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'VrmtoiP11f$fWfW.I ,'," T?"" lo Historical Secleiy uu WbMft f&vxbum TWENTY-NINTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., SEPTEMBER 18, 1914. No. 69 life Jjtottlr i I VJ ' I' LOCAL A1VD PERSONAL Judge and Mrs. H. Mfl. Grimes arc spending today in Lexington Attending the Dawson county fair. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Skinner loft yesterday morning for Gothenburg for a short visit with friends. Jim McNclsh, of tho Robhausen bar ker shop, is enjoying a vacation of a fow -weeks at his home in Kansas. Senator Hoagland left this morning for LoWjOllen where ho will deliver an address this afternoon at tho Garden county fair. Don't forget tho big Millinery Sale at Howe & Maloney's. The Empress theatr,s, under the new management, opened Monday evening to a crowded house, and has been en- joying a good, patronago all the wo,ok. The Lutheran ladies have announc ed November 19th as the date for hold ing their annual chicken and wafllo supper. It will bo h'eld at tlw Masonic hall. Mrs. S. E. Fennamore left this morn ing for her home in Hutchinson, Kan., after visiting in the city for sonio time with her nephew, L. F. Owens nnd fam ily. For Sale Fox Terrier Pups; they are dandies. Phone Black 605, or call at 1204 E. Fourth. JOS. GLASER. 69-3 Cyrus Fox, Adam Sensol, Ed. Fox and a Mr. Fox of Iowa, were down from Garfield Wednesday. Cy says that his corn crop having failed him he is feeding his small grain to his crop of pigs. Don't forget the big Millinery Sale at Howe & Maloney's. Dr. T. J., Kerr, in a card received by W. J. Tlloy yesterday, says they reach ed Glacier Park, Mont., In good health and spirits and that they were getting ready to start" for their camp In the mountains, miles away from habita tion. Misses Emma Fikenser and Marjorle Proudly, of Washington, D. C, are the guests of their cousin John nnd Joseph Murphy,' having arrived yester day. The ladles are ehroute' on a trip to Denver and other Colorado points and will remain in town several days. 1 , For Rent. '. 4 room house, B street, between ,PowoyandX-ocust sheets. .-.' 5 roomstbuijgalow, Graccland Addi tion. : '" I ' ' 1 G room house '202 S. Dewey, modern except heat. i- Prices Right. 67-G J. C. HOLLMAN, Agent. Republican Candidates Kit Tour. Practically all tho republican candi dates for state ofuces are making a tour of tto state in automobiles and holding meetings In the various towns visited,. Tls party is scheduled to ar rive In North Platte on Wednesday ev ening of next week at seven o'clock, nnd will hold a meeting at eight, at which addresses will bo made by R. B. Howell, candidate for governor, and others. Thursday morning they will leave for tho west, and will speak at Hershoy at 9 a. m,., at Sutherland at 10 o'clock and at Paxton one hour Inter. MILLINERY DISPLAY A beautiful lino of risk's Pattern nnd Tailored Hats will bo on dlsplnr. Frlduy, Snturdny nnd Monday, Sep. IStli, I'Jth nnd 21st, at Hone & Mnlon cj'h.. Remember (lie dates, three days only. Come curly nnd get choice sc lections. This will be u chance to get very choice millinery ut exceedingly low prices. MRS. EIW. BURKE. Horrible Accident Near Tryon Dr. W. J. Redfleld was called twenty nines norm ui irjuu j.jaiuiuuy ul iiuuu who had a leg mangled In a threshing machine, but tho Injured man died be fore he reached him. Nlckerson at tempted to walk ov?r tho machine while It wus In motion and when he stepped on the casing over the cylinder the board broke and his right leg was caught in tho- rapidly revolving cyl inder, crushing it to a pulp as far up as the knee. He lived but a few hours. Ask For Police Protection. At the meotlng of the city council Tuesdtfy evening a petition signed by forty-three residents of the Fourth ward was presented, asking that a night policeman bo employed to patrol that ward. Recent burglaries and oth er depredations committed In that sec tion have more or less amrmeu tue jesldents, hence the request for police protection. The mattor was referred to tho finance committee who will re port whether the general fund will stand an additional expenditure of sixty-five dollars a month. The Fourth ward people are unquestionably en titled to the protection they ask, and tlin rniinntl will no doubt make SOIIIO arrnngement to safeguard their prop erty. Don't forgetJthe big Millinery Sals at Howo & Maloney's. Vincent -Fltzpatrlck . entertained a 'number"vof friends last evening-at a birthday party at his rooms at .the Hln man house. A pleasant evening was reported by those present. County Treasurer Albert N. Durbln, A. B. Hoagland and Clinton York were visiting in the Brady neighborhood yesterday, on business. KAILHOAl) NOTES Increase Working Hours Beginning next Monday the Union Pacific shops will go on a nine-hour day for five days In the week and n half day Saturday. For somo time past tho mpn havo been working but forty hours per week; under tho now order they will work fifty hours per, weeoK. mis mcrenso oi iuii uuum per wek will make quite a difference In tho size of tho mechanics' checks, Eight now engines of th.o heavy Pa cific type superheated have been as signed to North Plntto, four on runs west and four east. Tho first of these nr,j expected to arrive In a week or two. Though freight trafllc is unusually heavy, tho company has not yet been required to placo ln'service any of the engines stored In tho old round house. Among thos,e stored are five that have lately been received from tho Omaha shops after undergoing a general ov erhauling, Including new fire boxes. Tho number of cars passing inrougn tho yards for tho first seventeen days of September show an Increase of sev eral thousand compared with the same period last year. Stock shipments over the branch are very hravy. Thirty caw catno down the early part of the week, a big string are duo today anu a special irainiouu will arrive tomorrow evening. So far UiIb month the Union Pacific has handleU 1,000 more cars of grain than it did In tho same period in September last year. Howard Hurst, of Lodge Polp, was struck by the engine pulling a fruit train Monday night and sustained a fracture of both leg3 below the knees and a fracture of the left arm at the elbow. He was taken to Omnha tfor treatment. Stoves cleaned, repaired and erect- ed. Now Is tho time to order your ctn.m rnnol MrfJnvArn. StnVft Re- palrer, 511 Locust, Phone Red 2G0. 66-6 ' The new flouring mill comenced op orntinn tho first of the week and has ground up some old and new wheat, into Hour, iney win put out " " trni!ht prndn of flour "The Blue Dl- SmnnH " TCvnrvthlnc Is working ship- ..a - i u 11.x flnli t ' shape anu tne proprietors, me nsuu manBros., will bo filling orders in the very near future both in Hershey and from the outside territory. We opine" vio now himlnpas venture will be afluc- cess -as It Is as fine a mill ns there :i in this part of the state. nersuey Times FOR SALE Several bundles of canvas, suitable for buy men. Apply to J. C. NISLL1, . 621 E 7th St., North Plnttc, Neb. r 5F fXlULu FOR SATURDAY, I SEPLEMBER 19th, ONE DAY ONLY. SILK PETTICOATS . One Lot Regular $1.7S Values, A Record Breaker Season WHY? Because! we have the RIGHT STYLES the Right Quality at the Right Price. We have sold more SUITS, COATS, DRESSES and SKIRTS already this season than any previous season at this time. WHY? Because we deliver the GOODS. There is just one practical way to draw a comparison and that is to come ,tp this store and compare our garments and their values with others. Suits $12.50 $15 $20 A M" Silk Petticoat given with every Suit purchased JL JL ?5 frm 315 upward. This week only. Special for Saturday 75 New Fall Skirts made of all wool Serges in 'Black, Navy and Green, every one' made in the latest long tunics "'every none of these Skirts are $5 value, Special for Saturday. none of these Skirts are $5 tf$ O CkrO PdK?KJ 95E9E !5SS5S!" SESSSS SSBS5 S!S9 ,S3K.,M iimrii Ladies" Outfitting Store THE CITYS ONLY EXCLUSIVE LADIES READY-TO-WEAR SHOP. One lot extra values, all new shades, regular 3.50 and 4.00 sellers at One lot best petticoats made, silk crepes and messalines, all the new and wanted shades, 4.50 and 5.00 values, for this one day only Hold Daylight Itobbery An unknown man entered the York feed store yeatorduy morning about ten-thirty and committed one of tho most daring robberies that has ever been pulled off in this city. Ho suc ceeded In getting away with nbout twenty-five dollars in change but failed to see a pocketbook containing a num ber of bills that was lying in tho draw er. Up to the present time no arrests have been mad. Mr. "York was away from tho store less than three minutes nnd found up on his return that tho robbery had been committed. As he left tho build ing he noticed, as ho remembered af ter the robbery, a strange man stand ing near his store watching operations on tho now IJratt building. Tho man had been standing there for half an hour or moro nnd he thought nothing of it. During Mr. York's absence the man stepped into tho store and went to tho money drawer and Jerked It down ns ho could not work the combination. The robbery was discovered as soon ns Mr. York returned and tho officers were set on the hunt of tlv man who Is described as being of medium build and wearing u black hat and a dark suit. Mr.' and Mrs. Elmer Owens mourn tho deatli of their Infant child that was born tho early part of the wok, tho little ono having passed awny Inst night. One Wagon Load ot Sweet Clover Seed Sells for over S 1,000.00 ' Probably the most valuable wagon' load of products of itne land ever marketed In North Platte came in Tuesday. II vasa four horse wagon load of sweet clover seed that welgh'efl oiYfa, little over one hundred bushels, the selling price of which was ten dollars per bushel and the value of the one wagon load w a little over one thousand dollars. This wagon lo'ad whs part of a carload shipped this weekly Leypoldt & Wickstrom, of Hershey, and was cut on land south of the city. CITY AM) COUNTY NEWS Mrs. F. II. Uarber left yesterday for Lowollen to visit friends and attend tho county fair. Mr. nnd Mrs. H. V. .Wright returned Wednosdny from a fow dnys visit with friends at Grand Island. Mrs. F. T. Redmond and Mrs. Moso McFnrlnnd returned Inst night from Lcwellon, whro they attended tho Garden county fair. I have for sale a number of pieces of household furnttu.ro. Call botweon 4 und 7 p. in., 204 west First street. 1 George E. French. G8-2 All new Fall Petticoats no old merchandise shown. One look will convince you that this is a REAL SPECIAL. REMEMBER, SATURDAY ONLY E. T. TRAMP & SON. .North Platte has Consumed. Fifteen Cars of Peaches so far this Season Last Wednesday a carload of Colorado peaches was re ceived by T M. Cohagen the distributing agent, the fifteenth car load received this season. When you consider that there are 1200 cases or their equivalent in basketsin a car, you have a total of 18,000 cases. When you ponder over these figures you will at once conclude that the people of North Platte and sur rounding country are fond of this fruit. Tho early shipments of peaches came from California, then followed the Idaho crop, and those now arriving come from Colorado. In Addiion to the carload of peaches, Mr. Cohagen received the same day a carload of Colorado apples and a carload of Michigan grapes. This is the third carload of grapes so far this season, and the season is just starting. A car contains 3200 baskets. J. W.,nydor, of Kansas City, jylo., was visiting frlouds in this city for a fow days' this weok. , Mr. SnydV?r 'ao a resident of North Platte inthe years 18n6-G7-08 and was one of tho ealiest settlers In this country after tho war. Ho served in tli3 Fifth ty S. cavalry during tho War nnd returned here immediately after Its close. ,Ho Is now making his first visit here In forty-six years. J. W. Shores, 'who has been In Brady tho past ten days buying hay for a Kansas City flrm( has shipped out thlrty-flv,"i cars of hay during that time. Mr. Shores Bays tho firm - ho represents will ship over three hun dred cars of hay from Lincoln county tills fall. Brady Vindicator. Nols Nelson, who lives nlno miles north of Brady, reports that he husked ton acres of corn that .averaged forty fivo bushels to tho aero. Ho lives In tho Wild Ilorso valley and he says thero are a number of Holds In tlv val ley that will do equally as well. Acute Indigestion. "I was annoyed for over a year by attacks of acute Indigestion, followed Dy constipation," writes Mrs. M, J. Gallughor, Geneva, N. Y. "I tried ev erything that was recommended to mo for this complaint but nothing did mo good until about four months ago I saw Clmmborlaln's Tablets advertised and procured a bottle ot them from our druggist. I noon realized that 1 had gotten the right thing for they noipeu mo ai once, smco taking two bottles of them I can eat heartily without and bad effects." Sold by all dealers.