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An Up-to-Date
Optical Department
s Clinton's optical department IS
thoroughly up.to.dntc. It Is equipped
with modern nppnrntns for cxriminlng
eyes and testing' muscles.
It Ih in charge of a graduaio optomc
' tfjlst u nan ivlio understands tJi'o
science of testing eyes and fitting
glasses, and who haa invd years of cx
. perlcnco In this Work.. You get profes
. sjonah service of the jhlghcst quality,
hero.
C. S. Clinton
Graduate Optician
At the Sign with the Big Ring.
to. .th mppwg, CjOURT.
CUMIIElfPELDT BOUNlrOYEit NEWS ABOUT THE BOYS
VHO ARE IN SERVICE.
Fra.uk" 'Ctinibcrfeliit, ' rf prctGehnan Harry PIzor left yesterday for Grand
bachelor fifty years' of age, 'who wus ar-, Island to report to tho recruiting of
reatd at Suthtfirland Saturday of last fleer and today will go to FU Logan to
week on the charge of sedition,- was begin, dutjes In tllo medical department
given a preliminary hearing before of tho hospital corps
lC?0rJ.?Z' Jn.i In a letter to a friend Walter Hoxi
7u h.TZiJ ..n ior flv wrltc" from PliUadelphla that ho had
n8E2 r OUfland staricd on his way "over" and would
Born in Germany, and with apparent- fL r"' Wftft8r
fly moro sympathy for tho Kaiser than ,s ,a tho tad, Bervlco-
ho has respect for tho Unfted States, Vincent Roddy has returned from
Cumborfcldt Bsteras to hold to tho be- Donver whoro ho enlisted as a second
lief that God is behind the'KnlBcr and class machinist. Ho will romain at
that tho latter will win tho vrar. Ac- homo until called, and bo prepared to
cording to tho ovidenco given by prom leaves oif'twonty-four hours notlco. Ho
inenU citizens of Sutherland Cum- passed a 100 per cent examination,
boriuadt frequently maue tno remark
" DR. 0. H, CRESSLER,
GraJute Dcsthl
Office over the McDonald
v Stata Bunk.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Miss Florence Stack left Wednes
day for Lexington tovlslt xolatlvcs for
a weok.
Mrs. Charles Davis, ot Portland, is
tho i guest of her mother, Mrs. Mary
Guthorloas.
Miss Efflo Christ left a low days
ago for Staploton to Bpend a week
with her sistor.
Anyone wanting a good watch dog
cheap, phono Red C80, 2t.
Andrew Frazior and sistor Miss
Margaret woro 111 this weok from
ptomaln poisoning,
Good work horso for ealo, cheap.
Inquire at 408 south Dowoy. 2t
that tho Kaiser would win tho war,!
Word from Dell Bonner and Pnul
r
Mr. and:. Mrs. ChM."C. Hupfor and
MrtTiinil Urn. Robert Nclbort left yes
terday by auto to Laramio from whonco
thdy 11 go to tho snowy range ror
a week's trout fishing.
T.nof .TlntWAorti North Plntto find
Canrlghtv8chool house, a tfuindlo of dry
goodsFJnder plcaso return to Tribune
officaTajjd receive reward. .
Amaa and wlfo wanted, at tho Na
tional Comotcry, Fort McPhorson, For ,
arttqnlarflVlnquiro at Government Em
ployment' agency, Chamber of Com
merco room, North Platto.
Dr. Brock, Dentist, over Stone Drug
Stor. tf?
Misa Florence IddlngB who has had
cliargo of tho Rod Cress drive office
work or Udvoral weeks, will leave the
first of next weok for Washington, D.
C., to accept a clerical position in tho
ordnance department.
Don't sell your scrap iron and Junk
befopc( ydil soo us and convince your
BOlf that you can get ?1 to 2 por ton
moro than anywhere olso In tho city.
North Platto Hldo and Metal Co.
,t normnnu wni .viii tim A,r. Schumann, at Ft Riley, Btates that
leans off liko dogs, that ho rind the "J6? htt Ma D'E orchestra at
Kaiser wasono and other talk rftbng v" '
sedition lines. i 'or "l0 Pirposo f furnishing tho boys
Rnmn Milnv numiiorflflilt la Rnmnrx-iint with ontertainmont Paul has sent
demented, but the general opinion is hom5 for h,s vlo,In unl ura
that ho Is a strong Gorman sympathlz-1 paui Martin, son or: Mr. and Mrs. D.
er nnd that hid should bo interned e. Martin who live north ot Suthor
or doportKfd. Certainly his remarks in- iand, has arrived safely overseas. Paul
dicate that ho is an undesirable wont to Camp Cody last fall with Com
cltizen. iipany E and. was- next .to tho youngest
::o:: (member of that organization. Some
Mrs. Newman Laid to Rest, I V0 ho waa transferred to another
rm . .,( , division and will probably soon be on
T iSmiUnfl f th0 k 8' Mtha th0 flrlnB Hne.
Household furniture for salGL Mrs.
Major Walker, 118 W. 3d street .
"Sir. and "Mrs. .N. L. Newman re
turned to Denver last evening. They
camo hero to attend tho funeral x Mr.
Nk'wman's mother.
' Einpoy Bischnrgod.;
Washington, July 25 Arthur Guy
Empey, autnor and soldior, recently
commissioned a captain In tho national
army was honorably discharged by
today's orders. No reason was stated.
Douglas
Fairbanks in
"Headin South"
Doug takes to "Greasers" like a duck to water
They just make a healthy breakfast for the
man that But you don't have to be told that
he is good. You know it. That's why you're
going to pack up and see this picture.
Keith Theatre
Monday g Tuesday, July 29-30
were brought to thiB city from Jules
burg Wednesday forenoon and fundrail
services conducted by Rev; Curry
worn hold at the Methodist church.
Tho interment was in tho family lot in mon woro increased to 68 cents an hour
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Increased Pay for Shop Men.
A Washington dispatch dated Wed
nesday says: WagcB of rallroal shop
R. B. Howwell, of Omaha, has filed
as Republican candidate for governor.
His platform 1ncludus ccfortsJration,
stato regulation or munlcipail owner-
L ,, , lslili of Inubllo utilities, nnd rigid ,ln-
musun unucrweur ub upucmi lirjcw - nnnirry nf ofVvunlB.
packing housofl and tornnnal olovators
Tho Cathode Girls' Club woro
tho! City cemetery. At the grave tho
Degree of Honor ritualistic services
were read by members of tho local
lodgo of which tho deceased was a
member.
Mrs. Newman had reached tho ad
vanced! ago ofl sloVenty-Beven rears
With her husband Bho camo to ITSVth
Platto In 1874, Mr. Newman accepting
emplofmcnt with tho Union Pacific.
In 1894 ho passed away. For teu or
moro years Mrs. Newman had mado
her homo with her daughter, Mrs.
Humberstono, at Julesburg.
Tlio aged mothor is survived by four
daughters and one 'son, namely, Mrs.
Humberstono of Julesburg, MrB. Mary
Adams of Portland, Mrs. Ella Barcum
nnd Mrs. Laura Morrison of Los
Angeles and N. L. Newman of Denver.
Mrs. Adams had been with her mother
for two months prior to hi!r passing
away.
Mrs. Newman united with tho
Methodist church when a girl and for
sixty or moro years had been a ccn
Blstent member thereof.
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at WILCOX DEPARTMENT STORE.
Harry Pizor Toturnodi Wednesday
tfroCheyonno whoro lid spent a.day t th j H jjonegan homo
v .... v ;Tiiesany evonmg, ivira. umai
Mrs. O. M. Newton loft Tuesday ov- and Miss Bessio Cluimbdrlaln were
enlng for Chojxlnno to attend Frontier awarded tho prizes. Tho ontortalnlng
Daya celebration and visit friends. ; cominlttoo was Mlssos Ethel Donogan,
, ' , Noll Hantfin and Bessio Smith' and
Mr, and John Tucker nnd children Momiamcji John Schram and Edward
returned a fow days ago from a throo Grolsir.
weelis' visit with relatives In Beatrlco
m trin. ,.,iti Monday ovonlng's rain, which meas-
Tomorrow night at tho Keith will thlty.nlno $no hundredths of an
lie shown Vivian Martin ln-Tho lncU horo ln North Platte, did not cover
Petticoat I llot-and tho two part a Vo ,arg0 aroa of tho CQimty It ,B
comedy Did Sno do Wrong? roportod that tho fall west of town was
Mre. J, R. McWlllIams and daughter heavier than here, but decreased from
Ethol will lcavo the first of next week North Platto east, tho fall at Blgnoll
for DonVflr to remain a weok with rol- boing light Tho section north and oaBt
attves.
' caught tho heaviest part of tho storm.
HAVE YOU AJIOUSE TO RENT1 Shclriff Salisbury and Elmor Baker
Kellahlo party mhiiIm to rent modern who mado a drive of 150 miles through
fcenso. Telophono 39. j tlio east and southeast parts of tho
Miss Agnos O'Neill, of Lincoln, nSSS ffi
A?.. taTXrtaS 18 muitnilloont In Walker pro-
ITh'JL118 Bn 1 Lox,n8ton to vlait.clnct threshing baa started and wheat
relatives. la ylol(1Ing nrouna futon bushels to
Mr. and Mrs. Theodoro Sandall ana tho acre,
baby, formerly of this city, camo a stray cd-Alrdalo pup, 3 months old.
-"-j-ivtiS" ",""'UD; Finder roturn to 315 W. 2d or phono
Sandall homo.
Jack Spurlock went to Harvard nnd
took a largo black tralnod boar with
lm but luf didn't stay long. Seo why
at the Kolth tonight.
Dr, and Mrs. T. J. Korr rotluxncd
tho, car!y part of tho weok from an
auto trip to EBtes Park. The pleasuro
sookors at the park this year is not as
large cub usual.
Black 079 and receive reward.
Tho Yankoo Robinson circus show
ing In town yestorday attracted an at
tendance that moro than IKlcd tho
seating of tho tent at tho afternoon
performance. In tho evening tho
crowd Avaa light, Tho show program
The Cost of Delivery.
Sovoral of tho grocers havo been
riscusBlng tho ndvlsablllty of discon
tinuing the delivery Bystem. "With the
present scarcity of htf.p," said a grocer
ytlstorday, "and the conditions grow
ing worse each day, wo aro up against
a rathor serious proposition. Even now
wo take clerks, who aro needed behind
counters, to help maa dolivcriea.
School boys are our main stnyB now;
when they return to school, wo don't
know what wo shall do." "What aoii It
cost to deliver goods?" was asked the
grocor, and ho promptly replied: "Well
sir, It costs us about flVei cents on each
dollar's worth wo doliver. Tho upkeep
on dollvery carB is onormous though
perhaps no moro than would bo ,tiio
upkeep of horses at tho 'prtlsont prices
of feed. For one I would bo glad to
give every customer a discount of five
por cent on Ills purchases If ho will
retottsn mo irom uouvering nis goous,-
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. Mnrr-Scaburg Wedding.
Holen Marr and Floyd Seaburg woro
marrlod Tuesday evening at bIx thirty
oy Hov. uiyrry at tho inanao. Mrs
Seaburg was formerly of Staploton
but for tho past two years has made
hor homo with her undo and aunt
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Mlltonborger .and
is a graduate of the 19i8 class of tho
N. P. H, S. Mr. Seaburg Is from
Ottumwa, la., and has been ln North
Platte for tho past six months. After
tho ceremony a wedding supper was
served at tho Chas. Stovena home. The
young, couple left W'fUnesday on No,
G for tlio home of the groom's mother
ln Ottumwa, from where tlio groom
today by Director General McAdoo.l
with proportionate auvances ior assis-i
tants and miscellaneous classes in
mechanical department. Tho nejw rates
which are retroactive to last January.
1, are from five to 13 cents an hour
higher than wages paid these men ln
most shops under the genornl wage
advance aiiowcu two monins ago oyj
mo uirecior general, out are somowiiai
less than tho labor organizations
sought
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Money to Loan.
Plenty of six per cent monoy to loan
on farms nnd ranches, interest pay
able nnnunlly with privilege of pay
ing part or all at nny time. Loans
closed promptly. To delay.
BUCHANAN & PATTERSON.
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Garman Rosldonco Entered.
The residence of R. A. Garman was
entered Wednesday night,. and though
tho intruders visited every room in
tho house the" only articles missing
were two rain coats and a pair of
gauntlet driving gloves. Evjelry dresser
drawer had been ransacked and
articles kept ln ono room were carried
Into another and strewn on tho floor.
Tho thief overlooked a number of
valuables, lucludlng rings and silverware.
Entrance wna gained by removing
tho wlro from a window screen and
exit was mado by unlocking the
kitchen door.
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Teutons Lose 1?0,000 Men..
Since July 15 tho Germans hav6 lost
approximately 180.000 mon dead,
wounded and prisoners in tho fighting
in the Rheims-Sbissons salient.
is largely composed of feats by triined ,eavc8 the 29th for Camp Jordan
anlmnls and this vart Is said to havo
been v&vy good.
;o
For Sale
1120 acres of good Sandhill grazing
land, prlco $8.00 por aero. Also '240
ucrca almoat valley land adjoining
above tract, prlcod at $10,00 por aero,
Thcso tracts aro only 11 miles from
North Platto nnd can give tcrmB on
each.
M1LTONBERGER & LEINttJGER,
Agents. 2t
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CROWN PRINCE HALTS RETREAT
PUTS RESERVES IX BREACH
THE UNIVERSAL CAJ,
EVERY FARMER NEEDS A
Ford One-Ton Truck
Every farmer at this time of the year has under
consideration tho way ha can most cheaply bring
his grain, hogs, etc, to marketreturn with coal
for the winter, flour, feed, lumber and bran.
The Ford Worm Driye Truck s (lie one that is
solving tho problem, cost of. up-lceep unusually low
and the greatest service the Truck World knows
(FORD SERVICE.)
Priced at North Platte $659.32
Your order must be placed at once to Insure delivery
HENDY-0G1ER AUTO CO.
Phone 34 Corner 4th and Dewey
Tho German crown prince has Bud
denly altorod his (plans of a stragetic
retreat on tho Solssons-Rhelms front
and Is now dotjcrmlncd to fight It out
with tho allies ln this salient.
This fact Is shown by tho enemy
resistance to alllod advances, duo to
onormous roserve forces which havo
bqcn thrown into tho battSo at vul
norablo points. German prisoners
tiaken ivlNijn tho ixast twtmny-four
hours also ndmlt that tho ordor to re
tire to tho Vealo river has boon coun
tormanded and tho men have been In
structed to hold tho lino regardles
of coats.
It is bolloved that a chance ot at
tltudo on part of tho Gorman military
command ia duo to iufluonco of Ger
man politicians, who fearing that uh
oxtonded retirement might have a bad
offect on the people at homo and tho
lntorior situation, havo ordored tlio
lino to hold nnd tho hugo retirement
planned postponed.
Enormous numbors of reserves havo
boou thrown Into battle by tho Gorman
commanders at this front. Thoso men
80ino of whom have already been
taken prisoner, nvoro stripped from tho
Hun Hues aa far north as Flanders
nnd tho oxtremo flank which lays on
tho Boa. Enormous numbors of troops
havo also hoon transferred from dihor
parts Of tho Wosterp. front, to .bo ro-
piacoa uy men irom uio solssona
Rhelms line.
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Tor quick action aurt satisfactory
talo list your land ulth Thoelccke. it
trf t r H ..iL..tl.l.Jl.lmllUiiJLlJIUOUUlllHlU.liL.lf
inte.
' l'.'::-tr.i;:v. If , f j -
!f You Are a Depsifor
OF THIS STATE BANK, YOU ARE
PROTECTEB by tho Depositors Guar
anty Fund nnd tho most critical and
thorough inspection nnd supervision
of the Stato of Nebraska.
This bank gives its depositors this
protection in addition to its being In
dlvidunflly sound by reason of its
ample capital and surplus and straight
fonfard and cnpablo management.
You need the backing of this bank
all tho times we are well ablo and
anxious to moot your requirements;
Platte Valley StateBank
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.'
KEARNEY, GRAND ISLAND, I EE.
Is your Storage Battery a mystery to
you?Tlienidrop3 in and meet your friend ,
Mr. Moore; , , i .
,Youwon't need a spyglassor a Who's
Who, to tell you that he knows his business.
Having been through jhe school of
Batlery Experience, he lias attained success
and what he knows," HE KNOWS.'
,As pfficialjPrest-0-Liie service station
representative in this territory, he will be
gladtoextend you every courtesy.
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Midway Motor Co.
