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Tlie Pony outfit arrived Saturday and those who have seen it say it is dandy. The pony is a "little peach"; just a little rough
in the hair but sound as a dollar and apparently as gentle as a lamb. The cart and harness are also nice; in fact the whole ' outfit is
one of which-the winner will have reason to feel proud. Interest in the Pony Contest is now at fever heat, and will continue to grow
in interest until the close, which will be March 18th. A number of the Pony merchants have concluded to offer- extra inducements
.Jn the way of votes from now until the close of the contest, ifas will make coupon getting easier.
The secretary of the Pony Association says no one contestant has a "cinch" on the prize; . a numberflof the contestants are run
ning neck and neck, and some are coming up from the rear at a break-neck, speed. , -
Patronize Pony Vote Stores and get the coupons for yourlittle friends who are contestants. There are only fifteen pony vote
business houses, and here is Lhe list: . '
Coates Lumber and Coal Co.
Howe & Maloney, Furniture.
Block's Ladies' Outfitting Store.
Nyal and Rexall Drug Stores.
Fred Marti Central Meat Market.
Crystal & Keith Theatres.
The Semi-Weekly Tribune. ,
The Palace Cafe. .
Brooks' Studio.-
Harry Dixon, Jeweler.
Rush Mercantile Co.
J. B. McDonald, Clothing.
Robert Dickey, Bakery and Confectionery
.Dickey's Sanitary Laundry.
"V.
J. S. Davis Automobile Co.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
TIios. IICBkott, living on Btrdwood
creek, spent Saturday In town on bus
iness connected with a caso ho has in
court.
Charloa Burko, of Omaha, spent
Saturday nnd Sunday in town visiting
his niothor, who has been in poor
health for somo time.
Study our 1.00 window, there arc
somo real bursting.
DIXON, The Jeweler.
The ladies of tho Maccabees will
meet in tho K. P. hall tho second and
fourth Saturday afternoons of ovory
month. Instead of at tho 1. 0. 0. F,
hall.
At tho mooting of tho directors of
tho Mutual Building & Loan Associa
tion Saturday ovening loans- aggrq-,
gating $29,000 wore -approved and
granted.
T. C, Pattorson returned, Saturday
from Lincoln whoro ho spent sovoral
days looking after proposed legisla
tion effecting building and loari as
sociations. Teams for tho target tournament at
tho Elks' club will bo selected this
week. So far about forty havo enter
ed the contest, among whom aro a
number of our best niarkBmen.
Mr. and Mrs. John Day returned yes
torday from Denver wnoro thoy wero
called by tho death of their brothor-lu-law,
Engineer Hockenborgor, who
was killed lust week in a wreck.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dougherty and
family visited with their daughtor,,
Mrs. Dorr Tarklngton , Sunday whllo
onrouto from Sidney to their now home
lu Omaha. Mr. Dougherty had boon n
rosldont of Sidnoy since 1877.
E, N. Oglor leaves today for points
on tho Paclflo coast. Ho will visit his
parents at Burhank, Cal., and attend
tho Panama exposition. Mrs. Oglor,
who has boon in California for sovoral
Weeks, will roturn home with him.
Atfnrnnv Win. E. Shuman left yes
terday for Grant, Nob., to spend a few
days nttondlng tho session of tho dis
trict court.
F. L, Mooney, cashlor of tho First
National bank, loft Friday for Omaha
to spend a few days on business. Ho
returned homo Sunday.
George Weir returned Sunday even
ing to his school duties In Llncd'ln. Ho
spent tho week end homo from his
stUdles -at tho state university!
George Shoup, of Sutherland, who
purchased tho corn-fed steers at tho
J. C. Wilson sale last' week, shipped
them to South Omaha Saturday. Ho
paid $82.G0 per head for them, and it
Is said he mndo n little money on tho
llfMll..
You should bo one of our $1.00 win
dbw customers i , .'
DIXON, The Jeweler.
Oeorgo Hess, of Buffalo, Wyo., who
Is attending tho Kearney Military
Academy, vlBltcd at tho Turplo ranch
tho latter part of last week. Mrs.
Hess, mother of tho young man, was
formerly Miss Bello Sutherland of
thlB city.
Alfred Samclson. living southeast of
town, sold eight hoes tho lattor part of
ast week to C. II. Waltor, tho comnineu
weight of which was 4270 pounds, or
an avcrago of a Uttlo over 533 pounus
each. For these oigm poruors no re
eolved a check for $247.20.
Tho threo-pleco orchestra which
played an ongagomcnt at Tho Pat tho
latter part of tho wcok furnished music
for tho Palaco cafo during tno noon
lunch hour Saturday. Their music
was good and was much appreciated
by tho patrons of tho cafo.
For Sale.
Austin Triumph Rotary woll ma
chine with derrick, rotary, and
pump and plpo tools, Enquiro at
Horehey's store. 11-8
Base Dull Prospects arc Promising. I
Tho prospects for a good base ball
season this year arc qulto promising
with tho showing tho neighboring
towns aro making this early in tho
season.
Indications are that thoro will be
about eight towns in Western Nebras
ka in tho field this season and thoy
all havo promise of strong amateur
teams. Dr. Burke, of Ogalalla, who
was in town last weeK, announced
that town would havo a stronger team
than last year. Thoy have already
sovoral strong players, and will see
that tho team Is In tho field oarly In
tho season. Dr. Burko stated that
Scotts Bluff and Bridgeport would bo
In tho flqld' with teams. In addition
to theso teams, tho towns nearer will
bo well represented. Tho Hersney
fans says that oven though they do
loso Bechon they will have a better
team than last year. On the pucn
Ing staff they will have the two Me
Kean boys and may spring some ex
tra men. Maywood and Gothenburg
will also bo in tho game, tho latter
taking tho team that represented Wil
low' Island last, season.
As matters now stand tho following
teams will probably competo ln.Jhe
Westorn Nebraska circuit: North
Platte, H-shoy, Maywood Gothen
burg, Scotts Bluff, Sidnoy, Ogalalla,
and Bridgeport.
RAILROAD NOTES
Cio
Out
Sole
Hardware and Stoves at Cost
Woven Wire Fencing.
Gasoline Engines $40 upward.
One S H. P. Electric Motor.
Stought wagon 21 in axle 3 in.
wide Tire wheel $75 each. .
Stoughton wagons 2a in axle
3 in. wide Tire Wheels $70 each.
Tiger 12 Disc Press Drills, Time
$65 or Cash $60.
For Sale At f
HERSHEY'S
Opposite Post Office.
Vouches for Thunder Storm.
J. M. Beatty, of Pomona, Cal.. writes
Tho Trlbuno as follows: "Mrs. P. J.'
Gllman Is right about that thunder
storm In February. It was In 1878
about eight o'clock In tho evening.
Mrs. J. H. McConnell was entertaining
a church social that night and my wife
was ono of the party. I was night
watchman at thp U. P. car shops and
had left tho shops to take Mrs. Beatty
homo. Whllo passing Dr. Longley's
olllco the lightning struck tho build
ing. I was knocked down and stunned,
but soon got up none tho worso for tho
oxporlenoo." (Mr, Beatty lived In
North Plntto from 1874 to J88G, nnd for
a tlmo conducted a confectionery atoro
In a frame building that occupied a
site whore tho Waltemnth building
now stands. Ed. Tribune.)
Organize Current Topic Club
Twenty-one boys ranging In ago
from llfton to olghtoon mot at tho pub
He library Sunday afternoon and or
ganized a current topic club, Ralph
Clabaugh was elected chairman, Rob
ert Loudon secretary, and Calvin Miller
treasurer. Tho boys will meet wcokly
nnd at each of the meotlngs ono or
moro of the members will glvo talks
on current topics. Local business and
professional men will bo Invited from
tlmo to tlmo to make addresses on cv-ery-day
subjects.
Will Russia Declare Peace
It Is apparent that nbsoluto certain
ty docs not provall in Paris and Lon
don concerning tho nttltudo of tho Rus
sians. It is probablo that tho Slavs
niako a soparato peace, thus re
leasing 2,000,000 Austrlans nnd Gor
mans for tho western battle front and
relieving also tho Teutonic, food peril.
Russia is undoubtedly suffering moro
Bovoroly undor tho strnln than any
other of tho great powers. Her mili
tary humiliation Is Intense Not only
because of Von Hlndcnburg's repeat
ed victories, but also because of tho
swagger with which tho Slavs enter
ed tho war and tho partial annexation
of Gorman Poland by a prematuro lm
porial uknso. On tho other hand, If
Russia abandons tho wnr tho allies
will loso Constantinople nnd freedom
of tho p.tsugo of tho Black Sea to the
world at largo.
Recommends Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy,
"I tako pleasure In recommending
Chamborlain's Cough Remedy to my
customors becauso I havo confidence
in it. I find that thoy aro pleased with
It and call for it when again In need of
such a modtclno," writes J, W. Sox
ton, Montovallo, Mo. For salo by all
Tho wrebklng crew was called out
yesterday afternoon 1 to Nantaska, a
little town near Grand Island, where
a slight wreck occurred yesterday.
Tho fifty dollar rate to California
points and return went into effect
yesterday. .Ticket Agent Rasmussen
says that so far but few prospective
coast passengers have shown up.
Two carloads of flno horses passed
through tho city yesterday going east
on passenger train No. 16 enrouto to
tho European countries. Tho horses
wero extra fine ones and wero shipped
by express.
Carl Skaggs, fireman on tho Union
Pacific out of this city, is expected
homo tomorrow from a visit of near
ly two months with relatives and
'lrlends in Kansas City r.nd othefc
points in Kansas.
Joe Larson returned last week from
St. Paul, Neb., where ho spent somo
tlmo visiting his parents. Ha yester
day resumed his duties in tho olllco of
Foreman J. J McGraw. Joe announc
es that he is feeling flno and is glad
to got back to North Platte.
Conductor Fred Letts Is now able
to bo out around among tho railroad
boys but It will probably bo somo
tlmo before he can resume his run.
Ho nnnounced yesterday that it would
probably bo a month on account of tho
healing of the wound from his opera
tion. Word has boon received from Pat
Haggorty In tho hospital at Grand
Island announcing that ho will be
homo this week. Ho was taken there
somo weeks ago to receive treatment
for Inllnmmatory rheumatism and an
nounces that ho Is now getting along
nicely.
John Tigho, fireman on tho road
who was called here to go to work af
ter a layoff of two months on account
of slack buslnoss, returned to Lexing
ton Friday whoro ho will visit for
somo tlmo with his sister, Mrs. WU
frcd Stuart. Ho asked for a thirty
day lay off from his duties as firo-
man.
It Ib reported In local railroad clr
cles that tho Union Pacific has con
traded to handlo one hundred nnd
nine special trains during tho San
of those specials will come from
Francisco exposition. Nearly all of
points east of Chicago. Tho first of
thoso specials will paes through In a
few days, and thereafter thoro will
bo ono ovo other day on an average,
Lyman uortna, a uraKeman on tno
branch of tho Union Pacific, sustained
painful Injuries Friday In a fall from
a moving train. Ho was working his
train down and whllo riding on tho
Bldo of a car tho hand hold camo loose,
letting him fall. Ho sustained sovoral
severo bruises but wa3 nat sorlously
Injured. Luckily tho train was mov
ing slowly
Prlnco Cupid of Honolulu, Hawaii,
generally conceded to bo tho "most
beautiful man In Hawaii," if not In
tho world, passed through this city
Saturday on train No. 1, onrouto to
San Francisco. Ho was returning to
his homo In Honolulu from Washing
ton, D. C, whoro ho had been on dip
lomatic matters. Ho carried a number
of attendants.
This winter Is likely to go down
in history as a noUblo one; ono that
has probably never been equaled. For
Instance, since December 7th there
has boon more or less snow on tho
ground all the tlmo; there has been
an absence of the warm days we in
variably havo in January and Febru
ary, and tho number of 100 per cent
clear days has been unusually small.
Is this the beginning of a change of
cimatlc conditions in the banana belt
of Westorn Nebraska? .
John Murray of Hershcy, ono of the
seven men who were Implicated, in tho
gambling scrape last week, was a vis
itor, in the city Saturday morning and
appeared before Judge French In the
county court and entered a plea of
guilty to tho charge. He was bountd
over to tho' district court under bonds
of ono hundred dollars which he fur
nished and was Released.
H. J. Lawson proprietor of Harry's
shoe shop, announces that he will
move his store this week from tho
present location In tho Building &
Loan basement Into tho Keith theatre
building In tho rooms formerly oc
cupied by tho North Platte Light &
Power company. Ho expects to begin
moving his stock tomorrow.
I havo a few choice Single Comb
Rhode Island Red Cockerels from
prize winning stock for sale. Also eggs
for hatching. Ray W. Hoatson, Suth
erland, Neb. 9tf
Tho annual meeting of tho men's
brotherhool of the Episcopal church
will bo held In tho basement of tho
church Monday evening of next week.
At this time tho officers for tho en
suing year will bo elected and it Is
desired that the full membership bo
present. The work of this organiza
tion will also bo started for another
year and there is much business of
Interest to be transacted.
i For Sale
The place at 109 east Eleventh
street, cheap and good. For price and
terms address, Mrs. Walter Wilson, R.
1 North Platte, Neb., or Phone 780F4. tf
Judge Grimes went to Lexington
yesterday where he is holding court
this week.
Fred Marquette, of Hershey, was in
tho city Saturday and made Tho Trib
une ofiicc a pleasant call.
The Epworth League of the Metho
dist church will meet Friday evening
for a social evening at tho homo of
Mrs. S. R. Derryberry, 302 south. Lo
cust street.
F. J. BIENEE & CO.
Real Estate nnd Insurance
Come and see us for town lots In
different parts of the city. Good In
vestments on easy terms. Houses. for
sale and rent. We have also good bar
gains in farms and ranches.
Cor. Front and Dewey Sts upstairs.
-Sandall Co.
ft . if Lierk
Lm&t North P!atte
Agents.
The Bridgeport Blade is authority
for tho statement that arrangements
havo boon mado for building tho Bur
lington road up tho North Platto val
ley, and that tho plans will bo given
out this week. It is stated that the
road will run from Newark to Bridge
port on tho south sldo of tho river
Instead of to Kearney, and will cross
tho river twice, tho first crossing her
Ing Just east of North Platte. Bluo
prlnfij havo already been prepared
and mapB will bo ready for distribu
tion this week. It Is stated that tho
necossnrv funds for bulldlnc tho road
hnvo beeu secured and that tho con-1
struction of tho lino will bo rushed.1
Coming! Coming!
Coming! Coming!
Coming!
EVERY MONTH THEY ARE COMING
The Quaker Specialists
are now making trip number two hundred and twenty-four to
Nebraska. They will stop in North Platte one day.g
They invite all those suffering with a long standing
chronic disease of any form to call and visit with their pa
tients and get acquainted with their methods of treatment.
Read some affidavits of hundreds of cured patients living in
Nebraska and receive free consultation. '
These arc the specialists that cure such diseases as gall
stones, appendicitis rupture, non-maligant tumors, etc;, with
out an operation. . '
COME! COME! COME!
INVESTIGATE! INVESTIGATE!
RITNER HOTEL
North Platte, 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 11th.
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