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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1917)
Patriots, Wear your flag IT HELPS to wear the flag That is something every one can do men, women, boys and girls. You can mnke the start today toward "doing your bit" by wearing the colors' constantly. FLAG BUTTONS AND PINS Clinton's is showing enameled flag t -buttons and pins, in different sizes,' at prices every one can afford. C. S. Clinton, Jeweler and Optician, At Uio Sign of the Wg IMng. SOCIETY AND CLUBS. MtltKST QUICKLY FOLLOWS I THEFT OF AUTO.UOIHLE j The D. 0. T. dancing olub will hold A nian thirty yeara of ago who gave a social danco at tho Masonic hall his name as Walter Young, but said-, Wodnoeday ovonlng, May lGth. rested at Ogalalla Tuosday foronoon a social danco will bo held In tho ll2 on the charge of stealing the automo- Kf vairioV mimm nmlltnrlwm thin JHidSSht J'uS-reSff'ovonlng by tho Catholic young W the car wsa not discovered until ono plo. o'clock Tuosday afternoon. Tho thoft Special prices on ladles' Coats, Suits and Drosses at WILCOX DEPARTMENT STORE. Waltor Nye, Sr., of Koarnoy, father of Frank Nyo who transacts business horo weekly, died the first of this Tho Catholic ladles society hold -a social In tho basomont of St. Patrick's school basomont yostorday afternoon. Tho comnilttoo In charge was Mos damos A. J. Frazlor, J. J. Horrlgan, Joseph and Jamoa Roddy and C. Boeder. DR. 0. il. CRESSLER, Graduate Dentist 0 III co over the McDonald State Bunk. CITY AND COUNTY NEWS. Dr. Morrill. Dentist. .1 fnn T f n1 Inlinil 1 n f n few days ago for Wollileot to visit roy improved. Twin boys wore bom Tuosday after noon to Mr. and Mrs. Chris Schick of Curtis. Mrs. Schick was formerly Miss Jennie Lincoln of tills city. Mr. and Mrs. John Brooks who wore rocontly married loft yostorday mom Ing for Gothonburg Tvhoro tho former will open a vulcanizing shop. CoatHl Coats! Of any description, all shades, all styles, all lengths, aro now soiling ut greatly reduced prices at BLOCK'S. Miss Katlicrlno Soyrerth, who was called hero this n)cok by tho illness of honnothcr, will return to Omaha Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Soyferth is relatives. Miss draco Winslow roturnod Wed nesday from a visit w'ltli frlonds III Gothonburg. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Hahlor and Mrs. Georgo Tckulvo visited In Wollllcet tho first of this weok. Joseph G. Colo and Miss Lydla Amon of Hastings woro married in that city Wednesday. Both young peoplo woro fonnorly employed horo In tho Gott man cigar factory. larm and Ranch louns at lowest I rules and host terms. Money on hand Minn ll.inv flhannr nnma un from' to clo8 ,on," Promptljr. Maxwell Wodnosday to apond a fow BUCHANAN & PATTERSON. n.u. WcdnoKday'8 gontlo rain, followed Chris Strauss of Omaha, who had as It was by warmer weather, freshen been visiting his brother Charles ed pastures and grass is iow growing StrausB has returned homo. ra'pidly, for which stockmon uro duly Alvln Ellas, who had boon employed' "V,I7il,cUJu"y ,al1 tocknion ha1 In tho Greon pool hall for soveral montliB, roslgnod Wednesday, Middles for Klddlos at WIIX'OX DEPARTMENT STORE. Mrs, Etta S. Bonner returned last ovonlng from Omaha whero she spent tho greator part of this wook. Konnoth Rykor who was oporated upon Wedonsday morning at tho Nurso Brown hospital Is doing nlcoly. becomo short of feed. Tho caso of tho state of Nobraska ugulnst Jnmes AdaniBon and Larkln Cecil charged with nssualtlng Claudo Slicotn, camo tip In the county court Wcdnosddy and was continued until next Monday. Ico Cream 30c a quart at WILCOX DEPARTMENT STORE. Geo. Mudd, -who lives immediately norm or lioraiioy will plnnt ono nun I now havo funds at 5 por cont drcd and slxtcon acres to sugar boots on cuolco bottom tnblo land. Gone Crook, Room 4, Keith thoatro Bldg. Miss Amy Wilson, of Lincoln, who has boon visiting her nloco Miss Fern Wilson for a weok, will leavo Sunday. Mrs. E. Mills returned to hor homo In Wyoming Wednesday morning nftor nn oxtondod visit with rolativos horo. For Salo Parlor organ, In good con dltlon'und will bo sold choup, 303 oast Third Htroot, or phono Rod 737. 31tf John Ohlstroin, ago seventy years dfod Wodnosday at tho Pulvor hospi tal and tho romalnB wero takon to Brady for intormont. Mrs. Mary O'Haro, who has boon taking treatment In Chicago and Ro chester, Minn., for several wcoks, re turned homo yesterday. I havo an unusually attractlvo as sortment of midsummer hats In mv department at Blocks'. Dainty whlto hats sultablo for all occasions. Arvllla wtuttauor. 33. this season. IIo has tho ground in roadlnosB and will bogln planting as soon as tho woathor becomes warm Tho body of Nick Williams, tho col orod laborer who died recently In tho rormor round nouso. was Intorrcu In tho North Platto comotory Wodnosday aftomoon. Tho body was held some tlmo but was not claimed by any roiaiivos. Horry Porter has completed his bottling works building on east Front stroot and has begun moving IiIb ma chlnory thoroto. Tho now building Is arranged OxcliiBlvoly for a bottling piant, ana ib Burriclontly largo to pro viuo accominotlatlonB for tho oxpan Bion or tno business. : :o: : FOR YOUR AUTO SERVICE Call 12C for Taxi day or night. Also flvo or sovon paasongor car for tunorai sorvico. MOQENSEN-LOUDEN AUTO CO-, Chandlor & Elcar Agency. Corner Eighth and Locust Sts WEST. Improve your affairs with a A Checking Account ' There were tint loss ImixIihwh' failures In I'ebniiiry, 1017, Hum In February, 1IIK!. And (his Improu'iiieiit h attrib uted mainly to improved accounting and business methods. Wo will bo (,'liul to have you call at tho bank and consult us about our pny.by-cliet'k method for your account. Platte Valley State Bank North Platte, Nebraska. m was at onco reported to Sheriff Salis bury who notified officers and garage men In towns oast and vost to bo on the tho look out. Tuesday ovonlng word was rocolved that tho car and tho man were Ogalalla, and the following day Shorlff Salisbury wont up and brought back both the man and the car. Tho thief says ho took the car short ly after twVilvo o'clock Monday night; that he experlonced some trouble In operating it, and that at Sutherland ho got off the valley road and wander ed around in tho north hills for twen ty-five milos. Ho finally roturnod to Sutherland and started wost on the Lincoln highway. Whon ho roached Ogalalla tho car was out of wator, gas and oil, and It was whllo at a garage Tuosday aftomoon getting those supplies that ho was nabbed IIo savs that a man nnd woman wlio had been hero but had gone to Wyora ing had ullrcd him to como thoro, and that ho thought it a nice plan to stoal an auto and make n Joy ride of the trip. In the district coutr yesterday nf ternoon tho prisoner appeared before Judge Grimes, pleaded guilty, gave his name as Arthur Johnson, nnd was an indetonninato sontenco of from ono to seven years in the penitentiary. ::o:: Earnings of Teachers. A committee of teachors of tho city schools.composcd of Mrs. Adda Turple, Miss Alta Wells and Miss Fannlo High, was recently appointed to as certain the advance in tho actual living expense of tho teachers. Tills roport was submitted to tho board of education this week. It shows that tho avorago paid for board during Sep tember, 1910, was S4.15 less than during March, 1917; that whllo room rent, 'which averages $8.50 per month, had not Increased, a number of teach oib havo been notified that tho rates will bo Increased next fall; and that othor nocossary oxpenses Including railroad faro to and from North Platte, clothing, shoes and books and othor absoluto oxpenses average $14.00 por month. Tho avorago monthly oxponso of the teachors figure $46.00, and tho avorago monthly pay they re colvo for twelve months Is $54.85, a net sum of $8.85 por month With those figures confronting them, tho board of education was justified in granting teachers an increase in salary for the coming school year, ::o:: War Tax Effects Everybody Tho war tax on freight bills will bo threo por cent, ten por cent on express bills paid, and ten por cent on passenger tickets abovo twonty-fivo cents. Thoro will also bo a tax or ten por cont on sleeping car berths. Tho usor of electric light and power will bo taxed flvo 'per cont on tho aniount ho pays, flvo por cent on his monthly tolophono sorvico, nnd flvo conts on each toll mcssago, whero tho regular charge Is over tlftcon conts. Automo bile purchasers will bo taxed flvo por cent on tho prlco thoy pay a car selling for $1,000 will bo taxed $50. Musical instruments Boiling for Ovor $10 will bo taxed flvo por cont, and flvo por cont will bo levied on cosmetics and proprietary artlclos. Even chewing gum will bear a tax of flvo por cent, and an equal tax will bo The membors of tho Travel nnd . Study Club will ontertaln their hus- bands and gentlomon frlonds Monday j evonlng at tho home of Dr. and Mrs., J. S. Simms. The domostic sclonce department of the Twontieth Century club will moot, with Mrs. Geo. B. Dont Monday after- i noon. Tho presentation of tho flag to. tho district court which was to havo been hold Monday, has been post poned Indefinitely. The Nevita club wns pleasantly on-. teriauiod Wednesday aftomoon by Mrs. ChiI Urodbock. Tho aftomoon was' fptnt In kenstngton and one contest,' the prize for which was won by Mrs, I Andy ost,. Mrs. P. Stowart was a. gumt of the club. Dainty refreshments wore served ut tno closo. j Mrs. Allison Wilcox cntortnlned thei Indian Card club at the home of her mother Mrs. James Payno Wednesday afternoon. In tho card games prizes woro awarded to Moedamos C. R. Mor cy and Joseph Stone. Assisting the hostess -were Mesdamos Horton Mun gor. Charles Reynolds and Miss Ida Ottonstcln. Mrs. E. F. Seeberger entertained a dozen ladles Tuesday afternoon at a surprlso birthday party for her mother-in-law Mrs. William Newman who had reached her eighty-fifth year. Tho ladles spent a pleasant after noon and presented tho guest of honor with many gifts and boquets of flowers. A decorated birthday cako was a foa turo of tho luncheon. Tho Entro Nous club met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. H. A. Lawhead. In tho card games prizes woro award ed to MosdamcB Floyd Jackson and William Owens. Mrs. Al Brown and Mrs. L. L. Bcrtho woro aw larded guest .prizes. Guests of tho club woro Mes damos John Weinberger, F. J, Mc Govorn, L. L. Iksttho and A. W. Brown. Tho next meeting will bo hold on Wed nesday afternoon, May 16th, at tho homo of Mrs, William Owens. Mrs. W. B. Brown cntortalned the members of tho literary department of tho Twentieth Century club In a pleas unt mannor Tuesday afternoon. Sev eral cnjoyablo piano nnd violin se lections wero Tendered by a children's orchestra composed of Masters Fayo Yoarsley and Thomas Orton, Jr., Clara Orton and Helen Schwalgor. Mrs. C. F. Adams read an Interesting paper on "Ilia Convorvatlon of Water" and a general discussion followed. Roll call wns answered by reciting a poem In honor of tho mothers of tho mombers. Tho general meeting of tho Twen tieth Century Club was hold Tuosday ovonlng at tho homo of Mrs. G. B. Dent. A patriotic program was rcn- Uored as follows: 'America for Mo," Mrs. CharlOs Ed wards: "Our Flnir." Mrs. Joseph Roddy; "Evoryono should Uso Their Talents", Mrs. T. C. Patter son. Mrs. T. O. Thompson chairman of tho litoraturo department was in charge of the program. A committee composed of Mrs. Mary Elder, chair man of domostic science, Mrs. Harry uramor cnairman or music nnd Mrs T. G. Thompson chairman of literature will preparo a program for tho general meeting in Juno. o: :- m&mj?sabisliccl 1052 North Platte Roys Enlist. tho ranks or company E wore IIVU 1IUI V71ll, UUU till Ulllilll LUA IV ill U U I 1 ,1 , 1 C " i , . levied on Jewelry. The picture show , 0 ?PBVi'"0J boys: Paul Nolan, Harold Langford, Frnncls Snndall. Allen Atchlnson. man will pay ono cont per linear foot of fUins exposed. Theso taxes will be como offectlvo Juno 1st. Thoso additional taxes will cost tho peoplo of North Platto thousands of dollars per year. :::: WAR NOTES Tho work of tho Gonuun submarines during tho past wock was loss offec tlvo thun for the avorago wook. Twon-ty-four British vossols of moro than 1.G00 tons 'each woro sunk; tKenty-two of less than 1,600 tons wore sent to the bottom und slxtcon fishing vossols wont down. Tho stars and stripes appeared on tho streets of Paris Wodnosday when fifty moji of tho American field forco soivlco marched to tho railroad sta tion on their way to tho front. This Is tho first dotnehmout of tho Ameri can field sorvico to boar arms und It Is detailed for tho transportation of munitions to the front. Thlrtyouo mombers of tho contingent aro from Cornoll unlvorslty. Now York. Thousands of women In nil partB of tho country aro pre paring to replace tho men needed for tho army and aro nov ready to work In various Unotf. Many womon aro al ready employed In different capac ities In ordor to xellovo mon for duty and for work in tho Holds. Tho Nebraska Council of Dofonso will put conBorshlp into effect upon tho Btartiug of thp solectlvo draft In this stato under tho draft law JiiBt pnsflod by congress. Work of tho reg istration and selection in the statu will bo quietly oxocuted and possibly! very little will bo known far somo time JiiHt how many men will be so-, looted from Nebraska. Ovor 20.000 GormniiB havo boen enn- Mlirikl liv llm llrlt (sill tilnnn tin. flraf of April according to announcements' made Wodnosday. The British losses' at tho prosont tlmo art) fifty to sevon-1 ry-iivo por cont loss than durliiE tho Marno battlo. Tho cupturos made by tno-nrnilos or tho British und French, are now tho groatost of tho s)ar on tho wost Trout and only succooded by Hln- donburg's Mazurlnn Lakos Capture ofi tho Russians. London. Tho oxnonso of onorntlnc Englund's shuro of tho war hns roach ed a dally oxponso of $34,5G0,00O no cordlng to Information given tho House or Commons on Wodnosday by Law. A now nolo Is now Introduced in tho house for a credit of $2,400,000,000. o Goorgo M. Smith wont to Sutherland Wednesday morning on buslnoss. Low 1 8 Johnson rnin 111 fil Wml nnailnv from a visit with. relatives In Chicago. Aivin MlaB loft Wodnosday ovonlng ror Omaha to Bpond sovoral dnya on buslnoss. Harris Stuart, Marston VnnDoran and Albino Ellas, Cecil Cool, Lewis Kelly. Sovoral others will enlist today or tomorrow. Applications woro mailed yesterday to ton or twolvo young mon at Big Springs by Captain Halllgan, and thoso aro expected to bo signed and returned In a fow days. ::o:: "Under Covor," the drama thnttfllled ; tho Cort theatre In Now York month; after month, will bo porsented on tho scroon at tho Koitlf Saturday nlcht' with Ilnzol Dawn and Owen Mooro In tbn loading roles. 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