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tltat 6c Cltty :1 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAE. NOftTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, JULY 5, 1910. NO 47. Motm S22ESZS2JE.2.S2ZS2J222 2. S 2-S 25 Li iLi iii Li Li Li Li L - v. V S. V T North Platte Chautauqua. ... J JULY 17th to 24th, INCLUSIVE. LIST O IT TALENT ft Forenoon Sessions. Dr. J. A. Beattie, Cotner University, Lincoln. Wm. Ebright, County SupL Lincoln county. P. M. Whitehead, City SupL Gothenburg. Miss Abigail Manning, South Omaha City Schools. Mrs Genevieve Richmond, County SupL Keith Co. J. 0. Lyne, City SupL Minden, Neb. Wilson Tout, City SupL North Platte, Neb. Jessie Lamb Stockton, County SupL Perkins county. V. L Strickland, City SupL Nelson, Neb. E- A Garlisch, Music Director, North Platte City School Afternoon Sessions. Lou J. Beauchamp, Lecturer and Philosopher. The Dunbar Company, Musical Artists, (2 days) L B. Wickersham, Popular, Lecturer. A.'McMurray, Lecturer and Platform Manager every day Miss Florence Norton, Good Cookery, every day. Thomas Brooks Fletcher, Dramatic Lecturer (2 days) Senator A B. Cummings, of Iowa. i Eureka Quartet, Popular Favorites (3 days). Everett Kemp, Interpretive Recitals. Chas. 0. Merica, Lecturer. Shungopavi, Moqui Indian Magician, Lecturer and Scholar Lipski's Royal Hungarian Orchestra, (3 days.) Evening Sessions. William Sterling Battis, Interpreter of Dickens, (in costume.) The Eureka Quartet (three days). Bill Bone, Entertainer. Ross Crane, Cartoonist and Clay Modeler. The Dunbar Company, Musical Artists, (3 days). Father Daly, Lecturer. Arhur McMurray, Platform Manager and Lecturer, every day. Lipski's Royal Hungarian Orchestra, (3 days). Lowell's Cowboy Band (week days) . SPECIAL FEATURES n t Goo'd Shade, Picnic Parties, Tenting, City Water on Grounds, Brilliant Electric Lighting, Special Police protection at Nighty ., Telenhbne Connectinna from th Ground. Fivf Parrl f!Krlr Srnnrl. R!rvfl Srnrn .Fro SfrrifRl ..i.. .'t.,.lSfl!-' . . i. .LC , " . . . , ' oxt." T-r -""-" m " " ' - jpj Telephone Connections from the Grounds, WHY NOT PL AN TO ATTEND EVERY SESSION. Send for complete program to M. KEITH NEVILLE, President WILSON TOUT, Secretary. J 3& 1 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS g Mrs. W. J. Stuart will entertain the Birthday Club Friday afternoon. The Episcopal guild will meet Thurs day afternoon with Mrs. Saml. Goozeo. E. C. Ringer has returned from Kan sas, where he visited relatives for sev eral weeks. Mrs. J. J. Halligan has been suffer ing greatly for several days past from a felon on one of her fingers. Wanted At Once Good woman or girl at Enterprise Bakery. J. J. Halligan spent Saturday in Lincoln making an argument before the state board of irrigation. Miss Villa Whittaker leaves tonight for Meckling, S. D., to visit her moth er, who has been in ill-health for some Jime past. Engineer Rush Dean has returned from Ogden, where he was called by the illness of his wife. He left her much improved. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Schiller leave ' tonight for a visit in Ida Grove, Iowa, and thence to Meckling, S. D., to visit relatives of Mrs. Schiller. Miss Whittaker will continue the sale of light colored ribbons atone-half price as advertised. R. C. Orr, who had b'een visiting Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Prossor loft Friday for his home in Norwalk, Ohio. Mrs. Orr will continue her visit here for a time. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. VanDerhoof left Sunday for Denver whore they will re main a few days and then go to Grants Pass, Ore., to visit the Pr'itchard fami ly. They will also stop over a few davs in San Francisco. 14k and 18k weeding rings made of onepieco of gold, not soldered, are the best and will last n life time. We have all sizes. Dixon, The Jeweler. Ed Keliher returned the latter part of last week from Omaha where he had p-nno to have a final examination made of his injured eye. The occulist pro nounced the treatment ho had taken jiad the desired effect and further trouble is nbt anticibateUti Ed has re BumeU hia adtles in the traWmaSlitf 'a QfflW. The Club Nevita will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. T. V. Austin. Miss Bailey, stenographer for Bu chanan & Patterson, spent Sunday and yesterday at her homo in Omaha. Miss Evelyn Jeffers leaves the latter part of the week for a visit with her sister, Mrs. W. L. Cary, in Omaha. v Dr. Marie Ames delivered the address at a celebration hold at Brule yester day, at which there was a large attend ance. Quarterly services were held at the Methodist church Sunday, Dist. Supt. Chamberlain occupying the pulpit in morning, Judge and Mrs, II. M. Grimes went to Lewellen Saturday where the Judge was the orator of the day at n big celebration held yesterday, For Rent Furnished room at 221 cast Fourth street. Call at 2 p. m. or 8 p. m. Judge and Mrs. J. S. Hoagland went to York Sunday where the Judge de livered an address yesterday at the lay ing of the comer stone of the Odd Fellows' homo. Mrs. John W. Boyer, deputy organ izer for the Ladies of the Maccabees, has gone to Port Huron, Mich., the homo of the order, where she will transact business for several weeks. The old frame building on the lot north of the new Veamillion block in the Third ward has been torn down to make room for a one-story cement block building 22x64 foet which Lars Hansen will erect. Ve understand Mr. Larsen has a tenant for the room. We have just received from the dia mond cutters of New Vork a direct shipment. If you want to seo what diamond values really mean take a look at these. We think they are by all odds the finest and best assorted lot we have yet received. That means a great deal. Dixon, The Diamond Merchant. Tho proposed three story hospital building in the Third ward will cost in the neighborhood of thirty thousund dollars. To finance its construction stock is being issued, twenty thousand dollars having so far been subscribed by Mr. Lamb and others. Work on tiie building will begin as soon as the rcmainaer oi me biock mis ueen buu ecrllk. Miss Evelyn Daly, who had been at tending school at Hastings, has re turned home to spend the summer vacation. W. C. Patterson, who has a grading contract on the Union Pacific, spent tho latter part of the week in town. Ho will complete his work about August first. Julius Essig, formerly of this city but of late years living at Holbrook, Oregon, has been in town for n few days visiting friends. He returned last Friday from Germany, where ho had been spending about eight months. Chas. Pass brought to this alike Sat urday a ripe tomato grown on a vine in his garden. The plant was set out the middle of May. This is certainly an early date for ripe tomatoes. Mr. Pass cut n head of cabbage for his Sunday dinner which he had also grown in his garden. Certainly Mr. Pass knows how to produce early vegetables. Somo hay on the lowlands has already been cut, but the harvest will begin in earnest this week. A hay buyer is quoted ns saying that tho fu turo market does not look very bright, giving as a basis for his prediction tho cessation of construction work by the railroads in Wyoming nnd Colorado, which will materially effect the demand for hay. Tho Women's Auxiliary of the Epis copal church held its annual meeting Friday evening and elected the follow ing officers: Mrs. II, M. Grimes, presi dent; Mrs. F. W. Rincker, vice-presi dent; Mrs. Geo. W. Finn, secretary and Mrs. W. H. C. Woodhurst treasurer. During tho past year tho auxiliary earned in various ways ninety-two dollars, fifty of which was given toRov. Alfred Gilman to aid in his work in China. The weather report issued by tho local weather bureau for tho month of June, shows the month to have been a little warmor than the nvprago, whilo the rainfall for the month was a half inch below tho average. Tho precipita tion for last month was 2.75 inches, while tho average for the month is 3.25 inches, iho ueliciency in pre cipitation since January 1st aggregates 0,83, this as compared with a like p'erib'd in p-UBt year's, Democratic County Convention Call. Pursuant to the call issued by tho State Democratic Committee a mass convention of Lincoln County Demo crats is hereby called to meet at tho county court house in North Platte, on Saturday, July !), 1910, ut 2:30 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of selecting nine delegates to the Democratic State Convention to bo huld at Grand Island on July 20, 1910, and for tho purpose, of electing n county central committee and for such other business ns may come before tho convention. It is de sired that every precinct be represented. Dated this 2nd day of July, 1910, at North Platte, Nebraska. William Bhatty, Chairman. Notice. To all our customers that did not get to i:ive in their order for Advo Canned Gooda for fall delivery . We wUl take your order nt the same price until July 10th. Wilcox Di:jaktmi:nt Stoke. Commissioners' Proceedings. Juno 27, 1910. Board of county commissioners mot pursuant toadjournment, present Com missioner Streitz and county clerk. There being no quorum present the board takeB a recess until June 29, 1910. James Bechan is appointed ovenieer District 27.' At one o'clock p. m. the board of equalization met pursuant to recess taken. Present O. A. Bacon, county assessor, county commissioner Streitz nnd the county clerk. ' Board of equalization takes u recess until tomorrow. Juno 28, 1910. Board equalization met as per recess taken, present Struitz and Walker, county commissioners, and the county assessor and county clerk. Juno 29, 1610. Board of county commissioners met pursuant to adjournment, present Com missionors Streitz nnd Walter and coun ty clorkf' Bond of Jnmes Bechnnp Jr., toad overseer' In District No. 27, is hoioby approved. Homer II. Rodgers is hereby ap pointed overseer of Road District 40. L. II. Larson is hereby appointed overseer of District No 20. PurmlBEion is granted tho Farnam telcphono exchange and Moorefield farm nnd rnnch telcphono company to erect polls nnd wires on public roads of Lincoln county, Nebraska, providing such poles uro set two feot within the outer boundary line of such public roads and not placed to interfere with road crossings; the boundary lino of county roads to be determined by a competent surveyor. Board of county commissioners ad journ until tomorrow. Tho board of equalization meets ns per recess taken, present Streitz and Walter, county commissioners, county assessor and county clerk. Now comes Herman Johnson uaking the board of equalization to correct error in assessment on south half northwest quurtcr and west half southwest qu ar tier section 2-12-30, corrected on nc- count of double assessment. Improvements to the nmount of $1200 was ndded to east half southwest quarter nnd west half southeast quarter section 2-12-30 on account of error in former assessment. Correction of error in nssessmont of lots 3 and 4, block 8, Peniston's ad dition to North Platte. A. F. Nugent notified to appear bo foro tho board of equalization and show cause why the assessment on lots 1, 2 and 3, block 24, Maxwell, should not bo raised. By tho removal of improvements pn lot 3, block 18, Wallace, thoassosBtnent is reduced from $310 to $180. Whoreupon the board of equalization takes a recess until tomorrow at 1 p m. Juno 30, 1910. Board met pursuant to adjournment, present Streitz und Walter and county clerk. Ruy C. Langford, county treasurer You are hereby directed to refund to tho owner of lot 3, block 18, Wallace, tho sum of $0.9(5 on account of orror In assessment. Rny C. Langford, county treasurer; You aro hereby directed to refund to Jack Frazler, lots 1 to 4, block 139, North Platte, tho sum of $29.20 on nc count of error in assessment. Tho following claims wore allowed: I. V. Daily, road work in Road Dis trict 37, $50.00. Pnxlon & HorBhey ditch company for 23, 32, 51, damage done to ditch by placing flume under same, 100.00. R. F. Nelson, road work Dist. 100.00. II. D. Lewis, road work Dist. 150.00. C. G. Clark, road work Dist. 100.00. 1 Trusty, roud work Dist. 43, 100.00. Henry Coker, bridge work, 9.00. E. C. Hostetter, bridge work, 14.40. M. A. Carrier, bridge work, 118.00. II. L. Jcrgenson, bridge work, 22.00 Wm. Dyrriond, bridge work, G9.25 Carl Lunkwltz, bridge work, 80.00 J. K. Eshlemnn, biidgo work, 13.50 Chas. Porterficld, bridge work, 7.00 Ben McMichael, for building porch at jail allowed on genenalfund for 43.00 Vacation of Road No. 285. Road No. 285 now comes before tho board for final action, the same being considered for the public good, therefore the road is granted as prayed for in the petition. Board of county commissioners ad journ until tomorrow at. one o'clock p. m. 1 o'clock p. m. Tho bourd of equali zation mot agreeable to recess taken, presenjb Streitz and Walker, county assessor and county clerk. Tho bourd continues equalizing. Five p. m. the uonru taxes a recess until to morrow at 9 a. m July 1, 1910. Board of equalization mot agreeable to adjournment, present Commissioners Springer, Streitz and Walker, county assessor and county clork. Continued equalizing until one o'clock p. m., whoreupon the board of equali zation takes a recess until tomorrow at 1 p. m. Bourd of county commissioners met pursuant to adjournment, present Springor, Walter and Streitz. Tho following claims were allowed on tho general fund: A. W. Gray, supplies, $0.00 Dorryborry & Forbes, hose for court houso, 8.00 Sundry persons, inquest. 2G,90 Sundry persons, surveying, 82.20 O. E. ISlder, Bpecinl commissioner 2.30. , University Publishing Co., 15.00 Rasmussen Printing Co., 2.00. A. M. Lock, Borvice3, 3.50 Buchanan Co., mdso, 9.75 G. W. Graham, caro of poor, 15.15 ' (Concluded on Pag'o 8.)