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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1917)
When you drop your watch KM Even though it keeps on running, bring it into Clinton's foe examination. If a pivot is bent or a jewel broken, im mediate repairs will prevent much more serious injury and save you money. At Clinton's your watch is always in the hands of an experienced, skilled watch- maker never entrusted to an appren tice to practice on. Charges for repair work are not high. CLINTON, Jeweler and Optician, At tlio Sign of the Mg King. ! SKMI-CKNTENNIAJj WORK IS GOING ALONG FINK, IttA L. DARE, Editor id Publisher. mfmmm """" SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Ycnr by Hall In Adtnnco. . . .$1.25 One Year by Carrier In Advance. .$U0 Eutorod at North Platto, Nobrnska, PostoOlco as Second Class Matter. FRIDAY, JUNE IS, 1017. CITY AND flOTTNTY NEWS. Frod I'otorson and Harold Langford fAjll loavo Siinday fan Donvor to visit fdr a row Uay.' Mlns Comort Conway lott yostorday afternoon for Excolelor Springs to spond tliroo woolta. - Mrla. Andy Yost pleasantly ontor- tulncil tho mombors of tho Luthornn airja' club last ovoning. Judga II. M. Qrbiios and Court Re porter Barron roturnod Wednesday ovoning from LoxJngtou. MIbb Hazol Young, of Hastings, Is oxpoctod lioio next week to visit hor Blstor Mrs. Carl Simon Clyde Brown, who pont tho winter with lila grandmoUior In York, ro turned homo yoatonlay aftornoon. miiu, josso viuvuyKo loft at noon yostoiKlay for Cozad to vlelt with rel atives ana frlonrts for boyofaI days. Mrs, M. Lowry, of Now York, who had been visiting Mrs. 'doorgo Trox lor lor twovoeks, loft Wodnodday. Mrs. Jamcfl llrtuly loft yostorday morning for Omaha whoro oho was called by tho Ulnoss of a rolatlvo. Sou II. II. Landgraf for imlntlng, paper hanging and decorating, Phone J llliick 570. 4-I-tf Mrs. W. R. Malonoy and daughter Maurlno roturnod Wednesday ovoning from iw visit In Omaha and Lincoln. Fergus Flynn loft yosbrdny morn Mr. J. II. Doncgan and daughtor have gono to Donvorto visit friends. Rlloy Warren roturnod Wednesday from a tlirco wook's visit with rola' tlvea In Norton, Kans., and dthor east ern polnta, Mrs. Frank IIoxlo roturnod to tho Hoxlo ranch in Koltti county today at tor having vlsltod frlonds In town for a few days. Harry Booglo r'03imid his duties in tho Stono drug storo Wcdnosday after Doing ore duty for. two weeks on ac count of lllnoss. Mrs. Hortman Schloutor ontortalnod a fow liullcs at cards Monday aftor noon in favor of lior sister Mrs. Stono of Grand Island. Tho voting contest for nuocon of tho floml-contonnlal colobratlon will close promptly at nlno o'clock at tho Oaclo Saturday ovoning. Mr, and Mrs. J. S. Davis aro onloy Ing a visit from Uio formor'a brotlior Guy Davis who arrived a few days ago from Brookllngs, S. D Mlsn Francis Thayor, of Ellis, Kans., camo Wednesday ovoning to apond a month with hor fathor William Thayor and aunt Miss Amy Young. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cambrel, of Dos Molnos, camo Wodnosday ovoning to visit tho former's parents Mr. and Mrs. h. A. Gambrol fop two woks. Mrj, M. Cl Hayes and daughter Vaunlta havo rotuniod from a two woolen' stay 4m Excolslor Springs and tho hitter has rosumed work In tho tojophono offlco, Tho romalns of Frod Boartown, who was kfllod on tho trades at Suther land Tuosday, woro shipped yoBtor- uay to Ana Conda, Mont., Unoro a who ana ciuiu survivo mm Miss WUla Rauch loft tho first of this week for Concordia, Kansas. Sho will bo accotnpanlod liomo by hor1 els tors Agata and Reels Rauch "who havo boon attondlng,tho convent thoro. Goorgo Mudd, who was down from Horshoy yostorday, says sugar boots aro coming along In good shape, Mr. mudd lias ono luindrod and fifty acros thinning tiunn today. Judgo Orliuos will go to Chadron tho oarly part of next wook to hold court for Judgo WoBtovcr. Ho will prosldo at tho trial of tho Omaha pollco of llclals who aro charged wltli attomnt- Mrs. Mary O'Dauough, of Omaha,! od blackmail and extortion. with, Ills 'paronts during tho sumrnor, MIsb Pearl Woodgard returned to Lowollan yoatonlay morning aftor vlBltlng local finlouds for sovoral days, who had boon visiting hor Blator Mrs. Josoph Qulnn, loft tho first of this wook. Mr. Stono, of Grand Island, who had boon visiting hor olstor Mrs, Her man Schloutotf, loft Tuesday aftornoon. Tho Royal Neighbors will moot Sun day aftornoon at 3:30 at tho Schmal zPIod homo and will rfo tho cmotory to docorato tho graves of tho decoased' mombors. Mombors aro asked to bring llowors, also any having autos aro ronuostod to bring thorn. Business In General Is Good Despite war times, financing Z by corporations is on the in crease. Business conditions in ' general arc good, and tho bus iness of , tho Platte Valley State Bank is on a sound basis. Open a check account at this Bank. Platte Valley State Bank North Platte, Nebraska. Over at tho city park whoro tho soml-centcnnlal colobratlon will bo hold, iho work Is assuming 'shape. Eight or ton mon aro at work doubling Uio capacity of tno grand stand, an olectric light wlro has been strung ojut, a tolephono booth has boon -put In, and a gang or workmon aro orcc tlng -tho Btrcet ccono of North Platto as It appeared fifty years ago. Other workmon aro Uinluing a corrall for tho horses and mules and stoore that Mil bo used In tho wild wost exhibi tion while- otiiora are fencing oft an auto yanL Tho "Great Whlto Way" will bo lo cated south of tho grand stand and will bo In tho shapo of a horso shoo Hero will bo found tho various vaudo vlllo shows and tho many concessions. Somo of tho shows will arrive tho lat ter 'part of next n)3ok so as to havo ovorythlng In roadlnoBS for tho open ing day, which Is Juno 2Hh . Tho tents to bo rented out for camp ing purposes will nrrlvo next week. Tho camp bHo will bo north of the grovo. Tho big tont for tho Cinderolla and Quoon's balls will also arrive next wook, togethor with scats that will accommodato 2500 spectators, and tho glancing floor will accommodato C00 couples. Sooitotary Moonoy said yesterday "tho floats aro roady to go out any tlmo; thoy aro completed." Tho work of gotttng theso lloats in shape has boon tho real work for soveral months tho constructors have been busy moulding thorn Into shipo, and ns a historical pagcunt uioy ivvlil eclfpso anything ovor shown In a day light parade In Nobraska. Tho aumlslson to tho grounds will bo froo, but a chargo of fifty cents will bo mado for tho grand stand and thuty-flvo cents for tho bleachers . Tho spoctator tlckots to tho Clndorolla and Quoon's ball will bo fifty cents, and dnnco tlckots for tho Queen s ball will bo $2.50. ::o:: Commends North Platte Young Men. Wo cannot holp but admlro tho spir it of loyalty and dovotlon to tholr country manifested by somo of tho youngor mon of North Platto In Join ing tho colors. Wo rofor to such young mon as Ex-Mayor Evans, Ernest Rlnckor, Jlnimlo Clinton, A. Sanlall and others, Tho croam of tho city, somo with indopondont fortunes, somo on tho tlilrcshhold of bocomlng man agors pr partners In well established easinesses, koon, alort, clean thinking young mon, and 'physically fit. PossI bly tholr patriotism is not greater than others nlio liavo onllsted, yot with tho splondid futuro boforo them bore, it brings homo forcibly to us tho fact that thinking men .realize action is nocossary In this Map and conditions aro bocomlng sorloua. Theso 1oys havo mado tlioKr doductions and tholr de ductions should mako others stop and think. Horshoy TImos. -::o:: Former North Platters to Picnic, Writing from Los Angolos, O. E. Woll says: "Plcaso announce that North Platto planlc lll bo hold Qt Scyamoro grovo, Los Angolos, Juno 24th. All formor North Platto resi dents airo cordially Invited." Each year our former townspeople now residents of southern California hold a picnic rolato incldonta of tholr life In North Platto, and toll oach othor tho nows thoy recolvo from North Platto frlonds, or of tho Jiapponlngs montloncd in Tho Tribune, for bo It known The Trlbuno visits tho homo of many for mor ro3ldonts who aro now Callfor- nlans by adoption. . !Au how wo would llko to grasp tho hand of John SoronBon, Goorgo Hammond, Milton Doollttlo, J. H. Cunningham, Emll Vosolpka, Clark Buchanan, mombors of tholr families and otliors at that picnic. ::o:: 31. ET Church. Tho thomo at tho Mothodlst church for Stonday night will bo: "Christ and War." Such quosttons will, bo considered as Does OhrUBt approve of war for conquest? Doos Christ up provo of war for Domocracy? Does Christ ap'provo of war for tho purpose of establishing righteousness on earth? Wliat must bo tho attitude of tho church la this tlmo of conflict? What Iw'itl bo our nation's groatost nocd dur ing this Avar? Sunday morning Chlldron's Day Sor vlco iwtfll bo hold. This program will begin at 10:30. Spoclal preparations njro being mado for this hour. All paronta having chlldron to bo ba'p tlsod aro requested to bo prcsont at this tlmo. A cordial Invitation Is extended to all. NORTH PLATTE EJU'LOrES TAKE SiijSOOjnONDS Tho" campaign for subscribers' to Liberty bonds among tho Union pa cific omployes In North Platto camofto a closo Wednesday night with total subscriptions of 44,500. Tho to tal number of subscribers was four hundred and Beventy-ono. Ono hun dred and twonty-ono employes of tho shobs, round houso nd car shops sub scribed for $8,250 wottth of Uio bonds, thlrty-ono employes of tho track main, tenanco took $2,450, and tho remain ing $33,750 was subscribed by onglno and train men, nnd omployos of tho soveral offices. Tho subscriptions averaged a little loss than $100 to each subscriber; ono man took $1,000, sovoral $500, and qulto a number whoso Balarlos aro small took $50. Tho greater number took tho bonds on tho Installment plan proposed by tho Union Pacific Company, that Is so much Is dodluctcd from tho salary each month for a period of tjonty months. Tho showing, it seems to us, Is an oxcollont one, and should provo sat isfactory to Managor Joffors who said when hero that ono dostro was to havo as many subscjrlbors as posBlblo oven though uio Individual amounts taken bo small. Thoso who accoptcd tho Installment plan havo taken a method similar to a savings deposit, and at least somo of them will at tho end of twenty months bo ahead Just tho amount of tholr bonds, for otliori- wlso they would havo spent tho money and have nothing to show for it. Goorgo L. Weir, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Weir, of this city, is ox poctod to arrlvo In tills city Saturday having completed a dontal course In an Illinois university. Ho Ipassed tho examinations given by tho lllnois stato dontal board and is now In Lin coin taking a llko oxamlnaton given by tho Nobraska board. Grand Island Independent. Cards woro rocolvod In town an nounclng tho marrtago of Miss Cath orlno O'Brlon and Charles Donnoly narrower of Omaha at tho St. Cecilia's church in that olty yostorday morning, Miss O'Brlon has frequently visited horo wltli Mils. M. IC. Duko and Is known to many, local people. 'iTho Return of Evo" presents tho story of two babies left to grow up In a wilderness1,. At 10 years of ago thoy aro found, takon to civilization and blunged nmld a whlril of brlllant soc- clal affairs. What did they do? Soo Ed- na Mayo at tho -Crystal tonight and find out. Tho romalns of Abo Stoln, of Lo wollon, Iwlho died at a local hospital last wook woro interred In a local comotory yostorday afternoon at the request of Gardon county who sent ward that ho was without funds and thoy would pay expensos for burial. KEITH THEATRE TO-NIGHT "King Lear." 5 port feature with Frederick Ward. "Film Spoilers" Aside-splitting Fox Comedy. ; :o: ; Designs for Flouts A dupllcato of tho locomotives used on tho union Pacific when tho iroad ontorod 'North Platto In 18G7 was ro colvod yostorday morning by Secro tary Moonoy nnd will bo statlonod on ono of Uio historical lloats. wnllo It Is not full slzod It is sufficiently largo to show the class of (upon burning onglnos then In uso. At Uio somo tlmo Socrotary Moonoy rocolvod n llfe-slzo modol of a buffalo which will alBo bo Btatlonod on ono of tiio, lloats, Short Term of Federal Court. Fodoral court was m sosslon in this olty Monday and Tuosday, Judgo Woodrough of Omaha presiding. Sov oral casos camo mp for hearing, among which was tho ono of W. W, Illrgo against Uio contractor of tho fodoral building, Mr. Dingo Iwias given a judgmont of $1,300. Tho caso of tho Union Pacific against Cokor, in which tho plaintiff sooks to ojoot UiQ dotondaut from a tract of land noar Sutherland, was continued until Sop tombor 12Ui whon a Jury tann of coujrt will bo hold. ::o:: Lutheran Announcements 0:45 4U.iu. Sunday school aorvlco. 11 o'clock Morning worship. Ser mon BUbloct: "Rlghtoousnoss of tho Law and of FalUi, Uio Dlfforonca" 4 p. m. Young Pcoplo's Missionary. 8 p. m. Evening Worship. Sormon: "Tho Spirit Fillod MultttudcT Luthor Loaguo on Wodnosday OYon 1I1K8. Spoclal inuslo at boUi the regular Borvlcos. Tho "Joholda Chest" will bo sot out at tho regular eorvlcos on Sunday to rocolvo Uio monthly one-ring' to tho church building fund. Summer Footwear Never before have we shown so many hand some styles in any one season in both high and low Shoes. 45? Patent and Kid Pumps, all styles, $2.50 to $4.50 White Kid and Canvas ' Pumps, latest styles $1.75 to $4 50 White Kid Boots, special $6.00 All styles of canvas Shoes at $3.50, $4.00, $4.50 All the latest combinations in CoiSfed Boots, You will save money en Shoes if you buy them at the SHOE MARKET First Door South Keith Theatre V ' A Parasol Above All Else. . The very first place on your list of accessories for this summer should he accorded a parasol for they are high in Fashion s favor. The daringly pretty, bright colors, and unuiml patterns of the ma terials used are in full tune with the "sports season. ' Prices $1.00 to $5.00. Wilcox Department Store. MARY PICKFORD in her latest Artcraf t picture "A POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL" ' From the play by Eleanor Gates, , Appears inher most human characterization at KEITH THEATRE, Monday-Tuesday, June 18-19 Music for the picture will be furnished by the DOUCET ORCHESTRA. 10 Cent Messenger Service Was started yesterday from C. M. Newton's Book Store. We will deliver packages up to 25 pounds or carry passengers within a limit of 8 blocks from the store for. 10 CENTS EACH. Schedule Message or package up to 25 pounds 10 cents, passengers 10 cents as follows: 8 blocks 10 cents, 12 blocks 15 cents, 16 blocks 20 cents, over 16 blocks in city limits 25 cents. Phone 261. Newton's Book Store. HOT WATER An automatic Water Heater gives you hot water at the turn of the faucet. You merely open the faucet at any time, day or night, and you have hot water, one gallon or a thousand. Plenty of hot water for any purpose all the time. . North Platte Light & Power Co. 4
