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Nine Big Trotting and Pacing Races
Four Fast Running Races
Each Afternoon on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
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SATURDAY
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27th
WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON- -
Elimination Trial for Ant Races and 15-Mile Motorcycle Race.
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Misconception
By SAIDEE E. BALCOM
(Copyright, 1019. by the Wantern NWi
papar Union.)
"There's five It) tho fuinlly." reported
little Ned Willis to his curious and
Interested own. "There's Mr. and Mrs.
Wnldron. Then tluiro'B young num.
Sny, Edna, ho Is just us handsome us
can be."
"Any children 7" Inquired Mrs. Willis.
"Nuw," replied Ned In nn aggrieved
tone. "Thcro's two young fellows, but
over so much older tlmn me."
"1 understand," Interlarded Mr. Wil
lis, "thnt Mr. Waldron la a retired city
merchant, ami his sou Is looking after
his Interests there."
"They seem like very respectable
peoplo," remarked Mrs. Willis. "Well
dressed and furniture quite tho mode.
Did you notice. Edna?"
But Ednu did not reply. Noting, Im
pressible, tho reference to the hand
some young man had quite absorbed
her.
"You miiftt break tho Ico, Mary," said
Mr. Willis to IiIh wife. "Suppose you
get the cook to fix up a couple of those
prairie chickens I bagged, yestorday. I
supposo our now neighbor has heard
xt tho wonders of this vicinity for wild
game, and a snmplo of tho name should
Jbe recolved very gratefully."
So, four hours later and Just about
dlnnur time Mrs. Willis crossed over
to the next house with two daintily
"broiled prairie chickens, steaming hot
and ready for tho table.. Mrs. Waldron
was directing her maid In tho kitchen
when the visitor appeared.
; "No, I mustn't como In," said Mrs.
Willis, "I know you must bo quite up
set and I've brought you over somp
game, all prepared. Won't you notify
us If we can bo of any asslstauco to
.you?"
"Oh, dear I we aro Imposing upon
lyoa. Indeed' declared Mrs. Waldron,
'but sho ucccpted tho proffered donation
with grnteful. recognition.
V JBnt tho next morning Mr. Willis
cjTWb Jnto tho house fairly boiling
over. "Well, u nice -set, of cads ynn-
dorr'hoblurUHl outwMthfully. "Whnt
do you think? Tho guroo you went to
U that troublo to prepare they never
touched. They gavo the wholo batch
to their dog."
"Whatl" almost shrieked Mrs. Wil
lis "Oh John t yoM must bo mistaken."
"Am it" flaimed Out Mr. Willis. "I
fancy I Vow prairie chickens whon I
e them, and looking ovortho hedgo
thoro was the animal feasting on our
two specials from a pluttor. They're
common clay, that gang a corn beef
and cabbage crowd, probably don't
know what tho word gnmo menus. Cut
them, Mnry. They certainly don't be
long to our class."
That afternoon Mrs. Willis was
startled and disturbed when sho henrd
voices on tho side porch. Glancing out
she observed the young man from next
door addressing Edna, who was flushed
and fluttered. IIo bore n covered dish.
"A couple of fish father brought from
town," ho explained. "I only hope you
enjoy them ns we did those wonderful
prnlrlo chickens," and Mrs. Willis no
ticed that Edna's eyes were centered
upon tho departing visitor.
"Strnngo people I" sho observed to
Edna Inter. "Tho fish look ns if thoy
had been In A grocer's Ico chost for a
weok."
"Yes, they're not much like the ones
Nod caught In the brook this morn
ing," admitted Edna, "but mnmnm,
perhaps our neighbors nro not familiar
with the town ways yet?"
When Mr. Willis came homo he
snorted decisively ns ho looked over
tho returned donntlon from his neigh
bors. "Not fit for the cntl" he pro
nounced. "Mnry, Just tolerate these
people."
Edna was seated on a cushion on
the lower stops of tho porch, her father
and mother screened by vines on tho
other end, when, refreshingly bold,
young Waldron crossed from tho next
ynrd.
"You look lonesome," ho said, ap
proaching, "and T am dreadfully so.
I saw you wero alone nnd, excuse
mel" ndded Alan hnstlly as a chair
moved on tho porch nnd ho marto out
Mr. Willis.
"I am glad yon aro here." he added.
"Father just found out, and ho Is ter
ribly annoyed nnd embarrassed."
"Found out what?" almost growled
Mr, Willis, not at all In a receptive
humor,
"About tho fish. After that royal
treat you sent uh he wished to moke n
llttlo acknowledgment of tho same nnd
ho boght tho fish at tho town store,
never considering that you peoplo prob
ably never cook n fish two hours out
of tho wnter. The storekeeper Imposed
upon us, Just as he did tho first day
we arrived. Father had heard so much
of the native game that nothing wouH
do hut n test of It. and ho ordered
a brace of tho chickens. The maid had
them all ready when your treat was so
kindly brought over by Mrs. Willis.
Say I father glanced at our scrawny
layout and then at your tempting gift.
I and old 1'onto had the storo stuff for
his breakfast."
So, all wna explained nnd all for-
' given. Mr. Willis invited the visitor to
a doublo seat where Kdna could Join
htm, and expansively suggested to
Alnn n mutual hunt the next day. Mrs.
(Vims was delighted at the fluttering
encomiums bestowed on her cookery,
nnd the daughter of the house, Edna
the lee wns Indeed, broken, nnd melted
speedllv by a warm current of dawn
ing love!
England Harbors Ex-Queens.
England will soon bo tho land of five
queens, a potential and powerful group
cither In politics or poker. The figure
resembles n misdeal, but It Is ex
plained by tho fnct that England has
a queen nnd n queen mother, while
there aro in England tho one-tlmo
queens of two other countries. They
are soon to bo Joined by another, Em
press Marie of Ilussla. She and tho
two other foreign Indies aro deep In
unhnpplness throe of tho saddest
queens, as an observer has remarked.
In modern history. The two whom
Empress Marie will Join nro Empress
Eugenie and tho queen mother of Por
tugal. These threo women plnlnly tell tho
story of greatness. Ono of them was
drlyen from her throno and her son
was killed lighting for nnotlwr coun
try; nnothor wns exiled after having
been robbed of her husband and son,
and her other son driven from tho
throno ; the last wns widowed and her
son, her grandson nnd her grand
daughters brutally murdered.
Bring Gifts to France.
A delegation from Abyssinia bearing
rich gifts of Ivory arid silks for the
announced purpose of congratulating
Franco on her recent victory, appeared
at the pence conference In Paris. This
Is In strict accordance with the aficlent
oriental procedure. The renj purpose
of a ylslt Is not disclosed until prelim
inary ceremonies are concluded. These
nntlvo Africans claiming descent from
Solomon and the queen of Sheba
wished to bo In on the carving up of
the world, for they have Interests
which nro vital to them nlthoughMlttlo
known to the rest of the world. Seat
ed In that natural bastion of Africa,
tho Abyssinlans have lived In greater
or less security for unknown centuries.
They are not negroes, but a mixture
of Ilnmltic and Semitic races, with a
culture of their own and professing tho
Christian religion, being a branch of
the Coptic church of Egypt. Until re
cently they have been unmolested save
by native tribes.
ALIENISTS CAN BE WRONG 0TICK Mmmcatioh
Breeding Makes No Difference.
It has been claimed by, lovers of do
mestic cats that highly bred members
of tho species do not engage in hunt
ing Insectivorous and song birds. A
few days ago a city gnrdener captured
a handsome cat In the net of killing n
young robin which had Just left Its
nest near his house. ITo did not kill
tho bird hunter, under the authority
recently granted by tho Conservation
Commission, but took the animal and
Its victim to tho home of tho cat's
owner. There ho learned thnt the cat
was a highly prized ribbon-taker; and
tho owner was tndlgnnnt nt Its cap
ture. Rochester Democrat and Chron
icle. ,
Keeps Off Potato Bugs.
And now comes a prophet, who
arises in Missouri, and has published
In n number of papers tHo following
news for tho" especial benefit of those
who detest to chase the elusive potato
bug: "If a soup bean or two Is
dropped Into ench hill of potatoes
when they are planted tho potnto bug
will not bother them, and besides your
crop of potatoes you will get one of
beans as1 well. There Is one farmer
who has tried this experiment for five
years nnd has novor been bothered
with bugs while his neighbors lost
their crops.- Tho bugs don't like the
smell of the beans for some reason."
Kansas City Times.
Get Revenue From PesU.
llnbblt skins from Australia nnd
New Zenland wero among thu largest
oflorlngs In the recent International
fur auction nt St. Louis. Hulf n mil
lion pounds of Australian rabbit nnd
50,000 pounds of Now Zealand were
sold for a total of :15,000. Tho larg
Qt lots went to hatters nnd felt manufacturers.
Nothing Colng.
Fisherman Is this public water?
Natltrt Yes.
Fisherman Thcu It won't be a
crime If I land n flab?
NativeNo; It'll be u miracle I
But None Came.
Late the other night on u street car
a soldier was going home for the first
time. He was happy and proud. And
his reason for being proud: there was
a wound stripe on his right arm.
Ono man said to him : "Where were
you wounded?" The soldier replied:
"I was hit In the bnck with a piece
of shell." The man gave a short laugh
and sn!d:t "A funny place to get hit;
which way were you going?"
It Is needless to say that the soldier
hit tho mnn nnd hero Is whnt the sol
dier said: "If there nre any more of
you fellows thinks that a Yank ever
ran, I can change your mind for you."
Indianapolis News.
Pa in Petulant Mood.
"I'n, what Is a bolshevlkl?"
"A bolshevlkl Is a mun who has the
sumo Idea nt your mother."
"What Idea, pa?"
"That money can bo picked off
bushes."
Wanted- Liberty bonds at market
price. Louis Llpshltr.
Ample Proof That Even Most Able
of Psychologists Are by No
Means Infallible.
You will not find tho word "moron,"
ns used by psychologists and alienists,
In mnny dictionaries, for it is a word
coined only very recently to describe
n certnin type of person who is mon
tnlly defective although not insane.
Col. T. Ensby Smith of the selective
service board, Washington, made a lit
tle speech at the Atlantic City meet
ing of the American Medical associa
tion in which he rather "guyed" his
professional associates on the way
they judged n mnn to bo n moron or
sub-normal In Intelligence.
After relntlng how the board of
psychology had set a certnin soldier
down ns having the mind of a flvc-ycar-old
child, he drew a hearty lnugh
nt the expense of his colleagues by
ndding that this same board had ana
lyzed the Intellect of a certain mem
ber of President Wilson's cnblnet nnd
had pronounced It to be on t,hc level
of a twelve-year-old, and had In tho
same way set down nn eminent gen
eral In command of one of our armies
abroad as a ten-year-old In Intelligence.
Department of tho Interior.
, U. S. Land Office at Broken Bow,
I Nebraska, September 19, 1919.
I Notice is hereby given that Nelson
D. Wells, of North Platte, Nebraska.
1 who on April 8, 1916, made homestead
, entry North Patto No. 06342, Broken
Bow, No. 011901, for tho WMs NWH.
Section 26, Township 12 North, Rango
31 West of 6th Principal Meridian, has
; filed notice of Intention to make
(three-yenr Proof, to establish claim
to tho land above described, before V.
H. C. Woodhurst, United States Com
missioner, at North Platte, Nebraska.
on the 8th day of November," 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Stephen W. McDermott, O. L. Watkins,
Carl Braeder, R. S. L. Voss, all of
North Platte, Nobraska.
MACK C. WARRINGTON,
' s23o2j .Register.
Notice to Creditors
See 'Clinton & Son'
about your Eye troubles,
satisfaction every time.
Sign of the Big Ring.
' Estate of James H. Robinson, deceas
ed, in tho County Court of Lincoln
County,, Nebraska.
Tho State of Nebraska, rs. C.rtrftt.
; ors of said estate will take notice that
jthri tlmo limited fpr presentation and
fllinc of claims amiinst said pstjiti fa
January 24, 1920, and for settlement of
paid estate is September 16, 1920;
that I will sit at tho county court
room in said county on October 24,
1919, at 9 o'clock a. m., and on. Jan
uary 24, 1920, at 9 o'clock a. m., to re
ceive, examine hear, allow, or adjust
all claims and objections duly filed
(SEAL) WM. II. C. WOODHURST,
s23ol7 County Judge.
INCORPORATED 1887.
Mutual Building and; Loan
Association,
Of North Platte, Nebraska.
RESOURCES OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
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The Association has unlimited funds at its command to
assist in the building or purchase of homes for the people of
North Platte. If you are interested, the officers of this
Association will render every assistance and show you how
easy it is to acquire your own home.
T. C. PATTERSON, BESSIE F. SALISBURY,
President. Secretary.