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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1917)
N1 A A A A.A. -4t2 TIIIUTY-TIIIRD YEAR. NORTH PLA'ITE, NEB., FEURUARY 2, 1917. No. 0 TRIAL Of ROY ROBERTS WILL BEGIN MONDAY SKVJJNTl'.MVE 3IEN SELECTED FROM WHICH TO PICK A JUltY. Case 1m Likely to Attract Much Interest and Court Jtoom Will 15c Crowded at Each of ho Sessions. Ttfio second trial of Itoy Roborts for tho murdor of Vernon Connctt will begin next Monday In the district Court, Fdr this trial, under Instruc tions of Judge Grlmos, soventy-fivo mpn havo been selected by Sheriff Salisbury and from theso a Jury, If possible, will bo selected. In selecting theso men Sheriff Salisbury aimed to soouro thoao who aro compalratlvely n6w rosldents of the county and who aro not thoroughly cotlvorsant with tho crlmo wlth which Roberts Is charged. Should tho challenges of tho prosecuting and defending at torneys' exhaust tho number of men who havo been summoned all, of whom aro country resldewts Sheriff Sajisbury will proceed to select an additional list. Sheriff Salisbury will go to Lincoln today to bring Roberts to this city for the trial. Since tho conclusion of tho former trial Robdrts has lieeu confined to the penitentiary at Lin coln. In tho trial had tho defendant was found1 guilty of murder in tho first degree. On the ground of error and' mis-trial an appeal was taken to tho supremo court by Attorney J. T.' Keefrv who defended Roberts In tho lower court. Tha supreme court decreed a re-trial of Roberts and the case will . bo tho first to be tried at tho February term of distlrlct court which convenes Monday. Tho formor trial arou3ed great in terest, as Jt wa3 the first murder trial in tha county in a quarter jf . century. Tho coulrt house' wag Jam med' with spectators at each session, and toward tho' close of tho caso tho Keith theatre was substituted for the court room. It is probable that the samo Interest or curiosity will be shown In the re-trial. The witnesses who testified inthe first case aro pretty well scattered over tho stato, but all have boon found and served with a subpoena by registered mall. They, as well as tho nren selected for Jury purposes, havo been directed to report at the coirai room Monday niornlng. Tho first case cost tho county nearly two thousand dollars; the com ing .trial will, It is expected, co3t more. Tho prosecuting attornoys will bo County Attrtrnoy Halllgan and Geo. N. Gibbs, the latter having been tho prosecutor in tho first trial. Attornoy keofe will represent th,e defendant. ::o:: For Sale Looso .hay; phono 78CF2. G-2 :o: Twenty men who 1id been emploayed at the Union Pacific Ico houses during the, busy season, comploted their work yesterday morning and left for Oma ha. Miss Ella Weaver, who spent the past year in Portland with relatives, returned! homo Wednesday morning. Registered Balls For Sale At North Platte, Neb. We will have for sale at the old stock yards on Saturday, February 10, 1917, 25 head of Registered Shorthorn and Hereford Bulls, from 18 months io 3 years old. Part of these are of the Champion first prize load shown at the Denver stock show this year. We furnish pedigree and an absolute guarantee .with every bull. This will be an exceptional opportunity to pro cure high class animals right at home. Bred and Raised by GEO. D. HARRAH. FOR SALE BY W, H. TURPIE. AUTO HOAl) FH03I NORTH PLATTE TO NATIONAL PARK The suggestion that tho O-L-D auto lout llroni Omaha to Denvor via Lin coln bo changed in namo to the "Buffalo Bill Trail," 13 not meeting with a vory hearty endorsement 03 pocially from Lincoln peoplo. The State Journal suggests that ff a "Buffalo Bill Trail" bo laid out that It extend from North Platto to Cody, Wyo., thenco Into tha national park. A glnnco at the map aUonco directs attention to tho apparent saving of, mileage of Such a route to tho part the distance from North Platto to tho eastern edgo of tho park not ex ceeding 750 miles, possibly a UtMo less, Tho route would follow tho North Platto rlvofr from North Platte to Douglas, Wyo., passing through Bridgeport, Scott8 Bluffs, Torrlngton and over a country which would; not requlro n vory great outlay In road building. From Douglas straight northwest to the park, sand hills would bo encountered but no monn tlapa; In fact it is said that tho rout? between those two points would be over territory that ls loss rough than is tho Eircoln Highway from Cheyenno west. Tho North Platto-Cody route to tho National park would bo 500 mllos shortelr than to go to Ogden' and thenco north. . ' This proposed "Buffalo Bill Thrall" Is worthy the consideration of the public. ::o:: ' j It will Buro mako a clean up of all tho Women's High Grade Coats; tho very latest December creations which aro all sure to bo next season's slylo; the sizes run sixteen, eighteen, thirty, four to forty-two; such high grado coats as aro In this lot aro values up to $37.50, your unrestricted' choico for $13.75. Why" not be one of the first and get first choico? At this price they aro all sure to go out quick. Not a coat in tho lot but what is worth double and most of them thrco times 'the price" you payj If any' -remain un sold they will bo packed next week do not delay. Tho Loader Mercantile Company. This is ground hog day and tho an imal will seo his shadow constantly for tho sun shines strong. According to tho old saw he will retire to his bur row to remain six weeks In order to escape;' tho cold weatlier. This may, o'r may not prove correct A number of local Yeomen will go to Hershey this evening to assist in instituting a homestead. Following .the ceremonies a .banquet (will bo served. Tho temperature registered sixteen below zero this morning, Just frosty enough to mako a fellow step lively. Warmer wcathor is in sight. Potatoes are now quoted wholesale In Lincoln and Omaha at $2,50 per bushel, and Jobbers look for an ad vance to $3.00. Stock and Dairy Farm for Sale. 610 ncrcs located 7 miles north of Maxwell, well and windmill, 8 miles of fencing, C,"i acres In cultivation, bnlanco hay and pasture- Price six dollars per acre. Terms $1500.00 cash and balance on easy tonus, six per cent Interest. There Is n big bargain in this property. BUCHANAN & PATTERSON, 5-4 Agents. PROPOSE CODY MONUMENT AT NORTH PLATTE BILL INTRODUCED IN LKMSLA. TURK APPltOPRLVTIXG TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS 1 I Representative Richmond, of Oinalin,1 Father of tho Bill, Says tho Stato Should Honor tho Old ' Scout. if the Nebraska legislature ncriul escos to the wishes of Ropresontdtlve Henry C. Richmond, of Omaha, that body will appropriate ton thousand dollars for orectlug at North Platto a monument to tho late Colonol Wm. F. Cody. Tho bill appropriating this sum was Introduced by Representative Richmond Tuesday, and knowing Mr. Richmond as wo do, wo havo no hos Itancy in saying that ho will seo that it' goes to tho sifting commlttco, and that ho will us his influence In hav ing the bill reported for passage'. And why should not Nebraska thus honor tho old scout, and why Is not North Platto tho logical point for the orectlbn of tho monument? Aa an advertiser of Nebraska, Col. Cody sur passed all othor individuals and, ,0,11 othor methods, for througji him the commonwealth of Nebraska .was made known to tho poonlos of ovory civil ized nation on earth. More, too; tho stato OAVos to Colonel Cody more than it can repay for tho services he 'ren dered In protecting tho early( settlor; In blazing the trail that brought thousands upon thousands of ..home stendors, who later becamo tho bono and Blnow of tho, land and played no smlal part in making Nebraska what she is today. As a good citizen ho was honored for his courage, his hbn esty, Ills loyalty to the .mafure ho was a friend, to the young art Idql ; ho was a man who will vor live not only in tho memory of the present gen eration but In the generations to come. Time may efface tho remembrance of good deeds of other men who flguVdd in tho history-making epoch of Ne braska, but not so with tho old scout, and with a monunidnt to his memory In North Plntto, thousands with hat In hand will stand before It and do 'rev erence to liis memory. North Platto should bo tho site. Horo for many years was his home, hero he reared his children; it was horo that he collected' tho nucleus of that wonderful amusement caravan sary that pitched Its tents In Eng land, France, Gormany, Spain even In tho valley of tho Nile; It was hero that ho met General Sheridan and act ed as his convoy Into tho then Indian- Inhabited and buffalo-pastured wilds of Nebraska and Kansas; it was horo ho met tho son of a Russian czar and escorted him to tho buffalo hunting grounds; It was from North Platto that tho expeditionary forces, with Colonel Cody as chief of scouts, went out and wrought havoc with the Sioux war riors at Summit Springs and so de moralized them that they no longer Infested Nebraska; in fact North Platto HI JV11AULLHI IT under tlic 37 , In the Interim while Investigating or looking about for a permanent Invest ment there Is 110 more desirable place for your funds than secured by 11 Cer tificate of Deposit at this bank. Why I Because It Is payable on do inaiitl, yields n proiitablo rate of In. terest, Is an nufo uh tills strong bank and Is free of all red tapo. Interest,. i (J months or a year. Platte Valley State Bank North Platte, Nebraska. and Colonol Cody nre so closely as sociated that not for a moment should any othor site for the Nebraska mon ument bo consklpTfifll. ::o:: Parewoll Reception to Honkers. The msmbors of tho Epl&copal pnr Ish will tender a4farewoll reception to Dean and Mrs. J. J. Bowkor at tho Odd Fellows' hall next Tuesday even ing between tho hours of olght and ten o'clock. All mombors of the, parish and their frlonds and friends of Dunn and Mrs. Bowkor aro cordially Invit ed to bo prosont. ::o?:- Kllcs Petition la Bankruptcy J. J. Gottmnn, cigar manufacturer, and for two seagons manager of tho Ndrth Platto ball team, Hied an ap plication for voljuntrny (bankruptcy yoetordny. IIo lists his , assota nt S2.729.50 and his liabilities at $5,083.09. Of tho Indebtedness $Sll17 ls secured by socurltlos valuoll at $1,560. IIo claims an oxompttou of $691. Jauunry Wonthcr, The teniparnturo last 1110114I1, as shown by tho monthly summary Is sued by tho local wcathor bureau, ranged from 5S to 21 bolow zero, with a mean of 23, tho mpn bolng S de grees warmer than January last yoa'r. There wore seven days during U10 month when tho tomporaturo reached a bolow zero point. Tho snowfall for the month was C.2 Inches, making .74 of an Inch of precipitation when ro dltcod' to wator. Tho precipitation In January last year was .85 of an inch. ;:o:: Unreserved Naval Warfare. A Washington dispatch -dated Jan uary 31st says: "Gormany has declar od unrestricted submarine warfare A starvation blockade of England, tho like of which the world novor has seen, was announced to tho world today In notos delivered to Amorkan Ambassa dor Gorard in Berlin and to tho stato department horo by Count von Borns dorff. Thus begins tho long-foarcd cam jjJgn of rutiilossness, conceived by Ton Illndbbufg, It Is said horo, on va" magnltudo nevor oven contemplated by von Tlrlpltz. Again tho United States faces sovoranco of diplomatic rolatlons with Gormany with all its eventual possibilities. President Wil son's repeated warnings of "a world ailro" and Secretary Lansing's "vorgo of war" statement aro being recalled in tho capital with feelings of apprehen sion and misgiving." Q 11 For Salo 0G foot lot on west Sixth street. Side walk In, sower and gas In alley. $100 down, balanco easy paymonts. O. XR. Robinson, 322 west Second. 0-4 : :o: : Tho city council will meet In regu lar session next Tuosday ovonlng, nni tho councllmon will probably have mado their Investigation of gambling and bo prepared to take Bomojictlon regarding cigar stores and pool halls. Eunice McMlchaol entertained a numbor of hor young frlonds Wcdnes, day aftornoon at a party given In hon or of hor ninth birthday. Pending Permanent Investment LOCAL AN1) PERSONAL. Mrs. Will Hawing is enjoying a visit from Mrs. Porter, of 'Suthanlaiur f Dr. Fetter Is onjoylng a visit from his brother, who arrived from Brady a fow days ago. Mrs. Earl Hamilton and slstor-Mlss Ruth FtUgerold, who have bo,on horo this wook, leave. Sunday for Omaha. Rev. Samuel Hardman, of Bnynrd, will conduct tho services atjj tho Church of Our Saviour 'Sunday.'' Fob ruary 4 th. ' . ' V Mrs. Harold . Chambers enmo. down from Goring Wednesday ovaning to visit hor mother Mrs. Elinor Coatos for a wook. Court Roportor P, j. Barron roturncd Wodnosday ntternpoh irom Lexington whoro ho (spnt tho first of, this wook on 'business. Goorgo Walsh and jVnna Luthpr may bo s'oen at tho Crystal .tonight lrt tiio Fox foat'uro "Tho Boast." A story of a man's reformation. Arch Deacon Bowkor, who took up his new duties aa arch deacon Fob ruary 1st, left this morning for Gor ing, Chadron and Crawford. A baby girl was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Muchllnskl. Mother and babe aro doing nlcoly, Mrs. Muchllnskl was formorly Miss Bortha Andorson. II. L. Hnsklns, of tho Horshoy, vi cinity, and Frank Lltzlp of this city, nro making arrangements to open a co-oporatlvo club on Fobraury 15th in tho Bratt building on Locust stroot. A stock of genoral morchandlso will bo carrlod. Arch Deacon Bowkor recently re ceived 0110 of tho one thousand child's tocklngs which aro sent out from Now York to.dlfforont clorgymon to be filled with small coin donntlpns and tho to tal to bo returned tq Now York and then sent to tho children of tho fifteen warring nations. Tho arch deacon baa alrordy Bocurod two hundred and Hfty ton-cont pieces. Miss Anna Lockor, of Denver, for morly of this city, and Josoph Baker, son of Mrs. Mary. Bakor, woro mar ried Monday evening at tho Dqnham hotel In Denvor by Rov. Thoanis S. Young of tho Broadway Baptist church. After the ceremony tho bridal party woro served with a six courso dinner. Thoy aro oxpe'eted to roturn to this clt(v this ntornopn to mnko thdlr home. Both young pooplo-havo many local friends who will wish them hap piness. ::o:: FroHh Cow. Fresh young milch cow for salo. Howard ranch Phono 790F031. Chase 6c Seal Brarw "As good as Seal Brand Coffee" In pound, half-pound and quurter-pound, scaled nir-tigbt canisters Ur. J. S. Twlnem Thinks Now Appcn. (Ileitis Statuto ls a Good One PIERRE. S. D., Jan. 31. South Da kotanu will bo protected from unscrup ulous practitioners who dlagnoso any lllnoss as appondlcltls and then per form an operation, unddr a bill pre pared for Introduction In tho stato legislature. This bill would require that all appendices removed in opera tions bo sent to tho stato laboratory for examination. Thoso appendices af ter examined would then bo returned to their rospoctlyo "owners" together with a certificate showing tholr con dition. In tho ryout an appoiyllx was not diseased tho ""ownor" would bo ro llovod of any liability for payment for tho oporatlon undor thp bill. Comment on above from Omaha Be, Jan. 30, 1917. This is a vory com mondoblo proposition and should bo a law In Nobrsnka, more especially In North riatto, Lincoln Co., and each of tho states or our lnnd. ,0 Thoro nro somo cases of appondlcltls but thoy nro oxcoodlngly fdw It is not with Nature's decroo nor that of tho Almighty that so many aro re moved. It Is bocauso of the financial vnlud to tho surgeon. (Signed) JOHN S. TWINEM. ::o:: Following aro tho speakers who will respond' to toasts at tho banquet In honor of tho city superintendents, at the Franklin School building this ov onlng with Co. Sirpt. Gantt as toast mlstrcss: 'Thrlfit Movement," Miss Annio Kramph; "Community Co-op-oratlon," E. S. Davis; "Tendency of Rollglous Instruction," Rov. C. B. Hnr man. Charles McKeon and Miss Allco Loy poldt, both of Horshoy, woro granted a marrlngo llconso yesterday morn ing. John Don camo down from Sidney, Wodnosday to visit his family, :;o:: Itaro llnrgalu in High Grado Piano. Wo havo a now, hlgh-grado piano located at North Platto, which for ln-, modiato salo, no rcasonablo offer will bo declined. Liberal terms to n re sponsible 'party. ' lfvyou met quick yoit will find this an opportunity to puV cliaso a flno piano tromondously cheap. If Interested wrlto tho Donvor Music Company, Denver, Colorado, nt onco for particulars. 0-C r ... Public Snlo II. S. Hasklns, who llvo3 thrco mllos east of Horshoy, ton mllos west of North Platto and ono mllo south of NlcholB school houso will soil at pub lic auction on Thursday, Fobruary 8th, thirteen head of horses, eovonteon head of cattle, ' oightcon hogs, olght dozon whl to Leghorn chickens and a lot of farm machlnory. G-2 S anborrfs "17 'A JL -JLjf JaL LIERK-SANDALL CO.