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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1919)
Wmmmm mum Sndetd tve law -metv. When you come into our stars which now gleams with' beautiful gift goods you will buy ALL of your Christmas presents from us. You will find INEXPENSIVE as well as costly gifts and that we have presents for all al your friends and for every member of your household from Grandma to Baby. Come in. CLINTON, The Jeweler. Sign of the Big Ring. DR. 0. H. CRESSLER, Graduate Dentist OiHcu over the McDonald Stato Bunk. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. Win, Diedrich returned Satur day morning from an Omaha hospital where she submitted to an operation a couple of weeks ago. Dixon & Son, Sight Specialists. Lulu KKunp has tiled a petition for divorce i-cm her husband August Klump, and la Harvey a petition for an annulment of her marriage to Dave T T ...... nu.1 v - -. - ---it t p t ii r a e ii j,uu arc luuiuiij; lur u present, lur "him," save worry and time by trying first at Edwards-Reynolds Co. 9G-4; Divorces were granted by Judge Grimes the latter part of last week aB follows: Marie Phelns from Carlysle Phelps, Pearl Askwig from J. C. Ask wig nnd Mr.bel Marsh from Albert Marsh. Turkeys, geese and chickens for galo. Phone 780F11. 9S-2 Since the court docket was printed thfi latter i.art of November thirty ad ditional cases have been filed for hear ing in the dlttrict court. This makes about laO cases docketed for the pres ent term of court. For Rent Garage at 514 cast Third street. See Frank Herrod. 98-2 The funeral of the late Mrs. Chris tina Cohagen was held from the fam ily residence Friday afternoon, Mrs. W. H. Cramer reading the Christian Science service and Miss Hilgert ren dering two solos. The attendance of friends of the family was very large, and the floral tributes in number and beauty hse novor been surpassed in North V'Jalte. HullisMVtMls French Girl. John E. Bullls, a locomotive fireman I of this city, was married at Lexington ! last Thursday to Miss Mario Charlluoi Sowlllart, of Bauvln, Franco. The! marriage is the result of a courtship i in Franco while Mr. Bullls was sta- i Honed thoro as a mombor of Company L, 134th U. a.lnfnntry. Tho brido. who is twenty years of ago, was filled with misgivings as to whothor she would over sco hor American lover again whon sho bada him good-byo when ho sailed for his homo, fearing that when ho arrived in the United States ho would soon forgot hor. Not so, however, for six weeks ngo Bullls sent for hor to come nnd sho lost no Unto In making preparations for hor long Journey from Franco to Lexing ton, nnd upon hor nrrlval thoro was mot by hor sweetheart and tho coro monv followed. Mr. .Bullls mill liln twftr bride will innkofNcrth PMto thoir homo. ' 1 v ::o:: No More Diversion of Conl. Tho Tribuno announced last Friday that there was plenty of conl in town and that it was coming in a little fast er than it was being applied for bv users. The very snmo day that this was published enmo a notice to tho fuel committee stating that no more diversion of coal would bo made; that thereafter the coal dealers must hus tle, in whatever way they can, tho coal needed for North Platte. Railroad 3lon In ('ongrcss. North Pintle rallrond men may not know that thoro are three former rail road men holding seats in congress. They are Conductor William J. Uurko who represents a Pennsylvania dis trict, Engineer Win. L. Cnrrs who is a congressman from Minnesota, and Fireman John B. Cooper, representa tive from an Ohio district. They say these three congressmen meet fre quently and talk "railroading" with as much zest as do tho boys who as semblo stores. in the North Platte cigar Miss Ruth Knox, of Sutherland, vis ited with friends in town Saturdav Mrs. Geo. Loan and daughter Miss Ruth came down from Denver Satur day to spend Christmas at the H. A. Brooks home. mis is your opportunity to get xmas gifts at a big reduction at the Style Shop. Dr. D. G. Hoxie, of Barney, S. D., and Mrs. W. E. Hoxio and dauuhter of Hampton, Iowa, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoxio for a day or two the latter part of last week while enroute to California. A good clock for your wife's Xmas. Dixon, the jeweler, is showing a com plete line. Fine linen handkerchiefs with a neat colored bordor is the correct style now. Edwards-Reynolds Co. 9G-4 Saturday was just such a day as wehavea reason to expect In west-, tern Nebraska at thisuiho of the year, bright and warm, and the streets were crowded with farmers who had been more or less enow-bound for a couple of weeks. W. V. Hoaglnnd went to Scotts Bluff yesterday where he will appear as at torney for tho relatives of four men who were killed in an auto accident while crossing the Burlinton track last December. The plaintiff in each case sues for fifty thousand dollars dam ages. J. J. Harrigan, of Grand Island, is visiting with friends in town tills week Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Patterson and daughter Miss Edith loft Sunday for Omaha where they will spend Christ mas with thoir daughter Miss Ruth. before leaving via the southern route for California to spend the winter. Sheriff Salisbury loft Saturday night for Toxas where ho went to bring back a Mexican who had In his possession silk that is believed to have been stol en from a Suthorland store a couple of months ago. The silk was forwarded I to the Sutherland merchant who posi tively identified it as part of $3,000 worth of goods token from his store. Eleventh Hour Suggestions. Box candles, cigars, pipes, glass humidors of tobacco. Wo will deliver Xmas. Donelson Cigar Storo. BUSINESSFOINTERS Dutch silver for her Xmas. Dixon. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Orr hnvo taken for the winter the Strayhorn residence at 109 west Second street. Make it a diamond Xmas. Dixon has tho one you want Fred L. Robinson came down from Rawlins Sunday morning to spend Christmas with his father and sisters. Xmas novelties to be closed out re gardless of cost at tho Style Shop. A meeting of the Wnr Mothers will bo held at the federal building Friday evening at which time nn election of officers will be held. About sixty men are employed In cutting and loading ice at tho Union Pacific lake east of town. Loren 4IasUngs. arrived, homo Sun day lrom Lincoln to spend tho Christ mas vacation with tho homo folks. Miss Maude Roes left yesterday foi San Francisco whore alio will bo mar ried on Christmas eve to Robert L. Duncan. Thanking you all for work received in the past year and wishing you a Merry Xmas and Happy Now Year. Mrs. F. H. Wilson, Weaver. Tho first year of married life is tho hardest; after that you get used to it. See Constance Talmadgo in "Happi ness A La Mode." Crystal theatre. Asst. Supt. Walcott, of Cheyonnc, spent several days in town tho latter part of last week. Ho was recently promoted from trainmaster to tho of fice ho now holds. Mrs. P. M. Sorenson, Mrs. W. W. Burko nnd Mrs. Ed. Burko were host esses Friday afternoon at the Sorenson homo at a china shower at which Miss Grace Burko was honoroe. Table dec orations wero baskets of red rosea and smilax and tho favors wore nut cups cleverly made from English walnut shells. Just received a big shipment of El- 4?ln wrist watches. Dixon, tho jeweler. Among tho students who arrived homo from school the last of the week to spend tho Christmas vacation wero Leo Tighe, Elsie Waltomath, Wilma t'oates, Murl Maupln and Raymond Oglor from tho university at Lincoln; Townsond Dont and Claudo Woingand from Midland college at Fremont, and John Hahler and Clarence McCabo from Notro Damo. FOIt SALE. Threo room house and corner lot; house has largo pantry and clothes closet, pantry largo enough to bo made Into a bath room if desired . Lot has plenty of largo shade trees and good cow barn on It Can give pos session nt onco. Call nt 221 south Walnut street or iphono Red 310. 976 me new eorei raiace and 1$ Apperiating the generous patronage of and all erry Christmas A M A Happy New Year, Owner. Hugh Wada, Manager. W. S. Cheney Ass't Mgr. JUDGE IIOAGLAN1) WRITES FROM SUNNY FLORIDA Dear Tribune: Slnco my letter to you from Jacksonville, Mrs. Hoaglnnd nnd I have visited tho quaint old city of St. Augustine, said to 'bo tho most ancient town In tho United States. It is now a fnshionablo resort on n pen insula between Mantnnza sound and tho St. Sebastian river. It hns many palatial hotels built In harmony with old Spanish architecture. Tho hls- I Lunch with them and an afternoon's chat about old times in Nebraska was exceedingly pleasant After visiting Punta Gorda on tho bay south of Ar- cadla wo ran up tho center of tho state I and across to Tampa whero wo arrived yostorday (Saturday) ovonlng. After getting settled wo got in. touch by phono with Mrs. Fred Warren, for merly Miss Jessie Dullard, of North Platte. They camo for us in their auto, and took us to thoir homo whoro we spent a delightful ovonlng with them. Today wo mot them nt church, A Christmas Suggestion The gift to give is the GIFT ELECTRIC. What woman is there who would nol want some thing electrical for a gift at Christmas time? They all appreciate such presents. There is a lighting fixture, a toaster a percolator, a grill, a washing machine, a vacum sweeper and a host of other things here for her, and all bear our stamp of quality. North Platte Light & Power Co. "SEE OUR WINDOWS." tory of St. Augustine bogliiB In 1512, when Ponco do Leon, a Spaniard in took luncheon at their lovolv homo, af search of tho fountain of youth, landed tor which with Fred and his family there and thought ho hnd found the de- wo enjoyed about fifty miles of tho slro of his heart Aftor enjoying our-. most delightful auto riding In tho vl solvfes sovoral hours thoro wo sailed, clnity of Tampa wo over oxperlonccd. along in our Ford flyer over smooth i While gliding along a paved road wo asphalt roads to Daytona where tho j saw an alligator about fourtcon inches altitude Is only nino root above sea in length crawing on tho pavemont I level. It is a city about the sizo of cot out. nicked him un bv the tall nnd North Platto situated close to tho At- kindly offered to Introduco lfim and Inntic. Hero aro twelve miles of the j permit tho ladles to fondlo him, but broadest, hardest and smoothest beach, they demurred and refused to associ- Attnchmcnt Notice. William Adair will tako notice that on tho lGth day of Docembeh, 1919, Paul G. Moyor.a Justice of tho Peace of Lincoln County, Nebraska, Issued an Order of Attachment for tho sum of $8.00, in an action pending boforo him, wherein Gilbort W. Barton is plaintiff, and William Adair is defendant; that property of tho defendant, consisting of a trunk of wearing apparel, station ery, and notloiiB, has been attached under said order. Said causo was continued to tho 2Cth day of January, 1920, at 11 o'clock a. m GILBERT W. BARTON. d23-3 Plaintiff. in tho world .upon which many of tin; world's records have boon established in motor racing. Passing through Sanford in tho interior of Florida, wo noticed hundreds pf acros of grow ing lottuce and tho roads wore cover ed with auto trucks ladened with such vogetablo. At Sanford wo were In-; formed that forty-eight railroad cars loaded with lettuco wore shipped north ward from Sanford that day. Some lettuco, wasn't it? When wo reached St. Cloud our car registered 2159 miles of road covered from North Platto and our rear wheels had not yet lost a pound of tho North Platto air pumped In them boforo wo started. ato with individuals of that charactor, hence I let him go his way. It was tho first llvo alligator wo had soon. Wo havo rented a roof hero for a week and intend to mnko many Inter esting short drives from hero. Mrs. Hongland'B health continues to im prove in this low altitude. Yours truly,. J. S. IIOAGLAND. ::o:: Dress gloves for "him" In tans, dark browns and blncks. Edwards-Roy-nolds Co. 9G-4 u Attachment Notice. William Adair will tako notlco, that on tho 12th day of December, 1919. Paul G. Moyor, a JusUcq of tho Peaco of Lincoln County, Nebraska, Issued an order of attachment for tho sum of $10.00, in an action pending boforo him whorein Freomatf B. Johnson Is plain tiff and William Adair Is defendant, that property of the dofondant, con sisting of a Ford dollvory car, has been attached under said order. Said cause was continued to tho 2Cth day of January. 1920, at 10 o'clock a. m, FREEMAN B. JOHNSON, (123-3 Plaintiff OAS ENGINE FOR SALE. Four horso powor Fairbanks gas st. r.imwi in nn inf nmxtinir tnwn nf ongino In good running order. Brod- . . ..." . .. l.ni.1iU Mit Ifn CCUt n limit, twnnt.v.tlvn linni rnrt. n lnnlnrltv """i- ou" of which aro northorn vetornns of tho civil war. I wish Comrade Evans hnd been with mo. I stirred tho old boys i up ns best I could and John could havo furnished splendid nsslstnnco. j About tho first follow I mot at St. j Cloud was a man by tho name of Al-, yea who know mo at onco, as ho was ono of tho Jurors nt North Platto in tho Joff Long murdor trial many years ago, when Judgo Grimes nnd I defend ed Long. Alyea Is a prominent bus!-, noss man at St Cloud and remembers many of tho old settlers of Lincoln i county. I met sovoral old acquaint-1 ances In St. Cloud nnd hnd a pleasant time there for a wcok. Last Wodnos-, day wo motored to Arcadia, a dis tance of 11G miles, through somo of tho finost ornngo and grapo fruit grovos in tho stato, and over somo of tho best roads I over travoled on. Polk county, of which Bartow Is tho county seat, has moro than threo hundred . mllos of 10 foot wido asphalt roads,! over which it Is delightful to travo), midst flno foliage, fragrant flowers and mnny kinds of yellow fruit. At Arcadia wo had a dollghtful visit with my old friend and comrado, Rov. J. II. Dorrybcrry and Ma wife, tho father and mother of Sam Derryborry of Dor rybcrry & Forbes of North Platto. i Also with them Is Miss Chappoll, for merly of Logan county, Nebraska 3IRS. BACON NOW KNOWN AS -THE ALFALFA QUEEN." Last Friday's State Journal con tained tho following rolaUvo to a former NorUi Platto rosldont: "Mrs. Jessie B. Bacon, ownor of ono of tho largest alfalfa ranches in tho country, near Gothonburg, Nob., was in Lincoln Thursday as the guest of hor sister, Mrs. Nora Tomplo and hor nophow Burward Tomplo, 15222 Brad ford drive. Mrs. Bacon is known thru out tho country as tho "alfalfa queon of tho world," and was in Lincoln in tho interest of tho woman's division of tjio national fanners' congress, of which sho has boon appointed presi dent for this stato. Tho woman's di vision will hold Its congress in Oma ha on January G, 7, 8 in connection with tho farmer'B natlonnl congress. Mrs. Bacon sponds hor wintors in Now York nt tho Blltemoro hotol and trans acts hor business at Gothonburg In tho sumtnor. i Sho Is an accomplished singer,, lias studied abroad and expects to do so again soon. Her holdings in Nebraska land havo often amounted to G.000 acres, Sho simply grows tho produco on hor ranch, haH it stacked and then sells It to livestock owners who bring tho stock to her ranch and herd thoro during tho wlntor. From 300 acres of land last summer sho cleared $20,000, Mrs. Bacon loft Thursday afternoon for Gothonburg boforo returning to Now York city. Sho will bo in Omaha in January to attend tho woman's congress of farmors when sho liopos to orgnnizo tho farmers' wives of Nobraska into an organiza tion that will in somo measure elimi nate tho drudgery and thankless work of thoso womon." INCORPORATED 1887. Mutual Building and Loan 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 the people of Nortli 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.