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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1917)
Buying Choice Presents the Week BSfore Xftias Clinton's is a Wonderful help to persons who have not bought all their Christmas presents. The imprint on the box gives just as much prestige to the gift as if it were purchased earlier. Our preparedness in securing extra large stocks brings us to the few remaining days for shopping with splendid selections in nearly every line. You can finish your Christmas pur chasing with intense satisfaction at Clinton's.- Gifts for Men Set Rings, precious and semi-precious stones in solid gold mountings. t Emblem Charms, Buttons find Pins. Waldemar Sets, Chain and Knife, in filled gold. Diamond Rings. Cuff Buttons, solid posts and loose links, sterling, enamel, filled and solid gold. Alarm Clocks. Fountain Pens. Watches. Boys' Watches. Wrist Watches. Gifts for Women Cameo Brooches, stone, shell and coral cameos in solid gdld mountings. Pin Sets, Beauty Pins, Lingerie Pins. Set Rings. LaVallieres, gojd and gold filled., Bracelets, flexible links and bangles, Silver Plated Knife and Fork Set, 1 doz. each, in handsome case. Enameled Dorine Boxes. Bracelet Watches, all sizes and shapes, gold and ribbon bracelets. Sheffield Silver Tea Sets. Handsome Toilet Articles in Ivory. Toilet Sets; C. S. CLINTO Jeweler and Optician At the Sign of the Big Ring. V.. J N, DHAFTKII FARMEIIS SHOULD NOT SELL TOO QUICKLY, CITY AND COITNTY NEWS. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Clarcnco Day, who has been at Har vard University taking Instruction In Mrs. Joseph iJakcr wont to Omaha ,io radio service, writes that ho has I A - t.t i t. 1. Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Wilson spent yes terday in Keystone. Let your Christmas gHt ho iiuibIc In somo form. W. It. Malbnoy Co. MrB. J. II. Day will leavo Thursday for a visit with friends In Denver. Tor rontJ Furnished room In modorn homo. 305 V. 3rd Street. Phono Ulack 171. 97-2 roturned from Washington where ho took his Until examination. He will probaby bo transferred to Franco In a short tlma Wo havo just received 50 now pat terns of Picture Moulding. This nd ded to our largo stock, makes tho best assortment over carried In North Platte. Bring your pictures in to bo framed. C. M. NEWTON. Saturday was ono of tho busiest Saturay night there woro twelve. tho North Platte merchants havo hundred cast and west bound froight over known. Two business houses re cars in tho local yards. For qiiiclc ncjlbii nni satisfactory enl'o list your land with Thoolccltc. lf John Hdhron Ma sold to William Gregg lots 3 and 4, section 33-13-28 for a consideration of $3,700. port a grcator volumo of business than ovor before. It was. Union Pacific payday and tho farmer element was In town in full forco. Dodgo Drothors Motor Cars start easy In cold weather Just another characteristic of this all around good 9G-2 wltz, both of this city, wero married by Itov. Franklin Koch Sunday at tho parsonago. Androw Lymbor and Matilda Lunk-Jcrtr. J. v.. Itomigh, dealer, In all tho local churches Sunday tho pastors boosted tho Red Cross Cam paign by tolling of tho Red Cross Music oxpressos tho Joyous spirit of needs and tho good work tho Red Christinas. Patho, Columbia nnd Cross Is doing. It goes without saying Aeolian talking machines. W. R. Ma- that tho good words of tho ministers lonoy Co. . ; will provo a big holp In tho campaign. Miss Frnnccs Halllgan entertained, Wo oxprc88 our alncero thnnk8 to tho N. N. N. Club at a C o'clock dinner Ul0 from,8 mul no,KhUor8 for tho ,dml. Saturday. Tho guests report a do- J10SS Hh()Wn nnd nBB,HtttllC0 Klvon (lur. llghtful ovonlng. I ,B tho innoss nn,i following tho paas- Tho Leader Co.'s storo is opon ovory.ing away of our daughter and sister, evening until 9:30 p. m. This gives Eldu Sodorman, and for tho beautiful tho pcoplo from tho country a chanco floral tributes. to do their shopping evenings. Pnt MoIIugh, who has boon on de tailed duty aa a recruiting offlcor for E. Sodorman and family. Tho Christmas edition of tho Tolo- graph issued undor tho nusplcos of tho somo time, camo down from Ft. Logan i Sammy Girls appeared Friday. Much Saturday to visit rolatlves for a short' of tho copy was proparod by tho girls, time. thoy solicited tho advertising and sold copies of tho 'paper Sammy Girls Supper. Tho Sammy Girls will give a supper at the Masonic hall next Saturday evening commencing at five o'clock. Thore will bo a special table for busy business mon nnd clerks where the service will bo as rapid as tho firing of a machlno gun seat yourself and your supper will bo in front of you nlnteen seconds later. Tho menu tho girls will servo reads this way: Creamed Chicken, Hot Bulscillts, Cranberry Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Cabbage Salad, Colory,. Apple Pie, Coffee. Forty cents per plate worth more money. Tho girls are prepared to tako caro of all who come any loss than 400 will bo disappointing. Hero's nn easy way to get In with tho "400." : :p? , Smnll-L'ox Cases Dccrcnsc. Small-pox In North Platto Is grad ually but suroly being stamped out. At presont thore are but twenty cases under quarantine, and during tho past two weeks there havo been but sovon new cases. Vaccination is having a salutary effect in preventing a furthor spreading of tjio disease and it Ik be lieved that within a month It will havo run Its courso. : :o: : River,-Wyo., whore ho wont to look to yt, pr 1cont ot 1 10 Gross receipts Patriotism! Pork! Profit! Mooting of hog raisers at tho Cham- bor of Commorco rooms Saturday af ternoon at two o'clock, undor tho di rection of District Committeeman W. P. Snydor. This meeting is for tho pur pose of interesting farmers and hog ralsors in Increased production and It is hoped that thoro will bo a largo attendanco of farmers from tho Thoy received sect' tributary to North Platte: : :o: : up a position which ho has beon offer nnd their treasury will bo enriched by ed. and which if satisfactory he will BVoriU f ued dollars accept. Thoro will bo a called mooting of tho Royal Neighbors Thursday aftor noon at 3 o'clock at tho IC. P. hall. All members nro expected to bo presont. For tho boys buy useful gifts shoos, suits, cap or mlttons, mackanaws, ov- orcoats, Bwcators, all can bo found that a boy or girl wears at Tho Load er Mercantile Co.'s. Miss Flo Stamp returned Sunday from a visit In Kansas City nnd Oma ha, and resumed work yesterday as long dlstanco phono oporator In tho Union Pacific offlco. Nothing will bo Appreciated moro and will bo moro useful and lasting than a sot of furs or soparato muff or scarf, which you can find especially priced for tho holiday trado at BLOCK'S, tho storo of tho town. Dr. Brock, Dontlst, ovor Stono Drug Storo. tf Tho Rod Cross spirit Bpoko In tho remark of a man on tho strcot yester day. Tho talk wnB of taxes and food consorvntlon nnd coal shortago and oxponsos. "I don't caro what thoy do to us horo," ho said; "thoy can't begin to mako It as hard for ms ns It is for tho chapB who havo gono ovor thoro to fight for us." How truo. C. F. Sponcor, room G. Roynolds building, real ostato, farm loans, and and Phonographs. W. R. Malonoy Co. nil kinda of insurnnco nnd ibonda. Agont for tho old lino Bankors' Auto mobile Insuranco Co., of Lincoln, Nob Thoy insuro you against loss by fire, thort, tornado, liability and property damago and collision. In fnct a com- ploto covomgo. A special policy for farmors, Soo mo for rates. Phonos offlco Blaelc 394, rosidonco Black 580 Unmarried fanners o draf, ago aro advised by tho district oxomption board officials not to bo in too much of a hurry to solloff their stock and farm implements upon receipt of a notico from their local boards that thoy, have been placed in tho first class. "Failure to understand operation of tho draft system has lead many young unmarried farmers to dispose of their effects prematurely,' said R. J. Sut ton of tho office of the district ex emption board. "If a single man, a farmer, has made no exemption claim except on agricultural grounds ho is automatically placed in Class 1 by tho local exemption boards in spite of his exemption claim. They send him a notico that he is In Class 1 and he immediately infers that lie is to be drafted and begins disposing of his property. But tho. fact Is ho may not be drafted at all but may bo ordered (to remain upon his farm, by tho draft authorities. "When tho local board places him in vjiass x ius caso automatically goes up. tp tho district exemption board at Omaha without any iiiovo on his part. The district exemption board in vostlgatos the claim for exemption on agricultural grounds and gives tho final order whether ho shall be drafted or remain upon his farm. "A pumber of .young farmers in the first draft closed up their farms and wero afterward exempted by the dis trict board on agricultural grounds." : ::o:t: r Furs! Furs! In Mink", Red Fox, Black Fox, Wolf Marmot, Beaver, Lynx, French Coney, etc., In tho new melon shaped muffs and the flat scarf sets. Especially low priced from $1.98 to $75, at BLOCK'S, tho storo of tho town. : :r: ' Miss Soderiiian Pnsses Awny. Miss Eldn Sodorman, aged twenty eight, died Saturday night in this city from sarcoma, with which she had been afflicted for a number of months and for which an operation was per formed In Denver last summer Following tlie operation sue was brought to this city and her mother came from Texas and took care of her In tho Forstcdt house In the south part of the city. She waB the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Soderman who lived for a number of years near Bignoll but for seven years past havo resided in Texas Tho funoral services were held at tho late residence yesterday afternoon conducted by Rev. X.indenmeyer, and tho remains taken this morning to Bortrand for interment. : :o:: Missouri Land For Sale. 150 acre farm, located 4 miles from Dixon, 1 miles from Helm Station on tho Frisco; 4-room frame house needs repair, orchard and timber, 85 acres cultivated. Price $2,500; terms $100 cash, $100 ono, two and throe years, $1200, soven years at 7. CHRIS VEASMAN, Dixon, Mo References: Alvln E. Davis and M. L MIshler, North Platto, Neb. 9Gf8 ::o: : A sorvico flag has been presented to tho Presbytorian church by Mrs. I. L, MUtonborgor and will bo displayed In tho church auditorium. On It are six teen stars, representing tho number of young men members of tho congrega tino who havo enlisted in the service of their country. Tho Union Pacific has recently im ported quite a bunch of Japs who are engaged in track work in tho west end of tho yards. For boys wear ,for glrla wear, you will find tho most complete lino at Tho Christmas buslncsd started in with a rush at the postofflco yesterday, hun dreds of parcels, largo and smnll, being mailed. Leave your orders early at Martl's Meat Market for Buffalo meat from Pawnee Bill's Buffalo Ranch, Pawneo, Oklahoma. 97-3 Tho Red Cross campaign was car ried on as vigorously yesterday as Sat urday, though tho number of members secured was not so large. This is the last week before Christ mas; why not make tho family a present of ono of those fine pianos at Walker Music Co.'b? District court ,has been grinding along since tho Jury was dismissed, Judge Grimes hearing such cases as the attorneys havo ready for trial. At last season's prices you can fit your whole family in winter over shoes. The purchase of these goods last January enables us to undersell, at tho Loader Mercantile Co.'s. Although the firBt of tho question naires woro not mnllod to registrants until Saturday ovonlng, two ot them proBontod thoniBolvea to Judge French yesterday for advice as to tho proper method of filling out tho blanks. Be ginning today tho advisory board of at tornoyB will be found on tho Becond lloor of tho federal building ready to give froo advice to all thoso registered Leader Mercantile Co.'s, all at monoy men who npply. saving prices, cigars smoking tobacco, pipes And candy in christmas packages. My prices will interest you. HUFFMANS CIGAR STORE IS YOUR DAUGHTER ON THE MARRIAGE MARKET? J it i.t ,',H'.fr$.fr,M,t-t-i n THE K E I T H WED-DEC. 19. ll You Want Her to Msrry lor Money, Don't Let Her See Clara Kimball Young "THE PRICE SHE PAID" A Splendid Picturization o! The Great American Noval by David Graham Phillips. Presenting This Tremendously Popular Star in Her Supreme Achievement. THE K E I T H TH U. EJEGJ 20. Mra. C. J. Perkins nnd daughter re turned yesterday from a visit in Oma ha. Tho county commissioners wero in session yesterday allowing claims and transacting other routine business. All members of tho board wero present. For man or woman, bath robes mako good gifts. Bath robo blankets or bath robes on salo at Tho Leader Morcantllo Co.'s at $3.94, $4.35, $4.90 and upwards. Miner Hlnman, who was transferred to tho ballon section of tho aviation corps tho early "part of this month, ia now awaiting orders to proceed to some point for sorvicc. In tho women's ready to wear de partment of Tho Loader Mercantile Co. new coats, now waists, now skirts, now tailored suits, all on sale at The Leader Mercantile Co.'s. W. R. Harcourt returned Saturday from Omaha wliero he had gono to complete his examination for the avia tion corps. He has been O. IC'd in all respects and now awaits a call to sorvico. SwT IW csiVA nun 1$0G EVERYBODY Stiom JOIN The Christmas "Thrift Club" There are plans for saving offered in this Club which are suited to the needs and desires of everybody youri and bid, rich and poor, city people and country folks. Any amount can be accumulated on these plans for Christmas next year, or for any other purpose, by depositing small sums in the Club fund with weekly or monthly regularity. We pay 4 interest on Thrift Club deposits The Club is now open for members. Come in today and join. McDonald State Bank "IF YOU HAVE TRIED EVERY THING ELSE WITHOUT RESULTS, , TRY CHIROPRACTIC SPINAL ADJUSTMENTS AND GET WELL." ACUTE and CHRONIC DISEASES CONSULTATION and SPINAL ANALYSIS FREE! DR. L. D. SMITH CHIROPRACTOR. Office 5-6-7 Building & Loan Bldg., Permanently located in North Platte, Nebraska. Baby's Health is Precious perf; Ol ION ERS and you safeguard it when rffH he'a undressed beside Per- iccuon rceijier. But even with no kiddies in the home you should have n Perfection Heater to help out furnace or stove in extremely cold weather and for use by itself on raw days between seasons. Carried from room to room as easily aa a small chair. 4 . ....