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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Porklna visited
In Omaha Sunday and Monday. ,
Mrs. Elmor Baker returned Satur
day Irom a few days' visit' In Omaha.
Miner Hinnian returned yesterday
morning Iro'nTn business' trip to Den
ver. Mrs. Wolback has been seriously ill
(or several days at tho homo of her
son, John Wolback.
Prank Ilerro'd came down from Oga
lalla Saturday to spend a couple of
days with relatives.
Tho Episcopal Guild will hold a
business meeting In the church base
ment Thursday afternoon.
Miss Nanlno Iddings camo homo
from tho state university Saturday and
remained until last evening.
Miss Dea Hardin, teacher in the pub
lic schools at Big Springs, spent Sat
urday and Sunday with friends in
town.
"Miko" Cohagen, of tho Nebraska
Telephone Co., Is confined to his home,
suffering from an attack of rheum
atism.
The Coal
THAT SATISFIES.
R. G. Smith, of the Electrical Sup
ply Co., wis called to" Lincoln Sunday
night by tho serious illness of his
mother; "
Prank Williams, who was called
hero by the death of his father-in-law,
E. W. Crane, returned' to Lincoln Sun
day night.
Judge Grimes and Reporter Barron
went to Kimball yesterday where a
term of the district court will be held
this week.
Mrs. Morgan, of Los Angeles Call,
was called hero Saturday by tho serl
ous Illness of her mother, Mrs. Alice
Chamberlain.
J. G. Mothersead, of Scotts Bluff,
spent Saturday in town with friends
whllo enroute home from a business
trip to Lexington.
Dr. H. C. Brock, dentist. First Na
tional. Bank Building. lOltf
Dr. W. T. Pritchard left for Lew
ellen yesterday to look after inter
state, cattle shipments and alsoto-dp
some veterinary work.
v Miss Marie Bowen will leave. Wed
neday for Rochester, Minnesota, where
she will enter the Mayo Brothers'
hospital for an operation.
Mrs Andy Scharman . formerly of
this city, but now living in Kearney,
visited relatives, nnd.friendB in town
tho latter part of last week
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boyle and
daughter Katherine, returned Sunday
from Kearney where they attended
tho funeral of Mrs. Luett.
A number of young peoplo from this
city attended the dance given at Brady
Friday evening. Music was furnished
by Crowe's orchestra of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Ellas and son,
of Bakerfleld, Cal., came Sunday and
will visit the former's pcarents, Mr
and Mrs. M. B. Ellas, for some time.
Miko David, tho Tryon merchant, has
placed an order for 2000 pounds of
lard with Brodbcck & Son. It will be
put up in tho different sized pails.
For Sale First-clots Driving
Horse. Phone Black 229.
Mrs. B. L. Lambert returned yes
terday morning from Paxton where
she had been spending the past wcok
with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur .Ilart-
wig.
Word received last week announced
tho birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. WU
ber Moyers, formorly of this city. Mrs,
Meyers was formorly Miss Evelyn
Daly.
The W. C. T. U. will meet at tho
homo of Mrs. S. C. Sawyor, 90S west
Sixth streot. There will be a Francis
Wlllard program and refreshments
will bo sorved.
Tho J. R. Ilolcombo sale advertised
for last Friday was indefinitely
postponed, on account of the bad
storm. It will probably not be held
until somo time next month.
Mrs. Joseph Karbush, who had been
. visiting lior mother, Mrs. Wm. Land
, graf for sevoral months left the latter
part of last week for Chicago, where
Mr. Karbush has his headquarters.
Millard Perkins entertained in his
usual charming manner twenty of his
school friends Friday evening. Mar
gery Campbell played sevoral selec
tions on tho piano, and games and
other amusements wero Indulged in.
Refreshments were served. Mrs. Per
kins was assisted by Mrs. Fern Lang-lois.
Surrender O'Coniicll Hoiul
M. J. O'Gonnoll, who was at liberty
under an $800 appearance bond pend
ing tho appeal taken on tho case
wherein ho was found guilty of em
bezzlement, has been remanded to jail.
O'Connell's bondmen feared that he
was getting ready to leave town and
surrendered tho bond.
Young Slinffer to Hcform School
John Shaffer was taken to tho re
form school last wcok. Hu was an
Inmato of that Institution, but threo
years ago was given a parolo. For a
tlmo following tho issuance of tho pa
role he was fairly decent in his con
duct, but of lato ho has been getting
into all kinds of scrapes, and it was
thought best for his' own welfare to
recommit him to tho reform school.
Tho Tribune man enjoyed the even
ing of song given by the Old Homo
Singers at the Presbyterian church
Friday evening, enjoyed it not because
the quartette wero particularly good
singers but rather because their songs
wero those wo sang years ago, and
which have that tuneful melody wo all
appreciate. Tho singers possessed
fairly good voices which through
practlco blended nicely and tho man
ner In which they Introduced their
selections was very pleasing. Tho
concert attracted an audfenco thai
somewhat more than filled the seat
ing capacity of tho auditorium.
liiist IVntcli AAvard.
Tho sixth and last watch award in
the pony contest will be made at The
Cystal next Saturday though only tho
votes cast up to Thursday midnight
will bo counted. The contestants are
therefore very active this week, and
earnestly soliciting votes from pat
rons of tho pony stores.
Tho contest will soon enter tho last
month, March 18th being tho closing
day. It has been a wonderfully suc
cessful contest and has probably
elicited more enthusiasm than any oth
cr ever given in North Platte.
Tho editor of Tho Tribune docs not
know the relative standing of the
contestants, but he docs know that tho
number of votes cast has been very
heavy, and that there is yet an oppor
tunity for tho low ones to be in the
class with the top notchers.
Farmers' Society of Equity
HiQuitei.a number of farmers are. of
the Impression that tho Farmer's Un
ion Is tho same organizatlqn- ns the
Equity, ibu this is a mistake. They
aro two different organizations work
ing under two different heads,- but both
working for the same principles. Now
as the Equity is already organized at
North PI at to and has been doing bus!
ncss here since last fall it seems it
WOuld bo a very wrong"thing to start
.the. Farmers' Union at the same nlaco
n wouiu oniy mean competition wnere
there should be co-operation among
tho farmers. Tho Equity believes that
where the Union is orgnnized that the
farmers should get In tho Union and
where the Equity is organized get In
the Equity. t Then let the different .lo
cals of both organizations send del
egates to tho national convention and
unite them there. The farmers should
think this over before they start com
petition among themselves. The
Equity meets at the K. P. hall In
North Platte at 2 p. m. on tho first
and third Saturday of each month.
Sec'y Farmers Society of Equity.
Entertainment Great Success.
Not in recent years has a home tal
ent entertainment been given In
North Platte that proved so success
ful and so well pleased and satisfied
the people as "The North Platte Coun
ty Fair" 'rendered at the Keith Friday
and Saturday evenings The fair was
produced under the direction of Miss
Katherine Paul for the benefit of tho
Episcopal Guild, and was given with
less than two weeks' preparation.
The opening scone was a county fair
ground, and tho prelude weretwo chor
uses, one by fifty or more llttlo girls,
; tho other by u similar number of lit
tle boys. The fair ground was fitted
with its lemonade and peanut slnnds,
displays of vegetables and needle
work, there was a side show, and on
tho ground wero tho country folk
who continuously amused tho audlenco
with song, dialogue and action.
Tho second part was devoted to
songs, choruses and dances, in which
a dozen or moro of our young men and
womon participated. This was a par
ticularly pleasing feature of tho ontor-
tainment, especially tho singing of Miss
Trovlllo, tho choruses by the high
school students, tho song and chorus
by Frank McGovorn, tho Boogie
Man Rag song and dance by
Miss Harriet Dixon and costumed
chorus, tho Spanish dance by Misses
Dixon, Paul and Alma and Helen Wal
tomath, and the swing song by Mrs.
Frank Hatch and chorus, in which tho
electric lighted vine-covered swings
and tho background formed a very
pretty scene.
Tho ladles' guild received two hun
dred dollars as Its share of tho pro
ceeds. I haves renters for desirable flvo
room cottages for tho first of tho
month. If you have bucIi property for
rent, list it. C. P. TEMPLE.
llulck Motor Test.
Tho J. S. Davis Gnrngo Co., of this
city, inaugurated a novol guessing con
test last Friday when tho public was
invited to guess how many hours, min
utes and seconds the motor of a C-37
Bulck would run on ten gallons of
gasoline
Tho motor was started at 2:30 Fri
day afternoon and run continuously
until Sunday evening at 9;GG:31, mak
ing a record of flfty-Ilvo hours, twen
ty-six minutes and thirty-ono seconds.
Tho speed of tho motor wns at tho rato
of six and four-sovonth miles an
hour, the avorago mileage por hour
from a gallon of gasoline was thirty
four and six-tenths and tho total mllo
ago was 340. The motor during tho
test turned over nearly threo million
times.
The test created much Interest, and
the number of guesses each of which
was written on a printed slip and do-
posltcd in a ballot box reached 331
The prlzo offered for tho nearest
guess was a pair of tires, and theso
wero won by Mrs John Burgnor, whoso
guess was fifty-flvo hours, twenty-nine
minutes and ten seconds. Othors who
made closo guesses wero F. L. Moonoy
55:32:10, M. K. Leonard 55:20:15, J.
E. Pillion 5G:20:10, and E. W. Mann
55:35:15.
Tho guesses ranged all the way
from seven hours to two hundred
hours.
OLUHS AND SOCIETIES
The Zcndit dancing club will give
a dance at tho Masonic hall this even
ing. Tho Woman's Home Missionary so
ciety will meet with Mrs. J. D. Cox,
317 west Sixth street, Friday after
noon. Tho Yeomen kensington will meet
this afternoon at tho homo of Mrs. W,
J. Tiley.
Mrs. J. G. Sawyer will entertain n
dozen, young ladies at n kensington
at hej" homo tomorrow evening.
Tho Tlllikums will bo entertained
at the home of Miss Maudo Owens this
evening. All members are urged to
be present.
The Knight of Columbus hold a
largely attended and enjoyable danc
ing and card party at Masonic hall
last evening.
To the Public
By special request wo have extended
our White Sale until Wednesday ov
oning THE LEADER.
For Trndo
I havo a nine room residence with
quarter block of ground well located
In first class condition, located in
Kearney, Nebraska. I will trade for
cheap grazing land tributary to
North Platte. Pr6fer to deal with own
er. This place will bear tho closest In
spection. C. H. LEDBETTER,
99tf Kearnoy, Neb.
F. .1. DIKNEi: & CO.
Real Estato and Insurance
Come and see uu for town lots in
different parts of tho city. Good In
vestments on easy terms. Houses for
sale and rent. Wo havo also good bar
gains In farms and ranchos.
Cor. Front and Dowoy Sts.. upstairs.
IU0POIIT OP THE CONDITION
OP THE
McDonaitfState Bank,
of North Platte. Charter No.
047 In tho
Stnto or NeuraBkn, at tho
bUBltiesti February 9,
UESOUUCES
I.onnH and DIhcouiUh ....
Overdrafts
liondH. securities, Judgments
clalinu, etc
UankliiK Iiouho, furnlturo
and llxtureH.
Duo from nat'l and
Htato banks $ai, 112.75
CliookB nnd ltoiim
of exchange .. 2,171!. 72
Currency 11,075.00
Gold Coin 2,fi50.00
Silver, nlcklcs and
centH 7,510.79-
closo of
1915.
$320,051.30
1,004.04
15,500.00
15,000.00
117,591.20
Total $4GD,20C.CO
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in $100,000.00
SuriilUH fund 14,000.00
Undivided nrofltH. fNot) 13.01X.GC
Individual depos
its subject to
chock $202,170.95
Demand cortlfl
cntcs of depos
it 1,831.10
Timo certificates
of deposit .... 112,329.00
Duo to national
and state banks 21,S2fi.'J9 338,404.10
Depositors' Guaranty Fund 3,723.94
Total 1409.200. 10
State of Nebraska, County of Lincoln, ss
j, w. Ji. Aicuonaiti, cashier or tho
above named bank do hereby swoar
that tho abovo statement is a correct
and truo copy of tho report made to
the State Ufuiklnur Hoard.
W. II. MCDONALD, Cashier.
Attest:
CHAS MCDONALD, Director
J. H. McDONALD, Director.
Subscribed and sworn to beforo me
this 15th day of l-'abrimry, 1915.
GEO. E. FIIENCH. Notary Public.
Com. Expires Juno 18, 1910.
Order or KciirliiK Petition for Scttlc-iiit-nt
of Account,
State of Nebraska, Lincoln County, us
In tho County Court.
In the Matter of tho Estato of William
D. Lyle, Deceased.
On reading and (Hint; petition of
Joseph J. O'itourko, administrator,
prayltiK a final settlement and allow
ance of bis final account, filed on the
Oth day of January, 1915,
Ordered, that March Oth, A. D. 1915, at
nine o'clock a, in., Is asslKned for hear
Iiik said petition, when all persons In
terested in said matter may appear
at a Cjunty Court to be hold In and for
said County, and show causo why the
prayer of the petitioner should not
be granted; and that notice of the pen
dency of said petition, and the hoarlng
thereof, be ulven to all persons inter
ested in said matter by publlshlnK a
copy of tills order In tho North Platto
Heml-Weokly Tribune, a semi-weekly
newspaper printed in said County, for
three successive weeks, prior to said
d-xy of hearlnr
Dated Fibril iry 15, 1915
(Seal ) UEO. E. FRENCH.
County Judgro,
Death of Albert ltcnkosky.
Tho WolUleot Winner has tho fol
lowing account of tho Benkosky ac
cident: "This community was foarfully
shocked Monday aftornoon whon at
about half past flvo o'clock word was
brought up town and quickly tele
phoned over tho county, that Albort
Benkosky hnd been caught In the ma
chinery of tho elevator and beaten to
death. It seems thnt ho was oiling
somo part of tho machinery when his
Clothing caught on a set screw in a
rapidly rovolving Bliaft from which ho
was unablo to frco himself and In this
predicament ho romnlned for a quar
ter of an hour or more boforo ho was
discovered and taken down from tho
shaft. Ho was frightfully bruised and
every bono on tho loft sido of his body
was broken. It was at once realized
that he could not live, though ho re
tained consciousness until a few min
utes beforo his death, which occurred
about two hours after tho nccldent.
Tho writer is powerless to express
tho feeling of sorrow that oppresses
the peoplo of this community over tho
untlmoly taking off of this young man
who was a favorite with all who knew
him."
FOR KENT
Large Town Herd Pasture, joins the
City, Living Water, terms reasonable.
Houses, Itooins, Storage Room and
Safe Deposit Boxes.
BKATT & GOODMAN.
Tho store of tho Electrical Supply
Co. Is closed today on account of the
death of Mr. Smith's father, which oc
curred in Lincoln Sunday.
The Harmony Club held a very en
joyable session last evening at the
homo of Mrs. Henry Wnltemath, who
was assisted by Mrs. Chas. C. Hup
fcr. Members of tho Study club were tho
guests of Miss Grnco Mooncy at tho
regular meeting hold last evening.
Papers wero read by Mrs. Wcstfall
and Miss Murray and Mrs. Crosby gave
a reading.
War and Counterfeits.
Prior to Napoleon's 1812 campaign
the Paris gendarmes one night intuit'
a raid on u house In the Plnluo Mont
rougc and discovered quite a fine umu
ufnetory of false notes. There was
quite a stir next day when the poi n
minister made the unntmtui'inent Hi. i
tho manufactory had been sturii',1 "l.
prder of the emperor.' The unq
uotes, which were Austrian and Itun
plan instead of French, wore intended
fpr use against the enemy on tho Uu
fan expedition, but tho hulk of iliom
enmo to grief dining tho great to
treat.
Wellington was responsible tor a
similar stroke of business during Hie
peninsular war. Being badly in noon
of gold wheu about to Invudo Pnni-
ho conceived the queer idea ot limn
lug out some counterfeit coiners from
the ranks. Quite a number of thesi
gentry were forthcoming, and those
were ordered by the tluke to exorcise
their evil art by transferring his ling
llsli sovereigns Into louts d'or and uu
polcons. London Globe.
The Stronger Hand.
If you are right handed, then the
right hand Is stronger than the left. If
you aro left handed tho left hand will
bo stronger. If you are truly ambldex
trous tho strength of both hands will
bo equal. Tho advantage of one hand
over tho other is duo to the greater ex
crciso it may receive. All the muscles
of our arias and legs aro developed by
exercise, and their respective strength
will bo In accordance with their use
That tho right hand is stronger than
tho left can be proved by discontinu
ing the use of tho right arm for sev
eral weeks by tying It to the side of
your body. When you release tho arm
you will find that much of its strength
Is gone and Hint now the left hand
Is stronger. This applies to a tight
handed person, and tho test would
work the other way with a left handed
person. This goes to show that the
Btrcngth of hands and arms Is uncon
sciously affected by the amount of ra
tlonal erclse. Exchange.
Our Mineral Wealth.
The United States Is not only the
world's giontost producer of mineral
wealth, but It' possesses by far the
greatost known reserve of any nation
In most of the Important minerals
This is Din' of the things that hut
made us great and which Is tlesiliiiil
to make us far greater as measured l.
world standards. In some liistninei
such in eottl autl till and plioipli.! .
rock ami radium ore. the I'nlteil Htnto
potwcHticH more than all the ot'iii
known deposits of the world, ami tl i
only essential nilnrniN of t lit llirt r:in!
of which the I'nlled Slates Iiiih mo
known supply nt all coinineiisiirau
with Its needs are nitrates, potauli
salts, tin. iiit-Uol autl platinum. But as
It stands today no other nation in tho
world so nearly approaches absolute
Independence In respect to mineral re
sources, notwithstanding the vast mag
nltudo of our homo consumption. Re
view of Rovlews.
"The ReBt Laxative I Know Of.'
" I havo sold Chambcrlain'B Tablets
for Bovoral years. Peoplo who have
used thorn will tako nothing clso. I
can recommend them to my custom
ors as tho host laxativo and euro for
constipation that I know of," writes
Prank Strouse, Frultland, Iowa. For
salo by all dealers.
OPEN AN ACCOUNT WITH
The First National Bank
Member Federal Reserve Bank System.
capital, suurrust
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars.
STABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND SERVICE
HA VI! UEEN THE FACTORS IN THE GROWTH OF THIS
RANK, AND THE SAME CAREFUL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO
SMALL ACCOUNTS AS IS GIVEN TO LARGE WALANCES.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
TIRED WOMEN
Lighten the Labor oi Housekeeping with a GAS
STOVE.
;!r.
North Platte Light & Power Co.,
C. R. MQREY, Manager.
T
BEGINNING FEBRUARY 1ST
AH purchases of $51. 00 or more will ho
delivered free to any address
within the city limits.
The Ten Cent Store.
I y au r p Eg yER vWi!2dRiiU no 1
IfY;OUR;MO NJEW-i ELiNCL I
TMIMMlllMdiiilill MIIIl'Mll'i''i Tin 'iiiiiiiMim i'ii M
Sold by Rush Mercantile Co , Norili I
A'so by E. & W. Coker, Sutherland; Ganson f
Hersheyj Jeno Sommers, Maxwell: Jno. Fredrick
ol-
Think what a holp a
clean kitchen'would be,
free from coal, ashes
and soot, no blackened
pots and pans.
It is the GAS STOVE
that takes WORK out
of House Work.
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