Don't Neglect Your Eyes
If they are giving you theleast
bit of trouble consult our Optom
etrist about them as he is a
SPECIALIST
along this line of work and will give
you the best of care.
We grind our own lenses.
HARRY DIXON & SON.
DR. 0. II. CRESSLER,
Graduate Dentist
Office over tho McDonald
Stato Bunk.
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS
Walter Kockon spent yesterday In
Cozad doing special work on automo
biles. Gene Stratton Porter's "Freckles"
one of the best known stories in tho
We have Just received a lot of new
Columbia records. Come In -and hear
tho lato song hits. Dixon, the Jeweler.
Julius Mogcnson was thrown from
a wagon by a runaway team Wednea
day morning, but tho injuries he sust
l,ained were slight.
W. C. Cauffman of Konesaw, was in
town Wednesday enrouto homo from
McPhorson county whoro ho officiated
as auctioneer at a public sale.
Girls between tho ages of ten and
fourteen, who desire to engage in Red
Cross work are requested to moet
Mrs. W. H. McDonald on the third
floor of the Federal building Satur
day forenoon at ten o'clock.
Tho knitting department of the lied
Cross will ship out a box Thursday of
English language with Louise Huff next week. Anyono having knitted
and Jack PIckford in tho stellar roles J articles that aro finished or that will
will be the feature attraction at tho
Keith Tuesday, Jan. 22.
Dr. Brock, Dentist, over Stone Drug
Storo. tf
bo Ilnished by then please see that
they are turned in so that they can bo
sent with that box ,
The coats for women and mlosse3
all mivat be closed out. The Lender
Mer. Co. offer bargains such .as you
can't get away from. For lnstanco
coats up to $18.60 on sale at $12.95.
Geo. H. Wilkins, miller at tho Elec
tric Mills, has been in Fremont for
onvorntadnvn nttAnrHni? tlin ntntn nnn-
For a number or years lie was con-. . , . ,..,
u nlii,i,.. ,iJ And so on up in tho finest grades
still greater reductions and saving.
There are twenty-two In "The Bird
nected with the Gothenburg fire de
partment.
T 171 nAAlirnl n Int. At. HfI
iZti. .rp,.fT, JE'Ot Paradise" cast which comes to the
nesday from his son Everett in which . , . Mnm,ftV ,,,. Tho Pm.
he stateu mat no was caning a nana " ;;;,; , : . : . ',, (1
Meting life in Hawaila which will be
tOv0 i,i,ttioahJn nn Whni. F-vmtf.' Cresting. The play is one which
is stationed was ice-bound "some-! " be" ?"ui 1 .?nJ0BXB ana
I AO A OlUllUlU ill ITU VI ii 111V1UU
A local" restaurant man says ho does
vveonepuay not understand why ho Is not allowed
where" In the Atlantic.
t
T. L. Green returned
from Oklahoma where he spent a week fn Hf,rvn or soil mont on Tuesday while
or ton days investigating oil properties au raeat niarkotu are permitted to
iu which ho Is financially interested ' sen. nor wuy ne iB not. tpermittcd to
On this property several wells are sorvo or sou wheat bread on Wednes-
prouueers, Dut tney nave neon seaieti, ,jay Whilo permission to do so is
until tho arrival of pipe to convey the Ktvcn bakers. Ho is not finding fault
on to storago tanits. particularly with the federal regula-
Mf nmi Mra Parrnii rftiimnil tions, only that on the face it looks as
ed yesterday from Fremont, where' though the restaurant. men wore not
they woro called Monday by tho death! having altogether a fair deal. In many
of Mrs. Carroll's father, Frank towns the moat markets keep closed
Winkleman. The funeral was held at on Tuesday and In some towns tho
Fremont Wednesday. Death resulted ooKcnes ciose on weunesuay
Indirectly from injuries Mr. Winkle- Wm. E. Shuman and daughter
man received at Sidney several years Dorothy, returned Wednesday from
their trip east. They s'pent the xr.ian
holiday season visiting Mr. Shuman a
brother in Chicago, thon went to
Buffalo, N. Y., and witnessed Niagara
(Falls In Its winter beauty. After
wards they Bpeiit a week in New York
and a week in Washington, D. C. At
tho later city Mr. Schuman was ad
mitted to practlco before the Supreme
court of the United States and watch
ed the workings of Congress for sever
al days. He heard Presidont Wilson
deliver his ipcace message to Congress
Mrs. Louise Burke, who accompanied
ago.
All her life a beautiful woman
stifled the Impluses of her heart. She
would not believe. She would not
trust. She would not forgive the one
who had destroyed her faith in man.
This themo Is presented in "The
Sproading Dawn," at tho Keith Wed
nesday and Thursday, Jan. 23-24,
with Jano Cowl, beautiful, appealing,
powerful .
Unless shipments of coal into North
Platte become more plentiful It will be
necessary to limit to ono ton thel them on tho trip stopped off at Fort
amount puraiaBea Dy an lnuivmuai wayne to visit menus ior a iew uuy
and also to turn down orders from
those who have a resasonable amount
on hand. Coal Btocks in North Platte
aro low but by adhering to certain reg
ulations tho dealers hope to keep
their patrons supplied.
During tho past six months Mr
Shuman has traveled more than
12,000 inllss, over a vast rango of tor
ritory, but he says he has found no
place that he likes better than his
home city, North Platte.
Mnvlmr to Xnw Ttnltillnir.
The North Platto nronnmrv linirnti
moving lta fixturos this week to its
new building on Sixth street, which
wus urecieu expressly lor creamory
Dllrtiosca mill no nrrnnrrnri no in Unat
meet tho requirements of such n con-
corn, uonsiuerablo new machinery has
boon ordered, part of which has nr-
riveci anu lias beon Installed.
Tho room vnnnfoil hv Hin nronm.
cry wll bo occupied by Chas. Echol-borry.
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Child iilcs of Fall.
mu luur yuur oiu son oi air. anu.
Mrs. A. L. Espoy, living at 30G cast
rfM.ta.tl ..Im. . .1 1 .1 ... . I
"iu auuui, uiuu unriy ycsioruay
morning from tho effects of a Tall
sustained a fow days before Tho child
was ridinc a vnrd ntlck nn n "linrsn "
tripped and fell and ono end of tho
limfrntl attnlr nti i rtrnl An I
trated tho brain. Tho little ono suf
fered intensely until death came to its
relief. Tho funeral will ho lmlil frnm
tho homo at 2:3o this afternoon con
ducted by Rev. Cram.
l'rcsbjtcrlnn Church Notes.
At tho first Presbyterian church
Sunday Rev. J. II. Curry, D. D. will
tell at tho eleven o'clock hour what
tho Presbyterian church is doing a
broad; and at the evening hour tho
subject will bo "Some of tho Things
Roligion is Achiovlng during tho
World War." Tho Sunday school will
begin promptly at 10 a. m., A. S. Allen
superintendent. The men of the con
gregation aro especially invited to
come to tho mon's class, tailght by tho
pastor.
Junior C. E. at 3; 00 p. m. Miss Buck
leader.
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Methodist Meetings.
Tho Evangelistic meetings at tho
Methodist church aro developing much
interest in the comunity. Dr. Runyan's
sermons aro tho most forceful wo
havo over listened to, yet tho spirit of
lovo in which they arc delivered,
makes each one feel that tho speaker
has his intorests at heart.
Mr. Campboll is making himself felt
thru song. Tho largo faithful chorus
s'peaks volume, in his praise.
The Junior Revival which is held
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday at 4:00 n m. is frrnwinr
day. Tho young people aro preparing
ior mo junior surpriso Saturday night.
Do not forget this date, the Juniors
havo something good in store.
Sunday will bo a big day nrd a
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Tho chorus will bo on hand each night
at 7:30 to entertain and uplift.
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Tho Making of Rugged aicn.
Tho Tribune man, witnessed for
twenty minutes yesterday forenoon the
exercises givon a score or more boys
by Prof. Ohman, physical director of
the city schools, and was interested as
well as amused by tho activity of tho
boys. Tho exercises aro so varied ns
to tonSQ GVOrv niURnln nnil trv nut Hin
ltimr ca'nacitv and thfl hfnrr nntlnn '
and the more vigorous tho exertion the1
more iwmingiy and enthusiastically
did tho hovs takn hold. Thin
certainly levelops the physlquo and is
assisting in maKing our uoys, rugged,
healthy and activo; not only physical-;
ly fit. but teaches thorn nlnrtnonn nt.
mind and eye to see, to know, to do'
quicKiy.
This class is one of three, each hav
ing thirty or moro members, and each1
boy hails with delight the dawn of'
gym uay.
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There will bo a special called meet
ing of tho local committee on Armeni
an and Syrian Relief at tho Chamber
of Commerce rooms this Friday oven
lng at 5:00 o'clock by order of the
Chairman A. W. Shilling. All ward
chairmen and members of soliciting
committees are requested to attend
this meeting.
Mrs. Gertrude Carson, of Grand
Island, will be hero tomorrow to in
struct a class of tho Sammy Girls In
making surgical dressings.
A bunch of twenty or more laborers
camo down from Denver this morning.
Part of tho gang will work at tho ico
houses, tho others at tho now depot.
Arrnngo for Snlo of Stamps.
Tho commlttco solected by Chair
man M. J. Forbos to push tho salo of
War Saving Stamps mot Wednesday
and outlined a plan for a drive which
it is believed will result in ovory
residont of tho city being solicited to
buy. Instead of making a houso to
house canvass, committees of railroad
men will solicit men of that calling,
a business mop's committee will solicit
business men and mombors of differ
ent women's clubs will bo solicited by
a committeo from each of tho clubs.
In tills way everyono will bo given
an opportunity. These committees
aro now being selected and tho drlvo
will soon start.
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Basket Hall Season Oncns.
The basket ball season for tho local
high Bchool team will open Saturday
when tho boys Journoy to Ogalalla for
a gamo with tho school team of that
town. Saturday of next week they
will go to Gothenburg to play. Later
in tho season those towns will play
return games.
Tho local team is Bald to bo in fairly
good condition, but will need a game
or two with othor teams to fully de
velop tneir real strength. .
Christian Church.
Services of tho Christian church
for Lord's day, Janvary 20th. 1918.
9:45 a. m. Bljio 8):ool, corainunttm
and Bcrmon: 3:00 p. m. Junior En
deavor meeting; 7:30 p. m.y evening
worship and sermon, theme, "Tho
Tears of Jesus."
All aro Invited to attend these ser
vices. F. A. Lindenmoyer, Minlstor.
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Wheatlcss and meatless days, which
have been voluntary horetoforo, will
become mandatory by a bill which has
been Introduced In congress thin week.
The food situation tho world over is
acute, and this country is up against
tho proposition of onforcing by law
conservation of food stuffs. This bill
gives tho presidont the' power to re
strict tho manufacture, salo or uso of
such food and food-stuffs nB in his
judgment sh6uld bo restricted. Thcro
foro bo prepared to oat according to
federal regulation, and find no fault.
Notice to' tii'o Public.
We, tho underslgnod morchants of
North Platto, Nebraska, having been
called togother by tho Chairman of
the Local Food Administration for tho
purpose of further co-oporatlon with
our government to tho- end that thu
best posslblo results might bo obtained
in saving food, man power and all
othor unnecessary oxpoiiBOs havo unan
imously decided that commencing
Monday, January 21st, 1918, wo will
soil all commodities as per government
instructions issued weekly, as follows,
cash over counter and carry as per
prices of Food Commission, a nominal
chargo of ten cent (10c) for all de
liveries and an additional two per cont
(2 ppr cent) chargo for tarrying all
accounts. ,
Wo ask tho lioarty co-operation of
tho public and wo realizo that -this
will not bo withhold, as tho patriotic
citizenship of North Platto and sur
rounding community is a well-recognized
fa'c,t throughout tho stato of
Nebraska. Signed:
LEIRK & SANDALL
E. T. TRAMP & SONS
RILEY YORK
RUSH MERC. CO. '
WILCOX DEPT. STORE
LEYPOLDT & PENNINGTON
R. N. LAMB
F. D. WESTENFELD & SON
JOHN A. NOBLE
MRS. E. BURGNER
J. L. LOUDON
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SOMEBODY LOST 51500
S. I). Hastings, of Mlssouln, Monf.,
found n roll of bills while engaged In
tearing down an old house Inst Sop.
tembcr.
Tho inonoy was tightly wrapped In a
pleeo of black cloth which tho rats
had nscd for a nest underneath tho old
house, mid was In good condition.
An expensive rat-nest ami n splendid
argument In favor of keeping Liberty
Honds nnd other Important papers In
tho "Platto Valley Stato" Safe Deposit.
Separate steel Yault absolute pro
tection. Individual boxes $1-00 up, per
yenr.
Platte Valley State
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
Tggf. wo -rinuo vanoy stato" aaro Jicposir.
c2fi Separate steel Yault absolute pro-
Platte Vallnv State Bank
BanK
Bank
LIMIT 2000
OLD LINE ON
Soldiers and Drafted Men
GET YOURS TODAY.
J. 13. SEBAS 'M'tf. Stato Mtrr.
Office: BrodUoh Bldg.
Phone Office Rsu 612
Residence Red 48
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
For Salo lG-stall barn with hay loft.
Inquiro of Robert Salcotti. 102-9
Sheep and Cattle
FOR SALE
Farmers this Is the year and the
time of the year to yet stock to eat
up your rough feed. I have on
hand and for sale 3000 feeding lambs
and ewes, and 500 cattle. Come
and talk to me.
C. H. WALTER,
NORTH PLATTE.
HoBpltnl Phone Black 633.
Houso Phone Black 633.
W. T. PRITCIIAltD,
Graduate Veterinarian
Bight years a Government Vetorlnar
lan. Hospital 218-south Locust St.,
one-half block oouthwoet of the
Court Housh
Notice of Petition.
Estato No. 1529, of Bonjamin A.
Dikoman, deceased, in tho County
Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska
Tho Stato of Nobraska: To all per
sons Intorested In said estato, tako no
tlco that a potition has been filed for
tho appointment of Emory M, DIko
man as administrator of said estato
which has beon sot for hearing herein
on January 2D, 1918, at 9 o'clock a. m
Dated December SI, 1917.
Jl-22. GEO. E. FRENCH,
County Judge
Notice Of Petition.
Estato No. 1528 of William M. Hay
deceased in tho County Court of Lin
coin County, NobrasKa.
Tho Stato of Nebraska, To all per
sons interested in said Estato tako
notico that a potlton has beon filed for
tho appointment of O. O. Wood as
Administrator of said Estate, which
has been sot for hearing heroin on
January 25, 1918, at 9 o'clock a. m
Dated December 29, 1917.
GEO. E, FRENCH
J1J21 County Judge
WE BUY YODR HAY, GRAIN, SEEDS AND LIVESTOCK.
We sell Coal, Flour, Graham, Whole Wheat, Cora
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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Save Your Money For Uncle Sam
You'll be saving it for yourself and
your family if you do.
Start a "Thrift Savings Club" account
now to secure the money for a Liberty
Bond of some future issue. It is tho best
purpose for which to save nowadays and
the best investment you can possibly make.
$1.00 a week buys a $50.00 bond.
$2.00 per week buys a $100.00 bond. We
pay interest on our deposits.
McDonald State Bank
nmW in ill
YOU'VE TRIED THE REST
NOW. USE THE BEST
"COW BRAND"
FLOUR.
Every North Platte Dealer Can Supply You.
KEITH THEATRE IAN 91
Ithe-
SUCCESS
OF-
SUCCE5SE5S
AS
THE- WOST
JL JALKED OP
ria ur re
CENTURy
Mail Orders Received Now.
Prices $2.00, $1.50, $1.00.
Seat Sale Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
Plus War Tax. Curtain at 8:15.
DR. J. S. TWINEM,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
Physician, Surgeon, Obstetrician. X-Ray.
For your comfort and accommodation Tho Nurse Brown
Memorial Homeopathic Hospital. Homeopathic medicine for
acuto and chronic diseases. A trial will convince you that there
is no system of treatment its equal.
Office phone 183. Residence phone 283.
Hospital Phone 110.
