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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1916)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. ft j NEBRASKA STATE NEWSf DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. May in East Central Nebraska High School track moot at Fremont. May 14 Proclaimed "Mothers Day" In Nebraska. May 1G to 18 State 0. A. It. Encamp. ment at Lexington. May 15-18 State Dental Society an- nual convention at Lincoln. May 17 Nebraska Hankers' conven- tlon, Group One, at Beatrice. May 23.24.2KHf.nl, TTnro nn.l Sad- dlo Makers' association meeting at W.OOO to Mr. llryan. If only a mat Columbus tcr o a fow tla's 11 wtl1 '"can about o, or ..-., , n ?2,000 a day, as I understand It," ono 7 ujrVA utviai uiuua v.uu wu nun ut vjwuwn, Juno 5 and 6 Pageant of Lincoln, presenting "The Gato City." Juno 5-G Spanish War Veterans' State Convention at North Platto. June 12 to 15 Trans-Misslsslppl Bak- ers' Ass'n convention at Omaha, Juno 13-14-15-Annual convention of Juno 13 to 16 State P. E. O. Conven' fion at AUIanco. Juno 13-14-15 Great Westorn Hand!- cap Tournament at Omaha. Juno 19-20-21-22 American Union of Swedish Singers, West. Dlv., con certs and convention at Omaha. Juno 20 to 24 State Stockmen's con vention at Alliance. Juno 21 to 23 Fraternal Order of Eagles, state meeting at Lincoln Y , ., I ILSx ""' ul iiuoillibO. 'It pays to advertise. Printers' ink is the best investment that can bo made." Adopting this as a motto, Rev. Robert White of the North Platto Presbyterian church has near- ly doubled his church attendance and has largely increased the contrlbu tlons to his church since he took up tho pastorate four months ago. " I Shortly after his U1I1VU1 III ilVJltll I , . , . , , , . ., , that never before had been heard of tin iorin i'laiio cuurcn circles, aim .seldom In tho state. On tho billboards around tho city began appearing strlk- . . . . I ing posters, seven by nine feet, in- -.rl fit - rnafilnnta in i r r1niToli I Whllo playing with a 38-calihre re- volver, Clarence Hall and Leonard- Unrris, ages 10 and 12. of Falls City, were both injured by a single acci- ,ieniai uiscnargo oi me weapon, inu n .v.u .,..v, then went through tho lleshy part of the Hnrris boy's hand and through in i mr Tsnnr vrt i nn i-inii'u inir uiri nri noiii ma legs wunoui BiriKiiiK a uuiie. Aieaicai attention waB suminoneu. layer, died a few minutes after being hit by a motorcyclo driven by police officer Steven Thrasher on ono of Omaha's busiest corners. Scores of pedestrians, who saw the accident, declared Thrasher was running at a high rate of speed, some placing the peeu as mgii us any mnea uu inmi. Because paving assessments will 'soon bo mado against the property, tho Burlington railroad lias offered tor sale tho State leaguo baseball park at Hastings and given notice to tho local association to remove its equip- tment in thirty days. A movement Is under way to buy the park and keep it as n public playground. Hugh Atkinson, of Lincoln, is tho best Judge of horse flesh among the .sophomore animal husbandry students of Iowa State college. He proved it hv cominc out hiEh man in the con- test at Ames for tho Wayne Dlnsmoro horse Judging medal. Dlnsmore is un Ames graduate, now secretary of tho Percheron Society of America. ProoLinnt wiiRnn lmn RPlonfpd j. It. Cooper to be postmaster at Hoi- ,jreg0 m. ' r. 7 1 UU iJaiiJCl VUUllilUl Ulttt UlUU 1IUJU' hers attended a session of tho He bron club recently and conferred re garding an east and west auto road. It was decided to start a movement for a road to extend through the southern tier of Nebraska counties and to bo known as "Tho County Seat Highway." The North Platte Chamber of Com merce ls maklnc things hum. In a j . i i ,nfi uvu uu, uiciuuu.m.u, v.w.u... business and professional men Joined tho association, giving $4,391, and It 1s hoped to run tho membership up to IfJOO and havo the budget of $7,000. Final arrangements for tho meet- Ing of tho Trans-Mlsslssippi Master waiters- association, which win oc held in Omaha, June 12 to 15, 1910, inavo noen compieieu. inis organi jzatlon Is mado up of bakers of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. A lively wrestling match was neld nt Ord recently In which Keown of Scotia threw Kinney or bpnming in twenty-ono minutes. Kinney got tho second fall In ono hour and twonty - ono minutes. It was tho best match ever seen In Ord. Work has been resumed on Fourth street paving at Fremont. This marks tho resumption of extensive paving operations which were abandoned when cool weather set In last winter, A shipment of hogs sent to tho South Omaha market by August Per son of Bortrand, Just recently, sold for $9.C5 per hundredweight Another advanco on farm, iinple- -meqts, due to scarcity ot steel, has "boon ordered, according to informa- tion coming to several Implement dealers in this territory. Figures mado out In the Omaha Clearing Hfniso association's offices Indicate that Omaha bank clearings this year will pass the billion-dollar mark, tho first tlmo In the history of the clly. With tho clearings for tho week tending April 20 at 120,797,711.47, a gain of $11,085,012.07 over tho corre sponding week u year ngo, It devel oped that tho April clearings probably will total $92,000,000, and bring tho total for tho first four months of the yoar to $300,000,000. Attendance at tho democratic na- tloiml convention In St. Louis will mcnu something to W. J. Bryan. It was stated at Lincoln recently by some of his friends that ho had sign ed a contract to "cover" tho gathering for a newspaper syndicate. "If tho convention lasts a week It will mean of MnUwin'. close friends said Exalted Ruler Harwood, Secretary Miner, Charles Reese for Omaha lodge, and C. D. Beaton, chairman, Gould Dletz, E. Buckingham, G P. West, C. E. Black, P. W. Judson an,d K R Bra, fQr Uj0 8tat(J aBBOdlltOI, havo secured financing nnd havo out- d oxtenslve program for tho Nebraska Elks' fourth annual meeting and first annual reunion at Omaha June 12-14. Tho 15-ycar-old son of A. L. Hodge, living northwest of Crawford, was badly injured at tho Hodge ranch, near Glen, when a piece of clieeso which he had picked up at tho dinner tnuie, exploded, lacerating tnroe nn- gers and destroying his left eye. It is thought a nitroglycerin bomb had honn nnnrnnlml In tho cneese, uy ... ...w ' - I whom and, for what purpose, no ono kllOWS. Nebraska railroads In conjunction wl.th1th? ?lV,"rtZ' haV ,n 11 """Y, J "C haE ' ,een designated as an "ant - rack "7"; l"c educate people to keep on tho public n. ., , V , ui wuikuik i iiiiiioau uuwi Whllo lighting a lire with kerosene a few days ago at his home near Hy- nMlM On Vnttnnlf Wta Q l T1 J" 1 1 Q 1 V , - . , . i ,,,1 He ran 100 feet and Jumped into a . . " . TI ' , . limit UL Wilim. in: tucn nuuuiuu . , , , .. . , TI hor8, a(1 r,d fl,V "f8,?0 TZ l,i ,was ,,",;ned ,abou! M.ia,.f.S ,ua' "lUBt Ul ",D v"ul"CD for . buildlnc of a new home for the Sunnysllle homo for old ... nt j.onnno and an addition to Ml .nrU ,.ntnl S70.ooo. Work on both proJect8 ls t0 UCBln at once. . . w . . Kearney landed the state juetter Carrlors. convention for 1917 at tho rocent mectlng of the a880clatlon at Qran(j island m.ii .n stnika itphiv Ernstmever. a young Hamilton county farnicrTVaiT the victim oftfTunaway toam Tne team pulling tho rake ,Pnth hnnntna unmnnaueable. drag- iI1(r t,veMj an( driver through a barDe(1 wir0 fence. . When found, F..nstmpver was unconscious, with many cuta nbout the j,eail and two fracturet, 0f ns icgB, Convict labor probably will be used upon the Savannah-Seattle highway, which was established last weeic ny the George Washington National Highway association, organized in Omaha recently by delegates from cities all the way from Seattle, Wash to Savannah, Ga. The "Win One" campaign, started by fifty-two of the fifty-seven churches I. . . . ... .. ' u.i .. in Omaha last iNovcmner, resuuuu m 2,710 additions to the churches, ac- cording to reports now in. i no cam- Daign ended Easter. The goal set was 3,000 new members. A hog which weighed one thousand pounds and was six feet In length, brought ?78.20 on the boutn umana stock market Just recently. Tho Porker was shipped In by M. Bene- (HCt OI IIOSKIIIS. Citizens of Kearney engaged In a special election a few days ago and turned down the proposed contract of tho local power company to pump tho city wnter by a vote of 3 to 1, and also adopted a commission form ot govern ment. Four school districts of Rlverdalo plan to unite and establish a rural high school. This will be the first township In Buffalo county to take up the project MothniUut. nlinrnh at Ponca has been dedicated. The build ing is of brick. 40x60, with a full base ment A street preacher from Sioux Falls, S. D., was "egged" In the main street afc Morso Dluff ft few nlgllts aB0 Th0 ppeacneP was delivering a tirade wh,ch ,s BUp,1OTed to have reflected seriously on certain local conditions, when ho was attacked. Fourteen men have been signed by tho North Platte Baseball association for ti,jR year am will report for duty jiay iq. North Plntte will havo one of thB fastest teams In tho state again 1 tliln vear and aKain expects to be a contender for tho semi-professional championship of Nebraska. For tho second time in eighteen yPars Columbus was selected for tho meeting place of Group 2. Nebraska Hankers' association at tho recent business session In Fremont. Tho mectlng will be held somo tlmo In May. Material for tho reconstruction of tho million dollar Union Pacific bridge over tho Missouri river between Omaha and Council Bluffs ls arriving daily. The steel will start coming early In June. Men are now at work putting in the false work. E 10 BE OBSERVED CHURCHES THROUGHOUT COUN. TRY BEHIND MOVEMENT. SUNDAY, MAY 21ST, SELECTED Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Designate Week of May 15-20 to Further the Cause. May 21st is to bo observed by hun areds of churches throughout tho United States as Humane Sunday. At this tlmo clergymen nro being urged to preach sermons on tho BUbJect ot kindness, particularly as It concerns children and animals. Tho movement is under tho direction of The Ameri can Humane Association of Albany, N. Y.. which Is Drenarod to send out u ianro amount of lUnrntnrn ilnnHne with this subject A moBt vnluablo leaflet has been nronared for clcnty mon which may bo had on requost Tho week of Mav 15-20. inclusive. -will bo known aB Bo Kind to Animals Week by Societies for tho Prevention 0f Cruolty to Animals. During this week every effort will bo made to om phaslzo tho economic and moral valuo 0f treating animalB humanely. Boy Scouts and Camn FIro nirln nro ra. kj V. VJ H LiJ uuu XUUIU 1- operating to make the movement KUOnnaa Wnfl; lmp.ii nnmiln. m0n doc shows. Illustrated lecturoa and tho distribution of humane liter luro,are a 10W 01 11,0 s',ecuu nmns ltt,a out by tho local societies. mo anu-cruouy movoment is mnic inK very rapid uroKtess throughout u.o unuc.i states mere are now nnu-crueiiy Bocieues. u Blight gain 0ver last year. These organizations handled cases involving 212,215 chil dren and 2,304,721 animals during 1915. Negro Town a Success. Birmingham, Ala. After several years' struggle against heavy odda, including local' unsympathetic senti ment and gloomy predictions of fall. uro by white people ot neighboring towns, Hobson City, tho only munici pality in tho United States with ono exception which is wholly populated nnd conducted by negroes, has won its battlo by demonstrating that it is a pronounced success. When tho plan to found an exclu sively negro town in tho south was proposed, scarcely any white peoplo in the Annistou district, where it is located, dreamed it would work out. But the negroes were not discouraged and went ahead. Now Hobson City is firmly established as a progressive town and governs itself successfully both in a financial way und in law enforcement and observance. Back In 1900 this exclusively negro town was started by a band of negroes who obtnlned a charter and incorporated. Tho population shows a gain of 150 per cent. No man with out employment is allowed to stay In the town. Either u Job is found for him or he Is required to move away. The town has four churches with a combined membership of 700, a good public school with 2C0 pupils, a dozen progressive stores, water works, elec tric lights, police and sanitary depart ments, a well built jail and a govern ing board elected every- two years. It is tho only town in tho state that is out of debt and has money in tho treasury. More than half tho citizens own their own homes. Somo of Its residents produce within a stono'a throw of tho town limits from $800 to $1,500 worth of cotton and other farm products, besides largo quantities of vegetables and fruits. Hobson City's governing bonrd con sists of seven councilmen, a mayor nnd four other municipal officers, in eluding a chief of pollco. Every rest dent of tho town Is n negro. Closes Baltimore Campaign. Baltimore, Md. Tho eight weckB1 revival conducted by tho Rev. Billy Sunday camo to a closo Easter Sun day In u magnificent manner. And Baltimore, that great last day, saw 90,000 peoplo at tho five services. Theso 90,000 brought Baltimore's to tal for tho great campaign up to nearly a million and a half people who heard the ovangellst From the million and a half people thero came more than 23,000 trail hitters, 1,843 of them on the last day, 944 of them at the last service. Bal timore's committco believes that the free will offering to Mr. Sunday will show na large a figure as did Phil ndelphla. Philadelphia's was $51,000 "Homo Run" Baker- and six othei New York American league club ball players hit the trail. Many Sheep Killed. Grand Junction, Colo Thirteen hun dred sheep were shot by raiders near tho Mesa-Delta county line, according to reports reaching hero. Tho sheep belonged to R. E. Baker, who Is said to havo nad frequent clashes with cat tlemen over the use ot tho range. Orders Inspection of Ships. Vnllejo, Cnl. OrdorB havo been re celved at tho Maro Island navy yard dircctinc an Insnection nnd nurvnv nt all privately owned vessels In this ills. trict that might bo avallablo In war, 1 SUNDAY MILITIA GUARDS PLANT FROM STRIKERS Militia of tho Now York National Guard crossing n bridge at Hastlnga-on-Hudsou to enter and guard tho plant of tho National Conduit and Cablo company, bocauso of tho fight between tho strikers, tormor employees at tho plant, and tho directors, who refuso to advanco tho wages of the mon. PARRAL, WHERE View of Parral, tho city Into which then treacherously attacked by tlj,o garrison and citizens. Proparedness seems to bo getting a good start in San Francisco, Judging Polytechnic high school at drill in Golden Gato park. Tho boys aro fully JaraeB R. Watson. CARRANZA ARCH Triumphal urch erected in front ,n Mexico fty, In honor of tho visit me balcony roaa: iiomago to tuo MEXICANS ATTACKED the American troops under Major Tompkins woro Invited by Carranzlstas nud PREPAREDNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO IN MEXICO CITY Igg Rgy v t of tho war collogo on tho principal plazu of Gonoral Carranza. Tho Inscription on inrst unioi. U. S. TROOPS by this photograph of tho cadets of tho equipped nnd nro trained dally by MaJ. COUNTESS SOMA SIK0RSKA CountoBS Sonla Slkorska ot Warsaw, a young and beautiful widow and tho daughter of tho prosont govornor of Klolce, landed lu Sau Francisco tho other day. Though tho Germans knot her ancestral castlo to pieces, rho savod a wonderful collection of family J Jowols. 4
