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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1914)
C "v.- ' -l-Y .r: t' &, a. V ',V' ' i' . 'ITT . Have Xou a Good Clock ? Everyone admires the dignity of the Tambour (Mock. Its plainly apparent character and reliability account for its great popularity in exclusive homes, either for the parlor, library or living room. It ia made in solid mahogany, oak or mahogany finish, either with chimes or strike. Price $9.00 to $45.00. We cordially invite your inspection. DIXON, THE DR. 0. II. CRESSLER, I Graduate Dentist. a e Office over the McDonald Stato Bank. 9 a o e 6 m aoaoaooQoeeetseea6sae CITY AM) COUXTY TE"WS A son was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. McCrono, residing north of the city. County teachers' examinations were held Friday and Saturday In the dis trict court room. County Supt. Blanche Cox left yes terday for the west part of the county to visit schools for the week. For Rent Itopms for light house keeping. Apply 108 west Second. 77-2 The ladies aid of the Methodist church will mget..Th.ursday afternoon nt the homo of Mrs. D. W. Besack at 702 East Fifth street. Pelor Muir returned Saturday morning from Sutherland where he spent several days visiting and look ing after business matters. Wm. Spencer Wood, candidate for stato representative from the C7th district on the democratic ticket, was looking after his political fences In this city Saturday. A splendid opportunity to buy high grade ostrich plumes at greatly re duced prices, Wednesday, October 21. THE HAT SHOP. Jay Livingstone, of the Keystone vi cinity arrived in the city Saturday morning to visit here over Sunday. Ho lives In a homestead in the Keystone vicinity. Hereafter Dr. Elms will do the all round practice of medicine and sur gery in his office; city and county calls and confinement cases. All work one half price, cash. Phone 30. 78-4 W. H. O. Woodhurst, candidate for float representative on the republican ticket, returned Saturday evening from the east where he had been cam paigning. The fire department was called out Friday evening upon report that the Gem Candy Kitchen was ablaze but when they arrived the blaze had been extinguished. John B. Edwards, of Maylleld.Ky., is visiting in the city for several days at the home of L. P. Jensen of the Harcourt & Jensen store. Mr. Ed wards represents David Adler & Sons who make Collegian clothes. YOU KNOW Thnt a Fire Insurance Policy writ ten by Uratt & (Joodinnn Is us good as gold. It incniiH etery word It says, gel one and read It. The Three C's . Character, Cash and Credit. The greatest of these 3 CHARACTER, be cause it enables you to c !. the other two, if you have some ability to iux with it. When the bank is ac 7 ainted with your Character and your Cas'i is on deposit with it you are in a position to command Credit. Then you are in a fairway to succeed. Start across the C's today by starting a jbank account with the McDonald State Bank, Oldest Bank in Lincoln County PAID UP CAPITAL $100,000.00 JEWELER. The Episcopal Guild will meet at the parish house Thursday afternoon for work. A full attendance is desired. The onices of the North Plntte Electric company have been re-arranged considerably the past week which makes much more room and gives better display space. They have on display a full line of gas ranges. Get your eye glasses from Dr. Elms. Prices $2.50 and up. Oillce in McCabe Bldg. Phone 30. 78-4 H. G. Knowles, pastor of the Chris tian church, was called to Elm Creek Sunday where he officiated at the funeral of Mrs. H. H. Northrup. Mrs. Northrup Is known to many here, hav ing visited in the city several times. The 'cbuoljt commissioners met yes terday morning to transact county business. All of the board are pres ent, Commissioner White of Suther land and Commissioner Springer from Brady Island having arrived yesterday morning. Steward Smith announces that the billiard tournament supper will be held on the evenings of October 29th. Nearly all the players in tho tourna ment have finished their games, and the Horrlgan team Is ctill consider ably in the lead. For Rent House, modern except heat, good condition, with Majestic range in kitchen. Inquire of W. A. Kocken, 8"ll East Third street. J. E. Sebastian Is reported getting along nicely with his Injuries which he sustained some time ago. His leg which was broken is healing up nicely and he hopes to be out In a few weeks. He has been In bed now for over a month. Only $2.50 and up for fitting your eye glasses, Dr. Elms, McCabe Bldg. Phone 3G. 78-4 E. II. Robinson, employed at Scojjn3 Rest ranch, had his foot quite badly crushed last Thursday afternoon In a hay baler. He was feeding the press and got his foot caught in the ma chinery. Ho.jwas brought to this city for medical attention. Switchman Al Brown felt pretty "sec" Saturday morning when he found tome nocturnal wanderer had made nw&y with his bicycle the night buo.e. I filially Al puts the bike under cover, but the night on wh'rh It was taken he had left It standing along s'de of tl's house. There will bo a meeting of Euphra tes Chapter No. 15 tonight nt the Ma sonic hall. At this meeting the work of Mark Master, Past Master and Most Excellent Master will bo put on. The work will be preceeded by a ban quet which will be held nt G:30. For Sale Duroc Jersey Male Hogs, this spring's. S. G. Anderson. 78-2 J. J. McCarthy, of Ogalalla, demo cratic candldato for stato representa tive for the seventy-seventh district, spent Saturday In this city campaign ing after his appearance at the Lloyd opera houso in the capacity of a Cicero. LITTLE GIRL DRAGGED TO DEATH BY HORSE WHILE KKTl'llMNti SATlltDAY A1TKHXOO.N FKOJII LMKTY MOUTH OF CITY. Anna Jnnnetle (mint Is Killed When nut .iniiueue i.nuiu is unied Miicn Saddle Turns. Neck Broken and Chest Crushed In. Anna Jennette Gaunt wn3 killed Sat urday evening nt the home of her grandfather, Will Gaunt, residing twelve miles northwest of the city, when tho saddlo turned on tho horse which sho was riding and she was dragged for n quarter of a mile. Her neck was broken and sho wns badly crushed about the upper part of tho body. Tho little girl had ridden to the Allen home about a half mile from the home of her grand parents to a party. She was returning with a neighbor boy and on tho way homo they had stnrtcd a race. Tho saddlo turned and let the little girl fall and her foot caught In the Btlrrup. This frightened the horse and It ran the remainder of the wny home. It stopped at the barn and the child's grand mother noticed her lying there and ran out and picked her up. She lived for about un hour, but she did not regain consciousness. Her neck wns broken, her right arm was broken In sovernl places, and her chest was caved In. Her lower Jaw and her nose were badly battered up. Tho horse had evidently kicked her allt he way along as sho was dragging by Its side Tho little girl was rushed to this city for medical nhj, but she did not ave long, sac was taken to the home of her uncle, Hugh Gaunt on north Locust street, and tho funeral was held from there yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Dean Bowker officiating. Anna Jennette Gaunt was born Feb. 7, 190G In this city and was the daugh ter of Will Gaunt, Jr. Three weeks af ter her birth her father was-killed on the road. Her grandparents then took her to raise and have kept her since thnt time. She was eight years, eight months nnd ten days old nt the time of her death. He mother married again and Is now Mrs. James Jensen, residing near here. Her grandparents wero very much attached to her and held her more closely to their hearts than one of their own children as she was the sunshine of their lives In their old age. Mrs. Gaunt, the grand moth er, wns badly stricken nnd It wns fear ed for some time that the shock would cause her death, or that she would lose her mind. She rather blamed herself for the child's death as she had allow ed her to go. The other relatives, how ever, convinced her that It was inevit able and that sho was in no way to blame and she is reported to bo get ting along as well as could be expect ed. She is in a rather critical condi tion. Jurors for December Court. Tho following have been drawn as Jurors for the term of district court which convenes December 8th. Bruce Brown, North Platte; O. A. P-ncon, Wellileet; M. F. Buckley, Dick em'.; J N. Broslus, Whlttler; Luke Cambrel, North Platte; Charles Hub bard, North Platte; W. A. Hayes, Bird wood; Charles Holt, Harrison; John F. Johnson, Brady; Frank Johnson, vellpc-et; James Leonard,. North Platte; Jacob Miller, Garfield; D. W. Macomber, Hall; William Ross. Myrtle; Jacob Scofleld, Gnslin; Frank ft wilt, Peckham; Albert Schatz, North Platlo; L. B. Spencer, Wallace; Al bert Stelnhausen, North Platte; Wm. Sundqulst, Antelope; II. B. Saunders, Buchanan; Ncal Turplo 'Osgood; Henrj Weil, North Platte. Public Please Take Xotice. Wo, the undersigned, have decided to place our respective LAUNDRIES on a CASH BASIS. As most of our accounts are small wo find It Impos sibly to succeed and continue the credit system. Therefore on and after December 1st 1914, ALL LAUNDRY MUST BE CASH DELIVERY. Signed: EDMUND DICKEY, Sanitary Laundry. Wm. Adair, Owner, W A. SKINNER, Mgr. tf North Platte Laundry. The .Yeoman Side Hunt. The Yeoman game hunt, which will be held October 23d to 20th, Inclusive, is now well organized. The two tennis wlllb o captained by Guy Swope and H. C. Scoonover nnd the gamo points will be counted ns follows: Ducks live, chicken five, geese ten and turkeys twenty-live. Tho Judges are E. II. Evans, Oscar Sandall and A. J. Salisbury. The commltteo announces that all game must bo taken to the Brodbeck meat market after Inspection by tho Judges. This hunt Is open to all Yeo men, both ladies and gentlemen, and it is the desire of the commltteo that all tako part. Each member will bo noti fied ns to which side ho belongs, and tho choice will be by drawing. Tho team obtaining the smallest number of points Is to furnish tho banquet for nil Yeomen. The gnme killed will bo used as part of the menu for tho banquet. For Sale. Hudson Automobllo in good condi tion. II. N. Smith, G04 east Gth. 78-4 The football gamo which wns to have been played Friday afternoon with the Kearney Military academy by tho local gridiron nrtists has been cancelled. The K. M. A. boys evi dently suffered with a severe case of pedalltls frigidltis after hearing of the victories piled up by tho local boys against teams who defeated them. Their coach announced that they hnd disbanded for tho year on nccouut of Injuries to the players and lack of enough interest. Coach Neville ia try ing to schedule a gamo with Grand Island or some other school for thnt date. lVJiut Would You I)o I There are many times when one man questions another's actions and mo tives. Men act differently under dif ferent circumstances. The question Is, what would you do now If you had a severe cold? Could you do better than to take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy? It Is highly recommended by people who have used It for years and know Its value. Mrs. O. E. Sargent, Peru, Ind says, "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is worth Its weight In gold and I take pleasure In recommending it." For salo by nil dealers, I (inner Visitors Arrested. Won! was received hero lust week announcing that the Armenian "mis sionaries" who wore here n short time ago soliciting for nn orphnns' home fii tholr mother country, had been arrest ed in Denver for breaking Into n Juiai- ncss houso and appropriating boiiio of the property. They wero asked to "i" V""', i i .. V- i "" """" l !vonb?"lr '" nml H' pui up a two hundred dollar cash bond nnd then decided to seek a more fav orable climate. They havo not been located up to tho present time. Democrats Hold Meeting. Richard L. Metcalfe. P. M. White head, democratic candidates for Btato superintendent, nnd J. J. McCarthy, candidate for float reprcsentntlvc on the democratic ticket, nil spoko at tho Lloyd opera houso Friday evening In the Interests of tho democrats. Mr. Whitehead opened tho meeting by telling some very funny (?) stories nnd he was followed by Mr. McCarthy. Mr. Metcnlfo then gave n nice address of nbout nn hour's duration. He stated that he had no nbuse for tho opposing candidates, but took up tho task of proving tho prowess of tho candidates from his party elect. About ono hun dred wero present. Somo More Tax. Under tho revenuo bill that has passed the Congress each of the three picture Bhows In North Platto will pay a tax of ?25 per year, tho Keith will pay $50, each blllard hall will pay $5 per year for each table used, and the bowling alloy will pay $5 for each alley. Tho local banks will bo taxed one dollar on ench thousand of capital, surplus and undivided profits, there will bo a tax o& ono cent on ench telegraph and telephone messngo, fifty cents on each deed of from $100 to $500 and fifty cents on each ad ditional $500, ono cent on each dollar of fire Insurance premium, and tax on all classes of drugs, n big Increase on tne tax of liquors nnd beer, nnd sin Increase on cigars and tobacco. In fact we will bo compelled to1 pay 'war taxes" when the country is in a stato of peace and why? An Honest Boy. Saturday morning when Mr Dcrry berry opened the mall for tho Dorry berry & Forbes hardware storo he was surprised to find a letter contain ing a dime carefully wrapped In paper. The coin wns accompanied by nn un signed le(cr which stated that It came from a "kid" who had picked up something from tho storo come time ago and that since that time his conscience hnd hurt him. Tho letter was postmarked Whlttler, Cal., but there was no further Idenlficatlon as t6 who the sender might be. While It is a commendable thing for the boy to return tho prlco of something dis honestly taken, It would havo been much better for him to sign his nnmo. Mr. Derryberry stated that whllo the Intrinsic value of tho nrtlclo is little ho was glad to recelvo the letter and the money to show that tho boy was atnrtlng out rightly. yurtU I'lntte will be Colporteur Station. RW. J. L. Barton of tho Bnptlst church retorned Friday from Omaha white he spent tho week attending the Baptist stato convention. Ho an nounces that at tho convention North Platte- was made tho center for mis sionary work of the Baptist denomin ation In western Nebraska. A man and his family will bo sent hcie tho first of April, 1915 to begin tho work. lie will work with a colpor teur automobile all through western Nebraska and his headquarters will be here. His family will live here and he will bo out on missionary work most of tho time. Mi. Barton says there was a good attendance at tho convention from all over tho state. Tho convention will come west to Grand Island next year. Mr Baiton asked for It to come here but II was voted to bring It to Grand Island next year. Tho year following a bid will be made to bring It here. Immune lluroc Jersey and Poland China Hoars and (Jilts On November 7th, at tho U. P. barn at Lexington, we will sell eight fall boars and eight fall glltBj twclvo spring boars and twolvo spring gilts. They nro tho thriftiest lot wo havo ever owned. Tho entire herd was giv en tho doublo treatment August Gth and having full rango of tho alfalfa Holds, thoy carry no surplus fat, but areln the best posslbl shape for use fulness. If Interested Bend for cir cular. We havo some pure bred Red Polled bulls nnd fresh cows of Rod Polled, Holstlcns nnd Guernseys, also Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels for sale pri vately any time. J. O. ANDERSON, 7C-0 Lexington, Neb. Toned up Whole System. "Chamberlain's Tablets havo done airro 'or mo than I ever dnrcd hope for." writes Mrs. Esthor May Baker, Spcnccrport, N. Y. "I used several bottles of theso tablets a few months ago. They not only cured mo of bili ous attacks, sick headaches and that tired feeling, but toned up'my entire system." For salo by al' dealers. FOR CONGRESS FRANK J. TAYLOR St. Paul, Nebr. Mrs. Connonlly and daughter Nellto of Wnllnco, woro visiting lit IftlB city Saturday. Her son John, of Green wood, enmo with thorn nlso. Miss Whltoly, ono of the .teachers from Horshey, came ovor last evening to nttend tho Catholic Girls' Tnlr, returning homo this morning. ' Phono 90 JUST RECEIVED A CARLOAD OF STAR PATENT FLOUR The BEST on the Market. We also have a Good supply of SAND HILL POTATOES These are not the litle shrivelled-up vari ety, but are LARGE, SMOOTH, SOLID Pota toes, with very little waste. T. J. Baldock & Son, THE BEST IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES Basement The Hub Phone 90. Here isYom I The World's Best Makes of Pianos at Terms to suit. Kimball, Packaid, A. B. Chase, Smith & Barnes, Holland, Crown, M. P. Hail, R. S. Howard, Nelson, Price & Tceple, Wilson, Schacficr, Thompson, Willard, Gaston. Piano players all makes. Victrolas. We will sell yon any of the above makes and several others at Prices to suit on Monthly .Payments. See our stock al Clinton's Jewelry Store. GASTON MUSIC CO. I C.P. TEWHPUE,. REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE ROOMS 15ES2, I.O.O.F. BUILDING, 1 NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. baby, you'd have been saved many a cold and croupy spell." For warming cold corners nnd Isolate upstnlrs rooms, and for countless special occasions when extra heat Is wanted, you need the Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater. PEKEPCTION SMOKELE$AQ&HEATERS r The Perfection Is light, portable, Inexpensive to buy and to use, and easy to clean. No kindling; no abhes. It Is guaranteed smoke less and odorless and free from mechanical defects. At all hardware and general stores. Look for the Triangle trademnk, STANDARD OIL COMPANY (nuukaska) Omaha Mr. nnd Mrs. W. E. Starr nnd dnughtor, Miss Mnymc McMlohnol and C. F. Strauss mndo a trip to Overton Sunday in Mr. Sturr's car. Mrs. B. P. Parker, of Rock Springs, Wyo., Is visiting her parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. Tlteo. Lowo, having nrrlvcd Sat urday night. Phone 90 Opportunity. An Engine And A Policy. can do much to relievo ono's anxiety in enso of a fire, but it is a question if the policy is not tho more powerful. It 1b a good thing to have, In any case, for tho fire Is liable to wlpo out every thing beforo tho engines arrlvo. Sup poso you let me wrlto you out a policy In a reliable company? It will tako a load Oft your mind for future days. The Comfort Baby's Morning Dip " goodness u-knows; says the Comfort Baby's Grand mother, "what we'd do without this Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater. "If I'd only had one when you were a
