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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1916)
THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIDUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA i STATE NEWS i , I DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. April 0-7-8 Convention East Central Teachers' association at Frotnont. April 3-C State Bowling Tournament at Lincoln. April 3 to 8 Nobraska "Puro Food Week." April 2S-29 State T. P. A. Convention at Alliance. April 18 Nobraska Primary Election Day. April 2 1-25 Savannah to Seattle High way Convontion at Omaha. .May 1C to 18 Stato 0. A. It. Encamp ment nt Lexington. May 21-25 Stato Association of Com mercial Clubs' Convention at Omaha. Juno 13 to 1C State P. E. O. Conven tion at Alliance. Juno 13-14-15 Great Western Handi cap Tournament at Omaha. Juno 5-G Spanish War Veterans' Stato Convention at North Platto. Fremont horso buyers who have oeen acting for tho European govern ments deciaro that notwithstanding tho removal of thousands of horses from Nebraska for shipment to Eng land nnd France, that there remains -an apparently unlimited supply. Tho price is no bigger than It was a year ago. They deciaro that driving horses of the finest quality aro practically valueless, having been crowded off the market by the automobile. Improvements aggregating 1500,000 will bo mntlo in North Platto during tho building season of 1916. Tho largest, amount to be expended for any ono Improvement will bo $100,000 for -street paving. Other improvements in tho business section of tho city will 1)0 a $50,000 hotel, $-10,000 bank build :ng, $20,000 K. of C. club house, $15,- O00 addition to tho Elks' homo, $25,000 parochial school and a $50,000 junior high school. Material for tho fourth unit of the. hog division at tho South Omaha stock yards is being assembled and tho construction work will begin soon. It Is expected the work on this sec tion will bo completed by September 1. Tho cost will be close to $150,000. With tho completion of tills unit the yard company will bo able to take caro of hog receipts up to 500 cars a day. A letter writing day was held at Al- llanco recently and as a result over 800 school children wrote letters to somo relative or friend telling them of Box Butte county and Alliance. Tho Commercial club furnished a pamphlet to place In each letter and udults as well as tho children took an active interest In this novel plan to tell strangers about tho possibilities of western Nebraska. The National Retail Credit Men'.? association meets in Omaha in August for its annual convention, holdin three days. It will bring 300 to 400 members from all over the United States; S. F. Gilfillan of Minneapolis is chairman of the board, and E. C Howell of Denver, secretary. Tho Magenau bridge, ono of tho oldest crossings on tho Elkhorn river, has been reopened to traffic, having been closed a year following the floods of last spring. Washington and Dadgo counties Joined In tho ex pense of erecting tho structure which costs $3,000. Though scarlet fever has not been entirely eradicated in Omaha, it has heon reduced to such an extent that Teferenco Is rarely made to the epl domic, wnicn tnreateneu to sweep tho city two months ago. The health authorities havo the situation under thorough control. No less than $20,000 will bo tho cost of producing the historical parade for Ak-Sar-Ben In Omaha this year, when, with fifty floats and twenty-flvo groups of soldiers, Indians, cowboys, trappers and scouts? tho history of Nobraska ror tno last auu years win be repre sented. Tho people of Glcnwood Park, Bur falo county, aro making an offort to secure a depot and station agent. The population of tho town is small, but it Is surrounded by a thickly settled farming community. It is on tho Union Pacific railroad. Twenty-two blocks of tho residence portion of Kearney, comprising ono paving district, will bo paved this spring. This makes approximately forty blocks of paving to ho contract ed for this spring. Manager William (Ducky) Holmes of the Lincoln Western League club announces tho purchase of Shortstop Stevenson from tho St. Louis Ameri cans. Stevenson was a member of tho Rochester, N. Y., club of tho Interna tlonal leaguo in 1915. Hastings democrats havo united on n. plan to secure tho stato party head quarters during tho approaching cam l aign. The control location and un excelled hotel and railroad focllltles are among tho advantages claimed for tho city. Alfred Fowler, son of Mr. and Mrs W. H. Fowler, of Fremont, Is a mem her of the winning Yale wrestling team that lias won tho Intercolleylato honors this year. Fowler is a senior. Tho First Methodist church of Fre inont has received forty-eight new member:, swelling tho membership to S95. This Is by far tho highest point the membership has over reached. At a meeting of tho Allen Commer cial club a movo wns started to se cure tho Burlington Railroad company to put the electric lights and city wn tor In the depot. Tho Hotel McCabe, recently com pleted and furnished at n cost of $55, 000 nt North Platto, Is now open to tho public. Tho hostelry has fifty guest rooms, twenty-eight of which are equipped with bath. It has evory modern convenience and is consider ed the best hotel In any town of North Platte's population throughout tho west. An extensive program has been mapped out for the twenty-third an nual meeting of tho southeastern Ne braska education association, which will bo held in Lincoln March 29, 30 and 31. Tho convention Is expected to bring between seven nnd eight hun dred teachers and superintendents to Lincoln for tho thrco days' session. A now clock has been donated by tho parlshoners of tho Sts. Peter and Puul church at Falls City. Tho clock has threo dials five feet In diameter placed on tho south, west and north sides of tho church tower and can bo seon from most any place In the city. It rings tho Angelus threo times dally nnd- strikes tho hours. Becnuso the bidder was unablo to guarantee the material, tho Hastings city council surrendered a certified check for $25,000 to a St. Joseph firm, which was declared the low bidder on eight paving districts for which brick had been specified. Contracts were awarded to another firm. Sixteen steers, ono carload, sold for a gross price of $2,405 at tho South Omaha mnrket a few days ago. Tho cattle wore sold to ono of tho pack ers for beef. Tho shipment enmo from John Rhudy of Pllger. Tho cat tlo sold for $9.25 per hundredweight. April 25 has been set as tho date of tho special election, at which timo the citizens of Kearney will bo given an opportunity to decide, via the bal lot, if they prefer to retain tho pres ent form of city government or to ac cept tho commissioner form. Fully Ilvo hundred school teachers aro expected to attend tho annual convention of tho East Central Ne braska Teachers association at Fro mont, April C. 7 and 8. Arrangements aro being mndo for an exceedingly strong program. President J. N. Clark of tho Has tings Chamber of Commerce declnrod before a meeting of one hundred busi ness men of tho city that twenty-nlno stato conventions were scheduled for Hastings this summer. Through the Commercial club an ef fort Is on to secure contracts with far mers in Adams county for furnishing tho milk of 1,500 cows to Insure tho success of a condensory soon to bo es tablished at Hastings. Tho Kearney Canning factory Is con tracting for its season's crop of raw material. An acreage of 150 of toma toes and GOO of sweet corn Is wanted. Last year's crop proved profitable to growers. In tho district debate on tho sub ject of preparedness betweon Mason nnd Ansley high schools tho Judges rendered a unanimous decision for tho affirmative, upheld by Ansley. Tho debate was hold at Ansley. All six members of the Nebraska delegation in the lower house of con gress voted in committee of tho whole against Representative Kahn's amend ment to increase the regular army to 220,000. The Fremont Farmers' Union Co operative creamery, erected during tho past winter, is now In operation. Tho creamory has a membership of farm ers from all parts of the state. Tho town of Seward has a Y. M. C. A. with its own building and It claims to bo tho smallest town in tho coun try with a paid Y. M. C. A. secretary. A year ago the "Y" membership whs A new Elks hall Is soon to bo con structed by the Grand Island lodge. The building will cost $40,000 and will be completely equipped for tho uso of tho members. Articles of incorporation of tho Beatrice country club havo been filed with the county clerk. Tho club Is In corporated with a capital stock of $20,000. A prairie fire which swept a largo territory In Lincoln county destroyed much hay, corn In cribs and farm Im plements. Ono farmer lost a valuable herd of hogs. Plans are being made at Alllanco for entertaining tho several hundred delegates expected to attend tho Ne braska T. P. A. convention April 28 and 29. Ravenna is being organized as a city of tho second class. J mayor and four councllmon will be elected in April. Bessie Peck, tho 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Peck, residing near Amherst, Is, dead as tho result of burns received whon, with other chil dren, sho was playing about a bonflro which had boon built to destroy rub bish. A shorthorn cattle sale held in Humboldt recently by Ruebcn and J. L. Hnrshbarger, consisting of eleven bulls and twenty-nino cows, averaged $211 per head for tho bulls and $180 for tho cows. The bull, Collynie Goods sold for $500. Columbus is In the throes of a re juvenation of Its band. It Is antici pated that forty or more will le on hand for tho summer season of con certs. A saxaphono quartet and a drum major aro features. A movement is on foot in Omaha, backed by tho Commercial club and other civic organizations, for tho es tablishment of a new Union depot In tho metropolis. A good roads meeting is to bo held at Tecumseh April 7. At that time prizes will bo awardod for tho beat roads maintained during tho year. EXPECTS Lfli HIT PERSHING THINKS THAT VILLA CHASE MAY TAKE MONTHS. HARD TO SURROUND OUTLAWS Mountain Passes and Trails Give Bandits Advantage. Troops Can Meet All Emengencles. Columbus, N. M. A speedy termi nation of the American expedition Into Moxlco Is not looked for by Gen eral J. J. Pershing, commanding tho forces In tho Hold, according to ad vices received hero. It was assorted that, following a staff conference, General Pershing announced that tho pcoplo of tho United States should not place too much confidence In reports that Fran cIbco Villa, tho factional leader, whoso command attacked this town several weeks ago, has been bal iled, either by tho American forces or by Mexican troops. Tho na turo of tho country In the, vicinity of Nanilqulpa where Villa is supposed to be, was pointed out, rendorB It dif ficult for any force to surround ef fectually a small band, In tho moun tain passes and trails offering a moans of escape. While It was understood that Gen eral Pershing does not attempt to predict tho length of time American troops may bo in Mexican territory, It wns intimated that tho period may extend into months. Othor reports also received front, unolllclnl sources indicated that with (deleted) troops in tho field, Ameri can military authorities believed a sufficient number of men of nil arms of the service have been concentrat ed at La Ascension, Casas Grandes, Colonla Dublan and other American field points to meet the exigencies of any emergency that may arise. Sev eral thousand negro Infantrymen and two squadrons of cavalry, who ar rived hero from Forts D. A. Russell, Wyo.; Leavenworth, Kan., nnd Sheri dan, Chicago, 111., during the last few days, aro to remain on station here, It was asserted. The cavalrymen will assist in the border patrol and tho infantry will garrison Columbus. Three Planes Brought Down. Berlin. Not loss than threo British hydro-aeroplanes, among them a fight ing ncroplane, were brought down by Germnn guns on nnd about tho Island of Sylt, during nn nlr raid on north ern Schleswlg, according to a German official communication. Tho crows were taken prisoners. Bombs dropped in tho district of Hoyer wnter gato did no damage, says tho statement. Says "Interests" Seek War. Washington. President Wilson haB issued warnings that "sinister and unscrupulous inlluences" are spread ing alarmist reports about tho Mexi can situation with tho object of forc ing Intervention by tho United States "in the Interest of certain American owners of Mexican properties." In a formel statement tho presi dent told tho people of tho United States to bo on their guard and not to credit such stories. Ho urged thoso who disseminate news to test tho source and authenticity of every re port from the border, and called at tention again to tho government's an nouncement that the solo object of tho punitive expedition now in Mex ico was to punish Villa and hiB fol lowers. Wlllard Retains Title. New York. Jess Wlllard success fully defended his tltlo as heavy weight champion of tho world horo In a ten-round bout with Moran, and but for tho fact that ho broko open a knuckle of his right hand, probably would havo knocked him out Tho challenger could not roach tho giant Wlllard with blows that bothorod him. The bout wont tho full ten rounds, but only Wlllard's Injured hand saved Moran from a knockout at several stages. Wlllard drew as his sharo about $55,100. Moran got $2G,750 and though beaten will probably ho moro popular than before. Six Burn to Death. San Antonio, Tex. Six persons lost tholr lives In tho burning of tho fashionable San Antonio Country club hero, five of tho victims being guests at tho club, which was the scene of sovoral week-end parties, bringing together a largo number of persons prominent In social and bu.u Iness circles of the southwest. Sunday Turns Down Dallas. Baltimore, Md. Tho possibility of a Sunday revival in Dallas, Texas Is extremely remote. Sunday said a few days ago that ho had tho city's invita tion' under consideration, but that his work for tho next two years Is prac tically cut out for him. Will Abandon Wireless. San Antonio, Tex. Wireless com munication between Columbus and General Pershing's army In Mexico is to bo abandoned ns soon as the insul ated wire telegraph Is established, WATER PROBLEM Tho punttivo expedition collected all wagons that might servo as water carriers and aro taking thorn with thorn across tho arid wastes and cactus-grown sands of Chlhunhua. Tho picture shows cavalry resting nt a stream. MACHINE-GUN R? A. ,. V.. ..V ' ' '' . ' ? Ciu-.iM. . ' "N lift . --.' .. ' V' . s --v MAN WHO SAVED MORMONS Danlol Hurst, son of Bishop Hurst of the Mormon church at El PaBO, who ran tho gantlet of tho Villa lines and arrived at El Paso from Car.as Grandes with tho news that 500 MormonB wero trapped by Villa. Colonol Dodd'B troops raado a forced march In record tlmo and rescued tho colony. STEEL TRENCH COVERS A SERIOUS OBSTACLE CAVALRY TROOP IN ' : 'VV'i.:.: THEY SMILED When Villa (loft) and Gonornl Villa had dofeatod Huorta In 1914. FRENCH FIRST-LINE This photograph shows an Intimate viow of a Fronch first-lino trench la tho Verdun region. This is ono of tho boat pictures taken during tho great Gorman offensive. It shows tho nature of tho country. FOR PERSHING MEXICO s.'; - i .-: ONCE TOGETHER Pershing (right) mot aftor Carrauza and TRENCH NEAR VERDUN - SI