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4 Sfe florth ceMn tribune. THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., JULY 10, L917. No. 51 - 1 PERSONAL PROPERTY IN COUNTY INCREASES OVER $1,000,000 Compared with tho assessors' re turns of 1916, the abstract o assess ment for Lincoln county for tho yoar 1917 shows an incrcaso of $1,140,000 In tho roal value of personal property. Quito a percentage . of this gain Is duo to tho Increased number of cattle and automobiles. In 191C tho number of cattlo roportcd by tho assessors was 56,373, whllo this year tho num ber reported is 65,584, a gain of 9,211. Not only Is tho numbor greater this year, but thero has been an Incrcaso In tho valuation. Tho assessment valuo of tho 65,584 head Is $481,085, which would bring tho ireal valuo, which Is flvo times tho assessed value, up to $2,405,425, certainly n nlco sum to liavo Invested In cattlo in Lincoln county. On April 1st, 1916, thero wore listed 829 autos faith an assessed value of $47,885, whllo on April 1st this year 1,325 wero listed at an assessed val uo of $74,88.5. Since tho llrst of April this number haa increased to 1700, but those purchased slnco that that date are not listed for 1917 taxation. Among othesd personal property In tho county wo find that thoro aro 17, 030 hogs, as compared with 1932 In 1916; thoro aro 18,457 horses with an assessed valuo of $217,245, and 1778 mules. Ovor 1300 dogs nro listed, 3,150 wagons, 888 cream separators, 2,137 sewing machines, 941 pianos and 1770 clocks and watches. But little grain was on hand April 1st, tho as sessors finding but 34,100 bushels of corn an! 13,385 bushels of wheat. Tho assessed valuo of tho porsonal property of tho railroads in tho county is $1,731,155, and tho total assessed valuo of all porsonal-property Is $3, 063,300, Tho total of both personal and real estate is $6,385,690, and this is tho sum on which the levy of taxes is laid. Tho real value of all property in Lln- coln county exceeds thiitty million dollars. ::o:: To tho FnMlc. This to notify tho public that wo have sold tho sales end of tho Stude bakor business to A. N. Durbln and cancelled contracts with tho Stude baker Corporation. Hereafter wo will handle tho For car exclusively and . glvo that Ford servicol known the world ovor. . Wo recommend Mr. Durbln to our former Studobaker customers as a man of integrity and ono Iwo feel confident will always glvo you good treatment. HENDY-OGIER AUTO CO. CITY AND COUNTY NEWS. HENDY-OGIKR CO. HUY ALTKOl'MATK MONEY EOR LOT ANI WILL HUIL1M THE DRAGGING OF ROADS Miss Lois Onnsby, of Kcarnoy, who was tho guest of Mr. und Mrs. L. E. Hastings, has returned homo. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Green left the latter part of last week for Lincoln, Omaha and other eastern points. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Pennington and Mrs. Goldsmith, who have been visit ing in Colorado cities, will return Friday. Dick Cox. delivery man for the North Platto Laundry, roslgned last weok to accept oniployment at tho Hour mill. Mrs. J. P. McGovorn and daughter Roglna, of Donvor, who wero guests of Mr. nnd Mrs. Frank McGovorn, have returned home. At a meeting of tho B .P. O. Elks last ovonlng C. J. Pass, J. V. Ro mlgh and W. R. Hodshiro wore taken into tho membership. John Murphy, of Cheyonno, is vis iting with hla slstdr Mrs. Joseph Qulnn whllo onrouto home from Mayo Bros, hospital at Rochester, Minn. Mrs. N. J. Snow loft this morning for Donvqp Micro sho will make her homo with her son who Is a passenger brakeman on tho Denver-North Platto run. Tho members oft ho J. F. F. club and their husbands will bo entertained Wednesday ovonlng at tho homo of Mrs. G. M. Johnson, 812 west, Locust street If you want to como down town, phono Donald Newton, 261. Ho "will bo aftor you quick You want tho ride, ho wants tho 10 cents. Messen gor Car Service. 51tf Miss Florence tddlngs, who gradu ated. from Bryn Mawr college last month, and had since been doing he. "bit" on a Pennsylvania farm, will ar rive h6mo tomorrow. mo nenuy UKiur iuw vu. iiua imi- i i .n i rM.n... chasod of Joseph Morsch a tract of , f Commorco mot la8t evening and land 06x132 feet on itfourth stroot .,..,., .... , , .h !.,.. .i . . . ,. i-.li. i i ..ii.it. . ,..! uuiuivu ku uuuia iu viiov.uaonih just oast of tho Elks building and road8, county fair and tho Issuance of within tho next year w 11 erect a ty,o- ft .,ot n(lvortlgln Llncoln coun. siory uiuuu.K uiib " ty. Tho sum of $500 was npproprl area. Tho purchasers havo also takon ,.i r,. n. ...... r ti. m,it. an option on tho forty-four foot frontL m b 8lomont0(1 adjoining on tho east. Whether they k Another appropriation later in tho win ioko auvumngo oi i e pu ue- s(m u , probablo Umt tUo road ponds upon business conditions during donlmlttoo vlu 1)nrchn90 ft tractor m" i-L0? '.. .i. 1...11.11 . and with n drag secured from tho coun- 1 OTff S,inSPpS?n 2llhtak reasronSodffinceo of North it 1st. 1918, and It is expected to havo nt.. ,ii i.i i t..ti .im. tho nd building ready for occupancy tho supervision of the coun- iAlIt ,rn ,.,, m, ,, ty commissioners. A tractor owned For two years past tho prosont , 0, n, nn , i,p-i,i growing business of tho Hondy-Ogior .., . . . ,.., ,.n ..,. fnJ wnoll hS WmflrSifSn 'id tllO Work COUld 1)0 Ml".00.""0' moro quickly accomplshed. -oV; i L V,n ,i;i ,; Ji r . ,i The publicity commlttco was nuthor- ! "ca01 u.l mA mI "d to issue 5 000 pamphlets, copy for ff!tn h?' Lri which was prepared Bomo time ago Is a most oxcollont ono for a gnrago i.i. .iL'.i n, T. a(M,- mi. 1... 11.11., . i. . i ...Mi i. UllllVl tllU Mil U;ilUU UL 1J. .JUUV-IV- S ( bS "Lit i n,, I i,i howo of tho state farm. This pam- Li m u nLil nM? ,nbn,i Plot will givo full information in ro- ,?,.n5?.w,iL.po""!J1." inod" gniW to Lincoln county soil and crop conditions and tho advantages it pos- waV'$li;oo5r:"kochrororv?ng jFSr0 Bloc1aam ?rLrZV?LZZ iTSSS T?cSS was discussed, nnd ?rE?r..LU xo. .u 1 Lut, tho association was assured of tho m ,i,r vi rmL in V i : hearty co-operation of tho Chnmhor of tho otlior will bo moved to a lot in tho P-, ' r n w,, wnv. naaIi,in GUARDSMEN TO HE DRAFTED INTO Si, It VICE AVGUST:.. Tho last step nccossary to make tho ujitlrp National Guard (tvallablo for duty in Franco was takon by President TVtl8oii yestorday with tho lssuo of a proclnmntion drafting the stato troops into tho army of tho United Stntos on August 5 To mnko certain that Uio purpose ur tho national dolonao net Is carried out tho proclamation 'also specifically declares tho man drafted to bo dis charged from tho old malltla on that dnte. In that way tho constitutional restraint upon uso" of militia outsido tho country Is -'avoided and tho way pavad for sontllng tho regiments to tho European frtmt. ::o:: CITY AND COUNTY NEWS MEMDEIl OF COMPANY L DROWNS IN THE ItlVER west part of town. Commorco in whatovor way possible, talm fnl.. noanntnMnn It.llll tlltu ViOf Ita 1 1IU .M.t .Wl. 11,11.. VI. .a bottor prepared to put on a big fair r ....... Cnii.. iiii....... Theodore TlS Jr'old h s interest rLI It ?ZJ5Sn?oTtalhS In tho Artificial Ice Company Friday "i? vtX " ' i n , .,. n n,!.. ...i. i. raco tratJK. Tho races this yoar will ao.nm.i n,, vninn7ln,i inn,. V. n, o 'l attractive featuro, as a circuit , ,,, i, r' , WJ . t M118 "con formed in which North Platto, aha to manage tho plant. Mr. Lowe T,ov,tnn ,, Tv-n!irnni. nr n nnrt ,, and family will leavo tomorrow morn ing for California to remain for sov- oral months. Miss Ida Carrol loaves tomorrow for Washington, D. C. to .accept a clerkship in the war department, hav ing successfully passes, a stenographic and: iyp)owTti,titog xamlna,tlon some time ago, ' Frank and Minnie Seece, charged Inlth taking twenty dollairs worth of nay from land owned hy Mary nicn ards, ton mllos southeast of town, were tried in the county court yesterday and discharged :o: : Lexington and Kearney aro a part and horso3 entered in tho Stato fair racos will appear on tho local track. Mrs. N. E. Buckley was tho guest of t honor at a .birthday dinner given. Jjy 'lior husband, N. E. Buckley, at tho Vienna Oafo Saturday ovonlng. Tlie tables wore decorated with small flags and cut flowers and covers wero laid for twelve). Affcar tho dinner the iutests enjoyed a movie patty at the Keith. Bessie Ltovo in "A Daughter of the Poor" is so human and so appealing that you can't liolp loving tho poor-p and tho rich. also. Thero aro laughs galdre, a fow tears and plenty of gen ulno old fashioned thrills. Koith the atre Thursday night. Weather forecast for North Platto and vicinity: Generally fair, cooler tonight and Wednosday. Highest tem perature yesterday 89, a year ago 93; lowest last night 65, a year ago 65. For Sale Two 6 room houses to bo movo(i off their lots. Bids opened at 6 p. m. July 181. Joseph MjorscH, 209 oast Fourth street. 51-3 Wiininn lihilnpd In .lull. AOW Ulirnge iirill. A woman who pIvps linr nnmn on I Starting today INorth Platto W.111 Mrs, J. W. ShoM but at Lexington navo anotnor garage nnn Known as registered as Mrs. J. W. Mills and Ul A N- Durbln Auto Co. Tlio now at Gothenburg under a different name, "ceni mus uuiun over uio biuuu wns nrriRtnri insh nieiit and Is wintjilnpd bakor car handled by tho HondyOglor 0 l - i .ik i... 1. it ..a ii. i t In Jail. At toth Lexington and Goth- 'Pp o saio oi inui wei onburg she walked ouit of tho hotels Known auiomoouo. ior xno present without paing hor bill, and did the and until a moro sultablo room can be sanlo thing when sho left tho Hotel obtained, tho company will occupy tho MnH.tlio vostnrdfiv mornlnir. Shn at- building until recently occupied by tompted to leavo on train No. 19 yes- tl10 s'ar bottling works on Locust tdr,n.v int. nnlv had t h rtv cents on varpeiuers are mailing ro ller person, which 'was insufficient to P'rs preparatory to housing several pay her faro to the place she desired roewveu yuaioruay. in irn slio hnticr nrniind town vestor- ir. uuruiii is u uvo wiro, a goon tirair T,nafnnc wrMrOi nid nt si ORl rtnv nnd inqt. nlrjht went, to tho Rltner business man, lias a knowledge of cars a peck Friday, propped to ninety cents Hotol whore she created a disturb- an(1 wo predict will mako a success yestorday, and inside or two weeKS anco ana ms laier piaceu in cusiouy. " - "'"... will probably bo selling around a Tho woman Is largo, about sixty vnii irvmn dollar a bushel. The early potato years of ago. and mannish looking. t ' iuuitiul Tiint wo nave sqiup inquiries lor crop promises to bo heavy. Tho Tribuno man would liko very much to spend ten days in Wyoming tho early part of next month catching a few messes of trout, but ho is some It isnrobablo that sho will bo ship ped westhy the county commissioners, small farms and causiil jours If pric -::o:: ei .rigiitf mint navo you to oner i That you limy lose Hint crop by liullt (;nn you Kland the 1osh IFiUl insurance will protect you. The premium is small compared with Hie loss you may sustain: -That autos burn nnd aro stolen Is yours Insured! That -ho wrKo the best tornado, fire. 1 1 to and every other kind of standard Outsido tho House How many beautiful homes on which i,o,n , i, tnir c fn,ic, Tf money has been spent lavishly to mako . ... . u i... . i. Hinm nninnltitn nro liinrrnil nv some UO- auout a nunureu oi uio uuys wnu iwu i-..... , , . him tho prlco of a year's subscription rcct in tuo lnnuscapo woiui a ie would each chin in. he would bo ablo hours' motor trip through the suburbs tn m. Wnrn'a n nhnnr.n tr dn a nf nlninot nnv nltv In thn oountrv will lielgliporly act. reveal many such cases. Tho most ire , "VS r... quent jar the trained eyo receives is insurance nt tlio lowest rntes? JirUVWUg J111J UOtlir isiuuruiij fPn, tm nnnrlv lnld out walks and 'I'lmf wn mm limn von olinnn ninii.v Washington. July 9. Unofficially . ,,,n n,i . i... .. i..., t..A .... U 4,Unt.,. fmlnv tlmt RR7 Oflfl UtlVOIVUJo 1U nmu. l-UV ........ Bv. ...... is tho number f men toTe selected kurves .are used or walks made to om monBnOi ... .1. 1 1 nrnmifi nn nvn uriiNH iiiul iiiuuull 111 luu t ...... ..v. ..... Wo arc yours for business. RRATT, GOODMAN Ss BUCKLEY. ::o:: for tho first national war army from around nn oval grass plot placed In the tlio millions registered Juno 5. Prob- center for no other reason than to ablv tMico that number of names will mako pedestrlnus tako time to circle do urawn, as 1110 sumuor 01 u-m iuh- auout tnnt particular grass piou i-uau- Mrs jjnrry Lant.z nnd children of tlons to bo allowed is estimated at 50 meU( messenger boys nnd others take storllng Cormoriy 0f this city, camo ijoi-cuui. nwiiwiiuu., i0 uu.Dwu a gUort cut, nnu soon a pnui m uiu pr ,lay to visit hor sistor Mrs Glen rttllnf Itmllf HVn1 1 1 T All (lQ ... . 1 1 I iu liavo uuou waiuiu., ...vy" "4-"" " proper direction Is -worn ncross tnesou. p0rcuson announcement has been mado to the provost marshal general's otilce A Face as Familar as that of The Man in the Moon George M. Cohan In His First Photoplay Adapted From His Biggest Stage Triumph "BROADWAY JONES" In Which Artcraft Introduces The. Stage's Biggest PersonalityTo The Screen At KEITH THEATRE Monday and Tuesday. July 16 and 17. ADULTS 20c. CHILDREN 10c. When n curvo is used in a wnlk or driveway there should bo a reason for It. If thero Is no other reason plant one: place a trco or two or shrubs In a position so tho curvo will seem neces sary. Peoplo then will keep on tho walk, and tho plan wm seem reason able. New York Sun. ltov. T. D. Sullivan, of Elm Crook, Is visiting Rov. McDnld. J. V. Homlgh has returned from a business visit in Omaha. E. T, Kolllier, who Bpont InBt wook horo, has returned to Omaha. Mies Marguorito Shaffer loft a fow days ago for Boatrlco to visit frlonds for a week. Wclro you born in July? If you woro soo our ruby window. HARRY DIX ON, Jowolor. Marcoll Kollhor has returned to Chi cago aftor visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Albort Schnt2J. Mr. and Mrs. Alex llrooks, who wore -Wlting1 Mi G.Vtauil Island, Tcturaied homo a fow day ago. Mrs. Wood Whito was called to Grand Island this morning by tho ser ious Illness of hor sistor. Miss Tholma Thompson hns rotulrned from Tryon whoro alio was called by tho death of her mother. . Mies Ethol Doncgnn latt ynrtorday for Plankington, S. D., and Jnckson, Nob.' to visit for a week or longor. Miss Mabol Morant, who had boon visiting Miss Esthor Kolly for several wooks, loft for Omalia tins morning. Foreman Russell resumed his dutloa at tho U. P. round house yosterday morning after a thrco weeks' vacation. Mrs. Charles Davis and chlldron, of Portland, arrived horo a fow days ago to visit hor slBtor Mrs. Bon McMlcluiel.l Mr. and Mrs. John DoRolf and fam ily loft this morning for Torro Haute. Inldl., to visit relatives for several mfooks. W. V. Hoagland, Robt. Bcatty and W. S. Wllcop went to Arthur today to attend a torin of district court hold by Judgo Hobart. Mr. ahtt Mrs. Dcorlng, of Grand Is innd. who woro visiting tholr daughter Mrs. X- L. Green for somo time, loft tho lattor part of last wceic. Maurlio Launlng, formerly rondmas tor'a clork hero, is visiting local frlonds. Ho has been on hlB ranch at Mossex, Col., for sovoral months. Corn throughout Lincoln county is now doing its host, tho gonoral report of farmors bolng "novor saw corn grolw moro rapidly." In many sections of tho county wheat, ryo anu oats arc sufforlng for want of rain. Undor tho solectlvo draft registra tion Douglas county listed ;'0,500 names, and it Is flguircd that in the draft to bo mado that county win furnish 1.400. Figuring on this basis, Lincoln county's quota will bo about ono hundred atikl thirty men. Kwon Soo Loo, a Korean by birth and a member of Co. L, which has boon stationed ho.ro for sovoral manths, wits drowned in tho North Platto river shortly aftor noon Saturday. His body was recovered forty mlnutea af tor ho was scon to go down, and though a physician was on tho bank of tho rlvor when ho Iwtas brought in. and tho usual methods of rcsusltatlon woro employed, llfo could not bo brought back. Kwon Soo Leo, In company with Llout. Tracy and another member of tho Co., ontorod tho xlvor at tho rail road brldgo and continual swimming until tho Lincoln highway bridge was roached whoro Llout. Tracy and' tho other man shored. Tho Korean con tinued down stream until about BOO yards below tho bridgo when ho Iwtas soon by nion working on tho bridgo to throw up his hands and disappear. Jim Ersklnc, ono of tho brlgo work ors, Jumped into a car and come to town for a physician, whllo Llout. Tracy summoned mombcrs of tlio com pany from tlio camp. Tho lattor re sponded promptly and -within ten min- utos a dozon of thorn lVoro In tlio riv er sonrchlng, and a fow minutes lator tlioy woro Joined by men from town. Forty minutes aftor Won Su Loo disap peared, his body camo floating In mid stream noar ono of tlio aoarchors at a point nearly a half mllo bolow whoro ho wont down. Dr. Retinoid, who had boon summonod, arrived boforo tho body was roebvored, and iwlhon it was brought to bank applied tho usual methods of bringing back llfo but with out result. Tho body was brought to tho Der ryborry & Forbes niorguo whoro an ad ditional but fruitless effort to rostoro llfo was mnda Kwon Soo Leo locatod In Kearney ns a small hoy, was educated in tlio pub lic schools, was exceptionally bright lntolloctually, and though, a Korean, was vory popular Iwflth members of tho company. Ho hold tho position of reg imental clerk, and hod: much ability n a mathematician. Tho liody wns sont to Ft Crook, whoro military honors will bo given at tho funeral. : :o: : A Statement. A. W. Shilling, of tho local board of tho officers' training camp, received tlio following today: "Tho statement that mnturo men will bo glvon preforonco for tho second ser ies, of Officers' Training Camps soems to havo boon misunderstood in somo quarters. This proforonco will only apply whoro qualifications aro equal. Thoro Is.no lntontlon to bar ouit appli cations from mon undor thlrty-ono. In fact examining officars have boon instructed to rogard tho ages from twoty-fivo to thlrty-flvo as tho most sultablo. Thoro is also somo mlsun dorstandlng about tho necessity of pre vious military oxpcrlonco. Tlio gov ernment Is looking for successful nnd Poncofufc men and mlllltafry cixperl onco, though doslrablo, Is not strictly necessary." (Signed) 4 GENERAL McCAIN, Tho Adjutant Gonoral. ::o:: ltov. Dumvlllo, of Scotts Bluff, Bpcnt Sunday hero as tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Swopo and took part In tho sorvlnes at tho Episcopal church. Mrs Earl Davis and children, of Portland, formorly of this city, who woro visiting lior motheir Mrs. Mary Guthorloss for sovoral Tvoeks loft this morning. Maklnn a Mannot. Tho slmnlest wav of magnetizing n bar of steel is that known ns "single touch." Tho bar to bo magnetized is In 11 sin dir. tnhln mill Mm nolo of a powerful magnet Is rubbed from ten tb twenty times nlong ua lengin, always in tho same direction. If tho north polo of tho magnet is employed tho end of thn linr first touched will nlso uccomo a north pole, whllo tho opposite end, at which tho magnet Is lifted ueroro ro- tnrnlnir. will bo n south pole. Thorn nre other and moro compllcnt i mothods. known ns "divided touch" and "double touch," in which two nnd nvoii fnur mncnets are employed. a snl hnr can also bo magnetized by placing it within a coll of insulated wire, through which a galvanic currciu is circulating. Tho magnetism Induced in this way, however, Is weak com pared with that which can bo procured if tho samo strength of current is em ployed through tho intervention of nn electromagnet. "I Many William Shakespeares. Thoro havo been many William Shnkcspcares In tho past. Among tho burials in tho registers of St. Clement Dnnes, In tho Strand, thero is tho en try, "Jano Shackspecr, oaugiitcr oi Wlllm., 8 Aug., 1C09." Warwickshire ropnnia show, among other things, that a William Shakespearo "paid 8s. to tho Lay Subsidy, Walton super ome;" an otlinr w. K. nrlced tho goods of "Rob ert Shal'espor of Wroxall" on March 19, 1503; n.iothcr, a shoemaker of Coven try, mado his will March lo, luw-u; still another Wllllnm Shakespeare, "ironnemnn." had "his daughter Su sanna" (slngulnrly enough) baptized on March 14, louo, una yet again nnomer W. S., a shoemaker of WarwicK, reu Intn lm A Vnn mill 1VIIR clmWnCti. Theso nro a mero fraction of tho full list. London Ohronlclo. THE UNBVERSALCAR Is the Ford Car The Universal Car?K The figures .below answer the question and answer it well. Car Registrations in June in Lincoln County were: FORDS ------- ALL OTHER MAKES - - If the Ford Car is not a GOOD CAR, why do people buy them? Touring Car $360, Runabout $345, Sedan $645, Town Car $595 Coupelel $505 all f. o. b. Detroit. On display and for sale by HENDY-OGIER AUTO CO. COR. FOURTH AND DEWEY. NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
