Semi-Weekly Tribune
A L. BABE, Editor and Publisher.
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TUESDAY, 1ECEM1EK 5, 191C.
OMAHA IlHEWEItS FAIL
TO INFLUENCE NEVILLE
CITY AlO) COUNTY NEWS.
Tho Misses Ducktell left Friday ev
ening for Maxwell to visit relatives.
Miss Ruoy Shnner has returned from
Maxwell wliere she visited tho home
folks.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Norton have re
turned from a visit with relatives In
Omaha.
Dick and Roy Banks spoilt the latter
part of Inst week In Brady with rela
tives. Richard Wood left Friday for tho
eastern pnrt of tho state to visit with
friends.
Tho following Omaha correspondence
appeared In a recent Issue of 'the
State Journal.
"Two stories are current here that
may give Nebraskans a line upon Keith
Neville. They are told In democratic
circles and are given for what they are
worth. One is Is that a short time be
fore tho election, iwhen Neville was In
Omaha, ho was waited upon by a
party of democrats who Introduced
themselves as close friends of Govern-
Morohead. They told Mr. Nevlllo
that the governor had not been active
In his support but that they would be
nhln In nnmirn tlin candidate that if
no wouia agree 10 reappoint, seven 01
tho men now holding office under
.lu.nj1 in rvnt nllf nnrl mnlfA n vtcrmmifa
rofinnTiwi in.T tmhv wnrn imii in i w im it i in
Mr., Nevlllo asked for an hour's
wnnf r ia ftintnl nnit atnvfwi ninnn in
1 . 0nH H 1mau A. A rt'lflHff Till
1H II II 1 1 1 L 1111 III 1 MUUI, Jib J W UIUU.V
met mo amuuBsuuurs, uuu wiu nicm
r)iiu- mno tintmnir nninc il is unuur-
elWU Lllll u iliil VJ 11 H mo y -
.Tin not wnr r. nrnnrA MfLmian unu
...n niwinnllii flT T II It I'll I ' I1 W 1 1 1 1 1 I kV 1 1 1 1
eu, wmie narman was lurnuu uuwu.
Tho other story Is that some time
before the election some of the brew-
they intended to support mm, uui mat
nfn li-nrii onma pnrtnln rnltlira Tllfv
VnvtlU la anlil tn hnvn rPHtinnned : I
you think you can make better terms
with Judgo Sutton, I advise you to
consult with him."
The activity of Governor Morehead
for Neville and the democratic state
ticket was not such as to set the
prairies afire or even attract attention.
It was the governor's inactivity that
chiefly attracted notice, yet ho one
outside of close inner circles of the
democratic party iblamed lilm for this.
He was not a candidate for office and
why should ho got out and mix up In
the heat of a campaign that was- hot
not only with politics, but with the
prohibition issue? In the second place
he had piubllcly quarreled -with State
Treasurer Hall, democratic candidate
for re-election, and was understood to
bo opposed to Hall's retention in of
flee. It was also understood he could
not support some other democratic
candidates on the state ticket, so why
should ho get out an tear his hair for
men who he did not want to seo
elected?
Yo tho governor has received high
honors from tho democratic party and
enough republicans to make a major
ity, and it was argued that he owed
something to tho democratic organiza
tion. But It is understood Nevlllo did
not ask Morehead to get out and hus
tle. Ho just hinted that thc governor
might do him a lot of good If he did
got Into tho campaign.
So the governor agreed, very late
almost at he end of tho campaign, to
go on a political specchmaklng tour
with Neville. Nothing tat inclemency
of the weather could havo possibly
kept tho governor from keeping this
promise. And tnat 13 just wnat nap
pened. The weather turned off gloomy,
cold and dismal, and th0 governor did
' not no. Just before the end ho did
make a few speeches mostly to ob
scure villages, In these speeches Gov
ernor Morehead went so far as to ad
viso the voters to cast their ballots for
President Wilson, Hitchcock and No
vllle.
As a result of tho Morehead activity
or Inactivity ho has nob thus far got
Neville's consent to take over his po
Htlcal machine. Neville shows a dls
position to organize his own political
machine. Tho only important cog h
has taken from tho Morehead machine
is W. S. Ridgell, state fire commission
er. Neville's other appointments tfhus
far have no political significance, liav.
lng been mado evidently with the solo
view of efficiency. Mr. Ridgell was no
tilled Thursday pf his re-appolntmont,
::os;
Something over $2,000,000 of real
money was disbursed ono day at one
bettlnc headquarters, in upper New
York. William C. Hogg, a Texas sport
got away with a package of $100,000
of extra fine republican dough, but
Bill was not tho prize hog. That dls
tlnctlon beloncs to Robert Wolf, of
Columbus, O., who cleaned up $250,000
and cleaned out a scoro of patriots
who banked on a rwoll Thanksgiving
Mrs. RItenour and daughter Helen
left Friday evening for Brady to visit
relatives,
Mrs W. J. Tlloy was taken seriously
ill Tuesday afternoon but Is slightly
Improved.
Abncr Wessburg returned Sunday
from Lincoln where he visited friends
last week.
Ray C. Langford and son Lester ie-
turned Saturday evening from a visit
in Lincoln.
George A. Austin returned Friday
evening from a visit In tho eastern part
of the state.
Miss Aileen Gantt left tho latter
part of last week for Omaha to spend
several days.
Fred Elliott, Jr., of Omaha, who vis
lted his parents last week, left Satur
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wolbach left by
auto Friday for Cozad to visit friends
for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elliott and son
spent the latter part of last week In
Brady with relatives.
J. A. Bonham, of Sutherland, who
came to attend the Bonham-Rlcheson
wedding, left Saturday.
Cyril Donegan, who Is atendlng the
state university, came Friday evening
to visit the home folks.
For Farm Loans see or write Gene
Crook, room 3, Waltemath building,
North Platto. 41tl
Joe Baker returned Saturday morn
ing from Denver where ho visited
friends for soveral days.
Dr. Carter and daughter Miss Vera,
of Tryon, visited at tho Redfleld home
tho latter part of last week.
Mrs. John Herrod and daughter left
Friday afternoon for the easte'rn part
of tho state to visit relatives.
Headquarters for Window glass.
. STONE DRUG STORE.
Miss Ruth Hubbard, who Is In train
ing at the City hospital, wastaken very
111 the latter part of last week.
Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Jackson, of
Wellflcet, spent tho weok end visiting
at tho Joseph McMichacl home.t
Charles Rlncker, who spent the
greater part of last week In Lincoln,
returned home Saturday morning. .
Miss Marie McKinlcy. of Columbus,
0., came a few days ago 'to visit with
Attorney and Mrs. George N. Glbbs.
For quick action and sn.lsfnctosj-
snlo list your land with Thoeleoke. tf
Mrs. J. H. Donegan and daughter re
turned Friday evening from Omaha
and Lincoln where they spent a week.
Mrs. John Guyman and children re
turned Sunday evening from Pnxton,
where they spent a week with relatives
Mr. and, Mrs. J. E. Sobastlan nnd
children returned Saturday from Chap-
pell where they visited relatives last
week.
Cancelling Munition Orders
Tho cancellation of an arms contra, t
held by tho Mldvale Steel nnd Ordnnnco
company, snld to amount to $00,000,-
000, Is generally thought to bo a fore
runner of general cancellations. It
Is understood thnt tho company Is to
bo paid what it has expended toward
carrying out tho contrnct and also that
It is to receive an agreed prlco as profit
on each rifle.' 1 Is reasonable to as
sume that all the contracts contain
somo such provisions. Tho net loss to
tho entente allies tho payment of dam
ages will entail makes It probablo that
Great Britain, Franco and Russia havo
really mado adequate provisions for
their future supply of munitions and
that tho cancellation Is not for tho pur
pose of hammering down prices, al
though there has been much com
plaint about thc American cost of mu
nitions. If tho cancellation becomes general
It will necessitate a speedy industrial
re-adjustment. It is known that somo
of tho munition makers havo at least
tentative plans for turning their plnnts
to other uses. But It Is not certain
that thero will bo an Immediate mar
ket for newtproducts. It Is also un
likely that tho profits will be as great
as tho "specialties" havo made on twnr
business.
Tho industrial ro-adjustinent Is in
evitable. It may be hotter to havo it
como gradually. In so far as it may
bring a reduction of wages It will come
at a peculiarly unfortunato time. Tho
cost of living is thc highest this coun
try has known in a generation and
there is little prospect of immediate
relief. But as long as tho war lastB
thero will bo a continued demand for
many of our products aside from food
stuffs. A gradual re-adjustment will
not bring thc shock that a sudden
shutting off of our export trade would
cause. But the situation Is critical
and it demands tho best thought the
business world can give "it. St. Louis
Globe Dispatch.
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PEOPLE AND EVENTS
Tho free lunch perished with tho sa
loon at Waukegan, 111., last May. Now
a Chicago preacher proposes a revival
of tho free lunch as a cheerful blimax
to his. sermons. A lunch sorvlco will
follow each sermon, thus insuring gas
tronomic support for his arguments.
One of the Thanksgiving customs
that lingered in Now England house
holds until the middle of tho last cen
tury was to lay five grains of corn up
on the plato of every person nt tablo
In memory of a day In early colonial
history when flvo ships camo sailing
Into the harbor Just In time to chase
away thospecter of famine.
Thc New- York state commissioner
of excise serves notico on all concern
ed 'that Sunday regulations cannot be
suspended simply because Now Year's
eve falls on Sunday. The cruel blow
threatens to dim tho glims of the lob
ster palaces. Butli there Is Saturday
night and its wido open opportunity
for a. souse that will hold till Mon
day.
Anurow Carneglo observed his
eighty-first birthday last weok wltJi
befitting cheerfulness, in splto of tho
rising cost of living. Tom Edison
phoned a note of encourngement, prom
islng to make a personal call in 1920.
"I'll meet you vat the door, Tommy,"
whispered the laird of Sklbo, as ho
turned to his check hook for another
library donation.
A Collapsible
Method
Br SADIE OLCOTT
l Attorneys J. G Beeler and W V
Hoaglnnd left Friday for Washington,
D. C, where thoy will argue a case In
tho United States Bupremo court.
' FOR YOUR AUTO SERVICE
Call 125 for taxi day or night.
Also five or sovon passongor car for
funeral service.
MOGEN3EN-LOUDEN AUTO CO.
Chandler & Elcar Agency,
Corner 8th and Locust Sts
Wayne
Toy Transformers
The Wayne Toy Transformer will operate on your alternating
current lighting circuit any electrical toys suitable for alternating
current operation, audi as railways, aeroplanes, automobiles,
motors, etc.
Seven different voltages arc obtainable by turning a simple
control switch, making possible thc operation of very small toys
or larger'bne3 at several speeds.
Built by the General Electric Company, the Wayne Trans
former is durable and simple to operate. It consumes little
current and wHl last a lifetime.
Attaches to Any Lighting Socket or Receptacle.
NORTH PLATTE LIGHT & POWER CO.
A baby boy was born tho latter part
of last week to Mr. and Mrs. E. II.
Hunter, who llvo bouUi of town. All
concerned are doing nlcoly.
Summer is tho time for outdoor
sports, winter tho tlmo for Indoor
gnmcs. Yes, they nro games not
sfyorts tho best that enn bo done to
pass tho time when we arc housed.
Yet they may serve another purpose.
Phlllls and I were In tho library. We
had fixed a table for plnppoug, called
by solno parlor tennis. The nnmo is
nn aspersion 011 tho real tenuis, which
Is ono of the finest games played. Phll
lls was at one end of the table batting
a little celluloid bnll with a tiny wood
en racket, I at the other doing the same
thing.
"Forty love." snld Phil on milking a
point.
"Whnt did you cnll mo?" I asked.
"I didn't cnll you anything."
"You Bald forty Bomethlng. It didn't
sound like Bob, hut you mny have In
tended It for Bob."
"Dear mo, how you do hear thlngsl
You'd better get an car trumpet"
She won the game, and wo proceeded
to tho next. I had gained nothing by
my attempt to Introduce a lovo scrim
mngo nnd hnd given her a love gnine.
Wo ench nindo the snmo number of
points nnd Phil cried:
"Deucol"
"Thnt's like a girl," I said. "One
moment you call mo lovo nnd the next
devil."
"I've called you neither!"
Sho made a point and said, "Van
tage!"
"It's all ndvantngo with' a girl," I re
marked. "Sho can cnll a fellow Move'
and not mean it, whereas If tho fellow
does any spooning he's held to a strict
accountability."
That's only when he's n desirable
parti."
She enforced the words with a bnll
thnt hit mo In tho face.
"I havo mado no such preteuBo."
Whether It was tho sting of her
words or of tho inferable little globe,
thero was somo asperity in my disclaimer.
'Who accused you of making a pre
tense ?"
Though I wns endeavoring to turn
tho subject from thc gnmo to some
thing very near my heart, I could not
seriously nccuso her, so I mado no
reply.
"Thnt's tho end of tho set," sho said.
"Shall wo piny another?"
"I'd much rather sit by tho fire."
Sho tossed her racket on tho table
and, going to the fireplace, stood be
fore it, rubbing her hands as if they
were cold. They wero not, ntf I soon
learned. She knew what was coming,
and it rattled her a bit Rather, I
should sny, she hoped for what wns
coming. -L had worked up to the decla
ration point a number of times and
stuck thero. It's one thing to toll a
girl you lovo her when sho hns been
struck by lightning and falls into your
nrms In a critical condition; it Is quite
another to do tho deed in cold blood.
At any rate, my efforts had all been
failures.
"Why did you lntlmnte," I asked, go
ing to her and leaning ngalnst tho man
tel over tho fireplace, "that I am not a
deslrablo parti?"
"I didn't"
Stuck again.
I looked through tho window nt thc
snow plllngjUp in drifts. If one finds n
task dilTlcult under certain clrcum
stuiiccs he thinks it would bo cnslcr
under other circumstances. I wns in n
comfortable room wltlun cheerful open
fire before me, but I thought I could
get out whnt I wanted to say out In tho
snow.
"Let's .go out and snowball," I said.
She looked disappointed, but acceded
to my request. Sho donned a warm
Jacket nnd a woven hood, and wo snl
lied forth.
"You stand there," I said. "I'll stand
here. You throw tho first ball at me."
, now I was to mnke a proposal whilo
pelting her I didn't know. I hoped
something would turn up to neip me.
It did, but Phlllls turned it tip; I didn't.
Phil mndo a snowball nnd threw It nt
me. I dodged It. I threw ono nt Phil.
It went wide of tho mark, Sho hit me
on the chin. Something perhnps it
was the stingput nil extra amount of
forco Into my nrm ns I threw the next
ball. I couldn't see that it hnd hit her,
but she put her hands to her eye and
sank down on the cold snow with n
moan. I ran to her.
"Phlllls, dear! Sweetheart! Forgive
me! I urn n benst to havo hurt youl"
I pulled away her hands, and sho
looked nt 1110 with Inexpressible Bweet
ness. I kissed the wounded eye.
Now, thnt oyo should havo been
either Inflamed or cold or snow wet
It was neither. A few bits of snow
were 011 her shoulder. Tho snowball
hnd thrown was squashed ngalnst thc
fence directly behind her.
"Phlllls, dear, let us go back to tho
library"
I supported her Into tho house, ami
wo Htood again before the fire.
"Oh, Phlllls!" I exclnlmed. "Suppose
I hnd dnrkened that dear eye forever!"
Sho shuddered.
. "If I had I should havo devoted my
life to you. Would you have let me?'
"Yes, Bob."
I drew the sofa beforo the flic, re
moved her wrap, and we snt down to
tho hnpplcst hour of my life. The deed
wns done.
There should bo n school for maidens
who nro troubled with balky loverM.
They should ho Instructed to collapse
and collapsible methods should bo glv
en them.
Mutual Building & Loan Ass'n.
OF NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
ASSETS $840,000.00
To Prospective Building & Loan Borrowers;
Non-resident Building & Loan Companies arc adver
tising the fact that they have reduced the monthly payments
of borrowers to $1.10 per month on each $100.00 borrowed,
making the monthly payment thc same as thc Mutual Build
ing & Loan Association of North Platte. They fail to state
that of tho $1.10 paid to the non-resident company there is
only thirty-five cents credited as a principal payment, thc
balance seventy-five cents being taken for interest. Of thc
$1.10 monthly payment to this association on each $100.00
borrowed sixty cents is for interest and fifty cents is credited
as a principal payment.
This difference in the amount credited thc borrower
will result in the borrower in the non-resident company be
ing compelled to pay not less than $25.00 more on each
$100.00 uorrowed in order to discharge the debt than thoy
would if they were doing thc business with this Association.
Mutual Building & Loan Association
OF NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
'ITS A 'WISE HEAD THAT BUILDS A SHED"
Some one, also wise has said,
"To protectyour tools from dew and dust,
And thc ravages of snow and mat"
Plenty of Shed Room On A Farm
Is pretty good evidence of economical und
y successful management.
Coates Lumber & Coal Co.
North Platte, Nebr.
300 I a ArTV T?1CT' I 300
Rooms
Rooms
When you arc in Omaha coma where all Stockmen stop. You will always And your
friends and acquaintances nt the
HOTEL CASTLE
lOTH AND JONES STS., OMAHA.
Omaha's new absolutely fire proof hotel. Wo welcome the Stockmen. We'll mnko
you comfortable and our rates uro most reasonable In tlx) 4y. Kom witii privnta toilet
tl.00 Good car service to the Stock Turds and Depots. Have rewr cnmmhvton Arm
telephone for room reservation. FRBD A. CASTLE, Prop.
COMFORT WITHOUT EXTRAVAGANCE
Less than 2 Cents
a Day Is tho Cost
of a Residence
Extension Telephone
Placed in Any Part
of tho House.
2
50 cents a Month
Without a bell.
75 cents a Month
With extra bell.
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