Ifcttte
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEB,., OCTOBER 16, L917.
No. 79
P. F. K. CO. 1VILL SPEND
$:.00,()0() IN XOJtTII PLATTE
, .Tho Tribune is reliably Informed
that the Pacific Fruit Express Com
pany, ownors of th refrigerator car
lino on tho Union Pacific, will expend
a half million dollars in North Platte
within tho next four months. Tho ln
tontlon of tho company is to orect an
ontiro nkiw icing plant, the location of
which will bq a considerable distanco
west of the presont ptant. Tho now
plant will bd constructed along dif
ferent lines from tho houses now in
use, and machinery installed that will
expedito icing, cars as well as filling
tho houses during tho ico harvest The
new plant will have a much larger
storage capacity. It Is understood
that when the now plant Is in opera
tion the old houses will ho torn down
Tho compapy flguro on having tha
new buildings rlrady for the coming
season's crop of ice.
Two Cases of Assault
Two cases of assault have been set
for hearing in Judgo French's court
Saturday. Ono case is against Char
ley and Andy Mttler, with Charles
Oakes as the complaining witness, and
the latter will ask that tho Millers ho
placed undor-ibond to keep tho peace
The other caso is against Robert Ehl
ers with Sam Roby as tho complaining
witness. Those two mon 1lvo In tho
Maxwoll section.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
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John Keith Sells Itancth
John Keith went to Omaha last
night to close the soCo of his ranch
south of Sutherland to Omaha parties.
Tho ranch comprises somewhat over
twenty-fivo hundred acres, and it is
understood tho sale price exceeds sov-onty-flvo
thousand dollars.
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A. W. Plumer brought down from
his McPherson county rango tho latter
part of last "week 340 head of two and
three year old ste-ors which ho will
probably winter on his .ranch at Maxwoll.
For Salo Rango as good as now.
Innulro at 1117 wost Sixth stroot.
For quick action nml satisfactory
sale list your land with Thocleckc. tf
Mrs. J. T. Murphy left last evening
for a visit with rolatlvos in Kansas
City.
Wanted Girl .for gencra'i house
work. Jlrsn John Ilruttt, 112 Most
Fourth street.
County Commissioner Ilonnlnghaus
on yesterday purchased a Studebakor
six of tho Durbin Auto Co.
FOR SALE Five room houso, mod
orn oxcopt heat; located at 214 south
Ash. Phono Red 388. 727
Dr. J. K. Elms, now of Lincoln, is
spending a few days in town visiting
frlfcfnds and transacting business.
Mrs. I. K. Neoly, who had boon vis
iting friends In town for a week or
two loft this morning for her homo
in LaSaile, 111.
Rov. Harmnn returned Saturday
from Grand Island whero for several
days ho was in attendance at tho Luth
eran synod.
Wanted I have work for four or
five men for about two weeks. Inquire
at Water offica. Horshoy S. Welch.
Water Commissioner. 79-2
Tho Fourth ward school, which had
boon closed for n weok on account of
tho dozen 6r moro cases of small-pox,
re-opened yesterday morning.
Walter Kocken, for sovoral years
head mechanic for tho Ilendy-Ogler
Co., resigned Saturday to go with tho
Durbin Autp Co., a firm of which ho
is a member.
Tho Lutheran aid socioty will meet
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. A. T.
Yost, 1003 wost Fourth, who will bo
assisted in entertaining by Mrs. Chas.
Sandall, Mrs. Georgo LeOloyt and
Mrs. Georgo Scharmann.
Tho subject for prayor mooting at
tho Baptist .church Wednosday night
will ho "How God Takes Care of Us."
Tho mooting will bo In chargo of thoi
young people, with Miss May Drown
ing ng loador. Everyono is InvltoiL 1
Mrs. J. G . Pooler, Mrs. M. E. Scott,
Mrs. W. C. Roynolds and Mrs. York
Hinman oft this morning for Omaha
to attond tho supremo council of the
P. E. 0. sisterhood. Mrs. C. F. Spon
cor went to Omaha for the samo
purposo yesterday. .
J. E. Sebastian spont tho groator
part of last weok attondlng tho Luth
eran state synod at Grand Island ns n
dologato frcm tho local church. He
was elected a mombor of tho executlvo
board for the formation of a Lutheran
State Brothorhood.
Tho services at the Christian church
on last Lord's day woro woll attended
and thoro was a splendid lntorost.
Next Lord's day will bo women's and
girls' day in tho blblo school. They
will have charge of tho opening exor
cises of tho school In all departments.
The potatoes 'planted last spring on
tho vacant lots around town nro now
boing harvosted, and whero they woro
Irrigated from city hydrants during
tho dry spell tho yield is vory satis
factory. Ono grower who figured that
if ho secured forty .bushels ho would
mako a -llttlo money, finds tho yield to
be nearly seventy bushols.
The cry for houses to ront in town
is stronger than evor, and tho lack of
thoso is a distinct drawback to tho in
crease in population. Were houses a
vallable not loss than fifty famMIes
would movQ to North Platte, thciso in
cluding traveling men and railroad
mall clorks. Certainly if wo are to con
tlnuo to move forward, wo must pro
vldo houses for thoso who doslro to
mako their homes with us. Wo notico a
Lincoln firm Is about to erect twenty
flvo houses In Allianco for renting
purposes. Porphapg if wo are suf
ficiently energetic wo can if lot own
ors decline to build socuro some out
side parties to put up. a "numbor of
houses.
(Jet A Line on These New Suits and
4 Overcoats
They're snappy in style, distinctive in cut, with
that individuality about them that modern men and
young men demand. More than that, they will give,
you the greatest service and satisfaction your money
" will buy.
Adler Collegian Clothes.
Drop in and look over these attractive new suits
and overcoats. Find one that exactly suits, you, try
it on, compare the style, the fit, the material, the
tailoring, with other clothes for the same money and
you'll agree with us that these new t Collegians are
ovponhfinn in otu a nnrl nrtno
fas i.ii r.
$15to$3
$!5to$35
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We make a specially of boys' and children's
clothing and we are known as headquarters for every
thing for little ones. Bring them in and lqt us show
you how completely we can equip them for school or
play, for "dress up" or rough outdoor sports. Our
long experience in outfitting the boys enables us to
select suits that have surprising wearing qualities,
clothing that "stands the racket" a healthy boy is sure
to give it. The children like to come here, we make
them feel at home.
Elk Brand Boys Suits $3.50 to $12.
If You Are Particular About Your Hats and Haberdashery, Come
Here, Shirts And Ties For Every Taste
Whether you like bright colored, rich effects in your shirts and neckwear,, or prefer
more conservative tones and patterns you will be sure to find in our carefully selected stock
just what will suit your taste and your pocketbook. Nowhere else can you select your winter
underwear with such pertect assurance of exceptional values. Nowhere else can you find
a more complete stock hosiery at such reasonable prices. Whatever you need in furnishings
or dress accessories, we have it for you.
Manhattan Shirts $1.75 to $12. Superb Neckwear 50c to $1.00.
A Hat or Cap That "Becomes" You
We make a specialty of helping our customers to select hcadwear that becomes them.
Whether you have a large head or a small one, whether you prefer a soft hat or a stiff one,
or a cap, we can suit your taste exactly and send you out of the store looking your best. The
new caps fo.r Winter wear are especially attractive, both in style aiid price.
Hud Caps 50c to $2.00. Stetson Hats $4.50 to $6.00.
' You'll Find It Interesting To Drop In and Look Over Our Offerings.
Xx HARCOURT CLOTHING CO.
lmiksidkm' xxsikh octobku
SIUi AS LIHKltTV JAV
Prcsltlont WiVson, in bohalt of Uic
lborty loan, Sunday night Issued a
proclamation sotting aside Octobor 24
aa. libitrty day and urging tho 1eople of
tho nation to assemble on that day in
tholr respective communities and
"pHedgo to ono another and to tho gov
ormn nt that represents thorn, the
fullest moasuro of support."
"Let tho rosult bo so Improssivo
and emphatic," tho president urges,
"that it will echo throughout the om
plro of our onomy as nn Index of
what America intends to do to bring
this war to a victorious conclusion.
"Tho socond liberty loan gives the
people of tho United States nnothor
opportunity to plodgo tholr funds to
tholr government to sustain thoir
country at war. Tho might of tho
United States Is being mobilized and
organized to strlko a mortal blow at
autocracy in defonse of outraged Amor-
lcan rights, and of tho cause of liberty.
BliMons of dollars nro required to
arm, feed and clothe tho bravo mon
who aro going forth to fight our coun
try's battles and to assist tho nations
with whom wo aro making common
cause against 'a common foe. To sub
scribe to tho liberty loan is to por
florm a service of patriotism."
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Judgo Lovctt, chairman of tho board
of U. P. directors, who passed through
from the west Sunday, stated in Oma
ha yesterday that tho United Stato3
would faco a Bcrlous crisis in coal
bhortago boforo tho ond of winter.
Shoso nrcdlctons of ooal shortage
rnio from so many- sources that It
certainly behooves all who can to lay
in a winter's supply at as carCy a time
as possible
Mrs. Anna Voss, mothor of Mrs. C.
M. Trotter, of this city, died at Goth
fclitourg Thursday and was interred at
Grand Island Sunday. Mrs. Voss, with
Her husband, settled in Vroman pre
cinct, in tins county, in an oarly day
whoro thciy lived for a numbor of
years and then moved to Gothonburg.
Irv. Bostwlck returned this morn
ing from Omaha whero ho went tho
latter part of last weiok with a ship
ment of cattle. Ho nllso wont to Beat
rice to vIbII liis mothor, who is past
ninety-five years of age.
Tho ladles of tho Christian church
will hold an exchango at tho Dorry
borry & IJorbes store Saturday and tho
customary bakery goods wfcll bo on
sale.
Attorney Halllgan wont to.Chappoll
yosterday to attend tho term of district
court which Judgo Westovor Is hold
ing for Judgo Grimes
A,bout 8,000' appeals from oxomption
boards have beon sent, to tho presi
dent, less than flvo per cent of which
have boon granted.
W. H. McDonald, who" had been at
tondlng tho bankors' convontion Jn
Omaha, returned homo Saturday
morning.
For Salo Small bunch of stock
hogs. Inquire at tho Marti moat market-Mrs.-
John W. Gill, of Omaha, Ib vis
iting her sistor Mrs. T. A. Llndonmer.
er and famiJy.
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FOIt'SALE. i
Guaranteed Used Cars.
1 Dodgo Touring car.
1915 Ford Touring.
191G Baby Grand ChovroCot Touring.
Reasonable prices if you act quIcWly
J. V. ROMIGII GARAGE.
. & L. Assn. Takes $20,000 Bonds
At a special mooting of tho Mutual
Building and Loan Association hold
lato yietordny afternoon it was
votod to subscribe lor $20,000 of tho
second Liberty loan. This is in line
with tho action of thbso associations
throughout tho stato, thoso in Oma
ha Hiibscribing for $1,200,000.
Tho government in making its rov
onuo lawn have always favored mu
tual building and loan associations in
oxomptlng thorn from certain forms of
taxation, and now that tho associa
tons havo an opportunity to recipro
cate, they aro a unit In so doing. This
$20,000 will bo credited to Lincoln
county's subscription.
White, Sox nro Yltcors
Tho Chicago Whlto Sox won from
tho Now York Giants In Now York
yesterday by a scoro tof four to two,
and by acquiring tills gamo becamo tho
victors In -tho world's sorlos, having
won throd gomes previously, tho third
gamo having been won In Chicago Sat
urday by a scoro of olght to llvo.
Much lntorost was takon in tho sor
ies by North Platto fans, and tho scoro
by Innings and plays In coch gamo was
furnished them through tho courtosv
of tho Green billiard parlor.
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Notico to lVnter Consumers
Tho water ordinance requires that
all consumers delinquent after tho
20th of Octobor must bo shut off until
bill is paid. Thoro nro a good many
bills still unpaid and ns soon nftelr tho
20th as tho delinquents can bo chock
ed up wator sorvico of samo will bo
dlscontlniuod until bill is paid as re
quired by ordinance.
This Is final notico and If you find
tho wator shut off aftor 20th you will
know that you havo an unpaid wator
bill.
HERSHEY S. WELCH.
79-2 Wator Commissioner.
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DrlH Team Goes to Lincoln
Tho drill team of tho local Rebokah
lodgo haB gono to Lincoln to nttcind
tho grand lodgo. Tho team will ox
ompliry tho vork and will ho guests
of honor at a reception and bannuot.
Thoro arc! twonty-two members in tho
toam with Mrs. W. J. Tlloy as cap
tain, A!rong tiltoso who loft tills
morning woro Mrs. Tlloy, Mrs, Small
wood, Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. VanDoran
and Miss Splos, tho othors having
loft yostorday.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Hoagland and
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Swopo loft Sunday
night for Lincoln to attond tho Odd
Follows' and Robokah. Dogreo grand
lodges.
Red Cross Rc-Klcct Officers.
At tho annual mooting of tho Red
Cross Chnpter Saturday ovonlng tho
offlcors who woro d.octed whon tho
Chapter was organlzod sovoral months
ago woro re-elected. Thoso aro:
Mrs. Geo. B. Uont chairman, Mrs. J. S.
Simula vlco-chulrmnn, Miss Elizabeth
Hinman secretary and Mrs. E. S. DavlB
treasuror. RoportS of the Bocrotary
and treasuror woro road, and Mrs. R.
F. Cotteroll, chairman of tho work
commtttoo gnvo a roport of tho articled
mado and shipped
Attorney Robert Bontty transacted
legal buslncoB in Oshkosh yostorday.
P. J. Barron wont to Chnppetl yos
torday to do his stunt as ccourt report
er at tho district court torm.
Frank Hoxlo wont to Ognlalla yes
terday after vialttng his family for a
couplo of days.
Eric Fey, of Nebraska City, and Miss
Margaret Bush, of Kimball, weJro mar
ried at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Bur.
dotto Curtis In this city ypstorday.
Vic VonGootz arrived from Portland,
Ore. nt noon yostorday no visit his
parents for a wotilc Vic 1s ticket agent
at 'tho Uiilon Terminal Statjlon at
Portland, a position of rosponsIbKIty
with a nlco salary attached.
Noarly 700 Nebraska men who woro
sent to Camp Funston as part of tho
national nrmy, will bo Bent to Doming,
N. M.,,to fill tho national guard regi
ments. Tills means that thoso No
braskans will reach tho front In Franco
sovoral months ahead of tho national
army.
Company E Boys Promoted.
Capt P. R. Halllgan, commanding
Company E, North Platto, has promot
ed Corporals Edwin L. Tltchnor,
Leonard Pooro and Marvin Jagger to
bo sorgcants, and has appointed Pii
vato Merrll S. Gross to ho sergeant
and Privates Ahnor Wosshorg, Fred C.
Potorson, Byron B. Oborst, Claronco A.
Novall, Albert Novall, HaroCd A. Lang
ford, Gordon GIfford and Earl E. Ewon
to bo corporals.
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TiURt Contingent Belayed,
It was oxpoctod that tho last contin
gent of Lincoln County's draft army
would entrain this wook, but A. S.
Allen learned whilo In Omaha Satur
day that the last movomont would bo
dolayod until about November lstlt
Is understood that this Is duo to'the'--urgent
demand for Jabor onthafarms,
tho Intervening two wookatp"dnnitttng'
fnrmors to gather much of tholrcorn.
tholr corn.
Tho noxt call for men to bo examin
ed for duty will lie made; It Is said tho
lattor part of Deombor or early In
January.
William Far num
in a finely produced screen version of
Charles Dickens' story,
"A TALE OF TWO CITIES"
KEITH THEATRE,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17
7 REELS 10 AND 20 CENTS
im it.-nip it
The Combination
idge and Plate.
Which would you prefur? False teeth with their
.acknowledged ohjections, or teeth to replace nature's original
. ones, which are as solid and satisfactory as "your own?'
The Combination Bridge and Plate enables you to secure
supreme satisfaction to cat anything you want, and to feel that
. every tooth grew in your mouth. I can give you this satisfac
tion, provided only that you have two or three sound teeth or
'. roots left.
' Your mouth is the gateway to your whole body, so why
not let me tell you what can be done. This class of work can
be put in and finished in ONE DAY.
DR. WALTER CROOK,
Modern Dentistry
McDonald Slate Bank Bldg, North Platte, Neb. ' Phone 97
