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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1918)
Buy Obey the law an alarm clock So Congress says nil clocks must be set forward one hour at 2 a. m. March 31. You must get up an hour earlier April 1. That's no joke. It may mako no difference Sunday, but it will Monday when you go to work. be prepared. Buy nn nlarm clock at Clinton's. Set it "an hour fast" when you go to bed you don't have to stay up until 2 o'clock to set it, and it will be right in the morning. And get you up at the time you wish to arise. C. S. Clinton Graduate Optician At'the Sign with the Big Ring. J WIJSTHlt.N -UNION GRANTBB LKAVi: TO I,AY COMll'IT. At a special meeting of the city council Tuesday nXternoon the Wont em Union Telegraph Co. wan granted permission to lay a conduit from tho north aide of Front atreet to the alley hetween Front and Sixth, a distance of a llttlo ovor two hundred feet. In aylng this conduit the paving will ho torn ip to a width of about two fcot, and the dltdh will he throo foot deep. Tho company give a bond In any amount domnndod by tho city that it will roplaco tho pavement In as good condition an before removed, and tho bond will hold for a propor tlmo after tho work Ib done In ordor to cover any aftor effects. This conduit in laid to accomodate tho cable necessary for establishing a relay station on tho ground floor of tho Waltomath building which the company has loosed for a long term of years and which It will occupy within tho next ninety duys. This relay station will employ ten or twelvo men. CITY AND flOTTtfTY NEWS. Mrs, It. K. Dill has returned from a visit in tho east. For Sale Winter onion topsots. L. 1 Tucker, Phono lied C98, 21-2 Mrs. Paul Oantt loft Wednesday for n visit with rolutivoB In Lincoln. For Farm Loans- soo Qono Crook, Itoom 4 Keith Theatre building. J. It. Illtnor loft tho early part of tho weok on a business trip to Chicago. Dr. Morrill, DontlBt. linnrv Hrotzor has boon In a critical condition this wcok from leakage of tho heart. $10.00 Human Hair Switches for $5.50. CoatcB Beauty Parlor. McDonald Bank BIdg. W. T. Alden will rccolvo a carload of monumental work next weok to erect In North Platto. For llnnU-SmaU anartmont. 108 West Second Strcot. f! L. Patterson, of Donvor, visltod rojatlvos and frlonds In town Tuesday and Wednesday. Asparagus plants; green onion atocks. North Platto Floral Company. Phono 1023. Miss Tholma Frator, a student at tho atato university, returned homo for a visit yestorday morning. For Rent 2V(s aero truck patch, closo In. Call at McMIchaol's Grocery, 408 South Dowoy. 2 MIbsos Luclllo nnd Florence Wilcox aro homo from tho stato university to spend tho Easter vacation. Dean Bowkor went to Gothenburg Wednesday to attend Initiatory ser vices of tho Masonic lodge. Rov Cottorell has purchased tho F, W. Hansen property at 015 south Pino and removed thoroto this week. For Sale Hoan Durham milk cow, 4 yoars old, irosn. inquiro om vmib Xarm. Ono mile south of town. Lowls Kolly. who Is attending tho state university, camo homo Wednes day night to spond tno isastor vaca tlon. Tho county assessors will begin tho work noxt Monflay of ascertaining tho valuo of personal proporty of each resident. For Sale Four room house and big barn and garage -at 315 south Pino, Phono day Rod 720, night Phono Black 1018. tf. Mr, and Mrs. Fred Elliott, who havo been visiting their son Edward and family at Hoicna, Mont., aro expected homo tomorrow. E. C. Coates camo homo tho othor day from Omaha driving a now Nash car which ho had purchased through tho J. S. Davis Co. Eggs for Hatching Barred Ply moth Hocks and Singlo Comb Whlto Leghorns. $1.00 por 15. $0.00 per 100 Mrs. Charles Damelor, Sutherland Nebraska. 20-8 Henry Landgrat roturncd Tuoeday from Omuha -where he spent a week visiting friends nnd taking part in n bowling tournament. Wo havo pconlos and phlox. Plant them now. North Platto Floral Co Phono 1023. tf Engineer Chas. Hoasch, who has boon Indisposed for somo time, loft Wednesday; far Omaha, whoro ho will rocroato for a fow days. Christian Science servico Sunday at 11 a. m., Sunday school 12 noon. Wed nosday ovonlng meetings 8 p. m., Build ing ami Loan building. Room 25. Miss Volda Kraua, who had been visjtlng her sister Mrs. Arthur Tramp for a couplo of weeks, returned to West Point Wednesday. Tho itom In Tuesday's Tribune about "soaking your seed potatoes in fiolutlon of Formaldehydo" should havo read 1 oz. to 10 gallons of water. ThoBei wishing monumental work for Decoration day should see W. T, Aldon at onco. 22 4 Mrs. ChaB. Llerk, Sr., 1b having n I two story resldenco erected on west Ninth stroot, work beginning on tho building last Saturday by McMtchael brothers. City Engineer- McNamara camo up from Lincoln yostorday. For sovoral months ho has been preparing plans and specifications for tho stato and federal aid roads in Nebraska. Lost Wednesday forenoon on road botweon Romigh garago and Fromont slough, bag of auto tools. Reward for return to Romigh Oarage. ALBERT PREITAUER. Tho Lutheran icholr will render "'Plir. ni.1i.lltnlvln,i n I. no f 1 1",. 1 n.. l IIU Ul llb,IIVIAIIlll IV 'If U41 U 111 II 1 Villi' tata, at tho church this ovonlng, Mrs Frank Hatch will ,1)q dlrectr'esB and thero will bo orchestral acompanl mont. For Sale or Trado A gasoline Intor-Nutlonal Hay Baler, ono 1917 modol Ford touting car, 1 ect of work hurnosB, No. 12 DoLavol cream sopara tor. Phono Red 1035. tf Guaranteed $10.00 human hair switches for $5.50. Coates Beauty Parlor. McDonald Bank Bldg. joint threo hour servico will" bo hold at tho Episcopal church from twelvo until threo o'clock today, participated in by tho Episcopal nnd Lutheran congregations. Rov. Koch will dollvor an address on tho Bovon words of the cross. Miss M. Slomnn, steam baths and Swedish Mnssago, ladles and gontlo mon. Phono 897. Brodbock bldg. 85tf Tho funeral of dcorgo Butlor was held Tuosday from tho homo of his sister, Mrs. W. M. Slmants, Dean Bowkor conducting tho Borvlco. Tho body was brought horo from Twin Falls, Idaho, accompanied by E. E. Butlor, a brother. Tho deceased was shot and killed in a premeditated mannor, tho slayer calling at tho houso and asking Butlor to como out As ho stepped from tho door his assassin shot hlnl dond. Tho murderer Is now In jnll nnd will faco tho charge of murder In tho llrst rfegroo. Mrs. Thomson Passes A way. Following an Illness of two or threo weoka, Mrs. R. D. Thomson passed away at hor home on west Fifth street Tuesday evening. Death was duo to kidney disorder. Tho funeral was hold from tho resldenco yesterday afternoon, tho sorvlccs of the Christian Sclonco society being rend Tho donth of Mrs. Thomson, follow ing so closely the passing away of hor husband, Is deeply regretted iby a largo number of citizens by whom sho was Intimately known. Mrs. Thomson had boon a resident of North Platte for more than forty yoars and In tho early days of tho city contributed hor share in its develop ment. Beroft Is a sister, Mrs. Belle Swarthout, who 1iad boon with Mrs. Thomson since tho death of her husband, nnd a brother residing In Plattsmouth. : :o: : Japanese Operetta. "Princess Chrysnnthomum' Is tho tltlo of a Japanese operetta that will be produced at tho Kolth thcatro Friday ovonlng of next week by tho Junior High School Glee Club. Tho oporotta, which is very tuneful, fas clnntlng in action nnd pretty In cus toming, will be given under tho dlrec. tlon of Miss Mildred White, super visor of music In tho nubile schools The prices of ndmlsslan. nro 50 cents nnd 75 cents, nnd the tickets, which aro being sold by pupils, can be re served at the box office boglnnlng Wednesday afternoon. ::o:: Final Games Tonight. Tho final games of basket ball will bo played at tho Franklin auditorium Saturday ovening, tho opposing tenniB bolng tho boys' And girls' teams of tho Sutherland school. Tho girls' game will begin at eight o'clock and tho boys game at nine. The admission to both games will bo but twenty five cents. AMONG the first feature you'll note will be the trim outside flap pockets. Then the T l. .. -l. .... -t-v Mnd the excellent hang and fit. You'll agree the Huntley isn great suit vuluc for jf., Other J The Style in this Adler m WJWi', 'L juuuiy iuicia. men, yciuuo, i tNl tft i agree the Huntley is n great suit VLakP 8 ii n wxmst 0 tagag p M B Collegian Huntley lrjqat3Mfinfm'iiMtifiiW 1 11 "' 1 l"l NEW HATS How ashamed a last .ui's hat must feel next to 1918 beauties. these Stetson $4.50 to 6.00. legiqnj Suits $22 up to $32.50 Top coats, $25 to $35. mm Manhattan Shirts, Regal shoes, Classy Neckwear. " Harcourt Clothing Company. i 1 AMERICA .MUST REPLENISH TUB WORLD'S EXHAUSTER FOOD SUPPLIES A PIT It THIS WAR Tlil.s Insures a profltnblo prleo for corn and hogs, ns well ns other grain and livestock, oven (hough tho war should oud tliis year. This bank will gladly co-opi-ruto In the campaign for bumper crops, mora hogs, larger herds, and tho utilization of every Inch of tlllablo soil now wasted. W will also aid with loans for seed, feed, fertilizer, machinery, silos, labor any logltlmnto demand conducive to 'A .BC "creB0I moro and hotter livestock. Call upon ns you will find our terms attractive; our accommodations aro tho host. PlatU Valley State Bank NORTH PLATTE, NEB. 1M v O. MAUWti AWV '4' mm in riiAITfc, NEB. .y IVo Show and Sell ' Tho property that nrc on the mnrkct with us. vvo desire a larger list, of me-' dluin priced homes that enn be bonulit on terms. If you nro thlnglnir of Selllnif !' piione us ns tho plnro to sell and liny mat Home on terms. Till? If. Ss S. AGEXCY. Phone Ited 12 llrodheck Bldg. : :o: : For snlo or trado A 4 year old .lack. D. V. Macomber, North Platto, Nobr. Phono 790PH. 2I!-3 Mr. nnd Mrs. It. U. Miller and Mr, yjul Mrs. Elinor Ecklund, of Ilershoy, aro In town visiting Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Slzomoro and doing Easter shopfr Ing. Employos of the local postofftco as woll ns rural routo carriers wero ploased yostorday when thoy learned congroBa had passed a bjll Increasing tbolr Bnlarlos ton per cont or moro. A representative of a Donvor motion picture mnchlno firm was in town Wednesday and Bold two Simplex mnchlnoB to the committee that will conduct tho Rod Cross picture show, rno commltto now announces that It will probably bo tho middle of noxt month before thoy will be ablo to open tno show. Tho Nntlonal Red Cross campaign for ono hundred million dollars will open May 20th, and s In tho "previous cnmpnlgn Lincoln county's quota will bo nineteen thousand dollars. Antici pating tho need of organization In tho county, tho Red Cioss chapter this week appointed Havry Dixon as tho county chairman and he will at onco select a chalnnnn In eaten precinct preparatory to tho campaign. Tho quota for Lincoln county, ns elso- whoro, Is ono dolhu for each man woman nnd child. Mary Pickford plays both rich and poor girl In hor moxt Artcrarft pic ture "Tho Llttlo Princess," which will bo seen at tho Kolth on Monday and Tuesday, April 1 and 2. Tho scenario (by Francos Marlon Is from tho story by Francos Hodgson IJurnott and waa mado for tho Artcraft under tho direction of Marshall Nollan. Mary Plckford first appears aB tho only daughtor of a woalthy Indian captain who brings hla child to nn English boarding school. A llttlo lntor In tho story, when Captain Crwo Iobob his fortulno and dies, Sara Crowo has to discard hor costly drosss and loavo hor school-girl companions and be come a Blnvoy and mald-of-all-work In tho samo establishment. Tho transi tion 1b not as hard as it might seem for Sara Crowo, foocauso sho has al ready mado frlonds with Becky, tho slavey, and sho trios to mako tho rags-and-tattors girl ronllzo that thoy both aro Btill "ltttl princesses'' in sldo, In spite of tho fact that they havo boon robbed of tho oxtorlor signs of royalty. When Sara Crowo regains hor fortuno sho remembers tho com panion of hor moro unfortunate daya In Miss Mtnchln'e school and takes Docky, tho Blavoy, to llvo with hor in moro cheerful surroundings. For the Borlous dlsoasos that attack tho kldnoya Prickly Ash BlttorB la a remedy of merit. It rollovoa back ache, dizziness, proslstont hcadacho loss of strongth nnd norvouB weak ness: eymptoma which indicate kid noy trouble Prlco $1.25 "por bottlo. Rlnckor Book & Drug Co., Special We desire to inform you that we will pay the highest prices for Obtain Our Quotations Before You Sell The Harrington Merc. Office First National Bank North Platte, Co Nebraska. County Agent Office Ofticlal Notices. Important Information. Items of Interest to Farmers. By BEIIT BAIUIKH. U. S. Boys Working Reserve. Plans are being rapidly laid for en rolling every boy in tho county be tween tho ages of 16 nnd 21 years for tho Bovs Working Reserve. Leaders and onrollmont places will bo selected In ovory section of tho county to en able ovory boy not only to show his willingness but to receive recognition that ho Is doing his part to help win tho war. Enrollment In the U. S. Boys' Work imr Roservo Is onttrely voluntary and entails no obligation upon any boy which ho Is not glad to assume. Then someone asks "What's the use?" Tho answer la that thero surges in tho heart of every Amorican Boy tho de slro" to be Identified with tho war. Tho boy who works on the farm or In tho cltv is rendering nis country a truiy patriotic servico. It Is tho Intention of tho U. S. Boys' Working Roservo to clvo tho boy who Is working or wishes to work Biich recognition and by his enrollment ho becomes so recognized n one of Undo Sam's great army of homo workers and Is ontltled to wear an official badgo as such. On April 6th when public pntrlotlc demonstrations tnko tho form of a mammoth parado tho Boys' Working Rosorvo will bo ontltled and expected to march undor tbolr banner. Lot nis endeavor to havo 300 strong, healthy Lincoln county boys onrolled and ready to march In tho parado on April 6th, tho dato of out" annlvorsnry Into tho war. Cotton seed Cake and Meal, Cane Seed, Alfalfa and winter rape seed. Blatchford's Calf and Pig Meal, Egg and Milk Mash. Crushed, block and lump Rock Salt, sulphurized block, granulated and Ice Cream Salt, Oyster Shell, Chick Food, Baled Hay and Alfalfa Hay. Alfalfa Meal, Shorts, Bran, Chop and Corn. Also Apples at $1.25 per box. R. N. LAMB PHONE 67. All Kinds of Hemstitching Pone. Singer Sewing Mnchlno Co. Block north of Post Office. North Platto, Nebraska. PLATTE VALLEY MOUNMENTAL WORKS. Granite and marble headstones. Tho only shop In tho city. Equipped with pnounintfc machinery. Lettering neat ly done, ah work gunranteou. WOODGATE & ABERNATIIY, Corner ?th and Locust, North Patto. DIENER & KENNEDY Heal Estate, FIro, Tornado and nail Insruanco. Special Agents Globe LIfo Insuranco Company. Cornor Front and Dewey Sts., Upstairs Phono Red 672. North Platte, Nob. DEKItYBERItY & FORBES, Llconsod Embaraors Undertakers and Punoral Directors Day Phono 234. Night Phono Black 638. Graining System Isn't it alrtiost a crime to use unsanitary carpets when the Chi-Namel Graining System will make any old floor suitable for ruga? At 2c per square foot it is the cheapest and most sanitary floor finish any one could buy. Come in and learn to grain. It will take only five minutes Will outwear new hard wood finished with the ordinary varnish. STONE'S DRUG STORE. DON'T STOP FOR A MINUTE as soon as you docido that your coal la too near out for safety. Como straight h&ro and leave your order for onough to replenish you coal bin. Delay will probably moan forgetting again and tho first thing you know you'll havo no coal at all. What will tho "Missis" say to you then Order now and oscape a well merited lecture. LEYPOLDT & PENNINGTON Wholesale Distributors. Agents.