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TIIIRTY-FIFTII YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, E... JANUARY 21, 1919.
No. 3
New Auto Tiro Shop.
P. B. Stovonson, formorly of Ster-
SOLDIEIIS WELCOME AKCH WILL
HE liEMCATEI) THIS EVENING.
Tho homo coming welcomo nrch
orcctod undor tho aurplcos of tho Lin
coln county chapter of tho Red Cross,
was orecteu yesterday and will bo
formally dedicated tit eight o'clock , Regular mooting of tho G. I. A. Prl-
thls evening. ; day afternoon at 2:30. Installation of
Tho ceremonies connected with tho officers.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Jacob "Webber went to Chicago yr
torday to bring homo lits aged father.
Soo us for Service. It pays. ItEX
ALL DRUG STORE.
TRAMP lHtOTHEltS WILL lllV
DIEiNEll SHOE STOOlf.
dedication will bo as follows:
Band, drum corps, Red Cross, Sam
my Girls, Ijornior niombors of Uio
Homo Guards, high school cadets, re
turned soldiers and sailors and cltl
Eons generally will assemblo at tho
court houso square and headed by the
G. A. R. with J, E. Evans as color
bearor will inarch north on Dowoy to
tho arch. Tho program will dpon with
music by tho band and drum corps,
Tho Twentieth Century Club will
moot this afternoon at tho homo of
Mrs. Chas. Edwards.
Adam Christ, who had been homo
on a furlough, roturned yesterday to
Camp Dodge. Ho expectg to bo dis
charged in tho near future.
Tho Women's Homo Missionary
socloty of the Methodist ch,urch will
meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. J.
and Intorspersod with selections by a ' A. McMlchaol, 209 south Vine street
iiuartotto. Short addresses will bo de
livered by Rev. Franklin Koch and
J. T. Koofe.
I Sergt Al. G. Snodoker, who had
bocn In service at Camp Molgs, Wash-
Intrtnn. T). fl minnt tills mnrnlnir In
Tho arch has been erected at the , tQwn wWIo onnmto homo Uo w,n re.
turn tho latter part of tho week and
accept employment with Tho Tribune
north end of Dewey street and we bo
llovo tho public will agree with us
that C. O Hupfer, who designed it,
Is entitled to credit for its attractive-
Ezra Dowhower returned homo Sat-
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noss, especially when electrically , ruay rrom a uirco monuis aurvo
lighted. Whllo tho arch contains the 1" France. Tho unit to which ho be
namcs of 871 Lincoln county boys who ! lonGcl had been ordered to the front,
entered tho service, it ip probable j Uut three days before they reached
that tho list is not altogether com- j tllc nelt tn armistice was signed,
ploto, and those who find omissions Senator Hoagland, who had been
will confer a favor by reporting them homo on a visit, returned to Lincoln
to Mr. Hupfer and tho omitted names last night. Tho Senator will prob
will bo added. i ably introduco a bill prescriblngva
It is hoped that the dedication of greater penalty for bootlegging in the
tho arch will bo considered of such
Importance as to attract the atten
dance of a largo number of our people.
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Only 9 days loft of THE STORE-
Wido January Clearanco Salo of Tho
LEADER MERCANTILE CO. Its a
real salo on every item in The Big
Store. Every body seems to bo attend-;
ing the Big Money Saving Event ,n tal faHen
Evorybody made happy who attend;
THE STORE WIDE SALEat THE
LEADER MER. CO. Bargains greater
way of InVprisonmont for six or more
months.
. Soo us for Service. It pays. REX-
ALL DRUG STORE.
Ten patients aro now receiving
treatment at tho detention hospital,
sovoral'of whom aro in such condition
as to need constant nursing. At no
tlmo since Christmaa has tho number
Tho Dlenor shoo stock Is being In
voiced this week preparatory to pur
chaso by Horbort and Arthur Tramp,
who will tako possession as booh as
tho Inventory la completed. This move
follows an Ineffectual nttompt of E. T.
Tramp & Sons to secure larger quar
ters and to include with their dry
goods nnd ready-to-wear garmcnts a
full lino of shoos. This failuro result
ed in a proposition to purchaso tho
Dionor stock.
Tho Messrs. Tramp aro ontorprising
young business men, and In tho pur
chaso of tho Dienor storo tlioy tako
over a business that haa long been
established and which has a splendid
patronage
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' Successful Hog Snle.
Frank Strollborg and F. O. Johnson
held a successful salo of registered
Duroc Jersey brood sows at tho North
Side llvory barn yesterday nftornooiv
Stxty-ono head were offered, all of
which wero sold, tho larger animals
bringing as high as 250.00 each.
Buyors wore present from Iloldrege,
CITY AlfD COUNTY NEWS.
Curtain Scrims nt half prico ad long
as thoy last, E. T. TRAMP & SONS.
A real clean up salo on Cotton
a now smpmoni oi spring urossw ,lnKi mo.. has Coasted tlic Rltnor
Just arrived. E- T. TRAMP & SONS i)Uu,ung at 107 west Gth street and Bats, bats soiling at 5 cents, 25 cents,
I. A. Gilbert mid family 'voro oall- has oponod up an auto tiro repair and 30 contsuind 88 conts for tho larger
ed to Cozad yesterday by tho death of retreading shop; also will carry a fbats. Do not fnil to soo them. E. T.
Mrs. GllborfB brothor, who died from large stock of now tires, both fabrics TRAMP & SONS.
and cords, and tubes. Mr. Stovonaon
has had sovon years cxporlonco In
ropnlrliig tiros, also has ono of tho
most modoru equipments-
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an attack of tho flu.
Tliolina, soventeon months old
daughtor of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Eddy,
living at G03 wost Eighth stroot dlod
Sunday .Tho funeral will bo hold at
tho rosldenco tills afternoon at 2:30,
Rov. Hull to conduct tho sorvlco.
Wo still continue our salo on Cotton , tains. Tho North Platto Top &. Cus-
n.i
Wo mako curtains comploto for -any
: mako of car; also slip covers, hood
covors, radiator covors and storm cur-
Bats and Curtain scrims. Do not
disregard this opportunity. E. T.
TRAMP & SONS.
Mls8 Wynn Sullivan, of Brday, will
tench In tha Washington building,
having boon elected to succeed Miss
Callan, who resigned and loft town.
Mlss Besslo Smith has accepted a posi
tion in tho Jefferson school, lncroasod
att,cn(fanco .making an. addftlonul
teacher nocossary.
Cocoa Butter Cold Cream appllod
dally fully protects tho faco from ex
posure to winter winds. Special this
Minden and other points outsido tho wook nt 38c. Regular GOc. REXALL
STORE.
and moro of them every day as the
sale draws to a close.
low six.
Mother Kroh's Baby Coiugh Syrup.
Contains no harmful drugs. REXALL
DRUG STORE.
A
Precisely the kind of a car you 'would
expect Dodge Brothers to build.
Practical, substantial, of goodggap
pearance and ample capacity for .90
percent of your loads.
Attention, Farmers. Here is the car
that will do more oi your hauling and
also take the place of your passenger
car, on an economical basis.
The gasoline consumption is unusually low.
The tire mileage is unusually high.
J. V. ROMIGH,
DEALER.
6th and Locust Phone 844
county.
Tho animals offered by Messrs. 1
Strollborg and Johnson wero conced
ed to bo by far the best draft of
brood sows horotororo offered for
salo in North Platte.
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Williams Furnishes Cash Bond.
O. S. W'llllams, tho colored portor
on train No. 20 who was arrested at
Lexington last week, iflned $200 for
bootlegging, which he paid and was
then turned over to tho federal
authorities on tho charge of carrying
liquor from a wot Btato to a dry state
was arraigned heforo U. S. Commis
sioner Woodhurst Saturday and 'plac
ed undor $1,000 bonds for his appear
ance in tho federal court. Ho sur
prised tho judge and tho marshal by
producing the ono thousand dollars
and putting It up as surety. Ho was
rolcased from custody and loft for his
homp In Omaha'
Thursday and Friday ovonlng8 of
this week tha local lodge of Odd Fol
lows will havo as their guest, A. P.
Hanson, grand pariarch of tho En
campment branch of tho ordor. Thoro
will bo degroo work both Thursday
and Friday evenings followed by a
banquet Friday ovenlng at tho closo
of tho degrco work. All local and
visiting brothors nrs requested to bo
prosont.
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For Sale
A fine quarter section well inprov
ed, six miles southwest of Suther
land. Priced right nnd terms. Thirty
acres o wheat goes with placo. Pos
session will bo given March 1st, 1919
W. V. GATES, 117 So. Willow St.,
North Platto.
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After ZeInlshun,, Monoy.
E- L. Garrison, who had boon visit
ing relatives In the south part of tho
county, loft this morning for Oregon.
Loren Hastings returned this morn
ing from a .brief visit in Omaha.
Lot us savo you monoy on your
dolly wanta, our enttro stock of dry
goods on salo. Now Is tho opportunity
to savo money. E. T. TRAMP & SONS.
It is probablo that tho Canteen will
bo authorized to send out with wound
ed soldlors passing through an escort
of two or moro members- Thoso es
corts would' rondor to wounded sol
diers such nsslstanco as necessary
whljo enrouto from, th'l8 o.tty to
Choycnno. Tho plan has been tried out
In tho cast nnd is said to. work very
successfully.
If you aro going to havo your Auto
Top recovered boo tho North Platto
Top and Qushion Company at Sixth
and LociiBt streets.
Tho local tolophono oxchango has
orders for about ono hundred now
phones which, owing to government
restrictions on now work, cannot bo
Installed. Tho equipment at tho now
Palaco hotol also calls for eighty
room phonos and tho McCabo Hotel
needs flftoon or moro room phones.
All this work is hold off until tho fed
oral restrictions aro romoved-
Your favorito Magazlno at tho REX
ALL STORE.
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t Membors of tho Travol and Study,
Club wero tho . guests of Mrs. M. E.
Crosby last evening-
J. G. Beelor left this morning for
Lincoln whoro ho will transact legal
business for a day or two.
Tako tho sido curtains for your car
to Tho North Platto Top & Cushion
Company, Sixth and Locust Streets.
Its tho best chance over offered to
mon and boys to buy best suits, Over
coats or macklnaw coats at a saving
of 20 to 50 per cent on any garment
you select at tho LEADER MER. CO.
A miscellaneous shower wa8 given
Saturday night for Mrs. William Hoy
selrf who boljoro !her marriage was
Miss Alice McCurg. Splendid refresh
ments woro served by tho hostess to
tho seventeen who wero 'presont All
kinds of games and dancing wero in
dulged in by tho guests.
J jjTrnllcd by his vclfo" nncUtl children,
"Jtfrngitri? from Rtoutcorrifiel(I hnnds to
bow-legged toddlers, nn old' dnrky
made his wny from office to ofllcc In
the fodornl building nt Ashevllle, N.
C. seeking his "zt'inpshun."
Finally reaching tho city exemption
board, he said: "Boss. I done come
for -my zompshun money." Tho clerk
did not understand him. "You menu
your pension money, don't you?" quer
ied the clerk. Tho old mnn shook his
head. "No, sir. boss; I menu do $2,000
do gubinent 'lows mnrrled folks.'
Further Inquiry disclosed tltnt tho
old man hud hennl some one say tho
government allowed tho head of a fam
ily !?2,000 exemption under tho Income
tax law. and he understood this to
menu that tho government would pay
h!m !?2,p0O,
He accepted tho news that there
was no! hiim' coming to him phllosoph
Icnlly.
".Tost like nttor tuther wnh," ho re
marked. "Dey say den us riarklc.i
swine ler to git a mnio apiece nnu
i we ain't neblier got none
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To-Night
BARBARA CASTLET0N and IRV
ING CUMMINGS in
' THE HEART OF A GIRL.'
You'll
Did you ever see n big political convention in full blast?
see one going full tilt when you see this remark
able picture. The climax of this production oc
curs in a political convention and this scene is
one of the most massive ever shown, and' LYONS
nnrl MrtRAN in tlioir latoot r-nmpiv "Mnul Wnntpd" nt th
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'THE SECRET OF THE
STORM COUNTRY"
An intense story hinging oh
the feud between squatter
and land owner.
(CRYSTAL THEATRE
TO-NIGHT & TOMORROW
MABLE NORMAND
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HERBERT RAWLINSON
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'Back to the Woods'
An adventure in an elevator
that led to a romance in the
mountains.
KEITH THEATRE
Wednesday and
Thursday
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"WOMEN'S WEAPONS"
How a vampire lost out against a regular cook. She matched
her nt cooking and housework right in front of the misled hus
band. Talk about a victoiy, the wedding ring certainly came out
on top.
Crystal Theatre Wednesday and Thursday
NEW
-Ford
C
ars
The public cannot bo efficiently served by a tele
phone company whose incomo is insufficient to pay'
its employees good wages, provide properly for tho
maintenance of its property, replace obsolete or
worn-out equipment and pay its investors a reason
able return on their money such as they would ex
pect to earn if it were invested in other business in
volving equal risk.
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Are comimg thru but not sufficient to
fill all orders. We are allowed a
small portion of each week's output.
Your early signed order will help an
early purchase. See us al once.
PRICES AT NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
Ford Touring - - $665.60
Ford Roadster - - 559.96
Ford Coupelet - - 713.78
Ford Sedan - - - 841.97
Ford one Ton Truck, 1- $611.25
Fordson Tractor, - - $936.00
Oliver Plow, two bottom, $150.00
Farm Machinery Prices
on application.
Hendy-Ogier Auto Company,
Ford Authorized Sales and Service.
East Fourth Stret.
J. L. SOUDER, Sales Manager