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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1918)
DON'T ROCK THE BOAT ll ,1 - il 71 fl ' 1 Tlje great outstanding fact of the future is the influence this World's War is having on the people and all business enterprises. We will all of US endeavor to more than meet any call the government may make of us. War with its untojcl possibilites lor ills and distress is making thousands of thoughtful men everyday protect their dependent ones. This protection and security for money invested can be found no where else with such certainty as through Old Line Life Insurance. No Service can, be found superior to that given by THE OLD MINNESOTA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY that bought $200,000 oft Liberty Bonds in 1917. A company that will cover soldiers and drafted men for $2,000 that is worth its lace in the Trenches, providing they get it before going to Camp. No advance in rate as long as you are in the Old U. S. A. A Company that has millions of dollars m assets. A Company that will take a LIBERTY BOND for your first PREMIUM. A Company thai is the household word in Nebraska as well as many other states. READ WHAT IT REALLY DOES 1 ducates children. 1 . Protects tho family. Cultivates tho habit of thrift umV Having. Makes: provision for tho luovlf al)16 rainy day. Pays debts and lifts tho inorttfh(rorfrom the how. Gives repose to tho rich and (lotirago to he poor. Builds credit and ro-estahlis(cs encumbered estates. Provides scholarships, endows charities and erects churches. Is full of human interest. It' appeals to the hearts of men always. Preserves business by protecting tho factors which mako business a success. Builds and furnishes the safest medium for the distribution of estntes. Encourages tho inarrlngo of the prudent man and women, and lays home foundaions. Replaces hardships and adversity with ease and sorcnty and peace of mind; ndds length of days. . ' Is every-day, common-sense, intelligent business with a practical spirit of understand ing and co-operation. Certifies to a man's love of family and deepens the love and respect which wife and children bold for him. Is unhersal in its beneficence. It's service h adopted to all classes and conditions of men. The poor need it. The rich demand i(. Life insurance insures tho unexpect ed. It lives up to its promises and pays all just claims promptly and unostenta tiously. It is positive and permanent. Stands between the home and the enemies of its happiness and security. lor co-operative service in home protection, life insurance, is "the greatest thing in the world." YOU WILL SAY, yes, I should. - That don't help your dependents or yourself. BUT IF YOU SAY I WILL AND MUST, then DO IT TODAY, THAT COUNTS. REGARDLESS OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION, remember it's.cheaper now to you than ever again,- because you are growing older. IT IS THE ONLY THING YOU MUST BUY WHEN YOU DON'T NEED IT. FOR ,YOU CAN NOT BUY WHEN YOU DO NEED IT. ' To the men and women of North Platte and Lincoln County, regardless the worthy 'profession or occupation that you are foil wing, the OM Line, straight life, ten fiiteen or twenty year policies, as well as many other standard forms, will appeal to you, the same' as it has to thousands. THE TERMS ARE EASY AND WITHIN YOUR REACH. WITHOUT OBLIGATING YOURSELF IN ANYWAY, we will be glad to explain to you fully what will meet your needs. Let's talk it over at least. Phone for an appointment or call at our offices in the Brodbeek Building, three doors East of Post Office up-stairs. , ' J. E. SEBASTIAN, State Manager. OFFICE PHONE RED 612. RES. PHONE RED 348. C. F. TEMPLE, Asst. State Manager. OFFICE PHONE RED 612. RES. PHONE 783F3. " I) V. BIRTHSTONE JEWELRY When you have a birthday present to select, come into Clinton's and look at birthstone jewelry. Such a preseat .has more than ordinary sieriifleance, for every one likes to wear the gem representing the month 0116 was born in, The Garnet is January's bifyhttone, Tradition says it brings power and , grace. Its rich, red color rpakes a fascinating ornament at not-too-costly prices. Clinton is showing some jincoigmonly attractive rings, scarf pins, and'other jewelry sets with Garnets. ' . i C. S. CJipton Jeweler and 'Optician At tie Sign with he Dig Ring. LOCAL AND rEHSONAL Mr. and Mrs. W. h. Rlchnvds ro turncd' Saturday from a ton rtayB visit .with relatives at OuosBa. Dr. Morrill, Donttat. ' A murrlaRO license was lBSued tiut urday to Noah Vanolt, of .Provldoncofl Ontario, and Maymo Crow, of Okla-" horn a. Mrs. Halnllno, who had been tho guest of Mr. and MrH. Wood Whlto for soyoral weeks returned to Lincoln ' yoBtorday. ',,Wo will talco a Ford car In oxchango on a Piano. Walker Muslp Co. Purchasers of United StntoB Liberty Loan Boiiub aro requested to call for '. their bonds as Boon ns convenient. First National Dank. I now have funds at 6 por cent on cholco bottom table land. Oeno Crook, Itoom 4, Koith thoatro Bide. Engineer R. D. Ratio has boon Bponding tho past fow days at Llsco visiting a cousin while rocuporatlng from tho accident which befell him threo mouths ago. rrjio Robokah Kensington will moot at f tho J. O. O. F. ball on Friday afternoon, Jan. 25th, As this 1b tho regular mooting for tho election of officers all mombors and friends aro urgod to bo prosont. Abo MarktiB, at ono tlmo a clerk in Tbo Loader, now an oil speculator atLAugusta, Kan., returned to Kansas last night aftor visiting Julius Pizor Jpr several days. Abo has niado a mint bi money during tho past throo years.1 About fifty girls botweon tho ages or ten and fourteen, responded to tho Call to do. Rod Cross work on Satur day morning. Tho girls woro vory on. thusiaatic and did splendid' work and look rorward to noxt Saturday morning when they wJH moot ngaln. 'Ooo L. Carter, of Lincoln, spent Sitturday and Sunday n town visiting ftUends. Last summer it was report ed that Mr. Car tor had died in South America, but tho Goo. L. Carter who passed away was another man who nlBO niado Lincoln his homo. , Tho Catholic ladles will moot In the Fedora! building Thursday afternoon fort Rod Crct.8 work. Tho following UdJoB will havo clinrgo of tho work that nitornomi: Mondnmnn P. A. Norton,, F. J. McGovorn and Will Friend. A largo attendance Is desired, ;ilrs. Ed Eves ontertainod Saturday afternoon nt a miscellaneous shower In" favor of Mrs. Seavy, nco Bunting. About flf toon (rionds woro prosont. Mrsi Seavy was tho recipient of many useful and pretty articles. Tho after noon Avns spent in social conversation and music and onjoyablo refreshments woro served. "Fatty" Arbucklo, tho rotund Para inpunt comedian who will bo seon ut tho, Kolth Thoatro on Jan. 28-29 in "Fatty in Conoy Island" had tho tlmo of his life taking tho beach scones for that roloaso. Au tho nanio suggosts the wholo picturo was filmed at famous' Conoy Island, Now York, and as Mr. Arbucklo oxpoctod to lcavo Bhortly for tho west, tho sconos had to bo takon during tho Mardt Gras wcok when tho placo was Bwarmod with hundreds of thousands of rlotouB morrymnkors. 1 Mrs. Pat O'Connor, of Omaha, ls visiting hor paronts Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hanlon. Mr. Hanlon, who suf fered a paralytic stroko somo tlmo ago, Is Improving Jilcoly. Messages wero received from Camp Cody Friday stating that Harold Langford was sufforlng from ethor pnoumonla following an operation at tho hospital, and that his condition was sorlous. Later advices gavo.as surnco that ho was improving and n wlro yesterday stated that he had passed tho crisis. William ,11. Crisp of Kearney is old, but he has young ideas. In a letter to army recruiting officers ho voluntoora his sorvlcos for duty either hb civil ian or a soldier. Ho Is 70 yenw old, but says ho could pass for GO and do a good day's work. Ho is a civil war votornn and has hold the rank of sergeant In the Jnfnntry, cavalry and artillery. 3IHS. LOU II. PARKER DIES IN OMAHA YESTEKHAY. -.:o::- Vlno Beginning to Lecture Course. A groat an ount of intoroa; was manifested in the first of tho locMrna on tho Blblo and tho History of Doc trlnoB of tho Christian church given at tho Lutln rfiii church laBt TKurnday evening by the paBtor, Row Kcli About 125 people wore present. By means of diagrams drawn on the black board, tho history of tho church up to tho groat reformation and tho groatnoss of God In nature wore shown . Noxt Thursday at 8 o'clock tho ques tion "Hew mnv Wo know t.hnt thn Bible la God's book and not moroly man's book? will bo answered nnd tho - BUbJcct "Tho Commandmont which changed tho thinking of tho world," discussed. Theso lectures are open to all, ospoclallv tho unchurched of our city. : o: : . "What Is a Necessity! Whon that which Is a luxury to ono Is a ncosslty to another how shall wo define tho terms? If necessity 1b tho opposlto of luxury then Whnt Is Luxurjl Somcono has Bald that Luxury doos not .consist in tho uso and onjoytnont of tho good things of Ufo but in tho wasteful abuse of thorn to vicious purposes. Our store is filled with largo ,nnd varied assortmqnts of articles of real worth. Tho business of tho Jowolor and Silversmith always prospers In war times bocansd tho pooplo realize that mouoy paid for Jowolory and Sllvorwaro is not wastoful oxpondlturo but judicious Investment. Do you bit. If yau, havo made monoy glvo monoy and spend monoy. Glvo oncouragoment to ovory lino of ondoavor and in dustry by helping to clrculato tho billions tli at aro being spout in thls country. This is ono way of defeating tho ononiy. This may bo contrary to tho v advico of certain pessimists, but tho present. Is no tlmo for long faces. CLINTON, THE JEWELER 1 A telegram received yesterday by Tho Tribune from Bishop Beeehcr, an nounced that Mrs. Lou II. Baiter had died in Omaha yesterday morning at' tho homo of hor daughter Mrs. Harry Trlmblo and that tho funeral will bo held In tho Episcopal church in thlai city Thursday afternoon. Blshdp Beechor will accompany tho bereaved family from Omaha and will ponduct tho funeral services. ! Thus passes away another of the plorfeer settlers of Lincoln county, for Mrs. Baker first came to this county) Jn 18G3, married Lou H. Bakor In 1804 I nnd at that tlmo resided on a ranch Bouth of Sutherland. Lntor tho family j removed to North Platte, Mr. Baker passing away In this city In 1880. Mrs. Bakor continued to make her home In North Platto until about fifteen years ago, Blnco then qhe has; been living with her sons John and Will In tho east and with hor daughter I Mrs. Trlmblo in Omaha.-Will lives in Now York City, John's pormannnt homo is nt or near Buffalo and in ad-1 dition to Mrs. Trlmblo there are-or werotwo other daughters. .:o: : .Suggest Auto Races. At tho meeting of tho agricultural socloty Saturday J. J. Crawford sug gested that auto races under tho auspices of tho society bo held on July 4th. It was pointed out that on tho day tho auto races wero hold tho county fair tho attendanco wn;j almost double that of any other day. This could bo tnkon as ovldonco that tho pooplo aro lntorestod In this class of racing and that exclusive auto races on July 4th would bo largoly pat ronized. It was further suggested thnt In connection with the races patriotic services could bo held on tho fair grounds .and a big demonstration be hold In tho evening. Tho proposition will bo considered by tho officers of the socloty. Conservation of Meat Imperative. Meatless day each week, a mentlosB meal each day, and a porkless Satur day. That's tho npw program for con servation of moats, according to Gur don W. Wattles, Federal Food Admin istrator for Nobraska. "In order that wo may get tho nccossary conservation of meats, a strict adhoronco to this program is Imperative" Bays Mr. Wattles. "Every househouldor In Nebraska, ovory mombor of ovory family and evory commercial eating placo should immediately adopt those suggestion. and mako them a sot law, which thoy will not violate undor any circum stance. "Our associates in tho war need meat and lots of it. It's up to us to furnish it, if wo will win tills war. If wo do not furnish it, no ono will. - r Prices For Lincoln County. Fair prices recommended bv price committee for Lincoln county, Ne braska, and published by authority of tho federal food administration for ald county. Sugar, per pound 9 cents. Flour, Nebraska No. 1 Patent 4S pound sack $3.05. Nebraska No, 2 Patent IS pound sack $2.95. Government Specifications grade 48 pound sack $2.85. Government Specifications grndo 48 pound sack $2.80. Rye flour 12 pound sack 75 cents. Six pound sack 40 cents. Graham flour 12 pound cents. G pound sack 40 conts. Corn meal 12 pound sack 65 cqnts. G pound sack 35 cents. Potatoes Nebraska per pound21i rnntn Beans, fancy hand picked per pound 17 cents. Common whlto per pound 12 cents. Pinto and colored per pound 10 conts. Dry Lima per pound 15 cents. iLard, No. 3 pall 90 centB. No. 5 pall $1.50. Butter, .Creamery No. l.per pound 54 cents. Eggs, per dozen 50 cents. Bread, U. S. standard loaf 16 oz. loaf 10 cents. loaf 15 cents, loaf t9 cents, loaf 2G cents. Theso prices are for cash over tho counter. An additional charge may bo made for delivery or credit to customers. first second sack 75 24 oz. 32 oz. 48 oz. For quick action and satisfactory salo list your laud with Thoclccke. tf ::o:: Largo Quantities for Rnnchmrn. Ranchmen living fur from towns wljero thoy buy their supplies may buy sugar in iargor quantities than those wlio'Uvo in tho city or in rural dis tricts in closo proximity, according to Gunjon W. Wattles' Instructions to his county food administrators. However, tho merchant selling such quantities must Justify his salo on tho basis of Impossibility of the coustomer to nbldo by tho regular rules. Tho limit or sales to a ranchman Is 25 pounds. Tho prescribed quantities which merchants may soil are: sugar, to town customers, 5 pounds; country custb'mors, 10 pounds; flour, town customers, 50 pounds; flour cus tomora. 100 pounds . JACK PICKFORD and LOUJS HUFF in "FRECKLES1' Gene Stratton Poter's hest known story. How an orphan hoy triumphs over circumstances. Keith Tonight. Adults 20c. Children 10c. WE PAY TOP PRICE FOR HIDES AND FURS. Furs are Big Price Bring them in. We huy all kinds of Junk. North Platte Junk House It Leaks ! Don't let a novice monkey with your radiator. Let McGraw Fix It. McGraw Radiator Co. 6th & Locust St. Geo. B. Dent, Physician and Surgeon. Special Attention given to Sarjery and Obstetrics. Office: Building and Loan Building Phnn.. t Off" 130 Phon" f Rwidenc. 115 AUTO LIVERY 1 SInco I haTO sold thegarngo am doing auto Hrcry from tho North Side Barn.. Day or Night. Tolephono 29. "Wo mako a specialty of drlrcs to sales all o?cr tho county at tho ato of Qto conts per mllo jior person. Thoso who hayo snlos throughout tho country plcaso. Jot mo know. Also n fow cars for sale NIglit Call lied 032. ; " '?' Julius Mogenseh
