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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1917)
1, Qtol 4 5 9a THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. :Q1. 4, 4 ubrunate . TO. NORTH PLATTE, NEB.-NOVEMBEK 2, 1917. . 1 ' j No. 84 JIOnSHIKK OFF12KEI) $8,500 YOU Ol'TION ON OIL LAM) GIT if AND COUNTY NEWS. V. It. Hodshlre, better known as "Shorty," clerk in the HulTnian cigar fltoio.recelved an off or by wire yostor day of $8,500 for an option, on a lease ho holds on oil land in Oklahoma. Mr. Hodshiro jiid $1,700; for this op tion several months ngo. It covors twonty-flvo acres in ono of tho best oil producing sections of Oklahoma. Mr. Hodshiro declined the offor, wiring back that nothing less than $10,000 could Becjiro tho option. The boys nround tho cigar store nre congratulating "Shorty" on his fore slghtedness in buying tho option and his apparent success in being able to sell it at such an increased 'price. ::o:: You "Who Need Denial Service Hero is somo of tho classes of work that can bo done in ONE DAY or Less Time: Nerve removed, roots illlod, crown put on or inlay made ono hour and thirty minutes. Full set of teeth made in Ono Day. Any size bridge made and set in one day. DR. WALTER CROOK, McDonald State Dank, Phono 97. North Platto, Neb. ::o:: . m Hoy Scouts Handle Pledge Cards Tho Boy Scouts will handlo the food pledge cards in North Platto, making a house to house canvass. Tho boys started on this work last evening. For this purpose tho city has been divided into districts.. As the bays attend school, the canvassing will be done evenings. In tho country precincts tho work will bo in charge of tho school teach ors in the respective districts. o " No More "Treats." On and after , November 1st, 1917, we, tho undersigned merchants, agree to discontinue tho practice of giving treats on payments of accounts, owing to the additional tax being placed on all commodities: E. T, TRAMP & SONS. ' LIRK PA.NDALL CO. VILCOX DEPARTMENT STORE. RUSH MERCANTILE CO, - J. L. LOUi ON. , JOHN HEUROD. . WESTENFELD & SON. H. L. GAUNT. JOHN R. NOBLE. R. N. LAMB. ::o:: Stage struck lassies will And a valu able lesson, for their consideration-In the Bluebird ,photoplaK"TrIumph," taj 00 exniDiicq at .pie. iveiuitneai.ro giht lirdayv ltlvWdrothy .Philllfes playing the starjrolo. Miss Phillips "and hor -supporUnjT'jJbmpany, headed brTjbh Chanye and William Stowell, will tell Samuel Hopkins Adams' story in screen form, the original publication Slaving beert made in C.ollier's. The experience of a country Rosalind who nau oeen tola dv nor menus mat sne possessed great dramatic talent, are reflected in her Journey to New York and the events that transpired during fruitless struggles for recognition. Special Snlo of Serving, Trays $ir Saturday, Not. 3rd, CLINTON, Tho Jeweler Denver and Omaha papers announce the disappearance of a letter contain ing $10,000 in checks forwarded "by tho Platto Valloy Bank of this city to tho First National of Omaha tho early part of this week. Federal authorities .aro investigating tho loss. Tho miss ing letter will not result in loss to Prit chard returnod yos a business visit in 'Lin- fir. W. T. terday from coin. When you need blankots don't forgot that The Loader Mercantile Co. have pldlity nt last yoar's prlcos. J. G. Booler Is transacting logal bus iness in Denver today, having loft for that city yesterday afternoon. I am now propared to do all kinds of dressmaking. Mrs. Thlos, 509 wost B. street. 82-3 Tho ladlos of tho Christian church will hold an oxchango at Derryberry & Forbes' store tomorrow. Mr. and MrB. C. S. Nioman, of Tip ton, Iowa, arrived this morning to vis it their daughter Mrs. Carl Hollman. I now have funds at 5 per cent on choice bottom tablo land. Gene Crook, Room f, Keith theatre Bldg. A score or moro young girls en joyed tho hospitality of Miss Alice Hoagland Wednosday evening at a Hallow E'en (party. Christian Science Society Sunday 11 a. m. Wednesday ovenlng meetings every week at 8:00j Building & Loan building, room 25. A cordial invita tlon Is extended to all. The Bpwortn League gave a very enjoyable Hallow E'en social at tho church parlors Wednosday ovonlng, Games appropriate to tho ovenlng were played followed by refreshments. You people who aro going to buy furs this season should not put off buying early. The assortment hero Is big and all at last season's prices, at The Loader Mercantile Co.'s Dr. and Mrs. N. McCabo leave today for an extended trip in tho cast, which will Include New York and Washing ton. At Chicago they will bo Joined by their daughter MJss Mario. Lnto arrivals in women's and misses' coats compels us to sacrifice profits. Buy now and save money. All the coats are the newer modols of fash ion's latest. Tho Leader Mercantile Co. The Et-a-Virp club mot with Mrs. Nels Rasmussen Wednesday afternoon. The prizes of the contest wore won by Mrs. Tiley and and Mrs. L. C. Saw yer. The next meeting of the club will be with Mrs. L. B. Dick on Novcmbor 7th. It's Very evident that wo are soiling vmilllnery at less price the'' way worn- en. nave uougiu. ipaueyn; naxtr.oi. us mo past, weeKf . awin-T,cuucuons on Rfl high class hatsAttThe?LBftd.ei;,M,efc- cantno uo.'s. oscar uieson, ageu sixteen years, whose foster parents conduct tho rooming; houso over Jlie Daily Telegraph, had a hearing In tho county court Wednesday on the charge of compelling children to submit to indignities Ho was found guilty and will be sent to the reform Bcliool at Kearney. Manager Burke, of tho North Platte Stock Yards, says feeding in transit at the yards has been exceptionally heavy this fall. These cattlo aro shipped both ways, the greater number of course going east. It is not a rare thing, he says, for cattle ito be shipped from tho. w.ost to South. Omaha, sold and then. re-Bhipped to tho west. This is particularly true of young cattle We don't know of anything that will wean a man of tho meat eating habit quicker than to go Into tho market and pay thirty cents a pound for a beef tho bank, as tnavmont on tho checks' roast or thirty-five for a pork roast. will be stopped and duplicates issued. Theso are the prices in North Platto I for tho best cuts, with proportionate . Horeafter tho general admission to prices for tho cuts that are not 'so the Crystal and Keith theatres will be good, and from a financial standpoint ten anu twenty cents, mis raise to tho advocacy Of "meatless day" should cover lira ten por cent war tax on certainly bo heeded. ticKets, tne war tax ioviou against theatres and the war tax on picture ,films which the exhibitor must pay. 'Tim wnr Vina rlonlf lionvllv nn ilii nln- turo show men, and it was either ralsV early P,art, of last week caused con- WOSIliX PHYSICIANS TO OKUANIZE WAR UNIT FOll SKItVICK The medical women of the American ItAILItOAl) NOTES H. N. Getty hns again taken the po- 1'IOXtfKU WOMAN OF OASL1N PltKClNCT PASSKS AWAY lnsltuto of Homeopathy in rocont u4 Wt-ton of rond foreman or engines on sion in Rochester, N. Y., linvo arnuie-lfi,e f,occoa "'strict, succeeding Roy ed throuch tho institute fraternity to', ""!". who ukel to bo relieved. ed through tho instltuto fraternity to organize a medical unit for war sor-i vice, composod entirely of .women phy In a flro at Gland Island tho early part of tho week tho wife of Englnoor UOVF.HNaiKNT WILL FURNISH COAL TO THE DEALERS slclans and surgeons. Tho call Ib im-d Wontfall, of tho Second district, and PUIUIIVU IlL HUH UIHU, UIUI 11 tsiiuuuuua effort is being put forth to rniso $60,000 within tho next few months for tho equipment of tho unit. Notwithstanding Uio largo demand lor philanthropic and patriotic sor ior puiiauuiropic aim patriotic sor-ft, , : , .: vico, wo trust that this appeal, whlctipirnc(1 to (lenth has rocoiveu the assurance or repre sentative men in vour locality, as well as ovorv cltv and town whore Its nc-r tlvity Is being centered, will bring a favorable return to tho inltlativo body above mentioned. This campaign Is nation-wide, and hor mother wore burnod to doath. Englnoer Jus. Morrow returned UiIb morning from Grand Island whoro ho attention tho double funeral of Mrs. ."Westfnll and hor mothor, who wero Tho strlko In tho stool works at St. Louis has boon settled and tho stool for tho now depot has been shinned. f'This is a roliof to Constructing lfin glneer Crutclisingor. Good progress is bolng mndo on tho Iiiih rnPiilvj.il nnhHHfv flirnnn-1, tfin .PIPO 11110 UClWeOll UIO rOUlHl I1OUB0 niltl metropolitan papeiB and medical Jour- "10 North Platto rivpr. from which the nals throughout tho country and up to Un,on Pacific will obtain Its supply thin timo has shown splendid and most' f water. Tho main Is slxtoon inches encouraging material results. I m diameter. If you wish to su'pport tho loynl a. r,. Ally, gcnoral baggago agent of work Of the Homeopathic Medical the U. P. system, spent-yoetorday in Women of tho United States, kindly town looking over tho now depot and mako checks payablo to tho 'Women's, inquiring into the general conditions Homeopathic Bnso -Hospital Unit, and nt this terminal. Ho returned to Oma Btato whether mention may bo mndo of; ha this morning. tne iineramy on your part, uv our press committee, directly or Indlrcct-I ly. Do not forget that every dollar will count ami do a good work. Awaiting your favor, I am, Very truly yours, JOHN S. TWINEM, M. D., North Platto, Neb I P. S. Givo somo, no matter how lit tle J. S. T. ::o: : "Jim" Will Locnto in, Omalin. ' J. B. McDonald, who UiIb wook dis posed of his clothing store, will locate in Omaha as soon as hd closes up his businoss affairs in this. city, which will probably bo within thoj uuai muuui. air. uucuomtiu lBnnani cially interested in and 15 treasurer of tho Crown Tiro and Rubber Co.. a1 concern that is capitalized at $250,000, anu has erected a plant at Ralston, a suburb of Omaha. Tho company, has been delayed in getting started ly inability to secure tho necessary machinery, but tho plant is now about ready for business and in a short time will bo turning out auto tires, inner tubes and other products of like na ture. Mr. McDonald will probably go to Omaha Sunday to visit the plant and see how tho work is progressing: ::o:: I Tho first railroad ticket sold at North Platto with tho war tax at tached was purchuBcd Wednesday night by Joo .Snrbach.of Nobraska City, who travels for a company in Kalamazoo.Mlch. A new dispatchers' district has been created at Luramio wlth.W. A. Borton, late of this city In .charge. Tho trick men are Joo Wisher, formerly of tho local office, and Roberts and Redding of the Cheyenne office. Effective yesterday all nows agontB on Union Pacific trains wero pulled off, thus abating what tho gonornl pub lic has considered a nulsanco. Many railroads discontinued tho "butchorB ' a'TiYunber of years ngo, but the Union Pacific permitted thorn to remain on account of tho revenue derived. j Hie New York Central system pur-, chased during tho throo years and two months sinco the war bogan (AugiM, 1914), locomotives, freight cars and passenger coaches costing $84,324.73G. Tho same units at present-day prices' would cost tho companies $193,028,010 Just. $(108,70)3,874 moro money or an increase In tho aggrogato of 128.91 por cqnt. . j Wednesday a switchman told us tho congestion of froight in- tho local yardB had been groatly rolloved;, last evening another switchman- told us thtf yards wore again congested. Just as tho switching crewri begin to soo "daylight," a dozen or so long Mrs. Christina Johnson, widow of tho Into Olat JohiiBon, n plonoor resi dent of Gusllu product died early Wednosday morning tit tho homo of her daughter, Mrs. Chan. Llork, Jr., CM west Ninth street. Mrs. Johnson enmo to tho city about a month ngo to tako treatment for a complication of kldnoy and heart trouble, but tho disousos had reached such stages that modical ivs Hlbtancc was no avail. Tho remains wore takon to tho homo In Gaslln pro cmct this morning whoro sorvkos will bo held and tho body laid to rost In tho Gaslln comotory. The deceased was born In Donmnrk and when, a young woman camo tol North Platto whoro bIio was married to Olnf Johnson, then employed as a tnllor by A. P. Carlson. This wns moro than forty years ago, and shortly after tho marrhjgo Mr. Johnson moved to GhhIIu whoro tho couplo resided until tho respective summons enmo. Mrs. Johnson, who wub not qulto sixty-four yonrs of age, 1b survived by eight childron. They , iiro Mrs. Wal- ford Larson and Mrs. Goo. Balloy, of Brady, Mrs. Chas. Llerk, Jr., and Har ry S. Johnson of this city, J. H. John son of Raymond, Minn., and Ben, Lenf and Ray who live on tho homo plnco. Mrs. Johnson wns a woman who was hold In high OBtcom by tho pcoplo or tho section of tho county In which bIio lived, and by hor North Platto ac qualntnncoB, and hor passing away will bo much regretted by them. ::o:: Judgo Grimes nnd Reporter Barron returned last ovonlng from Ogalalla, whoro a ton-day term of district court was held. Mr. and Mrs. Rnfo Elliott, of Oma ha, aro In town visiting rolntlves. They woro formor North Platto . residents, but loft horo ton years ago. John L. Kennedy, national fuel ad ministrator lor Nebraska, in nn ad dross to coal doalorB nt Lincoln yos torday said the govornmont Is pro pared to furnish coal to all retail or wholesnlo dealers who cannot get coal through tho phannola they have boon accustomed to sccuro it. Tho gov ornmont Is piling up at all tho mines in tho country 10 por cont of tho out put of tho inlnos. Whan dcnlors can not obtain coal tho usual way, tho gov ernment will fill their ordors from theso piles. RnllroadB aro prohibited from confiscating cars of coal shipped ovor tho roads for private Individuals or for dealers. Tho govornmont is seeing that tho roads have sufficient coal to carry tho commerce of tho nation and thoy can not obtain it any othor way than through logltlmato channels. -::o: 1918 Prices for Hoots Tho Groat Wostorn Sugar Company state their 191S. contracts will bo tho same as tho tproaont contracts except ing ns to tho prlco of beets, which will bo raised to $8.00 por ton in tho ter ritory enst of Finloy, Nebraska. Tho usual bonus of 50 cents por ton addi tional will bo paid to all growers who silo 0110-fourth of tho crop. This will mako $8.50 por ton for beets dollvored from tho flold, and $9.50 for deliveries from bIIo. Horshoy Times. ::o:: Piling has boon driven in tho rlvor bed woat of tho fill In tho north rlvor with a vlow to checking tho effect of tho wntor lator. It Is expected to fill In behind tho piles with brush. Further wost more" work Will bo dono to swing tho Bouth channel In toward tho north Weather conditions havo interfered with tho work to boiuo extent in tho paBt week. Sutherland Frco Lanco. a i miTtut a v r -uoKHiuiiig --ui; v u l'iuur your ciqice. 01 evory irimmeu nai at ftlVM UAT.V iinri. day as convenient, for those wonderful bargains will not last long. Villa Whlttaker, at tho Wilcox Dopt. Store. ::o; : Pinnacle coal,,. a favorlto for fur nacos, has advanced to $9.50 a ton In the local market. Thirty days ago It sold for $8.50. In this Instance gov ernment regulation does not seem to I In talking with farmers of tho val loy as well as some who llvo in the hills we learn that tho hard freeze tho bo regulating In favor of tho consum er. , Tho local postofflco has received a limitod supply of threo-cent stamps, but under instructions from1 tho de partment the stock of two cent stamps will be pretty well sold out fceroro many of tho three-centers nre Issued. A North. Platto man who was at Moorofiold yesterday says tho boys of tnnt village on liniiow E'en night dec orated in yellow tho storo conducted by a woman who is decidedly pro-German. Mrs., A. F. Streitz will leave today for a visit with hor daughter Ruth in iiincoin ad with friends in Omnha prices or go out of business. - For Sale Pure bred Duroc Jersey hogs, both sexes. Inquire of or nd- .dress, Blankenburg Bros., 1305 north Locust street, North Platto. Nob. 'Phono Red 851. 84-6 siderablo damnge to corn. The corn seemed to. bo well donted and appar ently well' ripened, but following tho frcozo much' of it has softened and is likely to become mushy and sour. Ono farmer said ho believed his corn had Buffered a fifty per cont damage s hoe AtfES YOtif The Season's Most Popular Color is Brown We have this handsome dark Havana Brown Kid Shoe with cloth top to match, Louis heel, aluminum plate at $7 Buy thorn today. a r k e t ONEY ON SHOES. M W$ Clean and Dye Shoes. ONE DOOR SOUTH KEITH THEATRE. 5Hj app'dars and In tho meantlmo tho motive power shows tho wonderful strain of the past jyear. It now develops that tho Waltomath Co. and tho Coatos Co. did not have thoir coal confiscated by tho Union Pacific Co., though both roportod bo 0 Tho Tribune Tho cars were "burled" for a wook or moro among tho congest, ed froight In tho local yards. Tho Waltomath Co., however, did fjaVo ono car taken by a western con necting road, and have boon notified by lotter that ho coal willbo paid for. Tho officials plead guilty to con fiscating sovornl cars of coal con signed to dealers In tho central part of the state. ::o:: Last month was the coldest October sinco 1913, tho moan tomporaturo for tne month being roportod by tho local weather bureau nt forty-flvo degrees. 1 no precipitation ror tno month was thirty-two ono hundredths of nn inch, which is less one-third tho normal amount for tho month. Tho deficiency of 'precipitation sinco .Innuary first is sixty-six ono hundredths of nn Inch MRIE DORO Lnsky.Paramount n Heart's Desire at tho Keith Saturday Night. 1371 aaaTr"lilr Have You a Good Clock? Everyone admires tlie dignity of the Tambour Clock. Ita plainly apparent character and reliability : account for its great popularity in exclusive homes, -either for the parlor, library or living room. s It is made in solid mahogany, oak or mahogany finish, either with chimes or strike. Price $9.00 to $45.00. We cordially invite your inspection. DIXON, The Jeweler. -V-t Tito. War's Effect on Telephone Traffic Sinco tho beginning of the wnr tho government has been a very heavy user of our service, and private requests for ,v telephono facilities havo been grcator than ever before. . ' ' Wo aro finding it difficult to moot thoso .incrensed do- " tnands for sorylco and cqulpmtuit becauso of the shortngo '" of metals and othor telephone materials. You can "do your bit" by asking only for such ntalepliono cqulprnont as you tnuit hava and by making only such local or Ions distance calls as are-absolutely necessary. NEBRASKA TKUIl?&6lfll 00. Cadillac closed and open cars arc purchased by the gov ernment for the army, staff officers, Dodge Brothers Se dans and open cars for lesser ofllcers, Dodge Brothers roadsters and light trucks for the commissary, field ser vice and one roadBter for every truck squadron. The government, after exhaustive competitive tests, has fig ured Dodge and Cadillac are good enough to tie to, as an almost Exclusive buy, and they expect, to get real ser vice. .,. . Is not this just about what you are looking for when you buy your car? I would be glad to explain some of the reasons' for the government preference for Dodge and Cadillac cars if you will call in,, JoV.RuMGSiH MB TO 01 GARB "Service"- Our 0wneh$" 'North Platte, Neb. X'... til -