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TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, MARCH 0, I9l0.
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TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS 8
II. L. Baker, of Omaha, was the
guest of his son It. L. Baker Sunday.
Mrs. Edward Seyforth loft Saturday
for a week's visit with friends at
Schuyler.
Miss Lillian Gleason, of the postofiice
force, has been confined at home by ill
ncss for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dunn were
called here the latter part of last week
by the illness of Mr. Dunn's sister at
Wellfleot.
A trained nurse came up from Oma
ha Sunday and will care for Mrs. F. L
Moonoy and son, both of whom are
seriously ill.
The remains of Mrs. G. P. Davis,
who died in Cheyenne, were taken to
Sidney Saturday for interment and laid
at rertt by the side of a son.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Elliott, parents
of County Clerk Elliott, returned Sun
day from a several months visit with
friends in Iowa and Kansas.
Marion Carrier, of the Birdwood
country, was in town a day or two the
latter part of lost week, closing up the
sale of his blacksmith shop to J. II.
VanCleave.
Wnnted-Two apprentice girls at once.
Mrs. G. S. Huffman.
The Tobin Mercantile Co. is having
largo hay barns erected on its lot on
east Front street, which will bo used
for storage purposes during periods of
low prices.
It. T. Stevens is building for his own
occupancy a neat appearing bungalow
on west B. street in the Banks' addi
tion. Ho will sell the house in which
he now resides.
" The sale held Saturday at the Stryker
farm, south of the river was attended
by a large number of bnyers and others.
Everything sold at good prices, horses
Belling as high as $197.00.
In attempting to drive to the Pawnee
ranch Sunday in the Neville car, Keith
Neville, Jim Clinton and Frank Mc
Govern got stuck in tho mud near the
Hall school house, requiring two hours
to extricate the car. j
Ladies don't wait too long to get
that Spring Suit. They aro going fast
at Wilcox Department Store.
S. P. Delatour, of Deuel county,
shipped down 100 head of feeders Sat
urday which he turned over to eastern
buyers. He received $5.25 per hundred
for the bunch, which is certainly a
good price.
Trainmaster M. F. White returned
the latter part of last week from Illi
nois, whero he was called by the illness
of his father. Mrs. White, who ac
companied him, will remain for some
time with friends at Edclsten, III.
Two of the piling in tho South River
bridge rotted oft", and Friday while a
heavily ladened team was crossing a
section of the bridge sagged to such dn
extent asto make travel unsafe. The
commissioners, who were in session at
the time, examined tho bridge and im
mediately set men at work to repair it,
which was completed Saturday.
I Fastest
IN YEARS.
I sold more Shoes the past week than at
any time during my career as a Shoe Sales
man of fourteen years experience.
It only goes 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 very limited. Come in and pick a
few pairs.
Don't Get Shut Out.
SOL HODES,
THE SHOERY.
Rev. R. B. Favoright was a visitor
in Gothenburg Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Hanze visited friends
in Sidney over Sunday.
Milledge Bullard returned Sunday
night from a brief visit in Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Burklund and
daughter Lola, of Sutherland, visited
friends in town Saturday.
Miss Elizabeth Young has arrived
from Chicago and accepted tho position
of milliner with Mrs. Huffman.
Arthur Bullard arrived from Omaha
Sunday night and has accepted a posi
tion as night man at the Union Pacific
ticket office.
Mrs. Fred Barraclough is visiting het
daughter Mrs. Edward Weeks, of
Evanston, having loft for that place
yesterday.
Al Tift, who has taken a sub-con tract
on the double track grade, has re
ceived eight dump wagons which ho
will use in the work.
MisB Louise Weisgerber, who had
been visiting her parents for several
weeks, returned to Missoula, Mont.,
tho latter part of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Young arrived Sunday
from Wyoming, having been called
here by the death at Wellfleet of Mrs.
Young's father, MrvRichiger.
James Quinn of Dubuque, Iowa., and
Frank Horrigan, of Susquehanna, Pa.,
are recent additions to the working
force in the Union Pacific shops.
Mrs. Geo. B. Dent and children will
return homo about April 1st from
San Diego, Cal., where they have
been spending the winter with relatives.
Mrs. L. C. Hansen left Saturday for
Callaway to look up a house prepara
tory to removal there. Her husband
is employed as conductor on tho Calla
way branch.
You have the choice of 300 popular
copyrighted novels at Rincker's for
50 cents each.
Wm. Cummings has purchased a resi
dence lot on 5th street in the Trustee's
Addition and will begin tho erection of
a modem six room cottage thereon in
a few weeks .
Julius Pizer returned Saturday from
his three weeks trip in the east whero
he purchased spring novelties for the
Leader. Mr. Pizer says business in
tho east seems to be fairly active.
Deputy Sheriff Lowell returned yes
terday from Evanston with Will
Finney, who will answer to the charge
of wife desertion, mention of which
was made in Friday's issue.
Though somewhat dilatory in making
tho announcement, yet North Platte
friends will be interested in knowing
that a son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Murray at Lincoln on Washington's
birthday.
"The Climax" waa presented to a
small audience at the Keith Saturday
evening, but it proved one of the most
finished plays, as well as one of tho
strongest ever presented in North
Platte. It is to be regretted that
plays of this class are so poorly attended,
while a company carrying a bunch of
chorus girls wearing abbreviated gar
ments will draw a crowded house.
Shoe
elling
Makes Easy Money.
Otto Weil purchased at referee's sale
Saturday afternoon the Tip Wolty farm
of 1G0 acres in Hinman precinct for
$4,200 and that evening sold tho same
to T. B. Halllgan for $5,000, thus mak
ing $800 in less than fivo hours.
Temperance Meeting This Wek.
A temperance meeting will be held
on Thursday night of this week at tho
Bigncll school house addressed by
M. C. Johnson. Also ono at the Hall
school house addressed by W. S.
Porter on Thursday night.
Notice.
Not being able to dispose of my
entire stock, I have secured tho ser
vice of an expert Chicago trimmer,
Mrs. Elizabeth Young, who will have
charge of the trimming department
the coming season. I will, as in the
past, endeavor to pleaso all of my
patrons at prices lower than ever.
Don't fail to visit my parlor before
buying. Mrs. G. S. Huffman.
Ask for New Precinct.
Residents of Cottonwood Plant and
Osgood precincts, have asked for tho
formation of a new precinct composed
of parts of those precincts. Tho now
precinct will be known as PaynC If
there aro no objections filed by Apnl
Gth next, the prayer of tho petitioners
will be granted. Tho boundaries of the
now precinct will bo, found outlined in
tho commissioners proceedings.
Want Bridge at Dexter.
Fifty residents of Sunshine, Birdwood
and Wallace precincts have filed a peti
tion for tho formation of n now pre
cinct to bo known ns Dexter, tho ob
ject of the creation of the precinct
being to vote on the proposition to is
sue bonds for the construction of a
wagon bridge across tho South Platte
river south of Dexter in the extreme
west part of the county The commis
sioners, while in session Saturday,
granted tho petition and ordered thq
formation of tho precinct.
Remarkable Haul of Coal.
A world's record in railroading was
made n few days agowhen a' train" more
than a mile in length was hauled by
a single engine on tho Virginia Railroad
a distance of 125 miles in fifteen hours
and five minutes. The train consisted
of 120 gondola cars, and .the gross
weight was 9,120 tons and the net ton
nage of coal G, GOO tons. Tho engine wsa
a Mallet compound weighing 319,000
pounds, and consumed twelve tons of
coal during tho run. Tho actual runn
ing time of the train was eight hours
and fifteen minutes.
Lowell Finds Much Liquor.
Deputy Sheriff Lowell brought ovor
from Wallace Friday Frank H. Bent,
a druggist of that village, who is
charged with selling liquor without a
license. Bent appeared in tho county
court and April 15th set as the day for
hearing. He furnished a bond in the
sum of $1,000 for his appearanco at the
hearing.
Lowell made a search of the drug
store and found nbout 200 bottles of
different kinds of liquor. These he
brought to this city and will bo kept ns
evidence in tho case.
Closes Board of Trade.
The board of trade opened tendays ago
on the second floor of tho building occu
pied by Tom Green has been closed. This
institution, which was backed by Gooch
& Co., of Omaha, was not looked upon
with favor by some of our citizens, and
as it is a business that is prohibited by
the laws of the state, the place was
closed before any complaint might be
filed, which would probably have
occurred sooner or later. The business
conducted during its life was light, and
even if continued it is questionable if it
would have made any amount of money
for tho parties concerned.
Horse Sale.
March 12th, 1910, at Union Stock
Yards North Platte.
Twenty-five head of horses ranging
in ago from 3 to 10 years, consisting of
all classea draft, saddlers, drivers and
chunks, and a few unbroke horses
These are nil good boned stuff and In
good llesli. There will be several single
unvers in uie saie.
Parties havinir horsos to dfsnoan of
can arrange to bring thorn to this sale.
lerms casn or Bankable paper runn
ing six months at ten per cent interest.
Sale starts at two o'clock.
m ... . p IL Gablow.
T. F. Watts, Auctioneer.
Stubborn As Mules
aro livor and bowels sometimes; seem
to balk without causo. Then there's
trouble Loss of AppetiteIndigestion,
Nervousness, Despondency, Headache.
But such troubles fly before Dr. King's
anuw iie ri'Mifciinq worm srjrept tittnn
hch, and Ljv'eitri.toedy. Sd easy. 25c at
Commissioners Proceedings.
Mch. 4, 1910.
Board of county commissioners met
agreeable to adj6urnment, present full
board and county clork.
Upon examination of tho books of
tho county treasurer for tho past six
months ending Dec. 81, 1009, wo find
that tho balance on hand July 1, 1909,
was $108,857.2$; collected from July
1st, 1909, to Jan. 1st 1910, $161,429,80
total disbursements $130,539.G2, nmbunt
on hand Jon. 1, 1910, $139,7GG.4G; of
which there was invested in sinking
funds the sum of $26,608.00; fee's earned
by the treasurer for 1909 $5,019.03,
total expenses for running tho treas
urer's office for 1909, $4,444.51, excess
fees for 1909, $574.52. Signed by A. F.
Strcitz, finance committco for board of
county commissioners.
C. G. Clark is hereby appointed road
overseer in Dist. 51 nnd bond approved.
W. P. Killian is hereby appointed jus
tice of the peace in Wallace precinct
and bond approved.
Bond of J. D. Drake, constable Cot
tonwood precinct approved.
Claim of C. L. Applcgatc, cash to bo
used in Dist. 39, allowed for $20.00.
Claim of Lester Walker, balance ox
ponded for transportation of poor, al
lowed for $22.07.
E. A. Norlander is appointed con
stable in Jeffrey precinct.
Otis A. Moss is hereby appointed jus
tice of tho peace in Jeffrey precinct.
Claim of M. K. Graham breaking
Bnow roads for mail in Dist. No. 22,
$6.00.
Charlton Wills, road work in Dist
21, $6.00.
Chariton Wills, road work in Dist. 22,
$4.50.
Bond of Chris Jensen, overseer Dist.
41, approved.
Bond of W. S. Ross, overseer Dist.
41, approved.
Ray C. Langford, county treasurer:
You are hereby directed to transfer
$225 from Dist 51, Deer Creek, to road
districts Nos. 20 and 46, Fox Creek, to
be divided equally between each of
the said districts Nos. 20 and 46, on ac
count of King road grader being paid
for, by districts Nos. 20 and 46, and the
umourit so transferred from Dist. 51
shall be divided equally between dis
tricts Nos. 20 and 46. Signed by tho
commissioners.
A petition of the voters of Cotton
wood, Plant and Osgood precincts ask
ing'that the county board form a new
precinct to be called Payne precinct,
tho boundaries to be as follows:
Commencing on the section line be
tween sections 17 and 18, town 13, range
29, whero Baid section line intersects
the south branch of Platte river, thenco
south on section line to the southwest
corner of section 32, town 13, rango 29,
thence east two miles, thenco south
four miles, thence cast fivo miles,
thence north to the south bank of the
south branch of tho Platte rivor, thenco
in a northwesterly direction along tho
south bank of the south branch of tho
Platte river to tho place of beginning;
if there bo no objection filed by the
next meeting af the board, said petition
will be granted.
Bpnd of W. T. Elliott, constablo of
Brady Island precinct, approved.
Bond of I. V. Daily, overseer of Dist.
37, approved.
Bond of Wm. Dymond, overseer of
bridge at Hershey, npproved.
W. II. Smith is hereby appointed
overseer of District 22.
Bond of Bank of Wellfleet, as depos
itary for Lincoln county funds, ap
proved,
Road petition presented to the board
by Geo. C. White and others, asking
for a section line road as follows: Com
mencing nt tliu northeast corner of sec
tion 6-13-33, running thence west on
section line to the northeast corner of
section 2-13-34, thence southward to the
northeast corner of section 23-13-34,
terminating thereat. Tho board being
of the opinion that tho road is for the
public good, the petition is therefore
granted as requested and tho county
surveyor is directed to survey tho same
in accordance with law.
JeBso Long is hereby appointed road
overseer in District 31 to fill vacancy.
Claim of Joseph W. Prokop, damage
to horao on the bridge south df North
Platte allowed on general fund for
25.00.
Claim of John (Jaedku, cure of Eg
bert Martin allowed on general fund for
34,25.
It is hereby agreed between tho Pax
ton and Hershey Water Co. and the
county of Lincoln that tho County of
Lincoln shall pay tho said ditch com
pany the sum of $100.00 to repair the
ditch made by a former order of tho
board by placing tile under tho oitch
and tho ditch company accepts the
$100.00 as all damages cauped and re
leases Lincoln county from all obli
gation,
v Jttot&r H. Jlogors, . roud work D'itst.
40, allowij for $1K.95. . .
VUUHUQUCU OA oio pago.j
Delivering Electrical
Energy.
Why it is Costly.
In both departments, howovcr, great
few years and the introduction of u great varioty of devices for the uso of cur
rentheating and cooking appllancss, small motors for all purposes, etc, has
made it possible for companies in small towns to givo twenty-four hour service.
Tho averago reador may not know
vestment in an electric light plnnt Ib feu
tem. In any electric plant from two to
ting system to every dollar represented by tho power generating stations. This
fact is more striking when compared with the comparatively cheap, delivery
systems of factories, mills and trade establishments. Such contrast brings out
ono of the many differences botwoen electric plants and other kinds of container
clal industry ono of tho reasons which entitles electric companies to be -con
sidered in n class by themselves.
Without a proper distributing system tho best power station ever built
would bo worthless. Tho great cost of
preciation attending it, necessarily is reflected in the chargo? for service. In
terest must be paid on the capital used, taxes must be paid on tho property cre
ated, and depreciation charges must bo
All these expenses nnd many others
service, Bince this is the only source of
North Platte Gas &
The Baynes Lecture.
Hero is a local taken from the March
number of Lyceumlto nnd talent of
Chicago. "Ono of the most interesting
lectures given in Chicago in late Febru
ary (1910) was that of Ernest Harold
Baynes, the naturalist, given in the
chapel of tho Y. M. C. A. Mr. Baynes
heart is in his lecture and ho gols very
close to his audience. Both entertain
ment nnd instruction aro afforded in an
ovening with Mr. Baynes and his illus
trations are most excellent. Not only
does this man go into tho woods nnd
live with tho animals but ho brings
them back to his home and insists on
their visiting him for weeks and
months. His homo might be termed a
Eoological garden nnd- those 'who 'hear
his lecture can appreciate what a
glorious good timo he has with his
visitors."
Mr. Baynes will be at Tho Keith
Tuesday ovening, March 8th, with theso
same picturers and tho same Iccturo
which so pleased tho people of Chicago.
High School Lecture Course No. 5.
An Awful Eruption
of a volcano excites brief interest, nnd
your interest in skin eruptions will bo
as short, if you use Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, their quickest cure. Even the
worst boils, ulcers, or fever sores are
Boon healed by it. Best for Burns,
Cuts, Bruises, Sore Lips, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains and Piles. It gives
nstant relief. 25c. nt Stono Drug Co.
Have You Got Your Share?
Have you $34.87 in your pocket or in
tho bank? If you have not then you
aro shy on tho per capital circulation of
money in tho United States, as shown
by the books of tho Treasury Depart
ment. The department, in rcuching
this calculation, estimates the popula
tion of tho United States at 89,883,000
and announces the nmount of monoy
in circulation on March 1, ns $3,134,093
250, which, if equally divided would
give ovcry man, woman and child in
tho country $31.87. Thoro is in circula
tion today $49,315,2-14 more than thoro
was a year ago.
For Sale A few Poland China gilts
to fnrraw in April. F. E. Doolittle &
Sons, 2 miles west of State Farm.
Phono D75.
Letters by Telegraph.
Effective next Monday tho Western
Union telegraph company will handle
long night messages at tho rate cus
tomarily charged for ten-word day
messages. These messages will be
limited to fifty words, and above that
number one-fifth of tho day rate will
be charged for each additional ten
words. A night lettor sent by tele
graph will reach its destination at the
opening of business hours the follow
ing morning, thus saving two or three
or more days when long distances are
involved.
Saved a Soldier's Life.
Facing death from shot nnd sholl in
tho civil war was moro agreoable to J.
A. Stono, of Kemp, Tex., than facing
it from what doctors said wns c6nsump-
tion. "I contracted a stubborn cold"
ho writes, "that developed a cough,
that stuck to mo in spite of all reme
dies for years. My weight ran down to
im pouous. men i negan to uso Dr.
King's Now Discovery, which complete
ly cured me. I now woigh 178 pounds."
i-oruougns, uids, wiurippo, ABtlima,
Homorrhace. Hoarseness. Croun.
Whooping Cough unil lung trouble, its
Bupruwu, ,ou ct'iiw, rsuu. irnai botuu
irec. uuaraniecu by stono Drug Co,
TO bo of service in home, ,pfi)ce or
atoro electrical cnorgy mailt J bo
DELIVERED at tho place wbo it
is used. There is only one practica
ble way to do tills by means' of
copper wire. The problem of DE
LIVERING electricity to tho con
sumer at a reasonable cost Is nattier
than the problem of producing elec
tricity at a low figure. One is fully
as important as the other.
advances havo been made in the past
thut by fnr tho heaviest part of the in
the DISTRIBUTING or delivery sys
three dollars is invested in the distribu
tho delivery sytom, with tho rapid de
met.
must come out of the price 'paid for
revenuo of an electric company.
Electric Company.
Trustee's
AND
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ADDITIONS.
Each improved with 5-foot
cement sidewalks, Sewers in
alleys, every modern con
venience
Prices and Terms Right
$250 to $4
PER LOT.
5 per cent discount for cash.
For sale by
Wm. E. Shuman
1910
Spring Models
IN
Ladies Oxfords
Can be seen in our Show
Windows this week.
Wilcox Dcptat Store.
ECHELBERY'S
New and Second
Hand Store. ...
Corner Gth and Loctist Sts., TcL 302
Every Day a Bargain Day.
Pianos, Organs, nil kinds of Musical In
struments and Strings. Clocks; Watches,
Bicycles. Sowing Machines and Needles,
Guns. Revolvers, Ammunition, Sport
ing Goods, Hurncss, Saddles, Coooking
Utensils, Dinner Sots, Ranges, Stovos,
Stovp Repairs, Beds and Beddinr,
Hnrdwaro, Tinware, Trunks and Suit
Oases.
Everything yoiiliso boUght anal Bold
, hero.
Residence
Lots
dale
nive
