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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1918)
3 ,0 l Jl e t A t i at i Pt r si Pi it :r 1 b ct r Ml on a 0 ti K lvt sa Kt lit h ?8, tt It est rul 1 i BOI Stt Of ou fit leg A Carman Raps the Engineer. Evans Tells of War Ship Surrender. Doc. 9th. 1018. Ivlco rendered in a calendar month Tho following te tnkon from . IcUjir Dear Editor: of 30 days, for which hi componM- 'wrltt8n Lvnn8' on boar(1 tho In regard to tho high claw .poem- "on Is In excoas of $2.00 por hour , ImtUeahlp Texas, to his parents; I, TJdS and itilmZl, for.l tunc on duty.. Does h0 have I to to lay on to got acquainted witn uu -wife and children? Does he not con- l"' "c, "l ' nl 0(1 sidor that every other day at home Is wl11 dotibtl con-t l ute tho most a pleasure day. enabling him to beau- ,ioinorl.lo In the lifetime of the men tify his home surroundings and the composing " co'nplomont; none the , , ' loss ho bccaiiso tho tasks have beon. onjoymont and pleasure of the com- , , , , ...... . . , ,, . ,, ' .. .... ' n dotal, men a, trivial and arduous panlonsh p of his family. Is that worth " ' ' , , , . ,. and ovor undor tho unhappy condition nothing to him or Is ho only as the lknf)Wn fl8 m, ,,,, no name Implies, a hog head? . ; Yesterday. November 21st. marked II s Idea of the Car Repair man , . ' ,. . an epoch In this period. Tho mutiny seems to bo very narrow, starting In )f ovont four Mg at a rate of pay of 45 cents an hour ,Qf 1)q Qormm oas Hoot. 1 tho ns a car repairer helper, nf or 5 years foro wa of )nter0Ht ,, Jm. experience, during which time one is lnn tho rcce, t roturn t0 exposed to all kinds of weather, no, () wookf) nm, ft .matter how hot. how wet or how cold. m Qf Joy nn(, antIc ho Is required to work In ho opon . ,mt tho nnnouncomcnt tlmt tho and If ho survives the hardships of f bnn ,md bcfln nmQV(sa with imo yuu.a nwu., . u ,au lnHlnlcton9 to 8enl all ieUcrg( wn8 hog, which hauls our nocossltioe of life, and hauls passengers to various (parts of tho country, and solf-classwl as tho highest skilled Hall Road mechanic, os as ho terms it, a specfa list. By his follow workors he has beon Justly named tho Hog Head. As to the matter of adjustment of wages and working conditions he is eorcly grolved In that he did not get Uie hog end. As to conditions they are Just be ginning to get to tho place whore thoy properly bolong. As to his claim that Mr. McAdoo plckod out his beneficiaries and gave th can tho boost, we colncido with him, and Justly ho should have dono so. -Now wo hear tho Knglnemen pro testing against the Machinist, who stays at home, sleeps at home, and oats all his meals at homo, recolvlng as much compensation for n 30 day calendar month or 300 hours as ho re ceives for 1C days works at 7 hours or 105 hours. Tho Machinist, starting as a helper at a small rate of pay, after 5 yoars faithful sorvlco if ho has shown him solf compctont is classed as a Machin ist nt tho rate of $.08 iter hour. Ho Is expected to work every day. at prosont 10 hours, which means darknoss at work In tho morning and darkness at tho compotlou of his 10 hours labor. Of courso ho hoi lots of time at night to got acquainted with his wife and children and llfo to him seems a pleasure, working day In and day out, month In and month out, and of the yoars tho samo; iMut not so with out friends tho Englnomon. A strong young follow comes along, probably frosh from the country, secures em ployment ns n fireman. Is glvon a of tho same ends. Whatever freedom of tho sons have existed the fleot has guaranteed. The survollanco of the German fleet has been so offective and It has boon rondered so Impotent that a genoral demoralization came to exist. This was such that when the Meet was ordered out to battle on Octobor 28th the mon refused to come nnd at that tlmo Instigated tho rev olution that Is now all consuming in Germany. The taking ovor of tho German ships was attonded with only casual blood shed. Wo were lying in tho Firth ol Forth and steamed out In early morning. I ns on gun watch from 4 to i2:30 when wo roturned. When our crew was re lieved for breakfast, the deck was bulng scrubbed down. Our gun cap tain, who cats lots of boons, admon ished a big 200 pound sailor, tho pos sessor of mueh zeal, who was mnnlp- a mechanic, ho is advanced to a rto I not on,y Qf ,ntort.Ht ,,ut 8ntisfactlon tinting tho hose, to have a euro where of pay of $.50 per hour, provided he ind jt Waft tho termination of a 'ho squirted water. A little more can perform the work necessary to HacJaco am Ul0 froittorat,on ot a Argument and down -camo tho hose tho ro-constructlon of damaged cars horlH,0(1 rlglt aml privilege. It bore 'nozzle on tho gun captain's head, in a mechanical mannor nnd meet tho immediate results In a deluge of out-1 who emerges after an attempt to ro requlremonts of the law. roIiir mall that expressed a huge ac-Vallate with two important gashes. I would like to know who it Is, If cumulation of thought nnd fooling. whlch roquired a non-regulation re It is not tho Carmnn who. when tho I ono advantage of a military llfo Is, ' yioJlo for tho surgeon and his sub big hog lies clean upon tho ground. 4hnt ono becomes ho wearied with tho sequont atondanco with needle nnd probably put thoro through tho enro- Hinacnoss and restrictions, that any- thread. In a few moments tho victor lossness of tho high skilled specialist tiling In tho way of adventure and dan- 0f this encounter camo below and met and cars in a twisted and mangled Kcr Is courted, nnd It is not tho least n big six-footer, late from husking condition nnd trnffic blocked probably exaggeration to say that Is was a mat-' nubbins In South Dakota who says, In both directions, who Is it Hint puts tor of tho keenest disappointment to ( "I've n notion to hit you," and In an thoflo conditions into service again officers nnd men of tho Texas that instant definitely formulated his thots and rights tho big hog to tho rails 'tho war terminated without a gcner-'nnd snid. "I will lilt you," and thoro ngaln so thnt tho Hog Head may again 'nl and deadly engagement with tho upon with a fow tolling slcdge-hnm-occupy tho cab? Is this a mechanlcnl German licet. However, when a major mer blows, closed both eyes of his task and not worthy of recognition, 'portion ot its fighting strength steam-' adversary which brought about an or is it tho skilled specialist that Jed Into our port yesterday between j other unscheduled visit from the sur porforins this work? No, you will sec two columns of allied ships, comprla-' goon. him stand Idly by In all probabilities Ing tho most pretentious armament j Wo went about 50 miles out to sea, enjoying n good smoko. over nsembled, one could not but real-( tho American squndron composed of In concluding, n good comparison of Izo that our victory was tho grcntor, tho Now York, Texas, Arkansas, Wyo tho high classl specialist ono that ' when not attended by tho loss of llfo mlng anil Florida. Tho entire fleet comos to our attention dally Is tho and limb, and In the accomplishment conalsted of nbout 400 ships. The day Housewlf. I A sowing machine- wns perfected by book of rulos. put on nn Engine nnd a skilled mechanic, on which tho wo mnkes 2 or 3 studont trips, If qunlljlod 'man of today, by a Httlo practice may Is O. K. and sont out on tho road with n good rnto of pny and with tho Idea InRtllled In him tlmt ho Is a skilled mechanic of tho second clnRS. As soon ns tho book of rulos Is thoroughly memorized nnd nn examination Js called ho Is right there with all his critical knowledge- nnd passes ns a skilled mechanic, or In his own lan guago a Specialist, and stnrts out with a rato of pay exorbitant to the compensation paid skilled mechnnlcs. As to his hours of sorvjeo on duty lot us compnro him to tho Machinist and Car Repair men: His duties are very arduous and consume n great amount of time. Es pecially so of tho. Passengor Engine men, whoso runs nro about 3t hours going nnd 3 hours roturnlng In n 21 hour period, but which In most cases is put In iusldo of 18 hours with n total of 15 round trips a month or hn equivalent of 105 hours of actual ser- bocomo very efffclout nnd turn out work of excellence, provided nothing goes wrong, but let anything go wrong nnd she has to look to tho skilled mechanic beforo nnythi'iig moro can bo done. A Steam Englno of todny built and perfected by skjllod mechnnlcs (not specialists) is placed Into sorvlco and good results aro ob tained from the specialist provided nothing goeH wrong, but If It does, then tho skilled mochnnlc Is called Into piny to obtain results necossnry so,that tho Hog Hond may havo cm- , ployment. ' " ! TIipho nro but. a fow facts In dofenso of our claim for n Just wogo, fti or- dor that wo may live, hnvo tho necos- j sltios of llfo and cducnto our children ns they should bo nnd onablo us to 1 bring our famlllos to good and uso ful citizenship. Yours truly, A CARMAN. Who Was 11(1 On Oct. 28 an aged gontlomnn, sup posedly about 80 years of ago, wns taken from Hio train nt North Plntto m a holplesB condition. Ho died thoro on November 0 without bolng able to toll anybody who ho waB, whoro ho was from or whoro ho wns going. Thero wero uo lottorB or papers on his person to identify Jilm, and ho died helpless and alono among entiro strangers. A man on the train said he hcurd tho old gontlomnn say ho was going to Goring, but could give no further Information. Tho old gentleman was cared for as well as possible and given a Christian burial. Hut doubtless thoro is a fam ily soniowhcro in this section of tho country anxiously awnltlns word from grnndfnthor or father. If anyone In this neighborhood has any Informa tion concerning tho elderly strnngor who died at North Plntto they will confor a favor by communlcntlng with Mrs. B. Pulvcr. North Platto Hospit al, North Plntto. Nob. Curd of ThunkN. Wo desire to oxpross our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for their many kind acts and expres sions ot sympnthy during tho lllnoss and following tho denth of our belov ed wlfo nnd mothor, and for tho benu tlful lloral offerings. F. C. LAKE and Children : :o:- For Sale Twonty-olght head of pigB, avofngo 35 pounds. Thomns E. Daollttlo, Phono 782F022. 95-2 Poland China llrood Sows for Salo. O. P. Howard. Phono 797F031. 94-3 GOSH AIL FISH HOOKS, AS THE FELtLOW SAYS" We Jinve more stilt nnd more kinds of salt than nil the denlers of North Plntte put together. Better cnll nnd get your supply. Our sales of CARNATION FLOUR is con sfantly incrensing. Leypoldt & Pennington PHONE 206. Lamb Building; North Locust Street Repniring, Cleaning nnd Pressing. GERLE'S TAILOR SHOP We Tako Order for the Standard Custom Garment Co., of Chicago. Will Mnke Garments in Our Shop if Desired. 218 East Oth Street Over Keen' Gun Shop Ah Internationa! Service Built on Tiny Profits Per Pound Some industries have been able to get in step with war demands more quickly than others. In many cases mighty plants have sprung up but at a prodigious cost. The packing industry was able to adapt itself to unheard of demands more quickly, perhaps, than any other industry. And this was because the vast equipment of packing plants, refrigerator cars, branch houses, etc., had been gradually developed to its present state of efficiency, so that in the crucial Jiour it became a mighty international system for war service. And how had this development taken place? Not by making vast inroads into the capi tal wealth of the country, but largely by using, from year to year, a portion of the profits, to provide for expansion. Swift & Company's profits havo always been so tiny, compared with sales, that they have had practic ally no effect on the price of meat (amounting to only a fraction of a cent per pound). And yet the owners of the business have been content with reasonable returns on their capital, and have been able, year after year, to put part of the profits back into the business to provide for its expansion. t These fractions of tiny profits have been repaid to to the public many fold in the form of better service, and better and cheaper meat, and made it possible for Swift & Company to meet, undaunted, the sudden cry for meat for overseas. Could any other method of financing a vital industry involve less hardship to the people of the country? Could there be a better instance of true "profit-sharing" than this return in added usefulness and in national preparedness ? Swift & Company, U. S. A. was a nurmal autumn da tkar and cold enough so as to aiae tho bait i,i..ys to sting as thoy spattered the face. About nine o'clock our colors wero raised to the top masts which Is tho emblem of battle. A "Gorman ship soon camo within eye-sight and close behind another, then another. A long line of ten dreadnoughts, four teen cruisers and fifty destroyers. They flew no colors from the mast heads. Our ships soon turned and fil ed back to port. Several sea-pianos and dirigibles hovered ovorhead. Our Bhlps paralleled tho drondnoughts which proceeed methodically, deviat ing In no detail fron the instructions glvon, and now lio In port, a testlmon- ial of a false cause and a tribute to the vigilance- and porseveranco of the allies "all In tho hole." Permanent Interment will probably bo In the quieter, more commodious baso in tho Orkneys- The Florida returns td the States tomorrow. The other ships will 'prob ably remain and attend to the naval details of tho armistice, and with t3"t prospect ln view, Sandall, Bartholo mew and myself wish oir friends a Merry Xmas. E. H. EVANS, U. S. S. Texas, Xov. 22nd, 1918. ::o:: CO.U.MI.SSIO.VKKS' I'ltOCKHIHXUS. December 9. 1918. Board met pursuant to adjournment present Springer, Herminghausen and Koch and county clerk. Claims wero allowed as follows: Mary Kuhnhauson, care of Mr. Kubnhausen, $12.50. C. L. Lant, road work, $GG.00. W. H. Buckley, road work. $15.00. A. P. Anderson, road work, $21. GO. Oscar Daniels, road work, $3.00. ' Ed Williams, road work. $9.00. Joo Aleson, road work, $5.40. Alfred Rasmusscn. road work, $1.80 - Art Lake, road work, $2.70. Frank Carver, road work, $1.50. R. L. Bhlno. road work, $38.70. T. F. Zimmerman, road work, $134 T. F. Zimmerman, road work, $C. Sundry lpersonsr road work Dist. 55, $70.00. C. t,. Grant, road work, $GG.OO J. W. LeMasters. repairs. $10.75. Neb. Tel. Co., rent and tolls, $30.83 Sundry persons, road work Dist. 15, $374. GO. J. H. Gufnn. road work, $5.00. D. E. Atkinson, road work, $19.25. Jas. Bechan, road work, $57.00. A. Abercombie, road work, $57.50. Leypoldt & Pennington, coal, $50.40 Wm. Lyman, plumbing, $7.77. II. Rosendahl, englno work, $221. ,C. P. Carson, road work, $81.25. Alt Slack, road work, $87.00. J. W. Rose, road work, $33. 5. F. 0. Johnson, road work, $35.25. Paul G. Meyer, office rant. $7.50. J. B. Hemphill, printing. $15.00. Robt McWha. rond work, $147.00 W.m Lundquist, road work, $31.50 Institute for Feeble Minded, $159.75 N. P. Elec. Co.. $82.51 J. W. Cox, grader man. $10.50. Jesso Long, road work, $15.00. Hans Jorgonsen, road work. $138.05 Elmer Crosby, road work. $l.00. S. E. Knolt, road work. $S4.00. Arthur Brewer, road work. $74.00. Ray Brewer, road work, $84.00. Dorryberry & Forbes, mdse. $10.9G. Walter Wilson, road work. $77.25. .T. MPfrenson. refund taxes. $14.15. L. E. Rllov. rood work. $22.50. He-!hpv Auto. Co., mde $0.00. Derrvherrv & Forlms. mdse. $13.75. d'nurnpd to Doc. 1G, 1918. For Snl. . P'rn" To-opv Boars, a few good ones lft. Sired bv Illustrator Giant 250109. If you want a good boar seo H'm at my place. Pedigrees furnished with each ono. GUS LIN'DQUIST, Route 1, North Platto, Nebr. : :o: : Soldiers Musi Hnvo Work. Unemployment Is tho greatest dan Ker conirontJng tho Unitfed States during the next four months, the la bor reconstruction conference of the academy of political science as told at itfc meeting in New York Saturday by Nathan A. Smyth, assistant director general of the United States employ ment service- Thousands of soldiers are being discharged dally, he said, at tho beginning of winter when out Hoor jobs are few; wartime plants aro bofng closod because of army cancellations of contracts, and manu facturers aro hesitant in employing moro labor becauso of uncertainties of taxation, high prices of materia's, and "timidity" of credit. Eventually, Mr. Smith said, tho problem of placing America's soldiers and war workers will bo solved thru an abnormally high emigration of Europeans to their nativo lands, the probability that Immigration will son tlnuo to be slight and especially by V-oiofn!Uon of Amerljcan ngtencles In connecting Jobless men with man less Jobs. Ho warned the members of tho conference, however, that these agendo could only enablo men to find open Jobs and could not create work. : :o: : When your digestion Is poor, whon vour bowo' s aro costive, when your brenthjs bad. when your Rtomach Is sick of disordered, and you fool lan old and low-splrlted. Pricklv Ash Bitters is the romedv vou need. Tt Cleanses th vital oreans. purifies tho bowels, and tnmarts n finn fpnllnrr of e'rencth. vlpor nnd cheerfulness TMoo 1.2B nor boMlo. Giimmero. Dont Drug Co., Special Agents. 1 1 n 1 1 i ti 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1! ii J 1 1 ni l STRAIGHT STREET By MAY NEWCOMBE. 1 mnrniffiim (CupjrlKlit. 1'JIH. W.'Klrrn Nrwpaiwr l nlon.1 From time Immemorial what ,had once been n country cow path strag gled t lir. nigh the nucleus of what finally liei.:: :o Crovunlule. As houses were built I: -re and there along Its sinuous leiijiih, It assumed, or ab sorbed, or wns given a linine: "Crook ed Lane." When the f.rr.t ''mall stores began to find u location on n lino with tho depot, the town commissioners cut a broad lino west, condemned curves -and windings and laid out ft compass- correct thoroughfare. It was not n pretty appointive they bestowed on the new thoroughfare, but It was fully appropriate as a contmst. It became Straight street. To do business on Straight street was to be quite In the business sphere, to live farther out In Its residential section was to be acknowledged and accepted socially. One day n stranger entered the town, a Jaunty, fairly well dressed fellow, about t.venty-two. Ho wns straight ns nn arrow, supple, swift of gait, bright-eye, wide nwake, suggesting a person seeking a brand new environment and on the alert to seize Its best opportunities. A whim sical smile crossed hlsuxprejislvc face as ho glanced at the sign -On a lamp post. "Straight street," he read, as though It had made n pleasant sound. "That suits me and I tako It as a harbinger of fortune. It's the rond I've bad ln mind." The young mnn started looking for a room, a cheap room. Side thorough fares Invited ln this direction, but he maintained his tramp along the street called "Straight" until be finally found nn npnrtment snlttfd to his thin purse, and then cast nbout for work His brisk, cheery ways nnd frank, opifci personality caught the fancy of the bookkeeper of a large factory nnd Abel Morse, ns ho gave bis nnme, was em ployed. lie became a fnvorlTe all around. There was one peculiarity nbout blm he took long Jaunts, and K might bnve been remarked that he never left Straight street. Beyond were the dance halls, drinking places, tawdry side shows and rollicking crowds, but, In town or leaving It, Straight street be came his beaten path. One moonlit night he was pacing Its middle pave ment, for tho sides were blocked where new cement was being laid. Abruptly a spirited horse attached to a high trap turned Into the street. The ani mal became frightened at the pres ence of a road roller and made a wild dash foross the rubble stone 'and- fill-Ing-ln debris. A handsome girl held stx'adlly to the tense, straining reins, but the horse wns frantic. As the ve hicle wns all but upsetting, tho roung man sprang nt the bead of tho speed ing nnluial. lie clung to tlio bridle, was dragged, swung, almost trampled, pllng among the cinders and glass!" called'iuit Miss Eva Powers, his driver, and Morse led the horse to the center smooth roadway. "You hnd better let me drive blm home," he said, and that was how it came nbout that be first saw at the sumptuous Powers mnn- "slon modest, petite Mary Lane, senni- stress. Thereafter when he called to see Mary nt home or to chat with her In the garden, Miss Powers smiled Indul gently nnd Mary was fluttered and pleased at the attentions of the man-, ly, good-looking young fellow. There came about a rapidly occurring series of events. The war came on, Mary was proud about her lover when he was the first to enter the service. Miss Powers gave him quite 'n pub lic reception when he camo from en campment, n first lieutenant. Some where Abel Morse bad learned disci pllno, selfj-control and the power to lead men. He and Mary had become engaged. He was popular with his comrades, a model to the young men of the town nnd In direct line for fur ther advancement. - He had Just left Mary ono afternoon nnd was crossing the garden to tho street when a hurrying, flushed and hard-breathing man almost ran Into him. Then the latter halted, stared and regardedMorse with a certain In-j solent, trlumphnnt look. "Double luckL Well, well, Ned Du rand 1 nnd a blooming lleutennnt 1 I've beard of you. I saw you before. And transformed Into Abel Morse, U. S. A. Some rise ln the world, eh, from con vict 2244? What Is It worth to shut my mouth?" "Hold thnt man !" burst forth sharp-' ly, and Miss Powers came rushing Into vlfw. Her direction was to Morse. "He hns Just entered the house, nnd bns stolen a case of jewels. Thero they are, In his pocket. Bring lilm to my father, and wo shall see how far his unmanly threat will carry blm I" Todd Brewster, ex-convict, thief, left Grovedale that evening n cowed skulker, with evidence sufficient be hind blm to send him back where he belonged, if bo (hired even to menace Abel Morse again. Within week the assumed nnme of the hitter was legalized. To heartbeat and to druiubent, a real soldier led his comrades through the little town In farewell. From the Powers automobile Mary Lane kissed her hand to this beloved fiance, and Eva Powers, who alone with her fa ther knew of his burled past, waved her band In fervent recognition and encouragement that told him that whatever came, honor nnd glory wero als portion. ..- ' but halted the affrighted steed at last. "Oh, don't let him get liurt, tram-