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TWENTY-SIXTH YEAE.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, MA11CH 4, 1910.
NO: 12.
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5 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS
Tho banana belt is its. dear old self
again. Hurrah.
Asst. Supt Roth, of Cheyenne, is
doing business in town today.
Attorney Halligan left for Goring
Wednesday night to attend tho session
of district court.
Judge Grimes has been holding court
this week ut Gering, having loft for
that place Monday morning.
Miss Hamilton, of Edgorton, Mo., is
thd guest of her grandparents Mr. and'
Mrs. 0. Y. Ross, having arrived Wed
nesday. Ernest Calling, of Gothenburg, came
here yesterday and drove out in the
country to look at a bunch of 160 cattle
with a view of buying.
Wanted Girl or woman for house
work. Washing and iron sent out.
Apply at house, 501 West Fifth street.
Mrs. J. Q. Wilcox. Wages $5.00 per
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M. Graham will
leave tomorrow for their future home
in, Omaha. They have been popular
and excellent citizens, and their de
parture is regretted by many.
Judge Munger and the federal court
officials returned to Omaha Wednesday
night. The court work was completed
Wednesday noon, but the Judge was
detained until tho Kelly jury reported
L. E. Hastings returned tho early
part of tho week from New York where,
he was called as a witness before the
committee which is taking evidence in
tho suit to dissolve tho Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific merger.
The county commissioners returned
Wednesday night from the southeast
part of the county, where they viewed
roads. They convened in session yes
terday morning and have been trans
acting such business as comes before
them. They will adjourn this evening.
The electric lighting . plant at the
Cody ranch was placed in Bervice Wed
nesday night and works nicely. The
power is furnished by a four horse
power especially constructed gasoline
engine with dynamo attached, and there
are fifty 16-candlo lights distributed in
the house, barn and drive way."
Max Enstein and Max Kirschbaum,
former clothiers of this city, write that
.they would like to return to North
Platte and re-engage in the clothing
business. Hearing that a certain new
building mightbe erected they wrote to
see if rooms could bo secured, but were
informed that there was nothing cer
tain about the erection of the building.
Lot Boyer & Hinman do your paint
ing or paper hanging. Satisfactory
work guaranteed. Phono 574 or 468.
One hundred thousund caltalpa trees
will be set out on the Union Pacific's
tree plantation east of the city this
Bpring. These will range in heighth
from eighteen to thirty-six inches.
Tree seeds of different varieties have
been planted on about one hundred
acres of raw prairie as an experiment,
this in addition to tho 105 acres ol
cultivated land.
Butler Buchanan returned yesterday
from Lyons, Nob,, where ho transacted
business for a couplo of days.
Fine Oranges cheap price, bee our
window. Wilcox Department Store.
P. A. White returned Tuesday after
noon from Denver, whero he had been
transacting business for a week.
Six cars of emigrant goods, belong
ing to now settlers who will locate in
this vicinity, arrived Wednesday night.
Ernest Trout submitted to an opera
tion for nnnondicitis Sunday and is
reported to be recovering satisfactorily
After visiting Mr. and Mrs. Max Mc-
Grcw for a week, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Baldwin returned to Wilcox Tuesday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dclaney came
down from Northport Tuesday and re
mained until tho following day. Claude
says thore is great railroad activity at
Northport.
Tho long delayed furniture for tho
McCarthy drug store in tho Third ward
was received Wednesday and is being
placed in position.
Frank Stuart is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stuart, having re
cently graduated from the Highland
Park, Iowa, college.
In a card to a friend, written Tues
day, Chas. A. Dill says that ho
expects to return homo the early part
of next week. Ho says he is feeling
very good and improving.
Mrs. John Bratt returned yesterday
morning from Denver whero she had
been visiting her daughter Mrs. Chas.
Hendy for several months.
For Sale A few Poland China gilts
to farraw in April. F. E. Doolittlo &
Sons, 2 miles west of State Farm.
Phono D75.
Mrs. Frank Maryott was brought
down from Oshkoah Tuesday and
placed in tho Physicians and Surgeons
hospital, whero she will take treat
ment for a couple of weeks.
Rev. J. F. Scibert, now of Chicago,
writea a local friend that ho has dis
posed of his Kimball -county land at a
nice advance in price, and has invested
the proceeds in other land.
Mrs. E. Canright, of the north side,
who was so seriously burned ten days
ago, is in a rather critical condition and
is suffering intensely. Dr. Dent took
out a trained nurse yesterday to help
dress the body and arms.
Tho carpenter work on both tho
Second and Third ward school buildings
is completed and the workmen trans
ferred to the Timmermun building. The
Third ward school is ready for oc
cupancy, but tho board will wait until
the sewer in that ward is completed.
For Sale My residence property at
514 west Sixth Btreet. House has six
rooms. A. J. Salisbuky.
A telegram received Tuesday evening
by Mrs Mary Dunn announced tho
serious illness of her daughter, Miss
Lela Dunn, who has been 'teaching
school at Wellfleot. Accompanied by
Dr. Quigley, Mrs. Dunn went to Well
fleet that night in an automobile. Miss
Dunn's trouble is blood poisoning, re
sulting from picking a cold sore on her
lip, the system becoming poisoned there
from and seriously nffectcd both lungs.
Choe
1 ddlCdl iJollin
VIIIlIi
IN YE1ARS.
I sold more Shoes the past week than at
any time dnriny niy career as a Shoe Sales
man of fourteen years experience.
It only gqes to show that the people
know a good thing when they see it.
There are a good many Shoes left to pick
from. My time to stay here in North
Platte is wi limited. Come in and pick a
few paii p.
Don't Get Shut Out.
SOL HODESj
THE SHOERY.
Dies of Blood Poisoning.
Mrs. John ShafTor died early Tuesday
morning of blood poisoning following
tho birth of n lifeless child on Sunday.
Five children and n husband nro be
reaved of n wife and mother. Services
were held at tho homo Wednesday
morning, under tho auspices of tho D.
of II. and tho remains were taken to
Wolifleet for burial. Tho deceased was
daughter of John Greenwood n pioneer
settler of Medicine precinct.
Bogue Rc-EIcctcd Chairman.
At tho meeting of tho general com
mittee of tho Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen oi the Union Pacific system,
which was held at Omaha the early
part of this week, Chas. Boguo was re
elected chairman of the protective
board. Tho opposition to Mr. Boguo's
re-election was very slight, which is
evidenco that his work as chairman tho
past year has been such as to win and
hold tho confidence of tho B. of R. T.
members on tho system ho represents.
Kelly Get Four Months.
John P. Kelly, on trial Tuesday and
Wednesday in tho federal court in this
city on tho chargo of perjury of testi
mony in connection with tho disap-
pcaranco of a cash register belonging
to. tho U. S. Grocery Co., of which
company ho was manager, was found
guilty, and was sentenced by Judgo
Munger to four months in tho Lincoln
county jail. Tho jury retired at 10:30
Wednesday forenoon and did not reach
a verdict until ten o'clock Wednesday
night.
Jailbirds Wanted at Lincoln
Coy Dennis and Frank Wilson, serv
ing a short sentence in jail in this city
for petty larceny nt the McNcel ranch,
are wanted at Lincoln for burglary, and
upon tho completion of their term here
will be taken to that city for trial.
Theso men became confidential with a
fellow prisoner and told him they were
wanted at Lincoln. The fellow prisoner
gave the information to sheriff Milton-
berger, who wroto to tho chief of
police at Lincoln and Teceived a reply-
stating that Dennis and Wilson were
wanted there for burglary.
Tom Will Try to be Good,
Tom Ragan, who has been nick
named "Fingorless Tom," was arrested
Tuesday for drunkenness, u habit that
for a good many years past has been
tho undoing of Tom. He was arraigned
before Polico Judge Elder Wednesday
morning, and asked if guilty or not to
tho charge, and promptly responded that
he had been drunk. As Tom is an old
offender, tho Judge was in a quandary
as to what to do, but finally gave him
a ten-day jail sentence, but suspended
sentence pending Tom's behavior. Tom
promised that no wouldAtry to be good.
Buys Automobile.
M. J. Forbes went to Lincoln Wed
nesday night and will drive homo a
Buick automobile which tho firm of
Derryberry & Forbes has purchased
for uso in connection with their busi
ness. Mr. Forbes will nrrivo with tho
car Saturday or Sunday.
February Weather.
The precipitation last month was but
two one-hundredth of an inch, making it
the driest February since tho local
weather bureau was established in
1875. Tho average for the month is
thirty-eight one-hundredth, and in
February, 1909, the precipitation was
1.61 inches. Tho month was a little
warmor than tho average, tho normal
for tho month being twenty-six de
grees; tho maximum tomperaturo being
sixty-seven and tho minimum six below.
Firemen's Annual Ball.
Placards have been posted announc
ing tho twenty-third annual ball of tho
firo department on Monday evening,
March 28th, the ovening following
Easter Sunday. No organization in tho
city deserves so generous patronage as
tho fire department, and every prop
erty owner Bhould invest a dollar in
a ticket, no matter if he docs not at
tend dances. The net receipts of this
annual ball nro largely used for tho
good of tho department; for the pur
poso of fighting fires more effectively.
Contract Reported Let.
The final right-of-way deeds for tho
extension of tho North valloy branch
west from Northport woro secured last
week. This right-of-way is for forty
five miles, nnd it is said tho contract
for the construction of tho grado has
been awarded to the Phelin-Shirlcy
company, wno uavo tho double-track
work between here and Julcsburg. As
this forty-fivo miles extension ends at
"nowhore," there is no question but
that it will be extended tho remaining
100 miles to Medicine Bow, and that,
too, in the immediate future.
Electric Service
What it Means to be
Always Ready.
Electrical Energy cannot be stored
in largo quantities. It cannot be
stored economically at all. It must
be PRODUCED AS IT, IS, USED.
Sufficient mechanical and distributing
capacity must bo ready anll times
to meet the greatest demand, AT
ANY ONE TIME of all our patrotw.
It docs not require an oxpert to tell
that nearly all electric lightning
comes during a few hours of ! the
ovening. During short winter days, when darkness overtakes business hours,
tho heaviest demand is mado on an electric plant n demand which lessons ma
terially as tho Spring season advances.
The boilers, engines, nnd dynamos needed to produce this short time quan
tity of electricity, nnd the capacity of tho wlro needed to deliver it, must stand
partly idle that is, can bo operntcd to only n small fraction of their capacity
during tho majority of tho hours of tho day, and during the majority of the days
of tho year. '
A factory may close in dull times; an electric company must operate all the
tlmo barring accidents or calamity. A factory may turn out wares in slack
periods and sell the goods in activo periods, and thus cqunlizo tho strain against
rush seasons. An electric plant can do neither, but must bo large enough to
caro for ALL DEMANDS the day and hour they arise, and must have besides,
reserve capacity to meet tho possibility of accident.
Tho maximum demand of tho shortest winter day plus the reserve, fixes
the capacity and INVESTMENT of an electric plant.
Tho Investment causes Interest, taxes and depreciation, and maintenance
changes in proportion to its oizo THE YEAR ROUND.
The Investment is never permitted to work to its full capacity, and only to
anything liko its full capacity for n FEW WEEKS EACH YEAR.
Wo produce electrical energy, but wo sell electrical cnorgy plus delivery
ANY TIME ANY PLACE and tho two togotlior uro called ELECTRIC
SERVICE.
If wc could equalize tho loud so aa to require production nnd. delivery of
about tho samo quantity of electricity in each hour of tho day, and every day
in the year, our investment would bo much lo?s, and our charges would be
lower, but wo nro forced to meet conditions as thoy exist und do the best we
can.
North Platte Gas and Electric Co.
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Carrie Drunk Again.
Carrio Waltham was arrested Tues
day evening on tho charge of drunken
ness. She entered Dickey's store tho
early part of tho evening and stretching
outon a settee announced her intention
of taking a snooze. To this the pro
prietors objected, Policeman Grable was
called and Carrio was toted off to jnil.
She was arraigned in the polico court
Wednesday morning, but she was -Htill
full of boozo and Judge Eldor ordered
her back-to jail until she sobered up.
Carrie, who is a woman past fifty, can
give some of tho old rounders a big
handicap and still beat them
out on drinking budge. She makes her
homo with John Fay.
Wilson Buys More Land.
J. C. Wilson has added to his rcnl es
tate possessions in the valloy west of tho
city by purchasing two hundred addi
tional acres adjoining that already
owned by him. One- hundred and sixty
acres of tho 200 wna purchased of Lorcn
Sturgos, and ia part' "of the former
Boguo tract.
Tho purchase of this land makes Mr.
Wilson tho owner of ono thousand
acres of land which could not be bought
for seventy-lfvo dollars per aero. In
addition to this ho owns 100 acres of
valuable land near Ft. Morgan, Col.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson camo to Lin
coln county the latter part of tho eight
ies with practically no monoy, but pos
sessed of willing hands and an ambi
tion to succeed. By earnest work and
good management they have succeeded
beyond their expectations; for today
Wilson's wealth represents six figures.
Tho success of Mr. Wilson nnd his good
wifo demonstrates what can bo accom
plished in Lincoln county.
Wcstergaard Wins ia Twe'FaBs.
In tho wrestling match at the opera
houso Wcdnesdny ovening Jess Wester
gaard of Des Moines won from Bill
HukofT of Croto in two straight falls,
securing tho first in twenty-nine min
utes and the second in fourteen and a
half minutes. Tho contest' was ette of
tho best witnessed in North JPIatte,
but unfortunately tho number of
spectators wus small.
Tho preliminary oVent was -a five
round boxing contest between Kid Keliy
nnd Billy Nunn, In which they went
nf ter each other in hammer and tongs
stylo and created much amusement.
Tho bout was declared a draw. "
Notice to Patrons of The Farmer Line
of tho Tri-County Telephone Ca.
On and nftor March 1st, 1910, all
parties owning phonos on said lino will
be held responsible for all messages
Bont over these lines by outside parties
from their) phones. Rate is 20 cents
for each message. All bills must be
paid in fullftmonthly.
Scene from the "Climax," which comes to The Kfeith next Saturday Evening, Mai'ch 5th.