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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1919)
POLARINE Remember When You Bought Your Car? Remember how the salesman stressed the necessity of proper lubrication? Remember his telling you how much proper lubrication meant in added power, added life, added smoothness? What's the answer? Simply this Polarine Oil and proper lubrication are synony mous. Ask any motorist who uses Polarine Oil he's seen the proof. Next time you're ready to fill the crankcase, look for the Polarine sign. (And don't forget the password for greater mileage per gallon its Red Crown gasoline). STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Nebraska) Omaha MJ " " I THE SIGN 1 (TAXBARD OA COMFANt j 1 ' 1 Restoring Mesopotamia. Under British occupation the fertile regions of Mesopotamia nre being re stored to productivity, for which this region wns celebrnted in nihllcnl days. This Is disclosed In ofllcinl dlspntches received nt AVnshlngton from Ihigdnd. Under Turkish rule In some places nothing was produced. The British authorities, to save a large part of the population from star vation and to provide work, Immedi ately set about, as soon as the Turks wero driven out, to construct canals for irrigation and to encourage the population to plan for the next har vest. An Arabian lnbor corps was or ganized locally and three Indian labor corps were employed. As n result a new Irrigation canal has been opened at Mnnsarich, sev enty miles northeast of Bagdad on the DIala river, by which .",00,000 acres already are being irrigated. The King Charles Statue. King Charles I may now breathe freely once more. Workmen hnve tnk en away the sandbags and scaffolding of the statue of King' Pinnies I in Trafalgar square. This Is the first time the head of the Stuarts has been permitted to breathe freely for many months. M sorts of speculations have been rife as to the reason for the ex tensive protection that has been ac corded this statue, one of them being that there was a Jacobite at the office of works. The probable reason, how ever, Is the undeniable beauty of the statue. London Mall. Identification No. 1. When a soldier gets his identification dlpk banded to him and It runs up to 817,541 or 2,783,590 or some such colossal number, ho begins to nicdl tnto briefly on the subject of who has No. 1. The Stars nnd Stripes nnswers his query with the information that in the Infancy of the A. E. F No. 1 was as signed to Sergt. Arthur B. Crean of the medical department. Where and what he Is now Is not vouchsafed, but by this time ho may be a lieutenant colonel. FOR SALE. My 5G0 aero ranch, well Improved, 4 miles southeast of Tryon, McPher son county. Will take good city property in part payment. It. A. McFARLAND, Phono Red 732 North Platte. Neb. 18tf BEWARE OF THE FAKER. If a Stranger Want3 You to Trado Liberty Bonds for Stocks, Ask Your Banker. BETTER THAN ANY MEDIUMS Thousands of Americans arc collect ing clap trap in tho form of gaily 11 lumlnated stock certificates that aren't worth the paper they'ro printed upon and never will be. And the tragedy of it all is that many of them are sacrlficingthelr Liberty Bonds In the effort. They are surrendering their certificates of loyal citizenship in tho chance of making a killing doing Uncle Sam a real Injury, how ever, unconsciously. With no more chance than the proverbial snowball In Hades. j The woods are full of salesmen right now representing fake promo' ! tlon schemes and holding out special Inducements to Liberty Bond holders. Offering them so-called bargains ex traordinary, especially in exchange for their bonds. Be on your guard. If one of these follows puts his prop osltlon up to you, take him down tc your banker. If he can sell tho bank er, you may possibly be safo In taking a chance. But If he can't, pass him up. Clearing Up After War. On the banks of the Thames, less thnn twenty miles from London, there Is an American town of the mush room kind such as you might find in a new California oil field. Its popu lation consists of more than 200 white men and about 150 negroes. It covers twenty-five acres which nine months ago were fallow grass land. Tho business of the town Is to re ceive, sort nnd store war mntcrlal. There Is n street of wooden huts, an other of corrugated Iron huts, huge Iron store sheds n quarter of a mile long, ofllce buildings, water supply nnd electric lights, the whole sur rounded by a hedge, n few armed sen tries nnd much mud. All dny long the khakl-clnd negroes push nnd hnul railway trucks full of wai material. War material coming back from Russia Is being stored nt this camp, also tho fittings of the dismantled hos pitals which the Amerlcnn army es tablished Ia Engjnnd, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, MAZEPPA LODGE No. 115. Mooting Nights Second and Fourth Wednesdays of each Month. K, P. Hall, 602 Dewey, Phone Black 720. Harry B. York, C. C, phono Black 425, C02 South Pine. O. E. Elder, Y. C, phono Red 2J2 211 South Sycamore. I). M. Hogsctt, rn phono Red G03 C21 West Fifth. C. L. Raskins, H. W phono 01, Building & Loan Building. SM. Somlcr, If. JL S., phono Red 125, 001 South Dewey. J. E. Sebastian, M. F., phono Red 018, Oil East Second. Roy Mehlmunn, M. E., phono Black, 81, 200 South Locust. C. M. Austin, M. A, phono Black 1128, 110 West Second. J. W. Rowland, I. G phono Rod 107, 220 East E. IT. E. Starr, 0. G., phono 677, 320 West Fifth. Mince Pie That Brought Vision of Home Caused Wounded Soldier to Long for Life. Pie Is not among the articles treated of In works on mnterln medlca, but n recent Incident shows that it mny hnvo therapeutic value. In n hospital lay an American sailor, for whom ev erything had been done by surgeons, doctors nnd nurses, nnd yet something was lacking. Ho was homesick; his mind wns over nwny In n little At lantic coast town. One day. In the midst of his bodily pain and soul-suffering, there flnshed upon him tho ol Ject of bis quest, nnd he murmured excitedly: "Oh. If T couffi only hnve a piece of mince pie." It was not that ho wnnted to eat a piece of pie, for he wns too 111 for that. Ills-hunger was for what the pie represented. An Amerlcnn nurso who hrnrd tho wish mnnnged, with some difficulty, to find all the Ingredients for n real New England pic. When she took It to him she put with It a bit of cheop, nlso bnrd to procure In these times, so that nothing would bo Incklng, nnd In the cheese she planted n mlnlnlure Stnrs nnd Strlpps. Tho poor boy could ent neither the pie nor the cheese, but they contributed Just tho home touch needed to Improve his condition. When the wife of the Amerlcnn consul general visited him Inter she remnrkod upon the Improve ment In his condition, nnd he wild: "Two days ago I was In such misery that I could have welcomed death. Now I feel tbnt America Is not so far nwny as I thought and thnt I have got to hang on." GENERAL BELIEF IN HONESTY Something Very Like the Mllennlum 8eems to Be Near In Great British Metropolis. How is the sudden trust Londoners hnve come to exhibit for ench other to be accounted for? There Is an ex treme shortage of copper coins for small change In London, nnd one man Bays of his experiences: "On several occasions lately news vendors who hnvo been unable to change silver have said to me, 'Never mind, pay me the next time you nre this way. Only one of them knew mo ns a regular cus tomer. Even more unexpected credit than this was offered me at a railway liCQklng ofllce where I tendered n 'bill ing for n two-penny fare. 'I'm sliort of coppers, said the girl bonking clerk, 'pay me tomorrow.' 'But I shnll not be hero tomorrow I replied. 'Then pay mo the next tlmo you nre here, when ever It Is,' she said. 'But supposing I forget,' I expostulated. "Oh, I know that you will como and pay me somo day, she answered. 'I've never known people fall.' " Similar testimony Ir of fered by others, who tell of copper credit thrust upon them by strnngerfl, nnd often very poor nnd humble stran gers. London Mall. The Day's End By ALDEN CHAPMAN :o::- ST0P, THINK AND LISTEN Yt'o write Tornado Insurance on Farm nnd City Property nt lowest rates. .Don't neglect It like you do your health, but cull tho doctor now. Woodhurst's Ins. Ag-ency, Room 8, Reynolds Balldlng, Mrs. Kelso, Mun. ngcr. 26-i (Cvpjrlgbt, 1819, tr Wtitttn Ntffipiptr Union.) Leshln Travis arrayed herself as If for a state occasion. Her gowns wero few and not strictly elegant, but she looked pretty ns n picture ns she left her room, pausing to bestow n light but loving kiss upon the engagement circlet upon her linger, only a few days old. Then its presence seemed to net ns Incentive nnd reminder. She opened n drawer In tho burenu nnd from a faded, time-worn velvet Jewel case re moved a ring with an old-fashioned netting surmounted by a brilliant white diamond. Her eyes wero tender and misty as It reflected a light rlvnllng tho pUro Intensity of her own bright eyes. Mem ory was sentlnent and pervading. "In liniior of Alanl" she whispered devout ly. "Surely ho Is worthy, nnd It Is our lust meeting for n long, long time." The ring was about all In tho world of value that Leshln posseted. Her mother had bestowed It upon her a few days before she died and Leshln had cherished It a sacred memento. Alan Itnwlelgh looked like an artist, nnd wns one. The delicate refinement f his face attracted even those of coarser mold. Art had been his pas "Ion, and the scope nnd encouragement of n small inland city had become too nnrrow for his ability, bis ambition and his genius. Sadly tho day was dying "before eventide It shnll be light!" Air nnd sky were In harmony with a subdued sentiment. In the west the last rays of the sun formed a fanllke-spk'ndor, while a mellow hyaclnthlne hue, ex quisitely diversified, formed a curtain of loveliness and spread over tho canopy to the east. Lesbla found Alan on tho porch, half-reclining In n hnmmock, his poetic glance fixed on the far glowing horizon. "The dny's end 1" he murmured soft ly, ns Lesbla joined him. "How beautiful !" she said In no awed, yet enraptured tone, nnd then, her hnnd resting In his own, they sat mutely engrossed under the spell of n silence that was eloquent. Soul spoke to soul, but better thus, for the holy calm of the hour seemed to lift them Into a higher sphere. They watched the shadows come, the radiant sky col ors fade and darken. Then one glow ing star camo out, only one. "I shall think of you whenever I gaze nt thnt star," spoke Alan, "and that will be every eventide. Oh, my precious one! this hour of happiness Is the supremo moment of our exist ence." Thnt slnr, that one evening, Les bla's presence, the uplifting soulful ivess of all nature molded their eternal fibers Inseparably Into the warp and woof of Alan Hnwlelgh's career. After he had gone to tho city, weekly a letter came to Lesbla, always cheery and full of optimism. He had found studio nwiu with n veteran portrait pnlnVer, one Giles Larne, and his friendship nnd co-nperntlnn had brought a new Joy into Ainu's life. He hnd introduced Alnn into advanced ur tlstlc circles, bad found him some stock picture work that afforded him n living, and had encouraged him to make an effort for recognition from the art institute. "And oh I Leshln," wrote Alan, "my very being Is enwrnpt In n picture, tho theme of which Is tho end of that benutlful day when Inst we saw one another and our souls seemed to merge Into n new world of sweetness and beauty. 'The Day's End' It shall be the effort of my life nnd tho one stnr may shine on us to Illumine our paths to fame and fortune." It wns a little after when a letter written In an unfamiliar hand came to Lesbla. It was signed "Giles Larne," and it told the anxious and nlnrmcd Lesbla thnt her fiance had broken down from worry nnd overwork and wn in a serious condition. At oncb Lesbla arranged to go to tho city. An nunt resided there; sho went to her homo nnd then to Giles Lnrne, who In formed her thnt Alan was In n hospi tal nnd, according to the doctors, In for n long siege of sickness. Lesbla stood spellbound, as for tho first time Lame took her to the studio nnd showed upon tho easel "The Dny's End." The tears would come ns sho recognized how Alan had Imbibed nnd expressed the soulful beauty of that eventful eventide. And there In tho fnr west wns the Rtnr their starl "That Is where Alan broke down," explained the faithful old veteran. "He tried nil kinds of pulnt to get tho glow and sparkle of the star and failed. The picture goes to tho nrt exhibition, however." "Oh, Mr. Lnrne I" burst forth Lesbla Impetuously, "I have a thought, n gmnd thought I" nntl she spoke words thnt caused the old artist to quiver with tho rnrest excitement. When Alan Bnwlcigli was convales cent It wns Lesbla who announced to him that not only had his picture taken the first prize but a rich connois seur hnd offered n fabulous price for It Ho was spellbound as he viewed his work In tho grand gallery. The shining star seemed fairly to pierce his vision. It was that unique emphnsls that had chnrmed thousands. "Mother's diamond Inserted In the canvas," whispered Lesbla, and Alnn Itnwlelgh understood. Another was substituted before tho picture was sent to Its purchaser, for tho original one that had brought fame and fortune wns worn by Lsbla o their wedding ere. fak Complete Only by finishing the job can this be done. Only by providing the money to gather up the loose ends and round off the rough, projecting points that still remain. Our boys made Victory I It's our duty to make it complete by an over whelming subscription to the. Victory Liberty Loan. Victory Liberty Loan Committee Thl $pace contributid by North Platte Business Men. ALWAYS USE COW BRAND FLOUR K0RTH PIATTS worth PtATTt.irea L cow nnNnA IT MAKES BETTER BREAD PATRONIZE NORTH PLATTE INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED 1887. Mutual Building andLoan Association, Of North Platte, Nebraska. RESOURCES OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS. The Association has unlimited funds at its" command'to assist in the building or purchase of homes for thepeoplcof North Platte. If you are interested, the olTicersof this Association will render every assistance and show you how easyit is to acquire your own home. T.'C. PATTERSON, BESSIE F. SALISBURY, President. Secretary. OUR SPRING UNO SUMMER ASSORTMENT OF STYIES. In Standard Custom Garments oljThicago is now in and ready for your inspection. We will be pleased to take your order now. We also make Uniforms for Conductors and Brakemen from $26 up. Call on us and see our new line of goods Yours truly, Over Hlrschfold Clothing Store. CAJRIi GERLB The Tribune guarantees advertisers a circu lation exceeding 2100.
