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THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEB 'SKPTEMBER 13, 1918.
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SOUTH PLATTK LAM) OFFICE
"WILL UK RISCONTLNTKI).
A Washington dispatch appearing in
the World-Herald of yesterday stated
that the United States land office In
this city will he discontinued, along
with the- offices at Valentino and
O'Neill. The offices that will be main
tained are Alllanoe, Broken Bow and
Lincoln.
Tho consolidation of these land dis
tricts is not unexpected; in fact it has
hoon anticipated for soveral years as
tho business , has been pretty well
wound up. It had been hoped, how
ever, that when th consolidation did
como that the North Platto office
would bo maintained rather than the
office at Broken Bow.
The date of the closing of the
office was not contained in the dis
patch, but it will probacy bo between
now and January first next.
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Entertains Gothenburg Ladles.
Mrs. E. Draney, mother of Mrs.
Leigh C. Carroll, entertained on her
seventy-fifth birthday' yesterday Mrs.
C. C. Williams, Mrs. T. S. Carroll,
Mrs. J. J. Holmes, Mrs. D. Newman
and Mrs. L. R. Samson, of Gothen
burg. Those ladies arrived on No. 19
in the morning and returned homo on
No. 20 in the evening.
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The Yanks over in Franco will cele
brate Pershing's birthday with even
more spirit than wo will here at home.
If the conditions are favorable tho
drlvo they started yesterday will be
continued today in ono supreme
effort that will unquestionable drive
back the Germans on the entlro front
the Yanks cover. Wo confidently look
for gratifying war bulletins today.
Tho H. A. G. Club will hold a Red
Cross benefit at tho homo of Mrs.
.prou Ferrett, Saturday afternoon
MEN BETWEEN 10 AM) 37
TO BE CLASSIFIED FIRST.
TEX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
REGISTER IN NORTH PLATTE.
By order of the war department the
men who registered yesterday will be
classified Into two groups by the local
registration board, men between nine
teen up to and Including thlrty-sovon
will bo placed In ono group and those
under nineteen and above thirty-seven '
wttl be placed In n second group.
Tho order received by wire yes
terday directs that tho men between
nineteen and thlrty-Boven bo grouped
at onco; "rush tho work," Is tho com
mand of tho department, and the local
board is planning to do this work at
onco. The socond group will be lined
up When the first group has been 11st-
jed. The lordor further commands that
J questlonarles bo filled out at tho
; earliest posslblo time by tho nineteen
to thlrty-soven registrants, and indi-t
cates that call for sorvlco will como to
theso men ImmcdiateJy following the
drawing which will tako place at
Washington at tho earliest possible
date.
I Buys Reynold's Bungalow,
i Tho Bert Reynolds' bungalow in
I the 800 block on west Fifth street
iwas sold Wednesday to Dr. Louis C.
Drofit for nlno thousand dollars. It
I is tho intention of Dr. Drost and
j family to tako possession of the prop
erty in tho Immediate future'.
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1 Earl Carlton, who left this city with
Company E, is homo on n visit.
All locomotivo engineers pleaso,
meet on Third street, at 7 tonight to
tako part in the parade. Bring an
American flag.
I J. E. Nelson and J. T. Keefe ro
, turned early this morning from n
three weok's trip to tho Yellowstone
I'ark and points In Idaho and Utah.
The tbtal registration In North
Platto of men botweon the agos of
eighteen and forly-Evon was ton
hundred and seventy. Four hundred
Forty-two of theso registered yester
day, and six hundred and twenty
olcht relcstored on davs nrlor to vns.
terday.
Tho registration by wards yoster
day was as follows:
First Ward 98
Second Ward C2
Third Ward 202
Fourth Ward 90
The heavy registration in tho Third
ward, the population of -which is not
much greater, It nny than the First
nnd Fourth wards, is duo to the fact
mat comparatively row railroad men
live In that ward, and In the othor
wnrds tho majority of tho railroad
men registered prior to yestorday.
About fifty of those who registered
In North Platte woro non-resldonts of
the city.
As North Platto hae about ono-third
the population of tho entire county,
tho total registration In Lincoln
county will not fall short of three
thousand. Tho government's estlmato
for the county was 2,337.
If General Pershing needs n regi
ment of 2,500 men to win tho war,
Llncor.n county can furnish it.
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Miss Edith Patterson has been en
gaged to teach Latin to three classes
In the City schools each afternoon. By
reason f Col. Patterson's death she
trontgn.fed her rfislton at Chateau,
Mont., In order to be at homo with
her parents.
Sammy Girls bo sure to meet at 7
o'clock this evening on tho corner of
Locust and Third streets to march In
tne parade. Every ono have a Hag.
U&XCM-: SAM WANTS FRUIT
STONES FOR GAS MASKS.
,,Tho Ten Cent Btore has placed a
largo barrel nt tho center ontranco for
the ppoplo of North Platto to place
oil fruit stones nnd nut sholls. W
will forward them to tho Gas Dofenco
Division of tho Chemical Warfare
Sqrvico of tho United States.
To make gas masks offoctlvo the
government niust havo carbon; and
carbon now is being mado from peach
pjta or stones, apricot, chorry, plum,
prune nnd ollvo pits, dato seeds and
nut sluOs.
Two hundred poach stonos, or sovon
pounds of nut shells will mnko carb
on enough for ono mask think of
that-aud then know that ono gas mnsk
will save an American soldier's llfo.
.This Is nnothor way loyal pcoplo
can help Uncle Sam win tho war.
W, J. O'Connor, 5, 10, & 26 Cont Store
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Lincoln County Boys lis Lino,
The dispatches tcU us that among
the American divisions which began
the.orfenslvo yestorday is tho olglity
njnth, which Includes regiments to
which many -Nobraaka boys belong.
Among the Nebraska boys nro a
number from North Platto and othor
pdints in tho county.
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Mrs. Duryoa, who had boon tho
guost of her uncle Edward Boesch,
ioft last ovcnlng for her homo In
Brooklyn, N. Y. Not only had Mr.
Boesch never seen his nloco boforo,
but he never saw his sister, tho
mother of tho nloco, tho slstor having
been born after ho left tho old
country.
Eight or ton switchmen in tho local
yards have been ro-classlflcd and
placed In class ontf. Tho probably loss
of these men .will bo ketonly .felt by
vnruinasior siniinir.
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The Opening Show of
is set for Saturday, September 14th.
The assortment is large. We planned to meet every requirement of women who
demand up-to-the-minute styles combined with undeniable quality who seek service
rather than display. As such, ours is a thoroly representative stock, from which no
worthy style-thought has been omitted.
Fortunately, makers with whom we have
dealt for years were abundantly able to meet
all our demands they were as Interested as
ourselves in keeping up a reputation they
had helped us to build.
We insisted on cloth-quality and exacted ex
ceptional workmanship. Styles were abun
dantbut real old fashioned values were
scarce. Yet these makers had provided by
advance orders for nearly adequate supplies
for this season. With goods in stock they
were able to undersell many of their rivals.
TIiub it happens that
many prices are quite close to the old values which you must have thought
were gone forever.
In every respect ours is a very remarkable
showing in point of variety, in point of
real quality, in point of values which are'
not likely to be equalled anywhere.
WILCOX DEPARTMENT STORE
LAND IN LINCOLN COt'NTV
SELLS FOR iiM PER ACRE.
JOIN THi: AIUIY AND SKI!
TUB WORLD SAYS WOOlHtlNfJ.
Tills WOOk'H Issnn nf Mm
Timos contained tho following: I
Yostorday Harry J. Shrlvor of!
Dodgo county bought tho Jonas 8wedo!
bnrgvfnnn In tho O'Fnllons section.!
paying $1G,000 for samo, or $200 per1
acre a no bwououurg farm Is a good
ono, well worth the money, but sets
a new mark for land vnluios In tho
valley.
Tuesday Carl Wickstrom, of Horshoy
purchased tho D, H. Wilkinson placo,
northeast of Horshoy. This farm con
tains 320 acres nnd tho consideration
was ?40.000. I
J. W. Abbott sold his 120 ncro
farm at O'Fnllons to John W. Fow
lor from south of North Platto. Tho
consideration was $17,000. Mr. Fow
ler takoB possession March 1st.
Tho three dcalB in ns ninny daytt
nggrognto an exchango of $73,000.
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In a circular letter W. a. McAdoo,
Director Gonoral of Railroads says
that whorovor streot or road construc
tion nnd othor public Improvements
nro contemplated by Btnto, county or
city for which a portion of iY0 cost
exceeding $500 Is to bo charged
against any railroad undor fedornl
control, tho authorities aro requested
to tako tho matter up with the federal
management of tho road directly In
terested and secure tho concurronco
of tho rnllroad administration In nd
vanco. If this 1h not done, the Direct
or Genornl reserves tho right to decldo
whother or not ho will participate In
the pnyment. It Is not tho attitude of
tho Director General to opposo con
struction of merltorous work, but
whore work is not absolutely obbcii
tlal It should ltot bo undortakon.
The service -flag, which will bo un
furled at tho court house this evening
was received yoaterday and Is being
strung In position on tho wlro today.
Tho Hag contains 517 two inch stars,
with considerable room for addition
al stars to bo added as tho mon lcavo
for training camps. Tho Hag la six
teen by twonty feet and In tho future
will bo displayed at all patriotic jnoot
ings, tho additional stars bolng added
from time to tltno.
Mrs. LIHIan Glenson has rocolved
nnothor lot of rolI6s from thobnttlo
lleld of Franco, Including n Gorman
drinking cup, buttons from dead
Heches' clothing, pieces of cxplodod
shrapnel and a bullet that Bent n
uorman to his hftmo beyond, whore
oyortHat.,may ba. In tho collection
aro ty.Q cratrldgqs that groovodthem-
Boivoauiuo oaca otnor, omier ns they
ontorod or before they reached tho
body of tho Gorman.
Two troon trains nasscri Mirnuirh
about eight Vcloc,t tll,a morning and
two moro aro dub to arrive boforo
noon.
Lost last Sunday between Well
Canyon and North Platto a twelve
year old boy's dark corduroy coat.
Finder pleaso return to. this office-
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. For Sale.
No. 3 Durdsell Alfalfa hul'.or. In-
ulro of Thos. Orton, North Platto.
Nob. G9-4
"Billy" Woodrlng, formor traveling
man or North Platto and one of tho
lirst sound Bent to Camp Funston, has
boon In Franco for thro months ua
a monibor of Co. B. 355th Infantry.
In a lottor to C. O. Weingand, "Billy"
writes n8 folloys: ,
"Join tho army nnd seo tho world.
I did and this dato finds mo in Franco
Haw boon over hero about throo
monthB, and talk about your JUi of
July colebratlons; every dn$$is a
Fourth of July for us. I surchavo
o?n somo wondorful ' ns well as
beautiful oountry; for instnnco Eng
land which is sjire lovoly section. Was
thoro a month, nnd tho hills ajul
valloy wore a plcturo no artist could
paint. But I wouldn't wont to live
thoro bocnuso, 'Oh, you Percy or
Archie.' Travollng through Franco
wo saw lots of beautiful country nnd
many curloUB sights, and Anally Jnprt
ed'ln tho treuchoB, which nro vey'tlla
agroeablo ion account of tho mull "nd
wntor. I could toll you much (if tho
oensor permitted) about tho roaring
of the1 big guns, tho rat-tat-tat from
tho mnc.hlno guns nnd rlllos, and the
crack-crack of tho automatics of tho
nlrplanes ns they bwopp down. and
then sometimes a rush for tho.. dug
louts. I havo seen ninny aerial ilghts
and In every Instance Fritz got1 the
worst of It.
ThlB Is a good place for .-a .felUw
who wants to light; ho can be accom
modated ovory hour in tho day,ftnd
bollovo mo, the Ynnks nro llghtors I
havo yet to seo tho first Yank.,. with
a yellow streak.
I want to say to you men In North
Platte slip a Httlo nionoy to (ho
Salvation army. They aro tho poonlo
who carry hot pie, doughnuts and hot
coffco to the trenches to give to tho
hoys. Thoy foar not shrapnel nor
gaa sholls, pursuing this duty thoy
bollovo they owo the soldier boys un
falteringly and unflinchingly. It. la
certainly a treat to got this sorvlco
from theso bravo and every, ready to
help people
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Prior to the romovnl to this city,
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Loypoldt;,jvera
glvon n BurprlBo fnrewell par.iy'tnt
their homo In Ilorshey Tuesdajj -by
sovonty-llve of their friends. iMr.
Loypoldt recently purchased tlie
Irving Van Doran property In tho
southwest pnrt of town and will ro
movo his family thereto In a few days.
Mlsa AHco Alboo, after spending a
month's vnpntlon with her par-entB,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Wmr Alboo, loft laBt
ovcnlng for Washington, D." C, to
resume her duties as n clerk in tho
lnternol revenue department.
Wanted Plnco 'for a high school
'glrV.tp ern her board or part board.
Phono 7,84yn or lenvo address at this
office.
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Money to Lonn.
Plenty of six per cont money to loan
on farms nnd ranches, Interest pav
nhle nnnunlly with prlTllcgo of pay
ing pnrt or nil nt nny time. LoniiB
closed promptly. No dolny.
BUCHANAN & PATTERSON.
Keith Theatre, Friday and Saturday
Thc"Onc And Only
Fatty Arbuckie MOONSHINE
Fridays Feature-We Should Worry"
Saturdays Feature "The House ol Silence"
WITH WALLACE REID
Adults 25c. Balcony 20c, Children 15c.
INCLUDING WAR TAX
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Ford Truck $550
F. O. B. DETROIT.
Carload Each
Ford Tractors and Farm Attachments
- Shipped us September 12th.
For particulars call or phone 34
Hendy - Ogier Auto Co.
Authorized Ford Truck & Traction Agency
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.