The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, September 24, 1918, Image 8

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lltA L. HARK, llilltor mill Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION HATES J
Duo Year liv Mall in Advance. . . .$1.25
Olio V'car by Currier In Adrnnco $IM
Entcrd at North 1'lutto. Nebraska,
Poitofllco ns Socond CIuhb Matter.
titiisday, shptk.mhi;u ilt!i, 11)18
FEEDING Till: AMEIMCAN
ARMY A BIG TASK.
The Amorlcan nnny In Europe cotfld
be Ml and clothed and nil Its crea
ture comforts looked after for thrco
months -If not unothor pound of sup
pllos was secured. TIiIh was the
statement made bv offtaors of tho
hrmv nitnrlnriiirmtor'a rlnnnrf moiit
which directs the mammoth work of
Buppllos.
It rIvoh nn ldon of the vast stock
'of roflorvo resources stored in the
mllOa of warhousos stretching from
tho const inland to tho fighting lino,
nml it is n comforting assurance, too
that this huce rtsrvn will he kept
tin f1irmtf1t lin ntHltitr wlntn rtniln1
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jio thnt tho Amorloun soldier's warmth,
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ua won ub ins iouu nnii nnuung, win
bo fully looked after.
It is n huge undertaking to feed n
million mon evon for a Binglo day
a milliqn mon scattered to a tlioio
sand points in tronehes, 911 battle
flOldi and cumpH, along 300 mllos of
front and for 11 doptli of 500 mllos.
And when nro added housing and
clothing, and tho porlod is extended
through tho winter mouths of cold
nnd frost, with the prospect that
nnother million or two mon may be
bended thnt way boforo long with
thoso olemouts one gots somo ldon of
the magnitude of tho supply problem
for a million or more mon.
Hero at tho centor of tho systom
whore the receipt are rogulateil and
tho distribution made, thoro was an
opportunity of learning somo of tho
details of how the sytom oporntos.
In the food branch alone, it lakos
ow 4.000,000 pounds of food every
to feed tho army. This prodigies-
dally consumption of food orn
brs " a million pound, of flour
b into n million pounds of brond
er day. 8:5.000 pounds of fresh
b" :b.W0 pounds of potatoos,
ST'm-mj pounds of aiuar nnd 125.000
P urd. of tomatee. Tho pepper and
ait for a single day Is 42,500 pounds.
Army coffee I roasted nt the ratos
of noUnl3 a day. and it takoti
20400 pounds of aolldtfsd nlcohol
to cook this coffee through the month.
Tho beef Is tho bulkiest product
used each day. nnd occupies n dally
spneo of 45,000 cubic foot, or about
the dimensions of a business block,
of solid meat. Flour comes next,
requiring 25,000 cubic foot of dally
spneo, and potatoes about tho snmo.
Thoso nro only a few of the main
items. Hut the list runs all through
tho mnny requirements of tho over
sea nrmy ration, with vast quantities
in each case Here aro soma of tho
other dally Heron:
-T3aeon. 225:000 pounds; bonus, 75
000 pounds: rice, 50,000 pounds;
onions, 250.000 pounds; ovnpornted
fruit, 70,000 pounds; Jam, 70,000
pounds; milk, 02,500 pounds; vine
gar, 40.000 pounds; lard, 40,000
I'ounda; butter, 31,000 pounds; sirup,
Thoso. bclne Incliidml in n, I. A- n- Storms, who owns it finlondld
sea ration, overyono of tbn 1 nnn nnn ' .rtirm. Uirpo ml'03 B"t of Ilo'rshcv.
men is entitled to his full allowance "! 5" , wU;fJ?0 ,,ow Ulld-
..voi. iiiiuu lol .tiiu,uuu worm or
building Improvomonts on bis placn.
A splondid nojv residence, barn nnd
garngo nro included in tho contract.
Such improvements as theso will
bring this community to tho front.
Mrs. 01. Eyorly linn n "biddy" that
Is doing hor bit to help win the war.
This hen lnld nn extra largo gsr nnd
when Mrs. Eyorly wont H uho it for
doughnvts for tho Homo Guard social
she found it contained hosldcs tho
yolk nnd whlto nn additional hard
sholled egg. Evon tho hons nro speed
ing up to holp dofont old Knlsor Bill.
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MMKItTV f.OAX hkihfs.
tho Fourth Liberty Loan campaign hp
linr 9St Tim first full Jl
woek will bo given ovor to oducntionnl
work, publicity and preparation. Then
will como tho big drive, In tlie woek
of Octob6r 7 to 12, In which tho Tenth
District Is expectod to suhscrlbo its
'junta of bonds.
. U fr moving time for the Kalsor's
army.
Is your comumnlty proparlng for the
Fourth Liberty Loan drlvo? If not,
why not? TIip boys nro holding them
selves rendy to go nftor the onpmy
wl'on the command Is tlven.
At11nrlr.n1 mnnlinnd In 1 tin trpiirhct
should bo backed liy Ainork-nn me ncy
Every loyal Amoican must servo nis
Government In somo capacity to win
this wnr. Whether fighting the enomy
nlong tho battle lines, on the high
sens or engagod In produotlpnf war
essentials, nil must serve nnd buy
Llborty Honds. ' I
No penco will como until I'ruHslnn
HRiunBiiii is rt'iufjruu " iiuium ui uiw
enemy. Liberty Honds will heln to
speed that day.
Hanking transactions in tivs Tonth
Fedoral Hosorve IMsjrlqt, indicating
the voiinno 6f business, werc-ln'oxcoss
of $1,500,000,000 In August compared
with a little over 11.100,000,000 in
August Of last year.
No security In which voii can nut
your mnnny 1 1 liettor and suror thnn n
Llborty Pond.
CnltlinnilR Ilnv. 1 01 S. nlimilil lin n
red Ictttr dny In tho history of Amcr
icn. It will mnrk the closo of tho in
tonsivo drlvo for tho Fourth Liberty
Loan. Lot everybody work to put over
tho Lonn and make tho celebration
glorious.
Tho Publicity Department of flin
Llborty Loan organization is sending
out tho most attractive advertisement
or iiny previous campaign. Mnny of
tho leading writers -nnd Illustrators
trnvo their p'TvIcom lo tft'd rpntn-
mittno in ths work, eo nccessacy to
tho succoss of tho Foutr Llborty Lonn.
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llorslier News. '
(From tho Times.)
Clarencn Monro rnfnrnfil frnm num.
in v iuiiu wuuru io oougnt iwo moro j
ionu8 01 wnito raco yearlings. Ho re- Hi
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(uiiiiv siui)iiiii in Hix innna nttn thnv
aro said to bo tho best unloaded hero
in ino past ton yenrs.
Georgo Inmnn, of North Platte, and
Mies Lura Hoover, of .linrnhov.
married by Rev. E. Knlcht at tho
ProBbytorinn parsonago Monday at 7
a. 111. Thov left, nn Nn. 1l In annml
their bonoymoon at Choyonno.
J. K. Eshieman slipped and fell
from n load of lumber while working
In tllO V. V. Ynniiir lnmlinp vnwl r.
day brenklnir tho larco bnn n In lilu
left arm abovo tho wrist. Tho untor
tiinato accident will undoubtedly
keep Mr. Eshlomnn laid nn fnr aovnp.
al weeks.
Tho slxtoon-venr-nlil lirnflmr r,t
Frank Ynmnkn. whll
Snto tho D. . Loypoldt Co.'s olwntor
Friday had tho mlsfortuno of sllnn-
ing nnd getting ono foot uudor n
whool. bronklnir a hnnrt
nnklo. Ho is frettinc: alonir nfj well- na
enn bo expected.
uio orent wostorn Sugar Company
let a COlltrrict Inwf wonlr fnr n nnn
modern" bungalow on their land north
of town. It Is to be modorn in ovory
rosnect and will im npniinimi w
Manngor Guy Cndy nnd fnmlly.M. II.
I'aviH, ii locm contrnctor, fiecured the
ronirnci.
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ANNUAL
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OF THE
and it must go forward to him. wimr
over he is. So thnt besides tho vast
daily stock thoro is tho question of
unfailing dally dollvory first by rnil
waya nml camion trains, nnd thou to
tho individual soldior.
Ofton on tho field or In tho tronchos
lio Is suppllcl from nmrmltos, or luigo
thormos bottlfs carrying hot food for
plht men, and ofton, too, tho dollvory
n the tro,)rhea Is by tho Yukon pnek
nsud in Alaska nnd by tho Hudson
.Hay voyngours nnd Indians.
Besides this 4.000,000 poutuds of
food moving forwnrd dally to tho
troops, each man carrlos with him ..
tnVtln corRQny rnt'nn. flvo pounds 1 Wnnted-Hoardors nnd roomers. G14
TiniiVwTu V.r V i V ",,uu,u"" o,veu,uuu jwiuiu iwo. rnono uiacK 1013 . tf
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mm nun. ui tijo omorgoncy ration,
cnrrIo1.4MKtho back, thoro is outstnu l
lng cvory day 2.000.000 pounds or
corned beef nnd 2,000.000 poundH of
hnrdtaclc. inn nnn nn.,.t 1 "."
SSL wtiA fl S..o',ft!
niVCi ; " pounds of tio I d Hod
S"tcrZchmUnS nml C0k,MK wh,I
:o:
a J! I , my tw 8t' l0"lln.
Allied troops ar progressing sntls
faolorlly in breaking down tho dofon-
i 5Utah aTR "K1'11'"? " tlo Hlndon
biVa positions nnd pressing toward
Cnmbrnl, whllo on tho Bouth tho
Fronch nro moving forward stondlly.
l-or a fctrntth of moro than ton mllos
2Sf,VlM.rSV Q.U0,!i,n th0 Br,tl8h
hold the dominating hills, and tlio
proscnt local action in tho region
west of Catolot probably is for tho
puiposo of further Improving tho alt-
nation In anUclpaton of a great as,
Bnult against tho HIndonburg lino.
Tlio main enemy dofenso in tho region
between Cambral and St. Quentln
both Of Which urn l,..,..-.i i "l .J
Miivviilill LIY LI11I
prosont British operations, are based ,
en the canal, hlcliwnv nn.i I
lunnlng north nnd south on nn avor
ngo of nbout two mllos from Field
Marshal Haig's front lino.
Survey of C?nttlo mid Hogs.
Nobraska'g potential strongth as a
moat nnd food producer will bo do
volOped by a survey of tho hogs and
cat o on tho farms of tho state.
ir?iW? suvoy w,u 1)0 "m,Io on Oct.
15th by tho Federal Food Adminis
tration of Nobrnskn nnd will show tho
farrog on thnt dato.
Tho school chllijren of tho state
Wll bn flllnoil In n,,.l,l., ... ...v.B
I n October 15th ovory farmor in tho
ta o will bo nskod to glvo tho numlwr i
of hog nnd onttlo nnd such othor in-1
rortnntion ns is nacessary. i
Food Administrator "Wnttlos has
secured tho co-oporntlon of Stnto1
Suprtrlutondent of sobools. W. ir I
Clemnjonji. Coitntj' Food Adinlnlstra
tors will have charge of onoh county
nnd will yrk In closo corporation
witli the county suporlntondonts.
Malces our
Breakfast Taste
Bette
YOUR break
fast tastes
better after you
uso Klonzo. Qot
a tubo to try
today,
Thoro is a
now sensation
awaiting you
the Cool, Clean
Klenzo Fooling
on your teeth
and tongue. It
Isn't meroly n
iaate. It's a tea.
tlmony of clean
ness cleanness
that is imparted
to the tiny, little
taete nerves,
freeing them of
Btalo secretions
that make your
mouth reel
and atlcy,
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g Drivers from four slates will be present to take part in
jejj these races. The purses offered are such as to insure speed
if-
3. that will be exciting enough to satisfy everybody.
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The Exhibits
The exhibits of stock and. produce and fine arts will exceed
any year in the past. The cattle exhibit is so large that an ad
ditional barn had to be erected. Agricultural hall will be filled
lo overflowing and, the exhibit of hogs and poultry will- be ex
ceptionally large. , .
Free Attractions
There will be two free attractions each day a company of
first-class aerialists and a troupe of Hawaiian singers and entertainers.
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THE RACES:-Fifty horses entered in
I the Harness and Running Races
2 These horses represent some of the winners at the State
Eg Fair, the Kearney Fair, and the races at Cheyenne and Sidney.
g Wednesday there will be a trotting and a pacing race, Thursday
I there will be a 2:15 trot, a 2:10 pace and a 2:25 trot.. Thurs-
day there will .be a 2:20 pace, a 2:15 pace and a 2:30 trot.
In addition there will be several running races each day.
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Phone 308
ALBERT A. LANE,
Dentist
Rooms 1 and 2 ttelton Building
North Platte, Nebraska.
DRUGS
Evening Entertainments
There will be evening entertainments Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday evenings for the benefit of the Red Gross.
You Can't Afford to Miss a Day at the Big County Fair
DINNER and SUPPER will be served
on the grounds bv the Sammy Girls
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W. E. FLYNN
ATTOHN K Y-AT-L AW
Office over 3fcl)oii:ild Hunk.
Office riione lliJO lies. Phono 1120
GEO. D. DENT,
Plisylclnn nnd Surgeon.
Spcclul Attention Given to Stirgory
nnd Ohstrelrlcs.
Ofllco: Building & Loan Building
Phones: Office 130, Itestdonco 115
Hospital Phone Black 633.
House Phono Black C33
W. T. Pit ITCH A HI),
Graduate Veterlnnrlsin
Eight years a Government Veterinar
ian. Hospital 218, south Locust St.
ono-half block southwest of the
Court House.
COL. ED KIERIG,
Auctioneer.
General Fnrm Snlcs n Specialty!
Inferences nnd Dates at First
Xntlonnl Hank, Iforth Platte, Jiebr.
Phono 1000.
Wanted Rags
2 Cents a Pound
Must by dry and packed in
sacks. . -We
pay big price for Scrap'
Iron and all. kinds of
Metal.
L LIPSH1TZ
DEKKYBEBKT & F01IBES,
Licensed Embamers
Undertakers and Funeral Directors
Day phono 41
Night phono Dlack 5S8
WANTED - RAGS
2 to 3 cents per pound.
We also pay the highest market
prico for hides, all kinds of Junk
NORTH PLATTE HIDE, IRON
& METAL CO. Phono Red 200.
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Estrny Notice.
Taken up on sectiortv30, town 11,
rango 31, by the undersigned who there
resides one mule, about three years
old. wolght about 800, no brands, but
hidden mark In his tall. Owner call,
prove property, pay charges and take
animal away.
G. W. TITCHENER.
Somerset, Neb.
Notlco of Final Report.
Estate No. 143S of Bertha Hocquel
deceased In the County Court of Lin
coln County, Nebraska.
Tlio State of Nebraska, to all per
sons intfirestnrl !n ontrl Potntn fnVa
notice that the administrator lias filed
a nnai account and report of his ad
ministration and a-"petition for final
settlement and discharge as such, and
praying that ho bo released of Ills
trust which has been set for hearing
bofore said court on October, 18, 1918,
at 10 o'clock a. nl.. whan von mav
appear and contest tho same.
uatca September 18, 1918.
W. H. C. WOODHURST,
S18-3w . County Judge.
Notice of Final Roporr. "
Estate No. 1544 of Robert D.
Thomson, deceased in tho county
court or Lincoln county, Nebraska.
Tho state of Nebraska, to afll persons
interested in said estate take notice
that the administrator- has filed a
final nccount and report of his ad
ministration and a petition for final
settlement and discharge as such,
whloh have been set for hearing be
foro said court on October 4th, 1918,
at 8 o'clock a. m. when you may ap
pear and contest tho same.
Dated Sept. Cth, 1918.
Wm. H. C. WOODHURST,
S 10 4 ivks. County Judge.
Notlco to Creditors. - .
Estato No. 15G8 of John A. Mat
tlngor, deceased In tho county court
of Lincoln county, Nebraska.
Tho state of Nebraska, ss: Creditors
of said estate will tako notlco that
the tlmo limited for presentation nnd
filing of claims against said estate 13
January 11, 1919, nnd for settlement
of said etsato is Soptombor 5th. 1919;
that I will sit at tho county court
room in said county on October 11th,
1918, nt 9 o'clock a. m.. and on Jan.
11th, 1919 at 9 o'clock a. m., to re
ceive, examine, hear, aMow or adjust
all claims and objections duly filed.
Wm. II. C. WOODHURST,
SI 0-4 wks. County Judge.
Notlco of Final Roport
Estato No. 1548 of Lowls Havens,
deceased In tho county court 6f Lin
coln county, Nobraaka.
Tho stato of Nobr4Ska, to all
porsons Interested In said estato take
notlco that tho executor has filed a
final nccount and report of his ad
ministration and a petition for final
fiottlemont nnd dlschargo as such,
which havo boon sot for hearing boforo
said court on Ootobor 4, 1918, at 0
o'clock n. m. when you may appear
nnd contest tho sams.
Dated Sopt. 9th, 1918.
Wm. II. C. WOODHURST,
R 10 3 wks. County J :df"