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Better sight
That is the aim of Clinton's optical
department hotter sight for every . . r'r
person who entrusts us with the care
of the eyes. .,
Every safeguard and'proteetion that
scientific optometry, and the making
of lenses, provide for the eyes are given
you when you come to Clinton's for glasses. ,
And you pay no more for this superior service.
C. S. Clinton
JeWeler and Optician
At the Sign with the Big Ring.
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EXHIBITION AT SHOW.
IIAILKOAD NOTES
DR. 0. II. CRESSLER,
Graduate Dentist
Office over th McDonald
StaU Bunk.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Jlarl Stamp leaves tonight for a
brief visit with friends In Omaha.
Dr. Morrill. Dentist.
Mrs. AVlH,Eshloman has been spend
ing this wcok at Camp Funston vlslt
ng Earl Eshelman.
For llont 8 room house, modern
except neai. iu iu. oui sircoi. m
cmlro at 417 E. 5th. 102-3
For Sale Scotcli Colllo lupplcs,
Phono Black 457 or call at E. S. Qllnes,
Gracoland addition. 102-2
W. It. Malnnoy roturned Wednesday
night from Kansas City whor"o ho
spent tho early iptirt of tills week.
I now have funds at 5 per cent
oh-, choico bottom table land. Gono
Crook, Room 4, Keith thoatro Bldg.
Mr. and Mrs. Qcorgo Zontmoyor and
children will leavo noxt wcok for Cali
fornia whoro they will remain sevoral
wocks.
Rov. and Mrs. Lowls, of SIdnoy,
spent several days In town this weok
visiting their daughter Mrs. B. A.
Cram.
For Sale Two lots and two houses,
ono ton room and one flvo room, nil
modorn except heat. Will trado for
land. Inquire of J. Hahlcr. lOOtf
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Strahorn will
leavo about February first for Califor
nia whoro they will apond tho remain
der of tho wlntor.
Wanted Man and wlfo to work on
ranch. Everything furnished except
furniture. A pormanont position.
Pliono 790F031 or write 0. P. Howard,
Route B, North Platto. 100-3
County Attornoy Koofo returned
Wednesday night from a visit with
rolatlvos In Sioux City, coming homo
via Kansas City, whoro ho spent tho
early part of this week.
Trftvolors report that nlno miles of
excellent road has boon built In Gasltn
Iproclnct, running oast from a mile
west of tho Brady turn. Tho work wbb
dono by tho farmers of that section
and they aro pleased, as is also Com
mlBslonor Springer,
Tho Western Union Company will
this spring install a rctooatlriir station
at North Platto, similar to tho ono now
In uso by the A. T. and T, company.
It will bo located in some business
1.1 1- i ..a . -
uiock in connection wun uio commer
cial office tho company will ppen.
Harry O. Palmer, of Omahu, sec-
rotary to Ward Burgess state director
of war savings, is in town today con
furring with citizens in regard to the
salo of jvnr and thrift Btamps. Mr.
Palmer has been maklnc a tour of tho
stato to work Yp an interest in these
sales.
Beginning noxt Sunday Rev. Run
yon, an evangelist, will conduct a
sorioB of meetings at tho Mothodlst
church. Mr. Runyon docs not como
with tho reputation of a sensational
spoako, but as ono who presents
tho word in a forceful and convincing
manner.
Aro you nwaro of tho fact that it
takes tho labor of flvo industrial wor
kers to koofr ono soldier in tho field?
In "Tho Eagles Wings" at the Crystal
thodtro Saturday tho Interior views of
tho government factories showing the
manufacture of cannon, shells and
cartridges aro full of .interest.
Commissioner. Springor came up
from Bradytd "visit jiround" during
tno artornoon. Since Mr. Springer be
came tho possessor of a Studebaker
six, ho dovotos his tlmo during pleas
ant wcathor to riding over his district
and noting tho condition of roads and
bridges and looking after other county
matters.
My annual January salo begins the
5th and lasts until every hat Is sold
In ordor to mako room for Spring
goods arriving I am closing out every
hat at vory romarkablo figures. My
hats from $10.00 to $15.00 will bo sold
at $5.00. Others marked to soli up to
$5.00 at $1.50 and I will also have
trimmed hats'for $1.00 and $.75 each.
VILLA WHITTAKER at BLOCK'S.
Growing interost in Red Cross work
is ovldoncod by the Inclination of the
North Platto church societies to do
thoir bit along this lino. Wo commond
tho ladlos for tho Interest thoy show.
SInco tho croatlon of tho world womon
havo been tho real workers and wln
liors, nnd this war will bo won as
much through thoir efforts ns by tho
offorts of tho men.
The fourth annual show of the Lin
coln County Poultry Association open
ed at tho Lloyd opera house yesterdayj
and any one; who Is interested in poul
try will do well to attend. Tho mini
ber of pens on exhibition is nou
qulto as large this year as last, but
Earl Smlloy, who is hore as Judge,
says the quality of the birds is better.
In addition to tho pons shown by
Lincoln county poultry growers thoro
aro many oxhiUlts from Council Bluffs,
Lexington and other towns. Guy Tem
ple, the Lexington banker, is exhibit
ing a numbor of pons, and ono of his
males is valued at one hundred dollars.
J. A. MacDonald also has a bird that
Is valued at a sum in excess of "one
hundred dollars. "'
Tho pons embrace about every strain
of tho chicken family, and in addition
there aro turkeys, geese and ducks.
Thoro is a very large exhibit of
bantam chickens.
Short of FuikIh.
Farmers who have petitioned for a
county agent ask tho county commis
sioners to expend fifteen hundred dol.
ars for that purpose for 'tho current
year, tho federal government to fur
nish tho remaining $1200 needed. The
commissioners favor tho county agent
plan, but unfortunately the law makes
no provision for funds. Of course tho
sum can bo taken from tho county
general fund, but it Is always nip and
tuck with that fund it requires lots
of work to mako both ends meet. The
fund cannot be increased by an in
creased levy, for tho levy Is, and has
been for years, up to tho maximum
allowed by law. If flftcn hundred
dollars are expended for a county a
gent It will probably mean that some
expenditure equally as Important will
need bo cut out.
With tho county as with individuals
tho cost of conducting business jms
increased enormously, and there is no
way for tho county to increase its
receipts, for the law dictates what the
tax lovlos shall bo. The commis
sioners must thoreforo pay those, in
creased expense bills with no increase
of receipts. It is therefore apparent
to all that the commissioners- aro up
against a hard proposition.
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Presbyterian Church.
Tho services at the first Prppby
terian church next Sunday will be as
follows:
Sunday school 10:00 a. m.; Com
munlon and reception of members at
11:00 a. ni.; Junior C. E. at 3;00 p. m.;
preaching at 7:30 p. m.
Tho members are especially purged
to bo present for tho communlon'Ber
vice.
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Itrood Sows for Sale.
Two Poland China brood sows, duo
to farrow in April, Will take South
Omaha prices at North Platto. Ad
dross C. P. Howard, or, Phono 790F31.
1917 - cianscKVArien -
- main - victoxy-inig
, 50 Payments a Year
Our Insurance Plan
By this wo do not mann we are selling in
surance but we are offering a service worth
considering.
Your insurance agent will not give you the
privilege of making your payments weekly
or monthly if you desire, but by our plan
you can.
Suppose your premium is $50.00, Start a
"Thrift" account today and pay one dollar
each weok regularly or make your pay
ments monthly if you prefer.
.When your premium is'due you will have
the money in the bank and besides we pay
4 interest on your deposits while you are
paying them.
Save any amount from lc up -to $10.00
each weok.
McDonald State Bank
It may" not speak well for the 'pa
triotism of ennntrv. lint. It. la nnvorllm
loss a, fact that about one-half ot tho
registrants who have filed their ques
tlonalres have grasped at every ipos
slblo straw to strengthen thoir claims
for exemption. In many instances
fjieljo claims aro absurd, and will
havo no. standing with tho district
board at Omaha, which will consider
and "pass upon them. All tho qlies
tlonalros will bo closely scrutinized
by this board, and in case of misinfor
mation on tho part of tho registrant
tho real condition of tho registrant
will bo looked up by a man detailed
for such purpose by tho federal
govornmont. A membor of tho local
exemption board remarked yesterday
that ho would not bo surprised nny
day to havo such an officer walk in
upon tho board and ask to oxamlno
tho quostionalriaf, cobles of which
will bo kopt on fllo In tho offico of tho
local board.
Last summer a number of Lincoln
county pooplo loaded up on flour, some
of them buying a year's supply, do
ing this not as an act of hoarding, but
rathor on tho boliof that flour ipricos
would advance. Howovor, under gov
ornmont regulations, thoso men can
now bo classed as hoarders of food
Btuffs, and aro liable to a penalty un
dor tho law. Somo of tho farmoraliave
iipnruHcueu uouniy i'ooi Aummistra
tor Goodmnn and asked what they
should do in tho promises, and ho has
advised thorn to dlvldo with relatives
or neighbors who aro not supplied
with n stock largor than tho rules
permit Thoso men will follow out Mr.
Goodman's Instructions.
Tho banana bolt has cortalnly como
In to Its own this weok, and tho brand
of wcathor wo aro having Is ploasant
ub May. Obsorvor Shilling expects to
glvo us this kind of woathor for tho
rcmaindor of tho wlntor if ho can keop
his wires from cYosslng. It is pos
Blblo, ho says, that wo may have a few
frosty unornlnga, and it will thoroforo
bo unwlseto plant gardon until nftor
tho first of February.
Miss M. Sicilian, steam baths and
Swedish Massago, ladles and gontlo
men. Phono 897. Brodbock bldg. 85tt
A gang of men aro still engaged In
repairing tho Western Union telegraph
lino that Buftored bo sovoroly In tho
storm lato last wlntor. This gang has
boon omptoyod nt this work elnco early
1 April of last yenr, and still havo
milch" to do. Tho territory In which
fthoy havQbooti working extends from
Brulo to Brady. At prcsont thoro aro
A marriage Hconse has been Issued to
Carl B. Monxle, a brakoman of this
City, and Ethel B. Boll, Of Omaha.
9&ff. H. Wing, a machinist helper in
Uie employ of the" Uniqn Pacific, wasj
married Wednesday to Katherln M.I
Splinter, the ceremony being perform
ed by Judge Fronch.
Engineer George Lahnln, who fell
from nn engine Monday and fractured
his skull, regained consclousnoss Wed
nesday and Is reported to show Im
provement Ho is still in a critical
condition.
Chalrmnn Bogue, of tho B. of R. T.
protective board, has been spending
tho past few days at home, but It is
probable that he with othor chairmen
will soon bo called to Washington for
a conference with the government
officials.
Last Sunday the Philadelphia and
Reading road announced tho cancel
lation of fifty-four trains, and Tues
day stated that about fifty more trains
would bo taken off. This road has a
vory heavy passonger traffic and for
this reason has operated an unusually
large number of passenger trains on
its main line and branches. Taking
off the 101 trains will throw out of
omployment over 500 engineers, fire
mem, conductors and brakemen and
curtail the woiking force to some ex
tent in othor departments.
It is reported from Omaha that
Gon'l Manager Jeffers favors the
"open gate" system in operating the
Western railroads; that is if freight
can be expedited by running a Curling,
ton train pulled by Burlington power
and manned by Burlington men over
tho Union Pacific that plan should be
adopted, and tho Burlington should
accord the Union Pacific the samo
right This might lead to North
Platto engine and train crews oc
casionally running Into Chicago if
plan should be carried to its full
length.
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"Am I 3ry Brothe's Keeper P
That was the question Cain asked
God after he had plain his brother
Abel. Cain thought he was not. God
said ho was. Today, many aro asking
the self-same question. The toll of
the war has become so heavy mpon
them that they stop and wonder if
thoy really fro the keopors of their
brothers across the waters. But we
are, for "God has made of one blood
all nations of the earth," and the blood
of our brothers cry out to us from
across the Atlantic, "Como over and
heip us lest we perish."
Today two and one-half millions
Armenians, Syrians, Greeks and Jews
in Asia aro holding out hands to us
imploring us to keep them in food
during the stresp of the winter. Many
havo not had a warm meal in months;
the'r drfily ration is about one-quarter
of a loaf of bread, and that not
wholly wheat bread. They are not ask
ing for luxuries, nay not even for ne
cessities, only for bare sustlnence. In
such a time wo dare not fall them.
In tho interest of tho Armenian-Syrian
rollof, tho Hon. R. B. Howoll, of
Omaha, will address tho citizens of
North Platto nt tho Franklin auditor
ium this (Friday) evening, nt eight
o'clock. No offorlng will bo taken or
appeal made for funds at that meeting;
its purpose is solely tho dissemina
tion of information. Our president has
approved tho work; as loyal citizens
let us bo tiiere. X
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A G. Peters, connected with tho ex
tension department ot tho stato uni
versity in chargo of tho poultry de
partment, has been in town attending
tho poultry show. Ho will remain un
til tomorrow and deliver a lecture on
poultry, its growing and care.
C. F. Spencer, room G. Reynolds
building, real estate, farm loans, and
and Phonographs. W. R. Malonoy Co.
all kinds of insuranco and ibonds,
Agont for tho old lino Bankors Auto
mobile Insuranco Co., of .Lincoln, Neb.
They insure you against loss by flro,
theft, tornado, liability and property
dnmago and collision. In tact a com
plete coverage A special policy for
farmors. Seo mo for rates. Phones
offico Black 394, rosldonco Black 580.
Episcopal Services.
January Cth, 1918, Epiphany Sun
day. !l:4A a. in., Sunday school.
11:00 a. m., Litany, sermon and holy
communion.
9ti0 p. in., evening prayer ami address.
3:00 p m., Sunday school at St.
Paul's chapol, Northslde.
REV. ARTHUR DITTES JONES,
Rector.
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I'Ir.st Lutheran Church
Rev. C. Franklin Koch, Pastor.
Holv communion will bo celebrated
at eleven o'clock and at eight o'clock.
Preparatory services before each ser
vice. All membors arc urged to avail
themselves of this opportunity.
Sunday school at 9:45 o'clock.
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At a largely attended meeting of tho
Odd Fellows last evening tho third
degree was given to Governor Keith
Nevlllo.
jr. K. Church.
Evniigcglist Runyon, of Baldwin
City, Kansns, will bogin a sor'io of
meetings at ho Methodist chrarolv noxt
Sunday, Tho singer, Mr. 'Geo. W.
Cnmpboll, of Dayton, Ohio,' la. afflrong
chorus loador nnd soloist. Saturday
night nt 7:30 Mr. Campbell will moot
all Who wish to help In tho singing at
tho church.
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Epworth League G:30 !p. m.
Evangolistlc services Sunday morn
ing and ovenlng.
A welcome is extended to all.
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Baptist Church Notice
All church services at tho usual
times on Sunday. Rov. J. B. Collins,
state educational secretary, will
preach both morning and ovenlng, and
will conduct a "training camp" for all
church workers each evening noxt
week. Rov. Collins Is a wide-awake,
Interesting speaker and every one is
urged to hear him.
s soflaiifrtiitfl. s eiVioc station
R. I. SHAPPELL,
Auctioneer.
SUTHERLAND, NEB.
Havo n lvldo ncqunintnnco among
buyers. Phono mo nt my expense. Live
Stock' n Specialty. 1YI11 nlso hnndlo
Thoroughbred sales.
BLACK DIAMOND
DEHORNING PENCIL
For Sale at
A. F. FINK'S
Harness and Saddelry.
Every pencil will dehorn 50 calves
fYbm 10 days to 10months old for
$1.00.
A forfeit of $5 for any calf that
fails to dehorn. Call and get one.
... , . Phone Red 450.
Mobilize Your Money
Enlist j our Idle dollars In finnncial
.service. This Bank's n trnlnlng camp
for dilnioij '!l;iis Enter your licri
nnd we'll march them bnck to yon
on demnnd In fighting trim for bus
Incss battles; showing n henlthy
growth of i interest.
Under our strong, safe, "selective"
system your funds nro well employed
and pay you proper tribute down to
the Warrior on tho last red cent.
There are Checking Accounts for the
"Regulars'' nnd C. I)'s for "Reserves,'
ul tho "I'lntls YMIey Stnte" tlio HauJ'
of Good Service.
Platte Valley State Bank
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
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HERBERT RAWLINSON
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"THE EAGLES WINGS"
A wonderplay based on the stirring theme of National Defense at the
Crystal Theatre, Saturday,? Jan. 5, 1918.
MATINEE AND EVENING.
WE BDY YOUR HAY, GRAIN, SEEDS AND LIVESTOCK.
We sell Coal, Flour, Graham, Whole Wheat, Corn
Meal, Corn Chop, Barley, Chop, Salt, Shorts, Bran, Tankage
and Cotton, Linseed and Alfalfa Meal, mixed Chicken Feed
and all kinds of Grain.
Quality guaranteed and SERVICE THE BEST.
Leypoldt & Pennington,
EAST FRONT ST. PHONE 99.
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Red Crown Gasoline. It's still the same
powerful fuel that you knew in summer.
You need Red Crown in winter more
than at any other time. You need its
powerful punch to pull you through,
drifts, over snow covered hills and where
the going is rough nnd tough.
Red Crown Gasoline mnki winter starting eur,
Vaporizes quickly and explodes at the ilrib spark.
Get Red Crown at our Service Stations or from
good garages anywhere. Always look for the Red
Crown Sign.
Polarlno Is the perfect winter lubri
cant. Flows freely in freering weather,
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