The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, January 08, 1915, Image 1
0 Hist tc Stfttf $. TWENTY-NINTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., JANUARY 8, 1915. No. 101 fc Jpfttt WM&& mibwt LA. -w. Iff t fV pv, & - M 0 , fi i 'ft f M M, Ji Mi 1 :: rOULTRl AND' PET STOCK SHOW EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS v Tho poultry and pet stock show which Is being hold. by tho Lincoln County Poultry and Pet Stock asso ciation opened yesterday with en rles of over eight hundred chickens besides the many exhibits of other fowl and pet stock. There is also a flno display of eggs. This show is much more of a suc cess than was anticipated and tho pro moters were agreeably surprised. Ov crTtwo thousand peoplo visited tho show yesterday and all were more than pleased with tho exhibits. It continues ovor tomorrow which will undoubtedly bo tho biggest day of all. There aro on display at the show every kind of tame fowl in this part of thestatb besides tho pet stock. They Includo chickens, canaries, pheasants, pigeons, guineas', ducks, geese, dogs, guinea pigs and gold flsh. Tho ex hibit 1b ono that speaks well for Lin coln county and tho native birds show up well with those shipped from out-' side. A number of exhibitors from ov nr tho state havomado entries. Tho scoring of tho birds started yesterday and will continue over to day. Tho Judgo will probably finish up-this afternoon. Q. TV. Breahm of Harvard is tho Judgo and he is a man of, considerable experience and is a competent Judge. Tho premiums given are such that attract many and while there is but one castirtorizo which was donated by a citizen of Lincoln county, the' pre miums -are of intrinsic value as well as ' aVtestlniony of the quality of tho Specimens -exhibited. "With the numerous-entries made it will mean somothirig for a person' to carry off auy premiums , tfhe -admissionto the Bhow room Is free' and all are invited to attend-The v Bhow la being hold iu the room for SJmerly 'occupied by tho MacKay dry goods store and it is in a location & : : . Y where everyone coming to tho city can attend Standing room was at a premium all day yesterday but thoro will bo room for all If they wait a short time. Fired Out of Town ..Quito drastic measures were taken yesterday with tho number of men who were arrested for drunkenness and for fighting. Thoy were' given their choice of leaving town with no delay or of laying out heavy fines Jn tho county Jail. Thoy choso tho for mer and aro being hustled out as fast as possible. Eighteen men woro ar rested in ono day and tho county Jail was crowded to capacity. These men are tho riff-raff of tho worst class and It they were loft In this city long tho citizens! would suf fer from it. Thoy wero all shut off at tho saloons but nevertheless they made themselves obncxlous. Some undesirable occurences have transpir ed within tho past few days on ac count of these men being in tho city and tho sooner they aro out tho bet tor for North Platte. Now Electric Sign Installed. 'A now electric sign Is bolng put up on the olecrlc light and power-plant which will be vlslblo from all over tho city. The sign extends across the north end of the building and across the west sido. Workmen aro busy this week installing and wiring It. Wanted Girl for general house work. Inquire of Mrs. W. II. McDon ald, 407 west Fifth street. F. C. Letts is Buffering from ex treme, nervousness and absolute quiet is necessary. Under these conditions friends will not feel offended If they aro requested not to call. Dr. H-. C, Brock, dentist. First Na tional Bank Building. lOltf . Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Steele returned yesterday to their home in this city after a visit of two weeks through the east. Thoy visited relatives at Cleveland, Ohio, and other eastern points. Break Into Tramp's Store ,g Bobbers Bomo time in tho night last night broko Into the dry goods de partment of the Tramp & Son storo, gaining entrance through tho front door by breaking out the plato glass. A hasty Inventory this morning fail ed to Bhow anything of 'groat value missing and very little of The stock was disturbed. When Mr. Tramp arrived on tho Bceno thiB morning ho found jthat tho ' glass had apparently, been picked out of tho front door on the. ,dry goods side. Investigation .revealed that en tranco had been mado as'lljero woro heel tracks on both tho "oiusfdo- and ho inside where some "one had step ped on pieces of glass. As soon as the breaking 'was dis covered tho officers wero notified and Chief of Police Frazler is now work ing on , tho case. Tho damage from breaking the glass amounts to about twcnty-ilvo dollars aside from what may bo found missing. Somo of the stock was disturbed but they have not yet been able to definitely find any thing missing. Tho building Veibngs to John Bratt Dies From Opcrntlon As tho result of an operation per formed yesterday morning MrB, J. H. Davis, of Staploton died in this city about eleven o'clock last night. The body will bo shipped to Staploton to day where" burial will bo mado. Her husband was hero with her and. will return with tho body today. Mrs. Davis was brought to this city In a very critical condltlbn a few days ago and 1ier physician "advised that rho only ohanco for recovery was an operation and that sho had very little chance with an operation. She canio put of the operation nicely but tho shock caused her death last night jgHF J BIG IHBL k VALUES HPMHPl in U CLOTHES. jSIHBH NOW , : State Representative Scott Roy nolds returned last evening from Lin coln whero ho, spent a few days during j the opening of tho legislature. ft&iWttl Wi g Only a Few Ladies' Suits Left and They Go .at P CF Jr ?r " ")&: IF YOU KNEW THE VALUES YOU CAN GET IN OUR STORE NOW YOU WOULDN'T WAIT A MINUTE TO COME IN. OTHERS HAUE FOUND OUT OUR REDUCED PRICES AND ARE BUYING, WE NEUER HAUE AN ARTICLE IN OUR STORE THAT ISN'T FULL UALUE FOR EUERY CENT WE ASK FOR IT. WS WANT TO CLEAR OUT OUR WINTER GOODS. WE ARE MAKING PRICES THAT WILL "DO IT QUICK." Men s Clothing Your choice of alt our Men's Suits & Overcoats 20 Par Cent Off This Means: $25 Suits and, Overcoats $20.00 320 Suits and Overcoats $16.00 $15 Suits and Overcoats $12.50 $10 Suits and Overcoats $' 8.00 Neckwear Your choice of all our 50c Neclfwear now 40 c Men'sFurnish'gs Suspenders 20 per cent off Gloves 20 per cent 6f Belts 20 per cent off Night Shirts and Pajamas 20 per cent off SHIRTS Your choice of our ejttinrShirt Stock 20 per cent off. This means,; '" t $1.00 Shirts now ...,. $ ...SO,- JL50 Shirts now. , Y.2&, , 2.00 Shirts now. ..... 1.60 2.50 Shirts now . . .... . -. ; 2.00 3.00 Shirts now. . . ' 2.40 l . ' 1 IWWI ! MH ! II ! II . ..H-l Mil '!.. Wl I I ' I........ V , eAri?A'rlPtVvfA-'i1c -7.:: j. U VV JU.ML M. JUJW. VP. Jl U $7.50 Sweaters $6.00 $3i50 Sweaters $2.80 5.00 Sweaters 4.00 3.00 Sweaters? 2.40 ' tfi rr c cr " J' : .i. ijx.uu owuuiuia juu Underwear -Hosiery A large assortment of union suits, all sizes and colors, regular price $1, cut topper suit 80c; 2 piece svits that sold, at 50c per gar ment, now 4,0c. 20 per cent off on all our stock. MEN'S HOSIERY $1.00 hose w" i at.. 80c 50c hose 25c hose at 20c at 40c Trunks and Suit Cases 20 per cent off HARGOURT & 'JENSEN, North Platte's Modem Clothing Store. M RAILROAD NOTES nothing like This -suit sale of ours has heen a wonderful one; - -W"i Sim 1 Jr'i J' TVT,..l, Dl nnA Vio-larlia'c Vinvp ViPPTl .rniir.lc tft ltd m H, ever peiram nuim j.xuk an txio "i -- . take advantage ot it. gk ' Lit 7 &,' LADIES' COATS g: Whatever we have left in ladies' coats, we are offering thern f g at such low -figures that it is like buying them at your own price, g M We leave shortly for die eastern markets to buy goods, and J M before we leave everything in the ready-to-wear line must be & & closed out. g . t One-Fifth Olf 1 OiiNGoods, Clothing, Shoes and everything else in this K Big store. H. V. Hillikor, special inspector of equipment for tlio Union Paclllc; spent yesterday in town transacting busi ness and visiting friends. A. Bunting, machinist's helper at the round house, was oil a few days this week with injuries received from getting a flaah ot olectrlclty from tho electric welding 'machine, J. E. Dixon, a bollormakor, was slightly hurt this week whon a, piece of steel flow into his oyo. Ho will be laid up for soveral days with tho in Jury, which is very painful. A few slight injuries woro reported this weok at tho ico houses! Thoso whoaro on tho injured list aro as "follows: Anzol Dazles, Charles Tilllng hast, "William Jameson, Joe Baker and Albort IColmer. Only ono complaint has been filed with tho Hljato railway commission under this law. Tho .attorney gener al when asked for an interpretation hold that tho law does not apply to light engines run between stations in general, but only between two divi sion points. ? The Leader JULIUS PIZER, PROP. i ite2;jCS5255355S3335i3aP J. P. McGovorn, of Denver, former express agent in this city, arrived in town yesterday for a visit with hiB Bon Prank and with friends. "Mac" was a very popular North Platter and ho always receives a hearty welcome when ho comes horo to visit. At tho annual meeting of tho Penn sylvania road to bo held March 9th, tho stockholders wll bo asked to au thorize an increaso of ono hundred million dollars in tho indebtedness of tho road. Tho money will bo used for buying equipment and rofund, ing bonds. Tho Nobraska Hallway Commission in its annual report Just Issued has I this to Bay ot the "full train crow" ! law: Tho railway commission calls at ' tontlon to tho weakness of tho full I train crow law enacted two years ago and says if thoro is any merit in tho !law aB proposed boforo tho last leg 'lslaturo, it Bhould bo amended. Tho ' act in question appeared boforo tho ' loglslaturo in tho form of II. R. 57, It urports to provide that a light en- iho running from ono division point to another, owtsldo yards limit, must bo manned by a crew comprising an engineer, fireman and conductor, MIhsoh Dog, lilts "Window William Furgeson was fined flvo dol lars and costs yesterday before Jus tice L. Walker ' for Bhooting. firearms within tho city limits. Furgeson camo into tho city Wednesday evening and as ho passed' tho homo of Frank Distol at ;120" japuth Dewey street a dog ran out. llo' picked up a rifle which ho claimed to have been carry ing for rabbits and fired at the dog. Ho missed tho dog and tho bullet glanced off and went through a window into tho house. Luckily no ono was In tho room or serious injury might have resulted. Furgeson has been employed for somo Umo on tho Lowis dairy furrn south of tho city Ho was on his -way to town to spend tho evening 'when tho. accident! occurred. Ho. was much frightened when ho found how nearly ho. had ccmo to doing serious dam ago. The pooplo in the hpuso Jieard tho bullet crash through tho. window and went ino tho room whero it .had cntored and found that it had gono into the wall on tho other Bldo. V Commercial dinner will bo served at tho Christian church Mopday, January 11th, fr6m 11:30 to P.30, Ev eryone is urged to como. Prico thirty cents. Tho following menu will b served: Chicken and dressing, mashed potatoos and gravy, cabbage salad, brpwned parsnips, grapo Jam, applo plo and coffee. Hugh, tho little son of Mrs. M. V. Mitchell, Is able to go to school agnln nftor having been laid up for a few days with a broken nrm, CONDENSED REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF FIRS T NATIONAL BANK, ' OF NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, . DECEMBER 31, OH' Resources Loans and; Discounts , :.-..;.'. ;. $308,059.34 Overdrafts. V. ... ..,'. 520.17 Banking House, Furnlturo and Fixtures .,.',..; '..,.. 21,900.00 United States Bonds (Par) , 101,000,00 Fedoral-Reserve Bank Stock (1st Installment) 1,500,00 Other High' Grade Bonds and Securities . C4.419.8C Cash in Vault, Duo from U. S". Treasurer, Federal Reserve Bank and Other Banks ', 154,529.18 ki .-. ' .: ' ' ' .'-" ,','- ?742,82S.55 Liabilities .,". " Capital Stock , . . ,",'. .' $100,000.00 . Surplus and Undivided Profits '.",' s", ....,,.'. 50,350.48 Circulation V " 100,000.00 Deposits .-,', ", 480,478.07 $742,828.61 iwr :Ji