nnd 4, for $1,300. , voted by the city were sold Tuesday
Mr. and Mis. George Cohn and chll evening to the state of Nebraska for
dren left last night for their home in $2,500 premium, the city thus realizing
Sheridan, Wyo., after visiting relatives $102,500. There was but ono other
for ten days. j bid received, a Chicago broker offering pers
Mrs. Edward Fisher, who had been 0 premium oiwo
visiting relatives
in town for several
weeks, returned to her home in Green
River, Wyo., Wednesday,
Members of the Birthday Club passed
an enjoyable afternoon Wednesday ns
the guc3ts of Mrs. C. F. Chapman, who
served a delicious lunch at the close.
G. I. A. attention: as Tuesday, Dec.
7, is the day for election of officers of
the Div. 200, the members of the dif
ferent committees will please report
for duty without fail. A full attendance
is requested.
By order of Pros
William Simants has purchased two
five acre tracts from Roy B. Tabor,
Trustee, in Tabor s Sjbdivision just
south of the B. and M. right-of-way and
during the next few weeks will begin
the erection of a splendid two story
eight room house. Mr. Simants has
entered into a five year lease for the
four hundred acres of hay land belong'
lng to lionry wnitcmath ana some
three hundred belonging to Keith Ne
ville situated southeast of the city and
he bought these 5 acres that he might
make his home near these lands
Diamonds are still on the advance but
we have some very fine stones that we
bought early and are still offering at
the old prices. They will go higher.
Dixon, The Jeweler.
Among the several schools for busi
ness training in tne state mere arc
none more successful in placing stu
dents in high-class positions than the
Hastinirs Business College. This col
lego ofFers every worthy young man or
woman an opportunity to take a
thorough business training and pay
for it after securing a position. The
expenses in this well known Business
College are lower than most other
first-class colleges. The remarkable
thing nb6ut this college is that the
school is well filled each ycr without
the employment of a single agent.
This makes it possible for better ser
vice to be given for less cost to the
student. The college is now located
in the finest quarters of any school in
the West.
Can you imagine a more
ideal shoe than one that is
absolutely comfortable and is
the perfection of style?
The Red Cross Shoe is both.
It is made with
an idea and found
ed on a principle.
The idea is style
and comfort in the
same shoe.
The principle b
to produce tor
American women
a perfect shoe, at
reach and reason.
By the special Red Cross tanning process,
the sole of the Red Cross Shoe instead of
being stiff and rigid is made flexible, it bends
with your loot. It gives you a
feeling of ease and freedom
you can not imagine until you
have worn it.
The styles for Fall give your
feet that short effect that is so
attractive. Come in and try
them on.
You do not have to sacrifice
style to gain comfort
ssoe
a price within
mm
Oxfords $3.50 and $4.
High Shoes $4 and $5.
Water Company Tenders Deed.
At the meeting of the city council
Tuesdny evening the water company
made the formal tender of the water
plant to the city at the nppralsed value
of $85,000. The tender was referred
to the judiciary committee and the
city attorney. It is expected that the
committee will make a report rejecting
the tender.
Tradt-Siatk
MALL, THE
BIG S
HOE MAN.
Pizer Will Open New Store.
Julius Pizer, proprietor of Hie Lead
or, has leased tho north room of the
Lamb building in tho Third wt.rd for
period of five years, and aiout. January
1st will install a stock of drv goods,
clothing and shoes. As the long lease
of the room would indicate, t lis is to
be a permanent branch of Mi. Pizer's
mercantile interests, and tie stock
carried will bo as thoroughly up-to-date
as that of The Leader. There has been
a demand for this class son in the
Third ward, and we predict that the
venture will be a success from the
start.
Wouldn't Stand for Colored Men.
Contractor Basta has troub.es of his
own. 1 he school board "jacked him
up" for slowness in completing tho
iichool buildings. He could not get
sufficient help here, so advertised in
Omaha, Denver and Lincoln fo; a party
co do the plastering on the school
buildings and the Timmerman block.
A Lincoln man wnntcd the work, terms
were satisfastory and a deal closed by
telephone. Wednesday morning tho
ibreman and seven arrived but they
were all colored men. Then things
started. All the men bricklayers,
carpenters, etcetera objected to the
importation of colored workmen and
went out on a strike. This so compli
cated things that Contractor Bustn was
worse off than ever. There was but
one thing apparently to do take the
colored men ofT the work. This was
cone yesterday and the men who were
1 reviously employed returned to work.
Engineers Elect Officers.
Division 88, B. of L. E., hold an
election of officers Wednesday and
considerable interest and rivalry was
evidenced. For chief engineer for a
tjrm of two years, J. II. Fonda, who
in previous years twice filled tho posi
tion, was elected; W. L. Richards was
elected delegate to the general board
of adjustment and becomes chairman
of the local protective board, and J. T.
Stunrt was elected first assistant engi
neer, insurance secretary, and also del
egate to the general convention which
meets in Detroit next May. Mr. Stu
art has been first assistant for twelve
years and insurance secretary for a
lunger period.
Division 88 is numerically the strong
est division on tho Union Pacific. It
has a membership of 124, and of these
ninety are in actual locomotive service.
That North Platte should have so large
division is creditable to the engi
neers, lor it is evident that they recog
nize tho merits of the B. of the L. E.,
not only as an organization that main
tains wages and gives the members the
benefit of disability and death insur
ance, but one that tends to pro note so
ciability among the members and in
different ways serves to uplift and
make better men nnd better citizens.
Switchmen Go on Strike.
After fifteen days of negotii.ting be
tween the Switchmen's Union of North
America and tho joint committee of
railroad managers representing thirteen
railroads of the northwest, a strike in
volving 2,300 switchmen becarro effec
tive at 0 o'clock Tuesday oveniig. Tho
men arc employed by the various rail
roads running west and north of St.
Paul from Lake Superior to the Pacific
coast and unless speedily settled will
mean a serious interruption to traffic.
Tho demands of tho switchmen arc
for double pay for Sundays, holidays
and overtime; nn advance of GO cents
per clay of ten hours in the wages of
bwitchmen, switch tenders, to mermen,
engine herders and assistant ynrd
rnastcrs; a modification of the rule
providing for tho payment of penalty
in case of failure to permit switchmen
to cecurc their meal, in tho middle- of
their shift at n Btatcd period, which
contemplates doublopoy in cbbob wlioro
it became necessary to work a portion
of the muni hour, and tho elimination
and tho age limit placed upor. switch
men entering the servico.
A Word to the Public.
Christmas draws near and with the
prosperity which is in evidence in
North Platte and Lincoln county it is
expected that there will be liberal pur
chases on the part of Christmas shop-
Among the firms who have made
more than usual moviiions for this
trade, is the Uincker Book and Music
Store. At this store will bo found on
display a wonderfully large assortment
of goods suitable for the holiday trade,
To enumerate nil would require several
columns of this paper, but attention is
called to the dolls of every possible de?
cription, together with doll beds and
doll furniture, dishes nnd trunks; there
are teddy bears, magic lanterns, stenm
engines, trains, and other mechanical
loys, tool chests, mncKboards and a
multitude of other articles that in
struct and amuse the children. Then
there is a large assortment of games,
(ill classes of sporting goods, skates,
leather goods, music holders, nnd a
large linn of attractive pictures of all
claeses. There are, of course, many
attractive books for Christinas, includ
ing bibles and prayer books.
Special attention is called to the nun
loakable fountain pen, willed sells at
$1.25 and also to tho large md varied
line of toilet sets, and collar, glove and
handkerchief boxes.
The stock of hand painted china is
especially large and for Christmas
gifts 'nothing is more acceptable.
The Uincker store lias inada a spec
ialty of kodaks and talking machines
and records, and ample provisions hnve
been made for the holiday purchaser.
All the late novelties in Christmas
box papers aro in stock, together with
many other novelties suitable for gifts;
in fact at no other store will be found
such a large variety of suitable goods
as at the Rincker Book and Music
Store.
Improvements at Northport.
Claude Delany, who is Union Pacific
foreman at Northport, is in town get
ting a car in shape as his domicil for
the winter, nnd will return to North-
port with Mrs. Delany tho unrly part
of flex, week.
Mr. Delany says 300 men are employ
ed at Northport making terminal im
provements, which consist of a four
stall round house built so that it can be
added to, a steel coal chute, a modest
machine shop, depot and otherbuildings
needed for terminal facilities. A strain
heating plant is also being installed.
All these improvements are of the most
substantial nature, and there is but
little doubt but that Northport will be
division terminal on the proposed
line to Medicine Bow. The town will
undoubtedly become one of the largest
and most prosperous in tho North
Plntte valley.
Sale-One lot of 27-inch Silks, worth
?l,25, at 7U ccnUi per yurd ut Tho
IjAiudvr,
In reply to an interrogation as to
when the Presbyterian church would bo
dedicated, one of the church ollicials
said yesterday that no time had been
set, but it will probnblo not occur un
til on or about next Enster. The seats
have not arrived, the organ will not be
received until next month or perhaps
later, and tho present church building
will be sold und removed before the
church is formally dedicated. Perhaps
tho main reason for the delay ' until
Easter is that it is the desire to wipe
out every cent of indebtedness before
the dedication; that is when the dedica
tory services aro held, no one in the audi
ence will bo asked for a penny. This
plan if carried into execution will be
rather unusual.
Doctors Redfield and MiKirahan,
who have come here to open a hospital,
inform us that they expect to have the
institution in readiness by the .5th inst.
A carload of furnishings for tho of
fices, operating and patients' room ia
now enroute, and the furnishings com
plete will repersent an investment of
five thousand dollars. From .this, it will
be seen that the hospital is :o become
one of permanency. As further evi
dence of good faith, Dr. Redfield has
purchased tho Coleman lot just south
of the Lamb building, and e.pccts at
some future time to erect a building
thereon.
Miss Helen May Allen's clr ss in ex
pression will present a doublo number
at Keith's Theatre Wednesday evening,
Dec. 20th. The plays given will be
"Pygmalion and Galatea," ono of Gil
berts best plays made fntnoub by Mary
Anderson, and '"When Dolls como
alive" arranged by Miss Allen herself.
Stung For 15 Years
ny indigestion's pangs trying many
doctors and $200.00 worth of medicine
in vain, B. F. Ayscue, of Inglosido,
N. C, ntlastused Dr. King's NowLifo
Pills? ninl' writes they' .wholly cured
him. They cure Constipation, Bilioiu
ness, Sick Headache, Stomach, Liver,
Kidney and Bowel troubles. 25c ut
Btonu Drutf Co,
SPECIAL PRICE
ON
Base Burners
From Dec. 3d until Dec. 25th.
We have a few Stoves left that we do not wish
to carry over and offer them at the following prices
during- the above period:
2 only.No. 50 Palace Peninsular Base
Burner, regular price $45.00 special (3fl A A
price jOOoUU
1 only, No. 515 Empire Peninsular
Base Burner, regular price $40.00 ('' CA
special price tPOdcuU
1 only, No. 32S Peninsular Oak Coal
(for soft coal), regular price $24.00 (f A AA
special price J) 1 7.UU
1 only, No. 96 Peninsular Oak Coal
for soft coal, regular price $22.50 (M Q CA
special price OlO0U
This is your opportunity to
high grade Stoves for the price
second hand ones. Come early if vou want one.
buy large sized
of broken down
Wilcox Department Store.
Y. M. C. A. Notes.
The association struck a popular
chord when it threw its doors open on
Sunday afternoons. Many young men
spend part, if not tho entire, afternoon
in the rooms rending, singing and in
social contact. Tho Sundny afternoon
meetings have attracted many men to
tho Y. M. C. A. rooms and have hero
lound additional influences, which hnve
ccntr.butcd to their moral and spiritunl
uplift.
The banquet Monday evening, Nov.
15th, marked the beginning of a cam
paign which has not only resulted in a
signnl victory, but lias given an impe
tus to the association that will havo far
reaching effects.
The special campaign closed Monday
evening, Nov. 29th, at a banquet pro
vided by the losing team. The total
amount pledged is $1201. Tho broad
prairies of the Platto seemed to have
clothed men upon with a mantle of
knightly dignity and the call Of tho as
sociation was met in a most generous
manner.
Tho outlook for the association in
North Platte is indeed encouraging. Tho
fires of ciiticism, which at times
showed signs of a real conflagration
have gradually died, and at present their
embers only remind us of what might
been.
The churches of which wo are a legi
timate son, arc not only giving us a
place in their devotions, but with bund
and brain aro cooperating with us. The
association holds a unique position in
society. She places upon tho marts of
the country virtue, honor and charac
ter. The association ennnot fold its
skirts and pass by on tho other side.
Her mission is to secure for every man
a fair chance for all good things in lifo.
Tho association, in the very near fu
ture, is going to institute an aggressive
campaign to discover men and interest
them in a clean, wholesome lifo. This
will be accomplished thru social con
tu:t, corn pop, talks by business and
professional men and nn occasional ban
banquet. Wo earnestly solicit suggestions from
any source whatever. Wo covet open
criticism, when such is to tho advan
tage of the cause. Wo aro llesh and
blood, hence subject to mistakes. Wo
also covet your prayers, and good
thots.
Report of the Secretary, ending No
vember 30, 1909:
Total number of members Oct. 31,
'09, 303; Numbor of expirations, 29;
New mcmbore during Novomber, 31;
Total number of members in good
Btunding, 308; Numbor of railroad
'men holding membership, .183; Num
ber of others, 125.
Receipts for month of November,
$101.10. Disbursements-Salaries $150.
Petty cash, $0. Total, $155. Cueh 011
mind, $0,11).
Tho Y. M. C. A. is under personal
obligations to every mnn woman nmf
child that contributed money, wordB
or good cheer during our financial
campaign. Wo tliank you.
Secretary.
Rich Men's Gifts Are Poor
besido this: "I wnnt to go on record as
saying that I regard Electiic Bittors as
one of the greatest gifts that God has
mado to woman, writes Mrs. O. Rhino
vault, of Vestal Center, N. Y., "I can
never forgot what it has done for mo."
This glorious mcdicino gives a woman
buoyant spirits, vigor of body and jubi
lant health. It quickly cures Nervous
ness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, head-
ncho, Backache, Fainting and
Spells; soon builds up the weak,
and sickly. Try them. 50c nt
Drug Co.
Dizzy
niling
Stone
Tho sign boards with tho name of
Oshkosh, the elevation at this point nnd
tho numbor of miles to O'Fallons and
Northport is being placed on the depot
this week. The elevation hero is 3,385
feet above sea level. It is sixty-nino
and four tenths miles by rail to O'Fal
lons and forty-four miles to Northport
junction. Oshkosh Herald.
What to Buy a Smoker
The best thing i& a smoke
he will like.
Few women know just
what kind of cigars their
husbands smoke.
Pew men know just
what kind of cigars other
men smoke.
It is our business to
know the preference of
all customers at the cigar
case. r
If you want a Christ-
mas box of cigars for a
friend, come to us. . We
gunrntce to suit him.
We sell you a box with
the understanding that if
the man does not like that
brand he may return the
cigars, after trying them
and exchange for a box
of his own choosing,
Cigars from. 50 cents
per box up.
Schiller & Co.,
FAMILY DRUGGISTS.
1st door north First Natl. Bank