WtmVWttks tribune.
I1U L. BARE, Editor and I'nbllshcr-
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2nd., 1018. '
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RcpresentiiUvc. thereafter. Mr. Jensen Is an oxperlen-
I hereby announce myself aa candl-;ced ciothlng man; ho has had years
dato for tho republican nomination fori . . . . , .
float representative from tho 77th oE 0XPerl"co In all tho dotails of tho
District composed of tho counties or, business and thoroforo Is In position
Kolth, Lincoln and Dawson, at tho , to render satisfaction to hla custom-
primary election to bo held August 20, '
na respecuuuy solicit your support.
rhavo been a resident of Dawson uu w,ul...lB mi.
county for fourteen years, and myiBOn makes an Important aunounco-
1 present homo is In Gothenburg.
GEORGE S. DOTY
For Sheriff.
I hereby announco myself as a candi
date for the republican nomination for
sheriff at tho primary election to be
held August 20th, 1918.
A. J. SALISBURY.
County Clerk.
I hereby announco mysolf as a
candidato for tho Republican nomin
ation for County Clerk at tho Primary
election to bo held August 20th, 1918.
A. S. ALLEN.
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County Attorney.
I heroby announco myself a candi
date for the office of County Attorney
of Lincoln County subject to the, Dem
ocratic vote at tho primaries held
August 20th, 1918.
C. L. BASKINS.
0 TO KANSAS CITY AUTO
SCHOOL AUGUST 15th.
Eight Lincoln county young men
registrants, six of whom mako their
homo in this city, will ileavo August
15th for Kansas City wore they will
attend tho Rahe auto, school, under
jtho special training 'privllega accord
ed them by tho government.
Tho young men who will go aro:
Earl Woodruff, North Platte.
Fred Ellsworth, North Platte.
Leo Miles, North Ttattc.
Henry Clark, North Platte.
Wm. C. Wright, North Platte.
Paul Fernstrom. Vroman precinct.
Archio Discoe, Plant precinct.
Roy Maroviah, North Platto.
Somo of these young men are 1917
registrants, tho others registered last
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4,,une. Tiiey win prooamy spona oignt
weeks at tho Kansas City school and
aro expected by that time to bo so
an
well versed In. auto mechanics as will
qualify them for work overseas.
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Create 11 Scnrc.
There was quite a scare at the depot
at noon Tuesday, when a man, whose
Identityls still unknown, tossed to a
s soldier standing on tho car 'platform
of a troop train a cyllndlcal shaped
piece of iron and exclaimed: "Hero
tako this as a souvenir." On tho bot
tom of tho bulb or ball was stamped
.'highly explosive." When tho soldier
read theso words ho placed the ball
on a car seat and reported tho inci
dent to his ca'ptaln. The sheriff and
notice wero notified, a bunch of rail
road employees were rounded up, but
tho man who tossed tho article to the
soldier could not be found. An inves
tigation of the supposed bomb proved
it to bo a "part of somo machine and
flnc-t dangerous. It had been laying on
a bench in tho shops for several
weeks.
Tho follow guilty of tho act thought
evidently ho was perpetrating a joke,
but had ho been identified at the time
it might havo resulted very serlouly
for him.
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Auto Accident tit Sutherland.
As a result of an auto accident at
the railroad crossing at Sutherland
about llvo o'clock Tuesday evening,
W. C. Stlllingor of Litchfield, Neb.,
died at tho General hospital In this
city the samo night, and J. T. Knott
of Sutherland and E. F. Bell of Litch
field, wero badly bruised. Tho fourth
man jumped from tho car and escaped
-Injuries.
ilA-rno men wero In a car and had
driven up on the south of tho track
at tho crossing to await tho passing
of a troop train going east They were
so Intent on watching the soldier boyB
that they did not notlco tho coming
of train No. 5 running fifty miles an
hour, and as tho troop train passed
thoy drove up ontho track and were
struck by tho west bound train.
Clark Paulson, who enlisted in tho
navy and Is stationed at San Pedro,
CaL. writes that ho Is In fine condi
tion. Ho asks that tho Sammy Girls be
tendered his thanks for tho sweater
and comfort kit
Miss Alice Otten left Wednesday for
Washington, D. C. whero sho will ac-
.fept a clerical position In one of tlio
'Wgovornment offices. Enrouto sho will
' visit friends In Omaha and Illinois.
Goorgo MonkB, Henry Hupfor, Dr
Lane, Lew Dean and Tom Gutherless
returned this week from Centennial,
Wyo., where they spent ton days
fishing in a lake on Snowy range.
Thoy found fishing only fair, not as
good as in former years.
Jensen Buys Clothing Store.
Dally expecting to bo caCled to Ser
vian itmlnr ihn onlrvra W 11 Tlnrrmir
thi8 woek hls ci0u,lng stock to
Jonsen took possession at
onco. Mr. Jensen is not a strangor
to tho purchasing public of North
Platto and . trlbuU SItIon' ,
bcen associated with Mr. Harcout
. u tQ orlctnallv imr-
chnBod from Mr. Wolngand and ro-'
malncd a partner for soveral years
or3i
i .1 1 t
ment to tho public,
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J. V. Romigh, who had been spend
ing ton days at Estes Park, returned
tho early part of tho week to look
after business matters. Ho will return
to tho park today to remain until tho
15th. ,
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May were received by tho Union Pad-
fic employoes this weok. This cam-,
pletes tho payment of tho back pay'
for employees. . I
COMMISSIONERS'
PROCEEDINGS.
July 29, 1918.
Board met! pursuant to ndliourn-
mnt, present full board and county.
clerk.
Bond of A. R. Leavltt, overseer
Road Dist. 12, approved.
Fred Brooks, road work Dist. 12,
1 o nn
a'unilrv nQrsons. road work DlsL 35.
$47.10.
C. L. Grant, road work. Dist 2, $50.
Ernest Drlngman, road work, Dist.
8, $2.50,
Pirns fYinkln. ronrl work. THnt R. JS.,
Wesloy Cockle, road work, Dist. 8
$5.00,
Nath Bratten, bridge work, Dist 8,
$46.50.
James Bechan, bridge work, $42.00.
Jos. Spies, hauling gravel, $38.25.
Checked and approved books of
clerk of district court and find fees
amounting to $1721.G0 for first and
second quarters.
Vesper McCormick, bridge work,
$12.00.
Vesper McCormick, road work,
$G8.40
Whereupon tho board adjourned to
July 30, 1918.
A. S. ALLEN, County Clerk.
Profits and Prices
Profits may be considered
' from two angles:
1st Their effect on prices;
2nd As a return to investors.
When profits are small as
compared with sales, they have
little effect on prices.
Swift & Company's profits
are only a fraction of a cent
per pound on all products sold,
and if eliminated entirely
would have practically no
effect on prices.
Swift & Company paid 10
per cent dividends to over 20,000
stockholders out of its 1917
profits. It also had to build
extensions and improvements
out of profits; to finance large
stocks of goods made necessary
by unprecedented requirements
of the United States and Allied
Governments; and to provide
protection against the day of
declining marketi.
h it fair to call this
profiteering ?
Swift & Company, U.S.A.
FARMERS I'RGEB TO EXHIBIT
AT THE STATE FA IK.
Wo aro In receipt of a bulletin !
from tho Nebraska Slato Board of
Agrlculturo requesting that farmors I
of tho county plan to make oxhlbits
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Kl1 ouuo ru,r "J"3"8 ' "". ,
Soptember 1, and that work bo undor-.
taken by somo county organization In
assembling products for a county Col
lective exhibit of farm products. J
A campaign is being conducted, It
is stated, to socuro for tho State Fair j
tlto finest agricultural exhibits that
tho stato can produce. Tho Fair Uiis 1
yoar is to bo mado a powerful stim
ulus to Increased fowl "production. Tho
best that Nebraska can ralso and in
bigger variety than evor before, is the
order. Tho exhibits will afford fnr
morfl n. hnttor mpjinn of ntinlv of tJinnn
food products, they witl bo tho moans '
of Interesting more people nnd In de- j
voloplng a heightened enthusiasm In I
this most necessary work. Nebraska.
for years, has had a farm products ox-
hlblt unequalled by any fair In the
'country. but tho 'plan Is to this year
ouiuo an lormor oxnimis.
Llvo stock exhibtls will bo given U10
samo encouragement as tho farm
products. Each year shows Improve
ment over tho proceeding year In this
department and tho coming year, it is
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in hizu. LrfjL iui urecuiTB 01 UlglV CIUSS
stock write to tho Nebraska Stato Fair
t they havo not already done so, and
secure a premium list of tho Fair and
ontry ttanks. Full information will bo
given upon request
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Mrs. J. G. Erlckson, of Kansas City,
has been tho guest of her sistor Mrs.
,'John Jonea th,s wook-
Mrs. Chas. Sandall and daughter
Helen visited frlonds In Lexington a
couple of days this week,
Relatives In town received word
Wednesday that Harold B. Applogato,
whose homo is in Sutherland, had
arrived safoly overseas.
Mrs. Ben Johnson nnd daughter, of
Omaha, visited in town Wednesday
while enrouto to" Ogdon. Mr. Johnson
Is a passenger conductor on tho Omaha-North
Platto run.
MAY ADOPT DECIMAL SYSTEM
Enoland Serloutly Considering Aban
donlng Its Antiquated Currency In
Favor of Simplicity.
England may adopt the decimal sys
tem for lt currency. The ugltntlon
for Oils reform appears to bo gaining
fnvor with the British people, and
among tho Important agencies behind
the movement Is the Associated Cham
ber of Commerce of tho United King
dom. For generations schoolboys havo
been lenrnlng this: Four farthings
mnkc ono penny, twelve penco mako
one shilling, twenty shillings mako ono
pound, twenty-one shillings sterling
make onoguluen, twenty shillings ster
ling mnkc one sovereign.
Then there were tho symbols to
learn tho capital "L" with a short
line ncross tho shank of the letter for
tho Latin "lihra," or pound; the llttlo
"s" for shilling, or tho Latin solldus;
tho little "d" for denarius, or penny,
nnd tho "qr" for "quadrans," or quar
ter of n penny, stnuding for farthing,
though latterly "far" came to stand
generally for farthing. All American
schoolboys have studied tho table of
English money In that part of their
arithmetic dealing with "reduction,"
which Is "tho changing of numbers,
cither simple or compound, from ono
denomination to another without alter
ing their values." Many men will prob
ably remember that as boys they
worked nnd labored over two kinds of
"reduction," which were called "reduc
tion descending and reduction ascend
ing." Tho decimalizing of English money
Is, of course, in tho lino of simplifica
tion. Some of the finnncldt powers
nnd papers are urging that parliament
take the matter under consideration,
nnd It Is likely to come up for official
treatment nnd discussion at any time.
WOULD BRING BACK OLD COIN
Our Daddies Found Many Uses for
Copper Two-cent Pieces, and Its
Restoration Is Urged.
Tho American Newspaper Publish
ers' association has recommended the
return to tho two-cent piece. Do you
remember the old two-cent coin, with
the big figure "2" on It? It was decor-
nted with n wreath and almost every
thing else that could be crowded onto
it
It was used principally for tho chll
drcn to play with. It wns too big for
tho baby to swallow nnd large enough
to be found when onco It wns lost
When the Silndny school kids read of
the woman In the Bible who hnd lost a
coin and searched tho house until sho
found it, they Immediately associated
it with tho two-cent piece and wondor
cd why there should be any troublo
nbout Its recovery.
But It was good old family coin, nev
ertheless, nnd would buy two pieces of
licorice or one all-day sucker. It was
not without Its advantages, cither, for
tho Sunday collection. It looked big,
anyway, and made n very rcspectnblo
noise when It was tossed Into tho plate
on top of n pile of other coins.
To have the old two-cent coin with
us agnln would remind us of the good
old days and work no hardship on our
financial system. So, let us hnve It-
with tho big figure "2" on ono side, tho
wrcnth and the natlonul shield, nnd ev-
erythlng, Just as big as life. Kansas
City Times.
Fuel Value of Coal Lessened.
Cnroful intimates made by tho dl
motor of the bureau of mines nnd
his nssoclntes indicate that while last
year's cool output of 000,000,000 tons
will nrobnblv bo Increased to WiO.OOO,-
000 tons this year, the effectiveness of
this fuel will be equivalent to n pro
duction of normally nrepnreu coai ag
irrotmtlnc oly C70.000.000 tons. Tho
renson for this surprising discrepancy
Is that much of the coal Is not being
nronn rod with the usual' care. It Is
calculated that there Is 5 per cent
more ash content In this year's coal
thnn In that of nrovlous years. In
other words, approximately 000,000
carloads of osh nro ncing nouea to
thn burden borno by the rnllwnys.
Tt has bcen shown that the inclu
slon of B per cent moro nsh In tho
mni mpflns a reduction in efficiency In
the remninlng good coal of 7 per
cent. Stating tho case nnotnor way,
the total reduction In tho coal's ef
fectiveness is 12 per cent.
Dayllaht 8avlno Worked Well.
In the United Kingdom during tho
four nnd a half months that daylight
saving was practiced In 1010, It is
claimed that the saving in gas alone
conserved 200,000 tons of coal. Tho
expenses to consumers were reduced
by $2,87r,000. Klectrlc light compan
les reported a reduction of nbout 20
per cent.
Iu France fuel used for lllumlnnt
lr.it purposes was 10 per cent less af
ter the daylight saving program wan
adopted.
In Germany tho Berlin municipal
gas work reported In Mny nnd Juno
of 1010 p decrenso of 508,500 cubic
meters, In splto of the fact that 18,
000 new gas meters hnd been Installed
during the previous six months.
In Self-Defense.
A negro soldier nt ono of tho can
tonments Insisted that he wanted to
take out the full limit of Insurance,
910,000. Ono of the white soldleni re
monstrated with him, telling htm It
would be foolish to pay on so much,
for ho was likely to bo shot In tho
trenches. To thlB the negro answered :
"Huh, I reckon I knows what I'so
doln I'se doin' this In self-defense
You all don't s'poso that Undo Sam Is
gwlno to put n $10,000 man in tho llrst
line trenches, does yuh?"
Mrs. A. J. Knrrnkcr. whoso husband
is Burlington agent at Venango, Is
spending tills week with relatives and
friends In town. Prior to tho early
part of this month Mr. and Mrs. Karra
kor woro located at Torrlngton, Wyo.
Louis KMy, who went to Grand Is
land Monday to receive his transpor
tation, passed west on train No. 19
Wednesday morning onroute to Scnt
tlo whero ho goes into training as a
pilot In tho aviation corps.
Insure Your
Tractor Investment
Keep your tractor properly lubricated and it will
serve you long and well. It will give you bigger
returns from your labor and fuel bigger crops
and a bigger share in winning the war.
STANOLIND
Gas Engine Tractor Oil
exactly meets the severe lubricating conditions
that arise when you burn kerosene or other
heavy fuel in your tractor engine. Follow your
tractor manufacturer s directions and use this real
tractor oil that keeps compression tight, saves
cylinder wear and gives adequate, even lubrica
tion most economically.
Use Stanolind Gas Engine Tractor Oil and you
will insure your tractor investment.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(Nebra.ka)
DR. J. S. TWINEM,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
Physician, Surgeon, Obstetrician. X-Ray.
For your comfort ond accommodation The Nurse Brown
Memorial Homeopathic Hospital. Homeopathic medicine for
acute and chronic diseases. A trial will convince you that there
isno system of treatment its equal.
Office phone 183. Residence phone 283.
Hospital Phone 110.
WE BOY 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.
CAR EXCHANGE
Before buying a car be sure to see me as I have a number
of cars almost as good as new, which I will sell at a
bargain. These cars are not old broken down junk, but
cars which will stand close inspection and will save you
money. Would be pleased to havo you call and see these
cars.
A. M. BLTJME
FIJtST CLASS CAR PAINTING. 818 North Locust St.
AUTO LIVERY
SInco I liaro sold the garage am doing auto llrcry from the North Side
Barn.. Dajr or Night Telephone 20. Wo make a specially ef drlres to
sales all orer the coanly at the rate of Are coats per fflile per person.
Those Trfao bare salos throughout tho coHntry please let mo kaovr.
Also a few cars for sale. Night Call Bed 632.
Julius Mogensen.
When thoro is hard work to do in
hot weather Prickly Ash Bitters proves
Its worth as a stomach, liver and
bowel purifier. Those who ubo It stand
the heat bettor and nro loss fatigued
at night' Prlco $1.25 por bottle. Qum-more-Dent
Drug Co., Special Agents.
Don't suffer tho mlsory of Indiges
tion when you can get relief from
Prickly Ash Bitters. It cases pain nnd
drives out badly dlgostcd food. Ono
doso does tho work. Try It. Prlco f 1.25
per bottle, Gummore-Dcnt Drug Co,,
Special Agents.
PHONE 99.
IT'S A LASTING 1'1101'OSITION
With us that until you aro satisflod
wo don't consider a transaction ond
od. So you will bo doing ua a favor
If you will toll uh of anything you
don't llko about our FEED and our
Borvico. Don't hesitate because the
mattor may seem a trifling ono. Wo
want to correct tho fault bo it llttlo
or big. Perfect Bhervico Is tho aim
of this establishment
LEYPOLDT I PENNINGTON
PHONE 90.