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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1918)
NOTICE! J. . D. High Test ' Not less than 58 per cent - v . 27c . This sign appears at our filling stations .. . We have completed' our Gas Station and are now shipping our own Gas by Tank Car Lots. Our Gas is the highest test than can be refined in all the- southern field. A trial vill convince you it has more power, less carbon. Car starts easier than heretofore. J. S. ' Davis Auto Co. LOCAL AND PERSONAL ; Mrs. Tlioa. Golden and two sons are visiting at the homo of Mrs. Goldleh's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. It. Dukb. Earl Cantlini ol Caspar, Wyo., on routo east by auto, spent Sunday with his cousin Ray Cantlin, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barber return ed Sunday from Estes Park, whore they spent two weeks. The trip was made by auto. Mrs. Margaret Hall and daughter Catherine will leavo shortly for Los Angeles, where they will probably make their future home. The directors of the Chambor of Commerce will meet tomorrow even ing, tf.ect officers for the ensuing year ad tranga6t sucli other business as may come before them. Leslie Daskins has mado applica tion for entrance into an artillery of ficers' .training school but as yet has not received word' of acceptance. It is probable, however, that ho will be called in a short time. g J. Tiley basi .returned from a week's" trip in Dawson and Custer, counties where ho took orders for the iHawkeyo trucf? now handled by the J. S. Davis Co. He succeeded in placing thirty In the hands of sub-agents. , Pleasure cars are difficult to obtain by dealers these times, at least some makes. The Davis Co. received six Nash cars, last week, but theso wore only a drop in the bucket as' compared to their needs in Ailing orders booked. Letters- from North Platto boys In service in Franco come in bunches. One man received five from his son one day and five the next, all written on different dates. Another family re ceived four ono day and three the fol lowing day. Three troop trains 'passed east yes terday forenoon and were oxtendbd the customary canteen service during tluei time the trains remained here. Thoro were about 1500 men. on tho three trains. Goo! but it"s great to meet friend from ycur own homo town! If you woro over sidetracked sixty miles from nowhere, .you'll go wild over Charlesi Ray at tho Crystal Thursday and Friday for the photodrama "His Own Homo Town" will givo youi every phase of your experience. . A GREETING AND A STATEMENT TO OUR OLD CUS TOMERS AND THE NEW ONES WE HOPE TO GET W e wish to express our thanks for favors shown us during the past few years, and also we want to interest you in our plans and aims for the future. Owing to the great world war of today, which has ' brought about the scarcity of heir), .the high cost of mer- c chandisc and many other things which are dissatisfying, we - are preparing to enter upon a , i Strictly Cash and Carry Plan September 1st, 1918. It is our'intention to give our customers the benefits of the saving, which means from 15 to 20 per cent on the every day necessities of life and to insure them better and prompter service. i Depend upon us to keep up the Jiigh standard of the poods we sell, to give you holiest weights and full measure jau 1 to cut the corners ol prices. We shall depend on increased, busineta and the jKwr of cash to bring re-i 'It x SFFTEMBER Itt, STRICTLY CASH AND CARRY. Lierk-Sandall Co. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. EJUott, Mrs, Henry Baker and daughter Eva and Miss Irma Barraclough, left yesterday morning for Portland. Oro., and from thoro will go to San Francisco and Ltas Angeles. Judgo and Mrs. J. S. Hoagland, leavo" Thursday for Lincoln and tho following day will leavo for Portland, Ore., on tho G. A. R. sp:jcial train. As department 'commander tho Judgo wlK havo official chargo of the train. Tho fumeral of Margaret, tho flvo year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Snyder, was held at the state farm Saturday afternoon, Rov. J. H. Curry, coming back from Colorado Springs to conduct tho services. The remains, accom'panied by tho parents, were' taken to Council Bluffs for lntorrakfnt. Fred Plorson, who was down from Sutherland yesterday, said spring wheat on tho table south of that town is averaging ton bushels to the .acre, while winter wheat is ruinning all tho way from twelvo to forty-threo bu shels. Ono big field averaged tho lat ter yield. While the restrictions on the use of beef by; hotels and restaurants has heon abandoned, tho public gonerally is asked by tho food administrator to buy as sparingly as 'possible. This lat ter recommendation was mado public by County Administrator Goodman upon advico of tho state, administra tor. Francis G. Hamor died at his homo in Kearney Saturday at tho ago of seventy-five. He came to Nebraska in 1870, and two years later moved to Kearney. At tho time of his death ho was ono of the Judges ot tho supremo court. Judgo Hamor was well known to many North Platte men. Tho Philippines during tho early days of the American occupation form tho setting for tho Theda Bara super production "Under die Yoke," which will be tho feature attraction for two days at tho Keith Theatre, beginning Wednesday, Besides depicting tho splendor of tho tropics, tho plctutre gives a thrilling story of tho lovo for an American Army officer of the beautiful daughter of a wealthy Span ish grandee,. Tho glr! and the officer are captured by a Spaniard whoso at tentions tho heiress had rejected. About to be put to death,, tho officer through tho quick wit of tho girl is roscued, and tho Spanish captor is wounded. NEWS ABOUT THE BOYS . ilYHO ABB IN SERVICE. Mr. and Mrs. L. U. Duko havo re ceived a card stating, that their son Harold had arrived saf(elly overseas. Sargcants McFarland and Peterson, and Corporals Marti, Brewer, Eyorly and Van Doran, who had been visit ing friends In town returned to Camp Cody Sunday. Arthur Carney, of UiIb city, who has been stationttd nt Camp Fremont' Cnl., as a truck driver in tho nmmupl- tlon train is expected to pass thru In a few days to an eastern training camp. Word received from Archie Hawley by his parents stntcs -lnei was in on somo of tho skirmishes on tho Fourth of July over in France. Ho remarks this celebration was far different from what It was tho Fourth a year ago. Horshoy Times. Marston VanDoran, who la division instructor in bayonet drill at Camp Cody, epont tho lattor part of last work visiting tho homo folks. Friday evening ho drilled Uio Homo Guards in bayonet drill and put tno IwyB thru 1 an hour of very strenuous work. CorpLoIgh Eyorly, of Camp Cody, vialtcid his iparonts Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Eyerly at Hershoy tho lattor part of last week. Leigh secured a six day furlough,, but as It takes four days uud nights' on the road, his visit at hom!e was brief but certainly pleasant. Geo. N. Glbbs loft Sunday for Camp Pike, Ark., where he will enter tho officers' training school, his nppllca toin having received favorable action a week ago. Mr. Glbbs is beyond tln:i present draft ago, but ho felt it his duty as a patriotic citizen to enter tho service. Andy Wossburg received a card Friday from his son Lieut. Abner WJclssburg, which was Written nt Montreal, Canada. When heard frof previously Lieut. Wessburg was sta tioned at Camp Lafayette having boon transferred thoifo from Camp Pike, Ark. Tho fact that he was at Montreal last week Is tnkon as ovldenco that ho was enrouUr, overseas. In a letter to his folks, from Franco dated July 2d, Dan Becker says ho was located at Bordeaux, and that harvest had Just started tlvelro. Ho says it looks funny to see an Amorl can harvesting machine bojng pulled with a yoko of oxen. Dan's folks think ho has been in tin? big counter offen sive as his- division was among those montloned as being drawn up on tho 18th of July. Hershoy Times. There is on exhibition in a window of the Clinton store a throo-inch shell sent from Camp Dodge to Mrs. Ed Whoolock, by hor son Caylon WhUle lock, who left that camp last week for an eastern camp to bo outfitted for overseas duty. This shell had evident ly boon Tlsed for targ);tt practice, but not as an explosive, for part of tho timing gear is missing"; Tho shell is attracting much attention fwm pass ers by. From a Fori Du L'ac paper it is learnicU that Major J. Rhoades Long ley, a former North Platte boy, has arrived eafoly in Franco. Ho enlisted in the medical corps and received a commission as lieutenant and later was commissioned a captain and be fore leaving the United States was ad vanced to Major. Major Longley was a cadet at tho stato university at tho timo Genoral Pershing, now comman der of our forces abroad, was military instructor at tho unlvorslty. :o: ; AD. tho batiks In Lincoln county havo forwarded to tho Kansas City federal bank a statement of their con dition, showing deposits, loans and othor data. This showing is made presumably for tho ipurposo of arriv ing at lb,ei quota of bonds of tho fourth icsuo the people of Lincoln county will he expected to buy. It Is thought that Lincoln county's quota will bo around $550,000. : WILLM 1. ROSE .iiinriF fir tkr s jr v.--.-- - I CANDIDATE FOR RE-EI.EGTI0U Bight, years Assistant Attorney General. Ten years Judge of .Supreme Court. Clark Perkins, the well known pub lisher, in speaking of Judge Rose, says:- "He has weighed every ques tion on Its merit) formed hia con clusions, fairly and exprensed" them courageously 1n bis written opinions. An analysis, of alt record will snow that it compare favorably wfth that at any Judge in the land." Three Judges of the Supreme Court to be elected. Xaofc voter nlay vote tor three. r Prlmjrl Fu'.fQ-Etactirn Nov, 5 Hay and Grain Growers Attention We have the most completely-equipped plant for the handling of your products of any concern between OmaKa and Denver and can give you service second to none. Our bids on grain are the highest that conservative business will permit. We buy. more prairie hay direct from the Producer and sell direct to the Consumer, than any' other Shipper in the United States, and are, therefore in a position to bid you the lop market, or better, at all times. Leypoldt & Pennington HAY, GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK, COAL AND FEED " PHONE 99 Branches:-Newport and Atkinson, Nebraska, on the C. & N. W. Railway. World-Wide Publicity. It. II. Dill, of tho freight houso force, has received from Corp. A. J. Davis, now In Franco, a copy of tho Paris edition of tho Chicago Tribune of July 11th which contains tho item this paper published rolatlvo to the Home Guard mlnlstrels wanting tho loan of a pair of lady's 86 shoos. Whoa published tho want was a roa! want and tho shoos vtre urnished, but as tho item had appeared in a Chicago paper and now In a Paris paper, there wub ovldontly a mirthful side to' It that oven the end mon of tho Homo Guard mlnlstrols did not ap preciate. Tho ro-publication, of tho Item has given tho North Platto Homo Guards a world-wIdo"puhllcity. ::o:t ' ' Attempts Suicide, St-ventern year old Emma Schlltz, employed at tho Dickey laundry, at tempted to tako hor life Friday morn ing when sho swallowed an ounco of carbolic acid. She appeared at the lailndry for work at eight o'clock, greeted as usual the othor girls em ployed there and entering tho sirpply room picked up a bottlo of the acid, mffid Par reducing marking fluid, and drank a portion of tho contents. Suf fering intensely from tho burn of tho acid she cried for holp and telling hor fc.lov employees what sho hnd dono. Dr. Redfleld was summoned who gavo first, aid and the girl was removed to tho General Hospital. Through prompt and careful treat ment thici girl has passed tho danger point and will survlvo hor impetuous net, which It is undorstood was.' the Outcome of a lovo affair. ::o-! llovs Li'imo This Week. Eight Lincoln county selective draft boys leave tomorrow morning on train No. G for Kansas Oily where thoy will enter an automouilo school soiectou y tno government, more to ; sovonty Heavy Artli.ory. was a nop 'carn auto mechanism preparatory to hew of .Mrs. It. A. Garman who on going into tho truck service. Tho , listed from Wayno county, this stato young men aro: Leo Miller, Earl and was sent to a wostorn training Woodruff, Pai'jl Farnstrom, Fred Ells-1 camp. Mrs. Garman availed horselt of worth, Henry Clark, Ray Marovlsh, tho opportunity to visit with "him. ' W. C. Wright and Arthur Discoo. Tho Homo Missionary flocfoty of Thursday morning Robert Pease, tho Methodist church and mdmbors of Owen Hansen and Beryl Haines leavo J their families will hold a plcijlc at for Llncbln to enter tho training tho city park Friday afternoon of this school at. tho stato university. In addition to theso, Stacy McMIch ael of Welllleet, Leo Adnerson who resides in tho cast part of tho county j who need transportation to tho park and Russell Cox of Sutherland, leavo will assemble at tho church at 3:30 today for Logan, Utah, to entor. a p. in. training school. with all tho baiting of tho press . :''o:i'T, ' ... thatr wo h&vo had in thoso Untter A-nmiiiifcciiiont to tho Public. Itlmos by nwln dolegatcd to act in pub I wish to call attention to tho fnct'Hc affairs, it was supposed that wo that I havo purchased tho Dr. Crook imd about reached tho limit, but It dental practice of this city and wili;romalnB for tho oxomption board at mulnlain tho samo until I am called Watorloo, Iowa, to play tho high Into the' service of tho United States, trump. This board has notified thlr 1 enlisted In tho medical corps last teen employees of a Waterloo nows Novomber and havo been awaiting, paper, accordlngto tolegraVhlc nd oummonB jMnct that dato. When that j vices that thoy must ongago in a pro time com-.P I shall close my offlco and ductlvo omploymont or bo transferred DR. L. J. KRAUSK, Dontlst. ::o:: An Old Station Agent. Orori of tho Interesting plonoors of Nebraska is E, M. Searle, Sr., of Ogal lala. Whilo yot a inoro boy ho went to war from Indiana. As a telegraph mesrfsong! tr at tho front ho loarnod. t.fIrirrnlinv Affnr tlin wnr lin wnrlrnil a yoar for an Indiana railroad. Thon ' tho luro of the now Pacific raitroad at On-mha ta S advlsedto g out alone U,a rnllrnnrl linn IT,, Wa nfri.. bnought him west, He sought a Job cd oho of tho advanoa stations In Wyoming, but declined when Ijo found he former agent had been killed in an Indian raid. He went to North flail. wlil,.l, u-hu fl.on H, nn,1 ,,f 1iJ Una o( the road, and wai awlgnad to MUU. thirty-one ,aX wet. wher and tfter about twentv veara. .ervlc nd tfter about twenty years, service as .agent at. Alkali, later named Pax toat, be was. transferred to Ogallala, where he had taken a homestead.. He a long since given up railroad -work !Ut as remained active as a butldor "f ' Ireatorn Nebraska. Sutherland Don't suffer the misery of l&dlgoe-1 Uqv, WBjn Vm oan get relief from PflBkly Ash Bttierc It eases pain and inves out badly digested food. One ' e oooh tun work. Try it. Price $1 25 fit bold, f 3 1 1 n i T i f f r ) . t Drill- Co, "' ' I u DR. J. S. TWINEM, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Physician, Surgeon, Obstetrician. X-Ray. For your -comfort rind ncccmmcdntion The Nurse Brown Memorial rlomeojiathic Hospital, Homeopathic medicine for acute 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. Don't Fail to Obtain Our Prices on heat 9 OatSj Barleys, iy Hay and Alfalfa You will have more dollars in your pocket HARRINGTON MERCANTILE COMPANY Ivxamlnatlon Tomorrow. Beginning tomorrow morning at sevon o'clock the 1917 selective draft men who were ro-claBsIfled and tho forty-thilcio 1918 registrants whoso claims for agricultural exemption woro disallowed by tho district board at Omaha last wook will- bo examined. Among tho men who passod thru ; yesterday as mombors ot tho Sixty. week. Luftich will bo served at six In tho evening, All friends aro invited to join in tills basket 'picnic. Mombors Ua class ond of tho draft. It la fair to assumo that thlsi action is takoii on tlroly without ordors or authority from tho provost gonoral and if so It Is a rough Joko that will bo pretty difficult to appreciate-. IGehrnoy Hub. -o:: A TWICK.TOIjD tali:. Ono of Interest to Our ItcmlcrH. Good noAva boars ropoatlng, and whon It is confirmed after a long l&yTuriZ I ,)oUov. Jt nt ,lrKt I'Oarltlg, WO fool SO- euro in accepting Its truth now. The following oxperionco of a North Platte man 1b confirmed after five years. JOI1IWB3I1, 811 WftinUl BC, Bay, fhu,in!ErI i J6? v L !IT S "Jo "w2k I h&SSd H Drag Store and have al ways round tnem spf.enaiu. a snort use has beeu all that Is necessary to rid ma of the backache and lameness and the other ailments that go with kidney troufble." AFTER A LAPSE OF OVER FIVE YEARS, Mr. Johnson eaid: " Snare bad no kidney trouble for some time and I give! Doan'a Kidney Pills oredjt fr m hovinM W A mn. n 1i T na n vsmmm. mend Doan's more highly than ever." Price 60c, t alfl dealers. Don't aim i w eTs,aM an uw vs., -eaa a wvaa ply ask tot' a kidney rmody pet Doan's Kidney PIII.h ilr. Jo'iiihuii IimiI yi ','. J'TMln v' 1 th i samo that ur TUhiirii Co, COL ED KIERIG, Auctioneer. General Farm Sales n Specialty. JteforcnccH and Dates nt First National Jtnnk, North lMnltc, Nejbr. Phono 1000. . Pool Hyannla, Nebraska DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESSMAN SIXTH DISTRICT 3CSSS WOW SERVING A SECOND TERM AS SECRETARY OF STATE I horoosteaded 010 acres In Grant county In l'Jl.. :n. K have voted and jt.ild taxes in tiran' county since that time. I spend a much tihifi In my homo county as mv ofllei.-U. riutlQg will uormlt, but our 6tae Constitution pro vides that the B'J'.T'rary of Stato mi st remain permanently at the jeapl al diudng hts term of n flco. I have bi a residenot Nebjaska for more tl m fifty years and UolMve that I am a mlltar wttb the Tioods and wishes of her pBople. TDe one (treat question before iiie American people at present Is thai of winning the war. if nominated , id elected I pledge to President W .m my most earnest and loyal sr his every effort tp hrlna ab ' result. . r K you btfllovo mjr past ord and pledges as to ' luotifv vour snrir TV' i In it c .al lor Charles W Primary Eloctlon, Aug. 20th; General Elect. on, Nov. Eth, 1919,