KEITH THEATRE WED. 1UL
M.11I1 North Platte DEC. 1UUI
Prices from $2.50 Down. No Phono orders. No scats Inltl away.
Mnil orders now. Box office sale Dec. 5th. CURTAIN Vt'ILL RISE
PROMPTLY AT 7:30.
THE SEASON'S MOST IMPORTANT EVENTI
Illchnrd Wnton Tully (James U. Feedc, Gen. Mgr.) Presents
If BATES
POST
in liis latest and greatest dramntic success,
The
By John Hunter Booth, from the novel by Kathcrlnc Cecil Thurston.
Original cast and production intact on transcontinental tour, in
cluding doublo rovolvlng stages, two complete mechanical crews, triplo
oleetrlcal equipment. Requiring three cars for transportation.
Only ll CentsifAn Hour
And Think
of the Work
It Saves B8FV
The Automatic Electric Washer.
washes a tubful in a few minutes, without labor, and the
clothes are cleaner, look better and last longer. And il
can be operated for iy cents an hour! Think of the la
bor that was formerly required to turn out a washing all
being replaced by a few minutes' work at the rate of
lyc an hour. It certainly cuts out the Blue Mondays
North Platte Light and Power Co.
FARM LOANS
1 nave plenty of SIX PER CENT MONEY
to loan on improved farms and ranches,
with interest payable annftHgr and with
option of paying all or part of loan at any
time.
Tax free mortgages bought and sold.
T. C. PATTERSON, Loan Broker.
B. & L. Building, North Platte, Nebr.
RIDE A
BICYCLE
DAYTON, MIAME, HUDSON, RAICYCLE AND EXCEL-
SIOR BICYCLES.
JOHN H. NULL.
Masquerader,
m - 1.' 1
Happiness
Alley
By OTILLIA FRANCES
PFEIFFER
(Copyrltbt, by th. Wettorn Nwi
ppr Union.)
A peculiarly plncid nml uneventful
life hnd Arllne Merritt led. Her mother
hnd died when she was twelve nml for
six years the daughter had passed
most of her time at a select boarding
school.
All thnt time Arllno never returned
to the home where she was born. Four
times n year her father spent n dny
at the school, brought her many pres
ents and supplied her liberally with
spending money. At each visit Arllno
referred to the old homo In the city
nnd expressed a longing desire to
spend her vacation there.
"You will soon be eighteen," snld,
her father, "and then you shall come
home for good to keep house for me,"
and at his last visit he had added:
"You won't know the old place, Arllne.
My means have continued modest, but
I have manuged to save enough to ren
ovnte house and grounds nnd It will
be n snug nest. 'Happiness Alley' as
they call the little blind end block ; It
hns only ten-houses Its entire length,
but each one Is occupied by some old
time family residents."
" 'Happiness Alley,' " repeated Ar
llne dreamily. "YVhnt a charming
namel Why do tliey call It that,
parn?"
"It is really Gresham court, of
course," responded Mr. Merritt, "the
little spot right in the heart of the
city and yet quiet and vernal as some
country lane. You sue, our neighbors
and myself started In trade on the
business street nearby when It was'
far from being built up, and settled
In Gresham court for our homes. Wo
have been closely connected, both as
to business and soclnlly, and a little
community of genial, humble store
keepers have led peaceful, happy lives,
with no ambition townrd splurge and
show."
It was n golden day in the experi
ence of Arllne when she left school
for home. She went into raptures over
the broad porched cottage looking out
upon a lovely gulden, all fenced in and
at Its rear a high brick wall shutting
out the rear of the business buildings
fronting on the next street. An old
woman servant relieved Arllne of nil
household drudgery, the neighbors
greeted her warmly. Plain, practical
people, the denizens of Happiness Al
ley were sincere, unpretentious nnd
entirely npnrt from show or glitter.
Their clean, even lives shut out nil
extravagnnce and folly, and Happiness
Alley was not a misnomer.
Unexpectedly Mr. Merritt sickened
nnd died and Arllne was left alone. It
was her first real sorrow, and the
kindly sympathy of the neighbors
bound her more closely to them nnd to
her home. She settled resignedly into
the groove of a cnlm, even life. Sho
grew sednte, Instend of gloomy.
A bench under n great flowering tree
overhanging the rear wnll becamo n
favorite spot with Arline. One evening
she looked up as there was. n rustling
In the tree overhead. She started to
her feet as she mnde out a figure,
linnging on the top of tho wnll and,
clutching at a swaying branch.
It broke with the adventurer and
he fell In n senseless henp nlmost nt
Arllne's feet. She could not repress a
scream. From the' little two room cot
tage where he hnd his living quarters
the old gardener enmo hurrying to the
spot. The intruder wns n young man
dressed In neglectful nttlre and his
pnlo fnce suggested tho invalid or con
valescent. Old Hugh carried him to tho
cottage and placed him on his bed.
"He is not hurt by his fall, only
stunned," he snld. "It looks to mo as
if he was getting away from some
body. Shall Vc cnll the police?"
"Oh, no" I Nol" responded Arllno
quickly, Interested strangely In tho In
truder "nt least not until we lenrn
his story. You will undertake his care,
Hugh?"
"Surely, If you say so, Miss,"
replied the old gardener and tho next
day, able to sit up but still looking
weak and troubled, the young man
told Arllno of himself nnd her com
passionate soul was moved to new
kindly sympathy.
He was Sidney Marsh, he told
Arllne, and for over a year the subject
of peril and prosecution at the hands
of schemers who hnd swindled his
father out of his rights in a corpora
tion of which the latter, now dead,
had been an ofllclal. In order to ter
rorize Sidney their emissaries hnd as
saulted him, had once kidnaped
him and hold him u cuptlvo for months,
nnd everything now depended on tho
young man finding a safe seclusion
until tho day of trial, a few weeks
ahead. They had located him the day
of his fall from tho tree, nnd In es
caping Sidney hnd scaled tho wall and
met with his present friends.
And loyal, helpful friends they proved,
old Hugh nnd tho housekeeper as
well as Arllne. Interest and sympathy
aroused now emotions In that tender,
Innocent heart and Sidney seemed to
wander In a lonely paradise, safe and
secure from tho troubles nnd dnngers
that had mado of him n persecuted
refugee.
It was a glad day for him when ho
appeared In court, sustnlned his clnlrn
and secured a verdict against tho plot
ters which made of him a rich man.
"I Iny It all nt your feet, dear one,"
ho told Arllne, "nnd my life's dovotlon
with It I One favor I ernve: that wo
remnln in this Eden always, amid tho
pence, and loveliness, nid content'
ment of Happiness Alley."
We
Midnight Man
By GEORGE ELMER COBB
(Copyright, 119, l.y th. W.tt.rn Nine
p.p.r Union.)
When Robert Wnrd wns taken 111 In
the boarding house of Mrs. Mary Du
rum!, thnt motherly hearted lady was
solicitous and helpful. There was"
something nbout the silent, dignified
man thnt enforced respect, nnd his
attentions to her daughter, Lucille,
delicate and sincere, had won the lat
ter, too.
Mrs. Durnnd wns a widow and had n
hard time getting nlong and Lucille
worked with n zest nnd uncomplain
ingly. She wns educated and refined.
During Ward's Illness mother and
daughter divided tho most perfect
care of him. In addition to that Mr.
Ward loved music, and It was his de
light afternoons to leave tho door of
his room open while Lucille In the
parlor plnyed for him his fuvorlte
tunes.
-lust as Wnrd wns getting well Mrs.
Durand was taken ill and died. While
saying little, ns was his way, Ward
deeply sympathized In the fervent
grief of the stricken orphnn girl. Mrs.
Durand hnd died deeply in debt. Ho
volunteered to clenr up her affairs as
much ns possible without distressing
Lucille.
"It will be necessnry to sell all of
the furniture and lense In order to pay
the debts," ho said.
"I don't know what I shall do,"
spoke Lucille depressedly.
"I have tried to think out n way for
yon," replied Ward. "I am n man of
few words and I can condense my rec
ommendation briefly. Mnrry me."
She regarded him in profound won
derment. Then n slight HuMi over
spread her sorrowful face, but she re
mained silent.
"You know little of me," proceeded
Ward, "and I shall tell you nothing
more than thnt I am an honest, re
spectnhle man of clenr record with n
great liking for yon and a fair Income.
I do not suppose you feel anything
deeper for me than the kindly interest
In everybody thnt is nntural to you,
but I shall make It the object of my
life to bring you happiness."
They wero wedded nnd settled down
In 11 pretty cottage nt Evordocr, a
quiet suburb. Wnrd wns all that was
ohlvalrlc and thoughtful, but he never
explained the business that took him
each afternoon to the city and lie al
ways came homo on the last train.
It got to lie so that the neighbors be
gan to get curious and designated him
ns "the midnight man," and all this
secretiveness nnd mystery troubled
Lucille. She grew still more uneasy
when, one day nccoiiipanylng her bus
bnnd on the train to the city, ns Ward
went forward to the smoker one of
two men passing him In the nlslo said :
"Wasn't that Rob Ward who was in
the state penitentiary for so mnny
years?"
A nnmeless dread chilled Lucille's
heart. Penitentiary ! Had her hus
band been nn Inmate of n penal insti
tution n crimlnnl, a convict I
A few days later Lucille endured
new distress of spirit. At their little
home her husband hnd n room which
held some bookcases, n desk, and
which was his special den. Lucille
found the door open. She crossed tho
room to open tho window for ventiln
tion and could not help but notice In
1111 open cabinet wenpons, handcuffs,
nnd what she decided was a sot of
burglar's tools. She fled precipitately
from this Bluebeard closet and wns
wretched nnd tearful nil that day.
It was late that night when Lucille,
nwnlting the return of her husband,
henrd a strange noise In the den. She
threw open the door of the den and
the light from tho other room revealed
n startling sight.
A man had got half through the out
side window mid the sash, with an
old-fashioned catch, hud imprisoned
him there, Ills body half in the room,
no could be nothing less than 11 thief,
Lucille realized. Sho acted speedily,
bravely. Seizing tho pair of handcuffs
from the cabinet sho rushed nt him
and slipped them over his wrists nnd
then hold him at bay with u leveled
weapon.
"Come quick!" sho cried breathless
ly, as she heard tho footsteps of her
husband on the porch, and fluttered
forth her sensntlonal story as Ward
entered (lie room.
"One of the spies of the Trust, eh,"
spoke Ward, after u keen glance at the
captive. "After some of my Incrim
inating papers? Well, they tills day
passed Into the hands of tho govern
ment, nnd the caso will como on to
morrow. Your occupation Is gone, my
man, for after a year's work I have
traced down tho hundreds of thou
sands of dollars of which the Trust
has swindled the government."
He coolly released the captive nnd
thrust him out of tho house. Then he
turned to Lucille with his customary
Welcoming kiss.
"My brave little woman I" lie com
mended, "you faced a desperate crim
inal, for that man Is u dangerous con
vict, once In my keeping when I was
II prison warden."
"And not un Inmate!" With a wild
cry of relief and Joy Lucille threw
herself Into tho arms of the husband
she had distrusted. A few days later
Rohort Ward received u large fee for
his services In running down the ofl!
elnls of 11 high up lint dishonest. Trust,
und Lucille never told the man she
now loved and trusted so devotedly of
the dark hours when she had been
haunted by nn apparent mystery in
bis life.
NORTH PLATTE
..General Hospital..
(Incorporated)
One Halt Block North ol Postofiice.
Phone 58
A modern institution for thr
citintlfic treatment of medical,
surgical and confinement cmes.
Completely tquipped X-Rny
and diagnostic laboratorlti.
Staff:
Geo. B. Dent. M. D. V. Lucas, hi. D.
J.B. Redfield, M.D.J. S. SIMMS, M.D.
ED. KIERIG,
Auctioneer
Goncrnl Farm Sales n Specialty.
References nml Dntcs nt First Nn
(tonal Unnk, North Platte, Neb.
100 East Third St. Phono 012
You May Think
FRATER
a grouch but if you will
come to him for Drug
Store needs, you will soon
discover he isn't and that
he doesn't rob you on
prices.
mi. H All OLD EENNER
Osteopath
Over Illrschfelirs
Office Phono 333 lies. Phono 1020
II. I. SHAPPELI,
Auctioneer
Dates can bo mndo at tho Piatto
Valley State Bank or Phono 1G
Sutherland, Nobraska.
I always tako stock buyers with mo.
Office Phono 340 Res. Phono 1237
DR. SHAFFER,
Osteopathic Physician
Bolton Bldg. North Piatto, Nob
Phono for Appointments.
JOHN S. SIMMS. M. D.
Special Attention Given to
Sunrery
McDonald Bank Building
Office Phono 8!I Residence 3S
GEO. B. DENT,
Phsylclan and Surgeon,
Special Attention Glron to Snrgery
and Obstretrics.
Office: Building & Loan Building
Phonos: Offlco 130, Rcaldouco 11G
DR. REDFIELD
Physician, Obstetrician
Surgeon, X-llay
CnllH Promptly Answered Night or Day
Phono Offlco G12 Bcsldenco 070
DOCTOK D. T. QUTGLEY
Practice Limited to
Surgery and Radium Thcrapj
728 City National Bank Building.
Omaha, Nebraska
ALBERT A. LANE,
Dentist
Rooms 1 and 2 Bolton Building
North Piatto, Nebraska.
DOCTOR C. A. SELBY
Physician and SurgooH
Offlco over Boxail Drug Store
Offlco Phono 371. Houso 10G8
Office phone 241. Res. phone 21 i
L. C . DROS T.
Osteopathic Physician.
North Platte, Nebraaku.
Knights of Columbus Building.
W. E. FLYNN
ATTOItNEY-AT-LAIt
Offlco orcr McDonald Bunk.
Offlco Phono 113(1 Res. Phono 11S6
I. D. BROWNFIELD,
General Auctioneer.
Live Stuck and Farm Sales. Phone
or Wlro at My Expense for Dates.
IIERSHEY, NEBRASKA.
DERRYBERRY St FORBES,
Licensed Embamera
Undertakers and Funeral Dlroctom
Day phone 41
Night phono Black 588
DR. L. J. KRAUSE, DENTIST
McDonald Bank Bldy.
Phono 97.
I) US. STATES & STATES
Chiropractors
o, (I, 7 Building St Loan Building.
Office Phono 70. Ros. Phono 1242
THE TWINEM HOSPITAL,
1008 WEST FOURTH STREET,
North Platte, Nebr.
For tho treatment of Medical, Surgical
and Obstetrical cases. A piaco
whom tho sick nro cared for so as to
bring nbout normal conditions in tho
easiest, most natural nnd scientific
manner.
Phono 110.
North Plntte, Neb,
Notlco to Non.Rcsident Defcndnnts.
Dweiir L. Llvincstonc and tho E oC
tho SWVl and Lota C and 7, Section 6,
Township 12, Rango 30, Lincoln coun
ty, Nobraska, and all persons claiming
any intorost of any kind in said real
cstnto or any part thereof, will hon-
by tako notlco that uouori uj. auuot
Rnn. nlnlntiff In an action whoroln tho
said Robert E. Anderson Is plnlntlft
m .4 1
and you ana enen or you aro uoienu
ants, tiled his petition in tho district
rmiri of Lincoln coountv. Nobraska.
on tho 0th day of Octobor, 1919, tho
object and prayor or which saiu posi
tion is to quiet plaintiff's titlo in and
in thn isv. of tho SWVi and Lots 0 and
7, Section G, Township 12, Range 30,
Lincoln county, NcurasKO.
Plaintiff further socks in Bald action
to nuict his Utlo against a certain
mortgago executed by John Kloman,
slnglo, to Margivrot Livingston which
mnrtirnim Ir recorded in Book 18, pago
290, of tho mortgago rocordB of Lin
coln county, Nebraska, anil wnicu
mortgago is dated August 17, 1893.
Plaintiff tillogos in his potitlon that
said mortgago has boon paid, and that
tho samo has been bnrrcd by tho
Btatutes of limitation of tho stato of
Nobraska; that ho and ills grantors
havo been in tho absolute, open, ex
clusive, continuous and ndvorso pos
session of said land for mom than
ton yenrs and that tho (plaintiff has a
now and nbsoluto title to said real os
tato, and thnt tho dofondants havo no
right, titlo or intorost of any kind in
nnd to Raid real estato.
You aro required to answor said
petition on or boforo tho 22d day of
Decomber, 1919, or Judgment will bo
tnkon against you by dofault.
ROBERT E. ANDERSON, Plaintiff,
By Halllgan, Boatty & Hnlligan, his
Attorneys. nlld5
Notlco to Non-Rcsldent Defcndnnts.
Moad State Bank, a corporation,
Wllbcr A. Brothwoll. Phoenix InveBt
mont Compnny, a foreign corporation
organized undor tho laws of tho Btato
of Colorado, ond tho SWVi of Section
C, Township 10, Rango 33, Lincoln
county, Nobraska, and all persona
claiming nny intorost of any kind in
said real estato or any part thereof,
defendants, will horoby tako notice
thnt on tho Gtli day of November, 1919,
A. H. Stovons, plaintiff, filed his poti
tlon in tho district court of Lincoln
county, Nobraska, In an notion whom
tho said A. II. Stovons is 'plaintiff and
you, and each of you, aro defendants,
tho object and prayor of which peti
tion is to qulot tho plaintiff's titlo In
and to tho SWVi of Section C, Town
ship 10, Rango 33, Lincoln county,
Nobraska, against tho clniniB and do
mnnds of each of tho dofondants to
said action in said real estate.
Plaintiff nlloges in his potitlon that
.tho defendant, Mead Stato Bank, a
corporation, Wilbor A. Brothwoll and
Phoenix Investment Company, n for
olgn corporation, claims somo right,
titlo or Intorost In nnd to suld real
estato by virtuo of a mortgago exe
cuted by Stephen A. Albro and wlfo
to Mead Stato Bank on Docombor 24,
1889, which mortgago is duly recorded
in Book G, 'pngo 298, real estato rec
ords of Lincoln county Nebraska, tho
said Moad Stato Bank claiming to
own somo intorost in Bald mortgage,
and tho said Wilbor A. Bot'iwoll
claiming to own somo Interest In said
mortgngo as asslgnco thoroof from
snld bank nnd as purchaser of said
promises undor a foroclosuro of snld
mortgago, and Phoonix Investment
Company claiming to own somo In
terest In said real estato by virtuo 0
being tho ownor of somo of tho notes
Bocurcd by snld mortgago.
Plaintiff alloges that snld mortgago
and tho IndobtednosB secured thoroby
havo boon pnld, that tho samo Is
barred by tho statutes of limitations
of tho stato of Nobraska, Unit plain
tiff has been In tho open, notorious,
exclusive, continuous, hostile, ndvorso
possession of said real estato for mom
than ton years, and that ho thoroforo
has a now nnd Indopendont title to
said real ostato, nnd that said do
fondants and each of thorn to said no
tion havo no rlgh' title or Interest of
any kind In mild real ostato, having
boon barred therefrom by snld ad
vorflo possosslon and tho statute of
limitations of tho stato of Nebraska.
You aro roqulrod to answer said pe
tition on or boforo tho 22d day of
Docombor, 1919.
A. II. STEVENS, Plaintiff.
By Halllgan, Beatty & Halllgan, his
Attornoys. nlld5
Notlco to Creditors.
Estato No. 1C95 of Honry F. Coates, de
ceased, In tho County Court of Lin
coln County, Nebraska.
Tho Stato of Nebraska, ss. Credi
tors of said estato will tako notlco tha
time limited for presentation and fil
ing of claims against said ostato is
March 5, 1920, and for sottlomeht of
said ostato is Octobor 28, 1920; that I
will Bit at tho county court room In
said county, on Decomber 5, 1919, nt
9 o'clock a. m., and on March B, 1920,
at 9 o'clock a. m to rccolvo, oxnmlno,
hear, allow, or adjust nil claims and
objoctlons duly filed.
(SEAL) AVM. H, WOODIIURST,
nl-28 County Judgo,
