Over the top"
It's up to you to Jain a little "round
every day. No "slacker" gets very far
in the business world. As the mornings
row darker and colder, yon need a cail
that will never fail to send you "over
the top"
a good alarm clock
Clinton sells dependable alarm clocki.
They are an excellent thing in the.
kitchen to time baking by, as well as v ''
in the bodroom. ,
$1.50 to $3.50.
CLINTON,
Graduate Optician,
At Uio Sign or tho Mg King.
r it
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. Snm IUclmrds, of Omaha, camo
up. yesterday.
Dr. Morrill, DontlBt.
John Tigho s'nont Sunday In Lexing
ton vlHlting his daughter.
Mrs. Harry Dixon loft Sunday for
Onnha to visit hor daughtor.
Mrs. L. H. Hoover loft Sunday for a
visit .wlt'u friends in Holdrego.
Try Dr. Smith, tho
Chiropractor. COtf
Mvb. I E. Gilbert and children wont
tJ Cozad Sunday to visit relatives.
For quick action unit fntlsfuctory
snlo Hstjotir land with Tlioclcckc. tf
Loulo LipBhitz, who had boon trnn
nctlng buslnoss in Omaha, returned
yesterday morning.
Fpr Sale ChcapA Ford touring car
m goou running oruer. Auurcsis i". v.
llox 287. 85-2
:W. II. C. "VVoodhurst loft Sunday
for Grand Island and Alma to transact
'business for a few days.
Full lino of Ilousohold Goods for
salo cheap'. Inqulro at 1212 W.
Third Btrcot. 84-4
Propnre for wintor, phono us for
window glass. Wo will sot thorn for
you. Iloxnll Drug Storo.
Mrs. E.F. Seoborgor, who had beon
visiting In Omaha for two -weeks, re
turned homo-Sunday ovenlhg.
Sorgo drosses for children at ex
tremely low prices $3.98 and $4.98.
E. T. TRAMP & SONS.
Ed Kolllhor, of Omaha, arrived yes
terday and will s'pond a fow days horo
looking after lnsurnnico 'business.
Mrs. W. J. Cruson and Miss Dorothy
Illnman loft Saturday for Los Angolos
whoro they will spend tho wintor.
IS10 Howard Lost grip botweon
North Platto nnd Sutherland. Lcavo at
Vienna Cafo and rocolvo roward. 84-2
Fat McIIugh, now stationed at Ft.
Logan, camo homo on a short fur
lough tho lattor part of laBt wcok.
Miss Helen Kunort, who is attend
Ing normal at Koarnoy, will Bpond tho
woolc end with Miss EIslo Johnson.
Miss M. Slcman, steam baths nnd l"' w no JSvES hi ,g?'
mon. Phono 897. Brodbock bldg. 85tf
Tho Lutheran Girls' club will meet
Thursday ovenlng, Novombor 8th, with
Mrs. L. Ll. Dick. A largo attendanco
Is desired.
Now is certainly tho time to buy
millinery, during tho one-half price
salo of pattern hats at Tho Leader
Morcautilo Co.'s.
Mrs. W. A. Borton wont to Laramlo
Sunday to visit Mr. Borton who is now
stationed at that terminal as tram uls
potchcr.
Thoso in need of painting, paper
hanging and docorntlng aro assured
satisfactory -work if thoy omploy JuIIub
IIoga.v Phono Black 692. 38tl
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cary, of Missoula,
Mont., aro expected horo this weok to
visit friends whllo enrouto to Wobstor
Qroves, Mo.
A neglected cough Is dangerous. Uso
Cherry Barb Cough Syrup, tho ideal
cough remedy, for Bale only nt tho
m
iiexau aioro.
Ben' Bloom, living .southeast of Max
woll, went to DonvQr recontly to
onroll ns socomk.clnsa machinist in
tho avlatlonorps.
Mrs. John Boycr and Mrs. Magnolia
Duko wont to Grand Island Sunday
where they wll spend sovoral days In
tho mtoaats or tho L. o. r. .M.
I will liavo a carload of Cadillac
cars In very Boon. You aro invited ?to
Inspect them on arrival.
J. V. nOMIGII, Dcalor,
Cth and Locust. North Platto, Nob
Elder Llndonmoyor roturned tho lat
tor part of last week from Knnsns
City whoro ho attondod an annual
meeting of tho Christian church.
lh V. WILL COLIlllCT OVElt HHI'OTl' 1'OST.MASTKK STUKOKS
FOUJt .MILLION WAJt-TAX mu iu juiaai.
Tho new war taxes on passenger
Loron C. Sturgoa, assistant to Post-
tickets, Pullman tickets and freight nmstBr Mclwoy, received notice FrI-
Tho Sammy Girls hold a very on
jovuhlo masked party in tho base
ment of tho Episcopal church Friday
evening. Tho costumos represented
different characters, and tho
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"u,.7. ' ; in; ; S? dav avonlne Of his selection and ap-l Knmos proposou wuru umuiuu imu
of extra accounting work for tho tick, pointment for sorvlce In the American ,Z.L
t agents of the Union Pacific system. Postal Agency in France. He will -
Avoiding to tho records of tho Un- l"vo for Washington, D. C. not later j
ion Pacific foi the calendar year. 1910. t"nn .November l&tn, wnoro no win oe
thre were 8,019,017 rovenuo passen- supplied with a uniform, givon hlsiJ.t
gars curried who paid all told for their directions and furnished his passport!
tnumportatlon $19,781,230. On this a"l will leave for Franco November;
basis an 8 tax, which will have to 20th. Tho point in France at which heij.
be collected by tho railroad and turn-' will bo locnted haB not beon divulged.!
od over to the govornnient, wllfaiuount r tho nature of his duties, but tho;
Tho flro department held its rogu
lar monthly mooting Thursday ovonlrig
nt tho Moose clul) rooms. At this meet
ing some now memhors woro tken Into
tho department nnd after initiation
thoso present ndjournod to tho Palace
cafo whero lunch was served.
to $1,682,498, or an ovornge of 19.7o pei
passenger.
Tiie total rovonuo collected by th 1
Union Pacific for freight during th
calendar year 191G was $81,415,858.
This covers both carload and less
than carload traffic. Tho 3 tax
which is to bo collected by tho rnll
roaif nnd turned over to tho govom-
niont on thlt. basis would amount to
$2,442,475.
This wll mean that something bo
tweon ton or hvolvo million soparato
itoms will hovo to bo taken caro of by
Union Pacific employes In collecting
this government tax, which on tho
basis of passenger and freight busi
ness during the year 1916 will amount
to $4,024,973 to "passengers and ship
pora.
: :o: :
Conl Men Defy Garfield .
Southwestern coal minors' represent
ntlves defied Fuol Administrator Gnr-
flold at Washington Saturday and re
fused to agree to tho. insertion in :
now wago contract of provisions pen
allzlng strikes nnd lockouts. After a
secret meeting in the morning tho
minors nbru'ptly broke off negotiations
with Dr. Garfield and operators ropre
sentntives and loft for their homes in
salary attached Is evidence that It will ,
be of an official nature probably au
supervisor of malls.
The appointment comes ns n compli
ment to Mr. Sturges, for he is one of
twenty-four sole-ted from tho United
States for this particular service, and
mo seiocuon was onsen on uio puai
record of these twonty-four In tho pos
tal Borvlco, which Is evidence that Mr.
Sturgos' record has been Al.
Mr. Sturgoa does not lose his rights
In tho local office. Tho position of as
sistant postmasetor Is loft open pond
ing his return. The vncancy during
ills nbsenco will be filled by one of tho
employes in tho office.
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8 In our line of wares, defects are often not apparent h
RAILROAD NOTES
Gonl. Manager JofforB spent several
hours ln town Saturday evonlng whllo
euroute onst.
C. A. Boomer, formerly an operator
In tho Western Union office, left Sun
day for Chicago to accept a position.
Between the hours of one o'clock
a. m. and six p: m. Sunday thirty-five
trains wero sent out of this terminal,
a fraction over two every hour.
Albert Baker, employed as brake-
u
s.t
it
j.s
i.t
ii
tho aftornoon, announcing thoy would ( man, and Miss Sylvia Woodgato left
cnll a general coenvention of the! last ovonlng for Cheyenne where It Is
southwestern minors to meet In Kansas understood they will bo united in mar
City on November 12 to discuss the sit- rlago today.
"2!;-.?J-Jl?ni?.tVtnoff,,c,alB Starting November first the work
r' " " "'""J""" '""yidny at tho shops and round house was
n inU8?0S,Xty m,,n08,now I lengthened to ten hours. Even with
,rn ,'t'0,,. ft Kn8nB' . nnf miners thls lncreased 8Chodule many employes
-nl tti our.8,tlltes involved- arQ )Utt, ,n overtlmo snday's lnA
Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mis-' ,,
sourl aro threatening to strlko unless
thoy nro given Immedlato wago in
creases. :::i
ovenings
Chas. Bogue, chairman of tho pro
tcctlvo board of the B. of U. T. of the
Union Pacific system, has beon in Chi
ago for a week attending a conference
of tho executive committees of that
order and the O. R. C,
The supply of ice at tho Union Pa
cific plant wub exhausted a Couple of
"Just u Mother."
She was a plain, mothorly little
woman who had no sons In tho war,
but the knew that other women's sons
were there who would bo cheered bv
n little remembrance on Christmas, so weeks ago Ami slnco then tho necetf
sho prepared and presented her pack- sary supply has been shipped from tho
Ago to tho society having charge of west. Tho number of cars iced In
tho Christmas pneknges for Boldlors.! transit this season has been the
Accompanying the package was a note greatest in tho history of tho plant.
uiui oxprcBsen mo Benumoni mat ov-( Trot Roberts, of Maxwell, who was
v., j uvuiy woiimu ur until a Helper In tho U. P. blacksmith shop
, ; . ' . " in i88i, uroppea m to see us Satur
or on tho firing lino. It read: lay nnd talk over incidents that oc
. ""I 1, vf ,,now,orB nT0 ong currod nt that time. Trot loft the
our best to keop tho homo fires burn-' shops in 1882 to bocomo a farmer, and
ing. With loving thought of you and, is now In that flnanclal shape that he
prayers for you. with deeds done ovor-y .needs do only those things which it is
" yuu mm yuuiH, we Buim on our 'pleasant to do.
,u,u "llB uay. UOU OieSS, 'p1nr l,llnr1noa" If .lnm1nnn,1 wl,ll
m tho employment of a railroad com
pany and results In his dlachariro
tnordrrom is "complete and permanent
loss of sight of both eyes within the
you, Bon.
Just a Mother."
ro-1
Buys HKo for Bank.
The Gaunt property aUthe corner of
Ninth and locust street was purchased; moaning of a contract for Insuranco
Saturday by JulIufl Pizer for a consld- hold in tho Brotherhood of Railroad
orauonot su.uuu. it is currontiy ro- Tminmnn rnni.,iinn
Pnnn nm nnnn.h Innnn nt lmvnUt ported tllDt the site 'Was purchased for
rates and best torms. Monoy on hand. l,l,c l,,lIP,f, , of erecting a building t taining tho Judgment of Uie Douglas
to closo loans promptly,
43tf BUCHANAN & PATTERSON.
I. M. Aborcomblo, of Blgnoll, who
mnrkotcd potatoos in town Saturday,
snld hln vlnlil flilH vpnr wnn thn liot tin
linu nvnl. llnil TTit urtl.l lita lnn.1 ftw nt
....U U . . . ....... ..V UUIV. I...U UMV. .Ul
dollar a bushol.
......... ...... . , , , . , -- n juubuibub ui taic fuutjiao
Which will bo occupied by n bank la' rmmtv nnnrt r.
which Mr. Plzer and others will bo n0att tho full faco of his policy for
Intc-roHted It has boon a conclusion $i 740
in iiuuiy uiiu a iourm nanit in worm
Plntte would bo only a matter of
tlmo
For Salo Puro bred Duroc Jersoy
hogs, both soxos. Inqulro of or ad
dress, Blankenburg Bros., 1305 north
Locust stroot, NQrth Platto. Nob.
Phono Rod 851. 84-C
SO! t-
A Fow BiirgaliiH For Snle.
320 acres of valley land near North
Platte, a bargain If taken at once.
A 10 room modern rosldonco nicely
J located, closo to school.
1 A 12 room resldonco, modorn ex
Tho conference of tho executive
committees of tho Brotherhood of Rull-
road Tralnmon and tho Order of Rail
load Conductors continues In Chica
go with no announcement made ns to
plans for a contemplated demand for
wago Increaso which, It Is said, effects
aou.iiuu railroad employes. Officials
explained that tho subject under dls
cusplon was too Important to bo. de
cided without deliberation. W. G. Leo.
proeidont of tho Brotherhood of Rail-
Mrs Ira LeMastor, who had boon In
Chicago for sovornl mouths tailing
medical trcatmont, returned homo Sun
day. Wnltor O'Connor returned yostorday
morning from Omaha whoro ho spent
Sunday with Mrs. O'Connor and tho
biiby.
Wo can savo you monoy on window
glass. Wo moasuro them and put them
in. Roxall -Storo, Phono No, 4.
Tho Durbln Auto Co. received a car
load of Studobakor sixes and fours
Saturday, ovldonco that snlos of that
car aro being mado in fnco of tho wur
nnd tho high cost of living. (
Byron Wightman, for thlrty-flvo copt heat; has basomont nnd furnace
years a' rosldont of tho Brady section.' can bo put In. Closo to school.
prices are right. Can show these at, road Trainmen and ono of tho confer.
any time. C. F. SPENCER, ,ees, answorlng a question as to prob-
riiono omen aai. uoom u itoynoiusi ability of a strlko, said: "I would
uuuuing. SBtnrnthor talk for a month than strike a
: :o: :
and thrco children, 'tho lntor being
ftirs. jonn anycior and Wesley and
Henry Wightman.
Potatoos aro soiling in tho local
ninrkot nt eighty cents to ono dollar n
bushol, according to quality. Somo of
tho potntooB coming In woro slightly
nipped by Uio freozo and these soil for
tho lossor price. Generally speaking
tho yield this year has been abovo tho
avorngo and the acreage larger than
usual.
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FOR YOUR AUTO SEIiYICE
Call 125 for Taxi day or night.
Also flvo or seven pnasongor oar for
funoral sorvlce.
MOOENSEN-LOUDEN AUTO CO-,
Chandler & Elcar Agoncy,
Comer Eighth and Locust Sts.
3.1 JUS
Mean To You?
1 .
' Haveyou become acquainted with this
bank and the service it is rendering its pa
trons every day?
If not, come in and &et acquainted.
Don't stay N away because your account is
small. You will receive tho same, careful,
consideration extended to tho larger depositor.
This is really a bank for the people.
McDonald State Bank.
Sinnll-Pox Conditions Improve.
Yesterday bIx of tho thirty-six
houses under quarantine for small-pox
woro released and no now cases woro
reported. This lenda tho officers to
ibollovo that tho dlsoaso has reached
its helghth and will docroaso frof now
on. which, of course, wo all hopo will
prove truo.
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Somo one, porhaps a Gorman sym-
.pathlsor succeedod in shutting off tho
water tank vnlvo at tho round houso
u fow days ago, and as tho vnlvo Is In
an almost Inaccessible position nnd
hnd not beon touched for a couple of
yours, it required consldorablo tlmo to
locuto tho trouble In tho moantlmo
the lndck of wator for locomotives
cnusod conBldorablo dolay.
Mrs. Win. Slobolu has lonsod hor
rnnch northwest of town for a period
of flyo years to S. Workman, who for
Bovoral yoars has lived on tho former
Watts place wost of town. Tho Sie
bold ranch consists of 350 ncros In tho
valley and G40 ncros in tho hills. Mrs.
Slobold and children will move to
town.
mlnuto.'
Sloop and Dreams. -Tho
brain Is more active while en
gaged In d reaming than whou not tlum
engaged. The only perfect sleep Is
that which Is dreamless. Tho moment
tho sleeper begins to dream I10 begum
to work, and tho more vivid and pro
traded tho dream tho inoro Intense,
iiaturally, becomes the work. It Is
possible that at 110 tlmo during the
wnklug hours of life Is tho hrnln so
uctivo ns It Is In the strnugo Imsluca
of dreaming.
Yourself.
If you want to bo mlscrablo think
about yourself nbout what you want,
what you like, what respect pcoplo
ought to pay to you and what pcoplo
think of you. Churles Klugsloy.
Hit the Same Way.
"Professor Jones has no right to
tench. Ho doesn't understand his sub
ject, nnd hp cnu'i explain"-
"Yeah; I know. Ho gave mo u low
mark too." Exchange
Plrino For Snlo
No reasonablo offer will bo refused
if submitted at onco for a high grado
second hand piano which wo have
como into possession of at North
Platto. Quality guaranteed and liberal
torms will be offered to responsible
party. If Interested in a proposition of
tins Kinu uon't rail to write THE DEN
V13K MUSIC COMPANY nt Donvnr.
Colorado, at onco for particulars. 83-4
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Laziest of Poets.
Tho laziest of British poets nnd
possibly tho laziest of men, was
.Tnmes Thomson, who won n place In
English literature by his two works,
"Tho Seasons" nnd "Tho Cnstlo of In
dolence." Ho Is spoken of ns nn Eng
lish poet becauso his work was dono
In , England, but he was Scotch by
extraction and by plnce of birth. Ho
was born at Ednnm, In Roxburgh
shire, Scotland, in the year 1700 nlno
years before the birth of Samuel
Johjison. At the ago of twenty-live
ho went to Loudon to mako his way
In literature. Ho was tutor, writer
for tho press, dramatist nnd poet, but
ho Is remembered toduy by reason of
tho two poems nlrendy mentioned. Ho
died nt tho ngo of forty-eight. It la
related of Thomson that ho seldom got
,out pf bed until noon nnd often not
Al Ur 1. - lirr,. O
luuii. iuoas or '-xno BeoBOUS1 una
otjrfy pu pt 'Tho uaBUo Df Indolence'
ri J4 d.oscripUQniS than fe fcplsojji
Growing Grapes.
Grapes will tJrow almost anywhere
and are sure lo bear. Grnpc-j can be
trained on trellises close to feuccs or
to outbuildings. Spring Is tho best
tlmo to plant, using either one or two
year old vines. Frequently cultivation
during summer will Improve the fruit.
Wood ashes mako n good fertilizer
for grapes, und half u bushel to tho
vino will not bo too much.
No priming will bo required tho first
6enson, but tho second senson cut back
tho strongest canes to' three or four
buds, und remove all others.
on the surface.
'That is why we urge you to buy the brands
that we Warrant to be Right.
We are right here to make good any article
that we recommend to you.
L-.JJI
if
This means your Absolute Protection.
i.t
Torrington
The first increase in
price on these cleaners is
coming soon. We still
sell this revolving brush
machine for $30. Come
in and see it.
North Platte
Light & Power Co.
. PUBLIC SALE
OF
REGISTERED BOAR PIGS
The undersigned will offer for sale on Payne's west ranch,
four miles west of North Platte, on
Wednesday, November 14.
32 Head of Duroc Jersey
15 Mead of Poland China
FROM SIX TO NINE MONTHS OLD.
Any one in need of a male hog should not fail to attend this
sale. The animals we are offering carry as good hlood lines
as can he gotten. The Polands are sired by Orphan Bob
and by Big Orphan; dam side Jumbo's Model. The Durocs
are by Illustrator, Critic Model, Big King and Chief. Inventor;
dam side Deet's Wonder and Illustrator Lady. F. O.
Johnson is also listing two male pigs and one Hereford Bull
calf, seven months old. These animals are also registered.
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HOGS TO BE SHIPPED WILL BE CRATED.
Frank Strollberg & C. G. Landholm, Owners.
0. M. Swedeberg, Holdrege. E. L.Jones, Maxwell, Auctioneers
E. C. Pielsticker, Clerk.
Chotco vogotablea and cut flowers at
North Platto Floral Co. Phono 1023 tf
Hospital Phono Black (38.
House Phone Black 833.
W. T. PBITCHABD,
Graduate Veteriaarlaa
Bight years a aorenuaeat Veterinar
ian. Hospital 218 south Locust Bt,
one-half block soathwest ol the
Court Hoosft.
BLACK DIAMOND
DEHORNING PENCIL
For Sale at
A. F. FINK'S
Harness and Saddelry. .
Every pencil will dehorn 50 calves,
from 10 days to 10 months old for
$1.00. - "
A forfeit of $5 for any calf that
fails to dehorn. Call and get one.
Phone Red 456.