The Guilty Man
laf Alfalfa Queen Butter
By M. QUAD
fopyrlght, 1M6, bjr the MeCloro
N'wpaper Syndiciitt.
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of Xmas Stock.
THE LATEST IN JE1VEMIY AWAITS YOU K01V
AT OUJt STOJIK -.INI) "W'E KNOW THAT i'OU WILL
FIND JUST WHAT YOU WISH EOIt ALL MUMHEIIS
OF YOUIt FAMILY AND YOUIt FRIENDS.
SOMETHING NEW IN LAVALIEHS AND WHIST
WATCHES. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF RINGS
SET WITH A CAmEO, RURIES, DIAMONDS OR
ANY STONE OF YOUR CHOICE. THE SEED
PEARLS WITH DIAMOND CENTERS ARE ESPE
CIALLY ATTRACTIVE IN THE LAVALIERS, ALSO
THE CAMEOS.
DIAMOND EAR SCREWS ARE VERY POPULAR
THIS YEAR AND WE CAN SUPPLY THESE IN A
LARGE VARIETY OF SIZES AND MOUNTINGS.
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Do Shopping Early. Only 14 Shopping Days Left
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Jeweler
HARRY DIXON
Optometrist
DR. 0. Jf. ORESSLER,
l- ' Graduate Dentist
O'fllcu over the McDonnltl
. Stato Hank.
CITJT AND COUNTY NEWS.
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Mrs. W, H. Owono was talcon to tho
City Ilospjtat this weok for (treat
ments; '?'
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Mrsi' jflj A, Surbor has returned
from Goring whoro bIio visited rola
UVoa.forA wodlc'
Tho jury In tho district court was
discharged Wodnosdny afternoon un
til Monday, Dec, 11th.
SMrs.-Charloa. Porklna a!id daughter
jmvu'-iurui nuu - irom a V1UK Willi
friends itjDonver.
Hondquartora for Window Blass.
ST(NB DRUG STORE.
Idritco Ogler. who has boon 111
fofiepftjrtii months, fa ublo to alt up
for a few" lioura each day.
Four humltod nnd fifty now theatro
chairs drj being placed in tho nudl
torjiunloC'itho Junior high achool.
Tho lndloa of tho Christian church
will hold, u turkey Buppownnd bazaar
ot tho Mauonlo hall Friday, Doc. 15th.
Charles Hosts, of Omaha, formorly
of this city, camo tho first of this
wook to rnnsaot business and vlsll
friends,
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Fo quick nctlon and Bntlsfnttosy
sallist your laud with Tlioclncku. If
rMts&HMrilo Stack . wlU loavo next
weok for Hastings and Lincoln to visit
Tolatlvos and frlondB for n week or
longer.
Dr. V. Lucas Is expected to return to
day from PaliBado whoro ho spent
tho throo wooks with relatives.
Mrs. Goorgo Austin returned Wed
nesday evening from Omaha whoro
eho visited hor daughter for two weoks.
Mr,, nnd Mrs. Goorgo Yeoman who
havo rosldod horo for two years will
lcavo shortly for St. Joo whoro tho
former has accoptod a position
Mrs. Carl-B.pnuor, who has boon vis
iting relative In Grcoloyi Colo., for
sovornl w,cols, Is expected to return
next weok.
J. V. Cochran who has boon employ
ed In tha Western Union office for
sovoral wooks was transferred to Sld
noy Wednesday.
Miss Emily Pottorflold, of Charles
Town, Woot Vo,, who Is visiting tho
Novlllo family was takou vory 111 tho
first of this weok.
A. B. Main and Miss OUlo Mao Pcaao
of Gothenburg, wore granted a mar-
rlago llconso by County Judge French
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sohollold and
Mr. and Mrs. Ruscell Sohollold, of
Wallaco, Bpont tho first part of this
wcok visiting local friends,
Tho Artificial Ico Company, Incor
porated Wednomlay with Messrs. Will
llawloy, Theodore Lowo and Goorgo
Whlto of Suthorlnnd as stockholdors.
Tho Epworth longuo will hold Its
social and buslnoss mooting nt tho
homo or Mrs. E. O. Cool, 421 Wost
11th street thlB ovonlng. An olcctlon
of offlcors will bo held.
Mrs. LouIb Potorson loft yoaterday
morning for Hossvlllo 111., to visit hor
mother on hor ninetieth birthday. Uo
foro rotumlng sho will visit Tolatlvo
In Omaha and Kansas City for two
wooks.
Mrs. F. C. Hoxlo returned Wcdnos
day evening from Ogalalla.
Mr. and Mrs. William Calupka, of
Lincoln, came a few days ago to visit
tho latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Murphy for a iweelc
Dr. Morrill, Dentist.
"Tho Battlo of Hearts" a Fox pro
ductloii with William Farnum will bo
tho' attraction n'o tho Crystal tonight.
This b a fishing village story that Is
pleaalng and exciting.
Tho case of tho stato of Nebraska
vs. Fred Bremer on tho chargo of
oxceedlng tho speod limit In running
his automobllo was triad In the dls
trlct court Wednesday and the .Jury
aftor being out ono fliour brought
In a vordlc't of not guilty.
All The Difference
In The World
nlint kind of flour you use. You
can't nmko good bread, enko or
imntry with Inferior flour. With
COW lUtASI) flour It Is nlmoHt
Iniposslblo to mnko poor. Even
nn Inexperienced baker gets
HplpndM roaults with COW
1IHANI) flour. If raises splendid,
ly, bakes easily and tnstos do.
llclous. Order u sack today for n
trial.
LIERK-SANDALL CO.
Mrs. Harry Johnson will hako pakos
Boston brown broad , Boston baked
beans, 5o order. For Thursday dollV'
ory order beans and bread on Tues
day. For Saturday lYal Ivory ordor
Thursday. Phon0 Black 354. 93-3
A Washington dispatch in yester
day's sapors stated that J. J. Halllgan
W. V. Hoagland and J. G. Boolor, of
this city, woro among the guests .at a
dinner given by Congressman Kin-
kald.
r Men's Suits aro bolng sold at spe
clal prices such as aro novOr mado nt
this Boason of. tho year, night now
you can save throo to seven dollars on
any &ult you buy at Tho Loador Mer
cantile Company's store.
Dodges tind Hups keep tho goara In
them oven In tho worst of our sand
hills. Ask any ownor.
J. V. ROMIGII, Doalor.
It Is understood that Win Ed la has
traded 320 acres south of tho rlvor
for land in California, and the now
ownor will bo horo Biiortly to mako ar
rangemonts to put up Uio Ico on tho
lako, tho lator being Included In tho
trndo.
Tho caso of Rico against Rotulne,
which lnvolvecd a noto of ono hun
dred and eighty dollars, camo up. In
tho district court Tuesday afternoon.
Judgment was roudored in favor of
tho dofondant who ngrood to pay five
dollars, which caused tha costs to be
paid by Rico.
You can jeduco tho cost of living
by substituting Buttermilk for Bwoet
milk. You can not uso buttermilk foY
yoUr icoffoo or urcakraBti food, but
you can uso It for broad and cako
maklng, and It la a hoalthful'bovoru'KO.
Wo havo good clean buttermilk churn
ed dally, at 15 cents por gallon. Bring
your pall or Jug. North Platto Cream
ery, first door north tit postofflco,
I was not a tramp, but I had to be
come the next thing to one In a sense.
With my linvlng been ill una out of
work for months, with my bofn? penni
less nnd seedy nnd discouraged, with
my asking for a meal hero and a bed
thoro ns I tramped tho highways be
tween London nnd Liverpool, no one
could bo blamed for sizing mo up ns a
"professional" ami treutlng mo accord
ingly.
Ono night, In tho county of War
wick, I came upon n fanner who had
neither wlfo nor children, but was
Bring alone on his small holding. Ills
rnmo was Holbornc, nnd, though gruff
nt tlrst, ho flnnlly gave mo a hearty
supper and tho prlvllcgo of passing
the night In his bam. When supper
was finished and he had heard my
Btory. ho offered mo a pipe, and wo
sat at his door and smoked nnd chat
ted for an hour. It was agreed that I
should turn to next morning and work
with him in his Holds for half u month.
While wo Were chatting, a neighboring
farmer named Saunders camo up and
halted for flvo minutes, nnd two others
passed on tho highway nnd saluted
Ilolbomo with a good evening. It was
10 o'clock beforo I went to tho barn,
and, being tired and sleepy, I wns soon
in dreamland. How long I had nlept
when I was awakened by tho sound of
voices In anger, I could not say, but I
henrd what seemed to bo a quarrel be
tween Holborne nnd another man. Tho
votco of the other was high pitched
and had a catch In it. It was not a
stammer, but a sort of gasp, as if
catching his breath. I wns not fully
aroused, nor did tho quarrel continue
long.
It was sunrise next morning when I
woko and turned out. The houso wns
only about flvo rods nway, and aftor
looking ubout to sco If Holborne were
in sight I moved along to the house.
His dead body wns on the grass before
tho open door, ne lind boon struck on
tho head with a club and killed by u
slnglo blow. I wns upset by tho dis
covery, as you mny believe. After
touching his face and finding It cold 1
started off on tho run for tho nearest
farmhouse, half a mile away. The
farmer was milking, his cow, and his
wife was preparing breakfast, but they
returned with tno nt once, nnd other
neighbors were called, and a boy was
sent off to tho nearest police station.
I told my story to tho people, and o,U
believed mo. as why should they not
when Saunders was among them? And
yet when tho police enme their very
first move was to arrest mo as the
murderer. A trnmp had passed lhe
night In tho barn. Of course ho tnimp
had murdered tho farmer.
If you ngrco that tho police were
asses you will agree tbat tho others
woro fools. No sooner was I charged
with tho murder than all turned
ngalnst me. Saunders suddenly re
membered thnt our conversation was
heated as ho camo up. Tho two who
passed by thought they hoard mo uso
threatening language. A farmer whom
I had not seen nt nil the evening be
fore clnlmed to havo como near enough
to tho house to havo beard mo ask
Uolborno for tho loan of 2. I was an
gered, but not frightened. I nsked tho
police to investigate my bed on tho
straw, and they found it still warm. I
asked them to look through tho house,
and they found nothing disturbed. I
asked them to noto that the body was
cold, nnd tho doctor who was sum
moned snld that life had been extinct
for seven or eight hour.
1 was examined by n mngtstrate,
who said I would no doubt get my
Just deserts, and tho pollco mado no
move whatever to find another party.
Even tho Jailer and tho turnkeys
chuckled over tho hanging thnt must
result. I told of having heard tho
quarrel, but they said I Hod. I told
of tho arrangements mado to go to
work for Ilolbomo In tho morning,
but they smiled In derision.
I was almost ready for tho assizes
and the hanging when n iierson, whoso
identity I do not know to this day and
who must havo been moved by a spirit
of fairness, sont mo a lawyer and gavo
tho lawyer money to work with. Presto
change! Why, n bom fool could havo
picked up tho threads of the enso and
cleared me. Within six hours after 1
had told tho lawyer of tho quarrel and
tho man with tho catch In his voice
they had tho murderer spotted, nis
namo was Jamison, nnd tho quarrel
was over tho leaso of tho farm, and
tho club with which ho had dollvered
tho blow, having lost his temper, but
not meaning to kill, wns found In his
houso. More than thnt, ho broko down
nnd mado a full confession, nnd when
tho assizes camo on ho stopd lu tho
dock In my place. Nevertheless, In
Betting mo nt liberty tho Judgo did it
grudgingly and with n warning that
my crimes must sooner or later And
mo out, and I was scarcely clear of
tho courtroom whon tho humiliated
and chagrined pollco overhauled mo
nnd said:
"It Is Just posslblo that you did not
commit this crime, but only becauso
somebody clso got ahead of you. Wo
know you hud planned to do It and aro
a dangerous man to bo roamlug about,
nnd If you aro not outside tho county
iy Bimuown you suaii no run in ou
suspicion 1"
Jamison wns hanged for tho killing.
nud a. long confession was loft In writ
ing over his own hand, but thoro wero
Bcorcs of pcoplo who still bcllevel that
"tno tramp had something to do in
iionie way with that murder.
Creamery.
- If for any reason your grocer does not"supply you with
Alialfa'Quecn Butter, call at the Creamery or phone 62
and we will see that you get what want.
Watch for' coupons in every carton, they are valuable.
We have only a limited number of premiums so begin
saving couponsat once.
.i '.'.nt .. in
nn: natte uearaerv.
First Door'North of Post Office.
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BUY SCAREFUL BUY
A HOME.
Again our merchants have gathered
products from East, West, North nnd
South for your satisfaction at tho
Christmas Buying Season.
No llttlo time, thought and energy
has been expended by them In order
that your selection may bo from
stocks unequaled In this community.
Money spent with them Is money
Invested in Home Improvements. 3Ion
ey sent away is money invested in im
provements for other towns.
Let's make "BUY AT H03IK" our
1910 shopping slogan.
Santa Clnus Banks Hero. c
Platte Valley State Bank
North Platte, Nebraska.
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RAILROAD NOTES
U. P. Special Agent R. L. North
returned Tuesday from tho western
part of this stato where he transacted
business for two weoko.
A. L. Knold, of Laramlo, chairman
of tho B. of L. E. protective board.
spent Wednesday in town whilo en
route to Omaha (to attend a confer
ence between tho brotherhoods and
the Union Pacific officials.
A special train carrying .'to Detroit
tho western agonts of the Willys-Over
land Automobile Co. passed through
Monday night. Tho special wn3 a coun
terpart of trains No. 1 and 2, with the
exception that It carried more equip
ment. It carried 220 passengers all au
tomobllo men.
Sam Toucey, lately appointed su
perintendent of tho Wyoming division,
has been mado general manager of the
St, Joe & Grand Island road. Ho Is
succeeded on tho Wyoming division by
H. S. Boll, late superintendent of ter
minals at Ogdon. Toucey is not yjt
thirty years of age. Ho was formorly
private secretary to Presldont Mdh
lor. Chairman Bogue, of tho B. of R. T.
protectlvo board wont to Omaha yos
torday to attend, a conference of the
chairmen of the four railway brother
hoods with the gonoral manager of
tho Union Pacific. Conditions on tho
Union Pacific havo been somewhat
awry during tho rush of traffic for
sovoral months past, and those grie
vances will bo discussed with General
Managor Joffers.
Tho now lot of Womon's and Child
Ton's Coats that Just arrived this
morning aro placed on sale at Janu
ary salo prices, so why wait Buy
now nnd got tho best and most choice
selections. Drop Into Tho Leador
Morcantllo Co'a storo and select your
suit or coat and savo big money.
During tho past week considerable
work has boon performed on tho Pace
track at tho fair grounds. Tho em
bankment at the turn6 havo been mado
higher, hlghxapots lovoled, and soft
places surfaced with hcavlor soli. With
I somo additional work In tho spring
tho track will bo in fine shape.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Simon and child
ren will leave shortly for Hastings to
visit rolatlves.
Rev. Arthur of Grand Island, visited
this week with Dean Bowkor and left
Wednesday evening '
Miss Mary-Carroll, of Wlsner, who
visited with ,Mr. apd Mrs. Joseph Miy
phy for two weeks, has gone homo.
Georgo Prosper resumed his duties
as cleric of the district court Wednes
day after an illness of sovoral days.
Miss Iva Mills, who recently camo
horo from Cloveland, O., to visit tho
W. A. Hayes . family, has accepted a
position In tho O'Connor store.
Frank Keonan and Enid Markey will
bo at tho Keith Monday night In the
5 part feature "Tho Phantom"- and
Hank Mann In tho 2 part comedy,
"Hearts and Sparks."
For Farm Loans see or write Gene
Crook, room 3, Waltemath building,
North Platte. 4itf
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Killing Thorn Off LIko Flics.
A Copenhagen research society is
reported In a Berlin dispatch as esti
mating tho total losses of tho entente
powers In killed, wounded and miss
ing during tho-war at 15,100,000 jnen.
of which, tho Russians lost 8,500,000
men, tho French 3,700,000, tho British
1,2000,000 and tho Italians 800,000,
tho smallor nntlonB making up the remainder.
FOR YOUIt AUTO SERVICE
Call 125 for taxi day or night.
Also flvo or seven passenger car for
funoral service.
MOGBNSEN-LOUDBN AUTO CO.
Chandler & El car Ageacy,
Cornor 8th and Locnst Sta.
The Penn Mutual Life
of Philadelphia
Has paid for .more than
$100,000,000, new busi
ness this year.
J. H. Hegarty, Agent.
McCabe Bldg. North Platte-