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Local and Personal
Mrs. H. A Brooks left this morning
for Gothenburg to spend the day visit
ing relatives. Mrs. Brooks' former
home was at Gothenberg.
Mrs. West, of Wyo., and Mrs. Gantt,
of Mont., loft Saturday for their res
pective homes, after, visiting in the city
for several weeks with relutives and
friends.
It's high time to do your Christmas
.shopping. We can fit you out in sub
statial gifts and novelties.
Tramp & Son.
The Woman's Socialist Study class
will hold a meeting Wednesday, Dec.
10, at the home, of Mrs. Wilson, 1023
korth Locust street. The subject an
nounced is "Franchise," and all mem
bers are urged to be out as an interest
ing meeting is anticipated.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas F. Watta
left this morning for Kearney to
get a man by name of W. S. Hopkins,
who was arrested on the charge of
larceny as bailee, Hopkins leased a shot
gun and sold it several times, collecting
for it each time. He came here from
Oconto. He was arrested at Hoklrege
and will be' brought here for trial.
All coats and suits go at reduced
prices! Compare oilr prices and quality
"before you purchase, Tramp & Son.
County Surveyor Cochran is in the
goutheastpart.of th? county looking
after Borne county work. He and the
county .commissioners' will begin the
latter part of th'e week on collecting
data for the location of the new Platte
river bridge for the Lincoln road. After
their investigation they will meet with
State Engineer .Price to decide oh the
location ot the bridge.
We do shoe repairing in the most up
to date manner. We have just in
stalled a new electric finishing nnd
stitching machine and nro ready to sew
on soles and do all kinds of repairing
while you wait. Prices reasonable.
Shoe and Harness Shop, 512 Locust.
. 9o-4 Forstedt& Sheedy.
The Woman's Twentieth Century
Self Culture club met yesterday after
noon at the hoipe of Mrs. Geo. Trexler.
A fine program was given and the
ladies enjoyed a pleasant and profitable
afternoon. Mrs. W. H. Cramer was
leader of the meeting. The program
consisted of papers by Mrs. Ed Dickey,
Mrs. Wm. Maloney nnd Mrs. Chas.
Bogue. Mr3. Cramer led in a discus
ipn of tho use of the bible stories for
"children. The meeting was pronounced
one of the best the club has yet enjoyed.
Art Yates, of Sutherland, visited in
the city Saturday on business. !
Dr. Redfield was a prosessional 1
visitor to Hershey Sunday evening. j
Miss Tillie Kosbau, who has been em
ployed at Dickey's bakery, has resigned '
her position.
Harvey Smith, of Lisco, was taken
to a local hospital this week for medical
treatment.
Mrs. C. A. Peterman, who was
operated upon a week ago at a local '
hnanital ia rarrrt-tA In lio imnrnuintr '
W. II. Winters of Keystone was a
business visitor in the city last evening
and this morning. ' '
John Sprague of Oshkosh arrived in
the city last evening andremainad over
this morning to look after business
matters.
Miss Marie Bowen returned home
Sunday evening from a visit of a few
days with relatives and friends at Wood
River.
Attorney H. A. Dane, of Ogalalla, is
in the city assisting Attorney J. G.
Beeler in preparing a brief for a case in
the supreme court.
Deputy v Sheriff Thomas F. Watts
will loavo this evening for Omaha to
to receive the degree of High Priest in
in the Masonic lodge.
The thr.ee children of S. C. Coyner,
of BigSprnigs, who have been receiving
treatment for typhoid fever at the local
hospital, aro reported convalescent.
Mrs. Wentzel, of Holdredge, is visit
ing in the city with her daughter Mrs.
Maurice O'Connell, who was taken to
the' hospital Jast week.
The carpenters resumed work this
week on Robert Dickey's new residonco
in the east part of the city after a
thirty-day lay off.
The Loyal Sons of the Christian
church will give an oyster supper
Thursday evening in the church parlors
for the Loyal Daughters and their
frionds. The young men have planned
a great many things and expect a good
representation to help make a pleasant
evening.
Word has been received here announc
ing the marriago of Miss Kathryn
Carstensen, formerly a teacher in tho
local schools, to Bert Sinter, an auto
mobilo man from Minnesota. They were
married last week in Omaha. Mr. and
Mrs. Slater are now trvoling through
Iowa but will soon leave for Minnesota
where Mr. Slater has un automobile
business.
Elks' Memorial
argely Attended
TliA memorial service held Sunday
afternoon by the B. V. O. Elks was
moro largely attondod than any similar
soryico hold by tho lodge, tho number
present oxceoding two hundred. Many
of tho Llka were accompanied by their
ladles. Tho services wero directly com
memorative to tho four members of
tho local lodgo deceased -A. G. Carl
son, Gothenburg; Fred Sudman, Chap-
pell; and Geo. T. Field and Carl Shnef-
fer, North Platte.
Tho selections by tho Keith theatro
orchestra, which consisted of March
"Funabro" from Chopin's sonata opus
35, "Tho Lost Chord" by Sullivan, and
"Melody in F" by Rubinstoin, nil high
class compositions, wero rendorod with
artistic skill, tho expression nnd har
mony bringing forth many compliments
from tho audience.
Tho address by Judgo Grimes was nn
eleoquent and masterly one, tho princi
ples of the order forming the basis for
his address. Ho brought out many good
points along the lino of charity, justico
fidelity and brotherly love.
The invocation was by Rev. Mc'Daid,
a male quartette sang "The Vncant
Chair" and the opening nnd closing
ceremonies were by the officers of the
lodge.
S. W. Carr, of Leon, Knns., was a
business visitor to tho court heuso yesterday.
Baptists Exchange Parsonage
C. J. Perkins hhs purchased the
Baptist 'pursonngo on west Fourth
street nnd tho trustees of the Baptist
church have purchased tho rosidonco
property of Mr. Perkins at 314 East
Fourth street. The exchange was
tniulo so that the Baptist people could
hnve property closer to tho church nnd
in a downtown district, nnd that Mr.
Perkins who is nn engineer, might bo
closer to tho round house. Tho move
will be made as soon as possible.
T. II. McWIllinms returned Friday
avoning to his homo" In Omaha nftur a
visit of several days at tho office of
Uratt & Goodman. Mr. McWilllams
is superintendent of ngoncles for the
Mutual Life Insurance Company, nnd
was looking after business of that
company.
I have a few choice lots left on 9th
street in Dolson's Addition. Let mc
show them to you this week.
C, F. Temple.
Word was received from Mr. and
Mrs. N. E. Buckey from Albany, N.
Y., where they are traveling on their
honeymoon, that they aro having a fine
trip. From Albany they wont to New
York City whero they will visit for
several days.
Every section in that part part of the
forest reserye in the North Platto
land district has been filed upon, leaving
only a few tracts of 1G0 acres each that
will be thrown open to entry after
December 30th to anyone who wishes
to file thereon.
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Miss Mary Vicent was a passenger
to Omaha this morning.
The Indian Card club wiil meet with
Miss Alma Waltemath tomorrow after
noon. Bradford Div. No. 200 G. I. A. will
hold an election of officers Friday. All
are requested to bo present.
Tho Christian aid society will meet
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
church basement.
Toys! Toys! Toys! We have every
thing from Toyland. A fine line of dolls,
doll beds, doll buggies, mechanical toyp
and games. Rincker Book & Drug Co.
I wish to thank the friends nnd
neighbors for the-kindness nnd consi
deration shown in my time of sorrow in
the illness and death of my wife.
V. C. Buckner.
Weathor forecast for North Platte
and vicinity: Fair tonight nnd Wednes
day no important change in tempera
ture. Light to moderate winds. High
est temperature yesterday 40, a year
ago 30; lowest last night 20, a year ago
20.
A caBo was filed in the county court
yesterday morning whereby tho Iten
Biscuit company, of Omaha, issuing Aj
E. Wood to collect a bill of $84.71 which
they allege is duo them. They ask for
the principal with interest nnd costs of
the suit. Muldoon & Gibbs represent
the plaintiff.
The Christmas Spirit is Love and Re
membrance. Remember someone with
a good book. We have a full lino of
childrens books and books for older
ones, including all the latest popular
fiction and gift books. Also, pictures
and frames. Rincker Book & Drug Co.
Sheriff Salisbury received word yes
terday from the sheriff at Bnrtelaville,
Okla., telling of the arrest of Frank
Holtslander for petit larceny. Ho was
fined $50.75 and given a jail sentence of
thirty days. lie was nut in jail Nov.
17 and got loose thu next day. Holt
slander was hold in jail here for four
months awaiting trial for forging a
draft on tho Platto Valley bank, but
broke out before the time for trial.
As soon as it was learned there tho
man was wanted in North Platto, the
authorities were notified,
As To Insurance.
Brail & Goodman write all kinds of
good insurance fire, life, accident,
surety bond. At lowest rates consis
tent with sound insurance.
Temple's List of
Real Estate Bargains.
Prices Under $1,500.
4-room cottage located at 109 W. 8th St.
lot 66x132,
nice lawn and trees, cement walks in front and yard, water
iit house. Lot has future as a business lot. Price'$1200.00
Easy terms.
4-room cottage located in Graceland addition.TIIousc
just completed, lot 44x130 feet. If sold bdfore the first of
the year SHOO, $500 down, balance to suit purchaser.
Block tract, four blocks east of city park, between 2nd
and 3rd streets, 5-room house, barn and sheds. Price $900
one-half down, balance in one" or two years.
Prices $1,500 to $2,000
5-room frame bungalo.-in Graceland Addition with bath
room (not equipped) y2 lots, making tract of land 66x130
feet,-house new. Price $1,700, easy lerrns?
Prices $2,000, to $3,000 ' "r
5-room frame house with two full 66' foof located at 306"
, east 10th street, water in house, laundry and good cellar,
barn for four head of horses and sheds, 50 nice shade and
fruit trees, One of the biggest bargains on the list.
Price $2,500, $1,000 cash will handle this deal.
5;room dwelling located six blocks east of Dewey on 5th
street, nice bath fully equipped, nice lawn and trees, lot
66x132 feet. Price $2,400, easy terms.
New 6-room house located on west 1st street, only five v
blocks from court house, electric lights and bath, nice cellar
12x14 feet, good chicken house and yards and outbuildings.
Everything new and in first-class condition, lot 66x132 feet.
Price $2,600,. easy terms.
6-room house on west 6th street, corner lot 66x132 feet,
southeast corner 12 blocks west of Dewey street. Electric
lights and Water in house. Price $2,000, easy terms.
6-rooms and bath, dwelling on west 6th street, 10 blocks
west of Dewey street, sewer connected, two 44-ft. lots, mak
ing 88 feet frontage, cement sidewalks in front and around
house, nice lawn and trees. Price $2,800, can arrange terms.
10-room house on E. 11th st, basement under whole
house, bath, electric lights, lot 66x132 ft, with nice trees and
lawn, walks on two sides of lot. Price $3,000.00, good
terms or will consider trade oh automobile. &$JiJtjft
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Southwest corner lot on 5th st., in 700 block, sidewalk
in front and lot well filled, one of the best resident lots left
in this exclusive resident section, lot 66x132 ft. Price
$1800.00.
Lot 9, block 33 North Platte Town Lot Company's Ad
dition.located on W 2nd St. Price $400.
3-44 feet lots on West 3rd street, in 1200 block, north
front. Certainly a bargain at $1000 for the three.
I have other choice resident lots in all parts ef the city,
including the t exclusive sale of lots in Cody's Addition,
Dolson's Addition and others.
Business Proposition
One of the best paying businesses in the city for the
capital invested. Hay and feed business. Well located.
Gross business as shown by the books last year was over
$25,000. Proprietor interested in other business that takes
up his time, reason for selling. Price until the first of the "
year $650 and invoice of stock.
Exchange List.
Quarter section of land 6 miles north of town. Im
proved. Will trade for horses or cattle.
The above are only a lew of the real values in real
estate I have listed. 1 have property ranging in price up to
$10,000, which will be advertised from time .to time,, but if
yqu are interested in tho purchase of property in this city
call and see mo or phone and I will call and see you. - I can
get you the property you want and on reasonable terms.
C. F. TEMPLE.
William Tripptfs
0d,Wother
By M. QUAD
Copyrlcht, 1513, by Associated Lit
erary Pre.
William wns wicked.
When I pick out oko man from a
mining enmp mado tip 6t 300 run
aways, debt Jumpers, cutthroats, gam.,
blcrs, horso thieves nnd murderers nnd
call him wicked I mom for tho reader
to infer that lie n-us right up nnd
down bad.
Which wns exactly tho 'caso with
Wllllnm Tripp.
Wicked! Well, ho wna that!
Such a swearer ns William was! Ho
would begin as Boon ns his eyes wero
open lu tho morning and keep up a
steady lire until 10 o'clock 'lit night.
And ho was n cheat and n liar.
You wonder that wo didn't run him
out or hnng him.
Well, somehow wo nlwnys intended
to. but nlwnys put It oft to n mora
convenient date. Tho success of
bouncing n man depends n good deal
on who the mnn is. On our first gen
tle hint to William Tripp that unless
ho wns packed up nnd out of camp lu
sldo of thirty minutes his nnntomy
would bo riddled with bullets he pro
duced -n couplo of revolvers, backed up
agnlnst tho Ited Eye saloon and cnlm
ly observed thnt he wns aching for n
little excitement. I think his actions
nt that particular tlmo hnd something
to do with our giving him tho ropo
nnd seeking to get along with his ec
centric traits of character.
"I move." snld Elder Beacon ono
night when we were talking ubout
William's bad ways, "that tho com
mittee get the drop on him nnd then
run htm Into the hills,"
Just ho. but who were tho commit
tee? That was another point wo could
never satisfactorily determine, nnd that
was another reason why William con
tinued to abide with us.
Shoot? Woll, you never saw such an
eyo and such nerve. Justns far as ho
oould soo tho bowl of a pipe In a mnn'B
mouth he could smash It with a bullet
Almost every hat In camp had an air
hole mnde by one of his bullets, nnd,
though I wns prejudiced ngalnst Wll
llnm, I hud to admit that ho respected
men's heads In shooting nt their lints.
IJut there cnuio a halt Jn William
Tripp's mud enrcer. and it happened
In a .queer wny. A fire In his tent one
night burned up n lot of his traps, nnd
he had to intiko a rldo of thirty miles
on Colonel Cooper's old mhro to replace
tnem with new. Tho doming ho rodo
out of camp wns tho last tlmo wo saw
him, but wo heard from a dozen dlf
ferciiLones just what happened. About
twelve miles from our camp was the
Overland trail, and just whero our own
trail struck In was a pretty little val
ley with, plenty of .wntor und wood. It
was n fnVorito cnmplng spot'wltlKini
migrants. .and tho day William Tripp
reached it lio found half a dozen wng
ons and ns many families halted for
n breathing' spell.
Tho deviltry In Wllllnm's nature- bub
bled over when ho struck that vnlluy
and beheld such a scene of pence
Children wero plnylng around, women
wero wnshlng and mending., nnd the
brawny men were repnlrlli wagons
and harness nnd whtstlVner their
woric. William urow rem will gnzuu
unon tno scene for u row minutes.
Then ho out with his revolver. Seated
before ono of tho fires was an old wo
man with her knitting In lmnd nnd n
pipe In her mouth. It was u long sjiot.
but the evil ono urged William to try
It, nnd try he did.
What happened? " 4
Something even worse than murder
The bullet wont straight for the old
woman's head and crashed into her
brain Then something awful follow
ed. She rose to her feet, whirled
around to fnco the shooter, and true
as you live she seemed to look nb him
for thirty seconds before she tottered
forward and shrieked out:
"WUIIirin! Oh. my son William!"
Then sho pitched forward on tho
grass and was dead In u second, nnd
the red blood oozed out and inndo n
terrible stain on the green grass.
And Wllllam-whut did holo? Ilo
was Hko one turped to stone. The old
woman's words plainly reached his
enrs. and he must have recognized her
fnco. In the awful moment In which
ho sat gazing at the corpse on the
grass It must have Unshed across him
thnt his poor mother hud made that
long Journey with neighbors for no
other purpose than to hunt him up he
the boy who hud left her years ago
I and had been the subject of her night
ly prayers over since. Wlckpd as ho
was ho must have felt her devotion
nnd sacrifices.
And then?
Ilo sat there In hlc saddlo, his eyes
fastened on his mother's corpse, nnd
the revolver still In his hand. Tho slt-
untlon hud petrified him. While ho sat
thus ono of the Immigrants, who. be
lieving that the enmp wns to be at
tacked by a forco, loveled his rlllo
over tho wheel of tho Wagon und sent
n bullet, plowing through William's
henrt.
Ah, well: It's years and years ago,
and tho twin graves In tho valley huvo
long slnco been trampled out of sight,
and Whlto Dog Diggings can bo found
no moro, but tho day tho nows of that
awful tragedy eamo back to us wo
dropped spado and pick nnd could
work no moro for tho day. And after
n long period of silence among tho
men, who had instinctively gathered
around Judgo Desire to hour his opin
ion, tho judgo nrojio niuVsaifl:
"Feller citizens, tho wicked don't llvo
out hnlf his days, and 'don't' you for
git It!"
