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9 1 o rth THIRTY-TIIIllD YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., JULY 27, L917. No. 56 meelujg Will llurko Weds Miss Crook At tho liomo of Mr. unci Mrs. John Burko on east Third street Thursday morning at ton o'clock a quiot wed ding was solemnized. Tho contracting parties woro Miss E. Mario Crook and William Burko and tho officiating clergyman was Rov. C. B. Harman. Tho brldo woro a pretty gown o ollvo green georgette cropo and car ried a largo boquot of pink rosos. She was unattended. After a wodding breakfast tho young icouplo loft by auto for Denver, Colorado Springs and Estes Park. Tho brldo is tho daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugono Crook and camo to tills city two years ago. She was a studont in tho local schools and recontly hold a position in tho Block store. During hor residenco sho has been a favorite with tho youngor set and has appeared In a number of local ontortainments. Tho groom is tho son of Mr. and Mrs. John Burko, pioneer residents, and was born in Lincoln county. Ho is associated with his father in the North Platto stock yards, occupying tho 'position as manager, and as such has been very successful. ::o:: Stroet Commissioner Salisbury has been at work for a week past at tho Icemotery grading, claying and gravel ing tho driveways. Sinco tho city has taken ovor tho cemetery quito a num bor of improvements have been made, and a numbor of others aro contem plated. In a year or two a wonder ful change will havo boon wrought in the. appearance of tho cemetery. Tho offer of tho water department to furnish hydrant wator to those hav ing city lots planted to potatoes and ohon vegetables has already beon tak en advantage of by a 'number. Plant lifo on these lots has been visibly af fected by tho extremo dry weather, and this opportunity to secure water probably means tho saving of tho crop Ono good watorlng of tho potatoes will probably insulro a good yield. It. C. Langford drove homo from Om aha Wednesday an eight cylinder Cad illac car. . Ho sold his Chalmers to Wood .White. 'Mxs.'a. Liddell Vili go 'to'dranT Is land Saturday night to spond Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Weir. John Tucker and family, who had been visiting with friends at Beatrice returned homo yesterday. EDYTH HUMPHREYS OWENS Teacher of Dramatic Art. Studio 122 Front St. Phone Black S51 mm Special devices claimed to improve telephono transmis sion, eliminate noise, etc. are offered for sale by agents or In advertisements. t Most of these devices arc detrimental to tho service. They nro simply yindo to sell. AVlth tho completion of ,tho sale the seller's Interest ceases. This company is respon sible for giving efficient tele phono servico and hence can not permit tho attachment of appliances to its Instru ments or lines that will in terfere with their proper operation. For Oils reason our tele phono contracts provldo that no devices, except those fur nished by tho Company, shall bo attached to telephone In struments or wires. We nro prepared to furnish extension arms, extra receiv ers, etc. to meet any unusual condition. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Ico cream 30c a quart at Wilcox Department Store. Miss Lucillo Wilcox Is assisting with oftico work in the O'Connor storo. Attornoy Byron Oborst enlisted Wed nesday as a mombor of Company E. Miss Mario McCabe left at noon yos- torday for Omaha and Falls City to visit relatives. Mrs. Anna Seyforth left yostorday afternoon for Schuyler to visit rela tives for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hirsch and family left yostorday morning for Kearnoy to visit friends. Miss Elalno Dundy, who had beon ttondlng tho Kearney Normal, camo homo a fow days ago. Mrs. Bert Culton and daughtor camo down from Molroso Tuesday evening to lslt at tho Brodback home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Laughlln and baby returned Wednesday evening from a visit In Estes Parle Mr. and Mrs. Robert Artley, of May wood, formerly of this city, spent the first of this week with local friends. Tako advantago of tho special prices on Muslin underwear oucrou Satur day only at Wilcox Department Storo. Miss Margaret Cralglo roturnod Wednesday evening from an extended lslt with hor brothor in Dawson, N. M. i John Ottonstoln was out on the streets this week after being con fined to tho houso for a month with a badly sprained anklo. j Wo havo an expert Radiator Repair man with us for a unort time. Any Radiator can bo rebuilt by him. C M. Trotter Garage, 215 oast Sixth. Mrt. and Mrs. Earl Stamp and lit- tlo daughter, who woro visiting in dmaha, Council Bluffs and Kansas City, returned home Wednesday af ternoon. About thirty members of the local Yeoman homestead motored to Her- shoyr-Wednesday evening to attend a meeting of tho homestead of that vil lage during which twenty-four were lnitiatqd. The) Slorshoy liomostead Is growing in numbers" very 'rapidly. There aro fewer 'residences being built in North. Platto this summer than during any year sinco 1907. Wo either have roadie! the limii of demand in this lino for tho present, or elso pros pective biAilders aro holding off on ac count of tho high prices of material and labor. Chas. Boguo returned yesterday from Cheyonno whoro ho had beon transacting B. of R. T. business and incidentally attending Frontier Days, j Ho says thj Wednesday (crowd In Cheyenne was estimated at one hun dred thousand, which is probably strotching It some. For tho purposo of bringing back William Kolllng, who Is wanted for forgery, Doputy Sheriff Wilson loft Wednesday night for O'Neill. Kolllng received a check from C. F. Palmer for $24, which ho raised to $54 and cashing it at a Sutherland bank skipped out. The deputy sheriff is expected to roturn today with his pris oner. Twelve or fifteen mombors of Com pany E woro 'excused from drill yos terday on account of soro feet duo to 111-fltting shoos. All tho boys will bo glad when thoy recolvo tho easy-fitting shoos from tho government You can easily imagine tho discomfort wftlch nn Ill-fitting pair of shoes would bring tho woarer whon drilling for two or threo hours in a burning hot sun. A numbor of business mon who backed tho soml-contonnial colobra- tlon hold a mooting Tuosday evening and mado nrrangemonte for making good tho doflclt, which In round mim bors is twonty-flvo. hundred dollars. To make up such a sum In a season whon business Is quiet, and when con tributions for otlior purposos aro usk od nearly ovory day, has a tondoncy to rufflo tho soul but honor demands that tlio eomi-contennlal doflclt Jo paid and tho mon will rospond as cheorfully as possiblo,. FOR Choice smooth eighty acres alfalfa and hay land within two miles of the North Platte Post Office at the bargain price of $65.00 per acre. BUCHANAN & PATTERSON, SOLE AGENTS. WILL HK 3irsTi:iti:n into THE FKDEltAL SEHV1CE TODAY Ca'ptaiu J. A. Klllian of Ft. Croon, Liout. Frank Vnn Doron of Ft. Riley and Lieut. B. R. Eastman, of Undsville, N. II., nrrived in tho city yestorday af tornoon for tho purposo of examining tho mombors of Company E nnd mus torlng tho organization into tho sor vico of tho United Statos. Yostorday afternoon and ovoning tho hand nnd finger prints of tho boys woro taken, and today Lieutenants Van Doron and Eastman, both of whom aro physicians will oxamlno tho boys ns to their physical fitness for sorvlco. Follow ing this examination tho oatli will bo administered and Company E will 'pass from a stato organization to a part of tho great army of Undo Sam. Whon tho mustering Is completed It Is prob able that Captain Halllgan will bo di rected to havo his company report at Ft. Crook on a certain dato. Tho Tribune trusts that tho citizens will turn out en mass at tho farcwoll picnic to bo tondered tho company, and that when tho boys ontrnln for Ft. Crook they wilLbo glvon a most hearty good-byo and God-speed. : :o: : Holland Officer Here W. L. CJ Jas, of Tho Hague, Holland, accompanied by his wife and child, spent Wodnosday In town. Mr. Jas is an Instructor In tho Holland nrmy, but hns been granted a furlough and , Is enrouto to tho East Indies. Ho Is j making tho journey by easy stagos and stopped ovor at tho Hotol McCabe for a twenty-four hours' rest. Ho speaks English very fludntly. : :o: : ov. CJiniminn Will Visit Here Rov. Chas. F. Chapman, of Butte, Mont, former rector of tho Episcopal chunch of this city, will arrive hero Suaiday morning. Ho is onrouto cast and will stop over to visit local frlonds for a day or two. Wlillo it is not defl. nitoly known, it is probablo that Rev, Chapman will occupy tho pulpit at tho Church of Our Saviour Sunday morning. :;o:: Lieut. Cool In Town. Lieut. Cecil Cool arrived in town this mdrning for a brief visit with relatives and friends. Lieut Cool was accepted at tho Ft Snelllng officers training camp and after spending six ty days thoro was appointed to lieutenancy in tho Sixth Nebraska by Governor Novillo. Tho lieutenant in his uniform looks well. ::: Ruth Joins Aviation Corps. Wm. J. Rath, manager of tho Shoe Market, returned this morning from Omaha whdro ho made application to enter tho aviation corps and was ac cepted. Ho will soon bo called to Ft Logan and from there will bo sont to I tli'. nvinrlnn flnl.l nt Pnimnirtin 171 n .T.u.iuil HUIU 1 UllJ.VUlll, X' ill. ::d:: Tho directors of tho Chamber of Commorco met Wednoadayovoniny and consldored tho matter , of solectlng secretary to succeed A. N. Durbln who has tondored his resignation. The position has boen offored to B. M Stackhouse, who has beon account ant at tho stato farm for several years and ho has taken it under advisement Mothods of securing subscriptions to tho puiblicity fund, which so far is about half tho total of last yoar, was also discussed. Tho demand for labor on tho farms Is aB strong as ovor and ovory day fanners and hay growers ask for me at tho Chamber of Commorco head quartors, and ovory day laboror con suit tho wants bulletined. Tho farm ors say that tho greatest fault with most of tho mon who Tospond Is that thoy work from two to six. days and drawing thoir wages vamoose. Boglnnlng August first Nortli Platto harbor shops will raise tho prico of shaving to twonty conts. Hair cut ting will romaln at thirty-flvo cnts, but cortain shampoos will bo olovat ed ton cents. Tho Taiso is duo to tho gonoral increaso in tho cost of con ducting business. Miss Ida Ottonstoln loft a day or two ago for Chorokoo Park to romaln for a couple of wooks. Miss Hazol Lewis, who has boon at tending school In Kearnoy, will roturn homo this ovoning. SALE Expects minster List Today County Clork Allon expected to rc- colvo the master list of the drawing from tho governor's offico this morn ing, but it failed to arrive,. Ho bo Hevoa it will come in on tho aftornoon ninil. Upon recoipt of tho list, ho will ntako out tho draft in consocutivo order, post it at tho court houso. and givo it to tlio papers for publication.. tt tho ond of probably flvo days aftor tho list Is posted ho will begin calling in tho mon for examination,. His rtreeont intention is to call tho mon in flireo squads,. It Is believed thnt In ordor to securo 115 mon, it will bo ncrossary to call and oxamlno twice thnt number. CITY AND COUNTY NEWS. Miss Theo Hanson will ontortnin the Lunnornn. Girls' club this evening. Claudo Dolaney went to Lowollon this morning to spond tho day on busi ness. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Rcdonbaugh will leave this aftornoon for Oninlia and Iowa to visit relatives. Clydo Trotter returned this morn ing from Omaha whoro ho spent sov oral days on business. W. B. Salisbury loft on tlio branch train this morning for Halg to visit his daughter Mrs. W. D. Jodcr. Tho Chautauqua will ho hold next week on tho former public play pounds west of tho Pnss green houso. Rononn Hnlfnf fnr M,n rrhntitniimifi can bo purchased of N. E. Buckley at tho Bratt, Goodman & Buckley of fice. Mrs. Edward Stoffreggan has ac copted a position ns cashier and book koepor at tho tlio Wilcox Department Storo. Two special trains of tourists from the Yollowstono Park wont through this city this morning as sections of No. 16. Henry Baumback, of Laramie, who had beon visiting the- Spies and Won- fteborn families'," returned .homo last ovoning Dr. Paul, a former surgeon of tills city, now of Oakland, Cal., is spending a fow days hor0 wliilo enrouto to east- Om poilltS. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Jonos, who spent sovoral wooks visiting frionds nnd toI- atlves In cities of Illinois, will return this ovoning. Mr. and Mrs. Frod Duncan and fam ily loft today by auto for Denvor, Col orado Springs and Estos Park to spond twa weoks. Mrs. Walter Flebblo, of Grand Is land, who had been visiting with Mrs. Ella Iluxoll for some tlmo, loft for Arthur this morning. Mrs. Xosoph Wooks, of Grand Is land, who was visiting relatives here, was called homo last ovoning by tho illness of Mr. Weeks. Tho Luthoran aid society woro en tertained at tho Wendeborn farm yes torday aftornoon and tho attendance exceeded ono hundred. At tho election hold in Suthorlnnd to vote $30,000 'bonds for a now school building tho proposition carried Tues day by a vote of 13G to 3G. Mrs. AHco Johnston and son White of Los Angolos, aro flponding tills week ,horo on business connected with thoir real cstnto interests. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Thorp, of Chilll- cotho, Missouri, arrlvod hero a fow days ago to visit witli thoir daughtor Mrs. Roy Cottoroll for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Schatz and Mr. nnd Mrs. J. B. Hayes loft yostorday In tlio Schatz car for Chorokoo-Park, ox poctlng to bo abBont about two wooks. Arthur Yato, woll known in tills oity, has sold his clothing storo nt Sutherland to Petor McKinloy. Mr. Yatos will dovoto his timo to his gar ago and other intorcsts. Tlio case of tho stato of Nebraska vs Arthur Dobbio for assault and battory on W. S. Dolson recently camo up in tho county court yostorday and tlio dfcudnnt was fined $1.00 and costs. Ho appealed tho caso to tho district court Dobbio roeldos. in tho DolBon a''aitIon and tho disputo aroso ovor lots thoro. ::o:: Mado a Difference. "Why do you llro mo? I work like sixty." "If you woro sixty that might bo ex- cusr.blo. But you're only twenty-flvo." Louisville Courier-Journal, Ilnppy tho man who learns tho very wldo chnsm that lies between hjs wishes uud Ills powers. Goethe. GEIMIAX LUTHERAN PASTOR PLACED IX FEDERAL CHARGE Rov. R. William Krndalltz, of RIv ordalo, Gormnn Lutheran pastor, load ing a congregation there, was nrrest od by Deputy U. S. Marshal Lincoln, Thursday morning and takon to Grand Island to b6 placed in fodoral charge. Tho chargo against tlio 'pastor is that of having flro arms in his possession ngaiiiBt a rocontly passed federal law, which prohibits allons from having flro arms of nny kind on thoir plnco or about thoir promises. Rev. Krndalltz is tho same pastor who Is alleged to havo dolivorod an un-Antorloan italic JJrom tho (pulpit sovoral weeks ngo, croating quito a disturbanco among his congregation and tho citizons of Rivordalo and vi cinity. Rlvordalo Is a small town north of Kearnoy. ::o:: Corn Js $2.20 Corn is soiling in tho locnl market at $2.20 por bushel, and those who aro feeding hogs havo quito a loud "hollor" coming. Hogs In North Platto aro worth around $13.50, nnd whon a food or shovels $2.20 corn Into thlrtcon and ono-half cent hogs ho is losing monoy on ovcry bushel ho foods. ::o:: George Swnncutl Dies. . . Geo. L. Swancutt, of Brady, died at an Omaha hospital last Saturday fol lowing nit operation for livor trouble Tho deceased, who was forty-six ycarrf of ago, locntod in Brady sixteen years ago nnd was largoly Identified with the ""8111033 llltOrCStS Ot UlO Community Ho leaves a wifo and threo children. Tlio funeral was hold at Brady Wod- nOsdny. : :o: : Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Trottor moved their household goods to North Plntto tills .wook. Mr. Trotter's increasing automobilo business makes it noces- sary for his residenco at tho comity at. lsvory ono in Uio vmago regrets to soo Uiis popular young couplo lenvo nd nil wish tnom oven greater suc- I phhb In tlinlr nmv hnmn. Dp. nml Mm. . . . . . ., , don Cp.Brndy Vindicator. Goo. C. Whltonhis wook sold 535 acres of land on tlio Dillon island soutli of Sutherland to L. C. Applo- gat0( Dol Tlttorington nnd II. B. San- (i0rsOn, each taking part of tlio tract. I TVTIan Mnrrrnnrlln TJnrtilv. wlm linn boon visiting frlonds In Grand Island,' Is oxpoctod to roturn homo tonior - row. Miss Holcn Stuart, of Lexington, is expected hero thtB ovoning to visit with tho Stack and Tlgho families. . 1 1 i - - Which Class Will You Be In? For tlio young man who thinks It is a manly thing to spend froely, nnd who .snoora nt tlio thrl.'ty person ns "tingy" and "moan," horo nro a fow facts that ho may digost with profits. Sixty-fivo of ovory 100 persons dy ing In this country havo absolutoly NO ESTATE; thoy dlo ponnlloss. Of tho remaining 34 persona, 25 novor accuniulnto mora than. $1300 In tiller llfotimo, nnd dlo with loes than that. A savings Account will got you out of theso classes. Opon yours to-day. RoHolve to bo bettor than tlio average. Platte Valley State Bank North Platte, Nebraska. Aliens WIH Do Dratted Washington. Domnnds aro being mndo from nil parts of tlio country against allowing allons to escapo tho draft sorvlco. Tlio idea that theso men will remain at home, reaping blessings nnd taking Jobs vacated by Americans while tlio lattor aro in tho fcrcfichos righting, doos tyot appeal to tho people of tlio country. These Incessant demands mndo on tho gov ornniont havo tausod Washington to act, a resolution having already boon prepared for congressional action to this ond. As a rosult of this action it is vory llkoly that all allons rogistorod. will bo called' on tho first draft In Chi cago aono, It is pointed out, thoro nro ovor two thousand registrants in ono district who nro oxempt ns aliens and it is estimated thnt ono-fourth of tho mon rogistorod nro exempt as thoy nro not citizons of this country. Un- ' dor tliis basis it moans that all Amor IcaiiB will mnko up tho first drafted army, unloss congress takos action which will tako in tho allon. Miss Catherlno Hall ontortnlncd n numbor of young ladies at a house party tho first of tills wcok. Miss Esthor Schwaigor, who has boon -attending tho Kearnoy normal, will graduato thoro this ovoning. Vo havo an export Radiator Repair, man with 'Uis for a short time. Any Rndlator can bo rebuilt oy him. C. M. Trottor Garago, 215 oast Sixth. Mrs. Wm. Parks, of Hinman pre cinct, has boon spending tho past week In Brady, having bodn called thoro by tho dentil of hor brothor-in-law, Geo. L. Swancutt. Taking tho county as a wliolo tho corn crop is in a critical condition duo to tho lnck )f rain and tho o'xtromo heat of tho past week. In a fow lo calities tho crop can Btand another rainless wook, but in a majority of tho prdclnc(s another wook without rain will moan practically a total loss of tho crop. This information is gained from farmors coming to town and from rcsidonts who havo mado ex tended trips in tho country. In ordor to givo tho public all tlio wnr nows possiblo, tlio correspondents nccoptns truo a good many rumors and as a rosult vlrtunllv contradict, tnmnr. ' row Homo of tho atatcments mado to- ilnv. TTnwnvnr. vn Innrti nnnnn-li in Indicate that tho govornniont officials . considor that tho country has a big task boforo it. This is ovidoncod by tho fact that a billion a month for tho noxt fifteen months will bo ex pended In ono way and another. Run Your Car on a Tire without flaw or blomisli. A patch or plug on a tiro Is neither sightly or offlclont. If your tiro hns boon dam aged send it whoro It will bo vulcan ized, tho only right way of repairing. And It will not give you any further troublo. Vulcanizing merges tho damaged edgos togcthor ho thnt tho mended part is really stronger than tlio tiro itself. NORTH PLATTE VULC. CO. (D. M. BROOKS, Prop.) Across streot oast of Post Offico.