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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1915)
tf ate .!' , &L twenty'nintii year. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., JANUARY 12, 1915. No. 102 qKmMK Oy V u ' tf ft LOCAL AND PEItSOftAIi P. R. Hullignn left this morning for Arthur to transact legal business. Discount Salo at Wilcox Department storer closes tomorrow night. Attorney J. G. Becler loft this morn ing for Oshkosh to spend tho day on business.. Take your pick of anw Skirt in tho store that formerly sold up to $15.00 for only ?4.98 nt BLOCK'S Remodoling Sale. Wheat sold In Kearney Saturday at $1.20 per bushel. Tho Hub says that farmors in that section will hold their wheat for $1.25. W. It. Powell, tho watchmaker, re turned last evening from Denver where he spent several days on a trip com bining business and pleasure. Wall for (ho real Clothing- Salo of the season, beginning Saturday Janu ary 1C, nt THE STAR. Mrs. F. W. Rlncker, who is a grand ofllcer of the Order of Eastern Star, will go to Chappell Thursday to In spect the chapter at that place. A. F. Streitz went to Omaha Sunday night to attend a meeting of tho Streitz Realty Company, of which ho is president. He will return tomorrow. Furs! At Half Price. Pick out any set of furs you liko and Just deduct half off tho original price, during this Rig Remodeling Sale at BLOCK'S. Mark Leonard returned last even ing from a business trip of a few days up the branch. He visited at differ ent points along tho lino looking for a location. Remember you get one-fifth off on dry goods and shoes at Wilcox De partment store for only one more day. Mrs. Clyde Cook returned last ev ening from a visit with her husband in Kearney. Mr. Cook was transferred to a run out of Kearney recently to fill another man's place. Mrs. Cook also visited in Stapleton. Ladles' Suits at give away prices Your choice of any Suit In the store formerly, sold up to $40.00, Remodeling Sale price $9.75.' BLOCKS. . Weather forecast for North Platte and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wedutrfday; warmer tonight, colder Wct'nesday; highest temperature ys 'cuty 41, a yeir ago 45; lowest leu night J 8, a year aco 14. MUTT & GOODMAN lime soma, good, residency mopcrty In North Flatto to exchunge for farm or hay land. See them. W. W. Blrgo loft this morning up tho branch to look after sorao business matters in difforcnt places. Only one more day to get one tenth off' on Groceries at Wilcox De partment Store. John Holcombo of tho Maxwell vicin ity nrflved in tho city last evening to visit friends for a short time. Tho meeting of tho W. C. T. U. which was scheduled for this afternoon has been changed to Thursday afternoon, January 14th. Tomorrow is tho last day of tho dis count salo at Wilcox Department Store. Only ono moro day to buy goods at tho discount sale at Wilcox Depart ment Store. Tho Royal Neighbors will hold a mooting tomorrow afternoon, Wednes day, January 13lh, for tho installation of ofilcurs. Tho meeting is called for three o'clock and all members arc uracil to bo present. Tho Knights of Columbus will hold a skating party at tho rink Thursday ovenlng o which all members aro in vited. Friday evening they will havo a roller skating rncihg meet and a number of good races rtro scheduled. Wnlt for tho rcnl Clothing Snlc of tho season, beginning Saturday Jnnu nry 10, nt THE STAR. Glenn Rowell and William Basklns, of Stapleton, wero among the visitors to this city last evening to attend the show. Mr. Rowell was formerly lo cated hero with the C. F. Iddings lum ber company. Wanted Girl for general house work. Inquire of Mrs. W, H. McDon ald, 407 west Fifth street. A regular meetiug of Signet Chapter No. 55 O. E. S. will bo held Thursday oyenlng, January 14th. There will bo initiation and all members aro urged to bo present. Refreshments will be served. 0. H. Thoelecke returned this morn ing from a business visit of a few days in Omaha. While in that city ho called at tho hospital to see Mr. Letts but was denied admission to his room on account of Mr. Letts' condi tion. Walt for tho real Clothing Sale of the season, beginning Saturdny Janu ary 10, at THE STAR. , . ;&i' , At a meotlrig';of the 'county pQirunls sloners Commissioner F. W. Hermlng hausen was appointed as temporary chairman In the place of D. B. White who iB on the sick list. Mr. Hormlng hausen will now sign ttye warrants as chairman. Tho commissioners started 'Saturday mornirig 'checking' over"ihe books of tho sheriff. ' CONDENSED REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, - ." DECEMBER 31, 1914 . . & " lL. Resourced Loans and-Discounts . . .$398,959.34 Overdrafts'. .'. 520.17 Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures 21,900.00 United States Bonds (Par) 101,000.00 Federal Reserve Bank Stock (1st Installment) 1,500.00 Other, High Grado Bonds and Securities ; 64,419.86 Cash In Vault, Duo from U. S. Treasurer, Federal Reserve Bank and.Other Banks ... 154,529.18 $742,828.55 t Liabilities Capital Stock . $100,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 56,350.48 Circulation '. '. ' 100,000.00 Deposits 480,478.07 $742,828.55 ipecial Sale on Flour Best Patent Flour - - - $1.45 lecond Best - $1.40 Jhese prices good to January 18. """' I1 III! I I I ! I .I !. I JLi9 111 9 JLjjHLI JljUP Phone 67. . North Locust. LOCAL AXI) TEKSOXAL i Tho Twentieth Century club will . meet this ovenlng at tho library build i lng. J Mrs. J. K. Ottcnsteln expects to loavo tomorrow for Salt Lako City toJ visit for sevoral weeks. M. K. Novlllo and family leavo Mon day for their annual trip to Florida to remain lor several monius. i $15.00 and $18.50 Silk Dresses now going at $9.48 at BLOCK'S Remodeling Sale. Tho llttlo son of Mr. and Mr3. Fay, Morris, residing on west Third Btrcct, is reported on tho sick list. Mrs. EHzaboth Young returned homo Sunday from Tccumsoh, where sho vis ited friends for sevoral days. Mrs. Dunn is reported quite serious ly ill at the home of her daughter. Mrs. James Hart on west Second street. The Misses Frater will entertain ,a number of friends at cards this even ing in honor of Mrs. A. L. Barr of Omaha. Miss Florence Banks, of Lexington, arrived in tho city this week to visit for some time at tho W. F. Mooro home. Charles Hendy, of Denver, is spend ing today In town while en routo homo from a trip to the Ford factories at Detroit. "Jmmas HcbImU and Villiam B3ll of the Bird wood vicinity wore visiting mends and transacting business in tho city yesterday. i Regular $7.50 all wool serge dresses now selling at $3.98 at BLOCK'S Re modeling sale. F. A. Cascadcn, of Omaha, national bank examiner, is spending today in tho city checking up tho First Nation al bank. . George Swancutt, tho manager of the telephone office at Brady, was in tho city yesterday transacting business and calling on friends. Fire. Life and other Hues of Insur ance can ulunjs bo obtained of llratt & Goodman at tho Ion est rates. They noi cr tail to pay n loss. Try tiicni. The Socialist Study Club will meet with Mrs. F. W. Donaldson, 408 east Eleventh srteet, tomorrow afternoon. Tho subject will be the Panama Canal. The library board held a meeting last ovenlng to transact the regular business. Only routine business was brought befpro the. meeting and they adjourned early. ' v ' For Rent-'-Furnlshed 'room in mod ern house nt 317 west Sixth street. It Harry Cramer left today, for Sew ard, where he has" the contract for erecting an elevator and also an alfal fa meal mill. Ho came homo on a Ylslt nt Christmas, was taken sick and detained hero for over two weeks. ANNOUNCEMENT Our Semi- Annual Loom End Sale Begins January 16th at 8 O'clock Sharp Without Fail. tr r tu Included in this sale is our entire stock of Dry Goods and large quantities of new goods havelbeen bought for thi sale; It is unnescessary to .go, into details relative to the liigh ; grade of merchandise we carry, We offer you only the best -at , 'r GREAT SACRIFICE PRICES. Be sure to secure one of our sale bills quoting you a few of the good things we have. There are hundreds of articles which lack of space does not permit mentioning. Remember the Date, Saturday, January Sixteenth ?? E- T. TRAMP & SON W. J. Brazoll, district plant chief for tho Nebraska Telephone & Tele graph company, stopped olf In thp city yestorday on a business visit to the lo cal office. Mr. Brazell is located at Grand Island. City Engineer C. J. McNamara is ex pected homo this week from a visit of a few weeks with relatives and friends in Omaha. Mrs. McNamara and son Charles are vlstlng Mrs McNamara's parents and will remain for an ex tended visit. Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Barr, of Omaha, were visilng in the city for a few days last week. Whllo in the city they wero entertained at tho Frater hamo on west Third street and at the Glenn Miller home. Dr. Barr Is connected with the St, Joseph's hospital In Onv aha. Wanted Neat appearing, well cdu catcd lady to handle sales proposition In North Platte and wiclnlty. A. E. Hanor, 1248 Park Avenue,, Omnhou Nebraska. John Walker, Elmer Dowhower, diet Macomber, Thomas Baggot and a man by tho name of Eaves wero ar rested yesterday afternoon by the lo cal police on the charge of disturb ing the peace. The men all Hvo In tho Fourth ward and will be given hearing before Pollco Magistrate Mlltonbergor this afternoon. They beenmo a little too hilarious yesterday afternoon and a complaint was turned In against them "Today" was presented at tho Keith last evening to a falr-slzed audience. That tho company Is a most excellent ono, thoro is no room to question; In tact the Interpretation of tho char acters could not havo been bettor. As to tho play itself, It Is questionable whethcrs its presentation Is not pro ductive of moro harm than good. Tho doslro of tho leading character, a married woman, to possess good clothes leads her to questionable re sorts nnd tho companionship of men who furnish tho monoy with which to dross her. The husband learns of lior waywardness, and not disclosing his Identity meets her at a resort, con fronts luy wltjh hor unfaithfulness and chokes her to death. Irene Lltz Receives Watch In tho third award of watches made in connection with tho Pony Contest, tho time-piece, was won by Irene Lltz. Sho also won tho extra flvo dollar "gold piece offered by tho Davis Gar age. Whllo Secretary Schiller Is not giv ing out to any ono tho total voto cast, ho does say that tho contest leaders, which means a dozen or more, are making a pretty race. Those who wero in the rear at the previous count', camo up strongly nt the laBt count, and It may happen that the ono leading when tho count was made last Friday may bo distanced when the next count Is made. Ono week ono contestant will get an unusually big bunch of votes, while tho next week some other contestant will be tho favored one. It Is a sort of a see-saw as to tho voto getting; one day ono contestant plays In luck, tlio nert day the luck goes to some one else, yet nil tho tlmo tho contestants aro adding to their num ber. There is no lag In Interest in the contest, It is as keen today as It was tho first week. A few of tho contest ants havo dropped out, but others have taken their placo, and tho hunt for votes Is pursued with vigor. Tho contest tlmo Is now nearly half over; the remaining weeks should bo strenu ous ones for tho contestants. Herbert Sullivan, of Hershey, was a visitor to this city last ovenlng to at tend the theatre. Dodge (Jur Hero11 Thursday Hendy & Ogler received a wiro UjIb morning stntlng that ono of tho new Dodgo cars will arrive by express on Thursday morning. This will bo used as a demonstrating car, and those In terested aro invited to leave orders' for a demonstration. Closing Out Sale Having sold my business property, I will sell stoves and hnrdwaro at re duced prices. Call and bo convinced If you need any thing in my lino. HERSHEY HARDWARE STORE, Phono 15. 102-4 Opposlto Postofllce. License by Jfnll. Vernon E. Atkinson, 27, and Miss Julia G. Grady, 18, both of tho Gothen burg vicinity, wero granted a llcenso to wed yesordny from tho ofllco of tho county judge. Mr, Atkinson wroto In a fow days ago for a license stating that he could not get into tho city to procure one. County Judgo French mailed him somo blanks to be filled out and sworn to before a notary pub lic and he received tho return yester day and issued thp license. Mr. Lofflang, of Lexington, was vis iting friends and transacting business in tho city today. Ho 1b manager of the Loxington mills at Lexington and at this place, and Is well known hero. J. H. McKalo, Western Union opera tor, Is off duty this week on account of Illness and being relieved by Mr. Stoates, of Julesburg, Colo. County Resident Dies -J. H. Breach, u resident of tho Dick ens vicinity, passed away in jthla city shortly after ten o'clock last evoking. Mr. Breach was brought ler a fow daVS niTO tn hnvn im nnnrotlnn nn.1 t,.i IiIb foot removed. Ho had boon suf- lenng irom blood poisoning for over two VearR and nftnr llm ,i,.r,.,tr.fi.. his foot gnngrono sot In, causing hla Mr. Breach passed his sixty-fifth birthday anniversary Sunday. Ho has lived in this county for a number of VCarH anil ifl Wnll lnmuil r ronvi., TT leaves lits widow and seven children, " oi wnom aro grown, ono son lives In tho Dickens vicinity and tho other children Hvo In Idaho, Tho body will bo taken to Dickens whero tho funer al will bo held from tho homo, There wijl bo a buslnesB meeting or tho ladies' biblo class of tho Presby terian church Friday afternoon at tho homo of Mrs, Will Eahelman, 118 Bouth Sycamore. F. C. Plolstlckor left this morning for tho Wallace vicinity to spend tho day on business. Arresk'd on Herlom, Charge. Mrs. Fletcher, resldlne (in oiiHt Front street, was arrested today on COmnlalnt nf Nick Loirnn nn flin rlinrirn of running a disorderly house. Sho will uo given a nearing tomorrow aftor noon before Pollco Magistrate Mllton bergor. Legas married a daughter of Mrs. Fletcher and they have had consider able troublo of lato and out of this tho arrest arose. Phone 90 for the BEST IN GROCERIES. Our Groceries are Always the Best that can be had McLaughlin's Coffees, Best Blends on the Market. Star Patent and Snowf lake Flour The Kind that Makes Good Bread. A Full Line of Staple and Fancy Groceries We deliver to all parts of the city. Phone Your Orders. T. J. Baldock & Son, Basement o! The Hub. Phone 90 L iMc Noii-Ilenlilriit DvrriiilnnfK Alyln E. Kogors and Fannie B. Uog or, lis wife, clofondanto, will taUn o i'nc,r th,Pt ?n the nth day of January, 191C, Clmrles H. rtogora. plaintiff here in. Hlcil his petition In the District Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska. aKalnsfr said dofomlantB. the object and prayer of which aro to quiet his title upon tho South half (8) of tho South- S.'f.A8 ,of tbo Southoaat quarter (BUU) of Section twelvo (12) Town ship nine (ti), Kan go twenty-elfittt (2S) Lincoln County. Nebraska, against tho defendants Alvln 11 Kogers and Fan nlo 13. Kogors his wlfo, who aro claim ing nn interest In and to the above des cribed promises by reason of a do foctlvo foreclosure, whoroln Lincoln County brought a tnx foreclosure suit ngalnBt Alvln 13 Kogors and wlfo for taxoH duo upon said premises, and said Lincoln County took a default Judg ment against said defendants prema turely, and that said premises were sold to V. A. Hammond, and tliatUhe said Alvln 13. Kogors mado application tp redeem from said tax salo and no tlco of said application was sorved up on the said V, A. Hammond, and that no disposition of said motion for ap plication has over been made. And that the said Alvlj) 11 Kogors and Winnie 11 Kogors, his wife, aro estopped from claiming any intorost In and to the saiu premises by reason or the fact that said Alvln E Kogors gave said prom ises to tho said Charles K, Kogors upon condition that ho pay a certain mort gage and has boon in open, exclusive Charles li. Kogers 1ms paid said mort gage and has been In open, exclusive and notorious possession under a claim of tltU for moro than ten years prior to the commencement of this action, and has ucqulred a good title to the samo. 1'hilntlff prayH for a degroo that said defendants be oxcludcd from all right, title and Interest In and" to tho above land, and that tho title of said land be in tho plaintiff, You firn rnfinlrml tn nriMwrn Hnl.l ru. tltlon on or before tho 22nd day o Kobrunry. 1810. Dntod this 11th day of January, 1015 CHAKLES V. KOQEKS, Plaintiff. By WILCOX & HALMdAN, P. K. IIAU0IQAN. J12.4w Ills Attorneys.