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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1916)
i tribune. THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., JANUARY 18, L91G. No. 1 LOCAL AND PERSONAL. ! Editor Eames, of Maxwell, spent yesterday In town on business. Mr. and Mrs. W.; B. Brown left last evening for Lnramlc to attend the funeral of a friend. Henry Doebko submitted to an oper ation for appendicitis at the city hos pital yesterday and is doing nicely. Oliver Carroll Is off duty thin week at the Howe & Maloney store on ac count of a severe siege of the grippe. W. B. Howard, of Omaha, ex-state auditor, came last ovonlng to visit his brother, C. P. Howard, for a week or more. Mesdamcs Frank McGovorn, Godrge Voseipka and Will Friend loft this morning for a visit with friends in Omaha. Henry and M. S. Uebhausen expect to leave the latter part of this week to visit their mother and sisters in Columbus. Mrs. J. E. Petcrman camo down from Itawlins, Wyo., Saturday for a visit with her father, B. F. Roblson, of The Tribune force. F. C. Simmons, of Seward, who came last evening to attend the installation of officers of the A. 0. U W., left this morning for Sidney. Attorney W. V. Hoagland, Charles Temple and B. B. Baker left this morn ing for Lexington on businoss for the Fidelity insurance Co. Master Mechanic Beery went through o Cheyenne this morning. He will re turn to this city tomorrow morning and spend the day, here. Dorsey Grinner, of Omaha, visited with the Fryo family this week and left this morning for a short trip in the-western part of the state. 0. C. Carpenter, who was injured several weeks ago while employed on the Lincoln Highway bridge, and had since been a patient at the North JUatte General hospital, was able, to return home yesterday. H. G. Knowles and family left at noon yesterday. The former will hold evangelistic meetings in a number of astern towns, and the .family-will vis i relatives in Fairbury. Money to Loan on Kcnl Kstntc. lilt ATT & GOODMAN'. Mrs. George X. Glbbs and baby who have been visiting relatives in York for several weeks, are expected to re turn home Saturday. --Her mothe.n, Mrs. McKinley. will accompany her and visit here for a fortnight. Relatives in this city received word the latter part of last week that Rev, Alfred Oilman "and family, who re cently visited here, had taken the boat at San Francisco enroute to their home in China. They expect to be on the water thirty days. If you want a splendid town cow aud one that will pay her board and yours too, you should attend the sale Jan 20th at Ed. Corllold's place V. milo southwest of the National cemetery. S. S. Reynolds will sell all of his red milk stock at that sale. Mrs. Premus Forstedt and Mrs. F. W. Hansen entertained a number of ladies Friday afternoon at a shower tor Mrs. Nels Forstedt. The after noon was spent in games and contests ' and the first prize was won by Mrs. Fred Payne. Nice refreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. II. A. McCond onter i allied at a neighborhood party last Friday evening. About sixty wcro wero present and spent a very pleas ant evening in games and music, after which nice refreshments wero served. .Music was furnished by a new Edison phonograph. The Denver Post of Sunday states that Frank Gotch, the world's chnni j,iun wrestler, had signed a contract ;is a 1010 featuro of the Sells-Floto incus at a salary of $5,200 a week, the largest salary ever paid to a cir cus performer. Ho will forfeit $100 t any comer he falls to throw. Messrs. Fred Dick, Joseph Raskins, Adam Christ, Cy Russell, Charles Sarulall, Fred Peterson and Thomas Jelfers left last evening for Crawford to attend tho thirty-fourth annual con - ventlon of volunteor firemen. A spo - cial car was put on at Sidney for tho n . . t i i y. . 1. . . . cit.l Use 01 TUO 1j0XIIIB.""i uuuluuuuiB, om- ney and North Plntto delegates." ::o;: For Trade A 25-horse powoi 1914 modol car, run loss than 6,500 miles. Will trado for town lot or equity in land. In- quro at Triune office. CITY AND COUNTY NEWS. Ad Coates, of Sutherland, left Sun day evening after a short visit with his children hero. W. Christio Adams goes to Omaha tonight to fill a week's engagement giving dnncos nt the HonBliaw Hotel cabaret. Samuol Hawklms returned to'Hcr- shoy Saturday evening nfter spending some time here witli his wife, who died recently. Buy your SundaM baking at the Junior Class exchange Saturday, Jan. 22nd, nt the Derryborry & Forbos furniture store. Harry Dixon roturned this morning from Grinnell, Iowa. He says his daughter Harriet who dlscolated her hip is getting nlong nicely. , Frank Donm and daughter Marie leavo next week for Chicago, where the latter will enter a school of music. While aiway Mr. Doran will visit rela tives in Wisconsin. Mrs. Pearl A. Jones, of Denver, spent the past three days in this city and while here appointed Mrs. Emily Coates the local agent for the Franco American toilet preparations. Investigation proves that the fire at the Christian church last week was duo to a defective flue into which ran the pipe from a smnll stove, and not to the hot air heating plant. l'lie billiard tournament at the Elks' homo started out briskly this week, a number of the games having been played Sunday and last evening. The Fllcshman team is a little in the lead today. Wilcox & Halligan filed suit against August Younger yesterday in the county court for seventy-two dollars which is tho rent, due on the land ho occupied south of Sutherland for three years past. Tho case is set for Jan uary 27th. Candidates for county offices are flow developing quite rapidly, four, or live having filed since our last issue. The more candidates in the field for the nominations the greater the op portunity to select good men. at least that is the way in, which tho average voter, looks at tho matter. With unusual lieavy traffic for this season of the year, the motive power of the Union Pacific at this terminal was equal to all demands during the past week of zero weather. Some little "grief" was, of course, experi enced in the way of engines freezing up when "spotted," and from other minor causes, but on the whole the trouble was loss than anticipated. The Tribune would like to sec some good, strong, mjin in. western Nebras ka file for state land commissioner. This Is an office rthat should bo filled by a western ;nan, for tho reason that all the state school land Is in tho western counties and a western man Is bettor acquainted with existing con ditions than is tho man from the east part of the state. The Knights of Columbus have sue (eeded in disposing of a large num ber of tickets for their dance at the Masonic hall tomorrow evening and a largo attendance is anticipated Each lady is requested to bring a box lunch and these lunches will bo pur chased by the gentlemen during tho evening. A prize will be given for the most cleverly decorated box. Tho domestic sconce department of the Twentieth century club met yes terday afternoon at the liomo of Mrs M. E. Scott. Mrs. W. C. Reynolds act ed as leader. Tho foiowlng is tho pro gram: "Fuels and Their Appliances for Use." Tho Gas Stovo, Mrs. P. J. Norton; Tho Fircless. Cookery Mrs. Dent; Comparative Value of Fuels, Mrs. R. D. Birgo. Delicious refresh ments wore served by the hostess. North Platto business men will prob ably become participants in tho next "National Pay-up Week," which is February 21-20, and they will ask all their customors to join with them. Through theso pay-up weeks It Is hoped to educate tho people to pay their bills more promptly and thus es- tablish bettor credit. A largo propor i tioti of tho pcoplo of the country aro , becoming moro lax each year in tho ' pnymont of their debts. This not only , works an injustlco to thoso whom they owe but to themselves as well. ! ;;o 1'OIt ItKNT Houses nnd nice unfurnished rooms close In, also one L'OxSO basement un- dor good business house.. Kent, ! light and water; make nil deail plumbing' shop. i I1RATT ft GOODMAN. ntAINMKX SAY THKY A It K 3IUC11 OVKltWOItKKD "Boot and shoo workers aro 'aristo crats of labor' compared with railroad employes, so far as hours of work aro concerned," according to av bulle tin sent out by railway labor organiza tions. That bulletin says: "Whereas nearly 90 per cent of tho onginoers and flromen on tho western toads work 10 hours or more a day ess than 5 per cent of tho boot and shoo workers undergo similar strain. "A recent bulletin of the bureau of labor statistics gives statistics rela tive to tho boot and shoo factories, while tabulations from tho pay-rolls of 20,000 eugineors and firemen made in the course of arbitration proceed ings, tells tho story for railroad men. "In not a single occupation out of tho thirty-seven principal occupations in tho boot and shoe industry did moro than G per cent of tho employes work over sixty hours a week in 1911. Con siderably over half of those employes worked fifty-four hours or less av week. "The railroad pay-rolls on tho other hand, show that 8S per cent of the lo comotive engineers and firemen worked 10 hours or longer a day, and that 35 per cent worked twelve hours or longer. During tho fiscal year 1914 thoro were over 41,000 Instances of railroad employes engaged In tho movement of trains who were on duty for sixteen continuous hours or long er, and wore thus subject to unusual fatigue and strain. "Wliile railroad engineers and fire men, in recent years, have been com- kpellcd to operate larger locomotives and heavier trains without material changes in hours or wages, tho hours of boot and shoo workers have been reduced 3 per cent since 1910 and their wago rate increased 12 per cent." ::o:: For Rent 100 aero farm 2 miles west of Brady, mostly under cultivation, two running streams, all necessary build ings. MRS. SOPHIA McGEEr , Brady, Neb. The Torch of Civilitntien. In the history of civilisation ilr.it one nation mises nnd becomes the torch bearer ami then another takes the torch as it becomes stronger, the stronger always pushing the weaker aside und becoming in its turn tin- lender. Each nation that has borne the torch of civilization has followed some path peculiarly its own. Egyptian. Syrian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Frank. all.liad their ideal of powoi'--ordOr und progress directed under supreme an thorlty, maintained by armed organi sation. We Anglo-Saxons bear the torch of civilization because wo pos sess tho principles of civil liberty, and wo have tho character, or should have the character, which our fathers have transmitted to us, with which to up hold it. If wo have not. then bo sure that with tho certainty of n law of nature some nation it may be one or it may bo iinother already knocking at our doors, will push us from tho way and take the torch and bear It onward, and wo shall go down. Thomas Nel son Page. Classification of Stars. In classifying stars astronomers rec ognize six degrees of magnitude, but tlie term relates to radiance or bril liancy rather than to size. Although the classification is somewhat arbi trary, yet each degree oC magnitude i approximately two and a Iiailf times a-' brilliant as a star of the next mng.il tudo below. Then, too. each magnitude Is about three times more nunx-i- than the one which precedes It. t'o ginning with the brightest, there are visible without n glass about twenty stars of the first magnitude, about siv ty-live of the second magnitude, ne'j I 200 of tho third magnitude, over 400 or the fourlh magnitude, about 1.1CU of tho Hfih and over !!,000 of the sixth. The total number of stars th.it can be seen by tho unaided eye Ib about 5.000. but not aall at one time. This takes no amount of tho nillllonr.. perhaps hun dreds of niilllous, In regions of ijpan that cannot bo reached by the unaided eye. Hot Winds. The slroci o blows hot from the high lands of north Africa and falls on the Mediterranean as far as Malta. Tlie salano Jumps like a windy fireball from the heat of the Sahara deHcrtund lauds fiatfooted In Spain. The harmat tnn blows hot Sahara dust far into the Atlantic and gives nosebleed and makes skin and Hps parch and crack, while furniture and ship timbers groan and cruel; and scream in tin agony of droughty despair. The khnsniln blows Sahara's ancient dust Into Egyptian eyes every fifty days. The pamperos periodically blow down Into Buenos ! Aires out of tho unexplored desert j highlands of Brazil, aud tho blowing causes suicides nnd murders to bo moro common and wounds to brenk out nfrcsh, with a lieavy death rate. Pom. ZVZ ' S !Jf 1 117? ri ii?na-vv inter ue 1 FURS! ifii&sipiiprilliiFsiijfe at One-Third off Keg Price. Hundreds of thrifty shoppers have taken advantage of this Great Bargain event. Regardless of the extreme cold weather, we have been more than busy ever since the opening of the Clean Sweep Sale. If you are still to buy your Coat, Suit, Dress or Furs, don't delay, come tomorrow, or any time this week or this month, and buy it at almost Your Own Price. THE COATS Your unrestricted choice of any Coat in tho house that formerly sold at $10.00, $15.00, 2"-"'" "" "' ,or $4.98 7.48 9.98 and-14.98 THE DRESSES Take your choice of any Wool, Silk Dress or Tarty Gown, worth up to $82.50, at $3.93 4.98 7.48 9.98 ,, 11.98 THE SUITS Whatever Suits we have left, they all go at P fifl (7 1Q CO 7K Values up to $30.00. UiUU $1 iHO and $uif 3 THE SKIRTS 200 Skirts in th eStore worth up to $15.00 are now going at $1 98 3.98 4.98 7.48 THE WAISTS Tub Silk and Silk Crepe Waists, regular values up to $8.50 at (Jj-j gg Handsome vwiists in al the wanted shades, plain or plaids, worth up to $5.00 at $1.50 Gray Flannel and Voile Waists at Sc $1.00 Voile and Hice Cloth Waists 10c $1.25 Flannelette and Gingham House Dresses 70c ('. W. BRYAN UIVKS OUT DRY EDICT TO DEMOCRATS Lincoln, Neb. It's the water wagon for the democratic party, according to a statement issued by Mayor Charles W. Bryan In which he reiterates tho statement issued about two months ago and adds a few things for good measure. In speaking for his brother, William J., Mayor Brynn emphasizes his state ment mndo before and says In every Instance where tho enndidate for a stato or legislative office does not moot with the Brynn approval another man will be filed In an effort to make the democratic ticket dry. Mr. Bryan will spend two to four weeks in the primary campaign in an effort to carry out his orders nnd ex pects to cover the stato In places where a fight to keep the wet candidates from landing is necessary. Mayor Bryan announces that the annual birthday dinner will bo hold this year under tho auspices of tho Progressive and Woodrow Wilson league, March 1!), which is Mr. Bryan's birthday. ion Tin: CARin uL investor We lmo some extra choice ilrsl iiioHguge real eslale loans In sums of tfHIO.OO und upwards netting 7 to 8 annual interest. We attend (o all de tails. There Is no safer or better In ostnicnt for Idle money. Wo linve loaned out oht ii million dollars nnd i::vcr losl u nlckle. UK ATT & GOODMAN. ::o:: Bed Clothing Needed Tho Associated Charities report that theio aro many calls for bed clothing, and tho request Is made that all thoso who can donate such will do bo this weok or next. Donations can bo sent to the public library Tuesday and Sat urday afternoons. ::o:: BO YOU KNOW1 Tlii'l now Is the best time to buy real estate! Come nnd let us tell you of some of the bargains we have. UK ATT & GOODMAN. WONDERFUL HOW m aweei KEEPS UP AT Ladies" Outfitting Weather forecast for North Platto and vicinity: Snow tonight and Wed nesday; not so cold tonight. Highest temperaturo yesterday 21, a year ago 34; lowest last night -1, a year ago Hi. Mrs. Agues Boyor, who left recently for the eastern part of tho stato to spend several weeks on Women's Ben efit association business, was taken 111 at Hastings last week and returned home. rjvew v&u mm j NO chilly days with the PERFECTION Perfection Oil gives best results. STAN DAN D OIL COMPANY (Nebratka) Omaha THE FURS! at One-Third off Reg Price. Store J. B. Hemphill is expected to re turn today from a month's visit In Spearfiold, Oklahoma. Mrs. Joseph Basklns and family left last evening for Alliance to vslt rela tives for a week or longer. C. M. Trotter received a car of Max wells nnd two Onklands Friday and will rccoivo a car of Studobnkers this afternoon. This replenishes his stock which had previously boon sold out. UEIIB V
