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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1917)
Stat HitrtoricM od, Jl o tilj THIRTY-TBIRD YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., DECEMBER 25, 1917. No. 99 V. -V I' 3: GOVERNMENT WILL HUNT INCOME TAX SLACKENS 'It will bo w oil for every unmarrial person whoso not Income for 1917 Is :1,000 or over, and ovory married porson living with wlfo or husband whoso not income for 1917 Is $2,000 or over, to call on the Income tax man and learn whether or not they havo niy tax to pay,' Collector Loomis said teday. "The person subject to tax who doesn't make return in tho time pro scribed is going to regret It. Tho gov ernment will get after all Income tax slackers. "There's hardly a business man, merchant or professional man who won't have to make a return of in come. Farmers, a3 a class, will havo to pay tho tax. Tho safe thing to do1 Is for every person whohad a total in-j como of $1,000 or $2,000, as tho case inky be, and who Is not sure about what deductions the law allows him, to play safe by calling on the Income lax man. Mr. Loomis' representative who will ho in North Platto from February 4th to 14th, and at Wallace February 25th and 26th, havo forms for everybody and persons who expect to call on him need not trouble themselves to write to my office for forms." ; q. ; Here's wishing that every Lincoln county soldier boy or sailor, wherever ho may be, may have a Merry Christ mas. We would like to have you homo with us, but as this pleasure Is not ours, we can only assure you. that you are in our minds and thoughts and that our prayer Is ever and always for your safety and well-being. At tho public library basement yes terday a number of ladles received and prepared the Christmas baskets through which a number of unfortun ate people In town will enjoy a nice dinner today. The contributors to these baskets are of the kind that be lieve that Christmas should be a day of good cheer. The Presbyterian Sunday school will have a Christmas tree at the church this evening. A program of reclta tlons and songs will bo rendered. LOCAL AND PERSONAL COUNTY MEMHEItSHIP WILL exceed tiikim: THOUSAND Miss Ruth Patterson Is homo from Omaha to spend Christmas. Harry riser, a titudont nt a com mercial collogo In Omaha, Is homo to spend tho Christmas vacation. j Wm. Maloney and Mrs. J. J. Horrigan and son nrrlvcd Sunday from Grand Island to spend Christmas. "Jack", Horrigan will atrtvo tonight. I i Mr. and Mrs. Chns. Thomburg, now living on a farm near Chappoll, camo down Sunday to spend Christmas with relatives and friends. i i $5 reward for Information loading to the return of the buffalo robe taken ! my car in front of tho Presby-j xerian ' cnurcn msi nigni i 1j. iwn lonberger. For Rent Five room house, mod ern except heat. Inqulro of W. It. Maloney at tho store. 99-2 Rich! Ugal dropped into Tho Tribune office yesterday and loft Christmas greetings in the ahape of a thermom eter for oflic; uso aim n box of cigars for the enjoyment of tho editor 112 Sammy Girls are notified that on account of this evening being Christmas eve, no meeting will be held. Tlie date of tho next gathering will bo announced later Judge French Issued marriage li censes to Win N. McClure of Arling ton and Ida E. Harvey", of Sutherland, and to Leslie A. Roach and Gladys Sanders of Maywood. Tho latter couple wero mart led by the Judge. Noel Donogan, a member of Co. 13, Seventh Engineering corps, stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, arrlv.ed homo Sunday and will return Christmas af ternoon, having been granted but a four day leave of absence. The Tribune wishes its readers a Merry Christmas. Wear a smile, exert an effort to make sunshine for others and do your hit to make the world brighter and happier for others, and having done this on Christmas, con tinue to do it every day. It Is now pretty curtain that the Red Cross membership will exceed three thousand. Up to Saturday night tho North Plntte meniborship had reached 1800. This, however, Included forty memberships brought In from south of tho rlvor by W. W. Hunter nnd sov-onty-four brought in by Dan McNeol from the section northwest of town. Up to Saturday evening Hershoy re ported 200 membors, Maxwell 130 and Hrady over 200. Gurdon Eclls, who lives in Gaslln, and who is ono of the llve-wlrcs of that section, secured 134 mombors. Other parts of tho county have not made full returns, and Sec retary Temple says that work Is being done in sections which so far havo mado no returns. It has been decided to continue the campaign all this week, and here in North Platto a houso to house can vass will bo made. After tomorrow the mon folk will help tho ladled to solicit, and it Is intended that nor one shall escape being solicited. Socretary Tomplo desires that those interested in tho work in country towns and precincts continue tho work this wcok. ::o:: gummy Olrls' . Supper Nets $150. The supper given Saturday evening at. tho Masonic hall by the Sammy Girls was largely attended, well served and about $150 v as added to the S. G treasury. . Following tho supper a dance was given and it was also largely attendol. Tho Muslclar.s' Union donated tho ser vices of a twelve-p'ece orchestra that furnished a class of music raroly en joyed at tho smaller dances. ; :o: : llrnKcninn Meyers Injured. Curt Meyers, son of Paul Meyers of this city, who has been on tho beet run at Gerlng as a brakeman, had a foot badly crushed Saturday. He was brought down on the branch train Saturday evening and taken to an Om aha hospital. It Is not definitely known whether an amputation will be necessary. TWO KAMA SETTLEKS OF COUNTY III IS SATURDAY 11EELEK TKLLS OF CONDITIONS t rn ill it uiivuhiiv I A '1 4 iv . MERRY CHRISTMAS i "' ? 'We take this pietbod of wishing our many pa trons A Merry Christmas 'and to extend our. thanks for the very generous patronage of the past year. Through your patronage of the past which we trust we have merited we have been enabled to lease i and move into our new location, and to give to North Platte one ot the most modern stores in western Nebraska. In our new location we are better prepared to give you that service which you need. We are en abled to carry a larger stock, thereby giving you a much larger selection and offering you advantages . which in our old location we did not possess. In the future, as in the past, we will sell you dependable merchandise at as low prices as consistent with business principles, ever accord you courteous treatment and do all in our power to make "Block's" a household word in Western Nebraska. Exclusive Ladies' Furnishings. D. S. Thomas was a plonoor of tho Trans-Missouri' section, for as early as 1859 ho freighted across tho plains, not only to Denver during tho gold ex citement, but drove through to tho Pa cific coast. A native of Now York ho qnlisted in the civil war as a monibor of Co. 13, N. Y. Engineering Corps. Ho served throughout the war in that corps and in a construction corps. In 1873 ho came to Lincoln county and homesteaded on land throo miles west of town, which ho later sold to Bar ton & Dillon, and which was part of the Dillon farm or ranch. On account of enfeebled health ho entered the fed eral sanitarium at Hot Springs throo years ago and had since been an In mate. He was past eighty-three years of age, and leaves two children, W. J. Thomas of this city and Mrs. W. J. BIckloy, of Logan county. jr'Puneral arrangements Have not been completed hut tho services will prpbably be held Wednesday under auspices cf the G. A. R of which ho was a member. Two of tho oarly settlors of Lincoln county died Saturday ovonlng, Mrs. Franklin Poalo passing away at Den ver, nnd D. S. Thqmns at tho fodoral sanitarium at Hot Springs, S. D. Tho riminlna nf linth will lin lirmitvltf North Platto for burial. Jrtrs. Peale died from tho effects of a paralytic stroko suffered nbout eighteen months ago, which rendored her absolutoly helpless and speechless. This mado n pltiablo condition for a !hiost worthy couple in tho Bunsot of' heir life; a blind husband who could not see his wife; a wlfo who could not speak to her husband. Mrs. Poalo camo to North Platto with her husband nlong nbout 1870, Mr. 1'oalc engaging In tho business of painting und paper hanging. Horo they raised a largo family of children, horo they beenmo factors in tho early life of tho town In church, In socfal and in buslnoss circles. Mrs. Ponlo yas a woman of wondorful enorgy; and this "iiergy shu applied to every thing sho undortook, nnd sho was ono or thoso who mado North Platto a bet ter town for thoso who camo later. It Is .expected that, tho funeral will bo held Thursday, though at this timo definite arrangements hnvo not boon made. . Editor North Platte Tribune: Ab por your rcquedt, I hand you herewith a few linos ub to what I saw nnd what I was told at Camp Funston. I was thore on Friday and Saturday, Do combor 14th nnd ICth, 1917, two bitter cold days. I saw thousands of sol dlors, and ovory ono I saw woro good shoos, loggings, a good suit of clothes and a good overcoat. Somo had knit helmets, which they woro pulled over tholr oars, somo did not wonr any. I talked with tho captain of ono of tho roglments nbout an hour nnd a halt on Friday evening. Tho conversation nat urally drifted, on my part, as to con ditions of tho soldiers at tho Camp, and on his part, as to tho work dono by civilians behind tho linos. Ho ns surcdmo that ovory ono of tho boys woro now fitted out with a warm sult'Of undorclothing, good socks, suit of clothos and ovorcoat, tho lattor of which, as 1 snid above, I obsorvQd on all tho soldlors whom I saw. Ho told mo about tho condition of tho health of the boys, and said ovorythlng was be ing dono to stamp out tho diseases that had unfortunately Invaded tho Camp. I told him nbout somo of tho things wo hnd heard, and ho romindod mo of tho fnct that tho mon Jind como from all tho walks of life, and that all of them woro not angols in civil life, and woro not now. Ho said that ono man had written a lottor whorein ho stated that a man had boon shot for Insub ordination, whon as a mnttor of fact no such incident hnd over occurred. Ho also Informed mo that thore are some mon In camp that could not ho trusted very far as yot, although tholr spirit was improving, and that ho folt ho could trust ovory ono of his mon but two. I talked to dlfforont soldiers, but none of thorn uttorcl nny complaint as to their conditions. They do, and will, however, appreclato sweatorc liPlmots, socks nnd wristlets. Tho camp l btcamhcatcc, tho pipes being hung on poloB and wrapped with asbestos. There Is an oloctrlc light system, wntor and soworago. All tho buildings look comfortable, and thoso that I was in, nro to my knowlodge, in such condition. During tho day timo many of tho Boldlors placo their cots and bedding out doors. I saw hundreds of them, and they nil had good bedding. Tho ono thing that Is hard for tho boyB to onduro Is quarantine. Tho alck nro taken out to an Isolation camp, and tho well ones In tho company from which thoso afflicted with contagious '.MsoasoB havo come, aro quarantined In tho barracks, and under this con linomont tho boya suffer in spirit. Ono of them, who was In this condition, but 'vitn whom I talked nevertheless, said it was almost liko boing Bhut up in u Jail. This condition Is a real hardship. PraetLa'iy nil tho buildings arc orected about threo foot abovo tho lovol of tho ground and aro woll vontl latod. Judging from whnt I saw and from what I was told, tho spirit of Unclo Sam's boys at Funston Is: Thoy dcslro to become good soldlors, to roach Franco, enter tho thick of tho fight, nnd holp win tho war, down tho Kaiser nnd his Ilk, and mako tho world sato to llvo In. RcBjioctfully, J G. DEELER. -::o::- Suvlnjr In Food Stuffs. Nebraska wes tho first stato In tho Union to mako Its roport of sugar, meat and wheat savetl undor tho meat less and whcatlcss day program. As a result, Gurdon W. Wattles, federal food administrator, r.nd John P. Lot ton,, chairman stato commlttoo, woro tho ronlptentB ot tho commendatory letters from Washington. Tho saving in Nobrnsita wns: Wheat Hour 294,419 pounds. Mcnts 422,822 pounds Sugai 198,441 pounds. ::o:: . Tho Railway Ago states that statis tics show that for tho six months ond ing Soptomber 30th, tho railroads of tho United Stntos handled more frolght than thoy did during tho entire year of 1017. :o: Four Pounds of Flour a Week. Four pounds of Hour por week por porson has been dofined as a reason able amount, nccordlng to Gurdon W. Wattles, fedoral food Administrator for Nebraska. 'Consumers should bear those figures In mind in making their purchases so that there mny he an oven distribution of flour throughout tho country, "Wo want to stabilize prices and keep them from soaring," said Mr. Wat tles. "By tho voluntary co-operation of the citizens of Nobraska wo can ac complish this without hardships on any ono or any class of people. "Bread la tho staff of life and wo must oxcrclso ovory precaution that all can got It at a reasonable cost, taking Into consideration existing conditions." The Season's Greetings to All Wo wish to thank our friends for their loyalty and custom, and promise, in the coming year, , to improve if possible our plan of retailing high grade coal and' feed at moderate prices. Meanwhile A Merry Christmas and A Happy New year to you. LEYPOLDT & PENNINGTON, 800 East Front Street. Phone 99 Armenian Relief Committee. JMio local commlttoo for tho work of Armenian and Syrian relief roe Sunday afternoon as arrangod and considered tho work thoy havo in hand. Tho commlttoo arranged for another mooting which is to ho held At tho Chamber of Commorco rooms Thurs day night, Decombor 27th, at eight o'clock. Tho members of tho comiait- teo aro desirous of having a largo at tendanco of tho business men and lead ing citizens of North Platto at that meeting. Thoy will work to that end. Tho ccnimltteo is . rrespondlng with tho stato commltteo nnd will mako an effort to arrange for a mass mooting of tho citizens of North Platto to ho ad dressed by a speaker who has actually soon tho conditions. Every loyal and public spirited citlzon of North Plntto is invited to attend tho- meeting next Thursday night. , , -::o: FREE OF CHARGE Any adult Buffering from cough, cold or bronchitis, Is Invited to call at the drug Btoro of Stono's Phnrmncy nnd got absolutoly free, a samplos bottle of HoHclieo's Herman syrun. a sooth Ing and healing romody for nil lung troubles, which has a successful record of fifty years. Gives tho natlont a irood nlght'fl rest freo from coughing, with rreo oxpectorntion in tho morning. Regular sizes, 25 and 7C conts. For snlo in all civilized countries. Mr. nnd Mrs. Emll Woll, now living at Bayard, came down Saturday night to spond Christmas at tho Sandall homo. Mr. Woll Bays that hlB father Is having oxcollont bucccsb with tho 42-room hotel which ho recently com pleted and Is now conducting, ANNUAL NEW YEARS EVE BALL Under the Auspices of B. of L. F. and E. At the- Lloyd Opera House Music Furnished By Doucet Orchestra Dance Ticket $1.00. Spectators 25c. t