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NORTH PLATTE, NEB., SEPTEMBERS 1913.
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Are the ONLY ADDITIONS to North Platte, on the market, where residence lots are improved with
Cement Sidewalks and crossing Water mains Graded streets Sewer
The sewer is from five to eight feet deep in the ground and deep
basements may be built without danger
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These improvements make these lots the most modern and Sanitary for residence purposes, in Linoln County.
These lots also the nearest to business part of town, Silber Avenue on the map below, being just six blocks
east of dewey Street.
The Additions are located between the Union Pacific tracks and the burlington right of way, where it will
never be necessary to cross railroad tracks to get to the business part of the city.
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Approve Bridgo Plans.
Real Estale-Transfcrt.
uiciv uwons nas irnueu msnroporiy At fho m.i no-of ihn Mtmfu rhm.
irusou ( mlsslonurs last Wuuk the plnns for tho
unago1 ncroas tho I'latto valley irriga
.on wnst Ninth street to V.
lor uieTutter s n)use nnu IWo uoras
I situated on the norlh side, giving in nd
; dition $1,200. Mr. Crusun now sella
I tho former Oweiis house to II. A. Law-
heud, who will tnle possession us soon
ns air. owens vacates. iMr. Lnwhcad
will offer for sale the house in which ho
has be n living.
Will Install Additional Service.
President Seeberger yoatorday re
ceived the following lettor from General
Ware of the Union Pacific:
"For your information, wo nro con
sidering installing additional passenger
Borvice on tho North River branch, ind
hopo to bo ablo to install it in October."
Whether this la to bo a passenger
train service or a motor car, is not at
this tlitio known, but it is probab'o that
at tho beginning, at least, it will bo a
motor car.
Grasshoppers Fly South.
Last Saturday's issue of tho Lexing
ton Pioneer contained thia item: Im
monso swarms of grasshoppers passed
over this part of the valley last Tues
day afternoon. They wore at a groat
height, but could bo seen by shading
the eyes and looking as closo to the sun
as possible. At the time a gontlo breeze
was blowing from the north. It is to
bo hoped they never stopped until they
landed in the Gulf of Mexico.
Violin Dcpt. Added.
The North Platto School of Music
will open a violin department next
woek under tho direction of Mr. Ralph
Darrow, a post-graduate of the Univer
sity School of Music of Lincoln, Neb.
J'. Miss Bereyl Hnhn Has boon added to
tho piano department and will assume
her duties at once. Miss' Hahn is a
thoroughly competent teacher and con
cort performer. Anyono interested in
securing tho sorvices of these teachers
may address Irquiriea to Tho Registrar,
North Platto School qi Music.
Will See World's Scries.
At least two North Platto ball fans
will witneB the, world's aeries games be
tween the Philadelphia and New York
teams. Guy Swopo loaves Saturday
for Pennsylvania to attend tho wc'ddlhc
lof his si3ter and later will giT'loNew
York and Philadelphia to aeo tJftJBhW'S,
Tom Healqy leaves for New York,- to
morrow for tho express purposS'ftf at
tending tho series, bub while in that
section will visit relatives and f riendiJ.
Fred Warren is also planning on at
tending the games and will prpbably
leave the early part df next week.
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All above lots which have prices marked thereon arc for sale at said prices; all other lots have been sold.
A five per cent discount is given. for cash or the lots will be sold upon the installment plan of one-tenth of the
purchase price down and one-tenth every three months.
For Sale By
WM. E. SHUMAN.
Good Roads Days.
Governor Morehead, in response to
public demand, has designated October
9th and 10th as good roads days, when
all citizens nro asked to dovote their
time to a bottormant of the rouda of
the ctate. This plan originated in
Missouri and on the designated days
250,000 reoplo from city and country
combined their labors and did $10,000,
000 worth of work, on the rouda in two
days. The nutomobilists of tho city
should unite with tho Chamber of Com
merce and seo that ns many citizens as
possible be gotten out to work on the
designated dayc, and improve the roads
leading into tho city. Lot a call for
volunteers bo made.
Bids Asked for Association Building,
Tho board of directors of tho Mutuul
Building and Loan Association have ac
cepted the plans prepared by Architect
Reynolds for tho now ofllco building to
bo eroded on tho corner of Fif tli and
Locust nnd bids for its construction is
asked in this iBsue. Tho structure will
be 40x80, two stories, with finished
basement under tho entire building.
Tho pressed brick will bo light grey in
color, tho trimmings Bedford sandstone,
and tho cornice will be term cotto. It
will bo exclusively an olllco building,
a number of tho ofllcep. havingalrendv
been leased, as has also two-thirds of
tho basement. Tho building will bo ex
ceptionally well lighted on nil sides.
steam heated and well provided with
lavatories nnd toilots. Safety 'deposit
vaults will be provided on the ground
noor.
He Couldn't Do It on Five Dollars.
If you can picture Bortlo Fowler, u
younir man who has never been away
from his mamma's apron strings, trying
to be n snort with "The Girl in tie
Taxi" at a swell Now York cafe, and '
only five dollars in his clothes, you can
roadily see the possibilities for good
rich comedy in this International success.
Bertie is not backward. Ho asks every
woman he meets to teach him how to
make love. Ho gota there even if ho
has to pawn all his father's clothes to
do so. Bertio "meets "The Girl in tho
Taxi." She, a dashing widow of many
times, soon finds his weakness, runs up
ii bill of many dollars and leaves poor
Uertio fncing arrest, when ho finds papa
doing the samo thing in the samo cafe.
I'apa, to save himself, comes to tho
repcuo. If cVer there wns a doubled
jointed cyclonotpf fun, this Now York,
Paris and wide world success Is Ono
that has never had an onual. It will bo
soon fit thn Tf.ilMi n.ivi- liMn,r iiMnntiii,
You nro not taking uny chances. You
will roar for three ucts, go home and
wake up to find you have been laughing
in your sleep.
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! ttnn sMil-inl t?T ntsvrmA Qntrntml nf
th present wooden bridges across tha
j ditch will be replaced by thoso of steel,
land instead of tho. bridges being placed
I at n turn or nnglo of tho road they arc
to bo placed in a straight Una with tho
road. Thia latter feature will be ap
preciated by tho traveling public and
especially by automobile drivers,
Let's GilebrateT"
Friday, Oatobor 10th, has been
.. anwle by the govornmont for blast
ing the Gambia dike, tho destruction
of which will allow the water to entor
the Panama canal All over the
ccuntty nrrangementJ aro t being
made to celebrate the event, nnd rome
recognition of the completion of thn
canal should bo made by North Platto
citizens. Tho canal is a big thing and
wo tho people of the United States
own it and wohnvo ronson to feel proud.
Flag Raising at Hershey.
On Friday nftornoon of next week
tho flag presented by tho B. P. O. Elks
of thia city to 0 o Ho "shoy i c'lool will
bo raised over tho building. The pre
sentation speech will be made by E. II.
Evans and the speech of acceptance by
D. M. Leypoldt. Preceding tho flag
presontatjon Judge Grimes will deliver
an address.
Interspersed in this service will bo
several musical selections.
A lnrge number of Elks of this city
are planning to attend.
Home from Europe.
Dr. nnd Mrs. D. T. Quigloy and son
Bartley returned Sunday afternoon
from their trip to Europe. Tho Doc
tor's trip was for tho purposo of attend
ing clinics and studying diagnoses as
mnde by eminent surgeons at tho noted
European hospitals, nnd hla work in this
line covered hospitals in Vienna, Berlin,
Naples. Paris and London, thus crivincr
him the benefit of tiperatons diagnosed
anu ponorinoa DyAurgeans mom noicu
in tho several nations.
The trip proved iot onlv boneflcial
but pleasant, time being taken to visit
many of the most noted places in tho
sevrnl cities.' In London they took tea
vith Mrs'. Bemir ' nee Miss Clava
Boil formerly df North Platte, who has
ji magnificent home, and whoso hus
band is a -''prominent London business
man, a poHpcan and a very congenial
man to meet.
Buicka to Arrive tjais Wctk.
Tho Davis Auto Co. expects lo re
ceive this woek a liberal shipment of
Buick cars, which they have been pat
iently awaiting for some ttmo. The
fact is, tho demand for Buick cars is
so great that tho factory experiences
trouble in supplying the dealers
and tho lattor have to "fight"
for those they got. Ton davs
ago Mr. Dayia wont to Flint, Mich., to
sou if ho could not hurry up the filling
of his orders, nnd he has been camping
right on the ground nnd using ull his
persuasive power with tho foctory poo
plo to send out hia cars. He has, to
Homo extent at loat, been successful,
for ho had the satisfaction of seeing a
shipment consigned to North Platto
leave tho fnctory. But this one nhip-'
mont did not satisfy him; for as soon as
it was on its way ho began fighting for
more. Ho has placed orders for twenty
four carloads of Buicks nnd ho wants
them all,
The Fight ior the Route.
Nebraska has sent two delegations to
the good roaJs convention nt Detroit
and each will oppose tho other on the
locntion of tho Lincoln highway through
the state. The road had been marked
out to run west through tho Platto
vallay, but tho people of tho south part
of tha state are dotermined.if possible,
to havo the route changed so ad to rnri
from Omaha to Lincoln and thence
west through Hastings, Holdreco nnd
McCook. This lattor delegation will in
sist that tho final location of tho Lincoln,
or as It is bettor known, tho
coast t) const highway bo deferred until
a scieiuinc stuuy or tho two routes bo
mndo. It was thareforo necossary that
the towns in tho Platto vnlloy send rep
resentatives to tho Detroit convention
to protect their interest in having tho
touto remain as atfirbt designated. T.
C. Patterson, who is North Plutte'a
representative, is a fighter, and is In a
good position to produce arguments
wny mo Lincoln highway should run
through the Platte valley.
For Sale Lots in Taylor and Grace
land Additions at C. J. HoIIman's
office for a few days, W. L. Crissman
Hendy & Ogier sold n Studebaker 33
ear Saturday to a Mr. Robinson, a
farmer near VVellfleet. Though a resi
dent of Lincoln county, Mr. Robinson
is the owner of oil lands in Oklahoma
which bring him a revenue of twelve
hundred dollars a month.
Graceland Addition Farthest
lot nearer center of city than any
thing west of Washington street.
lots in west end at $150 to $.300.
Everyone a bargain. Before buying
let mc show you these.
Phones 277 and 298. 0. H. Thoelcclce.
Thomas O'Gormnn, of Grand Island,
coroner of Hall county and known to
North Platto railroad men, died Satur
day evening of injuries received in an
automobiltt accident near Wood River
tho previous evening.
Lots in Dolson's addition are selling
daily. Have you bought yours. If not,
see me at once. C. F. Temple, Exclusive
Agent.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Yates, of Suth
erland, nro visiting North Platte friends
today.
Mrs. Dorr Tarkington and children
are visiting relatives in Sidney, having
left for that town yesterday.
Notice to the Public.
My wifo, May Tift, having on June
21, 1913, left my bed nnd board without
just cause, I will not be responsible for
any bills contracted bp her.
Ci.aui) Tift.
Mrs. M. J. Nearyand M. V. Mitchell
and children spent Sunday with tho
Peter Burke family near Brady.
Diarrhoea Quickly Cured.
"I was taken with diarrhoea and Mr.
Yorks, the merchant here, persuaded
mo to try a bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
After taking ontidoaeoMt'I was cured.
It also cured others that I gave it to, "
writes M. E. Gebhart, Oriole, Pa.
That is not at all unusual. An ordinary
attack of diarrhoea can almost invar
iably bo cured by ono or two doses of
this romedy. tor sale by ull dealers.
Electric Wold Fencing at Ilershey's.
Purchase the Fremont Franchise.
Ray O. Langford, wno was delegated
to go to Fremont to purchase tho fran
chise of the Fremont team in the state
ball league, returned Friday evening
with an ngreomont by which tho Fre
mont Athletic Association sells its
franchise, together with its interest and
title in the reserve list of players, for
a consideration of $750. Tho agreement
carries with it n stipulation that the
purcnasers must nt once apply for ad
mission to the Btnto league, and in the
event the application is denied, then the
agreement becomes void. It is also pro
vided that incase North Platto desires
to soil the franchise nt somo futuro time,
Fremont is to be given tho option at
S750.
rIhe agreement Is subject to the .rati
fication of the shareholders of tho Fre
mont association, and pending tho ac
ceptance Mr. Langford made n deposit
of $200. A meeting lor tho accojnnnce
or roioctiop of tho agreement will ho
held by tho Fremont shareholders this
week.
Fire Insurance in best standi rd com-
Sanies nt lowest rates written by
ratt & Goodman. ...-
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