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NORTH PLATTE, NEB., AUGUST 14, 1914.
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BETTER SERVICE FOR
THE NORTH SIDE
l'OSTMASTKU DAVIS TAKES STElS
T(MYAIM) SKOUHINfl JtltAXCH
office i roujtTii wai
Itraiich Would Sell Stniiips mill Money
Orders, Itepislcr Packages nnd Let
ters ami Ilnndlc L'urccls 1'ost.
rostmaster E.' S. Davis Is taking up
the project o establishing a branch
postofllco In the Fourth ward. The
matter has been presented to the res
idents of that part of the city and if
It receives the proper support, which
it undoubtedly will, It will be taken
up wlh the United States senators
nnd representatives to be put beforo
tho postolllce department at Washing
ton. A petition Is now being circulated
among the residents of that part of
tho city and It Is hoped that they will
all sign It. Tho matter as proposed Is
to establish the dhlce In the North
Side drug storo in charge of Jerry
Bowen. These branch olllces aro gen
erally put in drug stores as thoy aro
open most of the time. The office car
ries a salary of fifty dollars per year
and is also an advantage in that it
draws people to tho store.
The olllce will carry stamps nnd
money orders and will also handle
4ho mailing of parcel post packages.
No mail will be delivered from there
on account of tho city delivery thor
oughly covering tho territory.
Few people realize that there aro
twenty business enterprises on the
North Sido and that there Is a big
need of an office thero. All of the
residents of that part of the city have
to send to tho postoffice for their
stamps and to mail parcel post pack
ages and get money orders, and they
aro required to cross olghteen tracks.
In case the children are sent there
is much danger In their crossing
these tracks. It is also inconvenient
for them to be compelled to come all
tho way over town to mail a regis
tered letter of package or secure a
money order.
Another matter that Is being agi
tated is tho extension of sidewalks
over the city so that the city delivery
can be extended to the outskirts of
the town. This would be a big help
to the residents of the outlying dis
tricts and would also require one or
two more city carriers. This mattor
is bolng taken up by Postmaster Da
vis and ho hopes to get the city to
extend the sidewalks if the residents
themselves will not all do so.
Tho matter of placing a mall box in
tho alley between the two garages on
Fourth street is also being given some
, attention. Many tourists drive up to
the garages dally to get gasoline or
repairs, and many times they have let-
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The Four Fastest teams
First Day, Wednesday
2 p. m. Ogalalla vs Cozad.
3:45 Hershey vs North Platte.
First $150.
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tors to mall and they aro compelled
to search around for a letter box.
These matters will all bo taken up
with Senator Hitchcock and Congress
man Klnkald and they will bo asked
to present them to tho department.
Tho branch office is especially desir
ed. Hegardlng tho branch offices, thore
have been several established In tho
stato recently In the larger towns.
Norfolk, which Is about the same bIzo
as North Platte, recently had a branch
olllco put In. Beatrice recently had
two new branch offices located In the
suburban parts which makes threo
branch offices in that city..
3Irs. Effle 3rc(Joern Seeks Dhorce
Mrs. Elllo Olive McGovern filed suit
Int he district court Wednesday ask
ing for a decree of divorcement from
Bartle McGovern. She asks for di
vorce on tho grounds of neglect and
non-support and complains also that
her husband is an habitual drunkard.
She also asks for the custody of the
one minor child.
In her petition she states that they
were married in Grand Island on Oc
tober Sth, 1900 and that since that
time- she lias ever been a dutiful nnd
true wife. Sho alleges that shortly
aftor their marriage the husband be
gan to be neglectful and that he failed
to provide for herself nnd her child,
and that she was compelled to go to
tho homo of her parents to get a live
lihood. Also that her husband soon
began drinking nnd soon became and
now is an habitual drunkard.
Sho prays for complete divorce, cus
tody of the minor child, James An
drew, on the grounds of the husband's
being an unfit person, costs of tho ac
tion and any other relief as is Just
and equitable.
General Manager Ware Maries.
Yesterday's Omaha Deo contained
this item which will bo of Interest to
North Platte people:
Charles H. Ware, general manager
of the Union Pacific, surprised his
friends by being quietly married Tues
day night to Miss Nell Nesbitt of this
city. The ceremony was performed
at the homo of Dr. and Mrs. J. F. An
son In Dundee, Rev. G. E. Fisher of
the Dundee' Presbyterian church of
ficiating. Longest llnllot Eier
Nebraska voters will be called upon
at the coming primary election, Aug
ust 18, .to handle tho longest ballot
ever inflicted upon them. The reason
for this is mainly that off-year elec
tions have beon abolished, and county
officers that would otherwise havo been
elected a year ago aro to be chosen
now, along with the state officers and
congressmen.
New Suits and Coats are arriving
at Wilcox Department Store.
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Each Night. Good Music.
Directors
For Additional Information
AN INDIAN LEGEND
OF SIOUX LOOKOUT
Mil. II ALL. OF KANSAS, ItELATKS
STOIIY T()I,H JII.H HY THE
JIED.MEX YEAHS A(J()
Hill Whs iNed ns Sitpinl Point With
Smoke Columns ns Code, nnd Wns
Scene of Deadly HnmMo-IIuml En
counter. E. Georgo Hall, of Oneonta, Kan.,
sends Tho Tribune the following leg
ond of Sioux Lookout, one of the
most prominent hills in the entire
Platte valley. Mr. Hall was an onrly
settler In tho west nnd understood
the language of several Indlnn tribes
and especially tho Ogalalla Sioux, and
from them learned many of the legends
of tho west. Mr. Hall's story fol
lows :
Going up tho North Platte river and
when Hearing North Platte, the beau
tiful vordured hills on a June day at
tract your attention. One of thesq
hills, higher than all others, attract
your attention; It Is the highest point
for many miles, and Is named "Slta-ooaa-gah-ohnia,"
or smoke-talking
height. It was so called from the fact
that the Indians used it for signalling
to their people by building smoke
fires; one column of smoke meaut "we
have sighted the enemy and arc watch
ing," nnd two columns meant "Join
us." And thus for years was Sha-oosn-gah-ohma,
or Sioux Lookout as now
called, tho signalling point for the
Sioux tribe.
In connection with thi3 point of In
terest, tho following legend was told
mo by the red men, which I put In
readable shape. In tho days of ah
shah meaning long ago the Ojlbways
wore watching the Shoshones
(Blackfeet) who had ben hovering
about the Ojlbways stealing their
ponies and sometimes killing a mem
ber of the tribe. A watch was kept
on Sha-oosa-gah-ohma to warn the
Ojlbways of the approach of their en
emies this particular watchman being
tnamed A-pah-gua, or bunched Bull-
rush. Ba-nab-sahanan, the wise one,
one of the Shoshones, wns sent also to
the lookout to watch the Ojlbways,
nolther being aware of the presence of
tho other. In the early morning as
cending from opposite sides, the rep
resentative of the respective tribes
met on top. "Wall su-go-lah" said
A-pah-gua, "how-wjiy-bh onltt nush-N
Kan, (I greet you, benolu me.) Each
grasped a war club and a knife. Hate
Hashed from their eyes, every muscle
was tense an impending conflict for
a life and Indirectly the lives of oth
ers. Cautiously they advanced, Sud
denly tho Ojlbway brought his club In
action, but the Shoshono avoided the
blow. "Ekh-ni-nh ko-mls," (whinnlng
old woman) said the Shoshono; "sha-
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in Western Nebraska will Compete for Championship.
Second Day, Thursday
2 p. m. Ogalalla vs North Platte.
3:45 Cozad vs Hershey.
375.00 IN CASH PRIZES.
Second $100. Third $75.
H. ML Porter, .W J. Landgraf f, A. J.
write H. H. Musselman, Manager of
ka-do-ga- wah-ah-blk" (cowardly
snake) replied tho Ojlbway. They ad
vanced, retreated, each watching for
an opening. Then thoy clenched,
knives Hashed, blood dripped, each
Struggling for that ndvantngo that
would mean n death thrust. Tho mo
ment ftimlly came, for the Ojlbway
drove his knife Into his adversary's
heart. Weak from wounds nnd loss of
blood, the Ojlbway summoned all re
maining strength, scalped the Sho
shone, and utterlnug the scalp yell
fell dead. Later the Ojlbways found
the two bodies, burled them In one
grave and departed swiftly to the
northwest. For years following, tho
monument of sand orected o'er the
graves was visible, but through time
the wind leveled tho monument and
today only the legend remains.
Two Ilojs Taken (o ltcforinntory
uclen Bowers and Fred Wilson, two
boys of about seventeen years of age,
wore taken to Kearney Wednesday
and they will be kept-Jn tho reforma
tory until thoy are twenty-one years
of ngt The boys have been held at
tho county jail for some tlmo until
they could be sent down.
Wilson Is tho young man who was
arrested the day of tho Yankee Robin
son show for entering a house on east
Second street and robbing It. He
plended guilty and was sentenced.
Bowers was arrested a little later by
Union Pacific officers Combs nnd Wlcd
mnn on the charge of stealing elec
trical appliances from tho Union Pa
cific company. Ho nlso pleaded guil
ty and was sentenced by Judge Grant
to the reformatory.
Serious Charge Against Xiitrcl.
Complaint was filed with Governor
Morehead Tuesday for the removal
from office of John H. Nagel, a notary
fiublic, of Dickens, this countp.
The charge against Nagel Is that ho
ook an acknowledgement of Mrs. Jnno
C. Blakely of Hastings to a deed con
veying 400 acres of land near Dickens
when Mrs. Blakely was not present
nnd, It Is claimed, know nothing of the
matter. The land was sold to E. J.
Moore of Guldo Rock for 5,000 and
tho purchase prlco paid to tho agent.
It is alleged that Mrs. Blakely had not
received the money and that Moore
did not know until tho matter was In
vestigated that tho deed was not
good.
$1,000.00 lluy.s a Going lluslness Es
tablishment In this City that villi
" Produce 2,.on per Day. Poor
Health Reason for Selling.
I have Just listed for quick sale a
business proposition in this city for
$1,000.00 cash, and there are over
$1,500.00 practically new fixtures in
tho business now. For a young couple
that aro not afraid of work, this propo
sition cannot be beaten. See mo at
once.
C. F. TEMPLE, Exclusive Agent.
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BREAK GROUND FOR
THE ELECTRIC PLANT
OFFICERS OF COMPANY AM) Hl'SI-
NESS MEN THROW FIRST DIRT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Work Starts on Main llulhlliig Which
Will Do SSvlLM Feet Plant vlll Re
quire .'..00,000 founds of .Material
to Complete.
General Mnnngor Todd, Englneor
French nnd local Manager Morey of
the North Platte Electric Co., assist
ed by W. II. McDonald, Frank Plel
stlcker, E. S. Davis, E. A. Crosby, A.
P. Kelly nnd Ira L. Hare, on Wednes
day afternoon throw tho shovelB of
dirt that marked tho first stop toward
tho erection of tho buildings for the
now electric and gas plant. The slto
of the now plant Is at tho oxtremo end
of Front street, and for this pur
pose the company purchnsed all of
block 108. Tho principal buildings
will bo on the north half of tho block,
nnd will consist of the main building,
SS.0xl22, ono story which will contnin
the throe engines, the dynamos and
tho boilers. The building will set on
the west part of the north half of the
block, and on tho northeast corner of
the block will he the gas plant, with
the tank or container sltunted across
the alley on tho south half. Other
smnllor buildings will hnvo sites on
tho north half. The whole block Is
really more ground than the compnny
needs, but by purchasing it cntlru
avoids nny trouble that might arise
from adjoining lot owners.
Tho mnchlnery to bo Installed will bo
In duplicate, so that should accidents
occur to ono unit, tho other can be
plncetl In service. The boiler and en
glno cnpaclty Is six times greater than
tho present plant, which ensures plen
ty of power for years to come. The
stnek rising from the boiler room will
be 150 feet high and seven feet In di
ameter at tho top. ,
In going into the details of tho con
struction of tho plant, Engineer French
finds that tho weight of all tho mater
ial used will bo five million pounds.
Tho buildings will bo of concroto,
brick and stool, nnd constructed in
the most substantial manner possible.
Tho first work to bo completed will bo
the concroto bases for tho engines nnd
boilers, tho Iden bolng to remove these
direct from the cars to the founda
tions, thus avoiding relinndllng. A
track will be built from tho end of the
spur at tho signal maintainor's office
near by to the plant, thus making It
convenient for tho unlondlng of tho
material and mnchlnery and for plac
ing enrs of coal at the boiler room.
Part of the machinery Is now on tho
ground, sand for the concrote Is be
ing hauled, and the cement and brick
will begin arriving tho early part of
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Third Day, Friday
2 p. m. Hershey vs Ogalalla.
3:45 Cozad vs North Platte.
Big Time for All
Salisbury.
Tournament, North Platte.
tho wo'ek. Tho engines nnd bollors
nro now on the rond, and In a week or
so thoro promises tob o much activity
at tho site of tho plant.
NORTH PLATTE
Three Big Nights
XAug.l?
B. M. Show Grounds
Amusement Purveyors
Extraordinary
fTTrfj
In their own train o! cars.
BBOYD C?
URROWES
SHOWS
Acnowledged Aristocrats of
Tented Showdom.
A new Metropolitan Success
Every Night.
Band Serenades Daily.
Free concerts on tho show grounds
each evening.
Seats enough for nil tho Town.
Prices
So low that wholo familial
can afford to attend the
whole serle.
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