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Semi-Weeklv Tribune
UtA L. BAKE, Editor and rnbllglicr.
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Entered at North Platte, Nebraska,
Postofllco as Second Class Matter.
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1010.
WHO'S WHO.
K. S. Davis.
' No man ita bettor, known In Lincoln
county thun E. S, DavlH, "who la a can
dldatc for the republican nomination
for county treasurer. Mr. Davis filled
the position for four years, and made a
record that was certainly enviable.
He inaugurated a number of changes
in the office that redounded to the In
terests of the tax-payers, and bo con
ducted the affairs of the office as to
gain the good will of all. Mr. Davl3
has tho nblllty, Is courteous and obllg-.
lng and has many friends who will
strongly support him.
Cyrus Russell.
Cyrus Russell, who seeks tho demo
cratic nomination for sheriff, has boon
a resident of Lincoln county for about
fifteen years. Ho came to the county
nnd as a farmer located south of tl.e
river. Later ho came to North Platte
and worked as a blacksmith, a trado
ho had mastered, nnd later opened a
shop which lie has since conducted.
Cyrus te a resolute, actlvo man, with
a heart corresponding in size to his
stature, popular among all classceH of
our pcoplo and a good mixer. For the
past year or two ho has been chief of
tho North Platto fire department and
Iuib well filled tho position.
Oco.N. Olbbs ,
Geo. N. Qlbbs, the present county at
torney, socks a ro-nomlnatlon from tho
democratic party, and will dd doubt
mako a strong race against his com
petitor, .Tudgo Grant. During his in
cumbency of tho offlco Mr. Qlbbs hns
had many state cases, and "in all fair
n ess t must be said that lie has been
very successful In theso prosecutions,
and through his efforts In securing ev
idence nnd conducting cases, quite a
largo number have been convicted anil
several aro sorving HcntoiicotfM.h the
penitentiary. Tho niostjiotablo con
viction secured was that of Roy Rot
crts, charged with tho murdor of Con-
FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS
Prepare for the Drouth
Close Saturday, April 29, at 8 P. M.
J
nctt. Mr. Qlbbs Is rated high as an at
torney, Is industrious in Ills work, and
Is as honest as the day Is long.
Goo. K, Prosser.
Georgo E. Prossor, clerk of the dis
trict court, seeks tho republican nom
ination for that office, and as he has no
opposition within his party ho will be
tho republican candidate at the Novem
ber olectlon Mr. Prosscr has lived In
Lincoln county for Uwonty-flvo or more
years, first locating on a farm In Plant
precinct. Lator he came to North
Platte and for several years was cm
ployed In mercantllo houses. He lire
been clerk of tho court for a number
of years, and tho .records of the offlco
aro ovldcnco of Ills ability ns a thor
ough clerk and accountant, and tho
carefulness with which he transncts
the business. His years of experience
In the offlco hns given him a good
legal training, which Is necessary in
performing tho duties of tho offlco in
the best manner. We bellovo tho vo
ters of Lincoln county aro well satis
fied with Mr. Pgosscr's conduct of the
offlco nnd will re-elect him by a big
majority.
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STO K K K It Yl TH Ml A WS
W. F. Stoecker, of Omaha, candidate
for the democratic nomination for gov
ernor, withdrew from the race last
week, leaving Keith Neville and Prince
Charley Hryan as tho contestants.
This simplifies the contesti nnd as
the withdrawal of Stoecker means
more votes for Neville than It does for
Bryan, It looks very bright for tho
North Platto man..
Tho Novlllo headquarters In this
city havo been receiving very oncour
aglng reports of tho campaign during
the past weok, and Colonel Richmond
Is confident of tho success of Mr. Ne
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LUTHERAN ANNOUNCEMENTS.
If tho schools opon this week the
Confirmation service will bo held next
Sunday morning nnd the class will
meet on Wednesday after school for
further preparation.
Tho Midland College Concert Co,
which gave a concert hero last year
will be hero again during May and
give rtnothor entertainment at the
Keith undor tho auspices of the Luth
eran GlrlB' club.
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Furnlshed rooms for housekeeping
Inquire at 414 west Third .street, tf
Vaeorgo Hurlon left nt nbon yestor-,
day for (infextendcdtstay In Kansas
City-. ' v
Will sell in any quantity desired
entire stock of Fine Whiskies,
Gins, Wines, Cordials, Cigars, etc,
at cost or less. This is your
chance to lay in a supply of old
Port Sherry and Brandy for
family use. All standard brands
and quality guaranteed as represented.
C. DEN
200 FRONT STREET.
ANNUAL BANQUET OF V.
OP 0. THURSDAY EVENIXtt.
Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock, a1
tho Presbyterian church basoment the
buslnoss men of tho city, the farmers
around North Platte and business men
from othor towns In Lincoln county
will meet at a supper to be prepared
by tho ladles of the Presbyterton
church b;v discuss tho business of the
association for the coming year.
Tho present secretary will presiit
an annual report fn detail and give a
talk on the future work of the associa
tion. The sccretnry of tho Alliance
Commercial Club will glvo a talk on
hdw they do things In Alliance, and wo
oxpoct to have other outside speakers.
There will also be the election of throe
new directors for the oiiHUlng year and
other Important business to bo dis
cussed. Tho secretary will begin selling
tickets for this In a few days and
wants to sell at least 200 tickets, so
that evory one interested In the wel
fare of tho ctly will be there.
Tho supper will bo BO cents per plate,
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Ralph Hansen has accepted a posi
tion at tho Barkalow stand In the
Union ' depot.
Ruth Richmond, of Omaha, who vis
ited her father Henry Richmond hint
week and was entertained at the
Neville homo left yesterday afternoon.
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NEBRASKA FIRST
An Economical, Progressive and Buslnoss Liko
Administration
C. J. MILES
Republican CamFfete for Governor
' l'rliniirlm Aurll 11. lUl'tl
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
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Eastor Sale and supper at Episcopal
church basement Tuesday. April 25.
Russoll Sawyor resigned his posi
tion at tho Barkalow news stand Sat
urday evening.
U. 11. IJakor returned Sunday even
ing from Denver where he spent a
week on business.
A number of flno registered Here
ford bulls for sale. E. 13. McConnell,
Sutherland. 23-4x
Miss Gertrude Herrcl, of Columbus,
who visited relatives and friends here,
loft Sunday evening.
Dr. Morrill, Dentist, McDonald Dank
Building.
Miss Vlasta Vosoipka has returned
from Kearney whore she visited her
$sltcr for several days.
Joseph Cole, of Hastings, was the
guest of his uncle, J. J. Gcttman, and
Mrs. Gcttman over Sunday.
H. & M. spread more, cover better
and last longer.
NYAL DRUG STORE.
A new assortment f Suits and
Coats Just nrrived.
E..T.. TRAMP & SON'S.
Mrs. C. L Emmons of Laramie, who
visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Drown
last week, left yesterday morning.
Ladies, buy your Euster garments at
Block's Anniversary Sale nml save
twenty per cent.
Mrs. M. C. Hayes and daughter Anna
havo returned from a short visit in
Grand Island with Mrs. Thomas Gor-
hani.
Mrs. Glen Furgeson left yesterday
morning for Sterling to visit her sis
ter, Mrs. Harry Lantz, for a iweek or
more.
Miss Leilah Scott, of Lexington,' who
was the guest of Miss Marie Crook
last week, left for homo Sunday ev
ening.
Mrs. Frank Cox, of Sutherland, who
had been taking treatment at a local
hospital, returned home Saturday ev
ening. Miss Ruth Streitz, who has been
teaching In Lincoln, spent part of last
week with her parents, and. left Sun
day evening.
Miss Eunice' Babbitt returned to
Lincoln Sunday to resume her duties
as teacher, after a week's, visit with
her parents.
City Property to Trado for Farm
Land. Address postoffice box 617. tf
Engineer Philip Egan, who had been
taking treatment at an Omaha hos
pital for several weeks, returned Sun
day evening.
Mrs. E. B. Brown of Schuyler, came
Sunday evening to visit her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGuirq for a
couple of weeks.
Glen Hugh Tedron, of Lakevlow,
Wyo., and Miss Mllllo Brown, of Hcr
shoy, wero united' in marriage Fri
day afternoon by County Judge French.
Tho couple iwas accompanied by Miss
Fern Tedron of Lakovlew and Earl
Brown of Ilershey
Judge J. S. Hoagland received word
Friday of the illness of his mother,
Mrs. Sarah L. Hoagland, at Lincoln.
Mrs. Hoagland. who Is in her ninety-
third year, fell recently breaking her
hip. A fracture of this kind together
with tho Infirmities of old age make
chances for recover slight.
The ladles auxiliary of the B. of
R. T. entertained a number of the
Grand Island Auxiliary Friday. j
kenslngton was first hold at the K. I
hall and arrangements made to send
delegates to the convention at Detroit
during tho summer. A luncheon was
served at the Gem where tho tables
wore decorated with red carnations
and thirty-two wore served. Among
the gousts wore Mesdames Miller,
Clark, Spankenburg, Doyle. Nelson
Cover, Lannln, Kelly, Balloy of Grand
Island and Mrs. Philip Font of Coun
ell Bluffs. The visitors wero nlso enter
talned at tho homes of the local orde
r.
GOOD CAUSE FOR ALARM
These Figures Will Make North Platto
People Take Notice.
Deaths from lcldnoy discaso havo in
creased 72 por cent ln twenty years.
Pooplo overdo nowadays In so manv
ways that tho constant filtering of
poisoneu uioou weaKons tho kldnoys.
Bowaro of fatal Bright's dlseaso. Whon
backachq or urinary' ills suggest weak
kldnoys, uso Doan's Kidney Pills, live
carofully, tako things easy and avoid
heavy eating. Doan'a Kidney Pills
command confidence, for no other kid
noy remedy is so widoly used and so
gonorally successful. Homo ondorse
mont is tho best proof of merit. Read
this North Platto resident's story:
Georgo W. Weinberger, 109 West
Ninth Btreet., North Platte, says:
Somo years ago I becamo afflicted
with klijpoy troublo and suffered with
agonizing pains through my back.
I gradually grow worse, becamo stiff
nnd lanio and on account of loBlng my
rest at night, was all run down. My
Kidneys did not do their work proper
ly. After I had taken six boxes of
Doan's Kldnoy Pills, I vns cured."
Prlco 50o at all dealors. Don't slm-
j ply ask for a lcldnoy remedy got
I Doan's Kidney Pills tho samo that
Mr. Wetuborger had. Fostor-Mllburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, New York.
Harry Stevens, of Maxwell, spent the
weok end hero on business.
Dale Fleming has accepted a posi
tion in the Kauffmnnn & Wornet store.
For Farm Loans seo or wrlto Gene
Crook, room 3, Waltemath building,
North Platte. 41tf
Mrs. A. W. Brown, who has been
very 111 for some time, is improving
rapidly.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Sandall are
tho parents of a baby boy born Friday
evening.
For Sale 2 acres, 7 room house,
good out buildings, situated on Lin
coln highway within city limits. This
Is a bargain. Inquire of I L. Mllton
berger. 24-2
WALTER A. GEORGE, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
Walter A. Georgo has been abundant
ly tried In the service of tho city, coun
ty nnd state, having served as mayor
of Broken Bow, treasurer of Custer
county two terms, and state treasurer I
of Nebraska fewr years, and his 'record
as a public servant Is, proof of his be-
lief that "public office is a public! to enforce tho liquor law and do evcry
trust." His recor.d In the offico oft tbinj: that you can do as an attorney
state treasurer affords sufficient evi-!to 8(30 tliat tll0rc ia 110 Hquor sold in
denco of his fitness for'-fhoioffice ofr?rol0" Bow nnd to prosecute rcgnrd-
, . .,, , h. .'JJs. , , lesa of person or cxpenso and if the
goenuir and of his abilities a3.an ad-! eity jot tll0 rmonloy with which to
miniatrative officer. He stands fori prosecute come to. tho bank and get
efficient and economical admlnlstra-j whatever ib needed." Prior to his
tlon. He has declined to permit him- administration Broken. Bow was visit
self to be coupled as a partisan either! ed hi' what 1 cnl1 whiskey peddlers,
for or against tho prohibition amend-
mr-r,T '," is ? "T7 ""H
of undor the initiative and referendum!
law and not a political question, but!
In due time will if nominated stand'up
on the platform of his party to bo
adopted
ed on the last Thursday In July,
i.i . i .1
olnts to his record as mayor in
He pol
Hia pnfnrcimnnt rP ,1r llrnmi lo.i.u !
.
and disclaims any charge that ho Is a'
candidate of the "wet" Interests'
With a statewide acquaintance and rep-!
utatlon, ho Is especially well known in1-!0 lclon that they would quit visit
Centra, Nebraska', as a ros.dont of Buf-i l"g ZFL? l
fal
lo and Custer counties from 1871. to
o present time, his people being
th
membors of the original "homestead! if the enso was appealed and his in
colony" which located at Gibbon in: structions to mo wero, " It makes no
1871, difference what tho costs may bo I
i wiill pay it out of my own pocket, if
AN INTERESTING LETTER
.From tho Argus of Rod Cloud
T.. 11 - -I .
In these, days when wo aro f roquont.,
ly told that laws cannot bo enforcod.
it is rather refreshing to read of an!
oxamplo where n public officer has dot-i
ermined to seo that they aro obeyed'
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regiiruiess or consequence, nnd as a
result has succccdod. If wo may ac
inuy ac-
copt.tho statements mado in a letter
puiuisiicii in aunday's Stato Journal,
Walter A. George, formorly of Broken
Bow,: is a man of that type. Tho letter
10I10WS
BROKEN BOW: Nob.. Fob. 4. -To
the Editor of tho Stato Journal: Ij lKluor 1w confined to tho city of Brok
havo your lottor of tho 21st por-, 011 15nv. but used mo as his attor
taining to tho record of Walter A.' noV 10 Bot liquor that was shipped into
Georgo on tho prohibition rMiestion. . tM0 t(nvn of Borwyn and also Oconto
You say in your lotter that you a"'1 Ansley and somo other places
understand that ho took a position on! within the county, and ho did this dur
tho enforcement of tho law whon ho n11 tn. tV". tMftt 1,0 served as jnay
was jnayor of Broken Bow that may or nn'l lis r'gid onforcomont and tiro
bo of sorvlco to tho pooplo of tho' Ioss prosecutions during his first term
stato in deciding whothor ho is propor
mntoriai tor governor, lour under
standing is correct. I havo known Mr.
Georgo for twenty-six years and twenty
years of that timo has boon of tho
most intimate sort Of aenunintnnro
nnd n great portion of tho timo is such
I an noquaintano as grows out of tho
rein t Inn of clionjr nnd attorney: in
1900 Mr. Georgo was cloeted mayor of
this city, ho served ns mayor tliroo
consocutivo terms, during ench of tho
terms i was ids city attornoy.
At tho mass cqnvontion hold in tho
spring of 1000, and at which Mr.
Georgo was nomlnntcd ,tho convention
determined tlmt no liconso should issuo.
Mr. Georgo at that timo declared that Jio
would submit t the will of the people'
'as expressed ih the convmtion and1
Fred Thompson spent tho week end
visiting his son Hllmer Thompson in
Chnppcll.
Clyde Trottor returned Saturday
morning from a bulsnoss visit In east
ern cities.
Percy O'Brien returned the last ot
the week from Omaha, whoro he was
the guest of his mothor.
Phone 8 for drugs. Open from 7 a. m.
to 12 p. m.
NYAL DRUG STORE.
Ray McCann left tho latter part of
last week for Kearney where he ex
pects to spend a week or ten days.
Attorney Win. Shuman, who had
been transacting business In Lincoln
and Omaha the past week, 'returned
home Saturday oYcnlng.
that he would enforce the law and
carry out to tho best of his ability
tlio wish of-the pooplo; ho was elected
on that issuo and among his other ap-
Pents ho appointed myself as city
mo wn'8f quoting hia own worda a3
nearly aa I can. "Gadd. 1 want vou
' V 1 "ito
-Xir sithsl? ssjtss
this liquor wo confiscated under his
instructions, and in order to got at the
whiskoy, peddlers and solicitors, at
Mr. ucorges request. I drafted tho
"""iinnco a copy of which I heroin
"and to; this ordmanco is tho first
of it kin(J Ju th,8 fitato nd ,t conflict.
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WU1, Wnat is termed interstate com-
mcrco, wo know that, but wo wont on
tho theory that wo would prosecute,
nn,l !t would cost the pcddlora so much
Ilinttor to Mr. Georgo and told him
that the city would bo held for costs
rnis sort ot proceeding will got rid
of the nuisanco." By this manner
of proceeding his administration suc-
' ill L IIIILT IIU UL VIIU IJUUS.U Hull-
jK ; 1?roken ow.
, . - .. , ,,
ln 1,10 ,ld8t of '"a work Mr George
a" mP'r r0J th. "tw from his
80 1,1 h?. Psence
ilppnnsrt flirt nuinni. nan.l
y : v , , ."" , "iuul ""u
he niado tho remark atltho timo: "No.
. . . . : . . "
i "T . sorv?, 111 .'"y administration
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Mr. Gcortro not nnlw niifni.nn.i i.n
liquor law, but all other laws sind
did it impartiallyand courageously and
,,ot ouly was the enforcement of tho
as mayor removed the pest of whiskoy
solititors in Broken Bow.
Under tho promiso that Mr. Cfcorgo
ha8 mado that ho will enforce tho law,
bo that whatovor it may bo, if olocted
to tho office of governor of tho stato,
there is no question in tho world but
that ho will bo otiq of the most vigorous
officials tlmt this stato over had. Ho
is absolutely without fear of consequ
enco when ho is acting in official cap
acity and will carry out the law to
tho lottor as noarly as ho can, whether
tho law meets with his individual op
inion or not. '
If this letter convoya to you what
yon desire I shall bo vory glad, indeed,
IT inn. T tii I
into ZXls gjg
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