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TIIIRTY-TII1RD YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEB., APRIL 24, ID 7.
No. 29
ELKS INSTRUCT TRUSTEES
TO BUILD AN ADDITION
sew kuiliuno will m: -iixso
AND CONFOIttl WITH Till
rjti:si:M' sthuctuhk
W. J. O'Connor Will Take a Ten
Year Lease on the First and
Second Floors W'ofk lo
Begin Soon.
At a regular mooting of tho B. P.
O. ElkB last ovonlng tho proposition
of building a 44x80 foot addition to
tho present structure was discussed,
and by a unanimous vote tho trustees
were instructed to proceed with tho
orectlon of tho building. Tho ad
ditlon wlU bo three stories and con
form in architectural stylo to tho
present structure. This will glvo tho
Elks a frontage of 110 feet on Dowoy,
and with tho addition tho building
will certainly bo ono of which tho
ity can with reason feel proud.
Tho first and! second floors of tho
now building have boon leased for a
period of ton years by V. J. O'Con
nor, tho occupant of tho present
building. It is understood that Mr,
O'Connor rtlU add now lines to his
Btock, using tho two ground floors
for' this purpose and using tho sec
ond floon for tho storage of surplus
stock. This gives Mr. O Connor a
floor spaco equal to ono room 80x
154 feet. Tho third floor will ulti
mately bo used for lodge 'purposes,
but for tho present will bo left In an
iinflnishoii condition.
- "While tho Elk lodge makes this
movo for pecuniary gain, Uioro is
coupled with it a desire to help build
up North Platto, making It a nana
somor and bettor" town.
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.
Tho Zotta Zetta club mdll meet with
Mrs. Robert Armstrong tomorrow af
ternoon.
Tho Christian aid society will meet
in tho church basemont Thursday af-tortaoon.
For Sale Piano, Detroit Vapor
range, and other articles of house
hold furniture. Phono Black 1005
118 west Third street. 29-2
Miss Effio Honoka, who has been
"Visiting relatives and) friends in Wal
lace lor tnreo wcoks, is expecieu to
return the last of this irt'cek.
Buy your Notions now; you'll need
them alter, besides securting Notion
Sale prices on- everything else you
buy in al othor departments of The
Leader Mercantile Co,.
Tho Rod Cross Circle mooting
of last week nvilll be hold tomorrow
which was 'postponed from Thursday
evening In tho. federal court rpom of
tho postofilco building.
A regular mooting of Signet chap
tor 55, O. E. S. will bo held Thursday
evening, April 26th, at tho Masonic
hall at 7:30 sharp. Initiation and
election of officers.
J. II. Edmisten, who has 400 acres
nt "vvlmtit anntli nf TMimnll. hilvh that
its condition has improved very much
during the past ten uays anu no says
present prospects "point to a two
thirds yield of tho usual crop.
Cards have been issued by Mr and
Mrs. J. A..Krauso. of West Point, an
nounclnc tho comlnir marriage of
their daughter Onetah to Arthur F.
Tramp, son of Mr. and Mrs. is, T.
T.rnmn .nf this cAtV. Tho WoddillE
will take place Tuesday evonlng. May
Stn. at tno uraco lutneran cnurcu
in West Point Tho honeymoon will
bo spent in California.
Now during sowing season, making
dresses tor yoursoir or mo gins, get
the McCall l'aterns ror 10, it anu zu
cents at Tno Leader Mercantile uo. s
Sn mnnv oWortunitios to save
during the Notion Salo at Tho Leader
Mercantile Co. 3.
Frank Keenan as a father who
wanted a son and Enid Markoy as
tim lnnirhtnr who camo instead, will
appear at tho Keith Thursday in "Jim
Grimsby's Boy." Tho girl was drcssod
in boy's attiro but ono tatterea fash
ion magazine establishes tho femi
nine lovo of protty clothes. With this
will bo shown tho two part comedy
'Bombs," with Chas. Murray and
Fazenda. ,
. Carpets and Rugs of all kinds
thoroughly cleaned by tho Little
Giant Vacuum Cleaner. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Phono Red 1009; or call
at 2 South Maple. 30-4
It's a chanco for you to act char
itable. Get 20 women together and
visit our millinery and suit depart
ment and wo will give free a $5
hat, your own selection. Prosont it
to somo ono who cannot afford to
buy a ?5 hat; any day at 2:30 in tho
afternoon at Tho Loader Mercantile
Co. Phono us about it.
Notice is horoby given that thoro
will be held a meowing of tho North
Platto comctory Association, of North
Plntto, Nebraska, on April 27, 1917.
In tho district court room in tho
Court liouso at 8 p. m. All persons
owning or controlling lots or acting
na agents for others nro asked to bo
prosont, as businoss of importanco
to tho Association and lot owners
will bo tranacted and it is desired
that a full attendance bo had at that
tlmo.
By order of tho Board of Trustees.
T. C. Pattorson, Pres., W. II. McDon
"ald, Troas., Goo. Fronch, Sec'y.
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FOH QUICK SALE
Almost now seven room liouso ami
corner lot, west Sixth street, Small
payment, down, Imlunco same as rent.
Other houses and lots in different
pnrts of city. Somo houses to ex.
clinngo for land. Sco
I1IIATT, GOODMAN & UUCKLEY.
VOTE OX QUEEN CONTEST
WAS IjKUIT LAST week
Only 825 votos were cast last wook
for queen of tho seml-contonnlal cel
ebration, but this does not mean that
intorost Is flagging. Tho friends of
tho contestants aro simply harbor
ing tho "sinews of war" and somo
day will lot looso with not simply
hundreds, but thousands of votes.
Up to yostoidny tho standing of
tho eighteen contestants was as fol
lows: Ilildogardo Clinton 410
Maymo Pizor 250
Elizabeth Hlnman 275
Cathoflno Hall 245
Hazel Barbor 260
Blanch Fonda 255
Myrtlo Boolor 225
Lucllo Wilcox 225
Janet McDonald 460
Sybil Gantt 255
Holon Waltomath 325
Loulso Ottonatcfn 2G0
Floronco MacKay 380
Mario Bowon 300
Hazel Smith 300
Mabol Dilrko 265
Marie McCabo 225
Elva Day 290
TRIANGLE CLUB HOLDS
WELL ATTENDED BANQUET
LOSINU TEAM IN RECENT 31 EM
UEltSHir CAMfAKJX FEASTS
THE WINNERS
Young Men Tnke Kindly to the Now
Organization and Interest Is
Displayed Which Means the
Club Will ho n Winner
FOR RENT
11 ncrcs sugar beet Innd adjoin,
lug city; can bo irrigated; also sev
eral lots to farm. (Yon or cash rent.
RRATT, GOODMAN & BUCKLEY.
Mrs. Herbert Tramp and Mrs.'
Ernest Tramp, who havo boon visit-1
ing in Omaha and West Point, will
return this iwfook
Fifty mon, mostly young mon of tho
North Platto high -school, attonded
the banquet last evening glvon tho
winning side in tho momborshi'p cam
paign carried ton 'by li etfTriangle
Club. According to tho ngreomont
mndo the sido socuring tho fowor
numbor of now mombors should ban
quet tho winning sido, thoroforo tho
'Uteris' treated tho "Blues" and all
the new mombors who wero nblo to
attond. After a flno menu served by
the ladles of tho Methodist church
toasts wero responded- to by tho fol
lowing: W. R. Malonoy, Merle Mau
pln, Ralph Robinson, W. E. Starr, L.
W. Toole and Rov. A. C. Hull.
Interspersed with tho toasts were
a reading by Max Oman, a piano solo
by Donald Nowton and numbors on
tho grnfanola.
During tho membership campaign
just ended sovonty-ono now mombors
wero secured and If tho enthusiasm
shown at this banquet can bo taken
as ovldbnco, tho membership will
soon reach tho two hundred mark sot
as tho goal.
It Is ovldont from tho interest
shotATii by tho young men who hnvo
dropped into tho club rooms in tho
BHptlst church that an organization
of this kind Is needed in North Platto.
Somo of tho businoss mon of North
Platto havo beon in hearty accord
with this movement and it is hoped
that ovory man !h tho city will en
doavor to find out tho purposo of this
club by vetting tho rooms any night
In tho weok oxcopt Sunday botweon
the hours of 7:30 nnd 10:00. During
tjlioso hours a responsible poron is
in chnrgo who will bo glad to ans
wer any Inquiries.
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Organize Federal Loan Association.
A numbor of fnrmors of tho Jack
Morrow flats section mot in this city
Saturday and organized a fodoral
loan association. Directors wore
elected as follows: W. C. Haaso, II.
P. Stovons, Eugono Combs, Chris
Kilns and Bolle Edmlnston. Thoso
directors will moot next Saturday
and elect tho officers.
Mombors of tho association havo
filed appliintions for loans aggregat
ing botweon fifty nnd sixty thous
and dollars.
BIG OIL DEPOSIT UNDER
CITY, SAYS PATTERSON
I'ETKOLEl'M EXTENT DECLARES
1'liATTE VALLEY OIL FIELD
ONE OF LARGEST IN WORLD
Whether Oil Sand Can bo Reached Is
I'roblematlraK, but Indications;
Warrant Rorlug a Well to
Ascertain
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Tho B. P. O. Elks held Installa
tion ceremonies Inst ovoning, plac
ing in tho chairs tho offlcors who woro
elected two or throe wooks npio.
Miss Foii Shout), of Sutherland,
"kTio had been taking treatment at a
local hospital for an infection in ono
of her foot, Is improving and will
soon bo able to return homo.
W. I. PattorBon, potroloum export
and geologist, who has mndo a study
of the old Holds of Canada, Montana,
Wyoming and Kansas, and who has
boon Instrumental in having a woll
bored at Sterling, addressed a rather
Binall nudienco at tho Chnmbor of
Comorco rooms last ovonlng. In
opening' his romnrKs Mr. Pattorson
told of his oxporlonco in vnriouB oil
Holds, how ho had traced tho oil
boarJng strata from tho Canndlnn
Holds down through Montana, Wy
oming, Colorado, Nebraska Into tho
woll developed fields of Kansas, and
mndo tho stntemout that ho had ovory
roason to boliovo, and did bollovo,
that under tho olty of North Platto
is located ono of tho groatcst potro
loum doposlts in this country. This
statement is not mndo from a purely
geological standpoint but is substan
tiated by tho uso of sclentlUc Instru
ments, of which Mr. Pattorson la tho
possessor, that havo been used by
him in and around North Platto, and
which hnvo not in any ono instanco
proved falso in directing him to oil
doposlts.
Whothor this oil strata llos near
enough tho surfaco to bo roachod,
Mr. Pattorson is not cortaln, but ho
is Inclined to bollovo that it can bo
readied at a depth of 1650 foot, if
not at that depth then at 2800 foot.
Ho bollovcs that an offort to reach
this oil strata Is woll worth whllo,
aim suggostod that a company bo
formed with a fully paid up capital
of $35,000 and that operations bogln
at onco. Ho advisor that leases on
10,000 acres of land surrounding
North Plntto bo first acquired.
Mr. Pattorson Is not a promotor; ho
does not nsk nny cash consideration
for locating nnd developing oil
fields; all ho demands Is that whon a
company Is formoai that ho bo glvon
a ono-olghth Intorost. If tho propo
sition pans out ho gets his shnro of
tho ontinlngs; if It does not prove a
success lie rccotvos nothing. Ho
simply puts up his tlmo nnd knowl
edge against tho cnsli which tho oth
or follows contribute to tho oxponso
of boring tho wolls.
Miss Ruth Carroll, who had boon
visiting hor sister Mrs. Thoodoro Snn
dall In Clveyonno for a weok, roturnod
homo Sunday.
MIbs Florence Stack has rotumed
from Loxlngton whoro sho visited with
frlonda last week.
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Janitor Wanted
For tho Episcopal church. Rosidonco
furnished to Janitor. AiVply to T. C.
Patterson, B. & Ia, Building.
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Celebrating r irth Annual oLULIi i
Mr ei TAvr m mum. m mmm n mm t mmmm -
Starts Tuesday, April 24th, Ending Saturday Night, lay 5th.
This month completes the Fourth year of our wonder
ful success. During the Four years of business our am-
,v r:bition, has been to give the buying public the greatest
Possible Value at the Smallest Possible Price, and always
have just what the public demands. The outcome is well
known to our many patrons who trade at this store and
whose patronage has made this one of the largest and
best exclusive Ladies' 'ready-to-wear establishments in
Western Neb. We hope to grow still larger to progress
and to give more and more to the people for their money
and have every reason to have the greatest confidence in
doing so.
To show our appreciation of your gener
ous patronage we will celebrate the event
by offering you any New Spring Suit, Coat9.
Dress or Skirt at a Discount of Twenty
Per Cent OFF the Regular Price,
:iises
and Silk Petticoat
:s at a Discount of Ten Per Cent
Your Golden Opportunity to buy your Spring Suit, Coat, Dress or Skirt al a saving of 20 cents on the
Dollar. Just think Ladies! What this means to you, Right now at the start of the season you save One Fifth
on any garment you may purchase, the stock is Brand New, Clean and Right up lo the minute in style. The
prices as usual are marked in plain figures, just deduct ihe discount you are entitled lo during ihis sale, and see
the greal saving for yourself.
This Sale
for
Cash Only
Alterations Free
LADIES' OUTFITTING STORE.
NORTH PLATTE'S MODERN EXCLUSIVE LADIES' SHOP.
This Sale
for
Cash Only
Alterations Free