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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1915)
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS Mrs. Simon White, of Hershcy, visit ed Mrs. 0. W. Slzetnore and friends yesterday Geo. M. Smith spent Tuesday In Sutherland looking after the real os lato ho owns In that town. For Salo A now barn suitable for an aulomoble. L. E. Hastings. 7-tf Votorlnnrlan Cronen returned yes terday from Maxwell, where ho had bceii called on professional business. Mrs. Llvlcn and daugliter, of Iowa, arrived In town yesterday and will visit friends and relatives for several weeks. Joo Qulnn of Rawlins, visited friends In town yesterday while cn routo homo from a business trip to Omaha. Ilellnblo Insurance of every known klnd,-C. i TEMPLE. 012 In tho dlstrct court this week Ilalph Wclborn was granted a dlvorco from his wlfo Edna Wclborn on tho charge of infldelty. John Cook is reported to bo recover ing rapidly from tho Injuries ho sus tained some tlmo ago while employed In tho car repair gang. General Managor Clias. Waro passed cast In his special car attached to No. 10 Wednesday evening. Ho was re turning from a trip to Salt Lake. Tho domestic science department of tho Twentieth Century club will meet with Mrs. It. F. Cotterell Mon day afternoon, 310 cast Fourth street. Neale Turnlo has gone to Omaha to purchase more cattlo for a salo ho will hold week after next. Ho ex pects to offer about BOO head at this sale. County Superintendent Gantt an nounces a special examination for Fobruary 19th and 20h. TTOs comes as a special order from he stato super itendent. Mr. and Mrs. Will Daley, of tho north part of tho county returned yes terday from Oxford, Ncb whero they woro called by tho Illness of Mrs. Bailey's mother. A Jolly crowd gavo Mrs. F. A. Ul- rlch a shower yesterday . Many nlco and useful presents woro received. After having a good time, a dainty vnlentlno lunch was served Bcrnlco V. Lantz was granted a dl vorco In tho district court this week from her husband Claudo Lantz. Tho decrco was granted on tho charge of abandonment for two years. Local Reporter Wortman, of Tho Tribune, is at the Good Samarltlan hospital suffering with quinsy, follow ing a cold contracted- oh Ids rotiirn trip from Bridgeport Sunday ,ngh J. A. Mnrkeo has on display at tho McDonald clothing storo a bunch Of Sudan grass, which Is pronounced a spcndld hay and possesses tho advan tage of doing well on dry, sandy sojl. Passenger trainmen Bay that out In Kimball county the farmers began plowing yesterday. Tho weather Jn that section of tho stato has been much less sevoro this wlntor than in Lincoln county, ,n Tho public salo at tho Goldsmith ranch southwest of towji Wednesday was well attended. Horses sold 'well but cattlo woro a llttlo slow. Mr. Goldsmith will move to town and tho ranch will bo run by a son-in-law Reliable Insurance of oreryt known klnd-C. F. TEMPLE. 613 Brady t'onplo Married. Gustaf LUJcstrand and Miss Hilda Westlund both of Brady, wcro mar ried In this city Wednesday by Rev. Harman of tho Lutheran church. They aro "well known In tho east end of tho count, whero they will contluuo to make their home. Union Pacific Cases Continued. By agreement of the attorneys tho cases of tho Union Pacific against sov-o.-al fcchool districts woro continued until tho April term of court. In these (jlBtrlcts the Union Pacific company Is resisting tho payment of taxes on tho ground that the tax levies were great er than the needs of the districts. DISCUSS LIGHTING CONTRACT Feeding" Big Bunch of Hogs Roland Frame, of Nichols precinct, Is one of tho largest hog growers in Lincoln county, if not tho largest. At ono tlmo last fall ho liad twelve hun dred head, and at tho present tlmo Is feeding six hundred head. Ho Is also feeding a bunch of cattlo. Mr. Framo shipped In a car of corn this week that cost him soventy-flvo cents a bushel on the track at Hershoy. Hog Prices Slipping. Prices on hogs aro slipping every day nnd Is becoming a rather serious proposition to the feeders who aro paying seventy cents for corn. Tho bulk price In Omaha yesterday was $0.30, and tho local price $5.70. The receipts at South Omaha tills week havo been unusually heavy which Is acountcd for by tho growers shipping in order to aavold buying high price corn. Many of tho hogs shipped aro very light In weight. John DIscoo Granted Divorce. John DIscoo, tho well known far mer living west of Bignell was granted a divorce from his wife Mary in tho district court Tuesday. Tho decreo was granted on tho ground of Incom patibility of temperament. Tho prop erty is to bo 'divided equally between tho two, and tho welfare of tho five children aro to bo looked after by both tho father and mother. DIscoo and his wlfo had been living apart slnco April of last year. Candidates Are Backward The municipal election will bo hold six weeks hence, but as yet llttlo if any mention of candidates has been made. This year wo elect a full tick etmayor, clerk, treasurer, four coun cllmcn and two members of tho board of education and water commissioner. The retiring councllmen aro Sdiatz In tho FIrst, Crosby In tho Second, Stono in tho Third and Martin 'in tho Fourth. It Is understool that Mayor I?vans will not stand for re-election. He probably fools that two years service is all that one mnn should glvo for "tho good of tho town." Saturdays' Special Prices nt Tho Cash market., j Our Motto: "An no Jlvo nimo nns'ii mzy quarter OKimieu n My Block;" Unanimous Opposition to Giving Elec tric Company Contract for 15 l'cnrs. About twcnty-flvo citizens accepted Mayor EvanB' Invitation' to attend a special meeting of the city council hold Tuesday evening for tho purpose of discussing the street lighting con tract submitted by tho electric com pany. In calling tho meeting to order Mayor Evans stated that its object was to get the Bcn3o of the peoplo as to what was desired in tho way of a contract, so that when It was sub mitted to a voto of tho people at tho April election It would bo satisfactory and bo accepted. There Is now no contract with tho company; tho city Is paying for lights on a basis of a con tract mado with tho old electric com pany fourteen years ago. Tho mayor read the old contract and also the contract presented by the present company. Tho contract as presented runs for a porlod of fifteen years, stip ulates tho price for street lights of various candlo-power and Is indefinite In many particulars. It was drawn by President Todd at tho suggestion of Mayor Evans, who thought that the best plan to get the question before tho council and the public was to havo tho company lake the Initiative. Tho mayor, as well as W. E. Shuman, E. R. Goodman, Rev Fr. McDald, M. J. Forbes and others who addressed the meeting opposed the contract, special stress being laid on tho undcslrablllty of entering Into a contract for fifteen years, each speaker considering' flvo years an ample porlod. Other features of tho contract was attacked, Its In doflnitencss was pointed out, and it was considered that In nil particulars It amply took care of the company but in no way safe-guarded the inters ests of tho city. Following tho discussion It was sug gested that a committee 'bo appointed to Investigate lighting contracts and systems In other cities, study local needs and conditions and make a re port at a meeting to be hold February 23d. As members of this committee tho mayor appointed E. R. Goodrrran, O. E. Elder and M. J. Forbes. Inoa Relic. Before taking leave of Cuzco, Peru, wo went to seo tho very Interesting collection of Inca relics In tho prlvnte museum of n Peruvian doctor who has devoted many years of his life to incn research. Ranged round the walls were mummies which had been taken from rock tombs. All bud been burled In u Hitting posture, and Judging by tho horrible expression of agony on Hie ruirchmcnt skin 1 should Imagine thai some of them prisoners of wnr. I was told had been entombed alive Tho oorror of those mummied faces nnd tho awful coutortlons of the skele tons haunted mo for a long time, nor Bhall I ever forget tho sight One or two of the skulls Dore cvl denco of skillful surgery, star shaped pieces of bone having been cleverly fitted in to repair damago done by the stnr shaped stono weapons of tho perl od. I did not measure those 1 saw In tho museum, but ono of the aforesaid stono weapons which wo brought bncti to England from Cuzct measured four Inches from point to point across tho top a truly formidable club. Wide World Magazine. 1-....1 U(..lr 171& Loin and! Short CiiCns.t. ..ri . . . .17J5c Shoulder Stcnk ..f.:.: 15c Pot Boasts 12&C Brisket Boll ...... r 10c Joo Larson, who 1b spending this week in town, will go to tho homo of ltfs parents nt St. Paul and remain thcro until March 1st, when ho will re turn and resume his duties in the of flco of District Foreman McGraw. C. A. Wyman, living west of tpwn( yesterday brought in tobacco leaves which ho grow last season and will liavo J. F. Schinalzrlcd mnko them up Into cigars. Mr. Wyman took tho prize at the county fair last fall for 'homo groyn tobacco. Tho body of Carl Norrls, who mot with an accident at Gothenburg nnd died In tho hospltnl in this city, was shipped yesterday to Denver, whero It will bo Interred, Tho father of the boy Uvea In San Diego, Cal but he wired Undertaker' Amlonoy to consign the body to a Mr. Wolf In Denver. Thrco hundred sheep and n .car of hogs woro shipped from tho itato farm to South Omaha this weok Tho sheep struck a bad market nnd sold for sov-onty-llvo cents a hundred less than tho rrico tha wook before. Notwith standing this Supt. Snydor rnya the iiirm niniio money in lpoiimg them Notwithstanding tho very low prices many h6gs aro being marketed by Lin coln county farmers. From Monday morning up to'yontordny noon C, H. Walter had bought 325 head. Rather than buy high priced com to feed tho. low-priced hogs tho farmorB aro getting rid of their hogs as fust as possible. Ncbrnsku Orders Cuttle Quarantine. lF,eirlngi,a spread ,of tho foot and mouth dlscaso to. tlio herds of this state, tho;Nebraska live-stock sanitary bqTifd Issued a-, .stringent quarantine against cattlo shipments from every stato cast of tho Missouri river, Missouri, KansaB, South Dakota and a number of othdr states. Tho quaran tlno became effective at midnight Feb. 10, and will continue in forco for thir ty days, but does not apply to cattlo for Jinmediato slaughter. Tho action was taken on petition of tho Nobrnska Uvo stock growers' as sociation following a meeting between various live stock interests. . Car Turns Turtle. Tho Ford car driven by rural mall carrier Graham turned turtlo Tues day forenoon on tho road south of tho river when a bank of hard snow was struck. Driver Graham and Karvoy Sorcnson, tho latter learning Hip dellvcrlca preparatory to taking tho loaio next cudny, were thrown clear of tho car and escaped with minor bruises, but tho raincoat worn by Sorcnson was badly torn and snagged, oyldeneo that ho camo vory near being caught under tho car. Notice. I will hold a public farm and stock salo at my farm, known as tho Schat salo at my farm known ub tho Schatz Platto Friday, Fobruary 12th. 5-3 G R. HOLCOMBE. (oa eminent Labor Bureau. Tho North Platto postofllco is now part and parcel of Undo Sam's la bor bureau, by means of which the government hopes to find employ ment for tho unemployed by bring ing tho Jobless and tho Job together. Postmastor Davis has received a lot of bhuikB watch applicants for work may fill out, thd blanks are then Jforwnrdcd to tho western headquar ters at oonvor, wncro will bo kopt a record of positions open to tho var ious classes -of labor. For instnnco n big contractor needs 500 men for various kinds of work; ho inquires at tho Denver olllco as to tho class of applications on file, and ho may learn that ton men in North Platto desires tho class of work ho has to offor, whereupon tho North Platto moil aro notified. Tho only drawback to tho plan Is that an applicant may bo forced to wait qulto a whllo be fore ho is notified that a Job Is open to htm. An Explanation. Wo want tho public put to rights in regard to tho much-talked-of meet ing of tho Twentieth Century Club on Feb. 3, much-tnlked-of by those who wcro not present. To tho author of the article In Tues day's Tribune eritltled "A Protest" J can say that I myself with other mem bers of tho club have visited tho mother of this unfortunate boy and havo extended to her the helping hand. Further, I am Informed that In (the past certain ladies of tills' town have made vigorous but futile efforts to tako children from homes of unfit en vironment. North Platte was not slandered by the Twentieth Century Club nor ' by any member thereof. A motion was made and passed that the club circu late a petition to bo sent to our gov ernor asking him to commute the death sentenco of Roy Roberts to Hfc imprisonment. The reason for suih action as stated by myself was thjit wo nllow children to grow up ji a vicious, criminal environment, and then when they become criminals we havo no right to kill them. Neither this town nor any other particular community was" mentioned. I knew that Roy Roberts spent his early llfo in Gothenburg, but conditions woro no worso there than In North Platte, The Bin of civic unrightousness Is gonoral. Tho author of tho above mentioned article speaks of splendid young men who have gono out from North Platte. Doubtless these boys hud homes which protected fhem from our licensed vices. Surely tho writer did not In tend to slander tho homes from which this splondld manhood has come by placing them on tho same low level, of vice with tho homo of Roy Roberts. So long as wo, anywhero, tolerate the saloon, tho pool-hall, tho social ovll and all other paraphernalia out of which porfect criminals aro made, wo must not boast of civic piety. Such boasting Is but direst hypocrisy. MRS.gB. A. CRAM. Wanted. Man for general farm work; will furnish Boparato house. No one but a farmer neeu apply, uoou wages to tho right man. H. P. STEVENS, Bignell, Nob. Fighting tho Rat. Tho greatest enemy of man Is man Land next to him perhaps the rat He Is incredibly cunning, lie can live in any climate. Ho soils tho sea in ships. Ho forages in tho open fields or bur rows through walls and intrudes into tho home. Man himself is no hardier than tho rat and in the matching of wits against wits tho rat haB np to this tlmo been the victor. Ho augments overy famine in tho world. If tho dep. redations of rats could be prevented tho ct.. t of living certainly would bo lowered. Active aB bo is in famine, tho rat's most spectacular co-operation with death lies, in his copartnership with pestilence. The study of method for tho extermination of rats should bo financed on some basis which will make it permanent It la a fight which has not as yet been adequately waged notwithstanding tho tlno abilities of tho doctors who nro fighting tho rnt in combating bubonic plague. Tho busl ness needs specialists. Farm and Fireside. Lierk-Sandall Co. ISPi North Platte Agents. Forstedt & Sheedy call attention to their complete line of HOME MADE HARNESS the kind that wears well, looks well and of the best of workmanship. We pay special attention to all kinds of repairing, and also the oiling of harness.' We carry everything in 'the saddlery and harness line. Forstedt & 512 Locust Street. Sheedy, North Platte, Nebraska Mrs. Harry StevoiiB,, of tho Bignell vicinity, visited friends in town a couple of days thiB week. John Snyder, Ed Hostottor and bov eerni ouier Maxwell residents woro visitors in town Wednesday. Eat Alfalfa Queen Butter It is Always Fresh and Sweet Can bo Bought Anywhere in North Platte. Made by the North Platte Creamery We also sell Good Clean Buttermilk. Phone 62. Stratcgom Versus Perfidy. Tho laws of war have always dis tinguished sharply between stratagem and perfidy, it Is a legitimate strata gem to send bogus signals and tele graph messages and bogus dispatches or newpupers, to be Intercepted by the enemy; to make use of the enemy's signals, bugle calls, watchwords and w.ords of command or to clothe the men of a single unit In the uniform of several units, so that the piiKuners and dfd may give tlio Idua of a large force. On tho other hand. It Is perfidy to take advantage of the enemy by do liberate lying or deception when there is a moral obligation to speak the truth. It would bo perfidy, fur in stance, to pretend nn armistice when liouu had been agreed on, to break a suspension of arms by surprise, to vlo lato a safe conduct or any other truce or agreement, to tiro on tho enemy's uniform. London Opinion. War and Aeroplanes. Tho art of war has been robbed by tho aeroplane of tho element of sur prise which afforded Napoleon dra matlc opportunity for the display of his genius. Ells object was to discover the weak spot tu tho enemy's lines nnd, having discovered it, to hurl upon it all the forces at his command. His success depended upon the speed nnd Bureness with which tho great blow could be Btruck. A premature revela tlon would havo spoiled all. But a coup of tho sort is no longer possible, for n maneuver on tbc one side is met In stantly by n maneuver on the other. War now consists in n scries of parallel movements; Its art has changed. It would bo scarcely an exaggeration to Bay that it does not exist. The two armies turn about each other like bos era in the preliminary phases of u fight They pivot clumsily to catch each other at a disadvantage, and that Is practically all the art of It London Times. Supposed Danger to the Eye. Many people believe that certain modern Ulumlnants are dangerous to tho eyes on account of their ultra violet or actinic radiations. Dr. Louis Bell nnd Dr. V. H. Vurhooff have made an extensive Investigation of the ef fects of radiation on the various parts of the eye, from the corneal epithelium back to tiie retina. In nn article In Science the Investigators report that no artificial source of light pro duces enough ultra violet radiation to be of the slightest danger to the eye Such pathologic or Injurious action ns they have been able to detect ex perlmentnlly from ultra violet rays is confined to n strictly limited region of tho spectrum, and perfectly definite laws govern Its quantity and effect. Actual experiments on the human eye show conclusively that no concentni tlon of radiation on the retina from any artificial lllumluant Is great enough to produce iujury under any practical conditions. Protective glasses aro useful only, they conclude. In cut ting off dazzling light. - Why some women- leave home! Phone 7 Because it isn't a HOME. Because well, because it isn't like those modern, at tractive, artistic, convenient, moderate priced HOMES shown in our magnificent new $15,000 Plan Book. They're all house no waste space one-half the steps saved in housework the kind of a home you want your friends to visit inspired by "people who wanted to enjoy thier homes. " Over a hundred of the most beautiful designs of the year. You should see them, even if you are not going to build now just to know how little it costs to build the IdeahHome. JTull information s yours on request, without obliga tion we are glad to show and explain these delight ful designs we're proud of them. If you can't come, tell us, we'll take them 'to you at your convenience- The Red Sea Route. When Napoleon invaded Egypt by way of Suez he attempted to cross tho Bed sea at the spot assigned by tra dition to tho crossing of tho Children of Israel. Ho and his horsemen, how over, seem, unintentionally, to have lm Itntcd Pharaoh rather than Moses, for they camo very near to being drowned. According to French nccounts, Nupo Icon saved his army by bis presence of mind, ordering his cnvnlry to seal tct In every direction to multiply the chances of comiug on shallow water, and thuB finding a lino by which ho and his people wcro extricated. The peoplo of Suez, Bays Klnglako, declare that Napoleon lost his horse, got thor oughly submerged and was only Ashed nsboro by tho assistance of tho natives Marriage In Japan. A Japanese husband .Is allowed onlj ono wife, but to marry is sometimes n much more serious mntter thnn with us. Either tho husband must bo form ally adopted Into the family of the wlfo or tho wlfo into the family of the husband, the couple being absorbed Into ono family and BUbjcct to Its discipline. As a rule, this custom weighs more heavily o'i the bride than on thd husband, for she must not only obey her husband, but tjycry member of his family of an older generation than himself; henco a young woman often longs for old nge. so that she may wield authority over the younger generations. To bring about a mar riage In Japan an intermedin ry is ap pointed, whose duty It 'Is to Introduce tho parties and to look to overy ar rangement of the wedding. Ho re mains through llfo tho guide, philos opher and friend of tho married cou ple, who r.efer all matters, all misun derstandings, to ills counsel. Pearson's. Against His Will. New Parson And what Is your hus band, Mrs. Brown? Mrs. nrowii Well, sir, 'o nin't exnetly a policeman, but 'o goes with 'em n good deal. London Tntlor. Your Own Faults. Most, of us are quick enough nt see ing whnt wo havo to put up with from others, but Ave forget whnt others have to put up svlth from us, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Coates Lumber & Coal Co. 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