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'She Jjtortlt THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NED., OCTOBBER 31, L916. No. 83 IV. T. WILCOX'S TRIBUTE TO CANDIDATE J. L. KENNEDY W. T. Wilcox, of this city fays this tribute to John L. Kennedy, republi can candidate for United States sena tor: "I want to say a word for John L. Kennedy, who without much doubt will bo the next senator from Nebras ka. Few people In this stato have known Mr. Kennedy longer than I. I havo known him rather Intimately since tho fall of 1881. At that time he -was a young man attending law school; like most of tho members of the class ho was without any of this world's goods, but ho was endowed with abil ity, honesty and Industry. Ho was popular with all the boys, and tho nc .knowledged leader of our class. Mr. Kennedy was not born with a silver spoon In his mouth. . Ho was not then and he Is not now an aristo crat What ho has obtained Is by rea son of those qualities which ho knew he possessed thirty-five years ago. . His success should be an inspira tion to overy young man who has to make his own way lh tho world. He is an ideal candidate for the office of United States senator." W. T. WILCOX. : :o: : Mrs. arooney Lnld to Host Tho funeral service of the lato Mrs. Mary Moonoy was hold at tho family reslcjenco at 2:30 Saturday aftornoon, attended by a large number of friends. Row Gram conducted the service and told of tho life-long service Mrs. Moon6y had given her creator and her enorts to cueer nnu mane nappy tue Uvea of others, no matter what tho cost to self. During the service se lections were rendered by Mrs. Cram, Miss McVe and Misses Elizabeth and Dorothy HInman. The pall bearers were W. H. McDonald, Ray Langford, W. C. Reynolds, I. A. Gilbert, F. W. lllnkckor and ,York iHinraan. The . casket was burdened with floral trib utes, as was also the mound at the grave. Sues for Divorce. Delia L. Smith filed suit for jllvorce from Carl Smith In tho district court 'Saturday for cruelty and non-support. They were married In Grant Oct. 14, 1014. She asks for alimony and her maiden name of Delia Louella Ketnp'er. ::o:: "I sincerely, hope that Senator Hitch cock will bo ..re-elected." President "Woodrow Wilson. (Adv,) Grin el Comes Slowly. Concrete work on tho streets yas resumed this morning and will con tinue until the supply of gravel Is again exhausted. Getting gravol is now-tho problem. Tho Lincoln Con struction Co., which had been operating n pump on tho south bank of tho rlvor, threw up its hands n fow days ago and quit tho Job, having lost money on the gravel pumped. This leaves tho Scott pump ns tho sourco of supply and It Is pumping about forty yards a day.. ltrrequlros nbout 160 yards of gravel to concreto a block, and this means that tho limited gravel supply will result In slow progress. Con tractor Stack Investigated a gravel bed several miles west of the city, and while tho quality was satisfactory he could not make a deal with the owner, Foot Hall Gaiue Next Friday afternoon at the east end athletic Held the North Platto foot ball team will try conclusions with the Kearney team. It promises to bo a real pig skin battle, for tho Visitors peeved over their defeat at Grand 'Is land last week will mako a mighty of fort to rcdoem on tho North Platte flf.1,1 nan Mln.r 1r 4t9 IVnII Info go down to the park and see. - : :o: : Lecture on Siberian Dungeon Lieut. M. Swartzkopensky, formerly officer and body guard of the czar of UiiBsia, win lecturo at uic senior lugii school auditorium noxt Friday even Ing, using as his subject "My Llfo and Escape from a Siberian -Dungeon." Tho lecture Is given under tho auspices of the high school cadets and the not re colpts will go toward tho expenses of tho cadet encampment next May. -, :;o:: Notice Please return all milk bottles to the Ideal Bakery today, or at your earliest convenience. John Woolscy, of Vancouver, Is spending the day with his father-in-law, P. J. Gllman, and family, while enroute home from tho eastern part of tho stato. TJio Mytlflo Legion will- holld a Hallowe'en party at tho K. P. hall this evening. A baby boy was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur iShrlvers. ::o:: TO THE INVESTOR Some choice first mortgage seven nor cent real estate loans. HRATTy GOODMAN & BUCKLEY. Iliilllgnii Home Ileforo Jnnuiiry 1st. j Camp Llano Grande, Texas, October 28, 1016. To the Editor of The Tribune: i Please announce In Tho Tribune ; that I will bo homo before January 1st, , 1S17, and that If olocted County At-,' torney of Lincoln County I will pos-1 ltlvoly be on hand to nssumo tho du ties of that office January 1st, 1017. Respectfully, P. R, HALLIGAN -::o:: The J. F. F. club entertained their husbands at a Halowo'eit party at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Shilling last evening. Decorations were sug gestive of the season and artistically arranged. Progressive high flvo was played and prlzoa awarded to Mos dames Glenn Mann and E. M. John ston and Messrs. I. E. Stebblns and Glen Mann. Mesdamcs Wood White and V. Oral Hodges assisted tho host os8 In serving. Tho TUllkum Girls club hold an en joyable and unique Hallowe'on party In tho basement of tho Episcopal church last evening. Thlrty-tlvo mom bers attended in shoot and pillow case costumes and spent tho evening in music, games and Hallowo'en tricks. Tho decorations consisted of chrys anthemums, apples, pop corn, black cats and pumpkins. Mflod nptcr nmde n cleaner, heller, or more patriotic citizen than Gilbert M. Hitchcock. The administration owes n debt of gratitude lo Senator Hitchcock for the part he took lu per fecting: the banking mid currency act." VIco President Jlnrshnll. (Adv.) Messrs. Carl Davis and Crete Kron quest left last ovonlng for Detroit. Mich., to take a course in an automo bile school. Misses Vera and Maude Warrlnton spent Sunday with their mother in Cozad. See our 1916-17 lino of engraved Christmas cards. Now Is the timo to order them. DIXON, the Jeweler. Arthur McNamara, of Oakland, Cal., who has been visiting the Clinton fam ily for a week, will leave Thursday. Miss Helen Scharman has returned from Omaha whoro she visited rela tives last week. roit RENT Houses, hay and other lands, mu furnished rooms, storage room and rfnfc deposit boxes. Hlt.VTT, GOODMAN & BUCKLEY. Wear a Printzess Suit This Fall Special Sale on Suits Beginning Saturday If you've never been the proud owner of' a Printzess Suit, please visit our ready-to-wear secifioiiv and permit us to explain their, many superior style points. Every Printzess garment is tail ored with skill and examined with such care that we, as well as the maker, guarantee them for two full seasons' wear. We would like to have you come and put them to the test of a personal try on, Remember "this is a real opportunity to own a Printzess Suit at a real reduc tion of a f rinfz 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT Come While the Selection is Good E. T. TRAMP & SONS. ; V ,; I li v jj I .? I ' ..J I. 1 n Many New Coats ave Just Arrived H That indefinable something 1 called "style" which only the hands of genius can instill is delightfully ev ident in the new coats which have just been added to our collection. Beautiful fabrics were never more artistically wrought, rich colors were never more at tractively used, and to many the soft touch of fur at collar, cuffs and hem add indescribable charm. Wilcox Department Store. OITJl AND COUNTY NEWS. Miss Floronco Wedge, of Cozad, vis ited with Mrs. James Kennedy this Week.' Mrs. E. P. Seoborcor returned last night from a ten-day visit with frlonds in Omaha. Miss Elslo Coates, of Sutherland, visited her uncle Elinor Coates and fnrnliy this week. Miss Floronco Cooney, of Ogdon, visited Mrs. Elmer Baker last evening while enrouto homo from Chicago. TTho Man from Gautemala will lec ture at tiio I'resuytorian cnurcn weu nesda evonlng at 8 p. m. Instead of Thursday. Room and hoard In private homo, close In, phono Red 117. SOU W. V. Hoagland left Saturday night for: tho east part of the state whoro he wlUvopond tho week making political speeches at' a-number of towns. Vnr TJont Aftnr thft 201h A COZV homo consisting of 7 rooms. Modern Flour In the local market advanced yesterday to $2.50 rer saclrand pota toes to $1.40 por' buBhol. - Certainly the producor Is having his inning those days but tho Lord pity-' tho consumer. Now Is tho time to order your on graved Christmas cards. DIXON, tho Jeweler. Chapter . K. of r. E. O. sisterhood will meet Wednesday, Nov. 1st, at the homoHof Mrs. G. T. Field. : Italian Op era will bo the BUbJect Of tho after noon. Repairs arb rarely rendored neces sary for Dcdgo Brothers' Motor Cars except by accident or nbuso. J. V. ROMIGH, Dealer. Chris Johnson, living north of town, was brought to tho homo of his on In the Fourth ward Sunday suffering from a paralytic Btroko His condition Is pronounced sorlous. Tho ladles' aid society of tho Motho dlst church meet next Thursday after noon at the homo of Mrs. Robert Dean, 303 cast Third street. Hostesses are Mesdaines Crom, Starr, Mccombor and Young. A good nttendanco Is doalrcd. All sizes glass for those storm win dows at tho Nyal Drug store. Prospective land buyorB are now In vading Lincoln county, a half dozen or moro arriving Saturday night and making excursions Into tho country Sunday. One real ostato dealor says he has sold moro land the past sixty days than ho did in tho three previous years. SOFT water shampoo, oloctrlc scalp treatments, massago and latest hair dress. Coates' Beauty Parlors, 505 Dowoy. Phono Red G55. 81-4 Congressman yJacob Meeker, of Mis souri, formorly a Congregational niln- lstor, addressed a small' crowd at tho Lloyd opora lwuso Saturday ovonlng from tho standpoint of an untl-prohl- bltlonlst. Ho predicted that condl tlons In Nebraska, under prohibition would bo worso than under high II conso. For quick action and satisfactory tmlo list your land with Thoclecko. tf Wo heard of a farmer yestorday who In tho summer of 1015 offered 1G0 acres of land for $4,000. Tho prospective purchaser failed to buy tho land and tho farmor sowed tho full 1G0 acres tD whoat. Ho finished marketing tho wheat a fow days ago and found that the vnluo of tho crop was groator than ho asked for tho land. However, oc curroncos of this kind are quite fro quent In Western Nebraska, Wanted Man and wife for farm work. T. E. Doollttlo, Phono 782F022 Dr. B. B. Baker returned yestorday from a trip to Old Mexico Tho Doctor traveled 250 miles south of tho United States border and found tho country one of desolation. He found that tho moro intelligent residents favored tho United states stepping In and eBtab llshlng a stable government, which they regard Impossible without assist ance from this country, Tho Doctor niado the trip In ordor to Investigate property la which ho 1b Interested. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Jones yestorday, a son. Mr. and Mrs. Jamca H. Morrow will leavo Saturday for Wyoming by auto. Mrs, W. C. McDormott roturnod last evening from Grand Island whoro sho spout a week. D. L. Murray, of E'vanston, arrived hero Sunday to take a position aa agont for tho Pacific Fruit Express Company. Mrs. C. S. Clinton will leave Thurs day morning for Oakland, Cal., to Bpond several wooks with her daugh ter. Mr. and Mra. Edward Chapman, who camo here Bovornl weeks aio from Aui:(rol Neb. havo decided to re main and tho former has accepted a position in tho Union Paclflo round house. In ordor Ho koop our record samo as of eld wo aro closing out suits at a real discount . of 20 por cont. E, T. TRAMP & SONS Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shepherd, for morly of this city, who have been in tho, grocery business in Omaha for several months past wrlto that tholr storo was burglarized last weok. The door was broken opon, cash register brokon nnd contents taken with tho oxcoptldn of a diamond ring that was in one of tho drawers. Sloney to loan on real cstute. No delay If clear ubstract. Can loan for lorm of yourK or out of our building mid loan association, pay back like rent and own your home. 1HIATT, GOODMAN & -BUCKLEY. The RoxiilT Bulletin. Tho first bulletin of the straw voto being taken by the 8,000 Roxnll stores In tho United States was posted at tho local Roxall storo yestorday toro lioon. On this ilrst bulletin tho vote Is somewhat light In the Btatos report ing,, while a number of statos'had not yot reported. In tho northern statCB Hughes loads, Whllo tho southern, states aro pretty near solid for Wilson. JtAILHOAD NOTES Roland Grlcson lias accepted a po sition nt tho Barkalow stand In tho depot. Sidney MoFarland nccopted a' posi tion with tho Union Paclflo com pany last woo'k. Herman LoDloyt rotiirnod Sunday morning from Chlcogo whoro ho visit ed relatives fqr two wookB. Flromen Jamoa Ellison am RUoy Wnrron loft Friday evening for Omaha to bo examined foe onglneori. Firemen H. O. Williams, 'Thomau Mangle, I. O. Borgston. and C. C. Williams woro transferred to the L'nramlo division as cngluoern tho lat ter part of last weok. Cody Boal Who had been cinployed at Cody, Wyp;;.tfpE;a-'6c,uplo -of yoara past, camo horo Saturday evening to accept a position as stenographer In tho U. P. Btoro department. . Several changos In tho local officials occurred yestorday, which brings two now men to tho Third ''and Fourth' district. C. B. Harloss, who has been running out of Evanatcu as a conduc tor, succeeds J. W. Adams as train master at Sidney and W. S. Law, lato of Green Rlyor, succeeds George Zent moyor ub chief dispatcher. Mr. 55ont moyor takes tho first trick In tho dla-1 patcher's office but tho disposition of Mr. Adams has not boen loarned. : os ; Mako your walls cozy and homelike now. You will enjoy tho stormy days hotter and uso II. & M. flat wall finish to got boat rosults. Nyal Drug Storo, oxcluslvo agents. 79-tf Mrs. Charles.'Oglo, of Keystone, who ha.l boon visiting her daughter Mm, Luther Tuckor, for a vfcok returned homo Saturday morning. Jack Beal wont to- Ogalalla last week to visit Mrs. Real who Is assisting in tho county clork's office thoro. HAND the porter a Stetson and you hand him an unwritten order for all the attention he can command. There is something to -appearances, isn't there? and the most striking point of a good appearance is a fine hat! The Stetsons for Fall and Winter are ready for you at our shop finer in quality than even the famous Stetsons of former seasons and the style that only a fine hat can inherit. There's a fine range of models in this superb line in fact, hats for every kind of man and for every one of his needs. Harcourt Clothing Company