IRA L BARE, Kdltor nnil Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Ono Yenr by Mall, In advance. .$1.75
Olio Year bj- Carrier, In adrauro, $2.00
Entered at tlio North Platte, Nebraska
Postofflco as Second Glass Mattor,
tuksday, December. 17,'lftlH.
CUT AJiJ) COUNTY NEWS.
The MctliodlHt aid socioty will meet
In tho church parlors Thursday aftor
110011. Mr. and Mrs. Hay Wolhom return
od Saturday ovunlng from a visit In
Colorado,
All coata reduced from ono-flfth to
onothlrd at H LOCKS.
Fifty or sixty wounded rioldlers
passed ,wost on train No. 1 jrwtordny
nftornaon.
Mrs. Walter Ma,lio and baby re
turned homo Swudny from a visit In
Loxlngton.
Dr. Morrill, Dcntrst. Ofllco over
Wilcox l'opartmont Store.
Or. J. I). Ilcdflold was called to
Julosburg Sunday evening on profes
sional business.
A Kimball Piano at $250.00, tho
best bargain wo over offered. WALK
ER MUSIC CO.
C. L. Patterson, or Denver, Hpont
Friday In town visltng bis brother T.
C. Pattorson and family.
II. J. Hobhausen, who bad boon
visiting friends In town, returned to
L.rnmlo Sunday evening.
Buy your wifo a flno coat for Christ
mas at WILCOX DEPARTMENT
STORE.
Mrs. John Woinborgor oxpocts to
leave this wcok for Omaha to visit lior
daugbtor for a short timo.
for iinlck nctlon and satisfactory
tulc lint your land with Thnelocfea. t
Rov. T. D. Sullivan of Elm Crook
was boro last ovonlng to officiate at
tho Eastman-Ellas nuptials.
Ono Hond Piano loft. Priced at $290,
n Bnap at tho price. WALKER MUSIC
COMPANY.
In tho list of severely wounded
published yostorday appeared the
natno of Geo. J. McOovorn of this city-
Carl HrodbMk who has bean In
training at Ctunp Molgs. naar Wash
ington, D. C, will arrive home' the
latter 'part of this woek.
An Ninas hint: Columbia records
umbo line glfls. IHXON'S .TcwpIitj
Store. .. lS.
Mrs. Wilfred Stuart and children ,
of Lexington will nrrlve boro Friday;
to snand tho holidays with her narouts
Mr. and Mrs. John Tiuhe.
Outing fiannol In plain whlto and
and colors. Light or dark at a saving,
of from 4c to 10c on tho yard at THE '
LEADER MER. CO.
Llout. Cody Roal has boon assigned
to the 00th division and has crossed i
tho Rhino. Ho will thoreforo romain
overseas for a couplo of months.
Mr. T I IllUriliriniil Mra Mlkri
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nayes ano iirs. i;iyuu uiun ruiumuu
Sunday from Victor, la., whore they
were called by the death of a relative.
One-third off tin nil scits in our
storof I1LOCKS.
Will Craigle, who had boon mechnn
leal instructor in tho students' train
ing school nt the Now Mexico state
college returned homo Saturday morn
ing. Sergt. nnd Mrs. Harold Langford
returned Saturday ovonlng from Camp
Cody. Tho fonnor hns recolved his
(Uncharge nftor over a year In the
service
Tho Uaptist Auxllllary moots Thurs
day afternoon with Mrso. Jess Way
at 414 south Walnut. Mrs. A. H.
Jones, Mrs. W. Rose and Mrs. Ed.
Dixon will help entertain-
Yl'o do not sell from catalogues. A
complete line of Columbia Grnfntinlus
...III. .1.. ......... I-.. II.... ..I It'l lltlV
wllli free
DIXON'S.
demonstration
til HARRY
9851
Allottmout chucks were received Inst
week by tho wives or paronts of sol
dier boys. Thoso checks had boon do
dayod for sixty or nlnoty days thru
somo mix up in tho department offices
In Washington.
Cnn you think of a moro appropriate
gift for Dad than ono of those now
small reading lamps at DIXON'S. Tho
nico feature of ttiis lamp in that It
only stands six inches in bolgbt and
can bo bung on tho wnll.
At tho Crystal tonight and tomor
row will bo presented another of the
Solect pictures this ono starring
Normun Ti'lmndge in a story of a
socloty butterily and of a loveless
mnrrlago that turned out differently.
Seo our lino of Cameo brooches.
They aro fine, largo and small. Suro
NORTH PLATTE S-l
NORTH PLATTE,NEB.Ij
Vj SVII J
The
Best
-- FLOUR
in
NEBRASKA
is made in
NORTH PLATTE
every
GROCER
has it
"V, '
Phono 308
ALBERT A. LANE,
Dentist
Rooms 1 and 2 Delton Building
North Platte, Nebraska.
W. E. FLYNN ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAVr
Office over McDonald Rank.
Office Phono ll.'lli Res. Phone 112(1
L. M. McCLARA,
Auctioneer.
My ono best reforenco I'm nlwnys
dated nhend Phono nt my expense
for dates
OGALALLA, NEBRASKA
Repairing, Cleaning and Pressing.
GERLE'S TAILOR SHOP
We Take Orders lor the
Standard Custom Garment Co., of Chicago.
Will Make Garments in Our Shop if Desired.
218 East 6th Street Over Keen's Gun Shop
to nioaso. AUSTIN. Jowolor. Onon
Mrs. Freda Bnrnoll and two dnugh- ovenings. 98-2
tors loft yesterday morning for Texas, AmonfJ tho namC8 nppcarlng iu (ho
whoro they will mako their future ca8Ualty llst Sunday was Gilbert An
,inr'"0, 'dorson. who wns listed under the lioad
In tho casualty Ust published Sat- 0l "wounded, degree undetermined."
urday appeared tho namo of Walter GUbort is tho Bon of S. 0. Andcrspn,
W. Embrcy, of Wallace, who died of who lives in tin valley west o! town.
'Hsanso I BLOCK'S is tho glove storo of North
P. T. Redmond, who had boon visit-; pijattjo,, Suifoiifcor stjoolcs now on
Ing his son Clarence and family in j Juuid, ordorod spoclally for tho Christ
mas Angoics lor n mouui, ruiuruuu . mns trade Our values aro especially
homo Sunday
Chas. Boguo lott yestorday af tor
noon for St. Joo, iMo,, whoro ho wns
oalled, on Ibusftioss connoctell, with
tho II. of R. T.
Dmmonds for Xmas nt DIXON'S
JEWELERY STORE aro sold at tho
old price. If you aro intorested It will
pay you to seo thorn .
Mr. and Mrs. llutler Huchiman 10
turnod Friday night from a trip to
Omahn,'f whoro Mr. Huchannn under
wont an oporuuon.
Wool or Cotton bianUots at last
season's prices. Our big caBh pur
cbaso of over a year onablos us to do
this. Come to THE LEADER MER.
for yur blnnkota.
nttrnctlvo. Priced from $1 .2Q to $3.50
tiw pair, visit uluuks first.
For Sale.
Duron Jersey Roars, a few good
ones left. Sired by Illustrator Giant
2f0409. If you want n good boar seo
H'm at my place. PodlgrocB furnlshod
with each no.
QUS LINDQUIST, Routo 1. North
Pintto, Nobr.
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Eslrny Notleo.
Hlocky, red, horned steer, wolglit
1.000, motnl tng In oar, betwoon July
15th and November lBt from cxperl
niontal sub-station. Sultnblo rownrd
for recovery.
9S-12 W. P. SNYDER. Supt.
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
MEETS II KICK TODAY.
CATTLE SALE!
The ittulersignetl will offer at Public Sale on the Arnett farm
five miles west and two miles north of North Platte,
and one mile east and u half mile north of
the Platte Valley School House on
Monday, December 23, 191
commencing at 1 o'clock, p, in.,
62 Head of Cattle
These animals are high grade Short Horns, and consist of
thirty-five cows, stx of which are fresh and several others to
be fresh soon; twenty-six spring, calves, and one registered
Short Horn bull.
FREE IUNCK AT NOON
TERMS: Six months time on bankable paper nt 10 per cent
A. W. ARNETT & SON, Owners,
L, M. McCLARA, Auctioneer RAY C. LANGFORD, Clerk
"GOSH AKL FISH HOOKS,
AS THE FELLOW SAYS"
We have more salt and more kinds of salt
than ull the dealers of North Platte put
together. Better call and get your supply.
Our sales of CARNATION FLOUR is con
stantly increasing.
Leypoldt & Penningtdn
PHONE 206 Lamb Building; North Locust Street
Tho annual meeting of tho Methodist
Ministerial Association of tho Kearney
District will bo held in tills city tills
nfternoon nnd Wodnesdny. the meoting
having been transferred to this city
from Gothenburg on account ot llu
conditions at tho latter place. District
Supt. M. E. Gilbert will prostdo.
Tho first sossion will he held at the
Methodist church at 3:30. with a
praise and intercession aervlco, fol
lowed at focrr o'clock with roll call
and ropsonses on various church sub
jects. At eight o'clock an illustrated
lecture will bo delivered by Dr. Fulk-orson.
Tomorrow forenoon a round table
will be conducted, tho subject boing
tho organization and oqulpmont of the
church. In tho afternoon thero will
bo several addreses and in tho even
ing Bishop Lewis, for ton years a mis
sionary In China will deliver a ledum
on "Amorlcn's Responsibility to the
Yellow Race."
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Six Per Cent Interest.
In order to supply funds to cover
approved loan applications tho Mutu
al Building and Loan Association will )
issuo a limited amount of Its paid up'
stock. This stock pays six per cent
dividends, payablo March 1st and
Soptoniber 1st. ,
Money investod in this stock, to
gothor with accrued dividends may bo
withdrawn on .thirty days notice..
Mutual Building and Loan Associa
tion. , !
SAMUEL G007.EE, Secretary.
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Fur,? mako a much desired Christ
inas gift. Saparato muffs from ?4.9S
'p; separato scurfs from S3.9S up;'
lott from $7.50 up. Every fur piece
cr so fully guaranteed by us and the!
omnufacturers. BLOCKS.
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Ilcrshoy iVows.
(From the TInios) .
Byron Lush was among thoso se
verely wounded in tho hard fighting,
on fit 29th. He Is II. P. Dicker-1
son's nephew and will bo romembered '
by Horsboy peoplo as having worked
wltli Mr. Dickorson in tho lumber j
yard a couplo of seasons ago. ;
Tho Iluclmor families reroived tho
glad tidings this morning that John
Uuebner, recently roported missing in'
Frnnco by our government, was O. K.I
and wns going to some military school
John lias not boon located yot by
I'ncle Sam and as a consequenco has I
recolved no mall from homo since!
September 'et.
A letter received this morlng from
Corp. Leo Eyorly In Franco states
tint his old division, the 34th, wns
all split up, and thnt ho was now at
tachod to tho "Old Regular Division"
tho 17th, one of the divisions desig
nated by Gon. Pershing to romain
ovor there. Leo said he was fooling
fine, had boon moved nbout so much
ho had but little timo to writo, but
would 1 e home to oat Xinas dinner in
1919.
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Too much sv cot stuff nuts the stom
ach out of ordor. A dose of Prickly
Ash Rlttors corrects tho trouble re
stores appetite and good indigestion.
Price 1.25 por bottle. Gununere
Dont Drug Co., Special Agents.
NOTICE.
Tho undorslgned will sell at Public
Ruction at tho Park P"lace, 7 miles
west ot North Platto. G mllos east of
Hershoy nnd 1 mllo north of Blrdwood
station on Friday Decembor 20th
12 Head ot Horses.
12 Head of Cows, frosh soon
20 head of Young Cnttlo.
Also farm and hay mncbinory.
Some Bees,
C. II. SMITH. 2t
Krady Roys Arrive Homo.
Robert Beaty was the first Brady
soldier boy to arrivo home, Thursday
night of last week from the officers'
training school. Camp Zachary, Tay
lor, Ky. The next to reach this vicin
ity was Albert Bergman, from Camp
Dodge' Sunday morning came the four
Brady boys, Mohin Elliott, Harold
Dart, Arthur Burke and John Mc
Cullough, from the Student's Army
Training Corps at Lincoln, this state.
K. B. Abercombie arrived home from
the training school at Ianhatthn,
Kansas, Tuesday evening. Vindicator.
J
Let 'his" gift
to YOU
be a HOOVER!
The days aro not long
enough, it scorns, for you to
attend to your multiplied
duties. Yoiumust adopt moro
short-cuts.
Most tiresome, timo-con
sinning and disagreeable is
tho weekly cleaning day.
Let it bo largoly replaced by
a fow moments daily use of
a HOOVER.
Then dirt will never accu
mulate in your rugs and car
pets. Housccleanlng will be
much simplified.
Though THE HOOVER
glides so lightly that a three-year-old
can uso it, it beats
out imbedded grit, sweeps up
stubbornost-clinging litter of
all kinds nnd dustlossly with
draws the dirt thus dislodged.
Only THE HOOVER beatfi,
nweeps, suction cleans. Only
Tho Hoover cleans THORO
LY. When ho gives you a
HOOVER ho gives you tho
BEST.
North Platte Light
& Power Co
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Tho most energetic workers fool
lazy and low-spirited at times, This
condition Is caused by Impurities In
tho stomach, llvor and bowols, which
should bo gotten rid of boforo they
bring on a sick spoil. A fow doses
of Prickly Ash BIttors cleanses tho
system nnd Bonds now llfo and vigor
to ovory part of tho body. Prlco $1.25
por bottlo. G-rimmore-Dcnt Drug (Jo..
Office phone 241. Res. phone 217
L. C . DROST,
Osteopathic Physician.
North Platte, NebrasKH.
Knights ot Columbus Building.
Reforonco:- Farmers Stnto Bank
R. I. SIIAlTULIi,
AUCTIONEER
Sutherland, Nebr.
lalway tako stock buyers with mo
aim uiways sou ior uie nign uonar
DERRYBERRY A FOItUES,
Llcenaod Embamora
Undertakers andFunoral Directors
Day phono 4
Night phono Black 588
Let McGraw
Fix It
If your Radiator leaks, or is
filled with sediment and your
car heats, have it fixed before
winter. Before using any
anti-freezing solution, be sure
your radiator is tight and
clean.
McGRAW
RADIATOR COMPANY
Romigh Garage 6th and Locust Street
NORTH PLATTE
..General Hospital..
(Incorporated)
One Hall Block North oi Postoftice.
Phone 58
A modarn institution for the
scientific treatment of medical,
surgical and confinement cases.
Completely equipped X-Ray
and diagnostic laboratories.
Staff:
Geo. B. rent. M. D. Y. Lucas, M. D.
J. B. Redfield. M. D. J. S. SIMMS, M.D.
Bit. TWINEJf HOSPITAL
For Medical, Surgical, Mat
ernity and convalescent pati
ents. Successful operation on
Appendix, when necessary
Gall bladder
Hemorrhoids
Tonsils
Adenoids
Hospital Phone 110
Office Phone 183
Residence Phone 283
1008 West Fourth Street
North Platte, Neb.
GEO. D. DENT,
Phsylclnn and Snrgcon.
Speclnl attention Given to Surgery
nnd Obstrctrlcs.
Office: Building & Loan Building
Phones: Offlco 130, Residence 115
NOTICE I
Why not write your Arc nnd cyclone
Insurance with n reliablo compnny
who Invest their premiums In Liberty
Bonds nnd (rlro our county tho credit.
.See us for farm nnd automobile rutcs
NEBRASKA REAL ESTATE CO.
Offlco Phono 310 Res. Black 37G
DR. SHAFFER,
Osteopathic riiyslclnn
Bolton Bldg. North Platto, Neb.
Notice to Creditors.
Estate No. 1590 of Abner W. Dillon
deceased In tho County Court of Lin
coln County, Nebraska
Tho State of Nebraska, ss: Credi
tors of said estate will tako notice
that the timo limited for prosentat'ou
and filing of claims against said Es
tate is Juno 14th. 191D. nnil for
mont of said Estate Is December 13th
iuiu; mat i will sit at the county
court room In said onnntv. mi Mnroii
14th, 1910 at 9 o'clock a. m., and on
June- 14th, 1919, at 9 o'clock a. m.. to
receive, examine, hear, allow, or ad
just all claims and objection duly filed
WM. H. C. WOODHURST,
D17-4wks. County Judge.
Notice of Petition.
Estate No. 1G05 of Hans D. Jergeh
son, deceased In tho County Court of
Lincoln County. Nebraska.
Tho Stato of Nobraska, To all per
sons intorested in said Estate tako no
tice that a petition has beon filed for
tho administration of the estato of
tho deceased and tho appointment of
Edna Jorgensen as admintHtrntrtv nf
said estato, which has been sot for
nearing norom on January 3rd, 1919,
at 10 o'clock a. m.
Dated December Gth, 1918.
Wli. H. C. WOODHimRT
D10-3wks Cotintv .Tinlotr
if C7
Estruy NotJco.
Taken up on tho Hansen ranch, sev
en miles northwest of North Platte,
on or about August 1st. 1918, one cow
and calf, cow branded with t imr un
der J and figuro one under bar; calf
aoout nve montns old and not brand
ed. Owner call, prove property, pay
cnarg.es anu taKe animal away.
H. P. HANSEN.
D2-Gw North Platte. Neb.
DOCTOR D. T. QUIGLEY
Practtco Limited to
Surgery and Radium Thoranj
723 City Nntlonnl Bnnk Building.
Omaha, Nebraska-
ED. KIERIG,
Auctioneer.
General Farm Sales a Specialty.
References and Bnies nt First Nu
llonnl Bank, North Platte, Neb.
Phono 1000.
Big Price for Furs.
You will make money hy coming to
sco mo before you ship.
L. LIPSHITZ.
Bsst Price Paid for
HOGS
AT THE
Hog . Market
Office nt the Old Stock Yards
We also buy cattle. Call phone
Black 381 for prices
ED. TODENHOFT,
North Platte, Nebraska.
Hospital Phone Black 633
House Phone Black 633
y. t. ritrrciiARi),
Graduate Yetorinarlan
Eight years a Government Votorlnar
lan. Hospital 218, south Locust St
one-half block southwest ot the
Court House.
Notice of Petition.
Estato No. 1G02 of Alma B. Sims.
deceased.
In tho County Court of Lincoln
Ccunty, Nebraska.
Tho Stato of Nebraska: To all per
sons .Interested In said estate, tako
nndn. . V. n . -.11' 1 , . .
for the appointment of Goorgo J. Tay
lor, of Wollfleet, Nebraska, as adradn
iitrator of said estate, which has
beon set for hearing herein on De
cembor 27, 1918. at 9 o'clock a. m.
Dated December 2, 1918.
WM. H. C. WOODHURST,
D2-3w County Judge.
Notico lo Creditors.
Estate No. 1589 of Florence Love.
deceased.
In the County Court of Lincoln
county, Nebraska.
Tho State ot Nebraska, s.s. Cred
itors of said estate will tako notico
thnt the timo limited for presenta
tion and tiling of claims against said
ostato is April 3, 1919, and for settle
ment of said estate is December 2d,
1919. that I will sit at tho county
court room in saUl county on Janu
ary 3d, 1919, at 10 o'clock a.m. and
on April 3d, 1919, at 10 o'clock a. m.
to receive, examine, hear, allow or
adjust all claims and objections duly
Hied.
WM. H. C. WOODHURST,
D.?-4w County Judge.
NoJico of Suit.
The defendants, Theodore E. Pot-
tor and Potter, his wile, real namo
unknown, and tho unknown heirs, dev
isees, legatees and personal represen
tatives of Theodoro E. Potter and
Potter, his wife, real namo unknown.
if deceased, and all persons interested
m the Northwest Quarter (NW'4) of
Soctio Twelvo (12), Township Fifteen
(ir) north of Range Thirty-three (33).
West Sixth P. M., Lincoln county,
Nobraska, aro hereby notified that on
tho 28th day of xVugust 1918, the Equi
table Land Company, as plainWff here
in, filed its petition in tho district
court of Lincoln county, Nebraska.
against you and each of you, tho ob
ject and prayer of which petition are
to quiet tho title in plaintiff to tho
following described real estato to-wlt:
Tho Northwest Quarter (NWV4) of
Section Twelvo (12), Township flit-
toon (15), north of Range Thirty-three
(33), west Gth P. M., in Lincoln coun
ty, Nobraska.
And for general, equitable" relief and
costs. You and ach of you are hore
by required to answer or plead to said
petition on or boforo the Gth day of
January, 1919, or tho same will bo taken-
as truo and decrca and Judgment
rondored therein as prayed quieting
title to said real property in the name
of plaintiff and canceling and annul-
Ing any and claims of said defendants
or either of them and for costs.
THE EQUITABLE LAND CO..
nl95w By J. W. James, its attorney.
Sheriff's Sale.
By virtuo ot an order of sale Issued
from tho District Court of Lincoln
County Nobraska, upon a decree of
foreclosure rondored In saidj court
wherein William E. Sampson is plain
tiff and Charles E. Rima, et. al., aro
defendants, nnd to mo directed, I will
on tho 23d day of Docembor, 1918, at
2 o'clock p. in., ot tho east front door
ot tho court houso In North Platte,
Lincoln county, Nobraska, sell nt pub
lic auction to tho hlghcts bidder for
cash to satisfy said docroo, interest
and costs tho following described
property to-wlt: Northwest Qunrtor
(NWV4) of Soctlon Twenty-nine (29),
Township Twelvo (12), north of Range
Thirty-two (32) in Lincoln county,
Nobrasko .
Dotod North Platte, Platte, Neb.,
Novomber .6, 1918.
A. J. SALISBURY.
N19-6w Sherlc
Special Agents.