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I Semi-Weekly Tribune IRA L. HARE, Editor nnd Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Ono Year by Mull In Advance. .. .$1.2.1 One Year by Carrier in Advnnec. .$1."U Entered at North Platto, Ncbranka, Poatofllco as Second Class Matter. Tl'KSDAY, Jl'SK 2!l, IUM. WAS SMITH MUHDEKED AN. I) THEN BUKNEI) 1 INlHCATIONs'i'OLNT TO FOUL PLAY IX THE DEATH OF ARTHUR COUNTY HOMESTEADER. OITY AN J) COUNTY NEWS The Hody ih Found Lying In (lie .Mid dle of the Floor Willi Butcher Knife and Oil Can .Near By. county officials, but as there was no ovldenco to allow foul play, a ver dict of death from burning was ren dered. Tho remains wcro sl.lpped to Onarga Friday. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Oilman and chil dren, who had been visiting Mr. ail- man's parents, loft yesterday for Now Jorscy, whore they will spend some time with rolatlvcs of Mrs. d'lman, Was Oscar Smith, whose burned body was found the early part of last week In his sod house In the southeast part of Arthur county murdored and then burned, or did he meet death by burning through accident? That Is tho question that Is disturbing the of ficers of tho newly croated county of Arthur, and tho people of the neigh borhood In whlrh Smith lived. Smoke was noticed coming out of Smith's houso Saturday morning by parties who passed at some distance. Two hours later two women passing also noticed the smoke, dmt It was not until Monday morning that a neighbor, not having noticed Smith around tho prem Albert Coolldgo.thenorth-sidoranch-man loft Saturday for Excolsior Springs, Mo., whoro he will tako treat ment for rheumatism, with which ho has been suffering for several months. ,fif!8 p (l couplo of (lay8( wont to tho Smith houso and found tlmt there had umcs. have boon placed on tho shelves "f,0 n,nd 11 nt.s, "J,0'1,5 8 of tho public library and arc ready lying on he lloor badly charred. Ho re fer the patrons. Theso books are P' Jed tho matter at once ,t"nttl strongly recommended as Interesting, Arthur , j0"nlJr 0"lc,,al,s h, P0"t(1 to , educational and very convenient for tho Smith homestead to Investigate. ! reference. Tnoy oun(1 tlmt tlie lieatl and DOt", legS III U1U K1I1.TS I1UU UUUll UUIIIVU KllL M. F. Iiuckloy, of Dlokena, spent tho the body; near tho hepd was an empty latter part of last week la town, lie 011 can and near the body lay a nig reportB everything In that section as carving knife. Tho trunk of tho body nourishing, although corn Is backward. wa8 not burned nearly so much as the As chairman of tho Fourth of July iCgS and head, and to tho olllclals thoro commlttco ho Invites tho peoplo of ftt 0nco came tlio suspicion that Smith North Platto to their big celebration im(i iJCOti stabbed with tho knlfo and on July third. then oil poured on tho body and sot Ono of tho workmen employed on tho Tho house In which Smith lived bridge 1111 east of town was exhibiting was built of sod, with a frame and dirt on tho streets Saturday a monstrous root-, thoro was scarcely enough wood 4,..i. ,.i i ;. i ..t In tho building to make n. good blaze, tho sand In tho river bed. The tooth much less burn a body to the charred was of such .dimensions as to Indicate condition of Sni ths. Taking evcry thnt It hnlomrnil to a i.msto.lmi of nro- "ling Into consideration, there, was a Mrs. Geo. Glbbs and infant loft Sun day morning for a visit with relatives at York. Mrs. J. N. Uakor.of Melroso.ls spend ing this week In town visiting her daughters Joss Vernon has returned from Julosburg, whore ho visited his 'par ents for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Howard, of Schuyler, are spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. Herman LoDloyt. Norman Louden returned Saturday from Gothenburg whore he attended the Baptist convention. Miss Mildred Fitzpatrlck returned the lattor part of last week from a visit with Maxwoll friends. Mrs. H. L. Baker, who had been vis iting at tho O'Haro homo for several weeks, loft for Omaha Saturday. An old settlors' picnic and Fourth of July celebration will bo held In the Stevens' grove at Blgnell next Mondy. mm ! Mrs. W. V. Hoagland went to Lex ington Saturday to Inspect hto Ro bokah lodgo there. Mrs. Hoagland 13 state Inspector for" that order. Geo. Hotzlander, for a year or more a resident of this city, has purchased the Collom restaurant at Gotlienburg. He took possession last week. 30 years of knowing how lias taught us What we're doing now Tho Christian ball team defotaed the rresbyterlan team Friday evening by a score of ten to one. This evening the Episcopal and Baptist teams will play. SEE DR. ELMS FOR GLASSES or any Special Work. Over McDonald Rank. Phone 3G Tor Appointment. The United States land offlce will be closed Saturday afternoons from now until Soptember 15th. Those who have buslnes at tho ofllco . re requested to call before one o'clock. Geo. B. Dent, Physician and Surgeon. Special Attention given to Surgery and Obstetrics. Office: Building and Loan Building. nua (. Offic 130 Phones Re8ldence 115 J. H. ItEDEIELD. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Successor to HYS1CIAN & SURGEONS HOSPITAL Drs. Redfleld & Redfleld Ofllco Phono 642 Res. Phono G7G NURSE BROWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 1008 West Fourth St. mis. ar. hall, Superintendent. Graduate Nurses In Attendance JOHN S. TWINEM, , Physician and Surgeon. NO REASON FOR IT. suspicion of foul play, and this be lief was strengthened when It devel oped that Smith had Leon to tho town of Arthur a few days before and re ceived a considerable sum of money, and this with other fundo ho had. ho carried In a belt around his waist. This historic times, ono of those beasts along sldo of which tho largest ele phant of today would bo a pigmy, In tho county court Friday after a twd-day hearing, John Remus was given a Judgmont of $310 against I. A. Gnudrault. Tho former Is a MedlclncLyas his method of carrying his money precinct farmer, tho latted a merchant nnd was Generally known. When the of Wellllcst. Remus sold Gaudrault bod v was found there wao no traco of $310 worth of cattle, and when ItomiiB tho bolt but along sldo tho body was asked for payment, Gaudrault alleged flvo dollars In silver which had drop that Remus was indebted for goods ped from a pocket as tho clothing which about offset tho value of tho cat- burned. Smith carried currency in the tie, Remus denied tho storo bill and bolt pouch, nnd naturally It would be brougnt suit ror uio amount caimcu consumed If on aio body, but wnat uo When CHIzciiH of North Platte' Show Hie Way. There can be no reason why any reader oft his city who suffers the tor tures of an aching back, the annoy ance of urlnarv dlsordors. the nalns Mr. and Mrs.. George Monks and an" "aS oi Kiciney ins win iau to Miss Florenco Donogan loft Saturday heed the words of a neighbor who has for a visit with frlonds In Rockford, 111. found "Hef. Read what a North Platta citizen says: For Rent Furnished rooms for light Mrs,. A,. G,. Wessburg, 70S west housekeeping, 2 for $9 and 2 for $12, Fourth street, North Platte, says: 320 east Fifth street. 45-3 i had a dragging pain In m,y back and 1 trouble with my kidneys. A doctor Ing by Georgo Wolr and Paul Nolan at1 diagnosed my case as a floating kid run AinHnnin in wns nnmvpi iv Miirtv "'""J couple or the younger set. JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D., Physician nnd Surgeon Offlce B. & L. Building, Second Floor. Phone, Office. 83; Residence 3S. Office phone 211. Res. phone 217 L. C. DROST, Osteopathic Physician. North Platte, - - Nebraska. McDonald Bank Building. Hospital Phono Black G33. House Phone Black G33. W T. PIUTCHAItl), Grnduntc Veterinarian Eight years a Government Veterinar ian. Hospital 21S south Locust St., one-half block southwest of the Court House. camo of the bolt buckle and that part of tho bolt under tho body that would naturally bo unexposed to tho lire? That was and still Is tho puzzling point. Smith was not la good standing with neighbors; ho had trouble with several Tho ladles of Brady have opened a rest room for tho convcnjcnco and comfort of women and children who como In from tho country. Mrs. Gideon Wlnkloman left Satur day afternoon for Fremont whqro sho was caueu uy tno niness oi ner motner who was Injured In a fall. Mrs. Phillip Font and children, of Beatrice, arrived a few days ago to visit her mother, Mrs. Mary Baker, and sister, Mrs. Matt Walsh. For Farm Loans seo or write Gene Crook, room 3, Waltemath building, North Platte. 41tf a day l was unable to stand on account of the pain through I my kidneys and the kidney secretions ' were unnatnural. An operation was advised, but luckily I learned ot Doan's Kidney Pills and procured a i supply from McDonnell & Graves' ' Drug Store, (now Schiller & Co.'s ' Drug Store) and began using them. A few days removedt he pains and re stored my kidneys to their proper working order,. Another of my family has since been troubled by kidney complaint and has had a world of good from this remedy. Price 60c, at all' dealers,. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs,. Wessberg had. Foster-Mllburn Co., Props., Euffalo, N Y. due. In writing to Tho Tribune from Sheridan, Mo., J. C. Wilson says ,ho found tho roads muddy and rough be tween North Platto and Lincoln, but his Billy Ford, navigated tho wator dltlonr. In Missouri are about tho same M horn; but suspicion does not po t 1 n t i i to them. Ho was a married man but Corn Is very backward and the fields lu 1ll,Ildf,hlfi. Wlfnn v n i . remain so wet that thoy can not bo had loft him and was llvl us in the cultivated. Wheat Is good but had Bhborhood, making her home, It Is lodged badly. Mr. Wilson will spend M w,Vl , ?r,:,u"lCf" i vnrii, r..t?. t i uti i t... Tho bodv was broucht to North o .y ,h i.uuuh Tursday and while lying In tho f ii iim.i. ...1 r I . . . . u . ... i I j. ii, wiiuu, vnu vu uuwii wwiuiiiowc ti iwaioney mprguu wuu uauhhii Sutherlnnd Saturday, says tho hall od by two local physicians. They de- storm Thursday evening ruined hip al- tected what they believed to bo a knife falfa crop, and knocked practically wound In the loft breast, but at that ovcry leaf and apple from tho trees In his orchard. Tho tenant on tho pltico lost a number of pigs by drowning. Water in tho north and south rpad at the Whlto farm was two feet deep. Dorsey Leypoldt said that on a section of buy that ho owns north of tho rlvor and northwest of Herohey not only -wot) tho grass mowed by tho hall, but that tho atones knocked tho grass out liy tho rooto. Mnny of tho corn and boot Holds Wero saved by tho fact that the ialn covered the pants nnd thus protected them from the hail. ' Howe & Mnioucy Building' Slnrfcd. Contractor Clyde McMlchaol began woik Uio latter part of last weok on the Howe & Maloney building on Fifth Htreel oust of tho Masonlo hall. The building will bo 22x132, two stories, with pressed brick fiont and will con nect near tho rear with tho present building occupied by tho linn. Tho north 40 foot of tho ground floor will bo used as a chapol with a morguo to the rear, and tho south end will bo U8ed as a storage room. Tho Becond floor will bo tho furniture show room, Tho firm will contlnuo to occupy Its pres ent (iimrtors, on which tho lease runs for thlrteon moro years. ' Hovvo & Malopey havo boon some what handicapped for sovoral years by lack of room. Tho now building will fill this need. point ho flesh was so charred as to ni-nvni)! n nnoltlvn lilonHflnnllnri of ft' Wound. Smith's father, who lives at Onarga, Illinois, and came hero upon receipt of a wlro announcing the death, seem- cd qulto positive that his son had been i murdered, and was ready to oner a re ward for tho detection of the supposed murderer. Following tho llndlng of tho body an Inquest was held by tho Arthur Farmer Attent The greatest grain' crop you ever raised is assured barring J?L. X ZLi . There have been hail storms all around us. You cannot- bar the HAIL, but you r . ' can' bar the consequences by Jetting us ,u . A'" V write you a policy against loss by ,HIL. DR. J. S. TWINEM, Physician and Surgeon. Special Attention Given to Gynecology Obstetrics and Children's Diseases. Offlce McDonald State Bank Building. Corner Sixth' and Dewey Streets. Phones, Offlce 1S3, Residence 283 II. II. LAND GRAF Painter, Paperhnnger and Decorator Phono. Black C70. 1VYLIE WALKEK, With tho Gnston Music Co. Order of Hearing on Original l'robnlo or n ill. State of Nebraska, Lincoln County, m the County Court, June 1G. In f ti r Mntror nf tlm Tatnln if A r. Hanson, Deceased. i in rnmuiii' nnii iniTicr tiiii ti or Rasmus Hansen, praying tl Instrument, filed on tho 16th June 1915, and purporting to llini. IV III 111111 I I'MLHIIIHIll. Ill 1 I1H N last Will and Testament of Agnelha Hansen, deceased, and tho execution of said Instrument Un wMllin.1 .- .1 11. .1 1 .. ! . 1, of said Estate may be granted to M. Hansen as Executrix. Ordered, That July 1G. 191G. at o'clock p. m. Is assigned for hearing said petition, when all persons In i x.i i . 1 1 . . . icitaiuu m sum muiicr may appear at a County Court to bo held In and for said County and show cauce why tho prayer of petitioner should be granted. That a copy of thlg order be pub lished In the North Platte Tribune, a Tunes, Regulates, Repairs and semi-weekly newspaper published In Ilclniilds Pianos. Telephone 33S or Call Clinton Jewelry Store. ' DERRYBERRY & FORBES, Licensed Kmbalnicrs Undertakers nud Funeral Directors Day Phone 234. ' Night Phone Black 5S8. Neighborhood A'ovh. George Rosontraler, living north of Gothenburg was fatally Injured whllo operating a corn nhollor, his clothing catching in tho belt and hurling him against tho gas engluo, Uo died tho following day. In tho rocont hall storm at Gothqn burg 2G7 window lights woro broken In tho high school building. A Gothenburg Arm hns sold forty-six Ford cars slnco tho first Of April, not withstanding tho roadB, Jtavo boon too muddy to do much driving. Throo farmers living R,outh of Osh kosh woro paid ?2,400 for Uio loss of their wheat crop by hall. Certainly tho hall Insurance companies haVo mot heavy lassos In wostcrn Nebraska this year. Roy Coninn, of Maywood, had his loft arm brokon when his horso shied nt a calf and throw him. During n rocont windstorm tho resi dence of Commissioner Evans of Hayoa county whb destroyed as was also tho houso of Tom Counco. Dur ing tho samo storm lightning struck tho homo of Larry Sullvan. Prevent R!? Cholera Tho B. At Thomas Hog Powder has a record of 05 per cont cures of Hog Cholera. If you feed ypur hogs as directed, you never fear liog dlscnso. And tho directions are vory simple, Just about what you aro doing plus a fow conts worth of B. A. Thomas Hog Powdor In tho feed twlco a weok, Usually, though, Cholera gots In beforo wo know It. Thon It requires ' V'clpso attention to each hog each hog must bo dosed and It you will doso them as directed, you will cavo hotter than 00 per cent, It you don't, tho B, A, ThomaB uiodlclno coats you noth ing. Wonot somo distant manufad turor pay your money back. Sold by A. F. Fink. "A ..Tragedy of the Platte Vaikv." a 'it. - . . by COL. DITrOAMAM ft. DATTTOCAM F. W. HFRMIMHflllSFN DUUiiilliil 1 M im lMOWL. ' Bg . -ii of' Vernon Con- THIS OVEN IS A FIRELESS COOKER TOO f H Use it like an ordinary oven if NEW PERFECTION OIL H 1161 6 1 3 H you wish. Or pull the clamper, STOVES are sold in 1, 2, 3 and 1 Huffman Smoke K and the oven of. your 4 burner sizes, at hard- H NEW PERFECTION A ware, furniture, and gen- House K OIL COOK STOVE be- Kli eral stores everywhere. H comes a fireless si', . , . m peoon GAS STOVE COMFORT WITH PERFECTION OIL 4!; Qjl wSk M STANDARD OIL COMPANY g weeks prior to said hearing. GEO. B. FRENCH, J2j2-3 County Judge. Probate Notice. In the Matter of the Estate of Ann Jane Barraclough, Deceased. In the County Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska, June 1, 1915. Notice Is hereby given, that tho cred itors of said deceased will meet the administrator of said estate, before the County Judge of Lincoln County. Nebraska, at the County Court Room, In said County, on the 9th day of July, 1915, and on tho 9th day of January, 91C, at 9 o'clock A. M. each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allow ance. Six months are allowed for creditors to present their claims from July 9th, 1915, and one year for the administrator to settle said estate, from tho 1st day of June, 1915. This notice will bo published In tho Semi- Weekly Tribune, a newspaper printed In said county, for four weeks suc cessively, on and after June 8th, 1915. GEO. E. FRENCH, JS-4w Count y Judge. SHERIFFS SALE. By virtue of an order of sale issued from the District Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska, upon a decree of foreclosure rendered in sdld Court wherein Tillie S. Blankenburg Is plain tiff, and Mary Becker, et. al. are de fendants, and to me directed, I will on the 10th day of July, 1915, at 2 o'clock p. m at the east front door of the court house In North Platte, Nebraska, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said decree, interest and costs, the following de scribed property, to-wlt: South half (S) of Northwest quarter (NW Southwest quarter of Northeast quarter (SW1,! of NEvi) and Northwest quarter of Southwest quarter (XW of SWVi) of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Sixteen (1C), Range Thlrty-threo (33), west of tho sixth principal meridian, Lincoln County, Nebraska. Dated at North Platte, Nebraska, June 5th, 1915. J8-5 A. J. SALISBURY, Sherixg. PROBATE NOTICE In the Matter of tlie Estate of Henry Doebke, Deceased. In the County Court of Lincoln Coun ty, Nebraska, June 18, 1915, Notice Is hereby given, that the cred itors of said deceased will meet tho ex ecutrlx of said Estate, beforo the Coun ty Judge of Lincoln County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room, in said County, on the 20th day of July, 1915, and on the 20th day of January, 191G, at 9 o clock a. m. each day for the pur pose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allow ance. Six months aro allowed for July 20, 1915, and ono year for tho Ex- July 20, 1915, and ono year fo rthe Ex ecutrix to settlo said estate from the 18th day of June, 1915 This notlco will be published In the North Platte Trlbuno, a seml-weokly newspaper printed In said county, for four weeks successively, proceeding July 20th, 1915. GEO. E. FRENCH. And a good cigar means one made 122-4w County Judge, at tno acnmaurieu tactory. uur rep utatlon as a maker o fgood cigars In North Platto extends back thirty years If we did not mako good cigars wo would have been forced to close tho factory years ago. If you havo not Welcome a Good Cigar SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of an order of salo Issued from tho district .court of Lincoln County, Nebraska, upon a decree of foreclosure rendered in said Court been smoking Schmalzrled's Cigars It wherein Salmon C. Stewart Is plain Is not too late to begin. J. F. Schirmlzried. Bought and highest market prices paid PHONES Reiidonse Red G3G Office 459 C. H. WALTERS. tiff and Georgo Edelman and Ly'dla Edelmnn aro defendants, and to me directed, I will on tho 17th day of July, 1915, at 2 o'clock p. m., at tho east front door of tho Court House In North Platte, Lincoln County. Nebras ka, sell at Public Auction to tho high est bidder for cash, to satisfy said de cree, interest nnd costs, the following described property, to-wlt: Northwest Quarter (NWV4) of Sec tion Eleven (11) and tho Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SW4 of SW4) of Section Two (2) all In Township Nino' (9) Range Twenty-eight (28) Lincoln County, Nebraska. Dated North Platto, Neb., Juno 12, 1915. V-15-5 A. J. SALISBURY, Sheriff.