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1.4 Jlortlt 0ktk 3mWiMi Mvxhmxt THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., MAY 30, 1916. No. 39 (Etc r CITY AND COUNTY NEWS. Mrs. Will Hcndy will entertain the P. E. O. at hor home tomorrow after noon. Mrs. Nels Rasmussen and children left this morning for Chappell to spend a few days. Tho Ellto club will bo cntortalned by Mrs. Theodore Sandall tomorrow afternoon. C. M. Trotter left last night for Oma ha to arrange for the shipment ot a number o autos. Mrs. John Monlck, Of Fremont, cam yesterday to visit her mother, Mrs. Charles Llcrk, Sr. Mrs. B. F. Fletcher and sister Mlf.e Ada UouCWell will leave this week for Topeka, Kansas to visit relatives. Fancy Oraiigo Cane Seed, Siberian and Hog Millet. II. L. l'ENXIXGTOX, GOO cast Front street, rhono 99. The Trottor Agency reports the sale of Stuxlobakor sixes to John Pennnr of Gandy and to Albort Muldoon of this city. Mrs. E. M. Hogg and daughter re turned to Paxton Saturday morning after visiting her mother Mrs. Eliza beth Cralgle. A. O. Sumption, auditor for the U. P., spent the latter part of last week bore auditing tho books of the offices. Freeman. Hansen left Friday even ing for Omaha to accept a position in the checking department of the Union Pacific. Trainmaster Adams returned Satur day mornng from Omaha where he spent several days on business con nected with his office. L. W. Gibson, formerly a brakeman in this city, returned yesterday from an extended visit in California and may accept a position in one of the local barber shops. Mr. and Mrs. Albort Muldoon went to Omaha last night where they will visit a few days and then drive home in a new Studebaker six which Mr. Mul doon has purchased. The high school cadets" returned yesterday from their encampment" at Gothenburg. The boys report a goad time, though some think the meals served Tvero not like those which tooth er places before them. Mrs. L. P. Jensen and daughter Ruth will leave shortly for Omaha to again make thoir home. Mrs. Jensen's health has not been tho bent since coming to North Platte and this is one of tho reasons for the return to' Oma ha. C. L. Patterson came up from Oma ha this morning to spend Memorial Day- No matter whore located, Mr. Patterson comes to North Platte each Memorial Day to place Jlowers upon tho last resting place of his father and mother. Architect Parsons, of Omaha, Ib ex pected here this week with plans for remodeling tho Methodist church. These plans will be submitted to the trustees and if adopted, the specifica tions will be drawn and bids asked for tho work. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Halligan are ex pected home within tho next week from Rochester, Minn. They , went there several weeks ago to havo the Mayo brothers operato upon Mrs. Halligan for stomach trouble, and from this she is rapidly and fully recovering. At tho meeting of the domestic sci ence department of the Presbyterian church this week Mrs. Beyerle gave a demonstration of cake making and Mrs. Richards talked on "Life in the Home." Misses Esther Kelly and Adcle LeDioyt were given highest marks In doughnut making. Misses Fayo Elder, Edna Ritncr and Mabel McFarland were on the serving com mittee. Mrs. M. E. Watts will dem onstrate strawberry short cake at tho next meeting on Monday evening and Mrs. C. F. Iddlngs will talk on dinner service. t.t Al 1 :,: :.: it it :.t :,: ;.: :.t it it . it it tt i.t if i.t t.t i.t i.t if if Have written Hail Insurance for pas and always paid losses 100 cents on CHAIILKV JOHNSTON VICTIM OF CUTTING AFFUAY As the. result of ill fooling which had existed for sotno timo, Chaney Johnston and Leo Fountain became Involved in an altercation last even ing with the result that Johnston re ceived a knife wound several inches long on his right check. Tho knife did not penetrate through tho cheek, but it severed a main artery and thoro was a heavy loss of blood before the flow was stopped by Dr. Wurtele. Tho troublo occurred In front of tho First National bank, and attracted a large crowd. There are various stories told of tho incidents which led to the trouble, the friends of each claiming that one or the other was In the wrong. Fountain was arrested and tnken to jail. Ho Is employed as brakeman by tho Union Pacific and formerly was a waiter at tho Vienna Cafe. Johnston's wound, whllo.a bad one, la not likely to cause him any serious trouble. ::o:: Dig Crowd at JlcPherson. It is expected that tho crowd at the McPherson National Cemetery today will bo unusually large. Tho day opens fine, and tho North Platte con tingent who expect to go will be at least fifty cars. With the Increasing number of autos In the country thoro Is an Increasing attendance at tho na tional cemetery, people residing with in a distance of thirty or forty miles making tho trip to this delightful place to witness Memorial Day exercises. A splendid program has been prepared for today. ; ::n:: 3IcmorInl Day Servlco Practically all business houses are closed today, as aro also the county c.'flces and tho Union Pacific shops. Tho poatofflqe was opened from eight to ten. From flag Btaffs Old Glory is floating, and Memorial Day will be given that observance so rightly duo. This forenoon tho program calls for a procession to the cemetery, wheio the graves o'f departed soldiers will be decorated and .G. A. R. service held over the' last resting place of Major Walker, the last old comrade to pass 0 way. This aftdrnoon at 2:30 .services will be hold at tho Keith,, Gt;b. N. Gibbs to matte the principal address., Edwaid Thompson will read Lincoln's GqUys imrg address, Beatrice W&rd will sin, Hazol Simpson will give a reading aun a male quartette will give two1 selec tions. The invocation will be made Toy Dean Bowker and the benediction pro-nb-ufced by Rev. Harman. ::o: :- Flnno Instruction. During tho summer months Ida Ot tensteln will havo a special class" for beginners, also a class in musical hij-' tory tor more advanced pupils. ::o:: ( Mra. Will Hupfer returned today from Omuha whore she spent a week; Misses Florenco and Georgina Mc Kay went to Sutheland this imornlng to visit friends. Moe Sundhcimer returned last ev ening from o short visit In the western part of the state. Mrs. Robert Weir and children lott this morning for Sterling where they will, reside in "future. Miss Iimo. Cool underwent operation for appendicitis at a local hospital yes terday afternoon. A baby girl was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brctornltz. All concerned aro doing well. Bruco Brown has returned from Grand Island where ho attended the annual telephone managers' conven tion. B. II. Bottoff, of Xenia, Ohio, came last evening to visit his wife who is spending a month with hor brother. Joseph Jessup. A special train having on board del egates to the republican national con vention, will pass east Sunday after noon, running as second section of No. 2. 9 D. I. L.'s KNTKltTAIN V. K. O.'s LAST NIGHT Tho B. I. L. Brotherhood of Chap ter AK, entertained their P. E. O wives and slaters at n banquet served at Hotel McCabo Monday evening. May 29th. About forty guests wore Seated at tho long table which was beautifully docoratcjil wlfih candles, ferns and vases of yollow and white marguerites, the P. E. O. llower. Roses and artistic menu cards, also decorat ed with a Bpray of marguerites wfro at each plate, and tho porfectly ap pointed table reflected much credit upon the B. I. L.'s nnd tho cnpablo management of the hotel. A delicious repast of eight courses was enjoyed by all, and at Its closo Ttfastmnstor W. T. Wilcox dn his best nnd most humorous manner introduced tho speakers of the evening. Those responding to toasts were: Judge Grimes "Our Guests." Butler Buchanan "Ten years a B. I. L." Joseph Boelori "Fraternity." Mrs. Voorhees Lucas "Retrospec tion." Mrs. P. J. Barron "Prosepctivo." It was midnight before tho toasts wero ended, and thon, all standing, P. E. O. sisters and Brothors-ln-Luw together sang one verso of tho dear and familiar hymn, "Blest Bo the Tlo that Binds." After that all departed to their" homes, the ladles voting tholf brothers enost royal entortalnors nnd hoping that tho years to came might brlnt; many repetitions of this first annual banquet. METHODISTS WILL ENTERTAIN REV. DR. ILIFF, OF DENVER Tho Methodists have planned big do- Ings this week, as they are to havo Dr. T. C. Iliff, of Denver, with thorn. Dr. IHff is on his way homo from the Methodist general conference which has been in session the past month at Saratoga, Now York. He will arrive Thursday and leave tho fol lowing Mondny, A special meeting Is to bo held at the church Thursday evening for the officers, teachers, stewards and trus tees, and It is hoped that all will be present. Ther will be a luncheon Friday ev ening at 7:30 In tho Masonic hall for all Methodists and their friends. Dr. IHff is-a man of great power and will have a special message that evening. An opportunity will be given to meet him. No charge is made for this luncheon and no, collection will be taken. Next Sunday morning Dr. Iliff will preach in the church at 10 o'clock. This is to be a great meeting and tho committee in charge are anxious that the phurch be crowded. Remember tho i timp ton a. m., und make it a point to bo there. : :o: : Many Attend Memorial Service Tho memorial services held at tho Keith Sunday evening wero attended by an nudlenco that filled the seating capacity. Mombers of tho G. A. R 'whoso ranks aro boing thinned each year, fcvero present in a body, as wore also the members of tho W. It. C. Regular services at several of the churches were abandoned nnd the ministers wero present to assist. Rev. White, of tho Presbyterian church, delivered the sermon, his subject be ing along tho lino of patriotism to country, appealing to the audience to servo, the nation with their best offorts in whatever way possible. A male quartette composed of Messrs. Mc Grew, Brown, Armstrong and Mitchell, furnished the musical numbers. -::o:: Transportation Magnet Dcnd. Jamos J. Hll, railroad builder, cap italist and most widely known figure of the west, died at his homo in St. Paul yesterday forenoon. Ho was born near Guclph, Ontario, In 1838. : :o: Miss Clara Stoffer, of Lexington, re turned homo last evening after vlolt lng Miss Irene Schott whllo onrouto homo from Ogalalla. ON GROWING BAIL JUail'Mt PAHMALKK LANDED BY SALISBURY Sheriff Salisbury completed a six months' man hunt tho latter part ot last week when ho arrested in Jack sonville, Fin., Robert Parmaloe, who was wanted on tho chargo of Jumping a supremo court bail bond in tho sum of two thousand dollars. Tho shorlft arrived with Parmaleo yestorday morn ing and tho 1 At tor Is now hold In Jail pending convoynnlo to tho penitentiary at Lincoln. At tho fall, 1915, torm ot tho district court, Pftrmaleo, thon living on tho Albort Beach place northwest of town, was round guilty of criminal relations with Minnie Teddio, a girl under eigh teen years of ago. Ho was given an indetcrminnto acntenco of from throe to fifteen years In tho penitentiary. Pnrmalco took an appeal to the su premo court and gave a bond for two thousand dollars, seven men, mostly roaldcnts of the nbrth sldo signing as sureties. Last Octobor tho supremo court affirmed tho verdict of tho lower court, holding thnt the testimony waa sufficient to Justify tho vordict. Tlu. opinion, however, was not mado pub lic for several weeks thereafter, and when ahorlff Salisbury sought Pnrma leo ho found that tho latter had loft the country and that tho bondsmen wero In danger "of having to cash up 12,000. With his usual celerity Sallr, bury began his man hunt. Ho learned that Parmaleo had boon at his old homo in Kansas,. but Just a day or two before had left for parts unknown; it was next learned that ho had gone south nnd enlisted In tho navy,, from which ho later deserted; thon tho luo run out. Parmaleo, howovor, had n slater who had lived In North Platte but a short timo ago had removed to Omaha. Perhaps, through her, thought tho shoriff, some cluo ,can bo gained. An Omaha detective whllo in North Platte a couple of weeks ago wnu glv eji a history of the caso and his help invoked. Tho dotectlvo located the woman In Omaha and found hor read ing a letter from tho foster pair.onts of Pnraninlco and herself, in which was stated that Parmaleo had been hoard from and that she should send him at Jacksonville, Fla., somo things ho had left at North Platto. This word was phoned to Shoriff Salisbury Monday of last week and ho loft the samo night for Jacksonville, being Joined at Oma ha by tho detective. Reaching Jack sonville they hung around tho post offco for two days and finally Parma-1 leo appeared nt a general delivery window aad asked for hid mall. Sher iff Salisbury stepped up to him from tfto roar. tnpp.cd him on tho shouldor and said "How do you do, Pni1malce.?' "Well," Bald Parmaloe, "I guess there is no use In trying to oscapo, if you can find a man this far from home." Parmaleo confessed to tho shoriff that since leaving North Platte he had a hard row to hoe, and at one timo for three dnys a loaf of bread was all ho had to eat. At another timo ho caught a chicken, cleaned it, nnd placing a stick in it ronstod it over a fire. The bondsmon had offered a reward of $350 for Pnrmaleo's arrest. -::o:: NOTICE Any one wanting Ico call on Joo Spies, tho old lco man man, or phono Black 161. 37-tf -::o:: F. R. Glnn returned Saturday from tho northwest. He started for Seward, Alaska, but upon arriving at Van couver found that berths on all steam ors had been, taken for several weeks In advance. He returned homo and later will take a fresh start. Robert Scott, ago sixteen, and George Ilalsoy, ago olghteen, of Dickens, wero fined soventecn dollars and ninety-five cents each in tho county court yester day for boing intoxlcnted and causing a disturbance in their homo town Sat urday. Just think it over Optometrists fit glasses to remove eye-strain that's all but this little piece of glass is often a wonder-worker. C. S. CLINTON, Roglstored Optometrist, tho sign with tho big ring. CROPS, SEE 18 years in the dollar. ItiiHlincll Speaks ut Luncheon. At tho luncheon given nt tho Union Cafo yostorday neon, which waa at tended by forty members of tho Cham ber of Commerce H. M. Bushnoll, of tno Lincoln Trado Itovlow, gavo a very Interesting thirty mlnuto talk on tho subject ot conuuorclal clubs and boiuo of tho good tlioy accomplish. Thir teen years ago thoro woro only a few commercial clubs In Nebraska, now thoro aro four hundred. Banding bus iness men together creates a bettor fooling ono toward tho other; organi zation la necessary to meet changes In business conditions; fifty men work ing as a unit can accomplish more than fifty working ns Individuals; honce tho nood of commercial clubs. ::o.s Bids Wanted. Sealed bids will bo received up to noon Saturday, Juno 2d, for tho snlo of tho two-story brick building nt cor nor of Willow nnd Fourth streets. Successful blddor to remove building and leavo lot In clean shape. H. I. BLOCK. Tho Twentieth Century club will hold a meotlng at tho Chamber of Com morco rooms on Tucsdny evening, Juno 13th, after which nn lnformnl reception will bo hold for Mltm Annlo Krnmph tho retiring presi dent and Mrs. J. H. Ilogarty, tho president elect. An Invitation Is ex tended to all ladlos who caro to Join tho now music nnd Eoclal dopartmcnt. Girl' Wanted For gonoral housowirk. Mrs. T. C. Pattorson, 515 west Fourth strOct. BRODBECK'S SANITARY MEAT MARKET Opens for Business Wednesday, May 31, With all day delivery system. Phones 21 and 22. 5;M A Sure. Sign A constantly' . increasing f bank balance is a 1 -10 1 ' '' r- f,, . Sure sign on the road to Your frieridssand neighbors have growing accounts with this bank and appreciate the value of our service to them. Make this bank 'your McDonald The Bank Behind BUCKLEY good stock companies FIRST NATIONAL OPENS IN TEMPORARY QUARTERS Tho First National Bank oponod In Its temporary quarters, two doora north ot Its old building, yestorday morning. Tho work of inoving the safe, vault, framo and doora nnd coun ters began at six o'clo'ck Sunday morning nnd by 11:30 tho samo night tho work had been completed by T. M. Cohngen and a half dozon or moro as sistants. Tho quarters aro roomy nnd tho business can bo suc cessfully transacted until tho first ot Novombor, when It is expected tho now bank building will havo been com pleted. Bids for tho building will bo open ed todny. These bids wero submitted to local contractors only, nnd aro for tho oxtorlor work and n rough plas tered Intorior, the finishing work to bo dono by tho architects who drow tho plans. :;o:: Offered a Sinto Position. Tho Trlbuno lenrns that T. F. Hcaloy, of this city, has boon offered tho po sition of state dairy inspector bjr Govornor Morohond. Mr. Hcaloy ex pects to go to Lincoln tonight to ascer tain Just what tho duties are, tho emoluments and other information nnd will then dccldo whether hw will accept. Dr. Fonnor nnd Attornoy Oborst havo organized a boys' scout club with a membership of sixteen nnd made thoir first hiko to tho now Lincoln Highway ibrldgo Saturday. All boys from twolvo to olghtoon years aro in vited to Join. - ::n::- success. ' " v 'f-t v ' bauk. State Bank. The Thrift Movement. j: $.t i.t i.t t.t i.t i.t i.t i.t i.t if ! t.t :.: 3.C $.: i.t i.t t.t : BETTER BE SAFE THAN SORRY if At