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THE CHAIN SYSTEM
No. 1, 220 North Locust, Phone 203.
No. 2, 11C East B Street, l'hone 49G.
No. 3, C21 East Fourth, Phone 791.
No. i, 821 West Third.
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
Notlco Is hereby given that the cor
poration has been duly formed under
tho laws of tho State of Nebraska, uio
namo of which Is "Watchmakers'
Document, Incorporated."
Tho principal place of transacting
business is in tho city of North Platte,
Lincoln county, Nebraska,
Tho general nature of the business
to bo transacted by said corporation
shall bo the manufacture and salo of
a certain patent article consisting of
a combined microscopes and objects
holder for the use of watchmakers
and retail Jewelers and for tho manu
facture and sale of merchandise gen
erally, and especially as used In con
nection with tho watchmaker's trade;
tho salo of such merchandise to bo
conducted at wholesale or retail and
for the rental or erection of such
buildings and structures as may be
doomed necessary for tho proper con
duct of said business, and to purchase
necessary real estate as a slto there
for. Tho authorized capital stock of
Baid coporatibn Is $25,000.00,
$15,000.00 of which shall be fully paid
up, tho balanco of said stock to bo
sold and made payable subject to tho
order of tho board of directors of said
corporation.
Tho time of commencement of bus
iness of said corporation shall be-the
1st day of November, 1919. and shall
extend for a period of twenty years.
Tho highest amount of ' Indebted
ness or liability tho corporation shall
at any tlmo subject Itself shall not ex
ceed two-thirds of tho capital stock
fully paid.
The affairs of the corporation aro to
bo conducted by the board of directors,
consisting of three In number, to be
elected by tho stockholders, and the
officers of said corporation fjball be
president, vice-president, secretary
treasurer and manager, and chosen by
tho board of directors.
Dated November 4, 1919.
HERMAN HAEFLIGER,
JOSEPH J, SCHATZ,
LLOYD GUMMERE,
EDWARD M. SCHATZ.
Estruy Notlco.
Taken up on or about July 15, 1919,
by the undersigned, who lives nine
miles southwest of North Platto, a
brown mare, seven or eight years old,
weight about 1,000 ppunds. No brands.
Owner call, prove property, pay charg
os and tako animal away.
97-G FRANK ENGLAND.
Legal Notice.
Eber H. Smith. Claud C. Smith, Exa
Hazol Smith, Lots Ono and Two in
Block 7 of Penlston's Addition to tho
City of North Platto, Nebraska, and all
persons claiming any Interest of any
kind In said real estate or any part
thereof, defendants, will tako notlco
that on tho Cth day of September, l'Jia.
Alice O. Colo, plaintiff, filed her peti
tion In tho District Court of Lincoln
County. Nebraska, against said do
fondants, tho object and prayer of
which aro to obtain a decroo of said
Court quieting and confirming said
plaintiff's title to tho above described
real estato and to enjoin each and all
of said defendants and all porsons
claiming any intorost of nny, kind in
said promises from assorting any ia
torost thoroln ndvorso to saiu plain
tiff.
You and each of you aro required to
answer said petition on or boforo the
26th day of January, 1920.
ALICE O. COLE, Plaintiff.
Dv IIOAGLAND & HOAGLAND and
H. E. Carr, Hor Attorneys. dlCj9
AMATEUR SLEUTH
By MARGUERITE I. BLUE.
(. 1919. by McClure Newppor Syndicate.)
Alice Cain stood on tho front steps
nntl waved a laughing farewell to hor
father and mother and little brother,
Bobby. They were going on an nll-tlay
trip to the harvest fair In the next
county.
When they hud turned the last
corner which hid them from sight, she
turned back Into tho house with a sigh.
She stood for a moment with arms
akimbo.
"Now, what fhall I have for dinner?"
I have Jtist had breakfast, but I might
Just ns well get dinner ready now and
then I will not have to bother about It
later, and I can read or do something
Interesting," she said to herself.
Alice went Into the winter cellar,
where the potatoes, preserves and dry
vegetables were kpt. She had been
bending over the potato barrel for mo
ments before she straightened up- to
nst her back. She was half-way up
when she caught her breuth. "What
was Hint?" Prom behind her; no, it
was over hor head, came a distinct
sound as of u sigh. She walled. Per
haps It would eomo again. There
could not possibly be anyone In the
cellar. And If there was, whnt would
she do? She did not move for several
moments. Then just as distinctly, ns
If someone was beside her, the nolne
came again. It was a sigh. Someone
wus in that cellar.
She, picked up the dish of potatoes,
and after waiting again for several
more moments, she stepped out Into
the main cellar. Nothing was here,
surely. She went on her heart stood
still. What was that under tho stulrs?
She peered Into the darkness. Some
thing wns lying prone upon the lloor.
Something long nnd black. Fear seem
ed to have fled, but courage had not
come. She went nearer. In the dusk
nothing wns distinct. She knelt and
put her hand out. Why, It was Jerry.
"Jerry I Jerry 1" she called; but he
did not move. She touched his nose.
It wns Icy. Surely he wasn't dead!
She called again, but he dltl not an
swer.
"Who had done this?" It wns all
that she asked. There should bo some
signs, no criminal can completely cov
er his tracks. She went slowly back,
looking on the floor quite closely so
that nothing could escape her. In front
of the furnace lny a white square of
cloth. It was? a handkerchief. She
picked It up nnd, looking carefully,
saw that In one corner were two hand-
embroidered Initials, a double "R
How did Ralph Rider's handkerchief
come to bo In the cellar? Surely he
could not have done tho deed, but here
was proof that he had been 1n the eel
lar.
Ralph Rider lived next door to the
Cains. Ills family had moved there
about a year before America hnd en
teretl the war. He hod served his time
In the army and hud returned a few
months previous.
Alice went on further. On n shelf
at one side was a stuck of old news
papers which dated back three or four
years. She bent over nnd felt around,
Suddenly her hand struck something.
She picked It up and looked at it. It
was u gold cuff link and looked as if
It might have been there for some time,
Her eyes were on a level with a nail
upon which hung o long mptal chain,
Her vexation was forgotten in the sur
prise of finding the chain. She took
It down to examine it, but only too well
she knew that It was Ralph's leasn for
his dog.
She waited no longer but ran swift
ly across the lawn through the hedge
and to the back door of Ralph's house.
Ralph answered the tloor himself to
her imperative rap. Ills bright sunny
smile changed to good naturcd perplex
Ity nnd then slowly, very slowly to
Wrath. Finally he lifted his hand for
her to stop and then very quietly said
"I know nothing about what you are
talking about."
Finally, after nges and ages, when
tho shadows had commenced to flicker
ncross tho parlor carpet, the automo
bile drove into the yard. Alice placed
the supper on the table for now that
her family was here, she could wait a
little longer before telling them.
They had been seated about the
table for a short time when hor father
looketl up and saw a heart-breaking
look on Alice's face.
"Why, what's up?" he Inquired. And
then she told them the whole story
sparing nothing, even to whut she had
suld to Ralph. They listened quietly
and then Bobby snickered:
"Well," said his father, "out with
It."
"Well," snld Bobby, "I was out walk
ing with Ralph the other day and I had
left my handkerchief at home and
Ralph let mo take his. I must have lost
It when I was In tho cellar this morn
ing. And don't you remember, pn,
when you were looking for those old
clippings last month and suddenly
Ralph missed his cuff link, well, ho
must have lost It down there. As for
the leash, Alice hung It thero hcrsalf
the last time the kitten ran away."
"But," exclaimed his mother, "what
about Jerry?"
"Why, you see," continued Bobby,
"we'vo been playing war lately and
Jerry bin? to be the dead soldiers so
I taught him" .
"The poor dog," exclaimed his moth
er, "locked in . tho cellar all day for
Just playing."
She turned to look at Allco reproach
fully but Just the last flash of her skirt
wno seen disappearing through th
hedga.
DRUGS FEARFUL AND AWFUL
Amazing Concoctions That Our Ances
tors Swallowed, Believing That
They Had Medicinal Virtues.
The medicines used down to even
recent days sound most extraordinary
to our ears. As late as the eighteenth
century dried toad was seriously con
sidered a specific against the plague.
In an article In the Now York Med
ical Journal Dr. William ltonwlck
Rlddell of Toronto, Canadn, mentioned
a few of the remedies In vogue.
A plnster mnde of arsenic was up-
plied to cancers. Bleeding was prac
ticed on all occasions, even In tho
time of our grandparents. But tho
sovereign remedy of all was known
ns mithridntlum or therioca. This was
the great antidote of Roman phar
macy. It originally had 40 or 50 In
gredients, all vegetables, but Nero's
physician, Andromnchus, nddetl tho
flesh of vipers. Every physician had
his own variation of tho formula, and
Matteoll In the sixteenth century put
no less than 120 Ingredients Into it.
The namo therlaca or theriac, un
der which it wns commonly known,
wns derived from the Greek "therlon,"
a wild boast, ns tho stuff was consid
ered a specific against the poisonous
bites of beasts nntl serpents. The
French wortl "Iherlaque" was corrupt
ed Into the English "treacle," nnd the
medicine wns known In England as
"Venice treacle." It wns tlfe famous
Sydenham who first opposed the uso
of drugs. In fnct when Sir Richard
Blnckmore asked him for a good guide
In practice, he replied: "Don Quixote,"
and declared Hint the nrrivnl of a good
clown would do more for the health
of n city than that of 20 asses laden
wlth'drugs.
OAK MARKS VENERATED SPOT
Tree Planted Where Abraham Erect
ed Altar to the Lord Has Been
Carefully Preserved.
It Is recorded that when Abraham
was 'promised the possession of the
land of Canaan and was commanded
to "walk through the land," he "re
moved his tent, nntl came and dwelt
In the plain of Miunre, which Is In
Hebron, nnd built there an nltnr to
the Lord." This spot Is still marked
by n great onk, venerated alike by
Christian, Jew and Mohammedan. It
Is to this protection that one must
attribute its preservation In a region
cleared of almost nil trees by the Im
provident Turk. The species Is not
uncommon In Palestine and Major
Portal, while stntlonetl at general head
quarters of the British army there,
sent tti Kew gardens a small box of
acorns which were recognized as the
fruit of Abraham's tree. Sir Joseph
Hooker visited the spot In 1800 and
wnptcd to secure a specimen of the
wood for Kew, hut no one woultl cut
off. n bough. . It was only when the
snow, which visited Jerusalem In 1850
and which did not spare Hebron, had
broken down one of the oak's brunches
he was able to secure a portion of It
which Is to be seen to this day In one
of the Kew museums. But a more
practical fame nwalts the tree, for It
Is with It that the Syrian forests will
probably be rehabilitated In the bright
era which Is dawning now that the
Turk no longer rules the land.
Armenia's Homer.
Armenia, as well as Greece, had a
Homer. Like Homer, Moses of
Khorene, who wrote In the seventh
century, was hold to be tlenllng alto
gether with tradition until archaeolog
ical discoveries revealed the fact that
some of his personuges were historic,
according to the Christian Science
Monitor. Kcmlrnmls, the queen who
built the city of Van, much as Homer
describes Dido building the city of
Carthage, has been found In the rec
ords of the past; but the civilization
of her day was overthrown by Gyrus
and his successors, and the land be
came Armenia, and entered upon a
period of about a thousand years
when general illiteracy obtained
among the population. Concerning
this period practically no record sur
vives. Not until the fourth century
did the land, now Influenced by Chris
tlonlty, begin to find self-expression;
so It Is hardly strange that what Moses
of Khorene wrote was long held to bo
wholly of his Imagination.
Pearl's Transformation.
For two or three years In the seas
of Japan, the Antilles or tho Indies,
at a depth of not more than ten or
twelve meters, the marvel known as
a pearl has Its birth, take form and
grows In Its sheltered Infancy. Then
there comes a day when suddenly, bru
tally, something tragic nnd wonderful
happens. After the great excitement
of a rude unrooting, the pearl awakens
to dnyllght like the princess of the
fairytales. Passionate, mad eyes gaze
upon her. Perhaps, already, the divers
are killing each other over her. But
a master comes nnd nssurcs her pro
tection, places her among compnnlons,
nntl with them surrounds her with a
thousnnd attentions by dint of which
she loses that look of extreme youth
and greenness which has lingered from
tho sojourn In the ocean.
Rocking Stones.
' Rocking stones belong to a class of
freak stones, familiar to geologists.
Some of these rocking stones are made
so by the forco of the wind which cuts
tho dirt or sand out from under thorn.
They are of hnrdor mutorlal than the
dirt nnd stones which surround them.
So thfl harder remains jftor tho soft-
er or shifting innterlul Imh been worn
:; ;,,-
by the meltlnj, of glaciers.
TRIFLING WITH FATE
By GRACE WEATHERBY.
I I
C- - jr
(, 1919, by McClurn Newnppr Symllcat.)
As the last sweet note died away
there was a dead silence In the room.
Molly Phlpps sat Very still at the pi
ano, her hands lying Idly on the key's.
The room was darkening fast, and It
was that peaceful hour between day
nnd night. On tho wide, deep loungo
Harry Curtis lay, sprawled among tho
cushions, lost In thought. It was a
common thing for him to drop in and
spend an hour or two with Molly. Sho
Wns, and always had been, even from
infancy, Harry's best pal, but his feel
ing for her was purely brotherly af
fection. Who, besides herself, knew
that Molly adored him loved every
hnlr on his curly brown head?
The young fellow stretched lazily
and broke the silence. "I guess that's
about right, Moll. Love does not come
but, once, and If I don't hurry up It will
be too late for me."
Molly laughed amusedly. "You?
Why, child, you're barely thirty!
You've got lontls of time."
"No, I haven't. No man wants to
wnlt until he's an old man boforo get
ting married. Why, If I had a nice
girl, I'd get married right away."
Molly's loyal heart contracted with
fenr. She had adored him from child
hood. He had always been her hero,
and now he cared nothing for her.
Harry went on, blissfully uncon
scious of tho havoc ho was making.
"Of course, I've known lots of girls,
but I've never met the girl, you know."
Molly's pride came to her rescue.
'Harry, I'll help you find her If you
like. I know lots of lovely girls, and I
am sure I could find ono for you."
When lie hnd gono Molly burled her
bend in tho cushions he hnd Just va
cated, and cried to her heart's content.
When she was cajmcr she planned for
a long time. "He'll get all that Is com
ing to him and morel"
A week later Harry found n small
scented envelope la his mnil. It was
Molly's Invitation to spend two weeks
at her camp In the Maine woods.
, When at first he was Introduced U
the gay group of young folks who
formed the pnrty he was a trifle dis
appointed at Molly's selection. What
did she want a lot of silly, frilly girls
at a camp for, anyway? Camp wns the
place for jolly, strong girls, who
weren't afraid of freckles. Then he
remembered. Molly hnd promised to
"get him a girl."
As the lovely autumn dnys wore on,
Molly's henrtnche grew worse. Ilnrry
wns having the time of his young life.
He hud found n "live" girl to hike with
n girl wlo could piny tennis to per
fectiona dainty, frilly girl to take
canoeing, n girl who could sing divine
ly. From morning till night he was
on the go, with always a pretty girl at
his side. But ono night there came a
change. It wns the middle of tho sec
ond week, a lovely, balmy night.
Harry, who was rather tired of listen
ing to the frilly girl's silly chatter, was
seeking a quiet place to rest a while.
We wondered Idly where Molly was.
He hadn't been seeing much of her
lately. The more ho thought of It, the
more convinced be beenmo of the fnct
that Molly, his Molly, was deliberately
neglecting him. It never occurred to
him that he might be neglecting her.
Suddenly ho stopped short nntl lis
tened. If' was a man's voice, pleading:
"Molly, dearest, I tlo love you, you
know It. Won't you dear?" Harry
held his breath. Silence. Could It be
possible that Molly was accepting
him? The Impudent fool I He'd teach
blml Oh. why didn't Molly say some
thing? Then came the unmistakable
sound of a kiss. That was the last
straw. That was too much. His auger
at white heat, he ran forward, throw
ing discretion to the winds, lie aim.
ply wouldn't allow It. Now the bench
was In plain sight, and sure enough,
thero sat a couple locked In each oth
er's arms. In a twinkling Hurry had
torn the man from the girl, and stood
facing him, his eyes blazing. "You
will will you?" ho snarled, nnd
struck him full In the face. But his
udveixury was nti weakling, and Harry
had ills bunds full protecting himself
from tho volley of blows showered on
him. At length he administered a
sound punch which sent the man to tho
ground In a heap. Tho girl, who here
tofore had remained motionless with
surprise and fear, now sprang forward.
"Holph oh, Ralph, please look at me."
The sound of her voice was like a dash
of cold water to Hurry. He looked at
her. It was not Molly! That Is not
his Molly! It was that tennis player
Molly Denton.
Mortified and ashamed, lie helped
the man to his feet, mumbling his apol
ogies, with poor grace. Relief was up-
permost in his heart. He hnd anoth
w chance It wasn't his Molly 1 He
1 ran back to the house und found Molly
curled up In the hummock on tho
porch. At the sight of his torn and
very dirty clothes Molly sprang to her
feel. "Why, Ilnrry Curtis, where have
you been? What has happened?" But
tlmt young man was too glad to have
found her alone to wnsto time In ex
plnnntlons. He gathered the slim fig
uio In his anus and proceeded to make
up for all lost opportunities. When
at li st speech wan possible, he said:
"Molly, you sure dltl teach me a les
sou. I'll novor bo so foolish again.
Each of thoKo glrlu was nil right in her
way but there wasn't tine who could
hold a candle to my old pal, Molly!"
True Molly didn't quite understand
It nil. but she was penv.-tly willing
to wn't until later to hear Hie ilc'ulls,
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Wo guarantee you cannot dupli
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Tliis 1$ the biggest offer made
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to tnko advantago of It boforo
the sale ends.
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BURKE'S
TAILOR SHOP.
H $l "Y"
We Buy and Sell
Obtain our Prices.
THE HARRINGTON MER. CO.
INCORPORATED 1887.
Mutual Building and Loan
Association,
Of North Platte, Nebraska.
RESOURCES OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS:
t
The Association has unlimited funds at its command to
assist in the huilding 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 R SALISBURY,
President. Secretary.
FARM LOANS
I have plenty of SIX PER CENT MONEY
to loan on improved farms and ranches,
with interest payable annually and with
option of paying all or part of loan at any
time.
Tax free mortgages bought and sold. t
T. C. PATTERSON,, Loan Broker.
B. & L. Building, North Platte, Nebr.
Very Special
WE OFFER
An Extra
Pair of
PANTS
With Evory Two Piece
SUIT
Made To Order at
S37.75 or $40.75
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