nto Hffltorlcal Soctofrf to Jtortlt zm-WutMg Stfi&mrt TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., MARCH 15, 191 : No. 14 , J4tl!l j Grocery for Saturday, March 16th Swifts Premium Hams, per lb )K Swifts .Premium Bacon, per lb UC Swifts Empire Bacon, per lb Oranges, regular 25c size 10 per dozen f C Kraut, 2 cans for jC E. C. Corn Flakes, 4 packages dJ, f cox raartoii Speciall 15c i ; Store. JwVV JtJfc I TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS rrrfr m"x1' mn"wm jf.X . Frank Taylor returned Wednesday evening from a business trip to Grand Island. Mrs. Edward Ogier who has been ill :for two weeks is reported a little better today. , Sirs. Franker, of Chappell, is visiting Mrs. M. E. Boardman this week, hav ing arrived Tuesday. Charles Temple came home from Omaha, yesterday after attending the Retailers' convention. Miss Alice Fitzpatrick came up from the Kearney normal Wednesday evening to visit her parents for some time. Miss Margaret Dahlstrom is ill with lagrippe this week and unable to per form her duties at the American cafe. Roy Streeter, formerly of this place who recently moved to Omaha, spent the first of the week hero visiting friends. Julius Pizer is expected home today from Chicago where he spent the past two weeks purchasing spring and sum mer stock for The Leader. Miss Mayme McMichael came home Tuesday evening from n short visit in Gothenburg. Mrs. Emma O'Connor returned yes terday from Sutherland, where she visited relatives last week. Messrs. E. T. Tramp, Arthur Rush, H. L. Grecson, and M. J. Forbes re turned yesterday from Omaha where they attended the retailers' convention. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Eshleman and, baby arrived Wednesday evening from Callaway and will reside here in the future. Mrs. Eshleman was formerly Miss RoseAnaway. The Standard Oil Company of Ne braska has declared a dividend of thirty three and one-third per cent. We re gret we do not own stock in the Stan dard Oil Co. of Nebraska. The Episcopal choir are Holding re hearsals for a cantata which will be given in the Church of Our Savior on Easter Eve. It is entitled Easter Angels and the music is very beautiful. A party of seven local business men and commercial salesmen under, the leadership of Frank Nye. of Kearney, held an informal banquet at the Tim merman cafe Wednesday evening. Cigars followed the spread. JJ. KKEFCLLEI FROM A BUST IN TUP . UNIVER.StV CHICAGO K rlfiBHBk .. if liHlf&k.-. -YltB!Hi ( BBMKfiz&JCryT'ff'aB M "f 'IT" rfft1 rH Kali wjM'&J&ti8JELitt J&IRiIhhII 1 Sloucf ofohn D. iRockefeteiiavebeen the richest "m an in Me World if he had Spent the first money h& earned P ' He put it in the Bank When Tohn D. lioolcefolloj' wont into tho oil Holds, lio wont therewith Two Thousand Hollars that ho had saved and with "irioi fio was ready to tnlco a good Business ohnneo. 1TA.TJ 112 2COT IIA.D JTS MOXBYIX TUB UAXIf, lie would not lmve lyeen utile to tnlco the business ehtmee thnt led to his stupendous fortune. ,Joim . Jtoelce f oiler was no different from other fahulously KICHMJSN. T1IJUU GJWA.T I'OJtTUlfnS were logical results of TllllTli. 1UUST SAVfA'GS. Do YOUt hanking wltTi US. The First National Bank, O NOllTU I'T.ATTll, XnJl'JtASlfA. The largest Jianlc In Westoru 2Sohru1cu. Tho Lutheran Brotherhood will meet this evening at the Parish house. Mrs. William Hawley left Wednesday evening forOmaha to spend nfewdayr. Sam Heath, who has been employed in the Rebhausen barber shop resigned this week and went to Omahn. For Rent 3 rooms for light house keeping. 720 W. 2nd. The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. W. T. Banks from 3 to 4 o'clock next Wednesday afternoon. . The 0. E. S. kensington will meet with Mrs. Harry Dixon Tuesday after noon. Friends are invited. Herbert Tramp, who attended the Retailers Convention in Omaha the first of tho week came home yesterday. Tho Rebekah Kensington and suppor at the I. 0. 0. F. hall, on Wednesday afternoon was attended by a large number. Mr. Feistermnh, of Oshkosh, who is being treated at the P. & S-. hospital forinjuries received from bullet wounds last week, is improving rapidly. Attorney W. V. Hoagland returned Tuesday evening from Lexington and will leave tomorrow for Nortii Dakota on legal business. Mrs. Frank Barnell enjoyably enter tained a number of the Baptist ladies on Wednesday afternoon. Nicely pre pared refreshments were served. Tracklayers on the CJlaway-Staple-ton line reached Arnold a few days ago and are now working west of tho town. The work has progressed despite tho stormy weather. Weather forecast: Fair tonight and Wednesday. Highest temperature yes terday 18, a year ago G7; lowest last night 8 below zero, a year ago 23. W. E. Coates, of Keystone, entoied the Physicians & Surgeons Hospital yesterday foreye treatment. The optic was struck by a large board with which Mr. Coates was working Wednesday. The Rebekahs will initiate candidates tonight. Viisitors from neighboring lodges will be in attendance and refresh ments will be served. All members are, requested to bo present. We nnderstand that should tho city fail to complete the sale of the water bonds by March 31st, the water com pany will accept the bonds as callateral and turn the plant over to the city on that date. The transfer on this date is desired for the reason that it i3 tho end of a quarter of tho water rental year, and therefore a good time for the city to accept the plant. For Sale Two passenger automobile in fine shape. Must sell. Address P. 0. box 2G3. tf Bids for the construction of the Lock garage on Locust street were ofpened Monday, but the prices submitted by the contractors were so much higher than the estimated Cost made by Archi tect Reynolds that all bids were re jected. The lowest bid for the building was $14,000, submitted by tho General Construction Co., which is the contrac tor of the federal building. The Knights of Columbus held a meeting at the I. O. 0. F. hall Wed nesday evening. The committee who have been appointed to secure candi dates for the initiation on April 14th have reported that they have met with splendid success and the chance of having one hundred new members appears very favorable, as seventy-five have already been signed for. For Rent Small bungalow and 12 acres of land fitted for gardening and chicken raising; 5 milen from town. Phone 2G. A mellordrammer was enacted in Un shoe repairingdepartment of tho Yellow Front shoe store one day this week the principal characters being an old shoe, an honest shoe cobbler and n distracted young business man, who, by tho way. is also a young husband. He brings in a pair of his shoes which need some slight repairing. The cobbler, in making the repairs, finds a hidden treasure consisting of $33.00, a gold watch, two stick pins and other valuables all securely resting in tho too of ono old shoe. Whether this young man doubts the reliability of th banks or is con cealing his possBCSsions from his wife is a mystery, nut we aro sale in saying that ho has decided on a different hiding place. We aro informed that nearly all tho available hay in this territory has been baled and sold and that some feeders will soon feel the shortage. Leypoldt & Wickstrorn, without a doubt, the biggest hay firm in tho state of Ne braska, have been preparing for this and have ten largo barns filled to the brim with tho precious forage. The greater part of their hay is stored hero but they also have barns along tho lino both east and west of us, extending as far oast as Gothenburg, and to Jules- burg west of us. Nearly every day they receive calls from outside states anu tiieir uuyers aro irom nearly every 1 state in the union. Hcrshey Times. Forty Cattle Drown. , Mr. Shrievor, lessee of the Pawnee ranch at Gannett, lost forty cattle by drowning a few days ago. A big bunch of cattle were driven to the river to bo watered, and when they reached tho bank they stampeded into tho river and the wenker ones woro crowded into deep water and were drowned. Socialists Nominate Ticket. The socialists held a convention Wed nesday evening and tnndu tho following nominations: Members board of educa tion, A, J. Ellison, 11. M. Johnson, ' Thomas Axtell and L. C. Stroup: councilman First ward Levi Duke, Second ward P. O. Deats, Third ward It. It. Royer, Fourth ward F. W. Donaldson. Tho convention did not consider it had an available man for water com missioner, hence no nominahion for that office was made. Scarlc Files for Representative. E. M. Searle, Sr., of Ogalalla, has filed for the republican nomination for tho republican nomination for float re presentative from the 77th district, of which Lincoln county is a part. Mr. Searle is ono of western Nebraska's oldest and best known business men, having lived at Ogalalla for thirty years. He has been a leading spirit in the development of the west part of the state, ami has always stood high in the councils f his party. No better qualified man Tor the position could be found. Greek Meets Greek With Knives. In a free-for-all melee at the Greek headquarters oh east Front street yes terday afternoon one man received a serious knife wound in the neck, the other had his scalp cut with a razor. Dropping blood on tho snowy sidewalk at each step he took, tho ono with the gash in his neck walked to Dr. Twinem's office, where the wound was dressed and stitched, nnd later he was hauled to jail, while the other with tho scalp wound sought another physician, received tho necessary attention and then went in hiding from the officers. The trouble arose while tho men were gambling. Two Bank Accounts. It often happens that indi viduals, firms and corporations find it advantageous to carry two accounts, one forageneral and one for special bjiyness. To those contemplating such division The Platte Valley State Bank offers its facilities and service. The Platte Valley State Bank, Capital $50,000.00. NORTH PLATTE - NEBRASkA. Mr. nnd Mrs. Edward Morris and two children formerly of this city loft for their homo in Peoria, 111., yesterday. Thoy have been guests of Mrs. Morris parents Mr. nnd Mrs. Hugh Golden for throe weeks. Mr. nnd Mrs. E. A. Crosby returned yesterday from a six months visit in California. Thoy will visit their son Attornoy M. E. Crosby and wife for a. few days before going to their homo in Sutherland. Mutiny at Penitentiary. Warden James Delahanty, Deputy Warden Henry Wagner and Guard Emil G. Hellman, of tho penitentiary at Lin coln are dead and Guard Tiiomas J. Doody is seriously wounded as a result of an outbreak at tho penitentiary at 2:15 yesterday afternoon. The three prisoners who did tho killing aro John Taylor, sent up from Hamil ton countv for Srobbinc tho bank at Giltner; John Dowd1; sent up from Cass county for robbing the bank at Wabash, and Charles Morley, sent up from Douglas county on a charge of robbery, escaped. Three posses, under tho direction of Sheriff Gus Hyers, aro scouring the country in a blinding snow storm in an effort to capture them. If tho posses overtake tho escaped prisoners a battle is expected, as they aro supposed to be heavily armed, and there is a suspicion that thoy have the co-operation of confederates. Grocery ? Sp ecia FOR TTTRreiJ DATS ONTVr. St. Louis and Purity Flour, per sack. Swifts Premium Hams, per lb Swifts Premium Bacon, per lb 1 Beginning Saturday March 16 $1.35 ruC 19c 15k Swifts Winchester Bacon, per lb CANNED GOODS. Tho snow storm of Wednesday, ex tended tho entire length of tho state and was tho worst the state has ex perienced in years. In the east part of tho state the storm assumed the form of a blizzard, and in Omaha there was almost a complete suspension of busi ness nnd tho public schools were dis missed. At some points tho snow fall is reported at two feet. Railroad traffic has been seriously interfered with and tho trains ran lato. Mrs. Mary Cowder, of Michigan City, who spent several months with hor sister Mrs. Charles Clinton, left for home this morning. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thompson have returned from Plattsmoutlf after spend ing two months with relatives thero. Mr. Guyger, manager of tho Ritner hotel, left yesterday for Denver on business. Emil Ericson, of Cottonwood, is spending this week with relatives in town. Mrs. D. E. Morrill entertained tho Presbyterian aid society yesterday. Maurice Fowler.shipped a car load of horses to Omaha yesterday. 35c 40c 70c 90c Black or White Cherries Regina brand, 2 cans OtC Extra, Fancy Yellowstone CannedtGoods. C Sliced Lemon Cling Peaches 2 cans for P Muscat Grapes 15c per can, 3 cans for Green Gage Plums 2 cans for 25c or 6 cans, Staudard Corn 3 cans for 25c, or per doz. . . Dawson Court House Worn Out. It is understood at the capitol that tho court house which Firo Marshall Randall proposes to condemn is located at Lexington, Dawson county, A prop osition is now pending in that county to vote a 4 mill tax for two years to raise funds to erect a now court house nnd thero is a prospoct of its carrying, in spito of tho fact tho county has three- times voted against issuing bonds for the eroition of a court house. 7ta I Bartlett Pears per can & Evergreen Corn, iocpercan. 6 cans for.... U-C j 1r I Country Gentlemen Corn, 2 cans for JL 1 Pumpkin 3 cans ,for OvL I EXTRAS I Large package Gold Dust 1 L I oz-rnnt ran K. C. Bakinn Powder 1 L I I 7 bars Swifts Pride Soap Luj 1 I '8o-oz. can K. C- Baking Powder for 3L- 1 Tramp h Westenfelu iNortn )iae urocers. I