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. state tttatwlcd SooUty VT Ito nu-ISIaltto tefamt TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., JULY :6, r9i2. No.' 49'' Jjtorilt Mit tai ft I .VT flM II .V 1 TC TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS Carl Lommer expects to leave this evening for Denver to spend a couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Moso McFarland are expected homo in a fewdays from their tour of California. Ben Elliott, of Omaha, arrived here Sunday morning to visit his parents for a couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Pizer, of Hastings, arriyed Sunday and will visit Mr. and Julius Pizer for a week. County Superintendent Mrs. Rich mond, of Ogalalla is the guest of Miss Cleo Chappcll this week. James Middleton, of Gothenburg, spent Sunday in town visiting friends and attending Chautauqua. Miss Florine Lucas returned the last of the week from a fortnight's visit in Callaway with relatives. Miss Myrtle Beeler left today for Chicago to visit her sister Mrs. John Simms for a couple of weeks. Bishop Beccher, of Kearney, con ducted the services in the Episcopal church Sunday morning. Miss Helen Watts, of Corning, la., who has been the, guest of relatives for a month will return home tomorrow. Mi3S Alice Plummer and mother, of Maxwell, are Chautauqua visitors this week, having come up by auto Sunday. KTa William ("Jniint. rntnrnpd Snndav from Bolvidere where he attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Fred Morgan. Fred Morgan returned Sunday from Belvidere where he accompanied the remains of his wife who died recently. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hirsch and family returned Sunday morning from a jnonth's visit with relatives in Arapa hoe.'v Floyd Richardsons ball team defeated Ed. Peters nine Sunday afternoon. Score 9 to 6. Paul Nolen umpired the game. Mrs. Mary Alexander entertained the Rowena Circle of the Yeomen Fri day afternoon. Refreshments were served. Verne Brewer' and Miss Blanche Ganson both of Hershey were granted license to wed yesterday by Judge Grant. Miss Mayme Pizer leaves this evening for Salt Lake where she will visit rela ' tives until her school in Denver . opens this fall. K License to wed was granted yesterday afternoon to John J. Blodgett age; 62; of Siberton and Clara J. Bradt ago 54, of Ord. Mr. and Mrs. Cryus Stebbins who re cently moved to Witch ita, Kans., are visiting their son Ike Stebbins and wife this week. Mrs. Moorehead, of Leroy, la,, went homo yesterday morning having visited her daughter Mrs. Francis Vedder for some time. 0. N. Sebastian, of El Centro, Cal., ' arrived Saturday morning to visit his brother J. E. Sebastian and attend Chautauqua. Mr .August Molzer, Miss Ackerman, and the Misses Lillian and Ester Cin berg, of Lincoln, Neb., are the kguests of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cary. Miss Pauline Matrose and Mayme Gribin, who have been visiting Miss Mayme Pizer, will return to Denver this afternoon. Edward Barraclough will leave to night for an extended visit in Colorado Springs, Denver and other western points of interest. Taxes were paid on one hundred and ten dogs yesterday. Police Otten re quests all dogs owners to obtain tags or the dogs will be killed. Arrangements are being made by the North Platte ball team to play the Gothenburg team on the local grounds Friday afternoon of this week. Mrs. Philip Fent and two children of Council Bluffs, returned home yes ternay morning after spending a month with her sister Mrs. Mat Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ritner an nounce the marriage of their daughter Grace Mae to Herbert Frederick Tramp at 721 west Fourth street Wednesday evening, July 31st. Bratt & Goodman writes the best and cheapest fire, lightning, hail, cyclone and tornado insurance. Don't watt until yeu have a loss. See them tftday. Wanted A good girl for general housework. Mrs. Arthur Hoagland. In honor of Mrs. Ralph C. Orr and Almond Schrman of Norwalk, 0., who are her guests Mrs. Geo. Prosser en tertained a number of lady friends at an informal kensington Friday after noon. A dainty lunch was served and the guests found their places by hand painted cardtf. Lost Scotch collie dog, six months old, tag No. 26 on collar. Return to Mrs. C. F. Iddings. 519 west 5th St. Reward. Harold McKinley, of York, is visiting his sister Miss Alfa McKinley. Mrs. Charles Dill, of Chicago, is ex pected in the near future to visit rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lake entertained the Modern Brotherhood of America Friday. Master Darrcll Healey has leturned from Omaha after visiting friends for some time. Mrs. John Fenwick, of Laramie, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Alex Fen- tvint tltia wnnb - W. D. Waldo returned yesterday from Omaha where he transacted busi ness for several days. Mrs. Harry Calkins roturned kst night from a two weeks' visit with rel atives in Storling. Mrs. John Dimorick, of eastern Ne bracka, arrived last evening to visit her mother Mrs. L. L. Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Den and daughter Lucille, of St. Charles( Minn., arrived Saturday evening to visit the former's brother John Don and family. Charles Maxwell, of Baird, la., who came here with his son last week re turned home Sunday. The latter will remain here several weeks for the bene fit of his health. Mrs. Harry Kelso arrived from Grand Island Saturday and will make this city her home, Mr. Kelso, who is a traveling man, having decided to make this city his headquarters. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Walker and daughter and Mrs. Isaac Dillion re turued yesterday from a visit at the Sidney Dillon ranch in the extreme northwest part of the county. Weather forecast: fair tonight and Wednesday, no in change temperature. Highest temperature yesterday 75, a year ago 82; lowest temperature last night 52, a year ago 5G. International Vice-President Ames addressed the striking employes of the Union Pacific at a special meeting in their hall Sunday morning and held out great encouragement to the men rela tive to the strike settlement. Cards are out announcing the mar riage of Miss Daisy Francis McMicheal and William Meyers Baldock at the home of the bride on Tuesday evening July 30th at eight o'clock. The Altar Society of St. Patrick's church and their families are cordially invited to make use of the Chautauqua tdntf which 'Mrs". J. H. Donegan ' has placed on her lawn for their convenience during Chautauqua. The Junior Normal chorus were en tertained at an open air party at the Bonner residence Saturday evening by their instructor Mrs. Elizabeth Cramer. A very pleasant evening was spent by all. Money (o loan on real estate. Bratt & Goodman. Mrs. P. A. Norton is enjoying a visit from her cousins Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gavin and Curtis Gorman, of Clinton, la., who are enroute home from a visit in Pacific coast cities, Denver, and Salt Lake. Deputy Sheriff Thomas Watts left last evening for Laramie to bring dowp Lee Cowman who is being hold there. Cowman is charged with selling horses to Allen Woods which were mortgaged to the First National Bank for $200. Mayor T. C. Patterson returned last night from Atlantic City where he at tended the national convention of build ing and loan associations. The official report showed that the associations of the country have assets of over a billion dollars. Woodrow Wilson demo cratic candidate for president, ad dressed the convention. This is the time to buy real estate. Some of the best bargains in houses and lots are offered. See us before you buy. Bratt & Goodman. Surveyor Charley McNamara has gone to Logan county to lay out a townBite on land owned by J. S. and W. S. Hoagland of this city. The new town is on the Stapleton branch nine miles east of the latter town and will be called Hoagland. A postoflice has been ordered established, the railroad company will be asked to establish a station and a general store will be opened as soon as the town is platted. LIFE INSURANCE. The best ever written. See Bratt & Goodman and have them explain it. You will want it sure. For Sale. My bungalow on north Locust street with all modern conveniences; good barn and chicken house; half block of fine sandy soil free from alkali in bear ing orchard. Also eight city lots south of the house in f ruit and shade trees. E. A. CAUY. Decreased Cattle Shipments. South Omaha cattle receipts were very light last week, only 7,084 head, fully 800 short of the previous week, when the Fourth of July holiday cut down the supply, and 10,200 short of arrivals for the second week of July 1911. During the Christmas holiday week ending December 29, 1907, rough weather cut down the week's receipts to 5,750 head but aside from that the last week's receipt are the smallest since the last week in July, 1904, when only 4,931 cattle were received. The shortage ia country wide. At the six leading western markets only 97,800 cattle arrived as against 157,908 cattle at the same points for the second week of July, 1911. a falling off of ovorGO.OOO head and a shortage for the first naif of July as compared with a year ago of over 135,000 head. Fireman's Picnic. The annual picnic of tho North Platto Fire Department will bo held at the Hall grove north of tho river next Sunday. Only members and cx-them-bers of the department will be ad mitted. Those attending will meet at the Fourth ward hose house at 9 a. m. The Committee. Arrested for Blackmail . Sam O. Jennings, of Lexington, formerly deputy sheriff of1 'Dawsb'n county and n candidate for sheriff las.t fall, was brought to this cityjaat even ing by Sheriff Beaton, of Lexington, and placed in the local jail for oafe keeping. Jennings is charged with attempting to blackmail F. Ly Temple, president of the First Nntional Bank, of Lexington, by threatening to kill him and members of his farfnly if he did not deposit $8,000 at a certain point) east of Lexington. Implicated with Jennings in the schemo to extort the money is Arthur W. Bellamy, who was arrested before Jennings was ap prehended and made a confession fol lowing his arrest. ( Between July 1st and July 12th Mr. Temple received three threatening. with a lead pencil instead of written! this course being pursued in order to disguise the hnndwnting. In tho first letter Temple was directed to place $8,000 in five, ten nnd twenty (lollnr bills in a tin can and deposit the. can at a certain point on a road six miles east of Lexington. Failure to comply with the demand would result in Temple's death. Upon receipt of the letter- Temple called in the sheriff and several friends and after dis'cussing the matter, decided to await further developments. In a few days another letter was received in which tho demands and threats were re peated. The sheriff then decided to tako action. Giving it out that ho was going to Lincoln, ho took a train to Kearney, doubled back to Gothenburg, where ho was met by a couple of de puties and taking an automobile drove to a point near where it was demanded the money should be deposited, then crawled to the designated point They awaited the coming of the Dlackmailers until .well toward morning, but they failed to appear. They returned to Lex ington and met Jennings and Bellamy on the streets. That tho two men should be around at so early an hour aroused the first suspicion. Acting on this clue Ira. Weidman, a Denver de tective, was employed. Last Friday the third a,nd last letter was received. In it the statement was made that the ruse employed by the sheriff was known; that this was tho last letter that would be written, that if the terms wert not complied with Temnje's child would be killed and his death would follow. Tho detective in the meatime had been busy and he con cluded that he would arrest Bellamy. who is not bright intellectually, andi put him in the swcat-boXs'-This he.djctf and first naked Bellamy to writxrfpis name, and then print the name of P, L. Temple, which he did. The printing of the name was compared with the letter and was found to be identical. Then he was charged with blackmail. Bel lamy broke down, cried and admitted that ho had written the letters and had been forced at the point of a gun to do so by Jennings. The arrest of Jennings followed, and when confronted by Bellamy he denied that he knew the latter. Bellamy throw tho charge of conspiracy at Jennings, whose ruply was vile denunciation of Bellamy. Later the home of Bellamy was visited and a pad of writing paper was founa' on which was the impression of the last printed letter From the time of the receipt o the first letter until the two men were ar rested, Mr. Temple and family slept in the attic of their home and employed a guard to defend them against possible danger. Bratt & Goodman have a few choice T per cent and 8 per cent first mort gage loans ranging from $200.00 up wards. Nothing safer or pays better for your idle money. Gordon Cronin, who has been inspect stock at Alliance for somo time, has returned home for the summer. Francis Sandall sustained a sprained ankle at Willow Island Sunday where he went to play ball with the local team. Mrs. O. E. Garrison and children, who have been visiting relatives in Omaha for several weeks, are expected home today. The Puzzle Club girls returned tho first of the week from tho Holcombe ranch near Maxwell, where they spent two weeks in camp. Wanted A girl for general house work, Mrs. E. A. Harper, 314 W. fith . Mrs. M. Boax, of McKeesport Pa., is visiting her brother Alex Fenwick this week while enroute home from a visit of several months in California. FOR RENT. The store building on corner of Locust and Sixth streets. Also houses, rooms, storage and safe deposit boxes. Bratt & Goodman. The Airdome. i j 1 July Clearance Sale. The merchandise lines enumerated below are offered to the public at the following loss: One lot 15 cent French Ginghams at 10 cents per yard. All our 60 and 70 cent Wash Goods, to close out at 39 cents per yd. One lot 50 and 60 cent Silk Mullc, all shades, to close out at 25 cents per yard. One lot of 25 and 50 cent Wash Goods to close at 15 cents per yd. Ready-to-Wear Department. All our washable Dresses washable Skirts washable Coats, washable Suits and washable Waists at ' One-Third Off. This means that a dollar's worth of merchandise costs you 66 cents. These prices are for cash only.' We must clean out our entire summer stock in order to make room for our mammoth fall stock. These inducements are not made on trashy goods, but on that high class of merchandise which The. Leader has reputation, of carrying. Do not delay too long; you need these goodsn,Qw anjcl UQ.w.is .the time-'to buyw' . ., V Many other lines are offered. at reduced "prices; to quote all would require too much space. THE LEADER, J. PIZER, Proprietor. The only store that offers the public real bargains in first-class merchandise. Extends Call to Rev. Christie. At a congregational meeting of the Presbyterian church held Sunday morn ing, July 14th, with E. A. Cary acting as moderator, tho Rev. J. C. Christie, of Lipton, Iown, was unanimously ex tended a call to become the pastor of this church. Ho was immediately noti fied by telegram of tho action and his acceptance was received by wire yes terday morning. He is a man of exceptional learning and has made a host of friends at Lip ton and wherever ho has been. While in No rth Platte early in June ho made many friends who will welcome him upon his taking up of his new charge. At this timo he ho has started on nil way to Scotland and Europe for a vaca tion trip and he will not assume his active duties at North Platte until September. 1 To-Night PICTURES The Swastika A Soul Reclaimed. Rubes Easter at Atlantic City 10 and 15C. To Whom It May Concern. I am pleased to state that I had my buildings and stock insured in tho Col umbia Fire Underwriters of Omaha, Nebraska, and that I sustained a loss by one stroke of lightning on July 10, 1912, losing a fine work team and a mulo colt which were all piled on top of each other, and that I have this day re ceived settlement of said loss in full and want to soy that tho company has made a prompt and satisfactory settle ment in every respect. Bratt & Good man, agents for this company, adjusted this loss. JULIUS MOGENSEN. Tho Club Nevita has been nostnoned and will meet July 24th with Mrs. Dick. Mrs. Heathman and daughter, of Lamoni, la., left this morning for home after visiting at tho Fenwick home. Miss Nevada Winters, of Hastings, arrived last evening to visit her sister Mrs. Earl Lambert. Mrs. Richard Owens has as her guest her Bister Mrs. Clark who came from Iowa last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lambert and children roturned last evening from a threo weeks' visit in Hastings. Mm. W. M.'Cunnintrham entertained a few friends 'at one o'clock dinner Sunday in honor o Bishop George A. Beecher of Kearney. Tho Esperantista will hold a picnic at tho Chautauqua grounds on Wednesday at 7 p. m. instead of the regular meet ing of the association at tho public library rooms. All esperantists are invited. While Traveling fc,V w. It is unsafe to carry large sums of money onTttie person. You can procure at this bank American Bankers ' Association Travelers' Checks in denominations of; $10, $20 and $50, which con be cashed as needed in ' all parts of the world. We also have safety deposit boxes in which you can place your valuable papers for a very small rental charge of $1.00 and up per year. Call and see us. . McDonald State Bank, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Estimate of Expenses. 'n I, Chas. F. Temple, city clerk in and for tha city of North Platte, Lincoln county, Nebraska, hereby certify the following estimate of expenses was C "i, """XXn r... . n"'i"4."' Ui a"" 1,n". eorasKa. to mc HDI.OI ymai wie. uju u uuy ui uuiy, IVIZ. -v ,., r .a. BONDS AND INTEREST. 'g To pay intorest on $1000.000.00 water bonds 2500JM) To pay interest on $29,000.00 sower bonds '.' " ' ' 120010 To puy principal on one sewer bond $1000.00..., '.'." " loOQQO GENERAL FUND. tT To pay tho salary of city officers , 2500 CO For streets and alleys, sidewalks, crossings etc GOOO'flO For sewer maintenance and flushing ronnnvln For lighting streets and alloys. ? '..V;;;. 7:.x.'35offi Ior incidental expenses of tho city t, t 2500'flO POLICE FUND. t To pay salaries and incidental expenses 2500'00 FIRE FUND. & To pay salaries, incidental expenses, hydrant rental and for supplies,... 5000;00 To pay salaries, supplies and incidental expenses' ' 2000. , , WATER FUND, To pay salaries, repairs, extensions and improvements and incidental expenses for operating the watorplant 30 OOfiCOO North Platto, Nob,, July 8, 1912. CHAS' P TEMI Cl 'C1f -K5