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NORTH PLATTE, NEB., JANUARY 30, 1914.
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Local and Personal
Christian Science service Sunday at
11 a. m. Subject: "Love." Sunday
school at 12 m. K. P. hall Dewey
street.
Misses Minerva anjOilthelMcWilliams
expect to leave,, today for Denver to
visit for several days with relatives
and friends. , .
C. O. Weincrand is expected ,to re-
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buying trip
of
City
turn tomorrow from a
two weeks at Chicago, Kansas
and St. Louis.
Mrs. T. C. Patterson and Mrs. H.
S. "Whiter-will entertajmthe 00. club on
Tuesday evening Feb. 3 f the home of
Mrs. Patterson.
Mrs. Earl Hamilton, living six miles
west of town will entertain a number
of North Platte lakies at a Jverisington
this afternoon and tomorrow'afternooh
will bo hostess at n bridge party.
Mr. and Mrs. James Shoup, of
Sutherland, were visiting in the city
Tuesday. Mrs. Shoup left Tuesday
evening for San Antonia, Tex., to
visit for the remainder of the winter.'
Charles W. Kruezer, of Omahtf.i
specialjigent for the New' Hampshire
Firo Insurance company, arrived in the
city this morning to call at the Dratt
& Goodman office. Bratt & Goodman
aro the local agents for that company.
For Sale Upright piano in good
condition for quick sale. Inquire of R.
F. Cotterell, 310 east Fourth street.
James G. Georges, a Greek section
hand was placed in the county jail this
morning charged with passing a worth
less check for $15 on a fellow workman.
The check was on a North Platte bank.
A hearing will be held today in the
matter Kearney Hub.
Found on the streets this morning a
wnteh fob with Elk tooth, and T L G
monogram. Owner can have same by
calling at this office and paying for
this notice.
February 15 is the date set for the
bowling tournament to commence in
this city. It is to last a week and in
addition to members of teams fiom this
city, North Platte, St. Paul, Hastings,
Lexington, Broken Bow and Gothen
r burg bowlers, are to take part. All
desira to enter the tournament should
see George Cowton and turn over the
entrance fee of $1 required. Grand
Island Independent.
0. 0. D. Cleaners and Dyers. Next
door to the Ritner Hotel. tf
Mrs. Hoaloy and Mrs. Goo. B. Dent
entertained last evening at the home
of the former in honor of Miss Roma
Jones of Denver and Miss Esther
Barker of Cedar Rapids, la. mirty
young ladies were present and a pleas
ant evening was enjoyed. The evening
was spent playing 500 and other7games.
There were five tables of 500 and several
other card games. A nice luncheon
was served by the hostess anil she was
voted a royal entortainer.
For Rent 8 room modern house steel
range, kitchen cabinet, linoleum on
kitchen, pantry and bath room floor.
Inquiro of J. F. Roddy, 420 E. 3rd St.
Thone Red G03.
The North Platte Military band will
give their first number of a series of
Concerts at the Empress theatro Tuos
day ovening of next week. The band
will put on a program at that place
ovory Tuesday evening and the procoeds
for their nart will co towards purchas
ing now uniforms for the members. It
is desired that a good attendance come
out and help the boys in procuring their
milti'. They have been practicing for
some time and have a good program in
readiness, and from the reputation they
already have, the people can rest assured
that they will get their money's worth.
New Man for Farm Work
W. P. Snyder, superintendent of the
state ' experimental farm south of the
city, was in Lincoln last week and
appeared beforo the board of regents
of the state university and asked that
a special man be sent to the farm here
to attend to the raising and, cultivation
of fruit trees and gardening- The man
ho has, in mind , has not yet been
announced but has been out of school
since 1902 and has been actively and
succesfully engaged in this kind of work,
The proposition will be taken up by the
board and should they .decide to send
the men out he will come about April t
The work is ono that should be.
looked after much more than it has
been in the past as the farmers of this
vicinity aro taking up the raising of
trees of different kinds and need ad
visement on what they should select and
how they should be cultivated. Some ex
periments made by the farmers in the
past two years have proven failures and
the expense of these experiments is
something that the state farm is trying
to take upon themselves.
The station is also making some pur
chases of dairy cows for experimental
work. Eleven fine Holstein cows were
purchused just recently and most of
them have been brought to the farm.
They aro all young heifers and come
from a stock of cows that are noted
for their milk and butter fat produc
tion, two of them particularly coming
from a cow that has n world wide re
cord for butter production, having pro
duced on a test twenty-three pounds of
butter fat in one week.
A. J. Denman, manager of the Beet
Sugar factory at Grand Island, was
transacting business hero with local
field agent, John Brynn, Fiiday. Beet
contracting is on in full blast in this
territory now. We note in the Bridge
port Blade that tho , Western Beet
Sugar Co., operating in that territory,
have cut their contract price 50c, and
their labor contracts are reduced to'!
some extent too, causing considerable
discontent. We are glad to say that
tho 1914 contracts with the American
Beet Sugar Co. Jare ths same as form
erly and tho labor contracts are always
mada satisfactory both ways. Hcrshcy
Times.
Origin of the Dead Letter Office.
"What was the reason for our ofllco
getting Its uniuo of the dond letter of
fice, as It Is often en lied V" mild tin olll
dul In the returned letter oUlco. "Well,
it whb originally started In order to re-
turn to tho senders nil letters, etc.. nd
IrohiMl to people who turned out to be
lu:id. The need for such tin arrange
ment became evident from the num
ber of valuable lnclosures contained l
such missives, lind that the old tradi
tion still lingers In the department is
evident fiom the fnct that the bugs
containing icturned letters are black
In color.
"Yes, there are people who Imagine
us to bo mysteriously connected with
death Itself, and some tlmo back wo
received a peculiir letter from one of
tliein Within n if pole of lulling a let
ter returned to her n certain person
living In the same, house had died, and
consequently the writer, evidently as
sociating her friend's death directly
with us, begged us In future never to
send back letters ngaln, but to bum
them Instead." London Answers,
Tho first of a series of get-to-gether
meetings to be given by the Chamber
of Commerce was held last evening nt
tho Presbyterian church parlors and
was a great success.from many stand
points. Thoro were over -a hundred
men present nhd all enjoyed a fine
supper arid some very interesting dis
cussions. Supper was served at 7 o'clock by
the ladies of the Presbyterian
church. Tho men gathered at tho
tables and after tho invocation by Rev.
J. L. Barton, of tho Baptist church,
they all did amplo justice to tho tempt
ing viands set beforo them. After the
feed, cigars were passed around and
tho meetinfwas turned over to the
speakers.
E. F. Seeberger, president of tho
Chamber of Commerce, very ably
acted as toastmaster and opened tho
meeting by commending tho Presby
terian ladies for their fine lunch and
then gave a talk on the purpose of
tho meeting and also cited figures
showing what had been dane by the
club in tho past year. He then intro
duced W. P. Snydor who spoke on the
subject, "Experimental Station."
Mr. Snyder gave a good address on
tho work of tho station and took up
tho many phases of its work. He
showed the importance of it to North
Platte and to the people of Lincoln
county. He cited figures showing the
cost of the station to the state and in a
measure showed what it was returning
to the farmer, Btating that it could not
possibly pay expenses as it was an ex
perimental farm and not a money
making scheme. Ho also brought out
the point that the farmers of the county
do not give enough attention to the
work of the farm and that they do not
take advantage of the access they
have to it for the purpose of getting
information regarding conditions here.
I The toastmaster then introduced Mr.
T.-B. McDonaid wnospokeon the sub
ject. "Electrolhers." Mri McDonald
gave a very interesting and humorous
talk on the need of a lighting system
for the streets of this city, dividing his
address into the parts in answer to the
questions "What is this Light," "Why
do wo want this Light," and "Who
will provide this Light." Ho spoke
largely upon the electrollier system of
lighting and its use in other cities. He
also pointed out the fact that North
Platte is mom poorly lighted than
many of the smnller towns. The at
tention of tho men was also called to
tho ornamental luminous are light as a
practicable system for the city and em
phasized the point of the great need of
a good lighting from the stand point of
commercialism, law and order, and
boosting for the city.
T. C. Pattorson was then called upon
for an address on the topic, "Lincoln
Highway." He spoko largely upon tho
need of it to this city to give publicity
and then gavo a talk on tho inception of
the idea and the wido spread approval
with which it has met tho country over.
He stated that the building of hard roads
seemed to be n lost art in America as
there nre fewer now than thoro wore in
18G0. He also spoke largely on tho
bonds that would be voted upon for tho
new bridge and uhowed the interest
over the county by citing that Brady
and Maxwell were anxious for the
bridge and that on that sido of tho
rivor they would give free, a right-of-
way for tho highway. Ho stated that
February 4th was sot npart by the
state council as a special day for the
sale of highway certificates and ended
with a plea for more and hotter support
from North Platte.
The meeiing was then turned over to
the discussion of tne entire gathering
and several men took up the discussion
of tho Lincoln Highway projects Dr.
McCabo aud M. J. Forbes and Mr.
Patterson all discussed different quest
ions regarding tho highway as projected
and all made a plea for the voting of
tha bonds.
Ira. L. Bare then gave a talk upon
the need of theso get-together meetings
and upon the good fellowship they in
stigated He then took up tho question
of tho importance of tho Union Pacific
railroad to this city and gavo figures
showing the amount of money paid into
this city by that company, nlong with
the figures showing the exports of tho
country tributary to tho city. He then
spoke regarding the action of tho
council in the matter of passing the
resolution relative to tho action that
has boen recently taken beforo the rail
way commission. While he stood for a
new depot, ho expressed himsolf as not
wanting to force tho issue and thus
antagonize tho Union Pacific company
and Mr. Mohler.
Considerable animated discussion
arose over this question and it was
taken up by many- of the men present.
Motion was made to recommend 'to tho
council that thoy withdraw their pro
caedings before tho railway commission
and the sentiment of the meeting
seemed to be in favor of that action,
but tho question was tabled and will bo
taken up nt a special called meeting for
that purpose.
Announcement . '
T. J. Baldock & Son wish to an
nounce to tho public that thoy have
purchased tho Grocery department of
tho W. T. Banks store and will open
Monday, Fob. 2nd,with a new and com
plete -line of groceries in tho base
ment of The Hub.
It will be our aim to handle only just
first class grocories at a price that will
save monoy and maintain a service
that will merit a share of your patron
age. Special attention given to de
livery orders.
May wo have the pleasure of sorving
you at an early date?
Phono 90. T. J. BALDOCK & Son.
Well! Well!! Welllll
Here wo are again at tho expiration of
thirty dny vacation, tho first and nbso- Lflrrived
lutely the only ono for approximating
n thirty years of American time. It not
only seems good but exceedingly esaon
tinl to be back on tho recently vacated
promises. Not that we aro extremely
anxious to oboy the Divino injunction,
but wo stand in need, and prcB3ingnccd,
of that medium of circulation, the loVo
of which is Bald to bo "the root of all
evil."
But lot that bo as it may, I wish ,'to
Two Ask for Divorce.
Two petitions far divorce were filed
this week in the office of the clerk of
the district court, both by women.
Mrs. Louclla Colo has filed Euit for a
divorce from Guy Cole on the ground of
extreme cruelty. She stated in tho
petition that ho has been negligent and
he does not provide for her. In addi
tion to this, ho is now in jaii laying out
ne of $15 and cost for fighting.
rs. Efile Trout has filed for a divorce
from Frank A. Trout. They wero
married less than s year ago, and the
plaintiff Btates that he has never pro
vided for her. He also has boen load
ing an immoral life and won great
notoriety as tho result of an affair with
a 17 year old girl at Moline, 111., last
August.
a fini
Mr
Will Bowl Gothenburg.
The bowling team from Gothonburg
will arrive in tho city this nfternoon
for n match this oveping with, the local
team. The doors will be open tovtha
puolic nnd the, match will bo of great
interest. Thoro will ,be somo changes
in the lineup of the local toam Starkoy
and Landgraf will not bowl ns they are
not any. too proud of the showing they
mado at Grand Islnnd. Their records
there are laid to their not being in good
form but they refuse to take any moro
part in tho matches. "W. J. Tiley and
"Red" Abbott will tako their places
on the team. The following is the
North Platte line up: Musselmnn,
Eshelman, Rodden, Tiley and Abbott.
say to those of the genus homo WJ10
havo a hankering for philosophical
ratiocination, that we extend a special
invitation to till individuals who aro
more or loss inclined to be homolotic in'
regard to keeping the above said root
in constant circulation.
Don't forgot tho number. Seo Im'
Master ho can fix it. Rear of 215 east
Sixth street. '
Local and Personal
J. H.
Hollenbnck, of Central City,
in the city this morning nnd
visited the court house to look after
tho settling of the estate of his father
who died hero about a year ago. Mr.
Hollenbeck, is administrator of tho
estate.
AVnlla 'Walla lodge No. 50 I. O. O. F.
met last ovoning in their hall for their
regular meeting and initiated four can
didates into tho mysteries of the second
degree. A very jolly timo was enjoyed
and nt a Into hour refreshments were
served.
W. H. Broach Dies in Denver.
Word received from Denver an
nounced the death, in that city yestor
duy morning, of W. H. Broach, a for
mer well known North Platte resident,
Details are lackimr. but death evident
ly came suddenly, as a letter from him
was received by a North Platte friend
a few days before dissolution occurred.
While a resident of this city tho de
ceased conducted a photograph gallery,
and took much interest in the goneral
welfare of the city.
Mrs. F. T. Redmond and Mrs. P. A.
Norton went to Denver last night to
attend the funeral.
Following is tho menu which will bo
served by the Robokah ladies .Tuesday,
boginning at 11:30., Stewed chicken
cream gravy, hot biscuits, spare ribs
and sauor kraut, mashed potatoes'
jelly, doughnuts nnd coffee. Price 25c.
Miss Helen Minshall has resigned her
position in the Block Ladies' Outfitting
atore and will onter tho North Flat to
ocnooi oi music.
Clarence Moore was down from Forka
Tuesday and roported that he had lost
ten head of cattle from corn stalk
poisoning in one day, Mondny. The(
cattle were apparently well the day bo
fore, but the poison ovidently got in its'
deadly work jn a hurry. An examine.
tion of tho Htqmachof ono of tho critters'
thnt it was litornllv cooked, thus show
ing tho power of tho polspn. oipo, of
tha rnnehmen nre taklnir their cnttlaOut
of tne stalks ns it is thought tho .miidM
wintor has had somo effect in germinate
ing the poison on tho stalks, nnd thoy
intend to tako no chances. HorBhey
Times.
Tho S. O. C. club was entertained
Wednesday afternoon nt tho homo
lot Mrs. Russol Wyman. The afternoon
wss spent playing cards and tho prizes
woro won by Mrs. Guy Cover and Mrs.
H. A. Luwhead. At tho closo of the
afternoon a nice luncheon was Borvod
'and nil expressed themselves as having
'enjoyed a plonsant af tornoon.
i Tho Ministerial Association will meet
Mondny morning Feb. 2nd nt tho pas
tor's study of the Baptist church Tit
10 at m. Denn Bowker of tho Epis
copal church will read a .paper. Im
portant business Will bo transacted nnd
all ministers of the city and surround
ing vicinity nre requested to bo present.
' J. L. Barton, Sec.
Clear inraretice.
Mini told mo a rlproarlng Joke that
was played on some member of your
club Inst evening. Wero you there?"
"Yes, I was.theio! It wns nn nbom-
limbic, farfetched"
' "0-oht Jinx did not tell mo that you
vero tho man It wub on." Houston
Post
8lr-nngenos of the Sex.
- A woman can become highly excited
'over tho fnct thnt n bride, is starting
,out In married lifo with; mnchlno hem
,tnod napkins. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Welfjht of., Snow. ,.
' A cubic .foot. pf. .newly fallen hhow
weighs (lvo.nndi ono-hnlf pounds nnd
has twelve times the bulk of nu equcl
'.weight of water.
1 wasted time, nnd now1 tlmo doth
wnsto me. Shnkesponro.
Club will Hold Open House
In order that tho people of tho city
and tho parents of tho boys may be
come acquainted with their gymnastic
exercises, tho boys will have an "open
house" meeting at the gymnasium in
the basoment of tho I'resbyteriun
church next Mondny evening at 7:30
An invitation is extended to all and a
largo attendance is expected.
Stability, Efficiency and Service
Ilnvo hoon
in tho growth o
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tho
First National Bank,
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NO U TIT PL, A. TTB, KKJ3RA. S KA
CA.PITA.I AITJD SURPLUS:
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars.
Presbyterian Church
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching
at 11 u. m. and 7 p. m.. Morning
theme: "What Does tho Church Stand
for?" Evening theme: "Tho condi
tions of a successful career." Junior
Endeavor at 3 p. m. Prayor service
Wednesday evening. Boys' athletic
club Monday evening at 7:30. Choir
practice Thursday evening. You nre
cordially invited.
ZZjJFMI UV
Somo choice registered Porchoron
Mares and Stallions for salo. Thomas
E. Dooiittle, North Platte. R. F. D. 3.
103-8
A Snow Hurricane
Tho buraii. or snow hurilcnno of the
Pamirs, is u meteorological phenome
non of gieat Interest. Even In mid
siiirimcr tho temperature dining n
snow burnn frequently falls to 14 de
grees l, while In ono winter It drop
ped to 45 degrees below zero nt tho
end of January. Tho burnn comes
with startling suddenness, tho atmos
phere growing dnrk with whirling
snowllakes whero scarcoly a inlnuto
before tho sky was perfectly clear.
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Very Bad.
First Salesman A woman wns ar
rested downstairs this morning. Sec
ond Salesman What for? First Sales
man She mis caught in tho net of
concealing a hand mirror. Second
Salesman Poor woman! That's what
comes of Inking n glass too much.
Chlcngo News
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ideal light for reading or sewing is
the soft, white glow of the
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The Rayo lamp is constructed to give the best and
steadiest light. It is madejof solid brass nickel plated.
Lighted without removip chimney or shade. Easy
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