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    Semi-Weekly Tribune
Ira L. Bare, Editor and Psbliiker.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1915
Republican City Convention.
A mass convention of tho ronubllcan
electors of tho city of Nortlf Platte
lB'-horeby called to meet nt tho court
houso on Saturday ovenlng, March 13,
at eight o clock to nomlnuto candidates
for tho following city offices.
Mayor, clerk, treasurer, wator com
missioner, four councilman and three
members of tho board of education.
Candidates for councilman of tho
rcspcctlvo wards will bo ejected by
ward caucus and reported to tno con
vention ior ratification.
W. T. WILCOX, Chairman.
C. J. McNAMARA, Secretary.
..-Democrats Noinlnalo Clly Ticket.
Pursuant to call isssucd byChulrman
Col. James McDonald about ono hun
dred democrats assembled at tho
'court houso Tuosday evening and
nominated a city tickot. While tho
convention was a slmon-puro demo
cratic gathering, tho ticket nominated
was non-partisan, that Is tho candi
dates nro composed of both democrats
and republicans. Recognizing the
efficiency of tho presont mayor, clerk,
treasurer and water commissioner, as
woll as that of ono of tho councilman
and tho thrco members of tho board
of education, thoso officials woro. re
nominated without a struggle. In this
non-partisan tickot tho democrats
gave oxprcsalon to tho general feeling
that tho best conduct of city affairs
comes through tho abolition of pout
cnl lines. This lino of action was
first taken In tho selection of candi
dates for tho school board a number
of years ago and worked so succoss
fully that of lato years It has been
adopted In tho selection of a city
tickot.
The proceedings of tho convention
Was marked by tho utmost harmony
and good fooling.
Tho ticket placed In tho field is
composed as follows;
Mayor E. II. Evans.
Clork C. F. Tomplo.
Trcasuror F. L. Moonoy.
Water Commlsssloncr HorBlicy
Welch.
Councllmon First ward. L. F.
Simon; Second ward, F. T. Redmond;
Third ward. J. II. Stone; Fourth ward,
Thos. Jeffcrs. (Mr. Stono Is tho pres
ent councilman from tho Second
ward.)
For .Board of Education Dr. N. Mc
Cabonnd O. E. Elder for thrco year
terms; Losllo Raskins for unexpired
term. (AH thrco aro present mombors
of tho board.
For .Halo nt a llargnln.
Six rooom houso, two largo lots with
outbuildings and ahado trees on both.
Price I2G00. Inquire of this office. ICtf
Real cstato dealorsreport that Whllo
fow sales of Lincoln county land' aro
being made, thoro aro many Inquiries
and it is bollovcri that n rnnnlilitrnliln
number of tracts will change owner
ship this spring. A local dealer pre
dicts a considerable Incrcaso In the
value, of Lincoln county land within
tho noxt year.
Automobit j dcnlonj sa sales of curB
aro slow, duo to the exceptional whiter
weathor of tho past two months. Thoro
arc, however, a number of prospective
buyers.
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A Petition.
To tho Ilonorablo Mayor and City
Council of tho city of North Platte,
Nebraska.
Wo tho undersigned legal resident
votcrB of, and free holders within tho
corporate limits of, tho city of North
Platto, Nebraska, do hereby petition
you to havo tho question of "llcenso"
or "no license" for tho sale of Intoxi
cating liquors, in tho city of North
Plntte, Nebraska, ror tlio next en
suing municipal year, submitted at tho
general city election to bo held In snld
city on the Cth day of April, 101G.
J. II. VnnClcavo Win. V. Hhuman
II. I,. Hakcr H. U. Gaunt
C. V. McQrow .1. U Louden
T. J. Ualdook John Hratt
J I. A. French Horshoy H, Welch
A. Mddoll A. M. Look
VS. A. Hurber H. lialilwln
Win. Allbco C. O. Wilson
IJ. A. Wilson Frank Dowhowor
I It. Elliott O. W. Hiirlait
Max McOrow W. C. Itltnor
Geo. C. Donohower 15, U, I'lumer
M. It. Mills J. T. Atlklns
Jon. Hershoy J. A. Itlchcnon
F. Wcndoborn OIo Hasinussoii
Iiort M. ItoynolilH.InineH liahhltt
l'eter C. Peterson W. M. Mains
F. W. Hanson Chns. Kakolbory
Wch Welch II, O. Welch
J, T. Murphy K. York
15. H. aoodmnu
The Pru-Gcrinun Vote.
Carter Harrison's defeat for renom
lnatlon us mayor of Chicago Is pro
claimed by Tho Fatherland as tho
first fruit of tho recent organization of
pro-Qormnns for political action in tho
United States. Harrison hud tho sup
port of tho Wilson democrats, accord
ing to Tho Fatherland, whllo Swclzer
was backed by tho pro-Germans and
won by over 7G.O0O majority. It Is not
proposed by tho Gorman party to
"draw tho lino on petty Ibsmuoj", says
Tho Fatherland, "but nil things being
equal as regards candidates, tho can
dldato favoring fair play and openly
professing, as did Mr. Swelzor, a
legitimate prldo in his German ances
try, Is likely to get tho support of tho
Independent element henceforth."
Paris Is still Fronch; but tho Gor
mans 'havo taken Chicago. Lincoln
Journal.
Hongluiul Makes a Denial.
W. V .Hoagland hos been spending
this week In Lincoln on buslmns, and
in the Stato Journal of Wednesday this
denial of certain stories circulated
about him appeared :
"Tho statement that I havo served
as tho attorney for tho Kearney Elcc
trls Light and Power company Is ab
solutely falflo, said ex-Senator Walter
Hoagland yesterday. "My work In
connection with tho .western Nebraska
Irrigation lntorosts naB been to a
cortaln oxtent parallel with tho ellortB
of tho Kearney company, but I never
appeared for thoso pcoplo and was
ncvor paid a cent In fees or expenses
by them. I understand that novcral
gentlemen from western Nebraska
havo stated moro or less openly that
I was attorney for this Kearney com
pany. This has apparonly been ac
cepted by Tho Journal as tho truth. I
wish that tlio Journal would investi
gate and tell tho pcoplo what It tlnds
concerning my connection with that
Kearney case." 1
i Ayrshire Bull For Sale
Major Lincoln, a puro bred Ayrshire
bull of excellent typo and breeding,
red ahd whlto, weight 172G pounds,
herd broke. This bull should greatly
lmtfroVo tho milking qualities of any
grado hord without dcoreaslng tho slzo
or Klvlnc undesirable colors. His dam
gavo 11,183 lbs. of milk, 450.0 lbs. but
ter fat In ono year. Ayrshire cattio
aro tho highest priced dairy cattio In"
tho United StateB today., Horo is a
good ono priced for breeding purposes
at ?12!.00.
. Experimental Substation,
W. P. SNYDflli,
, I3tf Superintendent.
Buy merchandise of pony contest
morchantB boforo tho close of tho con-
tost and aecuro pony votes.
The Battle in the Big Horn Mountain.
I'JRITTEN BY P.
(Continued from Tuesday's issue.)
Thoso Cheyenne Indians had been
with Sitting Dull and Crazy Horse
during tho fight with Custer, and we
found guns and u largo amount of
government equipment that that had
been taken from Custer's men when
massacred on tho Little Big Horn.
Among other things woro beautiful
furs and robes to tho value of per
haps ten thousand dollars. v
An ordtr was Issued to burn tho
topees and all provision and things
found, as no wagon train accompa
nied tho troops, and thoro was no
ay of taking them out, nnd with tho
rest these furs and robes wcro piled
as you would stack hay and burned.
Tho Indians woro left on tho field
hero they fell. Tho wounded sol-
dlors were laced on the travols and
dead soldiers woro packed on mules,
for It was known that If thoy wcro
burled on tho field tho Indians would
dig them up and scalp them;
This completed wo started on our
march to tho Crazy Woman's Fork.
This. march was of llvo days' duration
At night when wo went Into camp
tlio dead woro taken from tho pack
mules, tho wounded from the travols
and tho latter made as comfortable
as possible, or as tho circumstances
would permit, but tho gronns and
moans and manifest suffering of the
ounded men was something terrlblo
to hear and witness. It was about
thrco o'clock tho first night when the
whole enmp wns startled by hearing
tho report of guns. Weary as thoy
wore, overy man sprnng to his feet,
thinking it was nn Indian- attack. It
proved, howevor, merely an attempt
of some of tlio sentry to shoot some
buffalo Ihoy saw coming over tho
hills.
Tho provender wo had taken along
had now run out, and tho deep snow
provonted tho horses nnd mules from
getting a spear of grass and wo had to
resort to young cotton wood limbs
to keep tho nnlmnls alive. Tho suf
fering among the horses and men was
intense.
Arriving at Crazy Woman's Fork,
preparations wcro mado for tho bur
ial of our dead than whlcm no sadder
sight can over bo witnessed. To prc-
paro tho trendies for the dead It
woo necessary to haul logs and set
fire to them In order to thaw tho
ground so tho trenches could bo dug
This done tho dead soldlors were
carefully wrapped In their blankets
and burled.
Every olllcor, soldier nnd Indian
headed by tho buglers wero in attend
ance upon this solemn service. To
add to tho solemnity of this Snrgcantl
Forcsldo of tho Fourth cavalry was.
t 1. n ... .. 1. I 1 1 n u J.. i I . . '
imutvu iiuiu mo uuiuu aim liiaiuuuy
killed and this was an additional
burial.
Tho wounded soldiers wero placed
In ambulances and sent on to Fort
Fettorman.
General Crook In the meantime had
sent out scouts to locate if possible
tho main camp of Sitting Bull and
Crazy Horse. Ono scout returned and
reported that thoy woro located on
tho Llttlo Big Horn. This was mis
leading, as they wero . found to bo
located on tho Bello Fourcho In .the
Black Hills country. Wo marched to
tho forks of the Dry Powder river and
thoro went Into camp. Shortly after
some supplies camo In frctm Fort
Fettorman, of which "wo woro sadly
in need.
Tho weather had continued ex
tremely cold and the worn condition
of tho clothing and shoos of tho men
causeu intenso suitorlng in tho
wholo command. Regardless of this
after resting three or four days the
command was ordered westward of
tho Bello Fourche. That march was
on novor to bo forgotten, for at
Pumpkin Buttcs wo had only sago
brush for fuel and General Woods'
thormomoter registered forty - two
bolow zero. Twenty mules froze to
death on tho picket ropes, and there
was but llttlo rest for tho men that
President's Flat Unheeded.
At tho beginning of tho 63rd con
gress, President Wilson earnestly ad
monished the solons that "tho duty
of economy Is' not debatable, it is
manifest and Imperative." But not
withstanding tho president's flat, the
total of tho appropriations for tho
Bhort session foots up to tho astound
ing total of ?1,128,000,000. This ex
traordinary public expenditure shows
not only no attempt at economy, but
It IB twolvo million dollars over. and
aliovo tho amount appropriated" atl
tho long session. In tho opinion of
business men tho effort mado by con
gress to cover up their wastefulness
and Extravagance by Imposing the
new internal rovonuo tax hasn't help
ed matters much.
H. McEVOV
night.
Early the . following morning wo i
again started on our march for tho'
Bello Fourche. Fuel was scarce The '
altitude being vory high thero wns no
prospect of a change In the weather,
and owing to iho deep snow, tho ex-!
trcmo cold and weak condition of
our horses, our march was slow. Wo
did not average ten miles per day. Ar
riving at Bello Fourche, our plight
was somewhat relieved by finding
plenty of tlmcber and water. Tho
forage for tho animals being prac
tically exhausted, most of our time
whllo on guard and picket duty was
spent In cutting cotton wood limbs
and grcaso wood boughs to keep
them nllve. Wo rested at Bello
Fourcho three of four days, and from
thero Gcnerad Crook again sent out
scouting parties to locate tho camp
of the Indians.
A few days later, an old Indian
scout came into pamp and reported
that tho Indians had broken up into
8 limit bands, some of them returning
to tho Canadian line. This Informa
tion caused the general to call ft
council 6f tho olflcors, and taking Into
consideration tjio deplorable condi
tion of the men, with tlio scarcity of
food, and no forage for the mules and
horses and tho bitter cold weather,
they decided that tho expedition
should be discontinued for tho winter
and ho ordered the command to rnake
preparations for tho march to Fort
D. A. Russell.
This proved almost the limit of
human endurance. The almost ln
doscrbablo hardships of such a march,
condltlbned as wo wero In tho latter
part of February. From old Fort Reno
to Fort Fettorman the mnrch was
made pructlcally through a blizzard
all tho way. In sheer exhaustion,
hundreds of 'horses had dropped on
the way and were shot to avoid their
falling into the hands of tho Indians.
This compelled many of the cavalry
men to march through tho deep snow.
Reaching Fort Fettorman we wero
furnished some rations for tho men nnd
forago for tho horses. Hero a. number
of our men went into the hospital,
somo of them severely frost bitten. Wo
mndo a short stay hero and hurried
on to Fort Laramie, where we ex
pected to bo lttted out with clothing.
In this wo woro disappointed, how
ever, as the supplies lmd not arrived.
Without waiting for them, wo marched
on to Fort D. A. Russell. Wo reached
the fort on tho twenty-sixth day of
February, by far the worst looking
sot of men that were over seen In tho
west. Not one of us had "had a hair
cut or shave for over four months.
Our clothing was In rags, pieced to
gether and patched with buffalo hide,
but a happier set of men it would bo
difficult to Imagine than ours when
that day wo caoght sight of Fort D.
A. Russell. And there, ended one of
tho hardest campaigns that was ever
undertaken in tho west.
Fow men of the present day, as they
sweep through the west In their auto
mobiles or take advantage ot tho per
fected railroad threading tho whole
country, can ever realize, or doubtless
over oven stop to think, what it cost
In lives and hardships to open up the
Great west.
Of tho civilian pioneers of North
Platto who aro left, John Bratt was at
Fort Phil Kearney, on the Plnney,
when the massacre took place, and
at the post In tho early days. This
fort was ajterwrirds abandoned by
tho government on account of the
trouble with the Indians. I have
camped thero many a time. Charles
McDonald, E. Erlcson, John and Peter
Burko, John Evans, Dave Hunter and
Maggie Cohen aro a few of tho men
of tho old pioneer days. Tho men
left, that served in tho army, in
tho early days, Major Walker, Luke
Healo'y, Jack Foster, Wm. Rltner,
Theodore Lowe, and P. H. McEvoy
Major C. North has gone to his last
call, Lieutenant L. Nortl) Is now stock
stock Inspector at South Omaha.
Col. Davo Lovo came down from
Sutherland yesterday and drovo out to
tho August Ackerraan farm to officiate
at the sale held there.
Tho annual mceetlng of tho Mutual
Building and Loan Association will bo
hold Saturday ovenlng, March 27th
Tho directors will appreciate u largo
attendance of stockholders. For sev
eral years past tho attendance at theso
annual meetings hna been ver small
F. J. IHENEP. & CO.
Real Estato and Insurance
Come and boo us for town lots in
different parts of the city. Good In
vestments on easy terms. Houses for
sale and rent. "Wo have also good bar
gains in farms and ranches.
Cor. Front and Dewey Sts.. upstairs.
Goes After the Dirt
and gets it.
This is the most powerful clean
er on tho market for anywhere
noar the price,
$18.50
To show our faith in tho ma
chine wo give you a year's freo
maintenance.
Aslc us for a demonstration.
NorthPlatteLight & Power
COMPANY
C. R, MOEREY, Managor.
axw&il
iRoadsteri
Price fully equipped
$670
with 17 new features
The biggest automo
bile value ever offered
for less than $1,000.
One of the sweetest
running Roadsters- in
the world.
Holds the road at
50 miles an hour.
The easiest car to
drive in the world.
The greatest all
around hill climbing
car in the world.
1 Lloyd Powers, Agent
North Platte, Neb.
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PHone G42t" , ; J(23 North. Locu'.
Pllono 101 Phono 8
; G.W. CRONEN
Graduate Ycterlnnrlnn
Offices Star Livery Barn, Phone 101.
Nyal Drug Store, Phono 8
Calls promptly answered day'or night.
Bought und highest market
prices paid
PHONES
Residence Red 636 Office 459
C. H. WALTERS.
Hospital Phono Black 633.
Houso Phono Black 633.
W. T. PRITCHARD,
Graduate Voterinarlan
Eight yoars a Government Veterinar
ian. Hospital 218 south Locust St.,
ono-half block southwest of tho
Court House.
TYoith Plntte, Nob.
THE NORTH PLATTE JUNK CO
Will Pay the
HIGHEST MARKET. PRICE
FOR UNFROZEN HIDES.
Bring Them In and get Your Monoy.
WE PAY
$8 to $10 Per Ton For
DRY BONES
NORTH PLATTE JUNK CO.
AERIAL NAVIGATION
is no longer an experiment, Us prac
ticability has been proven and is com
ing into uso moro aud more every day,
Our cigars havo never been nn ex
periment; thoy have always been
good, they havo borno tho mark of
standard for over twenty-flvo years
In North Platto. Wo uiako a numhor
of brands ranging in price from 3
fdr 10 cents to 3 for 25 cents,. Try
them.
His an
Geo! B. Dent,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special Atlcniron given to Surgery
and Obstetrics.
Office: Building and Loan Building.
DR. ELMS,
Physician and Surgeon . J
Specialty Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat
Glasses Jut tea.
New Offico In McCabe Buildinir.
PHONE 36.
C. C. WALLINGSFORD,
Physician and Surgeon
Office: Rooms 1 and 2
McDonald Bank Building
North Platto. Nebraska.
Ofllco phono 82, Res. Red 302. Calls
answered prompty Day or Night.
Office phono 241. Res. phone 217
L. C. DRIOST,
Osteopathic Physician.
North Platte, - - Nebraska.
McDonald Bank Building.
DR. J. S. TWlNEM,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special Attention Given to Gynecology
uusicirics anu Children's Diseases.
Othco McDonald Stato Bank Building.
vjornor bixiu ana uowcy streets.
Phones, Ofllco 183, Rcsldenco 283
NURSE BROWN
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
1008 West Fourth St.
MRS. M. HALL,
Superintendent.
Graduate Nurses in Attendance
JOHN S. TWINEjJT,
Physician and Surgeon.
JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D
Physician und Surgeon
Office B. & L. Building,, Second Floor.
Phone, Office, 83;. Residence 38.
DERRYBERRY & FORBES,
T.tonilRiwl Emlinlmnru
Undertakers nnd Funeral Directors
Day Phono 234.
Night Phono Black 588.
J. B. REDFIEED.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Successor to
HYSICIAN & SURGEONS HOSPITAL
Drs. Redfleld & Re'dfleld "
Ofllco Phono G42 Res. Phono G76
T. H. WATHEN
Auctioneer
Live Stock and General Auctioneer
Graduate Missouri Auction School
North Platto Rural Route 2.
Phono Edmlston Ranch.
Order of Hearing on Petition for Set
tlement of Accoont.
State of Nebraska, Lincoln County, ss.
in tno county Court
In the Matter 'of tho Estato of Christian
Marquette, Deceased.
On reading and filing tho petition of
Frederick Marqucttho praying a final
settlement and allowance of his ac
count, filed on tho 27th day of Febru
ary, 1916, 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 Courv to bo held in
and for said County, and show causo
why tho prayer of the petitioner should
not be granted and that notice of the
pendency of said petition, and tho
hearing thereof, be given to all per
sons interested in said matter by pub
lishing a copy of this order in tho
North Platto Tribune, a legal semi-
weekly newspaper prinjed in salu
County, for three successive weeks,
prior to said day of hearing.
Dated February 27, 1915.
GEORGE H. FRENCH,
m2-3w County Judge.
notice: rou runMdATioN
Department ot Interior
U. S. Land Ofllce at North Platto, Neb.
February 24, 1915.
Nntlcn la hereby (riven that Itacrn-
V1XIU O iJ' ' woo, w& w v.. a . 1 1 a . .J
brnslca, who, on December 7, 1911, innde
Homestead Entry No. 05337, for W
and of NEW and S ot SEtf . Sec
... 3 T Unn. JrV, Din. .a Ua
tion &, uownnmp iz ss.. iinnae ji
6th Prlnclpul Meridian, has fllod notice
of Intention to make final three year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Register
nnd Rccolver, al North Platte, Nebras
ka, on tho 24th day or April, iaio.
Claimant names as witnesses: Carl
Ilroeder. D. V". Kunkle, O. I. AVatklns,
Martin Hanan all of North Platte, Ne
braska. .
J. E. EVANS,
ml-6w Register.
Sheriffs Sale
Bv vlruo of an ordor ot sale issued
from the District Court of Lincoln
County, Nebraska, upon a decree of
foreclosure renuerca in sam vjouri
uriiornin nnlilental Bulldlnc and Loan
Association of Omaha Is plaintiff, and
Lorah M. mooro are uoienuauis, auu
to mo directed, I will on tho 11th dny
of March, 1915, at a o'clock i. ai. ai
tho east front door of the Court House
in wiii Plntto. T.lnp.nln Countv.
Nobrnska, soli at Public Auction to
tho highest bidder for cash,, to satisiy
said docrco, Interest and costs, tho
following described proporty, to-wit:
Lot three (3) In block Blxteen (16)
Minors' Addition to North Platto as
surveyed, platted ahd recorded.
Dated North -Platto, 'Nob., Feb., 6,
1915. . '
A. J. SALISDURY, Sheriff.
J. F. Schmalzried.