The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, August 20, 1912, Image 4

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    a mmr m mwm
I lor they will be delighted with ita beautiful lines.
I Besides, this famous ware has a solid silver disc D
a09tueeaaeceoite()osc
S OR. 0. 11. CRESSLER, S
a 0
Grnrtvialc Ooniisi.
Ofi'c" ovr tho McDonald
.tuto Ihuik.
ct
o
a
Local and Personal.
MrB.Jgj A. Weir nnd children left
Suriday for n visit with Denver friends.
Dresses fn 1912 fall models can be
soon now at The Leader.
Mr. iuhH Mrs. Sidney Dillion enmo
down'froVn tho ranch at Spear Sunday
to vJoiVrehUives and friends for a few
days.
Miss Bessie Bundy returned Sunday
evening from n two weeks' visit with
friends in Denver.
Alonzo McMichael left a few dnys
ago; f or Missdulu, Mont., where he will
visit friends" for several weeks.
Worfcmtm began laying brick on the
now Bajitist church yesterday and the
construction .work will bo pushed for
ward rapidly.
Mlts EJdna Sullivan, local news
gatherer fo'r Tho Tribune, left Saturday
afternoon, on a vacation trip to Denver,
-expecting to bo gone an indefinite
period.
Potatoes 20c a peck, 75c a bushel at
Wilcox Department Store,
A Lincoln county farmer walked into
a North Platte bank last Friday and
deposited e draft for thirty-six hundred
dollars which he had received for part
of his 1912 wheat crop.
Frqd Ritgarn, and wife, of Platte
precinct, journeyed to North Pldtte
"Wednesday whoro they will visit for a
time with their daughters, Mrs. W. S.
Sack and Mrs. Chas. Everett, Lexing
ton Pioneer.
K. L. Douglas loft yesterday for
New York state with a car of horses
'which ho purchased in this section and
Bmootlicd up for tho market. If this
rahipment proves profitable ho may
conclude to make others in the future.
Phone 77 unci our auto will call for
your laundry.
Dickey's Sanitary Laundry.
Mr-.nnd Mrs. John Singleton, who
returned from Los Angeles last weok,
lcayo today for Pittsburg. Their stny
in California was abbreviated by tho
death of Mr. Singleton's only sister,
and they go to Pittsburg in order that
ho may sottlo up tho estate They will
remain in Pittsburg for nbou, ton davs.
W, C. Kitnor roturned Saturday
from Goring and loft yostorday in his
auto for Ft. Laramie, stopping at
towns pnroute to transact business. In
the past Mr. Ritner has travolod by
team and frequently has covered a
thousand miles on a trip. Now that
he has an automobilo ho can cover his
territory In about one-third tho time.
Miles Mnryott left yeBterday for a
visit with his brother Frank at
Oshkosh.
Wanted Girl for general housework
at experimental station, phone 499. 5G-4
Mrs. W. M. Cunninghnm and two
children left yesterday for their future
homo in St. Joe, Mo.
The interior of the Hinman-Osgood
4jnrago has been repainted and later a
heating plant will be installed.
t
Mrs. W. H. McDonald and daughter
J apot will arrive home ut noon today
from their visit at San Diego, Cal. '
The latest weaves and suitings for
fnll 1012 aro now on display at The
Leader.
News was received last week of the
death at Sutton of the father of Miss
Mollineaux, of thii city. The deceased
died of cancor of the throat.
Supt. Tout left yesterday for Oshkosh
where he will conduct a teachers' in
stitute. Tnis is the third year Mr
Tout has been selected for this work
Alex Struthers and family, of
Douglas, Ariz., spent Sunday in town
while enroute enst. Mr. Struthers
formerly lived in North Platte, but left
hero in 1877.
Bert Barber came up from Lincoln
Sunday and loft yesterday for his
father's ranch at Lewcllcn. Bert may
conclude to take active management of
tho ranch.
One of the big attractions at the
Keith this Rcoson will be "The Prince
of Tonight" which comds October22nd.
The company opened the season last
week and is meeting with a most
hoarty reception in the east.
D. J. Scanlon, for over thirty yoars a
resident of Sidney, died August 10th.
The deceased was a brother-in-law of
Mrs. Fred Ginapp, who lives south of
Brady. Mrs. Ginapp and son John nt
tondod tho funerul service at Sidney.
Tho third annual McPhorson county
fair will bo held at Flnts September
18th, 19th and 20th. Thoro will bo tho
UBual display of live stock and farm
products. Tho sports include horso
races, broncho riding nnd base ball.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bnxtor. of
Denver spent tho last of tho week in
town whilo enroute to Iowa to visit
relatives. Tho former is tho owner of
the Isis thoalro in Denver and Mrs.
Baxter was formerly Miss Francis
Bristol of this city. They aro making
tho trip by auto.
Leave orders for Plums at Wilcox
Department Store,
Supt. Wilson Tout and family re
turned Sadrday from Yotk, where
Mrs. Tout and children had been visit
ing for several wockH and Mr. Tout
for a shorter-period. Ton dnys of tlio
time was spent tenting and fishing on
the banks of tho Blue river, a beauti-
ful stream, about ton miles distant from
.... . ... .
xor. ur, tout says tho condition of
corn in that section is not very
flattering.
RAILROAD NOTES AND PERSONALS
jjReed Smith, whohas been employed
as assistant electrician nt this terminal,
has gone toOmnho to take an electrical i
course of instruction. ' I
Engineer J. L. Murphy nnd wife left
Sunday for a visit with friends in Illl
apolis, Illinois, expecting to be absent
about thirty days.
Charley Seyfrth, who has boon
employed in'the shop at Boone, Iowa,
for a month or two, enme home this
morning on n brief visit.
Gcnl. Supt. Wnrc, of the Union
Pacific, has justpurchnsed a six-cylinder
Peerless touring car. Thatbeatsdriving
a one boss shny, C. W., doesn't it?
It is reported at this terminal that
Fred C. Letts, now trainmaster at Sid
ney, has asked for a restoration of his
rights as passenger conductor.
The run of sheep over tho Union
Pacific is now an important item of
freight traffic. Friday a train of thirty
eight cars went through nnd Saturday
one of forty-two cars. Saturday's train
load numbered 12,500 sheep.
President Mohler, who accompanied
Judge Lovett to Idaho, passed east Sat
urday in his private car. Mr. Mohler
reiterated the statement that work on
the terminal improvements at North
Platte would begin in a short time.
From Hastings comes the report that
the Burlington will soon begin work on
its new lineup the Platte valley. These
announcements, however, occur so fre
quently without results that tho people
interested will only believe such state
ments when they see actual work begun.
Engineers Whitlock andWinkowitch
left Sunday night for Encampment,
Wyo., where they will devote a couple
of weeks to trout fishing. Whitlock is
one of North Platte's most successful
disciples of Walton and he takes Wink
along to lug the fish. ,
Chairman Konold)(of Laramie, chair
man of the B. of L. E. protective
board, was in town yesterday whilo en
route to Omaha, where he wont on
brotherhood business. It is said that
the present' trouble over the No. 13 run
will be taken up with the officials. , ,
Freight traffic at the local depot is
but little affected by the opening of the
new station nt Stapleton. The majority
of the Logan county freight in the past
has been unloaded at Maxwell, and
that station is one that will feel the
loss of business by the opening of the
new station.
It is now predicted that tho strike
on the Hnrriman lines will be declared
oiF within the next thirty days. Sev
eral of the local strikers express them
selves as satisfied that tho strike has
been lost, and that they are willing ,0
return to work, when ordered to do so,
on the terms that existed before tho
men were called out.
Tho new type of passenger engines
that will run out of this terminal and
nre now being broken in on freight be
tween Omaha and Grand Island, are
different from any in service on the
Union Pacific. The cylinders are 25x28,
drivers 74 inches, weight 174,000 on tho
drivers and aro superheated. The tank
is square with a capacity of 9,000 gal
lons of water and fourteen tons of coal.
Failure to make the running time on
train No. 13, the schedule time of which
is said to be faster than any othor
train on a western road, has resulted in
Engineers Norton and Hartman being
taken out of service. With this train
tho Union Pacific has attempted to do
tho impossible make of it a local train
and still have the schedule time the
fastest of any train on the road. Be
tween Grand Island nnd North
Platte No. 13 has eleven stops,
while No. 1, with a slower running time
has two. It may be possible that tho
engineers who have been assigned to
tho run may mako the running time,
but in doing so tho company exacts of
them an unreasonable service; and
further as a speed of seventy miles an
hour is necessary to be maintained at
times, there is n question as to whother
there is not too grent n margin of risk.
A girl baby was born Saturday to Mr.
and Mrs. Richardson of the Fourth
ward.
More or less repair work Is being
dona on the high school building pre
paratory to tho opening of school next
month.
Tho stork hovered over the section
northwest of tho city Sunday afternoon
and then alighted and deposited n girl
nt tho home of Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry J.
Hansen.
Tho apple crop in the section tributary
to North Platto is far in excess of tho
domnnd or consumption and tho growers
aro experiencing considerable tronble
in finding n market. Those now ready
for tho mnrkot aro of tho fall variety
and cannot bo kept for any length of
time, nnd as a result tho local market
is nrettv badlv irlutted. David Hunter.
of tho Glenburnio fruit fnrm has COO or
700 bushels ho would hko to dispose of
in the immediate future.
Notice for Bids.
Bids will bo received up to six o'clock
p. m. August 22nd for tho construction.
material and re-modeling of the boiler
room in tho Odd Fellows block. Plans
n"d specifications may bo found with
flnusu'nnn tnn Stnr (Mnthincr hniian
a tho -Trustees reserve tho Sight to
rojcct uny bid not satisfactory,
Trustees I. O. O. F.
W. H. Turpie, who had been in the
north part of the state buying cattle',
returned to town today. He shipped
four carloads from Hyannis Sunday.
Wanted A second girl. Phone Cody
ranch.
Mike Roache, former U. P. conduc
tor but now head of the railroad em
ployes association, is transacting busi
ness and visiting in town todffy.
Neale Turpie purchased forty head of
cattle last week of W. B. McNeel and
sixty-six head of W. T. Banks. Neale
is, pasturing '300 hend on the ranch
south-east of town.
W. R. Maloney and Jumes Loudon
wore called to Maxwell early this morn
ing to prepare a body for burial. Th.
name of tho deceased could not bo
learned.
Miss Bess Br.cr, of Lehigh, Penna.,
will bo the guest of Miss Alma Wnlte
math for sevvrrl weeks, having arnyed
yesterday. The two young ladies were
classmates at Washington, D. C.
An unconfirmed report jtates that
Dr. San Yat Sen, first provisional
president of China, was assassinated
Sunday night in Pekin by troops acting
under orders supposed to have been
given by President Yuan Shi Kai.
Keith Neville, O. E. Elder and Henry
Rebhnusen returned Sunday night
from George Young's farm in Medicine
precinct, where they spent a couple of
days fishing. There are plenty of bass
in the Young lake, but they were not
inclined to bite very voraciously.
Tho Philippine Coast tmo.
Deep ben sailors used to laugh ut
their brother maiineiv of the coast
wise trade and refer to ilium 11s men
who "like to go to sea when they could
get homo to dinner" TliN gibe would
have little point lu the l'lillii. pines, tin
coabt lino of which has ulvii found to
measure more than ll.O(M) miles tu be
exact. 11,511 statute miles. In the
Philippines there ! one mile of coast
to every ton miles of area, do total
area of. the islnuds being liri.uNMinnre
statute miles. These figures 11 re Inter
esting when It is considered that the
ratio In the United States is ':i:iquiirt
miles of area to one mile of coast line.
The figures for tho United States have
reference to tho const line of the main
part of tho country, Including islands
lying uenr the coast, but not Including
noncontiguous territory, such as Alas
ka and Porto Rico. Tho coast lino of
tho United States so measured, with
what the experts call "three mile
steps." Is 13.020 statute miles, less than
2,000 miles in excess of the coast lino
of our eastern possessions. Now York
Tribune.
An Ingonious "Fire Box."
A very simple but nevertheless ef
fective method of makng fire Is used
In the Arfak mountains, In Dutch
North New Guinea. The natives cut
a section of bamboo, usunlly nbout
nine inches long by two Inches in' di
ameter, and into this nre put a supply of
tinder and a small fragment of any
thing hnrd. preferably n piece of china
If the natives can get hold of It. Tho
tinder Is covered from tho wot by a
piece of bark, and the "fire box" Is thou
ready for use whenever It is wanted.
To get n light the native merely takes
tho piece of china and a lump of tin
der between his thumb nnd first fin
ger; then, holding the bamboo in his
left hand, ho strikes Us surface sharp
ly with tho china, causing a spark,
which soon Ignites tho tinder. Even
tho white man soon acquires the knack
of doing this, nnd tho process Is much
more cffectlvo nnd infinitely loss labori
ous than tho usual method of produc
ing flro by friction. WIdo World Mag
azine. Spoke For Twenty-six Hours.
A bill was pending In tho legislature
of British Columbia which, If passed,
would drlvo many settlors from their
lands. Tho legislature was within a
day and a half of Its final adjourn
ment, nnd the vote was about to be
taken. At this Juncture Mr. Do Cos
mos, a member, roso to nddresa tho
body. It was 10 o'clock In tho morn
ing, and tho members thought ho
would finish In an hour or two. Xext
morning when tho sun flooded tho hall
with tho light of day tho orator was
still, without faltering, pouring forth
his torrent of words. As the clock
struck 12 tho limit prescribed by law
for tho session arrived, and Uie legis
lature stood adjourned sluo die. Do
Cosmos stopped in tho middle of a
sentence nud fell fainting in his seat.
Ho had spoken, standing on his feet.
for twenty-six hours! Ills eyes were
bleared nnd red. nnd his lips wero
crocked and running blood. Ilo was
nearly dead, but he had prevented tho
bill from becoming law.
Climate and the Color of Cities.
It Is estimated by meteorologists that
tho heat Irradiated constantly in tho
atmospheio by the combustion of car
bon modifies little by llttlo tho climato
of cities and surrounding districts, it
is snid that 19,000,000 tons of carbon
is the average yearly weight burned In
cities tho slzo of London nnd New
York. It Is also pointed out that tho
color of cities Is changed according to
tho amount of carbon burned. Con
firmation of theso facts Is offered In
historical description of cities, Paris
belug referred to by ono historian of
ancient times ns a "city of red," -whilo
to this day certain Italian cities uro
described ns "violet" Meteorologists
prophesy that when our west 13 as
thickly settled as central Europo our
clear sweep of bluo sky will bo very
materially modified. narpors.
"I havo to try to pull off something
unpleasant tonight."
"A prizefight? You can't do It In this
jurisdiction."
"No; 1'Ai going to try to pull oft a
porous plaster." Kansas City Journal.
Local and Personal.
"The Redemption," a story of much
merit, washown in picture at Tho
Crystal last evening and w.ll be ro
pe ate 1 this evening.
L"aveordeis for Siberian Crab Apples
at Wilcox Department Store. .
Though there is much interior work
tobe done in the federal building,' it is
expected that it will be ready for oc
cupancy Nov. 1, to which the date the
contractor has had an extension of time
for the completion of the building.
Crystal To-night.
"The Redemption."
A Masterpiece in Three Reels; 500
People, SO Scenes. The greatest
picture ever shown in North Platte.
See it.
Ten Cents to
IP Bon'i Ron 1
I w - sPnS yur jellies and jj
preserves. Seal them with Mvl
W 1 WJpJs JkMMjMPwawy 1
W vhspr&i J$l8J$0fy inO
If I icM melt and I AlSOliatcIy air-tight Jfl
ffl pour over the Easy iO USe , Ju
a Each package carries the Pure Food guarantee ffl! II I I lllllll II
STANDARD CHL COIIIPANY SI
Nebraska Military Academy
LINCOLN.
'a
The same old problem will soon have to be solved again. The school problem,
we mean, where to send your boy next year, what school will best train his mind
and body, help him overcome his bad hnbits nnd strengthen his good ones rin
short to give him the boost he needs toward manly development.
The Nebraska Military Academy will solve the problem for you. Let us
send you a catalog that will tell you all about it, or better still, come and in
vestigate the school for yourself.
Enrollment has begun; only 100 boys will be accepted,
B. D. HAYWARD, Superintendent,
City Olfico 1307 N Street LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
STEP IN
Dine here Today. This Cafe
is the one that will please
your fancy in cleanliness, good
food and service. Prices
reasonable.
Opposite Depot
Estimate of Expenses.
I, Chas. F. Temple, city clerk in and for the city of North Platte, Lincoln
county, Nebraska, hereby certify tho following estimnto of expensos was
made by tho mayor and city council of the city of North Platte, Nebraska. lor
the fispal year 1912 the 2d day of July. 1912. &
BONDS AND INTEREST.
To pay interest on $100,000.00 water bonds 2500.00
To pay interest on $29,000.00 sewer bonds ' . . 1200,00
To pay principal on one sewer bond $1000.00 .,, lOOoioO
GENERAL FUND. v
To pay tho salary of city officers oggg qq
For streets and alleys, sidewalks, crossings etc 5000.00
For sower maintenance nnd flushing iqoo'oo
For'lighting streets and nlleys x 350000
For Incidental expenses of the city Q50000
POLICE FUND.
T,o pay salaries and incidential expenses 2500.00
FIRE FUND.
To pay salaries, incidental expenses, hydrant rentnl and for supplies.... 5000.00
LIBRARY FUND.
To pay salaries, supplies and incidental expenses f 2000 00
WATER FUND,
To pay sularies, repairs, extensions and improvements and incidental exnenso
for operating the water plnnt 30 000 00
North Platte, Neb,, July 3, 1912. CHAS' F' TPLE.' City Clerk-
The latest reports concerning the
condition of Fred Kade are that the
physicians hold out hope for his recov
ery, although his condition js serious.
Improvements nt the McDdhald cloth
ing store includes n heating plant,
toilet room, new hardwood floor and re
painting, nre aboutcompleted.
There are now 42.300 rural mail
routes in operation in the United States,
which serve about two million families.
Evidently in mail matters, at least, the
government is treating the farmer
kindly.
Everybody.
PALACE CAFE
i
' 0
7, I
if'
i j
!"i
i