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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1916)
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS. A nice lino of silk skirts at B. T. TRAMP &; S0N3.- Mrs. Charles Illrjsqh and Mrs. Valer ius loft Wednesday for pol'n'ts In Col orado. For Rent Clean furnished rooms, $1.50 up. 723 Locust St 57-9 Miss Marie VonQootz loft Wednes day for Omaha to spend several days visiting friends. Frosh butttermllk dally from ex perimental station at the Stone Drug store. 52-tf County Treasurer Durbln spent sev eral days In Omaha this week trans acting business. , C. H. Splcer and Edward Sluder re turned Wednesday from a two weeks' fishing trip to Glondevle, Colo. For Farm Loans seo or write Qene Crook, room 3, Waltemath building, North Platte. 41tf Wm. Harcourt has returned from Chicago, where he spent two weeks buying stock for the Harcourt Cloth ing Co. Miss H. V. Warren, of Tampa, Fin., arrived Sunday and will remain sev eral weeks as a guost at the Bullard home. Harry Block, who has boon in New York and Chicago for several .weeks buying goods, will return homo Sun day or Monday. Mrs. Geo. N. Glbbs left yesterday for York to visit her parents. She was accompanied by her brother, who had been visiting hor. The county commissioners wore In session the early part of the "week, and transacted considerable business of a routine nature. Mrs. J. A. Woolsey, nee Miss Kate Oilman, and two children, arrived Wednesday from Vancouver, Wash., and aro guest at tho Gilman residence. Special reduction on our wash skirts and we do all the alterations free. E. T. TRAMP & SONS, Mrs. C. M. Reynolds, of Maxwell, visited friends in town for a day or two this week. Mr. and Mrs. Rey nlds returned last week from an auto trip to points in Colorado. J. J. Kellher, who Is traveling for a Omaha firm that sells certain rail road supplies, spent Wednesday in town while enrouto east from a trip through Colorado. Secretary Fisher, of the Chamber of Commerce, returned yesterday from St. Edwards, where ho delivered an address before the commercial club of that town Wednesday evening. ' C. ,FtJtTqniBle. ;wlU, return, .today from Omaha, whore he spent the early part of the week on business. Ho drove homo the Hupfer car which was damaged by lire a couple of months ago. Maurice Fowler, who has been buy ing horses in this sectlo i for a week, will ship out a car in a day or two. Ho says hort'es suitable for war pur poses aro tho only kind for which there is any dehiand. . Ben Elliott came In from tho east Tuesday and will visit his parents for a few days. Highest market prico paid for hldos. Wo buy dry bones, iron and other Junk. North Platto Junk House. 27tf In tho pollco court Tuesday, the colored man, Chas. Hampton, who was nrrested on the charge of bootlegging, was discharged, the evldenco being in sufficient to convict. Mr. and Mrs..T. C. Patterson and Misses Ruth and Edith Patterson leave Sunday on an auto trip to Estos Park, Denver and Colorado Springs. They will be absent ten or twelve days. Mrs. H. A. Lawhead oujtortalnod tho mombora of tho Ent'reNous club Wednesday ,afternoon at cards. Mrs. Will Owens received first prize and Mrs. Frank Bowon of Grand Island received tho guest prize. Mrs. 0. V. Hodges loft Wednosday for a vlfrit with relatives in Lincoln, making tho trip by auto In company with Mr .and Mrs. Hanoy, Mrs. Davis and Miss Davis, who had boen hor guests for a day or two. . Wo will bo equipped Sept. 1st to supply you with' anything and every; thing you may noed In millinery. Hats of charactor, designed and built to fit the popular taste at prices for pop ular pockets. Villa WhlMakor, Wilcox Dept. Store. Ex-United Stajtos senator John M. Thurston, personally known to many North Platte people, died at his home In Omaha early Wednesday morning from hardening of the arteries, and following a fall sustained three weeks ago. He was sixty-nine years pld., George Weir has received from tho state dental board his examination record, showing 100 In four studies, 9S In four and S8 fn two. George will attend the dental department A' the University of Illinois In G'alcago i'io coming year to complete nls course. He completed his Junior year In 'the Nebraska university last Juno. A. W. Plumer returned yesterday from Victor, N. Y., where ho was called by the death of his wife. Mrs. Plumer passed away before he reach ed there. The funeral was held at Victor, and the Interment made in tho family burial plot on tho farm on which tho deceased grow to woman hood. The force on street paving was somewhat liugumcnted this weok, about twenty men, exclusive of tho teamsters, now working oh curbing and trenching. Tho contractor Is anxious to secure more .men. This week ho shipped In ton paying their railroad fare but upon reaching here only four of them went to work. Two fanners called, at The Tribune office this week on different days and registered complaints about North Platte men shooting-prairie chickens out of season. Wo acknowledged that the man who shoots ichlckons out of season might under some conditions steal a hog, but advised tho farmers to file their complaints with tho game warden. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowen, of Grand Island, formerly residents of this city, nro visiting at tho C. W. Yost homo this weok. Mrs. E. 11. Glbbs and daughter Mrs. Fred Lathrop are guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Stuarjt, having arrived J!rom Chicago last .ovonlng. Thoy woro former North Platte resldonts. The work of enlarging and romodol Ing the Jfethodli, church will bo gin Monday by Clyde MeMlchael, who was nwardod the contract. Tho cost of the Improvements, Including tho heating plant will bo In tho neigh borhood of seventeen thousand dollars. A, T. Ynrter, who was up from Brady yesterday, says that section hud a half inch rain Wodnosday ovonlng, extending both south and oast of tho town. From a point a mile or two oast of Maxwell through to Gothen burg and beyond, tho corn In tho valley Is In Huo Bhapo and apparently has not boen Injured by tho hot weathor. A heavy rain fell at Loxington and other polnU. east Wednesday opening. W. J. Hondy, who spont a day or two at tho traofor demonstration at Fremont this weok, says tho crowd each day ranged from 7,500 to 10,000. The Ford tractor scorned to create the groalost lntorost and enthusiasm. While tho prico has not boon an nounced, It Is known this Ford trac tor will soil for less than $500. Honry Ford was present at the-meeting, and Mr. Hendy met him and conversed with him. J. R. Baldwin, who lives on Bird- wood creek fourteen miles north of Suthorland, spent Tuesday In town, and In speaking of the condition of corn In that section said that - there would be soventy-flvo per cent of tho normal crop unless tho drouth be came unusually severe. Mr. Baldwin has (been living In the Blrdwood country for sixteen years and last year showed his confidence In tho country by erecting a residence that cost three Uioiisand dollars. "I had never though that It might bo my oyefi-' How frequently tho specialist has heard that exclamation. As a certain writer puts It: "Nowa days, the wise- man having an obscure stomach trouble to deal with, In the absence of other explanation, looks to the eyes. Eye-strain has a most potent and far-reaching Influence on dices tlon. I know of one case of chronic ''dyspepsia, of a year's standing, com pletely cured by a change of eye glasses." Harry Dixon, Optometrist. Tho J. F. F. Club was tho guests of Mrs. A. W. Shilling Tuesday after noon at cards, foilr tables were used Mrs. H. P. Honckle won first prize and Mrs. James Doram second prize. Of fleers were elected as follows: Presi dent Mrs. H. P. Hencklo, vlco-prest dent Mrs. James Doram, secretary and treasurer Mrs. Harry Gutherloss Guests of tho club wero Mrs. J. W. Adams, Mrs. Wood White, Mrs. M. II Douglas, and Mrs. G. F. Fellman of Hastings, and Mrs. R. L. Okorson of McCook. STATEMENT FROM WATER COMMISSIONER WELCH f What Wages SEiall a Telephone Company Pay Its Employees 9 What salary is fair for telephone superintendents, managers, engineers, linemen or operators? We endeavor to pay enough to get capable men and women. Well paid employees are usually the best investment. Inefficient employees are expensive at any price. We further aim to pay enough so our employees can live comfortably and be able to accumulate something. If we did not pay our suporintedents, managers and other supervisors reasonably good salaries there would be no induce ment for younger people in tho organization to labor faithfully to reach these positions, and they, having nothing to look forward to and work for, would be much less efficient in theirwork. Neither could we keep good men from leaving unless we paid them as much as they could get in other lines of business. Our rates are based upon the payment of a fixed sum for wages, and when wages are raised it means either that oun revenues must be added to by an increase in rates or an additional sale of service, or money has to be taken out of the fund intended to hire more employees or which is to be used to otherwise main tain the service at a high standard. We cannot pay lower dividends than we do and apply that to wages, for then we could not attract new money to the business for making extensions and improvements needed to take care of present and prospective patrons. It is the money we get from our patrons that we spend in paying our, employees, and we think it is right that they should know what our policy is regarding wages. From tests mado locally we believe wo havo discovered tho source and stopped tho contamination of tho city wator supply but cannot bo absolute ly sure of this until wo havo had an-j othor tyuctorjlpglcnl examination of thu wator made by thb state chem ist Samplos of tho wator were sent him on Wodnosday and It will be from four to six days yet before we can receive his roport and until that llmo people should play safo by fol lowing tho instruction of tho city board of health and boll tho water. We havo no shallow wells nt tho plant , thoy having boon discon tinued and tho connections smashed In 1913, so wo could not pump from thorn If wo wished to. Wo have an ninplo supply of( water in tho junv wolls so that tho cntlro system of old wells could bo abandoned and still wo would not lack for water. Tho shal lowest well at tho plant Is between 00 and 70 feet and run up to 96 foot In depth. Tho wells consist of heavy 0 Inch wrought Iron plpo screwed to gether and forced Into tho ground to tho desired dopth and tho only opon Ing into the wolls Is In tho lower 10 feet whoro thoro is a strainor with oponlng cut In it about half as wldo as tho back of tho blado of an ordi nary pocket knlfo and anything onter- lng tho well has to pass through those strainor openings. From tho well to tho nunip cast iron plpo with leaded and Calked Joints aro ttscd so thoro Is no openings for anything to got Into tho pipes from the tlmo tho wator leaves tho wolls until It flow out of tho faucet In your house, as tho pres sure Is always outward and any leak In the pipes would allow water to flow out rathor than allow other stuff to flow In. HERSHEY WELCH, Water Commissioner. ::o:: Handles Meat UnsnnKnrlly. In the countycourt yesterday fore noon Wm. Coleman was fined ten dollars on tho chargo of unsanitary handling of meat. Mr. Coleman is in tliGihabit of killing animals at the stock yards and hauling tho carcasses to town during tho early morning hours. Wednosday morning ho loaded 'up his wagon but neglected to cover tho meat to protect It from dust and flies while enrouto to town. A deputy pure food inspector happened to bo in town and saw Coleman with his un covered load. Ho Immediately filed a complaint In tho namo of the. etnto and the hearing was held yesterday. :::: Mr. and Mrs. Butler Buchanan ar rived "home yestorday afternoon from Los Angelas, where they had beon visiting for a couple of months. Mr. Buchanan says he experienced but two uncomfortably hot days while ho was there, and this, too, with no rain since February. Ho thinks tho sum mer weather in that section of south ern California is Just as enjiyablo as. is tho winter weather. A sanitary drinking fountain was installed this weok in tho working room of tho postofflco, but the wator therefrom will not bo used by tho force (until tho stato chemist says the city water Is free from sewage con tamination. In tho meantime the forco Is drinking boiled water. Convincing himself that bad whis ky was bettor than contaminated city wator, Harry Hanlon took an over dose of tho former Wednesday, bo- camo Involved In a quarrel and final ly landed before Judge Mlltonborgor where he paid a flno and cost totaling $9.80. Deputy Postmaster Sturges Is spend ing his vacation In Wyoming, having left tho early part of tho week for Wheatland, whoro ho owns . a tract of land which ho will Investigate and later go to ono of tho famous trout streams for a few days fishing. Shorlff Salisbury spent n day or two this week in Deuol county ar ranging for tho thrashing of tho wheat grown on land ho owns nenr Chapnell, - i The wheat crop In that section this year Is very flno. Mr. and Mrs. Wolland and daughter who havo beon visiting nt tho homo of their daughter Mrs. Ed Robinson left Thursday for a' weok's visit in Sterling and Denver, Tho stato farm ball team was de feated Wednesday evening by tho gro cers of tho city, tho score standing nlno to flvo at tho end of flvo lnnnings. J. E. Nolson, of tho Leader Mercan tile Co., leavos In a day or two for Chicago and Now York for tho purpose of buying a fall stock of goods. Honry Hahlor, of tho Wilcox Dept. Storo, Is spondlng a two weeks va cation at, his homo in Mllford, Nob. Tho class of 1912 will hold a class reunion and picnic In tho canyons south of town tomorrow ovonlng. We aro closing out our muslin un- dorwoar at saorlllco prices. E. T. TRAMP & SONS. The Tllllk'um Girls will bo enter tained In tho church basement Mon Our Big Bill of Bargains for Our One Cent will appear in Tuesday's issue of The Tribune. 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