Semi-Weekly Tribune
Ira L. Bare, Editor and Publisher.
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Entored at North IMatto, Nebraska,
I'ostofllco as Second Clasa Matter.
TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1915
Dairying on .u .Homestead.
MrB. A. T, Woods of this, county,
contributed tho following to tlio Ne
braska Kami Journal, and It was
published as ono of sovoral prlzo
letters :
"Our experience baH been that milk
ing cows Is ono of tho boat ways to get
n start on a farm. For five years wo
milked cows and sold the cream, while
living on a Nebraska-homestead. Somo
months our cream check amounted to
morn tbnn $80, and that while tho cows
were fed nothing nsit'e from the piu-j
ture grass in western Nebraska.
Wo made It a practice to lake the
calvos from Iho cows Immediately. In
doing this tin. cows did no: wcn.v so
much for lliom as thoy would have
dono had wo loft tho calves with thorn
until tho milk was good. Wo fed the
calvos on now milk until It was good
to uso, then gradually got tneni used
to drinking skim milk. Wo holpod
this eklm milk out by adding a little
hay tea, made by boiling bright hay
In wator until it was dark ns coffeo.
Tho calvos did lino on this diet, and
wo seldom lost any. We wore always
caroful In feeding them to give thorn
right quantities, so they would not be
over, or underfed The last year wo
raised flftoen calvos and milked six
teen cows."
Program for Banquet
A splolidld program for the "Hotter
Schools" banquet to bo hold Thursday
evening In tho Episcopal church baso
mont lias boon prepared, tho school
proposition will bo discussed In all
Its phases. As president of tho Cham
ber of Commerce, E. F. Scoborgor
will preside us toastmastor, and ho
has divided tho subject matter Into
divisions and made tho following as
signment of speakers: J. J. Ilalllgan
will speak on general school condl
tlons, Supt. Tout on tho crowded con
dition of tho schools, Miss Kramph on
tho need of a social contor for our
boys and girls, Mrs. M. II. Axtcll on
tho need of manual training, Mrs. Jos
eph Iloddy on tho benefits of domestic
science, Dr. T. J. Kerr on tho need of
athletics, 0. 13, EHlor will glvo Informa
tlon relativo to tho financial condition
of tho school district, and A. F. Streltz
will outline the pains submitted for
tho proposed new junior high school.
Both men and women nro Invited to
attend this banquet, tho tickets for
winch will cost fifty cents ouch.
CO.MJIISSIONKRS?
PROCEUMNGS.
March 1st, 1015
Bo'alrd mot pursuant to adjourn
ment, presont IIormlnghnu8cnWh!to
and Springer and county olerk.
D. W. Kunklo Is horeby appointed
assessor for Kcm precinct and his
bond approved.
John M. Hays Is hereby nppolntcd
overseer for District 37, vice A. D
Dalloy 'resigned.
Settlement Is hereby mado with E,
K. Soulier, overseer District 51, and
llnd Bamo correct.
W. T. Elliott Is hereby appointed
JU3tlco of tho poaco for Urady pro
clnct.
Vacation of part of road No. 130
comes up botoro tho board for final
action, and thoro being no objection
tho samo Is hereby granted us Is
prayed for.
Bids for tho comity poor farm for
tho year 1D1G wero opened and tabu
lated ns follows:
P. W. Olcson $220,00.
Amos Foster $240.00.
Amos Foster being tho highest
bidder, ho Is given tho lenso upon
condition that ho pay tho sum of
$240.00 to tho county treasurer, and
tho clerk is horeby Instructed to no
tify Mr. FoBtor as to tho abovo.
Tho following claims wero allowed
on tho general fund:
Alloon Oantt, salary for Fobruary
and. olllco expenses $107.08.
A. J. Salisbury, salary for Febru
ary, $145.83.
Roy Wilson salary for Fobru
ary, $75.00.
. Hilda Anderson, salary for Fobru-
nry, $50.00.
C. W. Yost, Bitfary for Fobruary
and olllco expenses, $154.95.
Joseph Wilson), salary for Fobru
ary, $75.00.
Anna Anderson, care of county
poor, $30.00.
W. H. Ingles, bailiff, $20.00.
D. B. White, sorvlcoa and mllo
agc, $47.00.
E. H. Springer, sorvlcos mid mllo
ngo, $30.50.
F. W. Hormlnghausen, services and
mileage, $34.00.
Jujseph Wllsoiu ash ptt and tho
freight, $10.00.
A. B. Iloaglund, Indexing probato
record, $120.00..
Allowed on bridgo fund:
Murphy & Johnson, bridgo luni
bor, $820.80.
John R. Rltnor, Inspector at tho
Sutherland bridge, $90.00.
Allowed on tho various road dis
trict funds:
J. J. Walters, road work District
No. 1, $8.90.
O. M. Larson, road work District
No. 10, $1C.7G,
Sundry pin-sons, road work Dis
trict No. 10, $45.00.
Joseph Shaw, road work District
No. 55, $8.20.
Ed Connor, road work District
No. 55, $2.00,
Sundry pcirsccts, road work Dis
trict No. 12, $3.30.
W. A. Kelso, road work District
No. 12, $1.00.
F. Lloyd, road work District No.
12, eighty cents.
Ous Brnnllng road work District
No. 12, $4.40.
AVhoroupon tho board adjourned
to March 8th, 1915.
C. W. YOST, County Clerk
Tho tcmepraturo xlroppod lo ono
below zoro yesterday morning, tho
nippiest weather wo havo had for two
or three woeks.
The Battle in the Big Horn Mountain.
WRITTEN DY
As will bo romombered tho Custer
masBncre occurred on tho 25th of
Juno, 1870.
Lute In tho fall of tho samo year, af
ter tho summor's campaign, tho battles
of tho Rosebud and the Slim Buttes
nnd Custor's defeat, General Crook ar
rived at Fort Robinson with his com
mand and there ho camo to the con
clusion that tho only way to stop the
robberies and mnssncrcs of the freight
ers that wero constantly occurring, as
woll as to got tho Indians off tho war
path, was to plan a wintor expedition.
Tho force was organized at Fort
Robinson, consisting of part of tho
Third, Fourth and Fifth cavalry, and
a largo force of Infantry, Major C.
North and Lieutenant L. North with
their two hundred und fifty Pawnee
Indians, and Lieutenant Shoemaker
with something Hko six hundred In
dians, consisting of Shoshonos, Arnp
ahoos, Cheyonnos und Sioux.
All this necessitated u largo wagon
train of supplies, bosldcs which Col
onel Moore accompanied with threo
hundred pack mules.
From Fort RobliiBon wo mnrched to
old Fort Laramlo. I havo a right to
so doalgnato this, for It was bought
from tlio old Hudson Bay Comapny In
1832, so was ono of the oldest forts on
tho frontier.
Tho troops woro all in high spirits,
for tho weather was line during tho
entire march lo Fort Laramlo. Hero
we remained In camp two or three
days, adding to our supplies, as thoro
was a prospect for a hard cold march
to Fort Fetterman, and It proved to
bo so, for the snow was twelve to
fourteon Inches deop and the weathor
was blttor cold, terribly sovoro on
tho lnfnntry In marching.
SItuntcd as It la on a IiIkIi bluff ov
erlooking tho Platto rlvor, Fort Fet
terman is known to bo ono of tho cold
ost places In tho wont, nnd ono can
not help asking tho question, "did tho
govornmont select this plnco with a
view of a punlslimont for tho soldiers,
or for what other purpose?"
CIiarloB Ilondy was at tlmo hospital
stoward and ho had a great tlmo treat
ing the frozon ears and lingers of tho
soldiers
By a seven days march, after leav
ing Fort Fettorman, wo reached tho
Crazy Woman's Fork, on tho Powdor
rlvor. By tills tlmo tho snow was
deop and the weather was cxtremoly
com, causing great suffering nmong
tho men and horBos.
At this point wo wont Into camp, and
nftor getting things straightened out,
Gonornl Crook sent Chief of Scouts
Frank Jurard, Llttlo and Big Batlsh,
and a number of other Indian scouts
to locate, It possible, tho Indian camp
of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horso,
knowing that wo wore on their trail.
Whon they returned thoy reported
that thoy had located a camp of In
dians on No Wood Creek In tho Big
Horn Mountain.
Tills was a dlstanco of perhaps
ono hundred, und twenty-flvo miles
from our onenmpmont by tho way wo
hud to go.
I would Hko to mention here, that
tho first ono to get back was un old
Indian scout who evidently penetrated
farther than tho others. Ho was Been
coming over the hills wavlng.n ling of
truco, and was curiously watched by
tho soldiers as ho advanced. Ho gavo
valuablo Information as to tho exact
poslton of the Indian camp, the en
closed pocket, tho Biirroundlng hills,
tho narrow passage leading to It, be
Ing tho only ontranco and exit out of
It, so Hint Gonornl Crook, who Immedi
ately ordered ull tho cavalry and tho
Indians to got In readiness to march,
know Just whnt equipment thoy could
curry.
Tho wagon train was loft behind,
pack mulos woro taken and the sol
dlors woro each given ono blanket, ono
saddlo blankot, and a pleco of Bholtor
tent. Goncrnl Crook's Intention was
to uttack at onco.
Wo startod early tho following
morning wltli tho morcury about fif
teen below zoro; und for threo days
and four night wo fed upon ruw ba
con and hard tack, as no fires wero
allowed and no ono permitted even to
light a match out from under a blan
kot during tho wholo march; tho worst
was going without our coffeo.
Knowing that wo woro closo to their
camp wo had marched on tho night
of tho 24tli day of November till near
two o'clock whon sounds from tho In
Dr, Rtttman, of Washington, an
nounces tho discovery of a process
by which throo times tho amount of
gasollno can bo oxtracted from pp
troloum than Is now possiblo under
tho ordinary procoss. Two Independ
ent oil roflnorios in Pennsylvania havo
indicated an Intention of adopting tho
Rtttman process, which If successful
should result in gasollno soiling at
ton conts a gallon In North Platto.
P. H. McEVOY
dian camp reached us. Thoy were
evidently In the midst of a war dam e,
with a sonso of porfect security.
Quickly IJio order was given to
halt, and half frozen nnd In deep
snow, Bllcnt wo stood by our horses,
until daylight. At this tlmo tho In
dian camp was silent, they evidently
woro nil asleep.
Then with as little noise as possi'dr
tho cavalry men, two abreast, filed In
to tho narrow passage. Tho order
camo to attack, and the light began
with thut band of Cheyenncs, gener
ally conceded to be tho hardest fight
ers of nny Indlnns on tho frontier.
Hero was a village of about thru
hundred nnd olghty-Ilve tepees.
Tak.m by surprise they broke for tiic
hills, which encircled tho draw on
very side, as I have stated, but the
south hold by our troops. These 1 l'lf
rose perpondlculnrly anil were pcrhap
from three to four hundred foot h jh.
In these, the Indians were ontreii' Y 1
and had greatly the advantage of us
It was a hard fought battle, comnv nc
ing at daylight and continued till i)ln
nt night. It was Inevitable, that many
squaws and babes were killed.
But all along our march wo had
como across abandoned wagons and
saw evidences of men massacred and
robbed nnd the arms of tho troop wore
norvod to punish tho perpetrators. Our
own loss was heavy.
Tho romombranco of that battl- Is
not a pleasant ono. Besides the hard
ships and suffering endured by our
own troops, there must indeed Have,
been besides the heavy loss of llfr and
sqauws and little pappooses, as wnl
as the bucks, driven as they wen- out
from their topees In mid wintor, in tlu
Big Horn country, without ah iter,
food, horsos, and scantily clad nn.l .i
hundred or more miles from any i
reuchnblo Bholtor. .
During tho battle Colonel Wheeler'
had culled for six volunteers, to pen
etrate to tho camp, and bring out thr
ponies Six went in, rounded them u)',
and camo out with four hundren and
fifty, leaving but a few head f ponies
behind. Among these six men win
W. C Rltnor of this city.
General McKonzlo had been In
charge of tho expedition from tin day
wo loft Powder river. As the battlr-
progressed desporately maintains! in
tho part of the Indlnns, It became ap
parent to General McKonzlo thai as
tho troops wore sltuatet'. with that
narrow pasB behind them that If the
Indians wero reinforced which wns not
Improbnblo, there mlgh be da'iger
of another massacro similar to that
of General Custer and his troops In
tho Llttlo Big Horn country, and ho
sent couriers to Goneral Crook beg'
glng lilm to bring up the Infantry.
However by nine o'clock tho fight
Ing ceased, nnd the men wero given
a ration of raw bacon and hard tack,
and permitted to roll up In their
blankets to got tho much needed rest
At daylight tho fight recommenced
and continued until nlno o'clock with
unabated violence. General McICcn
zlo nt this time considered it best to
send Frank Jurard under a flag of
truco to Reindeer, Chief of tho Chey
onncs for tho purpose of asking 'him
to surrender. This ho refused to do
nnd tho fight was continued.
But sholtercd and entrenched as the
Indians woro behind tho rocks und In
tho hills, tho general thought It
would cost too much life to try to dls
lodge them, nnd ho stated that ho 19
Moved that as thoy had no horses tho
want of food and extreme cold wca
thor would soon drive them to the
agency which It eventually did.
Then tho .rdor was glvon to take
enough tcpeo poles and buffalo robes
from tho topees to build travols. Lest
It may not bo generally undorstood
what these travols are, I will explain
that tho ends of tho topee poles nro
lashed ono on each sldo of a horse
similar to a pair of shafts, tho oppo
slto ond drags on tho ground They
have two braces across tho poles and
are covered with buffalo robes. In tho
onrly days of tho army In rough
country where nn ambulanco could
not bo used these woro constructed
for tho purposo of transporting the
sick and wounded. Men of good con
stltutlon and light wounds, possibly
would stand tho Jolting; they would
need to have both it they reached
tholr destination alive.
(To bo concluded Friday.)
It Is genorally agreed by old timers
In Nebraska that tho stato has never
had such u wintor ns this, both as to
tho numbor of inches of snow and the
prolonged porlod of real winter weath
er. It is said that history has proven
that heavy snow In tho wintor means
plenty of ruin during tho summer,
which It truo means mucli for western
Nebraska.
Goes After the Dirt
and gets it.
This is tho most powerful clcan
' or on tlio market for anywhere
j near tho price,
$18.50
' To show our faith In tho ma
chine wo glvo you a year's free
maintenance.
Ask us for a demonstration.
NorthPlatte Light & Power
COMPANY
C. It MOEREY, Manager.
Sold ov Rush Mercantile Co . North Platte
Also by E. &. W. Coker, Sutherland; Ganson & Ganson
Hershcy; Jens bommers, Maxwell: Jno. rrednckson, orady
WHY NEBRASKA FARMS
HAVE BEEN BESERTEI)
"Twcty-elght counties in Nebraska
lost rural population between 1900
nnd 1910 while in seven counties at
the end of this decade 50 por cent of
tho farming population woro tenants,"
declared L. S. Herron, of Llncon, ed
itor of the Nebraska Farmer, to the
Economic league at the court house
in Omaha tho other ovcnlng.
Tho speculative value of landsj Mr.
Herron asserted has proved to be
responsible for this as the small farm
Is fast being absorbed by tho wealthier
farmer, while tho average man who
wishes to establish a farm is unable to
do so owing to the prohibitive values
of the soil.
Tho lack of profits In farming for
the greater class of farmers, tho ten
ant, is also attributed to tho samo
cause, as tho rentals of lands, based
on the inflated values, practically eata
up the greater part of tho earnings
of the renter.
Tho decay, of tho rural schools Mr.
Herron lays to tho owners of tho land
who offset any attempts on tho part of
their tenants to Improve their condi
tions by tho tlmeworn excuse that tho
resulting tnx rate will bo too much for
them to bear.
As a result of these conditions tho
fnrm lands which are occupied by tho
average tenant aro not Improved by
them beyond baro necessity, tho farm
ing community does not keep pace with
.the growing needs of tho people, and
instead of farmers sticking to tho land
tho majority aro looking about for
anothor Hold In which to divert their
energies nnd ability. This Mr. Horron
cited as tho problem of the rural pop
utatlon today.
Tho town of Kimball by a vote 163
to 13 voted $20000 bonds for a now
school liouso last week. Tho present
school burning was erected In 18S7,
and In 1907 a second story was added
to it. In 1909 a county high school
building was erected, to which nn ad
ditional room was built last fall. Yet
with those addltons tho accommoda
tions wore in8Uiriclcnt and bonds for
tho now building were voted.
Sherman Canflold, who twenty-five
years ago was a frequent visitor to
North Platto and for a porlod of years
connected with the Col. Cody show,
has been appointed postmaster at
Sheridan, Wyo.
For Sale Fresh eggs, poultry; also
Orpington eggs for hatching. Phono
Black 675. 13tl
1 J. DIENEi: & CO.
Real Estate nnd Insurance
Como nnd seo us for town lots In
dlfforent pnrts of tho city. Good In
vestments on easy terms. Houses for
Bale and rent. Wo have also good bar
gains In farms and ranches.
Cor. Front and Dowoy Sts.. upstairs.
Hospital Phono Black 033.
House Phono Black G33.
IV. T. PRITCHARI),
Graduate Veterinarian
Eight years a Govornmont Votorlnar
Ian. Hospital 218 south Locust St.,
one-halt block southwest of tho
Court House.
mth PInttc, Neb.
KODAK 1VORK, VIEWS.
PARTIES. HOUIE PORTRAITS
vn n -ttt i T- tut j
BEST PAPER USED
Phono C42. 723V6 North Locust.
Phono 101 Phone 8
G. IV. CRONEN
Graduato Veterinarian
Offices Star Livery Barn, Phone 101.
Nyal Drug Store, Phone 8
Calls promptly answered day or night.
sanduattle
r.
Bought and highest market
prices paid
PHONES
Residence Red C3G Office 459
C. H. WALTERS.
MONUMENTS
All thoso needing monuments or oth
er cemetery work will do well to call
and inspect our stock and prices be
foro placing orders. Wo carry a largo
stock and can savo you money.
W. C. RITNER,
Office and Shop In rear of tho RItner
Hotel.
WE PAY
$8 to $10 Per Ton For
DRY BONES
NORTH PLATTE JUNK CO.
AERIAL NAVIGATION
Is no longer an experiment, its prac
ticability has been proven and is com
ing Into uso moro and moro ovory day.
Our clgarB havo novor boon an ex
periment; they havo always been
good, thoy havo borno tho mark of
standard for over twenty-flvo years
In North Platto. Wo mako a numbor
of brands ranging In prlco from 3
for 10 cents to 3 for 25 cents. Try
them.
J. F. Schmalzried.
Geo. B. Dent,
Physician and Surgeon
Special Attention given to Surgery
and Obstetrics.
Office: Building nnd Loan Building.
DR. ELMS,
Physician and Surgeon jj
Specialty Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat
Glasses Fitted.
New Office in McCabe Building.
PHONE 36. '
C. C' 1VALLINGSFORD,
Physician nnd Surgeon
1 Office: Rooms 1 and 2
McDonald Bank Building
North Platto, Nebraska.
Offlco phono 82, Res. Red 302. Calls
answered prompty Day or Night.
Office phono 241. Res. phone 217
L . C . D RjO S T ,
Osteopathic Physician.
North Platte, " - - Nebraska.
McDonald Bank Building.
DR. J. S. TWINEM,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special Attention Given to Gynecology
Obstetrics and Children's Diseases.
Olllco McDonald State Bank Building.
Corner Sixth and Dewey Streets.
Phones, Olllco 183, Resldcnco 283
NURSE BROWN
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
1008 West Fourth St.
MRS. 31. HALL,
Superintend .
Graduato Nurses in Attendance
JOHN S. TWINEM,
Physician and Surgeon.
JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D.,
Physician nnd Surgeon
Office B. & L. Building, Second Floor.
Phone, Office, 83; Residence 38.
DERRYBERRY & FORBES,
Licensed Embnlmcrs
Undertakers nnd Funeral Directors
Day Phono 234.
Night Phono Black 588.
J. B. REDFIELD.
PJIYSICIAN & SURGEON
Successor to
HYSICIAN & SURGEONS HOSPITAL
Drs. Redfleld & Redfleld
Office Phono 042 Res. Phono 676
T. H. 1VATHEN
Auctioneer
Live Stock nnd General Auctioneer
Graduate Missouri Auction School
North Platto" Rural Route 2.
Phono Edmlston Ranch. JV
Order of Hearing on Petition for Set
tlement of Accoont.
Stato of Nebraska, Lincoln County, ss.
In the County Court.
In tho Matter of the Estate of Christian
Marquette, Deceased.
On reading and filing tho petition of
Frederick Marquettho praying a final
settlement and allowance of his ac
count, filed on tho 27th day of Febru
ary, 1915, and for his discharge as ad
ministrator. Ordered that March 27, A. D. 1915,
at 9 o'clock a. m is assigned for
hearing said petition, when all per
sons interested in said matter may ap
pear at a County Court to be hold In
and for said County, and show cause
why tho prayer of tho petitioner should
not bo granted and that notice of tho
pendency of said petition, and the
hearing thereof, bo given to all per
sons Interested In said matter by pub
lishing a copy of this order In tho
North Platto Tribune, a legal seml
wee,kly nowspaper printed in said
County, for threo successive weeks,
prior to said day of hearing.
Dated February 27, 1915.
GEORGE E. FRENCH,
m2-3w County Judge.
NOTIOK FOR rimiilCATIOtf
Department of Interior
U. S. Land Olllce at North Platte, Neb.
Fobruary 24, 1915,
Notice is nereuy given that Ragn
ynld, 8. L. Voas, of North Platte, Ne
braska, who, on DecemWr 7, 1911, made
Homestead Entry No. 05337, for W
nnd NVS of NBU and S of SEtf. Sec
tion 28, TownBhip 12 N.. Range 31 W
6th Principal Meridian, has flted notice
of Intention to make Hnal threo year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before tho Register
nnd Receiver, nt North Plntto. Nebras
ka, on the 24th day of April, 1915.
Claimant nnmes ns witnesses: Carl
Rroeder, D. W. Kunklo, O. U Wntklns,
Mnrtln Hnnan nil of North Platte, Ne
braska. J. E. EVANS,
ml-6w Register.
Sheriffs Salo
By viruo of an order of sale issued
from tho District Court of Lincoln
County, Nebraska, upon a decree of
foreclosuro rendered in said Court
wheroln Occidental Building and Loan
Association of Omaha is plaintiff, and
Lorah M. Moore aro defendants, and
to mo directed, I will on tho 11th day
of March, 1916, at 2 o'clock P. M. at
tho cast front door of tho Court House
in North Platto, Lincoln County,
Nobrnska, sell at Public Auction to
tho highest bidder for cash,, to satisfy
Butd decree, Interest and costs, the
following described property, to-wit:
Lot three (3) in block sixteen (16)
MlHora' AilillMnn in Mnrtli Plnttn orf
Burvoyed, plntted and recorded.
Dated North Platto, Nob., Feb. 6,
1915.
A. J. SALISBURY, Sheriff.